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“Your Dream Job is Right Here!”

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Cooper and Custer honored at Ag Day

Braund retires, marking 46 years and counting

G R E E N -VILLE – Can’t find a job lo-cally? You p r o b a b l y haven’t tried H o m e t o w n Opportunity!

According to Darke County Economic Development Director Marc Saluk, there is no need to look outside the area for that “dream job.” It can be found at Hometown Oppor-tunity (hometownopportu-nity.com).

“What started out as a simple job posting site has evolved into a complete ca-reer connection,” he said. “Our mission is to make sure we connect local talent with local companies.”

Hometown Opportu-nity has posted just under 5,000 jobs since its incep-tion; Darke County has been a full partner in the site, which serves Darke, Mercer and Auglaize coun-ties, for a little over a year. It has had 131,000 unique viewers with a return rate of 70 percent. Saluk added Hometown Opportunity’s Facebook page has nearly 4,000 likes and at least as many subscribers to its newsletter.

“The site is growing, us-age is growing, our mission to connect local companies with local talent is grow-ing,” Saluk said. “We want to make sure we retain our folks here. The opportuni-ties are here. Individuals with skills can be employed here.”

He noted the phenom-enal growth in the county… FRAM, Jafe, Ramco, Whirl-pool, GTI, multiple health areas. There are profession-al jobs, and for those who start out in entry level work, there are resources to help them achieve their career goals, Saluk said. “There is no reason for the workforce to seek outside areas of em-ployment,” he added. “The jobs are here… and you can get the applications for those jobs from here (Hometown Opportunity).”

The site has grown tre-mendously just in the past year. It offers links to local colleges, school districts, various local resources, key industries for the area, suc-cess stories, testimonials, an events calendar and more.

“A new service we are of-

fering is the ability to post a personal profile,” Saluk said. “It isn’t available to the public, but is to businesses seeking that particular tal-ent or skill.” Currently the site has about 400 profiles. The core is job listings. “The site has pages and pages of postings. You can search by categories; you can search by companies.”

He noted some schools are using the site to research skills and opportunities for their students. There is a section that lists possible career paths for dozens of different fields, and there are testimonials from local businesses about the area being a place someone can work and raise a family.

“This is a full connection resource,” Saluk said. “We’re working on an internship connection as well. ‘Jobs’ is the core… but it isn’t just jobs.” It’s careers, and living and raising families here. “We want to keep our best and brightest,” he said.

Of the top 20 cities using Hometown Opportunity, seven have schools but no local ties. Students in Lima, Bowling Green, Columbus, Cincinnati… they’re us-ing the site. “OSU seniors look for postings (or post profiles) so they can come back,” Saluk said. “There was a local company that lost an engineer… And there was a kid who just gradu-ated with an engineering degree. He wanted to come back. That company was able to replace the engineer it lost in a week.”

Saluk said they (Part-nering 4 Progress) have committed $25,000 a year to the site. “We want a bal-ance… a significant amount of companies using it and a significant amount of place-ments.”

The site is still a work in progress, Saluk noted. “Our goal is to connect all the dots… full career inte-gration.” He added that in-cludes the emerging work-force as well as the adult workforce.

Then the big picture… the ability to get a perspec-tive. “What are the jobs most needed? What is the training needed? We mine the data (from the usage of the site). We can then tailor our efforts to meet those needs.”

GREENVILLE – The wait it almost over Darke County! Starting Mon-day, March 30 Greenville will officially welcome Buf-falo Wild Wings (B-Dubs) to it’s brand new location at 1485 Wagner Ave. The store will hold it’s grand opening and open the doors to the public at 11 a.m.

The new Greenville lo-cation business hours are

Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to Midnight, and 11 to 1 a.m. every Fri-day and Saturday.

B-Dubs is famous for it’s one-of-a-kind wings, but also offers burgers, sand-wiches, drinks, desserts and more.

Visit the official website at buffalowildwings.com to view the menu and more.

G R E E N -VILLE – Nearly 300 people at-tended the 2015 Cham-ber Ag Day program at

Romer’s in Greenville. In addition to the annual luncheon that included a keynote address from Dr. John Fulton of The Ohio State University and the awarding of the Agriculture Achievement and Agricultural Advoca-cy Awards, area farmers were able to participate in the free OSU Fertil-izer Applicator Certifica-tion Training Course. The Darke County Chamber of Commerce has held at the Ag Day event for more than 60 years.

This year’s Agricul-ture Achievement Award

was presented to Coo-per Farms. The farm was founded in 1938 by Virgil and Virginia Cooper and grew tremendously dur-ing World War II. Cooper Farms has expanded sev-eral times and many Darke County farmers are under contract supplying tur-keys, hogs and chickens. The farm continues to be family owned and consid-ers its 1,550 employees as part of their family. Coo-per Farms was honored to have this year’s national turkey. The annual tradi-tion allows President Ba-rak Obama to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving.

Cole Cooper, grand-son, said, “Thank you. We take pride in what we do. Thank you for believing in us.”

Sam Custer, OSU Ex-tension, was chosen as

this year’s recipient of the Agricultural Advocacy Award. Custer grew up in Miami County, but his wife brought him to Darke County to finish his stu-dent teaching at Ansonia. He began his agricultural education teaching career at Versailles. He landed at the Miami County JVS 10 years later where he was the Agricultural Su-pervisor. Later he served as a principal, director of human resources and as-sistant superintendent at Miami Valley Career Technology Center. He re-turned to Darke County to his current position with the Darke County OSU Extension. He and his wife have two daughters and four grandchildren.

Custer served on the committee choosing this year’s award winner. He

was told another person was receiving the award. Custer joked, “I’m not sure what it’s like to work on a committee that doesn’t tell you the truth.” He continued, “I’m humbled by the recognition. I’m not sure I deserve it.”

Dr. Fulton, a machine and precision systems specialist, spoke about the importance of having data in agriculture. He encour-aged farmers to gather and keep as much data as they can. New farm equip-ment is helping farmers track how much is being planted and harvested. He pointed to one planter that will show if too much seed or not enough is be-ing planted in a row. He also showed how drones can help with determining if crops are damaged dur-ing the growing season.

N E W M A D I S O N – Forty-six years and c o u n t i n g … D e l b e r t Braund, for-mer military, former fu-

neral home owner, former EMS volunteer, is retiring as the New Madison Fire Department’s Public In-formation Officer, but not from service to his com-munity. “Oh, I’m still go-ing to be around,” he said. “I’m still chairman of the board (New Madison Fire Company).”

Fire Company President Randy Mikesell explained. “We (Fire Department and Fire Company) are sepa-rate entities, the company operating as a business. The company is incorpo-rated and now has some full time staff.” The Fire Department, however, is still volunteer.

Braund has turned the information reins over to Jerry Holsapple. “For us younger guys, he (Braund) was the backbone of the department,” Holsapple said. “I don’t think any-body can do a better job than him.”

Braund received a plaque for his 10 years of service as information of-ficer that read, in part, “Congratulations … after

46 years of Outstanding Professionalism, Unselfish Dedication and Untiring Efforts…”

Braund stopped making “runs” in 1996; he thought about the major chal-lenges he’d been part of during his service… three were in Greenville, one in Arcanum… only one in New Madison: the grain fire. The assists in Green-ville were the Tile Mill fire, County Home and Cornell Clothing on Broadway.

Then there was the tor-nado in Arcanum in No-

vember 1992.“It was the southeast

section, where the fire house is now,” Braund said. He noted, thankfully, no lives were lost. He was in charge of the Command Post for 12 departments, state disaster and county units. He also ran briefings to the news media. Braund said Arcanum specifi-cally asked for him since he’d run command posts in the Air Force. “I was there for a week,” he said. Scoob’s dad, Gus, a former Fire Chief, was listening…

“Yeah, then they gave him back to us,” he quipped.

A fellow professional, Steve Danny, remembered Braund would always give him a hard time because he lived in El Dorado, seven miles away. “We were only allowed seven minutes from the ‘call’ to climbing aboard the truck. You going to make it? he’d ask. I’d typically be there in six minutes… almost never the last one to arrive.”

According to the New Madison Volunteer Fire Company information, the department is 100 per-cent volunteer, one of the few departments left in the area that does not pay some sort of compensa-tion. A press release notes it “actually costs the mem-bers to belong to our fire company.”

In 2014 the department responded to 166 requests for service on calls ranging from mutual aid and acci-dents to illegal burns and structure fires. This rep-resents over 1,300 ‘man-hours’ in addition to train-ing and events.

Braund recalls work-ing under 10 fire chiefs during his service in New Madison. He couldn’t re-call anything he’d rather be doing…

“This department’s the best!” he said.

BOBROBINSONAssociate Editorbluebagmedia.com

Sam Custer (center) was selected as this year’s Agricultural Advocacy Award winner.

Cole Cooper accepted the Agriculture Achievement Award on behalf of Cooper Farms from Tony Roberts.

Local icon Delbert Braund (center) shows the plaque he received at his retirement party from the New Madison Volunteer Fire Department following 46 years of service. With him are Fire Department Chief Scoob Clark (left) and New Madison Fire Company, President Randy Mikesell. (Bob Robinson photo)

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were dispatched to 144. W. Water St. regarding a sub-ject with a firearm. When police arrived, the officer observed the defendant, Patrick Covault, arguing with five individuals, one of whom was the victim, Chris Miller. Four of the five individuals told police Covault had brandished a firearm and pointed it at

er. According to the report Covault had arrived to take his girlfriend home due to her level of intoxication. The defendant was met by Miller and two witnesses. Covault said when Miller greeted him he observed a knife in Miller’s hand. He brandished his firearm and told everyone to stay back. When he put the weapon away, he said Miller began to aggressively approach him. He, in turn, head-butted Miller, causing in-jury to his face and knock-ing him down. According to Miller and two witness-es, Covault showed up to the residence and pulled a revolver on Miller. Then he head-butted Miller, knock-ing him down. He then al-legedly pointed the gun at the witnesses, telling them to “back up.” A witness with Covault said when he approached Miller he saw a knife in his right hand. Covault was arrested for Aggravated Menacing and transported to the Darke County jail. He will be charged with Assault.

On March 16 police were dispatched to 200 Morrow St. regarding an assault. The victim, a juve-nile, was assaulted by an-other juvenile after school. The victim and a witness said the defendant fol-lowed them leaving school

them. After that they stat-ed he hid the weapon with-in the vicinity of the apart-ment complex. Covault repeatedly denied having or hiding a firearm. A sec-ond officer found the pistol on top of an air condition-ing unit in the complex. When confronted, Cova-ult admitted it was his. He was put in handcuffs and placed into a police cruis-

and punched him in the back of the head and in his mouth. The victim said the assault occurred because of an argument from March 14, where the defendant thought the victim was trying to start a fight with a friend. The victim had a large bump on the back of his head and a blood-ied lip. The defendant was charged with assault.

STABBINGOn March 21 police were

dispatched to Danny’s Place, 308 S. Broadway, regarding a fight in prog-ress. Before arriving the officer was waved down on West Main by the victim and two witnesses. The victim, Ben Townsend, had a laceration on his head and left hand, which was bleeding profusely. Townsend said he was “jumped by three guys and he ended up sticking one.” One witnessed asked to transport Townsend to the hospital, to which the of-ficer agreed and followed. While Townsend was be-ing treated the officer ob-tained information from him and the two witness-es. One said he observed Townsend surrounded by “a bunch of guys and a few girls.” Another individu-al, Cody Schaar, had also been injured and had been transferred to Miami Val-ley Hospital. The incident is under investigation.

CPO VIOLATIONOn March 23 police

were dispatched to 423 W. 4th St. regarding a Civil Protection Order violation. The victim, Cheryl Baker, was at Clark Oil gas station with her granddaughter, Skyann Floyd and boy-friend Dakota Long, when the suspect John Hab-erny allegedly approached Baker’s vehicle. He struck the window of the vehicle and began yelling at Floyd, then directly at Baker. Ac-cording to the report he also tried to fight Long. Long said Haberny is up-set because he’s dating the mother of Haberny’s child. Haberny was within 75 feet of Baker, the “pro-tected person.” Haberny has a previous conviction for CPO violation; con-sequently this becomes a

felony charge for violating a protection order. Baker later called the police sta-tion saying she wished to drop charges, however the case will be given to the Darke County Prosecutor for recommendation on charges.

THEFTOn March 20 police were

dispatched to Keller Drive Thru, 645 Wagner Ave., on a theft not in progress. Pam Moody said while she was reviewing paper-work she located several cash transactions that had been voided out from the computer. These had oc-curred between 2013 and March 14 this year. The estimated stolen amount is over $13,000. She indi-cated she will forward ad-ditional documents with total amounts. The sus-pect, Logan Moody, admit-ted he stole the money and how he accomplished it. He also made statements about his life being over and/or ending his life. Due to those statements EMS was called for a mental evaluation. Moody was voluntarily transported to Wayne Emergency.

FIREOn March 21 police

were dispatched to 115 Armstrong regarding a ga-rage fire. The fire depart-ment extinguished the fire; it was ruled arson was the cause. While one officer was questioning witnesses about the fire, another was blocking the alley be-tween Central and Wayne when he heard someone yell there was a vehicle on fire behind 111 Cypress St. The two officers extin-guished the fire with fire extinguishers and notified Greenville Fire Depart-ment. The fire is suspected to be arson.SUBSTANCE ABUSE

On March 19 police were dispatched to Shrader Tire Retreading regarding a suspicious person. The sus-pect was Michael Williams who was observed inhaling carburetor cleaner through a rag which he was holding up to his face. He was ar-rested and transported to Darke County jail.

SCHOOL BUSOn March 6 police were

dispatched to Greenville Schools bus garage, 511 Markwith, regarding a report of a silver vehicle passing a school bus when the stop sign was out. The vehicle’s driver, Nathan Moore, was issued a cita-tion for passing the school bus.

WARRANTSOn March 18 police

observed Kenneth Bush in the Speedway parking lot, 1350 Sweitzer St. He was arrested on a warrant through Miami County, original charge of Driv-ing Under Suspension. He was transported to the Darke-Miami County line and released to a West Milton police offier.

On March 22 police were dispatched to 531 E. Fifth St. on a call regard-ing a dog at large. It was found the dog’s keeper had an active bench war-rant from Montgomery County for failure to ap-pear on receiving stolen property. He was arrested and transported to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.

On March 22 police were dispatched to the 100 block of West Water regarding an aggravated menacing call. While questioning witnesses, police discovered one of them, Teddy Thorn, had an active warrant out of Miami County for Driving Under Suspension. He was arrested and trans-ported to Darke County jail.EARLY BIRD POLICY

The Greenville Police 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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GREENVILLE – Do you know a church or group that is looking to earn some extra money? The Darke County Park Dis-trict is in search of non-profit groups that would like to host a food vendor booth at the Prairie Days Festival at Shawnee Prai-rie. The festival will be held on Sept. 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sept. 27, noon-5 p.m. This event hosts over 6,000 visitors and will bring plenty of exposure to your group.

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BY RYAN BERRYMANAGING EDITOR

www.bluebagmedia.comGREENVILLE – On

March 20, Bear’s Mill held a reception to introduce its first executive director. Marti Goetz has been get-ting acclimated to her new position for the past six weeks, but is excited with what is ahead of her in this position.

Goetz has a long his-tory of administration, organizational leadership, grant writing, executive planning, project manage-ment, communications, art production and public awareness. She had a 37-year career serving people with developmental dis-abilities in nonprofit and public agencies in Ohio.

Goetz earned a Bach-elor’s degree in art at Ka-lamazoo College, Master’s in Art Therapy at Wright State and most recently, a Doctorate in Leadership and Organizational Change from Antioch University.

Addressing the volun-teers and donors invited to the reception, Goetz said, “I am excited to be here – a place all of you hold dear. You are a devoted group of volunteers and donors. Re-ally, it’s impressive.”

Goetz will be tasked with increasing volunteer and donor support of the Mill while carrying out the board’s vision of celebrat-ing history, enhancing educational features and creating recreational ac-tivities.

BY BOB ROBINSONASSOC. EDITOR

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been coming here for a long time,” said Ohio Represen-tative Jim Buchy at the Ki-wanis of Greenville annual pancake breakfast. He was one of about 400 people enjoying the pancakes and sausage in Greenville High School’s cafeteria March 21.

“I’m heading out to (U.S. Rep. John) Boehner’s Agri-cultural Luncheon,” he said, “but I couldn’t miss out on my pancakes and sausage.” He was still sitting at the table long after he finished

eating, talking to friends and constituents.

“Love the sausage,” said one young man. He’d al-ready had his two as part of the breakfast. Dad bought him another, which he downed with two more free pancakes, applesauce and chocolate milk. “Pancakes are pretty good, too,” he added between mouthfuls.

Big sister and little brother had finished eating but mom and dad hadn’t. The older sibling kept her brother in line so others could eat. “I like the pan-cakes and chocolate milk the best,” she said, “but I could only eat two.”

One family has been coming to the annual breakfast for nearly 10 years… they admitted they’re enjoying the meal as the guests of a Kiwan-ian. Would they come any-way? They nodded. “Yep,” they said.

Nearly two dozen Ki-wanians and GHS Key Club members worked the breakfast, from prepar-ing and serving the food to making sure guests had enough to eat and cleaning up afterwards. Key Club is a student-led youth com-munity service organiza-tion sponsored by Kiwanis of Greenville.

Proceeds from the an-nual event are used to support Kiwanis charities, from car seats for new-borns at Wayne Healthcare to scholarships for gradu-ating GHS seniors.

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GREENVILLE – The Darke County Democratic Party will host its annual Spring Gala at the Green-ville American Legion Hall at 325 N. Ohio St., Greenville, on April 9. The speaker will be Mayor Nan Whaley of the City of Day-ton.

Kiwanians prepare and serve pancakes by the hundreds during the community service organization’s annual Pancake Breakfast March 21. (Bob Robinson photo)

Greenville High School Key Club members seemed to enjoy themselves helping out at the annual breakfast. (Bob Robinson photo)

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the produce section, deli and bakery. The store has also added a gluten free aisle. They are trying to tailor each store to the needs of the community.

