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Hospice offers grief series MIAMI COUNTY — of Miami Hospice County’s Generations of Life Center will be hosting its annual spring grief support series for all grieving adults in the greater Miami County area. There are daytime and evening sessions available for the six-week series.

“Living in the Midst of Grief” will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, March 5, 12, 19, 26, and April 2 and 9. “Journeying Through the Seasons of Grief” will be offered from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 13, 20, 27, and April 3 and 10.

There is no cost for participation in the programs, but pre-registration is preferred no later than March 1. All sessions will be held at the Generations of Life Center at Hospice of Miami County, 550 Summit Avenue, Troy.

To register or for more information contact AnnaMarie Stover, bereavement assistant at (937) 573-2100 or astover@HospiceOfMiamiCounty.org

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The owners of the property located at 515 E. Ash St. have decided the city may purchase their property for demolition in anticipation of the Feb. 20 start date of the reconstruction project.

PIQUA — Barring any major winter weather, contractors will begin work on the East Ash Street reconstruction project the week of Feb. 20.

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in through the side streets during the reconstruction project.

Also Tuesday, commission approved a resolution to purchase the entire property located at 515 E. Ash St. Last fall, city officials went to court to get right-of-way access in order to move forward with the reconstruction.

The owners of the property, Billy and Christine Bryant have since reconsidered the city’s offer and now want to sell the entire property.

The amount approved by commission is not to exceed $120,000 and includes

TROY — A former Miami County Sheriff ’s Office deputy who resigned unannounced in N o vember stood mute at his court a r raignment in comm o n p l e a s ADKINS court Monday in a case that involves seven felony drug charges stemming from his alleged use of prescription pain killers.

Judge Christopher Gee entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Joshua D. Adkins, 33, of Tipp City, who appeared in court via a summons for a secret indictment after a Miami County grand jury found the ex-sheriff ’s deputy used deception to receive different kinds of prescribed pain killers.

Adkins, along with his attorney, Jose Lopez,

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COVINGTON — After accepting the resignation of council member Chip Shafer, Covington Vill a g e Council put out t h e word Mond a y night t h a t SHAFER anyone interested in filling the vacancy should submit a

final amount of $784,000.

The additional 10 percent is necessary to cover unforeseen items or changes that may occur during the duration of the reconstruction project.

“We really need to have a contingency with a project this size,” said Amy Havenar, city engineer.

The city’s portion of the more than $2 million project still stands at the approved $604,000, Havenar said, noting that the project has been awarded to Double Jay Construction.

Completion is set for the end of September, if weather cooperates.

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BY MELODY VALLIEU Ohio Community Media vallieu@tdnpublishing.com MIAMI COUNTY — Jeff Busch is always up for a challenge.

And, being the man in charge of safety services for 407 square miles of area populated by more 101,000 people does just that.

Busch, the Miami County Communications Center director since September 2010, retired from the Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office in 1995 after more than 31 years in law enforcement. At Montgomery County,

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through Piqua, Havenar said. From I-75, traffic will be rerouted on County Road 25-A, south to the city limits, and will follow posted signs from Main Street to North Street to Spring Street.

“It’s a bit of an inconvenience,” said Mayor Lucy Fess, “but will certainly be worthwhile” as the east entrance to the city is improved.

Havenar said city officials will begin meeting next week with businesses located along East Ash Street from Spring Street to the Great Miami River bridge, to determine the best way to continue bringing their customers

Busch was in charge of the support services division, including the communications center.

“I wanted to continue working and this opportunity presented itself,” said Busch, who is married to Melissa, and has a 23-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

Busch, who resides in Washington Township in Dayton, said he started his career as a police cadet and officer in Centerville. He said emergency communications has come a long way since he began in law enforcement.

“There was no technology back then,” Busch said, laughing. “It was a person, a radio, a telephone and a pencil and a piece of paper.”

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Edith H. Karnehm for 11 years, and retired from the Piqua City School District in 1975, having taught at High Street Elementary School.

Edith’s life was one of commitment to God, her family, and community.

She was an active member of Piqua Baptist Church, where she served in Sunday School, Missions, and on the Deacon Board. She was also a member of the Ohio Teachers Association, the YWCA of Piqua, and the Gideon’s International Auxiliary. A most caring person, Edith wanted to make a difference for others. All who knew her have been richly blessed.

A funeral service to honor her life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with Pastor Donald R. Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International, Miami County Chapter, P.O. Box 1174, Piqua, OH 45356. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

Ex-deputy Continued from page 1 stood mute at the arraignment. Adkins was released on his own recognizance with a special condition at the request of the prosecution afterward. That condition states that Adkins must only take medication that is prescribed to him and he must get that medication from only one pharmacy.

Adkins has been charged with seven felony charges of using deception to obtain dangerous drugs; six of those charges related to the pain killer hydrocodone and the other related to the pain killer oxycodone, according to his indictment.

The charges stem from incidents that transpired between Jan. 6 and May 6 of last year, court documents show.

Adkins resigned from

the sheriff’s office Nov. 17 after 14 years of service, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson.

Prior to his resignation, Adkins was one of the sheriff’s motorcycle deputies.

On April 12, 2010, Adkins was involved in two cruiser-related car accidents, sheriff’s records and newspaper archives show.

The first transpired near the public square in Troy when he was unable to stop in time to avoid bumping a vehicle in front of him. A short time later, smoke began pouring out of his cruiser while he was attempting to respond to a call north of Piqua. As a result, Adkins struck a tree and his cruiser’s engine caught fire.

No injuries were reported or citations issued in either incident.

CASSTOWN — Cynthia L. Loughman, 64, of Casstown, passed away at 10:45 a . m .

Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at her residence.

She w a s born on May 8, 1947, in LOUGHMAN Troy, to Betty (Gray) Etherington of Troy and the late William Etherington. Her husband of 38 years, Ronald Loughman, survives.

In addition to her husband and her mother, Cynthia is survived by her children, Diana Reck and Wendy (Kevin) ReckHedrick, all of Casstown, Chad (Jessica) Loughman of Troy, Christopher (Stacy) Loughman of Casstown, Angie Loughman of Trotwood, Tammy and Tracy Loughman, both of Dayton, David (Teresa) Loughman of Dayton and Steve (Lily)

resume to the village office by 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17.

Mayor Ed McCord reported Shafer has moved to Florida. The person appointed to Shafer’s position will serve the remaining 1 1/2 years of his term in office. Council is expected to discuss filling the vacancy at its Feb. 21 meeting, which is a day later than usual because of the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, Feb. 20.

It was explained by Law Director Frank Patrizio that under state law, council has 30 days from Jan. 31 (when Shafer resigned) to appoint a replacement.

If a replacement is not approved by council, the mayor would then make an appointment.

Andy Shaffer attended the meeting to discuss a proposal to alleviate a drainage problem on Fountain Street near Pearl Street. Shaffer and

his wife, Kate, plan to build a house on the property.

Shaffer’s proposal calls for the construction of a drainage swale and berm on the west side of his property to allow stormwater to flow into a detention basin on the southwest corner of his property. Water in the detention basin would then flow into a catch basin.

The project would require 160 feet of 12-inch storm pipe and stone around the pipe. The cost to the village for the materials has been estimated at $1,936, with Shaffer covering the cost of the equipment and labor involved in the project.

Council member Scott Tobias, who also serves on the Planning and Zoning Board, said board members think the proposal would be sufficient to help alleviate flooding in the area. The board plans to address the proposal at its Feb. 15 meeting. It was noted that letters concern-

TROY — Joyce Kessler Stone, 88, of Troy, passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Kentucky.

She was born Aug. 14, 1923, the daughter of the late Michael and Nellie Geisman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Lee Kessler and Leeroy Stone; two sisters, Mary Slifer and Norma Ritchie.

Mrs. Stone is survived by her daughter, Susan Kessler Rivera of Louisville, Ky.; grandsons, Vincent Rivera of Clarksville, Ind. and Matthew Rivera of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Stone was employed with Montgomery Ward for 25 years in Troy and Piqua. She was a 1941 graduate of Troy High School. Mrs. Stone

ing the issue have been mailed to property owners in the vicinity.

A request for parking on both sides of Walnut Street also is expected to be considered by the zoning board at the Feb. 15 meeting.

Agreeing that having the village garage sales later would improve the chances of having good weather, council set June 1-2 as the dates for the annual sales. Two weekends in May also were considered for the garage sales, but it was decided to go with the first weekend in June.

In other business council: • Voted to continue the village’s membership in the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission at a cost of $1,127.

• Agreed to consider at

worked for many years in Brookville. She was an avid reader and enjoyed writing and singing.

A service to honor her life will begin at 1 p.m.

Thursday, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Chalk officiating. Burial will follow at Beechwood Cemetery, Lockington. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 2808 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

Death notices PIQUA — Emma L. Parsons, 64, of Piqua, died at 1:32 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Dorothy Love Retirement Center, Sidney.

Services will be at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

SIDNEY —Catherine M. Truster, 97, Dorothy Love Retirement Community, 3003 W. Cisco Road, Sidney, died at home Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated today at Holy Angels Catholic Church, Sidney. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney.

Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements.

HALLANDALE, Fla. — Norma Gray Placke, of Hallendale, Fla., formerly of Sidney, passed away Feb. 4, 2012.

In keeping with Norma’s wishes, her body will be cremated. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date, at the convenience of the family. Interment of her ashes will be at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens its Tuesday, Feb. 21 meet- in New Carlisle. ing a proposal to vacate Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral an alley from Park Street Home & Crematory, Sidney. to the Stillwater River.

• Went into executive WEST MILTON — Grant Taylor Dietrich passed session to discuss litiga- away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. tion.

Funeral and memorial services will be held Satur• Heard McCord report day at Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, West Milton. the Summer Bash village festival will be held July 6-7. Council member Doris Beeman requested the announcement be posted on the village website.

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SIDNEY — Rebecca A. Dodson, 73, of 2901 Fair Road, Sidney, formerly of Brookville, died at 3 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Wilson Hospital.

She was born May 19, 1938, in Shelby County to the late Charles L. and Edna I. (Ford) Nishwitz.

Survivors include two sons, Jace (Debbie) Creech of Sidney and Fred (Lisa) Creech of Cridersville; a daughter, Tammy (David) Bowers of Red Key, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Richard A. (Elaine) Nishwitz and Charles (Pat) Nishwitz, all of Piqua.

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She was a member of the Troy Apostolic Temple now Life Ministries and was formerly employed with A.O. Smith and Captor Corporation both in Tipp City, as well as Container Corporation in Piqua.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. R.A. Workman officiating. Interment will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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TROY — Lillie M. Pitts, 81, of Troy, passed away at 1:04 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, a t Upper Va l l e y Medi c a l Center, Troy.

She w a s PITTS b o r n on May 7, 1930, in Neon, Ky., to the late Bea and Mossie (Cheeks) Quillen.

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attended the Troy Gospel Tabernacle for most of her life where she was a Sunday School superintendent for 30 years and the longest surviving member of the church. She was known to love children’s ministry and soul winning. Joyce is now with her family and many friends worshipping the King of Kings and the Lord of Hosts.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

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Loughman of Tennessee; three brothers, Scott (Barb) Etherington of Tipp City and Dave (Pam) Etherington and Don (Jamie) Etherington, all of Piqua; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father and one brother, Robin Etherington.

Cynthia was a member of Troy Church of the Nazarene. She was head custodian for Vandalia City Schools with more than 17 years of service before her retirement in 2000.

Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Jeff Rollison officiating.

Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made in Cynthia’s name to Baird Funeral Home, Troy.

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Edith H. Karnehm, 97, formerly of Piqua, recently of Spokane, Wash., died at 5:35 p.m.

F r i d a y, Feb. 3, 2012, in Spokane.

S h e was born April 11, 1914, n e a r Minot, N.D., to KARNEHM the late Obert C. and Ida Pearl (Janes) Long. She married Marvin C. Karnehm on June 1, 1934, in Fletcher; he preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 1991.

Survivors include a daughter, Miriam (Howard) Wilcox of Spokane, Wash.; a son, Dr. Rollin (Constance) Karnehm of Bristol, R.I.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Caroline; four sisters; and five brothers.

Mrs. Karnehm was a 1932 graduate of Staunton High School and later earned her teaching degree from Miami University. She taught at Riverside School in Troy

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UVMC adds to support of Health Partners TROY — As often is the case with neighbors, Health Partners Free Clinic and Upper Valley Medical Center are forging a stronger relationship.

