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Greenville Schools explain report card

GREENVILLE – The Ohio Department of Edu-cation released report cards for the school year 2014-15 on Thursday, Feb. 25.

The reports include components for achieve-ment, progress, gap clos-ing, graduation rate, and K-3 literacy. Prepared for Success also is a category, but no grade was given for the 2014-15 report. Each component is assigned an A-F letter grade.

Those who see the letter grades received by Green-ville City Schools may be alarmed. Superintendent Doug Fries explains that because the state has raised the bar on student achieve-ment, implemented higher learning standards and more rigorous tests, more districts “are seeing lower grades on some areas of the report card.”

“The grade card contin-ues to be a dashboard re-port,” Fries said. “We con-tinue to examine all areas to make improvements. What we do for students is more than a standardized test. It’s about growth, im-proved achievement and total investment in our students’ overall develop-ment.”

Fries also pointed out the 2014-15 report card re-flects a transitional year as far as state requirements for public school districts.

“Because this is a tran-sitional year, students, teachers and districts are in safe harbor so that we can use this data to make adjustments and continue to provide our students with the best education we can,” he said

The following let-ter grades were given for Greenville City Schools:

* Achievement – This grade combines two results for students who took the

state tests. Students pass-ing state tests: C; How well did student do on state tests: D.

* Gap Closing: F. This grade shows how well the district’s students are do-ing in reading, math and graduation rate.

* Progress: F. This grade measures the district’s average progress for stu-dents in math and reading for grades 4-8 and looks at how much each student learns in a year.

* Graduation Rate: C for ninth-graders gradu-ating in four years; B for ninth-graders graduating in five years.

* K-3 Literacy: D. This grade measures reading in grades K-3. The number of students not on track for reading last year breaks down as follows:

- K – 44 students- 1st grade – 41 stu-

dents- 2nd grade – 58 stu-

dents- 3rd grade – 69 stu-

dentsThe Third Grade Read-

ing Guarantee ensures students are reading be-fore moving on to fourth grade.

According to Fries, Greenville teachers will continue to use the Mea-sures of Academic Prog-ress (MAP) testing data to assist students in reaching literacy goals.

The district also has added eSpark, which tar-gets instruction based on student needs.

“It will take time, but this is the research-based practice initiative that we are implementing for read-ing and math improve-ment,” Fries added.

More information on the 2014-15 report cards for Greenville City Schools as well as Darke County’s other public school dis-tricts may be found at the Ohio Department of Edu-cation’s website: www.education.ohio.gov.

GREENVILLE – Prog-ress at the new K-8 build-ing was the main topic of discussion during the Greenville Board of Edu-cation’s Feb. 18 work ses-sion.

Representatives from the school’s architectural firm Garmann Miller and Associates, including Bruce Miller, architect and Shira Elder, site designer, and Bill Painter, construction administrator, were on hand to update the board.

“We’re in pretty good shape right now,” Miller said.

Painter went through a list of work projects cur-rently under way, includ-ing finishing up roof work, with the roof deck being 80 percent complete over the junior high section of the building. Crews also are continuing interior projects, including paint-ing in the gyms, locker rooms, kitchen, stage, art and music areas, Painter explained.

The sprinkler system

has been installed as well as dry wall in the junior high area. Windows are expected to be delivered to the site in March.

Zero temperatures ear-lier in February did not deter work going on at that time, but actually brought crews in from the contrac-tor’s other jobs to assist on the new school.

“I feel pretty good about where we’re at right now. We’re getting some good quality work,” Miller said.

An overview of the school’s extended-learning areas, which may be used for team-teaching and other student projects was given, with Miller calling the space a “21st century design concept.”

The extended learning space will include furni-ture that may be moved to configure needed work and learning spaces.

Shira showed board members the proposed playground areas and dis-cussed play equipment, sitting spaces for students to hang out and landscape ideas that will be used.

Three separate play spaces are being created,

she explained. The kin-dergarten wing will have its own space right next to their portion of the build-ing – students will not have to cross parking lots.

Grades 1-4 and 5-8 will each have a play/activ-ity area. Board members also are considering using some of the district’s cur-rent playground equip-ment at the new facility to help save on costs.

Play spaces will include benches, tables and trash receptacles, Shira said.

Shira also discussed the three entry and exit areas for buses, parent drop off and staff parking.

Bus parking will be in the rear of the building, with 22 parking spaces being extended to 15-foot wide from originally proposed 12-foot wide spots. The driveway also will include 40-foot bus turnaround space.

The next phase of proj-ect bidding will begin within the next week, as bids for technology and furnishings go out, Miller said.

A few samples of fur-nishings were on display during the work session for those present to get a feel for what is being con-sidered.

Greenville BOE hears progress report from school’s architectural firm

Suspicious blaze destroys local barn

DARKE COUNTY – An overnight fire that de-stroyed a Darke County barn on the 6300 block of Beamsville-Webster Road appears to be suspicious in nature, according to fire officials.

Crews arrived on the scene just before midnight to find the nearly 2,800 square foot barn fully en-gulfed. The barn, which stored approximately 200 bails of straw and two hop-per wagons, was complete-ly destroyed. It was not located near any homes or surrounding structures.

“Heard two explosions

at about 11:30. Saw the flames from our house shooting up pretty high. We live about 2 to 3 miles away,” stated an area resi-dent.

Eight area fire depart-ment assisted with the blaze, along with Ansonia Rescue. Crews were on the scene for over six hours. One firefighter was trans-ported to Wayne Health-Care for an ankle injury, according to the Ansonia Fire Department.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Of-fice.

FM Soccer will have new field in 2016

It may look okay now, but according to coaches this soccer field can be a dangerous place to play.

PITSBURG – “There are teams that don’t want to come here and play on our field,” said Danny Diceanu, Franklin Monroe boys’ soccer coach. That may change with the start of the 2016 soccer season. On Feb. 22, the Franklin Monroe Board of Educa-tion approved a plan to re-do the field in time for the upcoming season.

Franklin Monroe origi-nally planned to play all of their home games at the start of the season and then rip up the field to be-gin work in preparation for the 2017 season. The ma-jor difference in the time frame came when bids for the field suggested using Sports Field Sod instead of grass seed. If works begins immediately following the track and field season the contractor, Mercer Group of Troy, believes the field will be ready for the start of the season.

Two competing bids for the project were about $50,000 apart, but there were some major differenc-es in the scope of the work that would be performed. Fitzwater Tree & Lawn Care and Mercer Group both called for recycling the existing grass, rough grading, laser grading, and installation of sports field sod. Mercer Group will include a sand cap to help with grass roots tak-

ing hold sooner and drain-age, multi-flow drainage system, and maintenance of fertilizer and weed con-trol throughout 2016. Both businesses called for an ir-rigation system, but they differed on how much the system would cover. Mer-cer Group will irrigate ev-erything inside the track and Fitzwater would irri-gate the soccer field.

Fitzwater Tree & Lawn Care’s bid was $75,027 and Mercer Group’s bid was $125,350.

Superintendent Jeff Patrick recommended ap-proving a contract with the Mercer Group. The boys and girls soccer programs have pledged to make up the difference in the price. The teams have already raised nearly $20,000 to go towards the field and will continue their efforts to raise approximately $30,000 over the next five years through their golf scramble and concession stand sales.

Funds for scoreboards for soccer, baseball and softball were appropriated for 2017. With the new fis-cal year beginning July 1, the soccer field could have a new scoreboard in time for the upcoming season. Baseball and softball will have to wait until next spring to use their new scoreboards.

The money to pay for the renovations to the Soc-cer Field is coming out of the Locally Funded Initia-tive fund that was estab-

lished when the bond levy to build the new school was passed. This fund can-not be replenished. The reimbursement is needed in order to keep approxi-mately $50,000 available for emergencies.

The board approved Mercer Group with a 3-1 vote. Voting yes were Scott Myers, Claudette Diceanu and Alex Staton. Theresa Wolf voted no and Aman-da Morris abstained.

Fitzwater Tree & Lawn Care was previously ap-proved to irrigate and pre-pare the soccer practice field.

The board also ap-proved a recommendation from the treasurer and su-perintendent to approve refunding bonds. Accord-ing to Treasurer Doug Bixler, the move would save taxpayers in excess of $400,000 over the next 20 years. The final amount will be determined on the

day the bonds are sold. It is usually recommended to refund the bonds when the savings hit 3.5 percent. Bixler noted the savings to Franklin Monroe’s tax-payers will be 6 percent. Franklin Monroe will pay off the bonds no later than 2036.

In other business, the board:

* Agreed to a recom-mendation approving In-door Track as an approved club sport for the purpose of allowing students to compete in the State In-door Track Competition. The school district will have no fiscal responsibil-ity to this club sport other than to purchase liability insurance.

* Agreed to a recom-mendation approving vol-leyball standards to be placed in the floor of the high school gym at a cost not to exceed $11,800.

RYANBERRYMANAGING [email protected]

An aerial view of Greenville’s new K-8 school shows progress is being made for the planned November completion.

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School was temporarily locked down while law en-forcement made the arrests and secured the Harrison Ave. residence.

The narcotics investiga-tion is ongoing.

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GREENVILLE – The Greenville Police De-partment executed an search warrant just after Noon at 208 Harrison Ave. as part of a multi-agency narcotics investiga-tion.

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Rossburg man gets 8 years for deadly Kentucky crash

injuring Sandra Edwards, 64, of Cincinnati.

An investigation by the Boone County Sheriff’s Of-fice discovered that Thorn-hill had deleted several text messages that cell records revealed were during the time of the crash.

Thornhill was cred-ited with 10 months of jail time. He will be eligible for parole after serving at least 20 percent of the sen-tence.

BOONE COUNTY, KY – A Rossburg man, that au-thorities say caused a fatal crash in Kentucky while texting and driving, was sentenced Wednesday in a Boone County, Ky. court-room.

Christopher Thornhill, 34, was sentenced to the maximum of eight years behind bars after previ-ously pleading guilty to 12 charges – including Man-slaughter, Assault, Tam-pering with Evidence and a federal violation of using a cell in a commercial ve-hicle.

According to Fox19.com reports, on Janu-ary 29, 2015 Thornhill was behind the wheel of a semi tractor-trailer when he sideswiped an unoccupied vehicle in the northbound lane of I-71 in Boone Co. The rig then crossed the median and struck two southbound ve-hicles, killing Mark Sevilla, 45, of Lexington, Ky. and

Traffic stops net DUI charges; PD responds to theft DUI On Feb. 20, a Greenville

Police officer pulled over a driver for a headlight vio-lation on East Main Street. Upon approaching the ve-

hicle, the officer detected a moderate odor of alco-hol. When asked to see his driver’s license, the defen-dant (not named in police reports) produced a WIC

card. When asked about al-cohol consumption, the de-fendant stated he had not been drinking, but later ad-mitted to drinking one “tall boy.” There was a one-year-old child in the vehicle, one adult passenger inside the vehicle and one adult inside the bed of the vehicle. The defendant agreed to a so-briety test and did poorly, according to reports. Due to test results and his state-ment that he was taking prescription medication, he was placed under arrest. Additional tests were con-ducted including a breath test and urine sample, which was sent to the Mi-ami Valley Regional Crime lab for testing. The defen-dant was issued a citation for OVI and not having two working headlights and was released to a friend.

On Feb. 20, while travel-ing southbound on Wagner Avenue, an officer observed a vehicle traveling north-bound with no working tail lights. The officer did a U-turn and observed the ve-hicle straddling the outside lane for several feet while passing through the inter-section of Wagner Avenue and Rhoades Avenue. He eventually stopped the ve-hicle in the parking lot at 624 Wagner. The defendant (not named in the police re-port) told the officer he was on his way to pick up a per-

son at Wendy’s. When the officer told the defendant that he’d passed Wendy’s, the defendant said “I did?” The defendant appeared to have slurred speech and blood shot eyes. There also was a slight odor of alcohol. The officer asked the de-fendant how much he had to drink and the defendant first said he’d had a few beers with dinner, then he changed his story that he’d been drinking at lunch. The officer asked the defendant to step out of the vehicle and take sobriety tests. Accord-ing to the report, the defen-dant swayed back and forth while waiting to take the tests. He did poorly on the test, skipping and repeat-ing numbers several times. The defendant was under a driving suspension for fail-ing to reinstate his license. While a ticket was being written, the K-9 unit was called to do a drug search, but nothing was found. The defendant was arrested on suspicion of OVI and was transported to the police department, where the de-fendant agreed to a breath and a urine test. The urine test was sent to the Miami Valley Regional Crime lab for testing. The defendant was cited for failing to re-instate his license, OVI and not having illuminated tail lights. The defendant was released to his friend.

THEFTOn Feb. 7, police re-

sponded to a possible theft of a 50” TV at Walmart. Upon arrival, the officer observed the subject, Todd Kuhn, walking across the parking lot near Buffalo Wild Wings, attempting to carry a television. The officer stopped Kuhn and asked him if he had just purchased the television. Kuhn said yes, but that he was unable to provide a re-ceipt. The Walmart store manager then arrived on the scene and told the of-ficer he was waiting on the store’s loss prevention as-sociate to arrive and look at video to see if Kuhn ac-tually had purchased the TV. The officer asked Kuhn how he made the purchase and Kuhn responded that he used a credit card. Kuhn was unable to provide the credit card. The officer ad-vised Kuhn to give the TV to the store manager and if he found the receipt, or if the video showed that he had purchased the TV, it would be returned to him. Kuhn said he understood and left the area on a bi-cycle. On Feb. 17, police received a statement and a DVD from Walmart, which contained evidence that

Kuhn had entered the store on Feb. 7 and proceeded to the electronics depart-ment, where he placed a 50” television in a grocery cart. He then proceeded to push the cart to the front of the store, bypassing all checkout lanes, making no attempt to pay. Kuhn exited the store and began walking southbound, when he was spotted by the po-lice officer. According to reports, police have at-tempted to serve Kuhn two times this past week. He has not been home. Kuhn’s mother was advised to tell him to contact the police department.

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Beat is prepared from pub-lic records available at the Greenville Police Depart-ment. Every effort is made to balance the public’s right to know with the rights of the individuals involved. Readers are encouraged to contact Greenville Police if they have information or concerns regarding these or any other incidents they see. The Early Bird notes all suspects are innocent until proven guilty and welcomes comments and concerns regarding this community service.

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schools, 110 exhibits and a host of students descended on Greenville High School on Feb. 18 to show off their research during the third annual Darke County Sci-ence Day. According to An-gie McMurry of the Darke County Educational Ser-vice Center, the program continues to grow as the school districts promote this event. Three years ago they had approximately 40 students participate with even fewer exhibits. Last year they were able to give out $900 in prize money while that pot grew to $2,100 this year.

Students submitted ex-hibits in 10 categories – Behavioral and Social Sci-

ences, Botany, Chemistry – Biochemistry – Microbi-ology, Computer Science, Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering, Environmen-tal Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, Physics, and Zoology. Mike Koenig, teacher at Greenville High School and Upper Miami Valley Science Days com-mittee member, said, “We do science because this is the way we discover the world.” While encouraging the students to continue studying and being active in science he looked to the parents and guests and said, “You may be sitting next to a future Nobel Lau-reate.”

Dr. Nick Weldy, super-intendent of the Miami Valley Career Technol-ogy Center, was impressed with the exhibits and con-

GREENVILLE - A bake sale fundraising event will be held at Walmart in Greenville on March 5 starting at 10 a.m. The pur-pose? To raise funds for tutoring children needing help with basic skills like reading, writing and math.

“My kids were strug-gling,” said Kendra Chal-mers. “They got help and now they’re doing fine. More than that, I was taught how to help them at home. I want other chil-dren and parents to have the same opportunity,” she added.

“We have great teach-ers,” Chalmers continued. “But too many children need that extra boost that simply can’t be provided in a classroom of 20 or more students. Weekly tutoring can make a difference.”

Chalmers, her family and friends will be offering specialty party treats as

well as home-made good-ies, such as cakes, cookies, brownies and more. Treats will be reasonably priced; all proceeds will go to the tutoring program for sup-plies and to expand the number of qualified indi-viduals who can work with struggling children one-

on-one. “We will also be taking

donations and asking par-ents to join us. We need help to reach as many kids as possible,” Chalmers said. “We will be at Wal-mart on March 5, starting a 10 a.m. We’ll be there until we’re sold out.”

gratulated the students on their efforts. “Creativity abounds here,” he said. “I love to see kids getting ex-cited about science.” He specifically pointed to a couple of students whose hypothesis didn’t turn out as planned. Although the students were disap-pointed with their results, he emphasized they should turn their thinking around to “you learned one way not to do something.”

The following is a list of students earning top awards and prize money. Because there were differ-ent judges for each prize, some students received duplicate awards in their category:

Behavioral and Social Sciences – Francesca Mas-so-Rivetti of Greenville, $100; Tessa Tyo of Ver-sailles, $50; Jordan Dill of Bradford, $25

Botany – Hayleigh Spires and Kloe Zink of Franklin Monroe, $100 and $25; and Molly Hunt of Greenville, $50

Chemistry – Biochemis-try – Microbiology – Brina Toomey of Tri-Village, $100; Mariah Troutwine, $50; and Ashley Murphy,

$25Computer Science –

Kassondra Weyant, $100; Anthony Masso-Rivetti of DeColores Montessori, $50; and Justus Thomas of Tri-Village, $25

Earth and Space Scienc-es – Molly Hunt of Green-ville, $75

Engineering – Rhyan Turner of Bradford, $100; Quintin Muhlenkamp of Greenville, $75, $50 and trophy; Anthony Masso-Rivetti of DeColores Mon-tessori, $50; and Jana-Carolin Koslitzki of Brad-ford, $25

Environmental Sciences – Andrew Harshbarger of Versailles, $100; Jackson Moore, $50; and Elizabeth Moss of Tri-Village, $25

Medicine and Health Sciences – Drew Patty of Bradford $100; Mariah Collins, Courtney McEl-downey and Haley Win-ner of Versailles, $50; and Carrie Rhoades of Ansonia, $25

Physics – Jessica Ah-rens, Ashlyn Cordonnier and Chelsea Groff, $100; Chase Osterday of Franklin Monroe, $50; and James Normile and Anson Phil-lips of Greenville, $25

Zoology – Ryan Ballou of DeColores Montessori, $100; Mackenzie Weldy of Bradford, $50; and Isabella Whiting of Arcanum, $25

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Family Pass – Carrie Rhoades of Anso-nia, $100

Best Presentation of Data (Tables & Graphs) any category – Drew Patty of Bradford, $75

Award for Best Abstract, any category – Kailee

Brower of Bradford, $50The top eight exhibits

earned medals with the top three earning cash prizes. The top eight included (first through eighth) Drew Patty, $100; Quintin Muhlenkamp, $100; Fran-cesca Masso-Rivetti, $100; Rhyan Turner; Tessa Tyo; Jordan Dill; Anthony Mas-so-Rivetti; and Chelsea Groff and Jessica Ahrens.

