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Piqua BOE gets update on project Naming new buildings discussed BY JENNIFER RUNYON For the Daily Call editorial@dailycall.com PIQUA — At Thursday’s meeting of the Piqua City Schools Board of Education, members heard much about the district’s building project. “We look to be moving ground in spring of 2012,” Superintendent Rick Hanes said adding that while the occupancy date has changed several times, they are back to the original date of the start of the 2015 school year.
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Moments in Time William P. Orr of Piqua served as a delegate to the national Republican Convention in 1908 that nominated William Howard Taft for president.
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Joe Sherman, an FCCLA member from Piqua High School, watches as 8-year-old Audria DeMarcus jumps rope at High Street School during Thursday’s “Mini Relay for Life” event. Sherman, who is the vice president for public relations and membership for the Piqua FCCLA Chapter, was an event volunteer. See related photo on Page 3.
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the idea for a fundraising event to benefit the fight event, she was thinking in against cancer. Courtesy of the Piqua Public Library “mini” terms. Seman, informally, reInspired by cancer bat- ferred to her brainchild as Lottery tles waged by her grand- a “Mini Relay for Life.” CLEVELAND (AP) — mother and aunt, Seman, The event served as a MIKE ULLERY Thursday’s lottery numbers: who serves as president of Star Event for her next Staff Photographer Night Drawings: the Piqua High School goal, a FCCLA state-level ullery@dailycall.com ■ Rolling Cash 5 chapter of Family, Career office during her senior 07-18-27-32-38 PIQUA — When Piqua and Community Leaders year. ■ Pick 3 Numbers High School junior Lauren of America, decided to orSee Fundraiser/Page 2 Seman first came up with ganize a local fundraising 1-9-6 ■ Pick 4 Numbers 3-5-5-6 Day Drawings: ■ Midday 3 0-3-0 ■ Midday 4 Camp Polk, La., after marching in a pa1-9-8-4 rade that wound through downtown and For Power Ball numbers, ended at the old Pennsylvania Railroad visit www.ohiolottery.com passenger station. Unlike today’s National Guard Battery B, which has been Index deployed to Afghanistan as a complete BY TOM MILLHOUSE unit, back in 1952 some of the local Classified.....................10-12 Guard soldiers went overseas to fight in News Editor Comics................................9 the Korean War, while others were sent tmillhouse@dailycall.com Community Buzz...............16 to Germany or other bases. PIQUA — A group of National Guard Entertainment.....................5 To mark the 60th anniversary of the soldiers recently left the Piqua Armory Horoscope...........................9 6 2 Piqua unit’s activation, 7 4 8 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 Local..............................3, 7-8 on a journey that would Piqua residents Chuck Obituaries............................2 lead them to a war zone Alexander and Paul Staley, Opinion................................4 thousands of miles away both 81, decided to organize Parenting.............................6 away. Last Saturday, ana reunion luncheon at the Sports...........................13-15 other group of former NaPiqua American Legion Do you have an idea for a post home. State/Nation.....................7-8 tional Guard members got Local Front story? together for the first time Let Susan Hartley know at “We were at a class lunch Weather...............................3 since a similar departure 773-2721 ext. 14 or e-mail to for the Class of 1948, and I shartley@dailycall.com 60 years ago this month. had this notion that it would It was Jan. 21, 1952, be nice to get the Battery C guys back towhen a contingent of some 60 members gether for a reunion,” Alexander said. of National Guard Battery C, 136th 6 2 See Soldiers/Page 7 Field Artillery Battalion left Piqua for 7 4 8 2 5 8 2 1 0 1
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Hanes said that many have questioned why construction isn’t happening yet. He shared that there are four design phases with each phase taking three to four months. Members also heard how interest rates could affect the financial side of the building project. Hanes, Treasurer Jeff Price and board President Bob Luby will travel to New York soon to present the district to representatives of Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s in hopes of achieving a higher credit rating. A higher rating would translate to a lower interest rate for the project, which would amount to saved money for taxpayers. Taxpayers could see this effect See Piqua BOE/Page 7
Historic hearse with local tie brings $176k Miller-Meteor built vehicle that transported JFK’s body to airport BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com PIQUA — The iconic, Piqua-made hearse that transported the slain body of President John F. Kennedy from the hospital to a Dallas airport on that fateful day in 1963 sold at auction this week for $176,000. The white 1964 Cadillac hearse, manufactured by Piqua’s Miller-Meteor Co., was sold in an auction held by Barrett-Jackson Auction Company in Scottsdale, Ariz., to a Colorado car collector and
real state developer who purchased the piece of American history that has it’s own special association with the city of Piqua. According to officials with Barrett-Jackson, which is one of the world’s largest auctioning houses for collector cars, Stephen Tebo, of Boulder, Colo., purchased the hearse for $160,000, plus a $16,000 buyer’s fee. The hearse that carried the bronze casket of Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from See Hearse/Page 7
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Paul Staley, left, and Chuck Alexander, both of Piqua, look over a pictorial history of the Ohio National Guard during the Korean War era. The two men organized the first reunion of Battery C, 136th Field Artillery, a unit based at the Piqua National Guard Armory, 60 years after it was activated.
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Clyde M. Kaemmerer PIQUA — Clyde M. Kaemmerer, 61, of Piqua, died at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at his r e s i dence. H e w a s born in O ’ Fa l lon, Ill., on Feb. KAEMMERER 1, 1950, to Laura Wieman, Piqua and the late Clyde H. Kaemmerer. On July 7, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. He married Rosa Hensley. She survives. Clyde is also survived by four sons and daughters-in-law, Rusty and Marci Kaemmerer of Christiansburg, Clay and Kerri Shade of Pleasant Hill, Clint and Nina Shade of Troy and Joe Tucker of Piqua; one daughter and son-in-law, Kristie and K. C. Waggoner of Kannapolis, N.C.; one sister, Diana Maggine, Columbia, Mo.; and seven grandchildren, Wyatt Kaemmerer, Mallory Shade, Kinsey Shade,
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Alexis Shade, Lily Shade, Brooke Waggoner and Cole Waggoner. Clyde graduated from O’Fallon High School in O’Fallon, Ill., in 1968. He was in the lumber business for 35-plus years and worked for Piqua Lumber for the past 11 years. Clyde loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of the Buckeye Busters Fishing Club. Clyde also enjoyed coaching for Wayne Pee Wee Football, along with watching football and NASCAR on TV. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with Pastor Mike Myers officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. Following burial the family will welcome friends in the Buckeye Room at Z’s. Friends may call from 38 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
Mack Harrell Harris GROVEPORT — Mack Harrell Harris, 73, of Groveport, formerly of Piqua, went to be with the Lord Thursd a y morning, Jan. 2 6 , 2012. H e w a s HARRIS b o r n Feb. 6, 1938, in Celeste, Texas, to Maurine (Harrell) and Thomas A. Harris. He married Priscilla Adams in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 28, 1961. Mack was a sales engineer for New Hampshire Ball Bearing. A 1965 graduate of the University of Texas, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of Crossroads Church and helped establish Young Life in Piqua and Groveport. He enjoyed playing and teaching competitive tennis. He is survived by wife, Priscilla Harris of Groveport; sons, Greg Harris of Columbus and Eric (Leah)
Harris of Grove City; daughters, S h e i l a (Marc) Graber of Berne, Ind., and Emily (Tony) Morgan of Dallas, Ga.; 12 grandchildren; and sisters, Louise Brettschneider of Las Vegas, Nev and, Mary Morriss of Duncanville, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Tom B. and Richard Harris. Friends will be received 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Myers-Woodyard Funeral Home, 587 Main St., Groveport. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jack Chalk officiating. Final resting place will be at Groveport Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Miami-Shelby County Young Life, 325 West Ash St., Piqua, OH 45356 or Young Life of SE Columbus, 1646 West Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43221. Arrangements are being handled by the Behm Family Funeral Home, 26 River St., Madison.
PIQUA — Ronald L. Elliott, 78, of Piqua, went to be with his Lord at 6:12 p . m . Wednesd a y , Jan. 25, 2012, at Miami Va l l e y Hospital, Dayton. H e w a s ELLIOTT born in Grayson, Ky., on March 5, 1933, to the late E. Cecil and Ethel (Fankell) Elliott. On Nov. 26, 1954, in Richmond, Ind., he married Elta Littlejohn. She survives. Ronald also is survived by one son and daughterin-law, Dale and Kimberley Elliott, Troy; one daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia A. and Dan Congdon of Piqua; one brother, Maynard Elliott of Piqua; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Diana Lynn; one son, Joseph Elliott; and one brother, Eugene Elliott. Ronald was a member of Pleasant View Missionary Church, Greenville. He retired from the Piqua City Water Plant after 30 years. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua with Pastor Rob Dauber and Pastor Lincoln Robinson co-officiating. Burial will follow in Honeycreek Cemetery, Christiansburg. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, Southwestern Regional Office, 2808 Reading Rd,, Cincinnati, OH 45206. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
James E. Denson PIQUA — James E. Denson, 90, of Piqua, passed away at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Covington Care Center, Covington. He was born on July 20, 1921, in Crab Orchard, Ky., to the late Ivan and Oma (Griffin) Denson. His wife, Lucille (Gilliam) Denson, preceded him in death on April 4, 1998. He is survived by his two sons, Jerry Denson of Denver, Colo., and Doug Denson of Piqua; one daughter, Brenda Havenar of Piqua; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Francis Denson of Crab Orchard, Ky; and one sister, Dorothy Brock of Crab Orchard, Kentucky. In addition to his par-
ents and his wife, Mr. Denson was preceded in death by three brothers, Eugene, Cecil and Charlie Denson and one sister, Bertha Denson. He worked at Hobart for 35 years before his retirement in 1982. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Interment will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Friends may call from 12-2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Freedom Court Activity Department in care of Covington Care Center, 75 Mote Drive, Covington, OH 45318. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.
Death notices PIQUA — Margaret V. Smith, 88, of Piqua, passed away at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Arrangements are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua. ST. PARIS — Alice Louise See, 85, of St. Paris, passed away at 1:47 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in the Piqua Manor. Services are pending with Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, St. Paris.
Fundraiser Continued from page 1 The event, held Thursday night at High Street Elementary School, was “mini” from the standpoint of the High Street gym is much smaller than the Miami County Fairgrounds, where the American Cancer Society Relay for Life will be held on May 5. It was “mini” from the aspect that most of the participants were a little
smaller than the walkers one expects at a Relay event. These participants were first-, second- and third-graders. This relay was “mini” in that it lasted for only two hours. In reality, the event was a “mega” relay fundraiser. Seman, with some assistance from family, friends, fellow FCCLA members and some High Street staff members, made the High Street gym into a party atmosphere, where
more than 70 elementary students walked a minimum of 30 laps. Additional activities for participants included relay races, corn hole, fishing and face painting. In order to participate, students had to make a minimum pledge amount of $20. A total of 74 students met that goal and “walked the walk” at the High Street relay event. Seman had set a “mini” relay goal to raise $500
Scott W. Marquardt PIQUA — Scott W. Marquardt, of Piqua, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the age of 52. H e w a s b o r n Feb. 13, 1959, in F t . Wa y n e, Ind. to MARQUARDT Je a n Marquardt of Ossian, Ind. and Sandra (Glass) (Bob) Houlihan, also of Ossian, Ind. He married Kathleen H. McCaffrey on Oct. 10, 1981, in Cuyahoga Falls; and she survives. Other survivors include a son, Eric (Katie) Marquardt of Chicago, Ill.; a daughter, Michelle Marquardt of Frederick, Md.; two half-sisters, Rachel (David Kinnee) McKneely and Beth Marquardt, all of New Haven, Ind.; and two half-brothers, Mahlon Houlihan of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Mike Marquardt of Lynchburg, Va.
Mr. Marquardt graduated Wayne High School of Ft. Wayne, Ind. in 1977, obtained his degree in physics from Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., in 1981, and was employed as a computer software engineer. He was an active member of Piqua Baptist Church, where he enjoyed singing in its choir. In addition, he was an avid model railroader and loved being with his family. A service to honor his life will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Piqua Baptist Church with Pastor Donald R. Wells officiating. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Piqua Baptist Church, 1402 W. High St., Piqua, OH 45356 or Hospice of Miami County Inc., P. O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.
Bernice I. Rapp TROY — Bernice I. Rapp, 100, of Troy, passed away at 3:41 p.m. Wednesd a y , Jan. 25, 2012, at Koester Pavilion. Born Sept. 10, 1911, B e r n i c e RAPP was a daughter of the late Omer and Oda (Curtis) Iddings. She married William Rapp on Nov. 1, 1930 and he preceded her in death Oct. 5, 1981. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Alice Iddings, son, Robert Rapp; son-in-law, Leo Peters; grandson-in-law, James Gover; greatgrandson, John Rapp; and g r e a t - g r a n d d a u g h t e r, Dawn Schwartz. Bernice is survived by two daughters, Mary Joanne Peters of Piqua and Martha Jean Rapp of Troy; daughter-in-law, Evelyn Rapp of Florida; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and nine great-greatgrandchildren. Bernice was a 1929 graduate of Brown Town-
ship High School. She belonged to the Bethel United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and belonged to the Women’s Society. She was a 4-H leader for many years, belonged to the Homemakers’ Club and Archaeology Society. Besides working on the farm she worked at Forest Linen Supply in Dayton and Dr. Danford’s office in Piqua. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, in the Suber-Shively Funeral Home, 201 W. Main St., Fletcher, with the Rev. David Ramming of the Bethel United Methodist Church presiding. Burial will follow in Cemetery, Fletcher Fletcher. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Bethel United Methodist Church P.O. Box 203 Casstown, OH 45312, or to the Hahn-Hufford Center of Hope, 1306 Garbry Road, Piqua, OH 45356. Condolences to the family may be sent to w w w. s h i v e l y f u n e r a lhomes.com.
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with her project. When the dust had settled at High Street School on Thursday night, Seman’s project had raised a “mega” amount of nearly $1,900. All of the proceeds from the event will go to the American Cancer Society. The Piqua High School FCCLA program is coordinated by Rita Potter, in conjunction with the Upper Valley Career Center.