The two organizations, located a couple of miles apart along County Road 25-A between Troy and Piqua, have been encouraging an enhanced relationship with the common goal of meeting Miami County residents’ health care needs.

UVMC recently contributed $50,000 to Health Partners’ efforts, in addition to $20,000 donated over the two previous years. The hospital also and has encouraged its health care professionals to volunteer for the health clinic.

“Our organizations share a mission to provide access to needed health care services in our communities,” said Tom Parker, UVMC president and CEO. “The assistance Health Partners offers makes a real difference in people’s lives and is an important complement to our health care system.

We very much value our collaborative relationship with them, especially in this era of health care reform and growing challenges.”

UVMC’s support has been and will continue to be of great importance to Health Partners, said Dr. B. Mark Hess, president of the Health Partners Free Clinic Board.

“The economic pressures of recent years have both increased the community’s need for our health care services, and at the same time reduced some of the available funds to support our work,” Dr. Hess said.

“UVMC’s financial support is timely and greatly appreciated. We look forward to continuing to work together for the benefit of the entire community.”

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“The focus on work flow, SIDNEY —The be available. Several job descriptions, processes Lehman Catholic High home-based businesses and other day-to-day baSchool Music Boosters that have donated items sics has helped improve are hosting “Quarter will have tables with catefficiency greatly,” she Mania” on Thursday, in alogs and order forms. noted. “It will be a lot easthe Jerry DeLong GymThe Lehman Catholic ier to volunteer here now nasium at the school. Music Boosters are the because we have those Doors will open at 6 p.m. primary financial supthings in place. We still The quarter auction be- port of the Lehman have a few things to tweak gins at 7 p.m. Admission Music Department. yet, and more volunteers is $2.

Their fundraising efforts are always needed.”

An assortment of provide sheet music for In addition to nurses items including gift band and choir, instruand doctors, the clinic cards and gift baskets ments and maintenance, needs volunteers to help have been donated by uniforms and flags, conwith tasks such as medthe families of Lehman test fees, transportation, ical records and registramusic students for the student awards, and tion. The clinic also auction. Most items will other expenses. The benefits from the services make ideal gifts for quarter auction will help of students in medical Valentines Day. fund a new marching fields and possibly will For most items in a percussion line. add pharmacy students to quarter auction particiThe public is invited the mix soon, Miller said. pants bid one or two to bring their quarters Potential volunteers are quarters, depending on and their friends to supinvited to contact Debbie the value of the item of- port the school’s music Danielson at 332-0894, fered. Most of the items program. Additional inext. 210. in this auction will range formation about Quarter In addition to volunin value from $10 to Mania may be obtained teers, the clinic always can $100. Nearly 100 items by contacting Darla use financial contribuwill be auctioned off.

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Dr. Peter Nims, volunteer physician, and Deb Miller, executive director, work at the Health Partners Free Clinic. from UVMC will go primarily toward operations, said Deb Miller, executive director of Health Partners. “The timing of the donation was so critical for us,” she commented. “It was huge.”

Miller said the year 2011 was another busy one for the Health Partners Free Clinic, which was organized in 1998 and served 400 clients in 1999.

It moved to its new home — the Paul G. Duke Health Center — in 2008.

Last year, the clinic worked with 1,200 individuals and provided more than 18,000 medications to county residents. The clinic now offers about 38 hours a week of scheduled patient times, including

nursing visits.

“We do a lot of nursing education and follow up, especially for those who come in as walk-ins,” said Miller. She explained that patients are given needed medications at the initial visit and asked to come back to see a nurse who will work with them on their ongoing health issues such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

While the number one diagnosis at Health Partners a couple of years ago was depression, hypertension and diabetes have returned to the top of the most commonly seen diagnosis list.

Dr. Peter Nims of Troy has volunteered at Health Partners since retiring

Edison to host Information Night PIQUA — High school students or recent graduates who are interested in pursuing a career in information technology, computer science and engineering are invited to attend the Information Night At Edison Community College on Thursday, Feb. 16.

Students, graduates and parents who attend will have the opportunity to meet with Edison faculty and admissions members, tour labs and speak with some of the area’s industry partners.

“Some of our local industry partners will be available to talk to students and their parents about opportunities available in our area,” said Patti Ross, Dean of Information Technology and Engineering. “These industries often hire our student interns as part of their associate’s degree programs.”

In addition to meeting with industry partners, attendees will have the chance to learn about Edison’s 2+2 agreements with some of the region’s top four-year universities such as the University of Dayton, Miami University and the University of Cincinnati.

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Edison faculty member Sue Barth instructs students in an engineering class at Edison Community College. Edison will be holding an information night for its engineering and technology programs on Feb. 16. sociate’s degree at Edison to attainment of their 4-year degree in IT, computer science or engineering,” said Ross “For many families, this is a very cost effective option because students are able to earn their first two years at Edison at a much lower tuition rate and then transfer directly into the four-year program at the school of their choice.”

The information session will begin

at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. in the Emerson Center of the Piqua Campus. Students and parents who are interested are welcome to contact Kristi Wildermuth at 937-778-7865 or kwildermuth@edisonohio.edu for more information.

In addition to the evening’s featured events, there will be a drawing for a $200 Visa debit card that will be awarded at the end of the session.

Piqua Kiwanis Pancake Day to be held March 3 PIQUA — The 2012 Piqua Kiwanis Pancake Day will be held from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Upper Valley Career Center.

The all-you-can-eat pancakes meal will include sausage, applesauce and a beverage — coffee, milk or orange juice.

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Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under.

The event helps the Kiwanis fund several projects, including: • Infant car seats for newborn babies at Upper Valley Medical Center • Miami County Hospice Annual “Camp Courageous”

• College scholarships for local high school seniors • Salvation Army Summer Lunch Program • Awards for the annual city spelling bee • Annual Halloween Parade • Washington School K-Kids • Piqua High School

Key Club • Piqua Junior High School Builders Club • Springcreek School K-Kids • Wilder School K-Kids • Publish and distribute church directories To purchase tickets, contact Dean Brewer at 615-1034 or Ryan Ratermann at 773-1671.

City of Piqua to hold public hearing Monday PIQUA — The City of Piqua will hold a public hearing at 2:30 p.m.

Monday, to introduce and receive public comment on the city’s application for funding from the Community Housing Improvement Program.

The meeting will be held in the Commission Chambers of the Municipal Government Complex.

Since 2001, the city of Piqua has received more than $2 million from the Ohio Department of Development to implement the Community Housing Improvement Program.

Through the program, numerous homes have been repaired and many

households have received emergency housing assistance for mortgage or utility payments.

“This particular activity is what our Community Development efforts are mostly known for; we have served quite a few residents with this program. We are looking for public input to help guide our application,” said William Lutz, Development Program Manager.

Residents are encouraged to attend the public hearing. Those with comments or questions are encouraged to contact Lutz at 778-2062 or via email at blutz@piquaoh.org.

Heart Month Health Fair coming to UVMC TROY — Free health screenings and sharing of health information will be among activities at the Heart Month Health Fair scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 16.

Activities will be held in the lower level classrooms at the Upper Valley Medical Center, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.

Appointments are required this year for those interested in free finger stick screenings for total cholesterol, HDL good cholesterol and blood sugar and for blood pressure screenings. No fasting is required for the cholesterol screenings.

The appointments are required due to high demand for screenings at previous fairs.

Appointments for screenings should be made by calling CareFinders at 1-866-6083463. The tests are offered as screenings only and are not intended to take the place of a doctor’s monitoring of your health.

UVMC programs and Cardiology professionals will offer additional health testing and/or information.

The Health Fair is sponsored by UVMC in conjunction with Premier Community Health.

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Obama health care mandate under attack n Jan. 20, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced that under President Obama’s health care law, religiously-affiliated institutions in the United States will be required to cover contraceptive benefits in all insurance policies, regardless of whether the provision of such benefits violates their religious beliefs. I believe that with this action, the Obama administration has violated the religious freedoms of faith-based institutions across America.

Columnist Peggy Noonan, writing in the Wall Street Journal, recently summarized the situation well: “The president signed off on a Health and Human Services ruling that says under ObamaCare Catholic Institutions—including its charities, hospitals and schools—will be required by law, for the first time ever, to provide and pay for insurance coverage that includes contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures. If they do not, they will face ruinous fines in the millions of dollars. Or they can always go out of business.

“In other words, the Catholic Church was told this week that its institutions can’t be Catholic anymore. I invite you to imagine the moment we are living in without the church’s charities, hospitals and schools. And if you know anything about those organizations, you know it is a fantasy that they can afford millions in fines.”

Faith-based organizations and religious leaders across the country, including many in our area, are speaking out against the government’s edict. The Archbishop of Cincinnati, Most Reverend Dennis Schnurr, expressed the frustration and disappointment felt by many Ohio JOHN BOEHNER Catholics when he declared: ‘We cannot — we will not — 8th District Congressman comply with this unjust law.

People of faith cannot be made second-class citizens.’

Outrage over the HHS ruling is hardly limited to the Catholic community, however. In a letter to President Obama in recent days, a group of religious leaders in the Protestant and Jewish faith communities explained that they, too, “have deep moral objections” to the requirement.

“Religious organizations and leaders of other faiths are also deeply troubled by and opposed to the mandate and the narrow exemption,” the religious leaders told the president. “We believe that the federal government is obligated by the First Amendment to accommodate the religious convictions of faith-based organizations of all kinds, Catholic and non-Catholic. We respectfully ask that your administration … devise an exemption for religious employers that accurately defines such employers and exempts them from being required to offer to their employees (and students, if they are among America’s many religious colleges and universities) health services to which they have deep religious objections.”

I spoke out against the Obama Administration’s rule last week — not just as a concerned Catholic, but as the Speaker of the House and a Member of Congress who took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. I believe the new rule is an attack by government on the freedoms that have been guaranteed to religious institutions in our country for generations.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president believes the proposal ‘strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious beliefs and increasing access to important preventive services.’ But there’s nothing balanced about the government’s decision. It is a unilateral attack on the liberties of religious institutions. Forced to choose between his political agenda and the rights of faith-based institutions, the president sided with the former.

“Obama chose to substantially burden a religious belief, by the most intrusive means, for a less-thancompelling state purpose — a marginal increase in access to contraceptives that are easily available elsewhere,’ wrote Michael Gerson in The Washington Post.

‘While I am a devout pro-life Catholic, this mandate is not about whether or not we as citizens agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Instead it is about insisting our government stay within our Constitutional boundaries.’

“Obama is claiming the executive authority to determine which missions of believers are religious and which are not — and then to aggressively regulate institutions the government declares to be secular,” Gerson opined.

I agree — and judging by the backlash that has been witnessed in the days since this unjustifiable mandate was issued, millions of Americans do as well. The rule put forth by the Department of Health & Human Services must not stand. The Obama Administration must re-evaluate this decision and reverse it. If it does not, I believe the United States Congress, acting on behalf of the American people, will.

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Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includes all of Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, most of Butler and Mercer counties, and the northeastern corner of Montgomery County. He was first elected to Congress in 1990.

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Ten-day shelf life It was a Gingrich sleightny competitor will of-hand, making a concestell you that there sion speech disappear and comes a critical moproducing, presto digito, ment in the contest — a the image of a winner. The moment that challenges “46 States to Go” signs one’s character. To stay in countered any drop-out the fight, one must either talk. That’s Gingrich. transcend the assault or It seems that every 10 embrace the tactics. The DONNA BRAZILE days, something new hapother choice is to withpens on the Republican draw.

Columnist political scene. Ten days John McCain’s moment came in the 2000 South Carolina pri- have become the normal shelf life for a mary, where the in-your-face dirty poli- Republican front-runner or also-ran betics of the Bush campaign overwhelmed cause, ironically, Republicans have been him. The Arizona Republic newspaper looking for a conservative Obama. That’s considered that primary “a low-water one bit of witchcraft that won’t work. mark in presidential campaigns.” And it Bachmann, Cain and Perry were 15minute-famers on the stage, not the polwas — until the 2012 Florida primary.

Republican presidential nomintation ished performers conservatives had been front-runner Mitt Romney also had his promised.

So, another lesson from Florida: most “that moment” in South Carolina: With victories in Iowa (he thought) and New Republicans are still waiting for their Hampshire, he expected a similar cam- “White Knight.” Someone who can carry paign. But Gingrich, in a 2000 deja vu, the torch for them on beating Obama, the engaged in a South Carolina smack- so-called liberal establishment, and others they have erroneously come to blame down, and the polls swung his way.

