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New What does the 4th really stand for? photo of It’s not just about picnics, firecrackers and a day off from work suspect released

BY MIKE ULLERY Chief Photographer mullery@civitasmedia.com

STAFF REPORT PIQUA — Police are still searching for the identity of a man who allegedly exposed himself to a female at the Piqua Public Library on June 27.

Authorities released another photograph of the man this week, this one showing a better image of the suspect’s face.

The suspect has been described as a black male, approximately 6’, who was wearing a hat, blue shorts and a gray T-shirt.

As we celebrate this Fourth of July, 2013, it is fitting to look at why we celebrate Independence Day. It is especially fitting this year, as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Americans, in true American fashion, have broken out the backyard grills, the beer and the hamburgers. Many are looking forward to community fireworks displays. But how many people even know why we celebrate?

Our fight for independence was a long one. Events leading up to the Revolutionary War began in the early 1760s as colonists grew tired of being ruled by England.

In an over-simplified explanation, tired of laws and taxes, (taxation without representation), American colonists requested the right to be free from the rule of the King. The Boston Tea Party, in 1773, marked the beginning of physical revolt in the colonies.

American patriot Patrick Henry incited action by colonists during his famous speech, in March of 1775, when the words, “Give me liberty, or give me death,” became a mantra for fellow patriots to pick up arms against Britain.

By April, American “Minutemen” battled Redcoats in the towns of Lexington and Concord, Mass., where “The Shot heard round the world,” occurred, signaling to the world that the fight for freedom from oppression was underway.

The war was fought on dozens of battlegrounds, up and down the eastern coast.

July 4, 1776, marked the date that writers of the Declaration of Independence made final revisions to the document and sent it to be printed.

Although the document declared our independence as a country, it took another seven MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO years, until 1783, for the war to be won and the British to recog- A headstone and veteran’s medallion in Forest Hill-Union Cemenize our freedom and independ- tery, in Piqua, mark the final resting place of member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union Army. The soldier lying ence. here is but one of millions of Americans who have fought for freedom of citizens of the United States of America. the See 4th/Page 2

Johnston Farm receives new donation

BY BELINDA M. PASCHAL Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com “The library staff has been very vigilant watching for him to return and he has not,” said Piqua Police Chief Bruce Jamison. “That’s a good thing. We’re glad his behavior is not continuing, but we would still like to figure out who he is and take action for the previous violation.”

If anyone has information concerning the suspect contact police Lt. Rick Byron at the police station, 778-2027, or anonymously through the police tips line at 615-TIPS. Alternatively, citizens can submit information online via the police department’s Facebook page or through the police department’s website.

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PIQUA — A recent donation from Vectren Energy Delivery has put Johnston Farm and Indian Agency one step closer to its plans to expand its museum facilities to include a 1,300square-foot, state-of-the-art education center.

In addition to $42,000 from the Ohio Historical Society and $25,000 from the Paul Duke Foundation, Vectren donated $2,000 toward making the dream project a reality.

“The Johnston Farm and Indian Agency proves a great opportunity for educating visitors of all ages about the rich history of the region,” Colleen Ryan, president of Vectren, said in a press release. “The new education center will enhance the educational abilities of the museum while keeping the museum’s environmental impact low.”

Andy Hite, site manager for Johnston Farm said updating the facility will make it “more conducive for kids to be in.”

Johnston Farm sees some 5,000

visiting schoolchildren per year — more than any of the other 58 Ohio Historical Society sites.

“We’ll also be able to upgrade our capabilities for presentations and for public programming. The education center would give us more flexibility. It would add more exhibit and interpretive space, as well as a place for community meetings and special events,” Hite said.

“Basically, we’ll be able to do the things we do now, but do them better.”

The new space would be an enclosed area in what is now a patio overlooking the canal. It would include a classroom, meeting room, program room and community gathering space with catering facilities.

Exhibits that trace the construction use, and eventual decline of Ohio’s canals, now housed deep within the museum, would be moved closer to the canal area. “With a view overlooking the Miami and Erie Canal, what better place is there to share the story of our first major transportation system?” Hite said. “With the space created by moving the canal exhibits, we would use that for a

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This interior view of the planned addition to Johnston Farm and Indian Agency shows the classroom, programming and exhibit space. Construction on the new facility is slated for November with a projected completion date of April 2014. gallery for rotating exhibits.”

The space created by rearranging also would allow the museum to focus on six Indian tribes that lived in Ohio — Shawnee, Miami, Wyandot, Ottawa, Delaware and Mingo.

“The plan is to provide an opportunity for leaders of the Native American tribes to come and present workshops, bring exhibits and tell the stories of

their tribes from the 1840s to the present,” Hite said. “That’s something you don’t hear about very often — what are these groups doing today, what is their life like today?”

Construction on the new facility is slated to begin in November, with a projected completion date of April 14, just See Johnston/Page 2

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Speed increase affects Miami County COLUMBUS (AP) — Drivers can legally zip along some rural interstate highways more quickly as a new 70 mph speed limit takes effect around Ohio.

The change began Monday, raising the speed limit in some areas from 65 mph to 70 mph. Ohio is the 34th state to make the change.

The Ohio Department of Transportation said the speed limit is increasing on more than 570 miles of rural interstate highways, applying to parts of Interstates 70, 71, 75, 76, 77 and 90. It doesn’t cover

sections of those roads in major metropolitan areas and a few smaller cities along the way.

Portions of I-75 running through central and northern Miami County are included in the areas with increased speed limit.

New or updated signs will alert drivers about the higher speed limits.

A 70 mph limit already is in effect for the Ohio Turnpike stretching across the northern part of the state.

The state is also raising speeds on more rural roadways. An amendment

to the state budget bill signed Sunday by Gov. John Kasich includes an increase to 70 mph on rural freeways.

The National Motorists Association, which advocates for speed limits in line with what 85 percent of traffic is traveling, said the prevailing speed on many interstates already is 70 to 75 mph.

“People tend to drive at a safe and comfortable speed no matter what the posted limit is,” association spokesman John Bowman told The Columbus Dispatch. “And they sort of realize that they

reach a threshold where they aren’t comfortable anymore, and they won’t exceed that.”

A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that about 72 percent of vehicles exceeded the speed limit on highways in 2009 including about 20 percent that drove more than 10 mph over the limit.

Speed-limit increases have been opposed by the Ohio Insurance Institute and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

They say higher speeds are dangerous.

AP: Tea party to use IRS to fight Medicaid

BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Tea party activists in Ohio want to turn an enemy the Internal Revenue Service into an ally as they fight continued efforts to expand Medicaid.

In a confidential email sent to fellow Ohio tea party leaders and obtained by The Associated Press, Tom Zawistowski laid out a strategy for invoking a little-known IRS provision that allows citizens to challenge executive salaries and the nonprofit statuses of charitable hospitals.

In a phone interview Tuesday, Zawistowski called it “hilarious” that tea party groups that came under extra scrutiny by the IRS are now using an IRS law to target others.

Zawistowski identifies the hospitals as big backers of expanded Medicaid.

His email said tea party groups will “make Medicaid personal” by publicizing large salaries of those seeking federal money to help the poor.

“I think it’s hilarious, and I think it’ll be fun to get some other groups who have maybe been on the sidelines and questioning us to see how they

like being investigated,” he said.

The effort follows a Sunday veto by Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich of a provision in the state budget that would have blocked his administration from expanding Medicaid to additional low-income residents.

In a news conference ahead of that veto, Kasich and Republican House Speaker William Batchelder, whose chamber backed the vetoed roadblock, said they hoped to settle differences on a broader Medicaid expansion by year’s end.

“The goal is to change the narrative,” Zawistowski wrote. Rather than have people wondering why tea party groups don’t want to help the poor, they should wonder why hospitals need more federal tax dollars to care for the poor when they’ve got plenty of cash on hand, he wrote.

Not-for-profit hospitals are under constant IRS scrutiny and do not fear the effort, said Ohio Hospital Association Vice President Scott Borgemenke.

“For years and years, the law hasn’t changed and the status hasn’t changed,” he said. “We continue to be within federal law. From that stand-

point, we’re not worried our status is in jeopardy at all.”

Zawistowski recognized the irony even in the email. Tea party groups have blasted the IRS, complained to Congress, rallied and sued over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Multiple investigations into the practice are causing a political firestorm in Washington.

“I think you are going to love this,” Zawistowski told tea party leaders in his email.

Zawistowski said by phone that Kasich has “hauled out” hospital CEOs at pro-Medicaid rallies that are making millions of dollars. In his emails, he singles out the $2.5 million salary of Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, whose nonprofit hospital had more than $9 billion in assets in 2011.

“This guy’s making $2 million a year, pleading poverty to help poor people,” he said. “It just seems a little disingenuous to us in the tea party who volunteer for nothing. We’re curious to see their definition of poverty.”

Borgemenke said hospital CEOs’ salaries are decided by community boards, which weigh the

performance of the institutions, look at similarly situated businesses, and sometimes run nationwide searches.

“The old axiom is the become the hunted huntees, right?” he said.

“We’ve got billions of dollars of uncompensated care” that isn’t covered by Medicaid reimbursement.

He said hospitals even sustained a $500 million cut in this year’s budget.

Roughly 366,000 Ohioans would eligible for coverage beginning in 2014 if the state expands Medicaid, a key component of Democratic President Barack Obama’s federal health care law.

Kasich’s push to take advantage of the law was among reasons Zawistowski, executive director of the Portage County TEA Party, tried in April to take over the Ohio Republican Party. His bid against a Kasich-backed candidate was unsuccessful but Zawistowski and his backers vowed to continue their fight.

Kasich opposed the federal health care overhaul, but has said expanding Medicaid is the best way to make sure Ohio gets back federal tax dollars to help the needy.

Prosecutor argues for life instead of death

BY ANDREW WELSHHUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — A condemned Cleveland man who stabbed a neighbor 17 times should have his death sentence commuted to life in prison, a prosecutor said Wednesday, reversing his office’s long-standing position on the case.

Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it’s unlikely he would pursue a death sentence today against death row inmate Billy Slagle, saying the law has changed to provide new sentencing options for such crimes.

McGinty made the rare request in a letter to the Ohio Parole Board, which hears Slagle’s latest request for clemency on Monday. He said jurors

chose the only option they had at the time to ensure Slagle would never be freed for the 1986 killing of Mari Anne Pope.

In 1996, Ohio law changed to allow jurors to choose between death and life without parole.

McGinty cited Slagle’s age at 18, he was the bare minimum for a death sentence in Ohio and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. Those factors today would make a death sentence difficult to justify, McGinty said.

“While in no way do these factors excuse or mitigate the crime and the need for appropriate punishment in this case, they would likely have led a jury to recommend a sentence of life without the possibility of parole had that been an option,” McGinty wrote to the Pa-

role Board, according to a statement from his office obtained by The Associated Press.

Slagle’s execution is scheduled for Aug. 7.

It was unclear Wednesday if a sitting Ohio prosecutor had ever asked that a death row inmate under his office have the sentence commuted.

Last year, a former Mahoning County prosecutor pleaded for clemency for a man he put on death row, saying he had come to believe inmate John Eley was not as responsible as a co-defendant who was acquitted in a fatal 1986 robbery. The parole board recommended against clemency, but Gov. John Kasich commuted Eley’s sentence.

In a 1997 Virginia case, then-Gov. George Allen commuted the death sentence of William Saun-

ders, saying he was swayed by a prosecutor and judge who said Saunders is not the same violent man sentenced to death seven years earlier.

McGinty’s decision was not entirely a surprise.

While running for prosecutor last year, he participated in a forum in which, in a switch on tough-on-crime grandstanding, he and other candidates promised to reduce the number of capital indictments in the county. Critics, including defense attorneys and even some prosecutors, have long argued Cuyahoga County sought too many death sentences.

“I will greatly reduce the charges in the death penalty cases as prosecutor and focus the limited resources we have on the most deserving cases,” McGinty said at the time.

