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City gains grant funds Money targeted for Mill District improvements

BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff writer broyer@dailycall.com PIQUA — The Ohio Department of Development announced Wednesday that six Ohio communities will receive $50,000, along with technical assistance, from a newly-formed

Brownfield Action Plan Pilot program. One of the six recipients is the city of Piqua, with the funds to be used to create and implement an action plan for the 26-acre Riverfront Mill District.

Brownfield sites are underused, typically abandoned industrial locations that may be complicated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contamiPROVIDED GRAPHIC nants, according to the Pictured is the Riverfront Mill District, a recent recipiEnvironmental Protection ent of $50,000 from the Ohio Department of DevelopSee Grant/Page 2 ment’s new Brownfield Action Plan Pilot program.

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BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com IQUA — An awardwinning creator of gingerbread houses visited the Upper Valley Career Center this week as a part of the school’s Discovery Program and perhaps the only thing sweeter than her creations is the recent national publicity she received on a hit network reality show.

Mary Yaegle, of Huber Heights, began plying her trade several years ago after a friend’s encouragement and since then has constructed as many as 40 artistic edible houses.

In addition to concocting several award-winning gingerbread houses, including one she won first place for at last year’s Dayton Holiday Festival, one of her creations was recently displayed on an episode of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.”

For the gingerbread house, Yaegle built a replica gingerbread house of a Columbus home that was recently featured on the show.

P Letters to Santa inside today Look for the Piqua Daily Call’s annual Letters to Santa section in today’s paper.

Daily Call office closed Monday The Piqua Daily Call office will be closed on Monday, but the call center will be open from 6-10 a.m. if anyone has questions concerning delivery of their paper that day. All Piqua Daily Call papers will be delivered by newspaper carrier force on Monday. The call wishes readers happy holidays from our family to yours.

Correction A story in Thursday’s Daily Call reported an incorrect time for the Piqua Baptist Church Christmas Eve service. The candlelight service will begin at 10 p.m. Saturday.

The Call regrets the error.

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Piqua shooting suspect arrested Man caught in Ft. Wayne, Ind.

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com FT. WAYNE, Ind. — Authorities on Thursday night arrested a man wa n t e d in connection to a n e a r f a t a l shooting in the vicinity o f TUBBS Fo u n tain Park earlier this month, according to the Piqua Police Department.

U.S. marshals and members of the Ft. Wayne Police Department’s gang unit took Aaron Tubbs, 22, into custody following a 7:10 p.m. felony traffic stop without incident and he was unarmed, said Piqua Deputy Chief Marty Grove.

Tubbs remains behind bars in an Indiana jail as See Shooting /Page 2

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Upper Valley Career Center Discovery students Troy Dishong and Andy Houk of STAFF REPORT Piqua, l-r, watch as United Rehabilitation Services job coach Mary Yaegle of All month long you Huber Heights begins “construction” of a gingerbread house at the school on have been sending in your Wednesday. news, photos and videos But Yaegle also is a job felt so honored when pro- then the deadline was on the new Community coach in the Discovery ducers from the show trimmed from seven days Buzz feature on the newsprogram at the vocational contacted her for the to five days, and then to paper’s website. We’ve school, and she recently project. four. taken a few of our favorite showed and taught mem“One day I got a call “I met the deadline, but submissions from Piqua, bers in the program a lit- and that’s how it all it was close,” Yaegle said, Sidney and Troy and tle of what she knows. started,” she said. laughing. printed them on page 16 She said the hobby Yaegle said producers With an arsenal of sug- for you to enjoy. started out as something with the show initially ary confections, Yaegle In December, the Comfun, but it soon grew into gave her a week to put munity Buzz’s first a passion, but said she the house together, but See Gingerbread/Page 7 See Buzz/Page 2

Students get glimpse of Covington’s heritage Volunteers, including 98-year-old historian, take kids back to community of yesteryear

BY TOM MILLHOUSE News Editor tmillhouse@dailycall.com

Nickel, 98, was joined by fellow Covington/Newberry Historical Society members Joe Meyer and Joyce Robertson in COVINGTON — providing Covington While she might be Elementary School nearly 90 years older fourth-graders a than the fourth-grade glimpse of Covingstudents she spoke to ton’s rich heritage. have an idea for a during a recent pres- Do you The students not only Local Front story? entation on local his- Let Susan Hartley know at learned about their ext. 14 or e-mail to tory, Mary Nickel 773-2721 community’s history, shartley@dailycall.com captured the undithey also received an vided attention of the youngsters early Christmas present — full with her stories of Covington’s past.

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Mary Nickel, 98, holds up a photo of an old church during a recent presentation to fourth-graders at Covington Elementary School.

Fellow Covington-Newberry Historical Society members Joe Meyer, at right, and Joyce Robertson, not shown, also played a role in the recent special program on the history of the Covington area.

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Grant Continued from page 1 Agency. Such areas in the city have included the Piqua Hospital site and the Fort Piqua Plaza.

The Brownfield Action Plan grant awarded to the city by the Ohio Department of Development this week will go toward the downtown area, most notably the area in and around the old abandoned mill between Main Street and the Great Miami River, according to Bill Lutz development program manager for Piqua.

“Through the grant we received, Ohio Department of Development and Ohio EPA staff will work with city staff, property owners and downtown stakeholders to develop a plan to bring that portion of the downtown area back to life.”

Lutz said in a Thursday email responding to an inquiry about the grant.

Lutz also explained that following the labor assistance provided by the Ohio Department of Development and the Ohio EPA, the Ohio Department of Development will then provide the funds to implement the

memberships in the historical society.

Linda Poast, one of the school’s fourth-grade teachers, said the presentation fit in well with the Ohio history curriculum.

“The students are learning the history of their community as well as the history of Ohio,” she said, noting the program helped meet a learning benchmark set by the state.

Recently taking time out from making a batch of homemade noodles to answer questions about the program, Nickel said history has long been of special interest to her and she’s enjoyed her involvement in the Covington/Newberry Historical Society.

“I’ve been in it (historical society) since 1981, almost since it’s beginning,” she said.

Nickel said she spoke with students about the village’s beginnings, including Fort Rowdy, an Indian who lived in a cave near the village and other stories about the community’s early history.

Gertrude J. ‘Nicki’ Lange

new plan.

“City staff will also work to find other sources to implement the plan as well, if necessary,” Lutz said.

The latest similar undertaking for the city is the municipal power plant project that was discussed at this week’s commission meeting.

Three resolutions pertaining to the project were adopted at the meeting.

Those resolutions will allow for the authorization to file an application with the state to participate in the Clean Ohio Revitalization fund, a declaration that future development at the site will incorporate sustainable design principles and acknowledging the site as one of the highest priority as defined by the Red e v e l o p m e n t Opportunities Analysis report.

Future construction at the South Main Street location will include demolition of the power plant and, the installation of grass, trees, shrubbery and other landscaping that will transform the area into a waterfront park.

PIQUA — Gertrude J. “Nicki” Lange, 91, of 1601 Broadway, Piqua, died at 9 : 0 5 a . m .

Thursd a y Dec. 22, 2011, at the Upper Va l l e y Medi c a l Center. LANGE She was born October 9, 1920 in Warren County to the late Joseph S. and Myrtle L. (Leslie) Nicholas. She married Harold J. “Dutch” Lange on May 15, 1945, at St. Mary Catholic Church; he preceded her in death April 4, 2006.

Survivors include two sons, Frank N. (Kimbe) Lange and Michael E. Lange, all of Piqua; two daughters, Jeanne LangeFuller (Dale Fuller) of Cleveland and Margaret L. (Timothy) Wallace of Piqua; and nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers.

Mrs. Lange was a 1938

A tour guide at the Fort Rowdy Museum in downtown Covington, Nickel said the students were receptive to her presentation and those of her fellow historical society members.

“Oh yes, they were interested,” she said. “Several of them asked questions.”

Poast said she was impressed by the energy Nickel brought to her part of the program.

“She is so sharp,” Poast said.

“She has quite a sense of humor,” said Rick Fry, elementary school principal, remarking that the students were “very attentive.”

Meyer was the second speaker of the day, focusing his remarks on the settlement of Newberry Township outside Covington. He said he talked to the students about Indians who lived in the area when the first white settlers arrived. He also talked about the Stillwater River and creeks around the area that were used for transportation.

A Dayton Power and Light Co. retiree, Meyer

said he has always had an interest in history and noted that the Fort Rowdy Museum plays a key role in preserving the community’s heritage.

“We have a lot of history at the museum,” he said.

Next up was Joyce Robertson, who in addition to being a member of the historical society, also serves on Covington Village Council. She spoke on the more recent past, including school buildings.

“I spoke about what Covington was like from the 1950s on as I grew up — the buildings we used for school,” Robertson said.

“I attended kindergarten in the furnace room of the old building that backed up to what is now the middle school because we were outgrowing our school buildings,” she said. “Some classes met in the basements of local churches.”

The former Joyce Abshire, Robertson said while she was attending classes in the Church of the Brethren, “we were allowed to play on the fire escapes.” She noted that playing on the fire escapes

to see the stories, photos and videos that are important to you come in through the Community Buzz page,” said Lindy Jurack, editor of the Community Buzz and iN75 publication. “We want to see the community through your eyes, and we hope you’ll continue send us your news.”

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Buzz Continued from page 1 month, you sent in stories of your favorite Christmas memories, photos of your decorated trees and other news and pictures of your community. Jeri Sweitzer, of Piqua, even sent in a video of her son and his dog performing a clever trick. Be sure to visit the website to check it out.

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he awaits the extradition process back to Ohio where he has been charged by local authorities with attempted aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, having a weapon while under disability and trafficking drugs. The charges were filed following the Dec. 5 shooting of Michael Butts, 22, of Piqua.

Investigators allege Tubbs used a firearm to shoot Butts at close range four times while the victim sat in a car parked in the 1300 block of Forest Avenue in what police are calling a “drug deal gone bad.”

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TROY — Ruth Anna worth; five great-grandAshworth, 87, of Troy, children, Javin, Landon, passed away at her resi- Hugh, Becca and Adridence enne; three brothers and 10 p.m. sisters-in-law, Johnny and S u n Alice Hager of Hurricane, d a y , W.Va., Calvin Cecil and Dec. 18, Linda Hager of Hamlin, 2011.

W.Va. and Ronny Allen She and Wanda Hager of w a s Hamlin, W.Va.; three sisb o r n ters and brothers-in-law, March Ilder and Sam Smith of W.Va., 7, 1924, Barboursville, i n ASHWORTH Mary Jewel Bays of Flint, HamMich., and Christalee and lin, W.Va., to the late John Persinger of HurriShelby Cecil and Victoria cane, W.Va. Ruth was pre(Hinkle) Hager. Ruth was ceded in death by three married July 21, 1946, to brothers and one sister.

Edward Milton Ashworth Ruth graduated from Sr., who preceded her in Hamlin High School and death on Jan. 30, 2011. was a 1963 graduate of Ruth Anna Hager Ash- Marshall University in worth and her husband, Huntington, W.Va. She reEdward Sr. were married tired as a public school for 64 years. When first teacher in 1975, having married, they lived in a taught in Hamlin (W.Va.) small log cabin with no School for six years and electric and no indoor Piqua Junior High School plumbing. Some of their for six years. more expensive wedding A funeral service will be gifts were a pig and a hen at 2 p.m. Wednesday at newly hatched Fisher-Cheney Funeral with chicks.

Home, Troy, with Pastor Survivors include two Dale Christian officiating. sons and daughter-in-law, Visitation will be from 1-2 Edward M. Ashworth Jr. p.m. Wednesday at the fuof Troy and Thomas Jef- neral home. Interment fery and Lilah Ashworth will be in Riverside Cemeof Troy; five grandchil- tery, Troy. dren, Amber (Todd) Condolences may be exMcKenzie, Josh Ashworth, pressed to the family at at recess “brought a gasp” Scarlet Ashworth, Tesa www.fisher-cheneyfunerGessner and Levi Ash- alhome.com. from the students.

Poast also remarked that the children couldn’t believe that students would be allowed to play TROY — Loretta E. Shafer of Dayton. She is on a fire escape.

Another recollection of Smith, 87, of Tipp City, also survived by several Robertson’s school days passed away at 7:50 p.m. nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in was buying “little loaves of Wednesday, Dec. death by one sister, Betty bread for a nickel” from Fisher; two half sisters, the Pennington bread 2 1 , Marilyn O’Neal and Janet man who would drive his 2011, at Koester Shafer; one half brother, truck up to the playPavilion, Shafer.

Harry ground at recess. RobertShe was a retired emson said she told the T r o y . ployee of Arc Abrasives of children that when she She was b o r n Troy.

SMITH was in high school that A funeral service will be since she was in the IBOE N o (Intense Business Office vember 18, 1924 in Day- at 12 p.m. Tuesday at Education) program and ton, Ohio to the late Harry Fisher-Cheney Funeral had a study hall the last and Carolyn (Brady) Home, Troy. Visitation period, she was allowed to Shafer. She was married will be from 11 a.m. until walk to work the nearby May 3, 1969 to Norman 12 noon on Tuesday at the funeral home. at the Miami County DeWayne Smith.

Survivors include her Interment will be in Dairy “where we sold ice cream cones the size of husband, Norman De- Miami Memorial Park, your fists for a dime and Wayne Smith; one sister, Covington.

Condolences may be exyou could get a quarter Rosella Allen, of West Carcone that had three fist- rollton; one half brother, pressed to the family at sized scoops on a double Johnny Shafer of Dayton; www.fisher-cheneyfunerone half sister, Thelma alhome.com cone.”

Poast said the program sparked the students’ interest in local history, notDeath notices ing that some have expressed their intentions of visiting the Fort Rowdy PIQUA — Sharon E. Flaugher, of Piqua, passed Museum with their par- away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Upper Valley Medents. ical Center.

Funeral arrangements are pending through Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua. graduate of Houston High School and with her husband owned and operated the former Chick House Restaurants in Piqua. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Troy Senior Citizens Club. enjoyed playing She Bridge, cooking, gardening, and was well known for knitting her Irish Afghans.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Grilliot as the Celebrant.

Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. Monday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home where a prayer service will be conducted at 3 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church 528 Broadway, Piqua, OH 45356 or the American Diabetes Foundation, 2555 S. Dixie Dr., Suite 112, Dayton, OH 45409. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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In January, we want to hear about your New Year’s resolutions and see your photos remembering 2011. And keep sending the videos of your dog’s best trick. Any other topic you’re buzzing about also is welcome.

SIDNEY — Ulyssis “Jack” Napier Jr., 58, of 10652 Township Road 71, Quincy, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at his residence.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Full Gospel Community Church in Sidney.

Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home & Crematory, Sidney.

TROY — Jimmie Michael Bunch, 58, of Troy, passed away at his residence 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. Graveside services will be Wednesday at Riverside Cemetery with a military service by the Veterans Memorial Honor Guard of Troy.

Arrangements are entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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Grove said Tubbs’ capture came as a result of the great work by the marshal’s office and the Ft. Wayne gang unit and, as a result a “very dangerous subject is off the streets.”

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Giving back Dry Christmas holiday expected

Local shelter to benefit from CrossFit event

Dry weather returns today. We may a few early morning flurries, but no accumulation is expected.

Christmas weekend looks to be dry with some sunshine. It looks like there will be no white Christmas this year. High: 38 Low: 34.

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board of the Franklin House to see what their Ohio Community Media needs were this year,” myingst@tdnpublishing.com Young said. “Our memTROY — They build bers wanted to do more their bodies through within our community.”

The families joined the blood, sweat and tears — yet this year, the mem- members of the gym for bers of Practice CrossFit their gifts and also Troy are building holiday showed the children how spirit by giving back the fun exercise can be on local community Wednes- Wednesday.

“We hope to show both day.

Practice CrossFit in the women and children Troy raised more than that being strong can be a $2,017 to give back to the good thing,” Young said. women and children of “The children will be getthe The Abused Women ting a stocking with their and Children Shelter of name on it full of goodies and Santa will be giving Miami County in Troy.

