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Voter deadline looms, early voting set to start Will E Sanders

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TROY — With the deadline looming to register to vote concerning the upcoming Nov. 5 general election, board of election officials say there is still time to register — or vote early — to become a part of the democratic process.

Miami County Board of Elections Director Drew Higgins said there has not been a noticeable increase of people registering to vote this year, but said the deadline to do so is Monday, Oct. 7.

To register to vote, Higgins said that can be accomplished by visiting any public library, bureau of motor vehicles, jobs and family services facility

or at the board of elections, which is located on the first floor of the Miami County Board of Elections.

For those who are registered in the state but have moved, a change of address form is needed.

A change of address form can be filled out online at: www.myohiovote.com.

For those voters who are

already registered voters, early voting started at the board of elections office on Monday, though traffic has been especially light so far, Higgins said.

“This is, relatively speaking, not a big election,” Higgins said, drawing comparisons to early voting turnout in the last presidential election.

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First Harvest Moon & Balloon Fest to take off Friday Melody Vallieu

ing began, only five people took advantage of the early voting process, he said.

Those interested in voting early may do so at the board of elections office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, with exception to Columbus Day, Oct. 14.

Troy business taking applications for free furnace

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TROY — The first Harvest Moon & Balloon Fest is on the horizon and organizers are excited to see their planning come to fruition.

The festival opens at noon Friday and continues through Sunday at the Miami County Fairgrounds. A balloon launch in-field at the stadium will open the festival each morning on Saturday and Sunday — weather permitting — at 7 a.m. On Saturday, a pancake breakfast will follow on the grounds at 8 a.m.

The festival, sponsored by the Miami County Agricultural Society and Bella Balloons, is the epitome of what Miami County represents, entertainment chairwoman Roberta Jacobs said.

“To me it just embraces what Miami County has to offer for families,” Jacobs said. “There will be so much going on, balloons, kid’s activities, entertainment.

“It’s going to be something for absolutely everyone. I’m really excited.”

Events that will be available to both young and old — and everyone in between — during the three-day event will be a straw maze, wagon rides out to a pumpkin patch, a scarecrow decorating contest and pumpkin carving and decorating for children. Pony rides, a petting zoo, free kiddie rides, a painting station, bouncing carousel, an obstacle course and rock climbing Anthony Weber | Staff Photo wall also will keep children entertained.

Most events are free with admission. Bella Balloons crew chief Daniel Brandmeyer, left, and Scott Black guide the aircraft to a softer landing on a farm near Riverside Drive Wednesday in Troy. Bella See BALLOON | Page 2 Balloons pilot Ron Terranova stands in the basket as a flight comes to an end.

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MIAMI COUNTY — Lending a helping hand to those in need, one local business is reaching out to the community to help keep the heat in their homes as the weather slowly turns from fall to the frosty cold months of Ohio winters.

For the third year, Dave Services’s, a Troy-based local heating and cooling company, is once again giving back to the community by providing one home owner a free Bryant furnace installation before winter.

“We see the need and I’ve been living in Troy and been here my whole life,” said Dave Denoyer, owner of Dave’s Services since 1984. “There is such a need out there. My guys will come back with stories about a call they went on and how they wished they could help.”

Denoyer likens old and worn out furnace systems to an aging car — constantly replacing and fixing parts when there is need for a whole new system.

“The feedback from the community has been great and it’s like you are doing the right thing,” Denoyer said.

Dave Service’s team has provided two local families with a heating system in the last two years.

The feedback from the last two years has been so positive that Denoyer has started a new program with the Troy Foundation after a community member approached him and wanted to help more people through donations.

“We didn’t have a place to put the funds that this guy wanted to give us because he saw and supported what we were doing,” he said. “So we started this new program (H.I.G.H) and we even donated $500 to get the ball rolling.”

The Troy Foundation also is in charge of the new H.I.G.H. program and its funds for organizations and individuals to donate money towards helping families who need a new heating system in their homes, but are unable to afford the upgrades.

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Homecoming event set for National Guard 1487th

PIQUA — The Ohio National Guard 1487th Transportation’s 160 soldiers have returned from serving in Afghanistan.

The unit will conduct a homecoming at 1 p.m. Friday at Piqua High School, 1 Indian Trail.

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Jim Oda, director of the Piqua Public Library speaks to students during the third annual College and Career Day at Piqua High School on Wednesday. More than 30 area business professionals, civic leaders and military recruiters were invited to speak to students about a variety of academic and career opportunites that are available to high school students upon graduation.

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2 Thursday, October 3, 2013 Obituaries White DELAWARE — Carol Jeanne White, 71, of Delaware, passed Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at home, of a heart attack, the result of the effects of muscular dystrophy.

She was born Nov. 12, 1941, in Grand Rapids, Mich. to Charles Frederick and Helen (Adams) Brouse.

She grew up in Tiffin and Sycamore. She was a 1959 graduate of Mohawk High School in Sycamore and Heidelberg College in Tiffin in 1963.

She married Wallace White in 1963, celebrating 50 years of marriage in August.

Carol was a physical education teacher in Marion, Cuyahoga Falls and Piqua.

She later was employed as a dental receptionist in Piqua, before retiring and moving to Delaware.

She was a member of Valleyview Evangelical Friends Church in Delaware, where she played the piano for many years, the Mohawk Historical Society, and served as a volunteer for several years at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Her hobbies were flower gardening, crafts, sewing and quilting, animals, and music. She played the piano for worship services at Valleyview for about 15 years.

She is survived by her husband; sons, Philip (Amy) of Beach City and David of Marion; and daughter, Laura (Trenton) Merricks

of Charlottesville, Va.; grandchildren, Jonathan and Sarah White, and Emily, Conor, and William Merricks; sister, Kathleen (Mark) Hayman of Tiffin; and cousins, Lynn (Trish) Adams of Milford and Norman (Susie) Adams of Sycamore; brotherin-law, Paul (Nanette) White of Marion; sistersin-law, Rudy Gilbert of Mt. Gilead and Margaret (Don) West of Marion; and all her many friends at Valleyview Evangelical Friends Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Rebecca Benedict, and daughter-in-law, Beverly White.

Arrangements are being handled by Robinson Funeral home where calling hours will be Sunday from 2-5 p.m..

A funeral service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Valleyview Evangelical Friends Church, 868 W. William St. with the Rev. Joshua Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Marion Cemetery.

A reception for family and friends will be held in the Summit Room at Delaware Run following burial.

Memorial contributions may be made to Valleyview Evangelical Friends Church, 868 W. William St., Delaware, OH, or the Humane Society of Delaware County, 4920 State Route 37 East, Delaware, OH. Condolences may be expressed at www.robinsonfuneralhomeinc.com.

Cassel COVINGTON — William David Cassel, 67, of Covington, died Sept.

30, 2013, at Covington Care Center, Covington.

He was born Sept. 16, 1946, in Gettysburg, to the late Bertha (Wion) Parker and Harley Dunevant, Sr. He married Deborah Arnett. She preceded him in Cassel death.

William also is survived by two sons, William “Bill” (Shonda Rawson) Cassel Jr., Covington, and Randy (Tonya) Arnett, New London; one daughter, and Heather (Shelby) Kelms, Troy; siblings, Dale Dunevant, Jackson Center, Carol (Sam) Lee, Troy, Doug (Pam) Cassel, Covington, and Ron (Daphne) Cassel, West Milton; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Arthur James Sowers; one daughter, Billie Jo Cassle; one brother, Harley Dunevant

Jr.; and one sister, Patricia Holler.

William proudly served his country as a member of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a retired machinist.

William was also a former member of Piqua Fish and Game.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday, at Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with the Rev. Sam Daniel Lee, Lighthouse Pentecostal Church officiating. Burial will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Friends may call from 9:30-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Full military honors will be presented by American Legion Post 217.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, OH 45365.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com.

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From page 1 A beer garden and wine tastings also will be on tap.

“Come on out if you just want to come out and have a glass of wine or drink a beer and watch a balloon glow for a date,” Jacobs said. “Or, if you think of something somebody wants to do, we’re going to have it.”

Children can build their own kite with help from representatives of the WACO Air Museum.

And, Jacobs also reminds about the car show and the appropriately chosen movie “Up,” which will be available for viewing at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Shop and Crop building. “(The committee) has thought of everything,” Jacobs said. “I keep asking myself, ‘Why is this our first one, why isn’t this our 30th?’”

Other family-friendly

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activities include an apple-pie baking contest and putt-putt golf, along with numerous food vendors.

Admission will be $5 per person, with children 12 and younger admitted for free. Festival-goers also may take a tethered balloon ride — in which they’re 80 feet in the air for a fee.

“So, it’s affordable for families,” she said.

Jacobs said the fairgrounds being the venue also is the perfect place to hold an event such as this, with all the space, the barns for cover and the fact that it is all handicapped accessible.

“Everyone can come, no one is left, out,” she said.

Jacobs gave a nod to the many community volunteers, including the fair board, and the YMCA for sending vol-

From page 1 About 25 requests for absentee ballots have also been requested so far this election cycle, he added.

Higgins said he expects total voter turnout this year to be rather light.

“The only thing we can compare it to is the May primary election and that was hit or miss,” Higgins said. “A ball park estimate (for voter turnout this year) … I would say a little over 30 percent, but obviously this election will be issue-driven as well.”

Ballot for Nov. 5 general election complete The complete Miami County ballot for all candidates and issues, which consists of 113 candidates and 15 issues countywide, in all voting precincts is as follows: In Piqua, two seats are open for city commission that are currently held by third and fourth ward commissioners, Joseph Wilson and Judy Terry, respectively, and both are seeking re-election. Wilson will be challenged by James Cruse Jr. The position of Piqua mayor will be up for grabs and current Mayor Lucy Fess, also the Fifth Ward commissioner, is running to secure the spot, but so is Bill Vogt, the commissioner from Ward 2.

In Troy, Martha Baker is running for president of council and Mel Shane is running for council treasurer. Six are running for council wards, consisting of Tom Kendall, Douglas Tremblay, John Schweser, Bobby Phillips, Bill Twiss and Brock Heath. Three at-large council seats are being sought by Al Clark, Robin Oda and Lynne Snee. All candidates are Republicans.

In Tipp City, three residents are running for council, Patrick Hale, Joseph Gibson and Katelyn Berbach.

Elsewhere in village govern-

Entertainment schedule Friday 6-7:30 p.m. Storm’s Creek 8-9:30 p.m. Cinder Home Saturday 2-3:30 p.m. Spittin’ Image 6-7:30 p.m. Rocky Creek 8-9:30 p.m. Flashback Band, performing in beer garden area Sunday 12:30-1:15 p.m. Mike Hemmelgarn 2-3:30 p.m. Spittin’ Image Festival closes at 4 p.m. unteers to help with the event, which organizers hope to make an annual October festival.

“We are so blessed in this county, if we say we need help, people just come,” Jacobs said. “We are never short on volunteers.”

She said hopes local residents from across

ments the following citizens are running: Bradford Council, Michael Warner, Desmond Layman, Jeffrey Wirrig, Deborah Warner, Thomas Moore, and David Abney; Casstown mayor, Hollenna Patton; Casstown council, Brandy Norman, Neal Norman, and Denise Miller; Covington council, Don Weer, Robert Tobias, and Joyce Robertson; Fletcher council, Bonnie Davis, Brian Reid, and Penny Reed; Pleasant Hill council, Vickie Kirk and John Weaver Jr.; Pleasant Hill board of public affairs, Von Fessler; Potsdam council, Stephen Smiley; West Milton mayor, Michael Coate II; West Milton council, Susan Willis, Donald Edmunds, and Anthony Miller.

When it comes to schools, every board of education in the county has seats open: Miami County Education Service Center, Robert Allen; Bethel, P. Scott Hawthorn, Joseph Solch, and Brian Moore; Bradford, Nathan Paulus, Stanley Roberts Jr., Carolyn Smith, John Lavey, Mike Miller, Sandra Miller, and Theodore Reed; Covington, Alexander Reck, Lee Harmon, and W. Dean Pond; Newton, Lane Robbins, Lisa Hildebrand, and Candace Alexander; MiltonUnion, Connie McCarroll, Larry Dehus, Samuel Huffman, and Daniel Smiley; Miami East, Mark Davis, Brandon Fellers, Gayle Carson, and Kevin Accurso; Piqua, Jack Greggorson, Robert Luby and Andy Hite; Tipp City, Carla Frame and Frank Maus; and Troy, Joyce Reives and Stephen Lucas.

In addition, voters in every township in the county will be deciding township trustees races: Bethel, Helen Haaren and Jerome Hirt Sr.; Brown, Larry Coffing and Douglas Cron; Concord, Thomas Mercer, Sue Campbell, and Donald Pence; Elizabeth, Greg Dilts, Ronald Swallow, James Miller,

the county — and beyond — will come out and see what the festival has to offer and support the fair board.

“Just load up the car and come out. Winter will be here before you know it, so it’s one of the last weekends to be outside and enjoy the great weather.”

John Ryman, William Sutherly, and J. Mike Jess; Lostcreek, Eric Carey and Thomas Kirk; Monroe, Philip Cox and Martin English; Newberry, George Furrow, Dwane Runyan, Michael Maniaci, and Wayne Ingle; Newton, Stanley Fessler, Terry Wackler, and Gene Laughman; Springcreek, Mike Havenar, Thomas Will, and Andrew Staroska; Staunton, Bill Gearhart, Levi Young, Dale Bartel; Union, William O’Brien and Jim Albaugh; and Washington, Edward McMaken, James Hiegel, Paul Holfinger, and Matthew Hartley.

In county government only Municipal Court Judge Gary Nasal is on the ballot unopposed.

Voters in nearly every location of Miami County will also be weighing in on a variety of makeor-break issues, from deciding fates of school levies to municipal tax levies and Sunday sales.

The list of issues consist of: Bethel Township, a 3.8 mill renewal levy, five years; Brown Township, two 1.5 replacement tax levies, four years; Lostcreek Township, a 1 mill renewal tax levy, five years; Pleasant Hill/ Newton Township, a joint fire 1.2 mill replacement tax levy, continuing; Troy-Miami County Public Library, .6 mill renewal levy, continuing; Forest Hill Cemetery, a .5 mill renewal tax levy, five years; two Covington replacement tax levies, consisting of a 1.6 mill and 2.2 mill, both for five years; Troy City School District, a 1.1 mill renewal tax levy, five years; and Fletcher, an additional 1.5 mill tax levy, continuing; Monroe Township, a 1 mill renewal tax levy aimed at providing fire protection services, three years; West Milton, a 3 mill replacement tax levy for permanent improvements, five years; Tipp City Public Library, a .75 mill renewal tax levy, continuing; and Mulligan’s Pub, Sunday sales.

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From page 1 All contributions are tax deductible.

While Dave’s Services will once again donate ASTLE Genesis Healthcare Troy the first furnace system and when donations are available to install a second system through the TROY — Edna Astle, Center.

73, of Troy, passed away Services are pending H.I.G.H program will contact the second family at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, through Baird Funeral to install its system from its funds.

“Once the money is there, we’ll go out and Oct. 2, 2013, at the Home, Troy. help another family,” Denoyer said. “The Troy community is just a great, giving community and I could not believe how many people who approached me and wanted to help us out to help another family — that is one of the neatest things Please send obituary notices by email to that has come from this.” said helping his community through pdceditorial@civitasmedia.com. Notices must hisDenoyer company is something his team looks forward be received by 3 p.m. the day prior to publica- to each year. great to give back to the community that tion. There is no Sunday or Tuesday editions has“It’s supported me and my family,” he said. “I just of the Piqua Daily Call. want to thank everybody and the local area for us and these programs.”

For more information, call 937-773-2721. supporting Applications will be accepted through Oct. 31.

Obituaries submitted by family members Applications will be selected by members of the Troy Foundation. Applications must be submitted must be paid prior to publication. annually. Applications are available at the Dave Service’s office located at 430 S. Crawford St., Troy and online at www.daveservices.com.

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Jim Morlan, left, Jim Vaughan, center, Marvin Hawk, right, and Dave Denoyer (not pictured) of Dave’s Services Air Conditioning and Heating work on installing a complete Bryant heat pump system with a new line set along with indoor electric strips Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at a home on Linwood Avenue Friday in Troy.

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STEM program encourages science fair participation Andrew Wilson

For the Daily Call pdceditorial@civitasmedia.com

TIPP CITY — Tipp City is the hub of a new initiative to encourage science fair participation in a tri-county area.

Dr. Martin English and members of the Tippecanoe Science Fair Committee announced the kickoff of the Upper Miami Valley Science Days at Tippecanoe High School on Monday.

The initiative, which was English’s idea, will encourage science fair participation as well as scientific education and research for students in Darke, Champaign and Miami counties.

“A student completing research which follows scientific practices gains not only new knowledge and an understanding of how science is done, but also insight into possible careers in the STEM (Science,

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Here comes the rain again!

Rain chances go up today as warmer air moves in. with expertise in a field We will see highs mostly in the 80s through Saturday.

Chance of rain today is 70 percent, with a chance of related to the projects.

“What I typically look thunderstorms as well.

High 80, Low 64 for is a judge that has some scientific background,” said Tippecanoe chemistry teacher Jim Moore.

He said judges have been nurses, teachers, or even someone than ran a water treatment plant.

