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Shutdown affecting home buyers, housing market Will E Sanders

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PIQUA — The federal government shutdown has stymied home buyers and home sellers alike, especially those hoping to secure USDA home loans for rural properties, area loan officers and Realtors said Wednesday.

Since getting a home loan involves paperwork or tax return transcripts processed through federal government agencies, like Social Security, IRS and federal

housing administration offices, the shut down has stalled the process of home ownership.

That means with federal offices closed during the shutdown tax return transcripts usually verified by the IRS or Social Security to confirm a buyer’s identity are not being processed. Many of such transcripts and verifications are required by banks and other mortgage lenders before proceeding with the home-buying process.

For those first-time home buyers attempting to qualify for or already qualified for federal housing loans,

the process has stalled and will remain that way until the shutdown is no longer in effect, specifically those seeking USDA federal housing loans, which involve homes in areas of the county deemed rural.

Kurt Eberhardt, a loan official at American Mortgage Service Company in Piqua, said the closure of federal housing offices means the application process has been put on hold — and will remain that way until the shutdown ends.

“Everything else is somewhat

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Area loan officers and Realtors say the federal government shutSee SHUTDOWN | Page 2 down has stymied both buyers and sellers of homes.

PAC brings Creative Classrooms to fourth-graders Women of Excellence speaker named

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Entertainer Thaddeus Rex, of Portland, Ind. holds a “Reading Like a Rockstar” workshop with fourth-grade students at Wilder Intermediate School on Wednesday.

Belinda M. Paschal Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Romance is a chocolate river running over a waterfall, according to Wilder Intermediate School students who composed that lyric as the lead-in to a song they wrote Wednesday with musician Thaddeus Rex. Rex worked with about 85

fourth-graders to create a tune that taught them about metaphors, similes and alliteration as part of Creative Classrooms, a partnership between Piqua City Schools and the Piqua Arts Council. His appearance was made possible by a grant from Honda of America.

“Every program is cross-curriculum with some kind of outcome,” said Jordan Knepper, PAC’s executive director. “We

try to do things that the schools are going to get excited about.”

During Rex’s multi-media, multi-discipline performance, the students brainstormed to come up with ideas for a song, which Rex wrote on an overhead screen. The subject of romance was by far the most popular idea for a song, with McDonald’s running a distant second. Other topics considered included school, puppy

love and Wal-Mart.

Mixing humor with his lessons, he explained a simile as, “This is like that. My head is like a bowling ball,” referring to his shaven dome and bringing peals of laughter from the children.

To demonstrate the usefulness of metaphors, the Indianabased artist sang a song with See ROCKSTAR | Page 2

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PIQUA — Debbie Watts Robinson, CEO of Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, will be the featured speaker at the YWCA 17th Gala Celebration honoring the 2013 Women of Excellence on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Piqua Country Club.

The reception begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the Luncheon Award Presentation at 12 p.m.

The 2013 Women of Excellence honorees are Melissa Romanoli of Troy and Susie Wise, RN of Piqua.

The 2013 Young Woman of Tomorrow honoree is Annie Denlinger of Troy.

Watts Robinson has training in both law and engineering and has been leading the Miami Valley Housing Opportunities (MVHO) since 2010. MVHO is the largest provider of permanent supportive housing in Montgomery County.

Permanent supportive housing provides people with disabilities the supportive services needed to help them maintain housing stability.

The organization provides housing opportunities to nearly 1000 individuals and families in the Miami Valley.

Prior to her leadership with MVHO, Watts

The Piqua homecoming court for 2013 includes, seated l-r, Sarah Grunkemeyer, Heidi Strevell, Lena Garber, Caitlin Cromes, Layne Patrizio, Madison Evans, Kaili Ingle, Emily Wenrick. Standing l-r, Aaron Shroyer, Jacob Teague, Austin Reedy, Bryan Mayse, Dom Stone, Daniel Monnin, Jacob Sowry, David Wyson. Piqua’s homecoming queen will be crowned at Friday’s football game against Sidney. The annual homecoming dance will take place on Saturday at Piqua High School.

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2 Thursday, October 10, 2013 Obituaries CLAWSON TROY — Hazel L. Clawson, 89, of Troy, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at the Koester Pavilion, Troy.

She was born Dec. 30, 1923, in Miami County, to the late Charles L. and Estella E. (Foster) Botkin.

Hazel was married to Richard G. Clawson, who preceded her in death in 1994.

Hazel is survived by her son, Charles M. Clawson of Jacksboro, Tenn.; sisters, Betty Niles of West Milton and Juanita Sass of Tipp City; and two grandchildren, Michael G. and James N. Clawson.

In addition to her parents, Hazel was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters.

Hazel was a member of the American Business Women’s Association, executive secretary’s club, past president of the AARP of Florida, and the Lions Auxiliary in Phoenix, Ariz. She had served as a hospital vol-

unteer in Florida and at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield.

Hazel was formerly employed as an executive secretary to the city service director of Troy and retired from the city of Troy.

She also was employed as an executive secretary to the president of Bekins Moving Company in Phoenix.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Doug Magin officiating.

Interment will follow in the Miami Memorial Park in Covington. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children in her name.

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

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accomplished.” He suggested some of the topics that should be sorted out would be the configuration of water, gas and electrical lines as well as appealing streetscapes.

Council also discussed a nuisance abatement matter regarding a property located at 110 Pearl St. The Miami County Health Department has determined the property to be uninhabitable due to asbestos concerns. It remains on the teardown list but due to the cost of the asbestos abatement the health department does not have the funds to tear it down. The health department has approached the village in regards to matching funds to support the tear down in the amount of $15,000. Attorney Frank Patrizio suggested that council determine the origination of bank ownership of the property to explore all funding options.

Council also voted to approve the reclassification of six auxiliary police officers to part time status.

The officers are utilized to supplement full-time officers during staffing deficiencies and helps reduce overtime for the police department.

Two ordinances were presented for council’s review regarding parking regulations during heavy

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COVINGTON — Covington Council met Monday to discuss village matters. Mayor Ed McCord pointed out that Covington Fire and EMS will hold a public meeting on Oct. 16, at the Covington Fire Department to provide information about the upcoming replacement levies that will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Brice Schmitmeyer, professional engineer with Fanning-Howey, informed council that the Spring Street project is on target for construction to begin July 1, 2014. He also discussed the topic of a project to revitalize the downtown area.

“After meeting with the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, I feel it is better to forego the upcoming application deadline for funding, and plan on applying next year instead,” Schmitmeyer said. “We can give them a heads up that an application ALLEN would be coming and it also gives SIDNEY — Daniel machinist from the former us some time to really sit down and Thomas Allen, 73, of LeRoi Dresser Industries make sure we are getting everySidney, passed away where he had worked for thing in there that is desired to be Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at 30 years. He was a U.S. 8:10 a.m. at his residence Army veteran serving in surrounded by his family. the 2nd Armored Division He was born on April from 1961 to 1964. Daniel enjoyed wood13, 1940, in West working, fishing Liberty, Ky., the and spending time son of the late with family, kids Homer and Lula TROY — Looking dors, display booths, and his grandkids.

(Jones) Allen.

He will be dearly for something to do farm animals, Kiddie On Feb. 10, missed by all of to kick-off the fall Tractor Pulls, a pump1963, he marthem. ried Decie Ellen season? Look no fur- kin patch, children’s Funeral services ther than Lost Creek crafts and more.

Wright, who will be held at Reserve located at survives along Allen A highlight of the 2 p.m. Friday at 2385 E. State Route festival each year is with two sons, Cromes Funeral 41.

Robert and Tina the corn maze where Home, 302 S. (Gaier) Allen and The 456-acre park is visitors are able to Main Ave, Sidney, Michael and Tricia the setting for Miami experience the advenwith Pastor Earnie (Elmore) Allen, Jones officiat- County Park District’s ture of finding their all of Sidney; one ing. Burial with fifth annual Fall Farm way through its twists daughter, Mrs. Jeff and turns. military honors Fest.

(Linda) Richmond This year’s design On Saturday and will follow at of Sidney; six grandchildren, Jeffery Jr., Glen Cemetery in Port Sunday, the historic is a traditional maze Ricky, Austin, Hannah, Jefferson. The family will Knoop Homestead at with a scarecrow in Jenna and Marcus; and receive friends on Friday the Reserve will be the center. one brother, Frank and from 12 p.m. until the transform into a hub According to Myers, Mildred Allen of West hour of service at the of activity for thou- it is the most challengfuneral home.

Liberty, Ky. sands of people who ing one they have ever Guestbook condolences attend.

He was preceded in offered. death by six brothers, and expressions of sym“ The d e s i g n e rs “This festival is a Manuel, Findley, Merle, pathy may be made to the celebration of the agri- added a midway exit Lockford, Robert and Allen family at Cromes cultural heritage of for those who couldn’t Funeral Home’s website, Palmer Allen. the full Miami County,” said J. navigate Daniel was a retired www.cromesfh.com.

Scott Myers, executive maze,” he said.

In addition to being director of the Miami open during Fall Farm County Park District.

“Fall Farm Fest is Fest and Halloween one of those home Weekend, the corn From page 1 town events that adds maze is available for to the high quality of private rentals during normal, except the about ready to close on life in Miami County,” the month of October. panic of people who are a house, but it was put Myers said. “Thanks Guests can take a in the process of buy- on hold. These people to the support of gen- wagon ride down a ing a home,” Eberhardt are really frustrated, erous sponsors and charming farm lane said. and those trying to sell our levy, we are able lined with scarecrows While the home buy- are frustrated, too.” to offer this family that are part of an ing process involves As reported last friendly event to the annual contest where tax transcripts issued week, local governpublic free of charge.” local businesses show by the IRS, some lend- ments are not being The festival offers their talent and creers are accepting some affected the the federal a 6-acre corn maze, ativity by entering a tax returns from per- government shutdown. spective home buyers However, a pro - corn cannon, music, scarecrow.

Last year there were Those seeking USDA longed government food, wagon rides, a over 35 in the contest. scarecrow contest , federal housing loans shut down could have ga m e s , Visitors are invited to can do nothing until adverse effects on c h i l d re n’s the shutdown ends, some operations con- demonstrations, ven- vote for winners in

snowfalls and declared emergencies and secondly, an ordinance regulating door to door peddlers in the village. The snow emergency ordinance addresses streets with a considerable amount of vehicles parked which inhibits the effectiveness of plowing the snow off of the street for safe traveling. Residents must move their car from the street in the event of a snow emergency to allow for effective plowing.

The second ordinance strives to regulate peddler activity in the village and is necessary to ensure public safety and security and includes penalties to offenders.

Council voted to set a public hearing for Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. to review a recommendation by planning and zoning to approve an application for an amendment to the Official Covington Zoning Map in regards to a property located at 102 S. High St. Council also voted to close Wright Street from Pearl to High on Oct. 26 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and to close Grant Street from University to Maple from 5-9 p.m. for the Halloween costume contest and haunted house. They also voted to donate $250 to the village’s Candlelight Christmas event.

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said Eberhardt, saying the “pause button” has been hit on such loans and applications.

Sue Wray and Kathy Mayse, Realtors from B row n l e e -Wray & Associates of Piqua, said the housing market is starting to feel the effects of the shutdown on the housing market.

Both Realtors have dealt with individuals and families who are currently in the process of buying a home, and even said home sellers are also not excluded from being affected.

Wray said perspective home buyers she has dealt with described the shutdown and its impact on purchasing a home as “heart-breaking.”

“It’s heart-breaking,” Wray said. “They wonder when they will be able to get their home.”

“I think it’s frustrating that we have had a downturn in the housing market,” Mayse said. “I have one (couple) that were just

ducted by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, and Miami County Jobs and Family Services, county commissioners and ODJFS representatives said.

Benjamin Johnson, deputy director of communications for ODJFS, said that for the time being most benefits o f f e re d through jobs and family services “will continue without interruption.”

He said cash assistance payments for this month have already been issued, and the department is issuing monthly food assistance benefits as scheduled.

In addition, Johnson said, ODJFS “expects to pay child care providers on time” and doesn’t “expect any interruption” to state and federal unemployment compensation or job training programs.

“We will make every effort to minimize any impact to those we serve,” he said.

several different categories such as funniest, best of show, best commercial and best noncommercial.

The team that builds the winning scarecrow receives a free hour of corn maze rental.

Traditional children’s activities will also be available.

“We have old fashioned games and crafts. Kids especially love the pony rides, rope making and pumpkin painting,” said Tama Cassidy, assistant director of environmental education for the Miami County Park District.

Another big hit each year is a Kiddie Tractor Pull sponsored

by Koenig Equipment where children can compete for trophies.

A must see at the festival is the farm animal petting zoo located in the bottom of 1832 historic bank barn.

On Sunday, a small flock of sheep will take up residence as they await the working sheep dog demonstration.

As you explore this working farm, you can see demonstrations on harvesting honey, cloth weaving, rope making and archery.

Guests can also learn about the organic farming methods currently in practice at Lost Creek Reserve.

There is a self-guided tour of a Woodland Loop Trail for guests to take at their leisure.

Adding to the festival’s ambiance are the musical performers.

This year the music portion of the festival will include everything from singer-songwriters and bluegrass to folk and soft rock.

“Each year we have been able to schedule talented local and regional musicians,” Myers said. “It really adds something special to the atmosphere.”

This year’s festival will not include the main Bluegrass stage of years past. Instead, bluegrass musicians will be incorporated into the lineup on two smaller stages.

Bluegrass fans can look forward to a separate one-day event in 2014. Also at the festival are a handful of select vendors selling everything from food to artwork.

More information on the Fall Farm Fest and the corn maze can be found on miamicountyparks.com.

Women From page 1 Robinson served as the Legal Development Officer of the Dayton Foundation and was also Chief Counsel at NCR for over 16 years.

She was also a Quality Engineer for Hobart Corporation and Delco Air. While a co-op student for the Air Force, her primary assignment was in Flight Test Engineering at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

She serves on several governing boards including the Girl Scouts

Rockstar

From page 1 the lyrics, “Pretty diamond in the rough/ She’s a diamond,” then replaced the words with more traditional adjectives: “She’s so pretty/ She’s so great,” which the youngsters unanimously found less interesting.

“That is the power of a metaphor,” Rex said.

“A metaphor makes it sparkle.”

Rex’s workshop was part of the segment of Creative Classrooms that

of Buckeye Trails Council, the Dayton and Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Human Services Levy Council, the Board of Graceworks Lutheran Services and is the Secretary of the Board of Dayton Children’s Hospital.

She is a member of the Dayton Chapter of the Links, an organization dedicated to helping others, particularly youth, in the community.

caters to grades 4-6. The partnership will offer several other programs at every grade level from kindergarten through high school.

Kindergarten students will work with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, combining physical education, dance and math to learn about patterns and counting, then putting on a performance at the end of the program.

For grades 1-3, an art-

”We are delighted to have Debbie join us for this celebration of the 2013 Women of Excellence,” said Leesa Baker, YWCA Executive Director. “She will share many wonderful experiences with her involvement with the many diverse groups of individuals she has worked with over the years.”

For more ticket information, stop at the YWCA Piqua at 418 N. Wayne St. or call 773-6626.

ist will do a recycled art project with the students and the engineers from the Miami County Sanitation Department will present an educational program about recycling.

“Each school will create its own piece of artwork, and all of the materials for that are being donated by Special Waste Systems in Vandalia,” Knepper said.

Students in grades

7-12 will work on a children’s book project, with those in grades 9-12 being eligible for credit toward graduation, Knepper said.

“We’re hoping to get this program off the ground this month,” he added. “Our goal is to have the books published and hold a book release party for the students. In addition to language arts and visual arts, there will be a business element tied into the program.”

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AAUW, Edison partnering Sunny weather continues to screen documentary

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America’s most disturbing secrets: the epidemic of rape within the US military.

Focusing on the powerful stories of several young veterans, the film is a moving examination of the staggering personal and societal costs of these assaults.

Meticulously researched, the film reveals that hundreds of service members have been assaulted over the past several decades, with nearly half of those assaulted being male. Combining interviews with high-ranking military officials and member of Congress with the devastating testimony of veterans, the film catalogues the conditions that have protected perpetrators and allowed this epidemic to continue.

Both a comprehensive inquiry and an insight into what can be done to bring about much-needed

change, The Invisible War urges us all, civilian and military alike, to fight for a system that protects our men and women in uniform.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) recognizes the importance of supporting survivors of military sexual trauma.

The AAUW is the nation’s leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls. Since its founding in 1881, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political.

The documentary, The Invisible War is not rated. However, due to its content, it is recommended only for mature audiences. For further information regarding this viewing, email Scott Burnam at sburnam@ edisonohio.edu.

VanDemark Farm Lost Land corn maze is open Maze celebrates Edison anniversary SIDNEY — The VanDemark Farm has opened its Lost Land Corn maze.

The maze design for 2013 showcases Edison State Community College.

As Edison celebrates 40 years of service, the idea for the maze was brokered by Robin Valdez, the wife of Edison President Cris Valdez.

The design is a direct translation of the college’s home page online at www.edisonohio.edu.

The maze is an interesting metaphor for life: many choices to make and always the wonder of what is around the next turn. Just as people find their way through the corn maze, they can find their way through life with the help of an education from Edison and be prepared for what life has hidden around the next corner, organizers said.

The farm offers a newly constructed zip-line adventure course, giant swing, driving range and party rental facility. And with a $10 bracelet purchase, participants can enjoy the Lost Land Corn Maze,

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Age: 1 Birthday: Oct. 8 Parents: Travis and Tiffany Minton of Englewood Grandparents: Mary Ann Minton of Piqua, Rob and Bev Gardner of Englewood GreatGrandparents: Barbara Minton of Piqua, Katherine Gardner of Sewickly, Parker Jeffery Minton Penn.

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The design for VanDemark Farm’s now-open corn maze showcases Edison State Community College’s 40th anniversary.

hayride, petting zoo, 18-hole miniature golf course and more.

The VanDemark Farm is owned and operated by the Moore family, residents of Sidney for more than

100 years. The farm is located at 2401 S. Vandemark Road, Sidney.

For more information, call (937) 492-2306 or visit the website at www.vandemarkfarm.com.

Fall Harvest Fun for preschoolers at YWCA PIQUA — Preschoolers won’t want to miss “Fall Harvest Fun” on Wednesday, Oct .

23 from 9:30–11:30 a.m. with instructor, “Miss Susan” Haas at the YWCA Piqua.

Participants will celebrate the fall

season with crafts, stories, games and snacks focused on a fall seasonal theme.

For more information on class fees or registration, stop at the YWCA Piqua at 418 N. Wayne St., call (937) 7736626 or email info@ ywcapiqua.com.

Pumpkin carving set at Hayner carving will take 8-10 hours of preparatory and carving work. Carving is a labor of love for Dailey who looks forward to sharing his tips and techniques with the community of Troy.

The Pumpkin Glow Festival also will host an art studio full of kids’ crafts, a pumpkin carving contest and an open Hootenanny musician’s circle. Donatos Pizza will be selling Donatos pizza.

This event is free and all are invited, only the pumpkin-carving contest requires pre-registration.

There are no registration fees for participation.

