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Firefighter honored for heroism

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

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Above, Piqua firefighter Eric Wood, second from left, is presented an Award for Heroism by State Fire Marshal Larry L. Flowers during a ceremony at the Piqua Fire Department on Friday. Wood was honored for saving the life of fellow firefighter Jim Drieling, far left, during a January 2011 structure fire in Piqua.

Also pictured are Piqua Fire Chief Mike Rindler and Mayor Lucy Fess.

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PIQUA —Piqua Firefighter Eric Wood is a hero who is credited with saving the life of a fellow firefighter.

Wood’s actions were honored Friday morning at the Piqua Fire Department when he was presented with the Award for Heroism by the State Fire Marshal’s Office during a special ceremony.

State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers presented the award to Wood at the ceremony for his “brave actions in saving the life of a fellow firefighter during a structure fire on Jan. 23, 2011.”

“Firefighter Wood’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the fire service,” Flowers said. “His valiant actions bring great credit to himself, his department and Ohio’s fire service.”

Wood said it feels great to have rescued a fellow firefighter.

“It just feels great that I did the job right,” said Wood, who joined the Piqua Fire Department four years ago, but has been a firefighter for a total of eight years.

He said he is humble to be working for such a great fire department.

“It’s a great family here, and the guys really click really well,” Wood said.

“They don’t call it a brotherhood for anything, it really is.”

P I Q UA H I G H S C H O O L G R A D UAT I O N

BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

On Jan. 23, Wood and firefighter Jim Drieling responded to a structure fire and both went inside to fight it with little to no visibility. Drieling fell through an open basement trapdoor and began calling for help. Wood extricated Drieling, who was injured, and called for help. Because of a communications problem, those calls went unanswered.

As the fire raged around them, Wood “took up the attack line to beat back the fire before removing Drieling from the building to safety,” according to the fire officials.

Unveiled in 2001, the Award for Heroism is based off of nominations that are made by either a fire department, state legislature or local See Firefighter/Page 2 Valedictorian AnneMarie Finfrock, graduating with a G.P.A. of 5.03, encouraged the class to not let their histories control their destinies.

And, Superintendent Rick Hanes told the class to “not let others define you.”

The entire class wore green ribbons in honor of classmate Cody Young, who was severely injured in a car accident. Many of the students and staff members also wore Vans, Young’s favorite type of shoes. A seat was left empty except for a graduation gown and a rose in honor of deceased classmate Destiny Langston.

A moment of silence also was held.

High School Principal Tony Lyons informed attendees that during a ceremony held Wednesday night, students were recognized for earning scholarships. In total, Piqua seniors earned $2.167 million in scholarships.

Lyons also recognized the 33 students graduating with honors diplomas, meaning they earned a 27 or higher on the ACTs. Nineteen students, wearing silver honor cords, graduated with G.P.A.s of

PIQUA — Tuesday’s commission meeting will host a number of award winners, recognitions, and appreciation beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the government complex.

Starting out the evening will be an announcement of the second annual I Love Piqua video winning contestants along with recognition of Bike to Work week in the city, followed by a number of resolutions in a show of appreciation for public service to several city employees.

MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO New business will begin Kaci Cotrell is congratulated by Piqua High School principal Tony Lyons after receiving her diploma with two first-reading orfrom board vice president Mimi Crawford during commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2013 at dinances to authorize an Garbry Gymnasium on Friday.The evening was doubly special for Cotrell who was also celebrating her annexation along with an 18th birthday. enactment/adoption of a BY JENNIFER Piqua High School ac- lies behind us and what emony. supplement to the code of cepted its diplomas in the lies before us are tiny Salutatorian Benjamin RUNYON ordinances before proceedPHS gymnasium Friday matters compared to Crawford, graduating For the Daily Call ing with discussions on night rather than at what lies inside of us” with a grade point averthe following resolutions: PIQUA — Due to in- Alexander Stadium as captures the message age of 4.87, urged the • Awarding a contract clement weather, the planned. portrayed through class to not let their failto Southeastern Equip2013 graduating class of The class motto, “What speeches given at the cer- ures stop them. ment Company for the See Graduation/Page 2 purchase of a backhoe for the public works department.

• Authorization to enter into an agreement with Strand Associates Inc. for BY NATALIE KNOTH gether like we normally do.”

Staff Writer Canceled events include See Commish/Page 2 nknoth@civitasmedia.com the bed races, children’s TROY — Strawberry parade, cruise-in and big Index Festival organizers ex- wheel race, in addition to Classified ...............14-15 pressed their disappoint- crafts and games. HowOpinion ..........................4 ment after all events were ever, the opening cereComics ........................12 canceled Friday due to se- mony was rescheduled for Entertainment ...............5 vere weather, but they 8 a.m. this morning. As is State...............................3 stressed that safety is the customary, the fountain will be dyed red and the Obituaries......................2 highest priority.

“It’s disappointing bechairman and Mayor Sports.......................9-11 Weather .........................3 cause we had so many Michael Beamish will be Milestones.....................6 people put in so much present, as will Mayor Business .......................7 time to prepare,” said fes- Takanori Kondo and deleChairman Jon gates of Takahashi City.

World ...........................13 tival Dankworth.

“It’s kind of With no sound system in Nation ..........................16 funny actually, because as place this morning, I talk to people, they’ll Dankworth said he and STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER ask, ‘How are you doing?’ Mayor Beamish planned CrossFit Troy, a registered bed race team, despite the rain walks through the But it’s not about me — to say only a few words in- downtown area from Peters Avenue to run in the Troy Strawberry Festival Bed it’s about the city of Troy. stead of giving speeches. Races Friday evening. Dustin Brown, Spencer Ferst, Zac Fiely, Christina Roberts It’s unfortunate we can’t and 20 month-old Ellie Roberts, arrive ready unknowing that activities for the 6 2 7 4 8 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 get the community toSee Festival/Page 2 Friday evening Opening Ceremonies were canceled due to inclement weather.

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Treva I. Preston TROY — Treva I. Preston, 85, of Troy, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Troy Care & Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on May 11, 1928, in Greenville, to the late Vernon and Myrtle Vanscoyk. She was married to Joseph Preston for 58 years before he preceded her in death on June 6, 2004.

Survivors include her two children, Joseph Gallo Preston of Troy, and Joveta “Jay” Hearn of Troy; two grandchildren, Melissa Preston of Idaho and Kimberly Preston of Troy; and three greatgrandchildren.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she

was preceded in death by two sisters, Norma Preston and Thelma Miller.

She was a graduate of Gettysburg High School and attended Troy Gospel Tabernacle.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Dale Christian officiating. Interment will follow in Greenville Township MeGardens, morial Greenville. Friends may call from 9-11 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

Death notices PIQUA — George W. Brubaker, 94, of Piqua, died at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Sterling House of Piqua. His funeral arrangements are pending through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

WEST MILTON — Henry Joseph Polli, 76, a longtime resident of West Milton, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Hospice of Dayton, surrounded by his loving family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday at the Transfiguration Catholic Church, 972 S. Miami St., West Milton with Father Charles Caserta as Celebrant, burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton. Friends may call on Sunday at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami Street, West Milton.

Festival Continued from page 1 All kickoff events were called off about 5:30 p.m., said festival Manager Heather Dorsten, after festival organizers discussed the situation with a local meteorologist and Troy Police, who then dispersed news of the cancellation. Dorsten said she kept envisioning a weather-related incident at the Indiana State Fair in 2011, where several people died when a stage collapsed during a storm.

“That was something that kept hitting me all the time I was out there,” Dorsten said. “We were going to call it at 5, but we were still watching the radar. It looked like there was another storm front on the radar coming right toward us, and it was supposed to last about two hours long with a bunch of rain that would be right during our events.”

Referring to the bed races, Dorsten said running on pavement or sitting on a metal bed would pose a serious safety threat in the event of a thunderstorm.

Bed Races Chairman Matt Watkins apologized to the competitors and encouraged all 19 teams to sign up for next year’s race.

“What a bummer. The streets are all clean and the teams are ready to go.

Frank Richard Benham TIPP CITY — Frank Richard Benham, 65, of Tipp City, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on N o v.

1 9 , 1947, in Troy, to Virginia (Shock) B e n ham of T i p p C i t y , BENHAM and the late Frank Arthur Benham.

He is survived by his wife of more than 40 years of marriage, Jayne E. (Burch) Benham; three daughters and a son-inlaw, Jessica Zank and her fiancé, Shawn Taxis of Pleasant Hill, Amanda Benham of Troy, and Katie and Matt Clevenger of Tipp City; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Joan and Steve Kocur of Point Pleasant, N.J., Mary Beth and Tyler George of Troy, Ruth and Todd Caldwell of Tipp City, and Rita and Rod Boyer of Troy; and three grandchildren, Samuel and Simon Zank, and Ivan Clevenger.

He was preceded in death by his father, Frank

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Arthur.

Richard was a 1966 graduate of Miami East High School and attended The Ohio State University. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Vietnam. He was a member of the Cove Springs Church, Troy VFW Post No. 5436, AmVets Post No. 88, Tipp City Eagles Aerie No. 2201, Troy Fish & Game Club, and the Americal Division Veterans Association.

Richard retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 30-plus years of service. He was also an area farmer.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. Paul Calvert officiating. Interment will follow in Casstown Cemetery, Casstown, with VFW Memorial Honor Guard at the graveside. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice of charity.

Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

Commish But Mother Nature’s in charge, and we can only be disappointed, not angry,” Watkins said Friday evening.

Despite the race being canceled, he did give out a couple awards. The Best Themed Crew went to the Miami Jacobs Magical Vet Tech team, while the Best Themed Bed was awarded to the Child & Adolescent Specialty Care team.

“These were awarded tongue-in-cheek as I met them to tell them the bad news,” Watkins said. “I’m sure there were others, but these were the only ones who were downtown in the rain toughing it out until the decision to cancel was made.”

With all festivities canceled, clubs and organization vendors were left with an abundance of food — including a Boy Scout troop with 80 pies.

“Another vendor was kind enough to let them sell their pies through the vendor. We have to get approval from the health department, and hopefully it’ll all work out,” Dankworth said.

Provided the weather cooperates, all weekend events should continue as planned.

“We’re hoping for great weather (Saturday), and we still have McGuffey Lane performing (tonight) at 8 at the stadium,” he said.

Graduation Continued from page 1 4.0 or higher.

Lyons also shared that William Bradley Anderson graduated from Piqua High School with his associate’s degree from Edison Community College. This is the first time a Piqua senior has earned an associate’s degree while in high school and was done through dualenrollment classes.

OSU trustees outline rules for president COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State University trustees have warned president Gordon Gee that he could be fired for future incidents of inappropriate comments, such as those in December criticizing “those damn Catholics.” The plan that trustees are requiring Gee to follow includes: Issuing personal apologies, as appropriate, to any group that you have offended; Engaging a coach with particular expertise in helping you to facilitate and foster a healthy, open, and diverse twenty-first century higher education with a global presence and voice; Seeking the assistance of professionals who could assist with revisiting your personal communications and speechwriting processes, content, and office structure, to identify additional ways to ensure more consistent messaging and statements that are better aligned with University priority goals and core values.

Continued from page 1 a new 1.0 million gallon elevated water storage tower.

• Awarding a contract for the purchase of a refuse packer truck for the sanitation department.

• A contract to HD Supply Power Solutions for the purchase of material for the Power System.

• A purchase order to Horton Emergency Vehicles Company for a medic for the fire department.

• A resolution to authorize to petition the Board of County Commissioners for a change in boundary lines of Washington Twp. • Authorization of a

loan agreement with Vestco LTD. in the amount of $30,000.

Commission meetings are held every first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the commission chamber on the second floor of the Government Municipal Complex.

For those seeking a more informal opportunity to speak with their city leaders, a commission work session is being offered once a month starting at 7:30 p.m.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend with a copy of the meeting agenda available at the city’s website: www.piquaoh.org.

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COVINGTON — Kenneth Loyd Wackler, 79, of Covington, died on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at his residence. He was born in Covington on June 1, 1933, to the late Oliver and Ida (Ortman) Wackler.

On June 12, 1953, in Covington, he married Shirley Clark. She survives.

Kenneth is also survived by four children and their spouses: Garry and Carolyn Wackler, Greenwood, Ind., Sherry Pickering, Covington, Barry and Becky Wackler, Covington, and Terry Wackler, Covington; two brothers Marvin Wackler, Covington, and Herb Wackler, Lebanon; three sisters: Glenna Baker, Bradford, Dorothy Musser, Piqua, and Erma Cool, Troy; eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by one grandson: Todd Pickering; one sonin-law: Greg Pickering; four brothers and one sister.

Kenneth graduated from Covington High

School, Covington, in 1953. Kenneth received a Journeyman’s card for machine repair from Sinclair Community College.

He was a member of Piqua Church of the Nazarene, Piqua. Kenneth was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Covington. He worked at Hobart Corporation in Troy before retiring in 1992 after 26 years.

Funeral services will be held at noon Monday at Piqua Church of the Nazarene, Piqua, with Pastor Steve Spoon and Pastor Lincoln Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Covington. Friends may call at the church from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday. Arrangements have been entrusted to Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

Vernon ‘Ted’ Wion PIQUA — Vernon “Ted” Wion, 78, of 10131 Fessler B u x t o n Road, Piqua, passed away Thursd a y , M a y 3 0 , 2 0 1 3 , WION at 5:29 p.m. at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He was born on Dec. 23, 1934, in Piqua, the son of the late Carl and Marguerite (Cencebaugh) Wion.

On Aug. 14, 1955, he married Ada (Mayse) Wion, who survives along with three children, Tim Wion and wife Jamie of Piqua, Tony Wion and wife Susan of Sidney, and Terri Wogaman and husband Larry of Houston, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Carl Wion

Jr., and one sister, Juanita Lillicrap.

Mr. Wion retired from the French Oil Mill and Machinery Company in Piqua in 1995 after 41 1/2 years of service. Ted spent most of his retirement days as an avid gardener, which he was well known for.

In keeping with Ted’s wishes, his body will be cremated. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday, June 9, 2013, from 1-3 p.m. at the New Beginnings Church, 10288 Museum Lockington.

Trail, Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home & Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney.

Memorials may be made to Houston Rescue Squad in memory of Vernon “Ted” Wion. Envelopes will be provided at the church. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy may be made to the Wion family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

government based on a set of criteria.

The award is given to firefighters who, at great personal risk to themselves, are credited with directly saving or attempting to save a life or lives during an extreme fire or another emergency rescue situation.

SIDNEY — Denise E. Calif., and worked as a Drieling was injured as a result of the incident and Little, 58, of Sidney, died fine waitress at various later returned to work after 14 months of rehabilita- at 7:40 a.m. Sunday, May restaurants in the Upper tion.

26, 2013, at her residence. Miami Valley area.

She was born February A service to honor her 14, 1955, in Los Angeles life will begin at 2:30 p.m.

County, Calif., to the late Tuesday at the Forest Hill William Eugene and Pa- Cemetery with the Rev. tricia (Davis) Little.

James R. Christy officiatSurvivors include two ing. Arrangements are brothers, Dennis (Julie) being handled through the COLUMBUS (AP) — words such as “escorts” Little of San Clemente, Jamieson & Yannucci The State Highway Patrol and “las vegas” on the Calif., Del Crandel of Cal- Funeral Home. Memois investigating the ap- site, but not visible on the ifornia; and several nieces, rial contributions may be parent hacking of the web, on May 25 and May nephews, aunts and un- made to one’s favorite website for the Ohio De- 26. The AP noticed simicles. charity. Guestbook condopartment of Natural Re- lar strange activity on the She was preceded in lences and expressions of sources, which said website Wednesday and death by her husband. sympathy, to be provided Friday that the unautho- notified Natural ReDenise was a graduate to the family, may be exrized changes never jeop- sources. of Buena Park High pressed through jamiesoardized any personal “ODNR will work with School of Orange County, nandyannucci.com. information for depart- our state partners to idenment employees or the tify the people responsible Policy: Please send obituary notices by e-mail to public. and take all necessary editorial@dailycall.com or by fax to (937) 773-4225.

An unauthorized user steps to prevent similar Deadlines: Notices must be received by 6 p.m. made changes embedded unauthorized access like Sunday and Tuesday-Friday, and by 4 p.m. on Monday in the website’s code to this from happening for Tuesday’s online edition. redirect visitors or in- again,” Eiselstein said.

Questions: Please call Editor Susan Hartley at crease Internet traffic at The department altered (937) 773-2721, ext. 207 if you have questions about obituaries. other sites, department access settings to prevent spokesman Matt Eisel- a recurrence of the probstein said in an email. lem, and the Department The code changes weren’t of Administrative Servvisible to the public and ices urged other state have been corrected, he agencies to be alert for the said. possibility of such website The state began its in- hacking. vestigation earlier this week after The Associated Press contacted Nat773-1647 • Piqua ural Resources about “Let us help give you peace unusual activity on an of mind at a very agency website page that outlines rules and regula- * Your 1 choice for complete Home difficult time.”

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Ohio meeting looks at ways Thunderstorms likely to quell urban violence CLEVELAND (AP) — Former gang members will be among the community and anti-violence activists from across the country meeting at a university in Cleveland this weekend to talk about solutions to violence in urban neighborhoods.