Cindy Young, a mother them a special gift.”

Another special gift for of four and recent college graduate, said she and the 15 women and 15 chilthe members of Practice dren includes pictures CrossFit wanted to give with Santa himself.

“We are doing pictures back to their local community’s less fortunate with Santa for the kids and also family pictures,” this holiday season.

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Melissa Fisher and Terra Kennett work on core movements Wednesday prior to a Practice CrossFit workout in Troy. of the shelter said that all too often these women leave with nothing and lose all the pictures of their children, so we want to start to build their collection back up.”

The women will also be getting a laundry basket full of items that they need such as soaps and lotions — but also a few items just for fun ,such as slippers and picture frames, Young said.

The members of Practice CrossFit also raised money to provide the women with a gift that

they have asked for to give their own children on Christmas morning in private.

“That’s their gift to their child that they can open, in private, on morning,” Christmas Young said. “We are so glad to provide them with their own gift to give to their children from themselves because no parent should go without feeling that they cannot provide their child with a smile.”

Young said her children, along with the gym member’s children, also got into the spirit of giving by raising money at their local schools to help with the gifts for the shelter. Young also said many local community businesses also contributed including Troy Ford car dealership.

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To stay up-to-date with toy recalls visit CPSC Toy Recall list.

Once the gifts are open: Immediately discard plastic wrappings or other packaging on toys before they become dangerous play things.

Keep toys appropriate for older children away from younger siblings.

Charging batteries should be supervised by adults. Chargers and adapters can pose thermal burn hazards to young children. Pay attention to instructions and warnings on battery chargers.

Don’t remove home smoke detector batteries to power any toys.

Temperature High Yesterday 44 at 2:01 p.m.

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Meet the American crow at Brukner Nature Center MIAMI COUNTY — The American crow is one of the most common nature sightings throughout the winter months within our area. Their large populations are due in part to the high intelligence of the species allowing them to find food and thrive in almost any environment. During the cold winter months these birds often form large flocks called “murders” often numbering from hundreds to thousands of individuals. They are very crafty at finding food including eating road kill, finding leftover corn in the fields, stealing dog or cat food from pet dishes, and a variety of other methods. Come to this free event at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 8, to meet an American crow up close and learn more about their behaviors and personalities.

Miami East High School to host Financial Aid night Miami East High School will be having a Financial Aid night at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan10. A representative from Wright State University will be present to provide information, and answer questions.

The meeting is open to junior and senior parents, and will be in the lecture hall. Call the high school office at 335-7070 for more information.

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According to Young Practice CrossFit collected enough items for 15 women and 15 children this Christmas season.

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COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Medical Services reminds Ohioans that while toys are safer this Christmas thanks to stronger federal safeguards, toy-related injuries per year are still too high. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), there were 34 toy recalls in fiscal year 2011. This is down from 46 toy recalls in fiscal year 2010. In 2011, toy recalls related to lead declined to 4, down from 19 in 2008.

Toy-related deaths to children younger than 15 increased to 17 fatalities reported in 2010, up from 15 reported in 2009.

Nearly half of these toyrelated fatalities were attributed to choking on balloons, small balls, and rubber balls.

“EMS personnel are prepared to respond to emergencies during the holiday. However, most people can prevent toy-related injuries by taking precautions,” said Ohio EMS Executive Director Jeffrey Leaming. “It’s important to pay close attention to the types of toys parents and caregivers are purchasing for children this holiday.”

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owntown — Main Street — is not just a place, it is a symbol. A symbol of the economic health of a community and a symbol of the quality of life of the people who live there. A downtown gives us a sense of our history and of pride in our community. Downtown Piqua is the literal and figurative heart of our community.

Great downtowns don’t just happen – there has to be a vision of what the downtown can become, there has to be strong leaders willing to do what it takes to succeed, there has to be constant management and there has to be participation by all members of a community.

In Piqua we are extremely fortunate to have all those elements in the Mainstreet Piqua program. Since its inception in 1993 the Mainstreet Piqua program has been in the forefront of the redevelopment efforts in our community and has a strong track record of success.

The role of Mainstreet Piqua Inc. in the development of our downtown is an often misunderstood but very important one. The organization grew out of the Future Piqua study conducted by the city many years ago. The citizens of Piqua at that time expressed much concern about their downtown, saying they wanted it to be an attractive, viable and strong center of the community. A group was then brought together by the city, the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce and the Piqua Improvement Corporation to start a concen- KEN MAGOTEAUX trated downtown economic Guest Column development initiative and the Mainstreet Piqua program was the result of those efforts. Since then much has been accomplished by the Mainstreet Piqua program including façade improvements, streetscaping, new businesses, more special events and a concentrated effort on the beautification of the downtown area.

Mainstreet Piqua believes that a vital downtown retains and creates jobs and provides a collective forum where they community can come together and enjoy community events. Some of our events include Taste of the Arts, Christmas on the Green and the Piqua Community Farmers Market.

Our organization has enjoyed the support of our business members, the city of Piqua and our benefactors as we have demonstrated a strong commitment to our community and provided for a renewed and rejuvenated downtown.

As we have worked tirelessly over the past 18 years, our program of work has increased as we have added more events and activities to make downtown Piqua the heart of the community. Unfortunately, the support we have received from our contributors has decreased. We have also been significantly impacted by the slow economy.

That is why Mainstreet Piqua Inc. has started Friends of Mainstreet. Through this new organization, Mainstreet Piqua hopes to find new partners who can support our efforts through a financial contribution and help spread the word about the good work Mainstreet Piqua is doing to Support the Heart of Our Community.

Friends of Mainstreet Piqua is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization so all contributions to the organization are tax-deductible.

I hope you will join me in supporting the Friends of Mainstreet Piqua with a tax-deductible gift. You can make a difference in this community … Join “Friends of Mainstreet Piqua” today.

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How’s ‘The View’ from the bottom? “quinoa” or “the reveal”? ave you noticed Somehow I can’t picture that almost every Joy Behar scrapbooking or new daytime TV Barbara Walters worrying show wants to be a version about the best way to grill of “The View”? You can alhamburgers in her backmost hear the pitch sesyard. She has important sions down at Television things to worry about, like Central — “It’s totally difwho is the most fascinatferent: It’s ‘The View’ with ing person of the year. This doctors.” “It’s ‘The View’ JIM MULLEN year Steve Jobs won, beatwith interior decorators.”

Columnist ing out the Kardashians.

“It’s ‘The View’ with politiTough choice. Like picking cians.” “It’s ‘The View’ meets ‘SportsCenter.’” “It’s ‘The View,’ but between Charlie Sheen and Gandhi, it’s on the Home Shopping Network.” “It’s kind of a toss-up.

No, I watch so I can enjoy the pleasure ‘The View’ with comedians.” “It’s ‘The View’ with celebrity chefs.” “It’s ‘The View’ of a coffee klatch without having to let with pawn shop owners.” “It’s ‘The View’ anyone into my not-so-spotless kitchen. It for hoarders.” “It’s ‘The View’ hosted by turns out that the big problem with all the Kardashians.” “It’s ‘The View’ meets those miracle cleaners I buy that promise ‘Dancing with the Stars.’” “It’s ‘The View’ to remove all my most disgusting grease with people who’ve been kicked off ‘Sur- and grime is that they don’t come with a vivor.’” “It’s ‘The View’ with people talking cleaning person. Apparently I am supabout ‘The View’ that they watched this posed to do all the spraying and scrubbing morning.” “It’s ‘The View’ with interesting myself. Now where would I find the time women talking about the topics of the to watch all those miracle cleaner infomercials and order them if I did my own day.” Oh, no, wait, that IS “The View.”

Now, I like “The View” as much as the cleaning? So, I can see “The View,” but next person. As much as the next person they can’t see me.

Besides, “The View” has much better who watches daytime TV out of the corner of his eye while doing household chores — friends than I do. Because of the “The chores like dusting the TV, fluffing the View” I don’t have to invite my deadbeat sofa in front of the TV, oiling the recliner neighbors into my kitchen, neighbors who in front of the TV and washing my, I mean would probably want me to make them ‘his,’ collection of Snuggies. Is “The View” some kind of fancy flavored coffee, like really that good? Or could it be that I hazelnut or vanilla or something and watch because I’ve already seen all the serve them freshly baked coffee cake. But half-hour-long infomercials they run that I don’t do modern coffee. I only know how time of day on most of the other channels? to make coffee-flavored coffee. In a coffee If there’s a slicer/dicer, miracle cleaner, pot I’ve been meaning to clean.

I don’t have to comb my hair to watch closet organizer, under-the-bed storage bag, juicer, food dryer, egg cooker, herb “The View;” I don’t have to get out of my chopper, grill, boiler, printer ink cartridge bathrobe. I don’t have to clean up after refiller, push-up tool, pull-up bar, exercise anyone when the show’s over. But now ball, bell, belt or video I don’t have, it’s that every show wants to be “The View” I only because the item must not be up to have to ask, how many coffee klatches can my high shopping-by-phone standards. one person watch in a day? My limit And sometimes I can’t meet the “call would be about five, maybe six. I need within the next 10 minutes” deadline be- some time to refill my ink cartridges, juice cause I’m on the phone buying something my eggs and organize my closet. else.

Jim Mullen’s new book, “Now in PaperDo I tune into “The View” because I know I can watch it every day and rarely, back,” is now in paperback. You can reach if ever, hear the words “glue gun,” him at jimmullenbooks.com.

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Letters to the Editor

Many hands made food project a success

To the Editor: Ken Magoteaux is the past president of the Mainstreet St. James Food Pantry, a ministry of Piqua Board of Trustees and is presently the chair of the the Episcopal Church in Piqua, would Friends of Mainstreet Piqua Fund Drive. He is a senior like to give a special holiday thank you to financial adviser with Unity National Bank’s Investthose who helped make our “Christmas ment Services.

Meal Box” giveaway so special. We were able to provide 100 (we had 500-plus people who signed up to receive one) a complete Christmas meal.

We would like to especially recognize Kroger, Ulbrich’s and Meijer for providing us with our food for the meals and the Piqua Paper Box Co. for donating the 100 boxes.

A heartfelt thank you from St. James to the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church in Troy, who provided funding and volunteer support for this ministry and the Piqua Daily Call for covering the

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event. This ministry served approximately 455 families a month, which equates to approximately 15,620 per year (12 percent above last year). We are operated by volunteers from both the church community and outside of it.

Finally, thank you, thank you to all the volunteers and those who support out food ministry all year long, especially Walmart Shared Harvest, all the organizations who award us grants and support us with funding and all the individuals who bring us food and donations to support the food pantry. Many are blessed in this community each month because of these hands and hearts.

Blessings to them all.

—St. James Episcopal Church and the food pantry committee.

Families appreciate help following fire To the Editor: From both families that lost their homes to a recent fire on Walker Street, we would like to extend a sincere thank you to the outpouring of prayers and support that our friends and the community have shared with us, it has been

greatly appreciated. A special thanks to the Red Cross and Upper Valley Community Church for all of their assistance.

Thanks again, and Merry Christmas.

—Rachel Weaver and Shara Hudson Piqua

To the Editor: Your “Open Mike” should try to use language that is at least more enlightened. Use of words such as “slimy” and “thugs” to describe officials contributes nothing to public discussion. I find his comments about any proposed cell phone legislation to be short sighted, ill-informed, and lacking in historical insight. Perhaps he would change his mind if someone close to him were to be seriously injured in an accident involving an impaired driver. Aren’t drivers under the influence of alcohol impaired?

Are there not laws that apply to that situation? Or do such laws take away our “inalienable rights”?

I remember that when I was in the third grade, two classmates were killed in an auto accident. After a student suggested that seatbelts could have helped to prevent the deaths, a teacher (the aunt of the two children) discussed seatbelt laws heatedly in class, saying that such laws are misguided; safe driving is the issue, she said. Her anger and grief were understandable.

But just teaching safe driving did not and will not alone save lives. I also remember the heated and ill-informed arguments presenting pros and cons of seatbelt usage. Since that time seatbelt laws (click it or ticket, Mike) have saved countless lives.

Have those laws taken away your rights?

The NTSB itself realizes all the difficulties that its recommendation creates in terms of enforceability and seems to approach this as a starting point for discussion. Finally, in reference to your contention “Congress has turned into a bunch of thugs, preying on Americans by stealing their tax dollars.” Do you realize that for every dollar Ohioans send to Washington, they receive $1.05 back in services? (taxfoundation.org).

—Rich Gilberg Piqua

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First wife has heard enough of young replacement’s chatter DEAR ABBY: After 19 years of marriage, my husband left me for a younger woman. I found out later that they had been dating for several years. They moved in together immediately after our separation, and she was pregnant at the divorce hearing. They had a baby boy eight months later.

At every event with my kids, they come together with their son and she steers the conversation to her life, what’s going on, etc. I have tried to be silent and civil, but she ruined my daughter’s high school graduation by gossiping and giggling JOHN PAUL FILO/AP PHOTO behind me and the kids Host David Letterman, right, and comic Jay Thomas get ready to throw footballs at the Late Show Christmas the entire event.

I am trying not to be a tree during the annual Late Show Holiday Quarterback Challenge on the set of “Late Show with David Letbitter ex, but I have had terman,” that aired Thursday on the CBS Television Network. Thomas and Letterman each take turns tossto bite back some nasty ing footballs at the Late Show Christmas tree to try and knock off the giant meatball perched at its top. words to both of them.

Any suggestions on how to deal with a miserably blended family?

— BLENDED FAMILY IN BATON ROUGE, LA.

Odd holiday traditions for David Letterman

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which man had the idea of inviting her on the show — then televised on NBC — but everyone was pleased with the results.

The first time, Shaffer accompanied Love with a quartet. As the years went on musicians were added to approximate original producer Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound,” and upwards of 20 musicians and singers have been onstage with Love.

Each year’s twist involves how red-suited saxophone player Bruce Kapler will appear for his solo: One year he burst through a chimney. The widow of famed sax session player Steve Douglas, who played on the original “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” recording, sold Shaffer the horn used on that session, and Kapler borrows it each year for Love’s appearance.

Letterman’s staff has a real emotional connection to the song, enhanced with the passage of time, Burnett said.

“Every year there’s a moment in the song, where she is hitting it full blast and the confetti comes down, just about every staff member — even the toughest stagehand — you can see just choking it back,” he said.

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Anita” for four years. She moved in with me two years ago and our home life has been wonderful. We are a unique couple. We have discussed marriage, but neither of us believes in the tradition.

I’d like to show Anita how much I love her, as well as show others we’re in a serious relationship.

An engagement ring would be a way to show it. However, the term “engagement” would not be accurate because we do not plan to marry.

Can you suggest another symbol or even another term for a ring to show unity without indicating the eventuality of

Advice marriage?

— ROMANTIC IN OHIO DEAR ROMANTIC: How about calling Anita’s ring a commitment ring?

Or give her a pendant with a sweet message engraved on the back? Or a wristwatch engraved with, “Love ya ‘til the end of time,” or “… ‘til time runs out.” Another way to indicate to others that you’re together but don’t believe in “tradition” would be to hold a commitment ceremony and invite friends.

DEAR ABBY: There is an issue driving a wedge between my wife and me.

I have always believed that my casual shirts (in fact, all my shirts) should be worn tucked into my slacks. My wife feels they should be left out. I think I look better with them tucked in. She feels differently.

Abby, you can save our marriage if you’ll let us know who is right. To tuck, or not to tuck — that is the question. And, by the way, she says I should mention that I have a bodacious waistline, which means I could lose 40 pounds.

— FRIAR “TUCKED” IN LONGMONT, COLO. DEAR “TUCKED”: Your wife is your best friend and she is right. (If you doubt it, consult a men’s haberdasher.) By leaving your shirt out, you would appear to be a few pounds thinner.

When you tuck it in, your “bodacious” waistline is accentuated by a horizontal line, which makes you appear to be heavier.

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.

■ Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

Bidding quiz

1. Pass. There comes a time when you’ve shown all your values and there’s nothing further to show. True, partner opened the bidding, but he has now signed off twice opposite your two forcing bids. Obviously, he must have a dead-minimum opening bid. He presumably would have shown more interest in game (such as bidding three notrump instead of two) if he had more than a dead-minimum. Since you have no values beyond those already indicated, it’s high time to put a stop to the proceedings.

Another way to approach the situation is to apply the general principle that it normally takes

at least a minimum opening bid to make a game opposite another minimum opening bid. Partner seems to have a minimum, and you have less than an opening bid, so the combined total comes to less than game.

2. Three spades. The purpose of this bid is to tell partner that you have 6-5 distribution. Partner knows you would not repeat your spades with only a four-card suit, so he will credit you with five spades. At the same time, he will realize that you must have at least six clubs, since you would

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have bid spades first with two suits of equal length.

3. Four hearts. Game is certain despite partner’s two weak rebids. However, there’s still a good chance for slam, and you can suggest this by jumping to four hearts, implying extra values while at the same time completing the description of your 43-1-5 distribution.

4. Three hearts. It is still not clear whether the best game contract lies in hearts, notrump or clubs.

The best way of pinpointing your shortage in diamonds is by now showing heart support, which, in

conjunction with your two previous bids, should make it easier for partner to choose the best final contract.

Ordinarily, Q-x is not adequate support for a suit partner has rebid only once, since the rebid might occasionally be based on only five cards.

But in the great majority of cases, partner is far more likely to have a sixcard suit, so a trial bid of three hearts (forcing) is clearly the best choice at this point.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Think holiday traditions and mistletoe, eggnog and caroling come to mind.

David Letterman’s Christmas includes target practice at a giant meatball, the Lone Ranger and singer Darlene Love.

Each has become part of CBS “Late Show” lore through the years, their appearances anticipated by fans like wrapped presents under a tree. The meatball, the Lone Ranger and Love all return Friday.

Comic Jay Thomas came back to try to knock a meatball off the top of a Christmas tree with a football and recount his Lone Ranger anecdote again.

Love sang “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” as fake snow fluttered to the stage.

“The best traditions are the ones you can’t plan,” said Rob Burnett, executive producer of “Late Show.”

“These happened very organically on our show and it is very silly and very goofy. It makes sense with the sensibility of the ‘Late Show’ to be part of our tradition.”

Letterman’s on-set Christmas tree is frequently decorated with oddities, such as the meatball on top instead of a star, Angel or bow.

It all started one night back in 1998 when New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde was a guest. He and Letterman picked up footballs and began tossing them at the tree, aiming for the meatball. Watching their failures impatiently from the wings was Thomas, former quarterback at tiny Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C.

throwing a golf ball.

“They’re shooting me up like a racehorse to make $760 and hit a friggin’ meatball,” he said.

He’s heard from plenty of people who look forward to his annual appearance, including a well-known Hollywood movie director.

The power player, who Thomas wouldn’t name, confessed that he’s bipolar and often plays a recording of the holiday show when he’s glum. Thomas is glad to cheer the director up.

He’d like it even more if he could get an audition for one of the man’s movies.

The Darlene Love tradition has deeper roots. Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer learned early on when he tried to play “Monster Mash” on Halloween that his boss isn’t much into holiday music.

But Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” originally recorded for the landmark 1963 holiday album “A Christmas Gift for You,” is “the one place where his and my holiday tastes coincide,” Shaffer said. “He loves the song.”

Shaffer was performing with Love in Ellie Greenwich’s musical “Leader of the Pack” in winter 1984 and Letterman came to see them. Shaffer isn’t sure

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Thomas had discussed trying the target practice with Letterman before the show, but no one told that to stage manager Biff Henderson.

He blocked Thomas from going out on stage.

“I fake to the right and Biff goes to catch me and I run around him like a scramble,” said Thomas, who picked up a football and threw with laserlike accuracy at the meatball, accomplishing in one throw what the NFL quarterback couldn’t in several.

Testaverde has been forgotten, but Thomas is invited back each year to see if he can repeat his feat.

Around the same time — Thomas isn’t sure exactly when — Letterman heard about a story Thomas told of his time as a radio DJ in the South when he and a friend had to give a ride to Clayton Moore, star of television’s “Lone Ranger.” We won’t be spoilers; Letterman has called it the “best story I’ve ever heard.”

The story, too, is repeated each year. Thomas said he and Letterman have never discussed why it has become a tradition.

It just has.

“It is the craziest thing I have ever been a part of,” he said.

Thomas practices before each appearance, taking a football into Central Park and aiming at a particular tree branch.

Two years ago Letterman knocked off the meatball with his own throw before Thomas even came out on stage, leaving the comic — whose acting career has cooled — to moan in fake distress: “This is all I have!”

Last year Thomas needed a cortisone shot to make the show after he had injured his shoulder

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DEAR “BLENDED” FAMILY: Yes, and please don’t think I am without sympathy. The surest way to deal with your miserably blended family is to make a conscious decision to get on with YOUR life. If you’re not interested in what the woman has to say, get up and move away. No one says you must listen to her prattle. Develop your own interests and activities, and meet some new friends. The stronger and more independent you become, the better off you’ll be. Trust me.

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

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Autism-friendly Santas a hit at malls HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) Visiting a shopping mall to share Christmas wishes with Santa had always been too much for 10-year-old Ben Borre, due to the autism that makes the noise, lights and crowds an unbearable torment.

But now a growing number of “sensitive” Santas in shopping centers, at community parties and elsewhere are giving Ben and others a chance to meet the big guy in autism-friendly settings allowing their families to capture Christmas memories that other families may take for granted.

Ohio-based Glimcher Realty Trust recently started offering sensitive Santa sessions in its two dozen malls nationwide, and service organizations and autism family groups have recruited low-key Kris Kringles who adjust their demeanor to the special needs of their young guests.

“Every parent dreads the noise and chaos of the mall Santa scene, but this isn’t even dreading. It’s just literally un-doable for us,” said Darlene Borre of West Hartford, Ben’s mother.

Ben, a nonverbal fourthgrader, is among the up to 1.5 million Americans living with autism spectrum disorders that can include delays or disabilities in communication, behavior and socialization. They can range from mild difficulties to significant impair-

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Ben Borre, 10, of West Hartford, Conn., sits with an autism-friendly Santa Claus, Ray Lepak of Manchester, Conn., who is also Ben’s grandfather. For families of many children on the autism spectrum, a visit with Santa Claus at Christmas can be nearly impossible — unless they’re visiting one of the growing number of sensitive Santas. ments that make it difficult for those children to interact with others.

Many children with autism are especially sensitive to loud noises, jangling music, crowds and unpredictable situations, and could not wait patiently in a long line to see Santa.

The Borres tried without success a few times over the years to grab quick snapshots if Ben walked close enough to any Santa, but with mixed results.

Now, he visits an autism-friendly Santa each December at a local playground. The sensitive

Santa happens to be Ben’s grandfather, Ray Lepak, who was compelled after seeing what his daughter’s family was experiencing.

“Just because a family has a child with special needs doesn’t mean they don’t want all the same memories that everyone else does,” Borre said. “We all want those same holiday joyful moments; it just has to be approached differently.”

Ben’s sister, 4-year-old Lila, who does not have autism, and is getting wise to the fact that Santa and Grandpa bear a suspicious resemblance. But she’s not letting on to Ben.

Lepak, 69, of Manchester recently donned his Santa suit plus a brandnew beard and snow-white wig and met with several Hartford-area children and their parents. He’s learned over the years how to pep it up for siblings who don’t have autism, and how to tone it down for children who seem overwhelmed.

He starts with a few mellow “Ho, Ho, Ho” greetings, watches for those who are intrigued, and smiles or beckons to them to come closer. Many steer clear but watch him, either curiously or warily, while others remain disinter-

ested.

“You’ll see them watch Santa out of the corner of their eye, then little by little they’ll come closer, then walk away as if you’re not there, and come back in a bit,” Lepak said. “It’s really about following their lead and communicating on their terms.”

Some will give him a high five; the braver ones might sit on his lap. At the recent gathering, one child had no interest at all in Santa until he realized that the big guy in the bright red suit was willing to push him on a swing and those fleeting moments were enough for the

boy’s family to snap pictures.

A growing number of malls also are setting aside special times for sensitive Santa visits when the shopping centers would otherwise be closed. recent autismA friendly Santa visit at its Northtown Mall in Blaine, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis, drew 55 children despite poor weather, and last year drew more than 100.

Linda Sell, Northtown’s marketing director, said the two-hour window on a recent Sunday morning was devoid of lines and the bustle of a regular Santa visit. Instead, children could play and color nearby until their number was called.

Sell said they also turned off the Christmas music, dimmed the lights, sent maintenance workers and other potential distractions away, and asked parents to fill out a form to give Santa the heads up on the boys’ and girls’ wish lists.

“Some kids will sit next to Santa. Some will want to stand a little farther away and look at him, or sit in the chair next to him, or have mom or dad next to him,” Sell said.

“It’s so hard on some of these families trying to take some of the kids out,” Lepak said. “What a feeling that is, when I’m inside the Santa suit and I see those little innocent faces. They love it and it warms my heart.”

No pain, no gain Data shows continuing drop in child abuse

JOHN ROSEMOND Columnist absorbed young adults who have a high sense of entitlement and low regard for others.

When feelings are not bridled by rational thinking, they drive behavior that is often irresponsible, self-dramatic, and destructive (of self and others). When the goal of parenting was to teach the child to think properly and act responsibly, that description rarely applied to a child above age twelve, which is why coming-of-age rituals like the Jewish Bar Mitzvah took place around a child’s 13th birthday. Today’s parents have bought the myth that behavior of the above sort is normal for teenagers, so they don’t expect much more, and they don’t get more than they expect.

The clarity of hindsight can be painful indeed, especially when it regards a child, but you have an opportunity here to redeem yourselves. I know you would say you love your son, but let me challenge you: Love is doing for someone what they need, not what they want. Your son needs you to stop enabling. He needs you to emancipate him.

The only cure for his irresponsibility and feelings of entitlement is being out on his own, having to pay his own bills, solve his own problems, and so on. He has no reason to wake up and smell the coffee if you continue to serve as his safety net. Yes, it’s going to be painful for all concerned, but as the saying goes, “no pain, no gain.”

Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents’ questions on his web site at www.rosemond.com.

NEW YORK (AP) Fears that persisting economic woes would increase child abuse in the U.S. have proved unfounded, according to the latest federal data.

A comprehensive new report, to be formally unveiled Wednesday, shows overall abuse and neglect figures declining slightly between 2008 and 2010, and child fatalities dropping by 8.5 percent during that span.

“The recession hasn’t had the draconian effect that some feared,” said Richard Gelles, dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and an expert on child welfare. “The doom and gloom predictions haven’t come true.”

The annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services said the estimated number of victimized children dropped from 716,000 in the 2008 fiscal year, when the recession began, to 695,000 in 2010. That’s down from 825,000 in 2006.

The rate of abuse factoring in cases where some children were abused more than once during the year was 10 per 1,000 children, down from 10.3 in 2008, to reach the lowest level since the current tracking system began in 1990.

The number of fatalities from abuse and neglect has dropped markedly, from an estimated 1,720 in 2008 and 1,750 in 2009 to 1,560 last year. About 80 percent of those killed were 3 or younger.

Overall, 78 percent of victims suffered neglect, nearly 18 percent were physically abused and 9.2

percent were sexually abused. The report tallied 63,527 children who were sexually abused in 2010 a drop from 65,964 in 2009 and down more than 55 percent from the peak of about 150,000 in 1992.

The report, formally known as the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, is based on input from child protection agencies in every state. According to its data, about 80 percent of abuse perpetrators are parents, and 6 percent are other relatives of the victims.

Federal officials welcomed the new data, but added words of caution.

“We are heartened to see maltreatment on the decline, but even one child being a victim of abuse and neglect is too many,” said George Sheldon, HHS acting assistant secretary for children and families.

“The report reminds us of the continuing need for investment in prevention efforts and the importance of coordination between federal, state and local agencies.”

Sociologist David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children Research Center, said some of the new data might reflect methodological changes as well as lower levels of abuse. For example, the number of abuse-related child fatalities in California dropped in part because the state changed the parameters for how it tallied them.

Finkelhor also noted that a recent study led by Dr. Rachel Berger of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh documented an increase in head-trauma

injuries to infants during the recession.

Overall, however, Finkelhor said the federal report was evidence of a sustained decrease in the prevalence of serious child abuse.

“It shows that whatever processes are involved in the decline are fairly deeply rooted, so they aren’t being reversed by the considerable adversity that families are experiencing,” he said.

Among the likely factors, he suggested, are greater public awareness about child abuse, wider use of psychiatric medications by adults who might have abusive tendencies, and more knowledge among parents of good child-rearing practices.

“No one should take this as a sign of victory, but it is encouraging and suggests that the things we’ve been doing are helping, and we should be doing more of them,” Finkelhor said.

Gelles, the University of Pennsylvania professor, noted that a range of social problems did not worsen during the recent recession, despite some fears to the contrary the overall crime rate was down, for example, and welfare caseloads did not surge.

“Economic disadvantage in the U.S. may not be so bad that it has a one-toone relationship with the abuse of children,” Gelles said. “The life preservers still function.”

Child sex abuse has been in the national spot-

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light because of the Penn State scandal, in which former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with abusing 10 boys over more than a decade. Reacting to the scandal, a Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday to examine the nation’s child abuse laws.

Among the proposals to be discussed is one by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., seeking to ensure that states require all adults to report suspected child abuse, not just certain professionals such as doctors, teachers and social workers.

Such professionals accounted for 60 percent of abuse reports documented in the new federal survey.

Some child-welfare experts say it would be counterproductive to require all adults most without any training to report suspected child abuse because it could overload child protection agencies with dubious cases. Already, about four-fifths of the reports received by the agencies do not lead to findings of abuse, according to the federal report.

Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, which seeks to reduce the number of children unnecessarily placed in foster care, said the new report suggests that child welfare agencies have become more sophisticated in distinguishing between children endangered by neglect and those who are simply disadvantaged by poverty.

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We paid a heavy price during his teen years. At this point, he is arrogant, immature, and irresponsible.

For example, he recently went online and posted a vile comment about a former girlfriend. When we confronted him about it, he told us she deserved it.

We realize the error of our ways, but our need to protect him from the consequences of his impulsivity and irresponsibility is so strong that we can’t seem to break the habit. On the positive side, he holds down a good job and is also going to college. Can you give us some advice?

Answer: When I began writing this column in 1976, I never thought parents would ever ask me for advice concerning problems with young adult children, and for many years they did not.

Over the past 10 years or so, however, as the pigeons of what I call Postmodern Psychological Parenting have come home to roost, more and more parents have asked me what to do about children (and they are most definitely still children) in their 20s and even 30s still living at home, still expecting their parents to solve their problems, and still acting irresponsibly.

For forty years and counting, American parents have raised children in a manner that emphasizes feelings over rational thought and good citizenship. With rare exception, post-1960’s “experts” encouraged parents to focus on the “inner child,” allow their children to express feelings freely, and cultivate high self-esteem.

In the home and America’s public schools, training children to think straight and prepare them for responsible adulthoods took a back seat to helping them feel good about themselves and protecting them from failure and disappointment. The result is Generation E—self-

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Troy police make arrests STAFF REPORTS TROY — Five adults were arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stealing a car from Piqua. All five people were arrested at the Speedway gas station on W. Main St., Troy on multiple charges.

Piqua police received a report of a possible stolen vehicle 20 minutes before Troy police found the car at the gas station.

The five included Chip

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Patrol to step up holiday patrols Motorists asked to help curb fatalities FOR THE DAILY CALL COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be out in full force this holiday season removing dangerous and impaired drivers in an effort to reach historic lows in the number of people killed on Ohio’s roadways in 2011.

Last year fatalities in-

creased to 1,080 over a record low of 1,022 in 2009.

