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Unearthing history at Johnston Farm Hocking students, instructors explore Fort Pickawillany for historical artifacts

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — This week several students and instructors with Hocking College descended on the old site of Fort Pickawillany at John Johnston Farm and Indian Agency, 9845 North Hardin Road, in hopes of unearthing historical artifacts that might shed additional light on the old trading post and village.

This is the fifth year students from the college came to the site in the July heat to dig at the location.

Bill Pickard, an assistant curator of archeology with the Ohio Historical Society, said this year’s archaeological dig has not gone as well as it has in previous years in terms of items found, but with each dig more and more of the site’s history is unearthed.

“They are finding chunks of history, arrow tips and musket balls,” Pickard said.

While the students have dug up and sifted through pound after pound of dirt, as of

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afternoon Wednesday things such as animal bones, gun flints, beads and buttons were discovered. In previous years larger objects were found, including a butt plate of a musket.

“That’s just it,” Pickard said. “It’s not like you’re going to find a big book down there that explains everything. You’re going to find pages, you’re going to find words and letters. It’s like putting a puzzle together.”

For Pickard and other history buffs like him, this archeology dig is a bit different in that historians already know about the Pickawillany site — but they just don’t know the exact location of areas that were in or around the area.

“We now who was here, when they were here, and we know what happened here,” he said.”We just don’t know where out here. … We hope some day that we can make sense out of it.”

The students have been digging into marked plots of land that are 20 by 5 meters wide and digging as far as nearly six feet

down, taking the dirt and sifting through it in hopes of discovering artifacts.

Fort Pickawillany was constructed in 1750 and at one time approximately 3,000 people lived on the land. It later became the largest English trading post in the Ohio Country.

Pickawillany was attacked in June of 1752 in a move that late drove inhabitants not only off the grounds, but also out of the Ohio Country. The attack was one of the events that eventually culminated with the French and Indian War. The students from Hocking College arrived at the site and began the dig earlier this week.

One of the students, Ashley McGeachie, said this opportunity to take part in the dig has been amazing.

“It gives you the full hands-on experience,” McGeachie said. “It gives you the opportunity to pull history from a place and the science behind it.”

McGeachie was one of four students who, along with Hocking instructors, took part in the archaeo-

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Above, Desiree Olivarez, a student at Hocking College, sifts through dirt while fellow classmates and instructors excavate the Fort Pickawillany dig site at Johnston Farm on Wednesday, July 17. Below, Bill Pickard of the Ohio Historical Society examines two pieces of flint at the Fort Pickawillany dig site. logical dig.

“It’s good to get your hands dirty, to get down there in the hole and see what it is all about,” she added. “It’s hard work, but at the end of the day you are the one who has contributed to the knowledge of history.”

She concluded: “You don’t know history until you get down and start digging in the dirt.”

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CareFlight lifts off from the American Legion landing zone in Piqua on Thursday afternoon with a patient who was involved in an industrial accident at EvenFlo on Commerce Park Drive.

Piqua Fire Department medics were dispatched to the business around 12:30 p.m. on a report of a man whose foot had been run over by a truck.

It was determined that the victim had "lost several toes" in the accident.

The severed toes were quickly put on ice by quick-thinking employees and transported with the victim. No name or further details have been released.

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program’s benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.

Obama said the program is working the way it was supposed to with “better benefits, stronger protections, more bang for your buck.” The assertion was ridiculed by Republicans, with House Speaker John Boehner calling the Affordable Care Act “a train wreck” that he will PLEASANT HILL — keep working to repeal.

Obama dismissed the Indian Hills 4-H camp is the site of 2013 Miami County 4-H Cloverbud See Obama/Page 2 Camp for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade. The day camp was Index held Thursday and today.

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Ohio Holocaust memorial approved

BY ANN SANNER Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — A Holocaust memorial will be built on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse despite concerns from the head of an oversight board that the project is “inappropriate” for the Civil War-era site and could get the state ensnared in a constitutional legal dispute.

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“Our core business is focused on developing community news and information portals, in areas that are predominately rural and would not be served well otherwise,” said Michael Bush, Civitas CEO. “The suburban news-

paper isn’t a fit in this business model. We have offered employment in the Civitas Media organization to the 12 employees who are being affected by this decision.”

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pendent • Garner News • Holly Springs Sun • Cleveland Post • Apex Herald Centrally located in Davidson, N.C., Civitas Media encompasses more than 100 publications, many of which have served their communities for over a century. Civitas, Latin for “community” or citizen” is a union of four media entities formerly known as Heartland Publications, Freedom Central, Impressions Media and Ohio Community Media. Civitas

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Locally, Civitas Media operates the I-75 Newspaper Group, which includes the Piqua Daily Call, Troy Daily News and Sidney Daily News.

older siblings in 4-H and some don’t,” Woods said.

“Either way it is fun for the kids.”

Other activities include swimming, nature fun, crafts, super science fun, and many games.

The camp also had two speakers that talked about soil and water, and bubbles.

The children learned about stream quality maintenance, as well as the layers of the soil.

Some of the children learned that even ingredi-

ents in pizza came from the soil.

“I hope the kids have fun, learn new things and make friends,” said Emily Oldham, camp counselor.

“The friendships made here can truly last forever.”

Oldham is one of three junior camp counselors who volunteered their time for Cloverbud camp.

The 11 children who attended camp are Braiden Barnes, Blake Boggess, Evelyn Case, Julia Couser, Keira Kirby,

Megan McDowell, Hunter Ray, Jacob Seger, Erika Lillian Shellabarger, Woods, and Amiah Landers.

Cloverbud activities also are scheduled to take place during the Miami County Fair Week, Aug. 915. A Cloverbud Fun Time will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Friday, Tuesday and Thursday. A Cloverbud Show and Tell Time set for 10 a.m. Wednesday. All Cloverbud activities at the fair will be held in the Duke Lundgard building.

Camp Continued from page 1 scheduled for the Cloverbud campers was a scavenger hunt. The children found multiple items relating to nature, such as flowers, pinecones, leaves, rocks, colors, and shapes.

Each child received a Tshirt and a lanyard with either a butterfly, caterpillar, lady bug or lightning bug. This tag signifies the group they were placed in for some of the activities.

“Some of the kids have

Holocaust Continued from page 1 planned for the grounds of any U.S. statehouse.

The project’s design was approved Thursday by the state’s Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, which oversees and maintains the Ohio Statehouse. A construction timeline has not yet been set.

At a ceremony two years ago, Gov. John Kasich proposed building a memorial to teach people, he said, about man’s inhumanity to man. Jewish groups praised the memorial’s approval, saying it shows that Ohio opposes discrimination based on race or religion.

The design from artist Daniel Libeskind features a split limestone path toward two, upright panels.

Cutouts on the panels are positioned to reveal a broken, six-pointed Star of David.

The plan includes having a story from a survivor of the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp embossed on the panels. A stone wall that sits along the path would contain an engraved quote honoring the death camp liberators: “If you save one life, it is as if you saved the world.”

Board Chairman Richard Finan voted against the memorial, telling reporters he would

have been fine with “a reasonable memorial, something smaller” on the grounds.

“But this is just too much to the Jewish religion,” Finan added. He said the state could get sued for violating the separation of church and state.

Joyce Garver Keller, the executive director of the Ohio Jewish Communities, said she didn’t think the depiction of the Star of David promotes any religion. And it’s appropriate for the memorial to be placed near a government institution, she said.

“The Holocaust did not begin in the camps,”

cal about how their coverage may be affected. Even Obama’s allies in the labor unions have turned around their former support of the law out of fears that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members by increasing costs. Union leaders also say companies are scaling back work time to avoid providing coverage required for employees who work 30 hours or more. Some labor leaders are now calling for repeal or reform of the law.

Obama launched an impassioned defense of the law at the White House in front of several families who have received refund checks under a provision that requires insurers to spend at least 80 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and quality improvement or reimburse the difference. The president said rebates are being sent for 8.5 million Americans this summer, averaging $100 each.

However, much of the money goes to employers who provide insurance and are required to use the money to benefit employees in some way.

Meanwhile, Obama said lawmakers are “trying to make political hay” out of health care and should be worrying about fixing other problems the country faces.

“Instead, we’re refighting these old battles,” Obama said. “Sometimes I just try to figure out why. Maybe they think it’s good politics, but part of our job here is not to al-

ways think about politics.”

The problem isn’t politics, the Republicans counter.

“The picture that the president paints of his health care law looks nothing like the reality facing struggling American families,” Boehner said in a statement responding to Obama’s event. “They know that the law is turning out to be a train wreck.”

Obama said Americans saved $3.4 billion last year in lower premiums as a result of the efficiencies required by the law.

But for many Americans who don’t get their insurance through an employer but will be required to buy it next year, the financial impact of the law is still unclear as the government scrambles to launch an online marketplace for them.

Not everyone who is uninsured is expected to take the opportunity to get coverage, and that could have vast consequences for the economics of the system. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 6 million people of various ages will instead pay the tax penalty for not having insurance in 2014. It’s hard to estimate how many of those will be the young and healthy adults that insurers need in the system to offset costs for older, sicker beneficiaries.

Obama acknowledged “glitches” in implementing the sweeping law on a massive industry. Earlier

Obama Continued from page 1 GOP’s so-far-futile votes the House logged its 38th attempt to repeal or scale back the law on Wednesday with an exasperated sigh and shake of his head during a White House speech.

“What I’ve heard is just the same old song and dance,” Obama said of his critics. “We’re just going to blow through that stuff and just keep on doing the right thing for the American people.”

While the fate of the health care law will play a major role in defining his legacy, Obama has not devoted much time or energy to selling it to the country, speaking on the subject only occasionally as Republicans have pressed a determined campaign to undermine the program. Obama is returning to the subject now because enrollment begins Oct. 1 for subsidized private coverage through new online markets.

Goals of the overhaul are to provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people and restrain skyrocketing costs, but Americans remain skepti-

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Keller said. “It did not begin with smokestacks and ovens. It began in the halls of government where legislation was passed that allowed the expulsion of Jews and others who the Nazis didn’t support and the murder of millions of people.”

Libeskind, who lives in New York, was picked by an artist selection committee of representatives from government, the arts and the Jewish community in Ohio. He was born to Holocaust survivor parents and designed the master plan for the World Trade Center, Berlin’s Jewish Museum and Dresden’s Museum of Military History.

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Richard N. ‘Rick’ Zimmerman ST. PARIS — Richard N. “Rick” Zimmerman, 64, of St. Paris, passed a wa y unexpecte d l y Tuesd a y , July 16, 2013, at R i v e r - ZIMMERMAN s i d e Hospital, Columbus.

He was born Nov. 7, 1948, in Troy, to the late Elmer and Elizabeth {McKiernan} Zimmerman.

He is survived by his loving wife of 37 years, Bev(Holmes) erly Zimmerman; daughter, Ann Zimmerman; and son, Daniel Zimmerman, all of St. Paris; brother, Michael of New Zimmerman Lebanon; sister, Gail (Mark Crockett) Zimmerman of Yellow Springs; brother, David Zimmerman of Columbus; sisters, Catherine Zimmerman of Silver Springs, Md., and Carol (Mike) McKeever, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; along with several nieces and nephews.