He noted that they try Partly Chance to match judges’ backcloudy of storms grounds to the projects they’re judging.

For example, a student with a water study on HIGH: 83 LOW: 64 HIGH: 84 LOW: 64 plants toxins might get matched up with an environmental engineer.

Moore and other members of the Tippecanoe Science Fair Committee hope the science fair projects will spur interest in STEM education.

BRADFORD — memory of Amy Fashner “We need to get these The Bradford Area who suggested this projkids excited about STEM Association of Churches ect last year, there will education and build a Resource Center is be young adults going generation of innovaready to begin its annu- door to door on Trick tive, young adults qualial Christmas Basket or Treat night collectfied for the jobs of our requests. Forms are ing non-perishables (no future,” Moore said. now ready for pickup candy). at Bradford churches, Money for Christmas Bradford Public Library, toys also is being colBradford schools or lected. Envelope are from Mary Alice at 407 available through Patty Drive or Debby at Bradford churches.

125 School St. Forms A note for recipients: should be returned no If you have received later than Nov. 24. help since Sept. 20, For those wishing 2013, we are sorry but to donate items to the you will not be eligible project, the following for Christmas boxes. are needed: canned Also this year in order fruit, applesauce, pears, for you to receive help peaches or fruit cock- in December you have tail, canned vegetables, to sign up with proper including peas, corn, financial records for a cut green beans, pork Christmas box. and beans, and kidney The boxes will be beans, canned soups passed out on Friday, including chicken noo- Dec. 20 between 5 and Provided Photo dle, vegetable, mush- 6 p.m. at the Depot.

The Sauerkraut German Band will entertain the crowd at Dorothy Love Retirement room, and tomato, spaNo calls will be Community’s Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 19. ghetti and spaghetti accepted or help other lederhosen and Tyrolean hats, sus- tain people with their music, they sauce, macaroni and than boxes unless it is penders, knee socks and bright ties also help others through charitable cheese, elbow macaro- an extreme emergency. make them appear as if they just donations. ni, noodles, peanut butFor more information arrived from the heart of Bavaria.

After paying for music, uniforms, ter, jelly, vegetable oil, or to make donations They play polkas, waltzes, schot- travel, and equipment, all the sugar, flour, 4-pack toi- or have things picked tisches, marches and specialty band’s remaining funds are donated let paper, single rolls of up just call: Mary Alice numbers in traditional “oompah” annually to charities. paper towels and tuna. Yount at 937-448style, along with many of the big Since its inception, the band Also, cake mixes, potato 2444, 407 Patty Drive, band sounds of the ’40s and ’50s. has donated more than $85,000 to dinners, cereal, Ramen Bradford, OH 45308 or They are a very versatile band various Miami Valley and national noodles, dish soap, and Debby Jess, 125 School that also features many vocal and charities. frosting mixes.

St., Bradford, OH instrumental solos.

For tickets, contact Lu Ann Once again, in the 45308.

Not only does the band enter- Presser at (937) 497-6542.

Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field,” English said. “Students will encounter new and unique experiences and if they put good effort into it, be rewarded with prizes, recognition and possibly established relationships with scientists and engineers, who may be their future mentors, professors or employers.”

The science fairs will take place in February 2014, with Tippecanoe High School continuing to serve as the host for the Tippecanoe science fair.

Greenville High School will host the first Darke County Science Day while Urbana University will host the Champaign County Science Day. Hosts for all three events will conduct student kickoff meetings over the next four weeks to explain and encourage the science fair program and to open registration.

The Tippecanoe Science Fair Committee and Tippecanoe STEM Boosters Inc. will provide resources and assistance with each county’s event until the hosts are comfortable doing it themselves. Such assistance includes overseeing projects, finding judges, locating event sponsors and assisting with event registration.

Students in public, private, home schools or in grades six through 12 are welcome to participate in all three science fairs.

While presenting the projects, judges will be looking for several items in a student’s presentation, including a hypothesis, fixed items, variables, how they kept the fixed items constant, how they varied the variables on a uniform basis and the overall results.

Judges for the science fairs will be selected based on many sets of criteria, including those

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Oktoberfest is coming to Dorothy Love SIDNEY — Make plans to join the Dorothy Love Retirement Community on Oct. 19 for the Oktoberfest celebration.

Come enjoy German refreshments and a performance featuring The Sauerkraut German Band beginning at 7 p.m.

This event, held in the Amos Community Center on Dorothy Love’s campus, 3003 Cisco Road, is free and open to the public. Must call for tickets. The first 125 people will be accepted.

The Sauerkraut German Band’s was founded in 1973 by seven civilian and military members of the U.S. Air Force Foreign Technology Division from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Most of the current musicians are members of such Dayton area musical organizations as the Kettering Civic Band, Letter Carrier’s Band, Cincinnati and Dayton shrine bands, Sentimentalist Band, Ohio Valley British Brass Band, Swing Era Band, Sinclair College Wind Symphony and the Centerville Community Band.

Although there is no requirement to be of German descent in order to join the band, their authentic

Safe-Kids program to be presented at YWCA PIQUA — Safe-Kids Connection, co-sponsored by the YWCA Piqua and the Piqua Police Department, will be presented at the YWCA from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 16.

The program for kindergarteners through fifth graders, along with their parents, is free and open to the public.

The hourlong program has been recently updated and provides children and parents with an interactive discussion format.

Everything that girls, boys and their parents

need to know if a child is approached by strangers or if a child is abducted will be discussed in this interactive presentation.

The program also will include Amber Alert procedures and what to do if you see a child in an Amber Alert.

Registration is required prior to the class. For more information or registration, stop at the YWCA Piqua at 418 N. Wayne St., call 773-6626 or e-mail info@ywcapiqua.com.

The YWCA is handicapped-accessible.

Covington fire department hosts pancake breakfast COVINGTON — The Covington Fire Department is having a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m.

Saturday. The meal will include all-you-can-eat pancakes prepared by Chris Cakes Flying Flapjacks, as well as sausage, coffee and orange drink. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for kids 5-10 years old.

Children 4 and younger eat for free.

Bean contest nets two winners COVINGTON — The bean guessing contest held during the ham, bean and chili dinner at the Ft. Rowdy Museum had two winners. The contanier had 6,000 beans. Winners were Virginia Wolf of Troy and Joe Meyer of Covington.

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Piqua Leisure club celebrates 35th anniversary COVINGTON — The Piqua Leisure Club, a social group promoting friendship, celebrated its 35th anniversary on Tuesday with cake, punch, a memorial to late members and a reading of the group’s history.

Founded in 1978, the group initially met at St. Mary’s and St. Boniface Catholic churches, and over the years, have gathered at Terry’s Cafeteria (until it went out of business), the Piqua Eagles, Heck Yeah! restaurant and finally, at the Covington Eagles, 715 E. Broadway St., Covington, where the group has met since 2011.

More than two dozen members attended the anniversary celebration, which took place following the Leisure Club’s regular meeting.

Katherine Hubley, a 26-year member, chronicled the club’s history, recalling the days when dues were a dollar and the required age to join was 55.

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Katherine Hubley, standing center, reads a copy of the Piqua Leisure Club by-laws from 35 years ago, as the group celebrated their 35th anniversary during their monthly meeting at the Covington Eagles on Tuesday afternoon.

open to those 50 and/or retired and those interested can join by calling Corky Attenweiler at 773-5909 or by simply

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“I have enjoyed the 26 years that I’ve been in the club,” Hubley said.

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A his murparticularly ders of more than 300,000 of his incisive and forceful subjects in Darfur. confronter of Obama Many thousands more was Ruth Messinger, Sudanese have been president of American hurled into wretched Jewish World Service, refugee camps, suffer- which not only orates ing further killings and against human rights rapes committed by his abuses but also keeps working against them. troops.

I’ve known Ruth since Despite these arrest warrants, al-Bashir has she was involved in realyet to be tried. He has life educational reform been welcomed, with- here in New York. She out fear of arrest, in does not give up. Last Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya month, she and numerand China. His avoid- ous other human rights ance of punishment activists signed a letter has been received addressed to President with indifference by Obama, asking him to most American media take a stand against alfor years. However, Bashir’s planned visit: “Our immigration London-based Reuters reported last month laws prohibit admitthat he was going to ting perpetrators of the “U.N. General genocide and extraAssembly and had judicial killings into already booked a hotel our country and it is for in New York” (“Sudan’s unprecedented Bashir, wanted by the someone wanted by the ICC, says he will travel International Criminal to U.N.,” Ulf Laessing Court for the crime of and Khalid Abdelaziz, genocide to travel to the United States.

Reuters, Sept. 22).

“While we recognize I was sickened, but not surprised. I knew that the U.S. governthat all members of the ment is obliged to President International Criminal facilitate Court must detain Bashir’s visit under any visitor against the U.N. Headquarters whom it had issued an Agreement, we urge arrest warrant. But the you to do everything in United States, where a your power to prevent hotel suite was waiting the trip.”

Furthermore, had alfor him, is not a member of the International Bashir landed in the Criminal Court. Of U.S., Ruth and the other course, al-Bashir knew signees of the petition called on Obama’s this.

Reuters quoted the Department of Justice monster: “Nobody in to explore filing a crimthe U.S. can question inal case against him under the Genocide me or hold me.”

At first, our media Accountability Act of expressed hardly any 2007.

There was not a shocked indignation at his intended visit. word of response from This, even though al- Attorney General Eric Bashir has contin- Holder. However, some ued killing his people of the media finally and his allies, in, for awakened to the comexample, the Nuba ing arrival of this Mountains, with little unapologetic — and notice, except by New ongoing — war crimiYork Times columnist nal.

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‘Defund’ Obamacare? Impossible First they lie to you, and then they Congress can alter only by amending the law — again, requiring the ask you for money.

That’s the essence of the great Tea cooperation of both the Senate and Party/Ted Cruz crusade to “defund” White House.

An even greater irony, many have Obamacare, a political and constitupointed out, is that if Republicans tional impossibility.

The question was settled, probably really believed the law will prove a terrible failure, these lastfor good, when President minute theatrics wouldn’t Obama won re-election in be necessary.

2012 and Democrats kept Their actual fear is that control of the Senate. once the notoriously uninInstead, it’s about TV formed American public face time and harvesting gets first-hand experience donations from gullible votwith the Affordable Care ers misled both about the Act, they’re going to like it Affordable Care Act itself just fine. and Sen. Cruz’s nonexisHow else to explain the tent chances of ending it.

Gene Lyons deceptive, Koch-funded TV Amid all the melodramatad campaign that coincides ic TV chatter, the estimable Columnist with Cruz’s Last Stand? Are blogger Digby puts it in terms everybody should understand. people so gullible that they’re fooled She has a friend in the insur- by a horror film scenario featuring ance industry whose company has a creepy Uncle Sam with a specubeen getting thousands of calls from lum? “Don’t let the government play frightened policyholders who fear doctor,” indeed. Does that pleasant, that the hullabaloo in Washington grandmotherly cancer victim really could result in their losing health not grasp the differences between private health insurance reform and coverage.

“I asked her what calmed people a “government takeover” of medical down,” Digby writes, “and she says care?

Maybe so, and maybe not. I’m she tells everyone to think about their high school civics class and remem- inclined to suspect that the real ber that laws have to be passed by objection to Obamacare isn’t so much both houses and signed into law by the law’s contents as its sponsor and the president. Without proselytizing its perceived beneficiaries: the undeat all, everyone immediately realizes serving poor.

Veteran political scientist Norm what an absurd exercise in futility all Ornstein recently told The Daily this nonsense really is.”

A narrow Republican majority in Beast’s Kirsten Powers that “the the House can’t void the Affordable bizarreness of this monomaniacal Care Act any more than 54 Senate focus on Obamacare, given that it Democrats can force everybody in is fundamentally a Republican proOklahoma to eat broccoli. Anybody gram from the 1990s mixed in with who tells you differently is a flim- Romneycare,” says it all. “Obamacare relies on the private sector; there is flam artist.

Such as Newt Gingrich. The presid- no public option. That you are willing genius of the 1996 GOP govern- ing to bring the country to its knees ment shutdown went on ABC’s “This to sabotage it … just shows this is a Week” to deliver pseudo-historical party that has gone off the rails.”

M e a nw h i l e , establishment profundity: “Under our constitutional system going all the way back to Republicans are growing restive.

Magna Carta in 1215, the people’s Writing in The Hill, former Sen. house is allowed to say to the king Judd Gregg (R-NH) complains that “These are folks who have never we ain’t giving you money.”

Actually, the U.S. Constitution of governed and are not inclined to do 1789 makes no provision for a king. so. Rather, their goals are improved Neither, as former Clinton Labor fundraising and, in some cases, indiSecretary Robert Reich has reminded vidual advancement. They have hit Gingrich, does it “allow a majority on an issue that plays well on the of the House of Representatives to stump, producing numerous effective repeal the law of the land by defund- one-liners.”

Gregg sees the Cruz/Boehner backing it. If that were the case, no law up plan of threatening to default on [would be] safe.”

No federal court could rule oth- the national debt as even crazier, erwise. It’s a separation of powers “the political equivalent of playing issue. These principles are so funda- Russian roulette with all the chammental to American governance that bers of the gun loaded. … At some even the Wall Street Journal reminds point, the debt ceiling will have to GOP hotheads that for all the three- be increased not because it is a good ring thrills provided by Sen. Cruz idea but because it is the only idea.”

Gregg retired from the Senate in and his allies, “the only real way to 2010. Back then nobody had ever repeal the law is to win elections.”

The irony is that even if House heard of Ted Cruz.

Today, however, win or lose, the Republicans ended up forcing a government shutdown, the rollout of Tea Party has found its champion. the Affordable Care Act wouldn’t be much affected. Like Social Security Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the President” and Medicare, Obamacare has its Award (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can email Lyons at eugenelyown dedicated funding stream which ons2@yahoo.com.

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To the Editor: Weeks of tension over a possible military strike in Syria or a diplomatic solution have heightened the importance of finding peaceful solutions to conflicts everywhere.

Perhaps we will pay more attention than usual to the Oct. 11 announcement by the Norwegian Nobel committee of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

But isn’t it time we also celebrated and supported those in our own communities who are working on the front lines for peace? These “peacebuilders” include teachers who bring conflict resolution education into classrooms; those feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless; those working to mitigate gang violence or to help those in prison turn their lives around; and those working in the burgeoning Restorative Justice movement to bring healing to both victims and perpetrators of crime.

While there are many peacebuilding champions at work, there are too few to meet the immense challenges we face. Violence and crime are epidemic in our culture.

Youth homicide and suicide rates in the U.S. are more than 10 times that of any other industrialized nation.

With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States has nearly 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Our tough on crime laws have created both a national industry of non-rehabilitative privatized prisons (for profit), and a culture of repeat offenders who all too often aren’t able to break out of their criminal or violent patterns.

A study by the non-partisan Washington State Institute for Public Policy found that for every dollar spent on county juvenile detention systems, community-based treatment programs produced more than six times the benefits for every dollar spent.

That kind of efficiency is one reason the Youth PROMISE Act, (HR 1318 and S 1307) is earning bi-partisan support and endorsements from over 300 organizations and state and local governing bodies.

The Youth PROMISE Act will go a long way in giving our communities the support and funding they need to effectively address youth violence.

By specifically focusing on proven violence-prevention strategies, this bill ensures we will fund programs that save lives and money and will give every young person the opportunity to meet his or her fullest potential.

At this time of year when the Nobel Peace laureates are celebrated, let’s celebrate and thank our local peacebuilders who work behind the scenes to foster peace in our community. I see myself as a peacebuilder having worked for peace for the past 45 years. I’m a volunteer with The Peace Alliance (ThePeaceAlliance.org) and welcome others to join us.

Peggy Hanna Springfield

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Trudie Styler on her new play and being Mrs. Sting Mark Kennedy AP Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Trudie Styler would love it if you came to her new play. Just don’t tell her when.

“I never like to know who’s in the house when I’m performing,” she says, laughing. “I’m so happy to see everyone afterward, but please don’t tell me who’s there.”

Any exceptions? “No, nobody.” Does it even apply to the rock star Sting, her husband of 21 years? “Yes. I don’t allow him to tell me when he’s coming,” she says.

Forgive Styler, 59, a bout of nerves these days.

The former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company has only lately returned to the stage after many years as a film producer, businesswoman, philanthropist, environmentalist and yoga instructor.

She’s making her New York debut this month in the Culture Project’s production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.”

It is adapted by Thomas Kilroy and directed by Max Stafford-Clark, who lured Styler out of acting retirement in 2011 with “A Dish of Tea With Dr. Johnson.”

“The Seagull” is a rueful meditation on the peculiarities of life and unrequited love.

Styler plays Arkadina, a vain, impetuous actress who dominates both her neurotic son and her lover.

Kilroy has changed the setting from late 19thcentury Russia to Ireland.

It is a busy time for Styler and Sting, who has just released the new album, “The Last Ship.”

She’s also produced two upcoming films — “Black Nativity” with Forest Whitaker and “Filth” with

James McAvoy.

And the last of their four children is applying to college.

Styler took time out to talk about the play and being Mrs. Sting.

AP: Why is this production set in Ireland?

Styler: The Irish are famed for poetry running through their veins, great passion, the love of the use of language. And let’s not underestimate the appreciation of alcohol, which of course the British, too, share, I hasten to add.