“The Call to Universal Oneness Campaign” is a four-day event that began Thursday at Cleveland State University.

Leaders of the event, which is being organized by the International Council For Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment, said they’ll discuss how to deal with poverty, gun violence, gangs and the breakdown of traditional family structure and lack of moral identity in many inner-city communities.

One of the organizers, Rashad Byrdsong, tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/17abiqY ) that one of the main goals is to address the problems in urban communities as a public-health problem instead of as criminal justice challenges.

“The research shows that most folks who are incarcerated don’t finish school,” Byrdsong said, and “are people of color who that come from poor communities ... and folks who deal with chemical dependency issues.”

“We’re going to be talking about disrupting the variables that lead to this kind of behavior,” he said.

Khalid Samad, an organizer who directs Cleveland’s Peace in the Hood, said more than 35 different

With the humidity levels up and a cold front headed our way for the weekend, the chance of showers and organizations are expected to par- thunderstorms will increase. Strong storms will be ticipate at the conference. They’re likely late today and tonight.

High: 80 Low: 67. coming from Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, New York and other cities. U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, who represents a northeastern Ohio disMONDAY SUNDAY trict, also is scheduled to speak.

Other events Friday included a panel providing a historical analysis on urban violence.

CHANCE Former gang members from the PARTLY OF Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, CLOUDY STORMS Folk Nation and from Ohio’s Heartless Felons, one of the state’s largest prison gangs, are also expected to HIGH: 72 LOW: 53 HIGH: 75 LOW: 64 attend.

Part of the event will take place at a Cleveland church. The final day will be marked by a remembrance ceremony, cultural fair and family event at an east side park.

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In Brief state investigator seized Cincinnati boxes of records that the plagued by spate prosecutor feared also might disappear. of unsolved murders Ohio crash kills CINCINNATI (AP) — teen brothers Cincinnati police department records show that the agency has solved only two of the latest spate of 18 murders that have occurred in the city since early March.

That statistic was reported Friday by The Cincinnati Enquirer, which called it one of the longest and deepest dry spells in case resolutions in recent years.

The department says a leadership transition now in the works and threats to staffing have nothing to do with the unsolved cases or spike in violence. Leaders say positive gains in 2012 — the city saw the fewest killings last year since 2001 — make the bad stretches more noticeable.

And, police say, violence generally increases in the spring when it stays light longer and more people are outside.

The last two weeks have been especially bad in the city. Since May 14, Cincinnati has seen six slayings and 23 nonfatal shootings, a pace that’s quicker than normal.

Police successfully closed eight of the year’s first 11 homicides in January and February before hitting roadblocks. And it comes at a time when officer layoffs had been threatened and the department is facing changes in leadership after Chief James Craig’s announcement that he’s leaving to be chief in his hometown of Detroit.

Newly promoted Lt. Col. Dave Bailey, now in charge of the Office of Criminal and Special Investigations, said just because the cases haven’t been closed doesn’t mean there aren’t suspects.

“A lot of closures are in the pipeline,” he said.

Sheriff accused of destroying records ATHENS (AP) — A sheriff in southeast Ohio is being criticized amid allegations that he illegally destroyed tons of public records during a cleaning of a storage area at his office.

Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly has denied that he did anything wrong.

But county officials say Kelly did not get the required approval to dispose of hundreds of boxes of sheriff’s and prosecutors’ records trucked to the landfill this month.

The county prosecutor, Keller Blackburn, has been digging through a landfill looking for any more of the closed criminal case files that may have been thrown out.

Blackburn has asked the state attorney general’s office to look into the destruction of public records. On Thursday, a

TIFFIN (AP) — State troopers say two teenage brothers have been killed in a two-vehicle crash in northern Ohio.

The State Highway Patrol said it happened Thursday afternoon near the village of Republic, east of Tiffin.

Killed were 17-year-old Phillip Bollinger and his 15-year-old brother Dillon of Bloomville.

Phillip Bollinger was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier when he ran a stop sign and crashed into an SUV at an intersection.

The patrol said the driver of the SUV and three passengers suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Seat belts were in use in both vehicles. Alcohol is not suspected to be a factor

Girl shot on playground recovering quickly CLEVELAND (AP) — The 12-year-old Cleveland girl who was shot in a playground last weekend is recovering quickly, and she has some advice for the men who did the shooting: “Go to church.”

Doctors say Toni Landers is doing well after a bullet fractured a rib on her right side, punctured a lung and exited through her back. She was caught in the crossfire of a shooting at a playground Sunday night on Cleveland’s west side.

Police arrested a 20year-old suspect.

Her mother said doctors are “amazed” at her recovery.

When she gets out of the hospital, Toni is going to be able to get the dog she’s been wanting. But she tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that she won’t be walking her new pet in the park where she was shot.

Trial ending over firing of pregnant OH teacher CINCINNATI (AP) — A trial is winding down in a teacher’s lawsuit alleging a Catholic archdiocese violated anti-discrimination laws when she was fired after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination.

Closing arguments are scheduled Friday in Christa Dias’ federal lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and two of its schools.

The lawsuit says her 2010 firing violated federal law prohibiting pregnancy discrimination. Dias says she was fired because she was pregnant and unmarried. She also contends church policies aren’t enforced equally against men

and women.

The archdiocese says there was no discrimination, arguing Dias was fired because artificial insemination is immoral and violated church doctrine and her contract.

Dias is not a Catholic and says she didn’t know artificial insemination violated church doctrine.

Group sues doctor over Ohio inmate suicide CINCINNATI (AP) — A prisoners’ rights group has sued a former prison doctor charging he violated the civil rights of an inmate who committed suicide after allegedly being denied pain medication.

The Ohio Justice and Policy Center filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday against Dr. Myron Shank and other former and current prisons officials on behalf of inmate Greg Stamper. The lawsuit alleges violation of rights including freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

The lawsuit says Stamper, who hanged himself in 2011 at Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, suffered severe pain from a nerve condition and Shank refused him pain medications.

Shank was put on administrative leave after the suicide and resigned.

There was no Lima phone listing for Shank.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says it doesn’t comment on active lawsuits.

Lawmaker enters county executive race in Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) — State Rep. Armond Budish (BYOO’-dish), a former Ohio House speaker, has entered the 2014 race for Cuyahoga County executive in Cleveland and has landed a high-profile endorsement.

Incumbent County Executive Ed FitzGerald, a fellow Democrat who is running for governor, joined Budish at his announcement Thursday and endorsed him.

According to The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, whose district stretches from Toledo to Cleveland, also spoke on Budish’s behalf at the event.

The 59-year-old Budish, an attorney from Beachwood, is barred by term limits from seeking another two years in the Ohio House.

Former Sheriff Bob Reid also is running for the Democratic nomination for county executive. Democrats control county government and the party nominee likely would be favored next year.

Fishermen identified after drowning in Ohio lake

AKRON (AP) — Authorities have released the identity of the 53-year-old man who drowned after falling overboard from a boat on a fishing lake near Akron.

The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said the man was Michael R. Schake of Barberton.

The medical examiner’s office said he went into the water at the Nimisila Reservoir on Wednesday.

Divers recovered his body late Wednesday night after searching for several hours.

Witnesses reported seeing him go overboard off the small fishing boat while he was trying to fix some equipment.

Cincinnati zoo not making money CINCINNATI (AP) — A new consultant’s report isn’t good news for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

The report handed to a county tax levy review committee on Wednesday says revenues aren’t keeping up with expenses. Although attendance is up, the report said the situation could result with the zoo going into the red as early as 2015.

But zoo executive director Thane Maynard said the facility is thriving and disagreed with the assessment that the zoo could face budget woes.

“We are thriving and have been six years well in the black,” Maynard said.

“We certainly have a sustainable model, and frankly are a role model to other zoos of how to get it done.”

The report said rising attendance led to about a $4 million increase in annual operating revenues between 2007 and 2011.

But during the same period, annual operating expenses increased by $5.1 million, much of it due to increases in wages and benefits and the hiring of 14 more full-time employees.

The zoo wants the renewal of its property tax levy to be put on the November ballot. The levy brought in about $6.5 million this year.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says the 112-page report was developed for the Hamilton County Tax Levy Review Committee, which advises county commissioners on whether a levy should appear on the ballot, how much revenue it should generate and its duration.

Zoo attendance has increased from 950,000 in 2007 to 1.4 million last year. The report said that if attendance drops to 1.2 million, the zoo would begin operating in the red by 2015. But even if it stays steady at 1.4 million, revenue is not expected to keep up with expenses.

Ohio Senate pitches update to school funding plan

BY ANN SANNER Associated Press

COLUMBUS (AP) — Majority Republicans in the Ohio Senate proposed an education funding plan on Thursday that they said spreads more money to more school districts, as they look to leave their mark on the spending blueprint.

The Senate plan would increase state spending on K-12 education in the two-year budget by more than $717 million compared to the current budget, which ends June 30.

Schools would see an additional $141.6 million in direct state aid under the GOP-controlled Senate plan, compared to the funding formula the House passed in its version of the budget bill.

Senate President Keith Faber told reporters the money stems from expected adjustments to state revenue and Medicaid caseload projections.

“It is a significant investment across the spectrum,” said Faber, a Celina Republican.

Faber cautioned that the education proposal is still a work in progress. Additional changes could come Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee.

A full Senate vote on the budget is planned for June 6.

Senators also added $54 million to help schools meet a state mandate that students must know how to read before leaving third grade. Early childhood education would also see an additional $30 million over the budget period.

State aid school districts get for each student would see a boost compared to Gov. John Kasich’s proposed figures — up from Kasich’s $5,000 per student to $5,745 in the first year and $5,800 in the second year of the budget.

The Senate is also considering whether to set aside another $50 million for the governor’s proposed Straight A fund, which will deliver grants to districts for innovation and efficiency measures.

The chairman of the Senate finance panel’s education subcommittee said senators planned to continue to evaluate changes to the Straight A fund over the weekend.

“We believe we can add to that in a meaningful way to provide real opportunities for change and innovation in our local public schools,” said Sen. Randy Gardner, a Bowling Green Republican.

Under the House version of the budget, district funding increases would be capped to 6 percent each year. But the Senate’s plan would change that cap to 6.25 percent in the first year of the budget, and a 10.5 percent in the second year.

State Sen. Chris Widener, a Springfield Republican, said senators found that by using higher caps, they could equalize even more dollars to all districts.

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Rediscover truthtellers book called“American Betrayal:The SecretAssault on Our Nation’s Character”(St.Martin’s Press) shouldn’t promise uplift and spiritual renewal.I know.I wrote it.

That said, the story of “betrayal” that my new book lays out — betrayal enabled by a de facto Communist occupation of Washington by American traitors loyal to Stalin, which would solidify in the 1930s under FDR and be covered up by successive U.S.administrations and elites -- is not without inspiration. I am talking about the inspiration of the truthtellers.

“American Betrayal” presents a rewrite of most of World War II and Cold War history, something I never imagined doing when I first began writing the book.This is simply the story that took shape from my research. And it takes shape in the book in a first-person narrative exactly as I stumbled across the revelations and put them together according to two basic mechanisms.

One relates to revelations from secret archives in Moscow and Washington that opened, briefly and partially, after the USSR dissolved in 1991. I discovered that the treason documented in these archives,treason committed byAmericans in government,some in the very highest positions of power,had not been incorporated into our general historical understanding of such defining events asWorldWar II and the Cold War. So I did my best to incorporate them. What emerges makes our history look completely different — even our nearsacred history of World War II. The other stream of new information that I was able to reweave into the American story came from those I think of as the truth-tellers.These are the forgotten and/or maligned witnesses and investigators who told and sought the truth about the massive penetration and infiltration byAmericans serving a hostile foreign power. (Yes, among them is Sen. Joe McCarthy.)

Their truth-seeking example is inspiring, particularly in an age of routine,serial lying and obfuscation inWashington.

If there is one thing I hope my book does, it is to reintroduce us to these greatAmericans.Because they contradicted the official narrative — the“court histories”as author and historian M. Stanton Evans calls it — these Americans were smeared, marginalized and lost to us, their rudderless descendants.

We need them back in our historical and moral consciousness.To that end,I am embarking on an occasional series devoted to truth-tellers highlighted in “American Betrayal.”

I will begin with Maj. George Racey Jordan, who in 1949 and 1950 came forward to testify under oath before Congress that one big reason the Soviet Union had recently surprised the world by exploding an atomic bomb was that he, Jordan, the top“expediter”shipping thousands of tons of U.S.war supplies and aircraft through an airfield in Great Falls,Mont.,to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease duringWorldWar II,had personally overseen the shipment of uranium to Moscow.

Really? Sure enough,as a congressional investigator would testify, two specific shipments of uranium oxide and nitrate were “completely documented to include even the number of the plane that the flew the uranium ... out of Great Falls.”

This postwar revelation before Congress would shock and anger Gen.Leslie Groves,head of the Manhattan Project,because he had slapped an embargo on the wartime export of uranium from the U.S. Of course, the shipments in question came from Canadian stocks. How did that happen? Therein lies a tale — a tale of betrayal.

Meanwhile, it wasn’t just uranium that Jordan expedited, as he testified. Heavy water, too.

The congressional committee was able to document the shipment of heavy water, too.

In all,Jordan“expedited”23 atomic materials through the big airbase in Montana to Moscow during the war,along with nearly 14 million pounds of aluminum tubes,also essential to atomic experimentation.

Findings in Soviet archives would later confirm that possession of the atomic bomb was what emboldened Stalin to trigger the Korean War in 1950.The implications of the theft of U.S. atomic secrets, then, becomes staggering.

After Jordan went public,all manner of witnesses stepped forward to corroborate different aspects of his story.There was the pilot who flew the uranium shipment (and said he handled brown grains of uranium that spilled from a box).There was the GI who recognized in Moscow-bound blueprints the chemical structure of uranium. Soviet defector Victor Kravchenko, celebrated author of “I Chose Freedom,” would himself testify before Congress and corroborate specific allegations by Jordan attesting to Lend-Lease as a giant conduit of Soviet espionage.

What even this skeletal synopsis of a tale that unfolds in detail in “American Betrayal” should make clear is that it wasn’t just the Rosenberg atomic spy ring that enabled the Soviet theft of U.S. atomic secrets.There was a massive looting effort underway inside the U.S. government overseen by senior Washington officials. Chief among these powers was Harry Hopkins, FDR’s very top, very enigmatic, very sinister (I have concluded) adviser. Hopkins was the power behind Lend-Lease — often the power behind Roosevelt, too — and a central figure in my book.

I knew none of this “lost” history going into my research more than four years ago. Precious few Americans, I’ve since learned,do.Hopkins,once famously known as Roosevelt’s“copresident,” is as absent from our national history lessons as Jordan, a credible eyewitness to what might well have been treason. Why do we have such blanks? Why isn’t Jordan’s earth-shaking testimony, most of it corroborated by documentation and supporting eyewitness accounts,ever taught?

How did Hopkins, once the most powerful man in Washington next to FDR (and maybe more so) slip out of our collective memory? Who stole our history — and why?

These are the questions I set out to unravel in “American Betrayal.” On this quest, I learned there was nothing like seeking out,dusting off and listening to history’s truth-tellers.

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The Usual Eccentric

Barking up the wrong tree en route to the home of a ast summer I grew guy Don knew named tired of my disfigEd. Ed wasn’t home. ured maple tree Don and I went into his continually splintering garage and acquired into heavy, large and some yellow rope. I sharp pieces and damagwould like to tell you ing my neighbor’s house. this was the first time The tree in question we committed a daylight (henceforth referred to burglary together. as Demon Tree) already WILL E SANDERS Once we arrived back created irreversible Staff Writer at my place we took damage to whatever wsanders@civitasmedia.com swift justice on the lowawkwardly strained rehanging limbs. Don lationship my neighbor and I once shared. Over a period of two climbed the tree with monkey-like agility years, the tree sent her insurance premi- before he carved what he could off the ums through the roof, ironically just like Demon Tree before we planned on felling my wayward tree limbs did — right the beast. That’s pretty impressive if you ask me, because Don technically qualifies through her roof.

I ended up calling a tree guy out to my as a senior citizen (though he’s more in house last October to get an estimate on shape than most whippersnappers I how much it would cost to exorcise the know).

Before we decided to call out “Timber!”

Demon Tree outright. I sought to smite the timber troublemaker back to the I walked next door and told my neighbor nightmare realm from which it came eons that it might be a good idea for her to ago. The qualified tree professional, Dale, move her car, especially since the tree came over, took a bite from his bologna might topple in that direction.

“I don’t want to park on the street,” she sandwich, adjusted his red suspenders seven times and then mustered the dol- said, stoically.

“Well, are you telling me you want a lar figure of $500 for the removal job.

Somewhere around this time I started tree to fall on your car?” I responded. “Perhaving grand delusions that I could con- haps you should reconsider; maybe you quer the Demon Tree myself, despite the aren’t seeing the forest for the tree.”

Soon thereafter Don and I got down to fact that I have never operated a chainsaw. This possibly fatal do-it-yourself fan- brass tacks, but we needed all of the mustasy was further reinforced by my faux cle we could afford. I called up my friends uncle, Don Beam. Don said with his tree- Dave and Josh to help with the preparakilling arsenal of gas-powered imple- tion. I also figured that in that circumments of destruction and his backhoe that stance the more eyewitnesses I had the we could tackle the devilish tree once and better.