WEST MILTON — Mike Weikert of SpringHelen L. Kleather, 77, of field, Karla and Mike West Milton, passed away Sheneman of London, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Karen Kleather of Troy; at Troy Care and Rehabil- eight grandchildren; four itation, Troy. great-grandchildren; and She was born Feb. 24, sister, Ruby Brown. She 1934, in Dayton. enjoyed baking, gardening She was preceded in and life. death by her parents, Funeral services will be Heber I. and Mayme K. held at 10:30 a.m. Satur(Taylor) Boatman; chil- day, at the Hale-Sarver dren’s father, Eugene F. Family Funeral Home, Kleather; and sister, Jean 284 N. Miami St., West Stine. Milton, with Pastor Justin Helen is survived by Williams officiating. Burher loving family, son and ial will follow at Riverside daughter-in-law, Kevin Cemetery, West Milton. and Karen Kleather of Friends may call from erties that ban tobacco use Hillsboro; daughters and 4-7 p.m. today at the fuamong employees. sons-in-law, Kathy and neral home. Rock Gaming won’t prohibit any of the 3,300 workers it will hire for Policy: Please send obituary notices by e-mail to casinos in Cleveland and editorial@dailycall.com or by fax to (937) 773-4225. Deadlines: Notices must be received by 6 p.m. Cincinnati from using toSunday and Tuesday-Friday, and by 4 p.m. on Monday bacco, but it will provide for Tuesday’s online edition. employees and dependents Questions: Please call Editor Susan Hartley at with cash incentives to (937) 773-2721, ext. 207 if you have questions about quit, said spokeswoman obituaries. Jennifer Kulczycki.
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FLETCHER — The Today will start off with the chance of a few snow Fletcher Volunteer Fire showers, but we'll dry out through the day and finally Department will be hostsee some sun! Another chance of snow showers will ing all-you-can-eat Fish return tonight and early Saturday. The weather will turn and Chicken Fry fund colder on Sunday, with a high of 28. High: 40 Low: 30. raising events in the firehouse at 6605 State Route 589, south of Fletcher. They will be held Feb. 18 and March SUNDAY SATURDAY 17. The menu includes CHILLY COLDER deep-fried fish and WITH WITH chicken, as well as french fries, applesauce, cole CHANCE CHANCE slaw, bread and butter OF OF and a beverage. Serving SNOW SNOW time is from 5-7:30 p.m. Adult meals are $8, kids HIGH: 28 LOW: 22 HIGH: 35 LOW: 28 5-12 are $5, and kids under 5 eat free. Proceeds from this event will be used to supMIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO FOR PHOTO REPRINTS, GO TO WWW.DAILYCALL.COM Precipitation Temperature plement operating exHigh Yesterday 42 at 4:24 p.m. 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. 0.78 penses of the fire Lauren Seman, a junior at Piqua High School, center, walks laps around the Low Yesterday 30 at 12:42 a.m. Month to date 3.69 department. The Fletcher gymnasium at High Street School with students during a “Mini Relay for Normal High 35 Normal month to date 2.39 district covers fire Life” event. Seman came up with the idea for the event and was instrumenNormal Low 20x Year to date 3.69 Springcreek and Brown tal in the planning of the very successful fundraiser. See story on Page 1. Record High 67 in 1950 Normal year to date 2.39 Record Low -11 in 1897 Snowfall yesterday 0.00 townships and the village of Fletcher, as well as portions of Lostcreek, Green and Orange townships in Piqua High School Miami and Shelby counties. The department also PIQUA — The follow- Kyler Holland, Victoria Morgan O’Neal, Alissa Jessica Ford, Brendan Klopfenstein, Jasmine provides mutual aid serv- ing Piqua High School Hostetter, Sierra Iddings, Rohr, Dustin Ross, Daniel Fries, Nancy Garcia, Larsen, Kirstin Malone, ice to all surrounding fire students have been Cara Long, Lauren Saul, Amber Shira, Jef- Noah Gertner, Kyle Austin Sims, McKenzie districts. named to the honor roll Seman, Austin Tamplin frey Shroyer, Catherine Gover, Kendall Grunke- Stephenson, Cecily Stewfor the 2011-12 second • Honorable Mention Smith, Carl Stang, meyer, Amy Hall, Luke art, Victoria Whitten Lockington fire quarter: — Taylor Bachman, Ben Jonathan Wirt, David Hanes, Frances Haney, • Commended — LauBeck, Madisyn Boze, Wysong, Macy Yount Kylie Hays, Joling ren Ashcraft, Karissa to host dinners SENIORS Nathan Burkholder, Alli• Commended — Hsiang, Caje Kindred, Atkins, Khandrijah BranLOCKINGTON — The • Honor Roll — Bran- son Cole, Jasmine Davis, Devan Baker, Olivia Kenton Kiser, Grace Law- dewie, Alexis BurchVolunteer don Bercot, Madison Haley Lockington Dotson, Jake Barhorst, Sherry Boggs, son, Madeline Marshall, Burns, Alexander Fire Department will Brinkman, Jon Dembski, Fisher, Brandi Good, Ryan Burch, Skyler Butt, Alaina Mikolajewski, Christian, Nicholas Clayagain host dinners at the Tyler Faul, Isaac Hale, Danielle Good, Brenna Danajha Clemons, Dalton Peak, Nicole Pe- ton, Alexander Fielder, firehouse. A choice be- Madison Hilleary, Daniel Heinle, Joye Hsiang, Mikaila Cotrell, Makayla terson, Dylan Runge, Charles Graves, Dillan tween breaded tenderloin Keck, Jonathan Kiefer, Megan Jones, Zachery Engley, Kayla Harshman, Eleanor Ryan, Abbigayle Gump, Shelbie Herbst, or a fish dinner will be Kassidy Liptock, Alanna Martin, Alyssa McKinney, Krista Hawkins, Brooke Soliday, Grady Stewart, Brandon Holbein, Joshua available. All meals will Maier, Kristen McMaster, Megan Miller, Kyle Kiefer, Bryan Mayse, Reganne Tate, Hannah Homer, Marley Huelcome with french fries, Kyle Mills, Travis Nees, Nichols, Nathan Patrizio, Layne Patrizio, Matthew Went, Rebekah Wiles, skamp, Dylan Jacobs, applesauce and one bev- Jacob Nill, Jared Nill, Nathan Runge, Thomas Patrizio, Dakota Rench, Lyric Wyan Lexus Jacomet, Chelsea erage. The cost per meal Frank Patrizio, Sarah Schneider, Katie Stewart Laura Roof, Ryan Hayley, • Honorable Mention Jenkins, Ivee Kaye, is $7. Serving begins at 5 Picklesimer, Alexandria Commended — Chelsea Smith, Courtney — Carrie Beck, Michaela Corbin • Meckstroth, p.m. with dine in or carry Rohrbaugh, Samuel Roth, Brandi Baker, Elizabeth Tipps, John Weiser Bell, Kasey Boettiger, Kyrstan Mikolajewski, out available. Kaele Snapp Banks, Kenna BartonDevin Bragg, Caitlin Megan Mullin, Tasha Dinners will be held • Honorable Mention Rose, Tyler Billet, Allison FRESHMAN Brannon, Karrstyn Burt, Potts, Erik Quinter, Lindthe fourth Saturdays of — Kyler Ashton, Holly Comstock, Eric Craft, • Honor Roll — Marisa Destiny Clark, Allison Di- sey Ramos, Zachary Sage, January, February and Black, Jacob Boyd, Lau- Sarah Felver, Andrea Fer- Adams, Michael Ander- vens, Amanda Ellis, Ash- Grace Weidner, Courtney March, with barbecue ren Bradley, Nicklaus ree, Rachel Harker, Kayla son, Clayton Brown, Kai- ley Gregory, Victoria Welch, Braden Wise, chicken returning in Brown, Justis Davis, Hunley, Macy Lambert, ley Byers, Corinne Henderson, Sean Hig- Hannah Wise, Brett April. All money raised Tabitha Earick, Jordan Thomas Luna, Emily Crawford, Logan Ernst, gins, Jacob Karn, Alexis Woodson from these meals will Feeser, Austin Hemm, Mikolajewski, Brittney help provide emergency Levi Homer, Trae Honey- Miller, Hannah Mowery, services to the commu- cutt, Taylor Huebner, James Rhynard, Shelby nity. Johnathon Kelly, Rogers, Hannah Ryan, 407 S. W Wayne ayne St., Piqua The Lockington Volun- Cameron Langston, Carly Allsion Seiter, Natalie teer Fire Department and Lyman, Brittany McKee, Thobe the Washington Township Ashley Moss, Peggy SIMPLY SIMPL LY PICK ANY FIVE F Trustees will hold a pub- Mumaw, Blythe PalsITEMS FROM OUR R SOPHOMORES SPECIAL SPE CIAL PICK 5 lic meting to discuss a grove, Aaron VanPelt • Honor Roll — Katie MEAT MEA AT SE CTION NS SECTIONS proposed tax levy at 7 • Commended — Allen, Courtney Bens$ FOR 19.99 1 9. 99 p.m. Feb. 2 and again Feb. Cheryl Bell, Cody Camp- man, Conner Brown, 29. 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“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away: But the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you.” (1 Peter 1:24-25 AKJV)
n the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, children in classrooms across America watched the liftoff of the Space Shuttle Challenger only to see it explode in a ball of fire 73 seconds later. I know this first hand, because I was one of those students who watched as America was changed forever. As a student at Wilder Junior High School in Piqua, I was ready and excited to see history write a new chapter for discovery, and this would be the first time NASA would send a teacher to explore the unknown possibilities of space. I remember sitting in class and waiting for the countdown to start. The excitement was beyond imaginable — Christmas morning, waiting for my parents to give permission to open up the first gift. Our class had been talking about this event for months, and it was about to happen: T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and the rest was history. No one even considered that this day in history would end in tragedy: only in movies could such things happen. Later that evening, President Ronald Reagan was scheduled to give a State of the Union address. Instead, he addressed the nation concerning the Challenger Disaster. He hoped to comfort a grieving nation, his responsibility as the father of our country. I didn’t have the kind of father who would comfort me, and that’s why the president’s words meant so much to me. I cried while I BARRY MIKE DAVIS was watching, but I felt like Guest Column the president had his arms around me, telling me that everything would be OK. President Reagan’s primary message to me and other kids traumatized by the disaster was to not give up, to always push forward. He also told us that taking chances is a part of being a pioneer. President Reagan ended with famous words from a World War II-era poem,”High Flight,” written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr., as he intoned, “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of Earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.” Remembrance is important for healing, and over the course of our country’s history, these kind of events help us remember that we are Americans and we can overcome. As a child I needed to hear that message. President Reagan said, “We’ll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue.” With these words he turned my fear into courage that night. It is now 2012, and I am 39 years old, a married father of three, one of the thousands of laid-off workers in America. I continue to believe in the importance of courage in the face of hardship. As I attend Edison Community College and chart my course while my wife works 40-plus hours a week to help support the family, I still believe in the American dream, and I still hear President Reagan’s words that gave me comfort and warmth and hope as I confronted death in a world where our lives are often harshly unscripted.
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Mhlanga escapes killing machine Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on the hell of Zimbabwe.
Says Patience: “In every struggle I went through, I became a stronger person and was brave to face reality.” She also learned to ansurvivor of Robert swer Duke Ellington’s Mugabe’s relentclassic song, “What Am I lessly brutal dictaHere For?” torship in Zimbabwe, She intends to become a Patience Mhlanga would doctor to be able to use her like you to know what it NAT HENTOFF life experience “to help was like to grow up in Columnist those unfortunate and who grinding fear there. She eshave no access to the medcaped, but her story tells ical doctor … what so many others are “I also plan to build my own orphanstill undergoing in that hellhole that the rest of the world allows to continue: age and simply help the needy.” Patience is already practicing her “Growing up in Zimbabwe, I learned the meaning of persecution early. My fa- mission. While at Fairfield University, ther was a strong supporter of the she has raised money for St. Jude’s Movement for Democratic Change Children’s Research Hospital. She also (MDC), and the supporters of Robert volunteered at a nursing home in NorMugabe threatened to kill our family walk, Conn., through the Youth Health Service Corps, a program that recruits for my father’s views. “One night, while we were sleeping, high school students interested in Mugabe’s supporters burned our house, health care professions (www.swctaour livestock, my father’s store and all h e c. o r g / e d u c a t i o n / y o u t h - h e a l t h of our property. Without telling us service-corps). She also volunteered at where he was going, my father fled to a Bridgeport, Conn., soup kitchen. At some risk to her health, Patience Zambia, where he became a refugee.” Patience, her mother and three sib- also went to southern India this past lings “were given one day to leave or be summer where, through the Indian Gospel Mission, she volunteered to live killed.” Once in Harare, the capital city — in the Pandur orphanage. Not only did where her mother died “of an illness I she teach these children, she fed, cannot name to this very day” — the bathed and played with them. She misses them, adding, “I know rest of the family was helped by a Jesuit organization to find and join her fa- why I have become a stronger person ther in a Zambian refugee camp. There, through my hardships. It is simply that “I went for days without food, living on I have a purpose. This is my life.” Meanwhile, back in heartless Mugacaterpillars and wild animals that my beland, Amnesty International reports: father caught for us. “Education was provided for citizens “Forced evictions in Zimbabwe leave (of Zambia), not refugees. The four years thousands of children without access to in the camp was with no education, so I education” (amnesty.org, 10/5/11). In 2005, pretending to be concerned found a way to teach myself. I wrote in the mud and used charcoal as a chalk about deplorable conditions in certain communities, the Mugabe government for writing on the wooden board.” At last, the United Nations High carried out mass evictions to purportCommissioner for Refugees chose her edly make a better life possible for family to come to America for refugee those removed from their homes. “Instead,” says Michelle Kagari, resettlement. When Patience came here in 2006, she didn’t know “a single word Amnesty International’s deputy Africa director, “the victims have been driven of English.” Determination should be Patience’s deeper into poverty, while denial (yes, denial!) of education means young peoBarry Mike Davis penned this essay for his Funda- middle name. ple have no real prospect of extricating After two years in an English as a mentals of Communication class at Edison Community themselves from continuing destituSecond Language class, followed by a College. Saturday marks the 26th anniversary of the regular English class, she went on — tion.” Challenger disaster. I commend Amnesty for caring, as spurred by the principal of her school — to enroll in an Advanced Placement usual, but Michelle Kagari goes on to English class, where some of the other demand: “Zimbabwean authorities students condescendingly called her must immediately use all available resources to adopt and implement a na“the girl with the little English.” Undaunted, Patience graduated from tional education strategy, which high school, no longer struggling with ensures that all children access free prithe language of what turned out to be mary education.” As if the self-designated Hitler of her promised land. Having especially enjoyed working in the laboratory dur- Africa gives one damn about the ceaseing her Advance Placement Chemistry less destitution of these children! When Patience Mhlanga becomes a class, Patience was off to college to doctor, I’m sure she will deeply want to major in chemistry. Admitted on a full scholarship to go back to Zimbabwe to educate as Fairfield University in Connecticut, many children as she can. But she also she’s now a sophomore. I first heard knows that almost as soon as she sets about her from my sister, Janet Krauss, foot there, she herself will likely be rean English professor there. Janet is a educated in the most gruesome form of teacher who does a lot more than lec- Robert Mugabe’s torture, or worse. Only armed intervention will rescue ture and grade exams; she gets to know each of her students. When Patience the children of Zimbabwe. Who will be began to write the story of her life, first? Janet encouraged her. Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned I’ve spoken to Patience, wanting very much to send her story from sea to shin- authority on the First Amendment and ing sea as an inspiration — not only to the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the students who came here as refugees, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the but to any student struggling to learn. Press, and the Cato Institute, where he She sent me her story as she wrote it. is a senior fellow.