With the upcoming holidays, the patrol is asking motorists to help Ohio achieve a record year by not driving impaired, buckling-up and keeping their focus on the road.

During last year’s holiday reporting period of midnight Thursday, Dec. 23 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 14 people lost their lives on Ohio’s roadways, with four deaths al-

cohol-related.

“The holidays can be one of the most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving,” said Col. John Born, patrol superintendent.

“Last year during the holiday weekend, troopers arrested 226 drivers for impaired driving.”

As part of national holiday enforcement efforts, the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services is assist-

ing law enforcement around the state, including OVI task forces, in coordinating efforts to step-up enforcement of traffic and impaired driving laws.

Last year in Ohio, 39 people died in alcohol-related crashes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.

The public is encouraged to continue using (877)-7-PATROL to report dangerous or impaired drivers, as well as stranded motorists.

Burglary suspects caught on tape

BY MELANIE YINGST Ohio Community Media myingst@tdnpublishing.com TIPP CITY — Miami County Sheriff’s Officials are on the look out for two suspects that were caught on surveillance tape in a residential burglary on Tuesday that occurred on West State Route 571, west of Tipp City in Monroe Twp. Both suspects are white

males and were driving a white four-door sedan, possibly a 1990s model Geo Prism with all black rims, according to Miami County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dave Duchak.

Officials were dispatched to West State Route 571 for an alarm.

The front door was open with the wooden door frame and trim busted.

Flat screen televisions, safe, jewelry box and fire

arms were reported stolen.

A neighbor had video surveillance at his resident that was recorded to a DVR. During the investigation, a resident called to report a wooden jewelry box found in the driveway of 2006 West State Route 571. It was claimed by the victim although the box was empty. A few stray pieces of jewelry were found in the driveway by

the box which was returned to the victim.

“We want to alert the public that once again burglars are targeting the southern part of Miami County,” Duchak said.

Tips in the case can be called in to the Miami County 9-1-1 dispatch center at (937) 339-6400.

Anonymous tips can also be left on the sheriff’s website, www.miamicountysheriff.org.

group used were made by students in the building and grounds maintenance program. They helped bend metal to make original cookie cutters.

The Discovery Program provides students with identified disabilities the opportunity to work in several career-technical programs and are assigned job coaches.

The program offers stu-

dents, in age ranges from 16 to 20: early childhood education, auto services/technologies, culinary arts, interactive media, building and grounds maintenance, landscape management, medical technologies, cosmetology and environmental services.

The overall goal of the program is to help the students “achieve competitive employment leading

to independent living,” according to the Discovery Coordinator Niki Luciano.

Luciano said the program continues to be a success and the students absolutely love it.

“It has created a lot of mentor relationships for the students in the program,” she said, not only among other job coaches, but also with other students at the school.

Gingerbread Continued from page 1 used planks of gingerbread instead of wood, icing instead of nails, gumdrops instead of windows and cereal treats for roofing materials to show students in the career center’s Discovery Program not only a lesson in building, but also in the culinary arts.

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Mills, 19, of Houston in Shelby County, Issac Godsey, 31, of Piqua, Tasha Carnes, 26, of Piqua, Steven Herron, 25, of Piqua, and Ralph Lewis, 41, also of Piqua.

Lewis was charged with grand theft auto, while the other four are charged with receiving stolen property.

According to reports, Issac Godsey was released from jail on his own recognizance, while the remaining four continue to be held in the Miami County Jail on cash bonds of $10,000 each.

County man jailed for child pornography Information from federal officials leads to arrest

BY MELODY VALLIEU Ohio Community Media vallieu@tdnpublishing.com MONROE TOWNSHIP — Based on information from federal authorities and a subsequent investigation, the Miami County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Tipp City man on Thursday for child pornography.

Joel Pratt, 34, of 7410 Meadow Drive, Tipp City, was arrested on three felony counts of pandering sexually oriented materials and two felony counts of obscenity involving minors, according to Chief Deputy Dave Duchak.

Duchak said with information provided by federal authorities, and an investigation of their own, the sheriff ’s office was able to gather enough evidence to get a search warrant. He said evidence was recovered on a computer during the search to support the charges.

“There’s a lot (of pictures),” Duchak said.

“Preliminarily, there appears to be some that he may have taken and some obtained through the Internet.”

He said they entered the house and found Pratt’s 10-year-old daughter — whom he has full custody of — and a young niece in the house. With the help of Miami County Children’s Services, the niece was returned home and Pratt’s daughter was placed with a family friend.

Duchak said the house also was extremely dirty.

“The house was beyond contemptible,” Duchak said.

Duchak said detectives believe Pratt may have been involved in organizations involving children and are asking anyone in the community that may have additional information about Pratt to call Detective Dominic Burnside at (937) 440-3965, Ext. 6635.

“Detectives are continuing their investigation and more charges will likely be forthcoming,” Duchak said.

Pratt remains incarcerated in the Miami County Jail on $67,000 bond.

Duchak said Pratt could face eight years or more in prison if found guilty of the charges.

Edwards wants trial delayed RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for him to attend his approaching criminal trial over campaign finances and is asking for it to be delayed.

In a motion filed Thursday, Edwards’ lawyers

asked a federal judge to delay the start of the Jan. 30 trial for at least two months. They did not disclose his illness and filed sealed records with the court.

“The Defendant has a medical issue … that will prevent a trial of this matter during the January 2012 Criminal Term,” the motion says.

Wal-Mart pulls infant formula after baby dies in Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.

The source of the bacteria that caused the infection has not been determined, but it occurs naturally in the environment and in plants such as wheat and rice. The most worrisome appearances have been in dried

milk and powdered formula, which is why manufacturers routinely test for the germs.

Wal-Mart pulled the Enfamil Newborn formula from shelves as a precaution following the death of little Avery Cornett in the southern Missouri town of Lebanon.

The formula has not been recalled, and the manufacturer said tests showed the batch was negative for the bacteria before it was shipped.

Additional tests were under way.

“We decided it was best

to remove the product until we learn more,” WalMart spokeswoman Dianna Gee said. “It could be returned to the shelves.”

Customers who bought formula in 12.5-ounce cans with the lot number ZP1K7G have the option of returning them for a refund or exchange, Gee said.

The product is not exclusive to Wal-Mart. The manufacturer, Mead Johnson Nutrition, declined to answer questions about whether formula from that batch was distributed to other stores.

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BY LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press — WASHINGTON House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1.

After days of wrangling that even Speaker John Boehner acknowledged “may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world,” the Ohio Republican abruptly changed course and dropped demands for immediate holiday season talks with the Senate on a full-year measure that all sides said they want. Senate leaders had insisted on the twomonth extension to buy time for talks next year.

The House and Senate plan to act on the twomonth extension Friday.

Republicans House were under fire from their constituents and GOP establishment figures incensed that they would risk losing the tax cut issue to Democrats at the

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Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio speaks at a news conference to announce an agreement for a 2-month extension to the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday in Washington. dawn of the 2012 presidential and congressional election year. House GOP arguments about the legislative process and the “uncertainty” a two-month extension would mean for business were unpersuasive.

“In the end House Republicans felt like they were reenacting the Alamo, with no reinforcements and our friends shooting at us,” said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas.

Ohio not chasing old food stamp cases COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio has stopped trying to recover accidental food overpayments stamp made before 2000, in the same way it earlier forgave money owed from welfare cash assistance mistakenly paid out more than 10 years ago.

“If an overpayment was issued because of a state or county error, the governor believes it is impractical and meanspirited to try and recoup this money,” said Rob Nichols, a spokesman for Gov. John Kasich.

A similar explanation was given last month when the state stopped going after excess welfare money that went to beneficiaries, going back at least as far as 1985.

The welfare reach-backs began late last year under outgoing Demo-

cratic Gov. Ted Strickland, mirroring a change made at the federal level.

In cases of too-generous food stamp benefits that resulted from fraud, the governor believes repayment should be pursued no matter how long ago the fraud was committed, Nichols told The Columbus Dispatch.

Letters sent to counties this week informed them they no longer need to go back before Jan. 1, 2000, to collect food-stamp overpayments, in a policy taking effect immediately, said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

“This really helps former recipients, most of whom are low income,” said Eugene King, director of the Ohio Poverty Law Center.

The compromise legislation would renew the tax break through Feb. 29, along with jobless benefits and a “fix” to prevent doctors from absorbing a big cut in Medicare payments.

Its $33 billion cost would be covered by an increased fee on mortgages backed

by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The developments were a clear win for Obama. The payroll tax cut was the centerpiece of his three-month cam-

paign-style drive for jobs legislation that seems to have contributed to an uptick in his poll numbers and taken a toll on those of congressional Republicans.

“Because of this agreement, every working American will keep his or her tax cut - about $1,000 for the average family,” Obama said in a statement. “That’s about $40 in every paycheck. And when Congress returns, I urge

them to keep working to reach an agreement that will extend this tax cut and unemployment insurance for all of 2012 without drama or delay.”

If the cuts had expired as scheduled, 160 million workers would have seen a 2 percentage point increase in their Social Security taxes. And up to 2 million people without jobs for six months would start losing unemployment benefits averaging $300 a

week.

The GOP retreat ends a tense standoff in which Boehner’s House Republicans came under great pressure to agree to the short-term extension passed by the Senate on Saturday. The speaker was initially open to the idea, but rank-and-file Republicans revolted, and the House instead insisted on immediate talks on the year-long measure passed by the House, which contains curbs to unemployment insurance and other ideas backed by conservatives as well as deeper spending cuts to pay for the full-year cost.

After Senate leaders tried but failed to match the House’s goal for a fullyear pact, the chamber on Saturday instead gave sweeping approval for the two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits and doctors’ Medicare fees that otherwise would have been cut 27 percent. The House had just days before passed a full-year extension that included a series of conservative policy prescriptions unpalatable to Obama and congressional Democrats.

Obama, Republicans and congressional Democrats all said they preferred a one-year extension but the politics of achieving that eluded them. All pledged to start working on that in January.

Jobless claims lowest since ’08 Report latest sign economy surging WASHINGTON (AP) — In in the latest sign that the economy is surging at year’s end, unemployment claims have dropped to the lowest level since April 2008, long before anyone realized that the nation was in a recession.

Claims fell by 4,000 last week to 364,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the third straight weekly drop. The four-week average of claims, a less volatile gauge, fell for the 11th time in 13 weeks and stands at the lowest since June 2008.

While the economy remains vulnerable to threats, particularly a recession in Europe, the steady improvement in the job market is unquestionable.

“The underlying trend is undeniably positive,” said Jennifer Lee, senior economist with BMO Capital

Markets. “I think everyone is starting to come around to the view that, yes, there is a recovery going on.”

Unemployment claims are a sort of week-to-week EKG for the job market.

Except for a spike this spring, after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan hurt U.S. manufacturing, they have fallen steadily for a year and a half. peaked at Claims 659,000 in March 2009. In the four years before the Great Recession, they mostly stayed between 300,000 and 350,000. That claims are edging closer to that range is a sign that the layoffs of the past three years have all but stopped.

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The steady decline may also herald a further decline in the unemployment rate, which fell in November to 8.6 percent from 9 percent the month before.

The December rate will be announced Jan. 6.

If unemployment claims keep declining, the unemployment rate might fall as low as 8 percent before the November elections, said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, a boutique brokerage.

The presidential election will turn on the economy. Ronald Reagan holds the post-World War II record for winning a second term with the highest unemployment rate. He

won in 1984 with unemployment at 7.2 percent.

Economists will also watch closely on Jan. 6 to find out how many jobs were added this month. It added at least 100,000 each month from July through November, the best five-month streak since 2006.

“When you fire fewer people, hiring unquestionably follows,” Greenhaus said. He expects employers to create as many as 200,000 jobs per month if the trend continues.

In another encouraging report Thursday, the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators rose strongly in November for the second straight month, suggesting that the risks of another recession are receding.

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HOROSCOPE Friday, Dec. 3, 2011 In the next year, you should align yourself from persons who understand the rudiments of success and who are willing to work towards those ends. Only then can joint endeavors prove to be both productive and profitable.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Remember the time-tested adage: “Keep it simple, stupid.” Nothing worthwhile will be achieved if your plans are overly convoluted and complex.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you poke your snoot into situations or places where it doesn’t belong, you’re likely to get drawn into something unpleasant that you and everybody else is trying to avoid.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Important decisions shouldn’t be rushed, especially without first consulting the opinions of everybody who will be affected by the results. Be considerate.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Family and companions have enough to do, so don’t ask anything of them that you can take care of unaided. Only an absolute necessity would be worth the imposition.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Be exceptionally mindful of how much you’re putting on your credit card.

Don’t load it up with a lot of extravagant whims just because of the holiday season.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — People in general are a bit touchy, so avoid discussing volatile issues with anybody, especially your mate. If a distasteful subject is introduced, it could spoil your day.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It’s always unwise to impose one’s ideas on others, but it could prove to be especially disastrous during the holidays.

People merely want to relax and enjoy themselves.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — There’s no need to be totally wasteful regarding things that bring you instant gratification just because of the Yuletide season. Try to be a reasonably competent manager of your resources.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — It might seem like everyone is making heavy demands on your time, and you may have to alter your plans somewhat to accommodate them. It’ll be worth it in the long run.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you are a tad too sensitive for your own good, it might cause you to put up a wall instead of building bridges to meet friends and family halfway, like you should.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Unless you try to live within your means, you will end up with a severe case of spender’s remorse. Don’t involve yourself in things that are way beyond your reach financially.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — The best way to get people to help you achieve your personal objectives is to keep your assertiveness in check. Aggressive behavior retards support.

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Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825

HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1ST MONTH FREE MCGOVERN RENTALS TROY 2 BR duplexes & 2 BR townhouses. 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, fireplace, Great Location! Starting at $625-$675.

(937)335-1443

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 month. $200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

SHERIFF’S SALE SHELBY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-207 Mutual Federal Savings Bank vs.

David A. Zimmerman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Miami County Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-078162 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 763, page 359 Also known as: 2216 Navajo Trail, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Ninety Thousand and 00/100 ($90,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Michael A. Staudt, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011 2241439

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

A newspaper group of Ohio Community Media

235 General

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MULTIPLE ROUTES AVAILABLE Fill out an application in our office at:

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2239270

ADVERTISEMENT ORDER ENTRY

WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $475 month, Lease by 12-15, FREE GIFTCARD, (937)216-4233.

The I-75 Newspaper Group of Ohio Community Media is seeking an Advertisement Order Entry replacement to be based in our Sidney office.

The Advertisement Order Entry position is part of our business office and is primarily responsible for inputting advertisement orders into our billing system for publication.

Requirements include: • Computer skills including Microsoft Word and Excel • Accurate data entry skills • Organizational skills • Ability to multi-task • Deadline oriented • Dependable • Take direction easily • Team player • Customer service skills that include excellent verbal communication Pay range is $8.50 - $10.00 depending on qualifications and experience.

Please send resume to: Troy Daily News Attn: Betty Brownlee 224 South Market Street Troy, Ohio 45373 No phone calls will be taken regarding this position.

E.O.E.

325 Mobile Homes for Rent NEAR BRADFORD in country 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375.

(937)417-7111, (937)448-2974

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

CLEAN, QUIET, safe 1 bedroom.

Senior approved. No pets. $500, includes all utilities, (937)778-0524

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE

Troy Crossing Apartments (937)313-2153

2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908 2&3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES, Piqua, all appliances including washer/ dryer, 1.5 & 2.5 bath.

(937)335-7176 www.1troy.com

877-844-8385

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Legal Assistant

300 - Real Estate

10 MILES north of Piqua in Houston. 1 bedroom, stove and refrigerator $265, plus utilities, (937)526-3264.

OPTOMETRIST

DENTAL ASSISTANT Fast paced, safety net dental clinic has full time opening for compassionate, hard working dental assistant. Clinic serves Medicaid and low income residents of Miami County.