For more information, call 339-0457 or www.

TroyHayner.org.

PIQUA — Join Katie Nardechia for a new four-week session of “cardio” yoga at the YWCA Piqua beginning Oct. 23. Classes will run from 6:15-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights. “’Cardio’ yoga is vigorous exercise with cardio, strength-building, core work, Asanas (postures) and meditation all wrapped into one. It’s a great mental workout with more calories burnt,” Nardecchia said.

A variety of asanas will be taught and practiced.

Some of these postures are seated and some are standing. According to Nardechia, the standing postures help with balance. Classes will end with relaxation, which leaves students feeling rejuvenated and present in the moment.

Students should bring a bath towel, sash and mat to class.

For more information on class fees or registration, stop at the YWCA Piqua at 418 N. Wayne St., call (937) 773-6626 or e-mail info@ywcapiqua.com.

Benefit planned for weekend

VANDALIA — A benefit to raise funds for area resident Carla Biles will be held Friday night.

Carla’s Casino Night will feature casino games and a live Elsvis show to benefit Biles. Among the many prizes up for grabs are Kindle Fire HD, a gun raffle and split-the-pot.

Tickets for the event a $10 and can be purchased through Pat Jenkins at 773-2027.

All proceeds go to assist Biles medical bills.

Donations may also be made in her name at US Bank.

AMVETS Post 99 is located at 1123 South Brown School Road. The event will run from 7-11 p.m.

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TROY — The TroyHayner Cultural Center to present Rosewood artist Andrew Dailey for a pumpkin carving demonstration at the Pumpkin Glow Festival on Oct. 26 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Dailey will be at the Hayner Pumpkin Glow Festival demonstrating pumpkin-carving as a fine art and craft.

Dailey comes from the Rosewood Art Center in Dayton, where he works as a youth art class coordinator. He also teaches drawing, painting and 2-D design at Miami University and is a graduate of Wright State University Art and Design program. The pumpkin that he will be

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PIQUA — The Sidney-Shelby County Chapter of the American Associate of University Women, in partnership with Edison Community College, will hold a special screening of The Invisible War, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Robinson Theater at the Piqua Campus.

The event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

The 95-minute screening of the 2012 Academy Award nominated documentary will be followed by 30-minute panel discussion.

The panel will consist of a former U.S. Navy Pilot and current Edison mathematics professor, Terry Calvert, former U.S. Army Nurse Kathy Hayes and other panelists.

The Invisible War is a groundbreaking investigation into one of

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A constitutional coup Chances are that when one party; and that disthe GOP inevitably capit- agreements over poliulates, the vote to end the cies, goals, tactics can be government shutdown addressed by negotiation will be surprisingly one- or compromise. sided.

“This time, the fight And what with 72 that matters is within the percent of voters in a Republican Party, and Quinnipiac University that fight is over whether poll saying they disap- compromise itself is legitprove of the shutdown, imate.” the retreat By attemptalmost can’t ing to use budhappen soon getary extorenough to save tion to annul a the Republican law passed by Party from both houses the charlatanof Congress, ism of Sen. found constiTed Cruz tutional by the and screwU.S. Supreme ball allies like Court, and Gene Lyons Rep. Michele reinforced by Bachmann. a presidential Columnist Writing in the election, an Washington Examiner, inflamed minority inside the well-connected con- the Republican Party is servative columnist attempting something Byron York estimates that like a constitutional coup as many as 175 of the d’etat.

233 House Republicans Fallows: “There is no are prepared to support a post-Civil War precedent “clean” budget resolution for what the House GOP stripped of references to is doing now. It is radithe Affordable Care Act. cal, and dangerous for E m b a r r a s s i n g ? the economy and our proDefinitely. Beaten by Sen. cess of government, and Harry Reid and President its departure from past Obama, two weaklings political disagreements they’d seen as sure to can’t be buffed away or back down. An object les- ignored.” son in believing your own Indeed, an increasing bull …, well, your own number of conscientious propaganda.

Republicans have grown However, there’s also alarmed. Former George safety in numbers. The W. Bush speechwriter fewer die-hards holed up Michael Gerson: “We are in the Tea Party’s self-con- no longer seeing a revolt structed Alamo, the hol- against the Republican lower their accusations leadership, or even of cowardice and treason against the Republican will sound to sane GOP ‘establishment’; this voters come the 2014 pri- revolt is against anyone mary elections. who accepts the conFor what it’s worth straints of political reality.

— the story is charac- Conservatives are excomteristically unsourced municated not for holding — Politico reports the wrong convictions but that “Speaker John for rational calculations in Boehner (R-Ohio) has service of those convicprivately warned House tions.”

Republicans that they The odds that Speaker could lose their majorBoehner fails to compreity in 2014 as a result of hend the radical nature of shutting down the govthe Tea Party extortion ernment.”

Well, no kidding. threat, its non-existent Parsing the Speaker’s chances of prevailing, evolving public state- and the damage it’s doing ments, York suggests that to the GOP are vanishhe may be leaning toward ingly small. This is very allowing a vote on a clean far from his first rodeo. resolution sooner rather The suntanned golfer is than later — something an eleven-term congressBoehner could have done man who’s been involved weeks ago if the gentle- in party leadership fights almost since arriving in man had a spine.

Exactly how the third Washington.

Even so, he’s caught in most powerful figure in the U.S. government a trap of his own devisfound himself backed ing. Unwilling to allow into this humiliating any bill to reach the position is a matter of House floor that needs conjecture. With people Democratic votes to pass throwing around Neville — such as the current Chamberlain analogies of budget resolution — he’s late (the British Prime found himself checkmated Minister who bargained by 30 to 50 Tea Party away Czechoslovakia zealots he needs to get to Hitler for an illusory anything done. To cross peace in 1938), Speaker them would risk losing Boehner definitely quali- the speakership. And that fies for a dishonorable would never do.

Like many, Washington mention.

Post columnist David Because, you see, contrary to the hoary con- Ignatius sees Boehner as ventions of Washington a total failure: “Unable to journalism, this made-for- control his own caucus, TV crisis has never really negotiate effectively with been a sign of “partisan the president or pass leggridlock” or any such islation, he flounders in thing. Even my own gibe office — a likable man about Republicans losing who is utterly ineffective.”

More optimistically, to Harry Reid and Barack Obama above is some- York depicts the speaker employing a deliberwhat misleading.

The real fight hardly ate rope-a-dope strategy: involves Democrats, “After another defeat or one reason Reid’s had two, and under the preslittle trouble keeping the sure of a shutdown, Senate majority in line. Boehner will finally turn “As a matter of politics,” to the 30 and say, ‘We James Fallows writes in tried it your way, over and The Atlantic, “this is dif- over. Now, the majority ferent from anything we will pass a resolution.’”

Peace in our time. learned about in classrooms or expected until the past few years. We’re Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons used to thinking that the is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the most important disagree- President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). ments are between the You can email Lyons at eugenelymajor parties, not within ons2@yahoo.com.

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Al-Bashir’s genocide horrors began and continue in Darfur The headline of the Sept. 30 Guardian ists and their editors — made this said it all: “Sudan protestors call for indictment of the media, which includes President Omar al-Bashir to step down.” nearly all U.S.-based sources of news: The story, which originally ran in the “It is now 10 years since the Darfur Associated Press, explained how this genocide began, and we in the news horrifying dictator had been facing angry media have mostly tired of the issue. demonstrations at home in Khartoum It’s no longer news that the Sudanese that were among “the most widespread government is slaughtering its people.” in Sudan since Omar al-Bashir seized Is this disgrace ever mentioned in power 24 years ago.” any of the graduate schools But these protests demandof journalism in the United ing he leave office, which have States? I would like these caused “dozens” of killings schools and members of the by his forces, have no conmedia to explain their silence. nection with the International “Yet our silence,” Kristof Criminal Court’s arrest warwrote, “empowers Sudan’s rants for al-Bashir on charges leaders to pick up where they of genocide, war crimes and left off in Darfur.” crimes against humanity, for Now dig this: “The United which he has yet to spend a Nations has estimated that single day on trial. more than 300,000 Darfuris Nat Hentoff These citizens chanting were displaced in the first five “freedom, peace and justice” Columnist months of this year — roughhave been suffering from a ly as many as in the last two rapidly deteriorating economy “where years combined” (my emphasis). nearly half the population lives in povIt should be added that the U.N. is saverty.” ing lives in these refugee camps.

A nephew of a protestor shot to death, As for the some of the survivors whom speaking for thousands more, pledged: Kristof met: “We will keep uncovering the regime’s “Halima Ahmed, 28, told how a conbrutal tactics in suppressing the pro- voy of pickups with mounted machine tests by killings and atrocities.” guns arrived at her village, and solOf course, Isma’il Kushkush reported diers in Sudanese military uniforms then in The New York Times, “the govern- started shooting.” ment has not claimed responsibility She told Kristof: “They shot my husfor any of the deaths” (“A Killing by band, and he fell down. And then they Sudanese Security Forces Stokes the cut his throat.”

Anger of a Protest Movement,” Oct. 5).

Kristof continued: “Hawa Mansal, But with disappearing media coverage 35, said that all five of her brothers of the raw justice facing al-Bashir, there were shot, four fatally. Soldiers debathas also been very scarce attention to his ed whether to shoot her as well, but continued savagery in the Darfur region then decided that they shouldn’t kill a of Sudan, which has made him one of woman.” This has not been a unanimous world history’s most murderous tyrants. decision among al-Bashir’s murderers.

A powerful exception to this media Also worth noting and mourning in languor is Nicholas Kristof. His dispatch the Abgadam camp: Five of the sons of from earlier this year, “Darfur in 2013 Sheik Abdullah al-Nazir were shot dead Sounds Awfully Familiar” (The New in the family house.

York Times, July 20), reminded me of “The youngest was 3 years old.” past reports I wrote while al-Bashir was You will not be surprised to learn perfecting his mastery of genocide, such this from Nicholas Kristof: “In the as this: “Genocide Is Just Business as mid-2000s, an ambitious senator from Usual in Darfur” (October 2006).

Illinois complained eloquently that the Citing the Sudan Tribune, I wrote White House was too silent in the face that because of the genocide in Darfur, of evil in Darfur. Is it too much to ask “80 children under age 5 die each day, that President Obama recall his own estimates the United Nations Children’s words — and speak out again?”

Fund.” And as Kristof reported from a I suggest to Nicholas Kristof that refugee camp, Abgadam, in southeast- if he can catch the president on the ern Chad last July, the horrors continue: golf course, relaxing from his strenu“The resumption of mass atrocities ous efforts to rescue Obamacare, he in Darfur after a bit of a lull has led might say a few words about the evils villagers to flee to this refugee camp … in Darfur.

It is full of Darfuris who have arrived But to what end when he returns to in recent months after Sudanese govwork in the Oval Office? Furthermore, ernment-sponsored militias began a have you heard anything about expandnew spasm of murder, rape and pillage ing murders and rapes in Darfur from against two minority ethnic groups. any of the possible candidates for the “Survivors tell the same stories. presidency in 2016?

Armed men, often in army uniforms, Here is Kristof again: “Sheltering burned their villages, killed men, raped under one tree here in the Abgadam women and took everything they had, camp were three small children, all while calling them slaves or saying that their tribe would be wiped out in orphans from bloodletting in Darfur.

The oldest is a 9-year-old girl named Darfur.”

How many of you knew about al- Asiya who is now effectively mother to Bashir’s current crimes against human- her brothers, Muhammad, 7, and Yasin, 2. The mother and father were shot dead ity?

There is no actual move at the U.N. — in their home by a Sudanese governor anywhere else — to arrest al-Bashir ment-backed militia, villagers say.”

Anything you want to say to — or do and bring him to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial for — these three kids? under the previous arrest warrants Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First against him, let alone these terrors.

Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Kristof — who should be a most Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato disturbing model to American journal- Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

The First Amendment

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

Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: n Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, warD5comm@piquaoh.org, 773-7929 (home) n John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 937-570-4063 n William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 n Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh. org, 778-0390 n Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh. org, 773-3189 n City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051

n Miami County Commissioners: John “Bud” O’Brien, Jack Evans and Richard Cultice, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH 45373 440-5910; commissioners@co-miami.oh.us n John R. Kasich, Ohio governor, Vern Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 644-0813, Fax: (614) 466-9354 n State Sen. Bill Beagle, 5th District, Ohio Senate, First Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215; (614) 466-6247; e-mail: SD05@sen. state.oh.us n State Rep. Richard Adams, 79th District, House of Representatives, The Riffe Center, 77 High St. 13th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 466-8114, Fax: (614) 719-3979; district79@ohr.state.oh.us n Jon Husted, Secretary of State, 180 E. Broad St. 15th floor, Columbus, OH 53266-0418 (877) 767-6446, (614) 466-2655

To the Editor: Welcome to the government shut down. The Lincoln Memorial has never been closed since opening and also the adjacent World War II Memorial. They are outside open air 24-7-365-day beautiful memorials to be used and seen.

Our President Obama says ‘closed.’ It is the first time ever. We know he has downsized the Armed Forces and now hates the veterans. The president and liberals have said ‘we’ll show ‘em,’ close the open air parks as a political show.

I’m a young World War II vet in very good health. Most of these vets are in the 90s, maimed, wheel-chaired and can never return. We saved this country from Germany.

Paul Holfinger Washington Township

POLITICS

Christie’s re-election race highlights his future

Steve Peoples Associated Press

WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — With the gubernatorial election less than a month away, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling voters that he might not serve out his full second term if elected.

The admission might hurt any other candidate.

But for Christie, it underscores his popularity as a straight-talking Republican in a Democratic state. And it highlights what’s at stake in New Jersey’s looming gubernatorial election — a contest as much about Christie’s presidential aspirations as the governor’s race.

He did not laugh off a question about his political future when asked during his first re-election debate Tuesday.

“I am not going to declare tonight … that I am or I’m not running for president,” Christie said. “I won’t make those decisions until I have to.”

Facing a skeptical moderator, he later quipped: “I can walk and chew gum at the same time. I can do this job and also deal with my future. And that’s what I will do.”

That’s exactly what Christie is doing as he uses his gubernatorial election to make the case for a higher office.

Buoyed by polls suggesting he has a commanding lead in his re-election bid, Christie’s team is assembling a broad coalition of supporters — groups of Democrats, union workers, women and minorities that Republican candidates elsewhere struggle to attract. He says his reelection campaign offers a road map of sorts for beleaguered Republicans across the nation as the party works to expand.

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In ‘Afterlife,’ Michigan quilter wins Archie Comics $200K ArtPrize contest veers into horror GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A quilter inspired by a Lake Michigan lakeshore near her home was declared the winner Friday of the $200,000 ArtPrize competition in Michigan.

Ann Loveless of Frankfort, Mich., won the public voting at the annual 19-day event in Grand Rapids, Mich., which ends Sunday. Her quilt is titled “Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore,” named for a national lakeshore in northern Michigan.

It was displayed on a wall at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, one of 168 venues showing ArtPrize entries, but then was moved to an outdoor tent after the federal government shutdown closed the museum.

Loveless said she has made art quilts for 10 years, but at 20 feet long, this was the biggest so far.

She and her husband own State of the Art Framing & Gallery in Beulah, Mich.

“I have a feeling our gallery’s going to be really busy,” Loveless said in a telephone interview Friday night. “I’ll probably sell out of quilts, but I’ll make more. I’ll make more.”

She said she would use some of her winnings to buy fabric and a new sewing machine and to expand her gallery.

The public participates in two rounds of voting to distribute $360,000 of prize money. There were 1,524 pieces of art by 1,805 artists from 47 countries.

Anni Crouter of Flint, Mich., won the $75,000 second prize for “Polar Expressed,” three large

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polar bear paintings. Sculptor Andy Sacksteder of Port Clinton, Ohio, won the $50,000 third prize for “UPLifting,” a bronze sculpture of two dancers.

In a separate category, a jury of arts professionals awarded a $100,000 prize to Carlos Bunga for “Ecosystem,” made with cardboard, tape and paint. The work reimagines a gallery in the former Grand Rapids Public Museum. The Portguese-born artist, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, said he had to study and know the space very well to create the site-specific piece at SiTE:LAB in Grand Rapids.

Now in its fifth year, ArtPrize has put Michigan’s second-largest

city on the international art map, thanks to a unique system in which artists and venues independently connect with each other using ArtPrize’s online portal.

It’s sort of like online dating for artists, or what ArtPrize executive director Christian Gaines calls “a selfsustained ecosystem.”

“ArtPrize is unique to any other art competition in the world, in that curatorial decisions, finalists and winners are ultimately generated by” that ecosystem, Gaines said.

The 2012 winner was Adonna Khare, of Burbank, Calif. She took home the top prize for her carbonpencil-on-paper drawing called “Elephants.”

Drake, Macklemore set for Grammy nods show NEW YORK (AP) — Drake, Robin Thicke, Keith Urban and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform on the Grammy Awards nominations special in December.

The Re c o rd i n g Academy made

the announcement Wednesday. The show will be held Dec. 6 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

Rapper-actor LL Cool J will host “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!

— Countdown to Music’s

Biggest Night.” The one-hour special will air on CBS starting at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Thicke is a top Grammy contender. His “Blurred Lines” is the year’s biggest smash.

He has won Grammys for writing songs for

Usher and Jennifer Hudson.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also have a strong chance for Grammy gold.

Their breakthrough year includes three international hits and a platinum debut with “The Heist.”

Man moved to San Francisco but left his heart back East

Dear Abby: I have been with my boyfriend off and on for nine years. When I moved to San Francisco, we separated for a year, until he decided he wanted to move here.

He has been miserable and depressed since he came. He misses his family and friends. His salary doesn’t go as far here, so he’s always short of money. He has also had a string of bad luck — speeding tickets, car repairs, a stolen bike and a back injury. He says he’ll move back east soon if things don’t get better, and it’s making me anxious. He does nothing to turn around his problems.

How can I help him realize it takes time for a new city to feel like home and lessen my anxiety over his problems?

— Anxious in the Bay Before he said it (he said Area it first) he told me he Dear Anxious: Your doesn’t want to start sayboyfriend does not ing it “all the time” — appear to be anywhere wherein lies my dilemma. near as adaptable as you How often is too often? are. You didn’t mention Do I say it every night how long he has been before bed or only on spein California, but cial occasions? if it’s longer than Please help six months and because I’m conhe’s still homesick, fused, and I’m woryou may have a rying that I’m hurtlife-changing deciing him because I sion ahead of you. haven’t said it since Would you rather that night four live “in his world days ago. I don’t than live without Dear Abby want to smother him in” … San Abigail Van him or make him Buren Francisco? Even if feel uncomfortable.

YOUR heart’s in — How Much is San Francisco, HIS does Too Much? not appear to be.

Dear How Much: Not everyone is comfortable Dear Abby: My boy- with verbal declarations friend of nearly a year of love, and your boyand I recently said “I love friend may be one of you” for the first time. them. Love is spontaneous, it’s a feeling — not a mathematical formula.

Only your boyfriend can tell you how often is too often for HIM. However, if you are sharing a bed, you should be able to express yourself fully whenever you climb into it — and his reaction should be posi-

tive (if not reciprocal) when you do.

