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Fort Hood victims want shooting designated terror

MIAMI COUNTY — When then-8-year-old Mike Hemmelgarn first saw ventriloquist Jimmy Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan admits pulling out a pistol, shout- Nelson — well-known for his Nestle commercials ing “Allahu akbar” (God is great) with his puppet Farfel the and opening fire on unarmed Dog — he was hooked for people, killing 13 of them. All, he life. says, in an effort to stop them “For some reason, he from going to Afghanistan and killcaptured my imaginaing his fellow Muslims. tion. Then, my parents Concluding he was on the “wrong side” in America’s war, he bought me his album, told jurors at his court-martial that Instant Ventriloquism for Christmas, so it’s always he switched sides. been an interest,” said So, victims and others are demanding, why is the November Hemmelgarn, who will bring his comical blend of 2009 attack at Fort Hood being ventriloquism, juggling, tried as a case of workplace violence and not as an act of terror? magic and balloon sculpting to the Miami County Military law expert Scott L.

Fair entertainment tent for a Kids’ Day show at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Hemmelgarn’s first dummy, a wooden puppet named Bob, was earned by going door-to-door selling newspaper subscriptions.

Now he boasts a diverse array of “MannequinAmericans,” as he jokingly calls them, including two he’s bringing to the fair performance: Rosie, a 92-year-old spinster, and a new character, Bongo, a monkey that Hemmelgarn describes as “kind of a wild man.”

“He’s kind of spastic and disjointed and all over the place. You never know what he’s going to say,” Hemmelgarn explained.

Though his puppets are technically inanimate objects dependent upon www.mikehemmelgarn.com him to bring them to life, Mike Hemmelgarn, a ventriloquist, juggler and magician, audiences nevertheless connect to them as if they banters with Rosie, one of the puppets he’ll bring to his show at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Miami County Fair. were real.

“I think every charac- Hemmelgarn tailors his A graduate of Wright ter, if you do a good job shows to suit specific State University who of creating it, has a little audiences. He said those lives in Springfield, humanity in it. Even if it’s who attend his show at Hemmelgarn works a day a monkey, there are things the Miami County Fair can job as a contract negotiaabout him, things he does expect it to be “fast-paced, tor at Wright-Patterson Air and says, that people can high energy, with lots of Force Base, a position that relate to,” Hemmelgarn variety.” gives him flexibility to persaid. “I think if you do a “The show at the fair form between 150 and 200 good job at any art form, will be for a family audi- shows per year. the puppets become believ- ence, with a lot of things Following the fair, able and that adds to the the adults will like as well. Hemmelgarn will return to magic.”

Though I may tailor some the area Labor Day weekBecause he performs at jokes to appeal to the end for a performance venues including schools, sophistication of adults, at the Piqua Heritage libraries, fairs, festivals my shows are always Festival. bpaschal@civitasmedia.com and corporate banquets, clean,” he said.

Silliman says the answer is simple.

Because the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not have a punitive article for “terrorism.”

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Area farms to be highlighted by fair photo project Alyssa Reck Staff Writer

Pilot survives second crash

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a tour of East Coast colleges.

The pilot, Bill Henningsgaard, was presumed killed along with his son, Maxwell, and two children who were inside a house struck by the small propeller-driven Staff Photo/Anthony Weber plane on Friday. Four bodies were recovered from the wreckage and Samantha Durst, Alek Fine and Ella Comer participate in the three and under class during the Pee Wee Show inside the Swine Arena Saturday at the Miami County Fair. sent to the Connecticut medical examiner’s office on Saturday for identification, officials said.

Henningsgaard, a highly regarded philanthropist, was flying a small plane to Seattle in 2009 with his mother when the engine quit.

He crash-landed on Washington’s Columbia River.

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MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County’s little pork producers whipped around the show-ring, showing off their pig tails and pig skills in the annual pee-wee showmanship show at the Miami County Fair on Saturday.

When the showmanship judge asked 3 year-old Alek Fine if he was going to raise hogs one day, the youngest showmanship winner quickly answered, “You bet!”

Pee-wee showmanship winners included: Dylan Howellowell, 4; Rhylee Eichhorn, 5; Allyson Steinman, 6; Mayrn Gross, 7 and Trenton Maxon, 8.

Rhylee Eichhorn, 6, of Casstown, shared her trophy with her gilt named “Jewels.”

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“I had to work hard on my pig,” she said. “I handled it in front of the judge. Showmanship is important so the judge can see you show your pig.”

Eichhorn said she helps feed pigs with her dad on their farm.

“It’s really fun to be in the show ring and I like showing for fun,” Eichhorn said.

Maryn Gross won the 7 year-old division of the pee-wee showmanship with her pig “Fat Amy.” “You have to tap the pig on its side and you got to turn it,” Gross said, sharing her showmanship secrets.

“You’re supposed to show the pig between me and the judge.”

What’s Gross’ favorite part of the Miami County Fair?

“To do a good job and have fun and be with family and friends,” she said.

Brother and sister showman Ella,

WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk.

There was hope for movement on a deficit deal with Republicans, and in the optimistic early days of his second term, even a belief that he would have achieved stricter gun laws.

Instead, Obama finds his fifth year in office beset by distractions, perhaps none with broader implications than the revelation of secret government surveillance programs.

That matter dominated Obama’s hourlong news conference Friday. The issues that the White House had hoped to be

3, and Adrien Comer, 6, were division runners-up on Saturday morning, showing their pig “Pinky.”

“I walked him in the ring,” Ella said. “I like pigs — they taste good!”

Adrien shared his tricks of the trade on how to show “Pinky.”

“You tap them so they move around and always look at the judge,” Adrien said. “My favorite part was getting the cool ribbon.”

“Bacon and Eggs” did well in the show ring for Elisabeth Norman of Casstown.

“I have to keep up and stay with it,” Norman said. When asked what inspired the name of her pig, Norman candidly said “because bacon tastes good with eggs.”

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promoting this summer? They played a diminished role, if at all.

The president set the tone, opening the session by announcing that he would work with Congress to make “appropriate reforms” to the National Security Agency surveillance programs.

He also made clear that he had no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans’ phone records.

“Given the history of abuse by governments, it’s right to ask questions about surveillance, particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives,” he said, one day before leaving for a weeklong vacation on Martha’s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast.

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MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County Master Gardener volunteers constructed a heritage-themed exhibit in the Horticultural building, for the 2013 Miami County Fair.

The exhibit features pictures of farms that have historical backgrounds, are multi-generational family farms, or have been in the same family for more than 50 years.

“The exhibit focuses on snapshots of the past,” Hariette Walters, member of the Master Gardener volunteers executive board, said. “We have at least six of the ten townships of Miami County represented.”

Visitors can participate in an identification quiz for the chance to be entered in either the daily drawing or the grand prize drawing. The identification quiz covers trees, plants, weeds, and insects.

Directly outside of the horticultural building, a mini-garden will be on display showing techniques for growing vegetables.

Also, “How-to” videos will be played during the time that the Horticultural building is open for visitors.

The mission of Master Gardeners is to provide education and knowledge about plants and their care, and their importance to the environment in the community, according to The Ohio State University Extension office website.

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Staff Photo/Anthony Weber Juanita Wilkins judges the Miami County Ohio Association of Garden Club Flower Show sponsored by Andy’s Garden Saturday inside the Horticulture Hall at the Miami County Fair.

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Even without the NSA disclosures, Obama still would face the same political dynamic with congressional Republicans that stalled progress on immigration, vanquished hope of a long-term budget bargain and defeated gun control and other administration priorities.

It’s a reality of any administration that unexpected challenges can arise and shake up the carefully laid plans.

But the scope of the surveillance programs, leaked by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, makes this an issue that’s probably will be more than a temporary distraction.

Obama’s poll numbers have dropped since the programs became public, and that could hamper his political leverage. The revelations are particularly problematic for Obama because the issue strikes a chord with his base and can’t simply be dismissed as partisan-driven.

Seeking to address critics of the secret programs, the president acknowledged at the news conference that he may have underestimated the public’s concerns. He outlined steps that he said he hopes will increase public confidence in the programs.

One step is the creation of an independent attorney to argue against the Civitas Media photo/Jim Davis government during secret Cody Hanson, left, the drummer and an original member of rock band Hinder, introduces interim lead singer Marshal hearings of the Foreign Dutton Saturday during the band’s performance at the Miami County Fairgrounds. Hinder is the first rock band in Intelligence Surveillance several years to perform at the fair.

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“We provide education The president says on growing plants, both he welcomes the debate those admired and eaten,” over government surWalters said. veillance, though his Miami County’s Master national security team Gardener volunteers have has said it never intended had a presence in the comto tell Americans about munity for more than a the highly classified prodecade. There are more grams. than 60 members.

“There’s no doubt that Mr. Snowden’s leaks trig“It’s nice to belong to a gered a much more rapid group where the primary and passionate response interest is volunteering,” than would have been the Walters said. case,” Obama said.

For more information, The NSA revelations contact the Ohio State have more than intruded University Extension on Obama’s second-term Isaac Hale/Staff Photo office at 937-440-3945 or domestic agenda; they are Paul Kerns, a member of the Miami County Master Gardeners Club, helps set up the Garden visit www.miami.osu.edu. entangled with some of Market display Wednesday at the Miami Country Fair Grounds in preparation for the County his foreign policy prioriFair starting Friday.

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Snowden fled the U.S. first for Hong Kong, a semiautonomous region of China, and then Russia. Both China and Russia have complex and sometimes prickly relationships with the United States.

Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum, leading Obama to cancel plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in September.

While relations with the U.S. and Russia were deteriorating, the Kremlin’s decision on Snowden pushed them to a new low and underscored Russia’s willingness to thwart the White House’s demands.

Leaders in Europe, where many countries have stricter privacy laws than in the U.S., have criticized the surveillance problems. Obama has been pressed on the issue in meetings and phone calls with European leaders.

He appeared keenly aware of how other countries are viewing the surveillance and privacy debate in the U.S. “To others around the world, I want to make clear once again that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people,” he said. “Our intelligence is focused above all on finding the information that’s necessary to protect our people and, in many cases, protect our allies.”

The issue of government surveillance had been largely dormant until June, when stories broke in the Guardian newspaper and The Washington Post detailing secret programs to track U.S. phone and Internet records.

Every day, the NSA sweeps up the phone records of all Americans.

The program was authorized under the USA Patriot Act, which Congress hurriedly passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The NSA says phone records are the only information it collects in bulk under that law. But officials have left open the possibility that it could create similar databases of people’s credit card transactions, hotel records and Internet searches.

Virginia boy’s death puts new focus on celebratory gunshots MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (AP) — When a stray bullet pierced the top of Brendon Mackey’s head, the 7-yearold was on his way to a July Fourth fireworks celebration with his dad and other family members. He died the next day in a Richmond hospital, a bullet lodged at the base of his skull, sparking a methodical, door-to-door search for a most elusive killer: celebratory gunfire.

Police believe someone fired a shot into the air within a 5,200-foot radius of Brendon. Witnesses heard a “little pop,” then Bryan Mackey looked back and saw his son’s limp body on the ground, Chesterfield County Police Lt. Randy Horowitz said.

Forensic experts at the state crime lab have identified the bullet as a .40-caliber class, and the likely weapon has been narrowed to five types of handguns, Horowitz said. They’ve appealed for anyone who fired a gun into the dimming night sky or neighbors

who might have witnessed someone doing so to come forward. No one has. To date, investigators have knocked on doors at about half of the 1,800 residences within the likely range of where the shot was fired, with no luck.

The area of the canvass includes a dense collection of homes and townhouses, many tucked in woods, and parts around the Swift Creek Reservoir in this fastgrowing suburb west of Richmond.

Marie Harris, who played the board game Battleship with her son before he headed off to the fireworks, said Brendon was a high-energy boy who loved animals. She described how he was just beginning to take an interest in girls, and had started to tame a cowlick with hair gel.

“We were waiting for him to bloom, to catch up with the other kids,” she said of her slight, thin son.

Harris has a simple desire: an apology.

“That would mean the

most, and I would want it to be sincere,” she said.

By any reckoning, Brendon’s death defied mathematical odds. He was among thousands of people headed to the reservoir for a fireworks show and was walking on a winding road under a thick canopy of trees.

Of the more than 10,000 U.S. gun deaths annually, there are no comprehensive statistics on how many people are killed by random gunfire, according to an FBI spokesman. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman said that agency, too, was unaware of any U.S. data on the incidence of stray gunfire, but cited a Puerto Rican report that underscores that a firearm aimed into the skies can return to earth with enough force to maim and kill.

That study found that 18 people were injured and one killed during 2004 New Year’s Eve celebrations in Puerto Rico, based on an

analysis by several island agencies.

A widely cited study by doctors at a medical center in Los Angeles between 1985 and 1992 identified 118 injuries believed to have come from bullets falling from the sky nationwide.

On July Fourth, Brendon’s death was not the only fatality related to random gunfire in the U.S. In Oakland, a 23-year-old man was found shot and died two days later. Four men have been charged. In St. Petersburg, Fla., a 38-year-old man was injured by a stray bullet. No one is charged.

In the greater Miami area, law enforcement hammers home the message with a “No Stray Bullets” campaign ahead of July Fourth. A 5-year-old Miami girl died in January 1997 after being hit by a stray bullet. Despite the campaign, a teenager was shot in the head this year during a celebration of the Miami Heat’s NBA championship win. He survived.

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In this July 10 photo, Brendon Mackey’s father Bryan Mackey hugs his cousin Heather Melton after students of Primrose School of Swift Creek released balloons during a memorial for Brendon in Midlothian, Va. Brendon Mackey was killed by a stray bullet on July 4th.

sky is a global issue and an accepted expression of celebration in parts of the Middle East and Latin America, among other regions of the world.

In Phoenix, officials have been aggressive in attempting to curb random gunfire, which police attribute in

part to a Latin American population that settled in the area. The problem was driven home in June 1999, when 14-year-old Shannon Smith was killed by a bullet fired into the air more than a mile away. She was struck in the head while talking on the phone in her backyard.

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Miami Valley Sunday News • www.troydailynews.com TODAY • TRUCK SHOW: The 24th annual International Scout Light Truck Nationals & Swap Meet will be held at the Historic WACO Field, 1865 S. County Road 25-A, Troy.

More than 200 trucks and diesels from the 1950s will be on display, along with field trials, demonstrations and WACO biplane rides. Admission is $8 per day of $15 for the whole weekend.

• SKIRMISH SET: The 110th OVI Skirmish will be at the VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls. Breakfast will be served both Saturday and Sunday from 6:30-10 a.m.

SUNDAY • BREAKFAST OFFERED: Breakfast will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, from 8-11 a.m. The breakfast is made-to-order ane everything is ala carte.

• ANNUAL REUNION: The 83rd annual Algernon Sidney Plunkett reunion will be held at The White House at SpringMeade, 4385 S. County Road 25-A, Tipp City. Fellowship will begin at noon, followed by the meal at 1 p.m.

Participants are asked to bring a meat and side dish, along with a salad or dessert to share and personal drinks. Tableware will be provided.

• OUTDOOR CONCERT: The Tippecanoe Community Band, directed by Gail Ahmed, will present a free outdoor pops-style concert at 2:30 p.m. at Troy Municipal Park, North Adams Street, Troy, across from Hobart Arena.

Bring lawn chairs to the area near the Barn in the Park. Featured music will include super-hero, westerns, swing and patriotic favorites. Call 335-1178 for more information.

• BREAKFAST OFFERED: The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will present an allyou-can eat breakfast for $6 from 8-11 a.m. Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, French toast, sausage gravy, biscuits, waffles, pancakes, home fries, fruit, cinnamon rolls and juices.

• PRAIRIE WALK: A tallgrass prairie walk will be at 2:30 p.m. Experience a bit of Ohio’s rich natural heritage on a naturalist led exploration of Aullwood’s prairie. Learn about prairie plants and animals, and the importance of tallgrass ecosystems.

MONDAY • COOKING CLASS: Canning and Preserving, sponsored by Stone’s Throw Cooperative, will be offered from 7-9 p.m. at Richards Chapel. Join organizers to learn to can and preserve fresh produce.

• WILD JOURNEYS: Come join Dayton Audubon Society member, John McKean at 7 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center as he shares his recent visit to Borneo, the third largest island in the world.

It’s home to more than 15,000 species of flowering plants and more than 420 species of resident birds. The Borneo rain forest is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered orangutan and an important refuge for many endemic species. This program is free for BNC members, non-member admission is $2 per person.

• CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners will meet from 1-2:30 p.m. at the MiltonUnion Public Library.

Participants listen to an audio book and work on various craft projects.

• BOOK GROUP: The Milton-Union Public Library evening book discussion group will discuss

“Shadow of the Wind,”

by Carlos Ruiz Safon at 7 p.m. For information about joining a group, call (937) 698-5515.

• BOOK CLUB: Tipp City Public Library’s Mystery Lovers book group will meet at a member’s house this month to

to Tipp City children in school.

Civic agendas • The Concord Township Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Court, Troy.

• Pleasant Hill Township Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the township building, 210 W. Walnut St., Pleasant Hill.

WEDNESDAY • CLASS LUNCH: The Troy High School class of 1962 will meet for an informal lunch gatherCONTACT US ing at 1 p.m. at Marion’s Piazza, Call Melody 1270 Experiment Vallieu at Farm Road, Troy.

All classmates and 440-5265 to their spouses are list your free invited to attend. calendar For more informaitems. You tion, call Sharon can send Mathes at 335your news 1696 or Esther Jackson at 339by e-mail to 1526. mvallieu@civitasmedia.com.

• EMPLOYEE REUNION: watch a mystery movie.

A reunion for forInquire at the circulation mer employees (and desk at 11 E. Main St. or spouses) of Stanley call (937) 667-3826, Ext. Home Automation (aka 216 for more details.

Vemco and Whistler) in • MONTHLY Covington will be from MEETING: The 2-7 p.m. at the Covington Covington-Newberry Fire Station, with a Historical Society will carry-in dinner at 3 p.m. meet at 7 p.m. at the Bring your own table Village Hall Community service, beverages, and Center. A keynote speaker any memorabilia/photos will talk each month you may wish to share. discussing various topFor more information, ics as they pertain to call Dottie at (937) 448Covington’s history.

2290 or Kathy at (937) • POTATO BAR: The 473-2318. Information American Legion Post also can be found on the 586, 377 N. Third St., “Stanley friends” group on Tipp City, will offer a Facebook. baked potato bar for $3.50 • TROSTEL TO or a salad bar for $3.50 SPEAK: A Dayton, or both for $6 from 6-7:30 Covington and Piqua p.m.

Traction Company pro• CHOIR PRACTICE: gram with Scott Trostel The Troy Strawberry will be at 6:30 p.m. at Festival Community Choir the Milton-Union Public practice will be at 7 p.m.

Library. Join others as at First Lutheran Church.

Trostel takes participants If you are interested in back to the 34-mile long joining or would like to electric railway that have the choir perform at brought thousands of visiyour event, call 335-5767 tors to West Milton each for more information. week.

• MCTRA MEETING: • KIWANIS MEETING: Reservations are due The Kiwanis Club of Troy by today for the Miami will meet from noon to 1 County Retired Teachers p.m. at the Troy Country Association luncheon that Club. For more informawill begin at 11:45 a.m. tion, contact Donn Craig, Aug. 19 at First Church of vice president, at (937) the Nazarene, Troy. Lunch 418-1888. Greg Morrow will be $12 with the gratu- from the Council on Rural ity included. Troy City Services will speak about Schools Superintendent the Retired and Senior Eric Herman will speak Volunteer Program offered on the district and Larry by his organization. For Lokai, ORTA District more information, contact II director, aka “The Donn Craig, vice presiBuckeye Man,” also will dent, at (937) 418-1888. speak.

• APPRAISAL Civic agendas FAIR: Auctioneers Bob • Monroe Township Honeyman, Scott Pence Board of Trustees will and Jerry Stichter will meet at 7 p.m. at the appraise items from 1-4 Township Building. p.m. in the Entertainment • The Tipp City Tent at the Miami County Council will meet at 7:30 Fair. The charge is $5 p.m. at the Government per item, with a limit of Center. two items per person.

• The Troy City This event is cosponsored Council will meet at 7 by the Miami County p.m. in the meeting room Fair and the Tippecanoe in Council Chambers.

Historical Society.

• The Staunton • DISCOVERY DAYS: Township Trustees will Family fun begins with meet at 7:30 p.m. in the BNC’s Family Discovery Staunton Township buildDays on the second ing.

Saturday of every month • Covington Board of this summer from 2-4 Public Affairs will meet p.m. for hands-on fun for at 4 p.m. in the Water all ages, including adults.

Department office located Staff and participants at 123 W. Wright St., will be bringing nets out Covington. and catching dragonflies, • The Miami County going to the creek and Educational Service searching for crayfish and Center Governing Board learning to use binoculars will meet at 5 p.m. at as they search for back2000 W. Stanfield Road, yard birds, all with the Troy. (January, Feb. and help of a BNC naturalist.

July, meetings are on 2nd Each program will include Monday.) something cool you can TUESDAY take home to remem• VOLUNTEER ber all you’ve learned.

RECRUITING: A repreRegistration preferred, but sentative from Retired not required. The event Senior Volunteer Program is free for BNC members, (RSVP) will be at the Tipp non-member admission City Public Library, 11 E. fee is $2.50 per person or Main St., from 10 a.m. to $10 per family. Visit www. noon to answer questions bruknernaturecenter.com and recruit volunteers for more information. for Project M.O.R.E. • WOMEN’S (Mentoring in Ohio for CONNECTION: The Reading Excellence). Stop Troy-Tipp Women’s by her table for informaConnection will meet at tion and to sign up to read noon at the Troy Country

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Club. The theme for the luncheon is “Dog Days of Summer.” The feature will be Sue Cantrell of the Troy History Museum.

The music will be presented by Diana Wright of New Carlisle and the speaker will be Lorraine Whoberry of Cincinnati speaking on “A Mother’s Story Of Hope.” Lunch is $12.50 inclusive and reservations are due Aug. 10 and can be made by calling Nancy at 339-7859 or Joan at 335-3001. A complimentary nursery is provided if requested and is located at the Nazarene Church located on St Rte 55.

• SCHOOL LUNCH: The Staunton School Luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. at Friendly’s.

Participants are hoping to see more attendees.

• BLOOD DRIVE: The Troy Church of the Brethren will host a blood drive from 3-7 p.m. in the church multi-purpose room, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. Everyone who registers to donate will be automatically be entered into a drawing to win a Harley Davidson Road King Classic motorcycle, and will receive a free “King of the Road Summer Blood Drive” T-shirt.

Donors are encouraged to schedule an appointment to donate online at www.

