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City selected for program Effort seeks to help provide boost to start-up companies

BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@dailycall.com PIQUA — City Manager Gary Huff had good news to share on his blog Thursday, as the city has been selected by the Dayton De-

TV book inside today’s Daily Call This week’s edition features a story on “Cougar Town,” which stars Courtney Cox. Also look for complete television listings and other features.

velopment Coalition to house the Entrepreneurial Signature Program or ESP for the northern Dayton region that will include Miami, Auglaize and Shelby counties.

According to the Coalition’s website, the program will help find technologies, form companies, fund opportunities and follow companies on a path to economic prosperity in the region.

By assisting with start-ups, ESP will address the specific needs of

area companies, help coordinate entry and service delivery of entrepreneurial development ecosystems, build clusters of signature area technologies and develop supply chains.

The program will also help to recruit entrepreneurial talent to the area, increase entrepreneurial development services to minority owned companies, and will focus on commercializing companies with technologies in the following order of importance and

anticipated deal flow volume: • Aerospace propulsion and power (to include unmanned aerial systems) • Advance materials and advance man- HUFF ufacturing

Piqua man’s retrial to start Tuesday

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Covington BOE meets Thursday

Judge overturned earlier conviction

COVINGTON — The Covington Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Thursday at the board of education offices in the Middle School.

The meeting is open to the public.

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In April 1865, Piqua mourned the death of President Lincoln by tolling all the city’s church bells from 11 a.m. until noon.

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A scene from the documentary “Write When You Can” being shot at the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society includes, from left to right, Dennis Sullivan, Caleb Adams, Aaron Jackson and Lee Adams. Lee Adams is a Piqua firefighter and also volunteers at Lockington. He will be playing the main character in the new documentary, Dale Adams, Marion Adams’ older brother.

Bradford woman tells family’s war stories in documentary

BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@dailycall.com BRADFORD — Sometimes a story begs to be told.

For others, like Diana Spitler of Bradford, it involves a sign.

“My driving force is God,” said Spitler who is currently working on a documentary on her fam-

ily’s life on the farm after the Depression and experiences during World War II. “I think he wants this story told.”

“Write When You Can,” is not Spitler’s first war documentary as her first, “World War II on an LST,” chronicles the war experience through the eyes of Marion Adams and his brothers Dale and Melvin, all of whom are Spitler’s

uncles.

Enlisted in the Navy, Marion, a radio operator, was aboard an LST (landing ship tanks) and saw action at Normandy (DDay), four different beaches and the Okinawa Invasion. While Melvin served in the Army Air Forces as a radio operator and See Documentary/Page 9

SIDNEY — The retrial of Jamie J. Seitz, 1052 North St., Piqua, is scheduled to take place in Shelby County Common Pleas Court beginning Tuesday and is expected to last three or four days, according to Shelby County Prosecutor R a l p h SEITZ Bauer.

The jury trial for the attempted murder/felonious assault/kidnapping case was set to begin on Jan. 10 but was continued to allow time for further lab testing. Judge James F. Stevenson ordered the additional testing.

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Career center seeks to re-tool local workers Manufacturing 101 geared to train area machinists

BY MEGAN O’ROURKE WDTN Channel 2 For the Daily Call PIQUA — When it comes to unemployment numbers in the Dayton region, the problem isn’t a lack of jobs, it’s a lack of job skills.

That is why Upper Valley Career Center started a new program that is retooling workers to meet

the demand.

It is called Manufacturing 101 class and started just a couple of weeks ago.

“It was a great opportunity,” said Mark Allen, one of the six students currently enrolled. “I’m glad I’m taking advantage of it.”

Allen, works at Piquabased Hartzell Air Movement.

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Under fire, Obama adjusts his policy on birth control Mandate dropped requiring religious organizations pay for coverage

BY BEN FELLER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes.

He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.

Obama’s compromise means ultimately that women would still get birth control without having to pay for it, no matter where they work. The president insisted he had stuck by that driving principle even in switching his approach, and the White House vehemently rejected any characterization that Obama had retreated under pressure.

Yet there was no doubt that Obama had found himself in an untenable position. He needed to walk back fast and find another route to his goal.