Dear Abby: I am far from flat-chested (I’m a happy B-cup), but you wouldn’t call me “wellendowed.”

My question is, why is it that friends and family members who have larger breasts constantly ask me if I would like some of theirs? I think it’s rude and, quite frankly, embarrassing. I would never turn the tables and say, “I’m feeling a little skinny.

Could I have some of your fat?” What do I say when asked? — Perfectly Fine in Evanston, Wyo. Dear Perfectly Fine: A few responses come to mind; none that I’d print in a family newspaper.

My advice is to keep it simple and nonconfrontational. Smile and say, “No thanks, I’m happy just the way I am!”

P.S. In my opinion, a B-cup IS well-endowed.

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

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

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

The vibrant, cheerful and safe town of Riverdale is getting a ghoulish makeover.

In “Afterlife With Archie,” a series debuting Wednesday, publisher Archie Comics is launching not just its first horror title, but also its first book carrying a rating for teens and older sold only in comic shops.

The series written

by Roberto AguirreSacasa and illustrated

by Francesco Francavilla sees Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica and others, including Sabrina the Teenage Witch, enveloped in a panoply of incantations, elder gods, zombies and the undead.

“It’s a hardcore horror book,” said AguirreSacasa, a Harvey Awardwinning writer who melded his personal interests and horror obsessions into influences for the book. “This is why I was meant to do comics.”

Those are evidenced in descriptions and images. In one panel, for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch is clutching the fabled but dreaded “Necronomicon.”

In another, showing the gang at a party, Archie is dressed as Freddy Krueger from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films.

Francavilla included his own nods to horror classics, too, like the “‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘Nosferatu’ posters on Jughead’s bedroom wall.”

But the book, despite its subject matter, he

said, reflects the core characteristics of Archie and the other characters.

“Sabrina? She’s always messing up,” AguirreSacasa said, though in this case, the mistake has grave consequences for Jughead.

“He’s always hungry,” Aguirre-Sacasa said, a normal trait that portends doom by the end of the first issue, setting the stage for the second issue and beyond.

Publisher and co-CEO Jon Goldwater says the title is not your “traditional Archie Comic” given the subject matter.

Instead, Goldwater called the series a fresh opportunity to place Archie’s characters in a setting where there is no easy, happy ending with everyone feeling just fine.

“I really view this as Archie’s ‘Walking Dead,’” he said, referring to the Robert Kirkman-created series that has blossomed into a television show with a massive fan base.

The monthly series is drawn by Francavilla with dark, ominous illustrations boasting artistic nooks and crannies.

“We are taking a series of characters known to be light-hearted and young adult-oriented and doing a horror comic with them, so the mood, atmosphere, and setting are very important to make this a believable horror and not a comedy horror,” the Eisner awarding-winning artist said in an email.

“Fortunately, I am really good at making things dark and ominous.”

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Interim pastor aims to make Piqua Baptist ‘a friendly place’ Belinda M. Paschal Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Education and religion go hand-in-hand for Dr. Charles Wilkins, who taught at Christian schools in Dayton, Beavercreek and New Lebanon, as well as Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Florida before retiring in 2005. An animated, down-to-earth gent who goes by “Pastor Charlie,” Wilkins will use his dual strengths to teach and preach as the interim pastor of Piqua Baptist Church.

Wilkins, 69, will step into the pulpit on Sunday, indefinitely replacing retiring pastor Don Wells. He learned of the opening after his wife of 47 years, Carolyn, heard about it during a ladies’ retreat. “I don’t know if I’ll be here six months or eight months or a year, but I’m excited about the opportunity,” Wilkins said. “We’ll just see where God wants me to go.”

Wilkins did his undergraduate studies at Indiana University and Cedarville College, then earned mas-

ter’s degrees in educational administration from Xavier University and the University of Northern Iowa.

Though he retired eight years ago, he’s hardly been idle. In addition to his former role of associate pastor of Community Grace Brethren Church in West Milton, he teaches graduate course on American education to international students at the University of Dayton and is the liaison for 10 student-teachers at U.D. Devotion to youth is part of Wilkins’ vision for his pastorship at Piqua Baptist.

“One of my goals, with education in my background, is to definitely do something with the local schools, like tutoring or mentoring — anything to help kids,” he said. “I really love kids.

They’re the lifeblood of the church.”

Wilkins also hopes to give the congregation the same sense of family that his predecessor did. “I want people to look at Piqua Baptist Church and say, ‘That’s a friendly place. I’d like to go there,’” he said.

Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control Chris Brummitt Associated Press

KRET KROT, Vietnam (AP) — A year ago in this poor hill-tribe village, police rounded up members of a small Catholic sect who were accused of trying to create an independent state. The leaders are in jail, followers who escaped have fled into the jungle and officers patrolling the muddy streets warn people to shun that offshoot of the faith.

But the crackdown didn’t affect activities at the village’s church — actually an old lady’s house with a white cross fixed to a corrugated iron wall — or a larger church a short hike away, where priests teach young boys math and Vietnamese language in neat classrooms.

A rare unescorted trip to villages in Vietnam’s tightly controlled Central Highlands revealed the Communist government’s twin approaches to religion: It allows state-sanctioned faiths to grow and even thrive, but continues to keep a close watch on

Westminster dedicates ‘Peace Pole’ Peacemaking Committee chair, shared that, “The word Peace is inscribed on the Peace Pole in different languages throughout the world. A light was placed on top, to touch the heavens and the hand of God.” Elder Christy recently shared a story of an eight-year-old boy who was too afraid to play outside because of the violence around him.

“Our children should not have to live in fear,” Christy said.

Westminster Church’s prayer is that our children and grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren, can live in

a world of peace.

The Peace Pole is a symbol of peace. It is a reminder for us all to visualize and pray for peace. It is an international symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire human family for peace, standing vigil in silent prayer. We invite you to come and see the Peace Pole. Please touch it, and if this pole brings a smile to your face and warmth to your heart, than our objective was accomplished. May this Peace Pole be a beacon of hope for our entire Piqua community as we all continue our own personal journeys towards peace.

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PIQUA — “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me,” was the charge given by Pastor Kazy Hinds at Westminster Presbyterian Church’s dedication of the church’s “Peace Pole” this past Sunday. The pole was the vision of the church’s Peacemaking Committee.

It stands 6’ tall, is painted white, and is inscribed with the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”

The Peace Pole is located in front of the church, just off the sidewalk facing West Ash Street, for the entire community to see and enjoy.

Elder Jerry Christy, the

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all religious institutions.

All perceived challenges to its rule, religiously inspired or not, are harshly repressed.

The country’s record on religious freedom is closely tracked by Washington.

The U.S. seeks closer ties with Vietnam, a former enemy turned important counterbalance to China in Asia, but it also wants Hanoi to show greater respect for human rights.

Concerns by Congress over human rights could torpedo a free-trade deal Washington is negotiating with Vietnam and other Asia-Pacific nations, U.S. officials say.

Religious tension runs particularly deep in the Central Highlands, home to most of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities, who are known collectively as Montagnard. Many have embraced Christianity, in part to distinguish themselves from Vietnam’s majority Kinh population, which is largely Buddhist. The Kinh have migrated to the highlands in large numbers since the Vietnam War, igniting tensions over land and fears among minority groups that their culture and language are being diluted.

Human rights groups are not allowed in the Central Highlands’ Gia Lai province, and trips by journalists and diplomats are normally strictly controlled, making independent information difficult to come by. In 2011, before the Kret Krot arrests, Human Rights Watch reported that 250 Montagnards were imprisoned on national security charges. State media accounts of arrests, public trials and “renunciations” of faith are also common.

An Associated Press reporting team met pastors, priests and ordinary worshippers in the area late last month, both independently and as part of a government-arranged tour for a group of visit-

ing American Christians.

Those people presented by the government had a uniformly positive view of religious freedom in the highlands. Officials took a note of everything that was said in the meetings.

While the delegation was being bused around the town of Pleiku, police were effectively holding the wife of a jailed Baptist preacher under house arrest nearby. Tran Thi Hong needed to buy medicine for a feverish child, but police wrapped wire around her front gate to keep her from leaving.

It was unclear whether the action was related to the delegation’s trip or to the presence of a foreign journalist; police declined to comment.

The government tour focused on state-sanctioned churches, not the fast-growing, unlicensed Protestant churches scattered across the highlands. Vietnamese authorities regard many of those as a cover for an independence movement with links to supporters in the U.S, but Montagnard overseas and human rights groups say the government is repressing religious beliefs in the name of fighting separatism.

Most of the several hundred people reported arrested in recent years have been Protestants, but followers of the littleknown Catholic “Ha Mon” sect have also been targeted over the last three years. Across Vietnam, it is not just Christians who are targeted: The patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam was under house arrest for 20 years before his death in 2008.

In Kret Krot, a peppergrowing village home to the Bahnar ethnic group, police rounded up 62 Ha Mon adherents last year.

The sect worships the Virgin Mary, and its members do not attend regular church services, according to Pham Van Dung, an official at a large church

near the village.

One villager said he was unaware any link between those arrested and illegal activities.

“Maybe mistakes were made,” said the 17-yearold, who gave a single name, Thuyen. “They were good people.”

Regardless, four police officers who live nearby and patrol daily discourage people from joining the sect, he said.

“The police come and ask villagers not to follow the Ha Mon religion.

They don’t allow people to pray with the Ha Mon’s Bible,” Thuyen said.

Dung said that since the raid, many Ha Mon followers have fled to the jungle, where they spend much of their time in prayer.

In May, state media reported that eight of the 62 arrested were sentenced to between three and 11 years in jail for “undermining the policy of national unity.” It’s unclear how the other 54 arrests were resolved.

The sect members were accused of trying to get villagers to come to Ha Mon prayers so they could recruit them to the cause of independence with help from FULRO, the French acronym for the hill-tribe army that fought alongside U.S. Special Forces during the war.

“We are not arresting Protestant followers, but the followers of a church not recognized by the government,” said Nguyen Thanh Cam, director of the government’s Committee for Religious Affairs in Gia Lai. “These people are abusing religion to violate the law.”

Many Montagnards fought with FULRO, a history that even now generates suspicion among many Vietnamese and support in the U.S. At least 12,000 Montagnards have received asylum in the United States, and some of them still call for an independent homeland for their kin.

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FLETCHER — The Fletcher United Methodist Church, located at 205 S. Walnut St. in Fletcher, will host their annual Community Health & Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Information on the Food Pantry program will be available as well as diabetic information.

Free health screenings will be provided by Premier Community Health and will include blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar testing. Free hearing screenings are available through Audibel, and the Miami County Health Department will again offer Dermascan skin screening. An Ohio Benefit counselor will be on site as well as the Health Partners Free Clinic.

The Piqua Kroger Pharmacy will offer flu shots for $25 and pneumonia shots for $80. Medicare Part B will be accepted for both.

Other organizations presenting information include American Nursing Care, Animal Assisted Therapy, the Area on Aging, Garbry Ridge Assisted Living, Heritage Health Care, Hospice of Miami County, Miami County YMCA, Miami Valley Hydro, A. B. Graham Center, Piqua Manor, Senior Active, Ohio Insurance and Financial Services, and the Arthritis Foundation.

Massage will be provided by Professional Alternative Therapies, Compassionate Touch, Tranquil Vine Massage, and Christina Biedermann, LMT. Life Plus Health & Wellness will have a dietician and health coach available for consultation. Representatives from Coughlin Chiropractic, Curves of Piqua, Excellence in Dentistry, AdvoCare/Rawleigh, Mary Kay, Thin and Healthy, Total Fitness, and Usana Health Sciences will be available to share information and answer questions.

Church to host musical production WEST MILTON — The public is invited to attend Touched By the King, a presentation of Amazing Grace Land Ministries at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at Highland Church, 7210 S, Jay Rd., just

outside of West Milton.

This event features a live musical performance by professional Elvis Presley impersonator, Pastor Galen Oakes and explores the question of what would have happened if Elvis, the King of Rock & Roll, had lived to reconnect with the King of Kings through his gospel music roots. This event is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are available for a $5 donation at the door. For more info call Bev at 937-832-3832 or Highland Church at 937-698-3300.

PAC to meet Monday PIQUA — The Piqua Association of Churches (PAC) will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. The meeting will be held at St. Boniface Catholic Church on Downing Street.

The Truth Project PIQUA — Our Savior Lutheran Church, 517 McKinley Ave., will present a special program called “The Truth Project” on Oct. 27. This program looks at our world today and helps us to see all aspects of our lives (social, government, marriage, etc.) through the truth of God’s Word. The program will begin at 7 p.m.

Neighbor Community Meal set FLETCHER — This month the Fletcher United Methodist Church will host its free Neighbor to Neighbor Community Meal at 6 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 15. The “October Fest” dinner includes pork and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, salad and dessert.

Church taking apple dumpling orders PIQUA — St. Paul’s Friendship Circle is now taking orders for apple dumplings that will be ready for pickup before Thanksgiving. Order the dumplings baked or unbaked. Single apple dumplings are $2 and a pan of 12 is $15. To place an order, call 773-4717 or 7738768.

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Staff: Olivia Barhorst Mariah Killian Tori Nix Dakota Rench

PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL

Adviser: Deb Allen

Schmiesing enters high school after 21 years Mariah Killian Staff Writer

New English teacher Paula Schmiesing, is entering her first year of teaching high school English.

After four years of college at Cortland, and Ohio University, Schmiesing went straight into teaching at Bennett

Intermediate, Washington Intermediate, Spring Creek Elementary, and Nicklin Elementary schools.

After twenty-one years of teaching, Schmiesing enters her twenty-second year at Piqua High School.

“It is nice to see a lot of my former students, since there is an already

established relation structure, where stubetween my students can learn, dents and me,” while having a bit Schmiesing said. of fun.

Her main goals Schmiesing has are to teach her taught all subjects students a sense throughout her of value, to show teaching career, “no matter what and has found you can achieve many ways for her great things,” and Schmiesing students to learn, making her learnthrough activities ing environment a stable and normal class set-

PHS Choral Department to perform for community Olivia Barhorst Staff Writer

The choirs at PHS will be having their fall concert Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon.

Tom Westfall, who has been the choir director at PHS for 13 years with 18 years of teaching experience as a whole, is very excited to show off the Men’s, Women’s, and Concert Choirs to the public.

The women are to start out the concert with a big Fanfare piece.

The Men’s choir will be doing their traditional school songs. In addition, the Concert choir will be doing the Salmo 50. All three choirs have brand new songs and the Men’s choir will be performing a song called “This New Hammer,” and they will be adding a little percussion to it.

So far, Westfall said he is very pleased with the way the choirs have progressed.

“I hope all of the choirs continue

to work hard with the focus of State,” he said.

To make it to the State competition, they must go to the Large Group Contest in March where they will compete to get the chance to go perform at State where they can receive a superior rating.

“The concert is free and open to the public so come out and support the Piqua Choir Department,” Westfall said.

PHS gets dancing Tori Nix Staff Writer

On Nov. 16, Piqua High School students will be hosting the Dance Marathon. The event will be held at Piqua Junior High School. The registration fee is $5; check-in is at 7 a.m., the Dance Marathon is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The goal is to raise $10,000 for Dayton Children’s Hospital. Other than dancing, there will be other activities such as a dodgeball tournament, a ping-pong tournament, a cornhole tournament, and a kids’ corner.

Piqua High School students are the only participants to be involved in the Dance Marathon. However, others may join in with the activities. Participants must be dancing or stay moving for eight hours. Participants must have a $25 donation in order to participate.

tings.

Teaching by a day to day routine helps Schmiesing keep learning from being dull and boring.

Encouraging her students to learn and using the already established relationship with these former students makes them a little more willing to work.

Schmiesing enjoys her classes’ senses of humor and their hard work.

Twenty-two years into the teaching job, and Schmiesing is already making herself at home at the high school.

So with the students and staff, we give Schmiesing a warm welcome to Piqua High School.

McDonald’s Student of the Week

Wirt’s goal: be a success in the classroom Dakota Rench Staff Writer

The McDonald’s student of the week for the week of Oct. 7-11 is Johnathan Wirt. Wirt is the son of Lori and Rodney Wirt.

Wirt was nominated by teacher Nick Neary. He was nominated for the characteristics of diligence, and responsibility.

“Johnathan has demonstrated his diligence and Wirt sense of responsibility in that he has shown a true desire to be successful in my classroom and beyond. He is willing to put in the extra effort and is not afraid to ask questions to make sure he does what needs to be done,” Neary said.

Wirt is a senior and his favorite subject is psychology. He finds it to be a rewarding subject that has taught him many interesting facts about the human mind Wirt plans to attend the University of Cincinnati to major in

mechanical engineering in order to understand how things function.

When asked why he strives so hard to be successful in class Wirt replied, “I have struggled with my grades in the past with subjects such as English. But this year I decided it was time to step it up; the drive to succeed is my reward.”

Once college is completed, Wirt hopes to become employed by the mechanical engineering department of the Crown Corporation.

“After bouncing around ideas, I have finally decided that this is the career path that I wish to pursue,” Wirt said.

Wirt was asked what his message to other students was when it came to success in school and this is what he had to say, “Hard work in the classroom is very important, you get what you put into it. The more effort, the better the grades.”

Editor: John Husa Reporters: Grace Frantz John Husa Lauren Vanderhorst Adviser: Elaine Schweller-Snyder

No slowing down these Cavaliers BY: JOHN HUSA With the weather getting colder and leaves changing color, fall is quickly approaching. This means the Cross Country season is winding down, but the Cavaliers have done great so far and nothing can slow them down!

The Cavaliers are coached by Bill Fuller and have a solid crew of 15. The team consists of seniors Joe Fuller, Nick Elsner, Katie Heckman, Gabe Berning, and Julia Harrelson; juniors John Schmiesing, Erik Jackson, and Teddy Jackson; sophomores Caroline Heitmeyer and Janelle Gravunder; freshmen Jenna Zimmerman, Alanna O’Leary, Theresa Schmiesing, and Isaiah Winhoven.

The Cavaliers are nearing districts (October 19) and look to make some noise in the tournament. The boys have been moving up in placement and have been getting faster all year. The girls are proving to be a threat as well.

Senior Joe Fuller is having a stand-out year, breaking records and dominating the competition. After training in the summer with Bob Schul, Joe has been putting up great times.

Fuller is the only runner ever to win the Shelby County Preview three consecutive times and he has come in first at several invitationals this season. Fuller also set a record at the Graham Invitational, and his current times should put him as a top finisher at state.

“My goal is to make State this year, and hopefully win as well,” said Fuller.

Fuller’s faith is very important to him and his team, as he said he runs for God. “God has a plan for me, and I am using my God-given talents for His glory,” said Fuller.

It is great to see the faith is strong with Fuller and his team. Nothing is slowing down the Cavaliers, and they plan on keeping it going in the sectionals. We wish the best of luck to the Cavaliers the rest of the season, and hope to see them go the distance this year!

Issue #5 - October 10, 2013

WE’VE GOT SPIRIT, HOW ‘BOUT YOU? BY: GRACE FRANTZ V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, that’s our senior battle cry! As the Senior Class President, I and the other class officers have the goal of making our senior year one to remember.

