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Commission to meet with full agenda Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA —The potential to share a fleet management and repair facility between the Piqua, Covington and Miami East school districts will make a return at Tuesday’s commission meeting. As Gary Huff, city manager, will seek to apply for grant funds to cover a feasibility study that would determine whether there would be a cost savings for all participants.

Huff will also present a resolution to contract with the Miami County Public Defender Commission in regards to provisions of legal counsel to indigent persons charged with a loss of liberty offense in Municipal Court. With commissioners to also discuss a resolution to acquire

the services of Vaughn Industries LLC for the Power System to aid in the replacement of power poles between substation 4 and 5.

Of the 32 poles needing replaced in the project, only 16 have been completed under a former but terminated contract with P&G Power LLC. Commissioners will also give a second reading to an ordinance in regards to vacating a public right-ofway, also known as Hardin Road Alternate.

Commission meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of the month, on the second floor of the Government Municipal Complex, in the commission chamber.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

For information on meetings, work sessions, and more visit piquaoh.org.

New pastor answers boyhood calling Belinda M. Paschal

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The winner of the annual Piqua/Troy blood drive challenge, sponsored by US Bank, was announced prior to Friday’s football game at Troy Municipal Stadium. The winner this year was Troy High School. Support for this years drive was described as outstanding. There were 179 donations at the two high school blood drives (including 111 first-time donors). According to US Bank District Manager Pete Bardonaro: The competition and focus both communities display during this event continues to amaze me every year. So many lives are greatly impacted by this generous giving from both parties and by doing so this event is a winner for both communities annually. The success of this event is driven by the community and school spirit displayed between Piqua and Troy. In the end, there are only winners. Thank you to all!

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COVINGTON — Nathan Paulus first felt the calling to be a pastor shortly after he was baptized as a young boy. That calling led him to start a homeless ministry in Dayton while still in high school, setting him on a course of discipleship and devotion to leading and helping others.

His latest leadership role is a realization of his boyhood yearning: On Sunday, Nov. 3, Paulus delivered his first sermon as the new pastor of Covington United Church of Christ.

Paulus, who lives in Bradford with his wife Miranda, served two years each as an associate pastor of Trinity Wesleyan Church in Greenville and a youth pastor at the Brethren Church in Bradford.

Though he certainly had the experience to merit being hired, landing the pastorship was the result of a “small world” connection for the 24-year-old minister, who is studying for his bachelor’s degree in biblical theology from Indiana Wesleyan University.

“Friday is my day off to do my homework online at a coffeeshop across the street,” Paulus explained.

“The owner of the flowershop next to the coffeehouse found out I was a pastor from the lady who owns the coffeeshop, and her husband was head of the search committee!”

As pastor of Covington UCC, he envisions continuing his outreach work and

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Nathan Paulus, right, has been named the new pastor of Covington United Church of Christ. He lives in Bradford with his wife, Miranda.

involving the congregation in it as well.

“I want to ensure that true discipleship happens within the church and extends out to the community and from the community all over the United States and around the world,” he said.

He would like to get parishioners involved in such projects as the New Beginnings Ministry Center in Kenya, which he cofounded with his father, Bruce Paulus, also a minister.

Despite his young age, Paulus’ resume boasts a lengthy and varied list of accomplishments.

After high school, he moved to Wyoming and attended Frontier School of the Bible and took classes through the American Association of Christian Counselors, through which he earned a certificate in counseling from Light University, an affiliate program of the AACC. Paulus also has worked with homeless shelters in Denver and Oklahoma City, as well as leading ministry teams with the Children’s Activity Center in Houston.

In addition, he has worked with the Alpha USA Prison Ministry, as a student recruiter/mission team leader for Child Evangelism/ Fellowship and served as a mentor for PAC Ministries.

He also has been a coach for the Bradford-Covington Soccer Association for the past two years.

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Miami County Sheriff’s Office to host free breakfast at Lincoln Square Restaurant on Veteran’s Day Melanie Yingst

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MIAMI COUNTY — They served our country and Miami County Sheriff’s Office will serve all veterans breakfast on Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11.

Free breakfast from 6-9 a.m. at Lincoln Square Restaurant, located at 1320 Archer Drive, Troy, will be offered to all veterans with military identification. The free meal is part of the second annual “It’s our turn to serve” Veteran’s Day

breakfast hosted by the restaurant and sheriff’s office.

The breakfast will be served by Miami County Sheriff ’s officials and staff as part of their appreciation and service on Nov. 11, according to Deputy Keith Carter.

It’s a small token of thanks for their dedication and military service, said Deputy Carter.

Carter also is a military veteran himself and served in the Army as a scout.

“We had a great turnout for the first one last

year and we were looking forward to doing this for our veterans again this year,” Carter said.

At the first event last year, more than 75 veterans were served by sheriff ’s office officials and was a huge success, according to Carter.

“We’ve several veterans working in our own department and this is a way for us to sit down and thank them for serving our country,” Carter said. “It was great just sitting down and talking to them and hearing all their stories. We

had veterans who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf and who have served in Afghanistan.”

Local law enforcement personnel will host this event in partnership with Lincoln Square Family Restaurant along with financial support from local businesses, organizations, friends and family. For more information or to contribute, please contact the sheriff’s office at 440-6085 or Lincoln Square Family Restaurant at 332-0222.

The Vietnam he remembers Local man releases book, signing set for Nov. 9 Colin Foster

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They’re the stories from Vietnam that Robert Brundrett had been telling his three kids for years.

And now he’s sharing them with the rest of the world with the release of his book — “Vietnam on My Mind”— which features 10 short stories about the people Brundrett encountered during his time in Vietnam. The book was released in July of this year and he is holding a book signing Nov. 9 at Jay and Mary’s Book Store in Troy.

And in Brundrett’s opinion, the content in his book differs very much from most Vietnam-related material on the market.

While most stories about Vietnam center around

the brutal nature and turmoil that surrounded the war, his book focuses on the day-to-day life of the Vietnamese people, American’s and others who Brundrett associated with and remembered from the time period.

“Most of the books about Vietnam fall into three categories: a history book or any kind of historical book, or else they’re something about really horrific, explicit battles and trauma, or they’re either for the war or against it,” he explained. “It was a very controversial war.

During that time in the ’60s, it was a time of huge turmoil. You had Vietnam, all those assassinations; the president, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy and the whole civil rights thing was going on at the same time — so it was a very controversial time.

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“(My book) is about the everyday life mostly centered around the Vietnamese people and American’s that were there, the servicemen and the others in the country. They’re about the everyday life and what it was like for them.

They’re human interest stories about what their lives were like living, working and having families during that time.”

Brundrett — a graduate of Tippecanoe High School — served as a U.S. Navy adviser in Vietnam during the final year of the war. He was with the U.S. Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, also known as the Seabees, and worked with Vietnamese Navy officers at bases along the rivers, sea coasts and also with the Vietnamese Navy Construction Bureau in Saigon.

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Veteran Robert Brundrett discusses the 10 short stories from his book titled “Vietnam On My Mind” on Wednesday in Troy.

an 8-5 p.m. job at a big General Motors division,” Brundrett said.

“I felt unengaged with the realities of the time.

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Obits CHRISTINE SUE ‘CHRISSY’ (PULFER) CROWELL PIQUA — Christine Sue “Chrissy” (Pulfer) Crowell, 44, of Piqua, died at 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 29, 1969, to David and Jane (Grise) Pulfer.

In addition to her parents, Chrissy is survived by one daughter: Brianna Wilson, Piqua; one son: Clayton Crowell, Piqua; one sister and brother-in-law: Theresa and Mike Terry, Kentucky; one brother and sister-in-law: Michael and Jennifer Pulfer, Xenia; three nieces: Kayla Terry, Klara Terry and Katelynn Pulfer; and one nephew: Benjamin Pulfer.

Chrissy graduated from Tippecanoe High School, Tipp City, in

1988. She was also graduated from Miami Jacobs College. Chrissy worked at Industry Products in Piqua for over 10 years. She also worked for Ulbrich’s Grocery for over 3 years.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at M el c h e r- S owe rs Funeral Home, Piqua, with the Rev. David Grise II officiating. Burial will follow in GreenwoodUnion Cemetery, DeGraff.

Friends may call from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be given to Miami County Animal Shelter, 1110 N. County Road 25-A, Troy, OH 45373.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers. com.

BRYAN CHRISTOPHER WARD TROY — Bryan Christopher Ward, 33, of Troy, passed away on Oct. 16, 2013, at his residence.

He was born on April 7, 1980, in Kettering.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Melvin L. and Kathe E. (Loxley) Ward of Troy; mother, Nancy Lee Burk of Cleveland; paternal grandmother, Leora Ward of Mansfield; brother and sister-in-law, Mark Alan and Kristi Ward of Troy; nephews, Mason, Kipton and Lukas; stepbrothers, Dan Fox of Troy and Tim Fox of Tempe, Ariz.; stepsister, Ellen Fox of Charlotte, Vt.; and other nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Grace and Edward Burk, and Roy Ward.

Bryan was a 1998 grad-

JAMES DANIEL PHELPS TROY — James Daniel Phelps, 78, of Troy, passed away 9:07 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Dayton. He was born in Dayton on March 11, 1935, to the late Ancil and Edna (Blankenship) Phelps. He was married to Sevina McIntosh and she preceded him in death on June 19, 2011.

James is survived by two daughters and sonin-law, Sunny and Jerry Johnson of Brookville, Cathy Phelps of Troy; one son, Michael Phelps of Madison, Ala.; five

grandchildren, James Phelps, J.D. Johnson, Tara Johnson, Amelia Phelps and Daniel Phelps; and three great-grandchildren, Cash Phelps, Alexis Sevina Johnson and Keira Hostler. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Joann Simon.

