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Delegates to be decided Tuesday Super Tuesday not as super as usual

Putin claims election victory Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years.

His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on “destroying Russia’s statehood and usurping power.””

Putin’s win was never in doubt as many across the vast country still see him as a guarantor of stability and the defender of a strong Russia against a hostile world, an image he has carefully cultivated during 12 years in power.

slipping through his fingers.

Santorum could prove he’s the real thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Super? Ron Paul more credibility. But it What’s at stake, what’s it mean won’t be easy for either Mitt Maybe not this time. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest pay- Romney or Rick Santorum to score and what might happen? A Super out of the Republican presidential a decisive advantage, because dele- Tuesday tip sheet: ___ gates are handed out by share. A primaries.

Delegates for grabs close second in a state can pay off Super Tuesday, slimmed down Tuesday: 419. to half its 2008 size but still doling almost as well as first place.

Delegates already won: 353.

Win some big states, especially out one-third of the delegates needed to win, probably won’t set- Ohio, and the symbolism is power- Romney, 203; Santorum, 92; Gingrich, 33; Paul, 25. ful, of course. tle much.

Delegates needed for the nomiRomney might cement the Sure, it could nudge Newt nation: 1,144. front-runner status that keeps Gingrich out of the race, or lend

___ Super Tuesday is super expensive: A week’s worth of heavy advertising in all 10 states would cost a candidate about $5 million.

That’s a lot even for Romney’s well-financed campaign, prompting him to make a plea for donations amid his Michigan victory speech. Gingrich is getting another multimillion-dollar boost from Las

Limbaugh makes apology Advertisers leave program after statement

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Ohio State beats Spartans Ohio State’s only senior ended Michigan State’s regular season on a sour note.

William Buford made a high-arcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left, lifting the 10th-ranked Buckeyes to a 72-70 win over the fifth-ranked Spartans on Sunday to forge a three-way tie for the Big Ten championship.

“I was fortunate to knock down the big shot of the night to give us another Big Ten title,” Buford said.

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Diana Davis poses for a photo outside of her office recently. Davis is retiring after 28 years with Troy Junior High School.

Saying goodbye TJHS secretary retiring after 28 years with schools

BY MELODY VALLIEU Staff Writer vallieu@tdnpublishing.com She’s helped thousands of students navigate their junior high years — but this will be her last.

Diana Davis, secretary at Troy Junior High School, will hang up her attendance sheets for the last time at the end of this school year.

Davis said she’s retiring with her husband of 42 years, Dennis, who after 32 years with Delta then began driving a school bus for Troy schools eight years ago.

“I have stewed and cried about this, but the decision is made, and it’s what I’m going to do,” said Davis, who has worked at Troy City Schools for the past 28 years. “I have decided to join him so we can spend some time together.”

Davis started her career at Concord Elementary — where she

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“The following year is when I started at the junior high and all those students were so excited because I had moved here with them,” said Davis, who has two sons, Sean of Worthington and Scott of Fort Walton Beach Fla., along with four grandchildren. “So when they got ready to go to the high school they just all assumed that I would be moving with them there, too. The first group of students that you have

are always so special and they were a great group of young people. I loved all those kids.”

Davis eventually did transfer to Troy High School for a two-year stint as a secretary, but returned to the junior high.

“I had the opportunity to come back and I took it,” Davis said, her voice trembling. “This is where my heart is. This is where I love to be.”

Her responsibilities at the school — just to name a few — include taking attendance, updating addresses and phone numbers for students, accepting medical notes, helping students and parents that come to the office and answering the phone “that rings all day,” she said.

Helping her through her daily

WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential conservative talk show host apologized to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a “slut” and “prostitute” after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and seve r a l advertisers left his p r o gram.

The student, Sandra Fluke, had testified to LIMBAUGH congressional Democrats in support of their national health care policy that would compel her college to offer health plans that cover her birth control.

“My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir,” conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh said Saturday on his website. “I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.”

Attempts to reach Fluke by telephone and email were unsuccessful.

Fluke had been invited

by Democratic lawmakers to testify to a House of Representatives committee about her school’s health care plan that does not include contraception.

Republican lawmakers barred her from testifying during that hearing, but Democrats invited her back and she spoke to the Democratic lawmakers at an unofficial session.

President Barack Obama, whose landmark

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Tornadoes disrupt routines in ravaged towns

HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Under a patched-up six-foot hole in the roof, people in the devastated town of Henryville gathered Sunday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church to worship and catch up on news of their devastating tornado by word of Tuesday mouth, not with cellphones or email.

Sunny High: 52° At least 37 people were killed in the Low: 25° storm system that struck Friday night and rescuers were still going door-to-door in Complete weather rural areas to rule out more victims. Some information on Page 11. of the worst damage stretched on either side of the Ohio River between Indiana Home Delivery: and Kentucky.

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granted that aren’t there anymore,” said Jack Cleveland, 50, a Census Bureau worker.

Randy Mattingly, a 24-year-old mechanic, said he and his neighbors passed on information by word-of-mouth to make sure people were OK: “It was like, ‘Hey, did you talk to this guy?’” He said state police quickly set up two gathering points for adults and children, at the church and at a nearby community center.

At Sunday’s mass, Father Steve Schaftlein turned the church into an information exchange, asking the 100 or so in attendance to stand up and share information. Immediately, volunteers stood to share tips about functioning in what is in many ways a tech-free zone.

Lisa Smith, who has been Henryville’s

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• CONTINUED FROM A1 tasks has been Michele Powell, the other junior high secretary, who has become much more than a coworker to Davis. They also are neighbors, friends and shopping buddies. “But I keep telling her the good thing, she will probably get someone younger to work with,â€? she said, laughing.

Davis said the people — both students and staff — have kept her in love with her job over the

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Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who donated the money to a special type of political action committee, known as a super PAC, that will run advertising in key states. ___ Ohio, Ohio, Ohio: It’s the race to watch.

Political junkies get all misty-eyed over this Rust Belt swing state, and not just because of the 63 delegates.

No Republican nominee has ever become president without winning the state.

That makes it a powerful proving ground for the men trying to show they can take on President Barack Obama.

It’s home to Joe the Plumber and tens of thousands of auto workers, but Ohio’s not all blue-collar.

It’s also the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, high-tech science, medical and energy workers, suburbanites, soybean farmers and a quarter-million dairy cows (OK, the cows can’t vote). The big issue is the economy, including Obama’s bailout

of the auto industry.

Santorum and Romney are duking it out in Ohio.

Look for the outcome to generate more buzz than any other Super Tuesday contest. ___ Newt’s last stand or Gingrich rises again?

Get out the hook for Newt Gingrich if he loses in Georgia, the state he represented in the U.S. House for two decades.

Gingrich hopes to win decisively here and pick up enough other delegates to relaunch his up-and-down campaign, which has been mostly down-and-out since he lost Florida in January.

He’s got endorsements from Gov. Nathan Deal and Herman Cain, a fellow Georgian. He’s got a new pitch, claiming he can bring the cost of gas down to $2.50 per gallon.

Santorum is pushing hard to wrest the state’s Christian conservative and tea party voters away from Gingrich. Romney remains a force, even if the state is outside his comfort zone.

Georgia boasts the day’s biggest cache of delegates: 76.

Tornadoes • CONTINUED FROM A1 postmaster for six weeks, told people that they could pick up their mail in Scottsburg, about 10 miles north. She said she was most worried about people needing medication and she had been shaking boxes to see if they had pills inside with hopes of connecting them to their recipients.

A local insurance agent, Lyn Murphy-Carter, shared another story. The founder of her agency, 84-year-old Tom Murphy, had told her always to keep paper records. That proved valuable without access to computers.

She collected about 1,000 claims Saturday alone, and was gathering handwritten claims from policyholders at church.

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about 85 miles east of Lexington, loss of technology led to a confusing and stressful aftermath for Doris Shuck, who was cleaning her house when the storm approached. She grabbed her laptop, cellphone and iPod and put them in a tote bag to bring down to the basement. The storms took her home, leaving only the basement and front porch.

Huge piles of debris and mattresses were strewn in the back yard. “I could hear the glass and hear the wood breaking. I just thought the house is going to fall on top of me,� she said. She had scrapes and bruises.

After the storm passed, she received a text message from her mother, 70 miles away in Prestonsburg, but couldn’t reply. “I was just trying to figure out what had happened and get my thoughts together and my phone beeped and I looked and it was from my mom. I couldn’t answer it,� Shuck said.

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“The kids are totally different today. They know a lot more about everything,� she said. “They’re just more wellversed.�

Another favorite about her job — it’s ever-changing. “There is never the same day twice. It’s never dull,� she said. “There’s always something new happening.�

The high school sweethearts — who were both born and raised in Troy — plan to make travel a big part of their new-found freedom.

Davis said she wants to spend more time with her grandchildren and be able to attend their activities, including their grandson’s sports in Florida.

She also wants to visit her sister in Dallas, and revisit Las Vegas and Hawaii.

As for her replacement, Davis said she hopes the new person finds as much joy as she did. “I hope the person that takes my place will enjoy being here as much as I have. It’s been a great place to be.�

• CONTINUED FROM A1 health care overhaul requires many institutions to provide birth control coverage, telephoned her from the White House on Friday to express his support.

The issue has been much debated in the presidential race, with Republican candidates particularly criticizing the Obama plan’s requirements on such employers as Catholic hospitals.

Democrats — and many Republican leaders, too — have suggested the issue could energize women to vote for Obama and other Democrats in November.

Limbaugh was not swayed by Fluke’s statements before the House panel.

He said on Wednesday, “What does it say about the college coed ‌ who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex.â€?

He dug in a day later, refusing to give ground. “If we’re going to have to pay for this, then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke,� Limbaugh said. “And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we’re getting for our money.�

He also asked the 30-year-old Fluke: “Who bought your condoms in junior high?�

And on Friday, still defiant even after Democrats beat back Republican challenges to the new health care law, Limbaugh scoffed at the Democrats’ talk of a conservative “war on women.� “Amazingly, when there is the slightest bit of opposition to this new welfare entitlement being created, then all of a sudden we hate women. We want ‘em barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen,� he said. “And now, at the end of this week, I am the person that the women of America are to fear the most.�

New Bremen rookie driver gets second at Daytona

BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com Rookie ARCA series driver Drew Charlson found himself in one of racing’s holy lands, Daytona International Speedway, and secured a second place finish in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 on Feb. 18.

Ascending the from 33rd place and later to 13th in the race, which led up to the Daytona 500, Charlson, 19, of New Bremen, finished out the race in second place and was only bested by Bobby Gerhart, who is a two-time Daytona ARCA 200 champion racer.

Considering it was Charlson’s first time racing at Daytona, he said he was elated to come in second place, but still wishes he could have came in first — but he knows he will have other chances.

Born in Kentucky and later moving to Ohio, Charlson first began racing with go-karts when he was six years old. From there, he said, that’s all he needed to develop not only a passion for racing, but also a desire to be the best driver he could be.

He says he also loves how racing makes him feel and he has modeled much of his racing career after Jeff Gordon, hoping one day to become as good as his role model. “That’s my goal,�

Charlson said. “I want to go through every step of racing

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Drew Charlson, right, and his father, Andy Charlson, stand next to one another at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 18 before Drew competed in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200. The New Bremen 19-year-old ARCA rookie race car driver placed second in the event. and win at every level.�

While he said he would have enjoyed getting first place, he said he is satisfied with getting second. “Going into Daytona, even though it was my first time, you always want to win,� Charlson said.

He said that at the start of the race he got nervous, but he said once the race started his butterflies went away. “Once you get rolling and the race gets underway, it goes away,� said Charlson, who said when he is behind the wheel he is in his element and focused. “It seems like the race flies by. At that speed, things just happen so fast. On television it might look like the cars are going slow, but you’re flying out there.�

The total time of the race was one hour, 33 minutes

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The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 featured the future stars of racing and had a total of 43 other drivers.

But Charlson said he is pleased with his finishing position and noted how just being at the speedway and being around all of the other drivers is always a great learning experience. “You get to mingle with other drivers and you get to learn so much,� he said. “It’s awesome. It’s well worth it.�

One of Charlson’s sponsors is independent AMSOIL dealer Elmer Schaeffer.

AMSOIL is the leader in synthetic lubricants.

Schaeffer first met Charlson about seven years ago when he was racing in the midget car series and the two talked at a car show at the Piqua mall. Schaeffer said he is glad he is a sponsor of Charlson. “He is a really nice kid,�

Schaeffer said. “He is considerate and kind. He is the perfect son you would want.�

Other area sponsors include Aluma Aluminum Trailers, Agri-Gold Corn Seed Company, Heitkamp Crop Insurance and MidAmerican Properties.

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution passed by the City of Huber Heights Council, Montgomery County, Ohio, on December 5, 2011, there will be submitted to the qualified electors of the said district at the Primary Election to be held at the regular places therein on the 6th day of March 2012 the following question “Shall the Ordinance providing for a 0.20% levy on income for (1) eliminating all use specific earmarks contained in the current income tax ordinance allowing all income tax revenues be received for PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS, RECREATION AND OTHER GENERAL CITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR POLICE AND FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, and (2) making permanent the 0.20% income tax slated for termination December 31, 2015, with credits for income taxes paid to other jurisdictions, which will not tax social security benefits, pensions, interest payments, inheritance, and other items excluded by the City income tax ordinance, be passed?

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution passed by the City of Huber Heights Council, Montgomery County, Ohio, on December 5, 2011, there will be submitted to the qualified electors of the said district at the Primary Election to be held at the regular places therein on the 6th day of March 2012 the following question “Shall the Ordinance providing for an additional 0.25 per cent levy on income, beginning on July 1, 2012, for PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS, RECREATION AND OTHER GENERAL CITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR POLICE AND FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS which will not tax social security benefits, pensions, interest payments, inheritance, and other items excluded by the City income tax ordinance, be passed?

The polls for said election will be open from at 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. of said day.

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She said she has enjoyed working with several principals, including current principal Dave Dilbone, who calls Davis a “gem.�+ “I’ve always kind of felt like the kids are a big reason I stayed with the schools,� she said, her eyes welling with tears. “They’ve kept me young.�

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• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for • GRANDMOTHERS TO adults will be offered from 8MEET: The Miami 9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Grandmothers Club will meet C o m m u n i t y Audubon Center, 1000 from 1-3 p.m. at the First Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom United Methodist Church in Calendar Hissong, education coordinathe social room, 110 W. tor, will guide walkers as they Franklin St. Adam Jacomet CONTACT US experience the seasonal from Sterling House of Troy changes taking place. Bring will be the featured speaker. binoculars.

Also, Sterling House will be • PROJECT providing lunch beginning at Call Melody FEEDERWATCH: Project 1 p.m. Non-members wishFeederWatch, for adults only, Vallieu at ing to attend can contact Pat will be offered from 9:30-11:30 440-5265 to Swank at 339-2350 in order a.m. at Aullwood. Participants to make their lunch reservalist your free are invited to count birds, drink tion. coffee, eat doughnuts, share calendar Civic agendas stories and count more birds. items.You • Monroe Township This bird count contributes to Board of Trustees will meet can send scientific studies at the Cornell at 7 p.m. at the Township your news by e-mail to Lab of Ornithology. Check out Building. vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. the Cornell web site at • The Tipp City Council www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the more information.

Government Center.