In addition to the top eight, additional students getting superior ratings and earning the oppor-tunity to compete at the district Science Day on Feb. 27 at Edison State Community College in Pi-qua were Ashley Murphy, Mariah Troutwine, Shelbi Fourman and Mitchell Sink, Brandon Kinney and Brandon Riffell, Rebecca Pierson, Kailee Brower, Jana-Carolin Koslitzki, Ryan Ballou, Natalie Mil-ligan, Logan Garber, Mad-die Downing, Harley Ket-ring, Kaylor Pearson, Lily Preston, Justus Thomas, Brina Toomey, Landon Fraylick, Shelby Holzapfel, and James McClure.

Chancellor’s List namedRICHMOND, Ind. – In-

diana University East stu-dents who take 12 or more credit hours and complete the semester with a grade point average of 4.0 on a 4.0 scale are named to the Indiana University East Chancellor’s List. The fol-lowing local students were named to the list.

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Ansonia – Adam Klips-tine

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VERSAILLES – Ver-sailles Health Care Center, 200 Marker Road, Ver-sailles, is hosting a free luncheon with special en-tertainment to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This event will be held on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, at noon. A complimentary lunch will be served with entertain-ment featuring “Stan the Magic Man.”

This event is free and open to the community. Lunch will be served at no cost. Space is limited and reservations are required. RSVP to this event by March 11. Call Angie Kai-ser at 526-5570.

BPW chooses scholarship finalists

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Business & Professional Women’s Club (BPW) Scholarship Committee will host its monthly dinner meeting on March 10.

Committee Chair Doro-thy Poeppelman will intro-duce Darke County high school students vying for the scholarships that are available from the local BPW Club this year. The students have met cer-tain criteria to qualify for the scholarships and will give a short presentation on their accomplishments and goals.

The Greenville BPW Club’s mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advo-cacy, education, and infor-mation. For reservations, contact Marilyn Emmons by noon on March 7 at 548-5824 or [email protected].

New time forDCP hike

GREENVILLE – The Darke County Park District invites the public to join them every Tuesday morn-ing at the warmer weath-er start time of 8 a.m. at Shawnee Prairie Preserve for their Early Morning Discovery Hikes.

If you have any ques-tions, call the Nature Cen-ter at 548-0165 or visit www.darkecountyparks.org.

BY SUSAN HARTLEYSTAFF WRITER

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ville Kiwanis heard from two representatives of State of the Heart Hospice during their Feb. 24 meet-ing.

Laura Retter, director of business development and Kristi Strawser, RN,care center manager, gave a report on recent changes with the hospice program.

During the past year or so, Retter said, State of the Heart surveyed patients and families to gather in-formation on their hospice experiences.

“We wanted to take a look at what we could im-prove on,” she explained. One statement Retter said people kept repeating was “we wished we would have called you sooner.”

Out of those assess-ments came a new hospice program – a four-phase approach to care.

Retter explained all four points of the program:

* enLIGHTEN – Staff and volunteers provide information, answer ques-tions and connect the el-derly or those with health problems and concerns to the resources they need. A nurse practioner or RN will answer questions and share what to expect con-cerning new or worsening conditions.

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* enCOURAGE – Pro-vide grief support to help adults and children find peace and happiness after the loss of a loved one.

A patient may enter the

four-step program at any phase, Retter said. The en-COURAGE phase can be a stand-alone program, with hospice representatives providing free services and focusing on anticipating grief at any stage of an ill-ness.

“People don’t just grieve at the death of a loved one, but also at a diagnosis, grieving at the loss of op-portunities,” Retter ex-plained.

Strawser presented a PowerPoint on the State of the Heart’s 5-room patient care facility located on the fourth floor of Wayne HealthCare. The facility opened in 2013, and is used by patients transitioning to home care or to a nurs-ing facility. It also serves as a respite care facility for patients while their family members/caregivers take a much needed break.

The care facility, Straw-ser said, helps serve the lo-cal community’s needs in-stead of taking patients to other out-of-town hospice units. The facility includes the five patient rooms along with a family gath-ering room and a nurses station.

On April 1, State of the Heart Care will open their new palliative care program, also at Wayne HealthCare. The clinic-style facility will offer hos-pice patients a place to receive treatment for pain symptoms in a room near the existing care center.

Kiwanis hear update on State of the Heart Care programs

pronounced dead at the scene. She is believed to have been wearing a hel-met and alcohol is not a factor in the crash.

The crash remains un-der investigation with the Marquette County Sher-iff’s Office.

SANDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. - According to a report from a Michigan news source (uppermichi-ganssource.com), Melissa “Missy” Thornhill, age 39, of Greenville lost her life in a tragic snowmobile ac-cident on Monday in Mar-quette County Michigan.

According to the report, Thornhill was traveling behind her husband when she apparently lost control of the snowmobile, going off the trail and striking a tree. She was ejected and the sled traveled nearly 45 feet before coming to a stop, according to an offi-cial report.

Missy Thornhill was

Greenville woman dies in tragic Michigan snowmobile accident

Renovations continue at GHS; board approves several items BY SUSAN HARTLEY

STAFF [email protected] – Green-

ville Board of Education approved several items during its Feb. 18 regular meeting.

Work on the high school renovation continues, with approval going to Wellman Concrete for replacement of the landing and step on the east side locker room. The board approved the amount of $600 for this

project. Wellman Concrete

also was approved for the amount of $4,874 for re-placement of the steps on the north side of the high school. Both projects are being paid with permanent improvement funds.

The board approved a recommendation to autho-rize Superintendent Doug Fries to negotiate a contract with the district’s architec-tural firm Garmann Miller & Associates for the pur-pose of design, oversight and specifications for the high school parking lot im-provements. The contract will be based on results of soil borings and surveying results being completed by CTL Engineering and Ac-cess Engineering, respec-tively.

The board also approved payment to Bolyard Heat-ing & Cooling for an emer-gency repair of the boiler at South Middle School. The repair cost was $13,135.54.

To prepare for the Christmas break move into the new K-8th grade build-ing, the board took another look at a calendar revision for the 2016-17 school year.

A copy of the proposed calendar was presented to the Greenville Education Association, Fries said. “We’ve extended vacation over Christmas to get the move in,” said board presi-dent Fred Matix.

Fries noted that the teacher’s union had re-quested an additional work day at the end of the move-in period in order to unpack and set up their rooms. Also, two wavier days normally planned for earlier in the school year have been moved to the move-in period to allow for training on the new build-ing’s technology offerings, Fries said.

In personnel items, the

board approved the follow-ing:

To amend the resigna-tion, effective April 1, of Captain Keith Denman from the high school’s NJROTC program.

To approve the employ-ment of Richard Kuehner as Senior Naval Science Instructor for the NJROTC program, effective April 4.

Hired Stephanie Shafer as a school psychologist, effective for the 2016-17 school year.

Supplemental contracts were awarded to Matt Haupt as varsity assistant boys tennis coach and Ja-son Arnold as varsity girls soccer coach.

Resignations also were accepted for Matt Haupt as junior high boys tennis coach; Steve Lantz as as-sistant junior high track coach; Mark Ridgeway as assistant high school base-ball coach; and Rebecca Hatfield, bus driver.

Several donations from area businesses and indi-viduals also were accepted by the board, including a total of $1,655.20 be-ing paid to South Middle School and Woodland Pri-mary School by the Box Tops for Education pro-gram.

Board president Matix said he encouraged the public – not just parents with school-age children – to contribute box tops to this program.

For a list of participating products, check out www.boxtops4education.com.

Melissa Thornhill (Facebook photo)


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READERS WRITEFarewell to a Friend

This past week Marc Saluk, the Darke County Economic Development Director, resigned from his position to take a similar position in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Marc is going home. Marc is from the Philadelphia area, and his new job gets him about 50 miles away. I can’t blame him for leaving, it is what he wants, and we all like familiar places. Since Marc has been here, Marc and I have worked on a lot of things together. I bet he won’t remember the first time we actually talked to each other? I was still a Township Trustee with Greenville Township, and Rowland Truck and Equipment had contacted us about expanding to their current location on Chil-dren’s Home Road and 127. All of the trustees agreed to help them all we could, and I called Marc to let him know what was going on. I remember telling him that I thought this was how Economic Development should work; If anyone hears any rumors of busi-nesses, no matter how small, we need to let the office know and let them take care of it. That is what hap-pened. Marc, working with the company and us, suc-cessfully got Rowland where they wanted, and today there business is very visible and doing well. Since that time, Darke County, under Marc’s direction, has exploded with company expansion, job additions, and new business coming into the County. We are one of the leaders in the State with our workforce ef-forts that combine Schools, businesses, Individuals and Government together to make things better for us all. Marc was a huge part of this. His individual talents have made him a name that is recognized any-where in the State. He has helped put Darke County on the map. Marc has an enthusiasm, and energy that will be sorely missed. I will miss him greatly. I consider him more than a business acquaintance, I consider him a good friend.

Marc, whatever path you take, I hope it is the hap-py one. You have done wonders here, and I know you will do the same in New Jersey, no question of that. If you ever need anything, just call, and I will do my best to help. I wish you and your family well, and may good fortune follow you all the days of your life. Farewell, my friend, and remember, you will always have a home here in Darke County.

