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School in session for copper thieves Will E Sanders

Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA —School was in session Tuesday as students across the Piqua City School District returned to class after summer break.

Unfortunately, school was also in session for a set of copperthieving criminals on Tuesday, too.

Constructions crews working hard all summer long at the future site of Springcreek Primary School returned to work Tuesday and discovered that overnight someone entered the work zone and stole a large amount of copper pipe.

According to sheriff’s reports, more than 500 feet of copper pipe was pilfered from the work site sometime in the early morning hours of Aug. 20 and workers arriving at the site made the discovery.

Some of the copper wiring that was stolen was already installed and was removed from the walls of the fledgling school site, which caused damage to some of the masonry work, those reports disclose.

Authorities said the work site was locked, but the suspects “were able to push it open enough to gain entry.”

The company handling the school construction, Gilbane Construction Management, told authorities that aside from the copper pipe that was stolen, the thieves caused an estimated $4,000 in damages to bathroom walls and other material that the pipe was removed from.

Matt Niemeyer, project engineer, said one month ago the company invited local law enforcement to tour the sites and encouraged them to make any additional security checks around all of the locations, including the Springcreek site, which falls under the purview of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.

The thefts have encouraged Gilbane to implement additional security measures in light of the crime, Niemeyer said.

“We are going to get some cameras installed out at the site to avoid this happening again,” he said.

The sheriff’s office is continuing to investigate this case.

Piqua Police Chief Bruce Jamison said police routinely patrol around large construction sites in the city, but that they specifically have routine contact with school officials in order to swap intelligence.

“We will be keeping an extra eye out,” Jamison said.

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Construction superintendent Todd Marcum of Gilbane Construction checks out the area were copper tubing was ripped out and stolen from the Springcreek Primary School construction site sometime overnight on Tuesday.

Man killed in Troy shooting Mike Ullery

Staff Photographer mullery@civitasmedia.com

TROY — An overnight shooting, involving Troy police officers, has left one person dead and another wounded.

Chief Charles Phelps said that officers responded to a reported domestic at 580 Staunton Commons, Apartment 2, around 10:30 p.m., Tuesday.

According to Phelps, “When our officers arrived, they were confronted by a man in the front yard with a gun.

And, as a result of that interaction, we now have an officer-involved shooting.”

Miami County Coroner, Dr. Stephen Huffman identified the victim as Al Pickett, 52.

He was reportAuthorities investigate the scene of an officer-involved shooting at 580 Staunton Commons on Tuesday night.

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MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County detectives have arrested David C. Shuman, 39, of Sidney, and Morgan D. Mitchell, 29, of Greenville, on single counts of burglary.

Both are suspected of being involved in numerous daytime burglaries in Miami and Darke counties, according to Miami County S h e r i f f ’s Office Chief Deputy D a v e Mitchell Duchak.

T h e arrests were made in Darke County with the assistance of Darke County detective, he said.

Shuman is incarcerated in the Miami County Jail, while Mitchell is incarcerated in the Darke County jail facing a warrant for probation violation there.

Mitchell will be extradited to Miami County in the near future to face the Shuman burglary charge.

Detectives are continuing to follow up and additional burglary charges will likely be forthcoming when the investigation is completed.

Shuman was the registered owner of the red/maroon colored Plymouth Breeze that is now impounded by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.

Both suspects are known to law enforcement as heroine addicts, which Duchak said was likely fueling the need pairs burglary spree.

Jewelry boxes, along with other likely stolen items, were recovered from the vehicle, according to Duchak.

“We will be positing photos of those items on the Miami County Sheriff’s Facebook page in the near future requesting the public’s assistance with identification of property,” he said.

Duchak said the sheriff’s office is asking the public to remain vigilant in reporting suspicious vehicles and persons in their neighborhoods.

He said they believe there are still others actively committing burglaries in Miami County other than Shuman and Mitchell.

Mother figure: Ga. school suspect was mentally ill Kate Brumback Associated Press

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A woman who took in the suspect in an Atlanta-area school shooting said Wednesday that he was mentally ill but never violent in the past.

Natasha Knotts told The Associated Press that Michael Brandon Hill lived with her and her husband for a time when he was in his late teens. She says they took him in after he started coming to the church where they serve as pastors.

She says Hill called her sister

Tuesday afternoon before the shooting and said he had a rifle but didn’t say what he was planning to do. She said she believes that Hill acted out as a plea for help.

“This is something that’s totally out of his character. This is not him. This is not the Mike that I know. For anyone that knew Mike, this was a total devastation,” she said.

Knotts said she thinks of herself as the 20-year-old Hill’s adoptive mother. Hill told her that his birth mother was dead and that he didn’t know his father. He also has a brother.

There were no injuries in the gunfire Tuesday, but the situation terrified parents who have students at the school.

Hill held one or two staff members in the front office captive for a time, the police chief said, making one of them call a local TV station. As officers swarmed the campus outside, he shot at them at least a half a dozen times with an assault rifle from inside the school and they returned fire, said DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric L. Alexander. Hill then surrendered.

Hill is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer,

terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Police questioned him for hours at headquarters. There was no information on a possible court date. Alexander said police were unsure of Hill’s motive and that Hill, who had an address listed in court records about three miles from the school in Decatur, had no clear ties to the school.

Parents feared the worst for their children.

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2 Thursday, August 22, 2013 Obituary Robert Blaine Dysinger BRADFORD — Robert Blaine Dysinger, 54 of Bradford, passed away Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at his home.

Robert was born in Miami County on Dec. 21, 1958, to the (late) Donald L. Dysinger and Mona L. (Parks) Yantis.

He was a graduate of Covington High School and had previously worked at Hobart through a temp agency.

He was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Dick Yantis; brother, Rodney Dysinger; and sister and brother-in-law, Maria and Dave Floyd.

Robert is survived by his

son, Curtis Neil Dysinger of Piqua; step-daughter, Bridgit and husband, Steve Kerber and family of Piqua; sister, Sandy Dysinger of Dayton; best friend, Rodney Victor of Bradford; nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

The family will receive friends at the StockerFraley Funeral Home, Bradford from 1-3 p.m.

Saturday.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to help with final expenses.

Condolences may be left for the family at www. stockerfraley.com.

Death Notice Timothy Joe Goines LUCASVILLE — Timothy Joe Goines, 59, of Lucasville, passed away Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth.

Funeral services will be held at Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton with Pastor Scott Deane officiating.

Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton.

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

Shooting From page A1 struck twice by gun shots.

Wi t n e s s e s reported hearing a total of five rounds fired.

It is believed that two Troy officers fired their weapons. Law enforcement scanner traffic, seconds before the gunfire, heard a Troy officer ordering a subject, “Drop the gun!” Seconds later, another “Drop your gun,” was heard.

Seconds after that, officers called for a squad and reported that they were performing CPR. According to Patrick Titterington, city of Troy’s safety and service director, patrolmen Matthew Moiser and Zac Mumford are on paid administrative leave per city policy and standard protocol after they shot and killed Pickett, who was reportedly was armed with a gun and a knife outside of the apartment complex.

Patrolman Brian Ross also was at the scene during the incident, but did not fire any shots, according to Titterington.

The female victim in the the domestic disturbance was reportedly stabbed, as well as suffered other injuries, believed to have been caused by Pickett.

She was transported to Upper Valley Medical Center by Troy Fire Department medics, and transfe r re d aboard CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital and has been treated and released.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was called due to the officer involvement and are conducting the investigation, according to Chief Phelps.

Police in Troy are referring all requests for i n f o r m at i o n through BCI.

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Author to discuss brain health and fitness SIDNEY — Dorothy Love will host author and speaker Barbara Bruce from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in the Amos Community Center on the Dorothy Love campus.

Bruce will share wisdom gained through years of brain research.

She will teach tools and strategies that help establish a foundation of brain fitness so that everyone can begin their journey toward successful aging.

An educator with a passion for teaching and learning about both the brain and a holistic approach to successful aging, Bruce

believes in the mind, body and spirit being intertwined to make each person into individuals they are.

She also believes in learning simple tools and techniques that can guide a person on a path of aging well.

A reception with light refreshments will be held after the presentation, where Bruce’s books will be available for purchase.

There is no charge for this event, but advanced registration is required.

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Mapping the way to a fairer wait for new livers Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Where you live can affect your chances of getting a liver transplant, and your risk of dying while waiting.

The nation’s transplant network says it’s time to make the system fairer — and it may take a cue from how politicians redraw voting maps.

“Gerrymandering for the public good” is how Johns Hopkins University transplant surgeon Dr. Dorry Segev describes a proposal to change the map that governs how donated livers are distributed around the country.

The problem: Some areas have fewer donated organs, and higher demand for them, than others. The sickest patients go to the top of the waiting list. But the geographic variation means that someone in California, among the toughest places to get a new liver, waits longer and is a lot sicker before getting transplanted than someone in Ohio or Florida — if they survive long enough.

“This should not be happening,” Segev said.

Segev is advising the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the transplant network, as its liver specialists consider the novel idea of “redistricting” how livers are allocated — redrawing the nation’s 11 transplant regions based on the distribution and demand for donated organs, much like lawmakers set political districts based on the party voting histories of different areas.

The ultimate goal: “That your chance of

dying without a liver transplant doesn’t depend on your ZIP code,” said Dr. John Roberts, transplant chief at the University of California, San Francisco.

The geographic disparity adds another hurdle to the already dire shortage of livers. Just 6,256 patients received a liver transplant last year, all but a few hundred from deceased donors. Nearly 16,000 people are awaiting a liver. About 1,500 people die waiting every year.

Desperate patients sometimes travel across the country to get on a shorter waiting list, if they can afford it or even know it’s possible.

The best-known example is the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who lived in California but in 2009 had a transplant in Memphis, Tenn., which at the time had one of the shortest waits. That’s harder for the less wealthy to do.

“I could have withered away here,” said William Sherbert , 47, who temporarily moved from California to Florida for a faster transplant.

When hepatitis B caused liver failure, Sherbert spent a year awaiting a transplant from a Los Angeles hospital. He was getting steadily sicker, but was nowhere near the top of the transplant list when his frantic partner finally unraveled how the system works.

Patients who have the highest MELD score — a ranking, based on laboratory tests, that predicts their risk of death — move up the waiting list. But it’s not a single national list. The 11 transplant regions are subdivided into local areas that form

individual waiting lists, and there are wide variations in organ availability within regions as well as between them. Generally livers first are offered to the sickest patients locally and then regionally.

Changes that began this summer will allow some of the sickest patients access to livers from other parts of the country, an initial step to address disparities.

United Network for Organ Sharing figures show that in three regions stretching from Michigan and Ohio down to Florida, adults receiving new livers over the past two years had median MELD scores of 22 to 23.

But in the region that includes California, recipients were far sicker, with a median score of 33. Nearly as tough were regions that include New York, and the Dakotas and Illinois.

An Internet database, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, compares transplant center wait times and success rates so people can choose where to go. They can get on more than one waiting list if they meet each hospital’s qualifications, and if they can get to that center within a few hours of being notified that an organ is available. Often, that means moving.

“It’s really a shame” that people have to consider such a step, Sherbert said. But he’s glad he switched to a Florida hospital’s list, possible only because his health insurance paid for the transplant plus the couple’s airfare and some living expenses during the sevenmonth wait. Sherbert is feeling well after his May 2012 transplant,

and is back home in Garden Grove, Calif.

In a study published last month in the American Journal of Transplantation, Segev’s team used computer modeling to redistrict the transplant regions, better balancing local areas’ supply and demand.

Segev said 28 percent of Americans live in an area where they’d have a high risk of death before getting a new liver, and redistricting could drop that proportion to as little as 6 percent.

The transplant network’s liver committee is considering different map options as it debates how to improve fairness without having to fly organs too far around the country. One big challenge will be turf wars, as transplant centers with shorter waits understandably don’t want them to lengthen, said committee chairman Dr. David Mulligan of the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.

“Every doctor wants the best for their patients. The issue becomes stepping back and looking at the big picture and thinking about all the patients,” said Mulligan, who hopes to have a proposal ready for public comment within two years.

“Yes, your patient waits a little longer, but they can wait a little longer.”

Smaller disparities exist for some other transplants, including kidneys, but the transplant network is focusing first on livers.

It wouldn’t be a problem if there were more organ donors, Mulligan noted, encouraging people to register: “It’s the last chance we have to be a hero in our lives.”

instructed students to get under tables. She said her teacher told the class to sing and pray.

“There were a lot of girls crying, I was feeling scared but I didn’t cry.

I was just nervous,” she said.

Tuff called WSB-TV as it was happening to say the gunman asked her to contact the Atlanta station and police.

WSB said during the call, shots were heard in the background.

Assignment editor Lacey Lecroy said she spoke with Tuff, who said she was alone with the man and his gun was visible.

“It didn’t take long to know that this woman was serious,” Lecroy said. “Shots were one of the last things I heard. I was so worried for her.”

Complicating the rescue, bomb-sniffing dogs alerted officers to something in the suspect’s trunk and investigators believe the man may have been carrying explosives, Alexander said.

Officials cut a hole in a fence to make sure stu-

dents running from the building could get even farther away to a nearby street, he said.

The school has about 870 children enrolled.

The academy is named after McNair, an astronaut who died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, according to the school’s website.

As they waited for their children, many of the parents said they were surprised that anyone could get into the school.

Many of them recounted having to ring a buzzer at a door with a camera to get in to drop off or pick up their children.

Students at the school arrived Wednesday morning at nearby McNair High School, where they would attend classes for the time being.

The high school’s marquee said “Welcome McNair Elementary School Our Prayers Are With You.”

Georgia From page 1 news that shots had been fired at the school his daughter attends.

He drove “about 90 mph” to Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy where 800 or so students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade had been evacuated Tuesday in an Atlanta suburb.

The police chief says Hill, armed with an assault rifle and other weapons, was able to slip into the school where visitors must be buzzed in by staff.

Morrow said he almost cried as he told his supervisor why he needed to leave.

“Just the mere thought

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of what happened at that other elementary school happening here, it was just devastating to my soul,” he said, referring to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut in December that left 26 people dead, 20 of them children.

“I was terrified,” said Romaine Hudson as she held the hands of her 6-year-old and 8-yearold daughters, both of whom are students at the school. “The only thing I could think of when I first heard of this situation was Sandy Hook.”

School bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff says she was one of the employees held hostage.

In an interview on ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer,” Tuff said she worked to convince the gunman to put down his weapons and ammunition.

