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March 14, 2012 It’s Where You Live!

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Hoops in the heartland Obama treats British P.M. to tournament game in Dayton

Taliban fire on Afghan officials Taliban insurgents opened fire on two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as they left a memorial service Tuesday for 16 villagers allegedly killed by a U.S. soldier. See Page 8.

West Milton woman faces sex charges

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President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron attend the Mississippi Valley State versus Western Kentucky first round NCAA tournament basketball game, Tuesday, at University of Dayton Arena, in Dayton.

DAYTON (AP) — Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game.

The two leaders sat near one end of the court at the University of Dayton Arena for a “First Four” between matchup

Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky, a gesture of goodwill during Cameron’s official visit to the United States and a way for an incumbent president to reach sports fans in an election year.

The setting created the image of two buddies, dressed in casual clothes, eating hot dogs and enjoying the NCAA tournament, one of America’s premier sporting events.

Cameron, who enjoys

tennis and cricket but had never been to a basketball game before, said during a halftime interview on truTV that Obama was “giving me some tips. He’s going to help me fill out my (NCAA tournament) bracket.” Obama replied, “And he’s going to teach me cricket.”

Obama’s quick trip to Ohio gives him a chance to connect with basketball

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Troy, WSU renew pact

A West Milton woman accused of buying alcohol for juveniles and having sex with teen-age boys faced a common pleas court judge for her arraignment Monday.

Frances J. Cooper, 44, entered a not guilty plea and was given a recognizance bond

by Judge Christopher Gee with the stipulation she undergo random urinalysis and have no contact with any children under the age of 18 except for her own children. See Page 4.

Herman: ‘It’s a good relationship for both sides’

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

Check out this week’s iN75 This week’s iN75 has lots of suggestions on where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Also, the career expo at Edison is coming up, and a Sidney man steers “the ship of dreams” at LaComedia.

Read about it in this week’s edition of iN75, inside today’s Troy Daily News.

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Troy City Schools renewed its partnership with Wright State University at Monday’s board of education meeting to continue its relationship STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER Storyteller Michael R. Kasony-O’Malley tells a story with Kyle Elementary School students Tuesday at the school. which has spanned more than a decade.

Kason–O’Malley said he was visiting the school to create excitement for books.

President Doug Trostle, Superintendent Eric Herman and Dr. Charlotte Harris, dean of the college of education at Wright State University, signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to a Family Reading Night at the school so children could share their continue its collaboration between the two education love of reading and learning more entities.

BY MELANIE YINGST about family stories that could be TROY “It’s a good relationship Staff Writer passed down from generation to for both sides,” Herman myingst@tdnpublishing.com generation. said.

O’Malley, a former teacher turned “It’s been a great experience,” “I really appreciate the Kyle Elementary students spent professional storyteller and author, said Kyle Elementary School’s opportunity to renew our Tuesday planting the seed of a good helped Kyle students learn the fine Principal Katy Weaver. story with help from master storyart of cultivating stories from their A Columbus native, O’Malley also partnership with Troy City School district,” Harris teller Michael O’Malley. own families. specializes in stories from around said.

O’Malley shared an Irish tale Complete with his Irish brogue, the world and facilitates writing Wright State University complete with gold and the ever O’Malley spent Tuesday sharing his workshops throughout Ohio. students often use Troy present leprechaun, which was writ- stories with the students and helpThe program was sponsored by City Schools for its student ten down in 1866 by Patrick ing them “light the fire” of writing two grants from the Troy teaching courses for its Kennedy. their own tales.

Foundation and the Miami County teacher candidates as well “There were no TVs, no comput“My favorite quote comes from Foundation for O’Malley’s presentaas professional developers, no radios,” O’Malley said as stu- (William Butler) Yates,” O’Malley tions. ment for both Troy City dents gasped about the lack of tech- said. “Education is not filling a For more information about Schools and the university. nology. “But there were stories and bucket. Education is lighting a fire.” O’Malley, visit his website at “It’s exciting to think of storytellers.”

The day of Irish tales ended with www.Michaelthestoryteller.com. the possibilities and to think that the possibilities are endless,” Harris said.

Harris said Troy City Schools offers her education students the opportuBY CECILIA FOX nity to work and mentor TIPP CITY I took my grand For the Troy Daily News with the district’s teacher editorial@tdnpublishing.com kids out there (to the and provide additional those who compete in the sport.

Frisbee dog tournament) classroom support for all The Tipp City Parks Advisory “I can share with the board my students K-12. last year and they didn’t Board focused their attention on experience. I took my grand kids Superintendent want to leave.

They loved Kyle Park at Tuesday’s meeting, out there last year and they didn’t Herman also reported the approving a Frisbee dog tournawant to leave. They loved watching watching the dogs. — state report card changes ment and discussing the skate the dogs,” board chairman Patrick Board chairman to the board. The Ohio park and a proposed horse trail.

Hodges said.

Department of Education Patrick Hodges The board gave the Southern Last year’s tournament was well will soon trade in its Ohio Flying K-9s the go ahead to attended, according to club repre“Excellent with host the Buckeye Bash Frisbee dog sentative Nate Bednar, who came To skate or not to skate Distinction” down to tournament in Kyle Park for the to ask the board for approval. He The board addressed a com“Academic Warning” to a second year. said between 30 and 50 dogs and plaint about the Kyle Park skate grade card scale of A+ to F. This two-day event, scheduled their owners competed last year. park made by a Tipp City resident According to the Ohio this year for June 9 and 10, is a The event is expected to draw competitors from all over the Midwest.

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Voters will see two Bethel Local Schools’ levies on the ballot in August: one to go toward permanent improvement and one to assist with general operating costs.

Bethel Board of Education approved both a renewal levy and the replacement levy at the board meeting Monday night. The replacement levy is a 7 mill, 5year levy that goes into the general operating fund. There is already a 7.0 mill levy that has been collected for the last four years, but as the amount of houses in the area goes up, the money coming in from the millage per house goes down, as explained by Treasurer Karen Newman.

For example, if there were five houses responsible for a total millage of $10, that’s $2 per house. If that number went up to 10 houses, now each house only pays $1. The

replacement levy would bring each house back up to the original $2, or in this case, $53 a year. The new levy would bring in an additional $240,000, according to Newman.

The renewal 2.0 mills levy goes directly into the permanent improvement fund and provides $197,555 a year. This pays for maintenance costs, such as roofs, restrooms, and even textbooks. It does not cover any salary or personnel costs.

“We always try to save some (in the fund) because you never know with an old building,” Newman said.

She pointed back to the wastewater treatment plant Bethel built in September 2005. The project was dictated by the Ohio Environmental Agency because the plant hadn’t been updated since it was built in the 1950s. The plant cost $301,420, but most of

B.O.E. • CONTINUED FROM A1 Department of Education, “the purpose is to make the accountability system more transparent and understandable to the public.

The new A-F grading system provides a straightforward approach to assessing the achievements of schools in Ohio and looks at performance through different lenses.

The changes will help Ohio transition from the current minimum competency system to a more rigorous system that truly prepares students for their choice of careers or college upon graduation from high school.”

“Seems like a lot of changes,” said board member Stephen Lucas.

Yet, Herman said many of the changes are still uncertain, including how each of the district’s buildings would fair if the conversion utilized last year’s grade card, effectively marking the district as a “B” rating despite its “Excellent with Distinction” or A+.

“There are some differences,” Herman said. “We just have to realign a little bit.”

Another change for students would be a new physical education component to the state report card. Each building would be scored according to its

body mass index, despite years of waivers exempting the district among skill set levels for K-2 students, third through fifth grades, sixth through eighth grades and high school.

“The composite score is the only thing the state is concerned with,” Herman said of the physical education requirement.

In other news, Alicia Newman parent of a freshman student, said daughter was her attacked by other students while walking home from school on Feb. 15.

Newman said she has since withdrawn her student from school and is now taking online courses for the rest of the year.

Newman asked for Troy City School’s policies on bullying to be amended to include incidents that occur on and off school property.

Newman suggested a policy like the athletic code of conduct to be instilled for all students.

Newman also asked for policies concerning open enrollment for students who are expelled from other local schools.

President Doug Trostle thanked Newman for bringing the situation to the board’s attention and the matter would be taken seriously and hoped her daughter was doing OK. For more information, visit www.troy.k12.oh.us.

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February and has received 136 signatures, although some of those signatures named Cody Rowlands. Rowlands creat- belong to kids from Michigan, Washington and Texas. ed a Facebook page and posted a petition online at Change.org called “Tipp Horse trails and veterans City, Ohio NEEDS a New Skatepark.”

The board also heard from a local In the petition he claims that the curgroup of equine enthusiasts who would rent skate park is “falling apart” and like to establish trails in Kyle Park for littered with broken glass and trash. hiking and horseback riding. The group “All the equipment is falling apart, argued that equine activities are low and ripping up, and no one is doing anything about it, except for the skate- impact and a great way to involve local boarders, who have gone to the lengths youth and 4-H groups as well as attract affluent horse owners to the area. of making home made ramps there, The board recommended the proposal which get taken down due to liability and safety issues, rallied for a new park for City Council’s consideration.

Ron Re, from the Tipp City Masonic many times, and just eventually result to skipping the skatepark, and just heading Lodge, came to the board with a proposal into town to skate the streets,” Rowlands for Veteran’s Park. He asked for the board’s approval to begin fundraising for wrote.

Hodges responded at the meeting, say- the installation of a soldier statue which ing that he was disappointed by the accu- would be of no cost to the city. Re said that sations, which he found not to be true. the addition would only improve the park Others on the board said that they rarely and that he would “rely on the citizens of see the skate park in use. In the future the community” to assist in the purchase the board may consider converting the and installation.

The board voted to recommend his propark into tennis courts. Rowlands’ petition was created in the beginning of posal to City Council for further study.

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Obama • CONTINUED FROM A1 fans and generate attention in Ohio, which he carried in the 2008 election and is considered one of the top toss-up states in 2012.

The trip comes one week after Republican front-runner Mitt Romney captured Ohio’s GOP primary.

The high-profile appearance also gave Obama a chance to project his image on a night when Republicans were awaiting primary results in Alabama and Mississippi, continuing a practice of

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that was paid for through money for the 2012-2013 school year as a saved in the permanent improve- next step after Geometry instead of sending students directly to ment fund.

Algebra II. Right now, the course High school books map is Algebra I, then Geometry, Another point of discussion on then Algebra II. Transition Math Monday was student handbooks would be by teacher recommendaand planners in the high school. tion only, and review concepts Principal Tim Zigler said that the from Algebra I and Geometry. handbook cost had been $5, added Students will still receive a full to the student fees. To save money math credit.

In other news reported to the this year, the handbook was put online, no planners were given, board, Bethel Elementary has and that amount was eliminated now reached 500 students. from the fees. However, he Principal Jodi Petty credits movedetailed that the School Specialty ins and the new housing developcompany had offered the school ments with the increased enrollhandbooks for next year at a rate ment.

Also, the Race to the Top of $2 a book. At that discounted rate, he and the high school staff Professional Development Plan would like the board to approve has been approved by the state Superintendent that purchase in a future meeting. department.

“Our staff was tickled to know Larry Smith said Bethel was one that we might be getting (the of the few districts that met all six standards of the proposed grant planners) back,” Zigler said.

Those planners will be useful plan.

“That speaks highly of the for students in the new math course, Transition Math. team and the time they took to Transition Math is being created complete this plan,” Smith said.

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7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, 409 E. Main St., Troy. The menu also will • KIWANIS MEETING: include fries, choice of The Kiwanis Club of Troy coleslaw or applesauce, roll will meet from noon to 1 C o m m u n i t y and homemade desserts. p.m. at the Troy Country Meals will be $9 for adults, Club, 1830 Peters Road, Calendar $6 for seniors, $6 for chilTroy. Lunch is $10. Brian dren 6-12 and free for chilRaison will speak on local CONTACT US dren under 6. food and wellness. For • AUXILIARY DINNER: more information, contact Friday March 16th: The Kim Riber, vice president, American Legion Post 586 at 339-8935.

Call Melody Auxiliary in Tipp City will offer • ALUMNI MEETING: a dinner from 6-7:30 for $7.

Vallieu at The Staunton School Entree will be roast pork 440-5265 to Alumni will meet at 11:30 tenderloin with whipped a.m. at Friendly’s in Troy. list your free potatoes, green beans, All folks who graduated or tossed salad, roll and butter calendar went to the school are and a variety of desserts. items.You invited to attend the meet• FRIDAY DINNER: The ing. can send Covington VFW Post No. • BOARD OF your news by e-mail to 4235, 173 N. High St., DIRECTORS MEETING: vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. Covington, will offer dinner The Tri-County Board of from 5-8 p.m. For more inforRecovery and Mental mation, call 753-1108.

Health Services will hold • WOODCOCK WALK: A its monthly board of direcwoodcock walk, where visitors will learn tors meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the Tri-County about the private little bird, will be at 7:30 Board Office located at the Stouder p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Center, 1100 Wayne St., Suite 4000, in Dayton. A brief indoor session will be folTroy. For more information, call (937) 335lowed by a walk to the meadow where the 7727.

• PI DAY: Students in sixth through 12th “timber doodles” should be performing. grade are invited to bake a pie for a pie cel- Dress for cool evening temperatures.

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ebration from 3-5 p.m. at the Troy Rec., 11 N. Market St. A panel of judges will be on hand to judge the homemade pies. The top piemaker will receive a prize. If you’re not a baker, you can still stop by the Rec after school for a free piece of pie in honor of 3.14 day.

THURSDAY • SOCIETY TO MEET: The Troy Historical Society will honor women of the Civil War at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 3012 W. Main St., Troy.

The event is an activity of The Troy Historical Society’s four-year observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which was fought 1861-1865. The speaker for the meeting will be Cynthia Vogel, who will present a program titled “Women of the Battle of Gettysburg.” Vogel is a retired educator, who has taught in several Darke County High Schools and is a member of the adjunct faculty of Edison Community College. Vogel is the author of the book “Civil War Women They Made A Difference,” and a contributing author of the book “Places of the Underground Railroad A Geographical Guide.” The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call (937) 339-5900 or email tths@frontier.com.

• CHESS CLUB: Have you ever played chess or wanted to learn how to play the game of chess? Whether you are a chess master or an amateur, all types of players are welcome at the Checkmate Chess Club at the Troy-Miami County Public Library.

Play against your friends and family or sit back and watch others capture the pieces.

Learn new strategies to controlling the board and defeating your opponent. The club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

• HEARING SET: A second public hearing on the proposed Children’s Home Group Drainage Project located in Sections 28 and 29 of Elizabeth Township will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Township Community Center, 5760 E. Walnut Grove Road, Troy. This meeting will be to discuss changes to the assessments and alternative construction details. Landowners will also be asked to re-express their favorability or unfavorability towards the project based on the changes made so the MSWCD Board of Supervisors can make a final decision whether the project will move forward. For more information, call (937) 335-7645.

• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will guide walkers as they experience the seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

• WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock walk, where visitors will learn about the private little bird, will be at 7:30 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.

• WATERFOWL WORKSHOP: Explore the fascinating world of Ohio’s loons, grebes, swans, geese, ducks and other water birds. A presentation will introduce participants to classification, field identification and vocalization, natural history, legend and lore and more. A waterfowl field trip will be taken March 17. The workshop fee is $80 and non-members $90. Pre-registration is required. Call Aullwood at (937) 890-7360.

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.

• BROWNIE ADVENTURE: A Girl Scout overnight will begin at 7 p.m. today and end at 9 a.m. Saturday. The American Bullfrog will be the event’s feature.

Brownies will learn to identify several different frog species and earn their Senses Try-It during this amphibious adventure.

• FISH DINNER: An all-you-can-eat fish dinner, sponsored by the St. Patrick men’s softball team, will be offered from 5:30-

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The Miami County National Alliance on Mental Illness affiliated will again offer the Family-to-Family class. This 12week program is free to family members, spouses and close friends of individuals with serious brain disorders.

The 12-week class will start March 20 and will continue every Tuesday night from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Stouder Center, 1100 Wayne St., Suite 4000, Troy. The class will meet in the Tri-County Board’s training center on the fourth floor.

NAMI is a national organization with state and local affiliates dedicated to providing education, support and advocacy for persons affected by severe mental illness and their families.

The Family-to-Family course is designed for parents, siblings, spouses, partners, friends and adult sons and daughters of the affected person. It is not appropriate for individuals who themSATURDAY selves have the mental illness.

The curriculum includes detailed defi• BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of nitions of schizophrenia, schizoaffective the American Legion Post 43, 622 S. disorder, bipolar I and II and major Market St., Troy, will offer an all-you-candepression.

It also covers anxiety, panic, eat buffet style breakfast to the public from obsessive-compulsive and borderline diag7-10:30 a.m. for $7. Breakfast will include noses. Recently a whole section on PTSD scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, fried potatoes, bacon, sausage, toast, (post-traumatic stress disorder) has been added to help families of returning milijuice and coffee. Take out orders will be

available by calling 335-3502. Wi-Fi also is available.

