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Police shoot, kill driver after Capitol Hill chase Bradley Klapper Laurie Kellman Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman with a 1-year-old girl led Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase from the White House past the Capitol Thursday, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at both national landmarks before she was shot to death,

police said. The child survived.

“I’m pretty confident this was not an accident,” said Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Still, Capitol Police said there appeared to be no terrorist link. Authorities would not say whether the woman had been armed.

Tourists, congressional staff and even some senators watched as a caravan of law enforcement vehicles chase a black Infiniti

with Connecticut license plates down Constitution Avenue outside the Capitol. House and Senate lawmakers, inside debating how to end a government shutdown, briefly shuttered their chambers as Capitol Police shut down the building.

The woman’s car at one point had been surrounded by police cars and she managed to escape, careening around a traffic circle and past the north

side of the Capitol. Video shot by a TV camerman showed police pointing firearms at her car before she rammed a Secret Service vehicle and continued driving. Lanier said police shot and killed her a block northeast of the historic building.

One Secret Service member and a 23-year veteran of the Capitol Police were injured.

Officials said they are in good condition and expected to

recover.

“This appears to be an isolated, singular matter, with, at this point, no nexus to terrorism,” said Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine.

Authorities did not immediately identify the driver of the car. Stamford, Conn., Mayor Michael Pavia said the FBI was executing a search warrant at

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Local student testifies at statehouse

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John Lawrence of SimplexGrinnell Life Safety, out of West Chester, installs a residential sprinkler system in a demonstration building, as Lee Adams, of the Lockington (and Piqua) Fire Department watches on Thursday morning.

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Upper Valley Career Center student Arian Braun, far right, and Springfield student Jason Demeter, left, are pictured with Representative Rick Perales of the 73 District, author of a teen traffic safety bill.

Susan Hartley

Executive Editor shartley@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Arian Braun, a student at Upper Valley Career Center, put Piqua on the map again this week, testifying before legislators at the Ohio Statehouse concerning a teen driving safety bill.

Braun, of Houston, traveled to Columbus on Tuesday as part of the school’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), a peer-to-peer prevention, education and activism organization. SADD students gathered with the Ohio House of Representative Committee on Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security, to present testimony on pending laws that will affect how Ohio teens drive.

House Bill 204, sponsored by Representative Rick Perales of the 73rd

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District, calls for tougher laws for teens as they advance through the state’s Graduated Drivers License Program.

“Car crashes continue to be the number one killer of teens across the Buckeye state and our nation,” said Richard Birt, Director of Ohio SADD. “We are excited that today our elected officials will hear from teens themselves why this issue is so important to them.”

Braun was selected from a national pool of applicants to attend the SADD SPEAKS program, a week-long training in advocacy and education. Braun has experience speaking to law makers in Washington, D.C. about these very issues.

“Teen traffic safety is an important issue to me,” said Braun, “I’m looking forward to sharing my perspective on Ohio’s GDL laws with my elected officials.”

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Home Depot to host Home Safety Day

Mike Ullery

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PIQUA — There will be a fire in Piqua on Saturday. Actually, there will be two.

The Home Depot store in Piqua will be hosting their annual Home Safety Day on Saturday morning and have added a new demonstration that should attract a lot of attention.

Firefighters from the Lockington Fire Department have constructed two identical buildings. Both are approximately eight feet square by eight feet tall and have their interiors finished the same as a typical home.

The difference

between the two is that one is constructed without a residential sprinkler system, while the other contains a sprinkler, designed to spray water, dousing a fire, before it can spread to the rest of the home.

Both structures will be set on fire and allowed to burn as they would in a real-life situation.

The system, installed

by John Lawrence of SimplexGrinnell Life Safety Company out of West Chester, will be able to be seen in operation through a Plexiglas wall on one side of the structure.

SimplexGrinnell donated the materials for the sprinkler system while Home Depot

did the same with the building materials.

Labor to build the pair of buildings was provided by Lee and Jon Adams, along with other members of the Lockington Volunteer Fire Department.

The event on Saturday will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the parking lot at Home Depot on East Ash Street.

There will be food and games on site along with displays from area First Responders. Local D.J., Jimmy Weaver, will be on hand at the event.

The Piqua Fire Department Dive Team trailer will be on display for part of the day.

The fire demonstration is slated to being at noon.

Lehman Royalty The Lehman Homecoming Court includes Grace Jackson, MaKenna Cabe, Rob Heckman, Julia Harrelson, Gabe Berning, Millie Cartwright, James Rego, Jordi Emrick, Erik Collier, Sarah Gravunder, Kevin McElroy, Grace Frantz, John Husa, and Brad Montgomery. The homecoming football game is 7 p.m. today at Alexander Stadium in Piqua against the Dayton-Jefferson Broncos.

The dance will be held Saturday in the Harriett Frantz Gymnasium at Lehman on Saturday. The theme for Homecoming weekend is “America.”

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2 Friday, October 4, 2013 Obituaries THORPE FAIRBORN — Mary (Moore) Thorpe, 79, of Fairborn, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at WilsonSidney Hospital.

She was preceded in death by parents, Elmer and Evaline Wetz.

She is survived by her fiancé, Mike Bergmann; son and daughter-inlaw, Rick (Lisa) Moore; daughter, Debbie (Brian) Browell; twin sister, Martha (Larry) Kruckeberg; brother, Robert Wetz; four grandchildren, Captain Mitch (Marylee) Moore, Mike (Kimberly) Moore, Melissa (Andrew) Hartwell, and B.J. (Lori) Sexton; two great-grandchildren, Aiden and Garrett; special friends, Peggy Andrews and Dick Considine, and many

other family and friends.

She graduated from Fairmont High School in 1953. She worked for the Xenia City Schools in the cafeteria, SRL Medical, Supplies Unlimited and the Fairborn Senior Center.

She also was very active in Xenia Rainbow Assembly and was their mother adviser for many years.

Donations may be made to the Fairborn Senior Center.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at David’s Cemetery.

Family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Morris Sons Funeral Home, 104 W. Main St. Fairborn. Condolences may be sent to www.morris-sons.com

BERRY-WICKLIFFE TROY — Valorie Sue at Wilberforce University.

Berry-Wickliffe, 61, of After attending college, Troy, passed away 7:15 she worked at the Lincoln a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, Community Center. She 2013, at Troy Care Center. then worked at the U.S. She was born in Troy on Bank in Troy for 30 years serving as teller, Aug. 27, 1952, to assistant to the the late Russell mortgage loan offiG. and Marilyn cer, and as branch (Austin) Elam. manager.

She was marShe also worked ried to Edward V. at Troy Care and Wickliffe on Oct. Rehabilitation in 19, 1991, and he the Business office survives.

Valorie is also Berry-Wickliffe for three years.

She also served survived by seven children, John Berry of on the finance committee, Troy, Robert and Sara board of trustees, adminWickliffe of Troy, James istration council, pastor and Melissa Wickliffe parish Ccommittee, and of Philadelphia, Pa., was the church musician, and Deontray Hunter, all at Richards Chapel Rayonah Hurston, United Methodist Church Rayshawna Hurston, and in Troy.

A Celebration of Life Ray Hurston Jr., the four of which reside at home; Service will be held at 3 and seven grandchildren, p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, Keyara, Brian, Tyler, 2013 at Richards Chapel Zenia, Jason, Alexander, United Methodist Church, and Jamie Lynn. Along 831 McKaig Ave., Troy.

Contributions may be with her parents, she was preceded in death by given in her memory to her first husband, Gayle Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, Ohio Berry.

Valorie was a member 45373.

Arrangements are of Richards Chapel United Methodist Church in Troy entrusted to Fisherand was the church organ- Cheney Funeral Home, ist for 50 years. She was Troy. Condolences may a 1970 graduate of Troy be left for the family at High School and attend- www.fisher-cheneyfunered one year of college alhome.com.

Lake PIQUA — Joyce E. (Haney) Lake, 82, of Piqua, died at 7:20 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Heartland of Piqua, Piqua.

She was born in Dayton, on Oct. 8, 193,0 to the late Robert L. and Lela E. (Spence) Haney.

On Jan. 20, 1950, in Richmond, Ind., she married William R. Lake.

He preceded her Lake in death, Joyce is survived by three daughters and son-in-law, Peggy Rose of Piqua, Kathy and Randy Fergus of Hilliard and Cheryl Christopher of Alabama; one son and daughter-in-lawm William R. and Marcia Lake Jr. of Piqua; four brothers, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haney of Piqua, Jerry Haney of Conover and Richard “Rick” Haney of Piqua; one sister, Dianne Bair, both of Piqua; 18 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Keith

Haney, Ronald Haney and Robert “Jack” Haney; two sisters, Shirley Denman and Beverly Miller; and one great- granddaughter, Haleigh Cassada.

Joyce was a homemaker. She was very loved by her family and friends and will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, at M e l c h e r- S o we rs Funeral Home, Piqua, with Robert Denman officiating.

Friends may call from 5:30:6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hugs from Haleigh, 3341 N W CR 1100, Corsicana, TX 75110-2122. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melchersowers.com.

A special thank you to all of Heartland Staff and friends and to Heartland Hospice. They showed love and kindness to Joyce while she was with them.

Death Notices Purk PIQUA — Darlene Purk, 70, passed away in Sebring, Fla., on Sept. 18, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the Piqua Christian Church, 3969 W. State Route 185, Piqua.

Payton SIDNEY — Thomas Joe Payton, 72, of Sidney,died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at St. Rita Medical Center, Lima.

Arrangements are being handled by Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney.

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

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

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NC church mourns fiery bus crash that killed 8

Kristin M. Hall Mitch Weiss Associated Press

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — After the fiery crash of a church bus in Tennessee, Daniel Morrison knew a phone call would be coming.

His parents were among a group of seniors from a North Carolina church who had eagerly awaited their big annual outing, a trip to a three-day festival in Gatlinburg, Tenn., featuring gospel singers and speakers.

But on the way back Wednesday to Statesville in North Carolina, the church bus carrying the members blew a tire, veered across a highway median and crashed into a sport utility vehicle and tractor-trailer, police said.

All told, the wreck on Interstate 40 in northeastern Tennessee killed eight people, leaving the bus on its side next to the tractor-trailer, the wreckage extending across two lanes of traffic and partly into the median. Fourteen others were hurt, two in critical condition.

When Morrison was told about the crash, he feared the worst.

Then a pastor at the Front Street Baptist Church called late at night and broke the devastating news: His parents, Randy and Barbara Morrison, both 66 and married for nearly 50 years, were dead.

His father, who had once worked for a trucking company and his mother, once a school teacher, were gone.

“I’m still processing it,” said Daniel Morrison, one of the couple’s five children, pausing to shake his head. He said both had looked forward to the trip, having devoted so much to their church.

Morrison said his parents were always there for him - especially after his wife Monica died in December of a brain aneurysm. His parents

stayed long hours at his house, helping him raise his 2-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.

“You expect things to happen you don’t expect them to happen in one year,” he said. “I know the Lord has a reason for everything, but I don’t know what it is yet.”

The Tennessee Highway Patrol on Thursday afternoon identified seven of the eight people killed.

Six of the dead were members of the Statesville church, including Randy Morrison, who police said was driving the bus, and his wife, Barbara.

Other victims from the church are 95-year-old Cloyce Matheny, 69-year-old Brenda Smith, 62-yearold Marsha McLelland and 73-yearold John Wright. All were from Statesville except Wright, from Mocksville, N.C. The Highway Patrol says the bus, once the tire ruptured, cross the median into oncoming traffic. The tractor-trailer caught fire.

One person in the sport utility vehicle, Trent Roberts, 24, of Knoxville, was killed.

The driver of the tractor-trailer also was killed but has not yet been identified.

And the partial government shutdown has affected the investigation.

The National Transportation Safety Board isn’t sending investigators to Tennessee to probe the deadly crash - even though it’s the type of accident the agency would typically look into. Nearly all of the board’s 400 employees have been furloughed because of the shutdown, including accident investigators.

Jerry Wright is the brother of victim John Wright, who had been a member of the church for 50 years and had been a deacon. He said he heard the sad news from his nephew on Thursday morning. His brother’s wife, 62-year-old Beverly Wright, was seriously hurt.

“My brother was a good man.

Everybody loved him,” Wright said.

Standing in his carport, Wright reflected on his brother’s life, which revolved around faith and family.

The brothers were close. Growing up in rural North Carolina, they played baseball and other sports.

His brother was a good athlete playing shortstop on his high school team - and he stayed active throughout his life, averaging 175 a game in a senior bowling league, Wright said.

“It’s sort of a bad dream and when you wake up, you find out it’s true,” he said.

The tight-knit group of seniors was on its annual road trip, following a tradition for members of the Young at Heart ministry to attend the Fall Jubilee in Gatlinburg. The event’s website described the gathering as “three days of singing, laughing and preaching” for “mature and senior believers.”

The church’s Young at Heart ministry reaches out to older members of the congregation. They take road trips together and sing in the senior choir.

Wright said he had not talked to his brother for a while, but called him Wednesday because Beverly Wright is a nurse and Jerry Wright’s granddaughter was sick. They talked for a little bit, and during the conversation, John Wright told his brother that the bus had missed a turn and was turning around.

“I told him, ‘I’d see you.’” the last words he spoke with his brother.

Wright had a gut feeling his brother was dead because he tried to call him on his cellphone later Wednesday and it kept ringing.

“A little bit of time,” he said about trying to deal with the loss. “We’ll make it somehow.”

Travis Loller contributed to this report from Nashville, Tenn. Weiss reported from Statesville, N.C.

Capitol From page 1 Stamford address in connection with the investigation. Police officers had cordoned off a condominium building and the surrounding neighborhood in the shoreline city.

