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Telegraph-Forum A GANNETT COMPANY BROWNS DRAFT Will Cleveland nab quarterback? SPORTS 7 A SECTIONAL FORMAT CHANGES THIS SPRING SPORTS 7A A BENEFIT FOR SHELLY SHOCKEY Friends organize event to help support Dalton, Shockey's son LOCAL sa Juveniles face charges Allegedly set fire to Crestline playscape By Anthony Conchel Telegraph-Forum CRESTLINE Four juveniles will be charged in Crawford County Juvenile Court in connection with a fire at Hamilton Park. Crestline police Chief Joe Butler said the charges stem on the last one," he said. Residents expressed shock over the juveniles' alleged actions. A few used social media to do so. The State Fire Marshal's Office assisted in the investigation.

It had established a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. aconchelgannett.com 419-563-9225 Twitter: anthonyconchel from a March 18 fire at the park's playscape. An estimated $30,000 in damage was done to the playscape. The set had been drenched in gasoline before being set on fire, police said. Two 13-year-old girls and two boys, ages 11 and 9, are alleged to have been involved in the fire.

Butler has released few details of the investigation. The four will be charged with criminal damaging, and Crawford County Prosecutor Matt Crall will seek restitution in the case. "This is a case where the charges do not allow us to go through DYS (Ohio Department of Youth Services) for sentencing. So we will be asking for restitution to be assessed (from the parents)," Crall said Wednesday. Crall said the defendants should appear in juvenile court within 30 days.

"We just served the papers The playscape in Hamilton Park in Crestline was set on fire in March. DAVE POLCYNTELEGRAPH-FORUM Galion student is tops in the nation Teenager to play snare drum in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year 9 By Chike Erokwu Telegraph-Forum GALION The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was always the highlight of the holiday for Galion teenager Jacob Bash. The floats were fine and the concerts were cool, but for Bash, one part of the parade seemed to stand out from all the others. "I've always liked watching the marching bands come through," Bash said. "As long as I can remember, that was always the best part of the morning." In 2006, Macy's formed a marching band composed of 185 of the most distinguished high school musicians in the country called Macy's Great American Marching Band.

It was a marching band Bash had always admired from afar. Now a junior at Galion High School and, according to band director Jessica Hammond, one of the most talented musicians in the school, Bash saw the band held online tryouts and decided to give it a shot. "I wasn't counting on getting in, but I figured there was no harm in trying out," Bash said. Bash had been playing the snare drum for about six years to that point. He spent a month refining his technique before he created an audition video on YouTube and submitted it to the judges in December.

Bash said he was surprised when he received a letter dated April 24 informing him of his selection to participate as a member of the Macy's Great American Marching Band. It was a different story for those around him. "He was a natural from the beginning," said Hammond, who had instructed Bash at Galion for all six years of his music career. "Not only does he understand the basics as far as rudiments, he understands his strengths and weaknesses as a musician, which is important." Hammond said Bash always challenged himself, ever since he began playing percussion instruments in MORE ONLINE Check out a sample of Jacob Bash's audition piece at BucyrusTelegraphForum.com. fifth grade.

She said Bash is an independent learner with a good ear for music. That good ear for music dates back to a time when Bash was younger. Mother Michelle always played music on the piano when Jacob was 3 years old. Her son always tinkered with the keyboard. One memory stood out.

"One day, I'm walking through the house and I'm like, 'I know that Michelle said. "I keep listening to him and he was playing a Def Leppard song. I had played it two to three days earlier, he processed it in his head, walked over (to the piano) and picked out what he processed in his head." See TOPS, Page 2A Snare drummer Jacob Bash, a student at Galion High School, will appear in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He sent in an application and video to become a member of Macy's high school band from across the country, dave polcynelegraph-forum Water treatment plant project moving right along lengthy meeting of the Bucyrus City Council finance committee Wednesday. City Auditor Joyce Schifer urged approval for a loan of $893,236 with the Ohio Water Development Authority to help fund the project and get it started.

Bucyrus city water customers will soon see the first of an John Walker said he is not opposed to the new plant, but the manner in which funds for the water department have been absorbed into the city's annual budget. "I'm not condemning the project. But I am condemning absorbing $400,000 into a budget (over several years)," Walker said. nual rate increases on their bills, which will continue through 2018. The rate increases will help pay for the new water treatment plant being built on Beechgrove Road over the next three years.

The first rate increase of $1.73 for the first feet of water usage will occur July 1. Council-at-large member The committee did give a vote of confidence for the city administration to enter into an agreement with the OWDA for the loan. Finance committee chair and 3rd Ward representative Bill O'Rourke wants a pledge that water rates for residents would See WATER, Page 2A Rate increases on bills coming soon By Anthony Conchel Telegraph-Forum BUCYRUS An impending water rate increase and the building of a new water treatment plant punctuated a LOTTERY 2A LIGHTS SIRENS 3A YOUR PLANNER 3A LIFESTYLE 4A TV LISTINGS DEARABBY SPORTS COMICS 6A 6A 7A 11A Mostly sunny with a high of 83. Cloudy tonight, with a low of 63. FORECAST, PAGE 2A OH-0000969437.