• WOODCOCK WALK: A • The Troy City Council woodcock walk, where visitors will learn will meet at 7 p.m. in the meeting room in about the private little bird, will be at 6:30 Council Chambers. p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, • The Staunton Township Trustees will A brief indoor session will be followed Dayton. meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton Township by a walk to the meadow where the “timber building. doodles” should be performing. Dress for cool • Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department office evening temperatures.

• WINDY MOON: A full moon walk will be located at 123 W. Wright St., Covington.

• The Potsdam Village Council will meet at offered from 8-9:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. An Aullwood natural7 p.m. in the village offices. ist will lead this relaxing night walk in the light of March’s Windy Moon — calm winds willing.

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• BAND CONCERT: The Troy High School concert band wind ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. in the Troy High School auditorium.

Songs to be performed include “Who’s Who In Navy Blue,” by Sousa, “The Morning Trumpet,” “Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies,” “Havendance,” “Electricity,” “Bandology and Ode,” “Fanfare and Festival.”

All concerts are free and open to the public.

Contact Kathy McIntosh at 332-6061 for more information.

• FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108.

• LITERACY MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, serving all of Miami County, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can contact the message center at (937) 660-3170.

• EXPLORATION HIKE: The Miami County Park District will have an Adult Nature Walking Club hike at 9 a.m. at Maple Ridge, the entrance to Stillwater Prairie Reserve, 10430 St. Rt. 185, Covington. Join naturalists or a volunteer leader as they head out to explore nature. Walks are not strenuous or fast-paced. Walks are held the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• CLASS REUNION LUNCH: The class of 1961 Piqua Central High School will meet for lunch at the Piqua Upper Valley Mall’s food court at 12:30 p.m.

• DEMOCRATS TO MEET: The Miami County Democratic Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy-Miami County Public Library.

Civic agendas • The Concord Township Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Court, Troy.

WEDNESDAY • BAND CONCERT: The Troy High School Symphonic Band and Jazz II will perform at 7 p.m. in the Troy High School auditorium.

Songs to be performed are “Spontaneous Combustion,” “Concert Variations,” “March of the Belgian Paratroopers,” “Area 51,” “Come In From The Rain” and “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.” All concerts are free and open to the public. Contact Kathy McIntosh at 3326061 for more information.

• DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: The annual Dollars for Scholars Spaghetti Supper will be offered from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Covington High School. All proceeds from the dinner will support scholarships for students. The menu will feature all-you-can-eat Italian spaghetti, garlic toast, homemade coleslaw, dessert and drink. The cost is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children under 12. Carry out orders also will be available.

• SUPPORT GROUP: The Miami-Shelby Ostomy Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the UVMC Cancer Care Center in the lower level of the Upper Valley Medical Center, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Programs provide information and support to ostomates and their families, and are beneficial to health care professionals as well. The March program will feature nursing students from Edison Community College. For more information, call (937) 440-4706.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy.

Lunch is $10. Beth Shrake will speak about the Troy Rec. For more information, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at (937) 974-0410.

THURSDAY • SPRING BAZAAR: Hobart will have a Relay For Life fundraiser from 6-8 p.m. at the Eagles Campground, 2552 Troy-Urbana Road, Troy. Home business consultants will show off their spring lines. A portion of the vendor’s sales will be donated to Relay. Light snacks and door prizes also will be part of the

FRIDAY • FRIDAY DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7-$8 For more information, call (937) 698-6727.

• FISH DINNER: An all-you-can-eat fish dinner, sponsored by the St. Patrick men’s softball team, will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Churcy, 409 E. Main St., Troy. The menu also will include fries, choice of coleslaw or applesauce, roll and homemade desserts. Meals will be $9 for adults, $6 for seniors, $6 for children 6-12 and free for children under 6.

• SOUP-ER WALK: The Miami County Park District will hold its Soup-er Walk Series program from 7-9 p.m. at the Maple Ridge entrance to Stillwater Prairie Reserve, 10430 State Route 185, Covington. Weather permitting, participants are invited to come enjoy a guided hike led by a park district naturalist followed by a warm crackling campfire and a hot cup of soup de jour. Hikers are encouraged to bring a canned good for donation to a local food pantry. Registration is encouraged by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 667-1286, Ext. 115.

• PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch, for adults only, will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood.

Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

• WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock walk, where visitors will learn about the private little bird, will be at 6:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. A brief indoor session will be followed by a walk to the meadow where the “timber doodles” should be performing. Dress for cool evening temperatures.

• CHICKEN FRY: The Sons Of Amvets Post 88 will host a chicken fry from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The meal will consist of four pieces of chicken with baked potato or fries, coleslaw and a roll for $7.

MARCH 10 • POT PIE DINNER: The Tipp City Seniors will have a pot pie supper from 4:306:30 p.m. at the Tipp City American Legion No. 586, Tipp City. The $7 meal will include mashed potatoes, coleslaw or applesauce, green beans, pie and beverage. Carry-outs will be available.

• FISH FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer an all-you-can-eat fish fry and smelt dinner with french fries, baked beans and applesauce for $8 from 5-7 p.m.

• EARTH ADVENTURES: Classes from 5-7 p.m. will offer age-appropriate, hands-on activities that enable children to explore the world of nature and farming in the winter at Aullwood. Fees vary. Prepaid registration is required by calling Aullwood at (937) 8907360 for more information.

• PRIME RIB: A prime rib dinner will be served from 5-8:30 p.m. at the Covington VFW, 173 N. High St. Salad and choice of potato will come with the meal, which will be $13 for one, or $25 for a couple. A Euchre tournament will follow with a $3 entry fee.

• BREAD WORKSHOP: A Quick ‘n Easy bread making workshop will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. The class fee is $35 for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required. Call Aullwood at 890-7360 for more information.

• MEET THE GOATS: Meets Aullwood’s favorite milkers — the goats — at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood Farm, 9101 Frederick Pike, Dayton. Find out how the goats are milked and help feed them their evening meal. Learn how to walk a goat and take a look at their foot, the hoof. Also, come meet the billy goat, Blizzard, and discover his unusual habits.

Finish the day off by making butter and enjoying it on some tasty treats.

Gregory Peck will be the star of featured movie at Hayner The series is free and open to the public. Hayner is located at 301 W. Main What to do on a Friday night? Watch St. in Troy.

This year’s series theme is Fallen Gregory Peck’S Best Actor award-winStars. Each film will feature a major ning performance in the fifth film of the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center’s film star(s) who is no longer living. The series Lets Go to the Movies at Hayner evening will start out with an introduction of the film. at 7:30 p.m. March 9.

After viewing the film, a short disThis 1962 drama TROY cussion will follow. There will be cafe based on Harper Lee’s style seating with popcorn and soda book stars Peck as pop.

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the The film series is intended for adult Depression-era South, who must defend viewership and may not be appropriate a young black man in an undeserved for children under 13. rape charge against a white woman.

The series will show a movie once a The story is told through the eyes of month through April, excluding six-year-old Scout, Finch’s daughter.

December. The last film in this year’s Woven throughout the film is Scout’s and her brother Jem’s discussion of the series is April 13.

Due to licensing restrictions, the “crazy” man who lives down the block, Hayner is not allowed to publish the Boo Radley. names of the films.

They believe Radley comes out at For the name of Friday night’s film, night and gets little kids and animals. visit Hayner’s website at Come and see how the trial turns www.troyhayner.org or call 339-0457. out and how Boo Radley helps Scout.

For the Troy Daily News

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MVCTC Prom Tickets on Sale in March CLAYTON — The annual Miami Valley Career Technology Center prom is scheduled for 8-11 p.m. April 21 in the MVCTC Student Activity Center.

Tickets for the prom will be on sale starting today for senior MVCTC students, and starting March 12, for junior MVCTC students.

Tickets are priced at $20 per ticket (limit: two tickets per student may be purchased).

Tickets may be purchased at the MVCTC cashier window or during lunches. Cash or debit/credit cards will be accepted, but no checks. There are 900 tickets available for the MVCTC prom, and tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

For more information about the MVCTC prom, visit www.mvctc.com, or call (937) 837-7781.

Registration under way for Egg Extravaganza PIQUA — The Miami County Park District Volunteers in Parks will have its Egg Extravaganza program from 2– 4 p.m. March 31 at Garbry Big Woods Reserve, 6660 Casstown Sidney Road, east of Piqua.

Participants can walk the special egg trail and learn about all the animals that come from eggs.

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Pre-register for the program by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 667-1286, Ext. 115.

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Helen Keller Born in 1880 - Died in 1968 Helen Keller at the age of 19 months, (not quite 2 years old) was a happy, healthy child. She was already saying a few words.

Then she had a high fever, which caused her to become deaf and blind.

No longer could she see nor hear. She felt lost. She would hang on to her mother's skirt to get around. She would feel of people's hands to try to find out what they were doing. She learned to do many things this way. She learned to milk a cow and knead the bread dough.

She could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.

She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family.

She had 60 different signs.

If she wanted bread, she pretended to be cutting a loaf. If she wanted ice cream, she would hug her shoulders and shiver.

Helen was a very bright child. She became very frustrated because she couldn't talk. She became very angry and began to throw temper tantrums. The family knew they had to do something to help her.

They found a teacher named Anne Sullivan.

Miss Sullivan herself had been blind, but had an operation and regained her sight. She understood what Helen was feeling.

She taught Helen the signs for the letters of the alphabet. Then she would "spell" the words in Helen's hand to communicate with her.

One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand. She spelled the letters W-A-T-E-R as the water ran over Helen's hand. She did this over and over again. At last it dawned on Helen that the word "water" meant the water which she felt pouring over her hand. This opened up a whole new world for her. She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand. This was the key which unlocked the world for her.

She eventually stopped having the tantrums. Anne taught her for years. Helen learned to read Braille. This was a system of raised dots representing letters. A blind person could read by feeling of the dots.

When she went to college, her teacher Anne

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went with her and tapped out the words of the instructors into her student's hand.

Helen had an amazing memory, and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop.

She could put her fingers to a person's lips and understand the words which were being spoken.

While she was in college she wrote her book called "The Story of My Life.” With the money she earned from the book she was able to buy a house.

She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to groups of people. She met many important and well-known people as she traveled.

Helen Keller was successful because of her determination. However, many people helped her.

The most important person in her life was Anne Sullivan who stayed with her for 50 years.

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Braille

Josh Franklin’s Far Out Family Blog Written by Steven Coburn-Griffis Illustrated by Isaac Schumacher Chapter Seven: Week Seven August 25, 1863 Wilf, I am in a fine frame of mind and never could I be more proud of the State of my birth. I do believe that without Ohio and Ohioans, this war would have already ended and ended for the worst. Everywhere I turn I see men from our State standing tall and taking a firm stand against the enemy.

The very thought of men such as McClellan and Parrott give me strength in time of need, and there are, dear brother, such times.

This is a hard path we are on and I would not wish it upon another. Even so, it is the path that must be taken and we shall prevail.

Remember me to our Ma and tell Da that I do this both for and because of him.

Ethan I have to tell you that after reading this letter, I said, “Huh?” I mean, the Ohio I know really isn’t all that special. Now don’t go getting all mad. I’m as big a Buckeye fan as anyone. But “without Ohioans this war would have already ended”? I mean, seriously.

Exaggerate much? So I talked to Mr. W. and to Mrs. Logsdon and it turns out that, yeah, Ohio and Ohioans really were major players in the War Between the States. In fact, Mr. W.

said I should do a little research and pass it along. So here’s what I know.

Ohio contributed over one hundred generals over the course of the war. I mean, sure, a lot of those guys were only made generals temporarily (they called them brevet generals). Even so, that’s a lot of generals. And they weren’t all brevets. You already know that Ulysses S. Grant, who was basically the General of all Generals, was from Ohio. But so was General Philip Sheridan. Even though he was only five feet five inches tall, he and his cavalry were a big reason why Robert E. Lee finally surrendered. And then there was William Tecumseh Sherman. He pretty much handed President Lincoln his reelection when he attacked and took Atlanta. Ever heard of Sherman’s March? This is that guy.

And it wasn’t just about generals, either.

In 1863, the Secretary of War handed out the very first Medal of Honor to a man by the name of Jacob Wilson Parrott. Parrott was part of a bunch of men called Andrews’ Raiders

Braille is writing system which enables blind and partially sighted people to read and write through touch. It was invented by Louis Braille (1809-1852), who was blind and became a teacher of the blind. It consists of patterns of raised dots arranged in cells of up to six dots in a 3 x 2 configuration. Each cell represents a letter, numeral or punctuation mark. Some frequently used words and letter combinations also have their own single cell patterns.

There are a number of different versions of Braille: * Grade 1, which consists of who were taking it to the Confederacy the 26 standard letters of the behind enemy lines. They cut tele- alphabet and punctuation. It is graph lines, stole trains, burned only used by people who are bridges and basically just really first starting to read Braille. * Grade 2, which consists of messed with anyone wearing a gray uniform. Andrews’ Raiders eventually the 26 standard letters of the got caught and most of them were alphabet, punctuation and conhanged, but six of them survived, tractions. The contractions are including Parrott. And where do you employed to save space think Parrott was from? Kenton, Ohio. because a Braille page cannot And then I found this quote from fit as much text as a standard President Abraham Lincoln. It seems printed page. Books, signs in that just before a major battle, Honest public places, menus, and most Abe had a habit of asking if there were other Braille materials are writgoing to be any Ohioans around. ten in Grade 2 Braille. * Grade 3, which is used When asked why he did such a thing, President Lincoln said, “Because I mainly in personal letters, know that if there are many Ohio sol- diaries, and notes, and also in diers to be engaged, it is probable we literature to some extent. It is a will win the battle, for they can be kind of shorthand, with entire words shortened to a few letrelied upon in such an emergency.” ters.

Pretty cool, huh?

Braille has been adapted to write many different languages, VOCABULARY WORDS including Chinese, and is also prevail used for musical and mathematexaggerate ical notation. brevet Sherman’s March engaged

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Parrott’s Congressional Medal of Honor is now on display in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Why is it appropriate for his medal to be displayed there?

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Contact us David Fong is the executive editor of the Troy Daily News. You can reach him at 440-5228 or send him e-mail at fong@tdn publishing.com.

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PERSPECTIVE

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL The Baltimore Sun on U.S. transportation policy: When U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican, recently called the House transportation bill the worst such measure he’s seen in 35 years of public service, he was being kind. Surely, it’s among the worst, most cynically partisan bills to ever threaten U.S. highway and transit infrastructure in all of recorded history.

That’s because the serious business of building and maintaining roads, bridges, rail systems and other vital transportation assets is usually among the most bipartisan of Congressional actions. Every community requires such spending whether it’s rural, a small town or a big city.

Decaying bridges are a danger, and without transit, cities would not function.

But it’s clear House Republicans have decided to ignore precedent, and the result has been an absolute mess. As introduced earlier this month, the $260 billion American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act would strip public transportation of its gas tax funding and pour it all into highways, open up protected lands to oil and gas drilling, and roll back contributions to federal employee pensions.

When it became clear that wasn’t going to fly, House Speaker John Boehner broke it up into three components, won approval for the drilling and pension changes but pulled back the transportation bill for lack of support. …

Even by Congressional standards, this is heavy-handed stuff. The Senate’s version of the transportation bill, a more conventional two-year, $109 billion program, has won support from both Democrats and Republicans and is nothing like the House monstrosity. …

Admittedly, the Obama administration has failed to show much leadership in this arena. The president’s $476 billion, six-year transportation reauthorization included in its Fiscal 2013 budget proposes a level of spending that’s appropriately high but unlikely to win Congressional approval. …

Something close to the Senate bill — a short-term patch — is probably the most the nation can expect.