The pursuit began when the car sped onto a driveway leading to the White House, over a set of lowered barricades. When the driver couldn’t get through a second barrier, she spun the car in the opposite direction, flipping a Secret Service officer over the hood of the car as she sped away, said B.J. Campbell, a tourist from Portland, Ore. Then the chase began.

“The car was trying to get away. But it was going over the median and over the curb,” said Matthew Coursen, who was watching from a cab window when the Infiniti sped by him. “The car got boxed in and that’s when I saw an officer of some kind draw his weapon and fire shots into the car.”

Police shot and killed the driver just outside the Hart Senate Office Building, where many senators have their offices. Dine said an officer took the child from the car to a hospital. She is in good condition under protective custody, officials said.

A few senators between the Capitol and their office buildings said they heard the shots.

“We heard three, four, five pops,” said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. Police ordered Casey and nearby tourists to crouch behind a car for protection, then hustled everyone into the Capitol.

Others witnessed the incident, too.

“There were multiple shots fired and the air was filled with gunpowder,” said Berin Szoka, whose

Charles Dharapak | AP Photo

Capitol Hill police officers stand near a car following a shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. A police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the U.S. Capitol, police said Thursday. They locked down the entire complex, at least temporarily derailing debate over how to end a government shutdown.

Evan Vucci | AP Photo

A damaged Capitol Hill police care is surrounded by crime scene tape after a car chase and shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. A woman driving a black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade Thursday, then led police on a chase that ended in gunfire outside the Capitol, witnesses and officials said.

office at a technology think tank overlooks the shooting scene.

The shooting comes two weeks after a mentally disturbed employee terrorized the Navy Yard with a shotgun, leaving 13 people dead

including the gunman.

Before the disruption, lawmakers had been trying to find common ground to end a government shutdown. The House had just finished approving legislation aimed at partly lifting

the government shutdown by paying National Guard and Reserve members.

Capitol Police on the plaza around the Capitol said they were working without pay as the result of the shutdown.

Class Act From page 1 Also speaking Wednesday was Springfield student Jason Demeter, a member of the SADD National Student Leadership Council and one of a dozen teens from across the country selected to provide guidance to the national organization on issues that are critical to SADD. “As a young driver myself, I feel I have an important vantage point,”

Demeter said Tuesday. “I’m thankful that our General Assembly is making teen traffic safety a priority.”

Ohio SADD is a member of the Teen Safe Driving Coalition, led by the National Safety Council.

Dozens of non-profit, government agencies, and business leaders are members of the coalition who join forces to make the roadways safer for

teen drivers. According to the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio lost over 160 teens on our roadways last year.

For more information about House Bill 204, please contact the office of Representative Perales at (614) 6446020. You can find more information about SADD and Ohio SADD at www.sadd.org or www.ohiosadd.org.

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Academy for Community Leadership Chance of spotty showers scholarships available MIAMI COUNTY — The Miami County Foundation is making available a limited number of scholarships to the Academy for Community Leadership at Edison Community College.

This community leadership class, designed for executive directors, board members and volunteers of not-for-profit organizations, is based on the book “The Board Member’s Guide, Making a Difference on Your Board and in Your Community” authored by Miami, Shelby and Darke county community leaders in cooperation

with the Duke Foundation.

“Class participants will learn from experienced and trained professionals about recruiting and selecting board members, staffing, budgeting, evaluation, board meetings, community awareness and collaboration and much more,” said Cheryl Stiefel-Francis, executive director of the Miami County Foundation.

John Jung, a graduate of the Academy said, “I recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about the value and inner workings of non-profit management.”

Rain chances decrease a bit late through today, but Individuals eligible to apply for return over the weekend. scholarship aid must serve a taxHigh 83, Low 63 exempt organization located in Miami County in either a volunteer or paid staff position.

Registration is limited and the scholarship application deadline is Nov 1. Classes will be held the third Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Jan. 15, 2014, and concluding May 21, 2014.

Chance To apply for a scholarship, regChance of ister for the Academy or for more of rain storms information, contact Julie Slattery at Edison Community College, (937) 778-7805.

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Learn new games at YWCA’s Game Night Out PIQUA — Throw away those electronic games and learn two new games you can teach your friends.

Adults can join Gary Roeth on Oct. 16 and 23, and YWCA Program Director Lynn Marroletti on Nov. 6 and 13 to learn fun, family-oriented games. Class time is 6:30-8 p.m.

“A new game will be taught the first and third weeks, and you will practice playing the game the second and fourth weeks,” said Marroletti.

“Our goal is to have fun, laugh and be able to share a new game with family and friends over the holidays.”

Games will be able to be played with as few

as 2 people or as many as 6 or more, Marroletti added.

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

Membership is not required. The YWCA is handicapped-accessible.

WACO to host Thunderbird pilot TROY — WACO Historical Societywill host guest Mike Millard at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17.

As a prior Thunderbird team member who maintained the #5 and #8 jets, he will give a look at the team from behind the scenes and what it takes to put on an air show performance.

The event is free and open to the public as part of WACO’s Aviation Lecture Series.

Millard is an FAA supervisory aviation safety inspector at the Cincinnati FSDO. He retired from the United State Air Force after 21 years in aircraft maintenance and moved to Ohio, where he taught aircraft maintenance at an FAR Part 147 Aircraft Maintenance Technician school before being hired

by the FAA. He was a Crew Chief in the USAF on F-16’s, U-2/TR-1’s, T-38’s, and A-10’s.

He was an Air Force QA inspector over civilian maintenance at the USAF Academy on the T-3 aircraft and he spent three exciting years with the USAF Thunderbirds.

His civilian aviation background includes being an A&P, IA, DME, senior parachute rigger and pilot.

This is a multi-media presentation and is scheduled to last one hour.

Donations will be accepted to benefit WACO Historical Society.

The WACO Air Museum is located at 1865 S. County Road 25-A, Troy.

For more information, visit www. wacoairmuseum.org or call (937) 3359226.

Business Showcase free to public PIQUA — Because the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce would like to see a large turnout for the 2013 Regional Business Showcase at the Piqua High School on Thursday, Oct. 17, the decision has been made to remove the admission fee of $5 and make this event a free admission for all.

Mark your calendars to attend this year’s event.

The keynote speaker, Danielle Turcola, will be speaking from 4-5 p.m. in the Hartzell Center for Performing Arts and the exhibit doors will open from 5-7 p.m. in the high school commons area and gymnasium.

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Clayton Graves of Piqua sports a new bicycle helmet from the Piqua Public Library, which will hold a free helmet giveaway from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, while supplies last.

Piqua Public Library to give away free bicycle helmets PIQUA — A free bike helmet giveaway for children 5 to 14 years old will be held at the Piqua Public Library from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, while the supply of 100 helmets lasts. This giveaway is sponsored in part

by Dayton Children’s Medical Center and

Senator Bill Beagle.

According to the Seattle Children’s Hospital, bike accidents are the second leading cause of serious injury in school-age children. Head injury is the leading cause of bicyclerelated death and disability. Bicycle helmets can reduce these risks by 85

percent.

Kidshealth.org reports that every year, about 300,000 kids go to the emergency department because of bike injuries.

The giveaway will be held outside in front of the library. In case of bad weather, it will be moved into the library lobby.

Fire department battles house fire along Camp Street

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Piqua firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a residence at 320 Camp St. that began around 11 a.m. on Thursday. A resident called 9-1-1 to report a toaster had caught fire and spread to the kitchen.

The fire department arrived minutes later and reported a working structure fire but were able to quickly bring it under control. Fire damage to structure was minor but the home suffered extensive smoke damage. The resident at the home requested assistance from the American Red Cross.

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Serving Piqua since 1883

“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.”

Nancy Benac Associated Press

(Deuteronomy 32:39 AKJV)

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Thanking teachers for their service

Waiting at the post gifted and for those who office I saw a young man need extra assistance in military fatigues. He and levels between. She stood dignified, a pic- was matter of fact about this, without ture perfect exasperation soldier. After or frustraconducting tion. To her his business, and counthe stepped to less others leave. As he in her posiwalked past, tion, a teachan elderly er always w o m a n e n s u re s stopped him, every young reached out her hand, Renee A. Middleton, learner meets Ph.D. state requirelooked him in ments.

It the eye and Ohio University does not matsaid, “Thank ter how big of a task it is. you for your service.”

It’s a sentiment that It is her calling, her job.

Their work keeps can never be expressed enough — gratitude to America strong. They, our service people whose like our rightfully lauded career is to ensure the servicemen and women, health and safety of our work to secure the future nation. They lay their of American democracy. lives on the line so that The backbone of any we may enjoy the ben- strong democracy is an educated electorate. The efits of our democracy.

There are many, not children at the desks will just those in the armed one day vote and maybe forces, whose lives are run for office. No matdevoted to serving our ter how they participate nation. People like police in democracy, students officers, firemen, and will use skills and values learned at a teacher’s public school teachers.

At first glance it may knee.

Our public school seem odd to include teachers in that list, but teachers nurture our please hear me out. Like children. They are a servicemen and those constant presence, offerin public safety, public ing instruction, discischool teachers do not pline, and praise. Public choose their careers for school teachers care the easy hours or gen- deeply about every class. erous compensation. Many have, without a For many teachers the moment’s hesitation, workday begins before made the ultimate sac7:30 a.m., and it lasts rifice to protect for their long after the 3 p.m. bell. students. Who can forget Their afternoons and the stories of the heroic weekends are full super- teachers in Newtown, vising extracurriculars. Conn. who perished savThey grade papers and ing their children? Of the prepare lesson plans long Oklahoma teachers who into the night. Summers threw themselves on top are no respite from their of their classes as a tor10-hour days. Many take nado whipped through on summer jobs to make their school? Their sacrifice is as inspiring as it ends meet.

And yet, even as these is tragic.

It is with deep humilmen and women struggle to cover their own ity that I say to teachbills, they still pay out ers, “Thank you for your of pocket for supplies service!” for their students. The Thank you for answerlife of a public school ing the call the serve. teacher is about service. Thank you for caring for It is ensuring that every children long after they student has access to a have left your classroom. bright tomorrow, even if Thank you for every that means the teacher hour spent nudging a has to tighten his or her child in the right direcbelt. tion.

Teachers enter a classThank you for encourroom of 25 children, each aging dreams and nurlearning at a different turing self-reliance. pace. They are tasked Thank you for seeing the with ensuring every one future in the eight-yearmeets state mandates. old at work. Your time, I have heard an accom- energy, and effort do not plished teacher say that go unnoticed. Thank you when it comes to teach- for your service yestering a subject like reading day, today, and tomorfor her first-graders, she row. is really teaching six or seven different classes. Renée A. Middleton, Ph.D. is the dean of The Gladys W. and David H. She must adapt her les- Patton College of Education at Ohio sons for those who are University in Athens.

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Ohio drug changes put executions on hold

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s imminent announcement of a new lethal injection drug is likely to be followed by legal challenges, if past experience in the state and across the country is any judge.

That same experience also suggests Ohio would likely prevail over the long term, but not before executions might be put on hold for a while.

The state is switching drugs because its supply of the drug used most recently in Ohio, the sedative pentobarbital, expired Monday. Additional supplies aren’t available because the drug’s manufacturer has put it off limits for use in executions.

Time and again, the state’s introduction of a new drug or execution process “has given rise to new allegations and often new pleading” in death penalty cases, almost always followed by counterchallenges, federal judge Gregory Frost noted in August after the state said it would likely announce its new drug by Friday.

There’s another option for securing pentobarbital, however, which involves pharmacists mixing individual doses for the state. Pharmacists aren’t affected by the manufacturer’s prohibition because they’re mixing ingredients used to make the drug. Ohio has hinted it is leaning toward this method.

Assuming they have the equipment to mix the drug, and putting aside any moral qualms, pharmacists will have to think long and hard about the possible litigation they might face, said Ernest Boyd, executive director of the Ohio Pharmacists Association.

“When you look at the number of

groups ready to have a phalanx of attorneys to attack, it’s not going to be the same decision as, ‘Do I make you a wart medicine?’” Boyd said.

The approach is also ripe for lawsuits after a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts was blamed for a nationwide meningitis outbreak last year that killed 64 people and sickened hundreds more.

Harry Mitts, who killed two people in 1994 including a police officer, was put to death last week with Ohio’s remaining dose of pentobarbital. The new method, if approved, would be used Nov. 14 to execute Ronald Phillips, sentenced to die for raping and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 1993.

The state’s switch to pentobarbital in 2011 was quickly challenged legally because it had never been used as an execution drug. Frost put executions on hold that year as part of other criticisms of Ohio’s execution process, including the documentation of the process, but allowed them to begin again in November 2011. The state has executed seven men since then.

In Georgia, a lawsuit is challenging that state’s decision to shield information about the compounding pharmacy it commissioned to create doses of pentobarbital for Georgia executions.

In Missouri, hundreds of anesthesiologists have urged the state not to use the anesthetic propofol in an upcoming execution, saying the fallout could jeopardize the availability of the anesthetic relied on by thousands of U.S. hospitals and clinics.

Politically safe lawmakers see no shutdown urgency Charles Babington Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown could last for many days or even weeks because politically safe lawmakers in both parties feel little pressure to compromise.

Heavily gerrymandered districts make many House Democrats and Republicans virtual shoo-ins for re-election, insulating them from everything but the views in their slice of the country. That means some lawmakers can be greeted as heroes back home even if nationally the budget standoff comes to be viewed with scorn.

For decades, lawmakers have redrawn congressional boundaries to pack districts with like-minded people and ensure easy re-election for incumbents. But election results and lawmakers’ voting patterns show that the House is more sharply divided along party lines than perhaps at any other point in modern times.

“After every census and reapportionment, the blue districts get bluer and the red districts get redder,” said former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, using the colorful terms for liberal and conservative districts. “It’s against their electoral interests,” he said, for lawmakers from such districts to move toward the center rather than feed “red meat” to their most ideological constituents.