An old Irish toast to you, My Friend:“Walls for the windA roof for the rainAnd drinks beside the fire,Laughter to cheer youAnd those you love near youAnd all that your heart may desire”Mike Stegall,Darke County Commissioner

~~~~~~~~~~Leadership Produces Results

Back in 2009 the Darke County Economic De-velopment Office was in search of an individual to provide leadership for its newly created Partnering for Progress program. Being a member of the search committee and taking part in the screening and in-terview process of the numerous candidates I recall the day Marc Saluk walked into the room for his interview. The meeting room atmosphere instant-ly consumed the energy, enthusiasm, and passion that Marc genuinely displayed. At the conclusion of Marc’s interview the committee members came to a rather quick and unanimous consensus that it has found the leader needed to move the Partnering for Progress initiative forward.

Fast forward to 2016 and the scoreboard reads of numerous business development projects achieved, millions of dollars of capital investment injected throughout the business community, thousands of jobs retained and created, millions of dollars of pay-roll added, and the creation of a workforce develop-ment program for the Darke County community. All of this being accomplished by a collaborative effort among state, county, village, and business represen-tatives combined with the leadership of Marc Saluk. End result the Partnering for Progress Economic De-velopment program goals and objectives are being achieved with great success.

I will always remember Marc as an individual who worked tirelessly to advance economic development for a better and stronger Darke County economy. Marc’s exceptional character qualities and his con-stant display of energy and enthusiasm were very in-spiring and infectious.

While it is a sad time for Darke County that Marc is leaving, Darke County can certainly celebrate and rejoice in the extraordinary economic and business development success the county has achieved under Marc’s leadership the past seven years.

Please join me in saluting Marc Saluk for an out-standing job he did for Darke County and to wish Marc continued success as Marc takes his “A” game to New Jersey and closer to his home roots.

Thank you Marc for sharing your skills, talents, energy, and enthusiasm. Your footprints will forever be present throughout Darke County.

Randy A. Gump Versailles

No HDTV adds to my stress

Just like any red-blood-ed American couch potato, I like a big television with complete and total control of the remote. There’s noth-ing better than to kick-back on the couch with the foot rest up in my most com-fortable television watch-ing clothes while I’m in a semi-comatose state as I’m entertained by actors, ath-letes and reality stars. Yep. I’m pathetic.

My sanctuary of leisure was recently invaded by bar-baric savages that care little when I’m overwhelmed by the stress of the day. These brutal beasts have cast me out of my palace of pleasure into a cubical of discontent. Living with three women, my wife and two teen-

age daughters, I thought I had endured all manner of torture these ladies could think to throw my way. I was wrong.

I’ve been informed in no uncertain terms that when my oldest daughter has her boyfriend at the house I am banished from the living room. They get the “good” television and I don’t. Sure, the one in my bedroom is only a couple inches small-er than the one in the living room, but there is one huge difference – NO HDTV.

We don’t have a big house and live rather modestly. Other than the bathroom and kitchen, the rest of the house is mainly bedrooms. When I protest about being kicked out of the living room my wife shuts down my ar-gument with one sentence, “Would you rather me send them to the bedroom?” My

reply, “Uh – No! You win. I’m going to my bedroom.” If they could hear the dis-dain in my mumbling as I’m heading up the stairs they would know I’m not happy, “Crappy, HD-less television. How am I sup-posed to unwind with fuzzy television programs?”

I was willing to com-promise. Since they got the television with Google Chromecast where they could watch Netflix, I let my daughter and her boyfriend pick the movie and I would watch it with them. I was sitting there laughing with them and making fun of the boyfriend. I was having a good time and I thought they were, too. Then I no-ticed it. My daughter shot my wife a look. I acted like I didn’t see it. A couple of sec-onds passed by and I heard my wife say, “Maybe you should go upstairs and let them be alone for a while.” I ignored her.

Fifteen minutes later my wife was more stern in her demand. From the other room I hear her say, “Ryan! Come here please.” She said “please,” but I don’t think she meant it. You probably guessed by now – I ended up in my room and didn’t get to see the end of the movie.

This dilemma our fam-ily faces is slowly being re-solved. Out of the blue my wife texted me and said, “Why don’t you go get a Google Chromecast for the upstairs TV.” Knowing how my wife is about spending money and being caught off guard by her generosity I texted back, “Are you se-rious?” As soon as I hit the send button I came back to reality and thought to my-self, “What are you doing?” I just gave her a way out of giving me what I want. At-tention Men: If your wife suggests something that is in your favor never, ever question it; just do it. For-tunately, she was serious and I am now able to watch Netflix in my cubicle of dis-content.

Although I’m a smidge happier with our current arrangement there are a few things that could make it better. She could let me get high definition televi-sion in our bedroom. Also, the living room is next to the kitchen and trips to the fridge are easier to make during commercials. Our bedroom is much further away. I’m thinking one of those dorm room refrig-erators might just turn my frown upside down.

READERS WRITESupport for LeMaster

Vote for Joe LeMaster for Darke County Commis-sioner in the March primary on March 15 or during the early voting time period.

Joe is a strong fam-ily man that wants to keep Darke County a great place to live and work. Being a retired military veteran, Joe will work hard to keep the county economically strong. Joe will work hard to keep and attract new businesses to the county. It will take

a person with a lot of fore-sight to keep the county running smoothly. Joe will be a watch dog to make sure the county money will be spent wisely. Darke County needs a person with strong morals and willing to work with others to keep the county strong. Let’s keep Darke County a great place to live and work by voting for Joe LeMaster for Darke County Commissioner.

Don Delaplane,Greenville

Wheeler gives invocationCOLUMBUS – State

Representative Jim Buchy (R-Greenville) welcomed Pastor Dennis Wheeler to the Ohio House recently to give the opening invoca-tion before session.

“I have grown to know Pastor Wheeler over a number of years,” Buchy said. “His efforts to lead the flock at Versailles Christian Church are ap-preciated and I was proud he could join us today to pray with the legislature.”

Pastor Wheeler is the lead pastor at Versailles

Christian Church in Ver-sailles, where he has served since 2008. Pastor Wheeler is also known for his annual sermon on the 4th of July, where he rec-ognizes and honors God and country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is alerting Ohioans to an upcoming surge in passport applica-tions that could increase processing times.

It is expected that 45 mil-lion passports will expire between 2016 and 2018 — 17.4 million in 2016 and 20.9 million in 2017. Due to the high volume of expiring passports, Ohioans whose passports will be expiring in the coming year should renew as soon as possible.

What to know about re-

newal: * Many foreign countries

require travelers’ passports to have at least six months validity

* Processing times will be longer if a traveler de-lays renewal

Although the passport surge is quickly approach-ing, constituents should not be worried if they are prop-erly prepared. If you need assistance working with or getting answers from a fed-eral government agency, Sen. Brown’s office may be able to help.

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LINDEMUTH – Phyllis Jean (Berner) Lin-demuth, 93, of Greenville, passed away on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 at 1:45 a.m. at Brookdale Assisted Liv-ing Facility, Greenville. She was born on Decem-ber 22, 1922 in Darke County, to the late Fred & Treva (Miller) Berner.

She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Terry & Melody Linde-muth of Arcanum, Ohio; grandchildren, Tim & Kendra Lindemuth of Arcanum and Matthew Lindemuth of Arcanum, Ohio; great grandchildren,

THORNHILL – Mis-sy Mae Thornhill, 39, of Greenville, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. A service was held Feb. 27, 2016 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. There will be no burial.

FIEDLER – Donald Jay Fiedler, 85, of Ar-canum, for-

merly of West Union, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Fu-neral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at the Kreitzer Funeral Home, Arcanum. Burial is at Abbottsville Cemetery.

COMBS – James Combs, 77, of Green-ville, died

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. A Celebration of Life ser-vice will be held 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 at the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home, Greenville. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday

Dalton, Pierce & Walker Lindemuth; brother, Jack Berner of Greenville; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her par-ents Phyllis is preceded in death by her husband, Harold Lindemuth and sister, Patricia Linde-muth.

Phyllis worked over 50 years as a beautician where she owned and op-erated Phyllis’s Beauty Shop. She was a mem-ber of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

A service was held Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville, with Pastor Ronald Shreffler officiating. Burial is in the Abbottsville Cemetery, Darke County.

It is the wishes of the family that memorial contributions be given to the Brookdale Hospice. Condolences for the fam-ily may be sent to www.zecharbailey.com.

at the funeral home.

BRUNS – Carolyn C. “Kelly” Bruns, 86, of Frenchtown, died Tues-day, Feb. 23, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 at Holy Family Cath-olic Church, Frenchtown. Burial is in Holy Family Cemetery, Frenchtown.

LIGHT – Cora Arline Light, 95, of Greenville, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 in the First Pres-byterian Church, Green-ville. Burial is in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Ft. Jef-ferson.

BRUNSWICK – Cleopha F. Brunswick, 96, of Coldwater, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, Febru-ary 27, 2016 at St. Wende-lin Church. Burial is in St. Wendelin Cemetery.

Marc Saluk (second from the right) is joined by Ansonia and Mississinawa Valley Superintendent Jim Atchley, Commissioners Mike Rhoades and Mike Stegall and Dennis Baker, of Second National Bank. (Ryan Berry photo)

Saluk says goodbye to friends and colleagues

DCCT and DCHS team up for fundraiser

GREENVILLE – Darke County Economic Di-rector Marc Saluk said goodbye to friends and colleagues at a luncheon in his honor on Feb. 25. Saluk is leaving at the end of the month to take a similar position in New Jersey.

Saluk said, “The time I’ve spent as economic development director here has been the most rewarding of my profes-sional career. What we have all achieved together through the Partnering for Progress initiative has really shown me what can be accomplished when a great team stays focused on an important task for a prolonged period of

time.” He continued, “I’ll never forget what the team has accomplished, the strength of the part-nership, and the friends I have made. I’ll always be a resource for Darke Coun-ty and absolutely will re-main in touch with those I worked with here.”

He is tasked with a similar job in Hunter-don County, New Jersey as he will be heading up the county’s first public-private economic devel-opment effort. He said, “Hunterdon County, NJ has a lot going for it and the team in place is excit-ed about what’s in front of us. I look forward to the challenge and think we’ll have great success.”

GREENVILLE – Darke County Civic Theater and Darke County Humane Society are teaming up once again for a fun filled family day of activities and performance of a full length play. This is the second year this pair has pulled together to create an event the community has come to enjoy.

Last year, the event was a “Western Family Fun Day” and featured west-ern style games, prizes and food for all to en-joy. This year, the Darke County Civic Theater will be performing the beloved family classic, “Charlie and the Chocolate Facto-ry” and will feature games and activities centered on this theme.

The Darke County Hu-mane Society will once again be providing vari-ous snacks and food items for purchase before, dur-ing and after the show’s performance. The per-formance of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” features 30 local talent-ed actors and actresses, ranging from age six to adult. The family fun day will take place March 5 at Paw’s Bingo Hall, located on Martin Street, Green-ville.

The games and activi-ties will take place from 4-6 p.m. with the show starting at 6:30 p.m. “Charlie and the Choco-late Factory” is a full length show and there will be a brief 10-minute inter-mission halfway through the performance. There will be 10 games and ac-tivities set up for families to enjoy and tickets can be purchased at the event.

Ticket costs for games will be ten tickets for $2, with each game or activity cost-ing one ticket to enjoy.

There will also be a Sunday matinee perfor-mance of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” that will be performed on March 6. The Sun-day matinee will be a performance only and no games will be available for playing. The show will be-gin at promptly 1:30 p.m. at Paw’s Bingo Hall.

Tickets can be pur-chased pre-sale by seeing a cast or crew member or by stopping into Roots Hair Salon on Broadway in Greenville, or by visiting Paw’s Bingo Hall. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased for $5 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. Tickets may also be pur-chased at the door on the day of the event, with the cost of $6 for adult tickets and $4 for children and senior tickets.

For more informa-tion on the Darke County Humane Society, visit at www.darkecountyhu-manesociety.org and for more information on this event and information on Darke County Civic The-ater, visit Darke County Civic Theater’s website at www.darkecounty-civictheater.org. Darke County Civic Theater can also be reached by email at [email protected].

Darke County Civic Theater and Darke County Humane Society are both non-profit organizations and all funds gained from this event will be used for local improvements and organizational needs.

Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day at Irish Wave

Darke County Center for the Arts will host “Irish Wave” at Montage Cafe in downtown Greenville on March 11, featuring music by returning favorite Lone Raven.

GREENVILLE – Darke County Center for the Arts will host “Irish Wave” at Montage Cafe in down-town Greenville on March 11. “DCCA will be celebrat-ing St. Patrick’s Day a bit early with a fundraising party featuring Irish mu-sic, food, and a beer tast-ing, as well as an exciting new addition to the fun—a “limited edition” raffle of-fering a very good chance of winning a trip to Ire-land,” said Andrea Jordan, DCCA executive director. “As with all of our fund-raisers, we promise a good time for a good cause,” Ms. Jordan stated. Proceeds will benefit DCCA’s many programs including Arts in Education and the Family Theatre Series. The festivi-ties begin at 6:30 p.m.

Attendees can count on a diverse choice of beers to taste as well as a com-memorative beer glass, all included in the price of admission. For non-beer drinkers, other bever-ages including wine will be available. Irish-themed food prepared by Mon-

tage proprietors Aaron and Michele Cox will also be provided. Adding to the excitement, the winner of DCCA’s “Off to the Isle” raffle will be announced during “Irish Wave.” “Since only 75 raffle tickets will be sold, I’d recommend not waiting to enter the raffle to win a $5000 voucher entitling you to a custom-ized vacation in Ireland,” Ms. Jordan said. Raffle tickets cost $100 each, and can be purchased by con-tacting DCCA’s office.

Music will be performed by Lone Raven, a group that DCCA Artistic Director Keith Rawlins describes as one of the top bands in the Midwest. “Lone Raven per-forms an eclectic blend of traditional music as well as their own originals,” Rawl-ins explained. “They’ll tear through peppy Irish reels, play haunting Gypsy fiddle tunes, and render soulful airs, leaving the audience breathless and begging for more,” Rawlins said.

The musicians who make up Lone Raven, Craig Markley, Kara Mar-

kley, Elizabeth Blicken-staff, Neil Jacobs, and Sid Omasta, play a broad vari-ety of instruments includ-ing keyboard, fiddle, man-dolin, guitar, accordion, whistle, and percussion. Sponsors for “Irish Wave” who make possible the performance by Lone Ra-ven are Second National Bank, Jim and Julia Poep-pelman, Edward Jones In-vestment representatives Ryan Carpe, Dave Connel-

ly, Andria Haworth, Todd Subler and Bill Wolke, Dr. Thomas and Suzanne Brown, Family Health, and Zechar Bailey Funeral Home.

Tickets for “Irish Wave” are $35, and can be reserved by contact-ing DCCA at 547-0908 or [email protected], or purchased on-line at www.centerforarts.net. Tickets are also available at Mon-tage Cafe.

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Tyler Fisherback is a Reid Ambassador

Museum seeksspecial items

VERSAILLES – The Versailles Area Museum is looking for loans of wedding gowns, grooms wear, and other wedding memorabilia, old wed-ding pictures and even gifts given over the last century for an upcom-ing display in early June. Also needed are manne-quins and dress forms for display. If you have such items call the museum at 526-4222 and leave a message and they will get back with you.

tients to describe Tyler.Tyler was born in Cin-

cinnati and grew up in New Madison. He now makes his home in Cen-terville, Ind. with his sis-ter Lindsey Skaggs—a Reid Health nurse and Ambassador, and her family. His other sister, Lauren Hartman, is a nurse on 4 East. Tyler was urged to consider nurs-ing as a career by his sis-ters and his friend Tyler Evans, a nurse in Reid’s heart catheterization lab. He was also encouraged by staff on the CCU when he was stocking supply carts.

Being a full time stu-dent and working a full time job doesn’t leave Tyler with much time for other activities. He does like to pursue weight lift-ing and crossfit training in the gym and he volun-teers for activities with the IU East School of

Tyler Fisherbackways willing to help oth-ers, whether with blood draws on other units or tasks on CCU,” said a co-worker. “Tyler has incred-ible bedside skills and the ability to connect to pa-tients from all walks of life,” said a charge nurse. “Tyler’s positive, respect-ful attitude and caring personality make him a great team player,” said a nurse. Compassionate, caring and calming are a few words used by pa-

RICHMOND, Ind. – Tyler Fisherback, Reid’s February Ambassador, has been with Reid Health for almost eight years. He started his Reid career in Material Handling, stocking supply carts on nursing units. He is now a nursing care technician and nursing care assis-tant in the Critical Care Unit. Among his duties is performing blood draws on patients. Tyler will complete his bachelor’s degree in nursing at IU East this May and hopes to transition to a nursing position after completing his boards and acquiring his nursing license.

Nominators praise Tyler’s compassion and willingness to help others and to learn new skills. “Tyler is a stellar example of a compassionate care-giver and always connects with his patients,” said a manager. “Tyler is al-

Nursing.“I have always liked

caring for people,” said Tyler. “Working at Reid opened up opportunities for me to better prepare myself as a nurse and as a professional.”


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GREENVILLE – Ap-plications are now being accepted for the Aultman Youth Development and Advancement Scholar-ships. This is the inaugural year the Matt and Morgan Aultman Family will be of-fering two scholarships for the specific advancement and support of students looking to further their education in the fields of political science, business, or at a skills driven trade school. “We believe that in the future our county will need shrewd business people and skilled work-ers so we are offering these two very different scholar-ships,” said Matt Aultman.

The first of two $500 scholarships will be avail-able to students graduat-ing from a Darke County high school in 2016 and entering college to study business, business man-agement, or political sci-ence. He continued, “Busi-ness is the backbone to the Darke County community and in the future will re-quire people of this skill set to someday continue running the businesses that are found here.”

The second $500 schol-arship will be available to a 2016 Darke County gradu-ating high school student continuing their education at a trade school or in a trade program. “Not ev-eryone desires a four year education and are more tactile with their skill sets. This is an opportunity for students going into pro-grams such as welding, carpentry, masonry, dental assisting, CNC technician, or related field to receive monetary assistance for this education path,” said Aultman.

Matt and Morgan have been supportive of their community and the ad-vancement of youth in the past several years. They are advisors for 4-H, have helped with FFA Alumni programs, and assisted with class programs and after school activities. It is their hope that what is done today will transfer to a better tomorrow for our community.

You may ask why now

and why these specific continuing education pro-grams. The NOW part came when Matt decided to run for Darke County Commissioner and as-sessed the expenditures associated with the run for that office. Like the farm-ers they are or any other good business people, be-fore spending money they look at the whole picture of the money spent versus the return and overall benefit. They decided that whether or not the campaign was successful they wanted to make a positive impact on the community. Matt and Morgan believe there is no better way to do this than helping the youth of the community; they have de-cided to use part of their personal finances to set up these two scholarships instead of purchasing yard signs for the primary elec-tion campaign. This is a continuation of their long lasting commitment to youth and Darke County. The Aultmans hope it will yield talented and trained individuals returning to our community to fill the shoes of those who are cur-rently running businesses, working in public service jobs, and working for com-munity programs.

