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Local government relatively unaffected by shutdown Will E Sanders

Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — The federal government shutdown that went into effect Tuesday — the start of government’s fiscal year — will have little, if any, impact on local government, officials with the city of Piqua and Miami County government said.

Piqua City Manager Gary Huff said he does not anticipate city government being affected by the federal government’s temporary shutdown.

“Local government will continue and nothing will hinder us from providing local services,” said Huff, who said he remembers the last time the federal government shut down like this in the mid-1990s.

Though Huff didn’t rule out the city from being indirectly affected by the shutdown, but in ways so minimal that they would not become problematic.

“The only thing I can think of that might be affected would be if we are applying for any federal grants,” Huff said, but added that even in that case it would only result in a delay or a time extension. “That’s

really the only issue we will be facing. It would just slow the grant process down. We don’t anticipate any other issue coming down.”

Huff said even that would be a moot issue because the city currently has no grants that are against a grant deadline for the weeks ahead.

And as far as funding any ongoing project or construc-

tion that is being paid with by federal funding, that funding, he said, is already in state coffers and has already been distributed.

“It’s not stopping any of our projects that we have under way right now,” Huff said.

Turning toward Miami County government, county See SHUTDOWN | Page 8

Kasich visits Piqua to tout training program Covington businessman turns 100 years old Will E Sanders

film solutions, bag-inbox systems and industrial packaging.”

At 100 years of age COVINGTON — Weikert might not be a Entrepreneur Roy spring chicken, but he Weikert will have exact- certainly keeps himself ly 100 candles on his busy in both his personal cake Thursday during a and business lives. special birthday celebraEven at 100 years of tion held at the age, Weikert Covington-based remains the commanufacturing pany’s presiding firm he founded board chairman in the 1930s. and each and Weikert, who every day he turns 100 tomorwalks two miles. row, will be the Weikert started guest of honor his business venat the Founder’s Weikert ture in 1938 after Day Celebration selling hat liners at General Films, 645 made of Pliofilm.

S. High St., Covington, He devised the idea when employees of the for the liners after wantbusiness celebrate the ing an item that helped life of the businessman protect the inside of hats — all 100 years of it.

General Films was to protect them from founded by Weikert in the pomade men used in 1938 and in that time their hair back then.

Ever since then thanks to his hard work, Weikert has never looked dedication, attention to detail and devotion back, eventually building the company is now the a machine that would industry’s leading suppli- produce the the hat cover of industrial and food ers.

Then, on Dec. 28, packaging solutions.

1938, he made his first This is why officials at General Films decided to sale of 100 covers to a show their appreciation shop in Dayton for $6.

“That was the greatest for Weikert at the business he started during thing that ever happened a special Founder’s Day in my life up until that event, which coincides time,” he said in a recent interview. “It just mushwith his 100th birthday.

“The event will also roomed. It went fast.”

Since the time of hat celebrate the company’s long-standing history, liners Weikert’s business Roy’s commitment to has grown and changed, the company and how far and in the 1960s eventhe company has grown tually began producing from the beginning,” plastic film for food. said Lesley Waldsmith, Since then Weikert has public relations. “Today, never looked back.

Today, Tim Weikert, the company serves as a wide range of industries Roy’s nephew, operates with custom extruded the company as CEO. Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

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Gov. John R. Kasich, right, listens as Hartzell project engineer Madan Baral speaks to guests at Hartzell Air Movement Corporation in Piqua on Monday. Kasich was in Piqua regarding the launch of a second round of funds for the Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program.

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PIQUA — Madan Baral, a senior project engineer at Hartzell Air Movement, has the ability to create three-dimensional models of large fans without a blueprint thanks to computer training he and his department colleagues received this year as part of the Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program

launched in January.

Baral was among several speakers who shared the podium with Governor John R. Kasich on Monday afternoon in the 50,000-square-foot high bay area at Hartzell. The purpose of the get-together was to laud the success of the training voucher program, which enables businesses to upgrade the skills of their existing workforce. Hartzell Air Movement is one of more than 450 companies — including four

in Miami County — that collectively applied for $20 million in training vouchers during the program’s first round. Other county employers who benefited include the Clopay Building Products Co. Inc.; Hartzell Industries Inc.; Industry Products Inc. and P&R Specialty Inc. Addressing nearly three dozen local businessmen, educators, city officials and State Representative See KASICH | Page 8

Commission adopts two resolutions; hears from public

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PIQUA —With a short business agenda, Piqua City Commission on Tuesday adopted two resolutions, and heard the second reading on an ordinance dealing with

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amending the city’s code to establish infrastructure requirements for subdivision improvements.

Resident Jim Cruse addressed commissioners on the subdivision improvements, asking that before adopting the the ordinance after the third reading that city officials take a look at adding requirements dealing with the effects of improvements on area agricultural field drainage.

City planner Chris Schmiesing agreed that his department would do some research prior to the next meeting.

Schmiesing also told commission that the additions to the ordinance would include requirements for specific improvements be in place — such as roadways and utilities — for the end-user.

This would ensure, Schmiesing said, that

“we don’t end up with a partially completed property and then the city be responsible for completion.”

Commission also agreed Tuesday to accept a donation of the property at 102 S. Main St., which will become part of the city’s riverfront redevelopment program. Schmiesing said that the city had already conducted the Phase 1 environmental study on the property and that phase 2 — the brownfield study — was next to take place. Earlier this year, the city received a grant to complete brownfield studies on abandoned or neglected buildings to determine the fate of the specific property.

Also Tuesday, commission adopted a resolution authorizing Huff to enter into an agreement with the LPA Federal Local-Let Project with

the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the Safe Routes to School non-infrastructure program. The city will receive $37,000 from ODOT to put toward programs and materials to educate the public — specifically parents and students — on opportunities for walking and biking to school. The city has already identified infrastructure opportunities, including a bike path to be built along Indian Trail at the high school.

During public comments, resident Frank Barhorst addressed commission concerning a property located across from his home and adjacent to St. Boniface School, which now houses a pre-school.

Barhorst said the condition of the property and the actions of those now residing in the home were a concern, especially since

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St. Boniface now had “little tykes” that hear the vulgar language and are subjected to the apparent drug use by residents of the home, which has boarded up windows “on all sides,” he said.

Barhorst also said he and another couple neighbors had looked into purchasing the property, with hopes of selling to the city for demolition. But, he said, the property was eventually sold to a “slum lord,” who is not from this area. Barhorst said the new owners paid cash for the property.

“It’s really sad,” he said, noting he was concerned about the preschoolers in the area.

Mayor Lucy Fess said she had been contacted numerous times about the property. “You’re not the first who have complained about the property,” she told Barhorst.

Barhorst also suggested that the city was not doing all they could to condemn the house or prosecute the residents for drug use, because St. Boniface was a private school, not a public school.

“I believe we’re looking the other way,” Barhorst said, “because it’s a private school.”

Fess said she believed this an untrue statement.

“I disagree with you that we’re looking the other way,” she said.

Stacy Wall, city law director also commented on the situation with the property, noting that she had attempted to contact the bank responsible for the cash sale, but that “they are not cooperative.

There are similar properties along South Main Street. They just want to unload them. They dispose of them to whatever slum lord comes along.”

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Obituaries WELKER TROY — Guy M. Welker, 79, of Troy, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Heartland of Piqua after a brief stay.

He was born on May 8, 1934, in Point Pleasant, W.Va., to the late Burness V. and Goldie (Hayes) Welker. He was married to Phyllis Welker C. (Hale) Welker, who preceded him in death on May 7, 2009.

He is survived by his four sons and two daughters-inlaw, Steven Welker of Troy, Jeffery and Ann West of Kentucky, Mark and Mary Welker of Florida, and Christopher West of Troy; six daughters and four sons-in-law, Teresa and Craig Hancock of Troy, Sharon Bryant of Florida, Glenna and Andrew Anderson of Iowa, Penny and Jerry Andress of Piqua, Deborah Beaty of Troy, and Gail “Missy” Welker of Troy; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Harold and Carol Welker of Troy, and Richard and Judy Welker of Ludlow Falls; two sisters and a brotherin-law, Hilda Lawrence of

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Port Orchard, Wash., and Linda and Frank Edmisten of Troy; two sisters-inlaw, Phyllis Welker Meade of Bradford and Shirley Welker Hines of Troy; 37 grandchildren; 26 g re at- g ra n d c h i l dren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Welker was preceded in death by brothers, Jim and Larry Welker, and one sister, Chloda Francis.

He served in the National Guard during the Korean War. In 1995, Mr. Welker retired from ITW in Troy after 40 years of service as a tool grinder.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Dale Christian officiating. Interment will be in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home.

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

of Covington, James and Delores Sampson of Covington, Steven Sampson and Thelma Sweet of Troy; grandchildren, Daniel Sampson, Sherri Sampson, Debra Bolin, Randy Sampson, James Bryan, Joseph Sampson, Jonathon Sampson, Thomas Sampson; step grandchildren, Eric Hand, Matthew Hand, Jennifer Foresight, Mitchell Bolin, Zac Sweet, Drake Sweet; eight great-grandchildren; 10 step great-grandchildren, three great-great- grandchildren. four step greatgreat-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.

Friday, at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home, 10 S. High St., Covington, with interment following at Greenville Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Covington United Church of Christ115 N. Pearl St., Covington, Ohio 45318 Online memories may be left for the family at www.jackson-sarver.com.

of Bradford; step daughters and sons-in-law, Soni Smith and Donny Claywell of Union City, Lori amd Troy Riegle of Springboro, and Leslie and Roger Fourman of Arcanum; son-inlaw, John Cruse of Bradford; grandchildren, Jason and Mandi Wood, Camisha and Keith Lear, Luke Cruse, Amber Lacy, Walter Whisman, Staci Schmidt, Tyler, Courtney, and Austin Riegle, Kelly and Kyle Fourman, Collin Claywell; great-grandchildren, Jase Wood, Sophia Lacy, Bryce, Bryant, and Bryton Lear; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville, with Pastor Dan Scalf and the Rev. Fr. Frank Amberger officiating. Burial will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Family receivee friends from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial Contributions may be made to Ansonia Rescue or State of the Heart Hospice.

Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com.

PIQUA — Wilbert LeRoy Gates, 76, of 910 New Haven Rd., Piqua, formerly of Sidney, passed away Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at 5:15 p.m. at his residence. He was born Sept. 18, 1937, in Logan County, the son of the late Wilbert and Sadie Gates. On Sept. 19, 1959, he married Lois Jean Zwiesler, who preceded him Gates in death June 1, 1999. He is survived by one daughter, Sharon Dotson and husband Gary of Piqua; two brothers, Paul and Gary; one sister, Lois; eight grandchildren, Nathan Offenbacher and wife Brittany, Justin Offenbacher, Jeff Dotson, Jessie Dotson and wife Amanda, Nick, Derrick, Matthew and Andy Gates; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one son, Steven Gates; three brothers; six sisters; and mother and father-

in-law, Joseph and Wilma Zwiesler.

Mr. Gates was employed by the Stolle Corporation for more than 20 years, and then retired from the Copeland Corporation after 20 years of service.

Wilbert was an umpire for the Sidney fast pitch and hardball leagues for 20-plus years. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney, with the Rev. Lee Ellis officiating. Burial will follow at Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the Gates family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

ANSONIA — Ralph E. “Woody” Wood, 82, of Ansonia, passed away Friday Sept. 27, 2013, at 1:35 p.m. at State of The Heart Hospice Care Center, Greenville.

He was born Oct. 15, 1930, in Greenville, the son of the late Raymond Leroy and Roseanna (Smith) Wood Sr. Wood He was a millwright at Armco Steel.

He was a member of the Piqua Eagles and Moody Round Table Member.

He loved woodworking, making all sort of crafts.

He mowed cemeteries for Brown Township for 14 years.

He is preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Alice J. (Swabb) Wood; daughter, Mabel E. (Wood) Cruse; greatgrandson, Max Wood; brothers, Raymond L. Wood Jr., Glen Wood and Ira Wood; and sisters, Sarah Wombold, Mabel Ritchey, Dorothy Lammott, and Laura Randall.

He is survived by his wife, Linda (Riffle) Wood of Ansonia; children and spouse, Rosemary Wood CYPHERS of Piqua, Joyce and PIQUA — Georgie A. Makinzie.

Tim Lacy of Bradford, Mrs. Cyphers worked Ralph “Beener” Wood Cyphers, 83, of Piqua, died at 9:15 p.m. Monday, at the former Concord Sept. 30, 2013, at the School and was a wonPiqua Manor Nursing derful homemaker all of Home. She was born Nov. her life. She was a member of the Piqua Valorie Berry-Wickliffe 7, 1929, in Troy TROY — Valorie Sue Salvation Army to the late Edward Berry-Wickliffe, 61, Citadel. and Georgie A service to of Troy, passed away (Campbell) Starry. honor her life 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. She married will begin at 10 Edgar E. “Jack” a.m. Friday at Cyphers on Nov. the Jamieson & 14, 1958, in Piqua; Yannucci Funeral he preceded her in Home with Captain death March 28, Cyphers Douglas Dolder officiat1995.

Survivors include a son, ing. Burial will follow at Jeff (Dawn) Cyphers of Miami Memorial Park, Visitation Piqua; a daughter, Juanita Covington.

(Steven) Supinger of will be from 5-7 p.m.

Piqua; nine grandchil- Thursday at the funeral dren; 20 great-grand- home. Memorial contrichildren; a sister, Hazel butions may be made to (Hank) Furlong of Tipp the Piqua Salvation Army, City; and several nieces 129 S. Wayne St., Piqua, and nephews. She was OH 45356. Guestbook preceded in death by two condolences and expresbrothers, John Starr and sions of sympathy, to be Jim Starry; a sister, Gertie provided to the family, Sotzing; two grandsons, may be expressed through Jeffrey and James; and j a m i e s o n a n d ya n n u c c i . a great- granddaughter, com.

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dice against both defendants, Karen A. Leffel, 62, of Troy, and Amy B. Hawkins, 43, of Casstown, ruling the the case was filed in the wrong court.

Kendell said prosecutors are still performing discovery in the case and hope to refile the case in common pleas court, which should occur later this month.

“We’re not going to file it until we are ready,” Kendell said, noting it would be soon because speedy trial limitations are in effect.

He said some

charges are exclusively handled by some courts and when the case was originally filed in municipal court that was a mistake because it should have been filed in common pleas court.

