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Jobless rates lowest since 2009BY CHRISTOPHER S.

RUGABERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) —The unemployment rate,which has refused to budgefrom the 9 percent neighbor-hood for two and a half frus-trating years, suddenlydropped in November, drivenin part by small businessesthat finally see reason to hopeand hire.Economists said there was

a long way to go but liked

what they saw.The rate fell to 8.6 percent,

the lowest since March 2009,two months after PresidentBarack Obama took office.Unemployment passed 9 per-cent that spring and hadstayed there or higher for allbut two months since then.The country added 120,000

jobs in November, the LaborDepartment said Friday. Theeconomy has generated100,000 or more jobs fivemonths in a row — the firsttime that has happened since

April 2006, well before theGreat Recession.“Something good is stirring

in the U.S. economy,” IanShepherdson, an economist atHigh Frequency Economics,said in a note to clients.It clinched one of the best

weeks in stock market history.The Dow Jones industrial av-erage was up 37 points and825 for the week. The onlybetter week was in October2008, when stocks lurchedhigher and lower during thefinancial crisis.

The report showed thatSeptember and October werestronger months for the jobmarket than first estimated.For four months in a row, thegovernment has revised jobgrowth figures higher for pre-vious months.Unemployment peaked at

10.1 percent in October 2009,four months after the GreatRecession ended. It dipped to8.9 percent last February and8.8 percent last March butotherwise was at or above 9

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A family of Christmas geese can be found on the porch of108 Main Street in Port Jefferson. There are 22 days untilChristmas.

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Fred Ely (left), of Port Jefferson, helps his son Jerry Ely, of Sidney, prepare a 13-point buckin Fred’s shed Friday. The buck was shot by Jerry in Salem Township. The buck, Jerry said,is the nicest deer he has ever bagged. He plans to have the head mounted and eat the restof the meat.

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BY KATHY LEESE

A lawsuit filed against for-mer Shelby County SheriffDean Kimpel and Capt.Michael Eilerman by formerDeputy Jodi Van Fossen hasbeen settled for $105,000, itwas announced Friday.The agreement was re-

leased by the county's attor-ney in the case, Cheri Hass, ofDownes, Fishel, Hass andKim, LLP of Columbus, whonoted it includes payment ofVan Fossen’s attorney fees.The lawsuit, filed July 5 in

U. S. District Court for theSouthern District of Ohio,Eastern Division, by Van Fos-

sen’s attorney, Daniel Klos, ofColumbus, alleged that Kim-pel’s behavior toward Van Fos-sen was “predatory andcalculated” and that Kimpelallowed “an inappropriateworking environment thatwas hostile to ... and demean-ing to females.”The suit claimed Van Fos-

sen “informed ... Eilerman ofthe significant history of herbeing subjected to the sexualadvances of the sheriff” andthat “Eilerman took no effec-tive action.”It also claimed that after

an alleged sexual assault byKimpel against Van Fossen,that both Kimpel and Eiler-

man “harrassed, intimidatedand subjected (her) to a ... hos-tile work environment.”On Oct. 6 all parties in-

volved met in mediation todiscuss a possible settlementat the request of Van Fossen’sattorney. Michael Close ofColumbus, a former 10th Dis-trict Court of Appeals judge,served as mediator.The agreement was signed

by Van Fossen, Kimpel, Eiler-man and Shelby County Pros-ecutor Ralph Bauer, on behalfof the Shelby County Sheriff ’sOffice and acting as chief legalcounsel for the county.The settlement states that

Suit against former sheriff,captain settled for $105,000

See SUIT/Page 3

Deputyhailedfor ‘life-saving’efforts

BY KATHY LEESE

PASCO — Two Pasco areafamilies were especiallythankful overthe Thanksgiv-ing weekendwhen a ShelbyCounty Sher-iff ’s deputy gotthem out oftheir mobilehomes upondiscovering gaslines to theirunits had beencut and were leaking propane.Deputy Gary Phipps was at

HiddenValley Trailer Park in-vestigating the alleged theftof a purse and was walkingbetween trailers when heheard a hissing noise andsmelled propane. Upon in-spection, he found the copperline to a propane tank at onetrailer had been cut and wasleaking. Authorities believethe line was intentionally sev-ered.Phipps called for the Port

Jefferson Fire Department torespond to the scene and wasthen notified by residentsthey smelled propane comingfrom another trailer. Phippsdiscovered that the line tothat trailer had been cut aswell. The Port Jefferson FireDepartment shut off bothtanks. Phipps checked othertrailers in the park, but deter-mined their propane lineswere intact.According to Sheriff John

Lenhart, “if the deputy wouldnot have caught that, wewould have a lot of personshurt or killed.” Lenhart calledPhipps’ actions “life saving …the officer offset a potentialterrible tragedy by doing goodpolice work.”Lenhart told the Sidney

Daily News there have been“a lot of problems (with) theftsand things” at the trailerpark. He noted that cuttingpropane lines “put people inharm’s way.”Lenhart asked that anyone

with knowledge of the inci-dents contact his office. The

Phipps

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End of theline for Cain?

BY SHANNONMCCAFFREYAssociated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapidlybecoming a mere footnote inthe presidential race, HermanCain sent mixed signals Fri-day on whether he wouldabandon his beleagueredWhite House bid on Saturdayafter a woman’s allegation ofan extramarital affair.He said he would make a

“major announcement” onwhether he would press on —at an event still being billed

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A Sidney residentwho reported she hadbeen the target of a rob-bery has been chargedwith making a false re-port to the police.On Nov. 20 Jennifer

Bumgarner, 30, of Wil-son Avenue, reported arobbery to the SidneyPolice Department.Afteradditional investigation,including a statementtaken from Bumgarner,charges of falsificationhave been filed againsther, Sidney Police said ina statement releasedFriday.Bumgarner had origi-

nally reported that atapproximately 8:50 p.m.on the night in questiona white male wearing ablack hoodie approachedher in a parking lot at1451 N. VandemarkRoad and pushed her upagainst her vehicle. Shehas since recanted thatstatement, police said.Police Chief Kevin

Gessler said this is notthe first time an individ-ual has filed a reportthat may be false, “butfortunately the fre-quency is low.”“Time and resources

are limited and victimsare the priority,” Gesslersaid. “Individuals whomake false reports to po-lice are committing avery selfish and danger-ous crime. This type ofincident takes valuable

time away from thosethat need it most andwill not be tolerated.”Gessler said that in

the Bumgarner case thepolice intend to seekpayment of restitutionfor time and resourcesallotted in their investi-gation, in addition to anyother punishment thatmay be handed down.

both Kimpel and Eiler-man deny “any wrongfulconduct” by agreeing tothe settlement in regardto Van Fossen’s employ-ment and separationfrom the Shelby CountySheriff's Office and alle-gations of the lawsuit.As a condition of the

agreement, Klos will filefor dismissal of the law-suit within three daysafter receiving paymentof $105,000.Van Fossen also

agrees to “forever dis-charge ... Kimpel andEilerman, in their indi-vidual and official capac-ities, and the ShelbyCounty Sheriff ’s Office,including their succes-sors,” from all actions re-lated to her employmentwith and separationfrom the sheriff's office.The settlement states

that neither Kimpel norEilerman’s agreement tothe settlement is to beseen as an admission byeitherman of “any unlaw-ful practice” at the sher-iff's office regarding VanFossen’s employment.Another condition of

the settlement is thatVan Fossen cannot en-gage in “any conduct orcommunications” de-

signed to disparage ei-ther Kimpel, Eilermanor the Shelby CountySheriff's Office. If VanFossen violates that por-tion of the agreement,she will be required topay back the entire$105,000.Hass released a state-

ment to the Sidney DailyNews on behalf of thecounty, stating, “We be-lieve it is in the county’sbest interest to amicablyresolve this matterrather than to engage inthe time and expense ofprotracted litigation.”“This settlement

amount was not takenfrom the county generalfund. Rather, theamount was paid by therisk pool that insuresthe county.We trust thatthe resolution of thismatter will permit thecounty to focus its timeand effort on serving ourcitizens and betteringour community,” Hassstated.Bauer stated, “We be-

lieve that the settlementof this case is in the bestinterest of ShelbyCounty. The continuinglitigation of this matterwould have only in-curred additional legal

expenses for the countyat the taxpayer’s ex-pense.”In an unrelated case,

Van Fossen, along withthree John Does, is sub-ject of a lawsuit filed inNovember in ShelbyCounty Common PleasCourt by Dan Rodriguez,owner of the Fault LineBar in Anna, andWesleyBurnside, a former FaultLine employee. The suitalleges Van Fossen andthe John Does went tothe bar as part of an un-dercover drug investiga-tion and made falsestatements, interferedwith business andplaced the two men in a“false light” and causedemotional distress.This suit will also be

covered by the county,since it was filed againsther in her official capac-

ity as a sheriff ’s deputy.Kimpel is curently

awaiting trial inAuglaize County oncharges of sexual batteryagainst Van Fossen. Heis also awaiting trial onfive counts of unautho-rized use of a law en-forcement computerprogram to look infor-mation on individualsfor personal reasons.That trial will take placein April in ShelbyCounty Common PleasCourt.Kimpel stepped down

as sheriff on Oct. 7 andaccepted a suspensionrequested by MiamiCounty Prosecutor GaryNasal, special prosecutorin the Kimpel cases. For-mer Sheriff JohnLenhart was named toreplace Kimpel pendingoutcome of his cases.

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PUBLIC RECORD Sidney Daily News,Saturday,December 3,2011

Marie E. WenteNEW BRE-

MEN — MarieE. Wente, 90, ofNew Bremen,died Thursday,Dec. 1, 2011, atJoint TownshipHospital in St.Marys.She was born

Aug. 1, 1921, in MariaStein, the daughter ofFred and Helen (Walter-busch) Luebke.She was married on

May 4, 1946, in MariaStein to Leo R. Wente.He died May 5, 1988.Survivors include six

children Marjorie andWarren Retzlaff, of Wi-chita, Kan.; Linda andDouglas Hoelscher, ofNew Knoxville; Jamesand Teresa Wente, ofNew Bremen; Williamand Pam Wente, of NewBremen; Donna andMichael Mueller, of NewBremen, and Laura andJames Umstead, ofHuber Heights; 19grandchildren; and 18great-grandchildren;three siblings, LawrenceLuebke, of Minster, Ireneand Tom Woehrmyer, ofMinster, and Jeanetteand Leander Moeder, ofMaria Stein; three sis-ters-in-law, Mary Ann

Luebke, ofCelina, JoannLuebke, of FortLoramie, andDella Mae Lue-bke, of Coldwa-ter.Deceased rel-

atives includethree brothers,

Alvin, Greg and PaulLuebke, and in-lawsRosalie Luebke andLawrence Schemmel.Marie was a member

of Holy RedeemerCatholic Church in NewBremen, the New Bre-men Senior Citizens andFOE 1391 Auxiliary, ofMinster. She was also re-tired from Crown Equip-ment of New Bremen.AMass of Christian

burial will be held at10:30 a.m. Monday atHoly RedeemerChurch by the Rev.TomMannebach. Bur-ial will follow at St.Augustine Cemeteryin Minster. Friendsmay call from 1 to 7p.m. Sunday atHogenkamp FuneralHome in Minster andfrom 9 to 10 a.m. Mon-day at the church.Condolences may be

made atwww.hogenkampfh.com.

Mary C. BrockmanMary C.

Brockman, 90,of 522 E. Park-wood Drive,Sidney, passedaway peacefully,Friday, Dec. 2,2011, at 1:18a.m. at DorothyLove Retire-ment Center.She was born Dec. 7,

1920, in Logan County,the daughter of the lateSamuel and Anna May(Zerkle) Shoffner.Mary was married to

Arnold A. Barhorst andhe preceded her in deathon July 15, 1975. Shemarried Wayne Brock-man on March 1, 1980,and he survives.Also surviving are

children: Linda (Daniel)Wallace, of Miamisburg,Ken (Connie) Barhorst,of Sidney, Connie (Dave)Hare, of Piqua, Anna(Bill) Costello, of Colum-bus, stepson Dale(Kathy) Brockman, ofSidney; 14 grandchil-dren; 15 great-grand-children; and twog r e a t - g r e a t -grandchildren.She was preceded in

death by two brothers,one sister and onedaughter, Jean Rae Vois-ard.

Mary was amember of St.John’s LutheranChurch. Shewas past presi-dent of the Ea-gles Auxiliary,and VFW Auxil-iary. Mary re-tired from

French Oil after 21 yearsof faithful service. Shewas a volunteer withmore than 3,000 hoursat the Wilson HospitalGift Shop. She lovedbowling, playing cardsand boating on Lake Lo-ramie.Funeral services

will be held on Mon-day at 10 a.m. atAdams FuneralHome, 1401 Fair Roadwith Pastor JonathanSchriber officiating.Burial will follow atForest Hill Cemetery,Piqua.Friends and family

may call on Sundayfrom 2 to 5 p.m. at thefuneral home.Donations may be

made to Wilson Memo-rial Hospice, 1081 Fair-ington Drive, Sidney, OH45365.Condolences may be

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identity of tipsters willbe kept confidential, hesaid.A resident at one of

the affected trailers ex-pressed her appreciationto Phipps. “Thanks forgiving us warning andinforming us to get out.”She noted that if a ciga-rette or match had beentossed in the area, theoutcome could have beenmuch worse. She askedthat her name be keptconfidential due tothreats being made atthe park.Anyone with informa-

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Paul Mon-tague Coe, 94,2901 Fair Road,Sidney, passedaway Friday,Dec. 2, 2011, atthe Fair HavenShelby CountyHome.He was born

on Feb. 15, 1917,in Washington,D.C., the son ofthe late Mayneand Jean (Mon-tague) Coe Sr.On June 7, 1975, he

married Georgia L.(Clayton) Young, whopreceded him in death.He is survived by one

stepdaughter, Mrs.Ralph (Gail) Abbott, ofSidney, along with threegrandchildren, DeborahA. (James) Brown,Jonathan N. (Carol) Ab-bott and Nicole L.Millet;eight great-grandchil-dren, Sarah E. (Brian)McCombs, Jennifer E.Brown, Kristin R. Ab-bott, Michelle L. Abbott,Joshua N.Abbott, ShelbyLeachner, Skylar Brown-ing and Alaina Brown-ing; and onegreat-great-grandson,Owen L. McCombs. Alsosurviving are severalnieces and nephews.In addition to his wife

and parents, he was pre-ceded in death by a step-daughter, Sarah Sue(Young) Millet; a sister,Adelaide Foster; and abrother,Mayne R. Coe Jr.Mr. Coe was employed

by the U.S. gov-ernment as abacteriologistworking at theDayton Veter-ans Administra-tion Hospitaluntil his retire-ment in 1971.Paul was a

WorldWar II U.S.Army veteran.He was stationedin Korea wherehe served as anX-ray technician.

Also during his activeduty, he was awardedthe VA Bronze Plaqueand two war decorations,Army of Occupationmedal and the WWIIVictorious medal. Hegraduated in 1935 fromMcKinley High School inWashington, D.C., andthen graduated in 1941from the University ofMaryland with a Bache-lor of Science. Paul wasof the Christian faith.Graveside services

will be held Wednes-day at 2 p.m. at GlenCemetery with theRev. Barbara Staleyofficiating. There willbe no public callinghours prior to thegraveside service.Funeral arrange-

ments are in the care ofthe Cromes FuneralHome, 302 S. Main Ave.Condolences may be

expressed to the Coefamily at the funeralhome website,www.cromesfh.com.

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Omer Benjamin EvansQUINCY — Omer

Benjamin Evans, 93, ofQuincy, was found deadWednesday, Nov. 30,2011, at his home.He was born Sept. 24,

1918, in Miami County, ason of the late BenjaminFranklin and Mary Al-berta Baker Evans.On Dec. 20, 1948, he

married Naomi E.Bertsch in Anna, andshe died Aug. 27, 1988.He was also preceded indeath by a brother,Franklin Evans, andfour sisters, Erma Pe-quignot, FrancesGilliland, May Mullenand Dorthea Evans.He is survived by a

brother, Donald Evans,of De Graff, three sisters,Mary Lovett and LereeMetz, both of Sidney, and

Ruth Howard, of Cincin-nati, and several niecesand nephews.He was a lifelong

farmer.Funeral services

will be held at 2 p.m.on Monday at theR e x e r - R i g g i n -Madden FuneralHome, DeGraff, withPastor Donald Burleyofficiating. Friendsmay call on Mondayfrom noon until timefor the services. Bur-ial is in the Green-w o o d - U n i o nCemetery, DeGraff.The family suggest

memorial contributionsbe made to the donor’sfavorite charity.Condolences may be

expressed at www.time-formemory.com/madden.