The Aultmans have learned through many programs, activities, and teachings that one of the most effective ways to “make the best better” is to instill that sense into the next generation and provide opportunities for them to grow and flour-ish. They wish to leave a lasting impression on the next generation and leave Earth in better condition than when we inherited it; this is their small attempt at doing that.

Applications can be requested through email at: [email protected], by sending a letter of request to Ault-man Development and Advancement Scholar-ship, 6721 Horatio Harris Creek Rd, Greenville, Ohio 45331 or by visiting www.aultmanfarms.weebly.com. Applications will be accepted until April 30.

BOTKINS – Versailles Middle School students take top seventh and eighth grade team honors, and Versailles eighth grader Hannah Bey takes top eighth grade individual, at the 2016 Power of the Pen Regional Competition at Botkins on Feb. 13.

Additional eighth grade Versailles winners are Jen-na McClure, who came in ninth and Taylor Hainline, 10th. Additional Versailles 7th grade winners are Chloe Grillot, seventh and Brooke Timmerman, eighth.

Versailles coach Carrie Borchers credits the suc-cess of her students to the parents and the “diligent

teaching” of reading and writing they’ve received from Versailles schools from their early education on.

“These students have been ingrained with the love of reading and have been given the support needed to begin creating their own stories from a young age,” she said. “Their talent to do that was evident in the District competition, and we hope to continue seeing the benefits in competition, throughout their schooling, and possibly as they choose their careers in the future.”

Thirteen schools partici-pated in the 2016 Regional Power of the Pen, bringing

67 seventh graders and 73 eighth graders to the com-petition. All student win-ners were invited to the

District competition.(Submitted by Bob Rob-

inson, County News On-line)

GREENVILLE – The Cancer Association of Darke County Living With Cancer Support Group will meet March 3, 7 p.m., in the Board Room, located on the first floor past the lab, to the left at the end of the hallway at Wayne Health Care.

Rena Slater, owner of We Knead U Massage, will be the speaker. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Wright State in Rehabili-tation. She is licensed by the State of Ohio Medical Board in Massage Therapy and is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage

and Bodywork. She also is a Certified Manual Medicine Technician and certified in Reiki as a Master/Teacher.

Slater has continued study with Dr. Connolly, Naturopathic Practitioner and David Kent, Full Body Dissection and Dr. Keith Barbour, D.O. She contin-ues to take various courses related to specific condi-tions and techniques. Rena will share important and interesting information then. The public is invited (no fee) and refreshments will be served.

We Knead U has been in

business over 10 years. They offer massage designed to meet individual needs. Reflexology and Aqua De-tox are also available. For further information about massage, contact Rena at We Knead U Massage and Reiki Center, 5495 St. Rt. 49 South, Greenville, 316-6290.

The Cancer Association provides benefits to can-cer patients living in Darke County. For information, call 548-9960 and talk with Christine. If you are inter-ested in volunteering, call the office. The next event

that could use help is the Monte Carlo on May 13.

Many businesses and or-ganizations donate yearly to become Corporate Spon-sors. This year, so far, seven have generously donated: Williamson Insurance, LLC, North Star Hardware, Members Choice Credit Union, Mercer Savings Bank, VFW 7262 and Ki-wanis Club of New Madi-son. If you would like to have your business or orga-nization become part of this sponsorship contact the of-fice.

DCRTA will host spring luncheon

GREENVILLE – DCR-TA will host its spring lun-cheon on March 17, 11:30 a.m., in the Brick Room at the Brethren Retirement Community. The menu will be pan fried chicken, green beans, parsley po-tatoes, tossed salad, rolls, assorted desserts, coffee, water and punch. The cost of the meal is $8. Follow-ing the business meeting, a program will be presented by the Versailles Winery. If you still owe 2016 dues, DCRTA dues and ORTA dues can be paid at the

luncheon. DCRTA dues are $7 and ORTA dues are $30 per year.

To make reservations, contact Jean Kelly before March 11 using any of the contact information below. DCRTA invites anyone to join their association. You do not have to be a retired educator; you just need to have a great interest in and love of education. Contact Jean Kelly, 606 W. South St., Arcanum, Ohio 45304, 692-6248 (leave message if no answer), [email protected].

Versailles seventh and eighth graders competing in Power of the Pen were (front row) Chloe Grillot, Maddie Durham, Lauren Menke, Hannah Bey, Jenna McClure, Dylan Meyer, Emily McClure, Megan Rismiller, (back row) Kiearra Pearson, Brooke Timmerman, Taylor Hainline, Jack Detrick and Sam Stachler. Not pictured is Derek Rauh.

Special BeginningsChildbirth ClassMonday, March 7th, 14th, 21st6:30pm - 8:30pmWayne HealthCare, 3rd Floor Conference RoomFree if delivering at Wayne HealthCare. Call for cost if mother does not.

To schedule a class, call (937) 547-5755.

Breastfeeding ClassTuesday, March 15th 6:00pm - 8:00pmWayne HealthCare, 3rd Floor Conference RoomFree if delivering at Wayne HealthCare. Call for cost if mother does not.

To schedule a class, call (937) 547-5755.

Free Monthly Diabetes Education ClassThis educational class is designed to help you understand and manage diabetes. Join us for a free class each month.

Bite Into A Healthy LifestyleTuesday, March 8th2:00pm-3:00pmWayne HealthCare, 3rd Floor Conference Room

Diabetes Education ProgramsKaren Droesch, RD, LD, CDECertifi ed Diabetes Educator (CDE) will present and lead all diabetes education classes and programs. For more information call (937) 547-5750.

Diabetic Group ClassesWednesday, March 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd6:00pm-8:00pmWayne HealthCare, Room 405Cost: $10 per class or $40 monthly series

Pre-Diabetic Group ClassesMonday, March 21st1:00pm-3:00pmWayne HealthCare, 3rd Floor Conference RoomCost: $10 per classPre-Registration is required for all diabetes classes. Call (937) 547-5750.

To learn more about the programs or events at Wayne HealthCare, call (937) 548-1141 or visit: www.waynehealthcare.org

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Versailles easily advances in tournament play

Kami McEldowney scores for Versailles in win over Madison (Gaylen Blosser Photo)

DAYTON – The Ver-sailles Tigers secured a spot in the sectional cham-pionship game with a 68-49 win over the Greenview Rams.

A slow start greeted the Tigers with the Rams hitting a three to lead 3-0 early.

Justin Ahrens got Versailles on the board followed by the Rams’ 2-2 at the line with the Tigers trailing 5-2.

A Justin Ahrens basket and an Austin Knapke

bucket with the aid of a Tigers steal had Versailles grabbing its first lead of the night at 6-5… a lead that would hold up until the final buzzer.

After trailing 5-2 early, the Tigers would use eight Alex Wendel points, four Justin Ahrens points and a triple each from Keaton McEldowney and AJ Ahrens and a Knapke field goal to outscore the Rams 18-5 to lead 20-10 going to second.

“Alex Wendel has done a nice job all year with getting us into offense,” McEldowney said. “He shoots pretty well when he

gets opportunities.” Versailles opened

the second with a 5-0 run getting a Connor Custenborder basket and an old fashioned Justin Ahrens three point play to lead 25-10.

B a c k - t o - b a c k Greenview threes cut the Tigers lead to 25-16 only to have Versailles put up eight points while holding the Rams to five over the final four minutes of period No. 2 with the Tigers taking a 33-21 lead at the break.

Justin Ahrens accounted for 10 second period Versailles points.

Period No. 3 had Knapke’s eight points including two treys lead a balanced Versailles scoring attack with K. McEldowney and Justin Ahrens each adding five points while B. McEldowney and Wendel each contributed a field goal to lead 55-36 after three periods of play.

“Third quarter Austin Knapke…” McEldowney

said. “The more we can get all pistons firing like that the better chance we have at making a deep run.”

Versailles would take an early fourth quarter 23 point lead before the teams would each knock down 13 points in the final period

for a 68-49 Tigers win.Knapke paced the Tigers

in the final period with two of his four triples on the night.

“I thought especially in the second half we got a lot better ball movement,” McEldowney stated. “It’s

whoever is open and Austin (Knapke) had some nice open looks and he definitely took advantage of them.”

Justin Ahrens led all scorers in the game with 21 points.

Austin Knapke battles for rebound in Versailles tournament win over Greenview (Gaylen Blosser Photo)

BY GAYLEN BLOSSERSPORTS WRITER

[email protected] – The Ver-

sailles Lady Tigers hand-ily posted a 64-41 D-III tournament win over the Middletown Madison Lady Mohawks at the Hanger in Pitsburg.

“I tell the girls you de-serve to be here,” said Ver-sailles Coach Jacki Stone-braker, “but you’re going to have to work for everything you get.”

The Lady Tigers took ad-vantage of three first quar-ter threes, two by senior Kristin Langston account-ing for six of Versailles’ first eight points and one from sophomore Kami McEld-owney, two Lauren Mon-nin baskets and two Clair Schmitmeyer free-throws to lead 15-11 after one pe-riod of play.

“She (Langston) was huge today,” said Stone-braker. “She is not the main threat out there a lot of time but she will knock down threes, she’ll take it to the hole, she’s not afraid of anybody and sometimes I think she gets overlooked out there on the court.”

Versailles opened second quarter play with a 6-0 run getting their first double digit lead of the day at 21-11 with scoring coming by way of a Danielle Winner basket, a Camille Watren steal and layup and a McEl-downey field goal.

The Lady Tigers would close out second quarter scoring on a 10-0 run over the final 2:31 of the period including two McEldowney steals resulting in full-court layups to take a 41-18 half-time lead.

“Kami (McEldowney) played well today,” said Stonebraker. “She was all over their guards out front. She got a lot of steals and

easy points at the other end.”

McEldowney paced Ver-sailles with eight second quarter points, Monnin chipped in six, Camille Wa-tren added five, Danielle Winner four and Kami Or-ding rounded out scoring knocking down a three-pointer.

“We were able to take advantage of our transition points in the second quar-ter,” Stonebraker said. “The second quarter… a very

good quarter for the Lady Tigers.”

“Overall I thought we played a really good first half,” added Stonebraker. “That set the tone for the rest of the game.”

Madison took the third period 16-10 with the teams heading to the final period of play with the Lady Tigers holding a 51-37 advantage.

The final period be-longed to Versailles with the Lady Tigers putting 13 points on the board while

holding Middletown Madi-son to seven extending the Versailles Lady Tigers season while moving on in OHSAA tournament play with the 64-41 win.

Versailles was paced with 10 Lady Tigers putting points on the board in the game led by McEldowny and Winner with 13 points each.

“I thought we shot the ball pretty good,” Stone-braker stated. “We did shoot the ball well as a team.”

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TV to play for District title

Jets taken down by Rockets

CLAYTON – Coming off a fourth quarter comeback victory on Saturday, the Jets of Franklin Monroe had momentum on their side as they faced Anna in the Sectional semi-final game Wednesday evening at Northmont High School.

Pressure from the Rock-ets defense caused FM several turnovers and kept the Jets from many second shot attempts. Offensively, Anna was just too much for the Jets to stop, allow-ing the Rockets to score double digits before finally making their first basket-ball. Franklin Monroe was defeated and knocked out of tournament play by a fi-nal score of 85-38.

BY CLINTON RANDALLSTAFF WRITER

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Lady Patriots beat Newton in the Sectional final game last Saturday by a final score of 61-40.

Newton kept the con-test close early… until Tri-Village took a 14-4 run to take a 27-15 lead into the locker room at the half. The Lady Patriots added to their lead in the second half to put the game away.

“I thought our girls played very well on the defensive end of the floor against Newton. They fol-lowed the game plan to a ”T”,” said TV Head Coach Brad Gray. “Offensively we were very efficient when we got shots.”

“We need to do a bet-ter job of taking care of the basketball though,” Coach

Gray added. “We turned it over 24 times… that is way too many turnovers for us. In fact, in the games where we have struggled, turn-overs have been a major factor. That is something we will need to improve on if we want to continue to advance.”

The Lady Patriots were led in scoring by Danika Mann with 18 points. Overall the team went 23-36 from the field and 10-14 from the foul line.

Tri-Village (21-1) will face Jackson Center (15-6) on this Saturday (Feb. 27) for the Div IV District at Tippecanoe City HS – tip-off set for 3 p.m.

“We are very excited to finally advance back to a district final game after having a disappointing end to each of the past two seasons,” Gray concluded.

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Wave senior Jose’ Badell and freshmen Isabella Gable qualified for the OHSAA state swim meet in Canton.

“I think it is neat we have more than one this year,” Greenville swimming coach Molly Mendoza said of her two state qualifiers.

Badell will be representing Greenville in the boys 100 yard backstroke while Gable will be competing in the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle.

Badell is returning to state for the second time in his high school career.

“I’m pumped,” said Badell. “I’d like to thank my coaches, my parents and friends.”

“I am so happy for him because this is what he really wanted,” said Mendoza. ”He was striving for that… just

wasn’t working out for him earlier in the season. I’m happy for him and his family because they really wanted to see him get there one more time before he was done.”

Gable makes it to state in her first year of high school to no surprise of Coach Mendoza.

“I knew she could do it as long as she kept going the way she had been going all year and doing well,” stated Mendoza. “She is a very strong swimmer, very technically great and she should go (to state) every year.”

“Maybe next year she will choose different strokes,” added Mendoza. “She might want to try and see if she can make it next year in something different.”

For both Wave swimmers the Division II state preliminaries begin Thursday at 5 p.m. at the C. T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. The finals will take place Friday at 5 p.m. in Canton.

L-R Greenville Swimming Coach Molly Mendoza, Isabella Gable and Jose’ Badell (Gaylen Blosser Photo)

Greenville sends two swimmers to state



Lady Wave Softball (LWSB) opened the first day of the 2016 season spring practice outdoors at Stebbins field.

“It’s just great… day one of softball,” said Greenville LWSB Coach Jerrod Newland. “We’re ready to roll. Everybody has a smile on their face… it’s just good stuff.”

“We’re out here on the dirt… day one February 22nd,” Newland said of the first hours of LWSB practice.”

“On the dirt and we’ll be on the dirt tomorrow for three hours and I imagine shutting down for a little bit looking at the weather after that,” continued Newland. “But you know, to sneak out and get a little dirt time… there’s no substitute for it. We’ll be catching some ground balls

here for the next hour.” The LWSB program

is currently riding an unprecedented 12 straight 25 plus wins seasons. The program has won 8 of the past 10 District Championships and over the past 13 years has been ranked in the State AP Coaches Poll to 10 for 71

Lady Wave softball open 2016 on dirt



Greenville baseball team took advantage of Monday temperatures in the 40’s to hold the first day of 2016 practice on their home field at Sater Park.

“Love it,” said Green-ville Varsity Baseball Coach Eric Blumenstock, GWOC North 2013 Co-Coach of the year. “Couple of years ago we had this opportunity to get out. It’s a little cold but most kids are bundled up well. I figure we might not have the chance to do this for a couple weeks. You never

know. Every chance we get that we have sunshine we’re going to try to get out and get something done.”

Greenville comes off a 7-20 rebuilding season af-ter three consecutive win-ning seasons; 18-11 (2014), 18-10 (2013) and 13-12 (2012).

“We struggled last year but I wasn’t trying to sell anything to anybody last year with what I thought we were going to do,” said Blumenstock. “We were young and very inexperi-enced.”

“You watch the kids play last year… I got so many complements from coaches that couldn’t be-

Big numbers open Wave baseball season

ing to make them play that much better.”

Regular season opener

for the Greenville has the Wave on the road March 26 at Stebbins High School.

lieve what our record was,” added Blumenstock. “It was just one of those deals where they just needed time to grow into them-selves varsity wise and all those kids are back now. I look forward to what these guys are going to be able to do.”

Coach Blumenstock is pleased with opening day numbers as they continue to grow each year.

“The numbers are great this year,” stated Blumen-stock. “We will have three full teams… freshmen, JV and varsity. We are around 13-14 freshmen which is outstanding. Having two full junior high teams last

year made a big differ-ence… kept a bunch of kids wanting to stick with it. It’s a good deal.”

“I have two at every spot and it’s not just two play-ers,” Blumenstock said. “You have two kids that could start at just about every position out here.”

“It’s going to be fun,” added Blumenstock. “The guys who have earned it (starting position) in the past are going to have a shot at keeping it but they have guys nipping them from behind that are go-

of the last 72 polls. Coach Newland enters his 14th season as the LWSB head coach with a 343-67 record (.842).

High expectations greet the 2016 Lady Wave softballers coming off a 28-4 season having lost in tournament play to the eventual 2015 State Champion Granville Blue Aces.

Once again the Lady Wave come into the season with the “perennial bullseye” on the back of their jerseys.

“Love it,” said Newland. “Wouldn’t want it any other way. That’s what it’s all about. We take everybody’s best shot and bring it and just love it for the kids, the program and more importantly the community because this is what Lady Wave softball is.”

“Our only goal is one thing,” continued Newland. “Change the sign… change the sign coming into town and that is what our goal will be. It’s going to happen this year and if not this year, soon. I think this year we’re going to surprise some people.”

“We lost one kid,” added Newland. She (Ally Russell) was very-very good, but we have a lot of good kids back. I just can’t wait for the opportunity ahead and that is… this spring to play Lady Wave softball.”

As Wave JV softball Coach Laura Swigart hit the first grounder of the season Coach Newland smiled broadly and said, “That first ball just pinged there and there are smiles on everybody’s faces because we are here together. We have 13 weeks to get better before we make our field trip (State)… just love it.”

The LWSB regular season opener has Wayne, Milton and Franklin Monroe invading Stebbins field with a noon start time on Saturday, March 26th.


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GWOC North rivals met up in the second round of the OHSAA tournament with the Piqua moving on with a 56-53 win over the Green Wave.

“I’ve been blessed,” said Greenville Varsity Basketball Coach Michael Bashore. “I’ve had great kids every year that I’ve been here. Next year will be no exception.”

Greenville used a bas-ket each from Aaron Rich, Isaiah Gable and Trae Wood to grab an early 6-0 lead before the Indi-ans would tie the game at 8-8 in the first.

Piqua held a 16-12 advantage before a Rich basket late in the first sent the teams to sec-ond period play with the Wave trailing 16-14.

A Rich stick-back opened second quarter scoring with the Wave knotting the score at 16-16.

Piqua would get a three with 3:01 on the clock pushing their lead to 24-20 that would stand-up for the half-time score.

“We missed some op-portunities in the first half,” said Bashore. “It was a close game and ev-ery possession counted. That is what happens in the tournament and they took advantage of them.”

Greenville scored 22 third quarter points while holding Piqua to 14.

Clay Guillozet, the Wave’s lone senior start-er and all-time leading scorer led a third period come-back slicing his way through traffic to put up 20 of the team’s 22 third period points sending the teams to the final period of play with Greenville holding a 42-38 edge.

Piqua would take ad-vantage of 18 fourth quar-

ter points while holding the Wave to 11 to advance with a 56-53 win.

Guillozet led all scor-ers in the game with 25 points to give him a ca-reer ending 1,583 points to stand alone atop the Wave leader board, in-cluding both boys and Lady Wave basketball.

Four Green Wave se-niors wore the Green and White for the final time in their high school basket-ball careers… Codi Byrd, Chris Force, Yuta Naka-mura and Clay Guillozet.

“Everybody will talk about what Clay does and Clay was special, but those other kids are great program kids to have around,” Bashore stated. “They come to work every day knowing they might not play much and they still put the effort in ev-

Wave season ends with winning record

ery time. That is all you can ask for out of your kids… that they continue to work hard.”

Greenville closes out the 2015-16 season with a winning 13-11 record.

Reflecting on the sea-son Coach Bashore said, “I thought it went well. We played better as the season went along. We had a lot of first time guys. It’s a big jump from playing JV to playing var-sity.”

“We got a tournament win,” continued Bashroe. “We had another win-ning season so those are things we can hang our hat on. We weren’t happy with how it ended today but you will have that sometimes. Sometimes the ball just doesn’t go your way.”

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Clay Guillozet drives to the basket for the Wave in his final game at GHS (Gaylen Blosser Photo)