“He told me he was sorry for what he was doing. He was willing to die,” Tuff told ABC. Speaking Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning

America,” Tuff said the suspect told her he hadn’t taken his medication.

She told him her life story, about how her marriage fell apart after 33 years and the “roller coaster” of opening her own business.

“I told him, ‘OK, we all have situations in our lives,” she said. “It was going to be OK. If I could recover, he could, too.”

Then Tuff said she asked the suspect to put his weapons down, empty his pockets and backpack on the floor.

“I told the police he was giving himself up. I just talked him through it,” she said.

She told WSB-TV in Atlanta that she tried to keep Hill talking to prevent him from walking into the hallway or through the school building.

“He had a look on him that he was willing to kill — matter of fact he said it. He said that he didn’t have any reason to live and that he knew he was going to die today,” Tuff said, adding that Hill told

her he was sure he’d be killed because he’d shot at police officers. “I knew that if he got out that door he was gonna kill everybody,” she said.

Dramatic television footage showed lines of young students racing out of the building with police and teachers escorting them to safety.

They sat outside in a field for a time until school buses came to take them to their waiting parents and other relatives at a nearby Wal-Mart.

As each bus arrived a couple hours later, cheers erupted in the store parking lot.

Morrow was one of those parents and held his 10-year-old daughter close to him during an interview after the two were reunited.

“My stomach was in my throat for the whole time until I saw her face on the bus,” he said.

His daughter, a fifth-grader, told The Associated Press that a voice came over the intercom saying school was under lockdown and

Associated Press writers Christina A. Cassidy, Phillip Lucas and Johnny Clark in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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More than a pretty face Cloudy, chance of rain Anticipated beautification project also a green initiative Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Back in July, city engineers approached commissioners to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for U.S. Route 36 Corridor Beautification project.

One that will, over time, transform the gateway into the community from the CSX railroad bridge to Looney Road.

Phase I construction is already underway with some chain-linked fencing on both sides of the road having been removed.

However, under the July resolution, the agreed amount was not to exceed $352,500 but bids for the project have been received, all higher than ODOT estimates, meaning an additional $166,000 will be needed for the work.

Seeking amendments to the July resolution, Amy Havenar, city engineer, explained to commission, “The total project budget is still within what the city of Piqua budgeted for

—last year’s budget.”

In other words, the city conducted their own estimate for the project, a total well over the ODOT estimate, so funds are available and only an amendment to the resolution for the agreement with ODOT was needed to make up the difference.

As provided by the commission meeting agenda: The low bidder came in at $704,608.45 plus $70,460.85 in ODOT construction engineering costs. The city has received funding from the Federal Highway Administration through the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission for $288,945.

Havenar, along with Bob Graeser, city urban forester and engineer, provided an over-view showcasing the low shrubs, grasses, flowers and some 138 trees planned for the project to commissioners during discussion on the resolution at Tuesday’s meeting. The project, in time, will consist of three phases with some of the improvements to include tree plantings, a small

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This rendering by Edsall and Associates LLC, a landscape architect company out of Columbus, shows a portion of the U.S. Route 36 Corridor Beautification project that will transform the gateway into the community from the CSX railroad bridge to Looney Road.

amount of brick paving, rain gardens for stormwater management and clean water provisions, and a safer, more pedestrian friendly crossing over U.S. 36.

As explained by Graeser in a previous winter commission worksession under direction of Edsall and Associates LLC, a landscape architect company out of Columbus, such plantings as Colorado Green Spruce, Japanese Sedge Grass, Dwarf Fountain Grass, Black-Eyed Susan,

Shingle and Shumard Oak trees, and Skyline Honeylocust —among others— should take a three-year time span to fill the area.

Ultimately, it is a green initiative that will require little upkeep over time as such issues as watering will be provided naturally by the biogardens.

The U.S. Route 36 Corridor Beautification project is to be awarded to Double Jay Construction, with construction scheduled to begin the first of September.

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In Brief Retired teachers to meet PIQUA — Piqua Association of Retired Teachers (PART) will meet at 5:30 p.m. today, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. All retired teachers from Piqua City Schools are welcome to attend.

Eagles’ Wings training slated PIQUA — Eagles’ Wings Stable Inc. will host a general volunteer orientation for equine assisted activities from 10-11 a.m. Saturday Aug. 24 and a leader orientation on Saturday Aug. 31 . Both orientations are from 10-11 a.m. at the Eagles’ Wings Stable 5730 N. Washington Road, Piqua. For more information, contact Katie at 937-418-3516.

Pet Fest comes to Farmers Market to hold fifth Waco Air Field annual tomato salsa contest well.

Admission is $5 per carload, with a requested donation of dry dog or cat food, which in turn provides you with a free raffle ticket for one of 25 raffle items.

For more information, visit the event page at www.dream4pets.org. For more information, email petsRRpassion@ gmail.com. Be sure to “like” us at www. facebook.com/dream4pets.

rescue efforts, get information about responsible pet care and will feature many vendors selling petrelated items.

In addition to Hickory River and Wiggy Dip, the specialty food vendors for the day, activities include a kissing booth, photo booth, dog contests, doggie parade, training and agility showcase, and lots of rescue groups (dog, cat and bird) will be on site as

Vote for Roth to perform at Schuster

August 16 Criminal damage: A woman grabbed glasses off of the face of her child’s father and broke them at Walmart, 1300 E. Ash St. The female was charged with criminal damaging.

Burglary: Police responded to Napa Auto Parts, 308 E. Ash St., after a report of a burglary, but nothing was found stolen. It later turned out the person responsible only attempted to pry their way inside but was unsuccessful.

Assault: Po l i c e responded to the 1600 block of New Haven Road after a male was punched in the face by his girlfriend’s child’s father. He was charged with assault.

Theft: Police responded to the Piqua YMCA, 223 W. High St., after a

along with more than 100 acts, Roth was selected as one of 25 finalists in the “So You Think You Can Play the Schuster” competition.

The next phase of the competition involves online voting for the final 15, which can be done at w w w.v i c t o r i a theatre.com/ sytycpts-vote.

Voting continues through Sunday.

The final 15 acts will perform at the Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 W. Second St., Dayton, at 5 p.m. Sept. 29.

Tickets for the event are $10, now on sale at Ticketcenterstage.com and by calling (937) 2283630 or (888) 228-3630.

August 17 Disorderly conduct: Police responded to the 1700 block of Cambridge Street after a female was found intoxicated and sleeping in a driveway.

She was charged with disorderly conduct.

Criminal damage: Police responded to the 300 block of Greene Street after a vehicle was egged.

Burglary: Police responded to the 1400 block of Plum Street after a shed was entered overnight and a bike, a weed eater, a blower and two gas cans were stolen.

Disturbance: Police were dispatched to the

400 block of Wood Street after a man threatened physical harm and made threats related to leaving and coming “back with a gun.” The man was arrested for aggravated menacing and disorderly conduct.

Theft: Police responded to Walmart, 1300 E. Ash St., after two females were detained for shoplifting. Both were charged.

August 18 Burglary: Police responded to the 1100 block of Anderson Street after someone broke in and stole a shotgun.

Burglary: Police responded to Corner Variety Shop, 134 S. Wayne St., after the business was broken into overnight and several

items were stolen.

Theft: Police responded to the 1600 block of Haverhill Drive after several items were taken from a yard and porch.

The items were found down the street at a home and the person who took them said he did so because he thought a “For Rent” sign meant “you could take whatever was left on the property.” He was charged and returned the stolen goods.

Theft: A wallet was stolen out of a vehicle that was parked in the 900 block of Boone Street.

August 19 Disturbance: Police responded to the 300 block of South Roosevelt Avenue after two females got into a fight.

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The Piqua Community Farmers Market is held each Thursday through Sept. 12 from 1:30-5:30 p.m. in Canal Place and features a variety of fresh produce, baked goods and handcrafted items.

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that can be purchased from the market (except ingredients like limes, orange juice, mangos, etc.)

The salsa must be homemade and cannot be so hot that it makes people cry.

To enter, bring one pint (approximately two cups) of salsa to the market by 4 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 29.

Following the judging, taste tests will be available for Piqua Community Farmers Market customers.

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DAYTON — One of Piqua’s own, Sam Roth, is vying for the chance to share his talent on the stage of Dayton’s Schuster Performing Arts Center on Sept. 29.

Roth, a 2012 graduate of Piqua High School, is no stranger to the stage, having been active in PHS musicals, PHS show choir “The Company,” M u s i c W a r e h o u s e , Roth Piqua High School Marching Band, and performing at community events.

Now a student at Ohio Northern University, he is a member of the University Singers and ONU Men’s Chorus.

After auditioning

PIQUA — On Thursday, Aug. 29, the Piqua Community Farmers Market will be hosting its fifth annual tomato salsa contest.

Salsas will be judged in either the hot, mild or most unusual category.

There will be both a youth and adult divisions.

Winners of the first three places in each category will receive Piqua Community Farmers Market money.

The salsa should be made of ingredients

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TROY — The annual community Pet Fest & Rescue Romp, hosted by DREAM, returns to Miami County from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept.

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Bring your family, friends and your leashed pet (no retractable leashes) to this special event.

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So what’s it going to be for Boehner won’t have much GOP hotheads in Congress choice but to allow it. this fall? A soul-satisfying epiSee, there’s nothing the sode of adolescent nihilism Southern wing of the GOP culminating in a government loves more than a heroic shutdown and yet another defense of a lost cause. Save debt/default scare? Or an your Confederate dollars, abject capitulation to politi- boys, because … cal (and fiscal) reality and an Well, you know the rest. acceptance of the Republican Lately the party’s adult Party’s role as leadership has the loyal opposialso taken to tion? signaling the As I write, need for restraint there’s just regarding the no telling. It’s national debt. partly a contest According to between the the Washington GOP’s electronPost’s Greg ic/infotainment Sargent, conTea Party wing gressional and the party Democrats scruestablishment. tinize Wall Street Talk radio shoutJournal columNat Hentoff ers and cable TV nist Stephen entrepreneurs Moore for signs Columnist thrive on meloof Republican drama, and a establishment substantial prothinking. portion of the Tea Party base Recently, Moore informed follows excitedly along. readers that “the biggest Defund Obamacare! Shut it underreported story out of down! To those of us of a cer- Washington this year is that tain age, this has a ring of nos- the federal budget is shrinking talgia, like Abbie Hoffman’s and much more than anyone 1967 vow to levitate the in either party expected.”

Pentagon. I don’t know what Overall Federal spending they’re smoking down at RNC that peaked at $3.598 trillion headquarters, but on CNN’s in fiscal year 2011 due largely “State of the Union,” party to recession-related costs will chairman Reince Priebus drop to $3.45 trillion by the made a lame attempt to blame end of fiscal year 2013. “The President Obama. $150 billion budget decline of “I think all Republicans 4 percent,” Moore writes, “is are unified on one thing, and the first time federal expendithat is defunding, delaying, tures have fallen for two congetting rid of, eliminating secutive years since the end of Obamacare,” Priebus said. the Korean War.” “So we have total unanimity Also dropping is the on that issue and the question annual federal budget is: What are the tactics? … So deficit. Projections by the Mr. President, if you want to Congressional Budget Office shut the government down show a $642 billion shortfall because you want to continue this year — less than half of to fund this monstrosity … the $1.3 trillion shortfall the then go ahead.”

Obama White House inherNice try. No cigar. ited from George W. Bush.

Having wasted countless It’s forecast to drop to $560 hours on 40, count ‘em, 40 billion next year, and $378 votes to defund Obamacare, billion in 2015. you’d think House Moore: “Already the defiRepublicans might be getting cit has fallen from its Mount the message. Their scheme is Everest peak of 10.2 percent DOA in the Senate, and even of gross domestic product if it weren’t, the White House in 2009, to about 4 percent holds veto power. The GOP’s this year. That’s a bullish six last constitutional chance to percentage points less of the prevent 30 million Americans GDP of new federal debt each from buying affordable health year.” insurance coverage expired In short, informed conwith Mitt Romney’s presiden- servatives understand that tial candidacy. End of story. there is no need whatsoever True, rising Republican for a melodramatic standoff celebrities like Senators Ted over raising the federal debt Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul limit. No need to risk “the full (Kentucky), Marco Rubio faith and credit of the United (Florida), Mike Lee (Utah), States” by threatening default. and rising star Rep. Tom Hostages need not be taken.

Cotton (Arkansas) are breathAs in the oppositioning smoke and fire. However, of-Obamacare charade, it’s also true that none of these Republican posturing on the worthies hold leadership posi- debt would only risk catastions. Until very recently, trophe for the sake of certain nobody knew who they were. defeat. Alas, but herein lies They risk nothing by enroll- the rub: The great majority ing in a purely symbolic resis- of GOP voters out in the wiltance. derness beyond the Hudson Quite the opposite: True and the Potomac not only Believers in utopian right- don’t know these facts, they’re wing crusades evaluate constitutionally incapable of politicians according to their accepting them. fervor, not their coherence.

To followers of politicians Did Ronald Reagan ever pay like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, a political price for describing fears of fiscal collapse, runMedicare as the death knell of away inflation and social freedom? He did not. chaos aren’t political ideas, Indeed, the best possible but fixed beliefs scarcely ameoutcome for senatorial rabble- nable to arithmetic or reason. rousers would be what now And their Antichrist is appears likely: a minority of Barack Obama.

GOP House moderates voting with Democrats to pass a Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons continuing resolution, avoid- is a National Magazine Award winner ing a party-line government and co-author of “The Hunting of the shutdown that could doom President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). the Republican Party’s nation- You can email Lyons at eugenelyal electoral chances. Speaker ons2@yahoo.com.

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Odds now growing our constitution will pulverize Obama I’d previously doubted viewed,” further troubling that the deeply concerned our leading-from-behind bipartisan rebellion in and commander-in-chief. He out of Congress against spoke of “a new comprePresident Barack Obama’s hensive poll released … contemptuous spying on by Pew Research (that) all of us would have lasting provides the most compelimpact on him or any of ling evidence yet of how his successors who believe stark the shift is” (“Major opinion shifts, the president is in the U.S. and the rule of law.

Congress, on I spoke too NSA surveilsoon, according lance and privato this headline cy,” Greenwald, in the Aug. 17 The Guardian, edition of the July 29).

New York Daily Dig this, News: “Pols rip O b a m a .

NSA over privaAccording to cy.” The article the poll: “A highlighted the majority of current revival Americans — of the personal Gene Lyons 56 percent — liberty legacy say that federal of Tom Paine, Columnist courts fail to Samuel Adams provide adeand the Sons of Liberty.

