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BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com PIQUA —The selfless action of four area residents was rewarded over the weekend in relation to a Piqua man who essentially dropped dead while driving his motorcycle through town in April.

Sonya Phillippi, the daughter of David Gerstner, said on the morning of April 10 her father

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her father’s assistance and began performing CPR until medics could arrive.

“All four of them were taking turns,” she added. “They were four random people who kept my dad alive. … Even the doctors had no idea how long he had been there.”

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went out for a ride and just “fell over” at the intersection of McKinley Avenue and Garfield Street after having a heart attack.

“He was (found) laying there and nobody knew for how long,” she recalled. “My brother’s fatherin-law just so happened to be driving by at the time and saw him just staring at the sky.”

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“Even the doctors had no idea how long he had been there.”

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Members of the Hurricane Show Choir, from Hurricane, W. Va. stand ready to take the stage at the 29th annual Piqua Show Choir Invitational at Piqua High School on Saturday. Fifteen groups competed in this year’s event, which brought an estimated 3000 participants and fans to Piqua.

Champions for 2012 included Divsion A winner, Solon High School, Division B winner Hurricane High School and Division C winner Van Buren High School.

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Winds Tom Daly, Curator of Education for the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA speaks to a large crowd at Edison Community College on Friday evening during his presentation of “The Art of Norman Rockwell.” The event was presented by the Piqua Arts Council and held in the Hartzell Lecture Hall. It included a social hour with entertainment by “Quintessential Winds,” and a silent auction fund-raiser with proceeds going to the Piqua Arts Council and the recognition of eight sixth-grade students from Piqua City Schools and Piqua Catholic Schools who were chosen as winners from 330 entries in a creative writing and/or art contest put on by the Piqua Arts Council.

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The Chinese New Year 2012 - Year of the Dragon The Chinese New Year has a great history. In our past, people lived in an agricultural society and worked all year long. They only took a break after the harvest and before the planting of seeds. This happens to coincide with the beginning of the lunar New Year.

The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, rich in traditions, folklores and rituals. It has been said that it is a combination of the Western Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. This is hardly an exaggeration!

The origin of the Chinese New Year itself is centuries old — in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.

Preparations tend to begin a month before the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to a Western Christmas). During this time people start buying presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom. This ritual is supposed to sweep away all traces of bad luck. Doors and windowpanes are often given a new coat of paint, usually red, then dec-

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• In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other’s homes for visits and shared meals, most significantly a feast on New Year’s Eve. • The lantern festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Some of the lanterns may be works of art, painted with birds, animals, flowers, zodiac signs, and scenes from legend and history. People hang glowing lanterns in temples, and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon.

orated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.

The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the holiday, due to the anticipation.

Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a feast of seafood and dumplings, signifying different good wishes. Delicacies include prawns, for liveliness and happiness, dried oysters (ho xi), for all things good, fish dishes or Yau-Yu to bring good

luck and prosperity, Fai-chai (Angel Hair), an edible hair-like seaweed to bring prosperity, and dumplings boiled in water (Jiaozi) signifying a long-lasting good wish for a family.

It is customary to wear something red as this color is meant to ward off evil spirits. But black and white are frowned upon, as these are associated with mourning. After dinner, families sit up for the night playing cards, board games or watching television programs dedicated to the occasion. At midnight, fireworks light up the sky.

On the day itself, an ancient custom called Hong Bao, meaning Red Packet, takes place. This involves married couples giving children and unmarried adults money in red envelopes. Then the family begins to say greetings from door-to-door, first to their relatives and then to their neighbors. Like the Western saying "let bygones be bygones," at Chinese New Year, grudges are very easily cast aside.

Tributes are made to ancestors by burning incense and the symbolic offering of foods. As firecrackers burst in the air, evil spirits are scared away by the sound of the explosions.

The end of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns, which is a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows.

• People buy paper lanterns, red and gold holiday decorations, and good luck scrolls to decorate their homes.

Houses are decorated with the animal signs for the new year, images of bearded figures dressed in traditional gowns and children decked out in silk costumes. There are often competitions to see who can have the best display. Not having a display can cause a loss of face. In cities, buildings and main streets are lit with lights and decorations.

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The Dragon Dance

Josh Franklin’s Far Out Family Blog Written by Steven Coburn-Griffis Illustrated by Isaac Schumacher Chapter One: Week One Hey, hello and welcome to Josh Franklin’s Far Out Family Blog, sponsored by Mr. Wooster’s third period English class. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already figured out that this is an English assignment. Yup. And here’s the thing. Mr. Wooster wants us to relate to our relations, tell the untold stories about our families and learn to relate to them as we relate them to you. That and learn a little bit about writing in the process. Right Mr. W? Okay. So here’s how this could go.

See, I could tell you all kinds of juicy little secrets, like how my sister was still wearing diapers until she was nearly seven years old or how Dad secretly watches The View or some other girly show when everybody thinks he’s watching ESPN. I could even tell you about how Mom used to be a show girl in a casino in Las Vegas or how my brother used to jump through burning rings of fire on a motorcycle. And some of those things might even be true. But that’s just so boring. I mean, who cares? Am I right or am I right? So, instead of telling you about how my Great Aunt Sophie (if I really had one, I mean) collects doll heads, I’ve decided to go back even further and introduce you to my Great-great-great-great Grandfather and his brother, my Great-great-greatgreat Uncle. See, My family has all these really old letters that Uncle Ethan wrote to Grandpa Wilfred (yeah, I know, what a name, right?) during the Civil War. The letters are all yellow and tattered and held together with tape. They’re so old that if you’re not really careful, they’ll just fall apart.

So, even though I know about them, I’ve not been allowed to read most of them. But, unlike my mother, I’m willing to share. And that’s where this blog comes in.

What I’m going to do is read one letter for every blog I have to write and then copy it down so that you can read it, too. And here’s the best part (for me, anyway). Mrs. Logsdon, the best history teacher who ever walked the hallowed halls of our high school, has agreed to give me extra credit if I pass along some bits and pieces about the Civil War and how our home state of Ohio helped get the job done. To show her I mean business, I’m going to kick it off here and now. There were five famous Ohioans who fought in the Civil War who later became presidents of these United States of America.

They were Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison and James Garfield. But wait! There’s even MORE! Everybody knows that Grant was in charge of the Union army (you knew that, right?), but did you know that Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley both served in the same regiment, the 23rd Ohio? Hayes was a general, but McKinley was only a private. Absolutely true. And you read it here first.

Dragons are of course legendary animals, but they are important to Chinese people who think of dragons as helpful, friendly creatures. They are linked to good luck, long life and wisdom. They are nothing like the fierce, fire-breathing Western dragons that carry off princesses and eat people.

Chinese dragons are associated with storm clouds and life-giving rain. They have special powers so they can fly in the air, swim in the sea and walk on land. The dragon has features of other animals such as the horns of a stag, the scales of a fish and the footpads of a tiger.

Chasing the “Pearl of Wisdom” dragon dances are performed at New Year to scare away evil spirits.

During the dance the performers hold poles and raise and lower the dragon. Sometimes one man has a 'Pearl of Wisdom' on a pole and he entices the dragon to follow him to the beat of a drum, as if searching for wisdom and knowledge.

Dragons used in dragon dances vary in length from a few meters to up to 100m long. Longer dragons are thought to be more lucky than shorter ones. The dances can be performed either during the day or night, but at night a blazing torch will be carried to light the way.

Okay, okay, okay. So this is kind of like when they start selling soda pop or whatever in the middle of your favorite TV show. Not when they break for advertisements, but, like, right in the very middle of the show itself. I know that. I get it. But a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do. Am I right or am I right? Anyway, this isn’t about me, so let’s just move on. Drum roll please.

Here, in all of its original glory from way back in 1862, is the very first Civil War letter my Uncle wrote my Grandpa: Wilf, I am off for a soldier. Tell Ma not to worry.

Ethan Bet you thought it was gonna be really long. LOL. CHAPTER ONE: QUESTIONS & ACTIVITIES Josh’s teacher wants his students to ‘relate to their relations’ as they complete their assignment. What do you think that means? Write down a list of some of your memories and habits, such as first toy, how you get to school, your favorite food. Then ask a parent and a grandparent or older friend to do the same. How are all of your responses the same? How are they different? Why? Mr. Wooster also wants his students to learn about writing. You can already see a difference in Josh’s and Ethan’s writing styles. Read an article from the front page of your newspaper.

Compare it to a chapter from your favorite fiction story. Why do you think they are written in different styles? What does each author want the reader to take away from the piece?

As Josh notes, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley were all active in the Civil War and all became presidents of the United States. As you read the rest of Josh’s blog, keep track of all the Ohioans mentioned and what role they played during Ethan’s time.

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Continued from page 1 still clipped on to his motorcycle.

After being placed on a ventilator for three days, Gerstner soon recovered and learned he was in an accident — he did not remember any of it.

“The first thing he said to me was, “Where is my bike?’” Phillippi said.

Those four people, in addition to the mayor of Piqua, was at Faith’s Pizza on South Street on Saturday for Gerstner’s 50th birthday party.

Piqua Mayor Lucy Fess presented proclamations to the four good Samaritans and said the actions of those who helped that day is one of several other heroic actions displayed by area residents in the last year, specifically speaking of the pit bull attack on Sandra Getzendiner back in September.

“Piqua has always been the type of community where people are willing to come together to help others and these two circumstances are just two specific instances where people stepped up and helped save someone’s life,” Fess said. “That is what makes you very happy to live in a community where other people are always looking out for you.”

The proclamations that were read and given to the recipients cited their actions for stepping up and helping save the life of Gerstner, an avid motorcyclist who has been on several road trips.

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ENGLEWOOD — John W. Yahle Jr., 73, of Englewood, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. He was born Nov. 12, 1938, in Dayton.