A memorial service will be held at a later date in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Arrangements have been entrusted to FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

LEVINA ‘DEE’ INGLE BELLEFONTAINE — Levina “Dee” Ingle, 79, of Bellefontaine, formerly of Covington, passed away Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, after her battle with lung cancer in Bellefontaine.

She was born Sept. 19, 1934, in Covington, to her parents Othel and Olive (Boggs) Wagner. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 59 years, Richard Ingle; three sisters; 2 brothers.

She will be missed and remembered by her children, Jean and David Cotterman of Huntsville, Dianna and John Borba of Union, Tina and Steve Angle of Bellefontaine; grandchildren, Denise and Tom Hurley, Darla Chismar, Brenda and Robert Becton, Brad and Sally Borba, Scott Angle,

Dustin Angle; 10 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; brother-in-law Mike and Vicki Ingle; five sisters, four brothers.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 7, at Jackson-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 10 S. High St., Covington, with interment following at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Universal Home Health and Hospice, 701 S. Main St., Bellefontaine, OH 43311 or The Humane Society, 2521 U.S. 68 North, Bellefontaine, OH 43311. Online memories may be left for the family at www.jackson-Sarver. com.

Death Notices BAUER SIDNEY — Christine R. Bauer, 90, of 2500 Russell Road, passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at 10:27 a.m. at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave., with the Rev. Barbara Staley officiating. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

KELLER WEST MILTON — William Edwin Keller, 63, of West Milton, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. Arrangements are pending at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.

uate of Troy High School and later graduated from Muskingum College with a degree in biology.

He was a member of Troy Church of the Brethren. He loved exercise and body building.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Troy Church of the Brethren with Pastor Jon Keller officiating. Family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. until time of service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Southwest Ohio Chapter , 8050 Hosbrook Road, Suite 314, Cincinnati OH 45236; www.jdrf.org.

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

EVELYN M. GUMP PIQUA — Evelyn M. Gump, 84, of Piqua, died at 9:20 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at the Van Wert Manor, Van Wert.

She was born July 28, 1929, in Piqua to the late John and Rosetta (Russell) Warling. She married Russell C. Gump Dec. 3, 1979, in Fletcher; he preceded her in death Feb. 23, 1999.

Survivors include a daughter, Gail (Mark) Reymiller of Lewisburg; two sons, Ronald (Harriet) Murphy of Piqua, Michael (Irene) Murphy of Versailles; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Mrs. Gump was a 1947 graduate of Piqua Central High School and retired from the former Container Corporation

of America following 15 years of employment. She enjoyed her family and gardening.

A service to honor her life will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Chalk officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 12:30-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Van Wert, 1159 Westwood Drive, Van Wert, OH 45891 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 31 W. Whipp Road, Dayton, OH 45459.

Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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“I wasn’t excited about going to Vietnam — but have always been glad that I did. Vietnam turned out to be the defining event of the Baby Boomer generation.”

Brundrett and 11 other Navy officers were spread along rivers and the coasts of South Vietnam supporting their counterparts in base defense, construction projects and Vietnamese Navy housing projects at remote bases.

“One of the ideas they presented us with was building houses for the families (of servicemen) right around the rivers, so that the family could be there and the servicemen could be there, so they could be happier and we could try to make life a little more easier for them,” Brundrett said.

“So, one of the things I did over there with my counterparts was build these houses. We built a lot of these houses up

and down the rivers and coasts — and I think there was about 2,000 houses in this program.

“They were made out of cement and tile and things like that, with a metal roof. They really looked almost like horse stables — but they were so appreciative of them.”

Though Brundrett has been telling the stories for years, he started putting them in print following his retirement from Goodrich in 2007.

Brundrett and wife, Linda, have three kids — Gina, Megan and Robbie, all of whom went to St. Patrick Elementary and graduated from Miami East High School.

“Vietnam on My Mind” is available for purchase at Jay and Mary’s Bookstore in Troy and Browse Awhile Books in Tipp City and on www. woosterbook.com. The book signing at Jay and Mary’s will start at 1 p.m.

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Ohioans cautioned on dangers of carbon monoxide

CISCO SIDNEY — TERRY B. CISCO. age 59, of Sidney, died at 7:54 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with Pastor Tim Bartee officiating. Burial will follow in COLUMBUS (AP) — Cedar Point Cemetery, Pasco. Friends may call from Ohio officials are drawing 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. attention to the dangers of carbon monoxide exposure after a higher than Re-Elect usual annual increase in emergency room visits and poison-control calls related to the colorless, odorless gas.

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They suggest these safety tips: • Install a battery-powered CO detector in your home and check it every six months.

• Have your heating system, water heater and other gas, oil and coalburning appliances serviced annually.

• Never run a car inside a garage attached to the house.

• Never heat your house with a gas oven.

JOHN M. PERKINS PIQUA — John M. Perkins, 60, of Piqua, died at 12:18 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at his residence. He was born Nov. 30, 1952, in Piqua to the late Buck and Julia (Stoudt) Perkins. He married Diana Mader Dec. 7, 1985, in Piqua; and she survives.

Other survivors include four sons, Corey (Rebecca) Perkins of Fairborn, Aaron Perkins of Troy, Brad (Ashley) Perkins of Virginia Beach, Va., Matt Perkins of Piqua; two daughters, Casey (Jed) Castle of Piqua, Erika (Brent) Cummings of Troy; six grandchildren; two brothers, Buck (Pat) Perkins of Alabama, Lee (Ruth) Perkins of Piqua; and a sister, Kay (Harm) Nix of Piqua. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.

Mr. Perkins attended

Piqua City Schools and worked as a Truck Driver for B. D. Transportation of Piqua. He was a United States Marine Corp veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. He loved his family, enjoyed golfing and will be missed by his many friends.

A service to honor his life will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with Chaplain Edward Ellis officiating.

Burial will follow at Beechwood Cemetery where full military honors will be provided by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through j a m i e s o n a n d ya n n u c c i . com.

HARVEY LEE GRIFFIETH SR. TROY — Harvey Lee Griffieth Sr., 77, of Troy, passed away 1 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 at Hospice of Dayton.

He was born in Troy on Jan. 10, 1936, to the late Henry Homer and Myrtle Elizabeth (Shunk) Griffieth.

He was married to Helen Rosalie Fern Trader on Sept. 8, 1956, and she survives.

Harvey is also survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Penny and Leonard Mullins of Troy, Tina and Darrell Batner of Ludlow Falls, Tonya and Odell Edmonds of West Milton; one son and daughter-in-law, Harvey L. and Gina Griffieth of Troy; eight grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; one brother, William Griffieth of Troy; and three sisters,

Debbie Knotts of North Fort Meyers, Fla., Patty Englehart of Cordell, Ga.; and Sarah Abrams of Kissimmee, Fla. He was also preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.

Harvey was a retired truck driver for the former Aaron & Harris Harbor Iron and Steel in Troy.

A funeral service will be held 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy with Pastor Jeff Rollison officiating.

Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home two hours prior to the service. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

Ohio congressman: Fund Wrights’ factory as park COLUMBUS (AP) — A Republican congressman from Wright Brothers country is advocating national parks funding to purchase the aviation pioneers’ original manufacturing facilities in Ohio, as debate intensifies over rights to the first-in-flight title.

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner has scheduled an appearance today in Dayton alongside Amanda Wright Lane of the Wright Family Foundation to discuss efforts to purchase the Wright Company Factory buildings and include them in Dayton’s aviation history park.

The buildings are the first U.S. facilities specifically designed and built to manufacture airplanes.

Turner said he worked in 2009 to include language in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act that would expand the boundary of the Dayton Aviation National Historic Park to include the factory. This year, he wants the purchase included among National Park Service projects in the federal budget for fiscal 2015.

Besides Lane, Brady Kress of Dayton History is also slated to join in

today’s event.

The funding push comes amid a renewed dispute over the Wright Brothers’ role in aviation history.

Ohio and North Carolina have long sparred over which can claim first-in-flight honors as the respective locations of the Wrights’ birth and first flight.

This s u m m e r, Connecticut passed a law declaring German-born aviator and Bridgeport, Conn., resident Gustave Whitehead as the first to make a powered flight.

The state says Whitehead made his flight in 1901 — two years before Wilbur and Orville Wright’s flight off North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

Australian historian John Brown initiated the Whitehead claim through research laid out in a documentary aired this spring. His research was enough to sway Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, an influential industry publication.

Last month, state representaitves in Ohio and North Carolina united to dispute Connecticut’s claim, reasserting that the Wright Brothers were first.

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Lehman Catholic to host blood drive SIDNEY — Lehman Catholic High School’s student council, in cooperation with the Community Blood Center (CBC), will host a blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The first of two such drives scheduled for this academic year, the drive will be held in the school’s Harriet Frantz Gymnasium from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Donors are required to have photo identification bearing their full names.

In addition, donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and be at least 16 years old. Sixteen-year-olds must have a signed CBC parental consent form, which can be obtained at the school or online.

Lehman Catholic has hosted blood drives since

1993, when Business Department Chair and Varsity Basketball Coach Mark Wurm became ill with cancer. The school community rallied to attempt to replace the blood he needed as he fought his illness. Any number of events since have reaffirmed the school community’s need to give the gift of life to help replenish the whole

blood supply used by local hospitals.

Members of the public interested in donating should contact the school Temperatures will warm again ahead of another storm office at (937) 773-8747 system. or (937) 498-1161 for an High 54, Low 34 appointment. Calls can also be made to Student Council Advisor Melissa Safreed (ext. 228) or potential donors can register online at www.

