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Belinda M. Paschal Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Parents of Piqua City Schools students soon will be introduced to the state’s new district report cards, PCS Superintendent Rick Hanes said at Thursday’s meeting of the Piqua Board of Education.

“The (report cards) will be going out next week with students to their parents,” Hanes said.

The new report cards have been a source of consternation for local administrators, as the system no longer gives an overall grade to each district, but grades in five areas: met 22 of 24 state indicators; performance index (measures student test performance); four-year graduation rate; overall value added (measures fourth through eighthgraders’ academic growth in math and reading); and AMOs (measures subgroups of students by race, economics, etc., achievement with entire student body).

PCS received a letter grade of a B in meeting state standards based on state testing across the district, plus attendance, having met 20 out of the 24 standards possible. However, the district received a letter grade of an F on overall value added.

Hanes said the district will be addressing “the gaps we have to get the ratings where we want them to be.”

Curt South of Fanning/Howe Associates gave a building project update at the board of education meeting. Construction on the new Piqua Central Intermediate School is now in the “earthworks” stage, with excavation work being done and building pads being laid, he said.

“Hopefully, in a week or so, we’ll be able to see the beginning of the outline of the building,” South said.

Weather permitting, the some of the foundations and concrete blocks for exterior walls should be completed within the next month, he added. “That will be the main focus,” he said. “We’ll try to get as much done as we can before December comes and the cold weather sets in.”

The projected completion date for the work August 2015. A groundbreaking ceremony for Piqua Central Intermediate will be at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 23.

At Springcreek, brick veneers are being installed in the gymnasium and the stage area has been poured, while at Washington Intermediate concrete blocks are being laid and the gymnasium walls “are about three-quarters of the way along,” South said.

The board also discussed applying for a Straight A Fund grant, a federal program that provides monies to educators aiming to try new approaches to meet the learning needs of their students.

“The (grant) would allow us to bring resources into the classroom like Discovery Education (for teachers) and the Northwest Evaluation Association to determine strengths and areas that need improvement,” Hanes said.

“It would really make a difference for our students over a long period of time.”

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Piqua resident Cris Brubaker checks on the demolition progress at the intersection of Covington Avenue and Wood Street, more commonly known as “The Point.” The building that stood on the corner was the former home of Custom Chuck Interior Surfaces. The business was owned for 53 years by Brubaker’s father, Chuck Brubaker. Brubaker described her father as “the expert in the business in that day,” regarding countertops, flooring and other interior home building products. The city has purchased the property and, once demolition and cleanup are complete, will turn it into green space.

To Market … Not!

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A Market Day commercial food truck sits at the railroad overpass on Eldean Road south of Piqua on Wednesday after its driver attempted to make his 11’1” high box truck go under a 9’8” clearance. The driver was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. The truck sustained heavy damage. The vehicle was carrying Market Day food for Concord Elementary School in Troy. The crash is under investigation by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.

New routine for new teacher Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Amy Woehrmyer has been busy. Not only has her family of three, husband Rob and one-year old son Landon, just finished moving into the area but she’s tackling her first year of teaching.

“I’ve no complaints,” said the new science and math teacher at the Piqua Catholic School campus on North Street with a smile as she stood at the front of an empty classroom that was only min-

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utes from being filled. “The kids are great and it’s going pretty well.”

Overseeing 5th- to 8thgrader classes for an approximate 60 students, and also teaching one religion course, Woehrmyer expressed gratitude for the opportunity. And as an original Minster resident, with the family most recently having resided in Ft. Loramie, the educator said the transition to Piqua has been a positive one.

“I love being here,” said Woehrmyer, her husband an IT computer technician at

PSC Crane & Rigging and a part-time police officer for the city of New Bremen.

“Piqua is a good town. It has a very community feeling.”

As the Woehrmyer family gets settled into their new home, the educator is also settling into new routines as a new teacher at a new school with new students.

Explaining it takes a lot of planning during the first year to develop a foundation or groundwork.

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2 Friday, September 27, 2013 Obituary Eric King GROVE CITY — Eric King, 33, of Grove City, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013.

He was born June 9, 1980, in Bowling Green, Ohio, to Dan and Diane (Bassett) King and they survive in Franklin, N.C. Eric is also survived by his son, David of Troy; his brother, Kyle King of Columbus; King and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his step-sister, Chrissy King; his maternal grandparents, Cecil Jr. and Oletha Bassett; and his paternal grandparents, George and Shirley King.

Eric was a 1999 graduate of Troy High School.

He has previously

worked at Zanzis Pizza in Grove City.

He loved country music, fishing, Ohio State Football and the Green Bay Packers.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today, September 27, at Smith-Crates Funeral Home, North Baltimore, with his uncle, Pastor James M. Curtis officiating. Burial will be in McComb Union Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m., Thursday at the SmithCrates Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Honor Flight of Northwest Ohio.

Online condolences may be made at www. coldrencrates.com.

Justice Department spent nearly $5M on drones Pete Yost

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has been using drones to support its law enforcement operations since 2006 and has spent more than $3 million on the unmanned aircraft, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Thursday.

The disclosure came in a new report by the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, who revealed that the department also has awarded $1.26 million to at least seven local police departments and nonprofit organization for drones.

In addition, the IG said another Justice Department component, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, plans to use drones to support future operations. To date, the ATF has spent almost $600,000, the IG report stated.

From 2004 to May 2013, the Justice Department spent almost $5 million on the unmanned aircraft.

In June, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that the FBI occasionally uses the unmanned aerial vehicles but was developing guidelines in anticipation of issues that will arise “as they become more omnipresent.” In one instance earlier this year, the FBI used drones at night during a six-day hostage standoff in Alabama.

In a letter in July to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the FBI revealed it had used drones 10 times since 2006 for surveillance in kidnappings, search and rescue missions, and drug and fugitive investigations.

Among them was last winter’s standoff between authorities and Jimmy Lee Dykes, who was shot to death after holding a

5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama, the letter said.

The IG’s report cited the Alabama case, but no others, saying only that a review of available records showed that the FBI appeared to be operating drones only after obtaining required approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Civil liberties groups critical of domestic drone use say such operations could invade people’s privacy. The government worries drones could collide with passenger planes or crash, concerns that have slowed more widespread adoption of the technology.

Paul, mentioned as a possible 2016 GOP presidential candidate, had been thwarting the Senate confirmation vote of Mueller’s successor, James Comey, over his concerns about the FBI’s domestic use of drones and had asked the FBI to address his concerns.

The FBI’s letter to Paul also said that while the Supreme Court had not ruled on the use of drones, prior rulings on aerial surveillance held that court warrants were not needed because the areas monitored were open to public view and “there was no reasonable expectation of privacy.”

The agency also wrote that a warrant would not be needed because drones don’t physically trespass on private property.

The IG report, however, suggested that drones might present special challenges in the realm of civil liberties.

For example, said the IG report, drones have the “unique capability” to maneuver effectively yet covertly in the areas surrounding a home, where expectations of privacy are not clear or well-defined.

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P-U! Mexico City tries to freshen its odor problem Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — For many, the first experience of Mexico City is a sprawling airport and an appalling stink.

It wafts from the manholes and leaves the morning air smelling fresh as a septic tank.

On bad days, it hits travelers as they step off airplanes and follows them through the terminal. It can overpower a pleasant bike ride along the cobblestone streets of the capital’s downtown, or interrupt an alfresco meal in the trendy Condesa neighborhood.

Anna Sloan, a 68-year-old tourist from California who arrived at the Mexico City airport one recent afternoon, noticed a foul odor while waiting to pick up her luggage.

“What’s that smell? That’s horrible!” she told a group of friends traveling with her. “That’s no way to welcome visitors.”

The odor problems are a result of poorly managed wastewater and trash in a sprawling metropolis whose population — 20 million by official count — outgrew its infrastructure decades ago. Authorities have sought for years to find a solution.

Now, it’s new Mayor Miguel Mancera’s turn to try to deodorize the city’s B.O. This month he announced plans to control the foul odors that waft from the city’s only compost plant at a landfill near the airport and to more aggressively recycle trash citywide.

The ambitious $135 million plan calls for construction of three biogas plants to produce electricity from compost. It will include more recycling programs so that by the time it’s completed in 2018 all 12,500 tons of trash produced daily is recycled, Mancera said.

Experts agree the main source of the fetid air that blows into some areas of Mexico City intermittently is from an overwhelmed sewage system.

The city’s sewage pipes and an underground drainage tunnel, which has to accommodate sewage and storm water, were built more than 50 years ago, and the population in the metropolitan area has doubled since then and the system can’t keep up.

To make matters worse, the city pumps so much water from underground aquifers that some neighborhoods sink by up to a foot a year, which further disrupts the draining of sewage, said Sergio Palacios Mayorga, a profes-

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In this March 18, 2009, file photo, a worker walks inside an underground deep drainage tunnel system that handles rainwater and sewage in Mexico City. Experts agree the main source of the capital’s odor problems is from an overwhelmed sewage system.

sor at Mexico’s National Autonomous University, who studies solid-waste management.

“What’s happening is that the sewage system has less pressure because the city is sinking, and that makes wastewater move slowly or completely get stuck in some places,” he said.

Mexico City advocates note the odor problems come and go and do not affect all areas of the city equally. And for such a huge metropolis in a developing country where boiling grease from thousands of food stalls crackle along many streets, things could be worse.

“There are smells in the city, definitely, but they are in certain areas where the sewage system doesn’t work very well,” said Ricardo Estrada, deputy director for recycling at the city’s Development Services Department.

Sewage pumps have been built throughout the city and work constantly to suck sewage-laced water out of the rapidly sinking, mountain-ringed lakebed on which the city was built more than 600 years ago.

The pumps have venting stacks that spew foul-smelling gas into the sky, including from a large yellow horse figure that doubles as a piece of public art.

The huge sculpture known as “El Caballito,” or “The Little Horse,” sits on the leafy, elegant Reforma Avenue and is a venting stack for the city’s underground drainage tunnel.

The sewage system in the metropolitan area currently processes more than 13,000 gallons (50,000 liters) of sewage water every second, enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool

every minute.

City officials are also looking for help with bad odors and, more importantly, the risk of major flooding from a 39-mile (62-kilometer) long and 7-meter (7.5-yard) wide sewage tunnel that is being built by the federal government. So far, 6 miles (10-kilometers) of the underground project, which will cost at least $15 billion, have been completed.

Mexico City residents have learned to live with the smells.

Some joggers and bike riders wear surgical masks that protect them against pollution and rancid air.

Restaurant owners, food vendors, shoe shiners and anyone else who works on sidewalks cover manholes with pieces of tarp, carpet or trash bags. Patrons at sidewalk cafes wrinkle their noses at the fetid fumes and simply change tables indoors.

Jose Garcia, a 48-year-old shoe shiner with a prime spot on Reforma Avenue, uses a plastic bag and a piece of carpet to try to conceal the smell emanating from a manhole near his work station, but his clients still notice.

“They tell me they can smell feces,” Garcia said. “I can smell it, too, from time to time, but what else can I do?

There are other corners where the smell is worse.”

Garcia said he has worked on the same corner for 33 years and the whole time he has caught whiffs of rancid air.

“We are thousands and thousands of people with a bad drainage system.

Imagine!” he said. “I have already gotten used to it.”

Guinness-fueled ‘holiday’ troubles many in Ireland Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s love affair with pub and pint is sparking national soulsearching as never before because of an unofficial holiday dreamed up by Guinness.

Thursday’s celebrations of Arthur’s Day, honoring the 18th-century founder of Ireland’s quintessential drink, feature surprise musical performances in 815 pubs and clubs across Ireland as well as concerts worldwide from Malaysia to Jamaica.

Launched in 2009, Guinness says the annual festivities provide a needed tonic for a 7,500-strong Irish pub network struggling to maintain profits in the face of a five-year debt crisis that has ravaged employment and incomes.

Many pubs are offering free pints of the dark brown stout at 5:59 p.m. — a reference to the founding of Guinness in 1759 — followed by the appearance of a band or singer, among them internationally popular acts, many kept secret until that moment. All entertainers are paid by Guinness’ British parent, Diageo.

“It’s really a musical treasure hunt. It’s one of my favorite nights of the year,” said David Doolan, a 28-yearold software engineer who plans to follow tweeted tipoffs as musical acts turn up in Dublin pubs. He’s caught parts of impromptu performances by Tom Jones, Mumford & Sons and Stereophonics in past festivities.

But this year, Guinness has been put on the defensive amid surging protests that

Arthur’s Day is compounding an alcoholic culture that costs Ireland 3.7 billion euros ($5 billion) annually in hung-over workers, a Europeleading rate of liver disease, late-night vandalism and violence in hospital emergency rooms.

“They shouldn’t call it Arthur’s Day. They should call it Vomit Day,” said Aisling Fitzsimons, a 50-year-old manager of a convenience store who says she has to hose down the sidewalk outside most weekends.

Two performers who definitely aren’t playing are Irish folk singer Christy Moore and the Celtic rock band The Waterboys. Both have penned anti-Arthur’s Day songs that harness an Irish sense of unease of being played for fools by a brewing behemoth.

“Arthur’s alco-holiday is coming ‘round again. He’s the patron saint of porter, canonized by the advertising men,” Moore, a recovering alcoholic, sang Wednesday night during a nationally televised debate on state broadcasters RTE focused on the Guinness promotional machine.

The song’s punch line predicted that Ireland’s emergency rooms would be transformed into “drunk tanks” while “Diageo goes AWOL at closing time.”

But one of this year’s star attractions, Dublin rock band The Script, accused Moore of hypocrisy and of using the protest song to generate free publicity for his own upcoming album.