What ignited this political quate limits on the teleoutrage was the previous phone and Internet data day’s Washington Post, the government is collectwhich reported on newly ing as part of its anti-terreleased National Security rorism efforts.

“An even larger percentAgency documents from former agency contractor age (70 percent) believes Edward Snowden. Obama that the government uses has made Snowden a this data for purposes citizen without a coun- other than investigattry until he returns from ing terrorism” (“Few See his haven in Russia to be Adequate Limits on NSA ultimately judged by our Surveillance Program,” Supreme Court, some of Pew Research Center for whose recent decisions the People and the Press, have been supportive of July 26).

You see, we’re a lot the president in denying us our personal privacy smarter than Obama thinks we are. rights.

Pew continues: “And According to the American Civil Liberties despite the insistence Union, “the thousands of by the president and privacy violations cited by other senior officials that the Post were ‘jaw-drop- only ‘metadata,’ such as ping’” (“Pols rip NSA over phone numbers and email privacy,” Larry McShane, addresses, is being collectNew York Daily News, ed, 63 percent think the government is also gathAug. 17).

Besides The Washington ering information about Post and the Daily News, the content of communicaother members of the tions.”

Citing these figures, media are also awakening further to Obama’s belittling of Greenwald We The People. In last explained the Pew poll’s Saturday’s Wall Street importance: “That demonstrates a Journal, Peggy Noonan quoted me at length: decisive rejection of the “There are particular con- U.S. government’s three stitutional liberty rights primary defenses of its that (Americans) have secret programs: there is that distinguish them adequate oversight; we’re from all other people, and not listening to the conone of them is privacy tent of communication; … “The bad thing is you and the spying is only used no longer have the one to Keep You Safe.”

Are you listening, thing we’re supposed to have as Americans living Attorney General Eric in a self-governing repub- Holder?

I sure hope the parents lic” (“What We Lose if We Give Up Privacy,” Noonan, among us are telling our The Wall Street Journal, kids what’s really going on, because the great majorAug. 17).

And in addition to the ity of them aren’t learning media, more Americans in school about the presiare awakening in anger — dent’s towering lies that he across party lines — at feeds us almost daily.

As she is busy planbeing betrayed by their unning for her likely 2016 American government.

The reporter who presidential run, is former has been facilitating Secretary of State Hillary Snowden’s breaking Clinton saying anything news, thus disturbing about that? And how many Obama’s golf games, is of the potential Republican The Guardian’s Glenn presidential candidates are Greenwald. He’s made mentioning Obama’s treatEdward Snowden into ing us with such wholesale a household name. Last disrespect?

Hey, New Jersey Gov. month, Greenwald reported on “major public opin- Chris Christie. What do ion shifts in how NSA sur- you think of all this? You veillance and privacy are ought to listen to Sen.

Rand Paul, governor. He knows the score.

Having quoted so much from Pew Research polls, I feel required to say that, as with all polls I reference, I first validate them from other research sources. I have found nearly all the Pew polls I’ve used are accurate. Here are more of its findings: “Nearly half of Americans (47 percent) say their greater concern about government antiterrorism policies is that they have gone too far in restricting the average person’s civil liberties; 35 percent say their greater concern is that they have not gone far enough to adequately protect the country …

“This is the first time a plurality has expressed greater concern about civil liberties than security since the question was first asked in 2004.”

Greenwald, who called these figures the poll’s “most striking finding,” wrote: “For anyone who spent the post-9/11 years defending core liberties against assaults relentlessly perpetrated in the name of terrorism, polling data like that is nothing short of shocking.

“This Pew visual,” Greenwald continued, “underscores what a radical shift has occurred from these recent NSA disclosures.”

This conclusion leads me to request that Pew Research and other proven reliable pollsters conduct a carefully, calmly worded national poll. It would ask a wide sampling of Americans — regardless of their politics and other self-identifying characteristics — whether they believe there is seriously documented evidence that indicates President Barack Obama should be impeached for continually defying his oath of office.

Twice he has defied that oath, when he swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

More than any other president, Obama has continually broken the oath of office.

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

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To the Editor: It started out being Global Warming, now changed to Climate Change.

I guess some think they can control or change the climate, which to me is laughable.

They say 97 percent of scientists agree that Climate Change is real, but in my lifetime the climate has always changed.

So it tells me that 97 percent of scientists are probably wrong because they want people to believe they are smarter, more powerful and want to replace God. The same scientists will talk about millions of years theory, but now they say facts.

It is sad news when we want to believe scientists over God. Deifying man and humanizing God. No scientists or man can control tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, water (either floods or drought) — only God can.

We choose to believe God and do good or choose to be be deceived.

I may change my mind if scientists could control nature. We need to repent and walk in truth.

God is the CEO of the universe. He has set nature and all things in order and under His control.

Why would we want to believe scientists who do not line up with God’s word, but rather listen to men of a fallen nature, with their imaginations and deceptions and call them facts?

Only God’s word is truth.

Not only do we have a fallen nature, which will die, we have a human nature, a lustful nature, a prideful nature and a selfish nature.

We should live towards a divine nature. Only in God is this possible.

This country is moving more rapidly toward corruption because it has left God’s moral law, His standard and principles of living in the truth of God’s word.

The quarterback who is calling the plays is Satan, the father of lies.

It has been a good country to group up in, but I feel sorry for the future generation.

This country is now run by men who are narcissists like other Socialist countries.

It is all about power and self-glory.

Roger Kuntz Covington

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NA meeting confession gets readers fired up Dear Abby: I’m writRead on: ing about the letter you Dear Abby: I have printed from “Somewhere been a member of NA in the South” (May for 26-plus years 26) who heard (drug- and alcoholsomeone confess free for that entire to a crime he had time). I also work committed at age in the field of mental health, where I 12 during one have certain reportof his Narcotics ing duties as part Anonymous (NA) of my professional meetings.

The code of ethics. I person asked if he should go to the Dear Abby learned long ago police. You advised Abigail Van how to separate Buren my professional him to talk about responsibilities it to the “group from my membership leader.”

Abby, in a 12-step pro- in NA. If I obtain inforgram, there is no formal mation about abuse or leader who has a respon- neglect in the conduct of sibility to report anything my profession, THEN I to the authorities. There have a duty to act. Should are usually discussion I overhear something at groups led by someone a meeting, in the mall or some other social setting, chosen for the night.

I am not condoning I have no specific duty to what the person did at report.

— Clean, Free and that young age. It was a horrible act. But 12-step Living Life programs are based on Dear Abby: As a ANONYMITY. Reporting what is heard at meet- 30-year member, I can ings is completely against say with certainty that what 12-step meetings are some meeting attendees all about. It was unfair of are grandiose and others you to place responsibil- are mentally ill. I have ity on someone who is not infrequently heard there for his OWN addic- disclosures that I later tion to tell on another determined to be not true. The advice for memgroup member.

— Anonymous in the bers offered by our NA traditions is, “Take what USA you can use (in one’s own Dear Anonymous: I recovery) and leave the received a ton of criticism rest of what one hears at for my response to that a meeting.”

— Charles in Illinois letter. Readers like you wrote to point out that Dear Abby: I disagree I was misinformed about how these programs work; with your answer to that others berated me for not letter! Yes, this needs to insisting the writer notify be reported. If the victim died in that incident, it is the police immediately.

I was — and still am a cold case and the boy’s — of two minds on the parents — if they are still alive — would have never question.

While it would be sat- had closure. There may be isfying to see “justice siblings who would want done,” I could not bring to know what happened myself to recommend to their brother.

I am not a believer that going against the prinif you confess to murder ciple upon which these 12-step programs that in NA, AA or with a priest have helped thousands of in a confessional that they are bound not to tell. That people is based.

Another principle of is HOGWASH! For some these programs is that crimes I would say OK, people who have hurt oth- but not something this ers must make amends for serious.

— Jim R. in Lancaster, what they have done.

However, this is the Calif. responsibility of the perAbby is written by Abigail Van Buren, son who committed the Dear also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was crime — NOT someone founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. who overheard mention of Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. it at a meeting.

‘Star Trek’ actor to lead chicken dance CINCINNATI (AP) — “Star Trek” actor George Takei (ta-KAY’) will get a chance to show off some special dance moves as he leads a mass chicken dance at an annual Cincinnati festival.

Takei will serve as grand marshal of the city’s annual OktoberfestZinzinnati. The 76-yearold actor will lead the chicken dance Sept. 21.

Officials say the weekend festival celebrating Cincinnati’s German heri-

tage is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people.

Takei portrayed Mr. Sulu in the original “Star Trek” TV and film series.

In recent years, he has built a mammoth following on Facebook.

Previous grand marshals have included former Cincinnati Reds stars Tom Browning and Joe Morgan, trumpeter Al Hirt, music satirist Weird Al Yankovic and Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil.

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

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Novel revisits ’80s serial killer case Joyce Maynard’s latest novel, “After Her,” is loosely based on the 1980s Trailside Killer case, in which a serial killer targeted victims on hiking trails in Northern California, spreading terror through the region.

The story is narrated some 30 years after the murders by Rachel Torricelli, whose father, Anthony, was the lead homicide detective charged with investigating the slayings.

Most of the action takes place over the year or so when corpses of women start showing up with alarming frequency in parks in Marin County, north of San Francisco, where Rachel roams freely with her tomboy younger sister, Patty.

Rachel, meanwhile, is struggling with the attraction and terror of teenage sex.

The killings, she

says, “had begun right around the time all the other girls started talking about their periods, and in an unsettling way those two events — the murders of all those young women and my own anxious anticipation of blood — were linked for me.”

Both girls idolize their dad even though his chronic infidelity led their mom to throw him out. Rachel, who styles herself a keen observer like her dad, decides to help him crack the case.

As a detective thriller, the pacing is off. The narrative meanders until the last 30 pages, when the unresolved plot points hurtle to a clever but contrived conclusion.

As a character-driven story about the bonds between sisters, the story is equally unconvincing.

The girls come off nearly as flat as the Betty and

Veronica characters in the comics Patty adores.

The main problem is the narrator, who sucks up all the oxygen in the story. “I was good at making up stories,” she tells us. Later, we learn she has visions. We hear about her extraordinary storytelling gift over and over, until finally she becomes the semifamous author she longs to be.

Patty, the nearly mute, loyal sidekick, has to die for plot reasons This book cover image released and is killed off in a ter- by William Morrow shows “After rorist attack in Somalia Her,” by Joyce Maynard. that has no organic relaMaynard is a slick, tionship to the story. commercial writer. An The depressed mom is earlier novel, “To Die virtually invisible. And For,” was turned into a although Maynard says in an afterword that the hit movie. Another novel, dad was based on the real “Labor Day,” is being detective who investigat- made into a film due out ed the killings, the fic- this fall. Perhaps “After tional character is largely Her” was always meant an amalgam of genre con- to be just a trial run for ventions. the Hollywood version.

New pregnancy book OKs forbidden food Coffee, wine and sushi!

NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Oster isn’t a baby doctor. She’s an economist and a mom who wanted to know more about all those rules handed down to women after the pregnancy stick goes pink.

Only two cups of coffee a day! No alcohol. Beware deli meats.

Being pregnant, she said, felt a lot like being a child, so she decided to take a deep dive into research covering everything from wine and weight gain to prenatal testing and epidurals.

What she found was some of the mainstays of pregnancy advice are based on inconclusive or downright faulty science.

To this data-cruncher, an associate professor in the University of Chicago’s business school, those magical nine months became a question of correlation and causation.

Some of her conclusions? Weight gain during pregnancy is less important than a woman’s starting weight and not gaining enough may be more harmful. Light drinking is fine (up to two glasses of wine a week in the first trimester and up to a glass a day in the second and third trimesters).

And much of the evidence supports having three to four cups of coffee daily, which made Oster very, very happy.

There’s more, of course, and not all of it runs counter to standard medical advice. And she happily reports in “Expecting Better,” her book corralling all the research for other women to share, that her 2-year-old daughter, Penelope, is healthy and happy.

The book, from Penguin Press, is out this week. A conversation with Oster: AP: Have you written the “Freakonomics” of pregnancy?

Oster: I think it’s right that it feels a little bit like ‘Freakonomics’ because Steve (Levitt) and I are both economists, but the goal here was really to write down an approach that was right for me. The

approach being thinking carefully through all of these decisions, getting the best data that you can and then structuring the decision in a way that takes into account your personal preferences, tolerance for risk and all the kinds of things that we should be thinking about every day.

AP: Do you anticipate blowback from women and doctors because you’re an economist and not a medical professional who helps manage pregnancies?

Oster: For sure but I certainly do not envision women reading this book and saying, ‘Oh, like, I can deliver my own baby now, right?’ I think that there’s a real sense in which pregnancy should be something that you do with your doctor, but I think that for a lot of women the time you have with your doctors is limited and it can be difficult to get all of the answers to your questions.

AP: Are most pregnant women ill-informed? Are doctors and other pregnancy professionals lax in keeping up to date on research that might lead to more specific recommendations?

Oster: I think we see sometimes where practice lags behind recommendations. Not all practitioners, obviously.

As an example, in the case of prenatal testing, even though more recent recommendations don’t favor the 35-year-old cutoff as much, that’s still a highly practiced thing, so I think there’s a sense in which there is some slow creep of knowledge.

I actually think pregnant women are really well-informed but I think that there’s a tremendous amount of confusing and conflicting information out there. You could read every pregnancy book and every pregnancy website and come away thinking on some topics I have no idea what the real facts are.

AP: Isn’t that what the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is for?

This publicity image released by Penguin Press shows Emily Oster, author of “Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know.”

They have committees to vet research and keep up to date.

Oster: Yeah, it is, and actually in a lot of cases I found that women would do quite well to read the ACOG opinions. There were a few cases where I thought perhaps they were overly cautious but actually there’s a lot of settings in which I think that would be a great place to start. There are certainly times in which practice hasn’t really caught up to those opinions.

A lot of the choices that women need to make in pregnancy, it’s sort of not possible for ACOG to tell them the right answer.

For example, if you think about prenatal testing you’re thinking about a case in which you’re trading off more information about the baby for some small risk of miscarriage.

Ultimately that needs to be combined with women’s own ideas about how they feel about a miscarriage versus how they feel about a developmentally delayed child and that’s not something a recommendation can tell you.

That’s something you need to learn to think through on your own.

AP: That leads me to the vices, including alcohol. You and ACOG differ on that one. ACOG recommends no alcohol.