Rick was a graduate of Chaminade High School, former police chief of New Carlisle, and former police officer for both West Milton and St. Paris police departments. He was the owner of Alliance I.D. and Security Systems, and an organic farmer working the family farm, and started the Piqua Farmer’s Market five years ago. Rick was very proud of his wife, a nurse at The Ohio State University Hospital, and daughter, a nursing aide at The Ohio State University Hospital and Piqua Manor. Rick also was proud of his son, Daniel, a full-time student at Edison Community College.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Donations may be made in loving memory of Richard to: Friend of Main St., Piqua, P.O. Box 1703, Piqua, OH 45356. www.fringsandbayliff.com

State briefs Kent wins $12m judgment against excoach KENT (AP) — Kent State has won a $1.2 million judgment against former men's basketball coach Geno Ford for leaving in 2011 to become coach at Bradley.

The lawsuit claimed Ford had no permission to terminate his Kent State contract, which was scheduled to expire in 2015. Ford's teams went 68-37 in three seasons at Kent State.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says Friday's court ruling by a judge in Portage County, home of Kent State, reflects a state obligation to insure contract enforcement.

At the time of the lawsuit filing, Bradley said it had recruited Ford "in a straightforward and professional manner" with the consent of Kent State.

OSU presidential search to begin

COLUMBUS (AP) — The search for Ohio State University's next president will formally begin Friday with the first meeting of a search committee that includes trustees, faculty and students.

The next leader succeeds Gordon Gee (ghee), who retired July 1 after apologizing for earlier remarks jabbing Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and Southeastern Conference schools.

Ohio State says the search committee will be led by trustee Jeffrey Wadsworth, CEO of Columbus-based research giant Battelle Memorial Institute.

The panel includes five trustees who will make a recommendation to the larger board. A subcommittee of faculty, administrators and student leaders will offer input, and an executive search firm is expected to have a role in the process.

A planned discussion of characteristics of a modern this month the administration announced a one- university leader will coincide with the board's meetyear delay in a major ing in late August. provision requiring companies to provide cover- Man unfurls rebel flag at school age for their workers. meeting Obama noted with apSPRINGBORO (AP) — A southwest Ohio man who proval that some states unfurled a Confederate battle flag at a school board are anticipating lower meeting says he was trying to make a point about hispremiums because of the tory. Others say his move was offensive. health insurance marketThe Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Sonny places that are being set Thomas says his message was misinterpreted. He up so consumers can com- showed the flag at a recent Springboro board of eduparison shop for the cov- cation meeting in response to it backing off an earlier erage. Among those states plan to offer a constitutional class with a religious are California, Oregon, theme. He says the flag means heritage to many peoWashington and New ple in the South and that he meant to educate and inYork. form.

But in other states The Rev. Damon Lynch Jr. of Cincinnati, a civil there are issues, including rights leader, says Thomas' use of the flag without conMississippi where in 36 of sidering its racial overtones shows his ignorance.

82 counties, so far, no inThomas was criticized three years ago for ranting surers are offering plans against Hispanics on social media. through the federal online marketplace scheduled to Man investigated for wife's death begin enrolling customers AKRON (AP) — An Ohio man with a history of doOct. 1. It’s unclear mestic violence is under investigation for his wife's whether people in those death after police say he beat her and then crashed counties will be held in vi- their car. olation of the law that The Akron Beacon Journal reports 28-year-old says they must have cov- Robert Howard Tucker III is accused of abducting his erage. wife at gunpoint Saturday. Police say he hit her multiGallup found 52 percent ple times in the face and tried to shove her inside the of Americans disapproved trunk of his car. He then drove off with her. of the Affordable Care Act Police say the car crashed into a tree, and Tucker when asked about it in punched his wife in the head again. late June. Forty-four perTucker's wife, 26-year-old, Kyndall Tucker, was critcent approved. Gallup ically injured and trapped in the car when authorities found 42 percent saying arrived. The man was arrested at the scene. the law would affect their The newspaper reports records show at least five families’ situations in a previous domestic violence arrests for the man. negative way, 22 percent positive and 33 percent ONG officer accused of child sex saying it won’t make a difcrimes ference.

COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio National Guard Obama urged Americans to think about how major who has said he wanted to adopt a girl from the law could provide a Africa to protect her from rape has been indicted on free mammogram to catch charges he sexually abused three children, including a grandmother’s breast two of his own.

A Union County grand jury indicted the 40-year-old cancer before it spread or help a little girl who could Marysville man on charges of rape, sexual battery and have heart surgery now gross sexual imposition between 2006 and 2012. The that there’s no lifetime indictment says he is the father of two of the children; it does not give a relationship with a third child. cap on her coverage.

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Partly sunny, hot, humid Hot and humid weather will persist through today.

Rain chances rise on Saturday as a cold front heads our way, bringing an increasing chance of thunderstorms followed by cooler and less humid weather.

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Jim Oda, left, local historian and director of the Piqua Public Library, stands next to musician Joseph Taylor during the "History of Our Local Musicians" luncheon at the Piqua YWCA on Wednesday, July 10.Taylor is a former member of The Taylor Tots, a Piqua-based music group.The YWCA, 418 N. Wayne St., holds luncheons on the second Wednesday of each month.

Last call for Head Start enrollment MIAMI COUNTY — It’s now mid-summer and some parents are beginning to think about children returning to school, To help parents begin this process, Kids Learning Place in Piqua, Troy and West Milton are taking final applications for children to begin the 2013-14 school year in part-day preschools. Call for information today to secure your child’s spot in the Head Start program.

Head Start is a federallyfunded preschool education program located within Kids Learning Place Education and Child Care Buildings. To be eligible for the Head Start preschool

program, a child must be between three to five years old and the family must meet federal income guidelines. The program also provides services to children of families that are homeless and children with disabilities are also considered.

Our quality education centers have teachers with degrees in every classroom, low teacher to child ratios, and have earned “Step Up to Quality” star ratings awarded by the State of Ohio. Head Start has a proven impact on children and parents in our communities. For children, it prepares them to enter school

through observation, discovery, and exploration while creating confidence and self-esteem. Learning is also inspired thorough promoting healthy nutrition and movement and encouraging parent participation.

Besides these part-day classroom opportunities in Piqua, Troy and West Milton, there is a home based option available in many rural areas of the county. A home visitor comes to the home each week to teach and demonstrate educational activities to the parent that they can use to help your child learn. There are also group days sched-

uled each month.

Be sure your child gains the knowledge to succeed as they start school! For more information about this program or other full day child education/care programs call our local toll free number (866) 627-4557 for immediate contact. Also check the Web site at www.councilonruralservices.org.

Council on Rural Services provides education, support, and volunteer services through Kids Learning Place™, Head Start, Early Head Start, and RSVP/HandsOn West Central Ohio program in Miami County.

Lilly Hemm Age: 9 Birthdate: July 19, 2004 Parents: Rich and Lauren Hemm of Oakwood Sibling: Charlie Grandparents: Chuck and Sandy Hemm of Piqua and Rick and Connie Maggert of Piqua Great-grandparents: Doris Hemm of Piqua and the late RC Hemm and Wanda Oberschlake of Xenia LILLY HEMM and the late Gene Oberschlake, Martha and Tessie Waters of SidMaggert of Piqua and ney and the late L.G. Wathe late Curlie Maggert, ters

Zydeco band to National backpack giveaway coming perform in Troy PIQUA – Piqua residents are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.

The Cellular Connection, the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S., in a joint effort with its customers, announces today that it will be donating 60,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children through its School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative.

More than 400 participating TCC stores across the U.S. are inviting local families to bring their children to the store between noon and 2 p.m. on Aug. 3 to pick up a backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and more. Backpacks will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The participating store in Piqua is located at 1204 East Ash St. Each participating TCC store will donate between 100 and 150

backpacks. Any leftover backpacks will be donated to local schools.

Piqua residents have also joined the cause. Since the beginning of May, TCC customers have been given the option to round their purchases up to the nearest dollar with the difference going

directly toward the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.

According to the National Retail Federation, the average person with children in grades K-12 will spend $95.44 on school supplies such as notebooks, pencils and backpacks. On top of that, nearly 16 million children in the U.S. live in poverty. TCC is doing its part to ensure that as many children as possible are set up for educational success.

More information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is available on YouTube.

Supporters of the cause are encouraged to use hashtag #TCCRocks on Instagram and Twitter to help spread the word.

To learn more about TCC, visit www.ecellularconnection.com.

Consumers can also find more information about the company at http://www.facebook.com/tcctalk and www.twitter.com/tcctalk.

Morgan to perform at library PIQUA — Well-known entertainer Zak Morgan has added the Piqua Public Library to his national tour to share his classic songs and poems as well as some from his new CD. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25, in the Piqua Plaza’s 4th floor ballroom.

This event is feww and open to the public. Stop by the Piqua Public Library’s Children’s Department to pick up tickets, now available (while supplies last).

Morgan has released several children’s records as an independent artist – gaining a Grammy nomination for his efforts.

According to Cincinnati Magazine: “He’s got Shel Silverstein’s wit, Cat Stevens’s sound, and Jimmy Buffett’s crowd appeal…” — BEST OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati Magazine, 2010.

In addition to many awards for his singing and songwriting, Morgan has ascended Mt. Ranier, raced across the Atlantic Ocean, given voice to sto-

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ZAK MORGAN ries on Recorded Books, and earned a degree in English with a special interest in children’s literature.

“We had Zak here a few years ago and he really thrilled us with his style. His humor and talent had us moving and singing along with the kids, right from the start.

We are thrilled to have him back as a grand finale to our Summer Reading Club programs,” said Nancy Spillane, children’s librarian.

For more information, call the library’s Children’s Department at 773-6753.

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ited the regions along the Mississippi River south of St. Louis and discovered a rich history and culture fused within their traditional music. He learned to play fiddle and sing in French Creole, eventually gaining the experience he needed to form Creole Stomp and travel the country entertaining and enlightening concert goers with this distinct cultural music.

The five-piece band has garnered both national and international attention performing throughout the United States and Canada alike. Their blending of musical styles offers something for everyone and is sure to get audiences on their feet and dancing.

Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp is presented by Troy Main Street and sponsored by Patty Rose & Associates— Allstate Insurance and Unity National Bank. The performance is free and open to the public. Guests should bring chairs or blankets to accommodate seating.

For more information regarding the concert, contact Troy Main Street at 339-5455, or visit www.troymainstreet.org.

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TROY — Thousands of miles from the Louisiana bayou, Prouty Plaza will sound as though it is jutting up out of the swampland on Friday, Aug. 2, when Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp take the stage. A hybrid blues based creole-zydeco group, Creole Stomp will bring the unique and cultural sounds of Louisiana to Troy. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Prouty Plaza in downtown Troy.

The band, proclaimed by the Taste La Festival in Iowa as “arguably the best band from outside Louisiana to play its music,” tours the country in hopes to bring the long running tradition of Mississippi River valley music to the thousands.

This particular blend of creole music combines the essence of traditional Louisiana Cajun twosteps with Creole blues.

Each performance not only entertains but educates on the history and explanation of Cajun and Creole culture, a history of the songs performed, and some bilingual translations.

Front man and French Creole speaking fiddler and accordionist Dennis Stroughmatt spent several years researching the distinct Southern Creole culture. Stroughmatt vis-

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A sudden beeline hen the email came through from my university stating I would need to make a declaration of graduation, I put the cart well before the horse.

Am I really that close? Sweet!

Oops, no, wait, reading further I realized the declaration needs to be made in the fall of 2014, the school was simply making me aware of the process. Obviously, I’ve still a bit of time and far more classes to get under the belt. Quite a few more to go, in actuality but I am on the downward slope after nearly three years. This had me to thinking —as I looked over the courses yet to take— the path to my psychology degree has been an interesting one.