“If Christy Moore has an idea about how to fund hundreds of free music events and countless musicians in

a festival, then let’s hear it,” said Script frontman Danny O’Donoghue. “If Christy feels that strongly about it, ban alcohol from all your gigs.”

All sides agree Ireland has a deeply ingrained alcohol problem. Government statistics show that Irish households last year spent 7.7 percent of their money, or 6.3 billion euros ($8.5 billion), on alcoholic drinks. That’s double what they spent on clothing and more than 2,100 euros ($2,800) per adult, with women increasingly drinking hard liquor as much as men.

“Diageo has invented Arthur’s Day as a pseudonational holiday for the purposes of marketing its products, especially to young people, thereby stimulating greater consumption of alcohol,” said Alex White, the government minister responsible for policy on alcohol and drugs.

Ireland’s Cabinet is mulling whether to impose minimum price controls on alcoholic beverages and restrictions on advertising and event sponsorship in a country where Guinness’ name adorns everything from sports jerseys to rail bridges.

Guinness also brews several other European and American beer brands in Dublin.

Guinness says it’s keeping an open mind on changing Arthur’s Day next year to focus less on pubs and pints, and more on the arts, but insists nobody’s being forced to drink when watching musical performances.

The Irish corporate relations director of Diageo, Peter O’Brien, said his own

sister is a nurse and he understands fully how alcohol abuse strains Ireland’s emergency services at night.

“As we’ve lived through austerity, and we’ve had a real change in society, we’ve started to question our relationship with everything: the (Catholic) church, big business, politicians. And we’re questioning our relationship with alcohol,” O’Brien said.

But he said Guinness, as the country’s dominant brewer, still needed to do more to promote the pub as a center of Irish life and tourism. He noted a report published this week by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland — a lobbying group of which he is chairman — found that, since Ireland’s economy went bust in 2008, Ireland’s pubs had shrunk by nearly 1,000 and employed 17 percent fewer people.

Ireland’s Royal College of Physicians has appealed for a public boycott of Arthur’s Day and says Diageo is contributing to a doubling of deaths by liver disease since 1995.

“We have a progressively worsening relationship with alcohol in Ireland,” said Dr. Stephen Stewart, director of the Liver Disease Center in Dublin’s Mater Hospital, where he regularly sees patients in their 30s facing life-threatening liver failure.

But some say the critics have picked a conveniently easy target in Guinness — when it’s really Ireland that needs to look in the mirror.

“There’s an alco-holiday happening all the time in Ireland,” said Paddy Cullivan, a Dublin musician and satirist. “It’s called Friday and Saturday night.”

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YWCA reading circle discusses Sonia Sotomayor memoir PIQUA — The YWCA Reading Circle, facilitated by Linda Grimes, will be discussing “Sonia Sotomayor: My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayor at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the YWCA Piqua, 418 N. Wayne St. The discussion is open to the public and YWCA membership is not required.

In her book, Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, describes her life from her precarious childhood with an alcoholic father, a devoted but overburdened mother and the refuge she took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spir-

ited paternal grandmother. When diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, she recognized that she must ultimately depend on herself.

With only television characters for her professional role models and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney’s office, private practice and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of 40.

Kids invited to Saturday Night Live at YMCA PIQUA —The Miami County YMCA Piqua Branch is offering a Saturday Night Live Event on Saturday, Sept. 28 for youth in first through sixth grade.

This will be a night with swimming, gym games, a bounce house, and the Youth Center.

Pizza and lemonade

will be served at the Youth Center.

Drop off begins at 7 p.m. and pick up is at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Register at the Piqua Branch or over the phone at 773-9622.

For further questions and information, contact Jaime Hull at 4409622 or j.hull@miamicountyymca.net.

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Saturday

YWCA to offer Tablet 101 class PIQUA — Brad Reed will offer a Tablet 101 class from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, for those interested in learning more about tablets and IPads.

“Many people have these electronic devices and are confused and unsure about what it does and how to use it,” said Reed. “I hope to lessen that stress and help everyone maximize their use of this wonderful tool.”

Class participants are encouraged to bring their

own tablets or IPads to class and spend time learning about how to use it and actually practicing with their own device.

Membership is not required for this hands-on class, according to Lynn Marroletti, YWCA program director.

For more information or to register, stop at the YWCA at 418 N. Wayne St., call 773-6626 or e-mail info@ywcapiqua.com.

The YWCA is handicapped-accessible.

woh.rr.com The Extravaganza Parade will feature fire trucks from area villages, antique cars, floats, drill teams and more.

Chris Canan will honored as the grand marshal this year.

Anyone wishing to participate, should contact Debbie Richard at the above phone or email address. There is no fee to participate in the parade.

BRADFORD — The Bradford Community Festival Association would like to extend an invitation to all surrounding communities to visit the village of Bradford on Sunday evening, Oct. 6, beginning at 7 p.m., to attend the annual “House and Property Decorating Contest.”

All entries will center around one theme this year – “Back in the 80s.”

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TROY — Live music and pony rides, a tractor-pulled hay wagon ride, pumpkin decorating, great food, games and prizes — what more could a child ask for on an autumn weekend?

On Saturday, Oct. 12 from noon-5 p.m., the Overfield School, 172 S. Ridge Ave., is hosting its 12th annual Fall Festival for Young Children at the school’s grounds featuring many unique activities, including games like the treasure hunt, as well as balloon-twisting and face-painting.

Enjoy live music and a sing-along with Overfield teacher Carla Briggs, whose lovely voice and guitar playing have thrilled students for years.

Come hungry and visit the Overfield Cafe, where some of the area’s most popular local eateries will be offering snacks and treats for kid and adult palates. You won’t leave with an empty stomach — and you may not leave empty-handed, either. Another fantastic tradition at our festival is the all-day raffle, with hundreds of prizes for boys and girls, kids and adults, including cash, American Girl dolls, toys, bikes, games, dozens of gift certificates

to local restaurants and shops and much more.

Set in an idyllic location of hills and woods in the heart of Troy, Overfield is a safe and well-equipped place for kids to follow their curiosity and learn through unique experiences. Visit the garden, do some bird-watching at the student-created viewing area or climb on the fire truck. Little bug-lovers can observe local wildlife in adjacent wooded trails or take a hike to the Hobart Nature Preserve, located behind the campus.

The environment fits with Overfield’s internationally-renown teaching practices, known as the Reggio approach, which encourages teachers to create opportunities for student-led learning by sparking their curiosity through movement, reading, art, nature and play. Overfield still has immediate openings for enrollment in certain age groups. Interested parents may visit the Festival table for more information.

Admission to the festival is free; raffle and game ticket prices, as well as food prices, vary.

For more information, call (937) 5111 or visit www.oecptroy.com.

PIQUA — The Piqua Class of 1957 will meet at 12 p.m. Oct. 2 for lunch at Heak Yeah Restaurant on County Road 25-A. Orders will be taken from the menu.

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Maps may be picked up at Patty’s IGA. Free cider and donuts will be available. Upon completion of the tour, a ballot for the “People’s Choice” will win $85. An $85 random drawing will also be held from all participants.

Maps also are available at Weldy’s Dairy Bar. The contest will begin at dark (approximately 7 p.m.) and homes will be lit until 10 p.m.

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Temperatures will slowly warm through Saturday, running above normal values for this time of year. A chance Sotomayor was shaped by her of showers will come back on Sunday as a cool front invaluable mentors, a failed mar- moves into the area.

High 80, Low 50 riage and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, American’s infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery.

Books and an audio tape are Mostly Chance available for check out at the sunny of rain YWCA. For more information, stop at the YWCA Piqua, call 7736626 or e-mail info@ywcapiqua. com. The YWCA is handicapped- HIGH: 82 LOW: 53 HIGH: 73 LOW: 60 accessible.

Pumpkin Show Extravaganza Parade set for Oct. 12 BRADFORD — The 85th Bradford Pumpkin Show Extravaganza Parade will take place at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12, with lineup at Bradford High School at 3 p.m. Organizers are inviting all past pumpkin show queens to participate.

If you are a past queen, or know someone who is, contact Debbie Richard at 44828454 or email drichard2@

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In the sudden blindly Or was it a fig tree? light of Brie’s wisdom … oh man …

Since I can no longer in having identified this readily green thumb unknown-to-me plant, I information from began to celebrate. My my noggin’ I decided memory wasn’t gone, to play it safe with a oh no, my flower skills few perennials (The and memory had simaforementioned laven- ply transferred to the der and daisies) and 12 year old. She would several containers of be my walking/talkannuals over the sum- ing reference manual mer to pathetic results. for next spring’s garOne potted plant gave dening. We would be such a dramatic in the comrade in arms in the throes of death perfor- great postage-stamp mance that the neigh- yard frontier!

Then Brie had to bors’ applause set dogs to howling, car alarms elaborate on how she blaring and warrants had identified the are now out for my plant. It wasn’t knowldisturbing the peace. edge of the great outtransferred While another plant doors fell under the ruin of between generations, a squirrel, the little oh no, it was a video snot parking his hairy game. An online game hide on a lawn chair for kids had nightshade one day after digging throughout the varied senselessly in the soil. backdrops.

“I can double check His sudden throne a proclamation that the for you.”

“No, no, that’s all destruction of a singular potted plant was right,” I said, storming only the beginning of into the house so as to double guess us both by his takeover.

Then, to add insult to searching online for the injury, on Sunday I dis- little flower.

Sure enough, the poicovered this itty-bitty, name-on-the-tip-of-my- sonous wee fleur growtongue greenery at the ing in the pavement front of the house. It outside the house was was growing in a crack nightshade. Identified near the porch steps all in thanks to … a in the 7 foot by maybe video game?

Some apples really 10 foot square of gray stonework that leads to do not fall far from the tree. the front door.

Or wait, is that pears?

I bent down to admire this tuft of determination, noting the pale Bethany J. Royer is the mother of two munchkins and third-year psycholgreen stem and leaves, ogy student. She can be reached at the delicate white pet- broyer@civitasmedia.com.

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How Cair tried to control what we “never forget” on 9/11

On the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 who think them — worse, write them jihad attacks, John Jamason, of Palm down on Facebook — must suffer Beach, Fla., posted the following consequences that are as unpleasant comment on his personal Facebook as possible so that others think twice, even thrice, before following suit. page: In the end, no one will think about “Never forget. There is no such thing as radical Islam. All Islam doing so at all.

That’s partly why John is radical. There may be Jamason had to have a very Muslims who don’t pracbad week, although, comtice their religion, much mendably, he refused to like others. The Quran is a apologize. book that preaches hate.”

Other reasons include a Following these compainfully compliant media ments, a firestorm would and Palm Beach County’s consume Jamason for the constitutionally shaky next week as local media administrator.

— driven by the HamasEvan Axelbank, a journallinked Council on American diane west ist for the local NBC affiliIslamic Relations (CAIR) ate, WPTV, broke the story. and a waffling county Columnist He wrote online: “There administrator — speculated whether Jamason would lose his job is a growing spotlight on a Palm as Palm Beach County public infor- Beach County employee who on 9/11 called the Qur’an hateful on his permation officer or be “disciplined.”

For what? Palm Beach County sonal Facebook page.”

Somewhat breathlessly, he folAdministrator Robert Weisman spoke of Jamason’s ignorance and hurtful- lowed up on the air: “John Jamason ness, but in reality, Jamason had reported for work as usual today, crossed the red U.S.-CAIR-Islamic- yet the county administrator says line which specifically absolves that he is considering disciplinary Islam from links to radicalism and/ action against Jamason. … The county administrator tells us that because or hatred.

For that, Jamason had to be pun- it was a private comment only publiished, or at least feel the heat for cized because of our coverage, it is a while. And that he did. Before I protected by the Constitution.”

Not exactly a robust reading of the describe the firestorm, it’s worth notFirst Amendment. ing a couple of points.

Axelbank’s report continued: It is ridiculously easy to prove Jamason’s statement is reason- “(Weisman says that Jamason) ‘is a able and true according to Islam’s merit system employee who is prosupremacist, core tenets and a slew tected by state law from arbitrary termination and has many employment of Koranic verses.

While years of conditioning (“Islam rights as a result. If he was an at-will is a religion of peace”) and an unbe- employee, for which I do have more coming commitment to convenience discretion, I would be considering his make us pretend otherwise, there is termination today for the ignorance nothing in Islamic doctrine itself that of his comments and that they are lends credence to two Islams — a hurtful to part of our community.’”

Having driven a Mack truck through “radical” Islam on the one hand, and free speech protections, Weisman left a “moderate” Islam on the other.

Indeed, among others, Turkey’s an opening for continuing blackmail prime minister (and Barack Obama’s over “ignorance” and “hurtfulness.”

Even so, the Axelbank headline great friend), Recep Tayyip Erdogan, takes strong exception to such a is shocking for permitting a reading in which CAIR is the governing concept.

“These descriptions are very ugly, body: “CAIR launches investigation it is offensive and an insult to our into PBC employee over Qur’an comreligion,” Erdogan said in 2007. ments.”

The Palm Beach Post followed “There is no moderate or immoderate somewhat less deferentially: “Muslim Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”

From a different vantage point, the group demands public records after ex-Muslim scholar Ibn Warraq frames county communications staffer posts the issue similarly, while leaving anti-Islamic message.”

And then, just as quickly as the space for variation in human nature: “There may be moderate Muslims, story flared up, it appears to have died down. “Palm Beach County pubbut Islam itself is not moderate.”

Of course, if either man worked for lic information officer won’t be disPalm Beach County, he, too, would ciplined after Islam post,” WPTV have been fighting for his job over reported.

The story was brief. “The county the past week.

Why? Such thoughts and those administrator said Jamason’s comwho think them are the remaining ments were personal and not made obstacles to the advance of Islam during work, so his statements did across the American legal and cul- not violate rules.”

That’s not the same thing as saying tural scene.