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Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The (Youngstown) Vindicator, Jan. 21 Almost a year has passed since Syrians, inspired by popular uprisings in several Arab countries, rose up against the harsh rule of President Bashar Assad. But whereas the Arab Spring brought about the toppling of leaders in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the revolt in Syria has failed to significantly weaken Assad’s hold on power. … He vowed recently to deal with the protesters with an “iron fist.” While that hard line sent shockwaves through the Middle East and the West, including the United States, it resulted in Assad’s allies reaffirming their support for his government. Russia, in particular, has taken a strong stand on behalf of Damascus. This week, the Russians vowed to block Western attempts to intervene militarily. … Given that more than 5,400 Syrians have been killed since March and that the revolt is becoming increasingly militarized as more frustrated regime opponents and army defectors arm themselves and fight back against the regime, the United Nations must not allow Russia to prolong the pain and suffering that is spreading far and wide. … The death toll is bound to rise, which is why the United Nations should be prepared to intervene militarily if its appeals to Assad for restraint fall on deaf ears.
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iPhone, iPad app rewards High school letters bring memories being a couch potato best forgotten RYAN NAKASHIMA
AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Want to earn stuff by watching TV? A free app for that debuted Wednesday. When you tap the screen, Viggle’s software for iPhones and iPads listens to what’s on, recognizes what you’re watching and gives you credit at roughly two points per minute. It even works for shows you’ve saved on a digital video recorder. Rack up 7,500 points, and you’ll be rewarded with a $5 gift card from retailers such as Burger King, Starbucks, Apple’s iTunes, Best Buy and CVS, which you can redeem directly from your device. With some back-of-theenvelope math, you can figure that it would take three weeks of watching TV every night for three hours to earn enough for a latte at Starbucks. But the company plans to offer bonus points for checking into certain shows such as “American Idol” and 1,500 points for signing up. You can also get extra points for watching an ad on your device. The beta version awarded 100 points for watching a 15-second ad from Verizon Wireless. “Viggle is the first loyalty program for TV,” said Chris Stephenson, president of the company behind Viggle, Function (X) Inc. “We’re basically allowing people to get rewards for doing something they’re doing already and that they love to do.” The idea behind Viggle is that if people have an added reason to watch TV, the size of the audience will increase, allowing
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This product image provided by Function Inc., shows the Viggle App for iPhone. When you tap the screen, Viggle’s software for iPhones and iPads listens to what’s on, recognizes what you're watching and gives you credit at roughly two points per minute. It even works for shows you’ve saved on a digital video recorder. Rack up 7,500 points, and you’ll be rewarded with a $5 gift card from retailers such as Burger King, Starbucks, Apple’s iTunes, Best Buy and CVS, which you can redeem directly from your device. makers of shows to earn points, which Viggle conmore money from adver- verts into real value by tisers. Advertisers such as buying gift cards at a Burger King, Pepsi and slight discount from reGatorade have also tailers. agreed to pay to have If the company gets the point-hungry users watch point-count economy their ads on a mobile de- right, it can end up makvice. ing more money from adIn exchange, users earn vertisers and networks
than it gives away in rewards. The app will also give the company valuable insight into who is watching what, as redeeming rewards requires putting in your age, gender, email address and ZIP code. “It really shows what social TV is going to evolve into,” said Michael Gartenberg, a technology analyst at research firm Gartner. “For folks behind the scenes, this is a great way of seeing who really is watching.” The company hopes that user activity will grow by word of mouth, especially by offering a 200-point bonus to people who successfully get their friends to try out the service. The app made its debut in Apple Inc.’s app store on Wednesday. Versions for Android devices and computers are in the works. The company has put in some safeguards. You must watch a show at least 10 minutes to earn bonus points. And you can’t watch the same ad over and over again to earn more points; there’s a one-ad-view-per-person rule. Function (X) is owned and led by entertainment entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman, who once owned a big stake in “American Idol” owner CKx Inc. That gives the company deep and broad connections in the entertainment business. Function (X) has brought in $100 million in investment capital. Its stock trades on the Pink Sheets, a platform that allows people to buy shares but doesn’t require the company release its financial results. Function (X) currently has a market value of about $1 billion.
Kellie Pickler grows up, gets personal on album CAITLIN R. KING Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kellie Pickler wants you to know she’s a traditional gal — and she’s making it very clear with her new album, “100 Proof.” The platinum blonde “American Idol” alum is pulling back from the popcountry tunes that once defined her, like “Red High Heels” and “Best Days Of Your Life,” and replacing them with ones that reflect her traditional country roots. The album was released this week. “I guess it’s been like three-and-a-half years since my last record came out. … So a lot has happened in my life. I’m married. I’ve grown up a lot, because when I started
this I was 19 and green when I did my first record, ‘Small Town Girl,’” said Pickler. “So much has happened in my life. Most of it is on the record.” Pickler, 25, took cues from her musical heroes, the big wigs of women in country music. The opening track even name checks one of those legends in “Where’s Tammy Wynette.” “I love Tammy Wynette. She’s a big reason why I fell in love with country music. You wouldn’t know that if you listened to (my) past things,” Pickler said. “I love that sound, and I wanted to sprinkle a little bit of the people that influenced me to be here in the first place but make it my record.” Pickler wrote more on
this album than in the past, penning six of the 11 songs. Two are very personal and reflect her separate, complicated relationships with her mother and father. “Mother’s Day” explains her mixed feelings about the day — how she avoids it but wishes for a reason to celebrate. Her mom abandoned her when she was little, and they have no contact today. Pickler wrote the tune with husband Kyle Jacobs and reveals emotional growth that took years. “I went through all of the stages of hurt and crying and mad and angry and just red, seeing red. I went through all of those emotions, which anyone would … I had to get it out, and then I realized,
this ain’t working. This ain’t making anything better,” she said. “When you get to that place where you can forgive and just let go, it’s so freeing.” On “The Letter,” Pickler thanks her dad “for never giving up on us” and addresses his past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. Pickler was raised by her father but lived with her grandparents when he was in prison. “My dad was very much a part of my life growing up. However, when he was incarcerated we wrote letters back and forth, and I have every single one of them,” she said. “I see so much growth in both of us in a good way. There’s a lot that’s happened since the first letter was ever written.”
DEAR ABBY: A few days ago I received a large white envelope from a friend I had been close to in high school. “Jen” returned every letter, card and note I had written to her throughout our four years of school. She thanked me for being a good friend and thought I might like to have them. I can’t tell you how upsetting it was to read how awful I was as a teenager. I was promiscuous, used foul language and made references to experimenting with drugs. It brought back so many terrible memories that I had blocked. I have been married for 23 years and have three children who would be crushed if they discovered my past. I don’t know what to do. The letters are full of history and my innermost feelings. Some passages are humorous and the thoughts of a silly teenager talking to a dear friend. I can’t bring myself to throw them away and have hidden them in my hope chest. What should I do with them? — SECRETS OF THE PAST
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Advice thing that happens to her or their children is on my hands for staying silent. I don’t even know if she’d believe me, but I feel I have to try. Some advice, please, Abby. — ANXIOUS IN ALABAMA
DEAR ANXIOUS: You are not alone. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five women report having been raped or suffered an attempted rape in their lifetime. If there is a rape crisis center near you, contact it now and let the counselors there counsel and guide you in your healing. If you approach your predator’s fiancee at this point, you probably won’t be believed. Not being believed is like being raped twice. So get some professional help before you atDEAR SECRETS: The tempt to reach out to her. problem with the written DEAR ABBY: I am word is that it often outlives the writer. If you very fair-skinned and don’t want your children turn red easily, especially or grandchildren to re- when I’m nervous or emmember you through your barrassed. It has made true confessions, censor me afraid to speak in them NOW. Unless you’re public or to go to large “hoping” your family will events where there may discover the letters after be a lot of people. Do you you’re gone, you should have any advice on how I destroy them. However, if can get over this? — BLUSHING EVEN they contain memories NOW IN PHOENIX you would like to keep, copy the passages down DEAR BLUSHING: and place those in your What you have described hope chest. may be a symptom of soDEAR ABBY: I was cial phobia, the most comsexually assaulted two mon form of an anxiety years ago by a boy at a disorder. There are effecparty I attended while tive treatments for it, and away at school. I reported you can find out more the incident to local and about them by discussing campus police, but there your problem with your wasn’t enough evidence to physician and/or a psyhave him arrested. It took chologist. You might also me a while to realize I benefit from attending a needed help to deal with phobia support group. it. I’m looking for a coun- The psychologist can help selor and hope to volun- you locate one or more of teer at a rape crisis them in your community. center after I have gotten Dear Abby is written by the help I need. I have learned that the Abigail Van Buren, also man who attacked me is known as Jeanne Phillips, getting married. I don’t and was founded by her know his fiancee, but I’m mother, Pauline Phillips. horrified at the thought of Write Dear Abby at this unsuspecting woman www.DearAbby.com or marrying a predator. I P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeknow if I do nothing, any- les, CA 90069.
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Taylor Smith checks her Twitter feed at her home in Kirkwood, Mo. The 14-yearold started tweeting 18 months ago and likes to get small points across with recent tweets that included her dislike for strawberry Pop Tarts and her admiration for a video that features the accomplishments of girl scientists. Findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, found teen Twitter use doubling in two years. use pseudonyms, so that only their friends know who they are. “Facebook is like shouting into a crowd. Twitter is like speaking into a room” — that’s what one teen said when he was participating in a focus group at Microsoft Research, Marwick says. Other teens have told Pew researchers that they feel “social pressure,” to friend people on Facebook — “for instance, friending everyone in your school or that friend of a friend you met at a football game,” Pew researcher Madden says. Twitter’s more fluid and anonymous setup, teens say, gives them more freedom to avoid friends of friends of friends — not that they’re saying anything particularly earthshattering. They just don’t want everyone to see it. Praznik, for instance, tweets anything from complaints and random thoughts to angst and longing. “i hate snow i hate winter.Moving to California as soon as i can,” one recent post from the Wisconsin teen read. “Dont add me as a friend for a day just to check up on me and then delete me again and then you wonder why im mad at you.duhhh,” read another. And one more: “I wish you were mine but you don’t know wht you want. Till you figure out what you want I’m going to do my own thing.” Different teenagers use Twitter for different reasons. Some monitor celebrities. “Twitter is like a backstage pass to a concert,” says Jason Hennessey, CEO of Everspark Interactive, a tech-based marketing agency in Atlanta. “You could send a tweet to Justin Bieber 10 minutes before the concert, and there’s a chance he might tweet you back.” A few teens use it as a platform to share opinions, keeping their accounts public for all the world to see, as many adults do. Taylor Smith, a 14-yearold in St. Louis, is one who uses Twitter to monitor the news and to get her own “small points across.”
Recently, that has included her dislike for strawberry Pop Tarts and her admiration for a video that features the accomplishments of young female scientists. She started tweeting 18 months ago after her dad opened his own account. He gave her his blessing, though he watches her account closely. “Once or twice I used bad language and he never let me hear the end of it,” Smith says. Even so, she appreciates the chance to vent and to be heard and thinks it’s only a matter of time before her friends realize that Twitter is the cool place to be — always an important factor with teens. They need to “realize it’s time to get in the game,” Smith say, though she notes that some don’t have smart phones or their own laptops — or their parents don’t want them to tweet, feeling they’re too young. Pam Praznik, Britteny’s mother, keeps track of her daughter’s Facebook accounts. But Britteny asked her mom not to follow her on Twitter — and her mom is fine with that, as long as the tweets remain between friends. “She could text her friends anyway, without me knowing,” mom says. Marwick at Microsoft thinks that’s a good call. “Parents should kind of chill and give them that space,” she says. Still, teens and parents shouldn’t assume that even locked accounts are completely private, says Ananda Mitra, a professor of communication at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Online privacy, he says, is “mythical privacy.” Certainly, parents are always concerned about online predators — and experts say they should use the same common
sense online as they do in the outside world when it comes to dealing with strangers and providing too much personal information. But there are other privacy issues to consider, Mitra says. Someone with a public Twitter account might, for instance, retweet a posting made on a friend’s locked account, allowing anyone to see it. It happens all the time. And on a deeper level, he says those who use Twitter and Facebook — publicly or privately — leave a trail of “digital DNA” that could be mined by universities or employers, law enforcement or advertisers because it is provided voluntarily. Mitra has coined the term “narb” to describe the narrative bits people reveal about themselves online — age, gender, location and opinions, based on interactions with their friends. So true privacy, he says, would “literally means withdrawing” from textual communication online or on phones — in essence, using this technology in very limited ways. He realizes that’s not very likely, the way things are going — but he says it is something to think about when interacting with friends, expressing opinions or even “liking” or following a corporation or public figure. But Marwick at Microsoft still thinks private accounts pose little risk when you consider the content of the average teenager’s Twitter account. “They just want someplace they can express themselves and talk with their friends without everyone watching,” she says. Much like teens always have.