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Parent/teacher Coffee and doughnuts for vets planned conferences set COVINGTON — Parent/teacher conferences will be at Covington Schools from 1:30-9 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 7.

Parents are encouraged to call the high school at (937) 473-3746, and the middle school at (937) 473-2833 for conference appointments.

Elementary parents should have received a request from their child’s teacher for a conference

time. If parents did not receive information from a child, please call the elementary at (937) 4732252.

Covington students will be dismissed at 1 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 7. There will be no school for morning and afternoon kindergarten students Nov. 7.

Covington Schools will not be in session for all students on Friday, Nov. 8.

TROY — The PiquaLewis Boyer Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, in partnership with the Miami Valley Veterans Museum, will host the first Wednesday free coffee and doughnuts event from 9-11 a.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 6.

Members of the DAR will be providing veterans a special breakfast consisting of scrambled eggs, bacon, fresh fruit, doughnuts, juice and cof-

fee.

This event is for all veterans and is held at the museum, 107 W. Main St., Troy, in the second floor dining facilities of the Masonic Lodge building. T here will also be a special speaker, Jim Miller, who served as a chopper pilot in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, during the breakfast and organizers ask that everyone be seated by 10 a.m.

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Owner Mary Rodgers and her son, Jed, 12, pose with candy at Moxie’s, a Clintonville neighborhood candy store that specializes in decades-old sweets, in Columbus.

Palates do vary by regions, Bridge said.

“You’ve got to be from Texas to like Peanut Patties — this round hockey-puck thing with solid sugar and peanuts,” he said. “I don’t know why they exist.”

Bridge and other merchants are happy to stock the rarities.

“Wal-mart doesn’t get it all; we get everything,” said Johanne Tritsch, whose father-inlaw founded Columbus Candy & Tobacco 67 years ago.

“And a lot of people come here to get it.”

The West Side wholesaler carries items such as creamy Cow Tales caramels and the nougatfilled Charleston Chew.

So, too, does Fuzziwig’s Candy Factory, a Colorado franchise with locations at Easton Town Center and the Mall at Tuttle Crossing.

The checkout counter at a Short North retro toy store, Big Fun, houses dozens of individually wrapped candies, ranging from Atomic FireBall cinnamon jawbreakers to Abba-Zaba taffy bars. Most cost 25 cents apiece.

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Candy & Events has obliged client requests for bubble-gum cigars, Teaberry gum and the sugar- encrusted jellies known as Chuckles, coowner Jeff Shaffer said.

Perhaps most detailed, each “general store” inside a Cracker Barrel restaurant — as with the four central Ohio outlets — peddles oodles of vintage goodies.

“Just because it’s not a (manufacturer’s) No. 1 or 2 item doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work here,” Kristie Stein, the Tennessee chain’s candy buyer, recently told the trade journal Candy Industry. “We really want that sense of wonder.”

Which also explains why Moxie’s patron Michelle Coleman took only a glimpse at the colorful merchandise in glass jars before grabbing several handfuls of peanut-butter-and- coconut Chick-O-Sticks, Swedish Fish and several candy bracelets.

“It overwhelms me,” said Coleman, a 53-yearold West Side native who fondly recalled the penny-candy peddlers of her youth.

“But it brings me back.”

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TROY — The PiquaLewis Boyer DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Troy-Miami County Public Library for their yearly business meeting.

COVINGTON — The Piqua Leisure Club will meet at noon Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Covington Eagles Lodge, 715 E. Broadway St. A fundraiser will be held.

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Finding a less-familiar childhood favorite can be a pleasant surprise — joy often delivered by Don Bridge, who runs www.oldtimecandy.com with his wife, Karen, in LaGrange, Ohio, about 20 miles south of Lorain.

Their online-only business offers more than 700 varieties.

“We’re selling memories,” said Bridge, 68.

Business has been so strong during the past 12 years that the couple moved their home operation to an 8,400-squarefoot warehouse.

The Bridges sort their stock by decades (a 1930s spread features Boston Baked Beans, Choward’s Violet mints and Valomilk marshmallow cups, for example); by holiday or occasion; and, perhaps most interesting, by region.

A Los Angeles transplant, then, might relive the Massachusetts-made Necco Wafers of his youth.

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“But you can get a Zagnut or a Clark,” said Rodgers, who for the past three years has managed Moxie’s, a store in the Clintonville neighborhood that emphasizes throwback — They still make those? — sweets.

Also part of her stash: Sky Bars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Bonomo Turkish Taffy and Black Cow and Slo Poke caramels — with the last two available only since 2011 after a 25-year hiatus.

Not to be forgotten are candy cigarettes (known as politically correct “candy sticks”).

Rodgers, a retired strategic planner, conceived the shop at 3468 N. High St. in the mold of her bygone afterschool Columbus haunts, including Jimmie’s Drugs and Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour.

“If they’re making it,” said Rodgers, 52, “we will find it.”

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The shuttering of mom-and-pop stores and regional confectioners — as well as advances in shipping and refrigeration — has soured the independent American candy landscape.

“There was lots more freaky stuff in the ’70s and even the ’80s,” said Steve Almond, author of the 2004 best-selling book “Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America.”

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“The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.”

(Proverbs 15:9 AKJV)

We need a few good men in politics to light the way “What matters?” It’s itual and material.” Or a question Charles “Taliban Afghanistan, Krauthammer, psychi- which, just months atrist-turned-Pulitzer- before 9/11, marched winning columnist, its cadres into the asks in the first sen- Bamiyan Valley and tence of his new book, with tanks, artillery and a memoir-ish collec- dynamite destroyed its tion. The book is called magnificent cliff-carved “Things 1 , 7 0 0 - ye a rThat Matter: old Buddhas T h r e e lest they — Decades of like kite flyPassions, ing and music Pastimes and other a n d things lovely Politics.”

— disturb He explains the scorchedhow the earth puriworking title ty of their for the book nihilism.”

Kathryn Lopez had origiOne beautinally been ful Saturday Columnist “ T h e re ’s this October, More to 15 men at Life than Politics” and St. Mary’s Cathedral was going to include in Fall River, Mass., just about everything were ordained as perbut politics. Naturally, manent deacons in the though, a man who Catholic Church. They “left a life in medicine serve as heralds of the for a life in journal- Gospel, commissioned ism devoted mostly to “Believe what you to politics” couldn’t read, teach what you disengage. Thanks be believe, practice what to God. There is, of you teach.” Later that course, much more to life than politics. But day, I was present as as Krauthammer points Deacon Tim delivered out, there is actually his first homily, at his no escaping politics. parish church of St. “Politics, the crooked Stanislas. He echoed timber of our commu- Pope Francis, who nal lives, dominates echoes the Gospel, in everything,” he writes, encouraging those in “because, in the end, the congregation to everything … lives or come to know and trust dies by politics. You can God and His infinite have the most advanced mercy. Faith, he said, and efflorescent of cul- is trusting enough to tures. Get your politics change your life.

Heaven knows the wrong, however, and everything stands to world could use both be swept away. This mercy and justice, with is not ancient history. confidence in the truth.

This is Germany 1933.” We have a choice. Do When we think that we we seek and encourare above politics, that age the good — in our we don’t need to get lives and, yes, in our our hands dirty pay- politics? These things ing attention to who — our lives, our ethit is we are electing, ics, the quality of our or to policy and pend- enterprises, our dediing decisions, we are cation to stewardship shirking a responsibil- of the gifts we have ity. Disengagement is been given and men dangerous; engagement have died to protect is our civic duty. How — are intimately relatdo you get your poli- ed. We’re free to distics right? There is a engage, but it’s really symbiosis between not a moral option. right living and healthy “Campaigns and elecpolitics. Our politics tions … personalities reflect our individual and peccadilloes (are) and community lives. things that come and Character matters go,” Krauthammer are political matters. writes. “Partisan conCynicism about politics tention that charactercan be seductive, as it izes the daily life of is conflict and scandal a democracy — the the media thrives on; tentative, incremental, it’s often the worst of ever-improvised” are it that we focus on. political realities. But But politics are nec- what are they informed essary. “Politics is,” by? What are we arguKrauthammer writes, ing about? What are we “the moat, the walls, fighting for? What are beyond which lie the we working toward? barbarians. Fail to keep Who are we? Who them at bay, and every- do we live for? These thing burns. “First are things that matand above all else,” ter. Politics without Krauthammer writes, conscience and con“you must secure life, scious abandonment of liberty and the right to politics are recipes for pursue your own hap- civilizational disaster. piness.” The “glories Politics aren’t everyyielded by … success- thing, but they are inesful politics lie outside capable. Wise engageitself. Its deepest pur- ment makes all the difpose is to create the ference. Men of faithful conditions for the culdedication, living lives tivation of the finer of discernment, light things, beginning with philosophy and sci- the path in communience, and ascending to ties and in the halls the ever more delicate of power. We know the and refined arts.” The alternatives, and that’s alternatives, he says, not a choice we can live are “deranged Stalinist with. politics” in North Kathryn Lopez is the editor-at-large of Korea, creating “a land National Review Online www.nationalof stunning desolation review.com. She can be contacted at and ugliness, both spir- klopez@nationalreview.com.