Unchecked and unchastened, they that free speech wasn’t violated in might lead to a deeper debate about deference to Islam — again. the transformative powers of Islamic West’s new book is “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault teachings and sharia (Islamic law) in Diana on Our Nation’s Character” from St. Martin’s Press. She blogs at America. dianawest.net, and she can be contacted via dianawest@verizon.

Therefore, such thoughts and those net. Follow her on Twitter @diana_west_.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: n Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, warD5comm@piquaoh.org, 773-7929 (home) n John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778 (home) n William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 n Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh. org, 778-0390 n Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh. org, 773-3189 n City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051

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To the Editor: This is directed to village of Fletcher voters.

The village council has once again placed a 1.5 mill tax levy for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of streets, roads and bridges on the Nov. 5 ballot.

It is a continuing levy, which means once it is passed you will probably be paying for it forever. (This same levy was voted down May 7. What part of “NO” is not understood?)

Personally, I cannot afford that levy as I am a federal worker and have been threatened with mandatory furloughs and a chance of a layoff in the coming fiscal year.

In addition, I am compelled to pay numerous taxes and most of us are paying for a new sewer system within the village.

More importantly, I am concerned for the residents that are on a fixed income.

In order to have enough money to do what is planned, the council is promoting this levy and its passage.

The council wants to resurface and improve Main Street within the village at a cost of $1.6 million.

Council has stated the 1.5 mill levy on an average value home would cost Fletcher homeowners 10 cents a day.

But when some of us are on a tight budget and living paycheck to paycheck, it becomes more difficult to stretch that income as every expense adds up.

To complicate matters more, there is an Ohio law that mandates a general reappraisal on your property every six years.

Consequently, 2013 is one of those years for Miami County.

As a result, your current property taxes could increase.

In any case, the levy is an additional cost on top of that.

Under the circumstances, I suggest when voting that you think through the tax implications.

It would be nice to have an improved Main Street through the village, but is it really wise or practical to spend that much money with the current fiscal stress and economic restraint? It just defies logic.

October 7 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election.

Please make certain you are registered and then vote.

Bonnie Sullenberger Fletcher

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Multitalented Gordon-Levitt kicks it up a notch in new film Jocelyn Noveck AP National Writer

Charles Sykes, Invision | AP Photo

This Sept. 12 file photo shows Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the “Don Jon” premiere in New York. GordonLevitt wrote and directed the film that opens nationwide on Sept. 27.

We’re quite sure he’s one of the only movie stars to invoke the name of late philosopher Martin Buber while promoting a film.

“I can’t say I’ve read all of Buber,” Gordon-Levitt confesses in an interview.

“But he talks about the ‘thou’ vs. the ‘it.’ And that’s the crux of Don Jon: he’s a guy who sees everything, even people, as an ‘it,’ not a ‘you.’ Don Jon objectifies everything in his life — his car, his apartment, women of course, his family, even his friends.”

Obviously, the intensely likable Gordon-Levitt — like Hugh Jackman, he’s virtually impossible NOT to like — wasn’t afraid to take on an unappealing character.

He plays Jon Martello, a New Jersey gym rat with bulging biceps, shiny hair full of “product,” a smooth way of getting the ladies to bed, and, most of all, an addiction to Internet porn.

Many scenes are devoted to Jon’s pleasuring himself in front of a laptop.

Of course, there’s more to the story: through relationships with two key women, the film explores just what men and women should expect from each other. Scarlett Johansson plays Jon’s dream girl — a “dime,” he says in his crass 1-10 rating system.

Julianne Moore is the quirky, blunt older woman he meets in night school.

The mere fact that on a low budget — “one-hundredth of a ‘Batman’ budget,” he says — GordonLevitt was able to secure such a high-powered cast is a tribute to his growing clout and his network of friends. He wrote the part of Barbara with Johansson in mind, and she was one of the first to read the script.

As for “Boogie Nights” star Moore, her first thought was, “Ugh, porn!”

“But then I realized it wasn’t about porn at all,” she says. “It’s a film about a personal ideology, that real life and authenticity are the most important things.

I think he had something really important to say about how people are defined by things.”

Ask Gordon-Levitt if he ever doubted that he could, or would, serve as directorwriter-star of “Don Jon,” and his answer is disarmingly succinct: “Nope!”

For one thing, he explains, he’s been making short films for years, ever since he bought himself a 21st birthday present of Final Cut Pro, the video editing software. “I’ve made literally hundreds,” he says. “And a lot of them, I’m in.”

As a writer, he adds, he spent five years on the “Don Jon” script, so he felt supremely comfortable with the character. And as an actor, his ease with

comedy is obvious — just check out his “Saturday Night Live” stints — a skill he attributes to years on “3rd Rock,” which he says was like working in theater. Some of the best scenes in “Don Jon,” in fact, are like little plays, centered around the family dinner table.

Finally, he notes, “Whatever people say, filmmaking is an extremely collaborative endeavor, and I was surrounded by really great people.”

That may sound like a stock line, but for Gordon-Levitt, collaboration is actually a mantra.

As his fans well know, he has an online collaborative production company called hitRECord; earlier this year he announced a partnership with the new cable network Pivot for a hitRECord variety show, featuring films, live performances, and virtually everything else.

Often, movie stars seek distance from their fans, but Gordon-Levitt invites virtually anyone to come join him by submitting their work, or just their opinions.

As if he doesn’t already have lots to do, he promises to “be on there every day.”

“He’s always been very self-directed,” sums up Moore.

In more ways than one, clearly.

Miss Piggy joins Kermit in Smithsonian Brett Zongker Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of Jim Henson’s Muppets, and Bert and Ernie will have a place in history, too.

Henson’s family, including his daughter, Cheryl Henson, donated more than 20 puppets and props Tuesday to the National Museum of American History to accompany the earlier donations of Kermit, Oscar the Grouch and early Henson creations.

The newest donation includes an original version of Miss Piggy and some of her co-stars from “The Muppet Show,” including Fozzie

Bear, Rowlf the piano-playing dog, Scooter and the Swedish Chef.

Puppets from “Sesame Street” joining the museum collection include Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and Count Von Count, among others.

Many of the puppets are among the first constructions of the characters.

Smithsonian magazine welcomed Miss Piggy, dressed in a silver evening gown and holding a red rose, with a photo shoot. The museum allowed her to pose with Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” and wearing the real 45-carat Hope Diamond from the National Museum of Natural History.

“She was very well-behaved, considering she wanted to take it home with her,” said Bonnie Erickson,

who created the Miss Piggy puppet with Henson and now is executive director of the Jim Henson Legacy foundation.

The gift was made on what would have been Henson’s 77th birthday and shortly after his wife, Jane Henson, died in April.

Miss Piggy will go on display in March 2014 in the Smithsonian’s “American Stories” exhibit. The original Kermit and Cookie Monster will go on view in November in a special display case, and a puppetry exhibit in early 2014 will likely feature Bert and Ernie, among others, curators said.

The original Kermit, made from an old coat and pingpong balls for eyes, was donated to the Smithsonian in 2010, along with other characters from “Sam and Friends.”

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

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Bryan Cranston to guest on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS says “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston is coming back to “How I Met Your Mother.”

Cranston will reprise his role as Hammond Druthers, who was Ted’s old Cranston boss until he had a meltdown, the network said Wednesday. Ted is played by series star Josh Radnor.

It’s a real change of pace for Cranston, who plays teacher-turned-meth maker Walter White on AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” The series, which won a best drama Emmy Award last weekend, airs its season finale on Sunday.

“How I Met Your Mother” began its final season on Monday.

Woman questions boyfriend’s support as she changes jobs

Dear Abby: I am the you and me is another mother of a 4-year-old matter. Please find out daughter and pregnant before you invest any more money or he impregwith my second child.

My boyfriend and I live nates you again. in a nice house and have a comfortable lifestyle. We Dear Abby: My huseach pay our own bills, band and I are well into and I pay half the mort- a relaxed retirement. His gage that is in his successful, middlename. aged son “Rory” I am extremely has developed the unhappy at my habit of stopping job. The job itself by unannounced isn’t the problem; occasionally on his it’s the manageway home from ment team and work. This would its effect on office be fine except that morale. They treat Dear Abby it falls in the midus employees like Abigail Van dle of the dinner dirt, thus everyone hour. Although we Buren is always fighting ask Rory to join us, with each other. I try to he prefers to just stand stay out of it, but I am over us and talk about unhappy to the core there. his day while we eat.

I want to find another job This wasn’t his childhood after my maternity leave, home, so it’s not a matter but I’m afraid my soon-to- of an extended familiarity be-fiance won’t be willing with this residence. to pick up the slack finanI have asked his father cially while I’m temporar- to speak to him about ily unemployed. it, and while he agrees Isn’t this the nor- that his son’s actions are mal give-and-take that rude, he refused to say “married” couples go anything. My husband is through? Shouldn’t I mild-mannered and seems expect him to help me to be happy that Rory if I’m going through a takes the time to see him. rough patch? Are my To me, it looks like this expectations unreason- is the most convenient able? — Expecting and time for Rory to get the Depressed in Texas occasional parent visit Dear Expecting: I out of the way while not assume that you have considering our feelings. discussed this with your Because I have had a good boyfriend and he wasn’t long-term relationship receptive. Your expecta- with my stepson, I took tions wouldn’t be unrea- him aside and politely sonable if you WERE mar- explained that these dinried or at least engaged. ner interruptions are disBut you’re not. While you courteous. Rory blew up and I think he should help at me! I was astonished you financially over this to see a mature man I rough patch, he may feel respected act in such a no obligation to do so. childish manner. Now I’m If that’s the case, your the culprit in a family not-quite-fiance appears rift, while my husband to be treating you like a remains mute. Should I roommate-with-benefits. have focused on digestion Because you are not on and held my tongue? — the title of the house you Disappointed Stepmom pay half the mortgage on, Dear Stepmom: there is no guarantee you Because your husband will ever have anything to refused to say anything show for your contribu- and won’t back you up, it tion. In light of that, of appears the answer is yes. course he should be sup- While some people conportive emotionally and sider the dinner hour to financially if you leave be sacred, not everyone your job. Expecting him does, and your stepson’s to step up to the plate visits were only occasionis not unreasonable. But al. Your request might whether he agrees with have been better received had you told Rory that his hovering makes you nervous, and if he didn’t care to share the food you had prepared, you’d appreciate it if he would at least sit at the table with you for everyone’s comfort.

Solution:

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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NEW YORK (AP) — When Joseph GordonLevitt was 12 years old and shooting “Angels in the Outfield,” one of his costars, Tony Danza, asked him if he’d like to hang out during some down time.

“No,” replied the boy, who had more serious plans. “I have to go follow the director around.”

Danza breaks into laughter telling the story, because it’s that same ambitious youngster, now 32, who’s given him his latest movie job. Danza plays the father in “Don Jon,” Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut. Which he also wrote. And stars in.

“What can I say? He’s a guy with a strong vision, and real self-assuredness,” Danza says. “I’m really proud of the kid.”

You can forgive Danza for calling his director a “kid.” Because, despite his long resume, which includes working with some of Hollywood’s top filmmakers in movies like “Inception” and “The Dark Knight Rises” (Christopher Nolan) and “Lincoln” (Steven Spielberg), Gordon-Levitt still looks in many ways like, well, a kid. Just like the kid (er, alien posing as one) he played on “3rd Rock From the Sun,” with a boyish face that, if not grinning, always looks like it’s about to.

Which is one reason audiences may be surprised at the choice he made for his debut: a dark, edgy comedy about porn addiction — a film that had to be carefully edited to avoid an NC-17 rating.

Not only is “Don Jon” not a safe, traditional romantic comedy, it’s a movie that provocatively suggests that those romantic comedies are just as addictive and destructive to real relationships as porn.

But if you think tackling such a heavy subject — and in such a high-profile way — made GordonLevitt even a little insecure or nervous, think again.

Talk about self-assured:

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In this Sept. 2 photo Rafael Ventura, 3, from West Covina, Calif. apprehensively mingles with the sheep at the Fairview Farms petting zoo at the Los Angeles County Fair, in Pomona Calif. Goats and sheeps along with some cows, are used in petting zoos because they only have bottom teeth, so are considered safer around children.

Zoos make party animals out of goats and sheep Sue Manning Associated Press

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Sheep and goats may not be known as party animals, but they’re increasingly at the center of the celebration as petting zoos grow in popularity for birthdays, graduations and other bashes.

Petting a gentle animal of any kind seems to appeal to young, old and in between. Daycare centers, schools, churches and even nursing homes rent mobile zoos that will bring animals and handlers to them or organize trips to petting zoos.

“You can see the absolute joy as they are sitting there stroking some

animal, particularly if it’s the first time in their life they have touched one,” said Sky Shivers, superintendent of Fairview Farms at the Los Angeles County Fair, 35 miles east of downtown LA. “There is tranquility, an exchange of emotion that’s amazing to watch.”

Shivers, 63, of Prague, Okla., said a good zoo is as educational as it is entertaining, reeling off several fun facts: baseballs have wool in their cores; doctors use the intestinal lining from some animals to graft serious burns; female goats have beards like males; and while sheep prefer grass to weeds, goats want it the other way around.

Sheep and goats are popular because they only have bottom teeth and are safer around children.

“Ponies and donkeys have teeth on the top and bottom and are more likely to nip fingers,” Shivers said. Even so, pony rides are often coupled with petting zoos, and can often be found during the holidays at many pumpkin patches and Christmas sales lots.

Rental fees range from $200 to $325 per hour, depending on the number of animals and the particular business.

The animals run the gamut from tortoises to hares. Some include exotic critters like wallabies and llamas while others offer

creatures that can be found closer to home, such as deer and donkeys.