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Roger C. Raguse TROY — Roger C. Raguse, 76, of Troy, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at his residence. He was born March 5, 1937, in Shawano, Wis. to the late Emil and Esther (Priem) Raguse. Roger was preceded in death by his wife, Maureen (Boland) Raguse, on Nov. 3, 2012.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Raquel Raguse of Spring Lake, Mich.; daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and James Rohrer of Conover; and grandchildren, Michael Rohrer of Ft. Hood, Texas, Matthew Rohrer of Lima, Sophia Raguse of Spring Lake, Mic., and Zachary Raguse of Spring Lake, Mich.

In addition to his parents and his wife, Roger was preceded in death by his brother, Casper Raguse.

He was a member of First Lutheran Church, Troy; Troy Kiwanis Club; and was a veteran of the

U.S. Army.

Roger was a research scientist for Kimberly Clark and Arc Abrasives both in Troy. He also was owner and operator of Honeycreek Grocery Store in New Carlisle.

Roger loved golfing, the outdoors and his grandchildren.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. Ric Barnes officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, with VFW Memorial Honor Guard services at the graveside. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

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

Death notice TROY — Vonya Lynn (Cotterman) Terry, 60, of Troy, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at her residence. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.

Johnston Continued from page 1 in time for school visits.

The Johnston Farm Friends Council has launched a campaign to raise the remaining funds, partnering with the Piqua Community Foundation to be the fiscal agent for the campaign. The foundation will collect the funds and place them in an account for the museum project. Though the stated goal is $167,000, Hite said that amount is

in no way etched in stone.

“In addition to the education center, we want to continue expanding the museum,” he said.

The Friends Council is actively pursuing support from individuals, business, corporations and foundations locally, regionally and nationally. To become a supporter of the project, contact the Piqua Community Foundation at (937) 615-9080 or Hite at (937) 773-2522.

4th Continued from page 1 Less than one hundred years later, in 1861, Americans were at war again, this time, fighting against each other. The battle this time was against states rights versus the rights of a federal government to pass laws governing everyone. One of the most most debated issues was slavery.

By July of 1863, nearly 85 years to the day, from the time our Founding Fathers sent the Declaration of Independence to be printed, two massive armies, one from the North, the other from the South, met in battle in and around Gettysburg, Penn. The battle ended three days after it began, in a Union victory. The cost was horrific. More than 51,000 Americans lay dead or wounded on the bloody ground. The Union Army suffered 23,049 casualties while, on the Confederate side, 28,063 soldiers fell on the field of battle.

Five months after the

battle, President Abraham Lincoln traveled the the once-again peaceful, but now hallowed ground at Gettysburg. The president was there to dedicate a portion of the battlefield as a cemetery to honor those who fell for our country. Lincoln’s speech began with the words, “Four score and seven years ago …” He recognized, then, that although 87 years had passed since “our fathers brought forth onto this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” the battle for freedom was not finished.

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. In many ways and on many fronts, our battle for freedom and equality is still being fought.

As we celebrate this Fourth of July, let us honor those who fought, and continue to fight, for freedom. God bless America.

State briefs Priest says charges filed too late CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio priest accused of taking a 10-year-old boy to West Virginia for sex more than two decades ago says the government waited too long to file charges and he wants the case dismissed.

Robert Poandl, of the Cincinnati-based Glenmary Home Missioners, has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing the boy while the two visited a church in Spencer, W.Va., in 1991.

Poandl is out of jail on the condition that he has no contact with children.

A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 26.

Poandl's attorney said in a Monday court filing that a five-year statute of limitations applies to the charges, which were filed 21 years after the alleged abuse.

The government has yet to file its response to Poandl's request.

Funding limits vets honor flights TOLEDO (AP) — A program that takes military veterans to Washington to view war memorials will be limited to World War II veterans due to lack of funding.

Organizers of Honor Flight Northwest Ohio say they have no choice but to stop accepting applications from veterans of other conflicts including the Korean and Vietnam wars. The group says more than 600 veterans are on a waiting list, with money for only three more flights.

The flights were intended to take World War II veterans to Washington to see the National World War II Memorial. The Lima News reports that organizers say donations have declined.

Each flight costs around $72,000 for about 80 veterans and a corresponding number of "guardians" to help them.

There are other Honor draw her plea and got a new attorney.

Flight hubs in Ohio.

The Dayton Daily Doctor pleads in News reports that Edwards on Monday malnourished changed her mind again teen's death and decided to re-enter DAYTON (AP) — The the plea. She faces up to doctor of a 14-year-old 18 months in prison at Ohio girl who had cerebral sentencing scheduled for palsy and weighed just 28 Aug. 6.

Edwards was Makayla pounds when she died has agreed to plead no contest Norman's doctor from and give up her medical li- July 2010 until the girl's March 2011 death from cense.

Fifty-one-year-old Mar- nutritional and medical garet Edwards of Trot- neglect complicated by wood originally pleaded her chronic condition. no contest to three misdemeanor counts of failure Artifacts stolen to report child abuse or from Miami U neglect of a functionally OXFORD (AP) — Offiimpaired person. But in cials at Miami University May, she decided to within southwestern Ohio say

someone broke into a classroom and stole $10,000 worth of ancient artifacts.

Miami University anthropology professor Jeb Card tells The Cincinnati Enquirer that the value of the pieces — some 4,000 years old — is more than monetary.

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Cloudy, chance of rain Watch for an increase in rain likelihood for the holiday. Even though rain chances linger into the weekend, temperatures will begin to rise as we see more sun.

High: 78 Low: 66.

Update on events at Piqua schools

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Construction worker Shane Taylor of Taylor Made Construction carries a road closed sign Wednesday in front of what used to be the bridge nearest Hardman Field joining two portions of the Forest Hill Cemetery in Piqua.

Lots happening at Brukner in July TROY — The following programs are taking place at Brukner Nature Center in Troy: • Nature Art Gallery featuring photography by Tom Arbour. Come explore the amazing photogof Columbus raphy native, Tom Arbour.

Arbour is a botanist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and his exhibit will feature the plants, landscapes and wildlife of Ohio. Arbour shows his passion for all of Ohio’s natural landscapes in his blog, ohionatureblog.com, so check it out. The exhibit is displayed in the Heidelberg Auditorium and will be open during regular business hours through Sunday, Sept.

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Proceeds from the sale of these photogrpahs will support BNC’s mission to promote wildlife conservation. Free with admission to the center.

• Registration Open for PEEP Summer Sessions. Sign up your little naturalist to join us this summer. Summer PEEPers will discover that - ladybug larvae look nothing like the adults, that the size of a newly hatched hummingbird is the size of a raisin, and ants live in colonies underground.

There are still openings for Tuesdays and Thursdays for August from 9:30–11:30 a.m.

The fee for this handson, nature-based program is just $35 for BNC Members and $45 for non-members. Class size is limited to only 12 explorers, so be sure to sign up early.

• Creature Feature – “American Kestrel” – July 7. Brukner Nature Center will present “American Kestrel” from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, July 7.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a helicopter…? The American kestrel is the smallest member of the fastest family of birds, and yet, performs a rather unusual hunting technique. Join us as we explore this awesome raptor’s natural history, lifestyle, and overall pizazz! Free and open to the public.

• Wild Journeys “Going to the Edge” – July 8. Join Steve and Marian Moeckel at 7 p.m.

Monday, July 8 to explore Ohio’s Edge of Appalachia, one of the most biologically diverse areas in the Midwestern U.S. A relatively short drive to Adams and Scioto Counties will take us to a part of Ohio, not flattened by the glaciers, where we can find rolling hills, remnant prairies, clear streams and mature forests occupied by

wonderful wildflowers and beautiful birds.

While we’re traveling, we’ll also take a quick look at the culture and history of the area, as well as dining and shopping opportunities. This program is free for BNC members! Non-member admission is just $2 per person.

• Family Discovery Days at Brukner Nature Center on July 13. Family fun begins with BNC’s Family Discovery Days.

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month this summer from 2-4 p.m. for hands-on fun for all ages, including adults.

We’ll be bringing nets out and catching dragonflies, going to the creek and searching for crayfish and learning to use binoculars as we search for backyard birds, all with the help of a BNC Naturalist.

Each program will include something cool you can take home to remember all you’ve learned.

Check out our website for more information! Registration preferred, but not required.

Free for BNC Members, non-member admission fee is $2.50/person or $10 per family.

• Nature Explorers Summer Day Camp for Kids – July 15-19 and July 22-26. Brukner Nature Center is offering a summer day camp, “Home Sweet Habitat” for Grades K-3rd, July 15-19 and for Grades 4-6, July 22-26.

While exploring nature, you never know what fascinating creatures you may find hiding under rotten logs or swimming about in still ponds, or do you? Each animal possesses the perfect adaptations to survive in its own specific habitat. For instance, you will never find a fish walking about the forest floor, nor will you discover a box turtle floating around in a pond.

During “Home Sweet Habitat” week, campers will trek the trails of the pine forest, wade through the wildflowers of the meadow, and splash

along the creeks and rivers on a quest to observe creatures in their habitats. Sign up your “wild creature” and give them the opportunity to feel at home in nature.

Come join the fun, meet BNC’s wildlife ambassadors up close and personal and discover their cravings. Registration is open.

Explore all day (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) each day of the week for $125 for BNC members and $150 for non-members. If your summer is too busy for all day explorations, then join us for fun filled half days (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) for the low fee of $75 for BNC members and $100 for non-members. Prices are on a per week basis.

Deadline for registration is Monday, July 8 at 5 p.m.

• Night Hike, “Night Sounds” – July 20.

Brukner Nature Center will have a Night Hike, “Night Sounds,” at 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 20.

Every month BNC Naturalists plan a nighttime adventure into the Brukner woodlands.

Pluck, pluck, click, click, whoo cooks for you? Have you ever wondered what goes bump in the night?

Come discover the evening symphony of Ohio’s birds, insects and amphibians as we explore the different habitats of Brukner Nature Center. Come dressed for a family-friendly adventure as we hike the trails on a guided discovery of nocturnal creatures, sounds of the night and wildlife signs. Free and open to the public.

• Public Star Gaze – July 20. Join the Stillwater Stargazers and explore the starry night sky on Saturday, July 20, 10 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Members will have their telescopes set up to answer questions.

This program is free and open to the public, following the night hike.

• Join us for View from the Vista at Brukner Nature Center – July 21. Brukner Nature Center will be having its View from the Vista on

Sunday, July 21, 2-4 p.m.

Join members of the Brukner Bird Club for a relaxing afternoon. Enjoy home-baked refreshments and the camaraderie of the Tree-top Vista as you learn all about our summer nesters.

This is the time of year that parents will be bringing their young to the feeders to teach them about this hot dining spot. Come discover how to tell the juvenile downy woodpeckers from the adults. Believe it or not the young have a red patch on the tops of their heads! How cool is that.

So come on out, enjoy the camaraderie in our cozy window on wildlife, but be careful ‘cause you just might get hooked on the fasting growing hobby in America.

All levels of birders welcome. Free and open to the public.

• Dine to Donate at Friendly’s to help support wildlife at Brukner Nature Center – July 24.

Brukner Nature Center will be having a Family Fun Night at Friendly’s located at 1901 W. Main St., Troy, on Wednesday, July 24, from 5-9 p.m.

Friendly’s will donate 10 percent of sales to the wildlife at Brukner Nature Center when you dine to support our cause. A flyer will need to be presented at checkout.

Flyers are available at our Interpretive Building, at our website www.bruknernaturecenter.com, by email info@bruknernaturecenter.com or by calling 937698-6493. This is good for dine-in or carryout.

Enter “The Twilight Zone” at Brukner Nature Center – Aug. 2, 7 at 10:30 p.m. You may be familiar with some nocturnal critters, and you’re certainly familiar with diurnal critters, but what about those critters most active in-between. Crepuscular critters are most active at down and dusk, so come join us as we explore the hustle and bustle of wildlife in the twilight zone.

The fee for this handson evening of exploration is just $10 for BNC Members and $15 for nonmembers. Registration and payment are due by 5 p.m. Monday, July 29.

PIQUA — The following programs and events are taking place in Piqua City Schools: • Building Project Update — Springcreek Primary School Construction Update: The concrete floor slab and the exterior walls of the two story classroom area are being built, the foundations for the entire building are complete and the underground storm piping and sanitary piping are being installed.

