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Welcome Kallie Renee FIRST
BA B Y O F 2012
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American Profile inside today’s Call This week’s edition features a story on how easy it is to get exercise by walking.
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in the entire Greater Dayton area. “After the first contraction, we waited about an hour and came in here. By the time we got checked in and set up and ready to go, she was on her way,” Erica Anderson said. Kallie Renee’s original due date was Dec. 26. When that
Christmas baby — but a family friend made the prediction they would have the first baby of 2012. MIAMI COUNTY — Im“Jon Apple actually premediately upon the arrival of dicted we would have a New 2012, Erica Anderson knew Year’s baby,” Kris Anderson something would be arriving said. Anderson, a 1993 Piqua soon. High School graduate, played “At midnight, I joked about on the Indians’ football special having a New teams units Year’s baby. and was About a coached by minute after Apple, a former the ball Piqua assistant dropped, I had coach, in high my first conschool. “True traction,” Anstory. When we derson said. didn’t have a Three hours Christmas later, at 3:04 KATIE YANTIS/ STAFF PHOTO baby, Apple a.m. Sunday, said, ‘Watch. Kallie Renee Anderson was born at 3:04 a.m. making her Erica and Kris You are going the first baby of 2012 for the greater Dayton Area. She Anderson’s to have the first weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. d a u g h t e r, Year’s New Kallie Renee, she was the first baby ever de- baby,” said Dr. Gubbi, who KATIE YANTIS/ STAFF PHOTO baby.’ He prearrived at livered by Dr. Ajit Gubbi, who said he has delivered New dicted it. Of Upper Valley Erica and Kris Anderson pose for a photo with the recently transferred to the Year’s babies in the past.“And course, any time Medical Center, new addition to their family, Kallie Renee. Kallie was hospital after three years at this one went really well. It you have a making her the born at 3:04 a.m. making her the first baby of 2012 healthy, happy Wright-Patterson Air Force was a natural childbirth and first baby born for the greater Dayton Area. She weighed 8 pounds, baby, it’s always Base, since arriving at UVMC. everything. Of course, it’s easy in Miami 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. a blessing — Also, her mother Erica was the from our standpoint — they County.Accordthis just makes first baby born in a birthing do all the work.” ing to nurses in UVMC’s ma- day came and went, Erica was bed at the old Piqua Memorial Upon dismissal, Kallie it more special.” ternity ward who made phone scheduled to be induced Tueswill be joining her Hospital. Renee Not only was Kallie the first calls to area hospitals, Kallie day. The Andersons had been “It’s always a little more exthree siblings and the Anderbaby born in Miami County, Renee was the first baby born hoping they might have a citing when it’s a New Year’s sons’ home in Piqua.
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Workers, including two men in black wetsuits, work to pull a track hoe out of the Great Miami River just before noon Friday. The track hoe accidentally entered a deep part of the river late Thursday. The track hoe operator was rescued unharmed.
During World War I, the Piqua Handle and Manufacturing Co. produced thousands of tent poles for the U.S. Army. Courtesy of the Piqua Public Library
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TROY — Workers at the Adams Street Bridge construction site Friday lifted out a track hoe that had fallen into the river Thursday. The workers, including at least two men in wetsuits, used a pair of track hoes and an industrial crane already on the job site to lift the partially submerged track hoe out of the water just before noon. All the workers were employed by Sidney-based Eagle Bridge Company, which is the lead contractor on the $6.015 million bridge replacement project, company president Thomas Frantz said Friday.
Frantz confirmed initial reports that the track hoe operator — which Frantz was unable to fully identify by name on Friday — was rescued by other workers on site Thursday and was not injured. The Troy Fire Department was on scene Thursday but was not called to assist. Frantz said the back hoe operator misjudged the boundary of a shallow water causeway between bridge support archs and the track hoe slid down into deeper water, where it came to rest at an angle and partially submerged. “It was not something we wanted to happen. But we did everything we could at the scene to make sure the situation was handled appropriately and safely,” Frantz said Friday.
The bridge replacement project began in mid-June and is expected to be completed by October or November, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The Miami County Engineer’s Office is the lead local agency on the project, working with ODOT, Eagle Bridge Company and the city of Troy. Frantz and county engineer Paul Huelskamp, who was at the site Thursday, both said Friday the bridge project is on schedule. Huelskamp said financial responsibility for the incident lies with Eagle Bridge Company. Frantz said it was too soon to determine the costs of the accident.
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BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff writer broyer@dailycall.com PIQUA — A new year means an oath of office for Mayor Lucy Fess, first ward commissioner John Martin and second ward commissioner Bill Vogt at the first January commission meeting tomorrow. All three were re-elected this November and will officially begin their new terms. Commission will then proceed with new business that will cover amendments to the code of ordinances in regards to animal grooming in the central business district, authorization to advertise for bids for special purchases and endorsement of future land use. The change in the code of ordinances comes after a request from an individual wanting to occupy a business on Main Street for the purpose of animal grooming. As the current CBD (Central Business District) zoning does not include this, commission will seek the amendment under special uses in the code. While authorization to advertise for bids to make special purchases will allow city departments to seek items or services as necessary. Such bids include the health department seeking demolition of homes or repair, parks department for tree removal or lawn treatment, See Oath/Page 4
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Did You Know? KNOW THE LINGO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES — Issued for accumulations of snow, freezing rain, freezing drizzle, and sleet, which will cause significant inconveniences and, if caution is not exercised, could lead to life-threatening situations.
Snow How do winter storms form? Winter storms derive their energy from the clash of two air masses of different temperatures and moisture levels. Winter storms usually form when an air mass of cold, dry, Canadian air moves south and interacts with a warm, moist air mass moving north from the Gulf of Mexico. The point where these two air masses meet is called a front. If cold air advances and pushes away the warm air, it forms a cold front. When warm air advances, it rides up over the denser, cold air mass to form a warm front. If neither air mass advances, it forms a stationary front. How is snow formed? Snow is commonly formed when water vapor undergoes deposition, which is when water vapor changes directly to ice without first becoming a liquid, high in the atmosphere at a temperature of less than 32°F and then falls to the ground. How do blizzards form? A blizzard is a long-lasting snowstorm with very strong winds and intense snowfall. You need three things to have a bliz-
zard; cold air at the surface, lots of moisture, and lift. Warm air must rise over cold air. Blizzards can strand cars on highways for hours or even days. When you are traveling during the winter months, be sure to have emergency kits in the vehicle with you. What are snowflakes? Snowflakes are made of ice crystals. Each snowflake is sixsided and made of as many as 200 ice crystals. Snowflakes form in clouds where the temperature
WINTER STORM WATCH — Alerts the public to the possibility of a blizzard, heavy snow, heavy freezing rain, or heavy sleet. Winter Storm Watches are usually issued 12 to 48 hours before the beginning of a winter storm. WINTER STORM WARNING — Issued when hazardous winter weather in the form of heavy snow, heavy freezing rain, or heavy sleet is occurring. Winter Storm Warnings are usually issued 12 to 24 hours before the event is expected. BLIZZARD WARNING — Issued for sustained or gusty winds of 35 mph or more, and falling or blowing snow creating visibilities at or below 1/4 mile. These conditions should persist for 3 hours. is below freezing. The ice crystals form around tiny bits of dirt that has been carried up into the atmosphere by the wind. As the snow crystals grow, they become heavier and fall toward the ground.
WHY IS SNOW WHITE? Bright snow blinds us with its gleaming white color because it reflects beams of white light. Instead of absorbing light, snow's complex structure prevents the light from shining through its lattice formation. A beam of white sunlight entering a snow bank is so quickly scattered by a zillion ice crystals and air pockets that most of the light comes bouncing right back out of the snow bank. What little sunlight is absorbed by snow is absorbed equally over the wavelengths of visible light thus giving snow its white appearance. So while many natural objects get their blue, red, and yellow colors from absorbing light, snow is stuck with its white color because it reflects light.
FROST/FREEZE WARNING — Issued when below freezing temperatures are expected. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY — Issued when accumulation of lake effect snow will cause significant inconvenience. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING — Issued when heavy lake effect snow is occurring. WIND CHILL ADVISORY — Issued when the wind chill temperature is forecast to be between -15°F to 24°F. WIND CHILL WARNING — Issued when the wind chill temperature is forecast to be -25°F or lower.
moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, esp. water
ZRABSDLIZ Melting Snow MATERIALS: • a glass cup • thermometer • snow PROCESS: • Fill the glass up with snow. • Place the thermometer in the glass filled with snow and take the temperature. • Write down the temperature on a piece of paper. • Bring the glass inside and wait for about 5 minutes until the snow melts.
• Now, take the temperature again. What happened? EXPLANATION: The temperature of the snow was much colder than the temperature of the melted snow or water. Water freezes at 32 degrees. When the glass of snow was brought inside, the temperature indoors was much warmer than 32 degrees and melted the snow. This is how the melting process works!
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Winter Storm Safety Tips BEFORE A WINTER STORM: Have a disaster plan and prepare a disaster supplies kit for your home and car. Include a first aid kit, canned food and a can opener, bottled water, battery-operated radio, flashlight, protective clothing, and blankets. Don't forget, be aware of changing weather. DURING A WINTER STORM: Stay indoors and dress warmly. Eat regularly, because food provides the body with energy for producing its own heat. Also, drink lots of water. If you must go outside, wear layered clothing, mittens and a hat. Watch for signs of hypothermia and frostbite.
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• Have you ever heard that no two snowflakes have the same shape? If you have, have you ever wondered how that can be with the billions of snowflakes that fall each year? Well, there have been 2 snowflakes found that were identical. If someone says that phrase again, you can tell them the truth! • Snowflakes start as ice crystals that are the size of a speck of dust. When the crystals fall they join up with other crystals to form a snowflake. The size of the snowflake depends on how many crystals hook together. Snowflakes usually have six sides. Here are the different kinds of snowflake shapes. • Guess what, it can get cold enough that it doesn't snow! Because snow is frozen water, if there are not enough water droplets in the air it can't snow. • You probably know that it snows when water is lifted into the sky from rivers, lakes, and oceans as water vapor. You can not see water vapor but it is there. There is enough in the air to cover the earth with 3 feet of water. The warmer the air the more water vapor there is. • You can make your own cloud by breathing in cold weather. Or, try breathing on a mirror; there will be a clear gray cloud on it! • For it to snow the tops of the clouds must be below 0 degrees Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. • Snow can come from any cloud that is layered. • Sometimes the snow can be feet deep in one place while it is bare in another because the wind has blown all the snow off that spot. • As snow falls snowflakes connect to make bigger snowflakes. • Snow at the North and South Pole reflect heat into space. That happens because the ice acts like a mirror with the heat of the sun, and the heat bounces off the ice and into space.
