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Dimitri Nicholas arrested, charged with child neglect STAFF REPORT PALM COAST, Fla. — Three children of a Piqua man jumped from a car he was driving, according to the Flagler County, Fla. Sheriff’s Office.

According to records obtained from the sheriff’s office, Dimitri M. Nicholas, 41, was arrested Monday and charged with felony child neglect.

The police report said the three children jumped from the car while their father was “driving slow.” They told deputies they were afraid, according to court documents. The children walked to a neighbor’s home. Nicholas did not return to pick them up until much later, where he was arrested on the scene.

Lengthy mental eval for Colo. shooting case

NICHOLAS Nicholas, owner of Orr Felt Company on South Main Street in Piqua, was charged with a DUI in Piqua in 1999 and was on probation until 2000. He was then convicted of the same charge in

2001, according to the Associated Press. BY DAN ELLIOTT In 2008, Nicholas was convicted of Associated Press driving under the influence of alcohol and was granted limited driving priviCENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge leges, according to court records. on Tuesday accepted James Holmes’ plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting susBY JOYELL NEVINS pect.

The court Civitas Media clerk placed tdneditorial@civitasmedia.com a written adTIPP CITY — A Vandalia police chase visory of the turned into bad news for Tipp City when ground rules a fugitive got loose and local schools of the plea were put in lockdown. Within an hour, b e f o r e though, the man was apprehended and Holmes so police let schools out safely. he could folAt about 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, Butler low it as Township Police received a “theft in Judge Carlos progress” call from the Walmart at Samour Jr. HOLMES Miller Lane. Two suspects had atISAAC HALE/STAFF PHOTO read through tempted to steal an X-box and videos. Law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions apprehend a suspect after all 18 points.

One of them was stopped by a Walmart a manhunt that developed from a high-speed pursuit around the Tipp City area When Samour asked if he had any loss prevention officer and brought into Tuesday afternoon. questions, Holmes answered “no” in a the loss prevention office. When the secclear, firm voice. Samour then accepted ond suspect was brought in, he bit two of apprehended immediately. The second was a crash at the cemetery with a fugi- the plea. tive heading north to Tipp City, and to the employees, leaving one of the female suspect took off on foot.

“I find Mr. Holmes understands the efThat’s when the Miami County Sher- put all buildings on lockdown. That was fects and consequences of the not guilty officers with a serious wound.

“It was quite a chunk,” Butler Chief of iff ’s Office provided assistance, setting at about 2:20 p.m., according to Super- by reason of insanity plea,” the judge up a perimeter outside the cemetery. A intendent Dr. John Kronour. Between said. “He was looking at the advisement Police John Cresie said.

Then the first suspect started fighting deputy stopped by Ginghamsburg 2:35-2:40 p.m., Tipp police officers came and appeared to be following along.” and both of them jumped in their car Church’s South Campus Discipleship to each school to bring them out of lockSamour also determined prosecutors (later found to be stolen in Harrison Center on County Road 25-A and told down. Although it delayed the busing can have access to a notebook that Township). At that point, all of Butler’s staff and a tour of college students to schedule, Kronour feels the safety of the Holmes sent to a psychiatrist before last police units were unavailable due to ex- leave the area and secure the cars and students was worth it. summer’s rampage.

“It’s better to be safe than sorry,” he isting runs. They requested Vandalia Po- buildings. Staff then contacted the Tipp Holmes is accused of opening fire in a said. lice respond for mutual aid. Vandalia City campus. packed Denver-area movie theater last “Ginghamsburg thought it would be The second suspect was caught in the summer, killing 12 people and injuring Sergeant Breish responded and attempted to stop them in the Walmart prudent to secure its south campus dis- wooded area adjacent to the cemetery 70. He is charged with multiple counts parking lot. The suspects rammed his cipleship center doors and alert its Tipp with the aid of a police dog. He is still in of murder and attempted murder, and police cruiser with their vehicle and fled. City campus and preschool to be watch- the hospital, and as of last night was too prosecutors are seeking the death Vandalia pursued the suspects on ful and stay indoors until the emergency disoriented to give his name, Cresie said. penalty.

A One Call Now was sent out to Tipp North Dixie Drive all the way up to For- ended,” Communications Specialist Holmes’ lawyers repeatedly have said City parents after the suspect was he is mentally ill, but they delayed the est Hills Cemetery, near the county line, Brenda Hauser said.

Police dispatch called the Tipp City where the two men crashed their vehicle insanity plea while arguing state laws into a ditch. The driver, Juan Bell, was school district office and told them there were unconstitutional. They said the See Fugitive/Page 8 laws could hobble the defense if Holmes’ case should ever reach the phase where the jury decides if he should be executed.

The judge rejected that argument last week.

COVINGTON — The vil- evaluate our sludge disposal The current method consists On Tuesday, Samour ordered Holmes lage of Covington Council met process and has provided of putting sludge on drying to undergo a mental evaluation at the Monday and discussed data for review to support the beds in an attempt to save on state hospital in Pueblo, as soon as the progress regarding current further exploration of the bio hauling costs. The bio bag sys- hospital is ready to conduct it. Evaluaprojects. Village Administra- bag system,” Busse said. tem would allow more effi- tors want to review the 40,000 pages of tor Mike Busse updated coun- “They estimate an annual cient hauling of sludge. evidence in the case first, so it’s unclear cil on the wastewater plant savings of approximately Busse also informed coun- when it will happen. Samour set a study. $13,400 over the current cil that the Community “CH2MHill is continuing to method of sludge hauling.”

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Brown bag series returns to downtown Popular summer event to be held at Fountain Plaza PIQUA — The Mainstreet Piqua Downtown Brown Bag Series begins this Thursday and will run each Thursday through June 27.

The event will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fountain Plaza at the city building. 201 W. Water St, and will include entertainment and lunch and a drink for $7, with $1 from each

lunch going to benefit the Mainstreet Piqua programs.

The schedule is as follows: • June 6, vocalist Brian Brenner. Lunch by Mulligan’s Pub will include buffalo deli chicken with smoked gouda on white bread, chips, cookie, drink.

• June 13, pianist Scott Oglesbee.

Lunch by

Michalo’s Pizza and Wings will include hamburger or cheeseburger from the grill, chips, cookie, drink.

• June 20, musical duo Spittin’ Image. Lunch by Lighthouse Cafe will include a single turkey and bacon club on whole wheat, potato chips, cookie and drink.

• June 27, pianist and vocalist Bill Corfield. Lunch

For home delivery, call 773-2725

by Susie’s Big Dipper will include barbecue chicken on the grill, homemade potato salad, kiddie dish of ice cream and drink.

In the event of wet or extremely hot weather, the event will be held in the Piqua Commission Chambers on the second floor of the municipal building.

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Doris Elizabeth Neuenschwander ST. MARYS — Doris Elizabeth Neuenschwander, 88, passed away Sund a y , June 2, 2013, at 4:14 p.m. in the Otterbein Retirement Community, NEUENSCHWANDER S t .

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Born on Sept. 27, 1924, in Shelby County, she was a daughter of the late Fred C. and Margaret (Stewart) Hetzler. She married John C. Worthington on April 25, 1943, in Shelby County. He preceded her in death September 6, 1981. They were the parents of three sons, who survive, Robert (Patricia) Worthington of Encampment, Wy., Larry (Mary) Worthington of Sidney and Freddy (Brenda) Worthington of Springboro.

Doris is also survived by six grandsons, Mark (Lieve) Worthington of Cheyenne, Wy., Michael Worthington of Laramie, Wy., Timothy (Jodi) Worthington of Russia, Daniel Worthington of Toledo, Todd (LaDonna) Worthington of Middletown, and Chad (Jessica) Worthington of Springboro; and three step granddaughters, Violet (Jacob) Sanderson, Mari Mahoney of Wyoming and Marsha Mahoney of Colorado: 10 great-grandchildren, Meghan, Dustin, Cody, Trent, Blake, Ireland, Grace, Reagan, Addison, and Anastasia, Worthington; and four step great grandchildren, Kyle Kirkpatrick, Collin, Abigail, and Sarah Ann Sanderson. She is also survived by a niece, Donna Mae (Stephen) Worl.

She married Simon “Sam” Neuenschwander on Feb. 12, 1983, in Berne, Ind., and he preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2003.

From this marriage she is survived by three stepdaughters, Susan (Dave) Wulliman of Berne, Ind., Jo (Eldon) Williams of Celina and Denise (Dan) Duvall of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Doris is also survived by 11 step grandchildren, Todd Wulliman of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Kurt (Lucie) Wulliman of Nashville, Tenn., Katie (Jason) Andrew of Celina, Amanda (Shane) Tickle of Rockford, Nichole (Russell) Paul of Darlington, Wis., Amber Ballinger of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Ashley (Brad) Pearson of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and 11 step great-grandchildren, Lauryn, Sophia, Quinn, Tatum, Tenley, Samuel,

Savannah, Zoe, Owen, Logan and Abraham.

In addition to her parents and two husbands, Doris was preceded in death by a brother and sister-in-law, Donald (Mable) Hetzler; and two nephews, Paul and David Hetzler, all of Sidney; and a stepdaughter, Ann Zollinger of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Doris was a lifelong member of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Shelby County and also attended the First Mennonite Church in Berne, Ind. After graduation from Green Twp. High School, Shelby County, in 1942, she worked as a cashier at Rapp’s Women’s Store in Piqua until she was married. Then she was a farmer’s wife. Later she worked for J.C. Penney’s in Piqua and Logan. After moving to VanWert, in 1968, she managed the Schiff Shoe Store and worked at Central Mutual Insurance Co. In 1971, she and John bought the Photo Star Newspaper in Willshire. John published the newspaper until his death in 1981, at which time Doris assumed the duties until 1987, when she retired and sold the newspaper. She was a member of the Peony Chapter of American Business Women’s Association in Van Wert and was voted Woman of the Year for 1980. She served on the Board of Trustees for the United Way, and the Advisory Board for the Visiting Nurses. On July 17, 2004 Doris moved to Otterbein Retirement Community in St. Marys, where she found a whole new family and lived her remaining years.

Visitation for family and friends will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the Suber-Shivley Funeral Home, 201 W. Main St., Fletcher. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Otterbein Retirement Community Chapel, 11300 Circle Dr., St. Marys, with Chaplains Vince Lavieri.

There will be an hour of visitation prior to the funeral service, beginning at 10 a.m in the chapel. Burial will follow in the Cedar Point Cemetery in Pasco, east of Sidney, at 2 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to Spring Creek Baptist Church. 15333 E. Miami Shelby Rd., Piqua Oh 45356 or to Otterbein Retirement Community Benevolent Fund, 11300 Circle Dr., St. Marys, OH 45885. Condolences to the family may be sent to w w w. s h i v e l y f u n e r a lhome.com.

Gertrude E. Martin PIQUA — Gertrude E. Martin, 86, of Piqua, died at 5:57 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2013, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. She was born Sept. 11, 1926, in Russia to the late Leonard and Winifred (Francis) Monnin. She married Jacob A. Martin Jr. April 24, 1948, in Russia; he preceded her in death Dec. 25, 2002.

Survivors include four sons, Michael “Mick” Martin, David (Serena) Martin, John (Cecelia) Martin. all of Piqua, and Jeffrey (Sharon) Martin of Rocky Point, N.C.; two daughters, Diana (Rich) Wilson and Anita Wirrig all of Piqua; 16 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a brother, David Monnin of Sidney; and a sister, Maryann Simon of Versailles.

Mrs. Martin was a member of St. Boniface

Catholic Church, V.F.W. Post 4874 Auxiliary, and worked at Piqua Pizza Supply for many years.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be concelebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, at St. Boniface Catholic Church with the Rev. Fr. Angelo C. Caserta and the Rev. Fr. Thomas L. Bolte.

Burial will follow at Miami Memorial Park, Covington, Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home where a prayer service will be conducted at 7 pm.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Boniface Catholic Church 310 S. Downing St., Piqua, OH 45356. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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Questions: Please call Editor Susan Hartley at (937) 773-2721, ext. 207 if you have questions about obituaries.

Nellie Grace Shamblin CHRISTIANSBURG — Nellie Grace Shamblin Nellie Grace Shamblin, 77, of Christiansburg, passed away S a t u rd a y , June 1, 2013, at 4:45 p.m. at SHAMBLIN t h e home of her son, Orvin Shamblin. She was born Oct. 9, 1935, in Milford Center, the daughter of the late Harry and Sylvia (McCarty) Underhill and was one of four children of which two have preceded her in death.

Mrs. Shamblin attended Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Ariz., and was the former owner and operator of the M&M Restaurant in Christiansburg. Her hobbies included cooking, fishing, camping, and going to flea markets.

Survivors included four sons and daughters-inlaw, Dennis Earl and Pam Shamblin, Jr. of Christiansburg, Orvin and Marites Shamblin of Christiansburg, Sam and Monique Shamblin of Troy, and Mark Shamblin

Jessie A. Sides

of Alaska; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister and brother-in-law, Julia and Nick Strom of Greenwood, South Carolina; and one sister-in-law, Mary Underhill of Stoutsville.

In addition to her parents, Nellie was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis Earl Shamblin, Sr. on Sept. 1, 2012; two brothers, David Edwin Underhill and Harry Wayne Underhill; two nieces, Linda Diane Farnham and Sally Underhill; two nephews, John Clinton and Aaron James Sams; and one brother-inlaw, John Harold Proctor.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy with her sister, Julia Strom officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christiansburg. Contributions may be given in her memory to the Alzheimer’s Association Miami Valley, 3797 Summit Glen Drive, Suite 100, Dayton, OH 45449. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fishercheneyfuneralhome.com.

Linda A. ‘Me-Me’ Welbaum PIQUA — Linda A. “Me-Me” Welbaum, 71, of Piqua, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Piqua Manor. She was born April 6, 1942, in Troy, to the l a t e E d ward E. a n d Anna M .

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Survivors include three daughters, Kathy (Gary) Ganger, Rita Kiser (Roy Howard), and Nita McGreevy, all of Piqua; four grandchildren, Jenny (John) Reedy, Derek (Jessica) Kenworthy, Brittany Kenworthy, Darci (Michael) McGreevy Marshal; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Garbig of Piqua; and a brother, Ronald (Bonnie) Newnam of Piqua. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Newnam; a son, Michael Kiser; a son-in-law, Wayne Mc-

Greevy; and a greatgrandson, Zian Kenworthy.

Linda was a retired nurses aide, having worked at the former Harborside of Troy and other area nursing homes. She also had volunteered at Piqua Manor and the former Villa Convalescent Center of Troy. She loved all sports, but especially watching the Cincinnati Reds.

A funeral service to honor her life will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, with Pastor Dan Scalf officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 910 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

COVINGTON — Jessie A. Sides, 91, of Covington, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Greenbrier Nursing Center, Eaton.

She was b o r n Oct. 13, 1921, to SIDES John and Alice (King) Boone.

She was a member of the Old German Baptist Brethren New Conference.

Her early years were spent on a farm in Franklin County, Va., near the Pigg River church. She was the third oldest of 13 children and did all she could to help her sweet mother care for them. She had many stories to tell of her childhood days.

Jessie married George Henry Durham on Feb. 21, 1941. They lived a few years in Virginia before moving to the Covington, area. George passed away Oct. 4, 1978, and Jessie married Lester Hubert Sides on Nov.1,1980.

They had many happy years together until his passing on Dec. 16, 2005.

In passing, Jessie leaves her children Calvin (Juel) Durham of Eaton and Loretta (Paul) Hawbaker of Waynesboro, Pa.; seven

grandchildren and 22 greatgrandchildren;step-children, Verna (Jim) Cook of Covington, Charles (Melinda) Sides of Pendleton, Ind., Barbara Sides of Arcanum, Denny (Janice) Sides of Greenville, and Marie Sides of State Line, Pa.; 14 step-grandchildren; 25 step-grandchildren; sister, Pauline (Johnny) Brooks of Rocky Mounty, Va, brothers, Robert (Betsy ) Boone of Casstown, Claude (Carol) Boone of New Lebanon, Clyde (Hazel ) Boone of Greenville, Ralph (Mary) Boone and Buren (Karen) Boone of Modesto, Calif.; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers John,Thomas,James;sisters Anna Divers, Rachel Johnson, Lucy Johnson; step-sons Donald Sides and Keith Sides; and two step-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday, June 7, at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, 6360 Farrington Rd., Covington. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-5 and 6-8 p.m.Thursday at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home, 10 S. High St., Covington. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton.

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Marvin Smith BRADFORD — Marvin Smith, 85, a lifetime resident of Bradford, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at his home.

Marvin was born March 27, 1928, in Bradford, to the late Marvin W. and Mary M. (Wion) Smith. He loved farming.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Gladys Smith; two sisters, Maxine and her husband, Don Kochersperger, and Arlene Smith;and sister-in-law, Thelma Smith.

Marvin is survived by two sons, Steve and his wife, Linda Smith of Bradford, and Tommy Smith and Sherri Smith of Piqua; five grandchildren and their spouses, Stephanie and Randy Wood of Bradford, Shaun and Shelley Smith of

Baton Rouge, La., Regina and Mark Gearo of Huber Heights, Tommy Smith Jr of Piqua, and Nick and Stacey Smith of Gettysburg; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers,Lowell Dean Smith and Paul and his wife, Pat Smith, all of Covington; mother of his children, Carolyn Smith of Troy; companion, Melba Copeland; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. today at Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home,Bradford with Pastor John Shelton officiating.

Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m.today at the funeral home. If desired, contributions may be made to State of the Heart Hospice.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

Death notices WEST MILTON — Audrey Mattis, 90, of West Milton, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013, at her home.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Potsdam United Methodist Church, with Pastor Pam Hitchcock officiating. Burial will follow at Arlington Cemetery, Brookville. Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton, is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia J. ‘Pat’ Kauffman WEST LIBERTY — Patricia J. “Pat” Kauffman went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 2, 2013. She was born Sept.