Nancy L. TenneyNancy L.

Tenney, 77, of1336 StephensRoad, Sidney,passed awayThursday, Dec.1, 2011, at 6:30p.m. at herhome. She wasborn on July 19,1934, in Buckhannon,W.Va., the daughter ofthe late DelbertCutright and Katherine(Hosaflook) Ucakar.On Dec. 24, 1951, she

married Robert N. Ten-ney, who survives alongwith two sons, Bob Ten-ney and wife, Cathy, ofSidney, and Dave Tenneyand wife, JoAnne, of Col-orado; two daughters,Carol Wheeler and hus-band, Bob, of Colorado,and Melissa Tenney, ofSidney; six grandchil-dren, Megan Wolfe andhusband, Rick, DavidTenney and wife, Katie,Rachel Tenney and hus-band, Alan, Robyn Ten-ney, Jennifer Wheeler,and Kristen Wheeler;and four great-grand-children, Michael,Chase, Allison, andMadison Wolfe. She waspreceded in death by onesister, Vauna Summer-field.Mrs. Tenney was a

graduate ofWright StateUniversity. She was amember of the teacher’ssorority, Delta KappaGamma, and an auxil-iary member of the Wes-leyan College Emeritus

Club. She was amember of HolyAngels CatholicChurch for 46years, and sheretired as aschool teacherin 1989 fromHoly AngelsGrade School.

AMass of Christianburial will be heldTuesday at 10:30 a.m.at Holy AngelsCatholic Church withthe Rev. DanielSchmitmeyer officiat-ing. The family willreceive friends onMonday from 5 to 8p.m. and on Tuesdayfrom 9:30 a.m. untilthe hour of service, atCromes FuneralHome, 302 S. MainAve. Sidney. Follow-ing the services onTuesday, the familywill receive friendson Wednesday from 9to 11 a.m. at theHeavner & CutrightFuneral Home, Route20 S, Buckhannon,W.Va. A gravesideservice will follow atMount Vernon Memo-rial Cemetery inPhilippi, W.Va.Memorials may be

made to Holy AngelsGrade School or WilsonHospice Care in memoryof Nancy L.Tenney. Con-dolences may be ex-pressed to the Tenneyfamily at the funeralhome website,www.cromesfh.com.

Kathryn DrossY O R K -

SHIRE —Kathryn Dross,87, 301 York St.,died at mid-night Friday,Dec. 2, 2011, atV e r s a i l l e sHealth CareCenter.She was born Jan. 11,

1924, to the late Alvaand Goldie (Kerns)Black in Canonsburg,Pa. She was married toJohn Dross, and he pre-ceded her in death onDec. 28, 1992.She is survived by

children John and MaryDross, of Bradford,Diane and Dennis Gril-lot, of Versailles, VickieMonnin, of Versailles,Alva Dross, of Versailles,and Jeff Dross, of Cov-ington; grandchildrenMike and Tammi Dross,Brian Dross, Rod Grillot,Ronda Albers, JameyMonnin, Jason Dross,Nicole Rhoads and AlexDross; great-grandchil-dren Chelsea, Amber,

Chad, Allison,Samantha, Na-talie, Leland,Lucas, Ethan,Alexis, Joseph,Corey, April,Katie, Kassidy,Kennedy, Alexaand Payton; andg r e a t - g r e a t -

grandchildren Presty,Owen and Wittney.She was preceded in

death by grandson L.J.Monnin.Graveside services

will be held at 11:30a.m. Tuesday atShelby Memory Gar-dens, Sidney, withPastor DennisWheeler officiating.Friends may call at

the Hogenkamp Fu-neral Home, Minster,on Tuesday from 10 to11 a.m.The family requests

memorial contributionsbe made to Hospice ofMiami County.Condolences may be

made atwww.hogenkampfh.com

Margaret J. PulferDELPHOS

— Margaret J.Pulfer, 91, ofDelphos, passedaway at 6:40p.m. Thursday,Dec. 1, 2011, atVancrest ofDelphos. Shewas born inLogan County, on Feb.27, 1920, to the late Aldoand May (Gray) Knief.OnMarch 1, 1941, she

married Roy Pulfer, andhe preceded her in deathon Aug. 29, 1978. Shewas also preceded indeath by an infant son,TimothyWayne; a sister,Lois Jean France; and abrother, Robert Knief.Survivors include four

daughters, Mary Jane(Joe) Purtee, of Sidney,Virginia Burch, ofDelphos, Kay (Don)Kessler, of RussellsPoint, and Brenda(Chuck) Stevens, of De-Graff; a son, Rodney(Millie) Pulfer, of Alger;many grandchildren,great-grandchildren andgreat-great grandchil-

dren; a sister,DonnaWoodard,of Ottawa; andn u m e r o u snieces andnephews.M a r g a r e t

worked as acook at the for-mer Betty’s Cor-

ner, Haas’ HalfwayHouse and at Bulkhead.A funeral service

will be held at 2 p.m.on Monday at theSmith-Eichholtz Fu-neral Home in Jack-son Center withPastor BryanMeadowofficiating. The familywill receive friendstwo hours prior to thefuneral at the funeralhome. Burial will fol-low in ShelbyMemoryGardens in Sidney.Memorial contribu-

tions may be made inMargaret’s memory to acharity of the donor’schoice.Condolences may be

expressed atw w w . s m i t h -eichholtz.com.

Frederick J. SchmitmeyerMINSTER—

Frederick J.Schmitmeyer,88, S. LincolnSt., passedaway of naturalcauses Thurs-day afternoon,Dec. 1, 2011, atthe Joint Town-ship District MemorialHospital in St. Marys.He was born Jan. 25,

1923, in Minster, toHenry and Emma (Thie-man) Schmitmeyer.On Aug. 23, 1947, at

Holy Trinity CatholicChurch in Coldwater,Fred married Alberta(Wellman) Schmitmeyer,who survives.Also surviving are

three children, Steveand Linda Schmitmeyer,of Valencia, Pa., Joyceand Brad Keiser, ofHouston, Jenny andStephen Hodge, of TippCity; eight grandchil-dren, John, Luke andEleanor Schmitmeyer,Cassidy and BrianGrimm, Robyn andKevin Seger, and Grant,Weston and RachaelHodge; one sister, VelmaWellman, of Coldwater;two sisters-in-law,Thelma Schmitmeyer, ofMinster, and Mary Well-man, of Coldwater; aswell as numerous niecesand nephews.He was preceded in

death by both parentsand 10 siblings.

Fred at-tended St. Au-gustine CatholicChurch and wasa member of theMinster Frater-nal Order of Ea-gles Lodge 1391,and a past mem-ber of Auglaize

County Fair Board.Mr. Schmitmeyer

was retired from dairyfarming since 1976. Hehad also been a resi-dent driver for Her-itage Manor NursingCenter. Fred thoughtthe world of his family;he loved to tell stories,and in his leisure, en-joyed fishing.Amemorial Mass of

Christian Burial willbe 10 a.m. Monday, atSt. Augustine Churchin Minster with theRev. Mark Hoyingpresiding.Friends may call

Sunday from 2 to 6p.m. at Gehret Fu-neral Home in FortLoramie.In keeping with

Fred’s wishes, his bodywas donated to theWright State University,Boonshoft School ofMedicine.Memorials may be

made to Heritage Manoractivities department.Condolences may be

expressed atwww.gehret funeral-home.com.

Additional obituariesappear on page 2

The Sidney CityBoard of Education willdiscuss the new kinder-garten curriculum andstandards-based gradecard when it meets Mon-day at 6 p.m. in theBoard of Educationbuilding.In other business, the

board will recognize re-tirees and discuss con-version to the newstudent information sys-tem and the board schol-arship fund.The board also will

consider hiring person-nel for the after-schoolprogram and a resolu-tion opposing House Bill136, which deals withstatewide school vouch-ers.

BOE todiscuss

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“Little Mr. and MissSanta’s Helper Contest.”For a donation of $1 foreach child 8 and under,parents can get photos oftheir children withSanta at Shear Creativetoday from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. Each photo will bedisplayed at the busi-ness and the public canvote with dollars fortheir favorites fromMonday through Dec. 16.The boy and girl

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STATE NEWS Sidney Daily News, Saturday, December 3, 2011

Questions raised about hospital saleCINCINNATI (AP) —

A Hamilton County planto sell a hospital to coverobligations to the foot-ball and baseball stadi-ums in downtownCincinnati is drawingsharp questions.County commission-

ers voted 2-1 this weekto sell Drake Hospital toUC Health for $15 mil-lion. The sale wouldavoid a $14.2 million gap

deficit in the stadiumfund for 2012. The salewould also allow restora-tion of a property taxrollback promised tocounty taxpayers in1996 when they agreedto public financing of thesports stadiums.UC Health already

operates the hospitalunder a lease agree-ment.The Cincinnati En-

quirer reports that crit-ics question the sale as atemporary fix that un-dervalues the hospitalowned by the county for87 years. The Enquirerreports that state audi-tors on Thursday de-manded documentsregarding Drake.

———Information from: The

Cincinnati Enquirer,http://www.enquirer.com

CINCINNATI (AP) —A new winter shelterand expanded servicesby an interfaith groupwill give Cincinnati’shomeless more refugesand help this winter.The Cincinnati En-

quirer reports that anew shelter openingSunday at Prince ofPeace Lutheran Churchwill stay open throughFeb. 29, regardless oftemperature.The Prince of Peace

has about 50 beds avail-able, adding to the Drop

Inn Center as a refuge.Both are in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.The Drop Inn Center hascapacity for 180 men and42 women, with overflowshelter available ifneeded.The Interfaith Hospi-

tality Network ofGreater Cincinnati has anew facility in the Wal-nut Hills neighborhoodthat will allow the groupto expand services suchas tutoring and transi-tional housing for thehomeless.

Cinci offers more wintershelter for homeless

COLUMBUS (AP) —Federal regulators haveapproved Ohio’s plan toincrease the number ofwelfare participants whoare working or pursuingemployment.The changes to the

state’s welfare programare aimed at avoidingmore than $130 millionin federal fines.Federal law requires

that Ohio show that atleast 90 percent of adultsin two-parent house-holds and at least 50percent of all adults are

working a required num-ber of hours.The Columbus Dis-

patch reports that underthe plan approved by theU.S. Department ofHealth andHuman Serv-ices, the state would give$10 a month to workingfamilies receiving foodstamps.That allows themto be counted as workingwelfare recipients.The newspaper re-

ports that if successful,the $7 million invest-ment could help Ohioavoid the fines.

Feds approve Ohio’s changesto welfare program

ATHENS (AP) — AnOhio sheriff says hedoesn’t plan to pursuecharges against a home-owner who subdued andhogtied a burglar.Athens County Sher-

iff Pat Kelly tellsWBNS-TV the homeowner hada right to protect hisproperty and himself.Kelly says that’s whatauthorities believe thehomeowner did Thurs-day when he chased theburglar and tied up theman’s hands and feet.Kelly says when

deputies arrived to in-vestigate the theft at thesoutheast Ohio home,they found the suspectrestrained in the back ofthe homeowner’s car. Hesays the homeowner rec-ognized the robber andwent to his residence tosubdue him.Homeowner William

Stanley tells the televi-sion station his videogame systems weretaken earlier Thursday,and he later found theman in his home.

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NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Saturday,December 3,2011

Push forreligious ruleCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s

ultraconservative Islamistparty said Friday it plansto push for a stricter reli-gious code in Egypt afterclaiming surprisinglystrong gains in this week’sinitial round of voting forparliament, the first elec-tions since HosniMubarak’s ouster.Egypt’s election com-

mission announced only atrickle of results Fridayand said 62 percent of eli-gible voters cast ballots inthe highest turnout inEgypt’s modern history.Abdel-Mooaez Ibrahim,the head of High ElectionCommission, jokingly de-scribed it as “the highestsince the time ofpharaohs.”Preliminary counts

leaked by judges and indi-vidual political groups in-dicated that the MuslimBrotherhood’s politicalarm took the largest shareof votes. Following closelybehind, was the ultracon-servative Islamist NourParty and a coalition of lib-eral parties called theEgyptian bloc, according tothose unofficial counts.That trend — if con-

firmed and if extendedover more rounds of voting— would give the religiousparties a popular mandatein the struggle to win con-trol from the ruling mili-tary that took over fromMubarak and ultimatelyreshape a key U.S. ally.

Bombing wasassassination

attemptBAGHDAD (AP) — An

explosion earlier this weekin the Green Zone, a pro-tected area in the center ofthe Iraqi capital, was anassassination attemptagainst the Iraqi primeminister, an Iraqispokesman said.That assailants were

able to get a bomb insidewhat is supposed to bethe most heavily fortifiedarea in the countryraises serious doubtsabout the abilities ofIraq’s security forces at acrucial time when Amer-ican troops are leavingthe country.The Baghdad military

spokesman, Qassim al-Moussawi, said an at-tacker was able to get avehicle carrying about 44pounds (20 kilograms) ofexplosives into the GreenZone and then tried to joina convoy of other vehiclesgoing into the parliamentgrounds.

Hunk of metalcrashes

through roofPLYMOUTH,Mass. (AP)

— The owners of a furni-ture warehouse in Ply-mouth, Mass., want toknow the origin of a chunkof metal that plungedthrough the roof.No one was hurt when

the 6-inch, cylindrical pieceof metal weighing about 5pounds came through theroof Wednesday or Thurs-day. The chunk punched asmall hole in the roof over acloset and scattered ceiling-tile debris.Federal Aviation Admin-

istration inspectors say thepiece of metal was brokenat both ends andwas not anairplane part.An FAA spokeswoman

says the chunk likely camefrom a piece of heavy ma-chinery, possibly a woodchipper. That still doesn'texplain how it came crash-ing through the roof.Police are also stumped.TheownerofMichael'sFur-

nitureWarehouse says some-onecouldhavebeenkilled.

percent.Obama, who faces a re-elec-

tion vote in less than a yearand a presidential campaignthat will turn on the economy,seized on the decline to arguefor expanding a cut in the taxthat workers pay toward So-cial Security.The tax cut reaches 160mil-

lion Americans and will givemost households $1,000 to$2,000 this year. It will expireDec. 31 unless Congress acts.Republicans and Democratshave supported an extensionbut differ on how to pay for it.The Senate on Thursday

defeated plans from both par-ties. Republicans had pro-posed paying for the cut byfreezing the pay of federalworkers through 2015. De-mocrats wanted to raise taxeson people making $1 millionor more a year.“Now is not the time to slam

the brakes on the recovery,right now it’s time to step onthe gas,” Obama said Friday.Inside the unemployment

report, one of the most closelywatched indicators of theeconomy’s health, were signsof improvement for smallbusinesses, which account forone of every two jobs in theprivate sector.The government uses a sur-

vey of mostly large companiesand government agencies todetermine how many jobs

were added or lost eachmonth. It uses a separate sur-vey of households to deter-mine the unemployment rate.The household survey picks

up hiring by companies of allsizes, including small businessesand companies just getting offthe ground.It also includes farmworkers and the self-employed,who aren’t included in the sur-vey of companies.The household survey has

shown an average of 321,000jobs created per month sinceJuly, compared with an aver-age of 13,000 the first sevenmonths of the year.When the economy is im-

proving or slipping into reces-sion, many economists say,the household survey does thebetter job of picking up theshift because it is more likelyto detect small business hir-ing.“We might finally be seeing

new business creation expandagain, which is critical to thesustainability of the recovery,”said Diane Swonk, chief econ-omist at Mesirow Financial, afinancial services company.The National Federation of

Independent Business, asmall business group, saidFriday that its own survey ofsmall companies shows thatmore of them are planning toadd workers than at any timesince September 2008, whenthe financial crisis struck.

