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Seats retained in light election turnout Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — As results began to trickle in over the course of Tuesday evening, it was clear that voter turnout had been light for the 2013 general election.

In the last mayoral seat race over 5,000 votes were tabulated as Mayor Lucinda L. Fess ran against newcomer Robert E. Anspach in 2011.

For 2013, less than half that Fess many came out to decide who would be the city of Piqua’s mayor for

Cemetery levy passed in Piqua Will E Sanders

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the next two years and who would take 3rd Ward commission seat for the next four years.

Julia (Judy) Terry, for 4th Ward Commissioner, was the only candidate in local elections to run opposed, while 5th Ward C o m m i s s i o n e r / M ayo r Lucinda L. Fess and 2nd Ward Commissioner William D. Vogt raced for the mayoral seat, and 3rd Ward Commissioner Joseph Wilson ran for his respective seat against Terry newcomer James Cruse Jr. Terry will return to her commission

seat for another four years taking 1,593 votes, with official results from the Miami County Board of Elections presenting Fess as continuing in the mayor’s position with 1,016 votes against Vogt’s 915, and Wilson to continue in his respective commission seat with 1,189 votes against Cruse’s 730 votes.

When asked about how he felt concerning the results Tuesday evening, Wilson responded, “I’m happy to be elected Wilson and I’ll work hard the next four years.”

Fess expressed similar sentiments.

“I was just really pleased that the citizens of Piqua saw to re-elect me for another two years,” said Fess who will be glad to continue in the mayor’s position so as to see to the continuance of positive things happening in the city, and that when it comes to the other commissioners and city staff she is, “Glad that we stayed together and looking forward to working with them for another two years.”

See page 9 of today’s Daily Call for county-wide results to the 2013 general election.

Miami Valley Centre Mall hosts Light of Christmas fundraiser Will E Sanders

PIQUA — Public support of the “first and finest” union cemetery in the state of Ohio prevailed at the polls Tuesday as voters approved the measure.

Unofficial results showed the proposed five-year .5 mill levy renewal for the Forest Hill Union Cemetery passing with 70 percent in favor of the issue and 30 percent against.

Results for the levy showed 1,543 voted for the levy and 678 voted against it.

Cemetery Superintendent Jim Roth said the levy was needed for the 120-acre cemetery, located at 8660 N. State Route 66, which has more than 29,0000 burials and 27,000 monuments.

The levy will not create an additional tax and a resident will pay $15.31 per year for the valuation of a $100,000 home.

In addition to keeping the costs of burials down, Roth said the levy was needed for a variety of reasons, including improving the grounds, replacing curbing, repaving existing roads, removing dead trees, and routine maintenance.

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PIQUA — An auction and sale of decorated Christmas trees and wreaths will get underway at the Miami Valley Centre Mall this Friday with a fund-raiser aimed at benefiting the Piqua Compassion Network.

The Light of Christmas fund raising event will take place this Friday from 6-8 p.m. with a gala dessert at the mall in the retail space located near the ElderBeerman entrance.

Volunteers with the compassion network spent Wednesday setting up for the event, which many individuals, organizations and corporations have donated items for. Many of the items will be sold during the Light of Christmas event.

Donated items will be auctioned off at the event while others will be offered for sale at the gala.

In addition, the week following the event the display will be open to the public to look at or purchase.

The Friday evening event will not only feature “a smorgasbord of luscious dessert items,” but also music by Adam Jacomet and family and Grace and Laura Jackson. Auctioneers Joe and Steve Mikolajewski will auction items off,

Emergency services to continue Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

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Bethany Hickman, owner/stylist at Journey Salon in Piqua decorates a Christmas Tree at the Miami Valley Centre Mall on Wednesday. The tree and gift certificate donated by Journey Salon is one of a number of items set for display and auction as part of The Light of Christmas fundraising event beginning this weekend at the mall.

including a fully-decorated Christmas tree, seven door wreaths and a dinner for six cooked

by Fr. Angelo Caserta and served in his home, said Marilyn Halteman, Piqua Compassion Network spokesperson.

Compassion network board member Andy Monnin will also give a presentation on the his-

tory of the network and the things they do at the non-profit organization.

Reservations continue to be made for the event, which has a suggested donation of $20 per person.

To make a reservation, contact the organization at 778-8856.

Halteman said a week following the event the

trees and wreaths will be on display for the public to view and items that were not sold at the event can be purchased.

Hours of the display will be noon to 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 10 and from 4-8 p.m. on Nov. 11-15.

Items purchased will be delivered on Saturday, Nov. 16.

COVINGTON — The passage of two replacement levies in Tuesday’s election will mean the continuation of outstanding fire and emergency medical services for the village of Covington, Mayor Ed McCord said.

“Passing the levies really speaks highly of the residents and their value of these services,” McCord said. “I think they appreciate the quality services that we have with our emergency services, both our fire department and our squad. They’re a great group of people who really work hard to protect the community.”

The levies, one for 1.6 mills and the other for 2.2 mills, were named Replacement Tax 1 and Replacement Tax 2 on the Board of Elections ballots, though it wasn’t specified which levy was which.

Unofficial results showed Replacement Tax 1 passing with 279 in favor and 157 against the issue, while Replacement Tax 2 passed 264-171.

Village Administrator Mike Busse said the 1.6-mill levy will generate $68,307 annually for five years, and the 2.2-mill levy will generate $93,922 per year for five years.

The 1.6-mill and 2.2-mill levies are not specifically named as fire and EMS levies, but rather levies put into place in 1976 and 2004, respectively, as general fund levies. Like many communities, Covington pays for its fire and EMS services out of the general fund.

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TROY — One of five registered voters in Miami County ventured to polling locations Tuesday on Election Day to exercise one of their most basic freedoms.

Drew Higgins, board of elections director, said there were no major problems reported on Election Day at polling places and that unofficial results show a 20.7 percent voter turnout.

Now the board will move to cer-

tify those election results during their general business meeting Nov. 21.

The results of the election may cause a mandatory recount as it relates to the election for a third seat on the Bradford Board of Education, and possibly for a Fletcher street levy.

But Higgins said that won’t be known until provisional ballots are counted.

Under state law, provisional ballots can not be opened and tabulated until 10 days have passed from the day of the election. An election recount is required whenever results show a difference of one-half of 1 percent.

“Right now we’re in a holding pat-

tern,” Higgins said regarding provisional ballots and whether or not any election recounts will be needed.

Elections workers completed the election tabulations at about 11 p.m.

Tuesday night.

Some voters in the Troy/Concord Township area arrived at their normal polling places Tuesday and were told their polling location had changed.

Some of those voters claimed the elections board did not send them a notice of the change, which is mandated under Ohio election law.

Higgins provided an explanation and denied allegations the elections

board did not send out the notices.

He said this year the board sent out 17,000 post cards to registered voters in the county notifying them of any changes in polling locations.

He said voters, specifically those in Concord Township, were sent notifications of the change prior to the primary election in May. That election did not have single race or issue for Concord Township.

Those affected voters, Higgins said, were sent voting location change notifications in March and April of last year and likely forgot that information on Election Day on Tuesday.

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2 Thursday, November 7, 2013 Obituaries PHYLLIS E. KOETTER GREENVILLE — Phyllis E. (Weikert) Fritz Koetter, 89, of Greenville, (Wayne Lakes), passed awayTuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, 6:30 a.m. at Wayne HealthCare in Greenville.

She was born June 14, 1924, in Montgomery County, to the late Vernon A. and Cora E. (Meeds) Weikert.

She is survived by her sons and daughters in law, Mike and Debbie Fritz of Tipp City, Ron and Lynda Fritz of Arcanum and Jim and Peggy Fritz of Greenville; daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Ken Beier of Reedsburg, Wis.; grandchildren, Nikki (Eric) Rustad, Paul (Shelia) Fritz, Jessica (Jeremy) Pifer, Tyler (Teresa) Fritz, Chad (Christy) Fritz, Mandy (Allen) Byrd, Matohya (Steve Mills) Sowry, Colleen (Shane Huebel) Beier, Sara (Brent) Wiebke and Jim (Kelly) Beier; numerous greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews. The Fritz family maintained a loving relationship with Phyllis throughout the years.

Preceded her in death are Loretta (Alton) Millet, Edwin (Fay) Fritz, John (Wilma) Fritz, Annabelle (Gene) Brewer, Robert (survived by Judy) Fritz

and surviving in laws are Lloyd (Avesta) Fritz, Donald (Donna) Fritz, Clifford (Frances) Fritz, Carol Fritz, Rita Fritz and David Clarence (Barbara) Fritz.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Larry Koetter; sisters, Delphia Billenstein and Lucille White; and brother, Ernest Weikert.

Phyllis was a member of the Harris Creek Church of the Brethren and loved to travel, bus trips, reading, collect paper weights and roosters.

There will be a service held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville, with the Rev. John McRoberts officiating.

Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Versailles. Family will receive friends from 12-3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

It is the wishes of the family in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be given to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio (216) 771-2700 or Bear’s Mill http:// bearsmill.com/donate/.

Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com.

THOMAS H. YOUNG PIQUA — Thomas H. Young, 73, of Piqua, passed on at 8:10 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Heartland Nursing Home, Piqua. He was born in Delta on Aug. 12, 1940, to the late Royce A. and Mary (Roscoe) Young. He married Eula Moore at “The Way” in New Knoxville.

She preceded him in death.

Thomas also is survived by one daughter and son-in-law: Diannia and Jeffrey Gray; one brother and sister-in-law, William and Neena Young of Sunset, Utah; one sister, Elizabeth Duvall of Toledo; six grandchildren, Alisha Gray of Piqua, Ashley Gray of Piqua, Michael Gray of New Jersey; Matthew Gray, Michelle Gray

and Madison Gray, all of Piqua; and one greatgranddaughter, Abigaile Ebert. He was preceded in death by two brothers, John Young and Harold Young; and one brotherin-law, Jessie Duvall.

Thomas was a graduate of Swanton High School in 1958.

He was a member of “The Way International,” New Knoxville. Thomas was the head landscaper at “TheWay.” He also worked at Honda, Anna, for 10 years. Thomas drove semi-truck for a period of his life.

Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

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

AGATHA PUTNAM ST. PARIS — Agatha Louise Putnam, 105, of St. Paris, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in the Piqua Manor.

Born Sept. 4, 1908, in Champaign County, she was a daughter of the late Maude (Nisewanger) and Harvey Nissley.

She married Henry S. Putnam on Jan. 17, 1928, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 29, 1989.

She also was preceded in death by three infant sisters.

She is survived by her two daughters, Rita (Jerrold) Carr of Rosewood and Treva (James) Westfall of Covington; five grandchildren, Cynthia Clark, Tracy Carr, Loren (Wendy) Westfall, Loreena (Mark) Baker and Holly Jo LongWestfall; nine greatgrandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Madge Adams of Springfield; and many foster grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Agatha was a 1926 graduate of Harrison Adams School, Rosewood. She was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, gardening and cooking. She was a caregiver for many of the family members. She

was an active member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where she served as a junior Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher, and vacation Bible school teacher.

She devoted her life to serving the Lord and helping others. Agatha went to live at assisted living in The Sterling House, Piqua in 2010. Then she moved to Piqua Manor in 2013.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, in the AtkinsShively Funeral Home, 216 S. Springfield St., St. Paris with Pastor Mark Baker presiding. Burial will follow in the Cedar Point Cemetery, Pasco. A visitation for family and friends will be held before the funeral service beginning at 9 a.m Saturday.

Donations may be made to Jack Rose, c/o CTEN, P.O. Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 780291307 for his mission work or The Gideons International, P.O. Box 38104, Urbana, OH 43078-1017. Envelopes will be available in the funeral home.

Condolences to the family may be sent to www. shivelyfuneralhomes.com.

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Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger

Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they thought.

Meteors about the size of the one that streaked through the sky at 42,000 mph and burst over Chelyabinsk in February — and ones even larger and more dangerous — are probably four, five or even seven times more likely to hit the planet than scientists believed before the fireball, according to three studies published Wednesday in the journals Nature and Science.

That means about 20 million space rocks the size of the Chelyabinsk one may be zipping around the solar system, instead of 3 million, NASA scientist Paul Chodas said at a news conference.

Until Chelyabinsk, NASA had looked only for space rocks about 100 feet wide and bigger, figuring there was little danger below that.

This meteor was only 62 feet across but burst with the force of 40 Hiroshima-type atom bombs, scientists say. Its shock wave shattered thousands of windows, and its flash temporarily blinded 70 people and caused dozens of skin-peeling sunburns just after dawn in icy Russia. More than 1,600 people in all were injured.

Up until then, scientists had figured a meteor causing an airburst like that was a once-in-150-years event, based on how many space rocks have been identified in orbit. But one of the studies now says it is likely to happen once every 30 years or so, based on how often these things are actually hitting.

By readjusting how often these rocks strike and how damaging even small ones can be, “those two things together can increase the risk by an order of magnitude,” said Mark Boslough, a Sandia National Lab physicist, co-

author of one of the studies.

Lindley Johnson, manager of NASA’s Near Earth Object program, which scans the heavens for dangerous objects, said the space agency is reassessing what size rocks to look for and how often they are likely to hit.

In addition, NASA this fall reactivated a dormant orbiting telescope called WISE specifically to hunt for asteroids, Johnson said. And the agency is expanding ground-based sky searches.

At the same time, NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are looking into the need for evacuations in the case of an asteroid headed for Earth and how to keep the public informed without scaring people.

Those issues came up after the two agencies quietly held a disaster drill last spring in Washington that was meant to simulate what would happen if a space rock slightly bigger than the Chelyabinsk one threatened the East Coast.

During the drill, when it looked as if the meteor would hit just outside the nation’s capital, experts predicted 78,000 people could die. But when the mock meteor ended up in the ocean, the fake damage featured a 49-foot tsunami and shortages of supplies along the East Coast, according to an after-action report obtained by The Associated Press.

The exercise and the studies show there’s a risk from smaller space rocks that strike before they are detected — not just from the giant, long-seenin-advance ones like in the movie “Armageddon,” said Bill Ailor, a space debris expert at the Aerospace Corporation who helped coordinate the drill.

“The biggest hazard from asteroids right now is the city-busting airbursts, not the civilization-busting impacts from 1-kilometer-diameter objects that has so far been the target of most astronomical surveys,” Purdue University astronomer Jay Melosh, who wasn’t

part of the studies, wrote in an email.

“Old-fashioned civil defense, not Bruce Willis and his atom bombs, might be the best insurance against hazards of this kind.”

Chodas said the Chelyabinsk rock surprised astronomers because it was coming from the direction of the sun and was not detectable. Telescopes can see some space rocks as small as 3 feet wide, but some are simply too dark to spot, he said.

Scientists said a 1908 giant blast over Siberia, a 1963 airborne explosion off the coast of South Africa, and others were of the type that is supposed to happen less than once a century, or in the case of Siberia, once every 8,000 years, yet they all occurred in a 105-year timespan.

Because more than two-thirds of Earth is covered with water and other vast expanses are uninhabited deserts and ice, other past fireballs could have gone unnoticed.

Just this week, NASA got a wakeup call on those bigger space rocks that astronomers thought they had a handle on, discovering two 12-milewide asteroids and a 1.2-mile-wide one that had escaped their notice until this month. However, NASA said the three objects won’t hit Earth.

Asteroids are space rocks that circle the sun as leftovers of failed attempts to form planets billions of years ago.

When asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they become meteors. (When they hit the ground, they are called meteorites.)

The studies said the Chelyabinsk meteor probably split off from a much bigger space rock.

What happened in the Russian city of 1 million people is altering how astronomers look at a space rocks.

With first-of-its-kind video, photos, satellite imagery and the broken-up rock, scientists have been able to piece together the best picture yet of what happens when an asteroid careens into Earth’s atmosphere. It’s not pretty.

by virtue of the fact you pulled the trigger (and sued JobsOhio), that gives you standing?”

State attorney Stephen Carney argued that plenty of parties had a legitimate right to sue JobsOhio, they just chose not to. He argued those with standing must have an individual stake in the case, not be pursuing generalized “public interest.”

Those with a stake include public employees who might have been harmed as state development functions began to be handed over to the private entity in 2011, or bondholders and liquor dealers affected by the transfer of Ohio’s spiritous liquor business to fund the entity, he said.

“It sets a short timeline, sure, but so do lots of statutes,” he said.

So far in the 2011 lawsuit, lower courts have found that opponents lack standing to go forward with the underlying constitutional challenge.

ProgressOhio challenges the public-private arrangement enjoyed by JobsOhio.

Justice Paul Pfeifer questioned the state’s arguments Wednesday, saying the JobsOhio law seemed to erect a wall between citizens and the court-

house and the standing dispute is about finding a door in that wall.

“The Legislature can’t tell the citizens of Ohio, ‘Well, we can do something so unconstitutional and if you don’t contest it and get a court to say it’s unconstitutional in 90 days, tough luck,’” Pfeifer said.

Justice Judith French told Thompson she found ProgressOhio’s legal basis for standing unclear.

“I don’t know where your argument starts,” she said. “I know where the state’s argument starts, because it starts with the Constitution.”

Also watching the case is the conservative Ohio Roundtable, whose antislots lawsuit hinges on the justices’ decision on standing. The libertarian 1851 Center for Constitutional Law filed a supporting brief in the JobsOhio lawsuit.

“What better plaintiffs could you have than those conservative, libertarian and progressive organizations that as a mission oppose corporate welfare and seek to enforce these corporate welfare limits in Ohio’s Constitution?”

Thompson told reporters after arguments.

Foes of Ohio job-creation board seek right to sue Julie Carr Smyth

AP Statehouse Correspondent

COLUMBUS (AP) — Opponents of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s privatized jobs agency said Wednesday the state’s Constitution will be left defenseless if their politically diverse coalition is not granted standing to proceed with its constitutional challenge.