People often like to see babies, so Brendon Kline features baby chicks, ducks and bunnies, small potbellied pigs and a baby goat at Party Animalz Farm in Brogue, Pa. “A lot of the older people enjoy it as much as the children do,” Kline said.

“A lot of them grew up on farms and these are animals they don’t see every day anymore.”

All God’s Creatures in Chino Hills, 40 miles east of Los Angeles, features Serenity the silly goose and Goliath, an 80-pound turtle.

Owner Lori Bayour takes

the animals on the road to hospices, city neighborhoods, parties and a rodeo.

Faith Lundgren loves to watch her grandson at Bayour’s petting zoo each October at the Industry Hills Charity Pro Rodeo.

“The animals don’t shy away from the kids at all,” Lundgren said.

“Sometimes they even make the first move. They enjoy being there as much as the kids enjoy having them.”

Not everyone thinks petting zoos are a good thing.

“We think they’re a bad idea,” said Meredith Turner, spokeswoman for the national advocacy group Farm Sanctuary.

“Animals are often not in

good health, they’re kept in an unnatural environment, and they teach kids that animals exist for our entertainment, when in actuality, they exist for their own reasons.”

Animals need to be clean, healthy, gentle and insured. Handlers should provide feed for the animals and clean up after them. Another must is a sanitizing station so those who pet the animals can wash their hands.

A bad experience for a child can last a lifetime.

“You can’t leave them alone,” Shivers said. “They will get knocked down and scream and cry and be afraid of animals for the rest of their lives.”

Effective family communication Your child is a mirror Busy, modern families can find it dif- learn how to have conversations with ficult to engage in genuine, open com- their parents which later translates munication. For some parents, it’s awk- into being able to converse with other ward to talk about tough topics, and adults. It’s a time for family to come the typical “How was your day today?” together without interruption. question only spawns the 4. Unplug. Modern ever-popular, “Fine,” for an devices may make it more answer. Strengthen your convenient to get comfamily communication municate with people, but with a change in strategy there’s no substitute for and methods. face-to-face conversation.

1. Start early. Begin to Instead of texting your engage your kids in the kids, talk to them in pertough topics as early as son. E-mail, Facebook, and is appropriate. Young kids Twitter just aren’t a subdon’t get embarrassed as stitute for human contact.

Keeping It Real easily as tweens and teens.

5. Get creative with quesTalking about drugs, alcoHolly McElwee tions. Instead of asking hol, sex, or any other difyour kids what happened ficult topic is less daunting during the at school, throw them a different kind elementary years. Don’t delve into great of question. “What was the best thing detail, but start having casual conversathat happened at school today?” This tions every now and then to plant the is a question that expects a detailed seeds for the morals and values you’d answer. Other effective questions could like your children to develop. After a include, “What was your science lesson while, it won’t be any big deal to have these conversations with Mom and Dad about? What kind of project are you creating in art class? What was the worst because the kids will be used to it.

2. Explore the written word. I started thing that happened at school today?” a “Mom and Daughter” journal when Try to avoid questions that generate my oldest daughter was about nine short responses. If you can get your years old. This secret journal is only kids talking with the right questions, for the two of us. We pass it back and then you won’t need to ask any others.

6. Be willing to listen. Sometimes forth, and we write notes to each other kids just want parents to listen. Learn in it. This gives each of us the chance to share thoughts, hopes, and dreams. when it’s best to be quiet and let your As the mom, I have the opportunity kids talk.

7. Model good communication skills. to encourage and praise her. On a day where she’s feeling blue, she can reread Speak to your spouse in a kind respectthe journal and know she is loved and ful way. Model how adults converse and valued. It’s also a great communication hold conversations. When appropriate, tool for the topics or questions that point out good communication skills. she’s uneasy about discussing in a face For example, model the art of not interto face conversation. Sometimes writ- rupting and point it out to your kids.

Call their attention to the skills that you ing them is much easier.

3. Make mealtimes a priority. In this want them to emulate. fast paced world, it can be hard to get Great communication between pareveryone together. However, if family ents and kids is developed over time. is important, then it’s worth insisting Be willing to stick with it. Don’t get that each member is present for dinner. frustrated when kids throw up a wall. In This is where real conversation takes time, the gate can be opened. place. Each person has a chance to talk and share moments from their day. Kids Read more at www.travelingteacheronline.com

Most parents describe discipline back to trying to be “nice,” meaning problems as if they are “coming out” pleading, bargaining, bribing, and so of their kids, that the problems in ques- on.

A “tell” is an instruction that uses tion reveal facets of their kids’ personthe fewest words possible and, again, alities — things like “strong-willed.”

The fact is that in nearly every is devoid of explanation. A “tell” is not “I think you’ve been up instance, discipline problong enough, and it’s obvilems with a child tell more ous to me that you’re getabout the parents than ting overtired, and I think they do the child. it’s important that you be Take “my child is argualert for tomorrow’s test, mentative,” for example. so how about let’s go to Arguments between bed, okay?” The proper parent and child occur form is “It’s time for you to because the parent gives go upstairs and get ready explanations for decisions for bed.” Why? Because he makes.

Living With Children you said so.

“My friend is coming Then there’s “my child John Rosemond over and I’d like to serve won’t leave me alone.” coffee and talk with her in this room, so I’d like you to pick up That simply means the parent in quesyour toys and move to another room” tion has failed to define and enforce a is likely to evoke “I was here first!” or boundary in the parent-child relation“Why can’t you talk with your friend in ship.

The parent complains that the child the kitchen?” And the argument is on.

The form of the instruction is the interrupts constantly and asks for one thing after another, but the reality is problem.

The parent should have simply said, that the parent has never said to the “I want you to pick these toys up and child “You’ve got your nerve coming to move them to another room. Why? me for something as trivial as that. I am not your servant. I am your mother, Because I said so.”

Yes, I know that’s horribly old-fash- but the fact is you don’t need a mother ioned, but the use of authoritative, right now, and I’m not going to be one.”

I heard those very words from my non-explanatory instructions along with those very “incorrect” four words mother on several occasions. Several prevented many an argument in those was all it took. And by the way, that sort of reprimand did not “traumatize” me, old-fashioned days.

And allow me to point out that par- nor do I need to speak to a counselor to ent-child arguments benefit no one, no “resolve” conflicted feelings concerning my mom. I have no conflicted feelings matter who “wins.”

“My child won’t do what he’s told” is about her. Today’s mothers—not all, of another example of how parents fail to course, but way too many—don’t set realize their role in a discipline prob- clear limits on their children’s access to them, then complain that their chillem. Children will do what they are told dren won’t leave them alone. Under the — most of the time, that is, but that’s circumstances, it’s understandable that at least 80 percent. The reality is that their children treat them as if they were most of today’s parents don’t tell. vending machines.

Instead, they plead, bargain, bribe, The long and short of it is, your child cajole, reason, explain, encourage, sugis a mirror. Look carefully at the image gest, and promise. reflected therein.

When none of that works, they threaten. And when that doesn’t work, they Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents questions scream. Then they feel bad and go right at johnrosemond.com.

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Back pain can make life extremely difficult, affecting everything a person does, including performance at work, time spent with the kids or even sleeping at night.

For those with back pain, chiropractic care might be the best way to relieve that pain. A nonsurgical treatment of the disorders of the nervous system and/or musculoskeletal system, chiropractic medicine focuses on spinal manipulation and the treatment of the structures surrounding the spine. Understanding chiropractic care can help men and women dealing with pain better determine if it’s for them.

What conditions do chiropractors treat?

A chiropractor can treat a number of conditions, but most treatments focus on a handful of common and often painful conditions. Those conditions include: - joint pain in the arms and legs - mid and lower back pain - neck pain - headaches What do chiropractic treatments entail?

Many people with lower back pain find such pain so unbearable that they seek the help of a chiropractor. Despite that, many more people remain wary of visiting a chiropractor for myriad reasons.

But chiropractors can effectively treat pain in a number of ways.

A chiropractic treatment is commonly referred to as a spinal manipulation. During a treatment, the chiropractor will move a joint beyond its usual range of motion. The joint might be moved through twisting, pulling or pushing, but it won’t be moved beyond the range of motion it’s designed to move. Those being treated for the first time should expect to hear some popping or cracking during the treatment. The goal of a spinal manipulation is to improve functionality while reducing nerve irritability and restoring range of motion in the back.

In addition to spinal manipulation, a chiropractor might try other types of treatments, including: - ultrasound - the application of heat or ice - certain strength and conditioning exercises - relaxation therapy

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A chiropractor can help treat a host of ailments, including joint pain in the arms and legs and mid and lower back pain.

Are there side effects to chiropractic treatments?

Perhaps the reason some people are hesitant to visit a chiropractor is the fear that, should something go awry, the back could be irreparably damaged. Those fears were common during the early years of chiropractic treatments, but now many medical doctors will work in tandem with a chiropractor to ensure patients are getting the correct and most effective treatments.

That said, there are some potential side effects to chiropractic treatments. Once the spine has been adjusted, some people might feel minor pain or discomfort, and headaches and fatigue are a possibility as well. However, such side effects typically subside within a day of receiving treatment.

In some instances, a herniated disc might result after an adjustment is used to treat neck or back pain. Should that occur, a patient will likely experience pain, weakness and numbness in the buttocks and down the legs. Bladder and bowel control might be affected as well. However, such instances are rare.

Will an adjustment be painful?

Despite the cracking and popping sounds it causes, a spinal adjustment is typically not painful. Of course, men and women who visit a chiropractor are often experiencing significant pain already, and the movement necessary during the treatment might prove painful. However, chiropractors can take steps to make the treatment easier on the patient if he or she is struggling with severe back pain. For instance, a chiropractor might use a drop table during treatment. Parts of the drop table will drop slightly when the chiropractor presses down on the patient’s back. This makes the adjustments more gentle. Another tool used to make adjustments more comfortable is a hand-held tool called an activator.

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IN BRIEF ■ Golf

NFL scramble at Echo Hills The NFL scramble will be played Sunday at Echo Hills, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

Hole assignments from the draft Thursday are as follows: 1A: Kyle Bachman, Jimmy Heath, Jack Cantrell, Mick Leffel.

1B: Brian Robbins, Tim Jacomet, Kathy Isenhouer, Ed Vale.

2: Bert Roeth, Kevin Ryan, Marv Simmons, Richard Ryan.

3: Steve Hamant, Luke Thoma, George White, Scott Zimpher.

4: Jason Williams, Jim Mackellar, Jeff Elliott, Thom Teach.

5A: Robb Mowery, Mick Johns, Bill Summers, Cindy Pearson.

5B: Ben Gover, Joe Hostetter, Ross Donnelly.

6: Doug Harter, Ron Williams, Jeff Dawson, Skip Murray.

7: Keith Kretschmar, Tim Tyler, Dave Brown, Dick Wilcox.

8: Ryan Pearson, Ron Pearson Sr., Rob Kiser, Ron Montgomery.

9A: Brian Deal, Jon Vetter, John Mackellar, Dick Penny.

9B: Kirt Huemmer, Dave Novotny, Dave Cox, Kirk Bachman.

10A: Marty Jackson, Don Larger, Brian Jackson, Bob Steinke.

10B: Justin Weber, Tim Kearns, Hal Cain, Wayde Davis.

11: Tom Huffman, Tony Paulus, Don Polhamus, Renie Huffman.

12A: Mike Lavey, Todd Lavey, Joe Thoma, Tom Schaefer.

12B: Mike Ford, Dennis Bradley, Dennis Steinke, Sanfee Dunn.

13: Ray Stuchell, Dominic Burnside, Ryan Ormberg, Todd Ormberg.

14: Ashley Johnson, Brody Fox, Duane Novotny, Trey Hostetter.

15: Mike Bosse, Jaydee Denson, Bob Heckman, Kathie Huemmer.

16: Ron Pearson Jr., Brad Erwin, Scott Erwin, Rick Rouse, 17: Rick Jenkinson, Dave Westfall, Hank Poff, DJ Novotny.

18: Al Rister, Eric Heckman, Steve Magoteaux, Norm Wright.

■ Fundraiser

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STUMPER many Q: How passes did

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QUOTED "High school. Back in the day."

—Browns tight end Jordan Cameron on the last time he caught 3 TD passes in a game before last week

Cameron off to fast start

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Kaylee Bradney moves the ball up the field against Greenville Wednesday night

Piqua blanks Wave East visits on Saturday

The Piqua girls soccer team will host Miami East Saturday with an 11 a.m.

JV start.

Piqua is coming off an 8-0 win over Greenville Wednesday night in GWOC North action.

Piqua led 6-0 at halftime and cruised to the win.

See ROUNDUP|11 Kayla Schrubb watches her shot head towards the goal against Greenville.

BEREA (AP) — Jordan Cameron's hoop-playing days are over. Still, every once in a while he'll join a pickup basketball game, and at some point dunk on some unfortunate defender.

"That's all I can do," the tight end said, cracking up. "I can't shoot."

Fortunately for the Browns, his football skills are much more diverse.

Cameron, who played basketball at Brigham Young and walked-on USC's team before concentrating on his football career, has quickly developed into one of Cleveland's top offensive players.

Through three games, the 6-foot-5, 252-pounder leads the team in catches (20), yards receiving (269) and touchdowns (40).

Last week, he tied a Browns record with three TD catches, including one off a fake field goal as well as the game-winner from quarterback Brian Hoyer with 51 seconds left.

For Cameron, it had been quite a drought between three-TD games.

"High school," he said.

"Back in the day."

The Browns have been pleased with Cameron's progress and development as a big-time target.

A fourth-round pick in 2011 after catching just 16 passes in 12 games for the Trojans, he had just See Cameron|11

Stepping up to bigger challenge OSU prepares for Wisconsin visit COLUMBUS (AP) — No. 4 Ohio State hasn't picked on anyone its size yet this season.