The Eagle, Bryan-College Station, Texas, on the DISCLOSE Act: Got an extra $52 million in your petty cash slush fund? Want to buy an election? Well, you can and no one would be any the wiser unless Congress passes the badly needed DISCLOSE Act. If passed, the act would require greater disclosure of who is spending how much on political advertising. The rich still will be allowed to give huge sums of money to so-called Super PACs, but the bill would ensure that the rest of us know just who is spending that money in an effort to influence elections.

A couple of years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in a hard to fathom ruling said that, for political purposes, corporations and unions are people with the same First Amendment rights and protections afforded those of us who are, indeed, real people.

In the wake of that ruling, outside groups called super PACs have grown in number, wealth and, thus, power.

The rules that limit how much individuals can contribute to politicians’ campaigns don’t apply to these super PACs. So, corporations, unions and the super-rich can give as much as they want, to be spent on advertising designed to influence the outcome of elections. Officially, wink-wink, the super PACs cannot coordinate their messages with the actual campaigns of those running for office. Uh huh, they would never think of doing that, right?

Instead, the super PAC ads simply mirror closely the candidates’ messages.

Through Feb. 23, super PACs have spent $51.9 million trying to influence the November presidential election, most of it in support of the various candidates for the Republican nomination. A full 25 percent of that money came from just five extremely wealthy people.

The Supreme Court created this political monstrosity and Congress should work to overturn the court’s bizarre ruling. But that likely will take a lot of effort and time. Until then, Congress should pass the DISCLOSE Act so that we can at least know who is seeking to buy our elections.

LETTERS

I’m proud of Troy students

makes me proud of them and yet sad for what they must be hearing said about them. Our Troy students are great kids.

To the Editor: Disparaging one student or all I have long been proud of our Troy students and schools. students does nothing but harm all of our Troy children, Every day, we have outstandthe very ones all of us are here ing things going on and we to protect and help. Helping have much in which to be kids and believing in kids is proud. Troy students continue to achieve in our classrooms, on something we take seriously in our schools. our fields and in our theaters.

Further, I can assure you Recent letters to the editor that we take seriously the safe— some from students, in fact ty of our students. We will con— have highlighted that the tinue to take seriously anyidea that “all kids aren’t bad.” thing that compromises our That these students feel the need to write these letters ability to provide a safe learn-

ing environment. As we move forward I can’t emphasize enough the need for the support and help of our school community (students, parents, and staff) to eliminate potential problems where possible.

It takes all of us and we are all invested in this Troy community and schools together.

Thank you for all of the support you have shown our students and schools.

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I’m not remotely in tune with television It was only a matter of time until Steve’s attention wavered long enough for me to act. He must have been extremely tired or under the influence or something.

Frankly, though, he doesn’t drink very much (though goodness knows he has ample reason) and he has never been exhausted to the point of committing a boo-boo of this caliber. So let’s just call it kismet that I finally got my hands on the television remote.

It’s not as though we live in a TV-deficient household. I have my own set in my own room.

Excepting the bathrooms, a point at which even we draw the line, there is a television in every room of our house. There is a TV on the back porch and a TV in the basement in front of the treadmill.

There is a TV in the kitchen and, inevitably, a giant flat screen model in Steve’s room. It is the clicker to this Mother of all Boone TVs that fell into my lap.

Nearly drunk with power, my first impulse was to scream through the channels—all fifteen thousand of them. 14,987 of these channels were given over to some variation on ESPN. Ten of them featured detective shows wherein gruff but lovable honchos head up a pack of super-smart investigators. The female investigators all

Marla Boone Troy Daily News Columnist wear skin-tight tank tops with plunging necklines. This is apparently the required uniform for field work. The male agents ooze boyish charm. These dedicated underlings, who have world-class computers as well as access to fourminute DNA results, engage in endless horseplay while exchanging sexual innuendos. Two of the stations depicted butter-intense cooking shows. The final channel was equally divided between trash/treasure pickers, pawn store owners, and alligator hunters who are entirely unacquainted with The Goode Englishe.

Surfing through the channels entailed pushing one button on the Mega/Giga/Testosterone-Fueled Universal Remote. This is not its real name, but you get my drift.

Running the volume up and down used up another button. The mute

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button, thankfully, was prominent and easy to find. This left approximately 40 more buttons whose functions were a complete mystery.

Now obviously, the Mega/Giga/Testosterone-Fueled Universal Remote is a forceful tool…possibly even dangerous in the untrained hand. Asking for help in deciphering all this technology would be paramount to admitting I was not worthy to possess it.

And since Steve has a history of, shall we say, not being a slave to any owner’s manual, I had no ready instructional source.

So I did what any self-respecting techno-phobe would do. I began pushing buttons willy-nilly, as quickly as I could.

Since we live out in the back of beyond, we do not have cable.

Further, since we have almost completely joined the twenty-first century, we do not have a VCR, either.

This matters not to the M/G/T-F UR (hereafter referred to as the midget-fur). Its vast array of buttons include both those options as well as shift and aspect keys.

There was a PIP choice and a swap choice, both of which sounded as though they came from one of those randy investigators. None of it, of course, made sense. Even the “info” button was entirely mis-

named.

In the upper right-hand corner was a large red button marked “master power.” Abandoning any hope of actually controlling the TV, I opted out and pressed this one.

After a couple of seconds, the machine went blank.

Fast forward to the next morning. The second thing Steve does every day is turn on the television.

Midget-fur securely in his hand and none the wiser that foreign hands had handled it, he, too, hit the master power. Nothing. Zilch.

None of the picture, none of the sound, but the beginnings of the fury.

Exactly two people live at our house and dogs don’t have an opposable thumb. It was pretty (and I might add distressingly) clear who had messed up the television.

He wanted very badly to know which buttons I had pushed and I wanted equally badly not to tell him all of them in no particular order.

He finally did get the television to do his bidding. But the chances of my getting hold of that clicker again? Remote.

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RICHARD W. PUTNAM

SIDNEY WHEAT Troy.

Sidney leaves to mourn, his wife, Karen J. (Coles) Wheat, a son, Sydney P. (Lisa) Wheat of Oakwood, and a daughter, Heather D. (Mark) Raleigh of Gahanna. He is also survived by six grandchildren; one sister, Pastor Carolyn Moore of Dayton, Ohio; one brother, Hugh (Nancy) Wheat of Palm Harbor, Fla. He will be joining his daughter, Kristin Brooke Wheat, his brothers, Loundes and David Wheat, and his sister, Sylvia Wheat, who preceded him in death.

Sidney was loved by many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and neighbors. He touched everyone’s lives that he came in contact with and will never be forgotten.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, March 7, at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. David Leckrone, Pastor David Richey and Pastor Charles Carnes officiating.

Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, where military services will be conducted at his graveside by the Veterans Memorial Honor Guard, Troy.

Visitation hours will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the funeral home.

His amazing journey continues in heaven with the Lord our God. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com

WILLIAM H. STEWART PIQUA — William “Bill” H. Stewart, 56, er, Jimmy Stewart in 1992. of Piqua died at 10:17 p.m. Friday March William graduated from Piqua Central High School and then went to 2, 2012, at his residence.

Sinclair Community College He was born in Piqua, Ohio for electronic engineering. on July 11, 1955 to Harold He worked for Swihart Stewart of Piqua, Ohio and the Industries in Dayton, as a late Catherine (Holler) Stewart. supervisor machinist for more On June 25, 1994, in Piqua he than 14 years. married Trudy Hahn and she William was a dedicated survives. family man and an avid William is survived by two Cincinnati Bengals fan. daughters and sons-in-law, Funeral services will be at 1 Blair and Nathan Jones of p.m. Wednesday March 7, at Piqua, and Meka and Paul STEWART Melcher-Sowers Funeral Edwards of Troy; two sisters Home, Piqua with Pastor Dan Glover and brother-in-law, Cathy and Tom officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Levering of Piqua, and Becky Kolker of Cemetery, Piqua.

Sidney; one brother and sister-in-law, Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Larry and Diane Stewart of Piqua; stepWednesday at the funeral home. mother, Barb Stewart of Piqua; one Memorial contributions may be made granddaughter, Charlotte Edwards of to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box Troy; two grandsons, Ashton Jones of 502, Troy, OH 45373. Condolences may Piqua and Lane Obaugh of Troy, and be expressed to the family at many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by one broth- www.melcher-sowers.com.

MAE DORIS JOHNSON TROY — Mae Doris Johnson, 87, of Troy, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at the Troy Care & Rehab. Mae was born in Piqua on June 6, 1924, to the (late) John M. & Violet Goldie (Webb) Saunders.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers and sisters; first husband, N.B. Everman; second husband, Ward Dunevant Sr.; and daughter, Sandy Kay Everman.

Mae is survived by her children, James

Brining of New Bremen, Ward Jr. and Darcy Dunevant of Springhill, Fla., Jack and Pamela Johnson of Houston, Texas, Dave and Audella Johnson of Troy, Alice J. and Dale Pierce of West Milton; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; twin sister, Faye Newman of Troy; and other relatives and friends. Services will be at a later date at the convenience of the family. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

COVINGTON — Richard W. Putnam, 62, of 6341 N. Mulberry GroveRakestraw Road, Covington, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. He was born June 5, 1949, in Piqua to the late Emerson R. and Ruby Eileen (Barnhart) Putnam. He was raised by his father and stepmother, Thelma L. (Crago) Putnam who survives in Piqua.

In addition to his stepmother, PUTNAM Thelma, he is survived by two brothers, Ray (Charlotte) Putnam of Piqua, Ronald (Jane) Putnam of Radford, Va.; a sister, Dixie Wallace Putnam of Piqua; a special friend Peggy Williams of Covington; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Putnam attended Piqua Central High School and then entered the United States Army, where he served for several years in Vietnam.

MARGARET L. GRADY TIPP CITY — Margaret L. “Marg” Grady, 95 of Tipp City passed away Saturday March 3, 2012, at Springmeade Health Center, Tipp City.

She was born June 21, 1916, in Tipp City to Harvey and Edith (Kirstien) McDonald. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ross D. Grady and sisters, Dorothy Putnam, Mary Comer, Edna Coberly and Martha McDonald; brothers, Edward McDonald and Christopher McDonald and son, Richard Grady.

She is survived by her daughter in-law, Barb Grady of Tipp City; granddaughter, Jodi (James) Hudgins of Martinez, Ga.; great-grandchildren, Molly (Gary) Recktenwald of North Augusta, S.C. and Kyle Knab of Martinez, Ga. and great-

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Thursday — Popcorn chicken, corn, butter bread, cookie, peaches and milk.

Friday — Pizza, carrots with dip, Goldfish, peaches with gelatin and milk.

• MILTON-UNION ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS Tuesday — Elementary school: Chicken nuggets; middle school: turkey gravy and noodles, biscuit, mashed potatoes, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Hot dog or coney dog on a bun, corn, fruit, milk.

Thursday — Walking taco with meat, cheese, Doritos and sauce, lettuce, fruit, milk.

Friday — Toasted cheese sandwich, tomato soup, carrots, fruit, milk.

• MILTON-UNION HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday — Taco salad with meat, cheese, and sauce, Doritos, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Peppered chicken strip wrap with lettuce, cheese and sauce, fruit, milk.

Thursday — Steak and gravy, roll, mashed potatoes, fruit, milk.

Friday — Bosco breadstick with sauce, broccoli, mixed fruit, milk.

• NEWTON SCHOOLS Tuesday — Corn dog or burrito, mixed vegetables, diced pears and milk.

Wednesday —French toast sticks, sausage patty,

carrots with dip, orange juice and milk.

Thursday — Barbecue pulled pork sandwich, french fries, mixed fruit and milk.

Friday — Bosco sticks, pizza dipping sauce, peas, applesauce and milk.

• PIQUA SCHOOLS Tuesday — General Tso’s chicken, fried rice, broccoli, carrots, mandarin oranges, fortune cookie and milk.

Wednesday — Hamburger, cheese, lettuce, pickle, tater tots, mixed fruit and milk.

Thursday — Loaded wedges with cheese and salsa, peas, applesauce, breadstick and milk.

Friday — Breaded cheese sticks with dipping sauce, mixed fruit, fruit juice, pears and milk.

• PIQUA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Tuesday — French toast, sausage links, hash browns, juice cup and milk.

Wednesday — Johnny Marzetti, salad, Texas toast, choice of fruit and milk.

Thursday — Sausage pizza, corn, choice of fruit, cake and milk.

Friday — and milk.

• ST. PATRICK Tuesday — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, corn, butter bread, mixed fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Walking tacos, salad, salsa, oatmeal cookie, peaches, milk.

Thursday — French toast, sausage, hash browns, pears, milk.

Friday — Grilled cheese, tomato soup, crackers,

great- grandson, Samuel as well as many nieces and nephews.

Marg had been a switchboard operator for A. O. Smith in Tipp City, was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Eagles Auxiliary and the Tipp City United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 7, at Tipp City United Methodist Church, 8 W. Main St. Tipp City, Pastor Bonita Wood officiating.

Burial to follow in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m.

Tuesday at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home 327 W. Main St. Tipp City, Ohio 45371.

Contributions may be made in memory of Margaret to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 586.

GREGORY J. LAMBERT WEST MILTON — Gregory J., Lambert, 41, of West Milton passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at his residence.

He was born June 22, 1970, in Troy, Ohio. He was preceded in death by daughter, Alyssa Nicole Lambert. Greg is survived by his loving wife, Teresa A. (Kingery) Lambert, beloved parents, Harvey J. and Bonnie L. (Enochs) Lambert, sons and daughter-in-law, Dusty and Amber Johnson of Gordon,Ohio, James Johnson of West Milton, Tyler Lambert of West Milton; daughters, Katlyn Marie Lambert of W. Va., Emma Lee Lambert of West Milton; mother-in-law, Donna Kingery; two grandchildren; brother, Aaron L. Lambert of West Milton; sister, Susan Hoffman of Piqua and many nieces and nephews.

He was a 1988 graduate of MiltonUnion, attended HVAC Technical School.

He was employed by Five Star as a HVAC Technician, was a member of Pleasant Hill Church of God, West Milton Lodge No. 577 F&AM, enjoyed shooting guns, radio controlled helicopters, motorcycles,and his children’s sports, sons wrestling, football. He was an avid Milton-Union fan and enjoyed spending time with his family. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 7, at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home,284 N. Miami Street,West Milton with Pastor Scott Deane officiating, burial to follow at Curtis Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Hale-Sarver. Masonic services will be at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Pleasant Hill Building Fund,115 N. Main Street,(P.O. Box 1),Pleasant Hill, OH 45359.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Leroy A. Frankenberg SIDNEY — Leroy A. Frankenberg, 83, 2364 Armstrong Dr., Sidney, Ohio, died at Fair Haven Shelby County Home, 2901 Fair Road, Sidney on Friday,

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Wednesday — Popcorn chicken, wheat dinner roll, broccoli, choice of fruit, milk.

Thursday — Chili, wheat roll, corn, choice of fruit, milk.

Friday — Fish sandwich on a wheat bun, cheesey potatoes, choice of fruit, milk.

• BRADFORD SCHOOLS Tuesday — Salisbury steak or chef salad, baked potato, broccoli with cheese sauce, fruit cup, dinner roll, milk.