In oral arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court, a lawyer for the liberal policy group ProgressOhio and two Democratic lawmakers who brought the suit said the law creating JobsOhio contained almost insurmountable legal hurdles.

That included a 90-day window to sue that closed before the office could have had any impact on a potential plaintiff.

“It appears as though nobody has standing if the plaintiffs here do not have standing, and this causes judicial review to evaporate in instances like this,” attorney Maurice Thompson of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law told the court.

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor appeared skeptical: “So you’re saying

Sundays sales approved by voters for Mulligan’s Pub Staff report

PIQUA — Voters in Piqua approved a local option for Sunday sales at Mulligan’s Pub, 110 W. High St., Tuesday night election results show.

Voters approved the liquor issue with 77 vot-

Death Notice PARSONS GREENVILLE — George Elwyn Parsons, 93, of Greenville, formerly of West Milton, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Brethren’s Home, Greenville. Family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, at the HaleSarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at the Browning Family Cemetery in Harts Creek, West Virginia. Military Honors will be held following the viewing at the funeral home.

ing for it and 34 against it.

Mulligan’s sought voter approval for a D-6 liquor permit.

The permit allows for the sale of wine, mixed beverages and spirituous liquor on Sundays between the hours of 11 a.m. through midnight.

Uncontested races mean Havenar, Hill remain Springcreek Township trustees Staff reports

PIQUA — The board of Springcreek Township Trustees remains the same as the two incumbent trustees ran uncontested this election cycle.

Trustees Mike Havenar and Thomas Hill both sought re-election in the township that the two have served in the past.

Unofficial election results show Havenar had 177 votes while Hill had 152.

The township has approximately 1,800 residents.

Hartley beats Holfinger in Washington Township race

Staff report

PIQUA — While all three seats on the board of Washington Township Trustees were up for grabs, only one race was contested.

In that race longtime trustee Paul Holfinger was defeated by Matthew Hartley.

Unofficial results show 147 votes for Hartley and 80 votes for Holfinger.

Holfinger resigned from his position as a trustee earlier this year and Hartley was appointed to fill in as an interim trustee.

Both men were running to fill the unexpired term.

Trustees Jim Hiegel and Ed McMaken ran unopposed, but their vote tallies were 159 votes and 179 votes, respectively.

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Piqua man arrested after violent assault on ex-lover Will E Sanders

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TROY — A Piqua man with multiple warrants out for his arrest who kicked in the door of his ex-girlfriend’s home Sunday night, cornered her in a room and assaulted her has been charged with a variety of serious criminal charges.

Joshua D. Crumpler, 23, has been charged with felony counts of burglary

and breaking and enter- tion the night before. ing, in addition to three Officers later spotted counts of assault, proba- Crumpler at 1213 Gordon tion violation, aggravated St., and later searched menacing, menacthe residence and ing, criminal damfound him in a age, and unauthorbedroom. ized use of propPolice reports erty, which are indicate Crumpler misdemeanors. went to the Authorities in Cottage Avenue Piqua were staking home the night out the 800 block before his arrest of Cottage Avenue Crumpler and kicked in the looking for Crumpler on door of a home where his Monday, who had assault- ex-girlfriend lived. ed the woman at that locaThose reports also state

he assaulted the woman and was chased from the residence by the victim’s father.

Additionally, Crumpler stole the woman’s phone and, after she followed him outside, attempted to drag her in between two homes.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Crumpler in Miami County Municipal Court later this month.

He remains behind bars at the Miami County Jail on a combined $12,500.

Decorated Family Program lights up lives TIPP CITY — As a way to honor soldiers who can’t be with their families for the holidays, Tipp City residents can nominate deserving military families in their community to have their homes decorated.

Christmas Decor by Patriot Illuminations, one of hundreds of Christmas Decor franchisees nationwide, will participate in this event by donating their products, resources and time to decorate the

homes of local military families as part of the Decorated Family Program.

Christmas Decor, a holiday decorating company operating in 49 states, began the Decorated Family Program in 2005 after a franchisee attended a holiday dinner party and began to consider all of the men and women overseas who will not be able to celebrate with those they love.

Residents can nominate families by filling out the form at http:// christmasdecor.net/cdi2/decoratedfamily. The deadline for nominations is Monday, Nov. 11.

For more information, contact Benjamin Johnson of Christmas Decor by Patriot Illuminations in Tipp City by calling (937) 3087688, emailing bjohnson350@ me.com or visiting www.christmasdecor.net.

State Briefs Political party bill heads to Ohio governor’s desk

COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio bill that sets rules for minor political parties is headed to the governor’s desk.

The measure was poised to clear the Legislature last week, but senators rejected it after a series of House-made changes inadvertently cut a piece of the bill.

A committee restored the dropped piece Wednesday and made other changes.

Groups wanting to form parties next year would need petition signatures equal to a half-percent of the total votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial or presidential election. Thereafter, they must gather 1 percent.

To remain qualified, organizations must get 2 percent of total votes cast in the governor’s race next year, and 3 percent in 2015 for the following gubernatorial or presidential elections.

Several third parties say the rules are unfair and they will sue.

Court orders northeast Ohio county sheriff removed

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a northeast Ohio sheriff removed from office because he doesn’t have the required experience.

The court ruled against Stark County Sheriff George Maier. He was appointed early this year in Canton to fill a vacancy.

The court ruled his service from 2007 to 2011 with the Ohio Department of Public Safety only reflected parttime law-enforcement work. Ohio law requires a sheriff to have four recent years of full-time law-enforcement work.

The court ordered the reinstatement of the acting sheriff. Party leaders must appoint a sheriff to replace the elected Democrat who was unable to serve because of poor health.

Maier says he’s disappointed but will abide by the ruling.

His office says the acting sheriff has taken command.

Ohio man, 18, charged in crash that killed 2 teens

CINCINNATI (AP) — A southwestern Ohio teenager has been indicted on charges of vehicular homicide in the suspected drunken-driving deaths of two other teens.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said Wednesday that 18-yearold Kyle Stein is being charged with four counts of aggravated vehicular

homicide.

Court records don’t list an attorney for Stein. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether he’s in custody.

Investigators say Stein was drunk and speeding when he lost control and hit a parked car Sept. 4 in Colerain Township. The crash killed his passengers, 16-year-old Rachel McGrath and 19-year-old Eric Moormann.

Deters says Stein tested positive for alcohol and marijuana.

If convicted, Stein could face up to 16 years in prison and a lifetime revocation of his driver’s license.

Ohio school, NASA will partner on space research

CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati and NASA agreed Wednesday to partner on space science research in a program honoring the first man to walk on the moon.

UC President Santa Ono signed the accord with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the school announced plans for the Neil Armstrong Space Science Institute.

Following his July 20, 1969, moonwalk, Armstrong was an aerospace engineering professor at UC through the 1970s. The Ohio native died last year at age 82.

“Although he was reluctant hero who preferred not to be in the spotlight, the University of Cincinnati community wanted to do something to honor his memory and his achievements,” Ono said.

Armstrong’s widow Carol and sons Rick and Mark Armstrong joined in unveiling a life-sized bas relief of Armstrong that will be installed at the entrance to Rhodes Hall, where his teaching office was.

The school says the institute will focus on research, education in space science and engineering, and manage space-related data.

Its initial work will be around unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.

The agreement will connect UC researchers with experts at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

Tom Davis, chief of aviation systems there, said the NASA partnership grew out of a visit by Ono to the center in May while he was promoting UC in California. Davis is a UC alumnus who met Armstrong through his father, who also taught at UC. “He inspired my generation,” said Davis, who called Armstrong a childhood hero.

UC also previewed an exhibition

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Expected testimony by a onetime fugitive charged in a suspected $100 million charity fraud has been delayed in Cleveland.

Testimony by the defendant identifying himself as Bobby Thompson was expected as early as Wednesday, but court was called off until next Tuesday because the defense attorney’s wife went into labor.

The defendant ran the United States Navy Veterans Association of Tampa, Fla. Authorities identify him as 67-yearold John Donald Cody. He’s been described as a Harvard-trained attorney and former military intelligence officer.

The prosecution began calling witnesses Oct. 7 and wrapped up its case Tuesday.

The defendant was indicted in 2010 and disappeared for almost two years. He was arrested last year in Portland, Ore., where authorities found fake IDs and a suitcase containing $980,000 in cash.

Special prosecutor handling Ohio bike fatal

COLUMBUS (AP) — A special prosecutor is handling the case of a hit-and-run driver who killed a popular high school teacher riding his bicycle in September.

The Columbus Dispatch reports the prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the death of St. Francis DeSales High School teacher Bob Lennon says he’ll take the case to a grand jury later this month.

The special prosecutor, Kenneth Oswalt, says it’s a “front-burner” case for him.

The 64-year-old Lennon was riding his bicycle in southeastern Delaware County when he was struck and left behind by a passing driver. The State Highway Patrol seized the car that they think killed Lennon several days later.

The patrol said a woman admitted driving the car, but she has not been charged.

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Bradford band to host holiday craft show BRADFORD — The Bradford Band Boosters will host their annual holiday craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 at the high school, 760 Railroad Ave. The show will include a silent auction for baskets donated from local businesses, homemade food until sold out, door prizes (items from the vendors), and pictures with Santa from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Veterans Museum sets winter hours TROY — The Miami Valley Veterans Museum will be changing to its fall operating as follows: • Tuesday: 12-3 p.m.

• Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The museum will be closed during the month of December, however the first Wednesday of the month, Veterans Coffee, will still be from 9-11 a.m. on the 2nd floor of the Masonic Lodge in the dining room on Dec. 4.

Hometown Holiday planned for Nov. 29 in Troy TROY — The 2013 Hometown Holiday Celebration will take place on Friday, Nov. 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Troy. Parade, Grand Illumination, phone calls to the North Pole, visits with Santa, carriage rides, holiday music, refreshments, shopping at local merchants, and Mayor Mike Beamish’s special holiday reading.

And new this year is the Kris Kringle Shop, which will be located in the Elks Lodge. Kids can buy gifts made by local artisans for family, friends and teachers from 4-8:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.troymainstreet.org or call 339-5455.

Covington to host Candlelight Christmas COVINGTON — The Covington Candlelight Open House will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and will feature lighted sleigh rides, festive home tours, photos with Santa and a chance to shop at some unique shops in downtown Covington. Some highlights for shopping include Cloud Nine Creations, featuring stained glass and mosaic art, paintings, jewelry, leathers and more, American Wilderness Outfitters, which offers hunting, fishing and camping supplies, and a visit with Santa at Sellman Furniture. Also, Ye Olde Collectible Shoppe, This, That & the Other, Joanie’s Floral Designs and much more.

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“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.”

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Government spending truths

“Reagan proved that politicians … “During the Reagan presidency, spenddeficits don’t matter.”

— Vice President Dick ing averaged more than 22 percent of GDP, peaking Cheney, 2002 Given the great hul- at 23.5 percent in 1985. labaloo in Washington This year it is projected over government spend- to be 21.6 percent of GDP. ing, here are a couple of The latest CBO projecnoteworthy facts: Under tions show spending risPresident Obama, the ing back to Reagan-era levels towards federal budget the end of the deficit has been 10-year budmore than cut get window.” in half, from a Which isn’t FY2009 high of to say the $1.55 trillion United States (largely inherithas no longed from George term fiscal W. Bush) to an problems. But estimated $642 u l t i m a t e l y, billion this Gene Lyons this is also year, accordhow the scarying to the Columnist sounding $17 Congressional trillion national debt will Budget Office.

However, a recent be dealt with over time.

Bloomberg News poll (By the way, can you shows that only 10 percent remember when President of American voters are George W. Bush argued acquainted with this indis- for his infamous tax cuts putable fact. Fifty-nine by explaining that paying percent mistakenly believe off the debt too fast would that the deficit has risen be a bad thing? If you’re a under Obama. Another 26 Republican, I’m guessing percent think it’s remained no.)

With the yearly deficit approximately the same.

It’s hard to run a democra- under control, the size of cy given such widespread the national debt as a fraction of a growing GDP public ignorance.

Militant ignorance, becomes steadily less much of it. Fully 93 per- alarming. It’s never actucent of Tea Party mem- ally decreased from one bers subscribe to the false presidency to the next, belief that government you know. Reagan tripled spending is skyrocketing the debt in eight years; out of control. No wonder Bush doubled it again. they’re running around Despite the shrinking deficit, Obama’s currently on with their hair on fire.

But hold that thought, track to double it again.

It’s also true, however, because there’s more: Measured as a percentage that President Obama of the overall U.S. econ- helped create his own omy, the federal budget problems by talking deficit has shrunk from about budgetary issues 10.1 percent in 2009 to in personal, moral terms.

4 percent today. Given “Families across the counincreased revenue and try are tightening their decreased spending, the belts and making tough CBO projects the figure decisions,” he announced will decrease to 2.1 per- during his 2010 State of the Union. “The federal cent by 2015.

“By comparison,” the government should do the May 2013 report notes, same.”

It’s a simple, homely “the deficit averaged 3.1 percent of GDP over the analogy that everybody understands. Alas, it’s also past 40 years.”

And for this we needed extremely misleading. U.S. government macroecoa government shutdown?

And yes, I said decreased nomics bears almost no government spending. relationship to your family Contrary to the myth of budget. Unlike your famfederal profligacy under ily, see, the government President Obama, total lives forever. It needn’t expenditures for FY2013 ever close the books on and 2014 (which began a debt it owes largely to last Oct. 1) have actually itself anyway, as Social gone down for two years Security obligations, interrunning, together with est on government bonds, government employment. etc.

The federal government Overall, since 2009 government spending has also raises taxes as necesrisen at an annualized rate sary, manages the level of of only 1.4 percent, as inflation, regulates banks compared to 8.1 percent and, yes, prints money. during George W. Bush’s So no, your grandchilsecond term, 4.9 percent dren aren’t going to get during Ronald Reagan’s, stuck with the bill. They’re and 5.4 percent under going to pass it on to their George Bush the Elder. grandchildren, and so Bill Clinton averaged 3.9 on. It’s not an existential percent during his second threat, it’s a bookkeeping convention. term.

But it’s almost impos(Incidentally, the CBO projects that the sible to seriously discuss Affordable Care Act — such issues in a country assuming the healthcare. where 90 percent of the gov website eventually citizenry either don’t gets put in working order know or aggressively — will also contribute to refuse to understand simshrinking the deficit, albe- ple budgetary arithmetic.

If it were possible, it a modest $143 billion though, here’s one basic over 10 years.)

Americans “In other words,” writes question economist Dean Baker of should ponder: If it’s not the Center for Economic Obama’s profligate spendand Policy Research, “the ing keeping the U.S. econstory of out-of-control omy in low gear, could it debts and deficits is just be government layoffs and plain wrong. Less polite lack of public investment?

Just asking. people would call it a lie, but it stands at the center of the public debate Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons because the media con- is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the sider it rude to point out President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). a truth that would embar- You can email Lyons at eugenelyrass so many important ons2@yahoo.com.

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Obama betrays future of our very lives I have been researching and reporting ages. Continuity of care also declines, on Obamacare since its inception. Now since now a physician’s responsibilities I want as many readers as possible to end when his shift is over.”

As I’ve noted previously, a doctor have the most penetrating analysis yet on how so many of us are going to be who has been vital to my health for impacted by the radical and historic years sadly told me recently, “I’ve lost way this law changes the relationship my independence.”

But he’s of the old school. I can still between Americans and their doctors.

Bradley Allen, a pediatric heart sur- contact him when I need to.

Bradley Allen explains how Obamacare geon and former professor and surgical director of the Children’s Heart keeps diminishing Americans’ medical Institute in Houston, wrote an op-ed care, and often their lives: “Even people with ‘private last month in The Wall Street insurance’ have found that Journal that gets inside our the quality of their health growing anger and confucare declined. Nowadays, sion at this grim “health care many are forced instead to law’s destructive effect on see a nurse or other health the fundamental nature of the care provider. The traditional way their care is delivered” doctor-patient relationship (“ObamaCare 2016: Happy is now reserved primarily (I Yet?” Allen, The Wall Street would say increasingly) for Journal, Oct. 23). those who can pay extra.”

All of us are aware that Nat Hentoff I recently had surgery to Barack Obama’s kingly assurinsert a pacemaker to reguance that “if we like our presColumnist late my heartbeat. During the ent health care plan, we can keep it” was fantasy. But the president considerable preparation period and did not anticipate that his Affordable the surgery itself (when I was under Care Act (ACA) website would get anesthesia), I never met the doctor screwed up. Therefore, he’s had to delay who performed the surgery. I came to his actual intention from the beginning know only professional nurse practitioto disintegrate the individual insurance ners, including in my follow-up visits to market so that all health insurance evaluate the surgery’s effects.

I have no complaints about the qualwould become single payer — from the ity of this sequence of health care. government.

How many of you could foresee this I’ve been able to have all my questions answered by the nurse practitiodevelopment?

Listen to this: According to The ners, and I’m grateful for the evident Washington Times, this past August improvement in my medical care.

But it was strange for this 88-year-old Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the ACA was a “first step to ‘work to have never even met the presiding our way past’ employer-provided health doctor. It was a first for me. I hope insurance to a government-run health the many other patients who don’t get care system” (“Obamacare scam — to know their doctors are as equally Endgame was always single payer, gov- well-treated. When I was 69 and went ernment-run health care,” Emily Miller, through open-heart surgery, I even got to know my surgeon’s hobbies.

The Washington Times, Oct. 30).

Moreover, Allen continues, “The Harry Reid is far from a whistletop surgeons now simply opt out of blower.

If you do a fact-based search on Medicare or become ‘out of network’ “Obama for single payer,” you’ll find providers, allowing them to bill patients clear evidence, including videos, of his directly. Many have joined the plasenthusiasm for a single payer system tic surgeons and ophthalmologists who work on a straight fee-for-service basis.” during his campaigns for office.

