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School breaks ground for PCI building Susan Hartley

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PIQUA — To chants of D-I-G! led by Piqua Athletic Director Chip Hare, a handful of Piqua fourth-graders and school officials grabbed shiny shovels to

turn dirt at the Piqua Central Intermediate building site on Wednesday.

Scheduled to open in the fall of 2015, the school will house the district’s fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders, with Jake Amlin as the lead principal.

“We appreciate your energy,”

Superintendent Rick Hanes told the fourth-graders who had been bused over to the Nicklin Avenue building site from Bennett, Washington and Wilder school buildings.

This year’s fourth-graders will enter the new Piqua Central Intermediate as sixth-graders.

Hanes encouraged the students to “watch carefully and look at what’s going to be happening here,” that thanks to the “magic” created by the supportive community who voted on the school’s bond issue a couple years ago, the new 4-6 grade building was now possible. The

district broke ground this past spring on its two other new facilities — Pre-K-3rd grade buildings at Springcreek and Washington school locations.

Hanes also told the fourthgraders that by the time they See PCI | Page 2

County commissioners give State of the County address

Jack-O-All Trades

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Kameron Lee, left, and Mrs. Joyce Thornberry, remove the top of a pumpkin in the science lab at Piqua Catholic School on Wednesday. Eighth grade students were carving pumpkins for the Miami County Park District as a public service project. The pumpkins, donated by the park district will be on display during the Jack-O-Lantern Walk at the Lostcreek Reserve on Saturday from 7 - 9 p.m.

UVMC adds robot-assisted surgery Public gets hands-on introduction to system Melody Vallieu Civitas Media

TROY — Upper Valley Medical Center staff introduced a state-of-theart surgery technique to the public Wednesday afternoon during an open house.

The new da Vinci Si surgical system will offer robot-assisted surgery in the UVMC surgery department beginning in

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The new system provides sophisticated robotic technology and offers a minimally invasive option for certain types of surgery.

UVMC Director of Surgery Terry Fry said the staff is excited to introduce the technology to patients, beginning with hysterectomies.

She said hospitals the size of UVMC generally do not have this type of equipment — it will be the only robotic surgery unit between Dayton and Lima.

“We are very proud,” Fry said. “Essentially, it’s the newest technology. It will help with the patients recovery time,” Fry said.

Dr. Sergio Vignali, one of four surgeons trained and certified to use the da Vinci Si surgical system, said he used the system in Dayton, and is looking forward to having the robot-assisted

surgery at UVMC. He said patients needing a hysterectomy will reap the rewards of the new system.

“I think it is very beneficial to our patients,” Dr. Vignali said. “The recovery time is faster and there is less blood loss.”

He said hysterectomy patients that have the surgery using the da Vinci Si surgical system generally leave the hospital the next day. Patients also can return to work and normal activity within two weeks of the surgery, instead of four to six weeks later, according to Dr. Vignali.

There are many benefits to the surgeon, as well, he said.

The da Vinci system features an enhanced vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist.

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TROY — Miami County Commissioners addressed elected officials and area business leaders Wednesday at the Troy Country Club during the annual State of the County address as they updated those in attendance with news on completed and ongoing Cultice projects.

Commission President Richard Cultice began by providing an update with the ongoing issues at the county’s incarceration facility, which recently reopened its doors and one pod, and the downtown jail, which the health department Evans partially shut down over growing health concerns.

“The downtown jail has had a number of problems with it,” Cultice said, referencing the health concerns at the facility. “It’s an old facility and has plumbing problems. …

The maintenance depart- O’Brien ment is working on those, and so is the sheriff’s office and the health department. … The sheriff’s office is gathering information to determine what the best move forward will be.”

Cultice said once the commissioners have evaluated the situation they will make “a reasonable decision,” but Cultice See COUNTY | Page 2

Race to school board on Nov. 5 Belinda M. Paschal

“I hope to build on the foundation we’ve started for academic improvement and continue the forward progress we’re making.

PIQUA — Hite, 61, is the site manager Education issues for Johnston Farm & Indian are a key feature Agency, as well as a graduate of in most elections The Ohio State University, an and the Nov. 5 18-year veteran teacher and a Piqua school member of the Ohio Historical board race is no Luby Society. exception.

Finishing his second term on The 2013 canthe board is Bob Luby, a longdidates include time educator who taught for 30 two incumbents years at Bennett Intermediate and one newcomer, all of whom (formerly Junior High) School, live in Piqua. three years at Piqua High School Andy Hite, who has served and retired from Wright State on the board since 1997 and is University, where he was an its president for 2013, cites the instructor and supervisor of stuongoing school-building project dent teachers. as one of his reasons for running Hite Luby, 70, said he’s running for a seat on the board of educaagain this year “to follow through tion again. on the things we promoted as a “I’d like to see the project comboard.” pleted and the kids moved into “I would like to work to conthe buildings. It’s going to be a tinue to give PCS students the big step for Piqua and I’d like to best opportunity to compete at be a part of it,” he said. a high level in today’s world,” If reelected, Hite said he he added. would like to see the district’s Like Hite, Luby would like to academic performance continue Greggerson serve on the board again to “see to progress. the building program through to “I want to be a part of providing a See CANDIDATES | Page 2 good education for Piqua kids,” he said.

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2 Thursday, October 24, 2013 Obituaries FRANCIS GOUBEAUX RUSSIA — Francis J. “Frenchy” Goubeaux, 90 of Russia, passed away of natural causes at Versailles Health Care Center at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.

He was born May 23, 1923 in Russia to the late Emanuel and Elizabeth (Francis) Goubeaux.

On July 1, 1950’ at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Piqua, he married Joyce Gephart. She survives in Russia.

He also is survived by five children and spouses, Dick and Cindy Goubeaux, Russia, Dave and Jane Goubeaux, Russia, Dan and Vicky Goubeaux, Minster, Dott and Paul Poeppelman, Russia, Duane and Sharon Goubeaux, Greenville; 16 grandchildren, Brian (Jenny) Goubeaux, Amy (Kurt) Poeppelman, Stacie (Matt) Shappie, Samantha (Daniel) Griffith, Jared Goubeaux, Wes (Jayme) Goubeaux, Brett (Jaime) Goubeaux, Heather (Tony) Cox, Josh Goubeaux and Marissa Wuebker, Kyle (Emily) Goubeaux, Dustin, Danielle and Abbey Goubeaux, Niki (Joe) Shefbuch, Andi (Jeremy) Unverferth and Betsy Goubeaux; and 27 greatgrandchildren; and sister Mary Freisthler, Russia.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother-in-law, Frank Gephart and Howard and

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Ruth (DeLaet) Gephart Andre; three siblings, Hilda Larger, Donald Goubeaux and Roseann Goubeaux; brothers and sisters–in-law, Elmer Larger, Bill Fre i s t h l e r, John and Mary Gephart, Emily Gephart and Jean and Bernard Selanders, Anne Goubeaux.

F r a n c i s retired from Francis Manufacturing and was a former member of the Russia Volunteer Fire Department. He proudly served his country as a member of the U.S. Army during World War II. He loved spending time with his family and friends, playing cards and gardening. Francis was a member of St. Remy Catholic Church, Russia and the St. Remy Catholic War Veterans Post 661.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at St. Remy Catholic Church with the Rev. Gene Vonderhaar celebrant. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with full military honors conducted by the CWV Honor Guard. Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Russia from 3-8 p.m. Friday, and from 9-10 a.m. Saturday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be made at www.hogenkampfh. com.

Local TB test shortage affecting Miami Valley Colin Foster Civitas Media

To this point, the question on the shortage of tuberculin skin tests, more commonly known as TB tests, has yet to be answered.

It has affected states all over the country — and now it’s starting to affect counties in the Miami Valley.

“I don’t have an answer for it,” Miami County Health commissioner Chris Cook said.

“The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) hasn’t been able to give an answer.

There’s nothing on the website for it. I looked the other day and the website just said there was a shortage.”

The CDC estimated that the shortage would run through mid-October. Miami County Public Health, which conducts most of the TB tests throughout the area, has not felt the direct effects of the shortage until now.

Miami County Public Health is running low on the testing solution, but Cook said they have been trying to order both tubersol and another licensed testing solution known as Aplisolfor for months.

“Our supply has lasted

us this long, but now we have exhausted it and we can’t get any more from the manufacturers,” he explained.

Miami County Public Health does, however, have a very small amount in reserve for testing suspect TB cases or TB contact investigations.

“We don’t have any available for routine testing, employment testing or medical school testing,” Cook said.

Miami County Public Health conducted 637 TB tests in 2012. So far this year, they have issued 582 tests.

There is, however, another option for TB tests. That option is a blood test called IGRA, or the T-spot test, which is also approved for TB testing. The T-spot test does cost more than the common TB test, but may be all that is available until the shortage ends. The skin test and the blood test are the only means for detecting a latent tuberculosis infection.

Though the question to exactly why there is a shortage of TB tests has went unanswered, Miami County Public Health is working hard to assure they can provide people with help.

Cook just found out last Thursday they will be able to get 30 doses once a month.

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Key Club, Builders Club collect for UNICEF PIQUA — Piqua High School Key Club and Piqua Junior High Builders Club will continue their support of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6-8 p.m., during trick-or-treat night in Piqua. The youth groups are sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club of Piqua.

Now in its 20th year of partnership, Key Club and Builders Club have raised more than $5 million for UNICEF. Both youth groups are student-led service leadership programs of Kiwanis International.

Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. Key Club gives its members opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership skills. Since 1925, Key Club International has provided more than 12 million hours of service to homes, schools and communities each year. Builders Club is the junior high introduction into Kiwanis Club and K-Kids are the primary and intermediate clubs sponsored by Kiwanis. ”The high school and junior high students will be carrying

orange UNICEF boxes collecting money to aid those less fortunate throughout the world,” said Kim Bean, Key Club advisor at PHS and Connie Black, Builders Club advisor at PJHS. This year, all monies collected will be used to support the Kiwanis International Eliminate Project, which has been adopted

by Kiwanis and UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).

“MNT kills one baby every nine minutes,” said Kelly Meckstroth, local Kiwanis Club chairperson.

“The effects of the disease are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. A significant number of women die from MNT each year too,” she said.

Kiwanis is a global organization dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis Club of Piqua meets on Wednesdays at noon at The Bistro Room (formerly the Backyard Bistro) in Piqua.

For more information, call Brian Phillips at 778-1586.

Candidates From page 1 its completion,” as well as to “continue to improve our instructional learning programs.”

New to the race is Steve Greggerson, a retired Piqua City Schools educator who taught at Piqua High School, Wilder and Bennett intermediates and was principal of Springcreek Primary School for the last five years of his career.

Greggerson, 65, feels he can bring a fresh perspective to the school board, having been on both sides of the desk, so to

speak. “I’ve been a teacher and an administrator, so I have some knowledge of how schools operate. I think I could add something to the leadership,” he said.

Greggerson, who works parttime at Johnston Farm & Indian Agency as a canal boat interpreter, said if elected, he hopes to help the district “keep the excellent ratings we’ve gotten over the last several years and provide what is necessary to continue the district on that kind of course.”

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Operating Room Manager Kim Stump explains a da Vinci surgical system Wednesday during an Open House at UVMC in Troy.

“We can have more wrist motion and can reach and see more,” said Dr. Vignali, who said technology continues to advance with the system each year.

Future uses of the system will include surgeries in the area of urology, thoracic, other gynecological services and general surgery, according to Fry. Joan and Hugh Gunn of Beavercreek attended Wednesday’s open house to see the equipment used in her July 15 procedure at Miami Valley Hospital, also in the Premier Health network. The da Vinci Si surgical system was

used to remove three carcinoid tumors from the middle lobe of Joan Gunn’s right lung.

She said since being a patient, she had not seen the system that helped save her life and had heard about the open house at UVMC. Joan Gunn said she sought out a surgeon in Dayton specifically because of his use of the system. She had places to go. Her granddaughter was getting married in New Orleans on Sept.

15 — only two months after the surgery — and the couple wanted to be able to make the trip.

“We made it,” she said enthusiastically.

Joan Gunn said the surgery was much less invasive than if she had went the normal route.

“Instead of a huge incision, like 10 inches, it was much, much smaller,” said Joan Gunn, who also returned to a favorite past time bowling on Wednesday. “ There was less bleeding and I spent only three days in the hospital after the surgery. It could have been a much lengthier stay.”

To learn more about robot-assisted surgery, talk to your gynecologist or visit www.

UVMC.com or www. daVinciSurgery.com.

From page 1 added such an endeavour would take time.

“Whatever we do, it’s going to be a multi-year process,” Cultice said. “It’s going to take some time.”

Commissioner Jack Evans spoke to the audience and began by saying things are looking optimistic for Miami County.

Sales tax figures are up, he said, and that’s even before factoring in the Gentleman of the Road tour. It will take about another month for those figures to be released.

Evans ended his marks the same way he began them, by referencing how hard county government works, even when the federal government doesn’t.

“Unlike your federal government, your county is always working hard for you,” he said.

Commissioner John “Bud” O’Brien ended the event by speaking of some new and exciting things in the works for county government, from being able to pay some county bills with a credit card

instead of with cash or check to a new accounting system software overhaul anticipated at the auditor’s office.

New technology that is now up and running, like a web-based work order system for the maintenance department and a new IT department, will reduce a lot of redundancies in the county and save more than $100,000 over time.

Speaking of new technology, O’Brien also praised the county’s website and its recent redesign.

“The site is atheistically pleasing to see,” O’Brien said of the county’s website. “It’s a great communication tool for our citizens, and a tool we can use to communicate with our citizens.”

The website can be found at www.co.miami.oh.us.

Approximately 175 people attended the State of the County address, which is held annually and is meant to act as an informational event where county commissioners update elected officials and community leaders.

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“We’re hoping that will help keep our numbers up and that makes us very happy,” Evans said.

Even better, Evans added, is that this is the third straight year Miami County is operating in the black with the budget.

Evans noted that recent county unemployment figures show a 7.2 percent unemployment rate, which is about on par with state unemployment rates.

Hopefully helping to lower that percentage even more is

a number of new businesses in the county, including Abbott Laboratories in Tipp City, Industrial Spring in Piqua and Crown Equipment in Troy, which cumulatively has added more than 325 jobs to the area. Additionally, a number of companies in the county have underwent major additions and as a result are also creating new jobs.

“We are adding more jobs with companies,” Evans said.

“Keeping what you have is just as important as adding to it.”

PCI From page 1 enter the new school as sixth-graders that the younger students in grades 4 and 5 would be “looking up to you to provide leadership to them.”

School board president Andy Hite also addressed the group gathered for the groundbreaking, acknowledging that “a lot of hard work by a lot of people” will go into the construction of the new building. “It’s a great day in Piqua,” Hite said, also thanking voters for making this day possible and to city leaders who made the former Piqua Memorial Hospital site available to the school district.

“The first day you walk into this building with your teachers you’ll form a lot of friendships and memories of being the first” sixthgrade class in the building, Hite told the students.

Also speaking during the groundbreaking were Vonda Alberson from Fanning Howey Architects, Stacey Thomas with the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) and Chad Stevers from Gilbane Construction.

Lori Webster, board member, took a few minutes to give special thanks to those who worked to make the district’s OSFC building project possible.

“Thanks to the community, parents and staff who took what was an eyesore for this neighborhood and turning it into an asset,” Webster said.

Webster also mentioned the district’s strategic plan, which began 10 years ago and included a plan to provide new school buildings for the community.

Hanes ended the groundbreaking ceremony by again speaking directly to student, mentioning the historical relevance of naming the new 4-6 building Piqua Central, which was the name of the former high school just a few blocks away on College Avenue prior to the current high school being constructed east of town.

“School district’s are not made up with buildings, but what’s Mike Ullery | Daily Call inside the buildings. Our greatest School and community leaders were joined by fourth-graders from Piqua City Schools to break ground for the new asset is our students and that’s all Piqua Central Intermediate School at 807 Nicklin Avenue on Wednesday. The building, on the site of the former of you.”

Piqua Memorial Hospital grounds is slated to open in 2015.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Relay for Life off to great start Belinda M. Paschal Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — The 2014 Relay for Life of Miami County kicked off Tuesday almost halfway toward its goal of registering 65 teams who will walk to fight cancer. “Twenty-nine teams have registered so far and they’re all returning from last year,� said Event Chair Nicole Bolin. “Twenty-six of those teams signed up at the 2013 Relay for Life. At this point, we normally have fewer than 10 teams signed up.�

According to the event’s website, the number of registered teams had risen to 32, most likely thanks to the well-attended kickoff held in the banquet room at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

With a theme of “20 Years of Fighting Back,� the 2014 Relay for Life will be held May 2-3 at the Miami County Fairgrounds. An American Cancer Society event, Relay for Life is an organized, overnight community fundraising walk that includes food, games and a variety of other activities. It begins with a Survivors’ Lap, during which cancer survivors walk the first lap around the track to celebrate their victory over the disease.

Relay for Life of Miami County’s fundraising goal for 2014 is

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Through the ACS, Schulte said she learned about support and eduMixed clouds and sun, chilly, slight chance of rain or cation programs at local hospitals and met cancer survivors, which snow showers. Sub-freezing low temperatures are likely had a great impact on her mindset for the end of the week.

High 44, Low 30 about her illness. “I didn’t think about dying. I thought about surviving,� she said. “I will spend the rest of my life raising awareness and thanking ACS volunteers like you and working with them to finish the fight,� said Schulte, who has been cancerfree for two years.

Several of the committees are Partly Partly seeking volunteers, including Jeff cloudy cloudy Marconette Jr. and Josh Blackshire, who head the activities and entertainment committee, are looking for subcommittee members to help HIGH: 47 LOW: 28 HIGH: 53 LOW: 32 with events ranging from a frozen T-shirt competition to the Little Miss/Mr. Hope cute baby contest. “We’ll also have live music and we’re trying to get karaoke back this year,� Blackshire said, adding that those interested in volunteering should email him at jblackAlexa Renee Felix shire@gmail.com.

Other committees looking for help include the publicity, advoca- Age: 2 cy, team retention and mentoring, Birthday: October 18 caregiver, fundraising and youth Parents: Jeremy and engagement committees.