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Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England, once said, “One of the great problems of our age is that we’re governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.” Quite so, and it is equally accurate to say that “one of the great problems of our age is that children are being raised and educated by people who care more about their feelings than they do their thoughts and ideas.” The child’s feelings have been the paramount consideration in both spheres since the late 1960s, when parents became persuaded that they should no longer take their cues from their own upbringing, but from psychologists and other mental health professionals. As a consequence, the focus of American parenting veered sharply away from training the child’s character and mind toward that of protecting his feelings from insult (i.e. disappointment, failure, embarrassment, and other basic facts of life) and elevating his opinion of himself. Proper parenting, the new experts said, was a matter of being sensitive to and acting in accord with the feelings that issued from one’s child. Psychologist Thomas Gordon, author of Parent Effectiveness Training, the best-selling parenting book of the 1970s, said that because children do not like being told what to do, adults should not tell them what to do. Children who submit to their parents’ authority, Gordon said, grow to be adults who “fill the offices of psychologists and psychiatrists.” We now know, of course, that this isn’t true. Gordon and other progressive parenting pundits were pulling this baloney out of thin air. Research psychologist Diana Baumrind’s decades-long study of parenting outcomes finds that the most welladjusted children come from households presided over by parents who loving but unequivocally authoritative—parents who, in other words, adhere to a traditional (pre-1970s, non-psychological) parenting model. It turns out that the very parenting model promoted by the mental health community compromises child mental health! (It is significant to note that Gordon was eventually given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Psychological Association.) Indeed, the mental health of America’s children has been in free fall since the 1960s. Compared with the child of then, today’s child is much more likely to become seriously depressed, commit suicide, or become
JOHN ROSEMOND Columnist a bully. And by the way, researchers have found that high self-esteem predisposes people to depression (therefore, suicide) and is characteristic of bullies. How ‘bout them apples? Feelings have the potential of greatly enriching one’s life. But unless they are governed by reason, feelings are unruly and destructive beasts. People who are ruled by their feelings say stupid things, make stupid decisions, and fail to learn from experience. The current epidemic of “cutting” among teenagers is a prime example of feelings run amok. For more than a generation, children have been encouraged to express their feelings rather than taught to control them. They’ve been told that all feelings are valid, which isn’t true. The end result of this mis-education in feelings is young people who believe their feelings trump the feelings of others. When all is said and done, the child mental health crisis in America is the result of raising children who have lots of emotions but no emotional resilience. They’re full of self-esteem but have little respect for others. This cannot lead to a satisfying life. It’s not complicated: The emotionally sturdy person is characterized by a high level of respect for other people, not a high level of self-regard. Instead of wanting attention from people, he pays attention, looking for opportunities to serve. That’s what good manners are all about, and learning good manners is where the Good Life starts, not by learning to recite all fifty state capitals at age 3 to applause from a roomful of adult admirers. Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents’ questions on his website at www.rosemond.com.
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On 60th anniversary of Piqua National Guard Battery C, 136th Field Artillery being activated during the Korean War, a number of people turned out for the unit’s first reunion. Attending the event were: (front row, lr) Charles Wooley, Walter Felver, Richard Hardesty and Marvin Shoup; second row, Betty Wooley, Barbara Francis, Lois Hardesty and Betty Shoup; third row, Paul Staley, Ken Williamson, Robert Francis, Stanley Thomas, William Bryiant and Chuck Alexander.
Soldiers Continued from page 1 “I was thinking the same thing,’” said Staley, recalling how the idea came to the surface last year. With that mutual agreement on organizing the event, Alexander and Staley set out on a mission to accomplish something they believed should have been done years ago — get the surviving members of the guard unit together again. With considerable work by Alexander and Staley and some help from Gary Meek and Sharon Watson with the Local History Department at the Piqua Public Library, the reunion began to take shape. “The Local History Department has been fantastic,” Alexander said, noting Meek and Watson assisted them in researching vintage stories about Battery C that were included in a special booklet presented to each former soldier attending the reunion. “Sharon Watson does genealogy and she helped us track down some of the people we weren’t able to find,” Alexander said. Staley noted that 21 of the 60-some members survive. The unit didn’t lose any members during the Korean War. There were some sur-
prises in the search for former Battery C members. “We found out that two of the guys we had deceased were still living,” Alexander said. Of the surviving members, many of whom live in Miami County, while others live in several states around the country, 10 attended the reunion at Piqua American Legion Post 184. During the reunion, which was attended by several wives, each member had an opportunity to speak about their military service and what they have done over the years since leaving active duty. Former Battery C members contacted about the reunion agreed it was an enjoyable experience. “I really enjoyed hearing what they did during the war and what they did after getting back home,” said Stanley Thomas of Sidney. Thomas was one of the soldiers who served in Korea, recalling the climate extremes the solendured — diers blistering heat, bone-chilling cold and drenching downpours. “It was good to see the old guys,” said Richard Hardesty of Troy, who was a mess sergeant in Korea. “I had a really good time. It was the first time I had seen some of them since the war,” said
Charles Wooley of Piqua. Walter Felver of Piqua said the reunion was an opportunity to get reacquainted with old friends from the past. “There were a lot of guys I hadn’t seen for a long time,” said Felver, who added that he and Thomas were on the same troop ship that traveled from the United States to Korea. Glenn Devers and Toni Francis, representing the Mission: Vets to D.C. organization were special guests at the reunion. Looking back 60 years, Alexander and Staley recalled the community sendoff given to the soldiers on Jan. 21, 1952. “We met at the Armory in our dress uniforms and marched up Ash Street to Wayne Street and then over to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot,” Alexander said. A Piqua Daily Call story on the sendoff noted that the Piqua Central High School and Piqua Catholic High School bands played at the event and Mayor Wilbur Reck praised the soldiers for their service to the nation. Serving in Battery C was sort of a family affair for Alexander. He said he served in the unit with three brothers-in-law, Glenn, Bill and Lee Landis. Alexander said when Battery C members ar-
rived in Camp Polk, La., they went through basic training. Unlike today when entire units are sent overseas, at that time the Army pulled out members of units to fill a need for replacements. While many of the Battery C members went to Korea, others were assigned elsewhere. Alexander was sent to Germany, where the United States still had an occupying force following World War II. Staley recalled he thought he was going to Korea, but found out otherwise when he arrived in California. “They took me off the ship because my tour of duty wasn’t long enough to serve in Korea,” Staley said. He finished out his service time on a base in California processing draftees. While organizing the event took a lot of time, Alexander and Staley agreed that it was well worth the effort. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Staley said. While it took 60 years for Battery C members to get together, the next reunion is already in the planning stages. “We’re hoping to have a picnic this summer,” Alexander said, expressing hope that more members will be able to attend.
through a decrease in the millage amount needed, or the payback period could be shorter. The levy was passed at 4.92 mills for 30 years of less. Changes to these amounts will be announced at the March board meeting. Currently, Price is optimistic about interest rates. “It’s a good time to issue debt,” he said. Under old business, members discussed naming the district’s three new buildings. Previous suggestions were to name the building located on the current Washington Intermediate School site Washington Primary School. Likewise, the new school at the current Springcreek site would be called Springcreek Primary School. The new fourththrough sixth-grade building located at the former Piqua Memorial Hospital site would be named Piqua Central Intermediate School due to both the historical value of the Piqua Central name and the fact that it is located in the center of town. New member Frank Patrizio encouraged the idea of naming the buildings after local war heroes, like William Pitsenbarger and Samuel Pearson. “Then they (students) could learn about them
and their lives and service,” Patrizio said. Board member Mimi Crawford suggested finding a way to let taxpayers help make the decision. “Is there a process to democratically allow the taxpayers to decide?” she asked. It was determined that the 40-plus member Facilities Planning Committee will discuss the names and report back. Members also received a draft of the district’s Strategic Plan for 2012-15. The draft includes multiple changes under the Facilities category due to the new buildings. Changes were also made under the categories of: Academic Performance, Staff and School/Community Relations. The draft will be posted to the district Website. Public input is encouraged. Also during the meeting, a retirement resignation was accepted for guidance counselor Clinton Bostick effective June 1. And, a resignation was accepted for high school math teacher Lia Hoying. she is leaving Piqua because her husband was accepted to a law program in Chicago. The board will meet again in regular session at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Municipal Government Complex.
Gingrich, Romney exchange barbs JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Newt Gingrich cast Mitt Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in campaign debate Thursday night in HisFlorida. panic-heavy “That’s simply inexcusable,” the former Massachusetts governor shot back, heatedly denying the accusation. Romney quickly added that Gingrich’s campaign had stopped running a radio ad that made the
“anti-immigrant charge” after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called on him to do so. Romney said to Gingrich concerning the ad, “I think you should apologize for it.” The exchange came near the beginning of the second debate in four days in advance of next Tuesday’s Florida primary. Opinion polls make the race a close one, with two other contenders, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, trailing far behind.
Hearse Continued from page 1 Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas to nearby Love Field where Air Force One waited for a return flight to the nation’s capital on Nov. 22, 1963, after the president was assassinated. Barrett-Jackson CEO Craig Jackson said it was an honor to be able to offer a vehicle of this stature. “While its duty was solemn, it was also extremely important and played a crucial role in transporting the president so he could be laid to rest,” Jackson said of the sale. Piqua’s own Miller-Meteor Co., formerly known as the Meteor Motor Car Co., produced luxury cars, ambulances and funeral coaches while they were in business between 1913 and the mid-1970s. The JFK hearse was built locally and was later displayed during the Na-
tional Funeral Home Directors Association Convention in Dallas in 1963 before the assassination. At the end of that convention, a Dallas funeral home, the O’Neal Funeral Home, later purchased the hearse, according to the auctioning house. After President Kennedy as assassinated, the funeral home was asked to use of a hearse in order to transport the president’s body. The historic hearse was put on the market earlier this year after its previous owner — a former employee at the Dallas funeral home who had it for four decades — decided to sell it. “It’s one of the most significant and historical vehicles ever offered for sale,” said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. Tebo was described in an Associated Press story about the sale as a car collector who maintains a
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This 1964 Cadillac hearse manufactured by the Miller-Meteor Co. of Piqua, which carried President Kennedy to the airport after his assassination in 1963, was sold recently at auction for $176,000. private collection, but who Other vehicles the collec- for John Lennon and a He said he purchased has hopes of opening it up tor has includes a 1965 jeep that once belonged to the hearse because of its to the public in the future. Rolls Royce custom made Frank Sinatra. “historical significance.”
Economy makes gains WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses are growing more confident in the economy, investing in more equipment and laying off fewer workers. Government figures on manufacturing and unemployment claims released Thursday raised hopes on the eve of a report on how much the economy grew in the October-December quarter. Still, 2011 ended up as the worst year on record for new-home sales, a re-
minder that the economy has a long way to go. “Business optimism seems to be picking up, which is critical to the growth and competitiveness of the U.S. economy over the long haul,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. Orders for manufactured goods expected to last at least three years rose 3 percent last month, the Commerce Department said.
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Obama-Brewer friction displayed in airport dispute Arizona governor says she meant no disrespect BY PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation. Obama, in an interview Thursday with ABC News, said it’s “a classic example of things getting blown out of proportion.” HARAZ N. GHANBARI/AP PHOTO The brief encounter out of earshot of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points at Presobservers but captured on camera was a ident Barack Obama after he arrived at highly visible demonstration of the ver- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on bal and legal skirmishing that has regu- Wednesday, in Mesa, Ariz. Brewer larly occurred between Brewer and greeted Obama and what she got was a Obama’s administration over illegal im- book critique. Of her book.The two leadPHOTO BY DAVE FORNELL migration and other issues. ers engaged in an intense conversation Troy firefighters battle a blaze at 535-537 Lincoln Ave. on Wednesday night. The fire was Airport arrivals for presidents nor- at the base of Air Force One steps. first reported at 8:14 p.m. and later rekindled. A woman and four dogs escaped unharmed. mally involve mere pleasantries between those involved, but Brewer and migration issue. Obama then said Brewer’s recently Obama have a history. And part of that history is what apparently got things published book mischaracterized a 2011 going, according to accounts provided by White House meeting between them. Brewer said in an interview Thursday, Brewer and the White House. Brewer said that during their talk, at another Phoenix-area airport, that she invited Obama to visit Arizona to she talks a lot with her hands and that hear about her administration’s achieve- her pointing a finger at Obama during ments and to visit the U.S.-Mexico bor- their conversation wasn’t disrespectful. “I respect the office of the president,” der, which has been a point of friction trying to put the fire out, structure fire,” he said. threw water on the stove. Simmons said unfortu- between the two because of illegal im- she said. “I was there to welcome him. Simmons said the water nately, with older houses only increased the boil. such as this one, with “That made a very multiple additions and rapid oil boil and caused cellulose insulation, a hot even more fire,” he said. spot can hide — despite BY MELODY VALLIEU The woman was able to firefighter’s best efforts — Ohio Community Media locate three of the dogs somewhere in the house vallieu@tdnpublishing.com and flee the burning and reignite a structure. “We did do a complete must wear an electronic stated that the boy did not TROY — A fire that house unharmed. Firemonitoring device. A sec- have permission to possess rekindled in the middle of fighters, during the course examination of the strucond pre-trial is set for Feb. the gun and was unaware the night has left two of battling the blaze, were ture itself inside and out able to locate and save the and scanned the entire 15 and a formal trial was the gun was missing from families homeless. structure with a thermal set for March 5, according a locked box. According to The fire, at 535-537 remaining puppy. Simmons said the first imaging camera before BY MELANIE YINGST to Miami County Juvenile the report, the student Lincoln Ave., was first Court administrator Char- claimed to have “forgotten called in at 8:14 p.m. fire caused approximately leaving,” Simmons said. Ohio Community Media lene Prestopino. the gun was in the book Wednesday, according to $25,000 to the structure “Upon completion of the examination, we did not myingst@tdnpublishing.com The gun was found in a bag.” Troy Fire Department As- and its contents. Both sets of tenants find any spots that Troy City Schools Susistant Chief Matt SimTROY — The 15 year backpack Friday before the mons. He said the fire, were displaced with the alerted us that there was old freshman student at student had the chance to perintendent Eric Herman which started in the utilities being shut off, any active fire.” Troy High School that board a school bus after said all schools have a zero While the house is now brought a loaded .22 cal- school. The student admit- tolerance policy for kitchen of the 535 side of and the Red Cross interon school the duplex, was caused by vened with shelter, Sim- estimated to be a com- iber handgun to school last ted to having the gun to weapons oil cooking unattended in mons said. He said neither plete loss, Simmons said Friday was released on school officials. The loaded grounds. Herman also said gun was found wrapped in notification about the inciof the tenants had renter’s crews were able to stop Wednesday. the kitchen. Simmons said that side insurance, but the owner, any further damage in the The student placed a an orange hat with nine dent was not immediately of the house was occupied Chuck Stern, was insured. area. “denial” charge in Miami rounds in the magazine released on Friday due to by a woman, her son and Simmons said at 2:14 “The second time with County Juvenile Court and one round in the the lack of information and four dogs, however an- a.m., a call came in to re- the rekindle there was Wednesday on charges of a chamber. The gun was the incident being handled other relative was the turn to the same location more fire and we were fifth-degree felony of pos- quickly confiscated by after school hours. Herman said the district only one home at the time where the fire had rekin- able to contain the fire to sessing a gun in a school Brandon Fellers, Troy High School’s school re- will hold a hearing later of the fire. He said she dled. the one house and stop it safety zone. this week about the stuwas alerted to the fire by The student was re- source officer. “When crews got there from damaging nearby The gun was owned by dent’s expulsion from a smoke detector and in they had a fully involved ones,” he said. leased to his parents, placed on probation and the student’s father, who school.