Allen also raises a new, alarming Now he’s stuck with fixing Obamacare — probably until he leaves office. Its problem for millions of us, and not just widespread effects, already beginning those of low income: “With the best to be dangerous, are crucially worth and most successful doctors disappearknowing, as some will have become a ing into concierge medicine or refusing part of our health care system by the new Medicare and Medicaid patients, time you vote for the next president and replacing these experienced physicians Congress in 2016. In The Wall Street with bright young doctors to work Journal, Allen takes a toll of the damage with the ‘general public’ has become difficult. that has already been done: “Why? Because such doctors are hard “Even before the ACA cut $716 bilto find — going into medicine doesn’t lion from its budget, Medicare only reimbursed hospitals and doctors for have the professional allure it once 70 percent to 80 percent of their costs. did. With an average of $300,000 in Once this cut further reduced reim- student loans, eight years of college and bursements, and the ACA added stacks medical school, and three to seven years of paperwork, more doctors refused to as underpaid, overworked residents, a accept Medicare: It just didn’t cover prospective physician in the ACA era expenses. … “Some physicians now would be starting a career at age 30 in refuse even to take patients over 50 a job that requires working 70-80 hours years old, not wanting to be burdened a week in an assembly-line fashion to with them when they reach Medicare earn perhaps $100,000 a year.

“No wonder so many qualified indiage …

“A third of physicians refused to viduals these days are choosing careers accept new Medicaid patients in 2013, on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley and with Medicaid’s expansion and gov- instead of medicine.”

When you vote for the president and ernment cuts, the numbers of doctors who don’t take Medicaid skyrocketed.” members of Congress in 2016, how will And dig this: “Because of regulations you decide who will be able to realand other government disincentives to istically deal with the deep fractures self employment, doctors began work- in health care that Bradley Allen has ing for hospitals in the early 2000s, underlined — and that others keep citleaving less than half in private prac- ing?

What can be done to restore true tice by 2013. … “When doctors are employed like factory workers by hos- health care to We The People? So many pitals, data from the Medical Group of us will be extremely grateful for Management Association and others workable answers — and the sooner indicate, their productivity falls — the better. sometimes by more than 25 percent.

Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First They see fewer patients and perform Nat Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the fewer timely procedures, exacerbating Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato the troubles caused by physician short- Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined for now to jump back into the long-running legal fight over abortion, but a flood of new state restrictions has increased the chances that the issue soon will be back before the justices.

The court stepped back from a dispute over a nownullified Oklahoma law to limit drug-induced abortions. But a new filing asks the justices to block new Texas restrictions that have dramatically reduced the availability of abortions in Texas.

Oklahoma also is challenging its state high court’s rejection of a law mandating an ultrasound exam before an abortion can be performed and Arizona, backed by 16 other states, wants the justices to let it enforce a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except for medical emergencies.

On both sides of the issue, people say it is only a matter of time before the court steps in to indicate how far states may go in regulating abortion without crossing the line the court first set out in the 1973 Roe v.

Wade decision that announced a woman’s right to an abortion and modified in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

The Supreme Court’s last abortion case was in 2007, when a bitterly divided court upheld a federal law that banned a procedure its opponents call partial-birth abortion. It was the first time the court upheld a nationwide ban on a particular method of abortion and the majority opinion that Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for his four conservative colleagues suggested that the court might be open to additional limits on abortion.

The ensuing years have given rise to a wealth of state laws that outlaw abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, set limits on the use of druginduced abortions, mandate ultrasound exams and counseling and require that doctors who perform abortions in clinics practice at nearby hospitals.

“I think what we’re seeing is that Americans generally, according to opinion polls and the actions of their legislatures, are unhappy with federal control of abortion that we’ve had since Roe v. Wade,” said Casey Mattox, senior counsel at the anti-abortion Alliance Defending Freedom.

Looking at the same trend, Nancy Northup, president and chief executive officer of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said abortion rights groups are pushing back hard against the state laws.

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Rather not invited to join CBS Kennedy coverage David Bauder AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News hasn’t invited Dan Rather back to participate in its 50th-anniversary coverage of the Kennedy assassination, but images of the longtime anchor who parted bitterly with the network will be a part of its upcoming documentary on how the story unfolded that day.

Rather helped organize CBS’ plans for President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and as a young reporter was a key component of assassination coverage. Now 82, with his own show on AXS-TV, he’s one of the few reporters on the story that day still active in journalism.

Rather, who later became CBS News’ top anchor for 24 years, will appear on NBC’s “Today” show on Nov. 22 this year.

“I held off doing anything for anybody else for a while, thinking I may be asked to do something (for CBS),” Rather said. “I can’t say I had any reason for that hope.”

CBS Washington bureau chief Bob Schieffer, who as a newspaper reporter in 1963 gave the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald a ride to Dallas after the assassination, will anchor a Nov. 16 special on that day’s coverage. CBS’ announcement of the special recently said viewers will relive the day with anchor Walter Cronkite and reporters Charles Collingwood, Harry

Reasoner, Charles Kuralt and Mike Wallace. All of those men are now dead; Rather went unmentioned.

Rather expressed concern about an effort to “airbrush this guy out because we don’t like him,” but the show’s senior executive producer said this would not be the case. Film of Rather on that day will be part of the Schieffer special, and so will recollections that Rather Rather recorded for the network through the years, said Susan Zirinsky.

“Dan Rather was a big part of the CBS coverage when the assassination occurred … he’s absolutely in the broadcast,” Zirinsky said.

Rather worked at CBS News for 44 years. His downfall came as a result of a 2004 story about President George W. Bush’s military service. Under criticism, the network concluded the story couldn’t be substantiated, but Rather has stood behind it. His tenure as anchor ended six months later and he left CBS in 2006, eventually filing a $70 million lawsuit against his old employers that was thrown out in 2010 by New York’s highest court.

As a young New Orleans bureau chief for CBS in November 1963, Rather had a mundane assignment in Dallas.

He had arranged loca-

Carlivati joined “GH.” “We were all worried and we had a right to be worried. The show was in a very dark place and Ron and I managed to come in and shake it up,” Valentini said.

Almost immediately, the characters were given a purpose.

“One of Frank and Ron’s things is that every character has to have a job and every character has to have a romance,” says Tyler Christopher, who plays Nikolas Cassadine, “so there’s an opportunity there for you to show up in somebody else’s story … so you’re still relevant.”

This isn’t an easy task.

“There are a lot of characters on the show and that’s a blessing and a curse,” Valentini said. “We try not to go more than two weeks without seeing somebody, and if we do, it could be

for other reasons like the (actor) is on vacation or doing a movie.”

The pace of the show quickened, cutting between scenes to tell different perspectives of a story.

Christopher says speed also exists behind the scenes, where “things need to be done quicker, better, faster.”

“The number of pages we do in a day has almost doubled but it’s working,” he said. “As hard as it is no one complains. We just sweat it out and keep moving.”

“General Hospital,” which airs weekdays at 2 p.m.

Eastern, also began to utilize longtime cast members like Jane Elliott, who plays Tracy Quartermaine.

“Jane is such a spectacular actress and to have her not do much on the show seems like a waste of a resource,” Valentini said.

Characters from the past — like Lynn Herring’s Lucy Coe, Jack Wagner’s Frisco Jones and Tristan Rogers’ Robert Scorpio — were brought back in episodes leading up to last April’s 50th-anniversary mark.

Some stayed longer than others, but Valentini said they were all “gifts for the audience.”

He says the show is working to bring back others.

“We’d love Demi Moore to come back. We’d love John Stamos to come back. We’ve still got plenty of fun stuff to do and plenty of surprises.”

“GH” marked its 50th anniversary by bringing back its popular Nurses’ Ball, where the characters put on a formal ball, complete with musical performances, to raise money for AIDS and HIV research.

There are plans for another Nurses’ Ball next spring.

The Nurses’ Ball is “a tremendous amount of work and very, very expensive to do but I think we’ll be able to do it,” says Valentini.

Vicki Dummer, executive vice president of ABC Media Group and Primetime Current Series, says she’s been a fan of “GH” for more than 30 years and couldn’t be happier.

“Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati have done extraordinary work on ‘GH’ and have really turned the show around,” she said in a recent statement, adding that the goal was to “redefine the show and give it a contemporary feel.”

Valentini says he’s already looking ahead to story lines for next summer.

“I think we’re really hitting our stride right now and that’s a much more com-

fortable pace from which to operate but there’s never really any relaxing.”

DEAR ABBY: Veterans Day is next week, and I hope you’ll address something I have encountered over the years. I am a Navy veteran who served four years as a Seabee.

I was one of the first women to be assigned to a combat unit, and I am proud of my service. However, I dread it when Veterans Day rolls around. Why do people assume that because I’m a woman I am not a veteran?

Two years ago, when I went into a restaurant that serves veterans a free meal, the man in front of me was asked if he wanted a veterans’ menu.

He declined. The hostess did not ask me if I needed one; I had to request it.

Later in the meal, the manager went to each of the tables speaking to the veterans, but skipped mine.

Today, many women serve, and it should not be a stretch that some veterans are female. Would you comment, Abby?

— OVERLOOKED IN LEXINGTON, KY. DEAR OVERLOOKED: Gladly. I can understand why you were offended.

However, I hope you realize that what happened occurred because of these people’s ignorance, and it wasn’t personal. While our armed forces have always been predominantly male, women have officially been part of our

military only since World don’t wish to be interWar II. Many veterans rupted can put their wear hats or other items cellphones on silent or that identify what branch turn them off. If the texts of the service they were you’re arguing about in. To prevent this over- are intruding on time sight from happening to the two of you should you again, wear an insig- be concentrating on each nia next Monday, which other, I see no reason why they shouldn’t be is Veterans Day. responded to the If you do, it will next day. draw attention to the fact that many DEAR ABBY: women serve in Our family is movthe military, which ing into a new might be helpful to house soon. When other female veterwe were lookans. Thank you for your service to our Dear Abby ing at the house, 10-year-old Abigail Van our country.

Buren daughter asked if she could have the DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are hav- bigger bedroom. We said ing a disagreement about yes, and our 12-year-old texting. She insisted that son said he “didn’t care.”

We have been in conyou can text anyone anytime — day or night. I tract for two months feel you shouldn’t text and have gone to see after a time when you the house several times. wouldn’t CALL someone. When we did our final Cellphones are set to ring when texts come in just as landlines do.

I say if you don’t need an immediate response, send an email. What is proper etiquette regarding when people should send texts? — POLITE IN KATY, TEXAS DEAR POLITE: I don’t think there are hard-andfast rules of etiquette regarding texting — yet.

But common sense would suggest that if people suspect they “might” disturb someone by texting, then they should refrain. Of course, recipients who

walk-through, our son pulled my husband aside and said because he is older, he should get the bigger bedroom.

Of course, our daughter is upset. My husband seems to think the older kid should get his way.

My thought is that our son had more than two months to speak up, but at the 11th hour the green-eyed monster is emerging. What do you think? — STARTING ANEW IN OHIO DEAR STARTING ANEW: I think that at this point, to keep peace in your new home, it would be advisable for your children to draw straws to decide who gets the larger bedroom.

tions along the presidential motorcade route for film of the visit to be picked up and transmitted to CBS’ New York headquarters. He had no on-air assignment.

He sprang into action when it became clear something had gone terribly wrong. Rather described in his 1977 book, “The Camera Never Blinks,” that CBS radio went with his report that Kennedy was dead — based not on official confirmation but his phone conversations with men who identified themselves as a doctor and priest at the hospital where Kennedy was taken, and a colleague’s conversation with the hospital’s chief of staff.

It was an extraordinary risk: if Rather was wrong, he conceded his career in

journalism likely would have ended there.

Days later, Rather was among the first people to see film of the assassination taken by Abraham Zapruder and he later described it live on CBS, reading from a spiral notebook what it captured of the president and first lady at the moment of impact. CBS failed, however, to acquire rights to the film.

“I’m proud of what CBS News did at the time,” Rather said. “When the country needed it, CBS News was the best in the business.”

Rather gave an extensive interview about what happened that day to his old competitor, NBC’s Tom Brokaw, for use on Brokaw’s NBC special to air Nov. 22.

50 years looks good on ABC’s ‘General Hospital’ Alicia Rancilio Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A few years ago, ABC’s “General Hospital” was in trouble.

“All My Children” and “One Life to Live” had been given their series’ end dates and the “GH” cast and crew worried their show would be next.

“You’d be on set and you’d hear little things like, ‘Oh, we’ve got maybe six months’” before cancellation, said Jason Thompson, who plays Patrick Drake on the longest-running daytime show. “It was tough.”

“We had a couple holes in the ship,” added Kelly Monaco, who plays Samantha Morgan.

Then in February 2012, “One Life to Live” executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron

n Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

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This Oct. 24 photo released by ABC shows “General Hospital” actors Kelly Monaco, center, with, clockwise from front row left, Tyler Christopher, Roger Howarth, Executive Producer Frank Valenti, Jason Thompson and Sean Blakemore in New York.

Vets’ Day honors are for all who served — male and female

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

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Before PSY blew up YouTube, before @Horse_ebooks became a Twitter superstar, even before the world discovered LOLcats, there was the apostle Paul - early Christian missionary, eventual saint and, it turns out, a pioneer of viral media.

Today, we think of social media as a uniquely modern, uniquely digital phenomenon, one that only took off in the last decade - really in just the last five years. In fact, today’s bloggers and tweeters are heirs to a surprisingly deep and rich tradition that began with the Romans 2,000 years ago, helped cause the split within the Catholic Church, aided the U.S. fight for independence, and prepared the way for the French Revolution.

Put down the iPad, my children, and gather round. Here are five historical pioneers of social media - figures who went viral long before the Internet.

1. The Apostle Paul Paul of Tarsus was the most adroit user of the Roman social-media system, harnessing it to amass followers and bind together the scattered communities of the early Christian church, and promote his ideas on how the church should develop. Written on papyrus rolls in the 1st century AD, his open letters - or epistles, as we now know them in their New Testament form were addressed to specific churches (the Book of Romans is a letter to the church in Rome, for example, and Corinthians is a letter to the church in Corinth) but were clearly intended for wider distribution, like a Tumblr post sent out into the world to be blogged and reblogged. Initially, church leaders would read them out to the members of their congregation. But Paul also expected recipient churches to copy and share his letters with other churches nearby. As he wrote in his letter to the Colossians: “After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.” Copies of the letters rippled across Paul’s network of churches, so that they each ended up with a complete collection. Readings from Paul’s letters became a part of Christian worship, and they eventually came to be seen as scripture by the early church, whose leaders incorporated them into the New Testament.

In its early years, Christianity consisted of rival movements whose members disagreed over the meaning of Christ’s teachings and his intended audience for them. Paul used social media to ensure

that his view prevailed, cementing the establishment of the Christian church as a religion open to all, not just to Jews.

Such is his influence that his letters are still read out in churches all over the world today - a striking testament to the power of social distribution.

2. Martin Luther Social media helped Paul build a church; in the hands of Martin Luther, an obscure theologian in the German town of Wittenberg, it helped to split Western Christianity.

Luther hadn’t expected his “95 Theses” - a handwritten list of theological challenges to the Catholic doctrine of indulgences, which he proposed as topics of debate in 1517 - to spread as quickly as it did. Manuscript copies of his pioneering listicle passed from hand to hand at first, but then printers got hold of it, accelerating its spread and making it the talk of Germany within two weeks, and of Western Europe in four. Luther realized he could use this new technology, invented a few decades earlier by Johannes Gutenberg, to his further advantage.

He followed up with a series of pamphlets written in vernacular German, giving the text of each to a printer in his home town and waiting for it to ripple to the next town, and the next, through repeated reprinting (akin, you could say, to retweeting). Millions of copies of his pamphlets spread like wildfire throughout Europe between 1517 and 1527 as readers shared and recommended them to their friends, who then sought out their own copies.

Thanks to the “marvellous, new and subtle art, the art of printing,” one of Luther’s contemporaries later noted, “each man became eager for knowledge, not without feeling a sense of amazement at his former blindness.”

This posed a dilemma for the Catholic Church, which was initially reluctant to respond with pamphlets of its own, because doing so would be an admission that theological matters were open to debate. The extraordinary popularity of Luther’s pamphlets signaled to him, and to his readers, the breadth of support for his views - just as social media revealed the extent of anti-government feeling in Egypt and Tunisia, a phenomenon that modern media scholars call “synchronization of opinion.” Luther’s message went viral, and the result was the Reformation.

3. John Harington Today, using Twitter, Facebook and blogs to improve your “personal brand” is social media 101. But it was Elizabethan courtier John Harington who, in the 16th century, pioneered the

use of social media for self-promotion (though today he is better known as the inventor of the flushing toilet).

The son of a poet and an attendant to Elizabeth I, he was one of the childless queen’s 102 godchildren. He first appeared at court at age 21 and quickly made a name for himself with his snarky epigrams. Satirical and daring in their humor, the chief purpose of these short, snappy messages (today, they’d fit neatly into a tweet) was to advertise the dazzling intellect of their author and advance his career. He became known as the queen’s “saucy godson” for quips like this one: “Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”

He even dared to criticize the queen’s father, Henry VIII, for his unfortunate habit of having his wives beheaded.

In one of his epigrams, a noblewoman receives an invitation to marry the king, but declines: “… I greatly thank the king your master, And would (such love in me his fame hath bred) My body venture so: but not my head.”

His quips were eagerly whispered from one courtier to another and circulated in written form within the court and beyond. Harington himself gave manuscripts of his collected epigrams to close friends and family members. He liked to play the part of the wise fool, jesting on the sidelines of Elizabeth’s court and wrapping up his moral and political barbs in apparently harmless witticisms - their true meaning only apparent once the laughter had subsided. For Harington and his contemporaries, writing poetry was a way to establish a reputation and win a place at court. Poetry in the Elizabethan court could be used to ask for advancement or, in the event of falling from favor, to apologize for misdeeds. Harington’s poetry convinced the queen of his cleverness, and she eventually gave him official duties to perform as a courtier, tutor and military observer. After a checkered career in which he often got into trouble for overstepping the mark, he eventually ended up with a knighthood.

