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The Courier • Tuesday, MaRCH 3, 2015
BIRTHDAYS • ANNIVERSARIES • RETIREMENTS • GRADUATIONS • NEW ARRIVALS
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THE COURIER
TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015
Happy Birthday to All
Recently born at Blanchard
Valley Hospital, as reported by their
parents:
• Zerek Minjarez, boy, albert Minjarez and dawna Bridenstine, Findlay,
Feb. 18.
• Gunnar allen Monroe Long, boy,
Chad and Jennifer Long, Tiffin, Feb.
18.
• Madelyn Renee Hess, girl, david
and alicia Hess, attica, Feb. 19.
• Kenzi scott douville, girl, Bryan
and Holly ann douville, Perrysburg,
Feb. 19.
• Kaylee Vivian Hicks, girl, Jeremiah d. Hicks and Casi J. Granger,
Findlay, Feb. 19.
• Zachary Thomas Brown, boy,
Thomas and Michelle Brown, Findlay, Feb. 19.
• Nolan Edward Fisher and Ethan
Harold Fisher, boys, Matthew and
Julie Gibson Fisher, Findlay, Feb. 20.
• Finn Walker Goldsmith, boy, Zac
and Michelle Goldsmith, Kenton, Feb.
20.
• Paisleigh arynn Lin Caskie, girl,
aaron Caskie and Jordan Mendoza,
Findlay, Feb. 21.
• Liam Fox, boy, Tyler and Ellie
Fox, Mount Blanchard, Feb. 21.
• Waylon Coe south, boy, Roger
and shaie south, North Baltimore,
Feb. 21.
• Jacob adam Johnson Jr., boy,
Jacob adam Johnson sr. and sierra
Hatter, Fostoria, Feb. 22.
• Madison Paige sigler, girl, Caitlyn sigler, Tiffin, Feb. 23.
• MaLeeyah Lashae’ Pullom, girl,
darius Pullom and Megan Myers,
Findlay, Feb. 23.
• Janelle Bradleigh Hess, girl,
andrew and CeCe Hess, Feb. 24.
• MacKenzie Rae Baird, girl, Troy
and Hollie Baird, Vanlue, Feb. 24.
• Evie Rae Price, girl, Marcus
Price and Theresa Heidlebaugh, Findlay, Feb. 24.
The Bestseller List
By The Wall street Journal
FICTION
1. “The Girl on the Train” by Paula
Hawkins (Riverhead)
2. “Green Eggs and Ham” by dr.
seuss (Random House)
3. “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish
Blue Fish” by dr. seuss (Random
House)
4. “The Cat in the Hat” by dr.
seuss (Random House)
5. “all the Light We Cannot see”
by anthony doerr (scribner)
6. “are you My Mother” by P.d.
Eastman (Random House)
7. “Fox in socks” by dr. seuss
(Random House)
8. “diary of a Wimpy Kid: The
Long Haul” by Jeff Kinney (amulet
Books)
9. “dr. seuss’s aBC” by dr. seuss
(Random House Books for young
Readers)
10. “Hop on Pop” by dr. seuss
(Random House)
NONFICTION
1. “The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying up” by Marie Kondo (Ten
speed)
2. “There’s No Place Like space”
by Tish Rabe (Gallup Press)
3. “Oh, say Can you say di-nosaur” by Bonnie Worth (Random
House)
4. “Killing Patton” by Bill O’Reilly
and Martin dugard (Henry Holt and
Co.)
5. “The 20/20 diet” by Phil
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This week’s celebrity birthdays
include:
Sunday:
actor Robert Clary (“Hogan’s
Heroes”) is 89. singer Harry Belafonte is 88. actor Robert Conrad is
80. singer Mike d’abo of Manfred
Mann is 71. singer Roger daltrey
is 71. actor alan Thicke (“Growing
Pains”) is 68. Actor-director Ron
Howard is 61. Country singer Janis
Oliver Cummins of sweethearts of the
Rodeo is 61. actress Catherine Bach
(“The dukes of Hazzard”) is 61. actor
Tim daly is 59.
Keyboardist Jon Carroll (starland
Vocal Band) is 58. Bassist Bill Leen
(Gin Blossoms) is 53. actor Bryan
Batt (“Mad Men”) is 52. actor Chris
Eigeman (“Gilmore Girls,” ‘’Malcolm
in the Middle”) is 50. actor George
Eads (“C.s.I.”) is 48. actor Javier
Bardem is 46. actor Jack davenport
(“Pirates of the Caribbean,” ‘’smash”)
is 42.