Remember to keep dry. Always change wet clothing to prevent the loss of body heat. If you must drive, carry a cell phone. Always, keep the gas tank full. Don't forget, let someone know where you’re going, just in case your car gets stuck. If you’re car gets stuck, stay with it and wait for help unless help is visible within 100 yards. Use maps and car mats to stay warm. AFTER A WINTER STORM: Avoid driving until conditions have improved. Avoid overexertion! Heart attacks from shoveling snow are the leading cause of deaths during the winter. Also, check on neighbors to make sure they're okay.
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Mathew Sweat Jr. BAUXITE, Ark. — Mathew Sweat Jr., 65, of Bauxite, Ark., formerly of Piqua, died on Thursd a y , Dec. 29, 2011, at Bapt i s t Hospital, Litt l e Rock, A r k . SWEAT He was born on Feb. 9, 1945, to the late Mathew L. and Lana (Lawson) Sweat, Sr. On May 19, 1962, in Piqua, he married J. Dixie Burkett. She preceded him in death on July 13, 1999. Mathew is survived by three daughters and sonsin-law: Peggy Staugler, Covington, Stacey and Tim Windle and Lana and Dan Boles, all of Piqua; one sister and brother-inlaw: Gail and Doug Harvill, Bauxite, AR; one Sister-In-Law: Paula
Sweat, Bauxite, Ark; and six grandchildren: Ben Staugler, Brian Windle, Edward Staugler, Adam Windle, Tristan Sweat and Draven Boles. He was preceded in death by one daughter: Barbara L. Sweat; and one brother: Maurice Sweat. Mathew worked for Chrysler Corporation for over 25 years before retiring in 2000. He proudly served his country as a member of the US Navy. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Victory Baptist Church, Piqua, with Pastor Phillip DeLorme officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, with full military honors by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad. Friends may call 68 p.m. Thursday at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua. Memorial contributions may be made to Victory Baptist Church Food Pantry, 1601 South Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356. Condolences to the family may be expressed to www.melcher-sowers.com.
Richard L. Hildebran TROY — Richard L. Hildebran, 82, of Troy, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at Upper Valley Medical Center. He was born March 7, 1929, in Miami County, to his parents Joseph and Mary (Deeter) Hildebran. Richard graduated from Newton High School class of 1947, and worked as a foreman and wage employee for BF Goodrich, retiring after 37 years of service. He enjoyed driving and training horses and had several successful trotters. He loved to play ball and was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, as well as a Civil War buff. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Betty Jane (Brandenburg) in 2001 and his son Terry Hildebran. He is survived by his sons and daughterin-law Nick Hildebran of
West Milton, Michael and Susan Hildebran of Saranac, N.Y.; grandchildren: Katie Nolte, Brandy Hildebran, Bret Hildebran, Rodney Hildebran; great-grandchildren: Jason Hildebran, Casper Nolte, Patrick Nolte, Nichlas Fairchild and special neighbors Alex and Becky Gonter-Dray. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday at Jackson-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 1 S. Main Street, Pleasant Hill. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Standardbred Rescue. Online memories may be left for the family at www.jacksonsarver.com
B. Kate Behm TROY — B. Kate Behm, 83, of Troy, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at the Sterling House of Troy. She was born July 16, 1928 in Pinson Fork, Ky., to the late Chester M. and Claudia Kathleen (Cook) Tate. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Scott M. Behm of Palm Springs, Fla.; Tom S. and Susan Behm ofTroy;stepson and daughter-in-law, Parker and Jane Behm of Troy; grandson, Christopher T. Behm; granddaughter, Abby E. Behm; sister and brotherin-law, Joyce and Otis Brush of Reno,Nev.;Maxine King of Pocatello, Ida.; and several nieces and nephews. Kate, a longtime realtor and broker and was employed with David K. Galbreath Realtors for 25 years and was vice president of H.E. Behm Builders Inc. in Troy. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Elks and Moose Lodges in Troy, AMVETS Post 88, Troy, the Ohio and National Board of Realtors. She was member and Past
WEST MILTON — Frieda Jean Reaster, 60, of West Milton, passed into Heaven on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Kettering Medical Center,Dayton with her family by her side. She w a s b o r n Dec. 24, 1951, in Oneida, Tenn. She w a s p r e ceded n i d e a t h REASTER by her parents Arzo T. and Anna Rose (Hughett) Carson, grandparents Herman and Ethie Carson,step-grandmother Maude Carson. She is survived by her loving husband of 25 years Walter Reaster; sons Jamie Neal of Miamisburg, Walter Reaster III of West Milton; daughters Tammy Snyder of Lebanon, Vanessa Wright of Las Vegas, Nev.; step-daughter Sherrie Reaster of Dayton; grandson Austin Snyder; brothers and sisters-in-law Denny Ray and Regina Carson of Helenwood,Tenn., Roland and Carlene Carson of Springfield, MO.; sisters and brothersin-law Reba and Ernie Bordwine of Cincinnati, Wanda and Allen Jones of Oneida,Tenn., many nieces and nephews; Uncle Cliff
and Aunt Glenna Carson, Uncle Dean Carson, greataunt Ada Phelps and many great friends. Frieda’s most favorite thing to do was work in her gardens, which was well known and frequently visited. She was also an amazing baker and a great cook. She was very emotionally strong and extremely hard working. She will be greatly missed here, but welcomed in Heaven’s blooming gardens. She was a true Proverbs 10 woman. She formerly worked at Delphi and was a member of Grace Baptist Church, Ludlow Falls. Local funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the Grace Baptist Church, 2500 S. State Route 48, Ludlow Falls, with Pastor Dale Scott officiating. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church. Tennessee Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at High Point United Baptist Church, Oneida,Tenn., with burial to follow at the Carson Family Cemetery. Friends may call on from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the church. If so desired, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.
Alde F. Tarcea TROY — Alde F. Tarcea, 98, of Troy, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at the SpringMeade Health Center, Tipp City. She was born April 15, 1913, in Wheatland, Wyo., to the late, Alford and Barbara (Buirley) French. She was married on June 9, 1938, in Richmond, Ind., to Thomas Tarcea who preceded her in death on Aug. 12, 1992. Alde is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Marilyn Tarcea of Troy; daughter and sonin-law, Helen and Tom Minnich of Cedarville, Mich.; three grandchildren, Christina Minnich; John (Kelly) Tarcea; and Joseph Tarcea; four greatgrandchildren, Thomas Beukema; Brailyn Tarcea; Paige (Cody) Gibbs; and Payton Harner; and one
President of the Miami County Board of Realtors and was named Realtor of theYear for Miami County in 1991. She was a former volunteer with Riverside School and RT Industries;and a former advocate with CASA/GAL for abused children in the courts. She was a former lunch buddy at Concord School. Her sons, daughters-inlaw, and grandchildren were the joy of her life and she considered herself truly blessed. Services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. Dr. Richard Culp officiating. Interment will be held in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Acclaim Hospice, 7887 Washington Village Drive, Suite 350, Dayton, Ohio 45459. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.
SIDNEY — Frances Catherine Wagner, 92, died at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at 2:45 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Angels Catholic Church on Wednesday with the Rev. Daniel Hess. Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements.
will also include a contract to be awarded to Brownstone Electric Supply for the purchase of two IntelliRupter PulseClosers, an amendment to the employment agreement with the new city manager and a purchase order for prop-
erty and liability insurance. Commission meetings are held every first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the commission chamber on the second floor of the Government Municipal Complex.
great-grandchild, Chase Gibbs. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, Esty, and Claude French. She was a former volunteer at the Stouder Memorial Hospital, Troy. She retired in 1977 from Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Casstown Cemetery, Casstown, Ohio with the Rev. Dr. Richard Culp officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, PO Box 502, Troy, Ohio 45373. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.co m.
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WEST MILTON — John D. Brill, 92, of Dayton, formerly of West Milton, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Springhill Singing Woods Assisted Living. Services will be held at
the convience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton. LONGWOOD, Fla. — Marie P. Orlik, 94, of 155 Landover Place, Longwood, Fla., passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at 7:25 a.m. at the Island Lake Center in Longwood, Fla. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday at Holy Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Daniel Hess officiating. Friends may call Wednesday at the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave., Sidney, OH.
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Tiny Ohio town now a shadow of former self JIM PROVANCE The (Toledo) Blade
was here. If they needed anything, it was here.” Today, the church steeple that was the center of the town, as well as the center of several of Patton’s paintings, still stands, and the church has about 75 parishioners. The only businesses to speak of along that stretch of Rix Mills Road are the far more modern McDaniel’s Greenhouse, which draws traffic in the spring and summer, and the nearby Terra Cotta Vineyards. The hill in the forefront of Patton’s Hallmark-like acrylic snowscape, the 1988 Winter Party, over which children skied and sledded has been overtaken by woods, blocking the view of Rix Mills that he once enjoyed. Johnson said her mother maintains that the size of the hill in that painting was one of Patton’s embellishments. Patton’s boyhood home is still there. Its owner was the only person along Shepherd Road who refused to sell out to the strip mine operation. Most of the surrounding vacant property filled with scrubby underbrush is owned by American Electric Power. Although she said she doesn’t blame those who sold their homes to the strip-mining operation, Johnson said she fears that history could repeat itself as a new era of “fracking” dawns in Ohio. The hydraulic fracturing practice uses fluids and chemicals at high pressure to fracture shale to release the natural gas or oil trapped within. Gov. John Kasich is counting on building a new industry and creating jobs around such operations, and the primary target is the southeast corner of the state. He’s insisted that the industry will be properly regulated. “They’ve already approached my aunt,” Johnson said. “She lives out Green Valley Road, and they have approached the people on Green Valley Road. I’m worried that they’re going to ruin our water, and we’ll all have to move. “I understand that there are people who are desperately in need of people to come in and lift us all up,” she said. “I get that, and I would love that if that were true. But we have wells. We don’t have city water out here. If they ruin our wells, we’re sunk.”