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Woodland Primary Principal GREENVILLE - If your child turns 5 on or before Aug. t, he or she is eligible for kindergarten. Green-ville City Schools is reg-istering students for kin-dergarten for the 2016-17 school year on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs-day, April 5, 6 and 7 from 1- 7 p.m. at Memorial Hall. You will need to bring an official birth certificate, im-munization records, proof of residency, and a photo ID. Your child does not need to be with you for reg-istration. Once you have your child registered, you will be given a day and time for kindergarten screening that will take place in May. Your child will be screened by a speech therapist, a nurse, and a teacher. Your child will be asked to iden-tify letters, count objects, write their name, demon-strate gross motor skills, and have the opportunity to get on a bus.

We are excited for you and your child as you pre-pare for the transition into kindergarten. This can be a very exciting and yet anx-ious time for you and your child. We have nine won-derful kindergarten teach-ers at Woodland Primary that will teach your child

many things. It is amazing how much your kindergar-tener will learn and grow. By the end of their kinder-garten year, your child is expected to know all the letter sounds, read begin-ner leveled books, read and write 35 sight words, write narratives, read informa-tional and how-to books, count to 100, decompose numbers, simple addition and subtraction, and the list goes on.

Things your child should already know before enter-ing kindergarten include how to write their first name, talks in sentences, identify some of the letters in the alphabet, count ob-jects to 10, properly hold a pencil and scissors, rec-ognize their first name in print, and attend to an ac-tivity for 10 minutes.

Preparing your child for school should be fun for the both of you. Children will enjoy the interaction, attention and spending time with you. The single most important thing you can do with your child is READ! Reading to your child during this young developmental stage is so very important and the time together in con-versation will be forever cherished by your child. Reading is the foundation

from the car to the house etc. Make learning fun! Drawing family portraits, writing family members names, and playing games are great ways to interact with your child. This will help them learn letters, numbers, and storytelling along the way.

Of course there is more than reading and arithme-tic to being successful in school.Physical develop-ment, fine-motor and gross motor skills, self-help skill, social and emotional skills along with a healthy diet and sleep patterns are very important as well. To do well in school, children need to be supported and nurtured in all areas of de-velopment. Establishing consistent routines of go-ing to bed and waking up at the same time every day and doing the same activi-ties before bed helps the child know what to expect and prepares them for the kindergarten schedule. So, encouraging outdoor play, coloring and drawing with your child, eating balanced meals and spending qual-ity time with your child will naturally prepare them for school.

Don’t worry if your child does not yet know all of their letters, counts to 100, or ties their shoes etc., that

skill for all learning. Read, read, read and read some more, and then talk about what you read. Have con-versations with your child. Listen to your child as he or she retells stories and makes observations about the world.

Talking to your child, asking questions and lis-tening to their answers is a great way to develop their language skills. Developing language skills will prepare your child for reading and writing. Your child should be able to carry on a con-versation, ask questions and listen to answers, retell stories and talk about past experiences, and recognize rhymes. To help your child develop these skills, talk, talk and talk some more with your child; chat about your day, share something funny, ask questions. Re-telling nursery rhymes, fin-ger plays, and making up stories will help your child develop the necessary lan-guage skills they need to be successful in school.

Playing games such as Uno, Candy Land, and Chutes and Ladders is a fun and interactive way to learn about numbers and counting. Count steps, jumps, M&M’s, how long it takes to run across the room, how many steps

BRADFORD – The Bradford Railroad Mu-seum will once again be hosting Dining By Rail on May 7, at the Catholic Rectory on Walnut Street, Bradford.

The dinner features Chef Michael James and authentic railroad dining

UF student scholarships

FINDLAY – Students at The University of Findlay were awarded endowed scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Local students earning the scholarship included;

Mitchell Campbell of Versailles, was awarded the George and Elaine Blackburn Memorial Scholarship.

Preston Deeter of An-sonia, was awarded the Shafer-Van Dorn-McGra-nahan Scholarship and Elsie Mae Daubert ‘46 Me-morial Scholarship.

Catherine Fischer of Ansonia, was awarded the Bernice Hellings Scholar-ship.

year a new local artist is featured. Ginger Godfrey’s collection was featured in 2014 and Butch Clark’s wood carving collection was featured in 2015. The wine selections are from the Winery at Versailles.

Information will be up-dated on the website and at the museum as the dates approach.

The museum won an award from the Ohio His-

car service entrees. This is a reservation

only event and reserva-tions must be made by April 30 to assure a seat at the table. Reservations are available at the museum or though the website at www.bradfordrrmuseum.org.

Funds from the dinner and silent auction are used for exhibit improvements at the museum and will be added to their ongoing capital campaign to com-plete the transformation of the bank into the railroad museum exhibit hall.

The museum is in the home stretch to raise the needed funds to qualify for a $275,000 capital ap-propriation from the Ohio General Assembly.

The museum is asking the community of civic minded donors to contrib-ute to this preservation project. The museum is in need of the final $50,000 to have a fully funded proj-ect and start the exhibit project at the museum in June. The State of Ohio is investing in the museum complex to bring heritage

tourism to the Miami and Darke County area.

The museum will be hosting its annual Railroad Heritage Festival on June 4. This is a daylong event with tower tours, tele-graph school and activities for the rail fan. Train ven-dors, model layouts and slide presentations will be presented. There will be a puppet show for the children in the museum at 1 p.m. The Bid and Buy will feature silent auction items for rail fans. There will be a train ride for the children around the park and games to win prizes.

The museum will be open from April 2, 2016 through Oct. 29 except on holidays.

The Museum is hosting the Run for the Rails Oct. 8. Cash prize will go to the top runners. This year a fun run is being added. Details will be available at the museum and through the website. All proceeds raised will be used for cap-ital improvements at the museum.

The Wine and Art auc-tion will be Sept. 17. Each

is ok. That is where we can help. We will teach them that and much, much more, such as how to write let-ters and put letter sounds together to make words. What we can’t provide for them is the foundation for literacy that is developed long before a child enters school. You are your child’s first teacher; you are also a partner in their education-both in the classroom and at home. Parent involve-ment in a child’s education is a major factor in deter-mining success in school.

We look forward in being part of your child’s edu-cational team. The Wave starts here.

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Syrup on tap to top waffles at Maple Sugarin’ Festival

Darke County Upward Sports celebrates record season

Greenville senior: ‘I fell in love with them’

Park volunteers Bill Rich, left, and John Glessner work the wood-fired evaporator in the Sugar Shack at Shawnee Prairie to make maple syrup for the park district’s upcoming Maple Surgarin’ Festival. (Susan Hartley photo)

See more photos from the celebration at bluebagmedia.com/photos (Clinton Randall photos)

Camp Chosen, held in June 2015, featured day camp activities for disabled kids. The project was the brain child of Greenville senior Emily Fulton, who earned the Girl Scout Gold Award for her efforts.

GREENVILLE – The heat was on early this week as park personnel and volun-teers worked to turn buckets of sap into sweet maple syr-up at Shawnee Prairie.

This year’s weather is co-operating, with warm days and freezing nights, causing the tree sap to move.

As of Monday, Feb. 22, the Sugar Shack’s wood-fired evaporator had been up and running for four days preparing syrup, which will be available for purchase during the park district’s

PITSBURG - Over 1,100 people packed the “Han-gar” at Franklin Monroe High School for the annual Darke County Upward Sports Celebration Sunday afternoon.

“I would say this is the largest celebration to-date,” said League Direc-tor Barbara Hicks. “This was the program’s biggest year since starting five years ago!”

Nearly 400 kids par-ticipated in the Christian-based youth basketball and cheerleader program. Ac-cording to Hicks, the pro-gram started out with just 150 children in its first sea-son.

“Although we fully ex-pected the program to de-cline each year because of all of the rec leagues being

GREENVILLE – What began as an almost im-possible idea almost three years ago will come to frui-tion March 5 when Green-ville senior Emily Fulton steps onto the stage at the Schuster Center in Dayton to receive her Girl Scout Gold Award.

Emily, 18, spent nearly a year planning a day camp for children with disabili-ties in order to meet the requirements for the Girl Scout program’s highest honor – equivalent to an Eagle Scout award. Emily started her career in scout-ing in kindergarten, as a Daisy.

She said she got the idea for the four-day Camp Cho-sen, held in June 2015 at St. John Lutheran Church, when she went on a mission trip during summer 2013 at Stepping Stones in Cincin-nati.

That camp was for people of all ages with dis-abilities – and at that time Emily said she was hoping that she didn’t get placed to work with children. “The thought of working with disabled kids made me un-comfortable,” she recalls.

But when Emily and her group received their cards outlining their assignments,

Sugar Maplin’ Festival, set for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day, March 5, at Shawnee Prairie.

The sap being used by the park district comes from trees owned by Roger Bro-cious and Neal Schmidt, both of Darke County. Ac-cording to park district’s Wayne Nichols, some maple trees have been planted at Shawnee Prairie, but it will be years before they are ma-ture enough to tap.

“They have to be 10 inch-es in diameter,” Nichols ex-plained.

Helping Nichols with the maple syrup making on Monday were volunteers

John Glessner, Bill Rich and Ray Bradbury.

It takes 40 gallons of sap to produce 1 gallon of syrup. The evaporator reduces the amount of water in the sap, resulting in syrup that has a rich maple flavor. Each gal-lon of sap is 98 percent wa-ter, Nichols said.

Those who attend the Sugar Maplin’ Festival breakfast March 5 will have the opportunity to taste the syrup on homemade waf-fles.

Friends of the Parks will be serving up waffles, sau-sage, juice and coffee from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door

on the day of the breakfast, for a $6 donation, or presale tickets may be purchased at the Nature Center prior to March 5.

After breakfast, visitors are invited to stop by the Sugar Shack and get a les-son on how the evaporator works. Volunteers also will be on hand to give tours of the park’s log house. Dis-plays and hands-on activi-ties for the entire family will be set up and 18th century costumed volunteers will talk about the history of the local pioneers.

For more information about the festival, call the park office at 548-0165.

formed... we have contin-ued to grow,” Hicks noted.

When asked about posi-tive feedback from the parents, Hicks said that they hear most about the family-friendly one hour of practice and one hour games each week. Also, parents say they like not having to travel to vari-ous locations, since weekly games are held either at the Pleasant View Missionary Church or the old Gettys-burg Elementary School.

In addition to recogniz-ing each of the young bas-ketball players, cheerlead-ers, coaches and volunteers - the crowd was entertained by the Crevier family of the ‘Champions Forever’ Spin-Tacular Basketball Show. The basketball-spinning, unicycle-riding family of Bruce and Diane Crevier and their 12 children, were finalists in the popular show - America’s Got Tal-

ent and even performed during game three of this year’s NBA finals. Bruce Crevier is a five-time world record holder and is listed in the Guinness Book for spinning 21 basketballs at one-time. Along with entertaining, the Crevier family delivers a Christian message during their tours across the country. Learn more about the family and the Spin-Tacular Basket-ball Show at www.champi-onsforever.com.

Registration for the 2016-17 Darke County Upward Sports program will begin online Sept. 1 at www.pleasantviewmc.org - paper registrations will be passed out to area students the second week of the new school year.

“Should we experience growth again next season, we will be looking for addi-tional volunteers and pos-sibly even an additional fa-

cility to host games,” Hicks added.

“I can’t thank enough the volunteers that step up to the plate and give their life and time to this each week during the planning which begins in July and goes through Celebration in late Feb-ruary. People who count registration forms and de-liver them to schools and plant signs and run to the grocery every week for our concessions and schedule all the volunteers as well as those who show up to keep the score and referee and help run the facili-ties each Saturday, not to mention over 100 coaches and assistant coaches, we just couldn’t do it without them...It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to work along side them,” con-cluded Hicks.

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she found out that was ex-actly the group she would be volunteering with. “I got the assignment. I did it and I fell in love with them.”

Her positive experi-ences at Stepping Stones “birthed” the idea, she said, to plan a similar day camp for her Gold Award project.

Emily began jotting ideas down, got together a group of three mentors and after meeting with them, started applying for grants. To complete requirements for the Gold Award, scouts must choose a mentor to assist them in implement-ing projects.

Emily chose three men-tors to assist, including Kris Osteber, a community vol-unteer, Cindy Rose, direc-tor of Special Olympics, and Shawna Wise, who works at East School. Emily’s mom, Sherry Flora, who just also happens to be the leader for Girl Scout Troop 31835 and a teacher at East, also as-sisted. The group met sev-eral times during the fall of 2014.

“My mentors worried,” Emily said. “Thinking the project was too much to take on. But slowly, by De-cember everything started to pick up.”

Emily applied for grants to help fund the camp and received two - one from Darke Rural Electric Coop-erative and one from Ket-

row Foundation. The next step was to

make an outline of her plan and present it to the West-ern Ohio Girl Scout Coun-cil.

“I had to stand up in front of a group of people and be interviewed,” Emily explained. “I was worried they would reject my idea.”

But the council approved Camp Chosen and Emily spent the next few months speaking with parents and recruiting kids, planning activities and seeking vol-unteers to help make the camp happen.

St. John Lutheran Church donated their fa-cilities free of charge, Em-ily said. Volunteers came to help with the activities and to fix lunch for the 21 camp-ers ranging in age from 2-10

who participated. Activities included themed days, like Water Day, Carnival Day, an art station and Bible-themed activities.

The main theme for Camp Chosen was taken from Psalm 139:14 and each camper and volun-teer received a bright yel-low T-shirt proclaiming the theme.

Emily said she is very grateful for the volunteers – from high school students to people in the community – who stepped up to help during Camp Chosen. “My goal was to have a 1-1 ratio between the campers and volunteers, but it turned out to be more like a 3-1 ratio. It was amazing. I was overwhelmed.”

Planning and seeing her project through taught Em-

ily quite a bit. “I definitely learned a

lot of leadership skills,” she noted. “All my teachers since first grade have been telling me I was a leader, but I had to learn to del-egate.”

After camp, Emily’s work wasn’t done. She had to prepare a presentation for the Western Ohio Girl Scout Council again.

“I learned a lot about budgeting,” Emily said. “And I had to keep every single receipt to present at the end. I was so worried I would lose one, but didn’t.”

Emily had $4 of the $1,500 in grant money left over at the end of camp.

“The requirement is that you have to spend all the grant money,” Emily said. “So I went out to Walmart with the $4 and bought toilet paper for St. John’s, since we used theirs during camp.”

She also had to replace a broom that was broken in the campers’ excitement of busting a piñata during camp week.

Gold projects, which are celebrating their 100th year as part of the Girl Scout program, are to have a “global” impact, Emily ex-plains. Not only did Camp Chosen give parents of the campers some time off to do shopping, cleaning or time to focus on other ac-

tivities, the interim pastor at St. John Lutheran, Patti Morlock, shared an experi-ence she had while attend-ing a meeting of Lutheran pastors.

“She told me mentioned Camp Chosen and another pastor loved the idea say-ing they would like to try to have a camp,” Emily said.

Next week, Emily will again set up her Camp Cho-sen display – this time as she joins other Dayton-area scouts earning awards at the Schuster Center. “I’ll have a tri-board, will dis-play a binder of photos and the story of Camp Chosen,” Emily explained. “Others will be able to walk through and see the projects.”

A Gold Award require-ment is that scouts spend at least 120 hours in prep-aration and implementa-tion. “I spent a lot more,” Emily laughs. “And your ideas have to come from scratch.”

Currently working at Romer’s Catering as a serv-er and as a nurse’s aide at the Brethren Retirement Community, Emily just learned she’s on the senior class Top 10 list for aca-demics at GHS. She plans to attend Indiana Wesleyan University to study nursing this fall.

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Garst has book on local military hero

Edison State hosts annual Career Expo

Ansonia kindergarten registration

ANSONIA – Kindergar-ten registration for Anso-nia Local Schools will be conducted on March 9 and 16, 4-6 p.m. If you have a son or daughter who will attend next year, please make arrangements to stop in the school office during this time.

When you come to sign up, bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate, shot records, custody pa-pers (if applicable) and proof of residency. Please note that your child will need to be five years old by Aug. 1. If you cannot at-tend, call Deb Schrader at 337-5141.

Darke Co.BOE meets

GREENVILLE – The Darke County Board of Elections will be meeting on March 4, 2 p.m., for a reorganization meeting of board members and staff.

Art Guild offers workshop March 19

Aiden Evans is shown with Senator Sherrod Brown.

Zumbrink is Farmers Union delegate

RecordsCommission

GREENVILLE – The Greenville City Records Commission will meet March 8, 1 p.m., in the Planning & Zoning Con-ference Room located in Room 120 of the Munici-pal Building.

St. Mary’sSchool auction

GREENVILLE – St. Mary’s School is pleased to announce the Tom and Etta Mae Foley Memo-rial Dinner and Auction is scheduled for April 23 and will be held at Paws Bingo Hall in Greenville. This is the largest single day fundraiser for the school so they are hoping for an-other successful year. The auction will begin at 6 p.m. and features a live and si-lent auction ran by Brian Rismiller of Rismiller Auc-tioneer Service.

Contact the school if you have items you wish to donate at 548-2345. They are also accepting mon-etary donations which will be used to purchase items for the auction.

given one 8 x 10 canvas to paint on compliments of the Greenville Art Guild. If you plan on complet-ing more than one paint-ing, please bring an addi-tional canvas. The Guild has some paint brushes, acrylic paint and collage papers to share. However, if you own acrylic paint and brushes, you will want to bring your own. Please note that no oil paint is permitted in the building.

The cost for the work-shop is $25 for Guild members and $30 for nonmembers with $5 ad-ditional if lunch is desired. Call Selena at 564-6719 or Marilyn Banks at 423-0630 to reserve your spot and to find out more infor-mation and a list of sup-plies.

Hill was a chairman he stood with OFU members in seeking fair and mea-sured reforms in farmland real estate taxes.” Logan said he credits Hill for the currently pending H. B. 398 which would make im-provements to the Current Agricultural Use Valuation formula and take some of the wild fluctuations out of the tax rates farmers are paying on their farmland in production. “It should also be noted that Rep. Hill is one of the very few members of legislature who is a working farmer. He gets us, he understands our issues,” Logan said.

U.S. Rep Marcy Kaptur also spoke via electronic conveyance at Saturday’s lunch. Kaptur has served in Congress since 1982 and is a perennial winner of the National Farmers Union Golden Triangle Award. The Golden Tri-angle is awarded based on a Congress member’s advocacy for family farm issues and alignment with NFU priorities. “Marcy Kaptur has been tireless in her advocacy for common sense consumer labeling-particularly mandatory country of origin labels for beef, pork and poultry,” said OFU President Joe Logan. “Marcy has also been strongly in favor of fair trade deals and stood with the Farmers Union against currency manipu-lation and so-called fast-track trade authority.” OFU named State Rep. Brian Hill and U. S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur the Legisla-tors of the Year.

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Art Guild is ex-cited about offering a Fine Art Mixed Media Work-shop this March. No expe-rience is necessary. Join them for learning and fun on March 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 633 Spring St., Greenville. The workshop will be taught by local mixed media artist Selena Burk. This award winning artist will share her ex-pertise in creating mixed media art that would be suitable for entry at the fair or any art show, since the emphasis is on art and not craft.