18, 1930, in Logan County to the late Hartley and Josephine (Raines) Grant.

She married Robert “Bob” Kauffman on Jan. 19, 1952, and he preceded her in death on May 7, 1986. Pat worked a number of places — ‘57-58 at Siemens in Bellefontaine, ‘59-67 at the Copeland in Sidney, 68-69 at the Women’s Reformatory in Marysville and ‘74-91 at the Colonial Coin Dry Cleaners.

She is survived by three children, Debbie (husband Dean) Brown of Urbana, Lori Rice of Piqua and Rob (Katz) Kauffman of Bellefontaine. She also is survived by two special loving friends Brenda “Beaner” Williams and Becky Bechtel who gave a lot of their time visiting with Pat. Pat was a grandmother to four grandchildrenCasey, Niki, Brett and Ashleigh; and four great-grandchildren, Kayti, Kaden, Emily and Hayley. She also is survived by several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by four

WEST MILTON — Jackie Rae Martin, 22, of West Milton, passed away on June 1, 2013 at Miami Valley brothers, Paul, Byron, Hospital. Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, West Milton, Charles, and Frances and is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive a sister Elizabeth Young. friends from 4-7 p.m. Thursday. No services will be held.

Also preceding her in death are two infant HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dolly Jane “Toots” brothers, Thomas and Smith, 89, of Huntington, W.Va., died Monday, June 3, Richard Arlen.

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Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at Funeral services will be Johnson Tiller Funeral Home, Wayne, W.Va. Burial held at 11 a.m. Friday, at Jennings Farley Fu- will follow in the Smith Family Cemetery. neral Home, 5591 U.S. SIDNEY — Dorothy E. “Dottie” Smith, 87, of 2500 Route 68 South, West Liberty. Visitation will be N. Kuther Rd, Sidney, passed away Tuesday, June 4, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday. 2013, at 3:57 a.m. at her residence. A Mass of Christian Interment will follow in Burial will be held Friday at Holy Angels Catholic the Bellefontaine Ceme- Church, with the Rev. Daniel Schmitmeyer officiating. tery. If desired contribu- Burial will follow at Cedar Point Cemetery in Pasco. The tions may be directed to family will receive friends at Cromes Funeral Home, Universal Home Health 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney. and Hospice 701 S. Main St. Bellefontaine, OH Look forward to an agent you can trust 43311, Springcreek Baptist Church 15333 E. with your car, home and your life.

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The Kiwanis Club of Dayton hosted the Rae Burick Women in Excellence Sports Award ceremony recently at the Dayton Masonic Temple.The Rae Burick is given to the top high school woman athlete for her academic achievements, athletic excellence and contributions to her athletic field.Each participating school selected up to seven of their top women athletes to attend the ceremony as honorees. The following women athletes representing Piqua High School were (left to right) Katie Stewart, Tasha Potts,Kaili Ingle, Teija Davis, Haley Dotson and Hannah Mowery.

State Briefs Lawmaker seeks money for captives

COLUMBUS (AP) — A provision in a bill being considered by the Ohio Senate would allow chiropractors to make the call on allowing student athletes with head injuries to go back into games.

The move has upset some physicians in the state who say chiropractors do not have the proper training for that responsibility.

The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports the provision is included in Ohio Bill 59, which is likely to be passed Thursday.

It gives chiropractors the authority to return young athletes to the field after showing symptoms of a concussion or head injury.

Supporters of the provision, however, say chiropractors get rigorous training in neurology and are qualified to make the assessments.

COLUMBUS (AP) — A lawmaker in Ohio wants the state to provide years of relief payments and a free ride to college for three Cleveland women abducted and held in captivity for about a decade.

State Rep. John Barnes Jr. is introducing his Survivors of Abduction Act on Tuesday. It would provide Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight at least $25,000 a year in reparations for the years they were restrained and tuition, fees and living expenses at a public college.

The Cleveland Democrat says legislators of both parties have expressed support for the bill, which would bear the women’s names and be covered by taxpayers.

Ariel Castro was charged with rape Ohio Bike week marred and kidnapping last month after the women dramatically escaped from his by fatal Cleveland home. His attorney says he’ll SANDUSKY (AP) — The beginning plead not guilty. of Ohio Bike Week has been marred by the death of motorcyclist in a traffic Ohio announces new crash.

The State Highway Patrol said 48childhood antiyear-old Kristina McGraw was killed obesity effort Monday on the first day of the event in COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio health of- Sandusky. Troopers said she was ficials have announced a new $1 million thrown from her 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster when a Jeep operated by a initiative to fight childhood obesity.

The Ohio Department of Health an- 16-year-old driver turned in front of her nounced the program on Tuesday, and she crashed into it.

Ohio Bike Week is one of the largest which will pay for education and services in needy communities and build on motorcycle rallies in the Midwest. One existing anti-obesity efforts. The state is of the organizers, Steve Ernst, told the providing $500,000 in each of the next Sandusky Register that McGraw’s death is a tremendous blow to the local two years.

More than one-third of the children biker community. He said she headed in the state are overweight or obese. up a last-minute Bike Week fundraiser That makes Ohio the 12th worst state last weekend to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. for childhood obesity.

No charges were immediately filed.

The program will include steps to prevent early childhood obesity by coordinating messages around physical Prosecutor violated activity and nutrition for children records law younger than 5.

Counties getting the money will CINCINNATI (AP) — A state apwork with early childhood education peals court says a prosecutor violated centers, health-care providers and other the Ohio Public Records Act by refusing community partners. a newspaper’s request for a 911 tape.

The 12th District Court of Appeals OH chiropractors could on Monday ordered Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser to pay make call on concus$1,000 in damages to The Cincinnati sions Enquirer. It rejected the newspaper’s

request for attorney fees.

The prosecutor had contended that the call by a dispatcher to a man who confessed to fatally stabbing his step-father should be excluded from public record. He said the dispatcher’s call after an initial call was disconnected was a confidential investigatory record, and its release would prejudice the man’s right to a fair trial.

The Enquirer reports the court said no evidence was produced to show that.

Gmoser could appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Document indicates buried child HILLSBORO (AP) — Court documents indicate a child whose body was recovered last week from a southwest Ohio woods is believed to have been buried there in December.

The Hillsboro Times-Gazette reports that a document filed in Hillsboro Municipal Court gives the “violation date” as Dec. 18, 2012. It was filed in connection with charges against Garin Niehaus’ mother and her boyfriend.

Authorities have charged 26-year-old Whitney Johnson and 25-year-old Nathan Ritze of Richmond, Ky., with felony counts of abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

Police had no attorney information for Johnson and Ritze, who were jailed Monday in Hillsboro pending a Wednesday court appearance.

Police say Johnson told investigators the child had pneumonia, and a coroner said preliminary examination didn’t show any obvious physical trauma to his body.

tentative deadline of Aug. 2 for Holmes’ evaluation but indicated he would grant more time if doctors want it.

The hearing came as the court released dozens of pretrial motions filed by defense attorneys challenging the admissibility of ballistics, handwriting and mountains of other evidence, and signaling Holmes will seek a change of venue because of pretrial publicity.

The motions challenge the search and seizure of computers, a pistol from Holmes’ car outside the theater, evidence taken from Holmes’ booby-trapped apartment, emails and other items. The motions also indicate the prosecution has as many as 3,000 witnesses, including FBI and Aurora officials, and demands that prosecutors hand over as many as 2,000 pieces of physical evidence.

Lawyers also argued briefly in court about

whether prosecutors should have access to a notebook Holmes sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton. Media reports have said the notebook contains drawings depicting violence.

Defense lawyers argued Fenton never received the notebook so prosecutors shouldn’t have access to it.

Prosecutors say police would like to do unspecified “additional processing” on the notebook. Samour ordered the notebook to be turned over next week.

Hundreds of people were watching a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Aurora theater July 20 when the shooting occurred.

The dead included a Navy veteran who threw himself in front of his friends to shield them, an aspiring sports journalist who had survived a mall shooting just two months earlier, and a 6-year-old girl.

Prosecutors say Holmes spent months buying weapons, ammunition and

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Franklin L. ‘Frank’ Hutchinson PLEASANT HILL — L. “Frank” Franklin Hutchinson, 70, of Pleasant Hill and formerly of Troy, passed away 1 : 3 7 p . m .

Mond a y , June 3, 2 0 1 3 , HUTCHINSON at the home of his granddaughter in Pleasant Hill. He was born June 18, 1942, in Troy to the late Raymond B. and Mary K. (Brandenburg) Hutchinson. He was married on Aug. 3, 1963, to Sandra K. Garbry, and she survives.

Frank also is survived by his son and daughterin-law, Jeff and Brenda Hutchinson of Troy; two granddaughters, Brandy (Jeremy) Schellhouse of Hill, and Pleasant Amanda Hutchinson of Troy; two brothers, Dale Hutchinson of Texas, and Raymond J. Hutchinson of Troy; and one sister and brother-in-law, Lucille and Donald Harshbarger of Melbourne, Fla. He was preceded in death by four brothers, John, William, Richard, and Robert Hutchinson; and one sister, Evelyn Hutchinson.

Frank was a 1961 graduate of Troy High School.

He served in the Army during peacetime. He was a member of First United Church of Christ in Troy.

He served on the Troy City Council as Fourth Ward Councilmember from Jan. 1, 2004 to Dec. 31, 2005, and as councilmember-at-large from Jan. 1, 2008 to Dec. 31, 2011. He retired from Meijers as a meat cutter after 15 years of service. He is a member of Franklin Lodge 14 F&AM in Troy, was a former member of the Troy American Legion, was a former member of the Troy Fish & Game Club, and was a member of the Liberty Squares Dance Club from 1997 to 2002, and was a caller for them.

Funeral services will be held 5 p.m. Thursday at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy with Pastor Lauren Allen officiating.

Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service from 3-5 p.m. at the funeral home. An Honor Guard Service by the Veterans Memorial Honor Guard of Troy to follow the funeral service at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the family.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

In Brief Ft. Rowdy meeting set for July 11

COVINGTON — The Fort Rowdy Gathering will not have a committee meeting in June. The next committee meeting will be Thursday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A walk- Covington City Building. The public is always welcome. way on the Roebling Suspension Bridge is opening for pedestrians to cross the County tax budget on agenda Ohio River.

PIQUA — The City of Piqua Commission will meet in The Kentucky Enquirer reports the regular session at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, to consider walkway on the span connecting Cov- the proposed city of Piqua tax budget for Miami County ington and Cincinnati opens on Tues- for the calendar year 2014 and draft appropriation ordiday. Officials from Kentucky and Ohio nance. The meeting will take place in the commission are expected to attend an afternoon rib- chambers at 201 W. Water St. Prior to the meeting, the bon-cutting ceremony. budget will be available online at www.piquaoh.org.

The connector is part of a project aimed at making the area more walka- UVCC adult division offering new ble.

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materials for explosives and scouted the theater in advance. He donned policestyle body armor, tossed a gas canister into the seats and opened fire, they say.

The insanity plea is widely seen as Holmes’ best chance of avoiding execution, and possibly his only chance, given the weight of the evidence against him.

But his lawyers delayed it for weeks, saying Colorado’s laws on the insanity plea and the death penalty could work in combination to violate his constitutional rights.

The laws state that if Holmes does not cooperate with doctors conducting a mandatory mental evaluation, he would lose the right to call expert witnesses to testify about his sanity during the penalty phase of his trial. Defense lawyers argued that is an unconstitutional restriction on his right to build a defense.

They also contended the law doesn’t define cooperation.

Samour rejected those

arguments last week and said the laws are constitutional.

Colorado law defines insanity as the inability to distinguish right from wrong caused by a diseased or defective mind.

If jurors find Holmes not guilty by reason of insanity, he would be committed indefinitely to the state mental hospital. He could eventually be released if doctors find his sanity has been restored, but that is considered unlikely.

If jurors convict him, the next step is the penalty phase, during which both sides call witnesses to testify about factors that could affect why Holmes should or shouldn’t be executed.

The jury would then decide whether Holmes should be executed or sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

If jurors impose the death penalty, it would trigger court appeals and open other possibilities that would take years to resolve.

PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division is offering a new class that to help people reduce their total grocery bill with coupons. Participants will learn how to find the best deals available without spending hours looking through ads, create an organization tool, and discover where to get free coupons.

Couponing 101 will be taught by Julie Hagaman of Mendon. Hagaman understands the need for a streamlined couponing system.

“By using free resources available on the internet, you can learn how to save money on products you already buy every week, the types of coupons available and how to use them for maximum savings,” she said.

Classes will be held Monday, July 8 and Monday July 15, from 6-9 p.m. at the Upper Valley Career Center Applied Technology Center. The $60 fee is due upon registration. Please call Student Services at (800) 589-6963 to enroll or email Enrichment Coordinator Annette Paulus at paulusa@uppervalleycc.org.

Class size is limited; registrations will be accepted through July 1.

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Idols on the silver screen aybe it’s different for you, especially if you’re reading this in an actual newspaper. But if you’re online with me right now (trust me, I am at the computer as you’re reading — that’s what I do), you’re probably in need of some silence. Desperate for it, and maybe even terrified of it. Like the end of “The Social Network,” where Jesse Eisenberg just keeps hitting “refresh.” As if there were really anything rejuvenating about the act.

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Listening to MSNBC anchors reference “socalled” White House scandals involving the IRS and Benghazi, I had to admire for a moment once again the adept political skill at work; they know their audience. Not MSNBC’s particularly, but the culture we’re living in. We have limited attention spans.

Elizabeth Scalia’s new book, “Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life,” has a brilliant cover. It shows the window of a KATHY LOPEZ cathedral looking Columnist into rows of app icons.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, shoes, sports, alcohol, gambling, a political party. None of these are intrinsically bad. But in excess, outside of a healthy order, they can poison our lives and relationships.

In “Strange Gods,” Scalia, known online as “The Anchoress” from the title of her blog, announces that ours is a “culture that is over-connected, media saturated, and weirdly obsessed with the fake glamour of ‘reality’ exhibitionism.”

Illusions are all around us. Some of them are presented by advertisers (as Google adjusts to our conversations!), and “can keep us recklessly careening about in search of some elusive idea of perfection. When we listen to these voices, our pride and ego are neither acknowledged nor reined in.” Instead, she observes, “they run wild, urging that we assert ourselves, pursue the notice of others — that we control our environments and even insert ourselves into conversations and life stories that are actually none of our business.”

Our vision is “bedazzled by our fears, insecurities, egos,” she suggests. We find ourselves “mesmerized by our favorite iThis and eThat and how much we love our favorite artist, our favorite politician, and our favorite sports figure.”

We attribute to all of these things, all of these people, expectations that aren’t fair to — or good for — anyone. Even in our cynicism about politics, we look to personalities and legislation for salvation.

Sitting at a conference on religious freedom — far from my first — this past week, I reflected on these alternative realities. Here the Ethics and Public Policy Center had gathered Sikhs, Muslims, Pentecostals, Jews and Catholics, among others, to discuss the urgency of the threats that are eroding religious freedom in America.

One of these threats, the Department of Health and Human Services insurance mandate that has forced business owners and religious leaders to court for relief is about protecting basic conscience rights that the late Ted Kennedy, as well as Hillary Clinton, when marketing her health-care reform plan as first lady, were not long ago in favor of. It’s about basic freedom.

Family life is on the decline. Researchers and commentators tell us what we can see every time we get on an elevator or wait in a checkout line: People are connected, but they’re not connecting. Good luck building families and communities, kids, in a culture of looking down at your iWhatever. Add to this an increase in Americans who believe that anything goes spiritually — who needs organized religion anyway? — when we actually do look up from our gadgets, we may just find that the mediating institutions that have buttressed our pluralistic, democratic republic have become relics.

We need to do more than just hit “refresh.”

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Be prepared cent of independents, and 52 hen my father was percent of Republicans agree alive, he left New that Congress need not fish Orleans only two around for corresponding times in his life. The first cuts before cutting a check. was to serve his country in We’re talking about our felKorea. The second was when the federal governlow Americans — about ment evacuated him to San restoring lives and rebuildAntonio in 2005. Every ing economies.The public exDONNA BRAZILE pects a unified helping hand member of my family — faColumnist and not, as in the movie “Dr. ther, brothers,sisters,nieces, Strangelove,” our own hand nephews, uncles, aunts and cousins — was displaced by Katrina, which trying to choke our own throat.

The National Weather Service states, flooded our homes, schools, libraries, grocery stores,places of worship,hospitals and places “Each year,more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other severe weather related of employment.

My sister was in an assisted-living facility hazard.”Thus,the first rule in hurricanes,sein New Orleans, stranded on the building’s vere storms, tornados and floods is to get roof. FEMA officials told me to go online to from outdoors to safe shelter.

Have on hand a three-day supply of food register her information and they would get and water (a gallon per day for each memback to me, but that I shouldn’t expect to know anything for weeks. Thanks to an on- ber of the family).And don’t forget your famair appeal by my CNN colleagueWolf Blitzer ily pets.

Have a first-aid kit, flashlight, batteries asking for news about the stranded resiand a radio. See that at least one member of dents, and local inquiries from an official from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife your family is trained in first aid and adand Fisheries and one of my cousins, a po- ministering CPR/AED (defibrillator). Have personal medications and a list of them. liceman, we found her alive.

My 92-year-old uncle was on his rooftop Make an emergency plan that all family for days without food or water. He was members practice, and establish a way to plucked from the familiar and flown to contact each other if separated.

Get a NOAA national weather radio made Roswell, Ga., where he had a heart attack. It just for weather alerts. You can buy one took until late 2012 for my entire family to rebuild or relocate. When there’s a story of where electronics products are sold, or over storms wreaking havoc on communities and the Internet.