John was preceded in death by his parents John William and Leontine (Allen) Yahle; son Gregory Yahle; brother Robert Yahle. He is survived by his loving wife Connie L. (Woods) Yahle; son and daughter-in-law Norman and Tami Yahle of Troy; daughter and son-in-law Danielle and Tom Sedam of Troy; grandchildren Breanne, Gregory, Dylan and Kristin; great-grand-

children Zander and Logan; brothers Phillip Yahle of West Milton and Daniel Yahle of Vandalia; sister Joyce Moore of Bertha, Minn.

He was retired from Chrysler and was a lover of sports and animals and loved his dog, Missy.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami Street, West Milton. Friends may callfrom 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

If so desired, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Four individuals whose selfless actions saved the life of Piqua resident Death notices David Gerstner last April were rewarded with a proclamation Saturday at Gerstner’s 50th birthday party. Pictured from left to right is Monica PIQUA — Warren D. Powell, 89, of Piqua, died at Avey, Mark Ritter, city commissioner Bill Vogt, Mayor Lucy Fess, David 11:15 am Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at the Piqua Manor Gerstner and Billie Skeens.

Nursing Home. His funeral arrangements are pending Fess said the proclamations Monica Abey, Billy Skeens, Brian through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. served to recognize the actions of the Kendall and Mark Ritter.

BROOKVILLE — Robert Martin Hinkle, 74, of four individuals and their actions “These people are so wonderful,” that day.

Phillippi said of the proclamation re- Brookville, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at “It is so important in this day and cipients who saved her father’s life. Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. age (to find people) willing to put “They all came to the hospital. It is a Funeral services will be held at Hale-Sarver Famthemselves on the line to come to the miracle, really it is, they have been ily Funeral Home, 284 N.Miami Street, West Milton aid of others,” Fess added. so great. … They stayed by my fa- with Pastor Scott Deane officiating, burial to follow at The four individuals honored were ther’s side.”

Fairview Cemetery, Englewood.

Turner Continued from page 1 and that rubs off on me,” she said.

“I always wanted to be a teacher and be with the younger grades.

This is the perfect place for me.”

She credits two of her elementary teachers as big influences on her decision to become a teacher.

“My third-grade teacher at Washington, Mrs. Paldino, was very structured, but made school fun,” Turner said. “I remember learning the multiplication tables and competing in the spelling bees.” Mrs. Gastineau, her fourth-grade teacher, was an inspiration, also. “I can still recite all the states and their capitols,” Turner said.

Turner graduated from Piqua High School in 1998. She was a part of the Cooperative Business

Education program and spent a half day at school and a half day on a job. “I worked for REMAX realtor Kathy Henne,” Turner said. “I developed important computer skills and had good real-life work experiences that helped me later on.”

After PHS, Turner went to Bowling Green State University and majored in Early Childhood Education. “I chose BG because of its outstanding reputation for training teachers,” she said.

Turner earned her bachelor’s degree in 2002. Later, she received a master’s degree in reading and literacy from Walden University.

She landed her first teaching position with Northmont Schools and taught first grade for two years. Next, Turner took a job

with Piqua City Schools in third grade at Springcreek. After one year, she switched to first grade where she has been for the past seven years.

“The first grade team at Springcreek works hard for the benefit of our students,” Turner said. “The four of us plan everything together, and we use a variety of activities to keep the kids interested and on task.” In one project, the students visit Brumbaugh Fruit Farm in Arcanum and learn how to make applesauce. “The kids peel the apples and put in all the ingredients to cook the applesauce,” Turner said. “Everybody gets to sample the end result.”

Another field trip is the highlight of the year. “We take our first

graders to the Columbus Zoo,” she said.“For most, it is their first time at a zoo, and they are amazed.”The students are given papers to check off the different things they find during their visit. “We make it a scavenger hunt, and the students really get involved in finding every item,” she said.

She is grateful to Springcreek’s business partner Buckeye Insurance. “I have two very dedicated volunteers who work at Buckeye who tutor our students every week,” Turner said. “I also have two community members who volunteer faithfully every week. Community support is very important.”

Outside the classroom, Turner’s duties include the typical textbook reviews and cur-

riculum studies. She is in charge of the First Grade Connection, a weekly newsletter that goes out to the parents each Friday. “It is important to keep our parents up to date on what is happening and what we are doing,” Turner said.

At home, Turner likes to read and spend time with the family.

She and her husband Corey, a detective for Darke County, have been married nine years. They have four children. Corey Jr. is six years old and in first grade in Covington. Karyanne is five and in kindergarten. Kassidy is three, and Cooper is one. “We try to have the traditional sit-down family dinner every night,” Kelly said. “I think it is important for families to have a regular time together.”

Storms Romney said, “When my opponents attack success and free enterprise, they’re not only attacking me, they’re attacking every person who dreams of a better future. He’s attacking you,” he told supporters, the closest he came to mentioning the primary winner’s name.

Returns from 95 percent of the state’s precincts showed Gingrich with 41 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Romney. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was winning 17 percent, Texas Rep. Ron Paul 13 percent.

As the first Southern primary, South Carolina has been a proving ground for Republican presidential hopefuls in recent years.

Since Ronald Reagan in 1980, every Republican contender who won the primary has gone on to capture the party’s nomination.

Nearly 600,000 voters turned out, according to an AP estimate. That eclipses the previous record turnout for the primary in 2000, when George W. Bush defeated John McCain Based on the vote total, Gingrich won at least 15 of the 25 Republican National Convention delegates at stake and none of the other contenders was yet assured of any.

But political momentum was the real prize with the race to pick an opponent to Obama still in its early stages.

Already, Romney and a group that supports him were on the air in Florida with a significant television ad campaign, more than $7 million combined to date.

Gingrich readily con-

ceded that he trails in money, and even before appearing for his victory speech he tweeted supporters thanking them and appealing for a flood of donations for the Jan 31 primary. “Help me deliver the knockout punch in Florida. Join our Moneybomb and donate now,” said his tweet.

Aides to the former Massachusetts governor had once dared hope that Florida would seal his nomination — if South Carolina didn’t first — but that strategy appeared to vanish along with the once-formidable lead he held in pre-primary polls.

Romney swept into South Carolina 11 days ago as the favorite after being pronounced the winner of the lead-off Iowa caucuses, then cruising to victory in New Hampshire’s first-in-thenation primary.

But in the sometimessurreal week that followed, he was stripped of his Iowa triumph — GOP officials there now say Santorum narrowly won — while former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dropped out and endorsed Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry quit and backed Gingrich.

Romney responded awkwardly to questions about releasing his income tax returns, and about his investments in the Cayman Islands. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, benefited from two well-received debate performances while grappling with allega-

tions by an ex-wife that he had once asked her for an open marriage so he could keep his mistress.

By primary eve, Romney was speculating openly about a lengthy battle for the nomination rather than the quick knockout that had seemed within his grasp only days earlier.

Exit polling showed Gingrich, the former House speaker, leading by a wide margin among the state’s heavy population of conservatives, tea party supporters and bornagain Christians.

In a state with 9.9 percent unemployment, about 80 percent of all voters said they were very worried about the direction of the economy. Gingrich’s edge over Romney among that group tracked the overall totals closely, the former speaker winning 42 percent and the runner-up 28.

The exit poll was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research as voters left polls at 35 randomly selected sites. The survey involved interviews with 2,381 voters and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Santorum vowed to continue, although his weak third place finish could well portend financial difficulty for a campaign that has never been flush with cash. It’s a wide-open race. Join the fight” he urged supporters at a rally in Charleston.

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Paul had his worst finish of the year, and isn’t expected to make a strong effort in Florida. Even so, he said to supporters, “Keep fighting.” He has said he intends to focus his efforts on caucus contests in Nevada on Feb. 4 and Missouri several days later.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, pinned his South Carolina hopes on a heavy turnout in parts of the state with large concentrations of social conservatives, the voters who carried him to his surprisingly strong showing in Iowa.

Paul had a modest campaign presence here after finishing third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire. His call to withdraw U.S. troops from around the world was a tough sell in a state dotted with military installations and home to many veterans.

Romney’s stumbles began even before his New Hampshire primary victory, when he told one audience that he had worried earlier in his career about the possibility of being laid off.

He gave a somewhat rambling, noncommittal response in a debate in Myrtle Beach last Monday when asked if he would release his tax returns before the primary.

The following day, he told

reporters that because most of his earnings come from investments, he paid about 15 percent of his income in taxes, roughly half the rate paid by millions of middle-class wage-earners. A day later, aides confirmed that some of his millions are invested in the Cayman Islands, although they said he did not use the offshore accounts as a tax haven.

Asked again at a debate in North Charleston on Thursday about releasing his taxes, his answer was anything but succinct and the audience appeared to boo.

Gingrich benefited from a shift in strategy that recalled his approach when he briefly soared to the top of the polls in Iowa. At mid-week he began airing a television commercial that dropped all references to Romney and his other rivals, and contended that he was the only Republican who could defeat Obama.

It featured several seconds from the first debate

in which the audience cheered as he accused Obama of having put more Americans on food stamps than any other president.

Nor did Gingrich flinch when ex-wife Marianne said in an interview on ABC that he had been unfaithful for years before their divorce in 1999, and asked him for an open marriage.

Asked about the accusation in the opening moments of the second debate of the week, he unleashed an attack on ABC and debate host CNN and accused the “liberal news media” of trying to help Obama by attacking Republicans. His ex-wife’s account, he said, was untrue. ___ Associated Press writers Shannon McCaffrey, Kasie Hunt and Beth Fouhy contributed to this report.

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Clinton Wintrow Date of birth: 11/22/90 Location: Piqua Height: 6’1” Weight: 185 Hair color: Brown Eye color: Hazel Wanted for: Fail- WINTROW ure to appear — Possession of drug paraphernalia

CASSTOWN — The December 2011 Miami East FFA Member of the Month is Kelly Rindler.

She is the daughter of Mike and Natalie Rindler of Troy.