What started out as a pursuit in divorce/marriage counseling has taken a sudden beeline into industrial and organizational psychology, heavy on the organizational, with a minor in Human Resources. When looking back through the myriad landscape of my employment history, it is a very natural transition. I’ve done everything from librarian work to marketing, and over the last ten years leaned towards my first love, writing.

I’ve been a teleworker, in- BETHANY J. ROYER Columnist dependent contractor, and for a short time worked in a greenhouse which I try to forget, it had the eye of the local fire marshall and was eventually torn down for good reasons.

I’ve had the unique opportunity to witness a wide expanse of job duties, realizing that one cannot appreciate another’s work experience until firmly transplanted on the other side of the fence. I can tell you stories that will make your next interaction with a customer service representative on the other end of the line a very humbling, less volatile experience. So long as it is still a conversation being held within the United States, of course, and you haven’t been kept on hold too long or transferred too many times. Or worse, dropped and having to redial.

I have already given a slight peek into the workings of a librarian, a time that I often mourn because it was truly an enjoyable experience as I had the best of both worlds.

I worked with the public on what was a wanton, happy excursion, had fantastic co-workers and tremendous boss. To have it all in one setting —not to mention books— was phenomenal but had to leave for circumstances well beyond my control. One that included having a mortgage that needed paid. Banks tend to frown on late payments or non-existent payments.

This fork-in-the-road on my degree is full of reasons, partial fascination with change, how much of our identity and how much of our time is spent at work, only makes for some of the picture. As it goes without saying we’ve a tendency to introduce ourselves to new acquaintances with some sort of work-related identification before our familial one.

Yet, my introduction to I/O with a recent chapter on performance evaluations, has been interesting but vexing, and a cursory glance through proceeding chapters has left me further disappointed.

Where’s the heart?

The organizational part of I/O does include the emotions within the workplace, what works provides for us and what we provide to it. What I want to know is what makes for a great work experience, among other attributes. From the looks of my classbook, I’m going to have to strike out on my own to answer this question. And if all goes well, in weeks to come, I’m hoping to present to you a series on the work place experience from a variety of aspects, from bosses to employees, to businesses large and small.

As I work my way through the variety of employees and employers I encourage you to email if you’ve a unique, positive work experience to share.

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Pennant fever grips the ‘burgh again

pulled down a long fly in left, ow we love the rituright there at the warning als of summer: The path, and then flipped the sweet peaches and ball to a child in the bleachjuicy melons. The long cool ers in one long legato motion; light of evening. The guiltyor in how McCutchen expleasure novels we wouldn’t ceeds expectations not only touch in winter.The rainbow at the plate during the game following an afternoon but also along the third base shower. The pennant run of JACK ROBINSON side beforehand, lingering a ball club picked to go Columnist longer than any All Star, nowhere, determined to go signing all manner of basewhere no expert thought it balls, programs and uniform shirts. might.

These men are the boys of a generation’s We’re having a wonderful summer here in Pittsburgh,a honeydew-and-rainbow kind of summer, if only.

Because every generation of sports fans, summer,a dreamy season of high spirits and high hopes. Our local ball team, for two in every city,but especially this generation of decades a patchwork of has-beens (superan- Bucs fans, deserves a summer seared in nuated refugees from somewhere else) and memory — a summer romance with the will-bes (angular young men poised for crackle of a play-by-play announcer as our greatness, always somewhere else), is on one song, unforgettable as a first kiss, as tingly of those July highs that make for summer in memory as in the moment, maybe more reveries, and sometimes for autumn oblo- so.

And all the more beautiful the more unquies and occasionally for midsummer meditations like this one,on the vanity of human expected it is.

That’s why all of the baseball faithful, exwishes and the futility of men left on base.

I’ve written this column before,or one em- cept maybe for Reds and Cardinals fans, are barrassingly like it, maybe last year, maybe going to be Pirates partisans once the game the year before. Our Pittsburgh Pirates, our resumes after its annual July intermission.

Bucs — that’s short for buccaneers, a word It’s not only because the Pirates have the whose derivation, from French, has some- longest string of losing seasons in the history thing to do with smoked meat, which is how of American big-time pro sports. It’s also bethe team finished the season the last two cause it’s almost as stirring to watch a love years — were for a time last week the very story as to live one.

We’re living it, “Casablanca” by the river best team in baseball.

That’s a bit like saying that for a time bank, and what all of you beyond the Al(January 1883, when he signed the Pendle- legheny Mountains are watching may be the ton Act for civil-service reform) Chester A. quiet transformation of the sporting culture Arthur was the very best president of the of an entire region.

Since the 1974 draft, which produced four post-bellum years.What really matters is the identity of the very best team in baseball at NFL Hall of Famers, the Steelers have ruled the end of the World Series, and the 1951 here. The Penguins, despite their June colBrooklyn Dodgers and the 1964 Philadel- lapse in the Stanley Cup playoffs,are a team phia Phillies stand as examples of really possessed of great ingenuity on the ice and good teams that collapsed on the path to great insights in the front office.

That left the Pirates as the forgotten men glory. They are the baseball equivalents of President Samuel J. Tilden. (Look him up. of the three rivers,resented for bungling season after season, reviled by true fans for deHe’s not on your presidential ruler.)

Now we’re at the All-Star break and there spoiling their jewel of a ballpark with are the usual chinks in the armor visible in senseless between-innings distractions that our team of destiny, or maybe a team des- seemed designed to be so mindless that the tined to disappoint. The other night, a performances on the field might seem artful steamy one at our lovely ballyard on the Al- by comparison. Monday night’s horror show, legheny, Jeff Locke pitched a beaut of a game a new low if I didn’t know better: several but had no offensive support. A nice per- Jumbotron minutes of Pirates players disformance, three hits in seven innings — cussing which day of the week they disliked the most. wasted.

Now people in Pittsburgh are falling in One of the many delights of this team is Locke, barely named to the starting rotation love again, with baseball — a game of surin April, only to be named to the All-Star passing beauty,with its own rhythms and its Game in July. You should know that he’s mysterious inner integrity, marred only by from the tiny village of Redstone, N.H., and the designated hitter rule that,I am happy to that New Hampshire’s ownAlan B.Shepard say, does not apply in these precincts. They Jr., rode a Redstone booster into space in are falling in love with these Pirates,and also 1961,but it was the great Lloyd Jones,chron- with the idea of being in love. There hasn’t icler of the White Mountains sports scene, been a postseason baseball game here since who had the wit to dub him the Redstone the presidency of George H.W. Bush.

So bring it on, with hearts and flowers, Rocket. Take that, Roger Clemens.

Last year’s Pirates did have a whiff of the and a Whitman’s sampler of chocolates, and Bethany J. Royer is the mother of two munchkins and buccaneer to them,all swashbuckle but,alas, moonlight and love songs, never out of date. third year psychology student. She can be reached at no belt. This season’s team seems to be sail- It’s an as-time-goes-by kind of moment here broyer@civitasmedia.com. ing more of a sloop than a pirate ship, with a in Pittsburgh —- you can sense it in the couple of headsails (Andrew McCutchen and streets and in the stands —- for it’s still the Starling Marte) forward of the mast. Not same old story, a fight for love and glory, a that there’s smooth sailing ahead. Pirates case of do or die.

It could happen. It might. Let’s hope, this fans know these waters.

Indeed, the curious thing is that, as Sen. summer, here.

Edward M. Kennedy said in an entirely difDavid M. Shribman is executive editor of ferent context, the hope still lives and the Post-Gazette (dshribman@postdream doesn’t seem ready to die at PNC the Park this summer. Even amid a worrisome gazette.com, 412 263-1890). Follow him on losing streak last week, there was a special Twitter at ShribmanPG. grace to these Bucs, a lyricism in how Marte

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At the White House on Thursday, Obama will argue that his Affordable Care Act is holding insurance companies accountable and putting money back into the pockets of consumers. The rebates average about $100, spokesman Jay Carney said.

Obama was arguing his case a day after the Republican-controlled House voted for the 38th time to eliminate, cut funding or scale back the 3-year-old law since the GOP took control of the House in January 2011.

Carney also seized on reports that some states, including New York, California and Oregon, already are anticipating lower premiums because of health insurance marketplaces that are being set up under the law so consumers can comparison shop for the coverage they will be required to by next year.

“Competition and transparency in the marketplaces, plus the hard effort by those committed to making the law work, are leading to affordable, new and better choices for families,” he said.

The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 cents of every dollar on medical care or quality improvement instead of administrative costs, or refund the difference. That’s the $500 million consumers will collect this summer, half the $1.1 billion insurers gave back in 2012.

Republicans say the law is unworkable and must be repealed, arguing it will hurt the economy and force employers to cut much-needed jobs. They say proof that the law is unworkable lies in the administration’s recent, unexpected decision to delay for one year, until after the 2014 elections, a requirement that businesses with 50 or more employees provide them with health care coverage or pay a penalty.

The Republican-controlled House held two health care votes Wednesday, both largely along party lines.

The House voted 264-161 to affirm the administration’s decision to delay what’s known as the employer mandate, the requirement that businesses of a specific size offer health care coverage to their workers.

The House also voted 251174 to extend a similar delay to individual Americans who will be required to obtain health care coverage starting Jan. 1, or face fines.

The votes were held to score political points. The House measures have no chance of clearing the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House has said Obama would veto both if they were to reach his desk.

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Love for kids keeps man in relationship DEAR ABBY: I have been living with my girlfriend, “Robin,” for four years. She has children from a previous marriage, and their father is fairly active in their lives. I jumped in and have taken the kids to activities, helped with homework and I pay the majority of the bills. I dearly love the children.

My problem is I no longer love their mother. Robin and I are like roommates who share a bed. There is no passion, no joy together and no partnership. I spend my time with the kids or alone. She’s with them at different activities or busy on her computer. When I suggest ways we could bond together, she says, “I’m too tired,” or “I don’t want to do that,” or “This is the way it is!”

I have stayed this long only for the kids, but I’m unhappy to the point of aching.

I feel guilty about leaving and the strain it will put on the kids. Is there a way to leave a situation like this?

Am I a bad man for wanting out and possibly leaving the children to a tougher life?

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Movies prove to be a game of chicken SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, FRANK MASI/AP PHOTO

This film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment shows Helen Mirren in a scene from “Red 2.” The film will be released nationwide today.

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and pay for it or listen to my head, which is telling me I don’t want to see her marry Charles until he has held a full-time job for at least a year? I think she can do better, but I suppose she could also do worse. They do seem to love each other.

BY JOHN ANDERSON The result is a faceoff ben’t want to talk about it) lost certain stature grabs a date, — HESITANT For The Associated Press the sequel to director Dean everyone else starts jockey- tween two pictures going for MOTHER ing for position.

Parisot. the same demographic, and NEW YORK (AP) — And there are only so in a way, that’s too bad, espeAssuming there’s no ill DEAR MOTHER: Lis- Scheduling the release of a will involved, that’s a lot of many positions. cially for audiences looking ten to your head. When summer movie isn’t exactly a coincidence,said distribution “Where were they going to for a break from robots, Claire returns, let her know science. It clearly isn’t an art, consultant Richard go?” asked Greg Laemmle, of spacemen and Johnny Depp that she and her fiance will either.It’s more akin to a con- Abramowitz, who teaches the eponymous Los Angeles- wearing a dead crow on his be paying for the wedding. It tact sport: film production at New York based theater chain, referSeize the advantageous University and runs the film ring to “Red 2” and “R.I.P.D.” head. will be an introduction to the “Any studio that targets financial realities she and position, sustain as little company Abramorama. “It “You’ve got ‘Pacific Rim’ on the under-served adult audiher husband will encounter damage as possible, and seems like too big a mistake July 11, ‘Wolverine’ in July ence is smart,” said Anne after their marriage. Later score.