Be ready to evacuate your home or workthe subsequent effort to rebuild, I try to offer if necessary.With hurricanes and floods, place my help and support — I can relate. there is often a warning of several hours or The country is bracing for another week of severe weather. While some politicians even a day. With tornados, you may have 15 continue to debate the reality of global minutesofwarningthatatwisterisimminent. warming, we can all learn from others’ expe- Thereisusuallynowarningforearthquakes,so riences of dealing with natural disasters and you’ll need to learn ahead of time what actions embrace the Boy Scouts’ motto: “Be Pre- to take when the shaking starts.

Learn the difference between a weather pared.” “watch” and a “warning.”A “watch” means to Perhaps we need to talk more about scibe alert that a hurricane or tornado is possience, learn more about the climate. But climate change or not, we will always have ble. A “warning” means time has run out -- a natural disasters: blizzards, floods, wildfires, tornado or hurricane is present and you earthquakes, hurricanes and tornados. My should take immediate action, seeking shelmain lesson from Katrina:We need to be pre- ter in a storm cellar, or if there’s no time, inpared in our personal lives, in our communi- side an inner room such as a closet or bathroom or in your bathtub. ties, and at the federal level.

The Red Cross has recommendations on I cheered while watching President specific preparations for floods, hurricanes, Obama and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey appear together to reopen the Jersey tornados, earthquakes, etc. On the Internet, shoreline for business after last October’s visit redcross.org/prepare/disaster, or call Hurricane Sandy wiped out miles of homes, your local Red Cross chapter today. They’ll beaches and boardwalks.The recovery of the see you get the help and information that Jersey shore, though incomplete, exceeded you need.

It might just save your life or help your expectations because of the transpartisan cofamily in a time of crisis. operation of Obama and Christie.

A Washington Post-Pew Research Center Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic poll released in the last few days finds that six out of 10 Americans want federal monies strategist, a political commentator and conallocated rapidly to disaster areas, and re- tributor to CNN and ABC News, and a conbuke dithering about finding matching cuts tributing columnist to Ms. Magazine and O, first.In fact,69 percent of Democrats,57 per- the Oprah Magazine.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday voted to make modest changes to the way international food aid is delivered, a much scaled-back version of an overhaul proposed by President Barack Obama earlier this year.

Senators adopted an amendment by voice vote to a wide-ranging farm bill Monday that would slightly boost dollars to buy locallygrown food close to needy areas abroad. Currently, most food aid is grown in the United States and shipped to developing countries, an approach the Obama administration says is inefficient.

The Senate farm bill would allocate $40 million annually for a local purchase program — an increase from current dollars, but still a small portion of the $1.8 billion spent on food aid.The amendment sponsored by Republican Mike Johanns, of Nebraska, and Democrat Chris Coons, of Delaware, would boost that to $60 million annually.

Many food aid groups have long argued that buying food abroad would be quicker, less expensive and more beneficial to local farmers than the current method that benefits U.S. farmers and shippers. The Obama administration in April proposed shifting almost half of the international food aid money to more flexible accounts that allow for cash purchases abroad, saying such a move would be more efficient.

But that proposal has so far fallen flat in Congress, where farm-state lawmakers who oversee agriculture spending and the farm bill have been reluctant to shift money away from American farmers. Farm and shipping groups launched strong campaigns against the proposal, lining up opposition in both the House and Senate even before Obama proposed the changes in his April budget.

Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, has said that changes are necessary as a humanitarian crisis in Syria and recent droughts in Africa have sapped food aid from other countries in need.

He said that buying food locally is often the only practical option in war-torn countries where trucking in large amounts of food is not safe and shipping U.S. food can often take several weeks.

Only a small portion of the U.S. food aid budget allows for cash purchases abroad, including the added dollars for the local purchase program.

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Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: ■ Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, ward5comm@piquaoh.org, 773-7929 (home) ■ John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778 (home) ■ William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 ■ Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh.org, 778-0390 ■ Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh.org, 773-3189 ■ City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051 ■ Miami County Commissioners: John “Bud” O’Brien, Jack Evans and Richard Kathryn Lopez is the editor-at-large of NaCultice, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH tional Review Online www.nationalreview.com.

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great relationship Three veteran storm chasers isCouple’s second victim of rape killed by Oklahoma tornado

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating “Vernon” for six months. We were great together from the day we met. It was like we’d known each other forever and could talk for hours.

We talked every night and it was amazing.

Two weeks ago, I was raped by a man I thought was a friend. When I told Vernon, he was shocked and didn’t know how to handle it. I was hoping we could get past it, but two nights ago he said he can no longer be intimate with me because he feels like he is doing something wrong, or I won’t like it.

He said he loves talking to me and still wants to be friends.

We have continued talking every night, but it is hard for me to do as just his friend. Do you think he will be able to get over these feelings and be with me again? Should I remain friends when I have DISCOVERY CHANNEL/AP PHOTO feelings for him?

This undated photo provided by The Discovery Channel shows Carl Young, left, and Tim Samaras watching —WANTS MORE IN the sky. Jim Samaras said Sunday that his brother storm chaser Tim Samaras was killed along with Tim’s MINNESOTA son, Paul Samaras, and another chaser, Carl Young, on May 31 in Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research.

DEAR WANTS MORE: If you haven’t alBY KELLY P. KISSEL AND took a clear turn toward them.” meteorological community and the ready reported the rape to Tim Samaras and his Twistex families of our friends lost. Tim the police, do it now. The THOMAS PEIPERT tornado chase team produced mate- Samaras was a pioneer and great man who did this to you Associated Press rial for the Discovery Channel, Na- man,” Weather Channel meteorolo- needs to be taken out of Three veteran storm chasers died tional Geographic and gist Jim Cantore tweeted Sunday. circulation so he won’t doing what they loved: roaming the meteorological conferences.

Ed Grubb, a chaser who works harm another woman.

Great Plains in search of dangerous You should be receiving “He looked at tornadoes not for with Twistex at times, told the AP storms like the one in Oklahoma the spotlight of TV but for the sci- that Tim Samaras did not take un- counseling to help you get that ended their final pursuit. over what was done to entific aspect,” Jim Samaras said. necessary risks.

Tim Samaras, his son Paul and “At the end of the day, he wanted to “We hope that we can find out ex- you, and frankly, so should colleague Carl Young died Friday save lives and he gave the ultimate actly what happened here so that Vernon. Unless he can night when an EF3 tornado with sacrifice for that.” stop treating you as we can have some closure and so we winds up to 165 mph turned on though you are “untouchThe Oklahoma storm that killed them near El Reno, Okla. After the three chasers developed right in can better understand,” he said. “So able,” you should NOT years of sharing dramatic videos front to them. Tim Samaras that when other researchers are in continue the “friendship,” with television viewers and tweeted a photo of clouds rising the field, if there was a mistake, because what he is doing weather researchers, they died through a volatile atmosphere and they can take the necessary actions is distancing himself chasing a storm that killed 13 in noted: “Storms now initiating south to keep this from happening again.” when you need his supThe Discovery Channel, which port the most.

Oklahoma City and its suburbs. of Watonga along triple point. Danfeatured Tim Samaras on “Storm “It’s something we’ve done count- gerous day ahead for OK — stay Chasers” until last year, planned to DEAR ABBY: About a less times in the past and have done weather savvy!” dedicate a show Sunday evening to year ago I became enit successfully and safely,” said Tony It was his final tweet.

Laubauch, who was working with The Storm Prediction Center said the three men, noting they died gaged to a very special Tim Samaras’ chase team Friday in a statement Sunday that it was “doing what they love, chasing man. We have decided to be married during a weekstorms.” night. “And, you know, whatever saddened by the deaths. long cruise we have taken happened on this one, it’s just horThe National Geographic Society “Samaras was a respected torrible beyond words.” nado researcher and friend ... who called Tim Samaras a “courageous the past two years. We The men’s deaths in pursuit of brought to the field a unique port- and brilliant scientist” and posted knew some family memthe storm are believed to be the first folio of expertise in engineering, sci- on its website an interview con- bers might not be able to attend for financial reaamong scientific researchers while ence, writing and videography,” the ducted with him last month. so we chose to invite sons, chasing tornadoes, the Storm Pre- center said.

“Being close to a tornado is one of diction Center in Norman, Okla., The tornado in the classic movie those incredible, fleeting moments only two close friends as said.

“The Wizard of Oz” fascinated a that sometimes you have to take a witnesses and not have “They put themselves in harm’s then-6-year-old Tim Samaras, his couple of seconds to take in,” he said our families there.

My family is OK with way so that they can educate the brother said. “He didn’t give a crap in the interview. He told the magapublic about the destructive power about Toto, he didn’t give a crap zine there were probably fewer than our decision, but his famof these storms,” said Chris West, about the munchkins,” Jim Sama- five storm chasers who pursue tor- ily is not pleased. They have been calling him conthe undersheriff in Canadian ras said. nadoes for data. stantly and telling him to County, where the men died.

Laubach said Tim Samaras, as an “On a big tornado day in Okla- change our plans and acTim Samaras, 54, of Bennett, engineer, was interested in using homa, you can have hundreds of commodate them, and Colo., had a reputation for being storm research to make homes storm chasers lined up down the frankly, we are sick of it. safe but was trapped on the high- more storm-resistant. road,” he said. “Oklahoma is consid- We know why they’re way with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, “The data collected can go a long ered the mecca of storm chasing. We upset, but at the same also of Bennett, and Young, 45, who way with forecast models even taught geology at Lake Tahoe Com- down to building better structures know ahead of time when we chase time this is our day and munity College in South Lake that are able to withstand tornadic in Oklahoma, there’s going to be a they should respect our decision.

Tahoe, Calif. winds more,” Laubach told the AP. traffic jam.”

How can we get them to The Storm Prediction Center said “I don’t know if I would say I worThe storm hit Oklahoma City be more understanding scientific storm chasing is perried about it because one of the during rush hour. High winds swept biggest things he stressed was several vehicles off roads — includ- formed as safely as possible, with and less disrespectful safety,” said Tim’s brother, Jim ing one from The Weather Channel trained researchers using appropri- about how we want our Samaras, who confirmed the deaths that was tossed 200 yards and ate technology. It encouraged all, into The Associated Press. “He knew flipped without causing serious in- cluding the media and amateurs, to chase safely to avoid a repeat of Friwhat to look for. He knew where not juries. to be and in this case, the tornado “This is a very sad day for the day’s deaths.

wedding? Please help, because we don’t know what else to say to them.

— SOON TO BE NEWLYWEDS DEAR SOON TO BE NEWLYWEDS: It appears your fiance’s family considers weddings to be more about the joining of families and less about the wishes of the individuals involved. They expected to be included, and are hurt because they weren’t.

A way to explain your decision would be to make it less about yourselves and more about the fact that you knew some family members could not afford to make this trip, so you plan to have a reception when you return and include everybody.

DEAR ABBY: Next month my husband and I are leaving our 18-yearold son home alone overnight for the first time. We have good neighbors who will keep an eye on things. Although we trust our son, I feel we should let his 16-year-old girlfriend’s parents know he will have the house to himself for the night.

I have never met them and don’t want to alarm them by calling out of the blue. Do you think I should call them?

— WHAT SHOULD I DO? DEAR WHAT: Yes. Call, introduce yourself, and suggest that because your teenagers are involved that you meet in person “sometime soon.”

And while you’re making conversation, casually mention that you will be leaving town and your son will be alone overnight for the first time. If you had a 16-year-old daughter, wouldn’t YOU want to know?

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

and three clubs, as well as five diamonds.

With 11 of West’s 13 cards now accounted for in those three suits, he cannot have started with more than two spades. Accordingly, you cash the ace of spades, cross back to the

king and then lead dummy’s last spade. When East produces the nine, you finesse the ten with absolute certainty that it will win the trick.

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her Tomorrow: Pinpoint de- home in Mumbai, police said fense.

KHAN Tuesday.

A police offiSolve it cial, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the body of the 25year-old actress was found in her apartment in Mumbai’s Juhu neighborhood late Monday.

Complete the Khan, whose real name grid so every row, was Nafisa Khan, was column and 3 x 3 born in New York and box contains grew up in London before every digit from moving to Mumbai.

1 to 9 inclusively.

Khan began her career in Mumbai’s film industry MONDAY’S SOLUTION in the 2007 Hindi film “Nishabd,” in which she portrayed a teenager in love with her best friend’s father, played by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

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Counting out a hand might be thought of by some as a difficult exercise, but the fact is that the process is fairly easy, and anyone who can count to 13 should be able to meet the challenge.

Assume you’re in six notrump and West leads the king of diamonds.

When dummy appears, you can count 11 sure tricks, and your problem is to find a 12th. The only suit that offers any real hope of producing an extra trick is spades, where you have a reasonably good chance to make four tricks instead of three.

Scoring a fourth spade

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■ Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

trick might appear to be simply a matter of finding the suit divided 3-3 or dropping the singleton or doubleton jack, but there’s much more to it than that.

To begin with, you should duck the king of diamonds as the first step in a campaign to learn all you possibly can about the distribution of the adverse cards.

Let’s say West continues with the queen of diamonds, on which East discards a heart. The wisdom of holding off on the previous trick immediately becomes apparent because you quickly learn that West started with five diamonds and East with only one.

After taking the second diamond with the ace, you test the East-West distribution still further by cashing three hearts and four clubs, in the course of which you learn that West started with three hearts

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he May birthday of our great grandson snagged a ragged edge of my heart, bringing a flood of tears as I remembered his mother, our little Elizabeth. Some of the memories are like an ugly parasite, a tape worm with sections that break off, reattach, never die, continue to reproduce and sometimes suck the very life out of me. I don’t know how many “sections” must be destroyed to be rid of what consumes me; my guess is, the worm and I will also share death before we go in different directions.

Four years ago, Elizabeth delivered an absolutely beautiful, heroin-addicted, very sick little boy. She’d been told for nearly a decade that she’d probably never be able to conceive so she didn’t use birth control. After the death of Michelle, her mother, her life might have been different if she’d been allowed to live with RB and me, her aunt, uncle and cousins — or not. During our court-ordered, bi-monthly visits, we saw pre-teen changes, not all of them healthy.

She told us how she and her friends experimented with fortune-telling games and a Ouija board, trying to contact her mother.

They stopped when one experience was very frightening. Teen years, she carved crude tattoos, one on the web of her thumb and one on her

No to physical compliments

lower abdomen. She began wearing dark lipstick, black eye makeup, and a deep purple tint on her hair. Her idol was Kurt Cobain, the rock musician who killed himself. Her grades plummeted, she skipped school, and “ran away” for a weekend. Her father remarried, acquiring two stepsons. Periodically in therapy, she told of the abuse her mother suffered at her father’s hands, which he vehemently denied. Elizabeth said the stepmother finally heard his confession when she walked in unexpectedly and found Elizabeth had been knocked out of a chair and was lying on the floor. A string of therapists were fascinated with what Elizabeth told but we only heard parts, most of which involved verbal abuse.

There were other … abuses … we didn’t hear of until years later.

She was an extremely talented artist and some of her finished work was quite revealing. An ink sketch depicted a doll with a head that was split open and bleeding, eyes that were swollen shut, hands disjointed from wrists, arms suspended from hooks in the shoulders.

It’s the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen. She didn’t accept a scholarship to Columbus College of Art and Design, the apex of art schools. Instead, she experimented with any drug she could get — except alcohol. Her father took the lock off her bedroom door.

When he took off the whole door, she gathered her things and moved with the help of her boyfriend.

It was too late for her to

come here; her choices were made, her habits established. I wanted to trust her, tried to believe her, intended to help her, and became a First Class Enabler. Give me a story I can believe and I’ll provide whatever you need! When she complained of difficulty meeting the rent and buying food, I had a few dollars that I could do without and wrote her a check. Believe me, it was very generous. I allowed myself to be taken advantage of. When she was evicted and all of her belongings were thrown on the curb, her boyfriend and his mother took her in, gathered up and saved all her possessions. One fact never changed: I always loved her and she never doubted it; she always loved me, regardless of what she said and did.

She never stole from me but I guess she never needed to.

Separated from her loyal boyfriend, she found a lucrative job with drug dealers in Columbus until they were apprehended. I don’t know what her duties were but the FBI had her on film. During several phone calls from officials representing the Attorney General’s office, I begged them to put her in rehab instead of jail. She got both. Her probation officer relayed many things she’d told them. She accused and named various people in positions of authority over her as those who had raped her. He indicated they believed her, and tried but were unable to substantiate her claims; there were no witnesses.

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CAROLYN STEVENS Columnist Franklin County because there aren’t always enough beds and somebody has to sleep on the concrete floor — amid bedbugs, head bugs, and body bugs. I sent money orders for snacks but she never received it all. She learned to save certain things from meal trays, like sugar packets and fruit, to make a low grade alcohol. As I said, alcohol wasn’t her “poison” but that didn’t stop her from assisting others. (An enabler, just like Granny.) She was in jail three months, followed by about a year in rehab.; the exact length of time is immaterial. I’m grateful she was given that opportunity, regardless of the quality of treatment received. (Her father and I had shouting phone arguments regarding whether she “deserved” to be helped.) After her release, she vowed never to touch drugs again. Within days, she went to a street fair, found a new boyfriend, just out of treatment and “through with drugs.”

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Next: The pregnancy Contact columnist Carolyn Stevens by emailing c a n drstevens297@gmail.com.

Class of 1961 to meet PIQUA — The Piqua Central High School Class of 1961 will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at Buffalo Jack’s restaurant in Covington. Orders will be taken from the menu. Spouses and significant others are welcome. The group will be finalizing plans for the 70th Birthday Party.

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“If I can find one who really, really like sports and keeps the chips and dip coming then I could be happy,” said Martin.