Burk will be providing photographs for everyone to use for reference. You can, of course, bring your own photographs to work from. Everyone will be

COLUMBUS – Dur-ing the 82nd annual Ohio Farmers Union Conven-tion held recently in Co-lumbus, local agricultural leader, Jim Zumbrink, was elected to represent Darke County at the Farmers Union National Conven-tion to be held in Bloom-ington, Minn., on March 5-8. During the two-day event, delegates worked to update their policies on matters such as: farm corporations, land trusts, ag cooperatives, manure management, tax policy, farmland preservation, oil and gas wells, carbon se-questration, nutrient man-agement, transportation, renewable and alternative energy, utilities, quality of life, health care, interna-tional trade and commodi-ties agreements, check-off programs, education, etc.

These policy stances can now be used when lob-bying the state legislature and serve as a basis for Ohio Farmers Union’s per-spective on formatting pol-icy at the national level.

Local delegate partici-pants from Darke County included Todd and Amy Rhoades, Jim Zumbrink, Duane Shields, Shirley Morrow, Ted and Holly Finnarn, Donna Evans and Youth Delegate, Aidan Evans.

The delegates were en-lightened by a visit from U. S. Senator Sherrod Brown on Friday where he spoke to the concerns on trade agreements and issues in current farm leg-islation. State Rep. Brian Hill, Chairman of the Ohio House Agriculture Com-mittee, spoke on Saturday concerning regulations on manure and nutrient man-agement and farm CAUV taxes.

“Brian Hill has been especially good for Ohio’s family farmers in fixing the problems with CAUV,” OFU President, Joe Logan said. “Even before Rep.

The book, Remembering Douglas Eugene Dickey, USMC: Reaching the Finest and Most Noble Heights, is now available in the Garst Museum Gift Shop.

GREENVILLE – The Garst Museum now has Dr. Terence W. Barrett’s biography of PFC Doug-las Dickey, Remembering Douglas Eugene Dickey, USMC: “Reaching the Finest and Most Noble Heights,” in its gift shop. The book is a must read for persons interested in Darke County or military history.

Dickey is a Medal of Honor recipient who grew up in Rossburg be-fore sacrificing himself to save the lives of several fellow soldiers by fall-ing on a grenade during his service in Vietnam. Take a closer look at one of America’s unsung he-roes in the remarkable new biography, Remem-bering Douglas Eugene Dickey, USMC.

While conducting a study of 294 marines who

have been awarded the Medal of Honor from the American Civil War to the present, author Terence W. Barrett, PhD, stum-bled across the story of Private First Class Doug-las E. Dickey.

Beginning with the brief biographies he could find via newspaper arti-cles and website searches, Barrett slowly started to piece together the ex-traordinary life and death of a young marine from Ohio.

Through an examina-tion of Dickey’s unfath-omable heroism, in which he threw himself on a live enemy grenade in order to protect his fellow marines, Barrett raises important questions about the na-ture of bravery itself.

What drives certain people to act against the seemingly natural instinct

of survival? Could such a counterintuitive action be a different kind of natural instinct instead? Or is it always a conscious deci-sion, a choice made in a split second that has per-manent and unalterable

consequences? Lovers of military his-

tory will enjoy learning more about this excep-tional hero, as well as the psychology behind human courage, in this fascinat-ing biography.

PIQUA – Edison State Community College will host its annual Career Expo on March 15, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. in the North Hall of the Piqua campus.

More than 50 organiza-tions ranging from busi-ness, construction, finan-cial services, health care, manufacturing, retail, social services, and the armed forces are expected to be in attendance, repre-senting a wide range of job opportunities for west cen-

tral Ohio area residents.The Career Expo is

sponsored by Edison State Community College, the Upper Valley Career Cen-ter, area job center net-works, and Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabili-ties. Miami and Shelby County representatives will also be present to pro-vide resume help and job search assistance.

“The Career Expo at Edison State is a great re-source for those interested in finding out which em-ployers are hiring and the skill sets they are seeking,” said Morgan Abney, Coor-dinator of Career Services. “By speaking one-on-one with employers, job seek-ers have an excellent op-portunity to quickly build relationships and leave lasting impressions.”

More than 300 job seek-

ers are expected to attend the free event. Represen-tatives from organizations including Crown Equip-ment Corporation, The Dannon Company, Emer-son Climate Technologies, Inc., Ferguson Construc-tion Company, Hartzell Industries, Hospice of Miami County, Premier Health, Raymath Compa-ny, and many others will be present. There will also be staffing services pres-ent, representing some of the major employers in the area.

“Participating in a col-lective gathering with oth-er job seekers and multiple employers in the same area will allow attendees to dis-cover several things that they can use to increase their chances of landing their dream job,” added Abney.

Edison State’s Career Services department pro-vides resources to stu-dents, alumni, and the community in the areas of career searching and ad-vising. Individuals are in-vited to the department for guidance as they consider a career change or experi-ence a job loss. Skilled ca-reer advisors are available to guide them through a career assessment process and introduce them to re-sources with significant data on career fields and the job market.

For a complete list of organizations attending the 2016 Career Expo, vis-it www.edisonohio.edu/jobfair. For questions re-garding the event, contact Morgan Abney by calling 937-381-1537 or emailing [email protected].

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HELP WANTEDPart-time position available in Greenville small retail business. Fridays 10am-6pm & Saturdays 9am-5pm are required, more hours possible. Must be friendly, reliable & trustworthy. Duties: Selling musical instru-ments & merchandise, Inventory upkeep, Cleaning, plus more. Background in music a plus. Send resume: SB/PT, c/o Bach to Rock, 334 S Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331. E-mail: [email protected]. Please, NO Walk-in Interviews, NO Phone CallsLooking for an expe-rienced, take-charge personality to be part of the management team for a concrete compa-ny. Position will report to the owner on project management & profit-ability of jobs. Experi-ence in the commercial estimating & construc-tion industry preferred. 937-968-4195 x. 205

Experienced Dump Truck Drivers. Must have class B or A CDL. Paid hourly + overtime pay. Contact Greg @ 937-459-7328WANTED: Seeking class A or B CDL driv-ers for spring season. Apply at: Crop Produc-tion Services, 100 W Vernier St, Ansonia, OH 45303, 937-337-0111FULL-TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT - Local Greenville, Ohio Com-pany is seeking an in-dividual as a Full-time Office Assistant. This individual must be able to perform daily task including answering phones, and various of-fice duties. Must have knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel & Office. Hours will be Monday-Friday 8:30 to 5:00pm and some Saturdays. We offer a competitive hourly rate. Medical, dental & eye Insurance, 401K, paid vacations & holidays. Please send resume with references to: PO Box 687, Green-ville, OH 45331. We are an EEOC EmployerConcrete Finishers & lead position opportuni-ties available. 937-968-4195 x. 205

SERVICES OFFEREDMusical Instrument Consignment at Bach To Rock Music in Greenville! Better chance of selling it at a Store that Special-izes in what Musicians want than a regular consignment shop. Call us today (or better yet, stop by with your clean & playable item) to hear the details. 547-1970, [email protected] SECURITY DISABILITY BENE-FITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-208-6915 to start your application today!

SNOW REMOVAL, large or small jobs. Also Mowing, Landscaping, Shrub Trimming, Spray-ing/Fertilizing. Reason-able rates. References available. Very depend-able. 548-1716, ask for JustinTREE SERVICE Trim-ming, storm damage, removal, clear lots, shaping. 937-547-2161WANTEDWanted: Used house trailers in good condi-tion. Please call 937-448-2974AGRICULTUREFreezer Beef. Home raised. Front quarter 2.15, back quarter 2.25/lb hanging weight or 2.15 if whole taken. 937-448-2003

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Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an energetic and fun crew in a beautiful new restaurant?

Look no further, we are hiring! We are looking for Servers, Bartenders, Hosts, Bar Backs, Dishwashers,

and Cooks for our new restaurant opening in downtown Greenville. Experience preferred but not necessary.

Open interview times:Tuesday March 1st 1-3pm and 6-8pm

Wednesday March 2nd 10am-12pm and 2-4pm

The Merchant House406 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331

937-459-4405

Frank Miller Lumber Co., Inc.Maintenance Technician

A well-established company in the Union City area is looking for a self motivated individual to perform maintenance and preventative maintenance on all machinery. This person must be able to work in a fast paced, 3rd shift environment, to prevent loss of production. The ideal applicant should have experience in diagnosing and repairing both high and low voltage systems, mechanical systems and welding and fabrication. Candidates should be at least 18 years of age and able to work 3rd shift.Competitive pay, excellent insurance, and a 401K Plan are just a few of the benefits available to you. Applications are available at the main office or submit your resume to: Human Resources Manager Frank Miller Lumber Company, Inc. 1690 Frank Miller Road Union City, Indiana 47390

AUTO DETAILER WANTED

Part time position with full time possibility for a person with eye for detail that enjoys auto detailing. Flexible hours, great for college or high school student.

All equipment provided. Experience is a plus, but will train those willing to learn. Must be 16 yrs of age with valid drivers license.

Pay based on experience and work ethic. For consideration or application contact Flory Motors 937-459-4449 or Stop in at: 1224 Ft. Jefferson Rd., Greenville, OH (Behind the fairgrounds)

AutomotiveMachine

ShopIs looking for a

person with good mechanical skills to

work in our shop. E-mail a resume to [email protected] or

drop or mail to SRS Engine Parts

Attn: Stan Ray 5453 SR 49

Greenville OH 45331

AMISHCREW

Sam SchwartzWANTS ANY TYPE OF:

• Carpentry Work • Room Additions • Garages • Siding • Foundation Replacement • Crawl Space Work • Restoration • Roofs/Re-Roofs

FREE ESTIMATES260-701-8020

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NOW HIRING! JT’s Brew & Grill is seeking

4 candidates for line cook positions.

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If you have what it takes and want to be part of an

amazing restaurant group, send or drop off your resume

to 1475 Wagner Avenue, or email at

[email protected].

SPECIAL NOTICESThank you, St Jude, for prayers answered. DTIF YOU HAD HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND SUF-FERED AN INFEC-TION between 2010 and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation. Call At-torney Charles H. John-son 1-800-535-5727DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Va-cation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paper-work Taken Care Of. CALL 1-800-895-7416

FOR RENTClean one bedroom upstairs in Greenville. $450 includes all utili-ties. No smoking, no pets. Call 548-62091 bedroom upstairs Greenville apt. No pets. 937-467-833840x80 shop in Ver-sailles. Gas heat, air condition, full bath. 2 10x12 overhead doors. 419-305-93102 BR brick duplex w/attached garage. Ar-canum schools. Rural area. No Pets. $475/mo + deposit. Call eve-nings 423-2200

Extra nice 1 BR apt w/garage in Greenville. Call for details 548-9400414 N Gray, 1 BR apt, $350/mo + $350 Secu-rity Deposit + utilities. 2 BR back apartment, $375/mo + $375 Secu-rity Deposit + utilities. NO SMOKING AND NO PETS! Call 548-9940 for rental app. Not Metropolitan approvedStorage for personal & business use. Penske Truck Rentals. Call Greenville Stor & Lock. 548-1075, 5328 Mi-chelle StLg store & lock units 14x28 $75 per month 548-3121 or 417-2796Willow Place Apart-ments - We’re better than ever! 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Call 937-316-8489. Equal Hous-ing Opportunity3 BR house, Greenville. $500/mo. Must have references. No garage. 937-621-7005Spacious 2 BR. NO SMOKING. Stove & refrig. W/D hookup. Pet fee. $515/mo + deposit. 692-5965COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent. Great location on E Main St, high vis-ibility. For more details 548-5264232 Hall St, Green-ville has 2 BR, 1 bath. Range & refrigerator included. 1 car garage. NO PETS! $425 per month + $425 Secu-rity deposit + utilities. Call 937-417-4546 for Rental Application. Not Metropolitan approved3 BR 1/2 double in Greenville. Large living room, kitchen & din-ing room. W/d hookup. Appliances provided. Resident pays utilities. $500/mo + deposit. No pets. No smoking. 937-548-2397Tiny efficiency in Greenville. Call for de-tails 548-9400Downtown Greenville, nice upstairs 2 BR apt w/appliances. No pets. $450/mo + deposit & references. 548-3549In Greenville, spacious 2 BR apt. Utilities & range furnished. No Pets. Deposit & refer-ences. 937-621-26432 BR apt. $435 + deposit & utilities. No pets. 116 Sweitzer St, Greenville. 937-548-2108In Greenville, 116 Front St. 1 BR apt w/washer/dryer hookup. $350/mo + $350 security deposit + utilities. No Smoking. No Pets. Call 548-9940 for rental app. Not Met-ropolitan approvedCOMMERCIAL OF-FICE SPACE. Close to downtown. For info 937-467-6870

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GREENVILLE220 EVANS $27,000.1 bed, 1 bath, Rents for $380. Month. (109992)425 WEST $35,000.2 bed, 1 bath, parcel being divided into several sections, could be purchased as package. (700293)103 NORTHWEST $35,000.1 Bed, 1.5 bath, 3 car det. Garage, currently rental income property. (700292)301 HART AVE. $36,700.2 bed, 1 bath, rents for $475. A month. (109993)205 CENTRAL AVE. NEW LISTING $46,900.3 Bed, 1.5 bath, 2 car det. Garage, fenced in backyard, 1800 sq ft. living space. (703866)609 CENTRAL AVE. $75,000.3 Bed, 2 bath, 3 car det. Garage, spacious 2 story with fenced in yard. (626454)225 E. 4TH ST. $125,900.3 Bed, 2 bath, 2 car att. Garage, full basement, fenced in yard, only 3 owners! (700627)6910 SEILER RD. $139,900.3 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 car att. Garage, walk out basement, ex-tended drive way. Country setting. (700653)

UNION CITY1012 DEBOLT $44,900.3 Bed, 1 bath, ranch style home, one level, 1 car att. Car-port, priced to sell. (700716)528 N. WALNUT ST. $139,900.3 Bed, 1 full bath, 2 half baths, 2 car garage, 2700 st ft of living space, located near schools. (700731)

HELP WANTEDBIRCHWOOD GENETICS

Birchwood Genetics, Inc. has two 3rd shift part-time positions available at our West Manchester, OH facility.

One position is for a laboratory technician. This is a production lab. Responsibilities include preparing and packaging product as well as set up and clean up. Previous experience is not necessary. Training provided.

The other position is for a sire technician. Responsibilities include care and feeding of boars, collection of product, cleaning and routine maintenance of barn equipment. Livestock experience is preferred. This is a high-health herd with strict bio-security. Contact with other swine is not permitted.

Competitive wage and excellent benefits package. EOE. If you are interested in joining our team email a resume to [email protected] or call 1-800-523-2536 for more details.

Service PorterEnergetic person with good people skills for fast-paced

Service Porter Position.Duties Include:• Washing, tagging and

delivering vehicles • Light building maintenance • Cleaning

Could lead to Part Time Service Advisor Position.

Apply in person to Dale in service department.

500 Wagner Ave – Greenville

HELP WANTEDSEASONAL TRUCK DRIVERWITH CLASS A OR B CDL

HAZMAT ENDORSEMENT ISA PLUS BUT NOT REQUIRED

apply atCROP PRODUCTION

SERVICES415 Ohio St., Greenville, Ohio

or email resume [email protected] call Nick @ 548-1816

Licensed Social WorkerFull Time Position Available

Responsibilities include:• Assist with nursing staff education• Possess knowledge of policies and procedure for social service, admissions and PASSAR screens• Identifies psychosocial needs and interests of the resident upon admission and on-going• Completes sections of the MDS and develops care plans that are specific to each resident• Acts as Resident Rights advocate, including providing staff education on resident rights and abuse• Leads in discharge planning and documentation• Schedules and leads care conferences• Completes admission paperwork with new admissionsIf you are interested in a position, please apply within or online at www.piquamanor.com. You may also contact, Darlene Heber at 937-773-0040.

EOE/m/f/vets/disability

1840 West High Street, Piqua, OH 45356 937.773.0040

Looking For Experienced Drivers

Class A CDL. Clean driving record. 2 yr experience. Must be at least 23 years old.

Competitive pay. Home Every Weekend. Benefits eligible after 90 days.

Stop in at 5265 Sebring Warner Rd or call 937-594-0456

LARGE COUNTRY LOT! 3 BR brick ranch w/wood floors thru-out KIT, LRM, hallway & 2 BRs; other BR has carpet. 2-car attached garage. Patio. MLS 624185 #4495

IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY! Ranch-style home in quiet area. 3 BR. New vinyl win-dows, new carpet thru-out (except family rm & BA). KIT. equipped w/range, dishwasher, disposal, refrigerator & microwave. 11x12 sun rm. Patio. MLS 700634 #4497

NEAR ARCANUM PARK. Cozy 2 BR vinyl sided home. Hardwood floors under carpet. Newer nat. gas furnace & water heater. 1-car garage. MLS 617427 #4485

NEW LISTING! Updated 3 BR brick/vinyl home in FM School Dist. LRM & FRM. Eat-in KIT. Newer Pergo floor thru-out except MBR has newer carpet. Newer roof & re-placement windows. MLS 704143 #4500

First ChoiceRealty

The Right Choice548-54641400 Wagner Ave.

Greenville, OH 45331www.cbfirstchoice.com

4408 N Oak Lane, Union City, IN

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1700 Kruss Ave., Dayton

1288 Old Country Lane, DaytonBeautiful 1/2 acre setting on a quiet cul-de-sac within minutes of restaurants & shop-ping. This is the place for you. Bi-level home features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and lower level family room with fireplace.

LEIS REALTYCONGRATULATES

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AS TOP PRODUCER FORJanuary 2016

FOR RENTCommercial space. Great location on Broad-way in Greenville. 3000 sf. $800/mo. 548-3549Extra nice small apt, 527 E Main B, Greenv. Ideal for 1 person. $475 mo + deposit, includes gas, electric, water. Stove/refrig. Off-street parking. No yardwork. No smoking, no pets, don’t ask. Completely redone. 996-3342Warehouse or industrial building in Greenville 548-3121 or 417-27962 bedroom house in Greenville. 937-875-04974 BR house, $420/mo. Outside Greenville. 937-459-2779Nice 3 BR ranch style house in Greenville north end. No Pets. $625. 447-7845

Apt, Greenville. Lovely 2 BR, living rm, dining rm, laundry rm. 2 pri-vate patios. No Smok-ing. No Pets. Water, trash paid. $575/mo. Call 614-205-1209REAL ESTATEBeautiful large log home, 2.4 aces w/3 BR, loft, pellet boiler, pond, much more. On SR 571E, edge of Greenville. NEW PRICE $292,000. Trump Realty 678-5687A B A N D O N E D CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FARM! Farmhouses, barns, streams, view! 5 to 40 acres! Under $100K! 2 1/2 hrs NY City! Financing avail! 888-738-6994 newyork-landandlakes.comRECREATIONAL2005 Conquest 28’ fifth wheel w/16’ slide out, exc. cond. $8500 firm. 937-459-6981


Do you have a background in and a passion for the building industry?

You may be able to apply your talents at a company with a 107 year reputation of doing things the right way. If you have skills in the residential or agricultural construction industry, you should talk to us. We are looking at estimators, draftsman, and account representatives to continue to grow our business. Compensation commensurate with experience and aptitude.Apply in person at: 300 S. Main St, Ansonia, OH. Mail resume to: P.O. Box 247, Ansonia, OH 45303. Email to: [email protected]

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STNA’S– Full & Part Time All ShiftsWe offer a $500 Sign on Bonus forFull Time STNA’S ~ All Shifts!Applications must be dated between 2/28/16-3/20/16(or STNA class paid if position offered.)

LPN – Part Time 1st & 2nd ShiftsRESIDENT ASSISTANT– Full Time 2nd Shift

Donna MarkleyResident Assistant

8½ Years

WELCOME TO OUR HOME!

750 Chestnut St. Greenville, OH 45331

www.bhrc.orgEqual Opportunity Employer

Contact: Linda Kirk, PHR, SHRM-CPHR Coordinator

[email protected]

AUTOMOTIVE2001 VW Beetle $3995. 2005 Cobalt $3995. 2000 Chrysler 300 $2495. 1999 Grand Am $2195. 2001 Grand Am $2495. 1997 S10 ext cab $3195. 2006 G6 $4995. 2006 Kia Optima $4995. 2006 PT Cruiser $4995. 2005 Neon $2995. 2003 Impala $3195. 2004 Grand Prix $4195. 2008 Caliber, 5 speed $4995. 1994 GMC Sierra, 109,000 $3495. Buy - Sell - Trade! www.Coun-tryAutoSalesGreenville.com 548-1337Moody Auto Sales, An-sonia. 2014 Honda Pilot EXL w/navigation. 2013 Ford Explorer Limited. 2011 Chevy Impala LT. 2005 Ford Explorer, 4WD, 3rd row seat. 2012 Chevy Silverado, crew cab, 4x4. 2008 Dodge Avenger, red. 2004 Honda Odyssey EXL. 2005 Dodge Dako-ta, quad cab. 2013 Ford E350 ext, 15 pass. 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, runs great, cheap! 2012 Crossroad Cruiser 27.5’ 5th wheel camper, like new. 937-337-6841

HOUSEHOLDPILLOWTOP 14 INCH THICK MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS: FULL SET $237; QUEEN SET $259; KING SET $399. NEW IN PLAS-TIC WITH WARRANTY. 937-884-5455 We de-liverVery nice used Rainbow vacuum sweeper. War-ranty. Call 548-08707’ long couch, match-ing large chair, gray, Scotchguarded, 1 yr old, paid $1500 new, sell $1000. 937-447-9363, leave messageNew, warehouse liquida-tion, queen $169, king $219, full $149, twin $79. We deliver. Call 937-884-5455Whirlpool washer & dryer, works good, $75/pair. 937-337-4733MISC. FOR SALE10 IBM Selectric type-writers, some good for parts. 937-968-5187FURNACES $285 - While Supplies Last. TUNS 1-877-473-8867