Romney, though, learned the lesson for the country’s woes.

Romney will likely secure the nominaand taught a master at the snide and the sneer a thing or two about counter- tion either when a couple more candipunching with easy put-downs and dates drop out or sometime in late March sound bites: Florida campaign ads over- or early April when a sufficient number all — via television, radio, newspapers of states have had a chance to weigh in. and mail — were 92 percent negative; For now, Romney didn’t win the conserRomney’s were 99 percent negative. In vative vote in Florida; it fell to him by dead after ad, Romney attacked Gingrich fault.

If no White Knight shows up — and as a poor leader, and questioned Gingrich’s honesty and stability. Yes, Rom- that is the likelihood — conservatives ney learned — and probably threw more will go with Romney, provided they feel mud than in any campaign in recent he can beat Obama. That’s his only appeal to them. Successful illusion — or memory.

Rick Santorum has repeatedly said delusion — requires a lot of hype.

Finally, Florida demonstrated that the that the Republican primary campaign is sickening everyone with its negatives. tea party is not a monolithic movement, But Gingrich and Romney know, as Mc- but composed of several subgroups. The Cain learned in 2000, that negative ad- most volatile group — the one that vertising works. However, negative caused chaos in town hall meetings in advertising doesn’t work by itself. Both 2009, the birthers, the Obama-haters — men made mistakes in the debate that belongs to Gingrich. Those tea partiers reinforced their opponent’s ads. Gingrich who want America to forego its world attempted to appeal to the out-of-work leadership, and who channel their inner NASA workers, but, to quote a Texas sen- Patrick Henry, belong to Ron Paul. Those ator, Gingrich is no JFK, and the voters who want a “nice” candidate who excorisaw his Moon Colony idea for what Rom- ates the morally lax belong to Rick Sanney called it — outlandish and expensive. torum.

Given this mix, there may be an opGingrich attempted to appeal to the Hispanic immigrant vote, but Romney pulled portunity for a third party if the Republithe plug on his “let grandma stay” idea. can nominee doesn’t please. But take the Romney and Gingrich might learn an- Donald off the list. He’s backing Romney. other lesson from Florida and South Car- In the next 10 days we will learn the winolina, a truism in politics: Voters like to ners of Nevada, Colorado, Maine and bandwagon, and creating a bandwagon Minnesota and, yes, CPAC, the Consersometimes requires smoke, mirrors and a vative Political Action Committee, which rabbit-in-a-hat. Most “very conservative” meets in Washington this coming week.

Republican voters — the majority — hes- There is still plenty of time for more itate still to support Romney. No matter volatility.

Meanwhile, Ron Paul feels he can do that Romney may represent a minority in the party; he also has behind him the better in the caucuses. I wouldn’t under“Republican establishment.” And that es- estimate a man who has come in a retablishment nearly extinguished the for- spectable third in Iowa and second in mer speaker, such is its political power. New Hampshire.

That’s when Gingrich tried to fabricate Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic some bandwagon magic, giving what many felt was an odd concession speech strategist, a political commentator and in Florida. He talked as if he were mak- contributor to CNN and ABC News, and a ing an election night victory speech. For contributing columnist to Ms. Magazine the presidency! I think it was calculated. and O, the Oprah Magazine.

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To the Editor: I have a son and a daughter who are both 19 years old.

I had a good relationship with my son, but I have lost contact with my daughter and have not seen or heard from her or her mother in more than 15 years.

My mother and father are aging and in failing health and I know I don’t have much time left with them. I do not want another day to pass without doing all I can to get in contact with my daughter so that I can reunite her with her grandparents before they pass.

Now that she is an adult, she was the right to know her biological family.

I want her to meet the wonderful grandparents that she has while they are still living. I want her to know she is loved and has never been forgotten. I am desperately trying to put my family chain back together.

She was born in Piqua in 1992, and her mother graduated from Piqua High School. I know that around 3-4 years old, her mother moved to Bellefontaine, and that was the last I saw or was in contact with either of them.

I know she married and has more children. I do not know her married last name, nor do I know where they are living. My intentions are not to disrupt her mother’s marriage or her life at all.

I’m asking that my daughter get in touch with em by via Facebook at Steven Spradley and message me if she is willing to meet me and have a reunion with her biological father’s side of her family.

I have made mistakes in my life and have many regrets, but my son and my daughter are not a part of any of them. My family is only half of what is should be without her. My dream is to be reunited with my daughter and after all of this time, my circle of family will be complete.

—Steven Spradley Troy

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ABC’s ‘Happy Endings’ Man’s ex has gets laughter started warning for AP Television Writer NEW YORK — It’s never been my favorite month. But January was worse than ever this year.

I had seen my latest relationship, a sizzling romance surely meant for the ages, go bust between Christmas and New Year’s (which made it all the more painful, since it fell within the so-called “breakup window” — see below). This gave me license to spend January pining for my ex and feeling miserable without her. And I did.

I mention this not to beg for sympathy, but to make a point about the ABC comedy “Happy Endings”: It’s the funniest show on TV. Why do I say this? Not just because I have always found it supremely smart and amusing, week in and week out. But also because it has emerged as my go-to show when I need a pick-me-up. Case in point: On one particularly bleak night in January, plagued by self-pity and sleeplessness, I gave up my tossing and turning and retreated to the living room. In those lovelorn wee hours in front of the TV, “Happy Endings” had me laughing out loud.

“Happy Endings” (airing Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. EST) might be described as “Friends” meets “Scrubs” with a dash of “Seinfeld.” It merges physical comedy, sight gags and cutaways with Mach-speed zingy dialogue. Watching the show, I keep a hold on my remote and make frequent use of that button that backs up the action a

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In this image released by ABC, from left, Adam Pally, Zachary Knighton, Elisha Cuthbert, Damon Wayans Jr., Eliza Coupe and Casey Wilson are shown in a scene from the ABC comedy “Happy Endings.” few seconds, so I can catch a throwaway line I missed the first time. Or savor it again. Or figure it out. (“This is a pretty nasty part of town: The guy I sell my gray water to lives around here” packs a laugh once you’ve Googled the meaning of “gray water.”)

The stepping-off point for the series’ premiere last spring was the wedding of seemingly perfect couple Dave and Alex, where Alex, seized by doubts about matrimony, left her groom at the altar.

Afterward, this made things awkward for them as well as for their mutual friends as everyone tried to keep the gang of six longtime pals intact.

If its premise seemed a little gimmicky (especially the will-they-orwon’t-they-reconcile issue surrounding Dave and Alex), “Happy Endings” quickly laid to rest such concerns by reveling in the group dynamics of these distinct and lovable twenty-somethings.

Dave (Zachary Knighton) operates a none-too-successful food

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Alex (Elisha Cuthbert, “24”) is sexy but a flake, the owner of a boutique that gets no customers.

Alex’s sister, Jane (Eliza Coupe, “Scrubs”) is whippet-slim, high-strung and in velvet-gripped control of her husband, Brad (Damon Wayans Jr., “The Underground”), a prissy business exec.

Rounding out the pack are sarcastic slacker Max (Adam Pally), who, openly gay and even more openly unemployed, has been friends with Dave and Brad since college, and, before pinning down his sexual preference, briefly dated Penny (Casey Wilson, “Saturday Night Live”), who, still stubbornly looking for Mr. Right, remains best buds with him.

This week’s show is pegged to Valentine’s Day, with everyone focused on romance, and, of course, mostly not finding it.

In fact, Penny wants to ditch her current beau, who really bugs her. As she explains to her friends, he’s a winker.

Cutaway to the couple: “You have the SOFTEST skin,” her boyfriend tells her, then winks.

“Wait,” says Penny, looking puzzled. “I DO have the softest skin or I DON’T have the softest skin? The wink is making Complete the it unclear.” He just winks grid so every row, again. column and 3 x 3 But V-Day is holding up box contains Penny’s getting rid of him. every digit from Propriety demands that 1 to 9 inclusively. she must wait a week until they’re safely past MONDAY’S SOLUTION the breakup window, a term she defines as “the period of time around major events and holidays when you can’t dump someone.” (Oh, really?!)

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bleed him for the fancy dinner and the present,” Dave fires back.

“Yeah,” says Penny — “for HIS sake.”

Meanwhile, Brad is taking precautions not to spring any Valentine’s surprises on Jane, whose hair-trigger response to the unexpected is to reach for her pocket-size Mace.

“I made a list of surprises I’m going to be surprising you with for Valentine’s Day,” Brad warns her, proudly showing her the list.

“This is the best surprise ever!” she beams at the sneak preview. “Although I could have used a heads-up on THIS.” One of Brad’s announced surprises is a visit to his dentist for a polishing session, to give his V-Day smile an extra luster for his lady.

“You DO love the dentist!” Jane observes.

“Hey, I’m the perfect patient. Never had a cavity. Never even had plaque — except for THAT plaque,” and he points to an award on the mantel, “for never having plaque.”

Jane casts an admiring eye across the room at his prize: “That’s a pretty sweet plaque plaque.”

And with that, at lightning speed, this zany exchange has come and gone to make room for the next one.

The “Happy Endings” regulars share chemistry and rhythm that makes it seem they’ve known one another (as some of their characters have) for a lifetime, and they nail the inventive material the writers treat them to — both verbal and physical — while enhancing it with their own improv touches.

But this week’s episode belongs to Wayans, who seals the deal with his scene at the dentist’s office. With Dean Martin crooning on the soundtrack, it’s a meticulously staged sequence where Wayans matches the inspired physicality of Steve Martin or Jim Carrey in his prime.

Like the rest of the half-hour, this scene caught me by surprise and really made me laugh. Just like it would have made me laugh even last month, alone in the middle of a sleepless night. Happy endings indeed.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Brady,” broke up with me in November.

Five weeks later he became engaged to someone else. I found out after that I have genital warts.

My yearly exams never showed any problems before, so I know I got them from Brady. I’m getting treatment now, but I’ll be contagious for the rest of my life.

I have been unable to tell Brady about this because he won’t respond to my attempts to contact him. I’m now trying to decide if I should tell his fiancee. I know he wants children, and this disease can have some serious repercussions if she gets pregnant.

Do I leave this woman in the dark, or should I give her the medical information she and her doctors should have?

— NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN NEW YORK DEAR NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING: Five weeks into a relationship is a whirlwind courtship, unless Brady was cheating on you with his fiancee before your breakup. If that’s the case, she may be the person who infected Brady.

Since he won’t respond to you, send him a registered letter informing him of your diagnosis, and any other information about genital warts you feel is relevant. If you’re worried that the fiancee is in the dark about this, send her a copy — also by registered mail. That way you’ll know it was received.

DEAR ABBY: I am the product of an interracial relationship from the late ’60s. My maternal grandmother wanted nothing to do with me and made my teenage mother give me up for adoption. Before my biological mother passed away a few years ago, her dying wish was for my grandmother and me to form a relationship.

She didn’t want her mother to be alone in her final years.

I made an attempt to forge a relationship with my grandmother only to be told that she didn’t like me because of the color of my skin. Since then, I have been having bad dreams of my mother being disappointed in me because I didn’t fulfill her wish.

Please advise me on what I should do.

— UNACCEPTED IN NORTH CAROLINA

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When declarer is playing a contract, he dismisses from consideration any opposing distributions that would lead unconditionally to defeat. Instead, he concentrates solely on those distributions that would allow the contract to be made, and he plans his play accordingly.

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But East should not lead another spade at trick two since there is nothing to be gained by

that play. East’s goal is for his side to score four tricks, and, given the bidding, his own hand and the dummy’s holding, this goal is not attainable if declarer has the ace of diamonds.

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fulfill your mother’s wish — which, from your description of your grandmother, was an unfair burden to try to place on you. There’s no reason for you to court another round of rejection and, for your sake, I’m advising you not to.

It may help to write a letter to your mother, explaining to her what happened when you reached out to your grandmother and how it felt, then read it at her grave. But please, stop blaming yourself for your grandmother’s inability to love.

DEAR ABBY: While going through pictures on my girlfriend’s computer, I discovered that she had posed nude for a drawing by her artist daughter. For some reason, I am really bothered by her posing nude and doing it for her daughter.

How can I bring this up, which will let her know that I was snooping on her computer?