Rindler is a sophomore and second year member of the Miami East FFA Chapter. Recently Kelly participated in the District Agricultural Communications Career Development Event, in which she was the highest placing individual from Miami East.

She also competed in the Agriscience National Fair at the National FFA Convention. Her Supervised Agricultural Experience Program is market hogs.

Every month of the PROVIDED PHOTO school year the Miami East FFA will select a Kelly Rindler is the December 2011 Miami East FFA student to be the FFA Member of the Month. She is the daughter of Mike Member of the Month. and Natalie Rindler of Troy.

The officer team will nominate one student that has been actively involved in the FFA chapter, school and community activities. If selected, the member will be recognized at the monthly FFA meeting, have their picture displayed in the Miami East Ag Room, and will receive a special medallion on celebration of their accomplishment.

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Miami East Junior High CASSTOWN — The following students have been named to the second quarter honor roll at Miami East Junior High: Grade 6 • Principal’s ListDevin Brower, Haley Demmitt, Bronte Flora, Jacob Goins, Dylan Hahn, Aelainia Harmon, Logan Hayes, Luke Hickman, Erika Justice, Austin Kearns, Kaitlyn Mack, Christine Marlow, Kami Martin, Cecelia Moore, Kaley Naff, MiRike, Amber randa Robinson, Emily Rowley, Jack Runner, John Savini, Duncan Schmakers, Sydni Scott, Dalton Taynor, Emily Thimmes, Amanda Titterington, Jackson Tucker, Kaily Wintrow.

• Honor Roll- Hailey Baker, Kathleena Braun, Kathleen Christensen, Emily Christian, Leeann Cook, Lane Davis, Macy Fellers, Travis Ferguson, Taylor Frawley, Zach Gordon, Samantha Hawkins, Kyndall Hellyer, Rachael Hodge, Haley Howard, Amber Joins, Levi Kessler, Katie Macy, Bailey Maggert, Madison Moore, Devin Noffsinger, Dawsen Patton, Logan Poston, Kate Purtee, Meredith Richters, Cameron

Schellhouse, Mackinzie Sotzing, Allyson Staten, Jacob Studebaker, Gavin Trabert, Lilli Wackler, Mason Waite, Hailey Weaver, Lindsey Yingst, Emma Younce.

Ochoa, Marc Randall, Brianna Rose, Zachary Ethan Schellhouse, Slack, Liza Starrett, Joseph Villella, Kyle Webb, Logan West.

Grade 7 • Principal’s List- Maggie Bergman, Abigail Bick, Katie Bodenmiller, Abigail Bollinger, Hannah Carpenter, Brittney Cook, Jordan Crawford, Keagan Crosby, Justin DeWeese, Alyssa Francis, Gunnar Gearhart, Carly Gump, Emily Hawkins, Weston Hodge, Sage Hunley, Jordan Johnson, Gwen Landes, Megan Lawson, Emma Linn, Shelly Lisle, Arika McCuistion, Taylor McCuistion, Max McDonald, Luke Mengos, Sidney Pelfrey, Bryce Redick, Morgan Rose, Kassidee Smith, Brynne Snodgrass, Jaclyn Taylor, Jillian Wesco, Alyssa Westgerdes, Kari Willenbrink, Kory Yantis, Madison Younce • Honor Roll- Alexis Adkins, Nash Augustus, McKenna Bollinger, Dakota Brown, Mckenzie Comer, Marie Ewing, Corey Febo, Micah Gaines, Morgan Hale, Alex Heim, Walker Henley, Trenton James, Dylan Martinez, Keiko

Grade 8 • Principal’s ListEmily Beal, Lindsey Black, Kurt Brower, Devyn Carson, Meagan Caudill, Trent Church, Jeremy Clark, Emma DeWeese, Alyssa Eakins, Ryan Haney, Jamie Hawkins, Caitlin Justice, Megan Kinnison, Kelsey Kirchner, Lauren Koontz, Brandon Mack, Karson Mahaney, Ben Marlow, Grant McCalister, Stephanie Millhouse, Ciara Oiler, Megan Pettit, Emily Randall, Erin Redick, Kati Runner, Caitlin Studebaker, Nathan Teeters, Isabelle Weber, Michael Werling, Kayla Workman • Honor Roll- Kati Bendickson, Adam Bick, Hannah Davis, Braxton Donaldson, Daniel Everett, Kiera Fellers, Bailey Gerardi, Emory Gray, Andrew Harmon, Caden Hellyer, Kara Kallen, Kley Karadak, Scot Kirby, Chelsea Mauldin, Emma Monnin, Ethan Neth, Levi Reid, Sami Sands.

College Honors James named to Wilmington dean’s list WILMINGTON — Taylor W. James of Piqua, has been named to the Wilmington College dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester.

To be eligible for the dean’s List honor, a student must be enrolled fulltime and maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Piqua grad named to dean’s list at Ashland ASHLAND — Cody Trebil of Piqua, has been named to the dean’s List for the fall semester of 2011 at Ashland University.

Trebil is the son of Richard and Norine Trebil of Piqua, is a 2008 graduate of Piqua High School. He is majoring in finance.

To be eligible for this honor, a student must be enrolled full time and achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

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Neighborhood group to meet PIQUA — The Southview Neighborhood Association will conduct its next general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Mote Park Community Center. All who live or have a business in the area are welcome to attend.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney may be the front-runner for the GOP nomination for president, but he has yet to win over most of the national party leaders whose help he will need to defeat President Barack Obama in November.

The upside for Romney: They aren’t supporting anyone else either.

The Associated Press has polled 87 members of the Republican National Committee who are to attend the party’s national convention this summer as free agent delegates, able to support any candidate for president they choose, regardless of what happens in the primaries.

The results: Romney got support from 14, far more than anyone else but hardly a stampede of endorsements.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry got two each, while Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum each got one.

The poll was completed before Perry dropped out of the race Thursday.

Sixty-seven of the RNC members contacted by the AP said they were undecided or simply waiting to see how the race plays out before making a public endorsement.

“If I thought there was someone who stood head and shoulders above everyone else, I would have endorsed,” said Jeff Johnson, an RNC member and county commissioner from Minnesota. “I see pluses in all of them, but I decided not to come out in favor of anybody.”

Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Robert Gleason said he saw no reason to endorse anyone because a competitive primary is good for the party and the eventual nominee by vetting the candidate while generating publicity and excitement about the race.

“It’s working out great for us, and one of these people that is competing with (Romney) could end up being vice president,” Gleason said. “I’m pleased with the way things are developing. We’re getting all the publicity. It’s been pretty favorable for us.”

Romney appeared to finish slightly ahead of Santorum in the hours after the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. However, the Iowa GOP certified vote totals Thursday showing Santorum ahead of Romney. The party decided not to declare a winner because of problems with a few precinct reports.

Romney won handily in New Hampshire last week, and he leads his Republican rivals in the polls nationally and in South Carolina, which votes Saturday. Still, the former Massachusetts governor has been unable to solidify support from many Republicans, some of whom question his conservative credentials.

Stephen Scheffler, an RNC member from Iowa, said he would support Romney if he were the nominee, but he’s not excited about the prospect, despite Romney’s finish in Iowa.

“He doesn’t want to talk to certain segments of the Republican Party,” Scheffler said of Romney. “If he’s the nominee and they open all these victory offices across Iowa, it’s going to be pretty challenging to find volunteers.”

Each state plus the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories gets three members on the Republican National Committee. All of them are automatically invited to attend the party’s national convention in Tampa, Fla., in August, with a few exceptions. The RNC members from New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Michigan and Arizona have been excluded for now as part of the penalties they received for holding primaries earlier than party rules allowed.

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reason. erhaps the most strikNevertheless, the issue ing thing about the curhas caught fire. No one has rent fight over Mitt been more surprised than Romney’s career in private the people at Winning Our equity is how little we know Future, who in the days about it. Romney has based leading up to New Hamphis campaign on his experishire created intense interence in private business — he est in the Romney-Bain talks about it much more BYRON YORK video without actually rethan his time as governor of leasing it.

Massachusetts — and yet, Columnist “We didn’t run a single unlike his governorship, ad, and we didn’t show anyRomney’s business experibody the movie, and you ence has not been the topic of long and detailed public examination and would think the underpinnings of capitalism were at risk,” says Tyler. Until last debate.

Normally, when a candidate runs a week, when ads finally began running high-profile campaign, as Romney did in nationally and in South Carolina, Winthe 2008 Republican presidential race, ning Our Future relied on news coverage, everything in his background comes out or earned media, to bring attention to its in the form of opposition research done by case. “It may be the longest-running rival candidates. But it appears that in earned media ad in history,” Tyler says.

Now that the movie is out, fact check2007-08, the John McCain campaign, which delved into Romney’s every flip- ers have spotted significant problems flop, did not delve deeply into the Bain with some of its examples of alleged Romyears. McCain’s aides simply could not ney malfeasance, and Gingrich himself conceive that the ins and outs of Rom- has called for the inaccuracies to be corney’s business career would become an rected. But even if some of the charges in issue for generally pro-business GOP vot- the film go away, the larger issue of Romney’s career at Bain won’t. ers.

For example, the cases of two steel The attitude in ‘08 was that there wouldn’t be much room in a Republican companies outlined in a recent Reuters primary for those kinds of attacks, says report and cited repeatedly by Gingrich one veteran of that race. Those on the Mc- call for more investigation into Bain’s Cain campaign felt they had enough with and Romney’s actions. But the bottom line is that Bain was a private company the flip-flops.

Fast-forward four years. Shortly before — a very private company — and the the New Hampshire primary, Winning public just doesn’t know much about Our Future, a pro-Newt Gingrich super what happened there.