This summer, we began to brainstorm different ideas we could do to show the creative school spirit of our fellow classmates to the whole Lehman community.

School spirit has been something incredibly important to the students of Lehman. We have created themes for the fans at games and made it a priority to dig through the costume closet to find the most fitting costume for the theme. We have cheered and sang the Fight Song on the top of our lungs at sporting events.

One of the ideas we decided to pursue this year is to decorate the senior hallway in accordance with the theme of the week for the football game.

There are definitely some students at Lehman that are very spirited. Student Council President, senior Julia Harrelson, is one of those students. “I was very excited because our class is one to start new traditions. Decorating the Senior hallway is one of the traditions that we can pass on to classes to come and add to the fun spirit that we have here at Lehman,” said Harrelson.

Each week a group of senior students decorate the senior locker hallway, which houses the science classrooms and music room. Some of the themes that we have already had this year were Blue Out and Neon Night. We plan to have a Pink Out and more! Not only the seniors but all students are getting into the theme of the week.

Senior Olivia Sehlhorst said, “My favorite theme so far was definitely the Neon Night! We had so much fun cheering the Cavs to a big victory even in the pouring rain!” The main reason is to get people excited for the games throughout the week. Anyone that walks through the hallway will know the theme for the week. So take a trip down the senior hallway to see how we show our Lehman Spirit!

Selty in America: Part Two BY: LAUREN VANDERHORST Selty Zhong spent here first year in America in Long Island, New York, as a junior in an American high school. This year, she is calling Lehman Catholic her school as she begins her senior year.

Selty had a different take on Lehman than other new students. “Lehman is clean and it is big,” she said. “I like it a lot here but I am not a fan of the uniforms.” She explained that she has had to wear a uniform for as long as she can remember and she is ready to break out and show her own personality when she gets to college.

Rice, a college in Texas, is her dream school. “Many Chinese go to school there,” she said. New York University and the University of California are also schools she is keeping in mind if Rice does not work out.

In her free time, Selty enjoys skateboarding. In China, there are no skate parks, so she and her friends build homemade skate parks. These are nothing compared to American skate parks. According to Selty, “Ours are just little, not big.” Along with skateboarding, Selty likes watching American TV shows. “American TV shows are much better than Chinese TV shows,” she said. “The Walking Dead is the best TV show!” Selty also enjoys shopping, working out, and watching movies when she has time.

Selty was unable to bring one of her favorite things when she came to America, her dog PiPi. PiPi is a teddy bear dog; it looks like a teddy bear. Selty was very surprised when she did not see any teddy bear dogs here in America. She said, “They are very common in Southern China, but there must not be any here I guess.”

The Lehman Community is happy to have such a happy and intelligent young lady who loves Lehman just as much as everyone else who attends school here.

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

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Piqua looks to get back on track Sidney visits for ‘Battered Helmet’ game Rob Kiser

Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com

If the Piqua football team wants to retain the “Battered Helmet”, it will face a strong challenge Friday night against a much improved Sidney team.

While the Indians, 1-5 overall and 0-1 in the GWOC North, have won 29 of the last 33 meetings and lead the series 73-37-6 — Sidney comes in off a big win over Troy and brings a record of 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the GWOC North to

In brief n Pink-Out is Friday

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and it will be obvious Friday night at the Piqua’s homecoming game with Sidney.

Among the different activites will include: Over 400 students, staff members and supporters are wearing their pink t-shirts.

A gigantic pink balloon launch to get the attention of everyone at the stadium.

A pink fire truck that denotes the importance of cancer research.

The football cheerleaders have a face painting area where they will draw a pink ribbon on the faces of anyone in attendance.

All proceeds will be donated to local charities.

n PressPros to air Troy game

PressProsMagazine.com will air the Vandalia-Butler at Troy football game Friday.

Air time is 6:30 p.m. and kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Fans at the stadium can hear the game on 107.3 FM

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 Nov. 16 from 8-11 a.m. in the Piqua High School Commons. Tickets will be $7 and can be purchased in the Piqua High School Office.

Stumper local Q: What high school

athletic director led Massilon Perry to its only appearance in the state basketball tournament during the 1990-91 season?

A:

Chip Hare

Quoted

“We really don’t care what people that don’t believe in us say.”

— Rex Ryan on the New York Jets surprising 3-2 start

Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.

“Their coaching staff has been in place for three years,” Piqua football coach Bill Nees said. “The players are becoming very comfortable and they are having a lot of success.

You consider, they didn’t win a game for two years — and they won four games last year are 4-2 this season. They are a good football team.”

Last week’s win over Troy was no exception to what has been going on all season with the Sidney offense.

Quarterback Jordan Fox completed 15 of 29 passes for 241 yards and four TDs. Darryl McNeal caught all four touchdowns passes and had 11 receptions for 192 yards.

To go with that, Eric Barnes rushed for 141 yards on 21 carries.

“The quarterback (Jordan Fox) has done a nice job distributing the ball to a number of different people,” Nees said.

“They use a lot of one-back formations, although they will use multiple backs at times.”

For the season, Barnes has rushed for 496 yards on 88 carries; while Fox has 236 yards on 66 carries.

McNeal has 27 catches for 355 yards, while Scott Stewart and Anthony Yates both have more than 10 catches as well.

Fox has completed 76 of 148 passes for 964 yards and has 12 TDs and nine interceptions.

“He has thrown almost 150 passes and has almost 1,000 yards passing,” Nees said of Fox. “He is kind of dual threat.

He is the second leading rusher on the team as well. He is kind of like the Springboro quarterback.”

Zach Scott leads the defense with 72 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

“They play a 50 defense,” Nees said. “They are doing some different things this year and being a little more aggres-

Piqua receiver Noah Gertner fights for yardage earlier this season.

sive.”

For Piqua, running back Trent Yeomans was a weapon for the the second straight week in in a 69-34 loss to Trotwood-Madsion.

Yeomans has rushed for more than 540 yards the last two weeks and has already passed the 1,000-yard mark with 1,015 yards on 109 carries — almost 10 yards per carry.

“We knew coming in to the season our offensive line was going to be a strength,” Nees said. “You add to that, Trent has just had some great runs and made people miss. And he has another gear when he gets to the second level. He is able to accelerate and make big runs.”

Piqua has maintained some balance as well.

Quarterback Dan Monnin has completed 47 of 93 passes

for 689 yards with 11 touchdowns and four interceptions.

Defensively, Piqua has been the victim of some explosive offenses over the last several weeks and looks to turn things around Friday night.

Austin Hall leads the team with 53 tackles, while Hayden Hall, Dom Stone and Alex Nees all have more than 40.

Derrick Gullett has two forced fumbles and two interceptions.

“I think it is more than that (getting off the field),” Nees said. “We need to be able to force teams to punt and give our offense good field position.”

And there is no way better to get things turned around that a rivalry game.

“I think so,” Nees said. “We talked to the kids this week about still having a lot to play for. We have got two rivalry

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

games in the final four weeks.

We have another one with another school in our final game.”

Friday night is not only homecoming, but Piqua is holding a Pink-Think event with October being breast cancer awareness month.

Among the different activites will include: Over 400 students, staff members and supporters are wearing their pink t-shirts.

A gigantic pink balloon launch to get the attention of everyone at the stadium.

A pink fire truck that denotes the importance of cancer research.

The football cheerleaders have a face painting area where they will draw a pink ribbon on the faces of anyone in attendance.

All proceeds will be donated to local charities.

Sekito shot stuns Lady Indians Piqua loses 1-0 heartbreaker to Troy Rob Kiser

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TROY — The Piqua girls soccer team had hopes of making history at Troy Memorial Stadium Wednesday night and adding to an already successful season.

One amazing shot by Troy junior Kina Sekito changed all that in an instance.

Sekito launched a shot from 45 yards out with 8:13 remaining in the game that was just high enough to elude the grasp of Piqua goalie Reynna Lavey and find the top of the net, giving Troy a 1-0 victory and prevent Piqua from winning its first league title ever in the sport.

Troy finished 4-1-0 in the GWOC North, Sidney was 3-0-2 and Piqua 3-1-1.

“It was a good shot, I will give you that,” Piqua coach Flo Loisy, who saw his team drop to 9-4-1 on the season, said. “At the same time, Raynna (Lavey) just missed by inches of getting it. The ball rolled their (Troy’s) way tonight.”

Piqua made a few runs at the goal after that, but Troy’s physical play frustrated Piqua’s offense all night — an offense that includes two of the top four scorers in the GWOC in Kayla Schrubb and Amy Burt. “ Nu m b e r 13 (Troy defender Maci Wadsworth) did a great job all night for them,” Loisy said. “They seemed to know exactly what we were going to try to do all night. They were well prepared, I will give them that.”

At the same time, Loisy did not see the same Piqua team he had been watching all season.

The Lady Indians had just two corner kicks all night.

“We just didn’t play like we have been,” Loisy said. “I thought we picked things up the last 20 minutes. I didn’t think we came out with that same intensity. If we had played the entire game the way we played the last 20 minutes, it might have been a different story.”

Piqua’s defense was up to the task against Troy until Sekito’s stunner from long range.

And even after that goal, Loisy liked Piqua’s chances.

“We still had plenty of time,” he said. “I was looking for us to answer right there. And we have done that a number of times this

year. I thought that (Troy’s goal) was going to be the spark we needed, but it didn’t turn out that way.”

The disappointment in the loss was obvious by the emotion on the Piqua sideline after the game.

“I will let them settle down for a couple minutes,” Loisy said. “Then we will talk about Monday (their opening game in the tournament). We still have Lehman Saturday, but our goal is to go a long way in the tournament, so we are still thinking about that a little bit.”

Piqua will play at Lehman Saturday, with the JV kicking off at 8 a.m., followed by the varsity at 10.

On Monday, Piqua will host Fairmont at 7 p.m. at Wertz Stadium in D-I sectional action — hoping to start a successful tournament run.

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Mike Ullery | Staff Photo

Piqua defender Kaylee Bradney sends the ball down the field as Alexis Branam looks on.

Hannah Went heads the ball against Troy’s Maci Wadsworth Mike Ullery | Staff Photo Wednesday night.

Amy Burt is blocked from the ball by Troy’s Maci Wadsworth.

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Meyer wants to enjoy bye week COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Urban Meyer wants his Ohio State Buckeyes to have a constructive week of practice and then enjoy a Saturday without the physical and mental stresses of a game.

He does not want to get any phone calls in the middle of the night.

“Some people see a bye week, they go act like a jerk over the weekend,” he said after Wednesday night’s practice. “Football is a tough, violent, contact sport.

So your joints and your shoulders and everything need a break. That’s what it’s for. But to come back (out of shape) and not at least watch some football, that’d be a disgrace.

And I’d have a real problem with that.”

So the fourth-ranked Buckeyes were given Sunday and Monday off, will practice through this week and then will be released to go home, relax, maybe go see their high school team play and then watch some games on TV. They report back at 6 a.m. on Monday morning — and they’d better not have partied too hard.

Ohio State is using this week to heal bumps and bruises, assess players and plays, underscore the things done right and improve those which have not been so good.

“We’re six games in.

We have a week to kind of take a deep breath,” said quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator Tom Herman. “What are

we good at? What aren’t we good at? Where do we need to get better? What do we need to enhance and keep doing?”

The Buckeyes have been very good defensively against the run, ranking seventh in the nation while giving up just 86.2 yards on the ground per game.

But they’ve also been less than stout against the pass. A week after stopping No. 23 Wisconsin’s brawny running game but giving up a lot through the air in a 31-24 victory, they shut down No. 16 Northwestern on the ground but surrendered almost 300 yards passing in a 40-30 win that was far closer than the score indicates.

On the weekly Big Ten coaches teleconference, Meyer called the pass defense “alarming.”

The Buckeyes are giving up 240 yards a game through the air, which is 76th in the nation.

Cornerback Doran Grant, however, says the most important thing is to look at the big picture.

“We’ve been doing pretty good,” he said. “We’ve just got to sharpen up a few things. We just can’t have missed tackles as a team. Everybody has to keep running to the ball.”

Meyer is also upset with missed tackles that lead to big plays, although it’s clear that Ohio State does miss safety Christian Bryant.

Bryant was lost for the season with a broken ankle at the end of the Wisconsin game.

His replacements didn’t exactly come up big against Northwestern.

“That still is not settled yet,” Meyer said of filling the hole left by Bryant’s injury. “That was a stinger.”

On offense, the Buckeyes are concentrating on continuing to run the ball the way they have been. They are built around the solid play of an offensive line that has four senior starters.

Bruising tailback Carlos Hyde has done the rest.

Hyde had a career-high 168 yards and scored three touchdowns at Northwestern, propping the Buckeyes up when things looked bleak in the second half and they were down by 10 points.

“We’re playing pretty well,” offensive lineman Andrew Norwell said. “We were all on the same page against Northwestern. We kept running the ball and it really makes a difference when Carlos Hyde’s back

there, just mauling people.”

Quarterback Braxton Miller lost two fumbles and threw an interception on Saturday. But don’t expect any changes there. Miller remains the starter with Kenny Guiton a quality option only if Miller is hurt or the offense blows up.

When Ohio State does return to action, it’ll be greeted by a two-game homestand: Iowa on Oct. 19 and Penn State on Oct. 26. After that, the Buckeyes play three of their last four on the road, including the annual regular-season curtaincloser at Michigan.

This weekend, however, many of the Buckeyes will get some home cooking, reflect on the first half of the season and prepare for what’s next.

“I’m going home and hang out with my family,” said Norwell, a Cincinnati native. “I’ve got a new niece. I’m excited to meet her.”

Ohio State and coach Urban Meyer have a bye this week.

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Brandon Weeden is ready for a second chance as Browns quarterback putting them in first place after five games for the first time since 1995.

Cleveland’s comeback, and Weeden’s rebirth.

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said Weeden grew from all that he has experienced already this season.

“You look at being the starter, getting injured and having to sit and watch,” he said. “And then get thrown out into the game, early in the game where he didn’t get a lot of practice time; getting booed; back and forth; and him ultimately making some big plays that helped us win that game.

“I think that’s growth, and I think that he has a sense of confidence of what he’s been able to do. We’ll get him back out there for another week of practice, and I think that will help him get better and get ready to play even more so.”

Weeden, who will start this week as the Browns host the Detroit Lions (3-2), said the time spent off the field was invaluable to his development.

“You dig deep and you try to find yourself and you do a lot of soul searching,” he said.

“You’ve just got to find a way to take the positives and build on them.”

Weeden heads into this new beginning looking to fix some of his issues — decision-making, pocket presence top the list — during Cleveland’s first two games, losses to Miami and Baltimore.

Weeden was guilty of holding onto the ball too long while waiting for receivers to get open.

The delays made it tough on Cleveland’s offensive line, which can’t hold blocks forever and contributed to Weeden being sacked 16 times.

He knows he must get rid of the ball more quickly, and said the play often dictates when he can let it go.

“There are times you’re going to have to sit back

Downpour doesn’t bother Kevin Huber Launches big punt at critical time

Weeden gets a do-over BEREA (AP) — The disgust came quickly, boos raining down from every corner of the stadium on Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden before he had barely broken a sweat.

Forced into last week’s game against Buffalo after Brian Hoyer went out with a season-ending knee injury, Weeden, who began the year as Cleveland’s starter only to lose his job to injury and be demoted, threw a couple incompletions and then felt the enormous pressure of more than 70,000 demanding fans breathing down his neck.

He could have cracked or crumbled.

Instead, Weeden conquered. He turned the game — and perhaps his career — around.

“Facing adversity, it makes you stronger as a person,” Weeden said.

“That’s life.”

Weeden’s season has turned 360 degrees in just five weeks. After spraining his right thumb in Cleveland’s second game, Weeden sat for two weeks while Hoyer, the lifelong Browns fan who dreamed of leading his hometown team, led Cleveland to consecutive wins.

Weeden recovered, but Browns coach Rob Chudzinksi decided to stick with Hoyer, dropping Weeden to a backup role.

He went into Thursday’s nationally televised game against the Bills as Cleveland’s No. 2 quarterback but was thrust into action when Hoyer tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

Weeden came in rusty, missed on his first two passes and then jogged to the sideline amid jeers.

Weeden, though, rallied himself along with the Browns (3-2). He threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Josh Gordon and led the Browns to a 37-24 win,

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Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber kicks a 57-yard punt in a driving rain Sunday.

and hold it because you might have a double move or you might have a deeper progression route,” he said. “That goes to the confidence I have in the guys up front and go from there.”

One major difference for Weeden is that he has Gordon as a target.

The receiver was suspended for Cleveland’s first two games, depriving Weeden of one of his biggest playmakers.

Gordon had 14 receptions in two weeks with Hoyer, and grabbed four Weeden passes last week.

After Weeden started poorly, Gordon pulled him over on the sideline and encouraged him to believe in his teammates.

Gordon urged Weeden to put the ball in the air for himself and receiver Greg Little.

“Sometimes it’s not going to look very pretty,” Gordon said. “It looks like it’s almost lucky, and that’s what’s involved in a lot of the games, a lot of luck and a lot of just trust and

ability.”

Weeden listened, and like so much that has happened to him, learned.

NOTES: For the second time in three weeks, Chudzinski dismissed trade rumors about Gordon. “We’re not shopping Josh and we have no plans of trading Josh,” Chudzinski said. … OLBs Jabaal Sheard (knee) and Quentin Groves (ankle) returned to practice and could play this week. … Chudzinski said he hasn’t given much thought to the Browns possibly appearing on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” next year. If no team volunteers, the league passed a measure that would exempt teams with new coaches, clubs that reached the playoffs in one of the previous two seasons, or those that appeared on the documentary-styled show within the preceding 10 years. “I’m not a big fan of Hard Knocks,” Chudzinski said.

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden will start for the Browns this week.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Huge drops of rain pelted the field, falling so hard that players had to blink to protect their eyes.

The wind made the yellow uprights on the goal posts bob and weave.

Punt in these conditions? That’s exactly what Kevin Huber had to do on Sunday.

With a game on the line, no less.

“That was probably the heaviest (downpour) I’ve ever been in,” the Bengals punter said. “That was pretty insane that it rained that hard for that long of a period.”

He came up with one of the best punts of his career, sending the ball 57 yards in the air through the driving rain.

His kicked pinned the New England Patriots for those final wet minutes of a 13-6 victory at Paul Brown Stadium.

The defense’s performance was impressive, ending Tom Brady’s streak of 52 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. Huber’s kick was as good as anything the defense did.

“Oh, man, that was huge for us,” defensive tackle Domata Peko said on Wednesday. “A big punt, and it came at the perfect time. We were going to give them a short field, but he booted that thing all the way down. That was amazing, man. It was up there forever.”

That he got it off at all was impressive.

The Bengals had a fourth down at their 17-yard line coming out of the two-minute warning.

A storm had just moved in at Paul Brown Stadium. Big raindrops came down so hard that players felt like they were being pelted with hail.

Huber jogged onto the field holding a towel, hoping to keep his hands dry so he didn’t fumble the wet ball. He immediately realized that was wishful thinking.

“The second I took the towel away, I just got soaked anyway,” Huber said. “I don’t even know why I took it out with me.”

