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2 sections 20 pagesVol. 192 No. 48

Sandusky, Ohio

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Dear Abby B9

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Obituaries A5

Opinion A4

Sports B1-B5

Television A10

OBITUARIES

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FREMONTDeWine called outAG likened to Henry Kissinger

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SANDUSKYCondo caperPolice still seeking jewelry thieves

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SEX OFFENDER ON PAROLE BACK IN PRISON; AVOIDS RAPE CHARGES — A9 PORT CLINTON

Port Clinton first-graders make

BURDINE GRAND JURY HEARING

Register photo/MELISSA TOPEY

A protester outside the Sandusky County Courthouse on Thursday, during the third day of the Craig Burdine grand jury hearing.

Father asks for criminal indictments, recounts testimony to grand jury

By MELISSA TOPEYtopey@sanduskyregister.com

FREMONT

After a third day of grand jury hearings into the jailhouse death of Craig Burdine, one big question for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is will he call Dr. Michael Baden to testify.

DeWine’s lead prosecutor, Matt Donahue, won’t say. 

Donahue also has not said whether he is seeking criminal indictments against the officers or jail guards the Burdine family says caused Craig’s death and then conspired to cover up what Baden determined was a homicide inside the jail.

Local officials contend Craig Burdine died a sudden death caused by a condition known as excited delirium, which is often used to explain sudden deaths

No swansong alongChausseeBy ANDY OURIELouriel@sanduskyregister.com

SANDUSKY

Could this be the swan song for swans swimming around Sandusky Bay?

This past w e ek, s e veral worried residents contacted the Register about a sudden disap-pearance of swans floating by

n See SWANS, Page A9

Your weekendweather — A10

MIA IN SANDUSKY

DEATH NOTICESBAER, Shirley A., 78, Oak HarborBREITHER, Ellen (Hemmer), 83,

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Immaculate Conception School first-graders Dawson Scott, right, and Sam

Roberts, with the help of ICS staff member Stephanie Fletcher, construct

a roller coaster made of classroom materials on Thursday morning.

Register photos/LUKE WARK

Students learning about ‘Forces of Motion’By ALEX GREENgreen@oc-register.com

PORT CLINTON

I mmaculate Conception f i r s t - g r a d e r C o t e y Sa f f ra n d i d n ’ t h e a r

questions being asked to him about his work-in-progress.

H e w a s f o c u s e d , m e t i c u l o u s l y t a p i n g styrofoam cups together as part of a roller coaster replica.

It was more fun than t r a d i t i o n a l c l a s s ro o m assignments for Cotey and crew as the young ones learned about forces of motion.

They also did their best to make future concepts for Cedar Point.

E d u c at o r s f ro m 4 - H Youth Development travel throughout Ottawa County bringing STEM-inspired p r o g r a m s a n d o t h e r educational programs to

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Students of the first- grade class at Immaculate Conception School in Port Clinton gather around their classmates’ roller coaster to watch a marble roll through it on Thursday morning. The class constructed the coasters out of classroom materials to demonstrate in real life the forces that act upon an object in motion.

INDICTED FOR SIMILAR CRIMES IN 2012

Pastor facing rape chargesBy COURTNEY ASTOLFIastolfi@sanduskyregister.com

SANDUSKY

A Sandusky pastor who dodged a child rape conviction last year was indicted yet again this month for allegedly raping a young girl and fondling a young boy at his church a decade ago.

Richard Mick, 52, of the 8000 block Ohio 101, is now facing two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition for the alleged incidents.

Both of the victims were about 8 years old when Mick allegedly abused them, and both were parishioners of his

congregation, Lighthouse Baptist Church.

Both are now teenage adults.Mick was charged w ith

similar crimes — two counts of rape — in 2012 for allegedly r a p i n g a n o t h e r y o u n g parishioner on two occasions years ago.

T h e b o y v i c t i m c a m e

forward with his story this past winter, after Erie County assistant prosecutor Mary Ann Barylski asked Erie County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger Binette to dismiss the original case, citing a lack of evidence.

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Mick

CASTALIAMeet Dan Schroer...Margaretta’s superintendent

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SANDUSKYDrinking on the jobCity worker forced to resign

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Schroer

JessBurdinecalls forcharges

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