DonorTime.com.

• BOE MEETING: The Newton Local Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Newton School Board of Education Room.

• SUPPORT GROUP: The Miami County Troy Alzheimer’s Support Group, affiliated with the Miami Valley, Dayton Alzheimer’s Association and the National Alzheimer’s Association, will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. at Senior Active Adult Services, 2006 W. Stanfield Road, Troy.

Respite care will be provided. Caregivers may call 335-8800 for more information.

Civic agendas • The Elizabeth Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the township building, 5710 Walnut Grove Road, Troy.

• The Covington Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Covington Middle School for a regular board meeting.

THURSDAY • BOOK GROUP: The High Nooners book discussion group will meet at noon at the Milton-Union Public Library. They will discuss “Coming Home,”

by Rosamunde Pilcher.

For information about joining a group, call (937) 698-5515.

• CLASS LUNCH: The Piqua Central High School class of 1956 will be joining together for lunch at 12:30 p.m. at Heck Yeah Grill on County Road 25-A, south of Piqua. It will be the last get together before the 75th year celebration o n Sept. 14.

Troy resident to rappel for charity TROY — Troy resident Ritchie Weymer has accepted the challenge to “Go Over the Edge” on Sept. 6 for charity.

Weymer, who is an Americorps VISTA — a national program to stop poverty — will rappel from the Shawnee Place Apartments at 103 E. Main St., Springfield, to raise funds for the Think Tank project Circles.

Think Tank’s mission is to research, motivate, educate, create, consult and coach to solve the toughest social problems. Think Tank is a private, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Springfield, Ohio, with a branch office in Dayton.

The Circles initiative aims to help stabilize a low-income family’s situation so that members can focus on building reason, relationships and the resources to thrive.

Weymer is seeking help

raising the $1,000 he has pledged to help the Circles program progress.

Weymer, who admits to being scared of heights, and is nervous about rappelling, said he is going to overcome his fears for the charity. The event is also one day prior to his birthday.

“So, I’m bringing my birthday in with a bang this year,” he said.

Donations can be made in Weymer’s name at www.stayclassy.org/ ritchieweymer.

Matching donation challenge under way PIQUA — As the Johnston Farm Friends Council continues the campaign to renovate the Johnston Farm & Indian Agency museum with the addition of the state-of-the-art Education Center, Dan and Margaret French and family along with Craig and Nancy Mullenbrock and family have pledged to match any individual or family gift of $100 to $1,000 that is paid before Aug. 30, dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $20,000. For example, your gift of $100 will equal $200 in support of the Johnston Farm & Indian Agency.

When completed, the Education Center, located on the patio that overlooks the Miami and Erie Canal, will enhance the interpretive mission of the Johnston Farm, as well as offering a unique program and meeting venue for many groups in west central Ohio.

With the completion of the capital campaign, construction is slated to

begin as close to Nov. 1, 2013, as possible with the opening of the Education Center in time for the first school visitors in April 2014. Site Manager Andy Hite said this addition will enhance visits by patrons, including the many school children each year.

“Since we interact with nearly 5,000 students annually, this will allow us to better tell the story of Ohio’s canals as well as enhance how we share the Native American story of the area,” Hite said. To participate in the challenge, donations should be sent to The Piqua Community Foundation, P.O. Box 226, Piqua, OH 45356, with “Johnston Farm Education Center” indicated on the memo line. Individuals who have already contributed and who would like to participate in the challenge are also eligible.

For more information, contact Hite at (937) 7732522 or ahite@ohiohistory.org.

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Los Angeles Times on the real losers in CBS/ Time Warner dispute:

It’s difficult to gin up much sympathy for either side in the battle between two colossal corporations, CBS and Time Warner Cable, especially since we, the TV viewers — or at least the million in Los Angeles who subscribe to Time Warner Cable at substantial monthly rates — are suffering the collateral damage.

After negotiations over a new contract broke down last week, Time Warner pulled CBS programming (and its cable channels, including Showtime) off the air Friday in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas and other markets. On Channel 9 here, there has been a screen message written in high dudgeon that claims CBS is asking for “outrageous” fee increases. CBS took out print ads telling subscribers that it has been dropped and that’s “unfair” to subscribers.

Then CBS turned around and specifically blocked Time Warner’s high-speed Internet customers from streaming shows on the CBS website. (That was “beyond the pale,” wrote Time Warner Chief Executive Glenn Britt.)

Of course, it’s not unusual for two companies to fight over the best deal they can get when renegotiating a contract. CBS contends that the current fee Time Warner pays it (believed to be about 80 cents per subscriber per month) is less than what Time Warner pays some cable programmers with a fraction of the viewership of CBS. …

Although it’s easy to hate a cable giant and a broadcasting behemoth, neither of which are likely to put viewers interests ahead of their own, let’s not forget that we are enablers in this TV drama. We could tap a variety of other sources for TV programming — including services offered by websites, satellite operators and phone companies.

It’s not a trivial thing to switch to another method of getting TV, but it’s getting easier all the time.

And if this battle drags on over blacked-out channels, cable viewers will adapt and find other outlets. So our advice to Time Warner and CBS is to agree to a compromise, fast — before cable viewers go elsewhere for good.

Arizona Republic on if Obama wants to help Arizona, he should look to Mexico:

President Obama: Welcome to

Arizona. Now look south.

We mean Mexico. And we don’t mean problems.

The theme of Obama’s speech today is housing, and this is a perfect place to deliver it. The housing collapse is one of two big national issues that whacked our state harder than most.

The other is illegal immigration.

Obama will likely link the two, which could give a welcome boost to proposals for comprehensive immigration reform. A White House report says legalizing the current undocumented population would increase demand and help the housing market.

Comprehensive immigration reform is so important that the president should not miss this opportunity to give it a plug.

But there’s another opportunity that shouldn’t be missed.

The president should use this visit to Arizona to talk about revving up an economic engine that’s been quietly purring along for years: trade with Mexico.

This, too, has a direct connection with the housing market. Trade creates good jobs, and people with good jobs buy houses.

Mexico is the United States’ second largest export market and third biggest trading partner.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade between the United States and Mexico was up 7 percent last year over 2011. The total for goods was $494 billion in 2012, with another $39 billion in services.

Mexico is Arizona’s top trading partner. But Arizona is not unique.

Mexico is the first or second most important export market for 21 U.S. states, according to a report issued this spring by the Border Research Partnership.

Mexico’s economy is growing at a healthy rate and its young population has a taste for American goods.

Mexican shoppers spent $2.69 billion in Arizona in a one-year period straddling 2007-08, according to a study by the University of Arizona.

What’s more, as wages in China rise, Mexico is becoming more attractive to manufacturing. …

Obama is in the right place today to talk about one of the best kept secrets: trade with Mexico is a successful foundation on which to build increasing economic benefits for Arizona and the United States.

The president needs to tell us what’s good about sharing a border with Mexico.

THEY SAID IT “What Buddy Ryan did was the best thing that ever happened for me when he cut me and told me I couldn’t play for his football team. But he told me a story. He told me the night before he went on and talked to his wife, and he asked his wife what he should do. And his wife told him, don’t cut Cris Carter. He’s going to do something special with his life. So Buddy Ryan, and your lovely wife, I thank you.”

— Former Troy resident Cris Carter, during his NFL Hall of Fame induction speech “Many years ago, I had to have a transfusion and they had to fly it down. I’ve been giving blood for the last 40 years — I do it every chance I can.”

— Troy resident Linda Phillips, on her decision to give blood during the blood drive at Miami County’s National Night Out

“They had so many.

They had strawberry ice cream and even coffee ice cream — it was good, fun.”

— Takahashi, Japan student Hikari Kawakami, on her visit to Young’s Dairy in Yellow Springs.

Kawakami was part of a student delegation that spent a week in Troy with host families

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Critics not to blame when movies flop at box office Big-budget “blockbusters” go belly-up all the time.

But I don’t think it’s ever been so fun to listen to the aftermath.

Director Jerry Bruckheimer and stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer didn’t just get defensive about their recent bust, “The Lone Ranger.” They took to the offensive earlier this week, laying the blame not on their own work, the fact that the movie was an over-stylized and overdone reboot of a 1950s TV show or even the fact that Depp’s character was merely a rehash of a character of his from another franchise that has gone on for far too long.

No, the blame for the bomb was not their own, or even the studio’s for greenlighting such a painfully bad idea.

American film critics were at fault.

For a $250 million-plus disaster of a movie’s failure.

Critics.

I feel the need to drive home that point, and the fact that it’s not a typo or a mistake or anything. It’s honestly what three of the most powerful men in Hollywood (well, two of them and some other guy) believe.

“This is the deal with American critics. They’ve been gunning

for our movie since it was shut based on old TV shows/movdown for the first time,” said ies/novels/comic books category Hammer, who played the Lone that had already worn thin four Ranger himself, in reference to or five years ago. And B. It’s not when production was halted due critics that are “crying out” for to budget concerns in 2011. something new. It’s those “I think that’s when most pesky paying audience of the critics wrote their members. initial reviews.”

And then there’s Captain “I think (critics) were Jack Sparrow’s presence. reviewing the budget and Err, I mean Depp. Seriously, not reviewing the movie,” after four “Pirates of the Bruckheimer said. “The Caribbean” movies playing audience doesn’t care what the same character, he gets Josh the budget is. They pay into a new franchise and Brown the same amount to see Sunday Columnist plays the exact same guy. the movie whether it cost “The Lone Ranger” may as a dollar or $20 million (to well have been “Pirates of make).” the Caribbean 5: Sparrow Goes Funny thing about audiences, West.” though. That “same amount” we They seem to think critics had pay to see movies has been going a vendetta against the movie. up and up and up, and there’s no When it was just an atrocious ceiling in sight. So we demand a idea to start with. quality experience that matches But they also have an overour cost. inflated idea of just how powerful Which brings me to the most critics are, also. The thought of a laughable comment made by any few negative reviews convincing of them.

160-190 million (the projected “Critics keep crying out for loss that Disney expects to take original movies,” Bruckheimer on the movie) dollars-worth of said. “You make one, and they movie-goers not to see the film is don’t like it. What can I tell more ludicrous than the thought you?” of “John Carter” ever becoming “The Lone Ranger?” Original? a hit.

A. The movie falls into the The simple truth is critics have remakes/reimaginings/reboots never really held that much sway

with American movie audiences.

If that were the case, no one would ever see a horror movie.

Ever. Because the entire genre is universally hated by American critics — and yet horror is still one of the most consistentlyprofitable genres there is.

Just look at “World War Z,” another movie based on a book (although utterly nothing like it, and horrible because of it). That movie had the same kind of budget and pre-production issues that “The Lone Ranger” had, and critics dubbed it a failure before it was ever released. And yet it performed admirably — a little too well, given how terrible it turned out versus how much potential it had if it would have stuck to the source material.

These people simply can’t admit that they made a belowaverage movie, that audiences have seen its like time and time again and are tired of it, and that their studio should never have bet so big on such a bad idea.

But blaming someone else for those failures? That’s something the real Lone Ranger would never have done.

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OBITUARIES WILMA JEAN PARTIN TROY — Wilma Jean Partin, age 79, of Troy, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at her residence. She was born on January 3, 1934 in Lejunior, Kentucky to the late Epps Anderson Bray and Mary Ethel (Smith) Bray. Wilma Jean was married to Arnold Partin who preceded her in death on July 19, 1996.

Wilma Jean is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Larry and Pam Partin of Troy, Ohio and Tim Partin of Covington, Ohio; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Bruce Pitsenbarger of Troy, Ohio; brothers, Ron Bray of Mount Eagle, Tennessee, Jerome Bray of Tracy City, Tennessee; sisters, Wanda Sanders and Brenda Parson both of Tracy City, Tennessee; grandchildren, Scot Partin, Chad Partin, Karlon Staten, Jesse Staten, Amy Smith, and Melissa Partin; and eighteen great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by one grandson, Jesse Partin; two brothers and one sister.

She was raised in the Southern Baptist faith and loved Blue Grass and Christian music. She was a lifelong homemaker.

Services will be held at 10:30AM on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, Ohio. Interment will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, Vandalia, Ohio. The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00PM on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Ohio Southwest Region, 2808 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

WILLIAM L. O’KEEFE TROY — William L. O’Keefe, age 88, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2013 at the SpringMeade Healthcare Center. He was born on May 27, 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Thomas and Alice (Kelleher) O’Keefe. William was married to Dorothy W. (Weber) O’Keefe his wife of 63 years and she preceded him in death on March 30, 2012. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Donna J. and Rick Houseman of Troy; son and daughter-in-law, Douglas W. and Betse O’Keefe of Villa Hills, Kentucky; one sister, Genevieve Beck of Peachtree City, Georgia; four grandchildren, Joel Houseman, Chris (Melvis) Houseman; Brett Houseman and Rachel (Kevin) Namaky. In addition to his parents and his wife, William was preceded in death

TY NOLAND TUCKER TROY — Ty Noland Tucker , age 51, of Troy, Ohio passed away on Friday, August 9, 2013 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, Ohio. Ty was born on March 3, 1962 in Troy, Ohio to the late Noland E. “Eddie” Tucker and Miriam K. (Petry) Tucker. Ty is survived by his sons, Trey Noland Tucker of Covington, Ohio and Kyle Aaron Tucker of Troy, Ohio; brother, Mark Douglas Smith of Troy, Ohio; sisters and brother-in-law, Kathy Swearingin of Vandalia, Ohio and Debby and Jim Brown of Piqua, Ohio; several nieces and nephews; and Aunts, Ellen and Gladys Tucker of Troy, Ohio.

Ty was a 1980 graduate of Troy High School where he was an avid baseball player. Through his life he enjoyed par-

ticipating in various sports activities with his friends and family. He was a former member of the Troy Moose Lodge, Fraternal Order of the Eagles, the American Legion, Troy Fish and Game and formerly active in the Troy Bowl leagues. He was formerly employed with Wright Patterson Air Force Base and former owner and operator of Pro-Mow Lawn Care Company.

The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00PM on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in care of his family.

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

PHYLLIS JEAN REDMOND PIQUA — Phyllis Jean Redmond, 69, of Piqua, died at 5:00 pm Thursday August 8, 2013 at the Upper Valley Medical center. She was born October 12, 1943 in Pike County, Kentucky to the late Alfred and Wilma (Reed) Smith.

Survivors include three daughters, Paula L. Redmond of Woodhaven, Michigan, Deanna (Timothy) Spangler of Monroe, Michigan, Crystal (Eric) Vaught of Wyandotte, Michigan; a grandson Steven Vaught; a brother Timothy (Darlene) Smith of Piqua; and three sisters, Joyce Lange of Huxley, Iowa, Lillian (Foy) Pate of Walkersville, Michigan, Leatrice (Roger) Beckett of

by two sisters, Eileen Cooper and Carol Cook and one brother, Thomas O’Keefe.

He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy and the Troy Elks Lodge.

He was a WWII Army veteran where he was a POW held in Germany.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00AM Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy, with Rev. Fr. James Duell officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. RICHARD Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Richard L. 1942 and Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, Ohio 45373. Friends Koogler, 88, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died may express condolences to the family July 30, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was born July 27, 1925, in Tipp through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

City, the son of Raymond Koogler and Margaret (Lewis) Koogler.

He married Eleonora (Radice) TROY — Linda Sue Snider, 60, of Troy, passed away 12:16 p.m. Friday at Upper Koogler.

Valley Medical Center. Arrangements are pending through Fisher-Cheney Funeral Richard is survived by three chilHome in Troy. dren, Mark Koogler, Patricia Livingston

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Pike County, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.

Mrs. Redmond was a 1962 graduate of Wyandotte High School. She enjoyed being with her family, traveling, and reading her Bible.

A service to honor her life will be held in Kentucky at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to one’s favorite charity. Her family is being served by the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

L. KOOGLER and Richard Koogler; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; siblings, Shirley Worst, Larry Koogler and Saundra Watson.

Mr. Koogler was a World Ware II veteran having served in the Army Air Corps.

Private services will be held at a later date.

Post-Benghazi, Obama plays it safe with embassies WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn’t have another Benghazi.

Pilloried by Republicans in Congress for its handling of last year’s attack, his administration is responding with extra caution now that intelligence suggests a possible al-Qaida strike is in the works.

Even as the threat may be subsiding, U.S. officials say they are taking no risks less than a year after militants killed four Americans in the eastern Libyan city and with Republicans poised to pounce on any misstep.

After closing 19 diplomatic posts across the Muslim world for almost a week, the United States added to the global uneasiness Friday.

It ordered nonessential staff out of Lahore, Pakistan, and warned Americans to avoid traveling to the country. The action appeared unrelated to the al-Qaida threat stemming from Yemen, but mirrored a missive earlier in the week to U.S. embassy staffers in that country.

The stated reason for all the recent security measures: “An overabundance of caution.”

Come Sunday, all but one of the 19 embassies and consulates will reopen, the State Department announced late Friday. The exception: the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen.

In addition, the consulate in Lahore was to remain closed. A department spokeswoman did not cite a reason for the deci-

sion to reopen the 18 missions.

Obama said at a White House news conference Friday afternoon that al-Qaida’s core has been decimated by U.S. counterterrorism efforts such as the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in his compound in Pakistan. But the terrorist network’s affiliates continue to threaten the U.S. “Although they are less likely to be able to carry out spectacular homeland attacks like 9/11, they have the capacity to go after our embassies,” Obama said. “They have the capacity to go after our businesses.

They have the capacity to be destabilizing and disruptive in countries where the security apparatus is weak. And that’s what we are seeing now.”

“We are not going to completely eliminate terrorism,” he said. “What we can do is to weaken it and to strengthen our partners so that it does not pose the kind of horrible threat that it posed on 9/11.”

Obama didn’t talk specifically about the threat or the embassy closings.

But U.S. officials familiar with internal discussions acknowledged that last year’s deadly attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi was playing a role in the decision-making.

They said the White House, in particular, was insisting on handling the situation with extra caution, and only reopening embassies and consulates to the public when no meaningful threat persisted. They spoke on condition of anonymity because

they weren’t authorized to talk publicly about the deliberations.

Extended closures have consequences for U.S. diplomacy.

It means would-be tourists and those traveling on business have to wait for visas, pickpocketed Americans can’t get new passports and fewer personnel are at work promoting human rights, facilitating trade deals or coordinating with foreign governments on issues vital to U.S. security and economic growth. It also takes a toll on the U.S. image in countries with anti-American sentiment already.

The shutdown order for diplomatic facilities from northwest Africa to Bangladesh stands in sharp contrast to the approach the administration favored last September under different circumstances.

The current danger across much of North Africa and the Middle East concerns a potential al-Qaida attack stemming from lawless Yemen, while the Pakistan closures relate to a flurry of deadly militant attacks there. The threat a year ago was more amorphous and even less predictable, focusing primarily on a flood of protests from West Africa to the Philippines over an amateur, anti-Islam film made by an Egyptian living in the United States.

At the time the administration was hesitant to close its embassies and consulates. Even after the Sept. 11 Benghazi assault that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other

Americans, and as demonstrators besieged U.S. posts across the region, Washington tried to keep its offices in most places open for business.

When the U.S. took action, it was narrower in scope and in geography.

After protesters marched on the U.S. compound in Cairo, scaled the walls and replaced the American flag with the black banner favored by Islamists, the State Department shut down visa offices for a week and suspended emergency services for Americans for several days.

The building remained in operation, as did the U.S. Embassy in Yemen after similarly violent scenes days later.

The night of Sept. 11 proved most violent of all, though the administration no longer says the events there were connected to any demonstrations.

Since the two-step attack of the Benghazi diplomatic post and then a CIA compound across town, no U.S. diplomats have returned to the city. Yet even inside Libya, the response was targeted. Nonessential staff was ordered out of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, the capital, while senior diplomats remained.

Protests elsewhere at the time had repercussions.

The U.S. shut its embassy in Sudan after the government refused to authorize extra Marines as part of a protection force. The U.S. closed facilities throughout Pakistan on Sept.

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Ten years later, U.S. grid faces new threats Kantele Franko Associated Press

The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts in where and how power is produced.

Many worry the grid isn’t fully prepared for the new and emerging challenges, even though an analysis conducted for The Associated Press shows maintenance spending has steadily increased since North America’s largest blackout.

“This job of reliability is kind of impossible, in the sense that there’s just so many things that could happen that it’s hard to be sure that you’re covering all the bases,” said William Booth, a senior

electricity adviser with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The industry has mostly addressed the failures blamed on a tree branch in Ohio that touched a power line and set off outages that cascaded across eight states and parts of Canada the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2003, darkening computer screens, halting commuter trains, and cutting lights and air conditioners for 50 million people. Grid operators who didn’t initially realize what was happening now have a nearly realtime view of the system and are better equipped to stop problems from growing. Utilities share more information and systematically trim trees near highvoltage power lines.

Electricity customers have been giving the grid a bit of breathing room. Power demand has

remained flat or even fallen in recent years as lighting, devices, appliances, homes and businesses have gotten more efficient and economic growth has been sluggish. All that reduces stress on the grid.

At the same time, aging coal and nuclear plants are

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Mohammed. But in dozens of other places where demonstrations took place, the State Department maintained a semblance of normality.

Washington bolstered security at facilities, instead of closing them down. In some places, that meant Marines; in others, local authorities stepped up.

Armored vehicles, police cars and surveillance teams immediately became more conspicuous next to U.S. compounds from Nigeria to the Philippines.

Over the past week, the U.S. has erred far greater on the side of caution.

On the military side, U.S. drone strikes have killed 34 suspected militants in Yemen in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press count provided by Yemeni security officials.

And even though there has been no public manifestation yet of the al-Qaida threat, the administration continues to openly warn about the ongoing danger and the need to limit U.S. exposure while taking action against terrorist groups.

Somewhat lost in the response has been the importance of persisting with diplomacy in dangerous places — a theme stressed significantly a year ago.

“Even as voices of suspicion and mistrust seek to divide countries and cultures from one another, the United States of America will never retreat from the world,” Obama said at a ceremony for the victims of the Benghazi attack.

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(AP) — Today is Sunday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2013. There are 142 days left in the year.

On this date: In 1786, Capt. Francis Light arrived in Penang to claim the Malaysian island for Britain.

In 1860, the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev. In 1909, the steamship SS Arapahoe became the first ship in North America to issue an S.O.S. distress signal, off North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.

In 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island (a former military prison) in San Francisco Bay. In 1942, during World War II, Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France, publicly declared that "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war."

In 1952, Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan, beginning a reign lasting nearly 47 years.

In 1954, a formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and Communist Viet Minh.

In 1962, Andrian Nikolayev became the Soviet Union's third cosmonaut in space as he was launched on a 94-hour flight.