Wednesday — Assorted pizza or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, tossed salad with dressing, fruit cup, milk.

Thursday — Spaghetti and meat sauce or chef salad, green beans, fruit cup, breadstick, milk.

Friday — Fiesta stick with cheese, fish sandwich or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, carrot stick and dip, fresh fruit, graham cracker cookies, milk.

• COVINGTON SCHOOLS Tuesday — Personal pan pizza, corn, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Walking taco, seasoned meat, cheese cup, refried beans, peaches, milk.

Thursday — Chicken Fryze, broccoli with cheese, strawberries, Doritos, milk.

Friday — Soft pretzl, cheese, yogurt, carrots with dip, orange, milk.

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He returned to Piqua where he retired from the former Copperweld Company.

As an outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He had been a member of the former Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge No. 523, VFW Post No. 4235, and the Piqua Fish & Game Club.

A private service to honor his life will be Wednesday, March 7. Burial will follow at Miami Memorial Park, Covington where full military honors will be provided by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad. Arrangements are being handled through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad, P. O. Box 720, Piqua, OH 45356.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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• TROY CITY SCHOOLS Tuesday — Popcorn chicken, dinner roll, mashed potatoes with gravy, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Sausage, french toast sticks with syrup, juice, fruit, milk.

Thursday — Walking taco with Fritos, meat and cheese, lettuce cup, sherbet, milk.

Friday — Yogurt, Bosco stick, green beans, fruit, milk.

• TIPP CITY HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday — Cheeseburger on a bun, coleslaw, choice of fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, choice of fruit, garlic bread, milk.

Thursday — Chicken pattie on a bun, tater tots, choice of fruit, milk.

Friday — Macaroni and cheese, carrots with dip, choice of fruit, wheat roll, milk.

• UPPER VALLEY CAREER CENTER Tuesday — Taco salad or chicken fajita, lettuce, tomato, salsa, refried beans, assorted fruit.

Wednesday — Pizza or quesadilla, fresh broccoli and dip, assorted fruit.

Thursday — Chicken and noodles or chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, pumpkin custard, multi-grain roll.

Friday — Grilled cheese or barbecue rib, tomato soup, green beans, assorted fruit, multi-grain bun.

March 2, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, March 6. SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements.

Renowned hematologist Shanbrom, dies at 87 TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Edward Shanbrom, a pioneering hematologist who invented a widely used process for removing viruses from blood plasma and helped develop a breakthrough treatment for hemophilia, has died in Southern California.

Shanbrom died of natural causes Feb. 20 at his home in Tustin, according to a statement from his family. He was 87.

While on the executive staff at Baxter Laboratories in the 1960s the Connecticut native helped come up with a method, still in use today, to produce large quantities of a blood clotting factor that is absent in hemophiliacs. This breakthrough therapy made it possible for those suffering from hemophilia to lead more normal lives.

“Hemophilia patients and blood product recipients worldwide have benefited from Dr. Shanbrom’s work,” Samuel D. Anderson, his colleague and a former biotechnology executive, said in a statement to the Los Angeles

Times.

In the 1980s, while conducting research at his home, Shanbrom developed a blood purification technique that uses mild detergents to scrub viruses, bacteria and other contaminants out of plasma.

Shanbrom held 49 U.S. patents and 91 international patents in areas ranging from nutraceuticals to antiseptics to blood products, his family said. In 1988 the New York Blood Center bought his patented processes for scrubbing viruses from transfusion blood.

He practiced hematology and oncology at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, Orange County General Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Orange.

Shanbrom was also a clinical instructor at the University of California, Los Angeles and at UC Irvine. In 2007 the Edward Shanbrom, M.D. Hall was dedicated on the UC Irvine campus in recognition of his pioneering hematology research and support of the university.

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TROY — Sidney Wheat, 73, of Troy passed away at 5:40 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. He was born on June 5, 1938, and was the sixth child of Hugh B. and Lucille K. Wheat, who preceded him in death.

Sidney was a life-long resident of Troy. He attended Troy public schools and graduated from Troy High School in 1957. He attended Franklin WHEAT University, The Ohio State University and Wright State University.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served for three years. He was transferred to Pennsylvania where he met his lovely wife, Karen, whom he married on August 14, 1963.

Sidney was very active in the Troy community. He served on the Mayors’ Concert Board, Garden Manor Committee, the Facility Review Board, and the Lincoln Community Center Board. He was on the Human Rights Commission Board in the late 1970’s.

Sidney was a member of the Troy Kiwanis, American Legion Post No. 43, and Amvets Post 88, all of Troy. In the late 1960’s, he was a member of the Troy Jaycees. Sidney was an avid golfer which he enjoyed very much.

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Obama assures Israel U.S. force an option in Iran WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday he would not hesitate to attack Iran to keep it from getting a nuclear bomb, hoping a forceful assurance will discourage Israel from launching a unilateral strike that could ignite the Middle East and drag the U.S. into war.

Pleading for time for diplomacy to work, Obama warned that “loose talk of war” was only undermining world security.

Addressing a powerful proIsrael lobby, Obama delivered messages to multiple political audiences: Israel, Iran, Jewish voters, a restless Congress, a wary international community and three Republican presidential contenders who will speak to the same group Tuesday.

At the core was his bullish assertion that the United States will never settle for containing a nuclear-armed Iran or fail to

defend Israel.

“I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests,” Obama said.

But he framed military force as a last resort, not the next option at a time when sanctions are squeezing Iran. The president seemed intent on quieting a drumbeat for war, saying even the talk of it has driven up the price of oil to the benefit of Iran.

“Now is not the time for bluster,” Obama said. “Now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in.”

Obama’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee set a tone for a vital meeting Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose embattled Mideast nation fears it will soon lose a window to strike Iran before it becomes a target of nuclear weapons.

More than once, Obama threatened force but made clear his preference was peace through pressure.

Netanyahu, standing his ground against what his country perceives as a threat to its existence, said he perhaps most appreciated hearing Obama say “Israel must be able to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.”

Speaking to reporters in OBAMA Canada ahead of his arrival in the U.S., Netanyahu made no reference to the sanctions and diplomacy Obama emphasized.

Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and escalating sanctions have not deterred its pursuit. It has rapidly ramped up production of the higher-grade enriched uranium

needed for an atomic bomb.

Obama offered the lines Israel wanted to hear, framing the Iranian threat as a problem for the entire world, and asserting Israel’s right to defend itself how it sees fit.

No assurance was more important than when Obama said he has does not have a “policy of containment” about Iran, but rather one to deny it a nuclear weapon.

Election-year politics, too, were part of Obama’s speech as he spoke of his record on Israel. He told his audience that his Republican rivals would probably distort his record.

“There should not be a shred of doubt by now,” Obama said.

“When the chips are down, I have Israel’s back.”

The United States fears an Israeli strike on Iran would do little to derail its long-term nuclear weapons pursuit and, in the near term, would turn Iran into a victim. Many analysts believe an Israeli attack would result in a region-wide conflict, including Iranian attacks on American troops in the Persian Gulf.

Obama is also worried about gas prices, a chief concern to American voters this election year.

“I would ask that we all remember the weightiness of these issues, the stakes involved for Israel, for America, and for the world,” Obama said. “Already, there is too much loose talk of war.”

He summed up his approach by borrowing a line from a predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt: “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.”

A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years.

His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on “destroying Russia’s statehood and usurping power.”

Putin’s win was never in doubt as many across the vast country still see him as a guarantor of stability and the defender of a strong

Russia against a hostile world, an image he has carefully cultivated during 12 years in power.

Accounts by independent observers of extensive voterigging, however, looked set to strengthen the resolve of opposition forces whose unprecedented protests in recent months have posed the first serious challenge to Putin’s heavy-handed rule.

Another huge demonstration was set for Monday evening in central Moscow.

Putin claimed victory Sunday night when fewer than a quarter of the votes had been counted. He spoke

to a rally just outside the Kremlin walls of tens of thousands of supporters, many of them government workers or employees of state-owned companies who had been ordered to attend.

“I promised that we would win and we have won!” Putin shouted to the flag-waving crowd. “We have won in an open and honest struggle.”

Putin, 59, said the election showed that “our people can easily distinguish a desire for renewal and revival from political provocations aimed at destroying Russia’s statehood and

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election, tears up as he reacts at a massive rally of his supporters at Manezh square outside Kremlin, in Moscow, Sunday.

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He ended his speech with the triumphant declaration: “Glory to Russia!”

The West can expect Putin to continue the tough

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“These elections are not free. … That’s why we’ll have protests tomorrow. We will not recognize the president as legitimate,” said Mikhail Kasyanov, who was Putin’s first prime minister before going into opposition.

The wave of protests began after a December parliamentary election in which observers produced evidence of widespread vote fraud.

Protest rallies in Moscow drew tens of thousands in the largest outburst of public anger in post-Soviet Russia, demonstrating growing exasperation with the pervasive corruption and tight controls over political life under Putin, who was president from 2000 to 2008 before moving into the prime minister’s office due to term limits.

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Exit polls cited by state television predicted Putin would get about 59 percent of the vote. With more than 80 percent of precincts counted nationwide, Putin was leading with 65 percent, the Central Election Commission said. Complete results were expected Monday.

Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov was a distant second, followed by Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets whose candidacy was approved by the Kremlin in what was seen as an effort to channel some of the protest sentiment. The clownish nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and socialist Sergei Mironov trailed behind. The leader of liberal opposition the Yabloko party was barred

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Dear Annie: My fiance and I were best friends growing up, and our families were close, as well.

When we were 16, his parents suddenly pulled "Paul" out of school and told me never to call their house again. My mother said Paul was no longer welcome in our home and I was not to mention his family again. I never knew what happened.

Five years later, Paul and I reconnected at college and began dating.

Neither set of parents was happy about it. We've been together for seven years and recently bought a house and started a veterinary practice together.

When we became engaged, everyone in both families was nasty to us, including our siblings.

We've tried on multiple occasions to get the families together, but it's always been a disaster.

Nobody will tell us why our families don't get along. When we ask, we get indignant and childish answers like, "They know what they did" or "What difference does it make?"

We are planning a wedding, but at this point, we're not inviting the relatives. We're both fed up and decided to hold a small civil ceremony and then have a night out with friends. His sister found out and blew a gasket, saying I've done enough to "ruin" their family and why can't I leave them alone.

We'd love to have a wedding where people behaved themselves, but that's not in the cards.

Is it wrong to insist they tell us what the feud is about, or should we get over it? We're so tired of this nonsense. — Not Romeo and Juliet Dear Juliet: We think it's time to get to the bottom of this.

Since it is affecting your future with Paul, you have a right to understand what is going on. You might also point out that when you and Paul marry, the families will need to put past hurts aside and be civil, or it will be difficult to include them in your life. We hope they can clear the air and get past this.

Dear Annie: My lovely wife has told me I am not to comment to my stepdaughter about the raising of their children. So I quietly sit back and say nothing.

Last night, the extended family dined at a local restaurant. I was fortunate enough to sit across from the two youngest granddaughters, ages 6 and 9.

Both were playing games on their iPhones the entire time. I attempted to converse with the older girl, but each time got a quick one-word reply.

Is it too much to ask the younger generation to learn some manners? Maybe they could refrain from using their phones at the dinner table. If they were not family, that would've been the last dinner I attend with them. Since I am forbidden to speak, please print this. — California Dear California: Are the children rude? Yes, absolutely, and their parents ought to tell them to put their phones away at dinner. However, it sounds as if your wife believes such criticism would be resented and might interfere with the relationship.

So please say nothing. We know it's difficult to be around these kids, and if you absolutely cannot manage it, feel free to encourage your wife to attend dinners without you. But we hope you will keep trying to engage the children. This is how they learn.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Amazed in Honolulu," the married businesswoman who travels a lot and often is hit on by male associates.

You missed the perfect response. She said that when she would go back to her hotel room, she would get calls asking what she was wearing.

The perfect answer would be "my wedding ring." — K. Dear K.: Fabulous. We hope she uses it next time.

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How should I maintain my granite countertops?

Dear Heloise: Help! I just had granite countertops installed in the kitchen, and I am getting conflicting reports about how to care for them. Is there a reasonably priced way to keep granite in pristine condition? — Mary R., via email Great question, and one I am sure many people have! The first thing to do when you purchase new granite countertops is to have them sealed. Granite is porous, so liquids can penetrate it and cause stains. The sealant is your first line of defense.

If you do spill something on your countertop, wipe it up immediately! Don’t wait even a minute. Warm water with a drop

Hints from Heloise Columnist of dishwashing soap is all you need to do daily cleaning. Wiping down your counters a few times a week will help keep them clean. Do not put hot pots or pans directly on your countertops. And be careful with commercial cleaners. Some have acidic ingredients, which can etch the stone. Also, no citric-

based cleaners, such as lemon or orange. And no vinegar, either.

Treat your counters with care and have them resealed periodically, and they will be sure to last! — Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Use plastic breath-mint boxes to carry: • extra bobby pins • extra earring backs and buttons • spare change.

— Heloise A COOL IDEA Dear Heloise: I am taking a medication that has to be refrigerated, so it is delivered in insulated foam boxes every three months. I do not know what to

do with the boxes, which are quite sturdy but not very big inside. I keep one in my car and add a cold pack if I need to pick up something cold at the market.

I hate to throw them out. Can any of your readers suggest some uses for them? — M.L. in Florida OK, readers, what do you think? Have any great uses for insulated foam boxes? I would love to hear them. Send a letter to Heloise/Foam Boxes at P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000. Or send an email to Heloise(at)Heloise.com with “Foam Boxes” in the subject line.

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HOROSCOPE Monday, March 5, 2012 There is a possibility that in the year ahead you could become involved in an endeavor with an interesting person. This union should prove to be a good one, because each of you will have something to offer the other.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Coworkers are likely to follow your lead, so do your best to provide a good example. If things don’t go well, you should stop a minute and give others the know-how to make corrections.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you depart from prudent spending, you’ll watch your bank account disappear in two shakes. Get hold of yourself and put a stop to the insanity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Unfortunately, it isn’t likely that you’ll be able to keep your problems to a minimum, mostly due to you thinking that you can do what you want without any consequences.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be careful if matters don’t go exactly as you think they should. To counteract an unexpected wrinkle, you could adopt an unwise strategy that would make matters much worse.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It would be sagacious to have someone check your work if what you’re doing involves a lot of facts and figures. A huge mistake could result from one tiny error.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — By deliberately acting in a manner that is diametrically opposed to persons who are trying to help you, you will only end up looking belligerent and ungrateful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ve heard it before: “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” This could be especially wise thinking when dealing with in-laws or other relatives.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t try to overpower people when trying to get them to accept your suggestions.

If they don’t like your ideas, putting pressure on them would only make matters worse.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If the ideas you’re espousing happen to conflict with the plans of others, trying to get your way would only add more stress to the situation. It’s often wise to compromise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — In order to appease the demands of your associates, you might switch courses far too often to be effective.

Making changes for change’s sake does nothing for nobody.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Doing something out of spite only makes matters worse for everyone, yourself included. In fact, such a move could easily boomerang, with you getting caught in the crosshairs and ending up taking all the hits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If it’s your responsibility to do something about a situation and it doesn’t go well, don’t attempt to point the finger of blame at another. Bite the bullet and correct matters yourself.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Monday, March 5, the 65th day of 2012.

There are 301 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 5, 1512, cartographer Gerardus Mercator, creator of the Mercator Projection map of the world, was born in Flanders in the Holy Roman Empire.

