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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013

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Casstown man injured in farming accident

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CASSTOWN — A Casstown man was injured in a farming accident on his rural Miami County farm, in the 1600 block of North State Route 201, when a Bobcat he was driving tipped over, throwing the man from the machine, pinning him.

Casstown Fire Chief Chad Loy said his department, “got called out to a 71-year-old trapped under a Bobcat,” shortly before 10 p.m., Tuesday.

Authories said that the victim, Roger Cavanaugh, 71, was apparently feeding livestock, and had a large bale of hay on the front of the Bobcat when it tipped forward, throwing Cavanaugh out the front of the Bobcat and pinning him beneath the machine.

Fire and rescue personnel from Casstown and Christiansburg were able to free Cavanaugh and, “the injuries were bad enough that we felt that CareFlight need to be called, said Loy. Cavanaugh was transported to Miami Valley Hospital for treatment where he was listed in serious condtion Wednesday afternoon.

County Fair begins tomorrow

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

TROY —With the Miami County Fair beginning tomorrow the hustle and bustle of placing the finishing touches on this year’s fair are nearly complete.

This year’s fair will offer the usual mainstays, from the livestock shows to musical entertainment and from strolls down the midway to, of course, fair food.

But this year’s fair will also be offering a heaping helping of new attractions, such as a chainsawwielding wood carver, a talented ventriloquist, daily tiger shows, mixed martial arts cage-fighting and the rock band, Hinder. (Dates and times for fair events, including these, can be found at www.miamicountyohiofair.com.)

Mike Jess, fair board president, and Jill Wright, fair manager, were busy at the fair office Wednesday and both said that this year’s Miami County Fair will have something for everybody.

“We’ve never had, basically, a rock and roll band before,” Jess said.

While fair officials have been planning this fair since last year they were still ironing out some last minute details and tasks in the weeks leading up to the fair, including the petting zoo and pony rides attraction canceling last Thursday.

Jess said the void was filled, which was accomplished thanks to the help of fellow fair boards in Shelby and Champaign counties.

The largest variable for the fair — weather — was also on the mind of fair planners and organizers.

“What I’ve seen on the fore-

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cast is a 40 percent chance of rain Friday, but the outlook for Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday looks really good, low 80s temperatures, perfect fair weather,” Jess said. “I haven’t seen anything past Tuesday, but what I’ve see so far it’s good weather except for the chance of rain on Friday.”

The weather plays the largest

part in whether or not attendance figures this year will beat attendance figures from last, which is what Jess and Wright are hoping for.

“We’re looking to be over 115,000,” Jess said. “That’s our goal, to break last year’s attendance.”

Wright said she feels they can

Eyes on the oxbow

BY BETHANY J. ROYER

CareFlight lands in a field near the farm where an area farmer sustained injuries while operating a Bobcat in the 1600 block of State Route 201, near Casstown, on Tuesday evening.

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Amy Tennant and her children, Delanie, 6 1/2, and Derek, 12, hand in paperwork to enter projects in the 2013 Miami County Fair art competition. Derek is entering the Lego competition, while his sister Delanie entered a coloring project. Their mom entered a piece of crochet work. The family lives in Fletcher.

PIQUA — Familiar with the oxbow of the Great Miami River?

The area from Spring Street heading east to just before the rail-line bridge crossing, otherwise known as the oxbow, was of particular interest Monday evening, as approximately 30 Piquads gathered at the National Guard Armory to share ideas and even concerns over a tentative concept plan to redevelop this unique city section hugging the river. As redevelopment considerations began in earnest earlier this summer with the culmination of a blue ribbon team — almost a dozen professionals from across the Midwest — descending upon the city to get both a look and feel for Piqua’s many attributes, needs, and challenges.

These first tentative steps were made possible by a grant from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry or ATSDR. The grant was the first ever bestowed upon a municipality that will study potential economic growth and demographics. Some of the redevelopment options presented to those in attendance for the meeting included green space, adapting and/or reusing current buildings and structures, multifamily housing, and even a recreational complex consisting of a fitness center, amphitheatre, skating rink, and more.

“What that funding has allowed us to do is to take a closer look at this area we’ve

defined as historic,” explained Chris Schmiesing, city planner, who was joined by Bruce Mansfield, vice-president, Burgess and Niple out of Columbus, Mark Albrecht, ED specialist also with Burgess and Niple out of Akron, and Robert Colangelo, team leader, Pioneer in Brownfield Redevelopment out of Chicago, Ill. The meeting began with a brief background given by Schmiesing on the oxbow redevelopment concept coming to fruition, starting in 2006-07

get the higher attendance this year and encouraged everyone to come out.

“For five dollars you can sit here all day and watch a show, walk around and visit with your friends and neighbors,” Wright added.

“It’s really, really cheap, too.”

The fair runs from tomorrow through next Thursday.

Redevelopment of the historic east is officially underway

with the comprehensive planning process, or the Plan it Piqua initiative. The process was set in motion via solicited input from the community that parred potential redevelopment sites down to five top priorities: The former Piqua Hospital, the Piqua Power Plant on the south edge of the city, the north 25-A entry, the riverfront from Lock 9 to the East Main bridge, and the oxbow.

“We understood there was a significant opportunity here,” said Schmiesing of the oxbow,

with funding secured from ATSDR furthering the redevelopment concept plan and, as emphasized, an opportunity to bring community and professional planners together to discuss options for the historic area.

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Obituaries

2 Thursday, August 8, 2013 MARK A. WISEMAN SIDNEY — Mark A. Wiseman, 52, 537 N. Main Ave., Sidney, passed away at his residence of natural causes on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at 7:11 p.m. He was born July 12, 1961, in Piqua, the son of John and Linda (Cox) Wiseman and they are deceased. He was married to his former spouse, Carol Ann West and she is deceased.

Surviving are two sons, Paul Wiseman and wife Tammy of Sidney and William Wiseman and fiancé, Seletha Porch of Richmond, Indiana and a maternal grandmother, Lillie Parke of Sidney.

Two brothers, Bruce and John Eric Wiseman preceded him in death. Mr. Wiseman attended Piqua Schools and then transferred to Sidney Schools in his junior year and played football for Sidney High School in his junior and senior years. He was known as “Weezer” on the football team. He graduated from Sidney High School in 1980. He had been a truck driver for many years. He will be greatly missed by his dogs, Snoopy and Rocky.

He was well known for

his corny jokes. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, Cleveland Browns fan, loved NASCAR, announced the games for the IUTIS softball club in Sidney and had been at one time the secretary of IUTIS and was active in the Boy Scouts for many years. He was of the Catholic faith.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Tim Bartee.

Friends may call at SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home from 11 a.m. until the hour of service. An IUTIS service will be held at the funeral home at 1:45 p.m. Burial will be at a later date at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney. Memorial contributions may be made to the IUTIS Club of Sidney, P.O. Box 242, Sidney, OH 45365. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the Wiseman family on SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home’s web site at: www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com.

ANNA MIDDLETON MILLS TROY — Ann Middleton Mills of Troy was born Dec. 6, 1944, in Dayton to the late Gibson Middleton and Wanda Mae Ary. She passed away 11:51 p.m.

Thursday, July 18, 2013, at James Cancer Center at O.S.U. Medical Center in Columbus after a hard-fought Mills 8-year battle with cancer.

Ann graduated from Greenview High School in Jamestown in 1962.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Wilmington College in 1966. Ann was a Licensed Social Worker and a Licensed Professional Counselor.

She was a supervisor at the Clark County Job and Family Services in Springfield where she worked for 30 years, retiring Dec. 31, 2004. She previously had worked at the Dayton State Hospital where she met her husband, David Kent Mills.

They were married July 12, 1969. Ann was an avid reader, a teacher of Sahaja Yoga at the Hayner Cultural Cent er in Troy. She was also Volksmarcher and a gar-

dener.

Ann is survived by her husband, David Kent Mills; her son, Eric B. Mills and his fiancée Tracey Shoaf of Columbus; her daughter and son-in-law, Renee T. (Mills) and Ryan Poling of Lancaster; one sister and brotherin-law, Gayle and Tim McKnight of Louisville; her brother-in-law, Harold Johnson of New Jasper; and several other loving relatives. She was preceded in death by her brother, Douglas Middleton; and her sister, Vivian “Vicky” Johnson.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held Sunday, at the Hayner Cultural Center (3rd Floor Ballroom), 301 W. Main St., Troy, where family will receive friends from 1:30-5 p.m. Contributions can be made in her memory to James Solove Cancer Research Institute, 300 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210. Arrangements are entrusted to FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

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PAUL F. BRAUN PIQUA — Paul F. Braun, 86, of Piqua, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, at his residence. He was born Dec. 6, 1926, in Troy, to the late Walter and Marie (Karnehm) Braun. He was married to Rita (Rataiczak) Braun and she preceded him in death on April 20, 2013.

He is survived by his daughters, Suzan Charnock of Vandalia, and Christine Barton of Ely, Minn.; and three grandchildren.

In addition to his parents and his wife, Paul was preceded in death by his brothers and sisters.

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He was a graduate of Troy High School and a U.S. Army World War II veteran.

Paul was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy. He was affiliated with Braun Brothers Meat Packing in Troy, and worked at Forest Products in Piqua.

No public services will be held.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Southwest Region Office, 2808 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206.

Baird Funeral Home, Troy, is assisting the family.

RALPH H. SMITH JR. CENTERVILLE — Ralph H. Smith Jr., DDS, MS., 80, of Centerville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at his residence. Ralph was born Oct. 14, 1932, in Detroit, Mich., to Ralph H. and Ruth (Hughel) Smith Sr. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Mary Alice, Jane and Betty, his beloved Smith cat, Singha, and by his loving wife, Marilyn K. Smith.

He is survived by three daughters, Kim Worland and her husband, Mike, Sarah Kishline and her husband, Scott, and Molly Tomcisin; seven grandchildren, Cheryl Worland, Phillip (Lorelei) Worland, Teresa (Dan) Capen, Christina (Scott) Coulson, Tiffany Kishline, Andrea (Roman) Phan, and Jacob Kishline; one great-grandchild, Peyton Capen; a sister-in-law, Ginny Newell; and several loving nieces and nephews.

Ralph earned his DDS from the University of Michigan. He was a proud alumnus and was a past president of the University of Michigan Alumni Club in Dayton. He was a past

president of the Dayton Dental Society. He served as the Commander of the Dental Clinic at WrightPatterson Air Force Base and retired from the Air Force having attained the rank of Colonel.

Ralph was a member of Church of the Incarnation and served as a lector for many years. He was a huge supporter of the arts in the Dayton area and served on several boards.

Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Tobias Funeral Home, 5471 Far Hills Ave., Centerville.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at Church of the Incarnation, 7415 Far Hills Ave., Centerville.

Interment will follow the Mass in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum. Memorials may be directed to the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, c/o of the Development Department, 126 North Main Ave., Suite 210, Dayton, OH 45402 or to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton OH 45420.

Online condolences may be sent to www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.

DEATH NOTICE MARK A. ULLERY Mark A. Ullery, 66, of Brandon, Fla., formerly of Brookville, died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at Dayton VA Hospital, Dayton.

Funeral services will be held Friday, at Eversole Church of the Brethren,

11414 Old Dayton Road, New Lebanon, with Pastor Mark Bowman officiating. Burial will follow in Eversole Cemetery, New Lebanon.Arrangements have been entrusted to Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

TROY — Donald F. Johnson, 94, of Troy, passed away Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at the Koester Pavilion, Troy.

He was born June 16, 1919, in Attica, N.Y. to the late Frank A. Johnson and Harriet (Baker) Johnson.

He was married to Iris B. (Gallagher) Johnson, his wife of 62 years, on April 20, 1946, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and she preceded him in Johnson death Sept. 15, 2008.

Donald is survived by four children, Patricia L. Smith, David H. Johnson (wife Nancy), Rebecca S. Kraft, and Beverly A. Daly (husband Tom), all of Troy. He has 11 grandchildren, Colleen Bevins of Arcanum, Carmen Miller of Ludlow Falls, Caryn Rix of Hinsdale, N.Y., Craig Childs of Wonder Lake, Ill., Chris Childs of Dayton, Timothy J. Kraft of Aston, Pa., Lindsay A. Jamison of Nashville, Tenn., Ryan Daly of Nashville, Tenn., Laura Johnson of Troy, Ian Daly of Ft. Rucker, Ala., and Logan Daly of Troy.

He was also the proud great-grandfather of 12, Ian, Kyle, Brennan and Blake Klingler of Ludlow Falls, Nick, Natalie and Nathan Childs of Dayton, Jaime and Riley Bevins of Arcanum, Hunter and Reagan Rix of Hinsdale, N.Y.; and Abby Childs of Wonder Lake, Ill.

Don was a World War II U.S. Army Veteran.

He was a former member of the Grace Alliance Church in Olean, N.Y. and Christian Tabernacle in Dayton and currently a member of the First Baptist Church in Troy. He was formerly active with Youth for Christ and Gideons International in Olean, New York and Miami County, Ohio.