Bob Feight, store man-ager, has been with the company for 37 years and has been in Union City twice. “We are con-

has had ongoing street construction around the building.

Not only has the name changed, but so has store’s concept. Marsh has com-pletely rearranged the Union City store and is promoting a healthy liv-ing concept. Special at-tention has been given to

centrating on freshness and the quality of our products,” he said. He noted customers will find a higher quality through-out the store, including the deli and bakery.

Marsh is open seven days a week, 8-11 a.m. The Union City store is located at 731 E. Elm St.

Bob Feight, store manager, cuts the ribbon for the grand re-opening of Marsh in Union City. He was joined by executives of the corporate office and his employees.

DCCAs’ final 2014-2015 Coffeehouse Series presentation will feature acoustic Americana duo Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin at Wayne Trail Historical Society House, Arcanum.

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UNION CITY – A con-certed effort by Marsh Supermarkets to return to its original branding meant a grand re-open-ing for the store in Union City. Several years ago Marsh changed to the name of the local store to Main Street Market, but on March 26 the compa-ny celebrated the return of the Marsh brand.

Why change the name? Tom O’Boyle, the compa-ny’s newest CEO, wants to return to the brand most people are familiar with. He asked, “Even though the store had changed its name, did you think of it as Main Street Market or Marsh?” O’Boyle believes most people still consid-ered it a Marsh.

Marsh has been very aggressive in changing over the stores. The trans-formation began in mid-2014 and O’Boyle expects to complete the project on May 7. Six stores will soon be returning to the Marsh name. A lot of money has gone into the transformation and the CEO is already starting to see a return on the invest-ment. Eight of the first nine stores re-branded are seeing better receipts than in previous years. The store that hasn’t witnessed a turnaround

Americana Duo closes DCCA series

Tickets for the Bett-man and Halpin show are $10 and available for purchase at Ben Franklin in Arcanum. Tickets can also be purchased by con-tacting DCCA at 547-0908 or dcca@centerforarts.net, at DCCA’s office lo-cated within Greenville Public Library as well as online at www.Center-ForArts.net. If any remain by show time, tickets will also be available at the door. The show starts at 7 p.m.

known as a master of the guitar and mandolin, and is adept at fiddle, banjo as well as almost anything else he picks up, and is also a dynamic and sensi-tive vocalist. “His quirky sense of humor provides a perfect foil to Stephanie’s dry wit, and their ease with each other and the audience makes for a truly enjoyable and memorable show,” Rawlins said.

DCCA’s Coffeehouse Series featuring musi-cal performances in a ca-sual relaxed atmosphere where food and drink are available is sponsored by The Andersons Marathon LLC, Julie and Tom Gra-ber, Eileen and Steve Li-tchfield, and Rodney Oda. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational ex-cellence and cultural en-richment for all Ohioans. DCCA also receives op-erating support from the Harry D. and Esther Ste-phens Memorial as well as funding from the Ketrow Foundation and Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund.

ARCANUM – Darke County Center for the Arts’ final 2014-2015 Cof-feehouse Series presenta-tion on April 16 will fea-ture acoustic Americana duo Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin play-ing their original mix of folk, roots, and bluegrass music at Wayne Trail His-torical Society House in downtown Arcanum.

“Their joyful music features soaring harmo-nies, foot-tapping fiddles, and the stirring sounds of the mandolin,” explained Keith Rawlins, DCCA ar-tistic director. “Bettman and Halpin’s music, from sorrowful ballads to folk/pop to down home fid-dlin’, provides a dynamic performance with a warm and wonderful sound,” Rawlins stated.

According to Rawlins, Stephanie Bettman is an accomplished songwriter, singer, and fiddler, her lyrics infused with wit, wisdom, and poetry. Her voice has been compared to that of iconic singers Joan Baez and Emmy-lou Harris. Multi-instru-mentalist Luke Halpin is

Lions Club events set for early April

UNION CITY, Ind. – The Union City Lions Club will host an Easter Egg Hunt on April 4 p.m. The event will be held at the east end of Harter Park in Union City, Ind.

Join the Lions Club on April 11 for its Spring Pancake Day. Serving will be from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Union City Elks Club in downtown Union City.

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READERS WRITECompassion on Vulnerable

Dear Editor,Citizens of Darke County and Ohio need to become

aware of what is happening in the State of Ohio con-cerning our developmental, blind, mentally ill, deaf, and severely disabled. Ohio has slated the closure of Montgomery Development Center, Youngstown Devel-opment Center and Muller Center in Springfield, along with workshops by 2017. This trend will continue un-til all is closed. This will affect every citizen or someone you know. This is the trend all over the State, what one state does the other will follow. Ohio has already closed Springview and Applecreek 10 years ago. Ohio has 10 Development Centers left. Medicare provides 60 per-cent of resident’s care and Ohio State 40 percent. The Center’s residents have a host of Mental and Physical Disabilities ranging from mentally impaired IQ of a baby, blind, deaf, physical development, self infliction, wheelchair, motor functions, and inability to discern danger. These residents need 24/7 Medical and Quality Care. This movement will affect Wavier Homes and In-termediate Care Facilities. What is the State’s reasoning? That care can be provided in Group Home and Private Care and Foster Care. This just isn’t so, because they can choose who they keep. What will parents and guardians do when they are told that they cannot handle these resi-dents? Furthermore, what will our judges do when they have no place to probate the mentally ill and duel as-sessed? Counties and law enforcement aren’t trained in these issues. It takes very trained special people to care for our loved ones. When these closures come about like it did in Springview and Applecreek many will die, but you won’t know it because of the Privacy Act. If we can have compassion on those who come into this Country, why can’t we have the same compassion on our most vulnerable and fragile?

For more information, you can call me at (937) 997-5615. If you get the answering machine, leave a message and phone number.

In appreciationOra Davidson,

parent, guardian,New Madison

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May I take this opportunity to say a special thank you for all who helped make the Bradford Lions Club Pan-cake/Sausage Day a success. Thanks to all who helped in the kitchen - you all get a round of applause, and thanks to all of you who came and supported us with your appetites. We are so appreciative of our local gro-cery Pattys IGA and Denny Patty who always supports our local organizations - a tip of our hats to you “Denny” for your pancake mix, to Weavers in Versailles who do-nated our eggs and to Greenville McDonalds who do-nated the drink.

All proceeds will be given for Bradford scholarships. Thanks to ALL.

Carolyn SmithCovington

I Might Start Enjoying School Concerts

A new option in the heroin epidemic

I think I’ve made clear in previous columns there are several things I’m not too keen on attending – cheer-leading competitions and band or choir concerts. I’ve been able to get out of go-ing to a few things because my wife is cheap and can’t justify both of us going if it costs money to get in. I don’t usually say this, but there are times I’m thank-ful for a cheap wife. Maybe I should rephrase that – I’m thankful for a frugal wife.

I almost got out of the most recent choir concert because I gave myself an as-signment to cover for work, but my conscience got the best of me. There are times I hate having a conscience. I did cover my assignment, but was done in plenty of

A panel of nine pub-lic figures recently led a seminar on one of the most p r e s s i n g , rampantly g r o w i n g epidemics

Darke County has seen in some time: heroin. The joint venture by the League of Women Voters and the Darke County Chamber of Commerce was hosted by Edison Community Col-lege, Darke County cam-pus.

Greenville Police Chief Dennis Butts and Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mark Whit-taker gave insight into the growing issue of heroin use in the county. In 2011, 84 common pleas court cas-es were drug related. Of those, 30 were drug traf-ficking. Those numbers have more than doubled since, with 204 drug relat-ed cases reported in 2014, and 110 of them traffick-ing cases. Now, for those who remain unconvinced of the shadow heroin has cast over Darke County’s sunny sidewalks, keep in mind that half of those trafficking cases involved heroin.

Why this seemingly sudden spike? Why has heroin become such a sought after commodity in the drug culture, espe-cially in our own county? It’s cheap and it’s fast. Put this in perspective; accord-ing to Whittaker, buying a

I am very critical when it comes to music. I’ve travelled the country sing-ing in churches from Flori-da to Canada. I know when I’m off and I know when others are off. I’ve used a lot of the tips professionals have given me. I’m sure my wife gets tired of me lean-ing over and whispering in her ear, “They were flat on that note,” or “They need to loosen up and move a little.” I was expecting to cringe a lot when my daughter sang.

I was overcome with joy when my expectations were dashed. She was the second student to sing and I was ready to slump down in my seat for the next hour and a half. My wife and I looked at each other as she took the stage and I could tell we were both thinking the same thing, “Why did we let her volunteer to do a solo?”

She began to sing and I kept waiting for her to crash into the notes. It

time to go to the concert. I seriously considered taking my time getting home. Do I call my wife and let her know I’m done or don’t I? I did the right thing.

There was a little more hesitation than usual for this concert. My youngest daughter was going to sing a solo and a duet. Most people would be excited about their child being in the spotlight. My wife and I were not as excited. Why? We’ve heard her sing.

My youngest loves to sing and you can hear her humming or belting out a tune everywhere she goes – car, bathroom, bedroom, etc. I admire her desire, but there are times she is a little off. I’ve tried to help her and my wife has tried to help her. I wouldn’t say she can’t carry a tune. She hits just about every note. The way she hits those notes is the problem. She crashes into the notes and the notes come away in-jured.

never happened. She had a few bobbles and went flat a couple of times, but it wasn’t horrible. It was good. My wife and I could sit proudly in our seats. She even moved around a little. Granted it was sway-ing back and forth, but she looked as though she had nerves of steel.

After her rousing per-formance I saw her com-ing off the stage and into the audience. I immedi-ately walked over to her and gave her a big hug and let her know I thought she was awesome. I went back to my seat anxious for her duet.

She did an even better job on the duet.

I don’t know if she got help at school or if it took until that concert for the training my wife and I have been giving her to finally sink in, but it was beauti-ful. I’m thinking I might be a little more eager to go to her next choir concert – but I doubt it.

Not only is the addict’s ev-ery thought consumed by frantic, gnawing need for the drug, their body has also begun to turn on them. Annie Sonner touched on that by stating one of the most important things to understand about heroin and its effects is the physi-ology related to the drug itself. There is no stop-ping or turning back once a person’s entire body sys-tem has joined the fight against them. This is what needs to be understood to figure out how to deal with this epidemic.

The seminar clarified an effort to approach this problem in innovative and hopefully effective ways. A new approach brought out by Chamber Execu-tive Director Sharon Des-chambeau was the use of the drug Vivitrol in addict treatment programs. The use of Vivitrol would be an important step forward in the treatment of heroin due to its temporary re-moval of the need for the

cap (or a dose) of heroin in Dayton would be cheaper than going to the gas sta-tion in town and buying two packs of cigarettes. In theory, a 9 to 5 desk job should cover the cost of a heroin addiction, right? In theory, yes. In reality, almost never.

Heroin controls the minds of those afflicted and addicted. Working 9 to 5 at your desk becomes impossible: no heroin. Functioning through daily life becomes impossible: no heroin. As Whittaker put it, asking an addict to stop ‘using’ is the equiva-lent of asking someone to stop breathing. You can beg someone, encour-age them, even get them to agree to quit breath-ing for five minutes, but eventually a person’s body will make the decision for them. It needs oxygen, or in an addict’s case, heroin; and the body will do what it must to get it.

This is where it becomes a double-edged sword.

drug. This would allow a more clear minded entry process into a treatment program, as well as a more humane situation for the addict. Vivitrol could take the place of other “substi-tute” drugs that are more costly, as well as more eas-ily abused.

The seminar took aim at multiple angles regarding not only the effects of the drug on the human body and psyche, but the rami-fications it has brought upon our county. Process-es, systems, and protocol must be put into place to take action, as opposed to the cycle of punishment and repetition that has been the basis of a long and hard-fought battle against drugs. This issue has unfortunately grown rapidly, but perhaps its growth has helped us real-ize that something needs to be done, and gives us the chance to prove that plenty of ‘somethings’ will be done.

ODA and FFA announce grant

REYNOLDSBURG – The Ohio Department of Agri-culture (ODA) today released grant applications for the 2015 Agricultural and Rural Community Outreach Pro-gram (ARCOP). The program, jointly administered by the Ohio FFA Foundation, Ohio FFA Association and ODA, helps local FFA chapters finance worthy commu-nity development projects.

Local FFA chapters can submit project proposals un-til April 1, to the Ohio FFA Foundation. A committee will then select projects to receive grant funds ranging from $750 to $2,500. Grant winners will be notified by April 15.

“FFA provides life-shaping, leadership and education experiences for our young people,” said ODA Director David T. Daniels. “The Ohio Department of Agriculture is proud to partner with Ohio FFA Foundation and As-sociation to help students fund community projects that teach them the value of giving back to their communities while keeping them interested and involved in agricul-ture.”

Last year, 15 local FFA chapters were awarded fund-ing for projects in a variety of areas including farm safe-ty training, land lab improvements, agricultural science, and targeting hunger needs of school children and rural populations.

“This program has grown steadily over the last three years, and with our 2014 projects successfully complet-ed, Ohio FFA is looking forward to working with our partners to help fund another round of diverse, worth-while community projects,” said FFA Foundation Direc-tor Melissa Bell.

One notable project in 2014 from the North Union FFA created the Barnyard Buddies Agriculture Literacy Program. The goal of this program was to identify 30 ec-onomically disadvantaged youths in elementary school whose families would benefit from receiving a Thanks-giving meal from FFA. In partnership with the elemen-tary staff and students, FFA members organized agricul-tural literacy programs to educate the students on the processes involved from farm to table. In addition to the educational component, North Union FFA students cre-ated a plan to hatch, raise, and process turkeys in order to provide the 30 families with a hot meal on Thanksgiv-ing Day.

The ARCOP is funded by a $38,000 grant provided by the Ohio Department of Agriculture through the Ohio Rural Rehabilitation fund. For more information on grant guidelines or to apply, visit http://ohioffa.org/foundation/foundation-news/.

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April 5th

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Alma and Lillian AllenName: Alma Elizabeth

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len

Age: 3 YearsBirthday: March 19,

2012Parents: Brad and Sar-

ah (Delaplane) AllenGrandparents: Phil

and Kayla Allen and Joe and Shirley Delaplane

Gavin and Liam VanceDARKE CO. – Gavin

William Vance and Liam Charles Vance arrived Jan. 12, 2015. Gavin weighed 4lbs 13oz and was 17.3 inches long. Liam weighed 4lbs 8oz and was 16.5 inches long. They spent some time in

the NICU, but were wel-come home by big broth-er, Joshua, on Feb. 3.

Proud parents are Adam and Sarah Vance. Maternal grandparents are Don and Melissa Bev-ins. Paternal grandpar-ents are Tom and Sherri Vance.

GREENVILLE – The Greater Greenville Minis-terial Association will hold its Good Friday Commu-nity Services – The Way of the Cross – on April 3, noon to 2 p.m.

The Association will fol-low Christ as he made his way to the Cross down the Via Dolorosa beginning with the first station where he was condemned to die. Join them as they walk and pray the steps that Je-sus took to Calvary.

They begin our journey at St. Mary’s Roman Cath-olic Church and will end at St. Paul Lutheran Church. You are welcome to join at any stop along the journey. Please note the various lo-cations and times of each

station are approximate. God has done so much

for us as God poured His love and grace upon us through Jesus Christ, His Son, at the Cross. Begin your Easter holiday week-end with an experience you won’t forget.

Noon, St. Mary’s Ro-man Catholic Church, 233 West Third Street

12:20 p.m., St. Paul United Church of Christ, 129 West Third Street

12:50 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 202 West Fourth Street

1:20 p.m., First Pres-byterian Church, 114 East Fourth Street

1:45 p.m., St. Paul Lu-theran Church, 131 East Fourth Street

IT’S A GAMBLEWilla’s eyes were sad

and watery;She just couldn’t win

the lottery.She was heading into

hock.Her finances were so

tottery;Willa turned to making

pottery— Now at least she has a

crock! WILLPOWER

You may not know what to do

If your life seems all askew.

The few things you give a try

Don’t work out or go awry.

And you blame it on bad luck

When your actions run amok.

If you choose to stay in bed,

You may never move ahead.

Don’t drop out; do not despair.

Wake up now! Grow more aware.

Change your mindset to drive and thrive.

Then you can truly live—alive!

LIFE FRAGMENTSSaid the drunk in the

pub

Downing drinks chug-a lug,

“I’ll never fill the tubIf someone pulls the

plug.”

Cried the deb at the dance

When her date lost the beat,

“You do not stand a chance—

Stop stamping on my feet!”

Charged the dad to his son,

“You are on the wrong path;

You won’t win the right one

Until you take a bath.”

Harped the wife at her spouse,

“I wish two things could be—

Help more around the house

And spend more time with me.”

The boy shared with his chum,

“I have fun when we play.

I’m glad we have be-come

The best of friends to-day!”

UNION CITY, Ind. – Community Fellowship Church in Union City, IN will be presenting an Eas-ter Musical/Drama on April 4 and 5, 6:30 p.m., both evenings.

You will not want to miss One Man – One Cross and everyone is in-vited to come and join in with them as they depict the Last Days of Jesus and His Resurrection through drama and music. The church is located at 1051 N Jackson Pike in Union

City, IN (corner of Jackson Pike and SR 28). There is ample parking space and there will be no admission fee. Plan to come and bring a friend along with you.

For more information, call the church office at (765) 964-6973 and leave a message. They will re-turn your call as soon as possible. You could also visit their Facebook page at Community Fellowship Church.

UNION CITY, Ind. – Trinity Lutheran Church of Union City, Ind., will be celebrating Holy Week and invites the public to join them. The celebra-tion begins with Palm Sunday service on March 29, 10:15 a.m. On Maun-dy Thursday, April 2, they will be having a free com-munity spaghetti dinner from 5:30-6:45 p.m. and

service will follow at 7 p.m. A community Good Friday service will be held on April 3, 7 p.m. On April 4, 10 a.m., they in-vite the community chil-dren to join them for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Be sure to bring your Eas-ter basket to collect the many eggs that need to be found.