LogicBoost, a Washington,D.C., software consulting firmwith 19 employees, has hireda sales worker and a market-ing worker in the past threemonths and planned to postan opening for a software en-gineer Friday.“Business is going gang-

busters,” CEO Jonathan Cog-ley said. “It would be great ifthe economy were stronger. Ithink we’d be growing evenfaster.”Outside Detroit, Grace

Dersa opened the FrankStreet Bakery this week withher husband. They took the$60,000 gamble after seeingsigns that the local economy isimproving. They, too, plan toadd a worker soon.“When we go to a restau-

rant here, there’s a 30-minuteto two-hour wait. Homes areselling in this area,” Dersasaid. “People are spending.”Indeed,Americans dropped

a record $52.4 billion over theThanksgiving weekend, ac-cording to the National RetailFederation, a trade group. Aseparate report from Master-Card found spending was upalmost 9 percent from lastyear.The unemployment report

was the latest encouraging in-dicator for the economy. Otherreports this week have shownthat factories are producingmore, construction is growing,

and people are buying morecars.The accelerating debt crisis

in Europe has loomed over theeconomy for months. An eco-nomic collapse there wouldhammer sales of American ex-ports. And if the crisis causesbanks to stop lending money,the world economy would suf-fer.But there are signs that

Europe is moving toward a so-lution. Earlier this week, sixcentral banks around theworld made it easier for com-mercial banks overseas to bor-row American dollars to dobusiness. The coordinated ac-tion calmed financial marketsand bought time for politi-cians to work something out.The leaders of Germany

and France appear to be push-ing for stronger rules to makesure European governmentsare responsible with theirbudgets, an approach de-signed to save the euro cur-rency from collapse.European leaders meet

next Friday for a crucial sum-mit on the matter.In the United States, about

13.3 million people arecounted as unemployed. Pri-vate employers added 140,000jobs in November, while gov-ernments shed 20,000. Gov-ernments at all level have cutalmost a half-million jobs thisyear.

JOBLESS From Page 1

as the grand opening of a newheadquarters.It is the latest — and per-

haps final — twist in a cam-paign saga that has taken theGeorgia businessman fromunknown longshot to surprisefrontrunner to embattledtabloid subject.He arrived at his suburban

Atlanta home on Friday after-noon to talk with his wife of 42years,Gloria, about whether topress on after his campaignwas rocked by multiple sexualharassment allegations andthis week’s claim that he had a13-year affair. He denieswrongdoing. It was their firstface-to-face meeting since theallegation was made public.

As night fell, campaignaides who were optimistic ear-lier Friday that Cain wouldpress on said privately theyexpected that he would exitthe race.Earlier, in a speech in Rock

Hill, S.C., Cain wouldn’t dis-close whether he would dropout but told supporters to staytuned. He said he would clar-ify the next steps of the cam-paign and assured backersthe affair claim was “garbage.”But he also said he needed toconsider what he would dowith campaign donations al-ready banked if he droppedout of the race.“Nobody’s going to make me

make that prematurely,” Cain

told a crowd of about 100 peo-ple. “That’s all there is to it.”“My wife and family comes

first. I’ve got to take that intoconsideration,” Cain added. “Idon’t doubt the support that Ihave. Just look at the peoplewho are here.”Cain had not seen his wife

since Ginger White, 46, cameforward and said she had asexual affair with Cain thatlasted more than a decade. Hehas said they were onlyfriends but acknowledged thathe helped pay her monthlybills and expenses. His wife,Cain said, did not know of thefriendship with White.The former Godfather’s

pizza executive said he is re-

assessing whether his presi-dential bid is still viable.But it was difficult to imag-

ine a path forward with just amonth until the lead-off Iowacaucuses.Polls suggest his popularity

has taken a deep hit.A Des Moines Register poll

released Friday showed Cain’ssupport plummeting, withbacking from 8 percent of Re-publican caucusgoers in Iowa,down from 23 percent amonth ago.Fundraising has also fallen

off. He issued an email appealto supporters on Friday askingfor donations, in an attempt togauge whether his financialsupport has dried up.

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BY NOAKI SCHWARTZAssociated Press

TEMPLE CITY, Calif. (AP)—As the hurricane-force windsthat pummeled theWest easedFriday, Diane Johnson stoodknee high in leaves andbranches, surveying a fallentree trunk at eye level and try-ing to decide just how to beginthe big cleanup.Anear century-oldeucalyptus

tree toppled over in themiddle ofthe night, crushing all three ofthe family’s cars, landing at thedoorstep of their Southern Cali-fornia home and blocking anyview from their windows.Trapped inside for hours,

they were able to get out whenthe fire department cut them asmall pathway.“Ihaveno ideawhattodo,”she

said.“I don’t know. I don’t know.”Like hundreds of thousands

of people in Southern Califor-nia on Friday, Johnson waswithout electricity.And just likeJohnson, residents and crewsstruggled to clean up smashedtrees, toppled power lines anddebris-strewn roadways.Several cities in the region,

the hardest hit from Wednes-day night’s windstorms, werestill in a state of emergency.Schools in Pasadena and

more than a dozen others in theLosAngelesUnified School Dis-trict remained closed Friday.California Superintendent of

Public Instruction Tom Torlak-son said in a statement Friday

that schools closed because ofwind damage would still re-ceive state funding.In Temple City, the Los An-

geles suburb where Johnsonlives, a row of toppled powerpoles with wires attachedblocked a street. The city’smain street remained a shut-tered ghost town as cars inchedpast darkened stop lights andshop signs in Chinese.Seventy-five percent of the

city remained without power.As residents in some partswere being advised to boilwater or use bottled water, oth-

ers began tossing out the foodin their increasingly pungentrefrigerators. As many as 200trees fell in the storms.As the night loomed, police

increased patrols and the cityhanded out free flashlights.During the day, residents

began cleaning up, fillingtrash bags with leaves andbranches. Streets with older,larger trees suffered the worstdamage as top-heavy trunksfell over. But many homeswere spared, including that ofJohnson’s next-door neighbor,Margaret Mushinskie.

The trimmed lawn atMushinskie’s house was pris-tine because her husband wona years-long battle with the cityto cut down the two eucalyptustrees in front of their home.“They need to come down,”

she said, expressing concern forJohnson’s son who worked twojobs for his red sports car thatnow sat crushed under a pile ofleaves. “Those poor people. Hewas so proud of his car. Blesshis heart.”In the adjacent city of Arca-

dia, Aubreann Loving stood inthe front yard of her home,watching one car after anotherturn onto her tiny cul-de-sac,unable to continue down amajor cross street that hadbeen blocked by a giganticfallen tree.Another tree crashed into

her backyard, demolishing theyard’s back wall.The 15-year-old high school

sophomore was at home withher family in a house with noheat or light and a refrigeratorfilled with spoiling food afterthe city’s school district can-celed classes at all 10 of itscampuses for a second day.About 200,000 people in

SouthernCalifornia,more than18,000 along California’s Cen-tral Coast and thousands morein Utah — where Thursdaywinds topped 100 mph — re-mained without electricity. Au-thorities said some areasmightnot have power restored untilSunday.

Calif. residents tackle windstorm cleanup

AP Photo/Bret Hartman

KEITH CURO, of Pasadena, stops to look over the damagecaused by a fallen tree at a Shell gas station on the corner ofNorth San Gabriel Avenue and East Colorado Boulevard,Thursday in Pasadena, Calif. Some of the worst winds in yearsblasted through California overnight, sweeping throughcanyons, gusting up to 97 mph, and toppling trees and truckswhile knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

Renowned former Denver sheriff busted in sex-for-drugs caseDENVER (AP) — A former

Colorado lawmanwhowas oncenamed the nation’s sheriff ofthe year was charged Fridaywith drug and prostitution of-fenses after authorities said heoffered methamphetamine to aman in exchange for sex.Patrick Sullivan Jr., 68, was

being held on $500,000 bond inan isolation cell at a jail named

in his honor in suburban Den-ver. Arapahoe County SheriffGrayson Robinson said currentor former law enforcement offi-cials are usually kept from thegeneral inmate population fortheir safety at the Patrick J.Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility.Prosecutors chargedSullivan

with felony distribution,posses-sion of meth as well as amisde-

meanor charge of soliciting pros-titution. Authorities say he of-fered methamphetamine inexchange for sex fromamale ac-quaintance in a sting set up byofficers with a drug task force.Sullivan also is chargedwith

attempting to influence a pub-lic servant following a Sept. 20report of an “old man” inside ahome that the caller said he

wanted to leave.An incident report notes a

man at the house reported Sul-livanwas getting three recover-ing addicts back into drugs.Sullivan told investigators hewas helping them out as part ofhis work with a law enforce-ment and state drug rehab pro-gram. Officials have no recordof Sullivan working for either.

D e a rHeloise: I havea 92-year-oldcedar chest thatwas mymother’s, andmy grand-daughter wouldlike to have it.It is a beautifulpiece of furni-ture, but theproblem is thatthrough theyears, the cedararoma has turned ran-cid.I have tried leaving

the chest open for a cou-ple of weeks in fresh air,and I added baking soda,leaving the chest bothclosed and open. I alsotried a fabric refresher. Ithought maybe sandingit would restore thecedar aroma, but I amafraid to try.If possible, I would

like to eliminate any fra-grance at all. I was hop-ing you might have someideas; my granddaugh-ter and I welcome yourthoughts. — Ann in Cal-iforniaHi, Ann. Completely

eliminating any cedarfragrance? That is achallenge. Normally,cedar would not give offa rancid smell unless ithad absorbed the scentof something stored in itor something the chestwas treated with.This question

stumped Heloise, as wellas a leading cedar-chestmanufacturer! Remov-ing mildew and mothballsmells has been ad-dressed, as well as re-freshing the cedar scent,but never how to elimi-nate the cedar smell en-

tirely from stor-age chests. Youmight try wipingthe insides withmy beloved vine-gar on a cloth.If cleaning

and lightly sand-ing the inside ofthe chest do nothelp, then yourlast resort is toseal in the odorby using an oil-based primer on

the interior. Then paintthe inside with latexpaint. Contact an auc-tion house or antiquesdealer prior to paintingthe chest to find outabout any depreciationin value of the chest.Good luck. — Heloise

PET PALDear Readers:

Catherine C. of Lansing,Ill., sent in a picture ofher adorable black-and-white Chihuahua, Pic-colo. Piccolo understandsItalian and knows 12 an-imal toys by name.Catherine says that “Pic-colo” means “little” inItalian. Fine, but how doyou say “adorable” inItalian? To see Piccoloand our other Pet Pals,visit www. Heloise.comand click on the “Pets”link. — Heloise

Can a memorableChristmas be made witha dollar and 87 cents?Getting caught up in

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based on the short storyby O. Henry, the audi-ence follows the youngcouple on their selflessjourney to make eachother’s holiday dreamscome true.Gateway Arts Council

will present ArtReachTouring Theatre’s “Giftof the Magi” at theCameo Theatre in Sid-ney Dec 10 at 3 p.m.TheArtReach Touring

Theatre, from Cincin-nati, introduces young

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free. The arts councilwill supply the materi-als.Tickets cost $6 for

adults, $4 for children,and are available at Ron& Nita’s, Gateway ArtsCouncil offices, 216 N.Miami Ave., by phone at498-2787 and at the doorthe day of the perform-ance.

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This Evening• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club, Check-

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

Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Sunday Afternoon• Shelby county Deer Hunters holds its monthly

Sunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Roadbeginning at 1 p.m. Program — one round at fivedifferent targets, pays three places. Points awardedto members for end-of-the-year trophy. Open to thepublic.Sunday Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone,

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

Highmarks. For more information on activities orbecoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 492-0823.• The New Knoxville Community Library hosts

Storytime for children 3, 4 and 5 and not yet inkindergarten from 1 to 1:30 p.m.Monday Evening• The New Bremen Public Library will host a

family craft at 6 p.m. for parents and children. Reg-istration required: call (419) 629-2158.• The New Knoxville Community Library hosts

Storytime for children 3, 4 and 5 and not yet inkindergarten from 6 to 6:30 p.m.• Minster Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m.

at the Minster Historical Society Museum, 112Fourth St., Minster.• Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the

Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenueand Russell Road.• 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.• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7

p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road,New Bremen.• Anna Civic Association meets at 7:30 p.m. at

the Anna Library. Newmembers with new ideas al-ways are welcome.Tuesday Morning• The F.J. Stallo Memorial Library of Minster

will host Storytime for children 3, 4 and 5 from10:30 to 11 a.m.Tuesday Afternoon• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at

Work, meets at noon at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Tuesday Evening• Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group

for patients and care givers 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.• PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Les-

bians and Gays) meets at 6 p.m. in the second floorboard room of the Public Service Building on theOSU/Rhodes campus, 4240 Campus Drive, Lima.For information, call (419) 581-6065 or [email protected].• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Living the

Basics, will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Tem-ple, 210 Pomroy Ave.• The New Bremen Public Library will hold Sto-

rytime at 6:30 p.m. All ages are invited to join infor stories, songs and more.• Asthma Awareness educational classes will be

at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St.Marys, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Registration is not re-quired and the class is free. For information, call(419) 394-3335, ext. 2004.

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.

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LOCALIFE Sidney Daily News,Saturday,December 3,2011

Caring at Christmasto benefit HospiceInstead of mailing

Christmas cards tofriends and relatives,area residents maychoose to donate themoney they would havespent on cards andpostage to “Caring atChristmas,” an annualprogram to raise moneyfor charity. This is the19th year for Caring atChristmas and WilsonHospice has been chosento receive the donations.“We are so honored to

once again be the recipi-ent of this year’s Caringat Christmas donation,”said JoAnn Scott, direc-tor of Wilson Hospice.“Wilson Hospice is a not-for-profit organizationand with communitysupport, we are able tohelp cover some of thecosts for those patientswith no means to pay forservices and medicationsnot covered by hospicepatients’ insurance.”Recently, the Caring

at Christmas group vis-ited withWilson Hospicepatient, Rosella “Sal”Wagner, of Minster.Wagner, along with

her husband, the lateJoeWagner, owned/oper-ated a very popularrestaurant/summer re-sort located on Lake Lo-ramie known as SlipperySal’s.She shared many sto-

ries with the group.“Knowing that our

cause aids in the careprovided to this amazingwoman is really whatthe Caring at Christmasprogram is all about,”said Sara Barhorst.“Over the years, we’vebeen able to meet andhelp so many wonderfulhospice patients and wecan’t thank the commu-nity enough for theircontinual support.”The Caring at Christ-

mas committee is madeup of Shelby County res-idents Barhorst, Vicki

Edwards and Holly Ur-banc.Anyone who would

like to donate to Caringat Christmas may do soby mailing a donation toCaring at Christmas,696Westover Drive, Sid-ney, OH 45365. Dona-tions may also be madeat any Chase Bankbranch in Sidney. Makeall checks payable toWilson Hospice.Shortly before Christ-

mas, a listing of thenames of all donors tothis fund will appear inthe Sidney Daily News.In order for the donor’sname to be included inthis year’s greeting, thedonation must be re-ceived by December 10.For more information

about donating toWilsonMemorial Hospital, callthe Wilson Foundationat 498-5575.For information about

Wilson Hospice, call 498-9335.


Bonnie Banks, of Sid-ney, writes a holidaycard, one of manythat will go to U.S.military personnel forChristmas. Banks is amember of the BlueStar Military SupportGroup which wrotethe cards Tuesday atthe American Legion.

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Free webinarMonday

OMAHA, Neb. —Home Instead SeniorCare will present a we-binar for families ofaging seniors Monday at8 p.m.The webinar will

teach people how to rec-ognize the signs that afamily member mayneed care at home.The Home for the

Holidays web conferencewill last one hour andwill be moderated by arepresentative from theHome Instead SeniorCare network, hosted bythe American Society onAging (ASA), and co-sponsored by the Na-tional Family CaregiversAssociation (NFCA) andthe National Alliance forCaregiving (NAC).To register, go to

www.caregiverstress.com/familyeducation.The web conference

will be moderated by Di-rector of Strategic Al-liances Mary Alexander

of Home Instead, Inc.,Alexander is a familycaregiver and a CertifiedSenior Advisor (CSA).“It’s easy for busy

family caregivers tooverlook the subtle signsthat a senior loved oneneeds assistance,”Alexander said. “But theholidays, when many re-turn to their childhoodhomes, can highlightthose red flags,” shenoted.“Signs of potential

trouble can be evident ina senior’s home — suchas spoiled food in the re-frigerator and piles ofunpaid bills — or per-sonal indicators such asepisodes of confusion ordirty and unkemptclothing.”The web conference

will feature informationabout countering seniorresistance to assistanceas well as resources thatcan help family care-givers.