The controversy over contraception and religious liberty was overshadowing his agenda, threatening to alienate key voters and giving ammuni-

tion to the Republicans running for his job. It was a mess that knocked the White House off its message and vision for a second term.

Leaders from opposite sides of the divisive debate said they supported the outcome or at least suggested they probably could live with it. Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York, the head of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops and a fierce critic of the original rule covering hospitals and other employers, said the bishops were reserving judgment but that Obama’s move was a good first step.

At least one Republican who is hoping to oust Obama from the White House was conceding nothing. Though not mentioning the birth control issue, Newt Gingrich assailed the president’s views of religious rights and said “I frankly don’t care what deal he tries to cut. … If he wins re-election, he will wage war on the Catholic Church the morning after he’s re-elected.”

Obama, acknowledging he wanted a resolution to the controversy, ordered advisers to find a middle ground in days, not within a year as had been the plan before the uproar. He said he spoke as a Christian who cherishes religious freedom and as a president unwilling to give up on free contraceptive care.

E. Jean Penrod PIQUA — E. Jean Penrod, 89, formerly of 436 E. Greene St., Piqua, died at 1 : 5 0 a . m .

Thursd a y , Feb. 9, 2012, at the H e r itage of Huntington N u r s - PENROD i n g Home of Huntington, Ind. She was born March 24, 1922, in Tipp City, to the late Paul and Mary (Kiehl) Meredith. She married C. Roger Penrod on July 24, 1943, in Baltimore, Md.; he preceded her in death Oct. 27, 2004.

Survivors include two daughters, Patti (Clark) Chambers of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sue (Ronald) Nieman of Huntington, Ind.; three grandchildren, Olivia (Curt) Craig, Jared (Jolene) Nieman and

ELIZABETH TWP. — A Michigan man who died as the result of an early morning crash Thursday has been identified.

According to the Miami County Sheriff’s Office, Kyle Moore, 18, of Newaygo, Mich., was killed after being ejected from his vehicle on Hufford Road. Deputies found Moore dead at the scene, where it is believed he over-corrected his vehicle several times before flipping the car into a field.

Moore’s body was found approximately 150-feet from the vehicle, which is

Retrial Continued from page 1 Seitz was previously found guilty of all charges, but that verdict was overturned and a new trial ordered after a determination of serious jury misconduct during the first trial.

Seitz, at the time a coowner of the Broad Street Grille in Sidney, was arrested following a Dec. 1617, 2010, incident in which he is accused of having abducted and assaulted Scarlet E. Ashworth of Tipp City, who worked at the establishment. The majority of the incident was alleged to have taken place in an apartment in Sidney.

Among witnesses subpoenaed for the new trial are co-workers of the two from the Broad Street Grille; Seitz’s wife, Chris; Ashworth’s parents; various police officers and detectives involved in the investigation; former Anna Police Chief Chuck Shepherd and his ex-wife, Connie, a local Realtor; Vance Short, currently in custody at the Shelby County Jail after pleading guilty to a charges of conspiracy to commit murder and complicity to commit aggravated burglary in an unrelated case; Erin Dearth, an alleged sometime-girlfriend of Seitz’s, as

well as her mother; assorted individuals who came in contact with the pair on the night of the incident; and Suzanne Gayton, the emergency room physician who treated Ashworth.

Defense attorney Chris Bucio, filed motions this week seeking to exclude several pieces of evidence that appeared in the first trial, including a pillow from the apartment where the incident allegedly took place, a bloody shirt Ashworth was alleged to have been wearing, text messages exchanged between Seitz and Dearth on the night in question, and several photographic exhibits, among other items and statements. Bauer has filed his required response to these requests, but the judge has not yet ruled on the admissibility of the disputed pieces of evidence.

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Lindsey Nieman; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Meredith.

Mrs. Penrod was a graduate of Piqua Central High School and worked for more than 22 years for the dental practice of Wayne Hootman D.D.S. in Piqua. She volunteered at the Piqua Memorial Hospital and the Upper Valley Medical Center and was a member of the former Order of the Easter Star Chapter in Piqua.

A service to honor her life will begin at 2 p.m.