On this date: • In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British

soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people. • In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson, who was later acquitted. • In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote the Nazis joined with a conservative nationalist party to gain a slender majority in the

Reichstag. • In 1934, the first Mothersin-Law Day celebration and parade took place in Amarillo, Texas. • Today’s Birthdays: Actor James Noble is 90. Actor James B. Sikking is 78. Actor Dean Stockwell is 76. Actor Fred Williamson is 74. Actress Samantha Eggar is 73. Actor Michael Warren is 66. Actor Eddie Hodges is 65. Singer Eddy Grant is 64. Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 60.

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On Sunday, people gathered to worship, comb through piles of debris and learn what happened to loved ones and friends, often without modern technology to help.

Cellphone signals were hard to find, Internet was out and electricity indefinitely interrupted. In many cases, word-of-mouth conversations replaced text messages, Facebook status updates and phone calls. “It’s horrible. It’s things you take for granted that aren’t there anymore,� said Jack Cleveland, 50, a Census Bureau worker from Henryville, Ind. Randy Mattingly, a 24year-old mechanic, said he and his Henryville neighbors passed on information by word-of-mouth to make sure people were OK: “It was like, ‘Hey, did you talk to this guy?’� He said state police quickly set up two gathering points for adults and children, at the church and at a nearby community center.

At Sunday’s mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Henryville, Father Steve Schaftlein turned the church into an information exchange, asking the 100 or so in attendance to stand up and share what they knew.

Lisa Smith, who has been Henryville’s postmaster for six weeks, told people that they could pick up their mail in Scottsburg, about 10 miles north. She said she was most worried about people needing medication and she had been shaking boxes to see if they had pills inside with hopes of connecting them to their recipients.

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Indiana baby found in field after tornado LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An Indiana toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms’ devastation.

Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock of New Pekin, Ind., was found after her family’s mobile home was destroyed in Friday’s storms. Her father, mother and two siblings were killed.

When Angel arrived at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville Friday night, she was opening her eyes — a hopeful sign, chief nursing officer Cis Gruebbel said.

Things turned on Saturday, when the swelling in her brain didn’t decrease, he said. As the day went on, her eyes ceased to move and she continued to deteriorate.

There was no sign of brain activity.

Medical staff told the family there wasn’t anything more they could do.

With extended family gathered to say goodbye, the family made the decision to end life support on Sunday. “Angel has been reunited with her parents,� her grandfather, Jack Brough, said in a statement. “We want to thank God for all of you and for your thoughts and prayers. God will bring you and all of us out of this. This is what it will take. All should look to God.�

The girl’s death brings the overall toll from Friday’s storms to 39 across five states. Rescuers were still going door-to-door in rural areas to rule out more victims. Another round of storms earlier last week killed 13 people in the Midwest and South, the lat-

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Call to describe (937)698-3540

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Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.

SCHEV certified. Call 877-295-1667 www.CenturaOnline.com

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ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Local†resort is looking for an individual to create, plan and conduct weekly activities.

Experience is a plus, but will train if you are a creative, energetic person†that enjoys working with children and adults alike.

Send resume with salary requirements to: 14296 Cemetery Rd. Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895 Integrity Ambulance Service NOW HIRING EMT-B:up to $13.75+/hr EMT-I: up to $15.75+/hr Paramedic's: up to $17.75 +/hr Free CEU's Offered For more information call 1-800-704-7846 or email: joiler@hr-edge.com

MACHINE OPERATION MAINTENANCE

Second and Third Shift

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Start right away Must understand the design, fabrication and repair needs of the customer; Must have minimum 2 years maintenance department job experience and must be proficient in basic electronics; performing machine repair; plumbing; sheet metal fabrication; rigging and machinery moving; carpentry; pneumatics and hydraulics; performing various welding techniques.

Staffmark is hiring to support Nitto Denko's growth in the Automotive Business. We are looking for associates to work in the production department as machine operators or assemblers. Willing to learn machines. Able to work in fast pace environment. Possible temp to hire positions.

High School diploma or GED required.

Contact Connie Whitson (937)335-0118 or stop by: 1600 W. Main St. TROY

SHIFT COORDINATOR (2nd Shift FT) Previous supervisory experience in manufacturing environment required; experience working with or for automotive OEM or Tier One suppliers.

EOE M/F/D/V

LABOR: $9.50/HR

2012 Postal Positions $14.80-$36.00+/hr Federal hire/full benefits No Experience, Call Today 1-800-593-2664 ext.190

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MPA Services

Ohio Driver Needed!

provides Supported Living services to individuals with MRDD. We are accepting applications for employees to perform care in Darke Co (Home Supervisor, Full Time, 2nd shift). You will assist with daily living skills, transportation, money management, medication supervision. Working in a fun atmosphere.

Home Weekends

We provide a constant schedule, great pay/ benefits package plus paid training. Our employees must have a HS diploma/GED, be highly self motivated and have superb ethics.

If interested in an employer that genuinely cares for its employees, please call (937)492-0886

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250 Office/Clerical RECEPTIONIST/ ASSISTANT needed for veterinary office. 20-30 hours per week, Great clients. Please bring resume to: Community Veterinary Clinic 948 W Main St Troy

Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012

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2012 Baby Pages PLEASE PRINT - Any names that do not fit in the allowed space will be subject to editing.

*Child’s Name: __________________________________________________ *City: ______________________________ *Birthday:__________________ *Parents’Names:__________________________________________________ **Grandparents’Names: ____________________________________________ **Grandparents’Names: ____________________________________________ (*Required Information)

**Due to space constraints, only parents and grandparents names will be listed.

Please mail my photo back. SASE enclosed. (Not responsible for photos lost in the mail.)

I will stop by and pick up my photo (we will only hold them for 6 months) Name: ________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: ______________ State: ____ Zip: ________ Phone: ____________ ____________________________________________________________ Bill my credit card #: ________________________ expiration date: ________ Signature: ______________________________________________________ Discover Visa Mastercard Am. Express AMOUNT ENCLOSED: ____

Mail or Bring Coupon to:

ATTN: BABY PAGES 224 S. Market St., Troy, OH 45373

Apply at: 1829 West Main St. Troy

1 & 2 Bedroom apts. $410 to $450 NO PETS

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Park Regency Apartments 1211 West Main (937)216-0398

For Rent

305 Apartment 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday 1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Troy and Piqua ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from. Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers.

Corporate apartments available.

Visit www.1troy.com Call us first!

(937)335-5223 2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908 COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. Up to 2 months FREE utilities! No Pets.

(937)698-4599, (937)572-9297.

DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt.

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CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees).

The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount.

While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks.

Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

TROY, 1 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 month. $200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821 TROY, 2 bedroom upstairs, downtown area. $425 month, deposit & utilities, no smoking, no pets. (937)339-9630 between 8am-5pm.

320 Houses for Rent 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 3214 Magnolia. $1000 a month plus deposit.

(937)339-1339 HOUSE FOR LEASE: Cookson School, large fenced yard, AC, range, refrigerator, w/d hookup, $750 with deposit, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, ranch, brick. $750.

(937)216-6603.

TROY, 1/2 double, 2 bedroom, garage, C/A, nice.

All appliances, washer and dryer. $650 plus deposit.

No Metro (937)339-2266 TROY, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath,1 car garage. Metro accepted, deposit $500 rent $700 (937)339-7028

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PIQUA 1131 Chevy Lane, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen appliances, new carpet with garage. $450 (937)430-0989 TROY, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, AC, 1 car garage, appliances, W/D hookup, $600/mo. (937)433-3428

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NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:

Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825 This notice is provided as a public service by

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ATTN: BABY PAGES 310 Spring St., Piqua, OH 45356

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FIRST MONTH FREE! 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690

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POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately.

Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

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425 Houses for Sale TROY, 2633 Walnut Ridge Dr. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, appliances. $167,500 or rent $1100 month, deposit.

(937)339-3824

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510 Appliances CHEST FREEZER, small Estate by Whirlpool $75 (937)335-1073

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment 510 MASSEY-FERGUSON Combine. Excellent condition. Seen at 8925 Cisco Rd. Sidney. $1500.

(937)638-7714

560 Home Furnishings

KITCHEN CABINETS, 16 Sections, Honey Oak, available middle to late March, Botkins, (937)693-3771

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570 Lawn and Garden

583 Pets and Supplies

586 Sports and Recreation

592 Wanted to Buy

TILLER/GARDEN, 5 HP, chain drive. $150 (937)335-6033

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD puppies, 8 weeks old. Tails docked, vet checked, shots.

Blue Merles, Red Merles and Tris. (937)726-6289 or (937)693-1515

CCW CLASS March 24th 8:00am - 4:00pm & March 25th 8:00am-12:00. Piqua Fish & Game $60 parthelynx@aol.com (937)760-4210

CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019

577 Miscellaneous CORNHOLE GAMES and bags. Order early for spring, great gifts for weddings, birthdays, graduations & fathers day, (937)489-2668 CRIB, sturdy, wooden baby bed, good condition, $75. (937)339-4233 INVERSION TABLE $100 (937)335-6033 REVOLVER Smith & Wesson, Model 10, 38 special, $350. Cell number (937)684-1297 WALKER, adult, folds, adjustable height, with or without wheels, $20.

(937)339-4233

GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, 3 black , 3 sable, 3 males, 3 females, $200, born on 1-28-2012 (937)570-7668

REVOLVER, Ruger, single six, 22 mag, 6 inch barrel with manual case and shells. Excellent condition. $300 (937)846-1276

LAB PUPPIES, First shots/ wormed. Friendly, ADORABLE! Black and yellow left. Going fast!

Call/ text/ email. $100 blankenship.erin@ y m a i l . c o m .

(937)489-8036.

TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4 sets. Each set includes 1 Nationwide March 17th, $30. 1 Food City March 18th, $60. (937)492-0804

586 Sports and Recreation

592 Wanted to Buy

ATTENTION LAND OWNERS. Looking to lease hunting rights for 2012 season. Paying top dollar. (859)432-2040

BUYING ESTATES, Will buy contents of estates PLUS, do all cleanup, (937)638-2658 ask for Kevin

588 Tickets

GOT JUNK? Will remove unwanted items from basements, garages, barns etc. for reasonable rate. CHIMNEY/ FOUNDATION repair and water seal.

(614)657-3655 or (937)622-2165

805 Auto

890 Trucks

2000 PALIMINO Pop-Up. Sleeps up to 8. Stove, refrigerator, furnace, garage kept. Excellent condition. $3000 OBO. Very little use. (937)726-4802

2007 FORD F-150 4x4 dark green with grey interior, 30,000 miles. 4x4, 5.4 TRITON, gas, automatic, loaded inside and out.

Chrome running boards, bedliner, chrome wheels, trailer hitch, power windows and seats, nice stereo, bench seat second row. Remote keyless entry plus touchpad, cruise, much more. $22,500.

(937)394-2999 marigney@yahoo.com.

2000 JEEP Grand Cherokee, white with black leather interior, loaded, good condition. $3795 (937)287-4374

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PUBLIC NOTICE This shall serve notice to Jennifer L. Vincent that the property located at 111 S. Crawford Street, Troy, Ohio, is in violation of the City of Troy Codified Ordinance 521.08, trash and debris.

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925 Legal Notices

835 Campers/Motor Homes

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO CIVIL DIVISION

The property owner will have three (3) days from publication of this notice to remove said offense. If said offense is not removed within the three (3) days, the City of Troy will remove said offense and assess the property owner’s property taxes for the cost of removal.

Case No.: 11-269 Judge: Robert J. Lindeman Kimberly Arnold Plaintiff,

This will serve as the only notice given for the 2012 season.

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Any questions, contact Aloka Roy, City of Troy Engineering Department.

Samantha E. Koverman, et al Defendants.

Sue Knight Clerk of Council

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: Defendant, Samantha E. Koverman, whose last known address is 701 S. Stanfield Road, Apt. 187, Troy, Ohio, otherwise the place of residence being unknown, will take notice that on April 14th, 2011, Plaintiff Kimberly Arnold, filed a Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, alleging that Defendant negligently operated her motor vehicle in violation of O.R.C. 4511.21A resulting in serious injury to Plaintiff Kimberly Arnold.

Plaintiffs demand judgment against the Defendant in a sum in excess of $50,000.00, plus interest and costs.

The Defendant named above is required to answer on or before the expiration of twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which date will be April 4th, 2012.

Respectfully submitted,

1975 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Restored with fuel injection, sun roof, rack and pinion steering, sold new at Piqua Volkswagen, garage kept.

(937)295-2899

2001 ROCKWOOD 5TH WHEEL 25 feet, sleeps 6. 1/2 ton towable, one slide out.

Good condition. Asking $5000.

(937)658-2434

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON XL1200C SPORTSTER Vance Hines, Shortshots, Staggered, H-D bike cover, 19,250 miles, Tons of chrome!

(937)710-4403

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to the satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on March 14, 2012 On or after 9:00 am at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, 21 Kings Chapel Drive North The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances.

Unit 2215 Joshua Jump 1243 Hilltop Circle Apt #1 Troy OH 45373 bed set, dresser Unit 2315 Beth Weatherhead 2508 Newcastle Drive Troy OH 45373 boxes, toys

Thomas W. Kerrigan, II (0011848) Kerrigan, Boller, Beigel & Schneble Co., L.P.A. 126 N. Main Ave., P.O. Box 987 Sidney, Ohio 45365-0987 Telephone: (937) 492-6125 Facsimile: (937) 492-2532 E-mail: tkerriganii-kbsg@ woh.rr.com Attorney for Plaintiff

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. Auctioneer Joseph C. Tate as executive administrator.

2/27, 3/5-2012

1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/5-2012

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• VOLLEYBALL: Troy High School and head volleyball coach Michelle Owen are offering the fifth annual Spring Youth League for girls in grades 3-6, regardless of school attended. The league lasts for eight weeks, begins on March 21 and the cost is $70 prior to March 14, $80 after March 14. Registration forms may be picked up at the high school athletic office or obtained by contacting coach Owen at owenm@troy.k12.oh.us.

• SOCCER: Registrations are now being accepted for the Youth Indoor Soccer League held at Hobart Arena. The program is for ages 4-8, begins in early April and runs through mid-May. Register online at www.hobartarena.com on the “Registrations” page. For more information, call the Recreation Department at 339-5145.

• SOFTBALL: Registrations are now being taken for the Troy Recreation Department Girls Youth Softball program. This program is for girls currently in grades first through eighth. You may register online at: http://troyohio.gov/rec/ProgramRegF orms.html. Contact the recreation department at (937) 339-5145 for more information.

• HOCKEY: Registrations are now being taken for the Troy Recreation Department Introduction to Youth Hockey program. The three-week instructional program for those who have never played in an organized hockey program before is for the beginning hockey player ages 5-10.

Dates are March 14, 21 and 28.

Rental equipment is available through the Junior Hockey Parents’ Association. Contact the Recreation Department at (937) 339-5145 for more information, or register online at http://hobartarena.com/registration_ho bart_arena.html.

Confidence builder Hamlin flying high after win at Phoenix AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Denny Hamlin spent nearly two months of the offseason in the Scottsdale area, hoping to get away from racing for a while, reinvigorate himself for the 2012 season.

It seemed to do wonders, leading to a win at a place where he had one of the biggest disappointments of his career.

Hamlin pulled away when NASCAR’s best closer ran out of gas and then had to sweat out his

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own fuel mileage before completing a confidence-boosting win at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday.