Lesley Felix of Hilliard To participate in Relay for Siblings: Anderson Life, donate money or for more Grandparents: information, visit the website at John and Beverly Collett Relayforlife.org/MiamiCounty. of Piqua, Raymond and MaryAnn Felix of Alexa Renee Felix Springfield Great-Grandparents: Thelma Anderson of Piqua, Carol Felix of Springfield, Beulah Gibson of Troy

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$250,000 and the organizers also hope to draw 250 registered survivors and 175 registered caregivers, Event Co-Chair Sarah Neubert said.

The kickoff featured informative speeches from various committee chairs, including Team Recognition Chair Vickie Ritzert, who noted that Miami County relayers have raised more than $3.1 million over the last 19 years. “No award can adequately recognized what you all do,� she said in praise of Relay for Life participants.

Guest speaker Cindy Schulte, a member of the American Cancer Society’s Voices of Hope and Cancer Action Network, shared her personal experience of battling breast cancer and the support she received from the ACS. “I contacted the American Cancer Society right away to arm myself with as much information as

Saturday

Sign up now to become a Master Gardener TROY — Do you have a strong interest in gardening, a desire to sharpen your skills and a willingness to share your knowledge with others?

If so, then you should consider becoming an Ohio State University Extension (OSUE) Master Gardener Volunteer.

B eginning mid February 2014, a Master Gardener Volunteer training will be offered to residents of Miami and surrounding counties.

The OSUE Master Gardener Program is a volunteer program that provides extensive instruction in horticulture for the exchange of volunteer hours.

The hours are spent sharing and implement-

ing gardening knowledge with members of the community through OSUE sponsored or approved events.

Training will be held every Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for nine weeks.

The sessions will be held at the Ohio State University Extension at 201 W. Main St. Troy, located on the ground floor of the Miami County Courthouse.

Many gardening topics will be covered in the class. There is an enrollment fee of $140, which covers the cost of the training manual and instructors.

This year we are also offering an early bird rate of $130 if you register by Dec. 15.

To become a certified Master Gardener, you must attend all the training sessions, pass (openbook) examinations, and volunteer 50 hours to the community through OSUE supported events.

Such events could include, but are not limited to, Habitat for Humanity projects, Garden Tour preparation and hosting, answering horticulture questions from the public, demonstrating gardening techniques, working in our booth at the Miami County Fair, and assisting with community projects.

Upon completion of these intern hours, Master Gardener Volunteers are required to provide at least ten hours of service

and complete at least six hours of continuing education each year.

You may request an application by contacting the OSU Extension Office in Miami County at 4403945.

The deadline for early bird registration ($130) is Dec. 15.

The deadline for open registration ($140) is Jan. 15, 2014.

Each candidate will be interviewed prior to the class. The Ohio State University also requires completion of a fingerprint/background check before the training sessions begin.

Find out more about the OSUE Master Gardener Volunteer Program for Ohio at http://mastergardener.osu.edu/.

VFW auxiliary to host pot pie dinner; party TROY — The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 4874 will be hosting a beef pot pie dinner from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Following will be the auxiliary’s annual Halloween adult costume party with games and prizes. The party starts at 8 p.m.

Fall festival to benefit 2014 Relay for Life PIQUA — The Relay Ladies For A Cure will be hosting a Fall Fest Fundraiser from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26 in the Kroger outer lobby. The group will be offering hot dogs, donuts and warm cider for a donation. All donations go to the Miami County 2014 Relay For Life.

Police Reports Oct. 19

Animal complaint: Police responded to the Bent Tree Apartments, 1254 Garbry Road, after a dog owner kicked a dog. The owner of the dog denied the accusation. He was warned.

Theft: Police responded to the 500 block of Robinson Avenue after someone entered a detached garage sometime recently and stole a stand-up freezer.

Animal complaint: Police responded to the city’s skate park, 1501 South St., after a dog was “stuck in a pit at the skate park.� Animal control came to the scene. The dog did not have tags and there was no way to identify who the owner was. The shelter took the dog.

Disturbance: Police responded to the 400 block of Glenwood Avenue after a male got into an argument with his girlfriend’s father. The two men ended up pushing each other and exchanging punches.

Oct. 20

Criminal damage: Police responded to the 1000 block of Clark Avenue after a home was egged.

Drugs: Police handled a report of a plastic bag with two unused needles that was found in the 200 block of Miami Street.

Burglary: Police responded to Hope

Chapel, 624 Broadway St., after it was reported that juveniles were inside of the abandoned church. The juveniles were located and warned for trespassing. They were all released to their parents.

Menacing: Police responded to Marymont Drive over a perverse Sweetest Day gift. The complainant advised that the suspect brought a card with a condom in it and a box of candy with feces in it to his daughter. Officers made contact with the suspect and the suspect’s parents.

Theft: Police responded to the 1300 block of Madison Avenue after a victim reported that a “rare Princess Diana� plate was stolen from her home.

Oct. 21

Disturbance: Police responded to the Outpatient Care Center, 280 Looney Road, after a husband and a wife who are going through a divorce caused a disruption.

Reckless operation: Police responded to the Piqua Board of Education, 719 E. Ash St., after a motorist refused to abide by bus lights while the bus was stopped. The suspect was located and cited.

Theft: Police responded to the 500 block of Wood Street after a purse was stolen from a vehicle during the day.

New “Made in Piqua� ornament available PIQUA — Piqua’s rich industrial heritage continues to be honored by Mainstreet Piqua as the seventh “Made in Piqua� ornament celebrates one of Piqua’s historic companies, the Atlas Underwear Company. Made of brass, the ornament features a red union suit that is a direct replica of an image from the company’s catalog.

According to Piqua historian Jim Oda, there were a number of underwear companies in Piqua through the years, but Atlas Underwear Company was the largest and the last underwear company in Piqua.

The idea for the collectible ornament came from

former downtown Piqua merchant Doug Stilwell.

The ornaments are packaged in boxes specially produced for the project by Piqua Paper Box Company and are $12 each. They are available at the Mainstreet Piqua office, 326 N. Main St., as well as at Readmore Hallmark, 430 N. Main St.; Apple Tree Gallery, 405 N. Main St.; and Tapestry Angel, 516 Spring St. A new ornament featuring a different item made in Piqua is produced each year. Mainstreet Piqua’s goal is to feature items made by both historical business as well as those still present in the community. Companies that

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200 years of tea party paranoia “It’s easier to fool peo- kinds of languages, and ple,” Mark Twain appar- knowed everything. And ently never said, “than that ain’t the wust. They to convince them that said he could VOTE they have been fooled.” when he was at home.

You can find those words Well, that let me out. all over the Thinks I, what Internet is the country attributed to a-coming to?

Twain, but It was ‘lection I can locate day, and I was no credible just about to source. go and vote Too bad, myself if I because it’s warn’t too absolutely cordrunk to get rect. there; but Gene Lyons T w a i n when they probably did told me there Columnist say somewas a State in thing similar, because this country where they’d it sounds like an opin- let that nigger vote, I ion the acerbic author drawed out. I says I’ll of “Huckleberry Finn” never vote agin.” would have endorsed.

Sound like anybody Think of the hilarious you know? The profesepisode of “The Royal sor, I mean.

Nonesuch,” a mangled Try to put Pap’s racShakespearean farce per- ism aside; everybody in formed by a pair of riv- the novel, set in slaveerboat scamps called the owning Missouri around King and the Duke for 1840, shares it. Among the befuddled citizens of other virtues, Twain was a Mississippi river town. a great reporter. Besides, “The duke said these liberals calling everyArkansaw lunkheads body racist are tedious couldn’t come up to and smug. Equally strikShakespeare,” Huck ing are Pap Finn’s social says. “What they wanted anxiety and envy, his was low comedy — and anti-intellectualism and maybe something ruther paranoia, attitudes which worse than low comedy, have always run like a he reckoned.” dark stain under the surAnd low comedy they face of American life. got. The plan was to The New Yorker’s pocket the cash and float Adam Gopnik finds off downriver before the another antecedent to yokels got wise. today’s Tea Party in the I thought of that scene John Birch Society: watching Sen. Ted Cruz “Reading through the and Sarah Palin outside literature on the hysterias the White House recent- of 1963, the continuity ly, protesting the very of beliefs is plain: Now, government shutdown as then, there is said to they’d fiercely cham- be a conspiracy in the pioned — a confeder- highest places to end ate battle flag fluttering American Constitutional in the background, the rule and replace it with emblem of disgruntled a Marxist dictatorship, losers everywhere. evidenced by a plan in Is there no scam so which your family doctor transparently farcical will be replaced by a fedthat millions of American eral bureaucrat — mostly lunkheads won’t fall for for unnamable purposes, it? Evidently not. but somehow involving As you read here first, the gleeful killing off of anybody with an eighth the aged. grader’s understanding “There is also the of the U.S. Constitution conviction, in both knew that Cruz’s mad eras, that only a handquest to destroy the ful of Congressmen and Affordable Care Act polemicists (then mostly could not possibly suc- in newspapers; now on ceed. And it was politi- TV) stand between honcally self-destructive as est Americans and the well, if not for Cruz, then apocalypse, and that the for the Republican Party. man presiding over that Of course millions plan is not just a dupe but of gullible voters lack personally depraved, an that understanding. active collaborator with Meanwhile, the Texas our enemies, a secret senator and his allies something or other, and continue to bombard any necessary means to the faithful with emails bring about the end of promising imminent vic- his reign are justified and tory and soliciting cash. appropriate.”

They’re like the most Same as it ever was. shameless televangelist Then it was H.L. faith healers.

Hunt; today it’s the Koch Except now the ene- Brothers. mies list doesn’t feaBut you know what? ture only Democrats From the Civil War like President Obama, onward, they always lose.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry It’s powerlessness that Reid, but prominent makes people vulnerable Republicans such as to conspiracy theories.

Paul Ryan, John McCain, And maybe I’m getMitch McConnell and ting soft, because I’m Lindsey Graham. actually starting to feel Anyway, here’s Huck sorry for them — the Finn’s daddy, America’s Limbaugh and Cruz fans first Tea Party patriot: that send me emails call“Oh, yes, this is a won- ing Democrats “evil.” Not derful govment, won- simply because they’re derful. Why, looky here. the pigeons in a giant There was a free nigger con game, but because there from Ohio — a they’re so frightened, like mulatter, most as white children scared of monas a white man. He had sters under the bed. the whitest shirt on you It must be a terribly ever see, too, and the unhappy way to live. shiniest hat; and there ain’t a man in that town Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons Magazine Award winner that’s got as fine clothes isanda National co-author of “The Hunting of the as what he had … They President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). said he was a p’fessor in a You can email Lyons at eugenelycollege, and could talk all ons2@yahoo.com.

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Sweet Land of Liberty

Who will teach our police our Bill of Rights?

My primary hero of the full exis- guarantees … tence of the Constitution is George “And no matter how awful may be Mason, a Virginia delegate to the 1787 the one who is the beneficiary time Constitutional Convention. Why him? and time again, guarantees have to be He refused to sign the Constitution sustained, even though the immediate because it didn’t have a “declaration result is to help out some very unpleasof rights” — the individual liberties of ant people. They’re there to protect all American citizens. of us.”

Because of George Mason, who was The public school students in the followed by other non-signBurlison and Doe cases were, ers, James Madison introof course, not “unpleasant” duced the Bill of Rights. people. However, there have These first 10 amendments been other cases in which to the Constitution, when the Supreme Court ought ratified by enough states in to be ashamed of itself for 1791, guaranteed to We The scorning innocent individuPeople specific limits on govals’ privacy and other proernment power. tections under the Bill of In this self-governRights. ing republic, the Fourth I am waiting, for example, Nat Hentoff Amendment in these guaranon John Roberts’ Supreme tees clearly states: Court to act on Barack Columnist “The right of the people Obama’s signing of the to be secure in their persons, houses, National Defense Authorization Act, papers and effects against unreason- which lets the military hold U.S. citiable searches and seizures, shall not zens indefinitely here in America on be violated, and no warrants shall vague suspicions of connections to issue, but upon probable cause, sup- “terrorists.” ported by oath or affirmation, and The media has lost interest in that particularly describing the place to be matter. searched, and the persons or things to But Brennan was right to call stingbe seized.” ing attention to how often the media In last week’s column, I focused on act as if the due process protections of two shocking cases, unknown to most citizens under the Fifth Amendment, Americans because the media in its among other guarantees in the Bill of various forms ignored them. These Rights, don’t exist. cases dealt with public school students In New York City, where I live, it who had been “locked down” in mass took years for enough of the media — searches by police and drug-sniffing prodded hard by the New York Civil dogs. The searches were conducted Liberties Union and certain civil rights without court warrants or any indica- organizations — to force the courts to tion that the students being searched declare unconstitutional the New York for drugs or drug paraphernalia had City Police Department’s street misany connection at all to these suspi- sions of “stop and frisk.” These examicions. nations of millions of New Yorkers, The cases were Burlison v. Springfield predominantly blacks, as possible “terPublic Schools in Missouri (2013) rorists” or dangerous criminals were and Diane Doe v. Renfrow (1981) in done without an ounce of reasonable Indiana. I concentrated on the aston- suspicion that any of them had done ishing refusal of the Supreme Court to anything wrong. even hear the cases, thereby excluding As evidence of how ignorant far too students from the Constitution. But many New Yorkers are of the Bill of now I must go on and focus my atten- Rights, Police Commissioner Raymond tion on the police and the media treat- Kelly, an ardent advocate and enforcer ing all Americans as though they’re of stop and frisk, could have been barred from the Constitution. elected mayor this year had he chosen No high court justice dissented in to run. He is popular with the electorthe decision to not hear the Burlison ate of this supposedly “hip” city. case, but in Doe, there was a tumulWherever you live in this sweet land tuous dissent from Justice William of liberty, how often do the media Brennan concerning this. He asked inform the citizenry whether their how students could become respon- local and state police give a damn sible citizens if their schools ignored about the Bill of Rights’ guarantees of their fundamental constitutional free- those they arrest? doms.

Keep in mind what Frank LoMonte Six years later, his mind still tur- of the Student Press Law Center says bulently focused on that case, Justice about keeping us authentic Americans: Brennan, during an interview with “Asking people who have never learned NPR’s Nina Totenberg, delivered an foundational civics lessons to intelliattack on the media’s too frequent gently participate in elections (and in ignorance of the Bill of Rights. He post-election governing) is like expectwasn’t just referring to its lack of ing a person who knows only oneattention to the Burlison case. third of the alphabet to write a novel” His indictment applies now more (“O’Connor civics commission draws than ever. I can’t explain the presentday media’s frequent omission of these a road map toward freedom of expresvery specific safeguards for individual sion. Will schools follow it?” www.

Americans from stories they cover. splc.org, Oct. 14, 2011).

I ask fellow reporters around the Perhaps it’s inattention or just plain country to wake up and insist that cops ignorance. The media too often do not hold the police responsible for — local, state and federal — get eduviolating citizens’ personal liberties, cated on our crumbling Bill of Rights.

Of course, to do that, many of them and they dismiss the government’s — and you — may have to begin violations of the Bill of Rights as mere educating yourselves on why and how “technicalities” — if they mention George Mason saved our Constitution them at all. (and us) by refusing to sign it until our “You in the media,” Brennan said, Bill of Rights was added. “ought to be ashamed of yourselves to How many of you know who George call the provisions and the guarantees Mason was? Does our president? of the Bill of Rights ‘technicalities.’

They’re not.

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First “They’re very basic to our very exis- Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the tence as the kind of society we are. We Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato are what we are because we have those Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

Letter to the Editor To the Editor: My name is Joseph Wilson and I am running for re-election to the Piqua City Commission in the third ward. In 2010, my first year in office, we were in a recession, the budget was tight and we froze most of our capital expenditures.

Then a recall was initiated against and three other commissioners.

Today in 2013, the economy has improved along with public attitudes to the city. We hired a new city manager who is well liked and has started many new programs. There are many

projects in the city that will continue to improve our chances to enhance economic development and make Piqua the place to live. On Nov. 5 please vote for Joseph Wilson for Piqua City Commission.

Joe Wilson Piqua

To the Editor: A compelling case can be made that our city commission has more impact on Piqua’s standard of living and quality of life than county, state and federal government combined.

For example, imagine what Piqua would be like if the city government had the ability to cause a company like IBM, GE or Google to move their headquarters here. Scenarios just like this one become reality in communities all across America.

And, it underscores the importance of our city commission. Our city manager is unquestionably the most influential person in our form of city government. A lot of out of town people, like him, take over very prominent roles in our city government and therefore our daily lives.

We depend on our elected commissioners to oversee and guide the direction of our city. Since our city commission is part time and essentially non paid, their oversight of the city is likewise part time. This is why experience on the commission is an important qualifier of who should be elected to our city commission in November.

This is why I support Commissioner Joe Wilson to be re-elected. His cross examination on most issues that come before the city commission leaves little doubt in my mind that he carefully watches over city expenditures and our money in a beneficial way to all of the residents of Piqua. commission Wilson also has a very comprehensive understanding of our city fiances.

The poor financial condition of many cities across America highlights the importance of city government. We the residents of Piqua shouldn’t become complacent. In some election cycles, time for a change is appropriate.

I’ve practically lived in Piqua all my life. I’m turning 59 this November. This is the most user-friendly and responsive city government I have ever seen in Piqua. This city commission and Commissioner Wilson should be rewarded for putting a Piqua on an upbeat and progressive path. They hired this city manager.

This is a good team. It is my opinion that this is not the time for a change.

As residents we should expect more from them and press them to do better. At this point, we are headed in the right direction. This commission and Commissioner Wilson deserve the opportunity to continue their good work.

Respectfully, Bill Jaqua Piqua

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

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Seinfeld has help for cooking-phobic with 3rd book Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Seinfeld’s first two cookbooks “Deceptively Delicious� and “Double Delicious� showed parents how to sneak vegetables into their kids’ meals.

She may have helped some families, but she realized there still were plenty who wouldn’t try her recipes — or any recipes — because of their fear of the kitchen.

That made her think: “‘You know, I haven’t solved this problem,’ which is the fear of going into the kitchen and turning on the stove or shopping for the right ingredients ‌ I like to solve problems, so I said, ‘I’m going to look into this.’â€?

The result is “The Can’t Cook Book: Recipes for the Absolutely Terrified� (Atria Books).

AP: A lot of people who don’t cook regularly will tackle a really ambitious recipe with a lot of ingredients or prep and then

get overwhelmed. Are your recipes easy to follow?

Seinfeld: I created these with just a few ingredients because I don’t like to cook with a lot of ingredients and for beginners you really get tripped up the more steps you add in and the more flavors you add in. I really just try to use a few high quality ingredients that people can find pretty much anywhere.