Don was a technical writer with Hobart Brothers Company for 15 years, retiring on Dec. 30, 1984.

He was also the owner and operator of DJ Signs in Troy for many years.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at the First Baptist Church, 53 South Norwich Road, Troy, with the Rev. Douglas Magin officiating.

Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, with veteran’s honor guard services at the graveside. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Monday, at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 53 South Norwich Road, Troy, OH 45373; The Gideons International, PO Box 1174, Piqua, OH 45356; or Hospice of Miami County, PO Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

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

NOELLE RENEE ROCKE TROY — Noelle Renee Rocke. She had a life in her mother’s womb filled with love and warmth, now Noelle is surrounded by the love and warmth of God’s arms.

She will be remembered by her loving parents Scott and Michele (Mergler) Rocke of Troy; her brothers and sisters at home, Natalie, Nathan, Noah, Norah, Newton, Nolan; her maternal

grandparents, Timothy and Rebecca Mergler of West Milton; paternal grandparents, Gerald and Sondra Rocke of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Sheryl and Bill Seelig of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and extended family members.

Private family services will be held. Father John MacQuarrie will officiate.

Online memories may be left for the family at www. hale-sarver.com.

OBITUARY POLICY Please send obituary notices by email to pdceditorial@civitasmedia.com. Notices must be received by 3 p.m. the day prior to publication. There is no Sunday or Tuesday editions of the Piqua Daily Call.

For more information, call 937-773-2721. Obituaries submitted by family members must be paid prior to publication.

Food-stamp benefit cut Gluten-free cooking on horizon for Ohioans workshop planned PIQUA — The Piqua Public Library will host Gluten-Free Cooking with Kids: Learn options and cooking methods for creating delicious meals for those sensitive to gluten, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. The program is designed to involve the whole family in making healthy food choices. The presenter will be Janet Wheelock Balsbaugh, an author and selftaught cook that has been in the kitchen since second grade. “I learned so many things from my grandmother and my mom. I try and add these ideas into new recipes for children and adults that are

looking to have the same taste as regular recipes but in Gluten Free Instead. I was raised on a farm and still live in the county and still enjoy doing my own canning.

The love of cooking has always inspired me to be all I can be in the kitchen and share the love of cooking with others,” Balsbaughn said. At the event Balsbaugh will be offering her two cookbooks for sale: “Home Style Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cookbook” and “Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Gluten-Free.” She also will demonstrate making rice cookies and other hands-on treats.

COLUMBUS (AP) — About 1.8 million Ohioans who receive food stamps will see a reduction in benefits when a boost to the federal program following the nation’s economic downturn expires in November.

A report released by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities shows that the scheduled cut would result in a $193 million reduction in assistance to Ohioans through September 2014. About 16 percent of the state’s population receives food stamps.

For a family of three, that means $29 less per month, The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.

In 2009, as part of the economic-stimulus law, federal food assistance increased maximum monthly benefits for food stamp recipients.

That increase will expire at the end of October for the 47 million Americans who use food stamps.

Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, said the reduction will be devastating.

“Not only is it mean-spirited, but it is going to cost us so much in the long run on lost worker productivity, lost educational attainment, increasing health-care costs,” said HamlerFugitt, who cautioned that the

situation could further worsen.

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive advocacy group, has said the food-stamp program cost about $81 billion during the 2012 fiscal year.

According to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, cuts to the nutrition-assistance program could increase the risk of developing various illnesses including diabetes for affected low-income Americans.

Researchers found that up to 5.1 million people could lose food-assistance eligibility under some proposals being considered in Congress.

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blighted areas.

Colangelo has led successful STAMP teams through several large U.S. cities for redevelopment in the past, the concept based upon author, journalist, and speaker Malcolm Gladwell’s theory of rapid cognition as presented in his book Blink where “snap judgements and first impressions offer a better sense of the world.”

This assemblage resulted in the concept plan presented to

Monday’s attendees that was meant to percolate and thus share ideas and even concerns related to development. Some of concerns shared by area residents included future maintenance, both physical and financial, to loss of neighborhoods.

As stressed by Mansfield, Schmiesing and others, all concerns and ideas were welcomed, given the concept plan is primarily a tentative step towards determining what is needed

or even desired in the historic east section of the city. These proceeding steps from the initial comprehensive plan primarily takes a look into potential redevelopment and concepts that are neither set in stone or immediate, given the process could take well over a decade or more to complete. However, the goal is to aid the city demographically and economically, to further promote a healthy lifestyle, and bolster com-

munity image (brand) given the area is a prime gateway into the city.

Discussions for the evening included tying both sections of the city together, drawing young professionals into the area, removal of deteriorating structures, and making use of the city’s largest amenity, the river.

The next steps for the group will be further community input and to refine the plan, creating a master development plan for phased develop-

ments, with phase one and two consisting of environmental assessments of the former industrial properties.

There will be a need for market feasibility studies on the recreational complex, too, along with identifying land assembly strategies, funding and partnerships both public and private.

Information regarding Brownfield developments can be reviewed at the city’s website: www. piquaoh.org.

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Unity Bank donates to Johnston Farm project

Precipitation inbound A cold front will bring a potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms over the next few days, some of them could be strong as we remain unsettled through the end of the week.

Chance of thunderstorms, High 82, Low 68

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Unity Bank president Brett Baumeister, left, presents a check to Andy Hite, center, director of the John Johnston Farm & Indian Agency, and Mike Gutman, chairman of the fund-raising committee in front of Unity National Bank on Wayne Street on Wednesday morning.

The $7,500 dollar donation will help fund the new education center to be built at the John Johnston Farm & Indian Agency.

Returning to their roots Dynamic Championship Wrestling to appear at fair

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Dynamic Championship Wrestling will be making its return to the Miami County Fair this year.

the wrestlers, they would receive a cash prize. The results were not predetermined and the wrestlers would use real wrestling skills to outmuscle and outwrestle their opponents.

While DCW will be presenting a show based more on entertainment and less on actual competition — there won’t be an fan challenges Saturday — Saunders, who also competes at “Tommy Blaze,” said the show will be no less entertaining for fans.

“We’ve been doing this

at the Miami County Fair for a few years and we always enjoy it,” Saunders said. “It’s something we look forward to each and every year. We love introducing a new generation of fans to our sport.”

Saunders said this year’s card will feature seven matches, with a main event of DCW heavyweight champion Mac McPhat vs. “Big” Jim Hutchinson.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Saunders said. “We hope to see everyone out there.”

Orders being taken for Oda’s Piqua encyclopedia tal publishing option available through the publisher, the new book will be re-released later this fall.

The cost per books $56 plus tax. ($3.78 per book) Pre-order forms are available at Mainstreet Piqua, 326 N. Main St. or at the Piqua Public Library, 116 W. High St. Those wishing to see a copy of the book may stop by Mainstreet Piqua. For additional information call Mainstreet Piqua at 773-9355. Pre-order forms for An Encyclopedia of Piqua History are also available on the Mainstreet Piqua website at www.mainstreetpiqua.com.

The re-order deadline is Sept.

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CONOVER — The AB Graham Memorial Center, Conover, will host a mud volleyball tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24.

The cost is $60 per team prior to Aug. 23

or $70 the day of the event. There must be at least 3 females per team.

Concessions will available. Call 368-3700 to register or for more information.

Project Appleseed Tour coming to Piqua dling and the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship, while the more experienced participants refine their marksmanship skills.

And everyone enjoys target shooting and learning about the important people and events of the first day of the Revolutionary War. Using modern rifles, standard ammo and a simple sling, participants will learn the four safety rules, the six steps to firing the shot, steady hold factors, and “natural point of aim.”

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PIQUA — The Piqua history book, An Encyclopedia of Piqua History, written by Piqua Public Library Director James C. Oda, will soon be reprinted and those interested in purchasing the book are encouraged to place their order very soon.

The book, written in an encyclopedia format featuring all things Piqua from airplanes to ZIP codes, is approximately 320 pages and features numerous black and white photographs and timelines.

The book, which was originally published in 2007, continues to be a very popular item and due to overwhelming demand, and a new digi-

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By doing so, DCW will pay homage to professional wrestling’s storied history.

While it may be hard to imagine today — with national cable television shows and mega-events that fill up 70,000-seat stadiums, county fairs and carnivals once were the main venues at which professional wrestlers plied their trade.

Generations ago, professional wrestlers would show up in small towns and challenge locals to wrestling matches. If the fans were able to defeat

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MIAMI COUNTY — Lonnie Saunders doesn’t mind taking a page from professional wrestling’s past.

In fact, Dynamic C h a m p i o n s h i p Wrestling’s head honcho relishes in it.

“We love performing at fairs,” Saunders said. “A lot of people don’t realize it, but professional wrestling at fairs and carnivals is an important part of wrestling history. We love being a part of that history. We love coming out and interacting with the fans. Sometimes, the fans at our shows are just as big a part of the show as the wrestlers themselves. We like to put on a family show that everyone from ages eight to 80 can enjoy.”

D y n a m i c Championship wrestling will return to the Miami County Fair Saturday with a show that will run from 4-6 p.m. in front of the fair’s grandstands.

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Real ‘villian’ in Weiner scandal may surprise you Everybody loves a good couldn’t make out what sex scandal, and these days Sydney Leathers’ point was nobody’s disappointed. supposed to be, apart from Politicians in particular enjoying her moment of appear constitutionally notoriety. incapable of keeping their But that’s enough moralintimate arrangements izing. What I said about from public Weiner deservscrutiny.

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Mental health profesThe candidate praised the sionals consulted by New new hire as “‘a tough hom- York Times reporters sugbre’ who ‘cares about the gested several possible struggles of ordinary, middiagnoses. “It’s as if you dle-class New Yorkers.’” were being exposed to Joking aside, however, the mental processes of a breathes there a man or 9-year-old boy,” suggested woman with a soul so calloused they’ve never a Cornell professor of clinithought, “OMG, I’m glad cal psychiatry. But no, such it’s not me”? Pretending a person shouldn’t be runto be horrified at other ning for high public office; people’s sins is a sadistic he should be seeking mediactivity. After all, doing cal treatment. At this writfoolhardy things while ing, however, it appears naked isn’t exactly rare that New York voters may behavior among human have to make that decision beings. During the Clinton on Weiner’s behalf.

Meanwhile, believe scandals of legend and song, I’d sometimes warily it or not, the Dear Abby observe my fellow Wal- and Ann Landers of Mart shoppers. As hard as Washington political jourit could be to believe some- nalism have identified the times, almost everybody real villain: Hillary Clinton.

Because Weiner’s wife, there had sex secrets they wouldn’t want seen on TV. Huma Abedin, has long That’s pretty much been the former Secretary why most people ended of State’s closest aide, the up giving Bill Clinton a incomparable New York pass. Among the myriad Times columnist Maureen mistakes made by the clue- Dowd has written that less Kenneth Starr and his “defining deviancy downcrack team of prosecutorial ward, Senor and Senora bedsheet sniffers, televis- Danger are using the ing his grand jury testi- Clinton playbook.”

This is because the mony may have been the supposedly most telling. Making the Clintons president the protagonist “argued that if Hillary of a one-man inquisition — didn’t object (to Bill’s indiswith faceless prosecutors cretions), why should votbarking out insultingly inti- ers?” That this absurd claim mate questions — caused never existed anywhere all but the most hardcore but Dowd’s imagination Clinton-haters to empa- shouldn’t distract anybody thize with the big dope. from the real malefactors: Meantime, everybody “Weiner’s … grotesquerie was having a big time earns him another name: discussing oral sex at the the ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ of office water cooler — the the Clintons.” very existence of which Hillary, see, made him was previously unacknowl- do it. edged in workaday culture Washington’s most-cele(particularly among jour- brated trophy wife draws nalists, of course, an occu- a similar conclusion. Why pation universally known is Huma Abedin standfor the spotless probity of ing at her husband’s side, our own private lives). asks the Washington Post’s There’s a good deal less Sally Quinn? Why, because sympathy for former Rep. “as Clinton’s assistant, she Weiner, although he prob- has seen the limos, the ably deserves more than planes, the salutes and the he’s gotten. Never mind flags, and that is the life what the old Johnny Cash she aspires to … She saw song called a “wicked wan- the Clintons get away with dering eye.” Weiner’s trans- infidelity, and she fooled gressions invite sheer dis- herself into thinking she belief. Me, I don’t believe and Weiner could also ride I could possibly get drunk this one out.” enough to email photos of Now if I were a permy naughty bits to strange son like Quinn, whose women. I’d pass out first. famous husband, legendSomebody else would have to send out digital images ary Washington Post ediof me hugging the com- tor Ben Bradlee, devoted a chapter in his autobiogmode.

Not to mention, where raphy, “A Good Life,” to on earth would one find describing exactly how she a woman who wouldn’t seduced him away from his immediately call the cops wife and children, I might upon receiving such a be more circumspect in my judgments of others. photo?

But nobody gets anyOn Howard Stern’s show where in Washington being and “Inside Edition,” actually, smiling like a Miss shy.