26. It may well be there was to be a mistake.”

Thompson, who writes All of which makes this on, when they’re considering But the “Red 2”/’’R.I.P.D.” no place else to go, and buying a home, you can give weekend’s opening of both collision may simply be a there’s so much in the Thompson on Hollywood for them the money that might “Red 2” and “R.I.P.D.” a little symptom of the state of Hol- pipeline that they’d be Indiewire.

So we have two studios have been spent on the wed- like sacking your own quar- lywood. There have been pushed right out of the sumDEAR UNHAPPY: Be- ding as part of their down terback. Both films are ac- very few weekends since mer,” Laemmle said. well aware of that and their cause the woman you’re liv- payment — if they are still tion-thrillers. Both are about May that haven’t been domSo if the studios behind two movies playing chicken ing with shows no interest in together. over-age law enforcers (in inated by a big-budget, “Reds 2” and “R.I.P.D.” were in a game where it’s very eximproving the quality of the “R.I.P.D.,” some are so old, major-studio release — a so- trying to put their movies pensive to blink. relationship, wanting to “It’s very, very rare that a DEAR ABBY: How do I they’re dead).And both make called “tent-pole” picture. into the summer season, this leave does not make you a break up with friends who I a virtue of their, shall we say, There was “Iron Man 3” on was probably the first week- release date gets postponed,” bad person. You will have to love but have nothing in mature stars.

May 2, “The Great Gatsby” end they could find without a said Robert Bella, who has accept that because the chil- common with anymore? I’m Those stars include Bruce on May 10, “Star Trek Into gigantic, globally recognized supervised post-production dren depend upon you for married with a child, but as Willis (58),Anthony Hopkins Darkness” on May 15, “Fast title in place. on such films as “Lincoln,” certain things they will be a new business owner, I don’t (75), John Malkovich (59) & Furious 6” on May 24, “R.I.P.D.” had already an- ‘’War Horse” and “The Help.” affected by your departure. have time to meet their and Helen Mirren (67) in “After Earth” on May 31 and nounced a July 19th release ‘’Anything can be done if you It’s too bad you didn’t con- needs. How do you tell peo- “Red 2” and Jeff Bridges (63) so on. when Summit parent Lions- have enough time and sider that before moving in ple in a loving way that you and Kevin Bacon (55) in Tellingly, when studios gate decided to move “Red 2” money, of course, but those with someone who had a have appreciated their “R.I.P.D.,” which, by the way, chose to expand a debut onto that same date, said release dates get set as far in family. friendship in the past, but it’s stands for “Rest in Peace De- weekend with a weekday Universal spokeswoman advance as possible and it’s Try to make the breakup over? We have grown apart. partment.” opening — “Iron Man 3” was Kori Bernards.“You’ll have to always a mad dash the closer as civil as possible. Before — DON’T HAVE THE It may not make a huge on a Thursday; “Star Trek” ask them what that was you get to the target date,”he you go, talk to each of the TIME difference at the box office, was on a Wednesday — a about.” said. children individually. Make but both films also feature rash of movies seemed to Lionsgate had no com“Some movies can tell you it clear that they are not the DEAR DON’T: Is it pos- the less-than-prolific Mary- rush in to fill the Friday void. ment for this story, but insidreason the relationship is sible that your feelings are Louise Parker, who has a In fact, the Fridays following ers say both Lionsgate and a year from now,or two years, ending and that you will al- temporary, and that you are solid base among discrimi- “IM3” and “STID” were Universal seem to have real- when they’re going to open, ways care about them. That simply overwhelmed by the nating male viewers but is among the more crowded of ized their movies had a bet- and then everyone else starts way, they won’t think they demands of your new busi- better known for her work in the summer, with 15 and 11 ter chance against each reacting,” Bella continued. “I did something bad and ness? If so, I’d hate to see you cable TV’s “Weeds.” other,despite having to share bet it won’t be long before the openings, respectively. blame themselves. end friendships with people Add to all this the fact that But the idea that studios the same older audience, next ‘Star Wars’ announces you love. Relationships don’t Robert Schwentke,the direc- have that kind of flexibility in than against a summer its date.”

DEAR ABBY: My only always remain at the same tor of Universal’s “R.I.P.D.,” picking a release date is re- blockbuster like next weekAt which point producers daughter, “Claire,” who is 25, level or have the same inten- had directed the original ally a fallacy:Releases are set end’s “Wolverine,” for in- of other films eyeing that has always had a strong sity. Rather than cut the peo- “Red” of 2010 from Summit as early as possible, some- stance. And neither one of same date will no doubt work ethic. Her boyfriend ple off entirely, explain that Entertainment and for what- times even during pre-pro- the films was big enough to scurry to their calendars and “Charles” has never held a you can’t be as available be- ever reason (Schwentke did- duction, and when a film of a scare the other off the date. start looking for alternatives. job, either during college or cause you have a new busiin the year and a half he has ness and don’t have the time. ■ Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker been out of school. They were It would be kinder.

You are South, neither living with his parents until Dear Abby is written by side vulnerable, and the Claire accepted a one-year job overseas. Charles fol- Abigail Van Buren, also bidding has gone: known as Jeanne Phillips, lowed. to its distinguished panel but there is no logical way that in real life I have Claire’s salary isn’t great, and was founded by her never had this type of with the following results: to investigate it. so I know she has little mother, Pauline Phillips.

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There were 10 votes for money saved, but she wants Write Dear Abby at Bridge World Editor: Four Hearts; nine for Five notrump. I’m only guessto start planning her wed- www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Clubs; three for Five Dia- ing. There is a good Because you didn’t get to ding when they return. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA monds; three for Four chance that partner has the Playoff.

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Traveling like a temporary local hen I travel outside the United States,I want to have an “authentic” experience. So, I employ a few tried and true strategies to travel like a local in a foreign country.

I do my homework. I know, this is exactly what a teacher would say,but it’s true.

Before I leave home, I do research, both on the internet and from guidebooks. I study the customs and culture of the country I’ll be visiting.I like to understand the social norms regarding hotels, restaurants, and transportation. If there is a prevalent religion, I try to grasp how that shapes and molds the society. I also study the money and find out what the exchange rate will be.The more I know before I leave the United States, the better prepared I am and less likely to experience culture shock.

I dress the part. Over the years I’ve learned that my clothes mark me as a foreigner, especially footwear.

American shoes, especially sneakers, have a particular style that is not seen in other parts of the world. Before I leave home, I make an effort to understand the acceptable types of clothing for my destination country.When I visit cultural or religious sites, I want to dress appropriately

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Don’t be afraid to get off the beaten path for a more authentic travel experience. for those situations, too. For example, when I toured churches in Italy, women were expected to wear dresses and men had to wear long pants. Had I not planned accordingly,I wouldn’t have been able to see some of the major sites in Rome and Venice.

I watch and learn. I keep my eyes on the locals and watch what they do.The best way to blend in is to blend in. Whether it’s a museum, a restaurant,a church, or the beach, I follow the lead

of the native people. That cliché, “When in Rome, do as the Romans,” has stood the test of time for a reason.

I keep my voice down.

Nothing points out an American overseas like noise. As a culture, we are loud and noisy.In other countries it becomes noticeable, and it can draw unwanted attention. I try to temper my voice and think before I speak. I also attempt to be mild mannered and friendly. This definitely helps put locals at ease.If I’m traveling with a large group,

I try to keep in mind that a big group of loud Americans can be overwhelming.For the best authentic experience with locals,it’s advantageous to move away from a noisy group.

I try to speak the language. Most foreigners know I’m anAmerican before I open my mouth. (My shoes and loudness probably give me away!) Even if I’m not fluent in the language of the land, I take the time to learn a few key phrases. I buy a small phrasebook and use it

What can schools sell instead of candy? groups have stopped selling products altogether, instead encouraging parents to simNEW YORK (AP) — ply write checks.

When Beth Hendrickson first proposed selling garbage BED SHEETS AND bags instead of candy as a GREENRAISING school fundraiser, “people laughed at us.”

But others, like HendrickThey don’t laugh anymore. son, are experimenting with Hendrickson, principal of St. sales of unusual products.

Ann Interparochial School in The garbage bags were such Morganfield, Ky., says the a hit that when a company school makes $20,000 a year called Amadora approached selling garbage bags. And it’s Hendrickson about selling not just parents of the bed sheets, she gave it a try. school’s 230 students who The first year, the school sold buy them. Local businesses about $16,000 worth of and government offices in sheets to fund new classroom Morganfield — population technology. Last year, sheet 3,500 — buy garbage bags sales dropped to $9,000 — from the school as well. after all, how many sheets do “Nobody needs candy,” families at one small school Hendrickson says. “But trash need? — but the company inbags — that’s something troduced new prints this everybody needs.” year, so Hendrickson’s giving The trash bag sale, done it another go. through Bags for Bucks, is Not all schools have found just one alternative to the success with alternative candy-and-gift wrap sales products, however. Potter that so many communities Road Elementary School in hold when school fundraising Framingham, Mass., tried efforts resume each fall. selling organic goodies and Some PTAs are going high- items made from recycled tech, using online platforms materials through a comto solicit and process dona- pany called Greenraising. tions, selling digital images of Nancy Novo O’Connor, cokids’ artwork on coffee mugs president of the parentor magnets, and hosting teacher organization, said scavenger hunts where clues Greenraising was a great are collected with cellphone vendor to work with, but the photos. And a few school

But there’s one line of products Oleson hopes schools keep selling: mugs, Tshirts, bags and trivets bearing images of kids’ artwork.

“I like that because it has sentimental value,” Oleson DIRECT DONATIONS said. “They do it right before Mother’s Day, and the kids Some schools have done can feel proud of it.” away with catalog sales altoONLINE gether, instead asking parPLATFORMS ents to make direct donations. Alison Oleson, forSome parent organizamer president of the Sleepy Hollow PTA in Falls Church, tions now accept donations Va., said with both parents online. But that involves working in so many families, third-party sites that charge people just don’t have time fees to process the funds, “to go out and get their kids which raises the question: If to sell things. And schools supporters can click on a link can’t get the volunteers to sit in an email to donate by there and sort the wrapping credit card, will more people paper and candy when it give because it’s easier than writing a check? Or will the comes in.”

Another reason to drop fees hurt the bottom line?

Michael Nilsen, catalog sales is that schools only keep a portion of what spokesman for the Associathey sell — 42 percent on av- tion of Fundraising Profeserage, according to the Asso- sionals, says there’s no clear ciation of Fund-Raising answer, but the best apDistributors and Suppliers. A proach is probably “a mix,” letter to Sleepy Hollow par- such as a letter physically ents explaining the switch sent home with an option to noted that “the exciting part mail back, followed by an of this fundraising program email reminder with an onis that 100 percent of your line payment option. He donation goes to support added that because online PTA programs (not 50 per- sites charge different fees for cent, as before) and it is tax various services, the right one depends on the group’s deductible!” needs.

For example, PayPal takes a 2.2 percentage fee for donations to registered charities, plus a 30-cent transaction fee, so if a parent donates $100, the PTA gets $97.50.