AP: When did you start cooking?

Seinfeld: I’ve been cooking since I was really young. My mom would call me before she left work and kind of tell me, ‘Here’s how you do this and this is how you help me get started with dinner.’ Dinner would sort of be halfway ready for her. And then she would leave me sticky notes when she got ready in the morning sometimes and as I got older I could just really help her get the meal going before she got home.

AP: Also, there’s a sense of accomplishment that comes with cooking for yourself.

Seinfeld: It’s a good thing to be in control of and a basic life skill in a way that you can take care of yourself. It’s more economical,

Book celebrates StoryCorps’ 10-year anniversary Jessica Gresko Associated Press

Ten years ago this month a small sound studio opened in the middle of Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Its purpose: to collect the stories of ordinary Americans. The idea for the StoryCorps project was simple.

People would come and spend 40 minutes recording an interview with the most important person in their lives.

Over the last decade, nearly 100,000 people have participated in the project, either as interviewers or interviewees.

The stories are archived at the Library of Congress and some have been broadcast on public radio as part of NPR’s “Morning Edition.�

Now, to mark StoryCorps’ 10-year anniversary, the project is releasing “Ties That Bind,� the fourth installment in a growing series of StoryCorps books.

Previously, StoryCorps published a collection on the project’s fiveyear anniversary, a collection of stories on mothers and last year’s Valentine’s Day collection of love stories.

The latest collection focuses on the people we count as family.

Like the previous works, the newest book is made up of a number of conversations that StoryCorps recorded.

Each story starts with the names of the interviewer and interviewee and their relationship.

There are conversations between friends, siblings and parents and children as well as more unexpected pairs: a teacher and her former student, a doctor and his longtime patient, and a mother and the man who killed her only son.

Their edited conversa-

it’s better for you and in the end, personally I hate not being good at something. I hate feeling like, ‘Oh, I can’t do that.’ AP: Going back to your first two cookbooks, do you still have to hide vegetables from your kids?

Seinfeld: No! Luckily my kids eat vegetables now and they want salad every night.

It’s incredible for me that it worked.

AP: Are you mindful that you’re in this position where you don’t have financial stress (being married to Jerry Seinfeld)?

Seinfeld: Oh, for me in my life to not have financial stress, I don’t even know what to do with that. It’s really one of the things that motivated me to start Baby Buggy (a nonprofit organization that distributes new and gently used essentials to families). I felt so overwhelmed to not have financial stress that I couldn’t get it out of my head. I’m very aware of what things cost. I’ve given that to my children because the first thing they ask is, ‘Is that expensive? Is that too expensive?’ Not having financial stress for me is actually stressful.

In Marvel’s ‘Iron Man,’ family’s secrets unravel Matt Moore Associated Press

The Penguin Press | AP

This photo provided by The Penguin Press shows the book cover for “Ties That Bind: Stories of love and gratitude from the first ten years of StoryCorps,� by Dave Isay.

tions follow. No story lasts more than a few pages.

A picture of the interviewee and interview finish the story.

There are stories about a man who became friends with his wife’s ex-husband, about a couple that raises their niece after a car crash kills her mother and about a woman with short-term memory loss who runs a marathon with her boyfriend.

In one story, a mother and daughter, both soldiers, talk about growing closer when they are deployed to Iraq together.

In another, siblings, one transgender and the other gay, talk about how they’ve supported each other.

Given that the book is a 10-year anniversary collection, it might have been nice to include the first story the project recorded, or at least one from the first day.

As it is, the stories in the new book date back only to 2007. Still, what’s included is sweet and sad, heartwarming and watery-eye inducing.

It’s the kind of book that gives you the urge to call up someone important in your life, just to say hi.

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc. | AP

This photo released by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc. shows the cover of the cookbook, The Can’t Cook Book: Recipes for the Absolutely Terrified,� by Jessica Seinfeld, published by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Tony Stark’s always been a man of many talents for whom surprise is a rare thing.

But the avenging philanthropic billionaire — better known for the high-tech armor he wears as Iron Man — is about to find himself felled by not one, but two, family secrets that has him questioning his place in the world and why the reality of his origin was kept from him.

The big reveal comes in the pages of “Iron Man� No. 17, out Wednesday in comic shops, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Carlo Pagulayan and Scott Hanna, lettered by Joe Caramagna and edited by Mark Paniccia.

In it Gillen brings the long-simmering story to its conclusion with Stark finding out that not only is he — again, spoilers — adopted, but that his parents, Howard and Maria, had a son — imbued with alien technology proffered by the rogue android 451 — who has been hidden away from the world, laden with unknown abilities and, perhaps, powers.

Gillen calls it a new challenge for Stark, one that is closer to home and more down to earth than his normal conflicts, which

have included villainous masterminds, god-like alien intelligences and mechanical behemoths, among others. “What could I do to challenge the characters’ core conception of their self,� Gillen said in an interview of the revelations which find Tony both accepting of them yet still experiencing a swirl of emotion as the facts of his life come out in full view and meeting his brother, Arno, who has been in a hospital his entire life, wanting for nothing, but an enigma regardless. “When you discover something about yourself, you reprocess. How does it churn in the gut? How do you re-examine your life?� said Gillen. “It’s a completely different prism in how you study yourself.�

The notion of Tony’s being adopted changes nothing about him as a Stark, said Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso. “When Kieron pitched the story, the bottom line question for us was ‘Does this open up the doorway to stories that are worth telling?’� he said. “And it does. Who are Tony’s parents? Will he want to know them? How will he feel about Howard? How will this affect the dynamic between father and son?�

That, said Alonso, will enrich Tony and, by extension, Iron Man,

Marvel | AP

This image provided by Marvel shows shows a page from “Iron Man� No. 17, out Wednesday in comic shops.

whose first appearance was 50 years ago in “Tales of Suspense� No. 39. “When you introduce a twist this big to an iconic character’s life, you have to do due diligence and think through all the angles,� he said. “We will definitely have something to say about adoptions and what it means.�

Divorcee longs for fairy-tale proposal Dear Abby: I am a divorcee in my 40s who is in a committed relationship with a man who is also divorced. Neither of our marriages were happy ones. We stayed in them for all the wrong reasons.

We have been together for three years, live together, love each other unconditionally and have talked extensively about getting married.

My question is, am I wrong to expect a traditional proposal with an engagement ring? It is important to me that he would think enough of me to plan one. I feel if he did it for his first wife, he should do the same — or more — for me. Would it be in bad taste to mention this? — Asking Too Much? in Pennsylvania Dear Asking Too Much?: Unless one of your companion’s attributes is clairvoyance, express your feelings. He

may not be aware that already knew the answer. you would feel somehow Marriage came first. Is cheated if he doesn’t this now “none of my come forth with a gesture business�? The grandmathat is “equal or better� to-be has offered no clue.

Can you help me than what his ex out? — Out of the received. Consider Loop Out West carefully what Dear Out of the resulted from that Loop: If Grandmafirst fancy proposal. to-be is keeping An essential mum, you can bet ingredient in a sucthere’s a reason. cessful relationship If the father was is the ability to express one’s wants Dear Abby Prince Harry, she and needs to the Abigail Van would be trumpeting it from the roofBuren other partner. I tops. Your friend would only suggest may not know who the that when you do, your father is or have some thoughts are couched as a other reason for not disrequest and not a demand. closing it. Unless you Dear Abby: Enlighten me, please. A friend told me her daughter is expecting. She has not said one word about a boyfriend or marriage. How do I diplomatically ask, “Who is the father?�

People in my generation

want to tiptoe through a minefield, my advice is DON’T GO THERE.

Dear Abby: I’m a 13-year-old girl who suffers from what I’m afraid is obsessive-compulsive disorder. I have known for four years, but I never told my parents. I finally opened up to them a few

Solution:

days ago, and I thought they wanted to help. But later I heard them mock my condition and laugh about it. Abby, I thought my parents wanted to help me, but it’s becoming clear that they don’t.

They have offered me therapy, but I’m scared they will mock me for that, too. Now I’m afraid to go. Should I? — O.C.D. Daughter Dear Daughter: When people don’t understand something, unfortunately they sometimes laugh at it. However, are you absolutely certain that what your parents were laughing about concerned you and not something else?

I find it hard to believe that loving parents would laugh at their child’s discomfort. You should by all means take them up on their offer of talking to a therapist. It is the surest way to find a solution for your problem. And when you do, tell the therapist you think you heard your parents laugh about your problem, because if it’s true and they are not aware of how serious the problem may be, the therapist can explain it to them.

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

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

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Tibetan denies official version of cousin’s death

Didi Tang Isolda Morillo Associated Press

GANNAN PREFECTURE, China (AP) — Soon after Sangay Gyatso lit himself on fire and burned to death in one of China’s ethnic Tibetan areas, police came knocking on his family’s door with questions — and seemingly the answers as well.

Was the fiery suicide of the 27-yearold farmer pre-arranged? Didn’t he have connections to foreign-based separatists?

Didn’t the family get a 3 million yuan ($500,000) reward for the self-burning protest?

A cousin of Sangay Gyatso said his family was asked these questions before the government cast the father of two as an incorrigible thief and womanizer who was goaded into setting himself on fire in an elaborate and cruel scheme to fan up ethnic hatred. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of retaliation.

“It was all nonsense,” the cousin, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, said during an interview conducted in his room at a Gannan prefecture community in the rolling hills along the incline toward the Tibetan Plateau. He sat near a stove used for both cooking and heat. A portrait of the Dalai Lama hung from a molding near a window.

In a rare interview conducted in this ethnic Tibetan region, the cousin told The Associated Press the man burned himself Oct. 6, 2012, at a white stupa near his Gannan village, in a personal protest over the lack of rights for Tibetans.

He said Sangay Gyatso was not connected to Tibetan groups abroad.

“There are a lot of lies around Sangay Gyatso and around the people who have self-immolated,” he said.

Since early 2009, overseas Tibetan rights groups have reported that more than 120 Tibetans — monks and lay people, men and women, and young and elderly — have set themselves on fire.

Most died. The groups say the selfimmolations are homegrown protests over China’s heavy-handed rule in the Himalayan regions.

They are an image problem for Beijing, which first tried to blank out news of

Andy Wong | AP

In this Oct. 16 photo, a Tibetan, cousin of Sangay Gyatso holds a photo of Sangay Gyatso, who fatally set himself ablaze in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. By the official account, Sangay Gyatso was an incorrigible thief and womanizer who was goaded into setting himself on fire in an elaborate and cruel scheme to fan up ethnic hatred. But one year after the 27-year-old father of two fatally set himself ablaze near a white stupa near his Gannan village, his cousin denied the government’s account.

self-immolations. After reports continued to leak out, Beijing struck back with accounts of immolators as outcasts who fall prey to the instigation of the Dalai Lama and supporters who allegedly want to split Tibet from China.

The Communist Party-controlled media describe the immolators as gamblers, thieves, womanizers, or suffering from life setbacks or physical disabilities.

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader who fled to northern India in 1959, has denied any role in the suicides, deplored the loss of lives and demanded that Beijing investigate under the watch of international monitors. He also says he wants autonomous rule, not independence, for Tibet.

Independent reporting in the region is almost impossible because of Beijing’s tight controls. Though foreign journalists can travel to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, police closely followed a group of Associated Press reporters on a recent trip, preventing them from interviewing most local Tibetans.

Sangay Gyatso’s full story remains elusive because his immediate family members remain hushed. His cousin and people who live nearby advised the AP against traveling to Sangay Gyatso’s village, saying government informants prevent the family from speaking out.

Gannan sits on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau but outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes Tibetan Buddhism’s holiest place outside Tibet, the Labrang Monastery in the town of Xiahe. Tibetans make up just over half Gannan’s population of nearly 700,000, herding sheep and yaks against a mountain backdrop.

On a recent morning in Xiahe, prayer wheels spun and believers threw their bodies to the ground to offer prayers.

Monks in maroon robes and herdsmen in fur coats mingled in the streets. Foreign and Chinese tourists browsed colorful scarfs in shops.

In some shops, Dalai Lama portraits were displayed in inconspicuous corners.

An elderly shopkeeper said such displays

were once strictly banned, but the rule was relaxed this year because it had irked ethnic Tibetans. Before he could say more, a civilian police employee following the AP crew told him to stop talking.

Other residents looked nervous when approached and declined to speak.

Sangay Gyatso’s cousin described him as “a very normal young Tibetan farmer with a very normal life.”

Choe Gyamtso, a monk from Sangay Gyatso’s village, defended him in an interview with India-based broadcaster Voice of Tibet. He said Sangay Gyatso was a decent man and that the account of him as a thief and womanizer was a lie.

He also said the Chinese government offered a 1 million yuan reward to Sangay Gyatso’s family in exchange for their saying that the man self-immolated over disputes with his wife. He said the family turned down the money.

The cousin could not confirm the government offer, but said local officials had alleged that the family had accepted 3 million yuan from India for the man’s selfburning act, which he denied. Officials never made such a claim publicly.

Pressure also came down on monks at the local Dokar Monastery, where Sangay Gyatson self-immolated.

Gannan police said late last year that they detained seven people, including three from the monastery, for their roles in Sangay Gyasto’s death, characterized as premeditated homicide. Police said the monks knew about the suicide plan in advance, took photos of the self-immolation and sent them overseas to incite ethnic hatred. It’s unclear whether anyone was tried.

For decades, Tibetans have complained of the lack of autonomous rule that was promised by the Communist Party since China’s takeover of Tibet in the 1950s, and human rights activists say China has trampled on religious freedom and culture. China says Tibet has belonged to it since ancient times, and that since asserting control in the ’50s it has ended serfdom and brought development to a backward region.

In 2008, discontent and ethnic hatred erupted into violent riots across Tibetan regions, including Gannan.

Poland archbishop slammed over sex abuse comments Monika Scislowska Associated Press

ers and may get lost and may get the other person involved, too.”

The words triggered an immediate uproar — one that Michalik tried to stamp out the same day by apologizing and saying he had been misunderstood. He had not, he said, 40044564

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s Catholic Church has come under a wave of condemnation by appearing to suggest that children are partly to blame for being

sexually abused by priests.

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cemented by Polish-born Pope John Paul II through his critical role in inspiring the fight against communism. The church’s defenders say that priests are being singled out for condemnation when teachers and sports coaches have also been caught sexually abusing kids.

John Paul himself came under criticism for a reluctance to heed accusations against priests.

While the Vatican in 2001 ordered bishops to submit cases of alleged pedophilia to the Holy See’s review, it was largely the initiative of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

After the church sex abuse scandal erupted in 2002 in the United States, Ratzinger pressed for faster ways to permanently remove abusers from the church.

The crackdown against pedophile priests gained intensity once Ratzinger became Benedict XVI. In 2011, Benedict instructed bishops’ conferences around the world to submit their own guidelines for keeping molesters out of the priesthood and to protect children.

Poland’s Episcopate has issued guidelines for the church’s punishment of priests and support for the victims. But it sees no need to report priests to state investigators and says that

the financial compensation rests with the wrongdoer, not with the church. That approach may soon be tested by a man who is readying Poland’s first sex abuse lawsuit against the church.

In several countries, including the U.S., Canada and Australia, the church has been paying millions in compensation over sex abuse cases.

Michalik also recently raised eyebrows by saying that the roots of pedophilia lay in pornography and divorce, both of which are “painful and long-lasting wounds.”

The debate started last month after Dominican Republic investigators revealed child sex abuse allegations against two Polish clergymen: Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, the Vatican’s ambassador, and Rev. Wojciech Gil, a parish priest. Wesolowski has been forcibly removed by the Vatican. Gil has denied sex abuse and suggested that Dominican drug mafia is taking revenge on him for his educational work.

Some 27 Polish priests have been tried for sex abuse since 2001, but most cases ended in suspended prison term — indicating a general leniency for the church in Poland, where religion is taught in schools and senior church officials attend state ceremonies.

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meant to suggest that child victims were in any way responsible.

But the damage was done.

Ordinary citizens joined prominent politicians in expressing outrage, and intense debate continues more than two weeks later.

The media pointed out that Michalik had supported a parish priest convicted in 2004 of child sex abuse, and one of the priest’s victims said she was horrified by Michalik’s latest remarks.

“Archbishop Michalik’s words make us feel fear and revulsion,” Ewa Orlowska said.

The archbishop’s comments forced the Episcopate’s spokesman, the Rev. Jozef Kloch, to state that Poland’s church has “zero tolerance” for pedophilia but that it needs to learn how to approach and talk about the matter. The controversy has since led bishops under Michalik to apologize for “priests who have harmed children.”

It all comes amid a tide of allegations that Poland’s church is sweeping cases of sex abuse under the carpet, putting it at odds with Vatican efforts since 2001 to punish abusers. The scrutiny has also further undermined the church’s status in Poland as a moral and political leader —

PIQUA — The public is invited to attend Trunk or Treat at the Piqua Nazarene Church 400 S. Sunset, from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. This activity will be held outside, so please dress appropriately. Vehicles will be decorated and drivers will hand out treats. Plan to park in the Unity Bank parking lot or on Sunset Drive.

PAC to conduct Prayer Breakfast

PIQUA — The Piqua Association of Churches will host their annual Prayer Breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at St. Mary’s Catholic School at the corner of Franklin and North streets. The guest speaker will be Katie Owen, who will be sharing her most recent missionary experience from a trip to Uganda, Africa this past summer. The cost is $5 per person for a catered breakfast. Please call Becky Smith at 937-638-2774 to make your reservation by Oct. 28.

Bake sale and bazaar to feature holiday items

COVINGTON — Bake Sale and Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the basement of the Covington Presbyterian Church located at the corner of Wright and Pearl streets.

There will be a wide verity of Holiday items and food. A children’s corner will be available for the little ones to purchase gifts for their parents and friends.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013 Staff: Katie Harris Olivia Barhorst Mariah Killian Tori Nix Adviser: Debbie Allen

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Bows for Boobs hopes to save lives Olivia Barhorst Staff Writer

Corinne Crawford, a junior at PHS has started a nonprofit organization called Bows for Boobs to help aid in the fight against Breast Cancer.

During the PHS spirit week at lunch, Crawford set up a booth at lunch to sell these bows for her cause. She said she got more than $650 dollars, which equals to about 300 bows.

“It was really cool seeing

everyone wearing them on Friday helping the cause,” said Crawford.