“Some charges, like this one, can only bare the exclusive jurisdiction of (common pleas court),” he added.

Leffel and Hawkins were originally set to go to trial in municipal court Sept. 23, but the case was dismissed and prosecutors were told to refile the case in common

pleas court.

Leffel and Hawkins had been charged with failure to report child abuse, a misdemeanor, after a Miami County grand jury indicted the duo in August.

The grand jury indictment was the culmination of an investigation performed by the Miami County Sheriff ’s Office into the allegations involving the Walnut Grove Learning Center, 5760 E. Walnut Grove, where both of the women served as directors.

Leffel is the owner of the facility.

Prior to the case’s dismiss al, both Leffel and Hawkins entered a plea of not guilty to the charge.

Sheriff ’s reports i n d i c at e both women witnessed or knew of alleged sexual abuse taking place at the center and did nothing to report it, which is not in accordance with state law.

Authorities investigated the allegations in June after an ex-daycare employee reported that such abuse occurred at the facility on four occasions where the same child was “caught

touching other students in a sexual manner,” according to reports.

The reports also stated the suspect child, a 4-year-old, allegedly touched three children during four occasions between April and May. The investigation found the exdaycare worker who came forward said Leffel and Hawkins allegedly wanted to keep the incidents “a secret” and when the former employee expressed her concerns about not reporting the abuse she was fired.

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neous power equipment could not be located at the parks department’s garage, located at 859 S. Main St., also the site of the city’s street department.

Investigators at the scene could not locate any use of forced entry in the burglary, but managed to later discover the Gator near the city’s old power plant not that far from the scene of the crime.

However, the cityowned truck and the

power tools have not been accounted for and the Piqua Police Department has entered the truck as stolen in police data bases.

Piqua Police Deputy Chief Tom Steiner said the stolen items have a combined value that’s been set at $37,000.

The case is still actively being investigated, but so far authorities are not sure how the culprits gained entry into the utility garage where the items were

stored.

Steiner said among the miscellaneous items stolen were chainsaws, backpack leaf blowers and other hand tools.

He said if anyone in the public has information on the suspects or the stolen items they should contact the police department either anonymously through the department’s tips line, 615TIPS, or by calling the department at 7782027.

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COVINGTON — Helen Mae Sampson, 93, of Covington , passed away Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at Troy Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 18, 1920, in Covington, to parents Russell Edward and Laura (Jones) Furnas.

Helen graduated from Covington High School Class of 1938. On March 17, 1939, she married Leo Minser Sampson and together they shared a life on the family farm for 38 years.

She worked at Sampsons Hardware Store in Pleasant Hill and began working on the board of elections in 1960. She was a longtime member of the Covington United Church of Christ and a member of the Troy Senior Citizens.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Leo Sampson; grandson, David Sampson; greatgrandson Kyle Bryan.

She will be missed and remembered by her daughter Jeanette Bryan of Covington; sons and daughters-in-law, Rodney and Charlotte Sampson

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Death Notice 1, 2013, at Troy Care Center. Arrangements are pending with FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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Case to be refiled in common pleas court Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

T ROY — Following the dismissal of a case in municipal court involving the directors of an Elizabeth Township daycare center that allegedly failed to report child abuse, the Miami County Prosecutor Tony Kendell said the case will be refiled in Miami County Common Pleas Court soon.

Last month a judge appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case dismissed the case without preju-

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PIQUA — Thieves struck a parks department facility over the weekend and made a large haul, including stealing two vehicles and other power equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars.

City workers made the discovery Monday morning when a pickup truck, a John Deere Gator and miscella-

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Edison hosts 9th annual 5K for cancer PIQUA — The ninth annual Chris Cianciolo/Edison 5K for Cancer Race will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Edison Community College.

The race is held annually to help raise awareness for all types of cancer.

Proceeds from the event directly benefit the Upper Valley Medical Center Cancer Care Center, as well as assisting a patient of the center and their family with the financial burdens of the disease.

This year’s recipient is Shauna Perry, 43, of Piqua. Perry currently is undergoing treatment for lung cancer and was honored to find out she is the recipient of this year’s fundraiser.

Those interested in participating can pre-register for the event online today at www.edisonohio. edu/5k.

Entry fees are $12 for pre-registered participants and $15 for race day registrations.

Pre-registered participants will receive a free T-shirt. Additional shirts will be sold for $5 on race day. Race day registration begins at 8 a.m., followed by a one-mile Fun Run for Kids at 8:30 a.m.

The official race begins at 9 a.m., starting in the back parking lot of the college.

The 5K race is an “out-and-back” course, and is run entirely on pavement.

Sunny skies ahead

High pressure keeps us dry, with a warming trend and with lower 80s for the rest of the week.

“We look forward to every opporHigh 81, Low 58 tunity where we can lend support to important causes,” said Amber Selhorst, assistant athletic director and coordinator of Student Life.

“Our 5K is special because cancer affects everyone in the community and this is a way for Edison to help the Cancer Care Center as well as a local family.”

Partly Partly The race is held in memory sunny sunny of Chris Cianciolo, who lost her 15-year battle with cancer in 2005.

Last year, approximately 150 people participated in the race, HIGH:80 LOW: 60 HIGH: 80 LOW: 62 which helped raise nearly $1,000.

For more information contact Amber Selhorst at aselhorst@edisonohio.edu.

Extended Forecast

Thursday

Edison receives award for excellence

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Emma Pierron Age: 8 Birthday: Oct. 2, 2005 Parents: Dan and Wendy Pierron of Piqua Siblings: Lily Grandparents: Marvin and Jane Pierron of Versailles, Joe and Julie Green of Piqua Emma Pierron

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Edison Community College was recently honored in Columbus with an award from The Partnership for Excellence. Pictured, left to right, are: John Shishoff, vice president of Administration and Finance; Jim Thompson, trustee and chairman of the board; Patti Ross, senior vice president of Academic Affairs; Mona Walters, dean of Intuitional Planning and Effectiveness; Linda Peltier, vice president for Strategic Human Resources; Steve Whiteman, associate professor of computer application technology; Cris Valdez, president.

perspective on our quality journey that serves to improve and strengthen the college.”

Walters also serves on the board of examiners for TPE, which assists organizations using the i n t e r n at i o n a l l y - re c o g nized Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

Applicants were evaluated rigorously seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; operations focus; and results. The evaluation process for each of the recipients included more than 1,000 hours of review and a three-day visit by a team of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.

The mission of TPE is “to cultivate performance excellence and continuous improvement among

business, education, government, healthcare and non-profit organizations based in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia.” By providing a framework for performance excellence through the Baldrige Criteria, organizations have a greater focus on customers, process management, work systems and organization-wide results. These organizations typically see lower costs, improved productivity and increases in both employee and customer satisfaction. The results are higher quality education, improved healthcare for citizens in need, job creation to build a stronger economy and more efficient and effective government, with enormous impact on the lives of thousands.

Additional information is available on the TPE website at www.thepartnershipforexcellence.org.

PHS Class of ‘78 to hold reunion PIQUA -The Piqua High School Class of 1978 will celebrate its 35th reunion at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in Z’s Party Room. Pizza and snacks will be provided. For more information, call Sheila Davis Friend at 7781867.

Police Reports Sept. 27 Theft: Police responded to the 600 block of South Roosevelt Avenue after a black Toshiba laptop was taken from a residence.

Fraud: Police responded to Ulbrich’s Market, 407 S. Wayne St., after two fraudulent checks were cashed.

Telephone harassment: Police responded to the 600 block of South Main Street after an adult female accidentally sent a nude photo of herself to her aunt’s cell phone. She was warned for telecommunications harassment.

Warrant: Police responded to the 600 block of South Roosevelt Avenue after police arrested an adult male on an active warrant. The man was also in possession of drugs.

Disorderly conduct: Police responded to the football stadium, 1 Indian Trails, after a man was yelling at the crowd in the stands. The man was asked to stand over at the fence line and to stay there.

Sept. 28 Theft: Police responded to Ulbrich’s Market, 407 S. Wayne St., after money was stolen out of pop machines. A witness described the suspects and the vehicle they were in. The investigation continues.

Theft: Police responded to a similar call to the Terrace Creek Apartments, 90 Maryville Lane, after coins from coin-operated dryers were stolen.

Sept. 30 Menacing: Police responded to the 900 block of Covington Avenue after a juvenile that was in the respite care of a woman threatened to damage all of her property if she did not give him his tablet back. The woman seized the tablet because the juvenile was “surfing porn on the Internet.”

Forgery: Police responded to the golf course, 2100 Echo Lake, after counterfeit money was discovered over the weekend.

PIQUA — Tickets are still available for the 5th Anniversary Gala at the Fort Piqua Plaza on Oct. 16, featuring the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra with Neal Gittleman conducting. Call Mainstreet Piqua at 773-9355 or Ruth Koon at 778-1288 for tickets.

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PIQUA — Edison Community College was recently honored as one of 11 recipients of the 2013 Awards for Excellence — Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia’s highest honor for performance excellence through innovation, results and visionary leadership using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

The Partnership for Excellence award recipients were honored at TPE’s Annual Quest for Success Conference, held Sept. 16-17 at the Polaris Hilton in Columbus.

“It truly was a humbling experience to be among the esteemed and excellent organizations honored by The Partnership for Excellence,” said Edison President Dr. Cris Valdez. “To be recognized with the Silver Award not only helps us to see our accomplishments but inspires us to continually strive for improvement.”

The Baldrige Awards are presented in four levels of achievement: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum.

The bronze level represents the pledge to excellence, the silver level represents commitment to excellence, the gold level represents achievement of excellence and the platinum level represents the Governor’s award for excellence. Of the four levels awarded, Edison was a recipient of the silver level award, demonstrating its commitment to excellence.

“We have been on a quality journey since 2000 when we adopted the AQIP Pathway for accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission,” said Mona Walters, dean of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness. “AQIP, the Academic Quality Improvement Program is Baldrige-based and focuses the college on continuous improvement.

Applying for the state Baldrige award validates our efforts and offers a

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After Sue wrote medal in weightlifting “Wash me” with her fin- or beach volleyball in ger in the dust on the the next Olympics. It’s most expensive piece full of normal people of exercise equipment I like schoolteachers and own, I joined the health bank tellers, trying to club. At home, I just keep one step ahead of wasn’t getting it done. dreaded couch potato I’d walk past buildup. the equipI had to ment 20 buy a new times a day gym bag and and say to some sweats, myself, “I’ll so I’m pawdo that right ing through after lunch.” the sweatAfter lunch, pants at the I’d think, “It Shop and Go can wait till Away and Jim Mullen after dinner. everything But should on the shelf Columnist you really is size 4XL, exercise after a heavy 3XL or 2XL. Obviously, meal? I’ll do it in the if you are buying the morning.”

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While Republicans squabble, Obama plots path to victory Most of Washington ignored President through these past five years … are some Obama’s Sept. 16 speech marking the of these folks really so beholden to one fifth anniversary of the financial melt- extreme wing of their party that they’re down. For good reason; the city was willing to tank the entire economy?” consumed by the mass murders unfoldMany Republicans will roll their eyes; ing at the Navy Yard just a few miles they’ve heard the president’s rhetoric from the White House. many times before. But it worked in When Obama began speaking, the TV 2012, and with jobs and the economy networks carried his opening remarks still by far the nation’s No. 1 issue, on the shootings, and then Obama intends to press those cut away when he got to the themes hard through 2014. substance of his speech.

“This was a speech But a few people in designed to create a clear Washington were watching. narrative that is going to last The strategists working to for a while,” says the GOP guide House Republicans to strategist. “He’s saying, ‘If victory in the 2014 midterm it hadn’t been for me, we elections were taking careful wouldn’t have turned the note of the president’s words. economy around, and the “I think it was a critically Republicans have been trying Byron York important speech,” says one to blow it up.’”

Republican closely involved Columnist Meanwhile, as Obama lays in the effort. “It’s what he the groundwork for the combelieves the debate in 2014 is going to ing campaign, Republicans are fighting sound like, and it’s the opening salvo of among themselves over an impossible defining where this economy is going quest to defund Obamacare. and who has the initiative.”

After that is resolved, they will fight Obama began, as he always does, by among themselves over the circumreminding his audience just how bad stances of increasing the nation’s debt things were in late 2008 and early 2009. limit.

And then they’ll fight among In an astonishingly brief time, investthemselves over something else. ment banks failed, the stock market craEvery day the GOP is consumed tered, jobs disappeared, lending dried with its internal squabbles is a day up and the auto industry nearly colRepublicans don’t concentrate on the lapsed.

Then, Obama explained, his policies issues most important to voters.

So now, amid the feuding, some in came to the rescue: stimulus, infrastructure spending, mortgage assistance, the GOP are asking: What case will we financial reform, the auto rescue and make for ourselves in 2014? In the strategist’s words, “What has a Republican more.

The payoff for all that work, he said, Congress accomplished?”

Obama’s speech gave them the strucis 7.5 million new jobs in the last 3 1/2 ture of an argument. Those 7.5 million years, a falling unemployment rate, a recovering housing market and a falling jobs? Well, the vast majority of them, 5.7 million, came after Republicans took federal deficit.

“What all this means is we’ve cleared control of the House in January 2011. away the rubble from the financial crisis Falling unemployment? The majority of and we’ve begun to lay a new foundation that has come since then. Falling defifor economic growth and prosperity,” cit? The same.

“There has been an important shift in Obama said. In the future, he pledged to “push back against the trends that direction since we’ve been in,” says the have been battering the middle class for Republican strategist. “We need to start decades.” saying that.”

Unless the bad guys stop him. “The The point is not to dump on Obama. problem is at the moment, Republicans The point is to show what Republicans in Congress don’t seem to be focused on have done with power. “He’s not going how to grow the economy and build the to be up for re-election again,” says the middle class,” Obama said. strategist. “We better start proving to GOP policies would starve education, people that if we’re given responsibility, research, infrastructure. They would we can do something with it. This isn’t hurt the middle class. Sequestration about him any more. It’s about who we would cripple vital areas of government. are.”

Obama laid the blame on the “extreme That’s something Republicans need to wing” of the GOP. “I cannot remember think deeply about — if they ever stop a time when one faction of one party arguing with each other. promises economic chaos if it can’t get 100 percent of what it wants,” the Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington president said. “After all that we’ve been Examiner.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday sued North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over a tough new voting law that shortens early voting and imposes other restrictions that heavily impact minority voters.