Monday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. William R. Hewitt officiating. Burial will follow at Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Visitation will be from 12:30-2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

Mainstreet Piqua Merchants to meet PIQUA — The next Mainstreet Piqua Merchants meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, in the boardroom at the Mainstreet Piqua office at 326 N. Main St. The educational meeting will focus on new direct mail advertising options available to businesses of all sizes and also will touch on the possibility of creating a

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believed to be the only vehicle involved in the earlymorning crash.

Although an exact time for the crash has not yet been determined, sheriff’s office personnel were called to the scene after a passerby reported seeing the car in a field around 6:20 a.m. Thursday.

Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash.

Officials said Moore was a student enrolled at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy.

A cause for the crash is pending results of an investigation by a crash reconstruction team.

• Situational awareness and surveillance systems • Sensors and automation • Medical imaging technologies • Software for business and healthcare What does this mean for the community?

• Job creation.

• Expert advice.

• Investor involvement.

“It means that Piqua will have additional resources to help our existing businesses expand into new technologies and markets,” wrote Huff and that it will enhance the city’s ability to attract new companies and industries to the community by providing jobs, with community wealth and opportunity for

periodic “daily deal” type program for Piqua.

The Mainstreet Piqua Merchants meetings are offered as a service by Mainstreet Piqua and are free and open to all business owners in the Piqua community. More information about the meetings may be obtained by calling MainPiqua at street 773-9355.

already established businesses and citizens.

Speaking with development director Bill Murphy on the value of the program, which is contingent upon funding, Piqua’s primary role will be to host events and meetings, and act as a springboard of information to assist area companies.

Since its inception in 2007, ESP has helped to create or retain some 338 jobs at ESP companies at an average salary of $51,000. Their three year projection for direct jobs is nearly 1,100 that will include indirect and induced in over 2,100.

The ESP 2.0 is due to be approved in July, with recruitment of foreign investors starting this month.

Re-tool Continued from page 1 Last month, Hartzell executives posted an opportunity that Allen could not pass up. The company was willing to pay the $4,000 dollar tuition to put him through the 12 week course.

“It is getting very competitive, the economy is turning around,” said Mike Taylor, the plant manager at Hartzell Air Movement. “I’m currently trying to hire two machinists and it’s hard to find good employees with the skill sets we are looking for. That’s why we are excited about this program”.

So far, Allen is the only

sponsored student enrolled in the class.

However, school officials said it is a great opportunity for companies to get the specific skills they are looking for from people who are great candidates but, lack training.

“We recognized there are several semi-skilled or slightly under-skilled workers out there, that we could impact by bringing a short term program around to put them back in the workforce quickly,” said Richard Haney, the Industrial Training Coordinator at Upper Valley Career Center.

To learn more about the Manufacturing 101 program, call 778-8419.

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phonic Choir and an original member of the Columbus Boys Choir. He loved the theater and had starring roles in many musicals. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Troy, Master Mason in both Adrian, Michigan and Troy, Ohio lodges, Past President of Miami Valley Unit of Ohio W.B.C.C.I., active member in Musician’s Club of Troy, and played bridge with the Twig No. 4 Card Club.

In his retirement years, he enjoyed vacationing with family in Europe and at the lake in Michigan. For the last three years, he enjoyed spending his winters in Winter Haven, Fla. A celebration of Chuck’s life will be held Monday with the Rev. David Leckrone and the Rev. Dr. Richard Culp officiating at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, where family will receive friends for three hours prior to the 7 p.m. service.

In lieu of flowers, his family requests donations be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373, because of their devoted care for Chuck and support for his family.

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

Charlott I. Eernisse ST. MARYS — Charlott I. Eernisse, 89, of St. Marys and formerly of T r o y, passed away at 5:05 p . m .

Thursd a y , Feb. 9, 2012, at Otterbein L i f e EERNISE Style Choices, St. Marys.

She was born March 13, 1922, in Blue Earth, Minn. to the late John and Bertha (Graue) Hamre.

Charlott married Gilbert A. Eernisse on Aug. 6, 1946, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 2007.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-inlaw, Charles and Cheryl Eernisse of Troy and Sheldon and Julie Eernisse of Troy; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gail and Jerry Vonachen of Piqua and Judy and Darrell Tron; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Charlott was preceded in death by her five brothers, Mervin Hamre, Everet Hamre, Burton Hamre, Dean Hamre and Gordon Hamre.