Crawford decided to start this organization after she attended a HOBY conference, where the emphasis on helping the community inspired her to do more. Also, her father, a cancer survivor made the cause hit home that much more. She also saw the trend of bows and thought her age group would be a perfect demographic for them.

Crawford enjoys crafting and

saw this as a great outlet for her creativity.

Crawford had to choose the perfect project or foundation to donate her profits. She chose the Stephanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center in the James Cancer Hospital at The Ohio State University, where her father received his treatment.

Crawford has a lot of new goals and ideas for her nonprofit organization. “In the future, I plan to add new seasonal patterns. I also hope

to add bracelets and new products so people stay interested,” she said. Right now, Bows for Boobs sells adult, children, and toddler sized bows, bow ties, and T-shirts.

Along with these ideas, she would also like to get more involved in the schools and go to fairs to sell her products.

With a total of $1,500 donated so far, the limits for Bows for Boobs are unstoppable. To order bows online, go to www.etsy.com/shop/ bowsforboobs.

PHS gets new teacher Tori Nix Staff Writer

Casey Potts is the new Spanish teacher at PHS. He went to Ohio University. He was encouraged to teach Spanish because he wanted to be able to communicate in another language; he also feels that it builds a person’s character.

Potts says that his experience at PHS has been wonderful, crazy, and life-chang-

ing. He says that his main goal in teaching is to teach his students to find their passion in life.

When asked why he chose to teach in the Piqua City School district rather than any other school district, Potts said, “ Piqua is a city that has traditionally passed all of its school levies, and it places a great importance of education.”

Other than Spanish,

Potts has taught English in Ecuador, New Mexico and Honduras. He has also taught electric and acoustic guitar.

He knows sign language and plans on learning yet another language than Spanish.

He completed his student teaching at Warren High School in Southwest Ohio.

Although he has taught for three years, his is his first year teaching at a public school.

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Student pushes self to be ‘best’ she can be Mariah Killian Staff Writer

Jordan Booker, daughter of Holly Booker, is Mcdonalds’ Student of the Week for the week of Oct. 21-25. This is Booker’s first year in high school, and she is already on her way to the top. Booker works hard and pushes herself to be the best that she can be.

Casey Potts requested Booker be student of the week because she won the

around the world game twice.

This game tests how well you know the Spanish alphabet, and numbers. “She is a quick learner but also helps her fellow classmates accelerate with her,” said Potts.

Excelling in her sports as well as academics, Booker wants to keep a steady 4.0 GPA all year. She plays basketball and volleyball and even won a Tri-State Basketball award a few years back.

Elly Snapp, a junior high school math teacher, has

had a learning influence, on Booker. “ She helped light the way to a higher education,” said Booker. With all the help Booker is getting from her teachers, she plans on applying this knowledge to get into a great school.

After high school, Booker plans on attending an Ivy league school like Harvard.

Booker has all those high set goals, though, to get her through. Booker plans on moving into the marketing business.

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PHS students want to prevent drinking and driving Katie Harris Staff Writer

Piqua’s FCCLA brought a mock crash to Piqua High School on Oct. 11 for the juniors and seniors.

Rita Potter, FCCLA adviser and family consumer science teacher, was asked why the mock crash was brought to Piqua High School.

“Well, due to all the recent accidents, like Cody Young, the FCCLA kids thought it would be a good idea,” she said.

There were seven students involved in the event. The three in charge were Alle Olds and Jessica Brown, both seniors, and Carmell Rigola, junior.

Piqua Police, Casstown Fire, Piqua EMS, the state highway patrol, Bushnell Towing, Jamieson and Yannucci Funeral Home, and CareFlight were all brought to the school due to the mock crash.

Potter hopes safer driving habits and being aware that anybody can get in a car accident happen after students see the mock crash. “This is a project that FCCLA will do every two years,” said Potter.

Laura Seger is the mother of Joseph “Joey” Seger, 18, who was killed in a car accident in September 2010.

Seger told the students a little about her son’s story.

Leanne O. French, 29, of Troy was huffing an aerosol can when her car went off the right side of the road, over corrected, and crossed over the centerline and veered off the left side of the roadway striking Seger.

Both Seger and French were ejected from their vehicles. Seger’s father, Ronald Seger, 46, was taken

by CareFlight and sustained serious injuries. Blood tests later confirmed the active ingredients in aerosol were in French’s blood stream at the time of the accident.

Seger was a senior at the JVS and was a member of the Miami County Antique Power Association.

The students also put together a seatbelt check. A state highway patrolman stopped and checked all students’ and teachers’ seatbelts as they arrived to the school on Monday morning.

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What a Rebel

BY EMILY HOERSTEN For quite a long time, the Journalism class has been using a dinosaur of a camera to take pictures for this publication and the yearbook. That has all changed this year with the newest technology addition to the class.

Lehman’s Jostens representative Eric Howard was aware that the class did not have a quality schoolowned camera to use. Knowing that Jostens was initiating technology grants for qualifying schools, Howard made it his mission to obtain a new camera for Lehman.

At the end of last school year, the Journalism class received a Canon Rebel T3 camera. Journalism teacher Elaine Schweller-Snyder first used it at band camp, testing out the settings to prepare for the upcoming school year.

The members of the class were ecstatic to find what was waiting for them at the beginning of the y e a r .

Howard returned to Lehman to teach the students how to properly use the camera and which settings are preferred for various situations. In just two months, the camera has brought an abundance of high quality pictures for use in the Cavalier Crier newspaper and for the yearbook.

Each member of the class has had a chance to try out the new camera. Some are hesitant, for fear of somehow breaking it. For others, it has come natural.

Junior Journalism student Brooke Jones, who took photos at Homecoming with the new camera, said, “I feel like a professional when I use it.”

Another member of the class, senior Drew Westerheide said, “The pictures the camera takes have great quality and now we have the opportunity to take a bigger variety of pictures.”

With this new camera, it can be expected that the yearbook will contain even more pictures than previous years. The Journalism students are enjoying taking pictures and are excited for the student body to see the results in the Cavalier Crier and the 2014 Cavalcade.

Academia: where academics meets competition

BY DREW WESTERHEIDE Academia has been going on in the Shelby County area since the 1970’s and is a competition between the nine schools in the county to see who has the best knowledge, not just about school related topics but also topics in the world around us.

Academia consists of nine categories which are Literature, English, Fine Arts, Sports Entertainment and Leisure, US History and Government, World History and Geography, Current Events, Math, Science, and General Knowledge. The categories go in the order as they are listed above and each category contains six questions for each team. Schools are allowed four players per team, per category. The team is allotted five seconds to give an answer. If they answer the question correctly, the school gains a point. If they answer incorrectly, the school is not penalized and the match moves along to the next question. If the team does not give an answer in the five seconds, the next team is given the opportunity to steal the question.

After the six questions are completed, the category moves to the “Lightning Round.” This is when all four players are given a buzzer. The narrator reads a question and the first person who buzzes in and is identified can give the answer to the question.

The Lehman Academia squad is a good one, led by Advisor Joe Schmiesing. A 2000 Lehman graduate, Schmiesing was on the Academia team when he was in high school.

This year’s team includes seniors Allen Armstrong, Erick Collier, Bryce Eck, Joe Fuller, Micayla Hanover, Julia Harrellson, Katie Heckman, Rob Heckman, Grace Jackson, Allison Larger, Abigail Kramer, Kevin McElroy, Quinn Monnin, Morgan Neal, Josh Smith, Allie Sowers, Drew Westerheide, Grace Winhoven and Selty Zhong; juniors Katie Adams, Derek Gaier, Rachel Remencus, John Schmiesing and Dylan Sherman; sophomores Diana Gibson, Caroline Heitmeyer, Nick Neumeier, Emma Simpson and Avery Pickrel; and freshmen Blake Leffel, Jacob Schmiesing, Brandon Simmons, and Andrew Streng.

“We’re doing really well,” said senior Quinn Monnin, who is in his second year of Academia. “We have a strong and well-rounded team with a lot of big point categories.” First year member Josh Smith said, “I enjoy it. It is a cool way to show the random and not so random knowledge that we possess.”

“A lot of the students involved are in many other activities which makes it hard for them to devote time to the team,” said Schmiesing. “Yet we still perform at a very high level.”

The team is off to a great start this year and looks to keep the train rolling all the way through the month of October. Lehman will host a match in the Harriet Frantz gymnasium on Monday, October 28, so come out and match wits with the Academia team!

Ace of art BY: EMMA SIMPSON As you walk around Lehman, this year, you may notice an unfamiliar faculty member in the vicinity of the art room. This would be the new art teacher, Ms. Prenger.

This is Prenger’s first time teaching art, as well as her first experience at Lehman.

However, she is not new to the area as she grew up and went to school in Celina. She then studied art and graduated from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Prenger teaches Art Fundamentals, Art History I and II, Studio Art, Drawing and Painting, Studio Art, and Graphic Design. Michael Reinhart, a senior, in Studio Art, thoroughly enjoys Prenger’s class “Ms. Prenger is a really good teacher and I really like taking Studio Art because I can be creative,” he said.

In addition to teaching all of the Art classes at Lehman, Prenger will also be an assistant coach for Lehman’s girls basketball team. She has been actively gathering players for this year’s squad and her enthusiasm for the sport should prove to be catching. Prenger is a fantastic addition and it will be great to see all that she brings to the Lehman community.

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Piqua City Schools focus on Bus Safety Week PIQUA – The Piqua City School District joins school districts and transporting agencies throughout Ohio and the nation in celebrating the importance of National School Bus Safety Week.

This year’s theme, “I See the Driver. The Driver Sees Me,” reminds students to be cautious any time they must cross the street. Students need to cross where they can be seen by the bus driver and also need to watch for traffic. The greatest risk to children is when they are outside the school bus.

Student injuries and fatalities occur as a result of motorists who attempt to pass a stopped school bus with flashing red warning lights while students load or unload.

Nearly one million Ohio students ride on school buses each day and more than 15,000 bus drivers are dedicated to providing safe transportation for children in the state. National studies

show school buses are the safest method for transporting young people – up to 22 times safer than passenger cars.

“Ensuring the safety of students as they enter and exit the bus is crucial,” said Roger Ely, Piqua City Schools transportation director. “We are training our bus drivers to be cautious, but we need help from our community members to make sure they watch for school buses stopped to load and unload children. No issue is so urgent that motorists cannot wait for a school bus.”

Ohio Revised Code 4511.75 requires motorists to stop for a school bus anytime it has stopped to load or unload. In Ohio those buses will display red flashing lights as well as a stop sign on the side of the bus.

Motorists may not resume motion until the school bus has resumed motion. Bus drivers in Ohio are required to file reports with law

enforcement when motorists pass them. In some communities cameras are being used to facilitate this reporting.

Ely offers the following tips to remind your child while getting on and off the bus: • Always remain in direct eyesight of the bus driver; • Get to the bus stop early; • Stay back from the curb while waiting for the bus and go directly to your designated place of safety when exiting the bus; • Never try to get anything left on the bus after exiting; • Never reach under the bus; • Always follow the driver’s directions for how to cross the street; • Be alert to traffic and look both ways; • Always cross in front of the bus, but only when the Mike Ullery | Daily Call bus driver signals it is safe School bus safety week is in full swing and everyone is reminded to reflect on making sure your to do so. children are safe on their way to and from school.

FFA sponsors coloring contest

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Front row, left to right, Keara Stace, Bryce Haught, Madison Garrett, and Lacie Henry. Back row, left to right, Ryan Williams, Courtney Sizemore, Taylor Baker, Alyssa Westgerdes, Lorenza Savini, Kayla Zirkle, and Kasey Starrett.

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CASSTOWN — The Agricultural Promotions Committee of the Miami East-MVCTC FFA Chapter recently sponsored a coloring

contest at Miami East Elementary. Students in first grade were given a farm picture to color.

FFA members evaluated the pictures and awarded first place to each homeroom. The results are as follows:

Rhea Kirk’s class – Lacie Henry Carmen Richters’ class – Madison Garrett Mary Simmons’ class – Bryce Haught Betsy Borchers’ class – Keara Stace Each student partici-

pating received a pencil, agricultural color pad, and candy. The first place picture in each homeroom was awarded a collectable FFA bear.

This contest is an annual event. Congratulations to the winners!

PIQUA — The following programs and events are taking place in Piqua City Schools: •Piqua High School held the third annual College and Career Day on Oct. 2. More than 40 presenters volunteered to share information about their chosen career path with PHS freshman and sophomore students.

Junior and senior students met with college, technical school, and military representatives to familiarize themselves with entrance requirements. This annual event helps students gain knowledge and begin planning for life beyond high school. Thank you to all presenters who participated in this event.

•The Piqua High School Speech and Drama Club presents the outdoor drama Spoon River Anthology on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Forest Hill Cemetery. Tickets are $3 and must be purchased in advance in the main office at Piqua High School.

•The Piqua Band will participate in a fundraiser through Buffalo

Wings and Rings on Oct. 30. The band will receive a percentage of the sales between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. that evening.

Proceeds from the fund raiser will go toward the purchase of new marching band uniforms.

Bring your family and friends out that night for a great dinner and help the marching band at the same time.

•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.

The Cornerstone @ 8811 opens PIQUA — The Upper Valley Career Center Culinary Arts program opened the student- operated Cornerstone @ 8811 on Wednesday.

“The juniors begin the school year with little or no experience. It takes several weeks for them to earn their ServSafe C e r t i f i c at i o n and become comfortable working in the kitchen and restaurant,” said Deb Holthaus, Upper Valley CC Program Supervisor.

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seniors were part of the team that first launched the popular lunch spot in the fall 2012. The facilities were relocated to the south west end of the building featuring a distinct separate canopied entrance and dedicated-patron parking.

The restaurant will be open to the public each Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. when school is in session from Oct. 23 through May 9.

Hotlhaus said that

occasionally the Cornerstone @ 8811 will have a break in the operation schedule due to school closings or at other times when the students are not available.

Holthaus offers this advice to those looking forward to a meal at the Cornerstone.

“We encourage our customers to check the school’s web site at www.uppervalleycc.org for current and upcoming menus Provided Photo as well as closings,” Troy High School student Demetri Cashaw has been busy with her Culinary Arts classmates as they she said. prepare to re-open the school’s restaurant.

Junior high names Students of the Month

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Seventh-graders named Students of the Month for September at Piqua Junior High include front row, Kelsey Bachman, Coeby Patton, Blake Kinsella, and Skylar Sloan. Back row Mason Darner, Macie Schaffner, Katlyn Arthur, Nick Medley, and Malia Nichols.

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Eighth-graders named Students of the Month for September at Piqua Junior High include, front row, Kaylee Berger, James Congdon, Luke Schneider, and Ashley Sowers. Back row, Casey Graves, Kelsey Magoteaux, Cory Cotrell, Randa Neal, and Rachael Abbott.

Upper Valley Career Center offers Microsoft Office workshops PIQUA — The Upper Valley Career Center will offer hands-on, instructorled training workshops from beginner through advanced in Microsoft Office 10.

These workshops are designed to help individuals brush up on existing skills or learn new ones.

Available workshops include: Excel 2010; Windows 8; Word 2010; PowerPoint 2010; Access 2010 and Excel 2010 Macros. Classes will run as one day or two evening workshops with various offerings throughout October, November and December. For a printable schedule visit the Adult Education page at www.uppervalleycc.org and click on the Computer Workshops link or call Workshop Coordinator, Sue Phillis at (800) 589-6963 x349.

All workshops will be held at the Applied Technology Center, 8901 Looney Road, Piqua. Each workshop is $80 plus a $15 textbook. For detailed on each level or to register call Sue Phillis at (800) 589-6963 x349 or email philliss@uppervalleycc.org. Class size is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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

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Goals still to be accomplished

In brief n Accurso leads Bobcat runners

ATHENS — Former Miami East standout Juli Accurso is having another big year for the Ohio U n i v e rs i t y cross country team heading into the MAC meet in November.

Accurso She has led the team in four of five events this season.

Most recently, she was 20th out of 340 runners at the Indiana State PreNational Invitational, finishing the 6K in 20:36.09.

Accurso was coming off a 28th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational in 17:41.3.

Accurso was also third at the Wake Forest Invitational 6K in 21:05.0 and had a fourth-pace finish at the Miami Invitational in 17:30.2.

She was also named MAC Scholar Athlete and MAC Runner of the Week in the same week, the fourth time she has received the scholar athlete award in her career.

n Borchers running well for OSU

COLUMBUS — Former Russia standout Katie Borchers is having a strong season for the Ohio State wo m e n ’s cross country team heading Borchers into the Big Ten Championships in November.

Most recently, the junior finished 38th out of 340 runners at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational 6K in 20:55.31.

She also finished 23rd at the Notre Dame Invitational in 17:37.7, eighth in the Big Ten Preview in 21:50.3; and fifth in the Dayton Flyer Invitational, 18:58.1.

n Piqua bowlers to sell donuts

The Piqua high school bowling team will be selling Ulbrich’s donuts starting at halftime of Friday’s football game against Vandalia Butler. They are $5 per dozen.

For each dozen you buy you can purchase a coupon for $1.00 to buy a dozen get a dozen free at a later time.

n Team Atlantis to hold tryouts

Team Atlantis Volleyball Club will be holding tryouts this Sunday Sunday Nove. 3 for the 10-14 age group.

Tryouts will be held at Lehman High School. 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. (10’s-12’s year old), 10:30 - noon 13 year old (seventh graders), and 12:30p.m. - 2p.m. 14 year olds (eighth graders).

For more information please visit our website at teamatlantisvbc.com.

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Piqua hosts Butler Friday night

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The Piqua football team still has plenty to play for.

After going through a tough stretch in the middle of the schedule, the Indians are riding the momentum of two straight wins and are 3-5 overall and 2-1 in the GWOC North as Vandalia-Butler, 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the GWOC North, visits Friday.

“Right now, we are looking at a couple things,” Piqua coach Bill Nees said. “First we have a chance to finish the season .500.

I think that would be outstanding after losing five games in a row.

And we have a chance to get wins over both our rivals. Right now, we are only one-third of the way there.”

Friday’s matchup will feature two teams that do a great job of taking care of the ball on offense and play similar defenses.

Sophomore quarterback Chandler Craine (5-11, 185) has thrown for 900 yards this season, completing 80 of 154 passes.

Ben Slaton, Michael Profitt and Jacob Naas lead a balanced receiving attack.