Universe contestant and Times columnist Gene Lyons telling us that she is proof (Arkansas is a National Magazine Award winner and that Weiner hasn’t changed co-author of “The Hunting of the President” since his resignation. Or (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can email something. Honestly, I Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.)

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It takes a lot to shock me during the “That opinion, giving the green light Obama presidency, but I was stunned to the CIA to use all 13 methods in interwhen the Senate on July 29, by a vote of rogating terrorism suspects, including 93 to 1, confirmed James Comey as the waterboarding and up to 180 hours of chief of the FBI. sleep deprivation, ‘was ready This is the same former to go out and I concurred.’”

U.S. deputy attorney general So how come 93 senators who, at the FBI confirmation and a mostly quiet media did hearing, “forcefully argued to not teach Glenn Greenwald’s the Senate that the oversight vital awareness that: mechanisms on the govern“This is exactly where the ment’s widespread surveilObama administration has lance of phone records and taken us. Comey will run the online habits sufficiently FBI alongside Obama’s chief protects Americans’ priof the CIA, John Brennan, vacy.” (Spencer Ackerman, who spent the Bush years NAT HENTOFF “James Comey defends U.S. advocating multiple torture surveillance practices at FBI techniques and rendition.

Columnist confirmation hearing,” The “The agent of change Guardian, Aug. 1, 2013).

(Obama) reaches deep into Added Ackerman: “Comey’s hearing, the bowels of the Bush National Security nearly three hours long, occasionally State and empowers them to run two of seemed like a coronation hearing.” the most powerful agencies.”

For the media, from digital to print, My advice to professors of journalism that was largely the end of this story. throughout the country: Teach Glenn There was a time, however, when James Greenwald’s reporting.

Comey, as President George W. Bush’s Obviously, if Greenwald were a senadeputy attorney general, “became a hero tor, he’d have voted against Comey. But to Democratic opponents of Bush’s war- who was the senator who did? Kentucky rantless wiretapping program … and Republican Rand Paul. He had put a unsuccessfully tried to limit tough inter- hold on Comey’s nomination because he rogation tactics against suspected ter- wasn’t satisfied with Comey’s responses rorists.” to his questions about the use of drones.

So how can this be the same per- But when the FBI said it was “limiting son who now salutes and implements the use of drones for surveillance,” Rand Barack Obama’s ceaselessly massive Paul dropped the hold. But in view of tracking of We The People? his own battles against surveillance, The one journalist who has, charac- why did Rand Paul stop at drones to teristically, dug deeply and continuously hold the nomination for a time? (“James into James Comey’s eventual rise to Comey Confirmed as FBI Director,” FBI director — far in excess of J. Edgar Washingtonpost.com, July 27, 2013).

Hoover’s contempt of the Bill of Rights But to his credit, he voted against — is Glenn Greenwald.

Comey.

I never miss the byline of this forI was greatly surprised, though, at mer constitutional lawyer who, in these Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Obama years, should get an annual support of Comey. As Rachel Weiner Pulitzer for giving the Constitution and David Nakamura reported in the meaningful life.

Washington Post on July 30, Leahy said: And now Greenwald demonstrates “It is a shame that such an important that under George W. Bush, the once- and highly qualified nominee to lead rebellious James Comey, as deputy the FBI had to wait an unprecedented attorney General, “authorized the illegal 38 days to be confirmed, but I am glad NSA (National Security Administration) that senators finally came together to eavesdropping program … It was Comey ensure the FBI has a confirmed leader who gave his legal approval to enable at the helm.” that NSA eavesdropping program to For many years, Patrick Leahy fought spy on Americans without warrants; the hard and tenaciously to protect the same program that produced so much Constitution, including against numeroutrage and scandal when revealed by ous threats, including those from the New York Times.”

Obama. I guess he didn’t do any signifi“How can any progressive who spent cant research on Comey, but otherwise the Bush years vehemently denouncing Leahy was a very focused critic of the the domestic spying program as the Bush regime. symbol of Bush radicalism and lawWith regard to Rand Paul, this conlessness now cheer when the lawyer firmation hearing was a good time for who approved it is about to be put in charge of the FBI?” (Glenn Greenwald, another of his renowned 13-hour filibus“Obama’s New FBI Chief Approved ters on fundamental American values Bush’s NSA Warrantless Wiretapping and how they are being almost daily Scheme,” The Guardian, May 30). This distorted beyond recognition by Barack is the same FBI that, under Bush and Obama’s lengthening and aggrandizing especially Obama, has engaged in even of the Bush legacy.

Anyway, those of us who remember more warrantless spying on us.

Greenwald goes on. This Comey, who we are have to keep fighting to somewhere along his rise to power, keep our country free from our own lost his spine. He was among the Bush government.

I’d sure like to know who the 2016 lawyers “who argued repeatedly that presidential candidates are going to be. the United States would regret using harsh (interrogation) methods, (but) Maybe James Comey will celebrate his went along with a 2005 legal opinion historic 93 to 1 triumph by becoming a asserting that the techniques used by candidate. Would you vote for him? the Central Intelligence Agency were (Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First lawful.”

Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Said Comey in an April 27, 2005, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato email obtained by the New York Times: Institute, where he is a senior fellow.)

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Contractor wants to fire his wife, but save his marriage DEAR ABBY: I am a selfemployed general contractor, and have been for the most part successful. My wife, “Janine,” worked in the mortgage industry, but because of the economic downturn hasn’t worked in three years.

After her mom provided some financial help to my business eight months ago, Janine decided she wanted to work for me doing the office work and bookkeeping. The problem is, she doesn’t show up until late afternoon and stays only a short while. She doesn’t get any work done, and then she leaves. She constantly rushes to get the bills paid at the very last minute.

Although my wife is college-educated, she really can’t handle the job. Her work ethic is terrible. I started my company and I’m the boss. When Janine doesn’t agree with me about something, she yells so loud I’m sure the people who work next door can hear her. I have talked to her about this, and we have fought about it. I tried to fire, her but she says if she can’t work for my business, we might as well get divorced.

I never wanted a partner and didn’t ask for one, and now I feel trapped with an employee from hell. I love Janine and don’t want a divorce. How can I get her to quit and still stay married?

— NEEDS HELP IN CALIFORNIA DEAR NEEDS: Your wife’s behavior is immature and inappropriate. If her being in your office is connected to the money her mother loaned you, my advice is to repay it immediately before your wife’s “dabbling” as a business partner disrupts the business any further.

You may love Janine, but if the only thing holding your marriage together is allowing her to play at working in the office, then I’m sorry to say you don’t have much of a marriage. Wake up and smell the coffee. You need an assistant and your wife needs something else to occupy her time.

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In this undated file publicity image provided by Discovery Channel, a great white shark swims near Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico. The Discovery network special Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, opened Discoverys annual Shark Week on Aug. 4. With an estimated 4.8 million viewers, it had the largest audience of any show in the 26 years that Discovery has made Shark Week a part of its summer programming, the Nielsen company said.

Discovery hammered for shark special AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — A Discovery network special that speculated about whether a giant prehistoric shark could still exist has drawn a passionate response from viewers and starkly raised the question about the worth of big ratings.

The p ro g ra m , “Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives,” opened Discovery’s annual “Shark Week” during the weekend.

With an estimated 4.8 million viewers, it had the largest audience of any show in the 26 years that Discovery has made “Shark Week” a part of its summer programming, the Nielsen company said.

Yet it drew a heated response online from viewers who said airing a “mockumentary” compromises the network’s reputation.

“It’s the ultimate ‘Shark Week’ fantasy,” said Michael Sorensen, Discovery’s senior director of programming.

“The stories have been out there for years, and with 95 percent of the ocean unexplored, who

really knows?”

Discovery’s “Shark Week” Web page and Facebook and Twitter sites filled after the show with complaints from fans who objected to the program, saying they were surprised a sciencebased network seriously discussed the existence of a fearsome creature when there is no evidence it exists today. The “Megalodon” special was reminiscent of two shows on sister network Animal Planet about mermaids, which also got big audiences.

In a blog post, actor Wil Wheaton said he is a regular viewer of “Shark Week” but he was disgusted by the show. He said Discovery owes an apology to viewers who have grown to trust the network for its presentation of science.

“Discovery Channel betrayed that trust during its biggest viewing week of the year,” W h e at o n w ro t e .

“Discovery Channel isn’t run by stupid people, and this was not some kind of a mistake. Someone made a deliberate choice to present a work of fiction that is more suited for the SyFy channel as a

truthful and factual documentary. That is disgusting.”

Discover magazine’s Christie Wilcox wrote that the show’s “evidence was faked, the stories fabricated, and the scientists portrayed on it were actors. The idea that Megalodon could still be roaming the ocean is a complete and total myth.”

Wilcox wrote that “You used to expose the beautiful, magical, wonderful sides of the world around us. Now, you just make (stuff) up for profit. It’s depressing. It’s disgusting. It’s wrong.”

At the end of the special, Discovery aired three disclaimers. Discovery said that none of the institutions or agencies that appear in the film is affiliated with it in any way. The network also said that “though certain events and characters in this film have been dramatized, sightings of ‘submarine’ continue to this day.” Discovery would not say what events that referred to.

“Megalodon was a real shark,” Discovery told viewers. “Legends of giant sharks persist all

over the world. There is still debate about what they may be.”

For Discovery, the question is whether the short-term achievement of high ratings is worth the risk of alienating long-time fans.

Pe o p l e wat c h Discovery to explore the “what ifs” of the world, said network spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg.

The special “used a novel storytelling device to engage that imagination and curiosity in a way that was disclosed to audiences throughout the program,” she said.

“We have found that people are open to exploring different ideas and concepts in addition to the more traditional fare that we air,” Goldberg said. “That would explain the ratings. As in any entertainment, you aren’t going to always please everyone, but we stand behind all of our content and are proud of it.”

Sorensen talked before “Shark Week” about embracing the annual programming stunt as a pop culture event. For the first time, Discovery is showing a nightly “Shark Week” talk show hosted by a comedian.

New training center cultivating WWE’s next crop

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press

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In this July 31 photo, wrestlers Xavier Woods, left, and Corey Graves pose inside the new World Wrestling Entertainment Performance Center in Orlando, Fla. The $2.5 million, 26,000-square foot facility opened in July, replacing a smaller, antiquated facility in Tampa, Fla. The facility is both a graduate school and a training and rehabilitation center.

Orlando facility the largest training facility WWE has ever built.

Wrestler Xavier Woods, 26, said it’s the kind of environment he always hoped to train in.

“When I first started, the guy that was training us rented out the back of

a storage unit, just a tight little space with bugs and everything. It was like the lowest-level thing you could do,” Woods said.

“So to be in a place like this … it’s literally unreal.”

Aspiring wrestlers currently in training range

Abigail Van Buren

stepfather was the molester.

Part of me is still angry about what he did to me, but another part thinks fondly of the life we had as kids.

What’s wrong with me? Is it normal to have conflicted emotions about a person who hurt you? None of my siblings know about my past.

My stepfather is deceased now and so is my mom.

— SURVIVOR IN MARYLAND DEAR SURVIVOR: You deserve credit for not only being able to acknowledge your pain, but also emotionally mature enough to look back and not diminish the good things. It’s a sign that you are healthy. Your feelings are normal, and you are to be congratulated for being able to view your history in its entirety.

DEAR ABBY: The women I work with are now starting to have grandchildren.

That’s great, but when did it become trendy to have baby showers for the grandmothers? Personally, I think this is over the top. What about you?

— S H OW E R OVERLOAD IN MINNESOTA DEAR SHOWER OVERLOAD: I don’t agree.

It may have become trendy around the time that so many grandmothers assumed responsibility for raising their grandchildren. Or, the women may be so excited about welcoming a first grandchild that they want to celebrate with a party of their own. Because you feel differently, simply decline the invitations.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Allegretti, ‘Captain Kangaroo’ character, dies NEW YORK (AP) — days of “Captain Kangaroo.”

Cosmo Allegretti, who creat- He volunteered to make a ed and voiced puppet charac- replacement when the show ters like Grandfather Clock was dissatisfied with a pupand Dancing Bear on pet created by a prothe children’s televifessional. He gave life sion show “Captain to characters Bunny Kangaroo,” has died.

Rabbit, Mister He was 86.

Moose, Rollo the Allegretti, who Hippopotamus, Miss had homes in Worm, Cornelius the Hampton Bays, Walrus, Dennis the N.Y., and New River, Apprentice and othAriz., died of emphy- Allegretti ers. The show, starsema on July 26 in ring Bob Keeshan, Arizona, his attorney started on CBS in and friend John Munzel said 1955 and aired for more Wednesday. than 30 years.

Allegretti had been a pupAs an actor, Allegretti peteer but was working as appeared in films includa set painter in the early ing “Prince of the City.”

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The clink of free weights and the roar of broadcasters practicing to get it just right for the cameras.

We l c o m e to World Wrestling E n t e r t a i n m e n t ’s Performance Center, a $2.5 million, 26,000-square foot facility that opened last month, replacing a much smaller and antiquated facility in Tampa. It’s both a graduate school of sorts for the WWE’s next generation of talent and a training and rehabilitation center for its top-tier pro wrestlers, called “Superstars” and “Divas.”