Plumbing and electrical rough-in piping is being installed. The mock up wall, used for quality control, is being built at the south side of the computer lab modular.

Washington Primary School Construction Update: The topsoil and fill material is stockpiled at the north side of the site and the underground storm water piping is installed. Abatement for the current building is underway. Reinforcing steel for the foundations is stockpiled on the east side of the site.

High Street/Washington Project Update: The electrical power, fire alarm and technology wiring are installed to the learning chalets located at the south side of High Street School. Covered walkways and ramps connecting the learning chalets to the current building are also installed.

• Education Funding — Due to legislation passed

by Congress and signed by President Obama, most federal education funding passed along to the state for Fiscal Year 2014 is being reduced by approximately 5.23 percent. This is due to two federal measures: 1) a 5 percent cut to federal education programs for Fiscal Year 2013 based on the automatic

spending reductions required under the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, also known as “sequestration;” and 2) a 0.2 percent across-the-board reduction to all federal spending under the 2013 federal budget continuing resolution. While the 5.23 percent is a general figure at the federal level, the percent of reductions to state and local school district awards will vary based on formula criteria. Piqua City School District is analyzing information from the state to measure the direct impact these reductions will have on the district for the 2013-14 school year.

• Kindergarten Screening for students entering Kindergarten for the 2013-14 school year will be held at Nicklin Learning Center on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 from 9 a.m.– noon. If you have not registered your child for Kindergarten, please contact Nicklin Learning Center at 773-4742 for additional information and a registration packet.

• Piqua Sports Apparel Sale at Miami Valley Centre Mall – Support the Piqua High School Athletic Department and buy sports apparel from the past. The sale will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17 and from 12-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.

Registration for all other grade levels for the 2013-14 school year is now in progress. Forms are available online at www.piqua.org. Contact the board of education office at 773-4321, extension 0501 if you have any quesregarding this tions process.

Applications available for Camp Courageous Program helps kids deal with grief MIAMI COUNTY — Generations of Life, a service of Hospice of Miami County, is currently accepting applications for Camp Courageous, a week-long day camp for children entering grades K-6 who are experiencing grief from the loss of a loved one. At Camp Courageous, children experience traditional camp activities such as swimming and recreation along with bereavement education and activities geared to help them process their grief.

In addition to trained

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“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus said to him, I say not to you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”

(Matthew 18:21-22 AKJV)

Commentary

No position in Syria ometimes it appears that everybody in Washington yearns for an action-hero president to make them feel important. That’s never more apparent than during a crisis like the Syrian civil war President Obama stands accused of “dithering” about.

Of course, his chief journalistic accusers are columnists Maureen Dowd and Charles Krauthammer, of the New York Times and Washington Post respectively. Dowd turns everything into a movie scenario.She wrote a column about George W. Bush’s 2003 “Mission Accomplished” aircraft carrier stunt that’s almost too embarrassing to quote.

“Out bounded the cocky, rule-breaking, daredevil flyboy, a man navigating the Highway to the Danger Zone,” Dowd wrote.“He flashed that famous all-American grin as he swaggered around the deck of the aircraft carrier in his olive flight suit,ejectionharnessbetweenhislegs,helmettuckedunderhis arm, awestruck crew crowding around.”

Sure, there was mockery in Dowd’s “Top Gun” take on Bush’s“joystick politics,” but hero-worship too.Here’s how her imaginary flyboy summed up America’s adventure in Iraq: “Aggression breeds patriotism, and patriotism curbs dissent. Aggression has made Democrats cower, the press purr and the world quake. Aggression -- you mark my words -- will not only save humanity, but it will soon color all the states Republican red.”

GENE LYONS So how did that work Columnist out?

Ten years later, Krauthammer thinks things would have worked out better if the U.S. still had troops occupying Iraq -- the better to menace Iran and Syria too,formerly Saddam Hussein’s job.Obama,he opines,“simply does not understand that ifAmerica withdraws from the scene,it creates a vacuum that invites hostile outside intervention. A superpower’s role in a regional conflict is deterrence.”

Also known as perpetual war in the Middle East.

Even Bill Clinton famously piled on,which is what set Dowd off. At a public forum in New York, he explained that Obama risked looking “like a total wuss” if he blamed opinion polls showing that 80 percent of Americans oppose U.S. intervention in Syria for his own indecisiveness.Clinton said that presidents sometimes have to act,“and hope to God you can sell it.”

It’s not clear that Clinton spelled out exactly what a takecharge guy like himself would be doing in Syria -- which may be a good thing,given his wife’s key role in the Obama administration’s wait-and-see policy.

Indeed,the former Secretary of State’s pronouncement at a 2012 conference in Istanbul that dictator Bashar al-Assad needed to leave Syria contributed mightily to the White House’s predicament. Taking sides in a sectarian civil war while refusing to get involved wasn’t terribly clever.That Clinton reportedly urged Obama to arm anti-Assad Sunni rebels makes the diplomatic blunder no less egregious.

Now that the Syrian dictator,with Russian and Iranian assistance,seemsonthevergeofdefeatinghisenemies,President Obama has agreed to provide small arms to rebel groups -something unlikely to prove decisive.

Asked how he imagined Syria after Assad, a rebel commander told the New York Times’ Bill Keller “maybe Somalia plus Afghanistan.” In short, chaos and slaughter, a horrifying prospect to the crusading editor, who nevertheless thinks Obama needs to get the U.S.more deeply involved in deciding which mob of Syrian religious fanatics gets to massacre its enemies.

Perhaps sensitive to criticism,President Obama gave an extraordinarily frank interview to CBS’s Charlie Rose.“This argument that somehow we had gone in earlier or heavier in some fashion,”he said,“that the tragedy and chaos taking place in Syria wouldn’t be taking place, I think is wrong.”

In essence, the president argues that there are no good options in Syria and never were.Would establishing a no-fly zone, for example, mean bombing Damascus? What about civilian casualties? And what happens if chemical weapons stored there get hit?

“Unless you’ve been involved in those conversations,” he said, “then it’s kind of hard for you to understand the complexity of the situation and how we have to not rush into one more war in the Middle East.”

In other words, no Barack Obama doll to match the official “TOP GUN George W. Bush 12-Inch Action Figure in Flight Suit” available from Amazon.com. Also, however, no 10-year occupation of Syria, no thousands of American dead and hundreds of billions of dollars lost in the desert.

Instead, Daniel W. Drezner argues in Foreign Policy, Obama’s stalling constitutes a kind of cynical realpolitikAmerican presidents can’t openly admit to practicing:“[t]his is simply the United States engaging in its own form of asymmetric warfare.For the low,low price of aiding and arming the rebels, the U.S. preoccupies all of its adversaries in the Middle East.”

Here’s what Obama ought to say, a friend wrote recently: “My fellow Americans. I don’t give a rat’s [posterior] who wins the civil war in Syria.And neither should you.Thank you and good night.”

In effect, he has.

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Beyond Orwell: What are the bounds of Obama’s spying? croachments on privacy.” o citizen is immune We Americans know how to the ceaseless scarily “modest” they are. dragnet surveillance Our next president of

by Barack Obama’s adminwhatever party is going to istration. have a lot of explaining to Among the revelations of do when dealing with Eurothe president’s boundless pean citizens’ abhorrence of surveillance, which also inbeing secretly classified in cludes reporters’ phone NAT HENTOFF such American databases as records, is this report on those of the National Secuhow We The People thereby Columnist rity Agency and the FBI. lose access to breaking As for members of the media and adnews affecting our lives: “Associated Press president Gary vocates of civil liberties, more of them Pruitt ... slammed the Department of are trying to pierce Obama and Holder’s Justice for acting as ‘judge, jury and ex- spy operations by engaging in powerecutioner’ in the seizure of the news or- fully detailed lawsuits over constituganization’s phone records and he said tional abuses by the administration, as some of the wire service’s longtime I’ll detail next week.

On June 10, the Obama administrasources have clammed up in fear” (“AP boss: Sources won’t talk anymore,” tion was targeted full-scale, according to Mackenzie Weinger, politico.com, June the Electronic Frontier Foundation: “A bipartisan coalition of 86 civil liberties 19).

Pruitt, whose speech at the National organizations and Internet companies -Press Club was covered by Politico’s including the Electronic Frontier FounWeinger, said “the chilling effect is not dation, reddit, Mozilla, FreedomWorks just at AP, it’s happening at other news and the American Civil Liberties Union organizations as well. Journalists from -- are demanding swift action from Conother news organizations have person- gress in light of the recent revelations ally told me it has intimidated sources about unchecked domestic surveillance” (“86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet from speaking to them.

“Now, the government may love this. I Companies Demand an End to NSA suspect they do. But beware the govern- Spying,” Rainey Reitman, eff.org).

In their open letter to all members of ment that loves secrecy too much.”

Meanwhile, more attention is being Congress, these 86 angry patriotic orpaid here to increasing anger among our ganizations resounded: “This type of European allies to the scope and depth blanket data collection by the governof Obama’s spying as revealed by Ed- ment strikes at bedrock American valward Snowden to Glenn Greenwald in ues of freedom and privacy. This dragnet surveillance violates the First and The Guardian.

For example, Agence France-Presse Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constirecently reported: “The EU has warned tution, which protect citizens’ right to President Barack Obama’s administra- speak and associate anonymously and tion of ‘grave adverse consequences’ to guard against unreasonable searches the rights of European citizens from a and seizures.”

The cost of another president leading huge U.S. Internet surveillance programme, officials said” (“EU warns U.S. us as a nation under ever more surveilof ‘grave consequences’ from intel scan- lance will be a future 9/11 in which the terrorists will have won -- even before all dal,” June 12).

The EU’s justice commissioner, Vi- the corpses they amass are counted.

Bear in mind that a majority of us reviane Reding, had written to Attorney General Eric Holder, AFP reported, re- elected Obama, our lead betrayer. Shall questing “‘swift and concrete’ answers we continue betraying ourselves?

As for Edward Snowden, the man who about the spy scheme.”

Basing her concerns on Snowden’s ex- helped cause this large-scale awakening posures in The Guardian, she sharply of the media, he is afraid. Not of his fate, challenged Holder (almost certainly to but that authorities “will come after my family, my friends, my partner,” he said. no avail), writing: “Programmes such as PRISM and the “Anyone I have a relationship with ... I laws on the basis of which such pro- have to live with that for the rest of my grammes are authorised could have life” (“Edward Snowden, NSA files grave adverse consequences for the fun- source: ‘If they want to get you, in time they will,’” Ewen MacAskill, damental rights of EU citizens.”

Furthermore, AFP reported, Reding guardian.co.uk, June 9).

Do you agree that this should be his asked Holder “whether EU citizens ... targeted by the U.S. programmes ... reward for telling the truth?

Next week: More Congressional rebelwould be able to find out whether their data has been accessed, and whether lions that should lead all presidential asthey would be treated similarly to U.S. pirants of both parties to tell us clearly and specifically what each of them will nationals in such cases.”

And dig this: In view of Holder’s do to overturn Obama’s betrayal of our chronic non-transparency to such ques- Constitution. tions, AFP reported that “the EU official Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned also warned that the European Parliament ‘is likely to assess the overall authority on the First Amendment and transatlantic relationship also in the the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the light of your responses.’”

But Obama characterizes these inci- Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is dents of spying as just “modest en- a senior fellow.

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‘Despicable 2’ is another zany escapade

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Mother-in-law’s nightly calls invade couple’s private times

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married 14 years. During that time her mother has called every single day.

Initially, I was OK with it because we were living in Florida and she was in Iowa. However, since we moved back to Iowa to be near her (we live three miles apart), she continues to call nightly. Sometimes she’ll call during dinner or during our “couple’s time” after the kids are asleep. I have expressed my dissatisfaction with this, particularly because my wife and MIL see each other and talk throughout the day.

Am I out of line to ask for family/couple time during which no outside calls come in, or am I being unreasonable? This is a UNIVERSAL PICTURES/AP PHOTO touchy subject, and I don’t This film publicity image released by Universal Pictures shows characters Lucy, voiced by Kristen Wiig, left, know how to resolve it to and Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, in “Despicable Me 2.” everyone’s satisfaction.