Troy fire leaves two families homeless
Firefighters return after blaze rekindles
Teen who allegedly took gun to school released Court sets second pre-trial hearing for Troy student
Proposal under fire from GOP BY ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marine Corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs. It drew quick criticism from Republicans, signaling the difficulty of scaling back defense budgets in an election year. The changes Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described at a news conference are numerous but hardly dramatic. They aim to save money by delaying some big-ticket weapons like a next-generation nuclear-armed submarine, but the basic shape and structure of the military remains the same. The Army would shrink from a peak of 570,000 to 490,000 within five years,
and the Marines would drop by 20,000, to 182,000. Those are considerable declines, but both services will still be slightly larger than on 9/11, before they began a decade of war. Both will keep their footholds abroad, although the Army will decrease its presence in Europe and the Marines plan to increase theirs in Asia. Panetta said the administration will ask Congress for $525 billion to run the Pentagon in 2013 $6 billion less than the current budget. War costs, which are not considered part of the base budget, would decline from $115 billion to $88 billion, reflecting the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. The base budget would then increase in each year of the Pentagon’s five-year plan, reaching $567 billion in 2017. A year ago the Pentagon had projected 2017 spending to reach $622 billion. The Pentagon counts those reductions in projected future spending as “defense savings.” When Obama took office in January 2009 the Pentagon’s base budget was $513
billion. In 2001 it was $297 billion. Under a budget deficitcutting deal Congress made last summer, the Pentagon is committed to reducing projected spending by $487 billion over the next 10 years. The plan Panetta presented Thursday covers the first five years of that span and would cut a cumulative total of $259 billion in planned spending. “We believe this is a balanced and complete package,” Panetta said. In a bid to pre-empt election-year Republican criticism, Panetta said the plan begins to shift the Pentagon’s focus from the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to future challenges in Asia, the Mideast and in cyberspace. More special operations forces like the Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden will be available around the world, he said, and the Pentagon will stress improvements in cyberdefenses. Republicans were quick to pounce on the proposed Army and Marine Corps reductions.
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Apply in person at: Goodwill 1584 Covington Ave. PIQUA
DRIVERS Schindewolf Express, Inc. Hiring Company Drivers and Owner Operators. Class A CDL. Clean MVR record.1-2 years of OTR experience. We offer excellent benefits, Weekly/Weekend home time and great pay. We are family owned and operated for more than 20 years located in Quincy Ohio. 937-585-5919
Email to:
office@fletcherchurch.org
LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION SALES ADMINISTRATOR
Excellent career opportunity for an enthusiastic individual in the landscape construction industry who excels in sales/ administration. We are a growing, visionary company offering full time position and excellent benefit package with a positive, upbeat team atmosphere and works directly with the owner. LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
Local landscape contractor offering excellent career opportunity for an experienced landscape construction team leader. Full time, great compensation package, work with an high integrity team and state-ofthe-art equipment and tools. Send resume to:
mel@outdoor-enterprise.com
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Medical office looking for billing specialist. 1-3 years experience required. Apply to: mms.mwend@yahoo.com
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Qualified candidates must have a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in a maintenance environment. Must have strong troubleshooting experience in electrical, mechanical, hydraulics and pneumat ics, Must have a working knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC's, National Electrical Code requirements, the ability to read ladder logic and mechanical schematics. Must be able to work flexible shifts to start with the permanent position being either second or third shift.
Plygem Siding Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a Drug and Tobacco Free Work Environment. Please submit resume to: Attention: Human Resources Manager 2405 Campbell Rd Sidney, OH 45365
TRAINING PROVIDED!
• LABOR:
$9.50/ Hour
• CDL DRIVERS: $11.50/ Hour
APPLY: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City. (937)667-1772
Time to sell your old stuff... Get it
COLLEGE Edison Community College invites qualified candidates to apply for the following positions: COORDINATOR of LOAN MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR of EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION in TEACHING
For complete listing of employment and application requirements visit: Employment Opportunities at: www.edisonohio.edu EOE/AA Employer
Integrity Ambulance Service is hiring a
Fleet Mechanic
Experience preferred
Apply at: 100 Integrity Place Greenville, OH 45331
Or email resume and salary requirements to: joiler@hr-edge.com
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COMMUNITY NK Parts Industries, INC.
Is seeking to fill 1st and 2nd Shift positions in Anna and Sidney
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FORKLIFT AND/OR TOW BUGGY
Experience preferred
Competitive Wages, Insurance, Benefits, 401K, Fitness and Recreation Center
Applications accepted: M-F 8:00 am – 4 pm
777 South Kuther Rd Sidney, Ohio
E-Mail Resume: Career1@NKParts.com Fax Resume: 937-492-8995
Needed in Miami and Shelby Counties. Must have High school diploma or GED, have 2 good job references, and be career oriented. STNA or 1 year experience a must. Every other weekend required. Previous applicants need not apply.
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TEAM LEADER Jumpy's Fun Zone in Troy is hiring a Team Leader. Must be able to work evenings and weekends, love kids and have management experience. Send your resume to: lori@ jumpysfunzone.com
250 Office/Clerical
The Sterling House Clare Bridge of Troy is hiring
Resident Care Associates, Must be available all shifts. Experience and/ or STNA certification as well as dementia/ Alzheimer's experience is preferred, but we will train someone who shows the right heart for the job. Only those who are dependable and committed to giving the best care possible need apply. Preemployment drug screening and background checks are required. Please Apply in Person to: Sterling House and Clare Bridge of Troy 81 N Stanfield Rd Troy, OH 45373 EOE/M/F/D/V
245 Manufacturing/Trade Area manufacturer of welded, steel tubing is seeking a:
MACHINE SHOP MANAGER
Must have strong leadership skills with a machining background. Candidate should possess effective communication skills, written and orally, with employees and outside suppliers. Responsible for managing a machine shop, efficiently and productively, introducing new machine concepts, troubleshooting failures, revers ing engineer components, scheduling work demands and training of department. Qualified individuals may send resume' to: JACKSON TUBE SERVICE, INC. PO BOX 1650 Piqua, OH 45356 or to:
(937)339-8200
SERIOUS INQUIRIES CALL BRANDI: VISITING ANGELS is seeking compassionate caregivers for in-home private duty care. Flexible hours. Competitive pay. We pay for the best caregivers! (419)501-2323
Full-Time
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Accounting firm in Troy, is seeking a full-time Administrative Assistant. Must have strong technical and administrative skills. Knowledge of Microsoft Office 2007 Required. Please send resume to: kharvey@ngcpa.com
Find your way to a new career...
FULLTIME SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN A.M. LEONARD'S DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THESE POSITIONS WILL START AT 9:30 or 10:30AM EACH WEEK DAY WITH SOME OVERTIME POSSIBLE. SATURDAY MORNING WORK MAY ALSO BE AVAILABLE. THESE POSIITONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO MAY/JUNE. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE PICKING, PACKING, QC, LOADING/UNLOADING TRUCKS AND CLEAN-UP. THE PAY FOR THESE POSITIONS MAY RANGE FROM $7.70/HOUR TO $8.50/HOUR DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE. DRUG TESTING IS REQUIRED. TO APPLY, COMPLETE AN APPLICATION AT 241 FOX DRIVE, PIQUA. EOE
JobSourceOhio.com 205 Business Opportunities
NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:
Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825
Maintenance Position Darke County manufacturing company is seeking a Qualified Mechanical Technician for 2nd shift operations. This is a progressive, QS9000 & ISO 14001 certified, automotive supplier that lives lean manufacturing and J.I.T. production. Qualified candidate will perform constant evaluation, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs of production equipment in a maintenance team environment. 5 years minimum experience with mold machines mandatory. Experience with robots and PLC’s is expected. Send resume and salary requirements to:
This notice is provided as a public service by A newspaper group of Ohio Community Media
FPE, HR Department, 1855 St. Rt. 121, New Madison, OH 45346 EOE
WE’RE GROWING DRIVERS - start the new year with a great new job! Our drivers enjoy the following benefits:
• $.40/mile with annual increases • Ability to earn $.02/mile bonuses • 4 weeks vacation/year • Home most weekends • Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance • Dependable Equipment • Direct Deposit Must have CDLA and 1 yr recent OTR experience.
www.hr@jackson-tube.com
Call Continental Express 800/497-2100 or apply at www.ceioh.com
"Quality Tubing by Quality People"
PRODUCTION MACHINING
SUPERVISOR
Small machine shop has openings on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift for Production Machining Supervisor to supervise 6-10 operators per shift. Supervisory experience required, Okuma and Hurco experience as well as inspection process/ procedures experience. We supply uniforms and offer competitive wages, insurance and 401(k). Send resume to: APEX PO BOX 412, Troy, OH 45373
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If you are interested, Please send resume and contact information to: Fletcher UMC 205 S Walnut Street Fletcher, OH
This individual must have the desire and ability to work safely in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Responsibilities will include a variety of plant maintenance activities encompassing facility maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of equipment, continuous preventive maintenance, and the installation of new equipment. Daily time records and equipment repair documents must be completed and accurate.
Piqua Daily Call
CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees). The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount. While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks. Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable. If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.
Reporter/Copyeditor
Video Journalist
Full-time with benefits for Greenville, Ohio Full-time with benefits for Greenville, Ohio
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
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. 2252007
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Must be willing to work with a team, have an outgoing personality and have the ability to lead young people to a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. References and background check are required.
Plygem Siding Group, a leading North American manufacturer of exterior building products for the residential construction market is currently seeking a qualified maintenance technician to fill an immediate opening within our organization.
Thurs - Weds @ 5pm Sat - Thurs @ 4pm
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FATIMA/MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE, April 20-29th, 9 days. Breakfast & dinner daily, all airfare, 4 star hotels, private bath, tips, English speaking guides, plus more. Cost $3425-$200 deposit by February 20th. Remainder by March 20. Private room add $300. Organizer pays same fee as pilgrims. Non-profit. Kathy Subler, Versailles (937)526-4049
YOUTH COORDINATOR Part Time & NURSERY CARE PROVIDER & COORDINATOR
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately. Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.
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Fletcher United Methodist Church, A vibrant community of faith is currently looking for:
Mon - Thurs @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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DIRECTORY
300 - Real Estate
305 Apartment 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts. SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
1 BEDROOM with appliances, upstairs. $325. Sidney and Piqua. (937)726-2765 1 BEDROOM with Garage Starting at $595 Off Dorset in Troy (937)313-2153 EVERS REALTY
TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $685 3 Bedroom facing river $650 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net
2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES, Piqua, all appliances including washer/ dryer, 1.5 bath (937)335-7176 www.1troy.com JANUARY RENT FREE! 1 & 2 BEDROOM CALL FOR DETAILS
• Close to 75 • Toddler Playground • Updated Swimming Pool
• Pet Friendly ARROWHEAD VILLAGE APARTMENTS
807 Arrowhead, Apt.F Sidney, Ohio (937)492-5006 ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ●✦
PIQUA, 1 bedroom, water included, private yard, off street parking, very nice. $350 mo. (937)541-9178
INFANTS 0-2 YEARS 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK
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CERAMIC TILE AND HOME REPAIRS RON PIATT Owner/Installer
Residential • Commercial Construction
937-489-9749 In Memory Of Morgan Ashley Piatt
Sparkle Clean Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured
Handyman Services
1st and 2nd shifts weeks 12 ayears We•Provide care for children 6 weeks• to6 12 years andtooffer Super • Preschool andprogram Pre-K 3’s, and 4/5’s preschool andprograms a Pre-K and Kindergarten • Before and after school care program. We offer before and after school care, •Enrichment Transportation to Troy schools Kindergarten and school age transportation to Troy schools.
(937) 339-7222 Complete Projects or Helper Decks, Drywall, Cement, Paint, Fences, Repairs, Cleanup, Hauling, Roofing, Siding, Etc. Insured/References
Tammy Welty (937)857-4222
655 Home Repair & Remodel
945476
Pole BarnsErected Prices: •30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900 •40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000 ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!
Any type of Construction: Roofing, remodeling, siding, add-ons, interior remodeling and cabintets, re-do old barns, new home construction, etc.
305 Apartment MCGOVERN RENTALS TROY
2 BR duplexes & 2 BR townhouses. 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, fireplace, Great Location! Starting at $625-$675. (937)335-1443
NICE 2 bedroom, garage, 1.5 baths, washer/dryer hookup, AC, appliances, all electric, great location, (937)308-9709. Only $475 2 Bedroom 1.5 Bath Now Available Troy Crossing Apartments (937)313-2153
PIQUA, 2 bedroom (possible 3), 1.5 bath, washer/ dryer hookup. New windows, $550 month, No Metro. (937)773-0452
TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 month. $200 Deposit Special! (937)673-1821
TROY, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, AC, 1 car garage, appliances, W/D hookup, $630/mo. (937)433-3428 TROY, 2 bedrooms, upstairs, all electric, stove and refrigerator. Metro accepted. $480/month, deposit $300. (937)339-7028.
TROY, spacious 2 bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, on Saratoga, new carpet, appliances, AC, attached garage, all electric, $495, (937)203-3767
TROY, townhome, new carpet, freshly painted, 2 bedroom, 1.5 remodeled baths, washer/ dryer hook-up. $525 monthly. Available immediately, (937)272-0041.
Booking now for 2012 and 2013
Sidney
Flea Market 1684 Michigan Ave.
Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics
VENDORS WELCOME
Hours: Fri. 9-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-5
BUY $ELL SEEK 2251492
scchallrental@midohio.twcbc.com
(937)671-9171 305 Apartment
WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $495 month plus deposit (937)216-4233.
310 Commercial/Industrial
BODY SHOP at 817 Garbry Road, Piqua. Available February 1st, $500 per month Call (937)417-7111 or (937)448-2974
320 Houses for Rent
COVINGTON 1 bedroom house in country, no pets please, $400/month (937)473-2243 leave message
COVINGTON RURAL, 8893 Covington-Gettysburg. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 1/2 story. Metro ok, $600 (937)570-7099 IN PIQUA, 1 bedroom house, close to Mote Park $300 monthly (937)773-2829 after 2pm IN PIQUA, 4 Bedroom house, garage, fenced in back yard, nice location $600 monthly, (937)773-2829 after 2pm
METRO APPROVED, pet friendly, yard, garage, reference needed. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $465. karlajane123@yahoo.com. (954)270-0271.
PIQUA, 1825 Wilshire, 3 bedroom ranch, 2.5 car garage, $800 plus deposit. No pets. (937)773-4493 PIQUA, 316 S. Main, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, newly remodeled entirely, Metro approved, no pets. $725 mo. (937)541-9178
RENT TO own. Piqua, 2-3 bedrooms, needs some work. Only $3000 down, $425 mo. for 12 years and its yours!! (937)541-1218
TROY, 2507 Inverness, $700 a month. Plus one month deposit, no metro. (937) 239-1864 Visit miamicountyproperties.com
937-335-6080 320 Houses for Rent
TROY, 2555 Worthington, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, great room, appliances, $1,150 monthly, (937)239-0320, (937)239-1864, www.miamicountyproperties.com
325 Mobile Homes for Rent
NEAR BRADFORD in country 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375. (937)417-7111, (937)448-2974
400 - Real Estate For Sale 425 Houses for Sale
TROY, 2507 Inverness. $82,900. Will finance, will coop. (937) 239-1864 Visit miamicountyproperties.com
TROY, 2555 Worthington, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, great room, $159,500, financing available, (937)239-0320, (937)239-1864, www.miamicountyproperties.com
500 - Merchandise
FUEL FURNACE, United States Stove Company Model 1537 Hotblast Solid (wood/ coal). Twin 550 cfm blowers and filter box. Purchased in 2002. Very good condition, $900, kdapore@roadrunner.com. (937)638-0095.