Razoo.com charges 4.9 percent, so the PTA only gets $95.10 from $100, but Razoo also provides easily customized websites, social media integration, video thank-yous and email confirmations for tax-deductible donations. Melissa PansziRiebe, former PTA president of Burroughs Community School in Minneapolis, said Razoo helped the school raise $90,000 by making it easy for the 800 kids to send out invitations and thank-yous for read-a-thon pledges.

“People knew that a percentage was being taken out and asked why should we do online giving if we can give a straight check?” PansziRiebe recalled.

organic products “did not raise nearly as much money” as the traditional sale of chocolates and wrapping paper, so they went back to a previous vendor.

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■ Living with Children

Ol’ Yeller I’m a yeller,” she said, she being the mother of three young children.

“No,” I replied, “you’re not. There is no genetic predisposition toward yelling, and no biochemical or neurological condition that makes yelling inevitable much less irresistible.”

“But I yell at my kids all the time it seems.”

“I’m not arguing with that.”

“Well, why then do I yell?”

“My best answer, based on experience, is that you yell for the same reason many of today’s mothers yell: you’re trying not to be mean.”

She stared at me for a few seconds, then said, “You’re pulling my leg, right?”

No, I wasn’t pulling her leg. As in this case, too many of today’s moms think they’re “yellers.” First, they think yelling is the inescapable consequence of having children. Have child, will yell. Have more than one, will yell even more.

Then they justify their yelling by conjuring up some disability that compels them to open their mouths, bulge their eyeballs, and scream at the top of their lungs on a regular basis.

When said disability strikes, the calm-challenged mom will often call another mom looking for consolation. “I did it again,” she confesses, to which the other mom says, “It’s all right. We all do it.”

Several years ago, I asked around 500 people in Des Moines, “Raise your hand if your mom never yelled.”

About 300 hands went up.

Then I asked, “Raise your hand if you’re a mom with children living with you in the home and you’ve never yelled.” Not one hand went up. They thought it was funny. It’s not. (I’ve done that same exercise many times since, always with the same outcome.)

Yelling is not good for the parent and it certainly isn’t good for the child. It doesn’t traumatize a child, mind you, but it certainly fails to convey confidence in one’s authority. And children need a constant, calm, con-

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JOHN ROSEMOND Columnist fident authority like they need a constant unconditional love. You see, all the love in the world cannot make up for a lack of leadership in a child’s life. Authority, properly conveyed, is a form of nurturing, in fact.

Over the past several generations, yelling has become epidemic in American mommy culture. Why? Because today’s moms, as opposed to moms in the pre-psychological parenting age (pre-1970, approx.), are trying not to be mean.

They’re trying to be nice.

Example: When a modern mom wants her child to perform a chore, she bends forward at the waist, grabs her knees, and employs a pleading tone like she’s petitioning the King of Swat for a favor. Oh, and she finishes this wheedle by asking the child if her request meets with his approval, as in “Okay?” How nice!

With the best of intentions (she wants to be nice), Milquetoast Mom gives her child permission to develop attention deficit and oppositional-defiant disorders. As these disorders develop, she finds herself having to exert more and more energy to get her kids to do something simple, like look at her when she speaks. She begins raising her voice, then she screams, then she feels guilty, then she goes back to grabbing her knees and wheedling.

“But I don’t want my kids to think I’m mean!” said Yelling Milquetoast Mom. “Yes, you do,” I said.

“From a child’s point of view, a parent is mean when the child accepts that the parent means what he or she says, the first time he or she says it. When you have convinced your child of that, which requires that you stop trying to be so nice, you will stop yelling, and you and your child will have a far more creative relationship.”

I don’t think parenting was ever so ironic as it is today.

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

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Piqua girls to hold scramble The Piqua High School Girls Basketball Fundraiser Golf Outing will be held Aug. 3 at Echo Hills.

All proceeds will benefit the girls basketball program througout the season.

It will be a 1 p.m. shotgun start, with check-in at noon.

Contact Eric Brown at (937) 602-4593 or email ebrown75@woh.rr.com for more information.

Gordon blanks Troy; Nix delivers in clutch

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TROY — Piqua American Legion Post 184 pitcher Cam Gordon was feeling good.

And batterymate Buddy Nix made sure his amazing effort wasn’t wasted, leaving Piqua one win from the state tournament.

In a game that finished near midnight Wednesday night, Gordon threw a two-hit masterpiece against Troy 43 at Duke Park in the American Legion District Tournament winner’s bracket final, and Nix broke a scoreless tie with an RBI double in the ninth inning of Piqua’s 3-0 win.

Piqua will play Troy, a 9-4 winner over Lima Thursday, at 7 p.m. tonight in the championship game.

“Just an unbelievable game from Cam (Gordon),” Roberts said. “Huge, huge hit by Buddy (Nix). I told the guys coming into this tournament, you win three games, you are

American Legion District Tournament Tuesday Piqua 8, Sidney 5 Troy 12, Lima 4 Wednesday Piqua 3, Troy 0 Lima 7, Sidney 1 Thursday Troy 9, Lima 4 Tonight At Duke Park Piqua vs. Troy, 7 p.m.

Saturday (if necessary) At Duke Park Piqua vs. Troy, 7 p.m.

going to state. We have one more to go.”

What made Gordon’s 127-pitch gem — striking out eight and walking no one — even more impressive was the fact he had pitched the final two and one-third innings in the win over Sidney Post 217 Tuesday night.

“I just felt really good out there,” Gordon said.

“No (he wasn’t tired at the end). I just felt strong the whole night. The first half of the game, I was probably relying more on my curve ball. In the second half, they were having trouble catching up to my

Kevin Thayer and Kevin Buddy Nix makes a throw Tuesday. Nix had the game-winning hit Wednesday, See POST 184/Page 8 Spieles combined for 9under par to win the Upper Valley Disc Golf Club’s Tuesday Night Random Draw Doubles.

Finishing second with 7under par were the duo of Brent Everman and Adam Fair.

March Hutchins won the closest-to-the-pin on hole 11.

For more information, find the Upper Valley Disc Golf Club on facebook or CINCINNATI (AP) — email Four years after the ndexmusic@gmail.com Cincinnati Bengals were featured on HBO's "Hard Knocks" show, coach Mar■ Running vin Lewis still hears about his profane tirade to his team after a poor preseason game.

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Cincinnati had quarterAll proceeds will benefit back Carson Palmer and Day One Ministries, the receiver Chad Johnson — Teen Pregnancy Center then going by the last and Grace Haven House. name of Ochocinco — when it was on the 2009 show. "Hard Knocks" won STUMPER GULLANE, Scotland it's been more than five two Emmy Awards that (AP) — Zach Johnson and years since he captured year for editing and proTiger Woods sure know the last one, the longest duction. how to start the British drought of his career in Ross Ketover, an execuOpen. the tournaments that Who won the tive producer for the show, Now, they've got to matter most.

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Woods also got off to a golf tournaof the show's Emmys on Bouncing back from a strong start, posting an ment?

Thursday. tough loss last weekend, impressive 69 in the in"It's not really the troJohnson opened with a 5- creasingly difficult condiphy that we're actually under 66 on a sunny tions of the afternoon. striving for," Lewis said, Thursday at Muirfield — Don't get too worked up laughing, "but we've got another brilliant start about his chances just yet, some accomplishments to after a 65 at Lytham last however. He shot 67 in the do along the way. But year. opening round at each of that's awesome."

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MLB Standings straight season, which would be a first for the franchise.

It's a much different team from 2009. The flashy Johnson got a lot of the attention in training camp that year, and not always in a positive way.

Palmer and an assistant coach were caught saying that the receiver didn't try hard every play in camp.

Last year, "Hard Knocks" featured the Miami Dolphins, who released Johnson during training camp after his arrest in a domestic battery case.

NFL Films will have five camera crews at Paul Brown Stadium and eight remote-controlled cameras set up in team meeting rooms. Fans got an inside look at how the front office operated in 2009 after two tight ends got hurt during camp and Brown suggested a "wild thought" of moving a defensive end to the tight end spot. Nobody offered a contrary opinion, the move was made and it didn't work out.

There are several intriguing story lines headinto camp. ing Quarterback Andy Dalton is in the spotlight after two poor showings in the playoffs.

Linebacker James Harrison came to Cincinnati as a free agent after the Steelers let him go. Cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is scheduled for trial Aug. 19 on an assault charge. Right tackle Andre Smith missed all of the voluntary off-season workouts and a mandatory minicamp.

Plus, the Bengals will be in Atlanta for four days, practicing against the Falcons.

Post 184 Continued from page 7 fastball, so I relied on that more.”

From behind the plate, Nix had the best view.

“I have been catching Cam for a long time,” his Piqua High School teammate said. “Tonight was by far the best I have ever seen him throw.”

At the same time, Troy pitchers Reid Ferrell and Jimmy Pelphrey were keeping Piqua off the board, despite several threats by Post 184.

In the sixth, after singles by Ethan Bruns and Damien Richard, Piqua had runners on second and third with two out.

John Edwards hit a ground ball that nearly got through the right side.

A hustling Pelphrey took the throw from the first baseman just ahead of a sliding Edwards in a bang-bang play to end the inning.

In the eighth, Zach Blair was hit by a pitch and Bruns singled, before Pelphrey got out of the jam again.

“The Mitchell kid (Troy Post 43 catcher Garrett Mitchell) is such a good catcher,” Roberts said. “It is hard to ever take an extra base on him.”

The game entered the ninth inning scoreless before Piqua finally broke through.

Edwards was hit by a pitch and Brandon Wysong walked to start the rally.

With one out, Nix stepped to the plate.

“Buddy (Nix) struggled a little bit at the start of the season, but he has been coming on,” Roberts said.

With a 3-1 count, Nix drilled a shot the base of the left-field fence. Edwards scored on the play, but Troy was able to get Wysong out at the plate on a great throw.

“I knew I was ahead on the count,” Nix said.

“Being a kid from Piqua (playing Troy), I have to

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Bengals the locker room after a preseason loss. Unhappy with a ragged performance, Lewis berated his team as the cameras rolled and screamed at the players to "reach down inside and be a (profanity) pro."

Lewis regretted that the moment was shown on television. He said on Thursday that he still gets comments about it.

"I got one yesterday," he said. "If you took the time to think about it, it's probably something you would have done in the confines of your own group, but that's something that just happens in the moment."

Numerous teams shy away from the show for that reason. The Bengals think another appearance will be popular with their fans. Lewis said he was fine with whatever owner Mike Brown decided.

"People have asked 'why?' and it's a couple of things," Lewis said. "No. 1, from the standpoint of our fans, the comments people have made to me talking about what a great opportunity it was for them to get to know the Cincinnati Bengals players when we did it a few years ago in 2009.

"And from the standpoint of me as the coach: We have to go win football games, regardless of who is watching."

The Bengals haven't won a playoff game since the 1990 season, a streak of futility that ties for seventh-longest in league history. The Bengals are 0-4 in the playoffs under Lewis, losing in the opening round at Houston each of the last two seasons.

They're trying to reach the playoffs for a third

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tell you that hit felt really good.”

Austin Baumgardner relieved Pelfrey. After hitting Jay Eilerman, he walked Blair to load the bases. He hit Bruns to force a run in and make it 2-0.

After he went to 3-0 on Richard, Nick Antonides relieved Baumgardner and walked Richard two pitches later to make it 30.

“We were able to capitalize on some of their mistakes,” Roberts said.

All that was left was getting three outs in the bottom of the ninth and there was no question in Gordon’s mind he was going to finish it.

“He wouldn’t let me take the ball from him,” Roberts said with a smile.