On Saturday night, that all changes when the Buckeyes host No. 23 Wisconsin.

In its four non-conference games, Ohio State never trailed, led 102-14 through the first quarter and was ahead by at least eight points for 92 percent of the time.

How will they react if they get caught up in a dogfight?

"That's always an issue," coach Urban Meyer said. "But we'll be ready."

The Wisconsin-Ohio State series has a history of close games. No fewer than 15 of the last 28 meetings have been decided by seven or fewer points.

"It's a rivalry. These past couple of games have been real close," Ohio State cornerback Bradley Roby said. "Two years ago it was a last-(minute) play to win the game, and then last year it was overtime.

Anytime you have close games like that in the series, that kind of adds to the rivalry."

To a man, the Buckeyes don't express any doubts about what they took out of their pre-conference games, which they won by an average score of 53-15.

In addition to never being behind, they were tied for less than 5 percent of the time.

Still, Buffalo, San Diego State, California and Florida A&M are a combined 3-10, with all three of the wins coming against FCS teams.

"Jack (Mewhort) told me yesterday, he said, 'I'm ready to play somebody this week,'" center Corey Linsley said of his linemate. "We played Cal, and these opponents have been playing hard, but it's not like a Big Ten game.

It'll never be. It could never be."

A year ago the Buckeyes ran the table, going 12-0 in Meyer's first season including a spotless 80 in conference play.

Among the closest calls was a 21-14 overtime win at Wisconsin in which the Badgers forced overtime on a touchdown pass and conversion kick with 8 seconds left.

The Buckeyes won it in overtime on Carlos Hyde's 2-yard run and when Christian Bryant batted down Curt Phillips' fourth-down pass.

The challenge this week for Ohio State's coaching staff has been to remind the players of just how tight and hard-fought that game was — and what might be coming up on Saturday.

"Our program is not built to perform when you're up by 20," receivers coach Zach Smith said.

"Our whole program is built around that competitive moment where

you've got to either win the game or you lose the game. That's what we've worked on for 12 months."

The message must be hitting home to the players.

"Every Big Ten game is going to be a battle," wide receiver Evan Spencer said. "We're going out there to war every week, every time we're going to play a Big Ten game. Having Wisconsin this early in the season, it's going to be good for us, I think."

Wisconsin is also aware of the importance of making big plays when most needed.

"When it comes to the waning moments of the game, we've got to bow up and get a stop for our team," safety Dezmen Southward said.

The Badgers won their first two games by a combined 93-0, but then were caught up in a thriller at Arizona State that they lost on some questionable officiating in the final seconds.

Meyer will be watching Ohio State's practice closely to make sure his players are tuned into the challenge at hand. He said workouts are competitive, and that stretches over to the games.

"I think that's the way we practice. I'd like to think that our guys get prepared for those kind of (close-game) situations with the way we practice," he said.

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Sharp named top executive

Piqua native receives honor The Lancaster JetHawks, class A affiliate of the Houston Astros, are proud to announce that General Manager Derek Sharp has been named California League Executive of the Year. The announcement was made earlier this week by the League office.

Sharp grew up in Piqua and is a former standout athlete for the Indians.

The JetHawks organization experienced tremendous growth in 2013 as Sharp oversaw the team's increase of overall gross revenues by 23% versus 2012, including record revenues for its concessions business, a result of the largest in-park attendance in 11 seasons.

"I am excited and humbled to receive such a prestigious award", Sharp said. "I am privileged to be part of such an excellent and hard-working staff which makes this a true team award and recognizes the great results we were able to accomplish this year."

Additionally, the JetHawks expanded its

community initiates throughout the Antelope Valley in 2013, including: Growth of the annual preseason Autism Awareness Walk, which raised $15,000; The annual Laps 4 Literacy event which has donated more than 20,000 books to local families over the last three years, The expansion of the JetHawks Reading and Attendance Challenge which involved over 20,000 local elementary school students, and the team's expanded involvement in Youth Sports Leagues which now includes ten leagues over a 100-mile territory.

Cal League President, Charlie Blaney, stated: "The winners of these prestigious League Awards were voted by their peers in the league, and they have all been submitted as the Cal League's Nominees for National Honors to be awarded at Baseball's Winter Meetings in December.

“The Cal League is very See SHARP/Page 11

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BuckEyes An inside look at Ohio State football

BUCKEYE BRAIN BUSTERS

SAY WHAT?

1. How many years did legendary Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez coach in high school before getting his first college job as an assistant at Iowa?

2. How many college running backs, including Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne, have rushed for more than 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons?

3. What position did Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen play in college at Utah?

4. How many times has the Heisman Trophy winner come from one of the current Big Ten schools 5. How many of the Big Ten’s current 12 schools have never had a Heisman Trophy winner?

Answers: 1. Eight; 2. Five; 3. Center; 4.

Eighteen; 5. Five.

RECRUITING UPDATE

“I haven’t had one person say, ‘Well, it’s too bad Bret left,’ or ‘We were sorry to see Bret leave.’ ” —Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez talks about former Badgers coach Bret Bielema, who left Wisconsin to coach at Arkansas.

Urban Meyer likes night games as a recruiting tool, so it is no surprise Ohio State is trying to get a large group of recruits to Saturday night’s game against Wisconsin.

Maybe the top 2014 prospects who have tentatively told several sources they will be at the game are John “JuJu” Smith, a 4-star safety from Long Beach, Calif., and Johnnie Dixon, a 4-star wide receiver from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Tight end Mike Gesicki, of Manahawkin, N.J., a 3-star prospect, also could be there.

Ohio State already has 18 verbal commitments for its 2014 recruiting class. Among the top players it is still pursuing are: 5-star linebacker Raekwon McMillan (Hinesville, Ga.), and 4-star Cleveland Glenville defensive backs Marshon Lattimore and Erick Smith.

Several already committed players had big games last week.

Defensive lineman Dylan Thompson (Lombard, Ill. Montini) had three sacks. Linebacker Dante Booker (9 tackles) and running back/defensive back Parris Campbell (178 yards rushing) helped Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary beat Youngstown Mooney for the first time since 1988. Offensive lineman Demetrius Knox (Fort Worth All Saints) has teammates who have verbally commited to TCU, Louisville and Kansas State. No surprise, they’re unbeaten.

No. 23 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State, 8 p.m., ABC < RECEIVERS Eleven different players have caught passes for OSU. Devin Smith and Corey Brown both have 16 catches.

Smith’s catch in the final minute was the game-winner in 2011 the last time Wisconsin played in Ohio Stadium.

Wisconsin’s receiving options are more limited. Wide receiver Jarred Abbrederis’ 23 catches are more than twice as many as the No. 2 receiver, James White with 11. Tight end Jacob Petersen has eight catches.

Advantage: Ohio State

< OFFENSIVE LINE Ohio State’s offensive line basically got a week off last week. After the Buckeyes went up 34-0 by the end of the first quarter, the subs started to go in. The starters should be healthy and well rested this week.

Wisconsin is No. 3 nationally in rushing yards per game (349.8) and has allowed only three quarterback sacks with a line that has two first-year starters. Left guard Ryan Groy (24 starts), Pedersen (24 starts) and right tackle Rob Havenstein (19 starts) are the most experienced linemen.

Advantage: Ohio State

< DEFENSIVE LINE This will be a major test for Ohio State’s defensive line, which has four new starters this season, because those young players will have to deal with Wisconsin’s running game and the pressure of playing in a game with big implications.

End Adolphus Washington (groin) might return this week and interior lineman Michael Bennett (shoulder) will definitely be back.

Wisconsin had four sacks in a 41-10 win over Purdue last week and has allowed only 76.3 yards a game rushing.

Advantage: Wisconsin

< LINEBACKERS Ryan Shazier’s signature move so far in his career was going airborne to force a goal line fumble by Montee Ball in last year’s OSU win over the Badgers. He will need help from middle linebacker Curtis Grant and Joshua Perry against Wisconsin’s running game. < QUARTERBACKS Chris Borland leads Wisconsin in tackles and has The decision whether to start Braxton Miller or adjusted well to the Badgers changing to a 3-4 from a 4-3. He has forced 13 Kenny Guiton will depend how Miller practices this fumbles in his career.

Advantage: Wisconsin week, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said earlier this week. Either he wants to keep Wisconsin guessing or Miller’s sprained knee ligament is healing more slowly < DEFENSIVE BACKS than he’s saying. Wisconsin contained Miller last year, OSU’s pass defense statistics have gone from one limiting him to 97 yards passing and 48 yards rushing. extreme to the other in the last two games, giving up Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave (60 of 95 for 761 yards, 6 touchdowns, 3 371 yards to California and 30 yards to Florida A&M. interceptions) missed last year’s 21-14 overtime win by Ohio State because of a Overall, the Buckeyes rank third in the Big Ten in pass broken collarbone. defense.

Advantage: Ohio State For Wisconsin, freshman cornerback Sojourn Shelton is a starter and has a team-high two interceptions. The other corner, Peniel Jean, had to leave the Purdue game with a leg injury. < RUNNING BACKS Advantage: Ohio State Ohio State’s backfield is deep, led by Jordan Hall (422 yards) and Carlos Hyde, who played for the first < SPECIAL TEAMS time this season in a 76-0 win over Florida A&M last week. Hyde rushed for 87 yards, including the gameOSU kicker Drew Basil is 2 of 2 on field goals. Punter winning touchdown against the Badgers last year.

Cameron Johnston has not had a kick returned in 12 Wisconsin’s James White (442 yards, 3 TDs) leads punts this season. active Big Ten running backs in career yards with 3,013 yards rushing but Wisconsin kicker Kyle French is 4 of 5 on field goals, has been overshadowed by sophomore Melvin Gordon (624 yards), who has with a long of 34 yards. Punter Drew Meyer averages had four straight games of more than 100 yards rushing. Freshman Corey 41.4 yards per kick.

Clement has gained 334 yards.

Advantage: Ohio State Advantage: Wisconsin Don Speck | The Lima News

Jordan Hall (2) and Ohio State’s strong running game will try to outperform Wisconsin’s nationally ranked ground game on Saturday.

BIG TEN STANDINGS Leaders Division Big Ten W L Wisconsin 1 0 Ohio State 0 0 Penn State 0 0 Illinois 0 0 Indiana 0 0 Purdue 0 1

Overall W L 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 3

Legends Division Big Ten W L Michigan 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 Northwestern 0 0 Iowa 0 0 Michigan State 0 0 Nebraska 0 0

Overall W L 4 0 4 0 4 0 3 1 3 1 3 1

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2012 OSU LEADERS

Passing Kenny Guiton ......................................664 Braxton Miller......................................228 Rushing Jordan Hall ..........................................422 Ezekiel Elliott .......................................200 Kenny Guiton ...................................... 186 Receiving Devin Smith..........................................281 Corey Brown ....................................... 169 Field Goals Drew Basil............................................ 2/2 Punting Follow Jim Naveau on Twitter at Cameron Johnston............................40.8 @Lima_Naveau.

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Corey P. Brown ......................................20 Aug. 31 ................................Buffalo 40-20 Sept. 7.....................San Diego State 42-7 Sept. 14 ...........................California 52-34 Sept. 21 ........................Florida A&M, 76-0 Sept. 28 ........................Wisconsin, 8 p.m.

Oct. 5 ................. at Northwestern, 8 p.m.

Oct. 19...............................Iowa, 3:30 p.m.

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The Michigan game has always been something beyond any other football game on Ohio State’s schedule.

But over the last 20 years Ohio State against Wisconsin has become a solid, if distant, second on the list of rivalries for the Buckeyes.

Twenty-five years ago, this would have seemed impossible. Wisconsin was one of those places where the band developed a cult following because the football team wasn’t very good.

But since Barry Alvarez turned the Badgers around in the early 1990s, they have emerged as OSU’s biggest rival In the Big Ten other than Michigan.

The first component of a rivalry is that is has to be competitive. Both teams have to have a chance to win.

Ohio State-Wisconsin meets that standard. Since 1992, Ohio State is 10-6-1 against Wisconsin. Only Michigan’s nine wins over OSU exceeds Wisconsin’s win total in that time frame. Nine of those games have been decided by a touchdown or less.

Saturday night’s game will be the sixth time since 2000 both teams have been ranked.

And OSU losses in two of those matchups have intensified the rivalry.

In 2010, Ohio State was No. 1 when No. 22 Wisconsin hung a 31-18 loss on the Buckeyes. In 2003, OSU was No. 3 and Wisconsin was No. 18 when backup quarterback Matt Schabert threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to beat the Buckeyes 17-10 and end a 19-game winning streak.

Throw in the fact that Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema was the coach Ohio State fans loved to hate and you’ve got a healthy rivalry.

The Big Ten got a lot of things right when it realigned its divisions geographically, starting next season.

But probably the worst thing about that change is that Ohio State and Wisconsin won’t be playing each other nearly as often.

They’ve played 18 times in the last 22 seasons. But the only time the Badgers will appear on OSU’s schedule from 2014-2017 is a 2016 game in Madison.

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Hall picks perfect time to shoot 63

Despite penalty, takes one stroke lead

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Piqua’s Kailey Byers passes the ball against Troy Tuesday night. The Lady Indians will host Xenia and St. Henry in a tri-match Saturday.

Roundup From page 9 Amy Burt and Kayla Schrubb added two goals to their season totals, while Hannah Went added to her team-leading assist total.

Went dished out two assists and scored one goal herself.

Maddie Evans also found the net twice as well as Danajha Clemons.

Both scored for the first time this season and Reynna Lavey picked up another shutout in goal.

“Reynna Lavey really keeps getting better every game,” Piqua coach Flo Loisy said. “Overall this was a good game for us offensively and defensively and we were able to get a lot of playing time for the whole team.