Dee and Tom, married more than 50 years, have eight grandchildren. Together with Key, they welcome questions, suggestions and Grand Remarks of the Week.

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Dear W.O.: In case there was ever any doubt, looks generally ARE the most important thing in a young granddaughters life. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. The “thigh gap” is one of the newer wrinkles – the clear space or gap that’s visible between a runway model’s thighs when standing with her knees together. As you might imagine, few granddaughters keep pace with this expanding roster of beauty requirements

making the rounds. According to one widely circulated statistic, 80% of girls dislike their bodies by age 17.

If that weren’t bad enough, their self-esteem is subject to the slings and arrows of digital bullies and assorted other tormentors. In the dog eat dog digital world that grandchildren inhabit, the ratio of negative comments to positive comments is often 2:1 or worse, and looks are an easy target. So we don’t think a few compliments about your granddaughters’ physical appearance are misplaced.

Notice we said a few.

We understand your daughter’s concerns about going overboard on looks. And we’re equally sure that a discriminating grandparent can discern other aspects of their granddaughters that merit praise – random acts of excellence, no matter how small, that should be reinforced and habituated. Don’t confine your compliments to their good looks. Mix in a few more about their good deeds. Looks are the first thing to go. Good

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Dear Grandparenting: I am having this little tiff with my daughter Joy. She wants me to watch my mouth when I talk to my grandchildren.

No, it’s not because I use nasty language, and it’s not because I’m a big meanie either. It’s because I like to tell my granddaughters that they look nice or I think they are cute or something like that.

My daughter put me on warning. No more compliments about my granddaughter’s physical appearance!! I plead guilty. But what’s the big deal? My daughter says it sends the message that looks are the most important thing in life. I say give me a break. That’s what grandparents are for. It’s all so harmless.

Like maybe I’ll say you look good, and my granddaughters say they’d look great in a new pair of jeans, and I’ll buy it for them. Is that a crime?

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What if healthy people don't want to buy Obamacare?

BY DASHIELL BENNETT The Atlantic Wire With less than a year until the Affordable Care Act starts to really kick in, there is a growing concern the group of people who are most needed to make the plan work properly are the ones most likely opt out.

One of the key promises of the ACA has always been that it would lower costs for health insurance.

The trick to making that happen was to get everyone to buy health care, which is why the law came with an individual mandate. In the run-up to the law's passage (and after) there was a lot of heated argument about how forcing people to buy something they don't want is un-American, but the Supreme Court upheld the mandate idea on the grounds that it's just a new kind of tax. Buy health insurance or pay the tax. Your choice.

There is one little-discussed flaw, however, the could turn out to be the fatal one: The government doesn't really want people to pay the tax. In order for the plan to work, we need some people (especially young, healthy people) to pay more into the health care exchanges than they receive in services for the risk pool math to work. Yet, there are concerns that penalty or not, the people who can't afford or don't want to pay for health care won't be sold on the government-sponsored health exchanges which are meant to supplement more-expensive private insurance. Some are also arguing that the cost to buy insurance on the exchanges will be far greater than Obamacare supporters have predicted.

If that's the case, then the penalty just might not be high enough. In the first year, the tax is the higher of $95 or 1 percent of your income (so $400 for someone making $40,000). The rate increases each year, to a max of the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent in 2016 (or $1,000 for someone with $40,000 of income). If you're one of the few that pays very little under the current system — the young and healthy; or the uninsured, who currently pay $0 — then your costs are definitely going up. The ACA will provide subsidies to those who can't afford it, but again, most citizens are either unaware of that fact, don't know if they will eligible, or are completely confused about to apply.

(Constant predictions of bureaucratic nightmares from the bill's opponents don't help matters.) It's easy to see then why their instinct is to opt out entirely.

A recent survey claims that many as 10 percent of people are planning to skip insurance and pay the penalty. More than 60 percent think they won't be able to afford it, and most have no idea what they will do come January 1, 2014. Only 19 percent said they expect to have coverage in place by the deadline. The Los Angeles Times spoke to several young people who say they have no plans to buy insurance at all, because they think that they "never get sick." In addition, by allowing young, single people to stay on their parents health insurance until they are 26, the ACA also created a huge pool of healthy young people who won't be in the market for the exchange plans because they just don't need it yet.

But for those young people who are facing the penalty, why would they prefer to fork over that money to the government (and get nothing in return) as opposed to just buying health insurance?

One reason is people don't know how to buy coverage . The exchanges that are being created to offer more and better alternatives to private coverage don't exist yet. They sound confusing and the costs are currently unknown or in dispute.

At The New Republic Jonathan Cohn does a pretty good job of tearing down a lot of the predictions about inflated costs, but in the end even he is forced to admit that, yes, some healthy people will pay more for insurance than they do right now. But many more sick people (some of whom are currently young and healthy) will probably pay less.

That's the bargain we're making to ensure that (as a country) we get better health coverage. Cohn elaborates: As Aaron Carroll, Obamacare involves real trade-offs: Higher-income people have to pay higher taxes, the health care industry has to endure lower payments from Medicare, and—yes— some young, healthy, affluent people have to pay more for private insurance. Those of us who support the law believe that's a worthwhile price to pay to help achieve universal coverage, given the lack of politically viable alternatives.

There are other potential benefits to the plan , as well, aside from just the money . But again, in order to maximize those benefits for everyone, we need everyone to play along. Even the people who won't see the benefits right away, if ever. Too many people waiting until they were old and sick to join the health insurance market is how we got into this mess in the first place. After all, almost every healthy person in the world will one day become a sick person. And the line between well and ill is a pretty thin one.

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A lighter take on a classic

BY SARA MOULTON Associated Press My family has been weaning itself from red meat for years. We still love it, but the portions and frequency are less than they used to be. Still, when I started planning a Father's Day menu for my husband and my dad, I thought it might be nice to bow to tradition by turning to the Batman and Robin of manly fare — steak and potatoes.

Happily, there are many ways these days to have your steak and eat it, too.

For this menu, I was able to lower the fat and calorie count not only of the steak and potatoes, but of the equally sinful sauce — bearnaise.And, as ever, the flavor stays large.

We start with flank steak. Leaner and tougher than rib-eye (the traditionalist's cut of choice), flank steak is nonetheless plenty juicy and delicious as long as you cook it to no more than medium-rare and slice it thinly and against the grain.And just a little of it — 4 ounces — can be surprisingly satisfying.

The satisfaction quotient leaps up pretty quickly, of course, when potatoes get into the act. In this case, I'm talking about russets, the king of starchy potatoes. I shred those bad boys, flatten them into a pancake, and crisp up the pancake in a nonstick skillet with just a little bit of olive oil.

Then I transfer it to a sheet pan and finish it in the oven, which frees up the skillet for the steak.

While the steak is cooking and resting, you can go to work on my "bearnaise sauce." The traditional version — made with egg yolks, lots of butter and tarragon — is a classic of French cuisine. In my version, tarragon is the only ingredient to survive. I start by making a reduction with white wine, white wine vinegar, minced shallots and dried tarragon. You can use all white wine if you have no vinegar or all vinegar if you prefer not to use white wine. If you have no shallots, just substitute finely-chopped onion.

This reduction is the acid base of the sauce, to which you will add my miraculous cheating ingredient — one-third-less-fat cream cheese — which somehow replaces both the egg yolks and the butter. Finish off the sauce with fresh tarragon, and there you have it, a wonderful bearnaise that is simultaneously rich and light.

One of the side benefits of the onethird-less-fat cream cheese is that the sauce it makes is virtually indestructible. A traditional bearnaise is temperamental; you always have to fret about the yolks curdling and the butter separating out to form a greasy slick. This sauce stays intact. By the way, don't forget to add the resting juices from the steak to the sauce, as they make it even tastier.

Our steakhouse dinner wouldn't be complete without some spinach on the side. I cooked it up with olive oil and garlic in the same pan as the potatoes and the steak. I'm telling you, Mom, this is almost a one-dish meal! When I had The Husband test drive the whole menu, he declared that it would make any day Father's Day. FATHER'S DAY STEAKHOUSE DINNER Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 6 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 2 medium russet potatoes, peeled and coarsely grated, preferably using the grating disk of a food processor Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 medium shallot, minced 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons dry white wine 2 teaspoons dried tarragon 6 ounces 1/3-less fat cream cheese (Neufchatel) 1 1/2 pounds flank steak, trimmed of any visible fat 1 1/2 pounds baby spinach leaves 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon Heat the oven to 350 F. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add the grated potatoes, pressing them down with a spatula, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until golden brown on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat. Set a large dinner plate over the skillet, then invert to transfer the potatoes, browned side up, onto the plate.

Return the skillet to the heat and

add another 1/2 tablespoon of oil. Slide the potatoes back into the skillet, browned side up. Cook until golden brown on the second side, about another 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a sheet pan and place in the oven to keep warm.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium-high, combine the shallot, vinegar, white wine, tarragon, a hefty pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Cook gently until reduced to about 1 tablespoon. Add the cream cheese, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking each until incorporated.

Whisk in 2 tablespoons water, then set aside.

Wipe out the skillet, add 1 tablespoon of the remaining oil and heat it over medium-high. Pat the steak dry, sprinkle it on both sides with salt and pepper, then add it to the skillet. Cook the steak to desired doneness, 4 to 5 minutes per side for medium rare, then transfer it to a platter, cover it loosely with foil and let it rest for 5 minutes.

While the steak is resting, add a tablespoon of the oil to the skillet and reduce the heat to medium. Add the spinach in 4 batches, adding more as each batch cooks down slightly. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil after the first 2 batches of spinach.

Cook until the spinach is just wilted, then add the garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for another minute, then keep warm on low heat.

Remove the potato pancake from the oven and cut it into 6 wedges. Slice the steak thinly at an angle against the grain.Add the juices from the resting steak to the sauce along with the fresh tarragon, and additional water, if necessary, to reach the desired consistency. Warm the sauce over medium heat just until hot.

Transfer a potato wedge, a mound of spinach and some of the steak to each of 6 serving plates. Drizzle the sauce over each portion of steak and serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 470 calories; 190 calories from fat (40 percent of total calories); 21 g fat (7 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 38 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 33 g protein; 660 mg sodium.

Fewer having difficulty paying medical bills

BY JUDITH GRAHAM Kaiser Health News Fewer American families are having problems paying medical bills, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. Still, nearly a fifth off families still struggle with that financial responsibility.

The report found that 20.3 percent of families headed by someone under the age of 65 — 54.2 million people — had difficulty covering medical expenses in the first half of 2012, compared with 21.7 percent of families — or 57.8 million people – in the same period in 2011.

The federal agency didn’t offer an explanation for its finding. Other experts said factors likely driving the decline include a more robust economy, declines in the use of health care services, slower increases in health

care costs and provisions in the Affordable Care Act that expand insurance coverage to young adults and eliminate lifetime caps on insurance benefits and phase out annual caps.

“Two things may be happening,” said David Newman, executive director of the Health Care Cost Institute in Washington, D.C. “The financial situation of many families is improving, along with the economy. And people appear to be consuming fewer health care services; as this happens, they have fewer bills to pay.”

The NCHS report is by far the largest study of its kind. Results come from in-person interviews with 155,321 individuals conducted between January 2011 and June 2012.

Other research that has examined the burden of medical bills on families has been based on much smaller samples.

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Dr. Jeff Rayborn, primary care physician board certified in sports medicine, will perform the screening exams. They will be offered from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Wednesday beginning June 19 through July 31, except July 3. To schedule an appointment for a physical, contact the UVMC Center for Sports Medicine at (937) 667-2614. The cost for a physical is $30.

Individuals without insurance were the only group to experience more difficulties paying medical bills: 36.3 percent reported this concern in the first half of 2012, up from 35.7 percent a year earlier. By contrast, 14 percent of families with private insurance had similar problems in the first half of 2012, down from 15.7 percent the year before.

Among those with public insurance – Medicaid, military programs, Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, Medicare, and other plans – 25.6 percent said it was hard to cover medical expenses in the first half of 2012, a drop from 28 percent a year ago.

Other research lends weight to the findings. In April, the Commonwealth Fund published a report that suggested there was a “leveling off ” between 2010 and 2012 in what had previously been steady increases in the number of people who have trouble making payments on medical bills, said Sara Collins, a vice president at the Commonwealth Fund and an author of the report.

She credited the Affordable Care Act for helping change the trend line.

About 3.4 million young adults have gained insur-

ance since the law let individuals up to age 26 be covered through their parents’ policies. Meanwhile, caps on lifetime benefits have been eliminated, annual limits on benefits are being phased out, and a number of preventive services are now available without cost sharing under the law, Collins noted.

The new report’s findings are also “broadly consistent” with what the Center for Studying Health System Change found in a December 2011 report tracking families’ difficulty paying medical bills, according to Peter Cunningham, a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C., organization.

“Since 2010, we’ve seen very little change in the number,” he said, probably because of “the moderation in health care costs and because people have been pulling back on their healthcare utilization and spending.”

Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communications organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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Case gets tea party steamed up CINCINNATI (AP) — While it’s clear that Ohio tea party activists are fired up over recent disclosures that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, what that will mean to politics in the pivotal swing state is still a little hazy.

The investigation into IRS actions has given people opposed to big government and high taxes a rallying focus in recent weeks. The case has extra significance in Ohio because the key IRS office involved is in Cincinnati, and organizations such as the Ohio Liberty Coalition, Dayton tea party and several other state tea party groups and activists are among those who complained about being subjected to burdensome extra scrutiny in their efforts to gain tax-exempt status.

“The (Barack) Obama administration should have let sleeping dogs lie,” said George Brunemann, a Cincinnati tea party leader who helped organize a town hall-style forum Wednesday night that brought out hundreds of activists and had an online audience. “They have given people a new reason to be engaged. They were using the IRS as a hammer against us, and they got caught.”

The White House has said none of its senior officials was involved in the targeting, which came during 2010-12. After helping Republicans win big in Ohio in 2010, including the governorship, the tea party saw a Democratic president carry their state in 2012 while GOP Treasurer Josh Mandel fell to Democrat Sherrod Brown in the U.S. Senate race. can “Disappointment lead to a decline in activity; this happens to a lot of groups,” said University of Akron political scientist John C. Green, who closely follows conservative groups in the state as he analyzes religion and politics. The IRS case has led to “a revival,” Green said, but he added there had already been renewed activity in Ohio by tea party leaders over other issues — aimed at state Republican leaders.

Some tea party leaders and other activists are unhappy about GOP Gov. John Kasich’s support for expansion of Medicaid coverage and a severance tax on the oil and gas industry. They are also upset over Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s change of heart for samesex marriage after he

learned one of his sons is gay. Republican House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio has at times drawn tea party criticism on federal budget and debt issues.

Tom Zawistowski, leader of the Portage County tea party in northeast Ohio, ran unsuccessfully in April against the Kasich-backed candidate for the Ohio Republican Party chairmanship. He said Kasich wouldn’t have unseated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 without tea party help, and he said tea party activists think Kasich should be working to scuttle the Affordable Care Act instead of backing the Medicaid expansion.

“People are angry,” Zawistowski said. “If you don’t think we can go elsewhere, wait and see.”

If Kasich doesn’t bend, Zawistowski warned, he will oppose his re-election next year even “if the Democrats run Barack Obama for Ohio governor.”

Kasich has explained that although he opposed the Obama health care overhaul, expanding Medicaid is the best way to make sure Ohio gets back federal tax dollars to help its needy.

“This governor has never allowed political considerations to impact our policies,” Kasich spokesman Rob

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In this May 29 photo, tea party members sing the Star Spangled Banner at the start of a meeting, in Cincinnati. Disclosures about Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups have given people opposed to big government and high taxes a focus for rallying against federal intrusion in recent weeks. The case has extra significance in Ohio because the IRS office involved is in Cincinnati, and several Ohio organizations were among those complaining about extra IRS scrutiny. cused on issues than on electoral politics, and they could exert influence in different ways: publicly pressuring Kasich and

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In this May 29 photo, George Brunemann speaks at a town hall style forum of local tea party groups he helped organize, in Cincinnati. Disclosures about Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups have given people opposed to big government and high taxes a focus for rallying against federal intrusion in recent weeks. The case has extra significance in Ohio because the IRS office involved is in Cincinnati, and several Ohio organizations were among those complaining about extra IRS scrutiny. legislators for policy Nichols said Friday.

Green said tea party ac- changes, running their own tivists are often more fo- candidates in GOP primar-

ies, backing independent or third-party candidates, or simply staying on the sidelines for the next election.

In the southwest Ohio region that’s been a tea party hotbed since the movement took off in 2009, Brunemann said Kasich “is not helping the cause at all right now.” But he added that being practical, he doesn’t see a viable candidate emerging to oppose the governor in a 2014 primary.

“I think we’re going to have to play the hand we’ve been dealt,” Brunemann said.

Also, while some are displeased with Portman’s change on gay marriage, his fiscal conservatism should trump the concern over the social issue, Brunemann said. Portman appeared to be welcomed by the tea party crowd Wednesday night when he spoke about the IRS targeting and federal investigations that are underway.

He said in an interview afterward that despite differences on some issues, they all share concerns about big government and protecting free enterprise.

“I think there are probably people in the room who aren’t happy with any of us on a particular thing,” Portman said afterward.“We are conservative Republicans — (Reps.) Steve Chabot, Brad Wenstrup, me, Speaker Boehner and John Kasich.

And I think at the end of the

Manning trial shrouded in secrecy, security

BY DAVID DISHNEAU AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning,the central figure in a massive leak of government documents,is focused on secrecy and government security. Yet his trial has become a secretive drama that allows the public little insight into what's going on in the military courtroom.

One of the pretrial hearings was closed to the public.

Many court documents have been withheld or heavily redacted.