RIX MILLS (AP) — Contemporaries of painter Paul Patton felt that his work may have exaggerated the idyllic setting of his hometown a bit, but there’s no doubt that Rix Mills is a shadow of its former self. Time has moved on and, in the case of some of this tiny Appalachian community, has run off with pieces of it. Long gone are the general store/gas station, schoolhouse, blacksmith’s shop, many houses, and even some of the treelined roads that dotted Rix Mills in Patton’s memories of the first half of the 20th century that he re-created on canvas decades later. Some fell to decay as the size of the Muskingum County community near Zanesville dwindled and businesses closed. Other buildings were sold and razed when much of the Rich Hill Township surroundings were strip-mined. “There were houses that my mom has tried to describe to me that I just don’t understand because there aren’t roads,” said Joy Watson Johnson, whose late grandmother, Margaret Tom West, used to own that long-ago store with her husband. She was immortalized by Patton in one of his paintings and played the organ at his funeral in 1999. A framed picture of her can be found on top of the organ she played at the quaint white Rix Mills Church. Presbyterian The church walls are adorned with Patton paintings that attempted to recapture the Rix Mills of his memories. “Where my mom went to school, the road is completely gone,” Johnson said. “You can’t even picture where it would be to get there. The strip mining just changed the landscaping of it altogether. That’s why there are just 13 houses and the church.” Johnson lives with her husband, Nick, and daughter Felicity in a Rix Mills house that dates to the late 19th century, next door to her mother. She takes pride in the town and its resiliency but wishes she could have seen the Rix Mills familiar to her grandmother, Patton and even her mother. “When my grandmother was a little girl, Rix Mills was a hub of activity.,” she said. “They ___ only went to Zanesville one time a year and that Information from: The was to go to the county fair . Rix Mills was where Blade, http://www.tolethey lived, so everything doblade.com/
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Sandy Jones, Piqua City School District 2011-12 Teacher of the Year, was presented a $500 award by Piqua Education Foundation Board President Dr. Doug Hulme. The award was presented to Jones in her Favorite Hill Primary classroom on Monday, Dec. 19. Each year, a corporate donor who wishes to remain anonymous, provides a $500 award for the PCS Teacher of the Year with the expressed intent that the funds can be used by the recipient for any purpose.
‘She was being watched over’ BY RON OSBURN Ohio Community Media rosburn@tdnpublishing.com TROY — Lori Gunter wasn’t sure this past Christmas Eve morning that she should even bother to come in to work. After all, business at Brower Stationers in downtown Troy had been slow the day before, with just a handful of customers all day. But because she did, Florence Childs is alive today. “I really didn’t even know if it was worth coming in. You know, the day before Christmas, everyone goes to the mall. They don’t go downtown,” Gunter said. But she decided to go in anyway. “That’s just what I do. I work all the time,” Gunter said with a goodnatured smile. Gunter arrived about 9 a.m., and as she pulled into her parking space behind the building, she noticed a person lying on the ground against the back of the building. Gunter got out of her car and found the 84-year-old Childs unconscious and somehow awkwardly wedged underneath a drainpipe, wearing only a short sleeve shirt and pants on a 30degree morning. “My heart went into my stomach,” Gunter said. “She was unconscious, and when I touched her, she was ice cold.” Gunter — who had served for a time years ago as an EMT with the Pleasant Hill-Newton Township Fire Department — called 911. She took off her jacket and covered up Childs, who at that point began to slowly regain consciousness. “She was pretty disoriented. I tried to calm her and cover her up while I called 911. And I have to hand it to the (Troy) police and fire departments. They were there within a minute of when I called,” she said. Troy police officers Scott Gates and Chris Baker and paramedics Greg Dilts, Josh Havenar, John Vance and Eric Krites arrived and were able to move the pipe away from Child’s face and get her out from underneath it. They cut off her wet and cold clothing, wrapped her in a blanket
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Wyatt Collins Age: 3 Birthdate: Dec. 30, 2008 Parents: Dan and Leia Collins of Piqua Grandparents: Bill and Lisa Collins of Piqua; Tom and Tammy Cornett of Piqua Great-grandparents: Jean Crotinger of Piqua; Ann Mathew of Celina; Tom and Ruth Williamson of West Manchester Wyatt Collins
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Theft: Police responded to the 500 block of First Street after an unlocked was entered truck overnight, but nothing was stolen. Burglary: A real life Grinch entered a home in the 1600 block of Nicklin Avenue and made off with a television. The home belonged to someone who recently died.
Lori Gunter, right, vists with Florence Childs at Upper Valley Medical Center Fight: A man threw anWednesday. Gunter found Childs unconcious and on the ground behind Brower’s Stationers downtown on Christmas Eve morning and called 911. Childs, a Mor- other man on th ground in ris House resident, has recovered and is due to be released from UVMC today. the 600 block of Boal Avenue and then began and rushed her to Upper Morris House apartment, down with the family and punching him. No charges where they found her work with them on an al- were filed, however, due to Valley Medical Center. Apparently Childs, a walker in a second floor ternate (living arrange- conflicting sides of the story. Burglary: A resident in 10-year resident of the stairwell. Why her walker ment), if that’s necessary,” Fight: Two brothers the 1200 block of Chevy Morris House — located was there is a mystery, Baird said. came to blows in the 100 Lane reported that someBaird said Childs was block of Maplewood Drive, just two doors south of Childs said. one entered her home “I don’t know why I was considered capable of liv- but nobody was charged. Brower Stationers — went through a second story winout for a walk, became dis- out there without my ing independently, though One of the brothers was oriented and fell down in walker. I absolutely never it was known that “she warned for disorderly con- dow. A pad lock on a freezer was broken off and hamthe alley behind the store, go anywhere without it. I suffers a little bit from de- duct. Childs’ son, Mark Childs must have had my mind mentia.” Theft: A GPS unit, a burgers and steaks were “We normally would stereo and 150 CDs was missing. The meat mystery of Lima, said Wednesday. on something else,” Childs never consider her just stolen from an unlocked ve- is no longer under investiThe location is “pretty said. “We still don’t really walking out of the build- hicle in the 900 block of gation because the women remote and out-of-thethought it was her son and way,” Gunter said. “I don’t know what happened. ing. From what we can Boone Street. know who else would have We’re just lucky (Gunter) gather, she went outside Theft: A man was taken wanted no charges filed. found her if I hadn’t come found her,” Mark Childs and got disoriented,” into custody after he was Theft: A vehicle was ensaid, clutching Gunter’s Baird said. in (to work),” she said. arrested for stealing three tered in the 400 block of Baird also noted it is beers from Kroger, 1510 Roosevelt and a computer in appreciation Though suffering from arm hypothermia, Childs sta- Wednesday as they stood rare for an incident like Covington Ave. was stolen. bilized quickly at UVMC, next to Florence Child’s the one Childs had to happen to a Morris House Mark Childs said. She has hospital bed. 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Obama woos veterans in campaign BY KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama ended one war and is winding down another, bringing home tens of thousands of U.S. troops. Now he wants them to pay him back with votes. “You stood up for America. America needs to stand up for you,” Obama told service members returning to Fort Bragg, N.C. from Iraq recently. Expect to hear that pitch throughout the next year as the president’s campaign, mindful that large numbers of veterans and military families live in states crucial to his re-election chances, highlights his efforts to promote jobs and benefits for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Republicans, meanwhile, already are countering his record, noting high unemployment among veterans. The outreach to veterans is part of a larger effort by Obama to build inroads with voting blocs traditionally outside the Democratic umbrella while it tries to reactivate the coalition of women, minorities and young voters who helped propel him to the White House in 2008. Obama’s campaign is free to focus on building a diverse base of support for the general election because he faces no primary opponent. His eventual GOP challenger doesn’t have that luxury. While Democrats have traditionally trailed Republicans on defense and national security matters, Obama senses an opening with veterans because he has generally received high marks from voters for his handling of terrorism especially after the U.S. raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden and in managing the U.S.’s relationships with other countries. A recent APGfK poll found that 59 percent of adults felt Obama would keep America safe, a mark that has remained steady throughout 2011. Exit polls in 2008 showed that Obama received about 44 percent of voters who said they served in the military, while 54 percent voted for Republican John McCain, a former Navy pilot who was a prisoner of war for more than five years during the Vietnam War. Four years earlier, George W. Bush, who sought re-election as the U.S. waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, won 57 percent of voters who said they served in the military, compared with 41 percent for Democrat John Kerry. There are obvious political reasons for Obama’s effort. Several states that will be heavily contested next year have a significant military presence. Florida, home to a number of military installations, has more than 1.6 million veterans, according to the Veterans Administration. Virginia and North Carolina, political battlegrounds that Obama carried in 2008, both have about 800,000 veterans while Colorado, another important state in the Obama re-election calculation, has more than 400,000 veterans. This year, the playing field in the fight to woo veterans may end up being level if anyone other than Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Rep. Ron Paul the only two with military experience in the GOP field win the nomination. Obama had no military experience before becoming commander in chief. (The last time both parties didn’t have a presidential candidate with military experience was 1944, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Thomas E. Dewey.)