The celebration week will conclude on Easter Sunday, April 5, with an Easter Breakfast served at 9 a.m.; followed by their Easter Celebration service at 10:15 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church is committed to “Caring, Loving and Serv-ing ALL God’s People” and opens their hearts and doors to the commu-nity to join them as they celebrate.

COVINGTON – Good Friday Service at Stillwa-ter Community Church, 7900 W. Sugar Grove Road, Covington, will

hold its Good Friday Ser-vice at 7 p.m. The ser-vice will feature The Six C’s: The Courtyard - Tim Combs; Crowd - Ron Ev-ans; Cross - Brian Stull; Criminals - Dale Scott; Curtain – Curt Dun-can; and Crypt - Ralph Schaafsma.

Each Pastor has seven minutes and each church has a special musical number. After the ser-vice, stay for some des-sert and fellowship.

For more information, visit www.stillwatercc.org.

Lily StewartName: Lily Eve StewartAge: 3 Years OldParents: Jonny and

Amanda Stewart, of Green-ville

Grandparents: Vic and Angee Weaver of Arcanum, and Todd and Tammy Howard of West Milton.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Eby celebrates93rd birthday

GREENVILLE – On March 28, Ray Eby cel-ebrated his 93rd birthday. He is a resident of Sterling House in Greenville, en-joying life and doing very well. He does a little vol-unteering, puts puzzles to-gether, plays cards, enjoys talking about all his years as a pilot and loves watch-ing his Cincinnati Reds. If anyone is interested in sending him a card, his address is Ray Eby, 1401 N Broadway, Room 208, Greenville, Ohio 45331. Visitors are also welcome.

Mallorie Frech – Craig Dill

Frech/Dillto wed

NEW MADISON – James and Tracy Frech of New Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Mallorie Lea Frech to Craig Thomas Dill, son of Tom and Sue Dill of Hollansburg.

Mallorie is a 2009 grad-uate of Tri-Village High School and a 2014 gradu-ate of Wright State Univer-sity, where she earned her Master’s degree in Middle Childhood Education. She is currently teaching sixth grade at Northeastern Middle School in Foun-tain City, Ind.

Craig is a 2010 gradu-ate of Tri-Village High School and a 2011 gradu-ate of Lincoln College of Technology where he earned his ICAR certifica-tion in Collision Repair. He is currently employed at Dave Knapp Collision Center in Greenville, as the Assistant Manager.

The couple will ex-change vows on May 8 at The Orrmont Estate in Pi-qua. The couple will reside in Hollansburg.

Treasure Hunt set

GREENVILLE – Bethel Long Wesleyan Church, 255 Stingley Road, Green-ville, will be having an Easter Treasure Hunt im-mediately after the Sunday Service. All are welcome.

The Treasure Hunt is for all ages. The service begins at 11 a.m. Enjoy the singing and message and the fellowship and then they will go outside to continue their time together and enjoy the fun of finding all the hid-den treasures. Join them in the Celebration of our Savior and the love of His Church. Bring smiles and joy in your heart and good running shoes and some-thing to place your trea-sures in.

For more information, contact Pastor Pam King, (419) 204-5469.

Easter Market

NEW MADISON – An Easter Market sponsored by Unit #245 Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary on April 3, 5 p.m. and April 4, 9 a.m. They will have homemade baked goods. The event will take place at 242 Fayette St., New Madison.

An Evening of Stars 4/17

VERSAILLES – The fourth annual Spring Prom “An Evening of Stars” is taking place on April 17 at the Elk’s Lodge, 214 W. Third St., Greenville. “An Eve-ning of Stars” is a prom for special needs adults, 18 and older, and their guests who reside in Darke County and sur-rounding communities.

The theme for the 2015 Prom is western/cowboy, but the dress is formal. This spectacular evening includes a buffet, profes-sional photographer and dancing to the music of Renee Seibert. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the prom is from 7-10 p.m.

“An Evening of Stars,” hosted by Versailles Christian Church, is free, but reservations are re-quired by April 4.

To make reservations or for additional informa-tion, call 526-4194. Visit their website at www.ver-saillescc.com.

GGMA hosts Good Friday Services

Along Life’s Way

UC church hosts Easter production

Church plans Holy Week celebration

Six C’s will be covered

Dean’s ListBEREA – Courtney De

Schepper of Ansonia, a graduate of Greenville Se-nior High School majoring in education with a focus on mild to moderate edu-cational needs, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall Semester 2014 at Baldwin Wallace Uni-versity.

Dean’s ListSPRINGFIELD – Ka-

tie Harman, class of 2017 from Arcanum, main-tained at least a 3.5 grade point average during the fall 2014 semester and earned a spot on the Wit-tenberg University Dean’s List.

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BARNETTE – Mar-garet Lou Barnette, 84, of Greenville, went home to be untied with her Lord on March 24, 2015 at 11:40 a.m. while residing at Rest Haven. Margaret (Peg) was born August 23, 1930 in Cordova, Ala. to Alonzo Pope Alexander and Mar-cella (Brown) Alexander, both deceased. Also pre-ceding Margaret in death were her husband, Joseph L. (Jay) Barnette in 1984; a brother, Harvey Alexan-der; and a sister, Betty (Al-exander) Grace.

Surviving brothers are Thomas and James Al-exander and sisters, Lois (Alexander) Howton and “Mag” (Alexander) Ward. Also surviving Margaret are two daughters, Lynn (Ron) Walker of Circleville and Gwen (Ed) Musser, of Greenville; two sons, Larry (Karen) Barnette of Port-land, Ind. and David (Sue) Barnette of Greenville; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Margaret was re-tired from Corning Glass Works, where she worked for many years. She also worked tirelessly on the family farm near Pitsburg until the mid-1970’s when it was decided to move to Greenville. It was in her last years at Corning that she met Richard (Dick) Helmer, who came to be her last love, a relation-ship that spanned over 20 years. Dick and Margaret spent several winters to-gether in Maui, Hawaii and Gulf Shores, Ala. Dick was Margaret’s primary caregiver after she suf-fered a major stroke in Oc-tober 2014. Their love for one another was deep and well-respected by family.

Margaret was a member of EUM Church in Green-ville and she re-commit-ted her life to Jesus Christ prior to her passing from this life.

Margaret has made the decision to donate her body to Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine. The family will conduct a cele-bration of life service Mar-garet “Peg” Barnette on Sunday, March 29, 3 p.m., at the EUM Church, 1451 Sater St., Greenville. Me-morial contributions can be made to EUM Church in Margaret’s name.

BARGA – Norma J. Barga, 87, of Versailles, died Sunday, March 22, 2015. A Mass of Chris-tian Burial was held Sat-urday, March 28, 2015 at St. Denis Catholic Church, Versailles. Burial is in the St. Valbert Catholic Cem-etery, Versailles.

CHEADLE – E. Lavonne “Shorty” Chea-dle, 95, of Beavercreek, formerly of Arcanum, died Monday, March 23, 2015. Graveside servic-es were held Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Ft. Jef-ferson.

KRICK – G. Pau-line Krick, 95, of Green-ville, and formerly of New Madison, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015. A service was held Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial is in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Ft. Jefferson.

DREW – Ronnie “Snake” Burdette Drew, 72, of New Madison, died March 20, 2015. A private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family.

WHITTED – Myron Reece Whitted, 73, of Greenville, died Satur-day, March 21, 2015. A service was held Wednes-day, March 25, 2015, at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial is in the Elm Ridge Me-morial Parks in Muncie, Ind.

NIXON – Mary Lee Nixon, 98, of Greenville, died Sunday, March 22, 2015. A funeral service was held Friday, March 27, 2015 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial is in Greenville Cemetery.

MCGEE – Roger Lee McGee, 70, of Bradford died Sunday, March 22, 2015. The family received friends Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford.

BALTES – Earl Bal-tes, 93, of New Weston, died Mon-

day, March 23, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, March 28 at the St. Bernard Catholic Church. Burial is in the St. Bernard Cem-etery.

BRYSON – Larry A. Bryson, 64, of Ansonia, died Saturday, March 21, 2015. Family received friends Friday, March 27 at the Oliver-Floyd Fu-neral Home, Greenville. Burial is in Emmanuel Cemetery.

MILLER – Janis Ann (Haworth) Miller, 84, of Vandalia, died Wednes-day, March 18, 2015. Pri-vate graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family.

PETERS – Wilma Joyce (Welch) Peters, 82, of Hollansburg, died Mon-day, March 24, 2015. A celebration of life service will be held on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 2 p.m., at Braund Pope Funeral Home. Family and friends may visit from noon to 2 p.m. also at the funeral home.

DUNCAN – Mary Ellen Duncan, 90, of Greenville, and formerly of Ansonia, died Mon-day, March 23, 2015. Fu-neral services were held Friday March 27, 2015 in the First United Method-ist Church, Greenville. Burial is in the Teegarden Cemetery.

BORTNER – Laura Lee Bortner, 64, of New Madison, died March 24, 2015. A Celebration of Life service was held Friday, March 27, 2015, at Ce-dar Grove Church of the Brethren.

GUNDER – William “Bill” M. Gunder, 86, of Arcanum, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Funeral services were held Sat-urday March 28, 2015 at the Castine Church of the Brethren. Burial is in Ithaca Cemetery.

HODSON – Paul E. Hodson, 72, of Greenville, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Services will be held at noon, Monday, March 30, at the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home, 1000 N. Broadway, Greenville. Burial will follow in the Greenville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Mon-day from 10 a.m. till 12 p.m.

Nest boxes installed and maintained GREENVILLE – Sev-

eral volunteers recently spent their Saturday providing nesting habi-tat for songbird popula-tions. Eleven new nest boxes, built as a service project by a scout troop, were strategically placed in various habitats within five Darke County parks. Along with installing new boxes, over 20 existing boxes were readied for the spring nesting season.

Cavity nesting birds in-cluding Eastern Bluebirds, Chickadees, Tree Swal-lows, House Wrens and White-breasted Nuthatch will readily use man-made nest boxes when natural cavities aren’t located. Placement of nest boxes in a variety of habitats will increase the likelihood of attracting specific spe-cies. Once nesting sea-son begins, Darke County Parks have volunteer nest box monitors that visit the boxes once or twice weekly to observe and document bird activity. All of their findings will be compiled into a database through the Ohio Bluebird Society.

They are currently in need of a few more eager birdwatchers to become nest box monitors. If you, or your family, are interested in helping with

this hands-on citizen sci-ence project, please call Laura at the Nature Cen-

ter at 548-0165 or email the Park District at info@darkecountyparks.org.

Veteran

Doris Mae “Voke” Mikesell

July 9, 1922-March 28, 2006

I hide my tears when I say your name, but the pain in my heart is still the same.

Although I smile and seem carefree, there is no one who misses you more than me.

Your son, Gary E. Voke and family

IN MEMORIAM The recently installed nest boxes were built by a local Boy Scout troop.

5K for Education planned for May 2GREENVILLE – EUM

Christian Preschool is hosting the third annual 5K for Education on May 2 with a new course begin-ning at the EUM Church Worship Center, 1451 Sater St., Greenville. 5K for Education is the fifth race in the Darke County Wellness Challenge.

Registration check in is May 1, 6–8 p.m. or 7–8:45 a.m. on race day. The opening ceremonies will begin at 8:15 a.m., which includes EUM Church Preschool students recit-ing the Pledge of Alligance

and Kendra Anglero sing-ing the National Anthem. The kids fun run will begin at 8:20 a.m. and the race will begin at 9 a.m.

All proceeds from this race will go to EUM Chris-tian Preschool. Childcare will be provided during the race for ages 9 and un-der. Prizes will be awared for the top three males and females in each age group plus the top three males and females overal. To reg-ister for the 5K, visit www.preschool.eumchurch.org or www.gtraces.com. They are also looking for spon-

sors and volunteers. If in-terested, call Elaine Sny-der at 548-3211 x 210.

EUM Christian Pre-school creates a partner-ship with families in the early stages of childhood development. The pre-school strives to provide ways that students are able to create and expe-rience a love for Jesus, a love for others, and a love for learning. Registration for the 2015-16 school year is now open.

For more information, go to www.eumchurch.org or call 548-3211.

GREENVILLE – Spring bird migration is upon us and your Darke County Parks make perfect rest stops for neo-tropical songbirds. Witness the magic of migration during guided Warbler Walks be-ginning April 4, 9 a.m.

The habitats of Shaw-nee Prairie Preserve are crucial stop-over points for wood warblers, fly-catchers, grosbeaks and more. Join a park natural-ist for this leisurely stroll in search of these winged jewels feasting on insects.

Bring binoculars or bor-row a pair and hit the trail for songbirds.

For more information on this or other Darke County Parks program-ming, contact the Nature Center at 548-0165.

Go Walking for Warblers

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Food trucks return to Downtown GreenvilleGREENVILLE – Do you

like trying unique food op-tions? If so, mark your cal-endars for a series of food truck rallies coming to downtown Greenville this year!

Last year Main Street Greenville offered its first food truck rally, drawing in a crowd of over 500 peo-ple in a 3-hour time span! When the event ended, the attendees were quick to re-

quest the food trucks return as soon as possible!

“After the success of last year’s event, we knew we had to do it again,” said Amber Garrett, executive director for Main Street Greenville. “Now we’ve set the dates and are in the pro-cess of signing up even more food trucks for the events!”

This year, the event has expanded the number of trucks to five, all of which

will be still be located in the 120 West Third Street park-ing lot. The scheduled dates are May 17, June 14, and July 12, 4:30-8 p.m.

Focusing on high-quality local ingredients and one-of-a-kind cuisine, these unique food trucks have created a following that’s attracted people from all over the region.

“The purpose of this event is to bring in food op-tions that are not regularly available to the residents living in Greenville and to draw attention from those in the Dayton area about how great our downtown district is,” said Garrett.

Event chairman CJ Ja-senski and the event com-mittee work to determine which food trucks will par-ticipate, and plan to setup the event as a lively com-

munity picnic. “This event was a lot of

fun last year for families. Children enjoyed sidewalk chalk, balloons, and games while the adults enjoyed the conversations and music,” said Jasenski. “Overall it’s an awesome way to spend a Sunday evening, with no cooking and a lot of fun!”

Main Street Greenville is a non-profit organization committed to stimulating and supporting revitaliza-tion efforts, historic preser-vation and economic growth in historic downtown Greenville. To learn more about the organization, visit www.DowntownGreenville.org or call 937-548-4998. You can also like the orga-nization on Facebook to re-ceive updates on a regular basis (www.facebook.com/mainstreetgreenville).

Library has busy April planned ARCANUM – Spring is

officially here and it brings with it a flurry of activities. Come to the Arcanum Public Library to check out a book to help you with your spring projects. Find a book on gardening, lawn care, house fix-ups, backyard cooking, and more.

Join them in one or more of the activities they have planned here at the library for April. The very popular story time sessions are held on Wednesdays for children of preschool age.

On April 1, there will be a combined session at 10:30 a.m., and will be packed with stories, songs, crafts, snacks, and an Easter Egg Hunt! On April 8, 15, 22, and 29 the regular sessions will be held at 10 and 11 a.m. Also on Wednesdays is the afterschool club, Af-terWords, which meets af-ter school until 4:45 p.m. Because of an early dis-missal at Arcanum schools on April 29, there will be no

AfterWords. On April 16, 6:30 p.m.,

the American Automobile Association is presenting its “Dare to Prepare” program. Come learn how to make sure new drivers, experi-enced drivers, and cars are ready for the road.

On April 18, the li-brary will be presenting its monthly movie. “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” will be shown at 10 a.m. Popcorn will be served.

One of their most popu-lar yearly events will be held April 23. Miller Flow-ers will be on hand at 6:30 p.m. to give a presentation and have a question and answer session. Plants will be available for purchase. Pre-registration is needed, and space is limited. Call or come into the library soon.

On April 24, the Ohio De-partment of Jobs and Fam-ily Services will be there at 10 a.m. to present a “digital upload” class. They will cover how to save, send, and retrieve digital files and will answer questions you may have. This class is free.

On April 29, the library will be hosting a Trivia Fun Day for kids after school. School lets out early that day, and the trivia fun will begin at 12:30 and at 1:30 p.m. Come test your knowl-edge, and stay for one or both sessions. Snacks will be provided.

Feel free to come into the library for more informa-tion or visit www.arcanum-publiclibrary.org.

WC acceptsDalton Subler

WILMINGTON – Greenville resident Dalton P. Subler has been accept-ed to the 2015 Wilmington College entering freshman class.

He will graduate in 2015 from Ansonia High School where his main activities and honors include: CCC 1st Team Football (2013 and 2014) and Dayton Daily News All Conference 2013.

Subler is the son of Jer-emy and Tammy Morrison of Greenville.

BBBS Roll for Kids Sake held in Sidney

SIDNEY – Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County held its in-augural Roll for Kids Sake event recently at Rolling Hills Skate in Sidney. Ap-proximately 135 people, comprised of community volunteer mentors, Littles, BBBS staff, and the general public, were in attendance. During the festivities and excitement of skating, ap-ples (donated by Freshway Foods) and snacks (donated by Mike Meyer, Meyers Ga-rage) were available, as well as prizes being awarded.

Currently, there are 80 community volunteer men-tors and 100 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors who volunteer with the school-based Big Bud-dies Program throughout Shelby & Darke County.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is a non-profit United Way member, social service agency. If you would like more information on enter-ing your child in the pro-gram or on becoming an active volunteer, please call 492-7611 or 547-9622.

Greg Adams will display his handcrafted willow furniture at the season’s inaugural Art at the Mill.