Email resume to: MCDental clinic@aol.com

Heritage Health Services 1201 E. David Road, Suite 206 Kettering, OH 44906 Phone 937-299-9903 Fax 937-299-9971

(937)216-5806 EversRealty.net

200 - Employment

235 General

Benefits: o Competitive Pay o Yearly Raises o Flexible Hours

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Requirements: o High School Diploma/ GED o STNA or Medicare Approved HHA Certificate o Must have Reliable Transportation o First Aid Certification Preferred/ CPR Preferred

GENERAL INFORMATION

All Display Ads: 2 Days Prior Liners For:

WASHER, DRYER, Maytag, front loader, $500 or best offer.

Frigidaire washer, heavy duty, $100.

(937)658-2421

105 Announcements

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

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

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

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

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

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

The successful candidate will manage a consultative sales approach through direct client contact. He or she will be motivated to meet and exceed person sales goals through internet and media advertising in any and/or all of Ohio Community Media’s fifty-seven publications. Candidates will have demonstrated experience in prospecting and growing an account list, handling incoming leads and closing sales. He or she will be skilled in envisioning big ideas, then executing advertising programs that attract customers and generate significant revenue. In addition to maintaining and growing existing relationships, candidates must possess expertise in working with clients on both strategic and creative levels. Candidates will have an in-depth understanding of print and online advertising and the desire to stay informed about area trends.

This position is based in our Sidney office and is full time with salary and commission.

Benefits, cell phone allowance and mileage reimbursement are also available.

For quickest consideration, please email resume to: bsmith@sdnccg.com No phone calls will be accepted regarding this position.

2231137

100 - Announcement

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Pole BarnsErected Prices: •30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900 •40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000 ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!

Any type of Construction: Roofing, remodeling, siding, add-ons, interior remodeling and cabintets, re-do old barns, new home construction, etc.

(419) 203-9409 AMISH CREW Will do roofing, siding, windows, doors, dry walling, painting, porches, decks, new homes, garages, room additions.

30 Years experience Amos Schwartz (260)273-6223

Sue Wray 418-0022

Handyman Services

(937) 339-7222

Horseback Riding Lessons

Complete Projects or Helper

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

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

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

660 Home Services

2238277 2241639

CERAMIC TILE AND HOME REPAIRS RON PIATT Owner/Installer Licensed & Insured

937-489-9749 In Memory Of Morgan Ashley Piatt

660 Home Services Since 1977

640 Financial

Bankruptcy Attorney

670 Miscellaneous

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TERRY’S

APPLIANCE REPAIR •Refrigerators •Stoves •Washers & Dryers •Dishwashers • Repair & Install Air Conditioning

$10 OFF Service Call

until December 31, 2011 with this coupon

937-773-4552 675 Pet Care

Sidney

Flea Market 1684 Michigan Ave. in the Sidney Plaza next to Save-A-Lot VENDORS WELCOME

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

Hours: Fri. 9-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-5

Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

PictureitSold

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Picture it Sold please call: 877-844-8385

BBB Accredted

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED 1982 FOURWINNS BOAT

Emily Greer

DO YOU HAVE MISSING SHINGLES OR STORM DAMAGE?

937-620-4579

Call for a free damage inspection.

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

Call Walt for a FREE Estimate Today

I am a debt relief agency. I help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 2239628

Tammy Welty (937)857-4222

2245176

2239457

All Types of Interior/Exterior Construction & Maintenance

2241476

• New Roof & Roof Repair • Painting • Concrete • Hauling • Windows & Doors • New Rubber Roofs

Amish Crew

2236220

Commercial / Residential

CHORE BUSTER

260-410-6454

2240000

625 Construction

AK Construction

937-335-6080

We do...

Pole Barns • New Homes Roofs • Garages • Add Ons Cement Work • Remodeling Etc.

CALL TODAY! (937)418-4712 or (937)710-5277 625 Construction

Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration

2242930

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift • Tax Claimable • Price Negotiable for more than one child • Meals and snacks provided • Close to Nicklin & Wilder School District • Mornings, before and after school

Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured

937-492-ROOF

AMISH CREW A&E Construction

• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions

CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE

Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence

Cleaning Service

635 Farm Services

1144 Fisher Dr., Piqua, OH 45356

or (937) 238-HOME

• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors

Sparkle Clean

2230711

CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK

• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms 660 Home Services

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2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns

Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts 2241083

LEARNING CENTER

660 Home Services

655 Home Repair & Remodel

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

2245124

620 Childcare

655 Home Repair & Remodel

2242121

630 Entertainment

2227456

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600 - Services

We will work with your insurance.

OFFICE 937-773-3669

2241029

18 ft., 165 OMC Inboard Outboard, runs great. $3000 OBO. (937)524-2724 (513)509-3861

We may not always be “Politically Correct” however...

Kathy Mayse 773-4122

Brownlee-Wray & Associates

2246061

We are proud of our country, we honor our soldiers...We even still say the pledge of allegiance with our hand over our heart...

We still believe in God and YES...

We still say “MERRY CHRISTMAS” That is our wish to you and your family from

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PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL

577 Miscellaneous CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, walker, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, DOLLS beautiful $5/ea (937)339-4233 EXERCISE BIKE, recumbent, with fitness monitor. $50 or best offer.

(937)773-9868 RADIO, ANTIQUE, 1942 Philco floor model, AM/SW/police, $125 firm.

28" Schwinn balloon tire men's bicycle, 6 speed, $200. Overhead Projector, new condition, $75.

Epson NX110 printer/ copy/ scan, like new $75.

Toshiba 27" color TV, $50.

Cash only.

(937)773-7858 WALKER, hospital table, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, dolls Barbie, babies, cabbage patch, collector porcelain , care bears, more. (937)339-4233

583 Pets and Supplies BEAGLE PUPPIES, AKC, Champion bloodline, males & females, great hunting dogs or pets, $200. Ready for Christmas. (937)473-3077.

BERNICE & Black Lab puppies, ready to go, just in time for Christmas, $50.

(937)448-0522 BICHON FRISE, Cairn Terriors, Yorkie, Shichons, Malti-poo, NonShedding. $100 and up.

(419)925-4339 BOSTON TERRIER puppies, 8 weeks old. (2) Females $350 (937)726-0226 CHIHUAHUA puppies. (2) Make great Christmas gift.

Call for price. 1 male, 1 female. Born 10/16/11.

(937)658-3478 KITTENS, just in time for Christmas. FREE to loving homes.

(937)214-2701 MINI DACHSHUND PUPPIES, 2 red smooth coats, AKC, written guarantee, 1st shot , wormed. 1 Male $275. 1 Female, $325.

(937)667-1777, (937)667-0077 MIXED BREED puppies for Christmas!!! Small, 3 males, 1 female. Ready now. (937)638-1321 or (937)498-9973. No calls after 6pm.

SIBERIAN HUSKY Pups, AKC, black/white, red/white, grey, pure white, blue eyes ready now or can hold, $500.

Text or call Wes, wesleyaparker@gmail.com.

(937)561-2267.

586 Sports and Recreation CAMPING MEMBERSHIP, Coast to Coast Lakewood Village, 2 generations membership, private campground, asking $2000 obo, (937)538-7491

LEGAL NOTICE DIRECTORY SHERIFF’S SALE SHELBY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-207 Mutual Federal Savings Bank vs.

David A. Zimmerman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Miami County Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-077306 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 794, page 284 Also known as: 1024-1030 Eleanor Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($198,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Michael A. Staudt, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-415 BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Janet M. Verhage, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-092680 Prior Deed Reference: 737, page 495 Also known as: 1611 South Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Two Thousand and 00/100 ($102,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Maria T. Williams, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE SHELBY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-207 Mutual Federal Savings Bank vs.

David A. Zimmerman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of Miami County Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-077306 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 794, page 284 Also known as: 1024-1030 Eleanor Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($198,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Michael A. Staudt, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-380 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs.

James R. Polhamus, Jr., et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-002690 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 752, page 780 Also known as: 233 East North Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Christopher M. Schweiterman, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-122 Flagstar Bank, FSB vs.

Melissa A. Carver, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-021700 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 794, page 596 Also known as: 523 Weber Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Three Thousand and 00/100 ($63,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Austin B. Barnes III, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-513 The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWALT 2005-01CB vs.

Judith Lamoreaux aka Judith Ann Williams aka Judith Wood aka Judy Lamoreaux aka Judith A. Lamoreaux. et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-027880 Prior Deed Reference: Instrument No. 0416895 Also known as: 1512 Madison Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Carrie L. Rouse, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

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588 Tickets RACE TICKETS, great gift! (2) for February 2012 Daytona 500 race. Great seats, Weatherly section with parking pass. Call (937)667-8287

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

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

597 Storage Buildings OFFICE TRAILER, 12 x 60. (3) Air conditioning units, bath with sink and toilet. $2500 OBO. (937)606-0918

800 - Transportation

805 Auto 2001 LINCOLN Towncar.

Runs good. Looks good.

150,000 miles. With drive train insurance. $3000 OBO, (937)492-4349.

2003 DODGE, Short Van, 3 seats, clean. $4200 (937)473-2629

860 Recreation Vehicles 2008 FALCON, 4 wheeler, 110 4 stroke, semi automatic with reverse, $550, (937)596-6622

899 Wanted to Buy STATION WAGON or SUV with a bench front seat (937)335-7295

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-1019 CitiFinancial, Inc vs.

Steven C. Millikin, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-006100 Also known as: 920 Caldwell Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Colette S. Carr, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-422 PHH Mortgage Corporation fka Cendant Mortgage Corporation vs.

Sharon Dawson aka Sharon K. Dawson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-026870 Prior Deed Reference: Vol. 725, page 881 Also known as: 1212 Lindsey Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($69,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Christopher M. Schweiterman, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-423 CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. vs.

Larry J. Taylor, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Fletcher, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: B05-002040 & B05-002035 Also known as: 502 South Walnut Street, Fletcher, Ohio 45326 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Six Thousand and 00/100 ($36,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Colette S. Carr, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-563 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs.

Mary C. Swartz, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-027840 Prior Deed Reference: Vol. 767, page 267 Also known as: 704 Cherry Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Elizabeth A. Carullo, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-053 PNC Bank, N.A. successor in interest to National City Real Estate Services LLC successor by merger to National City Mortgage, Inc. fka National City Mortgage Co. vs.

Leon Helton, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Springcreek, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: J27-055242 Prior Deed Reference: Book 693, page 830 Also known as: 2230 East Suber Road, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($109,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Julia E. Steelman, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243554

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-272 JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Sheryl A. Griffith individually and as Trustee of the Sheryl A. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-007610 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 752, page 62 Also known as: 421-421½ South Downing Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Six Thousand and 00/100 ($36,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243560

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-1042 U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificated Series 2006-BC2 vs.

H. Eugene Collier, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-020020 Also known as: 515 South Roosevelt Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Kelly A. Long-Spengler, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243561

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-213 JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Sheryl A. Griffith aka Sheryl L. Kern, individually and as Trustee of the Sheryl A. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999 and as successor Trustee of the Hershel J. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999 Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-022630 Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 736, page 463 and Volume No. 26, page 291 Also known as: 1006-1008 West Greene Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty None Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243570

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-1147 U.S. Bank, National Association, as successor Trustee to Bank of America, N.A. as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Merrill Lynch First Franklin Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2 vs.

Brian L. Brewer, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Bradford, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H18-002500 Also known as: 135 East James Street, Bradford, Ohio 45308 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Andrew C. Clark, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243567

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

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

IN BRIEF ■ Motorsports

Forfeits cost Buccs dual matches

Bowers second in indoor race

Covington wins 12 of 20 matches wrestled

COVINGTON — The Covington high school and junior. high wrestling teams hosted perennial powers Brookville and Mechanicsburg in a tri meet Wednesday night.

Covington high school — forfeiting 4 weights and spotting their opponents ■ Volleyball 24 points — dropped their duals to Brookville 42-30, and Mechanicsburg 45-27.

The Buccs were very competitive though, as Piqua will have a youth they won seven of 10 volleyball team in the Mid- matches wrestled against west Youth Volleyball Brookville and five of 10 League. matches against MechanThe team is for girls in icsburg – a team who will grades 3-6 and cost is $80 likely be competing for a per girl (which covers state title this season. entry fees, uniforms and Against Brookville, end of season party).

Justin Daniel (195) The fee includes 7-10 started things off for the practices and five playing Buccs with a first-period dates, beginning March pin over Jared Daniels, be24.

There will be separate divisions for fifth and sixth grade this year.

Entry form and payment should be returned by Jan. 6 to Chris Davis, 115 Covington Avenue, Piqua, OH, 45356.

Practice will begin in February.

For a form, email Chris Daivs at Cdavis7@woh.rr.com

Nick Bowers of Piqua finished second in the “King of Concrete” indoors kart race recently in the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, N.C.

Piqua to have youth team

fore Jordan Wolfe (285) fell to Aaron Honious.

Bryton Lear (126) dropped his bout to state alternate Aaron Wilbanks, before Covington rebounded with a Brock Smith (132) pin over Chandler Donati.

This started a 4-match win streak for the Buccs as Kyler Deeter (138) followed with a convincing 11-2 major decision over district qualifier Nick Lipinski.

Jake Sowers (145) then earned a 14-1 major decision over Marcus Hummel, followed by freshman Cole Smith’s 11-3 major decision upset over Brookville’s district qualifier Cody Steck at 152.

Alex Fries (160) then fell to state qualifier David Williams, before

Covington’s Ben Miller (170) earned a tight 9-7 victory over Coy Davis.

Brian Olson (182) then earned another victory for the Buccs with an 8-4 decision over Dylan Williams to conclude the dual.

Mechanicsburg struck first against the Buccs as Bryton Lear (126) fell to JH state-placer Joe Ziegler, followed by Brock Smith’s (132) tight 4-0 loss to state-placer Dalton Hiltibran.

Kyler Deeter (138) got things started for Covington with a pin over Adam Tilley, followed by Jake Sower’s (145) pin over Aeryton Erwin.

Cole Smith (152) kept things going for Covington with a pin over Tim Rader, before Ben Miller (160)

fell to state-placer Max Erwin.

Alex Fries (170) then dropped his bout to Dillon Hurst, but Brian Olson followed with a pin over Ely Stapleton.

Justin Daniel (195) earned the Buccs’ final victory with a 6-0 decision over Marshall Dozer, before Jordan Wolfe (285) fell to Michael Coleman.

■ In JV action, Daniel Jennings (145) went 2-0 and Gage Looker (160) went 1-0, while Dustin Freeman (132) and Garrett Shafer (170) each went 1-1, both pinning their Brookville opponents.

■ The Covington JH squad – missing several of their wrestlers – dropped their duals to Brookville 52-30 and Mechanicsburg

Chargers even score

Buckeyes Romp Over RedHawks

Brady scores 25 in road victory JACKSON, Mich. — Martina Brady had a breakout game and Brianna Innocent continued to be too much for opponents inside as the Edison Community College women’s basketball team defeated Jackson CC 97-87 Thursday night.

The Lady Chargers, 9-3, avenged an early loss to Jackson.

“It was hotly contested game,” Edison coach Kim Rank said. “We were able to pressure them an open a 14-point lead at the end.

“They had to foul at the end and we made our free throws.”

Brady led the Lady Chargers with 15 points.

“We have been working really hard with Martina on what we wanted her to do,” Rank said. “She has been doing that and she had a big game tonight.”

Innocent added 23 points inside.

“Brianna continues to play well for us,” Rank said. “We asked her to move up on the press.

“That took away from her offense a little, but she is just so strong with the ball and she was able to dump it off to teammates for easy baskets.”

It was a balanced attack for Edison.

Cori Blackburn scored 13, Jo Steva netted 11 and Lottie Hageman broke into double figures with 10.

Edison has a break before hosting the Wittenberg JVs on Jan. 5.

■ Radio

WPTW to air B.I.G. Classic WPTW 1570 AM will air allf our games of the Buckeye Insurance Group Holiday Classice next week from Garbry Gymnasium.

Air times will be 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. each night.

On Dec. 29, Russia will play Covington in the opener, follwoed by Piqua and Lehman Catholic.