Guitarist Ryan Peake of Nickelback
is 42. actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is
41. actor Jensen ackles (“supernatural”) is 37. “Blues Clues” host
donovan Patton is 37. actress Lupita
Nyong’o (“12 years a slave”) is 32.
singer Kesha is 28. singer sammie is
28. singer Justin Bieber is 21.
Yesterday:
actor John Cullum (“Northern
Exposure”) is 85. Author Tom
Wolfe is 85. author John Irving is 73.
actress Cassie yates is 64. actresscomedian Laraine Newman is 63.
singer Jay Osmond of The
Osmonds is 60. drummer John Cowsill of The Cowsills is 59. Country
singer Larry stewart of Restless Heart
is 56. singer Jon Bon Jovi is 53.
actor daniel Craig is 47. singer
Chris Martin of Coldplay is 38. actor
Robert Iler (“The sopranos”) is 30.
actress Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game
of Thrones”) is 26.
Today:
singer Jennifer Warnes is 68.
singer-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock is
62. Guitarist John Lilley of The Hooters is 61. actress Miranda Richardson
is 57. Rapper Tone Loc is 49. actress
Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”) is 45.
Country singer Brett Warren of
The Warren Brothers is 44. actor
david Faustino (“Married...With
Children”) is 41. actress Jessica Biel
is 33. Guitarist Joe “Blower” Garvey
of Hinder is 31.
Tomorrow:
Bassist Chris squire of yes is 67.
singer shakin’ stevens is 67. singer
Chris Rea is 64. actress Kay Lenz
is 62. Percussionist Emilio Estefan
of the Miami sound Machine is 62.
actress Catherine O’Hara is 61. actor
Mykelti Williamson (“Forrest Gump”)
is 58. actress Patricia Heaton is 57.
actor steven Weber is 54. Bassist Jason Newsted (Metallica) is 52.
Rapper Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) is
49. drummer Patrick Hannan of The
sundays is 49. singer Evan dando of
The Lemonheads is 48. actress Patsy
Kensit is 47.
drummer Fergal Lawler of The
Cranberries is 44. Country singer
Jason sellers is 44. actress Margo
Harshman (“The Big Bang Theory”)
is 29. actress andrea Bowen (“desperate Housewives”) is 25.
Thursday:
actor James Noble (“Benson”)
is 93. actor James B. sikking (“Hill
street Blues,” ‘’doogie Howser,
M.d.”) is 81. actor dean stockwell
is 79. actor Fred Williamson is 77.
actor Michael Warren (“soul Food,”
‘’Hill street Blues”) is 69.
actor-singer Eddie Hodges is 68.
singer Eddy Grant is 67. Keyboardist alan Clark of dire straits is 63.
actress-comedian Marsha Warfield
(“Night Court”) is 61. Comedianmagician Penn Jillette is 60. singers
Craig and Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers are 53. Guitarist John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 45.
singer Rome is 45.
See BiRTHdAy, Page T5
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TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015
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Unlikely source donates 6
Excerpts from ‘A history of the
Maumee Valley’ give small details million dollars upon death
from Hancock’s early years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is from
a series written from 1959 to 1974
by the late R.L. Heminger, publisher and editor of The Courier.
By R.L. HEMINGER
a history of the Maumee Valley,
written by H.s. Knapp of Toledo
in 1877, relates some interesting
happenings and makes some informative observations with regard to
Hancock County.
For instance, he quotes a letter
from William Mungen, once a Findlay lawyer and editor and one-time
congressman, as follows:
“ s ometi me a round 18 3 4,
Michael Price, William Taylor, John
McKinnis and one or two others not
now remembered who had been
on a trading trip to Perrysburg,
were returning with goods, etc.,
and having got up into Blanchard
Township in Hancock County, a few
miles from the mouth of the river,
discovered upon landing, a large
bear running past them.
“They gave chase, overtook or
interrupted it and attacked and
killed it with the poles they used
to propel their pirogues on the
river after a serious and dangerous
combat. They had no guns in the
fight, their guns being in the boats
when Bruno made his appearance.”
Mr. Knapp said much of the
travel to Perrysburg and Maumee
was by boat down the Blanchard,
then upon the auglaize and into
the Maumee. The pirogues in which
they traveled were hollowed-out
trees, which were transformed into
boats.