Art at the Mill begins new seasonGREENVILLE – The

first exhibit of the new “Art at the Mill” season at historic Bear’s Mill will feature the translucent watercolors of Richmond, Ind. artist Barbary Easley and unique willow furni-ture created by Indiana craftsman Greg Adams, as well as Bundy ducks, the work of famed decoy maker, John Bundy. In a change from past years, the exhibition will remain in place for six weeks, be-ginning April 3 and con-tinuing through May 13. A reception for the artists will take place on April 10 from 7 to 9 p.m.; this re-ception offering appetizers and wine is free and open to the public.

Barbara Easley says that when she picks up her brushes, she enters a world of magic and a fusion of col-or; her vibrant work shares that magical world with the viewer. She instantly fell in love with watercolor when she first began paint-ing in 1993, and that pas-sion continued through her moves from Indiana to McAllen, Texas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she earned accolades for her highly accessible paintings before returning to Indi-ana in 2008. “Flowers are my specialty, but I paint anything that inspires me,” the artist stated. She be-lieves that watercolors of-fer inspiration in a realm of serenity, an assessment also held by the numerous worldwide purchasers of her work.

Greg Adams’ hand-crafted willow furniture re-turns to Bear’s Mill, a site where the rustic pieces look entirely at home. Work-ing quickly while the green branches are still pliable, Adams finds the mate-

rial near his shop in Lapel Indiana, and then bends the willow to form unique chairs, tables, stools and other pieces. The son of a skilled carpenter says that his goal is to “bring the outdoors inside,” and “en-rich my customer’s lives by the presence of natu-ral items in their everyday lives.” The craftsman says that his designs have been refined over time, and that tested engineering renders them both sturdy and aes-thetically pleasing.

According to wood carver John Bundy, duck decoys are a truly Ameri-can art form, with the first decoys having been made over ten centuries ago by Native Americans. Bundy, who has been making de-coys since the late 1970’s, uses a unique overlay pro-cess combining the natural wood grain and color with a shiny finish to create what have been called the most beautiful duck decoys in the world. The Indiana native has seen his fame grow with his work being sold in prestigious galleries throughout the country in-cluding the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, known for its daily ceremony honoring its resident ducks, and dis-played in the Oval Office of the White House.

“Art at the Mill” exhibits are on view during regular Mill store hours, 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. Sundays. Historic Bear’s Mill is owned and operated by Friends of Bear’s Mill, a non-profit or-ganization, and is located at 6450 Arcanum-Bear’s Mill Road about 5 miles east of Greenville. For more information, contact Bear’s Mill at 548-5112 or www.bearsmill.com.

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Eggstravaganza hosted in Ansonia

DARKE CO. – The Union Literary Institute Preservation Society re-ceived a matching grant of $17,900 from the Ohio Connection for Phase II of the Restoration of the James and Sophia Clem-ens Farmhouse located in Darke County.

The Clemens Farm-stead, listed on the Nation-al Register of Historic Plac-es, was the home of James and Sophia Clemens, Af-rican American Pioneers who bought land in Darke County in 1818, and be-gan the African American

pioneer settlement known as Longtown. The grant will be used to rebuild the windows, repair or replace exterior doors, soffits and fascia on the 1850 brick two story farmhouse.

The Ohio History Con-nection’s History Fund cre-ates grants to help support local history and preser-vation-related projects in communities throughout Ohio. It’s funded by Ohio taxpayers that select “Ohio Historical Society” as a do-nation fund on their state tax returns. For more in-formation about the Histo-

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GREENVILLE – The Greenville Schools Foun-dation is pleased once again to be able to assist our area teachers and fac-ulty with their classroom and school related needs. The following are those that applied for and re-ceived grants from GSF for the 2014-15 school year. Thank you Greenville for supporting these events and raffles so they may help local students.

1. Dara Buchy: CT Sup-ply Chain Management – Request for funding for State & Regional Business Professional Conference.

2. Randy Swisher: Ath-

letic Dept. – Request for IMPACT Concussion Man-agement Program and Football Equipment Re-placement.

3. Toni Shellabarger: CT Hospitality Computer Access Program – Request for pc tablets.

4. Heather Heiser: 8th Grade Math Department – Request for a laptop com-puter.

5. Julia Slyder: Inter-vention Specialist/Jr. High – Request funding for Therapeutic Recreational Education.

6. Jill Davis: Spanish Dept. - Request funding for bus transportation to

annual field trip. 7. Laura Bemus, Asst.

Supt.; Jeff Cassell, Prin-cipal Woodland Primary; Amy Shilt, 1st grade and Reading Specialist: Re-quest I-Pads for Innovat-ing 21st Century Learning.

8. Danesa Borgerding: Jr. High – Request fund-ing for Greenville Goal Getters Program, a non-fitness club to develop healthy lifestyle awareness for Grades 5-8.

9. Lori Hoover: Interac-tive Media Specialist – Re-quest for a video camera for students to use for school and community events for Wave Channel 5.

Tenant Based Rental Subsidy

GREENVILLE – Com-munity Action Partner-ship has received fund-ing from the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) in part-nership with Darke Coun-ty Commissioners for ten-ant based rental subsidy (TBRA) throughout Darke County.

Preference will be given to those who are homeless, veterans, and whose income is at or below 30 percent area median income. Proof of Homelessness and Vet-erans DD-214 must be submitted with applica-tion. Applications will be screened for preference and the rest date and time stamped for placement on the waiting list. Units must pass Housing Qual-ity Standards inspection and rent reasonableness. Leases are required. Ap-plications are available at Community Action Part-nership, 1469 Sweitzer St., Greenville, Ohio 45331.

ANSONIA – The An-sonia FFA in conjunction with The Ansonia First Church of God, Ansonia American Legion, and An-sonia United Methodist Church are planning the inaugural Ansonia Com-munity Eggstravaganza. This event will be held on April 4 at the Ansonia FFA Greenhouse located behind Ansonia Schools.

They will be serving free food beginning at noon. Bring your own baskets and plan to fill them as they have nearly 10,000 eggs to find. Egg hunts for infants through age 11 will begin at 1:30 p.m. There will also be bounce houses, egg coloring, face painting and more for ev-

eryone to enjoy. The Eas-ter Bunny will also be on hand between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Bring a camera and get a picture.

The greenhouse will also be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. In the event of inclement weather the event will be held inside of the school. The event

is free to the community so make plans to attend. This will be the only egg hunt held in Ansonia this year. For more informa-tion you may contact any of the groups planning this event or check out the Ansonia FFA Greenhouse Facebook page.

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www.bluebagmedia.comGREENVILLE – The

Lady Wave opened their 2015 softball season Sat-urday with a doubleheader against Huber Heights Wayne in game one and Hamilton Badin in game two at Lady Wave Stadium.

Greenville goes into the season with only a few minor injuries, aches and pains according to head coach Jarrod Newland.

“There are two or three kids that are banged up a little bit, but once again it doesn’t matter until June and right now we are in March. Each week kids keep doing more and more and I’m sure after Satur-day I’ll be telling you some good stuff as the Lady Wave move to 2-0,” New-land said.

With 23 girls ready to fill the starting positions on the field, Newland was not ready to name his opening day starting lineup until the morning of.

On paper the Lady Wave are a young team with only one senior on the roster. Having already signed to play softball for the Divi-sion I Wright State Raid-ers, Ally Russell is the lone senior on the squad with a long list of accomplish-ments and one season yet to play.

Russell’s 2014 stats and accomplishments read: 2014-All-GWOC and All-Ohio 1st Team, 197 strike-outs, 21 wins, 1.05 ERA and

a .432 batting average.“Well, barring injury or

craziness, I imagine Miss Russell will take the mound Saturday unless something crazy happens,” Newland said with a broad smile, “but you know if she can’t somebody else will and they will do a great job.”

“We will be ready to play. We have a great sup-port staff out here,” New-land said. “A dozen people that spend their own time, obviously volunteers to get things ready. Rest assure, if it’s not raining we’ll be playing.”

The Lady Wave pro-gram has won seven of the past nine district champi-onships, is riding a string of 11 consecutive 25 plus win seasons and has been ranked in the AP State Coaches Poll top ten in 65 of the past 66 polls over the past 11 years.

“Can’t wait,” said coach Newland. “We’re close and I can’t wait until Saturday morning. I’m like a kid at Christmas. A new season and ready to roll.”

“It’s a journey,” contin-ued Newland. “We are here for ten weeks and we are going to get better and each day. We try to build upon it … don’t do the same thing wrong twice and get better at it. We’re getting there.”

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Greenville Lady Wave pitcher Ally Russell. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Greenville Lady Wave host softball season opener

BY GAYLEN BLOSSERSPORTS WRITER

www.bluebagmedia.comGREENVILLE – Green-

ville’s Aaron Balsbaugh signed to play basketball and run track for Taylor University of Upland, Indi-ana.

“It’s a big day for Aaron,” said Greenville varsity boys basketball coach Michael Bashore. “He has definite-ly earned this with a lot of hard work. “He has put in not only during our seasons but in the summer as well. Taylor is getting an out-standing young man who is only going to get better.”

“If I wouldn’t have had the teammates I had though AAU and high school … Al-len Table, Cody Preston and Clay Guillozet for three years … we worked together real well, we pushed each other, we couldn’t really do anything without each oth-er,” said Aaron Balsbaugh.

Balsbaugh set single game and single season rebounding records for the Green Wave in the just completed 2014-15 basket-ball season.

Coming off Greenville’s first basketball Conference Championship in 60-years while being named to the GWOC Basketball First Team with the Division I Green Wave, the 6-foot 8-inch Balsbaugh caught the attention of college scouts.

“Aaron has a high mo-tor,” said Taylor University head basketball coach Josh Andrews. “He’s a guy that can play hard for long pe-riods of time. We love the way he chases the glass. What he does as well as chasing the glass is out-let-ting or starting the break, so he can help you in your transition game.”

“We think he is going to be a really good defender at our level with his length and athleticism,” continued Andrews. “We think his of-fensive skill side’s best days are ahead of him. We see a guy that is just going to keep getting better.”

“He can run at a high level for a long period of time,” said Andrews. “He is a high energy guy. Those guys are fun to coach. They make practice competitive and that is going to trans-late to game performance, so we are thrilled.”

“Sharp kid … respectful, he’s got so much versatili-ty,” added Andrews. “Aaron sees the floor, he has that point forward mentality. He can start the break with the pass. He can make bounce passes from 50-feet. He sees the floor and he has an intuition on the floor. We’re excited to get him.”

Balsbaugh set a Green-ville school record in 800-meter run in 2014 while finishing 12th in the State Division I boys 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.37 and is looking to return to Columbus for the Green Wave this spring.

“Aaron is going to help us out a lot, especially in the middle distance races,” said Taylor University head track and field coach David Neville. “He is a great 800-meter runner.”

“We know last year his times just kept dropping and dropping,” added Nev-ille. “We are thrilled and excited to have Aaron.”

Balbaugh excelled in the Greenville High School en-gineering classroom under the instruction of Christo-

pher Sykes.“Aaron was an outstand-

ing student – positive – a very much go-getter just like he was on the basket-ball court,” said Greenville Engineering College Prep Tech Instructor Christo-pher Sykes. “He is the same way in the classroom.”

“We actually moved to Greenville because of the engineering class,” said Balsbaugh, “I thought for all the help he has given me and all the advice he has given me, it was important for him (Sykes) to come (signing) and show the en-gineering class to everyone. It is very important with education.”

“He is accepted right into their engineering studies,” Sykes stated. “That way he will be working right on his engineering degree his first year.”

“I couldn’t have done it without everyone around me,” Balsbaugh said. “We had a great group of coach-es and kids that I got to play basketball and run track with.”

“I wish Aaron the best of luck,” said Bashore. “He has put in three great year here at Greenville. He is definite-ly going to be missed, but I expect big things out of him at Taylor University.”

Pictured in front row (L-R): Greenville Varsity Distance Track Coach Stephanie Lind, Taylor University Head Basketball Coach Josh Andrews, Aaron Balsbaugh, Taylor University Head Track Coach David Neville and Greenville Engineering College Prep Tech Instructor Christopher Sykes; Back row (L-R): Greenville Varsity Basketball Coach Michael Bashore, AAU Basketball Coach David Johnson. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Greenville’s Balsbaugh signs with Taylor University

COLUMBUS - The Tri-Village boys basketball program will not only play for a Division IV state title Saturday morning, but will try to end the season a per-fect (30-0).

The #1 state AP ranked Patriots defeated (25-3) Tuscarawas Central Catholic Thursday after-noon by a score of 55-47 in the semi-final game at the Jerome Schotten-stein Center in Columbus. They will now face the (25-4) Harvest Preparato-ry School from Canal Win-

chester, Ohio who beat the #2 state AP ranked Wayne Trace by 10 points for the OHSAA state champion-ship. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

This is Tri-Village’s sec-ond straight year being in the final four running for a state title. The team was knocked out in the state semi-final game last year by Convoy Crestview by a score of 54-50.

Log on to bluebagmedia.com for results and photos from the state champion-ship game.

Tri-Village to play for state title; perfect season

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Brethren Retirement Community is seeking donations of household items in good condi-tion for our This-N-That Shop and our upcoming garage sale on April 30th and May 1st.

This-N-That shop, located on on our first floor in our Main Build-ing is our resale shop that is open to the public four days a week, 2 hours each day. All proceeds from the This-N-That shop benefit the Resi-dent Aid Fund to help residents who have ex-hausted their resources after years of care. Dona-tions may be dropped off at the front desk inside the main entrance at any time and all year long. As a non-profit, Brethren Retirement Communi-

ty’s This-N-That Shop is dependent on donations. This-N-That Shop seeks gently used household items and adult clothing.

We are well-known for our large garage sale that will be in our Brick Room April 30th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and on May 1st from 9:00 am till noon. As always, it will have a wide vari-ety of household items, appliances, decorations, collectibles, furniture, tools, books, etc. All pro-ceeds from the Garage Sale benefit our Eden Al-ternative Fund which is used to care for our cats and birds and to provide funding for items that make our healthcare cen-ter more home-like.

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Pancakes, sausage, fruit…can a Saturday morning start off any bet-ter than that? The Kings Men will be hosting this delicious breakfast on Saturday, April 18th from 8am until 9:30am in the Chestnut Village Center located on the campus of Brethren Retirement Community. The Kings

Men use Grandpa Pierce’s recipe that has been in the family for 100 years. Cost for the breakfast is just $5.00 and all proceeds will benefit the Resident Aid Fund to help cover the cost of caring for our Elders, who have outlived their re-sources. Bring your family and friends!!!!

Brethren Retirement Community’s residents, staff, and families have all been anxiously awaiting the start of a new program on our campus called Be-havior Based Ergonomics Therapy, better known as BBET. BBET is an innova-tive approach to engaging residents and managing behaviors. The BBET pro-gram has received 6 na-tional awards for its signif-icant improvements in be-haviors, medications, and falls. This new program is another commitment to our person-centered care philosophy and reduc-

ing the use of behavioral medications whenever possible. Our BBET pro-gram was made possible through the overwhelming generosity of our donors. Brethren Retirement Com-munity was blessed with several gifts from Fifth Third Bank, BRC Ladies Auxiliary, Matt & Angie Arnold, Mill Ridge Village Resident, and part of the proceeds from the 2014 8th Annual Charity Auc-tion & Dinner and as well as a Mini Charity Auction held at Mill Ridge Village all of which helped BRC achieve its goal of putting

five Resource Centers on our campus.

Each of the five re-source centers contain three different libraries of therapeutic activities that reduce mental stress, pre-vent behaviors from es-calating, and also provide mental exercise. Among these libraries, there are more than 150 tools (in-cluding music, video and stimulating props) for building relationships with residents and each provide a customized therapy plan for each resident so the items will be more enjoy-able and provide mean-

ingful engagement. All re-source centers are now set up and ready to be utilized by our residents, staff, and families.

Please join us to learn more about this impres-sive program by attending an educational seminar presented by Dr. Govind Bharwani on Thursday, April 30th from 6pm-7-pm in the Private Dining Room at Brethren Retire-ment Community. Re-freshments will be served. Seating is limited, so call today for your reservation to 547-7655.

Chestnut Village Trip to Union CityMarch 20th was a beau-

tiful spring day for our first Chestnut Village day trip this year.. We started the day with a tour and sam-ples at Ghyslain Chocolati-er which is the production facility for French pastry, breads, fine chocolates and chocolates that are a true work of art. Since 1998, when he opened his first location in his wife’s home-town of Union City, Ghys-lain has has built on his reputation as a stunningly creative chocolatier, bread maker and pastry chef. Crafting an array of gour-met chocolates, from hand-painted, gourmet milk chocolate turtles made to resemble actual sea turtles, to Signature chocolates carefully molded into awe-inspiring shapes, Ghys-lain takes pride in creat-ing works of art that are as

beautiful as they are deli-cious. This 1-hour tour in-cluded samples! His prod-ucts may be purchased at this location or in fine res-taurants, upscale grocery stores and shops within a 500-mile radius.

Our next stop was the Old Hotel Museum which is a very nice museum

filled with memorabilia from this former railroad and factory town. Many of our residents grew up in Union City, worked there, or had family from there so they looked through the museum in search of items related to their connection to the area.

Following lunch we vis-

ited Firehouse Pipes. This is a very unique and inter-esting business and must be seen to be appreciated and to learn how the own-ers came to settle in Union City. It was very entertain-ing and I’m sure several of our residents will visit all of these businesses again.

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GREENVILLE – Is your family suffering from cab-in fever? If so, get out of the house and spend some quality family time to-gether during Main Street Greenville’s First Friday event on April 3, 6-9 p.m.

Mindy Steyer and Tam-era Mcnulty volunteered to help create and plan the event for all to enjoy.”Our volunteers have created an event that will encour-age families to learn more about our downtown in a fun way,” said Amber Gar-rett, executive director for Main Street Greenville.

First, the event will host a petting zoo of friendly and furry farm animals on the courthouse lawn. Sponsored by Keller Grain & Feed, the event will fea-ture ducks, chicks and other spring baby farm animals!