How this issue plays out could be critPAC, acquired a 27-minute film portraying Romney as a predatory capitalist who ical to Romney’s future, if not in the GOP bought companies to strip them down, primaries, then in the general election if fire their workers and take their money. he is the nominee. Romney is running on But much of the film’s content — and it his business career because (a) voters are appears to have some serious problems overwhelmingly concerned with the econ— is based on public news accounts. For omy, and (b) his career in politics is not the most part, it’s not research from 2008 necessarily a plus with Republican votthat was dusted off and made into a ers. Romney’s two biggest political problems — the creation of Romneycare in video.

“It astonished me,” says Rick Tyler, the Massachusetts and his record of flip-flops former Gingrich staffer who is a senior on abortion and other issues — stem from adviser at Winning Our Future. “I looked his years serving in, and running for, at the oppo reports. They are reams and public office. Better to talk about busireams thick on everything from abortion ness.

Time is running out for any Republito the Boy Scouts to cap-and-trade. And there is just nothing on Bain. Romney is can campaign to dig into Romney’s not running on his government record, record, even if that campaign had the rewhich there is oppo research for. He’s sources and the inclination. But Republirunning on his business career, which cans can be assured of one thing. The vastly wealthy Obama re-election appathere is no information on.”

Stephen Ohlemacher covers politics for The Associated Tyler is obviously a partisan, but his ratus is doing the opposition research Press. words are a good warning to both sides in from every conceivable angle. Sooner or the Romney-Gingrich fight. There’s no later, we’ll learn more about Romney’s basis to reflexively defend Romney’s time at Bain. record because we don’t know in any real Byron York is the chief political corredetail what he did at Bain. But there’s no basis to indict him, either, for the same spondent for The Washington Examiner.

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To the Editor: Republicans yearn to “return” America to what it “should” be. They want to “take back America.” Just how far back do they want to take it? If they admire life as we knew it from 1950 to 2000, they are yearning for a middle class existence that grew from very liberal programs. Remember, that very “American middle class lifestyle” had the support of unions, the GI Bill, Pell grants, the minimum wage, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, civil rights and a fair progressive tax code.

There were no “good-oledays” that weren’t supported by liberal programs.

None.

FYI: Before World War II, there was no real middle class. Only the rich went to college. Only the rich had true “opportunity.” The poor had freedom but little “justice.” Our middleclass developed only after the justice of unionization.

Early in the 20th century Americans died in the streets fighting for collective bargaining. Unions increased pay and safety in the workplace. Our standard of living began to improve.

After World War II, the GI Bill instantly permitted masses of working poor to finally afford college. That simple economic justice raised our standard of living tremendously. The educated former poor could finally afford college for their children. In one short generation, we developed a progressive middle class.

This middle class is now disappearing. Education is becoming unaffordable. A decade of unaffordable education is all it takes to set America back to pre World War II near-poverty. It’s happening now. Think about that.

What Republicans yearn for is a fantasy. A stark conservative “freed-up” “bootstraps only” America was and would be a mostly impoverished America — with only the very rich having the “American Dream.”

Most of the civilized world honors those who can learn with free or affordable higher education. We must try to match this. Such an investment will pay for itself within our lifetime.

For serious success American must protect those liberal programs that created our middleclass.

Most importantly, the wealthiest must patriotically pay their fair share of taxes. And, we must provide the catalyst to truly compete in a world economy: in some form, free higher education.

The America we admired had a liberally secured middle class. Protect our American civilization with the logic of tried and true liberal programs — not a premiddle class failed conservative philosophy to which all the Republican candidates want to return.

—Patricia L. Vogt Piqua

Customer appreciates employee’s effort To the Editor: On Tuesday (Jan. 17) I went to pick up a prescription at Kroger store. It happened their computer system was down. The employee on duty at the time said she would deliver it on her way home from work if the system was running.

Well, Debbie Black, the Kroger employee, did just that — brought the prescription to my home. There are many good people in the world and Debbie Black is certainly one of them.

Thank you, Debbie.

—Juanita Ventura Piqua

Where to Write Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: ■ Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, ward5comm@piquaoh.org, 615-9251 (work), 773-7929 (home) ■ John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778 (home)

■ William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 ■ Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh.org, 778-0390 ■ Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh.org, 773-3189 ■ City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051

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AP Movie Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Peter Jackson believes Damien Echols would be dead now if not for a 1996 documentary that cast doubt on the man’s guilt in three child murders.

And Amy Berg, Jackson’s colleague on the Sundance Film Festival premiere “West of Memphis,” believes former Death Row inmate Echols and two other men might still be in prison if not for the independent investigation launched by “The Lord of the Rings” filmmaker and his wife, Fran Walsh.

There’s no better testament at Sundance to the power of art and artists than “West of Memphis,” which premiered Friday night at Robert Redford’s independent-film showcase. Sundance films often come from mavericks who challenge the establishment. “West of Memphis” is a tale of artists not only challenging the system, but also beating it.

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Berg said “West of Memphis” amounts to the fair trial Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley — known as the West Memphis Three — never got as Arkansas teenagers when they were convicted in 1994.

“We went into this case believing that they didn’t do it, and the facts and the evidence we came out with at the end completely supported that,” Jackson said in an interview. “So is the documentary sort of providing the prosecution’s point of view? No, it’s not.

We’re not interested in that. They had their go back in 1994. … The documentary, it’s the case against the state, really.”

The case was a shocker in the rural Arkansas community where 8-yearold Cub Scouts Michael Moore, Steve Branch and Christopher Byers were slain in 1993. Found naked and hogtied, two of the boys drowned in a drainage ditch, while the third bled to death, his genitals mutilated, evidence prosecutors used to claim the children were

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The defendants were convicted based in part on a confession Misskelley later recanted. Misskelley and Baldwin were sentenced to life in prison, while Echols was condemned to death and once came within weeks of execution.

The case became a cause after Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s documentary “Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills,” which premiered at Sundance in 1996 and questioned whether justice or misguided public opinion was served in the trial. Over the years, celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks joined the effort to free the men.

Jackson and Walsh watched “Paradise Lost” in 2005 and were outraged over the case. From their home base in New Zealand, they got in touch with Lorri Davis, who had met and married Echols while he was on Death Row and was leading the fight to free the men.

“Justice should be beyond popular opinion, and in this case, it wasn’t,” Walsh said. “The popular opinion was these guys were guilty, therefore, they’re going down. It reComplete the grid so every row, ally was a done deal.”

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“The way Peter and Fran just attacked the case, it made us feel like we had hope for the very

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first time,” Echols, 37, said in an interview alongside Davis.

The hope was wellfounded. Helped by evidence Jackson and Walsh’s investigation collected, the case seemed headed toward a retrial.

Then last August, both sides agreed to a rare legal maneuver in which Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley entered guilty pleas that allowed them to maintain their innocence and gain their freedom for prison time already served.

Some people in Arkansas, including the family of one of the murdered boys, still believe the three men are guilty. Yet as the years passed, even the families of the other two dead boys became convinced that prosecutors went after the wrong suspects. The mother of one boy and stepfather of another came to Sundance, sharing hugs at the premiere with Echols, who said he’s “happy to call them friends now.”

Three years into their investigation, Jackson and Walsh contacted director Berg, whose 2006 priestmolestation documentary “Deliver Us from Evil” earned an Academy Award nomination. Berg signed on to direct “West of Memphis,” which traces the 18-year history of the case and features interviews with Jackson and many witnesses and experts he and Walsh worked with.

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It is certainly not easy to see how declarer went down one in four spades on this deal, which was played in a high-class team-of-four contest staged in Beijing in 1986.

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Local snowplow operators appreciated for dedication Plans under way for Summer Bash in Covington PROVIDED PHOTO Winter is in full swing, The school bell that started out in a one-room Russia but so far, the weather schoolhouse has passed through the hands of sevcannot seem to decide eral owners and will now make its home in the Rushow it wants to act. Don’t sia school’s current incarnation. get me wrong, I am a big fan of the occasional 50degree day in the middle of January. But other than the always-exciting snow day, and the day off of school that accompaFOR THE DAILY CALL daughter, Nancy White. nies it, there is one other White and her husband, thing I enjoy about a deRUSSIA — Those walk- Dave, made practical use of cent snowstorm. ing through the entrance to the old bell. They hung it on I have always been the Russia School’s athletic their garage, and used it to fascinated by your averarea will soon be greeted by summon their daughter age snowplow. an important relic of the home from play on their 30I realize this is an odd past. The bell that called acre farm. There it re- admission — not one the kids to class at the one mained until 2006.

The Whites decided to that drums up a lot of room schoolhouse that enthusiasm, and not one stood at 234 W. Main St. is move out of state, so once once again going to grace again the bell would be in that causes many ladies the community’s school need of a home. Nancy de- to line up at your door cided that the bell should be hoping you will ask them grounds.

The C.S. Bell Company, given to someone with a out on a date. But I will believed to have been one of Russia connection. Dave start this article by exthe world’s largest bell had worked in Troy with pressing all of our manufacturers, manufac- Russia resident Valerie thanks to the city and tured the bell in Hillsboro. Francis, so she and hus- township workers who The former school build- band John kept the bell at clean up the roads every ing was no longer used for their Miller Road residence. time the fluffy stuff falls, It was in 2010 that John and I will also explain to that purpose past 1927.

Since then, the old bell has and Valerie Francis decided you why I have always been subjected to several that the bell should be do- been enamored with the changes in ownership since nated to the school district snowplow. it originally left the place of from whence it had come.

First of all, in one of However, the bell needed learning. my favorite episodes of The bell ended up in the some restoration, and it Simpsons,” Homer “The possession of Forrest and turns out that a company buys a big pickup truck near Russia was able to do Dottie Grillot, who resided on a farm north of the cur- some refinishing and repair. and uses it to plow driverent Post Office in Russia In the capable hands of A1 ways, and he dubs him— now the farm of Carl Auto Restoration, the bell self Mr. Plow. Until his Barlage. A visiting farmer received the tender loving friend Barney buys an from Pleasant Hill named care it needed. That in- even bigger truck, the Arthur Netzley and his wife cluded the fabrication of a Plow King, and a rivalry would visit the Grillot farm handle from a 1929 tow is born. to sell them livestock. The truck that auto craftsman Second, I have always Netzleys took an interest in Don Monnin was restoring appreciated workers who the bell and expressed the at the A1 shop. have to start their jobs Still, the bell was in need early in the morning, desire to buy it. After numerous requests to pur- of a suitable display setting, and I am aware that chase the bell, they finally and that included mounting brackets. The original manmade the offer of a trade.