“Most kids grow up and at least at some point in their lives want to be a fireman or a cop. I’ve always wanted to be a pro wrestler since I was a little kid,” said 29-year-old Corey Graves, one of 75 aspiring wrestlers based at the center.

The largest part of the facility is a vast space featuring seven wrestling rings that makes the new

DEAR ABBY: I was abused as a child through my teenage years. I told my mom and we talked about it. My

from former NFL players and Olympians to a former beauty pageant contestant. They signed contracts allowing them to work solely on becoming wrestlers.

“One hundred percent, this is their jobs,” said Jane Geddes, WWE senior vice president of talent and development.

Geddes said the WWE built the center envisioning a place where up-andcomers could train alongside established professionals.

WWE is the major leagues of pro wrestling, with a half-billion dollars in annual revenue.

Traditionally, it has been a magnet for young talent from smaller, independent wrestling operations. But those minor leagues are dwindling, and while the WWE does still hold some open tryouts, the performance center will be its main training ground for developing talent.

“This is where it starts for professional wrestlers now and this is where it will end — in a good way — as they look to move up to our main roster,” Geddes said. “The timing was perfect for us to be able to move to the next level and create a facility like this.”

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YOU’RE INVITED BETH MOORE SIMULCAST SET FOR SEPT. 14 PIQUA — Grace Methodist church will host Living Proof Live from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Thanks to a partnership between Grace UMC, Greene Street UMC, Lockington UMC and True Vine Church, the event will be $10 per person, including lunch.

The partnership between these churches will offer one full day of music and worship and sessions led by Beth Moore, as well as opportunities for fellowship with other women from the surrounding communities.

The event, which is now in its 15th year, both challenges and encourages women to grow deeply in their faith.

Tickets may be purchased at each of the churches listed above during office hours or at church each Sunday through Sept. 8.

SECOND SUNDAY SERVICES SET ST. PARIS — St. Paris United Methodist Church, 208 W. Walnut St., is launching Second Sunday, an evening communion service specifically geared for people with mental illness, physical disabilities, addictions or circumstances that may make it uncomfortable to attend traditional church services.

Beginning Sept.8, the 20-30 minute service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month in the church’s accessible fellowship hall. The service will include scripture, prayer and community. All are welcome. The church is located at the corner of Church and Walnut streets, two blocks south of U.S. Route 36 in St. Paris. For more information contact Pastor Dave Kepple at (937) 307-1278 or by email at dekepple@ gmail.com.

GOSPEL TRIO TO PERFORM COVINGTON — The Covington United Church of Christ, 115 N. Pearl St., is honored to have the New Dawn Gospel Trio performing at their 9:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Aug. 11.

The Trio signs southern gospel music. A coffee hour will be held immediately following worship.

AME CHRISTMAS BAZAAR PIQUA — Cyrene AME Church will host a Christmas bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at Fountain Park. Crafters may rent a table for $10. For more information, contact Ora Tipton at 451-1790 or Theo Coray at 773-0852.

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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold his posters with Arabic writing which reads ” Yes for legality, No for the coup” during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 6.

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Headlining the live entertainment schedule is Hey There Morgan, a three-piece cover band based out of Dayton.

Premium Blend is made up of talented and upcoming musicians/vocalists who are performing a variety of genres including jazz and hip-hop. As part of the live music line-up, inspirational jazz musician Deron Bell will perform.

He has played with jazz great Boney James and is sure to be a crowd pleaser. This is an extensive effort that the city hopes

will help build community pride.

Pope explained, “We’ve coordinated with all public safety officials to close a portion of Main Street from Macgregor Drive to Stuckhardt Road to allow for more than 6,000 Trotwood neighbors and community visitors to enjoy the block party. My hope is to bless Trotwood by providing a spirit of pride and community engagement.”

Block party guests can visit with safety officials and get a chance to see inside emergency equipment that will be on display. Ample parking is provided as well as a shuttle service coordinated by the city.

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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military-backed interim leadership proclaimed Wednesday that a crackdown against two protest sites is inevitable, saying that nearly two weeks of foreign diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve its standoff with the Muslim Brotherhood have failed.

The st atements strongly suggested that Egypt’s sharp polarization may spiral into even more bloodshed as thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood member, camp out at two main Cairo intersections and hold daily protests outside security buildings.

At stake is stability in the Arab world’s most populous country.

Already more than 250 people have been killed in violence since the military ousted Morsi more than a month ago, including at least 130 Brotherhood supporters in two major clashes between security forces and backers of the deposed president.

“The decision agreed on by all to clear the sitins is final and irreversible,” Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on state television, reading a statement issued by the Egyptian Cabinet.

In response, top Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohammed elBeltagy said the protesters are not concerned with talk of clearing the sit-ins.

“What we care about is for there to be clear talks about our position against the military coup and the importance of returning legitimacy,” el-Beltagy told The Associated Press at the main protest site in the capital’s Nasr City neighborhood. He said the Cabinet’s statement makes “clear that they lack vision with regard to the political scene.”

It was unclear what the crackdown would entail or when it would begin, but it appeared unlikely to start until next week. The Cabinet statement said the government was keen not to take action during Ramadan, which ends Wednesday. A separate statement by the interim president described the four official days of Eid celebrations that follow the Muslim holy month as “tolerant” and “harmonious.”

The prime minister said the Cabinet “had hoped to solve this crisis during this period without the interven-

tion of security forces,” but that the sit-ins have not been peaceful and that the protesters have frightened citizens, blocked roads, attacked government buildings and threatened security.

“The use of weapons against the police or citizens will be dealt with with utmost firmness and strength,” the prime minister added.

Still, it remained uncertain whether authorities would resort to a level of force that could leave scores more dead and invite world condemnation. In the past week, they have outlined plans to break up the sit-ins using more restrained measures, such as putting up cordons to block people who leave from returning. The statement from interim President Adly Mansour’s office stressed that any actions would be legal.

We d n e s d a y ’s announcements follow a flurry of diplomatic visits by envoys from the United States, the European Union and Arab Gulf states in an attempt to defuse the crisis and find a compromise to avert the use of force against the sit-ins.

“These efforts did not achieve the success that was hoped for, despite full support provided by the Egyptian government,” Mansour said.

“The state of Egypt appreciates the efforts of friendly nations and understands the reasons why they did not achieve their desired objectives, and holds the Muslim Brotherhood fully responsible for the failure of these efforts.”

On a visit to Cairo on Tuesday, U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham urged the government to release the Islamist leaders as a gesture to the Brotherhood or risk making “a huge mistake.”

Mansour, who was installed as Egypt’s interim president by the military after the July 3 coup, rejected the senators’ message, calling it “unacceptable interference in internal politics.” The coup followed days of mass protests

by Egyptians calling for Morsi’s ouster.

The McCain-Graham visit was carried out at U.S. President Barack Obama’s request, but their message differed from his. For one thing, they called what happened on July 3 a coup, a word the administration avoided because it would trigger a suspension of the $1.3 billion a year in U.S. military aid to Egypt.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said “our position has not changed” regarding the word “coup.” ”Sen. McCain and Sen. Graham are certainly entitled to their opinions, just as any member of Congress is.”

The new Egyptian leadership, emboldened by mass demonstrations of support, has shown no sign of willingness to ease its crackdown on the Brotherhood.

Court cases have been set to prosecute top Brotherhood figures for allegedly inciting violence. The government is also pushing ahead with the rewriting of the Islamist-drafted constitution as part of a plan that also calls for parliamentary and presidential elections next year.

The Brotherhood is demanding Morsi’s reinstatement as Egypt’s first freely elected president, though privately many of the pro-Morsi protesters say that the sit-ins are their last bargaining chip to press for the release of Morsi and other detained leaders and for guarantees that they will be included in politics.

Morsi faces accusations of conspiring with the militant Palestinian Hamas group to escape from prison in 2011. He has been held at secret locations since his ouster, though Egyptian authorities have allowed the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and a group of African statesmen to visit him.

Emboldened Muslim militants have increased the frequency of their attacks against the Egyptian army on Sinai Peninsula to exploit the political turmoil since Morsi’s ouster.

On Wednesday, Egypt’s military spokesman said 60 Islamic militants have been killed and 103 arrested on the peninsula as part of the army’s operations there over the past month.

Also Wednesday, a security official said predawn clashes between Morsi supporters and residents of Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria left one person dead and dozens wounded. Residents of the Manshiya neighborhood were angered by marchers who were chanting against the country’s armed forces.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence.

The official, who spoke anonymously in line with regulations, said 46 people were wounded, including some by gunshot and birdshot, in the violence.

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IN BRIEF n Family First Brock Hostetter had his first hole in one of his short golfing career acing the 165 yard 17th hole. Brock used a 7 iron to record the first hole in one in a long line of golfing Hostetter’s. Witnessing this remarkable shot was Brian Robbins, Doug Harter and Uncle Joe Hostetter.

n Trio cards 28 The Echo Hills Tuesday Ladies League used the One Net Best Ball format Tuesday.

Winning with 28 was the trio of Kathy Knoop, Joyce Catron and Jane Rudd.

Finishing second with 29 was the trio of Kathie Isenhouer, Renie Huffman and Judy Hornbeck.

n Apparel sale The Piqua High School Athletic Apparel sale will be held Aug. 16-18 at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

The hours will be from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 16, 10-a.m.-9 p.m.

Aug. 17 and noon-6 p.m.

Aug. 18.

More than 3,000 items will be available for purchase, with 95 percent available for $5 or less.

The sale will be held in the area next to the Elder Beerman’s store.

n Throwback Piqua The Miami Valley Centre Mall and the Piqua High School Athletic Department will host the “Throwback Piqua Night” on August 15 from 7–9 p.m. as a kick-off activity for the PHS apparel sale Aug. 16-18 Just 100 tickets will be sold for $5 and give ticketholders achance to meet new athletic director Chip Hare and the first chance to purchase items at the apparel sale.

Tickets will be sold at the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce office beginning on Monday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tickets being sold from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday.

Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Enjoy this unique event, welcome Chip Hare to the Piqua H.S. family and browse the immense assortment of game jerseys and trunks, warm-ups, travel suits, duffel bags and cheerleading uniforms. You will be totally amazed at the super-wide assortment and the great prices and bargains in store for you.

Peggy Henthorn, Regional Manager of the Miami Valley Centre Mall stated, “We have been pleased to provide space for the three day sale and to be a part of the ‘Throwback Piqua Night’ activities.

Only 100 tickets will be sold to ‘Throwback Piqua Night’, so get yours now at the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Q: Who is the defending champion at the PGA this week?

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Rory McIlroy

QUOTED “I know we have some bad barbers in the locker room, based on some of the haircuts I saw.”

—Rob Chuzinski on Brown rookies getting their heads shaved

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Allison Ingle of Covington tees off at Echo Hills during the Lady Buccs tournament Wednesday.

Versailles golfer Brooke Wehrkamp takes a short putt Wednesday at Echo Hills during the Lady Buccs tournament.

Versailles wins Pink-Out It was another successful day at the Lady Buccs-Eagles 2013 Pink-Out at Echo Hills, the fifth year of the tournament.

“I think it was more pink than I have ever seen at the tournament,” Covington coach Ron Schultz said. “It was hard to tell some of the teams apart.”

And the tournament had a dramatic finish, with Versailles and Tippecanoe both carding 336 to lead the field.

Versailles won the tournament on a fifth-girl tiebreaker, with the Lady Tigers Madison Covault shooting 101 to Tipp’s 110.

The Lady Tigers Brooke Wehrkamp finished second overall with 75, while Elizabeth White finished fifth with 79.

Brooke Wehrkamp of Versailles tees off at Echo Hills on Wednesday during the Lady Buccs golf tournament.

Tippecanoe’s Lindsey Murray was medalist with 73.

Other Versailles scores were Hannah Niekamp 90, Emily Harmon 92 and Kaitlyn Middendorf 110.

Russia finished eighth with 405.

Lady Raider scores were Morgan Daugherty 91, Taylor Borchers 99, Lindsey Meyer 107, Alisha Leckler 108, Kayla

Pleiman 112 and Corrina Francis 125.

Miami East finished 13th with a 429 total.

Lady Viking scores were Macaleh Thompson 103, Sam Denlinger 106, Carrie Wilson 106, Kiera Fellers 114, Meghan Petit 136.

Covington finished 14th with a 462 total.

Lady Bucc scores were Allison Ingle 91, Morgan McReynolds 116, Kelsey McRenynolds 127 and Addison Metz 128.

Piqua finished 15th with a 524 total.

Piqua scores were Alaina Mikolajewski 105, Kaitlyn Simmons 125, Cassidy Kraft 147 and Sarah Ganger 147.

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Browns play it safe

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Cincinnati Reds catcher Corky Miller tags out Oakland Athletics’ Alberto Callaspo (18) at home plate in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Cincinnati. Callaspo was trying to score on a hit by Stephen Vogt.

Reds sweep Athletics CINCINNATI (AP) — Corky Miller got a chance to play a major league game in front of his sons on Wednesday, and the journeyman catcher made the most of the opportunity.

