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Quick-thinking teen save the day during fire

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PIQUA — The actions of a quick-thinking 17-year-old female reduced the severity of what could have been a large house fire in the 100 block of Linden Avenue on Monday morning.

The fire department was dispatched to 134 Linden Ave. at approximately 10:15 a.m. after a mattress and a box spring in an upstairs bedroom caught fire inside the residence, said Piqua Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Vince Ashcraft.

Fire officials said some of the burning debris was pushed through a second-story win-

dow, which landed on the home’s roof, and the smoldering remains of the mattress and box springs were taken outside through the front door.

The teenager, who was home from school, took her brother, a toddler, out of the home, and later ran to a neighbor’s home and called 9-1-1. In addition, another adult also fled the home.

First to arrive on the scene was Piqua police officer Todd Voskuhl, who was on his way to an unrelated crash scene when he heard the call. Since he was close to the scene Voskuhl responded.

“As I pulled up there was smoke coming out of the residence and a male was dragging

a portion of a twin-sized mattress that had been completely burned up (out the front door),” Voskuhl said. “I asked if anybody else was inside and I … noticed some items on the roof, part of the mattress, on fire. I grabbed my fire extinguisher out of my cruiser and went upstairs and extinguished them the best I could before the fire department showed up.”

Voskuhl said a neighbor also assisted first responders during the fire.

Ashcraft applauded the actions of the teen and said only minor fire damage was reported as a result of the fire.

“She did everything right,” he said. “She called 9-1-1, she

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Piqua firefighters work the scene of a reported structure fire at the intersection of Linden and Young Streets on Monday morning.

told them what was going on, and helped get everybody out of the house. She just did everything right.”

No injuries were reported as

a result of the fire.

As of Tuesday afternoon the cause of the fire was listed as undetermined, according to Piqua Fire Chief Mike Rindler.

Phase One of demolition of old power plant

Pilot program looks to stay Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

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Phase I in the demolition of concrete outbuildings and metal structure on the east side of the old Piqua Power Plant nears completion with Homrich Inc., of Carelton, MI., at the helm Tuesday afternoon. City leaders hope to have the work completed by Memorial Day.

PIQUA — After facing a series of cut-backs over the last few years, limiting the ability to do detailed follow-ups on property and property-maintenance complaints and looking for a way to remedy the situation, Piqua’s health department turned to outsourcing.

“They have the experience and staffing to do that,” explained Gary Huff, city manager, of National Inspection Corporation (NIC) based out of Dayton and now six-months into their work with the city of Piqua on maintenance and zoning issues.

According to Huff, outsourcing has proven to be a far more cost-efficient method than having to See NIC | Page 2

Health Partners hires ACA The gift of a Christmas Jar marketplace navigator Sharon Semanie

Will E Sanders

Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com

TROY — Health Partners Free Clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy, now has an Affordable Care Act marketplace navigator at their facility to assist the clinic’s patients with getting enrolled in the program.

Executive Director Justin Coby said Health Partners now has a part-time ACA marketplace navigator, Stephanie Morris, and she will be offering assistance to clients of the free clinic to enroll in the nationwide health care program.

Coby said some of the patients that use Health Partners either need help with enrolling or are not familiar enough with how to use the Internet to register for the program, which is where Morris comes in.

“She is able to help individuals with navigating the site and understanding the process,” he said.

“She will help walk people through the website and help them navigate it. … In our demographic at Health Partners this is vital to us because a lot of the people who (come here) don’t have access to the Internet or are not familiar with it.

To have her here is a really great benefit to us.”

Since last month Morris has started helping clients at Health Partners with enrolling them in the program so they can start receiving the benefits of the ACA. “The process is taking longer than we originally expected,” Coby said. “It’s been slow, but steady.”

The services of Morris were acquired thanks to a grant from the Ohio Association of Food Banks and administered through the Ohio Association of Free Clinics to various clinics around the state, including Health Partners, Coby said.

The grant that is paying for the services Morris is providing will continue through this coming summer.

The aim of the non-profit organization, which was established in 1998, is the increase the availability of health care for uninsured and under-insured county citizens by providing a clinic for all ages and staffed by health care professionals.

To schedule an appointment with Morris, call her at (937) 3320894, extension 207.

“For our folks this is a great resource to use to get insurance,” Coby said. “We celebrate when someone gets insurance at the clinic. People want the care, and the deserve the care.”

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PIQUA — In between the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, baking cutout cookies and decorating the tree with bright-colored baubles, there are indiscriminate acts of human kindness, which remind us about the true meaning of Christmas.

One heartwarming gesture occurred this week in a local beauty shop when a stranger appeared with a wrapped gift addressed to one of its employees. The stylist — who wishes to remain anonymous — didn’t recognize the woman who quickly disappeared upon placing the package on the counter.

After her last customer left the premises, the hair stylist discovered her name on the gift tag and, upon gently unwrapping the box, reached inside and felt what she thought was a Christmas candle.

Instead was a glass jar

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Jason F. Wright’s book, Christmas Jars, was incentive for a special holiday surprise last week at an area salon.

containing an enormous amount of loose change and $1, $5 and even $10 bills which, when counted, totaled more than $129. The good Samaritan did not leave her name; however, accompanying the jar was a book entitled “Christmas Jars” by Jason F. Wright. The book has appeared on the New York Times

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best sellers list and is available at Jay and Mary’s Book Center in Troy.

What is a Christmas jar? one might ask.

According to the book’s author, it’s a pickle jar, peanut butter jar, Mason jar or whatever is taking up space in a kitchen See JAR | Page 2

Do you have special ‘pay it forward’ holiday story you’d like to share? The Daily Call will be accepting examples of service and giving through Dec. 19. Email pdceditorial@ civitasmedia.com with your name, phone number and a brief description of your story.

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Obituaries Armenia ‘aka’ pereyma TROY — Armenia (Aka) Bohumyla Pereyma, 86, of Troy, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. She was born in 1927, in Siedlce, Poland, the daughter of Andrij and Paulina (Elijiw) Klym, Ukrainian school teachers.

She married Dr. Constantine Pereyma in 1948 in Erlangen, Germany where they were both students. They emigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. In Brooklyn, she began her formal art education with the encouragement and support of her husband.

They settled in Troy, in 1959. Aka continued her art education at the School of the Dayton Art Institute and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She graduated with a degree in sculpture from DAI School in 1966. From 1970 to 1980, she was the artist coordinator for the Welding for Artist Program at the Hobart School for Welding Technology in Troy.

She was an internationally renowned artist. She worked in many media.

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In 2001, she received a citation and medal from the Ukrainian Government for her contributions to the richness of Ukrainian culture in the world abroad.

In 2003, she was honored by the Ohio Arts Council in their first group of Ohio Heritage Fellows.

She is survived by three children and their spouses, Marco and Agnes Pereyma of Binic, France, Barbara and Scott Farrara of North Haledon, N.J., and Christina and Robert O’Neal of Troy; 10 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. She has a sister, Tanya Osadca of Wethersfield, Conn. and brother Justin Klym of Toronto, Canada. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Constantine in 2012.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Friday, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy with interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy.

Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome. com.

Mildred schlechty baker BROOKVILLE — Mildred Louise (Urick) Schlechty Baker was called home to the Lord at 9 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 at BrookHaven Retirement C o m m u n i t y, Brookville. Born Nov. 6, 1912, in Clark County, she was the youngest of five children of the late Frank and Aurie (Meredith) Urick. She graduated from Elizabeth School in 1931.

In addition to her parents and siblings, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Forrest Floyd Schlechty and second husband, Donald O. Baker. She was a long-time resident of Troy. Besides being a loving wife and mother to her family, she was a telephone operator in Troy and Brookville.

She was a friend to all and loved baking goodies and sharing her “green thumb” with flowers for her family and many friends and neighbors. She was an active member of First United Church of Christ in Troy.

More than one hundred family and friends gathered to celebrate her hundredth birthday in 2012. On Nov. 6, some family and many staff from BrookHaven celebrated with her the 101st birthday.

She is survived by two children, a daughter Kay Joyce (Schlechty) Blizman and her husband, Joseph of Troy and a son David Lester Schlechty and his wife Anna of Staunton, Va.; two grandchildren, Dawn Lynne (Schlechty) Atkinson, her husband, Mark and a greatgranddaughter, Kaileigh Rose of Stafford, Va.; and the Rev. Dr. David

Todd Schlechty, his wife Margaret and three great-grandchildren, Anastasia Grace, Abigail Ruth and Josiah Luke of Vienna, Va. She is survived by a niece, Nancy Kiss of Fairborn; five nephews, Bruce Buroker, Ronnie Urick, Max Urick, Gary Urick, and Phillip Urick; and many great and great-great nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrange ments are being handled by Baird Funeral Home, 555 N. Market St., Troy. The family will have visitation on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. The service to celebrate her life will held at 10 a.m. Friday at First United Church of Christ, 120 South Market Street, Troy.

The Rev. Lauren Allen, Pastor of First United Church of Christ and Ms. Baker’s grandson, the Rev. Dr. David Todd Schlechty will officiate.

Her dearly loved four great-grandchildren will be Honorary Pallbearers.

Pallbearers will be Joe Blizman, Eric Heckman, Scott Heckman, Wayne Luttrell, Josiah Schlechty and Craig Swartz.

Burial will follow at New Carlisle Cemetery, Route 235, New Carlisle.

Contributions honoring her may be made to The Memorial Fund at the First United Church of Christ, 120 S. Market St., Troy, OH 45373.

The family wishes to acknowledge special thanks for the thoughtful care their mother/ Nana received at the BrookHaven Retirement Community.

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

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Rayburn and step-father, Hugh Rayburn and son, Bruce Brand.

Vince worked at the Troy Hardware and was employed for more than 20 years with the Miami County Engineers office.

He was a Mason for 57 years with Franklin Lodge no. 14 F&AM. He loved his wife and family and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

He enjoyed walking, collecting stamps, boating and building model riverboats. The Ohio River and West Virginia were never far from his thoughts. Vince enjoyed meeting and talking to people. After talking to Vince, no one would leave a stranger.

Private services will be held at the convenience of the family with interment in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made to the Franklin Lodge no. 14 F&AM or the Alzheimer’s Association. Friends may express condolences to the family through www. bairdfuneralhome.com.

leroy e. cron PIQUA — Leroy E. Cron, 92, of Piqua, died at 7:44 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, at the Brookdale Sterling House of Piqua. He was born March 19, 1921, in Springcreek Township to the late Forrest E. and Mable E. (Clevenger) Cron.

He married Pauline M. Ross on Sept. 5, 1942, in Pleasant Hill; she preceded him in death Aug. 27, 2002.