After some time a deal ufacturer in Hillsboro had was struck. The Netzleys been purchased by a firm arrived at the Grillot farm named Prindle Station and HOUSTON — Houston in a 1950 Chevrolet con- moved to the state of Washvertible with a lamb in the ington, so the parts were se- High School participated back seat. The lamb stayed cured by the school from in the first Academia Allat the Grillot farm, and the that company.

Star Match held at Edison In a fitting final touch, Community College on bell went home to Pleasant Russia resident Gary Jan. 9.

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The bell was hung on a Daniel is building the disFive members from the corn crib at the Netzley play pedestal from pieces of Houston Academia team farm. It remained there another local school from were selected as 2011-12 until 1958, when the couple the past. The wood being All-Stars. John Bickel, moved to a new home. The used is from the one-room Heather Brubaker, bell was placed under a Huffman schoolhouse that Bethany Reister, Allison was located on the corner of deck. and Roeth and Brad Wells repThe Netzleys sold their Russia-Houston home in 1971, but this time Rangeline roads. That resented Houston High there was to be no place for school was built in 1881. School at the match. the bell. They decided that When finished, the bell will the bell was not coming be on display in its third ROCKET CLEANERS along. It was given to their school building.

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KYLE MOORE Columnist many plow drivers will begin work at 4 a.m. or earlier. We have to be able to get to work and the roads need to be clear by then. And while it may seem like an easy job, think about how much you enjoy driving in the snow. Most of us are glad to be out of it, curled up on the couch while the snow flies outside. But the snowplows push on. My brother pushes snow on occasion for the township, and he has spoken of starting in the wee hours of the morning, skipping breakfast and lunch, because there is always a road somewhere that keeps persistently drifting over.

And finally, I’m not normally one of those saps who get excited about the peacefulness of nature and all that. But next time it snows around afternoon or evening time, try this out: around late evening, when there is no traffic or noise about, go outside and just listen. The wind has calmed and the flakes are just drifting down, and the only thing you hear is silence, along with the far off scrape/rumble/scrape of a snowplow at work.

That’s always been one of my favorites.

From the Covington Chamber of Commerce: Plans are being made for a July 6 and 7 Covington Summer Bash.

The event is intended to “bring people home with kids to enjoy themselves and renew acquaintances.” Entertainment with bands, food, drinks, rides, and carnival games will be available.

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Mark your calendars for the annual Pancake Day, scheduled for Tuesday, March 13 at the End Zone.

I promised some more information on the Covington Art Club/Covington Care Center project collaboration, and Lynne Focht, Covington High art teacher, School kindly responded with an email.

“Every year the art club helps decorate the Care Center for the holidays, stringing popcorn and visiting with the residents,” she said. “While we were there this year, the director asked me if we would be interested in painting some scenery on their fences as a mural for the residents and visitors to enjoy. So the idea came from the director of the Care Center. The art club will be involved — approximately 50 students ranging from freshman to seniors. I am intending to begin this project after it warms up outside, but we will be creating a design for the mural soon.

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filling a showcase with student projects for the residents to view as well.

These are art projects the kids have made in class.”

Mrs. Focht had a few students provide input as well.

“I enjoy hearing stories from the residents and I am glad to be able to help them,” Tara Snipes said. And Jamie Crowell added, “I cannot wait to get started on the mural and to go back and visit them.”

Donations are being sought by the Covington Junior Class After-Prom for a Quarter Auction being held on Tuesday, Feb. 7. If you would like to donate items for the event, contact Kim Rindler at 473-2705.

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APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JAN. 24, 2012.

DRIVERS WANTED JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT, a food grade liquid carrier is seeking Class A CDL tank drivers from the Sidney/Piqua/Troy area.

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Norcold, Inc. Norcold, the leader in refrigerator manufacturing for the RV, trucking and marine industries, is currently accepting resumes for the following openings: This position coordinates and manages flow of materials, parts, and assemblies from a global supply base in support of local production operations as well as determines material requirements and develops delivery schedules to minimize inventory while maintaining highest levels of customer satisfaction. Requirements: BS in Business, 3+ yrs experience with materials planning, purchasing/buying and Lean processes and experience with automated inventory planning systems.

Reporter/Copyeditor Requirements: • A strong desire to report local news and events • Ability to work under pressure • Flexible hours required • Excellent writing skills Helpful: • Photography and computer skills

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The Daily Advocate is looking for a creative person to conduct interview’s, shoot, edit and produce videos of local news and sporting events Requirements: • A strong desire to report local news and events • Ability to work under pressure • Flexible hours required • Knowledge of video equipment and software

For these positions, send resume to: cchalmers@dailyadvocate.com no later than February 3, 2012. No phone calls please.

Newspaper Promotions Part-time for Greenville, Ohio

The Daily Advocate is seeking someone that would enjoy promoting our family of products. This is a part-time position with flexible hours, and promises an opportunity for compensation commensurate to performance. The right candidate will interact with area businesses, schools, community organizations and the general public to grow our readership and promote programs such as Newspapers in Education.

For this position, send resume to: dcompton@dailyadvocate.com no later than February 3, 2012. No phone calls please.

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510 Appliances REFRIGERATOR, Amana, black side by side, 18 cu. feet, ice maker, water dispenser in door. Very good condition, $300 (937)773-1395

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560 Home Furnishings ROLL TOP DESK, Wilshire Furniture 'Winners Only' solid oak, drop front keyboard drawer, 4 accessory drawers, 2 file drawers, 2 pullouts, includes oak upholstered desk chair, good condition, $320. Oak printer stand with drawers also available.

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583 Pets and Supplies BICHON FRISE, Maltese, Yorkie, Shi-chons, Maltipoo, Non-Shedding. $100 and up. (419)925-4339 CAT yellow male. under 1 year. Sweet and mellow.

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Mikel Rike Brown Fiscal Officer 1/23/2012 2251752

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

SPORTS

INSIDE ■ Lehman boys win ‘City’ showdown, page 14.

■ East spoils Newton homecoming, page 15.

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Piqua Daily Call • www.dailycall.com

IN BRIEF ■ Basketball

OSU cruises at Nebraska LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — William Buford scored 15 points, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas had 14 apiece, and sixthranked Ohio State blew out Nebraska for the second time this month with a 79-45 victory Saturday.

The Buckeyes (17-3, 52 Big Ten) swept their games against Nebraska by 65 points and moved into a three-way tie for first place.

Dayton upsets Xavier 87-72 DAYTON (AP) — Kevin Dillard had 16 points and eight assists to lead Dayton to an 87-72 victory over Xavier on Saturday and into first place in the Atlantic 10.

Dayton (14-5, 4-1) built a 13-point halftime lead on 53.1 percent shooting (17 of 32) and kept control throughout the second half as they answered every Xavier attempt to cut into the lead.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY NICKI HOGSTON

Piqua’s Cody Hogston controls Glen Este’s Shane Blevins in the 195-pound semifinals Saturday. Hogston won the 195-pound title.

Winning ‘Hammer’

Western Brown Hammer & Anvil Results

PressPros to Hogston takes 195-pound title air hoop games M O U N T O R A B — decisions, before losing a PressProsMagazine.com

will air the following pre basketball games this week: Monday: Graham girls at Miami East, 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday: Fort Loramie boys at Lehman, 7:15 p.m.

Friday: Newton boys at Covington, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday: Houston girls at Fort Loramie, 2:15 p.m.; Versailles boys at Russia, 7:30 p.m.

Scores to air prep games ScoresBroadcast.com will broadcast the following pre basketball games: Tuesday: Fort Loramie boys at Lehman, 7:10 p.m.

Thursday: Jackson Center girls at Russia, 7:10 p.m.

Friday: Russia boys at Botkins, 7:40 p.m.

Saturday: Botkins girls at Jackson Center, 2:10 p.m.; Versailles boys at Russia, 7:40 p.m.

Cody Hogston put the “Hammer” down on his competition Saturday — literally.

The Piqua 195-pound senior wrestler went 4-0 with three pins to take first place at the Western Brown Hammer and Anvil Invitational, leading Piqua to a ninth-place finish.

Hogston opened the day with a pin of Cory Weis of the host team in 1:25 and was never headed.

He completed pool play with a pin of Valley View’s Dylan Hembree in 3:25 and pinned Shane Blevins of Glen Este in 5:00 in the finals.

He finished things off with a 12-5 decision over Michael Crockett of Franklin in the title match.

Tyler Chambers (145) was nearly as impressive, advancing to the finals with a tech. fall and two

decision to Dean Vettese of Rochester 8-4 in the title match.

Cody Young (138) and Brandon Pummill (182) both advanced to the semifinals before finishing fourth.

Pummill had a pin and a decision, while Young had a decision and a win by default.

Drew Durand (220) recorded a sixth-place finish in the 10-man pool, starting the day off with two pins.

Pummill wasn’t the only placer at 182, as Eion Hogston took seventh, finishing the day off with a 42 win over Drew Huffman of Hillsboro in the seventh-place match.

Caje Kindred (132) took eighth with a decision and a default.

Piqua will be back in action Feb. 3 and 4, when they travel to the GWOC meet at Trent Arena.

Team scores: Rochester 328, Campbell County 286.5, New Richmond 286.5, Glen Este 280, Franklin 211, New Lexington 201, Hillsboro 191, Hamilton 170, Piqua 168, Valley View 149, Goshen 109, Clinton-Massie 80, Western Brown 72.

Piqua Results 106: Hunter Comstock — dec. by Dalton Pearce (Franklin), 12-10; p. by Brandon Carter (Hillsboro), :47.