Many House Republicans insist that President Barack Obama curtail all or part of his landmark health care law, which they call “Obamacare.” But Democrats, who control the Senate, say it’s preposterous to yield ground on a major accomplishment that survived a Supreme Court challenge and Obama’s 2012 re-election.

Both sides appear unwilling to budge,

thanks to lawmakers’ ideological beliefs and the strong support they generally receive from voters back home.

“It might be that both sides are backed into a corner so far that it’s hard to get out of,” said Rep. Mike Simpson.

R-Idaho. “Obama is not going to give up on Obamacare, for either a delay or defunding it,” he said. “And I don’t see how we can give up on trying.”

Constituents calling and emailing his office, Simpson said, generally oppose both the shutdown and the Obama health law. He said the government shutdown could last at least two weeks, which would overlap with the more consequential question of whether to raise the U.S. debt limit to avoid defaulting on obligations.

Like many Republicans, Simpson said the GOP will have more political leverage on the debt ceiling because the stakes will be so high. The White House calls that an irresponsible and unacceptable strategy, and it vows not to negotiate on something that could rock financial markets worldwide and trigger a new recession.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., fully endorsed that view Thursday.

He said no conditions can be attached to a “clean” extension of government funding and a hike in the nation’s borrowing capacity. If that forces House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to rely on Democratic votes and possibly lose his speakership to angry conservatives, Reid told reporters, then so be it.

Interviews with House Republicans and Democrats expose the ideological chasm that separates them, and the selfassurance of politicians strongly favored to win next year’s election, regardless of the shutdown outcome. One side’s reasonableness is the other side’s absurdity.

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WASHINGTON — Taking out a mortgage. Getting married in a park. Going for a fall foliage drive. Cashing a check.

Who knew that so many random activities of daily life could be imperiled by a shutdown of the federal government?

Americans are finding that “the government” entails a lot more than the stereotype of faceless D.C. bureaucrats cranking out red tape.

And so it is that two dozen October weddings, including nine this week, are in jeopardy because they’re scheduled for monument sites on the National Mall. Ditto for a New Jersey couple planning to marry at the Grand Canyon.

Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le’s permit to get married Saturday on the lawn near the Jefferson Memorial looks to be among the casualties, giving rise to a new Twitter hashtag for their #shutdownwedding.

They’re looking at alternate sites, including the restaurant booked for their reception.

Also canceled: a weekend Ku Klux Klan rally at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Want to take a drive along Virginia’s popular Skyline Drive to take in the fall colors in Shenandoah National Park? Not till the government reopens.

It’s not just romance, tourism and public events that are in jeopardy.

Consider the Wisconsin farmer who can’t cash a check for a cow he sold.

Ben Brancel, the state’s agriculture secretary, said that because the farmer has a loan from the Farm Service Agency, he can’t cash the check without both his own signature and one from an FSA official, unavailable during the shutdown.

“Our advice to him was he was going to have to wait, that there wasn’t anything he could do about it,” Brancel said.

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Borrowers applying for a mortgage can expect delays, especially if the shutdown is prolonged. That’s because many lenders need government confirmation of applicants’ income tax returns and Social Security data.

Mortgage industry officials say they expect bottlenecks on closing loans if the shutdown stretches on for more than a few days.

In addition, low- to moderate-income borrowers and first-time homebuyers seeking government-insured mortgages for single-family homes from the Federal Housing Administration can expect longer waits because of sharp reductions in FHA staffing.

Even workers who get their paychecks from a state government aren’t safe from the ripple effects of a federal shutdown.

An assortment of state workers around the country are on furlough because the money for their jobs includes dollars from Washington.

Among those are hundreds of workers at Arkansas’ Military Department and one at the Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute, a vocational school in Forrest City, Ark.

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Apple exec hopes to get iTunes Radio international Nekesa Mumbi Moody AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Top Apple executive Eddy Cue says he’s “very pleased” with the initial rollout of iTunes Radio and hopes to have it running internationally as soon as possible.

“One of our top priorities is to bring iTunes Radio obviously here in the U.K. but everywhere in the world,” Cue said last week in an interview from London. “We certainly want to be in more than 100 countries.”

Apple launched its music streaming service late last month as part of an update to its iOS 7 operating system.

Though a late entrant into the Internet radio service, in just its first week, it had 11 million users.

“We were very pleased, very pleased with the initial results,” said Cue, senior vice president of Internet Software and Services.

In comparison, Pandora, the biggest online radio network, has 72 million listeners, while Spotify has 24 million. Both Spotify and Pandora are also available as an app on iPhones, while all new iPhone models come with iTunes Radio and some older models can update their systems to have iTunes Radio.

Cue says there’s enough room for everyone, but adds: “We want to be the best.” Its ser-

vice has gotten some mixed reviews, but Cue believes it stands out because Apple has been able to create a better match of songs that listeners like.

“That’s a lot of the feedback that I’ve seen both that people have written about and certainly the emails,” he said. “It’s the quality of the stations,” he said.

“The question — and what the ability that we have that I felt was unique … that we could have a radio station that played songs that you would really like.”

Cue spoke as iTunes was wrapping up its annual festival in London, which saw Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Elton John and a host of others perform for the entire month of September at the Roundhouse Theatre.

Fans worldwide could see the performances streamed live on an app designed for the festival and that were later available for purchase.

Cue said he’d like to see the festival expand its reach but keep its intimate setting at the Roundhouse, which holds about 3,000 people.

“We’ve had a lot of requests from places to take it bigger, but this I really believe is perfect,” he said. “If you wanna see some of these stars in … bigger arenas, there are definitely plenty of opportunities to do that.”

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Living room shows: an old idea is new again Colleen Newvine Associated Press

Greg Ching met his wife, Deborah, listening to musicians play in a San Francisco living room.

They bought their home near Nederland, Colo., with an eye toward hosting live musical performances.

Since then, Ching has become so committed to his 14-year-old series, Aspen Meadows House Concerts, that he welcomed one performer in September even as Colorado’s flooding knocked out his phone and sent 8 inches of water into his basement. Years before, he held another “living room show” while a wildfire burned nearby.

And he spent about two years and $20,000 in legal fees defending his right to organize private concerts; in 2008, Boulder County commissioners regulated home gatherings, limiting attendance, frequency and hours in response to concerns about running a business or creating noise.

“These living room shows are a way of bringing people together,” Ching said, explaining why he didn’t give up in the face of fire, flooding or government regulation.

“It’s something about the human spirit. It’s very healing.”

Enjoying live music at home is nothing new. For some, it harks back to the humble notion of friends singing and playing instruments together before the days of recorded music and radio. For others, it calls to mind Europe’s legendary salons, filled with writers, artists and musicians.

Today, the living room show lives on, and for many musicians, it’s become an important way to connect with fans and supplement income. Hosts don’t charge admission as a business would, but can suggest that guests made a donation of perhaps $10 or $15 to pay the musicians.

Living room show hosts typically give all proceeds to the performers.

I got hooked on living

room shows when my husband threw me a surprise 40th birthday party with a three-piece jazz band in our Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment. Since then, we’ve hosted or co-hosted a variety of performers, including Helen Gillet, a cellist and singer who describes house concerts as having an intimacy almost like family.

“There’s something very gratifying and beautiful about that,” she said. “The fans you make in a living room setting might go that extra mile for you, because you really connect.”

After he played one living room show and wanted to do more, singer-songwriter Fran Snyder created C o n c e r t s I n Yo u r H o m e . com to help musicians and hosts connect. He charges artists a membership fee and offers a database of performers that’s searchable by state, genre or instruments.

“There’s a huge transformation going on in entertainment,” Snyder said. Some venues have closed, some acts that used to draw 200 or 300 people struggle to get 50, and more musicians are hustling to support themselves rather than looking for a paycheck from record labels.

“We’re literally building a new touring infrastructure,” Snyder said.

From Pat DiNizio, lead singer of The Smithereens, doing all-request living room shows, to actress Sarah Jessica Parker hosting a living room fundraiser for President Barack Obama’s re-election, this old idea seems new again.

In New York City, Marjorie Eliot has offered free, Sunday “Parlor Jazz” concerts in her living room in Harlem for a decade.

And the New York-based Undead Music Festival featured performances in homes in many cities as a companion to those in professional venues.

In Pittsburgh, five musicians created the Living Room Chamber Music Project to share classical

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This image taken in 2011 shows cellist and singer Helen Gillet performing in a living room show in the Brooklyn, N.Y.

music in a more relaxed environment.

“A house concert allows us to figuratively and literally close the distance with our audience,” said one of them, oboist Lenny Young.

“As working musicians, it’s very important to us that if people aren’t coming to concerts, we need to come to them.”

Janet Hans co-hosts Urban Campfires: San Antonio House Concerts, a series that grew so big it began renting a recreation facility that holds 100 people. Organizers retain the living-room ethos by including a potluck dinner and giving all proceeds to the artist, whom they also put up for the night.

“We’re not in the living room anymore but we still strive to have that community feeling,” Hans said.

Pointers for hosts: 1. Start with a small, weekday event. Before you know whether 15 or 50 of your friends will attend a live show, it’s better for you and the performer to start with lower expectations.

2. Embrace the space you have. Don’t strip your home of personal touches or feel you have to set up rows of folding chairs.

3. Keep it private.

Putting up fliers and advertising your shows — acting like a business instead of a private party — could get you in trouble with local government or your home insurance.

4. Set a suggested donation from guests. Make it clear all proceeds are going to the musician.

5. Invite your neighbors.

If you don’t want them annoyed by noise or traffic, make sure they are part of the fun.

Pointers for performers: 1. Be honest with yourself about whether you like interacting with fans. If you don’t want to answer questions about your music, gear, training and the like, house concerts might not be for you.

2. Communicate your needs. If you need a certain amount of space or if you like to do a sound check early in the day and then have some alone time to prepare, let your host know ahead of time.

3. Be flexible. House concert hosts are not professional venue owners.

They might not have the gear a club would have or be as familiar with your needs. If they didn’t think to provide a green room, you might need to dress in the bathroom and warm up on the porch.

4. Ask before you invite your friends or fans. Your hosts might welcome a few additional guests, but as with any party, ask rather than assume.

5. Connect with fans.

Whether you ask for names and emails or invite people to like you on Facebook, if someone likes your music, stay in touch.

Parents weighed down by kids’ homework load Dear Abby: My kids attend a pri- feel your children are being overburvate school that has made it a goal to dened with busywork, it’s time to be a “blue ribbon” school. address this as a group with the prinTo that end, teachers pile on so cipal so you can voice your concerns much homework that many of our and get an explanation. parents send our kids to bed after three hours and finish it ourselves.

Dear Abby: My 12-year-old grandOur kids are completely son lies often. overwhelmed with senseless His parents are trying to piles of busywork. give him consequences for his This summer, our children lying as a “team effort.” had to read four substantial I don’t want to be the stern books and complete hefty grandma and have him have vocabulary packets and math bad memories of me. packets that required most of When he lies to me, should us parents to hire tutors.

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Parents are miserable. Kids are misIt would be better to ask him why erable. he feels it is necessary to lie to someWe want them to have a decent one who loves him, tell him that you education, but we also want them to expect honesty from him and if you be happy people — and right now, don’t receive it there will be MORE no one is happy. — Pressured Mom consequences. of Pressured Kids Remember, you are also a part of Dear Pressured: Are you aware the team, and this is an important that some educators feel that stu- life lesson he needs to learn. dents should have no summer vacation at all, and should be in class Dear Abby: My only son is 18. year-round?

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that he’s bisexual and that he has a boyfriend in the U.K. I’m having a hard time with all of this.

I taught my son to love and respect everyone, regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. Now I’m afraid I won’t have any grandchildren.

Even more upsetting, he wants to move to the U.K. to be with his 26-year-old boyfriend. I feel so cheated — no prom, no graduation, no grandchildren!

I’m scared and I cry every day.

How do I accept him being him? — Cheated in Connecticut Dear Cheated: OK, so reality isn’t in sync with your fantasy about how your son would turn out. But why are you dwelling on the negative?

Your son is completing his high school education, and with his GED could very well go on to college or a technical school.

While he didn’t attend his prom, he has found a meaningful relationship.

He may eventually give you the grandchildren you long for — other same-sex couples have done it.

So look on the bright side.

If you count your blessings, encourage him and accept the man he loves, you could have a life of adventure and international travel, a warm relationship with both of them and gain a son.

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Secret to discipline: tell, don’t explain

Most parents describe discipline ing, bargaining, bribing, and so on. problems as if they are “coming out” A “tell” is an instruction that of their kids, that the problems in uses the fewest words possible and, question reveal facets of their kids’ again, is devoid of explanation. A personalities — things like “strong- “tell” is not “I think you’ve been up willed.” The fact is that in nearly long enough, and it’s obvious to me every instance, discipline problems that you’re getting overtired, and I with a child tell more think it’s important that about the parents than you be alert for tomorthey do the child. row’s test, so how about Take “my child is let’s go to bed, okay?” argumentative,” for The proper form is example.

Arguments “It’s time for you to go between parent and upstairs and get ready child occur because the for bed.” Why? Because parent gives explanayou said so. tions for decisions he Then there’s “my child Living With Children makes. won’t leave me alone.”

“My friend is comThat simply means the John Rosemond ing over and I’d like to parent in question has serve coffee and talk with her in this failed to define and enforce a boundroom, so I’d like you to pick up your ary in the parent-child relationship. toys and move to another room” is The parent complains that the child likely to evoke “I was here first!” or interrupts constantly and asks for “Why can’t you talk with your friend one thing after another, but the realin the kitchen?” And the argument ity is that the parent has never said is on.