— BOTHERED IN THE HAWKEYE

BY MICHAEL RECHTSTATE SHAFFEN The Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stealing the moon can be a tough act to follow, as reformed criminal mastermind Gru and the creative team behind the $540-million-grossing 2010 smash “Despicable Me” discovered when it was time to dream up an encore.

After all, it was no mean feat to successfully juggle all that lunar lunacy with a delightful companion plot involving a trio of orphaned girls who, in turn, steal Gru’s heart. While the new edition doesn’t quite catch that inspired spark, there’s still plenty to enjoy here courtesy of those zippy visuals and a pitch-perfect voice cast led by the innately animated Steve Carell.

Expect the movie’s minions to once again turn up in droves in what is certain to be a stellar Fourth of July holiday weekend.

“Despicable Me 2” finds Carell’s Gru more or less embracing his newly domesticated life after adopting Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and little Agnes (Elsie Fisher), even swapping his more nefarious activities for a startup jelly-and-jam-making operation. But he soon finds himself in a stickier situa-

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This film publicity image released by Universal Pictures shows the minion characters in “Despicable Me 2.” tion when he’s dispatched by the top-secret Anti-Villain League to track down the perpetrator of a fresh heist involving a ginormous electromagnet.

Setting up an undercover operation in a mall cupcake shop, Gru is reunited with fresh AVL recruit Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig, formerly the proprietor of Miss Hattie’s Home for Girls), with his suspicions set on the gregarious owner of a Mexican restaurant (a terrific Benjamin Bratt), who bears a nagging resemblance to El Macho, a notorious villain believed to have perished while riding a shark into a volcano with 250 pounds of TNT strapped to his chest.

It’s those sort of details

that lend the “Despicable Me” franchise an irresistible Looney Tunesstyle nuttiness — one even more prevalent this time around in the absence of a more substantial plotline.

Still, returning directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud and the returning writing team of Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul again maintain the energy at a brisk, buoyant clip, while Carell and the rest of cast add an extra layer of dimension to those expressively drawn characters.

Also amusingly returning to the fold is Russell Brand as rickety resident mad scientist Dr. Nefario, Steve Coogan as AVL head honcho Silas Ramsbottom

and Ken Jeong as Floyd Eagle-san, now the owner of a wig store.

Back again to imbue the production with a pleasing visual and aural snap are production designer Yarrow Cheney and on-aroll Pharrell Williams, whose springy songs blend with Heitor nicely Pereira’s bright score.

Those who foolishly opt to leave at the start of the end credits will be missing out on another entertaining 3D demonstration again led by a handful of those wacky Minions.

“Despicable Me 2,” a Universal release, is rated PG for, according to the Motion Picture Association of America, “rude humor and mild action.”

Running time: 98 minutes.

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DEAR BOTHERED: With whom is this a touchy subject? Your wife?

Her mother? The two of them? Considering that your mother-in-law lives close by and that she and your wife talk during the day, they appear to be excessively dependent upon each other.

As a partner in your marriage, you have the right to a quiet family dinner and private time with your spouse. If your wife can’t bring herself to get that message across to her mother, then YOU should set a time after which “Mama” should refrain from calling unless it’s an emergency.

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There is also a gift shop where fans can buy Chima-themed Lego block sets and gladiator-like costumes worn by the characNEW YORK (AP) — Pierce Brosnan’s daughter has ters. Meet and greets with the characters will also be died from ovarian cancer, his publicist confirms.

Charlotte was 41 years old when she passed away plentiful.

The storyline, and the in London on June 28, after battling the disease for new park area, is a mar- three years. keter’s dream. Chima was Brosnan’s first wife Cassandra Harris, Charlotte’s initially a Lego product mother, also died from ovarian cancer in 1991. Harris’ line, and then a Cartoon mother died from the disease as well.

Network show and the People.com was first to report the story. In a statepark addition followed. A ment to People, Brosnan said his daughter “fought her 4-D movie based on the characters opened earlier cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity.” this year at the Florida He went on to say “we pray for her and that the cure and California Lego for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon.”

Charlotte is survived by a husband, Alex Smith, 14parks. year-old daughter, Isabella, and 8-year old son, Lucas.

Legoland Florida expands with World of Chima

BY TAMARA LUSH Associated Press WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — The world’s largest Lego theme park is expanding again, this time with a water ride, a splash zone and an interactive play area — all welcome activities for vacationing families in the Florida heat.

The World of Chima opens Wednesday at Legoland Florida. It’s a lushly landscaped area that immerses visitors in Chima, a swampy world populated by talking animal tribes that battle over Chi, or the world’s life

force. Main characters include Laval, a lion, and Cragger, a crocodile who has stolen the Chi. There are three main attractions in the new area: a water ride called The Quest for Chi, a splash zone called Cragger’s Swamp, and an area where kids can play with Speedorz, which are ripcord Lego vehicles used by the characters in Chima.

“We’re immersing families in a story line developed over years,” said Ethan Sack, senior director of marketing at the Lego Group.

Water is a huge theme in the new zone; the park

wasn’t kidding when it put up signs that read “You may get soaked” and “Soak Zone.”

Riders on The Quest for Chi board boats and use water cannons to soak other boats — and spray water and folks standing on the sidelines. The boats float gently past Mount Cavora, a floating waterfall looming over the new zone at 55 feet (17 meters) high. Then riders head into the jaws of Cragger the crocodile to experience more Chima worlds.

The ride was designed so practically the entire family can partake in the fun; only babies who can’t

Pierce Brosnan’s daughter dies of ovarian cancer

■ Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

Solve it

The Gerber Convention

Virtually all players use the Blackwood fournotrump convention to check on the number of aces (and/or kings) partner has when a slam is in the

offing. But in certain situations, the Gerber convention is better used for this type of inquiry.

Gerber is especially valuable when partner opens the bidding with one or two notrump, since a jump to four notrump over either opening would not be Blackwood. A fournotrump bid in these circumstances merely invites partner to bid a slam and has nothing to do with asking for aces. Gerber is therefore used as a substitute for Blackwood when the appropriate hand

comes along.

In Gerber, a jump to four clubs asks partner to show how many aces he has by responding in steps, as in Blackwood. Four diamonds shows no aces (or four), four hearts one ace, four spades two aces and four notrump three aces.

Today's hand provides a typical example. After North opens one notrump, South can easily visualize how many tricks his side can take by finding out how many aces North has.

So he jumps to four clubs, and North shows three

aces. South then leaps to six diamonds, knowing that regardless of which three aces his partner has, 12 tricks will be there for the taking.

Note that if North turned up with only two aces, South could safely settle in five diamonds. Finally, note that if South got greedy and gambled that 12 tricks could also be made at notrump, East's AK of spades would quickly put an end to that hope.

Tomorrow: Bidding quiz.

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Egypt military tightens grip ahead of deadline CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military moved to tighten its control on key institutions Wednesday, even putting officers in the newsroom of state TV, in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country’s Islamist president when an afternoon ultimatum expires.

Mohammed Morsi, sworn in a year ago as Egypt’s first freely elected president, has vowed not to step down in the face of millions of protesters in the streets in the biggest anti-government rallies the country has seen.

His Islamist supporters have vowed to resist what they call a coup against democracy, and have also taken to the streets by the tens of thousands. At least 39 people have been killed in clashes since Sunday, raising fears the crisis could further explode into violence The clock was ticking on the military’s deadline, expiring around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (1400-1500 GMT, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. EDT).

The military beefed up its presence inside the mammoth headquarters of state television on the banks of the Nile River in central Cairo. Crack troops were deployed in news-production areas. Officers from the army’s media department moved inside the newsroom and were monitoring output, though not yet interfering, staffers said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the arrangements.

The state TV is run by the information minister, a Muslim Brotherhood member put in the post by Morsi, and its coverage had largely been in favor of the government. But al-

ready in the past two days, the coverage saw a marked shift, with more balanced reporting showing the anti-Morsi protests along with pro-Morsi ones.

State radio has seen a similar shift.

The authoritative, staterun Al-Ahram newspaper — which also seemed to be following a military line — reported that the military had placed several leaders of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood under surveillance and issued a foreign travel ban on the Islamist group’s top leaders.

The head of the army, Defense Minsiter Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held a group meeting with leading reform advocate Mohammed ElBaradei, Egypt’s top Muslim cleric — Al-Azhar Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb — and Coptic Pope Tawadros II to discuss its political road map, a spokesman for the senior opposition National Democratic Front, Khaled Daoud, said on state TV. Also attending the meeting were a representative of the new youth movement behind this week’s protests and some members of the ultraconservative Salafi movements, a defense ministry official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Under a plan leaked to state media, the military would install a new interim leadership, the Islamist-backed constitution suspended and the Islamist-dominated parliament dissolved.

Even as the clock ticked down toward the military’s deadline, Morsi has remained defiant. In a speech late Tuesday night, he vowed not to step down and pledged to defend his legitimacy with his life in the face of the massive street protests.

At least 39 people have

died since the protests began on Sunday.

The looming showdown follows a night of deadly clashes in Cairo and elsewhere in the country that left at least 23 people dead, most in a single incident near the main Cairo University campus.

The bloodshed, coupled with Morsi’s defiant speech, contributed the sense that both sides are ready to fight to the end.

With his political fate hanging in the balance, Morsi demanded in a posting on his official Twitter account late Tuesday that the powerful armed forces withdraw their ultimatum, saying he rejected all “dictates” — from home or abroad. The army said if no agreement is reached between Morsi and the opposition it would intervene to implement a political road map of its own.

In his emotional, 46minute address aired live to the nation late Tuesday, the Islamist leader accused loyalists of his ousted autocratic predecessor Hosni Mubarak of exploiting the wave of protests to topple his regime and thwart democracy.

“There is no substitute for legitimacy,” said Morsi, at times angrily raising his voice, thrusting his fist in the air and pounding the podium. He warned that electoral and constitutional legitimacy “is the only guarantee against violence.”

The statement showed that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood are prepared to run the risk of challenging the army. It also entrenches the lines of confrontation between his Islamist supporters and Egyptians angry over what they see as his efforts to impose control through the Brotherhood and his failures to deal with the country’s multiple problems.

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280, or all dealing with the various issues of reehermon@ginghamsburg.org covery. The leaders of CR have numerous years experience in song leading Wet and wild night and public speaking.

Those interested in more information PIQUA — Piqua Nazarene Church, on CR, may go crsidney.com or email 400 S. Sunset Dr., will have a “wet and questions to crsidney@yahoo.com. wild” night for kids in grades K-6 from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday evening, July 10.

The Interior Ministry, in charge of the police, piled up the pressure on Morsi on Wednesday. It pledged in a statement to stand by and protect the protesters against violence.

As anti- and pro-Morsi supporters geared up for the fourth consecutive day of mass rallies Wednesday, it was clear that Egypt’s crisis has become a struggle over whether a popular uprising can overturn the verdict of the ballot box.

Mahmoud Badr, spokesman for Tamarod, or Rebel — the youth movement behind the latest wave of protests — called on anti-Morsi protesters to demonstrate outside three presidential palaces as well as the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard, an army branch tasked with protecting the president, his family and presidential palaces. Morsi is thought to have been working at the Republican Guard headquarters since the start of the protests.

Badr also called on the army to place Morsi under arrest for his alleged incitement to civil war.

“Today is the day of decisiveness,” Badr said at a news conference Wednesday.

Morsi’s opponents say he has lost his legitimacy through mistakes and power grabs and that their turnout on the streets over the past three days shows the nation has turned against him.

On Tuesday, millions of jubilant, chanting Morsi opponents again filled Cairo’s historic Tahrir Square, as well as avenues adjacent to two presidential palaces in the capital, and main squares in cities nationwide. After Morsi’s speech, they erupted in indignation, banging metal fences to raise a din, some raising their shoes in the air in a show of contempt.

“Leave, leave,” they

chanted.