Oster: I think we can all agree that heavy drinking and binge drinking, even occasionally, is very dangerous, and I certainly say that in the book.

What I found is there are a large number of quite good studies with a lot of women that show having an occasional glass of wine does not seem to pose a problem, that children of pregnant women who drink occasionally have similar or in some cases even better outcomes than children of women who abstain. This is a very personal choice.

In some other countries the recommendations are it’s OK. AP: The editors at

Parents.com have already called some of your recommendations flat-out dangerous to pregnant women, particularly your views on alcohol and caffeine consumption.

Oster: Many of the OBs that I have spoken to and many of the women who I have talked to about the recommendations from their doctors have told me that the doctors say, ‘Yeah, it’s fine to have a couple glasses of wine.’

This is a conversation which will continue to evolve.

AP: What were some of the surprises when you started digging into the research?

Oster: One thing that came up that I found quite surprising is that a number of women that I knew who have been pregnant were put on bed rest. When I started looking into that more I found the evidence doesn’t really support any benefit from bed rest in terms of preventing preterm labor.

I think that lately doctors have started moving away from that pretty extensively. It has some negative impact, particularly around issues of muscle atrophy and other medical reasons.

AP: Should women trust their doctors?

Oster: Absolutely. But women have a responsibility to learn things about this process for themselves so they can actively participate in this conversation with their doctors.

AP: What are your top five fallacies about pregnancy?

Oster: One is that much of the evidence suggested an occasional drink is OK. Bed rest is not a great idea. Gaining too much weight may in fact be less risky than gaining too little weight. Sushi is OK. And coffee in moderation is fine.

And in terms of toxoplasmosis, which is a parasitic infection that can cause birth defects, when I looked at the data on this, there’s actually no evidence that women who clean the cat litter box or have cats are more likely to get this, but I do see some links between doing a lot of outdoor gardening and having this infection. There are all kinds of animals that might poop in your garden. Not just cats.

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U.S.-born Jains make faith fit modern life Gillian Flaccus Associated Press

BUENA PARK, Calif.

(AP) — The ancient Indian religion of Jainism, a close cousin of Buddhism, has often been a hard sell in the U.S. with a strict adherence to nonviolence that forbids eating meat, encourages days of fasting and places value on even the smallest of insects.

Now younger Jains who resist the elaborate rituals of their parents, which include meditating 48 minutes a day and presenting statues of idols with flowers, rice and a saffronand-sandalwood paste, are trying to reinterpret the traditions of their religion for 21st-century American life.

They are expanding the definition of nonviolence to encompass environmentalism, animal rights and corporate business ethics, flocking to veganism, volunteering alongside other faiths and learning to lobby through political internships and youth groups.

“Youth are a lot more interested in learning the why of things instead of just blindly following it,” said Priyal Gandhi, an 18-year-old from northern Virginia. “I don’t think we’ve lost the faith. I think it’s about finding new ways to adapt to it.”

The evolution, which is being examined in a series of conferences at a new

center for Jain studies, comes as many Jains who immigrated to the West are grappling with how to mesh the belief in nonviolence, which inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., with modern life and its excesses.

Jains believe, for example, that even microbes in the air and water are sacred life and any action that impacts other living things — such as driving or using electricity — can add to bad karma.

Yet Jains, many of them top doctors, lawyers and businesspeople, use computers and cellphones and drive cars — and so they are increasingly seeking a compromise between their faith and practicality, said Whitny Braun, a bioethics and religion professor at Loma Linda University who has studied Jainism.

The faith’s most recent idol lived 2,500 years ago but Jainism is much older.

“Jains are a critical part of the Indian fabric so there’s ways to be a fully practicing Jain in India but here it’s very, very difficult so a lot of Jains adopt the attitude of, ‘Well, I’m going to do the best I can,’” she said. “I’ll be vegetarian or vegan, and if I can buy a Prius, I will.”

Priyal Gandhi, for example, lives the life of a normal American teenager: She drives, uses a cellphone and is enrolled as a freshman at the University

of Virginia this fall.

She goes to temple when she can, but for her, being Jain means the simpler things: Taking the long way to avoid trampling the grass, praying quietly at home before bed and avoiding onions, potatoes and garlic in addition to meat because root vegetables are the life source for an entire plant.

Veganism — a step beyond the vegetarianism that the faith requires — is also on the rise among young U.S.-born Jains who find it otherwise difficult to follow traditional rituals.

For the most part, elder Jains support the modified approach, but some worry their children will miss a deeper understanding without completing rituals that are so detailed that some Jains carry a small booklet with illustrated instructions.

Worshippers must shower, remove their shoes and change into loose-fitting, clean garments before approaching statues of 24 idols and must don a white mask to avoid breathing or spitting on the marble figures.

“All of the rituals have a real meaning that we’re supposed to bear in mind when we’re doing it. When I’m doing the cleansing with the water for the idol, my thought process is I’m also cleansing my soul that way,” said Hamendra Doshi, vice president of the Jain Center of

Southern California.

“The religion is much deeper than that,” said Doshi, 62. “Community service is really only a very baby step.”

Changes in how younger worshippers act out the faith may have a big impact on Jainism’s fate here. In India, Jains account for about 1 percent of the population and the community in the U.S. counts about 150,000 followers.

The faith’s Western evolution is being talked about openly and with greater urgency now that the tiny ex-pat community that arrived in the 1960s has established itself with a national umbrella organization, youth groups and more than 100 temples, including an enormous one south of Los Angeles.

This weekend, the new Center for Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln University in Claremont hosts a two-day conference on women and gender issues that will include a presentation on sexism in Jain teachings. Another session on how to apply Jain principles in corporate ethics is planned for next year.

And in a sign that Jainism is also beginning to reach non-Indians, one of the speakers at this weekend’s conference will be Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, who calls herself the faith’s first non-Indian ordained Jain nun.

Shree, 29, grew up in

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In this photo taken Aug. 16, 2013, Jain children Riya Parekh, 9, left, and her brother, Devam, 6, pray at the Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) in Buena Park, Calif.

a Catholic household and said she became a Jain nun in 2008 after seeing horrible violence as a U.S. Army combat medic in Iraq. Shree, who credits Jainism with helping her conquer post-traumatic stress disorder, is challenging Jain tradition that she feels place a monk’s status above a nun’s.

“If they want Jainism to spread, they need to raise women’s status,” she said.

“There are things that need to evolve.”

Shree would not be con-

sidered a true Jain nun by many more traditional worshippers, but her voice — and the other new voices — can help the faith become more relevant in today’s America, said Sulekh C. Jain, of Houston, who for nearly five decades has been a leading force among U.S. Jains.

“The Dalai Lama said tradition over time, if it does not change, needs to be scrapped,” Jain said.

“It’s really a part of growing up.”

Church Briefs Choir concert to honor church founder

Rosh Hashana services set

PIQUA — Congregation Anshe Emeth, in Piqua, will be holding Rosh Hashana services at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 and again on at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. A carry-in, dairy luncheon will follow services on Thursday. Services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Marc Kasten. The synagogue is located at 320 Caldwell St. in Piqua. For further information see the website at www. ansheemeth.org or call (937) 547-0092.

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PIQUA — The public is invited to attend a Church of Jesus Reunion Choir Concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, at Transformed Life Church, 421 Wood St., Piqua. This is a special evening in honor of the church’s founder and father in the Gospel, Suffragan Bishop Howard Collier, former pastor of Church of Jesus. The community is invited to join the Founder’s Day Celebration as choir members from Grace Family Worship Center (Pastor Collier, Troy) and Transformed Life Church (Pastor Hamilton, Piqua) come together to celebrate more 43 years of ministry. The

concert will take a stroll down memory lane with some old favorites.

This is a free event open to the public. For additional information, call 3972596 or (937) 477-4573

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A Nigerian soldier provides security during Eid al-Fitr prayers at Ramat square in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Nigerians in the birthplace of an Islamic uprising gripping the northeast celebrated the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Fitr on Thursday with devout prayers and a joyful show of adulation for their king that attracted more than 10,000 people.

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ASHTABULA, Ohio — He has been to the United States many times to visit, but for the Rev. David Bridling, his visits are more of a way to escape the trouble he lives in because of his religious affiliation.

Bridling comes to the U.S. from Maiduguri, Nigeria, located in the northeast region of the country. He is visiting the area, as well as other areas within the Diocese of Youngstown. He is sharing his story and asking for prayers.

Maiduguri has a vast Islamic population and for hundreds of years, Christianity was not welcome, Bridling said.

“Christians were looked on with disrespect,” he said. “It was very difficult to buy land, to build schools and to build churches.”

Bridling said in some areas, being Christian exposes people to danger.

People were persecuted for their religious affiliation, he said.

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On Feb. 18, 2006, riots broke out in the city and in less than 14 minutes, several people were killed and a number of churches were destroyed, Bridling said.

An anti-Christian group, known as Boko Haram, formed and began recruiting young people in the city and eventually became a very strong force, he said.

In July 2009, the Maiduguri became the scene of major religious violence. The violence, led by the Islamist group, was centered on Christian attacks, leaving more than 700 people dead.

“Hundreds and hundreds were killed,” he said.

“Churches were attacked and homes were attacked.”

Bridling said the attacks happened over the course of five days.

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he said. “It became a daily event by 2011.”

Bridling said in June 2011, his home was bombed twice within five days.

Luckily, no one was home at the time, but the home was destroyed. By the end of November, seven churches were bombed and about 200 people were killed.

“Nothing was left to remember by the end of 2011,” he said. “When (the Boko Haram) couldn’t find Christians at work during the day, they would sneak into their homes at night and kill them in their sleep.”

Bridling said not only were people being killed, but young girls were kidnapped. People were ambushed while they were traveling and forced to become Muslims, he said.

Bridling is pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maiduguri.

“Before now, we used to have five masses on Sunday and people would struggle to find seats,” he said.

“Now we have two masses with many pews empty.”

Bridling said his mission while in the United States is to share his story and ask people to pray for the people of Maiduguri so they can rebuild the city and sustain their faith.

“Our hope is to make sure the church is present and the faith is sustained,” he said. “We want to rebuild the churches and schools that were destroyed.”

The religious attacks are still prevalent in the city.

On June 18, Boko Haram militants attacked a school while students were taking an exam killing nine students.

“When I go to bed I hear gun shots all the time,” he said. “Sometimes they are so close. People fear they will be killed in church on Sunday.”

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Ohio colleges see steady, growing enrollment COLUMBUS (AP) — Officials at some Ohio colleges are pleased to see enrollment holding steady or increasing slightly a year after dipping more than expected as schools switched to a semester schedule.

Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati and Hocking College in southeast Ohio are among those anticipating larger student populations as the school year begins, The Columbus Dispatch report-

ed.

Combined enrollment dropped about 13,000 students last year at the 17 schools that moved to semesters, and twoyear colleges were hit especially hard and forced to make budget cuts.

Columbus State Community College dropped to about 25,600 students last year and expects about the same this year.

Officials are satisfied for now, given that there’s a lower

number of Ohio high-school graduates and adults in need of training, the newspaper said.

“A year ago, there was a big drop. You don’t just jump up from that,” said Mabel Freeman, interim vice president of student affairs at Columbus State.

In Nelsonville in southeast Ohio, Hocking College anticipates a slight increase in enrollment from the nearly 4,600 it had last year.

“We’re truly happy to be on the other side of the quarter-

to-semester transition and are cautiously optimistic about enrollment for this fall,” spokeswoman Laura Alloway said.

Ohio University in nearby Athens expects more freshmen and transfer students.

Ohio State University is bracing for about 950 more students, and that’s “pretty good,” said Dolan Evanovich, the university’s vice president for strategic enrollment planning.

With a little over 64,000 students at its Columbus and

regional campuses, Ohio State would be near its enrollment record set in 2011, when it had 64,400 students.

The University of Cincinnati, which didn’t see a dip with the semester switch, expects to have a record-high 43,000 students.

Information about any schools with decreased enrollments probably won’t be publicized until figures are finalized a few weeks into the school year.

GOP takes anti-Washington message to town halls Ken Thomas Associated Press

ORRVILLE (AP) — Microphone in hand, Republican Rep. Jim Renacci gave his constituents a grim report on Washington’s gridlock.

House Republicans, he said, had passed a number of bills that would boost energy production, cut regulations and rein in spending. But, he added, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats haven’t done their part.

“It’s not the easiest thing when you only control one-third of the federal government,” said Ohio’s Renacci, faulting the Democrats who control the Senate and the White House for the stalemate as he flipped through a series of PowerPoint slides intended to send a message that Republicans are focused on “Making Washington Work.”

This summer at the behest of their leaders, House Republicans like Renacci are fanning out across the nation to press this anti-Washington, blame-Democrats pitch at town hall-style meetings. They’re trying to counter claims that they are responsible for a “do nothing” House and feed on the public’s antipathy for anyone linked to Washington. They gloss over the fact that they are in control of the House and have played a significant part in the inaction on a host of issues, suggesting that there’s little they can do in the face of what they call Democratic

roadblocks.

The message suggests partisan battles are ahead this fall when Congress returns to Capitol Hill and also could preview the GOP’s likely argument to voters in next year’s midterm congressional elections — keep Republicans in control of the House so they can provide a check on Obama’s power.

Democrats say the GOP argument will fall flat because Republicans control the House.

During a news conference earlier this month, Obama said Republicans had shown an “ideological fixation” with repealing the health care law, his signature legislative achievement, and there was “not even a pretense now that they’re going to replace it with something better.”

“It’s a totally cynical playbook designed to mislead the American public,” said Democratic strategist Jeremy Bird, a former Obama campaign aide. “They’ve been the most obstructionist branch of government, perhaps in American history.”

Republicans are trying nonetheless.

About 60 miles west of Charlotte recently, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., tried to commiserate with a public that doesn’t look kindly on the capital, saying: “If you’re frustrated sitting here in Polk County, imagine how frustrated I am going there and seeing it up close.” In upstate New York, Rep. Tom Reed,

Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, speaks at a town hall meeting on Aug. 15, 2013, at Schmid Hall in Orrville, Ohio.

R-N.Y., told people at a pig roast that “we need to be fighting Washington, D.C. We need to be standing up for our rights.”

And in Lincoln, Ill., GOP Rep. Aaron Schock told an audience at a coffee shop that the Democratic- controlled Senate had “sat on their hands” while the House sought to repeal Obama’s health care law. “The president right now is doing a very good job of trying to make it look like the House is dysfunctional,” Schock said. “Really what we’re trying to do is carry out the wishes of the people.”