AP: Are you saying the Irish are more passionate than the English?

Styler: Passionate meaning emotional. I mean it in a great way. It’s a compliment. I’ve never really celebrated the stiff upper lip. England is not known for great passion and great poetry. It is much more held back and restrained.

AP: You’re now a fulltime New Yorker. Do you get chased by fewer paparazzi here?

Styler: I don’t think we get that in either country. I mean, neither of us is spring chickens. We’re hardly Brangelina. I think there’s a lot of relief that we can get around the city easily. We’re unbodyguarded. We have no posse.

AP: How do you call your husband at home? Is he his birth name Gordon Sumner or Sting?

Styler: He’s known as Sting. I have my own personal name for him but that shall remain a personal name.

AP: Has it ever been hard to be married to a superstar?

Styler: I’ve never really had a sense that I am just Mrs. Sting. Indeed, I am Mrs. Sting and very proud and very happy that

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This May 9, 2013, file photo shows musician Sting, right, and his wife, actress Trudie Styler at the premiere of “Frances Ha” in New York.

Styler, the former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has only lately returned to the stage after many years as a film producer, businesswoman, philanthropist, environmentalist and yoga instructor.

I am still Mrs. Sting, as opposed to Mrs. ex-Sting.

But I’m a very busy person so I’ve always done things and got on with my life. We’re a busy family.

We like challenges and we like to be fully engaged with life. I’ve done that as long as I’ve been with Sting.

AP: You help many charitable causes, from water projects with UNICEF to the Rainforest Fund. How do you pick the projects?

Styler: Sting and I were saying last night that we have an awful time saying no to things and that it should be a new, better word for us. But there

is a great need for many things and we recognize the great privilege that we have. When we can lend a hand, we do.

AP: You’ve had a long marriage, especially for a show business couple.

Any secrets to that success?

Styler: Liking each other is mightily important. Our daughter made a lovely comment once at one of our wedding anniversaries. She said, ‘My parents don’t just love each other — they really like each other.’ I thought, ‘That’s a lovely thing to hear.’ That is absolutely true.

Eminem among stars for YouTube awards show

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(AP) — Eminem is among the stars lined up for the YouTube Music Awards, the online service’s first music awards show, slated for Nov. 3.

Other artists lined up for the show include Lady Gaga and Arcade Fire. Jason

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Schwartzman (“Rushmore”) will host, and filmmaker Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich”) will act as the show’s creative director.

The show will take place at New York’s Pier 36. Awards will be presented in six cat-

egories, and nominees will be announced later this month.

Winners will be determined by online voting.

The show coincides with the release of Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” which is due out Nov. 5.

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

Hubby’s anxiety might push wife over the edge Dear Abby: I have been the years to join us, I have married to my best friend, never invited my sister.

“Blake,” for two years. A She keeps bringing it up year ago he started hav- and portrays me as the ing panic attacks, so I snobby sister.

The truth is she has two made an appointment for him with his doctor. After undisciplined children checking him for every- whom I can’t stand to be around. I suspect thing, including she just wants to heart failure, the join us so she can doctor diagnosed pawn her kids off him with anxiety. on me while she Since his diagnoand her husband sis, Blake is scared relax. My mother to leave the house. is now telling me I have been workI’m selfish and not ing two jobs to make ends meet Dear Abby being a good sister. because he says Abigail Van Must I sacrifice my one week a year at he “can’t work.”

Buren the beach to make This has taken a toll on our marriage. my sister feel better?

We have three kids and Please advise. — It’s My a lot of bills. Blake is Vacation Dear my Vacation: on medication and has tried many different ones, Considering that you but they aren’t working. have invited friends and All he talks about is his family to join you, but anxiety and every little not your sister, I can ache or pain. He thinks see how she might feel he’s going to have a heart snubbed. Has no one told attack. I am fed up with her your reason for not it, while he says I just inviting her and her fam“don’t understand anxi- ily to join you? If not, ety.” Sometimes I think someone should, because he’s making his anxiety it might motivate her to worse. I don’t know what assert more control over to believe or what to her children. If she takes do. Any suggestions? — offense, however, you will be off the hook because Stressed in Virginia Dear Stressed: Yes, I SHE will no longer want do have one. Your hus- to socialize with YOU. band should be seen by Dear Abby: We have a licensed mental health professional (psycholo- a housecleaner once a gist) who works with a month. Last month, I psychiatrist. He may need offered her some grapemore than medication to fruit from our tree and help him conquer his anx- she took six. This month, iety disorder. He might do she helped herself to all better with a combination of the fruit that was left of talk therapy in addi- on the tree! She didn’t tion to his meds. Please ask permission, and she urge your husband to do didn’t tell me she had this because the aches, done it. I happened to see pains and anxiety he’s her put it into her car. I experiencing may seem consider this to be steallike they’re all in his head ing, but my husband does to you, but they’re real to not. Because she took him. It could save your the fruit without permission and without telling marriage. me, do you consider it Dear Abby: My hus- stealing? — “Anita” In band and daughters Florida Dear “Anita”: The and I enjoy a beach trip every year. With our busy woman may have assumed lives, it’s the one time you wouldn’t mind if she in the year we are able took the fruit because you to be together and relax. had offered it to her the Although we have invited month before. (Did you friends and family over say she could take only six?) Rather than call this stealing, I would call it a misunderstanding.

Clear it up by telling your housecleaner that you want nothing removed from your premises unless you have SPECIFICALLY told her she may have it.

Solution:

Please Recycle!

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Pope urges reform, wants church with modern spirit

For many US Jews, religion not tied to belief Rachel Zoll

AP Religion Writer

million Jews. The survey’s authors also provided a wide range of higher and lower estimates using broader and narrower definitions of Jewish identity.

The survey confirmed that liberal Reform Judaism is the largest movement within American Jewish life, with membership of about one-third of all U.S. Jews. About 18 percent of Jews say they belong to the centrist Conservative movement, while 10 percent of U.S. Jews say they belong to the stricter Orthodox movement.

However, large percentages of Jews do not affiliate with a branch of Judaism, including 40 percent of Jews under age 30, and 33 percent of Jews in their 30s and 40s.

Pew researchers found that most U.S. Jews who leave one stream of Judaism for another move toward the less traditional. Still, the survey found that Orthodox Jews are not only having larger families, but also seem to be doing a better job of keeping younger generations within the fold. About half of U.S. Jews in the survey said they had been raised Orthodox but no longer consider themselves part of the movement. But the percentage of dropouts is much lower — about 17 percent — among those ages 18 to 29. Jewish scholars say this can partly be explained by generational experience: Significant numbers of Orthodox Jews left the movement in the 1950s through 1970s.

About seven in 10 feel very or somewhat attached to Israel and more than 40 percent had visited it. About 40 percent of Jews said they believed God gave the land that is now Israel to the Jewish people. However, only 38 percent say the Israeli government is making a sincere effort to establish peace with Palestinians. Just 12 percent consider the Palestinian commitment to peace-building sincere. Fortyfour percent of American Jews say building settlements in the West Bank strengthens Israel’s security.

The study indicates Jews feel accepted within American society. Only one in seven said they had been called an offensive name or were publicly snubbed because of their religion in the last year. About 40 percent believe Jews still face significant discrimination in the U.S. But they say they face significantly less discrimination than other minority groups, including U.S. Muslims, gays and lesbians, and African-Americans.

The Pew study was based on interviews with 3,475 American Jews conducted from Feb. 20-June 13, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A new survey of U.S. Jews has confirmed some of the community’s worst fears: One in five American Jews say they have no religion, and their ranks appear to be growing.

Jews in this category feel pride in being Jewish and a strong sense of belonging to the greater Jewish community. But they say their connection is based mostly on culture and ancestry, not necessarily on belief in God or observance of religious law.

A large majority said remembering the Holocaust, being ethical and advocating for social justice formed the core of their Jewish identity.

The report, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, is an in-depth look at how American Jewish identity has changed in recent decades.

The findings track closely with a 2012 Pew report that found about 20 percent of Americans in general said they had no religious affiliation, an increase from 15 percent in the last five years.

Secularism has long been part of American Jewish life, which includes movements such as the Society for Humanistic Judaism founded in Detroit in the 1960s. However, the Pew survey found the percentage of American Jews who say they are atheist, agnostic or have no particular religion is highest among younger generations.

About one-third of Jews born after 1980 say they have no religion, compared to just 7 percent for those born before 1927. And the report found evidence that the numbers of Jews with no religion could continue to rise. Among Jews married after 2000, nearly six in 10 chose a non-Jewish spouse, making them less likely to raise their children Jewish or join Jewish organizations.

The report contains no definitive finding on the overall size of the American Jewish population. Estimates can vary significantly depending on what definition is used for who can be considered Jewish. Controversy still surrounds the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey, a major study which some academics and others insist undercounted the number of U.S. Jews.

In this latest Pew survey, researchers generally placed American Jews into two categories: those who say their religion is Jewish — dubbed “Jews by religion” — and those who say they are Jewish but say they have no particular religion, called “Jews of no religion.”

According to these categories, Pew estimated that the U.S. is home to 6.7

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he doesn’t want a “Vaticancentric” church concerned about itself but a missionary church that reaches out to the poor, the young, the elderly and even to non-believers. That’s the vision he laid out as he opened a landmark meeting Tuesday on reforming the 2,000-year-old institution.

Francis convened the inaugural meeting of his eight cardinal advisers for three days of brainstorming on revamping the antiquated Vatican bureaucracy and other reforms. The move fulfills a key mandate of the cardinals who elected him: They wanted a pope who would involve local church leaders in helping make decisions about the 1.2-billion strong church.

The closed-door meeting got underway against the backdrop of one of the most tangible signs that change is already afoot: The secretive Vatican bank, under investigation for alleged moneylaundering by Italian prosecutors, released its firstever annual report Tuesday, the latest step toward financial transparency championed by Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI. Net earnings at the bank, known as the Institute for Religious Works, rose more than four-fold to 86.6 million euros ($116.95 million) in 2012, the report said. More than 50 million euros of that was given to the pope for his charitable works.

Francis has put the Vatican bank on notice, forming a commission of inquiry to look into its activities amid accusations

by Italian prosecutors that its clients may have used its lax controls to launder money. The bank’s two top managers have already resigned and a Vatican monsignor has been arrested after trying to smuggle 20 million euros into Italy from Switzerland without declaring it at customs.

Francis has formed another commission of inquiry to look into the Vatican’s overall financial health, but his decision to name the eight cardinals from around the world as a permanent advisory panel represents the most significant sign that

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In this picture provided Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis poses with his so-called “Group of Eight” cardinals, during their first meeting at the Vatican.

he wants to shake things up at the Vatican.

No decisions are expected this week and Francis himself has said the reform process will take time.

The eight cardinals include Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston and a longtime friend of Francis; Cardinals Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai, India; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo; and Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, all of whom head bishops conferences in their regions.

It’s unclear how this parallel cabinet will work with the outdated Vatican bureaucracy that constitutes a pope’s primary cabinet, known as the Vatican Curia. A scandal over leaked papal documents last year showed the Curia to be a dysfunctional warren of political infighting and turf battles, fueling calls for reform from the cardinals.

On the same day the inaugural “Group of Eight” meeting started, Rome daily La Repubblica published a lengthy interview with Francis, in which he denounced the “Vaticancentric” nature of the Holy See administration and acknowledged that popes in the past had been infatuated with the pomp of the Vatican.

“Heads of the church have often been narcissists, flattered and thrilled by their courtiers,” Francis said. “The court is the leprosy of the papacy.”

For someone who has said he abhors giving interviews, Francis has made himself remarkably amenable to taking questions about his faith and vision for the church.

The pope also explained

his affinity for his namesake St. Francis, whose tomb he will visit Friday in Assisi, the hilltop town where St. Francis preached his gospel of poverty and caring for the most destitute.

Francis said he wanted a missionary church just like that: “We need to give hope to young people, help the aged and open ourselves toward the future and spread love.”

He said the Second Vatican Council, the 196265 meetings that brought the church into the modern world, had promised such an opening to people of other faiths and non-believers but the church hadn’t made progress since then.

“I have the humility and ambition to do so,” he said.

During the interview, Francis showed his wry sense of humor — there was talk about the pope and his atheist interviewer trying to convert one another — but also his very human fears right after he was elected, when he said he was “seized by a great anxiety.”

“To make it go away and relax, I closed my eyes and made every thought disappear, even the thought of refusing to accept the position, as the liturgical procedure allows,” he recounted.

“At a certain point I was filled with a great light. It lasted a moment, but to me it seemed very long. Then the light faded, I got up suddenly and walked into the room where the cardinals were waiting.”

He said he signed the acceptance form and went out on the balcony to be introduced to the world as Pope Francis.

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You’re Invited Pumpkin Show pumpkin pies BRADFORD — The members of First Presbyterian Church would like to announce that it will once again be offering Pumpkin Pies each night of the Bradford Pumpkin Show, Oct. 8-12 at the Snack Shack in front of the display building. The church also be having a Bake Sale with Pumpkin Goodies on Saturday, Oct. 12 beginning at noon. Those interested in ordering pies should call Idonna Fashner at 4486348 before Oct. 7.

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Monday, Oct. 14. Bob Daugherty is going to favor attendees with ghost stories. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Troy church to host quarter auction at mall PIQUA — Miami Valley Centre Mall will be the site of a quarter auction, sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church in Troy. The event will take place from 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 24, in the food court.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

Proceeds will go to outreach ministries and Christmas baskets, according to organizers Barbara Trombley and Kim Schmidt.

Theme baskets, provided by arrea merchants and parishioners, will be auctioned. A variety of themes are used.

For example: for a spaghetti dinner a basket would include a box of spaghetti, jar of sauce, dinner rolls, a bottle of wine and some cheese. Parishioners use their creative imaginations for filling baskets.

Merchants who are donating baskets are LaPiazza, Marian’s Pizza, Meijer’s, BW3, WalMart, Ordings Party Time, True Value Hardware, Menards, Goin’ Postal, Style and Polish Salon, Girls lN Pearls, Cloud Nine Creations, Cracker Barrel, Grismer Tires, Great Clips, Bob Evans Restaurant and Outback Steak House.

The auction involves a numbered paddle sold at the door for $2. Bids are made by putting a quarter, one or more, in a container on the table. Most bids are one, two or three quarters as announced.

Bidders hold their paddles up and a drawing is made for the winner. For more information, contact Trinity Church, 335-7747.

Church hosts chicken potpie supper LOSTCREEK Twp. — Lostcreek United Church of Christ will host its annual chicken potpie supper at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.

The meal will consist of chicken potpie, mashed potatoes, choice of vegetable, salad, pie or cake, and drink.

Suggested donation is $8 for adults and $4 for children age 10 and uinder.

Carry-outs will be available.

Proceeds fromt he supper will be used for local mission projects. The church is located at 7007 Troy-Urbana Road and is handicap accessible.

Upward basketball evaluations set PIQUA — Piqua Baptist Church will now begin its evaluation process for the Upward basketball program. If you have already registered you will need to come get your evaluation done.

If you have not yet registered, you may do so at the church at 1402 W. High St. each Saturday in October from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Every player must have an evaluation. Contact the church office for more information at 773-4583.

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Smoke Signals staff for Oct. 3: Kayla Bowermaster Sherry Boggs Faith Branson Katie Harris

College and Career Day comes to PHS Kayla Bowermaster Staff Writer

On Wednesday, Piqua High School students got to view presentations from a number of different people about careers and colleges in the annual College and Career Day. For the past three years PHS has invited many people from different colleges and from different jobs and careers to speak to the students about

the different options after high school.

Though the Air Force has not always made appearances, all branches of the military are also invited and are available for students interested in the military.

For the underclassmen, presentations about careers were shown about different jobs ranging from artists and writers, banker and accountants, to even law, or medical careers.

These presentations were held by people who work in the fields that they are classified under, like law, medical, art, or business.

These presentations help students gain more knowledge of different career paths and options of what they can do after high school.

In preparation they were allowed to look at the different job options in each available field to help them

New teacher joins PHS staff

Sherry Boggs

Prep English 12, but he is also now taking over the Piqua High School yearbook. Buckles said that Andrew Buckles is now a part of as of right now, the yearbook is the Piqua High School community going well, and he wants it to be a as one of the several new great one. He believes that English teachers for the although the students may 2013-2014 school year. be a little hesitant with a Buckles is a gradunew teacher, he knows that ate of Springfield North the students are passionate High School, now known about the yearbook and are as Springfield City, and willing to make it great.

Wittenburg University.

So far, Buckles says his In his high school years, favorite part of working he enjoyed swimming and Buckles at Piqua High School has being a part of Key Club been that the teachers and and in high school he was a mem- staff have a very good sense of ber of the literary society: a group humor and make it a goal every of college students who work along- day to enjoy what they’re doing and side professors to choose books to also that the high school is centered put in the curriculum. around working hard but also havNow, in Buckles’s free time, he ing a good time. enjoys writing, going to the movies Although this is Buckles’ first and going to Reds games. year at Piqua High School, he is not When asked his impression of new to the teaching scene. He has his students, Buckles said that his previously worked at Northeastern students, “Seem hungry to learn High School in Springfield for one from a male perspective,” and also, year and then at Kenton Ridge “want to have fun” at the same High School for a year, also in time.

Springfield.