On Dec. 30, the consolation game will start things off, followed by the championship game.

■ Basketball

Roader JH girls split games The Bradford junior high girls basketball teams split two game with Ansonia.

The seventh grade lost 33-18.

Mandi Bates led Bradford with 12.

The eighth grade won 15-14.

Kenzie Weldy scored six points and Adrian Adkins added five.

BRADFORD SCORING Seventh Grade Hart 2, Bates 12, Brower 2, Booker 2.

Eighth Grade Moore 1, Adkins 5, Weldy 6, Carder 3.

STUMPER

NFL Q: Which team is last in average attendance this year?

A:

The Bengals

QUOTED "It's great that it works out in our favor to have the last two at home.”

—Cedric Benson on the Bengals playoff chances

66-15.

Two Buccaneer wrestlers went undefeated in varsity action with 2-0 records – Ross Bowman (98) earning one pin and Brandon Magee (160) earning two pins.

Going 1-1 were Izaiah Branden (80, pin), Jacob Buchanan (92, pin), Deron White (122, pin) and Levi Brown (134).

Also wrestling and competing hard for the Buccs were Michael Cox (104) and Tristan Francis (116).

Covington high school competes next at the 53team GMVWA Holiday tournament on Dec. 29-30.

The reserve team travels to the Versailles JV tournament on Tuesday, while the JH squad competes next at the Tippecanoe Invitational Dec. 29.

AP PHOTO

Ohio State’s Aaron Craft drives to the basket Thursday night against Miami at Nationwide Arena. Ohio State won the game 69-40.

EDISON SCORING Kristen Winemiller 2-1-5, Cori Blackburn 5-1-13, Kendra Brunswick 2-2-7, Martina Brady 9-6-25, Brooke Gariety 1-1-3, Lottie Hageman 34-10, Jo Steva 3-5-11, Brianna Innocent 8-7-23. Totals: 33-27-97.

3-point field goals — Blackburn (2), Brunswick, Brady.

Records: Edison 9-3.

Piqua boys have strong season Indians 1910 basketball team finishes with 7-3 record A lengthy but interesting editorial type article about Piqua High school sports appeared in the Call on December 7.

“The thought of athletes are now centered upon the coming Basket Ball season. He wonders what his chances are for making the team, what men will come out for the position he is after and if the bunch will prove a winner.

He figures on what team the manager will book for his club, and what kind of floors it will play on.

“He recalls the floor at such and such a town where he played last year, and how slippery it was and how the team members had a hard time keeping on their feet, let alone basketing the ball.

Then his thoughts turn to the men he played against, and he figures on

how many years Jim Bailey or Frank Jones have played on their school teams and he figured it out that he attended many a game while a youngster in knee trousers and watched those very same fellow play and even when they looked rather old to him, but now he is playing against them.

“Then does he waver in the belief of the soundness of the rules of the State Athletic Association concerning the age limit. Also his opinion of the teachers of those schools are not the best for allowing such fellows to play.

“He figures it out that nine times out of ten the teachers know the age of those players and that they have also urged them to return for the purpose of playing “Sometimes they have

DUANE BACHMAN The History of Piqua Athletics A Journal Winter 2010

returned to school just in time for the first practice, then when the season is over they go out of the classroom and work until the next season rolls around, then again they report for practice and then represent the school in the games that follow.

“However, the local High school faculty does not allow such methods to be used in its world of sports. Every fellow on the team is there because

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he made his position, and he is under the age limit of twenty one years of age and he has kept up above the average seventy five percent three or more studies.

“Many a time has a local team, not only Basket Ball but also Football, Base Ball and track teams suffered greatly because of the loss of one, two or three star members because of low grades.

“The writer remembers, as an example, of the strictness of the local faculty of a football game that was played between Piqua High and Sidney High five years ago on Thanksgiving Day. “It was the big game of the season and both teams and schools had put every ounce of energy and thought into this coming battle.

“A few weeks before the two teams had played a nothing to nothing game at Sidney so it is a very simple matter for the reader to understand the feeling that existed between the two schools.”

“Thanksgiving Day arrived and when the time for the game was approaching the admirers of P.H.S. found exactly four of the regular players out of the lineup. Substitutes were in their places and not until the last five minutes of play did either side score.

“Sidney finally managed to smash its way over for a touchdown and the last thirty seconds of play found another 6 points tacked up for Sidney as the result of a long run by a Shelby County

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Hoping for home field edge Cincinnati plays final two games at Paul Brown Stadium

AP PHOTO

A.J. Green and the Bengals are fighting for a playoff berth.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The small crowd at Paul Brown Stadium might as well plan to stay all the way until the end.

The Cincinnati Bengals (8-6) positioned themselves for a playoff run by pulling out games in the fourth quarter, when their lack of experience hasn't seemed to get in the way.

To keep those postseason hopes intact on Saturday, they'll have to beat the team that's one of the best at extending games.

After opening at 1-6, the Arizona Cardinals (7-7) have won six of their past seven, all of them by rallying from secondhalf deficits.

They've won three in overtime during that span, tying the NFL record for a season.

They've kept their own playoff chances intact, though barely, heading into the last two weeks of the season.

"If we win each game, and then at the end of the season if we can get into the playoffs, so be it," Arizona running back

Beanie Wells said. "But we're not focused on that right now."

Judging by ticket sales, not a whole lot of folks in Cincinnati are, either.

For the sixth time this season, Paul Brown Stadium will have a lot of empty seats, even though there's a bit of noteworthy history on the line this time. The Bengals can secure only their third winning record in the past 21 years and keep themselves in contention for the last AFC wild card berth.

Cincinnati finishes at home on Jan. 1 against Baltimore. The Bengals are tied with the Jets (8-6) for the final wild card, although New York has the advantage in the tiebreakers.

Usually, playing at home for the last two games would be considered a distinct advantage.

The Bengals have gone 5-3 on the road, but only 3-3 in front of some of the smallest crowds in Paul Brown Stadium's 12-year history.

"In the NFL, every team has

to play better at home, just naturally with your crowd into it," running back Cedric Benson said. "It's great that it works out in our favor to have the last two games at home, considering we're trying to make the playoffs."

It'll come down to whether the Bengals can get out of their rut against a team that's on quite a streak.

Cincinnati was one of the NFL's biggest surprises at midseason.

They've lost four of their past six during the tough part of the schedule, leaving them 0-6 against teams that have either clinched playoff spots or are currently in first place.

That lack of success against the good teams could keep them out of the playoffs if they and the Jets both win out.

The tiebreaker then would come down to winning percentage of the teams they've beaten, and New York will almost certainly have the edge.

History Continued from page 13 boy.

“The final score was 12 to 0 in favor of Sidney, and up to the present time Piqua has never lost another Thanksgiving game, although P.H.S. has met Sidney several times during the last few years.

“Of course the Piquads were disappointed but they had the right spirit and after they had found out the reason of the four regulars not playing, they praised the Faculty for its stand in the matter.”

“When the local High school Basket Ball season rolls around and you see our favorite in the first half a dozen games, and from then on you find him not, just you put it in your bonnet that he is down in his grades and then get after him.

“The local High school Basket Ball season looks very bright. The squad this year is very large, contains fine material and several veterans who will give the green material the finer points of the game. Hunter, Kiser and Yenney will be missed from the team, but after two or three games the new boys will be just as good.

“It is always that way.

However, we do not think that P.H.S. will find another Arthur Yenney for several years to come.

“He was one of the best backs that ever played on a P.H.S. Basket Ball team and that is saying something too when one considers the playing of Pat Angle, Howard Little and Levering.

“Art, as he was called by the boys, was not so very heavy, but he was fast and game. He had the fine points of the game down to an art.

“Yenney very seldom was found playing his man. He did not use up his strength in staying with him, he just watched the ball and when it started for his territory he generally was on hand and soon had the ball sailing into the hands of a team mate.

“Arthur also worried his man by going up the floor and basketing a few goals and many a time a game with Arthur having more goals to his credit than the opponent.

“Last year he was Captain of the team and up until the last few games when several members of the team got their head together and decided that they had good rights to be sore at Yenney, had a winner.

“Of course they figured it out that since they had won every game up to the last two or three games,

they would take a rest and would not report for practice. The result was that a little school by the name of Bethel appeared one evening upon the local floor and gave P.H.S. a drubbing, also several members of the clique were made to look like duds.”

“This year the boys are all on friendly terms and no trouble is expected from fellows getting angry at each other.

“If such a thing does not break out, just watch the P.H.S. have a successful Basket Ball season.

“The only thing that is now troubling the management is the renting of a hall. St. George Hall is in no condition for Basket Ball, because the floor is as slippery as glass and the Y.M.C.A. Gym will likely be used by other local teams.

“However, this trouble appears every year, but it is always taken care of.

Season tickets will now be sold for two dollars instead of three. The reason for this reduction is because the football season is over.

“Basket Ball, track and baseball are still good on the tickets, and if you have not yet bought a season ticket you had better see the management and purchase one at once.”

“Piqua High 42, Lima High 20. There you are and that is the result of the first scheduled game of P.H.S. this year.

“The locals played a fast, snappy game all the way through and their pass work at times was great.

Mr. Swan and James Levering officiated very nicely, although many fouls were overlooked that should not have been. “ Mr. Swan was received not very kindly by many young men of Piqua. He is not very well liked here but that gives our admirers no reason to swear at him and tell him how soon they will do him up.

“Hissing sounds very much like a noise of a snake, and most people hate snakes, were heard.”

The next opponent was Covington.

“All honor to Brown, the heady forward for Piqua Hi, who last evening ran up sixteen goals for the locals. Piqua played Covington Hi and at the end the score stood at 67 to 10.

“I would be entirely superfluous to say in whose favor. Quite a crowd of rooters came over from our neighboring city to see the game.

“They didn’t get much chance to vent their enthusiasm, but made

plenty of noise when they did.

“The game was awfully rough and at times it looked as if it would be necessary to take some out off on a stretcher, but luckily no one was hurt in the least.

“The way Chamberlin and Brown rolled the pills into the basket brought the rooters to their feet more than once and the ladies in the crowd kept their escorts busy keeping them from falling over the iron railing into the arms — pardon me — I meant into the floor of the gym.

“One young lady especially attracted the attention of the writer because she seemed to have her heart and soul wrapped up in the efforts of the local boys. ‘Gee, Ceylor’s a dandy,’ ‘Butch, Butch, you deal’ were some of the remarks made by that truly blue girl.”

The next week Piqua traveled to Lima.

“That certainly was some game played at Lima last night on the auditorium floor between the local team and the Lima High boys.

“The score was thirty four to thirty two in favor of Piqua. The score at the end of the first half was sixteen to fifteen in favor of the same team and the Lima people expected their boys to come back in the second half and overcome this small lead and then defeat the Piqua boys by a big score.

“Nothing doing, however, in that time of work.

Glenn Wallace and Tafel were the officials and they certainly handled the game in fine style.

“No kicking was done by members of the team. The floor was very slippery and the result was that the game was rather rough.”

“It was almost sinful to tell what Piqua Hi did to that Wapak bunch last evening at the Y.M.C.A. The whole story may be gathered from the score which was: P.H.S. 72; Wapak 14. Could anything be worse than that?

“No one can today recall when a visiting team made a poorer showing on the local floor.

“The visitors were outclassed from first to last and at no time did they have a look in.”

The next week the Columbus Deaf Mutes visited Piqua.

“The Mutes were a big, husky lot of fellows, who worked hard to win, but they suffered the disadvantage of not being able to hear and this was a great disadvantage indeed when the speed and clock-

work of the Piqua team was taken into consideration.

“The Deaf Mutes of Columbus, however, made the local boys hustle for the game and it is Chamberlin who deserves the credit for the many points made by Piqua. ‘Butch’ made twenty five of the forty five points for Piqua and his scoring was equal to the points made during the entire game by the Columbus boys.”

The next week Piqua traveled to Dayton to take on Steele High, but the Piqua players came under scrutiny.

“Steele’s game! Score – 33 to 16! P.H.S. outclassed! Her guards slow!

Therein is practically the whole story of Piqua high’s defeat last evening in Dayton.

“I remain to give but another reason and the whole story is told. The boys have been careless.

“They have, it is told, broken training rules and have failed to keep in condition. Result, a humiliating defeat by the first real, classy team they have gone up against.

“It is told with a certain degree of authority, the members of the P.H.S. have been indulging in certain forms of dissipation usually tabooed by athletes who have the real desire to win.

“Among other things, smoking is charged. It would seem that the boys have failed to learn a lesson from the unfortunate results, disorganization and lack of harmony that put P.H.S. to the bad last season.

“The only difference is that the mutinous spirit has broken out earlier than it did last year and it may not be too late to crush it. That is something for Prof. Dougan and the high school Athletic Association to take in hand. It should be done.”

The Dayton Gym Five appeared next on the schedule.

“P.H.S. was beaten by the Dayton Gym five last evening 45 to 15 at the Y.M.C.A. simply because she was outclassed.

“There’s nothing else to it. Nothing could have saved the high school boys from defeat, not even the most faithful obedience to every training rule written.

“It is true that Piqua put a crippled team on the floor but with every regular in his position, there would have been but little difference.

“There’s nothing to it, take it now that these Dayton Gym boys had the Indian sign on Piqua and

the game was theirs from the start.

“The visitors were so fast that they made Piqua look like a bunch on the floor for their first game.

The Dayton boys, older and heavier than the P.H.S. bunch, were never guilty at any time of the Alphonse-Gaston act.

“Players were tumbling about on the floor every few minutes. If the official was intimidated by the reputation of the visitors for roughing it with officials whose decisions do not suit them, it is time he is getting a prescription for a nerve tonic.”

Bradford was next on the schedule.

“Another victory was added to the long list of P.H.S. basketball victories last night when the local High school boys decisively defeated the Bradford High school team by the score of sixty-two to thirty-nine.

“The final score, however, does not prove how interesting the game was.

Not one minute of play was dull and the spectators were keyed to a high pitch of excitement. Capt.

Brown has had some tough luck this year.

“In the P.H.S. vs. Dayton Gym game he received a hard lump on his hand which put that member out of commission.

“Last night his nose was broken and this is likely to put him out of the game for several weeks. The victory over Bradford helped Brown to endure the pain, and he was happy in spite of the injury.”

The Grace Church was next.

“Captain Brown and his four teammates of the Piqua High School basket ball squad handed the Grace Church a nice juicy lemon last night when the two teams met on the local Y.M.C.A. gym floor.

The score at the end of the first half was 16 to 8 in favor of P.H.S. “The final score found 38 points chalked up for the High School lads and 13 for the Church team boys. The management cleared some money for the High School Athletic Association on the game last night.”

The St. Mary’s Institute of Dayton proved too much for Piqua.

A Dayton newspaper had this to say about the game.

“Saturday evening St. Mary’s Institute met and defeated the much touted Piqua High with the greatest of ease 43 to 21.

“The boys of the Red and Blue were in the best of shape. In the early part of the game they found it

difficult to hit their stride, but when they accomplished this there was nothing doing on the Piqua side.

“Play had only progressed a short time when Chamberlin injured his hand and was compelled to discontinue play.

Geyer took his place but the removal of the star forward greatly demoralized the play of the Indians.

Munger also had some tough luck.

“He had a couple of fingers badly injured. Play was fast but rough. The S.M.I. boys had some neat tricks prepared for Piqua and they got away with them.”

Piqua traveled to Wapakoneta for the final game of the year.

“P.H.S. closed its basketball season with a victory over the Wapakoneta High school team last night at that city.

“The final score was 33 to 24. “ It was eight o’clock before the game started although advertised to commence at 7:45 o’clock.

“The attendance was not good, because yesterday was Good Friday, and people were attending church services.

“The first half found the Piquads playing rings around their opponents and it looked very much like a runaway game for the boys from this city.

Both teams, however, played as if they had glue on the soles of their shoes and the first twenty minutes of play was not exciting.

“Munger and Kahn kept interest stirred up by indulging in several wrestling matches, and the referee was busy separating the two players.