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No matter. “Florida will be ll across Iowa, crucial to the general election Republican canstrategy, and we are the fourthdidates are trymost populous state in the ing to cram as much Union,” says Florida GOP campaigning as possispokesman Brian Hughes. ble into the days re“What other states did to pack maining before the around the holidays and how Jan. 3 caucuses, all the candidates and their organizawhile taking care not BYRON YORK tions choose to campaign are not to get in the way of the Columnist things that Florida could devoters’ real lives durcide.” ing the holiday rush. The move has had the most efIt’s not easy. Newt Gingrich is planning a tour of more than fect in Iowa. For example, it’s normal to 40 cities and towns. Rick Perry is in the have the last debate a few days before middle of his own marathon. Michele the caucuses. When Iowa was planning Bachmann is trying to hit all 99 of to hold the caucuses on Feb. 6, a Monday, Iowa’s counties in just 10 days. It’s an in- a debate was planned for Thursday, Feb. sane last-minute rush, at a moment 2. Now, with the caucuses on Jan. 3, it’s when most voters’ time is filled with hol- just not possible to hold a debate a few iday gatherings and shopping and days beforehand, unless Republicans wanted to do it on New Year’s Eve. So preparation. Why would Republicans schedule the last debate of a debate-packed seasuch a crucial event at such an incon- son was Dec. 15 — nearly three weeks venient time? What sense does that before the caucuses. Because of Florida’s make? The answer is: It doesn’t make move, Iowa voters won’t get a last look any sense, and it didn’t have to be that at all the candidates. The final days of the Iowa campaign way. And it wouldn’t be, were it not for will also have a weird start-and-stop Florida. The Iowa caucuses were originally quality. “Everybody is going to hit the scheduled to take place on Feb. 6, fol- pause button over this weekend,” says lowed by New Hampshire, South Car- party chairman Strawn. Christmas olina and Nevada. Each state jealously break will be followed, he says, by “an inguards its place in the schedule — Iowa tense sprint at the end trying to capture is the first caucus; New Hampshire, the the attention of caucus-goers who have first primary; South Carolina, first in kids home from school.” And then there the South, and Nevada, first in the West. will be New Year’s. Florida’s move will have one more efHaving the race begin in earnest on Feb. 6 would have allowed Republicans fect, this one felt nationally. Because of plenty of time to campaign after all the all the reshuffling, there will be a holiday distractions. The other states strangely quiet period in the Republican would have followed in an orderly fash- race in February. After voting in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Feb. ion, with Florida set for March. But Florida Republicans worried that 7, there will be three weeks before the a fast-breaking Republican race might next contests, on Feb. 28 in Arizona and be decided by March, which would give Michigan. There would have been no gap Florida no role in selecting the GOP had Florida not broken the Republicans’ nominee. So Florida Gov. Rick Scott and carefully planned schedule. In the end, Florida’s move might backa group of legislators decided to move Florida’s primary to Jan. 31, ahead of fire. State Republicans wanted an earlier primary to make sure Florida would Iowa and the rest of the pack. The Floridians knew the move was play a major role in selecting the candiagainst party rules, but as former Gov. date, even if the race was over quickly. Bob Martinez explained: “We’re the But if the campaign stretches out for biggest swing state in the Union.” And months, it will be later primaries, and the biggest swing state does what it not Florida, that could prove decisive. It could turn out that Florida Republicans wants. Ken Thomas covers politics for The Associated Press. The other states howled. Iowa GOP outsmarted themselves. Meanwhile, the Merry-ChristmasChairman Matt Strawn denounced Florida’s “arrogance” and “petulant be- Happy-New-Year-please-vote-for-me havior.” New Hampshire GOP Chair- campaigning continues in Iowa. Nobody man Wayne MacDonald called the wants it that way, but they have to play decision “a disservice to the political the hand that Florida dealt them. process.” South Carolina GOP Chairman Byron York is chief political correChad Connelly called Florida a “rogue spondent for The Washington Examiner. state.”
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — It may be overrated, but the political endorsement race won’t stop. In fact, it will only accelerate as voting in the GOP presidential contest nears. Hoping to bolster credibility and build political muscle, Republican presidential contenders have jockeyed for months to woo governors and congressional lawmakers, state senators and county sheriffs, newspaper editorial boards and tea party activists. The game has been dominated so far by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who appears to have captured more endorsements than the rest of the field combined. But Jeff Frost, like many Republicans in early voting states, isn’t impressed. Frost, who is chairman of the Manchester Republican Committee, said New Hampshire voters don’t much like being told which candidate to support. “We’re a stubborn bunch of horse traders,” he said. Indeed, candidates and voters alike suggest the impact of political endorsements is unclear at best. Any potential blowback, however, isn’t enough to stop campaigns from trotting out new supporters as quickly as they can sign them up. It didn’t matter that the New Hampshire Union Leader has a spotty record of picking winners. Newt Gingrich claimed instant credibility after capturing its endorsement. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum proudly won over Iowa social conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, while touring Iowa, recently dispatched his latest high-profile supporter, conservative businessman Steve Forbes, to New Hampshire. In most cases, the campaigns shop their bigname backers to local reporters, arrange meetings with voters and use their names and voices in fundraising appeals. Some also offer an instant infrastructure to handle nutsand-bolts political chores that have tripped up lessorganized candidates. That was the case recently in Virginia, where leading Romney supporter Lt. Gov. Bill Boiling shared his political network to help collect thousands of signatures so Romney could qualify for the primary ballot. Gingrich and Perry failed to qualify.
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Advice tantly rude to her. Over the years I have grown close to Grandma Jane. My husband and I visit her regularly. Dad knows, but says it’s better if Mom doesn’t know. Grandma has asked me several times if I know why Mom dislikes her. She’s in her 90s, isolated from her family and desperately searching for answers. I can only imagine it stems from some disagreement dating back to before I was born. I am also sad that Dad won’t visit his mother because Mom won’t go with him. I can’t believe Grandma Jane has done anything to deserve being forced to die alone, and it hurts knowing my mother would be so vindictive out of spite. Grandma’s good health can’t last forever. I worry what will happen when she can no longer live independently. I believe in reconciliation, tolerance and a little maturity, but I know I am in the minority. What can I possibly do? — LOYAL DAUGHTER, CARING GRANDDAUGHTER DEAR LOYAL AND CARING: Not knowing the details of what caused the rift, I’m advising you to do as your father has suggested. If he were stronger, he would have insisted decades ago that his mother be treated with respect. That he would allow her to be ridiculed or treated rudely in his presence while he remained silent is shameful. While you can’t heal the breach, you can remain caring and supportive of your grandmother. When she can no longer live independently, she will need someone to help her or to move her to assisted living. The ideal person to watch over her then would be you.
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28 photo, Placido Domingo performs as Neptune during the final dress rehearsal of "The Enchanted Island," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. "The Enchanted Island" had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on New Year's Eve.
‘Enchanted Island’ a clever Met concoction MIKE SILVERMAN For The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Call it a pastiche. Or a Baroque fantasy in two acts. Or the best opera Handel and Vivaldi never wrote. By any name, “The Enchanted Island,” which had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on New Year’s Eve with an all-star cast, is irresistibly entertaining. It’s a light-hearted romp with enough fizz to send a dozen Champagne corks popping, and its only serious drawback is that at 3½ hours running time it serves up a bit too much of a good thing. The concoction was the brainchild of Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager who wanted to exthe company’s pand Baroque repertory in a way that would create a stir and draw in new audiences. So he reinvented a 300-year-old gimmick, the “pasticcio” in which already existing music by several composers was fitted to a new libretto and plot. Baroque specialist William Christie was engaged to oversee the musical preparation and conduct, and writer/director Jeremy Sams crafted the libretto. It was his clever idea to combine two Shakespeare plots: The quartet of lovers from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” get shipwrecked on Prospero’s island from “The Tempest”; a major outbreak of mistaken identity ensues, and it takes all manner of magic spells — not to mention
intervention by the sea god Neptune — to straighten things out again. To bring their creation to life on stage, the Met wisely hired Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch to design and direct the production, Kevin Pollard to do the costumes, and a company called 59 Productions to provide animation and projections. Their inspired work on Philip Glass’ “Satyagraha” was on view earlier this season, and they have again done wonders, creating eye-popping magical effects with the humblest of means. The basic set is a delibold-fashioned erately proscenium frame with Prospero’s book-lined lair on the left and on the right the primeval dwelling of Sycorax, the sorceress whose magic he has usurped. (The mother of the wild Caliban, she is mentioned but does not appear in the Shakespeare play.) At the rear, a curtain rises for the ocean scenes — starting with a rollicking shipwreck in which the four honeymooning lovers sing of “Days of pleasure, nights of love,” (adapted from Handel’s “Semele”) only to see their boat capsize in a sudden storm. When Neptune makes his first appearance near the end of Act 1, he does so seated on a clam-shell throne, with mermaids dangling from ropes behind him. The cast reads like a list of reigning stars in Baroque opera today, from countertenor David Daniels to mezzo-soprano
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portrayed by DeNiese, a live wire whose extroverted show-biz personality perfectly suits the She deproduction. servedly stops the show with her final aria, a rapid-fire celebration of her newly gained freedom sung to music from Vivaldi’s “Griselda.” As Miranda, Prospero’s lovesick daughter, Lisette Oropesa displays a shining lyric soprano, and her duet (“I have dreamed you” from a Handel cantata) with the Ferdinand of countertenor Anthony Roth Costanza is sublime. The four honeymooners are all terrific as well: tenor Paul Appleby as Demetrius, soprano Layla Claire as Helena, baritone Elliot Madore as Lysander, and especially mezzo Elizabeth DeShong as Hermia. Domingo doesn’t have much to sing, but Neptune is the perfect role for him at this late stage of his career. His mere entrance inspires a tangle of emotions — part hilarity, part nostalgia and part awe. Despite his sometimes mangled English, he brings great authority to the part, and that familiar muscular tenor sound still rings out once or twice on sustained high notes. The Enchanted Island” will play nine more times through Jan. 30. The matinee on Saturday, Jan. 21, will be broadcast on the radio and also shown in HD in movie theaters in the U.S. and around the world.
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Obama’s chief domestic aide leaving post Barnes says she’s proud of record WASHINGTON (AP) — Melody Barnes is leaving as White House chief domestic policy adviser at a time when President Barack Obama’s administration is getting little notice for its work on the home front to fix the struggling economy. Barnes, who will be gone by Tuesday, is quick to point out that there have been many domestic achievements, even though the public is dissatisfied. “I completely understand what the American public is feeling,” she said in an interview in her office. “Real people are hurting in a significant way. … At the same time, I’m proud of the things we’ve been able to accomplish over the last few years.” Her office is wrestling with multiple thorny issues now just as it was when Barnes started as Obama’s domestic policy team director in 2009. Back then, the economy plunged into free-fall and the country was in its worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Jobs were being lost at a rate of about 750,000 a
month a number Barnes still finds so staggering she said she has to doublecheck it every time she says it. Homes were being foreclosed, unemployment was skyrocketing and reaching double the national average in the black community. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dragged on, an outbreak of H1N1flu virus became a pandemic, and a tsunami that hit Japan crippled a nuclear plant near Tokyo, to name some of the highlights. Even her chance to play golf with the president, the first time a woman joined him, came at a time of a public image crisis for Obama. The president was getting flak for playing basketball with men, fostering complaints about a boys’ club in the White House. Just before Christmas, Obama and Congress wrangled over a twomonth extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. Obama won a victory when the proposal won bipartisan support in the Senate and finally was accepted by House Republicans under extreme pressure.
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In this May 5 file photo, a group of school children watch the elephant herd at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's African Elephant Crossing exhibit in Cleveland.The zoo says the new elephant exhibit contributed to jumbo attendance this year, and is headed toward ending 2011 with more than 1.3 million visitors. Officials expect to show a 10 percent increase in attendance over last year.