“By restricting access and ease of voter participation, this new law would shrink, rather than expand, access” to voting, Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference. “Allowing limits on voting rights that disproportionately exclude minority voters would be inconsistent with our ideals as a nation.”

The lawsuit is the latest effort by the Obama administration to counter a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed states, many of them in the South, from strict federal oversight of their elections.

Within days of the Supreme Court ruling, North Carolina’s legislature “took aggressive steps to curtail the voting rights of African Americans,” Holder told reporters, calling it “an intentional attempt to break a system that was working.”

He said that in the 2008 and 2012 general elections, African-American voters dramatically increased their participation rates across North Carolina, and more than 70 percent of African Americans who voted in those elections cast ballots during the early voting period before Election Day. North Carolina’s new law scales back the period for early voting by seven days and includes a stringent photo ID requirement for voters.

State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis issued a statement that rejected Holder’s argument. “The Obama Justice Department’s baseless claims about North Carolina’s election reform law are nothing more than an obvious attempt to quash the will of the voters and hinder a hugely popular voter ID requirement,” they said.

“The law was designed to improve consistency, clarity and uniformity at the polls and it brings North Carolina’s election system in line with a majority of other states,” the two lawmakers said. “We are confident it protects the right of all voters, as required by the U.S. and North Carolina Constitutions.”

Republican lawmakers in southern states insist the new measures like the one in North Carolina are needed to prevent voter fraud.

“The proof of that is simply not there,” said Holder.

Studies show that “this concern about vote fraud is something that is made up in order to justify these restrictive — and I think at a minimum — partisan actions,” he said.

The North Carolina law outlines a gradual implementation timeline, beginning with the 2014 elections, for informing voters and enacting the photo ID requirement, until the law is fully enforced in 2016.

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Literary author tests rules of fact and fiction Hillel Italie

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NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Maksik, a 40-yearold literary novelist, has learned a great deal about life and art and the unexpected ways they can meet.

A graduate of the University of Iowa’s celebrated creative writing school, he is a widely praised author whose books include “You Deserve Nothing,” about an American teacher in Paris fired for having an affair with a student, and a new release, “A Marker to Measure Drift,” about a homeless Liberian woman on a Greek island.

But in an otherwise exemplary career, there is one catch: “You Deserve Nothing ” was based on real events, about Maksik and his student, and has become the subject of ongoing debate.

Several one-star reviews appeared on Amazon.com, from commenters alleging that they were former students at the American School of Paris who were disgusted by the book.

Some reviewers who liked “You Deserve Nothing ” were unsettled when they learned of the similarities, first revealed on the website Jezebel, between the author and his character.

“At the first hint that the affair — between a 17-yearold girl and a 33-year-old man — was real, I felt my stomach twist,” wrote Brian Hurley of fictionadvocate. com. “What had been a racy, convention-defying romance in the novel suddenly felt like a craven, embarrassing scandal.”

Maksik has been reluctant to discuss the controversy, but spoke at length about it during a recent interview with The Associated Press.

Drinking tea at a cafe on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Maksik is as regretful about his private behavior as he is forceful about his right to use it for his novel, one he thinks should be liked or dismissed based on the quality of the book itself.

“I was in bad shape, and this thing had happened and I wondered how I allowed it to happen, how I had made all these decisions,” says Maksik, whose graying hair is offset by his youthful, open expression.

“And it was a very upsetting time for me. I was humiliated. I was ashamed and angry at myself and angry in general. And this was the only thing I thought I could do,” he says. “It was an effort to make sense of what had happened, and an effort to turn this horrible experience into some version of art.”

Maksik is in privileged company when it comes to turning private experience into literary material.

Truman Capote alienated high society friends when he transcribed their intimate conversations into his novel “Answered Prayers.”

Poet Robert Lowell quoted from the letters of his exwife, Elizabeth Hardwick, in his collection “ The Dolphin.” John Cheever drew upon embarrassing family moments for his short stories.

Maksik began working on the book soon after he lost

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This Sept. 24 photo shows Alexander Maksik, author of “A Marker to Measure Drift,” in New York.

his job in 2006.

He wanted to tell a story of moral failure.

“I had times that I felt, ‘You can’t do this.’ Then I would say, ‘Worry about that when you finish the novel,’” he says, adding that while the book’s plot is based on fact, the characters differ greatly.

“Clearly there are parallels, clearly there are similarities.

But I was never such a talented teacher. I was never so charismatic. I never had legions of fans.”

Maksik says he and his former student remained in touch while he was working on the novel, and she knew he was writing it.

According to Maksik, she ceased communication after “You Deserve Nothing ” came out. (The woman’s identity has not been made public.)

He was unsure if the novel would ever be published, but through author friends his

Nickelodeon gets into radio with Clear Channel NEW YORK (AP) — Nickelodeon is getting into the radio business.

The children’s entertainment network has joined forces with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment to create its own station on Clear Channel’s online iHeartRadio.

Nick Radio launched Monday with “The Way” singer Ariana Grande — also star of Nick’s “Sam & Cat” — as featured guest DJ, along with another Nickelodeon act, Big Time Rush.

With its entry into radio, Nick Radio will provide some competition for Radio Disney, Disney’s terrestrial and Internet radio stations.

Like Radio Disney, Nick Radio will feature kidfriendly Top 40 music, stars from its network and celebrity interviews.

B esides iHeartRadio, it will also be on Nickelodeon’s own website.

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

manuscript was read by literary agent Eric Simonoff, whose clients include Jhumpa Lahiri and Jonathan Lethem.

Simonoff said he initially struggled to find a publisher, with some editors put off by the subject matter and others worried the book would not appeal to women.

“You Deserve Nothing ” was eventually acquired by Europa Editions.

Aware that the story was autobiographical, publisher Kent Carroll brought in an attorney.

“We identified a whole series of things — names of people, names of streets in Paris, descriptions of buildings — that we thought might be close to real people, real places — and we had all of those changed,” Carroll said.

The son of educators, Maksik was born in Los Angeles in 1973 and grew up in a home filled with books.

When he was a teenager, the family moved to Ketchum, Idaho, the final home of Ernest Hemingway, whose Paris memoir “A Moveable Feast” helped inspire him to live overseas.

Even before Paris, classrooms had been the settings for some troubling experiences.

In 2002, Maksik was forced out from an Orthodox Jewish middle school in Los Angeles.

Maksik had angered parents and administrators by teaching work that included an Arab perspective, including Naomi Shihab Nye’s young adult novel “Habibi.”

“I was quite young and

arrogant,” he says. “I think I was right. But I didn’t handle it well.”

Carroll said “You Deserve Nothing ” sold 20-25,000 copies, a high enough number that Maksik attracted strong interest among publishers for his second novel.

His editor now at Knopf, Jordan Pavlin, said she competed “fiercly” for “A Marker,” which she remembered reading in “one great gulp.”

“And when I finished I literally put my head down on the desk and wept. It was truly one of the most powerful reading experiences I ever had.”

Now living in Manhattan and supporting himself through his writing, Maksik considers “A Marker” a far more mature and compassionate work than “You Deserve Nothing ” — one that risks not being too close to life, but too far from it.

In it, he imagines the life of an African woman, Jacqueline, who has fled civil war.

Maksik is working on a new novel, and says his ideal path would be to make each book better than the one before, leaving “You Deserve Nothing ” as simply the opening of a great literary career.

But he may not be done with the story: Maksik hopes to reach an agreement soon for film rights to “You Deserve Nothing.”

“I’m not concerned,” Maksik said. “My interest is the same as it was when I wrote the novel: that it be of the highest quality and evaluated on its merits.”

Mr. Right’s only wrong is hanging out with exes Dear Abby: I have been ing out occasionally with dating Mr. Right for two old friends. You say he is years. “Phil” is the man I encountering exes (pluwant to spend my life with. ral) when he sees his male When we are together pri- friends. If it was just one, vately, everything is per- you might have cause to worry. Remember, fect. The problem these women are is, Phil hangs out exes for a reason. with his old college Unless you want to buddies every few be another ex, you weeks or months, should lighten up and it often involves because insecurity his ex-girlfriends. and possessiveness They don’t hang are unattractive out alone. There is traits. always at least one Dear Abby other person there. Abigail Van Dear Abby: We The situations usuBuren have lived next ally include drinkdoor to a couple, “Evie” ing, which worries me.

In my opinion, Phil and “Earl,” for five years. should not be seeing his I thought we were good exes, even though his friends. Over the years, college friends are still I vented to Evie about buddies with them. Phil my relationship with my doesn’t understand why I daughter-in-law, “Cate.” I think this is so wrong. I am watch my two grandkids uncomfortable and think most of the week and have he should avoid these situ- complained to her about ations. Am I overly jealous, Cate’s poor parenting or should I call it quits skills. because he won’t respect Last summer, my daughmy feelings on the mat- ter-in-law made a concertter? — Home Alone in ed effort to befriend Evie, and they now socialize Kokomo Dear Home Alone: I together — even though don’t think you are overly Cate flirted with Earl and jealous, but I do think you Evie didn’t like it. This may be overly insecure. has pretty much killed my Has Phil given you any rea- friendship with Evie and son to think he has cheated worsened my relationship on you? If not, you should with my D-I-L. This has trust that he is doing affected me emotionally nothing more than hang- and physically to the point

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that I either want to cut off ties with my son and/or move — neither of which is really an option. I have tried talking to both parties to no avail. I don’t know what to do. Please help. — Betrayed in Pennsylvania Dear Betrayed: If you had concerns about your daughter-in-law’s parenting skills, the person you should have discussed them with was Cate.

And if Evie was as good a friend as you thought, she wouldn’t be hanging around with your daughter-in-law to the exclusion of you. I assume that you, your son and Cate are still on speaking terms and you’re still watching the kids “most of the week.”

If that’s not true and you have been cut off by everyone, then the most important thing you need to do is take care of your mental and physical health. Accept that Evie will never be your buddy again and start socializing with others. If you are no longer watching your grandchildren, your son and D-I-L will have to make alternative arrangements for childcare, which will cost them money they may be reluctant to spend.

Then it will be in their interest as well as yours to make peace.

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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Amish gather from several states for services Sunday morning turned out to be nice and sunny although a bit on the chilly side.

Friends and family attended our church services at Jacob and Emma’s house, in honor of baptismal services being held for Mose, Susan and Elizabeth.

Jacob had two bench wagons there so he would have plenty of benches to set up.

It was a good thing he had prepared.

The big tool shed was filled with people by the time services started at 9 a.m.

People attended from South Holland, Ill., Hicksville, Ohio, from several towns in Indiana including Grabill, Shipshewana, Middlebury, Berne, LaGrange, and Nappanee, and Hersey and Charlotte, Mich.

There were also people from surrounding church districts in this area. Taking a rough estimate I would think about 350 were in attendance.

The three young souls were taken into the confession of faith by Bishop Sam Bontrager from Nappanee, Ind. Sam would be a greatuncle to Mose. Nineteen ministers were in attendance as well.

We appreciate all the support and encouragement that was given by being there for these three young people taking such a wonderful step in life. May God continue to be their guide in everything they do. And how blessed we are to have a savior such as Jesus Christ who died on the cross for all our sins.

Lunch was served to Verena is choking on everyone afterwards. popcorn.

We served 17 tables After several of us of people. Eight tables tried to retrieve the were set at a time. popcorn we noticed she Inbetween, the setwasn’t choking but she tings were quickly was losing her breath, washed by all the willcouldn’t talk or walk. ing helpers so they The EMS was called could be reused. and she was taken to Lovina Eicher A lot of the children the hospital. The EMS were fed in the house men thought at first The Amish Cook where Emma had a 12 she could be having a qt. kettle of chicken noodle soup ready. seizure but after treating her for one she still On the lunch menu was homemade wheat didn’t act different. and white bread (of which Emma had 75 loaves After taking some tests and X-rays the docbrought in by the church women), bologna, tor said she was dehydrated and under a lot of cheese, tomato slices, peanut butter spread, stress, which might have led into an anxiety hot pepper butter, dill pickles, freezer pickles, attack when she kind of choked on the popcorn. red beets, strawberry jam, butter, coffee, tea After being able to talk, Verena told us her and various kinds of cookies. They were well chest starting hurting really bad and she was prepared and had plenty of food for everyone. hardly able to breath so she wanted to go for It was a lot of work to prepare for a big ser- a drink of water but fell, not being able to help vice like this, which Jacob and Emma and fami- herself anymore. ly so willingly did. After dishes were all washed How blessed we felt to be able to bring her popcorn was served to anyone still there. home after they gave her some IV fluids.

Emma had invited quite a crowd back for Joe and I spent the evening at the hospital. supper so some of the people decided to stay The children ate supper at Jacob’s. They had all afternoon. quite a few people there for supper.

I was taking some of my containers out to Too bad it had to turn out this way that we the buggy so they would be out of the way couldn’t be there, but God’s ways are not our when someone came to get me saying daughter ways.

Dorothy Love brings college to seniors SIDNEY — Dorothy Love Retirement Community in Sidney is working to bring college-level mini-courses to area active, independent seniors.

Sessions are planned for 7-8 p.m. Oct. 15, 22 and 29.

The topic will be the countries of South and North Korea.

The symbol yin-yang lies at the center of the flag of the Republic of Korea.

This symbol representing complementary or opposing forces is expressed in the juxtaposition of the two nations on the Korean Peninsula — the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).

In this Senior College course instructor Brad Reed will lead an exploration of the geologic, geographic and political landscapes that have shaped this divided peninsula.

The course will look at the economies of the two states, which are bordered by both China and Russia, and how they impact the region and the world.

The class will explore cul-

tural and artistic contributions in historical, religious and political contexts. Veterans who served in Korea during the Korean War 1950-1953 are encouraged to attend and share their impressions of the people and the countries.

Classes take place at the Amos Community Center on the Dorothy Love campus, and pre-registration is required.

There is no specific preparation needed, but participants should be ready for the challenges of college-level course content.

Senior College is the first expression of Service Teaching (www.serviceteaching.org) which brings together content experts with a passion for teaching, and older active adults with a passion for lifelong learning.

For questions about the courses or teaching opportunities with Senior College, email Brad Reed, g.reedonly@gmail. com.