The goal: Catch it cleanly and get it away without having it blocked or hitting

it off the side of his foot.

And try not to let the wind blow it down a few yards past the line of scrimmage. Every yard was vital at that point.

“The wind was a little bigger factor than the rain,” Huber said.

“If it was just a heavy, down-pouring rain, I would have been fine with that all day. But the wind definitely made it harder.”

He got the snap and got it off so smoothly that the ball took off, cutting through the rain and wind as though it were a sunny day.

Even punt returner Julian Edelman was surprised — he’d expected a much shorter kick and had to turn and run backward to catch up with it.

He grabbed it at the New England 26-yard line and was run out of bounds at the 35, leaving the Patriots with too far to go under the worst type of weather.

Even Huber was surprised the ball sailed that far.

“It was like a golf shot,” he said. “Your best shot, you don’t even feel it. It feels like you’re just hitting through air. That’s kind of what it felt like, just a real good, clean hit, a hard hit.

I looked up and saw him turn around and start running, so I knew it was a good hit.”

The Patriots had trouble completing passes in the downpour.

Several passes were dropped, and Brady’s desperation pass was picked off in the closing seconds.

“We punted just in time for them to get on offense and have all the rain,” Huber said.

NOTES: DE Michael Johnson, who missed the game because of a concussion, sat out practice on Wednesday.

CB Leon Hall missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, but returned to practice on a limited basis.

Asked if he could play on Sunday at Buffalo (2-3), Hall said, “I hope so. Two weeks is long enough.” …

RT Andre Smith also was limited in practice Wednesday by a sore shoulder.

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Ohio High Schoo Football Computer Ratings DIVISION I (top 16 make playoffs) Region 1 1. Hudson (6-0) 18.6333, 2. Lakewood St. Edward (6-0) 18.3833, 3.

Canton McKinley (6-0) 16.1156, 4.

Austintown-Fitch (6-0) 16.0333, 5.

Cleveland Heights (5-1) 13.4667, 6.

Marysville (5-1) 12.75, 7. Westerville Central (5-1) 12.6333, 8. Mentor (51) 12.4, 9. Stow-Munroe Falls (5-1) 12.2, 10. Cle. St. Ignatius (4-2) 11.5833, 11. Elyria (5-1) 10.95, 12.

Solon (4-2) 10.8, 13. Wadsworth (51) 10.6167, 14. Brunswick (4-2) 10.4833, 15. Strongsville (4-2) 8.8333, 16. Green (4-2) 8.3667, 17.

Tol. Whitmer (3-3) 7.6, 18. Warren G. Harding (4-2) 7.5667, 19. Massillon Jackson (3-3) 7.2424, 20. Shaker Hts. (4-2) 6.9.

Region 2 1. Centerville (6-0) 20.2432, 2. Cin. Archbishop Moeller (6-0) 19.0374, 3.

Hilliard Davidson (6-0) 16.15, 4. Cin. Colerain (6-0) 15.9116, 5. West Chester Lakota West (5-1) 15.2333, 6. Fairfield (6-0) 14.8833, 7. Cin. Elder (5-1) 14.6667, 8. Pickerington North (6-0) 14.2602, 9. Huber Heights Wayne (5-1) 12.4066, 10.

Miamisburg (5-1) 12.0333, 11. Clayton Northmont (5-1) 11.548, 12.

Hilliard Darby (5-1) 10.0833, 13.

Springboro (5-1) 9.8167, 14. Cin. St. Xavier (3-3) 9.6833, 15. Dublin Coffman (3-3) 9.6333, 16. Cin. Sycamore (5-1) 9.5333, 17.

Lebanon (4-2) 8.9, 18. Pickerington Central (3-2) 8.7889, 19. Reynoldsburg (3-3) 8.2677, 20. Cin. Oak Hills (3-3) 7.8667.

DIVISION II (top eight from each region qualify for the playoffs in Divisions II through VII) Region 3 1. Cle. Glenville (5-1) 13.0667, 2.

Willoughby South (5-1) 12.6, 3. Bedford (5-1) 10.3667, 4. BrecksvilleBroadview Hts. (5-1) 10.0667, 5.

Madison (5-1) 9.5333, 6. Kent Roosevelt (5-1) 8.8, 7. North Olmsted (42) 7.9667, 8. Lyndhurst Brush (3-3) 7.5667, 9. Painesville Riverside (4-2) 7.2833, 10. Westlake (3-3) 6.5167, 11. Garfield Hts. (3-3) 4.55, 12. Mayfield (2-4) 4.35.

Region 4 1. Medina Highland (6-0) 15.4333, 2. Avon (6-0) 15.3833, 3. Macedonia

Nordonia (6-0) 14.85, 4. Massillon Washington (6-0) 12.85, 5. Avon Lake (5-1) 12.15, 6. Akron Ellet (6-0) 12.1, 7. Perrysburg (4-2) 10.1833, 8.

Tol. St. Francis deSales (4-2) 9.2167, 9. Grafton Midview (4-2) 8.85, 10.

Uniontown Lake (3-3) 8.15, 11. Sylvania Southview (3-3) 7.5333, 12.

Tol. Bowsher (4-2) 7.4833.

Region 5 1. New Albany (6-0) 14.9167, 2.

Mansfield Senior (6-0) 14.35, 3.

Zanesville (6-0) 14.2333, tie-4.

Dublin Scioto (4-2) 12.25, tie-4. Worthington Kilbourne (5-1) 12.25, 6.

Pataskala Licking Hts. (6-0) 10.5, 7.

Cols. Northland (4-1) 9.6333, 8.

Lewis Center Olentangy (6-0) 8.9167, 9. Cols. St. Charles (3-2) 7.7444, 10. Dublin Jerome (3-3) 7.6333, 11. Hilliard Bradley (3-3) 6.8333, 12. Cols. Walnut Ridge (4-2) 6.7833.

Region 6 1. Loveland (6-0) 18.3167, 2. Cin. Northwest (6-0) 14.1333, 3. Cin. Winton Woods (6-0) 13.8125, 4. Cin. Mount Healthy (5-1) 11.1833, 5. Cin. Withrow (5-1) 9.3, tie-6. Cin. Anderson (3-3) 8.0333, tie-6. Cin. LaSalle (3-3) 8.0333, 8. Harrison (4-2) 7.7833, 9. Kings Mills Kings (4-2) 7.3833, 10. Cin. Glen Este (3-3) 6.1833, 11. Lima Senior (3-3) 5.9833, 12. Vandalia Butler (3-3) 5.5333.

DIVISION III Region 7 1. Akron St. Vincent-St Mary (6-0) 15.1833, 2. Chesterland West Geauga (5-1) 14.2833, 3. Hubbard (6-0) 14.15, 4. Poland Seminary (60) 13.4667, 5. Alliance Marlington (51) 11.9833, tie-6. Aurora (5-1) 9.95, tie-6. Chagrin Falls Kenston (4-2) 9.95, 8. Louisville (6-0) 9.15, 9. Warren Howland (4-2) 9.1, 10. Alliance (4-2) 7.9, 11. Tallmadge (4-2) 7.8, 12.

Norton (5-1) 7.3.

Region 8 1. Tol. Central Cath. (6-0) 17.9333, 2. Sandusky Perkins (6-0) 12.2, 3.

Clyde (5-1) 12.1833, 4. Tiffin Columbian (5-1) 11.9333, 5. Norwalk (5-1) 11.7833, 6. Napoleon (4-2) 7.5, 7. Defiance (3-3) 6.9, 8. Parma Padua Franciscan (3-3) 6.5333, 9.

Medina Buckeye (3-3) 5.4, 10. Lodi Cloverleaf (2-4) 5.0, 11. Elida (4-2) 4.9667, 12. Maumee (2-4) 3.55.

Region 9

Piqua spikers handle Sidney Cash ‘kills’ East record The Piqua volleyball team improved to 9-11 with a three-set win over Sidney Tuesday night.

Tasha Potts had six kills and 12 digs; while Logan Ernst and Mae Carnes had five kills each.

Macy Yount and Sarah Palmer served four aces, while Kailey Byers had 13 digs.

Piqua will play at Vandalia-Butler Thursday in GWOC pool play to close the regular season.

Lady Cavs roll

DEGRAFF — The Lehman volleyball team cruised to a 25-11, 25-8, 25-6 win over Riverside Tuesday.

Ellie Cain dished out 25 assists.

Olivia Slagle pounded nine kills and Sidney Chapman added eight.

Erica Paulus had eight kills and 12 digs and Ava Schmitz served six aces.

Lehman improved to 13-7,

East gets win

ANSONIA — A share of the league title, a school record.

Of everything that went in Miami East’s favor Tuesday night, volleyball coach John Cash liked one the most.

“It’s good to have everyone back on the floor,” he said after Tuesday’s 25-13, 25-8, 25-8 sweep at Ansonia. “We haven’t had our entire starting lineup together since basically the beginning of the year. We were a little rusty in spots, but the girls played well.”

Senior Sam Cash made her return to the lineup needing only eight kills to break her sister Abby Cash’s career record for kills at the school. She finished with nine, as well as two aces, two digs and 16 assists.

Ashley Current had six kills, two digs and 16 assists, while Angie Mack had nine kills, two aces and six digs.

Allison Morrett had seven kills, an ace and six digs, Trina Current had three kills, an aces, a block and two digs, Karson Mahaney had two kills and Anna Kiesewetter had four aces and nine digs.

“We served tough and controlled the ball well,” Cash said. “I thought An-

sonia was scrappy and made us earn some points, but we still averaged 12 kills a set. When you’re getting half your points on swings, you’re doing some good things.”

The Vikings, now 16-4 on the season, clinched a share of the Cross County Conference title by moving to 11-0.

Buccs handle Bees

TIPP CITY — It has been on-the-job-training for a young Covington volleyball team, but the Lady Buccs have improved steadily throughout the 2013 season and parlayed that training into a gutsy effort at Bethel on Tuesday — winning in four sets by the scores of 25-13, 20-25, 25-23 and 25-23.

Covington was led by Jessica Dammeyer with 33 digs, Arianna Richards’ 25 assists, and eight kills

by Kenzie Atkinson.

Richards also had seven kills and Brooke Gostomsky had six kills.

The Lady Buccs conclude their regular season at home tonight against Ansonia.

BOYS SOCCER Newton wins big

PLEASANT HILL — The Newton Indians picked up their sixth shutout of the season Monday, blanking Preble Shawnee 7-0.

Kyle Demido scored two goals, while Logan Welbaum, Treyton Lavy, Rhett Gipe, Jonny White and Moustafa Simpara each had one. Levi Armentrout added two assists and Zane Clymer and Seth Courtney each had one.

Braves edge East

CASSTOWN — Colton Holicki scored on a penalty kick Monday night, but the Miami East Vikings fell to Springfield Shawnee 3-2.

GIRLS SOCCER Lady Indians win

The Newton girls soccer team improved to 7-5-3 with a 3-1 win over Dixie.

Billy Lavy two goals and one assist to lead the Indians.

Erin Sweitzer and Katie Houk both had assists.

1. The Plains Athens (6-0) 13.6333, 2. Chillicothe (6-0) 13.3333, 3. Cols. Marion-Franklin (51) 12.75, 4. New Philadelphia (6-0) 10.6333, 5. Granville (5-1) 10.0167, 6. Circleville Logan Elm (5-1) 9.5167, 7. Millersburg West Holmes (5-1) 9.4833, 8. Cols. Brookhaven (42) 8.5808, 9. Dover (4-2) 8.5272, 10.

Thornville Sheridan (5-1) 8.4167, 11.

Cols. Mifflin (4-2) 7.95, 12. Carrollton (3-3) 7.1833.

Region 10 1. Wapakoneta (5-1) 12.95, 2.

Mount Orab Western Brown (6-0) 12.6035, 3. Springfield Shawnee (60) 10.9833, 4. Day. Thurgood Marshall (3-2) 10.9281, 5. Celina (5-1) 8.8833, 6. Franklin (5-1) 8.6333, 7.

Tipp City Tippecanoe (6-0) 8.6167, 8. Springfield Kenton Ridge (5-1) 7.3833, 9. New Richmond (5-1) 7.3167, 10. Bellefontaine (3-3) 5.8667, 11. Hamilton Ross (3-3) 5.4, 12. Trotwood-Madison (3-2) 5.0333.

DIVISION IV Region 11 1. Chagrin Falls (4-2) 10.5167, tie2. Peninsula Woodridge (4-2) 9.7167, tie-2. Perry (4-2) 9.7167, 4.

Minerva (4-2) 9.3833, 5. Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (4-2) 8.5167, 6. Cle. Benedictine (4-2) 8.45, 7. Fairview Park Fairview (5-1) 8.3167, 8. Cle. John Hay (5-1) 8.0177, 9. Struthers (4-2) 7.6333, 10.

Pepper Pike Orange (3-3) 6.3167, 11. Cortland Lakeview (3-3) 6.2, 12.

Cle. Central Cath. (4-2) 6.15.

Region 12 1. Caledonia River Valley (6-0) 14.3667, 2. Kenton (6-0) 12.2, 3.

Bryan (6-0) 11.7, 4. Genoa Area (60) 10.85, 5. Galion (6-0) 10.4, 6.

Sparta Highland (5-1) 9.85, 7. Millbury Lake (5-1) 9.8333, 8. Wauseon (5-1) 9.7833, 9. Upper Sandusky (60) 9.0333, 10. Wooster Triway (4-2) 8.3833, 11. Ontario (4-2) 7.3333, 12.

Bellville Clear Fork (4-2) 6.2167.

Region 13 1. Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (60) 11.3833, 2. Duncan Falls Philo (51) 9.6167, 3. Newark Licking Valley (5-1) 9.1667, 4. Zanesville Maysville (5-1) 9.0167, 5. Steubenville (5-1) 8.3935, 6. Bexley (5-1) 8.15, 7. Carroll Bloom-Carroll (4-2) 7.5, 8. Cols.

Bishop Watterson (2-4) 6.15, 9.

Richmond Edison (4-2) 5.9667, 10.

Wintersville Indian Creek (4-2) 5.25, 11. Byesville Meadowbrook (5-1) 5.2167, 12. New Concord John Glenn (4-2) 5.0667.

Region 14 1. Urbana (6-0) 11.6, 2. Cin. Archbishop McNicholas (5-1) 11.5459, 3.

Kettering Archbishop Alter (5-1) 11.2702, 4. Washington C.H. Miami Trace (5-1) 11.101, 5. Germantown Valley View (6-0) 10.95, 6. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (5-1) 8.6793, 7. Middletown Bishop Fenwick (4-2) 8.4833, 8. Cin. Wyoming (4-2) 8.4167, 9. Minford (5-1) 8.3333, 10.

North Bend Taylor (4-2) 7.9833, 11.

Eaton (5-1) 7.5167, 12. Carlisle (42) 7.4833.

DIVISION V Region 15 1. Akron Manchester (5-1) 11.2833, 2. Beachwood (4-2) 9.0667, 3. Navarre Fairless (5-1) 8.25, 4. Columbiana Crestview (5-1) 7.8, 5. Youngstown Liberty (4-2) 7.5, 6. Sullivan Black River (4-2) 7.3833, 7. Gates Mills Gilmour Acad. (5-1) 6.5667, 8. Youngstown Ursuline (23) 6.3764, 9. Independence (4-2) 5.8833, 10. Canton Central Cath. (33) 5.55, 11. Warren Champion (3-3) 5.1288, 12. Magnolia Sandy Valley (3-3) 4.8333.

Region 16 1. Columbia Station Columbia (60) 10.8833, 2. Pemberville Eastwood (4-2) 10.2, 3. Coldwater (5-1) 9.2333, 4. Loudonville (6-0) 9.0333, 5. West Salem Northwestern (5-1) 8.6, 6. Huron (4-2) 8.55, 7. Orrville (4-2) 7.9333, 8. Findlay Liberty-Benton (5-0) 7.8778, 9. Doylestown Chippewa (4-2) 7.6167, 10. Creston Norwayne (4-2) 7.05, 11. Apple Creek Waynedale (4-2) 6.2333, 12.

Marion Pleasant (4-2) 6.05.

Region 17 1. Cols. Bishop Hartley (5-1) 12.8333, 2. Baltimore Liberty Union (6-0) 11.4, 3. Wheelersburg (6-0) 11.2833, 4. St. Clairsville (6-0) 11.2604, 5. Martins Ferry (5-1) 10.0783, 6. Proctorville Fairland (33) 7.5833, 7. Chillicothe Southeastern (3-3) 5.6667, 8. Portsmouth West (3-3) 4.9333, 9. Ironton (2-4) 4.7167, 10. South Point (4-2) 4.4091, 11. Portsmouth (2-4) 3.9, 12. Belmont Union Local (3-3) 3.7167.

Region 18 1. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (6-0)

11.25, 2. West Jefferson (5-1) 9.9667, 3. Day. Chaminade Julienne (4-2) 9.3486, 4. Hamilton Badin (51) 9.1833, 5. Cin. Madeira (5-1) 8.7667, 6. Richwood North Union (51) 8.2833, 7. Cin. Mariemont (4-2) 8.1333, 8. Brookville (4-2) 7.4167, 9.

Reading (3-3) 6.0667, 10. Waynesville (4-2) 5.9167, 11. St. Bernard Roger Bacon (3-3) 5.8167, 12. Cin. Purcell Marian (3-3) 5.7833 DIVISION VI Region 19 1. Mogadore (5-1) 9.6, 2. Canfield South Range (6-0) 9.4667, 3. Kirtland (6-0) 9.2298, 4. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (5-1) 8.3131, 5.

Cle. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (6-0) 8.1167, 6. New Middletown Springfield (5-1) 7.1717, 7. McDonald (4-2) 6.65, 8. Brookfield (4-2) 6.0167, 9.

Cuyahoga Hts. (4-2) 5.95, 10. Newcomerstown (3-3) 4.6667, 11.

Jeromesville Hillsdale (3-3) 3.7833, 12. Sugarcreek Garaway (2-4) 3.4333.

Region 20 1. Haviland Wayne Trace (6-0) 10.5833, 2. Delphos Jefferson (6-0) 10.1, 3. Defiance Tinora (5-1) 8.2167, 4. Ada (5-1) 8.1667, 5. North Robinson Colonel Crawford (5-1) 7.3667, 6. Hamler Patrick Henry (51) 7.2833, 7. Convoy Crestview (4-2) 6.6833, 8. Defiance Ayersville (5-1) 6.4833, 9. Bascom HopewellLoudon (4-2) 6.45, 10. Lima Central Cath. (4-2) 6.4167, 11. Northwood (4-2) 5.95, 12. Spencerville (4-2) 4.7833.

Region 21 1. Cols. Bishop Ready (6-0) 12.35, 2. Lucasville Valley (6-0) 10.2833, 3.

Centerburg (6-0) 9.4667, 4. Bellaire (4-2) 8.9722, 5. Newark Cath. (5-1) 7.4, 6. Gahanna Cols. Acad. (4-2) 6.75, 7. Beverly Fort Frye (5-1) 5.9333, 8. Oak Hill (5-1) 5.6833, 9.