• CHICKEN BARBECUE: The Troy Lions Club and the Troy Church of the Brethren will hold a chicken barbecue and pulled pork dinner from 4-6 p.m. at the church, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. Tickets will be $7.50 each. The dinner will include a half chicken or large pulled pork sandwich, homemade coleslaw and Bush’s baked beans. Tickets can be purchased by calling 339-0460, any Lions member, or call the church at 335-8835.

• PORK CHOPS: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated nonmarinated upon request) pork chop dinner with baked potato and green bean casserole for $9 from 5-7 p.m.

• NIGHT HIKE: Come explore the night woods at Brukner Nature Center at 8 p.m. in search of nocturnal critters. Many nocturnal animals have a tapetum lucidum or an eyeshine that makes their eyes seem to glow. Join participants in the woods as they look for eyeshines and listen for clues to find out who wakes up when we go to sleep. Come dressed for weather. The event is free and open to the public.

• FISH FRY: The Troy VFW 5436 will offer a fish fry and St. Patricks Day party beginning at 2 p.m. Entry will be $7 and the meal will be all-you-can-eat. Music will be provided by Vicky.

• ST. PATRICK’S PARTY: The Covington VFW, 173 N. High St., will have a St. Patrick’s Day party beginning at 3 p.m. with a corn hole tournament. At 8 p.m., a music legend impersonator will entertain.

tary veterans so diagnosed.

The material describes diagnoses of schizophrenia, mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depression), panic, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders and borderline personality disorder.

Families learn about causes, medications, therapies, resources and prognosis for these conditions.

Skills are taught such as problem-solving, communication and handling crisis or relapse situations. Ways to find support and stress-reduction techniques also are offered.

The curriculum was written by an experienced family member who also is a mental health professional. It is updated regularly.

The course will be taught by NAMI volunteers who have taken training as instructors and have been teaching this course for the last 10 years, Jim and Joanne Mieding.

The Family-to-Family course is free, thanks to the support of the Tri-County Board of Mental Health and Recovery.

For more information and/or to register, call Jim or Joanne Mieding at (937) 335-3365 or (937) 339-5393 or email at jmieding@woh.rr.com.

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Seminar could help small businesses TROY — The U.S. Postal Service is reaching out to local businesses to help them attract new customers.

A free “Grow Your Business” seminar will show small business owners how to harness the power of direct mail at 1 p.m.

March 22 at the Troy Post Office, lower level, room 8.

The seminar will include a demonstration of the easy-to-use online tools of The

Direct Mail Hub and Every Door Direct Mail, both new low-cost services that are aimed to help businesses in the area to grow.

Staff will show participants how they can easily target a specific audience or market to every address in their neighborhoods — reaching more potential customers at a lower cost.

For more information about the free seminar, which has limited seating, contact acting postmaster Pat Turman at 339-2697.

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SUNDAY • SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-to-order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Everything is a la carte.

• SPRING FLING: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly dog social from 1-3 p.m. at Lost Creek Reserve, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. The Southern Ohio Flying K-9s Frisbee dogs extraordinaire will be special guests. Don’t miss them jump over just about anything to catch a Frisbee. If your dog is nice and plays well with others, bring them to the park. Remember dog owners are responsible for their dogs and must clean clean-up after their pet. Meet at the entrance next to the parking lot. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST: American Legion Post 586 in Tipp City will offer a full all-you-can-eat breakfast from 811 a.m. for $6. Items available are eggs to order, toast, pancakes, waffles, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, home fries, orange, tomato and apple juice, fruit and cinnamon rolls.

MONDAY • MOMS & TOTS: The Miami County Park District will have the Trailing Moms & Tots program from 10 a.m. to noon at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. The program is for expectant mothers, mothers and tots newborn to 5 years of age. Participants can socialize, play and exercise during this walk. Be sure to dress for the weather. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• AUDITIONS SET: Troy Civic Theater will have auditions for their upcoming production of “Ravenscroft” at 7 pm at the Barn in the Park. Casting requirements are four women of ages from 16-50, and one man who is middle aged. For more information, call Barbara Lurie at 673-7712.

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Honors society accepting books for sale are marked with Phi Theta Kappa Used Book Sale provided at the entrances to the school and can be left between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. weekdays donated. and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Phi Theta Kappa members hope to Saturdays. raise funds with the majority of the Donations will be accepted through money to help victims of the recent torApril 3. nadoes in eastern Kentucky.

Phi Theta Kappa International The money will be donated to an organization in eastern Kentucky that Honor Society is the honor society of provides direct care to those in need in the two-year college.

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Edison Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is having a used book sale and is in need of donations for the event.

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BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com A Dayton man charged with aggravated burglary after breaking into a Troy home to steal guns from an elderly man entered a plea of not guilty Monday at his arraignment.

Terry W. Ammon, 51, entered the plea at his common pleas court arraignment before Judge Christopher Gee to a lone count of aggravated burglary, a felony of the first-degree.

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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 ROUNDUP The New York Times on the Mideast and nuclear arms: President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel share responsibility for the strains in their relationship. But there should be no doubt about Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security.

When he warns that an Israeli attack on Iran could backfire, and that “there is still a window” for diplomacy, he is speaking for American and Israeli interests.

Iran’s nuclear appetites are undeniable, as is its malign intent toward Israel, toward America, toward its Arab neighbors and its own people. Israel’s threats of unilateral action have finally focused the world’s attention on the danger.

Still, there must be no illusions about what it would take to seriously damage Iran’s nuclear complex, the high costs and the limited returns.

This would not be a “surgical” strike like the As I Israeli attack in 1981 that destroyed Iraq’s See It Osirak reactor, or the 2007 Israeli strike on an ■ The Troy unfinished reactor in Syria. Iran has multiple Daily News facilities, and the crucial ones are buried or welcomes “hardened.” columns from Pentagon analysts estimate that even a susour readers. To tained Israeli air campaign would set back the submit an “As I program by only a few years, drive it further See It” send underground and possibly unleash a wider war. your type-writIt would also cast the Iranian government as ten column to: the victim in the eyes of an otherwise alienated ■ “As I See It” Iranian public. It would tear apart the internac/o Troy Daily tional coalition and undermine an increasingly News, 224 S. tough sanctions regime, making it even easier Market St., for Iran to rebuild its program.

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■ Please Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal on birth include your full control and politics: name and teleAbortion long has been a battlefront in the phone number. country’s culture wars. Opponents of abortion have cudgeled the thinking of the Supreme Court in extending the right to privacy.

Virtually unmentioned in all the discussion, heated and otherwise, has been the ruling that set the foundation for the abortion decision, the 1965 high court opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut, holding, essentially, that the use of birth control was a private decision, or right, for women.

Thus it has been both astonishing and disturbing to see birth control at the center of the presidential campaign. Differences that could have been bridged reasonably — and were in a proposal from the Obama White House — have escalated into a sharp partisan battle.

Republicans have seized the moment to advance their portrayal of the president’s health care plan as a vast overreach by the government, a trampling of religious liberties no less. They seem to have little regard for the tone and impact regarding the liberties of women.

The matter reached a point recently in which the U.S. Senate narrowly defeated a Republican proposal to let employers and health insurance companies deny coverage for contraceptives and other items they find objectionable on religious or moral grounds.

All of this stems from a worthy provision of the new health care law that requires insurers to cover certain preventive services without co-payments or deductibles.

An accommodation shouldn’t be so hard — unless partisans are convinced of an advantage in fanning and prolonging the argument.

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Thank you for your support To the Editor: The annual “Dollars for Scholars” spaghetti supper was held at Covington High School

on March 7. Thanks to all com- arship fund. The young people munity members who attended of Covington are very lucky to and showed their support of see such kind support.

Covington academics and student access. Also, thank you to — Karen Brackman the many people who generousDollars for Scholars ly gave donations to the scholChairman

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‘One’ really can make a big difference I was once told that, one person can never make a difference.

It burnt me to the core then and still aggravates the crap out of me now.

Who has the audacity and such little knowledge of the world and what is going on around them to make such a bold statement? And how many things have you chose to ignore to be able to make such a statement?

Let me tell you, one person can change the world for one person and as long as that continues to happen — then the world is getting a little bit better one person at a time. There are so many things happening, so many tragedies, so many falls and so many hurdles to leap that being able to make a difference, completely by yourself is not far fetched.

Case in point No. 1.

One of my most lovely girls in a youth group back in St. Marys struggled with a rare disease. She got put down a lot, she got questions and she was put aside when other girls were in the limelight.

Her senior year, she found out that she was going to have to be in a wheelchair for her senior prom.

Bummed already, her date decided not to go. Well, a young man from

Katie Yantis Troy Daily News Columnist another state, who had never met her in person and had to fly to her town, said he would take her. I went to lunch with them when he got there.

He took her and he made her smile from ear-to-ear and they had a great time. I still remember that smile on her face and it will stay with me.

When no one else would take her, she wasn’t going to go to her senior prom, but one person stood up, stood up for something more than society’s status quo and that changed her whole world.

Case in point No. 2.

There is a grown woman I know who eats at a restaurant quite frequently. She is so kind to all those around her, engaging everyone in conversation and making sure that all around her

know what a great job they are doing and what great people they are. While she is doing that, very few people are telling her how great she is.

One day, someone bought her lunch. And while that person didn’t think anything of it, when you see a grown woman crying and give you a hug and tell you that was the first time someone ever bought her lunch or did something nice, you realize what an impact it had on her.

The person that bought her lunch changed her. Changed her perspective and gave her a little bit more hope and happiness than she had walking into the restaurant that day.

Case in point No. 3.

When a mother goes off to a retreat and expects nothing to come back to her home filled with her family and returns to a renovated home with her church family beside her and tears flow down her cheeks for hours, that’s a difference.

When she walks through her house with tears and turns each corner with screams to find more renovations — that’s a difference.

It wasn’t a new home, it wasn’t millions of dollars of changes, but they were changes that meant the

world to her and her family. It made her life easier, it made her life happier and it made a difference to her.

I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what you have done in your past. If you want to, you can change the world, and you don’t need an army to do it. You can make a difference for one person and that person may just change the world, too.

Stand for more, stand for more than the status quo. Stand for more than what society thinks you can do.

Realize that it isn’t about building a home, but making someone feel at home, it isn’t about putting a lifetime of food on someone’s table, but easing their hunger one meal at a time. It’s about realizing a need and taking small steps to fix it — not a leap.

Because if you take one step, someone behind you just may do the same thing.

Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t make a difference, because quite simply, you can with small simple acts if you aren’t afraid to try.

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MIRANDA SUE GRAUMAN PIQUA — Miranda Sue Grauman, 39, of Piqua, died at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, March 11, 2012, at the residence of her mother.

She was born in Marysville, Ohio, on June 27, 1972, to Faye (Boyd) Grauman Swiger of Piqua and the late John “Jack” Grauman.

Miranda is survived by three children, Jesse L. Hicks of Union, Jade E. Grauman of Piqua and Jacob R. Lightner of Piqua; GRAUMAN fiancé, Christopher L. Lightner of Piqua; one sister and brother-in-law, Kate and Doug Barker of St. Paris; one brother and sister-in-law, Tyler and Mary Ann Grauman of West Milton; and several nieces and nephews.

Miranda graduated from Piqua High

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School in 1990.

She worked for CVS for 10 years and for Duncan Oil in Piqua for 10 years.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with the Rev. Michael Milthaler officiating.

Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373, or Miranda Grauman Memorial Fund at any USBank location to help defray funeral expenses.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

DONNA J. SIMMONS Worship Center Tipp City.

PIQUA — Donna J. Simmons, 61, of Donna proudly served as a deaconess Piqua, went to be with her Lord at 2:30 at the Upper Room. a.m. Monday, March 12, 2012, She was a loving housewife at Kindred Hospital, Dayton and will be greatly missed by She was born in Parsons, her friends and family.

W.Va., on April 4, 1950, to the Funeral services will be at late Earl and Virginia 10 a.m. Friday, March 16, (Pennington) Lipscomb Sr. 2012, at Melcher-Sowers On Dec. 1, 1973, in Parsons, Funeral Home, with Pastor W.Va., she married Gary Greg Simmons officiating.

Simmons. He survives.

Burial will follow in Forest Hill In addition to her loving husCemetery, Piqua. Friends band, Donna also is survived may call from 6-8 p.m. by one brother, Robert SIMMONS Thursday at Melcher-Sowers Lipscomb of Alabama; one half Funeral Home, Piqua. sister and brother-in-law, Janie and Memorial contributions may be made Dennis Henthorne of West Virginia; and to Upper Room Worship Center, 203 N. one nephew, James Lipscomb.

Fourth St., Tipp City, OH 45371.

Donna attended Parsons School Condolences may be expressed to the System in Parsons, W.Va. family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

She was a member of Upper Room

BRADFORD — Jackie L. Brown, 73, of Bradford, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy.

He was born Feb. 18, 1939, in Adams Township, Ohio, to his parents Elmer Ray and Lucy (Hiestand) Brown.

Jack attended Bradford High School.

On April 18, 1959, he married Virginia Buckingham and they shared a life together for nearly 53 years.

BROWN He worked for Aerovent in Covington for 36 years and Francis Manufacturing Company for eight years and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bradford.

Jack will be missed by his loving wife Virginia; children, Paul and Rachel Brown of Piqua, Jacquelynn Bell of Bradford, Lisa and Doug Ruley of Piqua, James and Chanda Brown of Versailles, Kelly and Cheryl Brown of Piqua and Sarah and Jon Fries of Covington; grandchildren, Wesley and Amy Brown,

Brandon and Heather Brown, Brent Brown, Amber Bell, Matt Ruley, Jenny Ruley, Christopher Mitchell, Chelsi and Josh Schulz, Chad and Katie Brown, Lee Jay and Megan Brown, Logan Brown, Sierra Brown, Jamee Brown, Ashley and Eddie Potter, Nathan Brown, Taylor Brown, Connor Brown, Katelyn Brown, Alex Fries, Ian Fries and Kirsten Fries; 20 great-grandchildren; brothers, Jim and Deb Brown of Piqua, Bill and Karin Brown of Piqua; and extended family and friends.

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

Wednesday, March 14, at JacksonSarver Family Funeral Home, 10 S. High St., Covington. The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Online memories may be left for the family at www.jackson-sarver.com.

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SIDNEY — Howard Roy Fiebiger, He later worked as a farmer, and 68, of 1416 Constitution Ave., Sidney, most recently was selfpassed away at 10:33 a.m. employed.

Sunday, March 11, 2012, Howard was an avid at Kindred Hospital in motorcyclist, loved classic Lima. cars and was a private pilot.

He was born March 12, He was a 32nd degree 1943, in Sidney, Ohio, the Mason and a member of the son of the late Harold and Shriners.

Ruth (Brautigam) Fiebiger.

A memorial service will be He is survived by special at 7 p.m. Thursday, March friend, Karen Green of 15, 2012, at Cromes Sidney; one sister, Waneta Funeral Home & Crematory, Fiebiger Hermann and hus302 S. Main Ave., Sidney, band Joe of Troy; one brother, FIEBIGER with the Rev. Philip K. Chilcote Jerry Fiebiger and wife Kay of LUCY D. LAUG officiating.

Kenton; one sister-in-law, The family will receive friends PIQUA — Lucy D. Laug, 87, of 9101 N. in Cincinnati. She retired in 1989 from the Annette Fiebiger of Sidney; and from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the numerous nieces and nephews.

City of Piqua as the secretary to the city Spiker Road, Piqua, died at 4:38 a.m. funeral home.

He was preceded in death by manager following 25 years of Monday, March12, 2012, at the Memorials may be made to two brothers, Robert and James service. In addition she served Upper Valley Medical Center. the Shriners Hospital for Fiebiger; and one sister-in-law, as the clerk to the Piqua City She was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Children, in memory of Howard Roy Erma Fiebiger. commission for many years.

Winchester, Ky., to the late Roy Fiebiger.

Mr. Fiebiger was a graduate of She was a long time member of B. and Bertha (Ragland) Condolences may be expressed to Sidney High School.

Greene St. United Methodist Comer. She married George H. Following high school he worked for Howard’s family at the funeral home’s Church.

Laug Sept. 29, 1951, in website, www.cromesfh.com Visitation will be from noon to LeRoy and enlisted in the Army Covington, Ky.; he preceded 1 p.m., Thursday March 15, at her in death May 11, 2001. In the Jamieson & Yannucci addition, she was preceded in MARY LUCILLE BROWN Funeral Home. Private burial death by two brothers.

Sentman.

TROY — Mary Lucille Brown, 92, of will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery Survivors include a daughter, She attended the First United with the Rev. Lisa C. Ellison offici- Troy, Ohio, passed away at 6:30 p.m.

Kristi K. (Gary) Weng of Piqua; LAUG Methodist Church, Troy.