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Don’t stop believin’ The leaves are turn- ten weird, I guess. The ing yellow and orange 20-somethings are the and red, and others have first generation raised on already fallen. You can the widespread use of the smell the seasons in the Internet. And yet, from air. Thanksgiving’s on what I see in the classmy mind and a winter of room (teaching part-time more disconat Georgetown tent. It’s been University), the a hard year young people — doesn’t understand that it seem like we get things every year’s a done in a lot of hard year? — different ways. and I feel like We have difsharing a few ferent tools to thoughts. Still, communicate, even in the age but the point of Facebook is to communiDonna Brazile and Twitter, cate. this’ll take Business Columnist more than 140 websites crash, characters. and businesses You see, right now, I’m get them fixed and thrive feeling a little low and a afterward. Printers jam, bit let down. There’s been so students write out a lot of negativity thrown papers longhand. People into the fan of public life enrolled in Medicare and of late. For those of us Medicaid by telephone, my side of 50, well, we’ve by (snail) mail, in perbeen through the songs son. Those three options — “to every thing, there still exist. is a season” — and lived The point is, there are long enough to know other ways to enroll in that political dysfunction Obamacare. Maybe the may not be quite like the media should be informweather, since we can do ing us of solutions. Then something about it. Still, they wouldn’t be part of sometimes, “rainy days the problem. and Mondays always get The website worries me down.” aren’t the only distracToday we’re dysfunc- tions and “discouraging tional over Obamacare. word.” There’s the NSA The website has problems. snooping. “Quis custodiWe’ve got a slow start to et ipsos custodes?” Who a new beginning in health watches the watchmen? care. But, as Rep. Tim It seems we must quesMurphy, R-Pa., said, “Any tion even the watchman time something is new, who watched the watchthere is going to be some men: Edward Snowden glitches.” And it’s good to gave up everything to know that House Speaker expose government John Boehner feels that intrusion into privacy, even though “the imple- and went to the counmentation side continues try whose government to need to be improved invented an “informer in … the good news is that every home.” the competition that’s More negativity, more been created has lowered distraction. With nothpremiums significantly ing else to do, conspiracy below where Congress theorists and the partithought they’d be when san media groupies go we put the bill togeth- back to Benghazi. Paging er.” Oh, wait. They were Jimmy Page — “who’s to talking about George W. blame?” It doesn’t matter.

Bush’s Medicare prescrip- It’s all a shell game withtion drug benefit. That’s out solution. different. Never mind.

And the good news goes Look, I know we’re all unnoticed. When Syria wired and iTuned in, but used chemical weapons do those in the media have against its own people, so little faith in American President Obama crafted resiliency that they really a Teddy Roosevelt-like believe a slow connection approach that resulted or a bug in the program in a diplomatic solution, will forever crash our and no American military hopes for the security of involvement. Everyone our family’s health? The played Monday morning generation gap has got- quarterback — without a

DVR. Where’s the instant replay on political punditry? This week, Syria met a deadline to outline its plan to destroy all its chemical weapon production plants. Where are the pronouncements and triumphal told-you-so’s from the media? Maybe they’re too busy hyperventilating over a Halloween costume. No need for ghosts and ghouls this year, though, because we’ve been haunted enough by past partisanship: The living dead of the debt crisis and the zombies of the government shutdown returned for a sequel. And yet I return to the songs for strength and hope. Songs unite us. Songs energize.

When The Beatles sang, “Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad — take a sad song and make it better,” they weren’t just talking about songs. They were talking about life. About politics.

Which is why, when I review the negativity and the misinformation from the adults, I turn to the next generation — those I teach, those that I will teach — and sing, “Don’t let me down.” Because I know they won’t.

Of course there are problems with Obamacare’s rollout. All beginnings are difficult. But there are governors — governors like Republican John Kasich of Ohio and Democrat Steve Beshear of Kentucky — who recognize that health care can’t wait.

Yes, up to 5 percent of the public who buy individual health insurance will lose their insurance carrier. Those policies may be cheap, but those policies cheat. They don’t cover what Obamacare law says they must cover for good, basic insurance.

In the long run, people will save money by having to pick up fewer medical bills.

One last song, from the band Journey. Because this song reflects where I am now, after our conversation today: “Don’t stop believin’/Hold on to the feelin’!”

Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic strategist, a political commentator and contributor to CNN and ABC News, and a contributing columnist to Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Outside a stateof-the-art grain elevator, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley talks of how Republicans and Democrats in Congress need to overcome differences that scuttled farm legislation last summer. A day later, he tells veterans at a rec center in his blue-collar, northern Iowa district that both parties should work together to help them.

“The issues surrounding our veterans should be issues that bring us together, not issues that drive us apart,” Braley says in a bipartisan pitch that lacks direct criticism of Republicans over the 16-day partial government shutdown.

In this district dotted with farming towns, as well as in districts around the country, the political environment is toxic for lawmakers running for reelection or seeking higher office. Polls show voters of all political stripes are down on Washington, especially after the shutdown. While people blame Republicans more, Democrats are hardly immune to criticism and easily could be fired next year. Besides, a second-term president’s party typically suffers losses in midterm elections.

Braley and many other Democrats are treading carefully. They are avoiding the partisan slashing that marked the shutdown crisis, delicately presenting their party as the better bet to break the gridlock, and seeking to take advantage of a possible political opening.

A CBS News poll taken immediately after the shutdown showed more Americans see more Democrats as pursuing the right level of compromise than Republicans, 35 percent to 24 percent.

Still, Democrats are mindful of the risks of overplaying their hand. Gloating over the GOP’s public squabbles probably wouldn’t go over well with a public angry and hungering for Washington to work together. Assailing Republicans as ideological obstructionists also could give voters reason to view all politicians as the same.

And acting overconfident could invite criticism that Democrats are out of touch with a public made bitter not just by the shutdown, but by weeks of problems with a health care law enacted solely by their party.

Braley has extra incentive to play nice. He is running for the Senate next year.

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Woman’s thanks to vets not always welcome DEAR ABBY: Recently I took a cue from my sister and her career Navy husband. They always make it a point to thank anyone they see in military uniform for his/her service and sacrifice.

I am somewhat shy by nature. But I am so thankful to these men and women who fight for our continued freedom that I stepped out of my comfort zone to verbalize my feelings and encourage those who cross my path.

Abby, the first and second thank-yous I offered did not go well. The first gentleman I spoke to gave me a scornful look and proceeded to tell me I should be thankful for ALL military personnel — not just him — and

especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.

I felt 3 inches tall and very embarrassed, but I chalked it up to perhaps having said thanks the wrong way, so I tried again. This time I thanked a World War II veteran. I recognized him as a vet by the emblem on the bill of the cap he was wearing. His response was, “Didn’t have a choice — it was the draft or jail.”

Maybe I’m not cut out for verbalizing my thankfulness, or maybe I’m doing it wrong. Now my shyness has taken over again. Should I silently offer a prayer of thanks instead? — TWICE BITTEN IN WASHINGTON

DEAR TWICE please don’t stop offering BITTEN: The first per- thanks. What you expeson you spoke to may rienced was some bad have lost some beginner’s luck, friends recently, but each time you which is why he express your gratispoke to you the tude, the odds will way he did. Your improve. response to the ** ** ** service member’s DEAR ABBY: A statement should little over a year have been: “Of ago, my husband course you are and I were pulled right. And I AM Dear Abby over after a day grateful. But you Abigail Van on our boat. We Buren are here, which is had been drinkwhy I’m expressing. My husband ing my thanks to YOU.” was charged with a DUI, Period. went through everything As to the WWII vet that was required and who entered the service decided to stop drinking. one jump ahead of the I am very proud of him. law — give him marks Going to AA meetings for honesty in admitting has kept him strong, and his reason for enter- he has become a better ing the military was person. less than patriotic. But I, on the other hand,

like to relax with a beer once in a while, but if I do, I feel guilty. My husband says it’s OK, but I feel it might tempt him.

Am I doomed not to be able to drink anymore to support his sobriety, or can I have a beer once in a while and hope he has learned to cope? Is having an occasional beer selfish? — NEEDS A DRINK IN NEW YORK DEAR NEEDS A DRINK: When someone describes not imbibing alcohol as being “doomed” and signs off as “needs a drink,” I suspect that the individual may be alcohol-dependent to some degree.

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Danica to keep it clean in GoDaddy Super Bowl spot

‘Spider-Man’ musical co-writer spills the beans

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — Don’t expect to see Danica Patrick take her clothes off, kiss a girl or do anything else risque during the next Super Bowl.

GoDaddy will again feature its famed spokeswoman in its infamous Super Bowl ads, but the website domain provider said Thursday it is canning the risque innuendo.

GoDaddy’s adver- Patrick tising campaign has leaned toward sexually suggestive themes since its early days when WWE diva Candice Michelle was the company spokeswoman.

But since Blake Irving took over as CEO in January, he’s tried to shift GoDaddy’s advertising focus toward its actual company message.

“2014 marks a new era for GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials,” Irving said in a statement Thursday.

GoDaddy has purchased two 30-second spots, one for each half of the Feb. 2 game, and the company said

NEW YORK (AP) — This summer, out of the blue, playwright Glen Berger got a call from director Julie Taymor.

He assumed he was being butt-dialed.

“I thought, ‘Oh, wow.

She sat on her phone.

How weird,’” he recalls.

After all, the two hadn’t spoken for more than two years following a bitter falling out during the rocky launch of Broadway’s “SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark.”

Taymor had been fired and a flurry of lawsuits began.

So Berger let the call go to voicemail and was surprised when Taymor left a message asking him to call her back. He was tempted — she was a special person, after all — but he knew he had to be careful.

This is how bad it had gotten: Berger called his agent first, who then insisted Berger’s lawyer be consulted. The lawyer called back 10 minutes later — don’t call the Tony Award winner back, he was warned.

“He said, ‘For Glen, Julie’s a siren. He’ll do anything she wants.’”

It turned out the advice was pointless. Taymor later called Berger back from a blocked number and he picked up. “The first thing out of her mouth was, ‘All right, so, am I going to have to worry about this book?’”

The book in question is Berger’s “Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversially Musical in Broadway History” (Simon & Schuster), the playwright’s attempt to make sense of a $75 million spectacle with music

by Bono and The Edge that took six years of his life and turned his work into a punch line.