— SAW WAY TOO MUCH IN KENTUCKY DEAR SAW WAY TOO MUCH: Why would you be “really bothered” by a mother posing nude for her daughter who is an artist? Most mothers and daughters have seen each other in states of undress and there is nothing shocking about it.

My advice is to first figure out what you think is “wrong” with it, then admit that you snooped so you can talk it out. After that, she can determine if she wants to continue being involved with a man who is as nosy and prudish as you appear to be.

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A push for family input to detect dementia earlier

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alexis McKenzie’s mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife’s sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.

Then their phone service was cut off. “I mailed that check,” McKenzie’s father insisted. No, he’d mailed the phone company a bank deposit slip instead. McKenzie visited and discovered spoiling food. Dad the caregiver was in trouble, too.

Dementia can sneak up on families. Its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on, and spouses are sometimes there to compensate. Doctors too frequently are fooled as well. Now specialists are pushing for the first National Alzheimer’s Plan to help overcome this barrier to early detection, urging what’s called dementiacapable primary care, more screenings for warning signs and regular checks of caregivers’ own physical and mental health.

For a doctor to ask someone with brewing dementia, “How are you?” isn’t enough, says Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatric physician at Maine Medical Center who is part of a federal advisory council tackling the issue.

“So often I hear, ‘The doctor only asks my mom how she is. She says fine and it’s over,’” says Coleman. “That’s not dementia-capable, or dementia-aware, primary care.”

Family input should be mandatory, she told a recent council meeting. It’s the only way to know if the person really is eating and taking her medicines as she claims, and not forgetting to turn off the stove.

The question is how to square that input with patient confidentiality, especially if the person never filed the legal forms clearing family members to intervene, as happened with McKenzie.

Plus, regularly seeking that input takes more time than the typical 15minute visit and is poorly reimbursed, notes Coleman. But she says more primary-care physicians are starting to be trained in dementia’s challenges.

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Alexis McKenzie, right, executive director of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia Forest Side, an Alzheimer’s assisted-living facility, shares a light moment with resident Catherine Peake, in Washington, Monday. Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on, longer if their spouses are there to compensate. Doctors too frequently are fooled as well. Now specialists are pushing for the first National Alzheimer’s Plan to help overcome this barrier to detection — urging what’s called dementia-capable primary care, more screenings for warning signs, and regular checks of caregivers’ own physical and mental health.

More than 5 million Americans are estimated to have Alzheimer’s or similar forms of dementia, although as many as half may not be formally diagnosed. With the rapidly aging population, the toll is projected to reach up to 16 million by 2050.

The Obama administration is drafting a national strategy to try to slow that coming avalanche with research aiming for some effective treatments by 2025 plus find ways for struggling families to better cope today.

Step 1 is earlier detection. McKenzie directs an Alzheimer’s assisted-living facility in Washington, so she knows about dementia. Still, it took some sleuthing to determine how much her 82year-old parents, living a few hours away in Maryland, were deteriorating.

She says her father refused any assistance in caring for her mother, and together the couple put up such a good front that even their regular physician hadn’t realized their shared answers to standard check-up questions How are you eating?

Has anything changed? simply weren’t true.

“It’s almost as if they’re sharing a brain. That’s how they get through a day,” McKenzie says.

Sure, dementia patients’ stories can be believable.

“It happens in doctors’ offices all the time,” says Beth Kallmyer, vice president of constituent services at the Alzheimer’s Association. That’s why it’s crucial that family members are part of the screening process.

The diseased brain may not be able to pull up

a recent memory, but longer-term memories remain, she explains. So an intricate description of, say, cooking last night’s dinner may ring true because it was a real dinner, just not last night’s.

And a long-married couple in a familiar routine and surroundings can appear far more normal than they really are until something upsets that balancing act, like the caregiving spouse getting sick, adds Dr. Gary Kennedy, geriatric psychiatry chief at New York’s Montefiore Medical Center.

How to get around the hidden-dementia conundrum?

Medicare’s new annual wellness visit pays for cognitive screening, simple tests that signal who should be referred for more extensive brain exams. “Even if primarycare physicians don’t consider themselves experts at evaluating for Alzheimer’s disease, or don’t feel comfortable, can screen,” they Kallmyer says.

The government’s Alzheimer’s advisers want doctors to steer families toward advanced-care planning, including designating a health care power of attorney, as soon as dementia is diagnosed.

Montefiore’s Kennedy says early diagnosis gives patients a say in how they want to be cared for while they’re still capable of making those decisions.

A health care proxy won’t be used until the person is quite sick. So Kallmyer advises also signing what’s called a “release of information”

allowing the doctor to discuss the person’s care with whoever is named right away.

Such steps are important, Kennedy says, because advancing dementia leaves people so unaware of their deficits that they can take family or doctor input “as an affront.” He always asks new patients if he can fill in their loved ones, or invite them in from the waiting room, as a way of starting that conversation.

Doctors can violate patient confidentiality if they believe the person’s decisions or behavior has become a danger, Kennedy notes.

McKenzie says her father would never discuss naming a health care proxy and her parents were furious that she’d voiced concerns to their physician. She had to think up non-confrontational ways to get invited back into their doctor visits: “I’ll drive you, and then why don’t I take notes in case you have any questions later?”

It turned out that McKenzie’s father had a non-cancerous brain tumor causing his own gradual dementia symptoms, which started becoming apparent with the phone mix-up, unrefrigerated food and eventually delusions. Finally, she had to go to court to get her parents the care they needed in an assisted living facility near their hometown.

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Variety series welcomes back Johnny Steiner SIDNEY —Dorothy Love Retirement Community’s Variety Series program is welcoming back entertainer Johnny Steiner at 7 p.m. Feb. 18, at the Amos Community Center. Steiner will perform oldie tunes from Judy Garland.

Steiner has many credits to his name including teacher, conductor, per-

former, composer and recording artist.

As a teacher, Steiner is a founding member and instructor with “Shooting Stars Youth Theatre” in Marion, which offers students all aspects of theater, from creative drama to voice to dance to set and costume design. In addition to weekly private lessons, Steiner’s program

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As a conductor, he has served as vocal director for numerous theatrical productions at Marion’s historic Palace Theatre including many Broadway hits. He also directs the chorus at Saint

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Steiner’s performance at Dorothy Love will be “Over the Rainbow.”

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Spaghetti pie a quick and filling dinner The sun is shining and it almost seems like spring with the unusual warmth we are experiencing. We were glad for the warmer weather last week. Our house didn’t have heat from Wednesday until Saturday morning because the glass on our Hitzer coal stove broke. So we decided to trade ours in for a new one.

Our good friends Dan and Irene took us to Berne, Ind. to exchange a stove on Friday evening.

Berne is a couple of hours one way, so it was midnight before we were home and had the stove unloaded. We appreciated Dan and Irene’s willingness to take us to Berne on such short notice. After we had the stoves exchanged we stopped in for a short visit with brother Amos, Nancy and family.

They live only a few miles away from where we picked up the new stove.

Marlene, 18, one of Amos’s twin daughters gave us a taste of the mozzarella cheese that she makes. I was surprised at the good flavor it has. I asked her for the recipe, which I would like to share with you readers sometime. I want to try it myself first to see if it turns out for me. Amos also gave us a taste of the sugar-cured bacon from the hogs they had butchered earlier this winter. Dad and Mom would always sugar-cure the hams and bacon since we didn’t have a freezer at home. Even though the sugar-cure would be washed off, the meat always tasted extra salty.

We would love to eat sugar-cured ham with dandelion greens with sour cream and cooked potatoes in the spring-time.

Everyone might not care for the taste of sugarcured meat. I was raised with it and was glad for a taste of it again. (Editor’s note: Sugar-curing involves a salt-sugar mixture, which gives the meat the salty flavor. Watch some videos of hog butchering day scenes at the Eichers by visiting www.amishcookonline.co m/butchering.) I’m glad to have option of using a gas freezer to store meat since that is a lot easier than sugar-curing. Amos sent some sugar-cured bacon and mozzarella cheese home with us. I think I might freeze the bacon until we have some dandelion greens to eat it with. I will be surprised if our children will like it because of the salty taste since they were not raised with it.

Daughter Susan, 16, has finally attempted to try sewing. Daughter Elizabeth, 17, deserves the credit as she helped her cut out a new dress and taught her the basics of running a new treadle sewing machine. I put the finishing touches on the new mint green dress for Susan. She was able to wear it Saturday night.

She went with Elizabeth and Timothy to the com-

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LOVINA EICHER The Amish Cook munity building where the Amish youth gather on Saturday evening. It seems so different to have two daughters old enough to go. It seems even emptier around here on Saturday evenings with only the six youngest at home.

Time does not stand still.

Our Sunday afternoon visitors were Joe’s brother Junior, sister Carol, husband Pete and family.

Daughter Verena took the younger children on a pony ride with Stormy pulling the wagon. Pete and Carol’s children also played capture the flag outside with ours. It was a nice, sunny day to be outdoors. I want to apologize for a mistake in the apple dump cake that I made in the recipe daughter Verena made. The recipe was in the column last week.

She had on her recipe “1 /4 butter” and I assumed it was “1/4 cup butter,” but it was 1/4 pound, or half cup.

Also it looks better if the brown sugar is mixed with the apple and cinnamon for better flavor. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused any readers. Sometimes we don’t even add the whole cake mix. We did try a chocolate cake mix but we prefer the white.

Meanwhile, I am going to share a favorite recipe around here. Makes a quick, filling supper.

SPAGHETTI PIE 8 ounces spaghetti, cooked and drained 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1 egg, beaten 2 pounds hamburger or sausage, browned and drained 26 ounces spaghetti sauce 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Toss cooked spaghetti, parmesan cheese, and egg together. Place in a greased 8x12 -inch baking dish. Mix meat and spaghetti sauce and spread over spaghetti.

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■ Surviving Diabetes

Diabetics’ cars may be able to help in the future Is that a robot maid cleaning my house? Did Astro just run by? Cause I think I may have ended up on an episode of the Jetsons.

Imagine a car that not only had gauges on the dashboard to show your speed and fuel level, but also your blood sugar level and the direction it is headed. That may seem like a dream for many diabetics, but it may one urement. My husband’s day — in the not-too- first question when I told distant-future — be a re- him about this – “Is it linked to the ignition?” ality.

The answer to this in the Medtronic has teamed up with Ford to make version I heard about was such a vehicle. They actu- yes. The rep said the car ally had a functioning pro- wouldn’t start until it had a reading and it wouldn’t totype this start if that past June at reading was the Ameritoo low. This Diacan was music to b e t e s Justin’s ears.

AssociaOn a video tion’s anI found onn u a l the line, meeting driver is that they called the JENNIFER RUNYON shown using what I beM - P O WColumnist lieve to be a ERED concept car. The car would primitive version of this allow a person with a con- in which the device doestinuous glucose monitor n’t actually show up on (CGM) device to receive the dashboard. A primireadings of their blood tive version, really? Isn’t sugar through both audio it kind of an oxymoron to and visual cues from the call anything this futuriscar’s dashboard. For those tic primitive? Anyway, the who have missed my blab- driver and the car speak bering about CGMs in the back and fourth about past, let me fill in the what his last reading was, blanks, continuous glu- how much medication he cose monitors, or CGMs, took, if he ate breakfast give blood sugar readings and if he needed to check every five minutes and again. This information have arrows to show was entered into WellDoc which direction you’re Diabetes Manager by the headed and how quickly. driver before he got into Currently, the readings the car. In this case, his are either shown on your sugar was 81 at 6:32. insulin pump or on a Since this is close to being too low for him, the car small, separate device.

There seem to be many wants to know if he’s thoughts regarding link- checked again. He says ing the CGMs to cars, but no. It asks if he’s eaten here’s the one that I breakfast. He says no, so heard about at our last it tells him to check his Type 1 Talk meeting blood sugar and let it when a Medtronic rep know when he has the told us about the M- reading. He does and tells POWERED car. A screen it 73. It tells him since he would show the informa- has dropped more, to take tion mentioned earlier glucose tabs and recheck and alerts would go off if in 30 minutes (I was surthe driver reaches above prised it wasn’t 15, but or below a certain meas- whatever). It says that a

reminder has been sent to his cell phone in case he isn’t in the car at that time and then says have a nice drive. Have a nice drive? Really? I thought the point of this was to not drive when you’re low?

OK, so I can definitely see some negatives to this, but it also sends a text message to your support person, i.e. a parent or in my case a paranoid, uh I mean loving, husband, saying what your sugar is and that your are about to drive.