MISC. FOR SALEGOT YOUR TAX RE-FUND? Come on in to Bach to Rock Music & check out Special Pric-ing on new Guitars, Key-boards, Amps, Drums & other music items & accessories. We have Used & Consigned merchandise too! 334 S Broadway, Greenville, 937-547-1970

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Jim ShuttleworthEvelyn Shuttleworth

Joe ShuttleworthGreg ShuttleworthRichard Edwards

OPEN TODAY! 1-2:30IN ARCANUM at 503 E. First Street is a 3 bedroom, 1½ bath brick ranch updated and well maintained! Oak cabinets in newer kitchen; freshly painted interior; new roof in 2012! Appliances included! Now offered at $92,900-----------------------------------------------------------BRICK RANCH DOUBLE at 4044-4046 US Rt. 127! 2 bedrooms each side; 1½ baths; family room; 1 car attached garage. Both oc-cupied. Mid 90’sNEWLY REMODELED this 2-3 bedroom home at 329 E. Water has new “inside” and new vinyl siding outside! Seller will pay clos-ing costs for qualified buyer! Mid 50’sIN WAYNE LAKES this 2-3 bedroom, 2 bath brick ranch at 3618 Scenic Heights has over 1300 sq. ft. of living area! Wood-burning fire-place; ceramic tile in kitchen; partial laminate flooring; newer garage door; 21x20 barn in-cluded! Now offered at $109,900COMMERCIAL BUILDING 60x100 with of-fice at 602 Riffle. Mid 50’s16 ACRES BARE GROUND in Section 13 of York Township! $10,500 per acreAPPROVED BUILDING LOT at corner of Bur Oak and Aspen! Improved with drilled well; grass; trees and sidewalks! $29,000PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT in north end of Greenville has a 2 bedroom ranch home now available! Vaulted ceiling and corner fireplace in living room; walk-in closet in master bedroom; ALL appliances stay! $112,500IN WAYNE LAKES this 2 bedroom home is on a WOODED, CORNER LOT! Corner fire-place in living room; attached garage. Mid 40’s

STOP BY AND CHECK IT OUT!OPEN SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28 2016

323 Locust Greenville, OHOPEN 1-2:30 PM

Claim your castle! Custom, quality woodwork and stain glass windows throughout this immaculate 2500+ sq. ft home. Storage galore with built in’s, pantry, closets, basement and attic. Plenty of living space for a large family with a possible 5th bedroom. Close to downtown. (700625)Stop in for your personal tour with REALTOR® Jay Kimmel.

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Home ParkNew Paris, Ohio

Mobile Homes

for Rent Or Rent to Own

Call937-417-7111

OPEN HOUSE FEB. 28TH, 1 – 2:30 P.M.

287 ST RT 121, NEW PARIS, OH - 3 bedroom 2 bath home in Tri-Village Schools. Home has many updates to include LP gas furnace, gas fireplace logs, tankless LP gas water heater & freshly painted. Stop in for more details.

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Life Alert. 24/7. One press of a button sends help FAST! Medical, Fire, Burglar. Even if you can’t reach a phone! FREE Bro-chure. CALL 1-800-746-0979BEER & WINE MAK-ING Supplies. Orme Hardware, 210 S. Main, Arcanum, 692-8282

MISC. FOR SALESafe Step Walk-In Tub Alert for Seniors. Bath-room falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Thera-peutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Instal-lation Included. Call 1-800-906-3115 for $750 Off

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1303 Chippewa Dr.Greenville

937-547-3077

3 BR home with lots of space. New carpet in LR, DR/FR and sunroom. Garage and carport and private back yard. Call for list of updates!

Older 3 br 2 bath home with over 2300 sq ft. Make this home the home of your dreams! Call today!

With over 1600 SQ FT of living space, this 2 bedroom brick home offers a living room, family room w/fireplace, dining room and a 22x15 Florida room.

Well cared for 3 bedroom, 2 bath home that is priced to sell.

Ready Set, Move! This 2 Bedroom 1.5 stone and Brick home is painted carpeted and ready to move into. Home has long list of updates. Full Basement, Garage and a fenced yard.

115 SATER ST-GREENVILLE

6 WEISENBARGER CT-ARCANUM

616 WASHINGTON AVE-GREENVILLE

219 HARRISON AVE-GREENVILLE

5400 TAMARACK TRAIL-GREENVILLE

LOOKING TO STAY IN ACERTAIN PRICE RANGE?

40’S

50’S

60’S

Beautiful hardwood floors and natural woodwork throughout this 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home. Newer metal roof and solid surface counters.

This nice home on a large lot is ready to move in to! Many updates. Immediate possession!

301 ARMSTRONG-GREENVILLE

305 PLUM ST-GREENVILLE

70’S

This 3 BR has had many updates. Cute house with lots of potential and so much more!

230 E. MAIN ST-GETTYSBURG

4-5 bedroom 2 bath vinyl sided 2 story home. Gas heat and Central air. Home is move in ready!

Adorable Move in ready home on corner lot with 2 car garage. Hot water heat and C/A.

213 SWEITZER ST-GREENVILLE

309 S. MAIN-ARCANUM

80’S

3 BR 1.5 Bath Brick ranch with sunroom on a cul-de-sac street in Greenville north end!

453 MEDALLION-GREENVILLE

Large 2 story 3-4 BR 2.5 Bath Brick located close to downtown and zoned Downtown enterprise which allows for many possibilities. Quick Possession!

229 E. MAIN ST-GREENVILLE

1591 Sq Ft, 1 story home with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, Living and Family Room, 2 car attached garage, fenced in back yard with deck and storage building.

505 W. NORTH-ACRANUM

90’S

Looking to downsize, check out this 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home that is move in ready, many recent updates. Call today to schedule your tour of this lovely home.

This 3 bedroom brick ranch home is over 1400 sq. ft. with many updates is located near park and school.

950 MANCHESTER-GREENVILLE

112 E. MAPLE-GREENVILLE

100’S

Love the Park? Check out this 2 bedroom 1.5 bath home with full basement. Home has many updates.

109 E. PARK DR-GREENVILLE

WOW! 4 BR 2.5 Bath home on large fenced lot in Greenville. Separate living areas make this a great home for entertaining.

109 WELLSLEY CT-GREENVILLE

Here you will find a well maintained property that offers a variety of different living options. Take time to come see this home, you will be glad you did!

1036 E. 4TH –GREENVILLE

3 Bedroom 2 bath one story home. Owners have made many updates. Call today to schedule your showing.

121 DWYER-GREENVILLE

14 Acres. Very nice 3 BR ranch west of Greenville. Kitchen, DR, FR, LR, Sunroom, BA and 3 car garage. 48 ft. barn, utility shed. Many improvements made on this home. Move-In Condition.

7969 KNISELEY RD – GREENVILLE

200’S

Luxury living in this 3 BR 3.5 bath basement home on 5 acres with ¾ acre pond. Must see or call for details.

4740 CHILDRENS HOME-BRADFORD-GREENVILLE

300’S

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AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION

220 E. 4th St., Greenville, OH • 937-548-2640 • www.midwest-auctioneers.comMike Baker, Auctioneer/Broker

Auctioneers & Realty, IncMidwest

SATURDAY – MARCH 12TH @ 9:30 AM780 Hyatt St. – Tipp City, OH

POWER AND HAND TOOLS - SHOP ITEMS TOOL & DIE EQUIP – DRIED LUMBER

JD870 Utility Tractor w/ front end loader Large selection of 100’s of hand tools, all brands

Drive All industrial size lathe 30” swing X60”, 7 ½ hp, 220 volt, 3phase w/28” chuck, face plates & tooling; Bridgeport vertical mill w/ Acu-Rite II readout; Brown & Sharpe surface grinder;

Walton abrasive finisher Model 426; Despatch powder coating high heat oven; Atlas 102 bench top press; AMT ¾ drill press & stand; 5 speed bench top drill press; Miller Thunderbolt 225 Arc Welder; Verticle Spot welder; 6” Buffer grinder; Lg. Verticle Industrial band saw; Powermatic band saw model 143; Dayton folding band saw; Logan shaper; Radial arm saw; Semco verticle drill press; Craftsman sander/ grinder; Engine lathes; Wood lathe; Atlas metal lathe; Central pneumatic steel blast cabinet; Table saw; Makita pneum. nailer; Bosch sander; Craftsman router; Chicago Elec. rotary hammer; HD Power cord; Drill doctor bit sharpener; Craftsman dustless sander; Milwaukee Saws-all; Ridgid pipe wrenches; (10) HD metal storage cabinets; Band Sawn Lumber: Random widths 6”,8”,12”, up to 24”; 4,6, 8’ quarter thickness; 8’-14’ lengths; Various types: Oak, Walnut, Sugar maple; Ash, Spruce, Hackberry – Individually stickered and stacked, air-dried in barn 5-15 yrs. Notes and Terms: This is a large auction with many unlisted & not pictured items, most of which are in duplicates or multiples. More items will be added as uncovered. The auction will be conducted under cover of tent as well as in the barn & shop areas. Come prepared for weather conditions. A 10% buyer’s premium will be in effect & applied to all purchases. No sales tax required, Accepted payment is cash, good check w/ ID & credit cards w/ additional 3% clerking fee added. Please visit WWW.MIDWEST-AUCTIONEERS.COM for more info & pictures.

SCOTT BROWNLEE, OWNER

AUCTION

Presenting the coffee maker to Mrs. Pierri and the school’s staff are Cheryl Leugers (left) and Ginny Metzcar (right).

Donation made to St. Mary’s staff

GREENVILLE – As part of the Catho-lic Schools week cel-ebration, St. Mary’s Rosary Altar Society and Mary’s Helpers, through the gener-osity of Whirlpool and the KitchenAid Experience pre-sented to the staff of St. Mary’s School with a new coffee maker. The staff of St. Mary’s gen-erously allows St. Mary’s Rosary Altar Society and Mary’s Helpers the use of their coffee maker for funeral dinners. Funeral dinners are just one of the com-bined ministries of Mary’s Helpers and the Rosary Altar So-ciety.

Catholic Schools’ week celebrates Catholic education and the formation

of its students into responsible young citizens that ex-emplify Christian values and mercy. Students take part in the service minis-tries throughout the school year; often helping the activi-ties of Mary’s Help-er’s and the Rosary Altar Society. It is an honor for Mary’s Helper’s and the Rosary Altar Soci-ety to acknowledge the dedication and tireless service of St. Mary’s staff in forming our future community leaders.

ABMS JANUARY SOM

ARCANUM – Arcanum-Butler Middle School is pleased to announce its Students of the Month for January. Shown are (front row) Annie Arnett, Aidan, Tessa Riegle, (back row) Dylan Rhodehamel, Nate Kessler, Isaac Smith, and Landon Haney. Not picture is Rachel Wright. Congratulations also go out to the January T-shirt Tuesday winners – Christian Cantrell and Trenten Farmer.

AUCTIONEER’SDIRECTORY

www.KaugherAuctioneer.com

Ronnie Kaugher1546 Cox Rd., Union City, OH

(937) 968-7279

Weekly Auctions now featuring

audio/video bidding. Convenience fee for on-line bidders only. (937) 316-8400 (937) 459-7686

Directions: Approx. 30 miles NORTH of Dayton, Ohio. From the intersection of S.R. 49 and U.S. 127 Bypass, take U.S. 127 NORTH approx. ¼ mile to Sebring-Warner Rd. and turn RIGHT or EAST to auction site, just 2 buildings EAST of the “Early Bird”. (WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS ON SALE DAY) Case I.H. CX 60 Diesel Tractor, Full View Cab, A/C, only 2,000 Hrs., super nice machine; 1922 Ford Model “T” Stake Bed Truck, very original, hard to find Truck; 1923 Fordson Model “F” Tractor, runs, on Steel, early restoration, looks good, Don’t miss this one!; High Wheel Horse Drawn Box Bed Wagon made by “Brown”, Zanesville, Ohio; Shop Sabre # 4896 CNC Router Table System w/Power Max #1250 Hypertherm Plasma Arc Cutting System Computer controlled, Table is Approx: 5 Ft. x 10 Ft., very nice; John Deere X-324 Hydro All Wheel Steer Lawn Tractor. ALSO SELLING: LOTS OF QUALITY SHOP EQUIPMENT – POWER & HAND TOOLS – ANTIQUES - COLLECTIBLES – PRIMITIVES – MDL. T-PARTS – TOYS AND MUCH MORE!• ALL items must be paid for the day of auction.

• ALL items are sold as is.• We must collect Sales Tax (except on Titled Vehicles).• TERMS: Cash or Good Check with Proper Photo ID; Visa / MC / Discover accepted with a 3% Clerk Fee added.• Visit us online @ www.auctionzip.com and enter USER I.D. #8673 for photos and information.• Food Available on Site!• Open Friday, March 11th from 9:00AM to 5:00PM for Inspection.REMEMBER: +++Never, Ever a Buyer’s (Penalty) Premium at our Auctions…What You Bid Is What You Pay! We work for our sellers, we appreciate our buyers, and we love our profession! Kirby & Staff

LARGE PUBLIC AUCTIONSATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016

AT 9:00 AM5378 SEBRING-WARNER RD., GREENVILLE, OHIO 45331

DOORS OPEN AT 8:00A.M.

Office: 937.316.8400Michel Werner

Apprentice Auctioneer

Directions: Approx. 30 miles NORTH of Dayton, Ohio. From the intersection of S.R. 49 and U.S. 127 Bypass, take U.S. 127 NORTH approx. ¼ mile to Sebring-Warner Rd. and turn RIGHT or EAST to auction site, just 2 buildings EAST of the “Early Bird”. (WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS ON SALE DAY)

FURNITURE & VINTAGE FURNITURE40’s Waterfall Style 6’ China Cupboard w/Glass Doors; 6 ½’ Drop Front Secretary Cabinet w/Glass Doors, Pigeon Holes, Serpentine Drawers; Empire Style Cherry Lamp Table; Oak Parlor Lamp Table; Early Wood Wash Stand w/Towel Bars; Dixie Chest of Drawers; Early Oak Marble Top Dresser & Mirror; Early 6’ Glass Door China Cupboard; 5’ Maple Dbl. Drop Harvest Table; Wash Stand w/Mirror & Towel Bar; Early Wood Plank Top Table; 5’ Maple Dbl. Drop Harvest Table; Wash Stand w/Mirror & Towel Bar; Early Wood Plank Top Table; 5’ Wood Display Cabinet w/Glass Doors & Sides; several Oak Chest of Drawers; Jenny Lind (Full) Bed Frame; Oak Dbl. Bed Frame; Wood Hall Tree; Oak Pedestal Dining Table w/Claw Feet & (4) Rush Back Chairs; Early Record Cabinet (Cherry finish); Waterfall Style Desk; Primitive Wood Shelf; Oak Library Table; Early Wood Wash Stand; Lg. Wood Blanket Chest (very ornate); Lg. Camel Back Steamer Trunk; Mahogany Library Table w/Drawer; Plank Top Wood Sofa Table; ornate Wood Bed Frame w/Curved Footboard; Wood Buffet w/Glass Doors; Early Child’s Wood School Desk; Early Wood 2 Pc. Storage Cabinet (painted); (2) Painted Wood Posts; Early Wood Drafting Table w/Drawer; Metal Bed Frame; (2) Oak Child’s Rockers; various Wood & Uphol. Chairs; Wood Porch Swing; (3) Early Folding Cruise Ship Chairs; Wood Military Box; Lg. Wall Mirror; Open Cabinet Wine Rack; 6 Ft. Oak Bookcase; 2 Door Wood Cabinet; Maple Rocker; Child’s Wood Rocking Horse; Early Wicker Sofa; Iron Bed Frame; Brass like Bed Frame; Upholstered Settee; several Chairs; Whirlpool Side by Side Refrigerator/Freezer (White); Whirlpool 30” Elec. Range (White); G.E. Elec. Washer (White); Maytag Elec. Dryer (White).

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLESWood Ammo Box; several nice Pictures & Frames; (2) Cast Iron Pots; 5 Gal. Gulf Adv. Can; Copper Wash Boiler; Early Hwd. Store Paper Dispenser; Black Gold Wood Cigar Cabinet; Wood Shoe Shine Kit; Alum. Milk Box; Early McCaskey Cash Register Patt: 1921; several Ice Tongs; R.R. # Tie Tongs; several Iron Stove Pokers; Detecto Scales; several Sadd Ladders; Wood Slaw Cutter; Dixie Bell Ice Cream Crank; Wood Rolling Pin; lots of Early Post Cards; Salt Crocks; RG Dunn 5 Cent Cigar Box; (2) Wood Corn Jobbers; Lg. Granite Canner; Feed Scoops; Block Planes; Spoke Shavers; Early Kitchen Utensils; Clover Seeder; Cast Iron Match Holder; Mortar & Pestal; Super Chevrolet Sign; Cincinnati Bengals Sign; 6’ Wood Barn Ladder; Booze Flask; Granite Ware items; Lg. Carnival Bowl; Mercury Boat Gas Tank; several Wood Tool Boxes; Hand Post Drill; Wood Spools; Wood “Gem Theatre” Folding Chair; Amber & Blue Jars; Medicine Btls.; Middletown Glass Milk Btl.; Alabama Potato Feed Sack; Blue Boy & Red Boy English Wall Plaques; Coat Rack Hooks; Brass & Porcelain Door Knobs & Plates; Bushel Baskets; Silver & Flatware; new Perfection Seed Planter; Costume Jewelry including: Necklaces, Bracelets, Chains, Pins, Earrings, Military Uniform Buttons; (8) Metal Hallmark Kiddie Car Collectibles; Atlas Van Lines Metal Semi; Die Cast Texaco Airplane; Metal Structo Jeep & Trailer; Metal NyLint Ford Bronco & Trailer; (10) Die Cast NASCAR Cars; Cale Yarborough Truck & Trl.; (3) Rubber Tire Ash Trays; (2) Mickey Mouse Banks; Wood Farm Barn; Repo Metal Adv. Signs including: Pepsi, Coke, Dr. Pepper; Die Cast Tractors including: J. Deere G.P., #20 Pedal Tractor, J.D. 70 Row Crop, J.D. M1 Tractor, J.D. Skid Loader, J.D. Mdl. M, Ford 8000, Ford NAA, Farmall 460 & 140; misc. Hot Wheels; several Adv. Tins.

MISC.Sentry Combination Gun/Rifle Safe; (4) Padded Bar Stools; Leather Love Seat (Brown); JVC Stereo System w/(2) large Speakers; Card Table & (4) Chairs; misc. Lamps; Dyson Vacuum; Paper Shredder; Bedding; Blankets; Lighted World Globe; H.P. Printer; Pots; Pans; Cookware; Alumaware; Sm. Elec. Kitchen Appliances; Early Kitchen Utensils; Pictures; Baby Stroller; Glassware; Coolers; Cast Pot; Sprinkling Cans; Board Games; Cardinal Bird Bath Base; Round Kero Heater; Yard Tools; 6’ Werner Ladder; Alum. Ext. Ladder; Gazebo Type Tent; Bag Chairs; Metal Shelf; Fitness Work Station; Hang-Up Inversion Table; Sm. Live Trap; ½ Ton Chain Hoist; Hand & Tree Saws; (3) Oval Concave Mirrors.

TIM PYLES; MICK BRUNSWICK & OTHERS• ALL items must be paid for the day of auction.• ALL items are sold as is.• We must collect Sales Tax.• TERMS: Cash or Good Check with Proper Photo ID; Visa / MC / Discover accepted with a 3% Clerk Fee added.• Visit us online @ www.auctionzip.com and enter USER I.D. #8673 for photos and information.• Food Available on Site!• Open Friday, March 4th from 9:00AM to 5:00PM for Inspection.REMEMBER: +++Never, Ever a Buyer’s (Penalty) Premium at our Auctions…What You Bid Is What You Pay! We work for our sellers, we appreciate our buyers, and we love our profession! Kirby & Staff

SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2016 • 9:00 AM5378 SEBRING-WARNER RD., GREENVILLE, OHIO 45331

DOORS OPEN AT 8:00A.M.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Office: 937.316.8400Cell: 937.459.7686

Michel Werner Apprentice Auctioneer


Edison State Community College students complete trainingPIQUA – Edison

State Community College’s Peace Of-ficer Academy hon-ored 14 students in December follow-ing their successful completion of the 20-week program.

Local fall 2015 Police Officer Acad-emy students who successfully com-pleted credit hour requirements in-clude Jackie Barton and Andrew Martin, both of Greenville.

Students of the program met for six days each week since August, total-ing over 600 hours of training. The cur-riculum of the pro-gram is certified by the Ohio Peace Of-ficer Training Com-mission (OPOTC) and covers all as-pects of law en-forcement training including admin-istration, firearms,

subject control, and investigation.

“The Basic Police Academy has prov-en to be a great part-nership between the college and the com-munity. Local law enforcement came to us because there was no local training source,” said Shir-ley Moore, Dean of Business, Engineer-ing, and Informa-tion Technology at Edison State.

“In turn, many of our students have

become officers throughout the re-gion, though they are certified to seek an officer position anywhere in the state. Academy stu-dents can then con-tinue their educa-tion at Edison State and earn an asso-ciate’s degree by taking convenient classes on campus or online.”

Edison State of-fered the first Basic Peace Officer Acad-emy in 2003 and the

class that completed academic require-ments this fall was from the 31st acad-emy. Throughout its 13 years, the pro-gram has graduated 415 students, 87 percent male, and 13 percent female, with 73 percent un-der the age of 30 and 27 percent of students have been 30 or over.

Students in the program have come from 14 different counties, with 50

percent from Miami County, 19 percent from Darke County, and 18 percent from Shelby County. Over the years, 76 percent of the Edi-son graduates who passed the state exam have become sworn officers in 53 different police agencies through-out the state.

“Local agencies are hiring and 100 percent of our June academy gradu-ates that passed the OPOTA exam have been sworn in as of-ficers,” said Joe Ma-han, Edison State Police Officer Acad-emy Commander.

Edison State be-gan the basic peace officer academy at the request of local law enforcement and continues to have instructors who are current and retired officers. Thirty-five instruc-tors have worked with the students.

Applications for Edison State’s Po-lice Officer Acade-my are currently be-ing accepted for the fall 2016 Academy. Interested students

Edison State’s 31st Police Officer Academy students are honored during a ceremony on Dec. 30.

must be 21 years old and eligible to own a weapon. Both a morning and eve-ning academy will be offered.

For more infor-

mation or to ap-ply for the upcom-ing fall academy, contact Veronica French at [email protected] or 778-7865.

Darke County Sheriff’s Estate SalesFor more information call 937-547-4603 or go to www.darkecountysheriff.org

General InformationThe Sheriff is issued Orders of Sales from the Clerk of Courts Office. Sales are advertised in The Early Bird once every week for three consecutive weeks. The Sheriff’s Office does not mail or give away a list of properties or information about purchasing foreclosed property. The properties are not available for tour or inspection as the Sheriff’s Office does not have keys to any properties. Prior to the sale, most properties are appraised from

the outside only. The property is sold “as is”, caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). The Sheriff’s office does not have informa-tion on liens or taxes.Real estate tax information can be found at the following web site: darkepropertymax.governmax.com real estate appraisal database. All sales are held in the meeting room of the County Commissioners Building, 520 South Broadway, Greenville. All sales begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.

Bidding informationBidding starts at two-thirds of the appraised value. Successful bidders must deposit 15% of the purchase price at the time of the sale. Personal check (proper ID, local check signed in our presence), cashier’s check or cash is accepted. The buyer will be required to sign a disclaimer that relieves the Sheriff and ap-praising agents of liabilities of hazards, or past due bills, as it it the responsibility of the buyer to look into these matters before

the sale date. The unpaid balance of the purchase price must be paid at the confirmation of the sale, which is approximately 30 days after the date of sale.

More InformationYou may contact Abby Wilson at (937) 547-4603 if you require further information. A listing of properties can be viewed at darkecountysheriff.org.

Sheriff’s Sale of Real EstateRevised Code, Sec. 2329.26

US BankVS.

John Filby, et al.No. 14CV00637

Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the City of Greenville in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 504 Washington Ave Greenville, OhioParcel Number: F27221235030510200

The complete legal description of the parcel may be ob-tained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $69,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination.TERMS OF SALE: 15% down on day of Sale. Balance on delivery of Deed.

Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff2/28, 3/6, 3/13 3T