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Ohio woman swears off binge-eating Mother of two writes blog about journey to health BY JOHN CANIGLIA AKRON (AP) — The man from Germany sent a credit card to Donna Simpson with specific instructions: Buy pizzas, Chinese food and other takeout. He wanted Simpson to use his money to become as large as possible, and he got excited knowing he helped feed the 600-pound woman, she said. “He didn’t even need to see me,” she said. “Just the fact that he was feeding me was enough of a thrill for him.” For years, the 44-year-old mother of two was a star in the fantasy fetish community that worshipped the overweight and the feeding that led to it. Simpson had a website where men paid $19 a month to watch her eat. She flew around the world for various events. And she became famous in the British papers. But as the year winds to a close, Simpson has moved on. She left New Jersey earlier this year after her romantic relationship with a man ended and returned to her hometown of Akron. She has turned away from the fantasy world, replacing her prerecorded videos of her with a blog about her journey to health. She already has lost about 85 pounds, and she hopes to join a gym soon to begin walking in a pool. She has modified her eating, as well. “I realized that I was their fantasy,” she said. “Here I was getting bigger and bigger, and they had their thin wives, with 2 kids and a picket fence.” Simpson has no misconcep-
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In this photo taken Dec. 20, Donna Simpson, a woman who has made a big thing out of eating in front of webcam, talks about the experience alongside of her daughter Jacqueline in Akron. tions. may be stunned by someone who masochism known as feederism, “I’m not trying to be a size 4,” weighs that much. She said she said Stephen Levine, the co-dishe said. “I’m not trying to be a would be healthier and happier rector of the Center for Marital thin-mint. I just want to be nor- than when men watched her and and Sexual Health in Beachwood mal and more active.” sought her out. and a professor of clinical psychiShe has struggled to lose Simpson also said some of the atry at Case Western Reserve weight for years. She weighed people who watched her were University. People gain satisfacabout 200 pounds when she at- rich attorneys, accountants and tion by watching others eat and tended Springfield High School college students who wanted to become overweight. in Summit County. Simpson see women whom they believe The Internet helped it take off, often ate an apple a day along are attractive. he said. with a weight-loss drink. One man from California sent “I’m hesitant to say why someShe said she even smoked her $200 a week through West- one would do this,” said Janet crack cocaine for a few months ern Union (NYSE:WU) Shibley Hyde, a psychology proseveral years ago in an attempt (NYSE:FDC) to buy groceries. fessor at the University of Wisto shed pounds, though she says For about six weeks earlier this consin. “There could be all kinds she didn’t become addicted. year, he would call her to find out of reasons. But people cannot “All it did was make me clean the list of foods she bought, she survive at that weight.” my house really, really fast,” she said. Simpson gained fame in the said. When she told him that she British papers. She proclaimed But she wants to drop to about was done in the fantasy world, three years ago that “I love being 300 pounds, a move that would the man became angry. fat; I wouldn’t even mind weighhelp her raise her 4-year-old “It’s not like these were tooth- ing 1,000 pounds.” She suddenly daughter, Jacqueline, and 15- less trolls who live under began appearing on radio and year-old son, Devin. bridges,” she said. television shows. She traveled Simpson, who stands 5 feet 4 The underground community the world. inches tall, dismissed those who is involved in a rare form of The tabloids loved her.
Austria drops his re-election bid for Congress lawmakers as they crafted new lines this fall in a protracted redistricting process. His district abuts that of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner. The decision came with some anger and frustration over being pitted against fellow Republican Mike Turner during this fall’s protracted redistricting process. It was one of three face-offs set up between incumbents as a result of the new map. Austria said the final boundaries were decided
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Earlier this year, The Daily Mail tried to detail her meal on Christmas 2010. The paper said she ate two, 25-pound turkeys, two maple-glazed hams, 15 pounds of potatoes, five loaves of bread and 20 pounds of vegetables. Simpson flicked her eyes and laughed. “No one can do that,” she said. But Simpson said she earned at one point $1,000 a month from the pay-per-view eating. “That’s pretty good for eating Ho-Ho’s,” she said. Simpson has moved away from the Internet days, though many are angry that she has exposed a rare, underground community. Others are mad that they can no longer see her. Her blog at www.officialdonnasimpson.com tells of her journey, and she realizes it will be a difficult fight. It also discusses the pain of feederism. “There are plenty of men who will buy you four pizzas and enjoy watching you eat all of them,” she wrote on her website. “But what it comes down to is that you become a slave to the food and to your feeder.” This month, The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., did a story on her move to Akron. Some of the people who posted comments about the stories were cynical. Others were upbeat. “One day at a time,” someone wrote. “Hope you do well,” another said. Simpson knows what she’ll face. “I have only myself to blame for the position I am currently in, and I must now face the greatest challenge of my life,” she said on the website. “In order for the people I love most to have a happy and healthy life, I must regain my emotional and physical wellbeing.”
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it through a test run, 400 feet above the street. The sphere, now decorated with 3,000 Waterford crystal triangles, has been dropping to mark the new year since 1907, long before television made it a U.S. tradition. In Times Square, hundreds of thousands people crammed into spectator pens ringed by barricades, enjoying surprisingly warm weather for the Northeast. The National Weather Service said it was about 49 degrees in nearby Central Park — about 10 degrees warmer than the normal high temperature. As the country prepared for the celebration, glum wasn’t on the agenda for many, even those who had a sour year. “We’re hoping the next year will be better,” said Becky Martin, a former elementary school teacher who drove from Rockford, Ill., to Times Square after spending a fruitless year trying to find a job. “We’re starting off optimistic and hoping it lasts.” Many expressed cautious hope that better times were ahead after a year in which Japan was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami, hurricanes wreaked havoc across the country and a debt crisis devastated Europe’s economy. “Everybody’s suffering. That’s why it’s so beautiful to be here celebrating something with everybody,” said Lisa Nicol, 47, of Melbourne, Australia. For all of the holiday’s bittersweet potential, New York City always treats it like a big party — albeit one that now takes place under the watchful eye of a massive security force, including more than 1,500 police officers. Dick Clark, who suffered a stroke in 2004, put in a few brief appearances mentioning that he has hosted his namesake New Year’s Eve celebration for years, but said “tonight, it’s better than ever.” Clark, looking cheerful but struggling with his speech, introduced a performance by Lady Gaga and also assisted in the countdown. The show, hosted by Ryan Seacrest also featured a performance by Justin Bieber. Natalie Tolli, a 13-year-old from Yonkers, said “it was the best time I ever had, es-
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LEGAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO R.C. 163.07 The following parties, namely: Unknown Transferees, Assigns, Executors, Administrators, Devisees and Heirs of Ella C. Thomas, Deceased, and all persons claiming by, through, or under them, Addresses Unknown, will take notice that they have been named as defendants by Jerry Wray, Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, who instituted Case No. 11-673 now pending in the Common Pleas Court of Miami County, Ohio, which is an action to appropriate certain property for highway purposes, namely the making, constructing, repairing or improving of Interstate Route 75, Section 16.20/16.35 and to fix the value of said property. The property sought to be appropriated is more specifically described as follows: PARCEL 7-WL MIA-75-16.20 L&R / MIA-75-16.35 L&R ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN FEE SIMPLE IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY INCLUDING LIMITATION OF ACCESS
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Situated in the State of Ohio, Miami County, Section 30, Township 1, Range 11, City of Piqua, part of Inlot 8175, and being within a tract of land conveyed to Ella C. Thomas by deed of record in Deed Book 160, Page 114, all references are to records of the Miami County Recorder’s Office.
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Commencing, for reference, at an iron pin set at the southeast corner of Inlot 7761, said pin set also being the southeast corner of a tract of land conveyed to Midamco, An Ohio Limited Partnership by deed of record in Deed Book 648, Page 66, on the northerly existing right of way for Patrizio Place, and 155.31 feet left of station 857+88.46, said pin set also being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING for the parcel herein described: Thence, North 02 degrees 50 minutes 51 seconds East, leaving said existing right of way with the east property line of said Midamco tract and the west property line of said Thomas tract, for a distance of 75.23 feet to an iron pin found on the westerly existing limited access line for Interstate Route 75, said pin being found at 139.71 feet left of station 858+62.06; Thence, South 08 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East, leaving said property line, with said limited access line, for a distance of 78.97 feet to a point on the northerly existing right of way for Patrizio Place, said point also being the southeast corner of said Thomas tract, said point also being 140.00 feet left of station 857+83.09;
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Thence, with said existing right of way, and the south property line of said Thomas tract, for an arc distance of 16.22 feet along the arc of a curve deflecting to the right, having a central angle of 00 degrees 09 minutes 55 seconds, a radius of 5629.65 feet, and a chord that bears North 79 degrees 47 minutes 23 seconds West, for a distance of 16.22 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.014 acres.
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The basis of bearings in this description is based on the centerline of Right-of-Way for Interstate 75 being North 09 degrees 07 minutes 17 seconds West between station 825+00.00 and station 868+44.11, as provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation upon completion of a field survey. The above described 0.014 acres is contained within Miami County Auditor’s Permanent Parcel No. N44-077666. Of this described 0.014 acres, 0.000 acres is in the present roadway occupied. All iron pins set are 3/4” rebar with an aluminum cap stamped “ODOT R/W RESOURCE INTERNATIONAL INC”. This description was prepared on June 3, 2011 by Mark S. Ward, Professional Surveyor Number S-7514, according to survey filed in Volume 53, Page 104 of the Miami County Engineer’s Record of Land Surveys. Grantor claims title by instrument recorded in Deed Book 160, Page 114 in the records of the Miami County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. The stations referred to herein are from the Centerline of Right-of-Way of the plan titled “MIA-75-16.20 L&R / MIA-75-16.35 L&R” on file with the Ohio Department of Transportation, District 7. Pursuant to Civil Rule 12(A)(1), said persons mentioned above shall take further notice that they have 28 days after the completion of the Service by Publication within which to answer or otherwise defend against Plaintiff’s petition. The original of any such answer or other pleading defending against Plaintiff’s petition must be filed with Jan Mottinger, the Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of Miami County, Ohio, whose office is located at 3rd Floor, Safety Building, 201 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio, and whose mailing address is 3rd Floor, Safety Building, 201 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373. A copy of any such answer or other pleading defending against Plaintiff’s petition must be served upon Plaintiff’s attorney, namely: Mark E. Hays, Associate Assistant Attorney General, at 150 East Gay Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 432153167. A failure to answer or otherwise defend within said 28 days will result in Plaintiff, pursuant to Civil Rule 55, asking the court to grant a judgment by default against any such person who fails to answer or otherwise defend. Jerry Wray Director Ohio Department of Transportation 12/26/2011, 1/2/2012 2245847
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Raterman gets MVP honors JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former Versailles standout Justine Raterman led the Dayton women’s basketball team to the Saint Peter’s Holiday Classic title Friday, earning tournaRATERMAN ment MVP honors. Dayton defeated Binghamton 60-50 in the championship game. Raterman scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for a double-double. That was coming off a 26-point, nine rebound effort in Dayton’s 73-63 win over South Florida in the semifinals. Raterman made seven 3-point field goals in that game, moving to third on U.D.’s all-time career list. She needs 15 more to move into second place. Raterman also has 802 rebounds, sixth on the alltime list.