106: Mike Clark — p. by Chris Settles (New Lexington), 3:15; p. by Caleb Ervin (Glen Este), 1:30; p. Kyle Davis (Clinton-Massie), 1:41.

113: Brandon Gist — p. by Nicc Wells (Hamilton), 5:01; p. by Brody Hooks (New Richmond), 1:12.

120: Trenton Dreer — p. by Garth Yenter (Campbell County), 1:05; p. by Dylan Collins (Clinton-Massie), 3:01; p. by Austin Skaggs (New Richmond), :58; p. by Kevin Ratliff (New Lexington), 2:27.

126: Alex Fielder — p. by Sean Fauz (Campbell County), :51; p. by Tyler Dukart (Rochester), 3:06.

132: Caje Kindred (eighth place) — lost by maj. dec. to Justis Brewer (Franklin), 13-0; p.

Nick Holbrook (Valley View), 3:59; p. by Joey Gunther (Rochester), 2:30; lost by maj. dec. to Chris Klinker (New Richmond), 18-6.

138: Cody Young (fourth place) — dec. Robbie Lemar (New Richmond), 18-11; beat Oscar Romero (Franklin) by default; lost by tech. fall to Paul Hamilton (Campbell County), 17-1; p. by Kaelan Richards (Rochester), 2:36.

138: Tyler Ouhl — p. by Gage Asher (Hamilton), 2:56; p. by Max Davis (Glen Este), :36.

145: Tyler Chambers (second place) — won by tech. fall over Kenon Bowling (Western Brown), 17-1; dec. Kaleb West (Hillsboro), 12-8; dec. Anthony Foreman (New Lexington), 147; dec. by Dean Vettese (Rochester), 8-4.

145: Austin Parkman — p. by Anthony Foreman (New Lexington), 1:45. p. by Clayton Williams (Valley View), 2:56.

152: Jerame Wright — p. by Daron Nuckols (Hamilton), 1:10; p. by Jerald Spohn (New Lexington), 4:32; 160: Brandon Cotrell — dec. by Anthony Carome (Goshen), 5-4; lost to Nick Tolliver (New Lexington) by default; lost to Ryan Hall (Franklin) by default.

170: Dylan Williams — p. by Connor Johnston (Hillsboro), 1:58; p.by Wyatt Running (Clinton-Massie), 1:06.

182: Brandon Pummill (fourth place) — dec. Andy Wallace (Western Brown), 11-7; p.

Luke Hoskins (New Richmond), 2:30; lost by maj. dec. to Austin Rowan (Glen Este), 13-2; p.

by Schwan Shadaia (Rochester), 4:07.

182: Eion Hogston (seventh place) — dec. Cameron Gibson (Hamilton), 10-5; p. by Austin Rowan (Glen Este), :31; p. by Andy Wallace (Western Brown), :15; dec. Drew Huffman (Hillsboro), 4-2.

195: Cody Hogston (Champion) — p. Cory Weis (Western Brown), 1:25; p. Dylan Hembree (Valley View), 3:25; p. Shane Blevins (Glen Este), 5;00; dec. Michael Crockett (Franklin), 12-5.

220: Drew Durand (sixth place) — p. Michael Moore (Campbell County), 2:54; p. Andrew White (Western Brown), 1:35; dec. by Matt Lipphardt (Rochester) 6-5; p. by Alan Randolph (New Lexington), :19; p. by Nathan Dixon (New Richmond), 3:56.

Covington gets ‘Crafty’

STUMPER

Buccs guard scores 17 in second half of win over Houston

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com

NBA Q: What player averaged a tripledouble in 1962?

A:

Oscar Robertson

QUOTED “There's no freaking 'Billy missed the kick.' It happened.

Move on."

—Ray Lewis on Billy Cundiff’s missed field goal

BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO

Cole Owens shoots over Adam Mullen.

COVINGTON — For one half, it was a battle in the paint at Covington Saturday night, with Houston emerging with an 18-14 lead.

But, the outside shooting of Covington guard Ryan Craft was a game-changer in the second half, as the Buccs rallied for a 45-39 victory behind Craft’s 17 points after the break.

“Both teams were pretty sluggish the first half,” Covington coach Roger Craft said. “I guess we were just kind of trying to feel each other out.”

And Craft felt like his guards would be a difference maker with the Houston focused on stopping Cole

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Owens inside — which proved to be the case in the second half.

“Before the game, I told our perimeter players they should have a good game tonight,” Craft said.

Still, Houston led most of the first half after jumping out to a quick 5-0 lead.

Jesse Phlipot had a 3point play in the final 10 seconds of the first half to make the margin four at half.

“We felt like we had some good matchups with Jesse (Phlipot) inside,” Houston coach John Willoughby said.

“It was nice to see Brandon (Clack) have a big game for us. I don’t know what happened the second half. I don’t know if our legs got tired or what.”

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Craft was 6-for-7 from the floor in the second half and 3-for-4 from the line — that included two big threes in the third quarter that swung the game for good in the Buccs’ favor.

The first got Covington within 25-24 and the second gave Covington the lead for good at 29-27 heading to the fourth quarter.

“That was a big turning point in the game,” Willoughby said. “(Cole) Owens hurt us a couple times inside and then (Ryan) Craft hit some big threes for them.”

He had a 3-point play in the fourth quarter to give Covington a 37-29 lead with 4:00 to go and Houston could never catch up as the See BOYS/Page 15

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Big first-half key for Lehman boys Cavaliers hold off Sidney for first win in inter-city showdown

BY TONY ARNOLD Ohio Community Media SIDNEY — In a game like this – you expect momentum shifts. In this particular one — a first half flurry of offense by Lehman withstood a late game Sidney surge.

The result: Lehman topped Sidney 74-67 to capture bragging rights for a year in what has become an annual crosstown rival.

Sidney defeated Lehman 74-50 last year.

“It’s definitely nice to sweep freshman, JV, and varsity, especially against Sidney,” Lehman coach Isaiah Williams said. “The coach is going through some struggles there but he has them playing hard and it’s still a rivalry.

“We don’t care if you are struggling or if you are winning this is a rivalry so you have to come out with your best competition and I think they responded.

“I think they understand the situation and the moment so we are definitely glad we got the win.”

The Jackets got on the scoreboard first following a bucket by Jalen Herd and led 2-0. However, the early lead – marked the only advantage the Yellow Jackets would enjoy all night.

The host Cavs ripped off a 10-0 spurt ignited on a hoop by Michael Jacob and capped off on a nifty pull-up jumper by Tharon Goins.

Sidney sliced the lead to 15-11 on the shoulders of the offensive effort by Patwaun Hudson.

The Jacket standout forced a steal, went the length of the court, and converted an old fashion three point play to trim the deficit to four late in the first.

The Jacket momentum carried over to the early part of the second quarter.

Hudson canned a contested three-pointer and on the next possession when both of his freethrow tosses found the bottom of the net – Sidney trailed just 17-16.

“What can you say, he (Hudson) did it all tonight,” Sidney coach Greg Snyder said. “He attacked, got to the freethrow line, made outside shots, and just had a phenomenal game and what doesn’t show up in the box score is the fact that he played pretty darn good defense.”

While the Lehman offense was skipping a few beats – they found plenty of rhythm in a 17-0 run to construct a monster 34-16 lead.

The game changing run had plenty of Cavalier participants.

Goins buried a triple to start things off, a bucket

by Solomon King-White bumped the lead up to a dozen (28-16), Alex Baker converted a hoop in transition (32-16) and later capped off Lehman’s seventeen unanswered points

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Gold Barnes battles Ben Thieman for a rebound. with an offensive putback.

“When a team like Lehman gets out ahead of you that’s a tough team to come back on,” Snyder said. “They don’t turn it over very much and they do a really good job of staying under control and getting layups and they don’t settle and that’s really tough to come back on.

“That run in the first half – we just didn’t have an answer defensively and a lot of our defensive problems were the result of the

fact that we weren’t taking very good shots on the offensive end.”

Lehman maintained a double-digit lead throughout the third quarter.

Sidney did come within ten (44-34) following a nice offensive put-back by Eric Beigel but the Cavs closed out the third on a 15-5 run.

The Lehman leadbuilder was ignited by an Alex Baker trey and culminated with a hoop by Baker near the end of the period. The Cavaliers led 55-39 heading into the

fourth.

Things became a little more interesting mid-way through the fourth when a basket by Sidney’s Tyree Manley trimmed the Cavalier advantage down to seven (60-53).

Yellow Jacket freshman Eric Beigel drained a triple from the corner to slice the lead to 66-61 with 1:22 remaining.

“It just took us a little too long to figure a couple things out,” Snyder said.

“Really towards the end we were attacking well and getting to the hole and the free throw line.

“We preached that from the beginning and we just didn’t quite get it done in the first half.”

With the game becoming tight – perhaps the biggest play of the night came when Goins recorded a steal, drove to the bucket, pulled up and sent home a jumper.

The hoop gave Lehman a more relaxed 69-61 lead with under a minute remaining. Lehman took care of business from there.

“Tharon Goins was the MVP tonight. He got his career high with 18 points, he was everywhere for us.

He was doing some real good things with the basketball and making some good passes,” said Williams.

Baker was a pointmaker for Lehman leading the way with 19 points. Goins played a solid all-around game on

his way to 18 for the night.

“They have been at all of our open gyms this summer and we’ve been at theirs,” Williams said. “It’s good camraderie between the teams and that’s what makes the competition good.”

Hudson led Sidney and all scorers with 37 points.

The guard tallied 12 points in the fourth quarter alone. Beigel added nine for Sidney.

“I’m not going to pretend we rebounded the best we can or played defense the best but if we just make our layups we have a good chance to come back at the end,” Snyder said. “But give Lehman credit they got out ahead of us and really jumped on us and they did a great job in the first half of executing and we didn’t.

