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May 27, 2013 It’s Where You Live! Volume 105, No. 126

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Rockets fall in Beirut BEIRUT (AP) — A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group in Beirut on Sunday, wounding four people in a new sign that Syria’s civil war is increasingly rattling its fragile neighbor. Lebanon’s sectarian divide mirrors that of Syria, and Lebanese armed factions have increasingly taken sides in the fighting next door. There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday’s rocket attacks, but they struck just hours after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed to propel Syrian President Bashar Assad to victory. In Baghdad, Syria’s foreign minister offered the first direct confirmation STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER that the Assad regime is Nancy Heiss is the new Learning Center Director at WACO. willing to take part in talks aimed at ending the Syrian conflict. A U.N.-sponsored conference, envisioned for next month in Geneva, is to bring together representatives of the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition TROY for talks on a political transition. as she homeschooled her son Chris, If you know someone who Syrian Foreign Minister now 22, until he attended Miami should be profiled Walid al-Moallem said East High School; her son Kyle 18, in our Next Door feature, conSunday the government is BY NATALIE KNOTH and daughter Moriah, 20, for their tact City Editor Melody Vallieu willing “in principle” to Staff Writer entire educational career; and son at 440-6265, or send her an participate in the confernknoth@civitasmedia.com Philip, 15, until he began attending email at mvallieu@civitasmeence. He added that such Troy High School. dia.com talks present a “good As the new Learning Center Heiss was one of two founders of opportunity for a political director at WACO, Nancy Heiss is the homeschool organization School solution for the crisis in responsible for coordinating educa- on the Rock, where she also was a also can take a flight in a full-scale Syria,” but did not say tional activities throughout the co-director for a couple musicals. plane. under what terms Assad year as well as summer camp — Along with her background would dispatch representaIn the robotics camp, particialong with a few other fun-filled working with volunteers for various tives. pants design, build and test a fully tasks tied in. organizations, Heiss said she is The date, agenda and autonomous robot using LEGOs “I can’t believe I get paid to well-equipped for the Learning list of participants for the and other elements. launch water rockets,” she said, Center director job. conference remain unclear, “There are things going on all smiling. “That’s one of the things I and wide gaps remain the time, plus additions for sumHeiss is is ready to assume her thought was so special — all the about its objectives. duties at the museum, located at functions this job needed, I thought mer,” Heiss said, adding that she’s Syrian opposition leadlooking forward to working with 1865 S. County Road 25A. Offering I already had from my hodgepodge ers have said they are willorganizations including Riverside, programming that is both novel of experiences,” Heiss said. ing to attend the Geneva local churches and Tipp City and educational is key of the Through the Learning Center’s talks, but that Assad’s Enrichment, which reach out to the Learning Center, which offers adult programming, young people as well departure from power lectures, hands-on activities, varias those of all ages have the oppor- museum about hosting special must top the agenda. activities. ous workshops, camps, classes and tunity to get hands-on experience Assad said this month that Heiss’ enthusiasm for these promore. Heiss said her new position in STEM fields — science, technolograms — and aviation in general — his future won’t be detercomplements her past professional gy, engineering and mathematics. mined by international traces back to her childhood. Her background, coupled with her expe- One of the goals of the center is to talks and that he will only father was a pilot. rience homeschooling. immerse students and lifelong step down after elections “We would fly on our family “I’m pleased I’ve had so many learners in the study of aviation vacations with him. He flew for his are held. background experiences that can be and related fields, approaching The foreign minister’s business out of the Spirit of St. used at the museum — it seems learning as a fun, enriching statement puts more presLouis Airport, and we would go on like a good match,” said Heiss, who process. sure on Syria’s fractured day trips or weekend trips or fullalso works part-time for Riverside’s This summer WACO will be political opposition to sigfledged vacations to Florida or transportation department. offering the popular summer camps nal acceptance as well. The For more than 15 years, Heiss in aviation and junior robotics, the Texas. We were always flying,” main bloc, the Syrian Heiss said. ran a home-based business for the latter which already has reached National Coalition, was scrapbooking company Creative Though she did get her flying capacity for enrollment. For the avimeeting in Istanbul for the Memories, which entailed doing permit at a young age, Heiss said ation camp, students build models fourth day Sunday to come some graphic design work — a skill of gliders, the Wright Brothers air- she’s always considered herself up with a unified position she said would be useful in making plane, kites, hot-air balloons, paper “more of a teacher” — which she on the proposed peace fliers for Learning Center event. noted seems like a good fit for rockets, rubberband powered airtalks, elect new leaders She also has experience teaching, Learning Center director. planes and biplanes. Participants • See BEIRUT on 2

Cubs top Reds in 10 innings Alfonso Soriano hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Welington Castillo had a go-ahead double in the 10th, helping the Chicago Cubs rally from a four-run deficit in a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday that stopped a season-high, six-game losing streak. Soriano singled in the seventh and scored Chicago's first run off Johnny Cueto on Luis Valbuena's two-out single. Anthony Rizzo hit an RBI double against Logan Ondrusek in the eighth — his third double in two games — and Soriano followed with his fifth homer of the season and first since May 13, a 394-foot drive to left-center. J.J. Hoover (0-4) walked Scott Hairston with two outs in the 10th, and Castillo followed with his double into the left-field corner. Kevin Gregg (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 hitless innings, stopping the Reds' five-game winning streak.

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Suspect had been arrested NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suspect in last week’s savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and fight with al-Qaida-linked Somali militants, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday. See Page

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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them “every step of the way.” “I’m just a messenger here,” the president said, saying “folks are behind you” across America. He offered moral and monetary support in the wake of the monstrous EF5 tornado that killed 24 people, including 10 children, last Monday afternoon. Standing with Gov. Mary Fallin and other state and federal officials, Obama noted a substantial rebuilding job ahead and said that “our hearts go out to you.”

“This is a strong community with strong character. There’s no doubt they will bounce back,” he said. “But they need help.” The White House said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has already provided $57 million in rebates and incentives to help build about 12,000 storm shelters in Oklahoma. “These storm shelters can be the difference between life and death,” presidential spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters accompanying Obama to Oklahoma on Air Force One. For Obama, Sunday’s visit had an all-toofamiliar ring. Only five months into his second term, he has traveled to the northeast to console people in the

wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, and visited Connecticut and Arizona to comfort people traumatized by shooting rampages. He also has undertaken his consolerin-chief role at the site of plant explosions and mine disasters, not to mention a series of natural disasters including Joplin, Mo., and the Jersey Shore, which was heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy last year. Once on the ground, Obama urged the American people to make contributions, saying the damage was “pretty hard to comprehend.” Shortly after his arrival AP on a partly cloudy day, Obama rode past grassy President Barack Obama comforts Plaza Towers fields strewn with scat- Elementary School principal Amy Simpson as he • See OBAMA on 2 views the devastated school Sunday.

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