4. Thomas Paine During the 18th century, the American colonies established an increasingly efficient media-sharing system. Local newspapers, with a circulation of a few hundred at best, did not rely on journalists for stories, but instead reprinted letters, speeches and pamphlets supplied by their readers, and thus provided a shared, social platform through which people could share and discuss their views with others. (Think of it as Gawker or SBNation.) As the reliability and frequency of the postal service improved, it allowed free exchange by post of newspapers both within and between colonies. This allowed noteworthy letters and pamphlets to reach a wide audience as they were printed in one newspaper and then copied and reprinted by others.

As tensions grew with the government in London, several authors wrote letters or pamphlets that lit up this colonial media network, including John Dickinson’s anonymous “Letters from a Farmer” and John Adams’ writings under the pen name “Novanglus.” But most successful of all at exploiting this network was Thomas Paine, a recent immigrant to the colonies who articulated the case for independence more clearly and forcefully than anyone had done before. His pamphlet “Common Sense” quickly rippled through the colonies, shared at first among the

political elite, who excitedly recommended it to each other, and then widely reprinted and excerpted in local papers. It was unquestionably the most popular and influential pamphlet of the American Revolution, eventually selling more than 250,000 copies and making Paine the world’s bestselling author.

In another example of synchronization of opinion, its popularity revealed to the colonists the breadth of support for independence. Many years later, John Adams wrote disapprovingly to Thomas Jefferson that “history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” That is an exaggeration, but not much of one.

5. Jean-Frederic Pheypeaux One of the jobs of the Count of Maurepas, a senior official in charge of the Paris police in the 1740s, was to monitor closely what was being said about King Louis XV in satirical rhymes, called libelles, which circulated in salons, cafes, markets and taverns. As they passed from person to person, whether orally or written on small scraps of paper, these ditties would be modified and reworked, with new verses added or names changed.

Such poems could easily be updated in response to the news, a process of collective authorship that assimilated and encapsulated public opinion. Maurepas collected these poems through a network of informers, so that he could monitor public opinion on the king’s behalf, tracking which courtiers were being satirized and collecting the latest rumors about the royal family. As with modern Internet censorship in China, the authorities would intervene if someone went too far.

On occasion, Maurepas and other courtiers would also write rhymes of their own to try to influence public opinion, letting them circulate at court and then filter out via salons and cafes to society at large. One such rhyme led to Maurepas’ dismissal in 1749, when it became apparent that he was the author.

It insulted the king’s mistress, who was unpopular among his faction at court.

Perhaps not unlike a certain former White House staffer, Maurepas had sought to exploit the media system to his own advantage, but instead brought about his own downfall. The power of the rhymes, however, remained intact: The relentless criticism of the libelles steadily corroded respect for the monarchy, undermined the king’s authority, and paved the way for the French Revolution.

And then came the Dark Ages.

Starting in the mid-19th century, everything changed. The advent of the steampowered printing press, followed in the 20th century by radio and television, made possible what we now call mass media (and what conventional wisdom thinks of as traditional media). These new technologies of mass dissemination could supply information directly to large numbers of people with unprecedented speed and efficiency, but their high cost meant that control of the flow of information became concentrated into the hands of a select few. The delivery of information became a one-way, centralized broadcast, overshadowing the tradition of two-way, conversational and social distribution that had come before.

It is only in recent years that the Internet has made it possible to reach a large audience at low cost, allowing social distribution to re-emerge from the shadow of mass media. The rebirth of social media in the Internet age is thus both a profound shift - and a return, in many respects, to the way things used to be.

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PIQUA — Piqua Baptist Church’s Sanctuary Choir will be presenting the Christmas musical “On This Very Night” during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 service. Rehearsals are underway on Sunday afternoons from 3-4:30 p.m.

Area community members who love to sing, but may not have an opportunity to do so, are invited to participate.

Directing the musical will be Cherie Roeth with piano accompaniment by Mary Alice Newbauer, along with additional praise and worship experience from Chris and Tammy Rench, in addition to God’s Kids, under the direction of Amanda Riley and Emily Palmer.

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PIQUA — Congregation Anshe Emeth in Piqua, will be observing Shabbat with a regular Friday night service on Nov.

15. Services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Marc Kasten and will begin at 7:30 p.m. An oneg will follow services. The synagogue is located at 320 Caldwell St. in Piqua. For further information see the website at http://www. ansheemeth.org/ or call 937-547-0092.

PAC to meet Monday

PIQUA — The Piqua Association of Churches (PAC) will meet at 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 11. The location of the meeting will be at the Piqua United Pentecostal Church on the corner of Ash Street and College Avenue, Piqua.

Trinity Church to host Kirking

TROY — The annual celebration of the Kirking (churching) of the Tartans at Trinity Church, Troy, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. The Rev. Joan Smoke urges guests to join the congregation for the festive occasion.

Scottish clan banners are blessed during the service which is the same Order of Service used in Scotland today.

Bagpipes and drums will be played. After the service, special Scottish refreshments will be served. The Haggis will be piped in, scones, oatmeal cookies, cakes and other international favorites will be included.

This service is an old Scottish Highland custom. The tartan is a fabric woven according to a certain threadcount design known as Scottish plaids.

Each design represents specific families (clans), regions and regiments.

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New German teacher joins PHS Katie Harris Staff Writer

PHS is welcoming yet another teacher to the team. Jason Pecori is the new German teacher this year.

Pecori is originally from Oswego, New York. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in German in 2007 from the State University of New York at Oswego, or SUNY. He also got his master’s degree in

teaching in 2012.

Pecori chose to teach German because of his high school teacher. “Class was always upbeat and fun,” said Pecori. His older siblings also had an influence on his decision, as they also took German. Pecori was the president of Pecori German club in high school.

Pecori’s experience at PHS

has been really good so far.

“Students have been really receptive. So far so good,” he said.

Pecori’s main goal in teaching is to influence every student’s life positively. He said, “If I can at least impact one student’s life, I can consider myself happy.”

He also taught German 1, 2, and 3 at the middle school in

Chesterfield County Schools in Virginia. Pecori did his student teaching at Mexico Central Schools in New York.

“It’s funny, they asked me in middle school what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said a diplomat, until I figured out how much work went into it,” said Pecori.

His favorite part about working at PHS is the students. “I could be really tired, but once they get here it

McDonalds’ Student of the Week Klosterman chosen for his example Faith Branson Staff Writer

Senior D a n i el Klosterman, son of Jan and William Klosterman, is McDonalds’ Student of the Week for the week of Nov. 4-8.

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Klosterman was nominated by Dustin Hornbeck for his fairness, trustworthiness, responsibility, and his integrity.

Hornbeck says the reason he chose Dan is because, “Dan is a great example to his fellow students. He is active in classes and comes up with creative and unique solutions to class work. He is an intelligent

student who aims for high goals and won’t be disappointed.”

Klosterman an active member of the National Honor Society.

His favorite classes are sociology, chemistry 3 and engineering chemistry.

He does not know what college he would like to attend, but he wants to pursue a career in biomedical engineering.

Flying Pancake breakfast to be held for team Mariah Killian Staff Writer

Saturday, Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Piqua High School commons, the Flying Pancake Breakfast and Shoot-a-Thon will be going on. Hearth Butler, Piqua’s boys’ basketball coach, has put this event together to raise money for the team.

The event is to start with a walk in breakfast, where Chris Cakes will be flipping your pancakes.

Cakes is, according to the Guinness World Record, the fastest pancake flipper.

He has also been featured on the Food Channel for his pancake flipping fame.

The Flying Pancake breakfast wasn’t Butler’s idea though. Rob Honeycutt,

and Anita Bachman put together the breakfast for the Booster club, to help raise money for items such as uniforms, travel gear, and trips for the boys’ basketball team.

After breakfast, everyone will get the chance to see 9-12th grade boys compete against one another in the shoot-a-thon.

The boys will have four

minutes to shoot as many baskets as they can.

There will be trophies for first second and third place.

Everyone will also have the chance to see first throug sixth-graders at their practice after the shoot-athon is over.

“This is a chance for our community to see some of their future Indians,” Butler said.

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brightens my day. But the staff and the friends I’m making come in at a close second,” said Pecori. “I’m here for the students.”

Pecori’s other interests include fishing and cooking.

He also enjoys reading. He is a fan of Dan Brown and Stephen King books.

Pecori’s future goals consist of making a career at PHS, having a family, and some kids.

“The Company” to perform in Ada Music Feast Olivia Barhorst Staff Writer

PHS’s “The Company” under the direction of Tom Westfall, Lara Ray and Kyle Fisher have been working hard since July to bring this season’s show together.

The 55-member showchoir from PHS has spent countless hours inside and outside of the classroom to make this show successful.

On Saturday, Nov. 9, they will travel to Ada to compete in the Ada Music Feast. They have high hopes of making the finals and placing very high. Their daytime performance is at 1:45 with the finals performances beginning around 7 p.m.

The members of “ The Company” have been working very hard on their vocals and choreography. There song list includes: “What You Want,” “The Beiber,” “Change Begins With Me,” and “Wings.”

“The Company” encourages anyone willing to make the drive to Ada to watch them compete to do so.

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Need some guidance?

BY: BROOKE JONES If you ask any of our seniors about college they would probably say that they are starting to prepare for it right now. When you ask who is helping them with all of the applications and essays, they would say Mrs. Saluke.

As the Guidance Counselor for our seniors, Mrs. Saluke’s job is not just about helping with college applications, though it is an important part. She also gives personal guidance, monitors credits for graduation, advises about college and financial aid, and helps students earn college credits while in high school. That is a lot and just scratches the surface of everything she does!

Even though it seems like this would be the busiest time of the year for her with college applications, she says her busiest time will be the months of April and May, when graduation draws near. To add to her busy schedule, she will also be directing the musical again this year.

Though it seems she is here every day, you may have noticed that Mrs. Saluke is not around the halls as much as she has been in past years. This is because she made the decision to work part-time this year and focus just on counseling.

“This year’s graduating class is about 30% bigger than last year’s class and they are very academic with very high test scores,” said Saluke. “So if I was teaching English and trying to counsel this large class at the same time, I wouldn’t be doing justice to either area.”

Mrs. Saluke loves what she does. She says her favorite part about her job is the fact that “there is never a dull day” and that “it is very intriguing.” We love and appreciate all the work she does for the Lehman community!

Friday night fever BY: MADILYN BROWN The season underneath the lights has the Boys of Fall keeping their fans in high hopes. The Lehman Catholic football team has a firm grip on the chance to participate in the 2013 OHSAA Playoffs.

The adrenaline rush the boys receive as they step onto the field at 7:00 p.m. has become a habitual feeling. As for the crowd, the excitement never seems to get old as the boys jump up and down ready to play for nothing but a victory. The sound of shredding as the boys rip through the sign onto the field, gives the assembly in the bleachers, an idea of how bad these boys want it, how hard they’ve worked to get here. Endless hours on the practice field, countless amounts of sweat, blood, and tears, and early mornings in the weight room have all been worth it to get this team exactly where they have worked to be.

The Blue and Gold have made it clear; they are in it to win it. Every single game, every theme, every cheer that echoes from the stands, has helped make it evident that giving up is not an option. Becoming victorious in the face-off of rivals and tough opponents, including Minster and Fort Loramie, keeps the Cavaliers believing in themselves.

Edu or don’t BY: THOMAS COVAULT Eduardo Vivas, better known as Edu, is one of Lehman’s many exchange students this year, but the only one from Spain. Edu was nervous at first, but has made the transition into the American lifestyle wonderfully. In the short time he has been here, he has made many new friends and hopes to make more!

Eduardo says there are many differences between America and Spain. One of the biggest is that at Lehman you can choose what classes you want to take, but in Spain, you have no control.

Edu’s favorite American food is hamburger, but when asked if America has better food than Spain he said “Spain’s food is much better then America’s.” One of his favorite things is the weekend when he can “not go to school and hang out with my new friends.”

Eduardo’s favorite sport is soccer which is Spain’s national sport, but he said if he had to pick another sport he would choose to play basketball, which Spain also plays.

Even though Edu has made the transition to America look easy, there are parts that have been difficult. Instead of speaking Spanish at all times, he’s had to fully commit to speaking English. Edu also said he misses his family and just being around them every day.

All in all Eduardo is thankful for how nice the Lehman community has been to him. He has loved all the opportunities America has brought him, and is excited about what it can still bring.

“Winning against Loramie, which was not the case last year, was easily one of the best feelings I have had in my football career. Even though I already knew we could do it, it was one of the most reassuring feelings that going to the Playoffs was in our future,” said senior Drew Westerheide.

It has been a rough couple of years for the Lehman football team but this year they have been more than prepared to demonstrate that it is their time to shine.

With many adjustments to the system, the “excitement,” that comes with football has been brought back to life. New offensive plays have increased the intensity in each game making an awesome response from the fans unavoidable.

The team, who has not gone out with a record of 9-1 since 2010, is ready to do it all over again. The Playoff spiritwear order forms have been passed around and we can only anticipate that the Cavaliers can add a few more weeks to our season.

“If the victories we pulled off weren’t enough proof of an awesome year for the team, the minute Coach Roll gave me a hug after the Loramie game made me take in the fact that we had already proved ourselves to the school and the community, and that is a feeling I won’t ever forget,” said senior John Husa.

From a fan and cheerleader’s perspective, I can say this is the best year of football I have witnessed from the sidelines in my four years of high school. No matter how many push-ups we have had to do (for each point scored), I have enjoyed every minute of it. It never gets old seeing the looks of achievement across each member of the team’s faces as they walk off the field after another victory.

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Covington FFA members were front row, left to right, Jese Shell, Matthew Kuether, Lydia Millhouse, Kristy Romie. Back row, left to right, Garrett Shafer, Seth Clark, Trevor Miller, and Tyler Clark.

FFA students attend National Convention

CASSTOWN — “Ignite” was the theme of this year’s National FFA Convention.

38 members of the Miami East-MVCTC, Covington, and Newton FFA chapters were in attendance at the convention in Louisville, Ky. Those members included from Miami East-MVCTC FFA were Katie Bendickson, Kelsey Kirchner, Eliza Hershberger, Emily Beal, Andrew Kowalak, Kayden Gustin, Cody Reid, Rebekah Eidemiller, Lauren Williams, Allyson Supinger, Kayla Zirkle, Kendra Beckman, Lindsey Roeth, Olivia Edgell, Kelly Rindler, Levi Reid, Nathan Teeters, Trent Church, Hunter Sharp, Casey Copeland, and Rian Kingrey.

From Covington FFA were Tyler Clark, Seth Clark, Garrett Shafer, Trevor Miller, Kristy Romie, Lydia Millhouse, Jese Shell, and Matthew Kuether. From Newton FFA were Tyler Shuman, Cody Rowe, Connor Lavy, Megan Zielinski, Abby Webb, Alexis Bryant, RJ Renner, and Atley King.

More than 61,000 members, parents, and guests were in attendance at the National FFA Convention. Previous conventions were held in Kansas City, Mo. and Indianapolis, Ind. In 2016, the Convention will again return to Louisville, Kentucky.

Convention activities included attending several convention sessions were members where inspired by motivational speakers such as the 2012-2013 National FFA Officers and motivational speaker and University of Louisville Men’s Basketball Coach Rick Pitino. Members also listened to 911 survivor and New York City Firefighter Joe Torrillo.

Attendees enjoyed attending the Jana Kramer and Dierks Bentley concert, World’s Toughest Rodeo, Buckeye Bash Dance, Louisville Slugger Museum & Tour, and Churchill Downs/Kentucky Derby Museum and behind-the-scenes

tour. Members also attended the FFA Shopping Mall and Career Show.

Two Miami East-MVCTC FFA members competed in the National Agriscience Fair with their research project. Kelsey Kirchner and Katie Bendickson competed in Division 3, Food Science with their project, “Who Nose Their Smells?” They placed 4th in the nation.

Miami East-MVCTC FFA received a Three-Star National Chapter Award, the highest award bestowed to an FFA Chapter. The chapter was selected for this honor based on its activities during the previous school year, in the areas of student, chapter and community development.

Retired Miami East High School Principal Tim Williams received the Honorary American FFA Degree.

Williams has been a longtime supporter of the Miami East Agricultural Education Department.

Past Miami East High School graduates Amanda Bartel, Jacob Eidemiller and Meagan McKinney received their American FFA Degrees. The American FFA Degree is the highest degree awarded by the National FFA Organization and recognizes members’ ability to demonstrate leadership abilities and outstanding achievements in agricultural business, production, processing, and service programs. Recipients received gold American FFA Degree key, wallet ID card, and a certificate to commemorate the achievement.

LaDonna Mays, Rick Copeland and Superintendent Dr. Todd Rappold chaperoned the trip. Administrators at Miami East Local Schools, Covington Schools, Newton Schools, Miami Valley Career Technology Center, and Upper Valley Career Center also support the local school district’s agricultural education departments.

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•7th Grade: Connor Case, Lillian Elleman, Bianca Keener, Karmen Knepp, Deja Lear, Elisa Martinez, Jackson Moore, Macie Reck, Amelia Roberts, and Stephanie Warvel.

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Seventh Grade •Honor Roll (3.75-4.0 GPA) Katlyn Arthur, Haleigh Beougher, Claire Bim-Merle, Mason Darner, Amaya Evans, Carmynn Frysinger, Ethan Gevedon, Jazekia Helton, Kraig Hemmert, Austin Jenkins, Kimora Lee, Samantha Martin, Hailey McPherson, Nickoal Medley, Makayla Neal, Taylor Parton, Christina Rohrer, Skylar Sloan, Christian Starrett, and Kyrie Tipps.