The form of the instruction is the to the child “You’ve got your nerve problem. The parent should have coming to me for something as trivsimply said, “I want you to pick ial as that. I am not your servant. I these toys up and move them to am your mother, but the fact is you another room. Why? Because I said don’t need a mother right now, and so.” Yes, I know that’s horribly old- I’m not going to be one.”

I heard those very words from fashioned, but the use of authoritamy mother on several occasions. tive, non-explanatory instructions Several was all it took. And by the along with those very “incorrect” way, that sort of reprimand did not four words prevented many an argument in those old-fashioned days. “traumatize” me, nor do I need to And allow me to point out that speak to a counselor to “resolve” parent-child arguments benefit no conflicted feelings concerning my mom. I have no conflicted feelings one, no matter who “wins.”

“My child won’t do what he’s about her. Today’s mothers—not all, told” is another example of how of course, but way too many—don’t parents fail to realize their role in set clear limits on their children’s a discipline problem. Children will access to them, then complain that do what they are told—most of the their children won’t leave them time, that is, but that’s at least 80 alone. Under the circumstances, it’s percent. The reality is that most of understandable that their children today’s parents don’t tell. Instead, treat them as if they were vending they plead, bargain, bribe, cajole, machines. reason, explain, encourage, suggest, The long and short of it is, your and promise. When none of that child is a mirror. Look carefully at works, they threaten. And when that the image reflected therein. doesn’t work, they scream. Then they feel bad and go right back to Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents questions trying to be “nice,” meaning plead- at johnrosemond.com

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“The Graveyard Book” and “When You Reach Me,” Newbery Award winners in 2010 and 2009, made the list, which accompanies an exhibit on children’s literature and is available online at www.nypl.org/ childrens100.

Blume and Carle joined librarians for a reading and discussion.

Carle made the library’s list with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” his 1969 picture book.

Blume, whose “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” is on the list, said that when she was in fourth grade, she had stories in her head. “But I never told anybody about them because I thought if I did, they would think I was weird,” she said.

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Anyone who has ever suffered back pain, whether that pain is mild, moderate or severe, understands just how unpleasant it can be.

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

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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 PressPros to air Troy game

PressProsMagazine.com will air the Troy-Sidney football game tonight.

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 Scores to air Sidney game

ScoresBroadcast.com will air the Troy-Sidney football game tonight.

Air time is 6:35 p.m.

n WPTW to air Piqua game

WPTW 1570 AM will air the Piqua at TrotwoodMadison football game tonight.

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Frazier ready for finale Willowbrook Invitational set for Saturday

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It seems fitting that Steve Frazier’s final home meet will be at the Willowbrook Invitational Saturday — a dream he saw realized four years ago.

Frazier, the girls cross country coach, will retire after more than 25 years coaching runners at Piqua.

“I think I have accomplished pretty much everything there is to accomplish,” Frazier said. “We have a long-distance meet (Tiffin) that we go to. And we have a home invitational. That is something I have always wanted.”

The race, which starts near the football field and winds up and down four hills and includes area near Edison Community College became reality four years ago.

“It is more than I could have ever hoped,” Frazier said. “It gets bigger and better every year.”

Participants will include Miami East, Greenville, Sidney and VandaliaButler from the GWOC North, along with Troy boys — and Hamilton, Western Brown, Urbana

and Stebbins.

Things will start with the boys high school race at 10, followed by the girls at 10:30 and the junior high races.

“That’s three teams from the GWOC,” Frazier said. “So, that should be good preperation, with the league meet the next week.”

And Frazier loves the makeup of the course.

“It is a true cross country course,” Frazier said.

“It is not flat and fast like a lot of them today — it is like the kind of course everybody used to run on, with four hills. It is a tough course, but the girls like that challenge.”

And Frazier likes where his team is at.

“I couldn’t be happier,” Frazier said. “We have a strong group of girls. And this course, will make the GWOC race at Sidney the following week seem easy.”

Boys coach Aaron Hemmert is also looking forward to the race.

“The boys always look forward to running at home,” he said. “They like that extra challenge on the hills. And it will make the league and district races seem a little easier after

running this course.”

Hemmert is excited about the boys team.

“I am really happy with what we have been able to do this year,” he said. “I think we are really doing well.”

And is glad to be a part of Frazier’s final home race.

“He has really helped me a lot,” he said. “He has done a lot the last couple years, while I got adjusted and got everything figured out. Hopefully, we can keep it going from here.”

Saturday figures to be a special day for Frazier and he encourages anyone who ran for him to come back for his final home meet as a coach and be photographed with him.

“There are going to be a lot of alumni there,” he said. “It is going to be a special day for me.”

And he is going out the way he wanted.

“I didn’t want to leave the cupboard bare,” Frazier said. “I wanted to have someone in place to take over — and we have that.

And we have 24 runners in the junior high program. I feel good about that.”

Mike Ullery | File Photo And Saturday will proSteve Frazier will be coaching at his final home meet Friday. vide a fitting home finale.

Piqua girls handle Rams Cavs, East get big wins The Piqua girls soccer team celebrated senior night with a 6-1 win over Trotwood-Madison in GWOC North.

Kayla Schrubb scored three goals, while Michelle Smith, Danajha Clemons and Morgen Grunkemeyer each scored one.

Grunkemeyer, Alexis Branam, Kaylee Bradney and Maddie Evans had assists.

“Overall, it was another good win for us,” Piqua coach Flo Loisy said. “It was senior night and took us a minute to get in the game. Defensively, we did a great job winning the ball and that allowed us to stay on offense most of the game, but had trouble finishing at times.”

Piqua, 9-3-1, will play at Celina Saturday.

Cavs edge TC TROY — Lehman gave up a goal one minute into the game, only to score just 10 seconds later to tie. The Lady Cavs then went on to score twice in the second half to post a 3-1 victory over Troy Christian in action Thursday.

The win puts Lehman at 11-1-1 on the year and leaves Troy at 12-3.

Lehman hosts Lima Bath Saturday, with the junior varsity game starting at 8 a.m.

After Troy scored one

minute into the game, Lehman took the ensuing kick right down and scored on a goal by Sara Fuller, with an assist by Ashley Keller.

It was 1-1 at the half, but Lehman broke the tie with 14 minutes remaining on Taylor Lachey’s 30-yard shot, off an assist from Keller.

Then three minutes later, Marla Schroeder assisted on a goal by Lachey to make it 3-1.

Goalie Grace Frantz had six saves and Troy goalie Karli Riviello had seven saves.

East wins CCC WEST ALEXANDRIA — In the final game of league play, Miami East took control to win their third conference title in a row.

Kendra Beckman got things started for the Vikings 10:30 in as she headed in an Abigael Amheiser corner.

Emily Holicki was the on the board with 5 until the break off a long cross from Jessica Barlage.

Barlage followed up with a goal of her own four minutes later as she followed up on a Viking free kick that rebounded off the keeper.

“We finished the first half strong, which we really needed to do,” Miami East coach Emalie Carson said. “We strug-

gled late last week so it was good for us to get in a solid first 40.”

The final Viking goal came 14 minutes into the secxond half.

Emma Linn found herself alone in front of an open net for the score after the keeper came out and mishandled an Amheiser cross.

“We played well as a team tonight and got the job done,” Carson said.

“It is a huge accomplishment to win the league three years in a row. I am proud of my girls.”

East is now 10-2-2, 5-01. They will host Shawnee on Monday.

BOYS GOLF

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Kayla Schrubb moves the ball upfield for Piqua.

and 4-0 in the NWCC, plays at Riverside Tuesday.

Cavs beat TC SIDNEY — The Lehman volleyball team

took over first place in the NWCC with a 25-17, 25-21, 25-11 win over Temple Christian.

“I thought we relaxed a little in the second game, but I was happy with the way we came back in the third game,” Lehman coach Greg Snipes said.

“It is not easy to do after a couple tough matches earlier in the week, so I was happy with the way they played tonight.”

Ellie Cain had 21 assists and four aces, while Sidney Chapman had eight kills.

Olivia Slagle had five kills and five blocks and Erica Paulus added five kills and three aces.

Lehman, 12-7 overall

the 1925 season. “The Red and Blue started off with a roar and a camp during the first crash by winning the week in first game September. of the seaWertz made son with a wonderS i d n e y ful record H i g h . during his Although two years the 26 – 0 coaching a score was t Shinston, a little lopW e s t sided there Vi rg i n i a . were many DUANE BACHMAN His teams thrilling were always History of Piqua Athletics moments among the A Journal in the foremost Fall 1925 g a m e . and registered wins over the best Despite the fact that it was bad weather many teams in that section.”

The Piquonian fol- loyal students and citilowed the team during zens turned out for the

first fray of the season.

None of these were disappointed in the outcome of the game but they could see that there was plenty of room for improvement in the local team. Coach Wertz could probably see this best of all.”

“This time for the fourth successive year Piqua defeated Withrow High. Although their team has out-numbered and out-weighed the Piquads in all the games, the Big Red team has had success so far in defeating them. Piqua must have great faith in the old motto, ‘The bigger they come, the hard-

er they fall. The final score was 25 to 6.”

“Although the game with Xenia was won by a large majority of points, 45 to 2, it never-the-less had some thrills in it.

After the Rockne style the Red and Blue started the fray with all second string men, with the exception of Vandewege and Siefried. They kicked off to Xenia who returned the ball to the 35 yard line, and then tried to place a kick but as it was an unsuccessful attempt Piqua got the ball. Several bad passes from center caused a loss and Piqua was forced to See PIQUA | Page 10

Kiser cards 83 SPRINGFIELD — Piqua golfer Kenton Kiser missed by one stroke of getting in a playoff to qualify for the district tournament Wednesday at the D-I sectional golf tournament at Reid Park North.

Kiser carded an 83.

Piqua shot 370 to finish 14th.

Other Indian scores were Ryan Minnier 95, Kyle Ingle 96, Derek Jennings 96.

VOLLEYBALL

Lady Raiders win SIDNEY — The Russia volleyball team defeated 25-19, 25-21, 27-25 in SCL action.

Kylie Wilson had 14 kills and 10 digs; while Taylor Daniel had 24 assists, 12 digs and four kills.

Camille Puthoff had eight kills and 12 digs; while Maggie Kearns had four kills, four blocks, eight digs and four aces.

Claire Sherman had 13 digs and three aces.

Russia, 13-6 overall and 6-4 in the SCL, will play at Wapakoneta Saturday.

‘Rockne of the Monongalehas’ arrives in Piqua Wertz era underway at Piqua

George Wertz was hired in the spring of 1925 with this media introduction. “G. P. Wertz, ‘the Rockne of the Monongalehas’ who has been signed to coach Piqua high school athletics for the coming year, will take two weeks coaching instruction under the eye of Knute Rockne, of Notre Dame, during the latter part of August. Wertz has previously been under the tutelage of ‘Gil’ Dobie and Zupke. He will return to Piqua in order that he may have charge of the Y.M.C.A. football

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An inside look at Ohio State football SAY WHAT?

RECRUITING UPDATE

1. How many bowl games has Northwestern won?

2. What number did Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald wear when he played for the Wildcats?

3. How many times was Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year?

4. How many games have the Chicago Bears played at Northwestern’s Ryan Field?

5. What was former Ohio State coach John Cooper’s record against Northwestern?

Answers: 1. Two; 2. 51; 3. Two; 4. One; 5. 8-0.

“Night and day.

That’s all I’ll say.”

— Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald about the level of fan support for Northwestern football now compared to when he played in the 1990s.

Around 60 recruits were in attendance when Ohio State won 31-24 over Wisconsin under the lights at Ohio Stadium last Saturday night.

No new commitments came out of those official and unofficial visits. But two things are certain. No. 1, the atmosphere and the Buckeyes’ performance in the game had to have impressed at least some of the prospects. And, No. 2, at some point there were lots of cell phone camera shots taken of LeBron James, who was on the OSU sideline and gave a pre-game talk to the team.

Fourteen high school seniors who have already verbally committed to Ohio State were at the game. Maybe the biggest names who are still uncommitted who made the trip to Columbus were wide receiver Johnnie Dixon (West Palm Beach, Fla. Dwyer High

School) and tight end Mike Gesicki (Manahawkin, N.J). Dixon reportedly is leaning toward Miami (Fla.) and will visit Alabama. Gesicki has scheduled a visit to Penn State, and home state Rutgers is also pursuing him.

Several committed players had big weeks in their high school games last weekend. Cornerback Damon Webb (Detroit Cass Tech) showed his offensive skills with a punt return for a touchdown and by throwing a touchdown pass in a 76-0 win over Detroit Central.

Malik Hooker (New Castle, Pa.), who might eventually end up as a defensive back, scored on a 97-yard kickoff return, a 54-yard run and a 28-yard pass. Noah Brown (Sparta, N.J. Pope John XXIII) caught 8 passes for 204 yards and had four touchdown catches in a 35-3 win over Rockaway Morris Hills.

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern, 8 p.m., ABC is high. Tony Jones leads the team with 24 catches and Christian Jones has 15 catches. Dan Vitale, a hybrid tight end/running back, has 11 catches.

Advantage: Ohio State

< OFFENSIVE LINE Ohio State ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten in scoring (48.2) and averages 501.2 yards total offense behind a veteran line, led by left tackle Jack Mewhort and center Corey Linsley.

Northwestern center Brandon Vitabile and left tackle Jack Konopka are multi-year starters but the other three positions are filled by first-year starters. The Wildcats average 41.2 points a game and 483.2 yards of total offense.

Advantage: Ohio State

< DEFENSIVE LINE

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Ohio State’s Carlos Hyde (34) gives a stiff arm to Wisconsin’s Chris Borland during OSU’s 31-24 win last Saturday.

Talent trumps inexperience. Ohio State leads the Big Ten in sacks with 11 with a starting defensive line that includes a true freshman (Joey Bosa) and two sophomores (Adolphus Washington and Noah Spence).