Back in Ohio, a standing-room-only crowd of more than 100 greeted Renacci in Orrville, home of The J.M. Smucker Co., famous for its Smucker’s

jams and jellies.

After a short film describing a typical day, Renacci walked his constituents through a 30-minute slide presentation that focused on steps he and House Republican colleagues had taken to spur job growth, promote diverse sources of homegrown energy and tame the federal deficit.

He made no apologies for opposing Obama’s health care law, citing it as a reason why many businesses had decided not to expand their work force.

“I am definitely one of those people who have voted to repeal Obamacare 40 times,” he said.

During a question-andanswer session, Jared Bauman, a 26-year-old

physical therapist, said he agreed with Renacci on the flaws of the health care law but said he had grown impatient with the House’s repeated attempts to repeal the law.

“It just kind of gets a little frustrating. I start to roll my eyes. OK, we’re not getting anywhere,” he said.

When several attendees pressed the congressman to support comprehensive immigration reform, Renacci said the immigration system was broken but securing the border had to be the first priority. He repeatedly cited the length of the Senate bill as a reason to oppose it.

“We’ll get immigration reform right by making sure we avoid mistakes of

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the past. You know what the mistakes of the past are? Let’s throw 2,400 pages in a big bill, let’s throw it out there, let’s let people understand it after we pass it,” Renacci said. “That’s not going to happen again.”

Many of his constituents’ questions and comments turned to a general unease with Congress and the Obama administration.

“Is everyone in Washington that out of touch?” asked one man.

Renacci took the comment in stride, joking about Washington’s reputation for being a foreign place to the rest of the nation while also adding: “Look there are some really good people in Washington.”

State Briefs Police: Body on road was repeatedly run over COLUMBUS (AP) — Police say it appears several vehicles drove over the body of a woman found dead on a major highway in Ohio’s capital city.

Travelers reported the body in the middle of the road early Wednesday morning on Interstate 71 north of downtown Columbus.

That prompted police to close several miles of northbound I-71 during the morning commute.

Columbus police said the woman’s identity was unknown as of midday Wednesday. No further details about her or her cause of death were immediately released.

It also wasn’t clear how the woman died. A dispatcher told The Columbus Dispatch that officers were investigating whether the woman had died before being hit by a vehicle.

Inmate appeals sentence, cites execution cost COLUMBUS (AP) — A lawyer for a truck driver sentenced to die for killing his boss and another man has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to give the inmate life in prison instead, arguing the cost of execution would be an unnecessary burden for taxpayers.

The Blade in Toledo reports justices on Tuesday questioned that argument and seemed more interested in whether inmate Calvin Neyland Jr. was mentally ill.

Neyland was convicted of fatally shooting the two men at Liberty Transportation outside Toledo in 2007 as he was about to be fired.

The now 49-year-old Neyland was diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder, and an earlier court case referenced mental illness.

Prosecutors argue he functioned reasonably and had a mental condition, not mental illness.

The Supreme Court didn’t immediately rule.

Nurse to be sentenced in murder-forhire case CLEVELAND (AP) — A former Cleveland Clinic nurse faced seven to nine years in prison at sentencing Wednesday for trying to hire an emergency room patient to kill a woman.

Andrew Martin previously pleaded guilty to orchestrating the murder-for-hire plot.

Authorities said Martin offered $10,000 to an ER patient to kill a woman in a dispute over ownership of her deceased brother’s home.

The patient tipped off police that he had been asked by a nurse if he had ever killed anyone, investigators said.

Martin, of Bristolville, about 50 miles east of Cleveland, admitted in April to using a phone to further the plot.

He also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and trying to obtain private medical records.

The woman who was targeted was not harmed, and Martin was arrested last November.

The Cleveland Clinic quickly parted ways with him.

Prosecutors said Martin and another man began plotting in October 2011 to take ownership of a home that had belonged to an elderly former patient at the hospital where Martin worked.

The patient died in late 2010.

Martin used his position

there to access the patient’s medical records so the other man could claim to have had a personal relationship with him, prosecutors said.

They created a fake deed and claimed ownership of the home, prosecutors said.

A yearlong ownership fight began in probate court. A judge eventually sided with the administrator of the former owner’s estate and voided a backdated deed.

Irritated that “this 70-yearold lady … has been trying to mess up my life,” Martin approached an ER patient who “looked like a big guy,” according to the federal affidavit.

“Ever hurt anyone?” Martin asked the man, according to authorities.

Martin offered him $10,000 to kill the woman, authorities said.

He also described her and her car and provided her address, prosecutors said.

Chevy pickups rank as Ohio’s most stolen vehicle COLUMBUS (AP) — A notfor-profit organization targeting insurance fraud and vehicle theft says large Chevrolet pickup trucks were the type of vehicle most reported stolen in Ohio last year and were ranked fourth on the national list.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau says Dodge Caravan minivans, large Ford pickups and Buick Century sedans also made the top five for Ohio, in addition to cars in the Oldsmobile Cutlass line.

The NICB report is based on theft data submitted to the National Crime Information Center by law enforcement agencies.

Nationwide, the most stolen type of vehicle in 2012 was the

Honda Accord, with more than 58,000 thefts of that car reported. The Honda Civic, large Ford pickups and the Toyota Camry rounded out the top five for the U.S.

Tighter budgets delay projects at air base DAYTON (AP) — WrightPatterson Air Force Base in southwest Ohio says budget tightening has postponed millions of dollars in infrastructure projects at the base this year.

The Dayton Daily News reports the delayed projects at Wright-Patterson include installing miles of water lines in different areas and replacing heating and ventilation equipment at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Spokesman William Hancock tells the newspaper the projects aren’t being undertaken in the current fiscal year but haven’t been canceled. The next fiscal year starts Oct. 1.

Hancock says projects have been put on the backburner for future years as budget cuts leave some requirements unfunded.

About 10,000 WrightPatterson civil service workers had six unpaid days off this summer because of automatic federal budget cuts.

Cleveland councilman convicted of drunken driving CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland city councilman accused of drunken driving for the third time has been convicted of driving under the influence.

Councilman Zachary Reed could face up to six months

in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 5.

After the jury’s decision Tuesday, the 52-year-old Reed told WJW-TV that he’ll seek treatment for an alcohol addiction but will not resign from the council.

Reed’s attorney said he was disappointed in the verdict.

The city prosecutor didn’t comment on the decision.

Police said Reed was arrested in March after running a red light and making an improper turn. Police said he failed a sobriety test and refused a breath test.

Reed served a 10-day sentence in 2008 on his second drunken-driving conviction. He has been on the council for 13 years.

Trial to begin for mom in classroom brawl CINCINNATI (AP) — The trial of an Ohio woman accused of helping her teenage daughter beat up a fellow classmate is set to begin on Wednesday.

Precious Allen faces misdemeanor charges of assault and trespassing in the Feb. 7 scuffle at a high school.

Accounts of the fight differ, with Allen’s then-14-year-old daughter saying another teenage girl started it and that she was defending her mother. The other girl says Allen and her daughter attacked her.

Police have said that the 31-year-old Allen held a teen down in a classroom and told her daughter to hit the girl with a combination lock. Police say the other teen suffered cuts and bruises.

Meanwhile Allen has sued the district and school officials, saying the school intentionally deleted video that would have proved she is innocent.

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Fairborn boys soccer edges Piqua

In brief n Piab dinner

The Piqua Indians Athletic Boosters will be holding their annual Chicken Dinner sale before the football team’s home opener Sept. 6 against Kings.

The dinner is $8 and wil include one-half roasted chicken, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, roll and drink.

The dinners will be sold from 5-6:30 p.m.

n Two card 42

Kathie Isenhouer and Cindy Pearson shared low gross honors with 42 in the Tuesday Ladies League at Echo Hills.

Amie Rinaldi was low net with 28, while Clara Sowry and Jane Rudd tied for second with 30.

Dottie Morrissette was low putts with 14, while Joyce Catron was second with 16.

n County signups

Miami County Golf singups are underway at Echo Hills and Miami Shores.

The first round is Sept. 7 at Echo Hills, with the second round Sept. 8 at Miami Shores.

Entry fee is $30. Green fees will be required for non members.

You must be a member at any Miami County course or reside in Miami County to qualify to play.

If you are not playing in the senior divisions or the championship flights, you must have a GHIN handicap established.

Deadline to signup is Sept. 4 at 6 p.m.

n Blaze tryouts

The Miami County Blaze fastpitch 12U, 14U, and 18U will hold additional tryouts this weekend.

Go to www.miamicountyblaze.com for times and details.

n Player needed

The West Liberty Force 14U travel fastpitch team is still in need of a catcher/ utility player for the 201314 season.

For more information, call Mark Thompson at (937) 658-1880 or email mthompson_1973@yahoo.com

Stumper

Lehman teams blank Graham FAIRBORN — The Piqua boys soccer team dropped a close game to Fairborn 2-1 Tuesday night.

Fairborn got on the board first with a 50-50 ball between keeper Grady Stewart and a Fairborn forward.

The ball squeaked out and found the back of the net.

“It was an unfortunate goal but would prove to be a tone setter for a very physical match to come,” Piqua coach Nick Guidera said.

Piqua’s lone goal came on a through ball from Xavier Harrison to Hunter Comstock who took a touch to gather the ball then beat the keeper near post.

“His goal showed great composure on the ball with a defender on his back and a keeper charging him,” Guidera said.

Early in the second half, Fairborn got another goal due to poor team marking.

“A player got loose on the backside and punched a cross in,” Guidera said. “We cant have that — we even specifically worked on that in practice the day before knowing Fairborn’s style of play.”

That proved to be the game winning goal.

“The rest of the second half got very physical and each team had a few chances but nothing came of them,” Guidera said.

The best scoring opportunity Piqua came by was a header by Comstock that was cleared off the line by a Fairborn defender.

“It was a great play by a kid in good position, otherwise that’s the equalizer,” Guidera said. “Disappointing loss for Piqua after playing so well in it’s opener. Overall I thought we lacked intensity and didn’t play very consistent. Our game is one that is played two touch and to feet so we can move the ball around and find openings; we weren’t ourselves this game.”

The Piqua JV lost 3-1, with Jaron Cantrell scoring the Indians goal.

Piqua will play a doubleheader at Newton Saturday. Girls JV is at 10 a.m., followed by girls varsity at noon and boys varsity at 2 p.m.

Lehman boys win SIDNEY — The Lehman Catholic High School men’s soccer team opened their 2013 season with a 6-0 shutout against Graham High School on Tuesday night at Lehman.

Joseph Simpson of Troy earned the first goal of the game and sent the Cavaliers into halftime with a 1-0 lead.

Lehman sealed the win in the second half, starting with two early goals by John Henry Frantz and Alex Cavinder, both

from Sidney.

Midfielder Peter Comer recorded back-to-back goals, the second one with a 60-yard assist off a free kick from defender Robbie Heckman.

Jared Brandt scored the final goal of the game.

“We played a great game, and I’m pleased that everyone had an opportunity to play,”Lehman coach Tom Thornton said.

The Cavaliers host Miami Valley School this coming Saturday at 11 am.

GIRLS SOCCER

Cavs blanks Falcons ST. PARIS — The Lehman Lady Cavs opened the season with a 3-0 shutout of Graham in action Tuesday in girls soccer.

Lehman scored just over six minutes into the game when Ashley Keller took an assist from Sara Fuller and found the goal. Then with four minutes left in the half, Keller scored again on a cross from Taylor Lachey.

The final goal came with 18 minutes remaining in the game when Madeline Franklin scored on a direct throw in from Jordy Emrick.

“The girls did a good job attacking and getting opportunities,” said coach Tony Schroeder. “And our defense played well.”

Grace Frantz had four saves for Lehman. Kayla Tullis had 15 saves for Graham.

Lehman also won the JV game 6-0. Liz Pax and Kaitrin O’Leary had two goals apiece for Lehman, and Olivia Sehlhorst and Kate Hemm one each.

Pax had one assist, Lexie Caulfield two assists, and Sehlhorst and Emily Reinhart one assist each.

Lady Indians lose PLEASANT HILL — The Newton girls soccer team opened the season with a 2-1 loss to Troy Christian Tuesday.

Erin Sweitzer scored from Newton on an assist from Morgan Miller.

VOLLEYBALL

Lady Cavs lose VERSAILLES — The Lehman volleyball team opened the season with a 25-14, 25-20, 25-12 loss to Versailles Tuesday in non-conference action.

“They have a nice team,” Lehman coach Greg Snipes said. “We knew what we were going to be up against. We have some experienced players, but we also have some young players. We played well in the second game. We were up 20-17 — we just couldn’t finish it off.”

Sidney Chambers led the Lehman hitters with eight kills.

Ellie Cain had four kills and

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Lehman’s McKenna Guillozer (right) battles for the ball against Graham.

12 assists, while Olivia Slagle had three kills, four blocks and eight digs.

Erica Paulus led the defense with 11 digs and Ava Schmitz added six digs.

Lady Raiders win RUSSIA — The Russia volleyball team defeated Bradford 25-4, 25-9, 25-9.

Kylie Wilson led the team with 13 kills, while Taylor Daniel had five kills, 16 sts assists, 10 idgs and eighth aces.

Claire Sherman added eight aces.

Russia will host Newton Thursday.

BOYS GOLF

HARROD — The Lehman golf team swept a Northwest Central Conference golf match with Upper Scioto Valley and Ridgemont at Colonial Golf Club.

Team scores were Lehman 180, Upper Scioto Valley 195, Ridgemont 224.

Lehman scores included Mitchell Shroyer 41, Sam Dean 44, Zack Scott 45, Tyler Scott 50.

Buccs beat Newton WEST MILTON — The Covington boys golf team defeated Newton 179-185 in CCC action at Stillwater Ridge Golf Course.

Levi Winn was medalist with a 40 for the Buccs.

Other Covington scores were Joe Slusher 41, Jacob Blair 48, Ty Boehringer 50, Jesse Wall 81, Jaret Vanhoose 86.

Newton scores were Brock Jamison 44, Reid Ferrell 45, Wade Ferrell 47, Christian Nelson 49, Donovan Oscoela 51, Zara Zeller 74.

Piqua girls win on pitch

GIRLS GOLF

The Piqua girls golf team defeated West Carrolllton 212290.

Cassidy Kraft led the Lady Indians with a 48.

Other Piqua scores were Alaina Mikolajewski 51, Kailyn Simmons 53, Sarah Ganger 60, Macey Pruitt 69 and Anna Klopfenstein 70.