•Honorable Mention (3.5-3.749 GPA) Caitlyn Applegate, Tessa Arnett, Kelsey Bachman, Jordan Bixler, Molly Brinkman, Ashley Brush, Kyra Buchanan, Taylor, Cavendar, Jennifer Crusey, Hunter Gheen, Julio Gonzalez, John Grear, Jackson Huelskamp, Kaylee Lacy, Alexis Lewis, Cade Lyman, Ethan Pohlschneider, Alisah Richard, Shane Saunders, Macie Schaffner, Katrina Sowers, and Destiny Strunk.

•Commended List (3.25-3.49 GPA) Haley Arnett, Allysa Cantrell, Caden Clark, Lauren Collins, Mary Craft, Maddison Fogt, Adah Johnson, Micah Karn, Blake Kinsella, Kaiden Maxwell, Gavin Miller, Matthew Neal, Dylan Oda, Coeby Patton, Katelynn Pence, Cecily Roberts, Brianna Swartz, Kamryn Trissell, Kylie Trissell, and Jasamin Young.

Eighth Grade •Honor Roll (3.75-4.0 GPA) Cheyenne Barnhart, Kaylee Berger, Cameron Brown, Camille Brown,

•8P – Timothy Buechter, Kameron Lee, Madeline McFarland, Alanna O’Leary and Ryan Pierre.

Second Honors •5L – Alexandra Casillas and Jordan Karn.

•6W – Savannah Buechter, Danielle Detter, Gabriel Knapke and Jacob Schneider.

•7Z – Carly Caulfield, Hannah Giguere and Lilian Greene.

•8P –Aldo Barrera, Alvaro Barrera, Zachary Giguere, Alex Musser, Molly Safreed and Ellie Scott.

The following students were awarded Cavalier of the Quarter: •5L – Alexandra Casillas •6W – Jacob Schneider •7Z – Grace Brandt •8P – Zachary Giguere

4.0, Bailey Wysong 4.0, Andrew Branson, Christina Crosby, Irina Dingman, Hannah Fout, Chelsea Gill, and Maia Stump.

•9th Grade: Mandi Bates, Amanda Brewer, Tatyana Cotrell, Emily Huggins, Chase Kenworthy, Natasha Lee, Adria Roberts, Alex Swabb and Angella Warvel.

•10th Grade: Kelly Moore 4.0, Andrew Patty 4.0, Shania Black, Lindsey Haines, Nick Hoover, TJ Jones, Bailey Powell, and Mackenzie Weld.

•11th Grade: Melinda Brewer 4.0, Gabby Fair 4.0, Erika Har. •12th Grade: Kaili Knepp 4.0, Kymmy Carder, Brooke Dunlevy, Kylee Floyd, Samantha Fraga, Shay Lafollette, Haley Patty, and Brandon Wysong.

Bradford High School Merit Roll BRADFORD — The following students have been named to the Bradford High School Merit Roll for the 1st Quarter:

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Election Results

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Election results for jurisdictions in Miami County Piqua Mayor

❏ Lucinda L. Fess ✓ ❏ William D. Vogt

Piqua City Commission 3rd Ward

✓ ❏ Joseph H. Wilson ❏ James H. Cruse Jr.

Troy Council (5th Ward)

Troy Council (4th Ward)

❏ Bobby W. Phillips ✓

Troy Council (1st Ward)

❏ Tom Kendall ✓

Tipp City Council (Full term)

✓ ❏ Patrick Hale ✓ ❏ Joseph E. Gibson ✓ ❏ Katelyn Berbach ❏ Matthew P. Owen ✓

❏ Benajmin C. Dean ❏ Carrie Arblaster

❏ Bill Twiss ✓

Troy Council (2nd Ward)

✓ ❏ Bonnie Sue Davis ❏ Brian L. Reid ✓ ✓ ❏ Penny Reed Covington Council

✓ ❏ Robert Scott Tobias ✓ ❏ Joyce Robertson ❏ Don Weer ✓ Newton Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ❏ Stanley A. Fessler ✓ ❏ Terry E. Wackler

Staunton Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ❏ Bill B. Gearhart ❏ Levi Long ✓

❏ Brock Heath ✓

Troy Council (3rd Ward)

Municipal Court Judge

Monroe Twp. Trustee (Full term)

West Milton Mayor

Potsdam Council (Full term)

✓ ✓

❏ Philip G. Cox ❏ Martin E. English

Tipp City Board of Education

Brown Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ❏ Larry D. Coffing ✓ ❏ Douglas R. Cron

Covington Board of Education

✓ ❏ Alexander R. Reck ❏ Lee Harmon ✓ ✓ ❏ W. Dean Pond

Newton Twp. Trustee (Full term) ❏ Gene Laughman ✓

Troy Board of Education

❏ Michael A. Coate II ✓

West Milton Council (Full term)

Casstown Mayor

❏ Hollenna D. Patton ✓

Pleasant Hill Council (Full term)

✓ ❏ Vickie L. Kirk ✓ ❏ John A. Weaver Jr.

Newberry Twp. Trustee (Full term)

Forest Hill Cemetery

Mulligan’s Pub

❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ NO

Fletcher Additional Tax

Troy School Renewal Tax

✓✓ ✓

✓ ❏ YES

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ Brandon R. Fellers ❏ Gayle Carson ✓ ❏ Kevin Accurso ✓ ❏ Mark A. Davis

Milton-Union Board of Education

✓ ❏ Martha Baker Troy Council at Large

✓ ❏ Al Clark ❏ Robin Oda ✓ ✓ ❏ Lynne Snee

Concord Twp. Trustee (Full term) ❏ Thomas N. Mercer ✓ ❏ Sue E. Campbell ✓ ❏ Donald D. Pence

Union Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ✓

❏ William G. O’Brien ❏ Jim Albaugh

Elizabeth Twp. Trustee (Full term)

Elizabeth Twp. Trustee (Unexpired term ending 12/31/2015

Casstown Council

✓ ❏ Brandy N. Norman ✓ ❏ Neal A. Norman ✓ ❏ Denise Miller

Pleasant Hill Board of Public Affairs

✓ ❏ Ronald L. Swallow ❏ Jim Miller

Lostcreek Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ❏ Eric Carey ✓ ❏ Thomas Kirk

Springcreek Twp. Trustee (Full term)

✓ ❏ Von Fessler

✓ ❏ Mike Havenar ✓ ❏ Thomas W. Hill

Washington Twp. Trustee (Full term)

Washington Twp. Trustee (Unexpired term ending 12/31/2015)

✓ ❏ George A. Furrow Jr. ❏ Edward F. McMaken ✓Dwane I. Runyan ✓ ❏ ❏ James A. Hiegel ✓ ❏ Michael Maniaci Piqua Board of Education

Troy President of Council

✓ ❏ Stephen H. Smiley

✓Greg Dilts ❏ ❏ Susan L. Willis ✓ ❏ John Ryman ❏ Donald E. Edmunds ❏ William D. Sutherly ✓ ✓ ❏ Anthony Miller ❏ J. Mike Jess

Miami East Board of Education

✓

❏ Mel Shane ✓

❏ Gary A. Nasal ✓

✓ ❏ Jack Greggerson ✓ ❏ Robert J. Luby ❏ Andy Hite ✓

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

Troy Treasurer

❏ John Schweser ✓

❏ Joyce Reives ❏ Stephen G. Lucas ❏ Write-in Votes

❏ Dale E. Bartel

✓ ❏ Julia A. Terry

❏ Douglas Tremblay ✓

❏ Carla M. Frame ✓ ✓ ❏ Frank Maus

Fletcher Council

Troy Council (6th Ward)

Piqua City Commission 4th Ward

Miami County ESC

❏ Paul S. Holfinger ❏ Matthew T. Hartley

✓

Bethel Board of Education

❏ Robert G. Allen

✓ ❏ P. Scott Hawthorn ✓ ❏ Joseph G. Solch ✓ ❏ Brian D. Moore

Tipp City Library

Miami County Library

✓

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy

❏ Against the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

Covington Village Replacement Tax 1

Covington Village Replacement Tax 2

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

Pleasant Hill/Newton Twp. Fire

Brown Replacement Tax 1

Brown Replacement Tax 2

❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

Bethel Tax Renewal

West Milton Replacement Tax

Trafalgar

❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ Connie Jo McCarroll ❏ Larry M. Dehus ✓ ❏ Samuel Hoffman

✓

✓

❏ Daniel W. Smiley

Lostcreek Tax Renewal

Tecumseh School Additional Tax

❏ Against the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy Newton Board of Education

✓ ❏ Lane B. Robbins ✓ ❏ Lisa Hildebrand ✓ ❏ Candace Alexander

✓

Monroe Twp. Renewal

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy ❏ Against the Tax Levy

✓ ❏ For the Tax Levy

❏ For the Tax Levy ✓

✓

✓

✓

❏ YES ❏ NO

✓

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

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East hopes second time will be just as charming

In brief n Echo Hills to hold walk

Echo Hills will host a 5K walk/run next Saturday.

The walk will begin at 9 a.m. and the entry fee is $20.

The proceeds will benefit wounded warriors.

Registration forms are available at Echo Hills Golf Course, Joe Thoma’s,, Piqua City Building, VFW, Piqua Chamber of Commerce and American Legion Post 184.

All registered participants will receive a t-shirt.

n Lehman selling playoff tickets

Lehman is selling tickets for its playoff football game set for Saturday night at Sidney Memorial Stadium.

Game time is 7 p.m. and the opponent will be 8-2 Bainbridge Paint Valley Ticket prices are $7 in advance and all tickets at the gate will be $9.

Tickets will be sold at Lehman during school hours and until 1 p.m. Saturday at both East 47 Marathon in Sidney and Reedmore Hallmark in Piqua.

n Buccs selling playoff tickets

The Covington footbal team will be hosting Portsmouth Notre Dame in the D-VII football playoffs at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Gate will open at 5:30 p.m. and everyone attending must have a ticket.

No passes will be honored. Reserve seat ticket holders will be allowed to seat in their seat, but must purchase a ticket.

All pre-sale tickets are $7 and all tickets will be $9 at the gate.

Tickets will be available at the Covington Middle School and Covington High School during the regular school day Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Joanie’s Floral designs will be selling tickets from noon today until 2:30 p.m.

Saturday Covington keeps a percentage of the pre-sale proceeds.

n Scores to air games

ScoresBroadcast.com will air two football playoffs games this weekend.

On Friday, Tippecanoe will host a D-III playoff game with Kenton Ridge at 7:30 p.m.

Air time is 7:05 p.m.

On Saturday, Lehman will host Bainbridge Paint Valley in a D-VII game at 7 pm.

Air time is 6:35 p.m.

Stumper 1963, Q: Inseveral

days after John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, who did the Cowboys play in an NFL game?

A:

The Browns

Quoted “There’s obviously the rookie hazing where you shave a guy’s head or things like that. That’s all fun. Your hair grows back.”

—D’Qwell Jackson on rookie hazing in the NFL

Vikings host North in playoff game Friday David Fong Civitas Media

CASSTOWN — When it comes to the potential pitfalls and profits of playing a team twice in the same season, Max Current sees both sides of the coin.

“On the one hand, it probably is a little tougher to beat a team the second time, because the team that lost has a little bit of a chip on its shoulder,” the Miami East football coach said. “But on the other hand, the team that won the first game also has a little bit of confidence going in knowing they were able to beat the other team once already. So I’m not really sure which team has the advantage in that situation.”

Friday night, Current and the Vikings will find out exactly who has the advantage as his team takes on Cross County Conference foe Tri-County North in a Division VI, Region 22 playoff game.

Miami East — the No. 1 seed in the region — will play host to TC North, the No. 8 seed. The regional quarterfinal game is scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. at Miami East, the first home playoff game in Viking history.

When the two teams met in Week 8, East overcame a 14-0 deficit to win

24-21 in overtime.

“Our guys didn’t seem all that shook up by playing North again,” Current said. “I think they understand they are playing a (darn) good football team.

North is a very aggressive, highly emotional team.

They feed off emotion. We knew we have to go in expecting a war. We have to prepare that way. We are going to be playing a very good team.”

Offensively, the Panthers are led by quarterback Austin Hutchins, a first-team All-CCC performer.

“Their quarterback is very good,” Current said.

“He’s a three-year starter.

He can throw the ball, but he’s also a good runner.

He hurt us a few times the first game when he got loose on scrambles and quarterback draws.

He likes to throw the ball deep. Our job is going to be to limit their big plays.

The first time we played them, we were down 14-0 before we even knew it.

But in the second half, we were able to settle down and make a few adjustments.”

Miami East will counter with a defense that is giving up just 12.2 points per game. Four East defenders — seniors Franco Villella, Alex Brewer and Robbie Adams, along with

Miami East’s Michael Fellers fights for yardage against Covington

sophomore Caden Hellyer — all finished the regular season with 80 or more tackles.

Villella also had 10 tackles for loss, five quarterback sacks and an interception.

Current describes TC North’s defense as an “attacking” squad that never takes a play off.

“Their defense is an attacking defense,” he said. “They can really

cause you some problems.

They play downhill and they play fast. They’ve got a linebacker, (Colton) Booth, who is just (heck) on wheels. He was all over the place for them the first time we played them.”

East’s offense is led by junior quarterback Conner Hellyer, who completed 63 of 103 passes for 1,001 yards with 12 touchdowns and four interceptions.

The rest of East’s

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offense is pure balance and versatility.

Three different running backs have rushed for 400 or more yards this season — Colton McKinney (652 yards, seven touchdowns), Alex Brewer (474 yards, eight touchdowns) and Michael Fellers (463 yards, 12 touchdowns).

Fellers also is East’s leading receiver with 16 catches for 445 yards and eight touchdowns.

All Buckeye goals still obtainable Meyer will watch TV closely this weekend

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Heading into their final three games of the season, the fourthranked Ohio State Buckeyes go into an off week with almost all of their highest goals still within reach.

The thing is, they also need some help.

No wonder coach Urban Meyer will be watching TV closely.

“I’ve been there before a couple of times where some things had to happen right,” Meyer said after Wednesday’s rain-soaked practice. “For us to waste energy on that, that’s not fair to the players we coach. But we’ll certainly be watching.”

Meyer plans to watch Thursday night’s games with his son, Nathan.

He’ll have plenty to watch, that night and Saturday.

Thursday’s games include unbeaten No. 5 Baylor hosting No. 12 Oklahoma for the Big 12 lead, and then No. 2 Oregon at No. 6 Stanford in a Pac-12 showdown.

Baylor is breathing down the Buckeyes’ neck in the Bowl Championship Series rankings, while Oregon is one of the three teams ahead of the Buckeyes.

“I’ll watch them both. Obviously I’ve got a lot of interest,” Meyer said during the Big Ten coaches’ call this week. “Oregon, the style of play that they have — we try to use some of their stuff, as much as we can, because I just think they’re really good. But I’m going to watch Baylor; they’ve got an exciting program too.”

Even though Ohio State (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten) is rolling through its schedule, the Buckeyes cannot play for the national championship if the status quo holds. At No. 4 in the BCS rankings, they need two of the three teams ahead of them to lose or drop behind them in order to be among the top two teams when the national championship pairings are determined in early December.

On Saturday, another game with huge ramifications for Ohio State takes place when No. 10 LSU plays at top-ranked Alabama.

Meyer said he will be measuring his own team by what he sees on the flat screen.

“That’s natural. I probably will,” he said. “I’ve done that with our staff. Is so-and-so a better coach than we are? Does so-and-so have better players than we do? Why? This is Ohio State, our expectations are the best in the country.

“Obviously we’re not there yet or we’d be the best in the country.

So we’re fighting that right now.”

Carlos Hyde dives for a touchdown earlier this season.

It’s a good time for Ohio State to take a break. The Buckeyes are a little bruised and battered and need to take a breather before embarking on their stretch run.

When they return to action on Nov. 16 at Illinois, they’ll be in the driver’s seat of the Leaders Division. They close out the regular season by hosting Indiana on Nov. 23 and then playing at rival Michigan at The Big House on Nov. 30.

If things work out, they’ll clinch the Leaders Division crown along the way — they’re up by a game on Wisconsin and also own the tiebreaker thanks to their 31-24 win Sept. 28.

They would then take on Michigan State — the Legends Division front-runner — in the Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 7.

Defensive tackle Michael Bennett isn’t losing much sleep over the BCS.

“All we can control is how we beat the teams we’re playing. First it’s Illinois, then so on,” he said.

“I don’t stress over the things we don’t control.”

The Buckeyes need to fine-tune some things and heal their bodies.

Starting tackle Taylor Decker sprained the medial-collateral ligament in his left knee in the 56-0 victory at Purdue last Saturday.

He is not practicing this week but it is hoped the week off will allow him to return to the field next week for preparations for Illinois (3-5, 0-4).

Center Corey Linsley said on Wednesday night that Decker may be resting but definitely will be able to play next week.

“He wasn’t practicing today; he’s healing up,” Linsley said. “It’s nothing serious. He’s going to be fine. They’re just taking every precaution.”

In addition, the Buckeyes are without backup tailback Jordan

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Hall. He has what Meyer calls a “chronic knee problem” and could not play against Purdue. He, too, is hopeful of getting back on the field for the big games at the finish.

The Buckeyes are riding a 21-game winning streak. The school mark is 22 straight, from 1967 to the last game of the 1969 season, encompassing a national championship in 1968.

Clearly, there’s a lot of goals yet to be achieved in the dwindling weeks.

Meyer, who stepped aside twice at Florida due to health issues, said he’s going to enjoy this week off, and hopes his team comes back rejuvenated.

“The chase is on, man. It’s real,” he said. “For the coaches, it’s the same thing. It’s good for your soul, good for your mind to come back refreshed. You can’t just (work all the time). I’ve tried that. It doesn’t work.”