With one out, Nick Sanders singled and Garrett Mitchell followed with a shot to center that looked like trouble, but Eilerman made a diving catch.

“That was another big play,” Roberts said. “He (Jay Eilerman) has done a great job out there for us.”

Gordon finished it off with another fly out to Eilerman and move Piqua one win from state.

“Being one of the three Piqua kids on this team, this was huge,” Gordon said. “It’s been while since we have beaten Troy. My defense was just amazing all night.”

Just like the pitcher.

“I didn’t plan on throwing Cam (Gordon) tonight,” Roberts said.

“But, he really wanted the ball. And he had pitched well against them during the high school season. I had to give it to him.”

And Gordon made sure Post 184 and Roberts left feeling good about that decision.

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

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Pct .613 .602 .558 .452 .404

GB — 1 5 15 19½

W L Pct GB Arizona 50 45 .526 — 47 47 .500 2½ Los Angeles Colorado 46 50 .479 4½ San Francisco 43 51 .457 6½ 42 54 .438 8½ San Diego Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Thursday's Games No games scheduled Friday's Games L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 6-9) at Washington (Strasburg 5-7), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 4-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 8-4), 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6), 8:10 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 3-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 5-7), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Marquis 9-4) at St. Louis (Westbrook 5-4), 8:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 5-9) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 9-5), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Kennedy 3-6) at San Francisco (Gaudin 3-1), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday's Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

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

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L 39 41 43 44 49

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GB — 2½ 4½ 6 11½

W 52 51 43 39 37

L 42 44 49 53 55

Pct .553 .537 .467 .424 .402

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L Pct GB W Oakland 56 39 .589 — Texas 54 41 .568 2 44 49 .473 11 Los Angeles Seattle 43 52 .453 13 Houston 33 61 .351 22½ Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Thursday's Games No games scheduled Friday's Games Tampa Bay (Price 3-5) at Toronto (Rogers 3-4), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-6) at Boston (Doubront 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 4-3) at Texas (D.Holland 8-4), 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kazmir 5-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-7), 8:10 p.m.

Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 7-6) at Kansas City (E.Santana 56), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (J.Saunders 8-8) at Houston (B.Norris 6-8), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-5), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

MLB Leaders TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—YMolina, St. Louis, .341; Craig, St. Louis, .333; Cuddyer, Colorado, .330; Segura, Milwaukee, .325; Posey, San Francisco, .325; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .321; Votto, Cincinnati, .318.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 72; CGonzalez, Colorado, 68; Choo, Cincinnati, 66; Votto, Cincinnati, 66; Holliday, St. Louis, 64; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 60; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 59; JUpton, Atlanta, 59.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 77; Craig, St. Louis, 74; Phillips, Cincinnati, 74; DBrown, Philadelphia, 67; Bruce, Cincinnati, 66; CGonzalez, Colorado, 64; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 62.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 121; Craig, St. Louis, 116; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 115; Votto, Cincinnati, 112; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 110;YMolina, St. Louis, 110; CGonzalez, Colorado, 107; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 107.

DOUBLES—Bruce, Cincinnati, 28; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 28; YMolina, St. Louis, 27; Posey, San Francisco, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 27; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 26; GParra, Arizona, 26.

TRIPLES—CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 8; Segura, Milwaukee, 8; Span, Washington, 7; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 5; DWright, New York, 5.

HOME RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 25; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 24; DBrown, Philadelphia, 23; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; Beltran, St. Louis, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; Uggla, Atlanta, 18.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 34; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 28; Segura, Milwaukee, 27; Revere, Philadelphia, 22; CGomez, Milwaukee, 21; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 20; Pierre, Miami, 18.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 12-4; Wainwright, St. Louis, 12-5; Corbin, Arizona, 11-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 11-4; Lee, Philadelphia, 10-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 10-5; 7 tied at 9.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 147; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 139; Wainwright, St. Louis, 130; Samardzija, Chicago, 128; Latos, Cincinnati, 127; Lincecum, San Francisco, 125; Lee, Philadelphia, 125.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 29; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 26; Mujica, St. Louis, 26; RSoriano, Washington, 25; Romo, San Francisco, 21; Chapman, Cincinnati, 21; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 20.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .365; Trout, Los Angeles, .322; Mauer, Minnesota, .320; DOrtiz, Boston, .317; Pedroia, Boston, .316; ABeltre, Texas, .316; CDavis, Baltimore, .315; Loney, Tampa Bay, .315; TorHunter, Detroit, .315.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 73; CDavis, Baltimore, 70; AJones, Baltimore, 67; Trout, Los Angeles, 65; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 63; Bautista, Toronto, 61; Encarnacion, Toronto, 60.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 95; CDavis, Baltimore, 93; Encarnacion, Toronto, 72; NCruz, Texas, 69; Fielder, Detroit, 69; AJones, Baltimore, 67; Cano, New York, 65; DOrtiz, Boston, 65.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 132; Machado, Baltimore, 128; Pedroia, Boston, 119; Trout, Los Angeles, 119; ABeltre, Texas, 118; AJones, Baltimore, 117; Ellsbury, Boston, 115.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 39; Mauer, Minnesota, 30; Trout, Los Angeles, 29; CDavis, Baltimore, 27; JCastro, Houston, 25; Pedroia, Boston, 25; JhPeralta, Detroit, 25.

TRIPLES—Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Ellsbury, Boston, 7; Drew, Boston, 6; Gardner, New York, 5; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5; Kawasaki, Toronto, 4; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 4.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 37; MiCabrera, Detroit, 30; Encarnacion, Toronto, 25; ADunn, Chicago, 24; Ibanez, Seattle, 24; NCruz, Texas, 22; ABeltre, Texas, 21; Cano, New York, 21; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 21.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 36; RDavis, Toronto, 24; McLouth, Baltimore, 24; Altuve, Houston, 21; Kipnis, Cleveland, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 21; AlRamirez, Chicago, 20.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 13-1; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 13-3; Colon, Oakland, 12-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 113; FHernandez, Seattle, 10-4; Verlander, Detroit, 10-6; Masterson, Cleveland, 10-7.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 157; Scherzer, Detroit, 152; FHernandez, Seattle, 140; Masterson, Cleveland, 137; Sale, Chicago, 131; Verlander, Detroit, 125; DHolland, Texas, 121.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 33; Nathan, Texas, 30; MRivera, New York, 30; Balfour, Oakland, 25; AReed, Chicago, 24; Frieri, Los Angeles, 22; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 22; GHolland, Kansas City, 22.

Golf

British Open Scores British Open Scores Thursday At Muirfield Gullane, Scotland Purse: $7.8 million Yardage: 7,192; Par: 71 First Round Zach Johnson Rafael Cabrera-Bello Mark O'Meara Miguel Angel Jimenez Dustin Johnson Brandt Snedeker Tom Lehman Shiv Kapur Todd Hamilton Phil Mickelson Angel Cabrera Jordan Spieth Tiger Woods Francesco Molinari Oliver Fisher Bubba Watson Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Ken Duke Martin Laird Henrik Stenson Thomas Aiken Bernd Wiesberger Hideki Matsuyama a-Jimmy Mullen Gareth Wright Adam Scott Kiradech Aphibarnrat Mikko Ilonen Stewart Cink Jimmy Walker Jonas Blixt Marc Warren Martin Kaymer Jason Dufner Ian Poulter Tim Clark Camilo Villegas Mark Calcavecchia Josh Teater Steven Tiley Freddie Jacobson Michael Thompson Darren Clarke Ryan Moore Lee Westwood Hunter Mahan Richard McEvoy Jason Day Shingo Kayatama Thomas Bjorn K.T. Kim Johnson Wagner Marcus Fraser a-Grant Forrest a-Matthew Fitzpatrick Padraig Harrington Webb Simpson Eduardo de la Riva Peter Senior Bud Cauley Ben Curtis Shane Lowry Carl Pettersson Ernie Els Billy Horschel Scott Piercy Kevin Streelman John Huh John Wade Oscar Floren Boo Weekley Justin Leonard Harris English Matt Kuchar Branden Grace Jamie Donaldson Chris Wood Nicolas Colsaerts Tom Watson Fred Couples Justin Rose Keegan Bradley Richard Sterne Nick Watney Estanislao Goya Daniel Willett Geoff Ogilvy Charl Schwartzel Sergio Garcia Graeme McDowell Marcel Siem a-Ben Stow Brooks Koepka Ashun Wu David Duval Scott Stallings K.J. Choi Graham DeLaet a-Garrick Porteous George Coetzee Hyung-sun Kim Steven Jeffress Sandyt Lyle Marc Leishman Richie Ramsay Stephen Gallacher Matteo Manassero Bo Van Pelt George Murray Gregory Bourdy Kenichi Kuboya Niclas Fasth Alvaro Quiros Vijay Singh Robert Karlsson John Senden Bill Haas Mark Brown Toru Taniguchi D.A. Points Justin Harding Gareth Maybin Daisuke Maruyama Robert Garrigus Brendan Jones Luke Guthrie Y.E. Yang Russell Henley a-Steven Fox Thorbjorn Olesen Jim Furyk Rickie Fowler Hiroyuki Fujita Lloyd Saltman David Lynn Nick Faldo Rory McIlroy Thaworn Wiratchant Thongchai Jaidee Brett Rumford Scott Brown Darryn Lloyd Scott Jamieson Satoshi Kodara Stephen Dartnall Lucas Glover Brian Davis Luke Donald Paul Lawrie Kyle Stanley Tyrrell Hatton Alexander Noren Makoto Inoue a-Rhys Pugh Peter Hanson Louis Oosthuizen

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Marathon Scores LPGA-Marathon Classic Scores Thursday At Highland Meadows Golf Club Sylvania, Ohio Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,512; Par: 71 (34-37) First Round a-amateur Alison Walshe 32-33—65 Paula Creamer 32-34—66 Jessica Shepley 32-34—66 Lexi Thompson 32-34—66 Jacqui Concolino 31-36—67 Karine Icher 32-35—67 Haeji Kang 32-35—67 Inbee Park 31-36—67 Gerina Piller 32-35—67 Chella Choi 31-37—68 Natalie Gulbis 30-38—68 Eun-Hee Ji 33-35—68 Brittany Lang 31-37—68 Mo Martin 32-36—68 Ryann O'Toole 34-34—68

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Cycling

Tour de France Results Tour de France Results Thursday 18th Stage At L'Alpe d'Huez, France A 107.2-mile Alpine stage from Gap to L'Alpe d'Huez, with three Category-2 climbs and a pair of "Hors categorie" climbs, including one at the finish 1. Christophe Riblon, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 4 hours, 51 minutes, 32 seconds.

2. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 59 seconds behind.

3. Moreno Moser, Italy, Cannondale, 1:27.

4. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, 2:12.

5. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 2:15.

6. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procycling, 3:18.

7. Chris Froome, England, Sky Procycling, same time.

8. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 3:22.

9. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 4:15.

10. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, same time.

11. Alberto Contador, Spain, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, same time.

12. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 4:31.

13. Michael Rogers, Australia, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 4:45.

14. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 4:49.

15. Jose Serpa, Colombia, Lampre-Merida, 5:18.

16. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 5:40.

17. Igor Anton Hernandez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.

18. John Gadret, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 5:42.

19. Alessandro de Marchi, Italy, Cannondale, 5:47.

20. Bart De Clercq, Belgium, Lotto-Belisol, 5:56.

Also 26. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 6:13.

31. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 7:06.

37. Laurens ten Dam, Netherlands, Belkin Procycling, 9:54.

42. Tom Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 12:52.

90. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 25:10.