Historian Knapp quoted from
some reminiscences, which he
found in the Jeffersonian, a weekly
newspaper of early days, written by
an Edwin F. James, of Chillicothe,
Ill. who had visited early Findlay.
The following is an excerpt:
“We visited the John Hambletons on our visit to Findlay in May
1827. They took us to the fort,
which was one and a half miles from
where they lived. We crossed Lye
and Eagle creeks on trees and tops
of trees fallen from either side. We
were introduced to Wilson Vance,
the ‘head center’ (as Mr. James
described the man who had laid
out the town) and a gentleman
indeed and in truth and chief agent
of the town proprietors. We also
met John C. Wickham, the town’s
school teacher and squire Carlin,
who had started the first store.”
Findlay’s first doctor, dr. Bass
Rawson, was described as “one of
God’s noblemen.”
discussing the pioneer means of
transport, the Knapp history says,
hogs, which the settlers raised,
were driven to detroit and sold
there.
squire Carlin is quoted as follows with regard to the condition
of Fort Findlay in 1882, 16 years
after it had been built:
“The pickets next to the river
were in a good condition of preservation, but travelers who had
camped in the effort had chopped
off the tops of many of those enclosing the other three sides for firewood. Within the enclosure were
a blockhouse yet standing and two
small houses, which had probably
been used as barracks. The pickets
enclosed about one acre of ground.”
In reading through the Knapp
history, one comes across a page
heading entitled “Fort Findlay
attacked.” This proves intriguing
for no known record exists of any
attack upon the fort here. But upon
examining the page, one finds that
the facts detailed there do not bear
out the heading. Whoever put the
headings on the page made a mistake, evidently.
On the page is a letter from a
Major a. William Oliver dated “Fort
Findlay, april 23, 1813,” addressed
to Governor Meigs. In the communication, the major describes
a situation on the Maumee River
where 3,000 British soldiers were
encamped across from the american fortifications and sending a
few volleys across the waterway in
a menacing sort of way.
Evidently the “Fort Findlay”
address misled the one writing the
headings.
The Findlay fort was never
involved in any enemy action. It
consisted largely of a depot in which
materials of war were stored and
which formed a military headquarters in this area, in the 1812 war.
ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
Michael & Kay Daniels
Dan & Ann Clinger
Michael and Kay Daniels, of
Findlay, are celebrating their 25th
wedding anniversary. They were
married February 24, 1990 at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Findlay, Ohio by
Pastor John Dyer.
Michael is the son of Ron and Roi
Ann Daniels, of Findlay, Ohio. He
works at Whirlpool Corporation.
Kay is the daughter of Paul and
Virginia Hunter, of Arlington, Ohio.
She works at Blanchard Valley
Hospital.
They are proud to be the parents
of Brittany Daniels, of Findlay, Ohio
and Bethany Daniels, of Findlay,
Ohio.
Dan & Ann Clinger, Findlay, OH,
will celebrate their 40th wedding
anniversary with family and friends.
Mr. Clinger and the former Ann
Smith were married March 2, 1975
at St. Paul’s United Methodist
Church, Findlay.
Mr. Clinger is retired from RCM
Architects. Mrs. Clinger is retired
from a medical office.
The couple has six children, Sheri
Hammer, James Ramsey, Andrea
Sprouse, Mindy Hartman, all of
Findlay, Philip Clinger, Battle Creek,
MI, and Tracy Hoover, Sanford, N.C.
They have 16 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
BRaTTLEBORO, Vt. (aP) — a man
who sometimes held his coat together
with safety pins and had a long-time
habit of foraging for firewood also had
a knack for picking stocks, a talent that
became public after his death when he
bequeathed $6 million to his library and
hospital.
The investments made by Ronald
Read, a former gas station employee
and janitor who died in June at age 92,
“grew substantially” over the years, said
his attorney Laurie Rowell.
Read, who was known for his flannel
shirt and baseball cap, gave no hint of the
size of his fortune.
“He was unbelievably frugal,” Rowell
said. When Read visited her office,
“sometimes he parked so far away so he
wouldn’t have to pay the meter.”
The bequest of $4.8 million to the
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and $1.2
million to the town’s Brooks Memorial
Library were the largest each institution has ever received. Read also made
a number of smaller bequests.
“It’s pretty incredible. This is not
something that happens on a regular
basis,” said the hospital’s development
director, Gina Pattison.
Besides cash, Read had an antique
Edison phonograph with dozens of
recording drums that he left to the dummerston Historical society, Rowell said.