“That’s a tough team to come back on when they have two really nice guards and that’s tough.

“You have to be absolutely perfect in the second half and we just weren’t quite.”

Lehman will be back in action Tuesday, hosting Fort Loramie.

BOXSCORE Sidney (67) Preston Heath 1-0-2, Tyree Manley 3-07, Jalen Herd 4-0-8, Zyler White 1-0-2, Patwaun Hudson 10-12-37, Conner Echols 1-0-2, Eric Beigel 4-0-9. Totals: 24-12-67.

Lehman (74) Tharon Goins 7-3-18, Connor Richard 04-4, Solomon King-White 5-6-18, Michael Jacob 3-4-10, Alex Baker 7-3-19, Drew Westerheide 2-0-4, James Rego 0-1-1 Totals: 24-21-74.

3-point field goals — Sidney: Manley, Hudson (5), Beigel. Lehman: Goins, KingWhite (2), Baker (2).

Score By Quarters 11 22 39 67 Sidney Lehman 17 38 55 74 Records: Sidney 1-11, Lehman 7-6.

Versailles girls Paterno loses battle with cancer swim to victory Tigers boys take second VERSAILLES — The Versailles boys finished second in a five-school meet, while the Lady Tigers won.

Mitchell Stover broke his own record in the 200 freestyle for the boys, winning in 1:50.11.

Stover also won the 100-yard breaststroke, 1:03.95.

Bailey Marshal led the Lady Tigers, sweeping the 200 IM, 2:26.55; and 100 butterfly, 1:03.95.

Also winning for the Versailles girls were Amber Seibert, 50 freestyle, 26.21; Nicole Frantz, 500 freestyle, 5:49.18; Hannah Marshal, 100 backstroke, 1:07.41; the 200 medley relay (Hannah Marshal, Seibert, Frantz, Bailey Marshal), 2:01.44; and the 200 freestyle relay (Hannah Marshal, Abby Barlage, Seibert, Bailey Marshal), 1:47.19.

BOYS Team scores: Carroll 151, Versailles 82, Celina 68, Wayne 7.

Versailles Results 200 Medley Relay: 2.Versailles (Andrew Kramer, Cole Albers, Mitchell Stover, Sam Subler), 1:48.92.

200 Freestyle: 1.Mitchell Stover, 1:50.11; 5.Ian Lawrence, 2:21.38.

200 IM: 2.Andrew Kramer, 2:18.35.

50 Freestyle: 3.Cole Albers, 24.59; 7.Chris Klamar, 28.49; 8.Joel Dapore, 29.0.

100 Butterfly: 2.Sam Subler, 1:02.23;

5.Cole Poeppelman, 1:08.15.

100 Freestyle: 3.Cole Albers, 55.22; 5.Michael Wenig, 58.16.

500 Freestyle: 5.Sam Subler, 5:51.37; 7.Ian Lawrence, 6:20.70.

200 Freestyle Relay: 2.Versailles (Mitchell Stover, Andrew Kramer, Cole Albers Michael Wenig), 1:37.35; 5.Versailles B (Cole Poeppelman, Ian Lawrence, Joel Dapore, Chris Klamar), 1:49.18.

100 Backstroke: 2.Andrew Kramer, 1:04.57; 9.Joel Dapore, 1:27.68.

100 Breaststroke: 1.Mitchell Stover, 1:03.95; 2.Michael Wenig, 1:12.94; 7.Cole Poeppelman, 1:17.95; 9.Chris Klamar, 1:20.70.

400 Freestyle Relay: 3.Versailles (Michael Wenig, Cole Poeppelman, Ian Lawrence, Sam Subler), 3:55.93.

GIRLS Team scores: Versailles 113, Celina 91, Carroll 87, Wayne 10, Russia 6, Stebbins 1.

Versailles Results 200 Medley Relay: 1.Versailles (Hannah Marshal, Amber Seibert, Nicole Frantz, Bailey Marshal), 2:01.44; 5.Versailles B (Breanna Winner, Murphy Grow, Caroline Prakel, Hannah Wenig), 2:16.92.

200 Freestyle: 2.Nicole Frantz, 2:10.31; 5.Abby Barlage, 2:21.50; 7.Breana Winner, 2:33.47.

200 IM: 1.Bailey Marshal, 2:26.55; 5.Caroline Prakel, 2:49.49; 6.Murphy Grow, 2:51.38.

50 Freestyle: 1.Amber Seibert, 26.21; 4.Hannah Marshal, 27.90; 7.Hannah Wenig, 28.64; 16.Janelle Mangen, 32.30; 21.Alyssa Barlage, 37.08.

100 Butterfly: 1.Bailey Marshal, 1:03.95.

100 Freestyle: 2.Abby Barlage, 1:01.22; 3.Hannah Wenig, 1:02.58; 14.Emily Ruhenkamp, 1:14.09.

500 Freestyle: 1.Nicole Frantz, 5:49.18; 5.Murphy Grow, 6:53.56; 6.Breana Winner, 6:58.01.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1.Versailles (Hannah Marshal, Abby Barlage, Amber Seibert, Bailey Marshal), 1:47.19; 6.Versailles B (Murphy Grow, Janelle Mangen, Alyssa Barlage, Emily Ruhenkamp), 2:13.95.

100 Backstroke: 1.Hannah Marshal, 1:07.41; 12.Alyssa Barlage, 1:30.12; 13.Janelle Mangen, 1:34.73.

100 Breaststroke: 2.Amber Seibert, 1:14.99; 5.Caroline Prakel, 1:23.27; 8.Emily Ruhenkamp, 1:32.43.

400 Freestyle Relay: 3.Versailles (Abby Barlage, Hannah Wenig, Caroline Prakel, Nicole Frantz), 4:11.95; 6.Versailles B (Alyssa Barlage, Emily Ruhenkamp, Janelle Mangen, Breana Winner), 5:08.58.

Coaching legends passes away at 85

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Other than family, football was everything to Joe Paterno. It was his lifeblood. It kept him pumped.

Life could not be same without it.

"Right now, I'm not the coach. And I've got to get used to that," Paterno said after the Penn State Board of Trustees fired him at the height of a child sex abuse scandal.

Before he could, he ran out of time.

Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the scandal involving his onetime heir apparent, died Sunday at age 85.

His death came just 65 days after his son Scott said his father had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Mount Nittany Medical Center confirmed that was the cause of death, at 9:25 a.m.

Friends and former colleagues believe there were other factors — the kind that wouldn't appear on a death certificate.

"You can die of heart-

New England moves on as missed kick costs Ravens FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady waited out the final tense minutes on the sideline, and somehow his fourthquarter leap into the end zone held up and sent him and the Patriots back to the Super Bowl.

With the Patriots leading by 3 points with 11 seconds left, Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal attempt and the Patriots escaped with a 2320 win Sunday in the AFC championship

game.

On his 1-yard scoring dive with 11:29 left, Brady took a huge hit from Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis, then emphatically spiked the ball as he walked away.

Earlier, Brady showed his fire by barking at Lewis following a hard tackle on a 4-yard run.

Next up as the Patriots chase their fourth Super Bowl trophy in Brady and coach Bill Belichick's tenure in New England is

the winner of Sunday's NFC championship game. The Super Bowl is Feb. 5 in Indianapolis.

In their last trip to the big game, the Patriots had an 18-0 record when they were stunned by the Giants four years ago.

Before Cundiff missed, the Ravens had a chance to go ahead two plays earlier, but wide receiver Lee Evans was stripped of the ball in the end zone by backup cornerback Sterling Moore.

break. I'm sure Joe had some heartbreak, too," said 82-year-old Bobby Bowden, the former Florida State coach who retired two years ago after 34 seasons in Tallahassee.

Longtime Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said he suspected "the emotional turmoil of the last few weeks might have played into it."

And Mickey Shuler, who played tight end for Paterno from 1975 to 1977, held his alma mater accountable.

"I don't think that the Penn State that he helped us to become and all the principles and values and things that he taught were carried out in the handling of his situation," he said.

Paterno's death just under three months following his last victory called to mind another coaching great, Alabama's Paul "Bear" Bryant, who died less than a month after retiring.

"Quit coaching?"

Bryant said late in his career. "I'd croak in a week."

Paterno alluded to the remark made by his friend and rival, saying in 2003: "There isn't anything in my life anymore except my family and my football. I think about it all the time."

The winningest coach in major college football, Paterno roamed the Penn State sidelines for 46 seasons, his thick-rimmed glasses, windbreaker and jet-black sneakers as familiar as the Nittany Lions' blue and white uniforms.

His devotion to what he called "Success with Honor" made Paterno's fall all the more startling.

Happy Valley seemed perfect for him, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way.

With Paterno, character came first, championships second, academics before athletics. He insisted that onfield success not come at the expense of graduation rates.

But in the middle of his

final season, the legend was shattered. Paterno was engulfed in a child sex abuse scandal when a former trusted assistant, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year span, sometimes in the football building.

Outrage built quickly after the state's top law enforcement official said the coach hadn't fulfilled a moral obligation to go to authorities when a graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, reported seeing Sandusky with a young boy in the showers of the football complex in 2002.

McQueary said that he had seen Sandusky attacking the child with his hands around the boy's waist but said he wasn't 100 percent sure it was intercourse.

McQueary described Paterno as shocked and saddened and said the coach told him he had "done the right thing" by reporting the encounter.

Paterno waited a day before alerting school officials and never went to the police.

NFC game goes OT Late field goal by 49ers ties game Editor’s Note: The San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants were in overtime in the NFC championship game at press time.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Smith and Vernon Davis connected for their second touchdown pass of the game to help the San Francisco 49ers take a 1410 lead over the New York Giants after three quarters in the NFC championship game Sunday.

Mario Maninham

caught a TD pass from Eli Manning after San Francisco muffed a punt to give New York a 17-14 lead, before a David Akers field goal tied it at 17 and sent the game into overtime.