She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Troy. Charlott worked as a nurses aide for several years at the former Stouder Memorial Hospital, Troy and along with her husband was comanager of Lawson’s Dairy Store in Piqua and Troy for several years.

A private memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.

Interment will be at Miami Memorial Park, Covington.

Contributions may be given to Otterbein Life Style Choices, 11300 Circle Druve, St Marys, OH 45885 or Grand Lake Hospice 1122 E. Spring St., St Marys, OH 45885.

Arrangements are entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

Death notices PIQUA — N. Clifford Helman, 69, of Piqua, died at 1:02 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Piqua.

His funeral arrangements are pending through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

ARCANUM — Daniel G. Nolan, 60, of Arcanum, passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at Englewood Manor, Englewood.

Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.

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TROY — Charles E. Wise, 76, of Troy, passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, s u r rounded by his family after a brief illness.

H e w a s b o r n WISE June 10, 1935, in Columbus, to the late Ralph L. and Juanita (Black) Wise.

He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Janet Lee (Flaker) Wise; son and daughter-in-law, Craig E. and Jane E. Wise of Troy; daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl Lee and Paul G. Sweeney of Heidelberg, Germany, and Lisa Leeann and Ralf R. Rimmler of Gruenstadt, Germany. He also is survived by his adoring grandchildren, Emaline Elizabeth and Claire Elyse Wise, and Ryan Charles and Philipp Lee Rimmler; sister, Patricia White; nieces, Ann Malissa and Stephanie; nephews, Doug and Andy; and cousin, like brother, John Wade.

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Local mall to host annual Arctic blast brings cold temps Puttin’ For a Purpose PIQUA — The Piqua Salvation Army will once again host Puttin’ For a Purpose at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

The Putt-Putt golf event will be held from Wednesday, Feb. 29 through Saturday, March 10. All proceeds support the Salvation Army’s Youth Summer Feeding Program. The feeding program served more than 7,800 meals to Piqua’s school aged children last summer. Dedicated volunteers serve nutritious meals at 10 locations throughout Piqua.

Hours will be 4-8 p.m. weekdays, 12-8 p.m. Saturday and 12-5 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $5 for general and $3 for children age 12 and under.

The Puttin’ For A Purpose Event has a Mascot Challenge and a Community Challenge along with the public play. The Mascot Challenge will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Last year, 12 area Mascots participated. This is a wonderful event for children and adults of all ages. The public is invited to come

Get ready for some cold air with highs remaining below freezing all weekend and lows in the teens, possibly some single digits Sunday morning. Wind chill values will be sub-zero at this time. The low will dip down to around 10 on Sunday morning before a slight warming trend begins Monday when the high will be above freezing. The chance for snow and rain will return nearly next week. High: 20 Low: 17.

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The Puttin’ For a Purpose golf event will again be hosted by the Piqua Salvation Army beginning Feb. 29 through March 10 at Miami Valley Centre Mall, with hours for public play weekdays and weekends. Proceeds will go to support the Army’s Summer Feeding Program. The event will feature a Mascot Challenge on March 6.

The Community Challenge Putt-Putt Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday, March 7, with registration beginning at 5 p.m. A $75 entry fee for a two-person team will provide 60 meals to hungry children throughout Piqua.

For more information, out and cheer on their fa- and play at a reduced contact The Salvation vorite mascot, then stay rate of $2 for children.

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Romantic classic to be featured at Hayner TROY — What to do on a Friday night? Fall in love all over again, and watch the fourth film of the TroyHayner Cultural Center’s film series Lets Go to the Movies at Hayner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17.

One of the most romantic films of all times, this 1957 classic love story stars Cary Grant as playboy Nicky Ferrante and Deborah Kerr as night club singer Terry McKay.

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While crossing the Atlantic on a cruise ship, they fall in love, even though they are both involved in serious relationships. They vow to meet six months later on the top of the Empire State Building if they have succeeded in ending their other relationships and decide if they truly are in love or were just having a onboard fling. Come find out if they rendezvous or not. The series is free and

open to the public. Hayner is located at 301 W. Main St. in Troy.