S u r v i vo rs include three sons, Jerry (Sara) Cron of Piqua, Bruce (Carol) Cron of Fletcher and Brian (Karen) Cron of Piqua; nine grandchildren, Christina (Hank) Warner, Scott Cron, Penny Cron, Dawn (Jim) Covault, Shelly (Rick) Bair, Darin Cron, Julie (Zachary) Havenar, and Lisa (Drew) Mahon; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Raymond (Mary) Cron of Troy, Richard (Sheila) Cron of DeGraff; and a sister, Louise “Midge” Francis of Troy.

He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Cron; a daughter, Janet Cron; two grandsons, Matthew and Keith Cron; a brother, Clarence (Wanda) Cron; two sisters, Catherine (Harry) Hopkins and Florence (Robert) Pence; and a brother-in-law, Galen Francis.

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graduate of Piqua Central High School, served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and was a farmer in Shelby and Miami Counties for many years.

He was a member of the Shelby County Farm Bureau, Houston Community C e n t e r, the State American Legion, and Shelby County Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor. He was an active member of the Congregational Christian United Church of Christ, where he had served as a deacon and trustee.

A service to honor his life will begin at 10 a.m.

Friday, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. William R. Hewitt officiating.

Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery where full military honors will be provided by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

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

PIQUA — Sharon Sue McClure, 72, of Piqua, died at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Marion, Ind. on Jan. 5, 1941, to the late Marion S. and Wilma L. (Dilley) Cook. On Dec. 22, 1962, in Los Angeles, Calif., she married Gary D. McClure. He survives.

Sharon also is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Christina McClure and Mark and Robin McClure, all of Dayton; one daughter and son-in-law, Karin and Mark Spradlin of Piqua; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Sandra and Gordon McCain of Camden, Ind. and Sonia and Jerry Garrison of West Lafayette, Ind.; six grandchildren, Whitney (Zach) Small and Brooke (Christopher) Forrest, all of Piqua, Amber Bowers,

Matthew McClure, Christopher McClure and Nathan McClure, all of Dayton; and one great granddaughter, Tessa Bowers, Dayton.

Sharon graduated from Marion High School in 1959. She was a homemaker.

Sharon was an assistant to the chaplain for Piqua Memorial Hospital. She also worked at Flesh Library, Piqua.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. today at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with Dr. Keith Gebhart officiating. Friends may call from 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 3131 S. Dixie Drive, Suite 208, Dayton, OH 45439-2223.

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

june hauschildt PIQUA — June Margaret Hauschildt, 80, of Piqua, died at 7:58 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Brookdale Place, Englewood. She was born on July 19, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to the late Emil and Margaret (McNicholas) Justus. On May 15, 1954, in Pittsburgh, she married Donald L. Hauschildt. He preceded her in death Jan. 4, 2006.

June is survived by two sons, Paul (Brenda) Hauschildt, Maineville and John Hauschildt, Bay Village; one sister, Betty Mosco, Pittsburgh, Pa.; five grandchildren, Steven Hauschildt, Lauren Noble, Jennifer Hauschildt, Lindsay Jones and Kimberly Hauschildt; and two great-grandchildren, Carter Jones and Clara Noble.

June graduated from St. Canice Catholic High

School in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1951. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Piqua. At the church, she was a member of St. Clare Society. June proudly served her country as a member of the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. She was a dedicated volunteer and homemaker.

June liked to cook and bake. She also liked to sing, dance and go to church.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at St. Boniface Church in Piqua.

Arrangements are being handled by MelcherSowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

Memorial contributions may be made to Disabled American Veterans, P. O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melchersowers.com.

Death Notices SCARBOROUGH TROY — Billy W. Scarborough, 80, of Troy, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at the Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. Services are pending at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy.

EASTMAN TROY — Michael Jay Lee Eastman, 38, of Troy passed away 4 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Private services. Arrangements are entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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Jar From page 1 cabinet and used to collect to collect spare change each day. All coins, notes Wright, are dedicated to the jar “and during the week before Christmas, you carefully select someone to give it to anonymously.”

Like the congenial hair stylist who is renowned for doing good deeds for others, it’s been suggested recipients might include a neighbor who was laid off, a coworker struggling with health problems or a friend who perhaps has lost a loved one. “Whether it’s

$50, $100 or even $200,” suggests Wright “you’ll be surprised how much change you can generate and how much you can affect someone’s life.”

The 122-page book, note critics, is “American storytelling at its best” and serves as an inspirational story which “will restore your faith in mankind and make you want to start your own Christmas jar tradition.”

Piqua’s latest recipient admits she was overwhelmed by the stranger’s generosity and hopes to

reciprocate by “paying it forward” as a benefactor next year. She has already starting rummaging through pocketbooks and coat pockets to fill her jar with loose change.

“I’ll have to admit I was a little scared at first when I opened the package,” she noted. “That was a pretty amazing gesture and I still don’t have any idea who it was…it could be anyone. I don’t open up a lot about my personal life and, to be truthful, and it hasn’t always been easy (financially).” What the strang-

er’s kind gesture has done, interjected the hairstylist “is to make me aware that there are tons of good people out there…and unfortunately we don’t always hear those good stories.”

Whether picking up the tab for a nearby diner, dropping off bags of groceries to the Bethany Center, adopting a family for the holidays through the Salvation Army or starting a Christmas Jar tradition, such random acts of kindness, attests the hairstylist, change lives and bring the spirit of the

“Anything that has to do with the structure itself,” said Welker with NIC also addressing parking or signage issues, while tall grass and trash are still being tackled in-house.

Another plus to utilizing NIC, according to Huff and Welker, personal contact with all involved parties to mediate a resolution.

“Sometimes you have to have a delicate hand, getting a resolution

everyone is happy with,” said Welker, using an example of a tenant calling with property concerns that a landlord may not be addressing. NIC will intervene and, “take a look at the issue, determine if there is a code violation, and if there is —they’ll work with the landlord, for a reasonable amount of time, to get it corrected.”

Out of 87 cases, NIC has been able to resolve 59 to date with the

remainder still a work in progress.

Will NIC stay on at the end of the six month trial period?

Yes, according to Huff, with an expansion to junk vehicles, an area typically handled by the local police department.

“It provides us an ability to not have to put a police officer out on minor issues,” said Huff of a department likewise faced with limited resources, time and staff.

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TROY — Vincent E. Brand, 84, of Troy, passed away Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, at the Koester Pavilion in Troy. He was born on March 14, 1929, in Chillicothe, and raised in West Virginia.

Vincent is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rita M. (Hamel) Brand; daughter, Linda Johnston of Troy; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Sonja Brand of Van Buren; grandchildren and their spouses, Brian and Kellie Brand of Troy, Jenny and Steve Wright of Troy, Matthew and Emily Brand of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, Katherine and Adam Fox of Troy, Andrew Johnston of Troy, Rebecca and Chase Scarborough of Canal Winchester, Chelsea Brand of Greenville and Marcus Brand of Van Buren; six great-grandchildren, Alex and Jackson Brand, Madison and Braden Wright, Vincent Brand and Andrew Scarborough. He was preceded in death by his mother, Glenna (Sayre)

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hire personnel and purchase necessary equipment.

“It’s proved to be, in my opinion, very successful,” said Huff with Amy Welker, director of health and sanitation, echoing similar sentiments while explaining the number of inspectors at NIC’s disposal has alleviated a backlog and lack of attention to citizen complaints on issues such as broken windows or roof repair.

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PHS to present Rejoice and Slight chance of snow shower Be Merry! holiday concert PIQUA — The Piqua High School Vocal Department will present its annual Holiday Concert “Rejoice and Be Merry!” on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. in the Hartzell Center for the Performing Arts.

The choirs are directed

by Tom Westfall, accompanied by Brenda Vetter.

The Gotham City Brass Quintet, organist,David Broerman, Mason Stevens, vocal percussion and violinist, Paul Hrivnak are invited guests.

The opening number, “Rejoice and Be Merry”

by Rutter, will be a combination of all the choirs, plus brass, organ, and piano. The Women’s Chorus will follow with performances of “One Candle Lights the Way,” “Santa Baby,” “Under

Winter Moon” with guest Paul Hrivnak, violin, and “Runnin’ To Bethlehem.”

The Men’s Chorus will sing “Noel, Noel,” which uses “Noel Nouvelet!” and “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” in the text and melodies, with violinist, Paul Hrivnak, “Frosty the Snowman,” “In Bethlehem” with vocal percussion by student, Mason Stevens, and will close their portion with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

The Show Choir, “The Company” will present their holiday show with “Run, Rudy, Run!” and A Grown Up Christmas List” with student soloist Caitlin Cromes, the traditional “Carol of the Bells” and will lose with “Yule be Rockin’” with student soloist, Danny Rudy.

New this year will be

a presentation by the voice class of the jazz song “The World for Christmas.” This volunteer class meets seventh period every day.

At the 4:30 p.m. program, the Piqua Junior High Eighth Grade Choir will perform three numbers, “Glad Noel,” Beautiful December” and “African Gloria.”

The Concert Choir will present “Noel Fantasy” with brass, organ and piano, the traditional “Deck the Halls,” and “Mary’s Lament” with Paul Hrivnak, violin.

The concert will close with alumni joining the choir, brass, and organ for the singing of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from the “Messiah.”

The Cookie Walk will take place beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the

Temperatures will struggle to get into the mid-20s for highs, and wind chill values will be in the teens. We can’t rule out a spotty snow shower today, and this time the best chance will be across the northern Miami Valley counties.

Commons. There will High 25, Low 10 be beautifully decorated tables filled with donated cookies that will be sold by the pound. The Walk will continue through the afternoon during and in between the concert.

The auditorium will be decorated in a very Mostly Partly special manner this year, sunny cloudy with thousands of paper chains hung from the ceiling of the stage. Don Smith of Allisten Manor’s HIGH: 18 LOW: 15 HIGH: 32 LOW: 12 Flower Box is overseeing the project, which has become a school-wide activity with not only the choirs, but the study halls, the art classes, the media classes, parents, BRADFORD — Joan’s Kids relay team will sponand many more involved sor a Cookie Walk from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, in making the 60,000 Dec. 14 at the Bradford Firehouse. loops for the chains.

The public is invited to purchase Christmas cookFor more information, ies and support the team in rasing money for the please call Mr. Westfall American Cancer Society. Homemaade cookies and at 773-6314 (ext. 1030) candies will be available for purchase. during school hours.

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Art Walk set for nine Sterling House seeks Piqua churches on Friday Japan presentations

Holiday Cabaret draws sellout crowd

PIQUA — St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, located at 500 N. Downing St., will be one of nine churches in downtown Piqua participating in the Friday, Dec. 13 Art Walk sponsored by the Piqua Arts Council.