Buckeyes drop game to IU BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Victor Oladipo scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left Saturday, and Jordan Hulls scored 17 points to lead No. 13 Indiana past second-ranked Ohio State 7470 — the school's first-ever sweep of the nation's top two teams. Indiana (13-1, 1-1 Big Ten) is the ninth team to defeat both a No. 1 ranked team and the No. 2 team in the same season since 1996-97. The Hoosiers are only the third team to beat both teams in the same month. They beat then-No. 1 kentucky three weeks ago. The Hoosiers needed Oladipo's layup, three free throws from Hulls and Watford, a rebound from Christian Watford and a steal from Oladipo in the final 36 seconds to seal it. Ohio State (13-2, 1-1) was led by Aaron Craft with 16 points.
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Cody Hogston locks up with a wrestler on his way to an eighth-place finish at 195 pounds in the GMVWA tournament Friday.
Pummill, Hogston place at GMVWA Buccs have strong showing FAIRBORN — The Piqua wrestling team had two placers at the always challenging GMVWA Holiday Tournament Thursday and Friday at the Nutter Center. The Indians were led by Brandon Pummill (182) and Cody Hogston (195), who both finished eighth. Pummill went 3-3 with all three wins coming by pin. Pummill and Drew Durand (220) were the only two Indians to advance to the quarterfinals and dropped his eighth-place match to Garrett Foster of Pickerington Central 3-1. Hogston went 4-3 with three pins, battling back through the consolations after lossing his second round
match. He had to win three straight matches to place and did that with two pins and a decision. In his seventh-place match, Hogston was pinned by Dilon Gilbert of Eaton. Tyler Chambers (145) went 3-2 in the tournament with two pins and a major decision, while Hunter Comstock (106) and Durand both went 2-2. Comstock recorded two pins, while Durand won both his matches by decision. Cody Young (132) went 1-2, winning his opening match by major decision. Also competing for the Indians were Alex Fielder (126), Caje Kindred (138), Desmond See GMVWA/Page 14
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Brandon Pummill (right) finished eighth at 182 pounds.
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Versailles boys win own tournament Mack gets 300th victory VERSAILLES — Versailles couldn’t have asked for a better matchup in the championship game of its first holiday tournament. The unbeaten Tigers on once-beaten took Miami East and Versailles prevailed with a 58-49 victory after Miami East owned a 35-34 lead going to the fourth quarter. Versailles trailed 18-17 after one quarter, but led 26-24 at halftime The Tigers used a balanced attack, putting four players in double figures. Kyle Ahrens led the way with 15 points. Chad Winner scored 14, Mitchell Campbell netted 11 and Ethan Bruns added 10. Bradley Coomes led Miami East with 18 and Gunner Shirk scored 14. Miami East boys travel to Ansonia Friday in CCC action and Versailles travels to Fort Recovery for a MAC game..
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VERSAILLES — The opening night of the Ve r s a i l l e s tournament was highlighted by Miami East coach Allen M a c k ’ s 300th win MACK the as Vikings handled Anna 6048. “It’s an important milestone for our program,” Mack said. “It’s a reflection on all the good players and assistant coaches that have come through here throughout the years. I was proud of the team’s effort tonight. “We beat a good team and played the game the way I like to see it played.” Gunner Shirk led the Vikings with 21 points, Josh Snyder netted 12 points for Miami East and Garrett Mitchell added 11.
VERSAILLES — Versailles defeated winless Brookville 67-32 in the nightcap of the opener. Campbell Mitchell scored 18 points, Chad Winner netted 17 and Kyle Ahrens added 15.
Newton gets win SPRINGFIELD — Led by Jordan Hodges’ 19 ANTHONY WEBER/OCM PHOTO points, the Newton boys Versailles’ Kaleb Matchett led the Tigers with a fourth-place finish. defeated Emmanuel Christian 53-30 Friday night in non-conference action. Newton opened a 28-17 halftime lead and cruised from there, as Emmanuel Christian made just nine field goals, seven of them from 3-point range.
Graham loses XENIA — The Graham boys basketball team ran into a strong Xenia team Thursday, losing 85-53. Austin Morgan scored 14 points and Floyd Lowry added 12.
Lady Tigers celebrate early with holiday win East, Bradford girls record wins VERSAILLES — The Versailles girls basketball team celebrated New Year’s Eve early, recording a 55-47 win over Fort Loramie Saturday afternoon in non-conference action. Kayla McEldowney scored 17 points for Versailles, 7-2. Katie Heckman and Brooke Pothast both added 10.
East handles TIgers CASSTOWN — The outcome was never in doubt as the Miami East girls basketball team coasted to a 68-10 win over Ansonia Thursday in CCC action.
Emily Kindell led a balanced Lady Viking attack with 13 points and Renee DeFord and Angie Mack both added 10. East girls travel to Bethel Thursday.
Lady Indians fall LEWISBERG — The Newton girls basketball team dropped to 5-5 with a 61-31 road loss to TriCounty North Thursday. Marina Snipes led the Lady Indians with eight points and Trista Lavy scored seven.
Roaders get win BRADFORD — In a
physical game that ended with Troy Christian having just three players on the floor, Bradford held on for a 42-28 win Thursday in girls basketball action. Michayla Barga led Bradford with 16 points. Alisha Patty scored 10 points, while Chelsey Broughman had eight points, seven rebounds five assists and three steals. Brooke Brower grabbed nine rebounds and Haley Patty had six steals. Amanda Benjamin led Troy Christian with 18 points, including three 3point field goals.
Piqua bowlers get win Lady Indians get past West Liberty-Salem The Piqua girls bowling team defeated West Liberty-Salem 2,180-1,742 Thursday at Brel-Aire Lanes. Hayley Ryan led the Lady Indians with games of 193 and 190 for a 383, while Shae Doll had gmaes for 181 and 180 for a 361 series. “The girls bowled much better in this match,”
Xenia Wednesday 2,033 to 1,866. “Once again, the girls struggled to convert spares,” Miller said. “They did much better at shooting spares in the Baker games.” RYAN DOLL Doll led the girls with Piqua coach Craig Miller games of 191 and 149 for a 340 series. said. Brenda Welch had a 176 The Lady Indians were coming off a road loss to game.
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Covington’s Ben Miller closes in on a pin at the GMVWA Friday.
GMVWA Continued from page 13 Griffis (152) and Brandon Cotrell (160). ■ Covington had three place-winners at the event - Kyler Deeter, Ben Miller and Brian Olson — for only the second time since Covington started attending in 2004 and the most since the 2007 tournament. Olson led the Buccs with a fifth place finish at 182. He opened the day with a 3-1 quarterfinal victory over Garrett Foster of Pickerington Central before dropping his semifinal bout, 3-1, to Matt Lybarger of Mount Vernon. He then lost an exciting 2-1 overtime decision to Springfield’s Darryl Grayson, before rebounding in his placement match with a 9-1 major decision over Ricky McGrath of Hilliard Bradley. Deeter (138) took sixth place for Covington by opening with a 4-3 decision over Oscar Romero of
Franklin, before dropping his semifinal bout, 6-3, to Paul Hamilton of Campbell County (KY). He fell in his final two bouts to Benjamin Schram of Bellbrook, 14-3, and Drew Kearns of Glen Este, 5-2. Freshman Ben Miller (160) battled his way to an eighth place finish. He opened the day by pinning Kyle Daniels of Mount Vernon and followed with another pin over Alec Gilchrist of Centerville. He then lost by pin to West Carrollton’s Derek McGrew and Indian Lake’s Chandler Golden. A.J. Ouellette (170) fell just short of adding a fourth place-winner for the Buccs. He started the day earning his fourth tournament victory with a 6-1 decision over Chase Weber of Springfield before losing a close 3-1 decision to Armani Robinson of Greeneview. ■ Versailles was led by
Kaleb Matchett (170), who finished fourth. Matchett went 4-2 in the tournament with two pins, advancing to the semifinals. his third-place In match, Matchett lost a close match to Adam Moore of Edgewood 9-7. Also going 4-2 with two pins was Matt Mangen (126). Andrew Slonkosky (120) and Jordan Cavin (132) both went 3-2. Slonkosky (120) won his first three matches, recording pins in his first two matches. Devin Oliver (220) went 2-2 with a major decision. Brandon Christian (152) and Kyle Dieringer (195) both went 2-3, with Dieringer recording one pin. Matt Subler (138), Joe Cain (145) and Nic Francis (182) all went 1-2, with Cain and Francis recording pins. Also competing was Aaron Kaiser (113).