The president’s supporters also moved out in increased marches in Cairo and other cities, and stepped up warnings that it will take bloodshed to dislodge him. While Morsi has stuck to a stance that he is defending democracy in Egypt, many of his Islamist backers have presented the fight as one to protect Islam.

On Monday, the military gave Morsi an ultimatum to meet the protesters’ demands within 48 hours. If not, the generals’ plan would suspend the Islamist-backed constitution, dissolve the Islamist-dominated legislature and set up an interim administration headed by the country’s chief justice, the state news agency reported.

The leaking of the military’s so-called political “road map” appeared aimed at adding pressure on Morsi by showing the public and the international community that the military has a plan that does not involve a coup.

Fearing that Washington’s most important Arab ally would descend into chaos, U.S. officials said

they are urging Morsi to take immediate steps to address opposition grievances, telling the protesters to remain peaceful and reminding the army that a coup could have consequences for the massive American military aid package it receives. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Morsi’s adviser Ayman Ali denied that the U.S. asked Egypt to call early presidential elections and said consultations were continuing to reach national conciliation and resolve the crisis. He did not elaborate.

The army has insisted it has no intention to take power. But the reported road map showed it was ready to replace Morsi and make a sweeping change in the ramshackle political structure that has evolved since Mubarak’s fall in February 2011.

The constitution and domination of the legislature after elections held in late 2011-early 2012 are two of the Islamists’ and Brotherhood’s most valued victories — along with Morsi’s election last year.

Smith serving Church of the Nazarene PIQUA — Pastor Mike Smith Jr., a recent graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University with a degree in Children’s and Youth Ministries, is now serving at Piqua Church of the Nazarene as their Minister to Families.

The Kid Life group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays and teens meet at 6 p.m. Sundays. For more details, con- SMITH tact the church at 778-0052, Pastor Mike at (937) 418-5170 or email: pastormike@piquanaz.com.

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■ At deadline, the Reds and Giants were tied 2-2.

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McGonagles finish high SPRINGFIELD — Mike McGonagle and his grandaughter Lyndi McGonagle recently placed high at the Natural Strength Association Open Nationals in Springfield Saturday.

Lyndi, competing for the first team after a threeyear break, won the junior division.

She had an 83-pound bench press, 154-pound dead lift and 273-pound total, all state records.

Mike competed in the Masters 3 Division, 165pound weight class.

He had a state-record 352-pound squat, 187pound bench press and 336-pound dead lift.

He took first in the dead lift and finished second overall.

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The Piqua High School uniforms will go on sale this August at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

Piqua uniforms to go on sale Event set for August at Miami Valley Centre Mall

Did you ever wonder what happens to those athletic uniforms that players no longer use?

At Piqua High School, those uniforms had always been kept in storage, Painting of Piqua Indian but that will change this Logos will begin next week summer. and run through Aug. 31.

There will be a special New logos are $25 and sale of all that sports aptouchups are $15. parel at the Miami Valley For more information, Centre Mall and it will be call Joe Thompson at 773- available at ridiculously 5131. low prices.

The sale will be held on Aug. 16-18.

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

All proceeds will support the girls basketball program throughout the season.

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

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Entry deadline is July 26.

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Trio cards 32 at Echo Hills Three threesome of Sandy Finkes, Clara Sowry and Marty Hemm combined for 32 to the win the Echo Hills Ladies League nine-hole scramble.

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"I had to get up pretty early," he said about his low-key celebration while speaking to the media at his cubicle in the Reds' clubhouse before Wednesday night's game against the Giants.

Former teammates who reached out to Bailey included pitchers Aaron Harang and Kent Mercker and outfielder Laynce Nix, he said, adding that Clemens, a special instructor in Houston's system, said he was going to show his young pitchers a video of Bailey's performance.

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Congratulated after no-hitter CINCINNATI (AP) — Homer Bailey didn't have much time Tuesday night to celebrate his second career no-hitter. He had to get up early Wednesday to tend to his horses.

Cincinnati's Texas-born right-hander celebrated his no-no against the San Francisco Giants by calling his family while listening to music, he said.

He also spent time answering more than 200 text messages from former teammates and current and former major-leaguers — including fellow Texan Roger Clemens — while squeezing in a visit to the two horses he stables locally.

To The Bucc Boosters Golf Scramble Supporters, We would like to send a big THANK YOU to everyone who supported this year’s Bucc Booster Golf Scramble fund raiser. Thanks to all of the volunteers and all of the sponsors who generously contributed to the success of the event.

All of the funds raised are used to support Covington athletes and athletic programs.

There were 100 golfers who participated in the event. Next year’s scramble will be held on June 21st at 8:00am at Echo Hills in Piqua.

Thanks again to the many volunteers who helped organize and run the event and to the generous sponsors below: Big Bucc Sponsor Minster Bank

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Celtics continue on youth movement Boston hires Butler coach BOSTON (AP) — The Green are getting greener.

With aging stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce on their way to the Brooklyn Nets and Doc Rivers coaching the Los Angeles Clippers, the Boston Celtics hired 36-year-old Brad Stevens from Butler as their next head coach Wednesday.

The move turns the tradition-bound franchise over to a mentor who is younger than Garnett and wasn't yet born when Bill Russell won his 11th NBA championship in 1969 (or even when John Havlicek added two more in the 1970s). It's the first time the Celtics have hired a college coach since Rick Pitino in 1997, and their first coach with no NBA experience of any kind since Alvin "Doggie" Julian gave way to Red Auerbach in 1950.

"Though he is young, I see Brad as a great leader who leads with impeccable

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Brad Stevens has been hired to coach the Celtics. character and a strong work ethic" Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said in a release.

"His teams always play hard and execute on both ends of the court. Brad is a coach who has already enjoyed lots of success, and I look forward to working with him towards Banner 18."

Stevens has spent the

last six years as the coach of Butler, leading the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championship games in 2010 and '11. He has a career winning percentage of .772 and never won fewer than 22 games in a season.

He takes over a team that is three seasons removed from an appearance in the NBA finals;

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the Celtics won their unprecedented 17th championship in 2008. But with Garnett and Pierce showing signs of slowing down in this year's playoffs, when Boston was eliminated by the New York Knicks in the first round, Ainge has decided to rebuild.

He allowed Rivers to take over the Clippers, extracting a first-round draft choice in return.

Amid last week's NBA draft, the Celtics and Nets agreed to a deal that would send Garnett and Pierce to Brooklyn in exchange for a package of players along with three first-round draft picks.

Now, Stevens will be the one to work with those young players.

"Our family is thrilled for the opportunity given to us by the leadership of the Boston Celtics, but it is emotional to leave a place that we have called home for the past 13 years," Stevens said in a release issued by the university. "We truly love Butler University and In-

dianapolis, and are very thankful to have had the opportunity to celebrate so many wonderful things together."

At Butler, Stevens was 166-49 — the most wins for any Division I coach in the first six years of his career. In 2009-10, the Bulldogs went 33-5, including the Horizon League's first 18-0 conference record, a 25-game winning streak and an appearance in the NCAA title game, where they lost to Duke 61-59 when a last-second, half-court shot bounced off the backboard and rim and out.

"Brad has given his talent to our university with exceptional generosity, integrity, and humility," Butler President James M. Danko said, calling Stevens "a beloved member of our community."

"We have done everything we can to keep Brad here at Butler; however, the Celtics team has offered Brad and his family a unique opportunity with which no university can compete."

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From silence to pure noise Murray rallies to semis LONDON (AP) — They sighed when Andy Murray faulted.

They stood and roared when he hit winners.

And when Murray dropped the first two sets of his Wimbledon quarterfinal Wednesday, the 15,000 Centre Court spectators were suddenly so silent that birds could be heard chirping.

By the time his five-set comeback was nearly complete, more than two hours later, the fans were greeting each point that went Murray's way with celebrations of the sort normally reserved for a championship. It's been 77 years since a British man won the country's Grand Slam tennis tournament, and thanks to the secondseeded Murray's 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory over 54th-ranked Fernando Verdasco, the locals still can hold out hope the wait will end Sunday.

First things first, of course. Murray, who is from Scotland, will play in the semifinals at the All England Club for the fifth consecutive year Friday, facing No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland. The other semifinal is No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia against No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.

There is no doubt who will be the recipient of the most boisterous support.

"Great atmosphere at the end of the match. ... I love it when it's like that.

It was extremely noisy," said Murray, who lost last year's Wimbledon final to Roger Federer. "They were right into it, pretty much every single point."

Murray needed to summon some pretty strong tennis, and plenty of grit, for his seventh career victory after facing a two-set deficit. He never panicked — no matter what all of his self-admonishing muttering and gesticulating looked like — and eventually figured out how to handle Verdasco's 130 mph serves and high-risk, high-reward style.

Murray's mother, British Fed Cup captain Judy Murray, called the match "one of the toughest to sit through."

"When you play more and more matches, and gain more experience, you understand how to turn matches around and how to change the momentum of games," Murray said.

"Maybe when I was

younger, I could have lost that match. But I think I've learnt how to come back from tough situations more as I got older."

He's only 26, but he truly has matured as a player over the past 12 months. After shedding tears following the 2012 Wimbledon final, Murray returned to the same spot four weeks later and beat Federer to win a gold medal at the London Olympics. Then, at the U.S. Open in September, he defeated Djokovic to win his first Grand Slam title.

Asked if his triumph in Flushing Meadows lessened the pressure to succeed at home, Murray said: "It's pretty much the same. Not a whole lot's changed."

Murray tries to avoid reading the coverage about him, but he can't help noticing newspapers left around the locker room.

Even British Prime Minister David Cameron took an interest, writing Wednesday morning on Twitter: "The sky over Downing St a little grey right now. Let's hope it clears up for @Andy_Murray to win at #Wimbledon.

Best of luck Andy."

Wednesday's other quarterfinals lasted a mere three sets each and the most compelling segments came at the very beginning of 2009 U.S. Open champion del Potro's 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5) win against No. 4 David Ferrer, and the very end of Janowicz's 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over 130th-ranked Lukasz Kubot in the first Grand Slam match between two men from Poland.

Janowicz, 22, reached his first major semifinal — the first for a man from his country — by pounding serves at a tournament-high 140 mph, compiling 30 aces, and saving all six break points he faced.

When it finished, Kubot walked around the net to Janowicz's side of the court and the pair of Davis Cup teammates and good pals enveloped each other in a warm embrace.

Then they yanked their white shirts off and exchanged them, the way soccer players trade jerseys after games.

Janowicz sat in his sideline chair, covered his face and sobbed.

Bailey Continued from page 7 good,'" Bailey said, quoting Clemens. "I said, 'Go ahead. They're not in our division anymore.'"

Houston was a Reds opponent in the NL Central before shifting to the American League this season.

Bailey hadn't seen any highlights of his performance, the 16th no-hitter in franchise history and one walk away from being a perfect game.

"I had the best seat in the house," he pointed out.

"I didn't need to watch TV. (High definition) can't do justice to where I was standing.

"When I talked to my dad, the first thing he said was, 'How'd it go tonight?

I recorded it and haven't had time to watch it yet,'" Bailey added, smiling. "He was joking."

Bailey, who pitched the final no-hitter of last season at Pittsburgh on September 28 before logging the first of this season, did not hear from his idol, Nolan Ryan — another hard-throwing Texas right-hander and the owner of a major-league

record seven no-hitters.

Ryan, now president of the Texas Rangers, was the last pitcher before Bailey to throw two consecutive no-hitters before another pitcher accomplished the feat. Ryan threw the last no-hitter in 1974 and the first in 1975.

Bailey's next scheduled start is Sunday against Seattle in Cincinnati, the same city where Reds lefthander Johnny Vander Meer threw the first of his two no-hitters in consecutive starts in 1938. Bailey doesn't like his chances of matching Vander Meer, who threw the second nohitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game at Ebbetts Field.

"It's happened once," Bailey pointed out. "There aren't too many things in the history of baseball that have happened only once. You can't go into the game thinking about it.

The first guy will probably get a hit, and that will be the end of it. Let me put it this way — If I were a better man, and I'm not, I wouldn't bet on it."