In addition, Main Street Greenville has prepared a scavenger hunt for kids of all ages to explore the downtown district! The hunt will include search-ing for fun inflatable farm animals and answering riddles about each par-ticipating business. Spon-sored by MJS Plastics Inc., the scavenger hunt will feature prizes for those who complete the chal-lenge and also present the chance to win a $100 gift card to a downtown business of your choice! The hunt is not a race and

GREENVILLE – The Darke County Board of Elections will be con-ducting Early/In-Person Absentee voting for the upcoming May 5, Special Election. Voting begins April 7.

Pursuant to the change in Section 3509 of the Ohio Revised Code, any regis-tered voter who chooses to vote absentee, can do so without the prior restricted eligibility requirements.

However, with that change, there are other requirements that a voter must meet. The application must include the name, voter residence address, voter’s birth date, plus one of the following — an Ohio driver’s license number, the last four digits of your Social Security number, or a copy of a current and valid photo identification, a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and address, along with appli-cant’s signature, election for which the ballots are requested and, if a parti-san primary election, the voter’s political party affil-iation. The request can be made on a standard Appli-cation for Absent Voter’s Ballot, which is provided upon request from the Board office, or a written request from the voter with the necessary information. (R.C. 3509.03, 3511.02)

The deadline for mail-in applications remains noon on the third day before the Election, May 2. The final day to vote absen-tee in their office will be Monday, May 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. If a voter, or voter’s minor child, is hospitalized because of an accident or

an unforeseeable medical emergency, the voter may apply for an absentee bal-lot until 3 p.m. on Election Day. Any person confined in a hospital on Election Day, or those parents who have hospitalized children on Election Day, may ap-ply to vote absentee with-out regard to the length of the hospital stay. Those confined to the hospital or are otherwise disabled or suffer a physical infirmity may request assistance in marking their ballot. Two Board of Election em-ployees of the two major political parties will come to the voter, assist them in marking the ballot and return the voted ballot to the Board office. This ser-vice is for CONFINED AB-SENTEE VOTERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MARK THEIR BALLOTS BY REASON OF EITHER IL-LITERACY OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY ONLY. Board employees may also assist voters at the Board office.

The Secretary of State has set uniform days and hours for In-Person Ab-sentee voting for all eli-gible voters. All Board of Elections in Ohio have ad-opted the following busi-ness hours for this election cycle:

(Tuesday — Friday) April 7-10, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (Monday-Friday) April 13-17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (Mon-day-Friday) April 20-24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (Monday–Friday) April 27—May 1, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (Satur-day) May 2, 8 a.m.—noon; (Sunday) May 3, 1-5 p.m.; and (Monday) May 4, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Voting hours are posted on the Board of Elections website along with other pertinent information per-

those who wish to partici-pate can pick-up a form at the courthouse lawn the evening of the event.

The following business-es will be featured on the downtown scavenger hunt: Youniques, Merle Nor-man, Pamela’s Intimate Apparel, KitchenAid Ex-perience, The Ivy League, Country Primitives, Read-more’s Hallmark, The Boo-tery, Sweet Annie’s Cabin, The Coffee Pot, Brenda’s Beanery, Montage Cafe, Sadie Grace, The Bistro Off Broadway, Boutique on Broadway, First United Methodist Church (First UMC), Second National Bank, Janet’s Broadway Bakery, and The Don’s Pizza.

As with any First Friday, many downtown business-es will be staying open late for you to dine, shop, and

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* First UMC (First Unit-ed Methodist Church) - 202 W. 4th St. (corner of Sycamore & 4th)

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* Montage Cafe - 527 S. Broadway - Live Music by the Green de Villes from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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* The Blue Bow Bou-tique - 401 S. Broadway - Open until 9 p.m.

First Friday events are presented by Main Street Greenville, a non-profit organization that supports downtown Greenville, Ohio through stimulating and supporting revitaliza-tion efforts, historic pres-ervation and economic growth. Learn more about the organization on their website, www.mainstreet-greenville.org, or follow them on Facebook. You can contact them at agar-rett@mainstreetgreen-ville.org or 548-4998.

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Completed ballots must be returned to the Board of Elections in person or via a method other than U.S. mail before the close of the polls, 7:30 p.m., May 5, to be counted.

Absentee ballots re-turned by U.S. mail from within the United States must be postmarked no later than May 4 and re-ceived in their office by May 15. There must be a legible postmark stamped on the envelope. The only exception is, if the voter is outside of the United States on Election Day, the ballot envelope must be postmarked prior to the close of the polls and

received by the board no later than 10 days after the election (May 15).

Any questions regard-ing this information or requests for assistance in early/absentee voting may call the office at 548-1835 during the above stated hours or contact us by email at darke@ohiosecre-taryofstate.gov.

ARCANUM – Arca-num’s 2015 Old Fashioned Days is scheduled for May 15, 3-11 p.m.; May 16, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; and May 17, noon-5 p.m. The Old Fash-ioned Days Committee is hoping to renew and re-vamp the vendor selection this year and in the fu-ture. Some of the changes this year will be more of a focus on old fashioned, handmade items and an-tiques. The committee is in

search of vendors that are local to the area and would like to be part of the excit-ing changes for the event.

The committee would like to make the event a huge success with your participation. The regis-tration deadline is March 31.

Contact Sara Baker for an application and addi-tional information at 459-8409 or by email at sara-jbaker@yahoo.com.

Children of all ages will enjoy visiting with the animals at the petting zoo during First Friday.

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GREENVILLE – The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Greenville resi-dents to attend an Open House on March 31, 4-6:30 p.m. to learn more about volunteer opportunities for the 2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The Open House will take place at JT’s Brew & Grill, 1475 Wagner Ave. Food and drink will be provided.

Stop by any time to learn more and speak with

other volunteers. RSVP’s are appreciated but not re-quired, kmauch@alz.org.

The Greenville Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held on Oct. 3. Learn more and register for the Walk at alz.org/walk. Alzheim-er’s disease is an epidemic, currently affecting almost 1,000 families in Darke County. With your help, they can fight this devas-tating disease together.

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SAILLES – Several com-munity mem-bers had an opportunity to witness what Special O l y m p i c s

means to a lot of students and adults during second annual All Star Basketball Game on March 19. In cel-ebration of Developmental Disabilities Month and the Can Do, Like You theme, community leaders joined with the Special Olympics basketball teams. Com-munity leaders participat-ing in the celebration were Mayor Mike Bowers, Lau-ren Henry of the United Way, Greenville Safety Service Director Curt Gar-rison, Versailles Schools Superintendent Aaron Moran, Attorney and Darke Co. Developmental Disabilities Board Member Jim Detling, Todd Durham of Second National Bank, Ryan Berry of The Early Bird and others.

Members of the Slam-mers, Warriors and Dawgs proved they were more than capable of holding their own the court. While many of the community leaders were huffing and

U N I O N CITY - The Union City Chamber of C o m m e r c e recently held it’s annual Banquet and Awards Night

at the Union City Elk’s Lodge.

Several community guest speakers talked about upcoming Union City events, including Jana Vickery Bruggeman of State Line Heritage Days, Ted Leahey of the Arts Fes-tival and Larry Amspaugh talked about the annual Community Christmas. The incoming and outgo-ing Chamber of Commerce presidents, Ron Pruitt and Vanessa Galway, talked about the direction of the Chamber. Dan Franks of Joy FM was the Master of

case they could say ‘Can Do, Better Than You.’ They wore me out.”

For more information on Special Olympics and the programs available or the Darke County Board of DD, call 548-9057 or email ericl@darkedd.org.

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the Union City Chamber of Commerce at 765-964-5409 or by email at uc-chamber@embarqmail.com. Log on to bluebag-media.com for photos of winners and more from the event.

Ceremonies for the night.Chamber of Commerce

Executive Director, Carla Benge presented the fol-lowing individuals and businesses with this year’s awards:

Business of the Year, Kaup Pharmacy; Male Vol-unteer of the Year, James Davis; Female Volunteer of the Year, Vanessa Gal-way; Hub Award, Liv-ingston Auto Sales; Star

puffing as they came off the court, the basketball stars had a look of deter-mination and a desire to win. “They didn’t take it easy on us,” said Berry, managing editor of The Early Bird and Bluebag Media. “They were get-ting up and down the court quickly for layups and hit-ting shots from near three-point range.”

This was Berry’s sec-ond year to play in the game. “This is the most rewarding event I’ve had the privilege of participat-ing in. Seeing the looks on their faces when the game begins…I believe they play with more heart and deter-mination than a lot of pro athletes.” He continued, “The theme for this year is ‘Can Do, Like You.’ In my

Awards, The Little Shop of Many Things and The 209; Distinguished Service Awards, Morning Fresh Superior Foods and State-line Heritage Days.

Vanessa Galway, Lisa Butt and Nicole Ingle were presented plaques as out-going Chamber directors and president.

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G R E E N -VILLE - “ T e c u m s e h walked the grounds of S h a w n e e Prairie. He was right here,” Darke

County Parks Director Roger Van Frank said. The Tecumseh Room at Shawnee Prairie Nature Preserve with its Native American teepee, deer hide and more could even be located in the same spot used by Tecumseh or his brother the Prophet Tenskwatawa over 200 years earlier.

Shawnee Prairie holds an array of exhibits that showcase Darke County’s history and heritage. The Tecumseh Room in par-

Van Frank said the new displays do not have a specific date to appear but it will not be far off. The Tecumseh Room has undergone many trans-formations since its in-corporation at Shawnee Prairie, but Van Frank’s main concern throughout has been to maintain its accuracy and informa-tive nature. He says he is always looking for more opportunities to increase the room’s historical per-tinence to the area. He also acknowledged that the Park District has been very fortunate to have such tremendous support in making the area’s histo-ry so readily accessible to the members of the com-munity.

ticular displays numer-ous representations of the county’s past. Van Frank, who was involved in put-ting the initial idea for the room into play in 2011, spoke about the impor-tance of the room and his plans to keep it interesting as well as bound in his-tory. He noted the Parks District is in the process of incorporating new items that are important and accurate representations of Native American life in the county.

One of those items will be an exact replica of the original Peace Pipe that was once on display in the room. Combined contri-butions from the Treaty of Greenville Bicentennial Commission, the Harry Stephens Fund, private

donations, and the Parks District itself are making possible the construction of the replica. The pipe will be on display in the Tecumseh Room full time in the near future.

Van Frank added the Park District is now in possession of an authentic buffalo hide, donated by Michael “Mick” Maher.

He added that a buf-falo hide costs upwards of one to two thousand dol-lars, requires very specific licensure, and is not easy to come by. The hide’s place in the room has yet to be determined, given all of the different options available for its use. A rug, a wall-hanging, or a blan-ket placed in the teepee are all possibilities, Van Frank said.

Todd Durham (left) and Jim Detling (right) come off the court during the second annual Special Olympics All Star Basketball Game. (Ryan Berry photo)

Union City Chamber holds annual award banquet

The Steps program offers fun and faith lessons for kids

Kaup Pharmacy was awarded the Business of the Year. (Clinton Randall photo)

Female Volunteer of the Year, Vanessa Galway (left) with Chamber Executive Director Carla Benge (right). (Clinton Randall photo)

Chamber Treasurer, James Smith was named the Male Volunteer of the Year. (Clinton Randall photo)

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CLINTONRANDALLStaff Writerbluebagmedia.com

New Tecumseh Room additions coming soon

Darke County Parks Director Roger Van Frank has Early Bird intern Lauren “try on” the district’s recently acquired buffalo hide. The large, heavy hide would likely have kept Randall warm on the coldest of Ohio’s winter days. (Bob Robinson photo)

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U N I O N CITY, Ind. - The Steps is a Christian-based youth p r o g r a m that gathers two days a week at their

facility on the corner of West Pearl and Columbia in Union City, Ind. The pro-gram offers kids of all age groups a friendly place to gather and socialize, while learning about what the Bible teaches.

Each Wednesday the Wesley United Methodist Church in Union City, Ind. provides 60-80 meals for The Steps program.

According to Pastor Geoff Grow of the Wesley UM Church, The Steps started in Saratoga, Ind. before ex-panding to Union City.

“The vision of the pro-gram is to make Christ known to the community,” Grow told The Early Bird.

Along with several vol-unteers, the kids are enter-tained with various board, table and video games, mu-sic and snacks before do-

ing devotions and enjoying live worship music. Though the program does not re-quire the kids to belong to a church, the volunteer staff do make it a point to share their faith through interact-ing with the kids and wel-coming guest speakers to deliver a testimony the kids can relate to.

“We really try to let the kids have control of most of what goes on,” Grow added. “This helps them develop leadership qualities they may not realize they had.”

According to Grow, ap-proximately 75 percent of the graduates who attended The Steps program go on to be involved in some sort of leadership role in their ca-reers or life in general.

The Steps is open every Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All kids grades 2-12 are wel-come and the program is always looking for volun-teers.

To learn more about The Steps or how you can help, contact the Wesley United Methodist Church at 765-964-4792.

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GREENVILLE – The Bowl For Kids Sake bowl-ing event that was held March 6 and 8 at Bel-Mar Lanes in Sidney and Trea-ty Lanes in Greenville with nearly 75 bowling teams consisting of 4 to 5 people.

The agency would like to thank all the businesses and individuals who sup-ported their biggest fund-raiser of the year. The money raised will go to-wards establishing one-to-one mentoring rela-tionships between caring adults and children.

Big Brothers Big Sis-ters would like to send a big shout out to the com-munity for their awesome support of our fund raising

event. Their preliminary figures show they raised $37,000.

Bowl for Kids’ Sake is a nationally recognized event, and almost 700 agencies across the county participate and hold the event. Big Brothers Big Sisters evaluates its effec-tiveness and impact on a national and local level. Results show that chil-dren who are mentored are more likely to improve in school and in their rela-tionships with family and peers and are less likely to skip school or use illegal drugs or alcohol.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke Coun-ty has drawn the winners of the Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2015 Prizes:

Grand Prize winner was Rhonda Setser of New Weston who bowled on the Wayne Healthcare team. Rob Douglas of Sidney who was a part of the Freshway Foods team won the prize for most money raised by a bowler, and the package winners were Kyle Kelly of Sidney, Thelma Schneifer of Sidney, Lauren Gilardi of Sidney, Michael Titus of

Sidney, and Zoe Zimmer-man of Sidney. The prize for any bowler who partici-pated was won by Lindsey King of Sidney.

A great big thank you goes to all of the compa-nies that sponsored the event and helped make it a success. It is greatly ap-preciated.

Volunteer mentors are always needed; call the office at 492-7611 or 547-9622 for more informa-tion. Big Brothers Big Sis-ters is a United Way mem-ber agency.

Laci Hale, daughter of Matt and Beth Hale of Greenville, is getting into St. Patrick’s Day spirit while bowling with her team MJS Plastics.

Museum seeks items for new displays

VERSAILLES – The Versailles Area Museum is looking for items for several new displays being planned.

They would like to bor-row items for their display “As Time Goes By”. This will be a unique display

GREENVILLE – “What kind of button can you never unbutton?” Green-ville’s Jesse Cassell is a warm-hearted and sharp-witted 93-year-old, and he was quick to deliver a corny punchline (“A belly button!”) when he ar-rived at the Women of the Moose blood drive, held March 10 at the Green-ville Church of the Breth-ren. It’s his way of saying “hello.”

“That’s Jesse! He’s such a sweet man! He al-ways has a new joke,” said Dana Puterbaugh, Com-munity Blood Centers (CBC) account represen-tative for Darke County. She was asked by Pastor Jim Morehouse from the East Main Street Church of Christ to nominate a “Hometown Hero” to be honored March 15, a 14-year tradition at the Church of Christ. “He’s Darke County’s oldest ac-tive blood donor,” Dana said. “I thought he would be perfect.”

Pastor Morehouse agreed. “It’s something special,” he said as he do-nated at Tuesday’s blood

drive. “Imagine that – 93 and still donating. That’s pretty neat. He encour-ages his friends to donate too, and if he’s still doing it at 93, that’s a pretty good encouragement.”

As Pastor Morehouse donated, Jesse settled into a neighboring donor bed that lined up the two men head-to-head. For Pas-tor Morehouse it was this 86th lifetime donation, for Jesse it was his 78th. “I feel better when I do it,” Jesse said. “I really enjoy when they call to tell me where it went. They said my last donation went to Richmond’s Reid Hospital to save a life, and that was very gratifying.”

Jesse’s history as a blood donor has been hard-earned, a commit-

ment maintained through the blood, sweat and tears of a long life. “I started in 1940, right out of Milton-Union High School,” he said. “I was living on the farm with my father. I went to work at NCR, I would stay until spring, then come back to work on the farm.”

He began full-time work at NCR in 1956. Com-munity Blood Center was founded in 1964 and be-gan holding blood drives at NCR, where Jesse could donate. He was laid off in 1975 and said, “I put my application in to 39 places in 35 days.” He worked 13-hour days as a custo-dian at both West Milton and Northmont Schools, took a job at Fowler En-terprises for a couple of

years, then ended up on the night shift at Hobart. He became a foreman and retired in 1987.

Jesse and his wife Mary Esther raised two daugh-ters and a son. Mary Esther died in August of 1988. “We were two months shy of being mar-ried 64 years,” he said.

He has two grandchil-dren, and proudly shows the pictures of his great-grandchildren: three or-phan siblings from Co-lumbia adopted by his grandson and his wife.

Jesse remains young at heart and open to new love. “I got some fam-ily coming,” he said about Sunday’s Hometown Hero ceremony, “My sister and my niece… and my lady friend.”

There’s a twinkle in his eye when he speaks of Iris Bolden, his 84-year-old companion who he met two years ago dur-ing a lunch for seniors. “She said to me, ‘I’ve been watching you and I see the nice things you do. How about spending some time with me?’”

Their first date was an adventure. “She called me and said, ‘Jesse, I won tick-ets to the Eldora Speed-way. Do you want to go?’ I said, ‘That’s not by bag – but I’ll go with you!’ The bus broke down and they had to send a wrecker, but we got there. A friend said to me, ‘I never thought I’d see you here,’ and I said, ‘Women will make you do most anything!’”