GIRLS TENNIS

Lady Indians lose The Lehman girls tennis team lost 5-0 to Centerville.

In singles, Kim McCullough lost to Najda Marin 6-0, 6-0; Jordan Kiefer lost to Kiki Bashir 6-2, 6-0; and Elle Ryan lost to Aniu Vajapeyajula 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles, Haley Weidner and am DeBusk lost to Nitika Agrawai and Nisha Nanavaty 6-0, 6-2; and Abby Helman and Molly Smitley lost to Heather Wang and Nabiha Islam 6-0, 6-0.

Cavs edge Elida ELIDA — The Lehman girls tennis team beat Elida 3-2 Tuesday.

In singles, Julia Harrelson defeated C’era Savage 6-4, 7-5; Sarah Gravunder beat Meredith Little 6-4, 6-4; and Diana Gibson defeated Jacey Higbie 2-6, 6-4 7-6 (8-6).

In doubles, Meghan Burner and Kaitlin Gillman lost to Hailey Hurst and Ashley Fay 6-4, 6-1; and Eliana Snyder and Emma Simpson lost to Elizabeth White and Summer Slusher 6-2, 6-4.

In JV action, Emily Hoersten defeated Jenna Mekolites 6-3, 7-5.

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Ohio State has big shoes to replace COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — While Armani Reeves spoke to a semicircle of reporters after a recent Ohio State practice, the person he was discussing was about 50 feet behind him seated in an ice bath cooling off after another hot day of work.

The distance was more than a little symbolic.

Bradley Roby, the Buckeyes’ standout cornerback, isn’t doing any talking these days, at least not publicly. He also isn’t even practicing with the first team.

Roby, like fellow stars Carlos Hyde, the Buckeyes’ leading scorer last year, and Hyde’s top backup, Rod Smith, is suspended for the opening game, Aug. 31 at home against Buffalo.

All got into trouble. All are paying a price.

Some fans think it’s a high price since no one was hurt and there were no serious charges.

Others believe the matters have been swept under the scarlet-and-gray rug outside coach Urban Meyer’s office.

Players like Reeves will carry the load for the Buckeyes.

“I was always willing to be a hard worker on and off the field,” said Reeves, tabbed to start at Roby’s cornerback spot.

“I still learn from the older guys like (Roby). Whether the situation is good or bad I’m just going to take advantage of any opportunity I have and play to the best of my abilities.”

Ohio State’s coaches spent nine months making plans to fill the holes left from last

year’s 12-0 team.

Now, with the opener just over a week away, they must come up with three more replacements.

Hyde will miss the first three games after an alleged assault against a woman.

Roby will sit out at least the opener after a skirmish at a bar in Bloomington, Ind. Rod Smith, who was expected to take Hyde’s spot, was benched for the first game after a violation of team rules last winter.

Roby’s penalty is open-ended because his court case has not been finalized.

Charges have been reduced and he’s been offered a deal by the prosecutor that the misdemeanor assault charge will go away if he stays out of trouble in the future. But it’s still unresolved.

“He’ll be suspended one game just because there’s an issue,” Meyer said. “I’ll make a further determination once (it’s completed). … I don’t think it’s done.”

There are worthy candidates — like Reeves — in the wings.

But it’s still not the ideal way to go into a season.

Hyde and Smith will likely be replaced by a committee: H-back Jordan Hall, secondyear players Bri’onte Dunn and Warren Ball and freshmen Dontre Wilson and Ezekiel Elliott. Wilson has been the talk of camp, with water-bug moves and incredible speed.

“Jordan Hall is a guy who has

some playing experience and has been through some adversity, obviously,” running backs coach Stan Drayton said, referring to Hall’s injury-riddled career. “He does have some game experience. … Yeah, I’d say he’s probably the No. 1 guy right now.”

The coaches have heaped praise on the three chastened players, saying they have refrained from sulking and have taken an active role in preparing the players who will take their spots.

“He was wrong. He screwed up. He’s paying a price,” cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs said of Roby. “He works hard at his craft, he studies film, he takes care of his business and he wants to be as good as anybody in the country. He’s not yet. I don’t find him to be different (this season after the suspension). I find him to be embarrassed and I don’t blame him. But I find him to be a guy who’s going about his business as a pro.”

Against an overmatched Buffalo team that is coming off a 4-8 record in coach Jeff Quinn’s third season, the suspensions probably won’t be noticed. But integrating suspended players back into the lineup in season isn’t easy without ruffling the feathers of the players who filled in for them or stayed away from offseason trouble.

Reeves is excited about the prospect of starting the first game of his sophomore season.

Carlos Hyde is one of the stars Ohio State must replace

“It means a lot,” he said.

“You’d never expect a kid from Boston to be playing at Ohio State. It’s a very different experience and I can’t wait to have all my family and friends to see me on the field. It’ll be fun. It’ll be real fun.”

But Reeves knows that as soon as Roby is cleared to play,

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he will likely head back to the sidelines.

“Obviously he’s one of the best in the country, if not the best,” Reeves said. “When he comes back I’m still going to do the same thing I’ve been doing all the time and that’s just working hard and helping this team anyway I can.”

From serious to mysterious for Mingo No timetable for his return to field BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Barkevious Mingo’s injury has gone from maybe serious to mysterious.

Cleveland’s rookie linebacker remains sidelined with a bruised lung, a “freakish” injury the firstround pick believes he sustained nearly a week ago on the opening kickoff of an exhibition against Detroit.

Mingo was hospitalized for two days with the injury, which he said caused him to twice spit up blood and gave him shortness of breath before he was taken out of last Thursday’s game.

Mingo said he has been symptom free since last week, but it’s still not clear when he was injured.

Mingo will not play in Saturday’s preseason game at Indianapolis, and it’s likely he will be kept of the final exhibition against Chicago as well.

On Wednesday, Mingo was seen taking a nap while lying across several chairs in the locker room. After he woke up, he told reporters that he has improved, but that doctors still aren’t allowing him to practice.

He reiterated that he does not think the injury occurred before last week’s 24-6 win over the Lions, and said he had

never had those symptoms before experiencing them on the sideline.

“Everything is feeling good,” Mingo said.

“Everyone is happy with the progress and now we’re just waiting to see what the doctors say, so we can get back.”

Mingo was last seen by doctors and had more tests on Tuesday, but the No. 6 overall pick has not been cleared to practice and hasn’t been told when he’ll be able to return to the field.

For the moment, he’s only allowed to observe practice, and doctors have discouraged him from doing any running.

Mingo was joined on the sideline by starting outside linebacker Jabaal Sheard, who was held out with an unspecified knee injury.

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski did not mention Sheard as one of the players who would miss practice when he was asked for a list earlier in the day. During practice, a team spokesman said Sheard is day-to-day.

The sight of Mingo and Sheard standing side-byside on the sideline with towels draped over their heads had to be concerning to the Browns, who are counting on the pair to rush the quarterback.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki slashed a single the opposite way with his unique swing for the 4,000th hit of a career split between Japan and the major leagues.

The 39-year-old Suzuki hit a liner off Toronto’s R.A. Dickey that bounced just beyond diving third baseman Brett Lawrie in the first inning Wednesday night for the milestone hit.

Suzuki broke a tie with Lou Gehrig when he got his 2,722nd major league hit in his 13th season.

The speedy outfielder amassed 1,278 hits in nine seasons with Orix of Japan’s Pacific League.

Suzuki’s Yankees teammates streamed out of the dugout and surrounded him at first base, Curtis Granderson giving him the first hug.

A grinning Suzuki then faced the cheering fans

and bowed.

When he went to his position in right field for the second inning, Suzuki tipped his cap to the fans who greeted him with a standing ovation.

Ken Griffey Jr., a former teammate with the Seattle Mariners, congratulated Suzuki with a message shown on the video board at Yankee Stadium.

The Mariners tweeted a statement: “Ichiro’s historic milestone is testament to his position as one of the greatest hitters in the game of baseball.”

Pete Rose with 4,256 hits and Ty Cobb with 4,191 are the only two players that have reached the number solely in the major leagues.

According to STATS, Suzuki has the most hits through the first 13 seasons of a big league career.

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Cleveland Browns linebacker Barkevious Mingo, left, talks with defensive end Armonty Bryant during practice at the team’s NFL football training facility in Berea, Ohio Wednesday.

With Sheard out, Quentin Groves worked with Cleveland’s first-team defense on the opposite side of Paul Kruger.

The Browns will wait for Mingo’s bruise to heal completely before he’s

allowed back on the field.

He’s promised he’ll try to be a patient patient.

“I’m listening to the doctors, listening to the coaches,” he said. “That’s all I know.”

Chudzinski didn’t pro-

vide much of an update on Mingo.

“The timeline nobody really knows exactly,” he said. “It is just a matter of how quickly his body heals.”

Mingo doesn’t recall being hit on the opening kickoff last week or remember any significant impact that may have caused his unusual injury.

As he waits for medical clearance, Mingo is doing all he can to stay sharp.

He’s asking veteran teammates for pointers and offering encouragement as they go through drills without him.

He said it’s not difficult to stay upbeat while watching.

“This is what we do as football players,” he said.

“We listen to our coaches and if they say we want you to run down there and hit that guy on the play, you go down there and hit the guy on the play. If you’ve got to sit out for a couple weeks or whatever, you sit out and then you come out ready to go.”

Mingo, who last month signed a four-year, $16.35 million contract with a team option for a fifth year, could only remember missing one game because of injury. He said it’s weird having to watch.

“That’s one thing they (doctors) were talking about,” he said. “You feel great but you’re not going to be (great), so you might as well rest up.”

place the ball wherever he wanted with a slashing swing that makes him look more like an epeewielding fencer than a professional baseball player.

Suzuki had at least 206 hits in each of his first 10 years in the majors, peaking in 2004 when he set the record for hits in a season with 262, topping George Sisler’s mark of 257 established in 1920.

His hit Wednesday night was the 2,209th single of his career.

Uniquely fashionable, Suzuki often wears skinny jeans cuffed at the bottom to show off a rainbow of shoes and socks. He looks more like a 20-something than a graying star in his favorite designer Thom Browne.

Despite his age, Suzuki should have a good shot at the revered major league mark of 3,000 hits, one

that doesn’t come with debates over the merits of the achievement. He is signed for one more year with New York at $6.5 million, and the 10-time Gold Glove winner is still is an outstanding outfielder.

“Nobody will say anything about 3,000,” Suzuki said. “There will be no debating about that.”

Suzuki hasn’t made Rose’s mark a goal.

After a down season in 2011 in which he hit a career-low .272 for a Seattle team that lost 95 games, Suzuki was traded to New York in July 2012.

Accused of isolating himself in the young Mariners clubhouse, Suzuki easily fit into the star-studded Yankees room and hit .322 the rest of the season.

He is batting .275 with New York this year.

NOTES: DE Brian Sanford was back after his trade to the Seahawks was rescinded when guard John Moffitt failed his physical with the Browns. Sanford flew to Seattle, took a physical and thought he was starting a new NFL chapter when he was told to head back to Cleveland.

It was a strange 24 hours.

“Experiences like these, you should soak in, because in this league you never know where you’re going to be or what’s going to happen,” he said. “I’m just gonna play as hard as I can and hope I can continue my career playing football.” … Chudzinski named Tashaun Gipson the club’s starting free safety alongside T.J. Ward. … Chudzinski said Cleveland’s starters will play most of three quarters on Saturday against the Colts, but running back Trent Richardson and others coming off injuries may play less. … Rookie CB Leon McFadden intercepted two passes during practice.

Suzuki reaches milestone with 4,000 hits Paul Waner is second. He had 2,648 for Pittsburgh from 1926-38.

Even though the approach to the unprecedented milestone didn’t generate a lot of buzz in the United States because it doesn’t count in the record books, players have great respect for Suzuki’s accomplishment.

“That’s a lot of hits, man,” Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said last week. “It’s pretty impressive. I don’t care if it’s 4,000 in Little League.

It shows how consistent he’s been throughout his career. It makes you look at how many hits he’s got in a short amount of time.

That’s difficult to do, so Ichi has been as consistent as anyone.”

To Suzuki, though, the rarefied number means one thing.

“Not necessarily the 4,000, just the fact that

you’re getting a hit in the game,” he said through an interpreter after getting three hits in the opener of a doubleheader Tuesday for 3,999. “If you don’t produce you’re not going to play in games.

Me producing in games is what’s good for me.”

He has been producing since he was an 18-yearold rookie with the Blue Wave.

A career .353 hitter in Japan, Suzuki became the first Japanese-born nonpitcher to sign with a major league team.

He smoothly made the move from Orix to the Mariners in 2001 when he was 27.

He was selected as AL Rookie of the Year and MVP in his first season when he batted .350, had 242 hits and stole 56 bases.

The slender 10-time All-Star seemingly could

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Lehman’s Joe Fuller won the boys race Tuesday.

Russia wins at ‘Preview’

Fuller takes boys race The Russia boys and girls cross country teams swept the Shelby County Preview Tuesday.

Lehman’s Joe Fuller won the boys race in 16.45.9; while Russia won the team race with 59.

Lehman was fourth with 124 and Houston was eighth with 182.

Russia’s top seven included Jordan Gariety, 4, 17:33.8; Caleb Ball, 11, 18:30.1; Trevor Monnin, 13, 18:37.3; Bryan Drees, 15, 18:42.3; Alex Seger, 16, 18:42.6; Alex Herron, 17, 18:45.9; and Steven Stickel, 19, 18:57.4.

Other Lehman runners included Nick Elsner, 21, 19:12.8; Gabe Berning, 26, 19:35.6; Isaiah Winhoven, 40, 20:27.0; Erik Jackson, 53, 21:05; John Schmiesing, 64, 21:36.3; and Ted Jackson, 89, 24:59.3.

Houston runners included Devon Jester, 8, 18:14.2; Troy Riley, 22, 19:13.4; Isaiah Beaver, 47, 20:51.6; Azen Reier, 83, 23:48.5; and Corey Slusser, 84, 23:48.9.

The Lady Raiders ran away with the meet with 23 points.

Emily Borchers was second in 20:19.0; and Lauren Heaton was third in 20:48.0.

Other Lady Raiders top seven were Molly Kearns, 6, 21:37.8; Emilie Frazier, 8, 22:26.5; Kirstin Voisard, 9, 22:40.9; Shae Goubeaux, 10, 22:52.0; and Claudia Monnin, 13, 23:10.3.

Houston was sixth in the girls race with 41 points.