The execution of the tree was by design for all.

After all, I could find more than a mil- — Don manned the slowly-moving dump lion uses for $500. For instance, like re- truck, which was tied to some rope that pairing my own roof when the Demon was tethered to the Demon Tree. The rest Tree falls on top of it because I’m too of us just stood nearby like fools as an aucheap to hire a qualified and sandwich- dience of townsfolk watched in horror.

And from there, gravity did the rest. eating professional (who is bonded and The Demon Tree fell harmlessly into my insured).

Welcome to my world, ladies and yard, just like Don said it would all along.

I’d like to think this will improve my germs. It’s a fun and curious wonderland, though it sometimes carries the threat- relationship with my neighbor, but I don’t ening prospect of getting crushed by a think it will. I think she still ‘arbors ill feelings toward me. falling maple tree.

Early one morning during my vacation To contact Will E Sanders email him at Don called me.

“Are you ready?” he asked in a low, wille@willesanders.com. To learn more about Will E Sanders, to read past hushed tone.

“Yes,” I replied, knowing what he was columns or to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, referring to without him alluding to it. visit the Creators Syndicate website at It seemed like a mafia hit.

Ten minutes later we were on the road www.creators.com.

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To the Editor: It was a great day in Piqua on the “Big Day” May 18. The Housing Enhancement League of Piqua initiated its first project on that day. HELP, as it is called, was formed more than six months ago and its mission is to provide assistance to residential property owners to enhance housing and improve neighborhoods. The committee identified the 800 block of South Main Street as its first neighborhood to contact for participants.

Sandra Gretzendiner was happy to participate in our project. Sandra as you all may remember was the victim of a vicious pit bull attack last year.

This was a great way for our community to show their support for this neighbor. Her house now has colorful flowers, two beautiful trees and soon will have new shutters on the front of her house. She is very happy with the results and we, of course, were glad to help her.

We could not have accomplished this task without the following: Jason Pierce, manager at Home Depot in Piqua and some of its employees, namely, Love, Justin Danny Moore, Ellis Warren, John Wilke, and Lori Caldwell; Mark Casto, a well known landscaper in Piqua; members of the Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City; Bill Lutz, development program manager for the city of Piqua and Ben Gover with the city of Piqua.

As I mentioned before, this is the first project of HELP and we look forward to other projects in the city to help our neighbors and improve neighborhoods.

— Jim Cruse Chairman of Housing Enhancement League of Piqua

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Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: ■ Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, ward5comm@piquaoh.org, 773-7929 (home) ■ John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778 (home) ■ William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 ■ Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh.org, 778-0390 ■ Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh.org, 773-3189 ■ City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051 ■ Miami County Commissioners: John “Bud” O’Brien, Jack Evans and Richard Cultice, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH 45373 440-5910; commissioners@comiami.oh.us ■ John R. Kasich, Ohio governor, Vern Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 644-0813, Fax: Diana West’s new book is “American Betrayal: The Secret (614) 466-9354 Assault on Our Nation’s Character” from St. Martin’s Press.

She blogs at dianawest.net, and she can be contacted via di- ■ State Sen. Bill Beagle, 5th District, Ohio Senate, First Floor, Columbus, Ohio anawest@verizon.net. Follow her on Twitter @diana_west_.

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DEAR ABBY: I’m a 16year-old girl. I am homeschooled with one friend.

I’m lonely, sad, mad and depressed. I have always wanted to go to a real school, but it’s not an option for me. My parents are against it.

I am always lonely. I don’t know where to turn.

I want to meet new people, ABIGAIL VAN BUREN but I don’t know how, or if my parents will let me do Advice new things. I have been cutting myself for more by finding a new family than a year and have lost for the puppy. What all motivation to do my should I do? schoolwork. I feel lost.

— ILLINOIS DOG Please help me.

LOVER — SAD, MAD AND DEPRESSED IN DEAR DOG LOVER: PHOTO BY CHRIS PIZZELLO/INVISION BOZEMAN, MONT. Talk to your husband This Feb. 24 file photo shows singer Adele performing “Skyfall” during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in again and stress to him Los Angeles. There are hundreds of copycat versions of Adele’s Oscar-winning song on the Spotify subDEAR SAD, MAD the importance of seeing scription service, confusing customers who think they are buying Adele’s version.

DEPRESSED: that the dog starts obediAND Most parents who home- ence classes. While it

BY RYAN NAKASHIMA to store songs on their de- winner got to air their cre- ers on Spotify in addition to school make sure their might be tempting to foist as long as they keep vices before 100 million ation version.

Timberlake’s AP Business Writer paying. But because such a viewers on game day. GranSince Adele’s “Skyfall” children are exposed to ac- off the responsibility on LOS ANGELES (AP) — vast selection can be stored nis says she wouldn’t have was released in October, it tivities within the commu- your husband, you should There are about 600 ver- online in the so-called cloud, earned enough votes to win has sold more than 1.9 mil- nity to ensure they engage both be involved so the sions of Adele’s Oscar-win- when listeners search for if she hadn’t seeded her lion copies in the U.S. Cover with people of all ages. dog will obey you both. ning song “Skyfall” on the popular songs, they often YouTube channel every day artists sold more than They participate in scout- With that accomplished, Spotify subscription music find oddball renditions. with covers of artists like 54,000 copies, according to ing, 4-H, sports, field trips, your pregnancy will be service. Not one of them feaCover songs are perfectly Jason Mraz and Death Cab Nielsen SoundScan. The top- etc. That you cut yourself less stressful. tures Adele. legal in the U.S. and have a for Cutie. Many of her cur- selling cover was produced to distract yourself from Adele’s label, XL Record- long tradition in the music rent followers on YouTube by Movie Sounds Unlimited, the pain of your isolation DEAR ABBY: I have ings, keeps her music off of industry. Some covers are stumbled upon her while a subsidiary of German is serious. If you have a been living with a man for all-you-can-listen subscrip- even more famous than the searching for originals. music publisher BMG, and family doctor, please bring 10 months. He is 70 and I this up with him or her so am 59. Whenever we go to tion plans until download originals. Which do you “It doesn’t feel bad that sold over 9,800 units. sales peter out. In the mean- think of first, Aretha they were looking for someThe singer on the Movie you can receive the help the grocery store, he time, copycat artists fill the Franklin’s soaring 1967 ver- one else, because they didn’t Sounds Unlimited version of you need to quit. I’m sure winks and smiles at all void, racking up royalty rev- sion of “Respect,” or Otis even know I existed,” says “Skyfall” imitates Adele’s of- your parents love you and the young, attractive enue, often before customers Redding’s original from two Grannis, whose original ficial version down to the want to protect you, but women. Abby, I am fairly realize they’ve been listen- years earlier? How about song video “In Your Arms,” brassy intro and the unique they appear to be doing it attractive for my age, and ing to someone else.

Jimi Hendrix’s funky 1968 has racked up 9.2 million way the British diva rolls too diligently. At 16, you I don’t appreciate his Alice Bonde Nissen found rendition of “All Along the views. “They’re not going to over the sound “L’’ like an “O’’ should be learning to in- making me feel disrethat out the hard way. She Watchtower”? Does anyone search for Kina Grannis if when she sings “Let the sky teract with others your spected this way. Other age. If you have a relative than this, he makes me once paid 99 Krone ($17) a even remember that Bob they’ve never heard of you.” fall when it crum-bows.” month for Spotify’s premium Dylan wrote and sang it in a Winning the Doritos conOn iTunes, 35 people have you trust or feel close to, happy. Most of the time, service in Denmark. Bonde release six months before? test earned Grannis a reviewed the album contain- I’m urging you to talk to he denies he does it, exfound a version of “Skyfall” The difference today is recording deal with Inter- ing Movie Sounds Unlim- that person about this. cept when I catch him redand mistakenly clicked on a that anyone with a com- scope Records, but she opted ited’s version of “Skyfall.” Perhaps your parents will handed. Is there any hope “follow” button to become a puter, a microphone and an out because she believed she Half of them felt the pur- accept the message from for this relationship?

— FEELING DOWN fan of GMPresents and Jo- Internet connection can cre- had enough of an online fol- chase was a dud, giving the another adult.

IN THE SOUTH celyn Scofield, the name for ate and distribute a cover. lowing to make and sell album a one-star rating, the DEAR ABBY: My husa cover-song specialist with New technology, from afford- music on her own. lowest in the electronic store.

FEELING DEAR some 4,600 Spotify followers. able digital recording equipU.S. copyright law says “Adele’s voice is perfect for band brought home a Scofield, who didn’t respond ment and sound-mixing cover artists don’t require this song, not whoever sung puppy he couldn’t resist. I DOWN: Yes, if you can acto a message seeking com- programs to convenient on- the original artist’s permis- it for this album,” writes one wanted to make him cept him exactly the way happy, so I didn’t object. he is and not take what ment for this story, has the line services are making sion, as long as they get a li- reviewer. most listened-to cover of homemade covers an easy cense, pay royalties and let “Don’t waste your money. We already have one dog. he’s doing personally. He “Skyfall” on the service. and profitable endeavor. And the original songwriters re- None are as good as the orig- She’s calm, mature and may smile and wink bewell-trained. She is also cause he thinks he’s being “When I found out ... that sing-it-yourself shows such lease their version first. inals,” writes another. friendly. Or it may be a I couldn’t find the original as “American Idol,” ‘’The Streaming services like SpoWhile some people make used to our schedule (we way of proving to himself work full-time).

We both ‘Skyfall’ (and some other Voice” and “The X Factor” tify are obligated by law to covers to get discovered, othhits) I decided to quit Spo- are fueling the notion that handle songwriting royalties ers seem to be in it to trick have now decided to try that he’s still attractive.

As long as it’s just a smile tify,” Nissen says. anyone with a decent voice on behalf of cover artists. buyers and make a fast for a baby. The puppy is and a wink by the frozen Thousands of cover songs can be a star.

Obtaining a license to buck. A recent search for only 5 months old, and vegetables, I’d say it’s even though it may take crowd digital music services Spotify’s head of develop- record a cover is easy and in- popular artists on Spotify reharmless. to become pregmonths such as Spotify and Rhap- ment and analysis, Sachin expensive. Services like veals plenty of me-too bands sody and listeners are get- Doshi, acknowledges that Google Inc.’s Limelight, who pick deceptive artist nant, I’m worried it will be Dear Abby is written by ting annoyed.

The finding covers instead of which launched in late 2009, names like the “Bruno Mars too much stress to train Abigail Van Buren, also and care for a puppy while phenomenon threatens the originals can be frustrating. offer commercial song li- Tributors” or song names known as Jeanne Phillips, growth of these services — “We recognize it’s a problem censes to anyone who fills like “Firework (As Made Fa- I’m pregnant. When I try and was founded by her which have millions of pay- we haven’t fully solved yet,” out a form. For each song mous By Katy Perry).” The to discuss this with my mother, Pauline Phillips. ing subscribers— and could Doshi says. they cover, artists pay a $15 artwork and graphics used husband, he says, “Every- Write Dear Abby at thing will work out.”

I hold back the tepid recovery Jon Maples, Rhapsody’s fee. By law, Limelight also for their songs are somewww.DearAbby.com or of a music industry still reel- vice president of product charges $9.10 in advance for times a mirror image of the want the best pregnancy P.O. Box 69440, Los Angepossible, but I also don’t ing from the decline of the management, says cus- every 100 downloads the originals. want to upset my husband les, CA 90069.

CD. tomers have asked that artists may sell. TuneCore, The producer behind that Streaming services put a cover songs be removed and which launched in 2006, dis- Katy Perry cover says he’s Solve it world of music at listeners’ the company has targeted tributes songs on outlets like not out to deceive. fingertips with millions of 10,000 for deletion. “It just iTunes for $10 per track.

“It’s not about trying to tracks, everything from the clutters the experience,” he Selling a couple hundred live in somebody’s shadow or latest pop hits to age-old vi- says. tracks — because of con- faking people out,” says olin concertos. For a flat fee Some independent artists sumer confusion or other- Michael Vail Blum, the — usually about $10 a insist cover songs are a fast wise — can earn cover Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based month in the U.S. — users way to achieve fame. Kina artists enough money to pay owner of Titan Music Inc. can listen to as many songs Grannis says covers are the bills.

Blum says the cover song Complete the as they wish. The music re- helping her build a fan base.

The hurdle is so low for business is about taking grid so every row, sides on the provider’s The 27-year-old Los Ange- the average amateur that great material — sometimes column and 3 x 3 servers and gets transmit- les-based singer won the once a hit song comes out, it’s written by someone else — box contains ted, or streamed, to sub- 2008 Doritos’ Crash the covered quickly. Take “Suit and making a great recordevery digit from scribers as they listen on Super Bowl contest. As part & Tie,” a Justin Timberlake ing. Technology has just 1 to 9 inclusively. smartphones, tablet comput- of the competition, fans were song released by RCA evened the playing field for FRIDAY’S SOLUTION ers and PCs. asked to vote for an aspiring Records in January. There artists who aren’t signed to The services allow users musician’s music video. The are already around 180 cov- major labels, he says.

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Of course, if you look upon all the requisite preliminary moves as overly complex and laborious and choose instead to address the diamonds at the very outset, you might well lose the relatively rare opportunity to bring home a grand slam worth more than 2,000 points.

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spades. This, too, turns out to be highly beneficial when you learn that West began with precisely two spades -- which in turn means that he must have started with exactly one diamond.

The reward for your super detective work is that the grand slam is now ice-cold. So you cash dummy’s ace of diamonds and then lead a diamond

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Let’s say you’re in seven notrump and West leads a heart. When dummy appears, you can count nine tricks in spades, hearts and clubs, so you will need four diamond tricks to land the grand slam.

There are several ways to tackle the diamonds successfully — all depending on how they’re divided — but your job is to find

the winning way, assuming you see only 26 cards.

To meet this challenge - and before playing any diamonds at all — you should try to learn everything you possibly can about how the opposing cards are divided. You start by cashing the A-KQ of hearts. As it happens, East shows out on the third round, so you now know that West started with five hearts and East with two.

Next you cash the A-KQ of clubs, choosing that suit because you have more clubs than spades.

This move also proves enlightening, because you learn that West started with five clubs and East with two.

Hot on the scent, you next play three rounds of

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Stanley-Meyers announcement

Timothy James Meyers and Kristen Sue Stanley

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ary and Karen Stanley of Bradford and J. Timothy and Patricia Meyers of Pemberton annouce the engagement of their children, Kristen Sue Stanley and Timothy James Meyers. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Bradford High School and 2008 fall graduate of Edison College Community with a degree in early

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She is employed at Early Beginnings in Troy. Her fiance is a 2003 graduate of Fairlawn High School. He is employed at Clopay Building Products in Troy. A June 22 wedding is planned at Trinity Lutheran Church in Versailles with Pastor Bob Akins officiating.

The couple will reside in Troy.

Couple celebrates 60th

BY SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s a new breed of airport dog. They aren’t looking for drugs or bombs — they are looking for people who need a buddy, a belly to rub or a paw to shake.

“His job is to be touched,” volunteer Kyra Hubis said about Henry James, her 5-year-old golden retriever that works a few hours a week at the San Jose airport. “I am just standing there with him. They are talking to him. If I need to answer for him, I do. But I am at the end of his leash, he’s not at the end of mine.”

Mineta San Jose International Airport is widely credited with introducing the first airport therapy dog in the days after Sept.

11, 2001, when flights were grounded, passengers were stranded and reaching friends and relatives in the East was nearly impossible. Passengers were anxious and afraid.

Enter Orion, owned by a volunteer airport chaplain who got permission to bring the dog to work. He made such a difference that San Jose formalized the program and now has nine dogs. Miami International Airport got onboard the program with one and Los Angeles International Airport has 30 and is hoping to expand its program.

The dogs are intended to take the stress out of travel — the crowds, long lines and terrorism concerns.

You never know why people are flying, said Heidi Huebner, director of volunteers at LAX, which launched Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) in April. Travelers might be in town for a vacation, a funeral, to visit a sick fam-

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In this photo taken May 21 Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) volunteer Brian Valente, left, with his dog, Finn, greet the Bloom family with their 13-month-old son, Jacob, at the Los Angeles International Airport terminal. The Los Angeles International Airport has 30 therapy dogs and is hoping to expand its program.

The dogs are intended to take the stress out of travel: the crowds, long lines and terrorism concerns. ily member or to attend a business meeting.

“You can literally feel the stress levels drop, people start smiling, strangers start talking to each other and everybody walks away feeling really, really good,” Huebner said.

Dogs have to be healthy, skilled, stable, well-mannered and able to work on a slack 4-foot leash, said Billie Smith, executive director of Wyoming-based Therapy Dogs, Inc., which certifies the LAX animals.

They have to be comfortable with crowds, sounds, smells — and they need to pass through security like all airport workers.

Handlers are taught to watch for people who fear or dislike dogs or those who might have allergies.

In most cases, people approach the dogs, identifiable by the vests or

bandannas they wear.

Los Angeles’ dogs, which are featured on trading cards, are as varied as its airport passengers. There’s a long-haired Dalmatian, a Lab-pointer mix, a field spaniel, a poodle, three Australian Labradoodles, a Doberman and a 150-pound Irish wolfhound named Finn who has two tricks.

“He looks you in the eye and lays down on the job,” said owner Brian Valente.