It’s a fun read, a sort of modern day “Heart of Darkness” in which Berger — a mild-man-

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Thursday “at least one of the two spots will feature” Patrick. The NASCAR driver has appeared in 12 Super Bowl commercials — more than any other celebrity.

“I love what’s going on at GoDaddy,” said Patrick, spokesperson for the company for nearly seven years. “Since our last Super Bowl, I’ve been to the new Silicon Valley office and talked with customers who are genuinely grateful for how GoDaddy helps them grow their businesses online.

GoDaddy is for the go getter, the ‘little guy’ looking to compete with the ‘big guys’ and I love that.”

GoDaddy teased last year that it might be dropping Patrick from its campaign, only to use her in both Super Bowl spots. Her most prolific appearance came in a commercial starring supermodel Bar Refaeli, who made out on screen with a nerd. The ad ranked last in USA Today’s annual Super Bowl ad meter.

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

nered writer for children’s TV and a playwright whose biggest hit was “Underneath the Lintel” — describes getting caught in the web of dysfunctionality, backstabbing and out-of-control egos.

“Lord knows, I didn’t write this book to distress any one. It’s such a capital-S Story that I would have had to turn in my badge as a writer if I had passed it up,” he explained in an interview.

In the book, Berger recounts the endless delays, frustrations, accidents, secret emails and endless hubris. At one point he was working on multiple secret scripts and plotting in the men’s room.

“It got so weird. I was just going around everybody. It felt like ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley,’” he admits. “The script needed to be fixed.”

The most blame is reserved for the absentee songwriters — U2 were on tour all the time — unproven technology and, above all, Taymor, a director and co-writer who would not alter her vision and responded to any suggest that she do so with, he writes, “the fury of a hurricane making landfall.”

There are no bombshells in the book that haven’t already become public knowledge. “I’m not here to blab details,” he says. “This is a story about storytelling and a story about collaborating.”

After Taymor was fired, a new team including writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and director Philip William McKinley was hired to fix the show, lighten Taymor’s darkness and streamline the plot.

Berger, who had struggled to tame some of Taymor’s vision, now found himself fighting to keep many of her ideas and stop the show from

becoming milquetoast. It finally opened to critical boos, but became a big hit, only recently sagging at the box office.

“Of course, I’m rooting for the show,” says Berger, who continues to get checks from the musical and daily show reports. He says he’s not privy to plans — if any — for “Spider-Man” after Broadway.

Rick Miramontez, a spokesman for the show, has dismissed the new book as a mix of fact and fiction: “If Mr. Berger had put this much imagination into his script, the producers wouldn’t have had to hire Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.”

Taymor’s spokesman says she hasn’t read the book and so had no comment.

Berger has moved on, much wiser. The Emmynominated writer has commissions from the Alley Theatre in Houston and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He and composer Mark Mancina are adapting the film “August Rush” into a stage musical. His collaborations now are healthier.

“The only way that you can speak your mind is if you let go of the need for job security, which I wasn’t prepared to do for ‘Spider-Man.’ I didn’t want to lose that job,” he says.

Berger, who is married with three children and lives near Woodstock, N.Y., doesn’t look back with anger. The “Spider-

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Man” days were intoxicating and instructive and he loved rubbing shoulders with Bono and The Edge and Taymor.

“Maybe it was an artistic blip but it wasn’t a life blip. I thank the gods for giving it to me,” he says.

He even thinks it helped his writing: “Every now and then, you’ve got to put manure on the fields.

This was high-grade manure.”

But he will be haunted by what could have been.

While writing the book, he combed over six years of notes and emails and came to a startling conclusion: The “SpiderMan” musical wasn’t necessarily doomed.

“I saw ways — glittering, gleaming ways — that it all could have been fixed so perfectly and beautifully. And I could have done it. If I had just been given a couple of weeks and some coffee,” he says. “It really could have been great. It kills me. Every day.”

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The year is nearly over!

How fantastic was the month of October 2013?

We had amazing weather for Pumpkin Show and the turning color of area trees has just been beautiful. There is so much to be thankful for. And if you are looking for something to do, check out what is scheduled for the rest of the month: School News There will be no school on Nov 7 and 8. Parent Teacher Conferences will be held from 3:157 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6; and Noon to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7.

Picture Retakes School picture retakes are scheduled for Nov. 6. Just send your entire packet back and they’ll retake for free.

Want to own a part of Bradford’s football history? The old scoreboard is being raffled off! Tickets are $2 per ticket or 6 for $10. You can get raffle tickets at the football game Friday night or call

the school at 448-2719.

Winner is responsible for arranging for the scoreboard removal.

Holiday Crafters -The Holiday Craft Show, sponsored by the Bradford Band Boosters, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16.

Anyone interested in selling their handmade craft or bake goods, please contact Jennifer Melgaard for an application or questions. Application deadline is Nov. 13.

Historical Society The Historical Society still has ornaments of the elementary and high school for $6 each. Please contact Jill Rank if you would like one.

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Full slate of council candidates to greet Bradford voters Heather Meade

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BRADFORD – Several of the candidates running for Bradford Village Council have already gained experience in that area, whether they’re running for re-election or they’ve served in the past and have decided that they’d like to do so again.

There are four positions open on Bradford Council, with six candidates hoping to fill them.

Jeffrey Wirrig, with 24 years on the council already, and said he’s still willing to put in the time and effort to make sure Bradford is a great place to live.

“You always want to shoot for the moon,” Wirrig commented. “And for the last 10 to 15 years, Bradford has made a lot of improvement with a lot of big projects, using grant money, which is great.

But you can become grant poor…those have stipulations and money you have to pay back. All of these projects come with ties, and I think it’s time to start looking at some smaller projects.”

Michael Warner, also

an incumbent, wants to continue serving his community, and making Bradford a better place to live for residents, he said.

“I think everyone that’s running for council right now has the same outlook I do of trying to improve and keep the village a nice community,” Warner commented when asked what makes him stand apart from the competition.

Now retired, Warner has a good deal of life experience, including business ownership, to bring to the table, he said.

“I’m here to do the best I can for the village, keep things running smoothly, and whatever comes up that I feel is best for the village, that’s what I’m looking at,” Warner stated. “I’ll do the best I can to keep the village running, making it a nice, safe community for our people to live in.”

Thomas Moore, who served on council for 10 years in the past, said he feels it’s a good time to run again because he recently retired, giving him the time the council takes, he said.

“About 15 to 20 years

ago, when I was on council for 10 years, I enjoyed it,” Moore stated. “I had some work changes, and I couldn’t generate the time anymore to do it like I was supposed to, so I quit. I told myself then if I ever retired and had the time, I’d do it again…

I learned a lot the first time, and I think I can apply it to the present day world, just as I did back then.”

Deb Warner has also served on council in the past, and said it’s time to run again.

“I was on council before, and I just think there’s still work to be done. They need someone up there who is willing to put in the time and effort to make sure things are completed,” she commented. “I’ve been there (council) before, and I understand how things work. I’ve also been in business for more years than I care to say. I think decisions need to be made with a business mind and an equal hand for all citizens.”

Warner said she would like to see the village’s funds used in the best interest of Bradford’s residents, since state funding

has slimmed down in past years. A life-long resident of Bradford, Warner attends council meetings despite not being on the council anymore, she said.

“I’d like to see that audience get bigger…I go up there just to know what’s going on…so I can hit the ground running if I’m elected because I’m already up to speed,” Warner noted.

Desmond Layman, while he has not previously served on council, is excited about the possibility, and feels it would be a way for him to repay the community for being so welcoming to his family when they moved to the area, he said.

Layman has sat on the park board for the village, is a business owner, and has acted as a youth pastor in the village for 10 years, he said. He’s excited at the possibility of working with the council, citing them as a “wonderful team,” and sees nothing but “room for improvement.”

David Abney, the sixth candidate for Bradford Council, was unavailable for comment.

Sending sweets to soldiers Local dentist office holds second annual “Candy Buy Back” event for Operation Gratitude Melanie Yingst

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TROY — Giving back to troops overseas is a sweet job, and one dentist office needs Miami County kids and their Halloween candy stash to help put smiles on the faces of soldiers.

The dental team at Excellence in Dentistry, located at 1523 N. Market St., Troy, is holding its second annual “Candy Buy Back” event through Saturday, Nov. 9.

According to Nicole McFadden, public relations for the dental office, last year’s first candy corralling campaign was a “huge success” netting approximately 250 pounds of Halloween candy, which was sent to U.S. troops overseas.

“All the candy will be collected and shipped overseas through a program called Operation Gratitude,” McFadden said.

Children can bring their candy to the den-

tist office and will receive $1 per pound, up to 5 pounds, for their stash.

The children also can write notes about their Halloween costumes and trick-or-treat stories to the military members who will enjoy the sweet treats. The buy-back event is limited to 500 pounds of sugar-filled fun.

All children will also be entered in to a drawing to win an iPad. All participants do not have to be patients through the office, McFadden said.

“The kids can put their name on a note and tell the military all about their Halloween to help them feel good about what they are doing,” McFadden said.

McFadden s aid Excellence in Dentistry is planning on making the Candy Buy Back event an annual event.

For office hours and other information about Excellence in Dentistry, visit www.bentleydds. com or ‘Like’ Excellence in Dentistry on Facebook.

items during this 1 and ½ hour session. Live and artificial greenery will be used. This session fills up very quickly so call right away at 448-2612 to reserve your space for this workshop. The cost for instruction and all materials is $25, payable to Joanie’s Floral. A minimum deposit of $10 must be made at sign-up to confirm your spot.