Any one wishing to sign up for classes should do so by contacting Lu Ann Presser at 937-497-6542.

Homemade Pumpkin Roll 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. lemon juice 2/3 cup pumpkin 3/4 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 cup pecans (optional) Confectioners sugar Whip eggs for 5 minutes. Add sugar, lemon juice and pumpkin. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients except pecans. Grease jelly roll pan.

Place waxed paper in jelly roll pan, making sure waxed paper is extended beyond both ends of pan. Pour batter into waxed paper lined jelly roll pan. Cover batter with pecans. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

When baked, remove from waxed paper immediately and roll in a towel which has been sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Be sure to roll towel and cake together. When cool, unroll and spread with filling.

Filling: 8 ounces of softened cream cheese 1/2 tsp. of vanilla 1 cup confectioners sugar 4 Tab. margarine Combine cream cheese, vanilla, confectioners sugar and margarine. Beat until smooth and creamy.

Too big to fail

Dear Grandparenting: There admires Miley’s “take charge” are not too many things my attitude. “She does what she teenage granddaughter Alexa wants,” said Alexa. “She’s too really wants to do with me. big to fail.” How do you fight One of them is watch TV that? - P.L. Marshall, Mich. together.

Dear P.L.: Lewd, crude, conLast month it was a video troversial and absolutely permusic award show. fect. If you’re Alexa introduced 20-year-old Miley to me this strange Cyrus, or someone creature called who makes money Miley Cyrus. off Miley Cyrus, I think she is the MTV’s Music idol of the moment Video Awards was for the young teena thumbs-up. age girl set and I There’s no such think she is absothing as bad publutely disgusting. licity. But if you’re GRANDPARENTING I took a few walks a grandparent, on the wild side in or anyone else my early years. I Tom and Dee and Cousin Key with their head enjoy risque entertainment in on straight, you rue the realgood taste. ization that this former wholeMiley Cyrus would make a some Disney Channel TV star of streetwalker blush. Coming out “Hannah Montana” fame is the on stage in a bra and undies new queen of erotic shock. and doing dirty things with her The only thing worse than tongue and derriere sends a ter- a grandchild who raves about rible message. the acrobatics of Miley’s gluteus Her fans are young and maximus is a grandchild who’s impressionable girls and horny become so jaded as to be bored boys. by overtly sexual antics.

They may be our grandchilA friend reports that his dren today but they are tomor- 14-year-old grandson said he’d row’s future leaders. “seen better” and changed Here’s what bothers me channels. Doesn’t it make you the most. My granddaughter wonder what he’s been doing?

Sadly, there’s no separating a determined youngster from the glut of graphic sexual imagery.

Turn off the TV and they’ll find it on their cell phone. Block their computer, they’ll borrow an iPad. If it’s power your granddaughter covets, here’s our advice.

Youthful good looks are the first thing to go.

Miley Cyrus is on a trajectory that often ends early and poorly.

A good brain lasts decades.

Tell Alexa to knuckle down and follow her dream, and show her the way by finding role models, women who have made a difference in business, government or the arts. That’s real power.

Grand Remark of the Week Big Boy from Kingsport, Tenn. was looking at the cover art of some of old his favorite rock and roll albums from the 1960s and 1970s when grandson Mac, 7, joined him.

Mac picked up a vinyl record and stared in disbelief.

“Wow, Grandpa. I bet that’s the biggest CD ever made!”

Dee and Tom, married more than 50 years, have eight grandchildren. Together with Key, they welcome questions, suggestions and Grand Remarks of the Week. Send to P.O. Box 27454, Towson, MD, 21285. Call 410-963-4426.

Global study: World not ready for aging population Kristen Gelineau Associated Press

The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study going out Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group.

The report ranks the social and economic wellbeing of elders in 91 coun-

tries, with Sweden coming out on top and Afghanistan at the bottom. It reflects what advocates for the old have been warning, with increasing urgency, for years: Nations are simply not working quickly enough to cope with a population graying faster than ever before. By the year 2050, for the first time in history, seniors over the age of 60 will outnumber children under the age of

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Truong Tien Thao, who runs a small tea shop on the sidewalk near his home in Hanoi, Vietnam, is 65 and acutely aware that he, like millions of others, is plunging into old age without a safety net. He wishes he could retire, but he and his 61-year-old wife depend on the $50 a month they earn from the tea shop.

And so every day, Thao rises early to open the stall at 6 a.m. and works until 2 p.m., when his wife takes over until closing.

“People at my age should have a rest, but I still have to work to make our ends meet,” he says, while waiting for customers at the shop, which sells green tea, cigarettes and chewing gum. “My wife and I have no pension, no health insurance. I’m scared of thinking of being sick — I don’t know how I can pay for the medical care.”

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The Global AgeWatch Index (www.globalagewatch.org) was created by elder advocacy group HelpAge International and the U.N. Population Fund in part to address a lack of international data on the extent and impact of global aging. The index, released on the U.N.’s International Day of Older Persons, compiles data from the U.N., World Health Organization, World Bank and other global agencies, and analyzes income, health, education, employment and age-friendly environment in each country.

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“Unless you measure something, it doesn’t really exist in the minds of decision-makers,” said John Beard, Director of Ageing and Life Course for the World Health Organization. “One of the challenges for population aging is that we don’t even collect the data, let alone start to analyze it. … For example, we’ve been talking about how people are living longer, but I can’t tell you people are living longer and sicker, or longer in good health.”

The report fits into an increasingly complex picture of aging and what it means to the world. On the one hand, the fact that people are living longer is a testament to advances in health care and nutrition, and advocates emphasize that the elderly should be seen not as a burden but as a resource. On the other, many countries still lack

a basic social protection floor that provides income, health care and housing for their senior citizens.

Afghanistan, for example, offers no pension to those not in the government. Life expectancy is 59 years for men and 61 for women, compared to a global average of 68 for men and 72 for women, according to U.N. data.

That leaves Abdul Wasay struggling to survive. At 75, the former cook and blacksmith spends most of his day trying to sell toothbrushes and toothpaste on a busy street corner in Kabul’s main market. The job nets him just $6 a day — barely enough to support his wife. He can only afford to buy meat twice a month; the family relies mainly on potatoes and curried vegetables.

“It’s difficult because my knees are weak and I can’t really stand for a long time,” he says. “But what can I do? It’s even harder in winter, but I can’t afford treatment.”

TROY — The Miami County YMCA will host a Senior Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Miami County YMCA-Robinson Branch in Troy.

Free screenings will be offered for hearing, vision, BMI, weight, blood pressure, and heart rate.

Free flu shots will also be available to anyone eligible for Medicare.

The event is free and open to the public.

Light refreshments will be offered and guests will

be entered to win a variety of door prizes.

Event vendors include Troy Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Premier Hearing Healthcare Center, ProCare Vision, Dr. Besecker Chiropractic, Health Ways, First Light Home Care, Miami County Y Senior Center, Troy Senior Center, The Miami County Park District, Walgreens, UVMC Lifeline, and others.

For more information, call Kaci Harpest at 4409622.

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Heartland hosts sessions on advance directives PIQUA — Heartland of Piqua will host two free educational sessions on advance directives at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 10.

The sessions, presented by Hospice of Miami County, aim to educate attendees on the importance of having advance health are directives in place.

An advance health care directive is a set of instructions given by an individual specifying what actions should be taken for his or her health in the event that he or she is no longer able to make decisions due to illness or

incapacity.

The speaker from Hospice of Miami County will explain in detail the differences between documents such as a will, living will, healthcare power of attorney, financial power of attorney and “Do Not Resuscitate” documents.

The sessions are open to the public and refreshments will be served.

Heartland of Piqua is located at 275 Kienle Drive. for more information and to RSVP, call the admissions director of Heartland of Piqua at (937) 570-9485.

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UVMC to offer breast cancer genetic testing TROY — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, designed to help educate women about their risk of developing the disease and the importance of detecting it in its earliest stages.

As part of the month’s activities, UVMC will host free counseling about genetic testing for Jones cancer Oct. 17 from 2-3 p.m. in the John J. Dugan Infusion Center at the UVMC Cancer Care Center, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.

Sarah Jones, RN, MS, Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, will answer questions in personalized sessions. Participants will receive information, a complimentary gift and an opportunity to participate in a door prize drawing.

Breast cancer claims more than 40,000 lives per year in the U.S. and is second only to lung cancer in the number of cancer deaths in women.

The American Cancer Society guidelines for early detection

of breast cancer include: yearly mammogram starting at age 40; clinical breast exam every three years beginning at age 20 and annually for age 40 and over; and monthly breast self-exam beginning at age 20.

Women at increased risk, such as those with family history or past breast cancer, should consult their doctor about the benefits of earlier mammography screenings, additional tests and/ or more frequent exams.

For further information, contact the UVMC Cancer Care Center at (937) 440-4820.

‘Obamacare’ exchanges start up as government shuts down Josh Lederman Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s long-anticipated launch Tuesday of new insurance exchanges to provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans is coming under the cloud of a government shutdown that began the same day.

The exchanges are starting up just as most of the federal government is shutting down, left unfunded by a Congress that’s still bitterly divided about whether to discard Obama’s health care law altogether.

The president planned to address both developments from the Rose Garden Tuesday afternoon, shortly after meeting privately with people who plan to purchase insurance through the exchanges.

The president’s schedule is moving forward as the White House staff has been cut to one-quarter its normal size, with 436 reporting to work and the remaining 1,265 on furlough due to the first partial shutdown in almost two decades.

“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, Congress has not fulfilled its responsibility,” Obama said in a video message the White House released just after midnight Tuesday, as Congress missed its deadline to keep the government running. “It has failed to pass a budget and, as a result, much of our government must now shut down until Congress funds it again.”

At the heart of the disagreement over a temporary measure to fund the government was whether Obama’s health care law should be allowed to go into effect as written. House Republicans, cheered on by tea partybacked Republicans in the Senate, sought to defund or delay parts of the bill, arguing that once Americans started enrolling in the exchanges, the law becomes harder to repeal.

“The notion is, we’ve got to stop it before people like it too much,” Obama said on NPR News. The interview was taped Monday and aired Tuesday.

Obama has insisted he wouldn’t sign a bill

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In this June 7, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama talks about the Affordable Care Act in San Jose, Calif. State officials and health care advocates geared up for the Tuesday launch of the federally run online insurance marketplace where Utah residents can shop for health coverage from private insurers. Under President Obama’s health law, almost all Americans will be required to have health insurance starting next year, and the online marketplaces that opened Tuesday are a hallmark of the legislation.

that gutted the law, his signature legislative achievement. Lacking funding from Congress, the White House budget office told agencies shortly before midnight to start closing their doors.

In a bit of irony not lost on the law’s proponents, the main components of “Obamacare” will move full speed

ahead despite the shutdown that is shuttering national parks, veterans’ centers and other government operations until Congress finds a way to break the stalemate.

That’s because funding for the Affordable Care Act, like other “mandatory” functions such as Social Security, air traffic control and national defense, is pro-

Accelerated approval is reserved for drugs that show groundbreaking results for treating life-threatening diseases in early studies.

As a condition of approval, Roche’s Genentech unit must conduct a larger followup study showing the drug ’s long-term benefits for patients.

Generally that means showing that patients lived longer or had a higher quality of life due to taking the drug.

Genentech, based in South San Francisco, Calif., has already enrolled about 4,800 patients in the followup study, with results expected in 2016.

Dr. Paula Klein, a breast cancer specialist, said she will start prescribing the drug for early-stage patients immediately, but stressed the importance of follow-up data on patient survival.

“This does not yet prove to us that using the antibody in this setting will result in more cures. That is still a hypothesis,” said Klein, who directs the

breast cancer program at Continuum Cancer Centers of New York.

The FDA said Monday’s approval was based on a 417-woman study comparing Perjeta in different combinations against older breast cancer treatments.

When Pe r j e t a was combined with Herceptin, another Genentech drug, and standard chemotherapy, 39 percent of women saw their cancer reach undetectable levels.

Only 21 percent of women experienced the same results from taking Herceptin and chemotherapy alone.

After drug treatment all the women received standard breast surgery

tected from the whims of Congress.

In addition to his own appearance, Obama will deploy top deputies to spread the message, the White House said. Vice President Joe Biden will appear on college radio stations. First lady Michelle Obama is publishing an editorial on a women’s lifestyle website. And Obama’s senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, and other officials will be guests on AfricanAmerican radio shows.

Tuesday’s events coincide with the digital ribbon-cutting for the exchanges, which will allow Americans to compare and purchase insurance online.

The Obama administration needs millions of Americans — mostly healthy, younger people — to enroll to keep costs low for everyone.

Republicans have seized on a list of technical glitches and delays that have emerged as evidence the law isn’t ready to work and will never be. But the White House says that’s true for any big, new program and won’t affect the outcome,

since Americans have six months to enroll through the exchanges.

“I would suspect that there will be glitches.

This is 50 states, a lot of people signing up for something. And there are going to be problems,” Obama said. “But what we’re confident about is that people will be able to take a look and find out whether this is something that is going to be good for their families.”

In his sole response to the shutdown early Tuesday, Obama directed his comments not at the lawmakers he’s been scolding for weeks, but instead to the military. He made no reference to Republicans or Democrats, but his frustration was clear as he contrasted the professionalism and courage of American troops with lawmakers’ inability to fulfill what he’s described as their constitutional duty.

“You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we’re seeing in Congress,” Obama said in the video message.

Perjeta approved as a pre-surgical step Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — A biotech drug from Roche has become the first medicine approved to treat breast cancer before surgery, offering an earlier approach against one of the deadliest forms of the disease.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Perjeta for women with a form of early-stage breast cancer who face a high risk of having their cancer spread to other parts of the body.

Surgery to remove tumors is usually the first step in treating most forms of cancer.

Perjeta is the first drug to be approved as a pre-surgical step.

Doctors hope that using cancer drugs earlier could help shrink tumors, making them easier to remove.

In some cases, that could allow women to keep their breasts, rather than having a full mastectomy.

Doctors also say that

treating the disease at its earliest stages could prevent tumors from returning later, though studies have not yet established that benefit.

“By making effective therapies available to high-risk patients in the earliest disease setting, we may delay or prevent cancer recurrences,” said FDA’s Dr. Richard Pazdur, who directs the agency’s office of cancer products.

Cancer specialists already use several chemotherapy drugs as initial treatments for cancer, but they are not formally approved for the use.