Also, Buckles said that, “I love As an afterthought, Buckles coming to school every day,” and also said he is impressed with the that everyone is very friendly and school and is very happy with the welcoming to him. He also enjoys support he has received from the the “sense of community” at Piqua staff, teacher, and students. With a High School. teacher as determined and driven Not only has Buckles taken as Buckles, the 2013-2014 school over AP English 12 and College year should be a good one.

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choose what they would be interested in seeing.

For the upperclassmen, the presentations were given from representatives from different universities and colleges that the students listed as schools they were interested in possibly attending.

In the preparation for the college day, students were allowed to research the different programs and academics at each

available college, colleges such as Sinclair, Ohio State, ITT Tech, Miami University, and many more.

“Viewing information for the careers and colleges helps the students come up with more informed questions, so that they can get more details on the career or college,” said PHS guidance counselor, B eth Rosenkranz, “it also helps them learn more about the options they have for

PHS goes Under the Sea Faith Branson Staff Writer

On Oct. 12, Piqua High School will have their annual Homecoming dance. During the summer the student council discussed the different themes that they had in mind. When it came time to vote, it was decided the 2013 Homecoming theme would be Under the Sea. Nominees for Homecoming Queen includes Caitlin Cromes, Madison Evans, Lena Garber, Sarah Grunkemeyer, Kaili Ingle, Layne Patrizio, Heidi Strevell, and Emily Wenrick.

Homecoming King nominees are Bryan Mayse, Daniel Monnin, Austin Reedy, Aaron Shroyer, Jacob Sowry, Dom Stone, Jacob Teague, and David Wysong.

The tickets will cost $7 if you buy them before the dance, or $8 at the door. Homecoming will start at 8 p.m. and be over at 11 p.m.

The PHS students will also have a chance to win free tickets Oct. 7-11 if they participate in Spirit Week. Monday’s theme will be Halloween Costume Day — no masks allowed during class. Tuesday will be Toga Tuesday — wear school

appropriate clothing under the togas. Wednesday will be Bikini Bottom Day — dress as your favorite underwater character.

Thursday will be Throwback Thursday — dress according to your favorite decade (50s, 60s, 70s, or 80s). Friday will be Spirit Day- choose your best red and blue outfit to wear. All costumes have to be school appropriate.

The DJ will be Brad Hall, owner of Phonics DJ service.

The decorations for the dance will include “Fish nets, a lot of fish hanging from the ceiling, a sunken ship, a blow up shark, and a bunch of underwater sea creatures,” said Debbie Allen, student council advisor and PHS English teacher.

Friday, Oct. 11, will be Piqua’s homecoming game vs. Sidney High School. During half-time the homecoming court will be welcomed to the field and the homecoming queen will be revealed.

The crowning of the King will take place at the dance.

Students have also been selling long sleeve pink Piqua shirts at the price of $10, to wear for the homecoming game to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

when they graduate.”

Rosenkranz has helped run the college and career day at the PHS, and hopes that “students will walk away with a better idea of what to do with their lives after high school, and they can know how to get there.”

College and career day has been a smoothly running program that has helped give students more knowledge for the future.

McDonalds’ Student of the Week

Katie Harris Staff Writer

The McDonalds’ Student of the Week for Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 is Piqua High S c h o o l ’s freshman, D a r b y Wright. He is the son of John and Darla Wright Wright of Piqua.

Wright was nominated by Deb Retman for his diligence, trustworthiness, and responsibility.

“Darby is doing a nice job in biology class. He works hard to meet expectations and is a help to other students,” Retman said.

Wright plays football, baseball and bowls for Piqua. He also is a member of Young Life.

After high school, Wright said he would like to attend college for law enforcement.

Editor: Emily Hoersten Reporters: Emily Hoersten Emma Simpson Drew Westerheide Adviser: Elaine Schweller-Snyder

Issue #4 -- October 3, 2013

Cavaliers celebrate Homecoming Week !!!!

50 stars, 13 bars

BY DREW WESTERHEIDE The 2013 Homecoming season is upon us all, and while everyone is asking for dates, trying to figure out what color dress or tie to buy, or where to go to dinner, they all have one thing in common... the dance!

This years Homecoming theme, chosen by the senior class, is “America” or more commonly known around the school as “’Merica”. The other theme finalists were “Red Carpet” and “Candyland” but America came out on top like it usually does in every other situation.

The idea of the theme was sparked by senior Madeline Franklin. Members of Sister Ginny Scherer’s homeroom decided that it was an opportunity to show how patriotic we can be. “I thought of the theme because it was very trendy and I am very patriotic,” said Franklin. The dance, which will take place on October 5 in the Harriet Frantz Gymnasium, will show off the patriotic spirit of the Lehman student body “It will reflect the attitude of the class and express their patriotism,” said Sister Scherer.

The banners made by the classes are sure to be very creative and everyone seems to be getting into the spirit of the theme and seeing which class can be most patriotic. All in all, everyone will have one thing on which we can all agree: that we absolutely love the good ol’ U. S. of A.

This year’s Crier Staff: John Husa, Lauren Vanderhorst, Thomas Covault, Drew Westerheide (seated), Emily Hoersten, Emma Simpson, Brooke Jones, Madilyn Brown. (missing from photo: Grace Frantz)

Grand S-S

BY EMILY HOERSTEN This year’s homecoming Grand Marshal greatly deserves the position. After putting in 36 years at Lehman, Mrs. Schweller-Snyder has certainly dedicated enough time to Lehman students to finally receive the title.

The Grand Marshal is picked each year by the senior class. He or she is always someone who has lots of Lehman pride and puts much time and effort into the school.

The Grand Marshal has the honor of announcing the Homecoming king and queen at this Friday’s football game. She will also ride in the parade around the track with the members of the Homecoming Court, band, cheerleaders, and class banners.

Mrs. Schweller-Snyder teaches Band, Show Choir, Cavalier Choir, and Journalism at Lehman. She also teaches band at Holy Angels to grades 5-8. She lives in Sidney with her husband, Chip Snyder.

This homecoming game will be much different for Schweller-Snyder. Usually she is directing the band in the parade and taking pictures for the yearbook. She should be able to just sit back and enjoy the festivities and let others do the work for her. “I am very grateful to the seniors for the honor,” she said. “It is very exciting but on a personal note, it is bittersweet too. Every year my mother, who loved all things high-school, hoped I would be chosen Grand Marshal. She would have been so happy, but since she passed away last spring, she will have to watch the parade from Heaven.”

Come out and join the school for the Homecoming football game on October 4. With the crowning of the king and queen, Mrs. Schweller-Snyder as Grand Marshal, and the Cavs playing Dayton Jefferson for a big victory, it will be a great night!

Future Lehman royalty?

BY: LAUREN VANDERHORST Every year the senior class votes on which seniors will be members of that year’s Homecoming court. This year, 14 seniors were chosen, seven boys and seven girls, each of them among the most friendly, involved, and kind people at Lehman.

This year’s homecoming court is comprised of Makenna Cabe, Millie Cartwright, Jordi Emrick, Grace Frantz, Sarah Gravunder, Julia Harrelson, and Grace Jackson for queen; and Gabe Berning, Erik Collier, Rob Heckman, John Husa, Kevin McElroy, Brad Montgomery, and James Rego for king.

When they announce who is on Homecoming Court, it can mean emotions going from excitement to joy and everything in between for the new court members. For Gravunder, it was a moment of total shock. “I was in AP Calculus and I had only gotten four and a half hours of sleep the night before,” said Gravunder. “I heard my name and I was so surprised. I wasn’t expecting it at all.”

Since they are chosen by their peers, being on court is a huge honor for the court members, showing them how positively other class members feel about them. “The most exciting thing for me is the fact that my friends and fellow class mates elected me to be on the court, which is an honor that I appreciate very much,” said Berning.

When seniors are chosen to be on Homecoming Court, they not only get into the dance for free but they also get to be part of the parade before the game. “The thing I am most excited for is that we get to ride around the track in golf carts in front of the crowd,” said Heckman .

The Homecoming king and queen will be voted on by the whole school during Homecoming week. This year’s Homecoming Court, like the courts in years past, is full of amazing candidates who are very well rounded, and some of the friendliest people at Lehman. Every member of the court would be a great king or queen, making the voting decision even more difficult. Best of luck to each person on this year’s Homecoming Court!

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

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Looking to continue progress Piqua travels to Trotwood Friday While the young Piqua football defense is a workin-progress, the Indians are getting closer every week.

And there were some examples of that last week against Springboro, although the exceptions were really critical in Piqua’s 52-34 loss.

The Indians, 1-4, play at 3-1 Trotwood-Madison Friday night in the GWOC North opener for both teams.

“We have some experienced guys on the offensive side of the ball,” Piqua football coach Bill Nees said. “I feel like on

In brief

n Frazier home finale Saturday

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 Coaches needed at Houston

Houston Schools have openings for sevent grade boys basketball, varsity girls track and assistant girls track coaching positions.

Anyone interested should contact John Willoughby at Houston High School — 295-3010 ext 2028.

n Russia seeks two coaches

Russia is in need of a seventh grade girls basketball coach and a freshman baseball coach. If interested please contact Todd Wion, Russia athletic director at 937-541-9205.

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 PresPros to air Troy game

PressProsMagazine.com will air the Troy-Sidney football game Friday night.

Air time is 6:30 p.m., with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Fans at the game can listen to the webcast at Stadium FM 107.3

n Covington JH team wins

offense we are coaching and on defense we are teaching.”

One critical play early last Friday night was with Springboro facing a thirdand-long from its own five and throwing a 95-yard TD pass.

“There were two elements to that play,” Nees said. “First we didn’t defense the play the way we should have — then we didn’t make the tackle when we had a chance.

They had 265 yards on three plays. If you take that away, we gave up 250 yards and three touchdowns.”

They will be tested again Friday with a balanced Trotwood attack.

“They have been lining up in an I-formation, but they aren’t using as much tight end,” Nees said. “There are a lot of three- wide looks. They have a lot of guys who have missed some time with injuries and because of that, don’t have quite as big of numbers.”

Sophomore quarterback Messiah DeWeaver (6-3, 182) has completed 26 of 55 passes for 338 yards and four TDs, while throwing one interception.

Junior Ryan Lucas (6-2,

Ben Robinson GoBuccs.com

COVINGTON — Covington and Miami East are at two different levels on the volleyball court, but each team took away some positives from Tuesday’s action that saw the Vikings handle the Lady Buccs in three sets 25-3, 25-12, 25-10.

“We got a lot of girls some quality time tonight and they played very well,” said Miami East coach John Cash.

“It was really nice to get Kara Nuss some quality minutes. This was her first time back since her automobile accident and she really played well.”

For a young Covington team, who was playing without its head coach due to medical issues, the Lady Buccs put together an inspiring effort against a team looking to three-peat as state champions.

“I thought we played pretty well considering the circumstances,” said Covington assistant coach Stephanie Robinson, who temporarily took over the coaching duties for Ashley Miller. “Miami East is at another level than us, but the girls didn’t shy away.

I thought we played scrappy and played very hard.”

Cash agreed.

“They are young,” said

Cash of Covington. “But their girls played scrappy and you can built on that. They didn’t lay down and give it to us by any means. We had to work for it.”

And Miami East earned it as it’s athleticism, experience and overall court awareness was too much for Covington to overcome.

The Lady Vikings won virtually every extended volley.

“We try to play fast and aggressive and keep the game at our pace” Cash explained. “Sometimes we make mistakes, but we’ll take that as long as we can keep the game at our tempo.”

And Miami East sets the tempo with its pinpoint passing.

“We spend plenty of time on ball control,” Cash explained. “Our passing has improved steadily this season.”

What has been one of the staples of Miami East volleyball over the past few years has been its aggressive serving.

And that’s what gave Covington fits all night — in particular the serving of Allison Morrett, who recorded nine aces in the match.

“Allison Morrett killed us with her serves,” said Robinson. “Miami East served aggressive all night and we struggled against it. We tried different alignments against it, but never

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— Clint Hurdle On the Pirates win over the Reds Tuesday

could solve our serve receive issues.”

Even with Miami East’s advantages in virtually all aspects of the game, Covington had moments where it put together some consistency on the court.

The Lady Buccs trailed just 10-12 in the second game before Morrett served 7 straight points.

Covington then had a 3-1 lead early in the third set before Miami East outscored the Lady Buccs 24-7 to end the match.

“Every time we got something going their experience and athleticism took over,” Robinson said. “They were able to find our weaknesses and exploit it.”

Morrett nearly recorded a triple-double, falling short with 9 kills, 9 aces and 9 assists.

Angie Mack had 10 kills, while Anna Kieswetter had 9 digs and Ashley Current turned in 18 assists and 4 blocks.

Covington was led

by Jessica Dammeyer with 28 digs and Rachel York’s 6 kills.

Miami East hosts Bethel on Thursday, while Covington has a week to regroup from a grueling three-game stretch with Jackson Center, Versailles and Miami East. The Lady Buccs travel to Bethel next Tuesday.

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Miami East’s Allison Morrett hits around Rachel York’s block.

Piqua boys handle Rams Pick up fourth straight win

Additional goals came later. Bradley Holhbein played a ball in and the keeper came out to meet it but Devon Parshall got their first and calmly placed it around him. The final goal came from a corner kick played in by Jennings. Dustin Gray made a near post run and slipped the ball past the keeper to make the final score 4-1.

“The guys played hard the entire game,” Piqua coach Nick Guidera said. “It was a good reality check for us; was great to fight back after being down early.

Piqua is now 7-6-1.

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“We didn’t talk about one and done, we talked about one and run. Win one and run to St. Louis.”

against Springboro.

East volleyball too much for Covington

Stumper

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Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

See PIQUA | Page 9 Jacob Teague, 20, breaks up a pass in the end zone last Friday

Both teams find positives

The Covington junior high football team improved to 5-0 with a 46-0 win over Tri-County North.

It was a good team effort by everyone and every player got in and contributed.

How many straight postseason games have the Reds lost?

156) leads the receivers with 12 catches for 149 yards, while senior Kendric Mallory (6-3, 190) has 10 catches for 95 yards.

Senior Ashton Jackson (6-0, 200) leads the rushing attack with 359 yards on 40 carries, while senior Mark Raye-Redmond (5-11, 175) has run for 169 yards on 38 carries.

“One of the things we are still working on is not giving up so many big plays,” Nees said. “We working on getting the guys on the backside to

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Layne Patrizio, 19, fights fights for the ball.

The Piqua boys soccer team got its fourthstraight win Tuesday night at Trotwood.

Piqua controlled the game from the start but a mental lapse gave Trotwood a goal in the first half and Piqua found themselves down 1-0.

Piqua began to push a bit harder and get more looks on goal and slowly began to make the most of their opportunities.

Griffen Jennings led all scorers with two goals. The game tying goal game on an pass from Hunter Comstock and Jennings snuck it past the keeper. Jennings struck again not much later on a looping ball into the upper 90 to beat the keeper. Piqua took a 2-1 lead into the half and never looked back.

Piqua in D-I The Piqua girls golf team shot a 512 at the D-I girls golf sectional at Kittyhawk Golf Course.

Piqua scores were Alaina Mikolajewski 109, Kailyn Simmons 120, Macey Pruitt 141, Cassidy Kraft 142, Sarah Ganger 165.

Lady Tigers advance MIAMISBURG — The Versailles girls golf team advanced to state for the second straight season at the Pipestone D-II district tournament.

Versailles shot 358 to finish third behind Chaminade-Julienne (342) and Tippecanoe (359).

Brooke Wehrkamp and Elizabeth White led Versailles, shooting matching 84s.

Shooting 95 were Hanna Niekamp, Emily Harman and Madison Covault.

Three local players had their careers end.

Russia’s Morgan Daugherty shot 89, teammate Taylor Borchers had 92 and Covington’s Allison Ingle carded a 104.

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Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Hannah Went, 7, steals the ball with a headshot against Trotwood.

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Teija Davis heads the ball downfield for the Indians.

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Another Reds playoff flame out

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Cincinnati pays for standing pat CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds kept their lineup virtually intact in the offseason, convinced it was ready for a push deep into the playoffs.

They didn’t add anything at midseason, thinking they were still fine.

They paid for those decisions in another playoff flameout.

A 6-2 loss at Pittsburgh in the wild-card game on Tuesday night marked the third straight quick exit from the playoffs for a team that’s learned how to win 90 games during the regular season but can’t translate that success to the playoffs.

“I think everyone has to hold themselves responsible and figure out a way to take the next step because we changed the culture around here,” outfielder Jay Bruce said.

“We’re a winning club now. I’m proud of our season in that aspect.

“But we need to take the next step,” he added.

“We need to find a way to do that.”

This one ended so much like those others.

The Reds won 91 games and reached the playoffs in 2010 as NL Central champions, breaking the franchise’s 15-year playoff drought. They got swept by the Phillies, but considered it a first step for a young team.

Last year, they won 97 games and the first two playoff games in San Francisco before returning home and getting swept away. This year, they won 91 games and a wild card berth, but dropped their last six games overall, including the one-game playoff at PNC Park.

Good seasons, ugly endings.

“In our eyes coming into spring training, we wanted to build off what happened last year and we didn’t do that,” shortstop Zack Cozart said.

“We made the postseason but this isn’t what we wanted.”