Slaton, a junior wide receiver (6-2, 180) has 13 catches for 179 yards, Proffitt, a senior tight end (6-4, 220) has 13 catches for 155 yards and Naas, a senior wide

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receiver (5-10, 185) has 12 receptions for 120 yards.

Ju n i o r M i c h a el Hutchinson (5-7, 195) leads the rushing attack with 347 yards on 93 carries.

“They run two different offenses,” Nees said. “One is the traditional Butler offense, I formation, quarterback under center.

The other is more of a spread offense where they try to get to the the perimeter and use their speed. The biggest thing with them is they have only thrown three interceptions and fumbled twice.”

On defense, senior linebacker Layton Flatt (6-1, 205) leads the Aviators with 45 tackles and has two forced fumbles and two interceptions.

Senior defensive back Jordan Muhlenkmp (5-10, 185) has 44 tack-

les and two interceptions, while junior linebacker Tain Satterlee (5-11, 210) leads the pass rush with 3.5 sacks.

“They are very similar to us,” Nees said about the Aviators defense. “They play an even front and will switch to a 50 at times and blitz out of it. They probably don’t blitz quite as much as we do.”

The last two weeks, Piqua has dominated the second half 57-7 in wins over Greenville and Sidney.

“Hopefully, we can do the same kind of thing again,” Nees said.

“They (Vandalia) don’t have as many guys playing both ways, but they still have two or three guys.”

Piqua’s offense is led by the explosive running of junior Trent Yeomans, already clos-

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ing in on 1,500 yards for the season and having gone over 200 for four straight games.

Quarterback Dan Monnin has completed 60 of 121 passes for 998 yards with 14 touchdowns against just four interceptions.

Tate Honeycutt has 14 receptions for 373 yards, with six going for scores; while Colton Bachman has 14 catches and three touchdowns, including the final play of the first half last week.

Noah Lyman, Noah Gertner and Yeomans have all caught eight or more passes.

On defense, Piqua has been opportunistic.

Alex Nees, Derrick Gullett and Andrew Lee all have two picks, Gullett and Dom Stone have forced two fumbles and Hayden Hall and Brendon Fries have all recovered two fumbles.

“As good as VandaliaButler has been on turnovers, we have been even better,” Nees said. “And our defense, while giving up yardage has come up with 16 turnovers. We are one of the top defenses in the GWOC in that category.”

Special teams were big last week for Piqua — especially Gullett’s kickoff return at the end of the first half that set Piqua up with a short field to score on the final play of the half.

“That was big,” Nees said. “Vandalia has always been the masters of special teams — a long punt, onside kick, all different types of things. So, we have spent a good bit of time preparing on special teams.”

As they continue on goals that are only onethird accomplished.

Lehman, Newton boys drop games TIPP CITY — The Russia volleyball team wil play Jackson Center for a Troy D-IV district title at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Russia, 18-7 defeated 17-7 Mechanicsburg 25-21, 25-13, 15-18 in a Tippecanoe D-IV sectional final.

Kylie Wilson led the team with 11 kills, while Camille Puthoff had seven kills and nine digs. Claire Sherman had six kills, Maggie Kearns added six kills and nine digs and Taylor Daniel had 31 set assists and nine digs.

In other Tippecanoe D-IV sectional finals, Newton lost to Catholic Central 25-13, 25-11, 25-9 and Bradford lost to Fort

Loramie 25-7, 25-13, 25-5.

Boys Soccer Cavs lose 3-0

The Lehman boys soccer team lost in sectional final action to the Greeneview Rams Tuesday night 3-0 in Bellbrook.

“It was a great end to the season,” Lehman coach Tom Thornton said. “We played a very good team and played them well.”

The Rams got on the score board with 8 minutes left in the first half on a goal by Jordan Lilley. They held that lead until they were awarded a PK that Lilley knocked in the goal with

10 minutes gone in the second half. Lehman keeper Nick Earhart made contact with the ball but it just slid by him.

The Rams last goal came with 2 minutes left on a shot by Ricky Mickle.

“The four seniors (Rob Heckman, Seth Bensman, Peter Comer, Joseph Simpson) provide great leadership all year and kept our team together after all the injuries we had,” Thorn said. “This will be a good building block for next year.”

The Rams outshot the Cavaliers 16-4 and Earhart had 13 saves.

Lehman ends its season at 6-7-3.

CC beats Newton

KETTERING — After upsetting eighth-seeded Xenia Christian on Saturday, the No. 13 Newton Indians faced off against No. 1 Catholic Central Tuesday night for the Division III sectional title, and the Irish came away with a 6-1 victory at Fairmont, ending Newton’s season.

Kyle Demido scored the lone goal for the Indians, who finished the season 8-8-2. It was the fourth straight season Newton has played in the sectional title game.

Catholic Central (16-2-1) moves on to face Mariemont Saturday in the district final.

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C O LU M BU S – Carlos Hyde immediately deflected the suggestion that he is now “The Man” in Ohio State’s offense and heaped praise on his offensive linemen.

“I would like to give all credit to my offensive line. They did an unbelievable job today.

I’m proud of those guys,” Hyde said after Ohio State’s 34-24 win over Iowa last Saturday.

It’s the sort of things running backs do all the time. It’s like a reflex action or as if they’re reading from a script.

Hyde’s words were more than routine, though. He’s hardly

alone in tossing compliments in the direction of Ohio State’s offensive linemen. They’ve been almost universally applauded as the most consistent unit for the No. 4 Buckeyes in their 7-0 start.

Coach Urban Meyer called them his favorite guys on the team after the Iowa game.

Four of the starting linemen were graded as “champions” by OSU’s coaches and the fifth received honorable mention in that game.

The five starting linemen – center Corey Linsley, tackles Jack Mewhort and Taylor Decker and guards Andrew Norwell and Marcus Hall – have cleared the way for OSU to average 45

points and 493 yards a game. Those numbers rank No. 1 and No. 3 in the Big Ten and No. 7 and No. 20 nationally.

“It’s a strong unit that has a lot of camaraderie. They’ve played a lot of games together, and it’s a lot of fun to watch them do their thing out there,” Ohio State offensive line coach Ed Warinner said.

Linsley, Mewhort, Norwell and Hall are returning starters from last year. Decker, a sophomore, is in his first year as a starter.

Decker has filled the right tackle slot nicely after a rough start in the opener against Buffalo.

But even that game might not have been as bad as it

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looked, Warinner said.

“If you assess the game, it wasn’t 20 bad plays, it was three.

But three bad plays for a corner or three bad plays for a tackle, everybody knows about it. They don’t know about the other 65 that were pretty decent.

“Now he’s confident.

He feels good about himself and so do we.

Things are good,” he said.

Mewhort said, “As a unit I think we work very hard. We do a lot of things right on and off the field. Coach Warinner is obviously an awesome coach who is good with controlling the herd that is the offensive line. It just boils down to hard work. That is some-

thing we embrace as a unit. We know we’re not a finished product and we’re well aware of what we have to do to get where we want to go.

“We like to put the team on our backs when the chips are down and kind of do our thing,” he said.

The second half of the Iowa game was an example of that. OSU was down 17-10 at halftime, but its dominated the second half, running 53 plays to only 18 for Iowa.

“I think we were called upon and we re s p o n d e d wel l , ” Mewhort said. “ We did it before, we’re going to have to do it again.

We thrive on that as an offensive line.”

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Campbell’s turn to get Browns offense going Cleveland to make quarterback switch Sunday BEREA, Ohio (AP) — It’s backup Jason Campbell’s turn to start at quarterback for the Browns.

Coach Rob Chudzinksi benched struggling starter Brandon Weeden and will go with Campbell on Sunday against the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs. Campbell is the third QB to start in eight games for Cleveland, following Weeden and Brian Hoyer, who sustained a seasonending knee injury on Oct. 3.

“It’s a tough decision,” Chudzinski said. “I believe this is in the best interest of the team, and ultimately and gives us the best chance to win. I’m excited to see what Jason will do with this opportunity.”

Campbell will be the 20th quarterback for the Browns since they returned as an expansion team in 1999.

He’ll make his first start for Cleveland against one of the NFL’s best defenses.

The Chiefs lead the league with 35 sacks.

Weeden, who began the season as Cleveland’s starter before he sprained his thumb and was replaced by Hoyer, played poorly in losses to Detroit and Green Bay. He completed just 17 of 42 passes against the Packers.

Weeden politely declined to speak with reporters.

“I’m not going today, guys,” he said.

Chudzinski said the choice to switch to Campbell, who has made 71 NFL starts in nine seasons, was based on “consistency and production.”

“I think that looking at Jason and the things that he brings to the table, leadership, his experience, he’s been productive and he’s been successful in the league,” Chudzinski said. “I think

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when you look at his arm strength and you look at his mobility and some of those things, and tie it into as far as a game plan standpoint, it’s what we feel like we need for this game and gives us the best chance.”

Cleveland fans have been clamoring for a change, but Chudzinksi said Weeden’s lack of support was not a factor in making another change.

Chudzinski would not make a commitment to Campbell beyond this week’s game.

“We’re going to evaluate it on a weekto-week basis,” Chudzinski said, “and the goal is to put the guy out there who gives us the best opportunity to win.

Going back and forth isn’t ideal, but ultimately finding the production and consistency that we need is the goal.”

Campbell was passed over by Hoyer when Weeden got hurt, but the 31-yearold is excited for a chance to start again and possibly spark the Browns.

“It’s an opportunity to go out there and just get back to the game and just

having fun,” Campbell said. “Obviously, we want to go win games and do the best we can. But at the same time we understand we’re a growing football team and our goal and mission every week is to go out and win games. The one thing we can’t forget is just to get back to having fun.”

Campbell made one start for Chicago last season. He went 4-2 as a starter for Oakland in 2011, but had his season ended when he broke his collarbone against the Browns.

Familiar face on Cavaliers bench Brown returns to lead Cleveland out of NBA darkness CLEVELAND (AP) — He was fired in the early days of that infamous summer three years ago when a ‘Decision’ changed everything for the Cavaliers.

Now, after a short, tumultuous stay in Los Angeles, the bald, bespectacled, defensive-minded coach often criticized for his stagnant offense, has returned to lead Cleveland out of the NBA’s darkness.

Mike Brown is back.

Is LeBron James next?

Dismissed in 2010 by owner Dan Gilbert after the Cavs were eliminated in the playoffs, Brown inherits a team similar to the one he had in 2005, when James blossomed into a superstar and Cleveland won 50 games to get back into the postseason for the first time since 1998.

Since Brown left, the Cavs have lost 166 games, a downward spiral that began when James packed up his MVP trophies and talents for Miami.

But with All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, a revamped roster and playing in the top-heavy Eastern Conference, Cleveland should return to contention and may be one of the league’s surprises.

“I feel we definitely have the pieces this year,” said Irving, who averaged 22.4 points and 5.9 assists last season.

“We have the chance to be something special.”

Irving’s health holds the key.

He has missed 38 games in his first two pro seasons with a variety of injuries, raising concerns about his durability. But the 21-year-old reported to training camp looking stronger physically and he seems to have done some mental maturing.

Irving wants to be the game’s best player, and after coaching James and Kobe Bryant, Brown sees many similarities between his young star and those two icons.

“They want to be coached hard.

They want to not only be better, they want to be great,” Brown said. “Just being around Kyrie this short amount of time, I’m starting to feel that. He’s young and has a ways to grow, but he’s hungry to not only be better, but to be the greatest. When you have a guy that has that type of talent, skill level, but has an individual drive on his own to be the greatest, to me that results in a superstar in the making just waiting to blossom.”

The Cavs, too, have a chance to bloom into something this season as well.

With Irving, guard Dion Waiters, top overall draft pick Anthony Bennett, third-year forward Tristan Thompson and scrappy forward/center Anderson Varejao, Cleveland has a solid core to build around before next summer, when James may again test free agency.

He’ll consider a return home, and here are five things to five things to

watch this season as Cleveland tries to make itself attractive to the world’s top player.

BYNUM’S BUM KNEES: Needing a big man for Irving, the Cavs signed free agent center Andrew Bynum to a two-year contract this summer.

Bynum’s only 25, but his knees are worn. He didn’t play one second last season with Philadelphia because of issues with his knees. The 7-footer has been making good progress, and the Cavs are crossing their fingers that he will help them.

Bynum changes the game simply by being on the floor, and if he’s able to get back to being close to his All-Star form, the Cavs’ ascent will quicken.

NOT TONY BENNETT: The surprise No. 1 overall pick, Bennett has all the tools. He’s big, strong, can create his own shot and Brown believes the 6-foot-8, 250-pounder’s defense will improve.

Bennett’s still working himself into shape after undergoing shoulder surgery. Brown recently disclosed the former UNLV suffers from asthma and sleep apnea, which may have hindered his conditioning.

Cleveland needs a dependable scorer to compliment Irving, and although Bennett may begin the season coming off the bench, it may not be long before he’s starting.

JACK OF ALL TRADES: Among the Cavs’ most notable offseason moves was the signing of free agent guard Jarrett Jack to a four-year $25 million contract.

Jack, who played with the Warriors last season, is more than a serviceable backup at point for Irving, assuring there won’t be a huge drop in production — at both ends of the floor — when Brown pulls his starters. Jack can play either guard position, making him an insurance plan in case Irving gets hurt.

RIGHT-HAND MAN: A left-hander his entire life on the floor, Thompson switched to his right this summer.

Thompson felt it would improve his touch around the basket and especially at the line, where he made just 61 percent of his free throws last season. The hard-working Thompson thrived when Varejao was not on the floor last season and now the inside tandem gives the Cavs a formidable frontcourt.

SUMMER PLANS: The Cavs are staring at another monumental summer in 2014.

Irving is expected to be offered a maximum, five-year contract extension, and the Cavs are banking on him signing it. If they can lock up Irving, he would play one more season under his rookie deal, giving Cleveland the salary-cap space to sign another “max” player — perhaps James, who can opt out of his contract with Miami.

If he does, here we go again.

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Garcia offers up his services Former Brown quarterback would consider returning

CLEVELAND (AP) — Here’s a new wrinkle in the Browns’ curious quarterback conundrum: Former NFL starter Jeff Garcia called and offered his services.

Garcia, who started 10 games for Cleveland in 2004, told 92.3 The Fan on Tuesday that he contacted the Browns and asked for a tryout.

The 43-year-old Garcia hasn’t started an NFL game in five years, but he informed the Browns he would love a chance to make their team.

“I actually reached out to the Browns and said, ‘Hey, if you need a guy to come in, work me out, take a look,’” Garcia told the station.

“I don’t know if people want me back in Cleveland, but I’m open to the opportunity.”

Garcia, who went 3-7 in his stint as a starter in Cleveland, said the Browns declined his offer. Garcia is the only Browns starting QB to win a season opener in the team’s expansion era since 1999.

The Browns have had

quarterback issues all season. Starter Brandon Weeden got hurt and was replaced by Brian Hoyer, who won two games before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Weeden returned to the starting lineup but has struggled the past two games. He completed just 17 of 42 attempts in Sunday’s 31-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Coach Rob Chudzinski said Monday that he’s considering a change at QB, and could turn to veteran Jason Campbell this week when the Browns (3-3) visit the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs (7-0).

Chudzinski will announce his decision Wednesday.

We e d e n ’s p ro b lems have included poor decisions, forced throws and two underhanded flips in the fourth quarter during losses to Detroit and Green Bay the past two weeks. Most Cleveland fans have seen enough and are screaming for a change.

However, Weeden

still has support in Cleveland’s locker room. Several of his teammates have stepped up to back the 30-yearold, saying he’s not the only one who should be blamed.

“I haven’t been here long enough,” said running back Willis McGahee, who signed with the Browns last month after Trent Richardson was traded.

“I’ve played a couple of games with him and from what I’ve seen, he might have made a couple plays that’s shouldn’t have been thrown but who says everything is going to be perfect? I had some runs in the game that I could’ve taken backside and I didn’t take it.

“It’s hard. It’s hard for a quarterback to come out and be perfect especially with the history he’s had here, it’s even harder with everybody on him. I take my hat off to him because he still walks around with a smile on his face, still competitive. That right there shows what kind of character he has.”

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Chamblee apologizes Regrets comments accusing Tiger Woods of being cheater

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee apologized to Tiger Woods on Tuesday after insinuating the world's No. 1 player cheated during his fivewin season.

Chamblee saved Woods for last in his report card of 14 players in a column posted last week on Golf.com. He told of getting caught cheating on a math test in the fourth grade, and how the teacher crossed a line through his "100" and gave him an "F." Chamblee followed that anecdote by writing, "I remember when we only talked about Tiger's golf. I miss those days. He won five times and contended in majors and won the Vardon Trophy and ... how shall we say this ... was a little cavalier with the rules." He then gave Woods a "100" with a line through it, followed by the "F." The 51-year-old Chamblee apologized in a series of posts on his Twitter account on Tuesday night.

"My intention was to note Tiger's rules infractions this year, but comparing that to cheating in grade school went too far," he wrote.

Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management, the agent for Woods, was so incensed by Chamblee's column that he released a statement to ESPN.com that accused the analyst of a desperate attempt to garner attention. In an interview with ESPN.com, Steinberg said he would "have to give some thought to legal action."

Steinberg did not reply to an email from The Associated Press.

No other golfer evokes such a mixture of praise and criticism than Woods, the main attraction of any sport for nearly 20 years.

Chamblee's column struck a nerve with many, however, because of the implication that three rules violations and a penalty drop involving Woods amounted to cheating — the strongest accusation possible in golf.

"What brought me here was the realization that my comments inflamed an audience on two sides of an issue," Chamblee wrote on Twitter. "Golf is a gentleman's game and I'm not proud of this debate. I want to apologize to Tiger for this incited discourse."

Woods accepted a twoshot penalty in Abu Dhabi for taking relief from an embedded ball in a sandy area covered with vegetation. Augusta National gave him a two-shot penalty for taking the wrong drop in the second round of the Masters. And the PGA Tour gave him a two-shot penalty after his second round of the BMW Championship when video evidence showed that his ball moved slightly from behind the first green.

Also in question — at least on Internet blogs — was the drop Woods took on the 14th hole of the TPC Sawgrass during the final round of The Players Championship.

Woods checked with playing partner Casey Wittenberg on where to take the penalty drop, which is standard procedure. Wittenberg said it was the correct spot.

Chamblee said in an earlier email to The Associated Press that he never said outright that he thinks Woods cheated, and that was by design.