The FDA originally approved Perjeta to treat breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body after surgery.

The FDA granted the drug accelerated approval for its new use based on a study showing women who received the drug as an initial treatment were more likely to be cancer-free 12 weeks later than women who received older drug combinations.

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to remove any cancerous tumors.

Genentech s ays this surgery allowed researchers to confirm the presence or absence of cancer.

Like Herceptin, Perjeta only works in a subset of about 20 percent of breast cancer patients who have tumors that overproduce a protein known as HER-2.

This protein causes cancer cells to divide and grow faster than usual.

A spokeswoman for Genentech said a regimen of Perjeta plus Herceptin would cost between $27,000 and $49,000, depending on how long the patient takes the combination.

The new Perjeta label will recommend a course of treatment between nine and 18 weeks.

Breast cancer is the second most deadly form of cancer in U.S. women, behind only lung cancer, and is expected to kill more than 39,000 Americans this year, according to the National Cancer Institute.

About 6,000 to 8,000 deaths per year are attributed to the HER-2 form of the disease.

Breast cancer is highly treatable when detected early.

More than 98 percent of women who are diagnosed with first-stage breast cancer survive at least five years, according to NCI figures.

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St. Paris woman happy she ‘chose’ to be an American Sharon Semanie

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PIQUA — Suppose you were asked to identify two ways Americans can participate in their democracy? Name the Chief Justice of the United States? Or specify the economic system of our nation? Unlike many citizens who are stumped by these questions, Sonia Haines of St. Paris is a civics aficionado and proud of it.

Married and the mother of two children, Haines was among 400 individuals representing nations such as Canada, Mexico, India, Singapore and the Ukraine who became naturalized U.S. citizens during a poignant ceremony in Columbus in November 2006. In order to earn her citizenship, she notes, required extensive study over the course of several months plus and a $450 application fee.

Haines discussed her experience during government classes taught by Sue Ann Hahn at Upper Valley Career Center this week.

Addressing both juniors and seniors over the course of several days, the speaker said her decision to become a citizen came about as the result of a green card which was about to expire after residing here 10 years.

A native of Honduras, Haines met her future husband, Kevin, who was

working on a church mission in her native country described as the “heart of Central America.” Living in Tegucigalpa, the nation’s capital, Haines was employed in a retail store selling greeting cards and gift items while also attending the University of Honduras where she majored in journalism.

Her first introduction to life in the United States arrived when, at age 30, she came to visit her fiancé’s family in June 1994. She and Kevin later returned to Central America where they were married in a traditional Honduran wedding. A former Sunday School teacher, Haines proudly shared how her students were also participants in the wedding.

“I spoke very, very little English (back then),” she admits, although English is taught as a second language in the Spanish-speaking country.

Because governmental green cards are only issued to non-citizens for a 10-year period, Haines made a decision to become a U.S. citizen in 2006, and after completing her application papers and paying the required fee, traveled to Columbus to get fingerprinted and two weeks later, receive a textbook entitled “Citizenship … Passing the Test.” For 2 ½ months, she immersed herself into the book studying questions and answers to possible test subjects including principles

of American democracy, the system of government, rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens and American history. The latter category required her to learn about the U.S. colonial period and independence, the 1880s, recent American history and other important historical information along with integrated civics lessons such as geography, symbols — the name of the national anthem, for example — and national holidays.

“We had to learn the background of 100 questions and answers although only 10 were included in

the final test,” she recalls.

“Altogether we could only miss three questions” on the test. She managed to ace the test and received 100 percent. Her ability to read and write also impressed the judges.

“I was so happy and excited,” beamed the speaker as Upper Valley students shared in her joy. “For me being a citizen was a choice and I was so proud to become a citizen.” Her siblings include a brother and sister, both of whom live in Honduras, along with a brother who resides in New York.

She and her husband,

Kevin, employed by Stillwater Technologies in Troy the past 25 years, have two children, a son, who is a high school sophomore, and daughter, a third-grader.

Upper Valley students were given an opportunity to ask myriad questions of Haines including the political parties which govern the Honduras, her native foods — mainly beans, rice, and cheese — and differences between the two cultures. In turn, she provided the inquisitive students with candies from her native country and distributed mementos such as coins and other Honduran currency, her “old” passport, citizenship certification, hand- carved bowls from back home and photographs.

Nowadays, Haines is fully acclimated to her new life as a naturalized citizen and learning to prepare American dishes in her rural 1880s home outside St. Paris while remaining an active member of the Upper Valley Community Church and working as a teacher assistant with the Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE) program in Sidney several days a week.

Making new friends in America was never a problem for this dynamo who describes herself as “a friendly butterfly” whose knowledge of the English language — and our nation’s rights — makes her a natural-ized citizen.

One of those avenues that could be affected would be Miami County Job and Family Services since that department operates with federal dollars, explained County Commissioner John “Bud” O’Brien.

“Most of county government will see no cause or effect of the government shutdown,” O’Brien said. “There are some agencies that get federal revenue (like jobs and family ser-

vices), but it would depend on how long the shut down is in terms of if that agency is affected or not. Other than jobs and family services, it should be business as usual.”

Meanwhile, federal government locations, specifically the Social Security Office in Piqua, will be slightly more affected.

Social Security officials said the shut down has resulted in their offices remaining open,

but with limited services.

However, Social Security income payments will continue with no change in payment dates.

Among services at such locations to be suspended during the shut down consist of issuing a new or replacement Social Security card, replacement of a Medicare card and issuing a proof of income letter.

About 8,700 civilian employ-

ees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton have already been notified that they will be placed on unpaid leave until the shut down passes, which will result in an estimated $5 million in lost wages per day, according to the Associated Press.

The air base, the state’s largest military installation, has a combined workforce of 29,000, including civilian and military personnel.

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Sonia Haines speaks to Upper Valley Career Center students Friday on the process of becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. Haines, a native of Honduras, resides in St. Paris with her family.

Shutdown From page 1 commissioners, too, say at least initially county government will not be affected.

“At least in the short term we do no expect any direct impact as far as the county is concerned, though over the long term we would have to continue to assess what may impact us,” said County Commission President Richard Cultice. “But in the short term, we don’t expect any impact.”

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Richard Adams and Senator Bill Beagle, Kasich celebrated the launch of the second round of Ohio’s “highly successful” voucher program and indicated $30 million in training vouchers became available to businesses and workers on Monday. “Within 15 minutes this morning,” quipped Kasich, “applications were already received for $25 of the $30 million…it’s like buying Rolling Stones tickets.”

Kasich indicated more financial resources will be needed to accommodate the myriad requests adding the voucher program has been “a smashing success.”

Federal assistance, noted Kasich’s team, is available for training “but largely only after people have first lost their jobs.” The Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program helps Ohioans who have jobs upgrades their skills so they can maintain their jobs and employers can become more competitive in the global market.

“Ohio’s economy is coming back, companies are growing again and our workforce is getting stronger,” suggested Kasich, a former congressman. “We need to keep pushing ahead to ensure that our job creators have the resources they need to be competitive in a global economy and that starts with skilled employees.

These vouchers help get Ohio workers the training they need so their companies and our entire state economy can continue to grow.”

Hartzell Air Movement, explained Human Resources Manager Julie Buschur, provided 28 employees with 23 different training areas during the first round of the voucher program in areas such as engineering, drafting and production, foundry, ventilation and Six Sigma for improved process efficiency. The voucher program provides a reimbursement to businesses to help with training costs.

Hartzell, for example was reimbursed for up to 50 per-

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Gov. John R. Kasich speaks to guests at Hartzell Air Movement Corporation in Piqua on Monday, regarding the launch of a second round of funds for the Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program.

cent of the $75,000 price tag or $37,500 from the voucher funding. The family-owned business has been manufacturing industrial fans for 86 years spanning five generations.

Many of the Hartzell employees, she added, received advanced training at Edison Community College, the University of Dayton and 3D Vision in Cincinnati while others benefited from in-house training.

An application for the second round of vouchers, said Buschur, has already been submitted requesting $104,000 to assist 30 more employees of the 156-member Hartzell work force.

Joining Kasich for Monday’s event was Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA) Director David Goodman, Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation Tracy Intihar, and the leadership team and employees of Hartzell Air Movement.

“We are not only building stronger employees, we’re building a stronger workforce,” suggested Goodman.

“This program is exactly what companies needed to take their expertise to the next level and remain competitive.”

The Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program,

administered by ODSA, is part of the Kasich administration’s overall workforce development reform effort and provides direct financial assistance to both Ohio workers looking to improve their skills and employers looking to enhance the skills of their workforce.

Targeted industries include advanced manufacturing, aerospace and aviation, automotive, biohealth, corporate headquarters, energy, financial services, food processing, information technology and services and polymers and chemicals.

It is operated as a reimbursable program, and is available to Ohio companies that have been in operation for at least 12 months and Ohio employees with the permission of their employer. ODSA reimburses the employer for up to 50 percent of the eligible training costs up to $4,000 per employee, after the employer pays the full cost of the training, and secondly, the employee successfully completes the training.

The maximum amount an employer may qualify for in a fiscal year is $250,000.

Applications for round two are now available by visiting the website at http://development.ohio.gov/bs/bs_wtvp. htm

Information Call ROB KISER sports editor, at 733-2721, ext. 209 from 8 p.m. to midnight weekdays.

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Looking for trip to Boston Miller wins tourney

In brief n Frazier home finale Saturday

Rays travel to Cleveland for wild card playoff

The Piqua Invitational cross country meet Saturday will be Piqua girls coach Steve Frazier’s final home meet after 38 years.

Any former runners who like to have a photo taken with Frazier at his final meet are invited to come out on Saturday.

n Piqua hoops fundraiser

The Piqua Boys Basketball Program will hold an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast made by Chris Cakes of Ohio, on November 16th from 8-11 am in the Piqua High School Commons.

Tickets will be $7 and can be purchased in the Piqua High School Office.

n Foursome cards 53 in scramble

The foursome of Kyle Bachman, Jimmy Heath, Jack Cantrell and Mick Leffel carded a tournament record 19-under par 53 to win the NFL scramble Sunday at Echo Hills.

Tying for second with 54 were the teams of Al Rister, Eric Heckman, Steve Magoteaux and Norm Wright; and the team of Ray Stuchell, Dominic Burnside, Ryan Ormberg and Todd Ormberg.

Finishing fourth with 56 was the team of Ron Pearson Jr., Brad Erwin, Scott Erwin and Rick Rouse.

Tying for fifth with 57 were the teams of Kirt Huemmer, Dave Novotny, Dave Cox, Kirk Bachman; Ashley Johnson, Brody Fox, Duane Novotny and Trey Hostetter; and Ben Gover, Joe Hostetter, Ron Morrissette and Ross Donnelly.

Closest to the pin winner were John Mackellar, Al Rister, Brian Jackson, Justin Weber.

Longest drive winners were Brad Erwin and Ashley Johnson.

Longest putt winner was Jack Cantrell.

Special thanks go to Joe Thoma, Luke Thoma and Hal Cain from Thoma Jewelers.

n Youth bowling league signups

Youth bowling league signups will be held tonight from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at BrelAire Lanes.

If unable to attend please contact Craig Miller at 6150729 or Jason Jenkins at 214-1603”.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sporting sunglasses, a teal shirt and a backpack hanging from his shoulder, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon looked like a tourist as he arrived late for his news conference.

Maddon didn’t have time to slip into his uniform and had a valid excuse. The Rays have been on the road.

In the past week, they’ve gone from Tampa to New York to Toronto to Texas to Cleveland, a journey covering 3,627 miles.

On Wednesday night, the Rays hope to book a trip to Boston.

Getting a complete game from starter David Price, Tampa Bay beat Texas 5-2 in a tiebreaker on Monday night, earning the Rays a wild-card spot for the

third time in four years and a chance to face the Indians, making their first appearance in October since 2007.

Forced to win almost every day down the stretch as they went n e c k- a n d - n e c k- a n d neck with the Indians and Rangers in a thrilling wild-card scramble in the final weeks of September, the Rays won in Toronto on Sunday before traveling deep in the heart of Texas and surviving a win-or-go-home scenario.

“I’ll tell you what,” said Maddon, whose team went 14-5 after Sept. 12. “We’ve already played this wild-card game a couple times.

We did it in Toronto a couple days ago. We did it yesterday in Texas, and we’re going to come

here tomorrow and do it again. I don’t know if there’s a battle-tested component to that, if you get immune to whatever that pressure is and you go play.”

Wednesday’s winner will meet the Red Sox in Game 1 of the division series on Friday.

The Rays always believed they’d be in position to make a run at a first World Series title. And although they’ve racked up some frequent-flyer miles and lived out of their suitcases to keep their season alive, they’re confident their season isn’t about to end.

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No doubt who’s in charge Nicklaus, Muirfield ready to host President’s Cup DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Even though he doesn’t have an official title at the Presidents Cup, Jack Nicklaus remains a presence.

Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective.

“We know who’s in charge,” he said. “Jack Nicklaus.”

The winner of a record 18 major championships is an unofficial host for this week’s biennial match-play competition between the U.S. and an International side.

On Tuesday he discussed his pride over the course he designed, Muirfield Village, becoming the first to host a Ryder Cup (1987), a Solheim Cup (1998) and a Presidents Cup (in addition to the annual Memorial Tournament).

“Obviously, that’s

pretty special,” said the 73-year-old Columbus native. “We are the only ones who can say that.”

Nicklaus was a fourtime captain of the Presidents Cup, which has been dominated by the Americans. A similar thing was happening in the older Ryder Cup until the Europeans upset the U.S. side at …

Muirfield Village.

Nicklaus, as a veteran of elite match play competitions and as an ambassador of the game, addressed the course, the art of pairing players in matches, pressure on the International team to be competitive and, of all things, attending a hockey game.

— Nicklaus said he knew he had to lengthen the 18th hole at Muirfield Village when one of the longest hit-

ters on the PGA Tour, Robert Garrigus, approached him at the 2012 Memorial.

“Garrigus came in here last year and he says, ‘Jack, remember I drove it up to 76 yards from the hole last year?’”

Nicklaus said. “I said I remembered. He says, ‘I drove it to 64 yards today.’ I wanted to wring his neck.”

Now the par-4 hole stretches another 45 yards to almost 500 yards. Long hitters can no longer just drive over the nine bunkers along the right side of the fairway. Instead, they’ll have to deal with a black walnut tree 305 yards off the tee then hit a long, uphill approach to a hard, fast, tilted green.