This year’s series theme is Fallen Stars. Each film will feature a major star(s) who is no longer living. The evening will start out with an introduction of the film.

After viewing the film, a short discussion will follow.

There will be cafe-style seating with popcorn and soda pop. The film series is intended for adult viewer-

ship and may not be appropriate for children under 13. The series will show a movie once a month through April, excluding December. The dates for the last two films in the series are as follows: March 9 and April 13.

For a list of this year’s films, stop by Hayner and pick up a magnet or visit our website at www.troyhayner.org. For more information, call 937-339-0457.

Volunteers to help taxpayers with return MIAMI COUNTY — AARP tax-aide volunteers will be available to help taxpayers complete their 2011 tax return and file them electronically. This is a free tax service and e-filing is open to all people with the focus on low to moderate income and seniors over 60. Please bring with you a copy of last years return, all 2010 income information, drivers license, and Social Security card.

The following AARP/TA sites will be open in County now Miami through April 18.

• Piqua YMCA, 223 West High St. every Mon-

day and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Tipp City Public Library, 11 East Main St., every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Monday evenings from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., by appointment only.

Call (937) 845-3014 • Troy-Miami County Public Library, 419 West Main St., every Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Troy Senior Citizens Center, 113 North Market St., every Monday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Milton-Union Public Library, 560 South Main St., every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m.

Class of 1956 to meet for lunch PIQUA — The 1956 class of Piqua Central High School will meet for lunch on Thursday Feb. 16 at Heck Yeah (formerly known as The Springs) on County Road 25-A at 12:30 p.m. All class members and guests are welcome. If you need directions or need more information, call Nancy Beaver Bates at 778-1781.

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People can take steps to prevent being The Usual Eccentric The discarded planet and scammed Gullible (gul ə b’l) adjective easily persuaded to believe something; credulous: an attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.

More Americans should pay attention to this word, and its definition.

Scams have been around since biblical times. The only thing that seems to change is that while more and more people are evil enough to attempt to perpetrate a scam, there seems to be an even larger number of people gullible enough to fall for the fleece job.

I consider thieves and deception artists to be among the most evil of all criminals. Like wolves, they prey upon the the weak.

Throughout the years, scam artists have been at work trying to convince Americans that they should part with their hard-earned cash by way of donations and get-rich-quick schemes.

With the proliferaMIKE ULLERY tion of the social media Chief Photographer generation, scams and schemes of all sorts have surfaced around the Internet. Facebook seems to be one of the most frequent avenues for 21st century scam artists to ply their trade.

Many of the Facebook scams don’t necessarily dip into your pocket, they just play on your emotions, probably for the scammer’s own amusement.

What I do not understand is why more people don’t ask themselves, “Does this seem right?” before they share a post with others.

One of the “old sayings” that my dad was fond of repeating was, “If it seems too good to be true, it is.” I have learned repeatedly through the years that my dad was right.

I cannot believe the number of people, who upon seeing a photograph of a forlorn-looking sad-eyed puppy or kitten will immediately hit the “share” button on Facebook on a post that says something to the effect of, “The Humane Society will donate $1 for every share….”

Come on folks! First of all, many help-the-animals organizations are too busy perpetrating their own scams against the American public. Those television commercials with the sad music and the video of “abused” animals, put together with a professional actress, commenting in a suitable sad tone of voice.

(Note: if you want to donate your hard-earned money to a worthy cause involving animals, please donate locally. Here, you know that your dollars are going to the intended purpose, not to line the pockets of paid employees of the national organization.)

What is it with Americans that causes them to throw their nose into the air and turn away from causes that will help people but those same folks will “share” like crazy at the sight of a puppy or kitten.

This must be a glorious time to be a Facebook scammer. Even normally sensible people somehow believe that if they find it on the Internet, it must be true.

Here is where you need to think. In the past, when people read something in the newspaper, or saw it on a television news story, they took it for granted that it was true. These were, after all, professional and ethical reporters and writers.

Today, one can not always go by what they read on the Internet. As more and more iReporters (a la CNN) have their unprofessional, often biased and sometimes totally inaccurate stories mixed in with those of an ever-shrinking corps of professional journalists, it is ever more difficult to separate fact from fiction.