Photographers were blocked from getting a good shot of the soldier and even some of Manning's supporters had to turn their Tshirts inside out.

Military law experts say some of it is common for a court-martial,while other restrictions appear tailored to the extraordinary nature of the case, which has garnered an outpouring of support from whistleblowers,activists and others around the world.

“I think the judge is very concerned about not turning this trial into a theater, into a spectacle,” said David J.R. Frakt, a military law expert at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a

former military prosecutor and defense lawyer.“I cannot remember a situation where there was such a high degree of civilian interest,people not affiliated with the military, having intense and passionate interest in the outcome of the case.”

Manning is charged under federal espionage and computer fraud laws, but the most serious offense the military has accused him of is aiding the enemy, which carries a life sentence. His supporters call him a hero; opponents say he is a traitor for leaking the material the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

The trial for the soldier from Crescent, Okla., began Monday under a barrage of heavy restrictions.

Manning supporters wearing “truth” T-shirts had to turn them inside out before entering the courtroom. The shirts were made by the Bradley Manning Support Network in early 2012 as an alternative to “Free Bradley Manning” T-shirts banned from early pretrial hearings, spokesman Nathan Fuller said.

The military allowed the shirtsTuesday.Army spokeswoman Col.Michelle Roberts

said the earlier decision made “out of a concern for public safety and to remove a potential cause for disturbance among members of the public.” She said leaders assessed the situation and decided they were OK. Since the case began, reporters covering hearings have been asked to sign a document saying they would withhold the names of spokespeople on-site because the military said some people directly involved in the case had received death threats.

The Associated Press signed the document to be allowed

to cover the trial, but the news organization is protesting it.

Photographers looking to snap pictures of Manning Monday missed the soldier leaving the courtroom because he was blocked by military police. On Tuesday, Manning was not surrounded.

The military also relaxed rules Tuesday about interviewing spectators outside the courtroom.

Courts-martial don't have a roadmap for guaranteeing public access like civilian courts, military law experts said.

day, we will be earning their support.”

A GOP strategist, Bob Clegg of Midwest Communications and Media in Columbus, said despite tea party critics, Kasich is likely to benefit from renewed vigor among grassroots conservatives.

“I think it’s actually going to help him,” Clegg said. “I think they will want to make 2014 a statement on Obama. In that kind of atmosphere, it’s going to help Republicans.”

Clegg said in the coming gubernatorial campaign, he expects Kasich to emphasize his differences with Obama, his efforts to cut taxes, and Ohio’s improved jobs picture during his governorship.

Tom Hentz, a retired engineer in Delhi Township near Cincinnati, said the priority should be pushing for change in Washington.

“Washington is in bad shape,” Hentz said. “I don’t have any problems with the state of Ohio.”

Fugitive Continued from page 1 letting apprehended, everyone know about the lockdown and saying “there was no threat to our schools.” A second One Call Now went out at 7:40 p.m., explaining that Windstream Communications experienced an outage and the rest of system was unable to pick up the slack well enough to handle parent’s calls. The message apologized for the back-up and promised “we are making litiga-

tions to address it so it will never happen again.”

The men will be charged with aggravated robbery, felonious assault and receiving stolen property by Butler Township police. Further charges come from Vandalia Police for felonious assault on a police officer and fleeing and eluding.

The loss prevention officer was treated for her bite wounds at Grandview Medical Center, Cresie said.

Plant Continued from page 1 Development Block Grant office had requested a signed letter of commitment in the amount of $55,000, which are the matching funds for the Spring Street Storm Sewer project.

“This comes as a good indicator that we can anticipate receiving the $50,000 grant for this project,” Busse said.

Council passed a resolution authorizing Busse to sign the letter of commitment.

The village of Covington also has been awarded a $240,000 infrastructure grant for sidewalk installation and a $6,730 noninfrastructure grant for enforcement which applies to education enforcement through the Police Department under the Safe Routes to School

Grant.

“It is broken down into three phases, and I believe this applies to the whole first phase of that project,” Busse said. “So that would be the Ludlow Street area.”

The village also plans to patch the areas in the next couple of weeks on High and Broadway streets that were dug up recently to service utilities.

Mayor Ed McCord spoke to council to recognize local student athletes. He commended the Covington High School Girls Softball Team for qualifying for the semi-finals. “We also have a number of our young athletes heading to the state track meet,” McCord said.

“I think congratulations should go out to both of those groups for their accomplishments.”

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INFORMATION Call ROB KISER, sports editor, at 773-2721, ext. 209, from 8 p.m. to midnight weekdays.

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Redman cards hole-in-one

Bernie Staley recorded the sixth hole-in-one of the year Sunday at Turtle Creek Golf Course.

Staley aced the 165yard 17th hole with a 3wood.

Witnessing the ace were Joe Staley, Steve Staley and Kelly Jess.

Echo to host junior camp Echo Hills Junior Golf Camp, will be held held every Wednesday for six weeks beginning June 12.

The Camp is for ages 10-17 and will run from 811 a.m. depending on age.

The cost is $30.

For more info, call Chip at 778-2086.

All-Ohio teams named Piqua Football Camp of Champions Youth Camp (Grades 1-8) When: July 15, 16, 17, 18, 6-7:30 p.m..

Where: Alexander Stadium/Purk Field What You Should Bring: Campers should report to the Indians varsity turf field in work out clothes, including cleated shoes if possible. They should also bring tennis/gym shoes in case of rain.

Cost: Mail in registration before July 14 is $50. Mail in registration after July 14 or walkup on July 15 is $60. Forms should be mailed to Bill Nees, Piqua High School, 1 Indian Trail, Piqua, OH 45356 Registration Forms: Can be picked at Piqua High School office, Tecumseh Woods, Piqua City pool, Piqua Country Club pool, Piqua Public Library and the YMCA. Checks: Should be made payable to Piqua Football Dept.

Piqua Lift-A-Thon Winners

Positively Promoting Piqua’s second annual “Pack the Park” walk will be held Saturday at French Park, beginning at 9 a.m.

Entry fee is one canned good for the Bethany Center.

For more information, call 214-6766 or email rptrack@sbcglobal.net PHOTO PROVIDED

The Dayton Docs will hold a two-day youth camp for ages 8-14 June 13 and 21.

The camp will be held at Nischwitz Stadium from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

Cost of the camp is $55.

The camp will be run by Docs coaching staff and players.

This camp will be a “teaching camp” where the emphasis is on learning technique and fundamentals.

Each participant will be grouped by age and will be taught a series of drills and game-like situations.

For more info, call 4233053 or docsbaseball.com

June 14-16 at North Carolina A&T University.

Spearman honored sophomore Lehman Greg Spearman was honored on the All-Ohio baseball team.

Spearman was named honorable mention in Division IV.

Four honored Four local players were honored on the All-Ohio softball team.

Piqua’s Haley Dotson was named honorable mention on the Division I team.

Three players were honored in D-IV. Newton’s Kirsten Burden and Houston’s NicoHolthaus were lette namedsecond team and Russia’s Olivia Monnin was honorable mention.

Post 184 to host Springfield The Piqua American Legion Post 184 baseball team will host Springfield Thursday.

First pitch is at 7 p.m.

In addition to the game, there will also be a raffle held during the game for four Dayton Dragons tickets.

Tickets will be sold in the stands during the game.

Tickets are $1 or an

Pack the Park this Saturday

Dayton Docs holding camp

Bradford junior Shay LaFollette has been named Academic All-Ohio in track and field for the second straight season.

LaFollette, w h o qualified for state in the 100 hur- LAFOLLETTE dles for the third straight year, will also be competing in the 2013 Ne Balance Nationals Outdoot meet in the women’s heptathalon.

The seven events include 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200, long jump, javelin and 800.

LaFollette holds Bradford’s school record in four of those events.

The meet will be held

Home opener set for Thursday

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LaFollette gets academic honor

IN BRIEF ■ Golf

Staley records his sixth ace

■ Spurs, Heat to meet in NBA finals, page 11.

■ Richardson out until July, page 12.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013

Piqua Daily Call • www.dailycall.com

Ron Redman aced the ninth hole at Stillwater Valley Golf Course recently.

Redman used a pitching wedge on the 117-yard par-3.

Witnessing the ace were his wife Elaine and Ben and Mandee Kremer.

INSIDE

The annual Piqua Football Lift-A-Thon winners were (left to right): Jacob Sowry, fourth place, skill position; Devin Magoteaux, third place, line; Dom Stone, first place, big skill position; Jalen Hudgins, second place, skill position; Kevin Watkins, second place, line; Alex Nees, second place, skill position; Brendan Fries, first place, line: Trent Yeoman, third place, big skill position; Dylan Runge, second place, big skill position; Ben Sowrey, fourth place, big skill position; Matt Stollmer, fourth place, line.Missing from the photo is Tyler Ouhl, first place, skill.

arm’s length for $5.

The tickets are for the Dragons home game Aug. 14 with the Great Lakes Loons.

The seats are very good ones — close to the field — and were graciously donated by Murray, Wells, Wendeln and Robinson.

The winner of the tickets will be drawn before the end of the game Thursday.

Rockies can’t touch Arroyo Reds blank Colorado 3-0 CINCINNATI (AP) — at 72 and 72 mph.

Bronson Arroyo's first Nothing special there, pitch of the game clocked except the Rockies could70 mph on the Great n't touch 'em.

American Ball Park radar gun. The next two came in See REDS/Page 10

D-IV State Softball At Akron Fireston Stadium State Semifinals Thursday Covington (30-0) vs. Strasburg-Franklin (28-5), 3 p.m.

Parkway (22-5) vs. N. Robinson Colonel Crawford (18-9), 5:30 State Championship Game Saturday, 1 p.m.

No letdown for Buccs Covington back in Akron

STUMPER

BY JOSH BROWN Civitas Media

How many Q: sacks did the Cleveland Browns have last season?

A:

38

QUOTED “Ray Horton is so smart in what he does — he thinks outside the box.”

—D’Qwell Jackson on the Browns D-coordinator

They may not have talked about it all season.

But anything less would have been a letdown.

Now that they know they’ll be taking part in the Division IV state semifinal round for the third straight season, though, the Covington Buccaneers are ready to discuss their accomplishment — and the things they still want to accomplish.

“To be honest, we hadn’t even talked about state once all year until the day after our regional final,” Covington coach Dean Denlinger said. “The girls are excited to go again.

But even though we didn’t talk about it, they’ve had

that expectation in their minds all year.

“It’s hard to repeat in this sport. It’s not often a team gets to go three years in a row, especially in Division IV. Still, we’ve been raising the bar every day in every practice. If we wouldn’t have qualified, it would have been a big disappointment to these girls.”

Facing disappointment, though, is not something Denlinger has had to face while coaching this team.

“This is a special group.

They really are a family,” Denlinger said. “There’s no animosity between them, they play together and they have an identity.

They gelled together back in January on the first day of our weight program, See BUCCS/Page 10

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Covington second baseman Jessie Shilt fields a ball recently.

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Record Book Baseball

MLB Standings Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times EDT National League East Division Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami Central Division St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee West Division

W 35 28 28 22 16

L 22 29 30 32 42

Pct .614 .491 .483 .407 .276

GB — 7 7½ 11½ 19½

W 38 36 35 23 21

L 19 22 23 32 35

Pct .667 .621 .603 .418 .375

GB — 2½ 3½ 14 16½

L Pct GB W Arizona 32 25 .561 — San Francisco 30 27 .526 2 30 28 .517 2½ Colorado San Diego 26 31 .456 6 Los Angeles 24 32 .429 7½ Monday's Games Philadelphia 7, Miami 2 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 0 Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 2 Oakland 10, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 7, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Tuesday's Games Miami at Philadelphia N.Y. Mets at Washington Colorado at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Atlanta Oakland at Milwaukee Arizona at St. Louis Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels San Diego at L.A. Dodgers Toronto at San Francisco Wednesday's Games Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 6-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-2), 12:10 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 1-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-9), 1:05 p.m.

Oakland (Colon 6-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at San Francisco (Zito 4-3), 3:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-6) at Washington (Haren 4-6), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Garland 3-6) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 3-5) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 0-2), 8:15 p.m.

San Diego (Marquis 6-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 53), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

American League East Division Boston Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto Central Division Detroit Cleveland Minnesota Chicago Kansas City West Division

W 35 32 32 31 24

L 23 25 25 25 33

Pct .603 .561 .561 .554 .421

GB — 2½ 2½ 3 10½

W 30 30 25 24 23

L 25 27 29 31 31

Pct .545 .526 .463 .436 .426

GB — 1 4½ 6 6½

W 35 35 25 25 21

L 21 24 33 33 37

Pct .625 .593 .431 .431 .362

GB — 1½ 11 11 15

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston Monday's Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Cleveland 4 Oakland 10, Milwaukee 2 Houston 2, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Tuesday's Games Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees Tampa Bay at Detroit Texas at Boston Baltimore at Houston Minnesota at Kansas City Oakland at Milwaukee Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels Chicago White Sox at Seattle Toronto at San Francisco Wednesday's Games Cleveland (Kluber 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-4), 1:05 p.m.

Oakland (Colon 6-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 6-1), 3:40 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at San Francisco (Zito 4-3), 3:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-2) at Detroit (Fister 5-2), 7:08 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 4-2) at Boston (Lackey 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (F.Garcia 2-2) at Houston (Keuchel 2-2), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Walters 2-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-3), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

MLB Leaders TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—YMolina, St. Louis, .350; Segura, Milwaukee, .344; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .333; Votto, Cincinnati, .330; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .330; Scutaro, San Francisco, .329; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .326.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 46; Votto, Cincinnati, 46; CGonzalez, Colorado, 45; Choo, Cincinnati, 42; JUpton, Atlanta, 41; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 40; Fowler, Colorado, 39.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 47; Phillips, Cincinnati, 45; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 43; DBrown, Philadelphia, 42; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 42; Craig, St. Louis, 39; Bruce, Cincinnati, 38; FFreeman, Atlanta, 38.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 75; Votto, Cincinnati, 72; YMolina, St. Louis, 70; GParra, Arizona, 70; Scutaro, San Francisco, 69; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 68; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 68.

DOUBLES—Bruce, Cincinnati, 18; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 18; DanMurphy, New York, 18; GParra, Arizona, 18; Rizzo, Chicago, 17; Craig, St. Louis, 16; Desmond, Washington, 16; Pence, San Francisco, 16; Pollock, Arizona, 16; Rollins, Philadelphia, 16.

TRIPLES—Segura, Milwaukee, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Span, Washington, 5; ECabrera, San Diego, 4; DWright, New York, 4; 6 tied at 3.

HOME RUNS—DBrown, Philadelphia, 17; CGonzalez, Colorado, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Beltran, St. Louis, 13; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 13; Gattis, Atlanta, 12; Harper, Washington, 12; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 12.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 15; Segura, Milwaukee, 15; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 14; Pierre, Miami, 14; Revere, Philadelphia, 13; CGonzalez, Colorado, 12.

PITCHING—Corbin, Arizona, 9-0; Lynn, St. Louis, 8-1; Zimmermann, Washington, 8-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 83; Lee, Philadelphia, 7-2; Minor, Atlanta, 7-2; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 7-3; Maholm, Atlanta, 7-4.

STRIKEOUTS—AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 94; Samardzija, Chicago, 91; Harvey, New York, 89; Wainwright, St. Louis, 84; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 82; Lynn, St. Louis, 76; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 75.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 22; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 17; Mujica, St. Louis, 17; Chapman, Cincinnati, 15; Romo, San Francisco, 15; RSoriano, Washington, 15; League, Los Angeles, 12.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .367; CDavis, Baltimore, .357; Mauer, Minnesota, .335; Pedroia, Boston, .333; JhPeralta, Detroit, .332; Machado, Baltimore, .327; Loney, Tampa Bay, .326; AGordon, Kansas City, .326.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 45; CDavis, Baltimore, 43; AJones, Baltimore, 42; Trout, Los Angeles, 42; Pedroia, Boston, 39; Crisp, Oakland, 38; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 38.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 65; CDavis, Baltimore, 52; Encarnacion, Toronto, 47; Napoli, Boston, 45; Fielder, Detroit, 44; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 41; NCruz, Texas, 39.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 83; Machado, Baltimore, 80; AJones, Baltimore, 75; Pedroia, Boston, 75; AGordon, Kansas City, 73; Markakis, Baltimore, 72; CDavis, Baltimore, 71.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 25; Napoli, Boston, 20; CDavis, Baltimore, 19; ACabrera, Cleveland, 18; Donaldson, Oakland, 18; Lowrie, Oakland, 18; 5 tied at 17.

TRIPLES—Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Ellsbury, Boston, 5; Gardner, New York, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Drew, Boston, 3; 27 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 20; MiCabrera, Detroit, 17; Encarnacion, Toronto, 16; Cano, New York, 14; NCruz, Texas, 13; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 13; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 13.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 21; McLouth, Baltimore, 19; Andrus, Texas, 14; Trout, Los Angeles, 12; Crisp, Oakland, 11; Kipnis, Cleveland, 11; AEscobar, Kansas City, 10; AlRamirez, Chicago, 10.

PITCHING—MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Buchholz, Boston, 8-0; Masterson, Cleveland, 8-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Hammel, Baltimore, 7-3; Verlander, Detroit, 7-4.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 111; Scherzer, Detroit, 91; AniSanchez, Detroit, 89; Masterson, Cleveland, 88; Verlander, Detroit, 87; FHernandez, Seattle, 87; Shields, Kansas City, 78.

SAVES—Rivera, New York, 20; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 18; Nathan, Texas, 17; AReed, Chicago, 17; Balfour, Oakland, 13; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 13; Frieri, Los Angeles, 12.