The biggest problem down the stretch was an inconsistent offense that went through one of its periodic downturns at a very bad time. The Reds

scored only 2, 0, 1, 3, 2 and 2 runs in those last six losses.

The starting pitching, which had been the team’s strength all season, also came apart. The Pirates clinched home-field advantage for the wild card playoff by sweeping three games over the weekend in Cincinnati, hitting six homers in one game. They kept it going at PNC Park on Tuesday night, hitting three more.

Those last four games were telling.

The Reds didn’t make any upgrades in July, deciding a right-handed hitter was too pricey.

By contrast, the Pirates added outfielders Marlon Byrd and Justin Morneau to fill holes in the lineup.

Byrd had six hits including a homer during the first two games in Cincinnati over the weekend, and homered again on Tuesday night.

“Marlon Byrd proved a fantastic addition,” first baseman Joey Votto said.

“Kudos to the front office for coming up with that trade because he beat us up

AP Photo

Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto lens over the rail in the dugout as his team is losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth inning of the NL wild-card playoff baseball game on Tuesday.

pretty good.”

The Reds’ only significant change after last season was getting center fielder Shin-Soo Choo from Cleveland. The deal worked well — Choo led the majors in on-base percentage by a leadoff hitter. He got a one-year, $7,373,000 deal to avoid arbitration and will be a free agent.

The Reds kept the rest of their starting lineup intact and got less than they needed. The quickest playoff exit yet showed the Reds that they’ve got to change.

“It’s very difficult because it’s like — I don’t know, unbelievable actually,” manager Dusty Baker said after the game. “Our club has been through a lot of things on and off the field. Our club has stuck together. We realize I guess

now we still got some more work to go. We’ve got some improvements to make.”

They’ve got to figure out what to do in the leadoff spot with Choo a free agent. Billy Hamilton made a September splash with his speed, but struggled to hit at Triple-A. The cleanup spot also is a big question. Ryan Ludwick tore cartilage in his right shoulder, returned in mid-August and batted only .240 with two homers and 12 RBIs. His fill-ins struggled.

Votto was an enigma.

The Reds’ highest-paid player led the NL in walks for the third straight year, but most of his numbers were down significantly.

He played all 162 games and batted .305 — his second-lowest career total.

His .491 slugging percentage was a career low, and

his 30 doubles were a career low for a full season.

His 73 RBIs were his fifthlowest total.

“Offensively, never really got it going this year,” the 2010 National League MVP said.

The rotation stands to lose Bronson Arroyo, who completed his contract and could be replaced by lefthander Tony Cingrani.

That six-game losing streak to end the season provided plenty of evidence that unlike the last offseason, some things have to change this time around.

“Having good seasons and winning in the regular season is all fine and dandy, but you play … to win championships,” Bruce said. “And we haven’t been able to get it done. We have to figure out a way to do a better job.”

Bengals offense still missing something

Cincinnati is still looking for its identity CINCINNATI (AP) — Something important is missing from the Cincinnati Bengals’ offense.

No, not just the touchdowns.

There’s something more to it. They’ve got more options than they’ve had for years, but they’re not quite sure how to make them fit together.

Simply put, they lack an identity.

A 17-6 loss in Cleveland on Sunday left Cincinnati (2-2) with some X-and-O soul-searching. The Bengals have to figure out what they want to be as an offense.

“The problem is right now, we aren’t doing anything exceptionally well,” offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said.

“We are not throwing the ball exceptionally well. We aren’t running the ball exceptionally well.

“We’ve got to do something good. We are a jack of all trades,

master of none right now. We have to master something.”

And they have to do it fast.

On Sunday, they host the New England Patriots (4-0), who are known for taking apart teams that are unsure of themselves.

“Any time you play a New England football team, if you’re up and down about who you are and what your style is, you’re going to get your tail whipped,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “So you’ve got to know what you’re good at and you’ve got to go in and do it.

“That’s the only way you beat New England. And that’s the truth. If you’re wishy-washy on what you want to do or what kind of team you want to be, you’re in trouble.”

In a sense, the Bengals are still trying to figure out what they can do with some newcomers.

They reached the playoffs

last season behind BenJarvus Green-Ellis’ straight-ahead running and a passing game built around All-Pro receiver A.J. Green.

They added rookie tight end Tyler Eifert and running back Giovani Bernard to give quarterback Andy Dalton more options in the passing game, but it hasn’t fit together very well so far.

The Bengals rank 22nd on offense — 22nd in running, 15th in passing. Dalton ranks 21st in passer rating at 83.2.

Bernard ranks 32nd in the league in rushing, Green-Ellis 33rd. Green is tied for 10th in catches and tied for 20th in yards.

So far, they’ve run it 99 times, thrown it 148 times and had seven sacks. In some games, they’ve gone heavily one way and then the other. In the first half of a 20-10 victory over Pittsburgh, they threw it

32 times and ran only 10 times.

In the second half, they pulled away by throwing it only 13 times and running it 24 times.

“I think the biggest thing is that we can be a balanced offense, run and pass,” Green said. “We continue to have all the weapons to be a great offense, but haven’t shown it.”

Coach Marvin Lewis would like to stick with the running game a little more when it’s not working rather than switching to the pass so readily.

He senses that the offense is starting to figure things out.

“I think we’re carving an identity,” Lewis said. “Unless you’re sitting here with perfection, you’re not sitting here with a particular identity.

We’re taking strides toward an identity very quickly.”

Whitworth thinks they need to decide what they want to be and stick with it instead of trying to get everyone involved in

the offense every game.

“And the key is that we’re going to have to get stubborn and either stick with the run game or throw it more,” Whitworth said. “We’re going to have to develop an identity.

And I don’t really know of a successful offense that doesn’t have one.”

Notes: Safety Reggie Nelson, who sat out the loss at Cleveland with a hamstring injury, returned to practice on a limited basis Wednesday.

Cornerbacks Leon Hall and Dre Kirkpatrick, who also were sidelined in Cleveland with hamstring injuries, did not practice. … Defensive end Michael Johnson was held out of practice because of concussion symptoms, which he reported after the game on Sunday. … LB Michael Boley, who was signed as a free agent on Tuesday, practiced with the team.

Something to get all excited about

Browns and Bills ready for prime time CLEVELAND (AP) — When the NFL announced its TV schedule, the BillsBrowns matchup on a Thursday night in October didn’t figure to shatter any ratings records.

It still won’t, but it’s much more watchable than it figured to be.

The Bills and Browns are two of the league’s early surprises at 2-2 under firstyear coaches. Buffalo and Cleveland have been sparked by opportunistic defenses, and one team will emerge from a short week and with momentum before the leaves drop and the weather along Lake Erie turns harsh and unforgiving.

The chance to play in the national spotlight has Browns nose tackle Phil Taylor revved up.

“Oh, yeah, the whole world is watching,” he said.

“Every little thing you do, you know everyone is going to see it.”

Two weeks ago, the Browns seemed ready to slide into a hole and disappear. After dropping to 0-2, they traded star running back Trent Richardson to Indianapolis, a stunning move that had some Cleveland fans ready to storm the team’s training facility with pitchforks and torches. But just when things seemed bleakest, quarterback Brian Hoyer, a

lifelong Browns fan himself, rode to the rescue.

Displaying poise and leadership he learned as Tom Brady’s understudy in New England, Hoyer has been a revelation for the Browns, and now must deliver again.

He kept the starting job this week despite Brandon Weeden being cleared to play after spraining his right thumb.

“As a competitor, you want to be the guy out there on the field, so I’m obviously excited about that,” Hoyer said.

For the Bills to keep making progress, they’ll need more consistency from rookie quarterback EJ Manuel.

He passed for just 167 yards last week against Baltimore, but Buffalo’s defense intercepted Joe Flacco five times to win.

While all 32 NFL teams play on a Thursday — not so for Sunday or Monday nights — this is a chance for the Bills and Browns to prove worthy of future exposure.

“If you’re on Sunday or Monday nights it means you are bringing in the Ws,” Taylor said. “We’ve got to keep winning.”

Five more reasons for tuning in to see the Browns host the Bills: RUNNING ON EMPTY: Buffalo’s robust rushing

attack may not be so healthy this week.

Running backs C.J. Spiller (left ankle) and Fred Jackson (sprained left knee) both got hurt last Sunday against the Ravens. They were limited in practice this week and Jackson plans to play in a brace. The Bills are averaging 152 yards per game — second in the league — and they’ll be facing a stingy defense limiting teams to just 79 yards and 2.9 per carry, a league low.

“They’re very strong,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said. “They do a very good job of holding the edges.”

M-I-N-G-O, MINGO IS HIS NAME-O: Browns rookie linebacker Barkevious Mingo is a rising star.

In just three games, the No. 6 overall draft pick has three sacks, knocked down a couple passes and would have blocked a punt if he wasn’t held. The 6-foot-5, 250-pounder seems to be playing in a different gear as he has blown past offensive linemen with ease.

Mingo is the first player with a sack in his first three games since 2004.

ROOKIE THIEF: The Bills have a special rookie linebacker, too. Kiko Alonso is a ball magnet.

Alonso had two interceptions last week, including the clincher with 57 seconds

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The Cleveland Browns fans suddenly have something to get excited about.

remaining to secure Buffalo’s stunner over Baltimore.

Through four games, Alonso has four picks and leads the team with 32 tackles, 19 solo. Alonso is the first rookie linebacker to have an interception in three straight games since 1980, and just the fourth linebacker to have four interceptions in September.

HAPPY RETURNS: Browns CB Joe Haden hasn’t returned an interception for a touchdown in his career — pro or college — and he wouldn’t mind getting his first on national TV. Haden, whose coverage on Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green keyed Cleveland’s win, said he’s been planning a TD celebration dance for years.

“Before the games,” he

said, “I’m always thinking, ‘If I run this way, I’m jumping in this way. Or if I run this way, I’m jumping over here.’

It’s seven years in the making. The dance has changed with the new music coming out, so I’ve been waiting on it.”

BROWN’S TOWN: At halftime, Cleveland will honor legendary running back Jim Brown, the greatest Brown of them all.

Brown reunited with the only team he played for earlier this year by accepting a role as an adviser. There had been a bitter separation that caused him to skip a Ring of Honor ceremony in 2010, but No. 32 is back and will be saluted for his on-field accomplishments and contributions to the Cleveland community.

Piqua From page 8

keep running (to the ball).

They think they are not involved in the play and a lot of times they are.”

Defensively, the Rams will line up in an even front most of the time.

“Quite often, they will bring a fifth defensive lineman in there to make it a five-man front,” Nees said.

“And they don’t blitz a lot.

So, we have to be ready for that fifth defensive lineman.”

Trent Yeoman continues to have a big year for the Indians.

The running back took advantage of some great blocking on trap plays last week and rushed for 305 yards and four touchdowns.

The junior now has 769 yards on 86 carries.

“Trent (Yeomans) just continues to show he is a weapon,” Nees said. “He has that acceleration speed and just runs away from people in the open field. He had a huge game.”

While Piqua’s passing was limited, quarterback Dan Monnin hooked up with Tate Honeycutt on a 64-yard TD pass.

“We always want to have a balance on offense,” Nees said.

Piqua has a chance to put the first half of the season behind them Friday.

“It is the first game (in the GWOC North),” Nees said.

“We want to go down there and wipe the slate clean.”

And continue to progress with a young football team.

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SPORTS

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Ohio High School Football Computer Ratings DIVISION I Region 1 1. Lakewood St. Edward (5-0) 14.5, 2. Hudson (5-0) 12.95, 3.

Austintown-Fitch (5-0) 12.9, 4.

Stow-Munroe Falls (5-0) 12.1, 5.

Canton McKinley (5-0) 11.7633, 6. Elyria (5-0) 11.3, 7. Cleveland Heights (4-1) 10.25, 8.

Wadsworth (4-1) 9.95, 9.

Marysville (4-1) 9.9, 10. Westerville Central (4-1) 9.3, 11. Mentor (4-1) 8.65, 12. Cle. St. Ignatius (3-2) 8.0939, 13. Solon (3-2) 8.05, tie-14. Brunswick (32) 7.15, tie-14. Massillon Jackson (3-2) 7.15, 16. Medina (3-2) 6.75, 17. Shaker Hts. (4-1) 6.7, 18. Green (3-2) 6.55, 19. Powell Olentangy Liberty (3-2) 5.6, 20.

Warren G. Harding (3-2) 5.45 Region 2 1. Centerville (5-0) 17.1143, 2.

Cin. Archbishop Moeller (5-0) 15.2776, 3. Hilliard Davidson (50) 13.8, 4. Cin. Colerain (5-0) 13.4192, 5. Fairfield (5-0) 12.9, 6. West Chester Lakota West (41) 11.9, 7. Pickerington North (50) 10.9475, 8. Cin. Elder (4-1) 10.9, 9. Upper Arlington (4-1) 10.2, 10. Huber Hts. Wayne (41) 9.749511. Clayton Northmont (4-1) 9.497, 12. Springboro (4-1) 9.05, 13. Pickerington Central (3-1) 9.0417, 14. Cin. St. Xavier (3-2) 8.55, 15. Reynoldsburg (32) 8.2444, tie-16. Hilliard Darby (4-1) 8.0, tie-16. Cin. Sycamore (4-1) 8.0, 18. Lebanon (3-2) 6.7, 19. Dublin Coffman (2-3) 6.05,

8.75, 8. Perrysburg (3-2) 7.35, 9.

Sylvania Southview (3-2) 7.0, 10. North Ridgeville (3-2) 6.8, 11. Uniontown Lake (2-3) 6.3, 12. Tol. Bowsher (3-2) 6.2 Region 5 1. New Albany (5-0) 12.55, 2.

Worthington Kilbourne (4-1) 11.55, 3. Mansfield Senior (5-0) 11.3, 4. Zanesville (5-0) 10.45, 5.

Pataskala Licking Hts. (5-0) 9.95, 6. Dublin Scioto (3-2) 8.75, 7. Lewis Center Olentangy (5-0) 8.3, 8. Cols. Northland (3-1) 7.0, 9. Hilliard Bradley (3-2) 6.8, 10.

Worthington Thomas Worthington (3-2) 6.7, 11. Ashland (3-2) 6.45, 12. Pataskala Watkins Memorial (3-2) 5.75 Region 6 1. Loveland (5-0) 13.45, 2. Cin. Winton Woods (5-0) 12.7677, 3.

Cin. Northwest (5-0) 12.1, 4. Cin. Mount Healthy (4-1) 8.75, 5. Cin. Withrow (4-1) 8.25, 6. Cin. Anderson (3-2) 8.1, 7. Cin. LaSalle (3-2) 7.4, 8. Harrison (3-2) 5.7, 9.

Kings Mills Kings (3-2) 5.4, 10.

Cin. Princeton (2-3) 4.95, 12.

Lima Senior (2-3) 4.1

DIVISION III Region 7 1. Akron St. Vincent-St Mary (5-0) 12, 2. Hubbard (5-0) 10.9, 3. Poland Seminary (5-0) 9.95, 4. Aurora (5-0) 9.75, 5. Chesterland West Geauga (4-1) 9.7, 6.

Louisville (5-0) 8.7, 7. Alliance Marlington (4-1) 8.1, 8. Tallmadge (4-1) 8.0, 9. Chagrin Falls Kenston (3-2) 7.0, 10. Warren Division II Howland (3-2) 6.55, 11. Norton Region 3 (4-1) 6.5, tie-12. Canton South 1. Willoughby South (5-0) (4-1) 6.4, tie-12. Geneva (3-2) 12.35, 2. Cle. Glenville (4-1) 6.4 10.45, 3. Brecksville-Broadview Hts. (4-1) 9.0, 4. Madison (4-1) Region 8 1. Tol. Central Cath. (5-0) 13.8, 7.5, 5. Bedford (4-1) 7.4, 6. North Olmsted (3-2) 7.1, 7. Kent Roo- 2. Clyde (5-0) 11.45, 3. Tiffin sevelt (4-1) 6.95, 8. Westlake (3- Columbian (4-1) 9.25, 4. Nor2) 6.6, 9. Painesville Riverside walk (4-1) 9.05, 5. Sandusky (3-2) 5.35, 10. Lyndhurst Brush Perkins (5-0) 8.85, 6. Defiance (2-3) 5.15, 11. Garfield Hts. (3-2) (3-2) 6.4, 7. Parma Padua Fran4.55, 12. Mayfield (2-3) 4.15 ciscan (3-2) 6.2, 8. Napoleon (3Region 4 2) 5.95, 9. Lodi Cloverleaf (2-3) 1. Medina Highland (5-0) 4.35, tie-10. Medina Buckeye (212.75, 2. Avon (5-0) 12.25, 3. 3) 3.5, tie-10. Elida (3-2) 3.5, 12.

Massillon Washington (5-0) Maumee (2-3) 3.45 11.65, 4. Macedonia Nordonia Region 9 (5-0) 11.3, 5. Akron Ellet (5-0) 1. The Plains Athens (5-0) 10.4, 6. Avon Lake (4-1) 9.65, 7. 11.9, 2. Chillicothe (5-0) 11.1, 3.