Sophomore end Dean Lowry has been a standout for Northwestern with two sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles.

The other end, Scott Tyler, has a team-high three sacks. He had nine sacks last season.

Advantage: Northwestern

< LINEBACKERS

< QUARTERBACKS

OSU’s linebackers met the challenge of stopping Wisconsin’s nationally ranked running game when the Buckeyes held the Badgers to 104 yards on the ground, less than one-third of their season average.

Ryan Shazier, Curtis Grant and Joshua Perry combined

Braxton Miller threw for four touchdown passes and rushed for 83 yards against Wisconsin last week in his first time on the field since Sept. 7, making it clear any talk of sharing significant time with Kenny for 23 tackles.

Guiton was sports talk radio fodder, not reality.

For Northwestern, Damien Proby was honorable mention All-Big Ten last Kain Colter (264 yards passing, 237 yards rushing) has started every game season. Collin Ellis had two interceptions for touchdowns in the season for Northwestern but shares playing time with Trevor Siemian (671 yards opener. Chi Chi Ariguzzo leads the team in tackles with 23. passing). Colter is a dual threat QB who runs the option. Siemian has thrown Advantage: Ohio State 70 of the 106 passes Northwestern has attempted.

Advantage: Ohio State < DEFENSIVE BACKS

< RUNNING BACKS Carlos Hyde (17 carries, 85 yards) pushed Jordan Hall to the background last Saturday after Hall had averaged 17 carries a game in the first four games.

Hall, who had one carry against Wisconsin, could get more playing time this week. But Hyde is clearly the top running back for OSU. Northwestern’s best running back, Venric Mark, will play for the first time since a leg injury in the Wildcats’ opener. Mark rushed for 1,366 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. Treyvon Green (404 yards, 5 TDs) led the running game with Mark out.

Advantage: Ohio State

< WIDE RECEIVERS This might be the most improved position for Ohio State this season. Three wide receivers caught touchdown passes last week and tight end Jeff Heuerman has also emerged as a target in the last two games.

The probability Northwestern will throw the ball to someone named Jones

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

Overall W L 5 0 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 4

Legends Division Big Ten W L Iowa 1 0 Michigan 0 0 Northwestern 0 0 Michigan State 0 0 Nebraska 0 0 Minnesota 0 1

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

OSU SCHEDULE

With Christian Bryant out with a broken ankle, Corey (Pittsburgh) Brown, Tyvis Powell or Vonn Bell will move into the starting lineup. Cornerback Bradley Roby might have something to prove after being burned a few times

by Wisconsin’s Jared Abbrederis one-on-one.

Northwestern lost starting cornerback Daniel Jones to a knee injury in the season opener, making an already questionable pass defense even shakier.

The Wildcats rank No. 115 nationally against the pass. They allow 308 yards passing per game.

Advantage: Ohio State

< SPECIAL TEAMS Ohio State’s kickoff coverage and punt coverage teams have earned rave reviews from coach Urban Meyer. He grades first-year punter Cameron Johnston as a C– overall and says he needs better hang time.

Kicker Drew Basil is 3 for 3 on field goals.

Northwestern kicker Jeff Budzien (6 of 8 on field goals), punter Brandon Williams (39.2) and its long snapper are all two or three-year starters. Venric Mark returned two punts for touchdowns last season.

Advantage: Northwestern

2013 OSU LEADERS

Passing Kenny Guiton ......................................664 Braxton Miller......................................406 Rushing Jordan Hall .......................................... 427 Ezekiel Elliott .......................................200 Kenny Guiton ...................................... 186 Receiving Devin Smith..........................................331 Corey Brown .......................................254 Interceptions Bradley Roby ........................................... 2 Tackles Follow Jim Naveau on Twitter at Ryan Shazier ......................................... 37 @Lima_Naveau.

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

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One speed for this OSU coach COLUMBUS — It might have been the most unnecessary cup of coffee in the history of caffeine.

When Ohio State cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs walked into the Buckeyes team meeting room for an interview session earlier this week, there was a large cup of coffee in his right hand.

Coombs almost certainly was wide awake and enthusiastic about the day long before the coffee in that cup was brewed. He was probably excited about something before the beans that went into his coffee were even picked.

When a group of reporters didn’t respond to his, “Good morning,” enthusiastically enough for him, he asked them to do it again, this time with a little more pep.

Since the day Urban Meyer hired him, Coombs has been, to put it mildly, a high-energy guy.

Actually, it goes back much farther than that. He is the same guy now that he was when he coached at the University of Cincinnati and at Colerain High School before that.

He is the same guy who used to send his own children off to school each day with instructions like, “Fearlessly be yourself,” or “It’s a great day to be alive.”

He described himself as “an energy giver” in an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer earlier this year.

Watch an Ohio State practice and you’ll see him highfiving guys. During stretching drills.

You’ll also hear him vigorously and continually suggesting they improve their performance.

“Callusing guys up,” he calls it. “My job is to put them under enough pressure in practice that there is nothing they will see on Saturdays that will be as bad,” he says.

Coombs brings abundant excitement to the sidelines, which sometimes overshadows his coaching record. He was 161-34 in 16 seasons at Colerain before Brian Kelly hired him at the University of Cincinnati. Then Meyer called.

There is more to Coombs than constant motion. And who knows? Maybe it was decaf in that cup.

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U.S. holds off Internationals rally Leads after opening day of President’s Cup DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — The Americans survived a late rally Thursday and put the International team in a familiar hole at the Presidents Cup. Steve Stricker blasted out of a plugged lie in the face of a bunker to 3 feet to save par as he and 20-year-old Jordan Spieth hung on for a 1-up win in the final match on the course at Muirfield Village. That win gave the Americans a 3½-2½ lead, the fourth straight time they have led after the opening session in the Presidents Cup. The Presidents Cup at least was close for one day, and it was entertaining beyond the golf.

Former president George W. Bush was on the first tee — not the greatest omen because he also met with the Americans at Medinah before they coughed up the Ryder Cup — and Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel made light of their bad haircuts by wearing wigs onto the tee.

Assistant captain Davis Love III found a pet squirrel small enough to fit into his pocket, and Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn gave Tiger Woods a brief scare when she put the squirrel on his back.

After all that, the Internationals have never been so happy to be trailing.

The Americans led in every match early in the session and were ahead in five of them when thunderstorms and a few bursts of rain stopped play for 1½ hours. None of the matches had gone more than 10 holes, though the delay at least gave the International team a sense of starting over.

“The break did us really good,” Oosthuizen said. “We came back out, felt refreshed

and just played well.”

Jason Day and Graham DeLaet rallied from 3 down to Hunter Mahan and Brandt Snedeker, winning on the 18th hole when Day made a 20-foot birdie putt. In the best match of the day, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama battled from 2 down to Bill Haas and Webb Simpson with five holes to play to earn a halve when the 21-yearold Japanese star hit his approach to 2 feet for birdie on the last hole.

Oosthuizen and Schwartzel gave Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson their first loss. The South Africans, best of friends since junior golf, took their first lead on the 11th hole and didn’t lose another hole until they had a 2-and-1 win.

The Internationals looked as if they might even pull even at the end of the day. Ernie Els made his first birdie of the round at just AP Photo the right time, a 12-foot putt on the 17th hole that United States’ Matt Kuchar reacts to making a birdie putt on the extended their match with 13th hole during a four-ball match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on Thursday.

Stricker and Spieth.

Spieth, who overcame a dating to the second day in shake from “Fresh Prince nervous start with several South Africa. of Bel-Air,” and they used big putts, pulled his tee shot Still, this was a moral vic- it a lot. into the water on the 18th. tory for the International “That was definitely all Stricker’s approach plugged team. me,” Kuchar said. “That into the bunker. Brendon De “What we showed today stems from ‘Fresh Prince of Jonge had a birdie chance was plenty of heart,” Scott Bel-Air.’ I figured this guy from 18 feet, and it looked said. He said that a one- was the perfect Carlton.” for a moment like even a point deficit was not a probWoods turned out to par might win the hole and lem. “We can make that up be a decent partner, too. end the match in a halve. with the first match tomorKuchar was his 19th partner Stricker popped it out row.” in the Presidents Cup and of the sand and watched Muirfield Village was set it trickle to 3 feet as he up for birdies, and there Ryder Cup, and it was a lightly pumped his fist. De were plenty of them. Ten of solid debut. Kuchar won at Jonge’s putt missed and the the 12 teams were at least Muirfield Village in June, Americans had the lead.

8-under par in their rounds. while Woods is a five-time The Presidents Cup The exceptions were Memorial champion.

“We both have the low began with fourballs for the Angel Cabrera and Marc first time since 1996, which Leishman, who were only 3 stroke averages in this tourshould have favored the under in the shortest match nament’s history,” Woods Internationals. Instead, the of the day. They lost, 5 and 4, said. “Put us together and Americans won their first to Woods and Matt Kuchar. we feel very comfortable fourballs session in 10 years, The Americans used a hand- how to play this golf course.”

Talib ready for next challenge Patriots CB looks to shutdown A.J. Green FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — New England’s Aqib Talib quieted one of the top receivers in the league last week. All the Patriots’ shutdown cornerback has to do this week, is exactly that all over again.

After blanketing Atlanta’s Julio Jones during New England’s 30-23 victory Sunday night, Talib will now draw Cincinnati’s A.J. Green when the Patriots (4-0) meet the Bengals (2-2) on Sunday.

Jones entered his clash with Talib tied for the NFL lead in receptions with 27, while amassing a leagueleading 373 yards. Talib held him to just three catches for 22 yards on his first 10 targets, and hauled in a key interception on a deep pass — intended for Jones — in the fourth quarter.

Despite a struggle last week against Cleveland,

Green enters Sunday with 26 catches, 300 yards and three touchdowns. It’ll be another Talib test.

“This isn’t my second game of the season, or my life or nothing,” Talib said.

“I’ve been doing it for a while now.”

Talib takes pride in his work week, noting that the film sessions, and the workouts — both physical and mental — never end regardless if he’s preparing for Jones, Green or anyone else.

“Julio Jones was done at about 12 o’ clock on Sunday,” Talib said, meaning midnight, around the time the Falcons’ loss to the Patriots ended. “Me personally, to be honest, I go home, I watch the tape, be up all night, and before I go to sleep, the next thing I watched was Cincinnati.

“So, I’ve been off Atlanta.

It’s been Cincinnati since early Monday morning.”

Perhaps that’s why the Patriots traded a fourthround pick to Tampa Bay for Talib last season, and then signed him to a one-year deal in the offseason. He’s proven worthy so far, helping shore up a porous pass defense.

He already has four interceptions this season.

“Aqib has done a good job for us,” New England coach Bill Belichick said. “Smart player, good communicator, really competes hard, really competes well everyday in practice and competes well on the field.

“Whatever he’s asked to do — man coverage, zone coverage, tackling, special teams, whatever — he really works hard, competes hard and is a smart guy with good skills.”

Green was drafted

So far the Miamisburg game has been the hardest game we have played and probably the most interesting.

The reason is that last year Miamisburg beat us 26 – 0 and so this year we wanted revenge. The game was played at Roosevelt Park or rather Roosevelt Lake for the field was practically a sea of mud and water caused by the recent storm which was still existing.

However there were many loyal supporters of the team there and the game was not played in solitude. In the latter part of the fourth quarter Coach Wertz sent in quite a few substitutes who did their work as if they were the first team. It was not long then until the gun was shot for the end of the game and most of the fellows were certainly glad to get off of the ‘high seas.’

The final score was Piqua 20 and Miamisburg 0.”

“When two teams come together that have not been beaten for the season there is sure to be some disappointment on the side of

one team after the game.

Piqua received the first defeat of the season when she met the Greenville eleven. The finals score was 18 to 0. Piqua went to Greenville without two of her very important men Dick Siefried and Nig Comer. This was probably one reason for the team’s weak offense. However, they were replaced by some capable substitutes who did their best at the fighting.”

The following week Piqua played Lima South and it ended up as a scoreless tie. “At the beginning of the game Piqua started down the field with about four first downs but then due to a wet ball they fumbled and ceased their head-way into the enemies country. This was practically the only time that Piqua made any serious gains. Almost all through the game Lima punted on their first or second down and since they had a very good kicker they made the most of their ground in this manner. At one time in the

two spots before Jones in 2011. He has helped lead a Bengals’ resurgence on offense, though he was held to 51 yards on seven catches vs. the Browns.

“He’s A.J. Green. He brings his own stuff to the table,” Talib said, comparing him to Jones. “He has his own quarterback. He’s just different.”

Patriots safety Devin McCourty, however, holds the two in the same regard.

“They’re both great players,” he said. “They both do a great job for their team, going up, getting the ball, making plays. They’re more similar than different.”

While Talib has played a major part in the Patriots’ first 4-0 start since 2007, the defense still has plenty to work on before becoming one of the league’s top-rated units.

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Still plenty to celebrate with Indians season CLEVELAND (AP) — When their turnaround season hit a dead end in October, long after most expected it to stop, the Indians spent a few minutes reflecting on their sixmonth thrill ride and what might have been.

There wouldn’t be any more champagne, but there was plenty to celebrate.

“We proved a lot of people wrong,” first baseman Nick Swisher said. “Still, it hurts.”

The pain, though, was only temporary. Following a 4-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL wildcard game on Wednesday night, there were few tears as the Indians said goodbye to a year none of them will ever forget. They became a close-knit group, bonding under first-year manager Terry Francona, who not only oversaw a 24-win improvement from 2012, but made them believe anything is possible.

“All this team really ever needed was a heartbeat,” said 42-year-old designated hitter Jason Giambi, “and we kept it all the way down to the end.”

