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The Courier •Tuesday, NOVeMBeR 4, 2014BIRTHDAYS • ANNIVERSARIES • RETIREMENTS • GRADUATIONS • NEW ARRIVALS Advanced Drainage Systems celebrates Halloween in abig way every year. Pictured are the 2014 first placewinners, dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz.

THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014CELEBRATIONS!T3County National HonorSociety induction heldThe Hancock County Chapter of theNational Honor society held its inductionceremony on Oct. 27 at Van BurenHigh school.The following students wereinducted:ARCADIA – Chris Baker, sarahBall, skylar Conley, saleah dingelstedt,alexa dukat, Garrett Enders, McKennaEssman, skye Foster, KatyannGraham, drew Hanna, Megan Hill,sarah Hofacker, Christian Holcomb,austin Marczak, Brianna Miller, EmilyMusson, Clint Recker, Lacey Reichenbaugh,Jenna saltzman, Bailey switzer,Mariah Waaland, shae Watkins.ARLINGTON – Lauren alexander,Ridge Babb, Jarred Billcheck, MichaelBils, Haley Bonnell, Jesse Coleman,Emily dawson, abbey dempster, Haileydillon, Zachary durliat, dylan Frazier,Honor RollContinued from page T2to the all a Honor Roll:Eighth graders — Kacey dulle,Hayley Heitmeyer, Reese Mangas, OliviaNunez, Cole Rieman, Claire Rigel, Baileesickmiller, Carlee siefker.seventh graders — Lyndie Hazelton,Clarissa Plassman, aubree schroeder.sixth graders — Ethan Chambers,Madeline Walther.The following students were namedto the a-B Honor Roll:Eighth graders — Elijah Ballmer,Tylee dukes, Whitney Fischer, MiaFlores, allison Garcia, Hannah Goedde,Elyssa Gutierrez, Ruby Hardy, JalaHazelton, dylan Hiegel, tyler Hiegel,Hannah Mortimer, Joshua Ralda, alexisRamirez, Luke schroeder, MontanaVelazquez.seventh graders — Lydia apple,austin Escamilla, Conor Essinger,Hannah Funk, Wesley Garcia, JaquelyneGiron, shylene Giron, Frank Kelley,Caleb Lammers, alma Lopez-Gonzalez,Evan schroeder, Ryley spangler, Grantsteingass, Cole Williamson.sixth graders — Javier Bustos,Marcus amador, Elijah Fackler, JuanGutierrez, Kina Hemenway, GregLarson, Lorena Lehmann, McKennaNunez, destiny Phillips, Elle Rigel, Tylersickmiller, Catalina Zuniga.The following students were namedto the B Honor Roll:Eighth graders — Jacquelyn Jimenez,Kaider Rader, Eric Williamson.seventh graders — savannah Guevara,sophia Gutierrez, drew Liffick,mason Lopez, damien seitz, Hunterpangler.sixth graders — Caitlen Flick, alijahPardo.dakota Fredette, Matt Glick, GrantHeaster, shayna Helms, Megan Johnson,Bryce Jordan, Patrick Kessler, alexaLine, Kyle Randall, alexis Risner, shileyRoether, Lydia sorenson, Taylor Vogelsong,alyssa Wallwey, Nathan Willow.CORY-RAWSON – Rachel Breitigam,Kylee desgranges, Mycala Kloeppel,Carissa Kussmaul, Zachary Ream,Jamey Rettig, amie Ricksecker, Rebeccaschutz, Kirsten Truman.LIBERTY-BENTON – Kevin Bartchlet,Maranda Blanchard, Keith Bouts,Hannah Brown, Michaela Butler, abigailClouse, Chase Conkle, alyssa Cornwell,Nicolette devincentis, McKenna diRe,alexander doone, Matthew Eiting, ChadFrommer, andi Garver, Brett Geise, CarriganGray, Oliver Gruber, derek Gupta,alexander Harter, Nathan Hendel,Brooke