In 1984, during a voice test for a paid political radio address, President Ronald Reagan joked that he had "signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

In 1992, the Mall of America opened in Bloomington, Minn.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton named Army Gen. John Shalikashvili (shah-lee-kashVEE'-lee) to be the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding the retiring Gen. Colin Powell.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Arlene Dahl is 88. Songwriter-producer Kenny Gamble is 70. Rock musician Jim Kale (Guess Who) is 70. Magazine columnist Marilyn Vos Savant is 67. Country singer John Conlee is 67. Singer Eric Carmen is 64. Computer scientist and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 63. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 60. Singer Joe Jackson is 59. Playwright David Henry Hwang is 56. Actor Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is 49. Actress Viola Davis is 48. Actor Duane Martin is 48. Actor-host Joe Rogan is 46.

Rhythm-and-blues musician Chris Dave is 45. Actress Anna Gunn is 45. Actress Ashley Jensen is 45.

Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 45. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad is 43. Actor Will Friedle is 37. Actress Merritt Wever is 33.

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(AP) — The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a tour of East Coast colleges.

The pilot, Bill Henningsgaard, was presumed killed along with his son, Maxwell, and two children who were inside a house struck by the small propellerdriven plane on Friday. Four bodies were recovered from the wreckage and sent to the Connecticut medical examiner’s office on Saturday for identification, officials said.

Henningsgaard, a highly regarded philanthropist, was flying a small plane to Seattle in 2009 with his mother when the engine quit. He crash-landed on Washington’s Columbia River.

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“I forced myself to confront that fact that the situation any pilot fears — a mid-air emergency, was happening right then, with my mother in the plane,� he wrote in a blog post days later.

In the Connecticut crash, Henningsgaard was coming in for a landing at Tweed New Haven Airport in rainy weather just before noon when the plane struck two small homes, engulfing them in flames. The aircraft’s left wing lodged in one house and its right wing in the other, with its tail section coming to rest upside down.

Two children, ages 1 and 13, have been missing since the plane crashed into their home. As their mother yelled for help from the front lawn, several people in the working-class neighborhood raced to rescue the children, but they were forced to turn back by the fire.

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Authorities said previously that as many as six people could have died in the crash, but East Haven Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Moscato said the four recovered late Friday are believed to be the only victims. On Saturday, crews removed charred sections of the plane as National Transportation Safety Board investigators worked to determine the cause of the crash.

The pilot’s family learned it was Bill Henningsgaard’s plane through the tail number, said his brother, Blair Henninsgaard, the city attorney in Astoria, Ore. In 2009, Bill Henningsgaard was flying from Astoria, Ore. with his 84-year-old mother to watch his daughter in a high school play when he crashed into the river as he tried to glide back to the airport.

He and his mother, a former Astoria mayor, climbed out on a wing and were rescued.

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan admits pulling out a pistol, shouting “Allahu akbar� (God is great) and opening fire on unarmed people, killing 13 of them.

All, he says, in an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims.

Concluding he was on the “wrong side� in America’s war, he told jurors at his court-martial that he switched sides.

So, victims and others are demanding, why is the November 2009 attack at Fort Hood being tried as a case of workplace violence and not as an act of terror?

Military law expert Scott L. Silliman says the answer is simple. Because the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not have a punitive article for “terrorism.â€? “They really didn’t have an option,â€? says Silliman, director emeritus of Duke University’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security in Durham, N.C. “He was an active-duty officer. The crime occurred on a military installation. ‌ It was obvious he was going to face a court-martial.â€?

Victims of the shooting rampage filed a lawsuit last year over the administration’s decision to treat the incident as workplace violence. They say that designation has robbed them of benefits and made them ineligible to receive the Purple Heart, awarded to service members wounded in battle.

On Monday, the staff of the magazine National Review launched a petition drive directed at Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, arguing that the Army psychiatrist should be tried as an enemy combatant for what they consider “an Act of Terror.� “By not designating this event as such an act, it disrespects the lives of the 13 who lost their lives that day, and dozens more who were injured,� the petition reads. “This is outrageous and I call on you to change the official designation now� before proceedings against Hasan go further.

While Silliman understands the outrage, he says transferring the case to civil courts — where a terror charge could attach — was just not possible. “It would have been totally unprecedented to have that sort of thing occur,� says Silliman, who has served as senior attorney at two large military installations and three major Air Force commands. “Now, if the crime had occurred off the post, then there might have been what we call concurrent jurisdiction between

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Why can’t the administration call this an act of terror without charging Hasan as a terrorist? According to a widely quoted Pentagon position paper opposing Purple Hearts for the victims that would allow the defense to argue that Hasan “cannot receive a fair trial because a branch of government has indirectly declared that Major Hasan is a terrorist — that he is criminally culpable.�

Reed Rubinstein, one of the attorneys representing a number of the shooting victims and their families, calls that argument “disingenuous.�

The Nat i o n a l Counterterrorism Center and State Department both counted the incident among terror attacks that year, he notes. The White House and Department of Defense have balked, he argues, because too many people didn’t heed warning signs that Hasan was becoming increasingly radical leading up to his deployment to Afghanistan. “The truth of the matter is, it comes down to politics,� the Washington attorney says. “It comes down to covering up the political correctness that was the proximate cause of this attack in the first instance.� Rubinstein is not calling for a terrorism charge but argues the government could administratively rule this was an act of terror so his clients can qualify for more benefits and the Purple Heart, which comes with its own set of recognitions and privileges.

Hasan is representing himself during the courtmartial. Because he faces the death penalty, military law precluded him from entering a guilty plea. But he conceded in his opening statement Tuesday, as he has previously, that he did the shooting.

Military prosecutors could have added a civilian charge of terrorism, says Geoffrey Corn, a retired lieutenant colonel and former military lawyer. But he argues that would have added an unnecessary layer of complexity with little, if any, benefit. “It’s never been done in a military court before,� says Corn, a professor at the South Texas College of Law. “Was he motivated by a terrorist agenda? Certainly. Will they present that evidence?

Certainly. But the crimes he committed were premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder.�

Corn says it would be difficult to make the case for Hasan as an enemy combatant. While Hasan may have been inspired by al-Qaida and even had contact with known terror suspects, it does not appear he received orders from the group, Corn says.

Rubinstein terms the government’s refusal to call the shooting incident a terrorist attack for purposes of awarding benefits “a kick in the teeth to the victims.

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Duke Foundation names Simmons joins UVMC staff new board members LEDGER BRIEF

TROY — The Paul G. Duke Foundation recently announced the election of a new president of the board of trustees, and the appointment of two new board members Ronald B. Scott was elected president of the board after serving as a trustee for 16 years.

Patricia Duke Robinson, Paul’s daughter, had held the position since 1983.

“I’m honored to step in and be able to carry the dream of Paul Duke forward. I thank Pat for her years of service and her forward thinking in making sure this support to Miami County continues for years to come,” Scott said.

Two new board members, both active in the Miami County community, were appointed to the board.

Linda A. Daniel is the executive director of Hospice of Miami County and principal of Daniel Consulting. She has a long history of involvement in Miami Valley nonprofits and is a leader within the community as well as a 2012 Woman of

Excellence.

William J. McGraw III is a president of the law firm of Dungan & LeFevre of Troy and Piqua, where he is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. He served as chair to the Ohio State Bar Association Section on Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law and was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

He also is a frequent speaker at statewide legal education seminars and serves on the editorial board of the Ohio Probate Law Journal.

“Both of the newly appointed board members are extremely well known and active in the community,” Scott said.

“Bill brings a tremendous amount of legal expertise to the board and Linda is a top-notch communicator. Their knowledge, commitment and proven dedication to both Troy and Miami County will be beneficial to the Duke Foundation as a whole.”

The Paul G. Duke Foundation, a support-

ing foundation of The Columbus Foundation, was established in 1983.

It has a long history of philanthropic support for nonprofit organizations.

Paul Duke, businessman and philanthropist, evolved his local Duke Garden Centers into a national lawn and garden service, Chem-Lawn. The proceeds from the sale of that business enabled Mr. Duke to support many community projects and charitable programs, all of which is done through the Duke Foundation.

The Duke Foundation’s grant making efforts focus upon programs benefiting children, young adults and families in the Miami County area. Grants are made in the areas of arts, education, health and social services and are made for both general and specific project support, including seed money for innovative programs. The foundation has frequently made challenge grants for projects to encourage matching gifts or additional funding from other donors.

PIQUA — Zachary Simmons, MD, has joined Miami County Surgeons and the Upper Valley Medical Center medical staff.

Simmons received a medical degree from Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif. He completed residency in general surgery at Wright State University, Dayton.

He is board certified in general surgery and certified in basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, advanced burn life support and advanced trauma life support.

He is fluent in Spanish and enjoys gourmet cooking, home remodeling and classic literature.

He joins Christopher Grove, MD; Patrick Larreategui, DO; L. Stewart Lowry, MD; Daniel Taylor, MD; Erika Penrod, PA-C; Arnie Rinaldi, PA-C, and Melinda Duff, PA-C, at Miami County Surgeons, which is located at 280 Looney Road, Suite 204, Piqua. To schedule an appointment, call (937) 773-4123.

For more information on Miami County Surgeons, visit www.miamicountysurgeons.com.

Local entrepreneur takes on business venture TROY — Mandi Welbaum, a local work-at-home mom has joined the ranks of more than 1,000 sales representatives across the country to bring a new twist to the way women wear jewelry with he com-

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Mialisia is a direct sales company specializing in what they call VersaStyle jewelry. These VersaStyle pieces are made with hooks on both ends, which allow women to wear the piece multiple ways, essentially designing their own unique looks. This groundbreaking, patent-pending concept is revolutionizing the way women wear jewelry.

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TODAY’S TIPS • BANQUET: The Trojan Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 7 in the Club 55 Crystal Room. Tickets are now available for the event, which will honor the 10 inductees into the inaugural hall of fame class.

Tickets are $35. Tickets may be purchased individually or in tables of six or eight. Donated tickets also can be purchased for deserving youth.

Tickets may be obtained at the following locations: Troy High School Athletic Department, Lincoln Community Center, Shipman, Dixon & Dixon law firm and Heath Murray’s State Farm Insurance Agency. For more information, call John Terwilliger at 339-2113.

• SOCCER: The Troy High School boys soccer team will host its annual Alumni Game at 6 p.m. Thursday at Troy Memorial Stadium. All former Troy High School boys soccer players are invited to play in the game.

• SOFTBALL: The Ohio Hawks North are having a tryout for a 10U girls fastpitch softball team.

The tryouts will be from 1-3 p.m. today at the Vandalia Rec Center back fields. There will also be a second tryout from 4-6 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Vandalia Rec Center. If you are unable to make either tryout but are still interested, call Scott Herman at (937) 673-0944 or Pat Bates at (937) 414-0936 to set up a separate tryout session.

• HOCKEY: Hobart Arena’s Hockey Initiation Program is for beginning players ages 5-10 or for beginner skaters. Practices begin Sept.

16 and run through mid-March of 2014. The program practices once per week for 50 minutes and includes approximately 20 practices over the course of the season. An equipment rental program is available for all participants.

The cost is $130 for the season. For more information, visit www.troyohio.gov/rec/ ProgramsRegForms.html or call Phil Noll at (937) 875-0249.

• SOFTBALL: Miami County Blaze tryouts for the 2013-14 summer ball teams will be held Aug. 17-18. Times for the tryouts will be as follows: 10u, 12u and 14u, 10 a.m.-noon; 16u, 18u and 23u, 1-3 p.m. There will also be an additional tryout from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 11 for 14u and 16u teams. All tryouts will be held at the Lowry Complex in West Milton. For more details, visit www.miamicountyblaze.com or call (937) 875-0492.

• SOFTBALL: Milton-Union fastpitch fall league signups are ongoing for children going into grades 5-7. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 13. For more details, visit www.miamicountyblaze.com or call (937) 875-0492.

• SOFTBALL: Troy fastpitch fall league signups are ongoing for children going into grades 8-12. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 13. For more details, visit www.miamicountyblaze.com or call (937) 875-0492.

• BASEBALL: Registration has begun for the 2013 Frosty Brown Fall Batting Leagues.

There are three leagues to choose from: the original Frosty Brown Fall Batting League for ages 13-18, the Frosty Brown Live Pitching League for high schoolers only and the Frosty Brown Elementary Fall Batting League for ages 9-12. For more information, go to www. frostybrownbattingleague.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/frostybrownfallbattingleague, or contact coach Frosty Brown at (937) 339-4383, (937) 474-9093 or by email at ibrown@woh.rr.com.

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Sport No events scheduled MONDAY Boys Golf Troy, Tippecanoe, Milton-Union, Miami East, Covington, Piqua, Lehman at Homan Invitational (at Piqua CC) (11 a.m.)

Bethel at Franklin Monroe (10 a.m.)

Troy Christian at MBC (9 a.m.)

Girls Golf Troy at Xenia (9 a.m.)

Miami East, Covington at Arcanum Invite (9 a.m.)

West Carrollton at Piqua (10:30 a.m.)

Tennis Northwestern at Piqua (4:30 p.m.)

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Furyk leads going into final round Oak Hill finally had enough elements for a strong test Saturday in the PGA Championship, and Jim Furyk was up for the fight.

Grinding to the end in swirling wind that cast doubt on so many shots, Furyk closed with two big putts — one for birdie to regain the lead, one for par to keep it — that gave him a 2-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Jason Dufner going into the final round.

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Troy holds intrasquad scrimmage

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TROY — Earlier in his coaching career, Scot Brewer used to live for days like Saturday — days when the pads started popping, the hits kept on coming and the real football began.

Back then, Brewer was a defensive coordinator — now that he’s Troy’s head coach, however, Brewer has a little bit different perspective on things.

“Back when I was a defensive coordinator, I couldn’t wait for this day to come,” Troy’s second-year coach said after Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage. “I loved it when the hitting would start and we would

go ‘live.’ Now that I’m a head coach, I couldn’t wait for this to get over with. I just wanted to get out alive and with everyone healthy. Funny how your perspective changes.”

Brewer got his wish — the Trojans did emerge from Saturday’s scrimmage, which featured scripted plays called by the coaching staff — with no major injuries. Not only that, but Brewer got plenty of film of his team, which he will use to help set his depth chart as Troy continues its preparation for the regular season.

“It’s like we told the kids — now is when we will find out who plays,” Brewer said. “Not that what they have done in the

past four weeks doesn’t count, but once we see the film and how kids react when we start hitting, that’s what we’ll really use to set our depth chart.”

Saturday’s scrimmage closed out the first week of practice for the Trojans. Brewer said it was a productive week.

“The kids did a great job this week,” he said. “I believe — I don’t know, but I believe — that we are better this year than we were last year at this point in the season. The kids have done some really good things all week. Today was great because we got some film on the kids that we can look at and judge where we are as a team.”

Brewer said there still are a

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Trojans look to build experience Josh Brown Sports Editor

TROY — Six seniors — five of them All-Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division selections, two of them sectional champions.

That’s what the Troy Trojans will be playing without this season.

The reigning GWOC North co-champion Trojans lost a lot of experience to graduation in the offseason, including its sectional champion doubles team of Ivy and Amber Smith. Troy brings back little varsity experience but plenty of potential in its youth — a solid ingredient to have.

“When you lose six seniors, you’re pretty much starting from scratch,” Troy coach Mark Goldner said. “It’s like night and day from last year.

But there are some lights at the end of the tunnel.”

Senior Shelby Arnett and junior Marina Wehrkamp bring back all of the returning varsity experience on the team. Arnett will return to third singles, where she earned special mention AllGWOC North. Wehrkamp, who was first team AllGWOC North at first doubles with graduate Kelly Fischer, will return to the position and team up with senior Noelle Culp, who played JV last season.

“Shelby played third singles for us last year. She missed about two and a half weeks due to illness, but she still had a really good season for us,” Goldner said.

“She’s been through this and knows what she has to do.

The Troy Trojans graduated six seniors from last season’s co-Greater Western Ohio Conference North championship team — including Ivy Smith, one half of Troy’s sectional champion doubles team.

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Troy’s Amber Smith — the other half of Troy’s sectional champion doubles team — graduated in the offseason. The Trojans begin the season Tuesday with an • See TROJANS on page A12 almost-completely new lineup.

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number of positions that are up for grabs, but Saturday’s scrimmage was a chance for players to get a leg up in the race to start at some of those spots.

“We’ve still got some real battles going on at one of the guard spots, cornerback and safety” he said.

Troy will travel to Reynoldsburg this coming Saturday for a 10 a.m. scrimmage. The Trojans will host Dunbar at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 in the final scrimmage of the preseason.

The Trojans open the regular season on at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 against ChaminadeJulienne at Wayne High School.

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Errors hurt Reds in loss CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Venable homered for the second game in a row, and San Diego’s depleted offense took advantage of Cincinnati’s seasonhigh four errors for a 3-1 victory over the Reds on Saturday night.

Third baseman Jack Hannahan had three of the errors — two on offtarget throws to first base, another on a grounder that got through him.

All San Diego managed off the errors was two unearned runs.

Venable hit his teamhigh 15th homer in the eighth inning off reliever Manny Parra.

Tyson Ross (3-5) gave up Brandon Phillips’ RBI single in the first, one of only four hits he allowed over seven innings.

Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 22nd save in 23 chances.

Three of Cincinnati’s errors came behind Tony Cingrani (5-2), who had to throw a lot of pitches to make up for the extra outs. The left-hander needed 92 to get through five innings while allowing only two hits and two unearned runs.

The Padres have won their last six games against left-handed starters since July 11.

The Reds had a tough time holding onto the ball all around. Catcher Devin Mesoraco threw over Hannahan’s head while trying to toss the ball around the infield after a strikeout.

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OSU wideouts now leaders COLUMBUS (AP) — A year ago they shared space in coach Urban Meyer’s doghouse.

Now Ohio State’s wide receivers are team leaders.

Inexperienced and unproven in 2012, they’re veterans this time around.

It’s a question of maturity, assistant coach Zach Smith said of the improvement in his charges.

“Just a year ago I told everyone that it was a young group that needed to grow up and kind of develop and get better. That’s something they’ve done,” he said after Saturday’s practice. “Fast forward a year and they’ve had trials, tribulations, had hard times, had great successes, and so they have grown and learned from mistakes to the point where they’re able to be a mature group.”

They’ve come a long way.

Meyer didn’t hide his feelings about the pass-catchers in the spring of 2012, his first

time on the field with them after taking the job.

He said they didn’t work hard enough. He said they weren’t prepared. He said there were no big-play guys in the lot.

Smith conceded that the coaching staff was “almost in panic mode” at the receivers’ inability to stretch the field, to even run routes or be a viable option in Meyer’s File photo courtesy Lee Woolery/Speedshot Photo spread attack.

Ohio State’s Corey Brown drags a would-be Michigan tackler after a catch durGradually, they came ing a game last season at Ohio Stadium. around.

Instead of wondering who’ll “It’s so much smoother.

Corey Brown had 60 catches, Devin Smith 30 and make a big catch, it seems Everybody’s flowing faster,” Evan Spencer 12 last year quarterback Braxton Miller said Spencer, son of former Ohio State and NFL running as a problem area became a now has several possibilities.

“We’ve got a lot of guys back and assistant coach strength. They proved they could make big plays, such as on this team with speed,” Tim Spencer. “We all know Smith’s memorable one-hand- Devin Smith said. “That’s what our assignments are ed grab early in the year and what (coach Meyer) wants — and we’re reacting instead of his 39-yard gain in the final guys who can stretch the field. trying to think. That’s the minute that helped preserve We’ve certainly got that.” biggest thing we’ve improved If 2012 was a trial by fire, on since last year. It’s really Ohio State’s perfect season the upcoming one is simpler, going to help us out this year.” against Purdue.

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Furyk has lead heading to final round of PGA PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Oak Hill finally had enough elements for a strong test Saturday in the PGA Championship, and Jim Furyk was up for the fight.

Grinding to the end in swirling wind that cast doubt on so many shots, Furyk closed with two big putts — one for birdie to regain the lead, one for par to keep it — that gave him a 2-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Jason Dufner going into the final round.

Coming off an 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th, Furyk hit his 3-wood so badly on the 472-yard closing hole that he couldn’t have reached the green even if he had been in the fairway. He hit a solid shot over the bunkers and back into the fairway, watched his third shot spin off the green onto the fringe, and he gave an emphatic fist pump when his 15-foot par putt curled in the left side of the cup for par.

“Obviously, I made a bad swing,” Furyk said. “This week, I haven’t let too much bother me. It was a nice way to finish the day.”

Sunday doesn’t figure to be any easier — not the course, and not with the guys chasing him.

Dufner thought he had missed another putt on the 18th hole until gravity pulled the ball into the side of the cup for a par that gave him a 71. Sure, it was eight shots worse than his record-tying 63 on a soft course Friday, but at least he got into the final group at the PGA Championship for the second time in three years.

Henrik Stenson, a runner-up at the British Open three weeks ago, dropped only one shot over the last 16 holes and ran in a pair of 12-foot birdie putts for a 69 and was two shots behind. Sweden’s odds of winning a major have never been this high.

Stenson will play in the penultimate group with Jonas Blixt, who had a 66.

The surprise was Masters champion Adam Scott, who was poised to seize control at any moment.

Scott blasted a driver on the uphill, 318yard 14th hole that was so pure he snatched his tee from the ground as the ball was still rising. It stopped 25 feet below the cup, and he had an eagle putt to tie for the lead. The Australian two-putted for birdie, and two

holes later fell back with a double bogey on the 16th. Scott escaped further damage with a 15-foot par save on the 17th and managed a 72. He was four shots behind, along with Steve Stricker, who had a 70.

Those were the only five players within five shots of the lead. Whether more join the chase depends on Furyk, who was at 9-under 201.

Still with an outside chance was Rory McIlroy, who came to life with three birdies over his last six holes for a 67. McIlroy, trying to join Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington as the only repeat winners of the PGA in the stroke-play era, knocked in a 40-foot birdie putt on the 17th and then showed more emotion than he has all year when he chipped in for birdie on the 18th.

“It was good to feel the sort of rush again,” McIlroy said.

He was at 207, still six shots behind.

Woods, meanwhile, will have to wait eight more months to end his drought in the majors. He opened with two bogeys in three holes and shot a 73 to fall 13 shots behind.

It was a shocking performance from the world’s No. 1 player, mainly because he was coming off an eight-shot win at Firestone that included a 61.

Woods has made only seven birdies in 54 holes — four of them on par 3s.

British Open champion Phil Mickelson was even worse. He sprayed the ball all over Oak Hill on his way to a 78, matching his highest score ever in the PGA Championship.

Furyk wasn’t overly excited when he opened this championship with a 65 to share the lead with Scott, and he has kept his eyes in front of him since then.