“You have to play a very significant shot in,” he said.

Stumper is the Q: When last time the

Cleveland Browns had a winning record after games?

A:

2001

Quoted “No one is going to be able to run on us this year.”

— D’Qwell Jackson Linebacker on the Cleveland Browns run defense

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Jack Nicklaus responds to a question during a news conference at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Dublin, Ohio.

— Asked how he decided pairings when he was a captain in both the Ryder and Presidents Cups, Nicklaus said he left it up to the team.

“I’d ask all the guys at the beginning of the week, ‘Who would you like to play with?’ Or, ‘Who wouldn’t you like to play with?’” he said.

Then he would try to pair players with friends and not with enemies, if at all possible.

At the same time, if a player wanted to play against someone, he would try to accommodate them.

“Couples asked me to give him Vijay (Singh) one match. I remember I had (Phil) Mickelson) ask for (Angel) Cabrera,” Nicklaus said.

At Royal Melbourne in 1998, Tiger Woods requested playing Greg

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Duane Bachman and Bob Luby be doing the play by play, with air time scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The second game of the night will be Troy at Sidney on our website at 1570wptw.com.

The pre-game show for that contest will start at 6:45 p.m.

Former Piqua bowler Kayla Miller continues to excel at th college level. Miller, now bowling for the Bowling Green State University, won the American Heartland Tournament #1 held at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace Saturday. Miller rolled games of 198, 222, 175 and 196 for 791 or 197.75 average.

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Lehman’s Julia Harrelson (left) and Sarah Gravunder celebrate after a point Tuesday in the Troy D-II sectional tennis tournament.

The Lehman doubles team of Julia Harrelson and Sarah Gravunder advanced to the D-II sectional tennis tournament, earning a berth in next week’s district tournament.

The duo Champion and McClain from Bellefontaine 6,0, 6-0; and Bowen and Coss from Brookville6-1,6-3 to advanced to the go-to district match.

They beat Wallace and Castiaux from Kenton Ridge 6-3,6-4 to advance.

They will play Ferguson and Claire Fetters from Milton Union in the semis at 8:45 a.m.Saturday at Troy Community Park.

Lehman’s doubles team of Megahan Burner and Elaina Snyder lost to Vance and Weimer of Bellefontaine 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

In singles, Diana Gibson lost to Sarah Black of Milton-Union 6-2, 6-4; Kaitlin Gillman lost to Ashley Spitler of Dixie 6-0, 6-1; and Emily Hoersten lost to Sadie DeWitt of Springfield

Shawnee 6-1, 6-0.

good.”

Ellie Cain dished out 46 assists against Jackson Center.

Sidney Chapman had 18 kills and 19 digs, while Olivia Slagle had 14 kills and 12 digs.

Erica Paulus had seven kills and 24 digs; while Ava Schmitz added 14 digs.

Against New Bremen, Chapman had 12 kills, while Cain dished out 26 assists.

Slagle had six kills, while Schmitz added six digs and Paulus had four aces and 14 digs.

Michelle Duritsch pounded five kills, Marianne Hissong had four blocks and Ellie Sargent served four aces.

Lehman, 11-7, will host Temple Christian Thursday.

VOLLEYBALL Piqua drops match Piqua opened GWOC tournament play with a loss to Centerville in three sets Monday night.

Tasha Potts had two aces, while Logan Ernst and Jessica Apple had three kills each.

Kailey Byers had eight digs and Macy Yount dished out eight assists.

Russia spikers fall RUSSIA — The Russia volleyball team lost to Fort Loramie 25-11, 25-15, 25-22 Tuesday.

Kylie Wilson had 12 kills and eight digs; while Taylor Daniel dished out 21 assists and added six digs.

Camielle Puthoff had five kills and nine digs; while Maggie Kearns also had nine digs.

Russia, 12-6 overall and 5-4 in the SCL, will travel to Fairlawn Thursday.

Cavs win two SIDNEY — The Lehman volleyball team outlasted Jackson Center 25-19, 27-25, 22-25, 17-25, 15-13 Monday in non-conference action; before defeating New Bremen 27-25, 25-19, 25-23.

“Last night (Monday) against Jackson Center was a huge win,” Lehman coach Greg Snipes said. “To come back tonight and play with the energy and intensity we did after last night’s match was really

Bradford JH splits The Bradford junior high volleyball teams split two matches with Mississinawa Valley.

The seventh grade lost 26-24, 25-20.

Marissa Cassel had four points and three kills; while MacKenzie Gambill had one kill.

Bianca Keener had two points and one kill; while Karmen Knapp had three points, one kill and one assist.

Macie Reck had eight points,

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three aces and one assist; while Amy Roberts had one point, four aces and one assists.

Holly Rosengarten had four points, two kills and one assist for Bradford, 4-10.

The eighth grade won 21-25, 25-21, 25-23.

Gabby Bragg had two aces and Brooke Fair had one kill.

Hannah Fout had three points, four aces and one kill, while Aspen Weldy had one point and one kill.

Bailey Wysong had two points, three aces and two kills.

BOYS SOCCER Cavs end skid The Lehman Cavaliers boys soccer team ended a 4 game skid with a 2-0 win over the Temple Christian Pioneers Tuesday night.

Lehman got the scoring under way when Trey Kerrigan found Peter Comer at the top of the box on the corner. Comer drilled it into the bottom left of the net and the Cavaliers had a 1-0 lead at the 19:47 mark of the first half.

Lehman made it 2 nil on a goal by Rocco Catanzarite off a perfectly placed pass from Rob Heckman at the 5 minute mark of the half.

That would be all the Cavaliers would need as they contolled the game in the second half.

“I thought we played much better as a team tonight,” Lehman coach Tom Thornton said. ” We were able move the ball up the field for good shots.

We got to play everybody so is was good from that end.”

The Cavaliers go to 5-5-2 on the year while Temple Christian drops to 4-9.

Lehman travels to Greenon on Saturday morning

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Browns run defense stingy Allowing just 2.9 yards per carry

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Phil Taylor strutted into the locker room last week with three chicken wings stuffed in his mouth and one in his hand.

The big man’s always hungry.

And Cleveland’s massive nose tackle, who brings a nasty appetite for destruction to the field, is also one of the leaders of a Browns defense that’s been devouring running backs this season.

With impressive, stifling performances the past two weeks, Cleveland’s defense is quickly establishing itself as one of the NFL’s most dominant units.

On Sunday, the Browns held the Cincinnati Bengals to just two field goals and 63 rushing yards in a 17-6 win.

The previous week, the Browns limited Minnesota superstar Adrian Peterson to 88 yards and forced three key turnovers in a 31-27 victory.

Through four games, the Browns are allowing just 2.9 yards per carry — a league low — and are the only defense not to give up a run of 15 yards or longer.

It’s a pattern linebacker D’Qwell Jackson expects to continue.

“No one is going to be able to run on us this year,” Jackson boasted Tuesday as the Browns got ready to face the

Buffalo Bills on Thursday night. “As long as we stay healthy and continue to grind the tape out and do what we need to do on Sunday, I don’t think anyone will be able to run on us. We’ve faced one of the purest running backs in Adrian Peterson, so we feel like that’s what we do best, stopping the run.

“We want to be a top defense when this season is over with.”

The Browns are on their way. With exceptional depth up front and an improving secondary anchored by cornerback Joe Haden, who locked down Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green, Cleveland’s defense, under first-year coordinator Ray Horton, has the makings of something special.

And what makes the Browns’ strong start more impressive is that the defense has not yet been at full strength as rookie outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo, linebacker Jabaal Sheard and end Ahtyba Rubin have all missed games with injuries.

“I think that’s a great sign for us,” said right end Desmond Bryant, one of Cleveland’s top free-agent signings. “It’s a sign of what we’re capable of, but we know we haven’t played our best game yet and we still have a lot of things we can clean up, a lot of

things to improve.”

Bills quarterback EJ Manuel has watched Cleveland’s defense on tape and knows he’s got his hands full this week.

“I see some guys who can get after the passer,” he said. “Definitely guys with really good size.

Barkevious is doing a great job filling the gaps as well as dropping back in coverage. He’s done a great job rushing the passer as well. All of those things we’ll have to pick up for our protection so we can get the ball down the field.”

Horton, who spent the previous two seasons with Arizona, envisioned having an aggressive, attacking front seven and the Browns enter this week’s game third in the league with 14 sacks.

Bryant leads the way with 3½ sacks with Mingo, the No. 6 overall pick in this year’s draft, recording three in his first three pro games.

But the 6-foot-3, 335pound Taylor may be the biggest reason for the AP Photo Browns’ defensive climb.

“We all say we start Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor (98) reacts after stopping the Cincinnati Bengals on with big Phil,” linebacker a fourth and one.

Craig Robertson said. “a cool guy” off it. acing manner is spread- been out with a sprained “We run through him.

On Cincinnati’s first ing through Cleveland’s right thumb, and he’s lost The man in the middle.” offensive play, Taylor defense. his starting job because More like a mountain stepped in the hole and “That’s just the way I Hoyer has gone 2-0 in for opponents. stopped running back play,” he said. “The other two starts. Chudzinski Last week, Horton BenJarvus Green-Ellis for guys on the team feed off wanted to see Weeden raised some eyebrows no gain and then punctu- it. Being nasty is going throw the ball in practice when he described Taylor ated his big hit by stomp- to get us to be the No. before making any decias “brilliantly smart, off- ing around in celebration 1 defense, that’s how it sions. Weeden had gloves the-charts smart.” It’s not before returning to the goes.” on both hands during the the first thing that comes huddle. portion of practice open to mind when evaluating “That was a tone-setNOTES: Browns coach to the media. … Sheard the intimidating Taylor, ter,” Taylor said. “They Rob Chudzinski hasn’t (sprained left knee), DE a former first-round pick didn’t get in the end zone, decided if QB Brandon Billy Winn (quadriceps) from Baylor who has a they didn’t have over 100 Weeden will be Brian and OLB Quentin Groves nasty streak when he’s on yards rushing.”

Hoyer’s backup on (ankle) all missed practhe field but insists he’s Taylor believes his men- Thursday. Weeden has tice.

Doing it by committee

Bengals do it with multiple backs

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(AP) — When the Bengals need a yard, they give the ball to BenJarvus Green-Ellis and let him plow straight ahead. Need a big play on third down? In comes rookie Giovani Bernard to catch a pass or make a cutback that turns into something special.

And Cincinnati is far from alone in splitting the role of running back.

Half of the teams in the NFL are using more than one running back regularly this season, underscoring an evolution in how teams are handling the position. Sixteen teams have two or more running backs with 25 runs or catches so far this season, according to STATS LLC. Denver leads the list with three, its “Rock, Paper, Scissors” approach with Ronnie Hillman, Montee Ball and Knowshon Moreno.

On many teams, having two complementary backs is better than leaving it up to one.

“The league is just changing in a way,” said Bernard, the first running back chosen in the draft last April. “Rather than one specific back, you need a lot of backs that can do different things.”

Denver, the New York Jets and Giants, Philadelphia, New Orleans, New England, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Oakland, Buffalo, San Diego and Houston all have more than one running back that has touched the ball 25 times so far, according to STATS. Running back combinations have always been part of the NFL’s fabric, whether it was Lenny Moore and Alan Ameche

in Baltimore, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung in Green Bay, Jim Brown and Ernie Green in Cleveland, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo in Chicago, Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick and Mercury Morris in Miami, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in Pittsburgh, Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen in Oakland.

And so many others.

The difference now is that teams are looking not for two who run the ball with different styles, but for a combination that can run it straight ahead or catch it in the league’s evolution toward pass-heavy offenses.

“If you have a back that’s a onedimensional, between-the-tackles guy, you can load up (the line of scrimmage) and sure, you’ve got some play-action that you can do with that, but it’s tough sledding,” Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said.

“You like to think you could line up in the I-Formation and Student Body Right and Iso Left — it’s tough. I don’t think they’re totally gone; I think there’s still a place for it a little bit. But I think you’ll see more of the other.”

The other involves a smaller back who can make a cut, make somebody miss and turn a hand-off into a big play. Or take pass out of the backfield and take advantage of a mismatch on defense, turning a short toss into a decisive touchdown.

In the last 20 years, running backs have caught more than 2,200 passes combined each season, according to STATS. The high point was 2,859 combined receptions in 2002, when Oakland’s Charlie Garner led the way with

91 catches for 941 yards.

So far this season, running backs have caught 603 passes.

Guys like Ray Rice and Darren Sproles have shown other teams what’s possible. Rice was a key part of a Ravens offense that won a Super Bowl title last season.

Rather than forcing a pass downfield on third-and-long, teams can dump it off and let the elusive running back do the rest.

“The good teams all have one of those,” Gruden said. “It’s important. For guys like that, they’re easy, low-risk plays with big-time results. So those backs are huge.”

Denver has been the pace setter so far when it comes to using complementary running backs. No other team has three with at least 25 runs or catches. No other team comes close to what the undefeated Broncos have done through four games.

The Broncos have scored 179 points, most in the league and second-most in league history through four games. Peyton Manning has 16 touchdown passes, the most ever through four games, and has yet to throw an interception.

It took their Rock, Paper, S cissors run-by- committee approach a little while to adjust to how things are nowadays.

“At first, it was tough,” Ball said. “But now, understanding the situation, you’ve got to be able to adapt in this league. You’ve got to be able to adapt quickly. I think that’s what I’ve done. Whenever I get it and get it running, I’m trying to do the most with the football.”

That’s the whole idea.

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USC descending into mediocrity Two years after big win, Kiffin gone LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than two years after Southern California finished a 10-2 season with a 50-point win over UCLA, coach Lane Kiffin is unemployed.

Thirteen months after the Trojans were the nation’s top-ranked team, they’ve lost seven of their past 11 games.

They haven’t looked good in many of their victories, either.

An elite football program has descended into mediocrity, and the slide culminated in Kiffin’s firing by athletic director Pat Haden on Sunday.

Haden believes the right coach can put USC (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) right back among the nation’s best, and he wanted to start the hunt while interim coach Ed Orgeron and the Trojans finish this season.

“All our coaches are in the winning business,” Haden said. “When you’re a coach at a place like USC, we have winning championships in our DNA around here.