Fort Loramie offersholiday activities

FORT LORAMIE —The Fort Loramie Fam-ily Christmas will beDec. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.at St. Michael’s Hall. Allactivities are free.Participants can visit

with Santa; make orna-ments; watch LasPosadas, a Spanish andMexican Christmas tra-dition where the chil-dren dress up as Josephand Mary, travelers oranimals and re-enact thetravel to Bethlehem onthe first Christmas;enjoy Christmas Cook-ies, punch and hot choco-

late; sing along or listento music; make pineconeand peanut butter birdfeeders; have picturestaken in the stable atBethlehem; get facespainted; see the displayof giving tree gifts; makeChristmas cards for sol-diers in Iraq; play gamesand make crafts.A handbell concert

will begin at 3:30 p.m. Amovie will be shown atthe American Legionand the Historical Mu-seum will be open withsnacks and a train dis-play.

RECENT BIRTHSBLACKFORD

MINSTER — DearAmber Hinman andNathan Derek Black-ford, of Minster, an-nounce the birth of a son,Maison Derek Blackford,Sept. 28, 2011, at 4:43p.m. in Upper ValleyMedical Center in Troy.He weighed 6 pounds,

5 ounces, and was 19inches long.He was welcomed

home by his brothers,Treytin Wayne Black-ford, 6, and Aydin IrvinBlackford, 4.

His maternalgrandfather is RonaldPhilip Ladouceur, ofRoscommon, Mich.His paternal grand-

parents are Lori andBruce Blackford, ofSidney.His great-grandpar-

ents are Helen andRobert Wise, of Sidney.His aunt and uncle areMisty and JimmyHamilton, of Sidney.

His mother is for-merly from Roscom-mon, Mich.

SCHMIESINGNick and Tabatha

Schmiesing, of Sidney,announce the birth of ason, Kellon FrederickSchmiesing, Nov. 11,2011, at 7:42 a.m. in theCopeland-Emerson Fam-ily Birthing Center atWilson Memorial Hospi-tal.He weighed 7 pounds,

14 ounces, and was 19inches long.He was welcomed

home by Kade, 7, andKorban, 5.His maternal grand-

parents are Mike andCarlotte Dodds, of Sid-ney. His paternal grand-parents are Jerry andCindy Schmiesing, ofSidney.His great-grandpar-

ents are Fred andMartha Kirk, of The Vil-lages, Fla.; MarySchmiesing, of Fort Lo-ramie; and MyrtleDodds.His sibling, Kolten, is

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ties, Auglaize County ap-proved eight loans at a

cost of $5,318,000,Champaign County ap-proved four loans for atotal of $279,000, DarkeCounty approved sixloans for an amount of$991,000, Logan Countyhad $2,123,800 in 21loans, Mercer Countyhad four loans for a totalof $1,411,100 and MiamiCounty approved 19loans for a total of$5,552,800.

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Alcoa Inc...............9.91 +0.10(PF of Alcoa BuildingProducts, Stolle Machinery)Appld Ind. Tech..34.47 +0.17BP PLC ADR......43.30 +0.55Citigroup ............28.17 +1.18DPL Co. ...................— —Emerson Elec. ....51.36 -0.48(PF of Copeland Corp.Division)Griffon Corp. ........9.24 -0.01(PF of Clopay Corp.)H&R Block Inc...15.03 -1.03Honda Motor .....31.48 -0.11Ill. Toolworks .....45.95 +0.83(Parent company of Peerless)JC Penney Co.....32.98 +0.76(Store in Piqua)JPMorgan Chase32.33 +1.87(Former Bank One, Sidney)Kroger Co. ..........23.36 -0.01(PF of Kroger)Meritor .................6.22 +0.08

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

A - Refers to Affiliated With PF - Refers to Parent FirmClosing Dow Jones Industrial Averages:This Week: 12,019.35 Change: -0.68(Quotes courtesy of the Sidney offices of Edward Jones, Erroll Broud,

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Lear Corp ...........41.50 +0.64(PF of C.H. Masland)McDonalds Corp.95.70 +0.20Radio Shack .......11.58 -0.03Sherwin-Wllms..85.87 -0.13Sprint ...................2.60 -0.10Thor Industries..23.95 +0.11(PF of Airstream Inc.)Time Warner Inc.34.41 +0.20(PF of Time Warner Cable)U.S. Bancorp ......25.72 +0.02(Former Star Bank of Sidney)Walgreen Co.......33.12 -0.76Walmart Stores .58.09 -0.52Wendy’s Int. Inc. ..5.07 -0.01YUM! Brands.....56.25 -0.04(PF of Taco Bell, KentuckyFried Chicken and Pizza Hut)

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Winners were re-cently announced for theDowntownSidney.commonthly drawing.Dorothy Davidson, of

Sidney, is the winner ofthe $20 gift certificatefrom the Ivy Garland.Stacey Jordan, of Sidney,wins a $20 gift certifi-cate from the SpotRestaurant. Mary Born-

horst, of Sidney, wins a$20 gift certificate fromRon & Nita’s. KarenCounts, of Sidney, winsthe $20 gift certificatefromWiford Jewelers.This month’s drawing

is currently under wayand features gift certifi-cates from the followingdowntown Sidney busi-nesses — The Ivy Gar-

land, Ron and Nita’s,Wiford Jewelers, and theSpot Restaurant.Visitors can register

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

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Ohio said to offer $400Mlure for Sears offices

COLUMBUS (AP) —Ohio has pitched $400million in incentives tolure Sears’ corporateheadquarters away fromIllinois, far more thanthat state was preparingto offer to keep the re-tailer in suburbanChicago, a spokes-woman for Illinois’ gov-ernor told an Ohionewspaper.Ohio’s package is “ba-

sically about four times”what Illinois was consid-ering putting on thetable to keep Sears Hold-ings Corp. from leaving,said Brooke Anderson,press secretary to Gov.Pat Quinn. She told TheColumbus Dispatch thatSears executives men-tioned the $400 millionfigure during a recentIllinois House committeehearing.Sears has not con-

firmed anything aboutincentive offers and isnot commenting on

them, said KimberlyFreely, a spokeswomanfor the company. Searswants to have the ques-tion of its headquarterssettled by the end of De-cember, she said.Ohio Gov. John Ka-

sich would not talkspecifics about thestate’s offer on Wednes-day but instead jokedthat “we are somewherebetween $0 and $400million.”“We put the best pack-

age together we could.Do we have a shot? Yes,but I want to maintainmy position that youdon’t know,” Kasich toldthe Dispatch. “What I’mpleased about is, we’repitching. We’re in theball game.”A person familiar

with the negotiationssaid in early Octoberthat the parent of theSears and Kmart chainswas looking at Colum-bus, Ohio, and Austin,

Texas, as possible newlocations, if the companydecides not to stay in theChicago area. Sears has6,200 employees at itsheadquarters.Illinois officials have

been pushing a $250 mil-lion package of taxbreaks for Sears andseveral other major busi-nesses threatening toleave the state. Themeasure was dealt a set-back Tuesday when itwas rejected by the Illi-nois House, but legisla-tive leaders said theyhoped a deal could bereached in the comingdays or weeks.The tax package

would renew a $15 mil-lion income tax creditand a break on localproperty taxes forSears.

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BY KATHY LEESE

MINSTER — TheMinster Local SchoolsBoard of Educationheard about the successof the recent levy in No-vember’s election andlearned that MinsterSchools earned a mark ofdistinction.

S u p e r i n t e n d e n tBrenda Boeke expressedher appreciation to thepublic for its support.

“I want to officiallythank the community fortheir passing of the per-manent improvement re-newal levy. We were oneof 188 ballot issuesacross the state of Ohio.Our final results, al-though they remain un-official, were 62 percentfor the levy and 38 per-cent against. Manythanks to the committeewho worked on promot-ing the levy,” Boeke said.

Boeke also announcedthat not only was Min-ster Local Schoolsnamed as an Excellentwith Distinction Schoolby the Ohio Departmentof Education, but theschool district is 13th inthe state of Ohio for per-formance index.The per-formance index is basedon individual student’sgrades on all tested sub-jects in grades 3-8 onOhio’s Achievement As-sessments and on theOhio Graduation Test for10th graders.

Boeke said, “We arevery proud of our rankingas one of the best perform-ing schools in Ohio. Ourstudents and staff workhard and our parents and

communitymembers sup-port education.”

The board also heardabout a Veteran’s Daycelebration held bygrades 1-12 on Nov. 7 forlocal veterans. Sixty-eight veterans attended,as well as American Le-gion Auxiliary members.

The board heardabout activities at Min-ster Elementary Schoolincluding parent teacherconferences for 93 per-cent of students.

The board heard a re-port about activities atMinster Junior/SeniorHigh School. Among ac-tivities was a CareerDay held on Nov. 16 withDerrick Seaver, Advo-cacy Group Director ofField Operations, speak-ing to students.

Seven Minster HighSchool FCCLA membersand a chaperone, at-tended the NationalCluster Meeting in At-lanta, Ga., from Nov. 17to 20.

The Auglaize County

Crisis Center gave apresentation to fresh-man students aboutTeen Dating ViolenceAwareness which in-cluded a tree plantingceremony along the eastdrive at Minster Jun-ior/Senior High School.

The board heard thatthe MAC Fall SportsBanquet was held andthe following were hon-ored: Clay Bornhorst,Ryan Will, Rob Wenteand Daniel Gusching,football; FrancisSlonkosky and DominicSlonkosky, boys crosscountry; GabrielleBarga, Hannah Butlerand Natalie Fausey,girl’s cross country;Dana Stucke, volleyball;Kelly Mueller, ClaireFischer, Marissa Conradand Margo Slonkosky,girl’s golf andAustin Fis-cher, boys golf.

The board approvedTed Oldiges as a substi-tute bus driver andJames Borges as a sub-stitute cafeteria worker.

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THIS ORIGINAL 1865 issue of Harper’s Weekly with a two-page spread fea-turing Thomas Nast’s vision of Santa Claus will be on display at the Crider-sville Historical Society’s museum.

Exhibit features SantaCRIDERSVILLE —

TheCridersvilleHistoricalSociety will introduce aspecial exhibit today aspart of the Christmas onMain Street Celebrationin Cridersville. The mu-seum will be filled withhundreds of likenesses ofthe North Pole’s most fa-mous citizen—evena life-size,mechanical version.

This new exhibit willanswer the question:How did the kindly St.Nicholas become a roly-poly, red-suited Ameri-can Santa Claus?

Thomas Nast, the

19th century politicalcartoonist, is creditedwith creating the mod-ern image of SantaClaus in the 1860s. Theexhibit will include a va-riety of Nast’s SantaClaus images, includingan original 1865 issue ofHarper’s Weekly with atwo-page Nast Santa col-lage.

“If you love SantaClaus, you won’t want tomiss this exhibit,” saidhistorical society presi-dent Ned Myers.

In addition, the mu-seumwill be featuring an

elaborate seaside villagedisplay with both modelrailroads and ships.

“This year our modeltrain display has ex-panded to more than 16feet in length. It is al-ways a favorite with thekids,” Myers said.

The main museumgallery will also show-case a King Arthur’sCastle display. TheSanta exhibit opening isscheduled for today from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The mu-seum will also be openon Sunday and Dec. 18from 1 to 4 p.m.

Council updatedon soil clean-upMINSTER—Minster

Village Council heard anupdate on the removal ofcontaminated soil fromthe Minster Oil site inthe village, as well as up-dates on constructionprojects and when Santawill be arriving in thevillage.

Don Harrod, villageadministrator, told coun-cil members that CTLEngineering has startedthe remediation processat the Minster Oil loca-tion. CTL and village em-ployees removedcontaminated soil fromthe area recently, whichincluded soil from an areaof approximately 40 feetby 70 feet. The dirt wastaken to another location.

A second under-ground storage tank wasfound on the Minster Oilproperty and was alsoremoved. CTL employ-ees applied an oxygenmixed chemical to thearea before placing cleansoil at the site. Thechemical will help tobreakdown any remain-ing petroleum.

CTL has reinstalledmonitoring wells thathad been removed due tothe Fourth Street con-

struction project andthey will continue tomonitor to make sure allcontamination from theMinster Oil site hasbeen removed.

Brumbaugh Con-struction is continuing toinstall storm sewers aspart of the Fourth Streetconstruction project,Harrod said. They haveinstalled sanitary andsewer manholes in thealley near the MinsterPost Office. They plan tocontinue installing thestorm sewer as long asweather permits.

Harrod said that vil-lage employees havebeen replacing drivesand sidewalks damagedduring the canal project.They had been damagedby equipment.

The Parks Depart-ment has winterized allof the parks in the vil-lage. Village employeeshave reseeded some ofthe ball diamonds andprepared them for nextspring.

Public Works employ-ees will continue to pickup leaves in the villageuntil Dec. 5, Harrod said.

The Parks Depart-ment and FJ Stallo Li-

brary will welcomeSanta Claus to Minsteron Dec. 10. Santa will ar-rive at 12:30 p.m. in afire truck at Minster Ma-chine Centennial Park.Adults and children arewelcome to come andhave their photo takenwith Santa at the park.They will also be able tohelp decorate the vil-lage’s Christmas tree inthe gazebo and hotchocolate and cookieswill be served.

In addition, councilmembers:

• Approved the sec-ond reading of an ordi-nance authorizing amutual aid contract withLoramie Fire District.

• Approved a resolu-tion declaring Minster’sopposition to centralizedtax collection in the stateof Ohio.

• Approved the firstreading of an ordinanceauthorizing a contractfor income tax collec-tions with the city of St.Marys.

• Approved the firstreading of a resolutionauthorizing a contractwith Robert Kehoe to actas a Mayor’s Court Mag-istrate for the village.

BOE discusses levy successNew Knoxville School

NEW KNOXVILLE— New Knoxville Schoolhas released the namesof students in grades 7-12 who have been namedto the honor roll for thefirst grading period ofthe 2011-12 school year.

High honors(3.65-4.0 grade-point

average)Seventh grade

Jennifer Schwieter-man, Kenzie Schroer,Celestina Boesche, Ash-lyn Miller, Brianna Ju-rosic, Tristin Thompson,Shannon McCabe, KaylaJaynes, Jake Blitch,Alyssa Moots, CourtneyPiehl, Jadyn Lauth,Shayna Bierlein andRenee Schrolucke.

Eighth gradeAbigail Lageman,

Rachel Hawkins,MarcusNitschke, Serena Hostet-ter, Madison Lammers,Zachary Handlin, EmilyDimmick, Rachel Leffel

and Ingrid Miller.Freshman

Kalyn Schroer, ParkerStone, Moriah Dildine,Benjamin Magnelli, An-drew Arnett, LewisMackie and MadisonLuck.

SophomoreHattie Greer, Clara

Shroyer, Paige Lehmanand Rebecca Newton.

JuniorLydia Felty, Spencer

Wolf and Rebekah Neu-man.

SeniorCasey Hovey, Natalie

Boyle, Lucas Leffel,Jesse Settlage, JohnThompson, Haley Dillon,Donald Binkley,Gabrielle Kuck, AndrewSamuel, Shannon Fled-derjohann and SarahMason.

Honors(3.35-3.64 GPA)Seventh grade

Sean Quigley, Emily

Ott, Corey Kuck, An-thony Stammen, AshleyScott, Nicholas Topp andCole Thompson.

Eighth gradeJace Kuck, Emma

Johnsen, Alex Luthman,Lana Bizet and EricPrater.

FreshmanMegan Kennedy,

Houston Compton,Courtney Hoelscher,Morgan Greer, MegReineke, AlexandraLammers, AbigailRohrbach and GrantSchneider.

SophomoreHaley Horstman.

JuniorKayla Metzger, Bobby

Fu, Kristin Roessner,Matteo Rinaldi Ceroniand Kaitlin Roessner.

SeniorCassandra Robinson,

Anna Cook, CassaundraCarpenter, Tiana Heidtand Riese Fiegel.

HONOR ROLL

MINSTER — On Nov.18 the Minster HighSchool FCCLA chaptertraveled with four otherFCCLA chapters, includ-ing Fort Loramie, toChattanooga, Tenn., en-route to Atlanta for thenational meeting.