Woodsfield Monroe Central (3-3) 5.6667, 10. West Lafayette Ridgewood (3-3) 3.9333, 11. Crooksville (3-3) 3.6167, 12. Grandview Hts. (24) 3.3667.

Region 22 1. Casstown Miami East (6-0) 8.55, 2. Cin. Country Day (6-0) 8.0167, 3. Williamsburg (4-2) 7.7333, 4. New Paris National Trail (5-1) 7.6086, 5. Lewisburg TriCounty North (5-1) 7.5833, 6. West

Liberty-Salem (6-0) 7.3833, 7. Cin. Summit Country Day (5-1) 6.8157, 8.

Mechanicsburg (4-2) 5.4167, 9.

Fayetteville-Perry (4-2) 5.2667, 10.

Anna (2-4) 4.2167, 11. Rockford Parkway (3-3) 3.9833, 12. West Alexandria Twin Valley South (4-2) 3.85.

DIVISION VII Region 23 1. Berlin Center Western Reserve (6-0) 12.0667, 2. Lowellville (5-1) 7.9677, 3. Ashland Mapleton (5-1) 7.75, 4. Norwalk St. Paul (5-1) 7.35, 5. Wellsville (5-1) 7.2667, 6. Danville (5-1) 6.9343, 7. Garfield Hts. Trinity (3-3) 4.8667, 8. Plymouth (5-1) 4.5, 9. Mineral Ridge (4-2) 4.4, 10.

Southington Chalker (3-3) 3.8667, 11. Vienna Mathews (4-2) 3.5714, 12. Leetonia (2-4) 3.55.

Region 24 1. Arlington (5-1) 8.1333, 2. Fremont St. Joseph Central Cath. (4-2) 7.0833, 3. Leipsic (5-1) 7.0333, 4.

McComb (5-1) 6.9697, 5. PandoraGilboa (5-1) 4.9, 6. Edon (4-2) 4.0833, 7. Tol. Christian (4-2) 4.0667, 8. Hicksville (3-3) 3.9333, 9. Tiffin Calvert (2-4) 3.5333, 10. Sycamore Mohawk (2-4) 3.5, 11. North Baltimore (2-4) 2.45, 12. Delphos St. John's (2-4) 2.4333.

Region 25 1. Shadyside (6-0) 11.9, 2.

Glouster Trimble (6-0) 11.0167, 3.

Steubenville Cath. Central (6-0) 9.1833, 4. Racine Southern (5-1) 8.45, 5. Malvern (5-1) 6.9667, 6.

Crown City South Gallia (4-2) 5.2667, 7. Caldwell (4-2) 4.8333, 8.

Willow Wood Symmes Valley (4-2) 4.7, 9. Beallsville (3-3) 4.2753, 10.

New Matamoras Frontier (3-3) 4.0333, 11. Grove City Christian (24) 3.699, 12. New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Cath. (3-3) 3.4495.

Region 26 1. Maria Stein Marion Local (6-0) 11.1667, 2. North Lewisburg Triad (6-0) 10.7667, 3. Bainbridge Paint Valley (6-0) 9.7667, 4. Covington (60) 7.9167, 5. Fort Loramie (5-1) 7.5101, 6. Sidney Lehman Cath. (51) 7.45, 7. Cedarville (5-1) 6.9, 8.

Portsmouth Notre Dame (5-1) 6.6167, 9. Cin. Riverview East Acad.

(4-2) 4.3754, 10. DeGraff Riverside (3-3) 3.5682, 11. Fairfield Cin. Christian (2-4) 3.1667, 12. McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (3-3) 2.8833.

Record Book Football

NFL Standings

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L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

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PF PA 95 70 98 116 114 117 112 130

W 4 3 2 0

L 1 2 3 5

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PF PA 139 79 115 95 93 139 51 163

W 3 3 3 0

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PF PA 117 110 101 94 94 87 69 110

W L T Pct PF PA 5 0 0 1.000 230 139 5 0 0 1.000 128 58 2 3 0 .400 98 108 2 3 0 .400 125 129 NATIONAL CONFERENCE PF 135 152 91 82

PA 159 136 112 182

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 134 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 74 Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 122 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 3 2 0 .600 131 Chicago 3 2 0 .600 145 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 118 Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 4 1 0 .800 137 San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 113 Arizona 3 2 0 .600 91 St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 103 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.

Thursday, Oct. 17 Seattle at Arizona, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Detroit, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.

Cleveland at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

Open: New Orleans, Oakland Monday, Oct. 21 Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 8:40 p.m.

PA 73 58 134 70

Philadelphia Dallas Washington N.Y. Giants South

W 2 2 1 0

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College Schedule College Football Schedule All Times EDT (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 10 SOUTH Rutgers (4-1) at Louisville (5-0), 7:30 p.m.

SC State (3-2) at NC Central (3-2), 7:30 p.m.

E. Illinois (4-1) at Austin Peay (0-5), 8 p.m.

UT-Martin (3-2) at Tennessee Tech (3-3), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST San Diego St. (2-3) at Air Force (1-5), 9 p.m.

Arizona (3-1) at Southern Cal (3-2), 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11 MIDWEST Temple (0-5) at Cincinnati (3-2), 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12 EAST E. Michigan (1-4) at Army (2-4), Noon Lehigh (4-1) at Columbia (0-3), Noon Albany (NY) (1-5) at Delaware (4-2), Noon Rhode Island (2-4) at New Hampshire (1-3), Noon Monmouth (NJ) (3-3) at St. Francis (Pa.) (1-4), Noon South Florida (1-4) at UConn (0-3), Noon Harvard (3-0) at Cornell (1-2), 12:30 p.m.

Brown (2-1) at Bryant (3-2), 1 p.m.

Holy Cross (2-4) at Bucknell (1-3), 1 p.m.

Fordham (6-0) at Georgetown (1-3), 1 p.m.

Lafayette (1-3) at Princeton (1-1), 1 p.m.

CCSU (2-4) at Sacred Heart (5-1), 1 p.m.

Wagner (2-4) at Duquesne (2-2), 1:10 p.m.

Yale (3-0) at Dartmouth (1-2), 1:30 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) (0-5) at UMass (0-5), 3 p.m.

Michigan (5-0) at Penn St. (3-2), 5 p.m.

Stony Brook (2-3) at Colgate (1-4), 6 p.m.

Villanova (3-2) at Towson (6-0), 7 p.m.

SOUTH Missouri (5-0) at Georgia (4-1), Noon Pittsburgh (3-1) at Virginia Tech (5-1), Noon NC Pembroke (4-0) at Charlotte (3-2), Noon Valparaiso (0-4) at Mercer (4-1), Noon Navy (3-1) at Duke (3-2), 12:30 p.m.

Drake (2-3) at Davidson (0-5), 1 p.m.

The Citadel (2-4) at Georgia Southern (3-2), 1 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman (4-1) at Howard (1-4), 1 p.m.

Dayton (3-2) at Stetson (1-4), 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern (5-0) at VMI (1-4), 1:30 p.m.

Elon (2-4) at Wofford (3-2), 1:30 p.m.

Prairie View (4-2) at Alabama St. (4-2), 2 p.m.

W. Carolina (1-4) at Auburn (4-1), 2 p.m.

Norfolk St. (2-3) at Delaware St. (1-4), 2 p.m.

NC A&T (3-1) at Hampton (0-4), 2 p.m.

Jackson St. (4-2) at MVSU (1-4), 3 p.m.

Samford (3-2) at Appalachian St. (1-3), 3:30 p.m.

Boston College (3-2) at Clemson (5-0), 3:30 p.m.

Troy (3-3) at Georgia St. (0-5), 3:30 p.m.

Richmond (2-2) at James Madison (4-2), 3:30 p.m.

Florida (4-1) at LSU (5-1), 3:30 p.m.

Virginia (2-3) at Maryland (4-1), 3:30 p.m.

Syracuse (2-3) at NC State (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

East Carolina (4-1) at Tulane (4-2), 3:30 p.m.

Penn (2-1) at William & Mary (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

Tennessee St. (4-1) at Jacksonville St. (5-0), 4 p.m.

Northwestern St. (3-2) at Nicholls St. (3-2), 4 p.m.

Marshall (3-2) at FAU (2-4), 5 p.m.

Furman (2-3) at Chattanooga (3-2), 6 p.m.

Gardner-Webb (4-2) at Coastal Carolina (5-0), 6 p.m.

Florida A&M (1-4) at Savannah St. (1-5), 6 p.m.

Alabama (5-0) at Kentucky (1-4), 7 p.m.

Alabama A&M (2-4) at Southern U. (2-3), 7 p.m.

UAB (1-4) at FIU (1-4), 7:30 p.m.

Bowling Green (5-1) at Mississippi St. (2-3), 7:30 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin (2-3) at SE Louisiana (3-2), 8 p.m.

Texas A&M (4-1) at Mississippi (3-2), 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Indiana (3-2) at Michigan St. (4-1), Noon Nebraska (4-1) at Purdue (1-4), Noon Campbell (1-3) at Butler (4-2), 1 p.m.

Missouri St. (1-5) at N. Dakota St. (4-0), 2 p.m.

Cent. Michigan (2-4) at Ohio (4-1), 2 p.m.

Murray St. (3-2) at SE Missouri (0-5), 2 p.m.

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

Buffalo (2-2) at W. Michigan (0-6), 2 p.m.

Kent St. (2-4) at Ball St. (5-1), 3 p.m.

Baylor (4-0) at Kansas St. (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

E. Washington (3-1) at North Dakota (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

Northwestern (4-1) at Wisconsin (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

Grambling St. (0-6) vs. Alcorn St. (4-2) at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.

S. Dakota St. (3-2) at W. Illinois (2-3), 4 p.m.

Akron (1-5) at N. Illinois (5-0), 5 p.m.

S. Illinois (3-3) at N. Iowa (4-1), 5 p.m.

Illinois St. (2-3) at Youngstown St. (5-1), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Memphis (1-3) at Houston (4-0), Noon Texas (3-2) vs. Oklahoma (5-0) at Dallas, Noon Kansas (2-2) at TCU (2-3), Noon Iowa St. (1-3) at Texas Tech (5-0), Noon South Carolina (4-1) at Arkansas (3-3), 12:21 p.m.

Lamar (3-2) at Sam Houston St. (3-1), 3 p.m.

Nebraska-Kearney (1-4) at Cent. Arkansas (2-3), 4 p.m.

Rice (3-2) at UTSA (2-4), 4 p.m.

Texas Southern (0-5) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-5), 7 p.m.

Idaho (1-5) at Arkansas St. (2-3), 7 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (3-3) at North Texas (2-3), 7 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe (2-4) at Texas St. (3-2), 7 p.m.

Tulsa (1-4) at UTEP (1-4), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST San Jose St. (2-3) at Colorado St. (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

New Mexico (2-3) at Wyoming (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

Oregon (5-0) at Washington (4-1), 4 p.m.

Portland St. (3-3) at S. Utah (3-2), 4:05 p.m.

Marist (3-2) at San Diego (3-2), 5 p.m.

N. Colorado (1-4) at Idaho St. (2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Stanford (5-0) at Utah (3-2), 6 p.m.

Georgia Tech (3-2) at BYU (3-2), 7 p.m.

Montana (4-1) at UC Davis (2-4), 7 p.m.

Hawaii (0-5) at UNLV (3-2), 8 p.m.

Boise St. (3-2) at Utah St. (3-3), 8 p.m.

Weber St. (1-5) at Cal Poly (2-3), 9:05 p.m.

N. Arizona (3-2) at Sacramento St. (3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Colorado (2-2) at Arizona St. (3-2), 10 p.m.

California (1-4) at UCLA (4-0), 10:30 p.m.

Oregon St. (4-1) at Washington St. (4-2), 10:30 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 Oct. 5, 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) 5-0 1,495 1 2. Oregon (5) 5-0 1,424 2 3. Clemson 5-0 1,359 3 4. Ohio St. 6-0 1,305 4 5. Stanford 5-0 1,278 5 6. Florida St. 5-0 1,158 8 7. Georgia 4-1 1,138 6 8. Louisville 5-0 1,051 7 9 9. Texas A&M 4-1 1,003 10. LSU 5-1 993 10 11. UCLA 4-0 844 12 12. Oklahoma 5-0 819 11 13. Miami 5-0 780 14 14. South Carolina 4-1 764 13 15. Baylor 4-0 681 17 16. Washington 4-1 556 15 17. Florida 4-1 536 18 18. Michigan 5-0 514 19 19. Northwestern 4-1 418 16 20. Texas Tech 5-0 358 20 21. Fresno St. 5-0 258 23 22. Oklahoma St. 4-1 204 21 23. N. Illinois 5-0 138 NR 24. Virginia Tech 5-1 115 NR 25. Missouri 5-0 105 NR Others receiving votes: Auburn 61, Notre Dame 50, Nebraska 35, Wisconsin 29, Michigan St. 16, UCF 7, Arizona St. 3, Mississippi 3, Rutgers 2.

USA Today Top 25 The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 5, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (57) 5-0 1,544 1 2. Oregon (4) 5-0 1,486 2 3. Ohio State 6-0 1,379 3 4. Clemson (1) 5-0 1,356 4 5. Stanford 5-0 1,327 5 6. Florida State 5-0 1,188 8 7. Georgia 4-1 1,130 6 8. Louisville 5-0 1,105 7 9. Texas A&M 4-1 1,067 9 10. Oklahoma 5-0 964 10 5-1 953 11 11. LSU 12. South Carolina 4-1 833 12 13. UCLA 4-0 807 13 14. Miami (Fla.) 5-0 747 14 15. Baylor 4-0 698 16 16. Michigan 5-0 591 17 17. Florida 4-1 574 19 18. Northwestern 4-1 393 15 19. Washington 4-1 366 18 20. Oklahoma State 4-1 350 20 21. Texas Tech 5-0 336 22 22. Fresno State 5-0 325 21 23. Northern Illinois 5-0 169 23 24. Nebraska 4-1 125 25 25. Virginia Tech 5-1 97 NR Others receiving votes: Missouri 86; Notre Dame 58; Wisconsin 29; Michigan State 16; Auburn 11; Central Florida 11; Oregon State 8; Rutgers 8; Arizona 4; Arizona State 4; Ball State 3; Brigham Young 2.

Baseball

Postseason Glance Postseason Baseball Glance All Times EDT WILD CARD 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 3, Tampa Bay 1 Friday, Oct. 4: Boston 12, Tampa Bay 2 Saturday, Oct. 5: Boston 7, Tampa Bay 4 Monday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4 Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Oakland 2, Detroit 2 Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit 3, Oakland 2 Saturday, Oct. 5: Oakland 1, Detroit 0 Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland 6, Detroit 3 Tuesday, Oct. 8: Detroit 8, Oakland 6 Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Oakland (Colon 18-6), 8:07 p.m. (TBS) National League Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 2 Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1 Friday, Oct. 4: Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1 Sunday, Oct. 6: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 3 Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1 Wednesday Oct. 9: Pittsburgh at St. Louis Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 1 Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 1 Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 3 Sunday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles 13, Atlanta 6 Monday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 3 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by Fox Saturday, Oct. 12: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston Sunday, Oct. 13: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston Tuesday, Oct. 15: Boston at Oakland-Detroit winner Wednesday, Oct. 16: Boston at Oakland-Detroit winner x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Boston at Oakland-Detroit winner x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston National League All games televised by TBS Friday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles at St. Louis or Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 12: Los Angeles at St. Louis or Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at Los Angeles or Los Angeles at Pittsburgh Tuesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at Los Angeles or Los Angeles at Pittsburgh x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Los Angeles or Los Angeles at Pittsburgh x-Friday, Oct. 18: Los Angeles at St. Louis or Pittsburgh at Los Angeles x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Los Angeles at St. Louis or Pittsburgh at Los Angeles WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Wednesday, Oct. 23: at AL Thursday, Oct. 24: at AL Saturday, Oct. 26: at NL Sunday, Oct. 27: at NL x-Monday, Oct. 28: at NL x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at AL x-Thursday, Oct. 31: at AL

Basketball

WNBA Glance

WNBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT FINALS (Best-of-5) Minnesota 2, Atlanta 0 Sunday, Oct. 6: Minnesota 84, Atlanta 59 Tuesday, Oct. 8: Minnesota 88, Atlanta 63 Thursday, Oct. 10: Minnesota at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 13: Minnesota at Atlanta, 8 p.m. x-Wenesday, Oct. 16: Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

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Piqua City Schools DAR offers college scholarships Happenings PIQUA — The following programs are taking place in Piqua City Schools: * National School Lunch Week will be celebrated Oct. 14-17. Parents and grandparents are invited to eat a school lunch with their students. * Piqua High School students will participate in a mock crash on Friday.

The event will be staged behind the Piqua Junior High School. * PHS Students Heidi Strevell and Conner Brown have organized a “pink out” for the Homecoming football game on Friday. The students will sell shirts they have designed and the event will include a balloon launch and display of a pink fire truck. All proceeds from this event will benefit breast cancer research. * The Upper Valley Career Center inducted four Piqua High School

students into the 20132014 National Technical Honor Society on Oct. 2. Congratulations to Sarah Lewis, Christin Libbee, Amber Shira and Jonathan Wirt. * Building Project Updates are available on the Piqua City School District website at www. piqua.org.

Click on “Construction” on the left hand side of the home page for regularly updated information. * Heard It Through The Grapevine — Do you have a question or have you heard something about the Piqua City School District that you want clarified? Link to “Heard It Through The Grapevine” at www.piqua. org to submit your questions. You will receive an email with the answer/ response.

Frequently repeated questions will be posted in the Q&A on the “Heard It Through The Grapevine” page.

PIQUA — Edison Community College will host its first ecologyfocused tour March 9-14.

The study abroad tour to Punta Gorda, Belize will include five nights in a jungle retreat. Participants will have the opportunity to study plant and animal life as well as industry of the region.

Travelers will awaken to the song of exotic birdlife and the chatter of monkeys in the distance to truly get away from it all. The all-inclusive stay at the Cotton Tree Lodge is nestled between unspoiled rainforests and the banks of the Moho River.

The Cotton Tree Lodge includes many on-site activities such as horseback riding, river kayaking, hiking, fishing, and birding, just to name a few. In addition, there are complimentary cultural, chocolate, and wildlife tours that leave from the resort daily.

Visit a Mayan ruin, travel with a field guide to explore local wildlife or join Sustainable Harvest International for a daylong service project and lunch with a Belizean family in their home.

Edison Study Abroad

is open to students for college credit as well as family and community members. “Our previous trips to China, England and other countries have focused on historical and cultural aspects of the visited areas. This is an opportunity to look at another wonderful aspect of our world,” said Eileen Thompson, English faculty member and study abroad coordinator. “We are excited to be trying something new with our students and community.”

Edison’s Study Abroad program offers travelers the chance to be immersed in a foreign culture. Beyond potentially learning a new language, participants will discover new strengths and abilities, make new friends, and develop a better understanding of the world.

A limited number of spots are available for the study abroad trip to Belize. For more information or to register visit w w w. e d i s o n o h i o . e d u / Belize2014. To schedule an appointment or to speak with a study abroad coordinator, contact Eileen Thompson at 778-7914 or Steve Sykes at 778-7946.