“It’s really a beautiful machine,” said
the society’s president, Muriel Taylor.
Read was born in the small town of
dummerston in 1921. He was the first in
his family to graduate from high school,
walking and hitchhiking about 4 miles
each way from his home to school in
Brattleboro.
after military service during World
War II, he returned to Brattleboro and
worked at a service station for 25 years
and then 17 years as a janitor at the J.C.
Penney.
In 1960, he married a woman he met
at the service station. she died in 1970.
stepson Phillip Brown, of somersworth, New Hampshire, told The
Brattleboro Reformer he visited Read
every few months, more often as Read’s
health declined.
The only indication Brown had of
Read’s investments was his regular reading of The Wall street Journal.
“I was tremendously surprised,”
Brown said of Read’s hidden wealth.
“He was a hard worker, but I don’t think
anybody had an idea that he was a multimillionaire.
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Recent measuring
of the Washington
Monument’s height
comes up short
By BRETT ZONGKER
AssociAted Press
WasHINGTON (aP) — Government surveyors have determined
a new height for the Washington Monument that’s nearly 10
inches shorter than what has been
recorded for more than 130 years,
officials said.
The new measurement puts
the monument at 554 feet, 7 and
eleven-thirty-seconds of an inch, as
measured from the floor of the main
entrance to the top.
Ever since the stone obelisk was
completed in 1884, however, the
historic height has been recorded
at 555 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches. It’s a
number circulated for decades on
tours of the capital and in civics
classes about the monument honoring the nation’s first president.
so could this be a case of an
incredible shrinking monument?
Has it sunk into the ground more
than previously thought? No, not
even close, said the chief scientist
at the National Geodetic survey,
which conducted the measurement
with accuracy to within one millimeter.
Modern international standards
from the Council of Tall Buildings
and Urban Habitat, an official
guideline for building measurements, call for a different base
point than what was likely used in
the 1880s, said dru smith, chief
geodesist with the National Geodetic survey.
This standard measures from the
lowest open-air pedestrian entrance
to the building.
“The building didn’t change
height because of anything; it is just
where you start from,” smith said.
The original measurement conducted in 1884 by Lt. Col. Thomas
Casey is believed to have used four
brass markers as a base for measurement. Those markers remain in
place about 9 inches below ground
off each corner of the monument.
It’s possible the markers were at
ground level in the past. a new plaza
was installed around the monument
more recently, and “it’s clear that
what was ground level has changed
over the years,” smith said.
Measurements from the brass
markers to the top in 1999 and
2014 essentially reconfirmed the
original measurement, showing the
1884 measurement was done with
“incredible accuracy.”
The only obser vable height
change was the pyramid-shaped
tip had been rounded off over time.
surveyors in 1934 also noticed the
peak had been rounded and believed
it was due to frequent lightning
strikes that melted the aluminum
tip.
“Well, this time around, we took
very careful measurements,” smith
said. “We were able to determine
about 3/8 of an inch had been
melted off from the very top.”
That means the original 1884
measurement, completed with much
less sophisticated equipment, was
within ¾ of an inch of the findings
from the newest survey, using the
original brass markers as a base
point.
“It’s remarkable, quite honestly,
that they had the ability to get such
an accurate measurement back in
that time,” smith said.
When the monument was completed in 1884, it was the world’s
tallest structure until 1889 when
the Eiffel Tower was built. It
remains by far the tallest structure in the nation’s capital, which
strictly restricts building heights.
Most buildings are shorter than
the U.s. Capitol dome, which rises
288 feet.
The new survey was conducted
while the monument was wrapped
in scaffolding for restoration work
following a 2011 earthquake.
Earlier survey results showed
the monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of
the 5.8-magnitude earthquake. The
monument was built on land that
used to be underwater, and it has
sunk about 2.2 inches since 1901.
Lest anyone be confused by
the changing measurements, the
National Park service as caretaker
of the monument has no intention of
changing its brochures or description of the height to reflect the new
numbers.
“For our purposes we’ll still use
the historic height rather than the
architectural height, since they’re
measured from different places,”
said spokeswoman Jenny anzelmosarles.
The extensive survey will give
the Park service new data as a
baseline to track any changes in the
monument’s height, tilt or compression in the future.
“I think we can all agree the significance of the Washington Monument is really far greater than the
architectural qualities or even its
height,” said Mike Commisso, a
cultural resources specialist for the
National Mall.