While in Chattanooga,the group toured RubyFalls and followed asmall opening in a caveto see waterfalls. Theythen drove to Atlanta toattend the 2011 NationalCluster Meeting.

While there, memberslearned to “Raise the

Bar” in everything theycan from leadership to acareer and going to col-lege. The National Excu-tive Council presentedprograms on how to“Raise the Bar” and howto be a leader amongfamilies, careers andcommunities. Speakerswere John Beede andGerold Jones. Both ad-dressed goals and per-sonal power one has tochoose how to live thelife one wants.

Also, at the meetingwere workshops, includ-ing a “dance-a-thon” for

kids and a “Farm-to-the-Fork” focusing on wherefood all comes from.Chapter memberslearned about leadershipto being all they can be.

The chapter touredthe Coca-Cola factory,and each member wasgiven complimentaryCoke bottles. Membersattending from Minsterwere Theresa Barhorst,Allison and LaurenJutte, Katie Thieman,Megan Timmerman,Brittany Mumaw, BritSherman and adviserPeggy Kelly.

Students visit Chattanooga, Atlanta

BY FRANCIS DRAKE

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

For Sunday, Dec. 4,2011

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)It looks like yesterday

was just the warm-up.Today people are argu-ing about politics, reli-gion or issues in themedia, or squabblingabout travel plans. Runaway!

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)Dissatisfaction with

how something is sharedhas grown to the point ofserious dissension withothers today. Don’t blowyour cool. Stay level-headed in order to de-fend your own interests.

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)Difficulties with part-

ners and close friendsare strong today. What-ever was building upyesterday has nowerupted. Try to be pa-tient, because these arepeople you love, right?

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)Postpone important

discussions at work be-cause co-workers are notcooperative today. Peopleare looking for a fight.Keep your head downand your powder dry.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Be extra patient deal-

ing with children today,because this is a quarrel-some day for everyone.Naturally, romance is inthe toilet. (You just wantpeace.)

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Family squabbles are

highly likely today. Butit takes two to make afight, doesn’t it? So if youdecide to sit this one out,you might weather thestorm because tomorrowis a better day.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Disputes with siblings

and neighbors mighttake place today. I rec-ommend you postponethese discussions untiltomorrow, becauseeveryone is happierthen.Take the high road.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Squabbles about

money and possessionswill take place today, butnot if you refuse to dis-cuss these issues.Tomor-row and next week arefar better days. Try to dosomething else.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)You feel like you’re

blocked — aggressivelyso — by others, no mat-ter what you suggest. Ithink you’re right. Thisis why you should keepyour suggestions toyourself, until tomorrow.

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)You’re doing a slow

boil about something,and you feel you can’tcomplain. But this does-n’t mean that you aren’tangry. If you can keepquiet till tomorrow, allthis might be resolved.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Avoid conflict in

group situations today,because you will accom-plish nothing. Peoplejust want to yell andhear the sound of theirown voice. Tomorrow is abetter day.

PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)Definitely avoid nasty

discussions with bosses,parents, teachers andVIPs. Ironically, tomor-row and next week aremuch more harmonious.Wait until then.

YOU BORN TODAYYou’re energetic, gutsyand not afraid to be insomebody’s face. You dowhatever it takes to getthe job done. You’re ashrewd judge of character

and know exactly how toplay others, to get whatyou want. You can totallycommit yourself to yourideals or to a particularcause. A very social yearawaits you that blessesall relationships. Enjoy!Birthdate of: Tyra

Banks, supermodel/TVhost; Jeff Bridges, actor;Jay-Z,rapper/entrepreneur.

BY FRANCIS DRAKE

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

For Monday, Dec. 5,2011

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)For some time now,

some of you have beendeveloping a crush on anauthority figure or some-one who is older or richer.Today this is obviouslyapparent! (Others aresimply making a greatimpression on bosses.)

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)You’re very excited

about travel plans orperhaps something thathas to do with higher ed-ucation, medicine, thelaw, publishing and themedia. It looks likesomething finally isgoing to go your way!

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)You’re starting to feel

flush because the breaksare coming your way. In-heritances, gifts and fa-

vors from others can def-initely improve your sit-uation. Yes!

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)Youwelcomethesupport

of close friends and part-ners. In all your contactstoday, you see how muchyou care for these people.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Things are going more

smoothly at work. It’seasy to get along with co-workers. In fact, a work-related romance mightbegin now.Woo, woo!

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Things are looking

up! Vacation plans, aswell as a cozier situationat home, make you feelhappier about life today.(It’s about time.)

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)You’ll enjoy redecorat-

ing today or entertainingat home. It’s a lovely dayto schmooze with othersbecause all conversa-tions will be lively andstimulating.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)This is a good day for

sales, business and com-merce, plus thinkingabout moneymakingideas. It also will pleaseyou to buy somethingbeautiful for yourself orloved ones.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)Get out and schmooze

with others because youfeel sociable and eager tomake friends. In fact,you’re in the mood toparty. Outdoor activities

will appeal as well.(They always do.)

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Secret love affairs or a

budding romance mightbe on the horizon forsome of you. On theother hand, today, someof you are just enjoyingsolitude in beautiful sur-roundings.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)You’ll love being ac-

tive with others today,especially in group situ-ations. This is a greatday for gym classes,group sports or any teameffort that involves coop-eration.

PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)Romance with a boss

or someone older orricher definitely couldbegin for you today.Without question, youmake a great impressionon people in authority.

YOU BORN TODAYYour confidence allowsyou to be daring and un-usual. Because you be-lieve in yourself, yousucceed. You’re activeand decisive: When youwant something, you gofor it. People follow youbecause you’re so in-tensely focused on whatyou do. It’s important toknow that in the yearahead, you will study orlearn something ex-tremely valuable to you.Make time for this.Birthdate of: Mar-

garet Cho, comedian/ac-tress; Nick Stahl, actor;Frankie Muniz,actor/race-car driver.

DR. WAL-LACE: My par-ents are avidreaders of yourcolumn andmost of the timethey agree 100percent withyour advice.Many times ourfamily will dis-cuss your dailyadvice andsometimes we“debate” onwhether or not your ad-vice was excellent, verygood, average, below av-erage or terrible. Myparents have nevergiven you a terrible, butI must admit that I’vegraded your answer ter-rible twice. But that’snot bad because ournewspaper picked upyour column about twoyears ago.But now the time has

come when I need youradvice with an “excel-lent” response. I’m 15and a good student. Ialso am on the juniorvarsity tennis team.Thismakes me feel veryhappy. I love being onthe team. My grand-mother, who lives withus, is trying to convincemy parents that girlsshould not participate inathletics because it isnot “lady like.” Please in-form my parents thatplaying sports is anasset and is, indeed, verymuch “lady-like.” —Nameless, Dallas, Texas

NAMELESS: Severalyears ago Sassy Maga-zine did a survey on fe-male high school athletesand found that they are92 percent less likely tobecome a drug user, 80percent less likely to beinvolved in sexual activ-ity and three times morelikely to graduate. Be-sides the benefits of reg-ular exercise, whichpromotes good health, fe-male athletes also, on theaverage, have highergrades than those girlswho do not participate inathletics. Make sureyour parents relay thisinformation on to Grand-mother.

DR. WALLACE:Whydo teens have such ahigh number of drugabusers? Also, why areteens so vulnerable tosmoking and drinking?Is it because they wantto act grown up? If so,they’re making a hugemistake. — Cindy,Dixon, Ill.

CINDY: Acting grown

up is a part ofthe reason, butteens also feelinvincible anddo not fear theconsequences ofusing addictivesubstances. TheDepartment ofHealth andHuman Serv-ices conducted asurvey on drugabuse andfound that teens

see less harm connectedto using drugs than therest of the population.Each year, thousands

of Americans die fromabusing cocaine, but onlyabout half of the teenssurveyed believe there’sa great risk in using thishighly addictive drug.And only 49 percent ofthe teens surveyedthought that smoking apack of cigarettes a daywould harm them, com-pared to two-thirds ofthe general populationsaying they felt it would.Why is there such a

big percentage differ-ence? Blame it on youth-ful exuberance and the“I’m going to live for-ever” philosophy. That’swhy the tobacco compa-nies are able to attract3,000 new smokersevery day.

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Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011Some stronger and more ambitious el-ements of your personality will bearoused in the year ahead because ofthe actions you’ll be willing to take.You’re likely to develop a more feasi-ble course where your probabilities forsuccess are heightened.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Itmight become necessary for you tomake certain that everyone in yourcharge knows the rules that have beenlaid down for their own good. Don’t letanything be ignored.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Don’t build impediments in your fer-tile imagination. You’ll find that onceyou get on a roll, several things thatyou thought to be difficult will actu-ally be relatively easy to do.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Besure to give those whose friendshipsyou treasure the benefit of the doubton any calls they have to make. If youdon’t, one of your pals might feel youdon’t trust them.PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Al-though you might get commerciallyinvolved with an individual who is ex-ceptionally tight-fisted and shrewd, aslong as you’re not indifferent or naive,you’ll do OK.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Ourmode of behavior easily influences ourpeers. If you nurture a long face, you’llnot see too many people smiling atyou. Conversely, laugh, and the worldlaughs with you.TAURUS (April 20-May 20)—The de-mands placed on you by others couldbe rather surprising, but instead ofletting them upset you, you’ll thriveon them and let them fuel your feel-ings of self-worth.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Eventhough you might not ask for it, youcould be the recipient of some excel-lent advice. The counsel you receivewill be extremely helpful and con-structive.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Al-though your companions might bescattering their efforts, your focus willbe centered on some very meaningfulobjectives. You’ll use your powers ofconcentration to knock ‘em out.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Becauseyou’ll have worked out your plans wellin advance, things should go smoothlyfor you. You’ll have your goals andplans properly assigned, lessening anykind of logistical problems.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Becauseyou’ll have your plans worked out,most joint endeavors should work outrather well for you. Those with whomyou associate will want to follow yourlead.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you dis-cuss in detail with your family orthose who are involved exactly whatyour present plans are, you shouldmeet with not only their approval buttheir cooperation as well.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — This isnot the time to be silent if you feelyou’ve earned something that thepowers-that-be might be unaware of.You shouldn’t want what you’ve ac-complished to be overlooked.COPYRIGHT 2011 United FeatureSyndicate, Inc.

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COMICS Sidney Daily News, Saturday, December 3, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Saturday, Dec. 3,

the 337th day of 2011. Thereare 28 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in His-

tory:On Dec. 3, 1911, Italian

film composer Nino Rota,known for scoring works bysuch directors as FedericoFellini and Luchino Visconti,as well as the first two “God-father” movies, was born inMilan.On this date: In 1810, British forces

captured Mauritius from theFrench, who had renamedthe island nation off south-east Africa “Ile de France.”

In 1818, Illinois was ad-mitted as the 21st state.

In 1828, Andrew Jack-son was elected president ofthe United States by theElectoral College.

In 1833, Oberlin Collegein Ohio — the first truly co-educational school of higherlearning in the United States— began holding classes.

In 1925, George Gersh-win’s Concerto in F had itsworld premiere at NewYork’sCarnegie Hall, with Gersh-win at the piano.

In 1947, the TennesseeWilliams play “A StreetcarNamed Desire” opened onBroadway.

In 1967, surgeons inCape Town, South Africa ledby Dr. Christiaan Barnardperformed the first humanheart transplant on LouisWashkansky, who lived 18days with the new heart. The20th Century Limited, thefamed luxury train, com-pleted its final run from NewYork to Chicago.

In 1979, 11 people werekilled in a crush of fans atCincinnati’s Riverfront Coli-seum, where the British rockgroup The Who was perform-ing.

In 1984, thousands ofpeople died after a cloud ofmethyl isocyanate gas es-caped from a pesticide plantoperated by a Union Carbidesubsidiary in Bhopal, India.

In 1991, radicals inLebanon released Americanhostage Alann Steen, who’dbeen held captive nearly fiveyears.

100 yearsDec. 3, 1911

City Engineer WalterR. Blake has completed aplat for a house number-ing for the city of Sidney.The plat is most com-plete in every detail andhas been placed on file inthe office of the city au-ditor. According to thesystem, as ordered bycity council, the entirehouse numbering systemin existence in the city iscompletely changed.Every business houseand residence will have anew number. The divid-ing line in the city isOhio Avenue and PoplarStreet. According to theplat there are just aneven 100 streets in thecity, including East Sid-ney and the syndicateaddition.

75 yearsDec. 3, 1936

Without opposition atthe Democratic caucusheld in Columbus today,Fred Elsass, of Anna,was re-elected clerk ofthe House of Representa-tives. His name wasplaced before the caucusby RepresentativeRobert F. Kaser, of Sid-ney. Elsass is a formerhouse member, havingserved two terms fromShelby County.

–––––W.R. Joslin was re-

elected president of theShelby County Farm Bu-reau at the annual meet-ing of the organizationheld today in the K. of P.Hall. Other officers se-lected included: EarlPence, vice president;Carl Davidson, secretaryand treasurer, and OscarKah, alternate to theOhio Farm Bureau Fed-eration annual meeting.

–––––Ben McCullough was

elected commander ofthe W.T. Amos Camp ofthe Spanish War Veter-ans at its meeting lastevening. Herman Alberswas elected senior vicecommander; DavidMaxon, junior vice com-mander; H.E. Kah, adju-tant; L.P. Kraft,quartermaster; J.L. Fra-zier, O. of D.; Karl F.Young, O. of G. andFrank M. Hussey, chap-lain.


Miss Cheryl Chris-man, daughter of Mr.andMrs.H.C. Chrisman,R.R. 3, Sidney, a student

at Fairlawn School, wasnamed winner of the an-nual Shelby CountyPrince of Peace contest.She was selected fromamong the seven contest-ants who participated inthe finals held Sundayevening in the SidneyChurch of the Brethren.Her declamation was ti-tled, “The Formula forPeace.”

–––––Organization of a local

branch chapter of theNational Association forthe Advancement of Col-ored People was com-pleted at a meeting heldin Sidney Sunday.Elected officers of theSidney chapter are:James P. Humphrey,president; HarrisonBrown, vice president;Mrs. Helen Bolden, sec-retary; RebeccaHumphrey, assistant sec-retary, and John King,treasurer.


Frank Faulder, a for-mer Jackson Center res-ident, has been named1986 Trooper of the Yearat the Bellefontaine Postof the State Highway Pa-trol. The selection of 41-year-old Faulder is inrecognition of outstand-ing service throughoutthe year, according to anannouncement made byLt. Logan Chanay, postcommander.

–––––Jackie Grillot and Ed-

ward Monnin are shownfollowing their corona-tion as homecomingqueen and king at Rus-sia Local High School.They received theircrowns from Paula Mon-nin and Scot Bruns, lastyear’s queen and king.

–––––These news items from

past issues of the SidneyDaily News are compiledby the Shelby CountyHistorical Society (498-1653) as a public serviceto the community. Localhistory on the Internet!www.shelbycountyhis-tory.org

Performance enhancers listed

Hard-working girl disappointed by mother’s lack of gratitude

DEAR DR.DONOHUE: Iam a 16-year-oldhigh-school stu-dent taking ananatomy andphysiology class.We were recentlyassigned a projectin which we mustresearch healthconcerns andpresent both sidesof the issue. I amresearching theeffects of perform-ance-enhancing supple-ments on teenageathletes. I would appreci-ate your perspective. —J.Y.

ANSWER: I start withan apology, J.Y. This isn’tgoing to get to you in timefor your class assignment.I wish you had includedyour address in the letter.I would have mailed it toyou.Performance-enhanc-

ing supplements cover aTexas-sized assortment oflegal and illegal drugs,herbs, foods and tonics.Let’s start with male hor-mones and their chemi-cally altered relatives,since the spotlight shineson them so brightly.Thesedrugs are called by manynames: androgens, ana-bolic (growth-enhancing)

steroids, testos-terone (the mainmale hormone)copycats or just“ s t e r o i d s . ”“Steroids” con-fuses people be-cause that wordincludes medi-cines like corti-sone andprednisone, notwhat we’re talk-ing about. Let’sstick with ana-bolic steroids.