“We play Miami East on Saturday and being able to get everyone in the game is going to help us a lot this weekend.

“The girls are really responding well at both the JV and varsity level and I've got to give credit to

both my coaches Brittney Sword and Alex Jess for all the help and hard work they put in.

“It's been a positive season so far but we know as a team what our goals are and we are not there yet.

“It's important at this point in the season to stay focused and keep playing like we have been all season.”

Piqua will take a 7-3-1 record into that game and the Lady Indians are 2-0-1 in the Greater Western Ohio Conference North.

GIRLS GOLF Lady Indians 11th

ARCANUM — The Piqua girls golf team finished 11th at the GWOC tournament Wednesday at Beechwood Golf Course.

Piqua scores included Alaina Mikolajewski 121, Kailyn Simmons 133, Macey Pruitt 140, Sarah Ganger 142, Anna Klopfenstein 156, Cassidy Kraft 163.

GIRLS TENNIS Lady Cavs fall

ARCANUM — The Piqua boys golf team played in the GWOC tournament Thursday at Beechwood Golf Course.

The Indians finished 17th.

Piqua scores included Kenton Kiser 83, Derek Jennings 94, Ryan Minnier 95, Kyle Ingle 99, Dylan Bayman 100, Kody Poling 106.

KETTERING — The Lehman girls tennis team lost to Carroll 5-0.

In singles, Diana Gibson lost to Jillian Milano 6-0, 6-0; Kaitlin Gillman lost to Carli Milano 6-0, 60; and Emma Simpson lost to Tye Arnold 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles, Julia Harrelson and Sarah Gravunder lost to Emily Simons and Olivia Simons 6-1, 6 3; and Meghan Burner and Elaina Snyder lost to Mattie Carter and Alica Gallegos-Ayala 6-1, 7-5.

do and I've got to keep progressing each week."

Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner knows a good tight end when he sees one. Turner spent several seasons in San Diego with Antonio Gates, a former Kent State basketball player who has built a Hall of Fame resume with the Chargers.

While Cameron has a long way to go to be mentioned in Gates' company, he's making the right strides for the Browns.

"I just like the consistency," Turner said of Cameron's growth. "I think there was a concern in spring and people talked about me getting to know him: 'Is he a consistent guy? Is he a guy who can show up and do it?'

And right now, he's done that for three games. He creates problems for defensive players."

Cameron finished with six catches for 66 yards against the Vikings. After three games, he's second among tight ends in yardage, tied for fourth

among all AFC players and 11th among NFL players.

While others may seem surprised, the confident Cameron doesn't seem shocked by his fast start.

"I'm just trying to be a playmaker for this team," he said. "It's not one of those things where I was going to have any objectives for myself this season. I just wanted to be a guy that this team could count on, be reliable and that's my goal this year."

With size and jumping ability, Cameron is part of a new breed of tight ends changing pro football.

Browns defensive coordinator Ray Horton said players such as Cameron are a matchup nightmare.

"They're wide receivers in tight ends bodies and it's bringing a new dimension to the game," he said.

"It's how the DBs have now changed from the small guys to the bigger guys. You just tend to match what the other side of the ball is doing and it poses problems for people.”

BOYS GOLF Piqua boys 17th

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Down to his last chance to earn a PGA Tour card, Ashley Hall opened the Web.com Tour Championship with his secondbest score of the year — even though he called a penalty on himself when he noticed his ball slightly move.

Hall bounced back from that penalty shot to birdie two of his last three holes for a 7-under 63 on the Valley Course at the TPC Sawgrass. That gave him a one-shot lead Thursday over Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Mark Anderson, who already is assured his PGA Tour card.

Karlsson, a former Ryder Cup player, also needs a big week to get back PGA Tour card back.

The Web.com Tour Championship is the last of four tournaments for 25 players to earn PGA Tour cards for the 2013-14 season. The top 25 are decided by a money list from the four tournaments.

Players who already finished in the top 25 on the Web.com Tour money list from the regular season are assured a card.

Hall was in dire need of a round like this.

The 29-year-old Australian had a chance to earn his card from the Web.com Tour money list last month until he missed the cut in the final regular-season event and missed out on the top 25 by $1,922.

If that wasn't bad enough, he missed the cut in the last three events.

Because of rain all week and still some in the forecast, players competed under preferred lies. Hall placed his ball in the 15th fairway, and after grounding his club, noticed the ball move slightly downward.

He called for an official and gave himself a oneshot penalty for his only bogey of the round.

Hall has never had a PGA Tour card and would need a top finish this week at Sawgrass.

Karlsson is only slightly

better off. He was at No. 72 on the special money list — about 22 spots away from getting one of the 25 cards on offer — was nearly $13,000 away from at least having a mathematical chance at his card.

Karlsson opened with five birdies in seven holes and kept bogeys off his card on a cloudy day at PGA Tour headquarters.

Anderson, who earned his card by finishing No. 8 on the regular-season money list, also opened with a 64.

Shane Bertsch, at No. 97 on the special money list, joined Chesson Hadley at 65. The group at 66 included Henrik Norlander and Billy Hurley III, both of whom need a strong finish to get their cards.

It was a rough start for Steve Wheatcroft, who didn't make a single birdie in his round of 74 and was in danger of making the cut.

Wheatcroft came into the Web.com Tour Championship holding down the 25th spot on the money list among players who don't already have a card.

If he fails to make the cut Friday, he is assured of not getting a tour card for next year.

Vaughn Taylor, another former Ryder Cup player, was 21st on the list of those who don't have a card. He opened with a 71 and was outside the cut line. The top 60 and ties make the cut on the Web.com Tour.

The field over the last month was for the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour and players who finished No. 126 through 200 in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour.

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship At St. Andrews, Englan, England's Oliver Wilson boosted his chances of regaining a European Tour card, shooting an 8-under 64 for a share the firstround lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Playing on a sponsor ex-

emption, Wilson had an eagle and six birdies in windy conditions at Kingsbarns.

England's Tom Lewis also had a 64 at Kingsbarns, and England's Richard McEvoy, Chile's Mark Tullo and France's Alexandre Kaleka matched the score on the Old Course at St. Andrews.

Wales' Jamie Donaldson had the best score at Carnoustie, shooting 65.

The final round will be played at St. Andrews.

SENIOR AMATEUR In Cashiers, N.C., Doug Hanzel won the USGA Senior Amateur, beating Pat O'Donnell 3 and 2 in the championship match at Wade Hampton Golf Club.

The 56-year-old Doug Hanzel, from Savannah, Ga., opened a three-hole lead with a par on the par4 15th and matched O'Donnell's birdie on the par-4 16th to end the match.

A physician specializing in pulmonary critical care at Southeast Medical Group, Hanzel uses an insulin pump to control his diabetes. The 59-year-old O'Donnell, from Happy Valley, Ore., is a reinstated amateur who works as a maintenance analyst for Boeing.

In the morning in the rain-delayed semifinals, Hanzel beat Chip Lutz of Reading, Pa., 3 and 2, and O'Donnell edged Buzz Fly of Memphis, Tenn., 2 and 1.

USGA SENIOR WOMEN'S AM In San Martin, Calif., Ellen Port successfully defended her Senior Women's Amateur title for her sixth U.S. Golf Association victory.

The 52-year-old Port, a high school teacher and coach in St. Louis, beat 50year-old Susan Cohn of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 3 and 2 at CordeValle.

Port, the 2014 U.S. Curtis Cup captain, won the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur four times.

Jordan From page 9 six catches as a rookie.

He finished last season with only 20 receptions for 226 yards, numbers he's already surpassed with 13 games remaining.

Before training camp began, there were questions about his durability and whether Cameron could handle a heavy workload or the complexities of first-year coach Rob Chudzinski's offensive system.

So far, Cameron has delivered.

"It feels good," the 25year-old said. "It's kind of one of those things that I've been working for so long that it just feels like forever. You have to be patient and I just put my head down and kept grinding every day and I'm just trying to focus on the little things.

"Sometime you can get caught up in hearing everyone else say, 'You're not going to make it.

You're not good enough.

You're just a basketball player.' I haven't made it by any means.

"I have a lot of work to

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For Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might enter into disputes about shared property, insurance matters, inheritances or anything you own jointly with others today. Don't lose your cool. See how the wind blows.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Conversations with partners and close friends will require more patience on your part today, because people are grouchy. Use your diplomatic skills to smooth your relations with others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your ideas about how to improve your workspace might meet with objections from others. Not everyone shares your ideas. Postpone these for a day or two. (No biggie.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Parents might find relations with children a bit challenging today.

Likewise, romantic partnerships could get bogged down in arguments.

Patience is your only ally. (Whew!)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Family discussions might trigger conflict today, which is why it's a good day to postpone important suggestions with family members. Just let sleeping dogs lie.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might feel affronted because you feel your best efforts are ignored or unappreciated. Try not to overreact, because perhaps others feel the same way. It's a dicey day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Try to sidestep disputes about money, earnings and possessions today. Who needs this? Not you. Why not postpone these discussions if you can?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You might feel defeated today. Your ambition is aroused, and whatever you try seems to be blocked by others. (Sheesh!) Or perhaps they resent it. Just wait and see.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Secret love affairs might cause some anxiety in your life or the life of someone else. Basically, Sagittarius is a sign that likes to be upfront and honest. (Sometimes too honest!)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Don't blow a friendship over a disagreement today. It's not worth it.

And hey --you take your friendships seriously. Just bite your tongue and save the relationship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Decisions that you make with an authority figure today might cause resentment on the part of someone else --perhaps a partner. It's tough to keep everybody happy.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues today, because arguments are likely.

There's no need to prove anything or to be right or win. It's always best to get along. (You know this.)

YOU BORN TODAY You are seductive and romantic, but always elegantly tasteful. Whether you're aware of it or not, you magnetize others to you with your charm. You love beauty in your friends and your surroundings. You are loyal to family and will never forsake a friend in need. Seek opportunities this year to study or learn something valuable to you. You won't regret it.

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Bus driver told patrol he passed out before crash Dan Sewell Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — The driver of a Greyhound bus that ran off an interstate and flipped over told investigators he didn’t remember anything from the last mile before the crash that injured at least 35 people, an investigative report released Thursday shows.

The State Highway Patrol says 64-year-old Dwayne Garrett told police at the scene of the Sept. 14 accident in southwest Ohio that he had been drinking coffee, started coughing, then lost consciousness.

He was trapped inside the bus and investigators said he had to be freed by mechanical means.

“This statement is consistent with several passenger accounts stating they saw the driver slumped over the wheel,” the patrol report says.

“The driver stated he doesn’t remember anything for approximately one mile before the bus ran off the road. When he regained consciousness, the bus was on its side.”

Garrett was cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control, a misdemeanor.

He declined comment Thursday. A message for comment was left with Greyhound.

Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Anne Ralston said toxicology and other lab results and other information still being investigated will be added to the report when available.

The bus was carrying 51 passengers from Cincinnati to Detroit when it ran off Interstate 75 near Monroe, some 25 miles north of Cincinnati, before 4 a.m.

There were no lifethreatening injuries, but the report described possible internal injuries,

broken bones and concussions.

Statements from passengers on the bus describe a chaotic and terrifying scene, with one saying he was asleep when he awoke to “screaming and yelling,” and another saying he came to after the crash and saw “bodies everywhere.”

Passengers with lessserious injuries described helping others, including a woman whose arm was broken so badly that bone was sticking out.

One passenger, identified as 62-year-old Ruthie Allen of West Bloomfield, Mich., said she saw the crash coming when she noticed the bus veering to the right on the highway.

“I thought the driver was just changing lanes (but) the bus continued to move to the right, driving over the rumble strips, and kept going off the right side of the road,” she said. “He did

not brake at all. Before we went completely off of the interstate, I started yelling at the driver, but he did not respond to me.”

Anthony Poe, 30, of Highland Park, Mich., said he had just fallen asleep when the bus went off the road.

“We flipped several times. I am banged up, but there are horrible injuries,” he said. “I was airborne for the duration of the crash. I have no clue how I made it.”

The report said many passengers gave false identifying information to first responders. In some cases, names didn’t match because tickets had been purchased by other people.

The report also said owners of the cornfield where the bus crashed and overturned after hitting a tree estimated damage at $300. A damaged fence is owned by the state.

State Briefs Ohio landlady fined $11,000 by civil rights panel COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s civil rights commission has ordered a northwest Ohio landlady accused of housing discrimination against undercover testers to pay more than $11,000 in actual damages and attorneys’ fees.

In its decision Thursday, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission declined to award punitive damages against Helen Grybosky of Conneaut that also had been sought.

Grybosky was accused in a 2009 complaint of telling testers with disability dogs that pets weren’t allowed or required an extra deposit.

A second complaint claims the woman told a tester with a child that she could only rent a downstairs unit at a higher cost.

An administrative judge previously upheld the allegations first investigated by Painesville, Ohio-based Fair Housing Resource Center.

Grybosky argued no discrimination occurred because no actual renters were involved.

Jury recommends life sentence BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A jury has recommended a sentence of life without parole for a northern Kentucky man convicted of murder and other counts in the shooting deaths of his parents.

The Kentucky Enquirer reports jurors in Boone County returned the recommendation Wednesday for 43-year-old Michael Moore.

“I would think he’s relieved because anytime that the death penalty is a possibility, you have to take it very seriously,” defense attorney Joanne Lynch said.

“There are no winners here. We express our condolences to the entire Moore family. There’s no doubt Madge and Warren Moore were wonderful people, great members of the community. … It truly is a tragedy and I don’t say that tritely or lightly.”

Prosecutors said Moore killed Warren and Madge Moore in 2009 due to his growing appetite for drugs.

They said he was after his mother’s pain pills.