“It continues to serve as a memorial to one of the most influential
and prominent public figures in our
nation’s history.”
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TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015
Guilt gets the better of
thieves in Boy Scout
camping gear theft
BILLINGs, Mont. (aP) — a
guilty conscience and news coverage apparently led some thieves to
return a cargo trailer and camping
gear that was stolen from a Montana Boy scout troop recently.
scoutmaster Rick Lindholm said
the thieves left a handwritten note
on the windshield of a car in the
church parking lot from which the
trailer and gear were taken.
The note said they felt guilty
and indicated a Billings address
in where the trailer could be found
and another address where other
gear could be found, The Billings
Gazette reported.
Lindholm said police recovered
the majority of the missing gear
with the exception of some wall
tents and heaters.
France gives real
money in random
Monopoly boxes
PaRIs (aP) — you can pass go, get
out of jail free and collect real money.
The French version of Monopoly is
celebrating its 80th year by slipping cash
into 80 boxes of the game.
One box will have the full complement in real money, about $23,600, as
well as the Monopoly money needed to
actually play the game, one of the most
popular in France. another 79 boxes
will have smaller amounts, according
to Hasbro.
The Paris version lets players buy the
Champs Elysees, four railroad stations
and other famous avenues of the French
capital.
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The troop is happy the thieves
had a change of heart, he said.
“I really hope that they use
this experience to turn their lives
around in a better direction,” said
Lindholm, scoutmaster of Troop
373, which is sponsored by the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day saints.
“For our church, we believe a
lot in repentance,” he said. “If you
sin, you should repent. you don’t
fully complete the process until you
turn back from what you’ve done
and never return to it.”
While most of the $7,000 in
items taken from Troop 373 was
recovered, Billings police are still
investigating the earlier theft of
$3,200 worth of camping gear from
another group of Boy scouts.
Both groups had raised money
to buy the camping gear.
News of the thefts brought
an outpouring of support for the
troops, including donations to
replace the equipment.
CELEBR ATIONS !
THE COURIER
TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015
Troublesome dog finds help Online poll
in Utah after owner’s death names new
KaNaB, Utah (aP) — a dog is getting a new lease on life at a Utah animal
sanctuary a month after escaping a
worse fate in Indiana: being euthanized
and having its cremated ashes mixed
with those of its late owner.
staff members at the Best Friends
animal society in Kanab say the male
German shepherd named Bela still has
behavioral issues, but is doing very well.
“It’s something we do every day: We
handle special needs,” Christine Ver-
Birthday
Continued from page T2
actor Kevin Connolly (“Entourage”) is 41. actress Eva Mendes is
40. actor sterling Knight (“sonny
With a Chance”) is 26. actor Jake
Lloyd (“star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace”) is 26.
Friday:
actor Ben Murphy is 73. Singer
Mary Wilson of The Supremes is
71. drummer Hugh Grundy of The
Zombies is 70. singer-guitarist david
Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 69. Actordirector Rob Reiner is 68. singer
Kiki dee is 68.
actress anna Maria Horsford
(“The shield,” ‘’amen”) is 68. Actor
Tom Arnold is 56. actor d.L. Hughley (“The Hughleys”) is 51. Country
songwriter skip Ewing is 51.
actress Connie Britton is 48.
actress Moira Kelly (“One Tree Hill”)
is 47. actress amy Pietz (“Caroline
in the City”) is 46. Pedal steel player
shan Farmer of Ricochet is 41.
Rapper Beanie sigel is 41. Rapper
Bubba sparxxx is 38. drummer Chris
Tomson of Vampire Weekend is 31.
Rapper/producer Tyler, the Creator
is 24.
Saturday:
TV personality Willard Scott
is 81. actor daniel J. Travanti is 75.
Bassist Chris White of The Zombies is
72. singer Peter Wolf of The J. Geils
Band is 69. actor John Heard is 69.
Keyboardist Matthew Fisher of Procol
Harum is 69. Guitarist Ernie Isley of
the Isley Brothers is 63.
actor Bryan Cranston (“Breaking
Bad,” ‘’Malcolm in the Middle”) is
59. singer Taylor dayne is 53. actor
Bill Brochtrup (“NyPd Blue”) is 52.