Both Jesse and Iris still drive their own cars. They alternate attending each other’s church on Sun-days, play dominoes, and have dinner together three nights a week. “You know the saying, ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?’” he said. “She’s a good cook!”

Jesse lives at the Breth-ren Retirement Commu-nity, where he stays active “riding a two-wheeler” along the bike paths. He

takes no prescription drugs, and has his own se-cret to a long and healthy life.

“I have six cups, with three vitamins in each cup,” he said. “I drink an 8-ounce glass of water with each cup. I get my water each day and I’ve been doing it for years and years. I eat five stewed prunes before bed, and that takes care of the di-gestive system.”

After donating he ate a hearty meal in the Do-nor Café of hot soup and a ham sandwich, topped off by a chocolate chip cookie he playfully stuck in his mouth while he posed for a picture. He chatted with fellow donor Steve Shal-try, who had just made his 80th lifetime donation, the equivalent of 10 gallons.

“We’re the 10 gallon guys!” Jesse said. His goal is to reach 80 donations this year and he scheduled his 79th donation for May. But reaching 80 will only be a passing milestone.

Asked how long he plans to keep donating, Jesse didn’t hesitate. “Till they stretch me out in a casket,” he said. “And as long as Dana’s running the show!”

Dogs are welcome at the 5k run/walk to benefit Scentral Park.

5K for the Dog ParkGREENVILLE – The

Darke County Friends of the Shelter is hosting its second 5K race to benefit the dog park. Entrants may run or walk the event. As an added bonus this race will be part of the Darke County Wellness Chal-lenge, formerly known as Wayne Healthcare Chal-lenge.

The 5K will be held at the Darke County Fair-grounds on April 11 and 100% of the money will go to the dog park. You can participate with or with-out your dog. If you have a dog, you’re encouraged to run/walk with your dog. Special awards will be giv-en to those with dogs. All regular age group awards will be given also.

The Friends of the Shel-ter’s goal for their first run/walk in 2014 was to make it like no other in Darke County - and they did it. This year they want and will build up on this suc-cess. They will have Mar-cos Pizza and Breadsticks available to everyone at the finish line as well as free Boston Stoker Coffee and Hot Chocolate. Special treats will also be available for the dogs.

This event is sponsored by Edgetown Veterinary Clinic and Laser Center, Pooch Parlor, Zeke & Min-nie Litchfield, Dr. Barry Family Dentistry, Green-ville Federal, Double M Diner, Jeff Hole and Max,

Second National Bank, Kline Timber, Majestic Pet Cremation Services, Hart-zell Veterinary Service, Ar-canum Veterinary Service, Greenville National Bank, Buddy and Turbo Dean and Dr. Tom Brown.

Donations are from Jim Gable Insurance, YMCA, WalMart, Kroger, Brenda’s Beanery, Eileen Litchfield, Taco Bell, KFC, Arcanum Veterinary Service, Bos-ton Stoker, Marco’s Pizza, John and Heidi Auker-man.

Dr. Farst (Arcanum Veterinary Service) will be offering discounted micro chipping at the event.

The park was built with-out tax dollars by mem-bers of the Darke County Friends of the Shelter through fundraisers, grants and donations. The upkeep expenses, mowing and weeding, are ongo-ing. The organization also wants further to improve the park.

You may download the registration form for the 5K race/run/walk at www.kometweb.com/Shelter-friends5KRaceRegistra-tionForm.pdf.

You may also enter on-line at www.gtraces.com.

Please check for up-dates and information for this one of a kind event in Darke County at the orga-nization’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/Shel-terfriends5KRace.

of all types of clocks, from mantel to alarm, and time pieces carried or worn; to show the importance of clocks and watches through time.

Another display planned is from “Candles to Lights the Illumination of Our Lives”. This display will be a collection of all types of lighting from our early farms to Mr. Edison’s invention; the story of how light changed our lives. They are looking for a va-riety of candle holders, oil lamps, gas, and early elec-tric lighting. Their space is limited in size.

“Let’s Go Shopping… at the Local Mercantile Store.” They plan to redo their current display and create an early 1900’s store that would be reminiscent in any of the villages that make up the museum area. They are especially looking for clothing, canned goods and box items from the pe-riod as well as a store size coffee grinder and small garden tools and seeds.

Lastly, they are seeking items from all the egg and poultry houses to illustrate the variety in the area that helped to make Versailles the “Poultry Capital of the Midwest.”

All items are needed by April 29 and will be returned in either Sep-tember or January when displays change. You may call the museum and leave a message at 526-4222 or call to speak directly with someone on Sunday after-noons between 12:30 and 4 p.m.

Jesse Cassell poses with Dana Puterbaugh of the Community Blood Bank.

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Fortune appears at dinner theaterAfter the Statler Broth-

ers retired on October 26, 2002, Jimmy seized the opportunity to launch a solo career to share new music with his fans. His first solo CD, When One Door Closes, was released August 2003 on Audium/Koch. He released a gos-pel album, I Believe, in June 2005, a Christmas CD, Feels Like Christmas, in 2006, a live concert DVD in 2007 and another country CD, “Windows” in 2009. Jimmy is currently living in Nashville, writ-ing for Melrose Entertain-ment, and touring.

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wrote the top-10 hit “More Than a Name on the Wall” from 1988’s The Greatest Hits.

Jimmy has performed in all of the U.S. States, in Canadian Provinces, and in front of audiences as large as 100,000. He was part of the Statlers’ annual Happy Birthday USA cel-ebration in Staunton, Va., for 14 years. He also sang on many of the Statlers’ gold, platinum, and dou-ble platinum recordings. Jimmy’s career included The Nashville Network’s popular “The Statler Brothers Show” which aired for seven seasons and debuted in 1991 as the highest rated show for the network. Jimmy was privi-leged to perform at the White House on two occa-sions, once for President Ronald Reagan, and once for President George H. W. Bush. He also presented a special gift to actress Eliz-abeth Taylor by singing his song “Elizabeth” to her for a birthday celebration.

Jimmy and The Statler Brothers were inducted into the GMA (Gospel Music Association) Hall of Fame on October 29, 2007, and inducted into the CMA (Country Music Association) Hall of Fame in June 29, 2008.

CELINA – Bearcreek Memories Dinner The-ater in Celina, is present-ing former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune April 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

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First Baptist Church7233 Ohio 121-North, Greenville548-7616Faith Baptist Church740 E Russ Rd., Greenville, 548-1808

Greenville Baptist Temple4689 Childrens Home Bradford Rd., 548-7283

Union City First Baptist Church225 S. First St., Union City, OH937-968-6163--------------------------------------------- BRETHRENBeech Grove Church of the Brethren3420 Harrison Rd., Hollansburg937-997-4895

Bradford Church of The Brethren120 West Oakwood St., 448-2215

Castine Church of the Brethren624 State Route 127, Arcanum678-9945

Cedar Grove Church 373 Love Rd., New Paris, 997-3675

Greenville Church of the Brethren421 Central Ave., 548-3583

Oakland Church of The Brethren8058 Horatio-Harris Creek Rd. Bradford * 448-2287

Pitsburg Church of Brethren8376 Pitsburg Laura Rd., Arcanum937-692-8772---------------------------------------------CATHOLICSt Mary’s Catholic Church233 W Third St. Greenville548-1616

St Denis14 E Wood St, Versailles(937)526-4945

Holy Family (Frenchtown)11255 St Rt 185, Versailles(937)526-4945

St Louis15 Star Rd, North Star(419)582-2531

Immaculate Conception5874 N. Buckneck Rd. (RR 2), Bradford, (937)448-6220

St Mary425 W Hickory St, Union City, IN(765)964-4202---------------------------------------------CHRISTIANAnsonia Christian Church123 W. Weller St., Ansonia, 548-5490

Coletown Congregational Church2876 State Route 571, Greenville548-6590

East Zion Church6171 St. Rt. 36, Greenville937-548-6364

First Congregational Church115 W. 5th St., Greenville, OH 45331937-548-3575

CMA Church306 Devor St., Greenville, OH 45331937-548-4955

Stelvideo Christian Church6808 Church St., Stelvido, Greenville, OH316-8198

Teegarden Congregational Church2753 State Route 47 W., Ansonia337-4249

Woodington Congregation Church8978 N State Route 49, Greenville548-9441---------------------------------------------CHURCH OF CHRISTGreenville Church of Christ4599 Childrens Home Bradford Rd., Greenville, 937-548-4467---------------------------------------------CHURCH OF GODAnsonia First Church of God750 S Main St., Ansonia, 337-3945The New Beginning

Church of God802 East 4th St.,Greenville, 937-214-6502CHURCH OF GODTriumphant Christian Center1129 South Towne Ct., Greenville 548-0300---------------------------------------------EPISCOPALSt Paul’s Episcopal Church201 S Broadway St., Greenville548-5575---------------------------------------------INTERDENOMINATIONALFamily of God310 W South St., Arcanum, 692-8521Lighthouse Christian Center5256 Sebring Warner Rd., Greenville, 548-7464---------------------------------------------LUTHERANSt. John Lutheran Church7418 State Route 121, Greenville548-5404

St Paul Lutheran Church131 E. 4th Street, Greenville548-5770

St Paul’s Lutheran Church13495 Greenville St. Marys RdVersailles, 419-336-7111St. Matthew’s EvangelicalLutheran Church6825 State Route 722, Ithaca, 678-8584

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church8520 Oakes Rd., Pitsburg937-692-5670---------------------------------------------METHODIST - UNITEDAbbottsville United Methodist Church3145 St. Rt. 49, ArcanumAnsonia United Methodist ChurchCorner of Pearl and High St., Ansonia337-5781

EUM Church1451 Sater Street, Greenville, OH 45331

Faith United Methodist Church101 E. South St., Arcanum, 692-8934

First United Methodist Church202 W 4th St. Greenville, 548-3075

Fort Jefferson United Methodist3856 Church St., Greenville548-4410

Gordon United Methodist Church311 East St., Gordon, OH937-884-5129

Ithaca Grace United Methodist750 Arcanum-Ithaca Rd678-9062

Nashville United Methodist5984 Palestine Union City Rd. Greenville 548-1421

New Madison United Methodist149 N. Main St., New Madison937-996-5341

Rossburg United Methodist117 Ross St., Rossburg, 937-338-4765

Trinity United Methodist Church

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METHODIST - UNITEDVersailles United Methodist122 W Wood St, Versailles937-526-3855Webster United Methodist Church8849 Seibt Rd., Versailles526-3855---------------------------------------------MISSIONARYGreenville Missionary Church1110 N. Broadway, Greenville937-548-1842Pleasant View Missionary Church5231 Gettysburg Pitsburg Rd. Greenville, 447-3885

NON-DENOMINATIONALBeamsville Christian Church6102 Beamsville-Union City Rd.Greenville 547-0009

Calvary Bible Church9462 State Route 571, Arcanum947-1978Friendship Community Church1005 Eaton Fort Nesbit Rd. New Paris, 997-3592

True Life5990 State Route 36, Greenville548-3558

Living Waters Ministries102 W Main St., Versailles, 526-4567

Northside Community Fellowship623 Spring St., 548-8965

Rosehill Country ChurchSt. Rt. 49 and McFeeley-Petry Rd, Rosehill

Versailles Christian Church105 W Ward St., Versailles937-526-4194The Hillgrove Federated Church1009 Hillgrove Woodington Rd., Union City, 968-6332

Congregation Anshe EmethJewish SynagogueCaldwell St., Piqua, 937-547-0092---------------------------------------------PENTECOSTALFaith Apostolic Lighthouse 332 W Payton St, 765-628-3299---------------------------------------------PRESBYTERIANFirst United Presbyterian Church114 E. Fourth St., 937-548-3188---------------------------------------------UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - UCCSt. Paul United Church of Christ129 W. Third St., Greenville, 548-4506---------------------------------------------UNITARIANUNIVERSALISTFirst Universalist Church331 E. Washington St.New Madison, 996-3403---------------------------------------------WESLEYANTrinity Wesleyan Church1400 E Main St., Greenville, 547-0337

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SERVICES OFFEREDLooking for yards to mow & roll. Please call Brian Brown Mowing and Lawn Rolling Ser-vices at 547-1064COMPLETE LAWN-CARE Spring/Fall Clean-up. Mowing, mulching, edging, shrubs & more! Call John 937-548-0562MOW MONEY - Li-censed, insured and bonded. We offer Lawn Care, General Landscaping, and Handyman repair work. Call Mark for a free estimate 1-434-637-2090MOWING, large or small jobs. Also Landscaping, Shrub Trimming, Spraying/Fertilizing, Snow Re-moval. Reasonable rates. References available. Very de-pendable. 548-1716, ask for JustinLAWN MOWING & ROLLING, Yard Clean-up, Shrub Trimming, Edging, Mulching, Landscape Mainte-nance. Free Estimates. Leave message for Gettysburg Outdoor at Lavy’s Corner Mart 937-447-3051

Interested in house or office cleaning. Over 10 years in the cleaning business. 564-4687HELP WANTEDBirchwood Genetics, Inc., a leading genetic supplier to the swine industry, has a 3rd shift Sire Technician and Lab Technician opening at their West Manchester, OH facility. Training provided. Competitive wage and benefits. EOE. For information about these positions or about completing an application call 1-800-523-2536 or email bgi-main@birchwoodge-netics.comResponsible individu-als needed to deliver Early Birds in all areas of the county. We have walking & motor routes available. If you are in-terested, please contact Becky S. at 937-547-0851 and leave your name, address & phone number, if no answerWANTED: Seeking A or B CDL Drivers for spring season. Apply at Crop Production Ser-vices, 100 W Vernier St, Ansonia, OH 45303, 937-337-0111Store Manager, PT. Retail experience re-quired, management preferred. Friendly per-son to take lead & have direct customer contact. Apply by April 3, 2015 to MartiGoetz@Bears-Mill.com, or Bears Mill, 6450 Arcanum-Bears Mill Rd, Greenville, OH 45331.L AWNCARE/L AND-SCAPE POSITION Ex-perience not required. See our block ad on page 20. Crowell Lawn Service, PO Box 141, Greenville, OH 45331

HELP WANTEDResponsible individu-als needed to insert Early Birds. Inserting starts on Fridays at 10pm. MUST be 16 years or older. If you are interested please call 937-547-0851. If no answer please leave your name, address, and telephone num-ber where you may be reachedDUMP TRUCK DRIVER – CDL required. Call for details 937-337-6805

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SUMMER EMPLOYMENTDull Homestead Farm in Brookville, Ohio, is now accepting applications for summer employment. Applicants must be at least 14 years of age in 2015.For an application and more information, please visit dhidetasseling.com or call Robin or Mahala at (937) 833-3339 ext. 113.

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WANTED Wanted: Used house trailers in good condi-tion. Please call 937-448-2974PETSChihuahua, Chipoo, Chugs & Pomchi pup-pies for sale. Call 937-733-0524AGRICULTURERound bales of grass hay and mixed hay. $35/bale. 548-9905SPECIAL NOTICESSOCIAL 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!FOR RENTLarge Store & Lock units, 14X 28’, $75/mo. Fenced security lot, 100x35’ $100/mo. Call 417-2796 or 548-31212 bedroom, 1 bath apt in Arcanum. Stove. W/d hookup. A/c inc. $400/mo + deposit. No smok-ing or pets. 692-59802 BR apt, Grnvl. Ga-rage attached. Laundry room. A/c, appliances. Lawn care/snow re-moval. No Pets. $485. 937-423-2337Storage for personal and business use. Pen-ske Truck Rentals. Call Greenville Stor and Lock. 548-1075, 5328 Michelle St.Nice 2 BR, half double in Gnvl. W/D hookup, appliances, central air. No pets. No smoking. $425/mo + deposit. 937-548-2397

FOR RENTWillow Place Apart-ments - We’re better than ever! 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Call 937-316-8025 or 937-316-8489. Equal Housing Opportunity.COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent. Great location on East Main St, high visibility. Call for more details, 548-5264717 Thirteenth St has 2 BR, 1 bath home w/1 car detached garage. Stove & refrigerator fur-nished. $500 per month + $500 security deposit + utilities. NO PETS! Call 937-417-4546 for rental applicationAPARTMENT: Arca-num Area. Large living room, 2 BR, kitchen w/stove & fridge, garage. $400/mo. No smoking or pets. Ref & deposit required. 692-5278, 459-2172WAREHOUSE OR INDUSTRIAL BUILD-INGS in Greenville. Call 417-2796 or 548-3121Nice 2 story, 2 BR house w/basement, garage & big backyard. Central air, gas furnace. $500/mo. Greenville. 937-459-27792 br dbl with stove, re-frig, W/D in Arcanum. $525 mo. Plus deposit. 1 yr. lease. All electric. Landlord pays for wa-ter. 504 W. North, Apt B. No Pets. 692-8395Mobile home, 3 bed-rooms w/stove, fridge, dishwasher, washer, dryer. No pets. Green-ville schools. $550 a month & $550 deposit. 937-947-7465

2 BR large 1st floor apt near Gnvl park. No pets or smoking. $400/mo. 305 Miami Circle. 547-98713 BR house. FM School. $600/mo, $1200 depos-it. No smoking. No pets. Reference required. 548-72162 BR upper apt in Ar-canum, stove & refrig included, $325/mo + utilities & deposit. 459-0925 or 417-01001 BR duplex, $410/mo, includes water. W/D hookup, lawn care, ap-pliances inc. No pets or smoking. 109 Arm-strong, Gnvl. 547-9871. benanzer.comLovely ranch home on West Lincoln in Green-ville. Ideal for seniors, no stairs. No pets. No smoking. $700 plus utilities. 937-623-3261In Gnvl, 2 BR apt, elec-tric heat, stove/refrig furnished. $450/mo + deposit. 548-8210Union City, OH, 3 BR, 2 baths, $500 mo/de-posit. 1 car attached garage. No smoking/pets. 937-417-55732 BR, 1.5 bath, W/D, c/a, stove. Deposit required. Greenville. 564-11251 BR furnished, Union City, IN. All utilities paid. $135 weekly/$400 deposit. 937-968-6804REAL ESTATEBeautiful large log home on 2.4 aces w/3 BRs, loft, pellet boiler, pond & much more. Located on SR 571 on the edge of Greenville. $309,000. Trump Re-alty 678-5687 for your personal showing