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Piqua Seventh Grade Football Finishes 7-1

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The Piqua seventh grade football finished the season with a 7-1 record, taking second in the GWOC North.The team included front row (left to right) Brayden Chaney, Jacob Meyer, Peyton Carr, Micah Karn, Coeby Patton, Chris Wooddell, Nick Wright, Owen Toopes. Second row: Michael Lemmon, Shane Saunders, Hunter Gheen, Trey Richmond, Cade Lyman, Kyler Carnes, Jacob Strayer. Third row: Grant Toopes, Zane Arbogast, Caden Maxwell, Ethan Pohlschneider, Brennan Toopes, Ayden Young, Gavin Mullenix. In back are coach Sean Mitchell, Brandon Cox, Clevante Scott, Dylan Motter, Caden Clark, Christian Starrett, Nathan Durst, Arturo Mendoza, coach Travis Karn. Missing from the photo are Austin Castle, Quri Tucker, Jordan Phillippi, coach Craig Barhorst and coach Trent Karn.

Record Book Football

NFL Standings East

National Football League All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE

New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo South Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville North Cincinnati Cleveland Baltimore Pittsburgh West

W 7 5 4 3

L 2 4 4 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .778 .556 .500 .333

PF 234 169 174 189

PA 175 231 187 236

W 6 4 2 0

L 2 4 6 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .250 .000

PF 214 173 146 86

PA 155 167 221 264

W 6 4 3 2

L 3 5 5 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .444 .375 .250

PF 217 172 168 156

PA 166 197 172 208

W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 9 0 0 1.000 215 111 Denver 7 1 0 .875 343 218 .500 192 174 San Diego 4 4 0 Oakland 3 5 0 .375 146 199 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 5 4 0 .556 257 209 Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 225 231 Washington 3 5 0 .375 203 253 N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 141 223 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 6 2 0 .750 216 146 Carolina 5 3 0 .625 204 106 Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 176 218 Tampa Bay 0 8 0 .000 124 190 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 232 185 Detroit 5 3 0 .625 217 197 Chicago 5 3 0 .625 240 226 Minnesota 1 7 0 .125 186 252 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 8 1 0 .889 232 149 San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 218 145 Arizona 4 4 0 .500 160 174 St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 186 226 Thursday's Game Miami 22, Cincinnati 20, OT Sunday's Games Dallas 27, Minnesota 23 Tennessee 28, St. Louis 21 Carolina 34, Atlanta 10 N.Y. Jets 26, New Orleans 20 Kansas City 23, Buffalo 13 Washington 30, San Diego 24, OT Philadelphia 49, Oakland 20 Seattle 27, Tampa Bay 24, OT Cleveland 24, Baltimore 18 New England 55, Pittsburgh 31 Indianapolis 27, Houston 24 Open: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco Monday's Game Chicago 27, Green Bay 20 Thursday, Nov. 7 Washington at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 10 Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

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

Denver at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Cleveland, Kansas City, N.Y. Jets, New England Monday, Nov. 11 Miami at Tampa Bay, 8:40 p.m.

BCS Poll BCS Standings List Team 1. Alabama 2. Florida St. 3. Oregon 4. Ohio St. 5. Stanford 6. Baylor 7. Clemson 8. Missouri 9. Auburn 10. Oklahoma 11. Miami 12. South Carolina 13. LSU 14. Oklahoma St. 15. Texas A&M 16. Fresno St. 17. Michigan St. 18. N. Illinois 19. UCLA 20. Louisville 21. UCF 22. Arizona St. 23. Notre Dame 24. Wisconsin 25. Texas Tech

Avg .9797 .9525 .9435 .8720 .7930 .7745 .7277 .6890 .6686 .6084 .5246 .5111 .4525 .4395 .4365 .3675 .3394 .3169 .2904 .2510 .2151 .1770 .1662 .1288 .0986

Prev 1 3 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 10 7 14 13 18 12 16 22 17 20 19 23 NR 25 24 15

AP Top 25 Poll The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (52) 8-0 1,491 1 2. Oregon (2) 8-0 1,418 2 3. Florida St. (6) 8-0 1,409 3 4. Ohio St. 9-0 1,315 4 5. Baylor 7-0 1,234 5 6. Stanford 7-1 1,214 6 7. Auburn 8-1 1,082 8 8. Clemson 8-1 1,059 9

10 9. Missouri 8-1 956 10. LSU 7-2 863 11 11. Texas A&M 7-2 861 12 12. Oklahoma 7-1 816 13 13. South Carolina 7-2 769 14 14. Miami 7-1 737 7 15. Oklahoma St. 7-1 662 18 16. UCLA 6-2 515 17 17. Fresno St. 8-0 493 16 18. Michigan St. 8-1 478 24 19. UCF 6-1 472 19 20. Louisville 7-1 385 20 21. Wisconsin 6-2 342 22 22. N. Illinois 9-0 322 21 23. Arizona St. 6-2 197 25 24. Notre Dame 7-2 164 NR 25. Texas Tech 7-2 102 15 Others receiving votes: Texas 34, Georgia 32, BYU 28, Mississippi 17, Houston 9, Minnesota 7, Michigan 6, Washington 6, Ball St. 4, Duke 1.

USA Today Top 25 The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 3, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (54) 8-0 1,540 1 2. Oregon (5) 8-0 1,475 2 3. Florida State (3) 8-0 1,436 3 4. Ohio State 9-0 1,369 4 5. Baylor 7-0 1,299 5 6. Stanford 7-1 1,222 7 7. Clemson 8-1 1,121 8 8. Oklahoma 7-1 971 9 9. Missouri 8-1 961 10 10. Auburn 8-1 959 11 864 12 11. Oklahoma State 7-1 12. LSU 7-2 835 13 13. Texas A&M 7-2 800 14 14. Miami (Fla.) 7-1 747 6 15. South Carolina 7-2 722 16 16. Louisville 7-1 569 17 17. Fresno State 8-0 567 18 18. UCLA 6-2 494 19 19. Michigan State 8-1 446 24 20. Northern Illinois 9-0 409 20 21. Central Florida 6-1 340 22 22. Wisconsin 6-2 333 23 23. Texas Tech 7-2 217 15 24. Arizona State 6-2 130 NR 25. Notre Dame 7-2 108 25 Others receiving votes: Texas 77; Georgia 25; Houston 24; Brigham Young 19; Minnesota 18; Michigan 14; Nebraska 12; Duke 11; LouisianaLafayette 5; Ball State 4; Mississippi 3; Oregon State 2; Arizona 1; Southern California 1.

College Schedule College Football Schedule All Times EST (Subject to change) Thursday, Nov. 7 SOUTH Prairie View (5-4) at Alcorn St. (7-3), 7:30 p.m.

Troy (5-4) at Louisiana-Lafayette (6-2), 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Oklahoma (7-1) at Baylor (7-0), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Oregon (8-0) at Stanford (7-1), 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 8 EAST Louisville (7-1) at UConn (0-7), 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Air Force (2-7) at New Mexico (2-6), 9 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9 EAST W. Kentucky (5-4) at Army (3-6), Noon St. Francis (Pa.) (3-5) at Bryant (4-5), Noon Robert Morris (4-4) at CCSU (4-5), Noon Princeton (6-1) at Penn (4-3), Noon Duquesne (5-3) at Sacred Heart (8-2), Noon Monmouth (NJ) (4-5) at Wagner (2-7), Noon Brown (5-2) at Yale (4-3), Noon Harvard (6-1) at Columbia (0-7), 12:30 p.m.

Holy Cross (3-7) at Lehigh (6-2), 12:30 p.m.

James Madison (6-3) at New Hampshire (4-4), 12:30 p.m.

Villanova (4-5) at Rhode Island (3-7), 12:30 p.m.

Bucknell (4-4) at Fordham (9-0), 1 p.m.

Richmond (4-5) at Stony Brook (3-5), 1 p.m.

William & Mary (6-3) at Delaware (7-2), 3 p.m.

Maine (7-2) at Albany (NY) (1-8), 3:30 p.m.

Colgate (3-6) at Lafayette (3-5), 3:30 p.m.

Hawaii (0-8) at Navy (4-4), 3:30 p.m.

Cornell (1-6) at Dartmouth (3-4), 4 p.m.

Texas (6-2) at West Virginia (4-5), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (7-2) at Pittsburgh (4-4), 8 p.m.

SOUTH Florida St. (8-0) at Wake Forest (4-5), Noon Wesley (6-2) at Charlotte (4-5), Noon Vanderbilt (4-4) at Florida (4-4), Noon Missouri (8-1) at Kentucky (2-6), Noon UAB (2-6) at Marshall (5-3), Noon Auburn (8-1) at Tennessee (4-5), Noon Arkansas (3-6) at Mississippi (5-3), 12:21 p.m.

Appalachian St. (2-7) at Georgia (5-3), 12:30 p.m.

Virginia (2-7) at North Carolina (3-5), 12:30 p.m.

Marist (6-3) at Campbell (2-7), 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina (9-0) at Charleston Southern (8-2), 1 p.m.

NC Central (4-5) at Hampton (3-6), 1 p.m.

Savannah St. (1-9) at Howard (3-6), 1 p.m.

San Diego (6-3) at Morehead St. (3-6), 1 p.m.

NC A&T (5-3) at Morgan St. (3-6), 1 p.m.

E. Illinois (8-1) at Murray St. (5-4), 1 p.m.

Gardner-Webb (5-4) at VMI (1-8), 1 p.m.

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

Samford (6-3) at Furman (4-5), 1:30 p.m.

Florida A&M (3-6) at SC State (6-3), 1:30 p.m.

Jackson St. (6-2) at Alabama A&M (3-6), 2 p.m.

Southern U. (5-4) at Alabama St. (6-3), 2 p.m.

Wofford (5-3) at Chattanooga (7-2), 2 p.m.

W. Carolina (2-7) at Georgia Southern (4-4), 2 p.m.

Texas Southern (2-7) at MVSU (1-8), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville (4-5) at Mercer (8-1), 3 p.m.

Davidson (0-9) at Stetson (1-7), 3 p.m.

Austin Peay (0-9) at Tennessee St. (7-3), 3 p.m.

Presbyterian (3-5) at Liberty (5-4), 3:30 p.m.

Syracuse (4-4) at Maryland (5-3), 3:30 p.m.

Tulsa (2-6) at East Carolina (6-2), 3:45 p.m.

Norfolk St. (2-7) at Bethune-Cookman (8-1), 4 p.m.

NC State (3-5) at Duke (6-2), 4 p.m.

E. Kentucky (6-3) at Jacksonville St. (7-2), 4 p.m.

FIU (1-7) at Middle Tennessee (5-4), 4 p.m.

Lamar (4-5) at Northwestern St. (4-5), 4 p.m.

UT-Martin (6-3) at Memphis (1-6), 4:30 p.m.

Southern Miss. (0-8) at Louisiana Tech (3-5), 7 p.m.

Arkansas St. (4-4) at Louisiana-Monroe (5-4), 7 p.m.

Virginia Tech (6-3) at Miami (7-1), 7 p.m.

Houston (7-1) at UCF (6-1), 7 p.m.

LSU (7-2) at Alabama (8-0), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST SMU (3-4) at Cincinnati (6-2), Noon TCU (3-6) at Iowa St. (1-7), Noon Penn St. (5-3) at Minnesota (7-2), Noon Iowa (5-4) at Purdue (1-7), Noon Valparaiso (1-8) at Butler (7-3), 1 p.m.

W. Michigan (1-8) at E. Michigan (1-8), 1 p.m.

Dayton (6-3) at Drake (5-4), 2 p.m.

N. Colorado (1-8) at North Dakota (2-7), 2 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (3-7) at SE Missouri (2-7), 2 p.m.

Montana (7-2) at South Dakota (4-5), 2 p.m.

Indiana St. (1-8) at S. Dakota St. (5-4), 3 p.m.

Missouri St. (4-6) at S. Illinois (5-4), 3 p.m.

Illinois (3-5) at Indiana (3-5), 3:30 p.m.

Nebraska (6-2) at Michigan (6-2), 3:30 p.m.

Illinois St. (5-4) at N. Dakota St. (8-0), 3:30 p.m.

BYU (6-2) at Wisconsin (6-2), 3:30 p.m.

Youngstown St. (8-1) at N. Iowa (4-5), 5 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Kansas St. (4-4) at Texas Tech (7-2), Noon Tulane (6-3) at UTSA (4-5), 2 p.m.

Nicholls St. (4-5) at Sam Houston St. (7-2), 3 p.m.

Grambling St. (1-8) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-7), 3:30 p.m.

UTEP (1-7) at North Texas (6-3), 3:30 p.m.

Mississippi St. (4-4) at Texas A&M (7-2), 3:30 p.m.

Kansas (2-6) at Oklahoma St. (7-1), 4 p.m.

McNeese St. (7-2) at Stephen F. Austin (3-6), 4 p.m.

SE Louisiana (7-2) at Cent. Arkansas (5-4), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Southern Cal (6-3) at California (1-8), 3 p.m.

S. Utah (6-3) at Weber St. (1-8), 3 p.m.

Montana St. (7-2) at E. Washington (7-2), 3:10 p.m.

Nevada (3-6) at Colorado St. (4-5), 3:30 p.m.

Boston College (4-4) at New Mexico St. (1-8), 3:30 p.m.

Arizona St. (6-2) at Utah (4-4), 4 p.m.

Old Dominion (6-3) at Idaho (1-8), 5 p.m.

Portland St. (5-4) at Idaho St. (3-6), 5:05 p.m.

Utah St. (5-4) at UNLV (5-4), 8 p.m.

Colorado (3-5) at Washington (5-3), 8 p.m.

Sacramento St. (4-5) at Cal Poly (4-5), 9:05 p.m.

UCLA (6-2) at Arizona (6-2), 10 p.m.

Fresno St. (8-0) at Wyoming (4-4), 10:15 p.m.

San Diego St. (4-4) at San Jose St. (5-3), 10:30 p.m.

Prep Playoff Glance 2013 OHSAA Football Playoffs – First Round Pairings Pairings are shows with seeds and regular-season records DIVISION I Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Region 1 16 Shaker Heights (6-4) at 1 Lakewood St. Edward (8-1) 15 Brunswick (6-4) at 2 Mentor (9-1) 14 Toledo Whitmer (6-4) at 3 Hudson (9-1) 13 Marysville (7-3) at 4 Austintown Fitch (10-0) 12 Solon (6-4) at 5 Westerville Central (9-1) 11 Cle. St. Ignatius (6-4) at 6 Canton McKinley (9-1) 10 Elyria (7-3) at 7 Stow-Munroe Falls (9-1) 9 Cleveland Heights (9-1) at 8 Wadsworth (9-1) Region 2 16 Miamisburg (7-3) at 1 Hilliard Davidson (10-0) 15 Cin. St. Xavier (5-5) at 2 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (9-1) 14 Pickerington Central (7-2) at 3 West Chester Lakota West (9-1) 13 Dublin Coffman (7-3) at 4 Centerville (8-2) 12 Hilliard Darby (8-2) at 5 Huber Heights Wayne (9-1) 11 Springboro (9-1) at 6 Cin. Colerain (10-0) 10 Clayton Northmont (8-2) at 7 Cin. Elder (8-2) 9 Fairfield (9-1) at 8 Pickerington North (9-1)

5 Norwalk (9-1) at 4 Tiffin Columbian (9-1) Region 9 8 Circleville Logan Elm (7-3) at 1 The Plains Athens (10-0) 7 Dover (7-3) at 2 Cols. Marion-Franklin (9-1) 6 Chillicothe (9-1) at 3 Cols. Brookhaven (8-2) 5 New Philadelphia (9-1) at 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (8-2) Region 10 8 Springfield Kenton Ridge (7-3) at 1 Tipp City Tippecanoe (10-0) 7 Trotwood-Madison (7-2) at 2 Franklin (9-1) 6 Springfield Shawnee (9-1) at 3 Wapakoneta (91) 5 Dayton Thurgood Marshall (6-3) at 4 Mount Orab Western Brown (10-0) DIVISION IV Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 Region 11 8 Cle. Central Catholic (8-2) at 1 Chagrin Falls (8-2) 7 Cortland Lakeview (7-3) at 2 Struthers (8-2) 6 Cle. John Hay (8-2) at 3 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (6-4) 5 Cle. Benedictine (7-3) at 4 Peninsula Woodridge (8-2) Region 12 8 Millbury Lake (8-2) at 1 Caledonia River Valley (10-0) 7 Galion (9-1) at 2 Kenton (10-0) 6 Wauseon (9-1) at 3 Wooster Triway (8-2) 5 Bryan (10-0) at 4 Genoa Area (10-0) Region 13 8 Steubenville (6-4) at 1 Newark Licking Valley (8-2) 7 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (6-4) at 2 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (8-2) 6 New Concord John Glenn (7-3) at 3 Duncan Falls Philo (8-2) 5 Bexley (7-3) at 4 Zanesville Maysville (7-3) Region 14 8 Cin. Wyoming (8-2) at 1 Kettering Archbishop Alter (9-1) 7 Washington Court House Miami Trace (7-3) at 2 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (9-1) 6 Urbana (10-0) at 3 Cin. Archbishop McNicholas (8-2) 5 Circleville (8-2) at 4 Germantown Valley View (9-1) DIVISION V Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Region 15 8 Youngstown Ursuline (4-5) at 1 Akron Manchester (8-2) 7 Youngstown Liberty (7-3) at 2 Columbiana Crestview (9-1) 6 Beachwood (6-4) at 3 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (8-2) 5 Navarre Fairless (7-3) at 4 Sullivan Black River (7-3) Region 16 8 Doylestown Chippewa (8-2) at 1 Columbia Station Columbia (10-0) 7 Huron (7-3) at 2 Findlay Liberty-Benton (9-0) 6 Loudonville (9-1) at 3 West Salem Northwestern (9-1) 5 Coldwater (8-2) at 4 Pemberville Eastwood (82) Region 17 8 Chillicothe Zane Trace (5-5) at 1 Cols. Bishop Hartley (9-1) 7 Williamsport Westfall (5-5) at 2 Martins Ferry (9-1) 6 Proctorville Fairland (7-3) at 3 Wheelersburg (9-1) 5 Baltimore Liberty Union (8-2) at 4 St. Clairsville (9-1) Region 18 8 Waynesville (8-2) at 1 West Jefferson (9-1) 7 Cin. Madeira (8-2) at 2 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (10-0) 6 Cin. Mariemont (7-3) at 3 Hamilton Badin (8-2) 5 Dayton Chaminade Julienne (6-4) at 4 Richwood North Union (9-1)