Monday, March 12, 2012, sura son, Kirk D. Laug of Piqua; a grandson, ating. Memorial contributions may be Mrs. Brown worked as an made to Ohio Parkinson Foundation, 325 rounded by her family at Kirk N. (Lauren Nill) Laug; and a greatoperator for the Troy-Tipp Koester Pavilion, Troy, after a N. Third St,, Fairborn, OH 45324-4959. granddaughter, Scarlett Elizabeth Laug.

Telephone. long illness.

Mrs. Laug was a 1942 graduate of Lloyd Condolences to the family may also be She enjoyed painting She was born Dec. 27, expressed through jamiesonandyannucHigh School of Fort Mitchell, Ky., and ceramics as a hobby.

1919, in Pontiac, Mich., to the ci.com. graduated the Miller School of Business Services will be at 11 a.m. late Arthur W. and Dorothy Friday, March 16, 2012, at the (Short) Burns.

DR. DONALD W. RICE Baird Funeral Home, Troy, Her husband, Roy E. Brown, with grandson, Pastor Todd preceded her in death in 1966 flying in his prized 1948 Navion COVINGTON — Dr. Donald W. Rice, Brown officiating. Interment 1983.

85, of Covington, passed away Monday, into his 80s. Dr. Rice will be rememwill follow in Riverside She is survived by her son, bered and missed by his loving wife March 12, 2012, at his home. He was BROWN Cemetery, Troy. The family will Katherine; sons Steven L. and Larry Brown of West Carrolton; born Dec. 13, 1926, in Piqua, Gina Rice of Beavercreek and daughters and sons-in-law, Phyllis and receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, to his parents, James and March 15, 2012, at the funeral home.

Ken Crawford of Tipp City, Dorothy Eric W. Rice and fiancé Amy Bertha (Floriaka) Rice.

Memorial contributions may be made Stone of Troy and Carol and Ives Pruett Kunkel of Troy; granddaughHe attended Piqua High of Springville, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; 27 to the American Cancer Society, Ohio ter, Angeline Catherine Rice School, graduated from the Southwest Region, 2808 Reading great-grandchildren; and four greatof Troy; sister, Ann Garrett of University of Dayton, preRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45206; American Sidney; and brother, Ray Peck great-grandchildren. med, and later graduated In addition to her parents and her hus- Heart Association, 15120 Collections of Thunder Bay, Ontario, from The Ohio State Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60693; or band, Mrs. Brown was preceded in Canada.

University Medical School.

Heartland Hospice, 3131 S. Dixie Drive, death by her daughter-in-law, Gloria He was preceded in death He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, Dayton, OH 45439. by sister Wanda Jennings and Brown; one son-in-law, William Clinton serving during World War II Friends may express condolences to “Bill” Stone; one grandson, Ed Brown; brother Bob Rice. as a Combat Air Crewman. the family through www.bairdfuneralA celebration of Dr. Rice’s life brothers, Arthur W. and Charles W. On June 14, 1958, he married RICE home.com. will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday Burns; and sister, Margaret Carol Katherine Ruth Trafford and at Jackson-Sarver Funeral together shared a life for 54 Home, 10 S. High Street, years. He worked as a general BONNIE RUTH ZERKLE Covington. practice physician in Covington If so desired, memorial contrifor 40 years and was on the one sister; her step father, Matthew SIDNEY — Bonnie Ruth Zerkle, 77, butions may be made to the medical staff for Piqua Memorial of Sidney, and formerly of Fletcher and Eubanks; and her best friend on this Boy Scouts of America, 4999 Hospital (UVMC) until he retired Christiansburg ,passed away peacefully Earth, Carol Johnson.

Northcutt Place, Dayton, OH 45414. in 1999. He served as a Scout Master Bonnie was a 1952 graduate of at 11:22 a.m. Sunday, March 11, 2012, Online memories may be left for the for Troop 343, Covington for many Northwestern High School, Springfield; in her residence. family at www.jackson-sarver.com. years and was an active pilot since a member of the Christiansburg United She was born on July 26, 1934, in Methodist Church; and Olivet Chapter Clifton, Ohio.

Order of Eastern Star, Christiansburg.

Bonnie was a daughter of the late DEATHS OF NATIONAL INTEREST She retired in 1984 from Tractor Edwin and Maude Marie (Devore) Supply in Springfield.

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• Michael Hossack Hossack grew up in New Jersey and A celebration of Bonnie’s life will be at She married Dean Allan Zerkle on SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Longtime served in the Navy during the Vietnam 11 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2011, in the Jan. 24, 1953, and they enjoyed 59 Doobie Brothers drummer Michael War. Christiansburg United Methodist Hossack has died at age 65.

He played in various drum and bugle years together.

In addition to her husband, she is sur- Church, Christiansburg, beginning with The band’s manager, Bruce Cohn, corps as a youngster. He said the Olivet Chapter Order of Eastern Star vived by five children Loren Allan ( said in a statement that Hossack died experience prepared him for playing in Nancy) Zerkle of Goldsboro, N.C., John services, followed by a memorial funerof cancer on Monday in his home in a two-drummer group such as the al service with Rev. Mark Atterholt preMatthew (Tina) Zerkle of Kissimmee, Dubois (DO’-boys), Wyo. Doobie Brothers. siding.

Fla., Linda Marie (Craig) Bennett of Hossack played with the group from Cohn quoted him as saying: "'People Interment will follow in Casstown Westville, James Edward Zerkle of 1971 to 1973 and rejoined in 1987. always ask me of it's hard to play with Cemetery.

Sidney and Ruth Yvonne (Todd) Clark His drumming can be heard another drummer. I tell them that after A time of visitation with the family will on early hits including “Listen To The playing along with up to 12 other drum- of West Fargo, N.D. Bonnie was a lovbe from 9-11 a.m. Friday in the church ing grandmother to 13 grandchildren, Music,” ”China Grove” and “Blackwater.” mers at once in the drum corps, this is prior to the service.

Brandy (Taylor), Stacey, Casie, Casey, He stopped performing with the band a snap!"

In lieu of flowers, the family requests Jordan, Ashland, Sami, Caity, Ashley, two years ago while struggling with After leaving the Doobie Brothers in memorial donations in Bonnie’s name Logan Peyton, Austin and Nick; and cancer.

1973, Hossack played with two other be made to Hospice of Miami County, one great granddaughter, Brooklyn.

Doobie Brothers co-founder Tom bands — Bonaroo and DFK — and P.O. Box 502 Troy, OH 45373.

Johnston said, “Mike has always been was a partner at a Southern California She is also survived by a sister, Arillis Envelopes will be available in the See of Tuscon, Ariz.; and special a part of my musical life and the life of recording studio. church. friends, Larry and Cathy Brandyberry the Doobie Brothers … He was an He is survived by a son and daughSuber-Shively Funeral Home, 201 W. of Sidney, Chuck and Ginnie Fay and incredible musician.” ter.

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• Heather Dawn (Bechtol) Kavanagh EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Heather Dawn (Bechtol) Kavanagh, 38, of Emmett Township, died very unexpectedly Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. Services were held March 10, 2012.

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Students seek to stop loan interest rate hike WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of college students could be in for a shock this summer when the interest rate on a popular federally subsidized student loan doubles unless Congress acts.

College students on Tuesday delivered more than 130,000 letters to congressional leaders asking them to stop rates from increasing from 3.4 to 6.8 percent.

The rate hike affects new subsidized Stafford loans, which are issued to low and middle income undergraduates. They hope to raise enough awareness to get Congress to stop it.

“I will be put back into buying a house and saving up for my expenses later on in life, and life as we know, is very unexpected.

Adding that variable definitely limits my ability to be successful,” said Tyler Dowden, 18, a freshman at Northern Arizona University who spoke at a press conference outside the Capitol before the letters were delivered in boxes with “Congress: Don’t Double Student-Debt Rates” printed on the outside.

Dowden said he anticipates graduating with $25,000 in debt, but if the rate increases, he expects to add about $3,500 to that tally. He’s studying to be a mental health therapist.

President Barack Obama frequently tells crowds it’s important for Congress to stop the hike because one of the most daunting challenges after high school graduation is affording college. His administration has said keeping the rate low would help 7.4 million borrowers save on average

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Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., joins students impacted by the rate hike, US PIRG, Rebuild the Dream, Campus Progress and the United States Student Association, to announce the collection of over 130,000 letters to Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this July, Tuesday, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. more than a thousand dollars over said the looming hike is the figure that the annual cost to keep “result of a ticking time bomb set the rate low is about $6 billion the life of the loan. although some But doing so is estimated to by Democrats five years ago” and annually, cost billions annually at a time that “simply calling for more of Democrats have estimated it when Congress is gridlocked over the same is a disservice to stu- would cost less than that.

With tuition costs at a high, dents and taxpayers.” budgetary and other issues.

Jennifer Allen, a spokeswoman students are taking on unpreceWith many lawmakers acting on a campaign promise, the for Kline, said in an email that we, dented levels of student debt.

Democrat-controlled Congress in “now face the exact predicament College students leave owing an 2007 passed legislation to progres- we expected: we must either allow average $25,000 in loans, and stusively lower the rate to 3.4 percent interest rates to rise on student dent loan debt now surpasses loans, or stick taxpayers with credit card debt. this school year.

Some graduates simply can’t Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., another multi-billion dollar bill.”

Kline’s office estimates based keep up with it. A report released chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, has on a Congressional Budget Office Tuesday by the federal judiciary

about the courts’ caseload in the government-spending year that ended Sept. 30, showed that filings with the government as a plaintiff increased 25 percent as cases concerning defaulted student loans surged 58 percent, or by 1,588 cases.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., who spoke at the press conference, said it doesn’t make sense for student loan recipients to face a higher interest rate than homeowners are getting on mortgages or that banks are able to get. The two back legislation that would keep the lower rate, but both acknowledged that in the political climate, it will be challenging to get the legislation passed by the July deadline.

The college students said they worry constantly about the debt they are taking on, and that the few thousand extra dollars they’d take on in new loans if the rate doubled would affect life decisions.

Samantha Durdock, 19, a sophomore studying government and politics at the University of Maryland, said she wants to go to graduate school after college so that she can pursue a career related to international affairs, but she thinks she won’t be able to go immediately with the additional amount she’d likely owe. She said she already expects to graduate owing at least more than $20,000.

“Right now, if the loans stay how it is, it’s going to be tight, but I could make it doing five years straight in school. But with the increase I’d probably have to take off,” Durdock said.

The South’s turn: Romney, Santorum, Gingrich vie Complete results were not available at press time Each of the three leading contenders faced a different challenge in Alabama and Mississippi, where heavy television advertising was evidence of the states’ unaccustomed significance deep in the nominating campaign.

Gingrich struggled for political survival, Romney sought a strong showing to silence his critics and Santorum hoped to emerge at last as

the chief conservative rival to the front-runner.

Rep. Ron Paul, the fourth contender, made little effort in the states on the day’s ballot.

Evangelicals played an outsized role in both primary states, underscoring the challenge to Romney.

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Caucuses in Hawaii were also on the calendar in the race to pick an opponent to President Barack Obama this fall.

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Taliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents opened fire on two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as they left a memorial service Tuesday for 16 villagers allegedly killed by a U.S. soldier.

Qayum and Shah Wali Karzai and other top Afghan officials in their delegation escaped in their cars unharmed from the ambush in the country’s south.

But one Afghan soldier was hit in the head almost immediately and died, while two other Afghan army personnel were wounded in the 20-minute firefight that ensued in one of the two villages in Kandahar province where the killings had occurred two days before.

The gunbattle came as images of the aftermath of Sunday’s killings spread across the country, and the public reaction — which at first seemed surprisingly muted — began to build.

In the east, students staged the first significant protest in response to the killings, raising concerns about a repeat of the wave of violent demonstrations that rocked the nation

after last month’s burning of Qurans by troops at a U.S. base.

The incident has also added to pressure in the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan more quickly.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking to reporters on the plane traveling to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, said the military withdrawal was still on schedule to finish by 2014.

Panetta said he was awaiting plans from Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, to bring home the remaining 23,000 U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan during the 2009 surge. Those forces are due to leave by the end of September, dropping the U.S. presence in the country down to 68,000 troops.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama issued his strongest condemnation of the shooting.

“The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered,” Obama told reporters in Washington.

“I can assure the American people and the Afghan people that we will

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Afghans burn an effigy depicting U.S. President Barack Obama following Sunday’s killing of civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar by a U.S. soldier during a protest in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday. follow the facts wherever they lead us, and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of the law,” he said.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack on the delegation in Balandi village in Panjwai district, an area

considered the birthplace of the militant group.

Previously, the movement had vowed to behead those responsible for the shootings.

The militants rode to the village on motorcycles, police said.

They ambushed the delegation from the cover of a distant row of trees. Afghan security forces fired back, killing

three militants, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the Kandahar police chief. The two Afghan army personnel who were wounded included a soldier and a military prosecutor, he said.

Qayum Karzai sought to play down the ambush.

He said the delegation, which also included Kandahar Gov. Tooryalai

Wesa and Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs Asadullah Khalid, had been giving their condolences to the victims’ families. They then heard “two very, very light shots.”

“Then we assumed it was the national army that started to fire in the air,” said Karzai.

Nine of the 16 civilians killed on Sunday in Balandi and Alkozai villages were children and three were women, according to the Afghan president. Some of their bodies were burnt after they were killed.

The U.S. has an Army staff sergeant in custody who is suspected of carrying out Sunday’s pre-dawn killings but has not released his name. have Villagers described him stalking from house to house in the middle of the night, opening fire on sleeping families and then burning some of the dead bodies.

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by The Associated Press after the attack described only one shooter, and U.S. officials have been adamant that there was only one soldier involved.

U.S. retail sales rise 1.1 percent Biggest gain since Sept.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up spending on retail goods in February, evidence that a stronger job market is boosting the economy.

Consumers bought more autos, clothes and appliances. They also paid higher prices for gas.

Retail sales increased 1.1 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. It was the biggest gain since September. The government also revised up the previous two months.

Some economists noted that the February increase

and the revisions could lead to faster economic growth.

It could also put pressure on Chairman Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve to rethink its plan to hold interest rates at record lows until at least late 2014.

The Fed is holding a oneday policy meeting Tuesday.

“We believe that the consumer is in better shape than recent downbeat commentary from Fed Chairman Bernanke,” said John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros, analysts with RDQ Economics, in a note to clients.

A separate Commerce report showed U.S. companies restocked at a faster pace in January, a sign that businesses expect stronger job growth to fuel more sales.

Business stockpiles rose 0.7 percent in January, while sales increased 0.4 percent.

One factor driving the retail sales increase was a 3.3 percent rise in gasoline sales last month. It was the biggest increase in nearly a year and reflected a surge in gas prices. retail sales Still, increased a solid 0.8 percent after excluding gas station sales.

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The February gain pushed total sales to a record $407.8 billion. That’s 20.1 percent higher than the recession low hit in March 2009.

The increase comes after the best three months of hiring in two years. The economy has gained 734,000 jobs since December. That’s lowered the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent.

“Retail sales picked up considerably in January and February,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc. The government report reflected private data released earlier in the month. U.S. automakers reported having the best annual sales pace in four years in February, despite the surge in gas prices.

Retail merchants said reported a 6.7 percent increase in sales in

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Tell ‘Stan’ it is time to knock it off and grow up Dear Annie: I am getting married in May. My fiance, "Stan," didn't like his last job, so my brother hired him. Stan has been working there for a year.

I recently found out that Stan has been pulling nasty pranks on my brother. He never mentioned it to me. My brother works alone during the busiest part of the day, with the pressures from sales people, supervisors, repair people, etc.

Stan works the evening shift and has a helper, but they are the only two in the building. Still, Stan is apparently upset by things my brother doesn't get to during the day.

I have seen the pictures of the pranks: cutting the fingertips off the gloves my brother uses for his work; putting spray powder and piles of wood on the chair my brother sits in. He hides tools and rags. The list is endless.

I think Stan is being disrespectful and childish. I have never treated his family members with such disrespect. I am upset and disappointed. These pranks are ridiculous and uncalled for, and I am stuck in the middle. My brother is under enough stress. He hasn't said anything to Stan, but his wife told me it takes him an additional 40 minutes every morning to find the tools that are missing and get things ready for his day.

Stan is a 39-year-old man.

Should I intervene or let them work this out on their own? My brother has said he doesn't want to come to our wedding. I know he wouldn't miss it, but I'm sad he feels this way. — Disappointed in Pittsburgh Dear Pittsburgh: If it were up to us, there would be no wedding for your brother to miss. Stan is an immature idiot. He may think these pranks are funny, but we suspect the only reason your brother hasn't fired him is because he is engaged to you. Tell Stan to knock it off immediately and grow up. If he has a problem with management, he should discuss it like an adult.

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 20 years.

He is in the military reserves and could be called up for active duty at any time.

Six months ago, he did a 180degree turn. Now I feel like I am living with an alien in my home.