The event will open with opening the church to the public from 4-7 p.m. for a free tour.

Special music in the sanctuary will feature guest performers the Full Sound Chamber GroupLoritsch Brothers String Quintet of Bellefontaine from 4:15-5 p.m.; organist Naomi Russell from 5-5:30 p.m.; and music by the St. Paul’s chancel choir and organist Jane Ann Vest from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

During this “drop-in” or “stay for the entire evening ” event, guests also will be invited to hand-toll the church bells every 15 minutes, view the stained-glass windows, learn history of the church and enjoy refreshments.

Luminaries will light the entrance into the church during this special Christmas-time event.

PIQUA — Sterling House Assisted Living is seeking presentations on Japan for their January programming.

They are looking for someone interested in volunteering their time to come to the Sterling House community and share art, food and knowledge about Japan with the residents. Those interested should email Andrea Lewis at alewis7@brookdaleliving.com.

Bethany Center to host annual holiday dinner PIQUA — The Community Christmas Dinner hosted by Bethany Center will take place from 4-7 p.m.

Friday. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The center is located at 339 South St., Piqua.

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The 2nd annual Holiday Cabaret presented by the Friends of the Piqua Public Library on Dec. 8, featured performances by (left to right) Bill Zimmerman, Sam Roth, Summer Littlejohn (front) and Tom Westfall. The sellout crowd was entertained in the Grand Ballroom of the Fort Piqua Plaza at the event that welcomed in the Christmas season.

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A picture’s worth a thousand kilobytes This morning my many videos of it there computer told me it was would be if cellphones out of memory, that it had existed then. A couldn’t save one more hundred? A thousand? byte until I deleted some It used to be rare to files. Did I mention that see a shot of a tornado my machine’s got a ton on the nightly news, or of memory? There’s no cars sliding down an icy way I could have used highway during a winter all that memory in only storm. Now we expect a single lifetime. Where not just to see one video did it all go? I remem- of a disaster, but lots ber having a discussion of them. If something years ago with a business weird or unusual hapowner who was pens, somehaving a hard one with a time deciding phone will whether he be sure to should buy a record it. computer with Photographs 10 or 20 megaaren’t just for bytes, because weddings, the difference vacations, was thousands babies and of dollars. birthdays any Jim Mullen The cheap more. There est iPhone has are millions Columnist 1,600 times of people out that much memory and there that take pictures it can make phone calls of the food on their and run “Angry Birds,” plates before they eat it. so I thought the mem- You could flip through ory problem had been a photograph album of solved. families in the days of For years, I’ve been film and rarely see a picadding family photos ture of the family pet. and vacation pictures to How many pictures and my hard drive without a videos of cats and dogs problem. It never com- are out there now? plained when I would But when I first startupload 300 photos of ed taking digital picthe Thanksgiving Day tures, they would take parade. It never said up 300 to 700KB of I was getting close to memory. The pictures I running out when it take with my new tablet automatically started take up 2.6MB of memosucking pictures off ry — four or five times my smartphone — pic- as much memory per tures I shoot through picture. Sure, they’re the car window, pictures much better, but one of of funny bumper stick- these pictures couldn’t ers, pictures of things have fit on one of those in stores I might want not-so-old 3 1/2-inch to buy someday. If floppy discs. Which you’ve got a camera, you explained the strange might as well use it; it’s “thank yous” I was getnot as if you have to ting after emailing 150 spend money develop- pictures of my vacaing pictures anymore. tion to my nearest and You simply post them dearest. “Thank you for to Facebook or email tying up my computer them to friends. Who for five hours waiting needs physical pictures for your crappy pictures of the grandkids? Just to download,” was the pass your phone around. nicest and most printWhen people aren’t talk- able of the lot. I don’t ing or texting on their have many friends that cellphones, they’re tak- I can afford to upset like ing pictures with them. that too often.

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Too little too late

For anyone who has read my previ- any. In an interview with District ous articles on education, it is not Administration magazine in which a revelation when I say I’ve been she discusses her latest book, A extremely critical of the politiciza- Reign of Error: the Hoax of the tion of public education at both the Privatization Movement and the state and national levels. From the Danger to America’s Public Schools, time Governor Voinovich hijacked she admits just how wrong she was. the Ohio Department of Education You can read her interview at: www. by changing its board from one districtadministration.com/article/ consisting entirely of elected mem- diane -ravitch- changing- educationbers to one that combines grassroots. Additionally, elected officials with those if you simply Google her, appointed by the goveryou can find multiple internor, intelligent discourse views where she shares ceased. It became just her newly found wisdom another partisan agency in an effort to promote her bogged down by politics, book. and we all know how effecShe now acknowledges tive those are. that what she fought for Before that happened, sounded good in theory educators could at least (no, it really didn’t), but TOM DUNN expect the members of the there wasn’t a shred of Miami County ESC state board of education and evidence that any of it Superintendent the state superintendent to actually worked. She also bring some sanity to the discus- talks about “the big lie,” which is sion, but Voinovich squelched that the political assertion that public concept. Now, politicians come up education is horribly broken, and we with harebrained ideas and instead need politicians’ wisdom to help us of pointing out how foolish they are dig out of the hole. In other words, the Ohio Department of Education it was all hogwash. I could have told blindly falls in line with its support, her that twenty years ago. because it is run by political appoinNow, if one is cynical (which I am) tees who dare not question those one might point out how convenient who put them there. The result has it is for Ms. Ravitch that she only been hundreds of indefensible man- came to this realization after she dates that have been bad for kids. had forced her ill-conceived concepts I’ve sat across from political lead- upon millions of America’s youth, ers and told them how crazy their but just in time to make a bunch of ideas are and how there isn’t a shred money on her newly found wisdom. of evidence that supports what they Frankly, it makes me sick. are doing. But, they don’t listen, While she is no longer in a posibecause, after all, they are smarter tion of power, fear not, as many oththan the rest of us. ers have taken her place. Members Two decades ago Diane Ravitch of the Ohio legislature and the state was one of those people. She was a board of education, along with our political appointee who was in charge state superintendent proudly carry of the Department of Education’s the banner she once toted as they Office of Educational Research and pass a multitude of mandates that Improvement under President Bush. are as poorly conceived as No Child (Sounds impressive, doesn’t it?) She Left Behind. Similarly, when you sit was one of those loudly clamor- across from them and point out the ing for educational reform through folly of their ways, they will do just accountability, school choice, and as Ms. Ravitch did twenty years ago. testing. She was also one of many They will ignore you and proceed political leaders who was constantly unabated, because they know better. ensuring us the sky was falling with The problem is they don’t. That is respect to education. As a result of why eliminating them from the disthe power she had been handed, she cussion is the only real solution to led the charge in creating political improving public education. policies like No Child Left Behind.

But, Ms. Ravitch has had an epiph- Tom Dunn is superintendent of the Miami County ESC.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 as a paid consultant for Huawei Technologies Ltd., the Chinese technology company the U.S. has condemned as an espionage threat, The Associated Press has learned.

Theodore H. Moran, a respected expert on China’s international investment and professor at Georgetown University, had served since 2007 as adviser to the intelligence director’s advisory panel on foreign investment in the United States. Moran also was an adviser to the National Intelligence Council, a group of 18 senior analysts and policy experts who provide U.S. spy agencies with judgments on important international issues.

The case highlights the ongoing fractious relationship between the U.S. government and Huawei, China’s leading developer of telephone and Internet infrastructure, which has been condemned in the U.S. as a potential national security threat. Huawei has aggressively disputed this, and its chief executive, Ren Zhengfei, has said the company has decided to abandon the U.S. market.

Moran, who had a security clearance granting him access to sensitive materials, was forced to withdraw from those roles after Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., complained in September to the intelligence director, James Clapper, that Moran’s work on an international advisory council for Huawei “compromises his ability to advise your office.”

“It is inconceivable how someone serving on Huawei’s board would also be allowed to advise the intelligence community on foreign investments in the U.S.,” Wolf wrote.

Moran, who earlier had declined to discuss the matter, said in a statement Friday to the AP, “I was totally transparent.” He said he told the National Intelligence Council in 2010 about his membership on Huawei’s advisory panel.

“I complied with all conflict of interest reports and procedures of the National Intelligence Council,” Moran said.

A spokesman for Clapper’s office confirmed Friday that Moran was no longer associated with the intelligence council “effective September 2013” but declined to answer further questions, citing the U.S. Privacy Act. Moran’s resignation also was confirmed by Wolf and two federal officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

“If he wants to make a lot of money advising Huawei, that’s his prerogative,” Wolf told the AP. “But he shouldn’t be on a critical advisory board that provides intelligence advice on foreign investments in our country.”

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Amish Cook shares new cookie recipe

We are in the first week of December, the final month of 2013. I went to town yesterday to take son Kevin to the dentist. Everywhere you see reminders that the Christmas holiday is approaching fast. It gets dark early so it was dark when we left town. Kevin enjoyed watching all the Christmas lights.

The girls made a breakfast meal for our supper last night. On the menu was bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and cottage cheese. It is nice to have the girls make supper when I have to leave for an appointment. When they were all younger I would have to make supper after I was home.

My husband Joe and daughter Elizabeth are back to work after being off Thanksgiving week.

Although it is nice to have time off from work that also means no payday. The Good Lord will provide, though, if we keep our trust in Him. Yesterday sister Emma dropped off her three boys here at 5:30 a.m. as she had a 2-3 hour drive to an appointment for her daughter Elizabeth, 17.

Elizabeth had ear surgery in November and this appointment was a checkup.

I told our boys that if they went to bed earlier the evening before, I’d wake them up before Emma and Jacob’s boys get here at 5:30. I made breakfast for our five scholars and Jacob, 14, Benjamin, 11, and Steven, 6. They had 1 1/2 hours to play until the bus came at 7 a.m. The house seemed quiet after

Carry On

all eight school children left for school. They all had a good start to the day.

December 10, daughter Verena will have her 16th birthday. Hard to believe she will be joining the youth.

Elizabeth’s friend Timothy was happy to get his third deer of the season. His freezer quit working this summer and he didn’t discover it until all the meat was spoiled.

He is glad to be able to put meat back in his new freezer. I tasted the venison steaks Timothy grilled and they were pretty good. I am not a venison fan but if I had not known it was venison it would have been hard to guess it wasn’t beef.

Joe hasn’t had any luck from where he hunts.

Seems to be too many

Hope Yen

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the wealthiest 1 percent.

Fully 20 percent of U.S. adults become rich for parts of their lives, wielding outsize influence on America’s economy and politics. This little-known group may pose the biggest barrier to reducing the nation’s income inequality.

The growing numbers of the U.S. poor have been well documented, but survey data provided to The Associated Press detail the flip side of the record income gap — the rise of the “new rich.”

