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2A TUESDAY, 03.31.15 WWW.BUCYRUSTELEGRAPHFORUM.COM Obituaries and photographs submitted to the Bucyrus Telegraph Wildlife diversity conference a hoot Forum may be published, distributed, repurposed and otherwise used in print, electronic and other media platforms. Floyd Z. Goin i BE THE FIRST TO ADVERTISE HERE AS OUR WEATHER SPONSOR! Call 419-563-9212 for information CARROTHERS: Floyd Z. Goin, 85, of Carrothers, passed away early Sunday, March 29, 2015 at home, he had been in declining health for months. Floyd was born August 27, 1929 in Shiloh to the late Everett Goin Sr.

and Emma Ruth (Bradshaw) Goin. He was married March 10, 1951 to Louise (England) Goin who I survives. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings, Neoma Brown, Erma Blair, Marie "Goin, Esther Loftis, Jane Brown, SUBMITTED PHOTO Jim McCormac, naturalist and lecturer for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (center) looks over the new guide on lichens with several Crawford Countians take it all in at the 2015 Wildlife Diversity Conference in Columbus. Charles, Cecil, Everett and Robert Goin. Floyd is also survived by daughter, Diana Ruth (Gary) Johnson of Carrothers; son, Robert Lee Goin of Crestline; three grandchildren, Gary Lee (Laura Tosh) Johnson, Nevada, Wayne (Becky) Johnson, Greencamp, Jessica (Shawn) Wyandt, Carrothers; great grandchildren, Kyle, Anthony, Bryan, and Kevan; brothers, Ray of Mumfordville, KY, Paul of Galion, and Sam of Bucyrus; and sisters, Jean Brown, TN, Marilyn Russel of Portland, TN, Mary Prince, Bucyrus, and Violet Hamons of Carrothers.

Floyd lived most of his life in Carrothers and retired in 1991 from the former Plymouth Locomotive. He was a faithful member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Carrothers and enjoyed fishing, camping, 4-wheeling, and his gardening. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 pm in the Church of God of Prophecy in Carrothers with Pastor Ken Hale officiating, burial will follow in Attica Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Munz-Pirnstill Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 pm. Expressions of sympathy can be left at munzpirnstill.com ipDpkiDiill funeral home OVER THE GARDEN FENCE MARY LEE MINOR Each March when we head to Columbus for the Wildlife Diversity Conference, I wonder if it will be another "over the top" event.

The 2015 event was as close as you come. Heavy fog did its best to halt our departure, but Kymber and Diane Sand and I became a tough cluster. Bill Fisher and Josh Dyer of the Crawford Park District made it, too, bringing along Galion Middle School students Ellie Chandler and Alison Longwell. The first speaker put forth the notion that nature is part of our humanity, stating that the outdoors alters personality. We made note of a new term "biophilia," which considers the design of outdoor areas and indoor spaces with environmental impact in mind.

At the end of that half hour, Jim McCormac, an Ohio Division of Wildlife education specialist, stepped up to present the newest release, a 73-page guide to Ohio's lichens. Jim spoke of the 235 lichens species, sharing that most grow on trees. His efforts clarified the history of poor air quality that led to vast areas of lichen destruction. Time was spent explaining several insect and bird species that depend on the presence of particular lichens. McCormac stated that they are much more than "crusts on trees." Jeremy Bruskotter took the group through a series of surveys that sought to discover whether hunters, naturalists and those who are actually approaching Ladybugs and lady-beetles in Ohio, said Mary Griffith, have non-native species reproducing in June while our natives surface in August.

At the end of the day, Laura Kearns taught us how to identify three species of swans. Trumpeters, Tundras (formerly Whistling) and Mutes. A Mute swan has an orange beak and a black knob on the forehead. Mutes are problematic, competing with Trumpeters, disrupting native eco-systems and they are aggressive with humans. A Great Lakes Mute Swan Task team has set goals that include reducing mute swans on public lands.

They cannot be hunted; removal should come from wildlife services. Report any sightings to Mary Lee Minor is a member of the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club, an accredited flower show judge for the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and a former sixth-grade teacher. George M. Quesinberry Jr. BUCYRUS: George M.

Quesinberry, Jr, 77, former Bucyrus resident and currently a resident of Shelby Point, passed away on Monday morning in Shelby. George was born December 25, 1937 in Carbon W. Virg. to the late George M. Quesinberry Sr.

and Stella (Williams) Quesinberry. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday April 2015 at 4:00 pm in Crawford Co. Memory Gardens with Rev. Hans Schemer officiating. Expressions of sympathy can be left at munzpirnstill.com funeral home Judge Continued from Pa9e 1A The latest grain prices at Sunrise Cooperative, New Washington: CORN: Cash $3.74 and new $3.73 BEANS: Cash $9.56 and new $9.04 WHEAT: Cash $5.30 and new $5.08 The latest grain prices at Crestline: CORN: Cash $3.87 and new $3.83 BEANS: Cash $9.60 and new $9.14 WHEAT: Cash $5.30 and new $5.08 The latest grain prices at Mennel Milling Bucyrus Flour Division: Please recycle this newspaper.

Law Continued from Page 1A nature in a recreational way share the thought that wildlife has intrinsic value. Graphing showed that all segments felt a responsibility to improve wildlife habitat. However, on the national scene, almost 60 percent of respondents were noncommittal. The destructive work of the Asian Long Horned beetle was viewed in Joe Boggs' presentation. Though maples seem to attract them, he listed many other high risk trees.