“When I’m around Finn, it makes me feel like things are OK. When Finn’s around other people, they are OK. It’s almost instant, even if just for a moment,” Valente said.

Miami’s sole dog, Casey, a 4-year-old golden retriever, is a star. She has her own website, fan mail, business cards and a role on “Airport 24/7: Miami,” a weekly reality show on

the Travel Channel.

“Casey is so pure and genuine,” explained Dickie Davis, director of terminal operations and customer service. “She’s not asking for anything or selling anything. She is just a love magnet.”

When Claudia McCaskill’s family recently flew home from vacation in Brazil she requested Casey meet the plane to greet her 5-year-old daughter, Carina, who is autistic. She knew Carina would be low on energy and patience and they still had a 2.5-hour drive home to St. Lucie.

Casey and handler Liz Miller were there with a gift basket and Carina fell in love with the dog.

“Thank you for visiting us at the airport so I would be happy,” Carina said in a video the family made for Casey.

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(Wendell Carter deceased) of Piqua and James Brian Rader (Patricia) of Health. They have five grandchildren.

Charles is a retired United Methodist pastor in the West Ohio Conference. He served the former Piqua Evangelical United Methodist Church from 1972-1977, and the Sidney First United Methodist Church from 1977-1981.

Virginia was formerly employed as a nurse and secretary.

Walling graduates from basic training

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Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Walling is the son of Tammy Walling of Patton Street, Troy.

He is a 2012 graduate of Troy High School.

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Children: Karen Rader of Springfield, David Rader (Rebecca) of Gahanna, Cheryl (Rader) Carter

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Industrial Spring Company hosts ribbon cutting ceremony

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The Chamber Ambassadors, PACC Board members along with Kathy Sherman, chamber president; City Commissioners Judy Terry and Mayor Lucy Fess, conducted a grand opening ribbon cutting on May 20 at Industrial Spring Company located at 9200 Country Club Road. Cutting the ribbon are owners Jodi Boldenow and Jeremy Sizer along with Jay Osborn, plant manager; Karl Lundahl and their staff.

Calculating the real retirement number

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throughout retirement, as these are considered discretionary expenses.

Match assets to expenses Rather than trying to assess whether a single lump sum amount is sufficient to meet income needs in retirement, a more practical approach may be to match specific assets (or sources of income) to various expenses.

The highest priority is the essential expenses category. Your goal should be to enter retirement with a virtual guarantee that required living costs are going to be met without interruption no matter how long you live. There are two clear sources of guaranteed income for retirement: Social Security and a defined benefit plan - when available. Of course if you’re still far from retirement, Social Security shouldn’t necessarily be viewed as a long-term guaranteed source of income due to potential changes as budget discussions unfold in Washington. If these income sources don’t produce enough income to meet required expenses over time, additional income could be generated in another way such as an annuity providing a guaranteed income stream. Note that using this approach, future income is not subject to the variability of the markets1.

Your remaining available assets can be used to fund lifestyle expenses. You may choose to invest this money more actively with a strategy of drawing down assets over time using a sustainable withdrawal rate. A true number may be elusive, but using this process, you may have a better sense of what your ultimate savings goal is. It may be useful to set multiple goals – or “numbers” – to reach enough to cover essential expenses and then lifestyle expenses. Beyond these goals, you might also consider the amount you’ll need to cover unexpected expenses in retirement and to leave a legacy. Planning financially for retirement can be complex. Taking the appropriate steps to calculate your retirement income needs is a great first step, but with an economic and political environment that is constantly evolving, it can become even more complicated as you near retirement. Consider working with a financial professional who can help you work toward your short- and long-term goals.

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26th Annual June 21, 22 & 23, 2013

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All Entertainment is FREE!! www.mscountryfest.com FRIDAY SCHEDULE - JUNE 21 5:00................Lunch Stands Open 5:00-10:00.....Craft Show 5:30-10:00.....Volleyball Tournament (Call 937-638-8579) 6:00-12:00.....Rides & Concessions Open featuring Otterbacher Shows 7:00 ................Opening Ceremonies (with the Marion Local Band) 7:30................Lift-A-Thon (with Ron Brunswick, MC) 7:30................Lawn Mower Races 8:00-12:00.....Grove Hill NEW 8:00-??:??.....Plow King Acoustic 8:30 ................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 9:00................Lawn Mower Races 10:30..............Tractor Square Dancing

SATURDAY SCHEDULE - JUNE 22 9:00................Breakfast & Lunch Stands Open 9:00-12:00 .....Marion Community JV Baseball Tournament 11:00-10:00 ...Craft Show 12:00-6:00 .....Maria Stein Shrine Art Show 12:00-9:00 .....Relic Shrine, Museum, & pilgrim gift shop open 12:00-Close....Rides & Concessions Open featuring Otterbacher Shows (Kids day special Wrist bands $15.00 1:00-5:00) 12:00 ..............Volleyball Tournament 12:00...............Punt, Pass, & Kick Registration (Ages 8-13) 12:00-5:00......Cruise-In Awards at 4:30 (in the park) 1:00.................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 1:00 ................Dodgeball Registration &Tournament (6 person team, 14 and younger, 15 and older, Call 419-305-5240) 2:00 ................Red Cross Go-Kart Race Time Trials 2:00-6:00 .......COSI (sponsored by Marion Local FFA) NEW 2:30 ................Tractor Square Dancing 3:00 ................Chicken Dinners by the Knights of St. John (Carry-outs at Knights of St. John Hall) 4:00 ................Folk Mass (in patio with The Ranly Brothers) 5:30................Bingo 5:30................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 6:00................Red Cross Go-Kart Race 6:30................Quarterback Challenge (Presented by Moeller Door & Window Inc.) 7:00................DJ Pac-man 8:00-12:00.....Empty Tank 9:00................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 10:00..............Tractor Square Dancing

SUNDAY SCHEDULE - JUNE 23 9:00................Breakfast & Lunch Stands Open 9:00................Mercer Health 5K Run/Walk (Call 419-925-4620 awards in south tent) 9:00................"3 on 3" Basketball Tournament (Call 419-925-1504 - Elementary & Junior High Registration 8:30. High School & College Registration 9:30) 11:00-5:00 .....Craft Show 11:00 ..............Girl Scouts Amazing Race Registration 11:00 ..............Volleyball Tournament 11:00...............Poor Boys Antique & Classic Tractor Pull - Division 1 & 2 (For info. 419-678-4352 or 937-295-3934) 10,000lb. Smoker Class, Diesel and Gas Truck Classes for info call 419-305-0977 11:30-Close....Rides & Concessions Open featuring Otterbacher Shows (Kids day special Wrist bands $15.00 5:00-10:00) 12:00-6:00.....Relic Shrine, Museum, & pilgrim gift shop open Maria Stein Art Show 1:00................79th Annual Pilgrimage (Services in the patio) 1:30................Mini-Indy Race Registration & Race (Ages 4-6) 2:00-5:00.......T102 Country Star Playoff with Exploit Band (South Tent) 2:00-6:00.......COSI (sponsored by Marion Local FFA) NEW 2:30 ................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 2:30 ................Corn Hole Registration & Tournament 3:00 ................Chicken Dinners by the Knights of St. John (Carry-outs at Knights of St. John Hall) 3:30 ................Bingo 3:30 ................Tractor Square Dancing 4:00 ................Diaper Derby (West Tent) 4:00 ................Free Lance (music duo) 5:00 ................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 5:00 & 6:30 ....Challenger League Baseball (ball field in the park) 6:30 ................Auction of Woodcarvings (west tent) 7:00-9:00......Shelby County Line NEW 7:00-11:00....Her & Kings County NEW 9:00-11:00 .....Cracker Jax NEW 8:30 ................High Flying Pages (Aerial & Animal Thrill Show) NEW 10:00 ..............Tractor Square Dancing 11:00..............Raffle Drawing (Grand Prize a Cruise or $2000 Cash)

Country Fest Raffle Grand Prize is your choice: $2,000 Cash or Four Day Caribbean Cruise for Two Second Prize: $500 Cash • Third Prize: $300 Cash • Attendance Prizes Drawn Every Day at 10:30 pm Donation: 1 Ticket for $1 • 6 Tickets for $5 Information & raffle tickets available from: Maria Stein Country Fest, P.O. Box 127 • Maria Stein, Ohio 45860-0127 • (419) 925-4151

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he “million dollar” question many of those preparing for retirement ask themselves is simply stated but not necessarily easy to answer – “how much money do I need to save to secure a comfortable retirement?”

In some circles, this is referred to as “the number” – that magical figure that tells pre-retirees how prepared they may be.

A recent survey from Ameriprise Financial found that working Americans ages 50-70 with at least $100,000 in investable assets estimated that what they needed to comfortably retire was, on average, $930,000.* But what does that number really mean? How important is it? What assumptions must you make to arrive at a number – and how many rapidly changing factors impact your number?

Preparing for retirement is about much more than arriving at a number, but some calculation is necessary.

Calculate your retirement expenses When determining how much you’ll need to save for retirement, it’s helpful to think in terms of how much income you’ll need to withdraw to cover expenses.

But projecting future spending is an inexact science at best. Some expenses might go away (mortgage, FICA taxes, retirement plan contributions), but you may also have more time and energy to spend money on the things you need and want to do in retirement. There are also expenses that could greatly increase in retirement like medical costs. Using your current spending habits as a starting point, draw up a realistic list of anticipated living costs in retirement. There are two primary categories to review in this regard: Essential expenses These are the required costs associated with daily living – food, shelter, utilities, transportation, insurance (health, life, long-term care) and taxes – that most likely will persist throughout retirement.

Lifestyle expenses This is the “fun” part of retirement – interests that you want to pursue such as golfing, travel, owning a vacation property or starting a business. To make these lifestyle choices a reality, enough money needs to be in place to finance them. But separating out lifestyle expenses from required expenses can help you prioritize using funds from your nest egg too quickly and jeopardizing your long-term financial security. Note that spending on lifestyle needs can be adjusted as needed

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Real estate transfers TROY Keystone Land Development Inc. to Denlinger Construction Services Inc., one lot, $44,900.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Zachary Forner McCuistion, one lot, $0.

RimAlsaman,Ebaa Rajab to Angela Rammel, Craig Rammel, one lot, $279,900.

Brandi Embs a.k.a.

Brandi Frank, Timothy Frank to Brandi Frank,Timothy Frank, one lot, $0.

Merlin Collins to Julie Dura, Lowell Dura, one lot, $272,500.

Rosenberg, Joanne William Rosenberg to Constance Burgei, Kenneth Burgei, one lot, $259,900.

United Distribution Services Inc. to Ornatus Urg Real Estate LLC, 86.099 acres, 54.890 acres, $3,500,000.

Anthony Cooper, Erin Cooper a.k.a. Erin Gray to Tiffany Frazier, one lot, $79,900.

Gary Maynard, Patricia Maynard to Franco Asoro, Ruby Asoro, one lot, $212,900.

Michael Ballinger, Susan Ballinger to Dawn Palser, Paul Palser,two lots,two part lots, $65,000.

Estate of Carol millhouse, Connie Ratliff, executor, to Ann Moeller, Robert Moeller, one lot, $110,000.

Thomas Miller, Tonya Miller to Jennifer Creech, Nicholas Creech, one lot, $212,500.

Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal National Mortgage Association, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, LPA, attorney in fact to Diana Davis Miller, one lot, $154,900.

Barbara Brower, Robert Brower II to David Lindsay, Colleen Rose, two part lots, $177,500.

Thomas Reynolds to Della Kroger, one lot, one part lot, $95,500.

Bible Missionary Church of Troy, Ohio Inc. to Woodland Bible Church Inc., one lot, $118,300.

Bible Missionary Church of Troy, Ohio Inc. to Woodland Bible Church INc., one lot, $78,400.

David Herrmann, Dianne Herrmann, attorney in fact to Abdelaziz Aboulkassim, Michelle Aboulkassim, one lot, $347,500.

Everbank to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Betty Shoup, Marvin Shoup to Marvin Shoup and Betty Shoup Revocable Living Trust, Betty Shoup, trustee, Marvin Shoup, trustee, a part lot, $0.

PIQUA Stephen Magoteaux, successor trustee, Magoteaux Family Revocable Living Trust to Lydia Callison, Richard Callison, one lot, $25,000.

Gale Denning to Benazer

Marriages Nicholas Ryan Landis, 25, of 1115 GinghamsburgFredrick Rd., Tipp City to Julia Christine Brenneman, 25, of 720 Hardwick Ct., Tipp City.

James Derrick Anderson, 25, of 1020 Camp St., Piqua to Brittney Michelle Wise, 25, of same address.

Marvin Eugene Whitacre, 67, of 1303 Spruce St., Troy to Carol Ann Gomski, 72, of 206 Ramage, Claysville, Pa. Daniel Patrick Newton, 31, of 1103 Leonard St., Piqua to Rachel Ann Wright, 21, of 1033 Watervliet Ave., Dayton.

Kenneth Brian Jones, 31, of 1820 Britton Drive, Piqua to Kristen Sierra Nichols, 23, of same address.

Cody Lee Nunley, 19, of 802 McKaig Ave., Troy to Kelly Christine Johnson, 26, of same address.

Adam Christopher King, 20, of 239 McDaniel Drive, Apt. 1, Richmond, Ky. to Brooke Elizabeth Bowerman, 20, of 490 Coach Drive, Tipp City.

George Curtis Finley, 54, of 572 Sunnybrook Drive, Hurricane, W. Va. to Tina Sue Gilmore, 55, of 565 S. Main St., West Milton.

Robert Lee Courtney Jr., 19, of 106 S. Miami St., Apt.3, West Milton to Kaylee Marie Dellinger, 18, of same address.

Michael Alan Dodson, 21, of 315 Forest Ave., West Milton to Chelsi Michelle Werling, 20, of 21 B Street, Laura.

Benjamin Andrew Holmes, 27, of 1065 S. Mystic Lane, Troy to Brittany Nicole McGraw, 26, of same address.

Joshua Andrew Hartman, 26, of 114 Noblitt Ct., Tullahoma, Tenn. to Shayne Toninette Bommershine, 24, of same address.

Bennett William Rothstein, 24, of 1008 Copperfield Lane, Tipp City to Rebecca Ann Leis, 23, of 7600 Tortuga Drive, Dayton.

David Arthur Yenney, 24, of 1845 Quail Nest Ct., Troy to Kylie Alinda Sawka, 21, of 636 Miami St., Troy.

Kevin Scott Byram, 27, of 11850 Dr. MLK Jr. St., St. Petersburg, Fla. to Jennifer Elise Collins, 25, of 11105 Oakwood St., Silver Springs, Md. Alan Clifton Dodson, 42, of 315 Forest Ave., West Milton to Jennifer Denise Dodson, 37, of same address.

Development III Ltd.,one lot, $21,000.

Eric Burkholder, Terri Burkholder a.k.a. Terri Kaeck to Eric Burkholder, Terri Burkholder, one lot, $0.

Donna McCoy, Paul McCoy to Mark Richard, Peggi Richard, a part lot, $37,000.

Shane Davis, Susan Davis to Dustin Davis, Kara Davis, 1.344 acres, $225,000.

MuzettaAllgyer to Sandra Francis, one lot, $45,000. Estate of Joyce Black to Timothy Neal, one lot, $0.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Mary Bolin, Robert Bolin to RASC 2006-EMX8, U.S. Bank, N.A., trustee, one lot, $52,000.

Chad A. Nill to CP-SMOF 112012-A-Trust, U.S. Bank, N.A., trustee, one lot, $42,000.

Bank ofAmerica,N.A.successor, Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Certificateholders of CWABS Inc., Countrywide Home Loans servicing LP,attorney in fact, CWABS, Inc. to Douglas Liette, one lot, $23,3000.

Security Lending Ltd., SL Man Inc. to Michael Haines, a part lot, $6,200. Martha Hampton to Bank of America, N.A., a part lot, $30,000.

Marion Shellabarger, Sylvia SHellabarger to Marion Shellabarger, Sylvia Shellabarger, one lot, $0.

Debra Stengel, Timothy Stengel to Jimmy Compton, one lot, $62,500.

Joan Liddy to Joyce Stewart, one lot, $127,500.

Courtney Snow to Meghann Oen, Robert Oen, one lot, $79,900.

TIPP CITY Estate of Henry Spicer, Charles Spicer, co-administrator, Cherry Spicer, co-administrator to Scott Kaster, one lot, $80,000.

Brian Jergens to Betty Seale, one lot, $156,000.

Mark Ares,Wendy Ares to Mark Ares, Wendy Ares, two lots, $0.

Thomas Persing,Gretchen Roose to Erica Pennington, James Pennington, one lot, $229,900.

Lisa Burrowes, Robert Burrowes to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,one lot, $60,000.

Jennifer Graham to Jennifer Slanker, two part lots,

$82,900.

Roselyn Lovett, trustee to George Lovett, trustee, one lot, $0.

Rosewood Creek LLC to Denlinger & Sons Builders Inc., one lot, $55,900.

Thomas Matthew, Karen McGraw to Woodlawn Rentals LLC, eight lots, $0.

COVINGTON Dane Crowell, Karen Crowell, Marilyn Helman, Betty Powell,David Powell to Retta Thomas, one lot, $0.