Miller had a pair of run-scoring doubles and a key defensive play, helping the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-5 victory over Bartolo Colon and the slumping Oakland Athletics.

Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer and a run-scoring grounder for Cincinnati, which won consecutive games for the first time since July 24 in San Francisco and July 25 in Los Angeles. Joey Votto had two hits and Zack Cozart scored twice.

Miller has spent most of the season with Triple-A Louisville. He could be headed back to the minors soon with Ryan Hanigan on his way back from a wrist injury.

With sons Caden, 8, and Chase, 5, in town for the Reds’ family game, Miller increased his total to five RBIs in 14 games this season.

“It was fun looking up and seeing them,” Miller said.

AL West-leading Oakland, which began the day with a one-game advantage over Texas, scored as many runs as it had in its previous three games, but still lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Colon (14-4) was knocked out in the third inning in his shortest outing of the season. The All-Star right-hander, who was pitching on six days’ rest but weakened by a stomach virus, had made 15 consecutive starts of at least six innings and three or fewer earned runs.

“Bartolo didn’t have his best stuff,” manager Bob Melvin said. “His velocity was down a little bit. He had a stomach virus in the bullpen. He’s had it before but worked through it.”

“It’s no excuse,” Colon said. “I pitched

bad. I wasn’t throwing strikes like I did before the All-Star game. The velocity was down a little, but it is no excuse. I don’t need to rest. The way the team hit today, I believe we can win. If they keep hitting like that we will win.”

Miller’s first run-scoring double gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead in the second inning. The Reds added three more in the third, with Bruce going deep for the second straight game and Miller driving in Cozart for the second time on the day.

Colon allowed five runs and seven hits in 2 2-3 innings. He was 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA in his previous five starts, including a four-hitter in a 6-0 victory at the Los Angeles Angels on July 21.

Homer Bailey (7-10) won his second straight start despite allowing nine hits and five runs in 5 1-3 innings.

“They put the bat on the ball pretty well,” he said. “You saw it last night with Mat (Latos). He didn’t get a lot of strikeouts. When you put it into play, things happen.”

Bailey left with a runner on third, but Manny Parra wriggled out of the jam. Parra, Sam LeCure and J.J. Hoover combined for 2 2-3 innings of two-hit ball before Aroldis Chapman tossed a perfect ninth for his 27th save in 31 opportunities.

Josh Donaldson and Eric Sogard had two hits and two RBIs apiece for Oakland, which finished with 11 hits.

Donaldson hit a solo drive in the second for his 17th homer.

Stephen Vogt singled in a run in the fourth for the A’s, but Bruce made a perfect throw to cut down Alberto Callaspo trying to score from second on the base hit to right.

“I always expect them to go,” Bruce said. “When you don’t, that’s when you’re caught off guard and look like an idiot.”

Callaspo left with a left forearm con-

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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are playing it safe with Trent Richardson.

Cleveland’s star running back will not play in the club’s exhibition opener on Thursday night against the St. Louis Rams as he continues to recover from an injured right shin. Richardson was accidentally kicked in the shin — the same one he hurt during spring practice — last week, and the Browns won’t risk him hurting it further.

“We’re going to be smart,” coach Rob Chudzinski said following Wednesday’s practice, which was moved indoors because of heavy rain.

Chudzinski said Richardson could have played if it was a regular-season game, but the Browns are being careful with the former firstround pick, who has had a history with injuries and played most of last season with two broken ribs.

Chudzinski said he is not concerned about Richardson’s durability.

“It’s the preseason, we have a plan of working him and making sure that he gets reps as needed out here in practice and we build him to be ready for the beginning of the season,” Chudzinski said.

Richardson did not play in any of Cleveland’s exhibition games a year ago, when he was recovering from minor knee surgery.

He recently said one of his goals was to play in all four of Cleveland’s preseason games. Richardson took part in some drills on Wednesday, but was not on the field during team activities.

Chudzinski said Richardson understands the reasons for the Browns keeping him out.

Richardson rushed for 950 yards and caught 51 passes for 367 yards as a rookie. He played in 15 games, missing only the finale at Pittsburgh with an ankle injury sustained the previous week at Denver.

Chudzinski said

Dion Lewis will start in Richardson’s spot. Also, starting strong safety T.J. Ward (hamstring) and starting guard Shawn Lauvao (ankle) will also sit out against the Rams.

The Browns plan to play their starters for about one quarter, meaning quarterback Brandon Weeden will only have a few series to impress Cleveland’s coaching staff and maybe silence some critics who don’t think he’s Cleveland’s long-term answer at QB. Weeden has showed progress during training camp, and seems more comfortable with the Browns’ new offense.

His goals against the Rams are pretty simple.

“Just string together consecutive good plays, string together couple good drives, just get the feel of the game,” he said.

“It’s a little different than practice, obviously there’s going to be some emotions, there’s going to be a lot more adrenaline and stuff like that. So I think it’s just put together a couple good drives and completions and just manage the game and do the things I need to do to move the ball up the field.”

The Browns’ defense has had the upper hand during recent practices, but Weeden feels Cleveland’s offense is starting to gel.

“We’re making strides,” he said. “We have a long ways to go. I don’t think we’re where we need to be. I think if you ask anybody, they’d all say the same thing, we’ve got a long ways to go. I still feel good about the guys we have. I’m excited about the potential we have offensively. Once you get in the game and you get those live reps you can get a better understanding, because it’s tough when you go against your defense all the time and they have a pretty good idea what you’re doing and you know what they’re doing.

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Becca Stiefel was back in action Saturday night.

Stiefel has tough finish

Takes 13th at Waynesfield

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

Stiefel would enter her Dick's Paint and Body Shop, KB Machine and Tool, Aesthetic Finishers, Automotive Armature Works, J and T Photos, Ham Signs, Rieck Services, AMSOIL- Doug Mertz, Richard Donnelly, Colors by Barr, Mark Knupp Muffler and Tire backed sprinter along with 30 others to make a strong field of cars.

Stiefel would start her heat race from the fifth spot and needing a fifth place or better finish to move on to the feature.

At the green flag, Stiefel settled into the fourth spot and began to work on her game plan which was to move forward but also get a transfer spot and as she worked thru her plan each lap she would finish in second place, sitting her up to roll off in the feature in the fifth spot.

As the field of 20 cars came to the green there would be a spin in turn two bringing out the yellow as the front few rows were rolling through turns 3 and 4.

Stiefel, who knew the track would be slick and knowing the caution had just come out, rolled through the corner to see how it was and the car slid sideways and came to a stop.

Due to track rules, even though she was not the cause of the caution and the caution was already out before she spun, and did not stop for reasons related to the caution, she was forced to the rear of the field and now she would roll off in 20th place.

A now determined Stiefel, who had planned to settle in for a few laps and let things settle themselves out now would find herself needing to move forward sooner than expected.

At the halfway point of the race, Stiefel had gained nine spots and was looking for more.

With five laps remaining and Stiefel now in eighth place — she was making a pass for seventh when a car in front of her would get sideways and flip leaving her no room to avoid contact and ending her night by breaking a front end and finishing her night in 13th place.

“My crew gave me a good car tonight,” a disappointed Stiefel said after the race. “We have struggled with set up when the track get slick but not tonight we found something I’m just disappointed to not be able to finish it out.

“We had a decent run of laps there and the car was rolling good but we had a red flag there just around the halfway point and the tires cooled down and it wasn’t as good after that.

“I knew at the first start that as we were rolling through the corner that the caution had just came out and I held into a little bit to see how it exited the corner and like we thought it was slick off and it looped on me.

“Had I realized I would go to the tail I would have rolled out, but it is what it is.

“Four weeks ago we were to begin the second half of the season and tonight is the first week since then that we haven’t been rained out and I was hoping to start the second half off like the first half ended, but not to be.

“The car is tore up pretty good but we’ll see what we can do thru the week to get parts bought we need and get things all back together to see if we can be back for Saturday.”

Stiefel is scheduled to return to Waynesfield Raceway Park on Saturday with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7. Joining the 1000cc mini sprints will be the 410 non wing sprints, trucks, and compacts.

Superman not bullet-proof

Stewart doesn’t walk away from this crash CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Aside from a minor arm injury in the 2006 Chili Bowl, and a banged up shoulder that required a relief driver in a NASCAR race later that same season, Tony Stewart has walked away unscathed from many harrowing wrecks.

It was something everyone around him had seemingly taken for granted until Monday night, when the three-time NASCAR champion broke his right leg in a sprint car race in Iowa.

"He's run so many of these races and flipped in those things, I think me and him and everybody around us didn't think Superman could get hurt; this is his day," Greg Zi-

padelli, his longtime crew chief and the current competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing, said Wednesday.

Zipadelli has never been the biggest fan of Stewart's extracurricular racing and was his crew chief both times Stewart ran the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 double on the same day. But he's understood Stewart's passion to drive anything at any time, and doesn't try to interfere.

And for 15 years, 521 races, 48 wins and three NASCAR championships, none of Stewart's extra activities interfered. But now the star of the organization is in an Iowa hospital, recovering from surgery.

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Kansas City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

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Miami (Fernandez 8-5) at Pittsburgh (Cole 5-5), 12:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 6-10) at Philadelphia (E.Martin 0-1), 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (D.Hand 0-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 511), 3:45 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 10-3) at St. Louis (Westbrook 7-6), 8:15 p.m.

Friday's Games Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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MLB Leaders TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—CJohnson, Atlanta, .338;YMolina, St. Louis, .330; Cuddyer, Colorado, .327; Votto, Cincinnati, .324; Craig, St. Louis, .321; Segura, Milwaukee, .314; Posey, San Francisco, .310.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 82; Votto, Cincinnati, 77; Choo, Cincinnati, 76; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 73; Holliday, St. Louis, 73; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 73; CGonzalez, Colorado, 72; JUpton, Atlanta, 72.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 89; Craig, St. Louis, 86; Phillips, Cincinnati, 84; Bruce, Cincinnati, 78; FFreeman, Atlanta, 75; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 72; DBrown, Philadelphia, 71.

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PITCHING—Lynn, St. Louis, 13-5; Zimmermann, Washington, 13-6; Wainwright, St. Louis, 13-7; Corbin, Arizona, 12-3; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 12-4; Latos, Cincinnati, 11-3; Minor, Atlanta, 11-5; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-6; SMiller, St. Louis, 11-7.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.91; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.91; Harvey, New York, 2.21; Corbin, Arizona, 2.33; Locke, Pittsburgh, 2.47; Fernandez, Miami, 2.54; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.66.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 172; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 166; Wainwright, St. Louis, 156; Samardzija, Chicago, 155; HBailey, Cincinnati, 148; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 146; Latos, Cincinnati, 145.

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RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 80; MiCabrera, Detroit, 79; AJones, Baltimore, 79; Trout, Los Angeles, 79; Bautista, Toronto, 76; Ellsbury, Boston, 71; Encarnacion, Toronto, 71.

RBI—CDavis, Baltimore, 106; MiCabrera, Detroit, 100; Encarnacion, Toronto, 89; AJones, Baltimore, 79; NCruz, Texas, 76; Fielder, Detroit, 76; DOrtiz, Boston, 73.

HITS—Machado, Baltimore, 144; Trout, Los Angeles, 143; ABeltre, Texas, 142; MiCabrera, Detroit, 141; AJones, Baltimore, 141; Ellsbury, Boston, 135; Pedroia, Boston, 133.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 40; Mauer, Minnesota, 32; Trout, Los Angeles, 32; CDavis, Baltimore, 31; JCastro, Houston, 29; Lowrie, Oakland, 29; JhPeralta, Detroit, 29; AlRamirez, Chicago, 29.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Drew, Boston, 6; Gardner, New York, 5; AGordon, Kansas City, 5; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 41; MiCabrera, Detroit, 32; Encarnacion, Toronto, 30; NCruz, Texas, 27; ADunn, Chicago, 26; Bautista, Toronto, 25; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 25.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 40; RDavis, Toronto, 34; Altuve, Houston, 29; Andrus, Texas, 27; McLouth, Baltimore, 27; Rios, Chicago, 25; Trout, Los Angeles, 24.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 16-1; Tillman, Baltimore, 14-3; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 14-3; Colon, Oakland, 14-4; Masterson, Cleveland, 13-8; Guthrie, Kansas City, 12-7; Verlander, Detroit, 12-8.

ERA—FHernandez, Seattle, 2.39; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.39; Kuroda, New York, 2.45; AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.58; Darvish, Texas, 2.72; Colon, Oakland, 2.75; Iwakuma, Seattle, 2.75.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 192; Scherzer, Detroit, 170; FHernandez, Seattle, 169; Masterson, Cleveland, 166; Sale, Chicago, 161; Verlander, Detroit, 145; DHolland, Texas, 145.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 39; MRivera, New York, 35; Nathan, Texas, 33; Balfour, Oakland, 29; GHolland, Kansas City, 29; Perkins, Minnesota, 27; AReed, Chicago, 27; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 27.