Quilting with Marla Expert quilter, Marla Spencer, will be holding a five-week class on “Learning to Quilt.” Have you always looked at beautiful quilts and said someday I’m going to learn how to do that? The Bradford Public Library is pleased to host Marla Spencer for a beginning machine quilt class beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 6 and running for five weeks. Each week you will learn a different technique such as strip piecing, half squares, sewing triangles and how to match those seams just

right. For more information or a supply list call Marla Spencer at 4482527 or e-mail her at: mjspencer-@roadrunner. com. You must pre-register at the library and pay your class fee before the first class to be eligible. At that time you will receive a Supply Sheet for the class. The cost of this five-week quilting session is $35, plus your supplies. Each session will be from 6:30-9 p.m.

Library hours are Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 pm, Tuesday and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m, Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Bradford Public Library is located at 138 E. Main St. and staff may be reached at 937-448-2612 during regular hours.

If you have something special to share please contact me at callingbradford@yahoo.com or call and leave a message at (937) 417-4317.

Hospice offers holiday grief sessions SIDNEY — Wilson Hospice Care will offer sessions addressing the challenges that the holiday season poses to those who are dealing with grief issues.

These sessions will be at the First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road from 1-3 p.m. or from 7-9 p.m., Nov. 5, 12 and 19.

The sessions are offered at no charge to the participants. The sessions are designed to deal with particular topics at each session so the three sessions will not be the same.

Participants who cannot attend all three are welcome to attend as many as they desire.

The holiday season is not “the season to be

jolly” for everyone. For many, this season of the year is filled with painful memories, fears, and “empty places of the heart.”

“Grief is a strange process in our lives,” said the Rev. Phil Chilcote, bereavement coordinator. “It can, and often affects every area of life: our bodies, our minds, our relationships, our behavior, our sense of self-worth. The holiday season seems to highlight the reality of how things are different than they used to be. These differences can really throw us, so that often it becomes very difficult to function normally at all.”

For information, call (937) 494-5287.

BRIEFS Pavilion holding coat drive SIDNEY — The Pavilion Rehab and Skilled Care, 705 Fulton St., will hold a coat drive today through Friday. New and gently used coats can be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All coats will stay in Shelby County. For more information, call (937) 492-9591.

CHS junior class parents to meet COVINGTON — The Covington High School Junior Class After-Prom Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the CHS library. If you would like to chaperone and/ or participate in the 2014 after-prom activities, please join us.

If you have any questions, please contact Shellie Arbogast at (937) 416-2143.

Business Expo set FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Area Chamber of Commerce 2013 Business Expo will be held Wednesday from 3:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Michael’s Hall, 33 Elm St. The event is a joint project of the chamber and the village of Fort Loramie.

Exhibitors will include manufacturers, retailers, financial services, contractors, food and beverage establishments, auto sales, computer services, and a variety of other familyowned businesses, as well as representatives from the village government.

Refreshments will be available and there will

be a chance to win several door prizes.

Christmas Bazaar coming up COVINGTON — The annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Teresa Catholic Church, 6925 W. U.S. 36, will be held Saturday from 9 a.m.2:30 p.m. The bazaar will include baked goods, as well as outside crafters and vendors and a quilt raffle.

P.E.E.P. registration begins Nov. 17 TROY — Keep your preschooler active this winter by registering them for hands-on, outdoor exploration with BNC’s Preschool Environmental Education Program (PEEP).

Each class will be filled with wildlife discovery as we share a story, make a craft, enjoy a snack, then take an exploratory hike. Winter I session runs Jan. 7 through Feb. 14. This program offers a unique opportunity for children ages 3-5 to learn through nature hikes, crafts and story time.

Classes run for six weeks and are offered one day a week. Classes take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:3011:30 a.m. An additional afternoon class is offered on Friday from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

The fee is $45 for BNC members and $60 for non-members. All fees are due upon registration. Open registration begins Nov. 17 and class size is limited to 12 children.

INFORMATION Call ROB KISER, sports editor, at 773-2721, ext. 209, from 8 p.m. to midnight weekdays.

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IN BRIEF ■ Football

Three teams make playoffs Three local teams made the OHSAA football playoffs.

Miami East finished first in Division VI, Region 22 and will host Tri-County North at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

On Saturday, both Covington and Lehman will be in action at 7 p.m.

The Buccs finished second in Division VII, Region 26 and will host Portsmouth Notre Dame.

The Cavaiers finished fourth in the same region and will host Bainbridge Paint Valley.

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OSU rolls to easy victory

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YARDSTICK PHS THS First Downs 22 23 Rushing Yards 341 214 Passing Yards 79 160 Comp.-Att.-Int 6-8-1 12-17-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties 4-41 10-82 Punts-Avg. 0-0 3-36.7 Score By Quarters Piqua 14 7 6 6 — 33 Troy 0 7 7 13 — 27

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Piqua senior Austin Reedy, shown with parents John and Jenny Reedy, receives a scholar-athlete award from the Great American Rivalry Series Friday night.

Scoring Summary 1.Piqua — Trent Yeomans, 5yard run (Caleb Vallieu kick).

2.Piqua — Austin Reedy, 12yard run (Caleb Vallieu kick).

3.Piqua — Trent Yeomans, 4yard run (Caleb Vallieu kick).

4.Troy — Miles Hibler, 9-yard run (Drew Burghardt kick).

5.Piqua — Trent Yeomans, 93-yard run (kick failed).

6.Troy — T.J. Michael, 26yard pass from Matt Barr (Drew Burghardt kick).

7.Troy — Miles Hibler, 5-yard run (kick failed).

8.Piqua — Austin Reedy, 2yard run (kick failed).

9.Troy — Matt Barr, 1-yard run (kick failed).

Individual Statistics Rushing — Piqua: Trent Yeomans 27-217, Austin Reedy 17131, Dan Monnin 1-0, Tate Honeycutt 1-(-7). Troy: Miles Hibler 26-187, Elijah Pearson 5-32, Anthony Shoop 2-14, Matt Barr 6-(-19).

Passing — Piqua: Dan Monnin 6-8-1 79. Troy: Matt Barr 1217-0 160.

Receiving — Piqua: Tate Honeycutt 2-24, Colton Bachman 2-21, Austin Reedy 1-17, Noah Lyman 1-17. Troy: Austin Kyzer 2-47, Alex Magoteaux 546, Gregory Johnson 4-41, T.J. Michael 1-26.

Mike Ostendorf (right) was inducted into the Great American Rivalry Series Hall of Fame Friday night.

Russia boys take 10th at state meet

Johnson gets Texas victory FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jimmie Johnson led 255 of 334 laps for a dominating victory Sunday that put the five-time champion back in the Chase for the Sprint Cup lead with two races left in the season.

Matt Kenseth and Johnson arrived at Texas Motor Speedway tied in points.

Johnson got his sixth victory this season, becoming only the second three-time Cup winner at Texas.

The No. 48 Hendrick team takes a seven-point lead to Phoenix race next week.

STUMPER

■ Lehman girls soccer loses heartbreaker, page 8.

■ Versailles spikers advance to state, page 12.

Fitting finish for Indians

Four weeks ago, the Piqua football team was in the midst of a five-game losing streak and sitting at 1-5 on the season and looking for answers.

Four weeks later, as the season closes, the Indians must feel like champions.

A 3-1 finish to the season — with a win over Troy to close the streak — could only be topped by a championship.

It was a fitting end for WEST LAFAYETTE, seniors Daniel Monnin, Ind. (AP) — Doran Grant Jacob Teague, Austin picked off Purdue's first Reedy, Aaron Shroyer, Depass, returning it for a ondre Williams, Jacob touchdown, and Braxton Sowry, Hayden Hall, Tyler Miller threw for 233 yards and four touchdowns Sat- Ouhl, Dom Stone, Alex urday as No. 4 Ohio State Thompson, Ryan Neal, Jacob Shortridge, Thomas extended the nation's Brown, Matt Stollmer, longest winning streak to 21 with a 56-0 rout at Pur- Devin Magoteaux and Kevin Watkins. due.

And for the returning The Buckeyes (9-0, 5-0 players, an uplifting way Big Ten) have not lost in to go into the off-season.

22 months. Coach Urban "We went five weeks Meyer also won his 22nd straight game, tying a per- without a win," junior running back Trent Yeosonal best established at Florida. Ohio State scored mans said. "And we ended up what — 3-2 in the the most points and proGWOC North. It was a duced the most lopsided great finish to the seascoring margin in the 56game history of this series. son."

One that didn't surprise Both topped the marks set Piqua football coach Bill in Ohio State's 49-0 vicNees. tory in 2010.

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Lehman’s Joe Fuller leads a pack of runners Saturday.

HEBRON — Russia boys cross country coach Doug Foster had a goal in mind going into the D-III state meet at National Trail Raceway Saturday afternoon.

And the Raiders hit that right on the money, edging out Shelby County rival Anna by one point for 10th place in the team standings.

"We felt like if we could finish 10th at state this year, that would be a good year for us," Foster said.

"So, I am very happy. This was a great year for us. We knew there

were a lot of strong teams over here and it was going to be tough to finish in the top 10 and we did it."

Caleb Ball led the Raiders with a 54th-place finish in 17:09.54.

"Caleb is just a sophomore," Foster said. "He had a nice race today and a really good year."

Rounding out the Russia runners were Bryan Drees, 69, 17:22.57; Steven Stickel, 86, 17:42.31; Jordan Gariety, 95, 17:50.66; Ethan Monnier, 102, 17:54.34; Alex Seger, 106, 17:57.51; Trevor Monnin, 115, 18:05.88.

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Borchers, Russia finish seventh at state meet

many Q: How straight

games as Urban Meyer won as a coach?