He wasn’t even sure what the leaderboard looked like, except that his name was at the top.

“I’m comfortable with where I’m at,” Furyk said. “There’s a crowded leaderboard at the top, and instead of really viewing it as who is leading and who is not, I’m really viewing it as I need to go out there tomorrow and put together a good, solid round of golf. Fire a good number and hope it stacks up well.”

No one looked terribly comfortable at the start, not with the swirling wind and

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Jim Furyk hits from the fairway on the third hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club Saturday in Pittsford, N.Y.

water hazard that winds its way along the front nine.

U.S. Open champion Justin Rose fell apart early with back-to-back double bogeys that sent him to a 42. He wound up with a 77. Scott opened with a 20-foot birdie putt, only to follow with back-to-back bogeys.

And when Dufner ended his string of pars by driving into the creek on No. 5 for double bogey, it appeared that this tournament was wide open.

The leaders steadied themselves, leaving the Sunday still up for grabs but likely among fewer players.

Furyk spoke earlier in the week about the sting of losing in the big events, and he’s had a share of them, such as his runner-up finish in the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont near where he grew up, and last year at

Olympic Club when he lost the lead on the 70th hole by snap-hooking his tee shot on a par 5.

Scott knows as well as anyone how unpredictable a final round can be.

He was four shots up with four holes to play at the British Open last year and watched Ernie Els win the claret jug. At Muirfield last month, Mickelson came from five shots behind on the final day and won by three.

“I would like to be leading,” Scott said.

“Four back is well within reach. Anything can happen in a major. We just saw the pin spots get tough today, and scoring in the final groups was very difficult. With so much danger around, it’s hard to be completely free where major pressure is on the line. Tomorrow is going to be similar.”

Out of control offense leaving teams defenseless OSU

By The Associated Press

Offense is out of control.

Points have never been more plentiful in college football. If touchdowns could be weighed they’d be measured in tons. And yards? On some Saturdays it seems you could get to the moon and back with all the ground that gets covered.

Quarterbacks are better trained than ever before and their skills more diverse. The days when a QB was a rare commodity if he could run AND pass are long gone.

Offensive coordinators aren’t afraid to blend eras and philosophies if it’ll get them a first down. A little triple-option here.

A little West Coast there.

A dash of run-and-shoot for flavor.

“Every Saturday you’re seeing all of football history in every game,” said Chris B. Brown, the author of “The Essential Smart Football” and the Smart Football blog.

And to top it all off, they’re running plays almost as fast as Usain Bolt can run the 200.

Outside of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and a few other

spots around the country, defenses have become defenseless.

“In the early 90s, the defenses were ahead and Miami was dominating defensively. Things kind of evolved,” said Arizona State coach Todd Graham, a former defensive coordinator. “But I will tell you, the last 10 years, man, it’s been steadily, steadily, steadily the offenses having the edge. The game has changed.”

How does a defensive coach deal with it?

“It’s hard,” UCLA coach Jim Mora said, his eyes widening and his voice rising. “It’s crazy.”

Mora, a former NFL defensive coordinator, is one of the many feeling flummoxed.

Defensive innovators haven’t been able to counter with Xs and Os. They’re hoping a different approach in recruiting might help or possibly doubling down on fundamentals. Something to turn around a trend that’s been developing for years.

In 2008, FBS teams averaged 27 points per game and 371.6 yards.

Last year, those figures jumped to 29.5 points per

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Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel celebrates after a touchdown run against Florida in College Station, Texas Sept. 8, 2012.

game and 409 yards. Plays per game from scrimmage have increased from 67.7 to 71.5 per team. And yards per play has risen from 5.48 to 5.72.

Even in the Southeastern Conference, which boasts of its defensive prowess, the offenses are taking over. SEC’s teams averaged a league-

record 402.4 yards per game and 30.4 points, a bit shy of the record of 31 per game set in 2010.

And with more SEC teams picking up the pace of play these days — despite the protests of Nick Saban and Bret Bielema — don’t be surprised if the record book is rewritten again

in 2013.

So what in the name of former SEC defensive guru Joe Lee Dunn can be done to shift the balance of power back the guys on the other side of ball?

Three areas need to be addressed: player development, recruiting/personnel and schemes.

n Continued from page A8 In camp 12 months ago, the receivers were just trying to stay out of Meyer’s icy glare. This year they’re expecting big things.

“You can tell when we’re out there, that even some guys last year who didn’t quite know the playbook are now out there playing more comfortable and guys are playing a lot faster,” Brown said. “This year you can expect our offense to just shoot up the charts if we keep doing what we’re doing and try to eliminate the silly mistakes. We can be one of the top offenses in the country.”

Chris Fields is a prime example of how things have turned around for the ends.

He was almost lost on the depth chart, seldom contributing or being asked to, before he snagged a pass almost off the turf for a touchdown with 3 seconds left in the Purdue game to help force overtime.

Now he’s considered a sage who is helping the younger guys come around.

He’s aware of Meyer’s change of heart from a year ago, too.

“He’s definitely giving us more compliments than last year, for sure,” he said, laughing. “For sure. Yeah, he’s very pleased.”

Entertainment world leads outcry against Olympics in Russia Obama and Cameron have both ruled out a boycott because it would penalize the athletes who have trained for years to compete. The U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games are widely viewed as failures.

“One of the things I’m really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kinds of attitudes that we’re seeing here,” Obama said Friday.

“If Russia doesn’t have gay or lesbian athletes, then that would probably make their team weaker.”

Cameron echoed Obama on Saturday, saying, “I believe we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics.”

In the meantime, the International Olympic Committee is coming under pressure to take a tougher line and demand

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that Russia respect the Olympic Charter’s rules against discrimination.

One senior IOC member even suggested taking the games away from Russia if no solution is found.

“They have accepted the words of the Olympic Charter and the host city contract, so either they respect it or we have to say goodbye to them,” Gerhard Heiberg of Norway told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

Heiberg, who organized the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and chairs the IOC marketing commission, said the IOC should stay out of domestic Russian politics but must be firm on what happens during the Sochi Games.

“This is a very important principle and we have to stick to that,” he said. “We cannot start giving in. Let’s wait and see. Either they accept or maybe we go somewhere else if worse comes to worse.

I don’t think it will come to that.”

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Minister David Cameron and former Olympic athletes such as Greg Louganis have also denounced the law that prohibits the spread of “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” among minors.

The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June, imposes fines and up to 15 days in prison for violators. Hefty fines are levied for holding gay pride rallies. Foreigners can be deported.

Whether Putin is listening to the outcry is unclear, but the backlash has even triggered calls for a boycott of the games that he was instrumental in securing for Russia.

Also, the souring relations between the U.S. and Russia over National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, Syria, human rights and other issues has ratcheted up the tensions in the buildup to the Olympics. Obama canceled a planned summit meeting with Putin after Russia granted temporary asylum to Snowden.

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LONDON (AP) — From Hollywood to Broadway, the entertainment industry is using its star power and financial muscle to raise a storm of protest over the antigay legislation in Russia that is battering the image of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Actor-playwright Harvey Fierstein, British writer-actor Stephen Fry and ‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei are among those who have publicly condemned the new law, fueling an uproar that is overshadowing preparations for the Feb. 7-23 Olympics.

With stars and activists using their high-profile platform to bring the issue to global attention, the gay rights crackdown in Russia has exploded into a hot-button controversy that is challenging Olympic leaders like no other since the protests over Tibet and human rights before the 2008 Games in Beijing.

President Barack Obama, British Prime

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Scores

BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Boston 70 48 .593 Tampa Bay 66 49 .574 Baltimore 64 52 .552 New York 58 57 .504 Toronto 54 62 .466 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 69 46 .600 Cleveland 62 54 .534 Kansas City 60 53 .531 Minnesota 51 63 .447 Chicago 44 71 .383 West Division W L Pct Texas 66 50 .569 Oakland 65 50 .565 Seattle 53 62 .461 Los Angeles 52 62 .456 Houston 37 77 .325 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 71 45 .612 Washington 56 60 .483 New York 52 61 .460 Philadelphia 52 64 .448 Miami 43 71 .377 Central Division W L Pct Pittsburgh 70 45 .609 St. Louis 66 49 .574 Cincinnati 64 52 .552 Chicago 51 64 .443 Milwaukee 50 66 .431 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 66 50 .569 Arizona 59 55 .518 San Diego 53 63 .457 Colorado 53 64 .453 San Francisco 52 64 .448

GB WCGB — — 2½ — 5 1½ 10½ 7 15 11½

L10 6-4 4-6 6-4 3-7 5-5

Str L-2 L-4 L-1 L-1 W-1

Home 39-21 37-21 33-25 30-26 29-29

Away 31-27 29-28 31-27 28-31 25-33

GB WCGB — — 7½ 3½ 8 4 17½ 13½ 25 21

L10 9-1 4-6 8-2 6-4 4-6

Str W-1 L-5 W-3 L-1 W-1

Home 37-19 37-24 31-25 26-27 26-30

Away 32-27 25-30 29-28 25-36 18-41

GB WCGB — — ½ — 12½ 12 13 12½ 28 27½

L10 9-1 3-7 3-7 4-6 2-8

Str W-5 L-1 L-1 W-1 L-3

Home 33-24 35-20 30-31 30-32 19-40

Away 33-26 30-30 23-31 22-30 18-37

GB WCGB — — 15 8 17½ 10½ 19 12 27 20

L10 Str Home Away 10-0 W-14 39-15 32-30 4-6 W-2 33-28 23-32 5-5 L-1 25-32 27-29 2-8 L-2 29-27 23-37 3-7 L-6 26-32 17-39

GB WCGB — — 4 — 6½ — 19 12½ 20½ 14

L10 7-3 4-6 5-5 3-7 5-5

Str L-1 L-3 L-1 W-1 W-1

Home 41-20 33-21 36-20 23-33 27-31

Away 29-25 33-28 28-32 28-31 23-35

GB WCGB — — 6 4 13 11 13½ 11½ 14 12

L10 9-1 5-5 5-5 2-8 5-5

Str W-4 W-3 W-1 W-1 W-1

Home 33-25 33-24 31-27 32-26 31-30

Away 33-25 26-31 22-36 21-38 21-34

AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 5, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 4, Detroit 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Cleveland 2 Oakland 14, Toronto 6 Kansas City 9, Boston 6 Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 2, 10 innings, 2nd game Texas 9, Houston 5 Milwaukee 10, Seattle 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 5, San Francisco 2, 10 innings Saturday's Games Detroit 9, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 5, Oakland 4 San Francisco 3, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 4 L.A. Dodgers 5, Tampa Bay 0 L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

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

Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Detroit (Verlander 12-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-9), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Williams 5-8) at Cleveland (Masterson 13-8), 1:05 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 10-8) at Toronto (Dickey 9-11), 1:07 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 7-9) at Kansas City (Shields 6-8), 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 7-8) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-3), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 4-3) at Houston (Keuchel 5-6), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 8-9) at San Francisco (M.Cain 7-7), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 8-11) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-5), 4:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-7), 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Oakland at Toronto, 12:37 p.m.

Texas at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

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

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

Baltimore at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games Washington 9, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 7, San Diego 2 Atlanta 5, Miami 0 Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 0 Colorado 10, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Milwaukee 10, Seattle 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 5, San Francisco 2, 10 innings Saturday's Games San Francisco 3, Baltimore 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Tampa Bay 0 Washington 8, Philadelphia 5 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 1 Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday's Games San Diego (Kennedy 4-8) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-5), 1:10 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 2-1) at Atlanta (Minor 11-5), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 7-12) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 3-3), 2:15 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 8-9) at San Francisco (M.Cain 7-7), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 8-11) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-5), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Arizona (Spruill 0-1), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 9-3) at Colorado (Bettis 0-1), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-8) at Washington (Strasburg 5-9), 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-7), 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

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

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

Baltimore at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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Cincinnati ab r h bi Choo cf 3 1 0 0 Cozart ss 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 3 0 1 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 1 1 Bruce rf 2 0 0 0 Paul lf 3 0 1 0 MParr p 0 0 0 0 LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 Mesorc c 3 0 1 0 Hannhn 3b 3 0 0 0 Cingrn p 1 0 0 0 DRonsn ph1 0 0 0 Simon p 0 0 0 0 Heisey lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 4 1 Totals 28 1 4 1 San Diego .................200 000 010—3 Cincinnati .................100 000 000—1 E_Hannahan 3 (4), Paul (2). DP_San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1. LOB_San Diego

6, Cincinnati 5. HR_Venable (15).

SB_Choo (13). CS_Phillips (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO San Diego T.Ross W,3-5 . . . . . . .7 4 1 1 4 6 Gregerson H,14 . . . . .1 0 0 0 1 2 Street S,22-23 . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati Cingrani L,5-2 . . . . . .5 2 2 0 2 5 Simon . . . . . . . . .2 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 M.Parra . . . . . . . . . .2-3 2 1 1 0 1 LeCure . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 1 2 M.Parra pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP_T.Ross, Cingrani.

Umpires_Home, Rob Drake; First, Joe West; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Adam Hamari.

T_2:51. A_34,777 (42,319).

Saturday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit . . . .101 043 000—9 17 0 New York . .000 020 001—3 6 0 Ani.Sanchez, Smyly (8), Bonderman (9) and Avila; P.Hughes, Claiborne (5), Chamberlain (6), Warren (8) and Au.Romine. W_Ani.Sanchez 10-7.

L_P.Hughes 4-11. HRs_Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (35), A.Jackson (9), Tor.Hunter (13). New York, Overbay (13).

Oakland . . .020 001 001—4 11 2 Toronto . . .211 000 10x—5 5 0 Gray, Cook (7), Balfour (8) and D.Norris; Buehrle, Cecil (6), Loup (7), S.Santos (7), Oliver (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W_Buehrle 8-7. L_Gray 0-1. Sv_Janssen (21). HRs_Oakland, Reddick 2 (10). Toronto, Bautista (27), Reyes (9).

Minn . . . . . .004 000 000—4 8 1 Chicago . . .120 002 00x—5 7 1 Pelfrey, Swarzak (6), Thielbar (7), Pressly (7) and Mauer; Rienzo, Purcey (6), N.Jones (7), Veal (8), A.Reed (9) and Phegley, Flowers. W_Purcey 1-1.

L_Pelfrey 4-10. Sv_A.Reed (28).

HRs_Minnesota, Morneau (14), Arcia (10). Chicago, Jor.Danks (2).

INTERLEAGUE Baltimore . .001 000 010—2 8 0 SF . . . . . . . .000 003 00x—3 6 1 W.Chen, Fr.Rodriguez (7), O'Day (8) and Teagarden, Wieters; Gaudin, Moscoso (6), S.Casilla (8), Romo (9) and Posey. W_Moscoso 1-0. L_W.Chen 6-5. Sv_Romo (28). HRs_Baltimore, C.Davis (42).

TB . . . . . . . .000 000 000—0 6 0 LA . . . . . . . .202 100 00x—5 12 0 Ro.Hernandez, J.Wright (5), C.Ramos (7), Lueke (8) and J.Molina; Greinke, Howell (7), Withrow (8) and A.Ellis.

W_Greinke 10-3.

L_Ro.Hernandez 6-12. HRs_Los Angeles, Ad.Gonzalez (16).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Phil . . . . . . .040 000 010—5 8 0 Wash . . . . .000 201 50x—8 11 1 Cl.Lee, Diekman (7), Miner (7), Lu.Garcia (8) and Ruiz; Jordan, Roark (6), Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos. W_Roark 1-0. L_Diekman 03.

Sv_R.Soriano (29).

HRs_Philadelphia, Ruf (6), D.Brown (26). Washington, Werth (17).

Midwest League At A Glance Eastern Division

W L Pct. GB x-South Bend (D’Backs) 30 19 .612 — Great Lakes (Dodgers) 28 19 .596 1 Bowling Green (Rays) 29 20 .592 1 Dayton (Reds) 26 22 .542 3½ West Michigan (Tigers) 23 23 .500 5½ Lake County (Indians) 23 25 .479 6½ Lansing (Blue Jays) 19 29 .39610½ Fort Wayne (Padres) 17 30 .362 12 Western Division W L Pct. GB Cedar Rapids (Twins) 30 17 .638 — Quad Cities (Astros) 29 17 .630 ½ Peoria (Cardinals) 25 23 .521 5½ x-Beloit (Athletics) 22 25 .468 8 Clinton (Mariners) 22 26 .458 8½ Wisconsin (Brewers) 20 27 .426 10 Burlington (Angels) 19 28 .404 11 Kane County (Cubs) 17 29 .37012½ x-clinched first half Friday's Games Dayton 9, Lake County 7 Lansing 7, West Michigan 5, 12 innings Wisconsin 4, Peoria 2 Burlington 6, Kane County 5, 10 innings South Bend 7, Fort Wayne 6 Cedar Rapids 7, Beloit 4 Quad Cities 7, Clinton 3 Bowling Green 3, Great Lakes 0 Saturday's Games Peoria 4, Clinton 2 South Bend 2, West Michigan 0 Bowling Green at Lake County, 7 p.m.

Lansing at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m.

Dayton at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.

Beloit at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Cedar Rapids at Kane County, 7:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at Quad Cities, 8 p.m.

Sunday's Games Cedar Rapids at Kane County, 12

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY ATHLETICS 12:30 p.m. NBC — World Track and Field Championships, at Moscow AUTO RACING 1 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Cheez-It 355, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. 3 p.m. ABC — American Le Mans Series, Orion Energy Systems 245, at Elkhart Lake, Wis. 5 p.m. SPEED — TORC, at Buchanan, Mich.

CYCLING 4 p.m. FSN — Tour of Utah, final stage, at Park City, Utah GOLF 11 a.m. TNT — PGA of America, PGA Championship, final round, at Rochester, N.Y. 2 p.m. CBS — PGA of America, PGA Championship, final round, at Rochester, N.Y. 4 p.m. TGC — USGA, U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, championship match, at Charleston, S.C. HORSE RACING 5 p.m. NBCSN — NTRA, Adirondack Stakes and Saratoga Special Stakes, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Mid-Atlantic Regional final, teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. FSN — San Diego at Cincinnati TBS — Detroit at N.Y. Yankees 2:05 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis 8 p.m. ESPN — Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers SOCCER 8 p.m. ESPN2 — MLS, Los Angeles at Dallas TENNIS 1 p.m. ESPN2 — WTA, Rogers Cup, championship, at Toronto 3 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Rogers Cup, championship, at Montreal p.m.

South Bend at West Michigan, 1 p.m.

Bowling Green at Lake County, 1:30 p.m.

Beloit at Burlington, 3 p.m.

Peoria at Clinton, 3 p.m.

Dayton at Fort Wayne, 3:05 p.m.

Lansing at Great Lakes, 3:05 p.m.

Wisconsin at Quad Cities, 6 p.m.

Monday's Games South Bend at West Michigan, 7 p.m.

Bowling Green at Lake County, 7 p.m.

Lansing at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m.

Dayton at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.

Cedar Rapids at Kane County, 7:30 p.m.

Beloit at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at Quad Cities, 8 p.m.

Peoria at Clinton, 8 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League Preseason Glance All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 1 0 0 1.000 31 22 Miami 1 1 0 .500 47 27 Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 17 26 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 1 0 0 1.000 27 13 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 3 27 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 21 22 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 44 16 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 34 10 Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 27 19 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 0 0 1.000 10 6 Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 19 17 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 13 17 San Diego 0 1 0 .000 10 31 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 1 0 0 1.000 22 21 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 41 39 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 22 31 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 24 17 New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 13 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 10 34 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 44 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 26 17 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 17 24 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 0 17 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 13 27 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 17 0 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 31 10 San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 6 10 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 19 27 Thursday's Games Baltimore 44, Tampa Bay 16 Washington 22, Tennessee 21 Cincinnati 34, Atlanta 10 Cleveland 27, St. Louis 19 Denver 10, San Francisco 6 Seattle 31, San Diego 10 Friday's Games Detroit 26, N.Y. Jets 17 Miami 27, Jacksonville 3 New England 31, Philadelphia 22 Houston 27, Minnesota 13 New Orleans 17, Kansas City 13 Arizona 17, Green Bay 0 Carolina 24, Chicago 17 Oakland 19, Dallas 17 Saturday's Game N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday's Game Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 15 Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 16 Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Oakland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New England, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17 Dallas at Arizona, 4:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 8 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 18 Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 19

Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m.

College Football USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2012 records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and ranking in final 2012 poll: ...................................Record PtsPvs 1. Alabama (58)..........13-1 1,545 1 2. Ohio State (3).........12-0 1,427 NR 3. Oregon....................12-1 1,397 2 4. Stanford ..................12-2 1,262 6 5. Georgia...................12-2 1,250 4 6.Texas A&M (1)........11-2 1,215 5 7. South Carolina .......11-2 1,136 7 8. Clemson .................11-2 1,047 9 9. Louisville .................11-2 1,010 13 10. Florida...................11-2 930 10 11. Notre Dame..........12-1 872 3 12. Florida State.........12-2 844 8 13. LSU.......................10-3 797 12 14. Oklahoma State .....8-5 726 NR 15.Texas .......................9-4 622 18 16. Oklahoma.............10-3 620 15 17. Michigan .................8-5 589 NR 18. Nebraska ..............10-4 426 23 19. Boise State...........11-2 420 14 20.TCU.........................7-6 400 NR 21. UCLA ......................9-5 202 NR 22. Northwestern........10-3 186 16 23. Wisconsin ...............8-6 172 NR 24. Southern Cal ..........7-6 165 NR 25. Oregon State..........9-4 135 19 Others receiving votes: Kansas State 113; Miami (Fla.) 101; Michigan State 89; Baylor 80; Virginia Tech 65; Fresno State 62; Arizona State 51; Mississippi 32; Vanderbilt 29; Utah State 23; Brigham Young 20; North Carolina 19; Northern Illinois 19;Tulsa 9; Ohio 8; San Jose State 8; Arizona 5; Cincinnati 3; East Carolina 3; Kent State 3; Mississippi State 3; Washington 3; Central Florida 2; Arkansas 1; Arkansas State 1; Rutgers 1; Tennessee 1; Toledo 1.