Comedian Wanda sykes is 51. drummer Randy Guss of Toad the Wet
sprocket is 48. actress Rachel Weisz
is 44.
singer sebastien Izambard of Il
divo is 42. singer Hugo Ferreira of
Tantric is 41. actress Jenna Fisher
(“The Office”) is 41. actor TJ Thyne
(“Bones”) is 40. actress Laura Prepon
(“Orange is the New Black”) is 35.
gallito of Best Friends told KsL. “We
handle behavioral issues, and we give
them an enriched life here.”
Connie Ley of aurora, Indiana, who
died in November, stipulated in her will
that Bela either go to the Utah sanctuary or be euthanized, cremated and
mixed with her ashes.
That’s because Ley felt the 105pound dog was aggressive and not safe
around strangers, particularly children.
sanctuary workers say although
they notice Bela wagging his tail more,
they’re working to socialize him with
people and other dogs.
“It’s just a matter of time before, one
way or the other, he’s happy and he lives
a full, rich life,” said John Garcia of Best
Friends.
Garcia grew close to Bela over the
last month. He drove 1,800 miles to
Indiana and back to get the dog to Utah.
“Bela handled it like a champ,”
Garcia told KsL. “Every single day, he
learned more, he had a lot of fun and, all
in all, he’s such a good dog ... He’s very
loyal. He gets attached very quickly.”
He and others are hoping Bela,
who’s believed to be 8 or 9 years old,
can be adopted someday. If not, they’ll
be happy to have him live out his life at
the sanctuary, they said.
T5
ENGAGEMENT
San Diego
Zoo exhibit
saN dIEGO (aP) — a white
monocled cobra that briefly became
a national celebrity after it roamed a
southern California neighborhood for
several days in september now has a
new name.
The san diego Zoo tells the Los
angeles Times that the cobra will be
called adhira, which in Hindi means
lightning.
The Times says adhira came in
first in an online poll to find a name
for the venomous cobra that was captured in Thousand Oaks and, after a
period of quarantine, joined the zoo’s
Reptile House.
adhira received 4,612 votes,
besting sapheda (white), Krima
(cream), Cini (sugar), Moti (pearl)
and sundara (beautiful). selected by
the cobra’s keepers, the names were
meant to reflect the southeast asia
region where cobras are native.
The Times says the snake is on
exhibit.
ENGAGEMENT
Welch-Huston
Brittany Robin Welch and James
Andrew Huston, both of Dublin, OH,
have announced their engagement
and upcoming marriage. A May
16, 2015 ceremony is planned at
Zorvino Vineyards in Sandown, New
Hampshire.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of
Cory and Wendy Welch, of Salem,
New Hampshire. She graduated from
University of New Hampshire with a
BS in Animal Science, PreVet. She
will graduate from The Ohio State
University College of Veterinary
Medicine in May of 2015.
The groom-to-be is the son of
Don and Liz Huston, Pandora, OH.
He is the grandson of the late Lloyd
Huston and the late Kathryn Huston
Rosenberger of Mt. Cory, and of
Donna Abshier and the late Joe
Abshier, Findlay. He graduated from
Pandora-Gilboa High School. He
received his BS in Forensic Science
(toxicology)/Chemistry from The
University of Findlay. He graduated
as a NREMT-P & Firefighter II from
Columbus State Community College.
He is employed in the Emergency
Department at Riverside Methodist
Hospital.
ENGAGEMENT
Tiell & Frankforther
Chelsi Lee Tiell and Michael Lee
Frankforther of Arcadia, are delighted
to announce their engagement and
upcoming wedding, June 6, 2015.
Both their wedding and reception will
be held at the Elks at Northridge Club
in Findlay.
Chelsi is the daughter of Gary Tiell
and Kelly and Dana Abbott of Findlay.
Michael is the son of Ken Frankforther
of Wayne and Sandy Ayers of Findlay.
The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate
of Arcadia High School and a 2010
graduate of Owens Community
College where she received her
Associate of Applied Business degree
in Office Administration. She is
currently serving this great county
as a deputy clerk in the Finance
Department for the Hancock County
Auditor’s office.
The groom-elect is a 1992 graduate
of McComb High School. He is
currently employed as a yard spotter
and certified Smith System trainer for
JB Hunt Transportation Services in
Van Buren.
The couple met while working for
JB Hunt Transportation Services in
July of 2010.
Seeley - Giles
Cassaundra Seeley, is to be
married to Andrew Giles. Ms. Seeley
is the daughter of Tim & Julie Seeley
of Fairlawn, Ohio, and Todd Sopher
& Sherri Haushalter of Findlay,
Ohio. Mr. Giles is the son of Terry &
Elaine Giles of Findlay, Ohio.