REFRIGERATOR, Amana, black side by side, 18 cu. feet, ice maker, water dispenser in door. Very good condition, $300 (937)773-1395
545 Firewood/Fuel
SEASONED FIREWOOD $160 per cord. Stacking extra, $130 you pick up. Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047
LICENSED & BONDED
937-570-5230
545 Firewood/Fuel
FIREWOOD, $125 a cord pick up, $150 a cord delivered, $175 a cord delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237
FIREWOOD for sale. All seasoned hardwood, $150 per cord split/ delivered, (937)844-3756.
560 Home Furnishings
DINING SET, beautiful antique mahogany table with 6 matching chairs and 60 inch side board. Table is 54 inches round with five 9 inch leaves. Great condition, custom table pad included. (937)409-3387 between 9am-9pm
LIVING ROOM Set, 3 piece, matching, couch, loveseat and wingchair. beige, Sparingly used. No children, not laid on. Excellent condition. $400 (937)492-7464 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. Call (937)498-9271 after 5pm.
570 Lawn and Garden
510 Appliances
937-773-4552
HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS & DRAINS 24 HOUR SERVICE
$10 OFF Service Call until January 31, 2012 with this coupon
TOP QUALITY snow removal and salt spreading. Specializing in large or small residential lanes and light commercial. (937)726-9001.
KENS PLUMBING
•Refrigerators •Stoves •Washers & Dryers •Dishwashers • Repair & Install Air Conditioning
Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration
680 Snow Removal
705 Plumbing
APPLIANCE REPAIR
937-492-ROOF
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Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992
in the Sidney Plaza next to Save-A-Lot
TERRY’S
HALL(S) FOR RENT!
• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions
675 Pet Care
670 Miscellaneous
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630 Entertainment
Amish Crew
• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors
A service for your needs with a professional touch (937) 368-2190 (937) 214-6186 Bonded & Insured Support us by staying local
Licensed & Insured
• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms
CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE
• Seasonal • Monthly • Bi-Weekly • Weekly
Call Elizabeth Schindel
CHORE BUSTER
2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373
Center hours 6am 11:55pm Center hoursnow 6 a.m. to 6top.m.
Libby’s
Cleaning Service
LEARNING CENTER
CALL TODAY!335-5452 CALL 335-5452
937-573-4737 www.buckeyehomeservices.com
655 Home Repair & Remodel
KIDZ TOWN
625 Construction
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CALL TODAY! (937)418-4712 or (937)710-5277 1144 Fisher Dr., Piqua, OH 45356
classifieds
875-0153 698-6135
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift • Tax Claimable • Price Negotiable for more than one child • Meals and snacks provided • Close to Nicklin & Wilder School District • Mornings, before and after school
or (937) 238-HOME Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence
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K I D S P L AC E
(937) 339-1902
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620 Childcare
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Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts
everybody’s talking about what’s in our
COOPER’S GRAVEL Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots
“All Our Patients Die” 2245139
645 Hauling
for appointment at
773-4200 Free Inspections
I am a debt relief agency. I help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 2239656
422 Buckeye Ave., Sidney
(419) 203-9409 For Rent
• Specializing in Chapter 7 • Affordable rates • Free Initial Consultation
Call 937-498-5125
For 75 Years
Since 1936
Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns
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Hiring dependable Full-time OTR DRIVER Lots of miles Excellent pay Late Model Equipment Reefer Trailer Experience Needed Clean Record Contact Josh: PIERE TRUCKING 937-417-2053
937-620-4579
Electronic Filing Quick Refund 2247317 44 Years Experience
#Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages
(See Us For Do-It-Yourself Products)
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Flatbed Drivers New Pay Scale Start at .37cpm. Up to .04cpm Mileage Bonus. Home Weekends. Insurance & 401K. Apply at Boydandsons.com 800-648-9915
SchulzeTax & Accounting Service
660 Home Services
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Emily Greer
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JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT, a food grade liquid carrier is seeking Class A CDL tank drivers from the Sidney/Piqua/Troy area. Home flexible weekends. 5 years driving experience required. Will train for tank. Great Pay and Benefit Package. For further info, call Jane @ 1-888-200-5067
615 Business Services
660 Home Services
Bankruptcy WE KILL BED BUGS! KNOCKDOWN SERVICES Attorney starting at $
2250446
DRIVERS WANTED
AMISH CREW Will do roofing, siding, windows, doors, dry walling, painting, porches, decks, new homes, garages, room additions. 30 Years experience Amos Schwartz (260)273-6223 (937)232-7816
660 Home Services
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280 Transportation
640 Financial
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Bring this ad in for $1 off your purchase. Limit 1 per customer
625 Construction
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TEACHERS SPECIAL bring school ID between 1-4pm on Sunday. Double the books for same price.
600 - Services
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✯ BOOK SALE ✯ PIQUA Piqua Catholic School Gym 218 S. Downing Street. Saturday and Sunday Jan 28th and Jan 29th 8am-6pm 6th Annual Fund Raiser 10,000+ BOOKS (new & used). 3 for $5.00 Paperbacks 5 for $10.00 Hard backs All Genres Children's Books 3 for $1.00
To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Service & Business Directory please call: 877-844-8385
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555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales
Service&Business
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Please call: 877-844-8385 to advertise
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DIRECTORY
OIL SUNFLOWER, 50 pounds $29.00, 25 Pounds $19.75, Thistle .99¢ Pound, Suet cakes, .99¢ each, Large selection of Birdseed and Feeders, Siegel's Covington Country Store, (937)473-2808
577 Miscellaneous
CRIB COMPLETE, cradle, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, walker, car seat, high chair, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub good condition (937)339-4233
KITCHEN CABINETS and vanities, new, oak and maple finish. All sizes, below retail value. (330)524-3984
Picture it Sold To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Picture it Sold please call: 877-844-8385
2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE Silver, 3.1 liter V-6, good gas mileage, 150,000 miles. $3200 or best offer. (937)778-4078
577 Miscellaneous
WALKER, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grabbers, canes, desk chair rolls and adjusts, Disney phones good condition (937)339-4233
580 Musical Instruments
PIANO, Baby Grand, circa 1920's ornate carved six legs, very good condition with custom top, seats 8, $2700, edlincor@bright.net (419)394-8204.
583 Pets and Supplies
BICHON FRISE, Maltese, Yorkie, Shi-chons, Maltipoo, Non-Shedding. $100 and up. (419)925-4339 BORDER COLLIE puppies (4) males, registered, farm raised, $200 each. Union City, IN. (937)564-2950 or (937)564-8954 CAT yellow male. under 1 year. Sweet and mellow. Former stray, now neutered. Needs indoor forever home. $10 donation to humane society. (937)492-7478
583 Pets and Supplies
FREE KITTEN, 6 months, male, short hair. Very loving and playful, gets along great with other cats. Litter trained. (937)473-2122 GERBILS, free. (2) Females, supplies and equipment included. Easy to care for. (937)418-4093
592 Wanted to Buy BUYING ESTATES, Will buy contents of estates PLUS, do all cleanup, (937)638-2658 ask for Kevin CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up. Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019 CLASS RING, Girls SHS 1954, call (937)492-5243 leave message WE PAY cash for your old toys! Star Wars, GI Joes, He-Man, Transformers and much more. (937)638-3188.
Friday, January 27, 2012
800 - Transportation
805 Auto
1997 CADILLAC DeVille Concours, white with caramel leather heated seats, automatic, A/C, power steering, power windows and locks, dual air bags, cassette player, trunk mounted CD player, 90,000 miles, good condition. $4000. Call (937)773-1550
925 Legal Notices
PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL
810 Auto Parts & Accessories * GIANT * Auto Parts Swap Meet
Sunday, January 29, 2012. 8am - 3pm. Lima, Ohio, Allen County Fairgrounds. 2 Miles east of I-75 on State Route 309. Info: (419)331-3837
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830 Boats/Motor/Equipment
BOAT, Alumacraft, 15 HP Evinrude motor, Gator trailer. Includes: Anchormate, Shakespeare trolling motor, Eagle II depthfinder, oars and anchors. $1800 OBO. (937)492-4904
899 Wanted to Buy Cash paid for junk cars and trucks. Free removal. Get the most for you clunker call Wanted Junkers (937)732-5424.
925 Legal Notices
925 Legal Notices
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-457 Bank of America, N.A. vs. Jamie Seitz, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-022830 Also known as: 1063 West North Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($48,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Colette S. Carr, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-305 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs. Keith R. Helmandollar, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-053330 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 783, page 712 Also known as: 1001 Nicklin Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Channing L. Ulbrich, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-714 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. James A. Boggess, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-039770 Also known as: 610 Orr Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Kriss D. Felty, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-397 Citifinancial, Inc. vs. John R. Lee, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-040210 Also known as: 1024 Camp Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Joshua J. Epling, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-742 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Steve H. Pergram, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-054470 Also known as: 318 East North Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Thirty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. George J. Annos, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012 2252368
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-683 U.S. Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Bank of America, N.A., as successor to LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2 vs. Jeffrey S. Young, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-005930 Also known as: 1011 Broadway, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Melissa N. Meinhart, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012 2252369
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 08-593 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Argent Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005W3 vs. Carolyn S. Wion, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 22, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-072440 Also known as: 1721 Amherst Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Two Thousand and 00/100 ($72,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Melissa N. Meinhart, Attorney 1/20, 1/27, 2/3-2012 2251113
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-574 U.S. Bank, N.A. vs. Trace D. Weidner, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-048950 Prior Deed Reference: D.B. 786, page 733 Also known as: 109 Drexel Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Bethany L. Suttinger, Attorney 1/27, 2/3, 2/10-2012 2252370
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-019 LaSalle Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Sterans Asset Backed Securities I, LLC, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE8 vs. Angela Marie Magill, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 22, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Newberry, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H17-035700 Also known as: 9311 West US Route 36, Covington, Ohio 45318 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Ninety Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($99,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. David F. Hanson, Attorney 1/20, 1/27, 2/3-2012
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-317 Chase Home Finance, LLC vs. Scott D. Parker, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 22, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-043240 Also known as: 209 Third Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Sixty Three Thousand and 00/100 ($63,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Angela D. Kirk, Attorney 1/20, 1/27, 2/3-2012
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IN BRIEF ■ Basketball
Lady Indians get road win
Time change for Russia There has been a change in the time schedule for the Russia and Versailles boys basketball games Saturday. The freshman game will start at 3:30 p.m., followed by the JV at 5 p.m. and the varsity at 6:30 p.m.
Piqua girls recover from slow start
Piqua JH boys sweep Troy The Piqua junior high boys basketball teams had a big night Wednesday, sweeping Troy. The seventh grade won 46-35, building a 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter with good team basketball. Nathan Monnin had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Storm Cook had 16 points, while Gage Smith grabbed six rebounds. The eighth grade knocked off the top team in the GWOC North 32-21. Austin Creager had seven points and 11 rebounds, while Al Nees and Brady Hill both scored seven points. PIQUA SCORING Seventh Grade Cook 16, Patton 5, Hawk 6, Monnin 12, Smith 7. Eighth Grade Nees 7, Schmiesing 4, Hudson 3, Hill 7, Creager 7, Black 4. MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO
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Sam Prakel has been named top boys cross country runner in Ohio.
Russia holding baseball camp
The Russia Raider Baseball team, along with Extra Innings — Troy, is sponsoring a baseball camp for ages 7-18 that will be held at Russia High School on Feb. 5 and 12 from 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. The camp is a fundraiser for the team. For more information, or to receive a brochure, contact Russia varsity baseball coach Rick Gold, at 937-335-1921 or by email at rdgold14@yahoo.com
PYBSA signups start Saturday Piqua Youth Baseball and Softball (PYBSA) 2012 sign ups will be held at the Miami Valley Centre Mall on the following dates and times. (will be located out side of Sears store) Jan. 28: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 29: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 4: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 5: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. If you have any questions you can email Andy Hall at ahall7@woh.rr.com
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Prakel named top Ohio CC runner Versailles junior finalist for national award VERSAILLES — Versailles High School standout Samuel Prakel has been named the 2011-12 Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, it was announced this week. The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated off the race course,
and this award distinguishes Prakel as Ohio's best high school boys cross country runner. He is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Prakel ran to the D-III state championship last fall in 15:19.34. A first-team all-state selection, he then took 14th at the Nike Cross Country Nationals Midwest Regional championships in 16:15.2.
He also placed 80th at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional championships, crossing in 16:11. Prakel has maintained a 4.0 grade point average and is ranked first in his class. An accomplished trombonist in his school's concert and marching bands, he has volunteered locally on behalf of multiple community service initiatives in association with Boy Scouts of America and his church youth group.