REAL ESTATE2 acre, 3 BR, 2.5 bath, w/deck. 2 car attached, 2 car detached garag-es. Versailles school. 526-4239UPSTATE NY WA-TERFRONT! 11 acres - $69,900. Beauti-ful woods on bass lake 5 mi to Cooper-stown! Private set-ting for camp, cabin or yr round home! Terms avail! 888-431-7214 NewYorkLan-dandLakes.com10 tillable acres on Fraziers Rd, Twin Twp. $8,000/acre. Trump Realty 678-5687CONTRACT FELL THRU! 5 acres - $19,900 or $254/ month! 70% below market! Gorgeous woods 5 miles to Coo-perstown! G’teed build-able! Twn rd, utils. Call 888-738-6994 or go to newyorklandandlakes.comMOTORCYCLES2003 H.D. 100 Anni-versary Softail Deuce, exc. cond. 15,000 miles, $9000. Call 997-3533AUTOMOTIVE2007 Pontiac G5, 96,000 miles. 5-speed. Excellent condition. $5500. 937-947-1406

AUTOMOTIVE1969 C-30 $1500. 1971 C-20 $1500. 1976 Cadillac $1500. 1975 Plymouth Duster $1500. 1964 Impala SS $12,500. 1994 Corvette $2888, needs work. 2008 Harley Road King $10,000. 1979 Silvera-do $1888. 2012 Sil-verado $24,000. Have 1962 1010 JD w/loader $4000. 1979 C-30 dump truck $3388. For more info call 765-964-0183 or 419-305-60812011 Ford Fusion $11,495. 2011 Hyundai Accent $8995. 2009 Cobalt $6995. 2008 G6 $7995. 2006 Malibu $6195. 2007 Eclipse $7995. 2004 PT Cruiser $4195. 1999 GMC ext cab 4x4 $6695. 2004 Aztek $3995. 2012 Equi-nox AWD $14,995. 2004 Aviator $5995. 2006 Explorer $6995. 2005 Mariner $7495. 2005 Grand Prix GT $5495. 2005 Neon $3995. 2001 Caravan $2995. 2010 Caravan $10,995. Buy – Sell – Trade! COUN-TRY AUTO SALES 548-1337RECREATIONALTravel Supreme Ex-press 33 ft 5th wheel trailer. 2 slides, nice washer & dryer. $6000. 937-678-9152

EQUIPMENTInternational tractor 986, extra good rubber. John Deere 7000 corn planter, wide row. New Holland 489 haybine. New Holland 305 ma-nure spreader for parts. 937-968-3562MISC. 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– All Electric Guitars & Basses 40% off. We’re clearing out all our new electric guitars & basses to replace with all new models! Used models too! All Sound Equip-ment On Sale! Bach to Rock Music, 334 S Broadway, Greenville, 937-547-1970Professional SOUND SYSTEM Sales & In-stallation & Rental. Free quotes to your business, church or home for sound system updates & improvements. JBL, EAW, QSC, PEAVEY, CROWN. Bach to Rock Music 547-1970, email: bachtorock@earthlink.net. Also Renting sound systems for Weddings, Graduations, Business Meetings, or any other engagements!TAX REFUND SALE Acorn Stairlifts. The AFFORDABLE solution to your stairs! **Lim-ited time -$250 Off Your Stairlift Purchase!** Buy Direct & SAVE. Please call 1-800-410-7127 for FREE DVD and brochure.BEER & WINE MAK-ING Supplies. Orme Hardware, 210 S. Main, Arcanum, 692-8282

MISC. FOR SALEFURNACES $285 - While Supplies Last. TUNS 1-877-473-8867

Craftsman self-prop lawn mower $50. Crafts-man gas weedwacker $50. Frigidaire over-the-range microwave $50. 937-564-3058

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Temporary assignments up to 12 months.

1st, 2nd and 3rd shift openings.

11 paid holidays.

Pay increase after 6 months employment.

Possibility of full time employment.

Production positions in paint, injection, assembly and shipping departments.

Please stop out and fill out an application:Greenville Technology

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Send Resume to:Hr_employment@gtioh.com

Reference Temporary Production Positions

We are an equal opportunity employer.Required drug testing.

Temporary Employment Opportunities

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

NEW LISTING! One of a kind 50’s era home in a quiet, out of the way neigh-borhood. This 3 bedroom home has 1264 sf of ground floor living space. Full basement will extend the living area, plus offers a large workshop. Home sits on a corner lot and offers unique architectural features. This is a pleasant departure from the typical ranch. Opportunity is knocking, will you answer the door? (110992)NEW LISTING! Cute house with 3 bedrooms, enclosed front porch, open liv-ing/dining room, updated kitchen, and privacy fence. Detached 2-car garage has several closets and lots of storage space. (110998)BACK UP THE MOVING TRUCK, all the updates have been done. This 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home has been completely remodeled! Offers new vinyl replacement windows, new metal roof and sheeting. New gutters, new entry doors, furnace, hot water heater and 200 amp electric breaker box. Brand new kitchen with island, all new flooring and interior freshly painted. Posses-sion at closing! (110404)VERY NICE, WELL MAINTAINED manufactured home with attached 3-car garage, concrete drive, and shed. Large family room, and beautiful enclosed porch for additional living space. Includes second lot with mobile home and shed, or properties could be sold separately. (110501)QUAINT COUNTRY HOME with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath but more than enough space in the utility area to add another bath. Workshop for dad when he wants to get out of the house. Also included on the property is a barn for storage, animals, or an outside getaway for kids. Definitely a must see! (110255)UNHAPPY WITH RENTING? Then make the smart move into a home of your own. Like this 3 bedroom, 1 bath country-comfort tradition. One car attached garage plus 30x12 storage building, all sitting on almost 1/2 acre lot with a place for a garden. New windows 2007. (109944) NICE RANCH HOME located on a quiet cul-de-sac. This 3 bed room 1 bath home currently rents for $475 a month and features a one car attached ga-rage. (110382)DOWNSIZING…STILL WANT THE COUNTRY FEEL? Then here is the home for you! Nice brick 3 bedroom ranch with many updates throughout. A 24x24 workshop attached to the garage that will be sure to please the crafts-men in you. Along with a 16x32 metal pole barn and a 12x16 shed. The property offers well manicure landscaping with a 3 tier waterfalls and privacy in the large backyard. Call today for your personal tour. (110683)LIKE TO TINKER? 3 car garage/workshop of this splendid 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home. With 3 bays, there is plenty of room. When you’re done, enjoy the crackling fire in the fireplace in the living room or supper in the country kitchen with newer cabinets. Your significant other will enjoy the sun desk off the one bedroom. They’re a lot of amenities in this home for the price. (110679)ONLY $58,000 FOR A N BROADWAY PROPERTY. Come see this Large home located on almost ½ acre lot. All within the Greenville City limits. A little TLC could make this a beautiful home. (110755)THE GOOD LIFE belongs to you in this sprawling 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths ranch home just 3 minutes from Greenville. A barn for livestock with 3 horse stalls. Also has a newer garage with workshop. (110913)

with competitive wages,

benefits, employee discounts

CROWELL LAWN SERVICEWe are hiring for the following positions

(experience not necessary):• Lawn Treatment Applicator (spraying/fertilizing/etc.)• Landscaper (mulching/shrub trimming/pavers + retaining walls/etc.)• Mowing Crew (mowing yards/string trimming/etc.)All positions can lead to snow removal jobs during the winter. Pay will be dependent on your attendance/customer service/attitude/ quality/safety!Direct correlation between the amount of heart you put into your job and the amount of money you put into your pocket!

Please send resumes to Crowell Lawn Service, PO Box 141, Greenville OH 45331

Village of Arcanum Employment Opportunity

Plant OperatorThe Village of Arcanum Utility Department is now ac-cepting applications for the entry level position of Plant Operator. Duties include operating and maintaining electric generation facilities, monitoring water/sewer facilities, and performing physical labor within the Vil-lage Utility Department as needed. This is an hourly position starting at $14.00 per hour.

Requirements include a High School education, a valid Ohio driver’s license, and a Water I License (or receipt of water license within 3 years of employment).

Applications are available at the City Building located at 104 W. South Street, Arcanum, Ohio. Applications and/or resumes must be returned no later than April 10, 2015. Job applications are not kept on file beyond six months, so any previous applicants are encouraged to re-apply. EOE.

DICK LAVY TRUCKINGOTR, CLASS A DRIVERS

NEW PAY PACKAGE• Starting pay up to 44 cpm

• Great Benefits• Home most weekends• $1000 sign-on bonus

• 2013-2016 Freightliners/VolvosCall 800-345-5289 Ext.221 or

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INSIDE SALES TRANSPORTATION FREIGHT BROKER

Erwin Brothers, LLC is looking to hiretransportation freight broker to

join our current team.This position is truly for a person who wants a fun fast paced career with a

high level of income.(Transportation experience is preferred

but willing to train)Contact: Russ at 1-866-532-5993 or send resume to: russ@erwinbrostrucking.com

HELP WANTED

Requires construction knowledge. Part-time, could turn into full-time.

Send Resume to:Help Wanted

Bill Hawkey & AssociatesP.O. Box 1011

Greenville, OH 45331No Phone Calls

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Mobile Homes

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Call937-417-7111

OPEN HOUSE TODAY1:00-2:30 P.M.

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5616 Requarth Rd., GreenvilleDon’t let this one get away. 5 minutes from town, while enjoying country living. Big back yard for kids, garden or fruit trees.

First ChoiceRealty

The Right Choice548-54641400 Wagner Ave.

Greenville, OH 45331www.cbfirstchoice.com

2725 Hazelwood Ave., KetteringNicely located property with lots of charm on a double lot with a large private back yard.

1396 Stingley Rd., GreenvilleWelcome to your new home sitting on over 29 acres in Tri-Village School District. House is move-in ready with a full basement with fire-place. Excellent property for your 4H projects or the mini farm you always wanted.

PRICE REDUCED8824 Darke Montgomery County Line Rd.,

Brookville

315 New Garden Rd., New ParisApprox 101 acres - farm land

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! 3 unit rent-al property in New Madison. Unit 1 has 3 BR, unit 2 has 2 BR & unit 3 has 1 BR. All units have 1 BA. MLS 596616 #4415SPOTLESS & READY TO MOVE INTO! 1-ST home w/2 BR, LRM & DRM. All appli-ances including washer & dryer. Newer 2-car detached garage. MLS 555816 #4282COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR SALE! Over 2000 sq ft – retail space or possible auto sales location, warehouse, distribution center or service center! MLS 110737 #4387LOTS TO OFFER! Well-kept 2-ST vinyl sided home w/3 BR, 1½ BA. LRM, DRM & office. Large enclosed front porch. Pa-tio deck. 14x20 detached garage. MLS 598923 #4393

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2&3 Bedroom Homes AvailableRental Homes Available Too!

Sherwood ForestMobile Home Community

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Own or Rent Your Home

HOUSEHOLDPILLOWTOP 14 INCH THICK MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS: FULL SET $237; QUEEN SET $259; KING SET $399. NEW IN PLAS-TIC WITH WARRAN-TY. 937-884-5455 We deliverVery nice used Rainbow vacuum sweeper. War-ranty. Call 548-0870New, warehouse liqui-dation, queen $169, king $219, full $149, twin $79 we deliver call 937-884-5455GARAGE SALESHuge Fishing Garage Sale. 108 Redbud Court, Greenville. April 2-5, 9-6 daily. Reels, rods, line, lures, tackle. Call Doug @ 937-417-1182

GARAGE SALESMov ing /Downs iz ing Sale; 211 Park Blvd, Ver-sailles; April 2-3-4; 9-4; Antiques, collectibles, furniture, tools, crocks. Everything goes!Daycare Going Out of Business Sale! 3475 SR 571 W, Greenville; Wed Apr 1, 5pm-9pm; Thur-Fri 9am-5pm; Nap mats, tons of toys, infant boys & girls to juniors’ clothes, lots of free items. A Sale You Don’t Want to Miss!5232 SR 121 S, Green-ville; Apr 2-3-4; 8-?; Large Moving Sale! Washer/dryer, furniture, misc217 Rhoades Ave, Greenville; April 3 & 4; 9-5; Clothes, toys, household, Boyds, Pre-cious Moments, misc

4078 Elroy-Ansonia Rd, Ansonia. April 3, 8-5. Front load washer, dryer; wood stove; can-ning jars; glassware; mens/womens clothes; tools; electric wiring, many metal desks & conference tables. 35” & 52” TVs; industrial shelvig units; stainless bolts, nuts & washers708 Thirteenth St, Greenville; Fri Apr 3; 8am-5pm; Old tools, CDs, quilt material in boxes, lots of misc, beer memorabilia. Don’t miss this one!

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BLUESPRUCEREALTY547-9770www.bluesprucerealtyinc.com

Jim ShuttleworthEvelyn Shuttleworth

Joe ShuttleworthRichard Edwards

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! 60x75 commercial building with 4 overhead doors; 4 acres M/L at 5250 Meeker Road. $197,000.5 ACRES M/L WOODED, CORNER LOT at 4560 Grubbs-Rex Road has 2-story home; newer septic system; 36x80 barn. Upper 70’s. IN WOODBRIAR ESTATES there are 2 lots on 5K Avenue! Each 140’x175’. Both for $29,900. YES THEY CAN BE BUILT ON!8 ACRES M/L with this 2-story home at 6975 Jaysville-St. Johns Road! Updates include new furnace and air condition-ing in 2014; FULL, finished basement; in-ground pool (think SUMMER!); small barn. $219,000.IN GETTYSBURG this double at 302 E. Main has 2 bedrooms each unit; de-tached garage. Low 60’s.7 ACRES ZONED COMMERCIAL on Wagner Avenue across from LOWE’S! Can be divided! Call Jim for additional information!COMMERCIAL BUILDING 60x100 at 602 Riffle. Mid 50’s.IN WAYNE LAKES this 2 bedroom home has corner fireplace; attached garage; WOODED, CORNER LOT! Upper 40’s.29 ACRES M/L nestles a 2-story brick home at 1648 Mills Road! Updated and well maintained home has walnut wood-work; built-ins; hickory cabinets in kitch-en; oak and plank flooring; oak stair-case; hot water and corn-burning heat! 3-4 car attached garage PLUS barns! $325,000.IN ANSONIA at 501 Smith Street is a 3 bedroom, 1½ bath brick ranch with 1½ car attached garage. Newer roof; total electric. Upper 60’s.NEED 4 BEDROOMS? This 1½ story 4 bedroom home at 114 Ft. Jefferson Road may be just what you are looking for! Home features natural woodwork; oak cabinets in kitchen; walk-in closet in upstairs bedroom; enclosed front and back porches! 2 car detached garage. $65,000.NEWLY REMODELED and ready for a new family! This 2-3 bedroom home at 329 E. Water has 2 full baths; washer/dryer hook-up; vinyl windows. $49,900.

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1280 HOWARD DR. GREENVILLE, OH Beautiful corner lot at the intersection of Russ & Howard. This home offers 3 bedrooms (pos-sibly 4) 2 ½ baths with a finished walk out base-ment complete with wood burning fireplace insert. New forced air furnace with central air in 2013 when home was connected to natural gas. This home is move-in ready. Call Doug for more details or stop by. 8730

1.5 story 3 BR, 2 BA w/garage in Greenville. New kitchen, new wood flooring, tile & carpet. Utility room & basement. $69,900 Call (937) 547-1737

Adorable 3-4 BR Brick with all Seasons RM and Patio. Many updates. 2 Utility Bldgs.

Spacious 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath brick on a cul-de-sac with LR, FR w/fireplace, and a 3 season sun room.

3 BR 2 BA with 2 car garage, plus a 30 x40 barn on 1.549 acres in Tri Village School District.

3-4 Bedroom 2 bath ranch with lots of space. Gas heat and Central Air.

Lots of room to roam on over 1 acre lot. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large living room, dining room and kitchen. Enjoy your morning coffee from the back deck.

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Greenville - Well located 3 BR ranch near High School and Park. Home has numerous upgrades and improvements. 2 car Garage and fenced yard.

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Reid Cancer program earns accreditation R I C H M O N D ,

Ind. – The Ameri-can College of Sur-geons’ Commission on Cancer recently accredited Reid’s cancer program for the seventh time in a row. This three-year accreditation recog-nizes hospitals that provide comprehen-sive, high-quality care—and have the survival rates to prove it.

“The accredita-tion reflects Reid Hospital’s strong commitment to cancer care,” said Thomas Grayson,

M.D., who provided leadership for the accreditation pro-cess at Reid, along with fellow surgeon Joshua French, M.D. “Our program was evaluated not only for its services, but survival rates and other clinical mea-sures. Accreditation is difficult—only about a third of hos-pitals in the United States achieve this distinction.”

The extensive, ac-creditation process involved submitting data and other docu-mentation and host-ing a site visit. Dur-ing the visit, evalua-tors attended a care conference, a twice-

monthly meeting in which physicians from multiple spe-cialties discuss spe-cific cases to make sure that patients are receiving com-prehensive, well-co-ordinated care.

Reid first received the accreditation in 1990. Two years ago, the hospital opened Reid Cancer Center, a 6,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that brings all of the hospital’s outpatient cancer services un-der one roof. In all, more than 300 Reid health care profes-sionals serve cancer patients and their families. The medi-

cal staff includes four experienced oncologists (cancer specialists), who work closely with surgeons, radia-tion therapists and others to provide each patient’s care. Specialty trained nurses called “can-cer navigators” help patients and fami-lies by explaining the treatment pro-cess and answering

questions.“The accredita-

tion process is com-plex and time con-suming, and it in-volves a team effort from many people at the Reid Cancer Center,” Dr. French said. “This accredi-tation is a reflection of Reid’s dedication to providing the highest quality of cancer care possible for our community.”