He has totally detached himself from me. He is an excellent father to the children, but won't speak to me. He says if I ask him how his workday was, he will lie. His reasoning is that he does not want to put more stress on me, because I suffer from anxiety. He sees the anxiety as a weakness. He will not hug or kiss me, and intimacy is out of the question. He says he is happy "coexisting."

He refuses counseling and won't discuss it with his family. He will not go to the doctor for a physical.

I finally broke down and gave him 30 days to change. He said he wants six months. My question is: How much can a person take? We are both in our 40s. I would love to know whether other military spouses understand this. — Lost in the USA Dear Lost: We have no idea what's going on with your husband. Is he stressed from the possibility of being deployed? Is he seeing someone else? Is he punishing you for some reason? If he won't address it and you are miserable, get counseling without him, and chart the best path for yourself and your children.

Dear Annie: I am sorry that "Amazed in Honolulu" receives unwanted advances and inappropriate comments from male business associates. However, my gripe is about when she says the advances invariably come from "a short, older, heavyset, balding guy." How rude to slam individuals based on physical characteristics. Shame on her.

When we are born, we aren't given the option of being short or tall, getting bald or having thick hair, etc. She's missing out on a lot by having such a judgmental and shallow attitude. — D.S. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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MONDAY’S SOLUTION:

HINTS FROM HELOISE

Smudges and smears: signs of a good recipe Dear Heloise: In a recent column, a reader gave suggestions for how to keep cookbock pages clean. Though I understand her reasoning, I wonder how younger generations will know how to find “Mom’s” favorite recipes.

When my cousin passed away, she had many cookbooks.

Her children weren’t sure which recipes she used on a regular basis.

I told them to look through the cookbooks for dirty pages, then to look at the recipes on those pages. I’m sure that many are ones she made more than once.

Hints from Heloise Columnist As I have gone through my own mother’s cookbooks, I treasure the splatters and fingerprints that were left there by her hands. — Kathy F., Canton, Ohio You are right “in my book”! I just went through one of my mother’s cookbooks looking for an old recipe, and it was a

wonderful experience to see those old, old recipe pages and notes in the margin. — Heloise ALTERNATING EGGS Dear Heloise: When I buy eggs and put them in the refrigerator, it is difficult to tell the difference between the old ones and the new ones. I have solved that problem by alternating the purchase of brown eggs and white eggs — easy to spot the difference! — Barry M., via email This is a good hint, Barry.

Another hint from The American Egg Board is to store eggs in the egg carton (which will have the expiration

date on it) on a shelf in the refrigerator, not in the door.

An informal poll in Heloise Central showed three out of four stored eggs in the carton (two on the shelf and one in the door).

Another keeps two dozen eggs: one dozen out of the carton in a clear, plastic egg container (tearing the date off the carton to save with the eggs), and the other carton on the shelf to be used later.

Where in the fridge do you keep the eggs? Send to Heloise(at)Heloise. com, or mail to Heloise/Eggs, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279. — Heloise

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MUTTS

BIG NATE

DILBERT

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BLONDIE

ZITS HI AND LOIS

DENNIS THE MENACE

FAMILY CIRCUS BEETLE BAILEY

ARLO AND JANIS

HOROSCOPE xxx Wednesday, March 14, 2012 A discarded interest from the past might be resurrected and revitalized in the year ahead, and it could turn out to be surprisingly profitable. This will be due not only to the correct timing, but to some new allies who know what they’re doing.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A friend who is in need of a strong shoulder to cry on is likely to come to you with some frustrating burdens.

Fortunately, among all his or her peers, you are the best one to lean on.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Most of the effort you expend on behalf of others will go unrewarded or unappreciated, even though you probably won’t mind. A few people, however, will offer thanks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Direct your creativity toward gratifying a personal objective that you’ve been fearful to try. Chances are that what you do will be clever and fun and will give you much satisfaction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Something that has caused you nothing but frustration recently can be taken care of if you make it your prime target. If it’s a priority, you can wrap it up once and for all.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Be sure to acknowledge those who assist you. Although you’ll be willing to work hard, the success of a project is likely to be due in part to a few others who pitch in and help.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Although your goals might be a bit difficult to achieve, the rewards they offer could be so enticing that they’ll impel you to at least try. Give things your maximum effort.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Instead of finally being able to coast as you thought, it might become necessary for you to step up the pace in order to protect an investment that you share with others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you keep searching, you will to find an answer to a situation that appears to have no valid solution. Chances are, it’s fear that has caused you to overlook the answer up until now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — There is plenty of justification for your positive outlook. If your hopes and expectations appear to be a bit high to others, don’t let their negative thinking cause you to believe otherwise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your chart shows many possibilities for large gains at this time. Thus, if you have to work hard for what you hope to get, remember: it will be well worth it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you truly believe in your ideas, you shouldn’t have any problem convincing others of their worth — discuss their potential with possible supporters.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Before involving yourself in a huge endeavor with others, thoroughly investigate it. Detailed scrutiny will reveal its attributes as well as its shortcomings.

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GARFIELD

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Today

Tonight

Mostly sunny and warm High: 77°

Mostly clear Low: 48°

SUN AND MOON

Thursday

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Chance of T-storms High: 75° Low: 58°

Saturday

Chance of T-storms High: 73° Low: 58°

Sunday

Chance of T-storms High: 74° Low: 57°

Partly cloudy High: 75° Low: 56°

TODAY’S STATEWIDE FORECAST Wednesday, March 14, 2012 AccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions, low/high temperatures

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Wednesday, March 14, the 74th day of 2012.

There are 292 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: • On March 14, 1962, Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly

47 years.)

On this date: • In 1743, a memorial service was held at Faneuil (FAN’yul) Hall in Boston honoring Peter Faneuil, who had donated the building bearing his name.

• In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.

• In 1885, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera “The Mikado” premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London.

• In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act. • In 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report.

• Today’s Birthdays: Former astronaut Frank Borman is 84.

Singer Phil Phillips is 81. Actor Michael Caine is 79. Composerconductor Quincy Jones is 79.

Former astronaut Eugene Cernan is 78. Actor Raymond J. Barry is 73. Movie director Wolfgang Petersen is 71.

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TROY, 1650 Old Schoolhouse Road (Near intersection of Swailes & Peters), Saturday, 9am-4pm.

Furniture, washer & dryer , stove, file cabinets ,tools, fishing gear, collectibles.

Unemployed Parent receive Income Tax Return, $1500 for one child, $3000 for two children and $4000 for three children.

Call now 1-800-583-8840. www.x-presstaxes.com

that work .com

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8-5

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

205 Business Opportunities

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COVINGTON, 5825 Myers Road off State Route 41 and 48, Thursday the 15th, Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th, 9-5. Huge Moving Sale. Furniture, appliances, antique piano, and lots of great items.

GENERAL INFORMATION

All Display Ads: 2 Days Prior Liners For: Mon - Fri @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Thurs - Weds @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm Sat - Thurs @ 5pm Miami Valley Sunday News liners- Fri @ Noon

235 General

200 - Employment

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

DEADLINES/CORRECTIONS:

105 Announcements

105 Announcements

TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $695 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt.

classifieds

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

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www.hawkapartments.net

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105 Announcements

Help Wanted Advertising Sales Director

2012 Baby Pages

Delaware Gazette – Delaware, Ohio Are you a strong teacher/coach who has a passion for developing sales talent? Are you a leader who focuses on the positive? Are you an expert in recruiting the best staff? Can you lead by example in a competitive market? Are you a natural in building great business relationships within the community? Are you experienced in developing creative solutions?

Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 Deadline for photos is Monday, March 26, 2012 (Babies born January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011)

The Delaware Gazette has an excellent opportunity for an Advertising Sales Director to lead our eager and dedicated sales team. As part of our management team, you will lead a staff of 7, driving our print and online sales strategies.

The pages will be published in the April 19th edition of the Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call

This position plays a pivotal role in the implementation of our strategic plan to aggressively grow revenue streams across niche products, print and online platforms by focusing on the success of our advertisers.

ONLY $21.75

If this sounds like you, please email your cover letter and resume along with your salary history and expectations to Scott Koon, Publisher, Delaware Gazette. skoon@ohcommedia.com

Jonathan K n August 6, 2 otts 010

Pa Jennifer Smith rents & And Indianapolis rew Knotts , Grandpar IN Ken & Beck ents Kim & Glen y Smith n Honeycutt

• Twins are handled as TWO photos. • Enclose photo, coupon and $21.75

2012 Baby Pages

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

*Child’s Name: __________________________________________________ *City: ______________________________ *Birthday:__________________

OUTSIDE SALES

*Parents’Names:__________________________________________________ **Grandparents’Names: ____________________________________________ **Grandparents’Names: ____________________________________________

The I-75 Newspaper Group of Ohio Community Media is seeking an experienced sales professional who wishes to flourish in a career with an award winning sales team!

The successful candidate will manage a consultative sales approach through direct client contact. He or she will be motivated to meet and exceed person sales goals through internet and media advertising in any and/or all of Ohio Community Media’s fifty-seven publications.

(*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)

Candidates will have demonstrated experience in prospecting and growing an account list, handling incoming leads and closing sales. He or she will be skilled in envisioning big ideas, then executing advertising programs that attract customers and generate significant revenue. In addition to maintaining and growing existing relationships, candidates must possess expertise in working with clients on both strategic and creative levels. Candidates will have an in-depth understanding of print and online advertising and the desire to stay informed about area trends.

Name: ________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: ______________ State: ____ Zip: ________ Phone: ____________ ____________________________________________________________ Bill my credit card #: ________________________ expiration date: ________ Signature: ______________________________________________________ Discover Visa Mastercard Am. Express AMOUNT ENCLOSED: ____

This position is based in our Troy office and is full time with salary and commission. Benefits, cell phone allowance and mileage reimbursement are also available.

For quickest consideration, please email resume to:

Mail or Bring Coupon to:

lstewart@dailycall.com No phone calls will be accepted regarding this position.

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

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

To Advertise In The Classifieds That Work Call 877-844-8385 305 Apartment SPECIAL 1ST MONTH FREE

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

320 Houses for Rent

577 Miscellaneous

WEST MILTON 244 S. Miami St. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, close to schools. $700 month +deposit.

(937)572-1074, Leave message.

MOVING? We have once used tubs, packing boxes: book to wardrobe sizes, $1-$3.

(937)335-8527 after noon

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

TROY, 1 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 month.

510 MASSEY-FERGUSON Combine. Excellent condition. Seen at 8925 Cisco Rd. Sidney. $1500.

(937)638-7714

560 Home Furnishings

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

FURNITURE, Ethan Allen cherry dining table, 6 chairs, hutch/ glass doors, Norwalk 73 inch sleeper sofa, tan, excellent condition, (937)667-6721

that work .com TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, No dogs $475. (937)339-6776.

TROY: FULL REMODEL! NEW: carpet, tile, lighting, ceiling fans & appliances.

2 bedroom, 1.5 bath NO prior evictions NO pets $540, (937)545-4513.

925 Legal Notices

925 Legal Notices

925 Legal Notices

577 Miscellaneous CORNHOLE GAMES and bags. Order early for spring, great gifts for weddings, birthdays, graduations & fathers day, (937)489-2668 INVERSION TABLE $100 (937)335-6033

SHOTGUNS, Winchester 12 gauge, semi-auto, Superx2, ducks unlimited, gold inlay, $750. 12 gauge Pump Springfield Stevens well used works great, $135. 20 gauge, single shot, 3 inch chamber, good first shotgun, works great, $120. SKS assault rifle, 6 bayonet, 30 round magazine, real nice, 7.62X39, $425.

Ammo 7.62x39 $5 a box.

Chuck (937)698-6362 or (937)216-3222

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall, Troy, Ohio, until twelve o’clock noon, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, for the Concession Operation at the Hobart Arena, Adams Street, Troy, Ohio, for other than alcoholic beverages. This contract will be for a three-year period commencing July 1, 2012, and expiring June 30, 2015, in accordance with the contract document now on file in the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, Troy, Ohio.

TANNING BEDS, 4 Cobra Commercial $700 each.

Out of business (937)845-2459

A bid guaranty as follows is required to accompany each proposal as a guarantee that if the proposal is accepted, a contract will be entered into:

583 Pets and Supplies

A bid bond in the amount of 100% of the proceeds the City should receive from the concession operation in a 12-month period, payable to the City of Troy, Ohio, or

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

A certified, cashier’s, or official bank check, or an irrevocable letter of credit, in the amount of 10% of what the City would receive from the concession operation in a 12-month period, payable to the City of Troy, Ohio.

The bidding document may be obtained upon request at the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall, Troy, Ohio, 45373 The City of Troy Recreation Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216.

Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us FINAL ISSUANCE OF PERMIT TO INSTALL THE NAKED GRAPE WINERY 4199 IDDINGS ROAD WEST MILTON, OH ACTION DATE: 02/24/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: WASTEWATER IDENTIFICATION NO.: 837399 This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. On-site Sewage Treatment with Mound Disposal and Holding Tank for the Naked Grape Winery FINAL ISSUANCE OF PERMIT-TO-INSTALL AND OPERATE HARTZELL FAN, INC. 910 S. DOWNING ST PIQUA, OH ACTION DATE: 02/29/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR IDENTIFICATION NO.: P0109338 PTIO Renewal for a miscellaneous metal parts coating booth

Martin Hobart President, Troy Recreation Board

MILTON MATERIALS, LLC 7131 FENNER ROAD LUDLOW FALLS, OH ACTION DATE: 02/29/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR IDENTIFICATION NO.: P0109201 First issue PTIO to renew permits for three diesel-fired engines, emissions units B001, B002 and B003.

3/14, 3/21-2012

3/14/2012

The City of Troy, Ohio is in compliance with ADA. MINI AUSSIE-POO puppies, Females blue merle and black with white feet.

Vet checked, shots. $300 (567)204-5232

925 Legal Notices

COUNTY: MIAMI

CITY OF TROY, OHIO RECREATION BOARD OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND SAFETY COPY OF LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

500 - Merchandise

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

Troy Daily News • Classifieds That Work • Wednesday, March 14, 2012 • 13

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Service&Business DIRECTORY

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Service & Business Directory please call: 877-844-8385

Appliances, Brush, Rental Clean-outs, Furniture & Tires

Richard Pierce

CHORE BUSTER Handyman Services

620 Childcare

(937) 339-7222 Complete Projects or Helper

KIDZ TOWN

2263060

Decks, Drywall, Cement, Paint, Fences, Repairs, Cleanup, Hauling, Roofing, Siding, Etc. Insured/References

LEARNING CENTER 2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

X-TREME MAINTENANCE

Center hours 6am 11:55pm Center hoursnow 6 a.m. to 6top.m.

Commercial / Residential

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• New Roof & Roof Repair • Painting • Concrete • Hauling • Demo Work • New Rubber Roofs All Types of Interior/Exterior Construction & Maintenance

Call for a free damage inspection.

We will work with your insurance.

OFFICE 937-773-3669

159 !!

J.T.’s Painting & Drywall

For 75 Years

Since 1936

332-1992

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Free Inspections

FREE ESTIMATES

“All Our Patients Die”

• Painting • Drywall • Decks • Carpentry • Home Repair • Kitchen/Bath

Find it

937-974-0987 Email: UncleAlyen@aol.com

in the

Interior/Exterior

32 yrs experience Residential & Commercial Wallpaper Removal • Insured • References

• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms

Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns

(260) 273-0754

2262980

Free Estimates Call Jack

Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts

Cre ative Vision n La dscap e

(937) 339-1902 or (937) 238-HOME Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence

• Lawn Maintenance and Mowing • Shrub Planting & Removal • Shrub Trimming • Tree Removal • Tree Trimming • Pavers & Wall Stone, Hardscapes

RICK WITHROW WITHROW RICK (937) 726-9625 726-9625 (937)

Ready for a career change?

937-492-ROOF Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration

937-335-6080

• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions 2259115

665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

I am a debt relief agency. I help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 2262644

Classifieds that work

• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors

CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE

• Specializing in Chapter 7 • Affordable rates • Free Initial Consultation

Windows • Doors • Siding Roofing • Additions • Pole Barns New Homes FREE ESTIMATE!

LICENSED • INSURED

TOTAL HOME REMODELING Call Jim at 937-694-2454

655 Home Repair & Remodel

#Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages

• Interior/Exterior • Drywall • Texturing • Kitchens • Baths • Decks • Doors • Windows

Jack’s Painting

Classifieds

937-620-4579

All Types Construction

700 Painting

(See Us For Do-It-Yourself Products)

2265629

CARPENTERS

COMPUTER REPAIR. Call (937)778-1237.

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JobSourceOhio.com 2261009

AMISH

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For your home improvement needs

KNOCKDOWN SERVICES

Emily Greer

(937) 473-2847 Pat Kaiser (937) 216-9332

690 Computer/Electrical Office

Call Walt for a FREE Estimate Today

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

640 Financial

Bankruptcy Attorney

Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

937-573-4702

Spring Break Special Buy 4 lessons & GET 1 FREE • No experience required.