You have to do the other things as well. You have to play by the rules. You have to care about players. You have to graduate your kids. (But) at the end of the day, we’re all in the winning business at USC.” Under the weight of NCAA sanctions and enormous expectations, Kiffin never lived up to the USC standard set by Pete Carroll, who won national championships and captivated L.A. before abruptly leaving for the Seattle Seahawks nearly four years ago.

Carroll is still mightily fond of USC, and he’ll be watching the developments closely.

“It’s been a hard time for the Trojan family,” Carroll said Monday.

“It’s been a hard couple of years. This is diffi-

cult, too. Transitions like this, they are huge. … I’ve known Lane since he was a little kid. I feel for him in this situation.

They’ve made a decisive move, and they’re going to move forward, and they’ll make a good choice and get the thing going the way they want to go. But it’s very difficult.”

It’s mostly difficult for Kiffin, who went 28-15 into his fourth season at USC. The mark is either a solid achievement given the Trojans’ scholarship restrictions and depth problems, or it’s an embarrassment to a school laden with NFL-caliber talent that accepts nothing but annual title contention.

It isn’t tough to see what Haden thinks, and most USC alumni seem to agree.

In Kiffin’s successor, Haden must find a coach who can handle USC’s expectations while maximizing the school’s many strengths. Kiffin briefly appeared to be that coach, but former athletic director Mike Garrett’s choice for the job never got there.

Kiffin was on top of the game in late 2011, when the Trojans finished atop the Pac-12 South with wins over Oregon and UCLA. Quarterback Matt Barkley then announced he would return for his senior season, passing up NFL millions for a year to stick with his beloved school, which got that preseason No. 1 ranking.

Numerically, the Trojans’ current slide began after a 6-1 start to that season. But even Kiffin acknowledged USC hasn’t looked consistently good for two seasons, playing some of the worst defensive games in USC history

while failing to score enough points to make up for it.

Oregon and Stanford surpassed USC atop the Pac-12, while UCLA, Washington and even Arizona State appear poised to move in front this season. Combined with the Trojans’ uninspiring performances even in victory, it’s more than Haden could take.

“We just weren’t making the progress I felt we needed to make,” Haden said.

Haden will keep his coaching search private, but that didn’t stop anybody from speculating Monday.

Washington’s Steve Sarkisian immediately AP Photo heard questions about Southern California coach Lane Kiffin, right and Washington State coach Mike Leach watch their teams his interest in the school warm up earlier this season. where he worked alongside Kiffin as Carroll’s which didn’t always co-offensive coordina- seem to be a main message of the focused, drivtors.

Sarkisian, a Los en Kiffin.

Carroll, who kept Angeles-area native, welcomed the chance to “get Orgeron on the USC the giant elephant out staff when he arrived of the room,” saying he in 2000, is eager to see was very happy with the how the Trojans respond Huskies. to Orgeron. Despite its The USC elephant unimpressive start to the roamed throughout foot- season, USC still has treball on Monday, and mendous talent directed won’t stop until Haden COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) When Miller was out, by two well-regarded picks a coach.

— Urban Meyer prefers Kenny Guiton filled in coordinators — Clancy Vanderbilt coach the thunder. But that just against mediocre teams James Franklin and Pendergast on defense sets up the lightning. and threw 13 scoring passDenver Broncos defen- and Clay Helton on No. 4 Ohio State runs es — including a schoolsive coordinator Jack offense. on 60 percent of its plays. record six in the first half The Trojans resume Del Rio were asked about Sending the tailbacks up over Florida A&M. their interest in the job, practice on Wednesday the middle or Braxton Tom Herman, Ohio while Boise State’s Chris for their next game, Miller around end serve State’s quarterbacks coach Petersen, Northwestern Oct. 10 at the Coliseum as body blows to soften a and co-offensive coordicoach Pat Fitzgerald against Arizona. defense for what might just nator, said the Buckeyes and San Francisco 49ers “I think he’ll do great,” happen if they start to lean started throwing more offensive coordinator Carroll said of Orgeron. too heavily toward the line bombs because they had Greg Roman are among “Ed has been through to stop the ground attack. to. the popular choices of enough as a head coach, Then the Buckeyes “You guys saw how peopundits and fans. throw deep. and he knows as much ple started playing us the None of the specula“We couldn’t do that last latter half of last year. In tion means a thing to about the program as year.

There were games I order for us to be able to Haden, who seems to anybody. He’s got a way refused to call it because be who we want to be runabout him that resohave a strong idea about they were going to be cov- ning the football, we had to his type of coach. Haden nates, and I think he can ered and we couldn’t throw make (the deep pass) a viahas long made it clear he take control of a very it,” Meyer said. “This ble threat,” Herman said. wants USC’s athletes to difficult situation and Saturday, we are going to “So we worked our tails understand there’s more make something happen try the same thing. That’s off all spring, all offseato college than sports, positively.” a big part of who we are. son, all two-a-days to make So we would have more sure we were effective — if explosive pass plays. I not proficient — at throwdon’t know if I remember ing the ball down the field From page 9 this many early in the sea- when people wanted to son, ever.” going from city to city to be where we are right pitch in the postseason faced him. load the line of scrimmage No fewer than 15 times, to stop the run.” city and it’s an adverse now is awesome, man.” after missing out in 2011 “Believe me, we territory, all of this stuff Tampa won four of when he underwent sur- wouldn’t pitch him if we the Buckeyes have comAll that hard work hardis what you train for and the six games against gery to remove a blood weren’t confident in him pleted a touchdown pass ened and refined a group of you really dig and you Cleveland this season, clot in his ribs. giving us the best chance that has covered at least wide receivers that Meyer love it,” Maddon said. but the teams haven’t met “Watching the postsea- to win,” Francona said. 20 yards. had belittled much of his Some were short passes “You don’t have time to since early June. son and just the feeling “Danny has done nothfirst season. get nervous or overthink, Rays starter Alex Cobb of being left out is inde- ing to make us think he turned into a big gain, but He called them subpar, you’ve just got to get (11-3) was asked what he scribable,” he said. “It’s can’t handle this. He’s so most reflect the Buckeyes’ mediocre and uninspired. ready and go play — and learned about the Indians a terrible feeling that you poised. If I had stuff like ability to throw deep passNow he is their biggest for our guys, they kind in his one start against don’t want to have again, him, I’d be poised, too. es more effectively this backer, throwing compliseason. of like that moment right them on April 6. so I think it was extra But there’s a difference It’s an either/or proposi- ments their way at every now.”

“That was so long ago, motivation to get back between throwing 100 opportunity.

Like the Rays, the I don’t know if that real- and it definitely fueled mph and being able to tion for opposing teams.

Corey Brown has five No. 16 Northwestern is the Indians had to scrap their ly applies anymore,” he the fire even more to get get major league hitters touchdown receptions to way into the postseason. said. back to the postseason out. Danny can do that.” next foe to face that chal- share the team lead with Cleveland ended a “Plus,” Maddon said, and know that we have NOTES: Indians CF lenge on Saturday.

Ohio State (5-0, 1-0 Big Devin Smith, while Chris topsy-turvy regular sea- interrupting his young a special group that can and leadoff hitter Michael Fields has four and Evan son under manager Terry right-hander. “That was go far.”

Bourn did some agility Ten) has run for 14 touch- Spencer three. downs so far.

It has recordFrancona by ripping off before you got hit in the The Indians feel just drills and ran the bases All have been depend10 wins in a row, playing head.” as strongly about mak- before working out with ed 19 touchdown passes. able targets so far.

To put that into perspecerror-free ball during the Fortunately, the Rays ing this an unforgettable his teammates. He pulled Brown said he’s not tive, only nine times in stretch. can now make light of the season, perhaps even end- up with a leg injury on a bit surprised that the Now, when every mis- scary situation involving ing Cleveland’s 65-year Sunday in Minnesota, and the program’s previous 123 Buckeyes have suddenly take is magnified and Cobb, who was struck in drought between World his status for Wednesday years have the Buckeyes shown a propensity for airthrown more scoring there’s no room for laps- the head by a line drive Series titles. is not yet known. … The ing it out. passes in an entire season. es, the Indians want to hit by Kansas City’s Eric Francona has no hesi- teams have to have their “Not with the amount And the current squad still keep rolling and will start Hosmer on June 15. tation in handing the 25-man rosters set by of work we did in the offhas seven regular-season rookie Danny Salazar in Cobb missed 50 games ball to Salazar (2-3), an 10 a.m. Wednesday. …. season with Braxton and their biggest game in six with a concussion, but unflappable 23-year-old Francona followed up on games remaining.

They are on pace to easi- Kenny,” he said. “As much seasons. he’s been a different who began the season his joke about the Indians ly eclipse the school record pressure as coach Meyer “This team wasn’t pitcher since the injury, at Double-A Akron but avoiding chicken and beer expected to do any- going 5-1 with a 2.41 zoomed to the majors and during his September for scoring passes in a sea- put on us to get better as a thing,” said right fielder ERA in nine starts. carried a no-hitter into surge, a jab at his final son of 33, set by Bobby unit, I think this was kind of expected.”

Nick Swisher, one of the Cobb said two months the sixth inning of his days in Boston. “I lied Hoying and Co. in 1995.

A year after not realMiller missed almost team’s high-profile free- of rest may have helped, debut. about that,” he said. “We ly having a quick-strike three entire games but agent signings. “Just to but he was also driven to The Rays have never have had some chicken.” came back to throw offense when passing, the four scoring passes in Buckeyes are suddenly Saturday’s 31-24 win over capable of scoring in a No. 23 Wisconsin — three hurry.

From page 9 “We can throw a deep of them covering 25, 26 ball,” Meyer said.

Norman in singles.

Dufner, Zach Johnson, Webb ers because they are here every and 40 yards.

“So my goal was to get Norman Simpson and Keegan Bradley — all week. They have stepped up and for him,” Nicklaus said. major-championship winners. done a good job.

He traded picks with International Woods, who has won the “But I think that goes in cycles. captain Peter Thomson until he was Memorial five times, would like You know, four years from now, the able to secure Woods vs. Norman. nothing better than to win the Americans might be begging for “I walked out and got the pair- Presidents Cup, which gets under mercy.” ings and Norman said, ‘Why did way on Thursday, on Nicklaus’ — Nicklaus has been chosen to you do that to me?’ And I said, course. drop the ceremonial first puck for ‘Hey, you’re not on my team!’”

“It would be fun,” he said. “It the NHL opener of the Columbus Nicklaus said. “We all got a big would be fun to win it in front of Blue Jackets when they play the laugh out of that.” the home fans.”

Calgary Flames on Friday night.

Woods had the last laugh with a Captain Nick Price’s International “First of all, I’ve never seen a 1-up victory on Sunday. side has Angel Cabrera, Ernie Els, puck dropped. I’ve never heard — The U.S. is 7-1-1 in the Adam Scott, Charl Schwarzel, the phrase until about two weeks Presidents Cup and has won the Louis Ooosthuizen — and sev- ago,” he said, laughing. “I don’t last four matches easily. eral relatively obscure players yet know how far you drop it from. I The Internationals could turn to make their mark on the world don’t know what you’re supposed the tide at Muirfield Village, much stage. to hit and who you’re not supposed 40423768 like the Europeans did there in the “The teams this year are prob- to hurt with it. So I’ll find out on Ryder Cup. ably skewed a little stronger toward Friday night.

The U.S. team includes Tiger the American side,” Nicklaus said.

“I need to learn something; I Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jason “We hear about the American play- need to broaden my horizons.”

Indians

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NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into space Martha Mendoza AP National Writer

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The printers would serve as a flying factory of infinite designs, creating objects by extruding layer upon layer of plastic from long strands coiled around large spools.

Doctors use them to make replacement joints and artists use them to build exquisite jewelry.

In NASA labs, engineers are 3-D printing small satellites that could shoot out of the Space Station and transmit data to earth, as well as replacement parts and rocket pieces that can survive extreme temperatures.

“Any time we realize we can 3-D print something in space, it’s like Christmas,” said inventor Andrew Filo, who is consulting with NASA on the project. “You can get rid of concepts like rationing, scarce or irreplaceable.”

The spools of plastic could eventually replace racks of extra instruments and hardware, although the upcoming mission is just a demonstration printing job.

“If you want to be adaptable, you have to be able to design and manufacture on the fly, and that’s where 3-D printing in space comes in,” said Dave Korsmeyer, director of engineering at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, about 35 miles south of San Francisco.

For the first 3-D printer in space test slated for fall 2014, NASA had more than a dozen machines to choose from, ranging from $300 desktop models to $500,000 warehouse build-

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Aaron Kemmer, CEO and co-founder of Made in Space, looks through some items made with the company’s 3D printer which will eventually be used in space on Sept. 16, in Mountain View, Calif. One of the biggest obstacles to space exploration is that you need to bring everything with you: tools, equipment, spare parts, satellites. NASA is working with a Silicon Valley company to make specialized 3D printers that would allow astronauts to produce the things they need on-demand when they’re in space, allowing them to travel farther from the Earth.

2010, Kemmer and his partners warned engineers there would be ups and downs — nauseating ones.

In more than a dozen flights in NASA’s “vomit comet” reduced-gravity aircraft, Made In Space scientists tested printer after printer.

Last week at their headquarters on NASA’s campus, Made In Space engineers in lab coats and hair nets tinkered with a sealed 3-D printer in a dust free cleanroom, preparing the models for further pre-launch tests.

As proof of its utility, the team revisited the notorious 1970 moon-bound Apollo 13 breakdown, when astronauts were forced to jerry-rig a lifesaving carbon dioxide filter holder with a plastic bag, a manual cover and duct tape.

A 3-D printer could have solved the problem in minutes.

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All of them, however, were built for use on Earth, and space travel presented challenges, from the loads and vibrations of launch to the stresses of working in orbit, including microgravity, differing air pressures, limited power and variable temperatures.

As a result, NASA hired Silicon Valley startup Made In Space to build something entirely new.

“Imagine an astronaut needing to make a life-or-death repair on the International Space Station,” said Aaron Kemmer, CEO of Made in Space. “Rather than hoping that the necessary parts and tools are on the station already, what if the parts could be 3-D printed when they needed them?”

When staffing his start up in

“Safety has been one of our biggest concerns,” said strategic officer Michael Chen.

Sparks, breakages and electric surges can have grave consequences in the space station.

“But when we get it right, we believe these are the only way to manifest living in space,” he said.