Tol. St. Francis deSales (4-1) Cols. Marion-Franklin (4-1) 10.6,

4. New Philadelphia (5-0) 8.7, 5.

Dover (4-1) 7.5592, 6. Carrollton (3-2) 7.2, 7. Granville (4-1) 7.05, 8. Cols. Brookhaven (3-2) 6.9333, 9. Circleville Logan Elm (4-1) 6.8, 10. Cols. St. Francis DeSales (3-2) 6.3, 11. Millersburg West Holmes (4-1) 6.25, 12. Cols. Mifflin (3-2) 6.0 Region 10 1. Mount Orab Western Brown (5-0) 10.0949, 2. Wapakoneta (4-1) 9.7, 3. Springfield Shawnee (5-0) 7.95, 4. Day. Thurgood Marshall (2-2) 7.875, 5. Celina (4-1) 7.75, 6. Springfield Kenton Ridge (5-0) 6.8, 7.

Franklin (4-1) 6.75, 8. Tipp City Tippecanoe (5-0) 6.4, 9. New Richmond (4-1) 6.25, 13. Trotwood-Madison (2-2) 3.8472, 10.

Hamilton Ross (3-2) 5.35, 11.

Bellefontaine (3-2) 5.25, 12.

Goshen (4-1) 4.9586 DIVISION IV Region 11 1. Fairview Park Fairview (4-0) 8.5, 2. Perry (4-2) 8.1, tie-3. Chagrin Falls (3-2) 7.8, tie-3.

Struthers (3-1) 7.8, 5. Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (31) 7.5, 6. Peninsula Woodridge (2-2) 7.35, 7. Minerva (2-2) 6.95, 8. Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acad. (2-2) 6.55, 9. Pepper Pike Orange (2-2) 6.35, 10. Streetsboro (3-1) 6.2283, 11. Cle. John Hay (2-1) 6.0172, 12. Cle. Benedictine (22) 5.4 Region 12 1. Caledonia River Valley (5-0) 10.95, 2. Kenton (5-0) 9.85, 3.

Wauseon (5-0) 9.55, 4. Millbury Lake (5-0) 9.35, 5. Genoa Area (5-0) 9.3, 6. Bryan (5-0) 8.45, 7.

Galion (5-0) 8.3, 8. Sparta Highland (4-1) 7.7, tie-9. Wooster Triway (3-2) 6.75, tie-9. Upper Sandusky (5-0) 6.75, 11. Ontario (3-2) 5.4, 12. Bellville Clear Fork (3-2) 4.7 Region 13 1. Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (5-0) 9.45, 2. Zanesville Maysville (5-0) 8.95, 3. Bexley (5-0) 8.05, 4. Carroll Bloom-Carroll (4-1) 7.75, 5. Newark Licking Valley (4-1) 7.7, 6. Duncan Falls Philo (4-1) 7.3, 7. Steubenville (4-1) 6.351, 8. Cols. Bishop Watterson (2-3) 5.95, 9. Wintersville

Indian Creek (4-1) 5.4, 10.

Uhrichsville Claymont (3-2) 5.25, 11. Richmond Edison (3-2) 5.1, 12. Byesville Meadowbrook (4-1) 4.55 Region 14 1. Urbana (5-0) 11.05, 2.

Washington C.H. Miami Trace (4-1) 9.098, 3. Cin. Archbishop McNicholas (4-1) 8.3837, 4. Germantown Valley View (5-0) 8.35, 5. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (41) 7.95, 6. Kettering Archbishop Alter (4-1) 7.8869, 7. Minford (50) 7.8, 8. North Bend Taylor (41) 7.55, 9. Eaton (4-1) 6.9, 10.

Gallipolis Gallia Acad. (4-1) 6.75, 11. Circleville (3-2) 6.55, 12.

Carlisle (3-2) 6.35 DIVISION V Region 15 1. Akron Manchester (4-1) 8.65, 2. Columbiana Crestview (4-1) 6.9, 3. Navarre Fairless (41) 6.5, tie-4. Beachwood (3-2) 6.35, tie-4. Youngstown Liberty (3-2) 6.35, 6. Gates Mills Gilmour Acad. (4-1) 5.85, 7. Sullivan Black River (3-2) 5.75, 8.

Independence (4-1) 5.7, 9.

Youngstown Ursuline (2-3) 5.4293, 10. Warren Champion (3-2) 5.15, 11. Wickliffe (3-2) 4.95, 12. Cadiz Harrison Central (2-3) 4.2 Region 16 1. Loudonville (5-0) 8.05, 2.

Columbia Station Columbia (50) 7.9, 3. Orrville (4-1) 7.85, 4.

Coldwater (4-1) 7.4, 5. West Salem Northwestern (4-1) 7.2, 6.

Pemberville Eastwood (3-2) 6.95, tie-7. Findlay Liberty-Benton (5-0) 6.75, tie-7. Creston Norwayne (4-1) 6.75, 9. Huron (3-2) 5.75, 10. Doylestown Chippewa (3-2) 5.1, 11. Elyria Cath. (3-2) 5.05, 12. Apple Creek Waynedale (3-2) 4.75 Region 17 1. St. Clairsville (5-0) 9.7688, 2.

Cols. Bishop Hartley (4-1) 9.4505, 3. Wheelersburg (5-0) 8.8, 4. Martins Ferry (4-1) 8.6, 5.

Baltimore Liberty Union (5-0) 8.25, 6. Chillicothe Southeastern (3-2) 5.3, 7. South Point (4-1) 5.1, tie-8. Proctorville Fairland (2-3) 4.15, tie-8. Belmont Union Local (3-2) 4.15, 10. Ironton (23) 3.95, 11. Portsmouth (2-3) 3.7, 12. McDermott Northwest (3-2) 3.25

Region 18 1. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (50) 10.05, 2. Hamilton Badin (5-0) 9.05, 3. Day. Chaminade-Julienne (4-1) 8.9429, 4. Richwood North Union (5-0) 7.95, 5.

Brookville (4-1) 7.05, 6. West Jefferson (4-1) 6.55, 7. Cin. Madeira (4-1) 6.2, 8. Cin. Purcell Marian (3-2) 5.65, 9. Reading (32) 5.55, 10. Cin. Mariemont (3-2) 5.5, 11. Middletown Madison (32) 5, 12. Waynesville (3-2) 4.4 DIVISION VI Region 19 1. Canfield South Range (5-0) 8.2, 2. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (4-1) 7.35, 3. Mogadore (4-1) 7.2, 4. Cle. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (5-0) 7.0, 5. Kirtland (50) 6.7717, 6. New Middletown Springfield (4-1) 6.1808, 7.

Brookfield (4-1) 6.1, 8. McDonald (3-2) 5.0, 9. Cuyahoga Hts. (3-2) 4.6, 10. Newcomerstown (3-2) 4.25, 11. Jeromesville Hillsdale (3-2) 3.8, 12. New London (3-2) 3.7 Region 20 1. Haviland Wayne Trace (5-0) 10.0, 2. Delphos Jefferson (5-0) 7.4, 3. Bascom HopewellLoudon (4-1) 6.6, 4. Defiance Tinora (4-1) 6.55, tie-5. Ada (41) 6.45, tie-5. Convoy Crestview (4-1) 6.45, 7. North Robinson Colonel Crawford (4-1) 5.9, tie8. Defiance Ayersville (4-1) 5.35, tie-8. Hamler Patrick Henry (4-1) 5.35, 10. Spencerville (4-1) 4.9, 11. Northwood (3-2) 4.75, 12.

Bucyrus Wynford (3-2) 3.9 Region 21 1. Cols. Bishop Ready (5-0) 9.35, 2. Lucasville Valley (5-0) 8.45, 3. Centerburg (5-0) 7.8, 4.

Newark Cath. (4-1) 6.3, 5. Bellaire (3-2) 6.1808, 6. Woodsfield Monroe Central (3-2) 4.95, 7.

Oak Hill (4-1) 4.9, 8. Gahanna Cols. Acad. (3-2) 4.5, 9. West Lafayette Ridgewood (3-2) 4.35, 10. Beverly Fort Frye (4-1) 4.05, 11. Fredericktown (3-2) 3.7, 12.

Crooksville (3-2) 3.6 Region 22 1. Lewisburg Tri-County North (5-0) 7.9, 2. Casstown Miami East (5-0) 7.05, 3. Cin. Country Day (5-0) 6.65, 4. West LibertySalem (5-0) 5.4, 5. New Paris National Trail (4-1) 5.3202, 6.

Cin. Summit Country Day (4-1) 4.9152, 7. Mechanicsburg (4-1) 4.85, 8. Williamsburg (3-2) 4.8, 9. Anna (2-3) 3.7, tie-10. Fayetteville-Perry (3-2) 3.6, tie-10.

Rockford Parkway (3-2) 3.6, tie12. Arcanum (2-3) 3.2, tie-12.

West Alexandria Twin Valley South (3-2) 3.2 DIVISION VII Region 23 1. Berlin Center Western Reserve (5-0) 9.85, 2. Wellsville (50) 7.2, 3. Ashland Mapleton (4-1) 6.9, 4. Lowellville (4-1) 5.9122, 5.

Danville (4-1) 5.15, 6. Mineral Ridge (4-1) 4.9, 7. Garfield Hts. Trinity (3-2) 4.7, 8. Norwalk St. Paul (4-1) 4.65, 9. Plymouth (41) 4.3, 10. Southington Chalker (3-2) 3.9, 11. Leetonia (2-3) 3.05, 12. Vienna Mathews (3-2) 3.0071 Region 24 1. Arlington (5-0) 7.65, 2. Leipsic (4-1) 6.25, 3. Fremont St. Joseph Central Cath. (3-2) 4.5, 4. McComb (4-1) 4.3, 5. Edon (32) 3.5, 6. Pandora-Gilboa (4-1) 3.25, 7. Tol. Christian (3-2) 3.2, 8. Hicksville (2-3) 2.9, tie-9.

North Baltimore (2-3) 2.7, tie-9.

Delphos St. John's (2-3) 2.7, 11.

Holgate (2-3) 2.45, 12. Tiffin Calvert (1-4) 1.9 Region 25 tie-1. Shadyside (5-0) 9.2, tie1. Glouster Trimble (5-0) 9.2, 3.

Racine Southern (5-0) 8.0, 4.

Steubenville Cath. Central (5-0) 7.65, 5. Malvern (4-1) 5.25, 6.

Beallsville (3-2) 4.2717, 7. New Matamoras Frontier (3-2) 4.0, 8.

Caldwell (3-2) 3.8, 9. StrasburgFranklin (3-2) 3.7, 10. Grove City Christian (2-3) 3.5707, 11.

Crown City South Gallia (3-2) 3.5, 12. Willow Wood Symmes Valley (3-2) 3.0 Region 26 1. Maria Stein Marion Local (50) 9.2, 2. North Lewisburg Triad (5-0) 7.65, 3. Bainbridge Paint Valley (5-0) 6.6, 4. Cedarville (41) 6.1, 5. Sidney Lehman Cath.

(4-1) 5.95, 6. Covington (5-0) 5.9, 7. Fort Loramie (4-1) 5.5, 8.

Portsmouth Notre Dame (4-1) 5.4, 9. Cin. Riverview East Acad.

(3-2) 4.0588, 10. Manchester (32) 3.0, 11. Fairfield Cin. Christian (2-3) 2.5576, 12. McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (3-2) 2.55,

Record Book Baseball

MLB Postseason Postseason Baseball Glance All Times EDT WILD CARD Both games televised by TBS Tuesday, Oct. 1: NL: Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2 Wednesday, Oct. 2: AL: Tampa Bay at Cleveland DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Boston vs. Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner Friday, Oct. 4: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston (Lester 15-8), 3:07 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 5:37 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 7: Boston (Buchholz 12-1) at ClevelandTampa Bay winner x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston Oakland vs. Detroit Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit (Scherzer 21-3) at Oakland (Colon 18-6), 9:37 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Oakland (Gray 5-3), 9:07 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland (Parker 12-8) at Detroit (Sanchez 14-8) x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fister 14-9) x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit at Oakland

PHOTO PROVIDED

Andy Mayse and Sarah Glendening were the winners of the Football Mom’s Club 5K run recently.

Mayse, Glendening win Mom’s Club race

Over 200 run in 5K event

Over 200 walkers/runners supported the third annual Piqua Football Mom's Club 5K that was held Sept. 15 at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.

The Football Mom's Club would like to thank everyone who participated and also our sponsors: Dick Lumpkins Auto Body, Lillicrap Timber and Mulch Sales, Reed Mote Staley, Smitty's Bike and Locksmith, Hartzell's, Arabella, Backs R Us,

Glamour on Mane, Piqua Pizza Supply, P&R Specialty, Inc., and Atlantis.

Also, thank you to Heartland of Piqua for the post race snacks and Cash Advance for donating the bottled water.

The overall male winner was Andy Mayse 17:09 and overall female winner Sarah Glendenning 20:39.

The fastest Piqua Football Alumni was Jeff Lyman 22:05.

Things keep getting better for Spieth Records ace at President’s Cup DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Every step of the way in the amazing rookie season of Jordan Spieth brings more than he could have imagined.

And then he stepped to the 12th tee Wednesday at Muirfield Village.

It got even better.

Spieth and Steve Stricker, his partner for the opening session of the Presidents Cup, were already behind in an abbreviated match against Tiger Woods and Matt

Kuchar, who had made two eagles in the tough alternate-shot format.

Woods blasted an 8-iron into the par 3. Typical of his year, Spieth wasn't about to be outdone.

He tracked the flight of a smooth 7-iron, watched it bounce short and then disappear into the cup for a hole-in-one that sent cheers reverberating.

"Everybody's hands went up, so our arms went up, and it was really cool," Spieth said.

National League St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh Thursday, Oct. 3: Pittsburgh (Burnett 10-11) at St. Louis (Wainwright 19-9), 5:07 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 4: Pittsburgh at St. Louis (Lynn 15-10), 1:07 p.m. (MLB) Sunday, Oct. 6: St. Louis at Pittsburgh x-Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis at Pittsburgh x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Pittsburgh at St. Louis Atlanta vs. Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles (Kershaw 16-9) at Atlanta (Medlen 15-12), 8:37 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles (Greinke 15-4) at Atlanta (Minor 13-9 or Teheran 14-8), 6:07 p.m. (TBS) Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta (Minor 13-9 or Teheran 14-8) at Los Angeles (Ryu 14-8) x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta

Football

NFL Standings East New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo South Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville North Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh West Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland East Dallas Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants South New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay North Detroit Chicago Green Bay Minnesota West

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T 0 0 0 0

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PA 57 91 88 93

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PF 91 64 81 69

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PA 87 70 81 110

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L 2 3 3 4

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PF PA 104 85 99 138 91 112 61 146

W 4 1 1 0

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PF PA 108 55 68 36 94 104 44 70

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PF PA 122 101 127 114 96 88 115 123

W L T Pct Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 Arizona 2 2 0 .500 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 Thursday, Oct. 3 Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

PF PA 109 47 79 95 69 89 69 121

Houston at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 11:35 p.m.

Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m.

College Schedule College Football Schedule All Times EDT (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 3 SOUTH W. Kentucky (3-2) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-3), 7:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Texas (2-2) at Iowa St. (1-2), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST UCLA (3-0) at Utah (3-1), 10 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4 FAR WEST BYU (2-2) at Utah St. (3-2), 8 p.m.

Nevada (3-2) at San Diego St. (1-3), 9 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 EAST Air Force (1-4) at Navy (2-1), 11:30 a.m.

E. Michigan (1-3) at Buffalo (1-2), Noon Lehigh (4-0) at Fordham (5-0), Noon Valparaiso (0-3) at Marist (2-2), Noon Louisville (4-0) at Temple (0-4), Noon New Hampshire (1-2) at Towson (5-0), Noon West Liberty (2-2) at Duquesne (1-2), 12:10 p.m.

Colgate (0-4) at Cornell (1-1), 12:30 p.m.

Army (2-3) at Boston College (2-2), 1 p.m.

St. Francis (Pa.) (1-3) at CCSU (1-4), 1 p.m.

Harvard (2-0) at Holy Cross (2-3), 1 p.m.

Robert Morris (2-2) at Monmouth (NJ) (2-3), 1 p.m.

Dartmouth (1-1) at Penn (1-1), 1 p.m.

Columbia (0-2) at Princeton (0-1), 1 p.m.

Wagner (1-4) at Sacred Heart (5-0), 1 p.m.

William & Mary (3-1) at Villanova (2-2), 1 p.m.

Bucknell (1-2) at Lafayette (0-3), 3:30 p.m.

Delaware (4-1) at Maine (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Clemson (4-0) at Syracuse (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

Rhode Island (2-3) at Brown (1-1), 6 p.m.

Bryant (3-1) at Stony Brook (1-3), 6 p.m.

SOUTH North Greenville (4-0) at Charleston Southern (4-0), 11 a.m.

Maryland (4-0) at Florida St. (4-0), Noon Gardner-Webb (4-1) at Charlotte (2-2), Noon Ball St. (4-1) at Virginia (2-2), Noon Georgia St. (0-4) at Alabama (4-0), 12:21 p.m.

North Carolina (1-3) at Virginia Tech (4-1), 12:30 p.m.

Morehead St. (1-4) at Campbell (1-2), 1 p.m.

NC Central (2-2) at Howard (1-3), 1 p.m.

Florida A&M (1-3) at Morgan St. (0-5), 1 p.m.

Savannah St. (1-4) at Norfolk St. (1-3), 1 p.m.