In returning to the postseason for the first time since 2007, the Indians rekindled their on-again, off-again relationship with Cleveland fans, who had grown distant and disenchanted in recent years mostly because of the team’s inability to re-sign Cy Young winners CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. But although they may not have shown their support at the box office during the regular season, Indians fans were there when it mattered most.

Dressed in red, more than 43,000 of them raged for three hours as they urged the Indians, a team that pulled off 11 walk-off wins and won their last 10 games to make the playoffs, to give them one more magical moment.

It wasn’t to be.

“There wasn’t one guy that didn’t think we weren’t winning that game in the bottom of the ninth,” said All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis. “We didn’t come up with the big hit.”

The Indians blew several scoring chances against Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb., who deserves credit for making pitches when he needed to. But Cleveland’s failure in the clutch — one of their strengths during the season — can at least partially be pinned on Swisher, Kipnis and leadoff hitter Michael Bourn. The trio went a combined 0 for 12 with four strikeouts.

It’s just one game, but Swisher’s postseason problems have trailed him from Oakland to Chicago to New York and now to Cleveland.

He’s batting .165 in 47 career playoff games.

With two runners on in the seventh inning, Swisher, swinging out of his cleats at every pitch to try and hit a game-tying homer, struck out on three pitches from reliever Joel Peralta. The at-bat summed up Swisher’s night and further exposed one of Cleveland’s glaring weaknesses, the lack of a big, run-producing bat in the middle of the lineup.

The Indians didn’t have a player with 85 RBIs, and one of general manager Chris Antonetti’s top priorities in the offseason is to find a slugger. That won’t be easy, but Antonetti, who has been aggressive in rebuilding the Indians — with owner Paul Dolan’s financial backing — could get creative with trades perhaps involving closer Chris Perez, catcher Carlos Santana or shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera.

All three had disappointing 2013 seasons and could be dealt to bolster Cleveland’s power.

Another issue for the Indians to address is their inability to beat quality teams. They were just 14-33 against the playoff teams in both league and 54-17 against teams with under .500 records.

“We had a good year, but one thing we did wrong was not play better against teams like the Rays,” Bourn said “That’s something we’ll improve on.”

The starting pitching, a major question mark when the season started, became a strength with Ubaldo Jimenez bouncing back from a 17-loss season to win 13 and lead the Indians’ staff down the stretch — 4-0 with a 1.09 ERA in September — when All-Star Justin Masterson was injured.

Jimenez has an $8 million mutual option for next season with a $1 million buyout.

If he chooses to venture into free agency, Jimenez could land a monster deal but he appreciated the Indians’ willingness to stick with him during tough times.

“They did everything possible to help me out,” he said. “They never gave up on me.”

Left-hander Scott Kazmir, too, said he would like to return to the Indians, who signed him to a minor league deal in January and got 10 wins on a $1 million investment.

Reliever Joe Smith, another possible free agent, has told the Indians he wants to stay.

Giambi, who essentially saved the season last week with a pinch-hit, ninth-inning homer to beat Chicago as the Indians were fighting for a wild card, doesn’t know what his future holds.

ting up a good hard fight.

Not much of this fighting occurred in the first half but in the last half the boys fought like wildcats and finally secured a touchdown.” Springfield wins the game 19 to 6.

“The game of games was played on Thanksgiving when Piqua met Troy. In the first quarter of the game the ball merely see-sawed back and forth neither team making any serious gains.

In about the middle of this quarter everyone, including the players, got the surprise of his life. This was when Troy’s left tackle dashed in and blocked a punt but not being satisfied with this he picked up the ball and ran twenty-five yards for a touchdown with practically no one attempting to stop him.

In the second quarter Piqua made no large gains either by the passing or bucking game.

At this point in the game Coach Wertz had time taken and had the Big Red team put on their mud cleats. Whether this was

responsible for the better playing is not known, but it is certain that the team showed up much better than this.”

“At the end of the first half the score was tied at 6-6. In the second half it was the aerial attack that was responsible largely for the remaining touchdowns.

On one of these passes Lloyd made a nice catch of Gabriel’s throw and ran across the line for Piqua’s second touchdown. Gabriel then kicked goal thus adding another point. In the last quarter Comer intercepted a pass on the 15 yard line and in this way paved the road for Piqua’s other counter which was made by Comer on a line buck. Gabriel once more drop-kicked goal which made the final score of the game 20 to 6 in favor of Piqua.”

“This game ended Piqua’s season which was a most successful one and which will be remembered by many loyal rooters and players.”

From page 8 was forced to punt, but on this play the ball shot over Comer’s head and he was tackled behind the goal. This gave Xenia their two and only points in the whole game.”

“Although there had been some talk around town that Piqua would trounce Urbana by a big score, they held us 20 to 0. Despite the fact that there was a continual downpour of rain before and during the game there were many loyal rooters on hand who helped support the team. Time was taken out many times that the referee might wipe the ball. There were several injuries in the game and among those injured was Ted Levering, Piqua’s right end. His hand was stepped on and a bone was broken.

This will probably put Ted out of several games. Dick Siefried also received a minor injury to his shoulder which will keep him from practice for several days.”

“Piqua has now won five games but the hardest part of the season is yet to come.

game the Lima full-back got away for a long end and at this point it looked dangerous but Piqua’s secondary defense caught him. They were not able to repeat the performance so they were forced to kick.”

Bellefontaine was the final home opponent for the Red and Blue and the score was lopsided in favor of Piqua, 31 to 0. “There were five fellows who played their last game on Roosevelt Field and in this game they showed considerable fight. These players were Sam Heitzman, Ted Levering, ‘Lardy’ Chrowl, Cliff Shawler, and Jim Van deWege.”

“Piqua suffered defeat for the second time in the season when it met the strong Springfield team.

Many things before the game pointed to this as one of our hardest games and it really proved to be so. The Springfield players outweighed Piqua by about twenty pounds to the man but this did not keep the Red and Blue from put-

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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 4, Cleveland 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Boston vs. Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner Friday, Oct. 4: Tampa Bay (Moore 17-4) at Boston (Lester 15-8), 3:07 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: Tampa Bay (Price 10-8) at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 5:37 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 7: Boston (Buchholz 12-1) at Tampa Bay x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Tampa Bay x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay 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 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, 4:37 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis at Pittsburgh x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Pittsburgh at St. Louis

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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), 8:07 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta

Tampa Bay released Josh Freeman Thursday

Bucs, QB part ways

Tampa Bay releases Freeman TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Quarterback Josh Freeman was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, a week after being benched in favor of rookie Mike Glennon.

The winless Bucs made the latest move during their bye week after general manager Mark Dominik contacted every other team in the NFL in an unsuccessful attempt to trade Freeman, a 4,000yard passer a year ago and the team's career leader with 1,144 completions and 80 touchdowns.

Coach Greg Schiano benched Freeman after the 25-year-old completed just 45.7 percent of his passes and posted a league-low quarterback rating of 59.3 through three games, all losses.

Glennon made his first pro start last Sunday, turning the ball over three times during the fourth quarter of a 13-10 loss to Arizona.

Freeman is owed the remaining $6.25 million on the contract he signed as the third quarterback selected in the 2009 draft behind Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez.

"We appreciate his efforts over the past five seasons, but we felt this was in the best interests of both Josh and the Buccaneers," Dominik said a brief 33-word statement.

Freeman threw for 4,065 yards, 27 touchdowns and 17 interceptions in 2012, but his inconsistent play down the stretch contributed to the team losing five of six

games and failing to make the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

He led the Bucs to a 106 record — though not a postseason berth — while throwing for 25 TDs and just six interceptions in his first full season as a starter in 2010.

The release caps a tumultuous month in which Freeman overslept before missing a team photo shoot, was not voted a captain for time since his rookie year, and reportedly missed at least one other team meeting.

This week, the saga took a messy turn when Freeman released a statement through his agent, saying he had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and entered the NFL substance-abuse program more than a year ago after mistakenly taking Ridilin instead of Adderall to treat the condition.

The NFL Players Association is investigating the quarterback's claim that someone in the Bucs organization leaked confidential information about him being in the program to the media.

According to Freeman and his agent Erik Burkhardt, the quarterback has passed all 46 tests administered by the league.

Freeman was declared inactive for last week's game and watched Glennon's debut from a suite at Raymond James Stadium.

Schiano called it a "mutual decision."

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

National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE W 4 3 2 2

L 0 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .750 .500 .500

PF 89 91 68 88

PA 57 91 88 93

W 3 3 2 0

L 1 1 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .750 .500 .000

PF PA 105 51 98 69 90 105 31 129

W 2 2 2 0

L 2 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 91 64 81 69

W 4 4 2 1

L 0 0 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .250

PF PA 179 91 102 41 108 102 71 91

PA 87 70 81 110

NATIONAL CONFERENCE W 2 1 1 0

L 2 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .250 .250 .000

PF PA 104 85 99 138 91 112 61 146

W 4 1 1 0

L 0 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .333 .250 .000

PF PA 108 55 68 36 94 104 44 70

W 3 3 1 1

L 1 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .750 .333 .250

PF PA 122 101 127 114 96 88 115 123

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 109 47 San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 79 95 Arizona 2 2 0 .500 69 89 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 69 121 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.

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.

Thursday, Oct. 10 N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 13 Carolina at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

New Orleans at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Miami Monday, Oct. 14 Indianapolis at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

AP Top 25 Poll The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 28, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (55) 4-0 1,495 1

2. Oregon (5) 4-0 1,422 2 3. Clemson 4-0 1,354 3 4. Ohio St. 5-0 1,305 4 5. Stanford 4-0 1,280 5 6. Georgia 3-1 1,171 9 7. Louisville 4-0 1,091 7 8. Florida St. 4-0 1,069 8 1,012 10 9. Texas A&M 4-1 10. LSU 4-1 979 6 11. Oklahoma 4-0 838 14 12. UCLA 3-0 834 13 13. South Carolina 3-1 812 12 14. Miami 4-0 753 15 15. Washington 4-0 665 16 16. Northwestern 4-0 550 17 17. Baylor 3-0 536 19 18. Florida 3-1 481 20 19. Michigan 4-0 471 18 20. Texas Tech 4-0 264 24 21. Oklahoma St. 3-1 230 11 22. Arizona St. 3-1 192 NR 23. Fresno St. 4-0 187 25 24. Mississippi 3-1 132 21 25. Maryland 4-0 119 NR Others receiving votes: N. Illinois 104, Virginia Tech 49, Wisconsin 46, Nebraska 20, Missouri 14, Notre Dame 12, UCF 6, Michigan St. 5, Rutgers 2.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 28, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (59) 4-0 1546 1 2. Oregon (2) 4-0 1479 2 3. Ohio State 5-0 1397 3 4. Clemson (1) 4-0 1352 4 5. Stanford 4-0 1325 5 6. Georgia 3-1 1148 10 7. Louisville 4-0 1147 7 8. Florida State 4-0 1129 8 9. Texas A&M 4-1 1072 9 10. Oklahoma 4-0 964 12 4-1 931 6 11. LSU 12. South Carolina 3-1 860 13 13. UCLA 3-0 812 14 14. Miami 4-0 727 15 15. Northwestern 4-0 620 16 16. Baylor 3-0 573 18 17. Michigan 4-0 546 17 18. Washington 4-0 545 20 19. Florida 3-1 515 19 20. Oklahoma State 3-1 330 11 21. Fresno State 4-0 270 23 22. Texas Tech 4-0 231 25 23. Northern Illinois 4-0 131 NR 24. Arizona State 3-1 118 NR 25. Nebraska 3-1 71 NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi 69, Virginia Tech 54, Wisconsin 47, Maryland 45, Notre Dame 29, Missouri 21, UCF 15, Michigan State 10, Rutgers 9, Oregon State 7, Arizona 1, Cincinnati 1, East Carolina 1, Iowa 1, Utah 1.

College Schedule College Football Schedule All Times EDT (Subject to change) 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 UC Davis (1-4) at S. Utah (3-1), 3:05 p.m.

Portland St. (3-2) at Montana (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

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

Mercer (4-0) at San Diego (2-2), 4 p.m.

North Dakota (1-2) at Idaho St. (2-2), 4:05 p.m.

N. Arizona (3-1) at Montana St. (2-2), 4:05 p.m.

Fresno St. (4-0) at Idaho (1-4), 5 p.m.

Yale (2-0) at Cal Poly (2-2), 5:05 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.

Weber St. (1-4) at E. Washington (2-1), 7:05 p.m.

N. Colorado (1-3) at Sacramento St. (2-3), 9:05 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.

Golf

President’s Cup Presidents Cup Results Thursday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Yardage: 7,354; Par: 72 UNITED STATES 3½, INTERNATIONAL 2½ Fourballs United States 3½, International 2½ Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, International, def.

Hunter Mahan and Brandt Snedeker, United States, 1 up.

Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama, International, halved with Bill Haas and Webb Simpson, United States.

Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, International, def. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, United States, 2 and 1.

Steve Stricker and Jordan Spieth, United States, def.

Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge, International, 1 up.

Matt Kuchar and Tiger Woods, United States, def. Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman, International, 5 and 4.

Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner, United States, def.

Branden Grace and Richard Sterne, International, 5 and 3.

Seve Trophy Seve Trophy Results Thursday At Saint-Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club Saint-Nom-la-Breteche, France Yardage: 6,983; Par: 72 Continental Europe 3½, Great Britain & Ireland 1½ Fourballs Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher, GB&I, Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel Jimenez, Cont. Europe, 3 and 2.

Mikko Ilonen and Thorbjorn Olesen, Cont. Europe, def.

Tommy Fleetwood and Chris Wood, GB&I, 1 up.

Francesco Molinari and Matteo Manassero, Cont. Europe, halved with Paul Casey and Simon Khan, GB&I Joost Luiten and Gregory Bourdy, Cont. Europe, def.

Jamie Donaldson and David Lynn, GB&I, 2 and 1.