Hoehne, Jaret Kern, MackenzieKizer, Ethan LaFontaine, WilliamLawson III, Connor Lay, Kelsey May,Michelle Muhlenkamp, Jacob Myers,amanda Petrella, Kelsey Powell, abbyRachel, Kayla Rachel, alexandriaReeves, Kayla Riebold, alec Rhodes,Kyle Rickle, Kaitlyn Roberts, Lydiaschroeder, Cole smith, Trevor springer,Maclain Teeple, Taylor Thomas, andrewWeadock, Logan young.MCCOMB – Emily Clark, CodyFranks, Vivan Householder, abigailKreh, Kirsten Long, ashley Philipp,aiden Roberts, Charles shoop, Jordanskilliter, aaron smith, Camryn sudlow,Cole Wasson.RIVERDALE – alexandra Bahn,Emily Baker, Hailey Birchfield, KarleeBirchfield, Ryan drerup, Taylor Farmer,aricka Hill, Makenzie Johnson, JulieKimmell, Corbin Knedler, Taylor Kuenzli,Joseph Lauck, Marissa Livingston,aubreah Manns, Morgan McRill, austinMiller, Tiffany Penwell, Victoria Penwell,alec Porter, allison Rader, Bhavyasharma, divya sharma, Natalie snook,Jenna Thomas.VAN BUREN – Briana Barnhisel,Marcus Brand, Lauren E. Brown, aricdewey, Morgan drake, alex duran,Mackenzie Edler, samantha M. Hagans,Lexi Hassan, Brooklyn Hoyng, andrewKelley, Ian a. Kern, Rebecca Kheiry,shelbi Leonard, Ruth Moon, J.J.Mowrey, Cole Ohlrich, Nick Overmyer,Katelyn Reineke, Tom Rowles, Jared d.smith, Callie spears, Kylie sturgill.VANLUE – samantha Creager,alexis Franks, Grace Gregory, shyloeHartman, samantha Hausserman, CaitlynHuston, Paige Kin, Jaclyn Kloepfer,Chloe Kromer, david Lamb, alexandriaRitter, Kalen Ritter, amanda Rodriguez,Taylor Werner.Mysteriousbirthdayinvitationwashes upin Calif.PIsMO BEaCH, Calif. (aP) — aCentral California beach outing hasturned into a mystery after a bottleturned up with an invitation to a partyin Hawaii, four years ago.david Wilson of Nipomo says heand his family went to shell Beach tofish, but it was too rough.Wilson lost his sandal to a wave,but it brought him something else.While feeling for the shoe, he found aplastic bottle sealed with a cork.Inside was a tattered piece of paperdated 2010 from Maui. It appears to bea hand-written invitation to a birthdayparty from a little girl named safina.Her mother’s name is Kim and theirlast name may be Woodstocker.KEyT-TV says there were phonenumbers on the paper but they’ve beendisconnected.The Van Buren Black KnightMarching Band qualified for StateMarching Band Competition at theMaumee Music in Motion OMEAAdjudicated event on October 11,2014.The Black Knights nearly sweptthe Class “C” awards, winning all butone award, including First Place inClass “C”, and also won Best OverallVisual. They received a “Superior”rating, qualifying them for the Statecompetition.The band is comprised of 31members, 4 of which comprise theVAN BUREN MARCHING BAND IS “STATE BOUND”Color Guard. The Front Ensemble iscomprised totally of Middle Schoolstudents. The band is directed byMike Procyk, assisted by ChoralMusic Teacher James Vaughn, andstaffed by Kane Brenner, Percussion,Gabe Santa Cruz, Front Ensemble,and Julie Meyer, Color Guard.This is only the second time theMarching Band has qualfiied forthe State Marching Band finals, thefirst being in 2009. This is also Mr.Procyk’s first year at Van BurenSchools.