My message to all is to only trust stories that you read and watch from trusted sources. Facebook, and other social media sites, are not necessarily trusted.

Some of the content comes from trusted media sources, but all too much of it comes from unknown people out in cyber land.

I recall another of my dad’s “old sayings” — “Don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.”

You will get much further in your life by taking a few minutes to verify or corroborate a story, than by just assuming that it was in the Internet, so it must be true.

the Milky Way fallacy

bet he already figured few years back, a everybody hated him. I depraved comassure you, there’ll mittee of total never be a space misfascists suddenly desion, manned or unclared all-out war on to Pluto. manned, the solar system and Nobody cares about out of the blue decided Pluto, and nobody in Pluto was no longer a their right mind would planet. Maybe you want to live there (exheard about this? I’m WILL E SANDERS cept maybe Newt Ginnot really sure why grich) because a every single person on Staff Writer birthday only comes Earth subscribes to the wsanders@dailycall.com around once every 248 notion that a mysterious council can literally decide the fate years.

On Pluto, everybody dies at age zero. of a whole planet, but whatever. I just thought you needed an election or some- That’s depressing!

I would hate to get technical, but the thing to do that.

Sadly, that isn’t the real problem. The atmospheric conditions and the lack of news has been sailing out in the Milky sunlight, food, water, oxygen and “SeinWay Galaxy for some time now, and it feld” reruns also would make things extremely inhospitable. has finally reached poor Pluto.

As an act of rebellion, I always conSuffice it to say, Pluto is less than sider Pluto a planet when I’m politely pleased, and more than a little blue.

Last week, he tried hanging himself discussing my views on the galaxy with with one of Saturn’s rings. When that complete strangers, which I normally do. failed, he tried asphyxiating himself Except that there always seems to be this same uppity woman with two thick, with the noxious gas of Uranus.

Did anyone give actual thought as to gray bolts coming out of her neck like how Pluto would feel about this exclu- Frankenstein belching opinionated rhetsion? Seriously, if there are nerdy aliens oric regarding the planetary status of Pluto. She dares correct me. on Pluto, guess what?

Me — one of the smartest dudes I We. know.

Are. “Ma’am, I am aware of the claim that Toast.

Think about it for a second. Let’s say Pluto is technically not a planet,” I althese aliens — these Plutonians — exist ways reply. “You would have to be living and are super-intelligent, with the on another planet not to already know means of committing the intergalactic that.”

Apparently, Pluto doesn’t meet the equivalent of a high school shooting in the solar system. They probably even elitist criteria of being called a planet. have mind-melting technologies that Since when do we need criteria for a don’t involve ringtones or Tweeting. planet? An idiot can determine that; I We’re only fooling ourselves to think the can determine that.

Um, is it round, and does it orbit the Plutonians would take kindly to the sun? Yup, sure looks like planet material mocking arrogance of Earth.

And what’s up with the committee to me, Einstein. There, now give me lots who made that Pluto decision? I wish I and lots of government funding to tell served on some xenophobic committee you something else that’s painfully obviand just went around announcing out- ous to anyone with a still-beating heart.

But what we can’t have is a bunch of rageous declarations. Sounds awesome. scientist dweebs in lab coats striking out Sign me up.

Socks are forbidden when wearing planets like Pluto with the stroke of a open-toed sandals; the McRib is served pen in nearly the same fashion that year-round; and, henceforth, carbonated Darth Vader used to take out planet beverages are rightfully called “pop” and Alderaan with the Death Star.

Instead, these eggheaded, pencilnever “soda” — and I’m just warming up.

I feel sorry for Pluto. It makes me cry pushing planet haters should turn their when I think about it at night or while attentions to more practical matters inI’m in line at the bank. Pluto’s sitting volving the universe — such as renamout there right now, all cold and alone, ing Uranus. It’s been the butt of far too totally detached from the social network many jokes. that is the vast expanse of the universe.

To contact Will E Sanders, visit his Pluto is like the last kid picked for a game of schoolyard football, and after website at willesanders.com, or send him the game, nobody even bothers inviting an email at wille@willesanders.com. To find out more about Will E Sanders and him to the pizza party.