Bac Home Loans Servicing L.P., bank of America, N.A. successor, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

LAURA Marcia Smith, Richard Smith to Dawn Moore, Marcia Smith, Richard Smith, three lots, $0.

POTSDAM Angela Ditmer, Michael Ditmer to Angela Ditmer, Michael Ditmer, three lots, $0.

HUBER HEIGHTS Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $30,500.

NVR Inc. to Jeni Waites, Jesse Waites, one lot, $193,200.

NVR Inc. to Ed Woods, Jill Woods, one lot, $249,200.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to Inverness Group, Inc., one lot, $34,000.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to Inverness Group, Inc., one lot, $34,000.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to Inverness Group, Inc., one lot, $35,000.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to M1 Homes of Cincinnati LLC., one lot, $44,000.

Michael Platfoot, Nancy Platfoot to American Homes 4 Rent Properties Four LLC, one lot, $171,400.

NVR Inc.to James Dalton, Mandi Dalton, one lot, $203,200.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $30,500.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $30,500.

PLEASANT HILL Carol Bailey to Carol S.

Bailey, trustee, Carol S. Bailey Living Trust, one lot, $0.

Bac Home Loans Servicing LP, Bank of America, N.A. Countrywide successor, Home Loans Servicing LP to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Lorraine Jackson, Ronald Jackson to Keith Zimmerman, Lucinda Zimmerman, two part lots, $42,000.

WEST MILTON Patrick Siler to Julie Siler, one lot, $0.

Kimberlie Cerney to Jack H. Randall and Karen S. Randall Revocable Living Trust, Jack Randall, Karen Randall, two part lots, $143,000.

Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich Co. LPA, attorney in fact, Fannie Mae a.k.a.Federal National Mortgage Association to Lisa Lauber, one lot, $70,000.

BETHEL TWP. Burrowes, Barbara Thomas Earl Burrowes to Barbara Burrowes, trustee, Thomas Earl Burrowes, trustee, Thomas E. and Barbara Burrowes Trust, 11.65 acres, 30 acres, $0.

Gregory Schieman,Teresa Scheiman to Andrea Vest, Bryan Vest, 9.3327 acres, 0.7177 acres, $74,500.

Greg Rowelison, Sandy Rowlison to Christopher Slattery,Lauren Slattery,one lot, $126,000.

CONCORD TWP. HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. to Joel Hart, Lauren Hart, one lot, $169,000.

Douglas Amlin, Wanda Amlin to AA Property Management LLC, one lot, $0.

Christopher Monnin, Heather Monnin to Danielle Dillon, Matthew Dillon, one lot, $222,5000.

Carol Lightner, Charles Lightner, Deanne Lightner, G. Eugene Lightner, George Lightner, Janet Lightner, John Lightner,Teresa Lightner to Anne Kress, David Kress, 40.0027 acres, $336,000.

MONROE TWP. Bank of America N.A to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, $0.

Janice Pearson, Thomas Pearson to Pearson Family Preservation Trust, Trancy Poeppelman, trustee, 2.110 acres, $0.

Glenn LeRoy Rohr, Margaret Ann Rohr to Linda Demmer, William Deemer,

one lot, $25,000.

UpNorth Homes Inc. to UpNorth Homes Inc., 15.5495 acres, $0.

UpNorth Homes Inc. to UpNorth Homes Inc., 2.1090 acres, $0.

Bac Home Loans Servicing LP, Bank of America, N.A. successor, Countrywide Home Loans servicing LP to secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Barbara Sizemore, attorney in fact, Woodson Sizemore to Barbara Sizemore, one lot, $0.

NEWBERRY TWP. DanielWhite,KamiWhite to Gregory Fraley, Heather Fraley, 1.0 acre, 0.194 acre, 0.750 acre, 0.194 acre, $231,500.

Gary T. Green and Jennifer L. Green Trust, Gary Green, trustee, Jennifer Green, trustee to Michael Stueve, Sara Stueve, 4.220 acres, $35,000.

Springleaf Financial Services of Ohio Inc. to Kimberly 2.059 acres, Morgan, $13,000.

NEWTON TWP. Bonnie Lou Powell, Douglas Powell,Kimberly Powell, Larry Powell to Jordan Stull, Kaitlyn Stull, 0.021 acre, $1,000.

Betty J. Smith Irrevocable Trust of July 27, 2012, Stephen Smith, trustee to Olma George, Rhonda George, 0.863 acres, $75,000.

SPRINGCREEK TWP. Anita Spain, Gary Spain to Kristy Osting, Philip M. Osting Jr., one lot, $143,000.

Unity National Bank, Park National bank to Scott Investments of Troy LLC, one lot, $13,00.

Angela Baldridge, Wesley Baldridge to Abigail Silvers, Joshua Silvers, one lot, $147,000.

STAUNTON TWP. Annette Silvers to Barbara Brower, Robert Brower II, one lot, $131,500.

UNION TWP. Bryan Davis, Amie Pearson to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.165 acres, $97,900.

Katherine Francen to Dennis Chatterton, 30.00 acres, $0.

Dan Baisden, Jessica Baisden a.k.a.Jessica Ford to Lisa Naff, Matthew Naff, 1.00 acre, $119,000.

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INSIDE ■ Haas leads at rain-delayed Memorial, page 10.

■ Hamlin wins pole at Dover, page 11.

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IN BRIEF ■ Basketball

Russia trails in seventh inning

Piqua to hold Pit camp soon

Game delayed more than four hours

Piqua basketball will host its annual Pit Basketball Camp for boys going into grades 1-8.

The camp will be held at Piqua High on June 3 to June 6 from noon-2 pm.

To register email coach Butler at butlerh@piqua.org or call the High School at 937773-6314.

Walk-ups are welcome.

SPRINGFIELD — The Russia baseball team trailed Convoyed Crestview 3-1 in the seventh inning Friday at press time.

The game was delayed by rain for over four hours. The scheduled starting time was 5 p.m., but rain overspread the entire area.

Crestview got a two-out run-scoring hit in the second.

Brock Ralston blooped a single to right to score the first run of the game.

Russia finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth on a pinch-hit single by Andrew Daniel.

It came after Brad Mc-

■ Football

Piqua to hold JH speed camp

Maken walked and was sacrificed to second. The Raiders threatened to get more, but left two runs on.

Francis, meanwhile, was cruising along, but did run into some trouble in the top of the sixth.

After an out there was a walk and a solid single to left, only the second hit of the game for the Knights.

The next hitter flew out meekly to right, but then Zimmerman hit a gapper to left-center to score a run and take a 2-1 lead.

A bases-loaded walk made it 3-1.

But further damage was avoided on a groundout to Treg Francis at second.

The Football/Strength Staff at Piqua High School TODD B. ACKER/CIVITAS MEDIA PHOTO have announced times Russia third baseman Austin Gariety fields a ground ball Friday night. and dates for the third annual Junior High Speed and Conditioning camp.

The camp will begin Monday, June 3 and run through July 11.

Camps will be held 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays.

Brochures will be passed out at Piqua Junior High and Washington/Bennett and Wilder.

They are also available at Piqua High School.

Cost of the camp is $90.

Checks should be made

BY ROB KISER payable to Piqua Football Sports Editor and can be sent to Bill rkiser@civitasmedia.com Nees, Head Football Cindy Pearson believes Coach, Piqua High in making a difference — School, 1 Indian Trail, especially when it comes Piqua, OH 45356. to health and wellness.

Walkups are welcome.

“I have been part of Positively, Promoting ■ Volleyball Piqua for several years,” Pearson said. “And I am happy that I am — they support a lot of wonderful MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO community activities.”

See WALK/Page 10 Cindy Pearson is passionate about health.

Lehman coaching staff will be host a youth volleyball camp for girls entering grades 4-8 on June 3-5.

Cost of camp is $50 and you can register the day of camp.

Cost includes camp tshirt.

Passionate about walking ‘Pack The Path’ set for Saturday

Lehman to hold youth camp

Piqua adds new foes

■ Golf

GBH scramble next Saturday The George G.H.B Brading seventh annual memorial scramble will be held June 8 at Stillwater Golf course.

It is a four-man man best ball scramble, starting at 10 a.m.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY J&T PHOTOS Check in time at 9:30 Becca Stiefel will be back in action at Waynesfield Raceway tonight. a.m.

All proceeds go to the George Brading Scholarsip fund at Piqua High School.

Call Dave Brading at 773-1962 to sign up for this great event.

Stiefel back in action tonight at Waynesfield Piqua driver coming off ‘top 10’ finish

STUMPER

will Q: Where golf’s President’s Cup be played this fall?

A:

Muirfield Village

QUOTED "I'm pretty frustrated. I'm trying not to let it get to me."

—Rory McIlroy on shooting 78 in the first round at the Memorial

WAYNESFIELD — On Sat. night Becca Stiefel of Stif Racing traveled to Waynesfield Raceway Park to compete in the 1000cc mini sprint class.

To begin the evening Stiefel would run the make up feature from May 4, when the track lost power and she would start on the outside of the front row.

At the green flag Stiefel would drop into second place in her Dick's Paint and Body Shop, KB Machine and Tool, Aesthetic Finishers, Automotive Armature Works, J and T Photos, Ham Signs, Rieck Services, AMSOIL- Doug Mertz, Richard Donnelly, Colors by Barr,Mark Knupp Muffler and Tire backed mini sprint and settle in for the 20-lap fea-

ture.

She would drop back to third about the half way point and would be unable to recover but would hold unto third place to the finish.

After the feature the mini sprints would then begin the regular racing program and Stiefel would be one of 25 cars to sign in.

In her heat race she would find her pill draw not the best and rolling off eighth and needing a top 5 to advance to the "A".

She quickly went to work moving forward and settling into fourth place however she would get crossed up in turns one and two with three laps left dropping her to seventh and she was only able to get back to sixth, meaning she now had to

run a "B" main to transfer to the show.

In the "B" she would find herself setting the pace from the pole position and would lead the "B" from green to checkered and now be starting the "A" in 16th place.

In the "A" the full field of 20 cars set to run 20 laps Stiefel would set her sights on getting in the top 10 and work from there.

She would find herself moving forward in her Yamaha powered sprint and would get into the 10th with five laps to go when a red flag would come out for a flipped car on the front stretch that almost ended Stiefel's night, but a quick decision See STIEFEL/Page 10

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Woodstock, East on 1922 football slate The Piquonian followed the 1922 football team that included two new opponents, Woodstock and Cincinnati East.

“Practice started for the football team the first week of school, and the call for candidates which was issued by Coach Mote was answered by nearly 40 boys.

“At first the candidates fought hard, but after the opening week some of the men who played foot ball for the first time dropped out.”

“Everything went lovely in the opening game against Woodstock – no one was injured and nothing else happened to the athletes of the two teams to mar the contest. It was just a case of the best team winning out, and that was Piqua by the score of 98 to 6.

“Woodstock had a plucky bunch of gridders, but the battling of the much heavier Piqua players completely swept the Woodstock players off their feet.

“Michelson, Fisher, Barklow, Eby, Edge and Gavin all scored touchdowns in this contest, and the remainder of the team would probably have scored if they had been eligible to carry the ball.

There could be no stars in

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this contest, as the Woodstock team did not offer enough opposition for the athletes to put into the game all that they had.

“There was a large crowd out to see the game, and the enthusiasm indicated that there would be many backers of the Piqua team this year.”

The next week Piqua traveled to Cincinnati to take on East High School.

“This game was a real test for the Piqua team.

They were on a foreign field, and playing before a crowd of nearly 2000 people.

“The boys passed that test 100%, as they played a stellar game all through, and came off the field with a two point win, 18 to 16.

“They played against a team that outweighed them by at least 20 pounds to the man. This little thing did not bother See HISTORY/Page 10

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Haas raises game in tough conditions Leads at rain-delayed Memorial tournament DUBLIN (AP) — Bill Haas played the best golf in the toughest conditions Friday in the rain-delayed Memorial.

When the second round was suspended as dark clouds rolled in and forced the third stoppage in play, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were close to each other on the leaderboard, even if they were miles away from Haas, who had a 5-under 67.

That didn't bode well for Woods, the five-time Memorial winner who had a most peculiar round in wind and on fast greens.

He three-putted from 5 feet for double bogey on the par-5 15th, chopped up the final hole for a bogey and wound up with a 74.

"Tough conditions out there, and I didn't exactly play my best, either," said Woods, who had his worst 36-hole total (145) at the Memorial since he first played it in 1997.

McIlroy was in danger of missing the cut until he fired off five birdies, looking more comfortable with his putts and attacking with his driver. He was 4 under for his round and one shot inside the cut line — and one shot behind Woods. McIlroy was in a greenside bunker in two shots at the par-5 15th when play was stopped.

"The major goal today was to try to make it into the weekend," McIlroy said. "I'm on the right track to do that."

The second round was to resume at 7:30 a.m.

Saturday.

The Memorial has a long history of bad weather, and it's a tough spot for it to happen. Slugger White, the tour's vice president of competition, said more storms were expected early Saturday afternoon and into Sunday morning. Ohio is on the western edge of the eastern time zone, allowing for long hours of daylight. But several players have U.S. Open qualifying Monday.

Morning or afternoon, Muirfield Village was no picnic. The wind was a factor in the morning and it began to increase in strength, while the greens were firm and crispy and required caution even on the shorter putts.

Haas played through it

beautifully, taking advantage of one bad tee shot that he thought was headed out-of-bounds on the par-5 11th. He hit a provisional, didn't need it and wound up making a birdie. He also holed a bunker shot for eagle on No. 5 and was at 9-under 135.

He was three shots clear of Matt Kuchar, who had a 70, among those who finished the round.

Charl Schwartzel, who made 10 birdies in an opening-round 65, struggled on the greens and was 1 over for his day and three shots behind. He had three holes remaining. Bubba Watson was at 6 under through 14 holes, and his biggest battle was with allergies. He wore sunglasses under gathering clouds and kept a wet towel around his neck, anything to keep his allergies under control.

The advantage for those still on the course was the rain delay of 1 1/2 hours.

It rained hard for a short time, which slightly softened the greens, and the afternoon starters returned to a course with only a breeze.

"The wind died down, made it a lot easier to play the holes," Watson said.

Kyle Stanley also was at 6 under and had five holes remaining.

McIlroy got the short end on the par-3 12th, slightly downhill and over the water. The wind not only was strong, it was unpredictable. McIlroy hit his tee shot and could only watch, hopeful it landed somewhere on dry land and in a reasonable spot.

The horn to stop play sounded moments later.

Haas has been playing the Memorial since 2005, and he has been coming to Muirfield Village even longer when his father, Jay Haas, was a regular.

The son even caddied for the father one year, and he received a sponsor's exemption his first year out of Wake Forest.

"Even though I've never really had great success her personally, I love coming back, look forward to it every year," Haas said.

"And part of it might be I've always known how much my dad liked it and how well he did here.

Hopefully, I can continue

on the weekend and get a better taste in my mouth on how to play it, as opposed to just liking it."

Only six players from the morning round managed to break 70, a testament to a course that is dry and fast, especially on the greens. The wind was strong early and showed no sign of letting up, even after a 20-minute delay in the afternoon as storms threatened.

The resurgent Robert Karlsson had a 71 and was five shots behind.

For a short time, it looked as though Woods' first objective was to stick around for the weekend.

Along with not making birdies, he made a mess of the par-5 15th for the second straight day. From the fairway, he pulled his approach well left of the and chipped green through the green, just into a thick collar of round. He chipped out to about 5 feet, and his par putt caught the lip and spun some 8 feet away.

Woods wound up threeputting for double bogey from 5 feet.

It could have been worse. Woods made six par putts from the 4-foot to 7-foot range, and he wound up at 1-over 145.

When he played the Memorial his first full year on tour in 1997, Woods opened with 72-75 and tied for 67th in a tournament cut short to 54 holes.

"I thought I had a good chance to at least get to even par for my round," Woods said. "The last hole I ended up making bogey.

All in all, it was a hardfought day, and that's all I have."

Woods has never won a PGA Tour event from 10 shots behind going into the weekend. He won at Torrey Pines in 1999 when he was nine shots behind Ted Tryba. Woods has never made up more than a six-shot deficit on the weekend at Muirfield Village.

His tough day wasn't nearly as bad as some of those around him.

Matt Every started the back nine with a birdie and finished it with a 44 on his way to an 84. Brendan Steele had an 81, while Innisbrook winner Kevin Streelman had an 80.

deep in the heat race but I was in a transfer spot when I got crossed up so in the "B" I knew I needed to hit my marks and put myself in the show.

“The track was alot different in the second feature and we just missed the setup a little bit but I moved forward and not backwards this time so were getting there.

“So far, two top ten's

and one top five so I'm happy with our start."

Stiefel returns to Waynesfield Raceway Park on tonight, with hot laps scheuled to kick off at 6 p.m. with a full slate of classes of 410 non wing sprints, UMP Modifieds, 1000cc mini sprints, compacts, and trucks.

For all this, it is just $12 for general admission.

“We will have a nurse on hand to speak to people,” Pearson said. “We will have diabetic material here for people. We will have someone here who can check people’s blood pressure.

“Someone from Jones Chiropractic will be there to give spinal evaluations.

We will have cold water for all the walkers.”

The walk will start and finish at French Park on the Piqua Bike Path, with the halfway point being the new bridge at Forest Hill Cemetary.