South Alabama (2-2) at Troy (2-3), 1 p.m.

Elon (1-4) at Furman (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

Albany (NY) (1-4) at James Madison (3-2), 1:30 p.m.

Presbyterian (1-2) at Wofford (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

MVSU (0-4) at Alabama A&M (2-3), 2 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman (3-1) at Delaware St. (1-3), 2 p.m.

UTSA (2-3) at Marshall (2-2), 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. (1-2) at The Citadel (1-4), 2 p.m.

Warner (0-3) at Alcorn St. (3-2), 3 p.m.

Georgia Southern (3-1) at Samford (2-2), 3 p.m.

FAU (1-4) at UAB (1-3), 3 p.m.

Jacksonville St. (4-0) at UT-Martin (3-1), 3 p.m.

Georgia Tech (3-1) at Miami (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

East Carolina (3-1) at Middle Tennessee (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

NC A&T (3-0) vs. SC State (2-2) at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia (3-1) at Tennessee (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

North Texas (2-2) at Tulane (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

NC State (3-1) at Wake Forest (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (3-2) at Murray St. (2-2), 4 p.m.

FIU (0-4) at Southern Miss. (0-4), 4 p.m.

UCF (3-1) at Memphis (1-2), 4:30 p.m.

W. Carolina (1-3) at Chattanooga (2-2), 6 p.m.

Austin Peay (0-4) at E. Kentucky (2-3), 6 p.m.

Liberty (3-2) at Old Dominion (3-2), 6 p.m.

Mississippi (3-1) at Auburn (3-1), 7 p.m.

Arkansas (3-2) at Florida (3-1), 7 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-4) at Jackson St. (3-2), 7 p.m.

Texas St. (3-1) at Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2), 7 p.m.

LSU (4-1) at Mississippi St. (2-2), 7 p.m.

Cincinnati (3-1) at South Florida (0-4), 7 p.m.

SE Missouri (0-4) at Tennessee St. (3-1), 7 p.m.

Kentucky (1-3) at South Carolina (3-1), 7:30 p.m.

Missouri (4-0) at Vanderbilt (3-2), 7:30 p.m.

Incarnate Word (3-2) at SE Louisiana (2-2), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Penn St. (3-1) at Indiana (2-2), Noon Michigan St. (3-1) at Iowa (4-1), Noon Texas Tech (4-0) at Kansas (2-1), Noon Illinois (3-1) at Nebraska (3-1), Noon Stetson (1-3) at Butler (3-2), 1 p.m.

Davidson (0-4) at Dayton (2-2), 1 p.m.

Cent. Michigan (1-4) at Miami (Ohio) (0-4), 1 p.m.

Ohio (3-1) at Akron (1-4), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville (2-3) at Drake (1-3), 2 p.m.

W. Illinois (2-2) at Illinois St. (1-3), 3 p.m.

S. Illinois (2-3) at S. Dakota St. (3-1), 3 p.m.

Missouri St. (1-4) at South Dakota (1-2), 3 p.m.

W. Michigan (0-5) at Toledo (2-3), 3 p.m.

Youngstown St. (4-1) at Indiana St. (1-3), 3:05 p.m.

UMass (0-4) at Bowling Green (4-1), 3:30 p.m.

N. Illinois (4-0) at Kent St. (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota (4-1) at Michigan (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

N. Iowa (4-0) at N. Dakota St. (3-0), 3:30 p.m.

Ohio St. (5-0) at Northwestern (4-0), 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Rutgers (3-1) at SMU (1-3), Noon Kansas St. (2-2) at Oklahoma St. (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Rice (2-2) at Tulsa (1-3), 3:30 p.m.

McNeese St. (4-1) at Cent. Arkansas (2-2), 4 p.m.

Prairie View (3-2) vs. Grambling St. (0-5) at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

TCU (2-2) at Oklahoma (4-0), 7 p.m.

Alabama St. (3-2) at Texas Southern (0-4), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (3-2) vs. Arizona St. (3-1) at Arlington, Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (1-4) at UTEP (1-3), 7:30 p.m.

West Virginia (3-2) at Baylor (3-0), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Washington St. (3-2) at California (1-3), 4 p.m.

Oregon (4-0) at Colorado (2-1), 6 p.m.

New Mexico St. (0-5) at New Mexico (1-3), 7 p.m.

Washington (4-0) at Stanford (4-0), 10:30 p.m.

San Jose St. (1-3) at Hawaii (0-4), 11:59 p.m.

State Prep Poll COLUMBUS (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the third weekly Associated Press poll of 2013,

by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses): DIVISION I 1, Lakewood St. Edward (19) 5-0 288 2, Cincinnati Colerain (4) 5-0 242 3, Cincinnati Moeller (6) 5-0 241 4, Austintown-Fitch (1) 5-0 184 5, Canton Mckinley (1) 5-0 160 139 6, Centerville 5-0 7, Hilliard Davidson 5-0 136 8, Hudson 5-0 126 9, Cleveland St. Ignatius 3-2 33 10, Cincinnati St. Xavier 3-2 27 (tie) Mentor 4-1 27 Others receiving 12 or more points: 10, 12, Pickerington North 25. 13, Fairfield 16. 14, West Chester Lakota West 13. 15, Stow-Munroe Falls 12.

DIVISION II 1, Massillon Washington (17) 5-0 261 2, New Albany (5) 5-0 250 3, Cincinnati Winton Woods (4) 5-0 240 4, Willoughby South (1) 5-0 183 5, Zanesville (2) 5-0 173 6, Avon 5-0 137 121 7, Loveland (1) 5-0 8, Mansfield 5-0 113 9, Cleveland Glenville (1) 4-1 85 10, Medina Highland 5-0 32 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lewis Center Olentangy 28. 12, Macedonia Nordonia 24. 13, Cincinnati Northwest 14.

DIVISION III 1, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (15) 5-0 267 2, Toledo Central Catholic (10) 5-0 264 3, Aurora (1) 5-0 184 4, Clyde 5-0 152 5, Athens (2) 5-0 149 6, Hubbard (1) 5-0 140 7, Poland Seminary (1) 5-0 126 8, Chillicothe (1) 5-0 106 9, New Philadelphia 5-0 85 5-0 36 10, Sandusky Perkins Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Day. Thurgood Marshall 33. 12, Mount Orab Western Brown 29.

13, Trotwood-Madison 18. 14, Springfield Shawnee 17.

14, Louisville 17. 16, Tiffin Columbian 16.

DIVISION IV 1, Kenton (21) 5-0 288 2, Bryan (4) 5-0 213 3, Genoa Area (2) 5-0 209 4, Caledonia River Valley (1) 5-0 144 5, Clarksville Clinton-Massie (1) 4-1 139 6, Wauseon (1) 5-0 124 7, Fairview Park 5-0 115 8, Steubenville 4-1 92 9, Urbana 5-0 50 5-0 38 10, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Germantown Valley View 35. 12, Galion 30. 13, Kettering Archbishop Alter 28. 14, Zanesville Maysville 22. 14, Minford 22. 16, Bloom-Carroll 18. 17, Chardon Notre DameCathedral Latin 15. 18, Sparta Highland 14. 18, Millbury Lake 14. 20, Upper Sandusky 13. 20, Cincinnati McNicholas 13.

DIVISION V 1, Wheelersburg (11) 5-0 258 2, St. Clairsville (7) 5-0 239 3, Coldwater (5) 4-1 212 4, Findlay Liberty-Benton (4) 5-0 193 5, Cin. Hills Christian Academy (1) 5-0 173 6, Hamilton Badin (1) 5-0 153 7, Dayton Chaminade Julienne 4-1 84 8, Baltimore Liberty Union 5-0 58 9, Loudonville 5-0 50 10, Martins Ferry 4-1 49 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Columbiana Crestview 46. 12, Columbia Station Columbia (1) 43. 13, Richwood North Union (1) 37. 14, Orrville 31. 15, Columbus Bishop Hartley 24.

DIVISION VI 1, Kirtland (20) 5-0 268 2, Columbus Bishop Ready (4) 5-0 249 3, Haviland Wayne Trace (4) 5-0 223 4, Lewisburg Tri-County North 5-0 158 5, Clev. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (1) 5-0 147 6, Canfield S. Range (2) 5-0 135 7, Mogadore 4-1 78 8, Delphos Jefferson 5-0 53 9, Lucasville Valley 5-0 47 10, Cincinnati Summit Country Day 5-0 44 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, North Robinson Colonel Crawford 40. 12, Hamler Patrick Henry 36. 13, Cincinnati Country Day 33. 13, Centerburg 33.

15, Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas 26. 16, Casstown Miami East 25. 17, Newark Catholic 22. 18, West Liberty-Salem 18. 19, Defiance Tinora 14. 20, Ada 12. 20, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 12.

DIVISION VII 1, Maria Stein Marion Local (24) 5-0 291 2, Berlin Cen. Western Reserve (2) 5-0 221 3, Shadyside 5-0 205 4, Glouster Trimble (1) 5-0 170 5, North Lewisburg Triad (1) 5-0 162 6, Arlington (1) 5-0 150 7, Steubenville Catholic Central 5-0 139 8, Wellsville (1) 5-0 102 9, Covington 5-0 100 10, Bainbridge Paint Valley (1) 5-0 28 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Racine Southern 22. 12, Leipsic 17. 13, Ft. Loramie 16. 14, Norwalk St. Paul 13.

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Susan Walsh | AP Photo

In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, people walk near Capitol Hill in Washington. As the government’s partial shutdown enters a second day, most companies across the country are doing business as usual. Yet concern is rising that a prolonged shutdown would cause some work at private companies to dry up and consumers to lose faith in the U.S. economy.

US businesses worry about a prolonged shutdown Joyce M. Rosenberg Scott Mayerowitz AP Business Writers

NEW YORK (AP) — As the government’s partial shutdown entered its second day, most companies across the country were doing business as usual.

Yet concern is rising that a prolonged shutdown would cause some work at private companies to dry up and consumers to lose faith in the U.S. economy.

Many of the 800,000 government workers without paychecks would no longer shop at malls, buy cars or splurge on dinner out.

“They’re not getting a paycheck, they’re probably going to be cutting corners immediately in all areas, and dining out will probably be one of those,” said Don Davey, who owns 20 Firehouse Subs franchises in Florida and Wisconsin.

If sales drop, Davey said he’ll have to reduce the hours his 250 staffers work.

“Some of our employees could be making less money as soon as next week,” he said.

For each week the government remains shut, the U.S. economy would lose 0.15 percent of annualized growth, David Stockton, a former research director at the Federal Reserve who is now

at the Peterson Institute, estimates.

Consultants on some government projects have stopped flying and staying at hotels. And vacationers looking to spend money at national parks are being forced to re-route their itineraries.

For some executives, there is the frustrating sense that the federal government has become a sad joke.

“Here we go again,” said JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger. “Business customers, leisure customers — people want predictability. It’s really frustrating.”

With no one sure how long the standoff in Washington will last, companies large and small are gauging the effects of a shutdown that endures more than a week or two.

Steve Silberberg, who owns a company based in Hull, Mass., that runs hiking trips in national parks and forests, said a shutdown that lasts three weeks could force him to cancel a trip planned in November in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The forest is closed, and rangers can’t issue a permit for Silberberg’s company, Fatpacking, to run the trip for 12 hikers.

Silberberg stands to lose

about $12,000 in revenue if he has to cancel. And the guides he plans to hire for the trip wouldn’t be paid.

“I’m guardedly optimistic that it won’t last long,” Silberberg said.

The partial shutdown has put Mark Moore’s government contract bids in limbo. Moore’s company, Kavaliro Staffing Services, based in Orlando, Fla., is awaiting a decision on more than $500,000 in contract bids on defense-related projects.

Under the contracts, Kavaliro would place 20 to 25 information technology workers at government sites nationwide.

Moore already knew it could take weeks or months to get a decision. The shutdown will extend the wait.

“It’s pretty hard for the government to award contracts when they’re not working,” Moore said.

Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. have no plans to shut down soon. But eventually, money would run out to build tanks, ships, planes and weapons.

“The overarching issue is how prolonged it is,” said John Dern, a spokesman for Boeing Co.

Boeing’s commercial side — and its airline customers — might endure more headaches from the shutdown if Federal Aviation Administration officials can’t certify its newest version of the 787 Dreamliner.

In a note to clients, William Loomis, a managing director with Stifel Nicolaus and Co., warned that if the government can’t pay its bills, major contractors would be hurt.

Jay McCanless, an analyst with Sterne Agee, noted that Federal Housing Administration-backed mortgages account for onethird of new-home purchases.

Because of the shutdown, only 67 of 349 employees will keep approving those loans.

That could eventually hurt sales, McCanless wrote in a note to investors, for builders like Beazer Homes USA, KB Home, Lennar Corp. and D.R. Horton.

The FHA itself foresees “a decline in home sales during an extended shutdown period, reversing the trend toward a strengthening market that we’ve been experiencing.”

Buyers wouldn’t disappear.

But some would linger in limbo until the government reopened and a backlog of applications cleared. A lack of homebuyers could hurt stores like Home

Depot and Lowe’s, along with retailers that sell furniture and televisions.

Apart from federal workers, many consumers may start to worry about the economy and pull back on spending, Davey said.

“A lot of people are now just feeling like they are getting back on their feet,” he said. “It seems like every time we get back to somewhat normal, we get some type of squabble in Washington that brings back to a head.”

Yet others express confidence that the shutdown will cause little pain beyond the Washington area, with its hub of government workers and federal contractors.

Earlier this year, when acrossthe-board government spending cuts kicked in, some worried that the cuts would derail the U.S. economy, noted Jim Lentz, Toyota Motor Corp.’s CEO in North America.

“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 full scope of the shutdown’s effects on tribes remains uncertain; tribal leaders say the severity will depend on how long it lasts. The BIA provides services to more than 1.7 million American Indians and Alaska Natives from more than 500 recognized tribes.

“Do we just throw kids onto the street or do we help them?

Most likely we’re going to help those families and do whatever we can until this is unresolved,” said Tracy “Ching” King, president of northern Montana’s Fort Belknap Reservation.

King says the reservation’s Gros Ventre and Assiniboine tribes will pay for affected programs themselves until federal payments resume. But he warns that could hurt tribal finances already strained from

prior federal cuts. Within just a few weeks, carrying the cost of federal programs will cost the tribe roughly $1 million, King said.

Other tribes, such as the Crow Indians in southeastern Montana, have chosen to furlough workers now rather than risk not being repaid by the federal government down the road. Crow Chairman Darrin Old Coyote said dozens of workers likely would be furloughed, although an exact figure wasn’t immediately available.

“We’re taking a proactive approach,” Old Coyote said.

“There’s no guarantee (that tribes will be repaid), and we don’t want to be out millions of dollars.”

During the last government shutdown in the mid-1990s,

general assistance payments from the BIA were delayed for nearly 53,000 American Indian recipients, according to the National Congress of American Indians.

Such payments total about $42 million annually, and tribal leaders say they help offset chronic unemployment levels. On the Fort Belknap Reservation, for example, the unemployment rate hovers at around 70 percent of tribal members, King said.

“To get them out of that rut, you have to invest in them somehow. You want to encourage them to work and see what their talents are,” King said.

“But if this (shutdown) continues, we’ll have to look at all of our programs individually and say can we afford this, to see

what we could do to provide services to our most needy.”

The NCAI said other areas where cuts could be felt most acutely include nutrition programs that distribute food to an average of 76,500 people a month from an estimated 276 tribes.

The group said that even if the shutdown is resolved soon, budget cuts already planned for 2013 will mean less money for the Indian Health Service, education programs, law enforcement, housing and road maintenance work.

“The (federal government’s) trust responsibility to tribal nations is not a line item, and tribal programs must be exempt from budget cuts in any budget deal,” the group said in a statement.

AP Business Writers Tom Krisher in Detroit and Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.

Shutdown hits tribes, but some services continue Matthew Brown Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Indian tribes across the U.S. prepared to suspend some federal programs and pay for others out of pocket amid a government shutdown expected to have magnified effects on the many reservations that depend heavily on outside assistance.

Some activities considered essential will continue, including law enforcement, firefighting, schools and some social services, Bureau of Indian Affairs spokeswoman Nedra Darling said. But other programs are sure to take a hit, such as financial assistance for the needy, payments for foster care and oversight of environmental, wildlife and cultural programs.

Appeals court: No new trial for Jerry Sandusky Mark Scolforo Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Penn. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky should not get a new trial after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The unanimous decision by a threejudge Superior Court panel came barely two weeks after they heard oral arguments by Sandusky’s lawyer and a state prosecutor.

Defense lawyer Norris Gelman said he planned to ask the state Supreme Court to review the case.

Sandusky had argued his trial law-

yers did not have sufficient time to John Cleland, to give jurors an instrucprepare, a prosecutor made improper tion about the amount of time it took references to him not testifying on his for nearly all of the victims to report own behalf and the judge mistheir allegations. handled two jury instructions.