The future bride received her
Bachelor of Arts degree from Flagler
College in Business Administration
and Communication. She is employed
as a Human Resources Manager.
The future groom received his
Bachelor of Science degrees from
University of Northwestern Ohio in
Business Administration and Marketing. He is employed as an Assistant Retail Manager.
A March wedding is planned, and
the couple will live in Findlay, Ohio.
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Books
Continued from page T2
McGraw (Bird street Books)
6. “Being Mortal” by atul Gawande (Metropolitan)
7. “strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom
Rath (Gallup Press)
8. “american sniper” by Chris
Kyle, scott McEwen and Jim deFelice
(Harper Collins)
9. “Minecraft: The Construction
Handbook” by scholastic (scholastic)
10. “Jesus Calling” by sarah young
(Thomas Nelson)
FICTION E-BOOKs
1. “The Girl on the Train” by Paula
Hawkins (Riverhead)
2. “Fifty shades of Grey” by E.L.
James (Vintage)
3. “Fifty shades darker” by E.L.
James (Vintage)
4. “Fifty shades Freed” by E.L.
James (Vintage)
5. “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty (amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
6. “all the Light We Cannot see”
by anthony doerr (scribner)
7. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
(Broadway Books)
8. “The Nightingale” by Kristin
Hannah (st. Martin’s Press)
9. “a spool of Blue Thread” by
anne Tyler (Knopf)
10. “Motive” by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
NONFICTION E-BOOKs
1. “american sniper” by Chris
Kyle, scott McEwen and Jim deFelice
(Harper Collins)
2. “Maude” by donna Mabry
(donna Mabry)
3. “The Boys in the Boat” by daniel
James Brown (Viking Press)
4. “Wild” by Cheryl strayed
(Knopf)
5. “Unbroken: a World War II
story” by Laura Hillenbrand (Random
House)
6. “Thunderstruck” by Erik Larson
(Crown/archetype)
7. “The Black Count” by Tom Reiss
(Crown/archetype)
8. “Upstairs at the White House”
by J.B. West (Open Road Media)
9. “On Calvary’s Hill” by Max
Lucado (Thomas Nelson)
10. “Built to Lead” by david Long
(Next Century Publishing)
Nielsen BookScan gathers data
from about 16,000 locations, representing about 85 percent of the
nation’s book sales. Print-book
data providers include all major
booksellers and Web retailers, and
food stores. E-book data providers
include all major e-book retailers.
Free e-books and those sold for less
than 99 cents are excluded. Audio
books are excluded. Refer questions
to michael.boone@wsj.com.
Goats help
dispose of
discarded
Christmas
trees
WEsTBROOK, Maine (aP) —
Christmas trees can be enjoyed long after
they are discarded by a family. They’re a
great source of vitamin C for goats.
a Maine farm is extending an invitation to residents who don’t know what to
do with their discarded trees.
Hillary Knight, the barnyard manager at smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook,
Maine, says the farm’s goats are more
than happy to eat the trees.
she says it’s a win-win. Humans can
recycle their trees and the goats get a
treat.
she told WCsH-TV it’s like humans
eating oranges dipped in chocolate, a
treat with health benefits.
so far, 200 trees have been donated.
Elsewhere, the Vermont Goat Collaborative is also collecting trees for goats.
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TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015
Michigan
dog gives law
enforcement
the slip
CasCadE TOWNsHIP, Mich.
(aP) — a large, brown dog spotted
wandering neighborhoods in western
Michigan has evaded capture attempts
for more than six months.
The dog, called “shaggy” after
his shaggy appearance, has made his
home in an area that’s surrounded
by wooded areas and large ravines.
MLive.com reports that some residents want to capture him, but he
managed to slip through their grasp.
The dog has been seen around
parts of Kent County, including
Cascade Township. avery sullengerWedder, who is involved in capture
efforts, says residents are worried that
he needs a home.
she says he’s not aggressive toward
people and “will happily walk beside
you as you walk your dog.”
WZZM-TV reports Kent County
animal Control also has been unsuccessful in capturing the dog.
“And twisting
together a crown of
thorns, they put it
on His head...”
Crown of thorns measures 6”-8”
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Woman finds 13year-old marijuana
in her family van
aLaMOGORdO, N.M. (aP) — a
New Mexico woman drove a van for
more than 13 years without realizing
there was marijuana hidden inside.