• Adults & Children ages 5 & up • Gift Certificates Available • Major Credit Cards Accepted Flexible Schedule Nights & Weekends 937-778-1660 www.sullenbergerstables.com

2257820

AK Construction

655 Home Repair & Remodel

2259735

625 Construction

635 Farm Services

Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992

DO YOU HAVE MISSING SHINGLES OR STORM DAMAGE?

937-543-9076 937-609-4020

945476

Horseback Riding Lessons

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

WE KILL BED BUGS!

• Snow Plowing & Snow Removal • Ice Management • Lawncare & Landscaping • Residential & Commercial Chris Butch 2254545

CALL CALL TODAY!335-5452 33 5-54 52

2259724

1st and 2nd shifts weeks 12 ayears We•Provide care for children 6 weeks• to6 12 years andtooffer Super • Preschool and Pre-K programs 3’s, and 4/5’s preschool program and a Pre-K and Kindergarten • Before and after school care program. We offer before and after school care, •Enrichment Transportation to Troy schools Kindergarten and school age transportation to Troy schools.

BBB Accredted

Tammy Welty (937)857-4222

starting at $

675 Pet Care

660 Home Services

Since 1977

Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured

335-9508

that work .com

AFTER HOUR childcare offered in my home 6:30pm-6:30am. I have 12 years experience, certificate in Early Childhood and am current with my CPR and First Aide training. For more information please call or email. sarah.kastle@yahoo.com.

(937)570-6671.

OldChopper@live.com

937-492-5150

Call 937-498-5125

620 Childcare

2266340

• Licensed and Insured • Reasonable Rates • Free Estimates

2263049

2249988

(937)671-9171

422 Buckeye Ave., Sidney

Very Dependable

660 Home Services

scchallrental@midohio.twcbc.com

for appointment at

Voted #1

Ask for Roy

in Shelby County

by Sidney Daily News Readers

HALL(S) BIG jobs, SMALL jobs FOR RENT! Clean We haul it all! Sparkle Cleaning Service Booking now for 2012 and 2013

Electronic Filing Quick Refund 2260985 44 Years Experience

937-245-9717

Year Round Service

(937)367-5887 • (937)964-8131

Lawncare & Landscaping Mulching Sale We Offer: Hardscapes Planting • Edging Trimming Landscape Design Landscape Maintenance

FREE ESTIMATES Call Chris at

937-524-9388

937-451-0602 710 Roofing/Gutters/Siding

HERITAGE GOODHEW Standing Seam Metal Roofing

765-857-2623 765-509-0070 Pole Building Roof & Siding 2263290

715 Blacktop/Cement

GRAVEL & STONE

COOPER’S BLACKTOP

Shredded Topsoil Fill Dirt Available Saturday

WE DELIVER

PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

937-606-1122

937-875-0153 937-698-6135

Backhoe Services

2259643

2264194

SchulzeTax & Accounting Service

Gutters • Doors • Remodel

2257812

www.cpapatterson.com

Residential-Farm-Bush

Licensed & Bonded

655 Home Repair & Remodel

2263072

CALL TODAY 937-339-1255

Napier Tree Service

Mowing & Complete Landscaping Services Sprinkler System Installation

Residential and Commercial

Roofing • Siding • Windows FREE ES AT ESTIM

MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

Amos Schwartz Construction

630 Entertainment

It may be the best move you’ll ever make!

875-0153 698-6135

LAWN CARE D.R.

2264980

(937) 232-7816 (260) 273-6223

665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

2263732

2262293

Consider the move to

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Make sure it’s for the better!

30 Years experience!

2263045

Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

ANY TYPE OF REMODELING

If it’s time for a change...

Continental Contractors

665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

2259405

Wants roofing, siding, windows, doors, repair old floors, just foundation porches, decks, garages, room additions.

655 Home Repair & Remodel

2261793

COOPER’S GRAVEL

AMISH CREW

615 Business Services

655 Home Repair & Remodel

2248070

645 Hauling

2262694

625 Construction

2255026

600 - Services

14 • Troy Daily News • Classifieds That Work • Wednesday, March 14, 2012 925 Legal Notices

To Advertise In The Classifieds That Work Call 877-844-8385

925 Legal Notices

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION CM-12-02 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A PAY INCREASE FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2012.

2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS Loaded with accessories. Very good condition. Only 75,300 miles. $5000 (937)339-8352

The above Resolution CM-12-02 was adopted by the West Milton Council on February 14, 2012. Copies are on file in the Municipal Office for inspection daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Linda L. Cantrell CPS/CAP Clerk of Council 3/14/2012

1987 CHEVROLET K10 4 wheel drive, overdrive transmission. 79,295 babied miles, always garaged, no rust. $10,500.

(937)339-4698

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

To Advertise In the Classifieds that Work

Call 877-844-8385

592 Wanted to Buy

592 Wanted to Buy

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

BUYING: 1 piece or entire estates: Vintage costume or real jewelry, toys, pottery, glass, advertisements.

Call Melisa (419)860-3983 or (937)710-4603.

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

597 Storage Buildings GOLF SET, 20 piece Acuity Furbomax Deluxe.

Never used. 5 years old.

Right hand. $280.

(937)726-2653

that work .com 925 Legal Notices

925 Legal Notices

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

(937)295-2899

586 Sports and Recreation

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION CM-12-06

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION CM-12-04

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF LABOR AND MATERIALS TO INSTALL CARPET IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A POLICE CRUISER FOR THE WEST MILTON POLICE DIVISION.

The above Resolution CM-12-06 was adopted by the West Milton Council on February 14, 2012. Copies are on file in the Municipal Office for inspection daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The above Resolution CM-12-04 was adopted by the West Milton Council on February 14, 2012. Copies are on file in the Municipal Office for inspection daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Linda L. Cantrell CPS/CAP Clerk of Council

Linda L. Cantrell CPS/CAP Clerk of Council

3/14/2012

3/14/2012

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CM-12-05

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CM-12-01

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LAW AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF WEST MILTON, OHIO, FOR THE YEAR 2012 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

The above Emergency Ordinance CM-12-05 was introduced to the West Milton Council on February 14, 2012. On that date, Emergency Ordinance CM-12-05 was adopted. Copies are on file in the Municipal Office for inspection daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

The above Emergency Ordinance CM-12-01 was introduced to the West Milton Council on February 14, 2012. On that date, Emergency Ordinance CM-12-01 was adopted. Copies are on file in the Municipal Office for inspection daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Linda L. Cantrell CPS/CAP Clerk of Council

Linda L. Cantrell CPS/CAP Clerk of Council

3/14/2012

3/14/2012

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METAL BUILDINGS SALESave THOUSANDS, Factory Direct, Discount Shipping-Canceled Order Clearance Buildings. 24x20, 20x30 More!

Limited Availability. Call Today 1-866-670-3936.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto 1998 MERCURY Mountaineer, 89,000 actual miles. $4000. 1998 Cadillac Deville, looks great, has problem,$1300. 2000 Ford Explorer 4x4, $4,300. (937)658-2421

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

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds 2007 V-STAR 1100 Silverado classic.

12,000 miles, excellent condition, saddlebags, hard chrome exhaust, cover, 2 helmets. $5500 cash only (937)570-7362

MIAMI VALLEY

Auto Dealer

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7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio

8675 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83

937-890-6200

1-800-866-3995

www.evansmotorworks.com

www.carncredit.com

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One Stop Auto Sales

2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

8750 N. Co. Rd. 25A Piqua, OH 45356

937-335-5696

937-606-2400

www.erwinchrysler.com

www.1stopautonow.com

LINCOLN

SUBARU

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Quick Credit Auto Sales

Ford Lincoln Mercury

1099 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Troy, Ohio 45373

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

217 N. Broad St. Fairborn, OH 45324

866-470-9610

937-878-2171

www.buckeyeford.com

www.wagner.subaru.com

MERCURY

VOLKWAGEN

575 Arlington Rd. Brookville, OH 45309

800-947-1413 www.boosechevrolet.com

www.QuickCreditOhio.com

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8645 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83

2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

Wagner Subaru

Evans

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Ford Lincoln Mercury

Volkswagen 7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75.

Dayton, OH

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

1-800-678-4188

937-335-5696

866-470-9610

937-890-6200

www.paulsherry.com

www.erwinchrysler.com

www.buckeyeford.com

www.evansmotorworks.com

CHRYSLER

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PRE-OWNED

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937-335-5696 www.erwinchrysler.com

Troy Ford Exit 69 Off I-75 Troy, OH 45373

Ford Lincoln Mercury

339-2687

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

www.troyford.com www.fordaccessories.com

www.buckeyeford.com

866-470-9610

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Independent Auto Sales

866-504-0972 Remember...Customer pick-up and delivery with FREE loaner. www.infinitiofdayton.com

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1280 South Market St. (CR 25A) Troy, OH 45373

Volvo of Dayton 7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio

(866)816-7555 or (937)335-4878

937-890-6200

www.independentautosales.com

www.evansmotorworks.com

CONTACT US

SPORTS

■ Sports Editor Josh Brown (937) 440-5251, (937) 440-5232 jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

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TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM

March 14, 2012

TODAY’S TIPS

■ College Basketball

• 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 today, $80 after today. 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 today, 21 and 28. Rental equipment is available through the Junior Hockey Parents’ Association.

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Syracuse’s Melo ruled ineligible (AP) — PITTSBURGH Syracuse will have to chase a national championship without starting center Fab Melo, who has been declared ineligible for the NCAA tournament.

The university announced Tuesday that the 7-foot Brazilian, who did not travel with the team to Pittsburgh for the second- and third-round games, won’t take part in the tournament due to an eligibility issue. The school did not elaborate.

Melo missed three games earlier this season including one of the top-seeded Orange’s two losses because of an academic issue,

ESPN, citing an anonymous source, reported that Melo’s absence is related to the first suspension and that the NCAA revisited the case and again ruled him ineligible.

Coach Jim Boeheim said the Orange will be “ready to play.”

As he left the bus in front of the team hotel Tuesday, Boeheim at first said he had nothing to say.

MELO He then told The Associated Press that “all we can do is be ready to play with the guys we have.”

“That’s all we can do,” he said.

“There are injuries, things hap-

pen during a season. We’ll be ready to play and we’ll go play.”

Melo’s sudden ineligibility made waves in Las Vegas, where Cantor Gaming dropped Syracuse’s chances of winning the title to 121 from 10-1 Tuesday morning, said Mike Colbert, Cantor’s risk management director.

Colbert said the region’s No. 2, Ohio State, was lifted to 5-1 from 6-1 and other lines were affected.

Syracuse went from a 16.5point favorite against 16-seeded UNC-Asheville to a 15.5 point

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Royals top Reds

for the first 35 minutes, but we came away with the W. “I’m sure he liked what he saw.”

He saw the longest of long shots somehow pull out another one.

The Hilltoppers (16-18) are the only squad in the 68-team field with a losing record. They played like it for most of the game, shooting only 30 percent and turning the ball over 28 times.

After the buzzer sounded,

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Jeremy Jeffress’ fastball has registered triple digits on radar guns. Where that fastball goes after it leaves his right hand had been anybody’s guess.

Jeffress showed superb control Tuesday in two perfect innings, striking out two, as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5. Alex Gordon and Lorenzo Cain homered for the Royals, while Johnny Giavotella and Eric Hosmer each drove in two runs.

Jeffress, Milwaukee’s 2006 first-round pick who was acquired in the Zack Greinke trade, began last season in the Royals bullpen, but was sent to the minors May 19 after walking 11 in 15 1-3 innings.

He threw 16 strikes in 24 pitches against the Reds.

“I was really impressed with the amount of strikes I threw,” Jeffress said. “Last year was a pretty tough year with the walks.”

Derrick Lewis, his pitching coach in the Arizona Fall League, made an adjustment in Jeffress’ delivery that could pay huge dividends.

“He said he didn’t throw hard, but he knew mechanics,” Jeffress said. “I told him, ‘Get me the mechanics and I’ll do the rest.’”

In three exhibition outings, Jeffress has allowed one hit, walked one and struck out four in four innings.

“Jeffress jumped out at me pretty good,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We all know his stuff is extremely electric. He does throw 96 to 100 miles per hour. He has a fantastic breaking ball. Command has been what he’s battled in his career to this point. The last five or six outings in the fall league something clicked for him. He got to a point where his mechanics were working for him and he started banging strikes. He’s brought that into spring training. It’s been a real pleasant surprise seeing him command the ball the way that he has.”

Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez, who was the Royals’ key offseason acquisition in a trade with San Francisco, gave up four runs on three hits, including Jay Bruce’s homer, and two walks in two-plus innings.

He threw 51 pitches, 30 for strikes.

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favorite.

Boeheim has not decided who will start in place of Melo, the Big East Defensive Player of Year, on Thursday when Syracuse (31-2) opens the tournament against No. 16 seed North Carolina-Asheville.

Melo’s presence on the back line of the Orange’s 2-3 zone might not be a factor in that game but it could be if Syracuse advances to play to face the winner of the Kansas StateSouthern Mississippi game or possible future opponents in the East Regional such as Ohio State, with sophomore center Jared Sullinger, Florida State or Wisconsin.

It has begun WKU rallies to beat MVSU 59-58 in Dayton DAYTON (AP) — So many things happened in those 5 final, furious minutes that Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper had trouble taking it all in.

“Wow,” he said, his face still flush with March emotion. “I don’t know where to begin.”

How about with that finish?

The only team with a losing record in the NCAA tournament got it started with a classic March comeback — in front of a presidential audience, no less. T.J. Price’s three-point play with 33 seconds to go completed the

Hilltoppers’ rally from a 16-point deficit over the last 5 minutes for a 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron had front-row seats to see the tournament open with a ragged game that had an engrossing ending.

“It’s a crazy feeling,” said Derrick Gordon, who had 11 points. “That’s the president of the United States coming to watch our game. We wanted to put on a show. Things didn’t work our way

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Bears acquire WR Marshall from Miami Dayton loses NIT opener to Iowa Freshman Aaron White scored a career-high 25 points, sophomore Zach McCabe tied a career high with 20 and seventh-seeded Iowa rolled past Dayton 84-75 on Tuesday night in the opening round of the NIT Sophomore Melsahn Basabe added 15 points for the Hawkeyes (1816), who will play at either LSU or Oregon in the second round.

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have acquired Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall in a trade with the Miami Dolphins.

There was speculation the Bears would go after a highprofile free-agent receiver such as Vincent Jackson, but they filled their biggest hole with a blockbuster deal instead, sending two undisclosed draft picks to Miami.

The deal announced Tuesday was first reported by Fox

Sports.

It’s the first big move under new general manager Phil Emery, who replaced the fired Jerry Angelo, and gives Jay Cutler the go-to receiver he’s been seeking since he arrived from the Broncos in a trade three years ago.

Even better, it reunites him with one of his top targets in Denver.

Marshall made the Pro Bowl for the third time last year, when he had 81 catches for

1,214 yards and six scores. But he also dropped at least four potential touchdown catches and failed to end his career-long playoff drought.

The Dolphins had a losing record in each of his two seasons with them, and coach Tony Sparano was fired in December.

Last July, Marshall disclosed he was diagnosed earlier in the year with borderline personality disorder, which stems from such things as a negative selfimage and a fear of failure.

Then at midseason he said efforts to keep his emotions on an even keel have hurt his play, and before a Monday night game he claimed his goal was to get ejected before halftime.

Marshall sparred with quarterback Chad Henne during his first season with the Dolphins, but he seemed popular in the locker room last year. Dolphins players reacting on Twitter said they were sorry to hear the

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Raptors trip up Cavaliers, 96-88 CLEVELAND (AP) — Jerryd Bayless scored 20 points, Andrea Bargnani added 17 and Toronto slowed Cleveland’s playoff push with a 96-88 victory Tuesday night, the Raptors’ third over the AP PHOTO Cavaliers this season.

Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (2) loses the ball as Bayless started in place he tries to slide between Toronto Raptors’ Amir of injured point guard Johnson (15) and Jerryd Bayless (5) in the first Jose Calderon and added quarter Tuesday in Cleveland. seven assists in 37 min-

utes while leading the Raptors to just their 14th win.

The Cavaliers had their winning streak stopped at three. Cleveland blew a chance to move into a virtual tie with idle New York and Milwaukee for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Antawn Jamison, who has been mentioned in

trade rumors all season, led the Cavs with 20 points. Rookie Kyrie Irving scored 14 and Alonzo Gee 16.

The Cavs were still within six points in the final minute when Bargnani rebounded his own miss and dunked to close the scoring.

Toronto has had a disappointing season except

against Cleveland.

Irving was unable to conjure up some of the fourth-quarter magic he has shown in recent games, and finished just 5 of 17 from the floor. In three games against Toronto, the likely NBA Rookie of the Year went 10 of 42. Irving did add seven rebounds and seven assists.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Aaron White scored a career-high 25 points, sophomore Zach McCabe tied a career high with 20 and seventh-seeded Iowa rolled past Dayton 84-75 on Tuesday night in the opening round of the NIT Sophomore Melsahn Basabe added 15 points for the Hawkeyes (18-16), who will play at either LSU or Oregon in the second round.