Made up largely of older professionals, working married couples and more educated singles, the new rich are those with household income of $250,000 or more at some point during their working lives.

That puts them, if sometimes temporarily, in the top 2 percent of earners.

Even outside periods of unusual wealth, members of this group generally hover in the $100,000-plus income range, keeping them in the top 20 percent of earners.

Companies increasingly are marketing to this rising demographic, fueling a surge of “mass luxury” products and services from premium Starbucks coffee and organic groceries to concierge medicine and VIP lanes at airports. Political parties are taking a renewed look at the up-forgrabs group, once solidly Republican.

They’re not the traditional rich.

In a country where poverty is at a record high, today’s new rich are notable for their sense of economic fragility.

They’ve reached the top 2 percent, only to fall below it, in many cases. That makes them much more fiscally conservative than other Americans, polling suggests, and less likely to support public programs, such as food stamps or early public education, to help the disadvantaged.

Last week, President Barack Obama asserted that growing inequality is “the defining challenge of our time,” signaling that it will be a major theme for Democrats in next year’s elections.

New research suggests that affluent Americans are more numerous than government data depict, encompassing 21 percent of working-age adults for at least a year by the time they turn 60. That proportion has more than doubled since 1979.

At the same time, an increasing polarization of low-wage work and high-skill jobs has left middle-income careers depleted.

“For many in this group, the American dream is not dead. They have reached affluence for parts of their lives and see it as very attainable, even if the dream has become more elusive for everyone else,” says Mark Rank, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, who calculated numbers on the affluent for a forthcoming book, “Chasing the American Dream,” to be published by the Oxford University Press.

As the fastest-growing group based on take-home pay, the new rich tend to enjoy better schools, employment and gated communities, making it easier to pass on their privilege to their children.

Their success has implications for politics and policy.

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The group is more liberal than lowerincome groups on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, according to an analysis of General Social Survey data by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. But when it comes to money, their views aren’t so open. They’re wary of any government role in closing the income gap.

In Gallup polling in October, 60 percent of people making $90,000 or more said average Americans already had “plenty of opportunity” to get ahead.

Among those making less than $48,000, the share was 48 percent.

“In this country, you don’t get anywhere without working hard,” said James Lott, 28, a pharmacist in Renton, Wash., who adds to his six-figure salary by day-trading stocks. The son of Nigerian immigrants, Lott says he was able to get ahead by earning an advanced pharmacy degree. He makes nearly $200,000 a year.

After growing up on food stamps, Lott now splurges occasionally on nicer restaurants, Hugo Boss shoes and extended vacations to New Orleans, Atlanta and parts of Latin America. He believes government should play a role in helping the disadvantaged. But he says the poor should be encouraged to support themselves, explaining that his single mother rose out of hardship by starting a daycare business in their home.

“I definitely don’t see myself as rich,” says Lott, who is saving to purchase a downtown luxury condominium. That will be the case, he says, “the day I don’t have to go to work every single day.”

Sometimes referred to by marketers as the “mass affluent,” the new rich make up roughly 25 million U.S. households and account for nearly 40 percent of total U.S. consumer spending.

While paychecks shrank for most Americans after the 2007-2009 recession, theirs held steady or edged higher. In 2012, the top 20 percent of U.S. households took home a record 51 percent of the nation’s income. The median income of this group is more than $150,000.

Once concentrated in the old-money enclaves of the Northeast, the new rich are now spread across the U.S., mostly in bigger cities and their suburbs. They include Washington, D.C.; Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. By race, whites are three times more likely to reach affluence than nonwhites.

Paul F. Nunes, managing director at Accenture’s Institute for High Performance and Research, calls this group “the new power brokers of consumption.” Because they spend just 60 percent of their before-tax income, often setting the rest aside for retirement or investing, he says their capacity to spend more will be important to a U.S. economic recovery.

In Miami, developers are betting on a growing luxury market, building higherend malls featuring Cartier, Armani and Louis Vuitton and hoping to expand on South Florida’s Bal Harbour, a favored hideaway of the rich.

“It’s not that I don’t have money.

It’s more like I don’t have time,” said Deborah Sponder, 57, walking her dog Ava recently along Miami’s blossoming Design District. She was headed to one of her two art galleries — this one between

the Emilio Pucci and Cartier stores and close to the Louis Vuitton and Hermes storefronts.

But Sponder says she doesn’t consider her income of $250,000 as upper class, noting that she is paying college tuition for her three children. “Between rent, schooling and everything — it comes in and goes out.”

Economists say the group’s influence will only grow as middle-class families below them struggle. Corporate profits and the stock market are hitting records while the median household income of $51,000 is at its lowest since 1995. That’s a boon for upper-income people who are more likely to invest in stocks.

At the same time, some 54 percent of working-age Americans will experience near-poverty for portions of their lives, hurt by globalization and the loss of goodpaying manufacturing jobs.

Both Democrats and Republicans are awakening to the political realities presented by this new demographic bubble.

Traditionally Republican, the group makes up more than 1 in 4 voters and is now more politically divided, better educated and less white and male than in the past, according to Election Day exit polls dating to the 1970s.

Sixty-nine percent of upper-income voters backed Republican Ronald Reagan and his supply-side economics of tax cuts in 1984. By 2008, Democrat Barack Obama had split their vote evenly, 49-49.

In 2012, Obama lost the group, with 54 percent backing Republican Mitt Romney. Still, Obama’s performance among higher-income voters exceeded nearly every Democrat before him.

Some Democratic analysts have urged the party to tread more lightly on issues of income inequality, even after the recent election of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who made the issue his top campaign priority.

In recent weeks, media attention has focused on growing liberal enthusiasm for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., whose push to hold banks and Wall Street accountable could stoke Occupy Wall Street-style populist anger against the rich.

“For the Democrats’ part, traditional economic populism is poorly suited for affluent professionals,” says Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University professor who specializes in political polarization.

The new rich includes Robert Kane, 39, of Colorado Springs, Colo.

A former stock broker who once owned three houses and voted steadfastly Republican, Kane says he was humbled after the 2008 financial meltdown, which he says exposed Wall Street’s excesses.

Now a senior vice president for a private equity firm specializing in the marijuana business, Kane says he’s concerned about upward mobility for the poor and calls wealthy politicians such as Romney “out of touch.”

But Kane, now a registered independent, draws the line when it comes to higher taxes.

“A dollar is best in your hand rather than the government’s,” he says.

Associated Press Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta, News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius, and writers Suzette Laboy in Miami and Kristen Wyatt in Denver contributed to this report.

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My first thought was Since others in the famfor my two grandchil- ily circle may not hold dren. They are still your son-in-law in high young, just 6 and 9. regard, your grandchilTo the great credit of dren may be exposed to my daughter and her disparaging remarks. To husband, they did not honor his memory, share let their marriage prob- your memories with lems spill over into my your grandchildren. Ask grandchildren’s lives. about theirs and store My grandchildren them away for future adore their father. use.

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An embittered moth“Only the bottom of er-in-law who tossed him the tire needs fixing. out with the bathwater The top still looks OK.” may later pay dearly, risking both her rela- Dee and Tom, married more than 50 years, tionship with her grand- have eight grandchildren. Together with they welcome questions, suggestions children and their emo- Key, and Grand Remarks of the Week. Send to tional well-being.

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other hunters surrounding him so they head off the deer before they get to the woods Joe hunts.

Today is laundry day again. The temperatures were in the mid-50s when Joe left for work and now it is 33.

Looks like we’ll just hang clothes to dry in the basement.

After the laundry is done we’ll make some noodles if possible.

This is the first time I have made “Spellbinder Cookies” to take to church.

Other women in our church make them so I thought I would try them.

The recipe didn’t have a time and temperature for baking so I guessed at that.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Buccs show heart in loss to Panthers

In brief n Friday is ‘rally’ night

This Friday night will be “Rally Towel” night at the Piqua boys basketball game vs. Vandalia-Butler.

Each person who attends this Friday’s game will get a “Rally Towel” if they bring a canned food item.

The canned foods will be donated to the Bethany Center. Rally Towels will also be available for purchase.”

n Buccs youth compete

SIDNEY — The Covington Youth Wrestling Team traveled to Sidney on Sunday for their first meet of the season to compete with Sidney, Tipp City, Lima Shawnee, Piqua and Wayne.

Taking first place for the Buccs were Andrew Basye (3 pins), Ryan Remley (3 pins), Dylan Staudt (3 pins), Austin Flick (3 pins), Brycen Roth (2 pins), Jason McIntire (2 pins), Michael Hagan (2 pins), Corey Turner (2 pins), Connor Sindelir (2 pins), Tyler Bauer (2 pins), Gage Kerrigan (2 pins), Chase Vanderhorst (1 pin), Sam Zank (1 pin), Duncan Cooper (1 pin) and Dalton Bishop. Finishing in second were Jacob Dilley (2 pins), Laine Moses (1 pin), Ayden Rench (1 pin), Myles Bauer (1 pin), Clayton Stephen (1 pin), Jonah Givens (1 pin), Hayden Barker and Cael Vanderhorst.

Taking third place at the event were Bryce Smith (1 pin), David Robinson (1 pin), Grant Babylon (1 pin), Kaden Hughes, Scott Blumenstock and Ryan Evans. Finishing in fourth place were Zander Bishop, Hunter Basye, Christian Swob, Ricky Stephan and Hunter Basye.

Each of the kids gained valuable experience and represented Covington well.

The Buccs compete next at Piqua on Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.

n Houston seeks track coach

HOUSTON — Houston High School is hiring a coach for the 2014 girls high school track position.

If interested, please contact John Willoughby at Houston High School - 937295-3010.

n Scores to air games

S coresBroadcats.com prep basketball broadcast schedule for this week includes: Thursday: Russia girls at Fort Loramie, 7:10 p.m.

Friday: Fort Loramie boys at Houston, 7:40 p.m.

Saturday: Anna girls at Jackson Center, 2:10 p.m.; Anna boys at New Bremen, 7:40 p.m.

Stumper

Q: Before Sunday,

when was the last time New England Patriots recovered an onside kick?

A:

1994

Quoted “I feel like we got robbed a little bit.”

—Brown linebacker Paul Kruger on the officiating in the Browns-Patriots game

Covington drops CCC opener

Rob Kiser

Sports Editor rkiser@civitasmedia.com

COVINGTON — Covington boys basketball coach Matt Pond knew there would be growing pains.

Which is why he saw plenty of positives in the Buccs 56-49 loss to Twin Valley South Tuesday night in CCC action.

“The good news is this is only our second game,” Pond said. “We have one starter back.

This was the most time most of our kids had spent on the floor in front of a crowd at a varsity basketball game.