So, this really is a great advantage, but part of me is fighting it. I am a grown up after all! Let me say ahead of time to the people in the next sentence, you know I love you and I’m saying this in jest.

Isn’t listening to my husband and mom harp on me about diabetes-related things enough? Do I really need it from my car too?

I’m not eliminating anything yet, but I guess for me what it boils down to is, if they can get a screen on the dashboard to show what my sugar is and it can be linked to the ignition count me in.

Other than that I’ll wait.

But don’t hold me to that!

This Jetson era stuff is pretty cool; the temptation might just get to me, even if I’d have to allow myself an extra 20 minutes in the mornings to fight with my car. And, trust me, there is no robot maid cleaning my house — unfortunately!

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Donation to Wilson Memorial Foundation helps fund new EKG system for emergency department

SIDNEY — The Wilson Memorial Hospital Foundation recently applied for and received a $6,000 grant from the Monarch Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County and a $1,000 grant from St. Jacob Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Endowment Fund to assist with the purchase of a LIFENET EKG Transmitting System to be used in Wilson Memorial’s Emergency Department.

The new LIFENET EKG Transmitting System provides patients who are transported via an EMS team the advantage of a considerably earlier EKG. EMS personnel will perform a 12-lead EKG in the field wherever the patient is located.

Through use of the LIFENET System, that information can be transmitted to the Emergency Department while the ambulance is en route to Jennifer Runyon has the hospital with the had type 1 diabetes for 25 press of a single button on years. She can be reached their defibrillator. The at jrunyon@woh.rr.com.

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(ED) staff can then prepare for the patient’s arrival, saving valuable time. The pre-hospital arrival 12-lead EKG can be shared between the ED physician and cardiologist for consultation.

“Rapid and accurate communication between the EMS Team and the Emergency Department staff can mean the difference between life and death for many patients,” said Rhonda Sanvido, manager of the Emergency Department. “The LIFENET System allows the necessary information to get where it is needed quickly – allowing the patient to move more efficiently into and through the care processes.”

The former Monarch Machine Tool Company Foundation established the Monarch Legacy Fund and is administered by the Community Foundation of Shelby County. The Fund disburses grants to a wide range of not-for-profit organizations and community projects in Shelby County.

St. Jacob’s generous contributions have not only helped with the purchase of new EKG software, but also The Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center, hospice, women’s health and diabetic education.

“We are so thankful for what St. Jacob’s and the Community Foundation’s Monarch Legacy Fund have done for Wilson over the years,” said Bonnie Faulkner, executive director Wilson Foundation.

“Their support has strengthened the healthcare provided in our area and will now allow Wilson to use the fastest, most secure and most reliable means of transmitting patient EKG data.”

For information about EKG’s or cardiac testing available at Wilson, call (937) 498-5574 or visit www.wilsonhospital.com.

For information about making a donation to the hospital, call the Wilson Foundation at 498-5575 or you can make a donation online at www.wilsonhospitalfoundation.com.

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An investigation found a clinic dentist wasn’t reg-

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Piqua man sent to prison Kohler sentenced on sex charge involving child

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com TROY — A Piqua man originally charged with rape involving a 5-year-old child but who pleaded to a lesser felony charge of sexual battery will spend one

year in prison, a judge ruled Monday.

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K o h l e r, 22, was told by KOHLER Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Gee that the injury to the child was “worsened by virtue of her

young age” and Kohler’s “tendency to show some violence” in other, past criminal actions was a concern.

While family members of the victim, including the victim’s grandmother, and the prosecution asked for the maximum sentence, which could have been up to five years in prison, Kohler was sentenced to one year in prison.

Following his release, he

must serve five years of parole. The man also will be labeled as a sex offender for the rest of his life in the county where he resides, works or receives an education.

Authorities in Piqua say Kohler committed the sexual assault on a 5-year-old girl on April 3 at a city residence.

Kohler pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual battery last year.

W. Milton man pleads not guilty Murder parolee faces felony drug charges

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com TROY — A West Milton man charged with trafficking drugs following a twovehicle crash along Fenner Road in Janua r y t h a t s e n t him to t h e MOWERY hospital via CareFlight entered pleas of not guilty to two

felony charges related to selling drugs Monday in common pleas court.

Michael W. Mowery, 62, entered the pleas at his court arraignment for felony charges of trafficking drugs (marijuana), a third-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, was given a recognizance bond and was scheduled for a pretrial hearing at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13.

If convicted as charged, he faces up to six years in prison.

The felony charges stem from a vehicle crash that Mowery and another motorist were involved in Jan. 12 that resulted in Mowery’s hospitalization after a pickup truck struck his vehicle, forcing it to leave the

roadway before crashing through a guardrail and crashing into a ravine.

Mowery, who was on federal parole at the time, was transported to the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton following the crash, but deputies found a pound of marijuana in Mowery’s Jeep. Authorities later executed a search warrant at his Iddings Road home that produced about six pounds of marijuana, about $5,495 in cash and marijuana paraphernalia.

According to his indictment, the money seized by authorities could be subject to forfeiture to the court.

Court documents state Mowery was arrested on first-degree murder charges for the July 28, 1972, murder of 20-year-

when a call comes in, and then we have volunteer departments and the volunteers have to be paged out to respond to the station in emergencies,” Busch said. “So, it can be difficult.”

In the next several months, Busch said, the communications center will begin implementing an addition to the CAD system called HIPLINK. He said in addition to the radio paging system that now alerts emergency responders, the system also will send text message alerts to their cell phones.

Busch said he believes this will help because responders will not only hear what is going on from their pager, they will have written information as to what kind of call it is and where it is located.

“It’s just another piece of technology that we are using to try to improve our services to the citizens,” he said.

The communications center also has been working to upgrade its 800 megahertz radio system by adding new tower locations in Tipp City, West Milton and Brandt, and replacing equipment in Troy and Piqua. Work is expected to be completed in the next three to four months and will drastically improve communication in low spots, or “dead zones,” where communication between the center and safety responders would sometimes be lost, Busch said.

“It will give us better communication with the public safety responders,” he said.

In the next five to 10 years, Busch said the communications center hopes to become APCO-25 complaint. APCO-25 is a suite of standards for digital radio communications for use by federal,

state/province and local public safety agencies to enable them to communicate with other agencies and mutual aid response teams in emergencies. He said the standards have been set following the issues first responders saw during the 9-11 tragedy.

Busch said with this system, the radios — no matter what brand is purchased — will be able to communicate with all other radios during any situation.

“It improves the ability to work with other counties and other jurisdictions in some cases, like a mass disaster situation,” he said.

old Troy resident Terry Smith in Troy decades ago.

Mowery, 24 at the time, walked up to Smith outside of a downtown Troy bar, the Arbor Bar, and shot the man in the chest.

Mowery, a U.S. Army deserter, was later convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, but he served 13 years and was released in 1986, court documents disclose.

The driver of the other automobile that crashed was trapped in his vehicle but was freed a short time later and sustained nonlife threatening injuries.

Both men had a dog in their cars, and at least one of them, Mowery’s Doberman pinshcer, sustained serious injuries.

Judge sets bond at $100,000 for Tipp City suspect Pratt faces more than two dozen charges

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com TROY — Bond for a Tipp City man charged with 20 counts of rape and other sexual felonies involving a 10-year-old child was set at $100,000 Monday in comm o n pleas court.

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Pratt, 3 5 , e n - PRATT tered not guilty pleas to all 25 felony sex charges at his arraignment and he remains at the Miami County Jail.

A pretrial conference was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13.

A grand jury returned indictments in the case and prosecutors filed 20 rape charges, three

counts of pandering sexually oriented material and two counts of pandering obscenity involving minors, all of which are felonies.

If convicted as charged, he could receive a prison sentence of 225 years and be labeled as a sex offender, perhaps for the rest of his life.

Pratt was taken into custody Dec. 22 by sheriff ’s deputies after federal authorities and a subsequent investigation revealed the allegations.

A search warrant at Pratt’s Tipp City residence resulted in a computer being seized as evidence and sexually explicit photographs were recovered from the system’s hard drive.

Those images appeared to have been taken off of the Internet while other photographs appear to have been taken by Pratt, according to the Miami County Sheriff ’s Office.

Should Pratt post his bond, he is to have no contact with any juveniles, including the victim in the case.

Continued from page 1 handful in Ohio — has made it much easiest to keep up with the technology of today under one roof.

Busch said a new CAD — computer aided dispatch system — implemented in December 2010 has continued to improve services to the public. He said the new system, with an upgraded mapping system, is more detailed and allows staff to make better decisions, especially on fire and EMS calls. He said dispatchers can now better know not only who to send, but what type of equipment to send to the call depending on the location.

Those now using Phase 2 cell phones to call into 91-1 also can now be tracked by the CAD system within a few feet of an emergency, Busch said.

“Previously we would have to rely on someone else to call us from a home or location near an emergency,” Busch said. “Now we can locate them pretty accurately.

“It certainly gives us the potential to get help to the right location faster and get people the help they need,” he said.

The Miami County Communications Center is staffed by 25 employees, including himself, Busch said. The staff includes five supervisors, 17 dispatchers, one administrative secretary and a network administrator.

“We have a good staff here. I work for a board that have been good to work with,” he said. “I enjoy the challenges of the job and hope to be able to provide improvements that will allow us to provide the best services to the community in the future.”

The center works with six law enforcement agencies and 16 fire and/or EMS departments throughout the county.

Busch said consistency can be a challenge when working with so many agencies.

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Kasich touts broadband Governor gives State of State speech at school

BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Republican presidential candidate, former House Associated Press Speaker Newt Gingrich, accompanied by his wife CalSTEUBENVILLE — lista, speaks in Dayton on Tuesday.

Gov. John Kasich announced a plan to boost broadband network speeds, introduced an award honoring courageous Ohioans and said shale drilling shouldn’t come at the exBY CHARLES in political campaigns be- pense of the environment cause the lines are so famil- in an annual State of the BABINGTON iar and firmly drawn. Last State speech mostly devoid Associated Press week’s Komen-Planned of big initiatives.

Kasich spoke for nearly DAYTON — Political Parenthood dispute stirred TONY DEJAK/AP PHOTO 90 minutes in the auditoturmoil over abortion and many women’s groups that Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Wells Acadbirth control spread sud- support legal abortion. And rium of a high-performing emy/Steubenville High School on Tuesday in Steubenville. The first-term Repubschool in denly on Tuesday. A high- the Obama ruling touched a elementary lican made his plea for legislators to put politics aside and focus on what good with moderate Steubenville, picking a ranking official resigned nerve for Ohio in his State of the State address. from the Komen breast- Roman Catholics who sup- blue-collar town he said reprogress in his war on precancer charity after its port contraceptives but also minded him of his Pennsyl- second to 100. The Ohio college graduation rates.

After the speech, Gee scription painkiller abuse backtracking treaty with defend their church’s right vania hometown to take Board of Regents said the Planned Parenthood, and to run its hospitals and the speech outside Colum- state will invest $8.1 mil- said university leaders are and received a standing Republican presidential other institutions according bus for the first time in his- lion to connect areas set to meet with the gover- ovation when he said he around the state with the nor in a week to discuss would declare a similar candidates blistered the to religious convictions. tory.

Newt Gingrich, a Obama administration for a war on behalf of 1,000 Ohio He said Ohio has come faster network connec- their proposal. recent ruling on Catholic Catholic, told Ohio Republi- far from a year ago when it tions.

“In the end, we’ve got to teenagers who have been hospitals and contracep- cans, “There has been a lot faced an estimated $8 bilHe cited the broadband start thinking about Ohio co-opted into prostitution. of talk about the Obama ad- lion budget hole and was upgrade, aerospace break- and Ohio higher education tion.

He also said the state The White House made a ministration’s attack on the ranked 48th nationally in throughs taking place at as an ecological system, not needs to allow felons who point of declaring it wanted Catholic Church.” job creation. The state now Wright-Patterson Air Force as a series of speedboats have served their time to But Gingrich, who is has money in its Rainy Day Base in Dayton, and collab- out there racing around work certain jobs such as to ease the concerns of church-affiliated employers struggling to narrow Rom- Fund once again and is the orative research and devel- each other,” Gee said. cutting hair or driving many would be required to ney’s lead in the GOP nomSen. Mike Skindell, a trucks that are currently top job-creator in the Mid- opment efforts in higher provide birth control cover- ination race, also turned his education as among av- Cleveland-area Democrat, off-limits. west, he said. age to their workers under fire on the former MassaState Sen. Bill Seitz, a enues for economic growth. said that while he supports “We just looked at the the new rules but there was chusetts governor. “GoverRepublican, “If we can train, educate, collaboration among the Cincinnati problems honestly,” said no word on how those con- nor Romney insisted that forecast, use our location, universities, he questioned said he supports the soKasich, a first-term RepubCatholic hospitals give out cerns might be addressed. called collateral sanctions use our great people, use Gee’s role.