Wait a minute, that’s not Pluto — read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the that’s my adolescence.

Creators Syndicate website at www.creSorry about that.

Pluto shouldn’t be too surprised, and I ators.com.

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To the Editor: We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped and supported our mini “Relay for Life” on Jan. 26 at High Street School.

We received an overwhelming amount of donations from the Piqua community, and from our families and friends. With everyone’s help, we were able to raise a total of $2,132.11 to give to the American Cancer Society.

We would like to personally thank those area businesses and friends that have so graciously and gave donations to our relay: Taco Bell, Bob Evans, McDonald’s Corp., Domino’s, Susie’s Big Dipper, East of Chicago Pizza, Piqua Pizza Supply, Faith’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, Beppo Uno, Fifth Third Bank,Tammy Kendall with Glamour on Mane, W.G. Grinder’s, Al’s Pizza, Z’s, Joan Havenar, Jim and Arlene Snider, Kay Potter, Mel Sowry, Doug Snider, Mitchell Seman, Amy Meyer and her class for their time and making such delicious cookies for the snacks, Rita Potter and her Sorority Sisters, High Street and Favorite Hill schools, staff, students and parents, and special thank you to Teresa Anderson and Shellie Berkemeier for all the extras you did for us and keeping the permission slips and money together and for letting us have the relay in your building.

We thank you all for helping us to “Crush Cancer.” We are all affected by cancer in one way or another and it just takes a small step to make a huge impact for others. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us to make a difference.

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Mom’s ‘wonderful’ fiance appears not to be trusted DEAR ABBY: I am 11.

My mom is engaged to a man who I think is a wonderful person, but she always questions whether he’s cheating on her. She’s 37. Personally, I think she won’t get another chance like this. Their wedding has been postponed three times because she thinks he’s lying to her.

I don’t think she realizes what she’s got. When I ask her if everything is OK between them, she says, “Everything is fine, and if it wasn’t, it would be too complicated for you to understand.” I just want them to live happily together. What should I do?

— OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW IN ALABAMA OLD DEAR ENOUGH TO KNOW: You may be old enough to know, but if your mom doesn’t feel comfortable sharing certain personal information with you, that should be her privilege. Her suspicions may be the result of having been hurt in past relationships, or she may have caught her fiance being less than truthful at some point.

Your mother should not marry ANYONE — regardless of how great a catch he may seem to you — unless she is certain she can trust him. The fact that their wedding has been postponed three times sends me a message that she thinks she has reason for concern in that department.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 16 and want to have my ear pierced a second time. Despite my mother’s reluctance, she took me to get my ears pierced when I was 9. My friends have all gotten multiple ear piercings. All I want is to get the cartilage on my right ear pierced, but Mom and Dad refuse.

Mom says that any piercing other than one in each ear looks “trashy” and people will think unfavorably of me. I don’t see the big deal. It’s not like I want my nose or navel pierced. I just want one little stud, and I’d pay for it myself.

I’m a respectful and honest girl. I have always brought home good grades. Mom says I’ll have to wait until I’m 18 and out of her house. I don’t understand why she won’t let me get this done.

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Country music disappears from Grammy spotlight CHRIS TALBOTT AP Entertainment Writer

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

Advice My best friend’s mother, who is stricter than mine, let her get her cartilage pierced. What do you think?

— NOT ASKING FOR MUCH IN ILLINOIS DEAR NOT ASKING FOR MUCH: I think that as a minor living in your parents’ house, you should obey their rules. If you want to get multiple piercings in your ears when you’re 18 and on your own, the choice will be yours. But until then, respect your mother’s wishes. “Because everyone else is doing it” is not a valid reason for doing anything.

DEAR ABBY: I enjoy theater very much, but can’t afford to attend all the performances I would like, so I work at my local theater every week. In exchange, I am “paid” in tickets. The ticket prices are generally $60 and up, so it’s a win/win for both the theater and for me.

My question is, when I invite a friend to use the extra ticket, is it unreasonable to expect him or her to drive and pay for the treat at intermission?

The ticket was not “free” to me — I worked for it.

Or, because I issued the invitation, am I responsible for the entire evening?