So, as long as we learn from our mistakes and continue to get better, I am very optimistic.”

And the Buccs showed that potential at times Tuesday.

Covington battled back from a 21-4 deficit early in the second quarter to get back within striking distance late in the half.

Two threes by Andre Bendict and a three by Austin Lefeld, followed by a drive to the basket

by Drew Schaurer had Covington within 26-22 at the two-minute mark of the half.

“There is no quit in this team, that’s for sure,” Pond said. “We were right in the game.”

But, just as quickly, the Buccs allowed a 3-point play and three

by Seth Baker — part of his 25-point first half —

that gave the Panthers a 32-22 lead at the break.

“We are capable going on a run,” Pond said.

“The same thing happened against Versailles.

But, in that spurt, we come down and give up an and-one. That is what we can’t do. We, including me, need to do a better job of finding the hot shooter. He had 25 of their 32 points in the first half.”

Covington stayed closed the rest of the game, but could never put that run together to get over the top.

The Buccs still trailed just 42-35 after three quarters, but struggled to score in the final eight minutes, hitting just four of 11 shots from the floor. Defensively, they were able to force numerous South turnovers with full court pressure.

“But, we couldn’t capitalize,” Pond said. “We gave it right back to them a couple of times.

And when they have a guy going long, we need to recognize that. When they do it the first time, we need to learn from that — it shouldn’t happen five more times.”

Benedict led the Buccs with 22 points, including five 3-point field goals, while Robert Gengler grabbed nine rebounds.

Baker, a 6-foot-3 junor, finished with 35 points and five 3-point field goals for the Panthers, as Covington limited him to 10 points in the

Robert Gengler takes a shot Tuesday night for Covington.

second half.

Covington was 18 of 51 from the floor for 35 percent and four of seven from the line for 57 percent.

Twin Valley South was 19 of 37 from the floor for 51 percent and 12 of 15 from the line for 80 percent.

Covington won the

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battle of the boards 21-18 and had 15 turnovers to South’s 14.

The Buccs, 0-2, will play at Tri-County North Friday.

Earning bigger role in backfield Rookie running back continues to impress for Bengals CINCINNATI (AP) — Giovani Bernard was heading back to the huddle after a long run when he got a compliment from one of the Colts linebackers.

“After the play, he was like, ‘You’re a shifty dude,’” Bernard said.

Shifty. Elusive. And quickly growing into an integral part of the Cincinnati offense.

Bernard had his best game on Sunday, running for a career-high 99 yards and catching four passes for 49 yards during a 42-28 win over the Colts. He leads the AFC in yards from scrimmage by a rookie with 1,023, giving the Bengals (9-4) the dual threat out of the backfield they’ve lacked for years.

With B enJarvus Green-Ellis filling the role of power runner, the Bengals have a combination that reminds them of the last time they made a deep playoff run.

They made it to the Super Bowl in 1988 with a running tandem of James Brooks and Ickey Woods. Woods did the straight-ahead running and danced his “Ickey Shuffle” after a score. Brooks was the dual-threat back who was second on the team in rushing and fourth in receiving.

“It’s just going to continue,” Bernard said. “We’ve just really hit our stride.”

The Bengals have been looking for a dualthreat back for years.

They took Chris Perry in the first round in 2004, but he was hurt a lot. They took halfback

Cincinnati Bengals running back Gio Bernard (25) runs against Indianapolis Colts Sunday.

Kenny Irons in the second round in 2007; that didn’t work out either. Change-of-pace running back Bernard Scott came in the sixth round in 2009, but also was hurt.

Bernard, a secondround pick out of North Carolina, has finally filled the niche.

“I think back to 2008 when Ray Rice was a rookie,” coach Marvin Lewis said, referring to the Ravens’ star running back. “Some of his runs — low to the ground with his hands down — that’s who we kind of likened Gio to as we evaluated him out of college.”

The Bengals have taken a while to figure out how to blend the two together. They’ve found the right mix in the last few weeks.

Bernard has at least

95 yards rushing and receiving in four of the last five games. On Sunday, he came up 1 yard shy of becoming the first Bengals running back to run for 100 yards this season.

“For me, the biggest thing that I try to do is just all-purpose yards,” Bernard said. “It’s not the running, it’s not the (receiving), it’s just a combination of the two.”

Even though the Bengals haven’t had a 100-yard rusher, they’ve had big games with the two of them running the ball. They piled up 155 yards against the Colts, the fifth time this season they’ve rushed for more than 150 in a game.

Green-Ellis had 48 yards on 17 carries against the Colts and a pair of touchdown

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runs, including one they were still talking about Monday. The Bengals went for it on fourth down from the Indianapolis 1-yard line late in the first half.

Nose tackle Josh Chapman swiped at Green-Ellis’ feet and appeared to trip him in the backfield.

Green-Ellis stumbled forward and landed at the 1, then stretched the ball into the end zone. He was initially ruled down at the 1, but the Bengals were awarded a touchdown upon review.

Referee Jeff Triplette said the review focused only on whether GreenEllis was touched as he fell at the 1-yard line, not whether he was tripped in the backfield.

Triplette’s crew had trouble getting the

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down and distance correct at the end of the Giants’ 24-17 win over Washington last week.

“I guess it’s just not a good week for those guys,” GreenEllis said Monday. “I’m just happy that we get one in our favor. Man, we’ve had so many calls go against us in the opposite direction. So I’m happy to get one and that we got away with that one like that.”

Notes: CB Terence Newman had a brace on his left leg Monday.

He hurt his knee late in Sunday’s game. It’s unclear how many games he’ll miss. …

The Bengals’ sloppy tackling allowed Colts receivers to pile up 206 yards after catches on Sunday, the most they’d allowed since 2009, according to STATS.

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NFL Standings National Football League All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo South y-Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville Houston North Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland West

W 10 7 6 4

L 3 6 7 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .538 .462 .308

PF 349 286 226 273

PA 287 276 337 334

W 8 5 4 2

L 5 8 9 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .615 .385 .308 .154

PF 313 292 201 250

PA 316 318 372 350

W 9 7 5 4

L 4 6 8 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .692 .538 .385 .308

PF 334 278 291 257

PA 244 261 312 324

PF 515 343 316 264

PA 345 224 291 337

PF 334 357 251 279

PA 301 348 334 407

PF 343 298 244 282

PA 243 188 291 362

PF 346 368 316 315

PA 321 360 326 395

PF 357 316 305 289

PA 205 214 257 308

W L T Pct x-Denver 11 2 0 .846 Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 San Diego 6 7 0 .462 Oakland 4 9 0 .308 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 8 5 0 .615 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 Washington 3 10 0 .231 South W L T Pct New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 Carolina 9 4 0 .692 Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 Atlanta 3 10 0 .231 North W L T Pct Detroit 7 6 0 .538 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 Green Bay 6 6 1 .500 Minnesota 3 9 1 .269 West W L T Pct x-Seattle 11 2 0 .846 San Francisco 9 4 0 .692 Arizona 8 5 0 .615 St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's Game Jacksonville 27, Houston 20 Sunday's Games Green Bay 22, Atlanta 21 Baltimore 29, Minnesota 26 Kansas City 45, Washington 10 Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 6 Miami 34, Pittsburgh 28 Philadelphia 34, Detroit 20 Cincinnati 42, Indianapolis 28 New England 27, Cleveland 26 N.Y. Jets 37, Oakland 27 Denver 51, Tennessee 28 San Francisco 19, Seattle 17 San Diego 37, N.Y. Giants 14 Arizona 30, St. Louis 10 New Orleans 31, Carolina 13 Monday's Game Chicago 45, Dallas 28 Thursday, Dec. 12 San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15 Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

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

Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

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

Arizona at Tennessee, 4:25 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16 Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m.

BCS Standings BCS Standings List Team Total Previous 1. Florida St. .9957 1 2. Auburn .9638 3 3. Alabama .9061 4 4. Michigan St. .8600 10 5. Stanford .8191 7 6. Baylor .7722 9 7. Ohio St. .7705 2 8. Missouri .7256 5 9. South Carolina .7152 8 10. Oregon .5811 12 11. Oklahoma .5756 17 12. Clemson .5553 13 13. Oklahoma St. .5233 6 14. Arizona St. .4416 11 15. UCF .4343 16 16. LSU .4322 15 17. UCLA .3703 18 18. Louisville .3199 19 19. Wisconsin .2365 21 20. Fresno St. .1675 23 21. Texas A&M .1663 24 22. Georgia .1594 22 23. N. Illinois .1572 14 24. Duke .1134 20 25. Southern Cal .0672 NR

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 7, 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. Florida St. (56) 13-0 1,496 1 2. Auburn (4) 12-1 1,444 3 3. Alabama 11-1 1,376 4 4. Michigan St. 12-1 1,278 10 5. Stanford 11-2 1,217 7 6. Baylor 11-1 1,185 9 7. Ohio St. 12-1 1,130 2 8 8. South Carolina 10-2 1,099 9. Missouri 11-2 1,066 5 10. Oregon 10-2 880 12 11. Oklahoma 10-2 878 18 12. Clemson 10-2 848 13 13. Oklahoma St. 10-2 797 6 14. LSU 9-3 726 14 15. UCF 11-1 629 15 16. Arizona St. 10-3 614 11 17. UCLA 9-3 544 17 18. Louisville 11-1 525 19 19. Wisconsin 9-3 383 21 20. Texas A&M 8-4 282 22 21. Fresno St. 11-1 227 24 22. Duke 10-3 201 20 23. Georgia 8-4 196 25 24. N. Illinois 12-1 144 16 25. Notre Dame 8-4 76 NR Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 74, Iowa 48, Miami 47, Vanderbilt 25, Texas 22, Cincinnati 11, Bowling Green 10, Washington 9, Rice 7, N. Dakota St. 4, Minnesota 2.

USA Today Top 25 The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec.7, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida State (62) 13-0 1550 1 2. Auburn 12-1 1486 3 3. Alabama 11-1 1414 4 4. Michigan State 12-1 1342 9 5. Baylor 11-1 1275 t7 6. Ohio State 12-1 1211 2 7. Stanford 11-2 1188 10 8. South Carolina 10-2 1108 t7 9. Missouri 11-2 1088 5 15 10. Oklahoma 10-2 913 11. Clemson 10-2 899 11 12. Oregon 10-2 887 12 13. Oklahoma State 10-2 845 6 14. LSU 9-3 719 14 15. Central Florida 11-1 658 17 16. Louisville 11-1 611 16 17. Arizona State 10-3 602 13 18. UCLA 9-3 520 19 19. Wisconsin 9-3 408 21 20. Fresno State 11-1 344 22 21. Texas A&M 8-4 247 25 21. Duke 10-3 247 20 23. Northern Illinois 12-1 149 18 24. Georgia 8-4 135 NR 25. Miami (Fla.) 9-3 73 NR Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 47; Vanderbilt 40; Southern California 33; Iowa 30; Texas 27; Rice 23; Bowling Green 12; Notre Dame 8; Minnesota 6; Ball State 2; Nebraska 1; Virginia Tech 1; Washington 1.