“It’s a little bit of satisfaction there, for sure,” Hamlin said. “It’s a bittersweet track.”

It was, in fact, the site of one of his worst memories as a driver.

Hamlin seemed to have a comfortable lead over Jimmie Johnson in the penultimate race of the 2010 Chase when his title hopes were derailed by a fuel strategy that backfired. Forced to pit for fuel late in the race, he scrambled just to finish 19th while Johnson AP PHOTO was fifth.

Denny Hamlin stands on the car as he celebrates his win in the

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY No events scheduled TUESDAY No events scheduled WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball Division III Regional Semifinal At Springfield HS Miami East vs. Madison (8 p.m.)

THURSDAY Boys Basketball Division III District Final At UD Arena Miami East vs. Cin. Summit Country Day (7 p.m.)

FRIDAY No events scheduled SATURDAY Boys Basketball Division I District Final At UD Arena Troy vs. Fairfield (1 p.m.)

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Ohio State’s William Buford, left, gets a steal against Michigan State’s Brandan Kearney (3) during the first half Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. Buford led Ohio State with 25 points in a 72-70 win.

Big-shot Buford Ohio State drops Spartans for 3-way tie in Big Ten

McIlroy wins Honda, now 1st in rankings Rory McIlroy won the Honda Classic with a performance worthy of the new No. 1 player in golf.

Right when it looked as though McIlroy had no serious challenge Sunday, Tiger Woods put some color into that red shirt with a birdie-eagle finish for a 62 his lowest final round ever to get within one shot of the lead. See Page 16.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ohio State’s only senior ended Michigan State’s regular season on a sour note.

William Buford made a higharcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left, lifting the 10th-ranked Buckeyes to a 72-70 win over the fifthranked Spartans on Sunday to forge a three-way tie for the Big Ten championship.

“I was fortunate to knock down the big shot of the night to give us another Big Ten title,” Buford said.

Draymond Green had a chance to put the Spartans ahead in his final home game with 32 seconds left, but missed a long fadeaway from the right wing. Just before the buzzer, Green had a heave that missed the mark.

Buford’s game-winning shot

made a once-raucous arena nearly silent and gave a group of people elsewhere in the state a reason to shout with joy.

The Buckeyes (25-6, 13-5) earned a share of their third straight conference championship and fifth in seven years.

They also forced the Spartans (24-7, 13-5) to settle for just a piece of it and ended a quartercentury drought for No. 13 Michigan.

The Wolverines, who won their first Big Ten title since 1986, watched their rivals play from the school’s basketball facility in Ann Arbor after winning at Penn State earlier in the day.

“It was silent the whole time (Buford’s shot) was in the air,” said Michigan guard Trey Burke, who is from Columbus, Ohio. “Once it went in, every-

body just flooded the hallway, jumping up and down.”

Michigan State will be the top-seeded team in the Big Ten tournament, which begins Thursday in Indianapolis.

Michigan will be No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3.

Michigan State jumped out to a 15-point lead over Ohio State in the first half, but let the advantage slip away just as it did with a two-game lead in the Big Ten race with two games left in the regular season.

“No excuses,” Spartans coach Tom Izzo said, looking and sounding somber. “We just didn’t get it done.”

The Buckeyes seized an opportunity created when the Spartans had a seven-game winning streak snapped

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez feels like he did in the spring of 2010 when he won 19 games and pitched a nohitter in spite of a subpar first outing.

Jimenez allowed five runs, only one earned, in one inning in his spring debut on Sunday and the Cincinnati Reds earned an 86 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

The Indians obtained Jimenez at the trade deadline last season after a 6-9 start at Colorado. He was 4-4 in 11 starts with Cleveland after the deal.

“It doesn’t look good in the papers but I threw the ball good,” Jimenez said. “They kept hitting bloopers. Only one guy hit the ball hard. People that know baseball know that things like this happen.”

Jimenez put on 8 pounds of muscle on his lower body over the winter. Now at 218 pounds, he is working on getting his stride down to have a better season than last year’s injury-filled one.

“The hitters will tell you he has good stuff,” Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. “They were choppers and bloopers because a lot of guys were getting jammed.”

Homer Bailey and Aroldis Chapman, competing for the fifth spot in the Reds’ rotation, each pitched two innings.

Chapman is being converted to a starting pitcher after working out of the bullpen the past two seasons.

Chapman allowed one run in two innings. He gave up two hits and a walk and struck out three.

Shelley Duncan hit a threerun home run off Bailey. Duncan is trying to earn the starting left field job for Cleveland.

Bailey was also working on his pitches. He walked Russ Canzler on a 3-2 curve ball to set up Duncan’s shot to left field.

“I thought it was a good high fastball but Shelley got on top of it somehow,” Bailey said. “The walk hurt more. The 2-2 pitch was close and I would have never thrown a 3-2 curve ball with a five-run lead in the regular season.”

Chapman was also working on pitches besides his 100 mphplus fastball.

“I used all my pitches but I didn’t use the fastball as much as I wanted,” Chapman said.

Dioner Navarro homered for Cincinnati. Navarro is trying to get back the form that made him an All-Star catcher for Tampa Bay in 2008.

“You know it’s in there,” Dusty Baker said. “We just need to find a way to get it out of him again.”

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■ National Football League

NFL to keep looking into bounties by Saints NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL’s investigation that found the New Orleans Saints paid bounties to players for knocking opponents out of games is far from over.

League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday the NFL will be “addressing the issues raised as part of our responsibility to protect player safety and the integrity of the game.”

Those issues could include previous seasons,

too.

Several players around the league have said the Saints and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams weren’t the only ones with such a system. Former Redskins safety Matt Bowen said Williams had a similar bounty scheme when he was in Washington.

Aiello said the league would not comment on other reports. He added that the NFL will look at “any relevant info regarding rules being broken,” saying that is “standard procedure.”

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh insisted Sunday his team had no bounty program.

“I don’t take part in those things and nor do my teammates and nor my coaches.

We don’t allow that,” said Suh, who was suspended for two games this season for stomping on an opponent and has been fined frequently by the NFL for rough play.”

“For me, personally, and I know my teammates, we don’t want to put anybody out,” he added. “Especially

me, I would never want anybody to target me to take me out, so why would I do it against somebody else.”

The Saints maintained a bounty pool of up to $50,000 the last three seasons, the NFL said. Payoffs came for inflicting game-ending injuries, among other events. The investigation by NFL security found that quarterbacks Brett Favre and Kurt Warner were among the players targeted.

“Knockouts” were worth $1,500 and “cart-offs” $1,000, with payments dou-

■ Golf

bled or tripled for the playoffs.

All payouts for specific performances in a game, including interceptions or causing fumbles, are against NFL rules. The NFL also warns teams against such practices before each season.

The NFL said the findings were corroborated by multiple, independent sources, and the pool amounts peaked in 2009, the year the Saints won the Super Bowl.

“The payments here are

particularly troubling because they involved not just payments for ‘performance,’ but also for injuring opposing players,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday in a statement. “The bounty rule promotes two key elements of NFL football: player safety and competitive integrity.”

The league said 22 to 27 defensive players were involved in the program and it was administered by Williams, with the knowledge of coach Sean Payton.

■ Major League Baseball

Union thinks Braun test leak was lone case

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Rory McIlroy tees off on the third hole during the final round of the Honda Classic golf tournament Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

There’s a new No. 1 McIlroy edges Woods at Honda, takes 1st in rankings PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy won the Honda Classic with a performance worthy of the new No. 1 player in golf.

Right when it looked as though McIlroy had no serious challenge Sunday, Tiger Woods put some color into that red shirt with a birdieeagle finish for a 62 his lowest final round ever to get within one shot of the lead.

McIlroy could hear the roar from the farthest corner of PGA National, and the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland responded with some clutch golf of his own. He made an 8-foot birdie putt, and then made three clutch par saves during a daunting stretch at PGA National.

He played it safe with a two-shot lead on the par-5 18th and made par to close with a 1-under 69 and the victory he needed to replace Luke Donald atop the world ranking that will be published Monday.

“It was tough today, especially seeing Tiger make a charge,” McIlroy said. “I knew par golf would probably be good enough.

To shoot 1 under in these conditions, when you go into the round with the lead, is very nice. And I was just able to get the job done.”

McIlroy is the 16th player to be No. 1 in the world, and the second-youngest behind Woods, who was 21 when he first went to No. 1 after the 1997 U.S. Open.

Donald responded quickly to the victory, tweeting “Congrats (at)McIlroyRory enjoy the view!”

Woods made two eagles in the final round and wound up two shots behind, along with Tom Gillis, who birdied the last hole for a 69.

McIlroy, who finished on 12-under 268, won for the fifth time in his career.

Three of those are on the PGA Tour, including his record-setting victory in the

U.S. Open last summer at Congressional.

He has finished out of the top five only once since the PGA Championship last August.

“There’s very few players as good at him at his age out there winning tournaments,” three-time major champion Padraig Harrington said. “There are guys with potential, but he’s already delivered. And he has a good balance in his life. He doesn’t look like a guy who is going to burn out. He looks like he’s going to be here for a while.”

McIlroy shared a big hug with his father, Gerry, as he walked off the 18th green.

His parents have come over from Holywood to stay with him in south Florida through the Masters, where McIlroy figures to be a top favorite.

After a Sunday like this, no one will be quick to rule out Woods.

He was nine shots behind going into the final

round, and even a 31 on the front nine in blustery conditions left him five shots behind McIlroy. But the finish especially that 5-iron into the 18th green was vintage Woods, and it at least gave him a chance.

“To me, it was the old Tiger back, the guy that I remember,” said Ernie Els, who played alongside him.

“He never missed a shot or made a bad swing.”

Lee Westwood, playing two groups ahead of Woods, closed with a 63 to finish alone in fourth.

“It was a lot of fun out there,” Graeme McDowell said. “It was just roars going up all over the golf course. “For Rory to go out today with a two-shot lead and have Tiger shoot 62 on him and Westwood shoot 63, it just shows how hard it is to win golf tournaments on any tour in the world, but especially this tour.

“This golf season just got a lot more spicy.”

“During that last play, I wasn’t going to miss.”

Sullinger had 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting and Deshaun Thomas scored nine of his 12 points in the second half for the Buckeyes, who rallied to beat a motivated team that desperately wanted to win

an outright championship after starting the season unranked.

Sullinger missed his first five shots and was 2 of 10 in the first half, but stayed active and aggressive enough to make all four of his free throws and to score eight points to help Ohio

PHOENIX (AP) — The players’ association believes the leak of NL MVP Ryan Braun’s drug test was an isolated occurrence.

ESPN reported in December that Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone. Representatives of the Milwaukee outfielder argued during a grievance hearing that specified procedures for handling the sample were not followed, and arbitrator Shyam Das last month overturned the 50game suspension Braun faced.

“Everybody associated with the case is extremely disappointed that it leaked out,” union head Michael Weiner said Sunday at the M i l wa u k e e Brewers’ training camp. “The leak was specific to this case. It does not threaten the confidentiality of the BRAUN program. As I have said to players who have asked about that, confidentiality is important as any aspect of this program. The program has a bunch of different goals, but confidentiality is critical. If we felt that there was any systemwide problem with respect to confidentiality, we really would have a problem.

And, that’s not the case.”

A day after Das issued his decision on Feb. 23, Major League Baseball executive vice president Rob Manfred said “we are convinced that the leak did not come from the commissioner’s office” and Weiner said “we are confident that it was not caused by the commissioner’s office, the MLBPA or anyone associated in any way with the program.”

Asked whether his side was considering any action against the person who leaked it, Weiner responded, “The union is not.”

“I guess I can’t speak for Ryan on that point,” he said.

“That’ll be their decision. My sense is what’s done is done.”

The 12 previous players to challenge suspensions in grievances all failed to overturn the penalties. Under baseball’s drug programs, the arbitrator decides grievances stemming from a first positive test before the test result is made public.

“The idea that there is confidentiality to the appeals process is critical,” Weiner said. “If we felt there was a real threat to that here, we’d have a big problem.”

Braun’s side argued during the hearing that the drug collector, Dino Laurenzi Jr., did not follow the procedures specified in baseball’s drug agreement, which states the urine sample should be taken to a Federal Express office on the day it is collected “absent unusual circumstances.”

Laurenzi collected the sample on a Saturday and did not leave it at a FedEx office until Monday.

Laurenzi issued a statement last week defending his actions, saying he did not tamper with the samples.

He said his instructions were to safeguard the sample at home until a time FedEx could ship it. He also said it was his “understanding that the samples were received at the laboratory with all tamper-resistant seals intact.”

Das has 30 days from his decision to give the sides his written opinion. Weiner said the parties have not addressed whether to make the decision public, adding “I think the interests of the program are served by keeping the confidentiality in place.”

■ Golf

Loar wins Panama Championship PANAMA CITY (AP) — Edward Loar won the Panama Championship on Sunday for first Nationwide Tour title, holing a 6-foot par putt on the final hole for a 4over 74 and a one-stroke victory over four players.

The 34-year-old left-hander, four strokes ahead entering the final round in 92degree heat, survived a triplebogey 7 on the seventh hole and had only two birdies in the final round the last on the par-4 16th.

“Yeah, I was nervous,” Loar said. “It was the first time in a while that I’d been in the lead, especially on a stage like this.

I think anybody that said they weren’t is crazy.”

The 6-foot-4 former Oklahoma State player finished at 4-under 276 and earned $99,000 for his first tour victory since winning the Asian Tour’s 2003 Thailand Open and 2004 Korean Open.

A rookie on the PGA Tour this year, he will play in the Puerto Rico Open next week.

State trail by just nine at halftime.

The Buckeyes scored the first six points of the second half and went ahead 52-51 with 9:53 left to take their first lead since scoring the game’s first two points.

For the rest of the game, each team took a turn with a

small lead, exchanging shots and banging bodies in a test that should prepare both for the rest of the month. In the second half, there were nine lead changes and seven ties.

“This is about as high a level game as you can see,” Matta said. “I’m happy we were on this side of it.”

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Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Tuesday night at Indiana.

“Luckily enough the Big Ten’s one of the toughest conferences in the country and it gave us a chance to get a hat and get a shirt,” Jared Sullinger said.

Buford scored just four points when Michigan State

ended Ohio State’s 39-game home winning streak last month. He returned the favor with his game-winning shot and by scoring 19 of his 25 in the second half, giving the Spartans their first loss at home this season.

“I just came in with a different mindset,” Buford said.