GOLF PGA Championship Scores Saturday At Oak Hill Country Club, East Course Pittsford, N.Y. Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,177; Par: 70 Third Round Jim Furyk ......................65-68-68—201 Jason Dufner ................68-63-71—202 Henrik Stenson.............68-66-69—203 Jonas Blixt.....................68-70-66—204 Steve Stricker................68-67-70—205 Adam Scott ...................65-68-72—205 Rory McIlroy..................69-71-67—207 Lee Westwood..............66-73-68—207 Dustin Johnson.............72-71-65—208 Kevin Streelman ...........70-72-66—208 Roberto Castro.............68-69-71—208 Marc Warren .................74-67-68—209 David Toms ...................71-69-69—209 Zach Johnson...............69-70-70—209 Bill Haas........................68-70-71—209 David Lynn....................69-69-71—209 Charley Hoffman ..........69-67-73—209 Webb Simpson .............72-64-73—209 Robert Garrigus............67-68-74—209 Matt Kuchar...................67-66-76—209 Marc Leishman.............70-70-70—210 Francesco Molinari .......72-68-70—210 Ryo Ishikawa.................69-71-70—210 Kiradech Aphibarnrat ...68-71-71—210 Rickie Fowler.................70-68-72—210 Scott Piercy...................67-71-72—210 Jason Day.....................67-71-72—210 Luke Guthrie .................71-71-69—211 Scott Jamieson.............69-72-70—211 Boo Weekley.................72-69-70—211 Michael Thompson.......72-67-72—211 Marcus Fraser...............67-69-75—211 Justin Rose ...................68-66-77—211 Rafael Cabrera-Bello....68-75-69—212 K.J. Choi........................76-65-71—212 Graeme McDowell........70-69-73—212 Sergio Garcia................69-68-75—212 Brandt Snedeker ..........70-73-70—213 Ken Duke ......................75-68-70—213 David Hearn..................66-76-71—213 Josh Teater....................71-71-71—213 Brendon de Jonge........71-71-71—213 Keegan Bradley ............69-72-72—213 Hideki Matsuyama........72-68-73—213 Ryan Moore ..................69-71-73—213 Chris Kirk ......................71-69-73—213 Paul Casey....................67-72-74—213 Ryan Palmer .................73-70-71—214 Brooks Koepka .............71-72-71—214 Tiger Woods..................71-70-73—214 Martin Kaymer ..............68-68-78—214 D.A. Points.....................73-70-72—215 Harris English ...............74-69-72—215 Danny Willett.................73-70-72—215 J.J. Henry ......................71-71-73—215 John Senden ................72-70-73—215 Vijay Singh ....................70-72-73—215

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Thorbjorn Olesen .........71-70-74—215 Peter Hanson................72-69-74—215 Matteo Manassero .......72-69-74—215 Tim Clark.......................69-71-75—215 Miguel Angel Jimenez..68-72-75—215 Matt Jones ....................72-71-73—216 Scott Stallings...............73-70-73—216 Tommy Gainey..............69-74-73—216 John Merrick .................75-68-73—216 Darren Clarke ...............69-73-74—216 Shane Lowry.................71-70-75—216 Thongchai Jaidee.........70-71-75—216 Hunter Mahan...............70-68-78—216 Ben Curtis.....................73-70-74—217 Ian Poulter.....................70-71-77—218 Stephen Gallacher .......75-68-76—219 Phil Mickelson...............71-71-78—220 Gary Woodland.............73-70-80—223 PGA Championship Tee Times At Oak Hill Country Club, East Course Pittsford, N.Y. All Times EDT Sunday 8:25 a.m. — Gary Woodland 8:35 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Phil Mickelson 8:45 a.m. — Ben Curtis, Ian Poulter 8:55 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Hunter Mahan 9:05 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Shane Lowry 9:15 a.m. — Tommy Gainey, John Merrick 9:25 a.m. — Matt Jones, Scott Stallings 9:35 a.m. — Tim Clark, Miguel Angel Jimenez 9:45 a.m. — Peter Hanson, Matteo Manassero 9:55 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Thorbjorn Olesen 10:05 a.m. — J.J. Henry, John Senden 10:15 a.m. — Harris English, Danny Willett 10:25 a.m. — Martin Kaymer, D.A. Points 10:45 a.m. — Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods 10:55 a.m. — Paul Casey, Ryan Palmer 11:05 a.m. — Ryan Moore, Chris Kirk 11:15 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama 11:25 a.m. — Josh Teater, Brendon de Jonge 11:35 a.m. — Ken Duke, David Hearn 11:45 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Brandt Snedeker 11:55 a.m. — K.J. Choi, Graeme McDowell 12:05 p.m. — Justin Rose, Rafael Cabrera-Bello 12:15 p.m. — Michael Thompson, Marcus Fraser 12:25 p.m. — Scott Jamieson, Boo Weekley 12:35 p.m. — Jason Day, Luke Guthrie 12:45 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Scott Piercy 12:55 p.m. — Ryo Ishikawa, Kiradech Aphibarnrat 1:05 p.m. — Marc Leishman, Francesco Molinari 1:25 p.m. — Robert Garrigus, Matt Kuchar 1:35 p.m. — Charley Hoffman, Webb Simpson 1:45 p.m. — Bill Haas, David Lynn 1:55 p.m. — David Toms, Zach Johnson 2:05 p.m. — Roberto Castro, Marc Warren 2:15 p.m. — Dustin Johnson, Kevin Streelman 2:25 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood 2:35 p.m. — Steve Stricker, Adam Scott 2:45 p.m. — Henrik Stenson, Jonas Blixt 2:55 p.m. — Jim Furyk, Jason Dufner

AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Cheez-It 355 at The Glen Lineup After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, N.Y. Lap length: 2.45 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 128.241.

2. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 127.958.

3. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 127.462.

4. (47) A J Allmendinger, Toyota, 127.433.

5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 127.4.

6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 127.374.

7. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 127.146.

8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 127.141.

9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 127.111.

10. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 127.038.

11. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 126.932.

12. (35) Michael McDowell, Ford, 126.823.

13. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 126.813.

14. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 126.766.

15. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 126.515.

16. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 126.464.

17. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 126.377.

18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 126.357.

19. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 126.321.

20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 126.209.

21. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 126.124.

22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 126.086.

23. (51) Owen Kelly, Chevrolet, 126.011.

24. (33) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, 125.924.

25. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 125.876.

26. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 125.711.

27. (32) Boris Said, Ford, 125.707.

28. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 125.591.

29. (14) Max Papis, Chevrolet, 125.589.

30. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 124.89.

31. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 124.848.

32. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 124.793.

33. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 124.576.

34. (36) Victor Gonzalez Jr., Chevrolet, 123.878.

35. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 123.75.

36. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 123.708.

37. (19) Alex Kennedy, Toyota, Owner Points.

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

39. (30) David Stremme, Toyota,

Owner Points.

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

41. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

42. (87) Tomy Drissi, Toyota, Owner Points.

43. (52) Brian Keselowski, Toyota, Owner Points.

NASCAR Nationwide-Zippo 200 Results Saturday At Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, N.Y. Lap length: 2.45 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 82 laps, 149.2 rating, 0 points, $45,100.

2. (1) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 82, 127.4, 43, $39,132.

3. (8) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 82, 107.6, 42, $31,906.

4. (4) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 82, 114, 41, $27,631.

5. (11) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 82, 104.3, 39, $24,781.

6. (9)Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 82, 103.6, 39, $25,181.

7. (6) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 82, 109.8, 37, $21,706.

8. (17) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 82, 92.1, 36, $19,336.

9. (7) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 82, 94.2, 35, $20,131.

10. (12) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 82, 85.7, 34, $20,131.

11. (10) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 82, 93, 33, $18,781.

12. (14) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 82, 84.9, 32, $18,506.

13. (19) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 82, 78.4, 31, $18,406.

14. (16) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 82, 84.1, 0, $18,256.

15. (20) Travis Pastrana, Ford, 82, 76.7, 29, $19,356.

16. (27) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 82, 69.9, 28, $18,131.

17. (24) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 82, 66.1, 27, $18,081.

18. (13) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 82, 83.4, 0, $11,800.

19. (22) Kyle Kelley, Chevrolet, 82, 60.2, 25, $17,931.

20. (26) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 82, 58.5, 24, $18,556.

21. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 81, 98.3, 0, $11,625.

22. (18) Michael Annett, Ford, 81, 59.7, 22, $17,781.

23. (28) Bryan Silas, Ford, 81, 51.2, 0, $17,706.

24. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 77, 49, 0, $11,400.

25. (35) Derek White, Toyota, radiator, 75, 44.6, 19, $18,031.

26. (21) Andrew Ranger, Dodge, rear gear, 71, 64.4, 18, $11,300.

27. (25) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 71, 45.1, 17, $17,456.

28. (30) Eric McClure, Toyota, suspension, 67, 46.9, 16, $17,381.

29. (33) Tony Raines, Toyota, brakes, 47, 44.1, 15, $17,331.

30. (15) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, engine, 41, 66.9, 14, $17,581.

31. (37) Carl Long, Chevrolet, engine, 35, 39.7, 13, $17,206.

32. (39) Anthony Gandon, Ford, 27, 29, 12, $10,925.

33. (38) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, electrical, 20, 38, 11, $17,096.

34. (32) Kenny Habul, Toyota, engine, 15, 47.5, 10, $17,036.

35. (40) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, brakes, 12, 38.7, 0, $10,787.

36. (36) Blake Koch, Toyota, overheating, 7, 41.1, 8, $10,080.

37. (29) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 4, 39.5, 7, $10,045.

38. (34) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, electrical, 2, 36.8, 6, $10,011.

39. (31) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, brakes, 1, 35.2, 5, $9,875.

40. (23) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, accident, 0, 33.6, 4, $15,941.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 92.368 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 30 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.418 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 15 laps.

Lead Changes: 7 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: S.Hornish Jr. 1-15; B.Keselowski 16-17; P.Kligerman 1824; B.Keselowski 25-51; R.Smith 52; B.Vickers 53; J.Logano 54-65; B.Keselowski 66-82.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 3 times for 46 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 1 time for 15 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 12 laps; P.Kligerman, 1 time for 7 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Smith, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: 1. A.Dillon, 730; 2.

S.Hornish Jr., 727; 3. R.Smith, 725; 4.

E.Sadler, 718; 5. B.Vickers, 712; 6.

J.Allgaier, 685; 7. B.Scott, 674; 8.

K.Larson, 665; 9. T.Bayne, 661; 10.

P.Kligerman, 656.

TRANSACTIONS Saturday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled 3B Will Middlebrooks from Pawtucket (IL).

Placed INF Brandon Snyder on the 15day DL. Activated LHP Franklin Morales from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Pedro Beato to Pawtucket.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed OF Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day DL. Designated LHP Francisley Bueno for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed 2B Howie Kendrick on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Buddy Boshers from Salt Lake (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Selected RHP Sonny Gray from Sacramento (PCL). Designated INF Adam Rosales for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Added OF Alex Rios to the roster. Optioned OF Joey Butler to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS have placed LHP Juan Perez on the 60-day DL. Recalled RHP Mickey Storey from Buffalo (IL). Activated RHP Drew Hutchison from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Buffalo.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contract of OF Darnell McDonald from Iowa (PCL). Optioned C J.C. Boscan to Iowa.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled OF Jaff Decker fromTucson (PCL).Placed OF Carlos Quentin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 31.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Michael Wacha from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Carlos Martinez to Memphis.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed G Otis Hudson.

COLLEGE SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Andrew Allden and James Daniels track and field assistant coaches.

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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

SPEED FREAKS A couple of questions we just had to ask — ourselves

AP/RUSS HAMILTON SR.

New-age Gordon, happy with second.

After a near-miss at Pocono, will Jeff Gordon ever win again?

GODSPEAK: Not if these Hendrick Motorsports Gordon clones keep beating him. First it was Jimmie Johnson, and now Kasey Kahne is piling on.

KEN’S CALL: Gotta figure there’ll be more, but David Pearson’s hold on second place (105 all-time wins) is looking quite safe for a while.

Sunday’s race sponsor is Cheez-It. What are your top three all-time crackers?

GODSPEAK: 1. Nut; 2.

Shell; 3. Alabama KEN’S CALL: 1. The stately saltine; 2. Graham; 3. Barrel.

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

DENNY’S DONE We’re calling it. Denny Hamlin’s championship quest is over. It passed on Lap 15 of Sunday’s GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin blew a tire, and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota smacked the wall. Game over.

Hamlin finished last in the 43-car field and now sits 25th in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points. The hard facts show there are five regular-season races remaining and Hamlin, who has no wins, is 118 points behind 20th-place Jeff Burton.

Unless Hamlin can locate a long-lost Houdini instruction manual on escaping a locked points trap, this steamer trunk will remain shut tight.

Remember, this was not of Hamlin’s making. He fractured a back bone March 24 after getting into an incident with Joey Logano in California. The injury required Hamlin to sit out four races.

“Just a very frustrating season,” Hamlin said after inspecting the carcass of his stock car in the Pocono garage.

A season that, for all practical purposes, ended in the Pocono Mountains last Sunday.

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JOHNSON’S JOURNEY Jimmie Johnson is so good this season, it is almost laughable. Even when Johnson blows a tire and comes home 13th, he gains championship points, which is what happened at Pocono.

The five-time Cup Series champion blew the tire while leading, fought his way back to 13th and gained two points in the standings from last week.

Johnson led 116 of the combined 320 laps at Indy and Pocono during the last two weeks and came up short both times.

His pit crew let him down at Indy, and Goodyear let him down at Pocono, yet he seems to be toying with the competition.

“I don’t know how, with all the trouble we had, that we salvaged a 13th,” Johnson said. “It was just a team effort. I’m very proud of everyone involved.

Unfortunately, we had that flat after leading the race, but stuff happens. It’s racing.”

GLEN’S ERAS Watkins Glen International has an interesting history of Cup Series drivers enjoying compressed success over its windy, 2.45-mile road course.

For instance, Mark Martin won the event three straight years, 199395. From 1997 through 2001, Jeff Gordon conquered The Glen four times in five starts.

In 2002, Tony Stewart took the baton from Gordon. He won five times from 2002 through 2009, including one race where he was wretchedly sick to his stomach (no, don’t ask for details).

Now it looks like we are in the Marcos Ambrose era. The “Thunder From Down Under” has two career wins, both at The Glen the past two seasons. He can tie Martin’s and Gordon’s record of three straight on Sunday.

Other guys who were minor surprises to win at the Glen: Geoff Bodine won in 1996 by employing a two-pit-stop-only strategy; four years later, Steve Park, who came up through Modifieds, won his first Cup Series race at The Glen.

Do you have questions or comments about NASCAR This Week? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@newsjrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

Jimmie Johnson Clint Bowyer Carl Edwards Kevin Harvick Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kyle Busch Matt Kenseth Kasey Kahne Jeff Gordon Greg Biffle Tony Stewart Brad Keselowski Kurt Busch Martin Truex Jr. Ryan Newman Jamie McMurray Joey Logano Aric Almirola Paul Menard Jeff Burton Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Marcos Ambrose Juan Pablo Montoya Casey Mears Denny Hamlin David Ragan Danica Patrick David Gilliland Mark Martin Bobby Labonte Dave Blaney David Reutimann J.J. Yeley David Stremme Travis Kvapil

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Is Petty bucking for an NBC deal?

If so, let’s hope it works. Kyle is on a very, very, very short list of broadcast commentators who don’t mind saying what’s on their mind, even if it means stirring the pot. A few weeks after rattling Danica Patrick’s cage, he got Denny Hamlin all stirred up this past week. When NBC starts putting together its future NASCAR-coverage roster, Kyle would be a smart draft choice.

Bowling, crackers ... what’s next?

We’re in a stretch of races sponsored by products we might not associate with racin’. Last week at Pocono, the Bowling Proprietors of Association of America sponsored the Go Bowling 400 – the first of a two-year contract they hope will convince you to wear community shoes and embrace the fragrance of lane oil. This week at Watkins Glen, it’s America’s favorite little cheese-flavored cracker that brings us the Cheez-It 355.

Do these sponsorships work?

Hey, look how Johnsonville Foods stock took off after 2001’s Pork the Other White Meat 400. So, to be safe, if you’re in upstate New York, you might want to hoard some Cheez-Its. For what it’s worth, the Answer Man prefers his in tomato soup or crushed over a tuna casserole.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

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He might look like a statesman, but Kyle Petty burns bridges.

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MONTOYA

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. vs. Juan Pablo Montoya: On the first lap, in the first turn, Montoya got into Stenhouse and crashed the rookie out of the race.

Godwin Kelly gives his take: “These NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers need to learn not to mess with Danica Patrick’s man.”

WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Cheez-It 355 at The Glen SITE: Watkins Glen, N.Y. SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Speed, noon and 4 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 11:40 a.m.). Sunday, race (ESPN, coverage begins at noon; green flag at 1:19 p.m.)

TRACK: Watkins Glen International (2.45-mile road course) RACE DISTANCE: 90 laps, 220.5 miles

GODWIN’S WATKINS GLEN PICKS Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

Winner: Marcos Ambrose Rest of the top five: Kurt Busch, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr. Dark horse: Michael McDowell First one out: Denny Hamlin

Biggest disappointment: Jimmie Johnson Don’t be surprised if: Ambrose throws an elbow or two, as he wins his third race at The Glen.

NATIONWIDE: Zippo 200 SITE: Watkins Glen, N.Y. SCHEDULE: Saturday, race (ABC, 2 p.m.)

TRACK: Watkins Glen International (2.45-mile road course) RACE DISTANCE: 82 laps, 200.9 miles

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE JIMMIE JOHNSON Hand on switch, waiting for Chase

KEVIN HARVICK Second here, but a distant second

MATT KENSETH Wisconsin guy, big Cheez-It fan

CARL EDWARDS Has probably never had a Cheez-It

KASEY KAHNE No. 2 on Hendrick depth chart

CLINT BOWYER Watch out, becoming Mr. Road Course

KYLE BUSCH Won’t give Hamlin PR lessons

TONY STEWART Getting old enough to consider golf

JUNIOR EARNHARDT At Glen, will take top-15 and run

RYAN NEWMAN Rallying for the cause (and cash)

POCONO REWIND

Running into Chase at forefront as regular season winds down There are five regular-season Sprint Cup races remaining to decide the 12-driver field for the Chase playoffs, which covers the last 10 races of the season.

Jeff Gordon is ninth in points, but vulnerable because he has no victories.

Tony Stewart is 11th in points, but his one win should get him in. Here is what some of the drivers fighting for a Chase berth were saying after Pocono:

Jeff Gordon, ninth in points, 2nd at Pocono “It’s funny how our emotions to go up and down in this sport. Before the race, if you told me that I’d finish

second, I’d say that was a great birthday gift. ... I’m a little disappointed, but also excited. It was a good points day for us, and we needed that.”

Kurt Busch, 13th in points, 3rd at Pocono

We have a win and we are fighting for a wild-card spot ...

It was a good effort.”

Joey Logano, 17th in points, 7th at Pocono

“Seventh isn’t bad, but I thought we were a top-three “It’s exciting for us because we are in this mix of trying car and have been the last few weeks. We need to keep to race our way into the Chase. You have to do it with that going and keep the momentum up and keep climbtop-five finishes like this.” ing toward a spot in the Chase.

We have a couple top-10 finishes in a row, and we Ryan Newman, 15th in points, 4th at Pocono have been running up front in the top five the whole race.

That is more of a momentum builder than the actual “It’s where it’s important to get the victory. Jeff was really close there and he’s fighting for his wild-card spot. finish.”

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Keselowski wins Nationwide race

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Brad Keselowski has always had a fondness for Watkins Glen International, and that fondness just grew a bit more.

The reigning Sprint Cup champion, who had finished second three times in the past two years at The Glen, led 49 laps in the Nationwide Zippo 200 and finally notched that elusive first career road course victory Saturday. “I don’t know, it’s hard to explain.

I can remember coming here with my dad (in the 1990s), just always having a love affair with this track,� said Keselowski, runner-up to Marcos Ambrose in the past two Cup races at the track. “There’s something about this track. I have a very deep appreciation for it. It’s been a great race track for me.�

Keselowski passed Joey Logano for the lead with 16 laps to go, then held off Sam Hornish Jr. in a dominant performance for Penske Racing.

Keselowski, who finished second to Carl Edwards despite leading more than half of this race a year ago, won for the fourth straight time over five months in NASCAR’s second-tier series. It was his 24th career Nationwide win, tying him with Tommy Houston for eighth place on the career list.

Brian Vickers was third, followed

by Regan Smith and Elliott Sadler.

Logano finished 21st after running out of gas on the final lap, his team’s fuel strategy backfiring.

Hornish won the pole and set sail with Keselowski at the outset after Kyle Busch crashed on the first turn of the 82-lap race. “Kyle getting torn up, it was pretty apparent that all three of our cars had a shot to win the race if we just didn’t do something dumb,� Keselowski said. “So I tried to not do something dumb the whole race.�

AP photo Busch wasn’t so fortunate. He Brad Keselowski celebrates in Victory Lane started second but lost control of his No. 54 Toyota, sliding sideways after after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series apparently tapping the rear bumper of auto race Saturday in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Hornish as they drove through the first turn, a downhill 90-degree right-hand- Hornish and Keselowski as the three Penske Fords combined to lead all but er. Busch’s spotter had just cleared him nine laps. to make a move under Hornish.

Hornish managed to close on Busch briefly touched the Armco Keselowski’s back bumper with six barrier that lines the track and was laps remaining, but that was as close OK, but Mike Wallace, in midpack and as he got. Keselowski pulled away unaware Busch was there, pulled right over the final two laps and won by 1.4 to make a pass and slammed the left seconds. front of Busch’s car. “I was focused on trying to pass the “I’m sorry guys,� Busch said over 22 (Keselowski),� Hornish said. “I his radio as he drove to the garage for had driven for over 100 percent and I repairs. Busch, who was seeking his couldn’t even get beside him. I could ninth victory of the season and 60th get up to his bumper. I just had to in the series, finished five laps down settle down a bit. I needed to sit there in 24th. and ride.�

Wallace’s No. 01 Chevrolet was Smart move. Hornish closed to crushed, too, as was his psyche. within three points of the series lead “I went to the right, Wallace said. behind Austin Dillon, who struggled “You wouldn’t expect him to be spun with a sputtering car and finished out that early in the race. We were just 11th. trying to get through the first lap. It’s The solid day moved Penske within disappointing.� five points of Joe Gibbs Racing for the After that, it was a show between owners’ points lead.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — When rain cut short Sprint Cup practice at Watkins Glen International and he struggled to find balance in his car, Marcos Ambrose blasted his team in the garage. “I did lose my cool,� Ambrose said. “I didn’t feel like we made enough progress for the race and for qualifying. I just didn’t think it was feeling right. I just didn’t quite feel like we were good enough.�

He is now.

Ambrose shattered the Cup track record on Saturday to win the pole for the Cheez-It 355 on Sunday, turning a fast lap of 128.241 mph in the No. 9 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports to easily eclipse the mark of 127.020 set a year ago by Juan Pablo Montoya. It was the 12th track record set this year in qualifying for the new Gen-6 car.