Overall Standings (After 18 stages) 1. Chris Froome, England, Sky Procycling, 71 hours, 2 minutes, 19 seconds.

2. Alberto Contador, Spain, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 5:11.

3. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, 5:32.

4. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 5:44.

5. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 5:58.

6. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 8:58.

7. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 9:33.

8. Michael Rogers, Australia, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 14:26.

9. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 14:38.

10. Laurens ten Dam, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 14:39.

11. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 14:56.

12. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 16:24.

13. Daniel Navarro, Spain, Cofidis, 19:18.

14. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack Leopard, 19:56.

15. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 24:13.

16. Daniel Moreno, Spain, Katusha, 30:05.

17. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 30:45.

18. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack Leopard, 31:19.

19. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Garmin-Sharp, 34:22.

20. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procycling, 37:42.

Also 39. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 1:07:22.

64. Tom Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 1:41:37.

87. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 2:09:12.

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route last October.

When their bodies and minds are already sapped by more than two weeks of racing, it sent the riders not once but twice up the legendary climb to the ski station of L'Alpe d'Huez.

Between the two ascents, the route hared down a sinewy, narrow and risky descent with no safety barriers that some riders, including Tour champion-in-the-making Chris Froome, felt was dangerous.

The gamble could have backfired horribly had a rider plunged off a missed bend. But feared storms didn't materialize, so the roads didn't become overly treacherous. The racing proved engrossing.

Watching the riders' high-wire act on the Col de Sarenne descent, especially a heart-in-mouth moment when Froome's rival Alberto Contador zipped past him as they sped downhill, was an adrenaline high.

The double ascent to L'Alpe d'Huez made the roadside hordes doubly frenzied. It was as though someone had scooped up an entire outdoor music festival — with hundreds of thousands of people, tents, barbecues, colors, smells, noise, outdoor toilets and all — and scattered them across the mountain.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Johnny Manziel strode into Southeastern Conference Media Days and was swarmed by hundreds of reporters and dozens of television cameras.

He shook some hands and the cameras flashed as he settled into his seat, the star of the SEC's latest must-see TV show.

If the Texas A&M quarterback was troubled by all the attention, he didn't show it.

Dressed in a dark blue suit, checkered shirt and striped tie, Manziel answered every question thrown his way during the 30-minute Q&A, some were even about football.

He said he largely enjoys the spotlight that comes with winning the Heisman Trophy — even if it sometimes includes unsavory headlines.

"This is just another day," Johnny Football said with a grin.

The 20-year-old sophomore and face of college football spent most of his three-hour stay at the Wynfrey Hotel, bouncing from one interview session to another. He mostly talked about an eventful offseason that has frequently made him a trending topic.

"I don't feel like I've done anything that's catastrophic," Manziel said.

"Of course, I've made my mistakes. It's time to grow up."

The most recent misstep came last weekend at the Manning Passing Academy. Manziel was one of many college quarterback counselors at the camp for high school prospects run by Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning in Louisiana, but he left before it was over.

He says he missed activities because he "overslept," and his absence had nothing to do with being out the night before.

"I was not asked to leave. It was a mutual decision," Manziel said.

He said that while there were social events every night with the Mannings, he did not miss his meetings because of too much partying.

"The speculation of me being too hung over and that's the reason I missed the meetings is absolutely incorrect," he said.

Manziel said he fell asleep without setting his alarm and his phone died during the night.

He said he was rooming

with Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, but that McCarron didn't wake him up.

"I'm definitely not going to pin it on him," Manziel said. "It's my fault — 115, 120 percent."

He said he was disappointed he missed camp activities, but that there were "no hard feelings" between him and the Mannings. He said he's already been invited back to next summer's camp and looks forward to attending.

The early exit from the Manning camp is just part of Manziel's offseason in the public eye.

— He pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor of not identifying himself to a police officer following a 2012 altercation at a bar near campus in College Station.

— He sent out an update on Twitter in June saying that he "can't wait to leave" College Station, before quickly deleting the updated. He later apologized.

— He also created a minor stir in February when he said he took most of his classes online and didn't go on campus very much.

None of the transgressions were huge, but they combined to keep Johnny Football in the news and raise questions about his character.

Every move Manziel made on Wednesday was shadowed by a media throng. At one point, the quarterback said he felt like pop star Justin Bieber.

He talked about his friendship with NBA star LeBron James, his upcoming trip to the ESPYs and all the other positives that comes from his fame.

He said his carousing has been at times "blown out of proportion," though he did acknowledge that he needs to make better decisions because he's such a public figure.

"My offseason, all the stuff's that's gone on will have no effect on this season," Manziel said. "I'm ready to stop. No more talk after this. Let's play football."

Manziel is the first freshman to win the Heisman and undeniably a unique talent on the field.

He led Texas A&M to an 11-2 record, including a 62 mark in its first Southeastern Conference season.

SYLVANIA (AP) — Alison Walshe put herself in prime position at the Marathon Classic for her first LPGA Tour victory.

But, as the name of the tournament implies, the race has just begun.

Walshe shot a 6-under 65, her best score in her four years on the LPGA Tour, to take a one-stroke lead Thursday in the opening round of the tournament formerly known as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic.

Also daunting is the who's who of stars on her heels. Paula Creamer, who won the tournament five years ago, and top-ranked Inbee Park, winner of the year's first three major championships, were within two shots.

Walshe, among the top 20 on tour in putting stats, three-putted at the first hole for bogey — then took only 19 putts on the next 17 holes.

"I was like, 'Here we go again,'" Walshe said.

"Then I one-putted the next hole and got my confidence going."

She also chipped in for birdie on the 14th hole,

her fifth of the day, to jump-start her round.

Walshe came into the Marathon, in its first year under its new title sponsor, quietly. She hasn't had a top 10 this year and ranks 55th on the money list with earnings of just over $120,000.

She hasn't finished higher than a tie for 17th at Kingsmill. Her career best is a tie for eighth a year ago at the Kraft Nabisco.

"I've been hitting it probably the best I've hit it in a long time this year," said the 28-year-old University of Arizona grad from Westford, Mass. "I've been giving myself a lot of opportunities, and it's frustrating that I haven't been able to really go deep and make some putts."

Everybody in the 144player field was tormented by temperatures in the 90s, high humidity, little wind and a glaring sun.

Teenager Lexi Thompson, who was tied with Canada's Jessica Shepley and Creamer at 66, said after her round that she drank a bottle of water per hole.

slump that began after he changed equipment.

"I wish I could stand here and tell you guys what's wrong and how to make it right," McIlroy said. "I don't know what you can do. You just have to try and play your way out. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking out there and I'm unconscious."

The only time McIlroy shot worse in the Open was an 80 at St. Andrews in 2010, but that was more a product of a brutal wind than poor shots.

This time, he could blame only himself. Heck, he didn't even beat birthday boy Nick Faldo, who stirred up a bit of a tempest this week when he advised McIlroy to spend more time focused on golf rather than off-the-course pursuits.

Faldo, who turned 56 on Thursday, matched McIlroy's score even though he's barely played at all the last three years.

Under brilliant blue skies, the temperature climbed into the low 80s and the wind off the Firth of Forth wasn't too much

of a hindrance for the morning starters. Some spectators broke out umbrellas, only it was to fend off rays instead of rain.

The greens were slick as ice, having baked in the unseasonably dry Scottish weather over the past few weeks, and several golfers — Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter among them — complained about the tough pin placements given the speed of the putting surfaces.

"The 18th needs a windmill and a clown face," Poulter griped.

But McIlroy had plenty of problems just getting to the green.

Time and again, he found himself whacking at the ball out of the rough or trying to escape the treacherous bunkers. His most telling sequence came at the 15th, where he drove it into the tall grass, chopped it out just short of the green, then sent a putt screaming past the flag — right into a bunker on the other side.

He let out a sigh that said everything — a oncedominant player who, as

Paul Azinger said earlier in the week, looks "adrift."

Johnson, on the other hand, quickly shook off his playoff defeat in the John Deere Classic. He didn't arrive at Muirfield until Monday morning after making bogey on the 72nd hole and losing to 19-yearold Jordan Spieth, who became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1931.

The loss did nothing to dampen Johnson's confidence.

Quite the opposite, actually.

He got on a roll with an eagle at the par-5 fifth, and birdies at the next two holes sent him to a lead that he still had by the end of the long day.

"If anything from last week, what I've embraced is the fact that I'm playing great and I can put that into play, and I'm certainly somewhat confident in what I'm doing, confident in my routines, confident in my walk out there, confident in my lines," he said.

Mark O'Meara had plenty of confidence, as

well.

He ripped through the front nine as though he was in his prime — not a 56-year-old who has combined to shoot 76 over par in the past decade at golf's oldest major.

The 1998 Open champion shot 31 on the front before stumbling a bit with three bogeys.

But O'Meara rolled in a curling, 35-foot eagle putt at the 17th, lipped out a birdie putt at the tough 18th, and finished with a 67, tied with Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello and just one stroke off the lead.

Not that it's unusual for an old-timer to play well in the Open. Four years ago, Tom Watson nearly won at age 59.

For that matter, O'Meara wasn't even the only 50-something player on Thursday's leaderboard.

Fifty-four-year-old Tom Lehman shot 68.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, Brandt Snedeker, Dustin Johnson and qualifier Shiv Kapur joined Lehman at two shots

back. Kapur, a 31-year-old from India who plays on the Asian Tour, actually led for a while after making birdies on six of the first seven holes, turning with a dazzling 30.

A double-bogey at the 10th knocked him back.

Another stroke behind were major champions Woods, Mickelson, Angel Cabrera and Todd Hamilton, along with up-andcomer Spieth, whose John Deere victory got him into the Open.

The teenager hardly looked out of place, making only one bogey the entire round.

Hamilton's 69 certainly looked out of place. He now plays on a minorleague circuit in the U.S., and this was his lowest round in the Open since he improbably won the championship in 2004.

"I didn't really know what to expect," he said. "I hit a couple of drives early with the driver and made a few putts and that kind of settled me down, and I didn't try to do a lot of stuff that I didn't feel comfortable doing."

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Stage winner Christophe Riblon of France celebrates on the podium.

Tour victory doubly special Riblon gives France win L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) — After five grueling hours of riding, as he strained and sweated to victory in an eye-popping Tour de France stage with crowds that turned cycling's most famous climb into a huge and raucous high-mountain party, Christophe Riblon didn't want it to stop.

Winning a Tour stage is always special.

Becoming the first French stage winner at the 100th Tour was doubly special.

Doing all this in front of hundreds of thousands of screaming fans, several rows deep up 21 steep hairpin bends in the Alps, well, Riblon wanted the pleasure to last and last.

"It was as if the crowds were carrying me. Magical," Riblon said. "The last kilometer (half-mile) wasn't long enough. I so would have liked to have profited more from that moment with the crowds. It was incredible. I would have liked for it to go on for 10 kilometers (six miles) like that."

In a Tour that has offered a kaleidoscope of racing drama and scenic beauty from its June 29 start point on the French island of Corsica, this Stage 18 was the one that most set hearts racing and tongues wagging when organizers unveiled the race

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Natalie Gulbis watches an iron shot Thursday.

Walshe leads at Marathon Creamer, Park close behind

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"It was tough," Woods said. "The golf course progressively got more dried out and more difficult as we played. I'm very pleased to shoot anything even par or better."

Rory McIlroy, ranked No. 2 in the world, is still trying to recapture the form he showed last August, when he won his second major title with a runaway victory at the PGA Championship.