Edison’s Study Abroad Group to travel to Belize

MIAMI COUNTY —Daughters of the American Revolution offers a variety of scholarships through the DAR Scholarship Committee.

All applicants must be citizens of the United States and must attend, or plan to attend, an accredited college or university in the United States.

The NSDAR awards multiple scholarships to students showing dedication to the pursuit of degrees in diverse disciplines including history, law, nursing and education.

Chapter sponsorship

is no longer required. A chapter or state chairman may work with the applicant to put the information together to send to the DAR Scholarship Committee.

To obtain an application, visit www.dar.org. Click on Scholarships and follow the prompts. Or contact the Piqua-Lewis Boyer DAR Chapter Scholarship Chair, Bonnie Lair at 937-7713099 or e-mail lairbon@ yahoo.com.

Information has been sent to the Miami and Shelby county high schools regarding these scholarships. Contact

your local school as well as check out the web site for more detailed information and guidelines regarding each specific scholarship. www.dar.org under “Scholarships”.

High school seniors are eligible for the following scholarships, The Aura Lee A. Pittenger and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship, the Nursing Scholarships, the Margaret Howard Hamilton Scholarship, the Lillian and Arthur Dunn Scholarship, Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship, the Nellie

Love Butcher Music Scholarship, and the Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship.

Awards are placed on deposit with the college or university and any unused portion shall be returned to NSDAR. Awards are based on academic excellence, commitment to field of study, and/or financial need, or other restrictions on specific scholarships. No affiliation with DAR is necessary unless specified. The scholarship packet must be postmarked on or before Feb. 15 for each specific scholarship.

RSVP awarded grant for reading buddies PIQUA — The RSVP Reading Buddies program is growing and growing, with volunteers visiting preschool classrooms and getting involved with the kids by reading with them individually or in small groups.

To help with the program, Target has donated $2,000 to the RSVP Reading Buddies program as part of their ongoing efforts to build strong, safe and healthy communities across the country. The grant will be used to help with costs for volunteer recruitment and purchase reading materials to be used in the Piqua classrooms by the volunteers.

“This partnership with Target will help tremendously to further the literacy program,” said Greg Morrow, program director. “We couldn’t be happier.”

More volunteer opportunities are available in the Reading Provided Photo.

Buddies program.

Interested individuals The children from a Kids Learning Place classroom in Piqua, RSVP volunteers and RSVP’s program can be involved by help- director Greg Morrow happily accept this funding to further children’s learning. ing with their literacy ule for visiting. be made. Call the local of Council on Rural program and becoming Those living in Miami County office Services’ programs for a volunteer for as little Darke, Miami, Shelby today at 778-5220 or innovative learning. as an hour a week of or Logan counties and email rsvpsh-mi@counCheck their Web site at their time. The class- are 55-plus years of age cilonruralservices.org rooms are flexible and are encouraged to par- to get involved in edu- www.councilonruralservices.org.to learn more you can work with the ticipate. Referrals for cating young children.

RSVP is a program about the organization. teachers to set a sched- younger adults also may

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Career Center National Technical Honor to host adult Society members inducted education meeting Miami County students inducted into the Technical National Honor Society at Upper Valley Career Center are pictured above.

PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center Adult Workforce Division will be hosting an information meeting designed to help individuals and employers learn about career training programs and services. Topics covered during the session will include; short and long term workforce training programs, certificate options, Adult Basic and Literacy Education, GED testing, Bridge Programs, financial aid and the enrollment process, and customized business solutions for employers.

Naomi Baker, marketing and recruiting specialist said that program offerings at Upper Valley Career Center provide

hands-on skills training with cutting-edge classroom technologies supporting active learning.

“We offer many training programs which can be completed in less than a year and lead to industry recognized certifications and/or license,” Baker said. During the session there will be an opportunity to ask questions, meet staff and tour the campus.

The meeting will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Upper Valley Career Center Applied Technology Center, 8901 Looney Road, Piqua. Call 778-8419 or email bakern@uppervalleycc.org for more information.

PIQUA — The Upper Valley Career Center inducted 47 seniors into the National Technical Honor Society, Oct. 2, during the school’s first All Career Technical Student Organization Meeting of the 2013/14 school year.

Jason Haak, executive director, recognized the new inductees from SkillsUSA; Business Professionals of America; Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America and FFA. Haak congratulated the students and told them the school has recently changed their policy of announcing NTHS members in the spring.

“We want to empower you to use this information as you apply for

scholarships and make plans for the future.”

Haak continued, saying that thousands of dollars of NTHS scholarships go unclaimed each year. “These students are to be commended.

They have demonstrated their work ethic and commitment to excellence.”

NTHS’s stated mission is to honor student achievement and leadership, promote educational excellence, award scholarships, and enhance career opportunities for the NTHS membership.

Thousands of schools and colleges throughout the U.S. and its territories have a chapter of the honor society on their campus. Upper Valley Career Center

has participated since 1992. The school’s criteria for the honor is that a student must have 98 percent or better attendance, a 3.5 or better GPA their junior year at the Upper Valley Career Center, a recommendation by their careertechnical instructor and have good moral character.

The newly inducted 2013-2014 National Technical Honor S ociety members from Miami County are: Michael Barga, Bradford, Auto Collision Repair; Paul Chapman, B ra d f o rd , Au t o Collision Repair; Dale (Chip) Gade, Bradford, Environmental Occupations; Kevin Poole, Bradford, Computer Information

Technologies; Justin Daniel, Covington, Environmental Occupations; Burke Flora, Miami East, Pre -Engineering ; Cody Niswonger, Miami East, Aerospace Occupations; Sarah Lewis, Piqua, Med Tec; Christin Libbee, Piqua, Med Tec; Amber Shira, Piqua, Med Tec; Aaron Sloan, Anna, Auto Tec; Jonathan Wirt, Piqua, Pre -Engineering; Je n n a Sherman, Piqua Christian, Environmental Occ; Brian S c hwa r t z , Newton, Auto Tec; Samantha Bowers, Troy, MIM; Joshua Detrick, Troy, Pre-Engineering; Brianna Duben, Troy, Med Tec; Natalia Sainz, Troy; Pre-Engineering.

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Shutdown means no new beer from craft brewers Carrie Antlfinger Todd Richmond Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government shutdown could leave America’s craft brewers with a serious hangover.

Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers.

Mike Brenner is trying to open a craft brewery in Milwaukee by December.

His application to include a tasting room is now on hold, as are his plans to file paperwork for four labels over the next few weeks.

He expects to lose about $8,000 for every month his opening is delayed.

“My dream, this is six years in the making, is to open this brewery,” Brenner said. “I’ve been working so hard, and I find all these great investors. And now I can’t get started because people are fighting over this or that in Washington. …

This is something people don’t mess around with.

Even in a bad economy, people drink beer.”

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB, is a little-known arm of the Treasury Department.

The agency will continue to process taxes from existing permit holders, but applications for anything new are in limbo.

“One could think of this shutdown as basically stopping business indefinitely for anyone who didn’t have certain paperwork in place back in mid-August,” said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, which represents more than 1,900 U.S. brewer-

ies.

A woman who answered the phone Oct. 2 at TTB’s headquarters in Washington abruptly hung up after explaining that the government was shut down.

Assistant Administrator Cheri Mitchell did not respond to telephone or email messages.

The shutdown began Oct. 1 after a group of House Republican lawmakers blocked a budget deal in a last-ditch effort to stop funding for President Barack Obama’s health care law.

The closing isn’t expected to have much effect on industry giants such as MillerCoors or Anheuser-Busch.

They can continue to produce existing products as usual. But the shutdown poses a huge problem for craft brewers, who build their businesses by producing quirky, offbeat flavors and introducing new seasonal beers, sometimes

as often as every quarter.

Craft brewers around the country say TTB was taking as long as 75 days to approve applications before the shutdown.

Now they’re bracing for even longer waits.

And tempers are flaring.

Tony Magee, owner of Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma, Calif., posted messages on his Twitter account this week ripping the shutdown. “(Expletive) Feds are gonna shut down the already incompetent .Gov while hundreds of small breweries, including us, have labels pending. Nice.” That was followed with “Wanna regulate? Perform or get out of the way.”

Lagunitas Chief Operating Officer Todd Stevenson called the TTB shutdown a “headache.”

He said the company was planning to submit an application to package its autumn seasonal Hairy Eyeball in

22-ounce bottles instead of 12-ounce bottles but can’t move forward.

“It’s just aggravating,” Stevenson said. “It is frustrating that government can’t do its job.

Doing what they’re doing now is unprecedented.”

Bryan Simpson, a spokesman for New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colo., said his brewery has three recipes and five new labels awaiting approval.

The company is especially worried that the release of its new spring label, Spring Blonde, could get pushed back.

More delays might force New Belgium to shell out extra money to speed up the label printing and rush the beer to market, he said.

“Everybody is frustrated in general,” Simpson said. “The whole way this has played out has been disappointing for the entire country.”

Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee has applica-

tions pending for new packaging of its IBA dark ale and for permission to offer a sour cherry dark lager called John, a brewery employee’s own concoction.

The brewery hopes to launch the IBA packaging in November and John in December, but nothing is certain now.

If the shutdown causes delays, the brewery will probably have to rush the beers to market, he said.

“If we lose that first month, we lose out on a good chunk of money,” brewery spokesman Matt Karjnak said. “Right now, it’s only been a week so it’s not too bad. Two weeks, three weeks is when we’re really going to start sweating here.”

Brenner said politicians don’t seem to care how much damage they’re causing.

“For them it’s just another day,” he said.

“They are still getting paid, but I’m losing $8,000 a month.”

Starbucks promo prods Crash on I-80 in Pa. lawmakers to ‘come together’ kills 1, injures dozens Ron Todt

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants lawmakers to come together to resolve their political gridlock.

And he’s giving away free coffee to customers who set an example how to do it.

From Wednesday to Friday, the coffee chain is offering a free tall brewed coffee to any customer in the U.S. who buys another person a beverage at Starbucks.

The offer is a way to help fellow citizens “support and connect with one another, even as we wait for our elected officials to do the same for our country,” Schultz said in a memo to staff on Tuesday.

Schultz wrote that he wants to do something about Americans’ uncertainty over the federal government shutdown, the pending debt and default crisis and waning consumer confidence.

“In times like these, a small act of generosity and civility can make a big difference,” says an ad being published in The New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today on Wednesday. “Let’s see what can happen. #payitforward.”

It’s not the first time Schultz has waded into the national political debate. In 2011, he asked other chief executives to join him in halting campaign contributions until politicians stopped their partisan bickering. The

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In this April 27, 2012, photo, a Starbucks drink waits for a customer to pick it up as barista Josh Barrow prepares another, in Seattle. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants lawmakers to come together to resolve their political gridlock. From Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, to Friday, Oct. 11, the coffee chain is offering a free tall brewed coffee to any customer in the U.S. who buys another person a beverage at Starbucks.

CEOs of more than 100 companies, from AOL to Zipcar, took the pledge.

Marshal Cohen, chief retail analyst at The NPD Group, said the latest campaign won’t likely have much political effect because it lacks the kind of punishment that makes lawmakers think twice, like an impeachment drive.

But it makes for great marketing, especially since many people, especially younger ones, care about brands that have a strong social conscience, Cohen said.

“Will it work on the political level?

No. Won’t make a dent. Will it work on the commercial end? Absolutely,” he said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Greyhound bus struck a tractor-trailer early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania, killing a woman, critically injuring four other people and sending dozens to the hospital, authorities said.

Trooper Matthew Burrows of the state police barracks in Milton said the bus was extensively damaged when it hit the rear end of a flatbed trailer that was hauling garbage at about 1:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-80 in Union County’s White Deer Township.

Forty-five of the 50 people aboard the bus, including the driver, were taken to five hospitals, Greyhound spokeswoman Alexandra Pedrini said.

The bus was heading from New York City to Cleveland, and the driver had been with the company for more than 12 years, she said.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Akos Gubica, 36, of New Jersey, told

The (Sunbury) Daily Item that his rig was struck from behind by the bus.

Pedrini declined to comment on that, saying the company was cooperating with authorities in their investigation and was conducting an internal probe.

Geisinger Medical Center said four of the 17 patients it received were in critical condition, with two listed as serious and seven fair, while four had been treated and released.

Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg said it had received 14 people but was unable to immediately provide their conditions.

Lock Haven Hospital spokesman Jeff Johns said one of the three patients the hospital received was transferred, another was admitted and the third was treated and released. Tracie Witter of Susquehanna Health Systems said 10 people were treated at Muncy Valley Hospital and released while five were treated at Williamsport Regional Medical Center and released.

State Briefs Small plane crashes in Ohio, no one injured XENIA (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured when a small plane crashed at a southwest Ohio airport.

The State Highway Patrol says the single-engine 2002 Piper Malibu Mirage crashed about 10 a.m. Wednesday upon landing at the Greene County Airport near Xenia in southwest Ohio.

Patrol Sgt. Paul Lezotte says the pilot and his lone passenger had flown from Alabama to attend a business meeting in the Dayton area.

Lezotte says the pilot told authorities that the front landing gear collapsed when the plane landed. Lezotte says the plane skidded off the runway and crashed nose-down in a grassy area.

Authorities say the plane will remain in a hangar at the airport until the Federal Aviation Administration conducts its investigation.

Ohio-based Goodyear blimp will retire to Florida AKRON (AP) — After years of flights out of northeast Ohio, the Spirit of Goodyear blimp is retiring in stereotypical fashion: It’s moving to Florida.

Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans for the blue blimp emblazoned with its gold logo to make farewell flights around the city Wednesday and Thursday.

The aircraft’s light board will be programmed with special messages “as a nod to the folks of Akron,” blimp spokesman Doug Grassian told the Akron Beacon Journal. People were encouraged to share their blimp stories and photographs through Goodyear’s Facebook and Twitter pages for the blimp.

“We love Akron. Akron loves the blimp,” Grassian said. “There’s a big connection there.”

The blimp makes its final departure from the city on Friday, bound for several college football games — Penn StateMichigan this week in State College,

Pa., then on to North Carolina next — on a roundabout path to Florida.

The blimp, which had been based at an airdock in Suffield Township, will be stationed at Goodyear’s dock in Pompano Beach, also home to the Spirit of Innovation blimp.

The nearly 14-year-old airship will fly until it is decommissioned next year as the company launches a round of replacements for its three U.S. blimps over several years.

Grassian said the Spirit of Goodyear, commissioned in March 2000 by NASA astronaut Sally Ride, has flown longer than most blimps of that design.

Goodyear is building a new fleet of three internal-frame zeppelin airships to replace its three domestic blimps.

The replacement for northeast Ohio is a Goodyear Zeppelin NT now under construction in the Wingfoot Lake airdock where the Spirit of Goodyear has been based. For now, the craft is unnamed; the NT simply stands for new technology.

Its first flight is expected in March, the newspaper said.

Ohio won’t ask drivers if they want off organ list COLUMBUS (AP) — Drivers renewing their licenses in Ohio will no longer be asked if they want to remain on the list of organ donors in a move designed to increase the state’s donation registry.

Donors still can take themselves off the list by requesting a change when they renew their licenses or by visiting the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ website.

The change comes after a state lawmaker added an amendment to the state budget signed by Republican Gov. John Kasich.

Rep. Cheryl Grossman, a Republican from Grove City, said the goal was to cut time at the BMV counter and add to the donor registry.

About 5.24 million Ohioans are registered organ donors, up from 5.19 million last year. Ohio joins nine other states that don’t ask registered donors about continuing.

Lifeline of Ohio, which maintains Ohio’s organ donor registry, pushed for the policy switch because it wanted people to gather more information first, said Marilyn Pongonis, a spokeswoman for the organization.

Older donors have dropped off the list because they wrongly believed medical conditions or illnesses would disqualify them from donating, she said.

“Our real hope is that people won’t pull themselves out without making an informed decision,” she told The Columbus Dispatch.

Over the last year, 233,103 names were added to the registry and 69,302 were removed, she said.

Across the nation, about 120,000 people are waiting for organ transplants, said Pongonis, who added that state registries must increase to meet the demand for organs.

Close to 59 percent of Ohio adults are registered donors. Only California has more names on its registry, but the proportion of registered donors is higher in 17 states, according to a report from Donate Life America.

Last year, 297 Ohioans donated their organs.

“People are always shocked by that number, that there’s such a small number of people who go on to be organ donors,” Pongonis said.

Ohioan gets 9 years prison for failed murder plot JEFFERSON (AP) — A northeast Ohio woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a failed plot to hire a friend for $4,000 to kill her late husband’s first wife.

Prosecutors say she paid a man in a plot that fizzled when the man told the story to the sheriff after collecting and spending the money.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Vettel sentenced Angel Brown of Dorset Township on Tuesday. The Star-Beacon reports Brown sobbed in court while pleading for probation.

In August, a jury had convicted her

of two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder.

Ohio trooper making traffic stop hurt in rollover CINCINNATI (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says a trooper searching inside a car during a Cincinnati traffic stop was injured when the driver took off and the vehicle rolled while the trooper was in it.

A dispatcher tells The Cincinnati Enquirer the trooper had entered the vehicle for a search Tuesday after a passenger got out of the car. The trooper suffered minor injuries and was treated at a hospital after the rollover, which occurred near Cincinnati police district headquarters.

A dispatcher says Cincinnati police helped chase a suspect on foot, but the driver wasn’t immediately caught. The dispatcher says the passenger was questioned and released.

Senate takes up proposed red-light camera ban COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Senate has begun considering a measure that would ban authorities from using cameras to determine whether drivers run red lights or violate speed limits.

The Senate started its hearings Tuesday. The House passed the measure in June.

It would allow the cameras only in 20-mph school zones if a law enforcement officer is on hand.

Some police and city officials say the cameras improve safety and trafficmonitoring efficiency. But camera opponents allege the devices are used to raise funds and say the bill could help end such abuse.

A case involving a southwest Ohio village has boosted the push for a statewide ban.

After a speeding ticket blitz, a judge blocked Elmwood Place from using the cameras to catch speeders. The village has appealed.

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For Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might want to be aware that personal details about your private life could be made public today, especially in the eyes of authority figures -- parents, bosses, teachers and VIPs. Do you need to do some damage control? (Think about it.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Do something different today, because you want adventure and a change of scenery. At the very least, take a different route to or from work. Be a tourist in your own city.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Tie up some loose details about inheritances, insurance matters or anything that has to do with shared property today. This is where your focus is (money and security).

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be prepared to go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because the Moon is opposite your sign. Be tolerant, patient and prepared to give a little. (No biggie.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Make a to-do list and work to get better organized today, because this will please you. You're busy doing repairs at home, plus you're partying. You want it all!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a playful day. Accept all invitations to have fun and socialize.

Enjoy sports events and activities with children.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Family conversations are significant today, especially with a female relative. If you have a chance to cocoon at home, you'll enjoy the privacy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a busy day! Short trips, errands and conversations with neighbors and siblings will keep you on the go. Reading and writing projects are favored.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Financial issues and cash flow have your attention today. If shopping, shop during the daytime, not in the evening. (You'll be glad you did.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The Moon is in your sign today, which tends to make you more emotional than usual. However, it also can make you luckier! (Lucky is good.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You'll enjoy some privacy today because you've been out there flying your colors. Hide somewhere if you can, to replenish and restore yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Conversations with a female friend will be significant today. You might want to share your hopes and dreams for the future with someone, because their feedback will help you.