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PGA Tee Times PGA Championship Tee Times At Oak Hill Country Club Piitsford, N.Y. All Times EDT Thursday-Friday Hole 1-Hole 10 7:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m. — Rob Labritz, United States; John Senden, Australia; Shane Lowry, Ireland 7:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand; Bob Gaus, United States; Luke Guthrie, United States 7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. — Marc Leishman, Australia; Josh Teater, United States; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 7:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Tommy Gainey, United States; Ryan Palmer, United States; David Hearn, Canada 7:50 a.m.-1 p.m. — Michael Thompson, United States; Marcel Siem, Germany; Bo Van Pelt, United States 8 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Shaun Micheel, United States; Rich Beem, United States; J.J. Henry, United States 8:10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Richard Sterne, South Africa; Scott Brown, United States; David Lingmerth, Sweden 8:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Ben Curtis, United States; Marcus Fraser, Australia; Peter Hanson, Sweden 8:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — Stewart Cink, United States; Paul Lawrie, Scotland; Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain 8:40 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark; Brian Gay, United States; David Lynn, England 8:50 a.m.-2 p.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; David McNabb, United States; Branden Grace, South Africa 9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. — Caine Fitzgerald, United States; Kevin Streelman, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 9:10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — JC Anderson, United States; Matt Jones, Australia; Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa 12:25 p.m.-7:15 a.m. — John Huh, United States; Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Danny Balin, United States 12:35 p.m.-7:25 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Tom Watson, United States; Paul McGinley, Ireland 12:45 p.m.-7:35 a.m. — Kohki Idoki, Japan; Rod Perry, United States; Nick Watney, United States 12:55 p.m.-7:45 a.m. — Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Jason Day, Australia; Brandt Snedeker, United States 1:05 p.m.-7:55 a.m. — Tim Clark, South Africa; Lee Westwood, England; Bubba Watson, United States 1:15 p.m.-8:05 a.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Webb Simpson, United States; Angel Cabrera, Argentina 1:25 p.m.-8:15 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Vijay Singh, Fiji; Martin Kaymer, Germany 1:35 p.m.-8:25 a.m. — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Luke Donald, England; Jordan Spieth, United States 1:45 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Adam Scott, Australia; Justin Rose, England; Phil Mickelson, United States 1:55 p.m.-8:45 a.m. — Lucas Glover, United States; Ian Poulter, England; Zach Johnson, United States

2:05 p.m.-8:55 a.m. — Kevin Chappell, United States; Christopher Wood, England; Mike Small, United States 2:15 p.m.-9:05 a.m. — Kevin Stadler, United States; Chip Sullivan, United States; Chris Stroud, United States 2:25 p.m.-9:15 a.m. — Sonny Skinner, United States; Gary Woodland, United States, Richie Ramsay, Scotland (Tee No. 10-Tee No. 1) 7:15 a.m.-12:25 p.m. — Charley Hoffman, United States; Bob Sowards, United States; Matt Every, United States 7:25 a.m.-12:35 p.m. — Mark Sheftic, United States; Robert Garrigus, United States; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan 7:35 a.m.-12:45 p.m. — Hunter Mahan, United States; Paul Casey, England; Billy Horschel, United States 7:45 a.m.-12:55 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Steve Stricker, United States; Jason Dufner, United States 7:55 a.m.-1:05 p.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Matt Kuchar, United States; Rickie Fowler, United States 8:05 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Ernie Els, South Africa; Bill Haas, United States 8:15 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — David Toms, United States; Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Y.E. Yang, South Korea 8:25 a.m.-1:35 p.m. — Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Dustin Johnson, United States; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 8:35 a.m.-1:45 p.m. — Davis Love III, United States; Keegan Bradley, United States; Tiger Woods, United States 8:45 a.m.-1:55 p.m. — Peter Uihlein, United States; Jim Furyk, United States; Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 8:55 a.m.-2:05 p.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Ryan Polzin, United States; Jonas Blixt, Sweden 9:05 a.m.-2:15 p.m. — Scott Stallings, United States; Jason Kokrak, United States; Jeff Sorenson, United States 9:15 a.m.-2:25 p.m. — Scott Jamieson, Scotland; Roberto Castro, United States; Stuart Smith, United States 12:20 p.m.-7:10 a.m. — Mark Brown, United States; Scott Piercy, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States 12:30 p.m.-7:20 a.m. — Derek Ernst, United States; Jeff Martin, United States; Charles Howell III, United States 12:40 p.m.-7:30 a.m. — Ken Duke, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy; Jimmy Walker, United States 12:50 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — Danny Willett, England; Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Russell Henley, United States 1 p.m.-7:50 a.m.— Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; George Coetzee, South Africa; Harris English, United States 1:10 p.m.-8 a.m. — Boo Weekley, United States; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 1:20 p.m.-8:10 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Ryan Moore, United States; Alex Noren, Sweden 1:30 p.m.-8:20 a.m. — Brett Rumford, Australia; Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; John Merrick, United States 1:40 p.m.-8:30 a.m. — Sang-Moon Bae, South Korea; Woody Austin, United States; Martin Laird, Scotland 1:50 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Carl Pettersson, Sweden; D.A. Points, United States; Mikko Ilonen, Finland 2 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — Graham DeLaet, Canada; Kirk Hanefeld, United States; Kyle Stanley, United States 2:10 p.m.-9 a.m. — David Muttitt, United States; Charlie Beljan, United States; Brendon de Jonge, United States 2:20 p.m.-9:10 a.m. — Lee Rhind, United States; Chris Kirk, United States; Marc Warren, Scotland

Basketball

WNBA Glance

WNBA Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 13 7 .650 — Atlanta 11 6 .647 ½ Indiana 10 10 .500 3 New York 9 12 .429 4½ Washington 9 13 .409 5 Connecticut 6 13 .316 6½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 17 3 .850 — Los Angeles 14 7 .667 3½ Phoenix 10 11 .476 7½ Seattle 9 11 .450 8 San Antonio 7 14 .333 10½ Tulsa 7 15 .318 11 Monday's Games No games scheduled¢ Tuesday's Games New York 93, Washington 88 Los Angeles 74, Connecticut 72 Indiana 64, Chicago 58 Minnesota 93, San Antonio 80 Seattle 80, Phoenix 65 Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Thursday's Games Los Angeles at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Soccer

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Major League Soccer All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New York 11 7 5 38 36 29 Sporting KC 10 7 6 36 33 24 Montreal 10 6 5 35 33 32 Philadelphia 9 7 7 34 34 32 Houston 9 6 6 33 26 21 New England 8 8 6 30 27 20 Chicago 8 9 4 28 27 31 Columbus 6 11 5 23 25 30 Toronto FC 4 10 8 20 20 29 D.C. 3 15 4 13 13 36 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake 11 7 5 38 38 26 Portland 8 3 11 35 32 21 Colorado 9 7 8 35 30 26 Vancouver 9 7 6 33 34 30 Los Angeles 10 9 3 33 32 27 FC Dallas 8 6 8 32 27 30 Seattle 9 7 4 31 27 22 San Jose 8 9 6 30 25 33 19 39 Chivas USA 4 13 5 17 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday's Games Roma 3, MLS All-Stars 1 Saturday's Games New York 3, Sporting Kansas City 2 D.C. United 3, Montreal 1 Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 2, Real Salt Lake 2, tie Houston 3, Columbus 1 San Jose 2, Chivas USA 0 Seattle FC 3, FC Dallas 0 Portland 1, Vancouver 1, tie Sunday's Games Toronto FC 1, New England 0 Saturday, Aug. 10 Seattle FC at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.

New York at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

New England at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11 Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Chivas USA, 11 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Placed LHP Matt Thornton on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 5. Recalled RHO Pedro Beato from Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed INF-OF Ryan Raburn to a two-year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Released RHP Jose Valverde.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Optioned LHP Will Smith to Omaha (PCL). Recalled LHP Danny Duffy from Omaha.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Activated RHP Jonathan Broxton from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Pedro Villareal to Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed OF Carlos Gonzalez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 5. Recalled LHP Jeff Francis from Colorado Springs (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed C DeJuan Blair.

MIAMI HEAT — Signed C Greg Oden.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DB Mark LeGree.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived/injured DT Larry Black.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Claimed WR Charly Martin off waivers from San Francisco.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Announced the retirement of S Deon Grant.

NEW YORK JETS — Waived/injured WR Vidal Hazelton. Placed WR Marcus Davis on injured reserve.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Terminated the contract of WR Early Doucet.

Canadian Football League CFL — Fined Hamilton DL Brian Bulcke an undisclosed amount for an illegal and dangerous hit to the head of Edmonton QB Mike Reilly during an Aug. 2 game. Fined Winnipeg OL Justin Sorensen an undisclosed amount for an illegal block on B.C. DL Jabar Westerman during an Aug. 5 game.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Named Stephen Walkom senior vice president and director of officiating.

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Looking to find form PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The curls no longer spilled from under his cap, a big change for Rory McIlroy. Prompted to reveal the rest of his free haircut, he removed his hat and wild brown locks sprang to life.

“Still a little bit on the top,” he said Wednesday with an easy smile.

Only then did McIlroy resemble the Boy Wonder who dominated golf last summer, starting with his win at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by a record margin. He didn’t walk down the fairways that week, he bounced. He was No. 1 in the world, and looked every bit the part.

McIlroy would love to rediscover that kid at Oak Hill this week.

In its place is a 24-yearold from Northern Ireland who has reason to feel much older. He hasn’t won a tournament, and only once did he even come close. He has finished over par in all three majors, with only

two rounds at the British Open. He has failed to make the cut five times this year, which includes walking off the course in the Honda Classic with sore wisdom teeth that still haven’t been removed.

Among betting favorites, he was second only to Tiger Woods at the Masters at 5-to-1. For the PGA Championship, the odds are 30-to-1, higher than two players (Henrik Stenson and Brandt Snedeker) who have never won a major.

And he can’t wait to get to the first tee Thursday afternoon.

Inspiration comes from videos he has been watching of his eight-shot win at Kiawah Island, along with his back-to-back FedEx Cup playoff wins against some of the strongest fields of the year. Some of what he noticed was technical, such as the position of his club in the swing.

What really stood out was the body language.

“It’s how you carry yourself. It’s all that sort

of stuff, your little mannerisms,” McIlroy said.

“I guess it’s just trying to remember those feelings and remember how I felt that week and trying to carry some of that into this week and just get those good, positive thoughts going.

“I think everyone sees when I walk and I’m playing well, I have that little bounce in my step.”

What would go a lot longer at Oak Hill is keeping the ball in play on a traditional, tree-lined course — so many trees that even being in the fairway doesn’t mean a clear shot at the green if the ball is slightly out of position. The greens are small and slope toward the front. Oak Hill is a hard golf course, and the evidence comes from the previous five majors held on this Donald Ross design — only 10 players in those five majors have finished under par.

“This may be the toughest golf course, but the fairest golf course that we

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits on the 15th hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Pittsford, N.Y.

play,” said Tom Watson, playing this major for the 32nd time. “Somebody is going to win this thing, and that person is going to play awfully well, awfully good golf this week. Wish I could say that’s me.”

Watson was joking. Not so funny is that the way McIlroy’s year has gone, there isn’t much reason to believe it could be him, either.

Most of the attention is on Woods, even though he has gone five years and

More scenes from the Pink-Out golf tournament

Taylor Borchers of Russia tries to dig herself out of a bunker during the Lady Buccs tournament on Wednesday.

17 majors without winning one. Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational last week by seven shots, sparked by a 61 in the second round that tied his personal best. That gave Woods five wins this year, which is five more than McIlroy.

Phil Mickelson opened with a 65 in 2003 the last time the PGA Championship was played at Oak Hill until fading badly in one of his worst seasons as a pro. He is coming off an astounding win at the British Open, where his 66 in the final round is regarded as one of the best closing rounds in a major. If he could pick off another PGA Championship, Mickelson would be a shoo-in as PGA Tour player of the year, an award he has never won.

McIlroy, meanwhile, has been largely forgotten through ordinary play and endless questions about a season gone wrong from his opening tournament when he missed the cut in Abu Dhabi. Some of his troubles have been attributed to a wholesale equipment change, others to his decision to change management companies.

McIlroy said his switch to Nike is no longer an excuse, not with 15 tournaments under his belt.

He says it has taken longer than usual to work his way out of bad habits.

“I guess every time you play and you don’t play well, it sort of chips away at your confidence a little bit,” he said.

McIlroy has gone through this before. Only a year ago, he had gone five months without a win and missed the cut in four out of five tournaments.

With a spark at Firestone, he showed up at Kiawah Island and overwhelmed the strongest field in golf in ways only Woods used to do.

“I love proving people wrong,” McIlroy said.

Ian Poulter’s advice was everyone to “give him a break.”

Poulter tied for third — by nine shots — last year at Kiawah Island and has watched the fall of a kid who looked one year ago that he would be on top of golf for a long time.

Now it’s back to Woods and Mickelson at Nos. 1 and 2 in the world, with the kid trying to claw his way back.