Bowl Glance College Football FBS Bowl Glance All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4), 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 5:30 p.m.

(ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Dec. 23 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Texas Bowl At Houston Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl At New York Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 3:20 p.m.

(ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 10:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4), 11:45 a.m.

(ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 3:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 12:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon (ESPNU) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m.

(ABC) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl At Miami Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 8:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 25 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. South vs. North, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

Basketball

NBA Standings

National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 10 12 .455 Toronto 7 12 .368 Philadelphia 7 15 .318 Brooklyn 6 14 .300 New York 5 14 .263 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 16 5 .762 Atlanta 11 10 .524 Charlotte 10 11 .476

Versailles girls win swimming tri-meet Tiger boys finish second to Celina GREENVILLE — The Versailles boys and girls swimming teams held a tri-meet with Celina and Minster Friday at the Darke County YMCA. Girls team scores were Versailles 143, Minster 88, Celina 72.

Hannah Marshal had two wins for the Lady Tigers, taking the 100 freestyle, 1:01.62; and 100 backstroke, 1:06.54.

Also winning for the Lady Tigers were Lexi Fliehman, 50 freestyle, 25.03; Ashlyn Cordonnier, 100 butterfly, 1:07.43; Murphy Grow, 500 freestyle, 6:29.56.

Amber Seibert tied for first in the 100 breaststroke, 1:13.24.

Also winning were the 200 medley relay (Hannah Marshal, Seibert, Cordonnier, Fliehman), 1:57.32; and 400 freestyle relay (Hannah Marshal, Abbey Marshal, Seibert, Fliehman), 4:00.53.

Finishing second were Grow, 200 freestyle, 2:21.78; Abbey Marshal, 200 IM, 2:26.81; Seibert, 50 freestyle, 26.41; Fliehman, 100 backstroke,

1:07.27; and the 200 freestyle relay (Hannah Wenig, Cordonnier, Rachel Subler, Abbey Marshal), 1:48.58.

Finishing third was the 200 medley relay (Subler, Grown, Caroline Prakel, Wenig), 2:15.23.

Taking fourth were Breana Winner, 500 freestyle, 6:43.0; Rachel Subler, 100 backstroke, 1:11.40; Cordonnier, 100 breaststroke, 1:16.50; the 200 freestyle relay (Kori Oliver, Katelyn Platfoot, Emily Ruhenkamp, Emily Stammen), 2:02.01; the 400 freestyle relay (Oliver, Platfoot, Mangne, Stammen), 4:49.17.

Boys team scores were Celina 131, Versailles 121, Minster 46.

Mitchell Stover set two meet records in the meet, winning the 100 butterfly in 52.68 — breaking his previous record of 53.64 — and winning the 500 freestyle in 4:54.41 — breaking his old record of 4:55.21.

Andrew Kramer and Cole Albers both won two events for the Tigers.

Kramer won the 200

freestyle, 2:00.32 and 100 backstroke, 1:06.91; and Albers won the 50 freestyle, 24.30 and 100 breaststroke, 1:10.16.

Michael Marshal gave Versailles win in the 100 freestyle, 57.67.

The Tigers also won the 200 medley relay (Stover, Albers, Marshal, Kramer), 1:46.27; and the 200 freestyle relay (Albers, Quincy Baltes, Tyler Rose, Marshal), 1:44.96.

Finishing second was the 400 freestyle relay (Kramer, Harrison Detrick, Jacob Rose, Stover), 3:58.84.

Taking fourth were Jacob Rose, 100 breaststroke, 1:20.90; the 200 freestyle relay (Mitchell Paulus, John Marchal, Mitchell Harshbarger, Richie Ware), 1:58.91; and 400 freestyle relay (Marchal, Zachary Heitkamp, Harshbarger, Cole Schlater), 4:44.46.

Versailles will swim against Troy Friday at the Miami County YMCARobinson Branch.

Next week they swim at Van Wert and the Vandalia-Butler Invitational.

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9 6

11 15

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W L Pct 18 3 .857 10 11 .476 8 10 .444 7 13 .350 4 16 .200 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 15 4 .789 Houston 15 7 .682 Dallas 13 9 .591 Memphis 10 10 .500 New Orleans 9 10 .474 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 18 4 .818 Oklahoma City 15 4 .789 Denver 13 8 .619 Minnesota 9 11 .450 Utah 4 19 .174 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 14 8 .636 Phoenix 11 9 .550 Golden State 12 10 .545 L.A. Lakers 10 10 .500 Sacramento 6 13 .316 Monday's Games L.A. Clippers 94, Philadelphia 83 Denver 75, Washington 74 Charlotte 115, Golden State 111 Memphis 94, Orlando 85 Portland 105, Utah 94 Sacramento 112, Dallas 97 Tuesday's Games Miami at Indiana New York at Cleveland San Antonio at Toronto Boston at Brooklyn Oklahoma City at Atlanta Minnesota at Detroit Milwaukee at Chicago Phoenix at L.A. Lakers Wednesday's Games Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 8 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

Thursday's Games L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

GB — 8 8½ 10½ 13½

Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee

Others receiving votes: Missouri 46, Colorado 42, Pittsburgh 38, New Mexico 28, Boise State 19, Saint Mary's 18, Indiana 15, VCU 13, Creighton 8, Saint Louis 5, Virginia 5, George Washington 1.

Women’s AP Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (36) 10-0 900 1 2. Duke 10-0 864 2 3. Tennessee 7-0 804 3 4. Notre Dame 8-0 774 4 5. Kentucky 9-0 765 5 6. Stanford 7-1 728 6 7. Louisville 9-1 678 7 8-1 646 8 8. Maryland 9. Baylor 7-1 628 9 10. South Carolina 9-0 507 12 11. Colorado 8-0 505 11 12. Penn St. 6-2 496 10 13. LSU 7-1 459 13 14. Oklahoma St. 7-0 395 14 15. North Carolina 7-2 360 18 16. Georgia 8-0 304 19 17. Iowa St. 8-0 293 20 18. Purdue 5-2 260 16 19. Nebraska 7-2 237 15 20. Oklahoma 5-3 211 17 21. Iowa 10-1 189 25 22. California 6-2 187 21 23. Gonzaga 7-1 141 24 24. Texas A&M 6-2 123 23 25. Syracuse 8-1 85 22 Others receiving votes: Florida St. 69, Arizona St. 33, Arkansas 14, Texas 10, West Virginia 8, Georgia Tech 6, UTEP 6, Michigan St. 5, BYU 3, San Diego 3, Middle Tennessee 2, Bowling Green 1, Saint Joseph's 1.

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Women’s USA Today The top 25 teams in the USA Today Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. UConn (32) 10-0 800 1 2. Duke 10-0 763 2 3. Tennessee 8-0 715 3 4. Stanford 7-1 685 4 8-0 685 5 4. Notre Dame 6. Kentucky 9-0 662 6 7. Louisville 9-1 610 7 8. Maryland 9-1 575 8 9. Baylor 7-1 518 9 10. South Carolina 9-0 502 10 11. Iowa State 8-0 443 12 12. Penn State 6-2 405 11 13. LSU 7-1 385 14 14. North Carolina 7-2 365 16 15. Colorado 8-0 337 17 16. Nebraska 7-2 285 13 17. Georgia 8-0 277 18 18. Oklahoma State 7-0 270 19 19. Oklahoma 6-3 266 15 20. Texas A&M 6-2 183 20 21. California 6-2 143 21 22. Gonzaga 7-1 126 24 23. Purdue 6-2 111 22 24. Iowa 10-1 77 — 25. Florida State 8-1 60 — Others receiving votes: Syracuse 43, BYU 29, UTEP 12, Arkansas 11, San Diego 10, Vanderbilt 10, Texas 9, Bowling Green 7, Georgia Tech 7, Arizona State 5, DePaul 5, Kansas 3, Dayton 1.

Men’s AP Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Arizona (63) 9-0 1,623 2 2. Syracuse (2) 9-0 1,522 4 3. Ohio St. 8-0 1,453 5 4. Wisconsin 10-0 1,318 8 7-1 1,311 1 5. Michigan St. 6. Louisville 8-1 1,262 7 7. Oklahoma St. 8-1 1,160 9 8. Duke 7-2 1,040 10 9. UConn 9-0 981 12 10. Villanova 9-0 938 14 11. Kentucky 7-2 926 3 12. Wichita St. 9-0 884 11 13. Kansas 6-2 862 6 14. Baylor 8-1 843 20 15. Oregon 8-0 831 13 16. Memphis 6-1 768 16 17. Iowa St. 7-0 606 17 18. North Carolina 6-2 450 — 19. Florida 6-2 434 15 20. Gonzaga 8-1 365 19 21. Colorado 9-1 330 — 22. UMass 8-0 326 21 23. Iowa 9-1 207 23 24. Missouri 9-0 203 — 25. San Diego St. 7-1 159 24 Others receiving votes: UCLA 104, New Mexico 62, Pittsburgh 47, Boise St. 34, Michigan 26, VCU 17, Dayton 11, Cincinnati 5, Harvard 5, Indiana 3, Saint Mary's (Cal) 3, Creighton 2, George Washington 2, Oklahoma 1, Toledo 1.