At the moment, he's not even close.

The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland hacked his way to a 79 — the second-worst round of his Open career and the continuation of a baffling

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Saturday, July 20, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You will work diligently today to make improvements at home. You might tackle renovations or shove furniture around, because you want results.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is an excellent day for writers, teachers, salespeople, actors and anyone who needs to communicate for a living. Whatever you do today, you will do carefully with a thought for the long-term future.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You have strong money savvy today.

Be confident of your money plans, especially if you are budgeting your income. (You know what you're doing.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Today you will be persevering in whatever you attempt to do. You're determined to do a good job and be patient enough to do it carefully. Bravo!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a great day for research or working behind the scenes. You won't give up until you find what you're looking for. (You're like a dog with a bone.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You will be effective dealing with groups today because they have confidence in you. It's obvious to others that you are working hard and that you know what you're doing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your ambition is aroused now and you're going for the whole nine yards.

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PARAMEDICS/EMTs PA ARAMEDICS/EMTs AMBULETTE AM MBULETTE DRIVERS Looking for professiona professional, fessional, caring individuals to join our growing grrowing team in all areas.

New w Hourly Pay Rates!

FT & PT positions available.

EMTs: $11 AEMTs: A $13 Paramedics: $15 Night shift ft premiums! Run Bonuses! __________________________________________________ _______________________ ______________________________ _____ Ambulette Drivers - transporting patients to/from medical ical appointments by wheel wheelchair van. Full-time $9/hr.

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NOW HIRING PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS For our manufacturing facility in Sidney, Ohio Currently hiring production employees for all shifts. We are seeking dependable and highly motivated individuals that can excel in a team environment. The ideal candidate will be willing to work any shift, available for overtime, and have good attendance.

We offer excellent benefits including 401(K) and paid vacation & holidays.

Interested candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and be able to successfully pass pre-employment screening.

Apply online at: www.emerson.com/careers

Send resume to: cindym@lefeld.com

LOCATION/ SALES MANAGER OPPORTUNITY Join a Superior Team!

Superior Auto, Inc. has a Sales/ Location Manager opportunity available in Sidney.

We are a long established company in need of self-motivated individuals seeking management opportunities in a growing company.

Our Sales/ Location Managers are trained and responsible for: customer relations, underwriting, sales, leadership, coaching and development, and branch management.

Committed to developing our associates to achieve and become the next leaders in our organization, we provide an excellent training program and career growth potential in addition to a competitive base, performance incentives, car demo and great benefit package.

Individuals with a high level of integrity, ability to follow through, and strong communication as well as being results-focused with a desire for a career opportunity are invited to apply@

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821 Houses For Rent IN BRADFORD, 3 bedrooms, wrap around deck, ca, new furnace, $625 plus deposit, 511 North Miami Ave, (937)4482445

We are a welded-steel tubing manufacturer seeking a self-starter, motivated individual for a Safety Professional.

The main duties include: Collecting, recording, and analyzing data and presenting it in report format using various computer programs; arranging and coordinating safety, training, wellness and substance abuse programs to achieve Company objectives, including working with vendors of safety and training supplies; implementing and coordinating various ongoing safety programs and conducting safety audits in the plant; maintaining ISO 9001 requirements; and orientation of new employees.

The successful candidate will be responsible, well organized, and work well with all levels of employees. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Qualifications inFOXGH DW OHDVW VL[ PRQWKŇ&#x2039;V experience in the safety and/or training fields, OSHA regulations, SDS program, and WC experience a must.

Associates degree preferred, but not required.

We offer competitive wages, comprehensive health plan (medical, dental, vision, RX), paid holidays, vacation, and 401K plan. We are a drug free workplace.

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For Sale By Owner Apartments /Townhouses

2 BEDROOM, Townhouse, 1.5 bath, appliances, air, garage, $550, No pets! (937)492-5271

BOXER PUPPIES shots, wormed, tails docked, great with kids, born 5/27, ready now (937)418-7686 KITTENS, 7 Black & Tiger furballs! Free to good homes, 5-6 weeks old. Ready to go! call (937)773-5245 after 5pm

BEAUTIFUL, 2 Bedroom, 2 bath, apartment in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, water, sewage trash paid, (937)238-2560 EVERS REALTY TROY, 2 Bedroom Townhomes 1.5 bath, 1 car garage, $725 3 Bedroom, 1 bath, Double, $675 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net PIQUA, Colonial Terrace Apts., Water, Sewer, Trash, Hot Water, Refrigerator, Range included. 2 BR $480, 1 BR $450.

Washer/ Dryer on site. Pets welcome. No application fee. 6 or 12 month lease. (937)7731952.

Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992 Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics 40318117

Pools / Spas

Construction & Building

Trucks / SUVs / Vans

1997 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 Z71, 4x4, 3 door extended cab. black exterior, Tonneau cover, 5.7 liter, tow package, 154000 miles, $5200.

(937)726-0273

Farm Equipment

(937) 473-2847 (937) 216-9361

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Air Conditioners WINDOW UNIT 5000 BTU, used 2 months, will trade for a 10 inch IPad (937)778-2131 Baby Items

Call....................937-498-4203 Gutter Repair & Cleaning

TODDLER BED, vinyl, complete with mattress, sheets, spread, good condition, $55 (937)339-4233 TRACTOR, FORD 1300 4x4 diesel compact Tractor, Low hours, 3 point, pto. (937)4891725 Autos For Sale

Furniture & Accessories ZAZZY POWER CHAIR, new never used, cost $6300, sacrifice $1750 or OBO (937)7730865 Hauling & Trucking

Miscellaneous LONAGERBERGER BASKETS (11) and Boyd Bears, Call Pam (937)773-9025 or (937)570-9945. Before 6pm.

1996 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, red, 6 cylinder, many updates! Good condition, 154k miles, asking $4200.

Call (937)773-4587

1999 CHEVY CORVETTE automatic convertible with approximately 67,000 miles.

This car is in great condition. $20,500 or best offer.

Call Craig at (937)776-0922

2000 HONDA CRV LX, black, with cloth interior, 169k miles, great condition, well maintained. $4000 OBO Call (937)492-1091 2005 CHRYSLER LIMITED CONVERTIBLE, 31,500 miles, excellent condition, $8500, Call (937)570-2248 or (937)7731831 2003 PONTIAC AZTEC, maintenance receipts, $3800 OBO. Call (937)658-2421.

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COOPERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BLACKTOP PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

937-875-0153 937-698-6135

AR15 Boost Master (brand new never been shot), model number, XM15, shoots 223's or 556's, $1200 FIRM, Call (937)638-8465

COOPERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRAVEL Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

875-0153 698-6135 MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

Basketball hoop/balls $30, Toy chest $20, 2 metal stars, 15 beer steins $35, lots of Home Interior (937)335-6064

Landscaping

BIKE, 3 wheel, red, good condition, 24" wheel, large basket, cup holder and horn. Asking $250. (937)239-7720, (937)239-0065 JOHN DEERE, 265 riding lawn mower, 17hp, 48" deck, hydrostatic drive, heavy duty, very reliable, excellent condition, Call (419)628-2101

Land Care

RIDING LAWN TRACTOR, John Deere, like new, in Troy (937)308-5545 Sporting Goods CCW CLASS, $60, August 17th and 18th, Piqua Fish & Game, (937)760-4210, parthelynx@aol.com Tickets RACE TICKETS, (5) Brickyard 400, 7/28 NASCAR race in Indianapolis, Paddock Box in shade near start/finish line, $90 each face value. (937)5966257.

SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY

HERITAGE GOODHEW

E-mail: hr@jackson-tube.com

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Fax: (937)778-7128 EOE

25 Year Experience - Licensed & Bonded Wind & Hail Damage -Insurance Approved 15 Year Workmanship Warranty

Miscellaneous WALKER with seat, brakes, basket, adjustable height, folds, good condition, $45 (937)339-4233 WHEEL CHAIR (Merits Health Products), Good condition, $80 (937)339-4233

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Help Wanted General

937-573-4737 www.buckeyehomeservices.com

*JOBS AVAILABLE NOW* CRSI has part-time openings available in Miami, Shelby, and Darke Counties for caring people who would like to make a difference in the lives of others Various hours are available, including 2nd shift , weekends and overnights Paid training is provided Requirements: a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid drivers license, have less than 6 points on driving record, proof of insurance and a criminal background check To apply, call 937-335-6974 or stop our office at 405 Public Square, Troy OH..

Applications are available online at www.crsi-oh.com EOE 40329216

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Baths Awnings Concrete Additions

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Estate Sales

CRIB, toddler bed, changing table, swing, glider rocker, walker, high chair, booster, gate, bassinet, pack-n-play, clothes, blankets and more!

(937)339-4233

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, Piqua, 100A Parkridge Place, $500 monthly, central air & appliances furnished. Call (419)629-3569.

2 BEDROOM, recently renovated, $500 monthly, no pets, (937)974-6333

24 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER, 2 axle, awning, a/c unit, refrigerator, stove, Lot 14 at Piqua Fishing Game Campground (Spiker Road), Lot rent paid until March 2014. Can leave there or tow away. Asking $1,900 OBO (419)778-7178

Pets AUSTRALIAN SHEPARD PUPPIES, red merles and red tri's, 6 females, 3 males, asking $200, taking deposits (937)214-0464

1 BEDROOM, new carpet, utilities included, no pets, no metropolitan, $250 deposit, $500 monthly, (937)773-2931 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

Pet Grooming

Cleaning & Maintenance

PIQUA 2 bedroom, includes utilities but propane $750 a month plus deposit, no pets (937)773-0563

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Safety Professional

937-773-4552

RVs / Campers

www.superiorauto.com/careers

We are an equal opportunity employer

2002 GMC SIERRA 1500 Regular cab, fiberglass high top camper, aluminum running boards, 2 wheel drive, 5300 Vortec engine, excellent condition, $8150 Call (937)538-1294

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HIRING NOW GENERAL LABOR plus CDL TRUCK DRIVERS Training provided Excellent wage & benefits Apply at 15 Industry Park Ct Tipp City (937)667-6772

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

â&#x20AC;˘Refrigerators â&#x20AC;˘Stoves â&#x20AC;˘Washers & Dryers â&#x20AC;˘Dishwashers â&#x20AC;˘ Repair & Install Air Conditioning

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Send resumes to: PO Box 357 Botkins, OH 45306

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APPLIANCE REPAIR

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Lefeld Welding Supplies Inc., has an outstanding opportunity for Sales Representatives in Greenville and Coldwater, Ohio. responsible for outside product sales and support for customer base, growing existing accounts, and developing new accounts. Need selfmotivated team players, excellent communication skills, experience in Sales & Service; Industrial and welding knowledge helpful.

Paving & Excavating

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Victory Machine & Fab is seeking a full time welder/metal fabricator, minimum 5 years experience.

Stainless steel tig welding, millwright & mechanical experience is a plus. Benefits, paid holidays & premium pay available based upon experience.

Appliances

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Sales Representatives

Autos For Sale

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Welder/Fabricator

Apartments /Townhouses

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Help Wanted General

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For Sale By Owner

FOR SALE BY OWNER 4190 West Miami-Shelby Road (2nd house east of St Rt 66 on 1 acre) OPEN HOUSE: July 21, 1-3pm Call 937-295-2636 3 BR, LR, DR, new kitchen and deck with awning, new full bath up and remodeled ½ basement.

Laundry room and full bath on first floor. Has attached and detached garage.

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