“I think sometimes we forget how young he is and what he’s been able to achieve at a very early age,” Poulter said. “So the second he feels comfortable again, whether that’s with his swing or equipment or whatever it is, then Rory will be winning golf tournaments.

That natural swing of his doesn’t just disappear overnight.”

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COLUMBUS (AP) — A federal judge extended a 2010 court decree that governs Ohio’s provisional ballots and voter identification requirements, which voter advocates say has kept elections from becoming the “Wild West.”

The agreement ensures that election officials count votes cast provisionally when voters use the last four digits of their Social Security numbers, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley said Monday. He extended the order until the end of 2016, after the next presidential election in the battleground state.

Marbley said that without the decree, “there is nothing to prevent boards of election from returning to those haphazard and, in some cases, illegal practices, which previously resulted in the invalidation of validly cast ballots from registered voters.”

The case stems from a 2006 state law that specified when provisional ballots could be counted toward vote totals.

Under the law, a person who provided the last four digits of his or her Social Security number could vote provisionally.

Advocates for homeless voters challenged the law in a federal complaint that year. And in 2010, then-Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, the state’s top elections official, entered into the consent decree.

The decree included more options for provisional ballots and voter ID. For example, it incorporated a directive from Brunner that allows let-

ters from public universities to serve as government documents for voting purposes. In addition, it defined “current” as a document issued within a year immediately preceding the date of the election in which a person seeks to vote.

The decree was set to expire June 30, but it was temporary extended while the court weighed arguments.

Voter advocates had the decree extended indefinitely or at least until 2021. Marbley said the law didn’t support an indefinite extension.

A lawyer representing homeless voters told the federal court in Columbus last month that without the decree, the state would return to the “Wild West,” in which county election boards could apply vague requirements and some voters would be disenfranchised.

Secretary of State Jon Husted said there was no evidence that a single Ohioan would be denied the right to vote if the order expired. Husted’s attorneys argued that the decree wasn’t necessary, and Husted was committed to following the rules it sets out.

Marbley noted that secretaries of state change frequently, and there’s no guarantee a Husted successor would make the same commitment.

“A citizen’s right to vote, however, cannot be at the mercy of the shifting legal interpretations of a single state officer, no matter how well intentioned he or she is,” he wrote.

A Husted spokesman said the ruling doesn’t change how elections in Ohio are currently administered, and the office

hasn’t determined whether to appeal it.

“Until the General Assembly takes action to change the law, as it relates to these provisions, the courts are going to continue to rule on these matters,” said Matt McClellan, a Husted spokesman.

Arguing for the extension, Cleveland attorney Subodh Chandra said in court filings that without the order, homeless and poor voters who lack identification would in effect have to pay a “poll tax” to cast a ballot because they’d have to pay for proper identification.

But attorneys for the state said the advocates’ “strained” reading of the law was incorrect.

C h a n d ra , who argued on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and the Columbus Coalition for the Homeless, praised the ruling. He said there was no reason for Husted to appeal.

“If the consent decree doesn’t really do anything, as he claims, then why fight it?” Chandra said in an interview.

“This is a good day for the right to vote in America’s swing state.”

The Ohio Democratic Party also joined the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Marbley, who is black, grew up in the South and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina. He has often spoken of the importance of voting rights to him personally based on events he saw growing up.

President Bill Clinton appointed him to the bench in 1997.

NEWS BRIEFS HONDA TO INVEST IN ENGINE PLANT, TRAINING CENTERS DETROIT (AP) — Honda says it will spend $215 million to expand an engine plant and build two training centers in Ohio.

The investment will add about 60 jobs in the state, although 50 of them will come from other Honda operations in North America.

About $180 million will go to Honda’s Anna, Ohio, engine plant to expand work on aluminum die casting and engine parts production. Money also will go a training center for the plant.

Honda also plans a $35 million training center for auto assembly workers and engineers at its Marysville, Ohio, assembly plant. Honda says the building also will have office space and a heritage center to document Honda’s North American history.

Honda says it’s invested nearly $2.7 billion in its North American operations during the last three years.

VOTERS IN OHIO REJECT MANY OF 19 SCHOOL TAX ISSUES NEW CARLISLE (AP) — Unofficial results show voters rejected about twothirds of the 19 school tax issues in special elections around Ohio.

The Ohio Secretary of State’s office says about one-fourth of Ohio’s counties had special elections Tuesday.

The 28 tax issues across 23 counties included 19 school issues. Unofficial results from county election boards show voters rejected 13 school issues and approved six.

Voters rejected a particularly large 12.37-mill levy for Tecumseh Local Schools in Clark County. It would have cost the owner of a $100,000 property nearly $433 a year. Voters have turned down nine other ballot issues since 2004 in the western Ohio district.

Voters approved renewal of a levy for Cloverleaf Local Schools in northeast Ohio’s Medina County while rejecting the district’s request for an additional levy.

MAN GETS PROBATION FOR POSTING COP’S PHOTO

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TOLEDO (AP) — A man who snapped and posted on Facebook a photo identifying an undercover Toledo police officer has been given two years of probation.

The Blade newspaper reports that 38-year-old Jason Phillips was found guilty Monday of misdemeanor

obstructing official business.

He was sentenced to probation, including 30 days of electronic monitoring, plus 60 hours of community service.

Phillips said he did it as a joke.

He was arrested in January, and an affidavit filed at the time said the act “hampers or impedes that officer in the performance of his duties.”

Phillips told the Blade he was in Toledo Municipal Court when he saw the officer walking through a hallway and decided to take the picture with his cellphone and post it online.

FURLOUGH DAYS AT OHIO BASE, OTHER INSTALLATIONS DAYTON (AP) — Thousands of civilian employees at Ohio largest military base will have their furlough days cut nearly in half.

The Pentagon announced that mandatory days off without pay will be reduced from 13 to six for about 10,000 civil service workers at WrightPatterson Air Force Base near Dayton.

The reduction of unpaid days off applies to 650,000 civilian workers throughout the Department of Defense.

They were made necessary by a midyear $37 billion budget cut.

A base spokeswoman tells The Dayton Daily News that furloughs that began the week of July 8 will end by Aug. 17. The loss of total wages at the base is estimated to be around $21.8 million.

Base officials say the time off has caused a work backlog in many departments.

WORKER DIES AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN SILO MIDDLETOWN (AP) — A southwest Ohio cement plant worker has died after becoming trapped in a silo full of fly ash.

Authorities said 42-year-old Tim Taylor died Tuesday night from asphyxiation, about four hours after he was overwhelmed by some 8,000 pounds of fly ash — a substance used to make cement.

It happened at Central Ready Mix in Middletown, between Dayton and Cincinnati.

It’s not clear how he became trapped.

Taylor was doing some work in the container, which is about 80 feet tall and was nearly full.

Taylor was the second man this week to die after becoming trapped in a silo in Butler County. A man died Monday after becoming trapped in a farm silo.

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Relations with co-workers and everyone else at work will be positive today, because people are in a good mood, especially you. A work-related flirtation might be slightly thrilling. Woo, woo!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Parties, picnics, romantic rendezvous, sports events and playful times with children are top choices for today.

Your agenda is simply to have fun.

And why not?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You'll enjoy redecorating projects or doing anything to make where you live look more attractive. This is a lovely day to entertain at home, because family relationships are warm and friendly. Invite the gang over!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You can make money from your words today, whether through writing, selling, acting or teaching. Conversations with siblings, relatives and neighbors are warm and friendly.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) If shopping today, you'll want to buy beautiful treasures for yourself and loved ones. Some of you might dream up some moneymaking ideas, but more of you will be spending!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a pleasant day, because the Moon is in your sign and lined up with fair Venus. This makes you diplomatic and charming to everyone.

Enjoy schmoozing with others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will appeal to you today, because you need a breather from all this busyness. Find somewhere to hide, preferably with room service.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Friendships are warm today. In fact, a friend could become a lover. You'll enjoy hanging out with artistic people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Others might ask you for your creative input about design, layout, furniture arrangement, gardening, whatever. You seem to be the one who knows how to make things look better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Travel for pleasure will delight you today. Even if you can't go on a long trip, perhaps you can take a day trip or be a tourist in your own town. Try it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Favors, gifts and even money from others might come your way today.

(Keep your pockets open.) Intimate relationships will be affectionate and passionate.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a lovely day to talk to others and enjoy their company. It's also a good day to smooth over troubled waters with someone. (People are in a good mood.)

YOU BORN TODAY You are generous and kind. Many turn to you because you can be a tower of strength to them. You're a natural psychologist who understands what makes people tick, which is why others seek your advice. You're also persuasive and convincing! This year a change will take place, perhaps something as significant as whatever occurred around 2004.

Birthdate of: Anna Kendrick, actress; Eric Bana, actor; Whitney Houston, singer/actress.

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ESTATE SALE Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-noon.

Yard Sale FLETCHER, 117 East First Street, Friday & Saturday, 9-3.

Four Family Sale! Baby clothes girl's 0-24M, car seats, boy's clothes, 10 person tent, toys, ceiling lights, deacon bench, lots of miscellaneous.

HOUSTON, 2888 State Route 66, Thursday & Friday, 8-6, Saturday, 8-Noon. Four family sale! Girls NB-3T, boys NB12M, assorted baby items, toys, swing, feeding, items, car seats, bouncers, carriers, books, records 33/45 W/PS, band stage lights with controllers, NASCAR diecast, washer, glass table with chairs, desk, tires, miscellaneous.

HOUSTON, 4411 Russia-Versailles Road (between State Route 66 & 48) Thursday & Friday 9-4pm, Juniors, Misses Small-XL, men 2XL, some infant, VHS, CD, DVDs, some furniture and household goods

PIQUA 201 Janet Dr. Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-noon. Treadmill, NEW gas water heater, end tables, NEW wood chipper, plant grow lights, Pioneer stereo system, collectibles, baby items, double stroller, home decor, clothing, miscellaneous.

PIQUA 8480 Moffet Rd (off 185). Saturday & Sunday 9am? Doll cradles, baby cradle, stuffed animals, dolls, snow blower with shield, LOTS of miscellaneous.

TROY 8591 East State Route 41 Friday and Saturday 8am5pm Garage/Barn sale, household items, barn and garage items, and yard items

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PIQUA, 10315 Springcreek Road, (take Looney Road north, to Snodgrass, left on Springcreek) Saturday 9am2pm. MOVING SALE! Ox-acet tanks, tools, mower, appliances, furniture, bikes, fair boxes, collectibles, beer steins, antiques.

PIQUA, 6767 Free Road (off Statler), Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9-4. Namebrand boy's, girl's & pre-teen clothing, shoes, kid's bedroom suite, Little Tykes bouncehouse, queen headboard, Step 2 picnic table, kid's bikes, books, toys, electronics, exercise equipment, air hockey table, A sale you don't want to miss!!!

PIQUA, 10851 North County Road 25A, Thursday & Friday 9am-6pm, Huge Multi Family Sale!! antiques, fabric, Kenmore over stove Microwave (black), household items, Carpet, karaoke machine with music, records, cds, kitchen table & chairs, new exercise bike, vhs, plus size womens clothing, womens clothing size 3-9, Too Much to list!!!!

PIQUA, 1195 Springbrook Lane (off Looney Road), Friday & Saturday 9am-?, Large Sale!! Furniture, Chairs, barstools, organ, housewares, clothing, dvd players, Lots of Miscellaneous PIQUA, 1204 North Sunset, Saturday only!! 9am-5pm, Estate Garage Sale!! Everything must go!! Household items, tools. fishing items, Miscellaneous, Cash only No checks!

PIQUA, 14 Greenbriar Court, Friday, 8-4 & Saturday, 8-3.

Girl's clothing, 4 wheeler, 1965 tandem bicycle, jewelry, (2) white kid's desks, girl's bicycles, lots of miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 1618 Nicklin Avenue, Saturday 9am-2pm, Sofa, loveseat, refrigerator great for dorm room, Casio keyboard, childrens art table, household items, tools. rugs, Trek bikes, full/ king beds, dog kennels, tvs, stereo system, dvd player, miscellaneous PIQUA, 1702 New Haven, Thursday & Friday 9am-4pm, Boys baby clothes, baby toys, crib, womens clothing, primitive home decor, freezer, treadmill, books, Lots of miscellaneous PIQUA, 1708 Echo Lake Drive, Friday 9-3pm, Saturday 9noon, NO EARLY BIRDS, bedroom suit great condition, twin mattress includes box-spring, curtains, picture frames, lots of toys, children books, decorative items, miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 3580 Fairington Road, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9am-? Barn Sale, Multi Family, Lead crystal, silverplated, houseware items, toys, books, lingerie, hand carved wood items, furniture, tools, antiques, collectibles, lots more.

PIQUA, 5 Eagles Way, Saturday, 10-? First sale in 25 years! Antique rocker, antique tea cup and saucer collection, corner curio cabinet, Christmas and seasonal, children's clothes & shoes, old jewelry, rocking horse, glassware, toys.

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Farms to sell in the order above.

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TROY, 1520 North Sayers, Thursday & Friday, 9am-4pm, household items, small appliances, kids clothing, toys, coats, winter kids clothing, linens towels, miscellaneous

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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish inventor’s experiments with a new power source for electric cars caused a bomb scare that paralyzed parts of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, for three hours on Tuesday.