Lehman’s Heitkamp makes podium ROB KISER Call Sports Editor rkiser@civitasmedia.com

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QUOTED “We brought them in here and kind of rattled them up a little bit.”

—Urban Meyer on Saturday’s pre-game speech

HEBRON — Russia cross country coach Doug Foster couldn't have been happier for his team.

And Lady Raider junior emily Borchers and Lehman sophomore Caroline Heitmeyer both earned All-Ohio honors and made it on the podium at the D-III state cross country meet Saturday at National Trail Raceway.

Covington's Carly Shell also earned All-Ohio honors in the race.

The Lady Raiders finished seventh as a team, just five points behind Sugarcreek Garaway.

"I am really happy for the girls," Foster said. "We were hoping for top five, but these girls have had an amazing year. This is the first race we lost since the Tiffin Carnival early in the season."

Borchers ran in the top ten the entire race in earning All-Ohio honors for the second straight season, taking seventh in 19:05.95.

"I was really happy with my race and I am hoping the team did well," Borchers said immediately after the race. "I wanted to improve on last year and I did that. It was really crowded at the start. It was tough conditions and there

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Lehman’s Taylor Lachey is pressured by Shelby Lamping as she heads the ball Saturday at Lebanon. Looking on are Badin keeper Michelle Hessling, Lehman’s Ashley Keller (17) and Badin’s Bri Snowden (right).

Lady Cavaliers leave amazing legacy ROB KISER Call Sports Editor rkiser@civitasmedia.com

LEBANON — It didn't end the way the Lehman girls soccer team had hoped — with a 1-0 loss to the Hamilton Badin in a Division III regional final Saturday night at Lebanon.

But the legacy left by the Lady Cavaliers and seniors Jordi Emrick, Lauren Goettemoeller, Karly Baird, Taylor Lachey, Marla Schroeder, Olivia Sehlhorst, Madeline Franklin, Jenna Kronenberger and Grace Frantz will be a tough one for future teams to match.

After advancing to the district finals a year ago — they took it two steps farther this year.

They went where no Shelby County soccer team had ever gone before.

Lehman outscored opponents 82-8 this season, with Frantz recording 13 shutouts in 20 games and the Lady Cavaliers finished with a 17-2-1 mark and a number two ranking in the state poll.

Yet, the tears afterwards showed what made this team so special — as coach Tony Schroeder told them after the game.

"They were up front

about it after last season," Schroeder said. "They had the courage to come out and say their goal was to win the state title.

"I told them at the time, it is better to set your goals high and come up short, then set your goal for mediocrity and achieve it."

On Saturday night a Badin team that is now 13-4-4 and had been tested in every game they played this season, dominated the first half.

Yet, Lehman nearly escaped it even.

The Lady Rams had eight shots to the Lady Cavaliers one.

But, that one shot almost gave Lehman the lead with 26:55 remaining in the half.

After Ashley Keller stole the ball deep in the Rams end, she crossed to Sara Fuller, whose shot was just wide.

Badin, who had four corner kicks in the first half, finally cashed in on a

shot from Malia Berkely with 9:56 remaining in the half.

Berkely, a player in the ODP (Olympic Development Program), launched a shot from 30 yards that was placed perfectly just beyond the reach of Frantz.

"At this level, it is a game of inches," Schroeder said. "You have to give Badin credit. They took advantage of their opportunity."

Lehman looked like a

different team in the second half, outshooting Badin 7-2.

"We had something in mind in the first half and it just wasn't there," Schroeder said. "Assistant coach Jeremy Lorenzo made a great halftime adjustment and we dominated the second half."

The Lady Cavaliers just couldn't get the equalizer.

It looked like Lehman had tied it with 22:22 remaining in the game, when Goettemoeller launched a shot from 20 yards out.

Badin's goalie Michelle Hessling leaped and was able to deflect it just enough to send it over the goal.

"I really thought that was going in," Schroeder said.

The Lady Cavaliers continued the offensive pressure, but were never able to find the net.

Frantz finished the night with five saves.

"This really is a special group," Schroeder said. "I told them at halftime to leave it all out on the field in the second half — to have no regrets. And they did that."

Exactly what you would expect from whose legacy will not be matched — or forgotten — any time soon.

the end," Heitmeyer said.

"So, I was really disappointed. Then I found it was 16 and I was really happy. That was my goal to get on the podium.

She never expected to find herself at state on the podium this year.

"Not at all," she said.

"This is just unbelievable to me to come over here and be on the podium. I believe that was a PR for me.

“I wasn't sure where I was at, I just kept going as hard as I could. It definitely shows me what I can do. I want to get back here the next two years and do even better.."

Lehman coach Bill Fuller was ecstatic with Heitmeyer.

"As a sophomore firstyear runner, Caroline (Heitmeyer) getting to the state championship podium is phenomenal," he said. "She looked strong and comfortable throughout the race moving steadily up from 22nd at the 1,600 meter split to 14th at the 3,200 meter mark and hanging in to

race at all," Zimmerman said. "But, I will learn from this. I w i l l change the way I train. My legs were really tired t o d a y.

T h e r e were four girls running in front of me who I have beaten all year, so that shows I need to MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO change the way I Caroline Heitkamp runs Saturday. train for pull away in the final 400 this next year."

Fuller understood his meters to gain the coveted 16th place finish for the runner's feelings.

"While she was disappodium."

Her teammate Jenna pointed in her time, we enZimmerman, who Heit- couraged Jenna that as a meyer credits with push- freshman this was great ing her to the level she is exposure to state level at, finished 64th as a competition and she will have three years ahead of freshman in 20:21.84.

"I wasn't happy with my her and that a podium fin-

ish will come," he said.

■ Covington was represented by two runners as well.

Carly Shell was in the top 20 most of the race, before finishing 24th in 19:37.65.

"I am not too happy with this race," Shell said.

"I cramped up at the end and a bunch of girls went past me. This was definitely a good experience.

This is different than any cross country race I have ever run in."

Freshman Anna Dunn didn't break 20 minutes like she hoped, but was pretty happy with her race. She finished 66th in 20:23.23.

"I didn't get it (under 20 minutes today), but that is something I can work on for next year," Dunn said.

"I will get it. It was a tough race. I never even expected to get here as a freshman, so I am pretty happy with what I accomplished."

■ Miami East freshman Marie Ewing saw it as a something to build on. She finished 111th in 21:30.39.

Lehman’s Jenna Kroneberger (left) is held off by Badin’s Gabby Geigle.

"I can't say enough about Bryan Drees and Steve Stickle and careers they had," Foster said.

"They were district champions all four years and qualified for state all four years — they won the league title three of the four years.

"We leaned on them for a lot this year and they did a great job. They were two and third today and we had two freshman that were four and five.

"We are happy with this year. We have some talented young runners and we will see where we are at next year."

■ Lehman's Joe Fuller, a three-time state qualifier, was shooting for a top 10 finish, but ended his career at 22nd in 16:39.96 after running in the top five for the first half of the race.

"I did (have a nice career)," Fuller said. "I just went out too fast today."

Lehman coach Bill Fuller praised his runner's determination.

"Joe started strong being 4th at the 1600 meter split in an ideal time of 5:04 but a knee started bothering him," the coach said. "By the 3200 meter split he was 18th and was at risk of falling out of the top 25.

With 500 meters to go, the pain was obvious but there was a determination there to not be denied an All-Ohio finish.

"While Joe was disappointed to not place higher, earning All-Ohio two years in a row places him in a very select group of Lehman cross country runners."

■ Versailles junior Richie Ward finished 48th in 17:04.48.

"It's great to be at the state meet," he said. "I wasn't happy with my time. With so many runners, it is really hard to go out and run your race.

There is always somebody there. I look forward to coming back next year and getting another shot at it."

■ Houston junior Devon Jester finished 74th in 17:29.01.

"It was a tough race today," Jester said. "I am definitely not satisfied with it. I think this will help me. I want to take another shot at it next year."

■ Bobby Johnson of McDonald won the race in 15:45.48, leading the Blue Devils to the team title.

McDonald finished with 94, while Cortland Maplewood was close behind with 103 points.

"It was a really fast race,: she said. "It was a muddy in a couple spots, but not too bad. It does (give her big expectations). I want to come back here and win this before I am done."

■ Versailles coach Mark Pleiman knew the Lady Tigers, who finished 14th, would be up against some tough competition.

"I thought the girls ran well," he said. "Nobody expected us to be here. This was our goal this year. To get to state and the girls reached that goal. It is always an honor to make it over here as a team.

"We will re-evaluate our goals next year," he said.

"We lose some good runners, but we have some good ones coming back."

Versailles runners included Madison Grilliot, 48, 20:12.44; Murphy Grow, 56, 20:16.92; Chloe Warvel 108, 21:28.86; Brooke Pothast, 112, 21:30.59; Camille Watren, 122, 21:53.95; Lexi Fliehman, 135, 22:28.06; Hannah Wenig, 137, 22:42.01.

Girls CC From page 9 were a lot of good runners. I did my best to stay up there."

Foster was happy with her race as well.

"Emily ran a great race," Foster said. "She hadn't been beaten since the Tiffin Carnival, but we knew there were a lot of good runners in the race.

We knew the girl that won and the two Coldwater girls were going to be hard to beat. We thought she had a chance at the top five.

"We told her to stay as close as she could and she ran a great race. The rest of the team all ran well."

Other Russia runners included Lauren Heaton, 33, 19:55.95; Molly Kearns, 68, 20:25.07; Emilie Frazier, 82, 20:45.01; Kirstin Voisard, 85, 20:53.96; Karissa Voisard, 86, 20:56.43; Claudia Monnin, 116, 21:38.31.