Lynch had argued that said Warren Moore was depressed and killed his wife, and then Michael Moore killed his father as they struggled over the gun.

Michael Moore, a former Warren County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputy, originally told police that an intruder had killed his parents.

The case has drawn interest in the region because Warren Moore was the Union city administrator and a beloved community leader when he died.

Formal sentencing is set for Nov 12.

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, but assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jason Hiltz said the recommendation was not a disappointment.

“He will spend the rest of his life in prison. The family I know is pleased,” he said. “The important thing is that Michael Moore will die in prison. He will spend the rest of his life in a cell thinking about what he did to get there, which is he killed his parents.”

Ohio panel alerts jobs board of possible conflicts COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Ethics Commission is preparing to release details of potential conflicts of interest it has identified among board members, employees and other associates of Gov. John Kasich’s oft-criticized job-creation agency, JobsOhio.

Executive Director Paul Nick said he expects the information to be released Thursday.

The possible conflicts were flagged during routine review of dozens of confidential financial disclosure that employees and board members of Ohio boards, commissions, agencies and schools file annually.

Nick said the commission alerts individuals to ties to businesses whose dealings with the state may run up against ethics restrictions. No wrongdoing is implied.

Transparency issues surrounding the unique structure of JobsOhio and its private-sector governing board have been the subject of political debate and a lawsuit.

Ohio first lady features art at governor’s mansion COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio first lady Karen Kasich is launching a program to feature artists’ work at the official governor’s residence near Columbus.

The program is a partnership with the Ohio Arts Council and will spotlight three pieces by one artist each quarter at the site, which isn’t used as the everyday home for the Kasich family.

Artists who live and work in Ohio are eligible as long as they’re not enrolled in a degree-granting program.

According to The Plain Dealer, Kasich says artists want to be where their work is appreciated, and Ohio wants to keep them.

The first featured artist is Wallace Peck, a Columbus resident and participant at Open Door Art Studio in Grandview. The studio offers art education and services for people with physical and mental disabilities.

LexisNexis: FBI probing ‘intrusion’ targeting data ATLANTA (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing an “intrusion” targeting data at LexisNexis, one of the nation’s largest collectors of information about people and businesses, a company spokesman said.

Along with the FBI, outside forensic investors are also working with the company to investigate the matter, LexisNexis spokesman Stephen Brown said.

“In that investigation, we have identified an intrusion targeting our data but to date have found no evidence that customer or consumer data were reached or retrieved,” Brown told The Atlanta JournalConstitution.

“Because this matter is actively being investigated by law enforcement, I can’t provide further information at this time,” Brown said.

Lindsay Godwin, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington, confirmed an investigation was under way and that it involved several companies.

The firm’s databases, built from public records and proprietary sources, are used for identity checks, employee screenings, debt collections and other uses.

Its clients include government agencies, insurers, banks, media companies, corporate personnel offices and private investigators.

The Dayton, Ohio-based global company has a major presence in metro Atlanta, with offices in Alpharetta, Atlanta and Duluth.

In recent years, hackers gaining access to Social Security numbers, background reports and other details about people have led to identity thefts.

Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, said while victims of data breaches don’t necessarily become victims of identity thefts, “unfortunately, data breaches are extremely common and they can in many instances lead to identity thefts.”

AG: Ohio company deceptively solicited for charity LIMA (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says he and his counterpart in Pennsylvania have filed lawsuits against a Youngstown-area company suspected of deceptively soliciting donations for firefighter and police charities.

DeWine says his office determined telemarketers with Encore Music Productions Ltd. and its agents misled potential donors, pretended to be firefighters and broke other regulations. He says Encore sold tickets and business advertisements for local concerts to solicit for 30 Ohio organizations and several in Pennsylvania.

DeWine says his 42-count civil lawsuit in Ohio’s Allen County alleges fraud, money laundering and other deception. He says a temporary restraining order has been granted, and he’s asking the court to shut down the business.

A message left Thursday at a phone number for Encore in Boardman, near Youngstown, was not immediately returned.

Judge: Jailed mom can’t go to Ohio girl’s funeral TOLEDO (AP) — An Ohio woman charged with obstruction won’t be allowed to leave jail for the funeral of her toddler, who was missing for months before her remains were found in a garage.

A county judge in Toledo on Wednesday rejected Angela Steinfurth’s request to visit a funeral home and privately pay her last respects. Steinfurth’s attorney told The Blade newspaper she couldn’t immediately comment on the ruling.

A visitation for 19-month-old Elaina Steinfurth is scheduled Friday at a funeral home in the city of Oregon. The funeral is Saturday.

The cause of her death hasn’t been determined.

Angela Steinfurth and a man she had been dating are charged with obstructing official business in the girl’s disappearance. The remains were found this month in a garage that belongs to the man’s family.

Classifieds LEGALS Lost & Found FOUND, Small black Puppy in vicinity of Miami Shelby Road, has collar on, Call to describe.

(937)773-8606 LOST 5yr old Shih tzu, black/ white female, name Sassy from 612 Young Street, Info on tags, Call (937)916-3050, (937)451-0726 Yard Sale ANNA COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday 8am-3pm Gerstner toolbox and machinists tools, Airstream materials, diecast cars, 2004 Infinity G35, 2004 GMC Envoy, freezer, refrigerators, antique dresser, porcelain sink, baby items, camping gear, tent

ANNA, 12999 County Road 25A (Big White Barn), South edge of Anna, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8-5pm, Huge garage sale, DOWNSIZINGREDUCED PRICES, lots of old farm antiques, old and new tools, toolboxes, vises, lawn seeders, auto supplies, paint and supplies, bikes, baby swing, miscellaneous household items COVINGTON 702 Chestnut.

Friday & Saturday 8am-5pm.

Cherry, 4-poster bed/canopy frame. Small Amish-made corner shelf cabinet. Sidewalk edger. Brass headboard.

Steamers (upright/portable).

Metal hanging cupboard.

Homemade baby crib/mattress. Country/Primitive decor.

Angel collection. Women's clothes.

COVINGTON 762 N High St. Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-2pm. MULTIFAMILY SALE! Organ. Lane cedar chest. Commercial sewing machine & cabinets. Old records. Sheet music. Garage items. Lots of miscellaneous.

COVINGTON, 5225 Myers Road. (corner State Route 41 & Myers). Friday only 9am6pm. OVER 50 FAMILIES! Name brand children's clothing sizes newborn-16 and juniors, some adult. Baby & nursery items, toys and books. Lots of household miscellaneous items.

PIQUA 1720 Amhurst. Saturday 9am-3pm. 5-drawer, steel case, filing cabinet. Steel case, storage cabinets. Tables.

OSU prints. Babrie's/clothes.

Lamps. Decorative trees. Bicycles. Lots of miscellaneous.

Desk. Christmas tree.

PIQUA 129 S Wayne St, Salvation Army gymnasium. Saturday 9am-4pm. MULTI-FAMILY SALE! SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! PIQUA 1514 Andover Ave. Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm.

Truck rims. Slot machine.

NASCAR. Old telephones.

Households. Auto travel rack.

Miscellaneous.

PIQUA 2912 Chinook Pass (Indian Ridge subdivision). Friday & Saturday 9am-?

PIQUA 3477 & 3505 Farrington. Thursday & Friday 9am6pm. White twin bed. New manual treadmill. New jewelry.

Toys. Books. Pocket knives.

Tools. Riding lawn mower.

Sewing table. Vacuum cleaner.

Carpet cleaner. Ladies bike.

Bath vanity. Drop-leaf table/2 chairs. Miscellaneous.

PIQUA 505 Harrison St. Thursday through Sunday 10am-6pm. Motorcycle. Pickup truck. Makasa dishes.

Couch. Matching end & coffee table. Kitchenware. Hand, power, yard tools. Fishing gear. Cook books. Old stereo.

Cassette tapes. LOTS of miscellaneous.

PIQUA 512 Sherwood Dr. Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-noon. HUGE 3FAMILY SALE! Baby girl & boy & maternity clothing. Childadult clothing & shoes. Scrubs.

Purses. Dishes. Log splitter.

Wood/corn-burning stove.

LOTS of miscellaneous.

PIQUA 801 Fisk St. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8am-5pm.

Band saw/blade. Oscillater sander. 4" joiner. Skill saw.

Router sears. 5" palm sander.

Wards welder. Miscellaneous.

PIQUA 809 Brook St. Friday & Saturday, 9am-? MULTI-FAMILY! Children's clothing from 5 different children. Household items.

Miscellaneous.

EVERYTHING MUST GO! PIQUA 8669 Mulberry GroveRakestraw Road Friday and Saturday 8am-5pm 3 wheel bicycle, toddler bed, entertainment center, coffee table, junior and misses clothes (small, medium, large), dressers, baby items, saddles, tools and miscellaneous. Priced to sell PIQUA 9100 Bryan Court. Hetzler Rd to Parker to Bryan.

Thursday noon-4, Friday 9am4pm. MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Lamps. Bedding. Afghans.

Christmas & seasonal decorations. Household items. Men's clothing. Pencil sharpener collection. Wall decor.

PIQUA, 1108 Maplewood Drive, Friday & Saturday 9am4pm, Huge Moving Sale!! Lazy Boy leather recliner, beds, desk, kitchen table & chairs, tools, mower, Lia Sophia Jewelry, Items to numerous to mention!!

PIQUA, 1640 Stockham Drive, Friday 9-5pm, Saturday 81pm, toddler toys, antiques, teen girl clothes, housewares, crafts, lots of miscellous.

PIQUA, 507 Beverly, Thursday, Friday 9am-4pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm, Longaberger baskets, Christmas items, Topiaries, Boyds, printer, harp seals, numerous books, puzzles, professional camera & Ann Geddes Dolls, Barbies, Easter baskets, Red Hats, Heater, golf clubs, steamer

Yard Sale PIQUA, 5811 North Washington Rd (Corner of Drake) Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am4pm, furniture, household items, scrapbooking, fans, lamps, linens, rugs, candles, flowers, NIB Hot Wheels, dolls, Home Interior, most items new or like new PIQUA, 6230 Drake Road, Saturday only 9-2pm, Pinball Machine (Road King), Oak bed frame with 8 drawers including headboard, tools, household, Christmas, hardware, lamps, cookware, lots of miscellaneous PIQUA, 9140 Knouff Rd (off of Versailles Rd), Saturday, 8-6.

Kitchen table, (2) metal base cabinets, Pro Weider 9940 home gym, infant items, misses & mens clothing, kitchen & household items, lefthanded golf clubs, LOTS of miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 9545 Country Club Road, Friday, Saturday 104pm, electric hoist, furniture, yard equipment, something for men, women, and children!

SIDNEY, 400 Folkerth Ave (Days INN Behind Bob Evans) Saturday, Sept 28th, 10am1pm, Huge Multi Scrapbookers garage Sale, New and used items TIPP CITY 565 Pine Street Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-6pm Tools, glassware, household items, craft items. large selection of miniature oil lamps. Great Deals.

TROY 2875 Manor Ct. Thursday thru Saturday 9am6pm. Vera Bradley/Guess bags. iPod. Wii/games. Bar stools. Jumparoo. Double stroller. High chair. Power Wheels. Dolls houses/toys.

Girls clothing: Gymboree/Gap, newborn-6. Boys clothing: newborn-2T. TROY 444 East Water Street (St. Patrick's Parish Center) Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm Huge Sale, household, clothes(kids and adult), books, small furniture, toys, home decor, some tools, sporting equipment, baby items TROY, 2860 West State Route 41, Friday 8-4pm, hunting, fishing, tools, collectibles, boat.

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Transport Service Co. Food Grade Division, a highway subsidiary of the Kenan Advantage Group, is now seeking Class A CDL drivers out of Dayton, OH for our liquid bulk work.

Hiring schedule will be Out & Back runs.

There are many advantages to joining our team: • NEW BENEFIT PACKAGE AVAILABLE • PAID TO LOAD/UNLOAD • PAID DETENTION TIME • OCCASIONAL WEEKEND WORK • DESIRABLE HOME TIME • PAID TRAINING • PAID VACATION • PAID HOLIDAYS • 401-K & MORE We require 1 year, recent, verifiable Tractor-trailer experience, Tank endorsement (or ability to obtain) and a safe driving record.

“NO TANK EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – WILL TRAIN!” APPLY NOW at TheKAG.com Contact Scott Francis at 937-474-6556 for more information or stop by our terminal 5700 Webster Street Dayton OH 45413

Help Wanted General

Cook Positions La Piazza Has immediate openings for Cook Positions, Professional Restaurant experience required.

Apply in person at: 2 North Market Street on the Square in Troy Ohio

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ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTER ✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ JOBS AVAILABLE NOW ✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ CRSI has part-time openings available in Miami, Shelby, Darke, and Preble Counties for caring people who would like to make a difference in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities. Various hours are available, including 2nd shift, weekends and overnights. Paid training is provided Requirements: a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid drivers license, have less than 6 points on driving record, proof of insurance and a criminal background check.

Ferguson Construction Company in Sidney, Ohio is currently looking for an Architectural Drafter with 3+ years of experience and a minimum of an associate degree in computer aided drafting and design or related field. Working knowledge of Auto Cad, Revit and architectural detailing. Excellent wage and benefit opportunities.

If interested please contact Tom Bergman at: hr@ ferguson-construction.com with resume or response.

You may also fax your resume to (937)498-1796, attention Human Resources.

EOE

To apply, call 937-335-6974 or stop our office at 405 Public Square, Troy OH

Help Wanted General

Help Wanted General

CNC & MANUAL MACHINISTS

Edison Community College invites qualified candidates to apply for the following positions:

Due to our continued growth we are seeking experienced individuals for the following 1st and 2nd shift positions.

Full Time Math Faculty Member Full Time Chemistry Faculty Member

Manual Machinists Mill, lathe and grinding experience desired.