Nicolas Colsaerts and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Cont. Europe, def. Marc Warren and Scott Jamieson, GB&I, 5 and 3.

Reignwood Classic LPGA Reignwood Classic Scores Thursday At Pine Valley Golf Club Beijing Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 6,606; Par: 73 (36-37) First Round a-amateur Na Yeon Choi 32-32—64 Jessica Korda 31-33—64 Stacy Lewis 34-34—68 Hee Young Park 34-34—68 Hee Kyung Seo 34-34—68 Carlota Ciganda 34-35—69 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 34-35—69 Paola Moreno 34-35—69 Anna Nordqvist 36-33—69 Inbee Park 35-34—69 Jane Park 35-34—69 Amy Yang 34-35—69 Liying Ye 34-35—69 Christel Boeljon 34-36—70 Shanshan Feng 35-35—70 Mo Martin 34-36—70 Caroline Masson 33-37—70 Pornanong Phatlum 34-36—70 Lizette Salas 35-35—70 Thidapa Suwannapura 32-38—70 Caroline Hedwall 35-36—71 Karine Icher 36-35—71 Candie Kung 34-37—71 Brittany Lang 34-37—71 Ilhee Lee 35-36—71 Azahara Munoz 35-36—71 Ryann O'Toole 36-35—71 So Yeon Ryu 33-38—71 Karrie Webb 34-37—71 a-Simin Feng 37-35—72 Sandra Gal 36-36—72 Mina Harigae 37-35—72 Katherine Hull-Kirk 36-36—72 Moriya Jutanugarn 37-35—72 Cristie Kerr 38-34—72 Meena Lee 38-34—72 Xiyu Lin 34-38—72 Pernilla Lindberg 35-37—72 Kristy McPherson 36-36—72 Morgan Pressel 36-36—72 Yani Tseng 37-35—72 a-Ziyi Wang 35-37—72 Sun Young Yoo 36-36—72 Chella Choi 38-35—73 Vicky Hurst 34-39—73 Christina Kim 38-35—73 a-Yu Liu 38-35—73 Beatriz Recari 35-38—73 Jennifer Rosales 39-34—73 Jenny Shin 37-36—73 a-Jing Yan 39-34—73 Irene Cho 39-35—74 Julieta Granada 36-38—74 Eun-Hee Ji 37-37—74 Danielle Kang 37-37—74 Haeji Kang 37-37—74 Jee Young Lee 38-36—74 Jiayun Li 36-38—74 Lisa McCloskey 38-36—74 Mariajo Uribe 36-38—74 Michelle Wie 36-38—74 Natalie Gulbis 36-39—75 Sarah Jane Smith 37-38—75 Hong Tian 38-37—75 Lindsey Wright 36-39—75 Yuexia Lu 39-37—76 Alison Walshe 36-40—76

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For Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You can learn a lot about your style of relating to others if you observe yourself today. However, remember to get more rest now, because you definitely need it.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Take some time to do whatever you can to get better organized. Get shelving, file folders, labels, cleaning equipment or whatever you need to help you do a good job.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Make time for play, because you want to have fun right now. Enjoy flirtations, sports events, parties, social times with others and playful activities with children. Yay! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It's totally appropriate if you want to cocoon or hide at home now. You need the comfort of familiar surroundings. Discussions with family members could be important.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your daily pace is accelerating with short trips, conversations with others and increased reading and writing. It's exhilarating and fun to learn something new!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might want to show off something you recently purchased or something you own. After all, your possessions should make your life easier, right?

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Both the Sun and Moon are in your sign today, which means you can energize yourself. It's OK to put yourself first. This is one day in the year when it's all about you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Behind-the-scenes activities appeal to you now. You might want to work alone or feel the need to seek solitude. Start thinking about your new year, which will begin with your birthday.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a good time to think of goals and how you can make your dreams for the future a reality. Talk to others about these hopes, because their input could help you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You make a great impression on authority figures (bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs). Because of this, ask for what you want. Demand the advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Try to travel somewhere now if you can, because you want to broaden your horizons. You feel the need for adventure and a change of scenery.

You want more out of life!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You're dealing with shared property and issues or disputes about inheritances and jointly held possessions.

Accomplish as much as you can now.

YOU BORN TODAY You are friendly and social. Justice and fair treatment are important to you, and you have high ideals, which is why you want to make the world a better place. One reason you can succeed at doing this is because people like you.

You will work diligently for a good cause, but you are high-spirited and fun-loving as well. This year an important choice will arise. Choose wisely.

Birthdate of: Jesse Eisenberg, actor; Kate Winslet, actress; Parminder Nagra, actress.

SNUFFY SMITH

GARFIELD

BABY BLUES

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No ‘suckers’: US threatens Iran with new sanctions Bradley Klapper Matthew Lee Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it would support tougher economic pressure on Iran if the Islamic republic doesn’t begin slowing the pace of its uranium enrichment activity and opening its stockpiles of nuclear material to greater inspection, and reassured its critics that the U.S. would not be played for “suckers” by the moderate tone of Iran’s new leader.

The chief U.S. nuclear negotiator told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the administration could offer the Iranians some sanctions relief as “confidence-building” measures but that it would support new and tougher trade restrictions from Congress if diplomacy ultimately fails to ease concerns that Iran might be trying to develop nuclear weapons.

“I’m saying this” to Iran, said negotiator Wendy Sherman, who will meet with other world powers and Iran in Geneva in two weeks.

“Come on the 15th of October with concrete, substantive actions that you will take, commitments you will make in a verifiable way, monitoring and verification that you will sign up to, to create some faith that there is reality to this, and our Congress will listen. But I can assure you, if you do not come on the 15th and 16th with that substantive plan that is real and verifiable, our Congress will take action, and we will support them to do so.”

Speaking in Tokyo, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters the U.S. would not be played for “suckers” by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Still, Kerry defended President Barack Obama’s recent engagement effort.

The Senate Banking Committee is expected to draft a new sanctions package later this month, mirroring legislation passed by the House in July that blacklists Iran’s mining and construction

sectors and commits the United States to the goal of eliminating all Iranian petroleum sales worldwide by 2015. The administration had expressed concern about the sanctions undercutting Rouhani with hardliners in his own country or weakening the international consensus on Iran, given that China, Turkey, India and several other Asian countries still purchase oil from Tehran.

Sherman asked senators, however, to wait until after the Geneva talks before moving forward.

Kerry, responding to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s urging not to trust Iran, defended the recent engagement effort.

Kerry met last week at the United Nations with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and then Obama placed a historic phone call to Rouhani — the first between U.S. and Iranian leaders in more than three decades.

He said it would be “diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to test at least Iran’s rhetorical promises that it is prepared to negotiate. After a month during which Obama, Congress and the American people waivered on attacking Syria after a series of chemical weapons attacks there, Kerry stressed the importance of examining “every possibility” to avoid military action.

However, he added, “there is nothing here that is going to be taken at face value, and we have made that clear.”

“It is not words that will make a difference. It’s actions,” Kerry said.

Netanyahu has regularly threatened Iran with a possible Israeli strike and disparaged Rouhani, a former chief Iranian nuclear negotiators, as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The Israeli leader met this week with Obama at the White House before delivering an address to the United Nations focused on the Iranian threat.

For the last several years, the U.S. has tried to reinforce its own threat of military force against Iran alongside increasingly dev-

astating sanctions on the Iranian economy and promises of diplomatic engagement if Tehran shows greater flexibility in nuclear talks.

While engagement has been given new life with the overtures from Kerry and Obama, the administration is in some ways of two minds on sanctions right now.

Sherman said the administration’s position would be determined significantly by the Geneva talks.

“We will be looking for specific steps by Iran that address core issues, including but not limited to the pace and scope of its enrichment program, the transparency of its overall nuclear program and stockpiles of enriched uranium,” Sherman said. “The Iranians, in return, will doubtless be seeking some relief from the comprehensive international sanctions that are now in place.”

Sherman said the U.S. would consider softening some sanctions if Iran imposes “some freeze, some pause” in its uranium and plutonium activity, which Iran insists is for peaceful energy production but which the U.S. and many other countries suspect is aimed at achieving nuclear weapons capability. However, she added that America’s “fundamental large sanctions” would remain in place until “all of our concerns are addressed” and that the administration would welcome additional sanctions from Congress if Iran doesn’t quickly outline a plan to alleviate international concerns.

Speaking to senators now in the third day of a government shutdown, Sherman also cautioned that gridlock was hampering the administration’s ability to enforce existing U.S. sanctions on Iran. She said the Treasury Department’s sanctions division has been “utterly depleted” and that the intelligence community is facing severe staffing reductions.

“We will do our best to enforce these sanctions, to stop sanctions evaders, but I sincerely hope that the shutdown ends soon,” she said.

Tunisian man extradited to US in suicide bomb plot Pete Yost

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of al-Qaida who allegedly met with Osama bin Laden in 2001 has been extradited to the United States to face charges that he conspired to carry out a suicide bomb attack against Americans in Europe.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national, was arrested in Belgium on Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. He has spent the past 12 years in custody in Belgium, where he served time on Belgian charges.

A federal indictment unsealed Thursday says Trabelsi met in the spring of 2001 with bin Laden to volunteer for a suicide bomb attack against U.S.

interests.

Trabelsi appeared at a court hearing in Washington late Thursday afternoon, wearing a black t-shirt and black sweatpants with white stripes.

Sporting a black beard specked with gray, no mustache and a shaved head, he squinted repeatedly, as if he had just woken up.

He pleaded not guilty through his public defender and was held without bond.

Trabelsi allegedly obtained chemicals in Europe and joined others to scout a potential target — a military facility that was used by the U.S. government and Air Force.

At bin Laden’s direction, Trabelsi later spoke with Muhammed Atef, a high-ranking member and

chief military planner of al-Qaeda, the indictment states.

Trabelsi also met with others with whom he was to form a cell to carry out a suicide attack.

In June 2001, the indictment states, Trabelsi traveled to Pakistan, where he obtained money from an al-Qaeda associate for use in carrying out his mission.

Trabelsi, 43, is accused of conspiring to kill U.S nationals outside of the U.S., attempting to use weapons of mass destruction and conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. If convicted of the charges filed in the indictment, Trabelsi faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Trabelsi will face charges in U.S. District Court in

the District of Columbia.

Since the end of his official prison time in Belgium, Trabelsi has been in extradition detention for a year because the U.S. issued an international arrest warrant on Nov. 16, 2007, the Belgian justice ministry said.

The Belgian justice ministry said the decision to extradite Trabelsi “was taken based on the fact that he had no residence permit in Belgium and that his request for political asylum has been twice refused.”

The ministry said Trabelsi could be extradited because the U.S. had agreed to try him in a common law court and not a military or exceptional court and that he will not face the death penalty.

Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Karen Kevin McGill Michael Kunzelman Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — From a tiny, vulnerable island off the Louisiana coast to the beaches of the Florida Panhandle, Gulf Coast residents prepared Thursday for a possible hit from Tropical Storm Karen, which threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year.

Karen was forecast to lash the northern Gulf Coast over the weekend as a weak hurricane or tropical storm.

A hurricane watch was in effect from Grand Isle, La., to west of Destin, Fla. A tropical storm warning was issued for the Louisiana coast from Grand Isle to the mouth of the Pearl River, including the New Orleans area.

In Alabama, safety workers hoisted double red flags at Gulf Shores because of

treacherous rip currents ahead of the storm.

In Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency, urging residents to prepare. State Emergency Management Agency Director Robert Latham said local schools will decide whether to play football games. He said the southern part of the state could have tropical stormforce winds by late Friday.

“I know that Friday night football in the South is a big thing, but I don’t think anybody wants to risk a life because of the potential winds,” Latham said.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also declared a state of emergency, citing the possibility of high winds, heavy rain and tides.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott also declared an emergency for 18 counties.

The Army Corps of Engineers said it was closing a structure intended to keep storm surge out of the

Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in Louisiana — known locally as the Industrial Canal — where levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina led to catastrophic flooding in 2005.

Mayor David Camardelle of Grand Isle, La., an inhabited barrier island and tourist town about 60 miles south of New Orleans, called for voluntary evacuations as he declared an emergency Thursday afternoon.

Louisiana officials were taking precautions while noting that forecasts show the storm veering to the east. The storm track had it likely brushing the southeastern tip of the state before heading toward the Alabama-Florida coast. And it was moving faster than last year’s Hurricane Isaac, a weak storm that stalled over the area and caused widespread flooding.

“It should make that

fork right and move out very, very quickly,” said Jerry Sneed, head of New Orleans’ emergency preparedness office.

Offshore, at least two oil companies said they were evacuating non-essential personnel and securing rigs and platforms.

In Washington, the White House said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was recalling some workers furloughed due to the government shutdown to prepare for the storm.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Karen was about 400 miles (644 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River Thursday evening and had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts. The storm was moving north-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph). It could be at or near hurricane strength late Friday and early Saturday, forecasters said.

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Lost & Found FOUND, Neutered, De-clawed, black cat with white spot on chest, friendly, Found on S. Gordon Street, NEED TO FIND OWNER OR NEW HOME. Call (937)773-8765 FOUND, Small black Puppy in vicinity of Miami Shelby Road, has collar on, Call to describe.

(937)773-8606 LOST 5yr old Shih tzu, black/ white female, name Sassy from 612 Young Street, Info on tags, Call (937)916-3050, (937)451-0726

Yard Sale TROY 1102 South Clay Street Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm Tools, hardware, patio furniture, pet accessories, household items, movies, music, books, and more TROY 1205 Golden Eagle Drive Friday 8am-5pm and Saturday 8am-2pm Baby clothes girls 0-12 months boys 0-3T name brand, baby swings, Graco bases, car seats, high chairs, maternity clothes, toys, changing table, shoes, Jumparoo, exersor, and more TROY 2880 Kensington Court (Saxony Woods area) Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm Exercise stepper, coats, shoes, purses, Christmas items, books, clothes and miscellaneous

Estate Sales

TIPP CITY 511 Smith Street Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm Open House, antiques, colonial furniture designs by D.R. Dimes, David T. Smith, and Hinkle-Harris; beautiful wood furniture, complete Ethan Allen office set, collectibles and miscellaneous items, This will be our final sale, House is for sale too.