Lady Wildcat runners included Emma Mertz, 26, 25:33.0; Terrie Powell, 73, 24:14.5; Caitlin Ryan, 77, 38:58.1; Kayode Momon, 78, 39:19.6; Brittany Timmerman, 81, 40:08.3; and Cheyenne Coffey, 82, 49:36.0.

Jenna Zimmerman led Lehman with a fifth-place finish in 21:14.1.

Other Lady Cavalier runners included Caroline Heitmeyer, 7, 21:53.7; Katie Heckman, 31, 25:52.1; and Janelle Gravunder, 35, 26:20.0.

Woods has work to do

Playoffs begin at Barclays JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — This might be the best way to measure Tiger Woods' season. Sam Snead is getting more attention than Jack Nicklaus.

Woods said again Wednesday at The Barclays this already has been a great season, and it's difficult to argue. His five wins — including two World Golf Championships and The Players Championship — are three more than anyone else on the PGA Tour. He is leading all the right indicators, such as the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average, the money list ($2.6 million more than anyone else) and the No. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup playoffs that start Thursday.

The standard for Woods, however, always has been the majors, and he was shut out for the fifth straight year.

"His lack of winning a major is the only thing talked about, which I think is sad," Bill Haas said. "I think it's ignorant.

But that's what we are basing his year on. He

may even say, 'Oh, I'm disappointed because I didn't win a major. But he's not winning the smaller events. He's winning the WGCs and Bay Hill. And yes, it makes what he's doing that much more impressive, absolutely."

Woods is stuck on 14 majors, leaving him four short of the Nicklaus standard. The five wins this year, after three wins in 2012, has put him at 79 career wins, moving him closer to Snead's record 82 wins on the PGA Tour.

"I tell you what, I never thought I would ever get there this quick," Woods said. "It's been an amazing run to get here. One of the things I'm most proud of is winning five or more tournaments 10 years in there. That's one of the stats that I look at as one of the ones I'm really proud of. This is one of those years."

The next chance to add to his wins starts Thursday at The Barclays, the first of four FedEx Cup playoff events against some of the strongest fields of the year.

Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto Central Division

National Football League At A Glance All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE

W L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 64 New England 2 0 0 1.000 56 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 54 Miami 1 2 0 .333 64 South W L T Pct PF Houston 2 0 0 1.000 51 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 40 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 16 Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 40 North W L T Pct PF Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 51 Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 71 Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 61 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 26 West W L T Pct PF Denver 1 1 0 .500 20 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 39 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 26 0 2 0 .000 38 San Diego NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 2 0 0 1.000 46 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 30 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 36 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 48 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 45 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 33 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 33 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 37 North W L T Pct PF Chicago 1 1 0 .500 50 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 32 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 19 Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 29 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 29 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 71 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 21 St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 26 Thursday's Games Cleveland 24, Detroit 6 Baltimore 27, Atlanta 23 Philadelphia 14, Carolina 9 Chicago 33, San Diego 28 Friday's Games Buffalo 20, Minnesota 16 New Orleans 28, Oakland 20 San Francisco 15, Kansas City 13 New England 25, Tampa Bay 21 Saturday's Games Arizona 12, Dallas 7 Cincinnati 27, Tennessee 19 N.Y. Jets 37, Jacksonville 13 Green Bay 19, St. Louis 7 Houston 24, Miami 17 Seattle 40, Denver 10 Sunday's Game Indianapolis 20, N.Y. Giants 12 Monday's Game Washington 24, Pittsburgh 13 Thursday, Aug. 22 New England at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 23 Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24 Buffalo at Washington, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Denver, 8 p.m.

Cincinnati at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25 New Orleans at Houston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

PA 36 43 39 51 PA 30 56 64 49 PA 25 39 29 42 PA 46 45 32 64 PA 34 33 40 51 PA 33 31 61 69 PA 52 41 24 47 PA 7 20 23 46

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2012 records, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (58) 13-1 1,498 1 2. Ohio St. (1) 12-0 1,365 3 3. Oregon 12-1 1,335 2 4. Stanford 12-2 1,294 7 5. Georgia (1) 12-2 1,249 t5 6. South Carolina 11-2 1,154 8 7. Texas A&M 11-2 1,104 t5 8. Clemson 11-2 1,083 11 11-2 1,042 13 9. Louisville 10. Florida 11-2 894 9 11. Florida St. 12-2 845 10 12. LSU 10-3 802 14 13. Oklahoma St. 8-5 755 NR 14. Notre Dame 12-1 748 4 15. Texas 9-4 677 19 16. Oklahoma 10-3 579 15 17. Michigan 8-5 531 24 18. Nebraska 10-4 382 25 19. Boise St. 11-2 328 18 20. TCU 7-6 323 NR 21. UCLA 9-5 286 NR 22. Northwestern 10-3 199 NR 23. Wisconsin 8-6 185 NR 24. Southern Cal 7-6 134 NR 25. Oregon St. 9-4 129 20 Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 95, Baylor 92, Virginia Tech 86, Miami 85, Arizona St. 53, Kansas St. 43, Fresno St. 36, Vanderbilt 19, Washington 17, N. Illinois 16, Mississippi 11, Utah St. 8, Georgia Tech 6, Arizona 3, Cincinnati 3, North Carolina 3, Penn St. 2, BYU 1.

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Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times EDT National League

Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Central Division Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago West Division

W 75 72 67 66 57

L 54 52 58 59 69

Pct .581 .581 .536 .528 .452

GB — ½ 6 7 16½

W 73 68 64 55 50

L 52 58 60 69 74

Pct .584 .540 .516 .444 .403

GB — 5½ 8½ 17½ 22½

W L Pct GB Texas 73 53 .579 — Oakland 71 55 .563 2 Seattle 59 67 .468 14 Los Angeles 55 70 .440 17½ Houston 41 84 .328 31½ Tuesday's Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4, 1st game Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2, 2nd game Minnesota 6, Detroit 3 Texas 4, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City 0 Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 1, 14 innings Seattle 7, Oakland 4 San Francisco 3, Boston 2 Wednesday's Games Seattle 5, Oakland 3 Boston 12, San Francisco 1 Cleveland at L.A. Angels Tampa Bay at Baltimore Toronto at N.Y. Yankees Minnesota at Detroit Houston at Texas Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Thursday's Games Toronto (Happ 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-9), 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota (A.Albers 2-1) at Detroit (Verlander 12-9), 1:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-4) at Kansas City (Shields 8-8), 8:10 p.m.

Friday's Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

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

Toronto at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

Boston at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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W 77 61 58 55 48

L 49 64 67 70 76

Pct .611 .488 .464 .440 .387

GB — 15½ 18½ 21½ 28

W 74 73 71 55 54

L 51 53 55 72 71

Pct .592 .579 .563 .433 .432

GB — 1½ 3½ 20 20

W 73 65 59 56 56

L 52 59 68 70 70

Pct .584 .524 .465 .444 .444

GB — 7½ 15 17½ 17½

Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco Tuesday's Games Colorado 5, Philadelphia 3 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 4 Washington 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 8, San Diego 1 San Francisco 3, Boston 2 Wednesday's Games Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 1, 10 innings St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 6 Boston 12, San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh at San Diego Colorado at Philadelphia Arizona at Cincinnat L.A. Dodgers at Miami Washington at Chicago Cubs Thursday's Games Arizona (Cahill 4-10) at Cincinnati (Latos 12-4), 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-7) at Miami (H.Alvarez 2-2), 12:40 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 6-9) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-10), 2:20 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 0-2) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-10), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Maholm 9-9) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 4-3), 8:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 9-4) at San Francisco (M.Cain 8-8), 10:15 p.m.

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

Colorado at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

Boston at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—CJohnson, Atlanta, .332; YMolina, St. Louis, .332; Cuddyer, Colorado, .324; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .316; FFreeman, Atlanta, .314; Votto, Cincinnati, .314; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .311.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 92; Votto, Cincinnati, 84; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 82; Choo, Cincinnati, 80; Holliday, St. Louis, 79; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 79; JUpton, Atlanta, 79.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 100; Phillips, Cincinnati, 92; Craig, St. Louis, 90; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 83; FFreeman, Atlanta, 83; Bruce, Cincinnati, 81; DBrown, Philadelphia, 79.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 152; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 151; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 146; Craig, St. Louis, 144; Votto, Cincinnati, 144; DanMurphy, New York, 142; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 138; Pence, San Francisco, 138.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 41; YMolina, St. Louis, 35; Bruce, Cincinnati, 33; Desmond, Washington, 33; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 32; Rizzo, Chicago, 32; Pence, San Francisco, 31.

TRIPLES—SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; Segura, Milwaukee, 9; Span, Washington, 7; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 6; Venable, San Diego, 6; DWright, New York, 6.

HOME RUNS—PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 31; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Bruce, Cincinnati, 24; JUpton, Atlanta, 23; Beltran, St. Louis, 22; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 22.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 37; Segura, Milwaukee, 37; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 35; CGomez, Milwaukee, 30; EYoung, New York, 28; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 26; Revere, Philadelphia, 22.

PITCHING—Liriano, Pittsburgh, 14-5; Wainwright, St. Louis, 14-7; Zimmermann, Washington, 14-7; Corbin, Arizona, 13-3; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 13-6; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-7; 5 tied at 12.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.80; Harvey, New York, 2.25; Fernandez, Miami, 2.41; Corbin, Arizona, 2.45; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.66; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.82; Locke, Pittsburgh, 2.90.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 187; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 182; Wainwright, St. Louis, 173; Samardzija, Chicago, 168; HBailey, Cincinnati, 161; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 160; Latos, Cincinnati, 160.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 40; Mujica, St. Louis, 33; RSoriano, Washington, 32; AChapman, Cincinnati, 31; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 30; Romo, San Francisco, 30; Cishek, Miami, 27.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .359; Trout, Los Angeles, .333; ABeltre, Texas, .326; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; DOrtiz, Boston, .320; Loney, Tampa Bay, .311; Cano, New York, .308.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 89; CDavis, Baltimore, 89; Trout, Los Angeles, 88; AJones, Baltimore, 85; Bautista, Toronto, 82; Ellsbury, Boston, 78; Encarnacion, Toronto, 76.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 120; CDavis, Baltimore, 115; Encarnacion, Toronto, 92; AJones, Baltimore, 89; Fielder, Detroit, 87; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 83; Cano, New York, 81.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 161; ABeltre, Texas, 160; Machado, Baltimore, 158; Trout, Los Angeles, 156; AJones, Baltimore, 155; Ellsbury, Boston, 153; Pedroia, Boston, 150.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 43; CDavis, Baltimore, 36; Mauer, Minnesota, 35; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 34; Lowrie, Oakland, 33; JCastro, Houston, 32; AlRamirez, Chicago, 32.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Gardner, New York, 7; Drew, Boston, 6; AGordon, Kansas City, 5; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5; Kawasaki, Toronto, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5; BMiller, Seattle, 5.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 45; MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; Encarnacion, Toronto, 31; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29; Bautista, Toronto, 28; ADunn, Chicago, 28; NCruz, Texas, 27.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 46; RDavis, Toronto, 37; Andrus, Texas, 34; Altuve, Houston, 30; Rios, Texas, 29; McLouth, Baltimore, 28; Trout, Los Angeles, 28.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 18-1; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 14-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 14-4; Colon, Oakland, 145; CWilson, Los Angeles, 13-6; Masterson, Cleveland, 13-9; 5 tied at 12.

ERA—Kuroda, New York, 2.41; AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.50; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.62; Darvish, Texas, 2.68; Sale, Chicago, 2.78; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.82; DHolland, Texas, 2.95.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 214; Scherzer, Detroit, 185; FHernandez, Seattle, 182; Masterson, Cleveland, 175; Sale, Chicago, 175; Verlander, Detroit, 160; DHolland, Texas, 157.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 39; Nathan, Texas, 37; MRivera, New York, 36; MRivera, New York, 36; GHolland, Kansas City, 34; GHolland, Kansas City, 34; AReed, Chicago, 32.

Golf

Fed-Ex Cup Leaders PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders Through Aug. 18 Rank Player Points YTD Money 1. Tiger Woods 3,059 $7,687,119 2. Matt Kuchar 2,293 $5,006,408 3. Brandt Snedeker 2,218 $4,913,261 4. Phil Mickelson 2,166 $4,956,727 5. Bill Haas 1,505 $3,223,463 6. Billy Horschel 1,487 $3,117,543 7. Justin Rose 1,447 $3,163,881 8. Jordan Spieth 1,436 $2,631,220 9. Henrik Stenson 1,426 $3,441,003 10. Keegan Bradley 1,416 $3,136,613 11. Adam Scott 1,347 $3,206,513 1,335 $2,583,982 12. Boo Weekley 13. Kevin Streelman 1,333 $2,784,418 14. Jason Day 1,284 $2,923,263 15. Jason Dufner 1,256 $2,641,334 16. Dustin Johnson 1,226 $2,572,844 17. Webb Simpson 1,188 $2,355,284 18. Zach Johnson 1,141 $2,287,259 19. Harris English 1,134 $2,127,757 20. Steve Stricker 1,117 $2,553,532 21. Hunter Mahan 1,101 $2,355,997 22. Patrick Reed 1,062 $1,927,999 23. Jim Furyk 1,057 $2,165,929 24. Russell Henley 1,048 $1,958,106 25. D.A. Points 1,038 $2,239,287 996 $1,923,250 26. Jimmy Walker 27. Charles Howell III 996 $1,782,292 28. Graeme McDowell 941 $2,135,769 29. Jonas Blixt 912 $1,972,486 30. John Merrick 909 $1,827,580 31. Chris Kirk 904 $1,536,416 32. Ken Duke 902 $1,705,863 33. Charl Schwartzel 871 $1,759,823 34. Graham DeLaet 856 $1,577,300 35. Lee Westwood 856 $1,953,501 36. Sang-Moon Bae 838 $1,696,240 37. Matt Jones 836 $1,448,507 38. Bubba Watson 830 $1,514,756 39. Michael Thompson 828 $1,672,420 826 $1,751,279 40. Angel Cabrera