"I think 'cavalier with the rules' allows for those with a dubious opinion of the BMW video," Cham-

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blee said. "My teacher in the fourth grade did not have a dubious opinion of how I complete the test.

But she was writing to one, and as I was writing to many, I felt it important to allow for the doubt some might have, so I chose my words accordingly.

"What people want to infer about that is up to them," he said. "I have my opinion, they can form theirs."

Video shows Woods' ball move as he tried to remove a small branch from in front of it at the BMW Championship. He maintained it only wobbled and returned to its original position. Woods watched the video in the rules trailer after the round, but still maintained it only oscillated. The tour docked him two shots.

"I don't feel I'm the one that needs to justify the 'F.' The BMW video does it for me, followed by Tiger's silence — until confronted — and then by his denials in the face of incontestable evidence to the contrary of his petitions," Chamblee said in the email. "To say nothing of the fact that he was disrespecting his position in golf, the traditions of golf and his fellow competitors, in my opinion."

Chamblee, who has developed a reputation of being critical of Woods' swing and golf game, is a contributor to "SI Golf Plus," which is not affiliated with Golf Channel.

Golf Channel declined to comment.

Chamblee said he was most surprised by Steinberg's comments to ESPN.com.

Woods' longtime agent told the website, "There's nothing you can call a golfer worse than a cheater. This is the most deplorable thing I have seen. I'm not one for hyperbole, but this is absolutely disgusting.

Calling him a cheater? I'll be shocked, stunned, if something is not done about this. Something has to be done.

“There are certainly things that just don't go without response. It's atrocious. I'm not sure if there isn't legal action to be taken. I have to give some thought to legal action."

Asked earlier if he was rattled by Steinberg's consideration of legal action, Chamblee replied, "No." Chamblee said on Twitter that no one asked him to apologize.

Woods was voted PGA Tour player of the year by his peers for the 11th time. He is not expected to play again until a European Tour event Nov. 7-10 in Turkey, followed by his Northwestern Mutual World Challenge on Dec. 5-8 in California.

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East Dallas Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants South New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay North Green Bay Detroit Chicago Minnesota West

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 6 1 0 .857 191 116 San Francisco 5 2 0 .714 176 135 St. Louis 3 4 0 .429 156 184 Arizona 3 4 0 .429 133 161 Thursday, Oct. 24 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 1 p.m.

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

San Francisco vs. Jacksonville at London, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee Monday, Oct. 28 Seattle at St. Louis, 8:40 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Miami, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 3 Minnesota at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

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

Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m.

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

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco Monday, Nov. 4 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:40 p.m.

BCS Poll 1. Alabama 2. Florida St. 3. Oregon 4. Ohio St. 5. Missouri 6. Stanford 7. Miami 8. Baylor 9. Clemson 10. Texas Tech 11. Auburn 12. UCLA 13. LSU 14. Virginia Tech.

15. Oklahoma 16. Texas A&M 17. Fresno St. 18. N. Illinois 19. Oklahoma St. 20. Louisville 21. South Carolina 22. Michigan 23. UCF 24. Nebraska 25. Oregon St.

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USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 19, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (57) 7-0 1,544 1 2. Oregon (4) 7-0 1,482 2 3. Florida State (1) 6-0 1,410 5 4. Ohio State 7-0 1,382 3 5. Baylor 6-0 1,255 12 6. Miami (Fla.) 6-0 1,186 11 7. Missouri 7-0 1,184 14 8. Stanford 6-1 1,117 13 9. Texas Tech 7-0 981 15 913 4 10. Clemson 6-1 11. UCLA 5-1 710 10 12. Oklahoma 6-1 695 18 13. Oklahoma State 5-1 688 17 13. LSU 6-2 688 8 15. Texas A&M 5-2 622 7

Prep Tournament Schedule D-III District Girls Soccer At Bellbrook Lehman Catholic vs. Bethel, 7 p.m.

TONIGHT

SATURDAY Regional Cross Country At Troy Division III Girls, 11:30 a.m.

Teams Covington: Carly Shell, Anna Dunn, Hannah Retz, Julianna Yingst, Heidi Cron, Cassidy Cain, Briana Grilliot.

Versailles: Murphy Grow, Madison Grilliot, Lexi Fliehman, Brooke Pothast, Katelyn Goettemoeller, Jadyn Barga, Camille Watren.

Miami East: Marie Ewing, Abigail Amheiser, Lorenza Savini, Abby Hawkins, Sami Sands, Erin Augustus, Abby Bollinger.

Lehman Catholic: Caroline Heitmeyer, Jenna Zimmerman, Janelle Gravunder, Katie Heckman, Theresa Schmiesing, Julia Harrellson.

Russia: Emily Borchers, Lauren Heaton, Molly Kearns, Karissa Voisard, Claudia Monnin, Kirstin Voisard, Emilie Frazier.

Individuals Bailey Brewer, Bradford; Division III Boys, 1:30 p.m.

Teams Russia: Caleb Ball, Jordan Gariety, Steven Stickel, Trevor Monnin, Bryan Drees, Alex Seger, Ethan Monnier.

Covington: Lane White, Nate Dunn, Alex Schilling, Steven Shane, Sam Sherman, Daniel Jennings, Tyler Henry.

Lehman: Joe Fuller, Nick Elsner, Gabe Berning, Isiaiah Winhoven, John Schmiesing, Brandon Simmons, Teddy Jackson.

Versailles: Richie Ware, Andrew Kramer, Tyler Rose, Noah Pleiman, Cole Albers, Matt Mangen, Jacob Rose.

Individuals Josh Ewing, Miami East; Devon Jester, Houston; Troy Riley, Houston; Brady McBride, Newton.

District Volleyball Finals Tippecanoe D-III Versailles vs. Roger Bacon, 4 p.m.

Miami East vs. Badin/Reading winner, 5:30 p.m.

Troy D-IV Russia vs. Jackson Center, 2:30 p.m.

Lehman Catholic vs. Newton-Catholic Central winner, 5:30 p.m.

16. Louisville 6-1 571 6 17. Auburn 6-1 537 NR 18. Fresno State 6-0 532 19 19. Virginia Tech 6-1 499 20 20. South Carolina 5-2 468 9 21. Nebraska 5-1 385 21 22. Northern Illinois 7-0 298 23 23. Michigan 6-1 268 24 24. Wisconsin 5-2 195 NR 25. Central Florida 5-1 151 NR Others receiving votes: Michigan State 102; Oregon State 91; Notre Dame 62; Arizona State 51; Georgia 37; Mississippi 17; Texas 11; Houston 6; Florida 4; Brigham Young 3; Ball State 1; Boise State 1; Louisiana-Lafayette 1; Rutgers 1; Tennessee 1.

College Schedule College Football Schedule All Times EDT (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 24 SOUTH Marshall (4-2) at Middle Tennessee (3-4), 7:30 p.m.

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

Friday, Oct. 25 FAR WEST Boise St. (5-2) at BYU (5-2), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26 EAST Delaware (5-2) at Rhode Island (3-5), Noon Houston (5-1) at Rutgers (4-2), Noon Sacred Heart (7-1) at St. Francis (Pa.) (2-4), Noon Robert Morris (2-4) at Wagner (2-5), Noon Brown (3-2) at Cornell (1-4), 12:30 p.m.

Duquesne (4-2) at Bryant (3-4), 1 p.m.

Lehigh (6-1) at Bucknell (2-4), 1 p.m.

Salve Regina (5-1) at CCSU (2-5), 1 p.m.

Colgate (2-5) at Georgetown (1-6), 1 p.m.

Princeton (4-1) at Harvard (5-0), 1 p.m.

Lafayette (1-5) at Holy Cross (3-5), 1 p.m.

Stetson (1-5) at Marist (4-3), 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh (4-2) at Navy (3-3), 1 p.m.

Yale (3-2) at Penn (3-2), 1 p.m.

Maine (5-2) at Villanova (4-3), 1 p.m.

Columbia (0-5) at Dartmouth (2-3), 1:30 p.m.

W. Michigan (0-8) at UMass (1-6), 3 p.m.

New Hampshire (3-3) at Stony Brook (3-3), 4 p.m.

SOUTH Wake Forest (4-3) at Miami (6-0), Noon Towson (7-1) at Richmond (3-4), Noon Louisville (6-1) at South Florida (2-4), Noon UConn (0-6) at UCF (5-1), Noon Georgia Tech (4-3) at Virginia (2-5), 12:30 p.m.

Charlotte (4-3) at Charleston Southern (6-2), 1 p.m.

Delaware St. (3-4) at Hampton (2-5), 1 p.m.

Morgan St. (2-5) at Howard (2-5), 1 p.m.

Davidson (0-7) at Jacksonville (3-4), 1 p.m.

Dayton (5-2) at Morehead St. (3-4), 1 p.m.

Old Dominion (4-3) at Norfolk St. (2-5), 1 p.m.

Liberty (3-4) at Gardner-Webb (4-3), 1:30 p.m.

Samford (5-2) at Wofford (5-2), 1:30 p.m.

The Citadel (2-5) at Chattanooga (5-2), 2 p.m.

NC A&T (3-3) at Florida A&M (2-5), 2 p.m.

Point (Ga.) (3-4) at Presbyterian (2-4), 2 p.m.

NC Central (3-4) at Savannah St. (1-7), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville St. (5-2) at Tennessee Tech (3-5), 2:30 p.m.

Texas Southern (1-6) at Grambling St. (0-7), 3 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-7) at MVSU (1-6), 3 p.m.

Tennessee (4-3) at Alabama (7-0), 3:30 p.m.

Alabama A&M (2-5) vs. Alabama St. (5-2) at Birmingham, Ala., 3:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern (4-2) at Appalachian St. (1-6), 3:30 p.m.

NC State (3-3) at Florida St. (6-0), 3:30 p.m.

Clemson (6-1) at Maryland (5-2), 3:30 p.m.

Boston College (3-3) at North Carolina (1-5), 3:30 p.m.

Tulsa (2-4) at Tulane (5-2), 3:30 p.m.

Duke (5-2) at Virginia Tech (6-1), 3:30 p.m.

Elon (2-6) at W. Carolina (1-7), 3:30 p.m.

James Madison (5-2) at William & Mary (4-3), 3:30 p.m.

SC State (5-2) at Bethune-Cookman (6-1), 4 p.m.

Mercer (6-1) at Campbell (1-6), 4 p.m.

McNeese St. (6-1) at Nicholls St. (4-3), 4 p.m.

Troy (4-3) at W. Kentucky (4-3), 4 p.m.

UT-Martin (4-3) at Austin Peay (0-7), 5 p.m.

E. Illinois (6-1) at Tennessee St. (7-1), 5 p.m.

Jackson St. (5-2) vs. Prairie View (5-3) at Shreveport, La., 5 p.m.

VMI (1-6) at Coastal Carolina (7-0), 6 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (2-5) at FIU (1-5), 6 p.m.

Alcorn St. (6-2) at Southern U. (4-3), 6:30 p.m.

Furman (3-4) at LSU (6-2), 7 p.m.

Georgia St. (0-7) at Louisiana-Monroe (3-4), 7 p.m.

North Texas (4-3) at Southern Miss. (0-6), 7 p.m.

FAU (2-5) at Auburn (6-1), 7:30 p.m.

Idaho (1-6) at Mississippi (4-3), 7:30 p.m.

Lamar (3-4) at SE Louisiana (5-2), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Ball St. (7-1) at Akron (2-6), Noon Northwestern (4-3) at Iowa (4-3), Noon Oklahoma St. (5-1) at Iowa St. (1-5), Noon Nebraska (5-1) at Minnesota (5-2), Noon Valparaiso (1-6) at Drake (3-4), 2 p.m.

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

Miami (Ohio) (0-7) at Ohio (5-2), 2 p.m.

E. Kentucky (4-3) at SE Missouri (1-6), 2 p.m.

Toledo (4-3) at Bowling Green (5-2), 2:30 p.m.

N. Iowa (4-3) at S. Dakota St. (4-4), 3 p.m.

N. Dakota St. (7-0) at Indiana St. (1-6), 3:05 p.m.

Michigan St. (6-1) at Illinois (3-3), 3:30 p.m.

Buffalo (5-2) at Kent St. (2-6), 3:30 p.m.

E. Michigan (1-6) at N. Illinois (7-0), 3:30 p.m.

West Virginia (3-4) at Kansas St. (2-4), 3:45 p.m.

Baylor (6-0) at Kansas (2-4), 7 p.m.

South Carolina (5-2) at Missouri (7-0), 7 p.m.

Missouri St. (2-6) at W. Illinois (3-5), 7 p.m.

Penn St. (4-2) at Ohio St. (7-0), 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Vanderbilt (4-3) at Texas A&M (5-2), 12:21 p.m.

Temple (1-6) at SMU (2-4), 3 p.m.

Texas Tech (7-0) at Oklahoma (6-1), 3:30 p.m.

UTEP (1-5) at Rice (5-2), 3:30 p.m.

UAB (2-4) at UTSA (2-5), 5 p.m.

South Alabama (3-3) at Texas St. (4-3), 7 p.m.

Texas (4-2) at TCU (3-4), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Butler (6-2) at San Diego (4-3), 4 p.m.

Utah (4-3) at Southern Cal (4-3), 4 p.m.

UC Davis (3-5) at Montana St. (5-2), 4:05 p.m.

Notre Dame (5-2) at Air Force (1-6), 5 p.m.

UNLV (4-3) at Nevada (3-4), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (4-2) at Colorado (3-3), 7 p.m.

UCLA (5-1) at Oregon (7-0), 7 p.m.

Wyoming (4-3) at San Jose St. (3-3), 7 p.m.

Abilene Christian (5-3) at New Mexico St. (0-7), 8 p.m.

N. Arizona (5-2) at Cal Poly (3-4), 9:05 p.m.

Stanford (6-1) at Oregon St. (6-1), 10:30 p.m.

Fresno St. (6-0) at San Diego St. (3-3), 10:30 p.m.

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NHL Standings

National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 7 3 0 14 34 24 Detroit 6 3 1 13 24 24 Boston 5 2 0 10 20 10 Tampa Bay 5 3 0 10 26 21 Montreal 5 4 0 10 29 19 Ottawa 3 3 2 8 21 24 Florida 3 6 1 7 22 35 Buffalo 1 8 1 3 13 28 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 7 2 0 14 31 20 Carolina 4 2 3 11 22 26 N.Y. Islanders 3 3 3 9 29 28 Columbus 4 5 0 8 23 23 Washington 4 5 0 8 26 29 New Jersey 1 5 3 5 18 30 N.Y. Rangers 2 5 0 4 11 29 Philadelphia 1 7 0 2 11 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 8 1 0 16 28 12 Chicago 6 1 2 14 26 21 5 1 1 11 27 19 St. Louis Nashville 5 4 1 11 19 24 Minnesota 4 3 3 11 21 22 Winnipeg 4 5 1 9 26 30 Dallas 3 5 0 6 20 28 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 8 0 1 17 40 16 Anaheim 7 2 0 14 32 23 Phoenix 6 2 2 14 31 28 Vancouver 6 4 1 13 32 33 Los Angeles 6 4 0 12 26 25 Calgary 4 3 2 10 28 32 Edmonton 3 6 1 7 30 39 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday's Games San Jose 1, Detroit 0, SO Colorado 1, Pittsburgh 0 Calgary 3, Los Angeles 2 Tuesday's Games Chicago 3, Florida 2, SO Washington 5, Winnipeg 4, SO Toronto 4, Anaheim 2 Vancouver 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT Columbus 4, New Jersey 1 Edmonton 4, Montreal 3 Minnesota 2, Nashville 0 Phoenix 4, Calgary 2 Wednesday's Games Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 8 p.m.

Thursday's Games San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Basketball

NBA Preseason Glance National Basketball Association All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 5 1 .833 — Brooklyn 4 1 .800 ½ New York 2 3 .400 2½ Philadelphia 1 4 .200 3½ Boston 1 6 .143 4½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 4 2 .667 — Charlotte 3 3 .500 1 Orlando 2 5 .286 2½ Atlanta 1 5 .167 3 Washington 1 5 .167 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 6 0 1.000 — Cleveland 4 2 .667 2 Detroit 2 4 .333 4 Indiana 2 5 .286 4½ Milwaukee 0 5 .000 5½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 6 0 1.000 New Orleans Houston 4 1 .800 Memphis 3 2 .600 Dallas 3 3 .500 San Antonio 2 3 .400 Northwest Division W L Pct Minnesota 3 1 .750 Portland 4 2 .667 Oklahoma City 3 2 .600 Denver 2 3 .400 Utah 1 5 .167 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 4 2 .667 Golden State 3 2 .600 Phoenix 3 2 .600 Sacramento 3 2 .600 L.A. Lakers 3 4 .429 Wednesday's Games Memphis at Toronto Brooklyn at Boston Minnesota at Philadelphia Washington vs. Cleveland New York vs. Milwaukee Miami at New Orleans Atlanta at Dallas Phoenix at Denver Chicago vs. Oklahoma City Golden State at Sacramento Utah at L.A. Clippers Thursday's Games Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

GB — 1½ 2½ 3 3½ GB — — ½ 1½ 3 GB — ½ ½ ½ 1½

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Ohio man gets 6½ years after DUI crash confession Andrew Welsh-Huggins AP Legal Affairs Writer

COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio man was sentenced Wednesday to 6½ years in prison for causing a fatal wrongway crash after a night of heavy drinking, which he had confessed to in an online video.

Matthew Cordle, 22, had faced up to 8½ years in prison.

“Whatever my sentence may be, there’s no fair sentence when it comes to the loss of a life,” Cordle told the judge before the sentence was handed down.

Franklin County Judge David Fais sentenced Cordle to six years for aggravated vehicular homicide and six months for driving under the influence of alcohol. He also revoked his driving privileges for life.

Cordle apologized to the family of his victim, Vincent Canzani, who was killed in the June crash. “It should have been me that night, the guilty party, instead of an innocent man,” he said.

His guilty plea last month came just a week after he was indicted in a speedy process absent of the numerous court filings that usually cause such

cases to drag on for weeks or months.

Canzani’s daughter asked Fais for the maximum sentence.

“My father got a death sentence and did nothing wrong,” Angela Canzani told the judge.

Vincent Canzani was a talented artist and photographer who enjoyed working out and spending time with friends and family, she said. She said her children and her sister’s children will never get to see their grandfather again.