Iowa, which was playing in its first postseason tournament game in six years, broke open a tie game with a 16-3 run midway through the second half to go ahead 65-52.

Kevin Dillard had 23 points for Dayton (20-13), which beat Minnesota, Alabama and Mississippi this season.

Though the Flyers were the higher seed, the game was played in Iowa City because Dayton’s home gym was hosting the NCAA tournament.

The Hawkeyes, bolstered by a crowd much more raucous than might be expected for the NIT, took control of a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair with their second-half run.

It was about as good of a stretch as Iowa’s had all year, and Basabe capped it by following a nifty drive through traffic with a three-point play and a layup to help give the Hawkeyes a 13-point lead with 11:29 left.

Things went from bad to worse for Dayton, as McCabe hit a bank shot that made it 69-54 with

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Obama and Cameron headed out, fans still buzzing over what had just happened.

Madness indeed.

“You could see that look in their eyes: ‘We’re going to do this,’” Harper said.

Western Kentucky moves on to play Kentucky — the top seed in the South Regional — on Thursday in Louisville, an all-Bluegrass game for the second round.

MVSU (21-13) caught the president’s eye while pulling ahead, but couldn’t close it out. Kevin Burwell scored 20 points and locked eyes with the president after swishing a 3-pointer while the Delta Devils built

their big lead. Obama smiled back.

“Like I said yesterday, we were just trying to put on a show for him,” Burwell said.

“In the heat of the moment, I just pointed at him a couple of times. That was it.”

Obama — a huge basketball fan who fills out an NCAA bracket each year — spent a lot of time explaining the nuances of the game to Cameron. Obama has picked Kentucky as one of his Final Four teams.

A smaller school from a corner of the commonwealth became the star of the First Four.

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Iowa guard Devyn Marble drives to the basket past Dayton guard Paul Williams, right, during the first round of the NIT Tuesday in Iowa City, Iowa.

8:39 remaining.

The Flyers held Iowa star Matt Gatens to just seven points, but Gatens buried a 3 with 3:19 left that put the Hawkeyes ahead by 15 points.

Paul Williams added

12 points for Dayton, which lost at least one home date because of a scheduling conflict that was, at the very least, a stroke of good fortune for the Hawkeyes.

It also created quite

the color clash.

The Flyers packed their red away uniforms because they were hitting the road. But technically they were the home team, forcing Iowa to wear its black road unis.

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 “I was trying to throw my off-speed pitches behind in the count,” Sanchez said.

“I’m getting there. It doesn’t matter what happened. I’m good. I’m just getting my rhythm and getting the feel of the game. I missed my spot with Bruce, left a fastball over the middle. That happens once in a while, but it’s not going to happen again.”

Yost called it “a good step” for Sanchez.

Mike Leake, the Reds’ starter, allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks in three innings in his third start.

“Everything was working fine,” said Leake, who led the Reds with 12 victories last year. “It was just dropping the elbow and getting in a few 2-0 counts. I feel strong. I even felt strongest

in that last inning. I feel good about where I’m at right now.”

Many hits off Leake were ground balls.

“It’s Arizona, so I think all the infields are hard,” said Leake, who was a 2009 first-round pick out of Arizona State.

Bruce, who also had a run-producing single in the third, extended his hitting streak to six games, the longest this spring by the Reds. Scott Rolen went 0-for1 and walked twice, ending his five-game hitting streak.

Indians 8, Rangers 8 GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Yu Darvish couldn’t command his fastball over three innings for the Texas Rangers in an 8-all tie with the Cleveland Indians. The game Tuesday was called after the 10th.

2011-12 AP ALL-OHIO TEAMS COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The 201112 Associated Press Division I All-Ohio girls basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel: DIVISION I FIRST TEAM: Alexis Peterson, Cols.

Northland, 5-6, jr., 19.2; Kelsey Mitchell, Cin. Princeton, 5-10, soph., 21.0; Miriam Justinger, Sylvania Northview, 6-0, sr., 19.5; Rachel Theriot, Middleberg Hts. Midpark, 6-0, sr., 16.6; Ameryst Alston, Canton McKinley, 5-9, sr., 25.2; Malina Howard, Twinsburg, 6-4, sr., 17.3.

Player of the year: Ameryst Alston, Canton McKinley.

Coaches of the year: Travis Galloway, Tol. Notre Dame; Neil Hohman, Grove City Central Crossing.

SECOND TEAM: Taylor Agler, Lewis Ctr. Olentangy Orange, 5-9, jr., 15.7; Alyssa Rice, Reynoldsburg, 6-3, soph., 11.6; Kathryn Westbeld, Kettering Fairmont, 6-1, soph., 15.3; Cat Wells, Tol. Notre Dame, 5-4, sr., 10.7; Lynsey Englebrecht, Eastlake North, 5-6, soph., 16.8; Jaime Gluesing, Solon, 5-10, sr., 15.1;Taylor Williams, Warren Howland, 63, sr., 18.1 THIRD TEAM: Symone Denham, Cols.

Northland, 5-9, sr., 14.3; Jaila Bryant, Pickerington North, 5-7, sr., 12.8; Jamie Sobczak, Tol. Cent. Cath., 5-8, sr., 17.3; Michelle Holmes, Tol. Notre Dame, 6-1, sr., 12.3; Stephanie Haas, Rocky River Magnificat, 5-8, sr., 19.7; Anita Brown, Warren Harding, 5-9, sr., 26.7.

Special Mention Kailee Howe, Zanesville; Sarah Stephenson, New Philadelphia; Chloe Pavlech, Cin. Sycamore; Jenny DeGraaf, Springboro; Bianca Quisenberry, New Carlisle Tecumseh; Brooke Simons, Logan; Maddie Strall, Tol. St. Ursula; Natasha Carey, Middleburg Hts. Midpark; Jessica Garcia, Lakewood; Emily Julius, Avon; Jordyn Peck, Shaker Hts.; McKenna Stephens, Uniontown Lake; Kelsey Peare, North Canton Hoover; Lydia Corle, Green; Lauren Walker, Wooster; Jessie Gearhart, Wadsworth; Ashley Morrissette, Twinsburg.

Honorable Mention Anna Buhigas, Dublin Jerome; Brooke Espenschied, Hilliard Bradley; Maggie Mitchell, Newark; Hannah Scipio, New Albany; Aliyah Zantt, Reynoldsburg; Jillian Spurlock, Hamilton; Raeshaun Gaffney, Fairfield; Alexis Gassion, Fairborn; Bri Glover, Mason; Alex Henning, Centerville; Jessica Jessing, Sylvania Northview; Lexi Lopez, Sylvania Southview; D'Angela Hicks, Tol. Start; Kelsea Newman, Perrysburg; Hayley Williford, Bowling Green; Indiya Benjamin, Lima Senior;

Jasmine Harper, Cleve. Hts.; Alex Harris, Lorain; Halle Herringshaw, Chardon; Lacy LeDuc, Avon Lake; Ashley Montgomery, North Ridgeville; Lauren Stefancin, Mentor; Shannon Zajec, Mayfield; Katie Carroll, Westlake; McElroy, Massillon Antionea Washington; Brianna Libertore, Louisville; Rachel Goddard, Wadsworth; Gabrielle Bulic, Brunswick; Shaia Horton, Akron Firestone; Laura Mummey, Hudson; Alex Shaver, Stow; Porshae Hearn, Akron Kenmore; Erika Nites, Warren Howland; Halle Gallo-Malta, Wooster.

DIVISION II FIRST TEAM: Morgan Plummer, Plain City Jonathan Alder, 5-7, sr., 18.8; Bre Berryman, Wintersville Indian Creek, 65, fresh., 24.9; Kelley Austria, Day. Carroll, 6-0, sr., 16.6; Amanda Cahill, Clyde, 6-2, soph., 20.7; Hannah McCue, Rocky River, 6-0, sr., 16.0; Erica Dawson, Marietta, 5-9, jr., 31.5; Sabrina Mangapora, Canfield, 6-1, jr., 20.6.

Player of the year: Erica Dawson, Marietta; Kelley Austria, Day. Carroll; Amanda Cahill, Clyde.

Coaches of the year: Paul Barlow, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown; John Cahill, Clyde; Darrin Green, Cols.

Centennial.

SECOND TEAM: Vanessa Smith, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown, 6-1, jr., 16.6; Jasmine Johnson, Cols.

Brookhaven, 5-9, sr., 18.3; Moriah Monaco, Dover, 6-0, soph., 19.9; Mariah Harris, Springfield Kenton Ridge, 6-0, sr., 20.5; Leslie Raifsnider, Bellevue, 5-8, sr., 19.7; Annie Bova, Cleve. Hts. Beaumont, 5-7, sr., 16.0; Taylor Krusinski, Parma Hts. Holy Name, 5-11, sr., 17.8; DiAndra Gibson, Ravenna, 5-11, sr., 12.8.

THIRD TEAM: Tajanee Wells, Cols.

Eastmoor Acad., 5-8, jr., 16.3; Kayhla Prokopakis, Richmond Edison, 5-10, sr., 20.2; Cha'Ron Sweeney, Tol. Rogers, 5-2, jr., 19.4; Emma Hostetler, Shelby, 5-6, jr., 19.9; Becky Depp, Geneva, 5-3, jr., 16.0; Delani Stopp, Mentor Lake Cath., 5-7, sr., 13.1; Allie Grace Proctor, Vincent Warren, 5-7, sr., 12.0; Michelle Noble, Akron Manchester, 5-9, sr., 10.1; Katie Reed, Alliance Marlington, 5-6, sr., 16.0.

Special Mention Kayla Crager, London; Jaana Motton, Cols. Hartley; Karen Sidwell, Zanesville Maysville; Andi Daugherty, Warsaw River View; Laina Snyder, Millersburg West Holmes; Ana Richter, Oxford Talawanda; Nicole Bell, Cin. Indian Hill; Trischa Lacy, Urbana; Allison Mitchell, South Point; Deidre McKay, Wash. Court House Miami Trace; Jessica Guyett, Wash. Court House Washington; Kyleigh Wyeth, Lancaster Fairfield Union; Dominique

Doseck, The Plains Athens; Caitlyn Owings, McArthur Vinton County; Madison Ridout, Jackson; Emily Ruhe, Lima Bath; Emily Nagy, LaGrange Keystone; Vakeyla Merriweather, Youngs.

Liberty; Ali Gagne, Cortland Lakeview; Lori Inkrott, Wooster Triway; She'Kiera Brooks, Peninsula Woodridge; Cara Cook, Norton; Janaya Feaster, Akron Hoban.

Honorable Mention Brittany Atkinson, Granville; Brittney Bakenhaster, Plain City Jonathan Alder; Tyler Craig, Cols. DeSales; Amanda Hoover, Cols. Centennial; Nicole Orr, Whitehall-Yearling; Mallary Trout, Philo; Emiley Masloski, Steubenville; Hallie Stocker, Cambridge; Amariah Huck, Dresden Tri-Valley; Taylor Lowdermilk, Carrollton; Darian Apperson, McConnelsville Morgan; Elizabeth Haley, Day. Oakwood; Raytea Long, Day. Chaminade-Julienne; Sydney Brackemyre, Clarksville ClintonMassie; Kylie Garrett, Cin. Western Brown; Sarah Arington, Cin. Indian Hill; Kristin Reisinger, WCH Miami Trace; Molli Shaw, WCH Washington; Jenny Phillips, Lancaster Fairfield Union; Taylor Saxton, Circleville Logan Elm; Amanda Brown, Marietta; Jordanna Rauch, Vincent Warren; Elena Lein, The Plains Athens; Jenna Perie, Greenfield McClain; Ally Graham, Willard; Jackie Stalder, Kenton; Sasha Dailey, Tol. Rogers; Jordan Fraley, Sandusky Perkins; Rachael Smetzler, Clyde; Carly Santoro, Bellevue; Ne'Keia Evans, Painesville Harvey; Brittany Johnson, Conneaut; Nia Marshall, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown; Desiree Ray, Lorain Clearview; Hallie Thome, Chagrin Falls; Taja Dave, Akron SVSM; Lizzie Wilkinson, Peninsula Woodridge; McKenna Shives, Struthers; Malorie Gibson, Ravenna; Rebekah Zets, Beloit West Branch; Shayna White, Ravenna Southeast; Maura Bobby, Poland Seminary; Angie Durgala, Akron Manchester; Cassie Wilson, CVCA. DIVISION III FIRST TEAM: Kiyanna Black, Cols.

Africentric, 5-7, sr., 15.9; Taylor Buchanan, Beverly Ft. Frye, 5-11, jr. 15.4; Natalie Billing, Anna, 5-11, jr., 16.8; Lauren Langenderfer, Metamora Evergreen, 5-8, sr., 24.3; Caitie Craft, Findlay Liberty-Benton, 5-8, sr., 21.4; Alexis Guy, Shaker Hts. Laurel, 5-8, sr., 18.0; Terra Stapleton, Proctorville Fairland, 6-4, soph., 21.9; Hannah Plybon, Orrville, 5-9, jr., 19.9.

Players of the year: Caitie Craft, Findlay Liberty-Benton; Lauren

Langenderfer, Metamora Evergreen; Kiyanna Black, Cols. Africentric; Natalie Billing, Anna.

Coaches of the year: Mike Miller, Smithville; Dan Liedtke, Beverly Ft. Frye; Jon Rossi, Middletown Madison.

SECOND TEAM: Ashley Ohler, Mt. Gilead, 5-4, sr., 22.1; Jessica Kinney, Martins Ferry, 5-8, jr., 24.5; Ashton Lovely, Jamestown Greeneview, 5-9, soph., 13.1; Cassidy Wyse, Archbold, 510, soph., 13.1; Abby Deckard, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 6-0, sr., 15.1; Amanda Ruffner, Chesapeake, 5-11, sr., 23.4; Tara Schaffter, Smithville, 6-1, sr., 176.3.

THIRD TEAM: Taylor Moore, Baltimore Liberty-Union, 5-10, sr., 16.0; Bre Nauman, Richwood N. Union, 6-0, jr., 13.0; Kayla Tedrick, West Lafayette Ridgewood, 5-6, sr., 17.9; Cierra Brady, Bucyrus Wynford, 5-5, sr., 18.5; Deanna Lewis, Cuyahoga Hts., 5-10, sr., 16.9; Jess Janota, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 6-3, soph., 16.7; Tori Leader, Portsmouth West, 5-9, jr., 23.0; Jamie Willis, Atwater Waterloo, 5-3, jr., 21.8; Mackenzie Kiser, Warren Champion, 6-0, jr., 17.3.

Special Mention Jordy Ute, Marion Elgin; Allie Hinton, Newcomerstown; Madison Richards, Cadiz Harrison Central; Cori Medley, Belmont Union Local; Brittany Shields, Middletown Madison; Alexis Murphy, Carlisle; Makala Rosselot, FayettevillePerry; Whitney Bear, Lucasville Valley; Jenny Grigsby, Frankfort Adena; Alex Southworth, Piketon; Emily Fite, Seaman North Adams; Breanna Butler, Oak Hill; Taylor Hale, Oak Hill; Theresa Jackson, Collins Western Reserve; Melissa Caraballo, Brooklyn; Jenna Stegmaier, Cuyahoga Hts.; Brooke Barreca, Newton Falls; Megan McKean, West Salem Northwestern; Courtney Powell, Youngs.

Ursuline; Alexis Naples, Canfield South Range; Hannah Lindesmith, Canton Central Cath.; Kylie Frizell, Smithville.

Honorable Mention Natalie Carpenter, Johnstown-Monroe; Kadi Conteh, Cols. Horizon Science; Taylor Dickson, Baltimore Liberty Union; Marley Hill, Cols. Africentric; Emily Williams, Fredericktown; Katlynn Dunlap, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley; Sami Schott, Sarahsville Shenandoah; Amy Graham, Zanesville West Muskingum; Deidra Combs, Beverly Fort Frye; Kelsey Miller, West Lafayette Ridgewood; Chelsie Tewanger, Woodsfield Monroe Central; Casey Carter, Georgetown; Kara Gerbus, Hamilton Badin; Trina Current, Casstown Miami East; Josey Harding, Middletown Madison; Morgan Prescott, Cin. Hills Christian Acad.;

Ashley Adkins, Coal Grove DawsonBryant; Kelsey Riley, Proctorville Fairland; Erica Schmidt, Wheelersburg; Peighton Williams, Portsmouth; Kelsey Dunkle, Chillicothe Zane Trace; Sidney Pell, Peebles; Allison Prine, Sardinia Eastern Brown; Taylor German, Crooksville; Jordan Davis, Wellston; Brooke Hertlein, Lynchburg-Clay; Lakin Caudill, Oak Hill; Ciara Reed, Milan Edison; Hannah Cox, Millbury Lake; Alexa Salsbury, Delta; Sara Feasby, Haviland Wayne Trace; Allie Hawkins, Bucyrus; Kelsea Brown, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Kayla Byler, Burton Berkshire; Carenda Czirr, Brooklyn; Katie Kaifez, Shaker Hts. Laurel; Brittney McNamara, Elyria Cath.; Ashleigh Pickens, Rootstown; Taylor Smith, Hanoverton United; Ashlee Stubbs, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Lindsay Swipas, Warren Champion; Rachel Ellis, Newton Falls; Audrey Metzger, Dalton; Alexis Van Horn, Loudonville; Brooke Schrieber, New Middletown Springfield; Aurielle Irizzary, Youngs.Ursuline.

DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Tori Thompson, Cols.

Tree of Life, 6-1, sr., 16.2; Karli Bonar, Shadyside, 5-7, jr., 17.2; Molly Nash, Zanesville Rosecrans, 5-10, soph., 15.9; Kayla Linkous, New Madison Tri-Village, 5-11, sr., 26.1; Amelia Recker, Arlington, 5-9, sr., 20.4; Hali Butler, Fairport Harbor, 5-9, sr., 20.8; Jenna Burdette, Reedsville Eastern, 5-9, soph., 15.0; Brooke Drayer, Waterford, 5-9, jr., 14.5; Emily Carlson, Lowellville, 5-7, sr., 14.7.

Players of the year: Kayla Linkous, New Madison Tri-Village; Amelia Recker, Arlington.

Coaches of the year: Rod Yoder, Plain City Shekinah Christian; Brad Gray, New Madison Tri-Village; Bill Tomsich, Mansfield St. Peter's.

SECOND TEAM: Kirsten Deweese, Lancaster Fairfield Christian Acad., 5-8, sr., 18.5; McKenzie Miller, Berlin Hiland, 5-10, sr., 13.0; Abby Siefker, Ottoville, 62, jr., 14.7; Randa Payne, Mansfield St. Peter's, 5-9, jr., 22.5; Macie Malone, Willoughby Cornerstone Christian, 5-5, sr., 13.5; Tessa Haneline, Akron Elms, 54, sr., 14.2; Kelsey Funderburgh, North Lewisburg Triad, 5-7, sr., 28.7.

THIRD TEAM: Sarah Crowder, Canal Winchester Harvest Prep, 5-11, jr., 20.8; Taylor Tackett, Greenwich South Central, 5-9, sr., 23.5; Miranda Palmer, Arcadia, 5-6, jr., 18.1; Caitlin Kish, Kirtland, 5-7, sr., 15.2; Sarah Bonar, Kinsman Badger, 5-11, sr., 23.0.

Special Mention Lauren Blair, Newark Cath.; Audrey Rettstatt, Worthington Christian; Julie

Bilyeu, Beallsville; Jessica Hunkler, Barnesville; Anya Misko, Sugarcreek Garaway; Jenna Erwin, South Charleston Southeastern; Ricci Snell, Cin. Country Day; Tori Purk, Mechanicsburg; Emily Brown, Waterford; Allison Flowers, Belpre; Jen Arnzen, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Chandra Canaday, Crown City South Gallia; Hannah Miller, Ironton St. Joseph; Kennedy Boggs, Delphos Jefferson; Brooke Ruffer, Stryker; Monet Saunders, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad.; DaVonna Bradford, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad.; Ashley Harrison, Columbiana Crestview; Mikyla Tipton, Wellsville; Sarah Cash, Warren Lordstown; Allyson Jones, Bristolville Bristol; Jessica Isler, Windham; Colleen Kennehan, Berlin Center Western Reserve.

Honorable Mention Jill Blacksten, Newark Cath.; Haley Kirby, Delaware Christian; Brenna McCullough, Delaware Christian; Dana Parkman, Gahanna Christian; Annelise Rohrer, Plain City Shekinah Christian; Hayley Holenka, Shadyside; Olivia Bower, Bowerston Conotton Valley; Nicole Smolenak, Bridgeport; Cassidy McCullough, Hannibal River; Kloie Johnson,. Zanesville Rosecrans; Nicki Cregan, Strasburg-Franklin; Shelby Carpenter, Day. Miami Valley School; Emily Sheridan, Cedarville; Lauren Weems, Cin. Seven Hills; Brooke Richard, Jackson Center; Destinee Maynard, Cin. Lockland; Chelsey Paxton, Waterford; Shannon Curley, Portsmouth Clay; Kiersten McGraw, New Boston Glenwood; Jordan Parker, Reedsville Eastern; Ellie Bostic, Crown City South Gallia; Brittany Reader, Latham Western; Rhyanna Day, Beaver Eastern; Brittany Mounts, Beaver Eastern; Hannah Rideout, Manchester; Kaylee Patton, Waynesfield-Goshen; Margaret Wuebker, Maria Stein Marion Local; Chelsea Makeever, Crestline; Morgan Keeterle, Holgate; Brooke Scherger, New Riegel; Nancy Rumpf, Tol. Ottawa Hills; Lindsay Kaatz, Sandusky St. Mary; Alexa Hart, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad.; Kayla Weber, Willoughby Cornerstone Christian; Molly Walsh, Newbury; Sydney Clark, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad.; Jenny Velota, Newbury; Jessica Frew, Akron Elms; Taylor Stanley, McDonald; Lauren Lee, Warren JFK; Brooke Dawson, Cortland Maplewood; Caitlyn Isler, Windham; Stacy Coblentz, Kidron Central Christian; Taylor Hvisdak, Lowellville; Ashley Moore, Lowellville; Dari Heller, Windham.

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Toronto Boston Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Kansas City Baltimore Minnesota New York Texas Cleveland Tampa Bay Chicago NATIONAL LEAGUE

W 6 9 6 9 9 6 6 4 6 5 3 3 3 2

L 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 8

Pct .857 .818 .750 .750 .750 .600 .545 .500 .500 .455 .333 .300 .300 .200

W L Pct 6 2 .750 Los Angeles San Francisco 8 4 .667 Miami 5 3 .625 5 3 .625 Washington 6 4 .600 Chicago 6 4 .600 Houston St. Louis 4 4 .500 Cincinnati 5 6 .455 5 6 .455 Philadelphia 4 6 .400 Colorado 4 6 .400 Milwaukee San Diego 4 7 .364 New York 3 6 .333 3 7 .300 Arizona 3 7 .300 Pittsburgh 1 10 .091 Atlanta NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Monday's Games Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis (ss) 5, Atlanta 4 Toronto 4, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 2, Tampa Bay 1, 10 innings Washington 8, St. Louis (ss) 4 Detroit 7, N.Y. Mets 7, tie, 10 innings Boston 5, Miami 3, 10 innings Cleveland 3, Arizona 2 San Francisco 2, Kansas City 1 Seattle 6, Texas 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 6 Oakland 9, Chicago White Sox 4 Colorado 11, San Diego 2 Houston 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tuesday's Games Miami 2, Atlanta 2, tie, 10 innings Toronto 8, Minnesota 2 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 7, tie, 10 innings Houston 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings St. Louis 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Cleveland 8, Texas 8, tie, 10 innings Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Oakland 8, Milwaukee (ss) 6 Kansas City 7, Cincinnati 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 4 Seattle 7, Milwaukee (ss) 4 L.A. Angels 3, Arizona 0 Detroit vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Today's Games Minnesota vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Arizona (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. vs. Atlanta at Washington Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L Philadelphia 25 17 .595 — 22 19 .537 2½ Boston New York 18 24 .429 7 Toronto 14 28 .333 11 New Jersey 14 29 .326 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 31 10 .756 — Orlando 28 15 .651 4 Atlanta 24 17 .585 7 Washington 9 31 .225 21½ Charlotte 6 34 .150 24½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 35 9 .795 — Indiana 24 16 .600 9 Milwaukee 18 24 .429 16 Cleveland 16 24 .400 17 Detroit 15 27 .357 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 13 .675 — Memphis 24 16 .600 3 Dallas 23 20 .535 5½ Houston 23 20 .535 5½ New Orleans 10 32 .238 18 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 32 10 .762 — Denver 23 19 .548 9 Minnesota 22 21 .512 10½ Utah 20 21 .488 11½ Portland 20 22 .476 12 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 25 16 .610 — L.A. Clippers 23 17 .575 1½ Phoenix 19 22 .463 6 Golden State 17 21 .447 6½ Sacramento 14 27 .341 11 Monday's Games Milwaukee 105, New Jersey 99 Chicago 104, New York 99 Charlotte 73, New Orleans 71 San Antonio 112, Washington 97 Utah 105, Detroit 90 Minnesota 127, Phoenix 124 Boston 94, L.A. Clippers 85 Tuesday's Games Toronto 96, Cleveland 88 Indiana 92, Portland 75 Orlando 104, Miami 98, OT

Houston 104, Oklahoma City 103 L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Today’s Games Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Toronto at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Utah at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 13 Western Kentucky 59, MVSU 58 BYU (25-8) vs. Iona (25-7) Wednesday, March 14 Lamar (23-11) vs. Vermont (23-11) California (24-9) vs. South Florida (20-13) EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Syracuse (31-2) vs. UNC Asheville (24-9) Kansas State (21-10) vs. Southern Mississippi (25-8) Ohio State (27-7) vs. Loyola (Md.) (24-8) Gonzaga (25-6) vs. West Virginia (19-13) At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin (24-9) vs. Montana (25-6) Vanderbilt (24-10) vs. Harvard (26-4) Friday, March 16 At Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tenn.

Florida State (24-9) vs. St. Bonaventure (20-11) Cincinnati (24-10) vs. Texas (20-13) Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Syracuse-UNC Asheville winner vs.

Kansas State-Southern Mississippi winner Ohio State-Loyola (Md.) winner vs.

Gonzaga-West Virginia winner At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin-Montana winner vs.

Vanderbilt-Harvard winner Sunday, March 18 At Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tenn.

Florida State-St. Bonaventure winner vs. Cincinnati-Texas winner Regional Semifinals At TD Garden Boston Thursday, March 22 Syracuse-UNC Asheville_Kansas State-Southern Mississippi winner vs.

Wisconsin-Montana_VanderbiltHarvard winner Ohio State-Loyola (Md.)_GonzagaWest Virginia winner vs. Florida StateSt. Bonaventure_Cincinnati-Texas winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 24 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Kentucky (32-2) vs. MVSU-Western Kentucky winner Iowa State (22-10) vs. UConn (2013) At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor (27-7) vs. South Dakota State (27-7) UNLV (26-8) vs. Colorado (23-11) At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Indiana (25-8) vs. New Mexico State (26-9) Wichita State (27-5) vs. VCU (28-6) Friday, March 16 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Duke (27-6) vs. Lehigh (26-7) Notre Dame (22-11) vs. Xavier (2112) Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Kentucky_MVSU-Western Kentucky winner vs. Iowa State-UConn winner At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor-South Dakota State winner vs.

UNLV-Colorado winner At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Indiana-New Mexico State winner vs.

Wichita State-VCU winner Sunday, March 18 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Duke-Lehigh winner vs. Notre DameXavier winner Regional Semifinals At The Georgia Dome Atlanta Friday, March 23 Kentucky-MVSU-Wester n Kentucky_Iowa State-UConn winner vs.

Indiana-New Mexico State_Wichita State-VCU winner Baylor-South Dakota State_UNLVColorado winner vs.

DukeLehigh_Notre Dame-Xavier winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Friday, March 16 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina (29-5) vs. LamarVermont winner Creighton (28-5) vs. Alabama (21-11) At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Georgetown (23-8) vs. Belmont (277) San Diego State (26-7) vs. N.C. State (22-12) At Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tenn.

Michigan (24-9) vs. Ohio (27-7) Temple (24-7) vs. California-South Florida winner At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Kansas (27-6) vs. Detroit (22-13)

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit, at Lakeland, Fla. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams TBD, at Dayton, Ohio 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, first round, teams and site TBD 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, first round, teams and site TBD TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams TBD, at Dayton, Ohio NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Philadelphia at Indiana 9:30 p.m. ESPN — Miami at Chicago NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Colorado at Buffalo SOCCER 3:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, CSKA Moscow at Real Madrid 8 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Napoli at Chelsea (same-day tape) Saint Mary's (Calif.) (27-5) vs.

Purdue (21-12) Third Round Sunday, March 18 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina_Lamar-Vermont winner vs. Creighton-Alabama winner At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Georgetown-Belmont winner vs. San Diego State-N.C. State winner At Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tenn.

Michigan-Ohio winner vs.

Temple_California-South Florida winner At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Kansas-Detroit winner vs. Saint Mary's (Calif.)-Purdue winner Regional Semifinals At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Friday, March 23 Carolina_LamarNorth Vermont_Creighton-Alabama winner vs. Michigan-Ohio_Temple-CaliforniaSouth Florida winner Georgetown-Belmont_San Diego State-N.C. State winner vs. KansasDetroit_Saint Mary's (Calif.)-Purdue winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Marquette (25-7) vs. BYU-Iona winner Murray State (30-1) vs. Colorado State (20-11) At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Louisville (26-9) vs. Davidson (25-7) New Mexico (27-6) vs. Long Beach State (25-8) Friday, March 16 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Michigan State (27-7) vs. LIU (25-8) Memphis (26-8) vs. Saint Louis (257) At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Missouri (30-4) vs. Norfolk State (259) Florida (23-10) vs. Virginia (22-9) Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Marquette_BYU-Iona winner vs.

Murray State-Colorado State winner At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Louisville-Davidson winner vs. New Mexico-Long Beach State winner Sunday, March 18 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Michigan State-LIU winner vs.

Memphis-Saint Louis winner At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Missouri-Norfolk State winner vs.

Florida-Virginia winner Regional Semifinals At US Airways Center Phoenix Michigan State-LIU_Memphis-Saint Louis winner vs.

LouisvilleDavidson_New Mexico-Long Beach State winner Marquette-BYU-Iona_Murray StateColorado State winner vs. MissouriNorfolk State_Florida-Virginia winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 24 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At The Superdome New Orleans National Semifinals Saturday, March 31 East champion vs. Midwest champion South champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 2 Semifinal winners NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Glance DES MOINES REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. Tennessee (24-8) vs. UT Martin (238), 4:10 p.m.

DePaul (22-10) vs. BYU (26-6), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Ohio State (25-6) vs. Florida (19-12), 12:15 p.m.

Baylor (34-0) vs. UC Santa Barbara (17-15)), 30 minutes following At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgetown (22-8) vs. Fresno State (28-5), 12:20 p.m.

Georgia Tech (24-8) vs. Sacred Heart (25-7), 30 minutes following

At Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Ark. Delaware (30-1) vs. UALR (20-12), 5:20 p.m.

Nebraska (24-8) vs. Kansas (19-12) 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. DePaul-BYU winner vs. TennesseeUT Martin winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Baylor-UC Santa Barbara winner vs.

Ohio State-Florida winner, TBA At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgetown-Fresno State winner vs.

Georgia Tech-Sacred Heart winner, TBA At Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Ark. winner vs.

Nebraska-Kansas Delaware-UALR winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, March 24 Baylor-UC Santa Barbara-Ohio State-Florida winner vs. GeorgetownFresno State-Georgia Tech-Sacred Heart winner, TBA Nebraska-Kansas-Delaware-UALR winner vs. DePaul-BYU-Tennessee-UT Martin winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA FRESNO REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. West Virginia (23-9) vs. Texas (1813), 11:10 a.m.

Stanford (31-1) vs. Hampton (26-4), 30 minutes following At Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina (23-9) vs. Eastern Michigan (23-8), 11:05 a.m.

Purdue (24-8) vs. South Dakota State (24-8), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

St. John's (22-9) vs. Creighton (2012), 5:05 p.m.

Oklahoma (20-12) vs. Michigan (2011), 30 minutes following At Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (22-9) vs. Middle Tennessee (26-6), 5:10 p.m.

Duke (24-5) vs. Samford (20-12), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. West Virginia-Texas winner vs.

Stanford-Hampton winner, TBA At Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina-Eastern Michigan winner vs. Purdue-South Dakota State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

St. John's-Creighton winner vs.

Oklahoma-Michigan winner, TBA At Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt-Middle Tennessee winner vs. Duke-Samford winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At Save Mart Center Fresno, Calif.

Saturday, March 24 West Virginia-Texas-StanfordHampton winner vs. South CarolinaEastern Michigan-Purdue-South Dakota State winner, TBA St. John's-Creighton-OklahomaMichigan winner vs. Vanderbilt-Middle Tennessee-Duke-Samford winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA RALEIGH REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Reed Arena College Station, Texas Arkansas (23-8) vs. Dayton (23-6), 4:05 p.m.

Texas A&M (22-10) vs. Albany (NY) (23-9), 30 minutes following At Comcast Center College Park, Md. Maryland (28-4) vs. Navy (18-13), 11:15 a.m.

Louisville (22-9) vs. Michigan State (20-11), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. California (24-9) vs. Iowa (19-11), 12:10 p.m.