Anabolic steroids pro-mote muscle growth andmuscle strength by stim-ulating protein synthesis.Proteins are the basicunits of muscles. Manybodybuilders and otherathletes have attained in-credible muscle sizethrough the use of thesedrugs. Risks of use toteenagers include the pre-mature closure of growthplates. Growth plates aresections of bone that arecartilage. They allowbones to elongate.Closureof growth plates stopsbone growth. Teenshaven’t reached the agewhen growth naturallyand completely stops.Furthermore, to reach

such gargantuan size,users have to take dosesof anabolic steroids that

are 40 times greater thandoses used for medicalpurposes. Such doses canand often do alter person-ality, making the usersaggressive to the point ofbeing a danger to others.It’s called “roid rage.”Suchlarge quantities can harmthe liver, promote growthof the male breast andpossibly decrease testiclesize. Girl users developacne, grow facial andchest hair, deepen theirvoices and decreasebreast size. These sub-stances are banned bymost athletic governingbodies. Don’t use them.I would like to give you

more examples of thingslike creatine and caffeine.Write back, and I will.

DEAR DR. DONO-HUE: Will you settle afamily dispute? I ama jog-ger and run from three to12 miles weekly. Mybrother runs much moreoften and is training for amarathon.We are both inour early 40s. Our fatherclaims that his father hadbad knees, that he hasbad knees and thatwe areplaying with fire by run-ning because of the familygene.Are we? — C.S.

ANSWER: If you havehealthy knees, exercise

training — includingmarathon running—willnot damage your knees.Even if you have

arthritis, exercise can be aboon by keeping yourjoints limber and bystrengthening leg mus-cles. Strong leg musclesprotect the knees. All ofthis has to be approved bythe person’s doctor.Swim-ming andwalking are twoexercises that win ap-proval.Athletes suffer from

knee problems due to in-juries. The problems did-n’t come about fromexercise.They came aboutfrom trauma.Can your dad name

the “bad knee”problemheand his father have? If hecan, write me again. Imight have to change myposition.

Dr. Donohue regretsthat he is unable to an-swer individual letters,but he will incorporatethem in his columnwhen-ever possible.Readersmaywrite him or request anorder form of availablehealth newsletters at P.O.Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475. Readers mayalso order health newslet-ters from www.rbma-mall.com.

D E A RABBY: I’m a 12-year-old girl whohas a problemwith my mom.Once a week weclean the house,which is fairlylarge.Even when I

do a good job onevery room mymom never says,“Nice job,” “Goodwork,” or even a simple“Thanks.” It hurts my feel-ings because I thank her forall the things she does for me.Am I wrong to want or expect

compliments in return? —NEVER THANKED INOREGON

DEAR NEVERTHANKED: No, you’re notwrong. I don’t know anyoneof any age who doesn’tcrave positive reinforce-ment.Have you mentioned to

your mother how thismakes you feel? Because ifyou haven’t, you’re ex-pressing your disappoint-

ment to the wrong person.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 15 andmy parents have decided theywant to have another kid.

Shouldn’t parents talk totheir other children aboutthis? None of us were askedfor our opinion — we werejust informed.Mom has had health prob-

lems almost my entire life, soI had to grow up extremelyfast. I watched her have aseizure while we were outshopping, and she was oftenin the hospital.I don’t want another child

to go through this, too.When I say something I’m

told I’m being selfish andrude. This new baby is al-ready loved more because mydad hopes she will be better

than me. Am I wrong to feelthis is unfair? — UNHAPPYTEEN IN SOUTHERN CAL-IFORNIA

DEAR UNHAPPYTEEN: Fairness may notenter into it at all.The reason you and your

siblings were not asked forinput about your mother hav-ing another child may be thatthe baby was as much a sur-prise to your parents as it isto all of you.Your complaining won’t

improve the situation, whichmay be why you’ve been toldyou need an attitude adjust-ment.

You say you grew up ex-tremely fast.Well, it’s time toaccelerate the process evenmore. This isn’t a competitionfor your parents’ love. I’msure they love all of you andthey’d show it if you stoppedbeing self-centered. Pleasegive it some thought.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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A low pressure system moves over the Southern Plains and creates a cold front that extends to the Great Lakes. This will allow for widespread scattered rain and snow showers to develop from the Southern and Central Plains, through the Great Lakes.

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WEATHER Sidney Daily News,Saturday,December 3,2011

Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset

High Thursday.......................43Low Thursday .......................23

24 hours ending at 7 a.m..noneMonth to date....................noneYear to date......................52.88

Saturday’s sunset ......5:11 p.m.Sunday’s sunrise .......7:43 a.m.Sunday’s sunset.........5:11 p.m.

Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station forShelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/hightemperatures, go to AccuWeather.com.

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STAMPING EQUIPMENTSUPPORT TECHNICIANKTH Parts Industries Inc., a quality oriented manufacturer ofstamped and welded auto parts, located in St. Paris, Ohio,has an immediate opening for an experienced individual inour Stamping Equipment Support Group (ESG). The suc-cessful candidate should have two years industrial experi-ence or an equivalent technical degree. A good workingknowledge of PLC’s, Basic Electricity, Pneumatic and Hy-draulic systems is required. Allen Bradley Industrial Controlexperience is desired. Industrial electricity safety training,mig or arc welding, or familiarity with oxyacetylene weldingand cutting is a plus. This is a second shift position.

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LOST: male Papillon,about 8 lbs., white &brown, last seen FairviewRoad headed towardsSidney, neutered,(937)214-1808.

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TravelCenters of Ameri-ca in Wapakoneta isnow hiring experienceddiesel mechanics andservice techs. We offerflexible schedules withopenings on all shifts.

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Rapidly expandingmental health anddrug/alcohol counsel-ing agency is seekingexperienced indepen-dently licensed clini-cians for therapyservices. Positionrequires a minimumof an LISW or LPCCcertification withinthe State of Ohio.Please mail, fax oremail resume toCounseling Centerfor Wellness/Ohio

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Interested applicantsmust be able to workwell within team atmos-phere and on own asneeded.

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1 BEDROOM, good forone person. Stove and re-frigerator included. $275month. (419)303-6280

1 BEDROOM, large,North end, ca, appliances,garage, lawn care. $395deposit. (937)489-1222

1 BEDROOM, upstairs.$350. Stove, refrigera-tor. Water paid. 415.5 S.Miami, Sidney. No pets.(937)726-5460

113 EAST Water Street, 2bedroom, 1 bath, 1 cargarage, appliances, nopets, $395 month. Call(937)498-8000.

2 BEDROOM, 1 bath.$375 per month. Metroaccepted. (937)538-0647

2 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath,half double, Court Street.Appliances, basement.Very clean, NO PETS.$435 plus utilities.(937)497-7200

2 BEDROOM apartments,413/425 Fairview, Sidney,(by High School), stove,refrigerator, ca, w/d hook-up, $450 monthly plus de-posit (937)248-4000

2 BEDROOM, Botkins,ground-level. Stove, re-frigerator included, elec-tric heat, AC. Nopets. $350, deposit(937)693-3752.

2 BEDROOM duplex,1868 Shawnee Drive. Ap-pliances, air, garage,lawncare provided. Nopets, $575,(937)295-3325.

2 BEDROOM, on Collins,New updates, appliances,garage, A/C, washer/ dry-er hook-up. $550 month.(419)629-3427

3 BEDROOM duplex, 2baths, 2 car garage, allappliances includingwasher and dryer. 2471Apache Drive. $695 + de-posit. NO PETS,(937)726-0512.

3 BEDROOM in Sidney,upstairs, washer and dry-er hook-up, $450. Call(937)658-3824

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

SIDNEY2355 Wapakoneta Ave(across from Carriage HillApts.), Saturday,9am-1pm. INSIDE SALE!Lots of NEW items &stocking stuffers! Barlights, large selectionhand tools, new Christ-mas lights, electrical &plumbing items, dining ta-bles, men's & women's1X-3X clothing.

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

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FIRST MONTH FREE! 2bedroom, upstairs, 210.5Lane. Washer/dryer hook-up. No pets! $395, depos-it. (937)492-7625

FORT LORAMIE, 2 bed-room, stove/ refrigeratorfurnished, washer/ dryerhook-up, off street park-ing. First months rent free.(937)295-2002

NEW DUPLEX, Botkins.3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car,gas heat, central air, W/Droom, appliances, well in-sulated, no pets. $750month, (937)394-7144.

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2-3 BEDROOM, $420monthly, $400 deposit,metro accepted. 527 St.Marys Avenue,(937)492-8413, leavemessage.

3 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath,garage, central air, newappliances, 12X20 build-ing. No pets. 1527 Cedar-brook, $675 monthly plusdeposit. (937)658-1329

3 BEDROOM house.Stove, refrigerator, wash-er/ dryer, dishwasher.Garage. 1121 Colonial.$600 month, no pets.(937)726-0273

314 THOMPSON, 2 Storyfamily size home, 3 bed-room, 1 bath, basement.Gas heat, CA, appliancesfurnished. $525 month.(937)441-1220

317 EAST Shelby, 4 bed-room, $550. 728 CLIN-TON, 3 bedroom, garage,$575. 726 CLINTON, 3bedroom, $525. 1017 MA-PLE, small 2 bedroom,$350. 807 BROADWAY, 2bedroom, $475.(937)492-0966.

524 OAK Street, Sidney,3 bedroom, completely re-modeled, basement. $575plus deposit.(937)394-7117

607 NORTH Miami, 4bedroom house, no pets,$575 month, deposit,(937)498-8000.

PIQUA, 2935 DelawareCircle, 3 Bedroom, 2 bath,2 car garage, all applianc-es, No pets, $880 month-ly, 1 year lease,(937)778-0524

421 NORTH Miami, up-dated 3 bedroom, 1 bath,2 car, $555/ deposit,(937)526-4318.

FIREWOOD, $125 a corepick up, $150 a core deliv-ered, $175 a core deliv-ered and stacked(937)308-6334 or(937)719-3237

FIREWOOD, $50 Truck-load, delivered, split, sea-soned hardwood,(937)596-6544

FIREWOOD for sale. Allseasoned hardwood,$150 per cord split/ deliv-ered, (937)844-3756.

SEASONED FIREWOOD$165 per cord. Stackingextra, $135 you pick up.Taylor Tree Serviceavailable (937)753-1047

ENTERTAINMENT CEN-TER, with Lighted book-cases, excellent condi-tion, dark oak color, willdeliver within Sidney, ask-ing $1,000. Call(937)492-0494

POOL TABLE, Slate44x88, oak pedestal legs,leather pockets, slate bedwith accessories. $500.(937)339-0460 leavemessage and phone num-ber.

TELEVISION, 36" Toshi-ba, picture in picture. In-cludes stand. $200.(937)778-0906

HOLSTEIN CALVES, 14,Average 350 pounds.(937)492-3313.

ADULT MOVIES, still infactory seal, great selec-tion, $4 each. Call(567)356-0272.

CHRISTMAS TREE 7 foot(GE Monroe) lighted with550 multi colored lights.Dimensions 45"X15"X12"$25. (937)498-9822

CHRISTMAS TREE, 9.5',slim. $75. (937)473-9833Call after 2pm.

SPA Hot Springs Sove-reign Spa. 6 adults,230W, 50AMP, 335 Gal-lon. New retractable vinylcover bought in Septem-ber. $2550.(937)492-2443

CAT: 2 year old neutered,no spray, declawed, blackand white male. Littertrained. Other catsavailable to indoor homes.(937)492-2563

Christmas andPUPPIES go together

Malti-poms, Morkies,Pomeranians, Yor-kie/Shihtzus, Chihuahuamix. Layaway now forbest choice.

Garwick'sThe Pet People(419)795-5711

KITTENS, 15 Weeks old& adult cats free to gohomes or farms,(937)726-9490

HAVAMALT PUPPIES,Non shedding, hypo aller-genic, designer puppies,beautiful colors, shots,family raised, 8 weeks oldon December 23rd, takingdeposits now,(937)526-3418

KITTEN, adorable! 10weeks old, calico. Littertrained. Good with kids, &dogs, and very friendly.FREE TO GOOD HOME.(937)726-7940

KITTENS, gorgeous! 3months old. Tabbies, longhaired and short haired.Charcoal and silverstripes. Friendly and littertrained, $10 each.(937)473-2122

MALTESE 6 months to 3years, males and females$175-450 with papersalso Yorkshire Terriers$400-$500 males and fe-males young adults. Tea-cup Partipoodle, female$375 and a male $250.Cash only. (937)332-1370

MINIATURE PINSCHERpuppies, vet checked, firstshots, tails docked, dewclaws removed, ready forChristmas. $200 each.(937)418-6575

PIT BULLS. 3 blue nosePit puppies. 2 grey fe-males. 1 fawn (light tanmale), blue eyes, 9 weeksold. UKC registered par-ents, shots, $500 OBO.(661)492-6625 [email protected]

COSTUME JEWELRY,old, one piece or full jew-elry box. Clean out mom'sor grandma's. Paying topdollar. (937)773-5653

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

1999 DODGE F100 van,Half ton, very good run-ning condition, $1300.(937)362-4769

2001 LINCOLN Towncar,all power, 80,500 miles,excellent condition, I amretiring from driving.$6500. No reasonable of-fer refused.(937)667-2616.

MOTORCYCLES, 1982Kawasaki KZ44-D, runsgood, approx. 36,000miles, $500. 1978 SuzukiGS750EC, parts only$100. (937)368-5009

2000 CHEVY S10Extreme. Black, 130kmiles. Fair condition.$3000 OBO.(937)538-0714

Wanted junk cars andtrucks. Cash paid and freepick-up. Just call(937)732-5424 www.wan-tedjunkers.com

Amish CrewPole Barns-Erected Prices:•30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900•40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000

ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!Any type of Construction:Roofing, remodeling, siding,

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• Affordable rates• Free Initial Consultation

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COLUMBUS — Con-trolled trout-fishing op-portunities on ColdCreek, one of Ohio’s mostunique streams, awaitsfishing enthusiasts whoenter a special lotteryconducted by the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources (ODNR), Divi-sion of Wildlife.A half-mile section of

the creek, located at theCastalia State FishHatchery in ErieCounty, will again beopen to a limited num-ber of anglers on se-lected dates betweenApril 2 and Nov. 2 nextyear. Anglers interestedin fishing the streammust apply online andpay a non-refundable $3application fee betweenDec. 1, 2011 and Jan. 31,2012 in order to be eligi-ble for the random draw-ing. Applicants canapply on the Division ofWildlife website atwildohio.com.Only one application

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OUTDOORS Sidney Daily News, Saturday, December 3, 2011

Photo provided

Kody Richard, 9, smiles while holding the 8-point buck he killed on theopening day of the youth gun hunt on Nov. 19. He is a third-grader at Min-ster Elementary School. His 4-year-old brother Kole also admires his bigbrother’s harvest. It was Kody’s first time out deer hunting and he killed thebuck after just 30 minutes in the tree stand.

Beginner’s luck?

Deer hunters thisyear are able to check intheir deer online, andthe Division of Wildlifesaid the names of thosehunters are not avail-able at this time.Following are hunters

who have checked indeer at Meyer’s Garagein Newport during thegun season:John Steinemann,

Minster, doe Augaize;Roy Selanders, Sidney, 8-point, Salem; John Eiler-man, Minster, 4-point,Cynthian; Anthony Flo-res, Sidney, 4-point,Logan Co.; MichaelSwiss, Sidney, 8-point,Turtle Creek; BillPaulus, Russia, 8-point,Loramie; Dan Ratliff,Sidney, 8-point, Wash-ington; Betty Larger,Fort Loramie, 10-point,Cynthian; Ben Flinn,Houston, button buck,

Loramie; Chad Sher-man, Russia, doe, Logan;Tony Siegel, Fort Lo-ramie, 9-point, Shelby;Ben Flynn Jr., Houston,8-point, Loramie; Josh-Didier, Versailles, doe,Darke; John West,Florida, 7-point, Lo-ramie; Dave Brussell,Minster, 6-point,McLean; Dick Barhorst,Fort Loramie, doe, Cyn-thian; Kevin Luebke,Fort Loramie, 9-pointMiami; Alex Smith,Anna, doe, Jackson;Dave Leist, Houston, 7-point, Loramie; DanielSharrock, Sidney, 5-point, Logan; BobRuhenkamp, Fort Lo-ramie, doe, Cynthian;Dennis Gigandet, FortLoramie, 8-point,Miami;Dave Toller Sr., Houston,doe, Cynthian; ChuckBoerger, Fort Loramie, 6-point, McLean; Al

Puthoff, Houston, buttonbuck, Cynthian.