Men’s USA Today The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 8, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 2 1. Arizona (30) 9-0 797 2. Ohio State (1) 8-0 749 3 3. Syracuse (1) 9-0 746 5 4. Louisville 8-1 684 6 5. Michigan State 7-1 655 1 6. Wisconsin 10-0 600 9 7. Duke 7-2 562 8 8. Wichita State 9-0 542 10 9. Oklahoma State 8-1 518 11 10. Kentucky 7-2 491 4 11. Oregon 8-0 462 13 12. UConn 9-0 455 14 13. Kansas 6-2 445 7 14. Villanova 9-0 333 19 15. Memphis 6-1 323 15 16. Gonzaga 8-1 298 15 16. Iowa State 7-0 298 18 18. Baylor 8-1 278 20 19. Florida 6-2 258 12 20. UMass 8-0 192 22 21. North Carolina 6-2 172 25 22. Iowa 9-1 103 24 23. UCLA 8-1 86 17 24. San Diego State 7-1 65 25. Michigan 6-3 50 21

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Dear Annie: I was marhis truck and am making ried to a verbally abusive half of his house payment so narcissist for 10 years. Two my kids have a place to stay separations and three counwhen they see him. I have selors later, I decided to 10 pages of documentation leave him. That was in June. from all the horribleness I I recently met someone have lived through. who makes me believe I hope my parents someAnnie’s there are good people out day will warm up to the new there. But my soon-to-be ex Mailbox man who treats me so well. I and my brother have been have given up on my brothscreaming from the rooftops Kathy Mitchell er. Meanwhile, my ex keeps that I am a cheater, and that & Marcy Sugar telling me how he is doing my husband’s behavior was “the right thing” by letting perfect. This hurts me so deeply I my children see me, because all cannot describe the pain. of his friends tell him not to. Of I bent over backward for this course, he never was involved man for years, but he always has with the kids. He’s using them for to “win.” Due to my brother’s leverage. badmouthing me and my unwillI pay for all of the children’s ingness to fight, my parents barely expenses and their health insurspeak to me. My ex is irresponance, and I see a counselor regusible about money, so I paid off larly. But every week, my ex or my

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brother contacts me and tries to make me feel like a terrible person for leaving. Will it ever stop? -Exhausted in Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: We hope so, but you have to be strong. Until the divorce is final, your husband (and brother) will try to wear you down so you will return. As long as the children can be used to pressure you, your ex will do so.

We know you are tired, but you need to fight back a little harder.

Let your parents know exactly what is going on, and let them see the documentation. Make sure you have a good attorney who will see that the kids are protected and have access to both of their parents. Don’t push your new relationship. It’s too soon for your parents to accept. And keep seeing your counselor. It will help.

Horoscope HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013: This year you open up to many plausible changes. You seem to go with the flow rather than fight the inevitable. Your creativity grows in bursts.

Some of you will seek new avenues of self-expression as well. If you are single, you could meet someone who might serve as a muse. You will love the poetic tie here, but take a hard look at the relationship and its possibilities. If you are attached, the two of you might start acting like newfound lovers. You also might choose to update your mutual responsibilities; both of you have changed. Count on ARIES for excitement.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Others don’t hesitate to challenge you. You might feel as if you need to adapt to an authority figure’s wishes.

You could go overboard in your response. Don’t worry; this person anticipates that you will stand firm in support of your beliefs. Tonight: All smiles.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH When given some perspective, you might think someone’s idea is hogwash.

You can be sure that, regardless of whether you say anything, the other party can see your facial expressions and/or hear the tone in your voice. Be diplomatic. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

HHHH You work well with people in general. You’ll find out how caring certain associates can be. Thanking someone for his or her support will mean more than you realize. Express yourself in a way that others will identify with you. Do not act like a boss.

Tonight: Where people are.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Tension increases no matter what you choose to do or how you try to change your thoughts. You could be a little too tolerant of someone who makes heavy demands on you.

Know the possibilities, and realize that you need to relax in order to think clearly. Tonight: Could be late.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Keep reaching out to a dear friend. Once you connect, you can relax. You might have been worried about a situation involving this person. Recognize how fortunate you are, especially with interpersonal matters.

Tonight: Let your imagination go wild.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Use your intuition when dealing with a person who is fundamental to your wellbeing. You might need to have a discussion with him or her involving your welfare.

Opportunities pop up out of the blue that encourage this talk. Remain optimistic.

Tonight: Be a duo.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Others will be challenging. You could have a strong initial reaction, but that will pass. You might be too

concerned about a personal matter. For the time being, remain on topic and trust that the right time will come to work through this issue.

Tonight: Return calls and emails.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Emphasize cooperation rather than willfulness. You often get caught up in wanting things to go a certain way. You could hear news that initially might not make you happy.

Give yourself some time and you will react differently.

Tonight: Try to clear off your desk.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Let your fiery side emerge, and it will bring you a better sense of direction. At first, a conflict might seem inevitable between you and someone else. A sudden change will encourage a resourceful solution. The pros and cons of a risk need some thought. Tonight: Say “yes.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Stay on top of a difficult situation. You might want change involving a personal matter. Trying to force what you want will not work. Allow someone some time to understand where you are coming from. At that point, this person will be more receptive to you. Tonight: At home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Communication excels and allows greater give-and-take. At the same time, an opinion of yours is transforming. You could be surprised at how off a snap judgment might be.

Use your high energy to get some holiday shopping done.

Tonight: Get together with a friend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HH Take time to go over your holiday gift list. You will be much happier if you honor the amount you can spend on each item. You also could come up with a creative idea that might be more fun than a present would be. Follow your imagination. Tonight: Shop, then join a friend.

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Analysis: Dog of year in Congress whimpers to end David Espo

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barring uncharacteristically swift work by Congress, more than a million victims of the recession will lose longterm unemployment benefits over the holidays, the price of milk could shoot up in late winter and government payments might fall sharply for doctors who treat Medicare patients.

There’s more — much more — as lawmakers grasp the tail end of a dog of a year.

Federal payments to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will begin shrinking, at least temporarily, on Jan. 1.

Tax breaks will expire temporarily for millions of people in states without an income tax, and also for the relatively few Americans who own racehorses.

They are routine deadlines gone unmet in a year more likely to be remembered for a tea party-inspired partial government shutdown, the stalling of President Barack Obama’s agenda, repeated failed Republican attempts to eviscerate the health care law and a successful move by Senate Democrats to limit opposition to White House judicial nominees.

The blame game transcends all.

Republicans have “made good faith, serious efforts to Senate Democrats” to resolve differences on year-end issues, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said recently. “When will they learn to say ‘yes’ to common ground?”

The House Democratic leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, attacked Republicans for oppos-

ing an increase in the minimum wage, voting to cut $40 billion out of food stamps, and seeking reductions in school money and college aid for low-income families.

“I mean, how unconscionable can that be?” she asked at a meeting scripted to build support for extending unemployment benefits.

A much-ballyhooed year-end stab at bipartisanship is designed chiefly to ease the impact of across-theboard spending cuts that resulted from an earlier episode of gridlock.

Even a compromise probably would face strong opposition from tea party-aligned conservatives in the House whose tactics have opened a deep divide within the GOP. Whatever the deal might be, Milton Wolf, a tea party-backed primary challenger to Republican Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas, is against it.

It will “raise spending levels by billions of dollars and continue to provide funding for Obamacare,” he said in a statement.

He’s right that the health care law would survive because most Republicans have no interest in reprising a partial government shutdown that sent the party’s approval ratings plummeting this fall.

But there is no deal yet, and officials in both parties say Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the chief Republican negotiator, is insisting that any eventual agreement push deficits lower than they would be if acrossthe-board cuts were left untouched.

With the House on track to adjourn for the year at the end of this coming week and the

Senate hoping to file out a week later, much attention is focused on the talks between Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

But what might emerge from those discussions isn’t expected to address a stack of routine unfinished business, some of which probably will carry over into 2014.

Lawmakers are at work drafting a three-month measure to prevent a 24 percent drop in Medicare payments to doctors, the residue of an ambitious plan for a permanent overhaul of the entire system. The cost is estimated at about $8 billion.

A similar extension, perhaps for as little as one month, is the alternative to a milk price fiasco.

The issue is hostage to a far broader disagreement about legislation to set spending levels for farm and feeding programs. A House measure that passed on a partyline vote calls for food stamp cuts totaling $40 billion over a decade. A Senate version, passed with bipartisan support, envisions reductions of $4 billion.

Failure to resolve the broader issues would return the nation to a Depression-era dairy law and set in motion a chain of events that would potentially quadruple the price of a gallon of milk.

If the prospect is for a one-month extension of farm programs, there has been virtually no public discussion about the dozens of tax provisions due to expire at year’s end.

Some originally were placed into law only temporarily to mask their true impact on the deficit. Now, they

are renewed periodically, and temporarily, because the cost of permanent extensions could be prohibitive.

Among the more obscure is a provision that allocates to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands the proceeds of a $13.25-per-gallon federal excise tax on imported rum. Without action by Congress, the amount to be turned over would fall to $10.50 per gallon.

Other items allow racehorse owners to write off their investments relatively quickly, and permit residents in nine states that have no income tax to claim a federal deduction for the state sales tax they pay.

Concern over milk prices, tax breaks and payments to doctors all cross party lines.

Not so unemployment benefits, a Democratic priority.

“I don’t see much appetite on our side for continuing this extension of benefits,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., told reporters.

Obama and Democrats do.

Benefits for 1.3 million workers unemployed for longer than six months expire Dec. 28, and that would be the case for 1.9 million more people in the first half of next year.

Boehner said he was waiting to review any proposal the White House would like to make. Pelosi announced that an extension would be a requirement for House Democrats to vote in favor of a budget deal.

Then there’s the annual defense bill, which has passed Congress like clockwork each year since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.

This time, it’s mission not yet accomplished.

DiGiorno, supplier drop dairy farm over abuse M.L. Johnson Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Top-selling frozen pizza brand DiGiorno and its cheese supplier cut ties with a Wisconsin dairy farm Tuesday after an animal rights group released undercover video showing workers beating, kicking, stabbing and whipping sick and injured cows.

Wiese Brothers Farm owner Mark Wiese told The Associated Press that he fired two employees and assigned another to duties that don’t involve handling animals after seeing the video. Wiese, who owns the 5,000-cow farm in Greenleaf with his brother, said he was not aware of the abuse until late last month.

“My brother and I and our families are just very, very shook up about the whole incident,” he said Tuesday.

“And we’re just going to continue to complete our investigation and make sure changes are made if needed and make our business stronger and better.”

The farm sold its milk to Foremost Farms.

Foremost supplies cheese to DiGiorno, which is owned by Nestle USA. Nestle said in a statement that it had asked Foremost Farms not to send it cheese made from Wiese Brothers Farm milk. Foremost Farms

said it had stopped buying from Wiese Brothers on Monday.

Wiese Brothers also faces an investigation by the local sheriff ’s department. A captain there said he couldn’t comment on the details.

An activist with Mercy For Animals shot the video while working on the farm in October and November, said Matt Rice, the group’s director of investigations. Clips show cows that can’t stand being dragged with ropes and heavy equipment or lifted with clamps. Workers whip, kick and stab other cows to get them moving.

One animal bleeds from cuts in its side; another bleeds from its rear.

Since 2012, the 5,000cow farm has required employees who handle animals to review and sign its humane treatment policy as part of the hiring process.

Typically, that would be about seven of the farm’s 45 dairy workers, Wiese said. The farm also provides training for workers who are caring for sick animals.

Since seeing the video, the farm has taken additional steps to ensure proper treatment, including calling a supervisor to oversee care when an animal goes down and designating three workers as specialists in caring for cows too sick or injured to stand.

Wiese, a second-gener-

ation dairy farmer, said he’s not sure what led to the abuse.