■ Heitmeyer went from disappointment to elation at the end of the race after finishing 16th in 1(;27.72.

"I thought it was top 15 that got on the podium and a girl passed me at

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In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, Yin Yusheng poses for a photographer in Beijing, China. Yin hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt. He wants to make his readers the boss — and that includes paying his salary.

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BEIJING (AP) — From his temporary home on a friend’s sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt. He wants to make his readers the boss — and that includes paying his salary.

Once users pledge 5,000 yuan ($800) — half his monthly pay when he worked for a business daily — he takes a story up. He has completed one piece since beginning his experiment in crowdfunding in September, appealing to those who are “tired of the praises sung by the state-run media.”

Journalism in China is held in low esteem by many members of the public, not just because virtually all media is state-controlled and toes the government line, but also because of dirty practices dating back to the 1990s. Journalists regularly demand money from companies or individuals not to report a negative story about them, and expect a “red envelope” with cash to report a positive development or to turn up at a press conference.

Yin, who lost a reporting job at a magazine earlier this year when it changed from a weekly to a monthly, wants to be beholden only to the news-reading public, and is testing whether crowdfunding from online donations can give him a stable income.

In an online mission statement, he says crowdfunding can make a product successful, save a company and bring donations to the weak and vulnerable. “In the same way, it can give us the truth,” he writes.

There already are several self-styled citizen journalists in China publishing online reports on their own websites. Yin said he wants to bring a professional standard to this kind of reporting and thinks colleagues in the

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industry may follow his lead because such reporting “enjoys a little more sliver of freedom” than working in the state-controlled industry.

Yin, 43, has advertised his story ideas on China’s two largest microblogging sites and the online marketplace Taobao.

The crowdfunded investigative piece he has completed was about Chen Baocheng, a Beijing reporter detained during a protest over a land demolition in his hometown. Yin’s pitch attracted the required funding within 24 hours.

A week and a half later, he uploaded the finished piece onto two Twitterlike microblogging sites, Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo.

State media stories on the case tended to focus on police and lawyers’ reactions, but Yin’s vivid report was based on more than 20 interviews with police, lawyers, witnesses, local officials and some of those who had been detained. Some reports alleged that Chen doused an excavator operator in gasoline, but Yin’s report found that he had arrived only after others had already poured the fuel.

Yin also tweets from the scene. “I am on the scene, meaning you are on the scene as well,” his promise to readers goes.

His plan came from discussions with friends who, like him, entered print journalism from backgrounds in computer science or online media, and who began to see the Internet’s power to usurp traditional media.

“We began to ask ourselves the question: Why do we have to confine ourselves to one specific media outlet? Many of us had already become quite influential, so publishing an article online might have more public impact,” he said in an interview at a Beijing cafe.

In the U.S. and Europe, journalists and activists have used crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter to find money for one-off creative projects, like a

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first book or a documentary. A number of sites also have experimented with such financing for journalists in the past few years, especially in the United States, said George Brock, a journalism professor at City University London.

“I don’t think it’s going to be the central plank or pillar of a new business model for journalism, but the experiments that have been done in it have shown that projects that catch people’s imagination, whether they be Web or print or film, really can raise money,” Brock said.

Yin set his limit at 5,000 yuan, which is also slated to cover his expenses, in hopes of discouraging the notion that a big spender could control his agenda.

He uploaded details on the 1,955 yuan he spent covering his first report, including photos of bus and train tickets and other receipts.

He is saving money by staying in a friend’s apartment, which he says might also make it more difficult for officials to track him down.

He risks becoming a target in the government’s intensified crackdown on online expression. In recent months, China’s leaders have clamped down on what they call online rumors and efforts to erode the rule of the Communist Party through lies and negative news. Their targets have included celebrity bloggers that call attention to social injustices.

Even if the government does not detain Yin, it could scrub his reports from the Internet.

“The key point here is the distribution question” and whether Yin’s reports will be censored, said David Bandurski, a researcher with the China Media Project at Hong Kong University.

“All Internet is China is in a recent period of extreme intensification of control and he’s dealing — presumably if he’s doing investigations — with sensitive issues.”

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The City of Piqua certifies to the State of Ohio that Gary Huff, in his capacity as City Manager, consents to accept the jurisdiction of Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

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Rolliing into state tourney Versailles handles Sparta Highland in three games KYLE SHANER Civitas Media

KETTERING — In a moment Versailles has been building toward for years, the Lady Tigers swept No. 1 ranked Sparta Highland in a regional final match Saturday afternoon to secure a spot in the state tournament.

It was a continuation of Versailles' dominance in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III volleyball tournament as the Lady Tigers have swept all five of their postseason matches, including a 25-15, 25-17, 25-15 win against Highland on Saturday.

“It's awesome,” Versailles volleyball coach Karla Frilling said. “It's an awesome feeling. I have a lot of pride in the community and in the girls and effort and hard work and the determination they have. You can't help but walk out of here being proud that you're a Tiger today.”

Even though Highland was the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association's top-ranked Division III team, No. 3 ranked Versailles had little trouble with the Scots on Saturday.

Versailles never trailed Highland in the first game and was only tied once, a 22 tie early in the opening set. The game remained close in the early stages, but Versailles scored 15 of the final 21 points to win the opening game 25-15.

The high point for Highland came early in the second game when the Scots led 1-0 and 4-3. After that, Highland never led again as Versailles continued to roll and won the game 2517 to go up two sets to none.

With all the momentum in Versailles' favor, the Tigers scored the first three points of the third set and eight of the first nine.

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Rachel Kremer sets the ball for Versailles Saturday, Versailles won 25-15, sweeping the match and securing its trip to the state final four.

“I thought we did a nice job overall of maintaining our position ahead of them,” Frilling said. “As a coach, I don't think it was our best game, wasn't our best match. Came out a little slow defensively, offensively made some errors. I don't know, maybe again it's just me wanting more and more and more out of these girls, but the victory is still sweet, regardless.”

Following the match, the Lady Tigers raised their regional championship trophy and celebrated on the floor at Kettering Fairmont's Trent Arena with their friends and family.

“I just feeling like crying the whole time,” senior setter Rachel Kremer said.

Securing a berth in the state tournament is something that's been in the Lady Tigers' sights for the past few seasons as Versailles only lost one volleyball player to graduation in each of the past two sea-

sons. As a result, the Lady Tigers have an experienced roster with six seniors, six juniors and three sophomores who have been at the forefront of the team the past few seasons and building to this moment.

“Maybe a little sooner than this but I'll take it now, I'll take it now,” Frilling said when asked if she had envisioned these girls making it to state. “I knew these girls had a big future ahead of them, and I'm very, very proud of them and happy for them.”

It's a battle-tested group that has stuck together to now make the state final four.

“I wouldn't trade this team for anybody,” senior outside hitter Amanda Winner said.

This is Versailles' fourth trip to the state final four in volleyball and first since 2008. Versailles was the state runner up in 2003 and a state semifinalist in 2008 and 1988.

In this year's state tournament, Versailles will play in the state semifinals at noon Friday at Wright State University's Nutter Center against Upper Sandusky, who beat fellow Midwest Athletic Conference member Colwater in five sets Saturday.

“They're tall, they're athletic, and it's a state game,” Frilling said of Upper Sandusky, prior to learning the outcome of its match against Coldwater. “We're going to have to play hard.”

The match between Versailles and Upper Sandusky will be followed by the other Division III state semifinal between West Lafayette Ridgewood and Gates Mills Gilmour Academy.

The winners of the two state semifinal matches will play for the Division III state championship at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Nutter Center.

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Piqua From page 7 "It is not often a Piqua team has a five-game losing streak," Nees said. "The kids just stayed with it. We had a little setback last week (a loss to Vandalia after three straight wins). But, we thought the kids would bounce right back and they did."

And Nees has plenty of reason to be upbeat — and not just the return of 2,000-yard rusher Yeomans and strong corp of receivers.

"At the end of the game, I think we had eight sophomores and junior on the field on defense," the coach said. "I think that bodes well for the future."

■ One of the great things about the PiquaTroy game being part of the Great American Rivalry Series is the honors past and present athletes in the series.

Along with Yeomans, who was named game MVP — one former and one current Piqua player received such honors.

Mike Ostendorf, a multi-sport standout during his days at Piqua Central in the 1960s, was inducted into the Great American Rivalry Series for his performances in the Piqua-Troy game.

Reedy was also honored before the game, receiving a scholarship from the Great American Rivalry Series as Piqua's scholar athlete.

■ Yeomans put himself among some great names in Piqua football history.

Since 1972, he became the third Piqua running back to go over 2,000 yards for the season — behind Brandon Saine (2,287) and Scott Foster (2,134).

And while they both did it as seniors, Yeomans will be returning after rushing for 2,019 yards this season.

His 23 touchdowns rank only behind Saine (38) and Foster (24) for one season.

He also finished the season with six consecutive games of 200 or more yards rushing and had a school record 306 against Springboro.

"I just have to give it all to my offensive line," Yeomans said. "They were amazing all season."

■ In one of the more interesting stats — with Yeomans and Reedy combining for 338 yards rushing, Troy never got a chance to see Piqua's punter.

And Piqua got the best finish it could have, pulling within one of Troy in the overall series in the rivalry.

Troy has 62 wins, Piqua 61, with six ties.

■ And it couldn't have gone any better for Reedy in his final Piqua football game.

He had his first 100-yard game, rushing for 131 yards on 17 carries, caught a 17-yard pass and scored two touchdowns.

That included converting a fourth down and scoring on the next play with 2:30 to go to give Piqua a 33-20 lead and ice the win.

"It is the best feeling I have ever had on a football field to this point," Reedy said.

What a difference four weeks makes.