Basketball

NBA Playoffs NBA Daily Playoff Glance All Times EDT (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) CONFERENCE FINALS Sunday, May 19 San Antonio 105, Memphis 83 Tuesday, May 21 San Antonio 93, Memphis 89, OT Wednesday, May 22 Miami 103, Indiana 102, OT Friday, May 24 Indiana 97, Miami 93 Saturday, May 25 San Antonio 104, Memphis 93 Sunday, May 26 Miami 114, Indiana 96 Monday, May 27 San Antonio 93, Memphis 86, San Antonio wins series 4-0 Tuesday, May 28 Indiana 99, Miami 92 Thursday, May 30 Miami 90, Indiana 79 Saturday, June 1 Indiana 91, Miami 77 Monday, June 3 Miami 99,Indiana 76, Miami wins series 4-3 NBA FINALS Miami vs. San Antonio Thursday, June 6 San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11 Miami at San Antonio 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 13 Miami at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 16 x-Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 18 x-San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 20 x-San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Hockey

NHL Playoffs NHL Daily Playoff Glance All Times EDT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, June 1 Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1 Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Sunday, June 2 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 2, Chicago leads series 2-0 Monday, June 3 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 1, Boston leads series 2-0 Tuesday, June 4 Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5 Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 6 Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Friday, June 7 Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 x-Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11 x-Pittsburgh at Boston, TBD Wednesday, June 12 x-Boston at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Los Angeles at Chicago, TBD

Auto Racing

Fed-Ex 400 Results NASCAR Sprint Cup FedEx 400 Results Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (22) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 94 rating, 47 points, $318,100.

2. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 400, 109.6, 43, $226,504.

3. (20) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, 95.9, 41, $203,051.

4. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400, 130.8, 42, $196,198.

5. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 400, 98.4, 40, $172,231.

6. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 400, 91.2, 38, $155,548.

7. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, 85.5, 37, $140,598.

8. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 400, 103.4, 37, $152,001.

9. (6) Mark Martin, Toyota, 400, 101, 35, $114,365.

10. (12) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 400, 87.2, 34, $117,815.

11. (29) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 400, 76.7, 33, $112,755.

12. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 400, 97, 33, $128,575.

13. (23) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 400, 76.5, 31, $147,191.

14. (18) Carl Edwards, Ford, 400, 77.2, 30, $135,055.

15. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, 400, 71.3, 29, $115,230.

16. (17) Casey Mears, Ford, 400, 74.3, 28, $125,113.

17. (24) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 399, 104.2, 28, $143,191.

18. (33) Aric Almirola, Ford, 399, 62.1, 26, $134,566.

19. (30) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 399, 56.2, 25, $124,019.

20. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 399, 63.2, 24, $126,846.

21. (26) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 399, 61.2, 23, $120,138.

22. (35) David Ragan, Ford, 397, 55, 22, $116,988.

23. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 396, 92.4, 22, $108,780.

24. (39) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 396, 44, 20, $93,630.

25. (41) Josh Wise, Ford, 395, 43.8, 0, $93,505.

26. (27) David Reutimann, Toyota, 394, 51.4, 18, $103,963.

27. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 394, 50.1, 0, $109,202.

28. (34) David Stremme, Toyota, 394, 43.3, 16, $91,005.

29. (37) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 393, 39.7, 15, $90,855.

30. (40) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 390, 40.2, 14, $91,705.

31. (36) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 388, 33.9, 0, $87,555.

32. (21) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 388, 48.8, 0, $87,380.

33. (10) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 381, 79.3, 11, $113,575.

34. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 380, 95, 11, $118,830.

35. (42) Timmy Hill, Ford, 378, 28.3, 9, $86,805.

36. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 298, 65.6, 8, $120,863.

37. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 296, 54.8, 7, $86,520.

38. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, engine, 279, 97.6, 7, $113,405.

39. (38) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, engine, 161, 39, 5, $84,930.

40. (4) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, engine, 159, 99.8, 5, $107,921.

41. (32) Mike Bliss, Toyota, rear gear, 59, 28, 0, $68,930.

42. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, overheating, 54, 29.5, 2, $64,930.

43. (43) Scott Riggs, Ford, transmission, 16, 26.9, 1, $61,430.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 123.172 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, 51 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.788 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 32 laps.

Lead Changes: 21 among 11 drivers.

Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-23; Ky.Busch 24-72; M.Kenseth 73; B.Keselowski 74-75; Ky.Busch 76-127; M.Truex Jr. 128; M.Kenseth 129-156; Ky.Busch 157-160; M.Truex Jr. 161; Ky.Busch 162-205; J.Johnson 206-235; Ky.Busch 236; K.Kahne 237-238; J.Johnson 239-279; D.Hamlin 280; J.Johnson 281-300; D.Hamlin 301-317; Ku.Busch 318-325; J.Johnson 326-377; K.Harvick 378; J.Montoya 379-397; T.Stewart 398-400.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 5 times for 150 laps; J.Johnson, 4 times for 143 laps; D.Hamlin, 3 times for 41 laps; M.Kenseth, 2 times for 29 laps; J.Montoya, 1 time for 19 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 8 laps; T.Stewart, 1 time for 3 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 2 laps; K.Kahne, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Truex Jr., 2 times for 2 laps; K.Harvick, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 473; 2. C.Edwards, 443; 3. C.Bowyer, 423; 4. M.Kenseth, 399; 5. K.Harvick, 399; 6. D.Earnhardt Jr., 398; 7. K.Kahne, 392; 8. Bra.Keselowski, 375; 9. Ky.Busch, 374; 10. P.Menard, 371; 11.

J.Gordon, 361; 12. A.Almirola, 354.

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Memorial Scores Memorial Scores Sunday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,352; Par: 72 Matt Kuchar (500), $1,116,000 68-70-70-68—276 Kevin Chappell (300), $669,600 71-71-68-68—278 Kyle Stanley (190), $421,600 67-70-73-71—281 68-67-76-71—282 Bill Haas (123), $272,800 Scott Stallings (123), $272,800 70-70-75-67—282 Russell Henley (95), $215,450 67-77-70-69—283 69-72-70-72—283 Matt Jones (95), $215,450 Brian Davis (75), $167,400 75-70-69-70—284 Pat Perez (75), $167,400 72-69-72-71—284 70-70-71-73—284 Justin Rose (75), $167,400 Charl Schwartzel (75), $167,400 65-71-76-72—284 M. Thompson (75), $167,400 69-76-70-69—284 James Driscoll (58), $119,867 70-75-73-67—285 Ryan Moore (58), $119,867 70-72-73-70—285 Adam Scott (58), $119,867 73-70-69-73—285 75-69-72-70—286 Ken Duke (53), $93,000 Hunter Mahan (53), $93,000 73-68-75-70—286 Scott Piercy (53), $93,000 66-75-71-74—286 Cameron Tringale (53), $93,000 71-71-74-70—286 Gary Woodland (53), $93,000 70-73-70-73—286 Roberto Castro (47), $58,203 71-70-75-71—287 72-74-70-71—287 K.J. Choi (47), $58,203 Graham DeLaet (47), $58,203 70-72-74-71—287 Luke Donald (47), $58,203 73-73-71-70—287 75-70-69-73—287 Jim Furyk (47), $58,203 David Hearn (47), $58,203 71-71-74-71—287 Charles Howell III (47), $58,203 72-70-73-72—287 73-69-72-73—287 Bo Van Pelt (47), $58,203 Stewart Cink (40), $40,300 70-72-76-70—288 J.J. Henry (40), $40,300 72-72-68-76—288 73-69-72-74—288 Davis Love III (40), $40,300 Carl Pettersson (40), $40,300 71-71-73-73—288 Bubba Watson (40), $40,300 71-67-75-75—288 71-73-76-69—289 Bud Cauley (36), $33,480 Robert Karlsson (36), $33,480 69-71-76-73—289 Justin Leonard (36), $33,480 70-76-73-70—289 73-70-74-73—290 Ernie Els (33), $28,520 Rickie Fowler (33), $28,520 72-71-76-71—290 Trevor Immelman (33), $28,520 70-72-74-74—290 73-73-71-73—290 William McGirt (33), $28,520 Ben Curtis (26), $20,556 73-70-73-75—291 Richard H. Lee (26), $20,556 73-71-72-75—291 George McNeill (26), $20,556 74-71-71-75—291 Henrik Stenson (26), $20,556 71-73-75-72—291 Jason Day (26), $20,556 72-75-72-72—291 Billy Horschel (26), $20,556 70-75-76-70—291 70-75-78-68—291 Brandt Jobe (26), $20,556 Marc Leishman (26), $20,556 74-72-77-68—291 Camilo Villegas (26), $20,556 72-71-76-72—291 Keegan Bradley (20), $15,252 71-74-75-72—292 Fred Couples (20), $15,252 70-75-70-77—292 Luke Guthrie (20), $15,252 72-74-72-74—292 74-73-72-74—293 Robert Allenby (17), $14,353 Martin Laird (17), $14,353 71-75-71-76—293 Chris Stroud (17), $14,353 69-77-69-78—293 75-72-75-71—293 Mike Weir (17), $14,353 Derek Ernst (12), $13,702 70-73-78-73—294 Ryo Ishikawa (12), $13,702 74-73-74-73—294 David Lingmerth (12), $13,702 75-70-72-77—294 Rory McIlroy (12), $13,702 78-69-75-72—294 John Senden (12), $13,702 71-72-76-75—294 Josh Teater (12), $13,702 67-79-75-73—294 Charley Hoffman (8), $13,206 73-69-72-81—295 Jordan Spieth, $13,206 72-73-82-68—295 George Coetzee, $12,896 70-75-72-79—296 67-74-77-78—296 Charlie Wi (5), $12,896 Tiger Woods (5), $12,896 71-74-79-72—296 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, $12,64872-74-77-74—297 73-70-75-81—299 Tom Gillis (2), $12,462 Fabian Gomez (2), $12,462 76-68-77-78—299 Zach Johnson (1), $12,276 73-72-81-75—301 73-73-81-76—303 Justin Hicks (1), $12,152 Jimmy Walker (1), $12,028 72-75-77-80—304

U.S. Open Field ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — The 150 players who have qualified for the 113th U.S. Open, to be played June 1316 at Merion Golf Club. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible. (a-amateur). Six spots remain open for players exempt through the June 10 world ranking. Alternates will fill the rest of the spots.

U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (10 years): Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Lucas Glover, Tiger Woods, Angel Cabrera, Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk.

U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP: aSteven Fox, a-Michael Weaver.

MARK H. MCCORMACK MEDAL FOR 2012: a-Chris Williams.

MASTERS CHAMPIONS (5 years): Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson.

BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS (5 years): Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington.

PGA CHAMPIONS (5 years): Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Y.E. Yang.

U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPION: Roger Chapman.

PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER (3 years): Matt Kuchar, K.J. Choi.

BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER: Matteo Manassero.

TOP 10 and TIES FROM 2012 U.S. OPEN: Michael Thompson, David Toms, John Peterson, Jason Dufner, Casey Wittenberg, John Senden, Kevin Chappell, Lee Westwood.

2012 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD: Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Ryan Moore, Hunter Mahan, Robert Garrigus, Dustin Johnson, Bo Van Pelt, Sergio Garcia, Zach Johnson, Scott Piercy, Carl Pettersson, Steve Stricker, Rickie Fowler, Nick Watney, John Huh. TOP 60 FROM WORLD RANKING ON MAY 27: Ian Poulter, Peter Hanson, Jason Day, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Henrik Stenson, Thorbjorn Olesen, Kevin Streelman, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Francesco Molinari, Jamie Donaldson, Paul Lawrie, Nicolas Colsaerts, Tim Clark, D.A. Points, Thongchai Jaidee, Freddie Jacobson, Billy Horschel, George Coetzee, Boo Weekley, Martin Laird, Russell Henley, Marcel Siem, Marc Leishman.

TOP 60 FROM WORLD RANKING ON JUNE 10: To be determined.

SECTIONAL QUALIFYING (36 holes): Simon Khan, Paul Casey, Jaco Van Zyl, Marcus Fraser, Eddie Pepperell, Peter Hedlom, Morten Orum Madsen, Jose Maria Olazabal, David Howell, John Parry, Chris Doak, Estanislao Goya, Hideki Matsuyama, Jung-Gon Hwang, Yui Ueda, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Hiroyuki Fujita, Charley Hoffman, Nicholas Thompson, Robert Karlsson, Josh Teater, David Hearn, Brendan Steele, David Lingmerth, Doug LaBelle, Ted Potter Jr., Aaron Baddley, Justin Hicks, Sang Moon Bae, Rory Sabbatini, Luke Guthrie, Kevin Sutherland, Jerry Kelly, Shawn Stefani, Morgan Hoffmann, Joe Ogilvie, Scott Langley, Alistair Presnell, Andrew Svoboda, Russell Knox, Adam Hadwin, Mathew Goggin, Cliff Kresge, Matt Bettencourt, a-Michael Kim, Jim Herman, Brian Stuard, Cheng-Tsung Pan, Jay Don Blake, Matt Weibring, Jordan Spieth, Edward Loar, a-Kevin Phelan, Bio Kim, Steven Alker, a-Max Homa LOCAL (18 holes) AND SECTIONAL QUALIFYING: Brandt Jobe, Brandon Crick, Randall Hutchison, Ryan Sullivan, Matt Harmon, Ryan Nelson, a-Grayson Murray, Jesse Smith, Geoffrey Sisk, a-Gavin Hall, Brandon Brown, Wil Collins, Mackenzie Hughes, John Hahn, Roger Tambellini, a-Cory McElyea, Zack Fischer, John Nieporte.

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State Prep Poll DIVISION I 1.North Canton Hoover (10) 2.Lebanon 3.Elyria 4.Grove City 5.Northmont 5.Oregon Clay 7.Gahanna Lincoln 8.Medina 9.Pickerington Central 10.Avon Lake DIVISION II 1.Greenville (3) 2.Lima Bath (4) 3.Kenton Ridge (2) 4.Licking Valley 5.Mansfield Madison 6.Granville 7.LaGrange Keystone 8.Walsh Jesuit 9.Akron Springfield (1) 10.Franklin DIVISION III 1.Bloom Carroll (7 2.Milan Edison 3.Clermont Northeastern (1) 4.Columbia Station 5.Brookville 6.Pemberville Eastwood 7.Archbold 8.Sherwood Fairview 9.Miami East 10.South Range 10.Columbus Bishop Ready DIVISION IV 1.Covington (3) 2.Rockford Parkway 3.Strasburg Franklin (2) 3.New Riegel 5.Vienna Mathews (1) 6.Triad 7.Jackson Milton (1) 8.Newton 8.Newark Catholic 10.Berlin Center Western Reserve (1) 10.Racine Southern

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Arroyo limited the NL's most prolific offense to four singles in eight innings, and Jay Bruce had a two-run homer among his three hits, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over Colorado on Monday night.

The Reds have three shutouts in their last four games. They've blanked out six of their last 21 opponents, tying them with St. Louis and Pittsburgh for the league lead with nine shutouts this season.

Arroyo (6-5) allowed only one runner to reach second base while throwing 86 pitches that sometimes seemed oh-so-slow.

"I didn't have amazing stuff," Arroyo said.

"Things just worked out.

It was one of those games.

I was able to keep guys off second base. Had some quick innings, kept my pitch count down. Some days the ball bounces your way."

Arroyo wasn't amazing, but the results were impressive.

"He kept them off balance," manager Dusty Baker said. "He had good command of his pitches.

He was able to put his fastball where he wanted.

That's a tough ballclub to shut out. Bronson was masterful."

Aroldis Chapman took the radar gun to a different level in the ninth, hitting 100 mph while fanning three and walking one. The left-hander got his 15th save in 17 chances.

Bruce scored on Todd Frazier's single in the fourth inning off Tyler Chatwood (3-1) and hit his ninth homer off left-hander Josh Outman in the eighth.

The Rockies' pitching staff had a setback for the second day in a row. Chatwood left with a sore triceps after pitching only four innings. Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt went on the 15-day disabled list over the weekend with a strained groin.

Chatwood batted in the fifth, bunted and was thrown out. Rob Scahill had been throwing in the bullpen and replaced Chatwood, who threw 64 pitches and allowed four hits and one run.

Chatwood felt pain on a pitch in the third inning

The Reds trailed 54 in the eighth inning at press time Tuesday night. and it bothered him whenever he threw a fastball in the fourth. They took him out as a precaution to get treatment. It's unclear whether it will force him to miss a start.

"They seem to think it's not serious, just a little inflammation," Chatwood said. "I've had soreness, but I've never had this kind of soreness. It was a little different."

The right-hander was coming off one of his noteworthy starts. He fanned a career-high 10 in six innings against Houston.

Arroyo came in with a 4-8 career record against the Rockies, but kept them off balance from the start. The Rockies lead the NL in runs, but couldn't do much with Arroyo's unorthodox approach.

"He's tough, Arroyo," manager Walt Weiss said.

"He's good at reading swings and going back and forth and changing sequences and speeds."

The Reds have gone only 3-3 in the past week because of a slumping offense. They used a couple of well-placed hits to get a run in the fourth.

Bruce went the opposite way to left field, beating Colorado's infield shift, for a single with two outs. He stole his first base of the season and came around when Frazier flicked a low-and-away pitch to left field, one hand leaving the bat as he made contact.

Bruce scored as Carlos Gonzalez's throw to the plate hit him in the back.

"That's one, already," Bruce said of his steal.

"I'm just trying to play the game. In that situation, you do everything you can to get to second and into scoring position, and it paid off."

Zack Cozart singled in the eighth ahead of Bruce's homer, extending his hitting streak to a season-high eight games.

NOTES: Plate umpire Kerwin Danley took a deflected pitch off his facemask in the bottom of the first inning and needed a couple of minutes to recover.

He left the game after the second inning.

Buccs Continued from page 9 and they’ve just continued to get stronger since.

“And you know what?

I’d be telling you the exact same thing if we’d lost back in the sectional final or the district final. This is just a special group.”