PNC BankVS.

Tamara Deaton, et al.No. 15CV00603


Street Address: 217 Linwood Dr Greevnille, OhioParcel Number: F27221236040213300



Sheriff’s Sale of Real EstateRevised Code, Sec. 2329.26Carrington Mortgage

VS.Karen Brooks, et al.

No. 15CV00004Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the City of Greenville in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 115 Eastwood Dr Greenville, OhioParcel Number: F27221236040311300




Wright Patt Credit UnionVS.

Kirk Troutwine, et al.No. 15CV00302

Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the Township of Van Buren in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 3980 State Route 49 Arcanum, OhioParcel Number: Q63030929000014400




Bank of AmericaVS.

Bryan Wickham, et al.No. 15CV00510

Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the Village of Wayne Lakes in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 1194 Evergreen Dr Greenville, OhioParcel Number: L80221128040110500 & L80221128040112100




Community TrustVS.

Johnny Meade, deceased, et al.No. 15CV00409


Street Address: 619 E Main St Greenville, OhioParcel Number: F27221235010111100




Wells FargoVS.

Chad Eller, et al.No. 15CV00575

Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the Township of Greenville in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 4867 Childrens Home Bradford Rd Greenville, OhioParcel Number: F24021223000012400



Sheriff’s Sale of Real EstateRevised Code, Sec. 2329.26Carrington Mortgage

VS.Angela Young, et al.

No. 15CV00578Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commission-ers Building in Greenville, on Friday, March 18, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the Township of Mississinawa in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 951 Peters Rd Ft Recovery, OhioParcel Number: J38011408000021000



LEGAL NOTICEDarrell David Perkins whose last place of residence is 116 E 2nd Street, Arcanum, Oh 45304, and 725 Shirley Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 but whose present place of residence is unknown will take notice that on October 1, 2015, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation filed its Complain in Case No. 15CV00456 in the Court of Common Please Darke County, Ohio alleging that the Defendant Darrell David Perkins has or claims to have an interest in the real estate described below:

Permanent Parcel Number: P59-2-308-09-01-02-10300; Property Address: 116 East 2nd Street, Arcanum, OH 45304. The legal description may be obtained from the Darke County Auditor at 504 South Broadway, Courthouse 1st Floor, Greenville, Ohio 45331, 937-547-7310

The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendants in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute. The Petitioner prays that the Defendant named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred form asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of an liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioners Claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable.

The last date of Publication is February 28th, 2016. The Defendant named above IS required to answer twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication.

By: REIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & JEFFREY CO., L.P.A.

F. Peter Costello, Attorney at LawAttorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner

P.O. Box 39696Solon, Ohio 44139

(440) 600-55002/14, 2/21, 2/28 3T

In the Court of Common PleasDarke County, Ohio

Judge Jonathan P. Hein

Federal National Mortgage Association(“Fannie Mae”), a corporation

Organized and existing under the laws ofThe United States of America

Vs.Joel Johnson, AKA Joel R. Johnson, et al

Case No. 16CV00041

Joel Johnson, AKA Joel R. Johnson, whose last known address is 5590 Dininger Road, Greenville OH 45331, will take notice that on January 19, 2016, Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America. filed its Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas, Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 16CV00041. The object of, and demand for relief in, the Complaint is to foreclose the lein of Plaintiff’s mortgage recorded upon the real estate described below and in which Plaintiff alleges that the foregoing defendant has or claims to have an interest:

Parcel number(s): F24-0-211-05-00-00-30201Property address: 5590 Dininger Road, Greenville OH 45331

The defendant named above is required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice. This legal notice will be published once a week for three successive weeks.

2/21, 2/28, 3/6 3T

FARM LAND FOR SALEACCEPTING BIDS

51.92 acres m/lBrown Township, Darke County, Ohio

Robert Wessling, owner hereby offers at private sale by sealed bids certain farm land being 51.92 acres m/l (Parcel # C13-0-213-05-00-00-30100). To request bid packet, contact Travis Fliehman, Attorney, 937-548-6888, weekdays between 9am and 5pm. Bids must be received by March 16, 2016. Legal Description: New survey being prepared. Prior legal description contained in Volume 413, Page 1303, Darke County Recorder’s Office.Terms of Sale: In order to comply with Ohio law, bidders will not be permitted to alter their bid after March 16, 2016. The successful bidder will be notified by March 21, 2016, and will execute a “non-contingent” Contract for Purchase of Real Estate, with closing to be completed as soon as practical. Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Request Bid Packet From:Travis L. Fliehman, Attorney

8314 State Route 121 North, Greenville, Ohio 45331Telephone: 937-548-6888

CITY OF GREENVILLEOn February 16, 2016, the City of Greenville, Ohio adopted the following legislation:• Ordinance #16-10 Transfer appropriations• Ordinance #16-11 Authorizing S/S Dir. to approve a contract with ODOT to perform work on US Rt 36, SR 49 and SR 571. This ordinance has an emergency clause.• Resolution #16-12 Authorizing the S/S Dir. to prepare & submit an application to participate in the ODOT Safe Routes To School programand execute contracts as required.• Resolution #16-13 Authorizing accepting the bid for the installation of traffic light signals at Ohio & East Main St. intersection.• Ordinance #16-14 Approving Now additional appropriations for expenses and other expenditures of the City for the end of the last fiscal year.• Ordinance #16-15 Authorizing the early payoff of City tax increment revenue bonds. This ordinance has an emergency clause.• Resolution #16-16 Authorizing financial assistance in support of the endeavors and pursuits of certain community-based entities.• Ordinance #16-17 Supplemental Appropriations This legislation can be read and examined in its entirety at the office of the City Auditor, Room 200, Municipal Building, Greenville, Ohio, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Thursday and 8:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. on Friday.

Vicki Harris, Clerk Approved:Greenville City Council

Eric Brand, Law Director

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Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society building once housed a saloonARCANUM – The

#4 designated his-toric building fea-tured and marked by The Arcanum Wayne Trail His-torical Society is the Louis Deitrich Sa-loon which is located at 123 West George St., Arcanum and was erected in 1894. This is presently the home of the histori-cal society.

Lot 52 in the Gun-der addition to Arca-num was originally the site of a crude pioneer dwelling inhabited in 1857-1862 by The Bartling Cabinet Wareroom and Undertaker. From 1862-1875, Christian Good was a cabinetmaker. Per the GJ 4/5/1894 we read “The old Peter Siler property was sold last week to a

Mr. Deitrich of New Bremen, who pro-posed to erect a hotel theron.” “The Dei-trich house is now completed and will soon be occupied.” GJ 9/27/1894. In six months’ time the house was com-pleted and was the Deitrich saloon until 6/29/1899.

The building continued to be op-erational as saloons until 1907. Then it became the Ca-sino Theatre for one months’ time fol-lowed by the Elec-tric Theatre for one year. As many of the buildings in Ar-canum, you will find that they housed a number of differ-ent type businesses. This building was no different as it also housed farm imple-

ments, the Arcanum Bottling Company, a City Hotel, Fisher Pianos, and then be-came the Beck Hotel which the building is known for. This was from Feb. 20, 1919 – May 27, 1947. JoAnne Hill remem-bers being in the hotel as a young girl and there were mov-ie magazines on the table and pictures of actors and actresses thumb-tacked on the walls. JoAnne added “my mother didn’t approve of the magazines”. Ac-cording to the news-papers rooms rented for $1.00 and $1.50 in 1924. “Room and

Board $8 a week” in 1930.

The east side was three rooms at one time and now is one large room to accommodate our AWTHS programs and meetings. Hotel patrons were served a home style break-fast for a quarter of ham and eggs and a little trimmings.

O. Wade Span-gler, Chiropractor was here for two years and rented space in the back of the hotel. Then the Beck Hotel became more of a room-ing house. Another guest was Dr. Dan Cox and family in

1947. Daughter Jean remembers staying in the front bed-room and watching people on the street pass by.

This continued until Jan. 4, 1963. At that time the Wayne Trail Grange bought the property and moved there on May 16, 1963. Vot-ing was held there in 1966.

They have many more stories about the Beck Hotel at the historical society as well as their digital files which contain the newspaper ar-ticles researched by Anita Short. These

were typed by Nancy Baker and then Bill Gunder put them into digital files on the AWTHS laptop which is available for research by ap-pointment. See their website for de-tails.

The Wayne Trail Historical Society had begun meet-ing in March 2004. They were looking for a place to call their home. When the Wayne Trail Grange was put up for sale the society bought the property in 2004.

The house need-ed extensive work

to restore it to its Victorian beau-ty. Members and volunteers spent countless hours working, stripping woodwork, finishing floors, taking down sagging wall pa-per, plastering and painting. Numerous donations and pur-chases of antiques, lights, rugs, and furniture pieces and cases have outfitted the rooms to make

them attractive as well as functional for programs, tour-ing, and displays. The porch was re-done outside as well as point- tucking of the bricks. We also feature a military middle room and Vintage furnished kitchen will is ser-viceable.

For more infor-mation, visit www.arcanumhistorical-society.org.

Shown is Margaret Heiser’s piece of artwork entitled Seasons.

Heiser’s art selected for Riffe Center

C O L U M B U S —State Representative Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) recently announced Mar-garet Heiser as the 80th House District winner of the 2016 Ohio House of Rep-resentatives Student Art Exhibition.

Heiser attends Ar-canum High School in Arcanum and is taught by Kathleen Pugh. Heiser’s art-work is titled Sea-sons.

“I appreciate all of the entries from the 80th District from these budding art-ists,” said Huffman. “I also appreciate their effort and work to make the Riffe Center beautiful.”

The exhibition is open to the public at

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GREENVILLE – The chilly winter weather brings with it unique hik-ing opportunities and Darke County Parks is go-ing to seize them. On Feb. 29, leap day, at noon, join a naturalist at Alice Bish Park on the corner of Ohio St. and Eastwood Dr. in Greenville for an excit-ing late winter walk. The park features a loop trail that follows the course of Greenville Creek and var-ied forest bordering its

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March 14 – Gordon United Methodist Church, 311 East Street, 2:30–6:30 p.m., Social Hall, spon-sored by Gordon United Methodist Church

March 21 – Souper Community Blood Drive, Versailles K of C Hall, 12:30–7 p.m., 8440 St. Rt. 47, Versailles, sponsored by Versailles Rotary Club, donors will enjoy home-made soup, and other great treats served by the Versailles Rotary Club

Learn more at www.GivingBlood.org.

VERSAILLES – The Ver-sailles FFA held its inaugu-ral Health Fair and Color Run on Oct. 17. The Color Run had over 180 runners and the top three results in each age division were rec-ognized.

The winners were: 12 and under – first Kobe Ep-perly, second Max Gehret, and third Kane Epperly; 13-18 division – first Nicco Libertini ( won overall), second Kyle Wuebker, third John Barga; 19-24 – first Russ Wuebker, second Chelsey Keiser, third Paige Holsapple; 25-34 – first Brian Shappie, second Amy Shappie, third Justin Herth; 35-44 – first Sara Wagner, second Amy Win-ner, and third Jacki Stone-braker; 45-54 – first Sandy Heitkamp, second Christa Nealeigh, third Mike Keiser; and 55 and up – first Mike Mullen, second Greg Barga, third Diana Nealeigh.

A special thanks to Ver-sailles FFA member Han-nah Rose for singing the National Anthem at the start of the race and thanks to the town of Versailles for their cooperation with this activity.

In conjunction with the race, The Versailles FFA sponsored a Health Fair before the race. The Health Fair included 12 stations which were: Versailles EMS with blood pressure checks; Stephanie Goubeaux and Shannon Condon of Ver-sailles Health Care Center with hamstring flexibility; Tracy Cordonnier, RN, Ver-

ARCANUM – Sue Vick-roy, local Bradford histori-an, will present the program “The History of Bradford, The Railroad Town”, March 10, 7 p.m., at the Arcanum

sailles School Nurse with Body Mass Index; Ameri-can Cancer Society with sun damage screening operated by Krista Gehret; Heather Miller and Kristi Kaiser with the 21 day challenge; Kara Didier with Donate Life; Dr. Cain and Dr. Brown of Cain Chiropractic; Wayne Hos-pital did Lipid Panel and Cholesterol Screening; and Katie Schwieterman pro-vided chair massages.

A special thanks to the school cafeteria staff for making great smoothies that were enjoyed by all and to Brent Stammen for designing the t-shirts. The sponsors for the race and health fair were Bruns Ani-mal Clinic, Johns IGA, Tiger Sports Gear LLC, Second National Bank, D’Alessios, C.F., Poeppelman, Ver-sailles Fitness and Tan-ning Salon, Greenville ACE Hardware, Kaup Pharmacy, Ernst Sporting Goods, Ful-

lenkamp’s Frenchtown Trailer Sales, Dannon Yo-gurt, Versailles K of C, Jeff and Dena Wuebker, Ver-sailles ACE Hardware, Ohio Fruit Growers Market-ing Association and Side-lines. A big thanks to all the sponsors of this activity. A special thanks to Versailles FFA parents Doug and Sherry Hesson, Jill Winner, Amy Denlinger, Jill Geh-ret, Krista Gehret and Ma-ria Rose for assisting with the activity. Special thanks to Tracy Cordonnier, Ver-sailles School Nurse, who assisted with creating ideas and helped plan this event along with Versailles FFA President Danielle Hesson who had the idea and served as the chair of the event.

A special thanks to the following FFA members for helping set-up, clean-up and conducting the Color Run they include Jasmine Francis, Olivia Bruening,

Emily Kramer, Sarah Gigan-det, Deanna Hesson, Dan-ielle Hesson, Isaac Gilmore, Kyle Dirksen, Kayla Bruns, Alyssa Morgan, Lewis Kre-mer, Ashley Petitjean, Con-ner Reed, Erika Grogean, Katelyn Knapke, Melissa Gi-gandet, Faith Wilker, Issac Gilmore, Caden Buscher, Brad Didier, Andrew Heck-man, Chelesa McGlinch, Ian Gehret, Austin Timmer-man, Emma Gasson, Grace McEldowney, Emily Lan-genkamp, JJ Petitjean and Collin Peters.

As a result of the suc-cess of the Health Fair, Versailles FFA presented a $500 check to the Dayton Children’s Hospital. Ver-sailles FFA members that assisted with presenting the check to Children’s Hospital were Andrew Harshbarger, Marcus Berger, Ben Albers, Janelle Hoelscher, Lindsay Schultz, Shelby Winner and JJ Petitjean.

Wayne Trail Historical So-ciety.

Bradford’s beginnings were humble yet grew to be the largest railroad hub west of Pennsylvania. At Bradford a major rail line running from the East Coast split into two lines, one to Chicago and the other to St. Louis. These lines were stra-tegic in the Eastern rail sys-tem. Bradford also boasted a freight yard, facilities for fueling and servicing steam locomotives, and a facility for repairing freight cars

“My family is a railroad family. My grandpa came

from Italy to work on the railroad. My dad came over to America as a child,” said Vickroy. “My dad worked 46 years on the railroad here. I am a railroad brat raised in Bradford. “

The railroad employed many people who manned the trains, worked in the switching yards and in the roundhouse where steam locomotives were kept and maintained between runs. The crewmen who did not live in Bradford would stay over at the Railroad YMCA while they waited for a re-turn trip to their home ter-

minal.Vickroy will share stories

of the building of the town, people who lived the rail-road life, the beginning of the end, and the rebuilding of a community. Bradford is nestled off the beaten path, it sets on the county line of two counties, Darke and Mi-ami.

Join them to learn more of Darke County’s history and enjoy light refresh-ments.

AWTHS is located at 123 W. George St. For more in-formation, contact Barbara Deis (937) 678-7832.

Versailles FFA members that assisted with presenting the $500 check to Children’s Hospital were Andrew Harshbarger, Marcus Berger, Ben Albers, Janelle Hoelscher, Lindsay Schultz, Shelby Winner and JJ Petitjean.

NEAVE TWP. – The Neave Township Trust-ees are having their spring clean-up for the cemeteries in Neave Township, Darke County which include Oak Grove, Pioneer, West Branch and East Zion.

Families and loved ones are asked to remove all decorations and items on and around the gravesites by March 19, so the grounds can properly be maintained. These items include, but not limited to, Shepherd’s hooks or similar type of decora-tions/flowers not attached

or sitting on monument. Due to the upcoming

mowing season the trustees encourage cooperation of all those who are involved with and or visit loved ones in the cemeteries to pay particular attention to the rules listed. No trespassing after dark. No planting of any kind on lots. No rock edging or dig-ging. When placing arrange-ments on gravesites, all ar-rangements must be in the vase attached to the marker or a monument saddle ar-rangement. The only excep-tion will be Easter, Mother’s

Day, Memorial Day and Father’s Day. All arrange-ments not in the vases or attached to the base monu-ment must be removed or the arrangements can be removed by cemetery care-takers one week following these special occasions.

If you have any questions in regards to the cemeter-ies in Neave Township, call one of the trustees: Keith Godown, Bryan Clymer or Walter Wiant or the Oak Grove Cemetery Sexton, James Penny.

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GREENVILLE – The Greenville Area Dog Club will begin its spring dog training on March 8. Train-ing is held at the former U.S. Chemical building, located in the 5400 block of State Route 49, Greenville.

Conformation classes begin March 8. This class is for pure breed owners that want to begin training their dog to perform in the breed show ring.

Obedience classes begin March 8 and include Puppy (12 weeks to five months) and Beginner Obedience. Novice Rally Obedience will be offered for eight weeks. Advanced Obedience begins March 9.

For more information on these classes, contact Barb, 548-0338 or Becky,

337-0292. Registration for obedience classes is from 6:30-7:15 p.m. on Marc h 8 with orientation and classes to follow registration. Dogs must be up-to-date on vac-cinations and participants must bring a copy of the dog’s vaccination records to registration. Puppies must have had their first two sets of vaccinations to enroll in the puppy class. Veterinar-ians need to certify all vac-cinations given at home or by a breeder.

Agility classes will be of-fered on Thursday evenings beginning March 10. Class-es include Introduction to Agility, Beginners and Ad-vanced. Preregistration is required for all agility class-es; call 692-5310.

Parking is available in front and near the rear en-trance of the building. The entrance for dog classes is located on the north side of the building, near the rear.

Those bringing dogs to class are reminded to feed the dogs earlier in the day, rather than before class. Most classes use dog treats as training aids. Partici-pants are reminded to bring small, bite-sized soft treats that can be used for reward-ing their dogs. All dogs must be leashed when entering the building. Participants are also reminded to wear comfortable, tie-on shoes.

ANSONIA – Ansonia Elementary wanted to make a difference in their community recently. Their Food for Friends Food Drive during December was very successful. Ev-ery morning for two weeks the Student Council went to every classroom to col-lect food items brought to school. They kept meticu-lous records because the class that brought the most items to school would win an ice cream sundae party.

Mrs. Byrum’s sixth grade classroom topped the charts by collecting 345 items. This pushed the school’s total to 1,905 food items. All the food was transported by the high school FFA who needed

to make many trips to the Ansonia United Methodist Church food bank. An ex-citing note is that the stu-dents more than doubled their giving from two years ago.

GREENVILLE – The fol-lowing students, staff and student groups received rec-ognition during the Feb. 18 Greenville Board of Educa-tion meeting:

* NJROTC for placing 2nd in the Armed Exhibition at the Mid-Ohio Drill Meet. Armed Exhibition was com-manded by Tanner Reed. Also receiving individual honors were 1st place Indi-vidual Armed Drill Johna-than Hanks, 6th place Jacob Brodric and 10th place Tani Mancillias. Placing 8th in Unarmed Individual Drill was Austin Grote.

* BPA student earned a 1st or 2nd place during Re-gional BPA Competition and will be competing at the State Leadership Confer-ence. Placing at regionals were Tyler Davis, Lucie Gar-ber, Ashton Kester, Casey Morntensen, Haley Baker abd Bethany Foster. Juniors were Katie Agee, Brandon

Beyke, Ally Hill, Karsyn Shaffer, Justin Brown, Ja-nin Delos Reyes, Ashlyn Menger, Dyanna Mojica, Hope Pike, Samantha Bu-chy, Haley Christman, Eric Pearce, Dodge Sucharda, snd Katelyn Stock.

* Commendations were extended to senior Em-ily Fulton for earning the Girl Scouts Gold Award for her project Camp Chosen, a week-long day camp for children with disabilities.

* Staff member Andrea Townsend was recognized for her coordination of the GI Go Fund “Jeans for Troops,” held during January.

* Greenville Senior High School’s Theater Program for their production of Drac-ula during January, under the direction of Thomas Na-der.

* Jim Sommer, board member, for earning the Ohio School Boards Associa-tion Award of Achievement.

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Early Bird eNewspaper 02-28-16