Youth hunt—TravisSimmons, Russia, 8-point, Shelby; TylerSiegel, Fort Loramie, 6-point, Washington;Austin Siegel, Fort Lo-ramie, button buck,Washington; AdamSiegel, Fort Loramie,doe, Washington; LoganSiegel, Fort Loramie,doe, Washington; Clay-ton Burnside, Fort Lo-ramie, button buck,Orange; Isaac Grilliot,Versailles, 6-point,Darke; Chad Bockrath,St. Patrick’s, 16-pointbuck, Shelby; EthanBruns, Versailles, doe,Shelby; Jake Braun,Houston, 8-point,Shelby; Sam Dues,Minter, 4-point,Auglaize; JaydenGehret, Houston, 8-point, Shelby.

Photo provided

The Shelby County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, theSharpspurs, recently donated 20 turkeys to Agape Distribution in Sidney. Onthe left is Steve Huecker and on the right is his wife Renee. They are thechairpersons. In the middle is Jeff McAtee, pantry coordinator of Agape.

Sharpspurs donate turkeys

FINDLAY — A malebobcat was recentlycaught in a trap inWilliams County, Ohioaccording to the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources (ODNR), Divi-sion of Wildlife. Al-though known to exist inOhio’s more heavilywooded southern coun-ties, this is the first ver-ified report of a bobcat innorthwest Ohio. Untilnow, all other reportshave been unverifiable.According to the

ODNR Division ofWildlife, bobcats wereeliminated from the statein 1850 and have beenmaking a recovery lately.Since 1970 there have

been 464 verified sight-ings, with most occurringsince 2000. The Indianacounties of Steuben andDeKalb, which neighborWilliams County, havedocumented reports ofbobcats.In addition, Michigan

has trapping and hunt-ing seasons for bobcatsin the northern portionsof the state, with lowerdensities in the southernportions. The Division ofWildlife believes thatbobcats are moving infrom neighboring statesas their populations ex-pand.Ohio’s southern bobcat

populations have been ge-netically linked to neigh-

boring states as well.Trapping is regulated

in Ohio by the ODNR-Division of Wildlife andis an important wildlifemanagement tool. Prop-erly set snares andfoothold traps do notcause captured animalsto die; rather, the trapsmerely restrain animalsuntil the trapper arrives.Non-target species, suchas bobcats, caught insnares and footholds canbe released by knowl-edgeable personnel.Bobcats are Ohio’s

smallest native wild cat.Male bobcats are usuallybetween 32 and 37inches long and average28 pounds.

Bobcat documentedin northwest Ohio

FINDLAY—A lotterycard drawing will beheld for youth muzzle-loader deer hunts onJanuary 7, 8, 9 and 10,2012 in portions of theState Wildlife Refuge onthe Pickerel CreekWildlife Area accordingto the Ohio Departmentof Natural Resources(ODNR), Division ofWildlife.Interested youth

hunters, ages 17 andyounger, may apply bymailing a 4 x 6 inch postcard to the Wildlife Dis-trict Two Office; 952Lima Avenue; Findlay,OH 45840.

Trout-fishing opportunitiesawait fishing enthusiasts

Lottery drawingfor youth hunt

DEER KILL LIST

Contact Sports Editor KenBarhorst with story ideas, sportsscores and game stats by phone at(937) 498-5960; e-mail,[email protected]; or by fax,(937) 498-5991.Saturday, December 3, 2011

SPORTS

ZANESFIELD — Therewas a lot to like about the per-

formance of theBotkins Tro-jans in theirseason openerFriday night inhigh schoolboys basket-ball.The Trojans

took on Me-chanicsburg in

the opening round of the BenLogan Tip-Off Tournament,and came away with a 67-57victory to advance to tonight’schampionship game.The Trojans got off to a

good start, finished strong,and had excellent balance inposting the victory over theIndians.“We never wavered,” said

Botkins coach Brett Meyer.“We got in serious foul trou-ble. We had two guys foul outand two more with four. Wewere throwing band-aids outthere to try to get through it.But we did what we needed atthe end, and the scoring wasvery encouraging. Thecoaches were talking and wecan’t remember the last timewe scored 67 points in agame.”Botkins led 14-7 after a

quarter and stretched thelead to 11 at one point on thestrength of three consecutive3-pointers.Mechanicsburg battled

back to within six at the halfand trailed by just four afterthree periods at 44-40.Then with about three min-

utes left in the contest, the In-dians took a one-point leadover the Trojans.But Heath Geyer, a thorn

in Mechanicsburg’s side all-night, drained one of his twothrees to get the lead back forthe Trojans, and they ex-tended it with the help of atechnical foul and an inten-tional foul on the Indians.When the game ended,

Botkins had hit 70 percentfrom the line on 23-for-33.Geyer had a big night, even

though he sat out much of thefinal period with four fouls.He went for 20 points,grabbed nine rebounds andadded three assists.Ethan Zimpfer had 11

points and grabbed five re-bounds, Josh Schwartz had 11points, and Tyler Egbert fin-ished with 10.

Mechanicsburg (57)Bogan 1-2-5; C. Callicoat 6-3-18;

March 3-1-8; Purk 6-2-17; Rousculp 0-2-2; N. Callicoat 0-2-2; Frost 2-1-5.To-tals: 18-13-57.

Botkins (67)Cisco 1-3-5; Zimpfer 3-2-11; Eg-

bert 4-2-10; Hoying 0-4-4; Geyer 7-4-20; Schwartz 3-4-11; Barhorst 1-4-6.Totals: 19-23-67.

Score by quarters:Mechanicsburg ...............7 22 40 57Botkins..........................14 28 44 67

Three-pointers: Botkins 6(Zimpfer 3, Geyer 2, Schwartz); Me-chanicsburg 8 (Callicoat 3, Purk 3,March, Bogan).

Records: Botkins 1-0,Mechanics-burg 0-1.

Geyer

DAYTON — ChristianAcademy didn’t get untrackedoffensively until the final pe-riod and by then,the marginwas too big in a 40-26 loss toDayton Temple Christian Fri-day in high school boys bas-ketball.The Eagles trailed just 16-

10 at the half, but wereoutscored 13-4 in the third pe-riod.David Wilcox led the Ea-

gles with 10 points.

SPRINGBORO — A disas-trous third quarter negated astrong first half by the SidneyYellow Jackets and left themwith an 84-47 defeat at thehands of Springboro in highschool boys basketball actionhere Friday night.The Jackets, 0-1, will re-

turn to action Tuesday athome against Bellefontaine.The two teams were dead-

locked at 17-17 after one pe-riod, but the Panthers beganto take control after that.They outscored the Jackets

18-11 in the second period,

but it was still just 35-28 atthe half.Then came the third quar-

ter, and when it was finallyover, the Jackets had beenoutscored 30-7, leaving thescore at 65-35 with one pe-riod to play.“We really played well in

the first half, but it’s hard tosustain that against a teamlike Springboro,” said Sidneycoach Greg Snyder. “We reallydid some good things in thefirst half, but their defensewore us down.”Sidney had two players in

double figures, led by Dez-mond Hudson with 14. Pre-ston Heath added 10.Springboro had four play-

ers in double figures, led by 6-foot-11 Maverick Morgan with27 points.“We had some turnovers

early, but I thought we over-came them,” Snyder added.“We battled through that. ButSpringboro did a good job ofstaying solid, and when wemade mistakes, they took ad-vantage of them, which iswhat they really do well. But Icouldn’t be happier with the

effort. The kids really playedhard.”

Sidney (47)Fox 1-0-3; Heath 4-0-10; D. Hud-

son 5-2-14; Manley 3-0-7; Rosen-garten 1-0-3; Slonaker 1-0-2; White4-0-8. Totals: 19-2-47.

Springboro (84)Delbridge 4-4-12; Kaiser 1-0-2;

Mapes 3-0-8;Morgan 11-5-27;Murray7-0-14; Pfahl 5-3-15; Rigg 2-1-5. To-tals: 33-13-84.

Score by quarters:Sidney ...........................17 28 35 47Springboro ....................17 35 65 84

Three-pointers: Sidney 7 (Heath2, Hudson 2, Fox, Manley, Rosen-garten); Springboro 5 (Pfahl 3,Mapes2).

Records: Sidney 0-1, Springboro1-0.

Third quarter dooms JacketsLose on the road to Springboro in season opener

Trojansreachfinals


HOUSTON’S ADAM Mullen tries to get around Treg Francisof Russia in County boys basketball action at Houston Friday

night in the season opener. Russia came away with a 66-56victory over the Wildcats.

HOUSTON — Russia an-swered every challengethrown at it by the HoustonWildcats, and emerged with a66-56 victory over the Wild-cats in County boys basket-ball action here Friday nightin the season opener.The Raiders, 1-0, return to

action a week from tonight athome against the MinsterWildcats.Houston takes its 0-1 mark

to Bradford tonight.The Raiders had to re-

group early, falling behind 9-2 in the opening quarter. Buta 14-1 run at that point gavethem the lead, and theywould not trail the rest of thenight.“Russia moves the ball

well, and they have the bigkid (Brandon Wilson) in-side,” said Houston coachJohn Willoughby. “But I wasa little upset with our de-fense. We couldn’t contain onthe outside, and I didn’tthink that would be a prob-lem.”The Raiders had a lethal

inside-outside combinationwith the 6-foot-9Wilson goingfor 19, and Treg Francis lead-ing the Raiders with 21 pointson the night.Russia held a 29-25 lead

at the half and though thelead reached double figuresin the third quarter, it wasjust 45-39 with one period toplay.

Then in the final period,after a Francis 15-footerstaked the Raiders to a 55-47lead, Houston stormed back.Jesse Phlipot, a 6-5 sopho-

more who poured in 27 pointsfor the Wildcats, hit a three-pointer to make it 55-50 with4:29 left, then Jacob Braun,another sophomore, hit twofree throws to cut the lead to55-52.But the Raiders were up to

the challenge and didn’tallow the Wildcats to get anycloser.Braun added 12 for Hous-

ton. Phlipot, meanwhile, was10-for-13 from the line in scor-ing his 27.“I said in preseason he was

our second most-improvedplayer,” said Willoughby ofPhlipot. “I thought he reallystepped up and did an out-standing job.”

Russia (66)Francis 7-6-21; Bremigan 2-2-8;

Sherman 2-4-9; Schafer 1-0-2; Rit-tenhouse 1-0-3; Dues 0-1-1; Gariety1-1-3; Wilson 9-1-19. Totals: 23-15-66.

Houston (56)Braun 3-4-12; Mullen 2-1-5; Clack

2-0-6; Phlipot 8-10-27; Curl 2-0-4;Phipps 0-2-2. Totals: 17-15-56.

Score by quarters:Russia............................18 29 45 66Houston.........................14 25 39 56

Three-pointers: Russia 5(Bremigan 2, Rittenhouse, Francis,Sherman); Houston 5 (Braun 2, Clack2, Phlipot).

Records: Russia 1-0, Houston 0-1.

Reserve score: Russia 52, Hous-ton 41.

Raiders get past Houston 66-56


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SPORTS Sidney Daily News, Saturday, December 3, 2011

BEREA, Ohio (AP) —Peyton Hillis’ dramaticseason hastaken an-other sud-den turn —in a positivedirection.And the

final actcould befascinating.O n e

week intohis return from a ham-string injury that side-lined him for five games,the Browns runningback appears to have fi-nally outrun weeks of in-jury, controversy, rumorand hearsay. Hillis isplaying football and en-joying every second.“Most definitely,” he

said. “I’m having fun. I’menjoying myself beinghere and I’m enjoyingmy teammates. And I’mjust going out there look-ing for a win, looking forwhat I can do to help theteam win.”Hillis was about to

begin an interview ses-sion this week with agroup of reporters in thelocker room when hewas asked if a clip-on mi-crophone could be at-tached to his shirt.“Why not?” Hillis

said. “You’ve pinnedeverything else on methis year.”At least the Madden

cover boy kept his senseof humor. For a while, helost about everything else.But he’s back just in

time for the Browns, whoface a daunting Decem-ber schedule with twogames apiece againstBaltimore and Pitts-burgh, tyrants of theAFC North.Hillis returned last

week for his first gamesince Oct. 16 and rushedfor 65 yards on 19 car-ries in Cleveland’s 23-20loss to Cincinnati. WithHillis back, the Brownswere able to run the balleffectively while build-ing a 10-point lead in thethird quarter before theBengals rallied.For the first time this

season,Hillis ranwith thesame rhino-in-shoulderpads authority he dis-played in 2010, when hepowered to nearly 1,200yards, scored 11 touch-downs and became aCleveland cult hero.Hillis said he was ini-

tially tentative becauseof his injury.“Because you’re com-

ing off a short turn there,you’re worried abouthurting yourself,” hesaid. “You went out there,just went through themotions a little bit, butthen you start to feelgood. The rest of thegame you got excited andyou’re happy and took itfrom there on out.”Hillis hit the hole

hard and moved the pile.He can’t hold anythingback Sunday when theBrowns (4-7) host theRavens (8-3), who comein well-rested.Many backs would

buckle at the thought ofbashing into Baltimore’sintimidating front seven,but Hillis isn’t one ofthem. He had his break-out against the Ravenslast season, gaining 144yards and earning therespect of Baltimore de-fenders, who haven’tgiven up that manyyards to a back since.“He is a really aggres-

sive runner,” Ravens endTerrell Suggs said.“Everybody knows he isPeyton Hillis; he has theMadden cover. He likesto have good gamesagainst good defenses. Iexpect for the jugger-naut to be up in there

and try to run downsome walls.”TheBrowns need to es-

tablish the run to keep theRavens froman all-out as-sault on quarterback ColtMcCoy, whose most effec-tive pass may be handingthe ball to Hillis.Cleveland coach Pat

Shurmur believes Hillisis ready to carry thesame load as last week— and then some.“He handled a little

more than I thought hewould (last week) andthen his body respondedpretty well after thegame,” Shurmur saidafter Friday’s practice.“He’ll be in there playing.In my mind he’s healthy,so we’ll just keep givinghim the ball.”That’s fine with Hillis.“I’m starting to get

back in the groove ofthings,” he said.While he was injured,

Hillis, who also missedone game earlier thisseason with strep throat,struggled to stay posi-tive. He was hurting onthe inside and out, andthe weeks of inactivityseemed to cause a riftbetween Hillis and histeammates, who grewtired of being askedabout him not playing.He went from being a

contributor to a distrac-tion, prompting severalof the team’s leaders topull him aside and clearthe air during a meeting.Browns tight end

Benjamin Watson saidHillis’ relationship withhis teammates wasn’t asstrained as it appeared.“He never went any-

where,” Watson said.“The whole thing was abigger deal on the out-side than the inside. He’sbeen here every day.Even if a guy isn’t atpractice they are stillaround, so it wasn’t asbig a deal among us as itseemed to be.“It wasn’t MTV’s

Celebrity Interventionor anything.”Still, there was an un-

easy tension that seemsto have disappeared. OnThursday, Hillis, at thesuggestion of offensivetackle Tony Pashos, worea Ron Paul bumpersticker on his baseballcap and a Ron Paul but-ton and sticker on his T-shirt during hisinterviews. Pashos is asupporter of the presi-dential hopeful.What remains to be

seen is if Hillis has a fu-ture in Cleveland beyondthe next five games. Hewanted a new contractfrom the Browns, whobroke off negotiationsand may be willing to lethim leave as a free agent.Hillis could change

their minds.“We’ve got five more

games,” Hillis said. “Ihave to get ready to pro-duce and help this teamwin and that’s my solefocus. This is where Iwant to be. I love Cleve-land. I know there’s beensome questions there,but I’ve always been aClevelander in my heart.I enjoy this place and Ienjoy this team and Ihope to be here.”Notes: RB Montario

Hardesty said he’s readyto play after missingfour games with a calfinjury. Hardesty lookedgood during the portionof practice open to mediamembers. ... Brownscoach Pat Shurmur saidJayme Mitchell willstart at right defensiveend.Mitchell missed lastweek’s game with anankle injury and hadlost his starting job toEmmanuel Stephens,who is out for the season

Browns’ Hillisoutrunningthe drama

Hillis

Versailles graduateMegan Campbell earneda couple of awards thisweek for her volleyballplay at the University ofDayton.She was named first

team All-Atlantic 10Conference after averag-ing 2.94 kills per gameand 1.42 blocks.In addition, she was

also named to the All A-10 Academic team.Campbell and her UD

teammates saw theirseason come to an end ina five-game loss to Ken-tucky in the first roundof the NCAA Tourna-ment. She had nine killsand seven blocks.And in the regular

season finale againstNotre Dame, she hadseven kills and fourblocks.She finished the sea-

son with 323 kills, andled the Lady Flyers with160 total blocks.Devon Langhorst,

SidneyLanghorst was also

named to the All At-lantic-10 Academicteam. He was a co-cap-tain of the Dayton Flyerfootball team and namedfirst-team all-conferencefor the second year in arow recently. The stu-dent-athlete must be astarter or important re-

serve, and have at leasta 3.00 cumulative gradepoint average.