The two-track drama abortion pills, against their lican. “If you look at a probproposal one of the few leg“To have the president of our resource, our assets, lem and you see what it is, pumped new furor into religious belief, when he longstanding disputes that was governor,” Gingrich and you design a solution, we’ll be number one in Ohio State lead that effort islative initiatives he heard it’s amazing how far you America, we’ll be the most is kind of self-serving,” in the speech. sometimes take a backseat said.

He called it “an uplifting powerful state in America,” Skindell said. can go.”

Kasich’s new “Governor’s and accurate recitation” of A few hecklers inter- he said. “I have no doubt. rupted the speech at one We have the scale, the size, Courage Awards” honored Kasich’s first-year accompoint, but they either left and everything that we a woman who lost her son plishments and Ohio’s asto prescription painkiller sets. need.”

Continued from page 1 Huff also reported on or were escorted out with“Where I thought it was Kasich said he has asked addiction, another woman out incident.

Piqua participating in a relocation and moving exa little short, unlike tradiwho survived being a vicOhio State University The broadband initiative penses that will be incurred countywide branding initional tim State of the State President of human trafficking to E. Gordon Gee to Kasich announced will use by the owners. According to tiative with the Miami lead an effort among uni- become a social worker, speeches, was on any spenew technology to open up County Visitor and ConStacy Wall, city law director, versities to dovetail re- and the family of a soldier cific legislative agenda that the couple have already lo- vention Bureau, which also the state’s technology inhe wants us to pursue,” sources and come up with killed in Afghanistan. frastructure, increasing is focusing on area ecocated another property and The governor touted Seitz said. ways to increase the state’s speeds from 10 gigabits per nomic development. are ready to vacate the East Ash Street home.

“I’m so glad we could come to an agreement,” Fess said. “That house would have butted against” the roadway.

In other business Tuesday, commission: • Approved a resolution to enter into an agreement with LJB Inc. for the design of the Commercial Street Corridor Bike Route project.

• Approved a resolution requesting preliminary legislation for the pavement planing and resurfacing on State Route 185 within the city limits. The project is expected to take place in 2016. The city will be responsible for 20 percent of the cost.

• Approved waiving the three-reading rule for an ordinance amending Chapter 34 of the Piqua Municipal Code to reflect changes in the Ohio Revised Code, part of which protects the city to ensure that hired contractors have no outstanding liens or taxes due.

• Approved a resolution awarding contracts for the purchase of transfers for the city’s power system.

• Heard a first reading on an ordinance amending speed limits on portions of Park Avenue, Broadway and West Ash Street.

In his report, city manager Gary Huff revealed that Piqua has been selected to be part of a new initiative being administered by the Dayton Development Corporation called the Entrepreneurial Signature Program. The program will focus on several priorities, and through a $50,000 sub grant, will bring a DDC staff person to *Excludes previous purchases. Not valid with any other offers or discounts.

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320 Houses for Rent 3 BEDROOMS, large barn/ garage in back.

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325 Mobile Homes for Rent NEAR BRADFORD in country 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375.

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345 Vacations TIMESHARE: GATLINBURG Times Square.

Gatlinburg, TN. Week of Feb. 24-Mar. 2. $400. No pets. (937)698-3691

583 Pets and Supplies

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Chromecraft. Oak Laminate. Padded back and seat cushions. Great condition. $250, (937)492-2689.

AMERICAN BULLDOG, with papers. 1 1/2 years old, male. $500 OBO. Includes cage. Call for more details. (937)489-3007 BEAGLE Puppies, 7 weeks, 2 females, 4 males, good hunters and pets, shots, $150, (937)726-0662 after 5pm

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.

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1999 PLYMOUTH Grand Voyager, many new parts, $2,300 or best offer. 1996 Grand Cherokee 4x4, $2,800. (937)658-2421

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310 Commercial/Industrial BODY SHOP at 817 Garbry Road, Piqua.

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510 Appliances APPLIANCES, 30" GE ceramic top, electric stove, $300, 30" Sharp above stove microwave, $150, Frigidaire dishwasher, $100, all almond/ black, excellent condition, individual or $500 for all, (937)492-8470 REFRIGERATOR, Kenmore, Side by side, almond & black, 33 inches wide, 68 inches high, $200.00 (937)295-2772

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560 Home Furnishings CURIO CABINET, 46x 74x15, 5 adjustable shelves, piano hinged doors, mirror back, lights with dimmer. $800 or best offer.

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WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 8, 2012

IN BRIEF ■ Correction

Accurso shines at OU

Trent Tobias scored six points for the Covington boys basketball team Saturday night, not Trent Owens.

Smashes two school records

■ Wrestling

Lehman hosts D-III sectional

ATHENS — Former Miami East standout Juli Accurso continues to have Lehman will host the Da banner season for the III wrestling sectional Feb. h i o O 17-18.

U n i v e rDoors will open at 4:30 sity cross p.m. Friday, with wrestling country beginning at 5:30 p.m. and inDoors will open at 10 d o o r a.m. Saturday, with t r a c k wrestling beginning at 11 and field a.m. teams.

The finals will start at 5 Comp.m. Saturday. ing off a ACCURSO Admission will be $6 per fall camsession or $15 for the paign that saw her win whole tournment. the Mid American-ConferTeams competing inence cross country title, clude Arcanum, Catholic advance to the national Central, Covington, Emmeet and earn All-Amermanuel Christian, Lehman cian honors, Accurso has Catholic, Mechanicsburg, continued the momentum Miami East, National Trail, this winter.

Northeastern, SoutheastMIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO The scholar athlete has ern, Tri-County North, Houston senior Allison Roeth signs her letter of intent to run for Ohio University. In front with Roeth are her broken school records in Triad, Troy Christian, Verparents Roger and Sharon Roeth. In back are Houston cross country coach Sandy Heitkamp, Houston girls two of her last three sailles and West Libertytrack and field coach Joni Dunham and Houston boys assistant track coach Bill McKinney. meets.

Salem.

First, at the Kent State University Doug Ray■ Basketball mond Invitational, she set a new mark in the 1,000meter run.

She took more than two seconds off her previous PR, winning in 2:56.45.

The Bradford junior girls Last weekend at the basketball teams opened prestigious Mayo Invitathe CCC tournament with BY ROB KISER versity for the next four Who: Allison Roeth tional on the Notre Dame wins Saturday. years, said.

Sports Editor campus, she not only The seventh grade derkiser@dailycall.com But, future Houston The Buzz: Roeth signed her letter of inbroke a school record in feated Miami East 24-20. athletes would have a tent Wednesday to run for Ohio Unithe 3,000-meter run, she HOUSTON — Houston Mandi Bates led Bradhard time finding a better veristy. ran the fastest time a senior Allison Roeth doesford with 11 points. one to aspire too.

Mid-American Conference n’t see herself as a role The eighth grade deThe daughter of Roger Leading By Example: Roeth is a threeathlete has ever run in model. feated Arcanum 20-16. and Sharon Roeth leads time All-Ohio runner in cross country and the event.

In fact, she is a little unKenzie Weldy led Bradby example both in — and has event to the state meet in track and Accurso’s time of comfortable even being ford with eight points. outside — the classroom.

9:21.89 not only shattered questioned about it.

BRADFORD SCORING She is not only one of the field in the 3,200-meter run twice.

Seventh Grade Annie Beecham’s school “Really, I don’t even Hart 3, Bates 11, Brower 4, Booker 2, top runners in the state in Making Her Mark: Roeth has the school record by almost 11 secBrewer 4. think about it much,” both cross country and record in cross country (18:58.59), the Eighth Grade onds, she shattered her Moore 5, Smith 1, Weldy 8, Carder 3, Roeth said Wednesday betrack — but a scholar in Roberts 3.

PR in that event by one fore signing her letter of 1,600 (5:25) and the 3,200 (11:29). minute and 18 seconds. intent to run for Ohio UniSee ROETH/Page 14

Bradford wins tourney games

Russia JH girls win tourney

Leading by example Houston ‘role model’ Roeth signs with Ohio University

Doing Things The Roeth Way

Piqua drops road game

RUSSIA — The Russia seventh grade girls basketball team won the Shelby County League tournament title, defeating Fairlawn 29-26 in the championship game.

Fort Loramie defeated TROTWOOD — The Anna 36-25 in the eighth Piqua boys basketball grade game. team stayed close for much of the first three ■ Radio quarters, before losing to Trotwood-Madison 82-53 Tuesday night in GWOC North action.

“We stayed pretty close in the first half,” Piqua WPTW 1570 AM, coach Heath Butler said.

Muzzy Broadcasting will “We stayed with in eight air the Lehman boys basor nine points much of the ketball game with Jackson half.”

Center Friday night.

At halftime, TrotwoodAir time will be 7:15 p.m.

Madison led 37-24.

“Give our kids credit,” STUMPER Butler said. “We came back and got within nine in the third quarter, but we expended a lot of energy and they had another What golfer won the Masrun and they were up 21 ters in 1989 going to the fourth quarand 1990? ter. But, the kids gave a good effort and played hard.”

Butler said it was another learning experience.

“What we learned is we have trouble when we start playing a litte too fast,” he said. “We just have to keep working and getting better.”

QUOTED Taylor Wellbaum led Piqua with 13 points, "We also feel like while Josh Holfinger we're in good added 12. hands."

Piqua will play at Greenville Friday night in —Titans GM another GWOC North Ruston Webster game.

Buccs edge South in CCC

WPTW to air Lehman game

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Nick Faldo

on not wanting Peyton Manning

BOXSCORE Piqua (53) Kyler Ashton 2-0-4, Jordan Feeser 4-1-9,

Xavier Harrison 0-1-1, Josh Holfinger 6-012, Trae Honeycutt 1-0-3, Ryan Hughes 01-1, Luke Karn 1-2-5, Kindric Link 2-0-5, Taylor Wellbaum 5-1-13. Totals: 21-6-53.

Trotwood-Madison (82) Dezhontae Bennett 6-2-14, James Brown Jr. 4-1-10, Daylin Bird 1-3-5, Andre Foster 1-0-2, James Hammonds 8-5-23, Rayon Lovett 2-3-7, Chris Mack 2-0-5, Kendrick Malloy 3-1-7, Jemalle Vaughn 31-7, Kiemn Winn 0-2-2. Totals: 30-18-82.

3-point field goals — Piqua: Honeycutt, Karn, Link, Wellbaum (2). Trotwood: Brown Jr., Hammonds (2), Mack.

Score By Quarters 11 24 36 53 Piqua Trotwood-Madison 16 37 57 82 Records: Piqua 3-14, Trotwood-Madison 9-6.

Bucc boys win COVINGTON — Cole Owens had a big game to lead Covington to a 43-41 win over Twin Valley South Tuesday night in Cross County Conference action.

Covington had a 19-13 halftime lead, but found themselves in 29-26 hole going to the fourth quarter before rallying.

Owens scored 21 points as the Buccs improved to 9-9.

Covington will host Arcanum Friday in another BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO CCC matchup.

Covington’s Heidi Snipes had a big game Monday night.

Falcons top Braves ST. PARIS — The Graham boys basketball team recorded a 39-34 win over Springfield Shawnee Tuesday in a defensive battle.

Austin Morgan led Graham with 13 points.

The Falcons host Urbana Friday in CBC/MRD action.

Snipes steps up for Buccs Covington gets past Bethel in CCC COVINGTON — The Bethel girls basketball team came out in a triangle-and-two defense against Covington Monday night.

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But, Heidi Snipes foiled got untracked for the that plan, scoring a sea- Lady Buccs, scoring 16 son-high 11 points in a 42- and 13 points respectively.

23 victory.

Covington, 9-9, will host Julianna Simon and Shelby Kihm eventually See GIRLS/Page 2B

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OIKS returns to Versailles 16 feature races held VERSAILLES — The Ohio Indoor Karting Series had 16 feature races over the weekend at the BMI Indoor Speedway in Versailles over the weekend.