T4CELEBRATIONS!THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014The Bestseller ListBy The Wall STreeT JournalFICTION1. “Gray Mountain” by JohnGrisham (doubleday)2. “The Blood of Olympus” by RickRiordan (disney Press)3. “Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult(Ballantine)4. “dork diaries 8: Tales from aNot-so-Happily Ever after” by RachelRenee Russell (aladdin)5. “The Book With No Pictures” byB.J. Novak (dial Books)6. “Burn” by James Patterson andMichael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)7. “Edge of Eternity” by Ken Follett(dutton adult)8. “deadline” by John sandford(Putnam)9. “Redeemed” by John sandford(G.P. Putnam’s sons)10. “Mr. Miracle: a ChristmasNovel” by debbie Macomber (Ballantine)NONFICTION1. “Killing Patton” by Bill O’Reillyand Martin dugard (Henry Holt andCo.)2. “Minecraft: Construction Handbook”by scholastic (scholastic)3. “Minecraft: Combat Handbook”by scholastic (scholastic)4. “Not That Kind of Girl” by Lenadunham (Random House)5. “Food: a Love story” by JimGaffigan (Crown archetype)6. “you Can, you Will” by JoelOsteen (FaithWords)7. “agents of the apocalypse” bydavid Jeremiah (Tyndale House Publishers)8. “Being Mortal” by atul Gawande(Metropolitan books)9. “Guinness World Records 2015”by Guinness World Records (GuinnessWorld Records)10. “as you Wish” by Cary Elweswith Joe Layden (Touchstone)FICTION E-BOOKs1. “Gray Mountain” by JohnGrisham (doubleday)2. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn(Broadway Books)3. “Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult(Ballantine)4. “Burn” by James Patterson andMichael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)5. “Rowdy” by Jay Crownover(HarperCollins)6. “The Best of Me” by Nicholassparks (Grand Central Publishing)7. “deadline” by John sandford(Penguin)8. “all the Light We Cannot see”by anthony doerr (scribner)9. “stepbrother dearest” by PenelopeWard (Penelope Ward)10. “Time’s Edge” by Rysa Walker(skyscape)NONFICTION E-BOOKs1. “Killing Patton” by Bill O’Reillyand Martin dugard (Henry Holt andCo.)2. “Not That Kind of Girl” by Lenadunham (Random House)3. “The Boys in the Boat” by danielJames Brown (Viking Press)4. “Madison and Jefferson” byandrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg(Random House)5. “Medicine Men” by CarolynJourdan (Carolyn Jourdan)6. “Unbroken: a World War IIstory” by Laura Hillenbrand (RandomHouse)7. “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston(Henry Holt & Co.)8. “story selling” by Nick Nanton(Nick Nanton)9. “Being Mortal” by atul Gawande(Holt, Henry & Co.)10. “The Bible: a Biography” byKaren armstrong (Grove-atlantic)Nielsen BookScan gathers datafrom about 16,000 locations, representingabout 85 percent of thenation’s book sales. Print-bookdata providers include all majorbooksellers and Web retailers, andfood stores. E-book data providersinclude all major e-book retailers.Free e-books and those sold for lessthan 99 cents are excluded. Audiobooks are excluded. Refer questionsto john.edwards@wsj.com.Union successpropels Lincolnto second termover McClellanEDITOR’S NOTE: This seriescelebrating our heritage duringthe 150th anniversary of theCivil War draws primarily fromwartime dispatches credited toThe Associated Press or otheraccounts distributed through theAP and other historical sources.Buoyed by a series of militarysuccesses, abraham Lincoln wasre-elected president this week 150years ago in the Civil War.Lincoln defeated Gen. George B.McClellan, who got into politics inthe years after Lincoln sacked himfrom his military command fora cautious approach to the earlyUnion war effort.McClellan campaigned on ananti-war platform, but the Union’smilitary successes late in 1864,including the capture of atlanta,swayed many voters on Nov. 8,1864, to hand him a second term.Many Union soldiers voted byabsentee ballot from the field.who celebrated their anniversary ahead of time asJan would be in the hospital recovering from spinal surgery.Ed is from Arma, Kansas and Jan is a nativeof Findlay, OH.They met at Marathon Oil Company.They have two children, Lee and Connie Sartore,and three wonderful granddaughters.They were married at The College First Church of Godon Oct. 11, 1969.They honeymooned in Denver, CO.ANNIVERSARYClell (Ted) and Doris LaffertyClell (Ted) and Doris (Betts)Lafferty celebrated their 75thwedding anniversary November 2,2014 at their home in Arlington withtheir family.Ted and Doris were marriedNovember 2, 1939 in Decatur,Indiana.Harold and Alma Goshe ofFostoria recently celebratedtheir 50th wedding anniversarywith family and friends atArcadia Community Park. AlmaNicholson became the bride ofHarold Goshe on Oct. 3, 1964.Mr. Goshe is the son of thelate Edmund and Armina Goshe.He is retired from Whirlpool inFindlay.Mrs. Goshe is the daughterThey have two children - BarbaraMartin, Martinsville, Indiana andColdren (Judith) Lafferty, Findlay,Ohio.The couple are also blessed withsix grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.of the late Lee and LillieNicholson. She is retired fromSt. Catherine’s Care Center inFostoria.They have three sons Williamand James both of Findlay andRobert of Perrysburg. They alsohave three grandchildren Cody,Taylor and Brianna.The Goshe’s enjoy campingand boating and spending timewith family and friends.

THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014CELEBRATIONS!T5Celebrating 20 Years(1994-2014)of helping those “in need”in Hancock CountyThank you to the participatingcongregations, donors & volunteers

T6CELEBRATIONS!THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014Lines after an Old HymnThe river bed is fewer stones thanleaves,The trees, less foliate than branched.Wind heavesIts theme, percussion without melody:Time like a stream bears all its sonsaway.The hours, the days, seem scanter, butyears, more,Old Friendships, less familiar thanbefore.slight furrows tend to crease, andwhiskers, gray;Time like a stream bears all its sonsaway.David Oestreich,FindlayA Great Thanksgivinga great Thanksgiving,What a treat!all the thingsI love to eat.Too much sugar,Too much salt,Too much fluid,Bad luck’s fault!Heed the warnings,Poetry CornerEars are deaf,It will leadTo CHF!Hard to breathe,Lungs are tight,Must sit upanother night!The lucky onesI am toldHave great ThanksgivingsWhen they’re old!Wayne Carpenter,FindlayWords for Our TimesI’ve heard it said, and can see it’s true—The words are beyond art,That “if you’re not a liberal whenyou’re youngyou have no heart.”The words are wise, he knows whereofHe speaks a truth again —“If you’re not a conservative whenyou’re olderyou have no brain.”Barbara King,Mount BlanchardReptile CPR leads to womangiving up 24 bearded dragonssaLEM, Ore. (aP) — a salemwoman says an outpouring of supportfrom all over the country willsave 24 bearded dragons she hasto move or face eviction from hermobile home park.The statesman Journal reportsreptile rescuer sherrie Baldwingave away her pet lizards, onlyrequiring the new owners provideveterinary care.Baldwin made news in augustwhen she gave one of her beardeddragons CPR after she found itfloating in its small pool.That got the attention of herlandlord who threatened to evicther from the sunset Village MobilePark. But, news coverage hadpeople lining up and calling tohelp take the scaly reptiles off herhands. ENGAGEMENTShank-WyantKelly Shank, Findlay, OH andJeremy Wyant, Columbus Grove, OH,are engaged and planning a December27, 2014 ceremony at Trinity LutheranChurch.The bride-to-be is the daughter ofJim & Deanna Shank, Findlay, OH.She is a 2009 graduate of Findlay HighSchool and a 2013 graduate of BlufftonCollege. She is employed at FindlayCity Schools.The groom-to-be is the son of Mike& Carla Wyant, Columbus Grove, OH.He is a 2006 graduate of ColumbusGrove High School, and a 2010graduate of Ohio Northern University.He is employed at St. Rita’s Hospital.

THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014CELEBRATIONS!T7Happy Birthday to AllThis week’s celebrity birthdaysinclude:Sunday:Singer Jay Black (Jay and theAmericans) is 76. Actress StefaniePowers is 72. KeyboardistKeith Emerson of Emerson, Lakeand Palmer is 70. singer-actor J.d.souther (“Nashville”) is 69. drummerCarter Beauford of the daveMatthews Band is 57. singer k.d.lang is 53.Bassist Bobby dall of Poison is51. actress Lauren Velez (“dexter”)is 50. Actor David Schwimmer(“Friends”) is 48. singer alvinChea of Take 6 is 47. Bassist Fieldyof Korn is 45. singer-guitarist JohnHampson of Nine days is 43. singerTimothy Christian Riley of Tony!Toni! Tone! is 40.Rapper Nelly is 40. RapperProdigy of Mobb deep is 40.actor danny Cooksey (“diff’rentstrokes”) is 39. Guitarist ChrisWalla of death Cab for Cutie is 39.actor-singer Kendall schmidt (“BigTime Rush”) is 24.Yesterday:actor-dancer Ken Berry (“MayberryR.F.d.,” ‘’Mama’s Family”) is81. actor-radio personality shadoestevens is 68. singer Lulu is 66.Actress-comedian RoseanneBarr is 62. actress Kate CapshawClerical errorages NewYork womanby 91 yearsis 61. Comedian dennis Miller is61. singer adam ant is 60. actordolph Lundgren (“Rocky IV”) is 57.Today:a ctress d oris Roberts(“Everybody Loves Raymond”)is 84. Actress Loretta Swit(“M.A.S.H.”) is 77. singer HarryElston of Friends of distinction is76. singer delbert McClinton is 74.actress Markie Post is 64.singer-guitarist Chris diffordof squeeze is 60. Country singerKim Forester of the Forester sistersis 54. actress Kathy Griffinis 54. actor Ralph Macchio is 53.