41. Roberto Castro 42. Rickie Fowler 43. Scott Stallings 44. Martin Laird 45. David Lingmerth 46. Ryan Palmer 47. Chris Stroud 48. Charley Hoffman 49. Rory McIlroy 50. Scott Piercy 51. Brendon de Jonge 52. Brian Gay 53. David Hearn 54. David Lynn 55. Luke Donald 56. Tim Clark 57. John Rollins 58. Kevin Chappell 59. Sergio Garcia 60. Gary Woodland 61. Josh Teater 62. K.J. Choi 63. Nick Watney 64. Kyle Stanley 65. John Huh 66. Freddie Jacobson 67. Cameron Tringale 68. Ryan Moore 69. Marc Leishman 70. Ian Poulter 71. Brian Davis 72. Luke Guthrie 73. Robert Garrigus 74. Derek Ernst 75. Daniel Summerhays 76. Scott Brown 77. Nicholas Thompson 78. Brian Stuard 79. Jerry Kelly 80. Brian Harman 81. Brendan Steele 82. Ernie Els 83. Stewart Cink 84. Richard H. Lee 85. Rory Sabbatini 86. Martin Flores 87. Kevin Stadler 88. Matt Every 89. Pat Perez 90. Bo Van Pelt 91. Justin Leonard 92. William McGirt 93. James Driscoll 94. Bob Estes 95. Jason Kokrak 96. Ted Potter, Jr. 97. J.J. Henry 98. Bryce Molder 99. Geoff Ogilvy 100. Jeff Overton 101. James Hahn 102. Mark Wilson 103. Martin Kaymer 104. Charlie Beljan 105. John Senden 106. Jason Bohn 107. Lucas Glover 108. Jeff Maggert 109. Justin Hicks 110. Camilo Villegas 111. Morgan Hoffmann 112. Chez Reavie 113. Carl Pettersson 114. D.H. Lee 115. Andres Romero 116. Johnson Wagner 117. Erik Compton 118. Charlie Wi 119. Aaron Baddeley 120. Steven Bowditch 121. George McNeill 122. Greg Chalmers 123. Stuart Appleby 124. Scott Langley 125. Ben Crane 126. Robert Streb 127. Peter Hanson 128. Nicolas Colsaerts 129. Brad Fritsch 130. Padraig Harrington 131. Bud Cauley 132. Ricky Barnes 133. Fabian Gomez 134. Greg Owen 135. Shawn Stefani 136. Chad Campbell 137. Woody Austin 138. David Toms 139. Jim Herman 140. Tommy Gainey 141. Ryo Ishikawa 142. Tag Ridings 143. Trevor Immelman 144. Dicky Pride 145. Brendon Todd 146. Vijay Singh 147. Doug LaBelle II 148. Ben Kohles 149. Brandt Jobe 150. Justin Bolli

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Basketball

WNBA Glance

Women’s National Basketball Association At A Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 18 8 .692 — Atlanta 14 9 .609 2½ Washington 12 15 .444 6½ Indiana 11 14 .440 6½ New York 10 15 .400 7½ Connecticut 7 17 .292 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 18 7 .720 — Los Angeles 18 8 .692 ½ Phoenix 14 12 .538 4½ Seattle 12 13 .480 6 San Antonio 9 15 .375 8½ Tulsa 8 18 .308 10½ Tuesday's Games Atlanta 88, Minnesota 75 Chicago 79, Washington 73 Phoenix 89, Tulsa 86 Seattle 77, Los Angeles 57 Wednesday's Games San Antonio at Indiana Thursday's Games Minnesota at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Friday's Games Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Seattle at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Soccer

MLS Glance

Major League Soccer All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Sporting KC 11 8 6 39 36 New York 11 8 6 39 36 Philadelphia 10 7 8 38 36 Montreal 11 7 5 38 36 Houston 10 7 6 36 29 New England 9 9 6 33 29 Chicago 9 10 4 31 29 Columbus 8 11 5 29 29 Toronto FC 4 12 8 20 21 D.C. 3 17 4 13 14

GA 25 31 32 35 23 23 34 30 33 40

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake 12 8 5 41 41 30 Colorado 10 7 9 39 33 27 Portland 9 3 11 38 34 22 Los Angeles 11 9 4 37 39 32 Vancouver 10 8 6 36 36 32 Seattle 10 8 4 34 30 26 FC Dallas 8 7 9 33 31 35 San Jose 9 10 6 33 26 35 Chivas USA 4 13 6 18 20 40 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday's Games FC Dallas at Chivas USA Real Salt Lake at Portland Friday's Games Sporting Kansas City at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7 p.m.

Houston at Montreal, 7 p.m.

San Jose at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

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

Sunday's Games New York at Chivas USA, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Seattle FC, 10 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 30 New England at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.

Portland at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31 Seattle FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

D.C. United at New York, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1 Houston at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Chivas USA at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

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York City-style.

At least a couple of city locales are offering this unusual option — the chance to sleep outdoors, incredibly comfortably. It’s an urban take on “glamping,” where hotel comforts are taken outside.

“It’s basically being able to sleep under the stars in a luxury setting,” said Jeffrey Poirot, general manager at AKA Central Park, which offers an outdoor bedroom on its 1,000-square-foot terrace outside its 17th-floor penthouse.

For about $2,000 per night, the offering includes a bedroom setup — queen bed, fireplace, television — but also a telescope to look at the stars and the ingredients for that campfire favorite, s’mores.

AKA has been offering the option for the past few years, Poirot said. It’s a popular option in the summer months, and has been booked more than half a dozen times this year, he said.

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“That’s what camping is all about,” Waxman said, who admitted that in previous camping forays with friends, she would stay for dinner, then return to her home or a hotel.

“This is exactly what I want,” Waxman said, and Dokton agreed.

“The access to the city, being in the middle of the city and having this kind of atmosphere, it’s fantastic,” he said.

They had engaged in luxury camping during their travels internationally, but were thrilled to have the chance to do it in New York. And they still felt a sense of solitude, even in a city of millions.

“There’s a sense of privacy up here, too,” Dokton said.

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General Manager Steve Sasso said the offerings had been in place for a few years, with around 10 percent to 20 percent of those booking the suite choosing from the outdoor options.

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Having the ability to sleep outside but have access to the hotel room made a difference, Boyle said.

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US weighs pros, cons of cutting some aid to Egypt Bradley Klapper and Deb Riechmann Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, undertaking a major review of U.S. relations with Egypt, edged closer to a decision Tuesday about curtailing some of America’s $1.5 billion in annual aid after the Egyptian military’s crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Top administration officials met at the White House to review the possibility of cutting military or economic aid to Egypt, a longtime U.S. ally and the most populous nation in the Arab world.

Some cuts are forthcoming, according to U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly about the sensitive discussions.

Tensions in Egypt have soared since the army ousted Morsi, who was the nation’s first freely elected president.

The July 3 coup followed days of protests by millions of Egyptians demanding that Morsi, who hails from the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, step down.

Some 1,000 people have been killed in ensuing violence.

The U.S. is in a bind.

While it wants to con-

tinue aiding Egypt to maintain ties with the military-run government and assert its influence in the region, the Obama administration and lawmakers do not want to appear to be condoning the bloody crackdown.

To express its displeasure, the U.S. suspended the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt and canceled biennial U.S.Egyptian military exercises planned for next month.

In canceling the military exercises, President Barack Obama said that America’s traditional cooperation with Egypt “cannot continue as usual” while violence and instability deepen.

The administration now is deciding what it wants U.S. engagement in Egypt to look like and what, if any, aid, should be cut.

Congress, meanwhile, appears split on whether to suspend the aid, with some saying that would deprive Washington of leverage over those in power in Cairo.

So far, Obama has opted against any swift reaction, insisting it would not serve U.S. national interests to suddenly eliminate funding for operations that cover everything from fighting al-Qaida in the heart of the Middle East and safeguarding the stability of the Suez Canal to halt-

ing weapons flow to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and ensuring Israel’s security.

For weeks the administration has said it won’t characterize the military’s takeover of the Egyptian government as a coup d’etat.’

Such a determination would not only make it appear that the U.S. was taking sides in the internal conflict, but it also would, under U.S. law, trigger an automatic suspension of most aid programs.

However, while the administration has not declared Egypt’s military takeover a coup, officials are essentially treating it as such internally and are reviewing aid under the guidelines that govern such a determination, a U.S. official said.

Stopping short of making a formal declaration gives the U.S. flexibility in what aid it might cut off, the official said. It also would make it easier to reinstate aid later.

The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

The money is significant. Between 1948 and 2011, the U.S. provided Egypt with $71.6 billion in bilateral aid, according to a June report issued by the Congressional Research Service.

A number of U.S. interests are at stake. U.S. warships are given fast passage through the Suez Canal to deploy carrier groups to the Persian Gulf.

Without that access, the ships would have to travel around the Cape of Good Hope, adding time to their deployment from Norfolk, Va., the report said. The U.S. also wants to keep the 1979 IsraelEgypt peace treaty intact, promote democracy and economic growth in the country and maintain Egyptian cooperation on intelligence and issues related to terrorist activity in the region.

The U.S. currently sends $1.48 billion a year in aid to Egypt.

The bulk of the money — $1.23 billion — is in the form of military aid.

Since 2000, Egypt’s military financing from the U.S. has been placed in an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where the money stays until it is obligated.

The money doesn’t actually leave the U.S. Egypt uses the money to negotiate major arms purchases, such as tanks, with U.S. defense suppliers.

The State Department says some $585 million — almost half the military aid package for the year — has not yet been obligated. Spokeswoman Marie Harf said the

administration hasn’t missed any deadlines because it has until Sept.

30, the end of the fiscal year, to use the money.

Even as officials review aid to Egypt, the U.S. military has continued to ship thousands of spare parts for American weapons systems used by Egyptian forces, including armored personnel carriers, tanks and missiles.

The next military weapons shipments are scheduled to take place next month — including 10 Apache helicopters and a number of M1A1 Abrams tank kits, which include machine guns and other equipment used with the tanks. Defense Department officials said they did not know the exact number of tank kits scheduled to be sent in September.

Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said those shipments are being reviewed, but the deliveries are continuing as planned. “There is no policy decision to suspend the shipment of any weapons systems other than the F-16s,” Warren said. “Any suggestion of a de facto suspension is incorrect.”

The rest of the U.S. aid to Egypt — $250 million — is in the form of economic support.

Harf said the U.S. is trying to abide by all requirements and has

Rustin, who died in 1987, is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. As a Quaker and pacifist, he was often an outcast. Perhaps most notably, he was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society. He served as chief strategist for King’s march, over the objections of some leaders — but he was

kept mostly in the background, with some organizers considering him a liability.

At the commemorations for King’s march 50 years later, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people will be included like never before in a sign of the civil rights movement’s broad evolution.

Rustin also will be honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

“In ‘63, we didn’t talk about gays,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who was joined by gay and lesbian activists in announcing plans for the gatherings scheduled Aug. 24-28 in Washington. “Bayard Rustin had to take a back seat. Gay and lesbian leadership stands with us and will be speaking this time.”

Groups plan to bus in gay and lesbian participants from Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, North Carolina and beyond. The planning groups include the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Black Justice Coalition and the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay rights group,

as well as labor and teachers unions.

The Rev. MacArthur Flournoy, who directs faith partnerships and mobilizing at the Human Rights Campaign, said the inclusion of gay rights in the larger civil rights movement has been transformative.

“We see human rights and civil rights as linked.

And so our commitment is to stand with others on issues of justice and, really, on issues of equality,” he said. “LGBT equality, in our minds, is consistent with many other justice issues, so it’s important that we’re present.”

Gay rights advocates credit Sharpton and leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People with overcoming divisions among AfricanAmerican groups, some of which remain socially conservative. Gay issues can be divisive, especially in black churches.

King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, has spoken out in the past against gay marriage, while her late mother, Coretta Scott King, was an ardent gay rights supporter.

The pace of change in views among civil rights leaders has been surprising, said Taylor Branch, a historian who has written extensively on the civil rights movement. It reflects the broad impact of the 1960s call for equal citizenship, which led to movements for the rights of women, the environment, disabled people and eventually for gays.

“Once people really started confronting their fears and what does equal citizenship mean and why aren’t we fairer to this group or that group, it sparked all kinds of questions like that,” Branch said.

The inclusion of gay rights marks an evolution in how Americans think about civil rights as rights pertaining to citizenship, Branch said.

“It’s a step in maturity beyond trying to say this is just about us and race relations,” Branch said.

“I think acknowledging the larger impact doesn’t diminish the movement.

It actually shows how important it was in opening other doors then and maybe still now.”

Civil rights veteran Julian Bond, who helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, said there has been a “shift in consciousness” among African-Americans. For 11 years as NAACP chairman, Bond said he never pushed the organization to take a stand on gay marriage because he feared he would lose if the issue was put to a vote. Then in May 2012, shortly after Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, the organization’s board voted to support gay marriage rights.

“Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law,” the group announced, citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.

In a written statement to The Associated Press, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous

conducted a legal review of programs. So far, the review has found that most forms of U.S. economic aid to Egypt can legally continue even if a coup is declared because funds are spent on promoting democracy, health and rule of law programs and the like. She said, however, that there is a “tiny bucket” of economic aid that might be subject to cancellation because of the events that have taken place in Egypt.

European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday in Brussels to forge a joint response to the recent violence in Egypt with discussions expected on proposals to halt aid programs and suspend arms shipments.

However, the threat to withhold aid — by either the U.S. or the EU — is weakened by the readiness of wealthy Arab states to prop up Egypt’s new military-backed leadership. So far, they have promised $12 billion in new aid, chiefly from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, who are longtime critics of Morsi’s Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood.

The grants allow the government to pay for vital food and fuel imports.

AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace and AP Writer Lolita C. Baldor at the Pentagon contributed to this report.

Civil rights includes gays 50 years after march WASHINGTON (AP) — Months before Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” declaration galvanized a quarter-million people at the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was planning all the essential details to keep the crowd orderly and engaged.

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said a broader coalition is needed to fight the civil rights battles of the 21st century.

“Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions,” he said. “When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting.

But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.”

For LGBT people, the fight is not yet over for the values of equality King stood for, said Darlene Nipper of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Most states ban gay marriage and other civil rights for gay couples.

As a black woman and lesbian, Nipper said she will be able to bring her whole self to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, now that the gay rights movement is not a separate cause pushed to the side.

“It’s just a powerful, palpable, beautiful progression toward the kind of society that Martin Luther King Jr. talked about when he was talking about that truly beloved community,” she said. “That’s really reflective of inclusion for all of us.”

While Rustin was kept out of public view 50 years ago at the march, Flournoy and other gay rights advocates said they plan to speak at this year’s gatherings. There will also be special events at Washington’s Lincoln Theatre and at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters to honor Rustin’s memory. And Rustin will be honored later this year at the White House.

“It’s going to be a watershed moment,” said Sharon Lettman-Hicks of the National Black Justice Coalition, which is dedicated to LGBT people of color. “But the work is not done.”

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