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TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Detroit Kansas City New York Toronto Minnesota Oakland Seattle Baltimore Chicago Los Angeles Cleveland Tampa Bay Texas NATIONAL LEAGUE

W 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .667 .667 .667 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

W L Pct Cincinnati 1 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 Houston 1 1 .500 Arizona San Francisco 1 1 .500 0 0 .000 Colorado 0 0 .000 Los Angeles Miami 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Milwaukee New York 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 St. Louis 0 2 .000 Atlanta Chicago 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 Pittsburgh San Diego 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 Washington NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Saturday's Games Houston 3, Washington 1 Minnesota 7, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Yankees 8, Philadelphia 5 Toronto 7, Pittsburgh 1 Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Arizona (ss) 9, San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 6, tie Oakland 9, Seattle 2 Colorado 1, Arizona (ss) 1, tie, 10 innings Sunday's Games Minnesota (ss) 5, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Yankees 7, Philadelphia 4 Detroit 18, Atlanta 3 Houston 10, Washington 2 Toronto 8, Pittsburgh 5 Boston 8, Minnesota (ss) 3 Kansas City 6, Texas 1 Oakland 12, Chicago Cubs 10 Milwaukee 1, San Francisco (ss) 1, tie Seattle 5, San Diego 4 Cincinnati 8, Cleveland 6 San Francisco (ss) 11, Arizona 1 Monday's Games Baltimore (ss) vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Oakland (ss) at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 6:10 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:35 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 22 16 .579 — Philadelphia 19 17 .528 2 Boston New York 18 19 .486 3½ Toronto 12 25 .324 9½ 12 26 .316 10 New Jersey Southeast Division W L Pct GB 28 9 .757 — Miami 24 14 .632 4½ Orlando Atlanta 22 15 .595 6 Washington 8 28 .222 19½ 4 31 .114 23 Charlotte Central Division W L Pct GB 31 8 .795 — Chicago Indiana 23 12 .657 6 Milwaukee 14 23 .378 16 Cleveland 13 22 .371 16 Detroit 12 26 .316 18½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 25 11 .694 — Memphis 22 15 .595 3½ Dallas 22 16 .579 4 Houston 21 17 .553 5 New Orleans 9 28 .243 16½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 29 8 .784 — Denver 20 17 .541 9 Minnesota 19 19 .500 10½ Portland 18 19 .486 11 Utah 17 19 .472 11½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 22 13 .629 — L.A. Lakers 23 14 .622 — Phoenix 16 20 .444 6½ Golden State 14 20 .412 7½ Sacramento 12 24 .333 10½ Sunday's Games Boston 115, New York 111, OT L.A. Lakers 93, Miami 83 New Jersey 104, Charlotte 101 Toronto 83, Golden State 75 L.A. Clippers 105, Houston 103, OT Chicago 96, Philadelphia 91 Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Monday's Games Utah at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.

Top 25 Fared This Week's Top 25 Fared 1. Kentucky (30-1) beat Georgia 7949; beat No. 16 Florida 74-59.

2. Syracuse (30-1) beat No. 19

Louisville 58-49.

3. Kansas (26-5) beat Oklahoma State 70-58; beat Texas 73-63.

4. Duke (26-5) beat Wake Forest 7971; lost to No. 6 North Carolina 88-70.

5. Michigan State (24-7) lost to No. 18 Indiana 70-55; lost to No. 10 Ohio State 72-70.

6. North Carolina (27-4) beat Maryland 88-64; beat No. 4 Duke 8870.

7. Missouri (27-4) beat Iowa State 78-72; beat Texas Tech 81-59.

8. Marquette (25-6) lost to Cincinnati 72-61; beat No. 11 Georgetown 83-69.

9. Baylor (25-6) beat Texas Tech 7748; lost to Iowa State 80-72.

10. Ohio State (25-6) beat Northwestern 75-73; beat No. 5 Michigan State 72-70.

11. Georgetown (22-7) beat No. 20 Notre Dame 59-41; lost to No. 8 Marquette 83-69.

12. Murray State (30-1) beat Tennessee Tech 78-58; beat Tennessee State 54-52.

13. Michigan (23-8) beat Illinois 7261; beat Penn State 71-65.

14. Wisconsin (23-8) beat Minnesota 52-45; beat Illinois 70-56.

15. Wichita State (27-5) beat Indiana State 72-48; lost to Illinois State 65-64.

16. Florida (22-9) lost to Vanderbilt 77-67; lost to No. 1 Kentucky 74-59.

17. UNLV (25-7) lost to Colorado State 66-59; beat Wyoming 74-63.

18. Indiana (24-7) beat No. 5 Michigan State 70-55; beat Purdue 8574.

19. Louisville (22-9) lost to South Florida 58-51; lost to No. 2 Syracuse 58-49.

20. Notre Dame (21-10) lost to No. 11 Georgetown 59-41; beat Providence 75-69.

21. San Diego State (24-6) beat Boise State 66-53; beat TCU 98-92, OT. 22. Florida State (21-9) beat No. 24 Virginia 63-60; beat Clemson 80-72.

23. Temple (24-6) beat UMass 90-88, OT; beat Fordham 80-60.

24. Virginia (22-8) lost to No. 22 Florida State 63-60; beat Maryland 7572, OT. 25. Creighton (28-5) beat Drake 6861; beat Evansville 99-71; beat Illinois State 83-79, OT.

GOLF Honda Classic Scores Sunday At PGA National Resort and Spa (The Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,100; Par: 70 Final Round R. McIlroy (500), $1,026,00066-67-66-69—268 Tom Gillis (245), $501,600...68-64-69-69—270 T.Woods (245), $501,600....71-68-69-62—270 Westwood (135), $273,600 .70-69-70-63—272 Justin Rose (105), $216,60066-66-71-70—273 Schwartzel (105), $216,600 71-66-67-69—273 Rickie Fowler (88), $183,82569-72-67-66—274 Dicky Pride (88), $183,825..66-67-71-70—274 G. McDowell (75), $153,90073-64-69-69—275 Kevin Stadler (75), $153,90066-71-69-69—275 Chris Stroud (75), $153,90070-69-67-69—275 K. Bradley (60), $115,425....67-68-68-73—276 G. Chalmers (60), $115,42568-69-68-71—276 B. Harman (60), $115,425...73-61-69-73—276 D.A. Points (60), $115,425...71-70-68-67—276 F. Jacobson (55), $94,050 ...70-71-67-69—277 Brandt Jobe (55), $94,050...70-69-69-69—277 Harris English (52), $79,80066-69-66-77—278 Jeff Overton (52), $79,800 ..71-65-70-72—278 Vaughn Taylor (52), $79,80068-66-74-70—278 S. Appleby (48), $59,280.....69-71-71-68—279 Ernie Els (48), $59,280........70-68-70-71—279 Spencer Levin (48), $59,28072-69-67-71—279 Davis Love III (48), $59,280 64-72-71-72—279 H. Stenson (48), $59,280.....70-69-70-70—279 Erik Compton (44), $43,03567-71-71-71—280 C. Howell III (44), $43,035 ...68-67-72-73—280 Troy Matteson (44), $43,03570-69-75-66—280 Ryan Palmer (44), $43,035 .66-71-72-71—280 Gary Christian (39), $34,62873-67-67-74—281 Ben Crane (39), $34,628.....67-69-75-70—281 R. Garrigus (39), $34,628....71-69-70-71—281 Ted Potter, Jr. (39), $34,628.72-64-72-73—281 Mark Wilson (39), $34,628 ..70-70-68-73—281 Y.E.Yang (39), $34,628........70-70-70-71—281 R. Allenby (33), $26,268 ......72-68-73-69—282 Stewart Cink (33), $26,268..70-67-75-70—282 Martin Flores (33), $26,268.66-72-74-70—282 John Huh (33), $26,268.......68-69-75-70—282 R. Mediate (33), $26,268.....69-67-73-73—282 C. Pettersson (33), $26,268.67-70-74-71—282 Anthony Kim (29), $21,660..70-69-75-69—283 Jason Kokrak (29), $21,660 71-68-71-73—283 Number 1 Golf Rankings March 4, 2012 — Rory McIlroy May 29, 2011 — Luke Donald (40 weeks) April 24, 2011 — Lee Westwood (5 weeks) Feb. 27, 2011 — Martin Kaymer (8 weeks) Oct. 31, 2010 — Lee Westwood (17 weeks) June 12, 2005 — Tiger Woods (281 weeks) May 22, 2005 — Vijay Singh (3 weeks) April 10, 2005 — Tiger Woods (6 weeks) March 20, 2005 — Vijay Singh (3 weeks) March 6, 2005 — Tiger Woods (2 weeks) Sept. 6, 2004 — Vijay Singh (26 weeks) Aug. 15, 1999 — Tiger Woods (264 weeks) Aug. 8, 1999 — David Duval (1 week) July 4, 1999 — Tiger Woods (5 weeks) March 28, 1999 — David Duval (14 weeks) June 14, 1998 — Tiger Woods (41 weeks) May 17, 1998 — Ernie Els (4 weeks) May 10, 1998 — Tiger Woods (1 week) April 12, 1998 — Ernie Els (4 weeks) Jan. 11, 1998 — Tiger Woods (13 weeks) Sept. 7, 1997 — Greg Norman (18 weeks) July 6, 1997 — Tiger Woods (9 weeks) June 29, 1997 — Greg Norman (1 week) June 22, 1997 — Ernie Els (1 week) June 15, 1997 — Tiger Woods (1 week) April 27, 1997 — Greg Norman (7 weeks) Nationwide-Panama Championship Scores Sunday At Panama Golf Club Panama City Purse: $550,000 Yardage: 7,163; Par: 70 Final Round Edward Loar, $99,000.....66-68-68-74—276 Cameron Percy, $36,300.75-69-66-67—277 Ryan Armour, $36,300....72-69-68-68—277

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY CYCLING 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 2, Mantes-la-Jolie to Orleans, France (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Colonial Athletic Association, championship game, teams TBD, at Richmond, Va. ESPN2 — Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Springfield, Mass.

9 p.m. ESPN — West Coast Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Las Vegas ESPN2 — Southern Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Asheville, N.C. NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. WGN — Indiana at Chicago NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. NBCSN — Buffalo at Winnipeg TENNIS 11:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Exhibition, BNP Paribas Showdown, Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick, at New York (same-day tape) WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Atlantic 10 Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Philadelphia

TUESDAY CYCLING 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 3, Vierzon to Le Lac de Vassiviere, France (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — Big East Conference, first round, teams TBD, at New York 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Big East Conference, first round, teams TBD, at New York 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Sun Belt Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Hot Springs, Ark. 9 p.m. ESPN — Horizon League, championship game, teams and site TBD ESPN2 — Summit League, championship game, teams TBD, at Sioux Falls, S.D. NHL HOCKEY 9 p.m. NBCSN — Minnesota at Colorado SOCCER 2:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Benfica vs.

Zenit, at Lisbon, Portugal 8 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Arsenal vs. AC Milan, at London (same-day tape) WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Big East Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Hartford, Conn.

Luke List, $36,300 ...........71-71-67-68—277 Brian Smock, $36,300.....71-64-73-69—277 Justin Bolli, $19,800.........65-70-73-71—279 Peter Lonard, $17,738.....69-69-73-69—280 Brad Fritsch, $17,738 ......70-70-71-69—280 Mike Lavery, $11,550.......73-71-72-65—281 Darron Stiles, $11,550.....73-68-72-68—281 Aaron Goldberg, $11,55068-70-73-70—281 B.J. Staten, $11,550 ........70-71-70-70—281 Steve LeBrun, $11,550....71-72-68-70—281 Tim Wilkinson, $11,550...68-68-73-72—281 David Lingmerth, $11,55069-70-70-72—281 Shawn Stefani, $11,550..69-70-70-72—281 Derek Fathauer, $11,550.71-70-67-73—281 Justin Hicks, $11,550.......64-75-67-75—281 Casey Wittenberg, $6,43572-69-74-67—282 Jim Herman, $6,435........68-73-71-70—282 Glen Day, $6,435 .............73-71-68-70—282 Michael Connell, $6,435..69-70-71-72—282 Brad Adamonis, $6,435...71-71-68-72—282 Kevin Johnson, $6,435....75-69-63-75—282 Skip Kendall, $4,111........72-72-69-70—283 Troy Merritt, $4,111..........72-71-69-71—283 Ben Briscoe, $4,111........76-68-68-71—283 Chris Wilson, $4,111 .......74-69-68-72—283 Philip Pettitt, Jr., $4,111...69-69-72-73—283 Cesar Costilla, $4,111.....70-69-71-73—283 Daniel Chopra, $4,111 ....72-69-68-74—283 Josh Broadaway, $4,111 .72-72-64-75—283 Reid Edstrom, $3,190......72-69-74-69—284 Russell Henley, $3,190....72-69-72-71—284 Martin Piller, $3,190.........66-71-73-74—284 Tommy Cocha, $3,190 ....71-70-69-74—284 Matt Hendrix, $3,190.......69-70-68-77—284 Ron Whittaker, $2,640.....76-68-73-68—285 Camilo Benedetti, $2,64069-72-72-72—285 Omar Uresti, $2,640........72-71-70-72—285 Andrew Magee, $2,640...72-71-70-72—285 Charles Warren, $2,640 ..72-66-71-76—285 Michael Sim, $2,080........76-68-73-69—286 Jason Gore, $2,080.........71-72-73-70—286 M. Gronberg, $2,080 .......70-70-75-71—286 Scott Parel, $2,080 ..........74-68-73-71—286 Robert Damron, $2,080 ..73-71-70-72—286 Andrew Svoboda, $2,08076-68-69-73—286 Aron Price, $2,080...........71-68-73-74—286 Steven Bowditch, $2,080.68-72-72-74—286 Kent Jones, $1,801..........75-69-74-69—287 Paul Claxton, $1,801 .......74-70-73-70—287 Jerod Turner, $1,801........70-73-72-72—287 Jason Allred, $1,801........71-71-72-73—287 Lee Williams, $1,801 .......72-71-71-73—287 Scott Dunlap, $1,801.......69-71-72-75—287 Erik Flores, $1,801...........73-70-69-75—287 Oscar Serna, $1,801.......73-70-66-78—287 Jose Toledo, $1,623.........74-70-75-69—288 Diego Velasquez, $1,623 75-64-80-69—288 James Sacheck, $1,623..73-71-72-72—288 Craig Bowden, $1,623.....72-70-71-75—288 Joseph Bramlett, $1,623 .75-68-69-76—288 Bio Kim, $1,526 ...............71-71-73-74—289 Mark Anderson, $1,526...75-68-71-75—289 Alex Aragon, $1,471........74-69-77-70—290 T. Aswegen, $1,471 .........67-72-71-80—290 Fran Quinn, $1,375..........75-69-74-73—291 A. Echavarria, $1,375 ......74-69-74-74—291 A. Rodriguez, $1,375.......75-68-71-77—291 Ryan Yip, $1,375..............72-71-71-77—291 Paul Stankowski, $1,375.70-70-73-78—291 Sam Saunders, $1,265 ...77-67-78-70—292

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 64 42 15 7 91179133 Pittsburgh 64 38 21 5 81207167 Philadelphia 64 36 21 7 79210191 New Jersey 65 36 24 5 77180175 N.Y. Islanders 66 28 29 9 65155195 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 64 38 23 3 79209150 Ottawa 67 34 25 8 76202198 Buffalo 65 30 27 8 68162183 Toronto 65 30 28 7 67194201 Montreal 66 25 31 10 60170184 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 65 31 22 12 74163184 Winnipeg 66 31 27 8 70173186

Monday, March 5, 2012 Week 3 Ravens DT Haloti Ngata, $15,000, lowering helmet into the back of quarterback Redskins LB Rob Jackson, $15,000, driving quarterback to the ground Redskins LB Perry Riley, $15,000, striking defenseless player fielding a punt Week 4 None Week 5 Redskins LB Brian Orakpo, $15,000, helmet-to-helmet hit on quarterback 49ers LB Aldon Smith, $15,000, striking quarterback below the knees Vikings DT Kevin Williams, $15,000, hitting quarterback in the head/neck area Week 6 Seahawks DE Red Bryant, $15,000, head-butting opponent Dolphins S Yeremiah Bell, $15,000, roughing the passer with hit to head/neck area Chiefs LB Tambi Hali, $15,000, striking quarterback below the knees Week 7 Steelers S Ryan Clark, $15,000, unnecessary roughness, late and outof-bounds hit Giants S Antrell Rolle, $15,000, horse-collar tackle 49ers DE Justin Smith, $15,000, striking quarterback in head/neck area Rams LB Bryan Kehl, $15,000, unnecessary roughness against punt returner Week 8 Steelers S Ryan Clark, $40,000, unnecessary roughness (repeat offender) Ravens LB Ray Lewis, $20,000, unnecessary roughness Broncos LB Von Miller, $15,000, roughing the passer, helmet to chest area Week 9 Seahawks S Kam Chancellor, $20,000, unnecessary roughness, helmet-to-helmet hit (repeat offender) Lions DT Nick Fairley, $15,000, driving quarterback into the ground Week 10 Dolphins S Tyrone Culver, $20,000, striking a defenseless player in head/neck area.