For Ambrose, it was his third career pole and first at The Glen as he seeks his third straight victory at the historic road course in upstate New York. “It’s a very special moment for me. They did a good job to calm me down and not overreact to what I was saying, and it worked out really well,� Ambrose said of his crew. “We were catching up all day yesterday. “This has not been the best qualifying track for me,� Ambrose said.

“I’m proud of today. Getting the pole was awesome. The car felt great. I think that bodes really well for tomorrow. If we can keep this form down, I think that our car will be good for the race, and when you have track position, that’s going to help us a lot.�

Clint Bowyer qualified second and Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. was third, followed by AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Busch.

Max Papis, subbing for the injured Tony Stewart in the No. 14, qualified 29th. Stewart, who has a Cuprecord five wins at Watkins Glen, is sidelined with a broken right leg suffered Monday in a sprint car race in Iowa.

Reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, in the hunt for a berth in the Chase for the championship, will start eighth, while chase contender Kurt Busch qualified 13th.

Hendrick Motorsports struggled as Jimmie Johnson was 18th, Kasey Kahne 19th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25th and Jeff Gordon 28th.

Ambrose won the past two races at Watkins Glen with some good fortune, besting Keselowski and Kyle Busch twice in a pair of stunning finishes. He started fifth in 2011 behind Kyle Busch, who won the pole, and was third off the grid last

Ambrose takes Cup pole at Glen

year behind pole-winner Montoya. “It just helps our situation,�

Ambrose said. “The last two years I’ve come back through the field.

We’ve had luck on our side. I was doing it the hard way. This year, if you have a good day, you can be in control longer. We’re very focused on staying in front.�

Gordon and Mark Martin are the only drivers to win three straight at Watkins Glen, and they did it in the 1990s.

Under NASCAR’s new roadcourse qualifying, the drivers were split into eight groups of five or six cars based on practice speeds from Friday, and NASCAR sent them onto the track five seconds apart.

The drivers had five minutes to post a fast lap.

Truex won at Sonoma in June after starting 14th to snap a 218race winless streak and Bowyer held off Jeff Gordon to win at Sonoma last year as MWR has become a force on the twisting layouts. “On the track yesterday, we were faster than he (Ambrose) was, so we’ll just have to wait and see,�

Truex said. “Track conditions are going to be a lot different tomorrow than they were yesterday in practice. I feel like we can have a great day tomorrow with the speed that we’ve had in our cars all weekend long.�

“First doubles will be a work in progress. Marina played well last year, and Noelle spent a lot of time working on her game in the offseason. They will get better as the year goes on.�

Taking over first and second singles — the spots occupied by Ivy and Amber Smith last year — will be a pair of freshmen. Hannah Essick will play first singles, while Maggie Hennessy will play second. “Both of them have played a lot of USTA matches, so they’re used to playing good competition,� Goldner said. “But now they’re going to be playing girls that are a little older, that have been through a couple of seasons. We know there will be growing pains. There will be ups and downs. “Tennis is a grind. It’ll be different for them, but it’s all about how they handle it. If they show some mental toughness, they should be able to finish strong at the end of the season.�

Senior Akai Foran and junior Akari Nagada will round out the roster at second doubles. “Both of them played a lot of JV singles last year,� Goldner said. “They’re learning to mesh together, and they should play pretty well by the end of the season.�

To get another piece of the GWOC North title, though, the Trojans will have to go through the two teams they shared it with last year. “I think Greenville will be the team to beat this year,� Goldner said. “They have all three of their singles players back from last year, and they beat us 3-2. Butler has one of their’s back, but they may have two freshmen that are pretty good.

Those are the teams, with us, that have a shot at it.�

First, though, the Trojans will have some learning to do. “Four of our five positions will have to go through a learning curve,� Goldner said. “Unfortunately we start the season with two real tough matches.

Centerville is always really good, and Springfield has a good team. But it’s a good thing, too. It’ll show us where we are and the things we need to work on.�

Troy opens the season at Centerville Tuesday. • Milton-Union

The Milton-Union Bulldogs have experience in the right spots, the least of which being coach Sharon Paul’s 38 years.

And even with small numbers overall, she expects the Bulldogs to contend for another Southwestern Buckeye League title and then some. “We are small but mighty,� Paul said. “We only have 10 girls, but we have quite a bit of experience returning. All three singles players return, and Claire Fetters is one of the best doubles players around.�

Brooke Falb will return to first singles and Jesica Ferguson to second singles. Ferguson won the SWBL Tournament at second singles last season, and Falb was the runnerup at first. Then in the postseason, they teamed up for a sectional doubles title.

Fetters also returns, a two-time SWBL champion and, along with graduate Kayla Smith, sectional runner-up at doubles that is closing on a number of school records. She may see time at singles but will primarily play first doubles. “In spit of a little inexperience at some positions, I think we will contend for a league title again and do well at sectional,â€? Paul said. • Lehman Lehman had its rebuilding year last season. This year, in Will Harrelson’s second year as coach, the Cavaliers are looking to put what they’ve built to use. “We had a lot of firsttime varsity players last year, so it was a rebuilding year of sorts,â€? Harrelson said. “This year we are focusing more on strategy and setting our players up for a successful postseason.â€?

All three singles players return: seniors Julia Harrelson (first) and Sarah Gravunder (second) and sophomore Diana Gibson (third).

Returning in doubles are seniors Meghan Burner and Elaina Snyder, along with new players Emily Hoersten, Kailtin Gillman and Emma Simpson. “We are excited for another season of great competition and exciting matches with teams like our cross-town rival Sidney and crosscounty-line rival Piqua,�

Harrelson said. jbrown@civitasmedia.com

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Cincinnati Reds’ Shin-Soo Choo steals second base in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Saturday in Cincinnati.

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The Padres put outfielder Carlos Quentin on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right knee before the game, their second significant setback of the week. Earlier, AllStar shortstop Everth Cabrera was suspended for 50 games for taking a banned substance.

Quentin missed the last seven games with the injury. He was batting .275 with a team-leading 45 RBIs and 13 homers, second to Venable for the team lead.

AP photo

The Padres got sloppy and let in a couple of runs in Cincinnati’s 7-2 win on Friday night. This time, the Reds had trouble getting a grip.

Chris Denorfia singled and scored when Venable singled and left fielder Xavier Paul bobbled the ball. Hannahan then threw wildly to first on Chase Headley’s grounder, allowing Venable to score on the second error of the inning.

Cingrani threw 32 pitches in the extended inning.

Shin-Soo Choo drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first, stole his 13th base of the season and came around on Phillips’ twoout single.

Paul ran the Reds out of a rally in the seventh. Jay Bruce walked and went to third on Paul’s single with no outs. Mesoraco flied to Denorfia in right, not deep enough to get Bruce in from third. Paul tagged on the play and was thrown out at second.

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Miami Valley Sunday News • www.troydailynews.com

By Colin Foster

Associate Sports Editor colinfoster@civitasmedia.com

Some may know the name The Future Begins Today from the popular Strawberry Sweet Heat! Salsa, a two-time Best Strawberry Festival Culinary winner.

The vast majority of people, however, know the program for the great work it does with kids in Troy City Schools — which is why more than 125 people were in attendance Wednesday night as The Future Begins Today celebrated its 20th anniversary at TroyHayner Cultural Center Ballroom.

What began with less than 30 elementary students in 1993 has grown into a city-wide program.

Since that first year grants were awarded, more than 1,100 Last Dollar Grants totaling more than $550,000 have been awarded to Troy High School and Troy Christian High School graduates.

The Future Begins Today offers programs for Troy elementary students such as Homework Helper, Leadership Clubs and Lunch Buddies. It also has a Last Dollar Grant Program, the F.O.R.M.S. Program and the Urbana University Scholarship Program.

Above all, The Future Begins Today is about providing kids with a platform for a better future.

Wednesday night’s reception was all about celebrating the founders, their vision and their commitment to making a difference in the education.

Where it began The vision became a reality more than 20 years ago when two elementary school principals, Alan Zunke (then at Van Cleve Elementary) and Jill Wilson (Kyle Elementary), ran with an idea to do something a little extra for students in their schools who were at a disadvantage when it came to their academic success. Zunke and Wilson had established the Lunch Buddy Program, and provided help with homework to their students.

But things were about to change.

Joe Reardon — who was representing a newly formed group of community-minded residents, known as The Acorn Society of Troy, Ohio — approached then superintendent Glenn Kiefer and assistant Jim Daniel.

Reardon was there to offer financial support and help Troy students.

In the coming years, The Acorn Society gave several grants to Troy City Schools for the initiatives at Kyle and Van

File Photos by Anthony Weber | Daily News

Thomas Sanders, left, and John Hogan create Future Begins Today banners Oct. 31, 2012, at Kyle Elementary School. Forest and Kyle Elementary School Art teacher and Future Begins Today Adviser Gabbrielle Bruan while working with students regarding citizenship and other related election topics.

Cleve. Soon, Heywood Elementary became involved in the program.

A few years later, The Acorn Society, whose members included Joe and Betty Reardon, Bill and Wanda Lukens and Thom and Pat Robinson, shared another idea with Kiefer. The group wanted to give scholarships to Troy students to pursue post- secondary education, similar to a program in Columbus called “I Know I Can.” “We went to see this program that was big and successful and wonderful for the community of Columbus,” Wilson said.

“And I remember feeling very small and very overwhelmed that here we were, this small group from Troy, Ohio, (thinking) how could we ever do anything close to what they have done.

“But it did happen, and 20 years later here we are.”

Pat Robinson, who had a connection with the I Know I Can program, set up a community meeting at PMI Food Equipment Group in early 1999, with the intention to share the vision for The Future Begins Today program.

“Close to 100 people were in attendance,” said Cheryl Cotner, executive director of The Future Begins Today for the last 10 years. “Pat Robinson told me she remembers ‘it was a bunch of people who wanted to help kids.’”

In May 1999, The Future Begins Today was incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization under founding board members Dan Kerber, Glenn Kiefer,

Wanda Lukens, Kay Lutz, then Troy football coach Steve Nolan, Pat Robinson, Tom Rodgers, Marlene Shanks, Ron Scott — and the two principals who started it all, Wilson and Zunke.

Wilson and Zunke went on to design the elementary portion to be a nurturing program. In addition to all the programs TFBT offers, it also provides last dollar grants for Troy graduates.

The first office for TFBT was donated in

the Stillwater Building, which eventually became Kerber Sheet Metal.

The program moved to another donated space at the People’s Bank Trust Department building, and remained there until 2008. Its office is now located at the One Call Now building on Grant Street.

Bill Lohrer became the first executive director in 2000, Carol Kerber designed the logo and Linda Daniel helped by sharing her marketing

The Future Begins Today Executive Director Cheryl Cotner was awarded the ONU James F. Dicke College of Business Administration Outstanding Service Award on Oct. 10, 2009. According to a press release from ONU, the award honors individuals who have provided sustained and outstanding service to and whose contributions have positively impacted the College of Business Administration and Ohio Northern.

expertise. TFBT was one of 19 original founding organizations for the Ohio College Access Network. Currently, there are 35 programs in Ohio.

“Beginning this year, when Troy High School students graduated, every student who graduated had been in the sixth grade here in Troy has been part of our program,” Cotner said. “We now do quite a few things at Van Cleve school, which is where the sixth graders are. We started

that seven years ago.”

The students Joyful. Happy. Always with a smile on her face.

It’s surprising Cheryl Cotner is so energetic, considering how many children she has had to deal with in her 10 years with the program.

But Cotner loves what she does, and she’s not shy to brag about the great people who have come through TFBT. • See FUTURE on page B2

Heywood Elementary School Intervention Assistant Meg Ellinger (not pictured) along with a Future Begins Today Leadership Club get a lesson in animals native to Ohio with help from the Miami County Park District on Jan. 25, 2012, at the school. Here students including Brookelyn Hermann and Kennedy Lowe get a close look at some of the creatures.

Forest Elementary School Principal Alan Zunke reads a Future Begins Today book with third grade Retired teacher Marge Mauntler plays a game of SORRY! with second grade student Brock LaRue of students from left Rayn Chamblin, Lydia Stucker, Matthew Bess and Noah Leach at the school Friday, Heywood Elementary School after lunch March 20, 2013, during the Lunch Buddy Program through Jan. 13, 2012. Zunke wrote the story featured in the activity book that all third grade students in the district receive to help spark conversations of career choices. the Future Begins Today program.

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Miami Valley Sunday News • www.troydailynews.com

TODAY’S CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Calvous 5. Consomme, jelled 10. Lies 15. Word in a holiday song 19. Burn remedy 20. Shade of purple 21. Nearly bovine 22. Ballet movement 23. Diving feat: 2 wds.

25. One of a couple: 2 wds.

27. Behind 28. Circus 30. Delicate 31. When Quadragesima occurs 32. Agent 86 33. Corrosive 34.

Name meaning “strength” 37. Bank job 38. Filiety 42. Spearhead 43. Compromises: 2 wds.

47. — Pasha 48. Emerald — 49. Concede 50. Smell — — 51. Faux pas 52. Hob 53. Ascended 54. Set out 56. “Moll Flanders” author 57. Breadbasket 59. Altitudinous place 60. Maria Eva Duarte de — 61. Blowout 62. Energy type 63. One of fifty: Abbr.

64. Browbeaten 65. Loman or Wonka 66. Duties 68. Like a fortified city 69. Sweetheart 70. Temperamental ones 71. Depot: Abbr.

73. Sickly in color 74. Cabbage 75. Hauled 76. Piggin 77. Abbr. on maps 78. A stop on the road to recovery: 2 wds.

81. Fashion magazine 82. Riffians 84. Bacilli 85. “Golden Boy” playwright 86. Thanks — —!

87. Certain authorities 88. — avis 90. Erects anagram 93. Perches for birds 94. Avocation 98. Wrestling hold: 2 wds.

AP Photo

This book cover image released

by The Friday Project shows “Paramedico: Around the World

By Ambulance,” by Benjamin Gilmour.

Book explores the lives of the world’s paramedics Associated Press

100. Numismatics item: Hyph.

102. Kind of contract 103. Approaches 104. — Edouard Charles Antoine Zola 105. A Muppet 106. See 107. Leggy creature 108. Judge 109. Food colors DOWN 1. Tical 2. Of a wing 3. “Blue Angel” girl 4. Troops’ fortified position 5. Forcefully 6. Object of worship 7. Sleigh 8. “— Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts” 9. Potter

10. Flack the singer 11. Contest 12. Wife of Rama 13. Cable channel 14. Testa: 2 wds.

15. Insect pests 16. — Bator 17. Musical quality 18. Challenge 24. Rice or Campbell 26. Pluvious 29. Impulsive 32. — — stone 33. City on the Nile 34. Saab or Tahari 35. Inventor Nikola — 36. Certain sibling: 2 wds.

37. Two-fisted fellows: Hyph.

39. Retail event: 2 wds.

40. Troy 41. Conduit

43. Hurt 44. Ford family name 45. Type of beer 46. Kind of off-campus house 51. Type feature 53. Traveled 54. Melville’s Budd 55. Dot-com giant 56. Fleur- — — 58. Disney duck 59. Enameled tinware 60. Main Street event 62. Tendon 63. Crude dwellings 64. Class 65. Eat greedily 66. “— Andronicus” 67. Pond bird 68. Raiment 69. English composer 70. Condemns 72. English country fes-

tivals 74. Pigment in carrots 75. Farm machine 76. Rode a bike: Var. 78. Hayes or Hunt 79. Facing 80. Safecracker 83. Pub regular 85. Cookie brand 87. Promised 88. Kind of range 89. A reptile 90. U-shaped plate 91. Lugs 92. Loud noise 93. Boris Godunov, e.g.

94. Opening 95. Italian coffee brand 96. Cite 97. Brother of Anteros 99. Triangle part 101. Prof. org.

This boy just wants to have fun: Thicke loosens up NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke is enjoying a pop culture moment with the upbeat Marvin Gaye-esque single “Blurred Lines,” but the song didn’t click with his record label when he previewed it last summer.

“The record company didn’t get it. They didn’t even pay for the video. They didn’t want to support it at all. Remy Martin paid for the video,” said the 36-year-old crooner, who is a spokesperson for the liquor brand with his wife, actress Paula Patton. “And as soon as the record company saw the video, they said, ‘This is a smash.’”

The ubiquitous “Blurred Lines” is the longest-running No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year with Thicke nine weeks on top. The video — the unrated version with nude models prowling was banned from YouTube — has more than 125 million views. The title track from Thicke’s fifth album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week after selling 177,000 copies units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Thicke mostly wrote and produced the album, released by Universal Music’s Interscope Records, with assists from will.i.am, Dr. Luke, Timbaland and Pharrell, his frequent collaborator since 2006. The 11-track set features a funkier, uptempo sound that’s somewhat of a departure for the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, best known for his bedroom grooves “Lost Without U” and “Sex Therapy.”

In an interview with The Associated Press, Thicke talked about the song’s success, switching up his style and what’s up next.

AP: Did “Blurred Lines” sound like a hit to you?

Thicke: It did to me, and then I went into the record label and I played it for the heads of the label, head of pop radio … and everybody just went, ‘Nice. Nice.’ Got no response; was kind of surprised by that. A few months later went back in, played it again like, ‘I think we have enough records here. I think we’ve got four or five really strong singles’ — or at least four or five options for singles.

AP: How does it feel now that the song is a smash around the world?

Thicke: (Puts up middle finger and laughs.)

Nah, I’m just kidding.

AP: Did you finish recording the album before “Blurred Lines” took off?

Thicke: I always write about 40 or 50 songs per album. I had some stuff that I normally write — some slower, soulful, more depressing in some ways, introspective-type stuff. ‘Blurred Lines’ started to take off … so I went in the studio and I recorded three new songs that were up-tempo and funk.

AP: Why do you think the song is connecting with so many people?

Robin: The reason why ‘Blurred Lines’ is breaking records is because rarely do you have a song playing on all pop stations and all black stations, all of the urban stations. And because I have an urban fan base and urban audience, I wonder if it was a brand-new artist, would they play (‘Blurred Lines’) on black radio? I don’t think so. They might not. … Someone was like, ‘It’s like (OutKast’s) “Hey Ya!’”

U.S. best selling books in fiction Associated Press

1. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) 2. “Inferno” by Dan Brown (Knopf/Doubleday) 3. “The English Girl” by Daniel Silva (Harper) 4. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books) 5. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green (Dutton Children’s) 6. “And the Mountains Echoed”

by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) 7. “Hidden Order” by Brad

Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 8. “Second Honeymoon” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown) 9. “First Sight” by Danielle Steel (Random House) 10. “Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel” by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster) 11. “The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling (Little, Brown) 12. “Gone Girl: A Novel” by Gillian Flynn (Crown) 13. “The White Princess” by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)

14. “Pulse” by Gail McHugh (Gail McHugh) 15. “Bombshell” by Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult) 16. “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare (Margaret K. McElderry Books) 17. “The Silent Wife” by A.S.A Harrison (Penguin) 18. “Insurgent” by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books) 19. “Time for Love” by Marie Force (Published via Amazon digital Services) 20. “Ender’s Game” by Orson

Scott Card (Tor) 21. “Entwined with You” by Sylvia Day (Berkely) 22. “Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander” by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach (Howard Books) 23.

“The Witness” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing) 24. “Proof of Heaven” by Eben Alexander (Simon & Schuster) 25. “Friends Forever” by Danielle Steele (Dell)

“Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance” (The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins),

by Benjamin Gilmour Benjamin Gilmour’s book “Paramedico” explores the lives of emergency responders in a variety of countries, an intriguing, blood-soaked concept with plenty of drama and a dash of waitand-see boredom.

Gilmour, an author and filmmaker from Australia who also is a trained paramedic, hopped from South Africa to the Philippines, to Thailand, Mexico and several other nations, where he spent time with various ambulance services to learn what works, what doesn’t and what sets each apart from the others.

To no one’s surprise, the life of a rescue worker in, say, impoverished, terror-ridden Pakistan, is quite different than that of his or her counterpart in calm, cool Iceland.

The former is lucky if the ambulance contains basic medical equipment. The latter spends a lot of time in saunas.

In South Africa, many paramedics fear being infected with HIV as they aid the afflicted.

Emergency responders in Venice, Italy, have to navigate canals, not merely streets. And Filipino paramedics often learn where they need to go by relying on radio news bulletins because, at least when Gilmour was in the country, there is no central emergency number.

Gilmour has a good sense of humor and a knack for spotting enlightening details. His descriptions of some of the emergency situations he encounters are vivid, and some of the men and women he meets are worth basing novels on. The best chapter is about Pakistan, where there is growing competition in the ambulance industry at a time when bombings and shootings provide plenty of work to go around.

Unfortunately, in the rush to pack as much as possible into this book, the writing suffered.

“Paramedico” can be a tough, at times awkward, read, and it deserved stronger editing. The book, which comes out in the United States on Tuesday, is also linked to a documentary of the same name, so for those unwilling to slog through its pages, a visual rendition might be more appealing.

Future n Continued from page B1

“These grants have helped Troy graduates become doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, accountants, ministers, nurses, business owners and managers, bankers, musicians, social workers, police and national security just to name a few,” Cotner said.

Some of those alumni were on hand Wednesday. Speakers included former student Andrew Johnson, a lawyer in Troy, and recent college grad-

uates Travis Malick, Wright State University, and Cameron DeHart, an Ohio State grad who has been awarded a full tuition scholarship to Stanford University this fall for his PhD. Malick told a story about a time when he was struggling with his academics during his junior year of college. He was thinking of throwing his college hopes out the window, when Cotner stepped in and got him to apply for a another

Last Dollar grant.

“That did mean a lot to me,” Malick said.

DeHart touched on the importance of asking for help, and left the 33 grant recipients in attendance with a message for the future.

“Think a little more broadly about education,” DeHart said.

“What more can you bring than your college degree?

What else do you have?”

Grants The Future Begins Today starts working with students in fourth grade. Staying the course academically allows students to benefit from the program and succeed by graduating high school.

The Last-Dollar Grants are awarded up to a maximum of $1,400 per student. The grants are to any post-secondary training, including vocational or technical train-

ing and for two- and four-year institutions. Students receiving the Last Dollar Grants are required to perform 15 hours of volunteer service in Troy.

College students have recorded more than 7,500 hours of community service in the past 10 years.

The grants are renewable up to four years as long as the student maintains a 2.0 grade point average and completes the Troy community service.