Panella wrote that Cleland The opinion by Judge Jack should have evaluated the need Panella said trial judges have for such a jury instruction based discretion about whether to on each victim’s age and matuallow pretrial delays, and that rity, but Cleland’s failure to do in Sandusky’s case the judge so did not harm Sandusky. carefully considered the con“The trial court specifically tinuance requests. instructed the jury that they “The decision does not reflect Sandusky were to consider any possible a myopic insistence upon expemotives of the victims in comditiousness in the face of Sandusky’s ing forward,” Panella wrote. “The vigrequest; it was not an arbitrary deni- orous cross-examination of the victims al,” Panella wrote. and arguments by defense counsel, Sandusky had wanted the trial judge, when combined with the trial court’s

instructions on credibility, clearly defined the issues for the jury.”

The issue related to Sandusky not testifying was not properly preserved for appeals court review, Panella wrote.

The appeals court also turned down another jury instruction claim, related to weighing a defendant’s good character against the allegations.

Sandusky, 69, is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence at a state prison in southwestern Pennsylvania.

If he does not get the convictions overturned, he is likely to die in prison.

Messages left for a spokesman for the attorney general’s office were not immediately returned.

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Mall attack to cost Kenya $200m in tourism Jacob Kushner Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Ohio resident Bill Haynes heard about the shooting at Westgate Mall by Islamic extremist gunmen last month, he considered canceling his upcoming 17-day safari to Kenya and Tanzania.

“You can’t help but be concerned,” said Haynes, 67.

“Here’s a place we’re going to be in about five days and there are some terrorists shooting the place up. That would cause anybody to give some pause.”

Acting on advice from a friend in Nairobi, Haynes went through with his trip except for a stop at Lamu, a coastal city near Somalia where a French woman was kidnapped in 2011.

The risk to tourism was one of the first concerns officials expressed after the attack that left at least 67 dead including 18 foreigners.

Tourism generates 14 percent of Kenya’s GDP and employs 12 percent of its workforce, according to Moody’s Investment Services and the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Moody’s predicts the attack will cost Kenya’s economy $200 million to $250 million in lost tourism revenue, estimating it will slow growth of Kenya’s GDP by 0.5 percent. Kenya’s 2012 GDP was $41 billion.

“Evidence would seem to indicate that 2013 could well be a very difficult year for the local tourism industry,” according to a report released Tuesday by Business Monitor International, which revised its 2013 outlook for Kenya’s tourism growth from 3 percent down to 1.5 percent.

Tourism is Kenya’s largest earner of foreign exchange after tea and coffee exports, generating $4.7 billion in 2011, according to Moody’s and the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Kenya is Africa’s fifth largest tourist destination, welcoming approximately 1.8 million visitors each year.

Nearly half come from Britain

Ben Curtis | AP Photo

A giraffe eats a food pellet from the mouth of a foreign visitor at the Giraffe Centre, in the Karen neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, Sept. 30. The risk to the country’s tourism was one of the first concerns expressed by officials during the initial days of the Westgate Mall siege, but tourists continue to fly to Kenya for safaris and beach vacations seemingly despite a number of foreigners being killed in last week’s attack.

and Europe, while visitors from the United States became an increasing share of the total during the past two years, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism.

The anticipated toll on tourism is expected to magnify the decline in tourist arrivals caused by the massive fire to Nairobi airport’s arrivals terminal in August.

Tourists continue to fly here to visit Maasai Mara National Reserve, where the great wildebeest migration is underway as 2 million animals move north for the season.

Authorities are sensitive to anything that could keep visitors away from Kenya’s Indian Ocean beaches and its game parks teeming with giraffes, zebras and other wild animals.

Just hours after the mall attack began, Kenya’s tourism ministry rushed to reassure

travelers “that Kenya is peaceful and our security agencies are doing everything possible to ensure that everyone is safe.”

Kenya’s tourism minister said the attack was “a small hiccup” in Kenya’s “resilient” tourism sector and predicted long-term growth to continue.

“This was a very unfortunate, isolated case and it’s being managed,” Phyllis Kandie told the Associated Press over the phone Tuesday. “I believe it’s safe to go to any part of Kenya, and I’d advise travelers to travel as normal.”

But the U.S. State Department last week warned would-be visitors that terrorism remains a concern and that violent crime and kidnappings “can occur at any time and in any location.”

Kenya’s Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku called the advisory “unfriendly and unnecessary” at a news confer-

ence Sunday, requesting the U.S. lift the advisory which he said was “not helping.”

Neither the Westgate attack nor the advisory dissuaded hundreds of tourists from snapping photos of baby elephants at the popular David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage inside the Nairobi National Park earlier this week.

“We had a lot of calls from people to see if we were still going to come, but it has been safe so far,” said Anne Plant, 16, who was visiting from Canada.

Two upscale hotels located just blocks from the mall had cancelations last week, although managers assured guests of their safety.

“Last week we had a lot of people trying to keep away from this area, but this week it has actually picked up and come back,” said Neelma Maru,

Sales Manager of the Sankara hotel, a five-minute walk from Westgate Mall.

“Every country worldwide has crises once in a while like this,” Maru said. “I think if we fear from terrorist attacks then they gain what they wanted, putting fear in us and keeping us from living a normal life.”

In a news conference the day after the attack, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga said police increased security at malls throughout the country, although reporters visiting area malls found no visible difference in security procedures that are widely considered cosmetic.

Not all were reassured. The large, alcoholic beverage producer Diageo relocated its October business investors’ conference from Nairobi to London following news of the attack.

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PARIS (AP) — Top European officials are keeping a worried eye on the U.S. government shutdown, saying it could pose a risk for the continent’s fledgling recovery.

The U.S. has the world’s largest economy and close business ties with Europe.

So the shutdown, which has seen some 800,000 federal employees put on furlough, could hurt growth around the world if Congress does not agree on a new budget deal within days.

The president of the

European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, said Wednesday that the shutdown “is a risk if protracted,” though he added that the “the impression is that it won’t be.”

Earlier, France’s top officials expressed similar concerns. France, the second-largest economy in the 17-member eurozone, is just emerging from a double-dip recession. Like much of the region, its economy remains fragile.

“If this situation lasts, it could slow down the ongoing economic recov-

ery,” Pierre Moscovici, the finance minister, said at the government’s weekly Cabinet meeting.

The U.S. Congress also needs to find a deal on raising the country’s debt ceiling later this month. If it doesn’t, the U.S. would face a potential default, a development that could inflict massive damage on the global economy.

Draghi, however, was not worried about that prospect. Asked if he thought the U.S. could default on some of its debt obligations, he said: “I don’t.”

Bomb kills Pakistan soldiers in quake-hit region Abdul Sattar Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected separatists killed two Pakistani soldiers Wednesday, in a wave of attacks targeting troops doing relief work in a remote region of the country’s southwest where a major earthquake killed at least 376 people last week, military officials said.

Also in southwestern Baluchistan province but far from the earthquake zone, a bomb went off at the Pakistan-Afghan border, killing six people and wounding 11 others, said Pakistani security officials.

The attacks on soldiers providing earthquake assistance highlight the difficulty and danger involved in doing such work in an area where separatists have been battling the army for years.

In the first attack, a bomb blast hit a military vehicle, killing the two soldiers, the officials said. The explosion near Mashkay, a village in the province’s southwest, also wounded three soldiers.

Their unit had been dispatched to the disaster zone after the magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked

the province on September 24.

Later in the day, gunmen carried out four separate attacks against troops delivering relief supplies in the same area and a checkpoint established as part of the effort, said Pakistani military officials.

No one was hurt in those attacks, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attacks but suspicion fell on Baluch separatists who have been battling the Pakistani military for years and have claimed responsibility for similar attacks in recent days.

The military has been ferrying aid into the region by helicopter and evacuating the injured, but their increased presence in a particularly contested area at the earthquake’s epicenter has led to renewed clashes.

Awaran district where the quake was centered has been a stronghold of the separatists. Even among Baluchistan residents who aren’t part of the armed conflict, there is strong resentment against the central government, which

many residents contend exploits the southwestern province’s oil, natural gas and mineral deposits.

On Saturday, gunmen killed four Pakistani troops carrying rations for earthquake victims.

Last week, militants fired on two helicopters, including one carrying top government officials surveying the damage. No one was wounded in the incidents.

Wednesday’s bombing at the Pakistan-Afghan border took place at a land crossing located in the Pakistani town of Chaman, some 480 kilometers (300 miles) south of the earthquake zone, said security officials.

The six people who were killed were civilians.

The wounded included six Pakistani border guards and five civilians, said the officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. In addition to separatists, Baluchistan is also home to Islamic militants who periodically carry out attacks against both civilians and Pakistani security forces.

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For Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today's New Moon is the perfect time to ask yourself what you can do to improve your closest relationships. What kind of friend or partner are you?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Every month, the New Moon is a chance to make resolutions. Think about what you can do to improve your job as well as your health.

(That covers a lot.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Our focus on work and success often overshadows our need to express our creative energy. Children love to be creative. Adults often dismiss it. Do you take time to be creative?

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a good day to think how you can improve family relationships and also how you can improve where you live. These are important aspects of your life.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) We are social creatures, and communication with others is important. Observe your style of communicating today. Do you really listen? Do you really care?

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Take a few moments today to ask yourself what really matters to you, from your point of view. If you know what matters, you'll know how to spend your time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Today, the only New Moon in your sign all year is taking place, which means this is the perfect time to look in the mirror to see how you can improve your image. Any ideas?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It's good to know what your spiritual values are, because these are your guidelines. Give some thought to this today. What helps you make important decisions?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today's New Moon urges you to study your friends. Do you hang out with quality people? Your friends actually can influence your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) How do you want to be perceived by others? Today's New Moon is your chance to think about why you want others to respect you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) What further training or education could you get to improve your job?

What further education or travel might enhance your life? Think about this today.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It's sometimes frustrating when we deal with people and their values are not our values. But that doesn't mean we can dismiss their values.

Today's New Moon is the time to ponder this.

YOU BORN TODAY You can schmooze anywhere, successfully, because you know how to work a room with your charm, humor and intelligence. You have excellent taste and dignity, which helps you to subtly assume authority. Danger holds some attraction for you, because you like to beat the odds. This year your primary focus will be on relationships -- especially partnerships and close friendships.

Birthdate of: Susan Sarandon, actress; Buster Keaton, actor; Rachael Leigh Cook, actress.

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Marathon suspect wants prison restrictions lifted AP Legal Affairs Writer

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge Wednesday to lift restrictions placed on him in prison, arguing that the conditions are overly harsh, have left him nearly totally isolated and are impairing their ability to defend him.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers said in a motion filed in court that he has been confined to his cell except for visits from them and has “very limited access” to a small outdoor enclosure.

Tsarnaev, 20, is accused of building and planting bombs near the finish line of the April 15 marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260. Authorities say he and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, ethnic Chechens from Russia who emigrated to the United States as children, planned and carried out the attack to retaliate against the U.S. for its involvement in Muslim countries.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed four days after the marathon following a gun battle with police. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found wounded and hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown.

Authorities said he had scrawled anti-American messages on the inside of the boat, including “The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians” and “We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all.”

In their motion, Tsarnaev’s lawyers said “Special Administrative Measures” were imposed on their client beginning in August, at the request of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and the approval of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

“SAMs,” as they are known, are used in terrorism cases and other high-profile cases when authorities allege there is “substantial risk” that a defendant’s communications or contacts with people “could result in death or serious bodily injury” to others. The special restrictions were placed on shoe bomb suspect Richard Reid, “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh and other terror suspects.

The measures restrict access to the mail, the media, the telephone and visitors.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers say prosecutors have presented no evidence that the special

restrictions are needed in Tsarnaev’s case.

“The government has not alleged that Mr. Tsarnaev has done or said anything since his arrest to commit violence, incite violence, or engage in communications that pose a security threat,” his lawyers argued in the filing.

They also said the special measures limit Tsarnaev’s interaction with people who are helping the defense and restrict the communications and other activities of the defense team.

A spokeswoman for Ortiz did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

In a memo outlining the factual basis for the restrictions, prosecutors said Tsarnaev “reaffirmed his commitment to jihad and expressed hope that his actions would inspire others to engage in violent jihad” while he was being interviewed by the FBI after he was captured.

“There is no indication that Tsarnaev’s intentions have changed since then,” prosecutors said in the memo, which was included in the defense motion.

The government also notes that Tsarnaev has gained “widespread notoriety” since his arrest and has received nearly 1,000 pieces of unsolicited mail.

His lawyers said Tsarnaev has not responded to any of the mail, which they said is not “jihadist” in nature, but instead consists almost entirely of letters and cards from people “who believe he is innocent and people urging him to repent and convert to Christianity.”

The motion was submitted by federal public defenders Miriam Conrad, William Fick and Timothy Watkins, and San Diego attorney Judge Clarke, a death penalty specialist. Conrad declined to comment on the filing.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers argue that the special measures allow them to share information they obtain from Tsarnaev among themselves by phone or in person for the purpose of preparing his defense, but prohibit them from sharing that information by mail “under any circumstances for any purpose.”

“It is … completely impractical for members of the defense team to keep track of the means by which they have learned individual pieces of information from Mr. Tsarnaev,” they argue.

Trail closed at least until spring after slide Dan Elliot

Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A popular Colorado trail where a rock slide killed five members of the same family will remain closed at least until spring, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday, and one local official believes the closure should be permanent.

Forest Service experts will have to inspect the site to see if it is feasible and safe to rebuild the trail after it was buried by boulders on Monday, said John Peterson, deputy supervisor for the San Isabel National Forest, which manages the trail.

That inspection won’t happen until after the coming winter, he said.

Chaffee County Undersheriff John Spezze said the trail should be closed permanently, calling it a “public safety hazard.”

Spezze said geologists from Climax Molybdenum, a Colorado mining operation, went to the site and thought it was too dangerous to reopen.

A spokesman for Climax Molybdenum’s parent company, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., said the geologists would not be made available for interviews.

What triggered the slide is still under investigation.

Life-threatening rock slides are rare and difficult for hikers to prepare for and protect against, Peterson said.

“It’s such an extreme event, and it’s so uncommon, I don’t know what you

do,” he said.

Peterson said the Forest Service will consult with the sheriff’s office and area residents before deciding whether to reopen the trail.

The slide killed a couple from the nearby town of Buena Vista, one of their daughters and two of their nephews from Missouri.

Another daughter survived with a broken leg after her father shielded her.

The sheriff’s department identified the dead as Dwayne Johnson, 46, Dawna Johnson, 45, and their 18-year-old daughter, Kiowa-Rain Johnson.

The other victims were identified as Baigen (BAY’zhun) Walker, 10, and Paris Walkup, 22, both of Birch Tree, Mo. They were nephews of Dwayne and Dawna Johnson.

Gracie Johnson, 13, told rescuers her father jumped on top of her when boulders began to crash down around them. Rescuers said Dwayne Johnson probably saved his daughter’s life.

Gracie was being treated at The Children’s Hospital in suburban Denver. The hospital said the girl and her family were grateful for the public’s concern but had no other comment. The hospital said it could not release any information about her condition.

A memorial service for the Johnsons was set for Saturday in Buena Vista.

Separate services were being organized for the nephews in Missouri.

The short, scenic trail to Agnes Vaille Falls is a local favorite.

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At least 10,500 employees of either the Ohio National Guard or the state’s largest military installation were sent home without pay Tuesday by the partial federal government shutdown, with more job cutbacks in federal agency and related offices in the state.

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COLUMBUS (AP) — The grand jury investigating whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped in eastern Ohio last year has hit the fivemonth mark without criminal charges.

A chief issue before the 14-member panel is whether coaches, school administrators or other adults knew of the allegation but failed to report it as required by Ohio law.

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Allegations of a cover-up dogged the case, despite charges brought against the boys shortly after the attack.

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Former county prosecutor Mike Miller agreed, saying lengthy deliberations are more common in investigative grand juries looking at particular cases.

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Organizers of the “We Won’t Go Back” event take issue with funding cuts to Planned Parenthood as well as abortion-related restrictions placed on Ohio’s publicly funded hospitals and on counselors at taxpayer-funded rape crisis centers.

Two Ohio clinics offering abortions have recently closed and a third, in Toledo, is expected to close in the next six months as a result of the changes.

“This was done in a trick maneuver and it’s very important that women rally and fix it,” said Feminist Majority Foundation President Ellie Smeal, one of the event speakers. “This has to be changed. Women’s lives and their health care can’t be made a political football like this.”

What Smeal calls a “trick maneuver” was the last-minute addition of several abortion-related provisions to the state budget, not leaving time for debate. Several of the proposals, including Planned Parenthood defunding, had been extensively debated earlier as separate bills.

Smeal said in a telephone interview ahead of the event that she hopes the rally will show the state’s Republicandominated Legislature that Ohio women oppose the closure of clinics that provide inexpensive services including pap smears, birth control, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and abortions.

The president of Ohio Right to Life predicted the event would do little to sway opinions on abortion.

“It’s a political stunt.

It’s nothing more than a charade,” Mike Gonidakis said. “It won’t move the needle at all in the state.”

Gonidakis said Ohio has a history of preventing public money from being spent on abortions and of enacting tough laws against the procedure, including a lateterm abortion ban.

Smeal will be joined at the podium Wednesday

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The groups, joined by legislative Democrats, have sought with mixed success to raise the profile of the women’s health care debate in Ohio in the wake of the abortionrelated budget changes.

Their latest effort comes on the heels of an annual state report that shows slightly more abortions were logged in Ohio last year than in 2011, marking the first increase in more than a decade.

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The report doesn’t speculate on reasons for the latest year-to-year increase.