Versailles teams compete at Lima BOYS Team scores: Lima Shawnee 325, Ottawa Glandorf 275, Celina 221, Versailles 196, Ada 178, Van Wert 160, Wapakoneta 136, St. Marys 131, Lima Bath 121, Fort Recovery 80, Kenton 65, New Bremen 64, Coldwater 51, Lima Senior 48, Lima Central Cathlolic 43, Elida 38, Upper Scioto Valley 30, Minster 8. Versailles Placers 200 Medley Relay: 7.Versailles (Mitchell Stover, Michael Wenig, Cole Albers, Andrew Kramer), 1:54.36. 200 Freestyle: 8.Andrew Kramer, 2:05.23; 10.Sam Subler, 2:08.66; 16.Ian Lawrence, 2:22.46. 200 IM: 1.Mitchell Stover, 2:01.17. 50 Freestyle: 18.Michael Wenig, 25.56; 23.Cole Poeppelman, 25.89; 32.Chris Klamar, 27.21; 48.Joel Dapore, 29.02. 100 Butterfly: 7.Cole Albers, 1:04.11. 100 Freestyle: 8.Sam Subler, 56.05; 22.Ian Lawrence, 1:03.33. 500 Freestyle: 1.Mitchell Stover, 4:55.41. 200 Freestyle Relay: 4.Versailles (Andrew Kramer, Michael Wenig, Cole Albers, Mitchell Stover), 1:38.85; 13.Versailles B (Sam Subler, Ian Lawrence, Joel Dapore, Cole Poeppelman), 1:49.0. 100 Backstroke: 6.Andrew Kramer, 1:04.77; 29.Joel Dapore, 1:28.73. 100 Breaststroke: 3.Cole Albers, 1:09.98; 9.Michael Wenig, 1:13.50; 13.Cole Poeppelman, 1:16.60; 21.Chris Klamar, 1:20.66. 400 Freestyle Relay: 12.Versailles (Sam Subler, Ian Lawrence, Chris Klamar, Cole Poeppelman), 4:14.11. GIRLS Team scores: Lima Shawnee 446, Celina 285, Lima Central Catholic 267, Ottawa Glandorf 266, Versailles 250, Lima
Bath 151, Wapakoneta 111, Minster 94, Van Wert 65, Kenton 63, St. Marys 57, New Bremen 34, Lima Senior 24, St. Henry 24, Marion Local 14, Coldwater 13, Russia 6. Versailles Placers 200 Medley Relay: 3.Versailles (Hannah Marshal, Amber Seibert, Nicole Frantz, Bailey Marshal), 1:59.38; 18.Versailles B (Breanna Winner, Murphy Grow, Lindsey Didier, Hannah Wenig), 2:19.04. 200 Freestyle: 4.Nicole Frantz, 2:09.14; 17.Breana Winner, 2:27.25; 28.Murphy Grow, 2:37.56. 200 IM: 4.Amber Seibert, 2:27.23. 50 Freestyle: 1.Bailey Marshal, 25.15; 7.Abby Barlage, 26.31; 43.Lindsey Didier, 30.96; 62.Emily Ruhenkamp, 33.66; 101.Alyssa Barlage, 39.79. 100 Butterfly: 4.Hannah Marshal, 1:05.32. 100 Freestyle: 1.Bailey Marshal, 55.20; 13.Abby Barlage, 1:00.67; 16.Hannah Wenig, 1:04.25; 32.Lindsey Didier, 1:12.37. 500 Freestyle: 3.Nicole Frantz, 5:50.10. 200 Freestyle Relay: 3.Versailles (Hannah Marshal, Abby Barlage, Nicole Frantz, Bailey Marshal), 1:45.30; 31.Versailles B (Murphy Grow, Janelle Mangen, Alyssa Barlage, Emily Ruhenkamp), 2:18.16. 100 Backstroke: 1.Hannah Marshal, 1:03.35; 13.Breana Winner, 1:15.15; 35.Alyssa Barlage, 1:32.29; 44.Janelle Mangen, 1:36.29. 100 Breaststroke: 5.Amber Seibert, 1:14.46; 28.Hannah Wenig, 1:28.86; 33.Murphy Grow, 1:32.13; 40.Emily Ruhenkamp, 1:36.53. 400 Freestyle Relay: 4.Versailles (Abby Barlage, Hannah Wenig, Breana Winner, Amber Seibert), 4:13.90; 20.Versailles B (Emily Ruhenkamp, Alyssa Barlage, Janelle Mangen, Lindsey Didier), 5:21.11.
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Beep...beep.. ..beep...beep Bengals back into playoffs CINCINNATI (AP) — Standing in the raucous Ravens locker room, Dennis Pitta slipped the blue AFC North Champions cap onto his head and tugged it tight. "The hat fits great," the tight end decided. Not just great, but perfect. Baltimore finished a perfect run through the division on Sunday night, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 24-16 for its third AFC North title behind Ray Rice's two long touchdown runs. The Ravens (12-4) ran off the field with helmets raised in celebration, slipped into their championship shirts and caps, then headed home — the only place they want to be at this time of the year. Behind Rice's big day, Baltimore clinched the AFC's No. 2 seed and a first-round bye, followed by a playoff game at home, where they're 8-0 this season. "This is a great achievement, especially when you consider whatever doubters we had," linebacker Ray Lewis said. "We swept our whole division. Now the world comes to Baltimore." Despite the loss, the Bengals (9-7) also got into the playoffs, securing the final wild card as the Jets and Broncos also lost in games that ended around the same time. It's Cincinnati's third playoff appearance in the last 21 years. No hats or shirts for the Bengals, though. They ex-
changed congratulatory hand slaps with a few fans as they left the field, and that was it for the celebration. "It's kind of weird," said rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who was 22 of 44 for 232 yards with no interceptions or touchdowns. "Obviously we didn't get it done today, but we still have a chance." Cincinnati will play next weekend at Houston, which donned caps and shirts in celebration of the AFC South title after beating the Bengals 20-19 at Paul Brown Stadium on Dec. 11. Dalton is 3-0 at Reliant Stadium, where he played two games in high school and one at TCU. With Paul Brown Stadium packed with Bengals fans for the first time all season, Rice made the biggest plays on a blustery afternoon that made it tough to throw. He had a career-best 70-yard touchdown run on the fourth play. Rice also broke a 51yard touchdown run on a third-and-1 play with 5:41 to go, essentially finishing Cincinnati's chances of yet another big comeback. Rice finished with 191 yards on 24 carries and set a club record with his 15th touchdown of the season. Baltimore's defense had a big hand in it, too. Linebacker Terrell Suggs hit tight end Jermaine Gresham after a catch, jarring See BENGALS/Page 16
Thank God it’s over Browns season ends with another loss CLEVELAND (AP) — They're bruised, limping and not close to being healthy. The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't themselves. But they are going to the playoffs. At this point, that's all that matters. Isaac Redman replaced injured starting running back Rashard Mendenhall and scored a touchdown, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made enough big plays on his sprained ankle and Pittsburgh hobbled into the postseason with a wind-whipped 13-9 win Sunday over Cleveland, the Steelers' 16th victory in 17 games against the Browns. Redman scored on a 7-
yard run in the third quarter for the Steelers (12-4), who finished tied with Baltimore for first in the AFC North but lost the tiebreaker because the Ravens beat them twice. Pittsburgh needed to win and hope Cincinnati could knock off the Ravens, who beat the Bengals 24-16. But the Steelers are in the playoffs as a wild card and will face Tim Tebow and the Broncos in Denver next week. "Now is the time to go out and play our best football," said Roethlisberger, who went 23 of 40 for 221 yards on his gimpy left ankle. "If you are a great team, you have to win on See BROWNS/Page 16
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Record Book Cribbs 7-91, Moore 4-39, Massaquoi 2-16, C.Mitchell 119, Cameron 1-15, Hillis 1-(minus 3). MISSED FIELD GOALS—Pittsburgh, Suisham 45 (WL).
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Bowl Glance
National Football League All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE
College Football FBS Bowl Glance Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30
East L T Pct PF W y-N. England 13 3 0 .813 513 N.Y. Jets 8 8 0 .500 377 6 10 0 .375 329 Miami Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 372 South L T Pct PF W y-Houston 10 6 0 .625 381 Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 325 11 0 .313 243 Jacksonville 5 Indianapolis 2 14 0 .125 243 North L T Pct PF W y-Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 378 x-Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 325 7 0 .563 344 x-Cincinnati 9 Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 218 West L T Pct PF W y-Denver 8 8 0 .500 309 San Diego 8 8 0 .500 406 8 8 0 .500 359 Oakland Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 212 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 8 7 0 .533 355 Dallas Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 396 Washington 5 11 0 .313 288 South W L T Pct PF y-New Orleans13 3 0 .813 547 10 6 0 .625 402 x-Atlanta Carolina 6 10 0 .375 406 Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 287 North W L T Pct PF y-Green Bay 15 1 0 .938 560 10 6 0 .625 474 x-Detroit Chicago 8 8 0 .500 353 Minnesota 3 13 0 .188 340 West W L T Pct PF y-S. Francisco 13 3 0 .813 380 8 8 0 .500 312 Arizona Seattle 7 9 0 .438 321 St. Louis 2 14 0 .125 193 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday's Games Chicago 17, Minnesota 13 New Orleans 45, Carolina 17 Green Bay 45, Detroit 41 San Francisco 34, St. Louis 27 Tennessee 23, Houston 22 New England 49, Buffalo 21 Miami 19, N.Y. Jets 17 Jacksonville 19, Indianapolis 13 Philadelphia 34, Washington 10 San Diego 38, Oakland 26 Kansas City 7, Denver 3 Arizona 23, Seattle 20, OT Atlanta 45, Tampa Bay 24 Baltimore 24, Cincinnati 16 Pittsburgh 13, Cleveland 9 Dallas at N.Y. Giants
PA 342 363 313 434 PA 278 317 329 430
Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall 20, FIU 10
PA 266 227 323 307
Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24
PA 390 377 433 338
Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State 56, Arizona State 24
PA 386 316 328 367
Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Southern Mississippi 24, Nevada 17 Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Missouri 41, North Carolina 24 Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Purdue 37, Western Michigan 32 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State 31, Louisville 24
PA 339 350 429 494 PA 359 387 341 449
Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Toledo 42, Air Force 41 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5)
PA 229 348 315 407
Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State 18, Notre Dame 14 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor 67,. Washington 56 Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas BYU 24, Tulsa 21 Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma 31, Iowa 14
Bengals-Ravens Stats Ravens-Bengals Stats Baltimore 10 7 0 7—24 Cincinnati 3 0 7 6—16 First Quarter Bal—Rice 70 run (Cundiff kick), 12:58. Bal—FG Cundiff 42, 6:45. Cin—FG Nugent 46, 3:02. Second Quarter Bal—Pitta 9 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), :11. Third Quarter Cin—Scott 25 run (Nugent kick), 3:26. Fourth Quarter Cin—FG Nugent 46, 12:35. Bal—Rice 51 run (Cundiff kick), 5:41. Cin—FG Nugent 23, 2:39. A_63,439. ——— Bal Cin 15 19 First downs Total Net Yards 347 336 Rushes-yards 32-221 24-105 126 231 Passing 1-11 4-45 Punt Returns Kickoff Returns 2-22 3-72 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 15-19-0 22-44-0 Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost 1-4 1-1 Punts 7-46.7 4-53.5 0-0 1-1 Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards 7-59 4-35 Time of Possession 29:26 30:34 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Baltimore, Rice 24-191, R.Williams 6-28, Flacco 1-1, Leach 1-1. Cincinnati, Benson 13-51, Scott 634, Dalton 4-17, Hawkins 1-3. PASSING—Baltimore, Flacco 15-19-0-130. Cincinnati, Dalton 22-44-0-232. RECEIVING—Baltimore, Pitta 6-62, T.Smith 5-33, Rice 2-8, Dickson 1-20, Leach 1-7. Cincinnati, Gresham 5-72, Simpson 5-54, Hawkins 3-34, Green 2-26, Leonard 2-19, Benson 2-10, Lee 2-9, Scott 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Nugent 36 (WR).