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

W 49 42 40 35 30

L 34 41 44 45 52

Pct .590 .506 .476 .438 .366

GB — 7 9½ 12½ 18½

W 51 49 48 35 33

L 31 33 36 46 49

Pct .622 .598 .571 .432 .402

GB — 2 4 15½ 18

W L Pct GB Arizona 42 41 .506 — 41 43 .488 1½ Colorado San Diego 40 44 .476 2½ Los Angeles 39 43 .476 2½ 39 44 .470 3 San Francisco Tuesday's Games Milwaukee 4, Washington 0 Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Arizona 1 Atlanta 11, Miami 3 Boston 4, San Diego 1 Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 0 Oakland 8, Chicago Cubs 7 L.A. Angels 5, St. Louis 1 Wednesday's Games Milwaukee at Washington Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Arizona at N.Y. Mets Miami at Atlanta San Diego at Boston San Francisco at Cincinnati L.A. Dodgers at Colorado Chicago Cubs at Oakland St. Louis at L.A. Angels Thursday's Games Milwaukee (D.Hand 0-1) at Washington (Jordan 0-1), 11:05 a.m.

Arizona (Kennedy 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 6-7), 1:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 5-4) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-3), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 2-11) at Pittsburgh (Cole 4-0), 1:35 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 6-6) at Boston (Webster 0-2), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 5-6) at Oakland (J.Parker 6-6), 4:05 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 2-5) at Colorado (Chacin 7-3), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 11-5) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 210), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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

W 51 47 45 44 41

L 34 37 39 39 42

Pct .600 .560 .536 .530 .494

GB — 3½ 5½ 6 9

W 45 44 38 36 33

L 38 38 42 44 47

Pct .542 .537 .475 .450 .413

GB — ½ 5½ 7½ 10½

L Pct GB W Oakland 49 35 .583 — Texas 48 35 .578 ½ 40 43 .482 8½ Los Angeles Seattle 36 47 .434 12½ Houston 30 54 .357 19 Tuesday's Games Detroit 7, Toronto 6 Boston 4, San Diego 1 Seattle 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 3 Tampa Bay 8, Houston 0 Oakland 8, Chicago Cubs 7 L.A. Angels 5, St. Louis 1 Wednesday's Games Detroit at Toronto Baltimore at Chicago White Sox San Diego at Boston Seattle at Texas Cleveland at Kansas City N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota Tampa Bay at Houston Chicago Cubs at Oakland St. Louis at L.A. Angels Thursday's Games San Diego (Stults 6-6) at Boston (Webster 0-2), 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Britton 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-2), 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland (U.Jimenez 6-4) at Kansas City (Shields 36), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 5-5) at Minnesota (Gibson 10), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 2-3) at Houston (Lyles 4-3), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 5-6) at Oakland (J.Parker 6-6), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 8-5) at Toronto (Rogers 3-3), 7:07 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 7-3) at Texas (M.Perez 2-1), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 11-5) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 210), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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

Boston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

MLB Leaders TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—YMolina, St. Louis, .347; Cuddyer, Colorado, .339; Segura, Milwaukee, .325; Votto, Cincinnati, .325; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .321; Craig, St. Louis, .320; Posey, San Francisco, .316.

RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 63; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 60; Holliday, St. Louis, 59; Votto, Cincinnati, 58; Choo, Cincinnati, 55; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 54; JUpton, Atlanta, 53.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 69; Craig, St. Louis, 63; Phillips, Cincinnati, 63; CGonzalez, Colorado, 60; DBrown, Philadelphia, 58; Bruce, Cincinnati, 56; FFreeman, Atlanta, 54.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 106; YMolina, St. Louis, 102; Votto, Cincinnati, 102; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 101; Craig, St. Louis, 99; GParra, Arizona, 98; Bruce, Cincinnati, 94; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 94; CGonzalez, Colorado, 94.

DOUBLES—YMolina, St. Louis, 26; Bruce, Cincinnati, 25; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 24; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 24; GParra, Arizona, 24; Rizzo, Chicago, 24; Posey, San Francisco, 23.

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, 22; DBrown, Philadelphia, 21; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 20; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 20; Beltran, St. Louis, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati, 18; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 31; Segura, Milwaukee, 24; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 23; Revere, Philadelphia, 20; Pierre, Miami, 18; CGomez, Milwaukee, 16; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 16.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 12-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 11-5; Lynn, St. Louis, 10-3; Corbin, Arizona, 9-1; Lee, Philadelphia, 9-2; Marquis, San Diego, 9-4; Maholm, Atlanta, 9-6.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 132; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 126; Samardzija, Chicago, 120; Lee, Philadelphia, 115; Wainwright, St. Louis, 114; HBailey, Cincinnati, 111; Latos, Cincinnati, 109.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 27; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 23; RSoriano, Washington, 21; Mujica, St. Louis, 21; Chapman, Cincinnati, 20; Romo, San Francisco, 19; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 16.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .368; CDavis, Baltimore, .329; HKendrick, Los Angeles, .323; Machado, Baltimore, .321; Pedroia, Boston, .321; DOrtiz, Boston, .320; Mauer, Minnesota, .318; Donaldson, Oakland, .318.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 65; CDavis, Baltimore, 60; Bautista, Toronto, 57; Trout, Los Angeles, 57; AJones, Baltimore, 56; Encarnacion, Toronto, 54; Machado, Baltimore, 53; Pedroia, Boston, 53.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 85; CDavis, Baltimore, 80;

Encarnacion, Toronto, 66; Fielder, Detroit, 63; NCruz, Texas, 61; AJones, Baltimore, 58; DOrtiz, Boston, 57.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 119; Machado, Baltimore, 116; Pedroia, Boston, 104; Trout, Los Angeles, 104; AJones, Baltimore, 102; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 102; Ellsbury, Boston, 100.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 38; CDavis, Baltimore, 25; Trout, Los Angeles, 25; Mauer, Minnesota, 24; Seager, Seattle, 23; 7 tied at 22.

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

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 31; MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; Encarnacion, Toronto, 23; ADunn, Chicago, 22; Cano, New York, 20; NCruz, Texas, 20; Ibanez, Seattle, 20.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 33; McLouth, Baltimore, 24; RDavis, Toronto, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 20; Kipnis, Cleveland, 19; AlRamirez, Chicago, 19; Altuve, Houston, 18.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 12-0; Colon, Oakland, 11-2; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 11-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 102; Masterson, Cleveland, 10-6; Buchholz, Boston, 9-0; 7 tied at 8.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 151; Scherzer, Detroit, 131; Masterson, Cleveland, 125; FHernandez, Seattle, 123; Verlander, Detroit, 114; Sale, Chicago, 114; Shields, Kansas City, 104.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 28; Rivera, New York, 27; Nathan, Texas, 27; AReed, Chicago, 22; Frieri, Los Angeles, 21; Perkins, Minnesota, 20; Balfour, Oakland, 20.

Tennis

Wimbledon Results Wimbledon Results Wednesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $34.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Juan Martin del Potro (8), Argentina, def. David Ferrer (4), Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3.

Jerzy Janowicz (24), Poland, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles Men Quarterfinals Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (12), Brazil, def.

James Blake, United States, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-5, 6-0, 6-7 (0), 6-4.

Women Quarterfinals Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (8), China, def.

Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 6-4, 7-5.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Kveta Peschke (7), Czech Republic, def. Nadia Petrova, Russia, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua (12), Australia, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (2), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (16), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 64.

Mixed Third Round Rohan Bopanna, India, and Zheng Jie (7), China, def.

Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1.

Horia Tecau, Romania, and Sania Mirza (2), India, def.

Eric Butorac, United States, and Alize Cornet, France, 61, 7-5.

Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Lisa Raymond (1), United States, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, and Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.

Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Kveta Peschke (11), Czech Republic, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and AnnaLena Groenefeld (5), Germany, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2.

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Kristina Mladenovic (8), France, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Cara Black (10), Zimbabwe, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, def. Scott Lipsky, United States, and Casey Dellacqua (13), Australia, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2.

John Peers and Ashleigh Barty, Australia, def. Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and Liezel Huber (6), United States, 6-4, 16, 6-2.

Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. David Marrero, Spain, and Kimiko DateKrumm (14), Japan, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-5.

Invitation Doubles Round Robin Gentlemen Greg Rusedski, Britain, and Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Justin Gimelstob and Todd Martin, United States, 61, 4-6, 12-10.

Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, and Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, and Chris Wilkinson, Britain, 6-4, 6-4.

Senior Gentlemen John and Patrick McEnroe, United States, def. Mansour Bahrami, Iran, and Henri Leconte (2), France, 6-1, 64.

Andrew Castle, Britain, and Guy Forget, France, def.

Peter Fleming and Johan Kriek, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Ladies Lindsay Davenport, United States, and Martina Hingis, Switzerland, def. Tracy Austin, United States, and Helena Sukova (1), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.

Lucie Ahl, Britain, and Magdalena Maleeva (2), Bulgaria, def. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

Rennae Stubbs, Australia, and Andrea Temesvari, Hungary, def. Conchita Martinez, Spain, and Nathalie Tauziat, France, 6-4, 6-3.

Junior Singles Boys Third Round Nikola Milojevic (2), Serbia, def. Enzo Couacaud, France, 7-5, 6-4.

Gianluigi Quinzi (6), Italy, def. Johan Sebastien Tatlot (10), France, 6-1, 6-1.

Chung Hyeon, South Korea, def. Nick Kyrgios (1), Australia, 6-2, 6-2.

Kyle Edmund (5), Britain, def. Jonny O'Mara, Britain, 6-3, 6-2.

Laslo Djere (4), Serbia, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Borna Coric (8), Croatia, def. Filippo Baldi (9), Italy, 64, 7-5.

Maximilian Marterer, Germany, def. Christian Garin (7), Chile, 6-3, 3-2, retired.

Stefan Kozlov, United States, def. Alexander Zverev (3), Germany, 1-6, 6-4, 4-0, retired.

Girls Third Round Ana Konjuh (2), Croatia, def. Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3.

Louisa Chirico (15), United States, def. Katerina Siniakova (3), Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Barbora Krejcikova (4), Czech Republic, def. Ipek Soylu (16), Turkey, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Belinda Bencic (1), Switzerland, def. Anett Kontaveit (13), Estonia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Elise Mertens (6), Belgium, def. Carol Zhao (9), Canada, 6-3, 7-5.

Taylor Townsend (5), United States, def. Karin Kennel (11), Switzerland, 6-3, 7-5.

Anhelina Kalinina (12), Ukraine, def. Anastasiya Komardina, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Jamie Loeb, United States, def. Alice Matteucci, Italy, 67 (5), 6-2, 6-3.

Junior Doubles Boys First Round Jay Andrijic and Bradley Mousley, Australia, def. Evan Hoyt, Britain, and Wayne Montgomery, South Africa, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, and Jorge Brian Panta (5), Peru, def. Hong Seong Chan and Kim Young Seok, South Korea, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.

Hugo Di Feo, Canada, and Mazen Osama, Egypt, def.

Pedro Cachin, Argentina, and Guillermo Nunez (4), Chile, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7), 6-3.

Kyle Edmund, Britain, and Frederico Ferreira Silva (1), Portugal, def. Daniel Windahl and Elias Ymer, Sweden, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def.

Rafael Matos and Marcelo Zormann, Brazil, 4-6, 6-3, 64.

Benjamin Bonzi and Quentin Halys, France, def. Christian Garin and Nicolas Jarry (3), Chile, walkover.

Maximilian Marterer, Germany, and Lucas Miedler, Austria, def. Samm Butler and Billy Harris, Britain, 6-4, 64.

Maxime Janvier, France, and Kamil Majchrzak, Poland, def. Luke Bambridge and Cameron Norrie, Britain, 6-1, 7-5.

Luca Corinteli, United States, and Lucas Gomez, Mexico, def. Chung Hyeon and Lee Duck Hee, South Korea, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Johannes Haerteis and Hannes Wagner, Germany, def. Cem Ilkel, Turkey, and Matej Maruscak, Slovakia, 63, 7-6 (1).