The judge also read a letter from Vincent Canzani’s ex-wife who said she believed Vincent Canzani would not have wanted a maximum sentence. She said she believes Cordle will keep his promise never to drink and drive again.

Cordle’s father, Dave Cordle, told the judge he was “disappointed, disgusted and heartbroken” at the choices his son made that night. He did not ask for leniency, and told Canzani’s family his heart was filled with sorrow at their loss and hopes someday they can forgive his son.

In a 3½-minute video posted in early September, Cordle admitted he killed a man and said he “made a mistake” when

he decided to drive that night.

“My name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani,” he says somberly. “This video will act as my confession.”

Cordle acknowledged having a drinking problem after the crash and entered a treatment program as prosecutors gathered evidence against him. He told his attorneys early on that he wanted to plead guilty but made the video against their advice.

Prosecutors say a heavily intoxicated Cordle denied causing an accident or killing anyone when he was first taken to a hospital after the crash, in which he suffered broken ribs and a fractured skull. His attorneys say he may have suffered a brain injury.

Cordle, who lives in Powell, a Columbus suburb, told Fais last month that he had no recollection of the crash, how much he’d had to drink that night or whether he’d had anything to eat.

“I drank so much I was blacked out,” Cordle said at the Sept. 18 hearing where he pleaded guilty.

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said he believed Cordle’s remorse

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Matthew Cordle, left, looks at Angela Canzani, the victims daughter, as she reads a statement during Cordle’s sentencing Wednesday, in Columbus.

in the video was genuine, but he said any further interviews would be self-serving. He also disputed Cordle’s assertion in the confessional video that he could have fought the case against him, which O’Brien called “a slam dunk.”

O’Brien sought the maximum sentence of 8½ years.

Cordle’s attorneys asked for a sentence that was fair.

The video posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 2.3 million times. It begins

with Cordle’s face blurred as he describes how he has struggled with depression and was simply trying to have a good time with friends going “from bar to bar” the night of the accident. He then describes how he ended up driving into oncoming traffic on Interstate 670.

Cordle’s face becomes clear as he reveals his name and confesses to killing Canzani.

He ends the video by pleading with viewers not to drink and drive.

State Briefs Law professor in Ohio sues over alleged harassment

Federal judge rejects lawsuit vs Ohio school board

Teen in Ohio jogger’s slaying had been locked up

CLEVELAND (AP) — A professor at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University has sued the law school dean claiming retaliation for reporting alleged sexual harassment by his boss.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by law professor Raymond Ku against Dean Lawrence Mitchell and the private university.

The lawsuit asks for an end to the alleged retaliation and unspecified monetary damages.

The university says there was no retaliation and says Ku remains a tenured faculty member. It says there is inaccurate, inflammatory and false information in the lawsuit and related materials.

The suit says the professor complained about alleged inappropriate touching and comments involving women. It also claims the dean asked about circumcision as the professor prepared to convert to Judaism.

The lawsuit says the dean retaliated by threatening dismissal and trimming his duties.

XENIA (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a western Ohio school board by a censured member.

The Dayton Daily News reports that U.S. District Judge Timothy Black ruled that Dr. Robert Dillaplain failed to state an actionable First Amendment claim.

He also rejected other claims including alleged violations of open meetings laws by the Xenia school board.

The lawsuit followed a board resolution this year that the longtime board member had engaged in demeaning, threatening, abusive and other inappropriate conduct. Dillaplain allegedly berated other board members, school officials and administrative employees.

Board president Steven Alex says he hopes the board can focus taxpayer funds on education, not litigation.

But Dillaplain says he will appeal the ruling and file a new lawsuit on the open meetings issue.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Officials say a 16-year-old boy accused in the fatal stabbing of a jogger in a central Ohio park had been released from a secure institution into a group home after showing improvement.

Franklin County Children Services officials tell The Columbus Dispatch that the move was in line with laws requiring the agency to choose the least-restrictive environment for children.

Police in Blendon Township, northeast of Columbus, say 55-year-old Jane Juergens was killed Sunday on a trail at Ridgewood Park. She had been stabbed multiple times.

The teen, who lived in a nearby group home, was on a visit to the park with a staff member Sunday. He has been charged with murder.

An official said case workers didn’t see the teen as a danger to the community.

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed a murder count but upheld the death sentence for an Akron man convicted of killing an elderly man and wounding his wife during a robbery of their home.

The court upheld Hersie Wesson’s death sentence Wednesday, rejecting a number of arguments from the 56-yearold, including that a statement to police shouldn’t have been allowed at trial, and he was denied the right to present a complete defense.

The court reversed Wesson’s murder conviction over a procedural error at trial, but upheld a second murder conviction and found his death sentence appropriate.

Wesson was convicted of stabbing his former neighbor, 81-year-old Emil Varhola, to death and stabbing his wife multiple times during a robbery in

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GLOUSTER (AP) — A southeastern Ohio man told a Columbus TV station in a jailhouse interview that he hit his father in the head with a pipe and dumped his dead body in a cistern under the porch earlier this month.

Paul J. Roberts, 41, told WBNS-TV that he killed his father, 63-year-old Paul E. Roberts of Glouster, on Oct. 4 during a violent confrontation. The body of the elder Roberts was found in the cistern during a police search of the house Monday.

“He grabbed a knife and stepped at me, and I grabbed the bar and just swung it…(and) just caught him right behind the ear,” the son told the TV station. “It was a heavy pipe and I swung it apparently way too hard.”

Then, the younger Roberts said, “I wasn’t thinking. It wasn’t real to me. But that’s what I done. I drug him under the deck and I dropped him down the hole.”

The son is being held on a vandalism charge and hasn’t yet been charged in the slaying. He was arrested after neighbors told police that they saw him removing property from his father’s house.

Athens County Prosecutor Keller J. Blackburn said an autopsy found the elder Roberts died as the result of a beating. A grand jury is expected to consider the case on Monday.

In the interview, the son tearfully expressed remorse.

“When I heard my father hit the water in that well, and I knew what I had just done. That sound,” he said. “I hear that sound of him hitting that water. It was so final. And I knew what had happened.

I can’t get that out of my head. I swear I think if I’d had a gun right then I’d have just ended it.

“I’m a monster,” he said. “I’m horrible.

I loved my father….Now nothing will be right ever again.”

It’s estimated that will be as many as 10,000 drivers, seeking refunds of $1.75 million in fines and other charges that Ruehlman called “unjust enrichment.”

Ruehlman had ruled earlier that Elmwood Place hadn’t given proper notice of the camera use and made it too difficult to challenge the citations.

He compared the camera enforcement to a con game, calling it “a scam” against motorists.

A message seeking comment was left with the village’s attorney.

Attorney Mike Allen filed the lawsuit last year

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for about a dozen plaintiffs, including ticketed motorists and business owners who said the ticket blitz was chasing customers away. Among them was a pastor who said members of his congregation had stopped coming after being ticketed.

“We think that’s appropriate,” Allen said of the class action ruling. “All the potential plaintiffs have a common interest in that they all shelled out at least $105 (per citation) to Elmwood Place.”

Other Ohio courts, including the state Supreme Court, have upheld use of traffic cameras, and their use has been spreading across the United States.

Supporters say they are tools for stretching law enforcement resources to make communities safer.

Opponents say local governments are using them to raise revenues at the expense of motorists’ rights such as due process.

The Elmwood Place case has spurred new lawsuits against camera enforcement in the nearby village of New Miami, and in the northern Ohio village of Lucas.

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For Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a wonderful day to entertain at home. Invite family over for good food and drink. You might feel sympathetic to someone in particular.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your optimism and positive attitude attract others to you today. In fact, you might encourage someone (in a group) to approach a situation with greater sympathy and understanding.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel rich today and might be throwing money around. Business and commerce are favored in the morning -- less so in the afternoon.

Ka-ching!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You feel warmhearted and generous to others today. In fact, if you can do anything to alleviate the suffering of others, you will. You also want to have fun!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because you feel selfless today, you're willing to put the wants and needs of others before your own.

You're not being a martyr. Quite the opposite; helping others will reward you with a sense of satisfaction.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Group activities will be friendly and enthusiastic today. Accept invitations to join others in sports, physical activities or meetings in general. You'll be glad you did.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You make a great impression on people in authority today -- bosses, parents, teachers, VIPs and the police.

They see you as affable, successful and pleasant. (You might turn this to your advantage.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will love to travel today, because you want to broaden your horizons.

You're up for adventure and are enthusiastic to learn something new.

You'll be sympathetic to people from a different culture.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep your pockets open, because gifts, goodies and favors from others might come your way today. This morning is a good time to ask for a loan or mortgage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Enjoy warm relations with others today. People are in a great mood and want to have a good time. Work with others today, because they will help you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Work-related travel is likely today.

Be careful you don't overspend money or misjudge an important financial decision, especially this afternoon.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a romantic, playful day. Love at first sight could spring up out of nowhere for some of you. Enjoy social outings and fun times with others.

YOU BORN TODAY You are physical, earthy and solid in how you relate to your world. Others depend on you. You want your surroundings to be organized the way you want them to be. That is because you need a reliable resource to give shape to your ideas. This year, a major change might take place, perhaps something as significant as what happened around 2004.

Birthdate of: Katy Perry, singer; Anne Tyler, author; Johann Strauss II, composer.

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Lost & Found LOST, TERRIER, small, tan, answers to Scout, long haired, Missing since September 4th, from Walker Street area, (937)418-8303 (937)541-3111 Auctions

Estate Sales PIQUA 600 North Downing Street Friday, Saturday 10am4pm, and Sunday 12pm-4pm Built in 1902 this charming home has a collection of antiques, furniture, accessories, collectibles, outdoor furniture, dining room, glassware, antique radio, and so much more.

SALE BY GAYLE, www.perkinsinteriors.com Yard Sale PIQUA 720 S Wayne St (in garage at rear). Friday & Saturday 9am-?

BRADFORD, 9944 Children Home Rd, (next to school) Thursday & Friday 8-4pm, antiques, TVs, furniture, quilting frames, dishes, linens, blankets, costume jewelry, teachers desk, book cases, lawn sweeper, something for everyone!

COVINGTON 10035 West Panther Creek Road Saturday Only 8am-5pm Antiques, glassware, snow village houses, lighthouses, household items. If rain cancelled.

COVINGTON 8450 Covington Bradford Road (off 48 quarter mile) Thursday Only 9am-6pm Just sold lake house, nice home decor items, holiday items, big variety PIQUA 1020 S Main St. Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-2pm. Tools.

Households. Miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 305 Riverside Drive, Thursday, Friday 9am-3pm, 9ft extension ladder, twin mattress, metal bed frames, office chairs, 26 & 55 gallon aquarium, 24" girls bike, breakfast table, large glass top dining table, Christmas decorations, queen size headboard, miscellaneous TROY 1509 Troy Urbana Road Friday Only 8am-4pm Cleaned out storage unit, bikes, oak porch swing, clothes for juniors, men and women, designer purses, golf bag cart, quilt rack, household, patio table and chairs, toys, fire pit Help Wanted General

Adecco Hiring Event Thursday October 24 1:30p-3:30pm at the Miami County Job Center 2040 N Co Rd 25A Troy, OH

We have positions available in Troy, Ft. Loramie, Sidney, and other areas. Bring work history and be prepared to enter application. EOE

Community Relations Director, This is specialized work coordinating, developing and representing the agency. Must be detailed oriented, have excellent writing skills and proficient in public speaking.

S e e w e b s i t e www.riversidedd.org for further qualifications needed.

Please no phone inquires.

DRIVERS NEEDED **SIGN ON BONUS** Local manufacturing distributor is seeking qualified applicants for immediate driver positions. Full time and part time positions available.

Must possess class "A" drivers license and have minimum of 6 months experience. Must have clean MVR. Will deliver metal building products regionally.

HOME MOST NIGHTS VERY LITTLE WEEKEND WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We offer competitive wages and an excellent benefit package.

Apply in person at: UNION CORRUGATING COMPANY 1801 W. High Street Piqua, OH 45356 No Phone Calls Please Applications will only be accepted Monday thru Friday 8am-5pm.

EOE Early Beginnings Child Care is accepting applications for the following positions: Troy Center 1021 S Dorset Rd (937)335-9614 F/T Infant Teacher F/T Toddler Teacher F/T Floater Teacher Vandalia, 622 Pool Ave (937)898-9614 F/T School Age Teacher P/T 3p-6p Afternoon Teacher Huber Heights Center, 5833 Shull Rd (937)236-9614 P/T Cook Position Apply in person or call center

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Apartments /Townhouses

Apartments /Townhouses

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

The Pavilion in Sidney, OH is recognized as one of the leading providers of advanced nursing and rehabilitation services in the area.

We have immediate openings for the following positions:

1 BEDROOM, Downstairs, electric heat, stove, refrigerator, $385, credit check required, no pets, (937)418-8912

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941

Part time, 1-2 weekends a month, 32-40 hours every 2 weeks, must have drivers license and good driving record, background check required, 2nd & 3rd shift, light cleaning, basic computer skills

Housekeeper/Laundry-Full time position-Ensures that the facility, equipment, furnishings and resident rooms are maintained in a safe, clean, attractive and sanitary manner. Performs inhouse laundry services for the facility and itĘźs residents.

Must be willing to work rotating weekends and holidays.

Please call (937)494-3016 or e-mail resume to jm@adcarehealth.com.

NIGHT MANAGER

Send resume and Salary requirement to: nightmanager2014@ yahoo.com

Piqua area Doctor seeks motivated individual with good organizational, technical & interpersonal skills for patient testing, optical fittings, & sales, Part Time 25-30 Hours/Week with Full Time potential, 401K. Must be friendly, honest, & dedicated.

Please apply in person at Harris Eye Care 1800 W. High Street Piqua (937)773-4441

1 BEDROOM, utilities, no pets, no metropolitan, deposit, $500 monthly, (937)773-2931 1 BEDROOM, 626 Caldwell, downstairs, includes heat $585, washer/dryer hookup, credit check required, No pets, (937)418-8912 TROY, 561 Stonyridge, 2 bedroom,1.5 bath, stove, refrigerator, NO PETS. $450 month, $450 deposit. Credit check required, Metro approved, (937)418-8912.

12pm-5pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 2 BEDROOM apartment, 8 miles North of Piqua, includes stove, refrigerator, $355 plus utilities, (419)296-5796 2 BEDROOM, upper apartment. W/D hook-up. $350/monthly. (937)773-2829, after 2pm.

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Activities assistant-Parttime-Coordinates the scheduled activity programs. Must be dependable, enthusiastic, and enjoy working with the elderly. Evenings and weekends required. Please call (937)494-3016 or e-mail res u m e t o jm@adcarehealth.com.

OUTSTANDING PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 9:00 A.M.

LOCATION: Miami County Fairgrounds, 650 N. Co. Rd. 25A. Troy, Ohio DIRECTIONS: County Rd. 25-A North of Troy. Auction to be held in the Duke Building.

GLASSWARE – VINTAGE LAMPS-VERY NICE VINTAGE FURNITUREPRIMITIVE ITEMS

Dietary Cook- Qualified candidate will be responsible for preparing palatable, nourishing, well-balanced meals to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs for each resident.

Please call (937) 492-9591 and ask for Misty.

Dietary Aide- day and evening-responsible for assisting with preparation of food and beverages, cleaning designated work areas, equipment and dishware.

Please call (937) 492-9591 and ask for Misty.

STNA- Part-time-Nightsmust be dependable and show compassion. Please call (937) 492-9591 and ask for Linda.

Medical/Health Home Health Aides Needed!

HHAĘźs must meet the following qualifications: Either STNA, CNA or 1 year of direct Care experience within the last 2 years supervised by an RN. All applicants are encouraged to apply in person at 423 N. Wayne St. Piqua or online at www.hhhcohio.com . Benefits possible: Referral Bonus, Sign on Bonus, Dental Ins., Flexible schedule and weekly pay!!