Melodie Peil told the alamogordo
daily News she bought a 1990 Chevrolet van at a dealership in 2001 so
Lincoln’s
second
inaugural
address
EdITOR’s NOTE: This series celebrating our heritage during the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War draws
primarily from wartime dispatches
credited to The associated Press or
other accounts distributed through
the aP and other historical sources.
astride the momentum of a string
of Northern battlefield victories, abraham Lincoln was sworn in this week
150 years ago to a second term as U.s.
president.
Lincoln’s second inauguration
opened on a damp, muddy day on
March 4, 1865, in Washington, d.C.
Where his oath four years earlier
had been administered amid a growing, warlike atmosphere, his second
swearing-in came as many sensed war
was nearing an end with the North
prevailing.
Tens of thousands gathered as
he delivered his second inaugural
address on a day with sun breaking
from the clouds. He spoke in stirring
words of healing a nation long divided
by war.
and he delivered the oft-recalled
phrase as he concluded his speech:
“With malice toward none; with
charity for all; with firmness in the
right, as God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish the work we
are in; to bind up the nations wounds;
to care for him who shall have borne
the battle and for his widow, and
his orphan — to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and lasting
peace, among ourselves, and with all
nations.”
she would have room to transport her
daughter’s children.
Until the other day, she had no idea
that on trips to softball games and on
vacations out of town she had been
transporting 13.5 pounds of marijuana
hidden in one of the vehicle’s doors.
a family friend discovered the
marijuana when he removed a door
panel to repair a broken handle.
Inside a hole cut in the door were
five bricks of marijuana covered in
plastic wrap and foil.
Police say the marijuana is so old
that it’s worthless.
College Corner
The following student was recently
named to the dean’s list:
• Tory Palmer, son of Geoff and
Jodie Palmer, formerly of Findlay,
Johns Hopkins University.
T7
Poetry Corner
A Valentine’s Eternal Love
When cupid shot his arrow, two hearts
Became one. Innocent and sweet, a
True blessing from above.
she was sixteen, he was too, they met at
a school dance and suddenly, their dark
sky turned heavenly blue.
some say events of the youth shouldn’t
Be wasted on the young, but I say,
God’s plan is never wrong, for what
Is meant to be will continue to be
strong, as well as a happy song.
sharing truth, respect, and trust, two
Hearts will agree and be blessed
With heavenly stardust.
One day when they are mature and
Plan for deeper things, they will
Look forward to exchanging double
Wedding rings.
Many Valentine’s days will pass, and
Then, as life will do, it will
sadly be their last.
after old age has passed, God will
Lovingly bring them to paradise.
How beautiful! Love eternal, oh!
How very nice.
Lila Rose Roszman,
Marion
Feb. 14
February is chilly, bleak, and cold
Unless you ski or skate, nothing to do
No wonder bears hibernate, but wait!
There is Valentine’s day for me and for
you!
a time for sweet hearts and flowers
The greatest day of the week
say to all “I love you,” they’d rejoice
Before you even speak.
Families need love, churches need love
Love always cares for others
Making us Christian brothers.
Churches are built on this
Hope is built on love
If we practice here
We’ll receive great love from above.
We’ll feel blessed and happy
Just by letting others know.
and to our surprise — chilly
February will really glow!
Rowena McDougle,
Findlay
Signs of Spring
you talk about the groundhog
But he doesn’t know a thing
The real sign of springtime is
When the birds begin to sing!
Alyce M. Hall,
Findlay
Snow, Snow, Go Away
Talk about the winter blahs!
With the first fallen snow
There were oohs and ahs
But now, it seems we’ve had snow forever
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and I really think that rodent “Phil”
Knows nothing about the weather!
so maybe, if we have any luck,
spring will soon be here.
Until that time, I’ll stay inside
Cause you and I are just plain stuck!
Donna Trenor,
Findlay
Untitled
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
and she can’t go shopping anymore.
so, she gave all her kids a lot of money,
Now grandma is really poor.
Helen Collins,
Deshler
Using The Golden Rule
One of the best skills you can learn in
school
Is to live your life by The Golden Rule,
Many think wealth is the ultimate tool,
But they never paid heed to The Golden
Rule.
some people are mean and excessively
cruel
They crash through life like a China
shop bull.
They’ve missed the contentment of a
life that’s full
By never applying The Golden Rule.
Wayne Carpenter,
Findlay
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TUEsday, MaRCH 3, 2015