Browns-Steelers Stats Steelers-Browns Stats 0 3 10 0—13 Pittsburgh Cleveland 0 6 3 0— 9 Second Quarter Cle—FG Dawson 26, 6:03. Cle—FG Dawson 45, 1:06. Pit—FG Suisham 19, :00. Third Quarter Pit—FG Suisham 29, 9:43. Pit—Redman 7 run (Suisham kick), 5:27. Cle—FG Dawson 49, 1:59. A—68,266. ——— Cle Pit First downs 22 14 Total Net Yards 360 240 36-161 15-72 Rushes-yards Passing 199 168 Punt Returns 0-0 3-22 4-92 2-23 Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 23-40-0 16-41-1 2-22 2-9 Sacked-Yards Lost Punts 4-45.3 6-38.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0 4-37 5-40 Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 39:11 20:49 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Pittsburgh, Redman 19-92, Mendenhall 838, Clay 9-31. Cleveland, Wallace 3-44, Hillis 10-30, Hardesty 2-(minus 2). PASSING—Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 23-40-0-221. Cleveland, Wallace 16-41-1-177. RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, A.Brown 6-90, Ward 5-24, Cotchery 3-28, Redman 3-18, Miller 2-23, Sanders 1-14, Wallace 1-11, Mendenhall 1-7, Johnson 1-6. Cleveland,
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Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27, OT Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Illinois 20, UCLA 14 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Auburn 43, Virginia 24 Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 2 p.m. (CBSSN)
Basketball
NBA Standings National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 2 2 .500 — 2 2 .500 — Philadelphia Boston 2 3 .400 ½ Toronto 1 3 .250 1 1 4 .200 1½ New Jersey Southeast Division W L Pct GB 5 0 1.000 — Miami Orlando 4 1 .800 1 Atlanta 3 1 .750 1½ 1 3 .250 3½ Charlotte Washington 0 4 .000 4½ Central Division L Pct GB W Indiana 3 1 .750 — Chicago 3 1 .750 — 2 1 .667 ½ Milwaukee Cleveland 2 2 .500 1 Detroit 1 3 .250 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB 3 1 .750 — San Antonio New Orleans 2 1 .667 ½ Houston 2 2 .500 1 1 2 .333 1½ Memphis Dallas 1 3 .250 2 Northwest Division L Pct GB W Oklahoma City 5 0 1.000 — Portland 3 0 1.000 1 2 2 .500 2½ Denver Utah 1 3 .250 3½ Minnesota 0 3 .000 4 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 3 2 .600 — 2 2 .500 ½ Golden State L.A. Clippers 1 2 .333 1 Sacramento 1 3 .250 1½ 1 3 .250 1½ Phoenix Saturday's Games L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 89 Detroit 96, Indiana 88 Houston 95, Atlanta 84 New York 114, Sacramento 92 Oklahoma City 107, Phoenix 97 San Antonio 104, Utah 89 Philadelphia 107, Golden State 79 Sunday's Games Cleveland 98, New Jersey 82 Miami 129, Charlotte 90 Orlando 102, Toronto 96 Boston 94, Washington 86 Dallas at Minnesota L.A. Lakers at Denver Memphis at Chicago New Orleans at Sacramento Portland at L.A. Clippers Monday's Games Golden State at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m. Tuesday's Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Major Scores Saturday's Major College Basketball Scores EAST Albany (NY) 65, Mount St. Mary's 64 Army 79, St. Francis (NY) 70 Bucknell 63, Cornell 60 Drexel 63, St. Francis (Pa.) 42 Duquesne 118, Houston Baptist 72 George Washington 77, Delaware St. 59 Georgetown 49, Providence 40 Harvard 74, Saint Joseph's 69 Holy Cross 65, Dartmouth 61 La Salle 73, Hartford 55 Lehigh 72, Bryant 55 New Hampshire 71, Colgate 64 Quinnipiac 59, Boston U. 53 UConn 83, St. John's 69 SOUTH Arkansas St. 65, Louisiana-Monroe 63 Charleston Southern 81, Liberty 76 Coastal Carolina 55, High Point 52 E. Kentucky 73, Tennessee St. 68 East Carolina 91, Virginia-Wise 56 FIU 81, W. Kentucky 63 Florida 90, Yale 70 Gardner-Webb 61, Radford 55 Kentucky 69, Louisville 62 Louisiana-Lafayette 67, FAU 55 Maryland 75, Samford 63 Memphis 67, Charlotte 58 Middle Tennessee 68, South Alabama 52 Mississippi St. 66, Utah St. 64 Morehead St. 68, Austin Peay 64 NC State 82, W. Carolina 55 South Carolina 72, SC-Upstate 66 Southern Miss. 65, McNeese St. 56 Tennessee Tech 85, UT-Martin 62 UAB 92, Alabama A&M 58 UNC Asheville 73, Winthrop 68, OT VMI 78, Presbyterian 70, OT MIDWEST Ball St. 86, Chicago St. 58 Butler 54, Milwaukee 50 Creighton 68, Wichita St. 61 Detroit 65, Loyola of Chicago 54 Gonzaga 72, Xavier 65 Indiana 74, Ohio St. 70 Indiana St. 77, Bradley 66 Iowa 72, Wisconsin 65 Iowa St. 67, MVSU 65 Kansas 84, North Dakota 58 Kansas St. 82, Howard 46 Michigan St. 68, Nebraska 55 Missouri St. 72, Drake 61 Purdue 75, Illinois 60 SIU-Edwardsville 66, Jacksonville St. 61 Valparaiso 90, Green Bay 87 Wright St. 74, Ill.-Chicago 70, OT Youngstown St. 73, Cleveland St. 67 SOUTHWEST Lamar 102, Lyon 58 North Texas 87, Troy 65 Oklahoma 83, Northwestern St. 63 SMU 73, Louisiana Tech 65 Texas 73, Rice 59 Tulane 53, Texas-Pan American 42 Tulsa 74, TCU 66 Virginia Tech 67, Oklahoma St. 61 FAR WEST Arizona 68, Arizona St. 51 BYU 88, San Diego 52 California 85, UCLA 69 Colorado 73, Utah 33 Idaho 76, Boise St. 73
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jarring the ball loose. Three plays later, Rice went 51 yards to put the Ravens on the verge of a title. Suggs sacked Dalton, forcing the Bengals to settle for a field goal on their next possession. Cincinnati got the ball back at its 20 with 1:05 to go and no timeouts left. The game ended with Dalton's desperation pass into the end zone. "This feels good," Suggs said. "You just have to take it in." During that final, futile drive, the Broncos' score was shown on the videoboard, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd of 63,439. The Bengals sold out their stadium by offering two-for-one ticket deals. Ravens players raised their arms in triumph as they ran off the field after Dalton's final pass. They made home-field advantage for the playoffs an overriding goal after having to play on the road each of their last three years in the postseason. It was sweet to get it. "I'll leave the eloquence up to you guys, but we all felt it in the pit of our stomach," coach John Harbaugh said. Wind gusts of over 30 mph toyed with long passes and kicks, forcing teams to go conservative. The Ravens got the better of it behind their multifaceted running back. Rice found a huge hole behind Marshal Yanda's block and outran Cincinnati's secondary only 2 minutes into the game. Cincinnati's defense got sloppy and helped the Ravens drive for a touchdown and a 17-3 lead at the half. Penalties for holding, il-
the road. We'd like to get it together, starting next week. We have not been able to put it all together yet this year, whether because of injury, weather, a lot of factors." The Steelers may be without Mendenhall, their leading rusher. He was hurt on the final play of the first quarter, when he went down after a 5-yard gain and immediately grabbed his right knee. Mendenhall walked slowly to the sideline, slapping hands with some teammates on his way to the bench. He didn't return. After the game, Mendenhall left the stadium on crutches, his head hanging in disappointment. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made it sound as if Mendenhall could miss the postseason. "It's not good, of course, when a guy goes down in open grass and is not touched by anyone," Tomlin said. "Experience tells me that in general that's not good." Tomlin said Mendenhall would be examined when the team gets home. "You should anticipate that he won't be participating next week," Tomlin said. The Steelers survived two fumbles by Redman in the second half and then held their breath on the final play when Browns quarterback Seneca Wallace floated a pass into a crowd in the back of the end zone. Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu came over the top and got his hand on the ball before rookie wide receiver Greg Little could grab it, allowing the Steelers to escape. The Browns (4-12) lost their last six games and nine of 10 under first-year
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field goal cut it to 17-13 early in the fourth quarter, but that was all they managed. The Bengals reached the playoffs despite losing all seven of their games against playoff contenders this season. They lost five of their last eight games, but got the wild card with the help of the Jets' late-season collapse. Notes: The Ravens also won the division in 2003 and 2006. ... Rice joined Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk as the only players with 1,000 yards rushing and 700 receiving in more than one season. ... Suggs has a career-high 14
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coach Pat Shurmur. Cleveland was competitive — the Browns lost their final three games by a combined 13 points — but wound up with one less win that last season. "We intended to win a lot more games than that," said cornerback Joe Haden. "The only thing that kept us going is we didn't really get blown out in any games. We need to find a way to come up with a big play, come up with the big stop, the big score and the season would be totally different." Shaun Suisham made two field goals for the Steelers, who won 12 games for the second year in a row, something they haven't done since 197879. They won the Super Bowl both those years. Motivated by losing last season's Super Bowl to Green Bay, Pittsburgh opened the season by getting blown out by Baltimore. But the Steelers recovered and will now make another run at a Lombardi Trophy. "We have a lot of veterans who know what January football is all about," said safety Ryan Clark. "Now's the time to go play it. We kind of limped in and it would have been huge to get a bye and get guys healthy. Now we have to go and play better on the road. I believe this team can win anywhere." Phil Dawson kicked three field goals for all of Cleveland's points. Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward had five catches and became the eighth player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career catches. Ward grabbed a shovel pass in the fourth quarter, and although it lost three yards, it got him to the milestone.
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