The beetle lays eggs in the xylem layer, well into the tree. Deep, round holes are made; a pencil fits into the openings. We were amazed to learn of the efforts by the Toldeo Zoo to increase the hellbender population. Kent Bekker cited the 1990 threatened status. He presented video coverage of the team securing hellbender eggs from a river bed.

In biosecure areas, 785 hellbenders are being raised at the zoo. The thinking is that by gathering from the wild, populations will have diversity when they are placed back into suitable habitat. scholars are frustrated that Indiana's RFRA debate has become so entangled with politics that it solely centers on potential conflict with LGBT rights. "It's not right to see RFRA as a response or a reaction to what's happening with sexual orientation discrimination or marriage," said University of Notre Dame law professor Richard Gar-nett, who supports the law. "It is bigger than that." Most successful RFRA cases, he said, involve winning ways for under-represented minority religions to freely exercise their beliefs around laws that were probably created without considering their faiths.

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Box 471, Bucyrus, OH, 44820. Periodicals postage paid at Mansfield Post Office, Mansfield, OH 44901-9998 concepts of RFRA, a court decided public safety represented a compelling interest, but that could be accomplished with a less restrictive means of burdening the Amish faith of a simple lifestyle. The compromise: silver reflective tape and kerosene lanterns. 'SOME HYPERBOLE ON BOTH SIDES' The uproar over the religious freedom law slices lines further through Indiana at a time when the spotlight is hot on the state. "There's some hyperbole on both sides," said Eunice Rho, advocacy and policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, "but it's a genuine fear." She added: "As LGBT people gain greater legal rights, we will continue to see attempts to erode those gains through laws like RFRA." self-employed.

Arrested with McCar-ty last week by the Bucyrus Police Department was Khristin Sharp, 26, who has been charged with trafficking in heroin, a fourth-degree felony. The county prosecutor's office alleges that undercover officers purchased the drug from Sharp on three occasions. Leuthold sent bond for Sharp at $500,000, following a recommendation from the prosecutor's office of $250,000. "If you're guilty of this crime, you're selling poison to people in this county," the judge told her. Leuthold also sentenced offenders for a variety of misdemeanors.

Joseph Eldridge pleaded no contest to making threats, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and not guilty to criminal damaging, a second-degree misdemeanor, stemming from a dispute with his sister. "It was just an elevated argument between siblings," Eldridge said, although Robert Ratliff of the county prosecutor's office, reading from a police report, gave a different interpretation. Noting that Eldridge has a "lengthy, significant history with this court," Ratliff recommended a sentence of 30 days in jail for making threats, plus a fine of $100. Leuthold, however, did not take Ratliff 's recommendation on sentencing Eldridge. "I'm going to give you a chance," the judge told Eldridge, sentencing him to 30 days in jail with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served for the fourth-degree misdemeanor.

"I see you in my court again, I'm not going to stand for this story," the judge said. "This is your one chance with the new Judge Leuthold." thill3nncogannett.com 419-563-9225 Twitter: ToddHillMNJ state law protecting gays and lesbians, but local ones that do, and now a state RFRA that it's difficult to find an analogous case to explain what would happen here. Consider this case from Washington state. A florist, citing her relationship with Jesus Christ, refused to sell flowers for a gay couple's wedding. A court recently ruled, even when weighing her religious convictions, that she violated local nondiscrimination laws.

News reports say she turned down a settlement offer and continues to appeal her case. The florist declined to arrange the flowers, and so in some sense this confirms the fears of religious freedom law opponents that a door has been opened to discrimination. But she lost in court, and so this backs the supporters who say RFRA doesn't usurp local nondiscrimination laws. But Washington is not Indiana. Washington doesn't have a RFRA.

But, also unlike Indiana, it has a statewide nondiscrimination law that covers sexual orientation. So what would happen if a similar religious claim over same-sex weddings is made in Indiana? It's hard to say. "The law gives individuals and businesses the right to file litigation and go to the courts to decide whether or not their religious claims are justified," said Robert Katz, an Indiana University-Indianapolis law professor who opposes the law. But Daniel Conkle, an Indiana University-Bloomington law professor who supports the law, says so far no court has recognized a religious claim in that particular type of situation. But, he said, "Doesn't mean it couldn't happen." FOCUS ON LGBT RIGHTS Some supportive legal Phil's Deli sets a standard by which cases involving religious objections will be judged.

The religious freedom law says the government cannot intrude on a person's religious liberty unless it can prove a compelling interest in imposing that burden and do so in the least restrictive way. That leaves room for interpretation. So what the law could actually accomplish, experts agree, will have to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, probably in court. Until then, the debate fueled by fiery rhetoric that has galvanized both sides will remain in the court of public opinion. LOCAL NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS In Indiana, about a dozen cities, including Indianapolis, have local nondiscrimination laws that specifically protect gays and lesbians in employment, housing, education and public accommodation, which include business transactions.

But in much of Indiana there is no such protection. The concern among opponents of the law is that it could embolden people to challenge those local laws. Shortly after signing the religious freedom act into law Thursday in a private ceremony, Pence repeatedly said at a news conference that state-level RFRA laws around the country have never been used to undermine local nondiscrimination laws. It's true that the use of state-level RFRA laws has never yet successfully trumped local nondiscrimination laws. But it's also true that they have been invoked in several attempts to do so.

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