Miami Valley Sunday News • www.troydailynews.com

Sunday, August 11, 2013

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DATES TO REMEMBER Today n DivorceCare seminar and support group will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. at Piqua Assembly of God Church, 8440 King Arthur Drive, Piqua. Child care provided through the sixth-grade. n AA, Piqua Breakfast Group will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Westminter Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The discussion meeting is open. n AA, Troy Trinity Group meets at 7 p.m. for open discussion in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. n AA, open meeting, 6 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. Alley entrance, upstairs. n AA, Living Sober meeting, open to all who have an interest in a sober lifestyle, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. n Narcotics Anonymous, Winner’s Group, will meet at 5 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. Open discussion . n Narcotics Anonymous, Poison Free, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 202 W. Fourth St., third floor, Greenville. n Narcotics Anonymous, Never Alone, Never Again, 6:30 p.m., First Christian Church, 212 N. Main St., Sidney n Teen Talk, where teens share their everyday issues through communication, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Troy View Church of God, 1879 Staunton Road, Troy. n Singles Night at The Avenue will be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg Church, 6759 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. Each week, cards, noncompetitive volleyball, free line dances and free ballroom dance lessons. Child care for children birth through fifth grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. each night in the Main Campus building.

For more information, call 667-1069, Ext. 21. n A Spin-In group, practicing the art of making yarn on a spinning wheel, meets from 2-4 p.m. on the third Sunday at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend.

For more information, call 667-5358. n Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available.

Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

Monday n Dollar menu night will be from 6-8 p.m. at Troy Eagles, 225 N. Elm St. Dollar menu items include hamburger sliders, sloppy joe, hot dog, grilled cheese, french fries, onion straws, cup of soup, ice cream and more for $1 each. n Come join an Intermediate Contract Bridge game at the Tipp City Public Library every Monday at 1:30 p.m. Beverages and relaxed company provided. Sign up is required, either in person at the circulation desk, 11 E. Main St., or by phone at (937) 667-3826, Ext. 216. n Students in grades sixth through 12 can get together with their friends the first Monday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Tipp City Public Library and make something original.

Registration is required by stopping in at 11 E. Main St., or calling (937) 667-3826. n Christian 12 step meetings, “Walking in Freedom,” are offered at 7 p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City. n An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. n An evening grief support group meets the second and fourth Monday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Generations of Life Center, second floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The support group is open to any grieving adult in the greater Miami County area and there is no participation fee. Sessions are facilitated by trained bereavement staff. Call 573-2100 for details or visit the website at homc.org. n AA, Big Book discussion meeting will be at 11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy, in the 12 Step Room. The discussion is open to the public. nAA, Green & Growing will meet at 8 p.m. The closed discussion meeting (attendees must have a desire to stop drinking) will be at Troy View Church of God, 1879 Old Staunton Road, Troy. n AA, There Is A Solution Group will meet at 8 p.m. in Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, County Road 25-A, Ginghamsburg. The discussion group is closed (participants must have a desire to stop drinking). n AA, West Milton open discussion, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, rear entrance, 1209 S. Miami St. Non-smoking, handicap accessible. n Al-Anon, Serenity Seekers will meet at 8 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The discussion meeting is open. A beginner’s meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. n Alternatives: Anger/Rage Control Group for adult males, 7-9 p.m., Miami County Shelter, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. n Mind Over Weight Total Fitness, 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin St., Troy.

Other days and times available. For more information, call 339-2699. n TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City.

New members welcome. For more information, call 335-9721. n Troy Noon Optimist Club will meet at noon at the Tin Roof restaurant. Guests welcome. For more information, call 478-1401. n Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, weigh-in is at 5 and meeting at 5:30 p.m.

n Parenting Education Groups will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Learn new and ageappropriate ways to parent children.

Call 339-6761 for more information.

There is no charge for this program. n Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy, use back door. n Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. n Sanctuary, for women who have been affected by sexual abuse, location not made public. Must currently be in therapy. For more information, call Amy Johns at 667-1069, Ext. 430 n Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273. n Pilates for Beginners, 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. n NAMI, a support group for family members who have a family member who is mentally ill, will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. the third Monday at the Stouder Center, Suite 4000, Troy.

Call 335-3365 or 339-5393 for more information. n The Ex-WAVES, or any woman who formerly served during World War II, will meet at 1 p.m. the second Monday at Bob Evans in Troy. n Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

Tuesday n The Miami Valley Chapter of the National Alzheimers Association will meet from 7-8 p.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 325 W. Ash St., Piqua. For more information, call (937) 291-3332. n The Miami Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors meet in regular session at 8 a.m. at the district office, 1330 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Call (937) 335-7645 for more information or go online to www.miamiswcd.org. n Double deck pinochle is played at the Tipp City Public Library, 11 E. Main St., every Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Come enjoy the relaxed environment with beverages provided by the library. Sign up is required, either in person at the circulation desk or by phone at (937) 667-3826, Ext. 216. n Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy. com for more information and programs. n The Friends and Neighbors Club of Miami County, a women’s nonprofit and social organization doing charitable work in the Troy area, meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. For more information, contact Joanne at jrosenberglvspopcorn@hotmail.com. n A teen support group for any grieving teens, ages 12-18 years in the greater Miami County area is offered from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Generations of Life Center, second floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. There is no participation fee. Sessions are facilitated by trained bereavement staff and volunteers.

Crafts, sharing time and other grief support activities are preceded by a light meal. n Quilting and crafts is offered from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at the Tipp City Seniors, 320 S. First St., Tipp City. Call 667-8865 for more information. n Mothers of Preschoolers, a group of moms who meet to unwind and socialize while listening to information from speakers, meet the second and fourth Tuesday from 6:158:30 p.m. Single, married, working or stay-at-home moms are invited.

Children (under 5) are cared for in MOPPETS. For more information, contact Michelle Lutz at 440-9417 or Andrea Stapleton at 339-8074. n The Miami Shelby Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Street United Methodist Church, 415 W. Greene St., Piqua. All men interested in singing are welcome and visitors always are welcome. For more information, call 778-1586 or visit the group’s Web site at www.melodymenchorus.org. n Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at Richards Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., Troy.

Video/small group class designed to help separated or divorced people.

For more information, call 335-8814. n An adoption support group for adoptees and birthmothers will meet on the first Tuesday of each month.

Call Pam at 335-6641 for time and location. n The Mental Health Association of Miami County will meet at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday in the conference room of the Tri-County Board of Recovery & Mental Health, Stouder Center, 1100 Wayne St., Troy. Use the west entrance to the fourth floor. n AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 p.m., Dettmer’s Daniel Dining Room. n AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. n AA, The Best Is Yet To Come Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The discussion is open. n AA, Tipp City Group, Zion Lutheran Church, Main and Third streets at 8 p.m. This is a closed discussion (participants must have a desire to stop drinking). n Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney Group, Presbyterian Church, corner North and Miami streets, Sidney. n AA, 7 p.m. at Troy Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

Open discussion. n An Intermediate Pilates class will be from 9-10 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. n Women’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at

the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information. n Narcotics Anonymous, Just For Tuesday, will meet at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. This is an open discussion. n Narcotics Anonymous, Unity Group, 7 p.m., Freedom Life Ministries Church, 9101 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua. Open discussion. n Public bingo, license No. 010528, will begin with early birds at 7 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge No. 833, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Use the Cherry Street entrance. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Instant tickets also will be available. n Public bingo — paper and computer — will be offered by the Tipp City Lumber Baseball organization from 7-10 p.m. at the West Milton Eagles, 2270 S. Miami St., West Milton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and concessions will be available.

Proceeds will benefit the sponsorship of five Little League baseball teams.

For more information, call 543-9959. n DivorceCare will be every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy Church of the Nazarene, State Route 55 and Barnhart Road, Troy. The group is open to men and women. For more information, call Patty at 4401269 or Debbie at 335-8397. n Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

Wednesday n The Miami Valley Veterans Museum will have free coffee and doughnuts for all veterans and guests from 9-11 a.m. on the first Wednesday at the museum, located in the Masonic Lodge, 107 W. Main St., Troy, on the second floor. n Come join the Experienced Contract Bridge game at the Tipp City Public Library, played every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., beverages and relaxed company are provided.

Sign up is required, either in person at the circulation desk, 11 E. Main St., or by phone at (937) 667-3826, Ext. 216. n The Troy High School class of 1962 will meet at 1 p.m. every second Wednesday at Marion’s Piazza, 1270 Experiment Farm Road, Troy. All classmates and spouses are invited.

For more information, call Sharon Mathes at 335-1696 or Esther Jackson at 339-1526. n Skyview Wesleyan Church, 6995 Peters Road, Tipp City, will offer a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible study will begin at 7 p.m. n An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. n The “Sit and Knit” group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358. n The Milton-Union Senior Citizens will meet at 1 p.m. at 435 Hamilton St., West Milton. Those interested in becoming members are invited to attend. Bingo and cards follow the meetings. n Grandma’s Kitchen, a homecooked meal prepared by volunteers, is offered every Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in the activity center of Hoffman United Methodist Church, 201 S. Main St., West Milton, one block west of State Route 48. The meal, which includes a main course, salad, dessert and drink, for a suggested donation of $7 per person, or $3 for a children’s meal. The meal is not provided on the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s. n The Miami County Troy Alzheimer’s Support Group, affiliated with the Miami Valley, Dayton Alzheimer’s Association and the National Alzheimer’s Association, will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. at Senior Active Adult Services, 2006 W. Stanfield Road, Troy, the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Respite care will be provided. Caregivers may call 335-8800 for more information. n The Town and Country Grandmothers No. 329 meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AMVETS Post on LeFevre Road, Troy. n The Dayton Area ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Support Group will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Wednesday at the West Charleston Church of the Brethren, 7390 State Route 202 (3 miles north of I-70). Bring a brown bag lunch.

Beverages will be provided. For more information, call (866) 273-2572. n The Kiwanis Club will meet at noon at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Non-members of Kiwanis are invited to come meet friends and have lunch. For more information, contact Bobby Phillips, vice president, at 335-6989. n The Troy American Legion Post No. 43 euchre parties will begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 339-1564. n The Toastmasters will meet at American Honda to develop to help participants practice their speaking skills in a comfortable environment.

Contact Eric Lutz at 332-3285 for more information. n AA, Pioneer Group open discussion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter down the basement steps on the north side of The United Church Of Christ on North Pearl Street in Covington. The group also meets at 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is wheelchair accessible. n AA, Serenity Island Group will meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The discussion is open. n AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m. for closed discussion, Step and Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

n AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. Use the alley entrance, upstairs. n Al-Anon, Trinity Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. n Men’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues.

Call 339-6761 for more information. n A Domestic Violence Support Group for Women will meet from 6:308:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16. E. Franklin St., Troy. Support for battered women who want to break free from partner violence is offered. There is no charge for the program. For more information, call 339-6761. n Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. n Children’s Creative Play Group will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

School-age children will learn appropriate social interactions and free expression through unique play therapy. There is no charge for this program. More information is available by calling 339-6761. n Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Recovery, Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. n Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 9100 N. Main St., State Route 48, between Meijer and Samaritan North. For other meetings or information, call 252-6766 or (800) 589-6262, or visit the Web site at www.region5oa.org. n Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273. n A Pilates Beginners group matwork class will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. n Safe People, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, SC/DC 104.

Find guidance for making safe choices in relationships, from friendships to co-workers, family or romance. Learn to identify nurturing people as well as those who should be avoided. Call Roberta Bogle at 667-4678 for more information. n Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A 12-week video series using Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical help and encouragement to all who seek a healthy, balanced life and practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards at 667-4678. n The Temple of Praise Ministries will serve hot lunches from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday at 235 S. Third St., Tipp City. n The Troy Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. For more information, call 335-1923. n A free employment networking group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. each Wednesday at Job and Family Services, 2040 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap into unadvertised jobs, assistance to improve personal presentation skills and resume writing. For more information, call Steven Kiefer at 570-2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465. n All Kiser High School alumni and friends are invited to the monthly meeting on the fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 200, 5046 Nebraska Ave., Huber Heights. Use the rear entrance. n The Tipp City Seniors offer line dancing at 10 a.m. every Wednesday at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. n The Kiser Alumni Association meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday at the American Legion Post 200, 5046 Nebraska Ave., Huber Heights.

Thursday n The Upper Valley Medical Center Mom and Baby Get Together group will meet from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursdays at the Farm House, located northwest of the main hospital entrance and next to the red barn on the UVMC campus. The meeting is facilitated by the lactation department. The group offers the opportunity to meet with other moms, share about being a new mother and to learn more about breastfeeding and the baby. For more information, call (937) 440-4906. n Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy. com for more information and programs. n The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County will offer a friendship luncheon at local restaurants on the at 11:30 a.m. Locations vary, so interested parties can call the office at 573-2100 for details. This is a social event for grieving adults who do not wish to dine out alone.

Attendees order from the menu. n The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County will offer a 6 O’Clock Supper at local restaurants on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. The locations vary, so those interested parties can call the office at 573-2100 for details. This is a social event for grieving adults who do not wish to dine out alone.

Attendees order from the menu. n An open parent-support group will be at 7 p.m. at Corinn’s Way Inc., 306 S. Dorset Road, Troy. n Parents are invited to attend the Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support group from 7-8:30 p.m. each Thursday. The meetings are open discussion. n Friendship Luncheons are offered the second Thursday at different locations in the county. The luncheons are

casual dining experience that allows adults to come together for food and fellowship. Call the Generations of Live Center at 335-5191. n Tipp City Seniors gather to play cards prior to lunch every Thursday at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the third Thursday, Senior Independence offers blood pressure and blood sugar testing before lunch. For more information, call 667-8865. n Best is Yet to Come open AA meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. n AA, Tri-City Group meeting will take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of the former Dettmer Hospital.

The lead meeting is open. For more information, call 335-9079. n AA, Spirituality Group will meet at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. The discussion is open. n Health Partners Free Clinic will offer a free clinic on Thursday night at the clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Registration will be from 5:30-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic does not accept medical emergencies, but can refer patients to other doctors and can prescribe medication. Call 332-0894 for more information. n Narcotics Anonymous, NAIOU, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. n Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford. n Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

Friday n An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. n AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open. n AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 S. Wayne St., Piqua. Use parking lot entrance, held in gym. n Narcotics Anonymous, Clean and Free, 8 p.m., Dettmer Hospital, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.

Open discussion. Fellowship from 7-8 p.m. n A Pilates Intermediate group matwork class will be held from 9-10 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 667-2441. n Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Brethren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. n A singles dance is offered every Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Christopher Club, Dixie Highway, Kettering, sponsored by Group Interaction. The dance is $6. For more information, call 640-3015 or visit www.groupia.org. n Christian Worship Center, 3537 S. Elm Tree Road, Christiansburg, hosts a Friday Night Bluegrass Jam beginning at 7 p.m. each Friday.

Homemade meals are available beginning at 6:30 p.m. Participants may bring instruments and join in. A small donation is requested at the door. For more information or directions, call 857-9090 or 631-2624.

Saturday n The Miami County Farmers Market will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Friendly’s restaurant. n The West Milton Church of the Brethren, 918 S. Miami St., West Milton, will offer a free clothes closet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second Saturday. Clothes are given to those in need free of charge at this time.

For more information, call (937) 6984395. n Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. n Recovery Too Al-Anon meetings are offered at 8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Church, main campus, Room 117, S. County Road 25-A, Tipp City. n AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking). n AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open. n AA, Troy Beginners Group meets at 7 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. This is an open discussion meeting. n Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m. n Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. n Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney. n Relapse Prevention Group, 5:306:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. n The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. n Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit. n The Tipp City Seniors eat out at area restaurants (sign up at the center) at 4:30 p.m. Card cames will be offered at the center for a $2 donation.

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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling.

That’s also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren’t everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while “wow” event.

I had the opportunity to design just such a room for my clients, Christine and Adrian. They live in a stunning, century-old farmhouse dripping with character. While most of the house was well livedin, their dining room sat drab and unloved and unused.

The room had great bones but needed lots of work — from the dated ceiling to the old wallpaper to the dismal lighting. I knew I’d need my most dramatic techniques to turn this space into a special-occasion dining room.

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with white crown molding and coffered ceiling panels, both of which complement the house’s historical character. I also replaced a set of windows with French doors, leading out to the grand patio and allowing in more natural light.

It may sound funny, but the room’s color palette was inspired by a

gorgeous blouse I picked up on a romantic trip to Paris with my husband. Something about the shirt’s dark teal and black coloring, combined with its lovely beading and dramatic silk, captured the look I wanted the room.

I replaced the old floral wallpaper with a more dramatic damask pattern,

trimmed with paint in the same dark teal tone as my blouse. For an even more exciting effect, I called in a specialty painter who stenciled and painted a glossy black glaze over the pattern’s raised areas, which made the walls really pop. For the French doors’ drapes, I chose simple flowing panels in • See DINING on page B5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages barely changed this week, giving prospective homebuyers time to lock in relatively low rates.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average on the 30-year loan edged up to 4.40 percent from 4.39 percent last week. The rate is a full percentage point higher than in early May, when rates neared record lows.

But rates remain low by historical standards.

The average on the 15-year fixed loan was unchanged at 3.43 percent.

Mortgage rates spiked in June after Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the Federal Reserve could slow its bond purchases later this year. The bond purchases have kept longterm interest rates low,

encouraging more borrowing and spending.

Despite the recent rate increases, mortgages remain a bargain for those who can qualify.

Low rates have boosted home sales and prices, contributing to a housing recovery that has helped drive economic growth this year.

Greater demand, along with a tight supply of homes for sale, has pushed up home prices. It also has led to more home construction, which has created more jobs.

Mortgage rates tend to follow the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which also had jumped recently on speculation that the Fed could slow its bond-buying stimulus.

The rate on the 10-year note fell to 2.60 percent Wednesday from 2.64 percent late Tuesday.

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Secrets to high-contrast decorating Mary Carol Garrity

I love to pull these and other high-contrast colors together when designing because of their wow factor.

My dining room features navy walls. If the entire room happened to be this deep, dark color, it would be a little too brooding for my taste. So I painted the trim and the paneling, which covers the lower portion of the walls, in cream. The cream keeps the space from taking itself too seriously by brightening the overall appearance of the room.

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Dan and I are proof that opposites attract. I tease him that he’s so mellow, he’s one step above a coma.

And he says I’m so hyper, I could be a poster child for Ritalin. Pairing opposites may or may not be the recipe for a good marriage, but it’s definitely an exciting approach when it comes to interior design.

Here are secrets for working the magic of highcontrast decorating into home design.

1. Pair light and dark colors One of the most effective ways to play with opposites in decor is to pair dark and light colSHNS Photo ors. Some of my favorite One of the most effective ways to play with opposites in your decor dynamic duos? Black and is to pair dark and light colors. white. Navy and cream.

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thing for you. Every situation is different and so are the details of each buyer and their reasoning/details of their offer.

It could be that your “best terms offer” is the highest and best they can do and so in light of the competition in a multiple offer they back out… perhaps the other offer/ buyer feels the same way.

What happens then? You could lose both.

A multiple offer situation can turn out to produce a purchase price that is higher than your actual asking price, too. There are many factors to consider and, as stated before, each situation is different. The best scenario is the one that produces a desirable sale, though. Your trained and professional real estate agent can walk you through specifics so you can make an educated decision.

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of the room’s drama is created by artificial light — bright, white light that enhances the glitter of the crystal and the sparkle of polished surfaces. Add a bit of candlelight and the room will simply dazzle in the evenings.

With a few final accessories — including an ornate mirror and a deeppile area rug — the dining room was complete.

By using the principle of “special-occasion dining-room design” and using color and texture in super-dramatic fashion, I created a space that absolutely glitters. And when the sun goes down, it’s party time!

a higher purchase price or more desirable terms.

Wait it out. Your original offer will have an expiration date. If you have a day or so until the offer expires your agent can inform the other interested party’s representative that there is another offer on the table. She will not disclose details of that offer, but the goal would be to encourage the other offer if it is coming. This will also give the other buyer a “heads up” to their competition — which they would appreciate, I’m sure!

Also, keep in mind that any “Counteroffer” is technically a new offer and, therefore, is not subject to the expiration date of the original offer — you will determine the expiration date of your counter.

The other offer: The other/second offer comes

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in. You have options here as well. You could accept the better terms of the two offers, counter one offer for alternate terms (such as increased purchase price) or you could ask your agent to disclose to each potential buyer that they are in a multiple offer situation and that each buyer has “X” amount of time to turn in their highest and best offer to your property.

This sounds like the most amazing situation to be in, but be aware there are risks to this seemingly perfect circumstance. If one of your offers closely (or even completely) matches your desired outcome it may be in your best interest to accept that offer. Why? Again, the variables are many and your agent can best walk you through your particular details, and it’s for that very reason a multiple offer situation could be the best or worst

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deep charcoal and two glamorous end chairs upholstered in teal fabric on the front and a sparkly, silver-flecked black fabric on the back.

I then installed new recessed custom cabinetry in which the couple can display their gorgeous china. A new, smoky-quartz countertop on the existing buffet is simply gorgeous.

As for lighting, I installed halogen recessed lighting in the ceiling, two crystal sconces on one wall, two polished nickel lamps on the buffet and an incredible crystal chandelier over the dining table. A lot

hardwood floors, zip them up with light area rugs.

2. Mix refined and rough objects Another of my favorite techniques for high-contrast decorating is to create tableaux that include both refined and rough elements. We wanted to make an elegant silver tea service even more arresting, so we brought in some visual contrast by including a gritty garden statue in the display. The pairing of these two unlikely partners makes them each all the more beautiful.

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Dining a rich teal velvet.

Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs. Christine and Adrian had a lovely pedestal table that could seat several people. I had it sprayed in a light gray lacquer to match the rest of the palette.

A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look. For Christine and Adrian, I chose an eclectic mix: comfy guest chairs in a

Black and white, a perennial favorite of mine, is gaining strength with interior designers again.

We’re seeing it popping back up at market and in the work of new designers. It’s never gone out of vogue in my heart because it’s such a timeless classic.

You can also use highcontrast color combinations in furnishings. Just place a light-colored piece of furniture next to one that is dark. Bingo! Accent your light or dark sofa with a mix of contrasting pillows. If you have dark

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Bad neighbors can drive down values factors not found on a particular property. External obsolescence may not be curable by the landlord, owner or tenant, and may be caused by economic or locational factors.

The characteristics of a neighborhood that lead to external obsolescence can change over time and depend on the market, says Richard Borges II, president of the Appraisal Institute.

“There are some aspects that were thought to be adverse at one time, which are now positive. Let’s think of the noise and hustle and bustle (a mass-transit station) might have had in the ’70s, when gas prices were pretty inexpensive,” Borges says. Lots of people would have

considered a nearby mass-transit station to be a negative.

“Now you get into the 2000s, and gas prices are very high,” Borges says. “People are really seeking the mass transit. They might now desire to be by that type of thing for the convenience.”

External obsolescence has become more of an issue recently because of the influx of foreclosures, among other reasons, says Jonathan Miller, CEO of New York-based real estate appraisal and consulting firm Miller Samuel.