Kara Gasson,Fort Loramie

Gasson is off to agood start with theMiami University-Hamilton women’s bas-ketball team thisseason. In action thispast week, she had 10points and five reboundsin a loss to Miami-Mid-dletown, and 16 points,six rebounds and threeassists in a win overOSU-Lima.

Derek Billing,Anna

Billina had anotherstrong week for Lake Su-perior State in men’sbasketball. He had 21points and two assistsagainst Indianapolis,nine points and four as-sists against St. Joe, and15 points with 7-for-7free throw shooting

against Saginaw Valley.Lake Superior State

is 5-3 on the season, andall three losses havecome in overtime.

Kelli Barhorst,Anna

Barhorst and herOhio State teammateswon in first-round ac-tion in the NCAA Vol-leyball Tournament,beating Middle Ten-nessee State. She hadsix kills, four blocks andfour digs in the win,and in her previousgame against Michigan,she finished with 10kills.Megan Fogt, AnnaFogt is contributing

well as a freshman inwomens basketball atHillsdale in Michigan. Inthree games this week,she had four points, fourrebounds and two as-sists against NorthwestMissouri State, eight

points and five reboundsagainst Hawaii Pacificand six points and ninerebounds againstCedarville.

Brad Piehl,New KnoxvillePiehl had 14 points

and four rebounds, andwas a perfect 6-for-6from the line for Findlayin action against Illinois-Springfield.

Scott Schnelle,New Bremen

Schnelle had 11points and six rebounds,and was 6-for-8 from thefield in a 63-60 win overHanover.

Nicole Wright,New KnoxvilleWright recently com-

pleted her senior seasonin volleyball atDuquesne, and cappedoff her career by beingnamed to the All At-lantic-10 AcademicTeam.

Kim Replogle,Houston

Replogle had 10points and seven re-bounds forWittenberg ina game against Earlhamthis week.Justine Raterman,

VersaillesRaterman poured in

20 points and added fourrebounds for Dayton in awin over Buffalo thisweek.

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COLLEGE UPDATE

NFL PREVIEWS

NFL Preview Capsule: Bengals at SteelersThe Associated Press

CINCINNATI (7-4) at PITTSBURGH (8-3)Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

SERIES RECORD— Steelers lead 51-32LAST MEETING — Steelers beat Bengals 24-

17 on Nov. 13LAST WEEK — Bengals beat Browns 23-20;

Steelers beat Chiefs 13-9BENGALS OFFENSE — OVERALL (18),

RUSH (20), PASS (17)BENGALS DEFENSE— OVERALL (5), RUSH

(5), PASS (11)STEELERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10),

RUSH (18), PASS (8)STEELERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (2),

RUSH (6), PASS (3)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES— Teams split

last six meetings in Pittsburgh. ... Steelers QB BenRoethlisberger 12-4 all-time against Cincinnati, with22 touchdowns, 17 interceptions. ... Bengals havecome back from 10 points down in second half to winthree times this season, tying NFL record held byfour other teams, including 2011 Lions. ... CincinnatiDT Geno Atkins leads NFL interior linemen with6¬Ω sacks. ... Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton’s 16 TDpasses through 11 games are second-most by rookiesince 1970 merger. Sam Bradford had 17 touchdownpasses through 11 games for Rams last season. ...Steelers would sweep season series with Bengals forseventh time since 2000 with victory. ... Steeler RBRashard Mendenhall became 12th player in teamhistory to top 3,000 career yards last week. ... Pitts-burgh WR Hines Ward needs 9 yards receiving to be-come 19th player in NFL history to reach12,000-yard plateau. ... Pittsburgh coach Mike Tom-lin has highest winning percentage (.681) among ac-tive coaches who have coached at least 60 games. ...Steelers collected six turnovers in last two gamesafter notching four through first nine games. ... Pitts-burgh hosts Cleveland on Thursday night next weekwhile Bengals host Houston.

Bengals-Steelers Browns-RavensNFL Preview Capsule: Ravens at Browns

The Associated PressBALTIMORE (8-3) At CLEVELAND (4-7)

Sunday, 4 p.m., CBSSERIES RECORD— Ravens leads 17-7LAST MEETING— Ravens beat Browns 20-10,

Dec. 26, 2010LAST WEEK — Ravens beat 49ers 16-6;

Browns lost to Bengals 23-20RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH

(26), PASS (13)RAVENS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH

(3), PASS (5)BROWNS OFFENSE — OVERALL (28),

RUSH (29), PASS (24)BROWNS DEFENSE — OVERALL (6), RUSH

(29), PASS (1)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Ravens

must avoid letdown to keep pace with Pittsburghatop AFC North. ... Ravens have won six straight overBrowns. ... Ravens lead NFL with 38 sacks — tiedfranchise record with nine in previous game againstSan Francisco. Ravens had 27 sacks in 2010. ... DETerrell Suggs has nine sacks this season. He has 12in career vs. Browns, most by opponent againstCleveland franchise. ... Ravens only team not to allowany points on opponents' opening drive this season. ...Ravens defense allowing league-low 3.4 yards perrushing attempt. ... 12-time Pro Bowl LB Ray Lewisexpected back after missing two games with toe in-jury. ... Ravens QB Joe Flacco and Hall of Famer War-ren Moon are only QBs to start first 60 games ofcareer. ... Flacco tied with Green Bay's Aaron Rodgersfor most road wins (19) since 2008. ... Browns havelost four of five. ... QB Colt McCoy had three INTs inmatchup against Ravens last season. ... McCoy haslost first six games in career against AFC North foes.... K Phil Dawson needs one more field goal over 50yards to tie NFL record held by Morten Andersenwith eight in one season. ... WR Greg Little has team-high 47 receptions, leading all NFL rookies. ... CB JoeHaden is second in league with 16 pass breakups.

Bel-Mar LanesHonor RollSidneyMEN

High gameDave Fogt.......................300Joe Green.......................300Bob Elsner .....................300Josh Ludwig ..................299Dan Swiger....................290Nathan McBride ...........288Tim Hutchinson ............280Tom Johnston................280

High seriesJoe Green.......................799Dan Swiger....................785Josh Ludwig ..................784Bob Elsner .....................782Curt Joyce......................758Fred Mertz.....................746Tim Hutchinson ............745DJ Johnson....................743

High averageJoe Green.......................237Josh Ludwig ..................231Bob Elsner .....................224Dan Swiger....................224Curt Joyce......................216Mike Knoop ...................215Galen Collier .................213Tim Hutchinson ............212

WOMENHigh game

Haley VanHorn .............279Angie Mentges ..............278Megan Coffield ..............277Donna Gold....................251Heather Dresback.........246Jackie Maurer ...............244Brenda Schulze .............236Casssie Latimer ............235Gerri Waldroop..............235Kandy Osborne .............235

High seriesHaley VanHorn ............721Angie Mentges .............681Cassie Latimer.............649

Jackie Maurer ..............630Gerri Waldroop.............600Joy Cippolloni...............598Megan Coffield .............590Sarah Allen ..................587Teresa McGrath ...........587

High averageAngie Mentges .............195Jackie Maurer ..............188Cassie Latimer.............177Sarah Allen ..................175Donna Gold ..................174Teresa McGrath ...........173Haley VanHorn ............171Joy Cippoloni................167Anna DeMarcus ...........167

SENIOR MENHigh game

Jerry Smith ..................255Mark Deam ..................252Ralph Abbott ................248Bob Kritzer...................238Richard Reading ..........237Dick Tennery ................236Bill Johnson .................235Tom Hill........................228

High seriesRalph Abbott ................640Mark Deam ..................631Dick Tennery ................631Tom Hill........................626Willie Metz ...................610Bill Johnson .................606Jerry Smith ..................602Dick Bodenmiller .........600

High averageTom Hill........................181Ralph Abbott ................180Dick Tennery ................179Bill Johnson .................177Willie Metz ...................172Jim Risk .......................172Richard Reading ..........170Fred Bodenmiller .........165

SENIOR WOMENHigh game

Linda Limbert ..............234

Rose Ann Chaffins .......223Jan Bensman ...............216Sue Dougherty .............205Lois Metz ......................201Mary Lou Wright .........196Ruth Granger ...............194Gloria Manger..............189

High seriesRose Ann Chaffins .......558Linda Limbert ..............517Sue Dougherty .............510Jan Bensman ...............491Lois Metz ......................486Mary Lou Wright .........484Diane Fleckenstein ......482Gloria Manger..............473

High averageRose Ann Chaffins .......159Jan Bensman ...............147Linda Rumpff ...............146Lea Muhlenkamp.........144Sue Dougherty .............142Lois Metz ......................142Katie Helmlinger .........139Gail Fogt.......................139

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Trent Knoop .................300Jacob Blankenship.......251Jac Beatty.....................243Kegan Latimer .............236Luke Goubeaux ............235Michael Barber ............223Cameron DeMoss.........214Zach Shiflett.................214Kyle Lloyd ....................214

High seriesTrent Knoop .................743Jacob Blankenship.......655Kegan Latimer .............593Michael Barber ............580Luke Goubeaux ............559Josh Abbott...................557Kyle Lloyd ....................555Cameron DeMoss.........536

High averageTrent Knoop .................219Kegan Latimer .............183

Jacob Blankenship.......183Luke Goubeaux ............174Michael Barber ............173Josh Abbott...................161Cameron DeMoss.........160Sean Holthaus..............159

GIRLSHigh game

Bethany Pellman .........266Shelbie Anderson .........244Ally Kittle.....................209Michelle Abbott ............223Holli James ..................185Tiffany Kies..................184Autumn Emrick ...........169Jenna Green.................161

High seriesBethany Pellman .........675Shelbie Anderson .........581Michelle Abbott ............557Holli James ..................502Ally Kittle.....................484Tiffany Kies..................477Austin Emrick..............429Morgan Carey ..............421

High averageBethany Pellman .........183Shelbie Anderson .........177Michelle Abbott ............165Tiffany Kies..................150Holli James ..................141Ally Kittle.....................137Morgan Carey ..............123Jenna Beatty ................123

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MinsterMENWeek

High gameJerry Keller ..................................280Marc Layman...............................279Larry Albers.................................247Keith Romie .................................246Dan Braun....................................246Chad Berning...............................245Mike Lammers.............................244

High seriesJerry Keller ..................................656Chad Berning...............................641Jeff Hoelscher ..............................630Marc Layman...............................626Brian Schmiesing ........................621Dan Braun....................................620

Season to dateHigh game

Nick Sherman ..............................296Tim Baumer .................................290Leroy Baker .................................289Jerry Keller ..........................280, 278Marc Layman...............................279Steve Collins ................................279Bob Theis......................................279

High seriesTim Baumer .................................747Jerry Keller ..................................745Steve Collins ................................737Chad Berning...............................736Nick Sherman ..............................734George Holland ............................722Scot Hogenkamp..........................720Tom Moots....................................717

High averageNick Sherman ..............................207Jeff Hoelscher ..............................205Wills Arling ..................................204Steve Collins ................................203Chad Berning...............................203Jerry Keller ..................................202Johnny Inskeep............................201Dave Bollenbacher.......................199

WOMENHigh game

Patti Steiner.................................196Mary Meyer..................................191Karen Conradi .............................190Yvonne Garman...........................187Lil Siegrist ...................................184Anne Meyer..................................183Marge Heuker..............................183

High seriesLil Siegrist ...................................523Patti Steiner.................................516

Carol Thurber ..............................508Kathy Bollenbacher.....................488Anne Meyer..................................483Mary Meyer..................................481Yvonne Garman...........................477

Season to dateHigh game

Heather McAlexander......269,226,218Shirley Sharp...............................265Chris Newman.............................236Yvonne Garman...........................220Anne Meyer..................................219Patti Steiner.................................219

High seriesH.McAlexander......634,612,586,584,574Shirley Sharp...............................607Jenny Freisthler ..........................581Phyllis Collins..............................577

High averageHeather McAlexander .................196Donna Kremer .............................166Jenny Freisthler ..........................165Emmy Grillot ...............................161Anne Meyer..................................159Shirley Sharp...............................158Phyllis Collins..............................157Patti Steiner.................................157Mary Meyer..................................156

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COLDWATER QUARTERBACK Austin Bruns (7) tries to shed Kirtland line-backer Neil Ribelli (42) on a run in the first quarter of the Ohio high school Di-vision V state football championship at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in MassillonFriday.

MASSILLON, Ohio(AP) — ChristianHauber shook off anankle injury and DamonWashington eluded de-fenders with breakawayspeed to lead Kirtland toits first Ohio Division Vfootball championship,beating Coldwater 28-7on Friday.“When it sinks in,

we’ll appreciate it,” saidsenior linebacker JakeFinkler, a key performeron the Hornets’ stiflingdefense that limited op-ponents to 6.5 points agame and had fiveshutouts overall.Kirtland (15-0) out-

gained tournament-tested Coldwater (11-4)on the ground, logging410 yards comparedwith Coldwater’s 73.They outscored oppo-nents overall 586-98 thisyear.Hauber twice scored

on 6-yard runs and had196 yards on 30 carries.Washington had 147yards on 18 attempts, in-cluding TD runs of 7 and81 yards.“I just saw the hole,

hit it, and went fromthere,” Washington saidof his scamper down theleft sideline with 4:10 toplay.

Hauber left brieflyafter injuring his leftankle in the secondquarter but came back toplay on both offense anddefense. The senior is anall-state first team per-former on offense andwas named defensiveplayer of the year in thedivision by The Associ-ated Press for his play atlinebacker.For the third year in a

row, Coldwater was de-nied victory in the cham-pionship game. TheCavaliers won titles in2005 and 2007 and havebeen runner-up fivetimes overall.

Coldwater denied D-V title

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan McNabb is afree agent after the 13-year veteran was unclaimedby the waiver deadline Friday after-noon.The Minnesota Vikings granted

McNabb's request to be cut onThursday, ending a disappointing11-week run in purple.McNabb was1-5 as a starter in Minnesota beforethe Vikings benched him for rookieChristian Ponder.McNabb asked for his release in

hopes that he could catch on with ateam that would give him a chance to play in thefinal five weeks.His hometown Chicago Bears were one possibil-

ity. The Bears lost starter Jay Cutler to a brokenthumb two weeks ago, but have decided to stickwith Caleb Hanie as the starter in hopes that hecan keep the team in playoff contention while Cut-ler recovers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson hasjoined a group bidding to buy the Los Angeles

Dodgers.The former Los Angeles Lakers

superstar and former part-ownersaid Friday he's partnering with for-mer Atlanta Braves executive StanKasten and wealthy investor MarkWalter to join the auction for theteam, which will be sold by FrankMcCourt.Johnson sold his equity stake in the

Lakers in October 2010. The formerpoint guard became a successful businessman afterhis career ended, and was widely rumored to be look-ing for a larger ownership stake in another pro sportsfranchise after parting amicably with the Lakers.Kasten is the former president of the Braves and

theWashington Nationals, whileWalter is the CEOof a global financial services firm.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri Southernfootball players were killed early Friday in an au-tomobile accident that also injured two other stu-dents, the university said.Michael McCrimmons and Diondre Johnson,

both 19-year-old freshmen from Springfield, Mo.,died early Friday morning, the school said in astatement.The victims and two other students were in a ve-

hicle that ran off Interstate 44 about two miles eastof Sarcoxie early Friday, according to the MissouriState Highway Patrol. The patrol said Johnson diedafter being thrown from the vehicle, and that atractor-trailer truck then hit the students' vehicle,killing McCrimmons.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

McNabb

McNabb goes unclaimed

Magic joins bid for Lakers

Two players die in crash

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