Entry fee is one canned good and entrants will re-

ceive a water bottle.

“That will go to the Bethany Center,” Pearson said. “They can really use our help. I have a passion for walking, health and our wonderful bike path.

“It is getting close to summer.

“People need to be out exercising.

“We have such a beautiful bike path.”

And if Pearson has anything to say about, more people will become aware of it and take advantage of it this summer.

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History Continued from page 9 our boys, but on the other hand it made them fight all the harder against great odds.

“The band had a great deal to do with the success of the team as its music made the gridders fight harder, and reminded that they were representing a great school, that is, the Piqua High.”

Piqua entertained Dayton Stivers the following week, but were overwhelmed by the score of 46 to 6.

“The same fight that prevailed in the first two games was also in this game for three periods, but then the rain started to drop down on our athletes, and it seemed as though, after a few fumbles, the spirits of our pigskin warriors had been dampened.

“The fourth quarter was nothing but fumbles, and since Stivers had the breaks of the game, they were fortunate enough to recover the fumbles that they made, while every time our athletes fumbled, they would lose the ball.

“This quarter was disastrous to the chances of Piqua High for winning the game, as the Stivers team ran up a big score.”

Piqua absorbed another loss at Middletown 25 to 6.

“This game was quite a battle for our boys, as the Middletown team had an average weight of nearly 170 pounds, and in addition they had a clear knowledge of the art of football. Piqua High could not stop two of Middletown’s backfield men, Baetty and Bell, and as a result had to take a good beating.

“For two quarters Piqua High held the team from the Rolling Mill town to quite a low score, but in the third and fourth quarter the Middletown crew scored enough to tuck the game away safely.”

The Red and Blue ventured to Xenia the following week, but were beaten 14 to 7.

“It was a shame for our team to lose this game, but the team that did the most fighting took the honors, and as our team did not fight, the Xenia team won.

“Fisher was at the peak of form for this game, as he ran the team at quarterback like a real college footballer, and carried the ball like a demon.

“He scored Piqua’s lone touchdown. The Piqua team had the Xenia outfit outweighed by a slight margin, and should have won the contest.

“If they had fought in the first half as they did in the second half, the story would have been somewhat different, as all of the scoring came in the first half.”

Piqua traveled to Dayton the next week to challenge Steele High School.

“Piqua High went onto the field at Steele with blood in their eyes, as they were bound and determined to win, for the Steele team had published several notices in the Dayton papers stating that they were going to use their second team to give the Piqua team a good beating.

“Our team did not give Steele a beating, but it made life miserable for the Steele athletes, and did everything in its power to tear the Steele team apart.

“It was in this game that one of our athletes, Paul Barklow, was injured. His injury was to his knee, and it is one that may keep him out of all the remaining games this season. The final score was Steele 33, Piqua 0.”

Piqua was trying to rebound from four straight losses when they hosted Greenville.

“Piqua showed a great deal of fight at the first of the game but seemed to lose it after Greenville made their first touchdown.

“Piqua’s right half, Edge, played a wonderful game for our team and scored Piqua’s only touchdown by a 60 yard run.

Other men who played a remarkable game were Fisher, Gavin, and Baumann.

“Fisher played his regular good game while the other two seemed away above par. Greenville won by a score of 13 to 6.”

Lima Central came to Piqua for the eighth game of the season.

“Piqua showed some real fighting spirit in this game. Although Lima had the ‘beef ’, Piqua’s backfield was able to smash great holes in their lines.

“Baumann ran the Piqua team to perfection while Edge and Magee made the yards. Piqua’s ends, Garbry and Gavin, played above par in the 12 to 0 loss.”

The final two games of the season were against rival Troy.

“Piqua started out in a whirlwind and carried the ball to the five yard line where Troy recovered a fumble and punted to safety.

“Piqua played rings around Troy the whole first half and had two more chances to score but ‘lady luck’ was against them on the ‘breaks.’

“On the other hand Troy also had a fighting team and made their gains on our line which could not stand their smashing off-tackle bucks.

The Trojans win 13 to 0.”

Piqua wins the Thanksgiving game in the season finale 7 to 6.

“It was a wonderful day for the game and the field was in perfect shape.

There was a crowd of between three and four thousand people.

“Both teams were in perfect shape and both determined to win the victory.

“The game was a clean fight from beginning to the end, and never in the history of the schools has there been a cleaner contest, as there were only three penalties during the whole game.

“Troy had very little success when it came to straight bucks through the line but they worked many off-tackle bucks and also tricks. Piqua was the exact opposite of Troy when it came to straight bucks as they made gain after gain right through the center of Troy’s line, but our weak spot was end runs and only once did Edge get away for a neat run of 30 yards.

“Piqua, after trying two passes in succession, would not give up and the third was a charm as Garbry ‘snagged’ it just as he stepped over the goal line.

And our line held like a ‘stonewall’ while Paul Barklow kicked the goal.”

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, Piqua Leader Dispatch and The Piquon-

Stiefel Continued from page 9 to go low saved her night.

On the restart, Becca used the high side to advance to ninth and would take the checkers in ninth.

“A good night for us,” Stiefel said after the race.

“We started the night with a third place and anytime you go to tech its a good feeling.

“My pill draw put me

Walk Which is where Pearson came up with the idea of “Pack The Park”, a 5K walk to be held next Saturday, starting at Fench Park.

“I work at Piqua Family Practice,” Pearson, the wife of longtime Piqua track and field coach Ron Pearson, said. “Health and wellness is something I have a passion for.

“I am a big believer in exercise. I walk every day on the path.

“I probably walk about five miles.”

And the event again will be much more than just a walk.

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Richardson in similar position Browns back nursing injury

BY JEFF SCHUDEL Willoughby Herald

AP PHOTO

Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce scores from second as Pittsburgh catcher Michael McKenry reaches for the throw.

Cueto dominant against Pirates Pittsburgh manages just one hit in 6-0 loss to Reds PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johnny Cueto allowed one hit over eight dominant innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday night.

Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips hit solo home runs off for the Reds, who cooled of the Pirates behind their ace. Cueto (3-0) struck out six and walked one to improve to 13-4 against Pittsburgh.

Wandy Rodriguez (6-3) kept the Pirates in it even though he struggled with his command. The lefthander surrendered five hits and walked three with five strikeouts in seven innings.

The Reds broke things open with four runs off Pittsburgh reliever Mike Zagurski, a rare hiccup by baseball's best bullpen through the first third of the season as the two rivals moved into a secondplace tie behind St. Louis in the NL Central at 34-

21.

While Cueto's had his way with Pittsburgh in his 20 career starts, the Pirates have made inroads recently. They spoiled his chance at winning his 20th game in his final start last season and he left a 3-1 loss to the Pirates on April 13 with a strained back that sent him to the disabled list for a month.

He returned with five effective innings in a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets on May 20 then backed it up an even stronger performance six days later against the Chicago Cubs. He exited with a three-run lead the bullpen ultimately gave away in a 5-4 10-inning loss.

This time, Cueto hardly needed the bullpen at all.

Keeping the Pirates offbalance with a steady mix of fastballs and sliders, Cueto kept one of baseball's hottest teams in

Hamlin continues amazing comeback Will start on pole at Dover DOVER, Del. (AP) — Denny Hamlin has another top spot in his comeback from a back injury.

He'll need to turn poles into checkered flags if he wants to make a serious run at a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

Hamlin turned a lap of 157.978 mph Friday to win the pole at Dover International Speedway. He won the pole last week at Charlotte Motor Speedway and has three overall this season.

But a four-race absence because of his injury has him needing wins to make the Chase and race for his first career championship.

Hamlin, who finished fourth last week, has never won at Dover. He has only a 19.6 average finish in 14 career races on the mile track.

Hamlin's fourth-place finish moved him up three spots to 24th in the standings, 53 points out of 20th position, where he'd need to be to be eligible for one of two wild-card berths.

"I feel like we're hitting our stride," he said. "We're running really well at different types of race tracks.

Overall, I'm pretty happy.

We still need to get those race wins."

Martin Truex Jr., who raced to his only career Cup victory at Dover, will start second and joined Hamlin for an all-Toyota front row. Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five. Busch and Kenseth also drive Toyotas.

Points leader Jimmie Johnson qualified 24th.

Carl Edwards, second in the points, was 18th. Dan-

ica Patrick will start 39th.

Hamlin showed he continues to be on the mend after being sidelined for four races with a compression fracture in his lower spine following a March 24 crash involving former teammate Joey Logano.

Hamlin is 97 points out of the top 10 and an automatic berth in the Chase.

He and Johnson are the only two drivers to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup every year they've been eligible.

"We've been qualifying pretty good, which has really helped out our cause with our race finishes," Hamlin said.

Truex, from nearby Mayetta, N.J., has long considered Dover his home track. His 2007 victory propelled him into the Chase, and another win Sunday would not only end a six-year drought, but bolster his spot in the top 10. He enters Sunday's race ninth in the standings.

"You always want to come here and get the pole," Truex said. "I love this place so much and have so many fans in this area."

Truex finished seventh and sixth in last year's two Cup races at Dover.

Truex wants to win in front of all his family and friends.

Hamlin pretty much has to win before time totally runs out for him to make the Chase.

"I think our only play is to be aggressive," Hamlin said. "I think that to come here and try to get a good points day is irrelevant because if we don't win, then we're not really accomplishing much."

check.

The Pirates managed to get just three balls out of the infield all night, and Inge's single in the fifth was a harmless one-hop single in front of leftfielder Derrick Robinson.

The momentum lasted all of one pitch, when Clint Barmes hit into an inningending double play.

It would constitute the entirety of any semblance of a rally by the Pirates, who received another quality start from Rodriguez but couldn't finish off their first 20-win month in 21 years.

Rodriguez wasn't quite as sharp as Cueto but was helped early on by a series of long fly balls hit to the deepest parts of PNC Park. The Reds hit four balls to the warning track before Bruce stepped in with one out in the fourth.

Bruce has struggled against Rodriguez throughout his career entering the night just 2 for

32 (.063) against the veteran lefthander. Those numbers inched up when he took a 2-0 fastball and sent it into the first row of seats in right center for his eighth homer of the year.

Phillips followed suit in the sixth, lining a shot that scraped the top of the leftfield wall just over the glove of Pittsburgh's Starling Marte.

That would be more than enough for Cueto, who shaved his career ERA against the Pirates to 2.33.

Cueto's defense helped him out on several occasions.

Todd Frazier made a brilliant bare-handed catch-and-throw on a grounder by Marte with one out in the sixth and first baseman Joey Votto speared a liner by Neil Walker two pitches later.

Walker held onto his bat then tossed it into air in faux disgust.

BEREA — Trent Richardson was in an all too familiar place on Thursday as the Browns wrapped up three weeks of organized team activities as a prelude to the three-day minicamp that begins Tuesday.

T-Rich, fresh off an injury-hampered rookie season in which he still managed to rush for 950 yards, has missed the last two weeks of spring practice with a muscle strain in his lower right leg.

Coach Rob Chudzinski will wait until next week to decide whether to put Richardson through minicamp. Last week Chud hinted it might be best to rest him until training camp starts in late July.

“Ain’t no biggie,” Richardson said following a weight lifting session after practice. “It’s nothing to worry about. I could be out there, but they want to be cautious about it and just make sure I’m healthy when it’s time to be right, and be right for camp.

“I know in my mind everybody knows — that it’s not going to be near like last year, being hurt and injured. Injury-prone is not going to be me. I just can’t wait to really get back up and running.”

Montario Hardesty and Chris Ogbonnaya split practice time with the first offense while Richardson watched from the side with a play sheet in his left hand. Richardson also spent part of the day on the exercise bike and using workout ropes.

“I’m still doing a lot of stuff with my legs and making sure that I stay in shape,” Richardson said.

“But other than that, it’s hard to just watch. I do want to be out there. I tell Coach every day that I can go. I know that he means good about sitting me out for right now.”

The Browns are counting heavily on Richardson to be a focal point of the offense this season. Offensive coordinator Norv Turner has a history of turning out NFL rushing leaders. He had the good fortune to work with Emmitt Smith in Dallas and LaDainian Tomlinson in San Diego.

Turner is looking forward to continuing that trend with Richardson and before the injury Richardson talked about how excited he is to be coached by Turner. He said he still expects to the “bell cow” when the season gets going in September.

“If you want to be a good offense, you better have good players, and Trent is outstanding,” Turner said. “He’s a young player that got a taste of it last year. He had to fight through the ups and downs of being a rookie, the injuries and those things. Hopefully we don’t have to deal with that and that he can make that big step from year one to year two.

“If you have a guy like Trent that you can build things around, you take a lot of pressure off your offensive line. You take a lot of pressure off your quarterback, take a lot of pressure off your passing game, when you can throw when it’s your decision to throw and you’re picking where and when you want to go. It’s a lot easier than where you’re going to throw it 25 times in the last 20 minutes .”

FedEx 400 Lineup NASCAR-Sprint Cup FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 157.978.

2. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 157.798.

3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 157.756.

4. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 157.736.

5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 157.715.

6. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 157.604.

7. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 157.549.

8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 157.48.

9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 157.46.

10. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 157.405.

11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 157.35.

12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 157.24.

13. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 157.054.

14. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 156.713.

15. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 156.556.

16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 156.175.

17. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 156.169.

18. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 156.054.

19. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 155.952.

20. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 155.696.

21. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 155.44.

22. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 155.407.

23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 155.239.

24. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 155.206.

25. (51) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 155.146.

26. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 155.086.

27. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 155.059.

28. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 154.972.

29. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 154.679.

30. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 154.619.

31. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 154.573.

32. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 154.5.

33. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 154.48.

34. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 154.295.

35. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 153.984.

36. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 153.636.

37. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

38. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, Owner Points.

39. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

40. (36) J.J.Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (44) Scott Riggs, Ford, Owner Points.

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, June 2, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In the next few weeks, you'll enjoy relationships with parents and family members. Life will bring more peaceful time at home. Some will want to redecorate.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) For various reasons, you will notice more beauty in your daily surroundings in the next few weeks. You even might discover how much love there is around you.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Many of you will see new ways to earn money in the next few weeks -- while others will spend money on beautiful goodies. (It's a two-way street.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might want to buy wardrobe goodies in the next few weeks, because you're going to like what you see in the mirror. You feel more attractive and more pleasing to others.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will appeal to you in the next few weeks.

Seek out moments to be by yourself in order to feel calmer and more at peace with the world.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Friendships will be warmer in the next few weeks. You might make new friends. And for some, friends will become lovers!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Others might ask for your creative input at work during the next few weeks. They want your advice on design, layout, furniture arrangement or how a document looks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel for pleasure in the next few weeks, because it will please you.

You'll also love to see beautiful places that inspire you because your appreciation of beauty will be heightened.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) The next few weeks are a good time to ask for a loan or a mortgage, because others are receptive to your requests.

Expect gifts, goodies and favors to come to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Patch up quarrels and mend broken fences during the next few weeks with those who are close to you. Close friends want to be even closer.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Cooperation with co-workers is easy in the next several weeks. Some of you might put energy into making where you work look more attractive as well.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Romance, love affairs, vacations, the arts, creative adventures and playful times with children will be tops on the menu for you for the next few weeks.

Enjoy your good fortune!

YOU BORN TODAY You're an excellent problem solver because you are inventive. You're also resourceful and adaptable. Your life is never dull, because you like to help others cope with difficulties. Although you value your freedom, paradoxically, you're not afraid of commitment. You are cool during times of crisis. Good news is that your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life.

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POLL: Two in 5 women would consider parenting solo JENNIFER AGIESTA AND JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press As Christy Everson was nearing age 40, she made a decision: She wanted to have a child, even though she was single and it meant doing it all alone. Her daughter, conceived via a sperm donor, is now 2 1/2 years old, and Everson hopes to have a second child.

“Was it worthwhile? Well, I’m thinking of doing it again, aren’t I?” she says.

Everson and women like her are part of a shift in American society. An Associated Press-WE tv poll of people under 50 found that more than 2 in 5 unmarried women without children — or 42 percent — would consider having a child on their own without a partner, including more than a third, or 37 percent, who would consider adopting solo.

The poll, which addressed a broad range of issues on America’s changing family structures,dovetails with a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau that single motherhood is on the rise: It found that of 4.1 million women who’d given birth in 2011, 36 percent were unmarried at the time of the survey, an increase from 31 percent in 2005. And among mothers 20-24, the percentage was 62 percent, or six in 10 mothers.

TheAP-WE tv poll also found that fewAmericans think the growing variety of family arrangements is bad for society.However,many have some qualms about single mothers, with some two-thirds — or 64 percent — saying single women having children without a partner is a bad thing for society. More men — 68 percent — felt that way, compared to 59 percent of women.

The survey found broad gender gaps in opinion on many issues related to how and when to have children. One example: At a time when the can-you-have-it-all debate rages for working mothers, women were more apt than men to say having children has negatively impacted their career.

And this was true especially among mothers who waited until age 30 or older to have children. Fully 47 percent of those mothers said having a child had a negative impact on their careers. Of women overall, 32 percent of mothers reported a negative effect, compared with 10 percent of men.

For Everson, who lives in a suburb of Minneapolis and is now 44, being the only parent means daily responsibilities that naturally suck up some of the time she used to spend on her career as a financial consultant.