“From a visual standpoint, (a nearby foreclosure) impacts your value because in a soft market, your property is com-

the ground, people didn’t know about it, but on the aerial view, you could see it,” says Grabel, senior mortgage loan originator for Luxury Mortgage Corp.

“People have such access to information nowadays that you are very much impacted by what’s going on in your neighborhood.”

The Appraisal Institute suggests that homeowners take action to help home values, including enlisting neighbors to address problems, researching original and updated subdivision restrictions, and hiring an attorney, since fees associated with legal assistance will likely be lower than your property’s potential decline in value.

Back-to-school decorating ideas

Freestanding baths are selfsupporting bath tubs that are finished on all sides with no need to add wood framing.

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Dear Ed: After years of saving our money and waiting for our children to move out, my wife and I plan to turn one of our extra bedrooms into a large bathroom. We’re going high-end and want to install a big free-standing bathtub right in the middle of the bathroom.

Before we start looking at different models, what basic information can you give us about free-standing bathtubs?

— Pete, Florida Dear Pete: A “free-standing” bathtub is pretty much what the name says.

Free-standing baths are self-supporting tubs that are finished on all sides with no need to add wood framing. Basically, you put them into place and install the plumbing. The old cast-iron claw-foot tubs were the first example of a freestanding bath.

While you can still get free-standing

peting with many other properties,” Miller says. “You have a disadvantage. Your property takes longer to sell and may not get the price that you want or what you think it would be worth if that neighbor wasn’t there.”

Foreclosures are not prevalent in an affluent area such as Greenwich, Conn., where Peter Grabel primarily does his lending. But there still can be issues with nearby industrial facilities, as well as with neighbors who don’t take care of their properties, he says.

“I had a guy walk away from a deal because there was a watertreatment plant half a mile away, and what’s funny is on

tubs made with cast iron, solid-surface acrylic is quickly becoming the material of choice. This new heavy-duty material offers comfort, value and beauty, since it can be formed to fit any style. Also, solid-surface acrylic is available in a rainbow of colors and is very easy to clean and maintain.

Just remember, though, that with any free-standing tub, you do need to install a separate showering area since these tubs are designed for soaking only.

Bottom line: While a free-standing bath will add a decorative splash to the bathroom, you don’t want it splashing water all over your floor!

Master contractor/plumber Ed Del Grande is known internationally as the author of the book “Ed Del Grande’s House Call,” the host of TV and Internet shows, and a LEED green associate. Visit eddelgrande.com or write eadelg@cs.com. Always consult local contractors and codes.

Back-to-school time already? Where does the time go? You and the kids could use the occasion to have a little fun redecorating their rooms.

Paint is always an easy way to freshen up and redecorate. For a girl’s room, a soft lavender offers a sense of princess. Combine that with soft blues and pinks or yellows for a really nice and comfortable young-girl look that’s easy to sleep in.

For a boy’s room, consider a striking combo of navy and white. Red could be used, too, but not too much because the red might not be easy to sleep in or it could be distracting when he’s trying to do homework.

Chalkboard paint is great.

You can paint one wall or part of a wall with chalkboard paint and it can be used to draw on, or make notes on.

For a special piece of art, you could find a favorite picture and have it enlarged.

Frame it and hang it. Or you could make it into a triptych by cutting it into three parts and framing each piece. A favorite picture could be one of the child, a family picture or something the child has drawn and is wor-

thy of enlarging and framing. If your child is an “artist” and has created interesting art pictures, they can be hung on the wall also.

Placing the artwork in clear acrylic frames is one way to do this; the art is displayed without any interference of other colors or frame parts.

Promote a comfy reading environment by adding cuddly seats, such as the old-fashioned beanbags, or extra-extra-large pillows that kids can plop on. Be sure the lighting is ample in

that reading area.

A little office space should be created in the bedroom, if possible, for doing homework. If a full desk isn’t possible, then perhaps a narrow shelf attached to the wall with a chair tucked under it will do the trick.

School can be fun, but it also involves a lot of work.

When your child comes home from a busy day at school, it’s good if he or she can have a fun retreat that’s also conducive to doing homework.

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That driveway-turned-junkyard next door to your home can do more than affect your peace of mind. Bad neighbors and their actions — or lack thereof — can put a dent in your property’s value.

The eyesores on a neighboring property can drop home values by more than 5 percent to 10 percent, according to the Appraisal Institute, an international association of real estate appraisers.

Annoying pets, loud music, poorly maintained interiors, unpleasant odors and the like can all lead to what the Appraisal Institute refers to as “external obsolescence,” or depreciation caused by outside

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Many of the shops and restaurants feature local products, including beer from the Breckenridge Brewery and bourbon from the Breckenridge Distillery, which offers daily tours.

And the locals don’t act like locals. Friendly and laid-back, they give off a “You’re-one-of-us” vibe to visitors instead of treating them like trespassers.

“It’s a very, local, homey feel,” said Jessie Unruh of GoBreck, also known as the Breckenridge Resort Chamber, which helps promote tourism. “We treat everybody, the locals, visitors, like family and go out of our way to help people out. There’s nothing better than coming to a town and doing what the locals do instead of just wandering around and hoping you’ll find something interesting to do.”

W h at m a ke s Breckenridge so much fun is the multitude of activities.

Hiking and biking trails crisscross the mountains and families often ride cruiser bikes to get around town.

The Blue River is a great place to fish and the waters below Dillon Dam are some of the best in the state for trout and kokanee salmon during their annual run. The lake is great for sailing or riding in pontoon boats, and there are numerous golf courses to choose from, including the Jack Nicklaus-designed Breckenridge Golf Club on the north side of town.

There’s also the Breckenridge Summer Fun Park at the top of the gondola, featuring a mountain roller coaster, slides and a chair lift ride to above 11,000 feet (3,350 meters) for scenic views.

For the adventurous types, there’s rock climbing and rafting, and, to recover, numerous spa options around town that offer deals during the summer.

And for something a little different, Snow Cap Sled Dogs — http://www.snowcapssleddogs.com/ — offers summer dog sled rides that include a tour of the compound, meet and greet with their huskies and a tow through the woods with one of their teams.

“We mainly go hiking these days, but there are so many things that you can do around town and most them you can do them all in one day,” said Buford. “It’s a great place to go for the summertime.

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Some are known as the place to go for spas, hiking or biking. Others, golf or world-class fishing.

Breckenridge may have the best combination of all those attributes.

Known for its massive ski resort, Breckenridge also has plenty to offer this time of year, with a wide range of summer and fall activities, reasonable prices and a low-key vibe, all set in the picturesque Colorado Rockies.

“The weather is great, it’s clean and it’s well-kept, the prices are not exorbitant and you can find anything that you want to do,” said Monroe Buford, who’s from Gulf Shores, Ala., but has spent summers in Breckenridge with his wife, Sue, since 1994.

“It’s just an ideal place for people who like to get out of the heat in the summertime.”

Located about 90 minutes from Denver, Breckenridge was originally founded as a mining town during the mid-19th century gold rush. It became a resort town in the 1960s with the opening of the ski area, which attracts more than 1 million skiers every year.

Over the years, the town locals call Breck became a summer and fall destination as well, drawing visitors from around the world.

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Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 9:30 A.M. LOCATION: 8925 E. St. Rt. 55, Casstown, OH 45312 DIRECTIONS: 1 mile west of Christianburg, Ohio on St. Rt. 55 DIXON MOWER - GRAND PIANO - ANTIQUES LARGE COPPER KETTLE - PICK UP

650 S. Main St. West Milton

Cute 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath home with breezeway, 2 car garage, large storage building and nice yard. Many updated features. Move in Ready. Must see to appreciate. $94,900.

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES: Burl Walnut Dresser; Gate Leg Table; Game Table; Flat Front Kitchen Cabinet; Jelly Cupboard; Early High Chairs; Cloth Covered Box; Wood Chest; Hall Tree; Medicine Cabinet (Painted White); Ball & Claw Piano Stool; 2 Drawer Table w/Showcase on Top; Early Wash Stand; Night Stand; Misc. Side Chairs; Overstuffed Early Love Seat; Vintage Rockers; Victorian Side Chairs; Early Wood Box w/Drawer & Porcelian Pulls; Drop Leaf Table; Bench; Fern Stands; Brass Floor Lamps; Round Oak Table Top; Early Picture Frames & Mirrors; Sohmer Grand Piano - Very Nice ($1000 Reserve); Sugar Bucket; Ornamental Rugs; Oil Lamps; Large Copper Kettle; Brass Umbrella Holder; Spittoon; Dinner Bell; Eagle Head Book Ends; wagon Wheels; Flexible Flyer Sled; Feed Box; Rapid Fireless Cooker in Oak Cabinet; Misc. Dishes; Oak Stand; 10 Longaberger Baskets; Fletcher Covered Bridge Bank; Baskets; Kitchen Utencils; Tonka Jeep; Buddy - L Truck; Tin Train Engine; Tin Robot (Battery Operated); Blocks; 8 Baseball Gloves; Balls & Bats; Cast Iron Ship Door Stop; Ladies Straw Hats. BARN ITEMS: Dixon Pro 60” Cut, Zero-Turn Mower w/ Briggs & Stratton Engine (Very Good Condition); Fishing Poles; Minnow Bucket; Washtub; Flat Bed Wagon (older); Lawn cart; Roto-Tiller w/ Briggs & Stratton Engine; Treadmill; Stairmaster. Auto: 1997 Ford 1/2 Ton Pick-Up, 4 Wheel Drive, 4 Speed w/ Overdrive, 197,000 miles OWNERS: Mary Ann Shepard

TERMS: Cash or Check with Proper I.D. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Any Statements Made Day of Sale Supercede Statements Hereon.

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TROY, Meadowview Village behind Troy Ford, 1/2 Double, newly decorated, 2 bedrooms, appliances, w/d hookup, storage shed, nice yard, $500 monthly plus deposit, NO PETS! Call (937)667-3568

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TROY, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, excellent condition, no pets, attached garage, Shamrock Lane, $635 (937)524-6990

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MARRIAGE LICENSES MARRIAGES Jared Edward Wright, 18, of 1150 Bunker Hill Apt. C, Troy to Nicole Lynn Archie, 19, of same address.

Dustin Scott Poole, 19, of 420 1/2 N. College, Piqua to Felicia Dawn Poland, 20, of same address.

Douglas Allen Carson, 39, of 1252 Camaro Ct., Piqua to Laurie Marie Young, 43, of same address.

Kyle Clinton Eckard, 30, of 602 E. Canal St., Troy to Christina Carol-Ann Kindell, 28, of same address.

Kyle William Roeth, 26, of 1700 Aiken Rd., Piqua to Meagan Nicole Fitzgerald, 27, of 1317 Fairfax Ave., Piqua.

Todd Michael Billet, 36, of 924 Candlewood Blvd., Piqua to Melissa Ann Young, 34, of same address.

Michael Jacob Didot, 31, of 600 Scott St., Piqua to Sara Anne Wion, 33, of 815 Elm St., Piqua Michael William Gray, 38, of 18 W. Bridge St., Covington to Bonnie Elaine Ford, 42, of same address.

Shaun Charles Mikolajewski, 29, of 407 Pinewood Ave., Piqua to Amanda Michelle Kittle, 30, of same address.

Donald Alan Barry, 25, of 537 Summit Ave., Troy to Emily Marie Dils, 27, of same address.

David Eugene Hutson, 33, of 209 E. Church St., Bradford to Amy Kathryn Cooper, 37, of same address.

Blake Parker Thomas, 22, of 375 Hayes St., Apt. 6, West Milton to Jennifer Lynn DeHart, 24, of same address.

Alexander Michael Davis, 21, of 1325 Trade Square West 6, Troy to Alyssa Ann Niesley, 22, of same address.

Jerry Lee Beair Jr., 36, of 421 W. Greene St., Piqua to Daisy Marie Jones, 30, of same address.

John Russell Miller Jr., 27, of 133 S. Main St., West Milton to Angie Renee Parson, 36, of same address.

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Scott Ross Lang, of 2690 Leyland Trail, Woodbury, Minn. to Jessica Crystal Moore, of same address.

Michael Ray Brown, 38, of 1508 Amherst St., Piqua to Heather Nicole Falknor, 29, of same address.

Todd Ray Painter Sr., 47, of 311 West Hamilton St., West Milton to Johna Jean Duncan, 45, of same address.

Johnny James Merz, 59, of 6738 State Route 40, Tipp City to Pamela Elaine Elam, 56, of 48 S. Garland Ave., Dayton.

David Edward Dixon, 35, of 580 Staunton Commons Dr., Troy to Penny Yvonne Tipton, 35, of same address.

Chris Alan Morgan, 46, of 1171 Parkview Drive, Troy to Tiffany Leah Baker, 34, of same address.

Jeremy Alexander Lee Aldrich, of 602 Wind Ridge Place Apt. 10, Tipp City to Amanda Marie Ball, 19, of same address.

Marcus August Otte, 25, of 1575 Hawk Circle, Troy to Emily Michelle Green, 21, of 323 N. Spring St., Wilmington.

Jason Bradley Jacomet, 39, of 318 E. Greene St., Piqua to Amy Lynn Thase, 38, of same address.

Mitchelle Anthony Rhodes, 64, of 267 Main St., Helena to Winifred Irene Taylor, 61, of 2009 W. State Route 571, Tipp City.

Sean Michael Weston, 24, of 2228 Chapel Drive Apt. K, Fairborn to Carrie Lynne Chaffins, 23, of 539 N. Third St., Tipp City.

Kevin Daniel Schmitz, 30, of 627 W. Greene St., Piqua to Yvonne Marie Lipps, 44, of same address.

Jordan Tyler Burelison, 23, of 121 N. Wenrick St., Covington to Heather Lynn Tobias, 26, of 721 E. Spring St., Covington.

Charles Douglas Sherman, 57, of 7305 Tipp Elizabeth Rd., New Carlise to Peggy Diane Martin, 57, of 6941 Breckenwood Dr., Huber Heights.

Couples celebrating anniversaries, weddings or engagements wishing to have their announcements in the Troy Daily News may pick up information forms at the newspaper office, 224 S. Market St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Troy Daily News announcement forms must be filled out completely in order to be published. Information also may be sent by e-mail to editorial@tdnpublishing. com (subject line: engagement, wedding, etc.) or filled out on the form provided at www.troydailynews.com.

Fays celebrate 60 years of marriage CHRISTIANSBURG — Virginia and Charles Fay of Christiansburg celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 8 with their family.

They have lived in Christiansburg in the same house they started living in after they were married in 1953.

They have three children: David (Linda) Fay of Christiansburg, Sue (Ronal) Manis of Troy and Michael (Susan) Fay of Troy. Virginia and Chares have eight grandchildren: Brandon (Sarah) Fay,

Jacob (Megan) Fay, Tyler (Anna) Fay, Ryan (Kyra) Fay, Allison Fay, Erika (Jeff) Manis Moore, Andrea Manis and Luke Manis.

They also have 11 great-

grandchildren.

Virginia retired from Graham Junior High School after 28 years and Charles retired from Hobart Corporation after 36 years.

ENGAGEMENT Kister, Foster to marry in September The engagement of Erin Elizabeth Kister to Tyler Wilson Foster is announced by her parents, Craig and Jane Kister of Troy.

Lee and Dawn Foster of Springfield are parents of the groom.

The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Troy High School and a 2003 Wright State University graduate.

She is employed

by General Dynamics Information Technology in Dayton.

Her fiancé, a 2002 graduate of Northwestern High School and a 2006 Wright State University graduate.

He is employed with Foster Equipment Sales in Springfield.

A Sept. 2 wedding is planned.

ENGAGEMENT Dromey, Kane to wed next month Jim and Danelle Dromey of Troy announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Dromey of the Philadelphia area, to Jefferey Kane of the Philadelphia area, the son of Jerry and Marianne Kane, also of the Philadelphia area.

The bride-elect is a

graduate of Bowling Green State University.

She is an account executive at Conway Freight.

Her fiance is a graduate of Washington College.

He is a home builder for Wickersham Custom Homes.

A September 2013 wedding is planned.

A summer vacation charade in ‘The Millers’ “We’re the Millers” is an identity comedy with identity issues.

Jason Sudeikis plays a pot dealer who, as a disguise for smuggling a huge shipment of weed, forms a fake family to drive an RV across the Mexico border. He gathers local stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), surly homeless teenager Casey (Emma Roberts) and his young, naive neighbor Kenny (Will Poulter).

The whole concept has two motives: to lampoon the idea of the traditional all-American family, and as an excuse to get Aniston to take off her clothes.

Both are worthy endeavors, but everything in “We’re the Millers” feels forced — a hodgepodge of comedic rhythms made to lurch from one crude gag to another.

Despite obvious comedic talents, Sudeikis and Aniston have each had difficulty finding their place in the movies, and neither really fit their parts: small-time Denver pot dealer (dispatched for the pick-up by Ed Helms’

polite but ruthless drug lord) and bitter stripper with a heart of gold, respectively.

The concealed identity shtick would have been more fruitful if the characters’ personalities weren’t just as thin as their charade. But with such stereotype underpinnings, “We’re the Millers” remains the broadest of caricatures.

The film, too, comes from mixed sensibilities. The script was begun by “Wedding Crashers” scribes Bob Fisher and Steve Faber, and finished by “Hot Tub Time Machine” writers Sean Anders and John Morris. “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” director Rawson Marshall Thurber keeps the tone appropriately breezy, but understandably struggles to find the right sense of timing.

“We’re the Millers” aims for a nuclear family farce, pushing it one step further than its obvious inspiration, “National Lampoon’s Summer Vacation”: Not only are they not the gleaming picture of family life they

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This film image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows, from left, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, background right, and Will Poulter in a scene from “We’re the Millers.”

might seem, they’re not even a real family. This naturally opens up a realm of jokes along the lines of Kenny, in a kissing lesson, smooching his supposed mother and sister.

Every pit stop is a chance for gratuity. There’s a camp out

with swingers (Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn) and a run-in with pursuing drug dealers that inanely becomes Aniston’s strip tease. As she did in “Horrible Bosses” (which also co-starred Sudeikis) the actress trades on the thrill of her sexuality, which

wouldn’t be necessary if a good romantic comedy script captured her girl-next-door snark.

But it’s starting to look unlikely she’ll ever find another “The Good Girl” — or is really seeking it.

As a diversion, one could do worse. Sudeikis’s smartalleck, Midwest charm, masking a more devious instinct, does a lot to carry the film.

The former “Saturday Night Live” player has struggled to transition to leading man roles, though he showed promise in the little seen “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.”

But he’s straining here to keep the ship righted. When the end-credit bloopers roll, Sudeikis and Aniston, free of the contrived plot, look like they’re finally having fun.

“We’re the Millers,” a Warner Bros. release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude sexual content, passive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity. Running time: 110 minutes. One and a half stars out

In ‘Elysium,’ a cosmic divide for rich and poor NEW YORK (AP) — In the desert of bigbudget summer moviegoing comes, like fresh water, Neill Blomkamp’s “Elysium,” a dystopic science-fiction thriller bristling with more ideas than all this year’s superheros and action films combined.

Like Blomkamp’s first and previous film, the South African alien apartheid allegory “District 9,” ”Elysium” is a rogue burst of originality — a futuristic popcorn adventure loaded with contemporary themes of wealth discrepancy, immigration and health care. Blomkamp, a 33-year-old South African native with a background in digital effects and a head for sociopolitical tumult, has emerged as a rare thing in today’s movies: a maker of science fiction with soul.

“What’s somehow gone away from science fiction is that it’s meant to represent ideas,” says Blomkamp. “It’s meant to be this looking glass through which you can

In dusty Los Angles (shot in a Mexico City slum), Matt Damon stars as a reformed car thief working in a giant factory in grueling conditions, overseen by an infinitely more rewarded CEO (William Fichtner). When a radiation mishap gives Damon’s character days to live, he endeavors to reach Elysium at all costs.

“I sit there a lot of the time wrestling with balancing metaphor and also AP Photo balancing entertainment,” This film publicity image released by TriStar, Columbia Pictures- says Blomkamp. “Anything I do creatively comes from Sony shows Matt Damon, center, in a scene from “Elysium.” a place of instinct. I don’t look at society a different space station, a kind of wake up one morning and way.” floating Beverly Hills ham- say, ‘I want to make a film Whereas most science ster wheel modeled after about wealth discrepancy.’ fiction today is all sleek- Syd Mead’s Stanford torus It seems to happen organiness and impressive space- design for a space habitat. cally.” ships, metaphor — not Elysium, guarded fierceLos Angles holds parexactly the stuff of movie ly by a defense secretary ticular fascination for posters — comes first played by Jodie Foster, Blomkamp, who lives with for Blomkamp, who sees looms in the sky as an his wife and frequent writhis film in the tradition unreachable oasis of high- ing partner Terri Tatchell of Fritz Lang’s similarly quality living and limitless in Vancouver. He considallegorical “Metropolis.” health care. (Every home ers its segregated sprawl, Set in the year 2154, is equipped with beds that close to the border of “Elysium” finds the Earth a immediately cure illness.) Mexico “a milder verdilapidated slum, with the The First and Third World sion” of his hometown of wealthy living in an orbital divide has gone cosmic.

Johannesburg. But his rela-

tionship with Hollywood is considerably more at odds.

“I would be as far from the film industry as physically possible as I could,” he says.

Blomkamp first caught Hollywood’s eye for his commercial work and shorts, including “Alive in Joburg,” which he would later expand into “District 9.” Peter Jackson and his wife and producing partner Fran Walsh were particularly impressed by Blomkamp and helped get him hired to helm a bigbudget adaption of the video game “Halo.”

But after months of development, the film was shut down. It was an early lesson for Blomkamp on the loss of control in directing studio films based on material not his own. “I count my lucky stars every day,” he says now of the “Halo” fallout, since it led to Jackson and Walsh’s suggestion that he turn “Alive in Joburg” — a documentary-styled story about aliens marooned in

Johannesburg — into a feature.

Famously made for just around $30 million, “District 9” had the look of a much more expensive film, boasting far more political subtext than often makes it into the multiplexes. It starred Blomkamp’s longtime friend Sharlto Copley (the two first met when a teenage Blomkamp began doing 3D animation work for Copley’s production company) as an Afrikaner bureaucrat who mutates into one of the interned aliens. Parts of it were shot in Soweto.

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a pair of Starkey Ignite Series or WI Series Hearing Aids.

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FREE $50 GAS CARD

For patients who successfully complete the 30-Day Hearing Rehabilitation Plan.

Not to be combined with other coupon discounts or trade-in, not to be applied to prior purchases.

Exp. August 16, 2013

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Exp. August 16, 2013

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