DIVISION II Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 Region 3 8 Lyndhurst Brush (7-3) at 1 Cle. Glenville (9-1) 7 Painesville Riverside (7-3) at 2 BrecksvilleBroadview Heights (9-1) 6 Madison (8-2) at 3 Willoughby South (8-2) 5 Bedford (9-1) at 4 Kent Roosevelt (9-1) Region 4 8 Avon Lake (8-2) at 1 Medina Highland (10-0) 7 Toledo St. Francis de Sales (8-2) at 2 Avon (100) 6 Perrysburg (8-2) at 3 Akron Ellet (10-0) 5 Macedonia Nordonia (8-2) at 4 Massillon Washington (8-2) Region 5 8 Cols. Northland (7-2) at 1 New Albany (9-1) 7 Dublin Scioto (6-4) at 2 Worthington Kilbourne (9-1) 6 Cols. St. Charles (7-2) at 3 Zanesville (10-0) 5 Pataskala Licking Heights (9-1) at 4 Mansfield Senior (10-0) Region 6 8 Vandalia Butler (6-4) at 1 Loveland (10-0) 7 Cin. Withrow (8-2) at 2 Cin. Mount Healthy (91) 6 Kings Mills Kings (7-3) at 3 Cin. Winton Woods (8-2) 5 Harrison (7-3) at 4 Cin. Northwest (8-2)

DIVISION VI Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 Region 19 8 McDonald (7-3) at 1 Kirtland (10-0) 7 Cuyahoga Heights (6-4) at 2 Canfield South Range (10-0) 6 Cle. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (9-1) at 3 Mogadore (9-1) 5 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (8-2) at 4 Brookfield (8-2) Region 20 8 Northwood (8-2) at 1 Defiance Tinora (9-1) 7 Ada (7-3) at 2 Delphos Jefferson (9-1) 6 Convoy Crestview (8-2) at 3 Lima Central Catholic (8-2) 5 Haviland Wayne Trace (9-1) at 4 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (9-1) Region 21 8 Beverly Fort Frye (8-2) at 1 Lucasville Valley (10-0) 7 Oak Hill (8-2) at 2 Cols. Bishop Ready (9-1) 6 Woodsfield Monroe Central (7-3) at 3 Centerburg (10-0) 5 Bellaire (7-3) at 4 Newark Catholic (9-1) Region 22 8 Lewisburg Tri-County North (7-3) at 1 Casstown Miami East (9-1) 7 Cin. Summit Country Day (8-2) at 2 Cin. Country Day (10-0) 6 West Liberty-Salem (8-2) at 3 Williamsburg (73) 5 New Paris National Trail (8-2) at 4 Mechanicsburg (8-2)

DIVISION III Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 Region 7 8 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-3) at 1 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (10-0) 7 Alliance Marlington (8-2) at 2 Hubbard (10-0) 6 Aurora (9-1) at 3 Louisville (10-0) 5 Poland Seminary (9-1) vs. 4 Chesterland West Geauga (7-3) Region 8 8 Defiance (6-4) at 1 Toledo Central Catholic (100) 7 Medina Buckeye (6-4) at 2 Clyde (9-1) 6 Napoleon (6-4) at 3 Sandusky Perkins (10-0)

DIVISION VII Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Region 23 8 Garfield Heights Trinity (4-6) at 1 Berlin Center Western Reserve (10-0) 7 Southington Chalker (5-5) at 2 Norwalk St. Paul (9-1) 6 Ashland Mapleton (6-4) at 3 Wellsville (8-2) 5 Lowellville (6-4) at 4 Danville (8-2) Region 24 8 Delphos St. John’s (6-4) at 1 Leipsic (8-2) 7 Hicksville (6-4) at 2 McComb (8-2) 6 Arlington (7-3) at 3 Fremont St. Joseph Central Catholic (7-3)

5 Edon (8-2) at 4 Tiffin Calvert (6-4) Region 25 8 Beallsville (6-4) at 1 Glouster Trimble (10-0) 7 Lancaster Fairfield Christian Academy (7-3) at 2 Shadyside (10-0) 6 Caldwell (8-2) at 3 Malvern (8-2) 5 Racine Southern (8-2) at 4 Steubenville Catholic Central (8-2) Region 26 8 Cedarville (7-3) at 1 North Lewisburg Triad (100) 7 Portsmouth Notre Dame (8-2) at 2 Covington (10-0) 6 Fort Loramie (8-2) at 3 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-0) 5 Bainbridge Paint Valley (8-2) at 4 Lehman Catholic (9-1)

Basketball

NBA Glance

National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia 3 1 .750 Brooklyn 2 2 .500 Toronto 2 2 .500 New York 1 3 .250 Boston 0 4 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 3 2 .600 Atlanta 2 2 .500 Charlotte 2 2 .500 Orlando 2 2 .500 Washington 0 3 .000 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 4 0 1.000 Cleveland 2 2 .500 Detroit 2 2 .500 Chicago 1 2 .333 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 4 1 .800 3 1 .750 Dallas San Antonio 3 1 .750 Memphis 2 2 .500 New Orleans 1 3 .250 Northwest Division W L Pct Minnesota 3 1 .750 Oklahoma City 2 1 .667 Portland 2 2 .500 Denver 0 3 .000 Utah 0 4 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 3 1 .750 L.A. Clippers 3 1 .750 Phoenix 3 1 .750 L.A. Lakers 2 3 .400 Sacramento 1 3 .250 Tuesday's Games Miami 104, Toronto 95 Brooklyn 104, Utah 88 Indiana 99, Detroit 91 Charlotte 102, New York 97 Phoenix 104, New Orleans 98 Dallas 123, L.A. Lakers 104 San Antonio 102, Denver 94 Houston 116, Portland 101 Atlanta 105, Sacramento 100 Wednesday's Games L.A. Clippers at Orlando Washington at Philadelphia Chicago at Indiana Toronto at Charlotte Utah at Boston Golden State at Minnesota Cleveland at Milwaukee New Orleans at Memphis Phoenix at San Antonio Dallas at Oklahoma City Thursday's Games L.A. Clippers at Miami, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

Friday's Games Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.

GB — 1 1 2 3 GB — ½ ½ ½ 2 GB — 2 2 2½ 2½ GB — ½ ½ 1½ 2½ GB — ½ 1 2½ 3 GB — — — 1½ 2

Soccer

MLS Playoffs

Major League Soccer Playoff Glance KNOCKOUT ROUND Times EST Eastern Conference Thursday, Oct. 31: Houston 3, Montreal 0 Western Conference Wednesday, Oct. 30: Seattle 2, Colorado 0 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Eastern Conference New York vs. Houston Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 3: New York 2, Houston 2 Leg 2 — Wednesday, Nov. 6: Houston at New York Sporting KC vs. New England Leg 1 — Saturday, Nov. 2: New England 2, Sporting KC 1 Leg 2 — Wednesday, Nov. 6: New England at Sporting KC Western Conference Portland vs. Seattle Leg 1 — Saturday, Nov. 2: Portland 2, Seattle 1 Leg 2 — Thursday, Nov. 7: Seattle at Portland, 11 p.m.

Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 3: LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Leg 2 — Thursday, Nov. 7: LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Sports

12 Thursday, November 7, 2013

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Bengals must find way to replace Atkins CINCINNATI (AP) — Geno Atkins was in the Bengals’ locker room briefly Wednesday, moving slowly on crutches.

He declined to answer questions about his torn knee ligament as he headed for a side door and home.

It’s still too painful to discuss.

Still a bit painful for the teammates who will miss him, too.

The Bengals (6-3) will try to maintain their lead in the AFC North without their best defensive lineman. Atkins, an All-Pro tackle last season, leads the team with six sacks and is a disruptive force up the middle that Cincinnati already misses badly.

“A friend,” defensive end Wallace Gilberry said. “A hell of a teammate.

Hell of an athlete. I could go on for days.”

They don’t have that much time. The Bengals have a chance to all but clinch their division in the next two weeks when they play at Baltimore (3-5) and host Cleveland (4-5). Back-to-back wins would leave them with a daunting lead heading down the stretch.

The Bengals reached the playoffs as a wild card each of the last two seasons.

They haven’t won the division title since 2009.

“Honestly we feel like these next two weeks are the biggest of the season because of where we are in the division,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “We get an opportunity. These games can tilt things one way or the other.”

Their biggest challenge is filling holes on a defense that has lost some of its best players in the last three weeks.

Top cornerback Leon Hall is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Middle linebacker Rey Maualuga missed a 22-20 overtime loss in Miami last Thursday with a concussion and an injured left knee.

Atkins tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the first half of the loss at Miami, a significant setback to a line already missing end Robert Geathers for the season.

“You can hear the rumbles of respect that our guys have for him,” Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said during a conference call on Wednesday. “I can imagine that it’s going to be a little different in there just because he is such a good player.”

The Bengals signed defensive tackle Kheeston Randall to fill Atkins’ roster spot on Tuesday. Randall was the Dolphins’ seventh-round pick last year and played in 12 games. He was waived

by Miami on Aug. 31.

They’ll work others into the middle of the line rotation as well. Tackle Brandon Thompson, a second-year player from Clemson, will get much more time in Atkins’ spot. Thompson played in only three games last season but has played in all nine this year.

“I think it was very beneficial to just be able to sit back and learn from those great defensive linemen we have, just to sit back and take a whole year and soak everything in,” Thompson said. “I was a sponge last year. I learned so much. I just thank those guys for that.”

The Bengals had fewer injuries than average in the opening weeks, but have been hit hard lately. With the injuries piling up, coach Marvin Lewis showed his team some statistics about Super Bowl champions overcoming injuries.

“You look at the last four or five Super Bowl champions and the amount of people that went on (injured reserve), and they’ve overcome it,” Lewis said. “You look at those teams, and those teams put double-digit numbers of players on injured reserve.

“And their leadership of the team, the maturity of the team, it all plays out.”

Coordinator Mike Zimmer has a reputation for being able to plug newcomers into the defense quickly without having the overall performance suffer.

“I guess that’s his calling card,” safety Chris Crocker said. “He can put in other guys and have them play together and find a way to win. The biggest part is putting somebody in there who knows what to do.

AP Photo

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) is sacked by Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins.

“Everybody’s athletically gifted and talented. But at this point in the season when you bring in somebody new, you just have to be up to speed on what to do. If you get them to do that, that’s 60 to 70 percent of the battle. We’ll be fine.”

Notes: Whitworth, Maualuga

and defensive lineman Devon Still (elbow) didn’t practice on Wednesday.

Whitworth missed the Miami game with a sore right knee. … RB Giovani Bernard (bruised ribs), LB Mike Boley (hamstring), TE Jermaine Gresham (groin) and guard Kevin Zeitler (hamstring) were limited in practice.

Crew make coaching decision Former MLS, national player Berhalter to take over team COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Crew hired former U.S. men’s national team and Major League Soccer player Gregg Berhalter as their seventh head coach.

The Englewood, N.J., native replaces interim coach Brian Bliss, who took over during the recently completed Crew season for the fired Robert Warzycha, who had led the team the past five years.

“The Crew has a strong history of winning and a dedicated fan base, and I aim to bring a style of play that resonates with our supporters and results

that will make the city proud,” Berhalter said in a statement Wednesday. “I am eager to get started, and my immediate priority is to reach out to the players and share our new vision for the club as we move forward.”

Berhalter became the first American to manage a European professional club when he was hired by Sweden’s Hammarby IF. His Hammarby teams went 18-11-16 in two seasons.

He was fired last summer, largely because the team had difficulty mustering goals — a problem

he will also face with the sion-making, broad socdefensive-oriented Crew. cer network and playing He had an 18-year run as credentials separated him a player, including stays in throughout this search,” the Netherlands, England said Anthony Precourt, and Germany and the Crew’s chairMLS. man. “His unique Berhalter will skill-set gives us also oversee all great confidence player personnel in boldly changing decisions with the structure of the team, with our soccer operaCrew President tions, with Gregg Mark McCullers Berhalter leading as our relinquishing his first-ever Sporting duties as general manager Director.” to focus primarily on the In his final season with club’s business operations. the L.A. Galaxy in 2011, “Gregg’s strong vision, Berhalter worked under passion, work ethic, intel- coach Bruce Arena to ligence, data-driven deci- prepare training sessions,

video analysis and scouting as the club won the MLS Cup championship.

He also was on the coaching side at 1860 Munich, where he helped with scouting for the German Club from 200709.

After playing for the University of North Carolina, Berhalter spent time with Dutch Second Division team FC Zwolle and Holland First Division clubs Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur before moving on to England’s Crystal Palace FC in the Football League Championship.

He reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup with the United States before signing with Energie Cottbus of the German Bundesliga, where he served as captain while playing from 2002-06. He switched to 1860 Munich from 200609 before joining the Galaxy in 2009-11, serving as vice-captain.

He earned 44 caps with the U.S. men’s national team.

Bliss leaves the Crew after six seasons as technical director. The club went 4-4-0 with him as interim coach.

Irvin sees Browns championship potential Hall of Fame receiver speaks to team Wednesday BEREA, Ohio (AP) — For 80 minutes, Michael Irvin had the Browns’ complete attention.

Standing at the front of a meeting room like one of Cleveland’s coaches, the Hall of Fame wide receiver gifted with gab and great hands, outlined the steps to win an NFL title.

“The Playmaker” knows what it takes.

A three-time Super Bowl champion with the Cowboys, Irvin believes the Browns can one day hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

“I look at this team and I see the young talent on this team and it harkens me back to our early days in Dallas where you could see it,” Irvin said. “You started to feel like, ‘Hey, man, we got a chance of doing something, man.’”

Irvin spoke to the Browns Wednesday shortly before they practiced for the final time and went their separate ways during their bye week.

As part of a player-engagement program, the NFL has a former player speak to its teams and Browns coach Rob Chudzinki chose Irvin, his former college teammate at Miami.

As Irvin chronicled his personal path to NFL glory, overcoming drug issues and other obstacles to become one of the game’s best players, the Browns listened intently.

“With him, the proof is in the pudding,” cornerback Joe Haden said.

“When you see players that have done what he’s done: Pro Bowls, Hall of Fame, Super Bowl champions and so many receiving yards, touchdowns.

Everything that comes out of his mouth you have to respect it and lis-

ten to it.

“Not only the young guys, but the older guys, everybody knows what it is to be in this league and just to hear how passionate he is about it, it really makes you look yourself in the mirror and be like, is this that important to me like it is to him?”

Irvin’s message was centered on team togetherness.

To him, it was the common thread when he won an NCAA title with the Hurricanes and three Super Bowls with those great Cowboys teams.

“The thing that’s going to separate the good from the great and the others from the champions, is if you have the ability to make a commitment one man to the other, each and every time I step on this field I will get my job done,” he said. “In this game, you don’t do anything all by yourself. So it’s imperative we all have an understanding in order to get to where we AP Photo want to be, where we make our mark Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin, left, talks with Cleveland Browns director of player engagement as a team, that we make that commit- Aaron Shea, during practice Wednesday. ment. extend beyond Chudzinski and resource not towards their history, but “That’s what makes this game the Horton. towards their destiny.” greatest game in the world. I said to He played under Browns offensive Gordon said Irvin’s speech hit home. them, ‘I’ve been around them. I’ve coordinator Norv Turner, who won “Mike has definitely been a mentor seen them. Football teams, football two titles in Dallas, and he’s close to me,” he said. “He’s been great to organizations, they never win cham- with former Cowboys defensive line- me. We have a great understanding pionships. Never do. Only football man Russell Maryland, now an advisor about the game, our backgrounds are families win championships.’” with the Browns. the same and we definitely relate to Browns defensive coordinator Ray Irvin also has mentored Browns each other in a lot of ways. I look up Horton, who played with Irvin in wide receivers Josh Gordon and Greg to him.

Dallas, believes his former teammate’s Little, two players with unquestioned “He’s a great guy.” words sunk in with the Browns (4-5), talent but with off-the-field baggage. who hit their bye week in stride after Irvin called Gordon, who was susNOTES: Browns QB Jason Campbell beating the Ravens Sunday. pended earlier this season for failing was named AFC offensive player of the “His resume is fantastic. His speech the league’s substance-abuse program, week after throwing three TD passes was unbelievable,” Horton said. “The a “phenomenal talent.” in win over Ravens. … Several Browns, room was quiet the whole time. When “He can be considered one of the including starters LT Joe Thomas, LB your pedigree states that you have best in this league if he’s willing to D’Qwell Jackson, WR Davone Bess been there and done that, guys listen make that kind of commitment,” Irvin and DEs Desmond Bryant and Ahtyba to you. He gave a fantastic message.” said of Gordon. “I talked to the guys, Rubin, worked inside with trainers Irvin’s connections with the Browns all of the guys, about spending their during practice.

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The Estate of Roger Luis Fogt will sell the following farm machinery and shop tools at the farm located at 13631 Kirkwood Road, Sidney, Ohio (Go 4 miles south of Sidney on 25A to Kirkwood Road, the 1 mile west) On: Saturday November 16, 2013 • 10:00 A.M.