Week 11 Seahawks S Kam Chancellor, $40,000, unnecessary roughness (repeat offender) Broncos LB Von Miller, $25,000, roughing the passer (repeat offender) Week 12 Falcons WR Kerry Meier, $20,000, blindside block to head area Redskins DE Stephen Bowen, $15,000, roughing the passer, helmet hit Seahawks LB K.J. Wright, $15,000, roughing the passer, hit to head/neck area Week 13 Raiders DL Richard Seymour, $30,000, punching opponent (repeat offender) Patriots LB Jerod Mayo, $25,000, striking quarterback in head/neck area Packers CB Charles Woodson, $15,000, hitting quarterback in the head with his forearm Week 14 Saints S Roman Harper, $22,500 for two infractions. ($15,000 for roughing the passer, helmet-to-helmet hit; $7,500 for unnecessary roughness, tackling opponent by helmet) 49ers LB Larry Grant, $15,000, roughing the passer Patriots DE Andre Carter, $15,000, roughing the passer Chiefs LB Jovan Belcher, $15,000, roughing the passer Week 15 Bengals LB Dan Skuta, $20,000, blindside block Raiders DB Jerome Boyd, $20,000, blindside block Bengals S Chris Crocker, $15,000, roughing the passer Lions DE Cliff Avril, $15,000, horsecollar tackle Lions LB Stephen Tulloch, $15,000, horse-collar tackle Week 16 Cardinals DT Darnell Dockett, $30,000, hitting quarterback below the knees, horse-collar tackle Redskins S Reed Doughty, $15,000, roughing the passer, striking quarterback in head/neck area Texans DE J.J. Watt, $15,000, hitting quarterback below the knees Falcons LB Curtis Lofton, $15,000, striking defenseless player in head/neck area Week 17 Packers LB Erik Walden, $15,000, roughing the passer, striking quarterback in head/neck area Note: Lions DT Ndamukong Suh was suspended two games without pay for stepping on the right arm of Packers OL Evan Dietrich-Smith. Steelers LB James Harrison was suspended one game without pay for his helmet-tofacemask hit on Browns QB Colt McCoy.

Washington 65 32 28 5 69172184 Tampa Bay 65 31 28 6 68184219 Carolina 65 24 27 14 62171197 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 66 41 18 7 89169131 St. Louis 66 43 20 3 89209153 Detroit Nashville 65 38 20 7 83184166 Chicago 67 36 24 7 79202195 Columbus 65 20 38 7 47153214 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 66 41 17 8 90209161 Colorado 67 34 29 4 72171180 Calgary 66 29 25 12 70159181 Minnesota 66 28 28 10 66143180 Edmonton 64 25 33 6 56170192 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 65 33 23 9 75170165 Dallas 66 35 26 5 75174178 San Jose 64 33 24 7 73179163 Los Angeles 65 30 23 12 72142139 66 28 28 10 66166186 Anaheim NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday's Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Boston 2 Toronto 3, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 3, OT Nashville 3, Florida 1 Columbus 5, Phoenix 2 Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 1 Buffalo 5, Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 2 St. Louis 3, San Jose 1 Sunday's Games Dallas 3, Calgary 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3 N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0 Chicago 2, Detroit 1 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 Philadelphia 1, Washington 0 Colorado 2, Minnesota 0 Monday's Games Phoenix at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

NFL Calendar March 13 — Free agency begins.

March 25-28 — Owners meetings, Palm Beach, Fla. April 26-28 — NFL draft, New York.

Late July — Training camps open.

Aug. 4-5 — Hall of Fame inductions; Hall of Fame game, Canton, Ohio.

Aug. 9-13 — Preseason openers.

Sept. 5 — Regular-season opener.

Sept. 9-10 — First full regular-season weekend.

FOOTBALL

AUTO RACING

Players fined at least $15,000 by NFL NEW YORK (AP) — Players fined at least $15,000 by the NFL this season for flagrant hits in 2011: Week 1 Giants S Antrel Rolle, $20,000, spearing opponent Ravens LB Brendon Ayanbadejo, $15,000, horse-collar tackle Steelers S Troy Polamalu, $15,000, horse-collar tackle Steelers CB Ike Taylor, $15,000, head-butting Week 2 Falcons CB Dunta Robinson, $40,000, leading with helmet (repeat offender) Chargers DL Antonio Garay, $15,000, hitting quarterback below the knees Chargers S Eric Weddle, $15,000, helmet-to-helmet contact Patriots DE Andre Carter, $15,000, hitting quarterback in the chest with his helmet Eagles DT Cullen Jenkins, $15,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit

NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Subway Fresh Fit 500 Results Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312 laps, 130 rating, 47 points, $238,016.

2. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 312, 134.7, 44, $222,836.

3. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 312, 96.4, 41, $139,400.

4. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 312, 120.5, 41, $156,121.

5. (28) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 312, 109.4, 40, $141,495.

6. (12) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 312, 117.2, 39, $140,158.

7. (25) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 312, 92.3, 38, $122,539.

8. (30) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 312, 94.9, 37, $134,211.

9. (1) Mark Martin, Toyota, 312, 106.4, 36, $90,175.

10. (9) Joey Logano, Toyota, 312, 95.5, 34, $92,000.

11. (5) Juan Pablo Montoya,

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Chevrolet, 312, 87.2, 33, $111,066.

12. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312, 74.9, 32, $116,211.

13. (26) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 312, 94.7, 32, $122,836.

14. (29) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 73.1, 30, $84,625.

15. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 312, 78.7, 30, $102,883.

16. (17) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 312, 70.3, 28, $98,983.

17. (24) Carl Edwards, Ford, 312, 78, 27, $116,716.

18. (15) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 311, 69, 26, $114,825.

19. (41) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 311, 57.4, 25, $95,908.

20. (3) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 311, 76.7, 24, $93,483.

21. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 310, 67.1, 23, $115,108.

22. (2) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 310, 93.5, 23, $123,125.

23. (23) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 309, 55.4, 21, $69,450.

24. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, 309, 50.7, 0, $80,800.

25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 309, 44.6, 20, $82,647.

26. (35) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 309, 41.6, 18, $69,050.

27. (40) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 308, 47.4, 17, $80,225.

28. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 308, 42.6, 16, $72,000.

29. (43) David Stremme, Toyota, 306, 36.5, 15, $71,775.

30. (16) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 306, 48.5, 14, $99,239.

31. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 303, 55.9, 13, $79,385.

32. (14) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, engine, 295, 73.4, 12, $98,608.

33. (11) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, engine, 291, 78.2, 12, $110,150.

34. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 274, 53.1, 10, $75,950.

35. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 272, 45.9, 9, $95,170.

36. (32) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, engine, 248, 53.9, 8, $67,675.

37. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, engine, 212, 55.3, 8, $98,588.

38. (33) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 110, 30.1, 6, $68,903.

39. (31) Casey Mears, Ford, accident, 109, 47.5, 5, $64,675.

40. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 62, 30.6, 0, $64,500.

41. (39) Robby Gordon, Dodge, brakes, 33, 30.4, 3, $64,350.

42. (27) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 29, 29.4, 2, $64,225.

43. (37) Michael McDowell, Ford, brakes, 8, 27.3, 1, $64,597.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 110.085 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 7.315 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 35 laps.

Lead Changes: 25 among 13 drivers.

Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1; T.Stewart 2-10; J.Johnson 11-16; K.Harvick 1759; J.Johnson 60; M.Bliss 61; D.Ragan 62; J.Johnson 63-64; Ku.Busch 65-66; J.Johnson 67-112; Ky.Busch 113-140; K.Harvick 141-144; Ky.Busch 145-168; K.Harvick 169-183; B.Keselowski 184186; D.Hamlin 187; J.Gordon 188; M.Kenseth 189; J.Burton 190-196; M.Truex Jr. 197-206; J.McMurray 207; K.Harvick 208-228; D.Hamlin 229; M.Truex Jr. 230-248; K.Harvick 249253; D.Hamlin 254-312.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 5 times for 88 laps; D.Hamlin, 3 times for 61 laps; J.Johnson, 4 times for 55 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 52 laps; M.Truex Jr., 2 times for 29 laps;T.Stewart, 1 time for 9 laps; J.Burton, 1 time for 7 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 3 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Martin, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Bliss, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap; J.McMurray, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 89; 2.

G.Biffle, 83; 3. K.Harvick, 81; 4.

M.Kenseth, 79; 5. D.Earnhardt Jr., 72; 6.

M.Truex Jr., 71; 7. M.Martin, 71; 8.

J.Logano, 70; 9. Ky.Busch, 66; 10.

C.Edwards, 63; 11. B.Labonte, 58; 12.

B.Keselowski, 52.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

TRANSACTIONS Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Released LHP Dennys Reyes for failure to report.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Agreed to terms with C Tyler Flowers, INF Gordon Beckham, INF Eduardo Escobar, INF Ozzie Martinez, INF Brent Morel, OF Alejandro De Aza, OF Brent Lillibridge, RHP Dylan Axelrod, RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Simon Castro, RHP Deunte Heath, LHP Pedro Hernandez, RHP Philip Humber, RHP Gregory Infante, RHP Nate Jones, LHP Charlie Leesman, RHP Jhan Marinez, RHP Nestor Molina, RHP Addison Reed, LHP Chris Sale, LHP Hector Santiago, RHP Zach Stewart, LHP Jose Quintana and LHP Donnie Veal on oneyear contracts.

National League NEW YORK METS_Agreed to terms with RHP Pedro Beato, LHP Robert Carson, 1B Ike Davis, OF Lucas Duda, RHP Jeurys Familia, SS Wilmer Flores, RHP Dillon Gee, 2B Reese Havens, RHP Jeremy Hefner, LHP Daniel Herrera, OF Juan Lagares, 3B Zach Lutz, RHP Jenrry Mejia, 1B Daniel Murphy, C Mike Nickeas, LHP Jonathon Niese, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, RHP Robert Parnell, OF Cesar Puello, RHP Armando Rodriguez, 2B Josh Satin, RHP Chris Schwinden, RHP Josh Stinson, 2B Ruben Tejada, C Josh Thole, 2B Justin Turner and 2B Jordany Valdespin on one-year contracts.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_Named Dave Farrish assistant coach.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Recalled G Braden Holtby from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL_Suspended Lake Erie LW Patrick Bordeleau three games as a consequence of a boarding incident in a March 2 game at Hamilton.

PEORIA RIVERMEN_Announced G Alex Stalock was loaned to the team by San Jose (NHL).

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Rondo, Celtics edge Knicks

Phoenix

Kobe, Lakers handle Heat BOSTON (AP) — Linsanity in the fourth quarter.

Rondomania in overtime.

Rajon Rondo had his second triple-double in three games, finishing with 18 points, 20 assists and a career-high 17 rebounds, the Celtics ruined Harvard grad Jeremy Lin’s return to Boston with a 115-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.

Rondo played a part in every Celtics point in overtime, collecting five points, five rebounds and two assists in the extra period. “I know we’re all in this together, but it’s great when he takes over like that,� Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “He’s the smartest point guard I’ve ever been around. He’s a brilliant player like that.�

Paul Pierce scored 34, including a 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left in regulation. Kevin Garnett had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Ray Allen gave the Celtics the lead for good with a 3-pointer to make it

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New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin, right, loses control of the ball as he runs into Boston Celtics’ Rajon Rondo in the fourth quarter Sunday in Boston.

108-105, then followed it with a fast-break layup both on assists from Rondo.

Rondo also had two baskets in overtime, and he even made the pass to Brandon Bass before he was sent to the line for two free throws.

It was Rondo’s fourth triple-double this season

and the 17th of his career.

Lakers 93, Heat 83 LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 33 points in his third straight stellar performance since Dwyane Wade broke his nose in the All-Star game, and Wade managed just 16 points before fouling out midway

through the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 93-83 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.

Metta World Peace scored 17 points while leading a solid defensive effort for the Lakers, who have won 17 of their last 18 home games. Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 13 rebounds as Los Angeles never trailed in the final 44 minutes against Miami, snapping a four-game skid in Bryant’s head-to-head matchups with Wade’s Heat.

â– CONTINUED FROM 15 Hamlin left the desert dejected after his lead was trimmed to 15 points and ended up losing the title the next week to Johnson, who earned his record fifth straight Sprint Cup championship.

Hamlin then had bit of a hangover to start the 2011 season and never really clicked, ending up ninth in the Sprint Cup standings.

That’s where his return to the desert comes in.

Trying to get away from the constant race chatter around the Charlotte, N.C., area, Hamlin rented a house in Paradise Valley for seven weeks during the offseason.

He came back strong to start this season, finishing fourth at the Daytona 500 with new crew chief Darian Grubb after qualifying 31st.

Hamlin started 13th at PIR and briefly led a couple of times before beating Kevin Harvick off the line after a caution with 59 laps left. Harvick, NASCAR’s best finisher, put a scare into him toward the end, but ran out of gas on the final lap.

Hamlin was concerned about gas as well, but had just enough for a celebratory burnout after his 18th career win and his first lead in the points since dejectedly leaving Phoenix in 2010. “When I come back here (and win), it puts 2011 to rest,� Hamlin said. “It’s a year I’d soon like to forget and now we can focus on winning a championship.�

Hamlin had to hold off NASCAR’s version of a closer to get it.

Harvick, who won three races at the finish last season, had Hamlin lined up for another last-second victory.

But as he closed in on the No. 11’s bumper, Harvick’s car turned off. His team had

been concerned about having enough fuel to get to the end and just missed it, the No. 29 coasting over the line just ahead of Greg Biffle for second. “Those are the types of things you’ve got to do to take the chances and when you’re close enough to at least coast around, they did a good job,� Harvick said.

Johnson did the best he could after his right rear wheel started shaking midway through the race.

The five-time Sprint Cup champion led early in the race, but had to pit twice during a caution because of a vibration and returned to the track in 25th.

Johnson clawed his way back toward the front to finish fourth, a nice result after he was docked 25 points for his car failing inspection the first day of Speedweeks and wrecked two laps into the Daytona 500. “We’ll take it,� said Johnson, still 71 points behind Hamlin. “I’m not really satisfied. I really felt like we had a car to win the race with. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out there.

We had a little hiccup early in the race, but we still rebounded back and got a strong finish.�

Johnson wasn’t the only one feeling a little pride.

Grubb led Johnson to a victory in the 2006 Daytona 500 with crew chief Chad Knaus suspended and guided Tony Stewart to his third Sprint Cup title last year.

But just a week after winning the title, Grubb was fired by Stewart, who later hired Steve Addington away from Penske Racing to serve as his crew chief.

Grubb landed with Joe Gibbs Racing and seems to have clicked right away with Hamlin.

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