“Somebody must have hunted up a big jar of ginger and forced the peppery stuff down the throats of the members of both teams before the start of the second half.

“The boys were up on their toes for the call of play and when they were turned loose the Wapakoneta team went right after the lead of the boys from this city, but they could not catch Piqua.”

The 2010 basketball season ended with Piqua winning seven of their ten games.

Editor’s Note: Duane Bachman is a retired superintendent of Piqua City Schools and personality for WPTW Radio.

His column will appear every other Friday. Much of the information in these columns came from The Piqua Daily Call and Piqua Leader Dispatch.

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Record Book Football

Hsslbck, TEN 443 Ftzptrick, BUF 496 Flacco, BAL 499 Palmer, OAK 259 Cassel, KAN 269 McCoy, CLE 463 Painter, IND 243 Gabbert, JAC 352

NFL Standings National Football League All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East y-N. England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo South y-Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis North x-Baltimore x-Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland West

W 11 8 5 5

L 3 6 9 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .786 .571 .357 .357

PF 437 346 286 311

PA 297 315 269 371

W 10 7 4 1

L 4 7 10 13

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .500 .286 .071

PF 343 279 207 211

PA 236 278 293 395

W 10 10 8 4

L 4 4 6 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .714 .571 .286

PF 334 285 305 195

PA 236 218 283 274

PF 292 317 358 192

PA 343 382 313 319

PF 348 334 342 252

PA 296 372 311 300

PF 457 341 341 247

PA 306 281 368 401

PF 480 395 315 294

PA 297 332 293 406

PF 327 284 273 166

PA 185 273 305 346

W L T Pct 8 6 0 .571 Denver Oakland 7 7 0 .500 San Diego 7 7 0 .500 8 0 .429 Kansas City 6 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East L T Pct W Dallas 8 6 0 .571 N.Y. Giants 7 7 0 .500 8 0 .429 Philadelphia 6 Washington 5 9 0 .357 South L T Pct W x-New Orleans11 3 0 .786 Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 5 9 0 .357 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 North L T Pct W y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 Detroit 9 5 0 .643 7 7 0 .500 Chicago Minnesota 2 12 0 .143 West L T Pct W y-S. Francisco 11 3 0 .786 Seattle 7 7 0 .500 7 7 0 .500 Arizona St. Louis 2 12 0 .143 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 22 Houston at Indianapolis Saturday, Dec. 24 Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Denver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 1 Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

NFL Leaders NFL LEADERS Week 15 AFC SCORING, NONKICKERS TD Rus Rec Ret 1 15 0 Grnkwski, NE 16 R. Rice, BAL 12 10 2 0 Foster, HOU 11 9 2 0 7 3 0 Jones-Drew 10 Decker, DEN 9 0 8 1 Green-Ellis 9 9 0 0 7 2 0 Tolbert, SND 9 Welker, NWE 9 0 9 0 Burress, NYJ 8 0 8 0 7 1 0 M. Bush, OAK 8 Holmes, NYJ 8 0 8 0 Jackson, SND 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 Mndnhall, PIT 8 Wallace, PIT 8 0 8 0 Re. Bush, MIA 7 6 1 0 7 0 7 0 Green, CIN T. Smith, BAL 7 0 7 0 Wshngtn, TEN 7 1 6 0 6 0 0 Benson, CIN 6 Chandler, BUF6 0 6 0 Drssen, HOU 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 Garcon, IND 6 A. Gates, SND 6 0 6 0 Greene, NYJ 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 Hrnandez, NE 6 Jackson, BUF 6 6 0 0 Johnson, BUF 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 Mathews, SD 6 ___ LEADING SCORERS SCORING, KICKERS PAT FG Lg Gostkowski, NWE 51/51 24/28 50 35/35 27/36 51 Cundiff, BAL Rackers, HOU 37/38 26/32 54 Nugent, CIN 30/31 27/29 49 35/36 25/31 53 Novak, SND Janikowski, OAK 33/33 24/27 63 Bironas, TEN 30/30 23/26 53 22/22 24/29 51 D. Carpenter, MIA Folk, NYJ 40/40 18/23 51 Suisham, PIT 32/32 19/26 51 18/18 22/25 54 Succop, KAN Prater, DEN 28/28 18/24 59 P. Dawson, CLE 18/18 21/26 54 21/21 18/20 55 Scobee, JAC Vinatieri, IND 22/22 17/20 53 Lindell, BUF 25/25 13/15 49 ___ LEADING PASSERS Att. Comp. Yds TDs Brady, NWE 530 351 4593 35 Schaub, HOU 292 178 2479 15 Rthlsbrgr, PIT 473 301 3856 21 Rivers, SND 503 319 4015 23 Moore, MIA 283 172 2081 12 Tebow, DEN 220 107 1484 11 Sanchez, NYJ 452 257 3009 23 Dalton, CIN 441 260 3012 18

X2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 96 72 66 60 54 54 54 54 48 48 48 48 48 48 42 42 42 42 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36

Pts 123 116 115 111 110 105 99 94 94 89 84 82 81 75 73 64

INT 11 6 14 17 6 2 13 13

Rat 106.7 96.8 91.5 89.4 88.7 83.6 82.2 81.0

273 2924 15 12 80.9 309 3329 22 19 80.8 286 3348 17 11 80.0 155 2099 10 13 77.7 160 1713 10 9 76.6 265 2733 14 11 74.6 132 1541 6 9 66.6 178 1924 11 10 65.6 ___ LEADING PASS RECEIVERS RECEPTIONS No. Yds Avg. Long TD 104 1380 13.3 99t 9 Welker, NWE R. Gronkowski, NE 75 1141 15.2 52t 15 R. Rice, BAL 71 648 9.1 52 2 70 1021 14.6 65t 5 B. Marshall, MIA Bowe, KAN 69 986 14.3 52t 4 St. Johnson, BUF 68 872 12.8 53 6 68 736 10.8 46 6 Hernandez, NWE M. Wallace, PIT 67 1100 16.4 95t 8 N. Washington, TEN 66 860 13.0 57 6 62 875 14.1 87t 6 Garcon, IND A.. Green, CIN 61 1006 16.5 58 7 An. Brown, PIT 60 984 16.4 79t 2 59 781 13.2 56t 3 Wayne, IND Boldin, BAL 57 887 15.6 56 3 Little, CLE 57 669 11.7 76t 2 56 1036 18.5 58 8 V. Jackson, SND Breaston, KAN 56 735 13.1 43 2 D. Nelson, BUF 56 594 10.6 35 5 55 632 11.5 27 6 A. Gates, SND O. Daniels, HOU 53 673 12.7 34 3 Chr. Johnson, TEN 53 369 7.0 34 0 3 Heyward-Bey, OAK 51 775 15.2 58 Dickson, BAL 51 494 9.7 25 4 Keller, NYJ 50 693 13.9 41 4 50 601 12.0 78t 2 A. Foster, HOU D. Branch, NWE 48 665 13.9 63 4 H. Miller, PIT 48 590 12.3 39 2 47 604 12.9 38t 8 S. Holmes, NYJ Ry. Mathews, SND 47 439 9.3 42 0 Tolbert, SND 47 388 8.3 27 2 46 468 10.2 26 5 J. Gresham, CIN To. Smith, BAL 43 770 17.9 74t 7 Decker, DEN 43 607 14.1 56t 8 42 453 10.8 41 2 Bess, MIA L. Hawkins, TEN 42 446 10.6 32 1 Collie, IND 42 369 8.8 27 0 41 270 6.6 34 1 Re. Bush, MIA Simpson, CIN 40 629 15.7 84 3 Mi. Thomas, JAC 40 391 9.8 47 1 39 442 11.3 49 0 F. Jackson, BUF Burress, NYJ 38 521 13.7 30 8 McCluster, KAN 38 214 5.6 38t 1 37 527 14.2 80t 2 J. Cook, TEN B. Watson, CLE 37 410 11.1 34t 2 H. Ward, PIT 37 325 8.8 31 2 49t 3 And. Caldwell, CIN 37 317 8.6 Walter, HOU 36 427 11.9 41 3 Jones-Drew, JAC 36 349 9.7 48 3 5 Dam. Williams, TEN 35 488 13.9 54 Ma. Lewis, JAC 35 415 11.9 62 0 ___ YARDS Yds No Avg Long TD Welker, NWE 1380 104 13.3 99t 9 15.2 52t 15 R. Gronkowski, NWE1141 75 M. Wallace, PIT 1100 67 16.4 95t 8 V. Jackson, SND 1036 56 18.5 58 8 1021 70 14.6 65t 5 B. Marshall, MIA A.. Green, CIN 1006 61 16.5 58 7 Bowe, KAN 986 69 14.3 52t 4 984 60 16.4 79t 2 An. Brown, PIT Boldin, BAL 887 57 15.6 56 3 Garcon, IND 875 62 14.1 87t 6 872 68 12.8 53 6 St. Johnson, BUF N. Washington, TEN 860 66 13.0 57 6 Wayne, IND 781 59 13.2 56t 3 15.2 58 3 Heyward-Bey, OAK 775 51 To. Smith, BAL 770 43 17.9 74t 7 Hernandez, NWE 736 68 10.8 46 6 735 56 13.1 43 2 Breaston, KAN Keller, NYJ 693 50 13.9 41 4 O. Daniels, HOU 673 53 12.7 34 3 669 57 11.7 76t 2 Little, CLE D. Branch, NWE 665 48 13.9 63 4 R. Rice, BAL 648 71 9.1 52 2 634 30 21.1 52t 3 Floyd, SND A. Gates, SND 632 55 11.5 27 6 Simpson, CIN 629 40 15.7 84 3 607 43 14.1 56t 8 Decker, DEN S. Holmes, NYJ 604 47 12.9 38t 8 A. Foster, HOU 601 50 12.0 78t 2 594 56 10.6 35 5 D. Nelson, BUF H. Miller, PIT 590 48 12.3 39 2 J. Cook, TEN 527 37 14.2 80t 2 521 38 13.7 30 8 Burress, NYJ Dickson, BAL 494 51 9.7 25 4 Dam. Williams, TEN 488 35 13.9 54 5 15.2 50 2 And. Johnson, HOU 471 31 J. Gresham, CIN 468 46 10.2 26 5 Hartline, MIA 461 29 15.9 41 1 453 42 10.8 41 2 Bess, MIA 450 26 17.3 80t 2 Jac. Jones, HOU L. Hawkins, TEN 446 42 10.6 32 1 F. Jackson, BUF 442 39 11.3 49 0 17.6 42 4 Dem. Thomas, DEN 441 25 Fasano, MIA 440 28 15.7 35t 5 Ry. Mathews, SND 439 47 9.3 42 0 427 36 11.9 41 3 Walter, HOU De. Moore, OAK 423 26 16.3 50t 4 Ma. Lewis, JAC 415 35 11.9 62 0 410 37 11.1 34t 2 B. Watson, CLE Cribbs, CLE 399 32 12.5 45t 4 Mi. Thomas, JAC 391 40 9.8 47 1 ___ LEADING RUSHERS Att Yards Avg Long TD 4.5 43 7 Jones-Drew 294 1334 R. Rice, BAL 244 1086 4.5 67 10 A. Foster 255 1066 4.2 43 9 4.9 39 6 Ry. Mathews, 211 1033 McGhee, DEN 206 990 4.8 60t 4 Re. Bush, MIA 194 973 5.0 76t 6 3.9 42 6 Benson, CIN 244 959 Greene, NYJ 225 941 4.2 31 6 Jackson, BUF 170 934 5.5 80t 6 4.0 48t 4 Johnson, TEN 232 930 Be. Tate, HOU 153 846 5.5 44 3 M. Bush, OAK 214 841 3.9 44 7 3.8 68 8 Mndnhall, PIT 202 774 Green-Ellis 171 635 3.7 18 9 McFddn, OAK 113 614 5.4 70t 4 5.8 32 5 Tebow, DEN 106 610 Brown, IND 115 586 5.1 80t 5 Thomas, MIA 151 550 3.6 28 0 4.0 34 2 J. Battle, KAN 135 541 Hillis, CLE 127 445 3.5 24t 3 McCluster, KC 99 440 4.4 32 0 4.0 29 7 Tolbert, SND 107 425 Spiller, BUF 78 390 5.0 35t 3 Jones, KAN 127 385 3.0 26 0 95 372 3.9 42 2 Carter, IND Williams, BAL 92 371 4.0 28 2 L. Ball, DEN 83 366 4.4 34 1 91 355 3.9 16 1 Addai, IND Redman, PIT 83 352 4.2 27 1 Ogbnny, CLE 73 334 4.6 40 1 326 4.5 12 1 Wodhead, NE 72 Be. Scott, CIN 96 318 3.3 19 2 Ridley, NWE 59 296 5.0 33t 1 268 3.1 19 0 Hardesty, CLE 86 McCoy, CLE 61 212 3.5 20 0 Tmlnson, NYJ 59 195 3.3 20 1 185 3.1 25 1 Ringer, TEN 59 Moreno, DEN 37 179 4.8 24 0 Fitzptrick, BUF48 157 3.3 18 0 22 157 7.1 21 0 Moore, PIT McKnght, NYJ 43 134 3.1 11 0 Karim, JAC 61 124 2.0 14 0 Dwyer, PIT 16 123 7.7 76 0 Henne, MIA 15 112 7.5 20 1 Reece, OAK 15 111 7.4 26 0 Painter, IND 17 107 6.3 24 0 D. Ward, HOU 33 104 3.2 9 2