GREENVILLE — The Piqua girls basketball team recover from a low start and held off Greenville for a 52-47 win in GWOC North action Wednesday. "We got off to a slow start again, and got down 11-4, but the kids stayed composed and kept playing hard,” Piqua coach Rory Hoke said. The hot shooting of guard Jenna Dowler and post player Kelsey Tester gave Piqua trouble in the early going. “We had some trouble defending Tester inside and Dowler was really shooting the ball well from the perimeter,” Hoke said. “That put us down by five at halftime.” The second half was different story, as Macy Yount caught fire in the third quarter. “In the second half, our kids stepped up, made shots, and created some turnovers on the defensive end,” Hoke said. “Macy (Yount) had a huge third quarter, hitting 3 threes, along with Imari (Witten), who knocked one down. “I told the kids after the game that it was one of those games where I felt like I could play any of them at any time and get solid contributions, and they all did.” Hoke felt Piqua’s depth was the key. “I think that was the difference in the game because we were able to play so many kids and they (Greenville) just ran out of gas in the fourth quarter,” Hoke said. “Hannah (Mowery) and Maddie (Hilleary) kept us in the game in the first half because they attacked the basket and got to the free throw line. “Kelsey (Deal) is such an emotional leader on the floor, and the kids feed off of her energy and effort. “Shelby (Vogler) had another solid night on both
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ends of the floor, along with Tasha (Potts) and Christy (Graves). “They all did a nice job on the boards and slowing down Greenville's interior game. Katie (Allen) did a really good job of penetrating the zone and getting us some open looks (five assists), especially in the second half.” Graves had a strong showing with 12 points, eight rebounds and five steals. Yount scored nine points and Hilleary grabbed six rebounds. “Christy (Graves) stepped up big tonight,” Hoke said. “She and Shelby hit some big free throws down the stretch in the fourth quarter (combined 9-for-10). “It was nice to see Christy out there playing with confidence. I am really proud of the kids. “We have had some tough losses, and they have been pretty resilient, and kept fighting." The Piqua JVs posted a 30-3 win over Greenville. Kayla Schrubb led a balanced attack with seven points. Piqua will host Vandalia-Butler Saturday in GWOC North play. The JV game tips at 11:30 a.m. BOXSCORE Piqua (52) Hannah Mowery 0-3-3, Kelsey Deal 3-06, Imari Witten 1-0-3, Macy Yount 3-0-9, Katie Allen 2-1-5, Maddie Hilleary 3-3-9, Tasha Potts 0-0-0, Danajha Clemons 0-00, Teija Davis 0-0-0, Shelby Vogler 1-3-5, Christy Graves 3-6-12. Totals: 16-16-52. Greenville (47) Jenna Dowler 7-1-20, Haleigh Luce 4-08, Tara Guillozet 2-2-6, Karlee Lennen 0-00, Paige Tester 0-0-0, Kelsey Tester 5-2-12, Erin Albright 0-1-1. Totals: 18-6-47. 3-point field goals — Piqua: Yount (3), Witten. Greenville: Dowler (5). Score By Quarters Piqua 6 13 34 52 Greenville 11 18 33 47 Records: Piqua 4-11 (1-4), Greenville 113 (0-5). Reserve score: Piqua 30, Greenville 3.
Tampa Bay Hires Schiano
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NFL Q: What team scored 55 points in Super Bowl XXIV?
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QUOTED "Joe Paterno left this world with a clear conscience." —Jay Paterno at his father’s memorial service
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Tampa Bay hired Rutgers coach Greg Schiano to be their new coach Thursday. For the story, see page 14.
LEWISBURG — The Miami East girls remained unbeaten in CCC play with a 63-20 romp over Tri-County North. Angie Mack led the Lady Vikings with 21 points and Trina Current added 17. Miami East will host Tippecanoe Monday night in non-conference play.
basketball team used the 1-2 punch of Julianna Simon and Shelby Kihm in a 61-21 rout of Twin Valley South. Simon outscored the Panthers by herself with 22 points, while Kihm matched them with 21 points. Covington will host Lehman Saturday in nonconference play.
Bradford girls basketball team cruised to a 40-17 win over Ansonia in CCC action. Brooke Dunlevy scored 20 points and Alisha Patty added eight.
Lady Cats fall
HOUSTON — The Houston girls basketball team found the going tough against unbeaten Anna, losing 69-30. Lady Buccs roll WEST ALEXANDRIA Lady Roaders win Kristi Elliott led Hous— The Covington girls BRADFORD — The ton with nine points.
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Surprising decision Bucs go to college ranks for new coach TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Buccaneers are counting on Greg Schiano to lead them back to respectability and transform Tampa Bay into consistent winners — much in the same way he made Rutgers matter again. The 45-year-old former Scarlet Knights coach was hired Thursday, more than three weeks after the Bucs fired Raheem Morris following a 4-12 finish. The team scheduled a press conference for Friday to introduce Schiano, who inherits a team that allowed the most points in the NFL this season. "Coach Schiano is a bright, meticulous teacher who knows how to get the most out of his players," general manager Mark Dominik said. "He built and ran a pro-style program at Rutgers, and he's a defensive-minded coach whose teams have always been characterized by toughness and a physical style of play." Schiano was at Rutgers for 11 seasons, taking them from college football laughingstocks to a program that has had winning records in six of the last seven years. He was an assistant coach in the NFL with Chicago from 1996-98. The Scarlet Knights appointed offensive line coach Kyle Flood as interim head coach while the school searches for Schiano's replacement. The Bucs fired Morris on Jan. 2 after Tampa Bay lost 10 straight to end the season, most of them by double-digit margins. The collapse following a promising 4-2 start came only a year after the NFL's youngest team went 10-6 and narrowly missed the playoffs. The Glazer family that owns the team interviewed at least 10 candidates for the opening, including Oregon's Chip Kelly, who was offered the position before turning it down earlier this week. The Bucs also talked to former NFL head coaches Mike Sherman, Brad Childress and Marty Schottenheimer; Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski; Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray; Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer; Green Bay quarterbacks coach Tom Clements and former Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, who accepted the head coaching opening with the Miami Dolphins. An 11th known candidate, ex-Dallas Cowboys coach and current Houston defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, canceled a scheduled interview with the Bucs that would have taken place while the Texans were in the playoffs. Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer said the club was thrilled to entrust the team's rebuilding project to Schiano. "During our thorough search, we met with numerous impressive candidates, but coach Schiano surely distinguished himself," Glazer said. "From his leadership skills to his considerable track record, he is, simply put, the right man for the job." It's not the first exhaustive search the Glazers have conducted for a coach. The Bucs pursued Steve
Spurrier before hiring Tony Dungy in 1996, then tried to lure Bill Parcells and Steve Mariucci to Tampa Bay before trading two first-round draft picks, as well as a pair of second-rounders and $8 million cash to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for the opportunity to negotiate a contract with Jon Gruden after the 2001 season. Gruden led the Bucs to their only Super Bowl title the following season, but Tampa Bay hasn't won a playoff game since. The Glazers fired him three weeks after the Bucs lost the final four games of 2008 to miss the playoffs, and promoted Morris as his successor. Tampa Bay went 17-31 under Morris, who served as his own defensive coordinator. The Bucs allowed a franchise-record 494 points in 2011, including 31 of more in seven of the last eight games. In addition to fixing a defense that's been rebuilt over the past two drafts, getting young quarterback Josh Freeman back on track will be a priority this offseason. Freeman threw for 25 touchdowns and just six interceptions in 2010, his second year in the league and his first as a full-time starter. The 24-year-old passed for 16 TDs vs. 22 interceptions this season. The timing of the move could put Rutgers in a bind with national signing day less than a week away. This is a pivotal time in the recruiting process, with coaches locking up commitments from high school prospects who make those agreements official by signing national letters of intent starting Wednesday. Schiano's contract with Rutgers runs through 2016 and pays him around $2.35 million per year. He played linebacker at Bucknell, but never in the NFL. His first big break in coaching came at Penn State, where Joe Paterno hired him to coach defensive backs in 1991. He was at Penn State through 1995, before being hired by the Bears. Because of his success at Rutgers, there had often been speculation for years about Schiano possibly replacing Paterno when the Hall of Famer was done coaching. But when Penn State was looking for a replacement after firing Paterno amid a child sex-abuse scandal involving one of his former longtime assistants, the school hired Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien. Schiano has been courted by several other colleges during his time at Rutgers, most notably Miami in 2006 and Michigan in 2007. "I've had several opportunities over the years and none of them felt right," Schiano told The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., as he left Rutgers' football facility Thursday night "This time, this one felt right." Schiano's first four seasons at Rutgers produced losing seasons, but the program he took over was practically at rock bottom in major college football. Before he was hired, the Scarlet Knights played in only one bowl game in their history.
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NFL Playoffs NFL Playoff Glance All Times EST Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 7 Houston 31, Cincinnati 10 New Orleans 45, Detroit 28 Sunday, Jan. 8 New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2 Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32 New England 45, Denver 10 Sunday, Jan. 15 Baltimore 20, Houston 13 N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 New England 23, Baltimore 20 N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m. Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Indianapolis New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 6:20 p.m.
Bowl Glance College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27, OT Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Illinois 20, UCLA 14 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Auburn 43, Virginia 24 Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Houston 30, Penn State 14 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. South Carolina 30, Nebraska 13 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Michigan State 33, Georgia 30, 3OT Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida 24, Ohio State 17 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Oklahoma State 41, Stanford 38, OT Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20, OT Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia 70, Clemson 33 Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Arkansas 29, Kansas State 16 Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20 Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans Alabama 21, LSU 0 Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. West 24, East 17 Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN)
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NBA Standings National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division L Pct GB W Philadelphia 12 6 .667 — Boston 7 9 .438 4 7 11 .389 5 New York New Jersey 6 13 .316 6½ Toronto 6 13 .316 6½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 13 5 .722 — 12 5 .706 ½ Orlando Atlanta 13 6 .684 ½ Washington 3 15 .167 10 3 16 .158 10½ Charlotte Central Division W L Pct GB 16 4 .800 — Chicago Indiana 12 5 .706 2½ Cleveland 7 10 .412 7½ 7 10 .412 7½ Milwaukee Detroit 4 15 .211 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 12 7 .632 — 10 7 .588 1 Memphis Dallas 11 8 .579 1 Houston 10 8 .556 1½ 3 15 .167 8½ New Orleans Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 15 3 .833 — Denver 13 5 .722 2 Utah 10 6 .625 4 Portland 11 8 .579 4½ Minnesota 8 10 .444 7 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 9 6 .600 — L.A. Lakers 11 8 .579 — Golden State 6 11 .353 4 Phoenix 6 11 .353 4 Sacramento 6 13 .316 5 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 91, New York 81 Washington 92, Charlotte 75 New Jersey 97, Philadelphia 90, OT Miami 101, Detroit 98 Indiana 95, Chicago 90 Milwaukee 105, Houston 99 Oklahoma City 101, New Orleans 91 Minnesota 105, Dallas 90 San Antonio 105, Atlanta 83 Toronto 111, Utah 106,2OT Denver 122, Sacramento 93 Golden State 101, Portland 93 L.A. Lakers 96, L.A. Clippers 91 Thursday's Games Boston at Orlando Memphis at L.A. Clippers Friday's Games Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. Washington at Houston, 8 p.m. Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York at Miami, 8 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m. Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Saturday's Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New York at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.
College Schedule College Basketball Schedule All Times EST Monday, Jan. 23 Friday, Jan. 27 EAST Dartmouth at Brown, 7 p.m. Princeton at Cornell, 7 p.m. Iona at Fairfield, 7 p.m. Loyola (Md.) at Niagara, 7 p.m. Marist at Siena, 7 p.m. Harvard at Yale, 7 p.m. Manhattan at Canisius, 7:15 p.m. Boston U. at Stony Brook, 9 p.m. SOUTH ETSU at SC-Upstate, 7 p.m. MIDWEST Ill.-Chicago at Detroit, 7 p.m. Loyola of Chicago at Wright St., 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 EAST Hofstra at Northeastern, Noon Marquette at Villanova, Noon George Washington at Fordham, 1 p.m. American U. at Lafayette, 1 p.m. West Virginia at Syracuse, 1 p.m. Delaware at Drexel, 2 p.m. Binghamton at Maine, 2 p.m. Wagner at Quinnipiac, 2 p.m. UNC Wilmington at Towson, 2 p.m. Saint Louis at UMass, 2 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson at CCSU, 3:30 p.m. Mount St. Mary's at Sacred Heart, 3:30 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) at Bryant, 4 p.m. Albany (NY) at Hartford, 4 p.m. Georgetown at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Saint Joseph's at Temple, 4 p.m. Colgate at Holy Cross, 5 p.m. Harvard at Brown, 6 p.m. Cincinnati at Rutgers, 6 p.m. Columbia at Cornell, 7 p.m. La Salle at Duquesne, 7 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 7 p.m. St. Francis (NY) at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. Richmond at St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m. LIU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale, 7 p.m. Louisville at Seton Hall, 8 p.m. SOUTH Wake Forest at Clemson, Noon Wofford at Coll. of Charleston, Noon St. John's at Duke, Noon Arkansas at Alabama, 1:30 p.m. Mississippi St. at Florida, 1:30 p.m. Elon at Appalachian St., 2 p.m. James Madison at George Mason, 2 p.m. VCU at Georgia St., 2 p.m. W. Carolina at UNC Greensboro, 2 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. Virginia Tech at Maryland, 2:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Morehead St., 3 p.m. SE Louisiana at Northwestern St., 3 p.m. Mercer at Stetson, 3:15 p.m. Kentucky at LSU, 4 p.m. Md.-Eastern Shore at NC A&T, 4 p.m. Delaware St. at NC Central, 4 p.m. William & Mary at Old Dominion, 4 p.m. Liberty at Radford, 4 p.m. Howard at Savannah St., 4 p.m. High Point at Winthrop, 4 p.m. Campbell at UNC Asheville, 4:30 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe, 5 p.m. Davidson at Samford, 5 p.m. Alcorn St. at Southern U., 5 p.m. Kennesaw St. at Florida Gulf Coast, 5:15 p.m. SIU-Edwardsville at Jacksonville St., 5:30 p.m. Jackson St. at MVSU, 5:30 p.m. Prairie View at Alabama St., 6 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Florida A&M, 6 p.m. Coppin St. at Hampton, 6 p.m. Morgan St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m. Auburn at Tennessee, 6 p.m. Xavier at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m. South Carolina at Mississippi, 7 p.m. Southern Miss. at UCF, 7 p.m. Furman at The Citadel, 7:05 p.m. Georgia Southern at Chattanooga, 7:30 p.m. W. Kentucky at FIU, 7:30 p.m. North Florida at Lipscomb, 7:30 p.m. Charleston Southern at Presbyterian, 7:30 p.m. Nevada at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. E. Illinois at Murray St., 8 p.m. Virginia at NC State, 8 p.m. E. Kentucky at Tennessee St., 8 p.m. East Carolina at UAB, 8 p.m. Jacksonville at Belmont, 8:15 p.m. Texas Southern at Alabama A&M, 8:30 p.m. UT-Martin at Austin Peay, 8:30 p.m. Marshall at Memphis, 9 p.m. MIDWEST Ball St. at Ohio, TBA Buffalo at N. Illinois, 1 p.m. Texas Tech at Missouri, 1:30 p.m. Kansas at Iowa St., 2 p.m. Valparaiso at Milwaukee, 2 p.m. Chicago St. at North Dakota, 3 p.m. Akron at Cent. Michigan, 4 p.m. Purdue at Northwestern, 4 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at W. Michigan, 4 p.m. S. Illinois at Illinois St., 4:05 p.m. N. Iowa at Missouri St., 5 p.m. Bowling Green at E. Michigan, 6 p.m. N. Dakota St. at Oakland, 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Dayton, 7 p.m. Butler at Green Bay, 7 p.m. S. Dakota St. at IPFW, 7 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas St., 7 p.m. Kent St. at Toledo, 7 p.m. Cleveland St. at Youngstown St., 7:05 p.m. Illinois at Minnesota, 8 p.m. IUPUI at W. Illinois, 8 p.m. Bradley at Creighton, 8:05 p.m. Wichita St. at Drake, 9 p.m. SOUTHWEST Texas at Baylor, 1 p.m. Arkansas St. at North Texas, 1 p.m. Nicholls St. at Lamar, 3 p.m. Tulsa at SMU, 3 p.m. Oklahoma St. at Texas A&M, 4 p.m. Texas-Arlington at Texas St., 5 p.m. Sam Houston St. at UTSA, 5 p.m. Grambling St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 8 p.m. UTEP at Houston, 8 p.m. Tulane at Rice, 8 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M-CC, 8 p.m. Houston Baptist at Texas-Pan American, 8 p.m. Denver at UALR, 8 p.m. UMKC at Oral Roberts, 8:05 p.m. FAR WEST Wyoming at Boise St., 3:30 p.m. San Diego St. at Colorado St., 4 p.m. Colorado at UCLA, 4 p.m. Washington St. at Arizona St., 5 p.m. TCU at New Mexico, 6 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 7 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at Pacific, 8 p.m. UC Riverside at UC Irvine, 8 p.m. UNLV at Air Force, 9 p.m. Saint Mary's (Cal) at BYU, 9 p.m. Montana St. at E. Washington, 9:05 p.m. Weber St. at Idaho St., 9:05 p.m. San Jose St. at Utah St., 9:05 p.m. NJIT at Utah Valley, 9:05 p.m. Fresno St. at New Mexico St., 9:30 p.m. South Dakota at S. Utah, 9:30 p.m. CS Northridge at CS Bakersfield, 10 p.m. Portland at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m. Santa Clara at Pepperdine, 10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m. Cal Poly at UC Davis, 10 p.m. N. Arizona at Sacramento St., 10:05 p.m. Cal St.-Fullerton at Long Beach St., 11 p.m. Utah at Southern Cal, 11 p.m. Hawaii at Idaho, 11:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 EAST Notre Dame vs. UConn at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., Noon Miami at Boston College, 1 p.m. Marist at Fairfield, 1 p.m. Army at Lehigh, 2 p.m. Siena at Rider, 2 p.m. Loyola (Md.) at Canisius, 2:15 p.m. New Hampshire at Vermont, 3 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 4 p.m. Iona at St. Peter's, 4:30 p.m. SOUTH Providence at South Florida, 2 p.m. Cent. Arkansas at McNeese St., 4 p.m. Georgia Tech at North Carolina, 6 p.m. Troy at South Alabama, 6:05 p.m. MIDWEST Michigan at Ohio St., 1 p.m. Iowa at Indiana, 6 p.m. Indiana St. at Evansville, 8 p.m. FAR WEST Montana at Portland St., 4:05 p.m. Oregon St. at Oregon, 6:30 p.m. Stanford at California, 8:30 p.m.