SERVING USA R C A N U M

– Air Force Air-man Grant R. Skel-ton graduated from basic military train-ing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

Skelton com-pleted an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included training in military discipline and stud-ies, Air Force core values, physical fit-ness, and basic war-fare principles and skills.

Airmen who com-plete basic training

earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Skelton is the son of Randy and Tanya Skelton of Ar-canum, and brother of Lindsey Skelton of Bradford. He is also the grandson of Nedette and Robert Strawser and Barb and George Skelton of Arcanum.

Skelton gradu-ated from Franklin Monroe High School in 2013.

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Carlton Journey Real Estate Public Auction

Real Estate Located at 116 North Pearl Street

Ansonia, OhioSaturday April 25th @ 2PM

(PERSONAL PROPERTY consisting of automobiles, antiques, collectables, furniture, appliances, coins, tools, and compete estate BEGINS AT 10:05 AM and will be advertised at a later date) View www.auctionzip.com for full ad & Photos Real Estate Description: Located herein in the Anso-nia Corporation, Brown Township, Wards Addition Whole Lot 42, Ansonia School District, And better known as 116 North Pearl Street in Ansonia Ohio is a 1,141 square foot home with 2 bedrooms, full bath, large living room, kitchen, dining room, enclosed front porch all on the main floor, full basement, with the possibility of the unfinished upstairs be-ing made into 1 very large or 2 more smaller bedrooms if desired. There is beautiful original woodwork & solid wood doors with glass handles throughout the home. The roof is approximately 5 years old, other improvements within the last few years are new water heater, bathroom stool, beauti-ful linoleum in kitchen, water softener, and there is beautiful original hardwood floors under the carpet in all rooms. There is a 1 car detached garage with automatic opener along with a very nice enclosed car port with garage door. If you are looking for a clean well cared for and a very af-fordable home in Ansonia then this is just the home for you. Don’t miss this opportunity!!! Folks the Darke County Auditor’s office has Real Es-tate appraised at $53,000. The Estate is wanting to sell this home. This lovely home will sell with a minimum opening bid of only $26,000. Have your financing in hand and be ready to bid to buy on auction day. Call Tim today for your private viewing today at 419-733-5315 Terms: $5,000 down, balance at closing within 30 days with possession at closing. Any inspections wanted by buyer must be made prior to auction and paid by the buyer. 10% Buyers Premium added to determine final selling price.

Carlton S. Journey EstateDarke County Probate Case# 2015-1-046

Evelyn Brosher ExecutorEric Brand Attorney for The Estate

Auction Proudly Presented byTim Levi Auctioneer/Realtor 419-733-5315

Scott Ross Realty/Scott Ross BrokerAuctioneer licensed by Ohio Dept. of Agriculture.

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This Professional Office Building is uniquely designed with several rental or lease oppor-tunities. This frame construction building sits on .301 of an acre, and is 48’w x 89’ long w/ several separate entrances. This property boasts a newer Metal Roof, Gas Forced Air Furnaces & Central Air Conditioning, ample Parking & more. The North end of the building features (5) private modern Offices, lg. open Reception Area, Restrooms, Storage Room and more. The Center section and the South end boast ample office and/or Retail Spaces with Restrooms & Storage. A portion of the building is currently being used by a Health Care Professional Business which could continue to operate there or move as necessary, depending on agreement with new purchaser.

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DEAN’S LISTPIQUA – Edison

Community Col-lege recognized 401 students for excel-lence in academics on the 2014 Fall Semester Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the se-mester.

Local students named to the list are:

Ansonia: Todd Archey, Sandra Gril-liot, Amanda Jones,

Janette Jones and Kyle Thompson

Arcanum: Car-rie Baker, Shania Baker, Katherine Besecker, Morgan Booher, Sydney Bowser, George Bradford, Micki Earwood, Chasity Fuson, Hannah Greene, Caitlynn Gunckel, Emily Hicks, Julie Hicks, Peyton Kreitzer, Kara Lucas, and Madison Myers

Bradford: Jane Bloom, Bailey Brew-er, Allen Degrange, Brooke Dunlevy,

Jessica Gaynor, Megan Hunt, Alisha Patty, Kevin Poole, Christian Rolle and Nathaniel Rose

Eldorado: Haley Donahue

Gordon: Diana Howard

Greenville: Kurt Baker, Morgan Bingham, Madison Bixler, Trisha Burk, Morgan Byers, Ma-rissa Cain, Han-nah Cloyd, Danielle Dershem, Aubrey DeVoss, Robert Franklin, Bobby Gilbert, Kandace Hammaker, Megan Hammaker, Reece Hunt, Bryce Jen-kinson, Caitlynn Jones, Cameron Kunkle, George Liebherr, Matt Mai-tlen, Adam Peeples, Zachary Perry, Lu-cas Purdin, Madi-son Schlamb, Laci Shafer, Shelby Shumaker, Kristen Stryker, Zachary Stull, Eric Swartz, Lora Tolliver, Karla Zimmer

H o l l a n s b u r g : Alexandra Bietry, Courtney Osborne, Dana Puterbaugh and Jenna Spurrier

Laura: Spencer Delk, Sophie Fig and Ian Wirrig

New Madison: Alisha Hollinger, Brittany Martin and Raya Mikesell

New Paris: Ecko Brown

Pitsburg: Tanner Mong

Union City: Syd-ney Drew

V e r s a i l l e s : Bridget Berger, Eric Brown, Joshua Bulcher, Ashley Co-chran, Kara Don-brock, Katherine Ellis, Brenda Hale, Donald Kaiser, Mi-chelle Oliver, Jesse Paulus, Lisa Pfiffi, Abby Puterbaugh, and Courtney Vo-gel

West Man-chester: Ashley Cottingim;

Yorkshire: Am-ber Luthman and Jennifer Voisard.

Pictured are (front row) Ashlyn Fledderjohn, Beth Bruns, (back row) Betty Ranly, April Meyer, Lee Baker, James Dunlap, Pauline Faller and Ashlee Carder.

GREENVILLE – State of the Heart Hospice and its annual Camp BEARable for grieving youth is on the receiving end of a group of young people’s ef-forts to give back to the community on a monthly ba-sis. Recently, the young people in a program called “Transitions Unit” helped stuff bears that will be given to youth attending Camp BEARable which will be held July 17-19 at the Spiritual Center at Maria Stein.

Betty Ranly, a teachers’ aide at Coldwater Schools works with the Transitions proj-ect. It is a part of the Mercer County Educational Ser-vice Center, she explained, add-ing that the five young people, ages 18 to 22, are part of the Transitions Unit which as-sists those in the project to develop life skills and job skills. “The objec-tive is for them to get jobs and inte-grate them into the workplace,” Ranly said. Each month the students take on a community project, she added. They have done tasks such as trash collection along roadways, donat-ing food to the food pantry and inter-acting with seniors at retirement com-munities.

Ranly is no stranger to helping with Camp BEAR-able. Pauline Faller, Manager of Volunteer Services for State of the Heart, said Ranly has made bears for Camp in the past. Faller coordinates the volunteer ef-

forts in making and stuffing the bears. Ranly said she first learned of Camp BEAR-able through read-ing of the camp in her church bul-letin a few years ago. She made the 12 bears that the group recently stuffed. Each year, volunteers help in sewing the bears, each one unique, and stuffing them. Each camper re-ceives a bear and takes the bear home with them.

“This is excit-ing to have these young people chose our Camp BEARable for their monthly commu-nity project,” stat-ed Ashlee Carder, a music therapist and Bereavement Support Special-ist for State of the Heart. She is also Camp Director. This year marks the 15th year that the camp has been held. It is for youth who are grieving the loss of a loved one. The camp is free and those attending do not have to have any connection with hospice in order to attend.

The camp expe-rience is unique, she explained, as it mixes fun and games along with serious dialogue about loss and grief. Each young person is paired with a specially trained “buddy” who is with the camper most of the weekend. Over 600 young people have attended the camp since it be-gan in 2000.

Since the camp is provided free, financial contribu-tions are always welcomed, Carder said, and “we al-ways need volun-teers to help that weekend.” Volun-teers go through an orientation prior to camp. For more information about donating or volun-teering or to regis-ter, call Carder at 1-800-417-7535. Or, you can send her an email at ac-arder@stateofthe-heartcare.org.

For 34 years, State of the Heart

Camp BEARable gets help

has provided care to patients and families in east-ern Indiana and western Ohio who

are confronting a life limiting ill-ness. For more information about any of the services

provided by the nonprofit agency, visit the web site at www.stateofthe-heartcare.org.

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ville High School is pleased to announce its honor/mer-it roll for the second nine weeks grading period.

Highest HonorsSeniors – Kaleb

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Sophomores – Mary Add-ington, Jeremy Eshbaugh, Haylee Hanes, Rachel Hick-erson, Meg Rehmert and Mackenzie Slade

Freshmen – Katelyn

Avore, Landin Brown, Dan-ielle Colby, Seth Conway, Lane Grant and Hayley Ma-her

Honor RollSeniors – Daniel Andres,

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Sophomores – Shane Barga, Lauren Baughn, Brandon Beyke, Hannah Bingham, Tera Blumen-stock, Heidi Brickler, Jus-tin Brown, Nathan Burk, Lessie Cable, Jacob Cain, Haley Dillman, Levi Emer-ick, Mary Fenhaus, Aaron Frens, Isaiah Gable, Jack

Garland, Paul Gibson, Macy Godown, Chad Harter, Alli Hill, Haylee Jacobe, Vic-toria Landis, Megan Laux, Victoria Lucy, Erick Madi-son, Genesis Malin, Meeka Maloy, Craig Manges, Justin McMiller, Ashlyn Menger, Ceejay Miltenberger, Dya-na Luiza Mojica, Felicity Nibert, Sydney Oda, Peter Pandey, Brooke Perreira, Kyle Phillips, Kody Purvis, Cassie Rapier, Karsyn Shaf-fer, Jason Shields, Joshua Smith, Andrew Stegall, Sara Strait, Leah Suter, Logan Tabler, Dalton Walls, Taylor Ward, Karli Wicker, Liam Williams-Henninger and Kassidy York

Freshmen – Hunter An-derson, Madison Baker, Lauren Burns, Alex Chui, Grace Coakley, William Coomer, Taryn Cooper, Cassie Cromwell, Pryce Durnye, Isabel Elliott, Bri-anna Fourman, Addyson Frens, Chloie Graves, Man-dy Grooms, Geanette Hen-ning, Matthew Hounshell, Natalie House, Amber Hutt, Ashley Karns, Kourtney Kretschmar, Sydney Law-son, John Lemaster, Aaron Lobenstein, Evan Menden-hall, Zachary Miller, Tristan Milton, Hannah Morrow, Ayano Narita, Maxwell Onkst, Owen Paulus, Alexis Phillips, Nathan Remencus, Taira Ruble, Braden Rus-sell, Joshua Schrock, Ryan Schwieterman, Madison Shepard, Lynsie Siegler, Ty-

ler Strait, Jessica Tanner, Ryan Trick, Alexander Veh-re, Kelsey Weaver, Bonita Wentworth, Josiah Westfall and Tabetha Westfall

Merit RollSeniors – Sydney Al-

caraz, Aaron Balsbaugh, Haley Barton, Mason Bass, Tara Byers, Kirsten Da-vis, Lucas Eldridge, Shir-ley Elifritz, Natalie Esarey, Avery Fields, Sierra Forte, Brennan Gettinger, Ashley Grote, Chelsea Hawes, Al-exander Hoffman, Robert Hosbrook, Collin Jennings, Kaylee Johnson, Devyn Jones, Dylan Knoop, Les-lie Logan, Kimberly Mar-tin, Jeremy Meade, Megan Meeks, Tatan Miller, Blake Mowery, Taylor Murphy, Richard Normile, Jake Pab-st, Madisyn Pieper, Tanika Ray, Dustin Sendeza, Jer-emy Thobe, Keisha Warner, Rebecca Weyrick, Jeffrey Wirrig, Elise Woodworth, Colleen Woodyard, Kayla Worrell and Olivia Wysong

Juniors – Jared Auker-man, Dylan Avore, Zachary Baughman, Jordan Bourne, Sarah Brandon, Carson Bruner, Nycole Burk, Kelsey Canan, Jakob Denney, Moreah Donthnier, Tara Eichelberger, Travis Em-rick, Austin Ferguson, Mi-chael Feurer, Bryan Flory, Christopher Force, Hunter George, Travis Grooms, Shawn Hanish, Jonathan Hanks, Alyson Hardy, Ad-dison Hart, Jonathan Hol-

man, James Hosier, Alexis Kincaid, Ted Klepinger, Ma-riah Kohlhorst, Alex Lance, Elizabeth Light, Lukas Lowry, Cameron Lucy, Ja-cob Mann, Aaron Miniard, Carter Neff, William Nib-ert, Caleb Poston, Cheyenne Ragon, Tessa Schatz, Jena Snyder, Jeramy Toombs Jr., Ryan Trent, Benjamin Whittington, Karena Wills and Jayda Wright

Sophomores – Ma-son Baker, Jarred Batten, Jacob Bradfield, Hayley Burns, Kama Carroll, Rob-ert Chalmers, Haley Christ-man, Mickayla Cline, McK-enna Crews, Katie Custer, Courtney Delaney, Logan Eldridge, Harley Fisher, Mikala Ginger, Logan Gor-rell, James Graves, Austin Grote, Brianna Hartle, Noah Haupt, Robert Hawes, Molly Hunt, Sierra Julian, William Kirk, Dalton Kopilec, Ryver Lewis, Kyra Maloy, Ashley Marker, Brooke McCon-nell, Wynter McVey, Jared Metzner, Raven Mote, Hope Pike, Tanner Ross, Sierra Roth, Braxton Sandlin, Tio-na Thompson, Sarah Tipple, Jackson Turner, Christo-pher Watson, Brittany Wey-rick and Trae Wood

Freshmen – William An-derson, Bailey Bach, Bre-anna Bailey, Alison Baugh-man, Cullen Blinn, Sierra Bowers, Paige Burns, Jo-anna Burton, Hope Byrum, Gabriella Cantu, Cassandra Clark, Zane Clark, Sierra Cress, Tyler Fleming, Casey Flora, Brianna Gerace, Au-tumn Grice, Sydney Grote, Kevin Gulley, Hailey Hunt, Kathryn Hurd, Emma Jen-nings, Cameron Kaiser, Hannah Knight, Kayden Madden, Kiersten Martin, Zachariah Massie, Hayley Meade, Renee Netzley, Allie Null, Connor Null, Shelby Pell, Nolan Peters, Zach-ary Pohl, Bethany Potter, Brooke Quinn, Paige Ross, Larisa Schmitmeyer, Jacob Schneider, Macey Smith, Nicole Stewart, Garrett Strait, Jacob Subler, Tan-ner Swisshelm, Seth Unger, Onna Warren, Logan Wead, Airrika Westfall and Saman-tha Whritenour

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Darst will portray Hayes on April 12GREENVILLE – The

Darke County Genealogi-cal Society with the support of the Ohio Humanities Council would like to invite members and the public to a special presentation, “Lucy Webb Hayes”, by Betty Darst, on April 12, 2 p.m., in the Lowell Thomas Conference room at Garst Museum.

Lucy Webb Hayes was the wife of the 19th presi-dent, Rutherford B. Hayes. There were many firsts con-nected with Lucy Hayes. She was the first wife of a

president to have a college degree, and she described the dynamic of the Civil War on the first typewriter in the White House. Stretch-ing her role as First Lady beyond that of hostess, she worked for completion of the Washington Monument and brought the Easter Egg Roll to the White House lawn, where it continues to-day. This first person por-trayal lifts Lucy out of the pages of history.

Betty Darst, an Ohio Hu-manities Council Speaker Bureau member, is known

GREENVILLE – A spring tea and luncheon on May 16 at 11:30 a.m. fea-tures Jan Brady giving the history of women’s under-garments. The Olde Thyme Gardeners of Darke County Parks present this unusual event as a fund raiser to be held at the Shawnee Prairie Nature Center, 4267 State Route 502, Greenville. The cost is $20 per person by reservation only due before May 6.

Registration forms are available at most Darke County public libraries and on line at www.oldthy-megarden.blogspot.com. Send the form and a check made out to “Olde Thyme

Gardeners” to the follow-ing address: Olde Thyme Gardeners, P.O. Box 74, Greenville, Ohio 45331. Or simply send a check along with your name, address, phone number, and email address to Box 74. Please, do not send it to the park office. Confirmations will be made by email.

Participants are encour-aged to dress in their finest attire and/or wear a favor-ite hat of yesteryear, and of course, wear your favorite underpinnings.

For more information send questions to oldethy-megardener@gmail.com. or look on Facebook.

for her living history por-trayals. She shares her insights in an accurate, honorable portrayal with a fierce dedication to de-tail and history. Betty is a source to other writers and producers for her expertise. She spent a career in edu-cational leadership, experi-enced in research and now

shares her talents with the aviation community. She is Vice President of the Na-tional Aviation Hall of Fame and works with mentoring programs encouraging high school girls to reach for the sky.

Since 1972, the Ohio Humanities Council, state affiliate of the National

Endowment for the Hu-manities, has provided leadership, resources, and financial support for the humanities in Ohio. Hu-manities programs take various forms, such as book discussions, public lectures, historical portrayals, tour-ing exhibits, radio series, and forums. The Coun-cil produces and supports programs in every region of the state. For more in-

formation about programs sponsored or funded by the Ohio Humanities Council, visit www.ohiohumanities.org. If you would like to receive information from the Council about upcom-ing programs and events, please sign up to be added to their mailing list.

This presentation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

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