“survivor” host Jeff Probst is 53.Actor Matthew McConaughey is45. Rapper-producer diddy (seanCombs) is 45.TV personality Bethenny Frankelis 44. singer shawn Rivera ofaz yet is 43. actress Heather Tom(“Bold and the Beautiful,” ‘’OneLife to Live”) is 39. actress GillianZinser (“90210”) is 29.Tomorrow:Singer Art Garfunkel is 73.Actor-playwright Sam Shepardis 71. singer Peter Noone of Herman’sHermits is 67. actor Nestorserrano (“24”) is 59. actor RobertPatrick is 56. singer Bryan adamsis 55. actress Tilda swinton is 54.Actress-singer Andrea McArdleis 51. actress Tatum O’Neal is51. singer angelo Moore of Fishboneis 49. actress Judy Reyes(“scrubs”) is 47. Keyboardist MarkHunter of James is 46.Country singers Jennifer andHeather Kinley of The Kinleys are44. Guitarist-keyboardist JonnyGreenwood of Radiohead is 43.actor Corin Nemec (“Parker LewisCan’t Lose”) is 43. singer-guitaristRyan adams is 40. Guitarist KevinJonas of The Jonas Brothers is 27.Thursday:Director Mike Nichols is 83.Country singer stonewall Jacksonis 82. singer Eugene Pitt of the JiveFive is 77. singer P.J. Proby is 76.Country singer Guy Clark is 73.Actress Sally Field is 68. singerGlenn Frey is 66.actress Lori singer (“Fame,”‘’Footloose”) is 57. Bassist PaulBrindley of The sundays is 51.singer Corey Glover of LivingColour is 50. actress Kelly Rutherford(“Melrose Place”) is 46.actor Ethan Hawke is 44.actress Thandie Newton is 42.Model-actress Rebecca Romijn is42. actress Taryn Manning is 36.actress Emma stone is 26.Friday:actor Barry Newman is 76.singer Johnny Rivers is 72. SingersongwriterJoni Mitchell is 71.actor Christopher Knight (“TheBrady Bunch”) is 57.Guitarist Greg Tribbett of Mudvayneis 46. actor Jeremy London(“Party of Five”) is 42. actor JasonLondon (“The Rage: Carrie Two”)is 42. actress yunjin Kim (“Lost”)is 41.Guitarist Zach Myers of shinedownis 31. actor Lucas Neff(“Raising Hope”) is 29. RapperTinie Tempah is 26. singer Lordeis 18.Saturday:singer Bonnie Bramlett is70. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 65.“Entertainment Tonight” hostMary Hart is 64. actress alfreWoodard is 62. singer-songwriterRickie Lee Jones is 60. singer-actorLeif Garrett is 53.actress Courtney Thorne-smithis 47. actress Parker Posey is 46.singer diana King is 44. actressGretchen Mol is 41. actor MatthewRhys is 40. actress Tara Reid is 39.singer Bucky Covington (“americanIdol”) is 37. actress daniaRamirez is 35. TV personality JackOsbourne (“The Osbournes”) is 29.actress Jessica Lowndes (“90210”)is 26. singer Lauren alaina (“americanIdol”) is 20.In LovingMemory of1-28-11 - 11-1-08Sadly Missed by Wife,Gillian HolzhauserGraber,Family & FriendsNEW yORK (aP) — a 73-yearoldNew york woman has discoveredher official voter registration card listsher birth year as 1850, aging her by awhopping 91 years.Luz Pabellon tells The New yorkPost she’s been voting for years butnever knew city Board of Electionsrecords misstated her age by nearlya century.Election officials tell the newspaperorigins of the mix-up can be tracedto 1978, when Pabellon registered tovote, listing “18+” in the date-of-birthsection of her voting card.years later, the board entered thosecards electronically and the Bronxresident’s birthdate was somehowentered in as 01/01/1850 by default.The registered democrat was actuallyborn in 1941.some officials tell the Post theyworry that election records mightsimilarly misstate voters’ birth years.

T8CELEBRATIONS!THE COURIERTUEsday, NOVEMBER 4, 2014LIVE10th Annual Tree Lighting CeremonySaturday, November 22nd6:00 - 8:00 p.m.Dim the lights, warm up your vocal chords and join hundredsof your neighbors for the most anticipated holiday event of theyear. The Town Center at Levis Commons invites you to the10th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, November 22nd!Enjoy visits with Santa, carriage rides, toy donations andof course the lighting of our 50ft Christmas tree!Visit www.ShopLevisCommons.com for more details.Schedule of Events:6:00 - Arrival of Santa6:00 - 9:00 - Visit with Santa6:00 - 9:00 - Carriage Rides6:00 - 9:00 - Toy DonationsMain Stage Activities:7:00 - 7:45 - Julie’s Dance Studio7:45 - 8:00 - Live Music8:00 - TREE LIGHTSwww.ShopLevisCommons.com