Space-bound printers will also, eventually, need to capture gasses emitted from the extruded plastics, be able to print their own parts for selfrepairs and have some abilities to recycle printed products into new ones.

Scott Crump, who helped develop 3-D printing technology in 1988 by making a toy frog for his daughter with a glue gun in his kitchen, said he never conceived how pivotal it could be for space travel.

But he said that until metal

becomes commonly used in 3-D printers, the applications will be limited.

“The good news is that you don’t have to have this huge amount of inventory in space, but the bad news is now you need materials, in this case filament, and a lot of power,” he said.

NASA and other international space agencies are pressing forward with 3-D printing.

Mastering space manufacturing, along with finding and producing water and food on the moon or other planets, could lead to living on space.

Last month, the space agency awarded Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited $500,000 toward a project to use 3-D printing and robots to build massive antennas and solar power generators in space by 2020.

It replaces the expensive and cumbersome process of building foldable parts on Earth and assembling them in orbit.

For Made In Space’s debut, when it’s shuttled up to the space station aboard a spaceflight cargo resupply mission, the initial prints will be tests — different small shapes to be studied for strength and accuracy.

They’re also discussing with NASA about what the first real piece that they should print will be.

Whatever it is, it will be a historic and symbolic item sure to end up in a museum someday.

“It’s not something we’re discussing publicly right now,” said CEO Kemmer. Then, Jason Dunn, the chief technology officer, beckoned, dropping his voice as he grinned.

“We’re going to build a Death Star,” he joked softly, referring to the giant space station in the “Star Wars” movies that could blow up planets. “Then it’s all going to be over.”

Airlines promise a return to civility, for a fee Scott Mayerowitz AP Airlines Writer

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Extra legroom, early boarding and access to quiet lounges were just the beginning.

Airlines are now renting Apple iPads preloaded with movies, selling hot first class meals in coach

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Once on the ground, they can skip baggage claim, having their luggage delivered directly to their home or office.

In the near future, airlines plan to go one step further, using massive amounts of personal data to customize new offers for each flier.

“We’ve moved from takeaways to enhancements,” says John F. Thomas of L.E.K. Consulting. “It’s all about personalizing the travel experience.”

Carriers have struggled to raise airfares enough to cover costs.

Fees bring in more than $15 billion a year and are the reason the airlines are profitable. But the amount of money coming in from older charges like baggage and reservation change fees has tapered off.

Revenue from bag fees in April, May and June fell 7 percent compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the government Monday.

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Other airlines are experimenting with tracking passengers throughout the airport. In the future, if somebody clears security hours before their flight, they might be offered a discounted day pass to the airline’s lounge on their phone.

Airlines have yet to find the right balance between being helpful and being creepy. So, for now, most of the data is being used to win back passengers after their flight is delayed or luggage is lost.

“We want to get back to a point where people feel like travel isn’t something to endure, but something they can enjoy,” says Bob Kupbens, a former Target executive and Delta’s current vice president of marketing and digital commerce.

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While the average domestic roundtrip base fare has climbed 3 percent over the past decade to $361.95, when adjusted for inflation, the price of jet fuel has nearly tripled.

When oil prices spiked in 2008, airlines added checked baggage fees.

Passengers still bought tickets on the base price and didn’t think about the extra expense until the day of travel.

Now airlines are recasting fees as trip enhancements.

Travelers like Nadine Angress, of Mansfield, Mass., see the value.

Her recent late-night US Airways flight home landed past six-year-old son’s bedtime. She had to work early the next morning.

So, for $30 she bypassed the baggage carousel and had the suitcase delivered.

“That was a very reasonable price to pay,” Angress says. “It’s making your life easier.”

U.S. airlines collect more than $6 billion a year in baggage and reservation change fees. They also collect $9 billion more from selling extras like frequent flier miles, early boarding and seat upgrades.

Together, the fees account for 10 percent U.S. airlines’ revenue.

Fees provide airlines with another advantage: The Internal Revenue Service has said since they aren’t directly related to transporting passengers, they aren’t subject to the 7.5 percent excise tax travelers pay on base fares.

Taxing fees would give the government an extra $1.1 billion a year to fund the Federal Aviation Administration, runway upgrades and air traffic control improvements.

Without the fees, experts say fares would be 15 percent higher.

“You’re either going to go out of business or find a way to cover” your costs, says Robert E. Jordan, Southwest Airlines’ exec-

utive vice president and chief commercial officer.

Southwest has held off charging for most checked bags. But it sells plenty of other add-ons.

Recently, it introduced a way for people at the back of the boarding line on some flights to cut to the front for $40. It’s not a blockbuster seller — one person pays up every two flights — but with 3,600 daily flights, that nets $70,000 in extra daily revenue or $25 million a year.

Airlines now alter fees based on demand. United Airlines used to sell its Economy Plus extra legroom seats for one price per route.

Today, aisle seats cost more than middle seats; prices are higher on popular flights.

That change in thinking has helped United increase fee revenue by 13 percent this year to more than $20 per one-way passenger.

Airlines are also starting to bundle items.

Passengers purchase items they might not necessarily buy alone; it also simplifies the dizzying array of offers.

“I don’t want you to have to do the math every time,” says Rick Elieson, managing director of digital marketing at American Airlines.

American offers a package for $68 roundtrip that includes no change fees, one checked bag and early boarding.

Delta is experimenting with a $199 subscription that includes a checked bag, early boarding, access to exit row seats and extra frequent flier miles on all flights a passenger takes between now and Jan. 5.

Airlines say the fees bring a sense of fairness to the system.

Why should a passenger with a small carry-on subsidize a family of four, checking suitcases?

Jamie Baker, an airline analyst with JP Morgan Chase, likens it to a meal at a restaurant.

“The sides are not included in the price of a steak,” he says. “Airline ticket prices should reflect the costs incurred by the individual passenger.”

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Auto sales dropped 4 percent from a year ago to just over 1.1 million, mainly due to a calendar quirk that pulled Labor Day weekend transactions into August’s numbers. The drop ended a 27-month streak of gains for the industry.

General Motors, Honda and Volkswagen re p o r t e d double digit declines for last month. Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai posted smaller decreases.

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Most industry officials viewed September as an anomaly. They also downplayed the impact of the government shutdown, assuming it’s a short one.

Kurt McNeil, GM’s U.S. sales chief, said the fundamentals are still in place for GM and the industry to rebound in the coming months. Jobless claims are falling, home prices continue to recover, gas prices are down, household wealth is rising and the Federal Reserve has postponed the end of a bond-buying program that kept interest rates low, he said.

“As long as the underlying economic factors are supporting the business, which we believe they will through the end of this year and into 2014, we’ll get through this turbulence,” said Ken Czubay, Ford’s U.S. sales manager.

Jim Lentz, Toyota’s North American CEO, told The Associated Press in an interview that people have grown used to dysfunction in Washington.

Earlier this year, when the government failed to avoid automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, there were predictions that the economy would melt down, Lentz said.

“Basically they were told that when you wake up tomorrow, the Earth is going to stop spinning,” Lentz said.

“For the most part the Earth didn’t stop. And I think that’s how they view this again.”

The shutdown will only affect sales if it causes credit markets to tighten, Lentz said.

That will be a problem, he said, because low interest rates and abundant credit have helped fuel the auto sales recovery.

There was concern among executives and analysts that a long shutdown — and a looming confrontation over raising the government’s debt ceiling — could eventually cause sales to fall.

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2 BEDROOM, upper apartment. W/D hook-up. $350/monthly. (937)773-2829, after 2pm.

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PIQUA, 1 bedroom, 333 Home Ave. $140 weekly, includes utilities, plus deposit. No pets, (937)773-1668

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PIQUA, nice 1 bedroom, downtown, all appliances. $500 monthly, includes all utilities.

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

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Houses For Rent 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.

Storage BARN STORAGE In the Piqua area, Campers or Boat, $40 monthly, (937)570-0833, (937)418-7225 INDOOR STORAGE: Cars or Boats. $25/month.

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

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(937)441-7771 DOBERMANS. Red, 5 males, Ready October 16th, tails cropped, first shots, very pretty dogs, $200 no papers, (937)498-9668 KITTENS Adorable, fluffy, yellow/white males. 7 weeks, wormed, litter box trained.

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SEASONED FIREWOOD $150 cord split/delivered, $80 half cord, stacking $25 extra. Miami County deliveries only (937)339-2012 SEASONED FIREWOOD $150 per cord. Stacking extra, $125 you pick up. Taylor Tree Service available, (937)753-1047 FIREWOOD, All hard wood, $150 per cord delivered or $120 you pick up, (937)7262780 SEASONED, SPLIT HARDWOOD. $100/cord. You haul.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO Case No.: 13 CV 00331 Judge: Robert J. Lindeman THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO UNIZAN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -vsCALEB Y. COMER, et al.

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LEGAL NOTICE FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To: Select Mortgage Group, Ltd., whose last known addresses are 6784 Loop Road, Centerville, OH 45459 and Publication, you will take notice that on the 17th day of June, 2013, Plaintiff, filed a Complaint for foreclosure in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas, 201 W. Main St., Safety Bldg., 3rd floor, Troy, OH 45373, being Case No. 13 CV 00331, alleging that there is due to the Plaintiff the sum of $68,276.55, plus interest at 4.25% per annum from December 1, 2012, plus late charges and attorney fees applicable to the terms of a Promissory Note secured by a Mortgage on the real property, which has a street address of 7 Water Street, Fletcher, OH 45326, being permanent parcel number Parcel ID: B05-001270 Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of a default in payment of said Promissory Note, the conditions of said Mortgage have been broken and the same has become absolute.

Plaintiff prays that the Defendant named above be required to answer and assert any interest in said real property or be forever barred from asserting any interest therein, for foreclosure of said mortgage, marshalling of liens, and the sale of said real property, and that the proceeds of said sale be applied according to law.

Said Defendant is required to file an Answer on or before the 30th day of October, 2013.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sour odor of rotting food overwhelms the senses. Shattered glass crunches underfoot. And evidence of looting is ever-present, including in Westgate Mall’s chandelier-filled casino.

Shop owners on Tuesday boarded up stores and removed merchandise even as Kenyan, U.S. and European investigators moved through the mall’s rubble in search of answers to the four-day terrorist attack. A soldier inside said that two bodies had been found Tuesday, one likely a soldier. The other was burned so badly it was too difficult to say, he said.

Those cleaning up their shops wondered: Can the mall reopen? If so, when?

A mall official told The Associated Press that such questions won’t be answered until the Kenyan government gives back control of the mall to its owners, a legal hold-up that may take months to resolve as the forensic investigation to find bodies and reconstruct events continues.

An Associated Press reporter on Tuesday spent about two hours inside Westgate, the site of a terrorist siege that killed at least 67 people.

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Bullet-holes pepper the glass door of a shop in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya will keep its troops in Somalia to help that country’s beleaguered government battle the armed Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which attacked the mall in Nairobi on Sept. 21 claiming at least 67 lives.

have changed clothes and walked out with fleeing, frightened shoppers.

The mall walk-through showed vast destruction where the mall caught fire and where it collapsed, but also SWAT-like tactics during the rush to rescue those inside when the grenades and bullets began flying. Many workers wore masks to cut the stench. Surgical gloves littered the floor, and foreign and Kenyan investigators, some wearing white moon suits, worked through the rubble.

AP also saw evidence of looting, thefts that many in the mall blame on Kenyan security forces: Cash registers yanked open and the money taken, jewels from display cases gone.

Dozens of empty beer bottles — apparently enjoyed by security forces — prompted one restaurant employee to ask: “How do you expect them to kill someone if they are totally

drunk?” and then wonder if maybe it was a post-siege celebration.

Carrying flashlights through the dark gaming area, Millionaires casino management walked carefully into the back room, where they found their main safe with several holes and gouges from bullets on it. The door remained closed, and those trying to open it would have been disappointed if they had succeeded. It was empty.

“Look, they tried to get into the vault,” said a manager who squatted beside the green safe and pointing at the bullet scars. “The other day when we came in and took the money out, this wasn’t here.”

In the main gaming room, the door to the casino cage — where winning gamblers cash in their chips — had been kicked open. The money drawers were empty. The blackjack and roulette wheels were

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unscathed. A TV had been shot up.

Dr. Sunil Sachdevas, who has a dentist’s office on the mall’s top floor, said he is looking for a place to relocate. He said he bought terrorism insurance in 2010 but he has no policy for loss of income.

Mall management asked him to reconsider.

“We told them that we would think about it, but we just can’t. Our own patients have said they would not feel safe coming to us here, and the building is not going to be ready for months,” Sachdevas said.

Al-Shabab says it attacked the mall to force Kenya to withdraw its troops from Somalia. The insurgent group once controlled much of the Horn of Africa nation and most of the capital, Mogadishu, but has since been pushed back by African Union forces to the country’s south.

The group said it will carry out more terror attacks unless Kenya withdraws. Unbowed, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed on Tuesday to keep Kenyan troops in Somalia until that country is stabilized and his deputy called members of al-Shabab “primitive and backward barbarians.”

“If their desire is for Kenya to pull out from Somalia, my friends all they need to do is what they should have done 20 years ago, which is to put their house in order and Kenya will come back to Kenya,” Kenyatta said at an interfaith prayer service.

Kenyatta said a commission of inquiry would be formed to study security lapses from the attack.

Just outside the mall’s front entrance, bloody stretchers and threeburned out cars still stood.

In the pet store, fish floated in their tanks, dead. A mattress lay on the floor in one corner, apparently where a soldier had carried it out of the Nakumatt store to catch some rest.

Inside Nakumatt, the destroyed department and grocery store, Snickers bars had caught fire and burned. A rack of fingernail polish had melted like wax candles. Coke cans burst open from the heat.

The cash registers were charred, the drawers open and empty.

There was also evidence of an attempt at an organized rescue effort.

Outside Millionaires Casino, written in black marker on the wall, was: “Clear 1259,” an apparent reference to 12:59 p.m. on Sept. 21, less than an hour after the attack began. Next door, at an Apple reseller not yet open was: “Clear 12 57.” It was an indication that the area had been cleared at 12:57 one day by security forces.

At the mall’s front entrance, near a life-size elephant, investigators were in a huddle, talking.

A restaurant employee leaned against the metal railing where people once sat in the fresh air to eat Spanish tapas.

“It will never be the way it was,” he said.