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NFC SCORING, NONKICKERS X2 Pts TD RUSH REC RET Johnson, DET 14 0 14 0 0 84 Newton, CAR 13 13 0 0 0 78 11 1 0 0 72 M. Lynch, SEA12 Peterson, MIN 12 11 1 0 0 72 Nelson, GBY 10 0 10 0 0 60 10 0 0 0 60 B. Wells, ARI 10 D. Bryant, DAL9 0 9 0 0 54 Graham, NOR 9 0 9 0 0 54 0 9 0 0 54 Jnnings, GBY 9 Rbinson, DAL 9 0 9 0 0 54 M. Turner, ATL 9 9 0 0 0 54 0 8 0 2 52 Moore, NOR 8 Jacobs, NYG 8 7 1 0 1 50 Sproles, NOR 8 2 5 1 0 48 0 8 0 0 48 R. White, ATL 8 Brdshaw, NYG7 6 1 0 1 44 Cruz, NYG 7 0 7 0 0 42 0 7 0 0 42 Fitzgerald, ARI7 Gonzalez, ATL 7 0 7 0 0 42 Gore, SNF 7 7 0 0 0 42 1 5 1 0 42 Harvin, MIN 7 Smith, CAR 6 0 6 0 1 38 Austin, DAL 6 0 6 0 0 36 6 0 0 0 36 M. Barber, CHI6 Davis, SNF 6 0 6 0 0 36 Finley, GBY 6 0 6 0 0 36 5 1 0 0 36 Jackson, STL 6 Kuhn, GBY 6 4 2 0 0 36 H. Nicks, NYG 6 0 6 0 0 36 ___ SCORING, KICKERS PAT FG Lg Pts 29/29 38/44 55 143 Akers, SNF D. Bailey, DAL 36/36 32/36 51 132 Kasay, NOR 51/51 26/32 53 129 57/58 23/26 58 126 Crosby, GBY Ja. Hanson, DET 45/45 22/26 51 111 Gould, CHI 34/34 25/28 57 109 38/38 23/25 50 107 M. Bryant, ATL Gano, WAS 22/23 26/35 59 100 Henery, PHL 40/40 20/23 47 100 30/30 22/26 52 96 Hauschka, SEA Barth, TAM 21/21 24/26 55 93 Mare, CAR 36/37 19/25 45 93 34/34 18/22 53 88 Longwell, MIN Tynes, NYG 36/36 16/20 50 84 Feely, ARI 30/30 15/20 51 75 15/15 19/24 49 72 Jo. Brown, STL ___ LEADING PASSERS Rat Att Comp Yds TD Int Rodgers, GBY 473 322 4360 40 6 120.1 Brees, NOR 583 417 4780 37 11 109.1 483 317 3895 29 9 102.6 Romo, DAL Stafford, DET 568 356 4145 33 14 93.8 Mnning, NYG 529 326 4362 25 15 91.7 5 91.1 Smith, SNF 389 239 2752 16 M. Ryan, ATL 505 307 3698 26 12 90.5 Cutler, CHI 314 182 2319 13 7 85.7 16 82.3 Newton, CAR 475 283 3722 17 Kolb, ARI 253 146 1955 9 8 81.1 Vick, PHL 352 211 2675 13 13 80.6 12 79.2 Jackson, SEA 387 235 2706 12 Freeman, TAM 468 287 3044 13 18 73.5 12 72.3 Ponder, MIN 268 146 1757 13 Grssmn, WAS 372 217 2611 13 18 71.4 Bradford, STL 357 191 2164 6 6 70.5 ___ LEADING PASS RECEIVERS RECEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD J. Graham, NOR 87 1171 13.5 59 9 R. White, ATL 85 1100 12.9 43 8 14 Ca. Johnson, DET 81 1335 16.5 73t Sproles, NOR 79 659 8.3 39 5 T. Gonzalez, ATL 74 826 11.2 30 7 73 1194 16.4 74t 7 Cruz, NYG St. Smith, CAR 72 1299 18.0 77t 6 Harvin, MIN 72 787 10.9 52t 5 70 1096 15.7 68 6 H. Nicks, NYG Witten, DAL 68 849 12.5 64 5 G. Jennings, GBY 67 949 14.2 79t 9 67 581 8.7 27 4 Pettigrew, DET Colston, NOR 66 917 13.9 50 5 Fitzgerald, ARI 65 1157 17.8 73t 7 62 644 10.4 37 2 Winslow, TAM Burleson, DET 61 629 10.3 47 3 Mi. Williams, TAM 60 701 11.7 42 3 59 796 13.5 42 3 F. Davis, WAS M. Crabtree, SNF 59 703 11.9 52t 2 Gaffney, WAS 58 842 14.5 45 4 55 620 11.3 39 6 Ve. Davis, SNF Celek, PHL 54 673 12.5 73 3 J. Nelson, GBY 53 986 18.6 93t 10 52 490 9.4 56t 1 Forte, CHI D. Bryant, DAL 51 796 15.6 50t 9 Doucet, ARI 51 635 12.5 70t 5 50 682 13.6 59 4 Maclin, PHL L. Moore, NOR 50 574 11.5 47t 8 L. Robinson, DAL 49 792 16.2 74 9 De. Jackson, PHL 49 785 16.0 61 3 47 331 7.0 33 0 Helu, WAS L. McCoy, PHL 47 305 6.5 26 3 D. Baldwin, SEA 46 731 15.9 55t 3 46 602 13.1 35 1 Avant, PHL Finley, GBY 45 683 15.2 41 6 G. Olsen, CAR 45 540 12.0 44t 5 45 385 8.6 57 1 P. Thomas, NOR J. Stewart, CAR 44 395 9.0 26 0 Ju. Jones, ATL 42 755 18.0 80t 5 42 554 13.2 37 4 B. Lloyd, STL Naanee, CAR 42 455 10.8 28 1 Roberts, ARI 41 487 11.9 45 2 40 544 13.6 57t 4 T. Young, DET Manningham, NYG 39 523 13.4 47t 4 S. Moss, WAS 39 493 12.6 49t 4 39 294 7.5 50 1 S. Jackson, STL J. Ballard, NYG 38 604 15.9 41 4 Douglas, ATL 38 495 13.0 49 1 38 466 12.3 72 3 Mic. Jenkins, MIN Knox, CHI 37 727 19.6 81 2 ___ YARDS Yds No Avg Long TD Ca. Johnson, DET 1335 81 16.5 73t 14 St. Smith, CAR 1299 72 18.0 77t 6 Cruz, NYG 1194 73 16.4 74t 7 1171 87 13.5 59 9 J. Graham, NOR Fitzgerald, ARI 1157 65 17.8 73t 7 R. White, ATL 1100 85 12.9 43 8 1096 70 15.7 68 6 H. Nicks, NYG J. Nelson, GBY 986 53 18.6 93t 10 G. Jennings, GBY 949 67 14.2 79t 9 917 66 13.9 50 5 Colston, NOR Witten, DAL 849 68 12.5 64 5 Gaffney, WAS 842 58 14.5 45 4 826 74 11.2 30 7 T. Gonzalez, ATL D. Bryant, DAL 796 51 15.6 50t 9 F. Davis, WAS 796 59 13.5 42 3 792 49 16.2 74 9 L. Robinson, DAL Harvin, MIN 787 72 10.9 52t 5 De. Jackson, PHL 785 49 16.0 61 3 755 42 18.0 80t 5 Ju. Jones, ATL D. Baldwin, SEA 731 46 15.9 55t 3 Knox, CHI 727 37 19.6 81 2 703 59 11.9 52t 2 M. Crabtree, SNF Mi. Williams, TAM 701 60 11.7 42 3 Finley, GBY 683 45 15.2 41 6 682 50 13.6 59 4 Maclin, PHL Celek, PHL 673 54 12.5 73 3 Sproles, NOR 659 79 8.3 39 5 644 62 10.4 37 2 Winslow, TAM Doucet, ARI 635 51 12.5 70t 5 Burleson, DET 629 61 10.3 47 3 620 55 11.3 39 6 Ve. Davis, SNF J. Ballard, NYG 604 38 15.9 41 4 Avant, PHL 602 46 13.1 35 1 Pettigrew, DET 581 67 8.7 27 4 L. Moore, NOR 574 50 11.5 47t 8 B. Lloyd, STL 554 42 13.2 37 4 T. Young, DET 544 40 13.6 57t 4 G. Olsen, CAR 540 45 12.0 44t 5

Manningham, NYG Mi. Austin, DAL Meachem, NOR Jam. Jones, GBY Douglas, ATL S. Moss, WAS Forte, CHI Roberts, ARI S. Rice, SEA LaFell, CAR Mic. Jenkins, MIN P. Parker, TAM

523 39 13.4 519 37 14.0 515 35 14.7 496 28 17.7 495 38 13.0 493 39 12.6 490 52 9.4 487 41 11.9 484 32 15.1 483 31 15.6 466 38 12.3 464 35 13.3 ___ LEADING RUSHERS Att Yards Avg 4.9 L. McCoy, PHL260 1274 M. Turner, ATL 273 1129 4.1 Gore, SNF 252 1119 4.4 4.1 M. Lynch, SEA245 1011 Forte, CHI 203 997 4.9 B. Wells, ARI 231 994 4.3 4.4 Jackson, STL 220 966 Peterson, MIN 196 932 4.8 Murray, DAL 164 897 5.5 4.3 Blount, TAM 176 758 Williams, CAR 141 717 5.1 Helu, WAS 147 635 4.3 5.3 Newton, CAR 114 609 Stewart, CAR 126 594 4.7 Vick, PHL 72 576 8.0 4.4 J. Starks, GBY 127 565 Brdshaw, NYG140 548 3.9 F. Jones, DAL 112 521 4.7 3.7 Jacobs, NYG 138 513 Sproles, NOR 76 496 6.5 Thomas, NOR 96 479 5.0 3.9 Ingram, NOR 122 474 R. Grant, GBY 114 467 4.1 M. Barber, CHI114 422 3.7 84 390 4.6 Best, DET Gerhart, MIN 83 355 4.3 Hunter, SNF 84 324 3.9 321 3.8 Hghtwer, WAS 84 Williams, STL 71 302 4.3 Harvin, MIN 43 293 6.8 281 4.0 Morris, DET 71 K. Smith, DET 48 272 5.7 Rodgers, GBY 56 239 4.3 220 4.8 Freeman, TAM 46 Ivory, NOR 52 212 4.1 Graham, TAM 37 206 5.6

47t 53t 67t 70t 49 49t 56t 45 52t 44 72 51

Long 60 61 55 47 46 71 47t 54 91t 54t 74t 28t 26 31 53 40 37 40 19 35 33 35t 47t 29 88t 31 44 22 16 39 31 43 25 25 25 34

4 6 5 5 1 4 1 2 2 2 3 3

TD 17 9 7 11 3 10 5 11 2 5 5 2 13 3 1 1 6 1 7 2 4 5 2 6 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 0

Bowl Glance College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall 20, FIU 10 Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 5 p.m.

(ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU)

Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 p.m.

(ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m.

(FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (103), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Basketball

USA Today Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Syracuse (30) 11-0 774 1 10-1 713 2 2. Ohio State (1) 3. Kentucky 9-1 702 3 4. Louisville 10-0 679 4 9-1 637 5 5. Duke 6. North Carolina 9-2 623 6 7. Baylor 9-0 570 7 11-0 560 8 8. Missouri 9. Connecticut 9-1 526 10 10. Marquette 10-0 503 11 7-2 471 12 11. Kansas 12. Florida 8-2 447 13 13. Pittsburgh 10-1 386 14 10-2 361 15 14. Wisconsin 15. Xavier 8-1 318 9 16. Georgetown 9-1 301 17 277 16 17. Mississippi State 11-1 18. Indiana 10-0 245 20 19. Michigan 9-2 221 18 193 23 20. Michigan State 9-2 21. Creighton 8-1 107 24 22. Murray State 12-0 100 — 11-2 68 — 23. UNLV 24. Illinois 10-1 66 19 25. Harvard 9-1 53 — Others receiving votes: San Diego State 32, California 28, Texas A&M 25, Virginia 19, Saint Louis 13, Alabama 12, Kansas State 12, Stanford 9, Memphis 7, Saint Mary's 5, Gonzaga 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Vanderbilt 3, Northwestern 1, Oklahoma 1, Seton Hall 1.

Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Pts Prv Record 1. Syracuse (53) 11-0 1,585 1 2. Ohio St. (5) 10-1 1,474 2 9-1 1,457 3 3. Kentucky (4) 4. Louisville (2) 10-0 1,364 4 5. North Carolina 9-2 1,340 5 9-0 1,271 6 6. Baylor 7. Duke 9-1 1,266 7 8. UConn 9-1 1,102 9 11-0 1,076 10 9. Missouri 10. Marquette 10-0 1,021 11 11. Florida 8-2 946 13 7-2 939 12 12. Kansas 13. Wisconsin 10-2 746 14 14. Xavier 8-1 728 8 10-1 707 15 15. Pittsburgh 16. Georgetown 9-1 644 16 17. Indiana 10-0 601 18 11-1 576 17 18. Mississippi St. 19. Michigan St. 9-2 413 21 9-2 381 20 20. Michigan 21. UNLV 11-2 251 — 22. Murray St. 12-0 222 24 8-1 130 25 23. Creighton 24. Virginia 9-1 102 — 25. Illinois 10-1 96 19 Others receiving votes: Harvard 88, San Diego St. 67, Stanford 61, Saint Louis 33, Gonzaga 23, Kansas St. 22, Texas A&M 18, Alabama 8, Wichita St. 8, Cleveland St. 7, N. Iowa 7, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Northwestern 4, Ohio 3, Long Beach St. 2, Indiana St. 1.

Bowling

Brel-Aire Scores Club 523 200 games (Men) — D. Schutte 232, C. Helmer 210-226-225, D. Selsor 238-216, J. Thoma 202, B. Lavey 242, T. Meyer 212, Doug Cantrell 244, M. Maxwell 214-225, E. Wagner 248-204, Dave Cantrell 207-217-203, D. Divens 205-202, G. Schwieterman 227-211.

600 series (Men) — C. Helmer 661, D. Selsor 606, Doug Cantrell 619, M. Maxwell 623, E. Wagner 634, D. Cantrell 627.

STANDINGS Jet Bowling 72-32 Morris Htg. & Cooling 56-48 Joe Thoma Jewelers 56-48 Norm & Larry & Tom 54-50 Three Old Men 51-53 Trent Karns 50-54 Sidney Tool & Die 46-58 We Hate Bowling 31-73

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Friday, December 23, 2011

• PIQUA DAILY CALL

Merry Christmas from your Your stories, your photos ... your community!

That’s what Christmas is all about

Your news

You sent in some great stuff in December! We asked for stories of your favorite Christmas memory and photos of your holiday decorations. Here are our favorite submissions from Piqua, Sidney and Troy.

On this cold December day We hope the snow will soon go away And let the light of the sun Come thru and bathe each and every one To lift our spirits to the upmost peak And help us find that which we seek Our Blessed Savior, Christ the Lord To find Him is really not that hard Just believe that He is King And that He is the master of everything He came to earth as one small child Blessed and pure, with manor mild To live with us, a normal mortal To save us from the sins of this land

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We couldn’t print all the submissions we received this month. To see more, go to your newspaper’s website and click on the bee on the right side of the homepage. And don’t forget to check out the videos you submitted!

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BUZZ SUBMISSION

Santa Claus arrives in the Piqua holiday parade. — Janice Voskuhl, of Piqua

Christmas on the farm

“My favorite is Your favorite memories on my memory Grandma & Grandpa’s farm.

They had a small room off the living room. Grandma kept the sliding doors shut until after supper. Supper dishes had to be cleaned up and then we (the kids) all sat around Grandma while she read the story of baby Jesus from the Bible. And then we all ran to the living room to wait for Grandma to open the doors to the room. The Christmas tree was lit up with a cardboard fireplace lined with homemade stockings she made herself with the names of each of her grandkids. I still have my stocking. I still hang it up each year. I loved Christmas on the farm. I wish my kids could have experienced those same memories.” — Terri Robbins, of Piqua

So at this time of year, let’s not retreat For what we must do for those we meet To love each other, as He loves us To give it freely without a fuss To honor Him in the highest esteem He is the answer to your dream Remember the child, who in a manager lay In swaddling clothes upon the hay So lift up your praises, sing and shout Because that’s what Christmas is all about — Submitted by Gary Strasser, of Anna, and written by the late Wayne E. Lamming, formerly of Sidney

Deck your halls BUZZ SUBMISSION

“I have 3 Christmas trees in my home. I am a single man, age 58, and I have decorated all 3 of these trees myself. I just love to decorate at Christmas time.” — Les Simpson, of Troy

Deck your halls BUZZ SUBMISSION

“This is my Christmas tree and vintage Christmas village under the tree.” — Russell Isner, of Troy

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Peeking at the tree

“I remember living on Parkway Drive. I

Your favorite would sneak out of bed and lie on the floor memory and peek around the corner at the lights

BUZZ SUBMISSION

“High Street Elementary second-grade students bring Christmas cheer by caroling throughout neighborhoods surrounding High Street School in Piqua.”

— Becky Smith, of Piqua

Video: Your dog’s best trick

“My father was hurt at

Your favorite work and we had no income memory at Christmas with 7 kids in

Deck your halls BUZZ SUBMISSION

“My neighbor thoroughly enjoys decorating for the holidays. She is very meticulous at doing it, and it is always beautiful. — Louanne Hines, of Sidney

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on our Christmas tree. My Dad was sitting in the room and at the time, I didn’t think he knew I was there, but now I’m sure I wasn’t fooling anybody. To this day I look at our Christmas tree and remember that little girl cuddling the corner wall just to see the lights twinkle. Merry Christmas to all my old friends in Piqua!” — Judy MulderPalermo, formerly of Piqua

Walton Christmas

Story: New Year’s resolutions Photo: Remembering 2011

Which have condemned us to a life of shame It was He who saved us, that’s why He came To take away our sorrow and our care For He is beside us, He’s always there To guard and protect us with His love That’s so freely given from above

the family. A family brought us boxes of used toys and food. I can remember when he poured the toys out how excited us kids got. After that year, my father, John Layman, made a secret Santa bag of food and toys and would drop them on the porch of a needy family. He did this until he passed away. What a kind man.” — Betty Price, of Sidney

BUZZ SUBMISSION

“Merry Christmas from my greatnephew, Eli!” — Kris McConnell, of Troy

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