Laslo Djere, Serbia, and Martin Redlicki, United States, def. Jamie Malik and Robbie Ridout, Britain, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Maxime Hamou and Johan Sebastien Tatlot (2), France, def. Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Enzo Couacaud, France, and Stefano Napolitano, Italy, def. Naoki Nakagawa, Japan, and Gianluigi Quinzi (7), Italy, 6-4, 6-4.

Filippo Baldi and Matteo Donati, Italy, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, and Jonny O'Mara, Britain, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2.

Julian Cash and Joshua Sapwell, Britain, def. Stefan Kozlov and Spencer Papa, United States, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 64.

Girls First Round Kamonwan Buayam, Thailand, and Hsu Ching-wen, Taiwan, def. Deborah Chiesa, Italy, and Jana Fett, Croatia, walkover.

Kristina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, and Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungary, def. Marika Akkerman, Canada, and Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguay, 6-4, 7-5.

Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Petra Uberalova (2), Slovakia, def. Freya Christie and Gabriella Taylor, Britain, 6-1, 7-5.

Sandra Samir, Egypt, and Xu Shilin, China, def. Katherine Ip, Hong Kong, and Dasha Ivanova, United States, 75, 4-6, 6-1.

Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Ipek Soylu (3), Turkey, def.

Mami Adachi and Hikari Yamamoto, Japan, 7-5, 7-5.

Ioana Ducu, Romania, and Nina Stojanovic (5), Serbia, def. Laura Ucros, Colombia, and Constanza Vega, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4.

Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czech Republic, def. Katie Boulter and Isabelle Wallace, Britain, 6-0, 6-0.

Viktoriya Lushkova, Ukraine, and Ioana Loredana Rosca, Romania, def. Kyoka Okamura, Japan, and Johnnise Renaud, United States, 7-5, 6-2.

Giulia Pairone, Italy, and Alina Silich, Russia, def. Alice Matteucci, Italy, and Gabriela Pantuckova, Czech Republic, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Second Round Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves, Brazil, and Sara Tomic, Australia, def. Anna Brogan and Maia Lumsden, Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0.

Domenica Gonzalez, Ecuador, and Carol Zhao (4), Canada, vs. Harriet Dart and Lana Rush, Britain, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), susp., darkness.

Cycling

Tour de France Results Tour de France Results Wednesday At Marseille, France Fifth Stage A 142-mile rolling ride from Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille, with four minor climbs en route 1. Mark Cavendish, England, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 5 hours, 31 minutes, 51 seconds.

2. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, same time.

3. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, same time.

4. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto-Belisol, same time.

5. Robert Ferrari, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time.

6. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, same time.

7. Juan Jose Lobato, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.

8. Ramunas Navardauskas, Lithuania, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

9. Cyril Lemoine, France, Sojasun, same time.

10. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Movistar, same time.

11. Samuel Dumoulin, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

12. John Degenkolb, Germany, Team Argos-Shimano, same time.

13. Matteo Trentin, Italy, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

14. Danny van Poppel, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.

15. Simon Gerrans, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, same time.

16. Egoitz Garcia, Spain, Cofidis, same time.

17. Fabio Sabatini, Italy, Cannondale, same time.

18. Gert Steegmans, Belgium, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

19. Wouter Poels, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.

20. Julien El Fares, France, Sojasun, same time.

Also 37. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

85. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time.

142. Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

159. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 7:43 behind.

184. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSharp, 10:08.

Overall Standings (After five stages) 1. Simon Gerrans, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, 18 hours, 19 minutes, 15 seconds.

2. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica GreenEdge, same time.

3. Michael Albasini, Switzerland, Orica GreenEdge, same time.

4. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 1 second behind.

5. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

6. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, :03.

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

8. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procycling, same time.

9. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, :09.

10. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, same time.

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

12. Michael Rogers, Australia, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, same time.

13. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto-Belisol, :17.

14. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

15. Adam Hansen, Lotto-Belisol, same time.

16. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

17. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

18. Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time.

19. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, :20.

20. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, same time.

Also 28. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, :26.

96. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSharp, 10:25.

106. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 13:47.

Basketball

WNBA Glance WNBA Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct 10 1 .909 Atlanta Chicago 7 4 .636 New York 5 5 .500 5 6 .455 Washington Connecticut 3 7 .300 Indiana 3 7 .300 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota 7 3 .700 8 4 .667 Phoenix Los Angeles 6 4 .600 Seattle 5 6 .455 3 7 .300 San Antonio Tulsa 3 11 .214 Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Connecticut 88, Tulsa 69 Seattle 69, Chicago 60 Phoenix 94, New York 87 Los Angeles 96, Minnesota 66 Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Thursday's Games New York at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.

GB — 3 4½ 5 6½ 6½ GB — — 1 2½ 4 6

Soccer

MLS Glance Major League Soccer¢ All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Montreal 9 4 2 29 27 New York 8 6 4 28 25 Philadelphia 7 5 5 26 27 Sporting KC 7 5 5 26 23 Houston 6 6 5 23 19 New England 5 5 6 21 19 Columbus 5 7 5 20 21 Chicago 5 7 3 18 15 Toronto FC 2 8 6 12 14 D.C. 2 12 3 9 8

GA 21 22 26 17 18 14 21 21 21 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake 10 5 3 33 27 16 Portland 7 1 9 30 28 16 FC Dallas 8 3 6 30 27 22 Vancouver 7 5 4 25 26 24 Los Angeles 7 7 3 24 25 21 Colorado 6 7 5 23 21 22 Seattle 6 5 3 21 19 17 San Jose 5 7 6 21 18 27 Chivas USA 3 10 3 12 15 31 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday's Games Montreal at Toronto FC San Jose at Chicago Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake D.C. United at Seattle FC Thursday's Games Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

New York at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 6 San Jose at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 9 p.m.

Seattle FC at Vancouver, 11 p.m.

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You'll enjoy talking to everyone as well as reading little bits of information because today you want to know everything!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Trust your moneymaking ideas, because you might come up with something original and different today. If shopping, you might buy something high-tech or perhaps something modern for your home.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The Moon is in your sign today, which makes you frisky and energetic. You might be a bit more emotional than you usually are in your response to others; but the good news is you also feel lucky!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) If you can cocoon or hide today, you will enjoy it because you need to get away from the busyness of life around you. Seek out some quiet moments to replenish your energy. We all need to take time to restore our souls.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Enjoy schmoozing with others today, especially in group situations. A conversation with a female companion could be significant. Remember to listen as well as talk.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Private details about your personal life might be made public today. (Oh my.) Do you need to do some damage control?

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Because you are hungry for adventure and a chance to learn something new, do something different today. Go someplace you've never been before. Be bold!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a good day to discuss how to share something or how to address issues regarding jointly held property.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) With the Moon opposite your sign today, be prepared to compromise. Tolerance and patience will win your day.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Discussions with a family member (probably female) will be significant today. You will see that two heads are better than one when it comes to finding clever solutions.

YOU BORN TODAY You lead an interesting, fascinating life because you are both interesting and interested.

You love variety, and you like characters. You also know how to move when opportunity presents itself. No matter what you do, you express yourself with flair and verve. This year, something you've been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for something new.

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Delay stirs broader fears about Obama health law

BY RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sudden delay of a major part of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul is raising questions about other potential problems lurking in the homestretch.

The requirement that many employers provide coverage is just one part of a complex law. But its oneyear postponement has taken administration allies and adversaries alike by surprise.

White House officials said Wednesday that the delay was firm and won’t be extended after a year and that the overhaul will still be fully implemented by the time Obama leaves office. But the officials, who were not authorized to discuss internal deliberations on the record and spoke only on condition of anonymity, wouldn’t rule out delays or tweaks to other provisions.

The White House action means that some companies that would have offered health insurance next year to avoid fines will not do so now. They’re mainly firms with many low-wage workers, such as restaurants, hotels and temporary staffing companies. The workers, however, will still be able to get coverage. Many may qualify for subsidized insurance through new marketplaces to debut Oct. 1, less than three months away.

The fact that new problems are popping up at this late stage could be a sign of additional troublesome issues ahead. It underscores a recent warning by the Government Accountability Office that the “timely and smooth” rollout of the new insurance markets can’t be guaranteed, partly because much of the technology to run them hasn’t been fully tested.

The timing of the announcement was also widely mentioned.

“It’s understandable that when you announce a change in the law just before the Fourth of July holiday, it raises questions,” said Drew Altman, president of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. “Critics will jump on it and use it as more ammunition against the law.” The foundation is a research group that has closely followed the evolution of the health law since it was signed in 2010.

The development was seen as noteworthy by both critics and allies of the new law.

“We are concerned that

the delay further erodes the coverage that was envisioned,” said Rich Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospital Association, which has supported the Affordable Care Act. Just over a week ago, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius officially launched the 100-day countdown to the new insurance markets. Uninsured Americans in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., will be able to shop online for health plans, and most will get government subsidies to pay their premiums for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1.

In an upbeat talk to reporters, Sebelius gave no inkling the administration was about to slam the brakes on a major provision.

Former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt says the administration may have come to a point where officials realize they can’t get everything to line up the way it was envisioned in the highly complicated legislation, and they’ll start to delay, change or jettison parts of it.

“The administration is clearly feeling disruptive vibrations and realizes too many things are happening at once,” said Leavitt, who oversaw the initially chaotic launch of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for President George W. Bush. They are “wisely seeking to reorder priorities,” he added.

Leavitt said he sees the delay of the employer (OOTC:EPLI) requirement as a win-win. On a practical level, it gives employers and government regulators more time to work out difficult issues, and politically the administration appears reasonable by listening to critics at the risk of being criticized by others for the delay. Democrats running for congressional seats next year are probably thankful the issue may be muted.

But Leavitt says he also suspects it won’t be the last surprise.

“As time frames close in, optimism is inevitably confronted by realism,” he said. “This will likely not be the last audible called at the line of scrimmage.”

Perhaps most vulnerable: the highly touted online enrollment capability of the new insurance markets. If that doesn’t perform as advertised, consumers may have to get on the phone to apply, or use the mail.

Administration officials insist the rest of the law is humming along.

White House senior ad-

viser Valerie Jarrett wrote in her blog that the administration is “on target” to open the new health insurance markets and it’s “full steam ahead.” The White House says there are no plans to delay the requirement that virtually all individuals must have health insurance by Jan. 1.

Indeed, the employer requirement was never seen as one of the main engines of Obama’s law, which is eventually expected to provide coverage for 25 million to 30 million uninsured people.

The two parts of the law driving increased coverage are subsidized private insurance for middle-class people who don’t have coverage on the job, and an expansion of Medicaid geared to reaching low-income adults.

The Medicaid expansion already has run into trouble. With more than half the states either rejecting the expansion or still undecided about it, 9.7 million uninsured lowincome people may not get the coverage they would be entitled to next year.

That would have a much bigger impact than the delay of the employer requirement.

The so-called employer mandate requires companies with 50 or more employees working 30 or more hours a week to offer coverage or face a series of fines. Companies below that size, which account for the vast majority of U.S. businesses, are under no obligation to offer coverage. And, among those subject to the requirement, 95 percent already do provide health benefits, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Still, the 5 percent that don’t offer coverage account for a lot of jobs, said Ed Fensholt of the Lockton Companies, a Kansas City, Mo., benefits consulting firm that advises many medium sized companies. Some firms were looking to limit employee hours to avoid the requirement, while others were trying to stay below the 50-employee mark.

Fensholt said he talked to a client in the restaurant business Wednesday who estimated the oneyear delay in the employer requirement will save his company $5 million.

The White House says it hopes many companies will expand coverage next year even if they are not legally required to do so.

Fensholt says he doubts that will happen.

“How do you go to your shareholders and say ‘We just spent millions we didn’t have to spend?’” he said.

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Job reports point to solid hiring in U.S. in June

BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies stepped up hiring last month, a private survey showed Wednesday. And the government says fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week.

The latest data point to steady job growth, an encouraging sign ahead of Friday’s government report on June employment.

The brighter hiring outlook also helped stocks end the day higher. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 56 points.

Further job gains could lower the unemployment rate, which is still high at 7.6 percent, and help economic growth rebound in the second half of the year.

If growth accelerated and unemployment fell, the Federal Reserve might

start to scale back its bond purchases before the year ends.