Smith threw a 73-yard TD pass to Davis in the first quarter and then completed only two more passes over a span of more than two quarters before connecting again midway through the third.

One play after a 24yard dumpoff to Frank Gore, Davis got deep down the sideline behind safety

Kenny Phillips to catch another big pass from Smith.

Davis now has four touchdowns in his first two career playoff games, joining Jerry Rice as the only Niners with consecutive two-touchdown receiving games in the postseason.

Davis set a playoff record for tight ends with 180 yards receiving and the two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 9 seconds remaining, in a 36-32 victory over New Orleans last week.

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East spoils Newton homecoming Vikings too much for Indian boys

BY COLIN FOSTER Ohio Community Media PLEASANT HILL — Not many games feature two state championship winning coaches going head-to-head.

On Saturday, Newton — led by coach Steve Fisher, who won the Division IV title at Bethel in 2001 — and Miami East — led by coach Allen Mack, who won the Division III title at East in 1996 - faced off in a game that had major Cross County Conference implications on the line.

The Indians were playing to keep pace with the Vikings in the CCC race, coming in with a league record of 5-2, while the Vikings, riding a fourgame winning streak coming in, moved into sole possession of first place with a win over Tri-Village on Jan. 20.

But on Newton's Homecoming night, it was the Miami East Vikings making themselves right at home, roughing up the Indians on both sides of the ball, jumping out to a 31-7 lead at the end of one and coasting to a 72-29 win.

All five Miami East starters scored in the opening quarter, with four of them scoring five points or more. Bradley Coomes who hit the game-winning shot in East's 34-32 win over Fairmont at the Flyin' to the Hoop tournament on Jan. 22 — scored 10 in the quarter, while Josh Snyder netted eight in the first and ended the game with 11.

The Vikings forced eight turnovers in the first, resulting in eight points off turnovers in the quarter alone. East held a

n't feel like we could do was turn the ball over, and we did that at least three or four times early in the game."

These next few weeks will be telling for Newton, as the Indians will face rival Covington on Friday before taking on Bethel Jan. 31.

"This was the biggest game Newton has had in a long time," Fisher said.

"We're playing a high-profile team with the chance to get a higher seed in the tournament draw. We just weren't ready.

"I think we just have to regroup because we've got a big game coming up against Covington on Friday. We've got Bethel coming up within the next 10 days. So we've got two really important games in the next two weeks that we've got to get ready for."

Next on the horizon for Miami East is Friday's contest against Mississinawa Valley.

But for now, Mack is just happy to have come out with a win against a Newton team that had been playing good basketball entering Saturday's game.

ANTHONY WEBER/OCM PHOTOS "They had been playing Garrett Mitchell (left photo) grabs a rebound between Bobby Gerodimos and David Brauer as Luke House really well coming in, won looks on. A.J. Hickman (right photo) shoots over Bobby Gerodimos. their last four," Mack said.

"We did a lot of things 25-2 advantage at one "That's definitely the in double figures. Like ended the night with 14 well. The kids were clickpoint before Jordan best offensive quarter Snyder, Gunner Shirk fin- points. ing."

BOXSCORE Hodges rattled off five we've played. The tempo ished with 11 and Coomes "We had been playing Miami East (72) points for the Indians to was good. We were feeding scored a game-high 19 well," Fisher said. "I Josh Snyder 4-1-11, Gunner Shirk 4-0Bradley Coomes 7-5-19, A.J. Hickman end the quarter. off our defense early. I points. thought we had been shar- 11, 1-4-6, Garrett Mitchell 3-2-8, Luke House 23-7, Luke Clark 2-0-6, Michael Fellers 2-0"We started off really thought we really did a "Bradley picked up ing the basketball well, 4, Colton Bowling 0-0-0, Ross Snodgrass well," Mack said. "We great job executing in our right where he left off at passing the ball.

0-0-0, Kevin Jackson 0-0-0. Totals: 25-15were 5 for 5 at the line in half-court offense, as the Flyin' to the Hoop," “The competition obvi- 72.Newton (29) the first quarter, 11 for 12 well."

Mack said. "He had a big ously wasn't Miami East. Jordan Hodges 4-5-14, Bobby Gerodi2-0-4, Cole Adams 1-0-3, David in the first half. I thought East continued to put it first quarter, really didn't We really felt coming in mos Brauer 0-2-2, Gavin Alexander 1-0-3, BranWalters 1-0-3, Michael Unser 0-0-0, we really moved the ball on Newton in the second, play too much in the sec- here we could do some den Justin Fessler 0-0-0, Wes Angle 0-0-0. Towell in our offense. building a 44-14 lead by ond half. He just had a things, but we didn't do tals: 9-7-29. field goals — Miami East: Shirk “We got a lot of high- the half and taking a com- great night for us." anything we practiced this (3),3-point Snyder (2), Clark (2). Newton: Alexander, Hodges, Adams, Walters. percentage shots.

I manding 63-22 advantage Hodges was a bright week. Give East credit on Score By Quarters thought our defense was heading into the fourth. spot for Newton, as the that. They got the big lead Miami East 31 44 63 72 Newton 7 14 22 29 really active and quick, The Vikings ended the CCC honorable mention early.

Records: Miami East 12-2 (7-0), Newton and we rebounded well. game with three players selection from a year ago "The one thing we did- 7-6 (5-3).

Tiger boys go to 10-1

Boys Continued from page 13 Buccs made nine of 11 free throws down the stretch.

The closes the Wildcats could get was four.

“It helps when you make free throws,” Craft said after watching his team make just four of nine in the opening half.

“You have to give Houston credit, they kept answering. But, we were able to get a good win over a very well-coached team.”

Willoughby lamented some of the shots his team missed from point-blank range.

“Between that and missed free throws, we probably left 14 points out there,” he said. “We run a nice play and then we are not able to finish. It is something that has hurt us all year.”

Craft led the Buccs with 22 points, while Cole Owens had eight points and eight rebounds and Dylan Owens grabbed five rebounds.

Phlipot was 9-for-9 from

the line and had 15 points and six rebounds, while Clack scored 12 points and Adam Mullen grabbed eight rebounds.

Covington was 14 of 35 from the floor for 40 percent and 16 of 23 from the line for 70 percent.

Houston was 13 of 41 from the floor for 32 percent and 10 of 15 from the line for 67 percent.

The Buccs won the battle of the boards 23-20 and had 13 turnovers to Houston’s 12.

Covington will host Newton Friday, while Houston will play at Jackson Center.

BOXSCORE Houston (39) Jake Braun 1-0-3, Adam Mullen 2-1-5, Nate Ritchie 0-0-0, Brandon Clack 5-0-12, Jesse Phlipot 3-9-15, Gary Phipps 0-0-0, Ryan Curl 2-0-4, Austin Sarver 0-0-0. Totals: 13-10-39.

Covington (46) Troy Cron 3-0-6, Sam Earick 1-0-2, Dylan Owens 0-5-5, Ryan Craft 7-6-22, Cole Owens 2-4-8, Trent Tobias 1-0-2, Austin Angle 0-1-1. Totals: 14-16-46.

3-point field goals — Houston: Braun, Clack (2). Covington: Craft (2).

Score By Quarters Houston 7 18 27 39 Covington 7 14 29 46 Records: Houston 5-8, Covington 6-6.

Reserve score: Covington 46, Houston 42.

Rittenhouse scores 35 for Russia in victory VERSAILLES — The Versailles boys basketball team improved to 10-1 with a 67-57 win over Twin Valley South Saturday night in non-conference action.

Mitchell Campbell led a balanced Versailles attack with 18 points.

Chad Winner scored 15 points, Ethan Bruns netted 12 and Zach Niekamp added 10.

Versailles travels to Delphos St. John’s Friday night.

Russia handles Roaders

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Adam Mullen drives to the basket Saturday night.

Welcome to the neighborhood

RUSSIA — The Russia boys basketball team coasted to a 92-29 win over Bradford Saturday night in non-conference action.

Bryce Rittenhouse poured in a career-high 35 points, making eight 3-point field goals.

Russia made 12 3-point field goals in the game.

Treg Francis scored 14 points, while Bryce Dues and Brandon Wilson both added 12.

Alan Yount led Bradford with eight points.

Russia will travel to Botkins Friday night in SCL action, while Bradford will go to TriCounty North for a CCC game.

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Piqua girls get off to slow start on road

Highlights From The ‘Hammer’

Lehman runs into buzzsaw with Anna MIAMISBURG — The Piqua girls basketball team struggled offensively in a 52-28 loss to Miamisburg Saturday night.

The Vikings improved to 4-11 and Piqua dropped to 3-11.

Miamisburg opened a 26-7 halftime lead and increased it to 42-17 after three quarters.

Maddie Hilleary led Piqua with 13 points.

The Lady Indians will at Greenville play Wednesday.

Lady Cavs struggle

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Mike Clark (above) is in control in a 106-pound match Saturday at Western Brown Hammer & Anvil Invitational. Eion Hogston (middle) is locked up in a 182-pound match, while Brandon Pummill (bottom) has his way in a 182pound match.

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Lehman’s Maria Yannucci passes the ball Saturday.

ANNA — The Lehman girls basketball team struggled Saturday — just like the first 14 teams that played Anna, the No. 1 team in the state and defending D-III state champions.

The Lady Cavaliers fell behind 38-17 at halftime and lost 62-34.

Kandis Sargeant and Lindsey Spearman scored 15 points each for Lehman.

Lady Buccs lose COVINGTON — The Covington girls basketball team led Marion Local after one quarter and stayed close for much of the game, before losing 49-31 Saturday.

Julianna simon led Covington with 16 points, including four 3-point field goals. Shelby Kihm added 11 points.

Lady Falcons rally

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Heidi Snipes makes a move to the basket.

ST. PARIS — Graham rallied from a 31-27 deficit after three quarters to upset Greenon 37-35 Saturday.

Taylor Dyke scored 12 points for Graham, while Lindsay Black and Alex Jones each netted 10.

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