This time, Covington is heading to state as the favorite, though. The Buccs are 30-0 and have been the top-ranked team in the state almost all season — another thing they haven't really discussed or thought about.

They will face a familiar opponent, too — Strasburg-Franklin. When they made their first trip to the state semifinal two seasons, the Buccs lost to the eventual champion Tigers 2-0. And after a 5-3 loss to

eventual runner-up Vienna Mathews in last year's semifinal, Covington has one thing on its mind.

"The girls have one thing on their minds — bringing home that championship plaque," Denlinger said. "We've just got to be focused and go do it.

The stakes are higher, the competition is better and we're also facing a team that's been there before.

"Once you get to this level, you can throw the rankings out the window.

We didn't even talk about that No. 1 ranking all year.

“Records don't matter now, either. We're going to have to play well and bring our 'A' game."

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San Antonio’s Leanard relaxed before challenge Draws assignment of guarding James SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Hours away from drawing the toughest defensive assignment of his two-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, Kawhi Leonard wasn't feverishly taking mental notes of how to guard LeBron James.

The second-year pro was simply relaxing at home Monday night, watching Miami rout the Indiana Pacers 99-76 to set up a showdown with San Antonio in the NBA Finals. Seeing how Paul George and Lance Stephenson defended James wasn't as important to Leonard as the outcome.

"I was just laying (down), seeing who we were going to play," he said.

Leonard means no disrespect.

He is just happy to know who the Spurs will play after a week's wait following their sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals. The 6-foot-7 Leonard will draw the primary defensive assignment against James, the reigning NBA Finals MVP and two-time league MVP who is averaging 26.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists in the playoffs.

James is also shooting 51 percent overall and 39 percent on 3-pointers.

"It's just a great challenge for me to try to help my team win by playing good defense on him," Leonard said. "I just accept the challenge and am ready to play."

Facing a player on a hot streak isn't new to San Antonio this postseason following showdowns with Golden State's Stephen Curry and Memphis' Zach Randolph.

After averaging 24 points and 10 assists in an upset of the Denver Nuggets, sweet-shooting Curry was held to 18.2 points and 6 assists against the Spurs — excluding a 44-point, 11-assist effort in a Game 1 loss by the Warriors.

Randolph averaged 18.4 points and 10.8 rebounds while bullying the Oklahoma City Thunder in the paint, but was limited to

11 points and 12 rebounds against the Spurs. His production included a twopoint, seven-rebound effort in a Game 1 loss to San Antonio.

In some respect, the Spurs are facing a hybrid of Curry and Randolph in the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James.

"He's great on offense and defense," said Leonard, who has a 7-3 wingspan. "He can pass, he can shoot the ball, gets offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds and he can guard the best player on the other team."

While Leonard will be James' primary defender, the Spurs will attempt to move him toward defensive help in the hope he gives up the ball.

It's a strategy that helped San Antonio limit opponents to 44.2 percent shooting, which was eighth in the league.

But James isn't the only player the Spurs know they will need a group mentality to defend, starting with All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

"They've got more than just the big fella," San Antonio guard Danny Green said. "They are a great team. There is a reason they won last year, and they also added some pieces this year. On paper they have a really good team. Obviously they haven't been playing as well as of late, but they have so many shooters surrounding the Big 3 they are a mismatch problem for any team."

There was speculation that Miami was vulnerable considering Wade was battling a knee injury and Bosh was struggling offensively, leading to a Game 7 against a young Pacers team.

Spurs forward Tim Duncan was stunned by that assertion.

"I don't know how to answer that question," Duncan said. "I will know that when they stand in front of us if that be the case, but as of right now they are still the defending champs and the best team in the regular season."

Wade dismissed a lot of

those notions with 21 points and nine rebounds Monday night to lead Miami to its third consecutive NBA Finals.

"He's an All-Star," Green said of Wade. "I don't think it surprises anyone what he's capable of doing. He obviously hasn't been shooting as well, and neither has Chris bosh, but we know what they're capable of. Any given night they can come out and give a game like that.

"Good players do big things on big stages.

“We expected them to do that last night and we expect them to come out in the Finals and be playing their best basketball."

The Heat swept the regular season series with the Spurs, but both games don't mean much.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich sent Duncan, Green, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili home rather than have them travel to Miami to play the second night of a backto-back on Nov. 29.

The Spurs were fined $250,000 by the NBA for the decision.

Miami returned the favor by sitting James and Wade on March 21 in San Antonio.

Still, the Spurs could have a leg up on the advance scouting against James and the Heat since the Pacers have a similar roster and defensive strategy.

"It's basketball, so it's not grossly different," Popovich said. "There are some things that we might emphasize or not emphasize as much as Indiana did just because we're a different team.

Everybody is going to do things a little differently, but a lot of the things that we all do are similar."

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All Pacers look to right keep building moves Have plenty of momentum Coaches making good decisions

The Firehawks eighth grade girls basketball program recently wrapped up another successful AAU Season. Two teams consisting of SCAL and MAC players competed in five regional tournaments. Each team won two tournaments, and in the final tournament, the GBA Memorial Tournament in Cincinnati, each team went undefeated until the final game, then played each other for the championship in a game decided by just two points in the last minute. The Firehawks Blue team won the Wittenberg University and Cincinnati Classic Tournaments.They were led in scoring on the year

by Allie Borgerding of Minster and Kenzie Schroer of New Knoxville. The Firehawks White team won the Ohio Northern University and the GBA Memorial Tournaments. They were led in scoring on the year by Audrey Francis of Fairlawn and Maria Herron of Russia.

The team includes front row (left to right): Ali Borgerding (Minster); Kami Ording (Versailles); Kenzie Schroer (New Knoxville); Audrey Francis (Fairlawn); Lindsay Roetgerman (Minster); Maria Herron (Russia); Kaitlyn Luebke (Ft. Loramie); Tiffany Hatcher (Russia); Reyann Frey (Ft. Loramie).

Back row: Coach Martin Leistner; Maddie Borchers (Russia); Hollie Frey (Ft. Loramie); Jocelyn Kaiser (Ft. Recovery); Rosie Westerbeck (New Bremen); Brynna Blakeley (Versailles); Shai Robinson (Arcanum); Whitney Will (Ft. Recovery); coach Tim Hatcher. Missing from this photo is Camille Watren (Versailles)

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

MIAMI (AP) — Other than being widely known by just the first syllable of their surnames, the coaches who will match wits in these NBA Finals may seem like polar opposites.

Of course, they would probably disagree with that assertion.

Miami's Erik Spoelstra wears sharp suits and is a stats guy; San Antonio's Gregg Popovich often skips the tie and would immeasurably prefer to answer questions about wine than anything about himself. Both are intensely private, but even during an NBA Finals loaded with star power — the "Big Three" from Miami, the "Big Three" from San Antonio, a fourtime MVP in LeBron James, a four-time champion in Tim Duncan — the coaches will share misery in one way.

To their chagrin, Spo and Pop will be in the spotlight.

"It's easier to talk about how they are similar versus how they are dissimilar," said ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy, a former NBA coach who is part of the broadcast team for the series that opens Thursday in Miami. "They are both going to the Hall of Fame. They both have tremendous respect from the coaches they coach against, and they both have a level of humility that I believe shows NBA coaching in the most positive light possible."

Spoelstra is in the finals for the third straight year and is looking for a second consecutive championship. Popovich is going for his fifth title, the last of the ones currently in his collection coming over James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007, and could join Phil Jackson as the only coaches to win championships in three different decades.

So far, only Jackson, Red Auerbach, John Kundla and Pat Riley — Spoelstra's mentor and boss in Miami — have five rings as a head coach.

"Maybe I don't show it the way I should, but it's pretty special," Popovich said, in a rare moment of near-sheepishness, after his team beat Memphis and won the West title for a fifth time. "I'm just really proud of the group the way they worked all year long to get there, and I'm sure that we've been a team that's probably been written off like they've had their day."

Spoelstra took over for Riley five seasons ago, has won nearly twice as many games as he's lost, and has endured a constant circus of distractions ever since the Heat acquired James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010. San Antonio hasn't had anywhere near that sort of scrutiny; being in a smaller market helps keep the level of attention down.

By now, Spoelstra doesn't even notice what he calls "the noise."

Even in the din of an Eastern Conference championship celebration on Monday night.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers grew up this season.

They overcame the loss of their top scorer to win a division title and make their deepest playoff run in nine years.

They put the defending champion Miami Heat on the brink of elimination and recaptured their fans in this basketball-loving state.

Now one of the league's youngest teams insists that Monday night's dismal seasonending loss won't stymie their ascension. It will only make this team better and tougher.

"First time for a lot of us to be in this situation, Game 7," budding star Paul George said after the 99-76 rout ended Indiana's run in the Eastern Conference finals.

"They (the Heat) really ramped up the pressure.

We should have taken a deep breath and remembered it's just a basketball game and doing what we've been doing all year long."

A year ago, the Pacers were pondering so many other things heading into the offseason.

George had struggled mightily against Miami in the playoffs and promised to return a different player. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh continually sliced up Indiana's defense.

And with such a young roster, many wondered how long it would take this team to mature.

Turns out, not long at all.

George delivered on his promise, taking the reins when Danny Granger started the sea-

son on the bench because of an injured left knee, and wound up being selected the NBA's Most Improved Player. Center Roy Hibbert signed his big contract, spent the offseason training MMA style and eventually showed he was worth all that money by dominating the middle in the playoffs. Forward David West returned to form, providing inside muscle and veteran expertise to help stabilize the Pacers when times got tough, and George Hill and Lance Stephenson fit neatly into their new roles.

Together, Indiana turned the conference finals into the most compelling playoff series of the postseason and they didn't even have to be perfect to nearly upset the defending champs.

Coach Frank Vogel pulled his rim protector, Hibbert, out in overtime of Game 1 and when overplayed George James on the final play, the four-time MVP drove in for an easy game-winning layup as the buzzer sounded. The Pacers failed to protect their home court in Game 3, blew a halftime lead at Miami in Game 5 and a first-quarter lead in Game 7 at Miami.

The missed opportunities prevented Indiana from turning the NBA Finals into an old ABA donnybrook with San Antonio, and the scary part is what the Pacers can do next — if they keep the core group together.

Indiana's top offseason priority will be resigning West.

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BY BOB FINNAN Willoughby Herald Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said he expects running back Trent Richardson to be ready for the start of training camp, which is expected to begin on July 26.

Richardson, the Browns’ leading rusher last year with 950 yards and 12 touchdowns, was held out of the first day of minicamp on Tuesday with a strained lower leg.

ESPNCleveland.com reported on Tuesday that the 5-foot-9, 230-pounder could miss a portion of training camp and be held out of action until August.

Richardson was not available to the media on Tuesday.

A Browns spokesman said he’d be available on Wednesday.

“He could have (gone) in these next couple days, if necessary,” Chudzinski said. “We’re being very precautionary about it. We don’t want the muscle strain to get worse.”

Chudzinski said it’s his “expectation” that Richardson would be ready for the start of camp. He said the Browns want the Alabama running back to have a full summer to mend.

The coach said he’s not aware of the injury possibly developing into a stress fracture.

“I don’t know any of the medical things,” Chudzinski said. “He’s got a strain right now, so we don’t want it to get any worse than a strain.”

The Browns are installing a new offense, which might put Richardson behind since he won’t be on the field.

“He’ll be able to make it

up,” Chudzinski said. “The key is he needs to stay into it mentally. He needs to take mental reps. He’s excited about this next season.

“The mental part of it being a new system is the most important thing. (He needs to) get into game shape. That happens in the preseason games.

There’s nothing like game shape.”

Richardson said in an interview last week he’s expecting to begin a running program soon at his offseason home in Pensacola, Fla. “It’s terrible (sitting out), man,” Richardson said last week. “But I know in my mind — everybody knows — that it’s not going to be near like last year, being hurt and injured. Ain’t no biggie. Ain’t nothing to worry about. I could be out there, but they want to be cautious about it and just make sure I’m healthy when it’s time to be right for camp.”

He refused to admit that he was “injuryprone.”

Montario Hardesty and Chris Ogbonnaya have taken all the reps with the first team.

Chudzinski was impressed with Hardesty’s development.

“Montario is doing a great job in the weight room adding some extra muscle,” he said. “He has natural instincts as a runner. I’ve been impressed with him catching the ball. I don’t think he’s dropped a pass.”

The coach called Ogbonnaya “dependable, accountable and has versatility.”

Receiver benefits from technology Injured Nelson watches practice

BY BOB FINNAN Willoughby Herald Wide receiver David Nelson was excused from the Browns' last organized team activity, yet he watched every snap from center.

It's amazing what can be done on an iPad. Nelson, rehabilitating a torn ACL in his right knee, was in Dallas for the last OTA working with personal trainer Sherry Waters.

"Fortunately with the technology of my iPad, I was able to see every practice," he said. "I was able to see every rep. Coaches have been sending notes, video sessions for me to see. I was able to come back today and felt I haven't missed a beat."

The Browns decided that he not take part in the physical part of minicamp on Tuesday. He vows to be ready for the start of training camp, which is expected to start on July 26.

Nelson tore his ACL in Buffalo's first game vs. the New York Jets last Sept. 9.

He signed a one-year deal with the Browns on April 8.

"I've never had an injury before," he said. "I never had to rehab. That's why it was important to me to work with someone I trusted."

He said Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery. He's spent three years working with Waters.

"I've been with her since Day 1," he said. "I'm about 90 percent now. I didn't want to have a minor setback (working at the minicamp)."

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said if they had wanted to push the

issue, Nelson could have worked in the minicamp.

"He's in good shape," he said. "David is another one who is real close and if we wanted to push him we could have maybe pushed him out on the field at this point. He will be ready for training camp and that is our expectations of that."

Nelson didn't want his new teammates to think he was sitting on the beach somewhere while they were participating in the OTAs. "I cleared it with my coaches before I went," he said. "I didn't want it to be a distraction. I didn't want it to look like I was putting it before my team. I wasn't abandoning them. I was going to work. It was beneficial to my career.

"She knows how my body works. How far to push me? With this recovery, it's very strenuous and meticulous. She did a great job. I feel I'm ready to go.

"I wanted to be proactive with my teammates. I didn't want them to think I was going on vacation."

Charity work Nelson and his two brothers, Patrick and Daniel, have started an orphanage in Haiti.

"We wanted to give (the orphans) a home and a purpose in life," he said.

"They feel they don't belong. Now, they can become a valuable member of society."

He said after a visit, the children touched his heart.

"We do things to get something out of it," Nelson said. "These kids don't have anything to give you.

All they can give you is love. That's the greatest fulfillment you can get.

WESTERVILLE (AP) — Charley Hoffman played so badly on the last day at the Memorial that he thought about skipping the U.S. Open qualifier. He changed his mind and now is headed to Merion.

Hoffman, whose 81 was the worst score in the final round at the Memorial, opened with a 7under 65 at The Lakes and followed with a 68 at Brookside to lead a group of 15 players who qualified for the U.S. Open.

The Columbus-area qualifier was filled with several PGA Tour players who had been at Muirfield Village.

"Frankly, I wasn't sure I was going to play in the qualifier," Hoffman said.

"I didn't know if I would show up. I had been out six of the last seven weeks. That bad round got me motivated, and Sunday night I decided I didn't want to let that linger."

He qualified for his third U.S. Open.

Josh Teater, Robert Karlsson and Luke Guthrie pulled off an "Open double." All three qualified for the British Open in a 36-hole qualifier two weeks ago, and both earned a spot in the U.S. Open on Monday.

Teater was in the group that tied for second, while Guthrie got the last spot in an 11-for-7 playoff.

Others who qualified from Columbus — David Hearn, Nicholas Thompson, Brendan Steele, David Lingmerth and Brandt Jobe. Along with Guthrie, the other playoff survivors were Ted Potter Jr., Aaron Baddeley, Rory Sabbatini, Justin Hicks, Sang-moon Bae and Doug LaBelle II. Sabbatini, who will be making his 11th trip to the U.S. Open, got in with a birdie on the second playoff hole, just before darkness fell. Two alternates were still to be decided.

"It's very grueling. I'm tired, I'm beat, I'm ready to sit down and do nothing," he said, adding that now he has to figure out a flight plan to get to Mem-

phis for this week's tour event. "I got 4 hours of sleep last night. I had to wait for my clubs to arrive after they were lost.

I got them in time, though."

The final stage of U.S. qualifying Open stretched one end of the country to the other on Monday with 11 sites hosting 36-hole qualifiers. The two largest were built around the PGA Tour — Columbus with 15 spots and Memphis, Tenn., with nine spots, ahead of the St. Jude Classic this week.

Two sites had to return Tuesday morning to decide the final spot in a playoff — Ryan Palmer and Zack Fischer in Dallas, and 15-year-old David Snyder and John Nieporte in the Bradenton, Fla., qualifer.

Fischer had to play 63 holes of qualifying to make his first U.S. Open.

Fischer began his journey with an 18-hole local qualifier in May, followed by a 36-hole qualifier at Lakewood Country Club.

He was tied with Ryan Palmer for the last spot, and they went eight holes of a playoff until it was too dark to continue. Fischer made birdie on the first hole Tuesday morning to get a spot at Merion next week.

The Florida qualifier also didn't finish Monday because of darkness. Club pro John Nieporte birdied the first hole of a playoff to earn a U.S. Open berth over 15-year-old David Snyder.

The field now is at 150 players. Six more will come from the world ranking Sunday and then the alternate list.

The surprise in Memphis was Kevin Sutherland.

He is recovering from a neck injury that kept him out much of last season, has made only one cut this year and hasn't competed on Sunday. He had his older brother, former tour player David Sutherland, caddie for him and produced rounds of 66-67 to qualify for his first U.S. Open since 2009 at Bethpage Black.