“To be honest about it, it’s hard to be a rock star” when parenting a baby, she says. But she sees it as more of a temporary career setback, and feels she’s already getting back on track with her toddler now over age 2. Soon, she says, “I’ll be getting back on my A-game.”

For Joyce Chen, a hospital occupational therapist in San Francisco, it’s a question of what kind of career she wants to have. Chen, 41 and also a single mother, is happy to have work that she not only enjoys, but that she can balance easily with caring for her 10-yearold daughter.“I’ve been blessed,” she says.“I have a decent income. I don’t feel like I need to climb the ladder. I enjoy what I do, but I can leave it at the end of the day and not think about it.”

Chen also credits a strong community of friends from church for helping make her family work. “That community has helped me raise my daughter,” she says. She hopes to get married one day if the right situation comes along.

But Chen feels that a single mom can do just as good a job of raising a child as two parents can. Overall, the poll found decidedly mixed results on that question: Thirty percent of respondents said yes, 27 percent said no, and 43 percent said “it depends.”

At 26, Jacqueline Encinias is at a much less established point in her career. A married mother of a month-old baby in Albuquerque, N.M., she aims to go back to school to study accounting. For now, though, she says she’s “just looking for something to get me by.”

Encinias says that she would probably not have made the choice to be a mother alone.

“I wouldn’t want my child to grow up with just one parent,” she says. “If other people want to do it, it’s OK, but it’s not for me.” Support of a partner is crucial to her, she says. (Finding the right person to parent with was a key factor in the decision to have a child,the poll found, cited by both current parents and non-parents.)

Shermeka Austin, a 23-year-old student in Warren, Mich., feels the same way.“That would not be a choice for me, being a single parent,” Austin says. She hopes to get married and have children one day, but first, she says, she wants to focus on her goal of opening her own bakery. Once she achieves that, she’d be happy to make sacrifices in order to have kids. In the poll, about three-quarters (76 percent) of women without children said that it was important for them to reach certain career goals before they start a family.

While 42 percent of unmarried women said they would consider single parenthood, compared with 24 percent of men, answers varied greatly as to the ways they’d consider going about it.Thirty-seven percent of women said they’d consider adopting solo (compared to 19 percent of men), about a third of women — 31 percent — said they’d consider freezing their eggs, and 27 percent would be willing to use artificial insemination and donor sperm.

Stacey Ehlinder, a 28-year-old event planner in Denver, says she would consider some of those options at some point if necessary — though she’s currently in a relationship headed towards marriage.

She says she’s surprised by the high percentage of poll respondents who had doubts about single mothers.“It just seems like these days there are so many more definitions of a family,” she says.

Ehlinder is confident that if she does have children, she’ll be able to balance career and motherhood.“In my industry,and in companies I’ve worked for, I’ve seen flexibility given to mothers,” she says. “It makes me feel confident that I could juggle things and be the mother I want to be.”

Many respondents, in interviews, said that while the optimal situation for raising kids is two parents, there’s no prescription for the perfect family.

Matthew Dean, a father of three in San Antonio, Texas, said he was glad that his wife, a former teacher, is able to stay home with their kids, an arrangement that was originally supposed to be temporary. “It was first, let’s do it through kindergarten, then it was, let’s do it through second grade...” he quips. Ultimately they decided it was best for the children.“I look around and realize how everything would have been so chaotic and rushed, otherwise,” Dean says.

Still, he says, he understands that many different arrangements work, including single-parent families.“It’s maybe not preferred, but it is what it is,” says Dean,46.“It’s an added challenge, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. There’s no guarantee in any situation. People can have a two-parent situation that is a complete wreck.”

The poll was conducted in conjunction with WE tv ahead of the launch of the show “Pregnant and Dating,” which looks at the dating lives of women on the verge of becoming single mothers. It was conducted May 15-23, 2013 using KnowledgePanel, GfK’s probability-based online panel. It involved online interviews with 1,277 people age 18-49, including interviews with 298 women who have children or are currently pregnant with their first child and have never been married. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for all respondents.

KnowledgePanel is constructed using traditional telephone and mail sampling methods to randomly recruit respondents. People selected who had no Internet access were given it for free.

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Xi, Obama look to strike up relationship at summit

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN AND MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping face weighty issues when they meet at a private estate in California next week, but their most important task may simply be establishing a strong rapport.

Tucked away at a mansion with a private golf course on the edge of the Mojave Desert, Obama and Xi will search for the kind of personal chemistry that has eluded their predecessors for the past several decades. With the bilateral relationship growing ever more critical and complex, how well the leaders click matters even more now.

Distrust has grown between the world’s sole superpower and the rising Asian giant. Beijing sees Washington as trying to thwart China’s ascendancy. The U.S. accuses China of widespread computer hacking and unfair trade.

Meanwhile,there’s worry their militaries might be drawn into conflict as China tries to elbow aside U.S. allies Japan and the Philippines over disputed, remote islands.

“There are a lot of problems between China and the U.S. that aren’t going to be easy to solve.The hope,therefore,is that a way can be established so that at the times of crisis, dialogue will prevail based on trust and the personal relationship between the two leaders,” said Zhu Feng, deputy director of the Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University.

The June 7-8 get-together at the private Sunnylands estate of late publishing tycoon Walter Annenberg is the first face-to-face meeting between the presidents since Obama’s re-election and Xi’s promotion to Communist Party chief last November.Under China’s dual party-government system, Xi didn’t officially assume the title of president until March.

The summit comes months before the two leaders had been originally scheduled to meet, highlighting a perception on both sides that the leaders need to refocus on the U.S.-China relationship following their political transitions and amid myriad distractions at home and abroad.

The accelerated timing constitutes “a clear message that China wants to emphasize the importance of U.S.-China relations for the future,” said Cheng Li, a Chinese politics expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. It’s not clear yet how big the two delegations will be or whether Xi and Obama will meet one-on-one.

Li said that’s something Xi’s stiff and formal predecessor, Hu Jintao, was unwilling to do.

But there are hopeful signs that the two men will gel.Xi already has a warm relationship with Vice President Joe Biden, whom he accompanied to western China on a visit in 2011. Xi also boasts a

greater familiarity with the U.S. than any of his predecessors, having visited frequently and maintained his ties to families he stayed with in Muscatine, Iowa, while a visiting provincial official in 1985.

He also sent his daughter to Harvard.

The two men share a love of sports: swimming and football on Xi’s side, basketball and golf on Obama’s. Both are married to glamorous, high-profile wives who have played a strong role in shaping their images.

Xi’s wife, People’s Liberation Army songstress Peng Liyuan,was for many years better known to the public than her husband. Chinese media and Internet users closely followed her activities during the couple’s first formal state visits to Russia and three African countries earlier this year.

“It will be interesting to see how the chemistry will develop. It’s important, because particularly in China, personal relationships always carry a lot of weight in stateto-state relations,” said the Brookings Institution’s Li. Xi has already proved himself a different leader by his pragmatism.

With relations edgy, he was willing to forgo the pomp of an official White House visit for the lower-key meeting in California.

Trust between the countries has dwindled over the decades. After U.S. planes bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia in what Washington says was an accident during the Kosovo war in 1999, angry Chinese protesters nearly breached the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. In the discord, Chinese President Jiang Zemin refused a call from the White House. Two years later, when a Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance plane off southern China, Beijing held theAmerican crew and waited for an acceptable apology from the U.S. In 2009, the U.S. Navy accused Chinese sailors of harassing one of its ocean floor mapping vessels in a game of high-seas chicken.

The trust gap was further underscored by newly publicized claims Tuesday that China employed cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 Pentagon weapons programs and almost 30 other defense technologies ranging from missile defense systems to the F-35 joint strike fighter.

The disclosure was included in a Defense Science Board report released earlier this year, meaning U.S. officials knew of it before planning for the summit began. The disclosure’s public release allows U.S.officials to highlight an issue of concern without necessarily overshadowing the summit.

China’s Defense Ministry on Thursday called the accusations faulty and said they underestimated both the Pentagon’s ability to protect its secrets, and the capabilities of China’s domestic defense industry.

“China is entirely capable of producing the weaponry needed for national defense,” spokesman

Geng Yansheng told reporters at a monthly briefing,pointing to recent domestic technological breakthroughs such as the country’s first aircraft carrier, new generation fighter jets, large transport planes and the Beidou satellite system.

China has consistently denied claims its military is engaged in hacking,including those in a report

by U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant that traced the hacking back to a People’s Liberation Army unit based in Shanghai.

Other likely agenda items include the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, conflict in Syria, climate change and expanding bilateral military ties. China will likely press its claims of business discrimination in the U.S. market, along with its deep discomfort over Washington’s shifting of military assets to Asia and renewed emphasis on its regional alliances, moves seen by China as part of an effort to contain its rise.

The perception of U.S. decline and Chinese ascendancy forms much of the subtext to the current relationship, with Beijing seeking greater international influence commensurate with its status as the world’s second-largest economy.

Many in China see the U.S. as a waning power weakened by the economic crisis, partisan feuding and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In their latest contribution to diplomatic argot, Chinese leaders now say they are seeking a “new model of major country relations” in their dealings with Washington.

Assistant Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang defined that Wednesday as “different from the old model featuring confrontation and conflict.”

“We believe a new model of major country relations between China and the United States should be based on mutual trust, equality, inclusiveness, mutual learning and win-win cooperation,” Zheng said at a Wednesday briefing.

Xi and Obama first met early last year when Xi,then China’s vice president, visited the White House on a trip to meet key American political players and introduce himself to the American public. The visit afforded Xi a chance to show his human side, reconnecting with his old Iowa friends, chatting with students at a school in Los Angeles and even catching part of a Lakers basketball game.

Known primarily for his pedigree as the son of a communist elder, Xi is seen by many observers as a strong nationalist willing to press territorial claims and what Beijing broadly proclaims as the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

Unlike former President Hu, who often seemed uncomfortable outside official settings and stuck closely to his official talking points, Xi appears at ease around foreign visitors and is known for speaking without notes and allowing sessions to run well over their scheduled time limits.

No charge against Chinese mother of baby in sewer

BY DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese newborn who was trapped in a sewer pipe moments after his birth has been released from hospital into the care of his grandparents.

Local officials and media reports said Thursday that authorities have concluded it was an accident, meaning his unwed mother is unlikely to be criminally charged.

The baby’s stunning, two-hour rescue from a pipe underneath a squat toilet in Zhejiang province’s Pujiang county captivated the world, prompting both horror and an outpouring of charity on behalf of the boy, who was released from a hospital late Wednesday.

The boy’s maternal grandparents took him home and the mother remains under medical care, the state-run Jinhua Evening News reported, in an account confirmed by a local police official who declined to give his name when contacted by telephone. Earlier reports had said that the 22-year-old mother herself took the baby out of the hospital.

The mother had initially raised the alarm about the baby when he got stuck Saturday in a pipe just below a squat toilet in a public restroom of a residential building, but she had cleaned the room of signs of a fresh birth and did not initially

come forward as the mother, officials have been quoted as saying.

She admitted she was the mother two days later when confronted by police who had found baby toys and blood-stained tissues in her apartment, the reports said.

Police later concluded that the incident was an accident and that the woman did not initially come forward because she was frightened, but that she later started telling the truth, the Jinhua Evening News and a Pujiang county propaganda official said.

The police initially treated the case as a possible attempted homicide, but now are unlikely to file criminal charges, the newspaper and official said.

Police tracked down a man believed to be the baby’s father, who has requested a paternity test and — if the baby is his — is willing to help support the child, said the Pujiang official, who declined to give his name as is customary among Chinese officials.

Officials have not publicly released the names of anyone connected with the case, which has raised discussion over China’s lack of proper education about sex, birthing and contraception in many schools. Unwanted pregnancies have been on the rise because of an increasingly lax attitude toward pre-marital sex.

Duan Wanjin, a criminal lawyer

based in Xi’an, said local police erred in not prosecuting the mother. He said she could be charged with attempted homicide for not immediately calling for help after the newborn became stuck.

“The local police may have considered the woman was still young and did not have any malice, and have come to the decision from the human perspective, but it sends a terrible signal to the public,” Duan said.

Sociologist Li Yinhe said the only mistake by the woman was not to immediately admit the baby was hers. “I don’t think that’s a big deal.After all, the child is safe, and it has a happy ending,” Li said.

“The Chinese people still lean heavily on the human considerations. Let it be bygones if there’s no serious crime.”

The woman told police she got pregnant after a brief affair with the man, hid her pregnancy from family and neighbors, and secretly delivered the child Saturday in a rental building’s restroom.She said the infant accidentally slipped into the squat toilet and — after cleaning up the scene — raised the alarm.

Firefighters who arrived at the rental building found the infant trapped in an L-shaped section of sewage pipe just below the squat toilet in one of the building’s shared restrooms.

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BY JOSEPH WHITE Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — After years of heartbreakingly close calls, Arvind Mahankali conquered his nemesis, German, to become the champion speller in the English language.

The 13-year-old from Bayside Hills, N.Y., correctly spelled “knaidel,” a word for a small mass of leavened dough, to win the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. The bee tested brain power, composure and, for the first time, knowledge of vocabulary.

Arvind finished in third place in both 2011 and 2012, and both times, he was eliminated on German-derived words. This time, he got one German word in the finals, and the winning word was from German-derived Yiddish, eliciting groans and laughter from the crowd.

He spelled both with ease.

“The German curse has turned into a German blessing,” he said.

Arvind outlasted 11 other finalists, all but one of whom had been to the National Spelling Bee before, in nearly 2 hours of tense, grueling competition that was televised nationally. In one round, all nine participants spelled their words correctly.

When he was announced as the winner, Arvind looked upward at the confetti falling upon him and cracked his knuckles, his signature gesture during his bee appearances. He’ll take home $30,000 in cash and prizes along with a huge cup-shaped trophy. The skinny teen, clad in a white polo shirt and wirerimmed glasses pushed down his nose, was joined on stage at the Washington-area hall by his parents and his beaming younger brother.

An aspiring physicist who admires Albert Einstein, Arvind said he would spend more time studying physics this summer now that he’s “retired” from the spelling bee.

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Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., holds the championship trophy after he won the National Spelling Bee by spelling the word "knaidel" correctly on Thursday.

Arvind becomes the sixth consecutive IndianAmerican winner and the 11th in the past 15 years, a run that began in 1999 when Nupur Lala captured the title in 1999 and was later featured in the “Spelldocumentary bound.”

Arvind’s family is originally from Hyderabad in southern India, and relatives who live there were watching live on television.

“At home, my dad used to chant Telegu poems from forward to backward and backward to forward, that kind of thing,” said Arvind’s father, Srinivas.

“So language affinity, we value language a lot. And I love language, I love English.”

Pranav Sivakumar, who like Arvind rarely appeared flustered onstage, finished second. The 13year-old from Tower Lakes, Ill., was tripped up by “cyanophycean,” a word for a blue-green alga. Sriram Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post, N.Y., finished third, and Amber Born, 14, of Marblehead, Mass., was fourth.

The field was whittled down from 42 semifinalists Thursday afternoon, with spellers advancing based on a formula that combined their scores from a computerized spelling and vocabulary test with their performance in two onstage

rounds.

The vocabulary test was new. Some of the spellers liked it, some didn’t, and many were in-between, praising the concept but wondering why it wasn’t announced at the beginning of the school year instead of seven weeks before the national bee.

“It was kind of a different challenge,” said Vismaya Kharkar, 14, of Bountiful, Utah, who finished tied for 5th place.

“I’ve been focusing my studying on the spelling for years and years.”

There were two multiple-choice vocabulary tests one in the preliminaries and one in the semifinals and they were administered in a quiet room away from the glare of the onstage parts of the bee. The finals were the same as always: no vocabulary, just spellers trying to avoid the doomsday bell.

There was a huge groan from the crowd when Arvind got his first German-derived word, “dehnstufe,” an Indo-European long-grade vowel.

Milking the moment, he asked, “Can I have the language of origin?” before throwing his hands in the air with a wry smile.

“I had begun to be a little wary of German words, but this year I prepared German words and I studied them, so when I got German words this year, I wasn’t worried,” Arvind

said.

He appeared to have more trouble with “galere,” a word for a group of people having a marked common quality or relationship. He asked for the etymology twice French and old Catalan shifted his body back and forth and stroked his chin before getting it right with seconds to spare.

Amber, an aspiring comedy writer and crowd favorite, bowed out on “hallali,” a huntsman’s bugle call. She said, “I know, I know,” when the clock told her time was running out, and she knew she had missed it, saying “That’s not right” as she finished her effort.

The bee’s growing popularity is reflected in an ESPN broadcast that gets more sophisticated each year. In the semifinals, Amber got to watch herself featured on a televised promo that also aired on the jumbo screen inside the auditorium.

She then approached the microphone and, referring to herself, deadpanned: “She seemed nice.”

Vanya Shivashankar, at 11 the youngest of the finalists, fell short in her bid to become the first sibling of a previous winner to triumph. Her sister, Kavya, won in 2009.

Vanya finished tied for 5th after misspelling “zenaida,” which means a type of pigeon.

Some notable words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee

BY BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A look at some unusual, difficult or otherwise noteworthy words from the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee. KNAIDEL a small mass of leavened dough cooked by boiling or steaming. The winning word for 2013 was from German-derived Yiddish, a source of much amusement to champion Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., who finished third in 2012 and 2011 after misspelling German-derived words. This time, he had little trouble.