Notre Dame (30-3) vs. Liberty (24-8), 30 minutes following At Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Georgia (22-8) vs. Marist (25-7),

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:05 p.m.

St. Bonaventure (29-3) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (29-2), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Reed Arena College Station, Texas Arkansas-Dayton winner vs. Texas A&M-Albany (NY) winner, TBA At Comcast Center College Park, Md. Maryland-Navy winner vs. LouisvilleMichigan State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. California-Iowa winner vs. Notre Dame-Liberty winner, TBA At Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Georgia-Marist winner vs. St. Bonaventure-Florida Gulf Coast winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Sunday, March 25 Arkansas-Dayton-Texas A&M-Albany (NY) winner vs. Maryland-NavyLouisville-Michigan State winner, TBA California-Iowa-Notre Dame-Liberty winner vs.

Georgia-Marist-St. Bonaventure-Florida Gulf Coast winner, TBA Tuesday, March 27 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, TBA KINGSTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Conn.

Kansas State (19-13) vs. Princeton (24-4), 11:20 a.m.

UConn (29-4) vs. Prairie View (1715), 30 minutes following At McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash.

Rutgers (22-9) vs. Gonzaga (26-5), 4:15 p.m.

Miami (25-5) vs. Idaho State (24-7), 30 minutes following At Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Kentucky (25-6) vs. McNeese State (26-7), 4:20 p.m.

Green Bay (30-1) vs. Iowa State (1812), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. Penn State (24-6) vs. UTEP (29-3), 5:15 p.m.

LSU (22-10) vs. San Diego State (256), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Conn.

Kansas State-Princeton winner vs.

UConn-Prairie View winner, TBA At McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash.

Rutgers-Gonzaga winner vs. MiamiIdaho State winner, TBA At Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Kentucky-McNeese State winner vs.

Green Bay-Iowa State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. Penn State-UTEP winner vs. LSUSan Diego State winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At The Ryan Center Kingston, R.I. Sunday, March 25 Kansas State-Princeton-UConnPrairie View winner vs. Penn StateUTEP-LSU-San Diego State winner, TBA Rutgers-Gonzaga-Miami-Idaho State winner vs. Kentucky-McNeese StateGreen Bay-Iowa State winner, TBA Regional Championship Tuesday, March 27 Semifinal winners, TBA FINAL FOUR At Pepsi Center Denver National Semifinals Sunday, April 1 Des Moines champion vs. Fresno champion, TBA Raleigh champion vs. Kingston champion, TBA National Championship Tuesday, April 3 Semifinal winners, TBA National Invitation Tournament Glance All Times EDT First Round UMass 101, Mississippi State 96, 2OT Seton Hall 63, Stony Brook 61 Iowa 84, Dayton 75 Tennessee 65, Savannah State 51 Akron (22-11) at Northwestern (1813), 9 p.m.

Marshall (21-13) at Middle Tennessee (25-6), 9:15 p.m.

LSU (18-14) at Oregon (22-9), 9:30 p.m.

Texas-Arlington (24-8) at Washington (21-10), 10 p.m.

Cleveland State (22-10) at Stanford (21-11), 11 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13 LSU at Oregon, 9:30 p.m.

Dayton at Iowa, 7:30 p.m.

Savannah State at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Cleveland State at Stanford, 11 p.m.

Wednesday, March 14 UCF at Drexell, 7:15 p.m.

Valparaiso at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Second Round March 16-19 Texas-Arlington-Washington winner vs. Akron-Northwestern winner LSU-Oregon winner vs. Dayton-Iowa winner Savannah State-Tennessee winner vs. Marshall-Middle Tennessee winner Minnesota-La Salle winner vs.

Valparaiso-Miami winner Stony Brook-Seton Hall winner vs.

UMass-Mississippi State winner UCF-Drexel winner vs. Northern Iowa-Saint Joseph's winner Bucknell-Arizona winner vs. NevadaOral Roberts winner Cleveland State-Stanford winner vs.

Illinois State-Mississippi winner Quarterfinals March 20-21 Texas-Arlington-Washington-AkronNorthwestern winner vs. LSU-OregonDayton-Iowa winner Savannah State-TennesseeMarshall-Middle Tennessee winner vs.

Minnesota-La Salle-Valparaiso-Miami winner Stony Brook-Seton Hall- UMassMississippi State winner vs. UCFDrexel-Northern Iowa-Saint Joseph's winner Bucknell-Ar izona-Nevada-Oral Roberts winner vs. Cleveland StateStanford-Illinois State-Mississippi win-

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ner Semifinals At Madison Square Garden Tuesday, March 27 New York Semifinal, 7 p.m.

Semifinal, 9:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, March 29 TBD, 7 p.m.

AUTO RACING Nascar Sprint Cup Leaders Through March 11 Points 1, Greg Biffle................... 125.

2, Kevin Harvick.............. 115.

3, Denny Hamlin ............ 113.

4, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ..... 107.

5, Matt Kenseth .............. 102.

6, Carl Edwards.............. 102.

7, Tony Stewart............... 100.

98.

8, Martin Truex Jr............

9, Joey Logano ..............

98.

97.

10, Mark Martin ..............

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 68 43 18 7 93188148 Pittsburgh 68 42 21 5 89219173 Philadelphia 68 39 22 7 85220197 New Jersey 69 40 24 5 85195179 N.Y. Islanders 69 28 31 10 66160206 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 68 40 25 3 83222164 70 36 25 9 81216206 Ottawa 69 32 29 8 72171194 Buffalo Toronto 69 30 31 8 68200212 Montreal 69 27 32 10 64183193 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 68 32 23 13 77166191 Washington 69 35 28 6 76184193 69 32 29 8 72181195 Winnipeg Tampa Bay 68 31 30 7 69191233 Carolina 69 26 28 15 67181207 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 70 45 18 7 97183135 Detroit 69 44 22 3 91217162 68 40 21 7 87195175 Nashville 69 37 25 7 81207203 Chicago Columbus 69 22 40 7 51161223 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 69 42 19 8 92215172 69 32 25 12 76173191 Calgary 70 36 30 4 76183187 Colorado Minnesota 69 29 30 10 68150193 Edmonton 68 26 35 7 59180206 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 69 38 26 5 81185183 Dallas 69 34 25 10 78178173 Phoenix 67 33 25 9 75184173 San Jose Los Angeles 68 31 25 12 74151150 69 29 30 10 68171193 Anaheim NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday's Games Nashville 5, Phoenix 4, SO Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, OT Colorado 3, Anaheim 2, OT San Jose 3, Edmonton 2 Tuesday's Games Washington 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, SO Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 1 Florida 5, Toronto 2 Dallas 1, Minnesota 0 St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Today's Games Colorado at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB_Suspended Minnesota RHP Yeison Florentino (Dominican Summer League) 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Nandrolone and Minnesota RHP Ezequiel Zarzuela (DSL) 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.

American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Claimed INF Brandon Hicks off waivers from Atlanta. Placed LHP Brett Anderson on the 60-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS_Assigned RHP Casey Weathers and RHP Esmailin Caridad to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA_Fined Chicago G Derrick Rose $25,000 for public criticism of officiating after Monday's game against New York.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL_Suspended Green Bay DE Mike Neal four regular season games for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.

ARIZONA CARDINALS_Released OT Levi Brown.

ATLANTA FALCONS_Agreed to terms with QB Chris Redman and WR Harry Douglas.

CAROLINA PANTHERS_Re-signed OL Geoff Hangartner. Released G Travelle Wharton.

CHICAGO BEARS_Agreed to terms with CB Tim Jennings on a two-year contract and QB Jason Campbell on a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS_Tendered contract offers to LS Clark Harris, LB Dan Skuta and S Jeromy Miles.

CLEVELAND BROWNS_Tendered contract offers to WR Jordan Norwood and DL Brian Schaefering. Signed OL John Greco to a contract extension.

Released P Richmond McGee and OL Tony Pashos.

DALLAS COWBOYS_Released K David Buehler and CB Terence Newman. Tendered contract offers to DE Clifton Geathers and OT Jermey Parnell.

HOUSTON TEXANS_Released QB Matt Leinart, FB Lawrence Vickers and OT Eric Winston.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS_Signed LB Russell Allen to a three-year contract and P Nick Harris. Released WR Kassim Osgood and OL Kevin Haslam.

MIAMI DOLPHINS_Traded WR Brandon Marshall to Chicago for two undisclosed draft picks.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS_Re-signed QB Sage Rosenfels.

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Cleveland Browns crawl into free agency CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns entered free agency with a whimper.

Moments after the NFL’s signing period opened Tuesday, the club announced that it had released starting right tackle Tony Pashos, who played with a torn tendon in his left foot last season.

The Browns also tendered contracts to wide receiver Jordan Norwood and defensive lineman Brian Schaefering and signed backup offensive lineman John Greco to a contract extension.

Along with Pashos, the team released punter Richmond McGee, who spent 15 weeks on injured

reserve last season after injuring his back during warmups before the opener.

Pashos had two injuryplagued seasons with the Browns, who signed him as a free agent in 2010. He ruptured a tendon in his foot during Cleveland’s final preseason game, but instead of going on IR or having surgery, the 31-year-old Pashos decided to tough it out and play. He never let on how badly he was hurt and Pashos underwent surgery last week, a procedure that will sideline him for up to 10 months.

Although they’re coming off a 4-12 season and have plenty of needs, the Browns are not expected to be big

players in free agency.

General manager Tom Heckert believes in building through the draft and adding key free-agent pieces to fill roles. That’s how he did it in Philadelphia and it’s been his method so far with Cleveland.

“We’re not going to go crazy in free agency,” Heckert said last week.

“We’re not going to do it. Are there guys that we’re targeting? Certainly. Now are we going to get them? That remains to be seen.”

The Browns have not announced if they have any free agents visiting in the coming days.

After being outbid by Washington to move up in

the draft and potentially select Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the Browns were assumed to be interested in Green Bay backup Matt Flynn, perhaps the star of this year’s freeagent class. Heckert said it was unlikely the Browns would find his starting quarterback in free agency and Flynn, who has two career starts, might be out of Cleveland’s price range anyway.

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Browns running back Peyton Hillis became a free agent and can sign with any team. Heckert said the club would consider re-signing Hillis, who followed up a strong season in 2010 by

becoming a distraction last season.

Hillis battled injuries but it was his other antics he sat out with strep throat, skipped treatments during a game week to get married in Arkansas, and changed agents several times that led his teammates to pull him aside for a talk.

“I think it’s more of a wait-and-see-type thing,” Heckert said of re-signing Hillis. “After the season when we talked, we said if we can work things out and he said the same thing if we can work things out he’d like to be here and we’d like him to be here. If he has to see what happens in free agency, that’s fine with us.

We’re willing to do that.

We’ll have to wait to see how things go, probably after Tuesday.”

The Browns have also expressed an interest in resigning cornerback Dimitri Patterson.

Though undersized, Norwood showed some playmaking potential last season. He made four starts and finished with a careerhigh 23 receptions for 268 yards and one touchdown.

Schaefering provided depth to the Browns’ defensive line. He played in 16 games, recording 29 tackles.

Greco, who was acquired in training camp after Floyd Womack retired, played in 15 games.

■ Golf

■ NHL

It’s all about the Achilles

Penguins’ Crosby returning to ice

Woods, other golfers battle injuries Innisbrook, having recovered from the sprained medial collateral ligament and a plica tendon, along with some atrophy in his quadriceps.

But it’s all about the Achilles these days.

“I don’t feel slighted at all,” Glover said. “What is it, 14 to 1?”

Glover grinned, waiting for the numbers to make sense. That would be 14 majors for Woods, one for him.

David Toms also withdrew from the Cadillac Championship on Sunday with a back injury. No one seemed to notice. There’s a chance some people didn’t even know he was at Doral in the first place.

Instead, there was television footage of Woods in his red shirt climbing into a golf cart and being driven to the parking lot. NBC Sports was able to use the camera from the blimp for an overhead shot of Woods’ driving away from Doral in his black Mercedes, which didn’t thrill the folks at Cadillac who paid upward of $10 million to sponsor the tournament.

The good news for Woods is that he’s still news. As Jack Nicklaus once told him in South Africa, “Just make sure you’re part of the conversation.” Never mind that Nicklaus was talking about rivalries, not injuries.

It will stay that way, especially while the golf world holds its breath to

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Tiger Woods waits his turn on the ninth green during the third round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Saturday in Doral, Fla. hear whether the Achilles tendon injury that forced Woods to withdraw after 11 holes on Sunday really was a mild sprain, as he said Monday night on Twitter.

Woods hopes to be hitting balls by the end of the week, and maybe even compete next week though he didn’t make clear in 140 characters if he was talking about the silly made-fortelevision event called the Tavistock Cup or the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, which would be his last event before the Masters.

No one moves the needle like Woods.

That much is true, even as Rory McIlroy settles in as the new world No. 1 and doesn’t shy away from it.

The day after the 22year-old from Northern Ireland held off Woods to win the Honda Classic and go to the top of the ranking,

McIlroy was at Madison Square Garden before thousands of fans with a tennis racket in hand and Maria Sharapova on the other side of the net. It was a fun moment, something rarely make that, never seen from Woods.

On Tuesday, McIlroy tweeted a picture of New York fashion designer Alexander Nash fitting him for a suit. Turns out McIlroy has been invited to the White House for dinner today.

The only thing Woods shared Tuesday on Twitter was a link to a video commercial of himself with Shaquille O’Neal engaging in something called “GolfFu” for EA Sports.

Some observers suggested McIlroy shared more about himself in 15 minutes of a press conference last week than Woods had in 15 years.

It doesn’t matter.

Woods remains golf’s most compelling figure, whether people want to see him return to glory or continue to flounder.

off last fall, when he collected 12 points in eight games before heading back to the injured reserve.

“I’m just trying to make sure I progressed and remain symptom free,” he said. “Everything’s gone really well.”

His arrival further bolsters hockey’s hottest team.

The Penguins have won nine straight and closed to within striking distance of the Eastern Conferenceleading Rangers.

Pittsburgh has been the NHL’s best team since midJanuary and while coach Dan Bylsma is eager to have Crosby’s No. 87 back on the ice, he’s planning to ease his captain back into the rotation.

Crosby will play on the third line with Matt Cooke and Tyler Kennedy while being limited to about 15 minutes against the Rangers, though Bylsma will experiment putting Crosby with MVP candidate Evgeni Malkin and fellow center Jordan Staal when given an opportunity.

■ National Football League

Trade ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 news of the trade.

“Hate to see my boy B Marshall go,” running back Reggie Bush tweeted.

“That’s the league for you, one day your hear next day your gone. Chicago is getting one hell of a player!”

“Brandon Marshall out of Miami?” center Mike Pouncey tweeted. “Tell me this ain’t true…”

Well, it is true. And it’s a big relief for the Bears.

For years, they’ve lacked a go-to receiver, and now, they have one.

Over the years, they tried to make record-setting return specialist Devin Hester their top threat. They brought in Roy Williams a year ago, hoping he could rediscover some of the form that made him a Pro Bowler in Mike Martz’s system in Detroit after a disappointing run in Dallas, but that didn’t happen.

Throw in the uncertainty surrounding Johnny Knox after his season-ending back injury and the need was glaring.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — This might come as a shock, but Tiger Woods isn’t the only player coping with an injury.

Paul Goydos was driving to the doctor’s office Tuesday morning to have surgery on his left wrist. It has been bothering him most of his 25 years on the PGA Tour, but the pain usually goes away. This time, it didn’t. He has a bone spur that needs to be removed, and figures he’ll be out of action for some three months.

Would it hurt his feelings if this news was buried behind an update on Woods’ left Achilles tendon?

“No,” Goydos said, stifling a laugh. “It’s called the Achilles’ heel for a reason.”

Lucas Glover had to wait three months to make his PGA Tour debut. The former U.S. Open champion slipped off a paddle board along the shores of Hawaii the weekend before the season opener at Kapalua and injured knee ligaments.

Glover didn’t think it was so bad at first. He thought about playing Honolulu, then the California desert, then San Diego, then Pebble Beach.

All he got was a weekly dose of disappointment each Friday afternoon when he withdrew from the next tournament, until he finally gave up on the West Coast Swing. Glover finally gets to play the Transitions Championship at

Pa. CANONSBURG, (AP) — Sidney Crosby is ready to give Broadway its latest revival act.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star plans to play on Thursday against the New York Rangers, his first game in more than three months following a second lengthy bout with concussion-like symptoms. The 24-year-old went through an arduous workout with his teammates on Tuesday and got bumped around enough that he feels prepared for the grind that awaits over the final month of the regular season and beyond.

“You’re not going to get hit to the extent that you would in a game,” Crosby said. “But you’ve got to test that as best you can.”

The dizziness and headaches that have plagued Crosby since the symptoms resurfaced in early December have abated. Crosby believes he’s in better shape now than he was during a brief comeback from a 10-month lay-

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