The heroics belonged to Scott Langley, a PGA Tour rookie who nailed down a spot on the

strength of a hole-in-one in his second round. Also advancing at Colonial Country Club outside Memphis were Shawn Stefani, Jerry Kelly, Morgan Hoffmann, Joe Ogilvie, Alistair Presnell, Andrew Svoboda and mini-tour player Brandon Crick. Scott Stallings, who tied for fourth in the Memorial and then flew down to Tennessee, was the odd man out in a 3for-2 playoff.

The day was not without a bizarre disqualification.

Two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen was in the Rockville, Md., qualifier, but only for one round. After opening with a 75, it was discovered he was wearing steel spikes, typical on the PGA Tour but not allowed at Woodmont Country Club.

All players were notified about the ban on spikes in a letter dated May 20 — it was the second item, right above a notification that shorts were allowed. The only two sectional sites that allow steel spikes are the two PGA Tour locations in Ohio and Memphis.

The U.S. Open championship, which starts June 13, also allows metal spikes.

In other qualifiers: — In Ball Ground, Ga., Michael Kim atoned for Cal's failure to win the NCAA title by earning a spot in the U.S. Open.

Kim might have had the longest trip to get to Merion next week for the second major championship. Cal ended its dream season by losing in the NCAA semifinals on Saturday. Kim was in Ohio on Sunday to receive the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top Division I player — presented by Nicklaus himself — and then he returned to Georgia for qualifying. He had rounds of 67-66 at

Hawk's Ridge in Ball Ground, Ga. to tie for medalist honors and earn one of three spots.

— In Springfield, Ohio, Brian Stuard earned one of two spots with rounds of 65-64 to win medalist honors by six shots. It will be his first major championship.

— In New York, 18year-old Gavin Hall birdied his last four holes to get into his first U.S. Open. He shared medalist honors with Jesse Smith in getting one of four spots. The fourth and final spot went to Jim who has Herman, Richard Sterne to thank for that. Sterne, eligible through his world ranking, withdrew from the U.S. Open, so the USGA awarded an extra spot to the New York qualifier.

— In Rockville, Md., the qualifiers included Russell Knox of Scotland, Mathew Goggin of Australia and Adam Hadwin of Canada. It did not include Sam Saunders, the of Arnold grandson Palmer, who bogeyed his last hole. Golf Channel reported that he missed a tap-in early in this round, and Saunders wound up losing out on the last spot in a playoff. That went to Matt Bettencourt.

— In Dallas, 19-yearold Jordan Spieth can add the U.S. Open to his burgeoning schedule. He ran off three late birdies and shared medalist honors with Edward Loar and Matt Weibring. The fourth spot featured a 2for-1 playoff between PGA Tour winner Palmer and Fischer.

— In Washington state, Wil Collins and ChengTsung Pan earned the two spots. Casey Martin, the golf coach at Oregon, opened with a 77 and tied for 21st.

— In St. Louis, 54-yearold Jay Don Blake was the medalist.

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Enjoy social times with others; however, keep things light. Do not make any important decisions. Don't spend money today (except on food).

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20) Keep a low profile today, because this is not a day to do important things. In fact, quite the opposite; just deal with what is at hand. Don't make waves.

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BY KIM COOK Associated Press Homeowner Christine Igot knows one thing for sure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will not have a fridge in my kitchen ever again,â&#x20AC;? she says firmly.

In the new house sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the 51-year-old is putting the refrigerator in a pantry off the kitchen and will double insulate the walls.

Why? All that noise, noise, noise.

Her present house has an open plan, and the sound of the fridge drives her crazy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried to get used to it. I had an appliance man come to see if it was running properly.â&#x20AC;? It was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it just emitted a high-pitched whine.

Roxanne Went uses her car as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a cone of silenceâ&#x20AC;? to escape the noise of leaf blowers outside her suburban West Chester, Pa., home, and of family membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; blaring music inside.

For baby boomers, noise matters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Decreased tolerance for loud sounds is a fairly common symptom of agerelated hearing loss, as the range of comfortable listening levels seems to shrink,â&#x20AC;? says Ted Madison, an audiologist in St. Paul, Minn., and a representative of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association.

Beyond creating stress and annoyance, loud noises can cause hearing loss, according to experts.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reckons that noise over 85 decibels may cause hearing loss.

So what are the loud products we live with at home? According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, based in Rockville,

Md., the â&#x20AC;&#x153;very loudâ&#x20AC;? range includes blenders, blow dryers, vacuum cleaners and alarm clocks, all in the 80 to 90 decibel range. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extremely loudâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the 100 to 110 decibel range â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are snow blowers, gas lawnmowers and some MP3 players.

In Brighton, England, a Noise Abatement Society fields complaints from citizens about annoyances ranging from neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; power tools to barking dogs to wind chimes. Managing director Poppy Elliot says her team decided to channel the collective angst over unwanted noise into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quiet Mark,â&#x20AC;? a seal of approval they give to products designed to be quieter. So far more than 35 products have received the designation, from hair dryers to commercial tools, and Eliot said the organization is expanding globally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ultimate aim is to encourage industry across the board to put a high priority on factoring in low noise at the design stage. Investment in acoustic design and sound quality of a product should be just as important as energy efficiency or visual design,â&#x20AC;? Elliot says.

Manufacturers are responding to concerns about noise with new, quieter products.

LG has several â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the TrueSteam dishwasher â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that use a Direct Drive motor, an alternative to the noisier belt-and-pulley system of traditional motors.

Swiss-based Liebherr uses low-sound dual air compressors and cooling circuits in their high-end fridges. And Samsungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dishwasher has extra insulation, which cuts the sound.

Range hood fans can often by noisy. Italian firm Falmec makes a line that uses a perimeter extraction method rather than one single vacuum vent; the air is drawn evenly into the hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edges more quietly than being sucked straight up.

Jerek Bowman, a chef in Toronto, recommends sous vide cooking, using a thermal circulator and heating the food in water, as a quieter way to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply no noise.

You can use it the same way you would for roasting, stewing or braising,â&#x20AC;? he says. A side benefit?

With the equivalent of only a light bulb to heat the water, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some energy savings as well.

Food processing pioneer Magimix has a new multitasking mixer that chops, slices, whisks, grates, kneads and mixes all in one machine, and does it quietly with an induction motor. Induction motors, which donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use stiff brushes to transfer electricity, mean a weightier but quieter appliance.

Rowentaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noise-reducing inventions include the Turbo Silence home fan and the Silence Form Extreme vacuum cleaner, which emits a decidedly timid 65 decibels. Electroluxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ultra Silencer canister vacuum comes in at 68 decibels.

As for hair dryers, the Centrix Q Zone and Biolonic IDry Whisper Light are two low-noise options; the latter was one of the first products to receive the Quiet Mark designation.

And Stihl has a line of lithium-ion battery yard gear â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a leaf blower, mower and trimmer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that are much quieter than gas-powered equipment.

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BY JENNIFER FORKER Jennifer Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day, 61, of Austin, Texas, is a former Associated Press stockbroker who says her One was a stockbroker, mixed-media artwork nouranother a computer whiz. ishes all her senses.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a therapist and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really sharpens my small-business owner. Each ability to see visually and retired from a traditional perceptively and I think taccareer and launched into tilely,â&#x20AC;? says Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not another in the arts. just about my mind and my â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do I still have night- hand accomplishing somemares about the other (job)? thing. It engages that whole Yes,â&#x20AC;? says Bill Sanders, a mind-body-soul thing.â&#x20AC;?

Steamboat Springs, Colo., She was born into a busiceramics artist who is re- ness-oriented family, so that tired from the lumber and was in her blood, she says. wood flooring business he The art she nurtured. owned for 20 years. He says â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to do somehe still wakes up sometimes thing that was closer to the in a cold sweat worrying bone and less about the about whether some shipmoney,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day says about ment is making it to a job site on time. Then he real- the portraits she now asizes he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to sembles.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just about my worry about that anymore. mind and my hand accomThese days, Sanders, 64, plishing something. It enkeeps to the outdoors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he that whole skis during the winter and gages mind-body-soul thing,â&#x20AC;? she volunteers for the U.S. Forsays. est Service during the sumThereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one aspect of her mer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and creates his artwork, which includes old stockbroker life that she dishware, decorative pots sometimes misses: engaging with clients. and sculptured horses.

Geri deGruy, 59, also enHe learned the basics of joyed her previous career, as ceramics as a teenager living in Southeast Asia. He a therapist in private prackept at it while growing his tice, although it was emoHonolulu lumber and floor- tionally grueling working ing business to include eight with many of her clients, employees and more than who were abused women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toward the end of my $1 million in inventory by the time he sold the com- practice, there was a feeling sort of like PTSD,â&#x20AC;? she repany in 1997.

Then, he and his wife, calls.

She turned from being a Barbara, also an artist, moved to Colorado, and he therapist to the textile arts, turned to his lifelong love of which required that she ceramics more intentionally. slow down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started seeing form difâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Clay is kind of cool. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just dirt,â&#x20AC;? says Sanders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If ferently. I started seeing you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like what you did, repetitive patterns,â&#x20AC;? says you just throw it back in the deGruy, who creates small bucket and then you can art quilts and mixed-media make something else.â&#x20AC;? collages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My eye was devel-

oping, my seeing was changing.â&#x20AC;?

She still works every day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Always our time is short â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we never know,â&#x20AC;? deGruy says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have that urgency every day. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to waste this moment. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to miss this opportunity to play with color.â&#x20AC;?

Judy Hoch, 72, of Salida, Colo., finds parallels between her former career, as a computer engineer, and her current one as a jewelry maker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jewelry making is just engineering on a very small scale,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Hoch spent a dozen years at IBM, where she became a senior engineer and earned two patents, then moved into a computer software job, from which she was laid off in the early 1990s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to do something after that,â&#x20AC;? she recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going back to work in high tech when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 50-something, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a real good idea. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to work.â&#x20AC;?

She took jewelry and metals classes at a Denverarea community college and got hooked. She relies on her mechanical engineering training when fusing metals or cutting stones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fairly sophisticated measurements,â&#x20AC;?

Hoch says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many technical things . engineering is a very useful skill to have.â&#x20AC;?

While she describes her years in high-tech as fun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;like working with puzzlesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; jewelry-making taps her creative energy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You spend a week away from it and you get terrible withdrawal,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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PIQUA 4070 Camelot Road Friday and Saturday 9am-4pm m-4pm MULTI FAMILY (First e ver!), ever!), great condition: Cricut, craft supplies, power tools, furniture, niture, bikes, rotisserie, electronics, onics, rrecord e c o r d albums, a l b u m s , gifts, g i f t s , spa s p a esessentials, books, new bathroom room sink, and MUCH MORE!!

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TROY 1470 Troy Urbana Road oad (corner of Troy Urbana and Saratoga) Thursday noonon7pm, Friday 9am-6pm, and Saturday 8am-1pm Multi famamily sale, clothes, sporting ting goods, furniture, electronics nics

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TROY 2310 Worthington Drive rive Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm 4pm and Saturday 8am-noon. Baby furniture, boys clothes NB-3T, -3T, 3T, junior clothes, Little Tikes race r car bed and outdoor play items, toys, mower, miscelcella ne ou s ho us eh old items, it e m s, laneous household everything in good, clean condition, name brand items, nice neighborhood TROY 370 West Dakota Street reet Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8am-5pm Estate sale, ale, furniture, dress form, trunks, nks, large safe, name brand girls clothes sizes8-12 and boys oys sizes 8-14, garage items, ms, paver blocks, books, Tupperperware, storage containers, and too much to list. Rain or Shine hine TROY 4105 Rasor Drive Thursday, Friday 8am-6pm 6pm and Saturday 8am-12pm Self S propelled mower, portable propane grill, satellite dish, Christristmas tree, weight bench/set, /set, wood desk, glass top table/ ble/ chairs, Pafalzgraff dishes, vacuum, and miscellaneous ous camping/beach equipment ent TROY 724 Rockhurst Circle rcle Saturday only 9am-4pm Multi family sale, bread maker, Bush B Somerset 71" L-desk, Garden den Oasis 7 piece outdoor dining ning set, 2 drawer filing cabinet, net, Christmas items, jewelry, lry, h o me a c c e s so r i es , llinens, i n e ns , home accessories, clothing, and garden planter nter TROY 852 Dellwood Drive rive Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8am-5pm Huge sale e to benefit for a local family adoptopting. Antique furniture, clothes, hes, tools, home decor, Longenberberger, 31, ESPN table game and much more

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The Pavilion in Sidney, Ohio is recognized as one of the leading providers of advanced nursing and rehabilitation services in the area.

We are known for our cozy and friendly atmosphere where visitors are always welcome. Our seasoned staff members take a personal interest in our residents and provide a caring, loving, home like environment. We have an immediate opening for a cook with a minimum of 2 years experience in an institutional food services setting. Qualified candidate will be responsible for preparing palatable, nourishing, well-balanced meals to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs for each resident.

REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN Person will be responsible for maintenance and repairs to semi trailer refrigeration units. Must have ability to diagnose and repair units, perform preventative maintenance and install new units. Prior experience on Thermo King and/or Carrier units required with a preference on having certification.

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SALES/ SUPPORT, Nationwide Agent in Piqua seeking licensed support staff and licensed agents. Forward resume to jppp1@sbcglobal.net.

We offer a competitive wage and benefit package to include medical, dental, life, disability insurance and 401K plan. Qualified candidates will be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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2006 TRACKER 1648 BassSS, low hours, aerated well, bilge, 54lb thrust trolling motor, fish/depth finder, 25HP, 4stroke Mercury, $5500, (864)525-9698.

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Koester Pavilion 3232 North Co Rd 25A Troy, Ohio (I-75 at exit 78) (937)440-7663 Phone (937)335-0095 Fax Located on the Upper Valley Medical Center Campus

Immediate Need: General Associates for Anna Location for All Shifts, General Associates: experienced or will train the right candidates., May include: towbuggy operation; forklift, general assembly, etc.

Must be able to lift up to 25lbs frequently

PT Fitness Associates (Sidney only): experienced in general fitness and nutrition

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DIETARY ASSISTANT We are looking for experienced people. Come in and fill out an application and speak with Jeanine Colgrove, Dietary Director.

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Opportunities include, but are not limited to locations in Sidney, Anna and East Liberty

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TROY, 2 Bedroom Townhomes 1.5 bath, 1 car garage, $725

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Voice of America When German leader Adolf Hitler began to use powerful radio stations to send his hate propaganda into Europe, the U.S. 2331 W. Market St., Troy • 937.339.4800 government countered with the truth. Voice of America radio All-You-Can-Eat Soup & Salad began broadcasting in 1942. $7.99 Monday-Friday 11am-4pm As World War II engulfed the globe, the U.S. government wanted The North Central Ohio more of the world to hear its Voice of America programs. Bigger Solid Waste District radio transmission facilities were needed, and they were built by "Promoting Greater Participation Cincinnati broadcaster Powel Crosley Jr., owner of Cincinnati’s pioneering WLW station. in Recycling" www.ncowaste.org In September 1944, an announcer stepped in front of a microphone and announced, “We will speak to you about STOP SMOKING Present America and the war. The news may be good, or it may be bad, in just ONE sesson! this coupon for Before your session learn about hypnosis: but we will tell you the truth.” That short speech was the start of • How it lowers stress $ • How hypnosis is 100% safe 15 OFF the Voice of America radio broadcasts from the Bethany Station • How you are always in control reg. price single • How you feel under hypnosis private transmission facilities in Union Township in Butler County. Ohio • Weight Control included in session! session • www.miamivalleyhypnosis.com continued to be the home of the broadcasting service’s MIAMI VALLEY HYPNOSIS 332-8700 transmitters until November 14, 1994, when Voice of America switched to satellite transmissions.

Soon after the Ohio operations began, the broadcast studios moved to Washington, D.C., but the transmitter was thought to be safer located in the midst of Ohio farm fields.

RANDY HARVEY Lawncare Manager (937) 335-6418 Then—and now—those Ohio transmitters were some of the (Ohio) 1-800-237-5296 625 Olympic Dr. Fax (937) 339-7952 Troy, Ohio 45373 most powerful in the world. Today, the largest commercial radio Memory Lane stations typically send out 50,000-watt signals. Back then, the of America transmitters could produce a signal of 500,000 Antiques, LLC Voice to 600,000 watts—10 to 12 times stronger.

128 East Poplar Street All of that power came with a few problems. Some of them seem Sidney, Ohio 45365 funny today. People with metal dental work in their mouths 937-495-1014 Betty S. Johnson, Owner started hearing WLW’s radio programs—through their teeth!

Neighbors who lived near the transmitters commented that their bedsprings talked; others said their wire fences hummed.

Today, the original transmitter building and the giant 128 S. Main St., Sidney (Next to Ron & Nita’s) transmitters inside Bethany Station are part of the Voice of 492-3330 America Museum. Visitors can make appointments to tour M-TH 9-6; F 9-8; Sat 9-5 the site.

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Words to Know: transmitter engulf propaganda countered bedsprings For Discussion: 1. Discuss with your grandparents or greatgrandparents their memories of listening to the radio. What kind of programs did they listen to?

What was their favorite radio station? What was its call letters?

2. Why was it important that the Voice of America transmitters be hidden?

3. Why was the sentence “We will tell you the truth” so powerful?

Newspaper Activities: Propaganda can be good or bad. When it is good, it provides information that helps people, a cause or an institution.

Newspaper ads are full of propaganda. Choose three ads from today’s newspaper and discuss what idea is being spread and what person, cause or institution is being helped.

“Ohio: The Inside Story” is produced through a grant from The Ohio Newspapers Foundation, a nonprofit charitable and educational organization affiliated with The Ohio Newspaper Association. This is one of a series of 24 Ohio profiles.

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