LOCATION: Shelby County Fairgrounds, 700 Fair Rd., Sidney, OH DIRECTIONS: Exit 90 off I-75 in Sidney, go East toward town 1 miles (Watch for signs) AUTO - GUNS - JEWELRY - ANTIQUES - VINTAGE FURNITURE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS & FURNITURE - TOY FIRE TRUCKS - SAMPLERS AUTOS: 2006 Chevy Colorado, Crew Cab, 47,000 Miles, Great Condition; 1989 Ford Club Wagon Van. JEWELRY: 14K Gold Ladies Diamond Ring, Approx. 1 Karat Diamond; 14K Yellow Gold Ladies Diamond Cluster Ring Contains 0.38 Diamonds; 1 Pair 14K Gold Diamond Earrings, Contains 2 - 0.50 Karat Round Diamonds; 14K Gold Chain; Gold Filled Pocket Watch, Hampden; Gold Filled Chain and Cross; Gold Watch Case; Elgin Pocket Watch; W.E. Ralston Pocket Watch; Sterling & Turquoise Jewelry; Copper & Silver Bracelet; Costume Jewelry; 3 14K Gold Rings.

GUNS: Ruger Model 10, 22 Caliber Long Rifle w/Weaver Scope; Hunter Arms 12 Gauge Double Barrel Shotgun; Smith & Wesson 22 Caliber Revolver. ANTIQUES - GLASSWARE - VINTAGE FURNITURE (OLD & NEW): Roseville Shell, Vase 16” Tall, Basket; Weller Vase; Perfume Bottles; Small Rockwood Vase; Northwood Carnival Dish; Misc. Carnival Dishes; Cut Glass Etched Bowl; 5 Cut Press Glass Bowls; Ironstone Pitcher; Misc. Ironstone Pieces; H.P. Celery Dish; Milk Glass Salt & Pepper; American Fostoria Water Glasses; 8 Piece Setting Ironstone Blue & White (newer); 2 Stain Glass Art Work (newer); Crock Bowl; Crocks; Mixing Bowls; Silver on Copper Pitcher; Pewter Plates, Mugs, Candle Sticks; Assorted Pottery Items; Copper Kettle; Copper Pitcher; Copper Pieces; Brass Key. EARLY FURNITURE: Very Nice Vintage Oak Ice Box; Oak Ornate Arm chair; Round Oak Table; Oak Breakdown Wardrobe; Oak Wash Stand; Oak Drop Leaf Table; 2 Small Oak Cabinets; 4 Oak Spindle Back Chairs; 6 Ladder Back chairs; Estey Pump Organ; Ornate Wall Table; 4 Early Trunks, Nice Condition; 2 Church Pews; Nice Oak Wicker Bottom Deacons Bench; Full Size High Back Bed; Nice Vanity; Jelly Cupboard; 4 Post Double Bed; Very Nice Older Spool Cabinet; Small Bench; Drop Leaf Walnut Hall Table; Small Vintage Desk; Sellers Type Cabinet, Porcelain Top; Child’s Oak Rocker; Assorted Rockers; Small Drop Front Desk, Painted White; Oak Wall Clock Case. NEWER VINTAGE FURNITURE; 5 Painted Cabinets; Small Wall Cabinets; Wall Shelves; Seed Cabinet; 2 Arm chairs; Wood Box, Printed Rooster Ridge Feed & Seed Supplies, 1812; 12 Framed Samplers; Oil Lamps; Early Brass Oil Lamp w/Brass Reflector; 2 Cast Iron Parlor Floor Lamps; Assorted Floor Lamp & Table Lamps; Tin Lamps. NEWER FURNITURE: 3 Very Nice Broyhill Book Cases; 4 Piece Drexel Bedroom Suite; Double Bed; Vanity; 3 Piece Bedroom Set; Wicker Over Stuffed Sofa (Just Recovered); Nice 3 Cushion Sofa; 3 Swivel Rockers; Desk; TV’s; Panasonic Flat Screen TV, 2009, Approx. 40”; Panasonic Stereo System w/Speakers; Large Shutters; Maple Cabinet; Pine 9 Drawer Cabinet, Painted; Treadmill; Bunk Beds; Hall Entry Piece; Round Dining Room Table & 4 Chairs; Leather Recliner. COLLECTOR ITEMS - ANTIQUES - PRINTS - TOYS - PICTURES - BASKETS - BOOKS: 30 Toy Fire Trucks, Buddy-L, Tonka, Nylint; Approx.

30 Lots of Coins, Silver Dollars, Other Silver Coins, Proof Sets; Pedal Car; Cast Iron Dinner Bell; Copper Boilers; Dipped Candles; Candle Mold (repo); Child’s Gown; Hamilton Beach Milk Shake Mixer; Longaberger Baskets; Assorted Baskets; Assorted Painted Boxes; 2 Volume First Century Piqua; Miami County History Books; Pencil Drawings From Hotel West, Wilmington, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1909; Oil On Canvas Paintings, George Washington (repo); Assorted Pictures & Frames; Signed Johnny Bench Picture; Pair of Royal Daulton Figurines - Man is “Balloon Man” Dated 1954, Woman is “The Old Balloon Seller”; Hooked Rugs; Wood Handled Tool Boxes; Tin & Granite Pieces; Many Christmas Decorations (most are newer); Large Planter Of A Man’s Shoulder & Head; Assorted Clocks; Brass Bucket; Reproduction Savahnah Brewery Sign.

OTHER ITEMS: Maytag Washer; Maytag Dryer; Refrigerator; Small Brinks Home Safe; Small Eden Pure Heater; Metal Shelves; Metal Cabinets; Linens; Pots, Pans, Corning Ware; Flatware; Pampered Chef Items; Pottery Barn Items; Oreck Sweeper; Many Items Not Listed; Very Large Sale, Something For Everyone.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: The owners have moved to a smaller home and want others to enjoy these wonderful items that they have collected over the years.

Items can be viewed the day before the sale. Come and spend the day. (2 rings) ESTATE OF: SUZANNE STEPHENS & OTHERS MONTGOMERY COUNTY CASE # 46-7077133

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HAVENAR – BAIR - BAYMAN AUCTIONEERS “Have Gavel – Will Travel” Mike Havenar, Rick Bair, Tony Bayman (937) 606-4743 www.auctionzip.com (Auctioneer #4544 & 6480)

NOTE: Sale to begin with HHG’s, shop equipment with Farm Machinery to sell approximately 12:00.

Roger Luis Fogt Estate with Linda Louise Cook and Jerry Lee Fogt Co-administrators Probate Ct. No. 2013 EST 95 Ralph F. Keister – Attorney for Estate Myers Auction Service – Steve Sr., Steve Jr. and Tim Eiting, Auctioneers Listing Auctioneer – Steve Myers Jr. 419-230-7546 or additional info at 419-645-4688 Terms: Cash or Check with proper ID Lunch by MJM Catering

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TERMS: Cash or Check with Proper I.D. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Any Statements Made Day of Sale Supercede Statements Hereon.

Tractors: 1979 John Deere Model 4440 diesel tractor, 3449 hrs., cab, quad range, weights, SN 4440H025374R; 1973 John Deere Model 4630 diesel tractor, cab, 8 spd., weights and duals, 4154 hrs., SN 4630-003795R; 1965 John Deere Model 4020 diesel tractor, wide front, home made cab, weights; SN T213R095942R; 1967 John Deere Model 4020 diesel tractor, Lincoln cab, narrow front, weights, 6076 hrs., SN T213R151254R; 1962 John Deere Model 2010 gas tractor, w/ JD 35 loader, SN 2010RU25745; 2002 John Deere Model 4310 diesel 4 x 4 utility tractor, 6 spd., 729 hrs. w/ 72” finish belly mower; Ford Model 3500 tractor / back hoe, w/ 754 industrial hoe, 1905 hrs., gas engine. Duals. Combine: 1984 John Deere Model 7720, diesel, 764 hrs., 4 spd. grain / loss monitor, bin extension, SN HO7720-X600867. JD Model 920 grain table; header wagon; JD Model 643, 6 row corn head. Farm Machinery: JD Model 750 no-till 15’ drill w/ markers; JD Model A2700, 5 bottom, variable width plow; JD Model 145 plow, 5 bottom w/ Kasco harrow; JD Model 235 Bi Fold disk, 18’, w/ Remlinger 3 bar harrow; JD RWA 12’ pull type disk; JD Model 1100 field cultivator, 3 pt., tri fold, w/ 3 bar spring harrow; Kasco 3 pt., 15 ft. field cultivator w/ single bar harrow; Yetter Model 3415 rotary hoe; JD Model RM, 6 row cultivator; Frontier 7 ft. snow blower,never used; Mayrath 8” x 30’ auger, w/ ele. motor; Kill Bros. 400 gravity wagon on J & M gear; JD MX7, 3 pt., rotary mower; JD Model 80A, 8 ft. scrapper blade; home made push blade; 2002 Novae single axle utility trailer; 2 wheel utility trailer; JD Model 112 lawn mower, 4 spd., w/ 42” deck and other related machinery.

Trucks / Cars: 2006 Dodge TRX off road, pick up truck, 4 x 4, 54,470 miles, repaired; 1996 Dodge SLT pick up truck, 4 x 4, standard cab, 139,932 miles; 1996 Ford Model L-9000 truck, diesel engine, 146,242 miles, tandem axle, w/ booster axle; 8 spd., air brakes; 20 ft. aluminum Kahn bed, roll tarp and hoist; 1986 GMC truck, 62,804 miles, w/ 15 ft. Midwest bed, roll tarp, hoist; 1973 Ford Model 800 cab over, 15.5 Omaha metal bed w. hoist; 1968 Chevy Series 60 truck, w/ 2 spd., 20 ft. metal bed and hoist; 1946 Chevy cab and chassis, as is; 1964 Buick 2 door sedan, V8, as is; 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix, as is; 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, as is; 1978 ford pick up truck, as is.

Shop Tools: Acetylene torch set; vertical air compressor; grinders; power washer; Reddy heater; Craftsman 2 pc. tool chest; 12 ton hydraulic press; trash pump; battery chargers; chain saws; socket sets; wrenches; large assortment of power and hand tools; Lincoln welder; anvil; floor jacks; drill press; porta power unit; chop saw; shop vac; bolts; cutters; equipment repair parts; filters; many other related shop items.

Household Goods: 2 JD bicycle; assortment of household goods.

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REPO AND BANKRUPTCY AUTO AUCTION SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2013 VEHICLES AT 9:00 AM 415 SOUTH STREET, PIQUA, OHIO UPPER MIAMI VALLEY STORAGE 8:00 AM EARLY BIRD AUCTION BEFORE VEHICLES SELL WE WILL BE SELLING VARIOUS GARAGE TOOLS SUCH AS: AIR TOOLS, FLOOR JACKS, HAND TOOLS, SAWS, SNOW BLOWER, AIR GRINDER, BENCH GRINDER, HOOK UP TO TOW CAR, MANY OTHER SMALL TOOLS. APPROX 30 REPO VEHICLES AND LARK CONCESSION STAND. PLEASE SEE AUCTIONZIP.COM AUCTION ID CODE 6480 BAYMAN AUCTION SERVICE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND PHOTOS.

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION To: Terry L. Peake, Deceased, and his unknown heirs, beneficiaries, devisees, legatees, their spouses and creditors, and the unknown personal representative or fiduciary of the Terry L. Peake estate: you are hereby notified that you have been named a defendant in a legal action entitled American Budget Company vs. Jodi L. Peake aka Jodi L. Cagle, et al. (the “Complaint”). This action has been assigned Case Number 13-533 and is pending in the Common Pleas Court of Miami County, Ohio, 201 West Main St., Troy, OH 45373.

The object of the Complaint is to foreclose any interest held by you, your heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns, and to by judicial proceedings sell certain real estate located at 930 E. Snyder Rd., Piqua, OH 45356, Parcel No. J27-050540. A legal description may be obtained from the Miami County Auditor.

You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this notice which will be published once each week for three (3) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on November 7, 2013, and the twenty-eight (28) days for answer will commence on that date.

In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. /s/ Jan Mottinger Clerk of Courts, Common Pleas Court of Miami County, Ohio

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Name of Baby: _______________________________________________________

LOCATION OF LAND AUCTION Banquet Room “Buffalo Jack’s” 137 High Street, Covington, Ohio 45318

Birth Date: __________________________________________________________

71.825 Acres with approx. 70 acres tillable. The property is located on the North/East corner of St. Rt. 48 and Versailles Rd. Parcel: H17-22610, Newberry Township, Covington, Ohio. Easy A access from the North and South on St. Rt. 48.

From: ______________________________________________________________ Your Name: __________________________________________________________

Terms and Conditions: $25,000.00 down the day of the sale. Balance due in 30 days or on the delivery of the deed.

Buyers will need to have financing approved prior to the sale date. Owners have the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Address: ____________________________________________________________ City:_____________________ State:_____ Zip:________ Phone:_________________

William V. Flick Trust/James Jerele Trustee Attorney: Michael Gutmann McCulloch Felger Fite & Gutmann Co. LPA

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2BR-$480, 1BR-$450. W/D on site. No application fee. 12 month lease. 937-773-1952 Houses For Rent MOBILE HOME in country near Bradford $375, (937)4177111 3 BEDROOM house. W/D hook-up. $500 monthly + deposit. No pets. (937)214-0689 3 BEDROOM, 1216 Madison Street, newly renovated home, $610 monthly, (937)547-9871 Very nice 4 BR, dishwasher, stove, garage disposal, CA, $800 monthly. Open house 11/9, 2-4, (937)214-1307 Pets CAT beautiful, long-haired, spayed, calico. 4 years, needs indoor, forever home. Great companion for older person.

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Nation What is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act? Cincinnati’s new mayor 16 Thursday, November 7, 2013 Ed O’Keefe

The Washington Post

What is ENDA? The Employment NonDiscrimination Act would ban employers from firing, refusing to hire or discriminating against workers or job applicants based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

How many gay workers are there nationwide?

About 8.2 million, according to estimates released by the Williams Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. The nonpartisan think tank on gay rights in public policy based the estimate on a review of census data.

Isn’t it illegal to discriminate against gay and transgender workers already?

Not at the federal level.

Currently, 21 states and the District of Columbia have laws prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Seventeen states and the District also bar

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discrimination based on gender identity. Maryland has a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation; Virginia has no such laws.

What do Americans think of this issue?

About seven in 10 Americans favor protecting gay workers from job discrimination, according to a May poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.

Public support has climbed through the years.

A CNN-Time magazine poll in 1994 found that 62 percent of Americans said they favored passing “equal rights laws� to protect “homosexuals� against job discrimination.

Seven in 10 Americans believe that gays face “a lot of� or “some� discrimination at the office, according to a Pew Research Center poll in May. Those figures are greater than the number who perceived discrimination against AfricanAmericans, Hispanics and women, but on par with

perceived discrimination against Muslims.

How long has Congress been debating ENDA? Supporters have been trying since 1994, when Rep. Gerry Studds, D-Mass., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., first tried to pass the bill.

Kennedy got the bill to the full Senate in 2001, but it didn’t pass. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., got the measure passed by the Democratic-controlled House in 2007, but it faltered in the Senate.

The bill cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee with bipartisan support in July. A House version has been introduced, but not considered by committees.

Most ENDA opposition comes from Republicans.

What don’t they like about it?

They generally believe that the law is unnecessary because federal statute already prohibits workplace discrimination and many larger companies already ban the prac-

tice. Republican critics also worry that ENDA’s broad mandate would cause greater legal risk for employers who are perceived to be discriminating against gay and transgender employees or job applicants.

But a recent Government Accountability Office report found that states with laws similar to ENDA have not seen a noticeable increase in litigation based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Will Congress pass ENDA this time?

The Senate is expected to pass the latest version as soon as this week with the support of all members of the Democratic caucus and at least five Republicans.

But the office of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Monday that he believes the legislation would “increase frivolous litigation and cost American jobs, especially small-business jobs.�

Peyton M. Craighill and Scott Clement contributed to this report.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A streetcar line in Cincinnati is in jeopardy after voters elected a new mayor who has vowed to stop the $133 million project, even though more than $23 million has been spent demolishing buildings, moving utility lines underground, tearing up streets and laying the first part of the 3.6-mile track.

During his victory speech Tuesday night and at a news conference Wednesday, Mayor-elect John Cranley renewed his promise to voters to axe the streetcar, saying it’s too expensive and that he wants to focus on job creation, attracting businesses to the city and reducing violence. “It’s dead,� he said, adding that he’d have to have the majority of the ninemember City Council’s support to do away with it. “Six members of the council are adamantly opposed to spending more money on streetcar and they were elected yesterday, so I don’t think it’s going to be a tough sell.�

On top of the millions of dollars already spent on the project, the city has obligated an additional $94 million in contracts.

If the streetcar is derailed, it’s unlikely the city would have to pay the total of the contracts, but “the hit would be substantial,� John Deatrick, project executive of the streetcar for Cincinnati, said Wednesday.

He said that will be particularly true for contracts between the city and Messer/Prus/Delta, the construction firm building the streetcar line, and CAF, a Spanish firm manufacturing the physical streetcars.

Both companies “have considerable dollars wrapped up in their progress to date,� Deatrick

said. “We would have to cover their sunk costs.�

City leaders also fear litigation from taxpayers and the companies involved in the project, including a power company that already is suing the city over some of the streetcar costs.

Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., argues in a lawsuit filed in February that a city ordinance requiring the company to pay to relocate utility lines for the streetcar is unconstitutional.

The company wants to shift that estimated $15 million cost back to the city and warns that its customers will have to foot the bill otherwise.

Cranley’s opposition to the streetcar is the latest of many hurdles its supporters have faced over the years, including two ballot measures drafted by opponents to do away with the project.

Both measures ultimately failed.

The 3.6-mile project would link popular spots throughout the city’s downtown and riverfront areas with the trendy Over-the-Rhine historic district.

Detractors argue that the project is far too expensive for the current economic climate and that there are simpler transportation options, such as an improved bus line or trolleys. Supporters say a streetcar will spur new development and attract more visitors to the area, and buses and other transportation options historically have not had that effect.

Cranley takes office on Dec. 1.

In the meantime, streetcar construction will continue, Deatrick said. “As far as my marching orders go, right now I’m just proceeding by my previous orders, which is to get this thing built as cost effectively and timely possible,� he said.