Hair Salon Liquidation in Kettering (Tag Sale)! 424 E. Stroop Road. Opening your own salon? You won't want to miss this! Salon Lofts in Kettering is moving and needs to liquidate all of their cabinetry, mirrors, hydraulic chairs, shampoo bowls, pedicure stations & more! Most are less than 3 years old! This is a 1 day opportunity only! Monday, October 7th, 9am-4pm. For inquires: www.reclaimdayton.com Yard Sale CONOVER 8025 East State Route 36 (AB Graham Center) Friday 12pm-5pm and Saturday 8am-12pm Kids clothes and toys, household items Also Saturday Fletcher Lions All-you-can-eat Pancakes, Mush, and Sausage Breakfast 7am-12pm, Adults $6, kids 4-14 $3 CONOVER, 5821 North Alcony-Conover Road (South of 36), Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am-4pm, Moving Sale, Lots of furniture, household, holiday decorations, tools, desk, scrapbooking supplies, snow skies & boots, Mens, womens Items for all ages COVINGTON 10035 West Panther Creek Road Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-5pm Downsizing and part of 2 estate sales, antiques, glassware, furniture, lighthouses, and baskets, and much, much more PIQUA 1 Arrowvent Dr. Thursday & Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-3pm. Kitchen cabinets, gorgeous dark wood for large kitchen. Bathroom cabinets/counters/sinks. Jacuzzi tub.

Built-in microwave. MUCH MORE! PIQUA 3670 W State Route 185. Thursday thru Saturday 9am-5pm. Rainbow sweeper.

Furniture. Lamps. Light bulbs.

Complete dish sets. Milk glass.

Collectibles. Much more!

CASH ONLY. PIQUA 701 S Wayne St. Thursday & Friday 9am-4pm.

Baby stroller. 24" vanity/sink.

Paint ball guns/balls.

XBox/games. Record albums.

2-drawer filing cabinet. Pre-lit 7 foot Christmas tree. Lots of miscellaneous.

PIQUA 865 Geiserman Rd (Looney Rd N to Snodgrass to Springcreek to Geiserman).

Thursday thru Saturday 8am5pm. 2-FAMILY SALE! Tools.

Radial arm saw. Wagon wheels. Farm implements.

PRICED TO SELL! PIQUA, 1601 Washington Ave, Friday & Saturday 9-?, boys clothing 6-28/30, boys Heeley's, Playstation & Games, plates, dishes, games, dressers, tvs, Lots of miscellaneous PIQUA, 219 Weber St, Saturday 9am-5pm, dressers, end tables, lamps, tea cart, cedar chest, couch & chair, table & chairs, linens, Little Tykes kitchen, dishes, infant-adult clothing, pictures, books, luggage carrier for car, Holiday items PIQUA, 508 Westview Drive, Friday & Saturday, 9-3. Lots of miscellaneous, household items, Harley T-shirts.

PIQUA, 617 Beverly Drive, Saturday 10-? Dora Car, power chair, GPS, cement roller, Math Brainetics, girls and plus size clothes, Lots of miscellaneous! Too many items to list must come see!

PIQUA, 9454 Spiker Road, Thursday, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-noon, Barn Sale, Multi Family, Sleigh, exercise equipment, tools, household items, camping items, horse/ country items, bathroom accessories, antiques, furniture, decorations, patio pieces, everything priced to sell!

SIDNEY 223 S Walnut (behind old PK Lumber). Saturday & Sunday 9am-1pm.

Collector knives & coins. blow guns. 1960s record player.

Halloween decorations. Jim Beam bottles. New & used items. Bengals items. Hand tools. Dehumidifier. Glider swing. Table & chairs. Bar lights. Touch screen arcade game. Total Gym.

TROY 810 Diana Drive Friday Only 9am-4pm Lots of furniture, some antiques, housewares, candles, baskets, pictures, new toaster oven, computer and printer, old sewing machine, golf clubs, dog crate, cookbooks, brand name clothes in boys 6-12, girls 1214, men XL and shoes, designer purses

TROY, 1421 Lee Road (off Stonyridge). Saturday, October 5, 8am-1pm. FIRST TIME SALE - rained out two weeks ago! LOTS of household decor, womens plus size clothing, mens clothing, collectible Barbies, Lionel train set, night stand, much, much more!

TROY, 1595 Casstown-Sidney Road, Friday & Saturday, 9-4. Girl's & misses clothes: jeans $2!

TROY, 1888 Hunters Ridge Drive, Friday, 10/4, 9-? HUGE moving sale! Couches, dressers, king size bed, dining room table, refrigerator, deep freezer, washer, dryer, new gas grill, new lawnmower, need weed eater, Wii, XBox, tools, pots/pans, old oak teacher's desk, oak shelves, little bit of everything!

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We will be taking applications for Class A Drivers at the Comfort Inn 987 East Ash Street Piqua, OH on Saturday October 12th, from 8 am to 5 pm in the Miami Valley Room.

Excellent opportunity for drivers with 2 years' experience and a clean MVR. Dedicated routes that are home daily.

We reward our drivers with excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision & 401K with company contribution. In addition to that we also offer quarterly bonuses, paid holidays and vacations.

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ASSEMBLERS LeROI Gas Compressors is currently seeking Full Time 1st Shift Assemblers. Duties include assemble of gas end compressors and module packages based on the customers requirements.

Qualifications include a High School Diploma (or equivalent) and 1 to 3 years work experience in a Manufacturing environment and /or Mechanical and Electrical assembly.

If interested, Please send resume by mail, email or fax to: LeROI Gas Compressors Attn: Human Resources 211 E. Russell Road Sidney, OH 45365 Fax: (937)492-3424 Email: amanda.young@leroigas.com WOOD FRAMERS Local/ Commercial Carpentry Contractor seeking experienced Wood Framers. Must have own transportation. Good pay and benefits. Immediate openings. Pre-employment drug screening Call: (937)339-6274 Or apply in person at: 1360 S. County Road. 25-A Troy, Ohio

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AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY company seeking full time store/ delivery help. Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm. No holidays, no weekends. Benefits available.

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HIRING NOW GENERAL LABOR plus C.D.L. TRUCK DRIVERS Training provided Excellent wage & benefits Apply at: 15 Industry Park Ct. Tipp City 937-667-6772

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

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

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

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

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

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-172 The Huntington National Bank vs.

E. Thomas Rose, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on November 6, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Covington, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: H19-001790 Also known as: 200 South High Street, Covington, Ohio 45318 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-336 Mutual Federal Savings Bank vs.

Judith Ann Cotrell, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on November 6, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-032110 Also known as: 709 Leonard Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

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

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

Keith M. Schnelle, Attorney 10/04, 10/11, 10/18-2013 40503256

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-608 Embrace Home Loans, Inc. vs.

Amy J. Laughman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on November 6, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-070820 Also known as: 911 Falmouth Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

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

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

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-176 Mainsource Bank vs.

Keith L. Howard, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on November 6, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-090700 and N44-090680 Also known as: 615 Adam Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Twenty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($27,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

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

Alan M. Kappers, Attorney 10/04, 10/11, 10/18-2013 40503216

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

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

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

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

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In Nigeria, basketball dreams are growing Carley Petesch Associated Press

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Abiodun Francis Ayetimiyi was meant to follow his father and pursue medicine in Nigeria. He found a different path one morning seven years ago when he was playing soccer and came upon another ball, a big orange one.

The 16-year- old’s natural speed and athleticism now have him pursuing basketball stardom, a dream that is becoming more achievable in a country that produced one of the NBA’s greats but, like most of Africa, has had little space for any sport other than soccer.

About 30 years after Hall of Famer Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon first emerged from the sprawling city of Lagos, Ayetimiyi is part of a new drive for basketball here, and a chance for new dreams in Nigeria.

“In my country I’m known here, but I want to be known elsewhere.

I want my hard work to be seen by agents, coaches. I’d like to finish high school in the U.S. They don’t need to put much work into me,” the teenager said with a grin, leaning for-

ward to make his point.

Picked by the NBA as one of seven Nigerians to attend the recent talent-scouted Basketball Wi t h o u t B o rd e rs camp in South Africa, Ayetimiyi is among a new generation ready to ride the momentum basketball is gaining in this West African country of nearly 160 million people, albeit decades after Olajuwon blazed a trail.

Nigeria’s participation in the 2012 Olympics raised the international visibility of the country’s basketball talent, but several Nigerians who had already made it to international stardom also make it a priority to actively encourage the sport back home.

First came Olajuwon, the two-time NBA champion and 12-time AllStar with the Houston Rockets.

More recently there has been Toronto R a p t o rs G e n e ra l Manager Masai Ujiri, who directs the Basketball Without Borders Africa program and runs his own camps in Nigeria. And former Seattle Supersonics and Orlando Magic center Olumide Oyedeji.

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Friday in the Yaba neighborhood of Lagos, Oyedeji coaches at least 250 kids from the age of five and up who practice layups, passes and basic dribbles wearing brightly colored T-shirts.

The 6-foot-10 Oyedeji plays with them, towering over the youngsters who line up laughing and clapping for each other around four different baskets.

With the blow of a whistle, everyone stops and listens, excited to be in his gentle, inspiring presence.

The subsidized camp gives the underprivileged kids a chance to learn the sport, and be close to a Nigerian hero.

“Nigeria is my home.

I started this camp so I can share my experiences,” Oyedeji said. “I hope we can contribute to their lives and give them hope for the future because that’s what basketball gave me. I had a difficult childhood.”

Kids gather close, hanging on Oyedeji’s words. Oyedeji will leave soon for Japan, where he now plays. But his impact will remain, for girls as well as boys.

“Even though we (girls) are not recognized very well, we can still play. I want to be the best and play for the WNBA,” said 15-yearold Ibeh Lucy Chinelo, who started a pickup game during the camp’s lunch break.

Her friend Ayomide Olukayode chimed in: “I want to be a professional player and I want to play for the national team.”

Nigeria is offering more local opportunities: high school teams, university leagues and state franchises like Mark Mentors, Kano Pillars, Union Bank and Dodan Warriors, who faced off at Nigeria’s own Final Four in September.

Dodan Warriors forward Ifeanyi Modo started playing at a local court in Ajegunle, a Lagos neighborhood known for churning out soccer players, though also known for its slum areas and gangs.

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In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2013, children exercise during a basket ball camp organized by former Seattle Supersonics and Orlando Magic center Olumide Oyedeji, in Lagos, Nigeria. About 30 years after NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon first emerged from the sprawling city of Lagos, basketball is gaining momentum in this West African country of nearly 160 million people which, like most of the continent, has had little space for any sport other than soccer.

“Basketball gives you an opportunity to get off the streets, it gives you an opportunity to not join gangs, to go to school and to be a better person,” he said.

He said that many Nigerians leave to play in other countries “ because they need money, they need to support their families.”

The reality right now is the average salary in the Nigerian league is only about $100 a month, said Joe Touomou, the Mark Mentors head coach and a consultant to the Nigerian Basketball Federation, the NBBF — “not enough for a kid to live off.”

Touomou is part of a bigger plan to encourage youngsters to seek careers in basketball.

That involves the promised land of playing for college teams in the United States and the chance for two things; better coaching and a good education — opportunities Olajuwon seized in the early 1980s at the University of Houston, and others have also more recently taken.

Yet, not all Nigerian kids will make it to an

American college so there’s work being done at home, too.

Nigeria’s Basketball Fe d e rat i o n wa n t s to foster local talents.

Touomou, a Cameroonian who played for Georgetown and turned to coaching after an injury, is also tasked with building coaching expertise in the capital Abuja and its surrounding state.

“Every time I came here I was impressed by the potential. The size, the athleticism, the strength of the players,” Touomou said of Nigeria. “The one thing I knew was lacking was the skills. A lot of players were not polished yet, a lot of players lacked game experience, a lot of players lacked good coaching.”

Tijjani Umar, president of the NBBF, said basketball in Nigeria “needs the private sector to take interest.”

Nike has signed to be the official uniform provider for the national team and a subsidiary of the sports management group IMG is looking into Nigeria, Umar said.

DSTV, a S outh African satellite tele-

vision network that beams across the continent, has a four-year sponsorship program with the NBBF. Live NBA games will also be broadcast on that network to 47 territories in Africa, including Nigeria, from this year.

“Fifty countries are watching the game and it’s unbelievable,” Umar said.

Yo u n g hopeful Ayetimiyi leaps high to dunk in Lagos, then dribbles the ball back to center court, skipping with pleasure in his shiny sneakers and sharp, white longsleeved B asketball Without Borders jersey.

Basketball’s exposure on TV is what changed his father’s opinion.

“My parents saw me on TV during a state festival game and said I was too good to stop playing,” he said. “They were proud of me, and I’m lucky I have their support.”

He circles back to the court, grins, dribbles and goes for another layup, believing every shot he makes can take him closer to his dream of international basketball stardom.

Sunday Alamba | AP Photo

In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2013, Abiodun Ayetimiyi talks during a basket ball camp in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ayetimiyi was meant to follow his father and pursue medicine in Nigeria. He found a different path one morning only seven years ago when he was playing soccer and came upon another ball, a big orange one that would change his life and his father’s mind. The 16-year-old natural speed and athleticism now have him pursuing basketball stardom, a dream that is becoming more achievable in a country that produced one of the NBA greatest but, like most of Africa, has had little space for any sport other than soccer.