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Farmers Insurnace Farmers Insurance Open Scores Thursday At La Quinta, Calif. Torrey Pines (South Course), 7,698 yards, par 72 (36-36) Torrey Pines (North Course), 7,094 yards, par 72 (36-36)
First Round a-denotes amateur Spencer Levin Kyle Stanley Bill Haas Rod Pampling Josh Teater John Huh Vijay Singh Greg Chalmers Justin Leonard Camilo Villegas Martin Flores Sang-Moon Bae Pat Perez Dustin Johnson Marc Turnesa Colt Knost Chris Riley Marco Dawson Brandt Snedeker Harris English Alexandre Rocha Kevin Sutherland Arjun Atwal Cameron Tringale Danny Lee Paul Goydos Gavin Coles Rickie Fowler Cameron Beckman James Driscoll Andres Romero Tim Herron Chris DiMarco Robert Allenby Troy Kelly Bio Kim Nick O'Hern Brandt Jobe Bud Cauley Jhonattan Vegas Stewart Cink Michael Bradley Keegan Bradley Bubba Watson Seung-Yul Noh Ryo Ishikawa Billy Hurley III Ricky Barnes Steve Marino Tom Pernice Jr. Kevin Streelman Nick Watney Hunter Mahan Edward Loar Brendon de Jonge D.A. Points Aaron Baddeley Gary Woodland Roland Thatcher Robert Garrigus John Rollins Tom Gillis Brendon Todd Jonas Blixt Roberto Castro Kevin Stadler Duffy Waldorf Chris Kirk Scott Piercy Ben Crane Tommy Biershenk Kyle Thompson Miguel Angel Carballo Bryce Molder Trevor Immelman Steve Wheatcroft Jamie Lovemark Boo Weekley Justin Rose Ernie Els Stuart Appleby Charley Hoffman Marc Leishman Charlie Wi Erik Compton a-Jay Hwang Gary Christian Will Claxton Nathan Green Geoff Ogilvy Angel Cabrera Chez Reavie Charles Howell III Sunghoon Kang J.J. Killeen Kyle Reifers Cody Slover Richard H. Lee Russell Knox David Mathis John Mallinger Brendan Steele Briny Baird Jarrod Lyle Kevin Kisner Mark D. Anderson Charlie Beljan Jimmy Walker Graham DeLaet Ryuji Imada Derek Lamely Patrick Sheehan Kevin Chappell Stephen Gangluff William McGirt Steven Bowditch Scott McCarron Y.E. Yang John Merrick Scott Brown Ken Duke Rocco Mediate Bill Lunde Chris Couch Matt Every Jason Kokrak Ted Potter, Jr. Brian Harman Ryan Moore Mathew Goggin Blake Adams Matthew Giles Gregory Casagranda Daniel Summerhays J.J. Henry Vaughn Taylor Greg Owen Paul Imondi Troy Matteson Scott Dunlap Anthony Kim Bo Van Pelt Stephen Ames Garth Mulroy Bobby Gates J.B. Holmes Michael Thompson Daniel Chopra Phil Mickelson Billy Mayfair Neal Lancaster Peter Tomasulo D.J. Trahan David Hearn Matt Bettencourt Tommy Gainey
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Abu Dhabi Scores Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Leading Scores Thursday of Week At Abu Dhabi Golf Club's National course Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.7 million Yardage: 7,600; Par: 72 First Round Robert Karlsson, Sweden 33-34—67 Rory McIlroy, Norther Ireland 33-34—67 Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland 32-36—68 Richard Finch, England 33-35—68 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, France 34-34—68 Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 33-36—69 Robert Rock, England 36-33—69 Richie Ramsay, Scotland 36-33—69 Tiger Woods, United States 35-35—70 Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 37-33—70 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 36-34—70 Liang Wen-chong, China 35-35—70 David Drysdale, Scotland 34-36—70 Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 34-36—70 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 34-36—70 Johan Edfors, Sweden 34-36—70 Paul Lawrie, Scotland 33-37—70 Anthony Wall, England 33-37—70 Jose Manuel Lara, Spain 36-34—70 KJ Choi, South Korea 36-35—71 Marcus Fraser, Australia 37-34—71 Luke Donald, England 36-35—71 Anders Hansen, Denmark 37-34—71 Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 35-36—71 Raphael Jacquelin, France 35-36—71 Oliver Fisher, England 36-35—71 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 37-34—71 Richard S. Johnson, Sweden 37-34—71 Jamie Elson, England 36-35—71 Alejandro Canizares, Spain 36-35—71 Sergio Garcia, Spain 36-35—71 Padraig Harrington, Ireland 35-36—71 George Coetzee, South Africa 37-34—71 Keith Horne, South Africa 34-37—71 Also Lee Westwood, England 36-36—72 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 36-36—72 Martin Kaymer, Germany 39-38—77
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Nadal beats Federer again Advances to Australian Open final
Sharapova has experience Going for fourth Grand Slam MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The age gap only two years, the difference in experience is vast between Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Sharapova will play her sixth Grand Slam final at the Australian Open on Saturday against Azarenka, who is making her debut. And it isn't just a major title on the line — the winner will claim the No. 1 ranking. Four years after winning the last of her three major titles and approaching eight years since she lifted the Wimbledon trophy at 17, Sharapova has another chance to add to her Grand Slam haul. "It means so much to be back in a Grand Slam final," Sharapova said. "It's nice to get that far again after losing quite early in the last couple of years." Now 24, Sharapova has already been on tour long enough to experience the ups and downs of tennis. After winning the Australian Open in 2008, she underwent shoulder surgery that took her out of the game for nine months. It took much longer for her to get back to her peak, and she lost at the Australian Open before the quarterfinals on her last two visits. She reached the Wimbledon final last year, but lost to Petra Kvitova — the player she beat in Thursday's semifinals. "With the shoulder, I knew some examples of some people that did not quite recover from surgery and that was a little frightening, but I really had no option," she said. "Of course it took a long time and it was a process,
but it was just something that was in my steps that I had to go through. And I did." Azarenka worked on her fitness in the offseason, giving her the confidence to know she can play "as long as I need." Azarenka may take added confidence from two previous wins over Sharapova in hardcourt finals in Stanford and Miami. They share a 3-3 record overall. "She's a really, really good player, and I haven't had great success against her in the last couple of events that we've played against each other," Sharapova said. "I'd really like to change that. It will be important to tactically play right. She makes you hit a lot of balls and she's aggressive as well." The Florida-based Russian often speaks like a veteran of the game — and she showed her experience in dealing with the media in the way she swatted away persistent questions about her grunting when she hits the ball. "No one important enough has told me to change or do something different," she said after her quarterfinal win. "I've answered it many times before. I'm sure I'll answer it many more times ahead. I'm OK with that." Two of the noisiest players in the women's game go head-to-head in the final. The WTA says its looking at ways to reduce the practice, which it acknowledges has become "bothersome" for some fans. Any action is likely to start with younger players.
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Rafael Nadal reacts after beating Roger Federer Thursday. "It's a fantastic victory for me. Very, very happy playing against the greatest of the history in semifinals, big match on Rod Laver (court)," he said. "It's one of the victories that's going to stay in my mind forever. It's a fantastic way to start the season. Very happy for everything." Apart from the 11 consecutive points Federer lost after a 10-minute delay near the end of the second set — while the Australia Day fireworks display was in progress — the match was tightly contested. Nadal has labored with injuries since losing the U.S. Open final, and he'd talked about having time off next month to let his sore shoulder heal. On the
eve of the tournament, he hurt his knee while he sat in a chair at his hotel — and thought for a while that he wouldn't be able to play at the Australian Open. He has played with his right knee heavily strapped, but has still won six straight matches. The 10th Grand Slam meeting between Nadal and Federer equaled the record for individual major matchups since the Open era began in 1968. Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe in seven of their 10 meetings. Nadal now leads Federer 8-2. Federer said it feels like Nadal plays his best tennis against him. Last time the pair met in Australia, Nadal won the 2009 final in five sets. He had to console Federer
as he sobbed during the trophy presentation. "For me it didn't feel any different, you know, a finals or a semis against Rafa," Federer said of Thursday's match. "It's always an occasion ... Yeah, it was the same." It was easier to handle walking off the court immediately, though, and not having his emotions broadcast to millions of people. "It's nicer," Federer said. "I prefer to walk off this way than having to go through the trophy ceremony after losing." Nadal has won the last five Grand Slam matches they've played — four of them in finals. The last time they met in a Grand Slam semifinal was at the French Open in 2005.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Only the trophy and the tears were missing from this latest Grand Slam installment of Rafa vs. Roger. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were on opposite sides of the net Thursday, meeting in the semifinals of the Australian Open. And Nadal was the winner again — for the eighth time in their 10 Grand Slam matchups. The Spaniard won 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4, covering the baseline with incredible speed and hitting forehand winners from almost impossible angles. He applauded as Federer started to leave the stadium, then ran back onto the court, dropping onto his haunches and pumping his arms in triumph. All that, three days before the final. Defending champion and No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic will take on Andy Murray on Friday for a spot against Nadal in Sunday's final. Maria Sharapova is chasing her fourth major title, and the No. 1 ranking, when she meets thirdseeded Victoria Azarenka in the women's final on Saturday. Sharapova beat No. 2 Petra Kvitova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to avenge her loss to the 21-year-old Czech in the Wimbledon final last year. Azarenka beat defending champion Kim Clijsters 64, 1-6, 6-3. The latest Grand Slam meeting between Nadal and Federer — who've won 26 majors between them — was a semifinal worthy of a final. Nadal didn't excuse his celebration, but explained it as letting off steam.
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“Jack Blackburn has been race-
walking for years and in doing so has Be inspired encouraged many of his clients to join in what he calls “a holistic approach” to feeling better. Jack quit his job to provide education and counseling for others. Talk about faith. He lives with the very basics — a roof over his head, water that doesn’t work properly and neither does the heat. He does this so he can put his “old man money,” as he calls it (Social Security), into his business. I admire his love and compassion for people, all people. Jack shows empathy at its most compassionate level, and his clients see that he truly cares. As he told me before, “It’s me and the client against the client’s problem, and we are gonna kick that problem’s butt!” — Alicia Love, of Troy
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“The greatest place on earth ... Holden Beach, N.C. ... uncrowded, quiet, relaxing and it has the cleanest beaches. This year, we had the pleasure of watching turtles hatch from a nest.This island is a turtle sanctuary. We have gone here for quite a few years and love every minute of it. If you are looking for a vacation idea and you want quiet, this is the place.There are no McDonald’s or Wendy’s, just locally owned eateries that are out of this world! This picture was taken from the pier at sunset. The island sits east to west, so you always have a sunrise and sunset over the ocean.” — Susan Alexander-Spiers, submitted via Facebook
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“I am inspired by nature — sunsets, Be inspired starlit nights, trees, flowers — as well as music, and the gift of art and melding of colors to brighten my world and my spirits. I am also inspired by my priests and deacons at Holy Angels Church and my own personal relationship with God.” — Joyce Buehler, of Sidney
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and a great way to start the year! I love getting to meet the young artists and their families when they visit to find their artwork. There are so many interesting and creative pieces of art on the walls (floor to ceiling!) that each day I start my day by choosing one panel, looking at every piece and reading the name and age of the student. All of the art teachers at Troy schools, St. Patrick and Troy Christian have collected some of their students’ best work over the past year. The quality and variety of the projects are proof that the young people in our community are getting a good art education. And, you should have seen the enthusiastic group of teachers that came together to put the exhibit up in one afternoon! The students’ ideas are so fresh and creative, it inspires me to be more creative, to open my mind a little more and think about new ideas.” — Linda Lee Jolly, of Troy
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“On March 21, 2007, my husband, Nick, had a massive stroke, which had left him totally disabled. He was left without function of his right side and aphasia. After several months in the hospital, nursing home and years of hard work, he was able to walk our oldest daughter, Shellie Wion Drake, down the aisle and even participate in the father/daughter dance on her wedding on Sept. 10, 2011, to Dr. James Drake, of Troy. It was one of his greatest accomplishments, and we are all so proud of him. This picture shows the happiness on both their faces and is one of my favorite photos for that day and favorite moments of 2011.” — Lorie Wion, of Piqua