Police said unusual wiring, copper pipes and suspicious objects found inside and outside Dan Zethraeus’ car led them to believe it contained an explosive device, and they quickly evacuated buildings around the downtown underground parking garage where he had left it.

The security measures were lifted when bomb experts confirmed the

device was “some kind of scientific experiment,” police spokesman Hans Sinding said.

“It’s a prototype of an invention that I’m developing that is meant to solve the vehicle traffic of the future,” Zethraeus told The Associated Press by phone.

The idea is for the car to run on a “new type of electric road where you transfer electricity to the car while it’s in motion,” he said. “I am doing tests right now but I took a day off and drove to Copenhagen. I’m sorry that this was mistaken for something else.”

He described his invention as a “device that powers the car with electricity from the road” but declined to give more

details, saying the technology wasn’t patented yet.

Zethraeus, who works as a project manager and director for Swedish Television, said he would remove the equipment from his car when going on road trips in the future.

Police had closed several busy streets around the Kongens Nytorv square and evacuated dozens of people from nearby buildings.

Denmark’s intelligence service has said the country remains under a “serious” terror threat following the publication of newspaper cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, an act that offended many Muslims.

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U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, after the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood.

Fort Hood trial brings together attacker, victims

BY PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — On the first day Maj. Nidal Hasan went on trial in a fight for his life, he claimed responsibility for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. He posed no questions to most witnesses.

He said the alleged murder weapon was his, even though no one asked.

The Army psychiatrist sometimes took notes while acting as his own attorney, but he mostly looked forward impassively and rarely asked for help as witness after witness said he was the shooter.

By Wednesday, the lawyers ordered to help him said they’d had enough — they couldn’t watch him fulfill a death wish.

“It becomes clear his goal is to remove impediments or obstacles to the death penalty and is working toward a death penalty,” his lead standby attorney, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, told the judge.

That strategy, he argued, “is repugnant to defense counsel and contrary to our professional obligations.”

Poppe said he and the other standby lawyers want to take over the case, or if Hasan is allowed to continue on his own, they want their roles minimized so that Hasan couldn’t ask them for help with a strategy they oppose.

Hasan repeatedly objected, telling the judge: “That’s a twist of the facts.”

The exchange prompted the judge, Col. Tara Osborn, to halt the longdelayed trial on only its second day. She must now decide what to do next, knowing that all moves she makes will be scrutinized by a military justice system that has overturned most soldiers’ death sentences in the last three decades.

Hasan faces a possible death sentence if convicted of the 13 counts

of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated for the attack on the Texas military post.

“I don’t envy her. She’s on the horns of a dilemma here,” said Richard Rosen, a law professor at Texas Tech University and former military prosecutor who attended the first two days of trial. “I think whatever she does is potentially dangerous, at least from the view of an appellate court.”

Rosen and other experts said that if Osborn allows Poppe and Hasan’s other standby defense attorneys to take over, the judge could be seen as having unfairly denied Hasan’s right to defend himself, a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. But if she lets Hasan continue defending himself, she could be depriving him of adequate help from experienced attorneys.

He also noted that it’s extremely rare for defendants to represent themselves in military court.

“They don’t want this case to be reversed on appeal,” Rosen said.

“The worst thing that can happen would be to retry the case all over again.”

Giving Poppe a more active role in the case or having him take over the defense could enable Hasan to argue he was denied his right to defend himself, added Victor Hansen, another former military prosecutor who teaches at the New England School of Law. “At the end of the day, the defendant has the absolute right who’s going to represent him, including deciding to represent himself,” Hansen said Wednesday.

Hasan asked questions of just two witnesses during the first day of trial on Tuesday, and he delivered an opening statement that lasted barely a minute. Hasan rarely looked at Poppe or another standby attor-

ney, Maj. Joseph Marcee, though the two lawyers occasionally whispered among themselves.

An expected confrontation between Hasan and a key witness, retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford — whom Hasan shot seven times — never materialized. Hasan declined to cross-examine him.

He even offered to stipulate that a handgun passed around the courtroom was his, only to be told by Osborn that prosecutors must agree beforehand.

On Wednesday, Osborn paused for nearly a half-minute after Hasan objected to Poppe’s assertions about his defense strategy. The judge said she wanted Hasan to explain his objections in writing, but Hasan declined.

But she did not immediately accept Poppe’s arguments, either. When Poppe noted that Hasan didn’t object to any jurors during jury selection, Osborn suggested that Hasan could simply be following a different strategy to ensure he’d have more jurors, knowing that only one juror has to vote against a death sentence for him to be spared.

“A lot of people would think that’s a brilliant strategy,” Osborn told Poppe.

There were likely objections Poppe may have raised, and the lawyer may have asked more questions, Rosen said.

However, Hasan declining to cross-examine most witnesses — especially victims who survived the shooting — wasn’t necessarily a bad move, Rosen said.

“I’m not sure … what he could have done to impugn their testimony without ticking the jury off even more,” Rosen said.

The trial is scheduled to resume Thursday morning. Osborn did not say when she would decide on the motion.

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Advertisement for Bids City of Piqua IFB 1324 FOR ROOF REPAIR FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Sealed bids for the repair of the roof for the City’s Public Works Department will be received by the City of Piqua Purchasing Office, 201 West Water Street, Piqua, Ohio, until 2:00 P.M., on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read.

The Bidding Documents, which include Specifications and Bid Form, may be obtained at the City of Piqua, Purchasing Department, 201 W. Water Street, Piqua, Ohio at no cost or download the documents from our web site at www.piquaoh.org.

Bids must be signed and submitted on City bid forms included in the bid package. The sealed envelope must be marked “IFB 1324 – Roof Repair.”

Each Bid must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bid and all persons interested therein.

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Attacks kill 28 people across Pakistan

By ABDUL SATTAR and ADIL JAWAD Associated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb blast that appeared to be targeting a provincial government minister killed 11 people before dawn Wednesday at a soccer field in southern Pakistan, the latest in a series of attacks that left 28 people dead across the country, officials said.

The bomb planted next to the field in the city of Karachi was hidden in a motorcycle, said senior police official Razaq Dharejo. The bomb went off near the vehicle of provincial minister Javed Naghori, who was leaving after witnessing a late-night match between local teams in the Lyari neighborhood, said Dharejo. Naghori escaped unharmed.

The blast killed 11 people and wounded 24 others, said provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon. Many of the dead and wounded were young boys standing near the soccer field when the bomb exploded.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and has a long history of political, criminal and religious violence.

On Tuesday, police found the bodies of 13 people who were pulled off a convoy of buses in

southwest Baluchistan province, shot dead and dumped in a ravine, officials said. A paramilitary soldier was also killed.

The motive for the attack late Monday night in Baluchistan province was unclear since no one claimed responsibility. But suspicion may fall on separatists who have been waging a lowlevel insurgency in southwest Baluchistan province.

The buses were headed to central Punjab province, and the separatists have a history of attacking Punjabis whom they view as outsiders encroaching on their independence. The province is also home to Islamic militants who have carried out past attacks, especially on minority Shiite Muslims.

Paramilitary troops protect bus convoys moving through Baluchistan. But gunmen distracted the troops by shooting at an oil tanker, said Kashif Nabi, a local government administrator.

Then, dozens of other gunmen dressed in tribal police uniforms stopped the convoy of five buses at a security checkpoint about 6 kilometers (4 miles) away after overpowering the nine policemen who were stationed there, said Abdul Waheed, deputy commissioner of Bolan district, where the attack took place.

The attackers surrounded the

buses, and two gunmen entered each vehicle to check the identities of passengers, said Waheed.

A paramilitary soldier trying to sneak into the area was killed by the gunmen, said Waheed.

The attackers took 22 passengers with them, including nine tribal policemen, Waheed said, but they left the policemen a few kilometers (miles) away because they were locals, and continued on with the 13 hostages.

Police found the bodies near the town of Machh, around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the checkpoint where the buses were stopped, said Nabi, the local administrator who works in Machh.

Elsewhere, Taliban gunmen killed three senior security officials in the same northern area where the militant group shot to death 10 foreign mountain climbers over a month ago.

The security officials were ambushed in their vehicle at around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, said Ajmal Bhatti, the district’s deputy commissioner. They were attacked shortly after leaving Bhatti’s house, where they had been holding a meeting.

The dead included an army colonel, a captain and the district police chief, said Bhatti. Their vehicle plunged into a ravine after it was attacked, and authorities

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People look at the lifeless bodies of victims shot by gunmen at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Dozens of gunmen disguised in police uniforms shot to death more than a dozen they pulled off of a convoy of buses in southwest Pakistan and dumped their bodies in a nearby ravine, officials said Tuesday.

later recovered the bodies.

Officials have been on high alert in Diamer since Taliban militants killed the 10 foreign climbers in late June at a mountain base camp, said Bhatti. They have been holding meetings at unusual times and places, like Bhatti’s house, to avoid attack.

The same faction of the Pakistani Taliban that claimed responsibility for the attack on the mountain climbers, Junudul Hafsa, also claimed responsibility for the latest shooting. A spokes-

man for the group, Abdullah Ghazi, spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location, saying it was behind the attack.

A Pakistani security official said the three men who were killed were investigating the attack on the climbers. They were trying to convince locals to confirm some of the details of the attack and identify the militants involved, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Would you? Or could you?

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer

Taste test finds lab-grown hamburger short on flavor

LONDON (AP) — The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese.

Two volunteers who took the first public bites of hamburger grown in a laboratory gave it good marks for texture but agreed there was something missing.

“I miss the salt and pepper,” said Austrian nutritionist Hanni Ruetzler. U.S.

journalist Josh Schonwald confessed to a difficulty in judging a burger “without ketchup or onions or jalapenos or bacon.” Both tasters shunned the bun, lettuce and sliced tomatoes offered to them to concentrate on the flavor of the meat itself.

Mark Post, the Dutch scientist who led the team that grew the meat from cattle stem cells, regretted having served the patty without his favorite top-

ping: aged gouda cheese.

“That would have enhanced the whole experience tremendously,” he told The Associated Press.

He said he was pleased with the reviews: “It’s not perfect, but it’s a good start.”

Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger over five years, hopes that making meat in labs could eventually help feed the world and

fight climate change — although that goal is probably a decade or two away, at best.

“The first (lab-made) meat products are going to be very exclusive,” said Isha Datar, director of New Harvest, an international nonprofit that promotes meat alternatives.

“These burgers won’t be in Happy Meals before someone rich and famous is eating them.”

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“We’re trying to create the first cultured beef hamburger,” he said in a videotaped message. “From there, I’m optimistic we can really scale up by leaps and bounds.”

Scientists agreed that improving the flavor probably won’t be hard.

“Taste is the least (important) problem since this could be controlled by letting some of the stem cells develop into fat cells,” said Stig Omholt, director of biotechnology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Adding fat to the burgers this way would probably be healthier than getting it from naturally chunky cows, said Omholt, who was not involved in the project. He called Monday’s tasting a publicity stunt — but not in a bad way. He said it was a smart way to draw public attention, and possibly investor funds, to efforts to develop lab-grown meat.

Post’s team made the meat from shoulder muscle cells of two organically raised cows. The cells were put into a nutrient solution to help them develop into muscle tissue, and they grew into small strands of meat.

It took nearly 20,000 strands to make a single 140-gram (5-ounce) patty, which for Monday’s event was seasoned with salt, egg powder and breadcrumbs. Red beet juice and saffron were added to help the burger look more meat-like; Post said the lab-made patty had a yellowish tinge.

“I’m a vegetarian, but I would be first in line to try this,” said Jonathan Garlick, a stem cell researcher at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. He has used similar techniques to make human skin but wasn’t involved in the burger research.

Experts say new ways of producing meat are needed to satisfy growing carnivorous appetites without exhausting resources.

By 2050, the Food and Agriculture Organization predicts global meat consumption will double as more people in developing countries can afford it.

Raising animals destined for the dinner table takes up about 70 percent of all agricultural land.

The animal rights group PETA has thrown its support behind the lab-meat initiative.

“As long as there’s anybody who’s willing to kill a chicken, a cow or a pig to make their meal, we are all for this,” said Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s president and co-founder. “Instead of the millions and billions (of animals) being slaughtered now, we could just clone a few cells to make burgers or chops,” she said.

If the product is ever ready for market, national food authorities will likely require data proving the lab meat is safe; there is no precedent. Some experts said officials might regulate the process used to make such meat, similar to how they monitor beer and wine production.

Only one patty was cooked Monday, and the testers each took less than half of it. Post said he would take the leftovers home so his kids can have a taste.

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A new Cultured Beef Burger made from cultured beef grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle, is held by the man who developed the burger, Professor Mark Post of Netherland’s Maastricht University, during a the world’s first public tasting event for the food product in London, Aug. 5. The Cultured Beef could help solve the coming food crisis and combat climate change according to the producers of the burger which cost some 250,000 euros (US dlrs 332,000) to produce.