Apartments /Townhouses 1 BEDROOM, upstairs, 431 West Ash, stove, refrigerator, no pets, $350. Credit check required, (937)418-8912 1 BEDROOM, 322 South Main Street, downstairs, stove & refrigerator furnished. $385. No pets. Credit check required, (937)418-8912

FURNITURE: Child’s Chair, House of Windsor, Nichols & Stone Co., Gardiner, Mass.; Chipendale Highly Carved Dining Room Suite, 8 Side Chairs, 2 Captain Chairs w/10’ Table, Ball & Claw; Ornate Carved 3 Door China Cabinet w/3 Drawer Access Bottom; 10’ Harvest Table from Former Camp Wakonda; Curved Front China Cabinet, Modern Lighted China Cabinet; Victorian High Back Bed w/7 Different Types of Molding and Inlay, Matching Dresser w/Mirror and Side Drawers; Very Nice Walnut Breakdown Wardrobe; 2 Marble Top Wash Stands; Marble Victorian Table; Marble Base Floor Lamp; Chippendale Sun table w/Drawer; Oak Drop Front Ladies Writing Desk; Rosewood Victorian Sofa; Pair of Ornate Wing Back Chairs w/Musical Instrument Carvings; Victorian Side Chair; Tea Cart; Inlayed Corner Chair, Pair of Ladies Wing Back Chairs; Art Deco Desk; Primitive Mahogany Lamp Tables; Needle Point Slipper Bench; Victorian Fainting Couch; Matching Victorian Love Set, Rocker & Arm Chair; Victorian Parlor Chairs; Vintage Hall Entry Table w/Drawer; Rush Bottom High Chair; Night Stand; Very Nice Inlayed Table; Set of 6 Oak Chairs; Petite Oak Fern Stand; Small Settee; 3 Tier Mahogany Footed Stand; Oak Book Stand; Rush Bottom windsor Chair. DISH SETS – TEA SETS: Hand Painted Tea Set w/Tea Pot, Tray, 3 Cups & Saucers – Lamport House; Place Setting for 4 w/Teapot, Tray, 3 Cups & Saucers – Haviland China; Assorted Haviland Pieces; 6 Settings Left Handed Tea Set, German; German Tea Set, Blue & White w/Birds; Bavarian Tea Set; Setting for 12, Noritake China, Gold Trim; Setting for 10, Sherwood, Old Ivory w/ Gold Trim; 8 Piece Tea Set, Hansel 6â€?; Bavarian Tea Set, Creamer, Sugar, Pitcher; Set of Dishes, 24 Place Setting, Oxford, Japan, Blue Mist; Wooden Tea Pot & 6 Cups. GLASSWARE: Pinwheel Punch Bowl, Pressed Glass w/12 Cups; Very Nice Pressed Glass Candle Holder & Candle Sticks; Brass Candle Sticks; Porcelain Vase, France; 4 Air Twist Wine Glasses; 6 Berry Dishes, R.S. Prussia, Red Seal; Royal Windsor Coasters; Invalid Feeder; German Lobster Dish; Cruet Set on Triplet Plate; Pink Depression Dishes, Misc. Pieces, Glass, Goblets; Green Depression Dishes; Misc. Pieces, Green Refrigerator Dish, Cream & Sugar; German Footed Dish; Hand Painted Divided Dish; Royal Winchester Meat Platter w/Pheasants (chipped); American Fostoria Dishes; Plate Signed by Mary S. Lamb, France; Helsey Relish Dish w/Handle; Salters; Butter Pats, Iris Pattern Dish; Footed Overlay Dish; Haviland Dresser Dish; Haviland Relish Dish; Thomas Kinkade Tea Pot; Germany Bowls; Many Iron Stone Pieces, Soup Tureen, Plates, Bowls, Gravy Boat; England Plate; Unique Royal Dalton Plate; Hall Pitcher; England Teapot; Bavarian Grape Jar; Assorted Stemmed Glassware, Pink & Green; Hand Painted Nippon Bowl; Staffordshire Covered Cheese Dish; Victorian Cake Stand; Soldier’s Home Souvenir Glass Tooth Pick; 2 Large Porcelain Platters; Etched Footed Bowl; Lefton Figurines; Covered Dish w/ Bumble Bees; Ridgeway Chester Pitcher & Bowl Set (complete set); Victorian Enameled Wine Set; Carnival Compote; Napco Ware Statues; German Stage coach; Large Blue Crock Bowl; Blue & White Salt Crock; Cruet Sets; Milk Glass Compote; Blue & White Canister & Spice Set; Cornet; Glass Basket; Hobnail Overlay Perfume Bottle & Powder Dish; Pitchers; Fostoria, Iris Pattern, Carnival, Green Depression, Iron Stone; 3 Pitcher & Bowl Sets; Pair Shawnee Vases; Crackle Glass. LAMPS: Cut Glass Lamp w/Glass Prisms; Ornate English Oil Lamp; Hand Painted Oil Lamp w/Dolphin Brass Base; Several Lamps w/Reverse Painted Shades; 16 Panel Art Glass Lamp; Pair of Decanter Lamps w/Flute & Mandolin Players; Pressed Glass Banquet Lamp; Red Globe Lantern; Marble Base Lamp w/Hand Painted Shade; Japanese Lamp. GRANITE WARE – KITCHEN ITEMS – COLLECTOR ITEMS: Very Early Kitchen Aid Mixer, Model-F, Troy, Ohio; Granite Pieces; coffee Pots; Cream Can; Ladies w/Wall Holder; Wire Basket w/Eggs; Coke Tray; Brass Fireplace Fan Screen; Ink Wells; Crocks & Jugs; Sad Irons; Wooden Tool Boxes; Misc. Tools; Collar & Cuff Box; Ladies Lace Up Shoes. LINEN: Approx. 100 Linen Table Cloths w/Napkins (all types); Pillow Slips; Towels; Doilies, Embroidered & Painted Piece named “Way Down Southâ€?. CLOCKS: Imperial 3 Piece Clock set w/ Candelabras & Cherubs, Marble Base; Gilbert Mantel Clock; Lehatz Elexacta German Clock; Banjo Wall Clock; Ansonia Statue Clock w/Beveled Glass; Elgin anniversary Clock; Ingraham Mantle Clock; Seth Thomas Mantle clock. VERY NICE VICTORIAN & VINTAGE PICTURES – MISC. ITEMS: Large Print of George Washington; Shadow Box Frames; Statue of Abe Lincoln; 6 Pictures of Bessie Peuge Gutmann Baby Prints: Oil Paintings; Misc. Pictures & Prints; 2 Inlayed Photo Albums from Japan; Victorian Album; 2 Pair Child’s Button Up shoes; Hat Stands; Art Deco Desk Set; Wrought Iron Table w/6 Chairs; Electric Jenn Air Range. BOOKS – ITEMS FROM HAITI: Large Wooden Salad Bowl Set w/Tray; Pair Wood Vases; Hand Painted Pitcher; Hand Carved Figurines; Dolls; Jewelry Box; Large Plaque w/Birds & Flowers; Antique Books; Books on JF.K., Churchill, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, McKinley, Queen Victoria, Miami History Book – Leonard Hill, History Book of Miami County, Ohio; McGuffy Reader, Girl Scout Handbook – 1914, 2 CampďŹ re Girls Books – 1914, Tom Slade Boy Scout, Aircraft Spotter Book, 17th Airborne – Thunder From Heaven – 1947; Children’s Books; 5 Volumes of Tom Swift; The Works of Charles Dickens, Nick & Dick Reader – 1938, Annie Oakley, Socrates – 1860, Will Rogers, Self-Improvement Books, Books on Limbaugh, Big Red Machine, Johnny Bench.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: The owners have moved to a smaller home and want others to enjoy these wonderful items that they have collected over the years.

Items can be viewed the day before the sale. Come and spend the day. (2 rings) OWNER: Mr. & Mrs. Meredith Shaffer

TERMS: Cash or Check with Proper I.D. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Any Statements Made Day of Sale Supercede Statements Hereon.

HAVENAR – BAIR - BAYMAN AUCTIONEERS “Have Gavel – Will Travel�

Mike Havenar, Rick Bair, Tony Bayman (937) 606-4743 www.auctionzip.com (Auctioneer #6480)

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DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of Detroit streetlights are dark.

Many more residents have fled. Donors are replacing ambulances that limped around for 200,000 miles.

Millions in debt payments have been skipped.

Is there really any doubt the city is broke?

A judge starts exploring that question Wednesday in an unusual trial to determine whether Detroit indeed is eligible to scrub its books in the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. Unions and pension funds are claiming the city failed to negotiate in good faith before filing for Chapter 9 protection in July.

A city isn’t eligible for a makeover unless a judge finds that key steps have been met, especially goodfaith talks with creditors earlier this year. It’s a critical decision: If Detroit clears the hurdle, the case would quickly turn to how to solve at least $18 billion in debt and get city government out of intensive care. “It’s a crucial point in the case,â€? said lawyer Chuck Tatelbaum, a bankruptcy expert in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “There will be others, but this is the go or no-go. ‌ If there was ever a poster child for what Congress decided when they enacted Chapter 9, it’s for a city like this.â€?

Jim Spiotto, another bankruptcy expert in Chicago, said it’s “virtually impossible� to argue that Detroit is solvent. “They’re not paying their debts,� he said. “Look at their blighted areas. Look at their services.�

Nonetheless, unions and pension funds are challenging Detroit on the eligibility question. They claim emergency manager Kevyn Orr, who acquired nearly unfettered control over city finances following his appointment by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, was not genuinely interested in negotiating when they met with his team in June and July. Orr insists pension funds are short $3.5 billion and health coverage also needs to be overhauled.

Evidence will show that Orr “planned to file bankruptcy long before the purported negotiations had run their course, confirming that the ‘negotiations’ were no more than a checkthe-box exercise on the way to the courthouse,� Babette Ceccotti, an attorney for the United Auto Workers, said in a court filing.

Earle Erman, attorney for Detroit’s public safety unions, said the city has cut wages and changed health care benefits without across-the-table talks.

Another lawyer, Sharon Levine, representing AFSCME, said the city spent months “mapping out its path to Chapter 9,� not looking for compromises that could keep Detroit out of bankruptcy.

In response, however, attorneys for the city said a June 14 meeting and subsequent sessions with creditors were well-intended but fruitless. A bankruptcy filing was being prepared, they acknowledged, but “never set in stone.�

Spiotto said Judge Steven Rhodes will have much discretion to determine whether the city has met its “good-faith� burden. “I don’t think courts require perfection,� he said. “Good faith is not measured solely by, ‘Did they offer what we want?’ It’s about providing opportunity.�

The trial in front of Rhodes is expected to last several days, with testimony from Orr, Police Chief James Craig, financial consultants and, possibly, the governor. It will be an autopsy on what Snyder has called decades of ruinous financial decisions in Detroit combined with an exodus of people — the population has dropped to 700,000 from 1.8 million — and other social and economic factors.

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PIQUA. 1056 Broadway, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, $650, Stove, Refrigerator, No pets, Credit check required, (937)418-8912 3 BEDROOM Mobile Home, near Bradford $375, 4 Bedroom house, Piqua, Garbry Rd., $500, (937)417-7111 or (937)448-2974 3 BEDROOM house, south end. $400/monthly + $400 deposit. (937)773-4552 3 BEDROOM ranch, available immediately. Candlewood area. $750, (937)778-9303 or (937)604-5417 evenings.

GORGEOUS, updated 4 bedroom home, full basement, 2 car garage, $850 Monthly $850 deposit, (937)773-3463 PIQUA, Beautiful home on hill, 4-5 bedroom in country. Appliances furnished. No pets.

Credit check required, $1200 monthly. (937)418-8912.

UPDATED, 3 bedroom home in Piqua, Fenced yard, $675 Monthly, $675 Deposit, (937)214-1255 after 1pm Pets LAB HOUND Mix, 4 years old, male, neutered, Free to good home, (937)267-4162 DACHSHUND PUPS, AKC, both sexes, 8 wks old, chocolates, reds, 1 black & tan, 1st shots & wormed, $250-$300 (937)667-1777 LAB PUPPIES, AKC, 7 males, 5 chocolate, 2 yellow, vet checked, wormed, shots, family raised, ready October 16th, $300, (419)584-8983 REGISTERED BORDER COLLIER puppies, beautiful black & white all males, 1st shots, farm raised, $250 (937)5648954 PUPPIES, 2 males YorkiePoos $250 each, 1 Female, 1 male Minature Poodle, $300 each, utd on shots, (419)5824211 or (419)733-1256 Autos For Sale 1990 CADILLAC DEVILLE, new tires, runs good, new battery, new brakes, 169,500 miles, $1500 (937)339-2106 or (937)308-6418 1999 FORD Escort Sport, 2 door, white, moon roof, 126k miles, excellent condition, 4 cylinder, automatic, $2500 OBO, (937)693-3798 2001 CHEVY Venture. Seats 8. Built-in car seat. Tan colored. Light rust. 162,000 miles. New transmission. $3000. (419)305-5613

2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS PREMIUM Estate car. EC! Tires have 8,000 miles Silver. Leather, power seats. Loaded, many options. 56,575 mi. $5300.

Certified check/cash only.

(937)726-8523

SEASONED FIREWOOD $125 cord pick up, $150 cord delivered, $175 cord delivered & stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237 SEASONED FIREWOOD $145 per cord. Stacking extra, $125 you pick up. Taylor Tree Service available, (937)753-1047 FIREWOOD, Seasoned Hardwood $160/cord, $85 half cord, delivered and stacked.

(937)726-4677 SEASONED FIREWOOD Call (937)564-3468 Furniture & Accessories KING SIZE bedroom suite, 4piece, pecan wood. $600 (937)295-2772 LIFT CHAIRS, 1 blue, 1 maroon, 2 years old, $399 ea or best offer (937)332-7838 Miscellaneous ANNUITY.COM Guaranteed Income For Your Retirement Avoid market risk & get guaranteed income for retirement!

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KNIFE COLLECTION, 30 years, over 200 pieces, most of them fixed blade, no pocketknives, will not piece out, sell entire lot only. Also have 11 cabinets. $2000 (937)3397792 MEDICAL GUARDIAN: Medical Alert for Seniors - 24/7 monitoring.

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Musical Instruments ORGAN, Baldwin Orga Sonic, with bench, music sheets & books included, $300 obo, (937)773-2514 Want To Buy PAYING CASH for Vintage Toys, GI Joes, Star Wars, Heman, Transformers, Pre-1980s Comics, and much more.

Please call (937)267-4162.

98k miles, silver, automatic, v6, Bose Sound system, leather heated seats, looks and runs like new, $7495 (937)295-2626

2011 Chevy HHR Silver with Black interior 40,000 miles, New tires, like new, Rebuilt title $9890.00 (937)295-2833 ask for Dennis.

2012 FORD FUSION, 2.5 liter 4 cylinder, reverse sensing system, 17" wheels, Siruis Satellite system, 5705 miles, $18,200 (937)902-9143

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LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES Sealed proposals will be received by the Piqua City School Board of Education of Piqua, Ohio. Bids will be opened in the second floor Board Room at the Board of Education Office Building located at 719 E. Ash Street, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, November 7, 2013. At that time, proposals will be opened by the Treasurer of said Board as provided by law for two new 2014, 84 passenger transit style buses, according to the specifications of said Board of Education. All bids must state that buses comply with all safety regulations and current Minimum Standards for School Bus Construction of the Department of Education adopted by and with the Director of Highway Safety pursuant to Section 4511.76 of the Ohio Revised Code and all other State and Federal provisions of law.

Specifications and instructions to bidder may be requested from the office of the District Business Coordinator, Piqua, Ohio.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Please call (937) 773-4321 with further questions.

By the order of the Piqua Board of Education Andy Hite, President Jeremie Hittle, Treasurer

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Tuesday defended drone strikes targeting al-Qaida operatives and others it deems enemies, rejecting reports by two humanrights groups questioning the legality of strikes they asserted have killed or wounded scores of civilians in Yemen and Pakistan.

Human Rights Watch alleged that 82 people, at least 57 of them civilians, were killed by the unmanned aircraft and other aerial strikes in Yemen between September 2012 and June 2013 and called such strikes unlawful or indiscriminate. Amnesty International called on the U.S. to investigate reports in Pakistan of civilian casualties, among them a 68-year-old grandmother hit while farming with her grandchildren.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch said such strikes are unlawful or indiscriminate. Amnesty, based in London, said it is concerned that the attacks outlined in the report and others may have resulted in unlawful killings that constitute extrajudicial executions or war crimes.

President Barack Obama’s chief spokesman, Jay Carney, said the U.S. “would strongly disagree” with any claims that the U.S. had acted improperly, arguing that American actions follow all applicable law.

Repeating Obama’s defense of the drone policy earlier in the year, Carney said there must be “near-certainty” of no civilian casualties before the U.S. proceeds with a drone strike. He said they’re not used when targets can instead be captured.

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operations are precise, they are lawful and they are effective,” Carney said.

Other methods of going after targets would result in even more civilian casualties “and ultimately empower those who thrive on violent conflict,” Carney said. He added that there’s a wide gap between U.S. assessment of drone-related civilian casualties and what some non-governmental groups have determined.

Amnesty said the U.S. is so secretive about the drone program that there is no way to tell what steps it takes to prevent civilian casualties. They say it has “failed to commit to conduct investigations” into alleged deaths that have already occurred, and it called on the U.S. to comply with its obligations under international law by investigating the killings documented in the report and providing victims with “full reparation.”

In its report about strikes in Yemen, Human

Rights Watch charged that each of six cases examined through interviews with Yemeni officials, witnesses and survivors, drone or other aerial strikes were carried out despite the presence of civilians, in contravention of the laws of war.

The strikes are part of a joint U.S.-Yemeni campaign against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, called the most dangerous al-Qaida branch. It’s blamed for a number of unsuccessful bomb plots aimed at Americans, including a failed plan to down a U.S.-bound airliner with explosive hidden in the bomber’s underwear and a second plot to send mail bombs on planes to the U.S. hidden in the toner cartridges of computer printers.

The Yemeni Embassy in Washington said in a statement to The Associated Press that Yemen has adopted strict measures to avoid targeting militants in civilian areas, and only uses drones “in remote

areas to target militants that are out of the reach of security personnel” who present an immediate danger because they “are planning to carry out terror attacks inside the capitals of governorates.”

Among the six strikes detailed by Human Rights Watch is an attack in Sarar, in central Yemen on Sept. 2, 2012, in which two warplanes or drones attacked a minibus, killing a pregnant woman, three children and eight other people. The report said the apparent target, tribal leader Abd al-Raouf al-Dahab, was not in the vehicle. The Yemeni families were only compensated for the deaths after Human Rights Watch brought the case to the Yemeni government’s attention, the report said.

The researchers also examined the U.S. cruise missile strike in al-Majalah in southern Abyan province on Dec. 17, 2009. The report said the Yemeni government described the attack as a Yemeni airstrike that killed 34 at a training camp, but a later Yemeni

government inquiry found the strike actually killed 14 suspected AQAP fighters, but also at least 41 local civilians living in a Bedouin camp, including nine women and 21 children.

The Yemeni president acknowledged the 2009 strike in an interview last year. The Yemeni Embassy statement Tuesday said the surviving families had been compensated. The statement said the use of drones was under review as part of the country’s ongoing national dialogue between the president and Yemeni tribal factions.

In Pakistan, the U.S. considers its drone program to be a key weapon against insurgent groups that it says stages crossborder forays into neighboring Afghanistan. But the belief, widespread in Pakistan, that the strikes kill large numbers of civilians sparks resentment and complicates the two countries’ ability to coordinate efforts against militants based in the country, including al-Qaida.

The U.S. drone policy sets a dangerous prec-

edent “that other states may seek to exploit to avoid responsibility for their own unlawful killings,” Amnesty said.

Amnesty’s report said that the grandchildren of the woman killed told the group that missile fire struck on Oct. 24, 2012, as she was collecting vegetables in a family field in the North Waziristan tribal area, a major militant sanctuary near the Afghan border. Three of the grandchildren were wounded, as were several others who were nearby, the victims said.

An even deadlier incident noted by the Amnesty report occurred in North Waziristan on July 6, 2012. Witnesses said a volley of missiles hit a tent where a group of men had gathered for an evening meal after work, and then a second struck those who came to help the wounded, one of a number of attacks that have hit rescuers, the rights group said.

Witnesses and relatives said that 18 male laborers with no links to militant groups died, according to Amnesty. Pakistani intelligence officials at the time identified the dead as suspected militants.

“We cannot find any justification for these killings. There are genuine threats to the USA and its allies in the region, and drone strikes may be lawful in some circumstances,” said Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International’s Pakistan researcher. “But it is hard to believe that a group of laborers, or an elderly woman surrounded by her grandchildren, were endangering anyone at all, let alone posing an imminent threat to the United States.”

Pakistani officials regularly denounce the attacks in public as a violation of the country’s sovereignty, but senior members of the government and the military are known to have supported the strikes in the past.

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