YOU BORN TODAY You have excellent social skills, and you love thrilling adventure. You're friendly, easygoing and pleasure-loving. You work well on your own or with a team. It's important to protect your boundaries and stand up for yourself. This year, something you've been involved with for nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for something new to enter your world.

Birthdate of: Emily Deschanel, actress; Elmore Leonard, writer; Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady/social reformer.

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World cheers Malala, but Pakistanis ambivalent MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — One year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousafzai’s demand for girls’ education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize.

But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan, and the principal at her old school says that as Malala’s fame has grown, so has fear in her classrooms.

Although Malala remains in Britain and her assailant is still at large, police say the case is closed. And many Pakistanis publicly wonder whether the shooting was staged to create a hero for the West to embrace.

Shortly after the attack, Pakistani schoolchildren filled the streets carrying placards with the words: “I am Malala.” A year later, a popular refrain is, “Why Malala?”

In Pakistan’s Swat Valley, the giant sign that once identified Malala’s school is gone. Rickshaws rumble to a stop as girls, their heads covered and faces obscured, scramble out and dash into the building.

The school made no plans to recognize the anniversary, although children in other parts of the country did. Teachers and students are afraid.

Even a giant poster of Malala that once emblazoned the wall of the assembly hall has been removed.

Children scrambled to hide from the camera and the school principal, Selma Naz, spoke quickly and in hushed tones.

“We have had threats, there are so many problems. It is much more dangerous for us after Malala’s shooting and all the attention that she is getting,” said Naz. “The Taliban are very dangerous. They have gone from Swat, but still they have a presence here. It is hidden, but it is here. We all have fear in our hearts.”

An armed commando now stands guard outside the school’s massive black steel front door.

On Oct. 9, 2012, Malala left the school through that same door, laughing with her friends as they climbed into the back of a small pick-up truck used to transport the children.

They laughed and talked as the truck rumbled over roads lined with pot holes.

The driver jockeyed for space on a narrow bridge that crossed a garbagestrewn stream. Suddenly a masked man with a gun stopped the truck beside a dusty, open field. A second masked man jumped into the back with a pistol.

“Who is Malala?” he shouted. No one said anything but automatically their heads turned toward Malala. He raised his pistol and fired and fired again. One bullet hit Malala on the top of the head. Two other students, Shazia Ramazan and Kainat Riaz, were also hit, but their wounds were not serious.

Malala was transferred to a military hospital near Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Her head swelled dangerously.

Doctors performed emergency surgery. Her father, Ziauddin, certain that his daughter would not survive the night, sent a message to his brother-in-law in Swat to prepare a coffin and a vehicle to take her body back.

Malala woke up a week later at a hospital in Birmingham, England, where she was taken for specialist treatment. She gradually regained her sight and her voice and was reunited with her parents.

But the many awards that have since been bestowed on Malala, including a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be announced

on Friday, have stirred anti-Western sentiments in Pakistan, where a brutal insurgency has killed thousands of civilians and more than 4,000 soldiers.

Frustrated by the relentless demands by the West “to do more,” many Pakistanis see Malala’s international acclaim as a Western drama played out to heap more criticism on their country.

Last December, students at a school in the Swat Valley protested a government decision to rename it the Malala Yousafzai Girls College.

Eventually, Malala’s name was removed and the school returned to its original name.

Malala’s battle for girls’ education began when she was barely 11 years old and at a time when the Taliban roamed freely throughout the valley, blowing up schools, beheading security forces and leaving their dismembered bodies in the town square.

“It was a very, very hard time. Malala spoke out on TV and in newspapers. She was threatened, her father was threatened,” said Ahmed Shah, a family friend and educator, whose battle for girls’ education has also brought death threats from the Taliban. He said the Pakistan government was the first to recognize her bravery with a National Peace Award in 2011, a year before the shooting.

Shah said Malala, who is now 16 and has just published a book about the assassination attempt, also is paying a price for her notoriety.

“I was talking to Malala’s father the other day and he said Malala is weeping and saying, ‘When will I study? I am going to America, to Austria, to Spain and for so many days I have not even had one class of geography.’”

Naz, who started as school principal three months ago, said it doesn’t help that Malala’s assailant is still at large.

The attacker will likely never be caught, said Shah, noting that police rarely even investigate an incident if the Taliban take credit for it.

Fear among judges generally leads to acquittals anyway, said Swat lawyer Aftab Alam.

“No one can dare to appear before the court, even the police cannot dare to investigate” an attack by the Taliban because of fear of retaliation, said Alam. “It is just impossible.”

Military officials say Malala’s assailant, identified as Attaullah, has fled to Afghanistan, while the police say the case is closed.

Att aullah’s sister, Rehana, told The Associated Press at her mountain home in the Swat Valley: “We don’t know where he is, whether he is dead or alive.”

His uncle Painda Khan mumbled: “We don’t know why people are blaming him. No one has told us why.”

The Taliban, driven out of the once idyllic valley in a bloody military operation nearly four years ago, are slowly creeping back. In recent months militants have killed the regional commanding officer as well as dozens of men on pro-government peace committees, and warn of more assassinations until their repressive brand of Islamic law is imposed in Pakistan.

The militants remain unrepentant for the attack on Malala. Last weekend the Taliban again vowed to try to kill Malala if she returned from Britain to Pakistan, which she has repeatedly said is her dream.

“If we found her again, then we would definitely try to kill her,” Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told the AP in an interview. “We will feel proud upon her death.”

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HUBER HEIGHTS, 5851 Beecham Dr., Friday & Saturday 9:30-4:30. 26" flat screen TV 2 yrs old, very nice furniture, collectibles, toby mugs, antique doll clothes, costume jewelry, Pat Buckley moss framed prints, German steins, lots of kitchen items, lawnmower, full garage, holiday & MORE! Visit www.reclaimdayton.com for more info.

TROY, 4107 North Piqua Troy Road, Friday & Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday Noon4pm, GREAT SALE!! BEAUTIFUL HOME!! Packed full of something for everyone!, Furniture, collectibles, cameras, snow blowers, home theater, toys, tools, bedroom, dining room, kitchen items, Pop up camper, so much more!

ESTATE SALE BY GAYLE www.perkinsinteriors.com Yard Sale PIQUA 7858 Fessler Buxton Rd. Thursday thru Saturday 10am-? Humidifier. Antique clock. Kitchen Aid, chef chopper. Coats. House shudders.

Glassware. Tables. Chest of drawers. Computer. Speakers.

Clothing: Women's & children's. Nintendo with games. Antique chair.

CASSTOWN 5104 East State Route 55 Friday and Saturday 9am-4pm NEW, USED, VINTAGE. Puzzles, books, adult clothing, lamps, jewelry, tack, linens, card, artwork, material, china, glassware, collectibles.

No baby items.

FREE STUFF. NO EARLY BIRDS!!

NEW CARLISLE 7025 Tipp Elizabeth Road (corner of 201 and Tipp Elizabeth) Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 9am-6pm Antiques, sports collectibles, 500 plus books, sewing machines, filing cabinets, heaters, vacuum cleaners,aquariums equipment and supplies PIQUA 1011 Brook St. Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm. Pick-up trucks. Motorcycle parts. Tools.

Golf cart. Miscellaneous. NO EARLY BIRDS! PIQUA 1700 New Haven Rd. Friday & Saturday 9am-?

Tools. Refrigerator. Stove.

New area rug. Heaters. Electric guitars. Camping & fishing items. DVD recorder. New remote start. Tires. Miscellaneous.

PIQUA 3224 Sioux Dr. Thursday & Friday 8am-5pm.

MOVING SALE! Formal dining set. Beds. Dressers. OSU comforter set. TV stand. Small appliances. Dishes. Chairs.

Kitchen miscellaneous. Clothing. Toys. Tools. Baby items.

PIQUA 516 Hemm Rd. Friday 830am-4pm, Saturday 9am2pm. TV. Books. Videos & cabinet. DVD's. CD's. Small mantis tiller. Slightly used g a m e s . C h i l d r e n 's b o o k s .

Toys. Blocks. Rocking horse.

Floor lamp. Miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 1133 Van Way, Thursday, Friday 10am-5pm, Full size headboard, small new shelf, Christmas items, dishes, wall hangings, artificial tree & flowers, miscellaneous items, nice Misses/ Juniors size 1114, hoodies, prom & short formal dresses PIQUA, 1501 Madison Avenue, Thursday-Saturday 8-4pm, holiday decorations, clothes, fabric and sewing, furniture items, hand-tools, hardware, electrical appliances, pots/pans, yarn, totes, card and folding tables, Tupperware, household, nicknacks, fans/heaters, food saver machines, glassware/dishes, much more!!

PIQUA, 1515 Stockham Drive, Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 9am-3pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm, Huge sale! downsizing, tools, solid oak queen bed, vanity, dresser, end table, couch & chair, Christmas items, home decor, small appliances, Lots more of everything!!

PIQUA, 217 E. North Street (in rear), Friday & Saturday 9am4pm, plus size, kitchen, crafts & books PIQUA, 2936 Scinook Pass, Thursday & Friday 9-4pm Saturday 9-noon, patio furniture, table, chairs, entertainment center, miscellaneous household items.

PIQUA, 304 Brentwood, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9-6. Everything priced to sell!

Duncan Phyfe dining set, antique solid maple dining set, antique & vintage mirrors, lots of vintage collectible dishes, vintage beer signs & mirrors, numerous 50s & 60s albums, like new adult bike, new Fiestaware, primitive shelf, TV with built-in stand, books, cassette tapes, garden items, too much to list!

PIQUA, 6930 Troy-Sidney Road, Friday, 10-6.

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PIQUA, 471 E. Loy Rd, (TroySidney Rd to East Loy Rd). Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday 9am4pm, Yard Sale/ Estate Sale, Furniture, Clothing, Appliances, Electronics, Household goods and More.

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PIQUA, 531 New Street, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 9am-5:30pm, Furniture, tools, ladders, some small appliances, brand new microwave, Kids & Adult clothing of all kinds, dishes, miscellaneous, come and see!

Something for everyone!

PIQUA, 5811 North Washington Rd (corner of Drake), Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am2pm, quilts, Royal Palace rugs, tables, computer desk, all decorations, linens, flowers, NIB Hot Wheels, candles, dishes, dolls, New and Like new items, Clean Sale! Come see!

PIQUA, 624 South Sunset Drive, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 8am-3pm, Large inventory of Nascar diecast, covers over 300 1/24 scale, hundreds of 1/32 scale, Nascar cards, Plenty of Nascar miscellaneous items, fishing & hunting items, toy tractors, household items, some furniture, clothing, assortments of everything and everything, No early birds!

Miami County Municipal Court Provides general clerical support for the Municipal Court Probation and Court Services departments. Responsible for processing managing court records and reports to assist in the case management of adult offenders. Must have experience in detailed accounting practices. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office programs and demonstrate good record keeping. A post-secondary degree preferred.

Deadline October 18, 2013 All interested applicants may acquire an application at: The Miami County Municipal Court Services Office at 215 W. Main St. Troy, Ohio 45373 Between 8am-4pm Monday-Friday Or At our Website; www.co.miami.oh.us Miami County is an EOE

Utilizing Evidence Based Practices, the Municipal Court Probation Officer supervises offenders in an office environment or in the field. Provides investigations and reports to the court. Must have an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice, Corrections or Law Enforcement. Experience in evidence based supervision practices preferred. Must have a valid Ohio driverʼs license.

Deadline October 18, 2013 All interested applicants may acquire an application at: The Miami County Municipal Court Services Office at 215 W. Main St. Troy, Ohio 45373 Between 8am-4pm Monday-Friday Or At our Website; www.co.miami.oh.us Miami County is an EOE

Help Wanted General ALL CLEAN is seeking cleaners for commercial, residential and retail work. 21 or older, drug screen required. Please call or text (937)726-5083 or (937)726-3732.

PIQUA, 650 Roosevelt Street, Thursday, Friday 9-4pm, table saw, washer, french doors, sweepers, antiques, 3 FAMILY SALE, lots of miscellaneous PIQUA, 911 Caldwell St (in rear), Thursday & Friday 9am5pm, Saturday 9am-12pm, all name brand clothing, girls 710, boys 4-8, juniors 0-8, Womens 14 & xlg shirts, shoes, home decor, baby items, carseat/ stroller combo

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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 Help Wanted General

PIQUA, 912 Falmouth Ave, (in Candlewood) Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm, 5 foot new counter top & stainless steel sink, 32" tv, file cabinets, new car stereo, miscellaneous PIQUA, 9156 Hetzler & 104 Second Street, Thursday & Friday 8am-?, Corner Cupboard, desk, dresser, Holiday decorations, Items for men, Knick knacks, exercise ball, shutters, truck camper shell, boat & trailer, Too Much to list!!!

TROY 3415 Magnolia Drive, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm, Multi Family Moving sale! flooring tools, household goods, baby items, cds, books, miscellaneous TROY 860 Dartmouth Drive Thursday Only 9am-2pm Old vintage antique collector getting out of business, antiques, vintage bar, desk, room divider, preachers pulpit, glassware, hundreds of trinkets, too much to list. Cheap prices, come see!

TROY 931 Brookwood Dr. Saturday 9am-4pm. MOVING SALE! Wide assortment of items priced to sell! Coffee and donuts!

Automotive AUTO SALES Voss Honda is currently seeking candidates for New Vehicle Sales. Automotive sales experience is preferred but we are willing to train the right individual. We offer a competitive salary, full benefits including 401k and the opportunity to grow with the area's leading automotive organization. Please apply in person to Keith Bricker at: VOSS HONDA 155 S. GARBER DRIVE TIPP CITY, OHIO Equal Opportunity and Drug Free Workplace

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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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Sunday, October 13th, Noon 2108 Eagles Lake Dr. Piqua, Ohio (St Rt 185 to Eagles Nest)

Collectibles: Nice horse collection including 8 small newer Bronzes, 2025 “The Trail of Painted Ponies” collection, 3” Kasper Studio Busts, Misc.

Pictures & Miniatures & Books, 15-20 Longaberger baskets, few Lladros, very nice small spinning wheel, 8-10 Printer’s drawers full of miniatures, Some dishes including misc John Maddock & Sons (England), Provincial Bouquet Stoneware, Serv. for 12 Nagoya Shuski “Queen Ann” China, Mink stole shaw & jacket.

Misc: Upright “Freedom” gunsafe (nice), Western Silver Medallion Saddle, Newer Kirby sweeper W/ Attachments, (3) Small Sentry Fire Proof Boxes, Fitness Flyer Exerciser, New Camp Cook Stoves, Water jugs, Survival foods & Misc camping items, Hardback books (mostly War-Horses-Crime), Misc household, garage & Christmas items.

Furniture: Large Cherry China Hutch (Bob Limberlake Edition), Clawfoot Oak Kitchen Table & Chairs, Buffet, Ent. Center, Queen size Poster bed frame, 12-15 sets of Metal shelving, File cabinets, Ref/Freezer.

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Owner: Deborah Wiegman, Victoria Banks

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FEEDER CALVES, 20 head, all black, weaned, all shots, hot-wire trained, 550lb average, can deliver. Miami County. (937)667-5659 Pets BEAGLE, blue-tick, female, puppy. Found in Main St area.

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Critics question Myanmar’s readiness to head ASEAN Jim Gomez Todd Pitman Associated Press

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — Just a few years ago Myanmar was an isolated dictatorship that embarrassed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with its dismal human rights record. Now it’s poised to take over leadership of the 10-nation bloc for the first time — a move critics say may be premature given conflicts at home that have left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands more displaced.

The appointment of Myanmar to ASEAN’s chairmanship is meant to reward the former pariah’s transformation since its military junta turned over power to an elected government two years ago, and some are hopeful that putting the spotlight on Myanmar will serve as further incentive for reform.

But Myanmar still has a long way to go. Last week, smoke and flames rose once again from the twisted wreckage of charred Muslim

homes and mosques ransacked by machete-wielding Buddhist mobs, this time in Thandwe in western Rakhine state, where five people were killed — one of them a 94-year-old Muslim woman who was too frail to flee. “From a human rights perspective, the chairmanship is an honor the government hasn’t earned,� said Matthew Smith, a Myanmar expert who directs the advocacy group Fortify Rights. “More than 250,000 people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the last two years, wartime abuses continue, and there is an ongoing campaign of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Muslim communities, creating a regional refugee crisis,� he said. “None of that spells regional leadership.�

Myanmar will be officially appointed head of ASEAN, which aims to promote regional economic development and cooperation, in a handover ceremony in Brunei on Thursday, but it will not take up its duties until Jan. 1.

From time to time, ASEAN had criticized Myanmar, seeing its former heavy-handed military

regime as a roadblock to regional progress. But in 1997, when the country formerly known as Burma won admission to ASEAN despite strong opposition from Western nations, the regional bloc cited its intention to encourage positive change.

Myanmar changed little, however, until 2011, when the longruling military junta ceded power to a quasi-civilian government led by retired army officers. Few expected a transformation, but President Thein Sein’s government surprised the world with a wave of reforms that have liberalized the economic and politics.

Aung San Suu Kyi — the longtime opposition leader who spent most of the last two decades as a prisoner in her own home — is now an elected lawmaker.

Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed. A draconian system of media censorship has been abolished. And the government has signed cease-fire deals with most rebel groups.

But much remains to be done.

Anti-Muslim violence that began in June 2012 has spread nation-

wide, displacing nearly 150,000 people with no end in sight. And in the north, fighting between the army and ethnic Kachin rebels grinds on, with more than 100,000 driven from their homes.

ASEAN’s sentiment, meanwhile, remains largely the same — it says it is trying to encourage more reform. “We acknowledge that issues remain ‌ and we believe that they are working on them to the best of their ability,â€? Philippine presidential spokesman Ricky Carandang said Wednesday in Brunei. “But we also need to recognize the dramatic changes that have taken place in that country and the reforms that have been undertaken by the president of Myanmar.â€? “The best thing that the international community can do at this point is to encourage them to continue to move in this direction, so we support Myanmar is taking over as chair,â€? he said.

ASEAN has generally maintained a policy of non-interference in members’ internal matters, but Carandang said leaders are expected to quietly push Myanmar on

the sidelines to take more concrete steps to resolve the violence.

Speaking to a young woman from Myanmar at an ASEAN young leaders’ meeting, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said: “What is happening in Myanmar is exciting, but incomplete. We have to see the political transformation continue and our hope is that democracy will continue to evolve.�

Tin Oo, a senior leader of Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy party agreed, saying Myanmar has gradually changed. “It is time they become chairman of ASEAN, even though they have difficulties,� he said of the government.

In Cambodia, which labors under its own delicate balance of democracy and authoritarianism, at least one analyst thinks the ASEAN leadership role will drive further reforms in Myanmar. Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that while Myanmar’s bureaucracy remains old and inefficient, “the spotlight is probably going to force Burma to reform a bit more.�

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