CYANOPHYCEAN a bluegreen alga. Runner-up Pranav Sivakumar, 13, of Tower Lakes, Ill., was bounced by this word, missing it by a single letter. He thought the final “a” was an “i.”

LANSCENET a card game, similar to pharaoh, played in central Europe. Aspiring comedy writer Amber Born, 14, of Marblehead, Mass., seemed confident about this word until she was given an alternate pronunciation and deadpanned, “That is cause for panic.” She let out a big sigh and spelled it right.

KABURI a land crab common in mangrove swamps from the West Indies to southern Brazil.

Chetan Reddy’s run in the finals was over as soon as he asked for the language of origin and was told, “unknown.” With little helpful information, Chetan, 13, of Plano, Texas, pursed his lips before guessing “c-a-b-u-r-r-i.”

MELOCOTON a peach grafted on a quince root stalk. Grace Remmer, 14, of St. Augustine, Fla., who spells quickly when she

knows a word, asked for the definition twice and the etymology twice. She was off by two letters, and that was the end of her fourth and final National Spelling Bee appearance. “Thank you, everyone,” she said, and left the stage to a standing ovation.

GALERE a group of people having a marked common quality or relationship. Derived from French and old Catalan, this word nearly bounced champion Arvind Mahankali from the finals. He asked for the etymology twice, shifted his body back and forth and stroked his chin. He started with “g-a,” and then asked to start again, getting it right with seconds to spare.

DORYLINE a type of migratory tropical ant that is blind except for the functional males. In the finals, Christal Schermeister, 13, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., stood silently for a long time, trying to figure it out. “Can I have the definition again, please?” she asked, her voice cracking a bit. She went with “d-o-r-a-l-i-n-e” and was eliminated.

SMELLFUNGUS a critic or faultfinder, taken from a novel by 18th-century absurdist Laurence Sterne. Gokul Venkatachalam, 12, of Chesterfield, Mo., spelled it correctly.

MALACOPHILOUS adapted to pollination by snails. “I don’t know if that’s possible,” Amber Born said. After spelling the word correctly, she leapt for joy and dashed back to her seat.

CYANOPE a person with fair hair and brown eyes. Caleb Miller, 13, of Calhoun, La., asked if it came from the Greek word “ops,” meaning eye. Told yes, he responded, “Thank goodness.” He

still misspelled the word, going with p-s-i-a-n-o-p-e. Told the correct spelling, he said, “Oh, you’ve gotta be kidding me.”

BILBOQUET a device having a cup or spike at the top of a stick to which is attached a ball on a string. This word looked like it might trip up 11-year-old Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., the sister of the 2009 champion and one of the favorites. She paused while pretending to write the word on her hand, a common technique among spellers. But she got it right and advanced to the finals.

CABOTINAGE behavior befitting a second-rate actor. There was no acting from Eva Kitlen, 14, of Niwot, Colo., who struggled with this word, breathing quickly into the microphone, before getting it wrong. “Can I maybe get a different word?” she asked. “I hope you get a different word,” pronouncer Jacques Bailly responded. She did not.

TENERAMENTE a musical direction meaning “tenderly.” Grace Remmer, who plays violin, chuckled with relief after being asked to spell this word, which helped propel her to the finals. She still asked Bailly to use it in a sentence, which turned out to be a gem: “The piano teacher repeatedly encouraged the Incredible Hulk to try to play the lullaby teneramente.”

OLEACRANON the clinical term for the funny bone. Emily Keaton, 14, of Pikeville, Ky., missed this word by adding an “h” after the “c.” She jumped back with surprise at the sound of the bell that ended her spelling bee career. Emily was a five-time National Spelling Bee contestant.

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PIQUA, 510 E Snyder Road (off Troy Sidney behind schools), Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-?, outdoor lighthouse, tools, Makita Miter saw, TV's, knitting/ crochet books & supplies, weight watcher items, trading cards, toys, appliances, glider, lounger, metal desks, large file cabinet, M&M collectibles, Lots more!

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8am-3pm, Multi family, 4H Club garage sale fund raiser, Must See!!!!!

PIQUA, 6785 North Troy Sidney Road & 55 Weymer, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8-? Table and chairs, outboard motor, bikes, riding mower, tools, postage stamps, clocks, antiques, toys, models, mowers, crocks, Fenton, Hot Wheels, drill press, lots of miscellaneous!

PIQUA, 6835 Alexander Drive, Friday, 8-3 & Saturday, 8Noon. Ping pong table, foos ball table, exercise equipment, stepper, total gym, universal weight machine, 2 mini refrigerators, chest of drawers, twin mattress set, chain saw and other great items!

PIQUA, 721 Fisk, Saturday 9am-1?, ESTATE SALE, Solid wood bedroom set with Craftmatic adjustable queen bed, glassware, silver plate items, tv, space heater, shelves, lamps, bedside commode, wheelchair, large mirrors, lots of miscellaneous, Everything must go!!

PIQUA, 755 East Statler (east of Troy Sidney Road), Friday & Saturday, 9-6. Multi Family!

Double bedroom suite, antique cedar chest, clothing up to 3X, coolors & pool tools, glassware, bar stools, computer desk, Little Tykes kitchen, toys, miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 809 North Sunset Drive, Thursday & Friday, 9-4, Saturday, 9-1. Three Family!

Dixson mower, push mower, Troybilt rear tine tiller, weed trimmer, chain saw, air conditioners, carpet cleaner, NASCAR items, travel dog cages, golf cart, miscellaneous household items. Something for everyone! Clean sale, don't miss this one!!

PIQUA, Lake Ridge Drive, Community Garage Sale, May 31-June 1, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Teaching materials: posters, decorations, resources. Exercise equipment, kiln, scrapbooking supplies, patterns, BOOKS!, electronics, music, housewares, much more.

TIPP CITY Windmere Subdivision 25+ families, Thursday and Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm. I75 to exist 69 south on County Road 25A, west Kessler-Cowlesville.

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Technical Trades

American Trim,alocally owned and growing manufacturer of decorative metal products for various industries including appliance, automotive, building and leisure products is currently seeking 40146622 qualified candidates for the following position:

Screen Room Setup/Line Leader Sidney Facility – 2nd Shift Set up, change over, verify and/or adjust processes as needed in the screen rooms, including the washers, roll coaters, ovens, chillers and conveyors, to produce a product that meets all American Trims' quality standards and requirements. Essential job duties include: the initial set up of each job, run test parts and visually check for quality, assist with supervision in controlling product quality, review the schedule and work with the scheduling department to ensure that jobs are scheduled in the most efficient manner.

The individual we seek must have a strong work history, be willing to work overtime as needed, and have leadership experience.

In return for your expertise, we offer an outstanding benefit package including: health/dental/life insurance, prescription drug card, 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation & holidays and opportunity for growth.

If you are interested in pursuing a career with American Trim, we invite you to submit your resume; or apply in person between the hours of 8:30 and 4:00 the following location:

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Please apply at: 900 Gressel Dr Delphos, Oh or call (419)692-1435 DRIVERS RV Wholesalers is looking for drivers with their own truck to deliver RVs across the US leaving from Lakeview, OH 43331. Must have own DOT #, Liability and Personal Property Damage Insurance.

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

jkindell@brunsgc.com GENERAL SHOP help wanted.

Mechanical experience helpful.

Own transportation, clean driving record record required. 3040 hours per week. Apply in person, Monday thru Thursday: Dennys Carb Shop, 8620 Casstown-Fletcher Road, Fletcher.

INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR HIRING LABORERS AND CDL TRUCK DRIVERS for hard hat environment.

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LOCAL DRIVERS Drivers needed for LOCAL tractor trailer driving positions. Various shifts and routes. Can make up to $850/ week. Must have CDLA, at least 1 year recent experience and be extremely dependable. Call Dave during the week at (800)497-2100 or on the weekend/ evenings at (937)726-3994 or apply in person at: Continental Express 10450 St Rt 47 Sidney, OH www.ceioh.com SALES/ SUPPORT, Nationwide Agent in Piqua seeking licensed support staff and licensed agents. Forward resume to jppp1@sbcglobal.net.

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

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TODDLER BED, changing table, crib, blankets, high-chair.

HANDICAP ITEMS, regular and seated walkers, commode, shower chairs, glider rocker, more! (937)339-4233

TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. Bunkerhill $495 monthly, (937)216-4233

CRIB, real wood, good condition, stationary sides, $75 (937)339-4233

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, Water, Trash Paid, $425 & $525 Monthly.

Medical/Health FRONT DESK/ DENTAL ASSISTANT Seeking self-starter with organizational, patient communication/computer skills to handle activities in high quality, restorative dental practice. Prior dental/ medical experience a plus but not required. Training supplied. 30-40 hrs.

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SEATED WALKER, adjustable, brakes, good condition, $40. (937)339-4233

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WALKER, folds, adjustable height, seat to sit on, used 1 week, excellent condition, $75, (937)773-6361.

Houses For Rent

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1 BEDROOM house, washer/ dryer hookup, 1 car garage, no pets! $550 month, $550 deposit, 1111 Lake Street, Piqua, (937)778-0146

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3 BEDROOM country home, Covington Schools, $500 rent, $500 deposit, no pets!

(419)628-4205 IN PIQUA, 1 Bedroom, 240 1/2 East Main, W/D hookup, $325 Monthly, (937)498-9842 after 2pm

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SECURITY OFFICERS WANTED (PT/ On Call) For local company Job requires 1 year experience, must have High School diploma, be trained in CPR and First Aid. $9 hour.

For more info contact: Michael Corkum at (937)332-3501 or send resume via email to michael_corkum@ ahm.honda.com Technical Trades Instruction & Training TUTORING, any age, including kindergarten readiness, also special needs by certified teacher (937)356-9692 For Sale By Owner

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Bruns General Contracting, Inc. is currently seeking a commercial carpenter with management experience, metal building erectors, and a painter/ handyman.

Continental Express Inc., a full service transportation company that specializes in hauling refrigerated food products is recruiting for the following positions:

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Bill would shift NOAA resources bill being drafted in the House could potentially undermine the climate science research activities and the oceans programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It also would open up the weather satellite sector, which has been a troubled area for NOAA in recent years, to more privatization.

The bill, known as the “ Weather Forecasting Improvement Act,” would put more emphasis on research and development of new weather forecasting capabilities for anticipating nearterm, high-impact events, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, at the possible expense of two of the agency’s other long-standing areas of focus — climate and marine science.

The bill was the subject of a May 23 hearing in the House Science Subcommittee on the Environment. It has not yet been formally introduced, and is largely being drafted by Republicans on the subcommittee,which has jurisidiction over NOAA’s National Weather Service, according to several close observers of the legislation.

Representatives of NOAA and the academic research community were absent from the hearing, which featured members of two prisector weather vate companies — AccuWeather and GeoOptics. In the past, AccuWeather has backed legislation to open more of NOAA’s activities to private competition.

NOAA said it was invited to the hearing but did not receive sufficient advanced notice to allow it to formulate a response to the bill and also clear testimony through the White House. The agency has asked for an opportunity to testify at a subsequent hearing.The subcommittee’s Democratic members requested a second hearing to give NOAA officials a chance to testify, and to bring in representatives of the academic

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research community, as well.

The hearing came largely in response to news coverage of the increasing gap between the accuracy of NOAA’s main weather forecasting model, known as the Global Forecast System (GFS) and a model run by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, or ECMWF. For example,the ECMWF model correctly projected Hurricane Sandy’s devastating left turn into the New Jersey coast about a week in advance, whereas the GFS model didn’t project that outcome until the storm was closer to the East Coast.

To try to narrow the modeling gap, the bill would direct NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to undertake a research program to hone forecast accuracy, “placing priority on developing more accurate and timely warnings and forecasts of high-impact weather events that endanger life and property.”

The program would include a technology transfer component to ensure that insights and tools discovered on the research side of NOAA also benefit the operational side of the agency.

Currently,NOAA relies on many partnerships with the academic community to research new technology and provide new scientific insights, and has long had difficulty translating research conducted in one part of the multifaceted agency into successful programs in another part.

“The bill is an attempt to improve the role research plays in driving science into operations, which is a good concept, but NOAA does not have a stellar record when it comes to executing these transitions,” said Scott Rayder, senior advisor to the president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., a consortium which operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research and rep-

resents 104 research universities.

The draft bill would also require the NOAA chief information officer to issue a plan for allocating and developing high-performance computing capabilities to support improvements in the agency’s weather prediction models. Currently, NOAA lags behind the European Center and other forecasting centers worldwide when it comes to computing power, which has been pinpointed as a major contributing factor to the Europeans’ lead in weather modeling, but money recently appropriated

by Congress as part of the supplemental bill in response to Hurricane Sandy is being used to address that.

As National Weather Service director Louis Uccellini told Climate Central earlier this month, the infusion of funding will allow the agency to triple its computing capacity.““To go from 213 to 1,950 terraflops is the largest increase in computing capacity that we’ve ever had,” Uccellini said.

The draft bill also requires NOAA’s chief information officer to identify opportunities to “reallocate advanced-computing resources from lowerpriority uses to improve operational weather prediction.” This section of the bill could result in a reduction in resources for NOAA’s climate research programs.

Subcommittee chairman Chris Stuart (R-Utah) said the bill “would balance NOAA's research portfolio by emphasizing weather research with the potential to protect lives and property.”

“In 2012, NOAA barely spent one-third of the resources on weather research as it did on climate research,” he said.

According to President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget, NOAA would comprise the second-largest component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, coming in second behind NASA.The agency currently

issues climate projections utilizing cutting-edge computer models, and monitors the global climate system. It is also the home of the official climate data of the U.S., which is maintained at its National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. NOAA's draft five-year research plan also contains a mix of weather and climate research programs aimed at making America more resilient in the face of extreme weather events, some of which are already becoming more intense and frequent due, in part, to manmade climate change.

Marshall Shepherd,a professor at the University of Georgia and president of the American Meteorological Society, told Climate Central that it is essential to maintain NOAA’s leadership in climate research while also improving weather forecasting. “I am fully supportive of making the U.S. the best weather modelers in the world, but we must also maintain a viable short (6month to 2-year) and longterm climate modeling capacity,”he said in an email.

“It would be short-sighted to dismantle that world-class capability.”

Mary Glackin, a former top administrator at NOAA now working at the American Meteorological Society, also said it would be shortsighted to elevate weather forecasting needs at the expense of climate prediction.

Of the draft bill, she said, “It places weather at the forefront to potentially the exclusion to other earth science research work that may be done at NOAA.” Glackin said that is flawed because there is a “spectrum of continuity” between weather and climate forecasts, and people — and most especially businesses — need information at different time scales.

The legislation only concerns NOAA’s atmospheric sciences programs, despite the many other federal agen-

cies that conduct such research, including the Energy Department and the National Science Foundation. ““They’re trying to address this weather problem by only looking at NOAA, and I think that’s flawed. They have to look at federal investments across the board,” Glackin said.

Opening Weather Satellites to the Private Sector The bill also seeks to address another looming gap, this one concerning weather satellites. The next generation of federal weather satellites are running years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, leading to calls to reform the satellite procurement system, and the bill responds to that need by allowing the government to purchase weather data from private weather satellite operators.

In allowing for such private sector data purchases, the legislation could boost a burgeoning private weather satellite industry while altering some of the satellite syscurrently under tems development. Currently, the government works with the private sector to build and launch satellites, and NOAA and NASA operate them once in orbit.

NOAA has said that starting in 2017, there is likely to be a year-long gap in polar satellite coverage between the end of the design lifetime of the newest polar-orbiting satellite, and the launch of the next one. Just last week one of NOAA’s geostationary weather satellites mysteriously malfunctioned, forcing a backup satellite to take over.

GeoOptics, whose CEO, Conrad Lautenbacher, led NOAA during the Bush administration, is seeking to launch 24 or more satellites into low Earth orbit during the next eight years, and hopes to sell its environmental data to the government.

Jon Kirchner, president and chief operating officer of GeoOptics, testified at the

hearing along with Barry Myers, the co-founder of AccuWeather.

“The status quo of continuously purchasing costly systems and marginally effective improvements in current weather sensors effectively blocks investments in potentially new, more potent, lower cost, and proven data-sensing instruments, and is damaging our nation’s ability to keep pace in weather observations and predictions,” Kirchner told the members of the subcommittee.

Glackin, who led NOAA’s National Satellite and Information Service from 1999 until 2002, said buying data from the private sector would be “appropriate in some circumstances.” For example, she cited NOAA’s experience with buying lightning strike data from the private sector since the mid-1990s, rather than setting up a federal lightning observing network.

A caveat to such arrangements, Glackin said, is that even when the government buys data from a third-party provider, the risk still is borne by the government. In the event that the private company fails to deliver the data as expected,the government would then be responsible for that failure in most instances. “You should never lose sight that even if you’re buying data you’re not really transferring risk from the federal government.”

In addition, Glackin said that the public receives data from publicly owned satellites free of charge, but most private companies won’t be willing to just give away their data. For now, that data is available to the public, to businesses and to other countries, too. That could become a major sticking point in any contract negotiations.

“If you’re going to use federal taxpayers’ dollars to procure it, it should be freely available to those taxpayers,” Glackin said. “The devil is in the details in these things.”

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