Feature winners included Harrison Hall, Kid Kart; Collin Fenimore, Super Heavy; Dalton Conner, Senior Lite; Ed Vallette, Opens; Gage Etgen, Junior Caged; Travis

Fisher, Senior Medium; Randy Kerns, Clone Medium; Brodie Brown, Lite; Korby Junior Hayslett, Rookie; Kevin Williams, Senior Heavy; Eric Bernholt, Clone Lite; Skyler Daniels, Junior Heavy; Drew Pollock, Clone Heavy; Bill Hess, Buddy Masters; Ranchuck, Junior Clone; and Brad Williams, Amateur Clone.

Chiefs try again with coordinator Daboll latest to get chance KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years is hoping to lend some much-needed permanence to his new team.

Brian Daboll said Monday that he considers stability to be very important.

"You look at teams, for the most part percentagewise that have been successful over the years, one word I think is sometimes overlooked is continuity," Daboll said Monday at his introductory news conference with the Chiefs.

"When you can have a system in play and you understand that your players are going to be in that system and they understand their roles, that gives you a little bit of a jump start.

The 36-year-old Daboll will replace the retired

Bill Muir. He was offensive coordinator last year at Miami and ran the offense at Cleveland the two years before that.

Since Scott Pioli took over as general manager after the 2008 season, offensive coordinator in Kansas City has been one of the most insecure positions in the NFL. Chan Gailey was fired a few days before the 2009 season began and replaced by Todd Haley, who spent his first year as a head coach.

Charlie Weis held the job the next season, resigned and was replaced for one year by Muir.

"So we've got some work to do here installing our stuff and I look forward to it," Daboll said.

Like Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel, Daboll's career roots are deep in the New England system.

Football

Super Bowl Stats Super Bowl Stats 9 0 6 6—21 N.Y. Giants 0 10 7 0—17 New England First Quarter NYG—Team safety, 8:52.

NYG—Cruz 2 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 3:24.

Second Quarter NE—FG Gostkowski 29, 13:48.

NE—Woodhead 4 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), :08.

Third Quarter NE—Hernandez 12 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 11:20.

NYG—FG Tynes 38, 6:43.

NYG—FG Tynes 33, :35.

Fourth Quarter NYG—Bradshaw 6 run (run failed), :57.

A—68,658.

——— NE NYG 26 21 First downs 396 349 Total Net Yards 28-114 19-83 Rushes-yards 282 266 Passing 1-10 0-0 Punt Returns 4-75 3-73 Kickoff Returns 1-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 30-40-0 27-41-1 Comp-Att-Int 3-14 2-10 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-40.8 3-41.0 Punts 2-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-24 5-28 Penalties-Yards 37:05 22:55 Time of Possession ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 17-72, Jacobs 937, Ware 1-6, Manning 1-(minus 1). New England, Green-Ellis 10-44, Welker 2-21, Woodhead 7-18.

PASSING—N.Y. Giants, Manning 30-40-0-296. New England, Brady 27-41-1-276.

RECEIVING—N.Y. Giants, Nicks 10-109, Manningham 5-73, Pascoe 4-33, Cruz 4-25, Bradshaw 2-19, Hynoski 2-19, Ballard 2-10, Ware 1-8. New England, Hernandez 8-67, Welker 7-60, Woodhead 4-42, Branch 3-45, Gronkowski 2-26, Green-Ellis 2-15, Ochocinco 1-21.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Basketball

Men’s AP Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Pts Prv Record 23-1 1,623 1 1. Kentucky (63) 23-1 1,553 2 2. Syracuse (2) 20-3 1,493 3 3. Ohio St. 21-2 1,415 4 4. Missouri 20-3 1,352 5 5. North Carolina 21-2 1,318 6 6. Baylor 18-5 1,170 8 7. Kansas 19-4 1,066 12 8. Florida 23-0 1,055 10 9. Murray St. 19-4 1,037 7 10. Duke 18-5 1,032 9 11. Michigan St. 18-4 919 14 12. Georgetown 20-3 728 17 13. San Diego St. 21-4 702 11 14. UNLV 16-6 694 21 15. Florida St. 635 18 16. Saint Mary's (Cal)22-2 21-3 600 13 17. Creighton 19-5 469 15 18. Marquette 18-4 448 16 19. Virginia 18-5 401 22 20. Mississippi St. 18-6 384 19 21. Wisconsin 17-7 253 23 22. Michigan 18-6 227 20 23. Indiana 18-5 112 — 24. Louisville 20-2 105 — 25. Harvard Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 83, Iowa St. 71, Southern Miss. 51, Temple 41, Gonzaga 35, Wichita St. 31, Long Beach St. 6, New Mexico 5, Kansas St. 3, Cleveland St. 2, Iona 2, Vanderbilt 2, BYU 1, Miami 1.

NEW KNOXVILLE — The Houston girls basketball team lost to New Knoxville 48-34 Tuesday in non-conference action.

Kristi Elliott led Houston with 16 points.

And for those who have had Roeth run far in front of them in races over the years — and there are many — they can blame that on her brother Tyler — who now runs for the University of Dayton after a successful career at Houston.

“I guess I got started running because my brother (Tyler, who is one year older) did it,” Roeth said with a smile. “I liked to do what my brother did and he ran, so I ran.”

And it didn’t take her long to figure out is was something she loved — and could pay off for her down the road.

“I don’t know about junior high,” she said. “But, once I got in high school, I started thinking about running in college.”

It also didn’t take her long to make an impression.

In cross country, she had three top 15 finishes

at the Division III state cross country meet.

She took 13th in 2009 and 14th in 2010, before a 10th place finish last fall.

In track, she will be looking for her third trip to state in the Division III 3,200-meter run.

Roeth placed 13th as a freshman and 14th as a sophomore.

Along the way, she has broken several school records, including the cross country 5K (18:58.9), the 1,600-meter run, 5:25; and the 3,200, 11:29 in track.

And as she heads to OU, she will not be completely among strangers.

Former Miami East standout Juli Accurso won the MAC cross country title running for the Lady Bobcats last fall as a sophomore.

“When, I talked to her, she told me she liked it (Ohio University) a lot,” Roeth said. “That got me

Bradford Thursday in ton with 11 points.

CCC action.

Lady Cats fall

Lady Indians fall WEST MILTON — The Newton girls basketball team lost to Milton-Union 46-33 Monday in non-conference action.

Aryn Doseck led New-

15. Creighton 16. UNLV 17. Florida State 18. Mississippi State 19. Marquette 20. Virginia 21. Harvard 22. Wisconsin 23. Indiana 23. Louisville 25. Michigan

21-3 21-4 16-6 18-5 19-5 18-4 20-2 18-6 18-6 18-5 17-7

316 302 247 241 239 192 153 133 93 93 79

12 13 24 19 15 18 23 20 20 25 22

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 19, Gonzaga 14, New Mexico 13, Iowa State 10, Nevada 9, Southern Miss.

9, Long Beach State 8, UConn 6, Middle Tennessee 6, Temple 6, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Wichita State 5, Saint Louis 2, VCU 2, Cleveland State 1, Drexel 1.

Women’s AP Poll The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) 23-0 1,000 1 23-1 960 2 2. Notre Dame 3. UConn 21-2 917 3 4. Stanford 20-1 882 4 18-3 805 5 5. Duke 6. Miami 20-3 803 7 7. Kentucky 21-3 728 6 19-3 709 9 8. Maryland 9. Green Bay 20-0 659 10 10. Ohio St. 20-2 651 11 17-6 582 8 11. Tennessee 12. Delaware 20-1 556 12 13. Nebraska 19-3 507 16 18-5 444 17 14. Georgetown 15. Texas A&M 16-5 417 18 16. Purdue 19-5 385 15 17-6 334 13 17. Rutgers 18. Penn St. 18-5 307 19 19. Gonzaga 21-3 268 20 17-6 217 14 20. Louisville 21. Georgia 18-6 207 21 22. Georgia Tech 17-6 128 24 128 23 22. North Carolina 17-5 24. South Carolina 18-5 123 — 25. St. Bonaventure 22-2 82 — Others receiving votes: DePaul 38, BYU 28, California 25, Texas Tech 24, Oklahoma 18, Arkansas 14, Princeton 12, St. John's 12, Florida Gulf Coast 8, Kansas St. 7, UTEP 7, Fresno St. 6, Bowling Green 1, West Virginia 1.

Women’s ESPN Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last weeks ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Baylor (31) 24-0 775 1 23-1 743 2 2. Notre Dame 3. UConn 21-2 710 3 4. Stanford 20-1 685 4 19-3 650 6 5. Duke 6. Miami 20-3 604 7 7. Kentucky 21-3 584 5 20-3 534 10 8. Maryland 9. Green Bay 20-0 530 9 10. Ohio State 21-2 483 11 17-6 476 8 11. Tennessee 12. Delaware 20-1 434 13 13. Georgetown 18-5 379 15 16-5 378 16 14. Texas A&M 15. Nebraska 19-3 309 18 16. Rutgers 17-6 290 14 17-6 276 12 17. Louisville 18. Gonzaga 21-3 234 19 19. Purdue 19-5 222 17 18-6 202 20 20. Georgia 21. Penn State 18-5 176 21 22. DePaul 17-7 92 23 17-7 83 22 23. Georgia Tech 24. South Carolina 18-5 46 — 25. Vanderbilt 18-5 45 — Others receiving votes: St. Bonaventure 34, North Carolina 19, California 18, Florida Gulf Coast 16, Middle Tennessee 15, UTEP 8, Texas Tech 5, BYU 4, Fresno State 4, St. John's 4, Princeton 3, Oklahoma 2, West Virginia 2, Kansas State 1.

Prep Boys Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (31) 23-1 775 1 2. Syracuse 23-1 740 2 3. Ohio State 20-3 715 3 4. Missouri 21-2 673 4 5. North Carolina 20-3 639 6 6. Baylor 21-2 635 6 7. Florida 19-4 536 11 7. Murray State 23-0 536 9 9. Duke 19-4 525 5 10. Kansas 18-5 480 8 11. Georgetown 18-4 454 14 12. Michigan State 18-5 444 10 13. Saint Mary's 22-2 382 16 14. San Diego State 20-3 332 17

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Men’s ESPN Poll

Girls

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the fifth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses): DIVISION I 16-1 280 1, Cols. Northland (21) 2, Cin. La Salle (4) 17-1 224 T3, Pickerington Cent.

15-1 189 17-0 189 T3, Powell Olentangy Liberty (2) 5, Mentor (2) 14-1 184 6, Cin. Moeller 14-2 130 16-0 120 7, Cols. Walnut Ridge 8, Tol. Whitmer 14-2 63 9, Cle. Hts. 11-2 44 10-6 21 10, Lakewood St. Edward Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Norwalk 18.

12, Mason 14. 12, Warren Harding 14.

DIVISION II 1, Day. Dunbar (19) 17-0 273 2, Alliance (3) 17-0 231

3, Defiance (1) 15-0 203 16-0 196 4, Franklin (2) 5, Cin. Taft (1) 12-4 140 6, Plain City Jonathan Alder 15-1 138 14-1 94 7, Akr. East (1) 8, E. Liverpool (1) 14-2 92 9, Vincent Warren 13-2 64 13-3 38 10, Lexington Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mentor Lake Cath. 29. 12, Akr. SVSM 13.

DIVISION III 1, Bloom-Carroll (18) 16-0 268 2, Cin. Summit Country Day (5) 16-0 243 18-0 226 3, Leavittsburg Labrae (4) 4, Bedford St. Peter Chanel (2) 14-1 195 5, Chesapeake 15-1 162 13-2 128 6, Lima Cent. Cath.

7, Creston Norwayne 15-1 96 8, Portsmouth 16-2 77 14-2 75 9, Versailles 10, Ironton 13-3 35 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Newton Falls 13. 11, Lucasville Valley 13.

DIVISION IV 1, Berlin Hiland (25) 16-0 283 17-0 240 2, Jackson Center (2) 3, Edgerton (1) 15-0 205 4, Richmond Hts. 14-1 178 13-2 150 5, Ft. Recovery (1) 6, Newark Cath.

13-2 141 7, Cols. Africentric 16-2 135 12-3 72 8, Zanesville Rosecrans 9, Malvern 14-3 56 10, Cle. VASJ 7-7 30 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Day. Jefferson 22. 11, Leipsic 22. 13, Dalton 14.