“The labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of the economy right now,” Ethan Harris, global economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said.

Economists forecast that the June jobs report will show employers added 165,000 jobs. That’s roughly in line with the average of 175,000 jobs a month the economy has gained in the past 12 months. The unemployment rate is expected to remain 7.6 percent. That’s down from 8.2 percent a year ago.

Wednesday’s reports had some economists suggesting that the June job gains could be higher than forecast.

Payroll provider ADP said businesses added 188,000 jobs in June, up from 134,000 in May and

the most since February.

Construction firms added 21,000 jobs, a sign the housing recovery is boosting hiring. Small businesses those with less than 50 employees added 84,000 jobs.

ADP’s survey has frequently diverged from the government’s figures. In three out of the past four months, it has been lower than the official figures. That could be a sign that Friday’s figure will be much higher than forecast.

But it could also simply mean that ADP’s figures are “catching up” with gains reported by the Labor Department in the previous months.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 343,000 last week, the Labor Department said in a second report.

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Letters by John Paul Jones surface in S.C.

BY BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When John Paul Jones famously said “I have not yet begun to fight,” he certainly had begun to write as evidenced by letters from the noted captain that recently surfaced at the Charleston Library Society.

The library has 11 letters totaling 13 pages by the famous Revolutionary War captain many consider the father of the United States Navy.

The letters were written in 1777, two years before Jones is credited with making the defiant taunt in the fight between his ship, the Bonhomme Richard, and the HMS Serapis during the war.

They were donated to the library in the 1830s but resurfaced only recently.

“They had completely fallen out of institutional memory,” said Rob Salvo, the library’s assistant librarian.

The letters provide a rare glimpse at correspondence between Jones and officials of the fledgling government as the nation tried to build a Navy.

Many are addressed to Joseph Hewes, then secretary of the Navy. One was written to Benjamin Franklin, in France at the time, and inquires about the possibility of getting French-built ships.

“At present we have no Navy System or Board of Admiralty without which we can never have a respectable Navy,” Jones wrote in one letter. In another, he outlines “A plan

for the regulation and equipment of the Navy.” In it he suggests three shipyards be built one in New England, one in the Middle Atlantic states and one in the South.

They also depict a man who wasn’t reticent about extolling his own virtues.

“I am determined never to draw my sword under command of any man who was not in the Navy as early as myself, unless he has merited a preference by his Superior Services and abilities,” Jones writes in one letter.

As to serving under such an officer, Jones writes in another “I would lay down my life for America but I cannot trifle with my Honor.”

Jones, born in Scotland in 1747 the son of a gardener, served on merchant vessels before coming to Virginia in 1773 to take control of the estate of his brother who had died. Two years later he joined the fledgling American Navy.

His most famous exploit was the battle with the Serapis off the English coast in which Jones, outgunned, managed to lash the ship and his Bonhomme Richard together to continue the fight with small arms. He eventually forced the captain of the British vessel to surrender. After the war he served in the Russian Navy. He died in Paris in 1792 at the age of 45.

His letters resurfaced when the local chapter of the Naval Order of the United States, hosting the organization’s national conference in Charleston this fall, was looking for a venue for its gathering

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The signature of John Paul Jones appears at the bottom of a letter he wrote in 1777, displayed at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C. The Library Society has had the letter and 10 others from Jones in its collection since the 1830s. and approached the Library Society.

That’s when Library Executive Director Anne Cleveland mentioned to organizers the library’s John Paul Jones collection. But beyond a brief in a card catalog, no one was really familiar with exactly what was contained in the letters.

“We vaguely knew we had them. But we had done nothing to share it, talk about it or promote it.

We hadn’t even looked at the content of the letters that closely,” Salvo said.

The library is thought to have as many as 110,000 volumes, but the number is not clear be-

cause most of the volumes are listed in old card catalogs. The library has embarked on a multi-year effort to completely tally its collection and catalog it on an electronic database.

The volumes are on all subjects with some in the natural history collection dating to the 1600s. The library’s oldest book is a 1492 Bible. In addition to the Jones letters, the library also has letters written by George Washington and Confederate Gen. P.G.T Beauregard whose troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to begin the Civil War. The John Paul Jones

letters were donated in the early 1830s by a Charleston resident, E.R. Shubrick.

“Shubrick was a fairly prominent captain in the Navy and had his own naval history collection,” Salvo said. He said it’s not clear how Shubrick came by the letters but that John Paul Jones was still lionized by the public a half century after the war.

“Everyone still knew Jones and his importance,” he said. “He was cocky and brazen and if he had not been able to back up some of the things he said about himself, he would have been a loser.

But he was a hero.”

The letters are written cleanly, with no corrections or strikeouts, added Don Campagna, a member of the local chapter of the Naval Order.

“It was a time of oratory and people just wrote and talked from the heart. It’s brash of a military officer to say something unflattering to someone who, by rank, is a superior,” he said.

The letters will be on display when about 150 people attend the Order’s conference. The Naval Order of the United States was founded in 1890 by descendants of New England sailors who fought in the Revolution.

Investigators to examine why Ariz. blaze killed 19

BY BOB CHRISTIE, MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AND TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators from across the U.S. poured into the mountain town of Yarnell on Tuesday to figure out why 19 elite firefighters perished in an out-of-control wildfire and whether human error played a role in the tragedy.

The monthslong investigation into the nation’s biggest loss of firefighters since 9/11 will look at whether the Hotshot crew paid attention to the forecast, created an escape route and took other precautions developed after a similar disaster in Colorado nearly two decades ago.

The team of about 10 investigators from various agencies also will look at whether the crew should have been pulled out before the fire exploded.

Within hours Sunday, violent wind gusts turned what was believed to be a relatively manageable lightning-ignited forest fire into a death trap that left no escape.

In a desperate attempt at survival, the firefighters unfurled their foil-lined emergency shelters, but those offer only limited protection when in the direct path of a raging fire.

The federal government overhauled its safety procedures following the deaths of 14 firefighters on Colorado’s Storm King Mountain in 1994. Investigators found numerous errors in the way the blaze was fought.

“The reforms after Storm King were collectively intended to prevent that from happening again, which was mass entrapment of an entire Hotshot crew,” said Lloyd Burton, professor of environmental law and policy at the University of Colorado.

“There are so many striking parallels between this tragedy and what happened on Storm King in 1994, it’s almost haunting.”

Those changes included policies under which no firefighters should be deployed unless they have a safe place to retreat.

They must also be continuously informed of changing weather.

“If you don’t have those things in place, it’s not advisable to deploy a team in the first place, because you can’t guarantee their safety,” Burton said.

The Hotshot team based in Prescott entered the smoky wilderness over the weekend with backpacks, chainsaws and other heavy gear to remove brush and trees and deprive the flames of fuel.

But the blaze grew from 200 acres to about 2,000 in a matter of hours as “the wind kicked up to 40 to 50 mph gusts and it blew east, south, west — every which way,” said Prescott City Councilman Len Scamardo.

“What limited information we have was there was a gust of wind from the north that blew the fire back and trapped them,” Scamardo said.

With the investigation just beginning, it’s not clear what help water- or retardant-dropping aircraft could have provided for the doomed crew.

One contractor, Neptune Aviation Services, had three aerial tankers making drops on the fire earlier in the day.

But at the time the firefighters died, the planes had been grounded because of treacherous conditions, said chief executive Ronald Hooper.

“It wasn’t safe for them to be in the air at that time,” Hooper said. There were “severe winds, erratic winds and thunderstorms in the area.”

However, government dispatch logs show at least two other planes were flying over the fire at the time, one large tanker and one small one. There was also at least one firefighting helicopter in the air early Sunday afternoon.

Dick Mangan, a retired U.S. Forest Service safety official and consultant, said it is too early to say if the crew or those managing the fire made mistakes.

“The fact that they’re dead and that they had to deploy fire shelters tells us that something was seriously wrong,” Mangan said. But then again, he said, they may have been doing everything right, and “this just might have been a weather anomaly that nobody saw coming that happened too quickly to respond to.”

He said the crew members may have taken too many risks because they were on familiar ground and were trying to protect a community they knew well.

“When you’ve got especially structures and residences involved, and you’ve got local resources, there’s a fair amount of social and political pressure, some of it self-generated by the fire-

fighters, who want to do a good job,” Mangan said. “They don’t want to see a community burn down. They want to get in there.”

A team of fire officials drawn from across the country by Atlanta NIMO, or National Incident Management Organization, arrived in the area Tuesday to find out exactly what went wrong.

They plan to make their way into the charred fire scene and issue a preliminary report in the coming days, said Mary Rasmussen, a spokeswoman for the Southwest Area Incident Management Team.

On Tuesday, about 500 firefighters battled the mountain blaze, which had burned about 13 square miles. Yavapai County authorities said about 200 homes and other structures burned in Yarnell, and hundreds of people have been evacuated.

Wind even more powerful than the gusts that hit Sunday were forecast for Tuesday and could reach 80 mph, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Wallmann.

No part of the fire had been contained, and thunderstorms that could bring little rain and lots of lightning remained a major threat, said Karen Takai, a spokeswoman for the firefighting effort.

Takai said the firefighters know how to stay focused on their task, even while battling their grief.

“You got to get back on track, and they know that,” Takai said.

Law requires Chinese to visit their aging parents

BY LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Mothers and fathers aren’t the only ones urging adult children to visit their parents. China’s lawbooks are now issuing the same imperative.

New wording in the law requiring people to visit or keep in touch with their elderly parents or risk being sued and facing penalties came into force Monday, as China faces increasing difficulty in caring for its aging population.

It remains to be seen how much the amended law changes the status quo, however. Elderly parents in China already have been suing their adult children for emotional support, and the new wording does not specify how often people must visit or clarify penalties for those who do not.

In the first ruling since the new wording, a court in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi ordered a couple to visit the woman’s mother or face possible fines — and even detention.

One of the drafters, Xiao Jinming, a law professor at Shandong University, said the new law was primarily aimed at raising awareness.

“It is mainly to stress the right of elderly people to ask for emotional support. ... We want to emphasize there is such a need,” he said.

Cleaning lady Wang Yi, 57, who lives alone in Shanghai, said the new law is “better than nothing.” Her two sons work several hundred kilometers (miles) away in southern Guangdong province and she sees them only at an annual family reunion.

“It is too little, for sure. I think twice a year would be good,” she said. “We Chinese people raise children to take care of us when we are old.”

Later Monday, the court in Wuxi ruled that a woman and her husband must visit her 77-year-old mother — who lives 40 kilometers (25 miles) away — at least once every two months in addition to mandatory holiday visits, or face possible fines and detention, according to the state-run People’s Court Daily.

China’s legislature amended the law in December following frequent reports of elderly parents neglected by their children. It says offspring of parents older than 60 should see that their daily, financial and spiritual needs are met.

Although respect for the elderly is deeply engrained in Chinese society, three decades of market reforms have accelerated the breakup of China’s traditional extended family, and there are few affordable alternatives, such as retirement homes.

Xiao said even before the Law of Protection of Rights and Interests of the Aged was amended, there were several cases of elderly parents suing their children for emotional support. Court officials generally settle such cases by working out an arrangement for sons or daughters to agree to visit more frequently. Typically, no money is involved.

The number of people aged 60 and above in China is expected to jump from the current 185 million to 487 million, or 35 percent of the population, by 2053, according to figures from the China Na-

tional Committee On Aging. The expanding ratio is due both an increase in life expectancy — from 41 to 73 over five decades — and by family planning policies that limit most urban families to a single child.

Rapid aging poses serious threats to the country’s social and economic stability, as the burden of supporting the growing number of elderly passes to a proportionately shrinking working population and the social safety net remains weak.

Zhang Ye, a 36-year-old university lecturer from eastern Jiangsu Province, said the amended law was “unreasonable” and put too much pressure on people who migrate away from home in search of work or independence.

“For young people who are abroad or work really far away from their parents, it is just too hard and too expensive to visit their parents,” she said. “I often go to visit my parents and call them ... (but) if a young person doesn’t want to, I doubt such a law will work.”