“I can’t put myself in their state of mind at the time of these incidents and everything like that, and that’s all stuff that’s going to have to come out as we continue to investigate,” he said. However, he added: “It touched a nerve with everyone in the dairy.”

Ari Solomon, a spokesman for Mercy For Animals, said while the farm might present the abuse as the actions of a couple of employees, his group has seen similar violence at five other dairy and veal farms where it has done investigations since 2009.

“The best thing people can do to stop abuse on dairy farms is not eat dairy,” said Solomon, whose group advocates a vegan diet.

Short of that, he called on Nestle to adopt an animal welfare policy that would specifically bar such actions as dragging cattle that can’t walk, hitting and kicking animals and using electric-shock devices.

Nestle has an animal welfare policy that recognizes animals’ right to be free from fear, distress, pain and injury, among other things.

“We will not knowingly work with companies that violate” that policy, spokeswoman Deborah Cross said.

Chris Booth, a veteri-

narian whose practice focuses on dairy animals, said sick cows should be helped to their feet using straps or gentle rocking. If they can’t stand, a sled or mat can be used to move them to a soft surface, such as sand and straw, while they recover.

Using hooks to lift cows in the air and hitting or kicking a cow to get it moving isn’t defensible, said Booth, the president of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association.

Foremost Farms, a cooperative owned by the 1,800 farms in seven states that supply it, had an independent auditor visit the farm soon after it learned of the allegations.

“While they noted a few areas for improvement, their overall analysis indicated our animals are clean, well cared for and treated appropriately by employees,” the farm said a statement.

Joan Behr, a spokeswoman for Foremost Farms, said she generally agreed with that but said the company still had to take action.

The video “certainly has an impact on consumer confidence in dairy handling practices,” she said. “We need to show these activities are not something we condone.”

Wiese said the farm is working on finding a new buyer for its milk.

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Tech firms vie to protect personal data, profits Marcy Gordon Michael Liedtke AP Business Writers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government’s surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people’s online habits.

The industry’s profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency trolls deep into the everyday lives of Web surfers. As a result, companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter any perception that they voluntarily give the government access to users’ email and other sensitive information.

Microsoft’s general counsel, Brad Smith, warned in a blog post last week that the U.S. government’s online surveillance efforts “threaten to seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications.”

“Indeed, government snooping potentially now constitutes an ‘advanced persistent threat,’ alongside sophisticated malware and cyber-attacks,” Smith wrote.

The industry’s latest salvo came Monday with the release of an open letter to President Barack Obama and

the introduction of a new website calling for more stringent controls on electronic espionage.

The public relations maneuver escalates a battle that Silicon Valley has waged since early June, when media reports based on internal documents revealed the NSA had fashioned an elaborate system to vacuum up some of the user data that U.S. technology companies collect.

“The entire tech industry has been implicated and is now facing a global backlash,” says Daniel Castro, a senior analyst for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington D.C. think tank.

As part of the tech industry’s crusade, companies are also going to court and to Congress in an effort to force the government to de-classify details of its online investigations. They believe data will show that, in the past five years, information turned over to the government under court order has only affected a small fraction of the more than 1 billion people who use their products.

At stake is the trust of massive online audiences that attract digital advertising. As companies collect personal data and learn more about each user’s interests and habits, advertising becomes easier to sell. The marketing campaigns are particularly important to Google, Yahoo and Facebook, all of which make

most of their money from ads.

And although Microsoft and Apple make billions from the sale of software and devices, the two companies are also hitching their fortunes to Internet services.

“We are now entering a new phase of the Internet that I call ‘data wars,’” says Ethan Oberman, CEO of Internet privacy specialist SpiderOak. “It’s all about who can amass the most personal data because that data has become so valuable that whoever accumulates the most is going to win. If these companies are going to engage in these data wars, the security and privacy of this data becomes of critical significance.”

The battle pits U.S. national security agencies against an industry that has been a bright spot in the country’s dreary economy. More than $1.3 trillion in shareholder wealth is tied up in Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo alone, and the companies collectively employ more than 243,000 people while running services that create thousands of other jobs.

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which covers the next three years, is based on the assumption that many companies outside the U.S. will buy services in other countries rather than risk copies of their data being turned over to the U.S. government. The prediction doesn’t include possible losses in online ad revenue.

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“The reality is no enterprise is going to be naive,” Staten says. “They are going to take the security into their own hands because they realize we live in a regulated world where every government is watching.”

Wary of the U.S. government’s electronic espionage, Brazil’s president ordered a series of measures aimed at greater online independence and security for a country that boasts Latin America’s largest economy. Other countries and international regulators are considering strict rules for data-handling

by U.S. tech companies. If that were to happen, it could cripple the companies’ crucial drive to grow in overseas markets, and could fracture the Internet’s seamless innerworkings.

“Try and compete in Europe when the Europeans think that their data is not secure with you,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who is a key standard bearer for Silicon Valley in Congress.

The NSA says it only retrieves online data tied to people outside the U.S., a limitation that is of little solace to companies such as Google and Facebook that generate

most of their revenue overseas and see the ripest opportunities for growth in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

“Wonderful. That’s really helpful to companies that are trying to serve people around the world and really inspire confidence in American Internet companies,” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a San Francisco technology conference in September.

While Zuckerberg and other executives protest government’s intrusions on privacy, industry critics point out that technology companies continue to store and analyze troves of personal information in pursuit of more profit.

That is raising questions about the motives of their crusade to curb the government’s Internet surveillance.

Google and its rivals “just want to be the exclusive spying source for their customers’ data,” said American Civil Liberties Union senior analyst Christopher Soghoian in a tweet last week.

Crisis communications expert Gene Grabowski believes the companies clearly regret their initial decision to cooperate with the government’s personal data demands, rather than picking a legal fight. “It appears to more than a few people that they betrayed their customers,” said Grabowski, an executive vice president for the public relations firm Levick.

Barra replaces Dan Akerson, who moved up retirement plans by several months to help his wife, Karin, battle advanced cancer.

When Barra starts her new job Jan. 15, she will lead a company that’s made nearly $20 billion since emerging from bankruptcy in 2010, much of it from the cars and trucks she helped develop. But she still faces challenges of paring down GM’s costs and winning over buyers in international markets such as India and

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Akerson, 65, said he had planned to stay at least until spring, but his wife’s diagnosis changed that. He said the board unanimously picked Barra from several internal candidates because of the breadth of her experience, her management record, her people skills and her understanding of GM’s operations.

“This is an executive who has a vision of where she wants to take the organization,” he said.

Since February 2011, Barra has held what many say is the most important job at GM — senior vice president for global product development. She joined the company in 1980 as an engineering student and became a plant manager, executive director of engineering and head of human resources.

Along the way, she earned a reputation as a manager who made tough decisions, yet was able to get people to follow her lead and work as a team, according to current and former GM executives.

The 51-year-old executive has been in charge of design, engineering and quality for all GM vehicles

and has shepherded most of the company’s recent new vehicle introductions. Under her command, GM rolled out brawny new full-size pickup trucks, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, and the Chevrolet Impala full-size car, which earned the highest score for a sedan in testing by Consumer Reports magazine.

During her tenure, GM’s quality scores rose in surveys done by J.D. Power and Associates. She also streamlined the organization, eliminating positions and putting one engineer in charge of each vehicle.

Barra has a rare combination of GM and auto industry knowledge and an ability to make changes, said Ed Whitacre, a former CEO and chairman who promoted Barra to head human resources.

“I don’t see any reason why she won’t be a huge success,” he said.

Akerson hinted at Barra’s promotion earlier this year when he told a women’s business group in Detroit that a “car gal” would someday run one of the Detroit Three automakers. But he made it clear Tuesday that

she wasn’t picked because she’s a woman.

“Mary’s one of the most gifted executives I’ve met in my career,” he said.

Among Barra’s biggest tasks is executing plans designed to cut costs and put out better products, Akerson said. One big step in getting there: making more vehicles off the same underpinnings, or platforms, that can be sold in multiple markets, like the Chevrolet Cruze compact car.

Akerson praised Barra for progress in that area. In 2009, GM had 30 different vehicle platforms, adding to manufacturing complexity and cost. Under Barra’s leadership, it’s moving to build nearly 90 percent of its cars and trucks off five or fewer platforms by the end of this decade, Akerson said.

In an October interview with The Associated Press, she said GM is also moving to build vehicles with more common parts to trim costs where customers won’t notice.

As product development chief, Akerson challenged Barra to bring vehicles to market faster. She responded with swift introductions of the Cadillac ATS, a BMW 3-Series competitor, and the Impala. When the midsize Chevy Malibu didn’t sell well, Barra’s team gave it new looks, more interior space and a new engine with better gas mileage — all in less than a year.

But she said in the interview that she would never sacrifice quality for speed.

“She is polished, softspoken, invariably polite, but firm and goal-focused.

She will have a learning curve, but will be an excellent CEO,” said Bob Lutz, a retired GM vice chairman who once led product development.

Barra grew up near Pontiac, Mich., in a caroriented family. Her father was a die maker who retired from GM after 39 years.

GM’s previous two CEOs, Akerson and Whitacre, came from outside the auto industry and lacked the experience that Barra has, said Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

“There’s nobody with more years of honest ‘carguy’ credentials than she has,” Gordon said. “She’s the one to do the breakthrough.”

Akerson took over GM in September 2010, as the company prepared to return to the public stock markets. During his tenure, GM has made billions of dollars in profits and is sitting on $26.8 billion in cash.

Its profit margins in North America are healthy.

He told reporters on a conference call Tuesday that family has to come first. “I need to spend all my time and energy in fighting this disease with my wife,” he said.

Akerson had been waiting for GM to officially shed the derisive moniker of “Government Motors” when the government sold the last of the GM shares it got as part of a bailout in 2008 and 2009. That happened on Monday, clearing the way for the Barra announcement.

The GM board also decided to separate the positions of chairman and CEO. Barra gets a board seat, but director Theodore Solso will succeed Akerson as chairman.

Solso, a GM board member since June 2012, is the former chairman and CEO of engine maker Cummins Inc. Barra will be the first GM CEO since Rick Wagoner not appointed by the U.S. government. Wagoner was named to the job in 2000 and resigned in 2009. Her promotion signals a year of change at the top of Detroit’s auto industry. Ford CEO Alan Mulally is in the running to lead Microsoft Corp. and could leave before his planned departure after the end of 2014.

GM names Mary Barra CEO, 1st woman to head car co.

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DETROIT (AP) — Mary Barra has spent the past three years as General Motors’ product chief, making cars that drive better, last longer and look good in showrooms.

Now she will take on an even bigger job. On Tuesday, the board named the 33-year company veteran CEO, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. car company.

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