Girls Prep Poll How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the fifth of six weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses): DIVISION I 1, Reynoldsburg (21) 18-0 270 18-0 248 2, Uniontown Lake (5) 3, Middleburg Hts. Midpark 16-1 188 4, Twinsburg (3) 16-1 182 16-2 137 5, Pickerington N. 6, Springboro 16-1 122 7, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 17-1 115 15-3 63 8, Cin. Princeton 9, Kettering Fairmont 16-3 59 10, Can. McKinley 12-4 40 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cin. Sycamore 24. 12, Sylvania Northview 23. 13, Lewis Center Olentangy 19. 14, Wadsworth 17. 15, N. Can. Hoover 16. 16, Hudson 12. 16, Zanesville 12.

DIVISION II 1, Akr. Manchester (13) 17-0 249 17-1 248 2, Day. Carroll (8) 3, Ravenna (2) 16-0 205 4, Clyde 16-1 181 16-0 142 5, Shelby (1) 6, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 16-2 121 7, Lima Bath (1) 15-2 100 16-2 97 8, Akr. Hoban 9, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown (2) 13-5 70 10, Beloit W. Branch (1) 15-1 64 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 15. 12, Tol. Rogers 14.

DIVISION III 18-0 282 1, Anna (22) 2, Archbold (3) 17-0 231 3, Smithville (1) 17-0 181 18-1 179 4, Middletown Madison 5, Findlay Liberty-Benton 16-1 178 6, Oak Hill (1) 15-2 125 16-3 97 7, Cols. Africentric 8, Beverly Ft. Frye 16-2 75 9, Richwood N. Union (1) 17-2 61 14-2 37 10, Georgetown Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Casstown Miami E. 23. 12, Proctorville Fairland 18. 13, Youngs. Ursuline 14. 13, Orrville 14. 15, Carlisle 13.

DIVISION IV 1, Ottoville (25) 17-0 277 18-0 225 2, N. Lewisburg Triad (3) 3, Newark Cath.

18-1 184 4, Arlington 16-1 176 14-2 110 5, New Riegel 6, Arcadia 16-2 109 7, Waterford 15-3 83 15-2 73 8, Cortland Maplewood 9, Zanesville Rosecrans 14-3 68 10, Ft. Recovery 14-3 57 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Maria Stein Marion Local 39. 12, New Madison Tri-Village 25. 13, Mansfield St. Peter's 23. 14, Berlin Hiland 13.

Bowling

Brl-Aire Scores Club 523 200 games (Men) — T. Slifer 235-212, C. Morris 236216, R. Shirk 224-224-247, G. Reedy 202, D. Cantrell 245, T. Meyer 200, D. Selsor 209-216, P. Jenkins 207, D. Schutte 225-203, C. Helmer 204.

600 series (Men) — T. Slife 618, C. Morris 626, R. Shirk 695, D. Selsor 606.

STANDINGS 98-62 Jet Bowling Morris Htg. & Cooling 94-66 Joe Thoma Jewelers 84-76 79-61 Three Old Men Norm & Larry & Tom 78-82 Trent Karns 73-87 67-93 Sidney Tool & Die We Hate Bowling 61-99

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And former MiltonUnion standouts Nicole and Angela Klimkowski are on the roster.

“I think it will be good to have people I know (on the team),” Roeth said. “I remember running against those girls, so it should be a lot of fun.”

But, for Roeth, the ultimate decision on OU was a simple one.

“I felt like that was the direction God was taking me,” Roeth, who has developed into a scoring threat for the Houston basketball team as well, said. “This (signing) takes a lot of pressure off.

“I can focus on my schoolwork, basketball and track this spring.”

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“She is just a great kid,” Houston cross country coach Sandy Heitkamp said. “She is easy to coach.

She does whatever you ask. She has a great work ethic. You have to give her parents a lot of credit for that and instilling that in her. I think it is one of the things that makes her so successful.”

And as the crowd in the Houston High School commons showed — many of her teachers and Houston students were on hand to see her sign — she is absolutely a role model.

“That’s why so many people are here,” Heitkamp said. “I think it is even a bigger deal (in a close community like Houston).

“You see a lot of her teachers here. The little kids — now that we are all in the same building — they all know who Allison (Roeth) is.”

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Giants feeling good Patriots look for after ‘Super’ win another big run Like chances to repeat INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.

Can anybody say repeat?

A day after their 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots, a weary team of partiedout players packed their bags and returned to the team's headquarters at the Meadowlands and prepared for a parade up the Canyon of Heroes in New York City on Tuesday.

"This is what we came here to do," linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka said Monday in the hotel lobby before the team left for its flight home. "We accomplished it and now we are going to enjoy it as long as it lasts, The big thing for us is to get one next year. We got one a couple of seasons ago, and had a letdown the next year. We have to make sure that doesn't happen again."

That was in 2008. The Giants beat the Patriots for the NFL title and won their division in the fall.

It was also the year that Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidently shot himself in the thigh in a New York City nightclub in late November and the Giants were one and done in the playoffs without him.

This is a different team. It's a much closer, one that Coughlin has transformed into a toughminded group that doesn't give up when hit with adversity.

Injuries, a four-game midseason losing streak and a pitiful performance against Washington that dropped their record to 77 could not break their resolve.

"It's special. To go from 7-7 to world champions is pretty special," said punter Steve Weatherford, one of 20 unre-

stricted free agents who will be able to test the market next month unless re-signed. "I can't say enough about this team, how tough these guys are. How resilient these guys are. I mean a lot of teams at 7-7 are making plans for January for a family vacation. There wasn't one guy in our locker room who was ready to give up at that point. Our coach does a great job of when our backs are against the wall and we can't lose, we don't."

Coughlin left little doubt that he wants to go for a third title next season, joking he was only 45.

"I mean, it's what I do," Coughlin said at the news conference where Manning was presented with another automobile for winning his second Super Bowl MVP award.

"So, the alternative I've never really given it a whole lot of consideration. (Just coach) as long as I can."

Coughlin could be around for a while following his second title as a head coach. He signed a contract extension in July that runs through next season, but it looks as though the Giants might revisit that deal following the franchise's fourth Super Bowl win.

Giants chief executiveJohn Mara said the team wants Coughlin back.

"He might be 65, but he's got the energy of somebody quite younger than that," Mara said.

Manning has done nothing but improve in recent years. He threw for a career-high 4,933 yards this past season, and led seven game-winning drives in the fourth quarter. The last was the most impressive, an 88yard title drive that he started with a pinpoint 38-yard pass to Mario Manningham.

Mara was impressed.

"The more his back is against the wall, the bet-

ter he performs," the Giants co-owner said.

"There is nobody I would rather have with the ball in his hands at the end of the game, with a chance to win, than Eli Manning."

The Giants have weapons to surround Manning on both sides of the ball.

The only starters who are free agents are tackle Kareem McKenzie, linebacker Chase Blackburn, cornerback Aaron Ross and Weatherford. A number of key role players also don't have contracts, including Manningham, who lost his starting job to Victor Cruz. Other key players who might test free agency are defensive end Dave Tollefson, defensive tackle Rocky Bernard, cornerback Terrell Thomas, safety Deon Grant and backup quarterback David Carr.

"Oh, man, I really want to see them keep this team together," said running back Brandon Jacobs.

If the Giants do, they can make another run.

"If we won one this year, there is no doubt in my mind we can (win another)," Kiwanuka said.

"We just have to get in the playoffs, that's it."

While Manning also had his eyes on the future, he relished the team's second championship in the last five seasons for a different reason.

"Each one is special," said Manning, who appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday night. "Each one has special moments during the season and, obviously, different teammates. This year, I am just happy for a number of guys getting a championship. "... To give them that opportunity for these next five or six months, we can say, 'Hey, we are the best. We are the champs.' That's a pretty nice feeling."

Disappointed with Super Bowl loss INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Less than an hour after losing the Super Bowl again, Tom Brady slowly slipped on his dark vest and suit jacket and walked to the postgame podium.

The next time he puts on his New England Patriots uniform, he hopes to start another, more successful, run toward the NFL championship.

"I'll keep coming to this game and keep trying," the quarterback said. "I'd rather come to this game and lose than not get here."

He and the Patriots have been there five times in the last 11 years. But their 21-17 loss on Sunday night was their second straight to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

Brady won his first 10 postseason games — and three Super Bowls — with the Patriots. Since then they're 6-6 in the postseason with a seven-year drought since their last championship.

Now what?

Some of the biggest issues facing the Patriots this offseason is whether to re-sign Wes Welker, who to take with their two draft choices in the first round and two in the second and how to build a mediocre defense and an inconsistent running game.

Welker led the NFL with 122 receptions but dropped a pass, a bit off target, with about four minutes left that would have put the Patriots at about the Giants 20-yard line with a 17-15 lead.

Team owner Robert Kraft wants him back and Brady said, "He's a phenomenal player and teammate and I love that guy."

Welker is likely to return.

He would have a different offensive coordinator.

Josh McDaniels, who held that position from 200608, rejoined the team as an offensive assistant for the playoffs after serving in that spot with the St. Louis Rams. He replaces Bill O'Brien, who left to succeed Joe Paterno as head coach at Penn State.

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Tom Brady walks off after Sunday’s loss. lichick will focus on the NFL Scouting Combine for college players from Feb. 22-28 at Lucas Oil Stadium, site of Sunday's loss. With four picks in the top two rounds, barring trades, the Patriots could have another solid draft.

In 2008 they added linebacker Jerod Mayo. The next year they drafted safety Patrick Chung, tackle Sebastian Vollmer and wide receiver Julian Edelman. In 2010, they had a terrific draft with cornerback Devin McCourty, tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, linebacker Brandon Spikes and punter Zoltan Mesko.

And in 2011, they drafted tackle Nate Solder and promising running back Stevan Ridley.

"The combine is in two and a half weeks," coach Bill Belichick said Monday after returning to Foxborough, Mass. "I'm sure there will be (a) lot of things on the agenda between now and then so we'll just take them as they come. For right now, we're just kind of collecting our thoughts and we'll figure it out in due course."

The Patriots didn't look like Super Bowl contenders in the first half of the season. They went 5-3 and had given up the most yards in the NFL at midseason.

Then they won their next eight games, plus two in the playoffs, as Gronkowski turned into an All-Pro and the defense

improved.

But they barely got past the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game, winning 23-20 as rookie free agent Sterling Moore stripped a potential touchdown pass from the hands of Lee Evans in the end zone. Two plays later, Billy Cundiff hooked a 32yard field goal.

That got the Patriots to the Super Bowl where Brady, who has struggled in playoff games the past three seasons, was outplayed by Eli Manning.

"We always have confidence in our quarterback," Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch said.

But Brady needs a deep threat to open up the field.

And he needs a more productive running game than BenJarvus GreenEllis and Danny Woodhead provide. Ridley, who showed flashes of power and speed in limited playing time, gained 441 yards in 87 carries, a team-best average of 5.1.

The defense needs the most work.

Its pass rush was shaky, especially after sacks leader Andre Carter suffered a season-ending quadriceps injury in the 14th game. The linebacking was solid. But the secondary never got stabilized because of injuries and poor play. Belichick brought in and cut several free agents. He even used McCourty, whose play dropped off after he made the Pro Bowl as a rookie.

Cleveland to give Browns money Repairs needed on stadium CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland's City Council has approved giving $5.8 million to the Browns to help fix the football team's 12-year-old, city-owned stadium.

The Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/wX0CfP ) reports the council on Monday approved the payment using money from a tax on

alcohol and tobacco sales.

The Browns lease the stadium, and the agreement requires the city to pay $850,000 annually for major improvements.

But the team's general counsel says that's not enough to cover routine work. The Browns want to use the larger payment to refurbish seats and fix up

concrete inside and outside the weather-battered facility.

Mayor Frank Jackson's chief of staff says the city confirmed that the repairs were needed and reviewed the planned fixes.

Some officials are worried about funding such maintenance after 2015, when the tax runs out.

Broncos back facing several charges DENVER (AP) — Denver prosecutors say Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno has been charged with drunken driving and careless driving after getting pulled over in south Denver.

Denver district attorney's spokeswoman Lynn

Kimbrough said Tuesday that Moreno is also charged with failure to have proof of insurance and is due back in court March 2 after police issued a summons.

Denver police Lt. Matthew Murray says Moreno was pulled over on Feb. 1 after allegedly

driving 70 mph in an interstate construction zone where the speed limit was 45 mph.

The Broncos issued a written statement saying they take the incident very seriously and will monitor the case while the legal process runs its course.

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