Full Time Allied Health Faculty Member

CNC Mill & Lathe Machinists 5 years experience and must perform your own setups.

Adjunct Faculty for General Biology

1st shift hours begin at 7:00 am Monday–Friday.

Adjunct Faculty for Chemistry

2nd shift hours begin at 3:30 pm Monday–Thursday.

Adjunct Faculty for Anatomy & Physiology

We offer excellent wages and benefits, including 100% employee medical, 401K, uniforms in an Air Conditioned facility.

For a complete listing of employment and application requirements please visit: www.edisonohio.edu/ employment

Apply in person at:

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES NOW HIRING

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Freshway Foods is seeking qualified candidates for FullTime Production positions.

For Immediate consideration apply in person at: Freshway Foods 601 N. Stolle Ave Sidney, Ohio 45365

AdeccoUSA.com or call: (937)498-4458 EOE LEGALS

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-084 United Shore Financial Services, LLC vs.

Alicia D. Williams, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 9, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Covington, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: H19-007610 Also known as: 403 East Walnut Street, Covington, Ohio 45318 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty Two Thousand and 00/100 ($52,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Brian Duffy, Attorney 09/13, 09/20, 09/27-2013 40490533

MACHINE MAINTENANCE Repairing Industrial Equipment, Mechanical, Electrical trouble shooting, Hydraulic/ Pneumatic repair, (PCLs) trouble shooting, 2 years experience, Benefits after 90 days.

Submit resume to: AMS 330 Canal Street Sidney, Ohio 45365

Help Wanted General

NOW HIRING! Administrative • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

Assistant

IMMEDIATE NEED! Visiting Angels is growing again, seeks experienced caregivers for inhome, private duty care. All shifts, preference for live-in, nights, and weekends. Always interested in meeting great caregivers! 419-501-2323. www.visitingangels.com/ midwestohio.

• HVAC Offi ce Assistant • Plumbers Needed • Electricians • Computer skills • Service Techs required

Medical/Health

Experience Required

PleasePaid email resume to: Vacation markn@noll-fi sher.com Health Insurance 937-394-4181 937-394-4181 310 W. Main Street

310 W. Main Street Anna, OH 45302 Anna, OH#45302 OH License 25341 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

NOW HIRING FOR: * 1st Shift Weekend Warrior RNs * Full Time 2nd & 3rd Shift STNAs * Part Time in Laundry & Housekeeping Please apply in person at 75 Mote Drive Covington, Ohio 45318 Covington Care Center is a Drug Free Workplace

LEGALS

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

Help Wanted General

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Help Wanted General

Freshway Foods has immediate openings with competitive pay and benefits:

Maintenance Tech (3rd Shift)

Machine Operators (1st Shift)

For immediate consideration email resume or apply in person: tarnold@freshwayfoods.com Freshway Foods 601 N. Stolle Ave Sidney, Ohio 45365

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-080 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Charlotte A. Petty, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 9, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-028970 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 787, Page 112 on August 16, 2007 Also known as: 624 Cottage Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

F Peter Costello, Attorney 09/13, 09/20, 09/27-2013 40490529

LEGALS LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-303 Bank of America, NA vs.

Dawn R. Arnett, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 9, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Bradford, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: H18-006420 Prior Deed Reference: Quit-Claim Deed Recorded on 06/06/2006 in Book 784, Page 904 Instrument# 0469847 Also known as: 414 North Miami Avenue, Bradford, Ohio 45308 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Three Thousand and 00/100 ($63,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 09/13, 09/20, 09/27-2013 40490563

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-031 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Jane A. Cotrell, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 16, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-040870 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 165, Page 647 Also known as: 420 Brook Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Kirk Sampson, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-2013 40493501

LEGALS

LEGALS

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-178 Branch Banking and Trust Company vs.

Lori J. Dorman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 16, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-073358 Also known as: 1814 Carol Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00/100 ($120,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Joshua J. Epling, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-2013 40493534

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-834 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Christopher A. Basil, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 9, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-033720 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 190, Page 298 Also known as: 1230 Broadway, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Matthew I. McKelvey, Attorney 09/13, 09/20, 09/27-2013 40490559

LEGALS

LEGALS

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-144 Mainsource Bank vs.

Miranda S. Grauman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 23, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-026440 Also known as: 1124 Madison Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($48,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Alan M. Kappers, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-2013 40493603

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-234 Federal National Mortgage Association vs.

Mark Carnes, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 16, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-008200 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 781, Page 612 on February 20, 2007 Also known as: 121 South Roosevelt Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($48,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-2013 40493553

LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-391 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs.

Brian C. Wilson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 23, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-035130 Prior Deed Reference: General Warranty Deed, Book 783, Page 224, filed April 17, 2007 Also known as: 1406 Garfield Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Charles V. Gasior, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-2013 40493598

LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-343 Franklin American Mortgage Company vs.

Steven J. Snyder, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on October 23, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-005520 Prior Deed Reference: Instrument Number 2012OR-07312 Also known as: 625 Broadway Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Ninety Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($99,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Manbir S. Sandhu, Attorney 09/20, 09/27, 10/04-20133 40493616

SEASONED, SPLIT HARDWOOD. $100/cord. You haul.

(937)418-3948

BARN STORAGE In the Piqua area, Campers or Boat, $40 m ont hly , ( 937 ) 570- 08 3 3 , ( 937) 418- 722 5

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

3-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Washer/Dryer Hook-up. Dishwasher, 2-Car garage. Deposit Required. 2905 Seminole Way. (937)564-1125

2 MOBILE Homes in Country near Bradford $375 & $400, call (937)417-7111 or (937)448-2974 CANDLEWOOD, 4 bedroom, fenced yard, CA, 2.5 car garage, $900 + deposit, references, (937)778-9303, (937)604-5417.

Miscellaneous 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON Ultra Classic, 9600 Miles, Lots of extras, $14900 obo (937)609-1852

Livestock FEEDER CALVES, 20 head, all black, weaned, all shots, hot-wire trained, 550lb average, can deliver. Miami County. (937)667-5659

RVs / Campers

Bailey’s

Pets DOBERMANS. Red, 5 males, Ready October 16th, tails cropped, first shots, very pretty dogs, $200 no papers, (937)498-9668

LOST CAT, large male, with orange marks, declawed, purple collar, lost in green street area. Needs medicine daily, Call (937)570-0968 POMERANIAN PUPPIES, 6 Females, 2 Males, Multicolored. Shots included. Call after 1pm (937)489-0811 Autos For Sale

Houses For Rent

BED, Queen size sleigh bed, light oak, $450, Please call (937)473-9833 after 2pm

Rentals

KITTENS Adorable, fluffy, yellow/white males. 7 weeks, wormed, litter box trained.

Placed in pairs. Indoor homes only. (937)492-7478 Leave message.

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

Furniture & Accessories

1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, fully loaded, 147K miles, $2000 or best offer, call (937)216-6800 2002 FORD WINDSTAR VAN. Excellent condition. Nice interior. Good tires/brakes. Towing bar. Serviced every 3,000 miles. Garage-kept year round.

(937)489-4966

SERVICE Winterization Starting at $45 Call for an Appointment

(937) 596-6141 Appliances

REFRIGERATOR/ FREEZER, 18 cubic feet, good condition, $75, call (937)773-2966 Baby Items CRIB, toddler bed, changing table, swing, glider rocker, walker, highchair, booster chair, saucer, bassinet, packn-play, clothes, bouncer, blankets, more! (937)339-4233 TODDLER BED, vinyl, complete with mattress, sheets, spread, good condition, $50 (937)339-4233 Exercise Equipment PILATES MACHINE, Aero Premier Studio View with reboundier, used 2 years. All instructions. Best reasonable offer considered, (937)526-3190

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Gutter Repair & Cleaning

40492872

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Landscaping

WALKER, folds, adjusts, seat, brakes, basket, good condition, $40, (937)339-4233 SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Natural brown mulch.

Heritage Goodhew Standing Seam Metal Roofing Metal Roof Repair Specialist

765-857-2623 765-509-0069 Owner- Vince Goodhew

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Spread and edged for $30 per yard.

Total up the square feet of beds and divide that by 120 to equal the amount of yards needed.

(937)926-0229 Land Care

Cleaning & Maintenance

MEDICAL GUARDIAN: Medical Alert for Seniors - 24/7 monitoring.

FREE Equipment. Free Shipping. Nationwide Service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 855-850-9105

Construction & Building INERRANT CONTRACTORS Stop overpaying your general contractors!

Miscellaneous

Self performing our own work allows for the best prices on skilled labor.

• Kitchens • Roofs • Windows • Baths • Doors • Siding • Decks • Floors • Drywall • Paint 25 years combined experience FREE estimates

Smokey’s Handmade Leather Crafts Harold (Smokey) Knight (937)260-2120 hknight001@woh.rr.com

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Home of the “Tough Bag” End-of-Season Special: $10 belts with buckle. Buy 1, get 1 free.

Tough Bags. 5 sizes, 4 colors.

Buy 1, get 2 belts free.

Help Wanted General

s for 12 month Hopper Not eligible with or iPad 2 offer.

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

TREADMILL, excellent condition, $75.00, PET STAIRS for dog, New $30, Travel Lite bifold PET RAMP, new $50, (937)778-1942

Lane Furniture, Surround Sound system, 3 tires, 21565R17, Jeep Cherokee bucket seats, John Deere Lawn tractor 112L with 5 attachments, Oreck xl2 vacuum, (937)498-1146

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1-888-781-3386 WA L K E R , S e a t e d w a l k e r , wheelchair, tub/ shower benches, commode chair, toilet risers, bath tub safety rail, canes, cushions, VHS tapes, (937)339-4233

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SEASONED FIREWOOD $150 per cord. Stacking extra, $125 you pick up. Taylor Tree Service available, (937)753-1047

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PIQUA, 1 bedroom, 333 Home Ave. $140 weekly, includes utilities, plus deposit. No pets, (937)773-1668 PIQUA, 2 Bedroom, appliances, garage, ca, lawncare, no pets, $585 monthly, plus deposit, (937)492-5271 PIQUA, 3 Bedroom, upstairs, owner pays utilities, $160 weekly or $675 Monthly, $200 deposit, (937)778-8093

Motorcycles

RTO: 10 MILES north of Piqua in Houston, remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath, garage, CA, down payment required.

(937)526-3264

Construction & Building

40317833

12pm-5pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 2 BEDROOM, upper apartment. W/D hook-up. $350/monthly. (937)773-2829, after 2pm.

3 BEDROOM, 2 full baths, family room, fireplace, central air, 2 car garage. Call (937)498-9842 after 2pm

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Apartments /Townhouses

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Please email resumes to: debk@acsorem.com.

Houses For Rent PIQUA, 317 Commercial, big recently remodeled 1 story, 2 bedroom, $475 monthly, $200 deposit, (937)778-8093.

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U.S.-Japan deal could lead to more organic options Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other’s organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more — and cheaper — organic food.

The Agriculture Department announced an agreement Thursday between the United States and Japan that will allow organic products to be certified in one of the countries and be sold as organic in both. The agreement will allow producers to sell their products in both countries without going through the lengthy process of getting certified twice.

The agreement is similar to a 2009 deal with Canada and a 2012 deal with the European Union.

Agriculture officials say they are looking at agree-

ments with other countries — South Korea, and possibly India, Brazil and Mexico down the road — that could also make it easier for U.S. organic farmers to sell abroad.

The result could be a flow of new products to the U.S. market and higher profits for U.S. organic producers. According to USDA, the most popular organic imports from Japan are green tea, organic sakes and organic mushrooms.

The department said the Canadian agreement has increased exported organic grains to the United States, and the European pact has increased sales of their organic wines and olive oils in the U.S. The United States exports many more organics to Japan than it imports from the country, and officials say the agreement will be a boost for the burgeoning U.S. industry, one of the

fastest-growing sectors of agriculture. Organics have seen sales rise around 4 percent to 5 percent a year and now account for more than $30 billion in annual sales.

Japan imports a wide variety of organics from the United States, including soybeans, specialty crops like cauliflower and nuts, and processed products like frozen meals.

Under the agreement, U.S. organic products sold there will now carry the USDA organic seal.

Annual organic sales to Japan from the United States now total around $80 million, and the USDA estimates the new agreement could more than triple that amount to $250 million a year over the next 10 years.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the agreement will create “good jobs for Americans across the organic supply chain.”

For consumers, the agree-

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it was a backwater for us because of those constraints.”

In agreeing to the deal, Japan dropped its objections to two substances allowed in U.S. organic foods that are not allowed in Japanese organic foods.

While most of the two countries’ organic standards are the same, Japan has not allowed its organics to be produced with lignin sulfonate, a substance used in post-harvest fruit production, or alkali-extracted humic acid, a fertilizer used

to help grow a variety of organic crops. The United States allows those substances.

Vilsack said agreements like this one are aimed at helping revitalize rural areas in the United States that have seen a decline in young people. While commercial-size farming can be intimidating to young and beginning farmers, Vilsack said, many have shown interest in organics, which require less acreage, less equipment and less capital to get started.

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ment with Japan also should lead to lower prices and more variety, said Laura Batcha of the Organic Trade Association. Companies that have had to pay for certification twice will no longer have to pass those costs on to consumers. Batcha said the industry is hopeful that the United States will work toward other such deals as foreign countries gradually adopt stricter standards for organics.

Steve Crider, international Sales Manager for Amy’s Kitchen, a California-based organic company that sells frozen entrees and canned soups, said his company’s sales have increased “dramatically” since the European Union market was opened up last year.

Crider said his company had not been selling very many products to Japan because it would have had to certify that every single one of the many ingredients in its products are up to Japan’s standards.

“Japan loves American products,” he said. “But

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