— THEATER LOVER IN ATLANTA DEAR THEATER LOVER: If you’re treating someone to an evening at the theater, it would certainly be gracious of your guest to offer to reciprocate in some way. However, because your friends don’t have ESP, this is a subject you should raise at the time you issue the invitation.

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NASHVILLE, (AP) — Lady Antebellum landed an unexpected knockout of Eminem and took the night with five Grammys last year, including record and song of the year for “Need You Now.” Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band broke through in the general categories the year before.

Yet this year only one country nominee made the cut in the prestigious all-genre categories: new artist entry The Band Perry.

Some might suggest a country snub, but Jason Aldean, a first-time nominee who’s up for three awards, including country album of the year, doesn’t see this year’s deficit as out of the ordinary. That the focus is on the likes of Adele, Bruno Mars and Rihanna is not surprising to him, even though he and Swift had two of the year’s top-selling albums.

“All those artists are great and having a killer year, so it’s hard to argue with what they’re doing,” Aldean said. “But I think it’s something country music has fought for years and years. I don’t think it’s anything new. I don’t think at least from my perspective it’s something that I’d be shocked about.

It’s the way it always is.

It’s not going to change.

It’s just how it goes.”

Aldean proves himself an astute student of country music history with that statement. The genre’s ascendance in the last half of the last decade at the Grammys is an aberration, a statistical oddity based on the overwhelming crossover success of a handful of songs and artists who dominated pop music at the time of their wins.

Mainstream country has scored just 13 generalcategory trophies since the first Grammys in 1958. Just three of those came before 2000.

Lady A’s win in the record of the year category in 2010 was just the second by a country artist.

The Dixie Chicks, fresh from the band’s excommunication by country radio after remarks about President George W. Bush, won three general category awards at the 2007 Grammys.

Aldean notes all those winners have something in common: crossover success. Especially Swift and

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Members of Lady Antebellum, from left, Dave Haywood, Hilary Scott, and Charles Kelley arrive at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last year. Lady Antebellum landed an unexpected knockout on Eminem and took the night with five Grammys, including record and song of the year for “Need You Now,” and Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band broke through in the general categories the year before. Yet this year the only country nominee made the cut: new artist entry The Band Perry.

Lady A. “(Swift) was just as big in the pop world as she was in the country world,” Aldean said. “That was just one of those you can’t really deny. As an awards show you almost look stupid if she’s not there. And I think Lady A last year, without a doubt they had one of the biggest songs, if not the biggest song, of the year. … They had a huge year, a huge record. It’s kind of hard to deny that.”

Members of Lady A, up for country album of the year, said it didn’t really matter in what categories their nominations fell.

Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley are just happy to be back and able to spend time with good friends like Aldean, country song of the year nominee Dave Barnes, Eric Church and others.

“We’d be lying if we said we wouldn’t be disappointed after such an incredible year there last year if we didn’t get invited back to the party,” Kelley said.

“It’s fun to be able to support our friends in the industry, as well,” Scott said. “There are a lot of our really close friends in the business who will be there that we can cele-

brate with and just enjoy the night.”

Gary LeVox, lead singer for Rascal Flatts, thinks that’s the right attitude to have. Rascal Flatts landed one of those coveted allgenre song of the year nominations for “Bless the Broken Road,” but over time he’s learned not to take it too seriously. It’s in no way an exact science, after all.

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South now leads the AQ of clubs, and you properly take the queen with the king. This is because there’s no holding possi-

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East’s jack falls on your king, indicating that declarer has the ten. It is at this point that you should be very careful about what you do next.

For example, if you cash your nine of hearts, South will discard his ten of clubs and easily score nine tricks.

But resisting the impulse to cash the heart nine at this juncture is not good enough. Given declarer’s opening twonotrump bid and what you can see in your own hand and dummy, it is a virtual certainty that if South is allowed to score four club tricks, he is sure to make the contract.

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Handmade, 3-D Valentines are the way to stand out this Valentine’s Day.

Stand out this Valentine’s Day HOLLY RAMER The Associated Press

use a toy that has moveable limbs, so you position the arm to look like it is holding the lollipop or glow stick.

MATERIALS: • a willing child or small toy • colored or white card stock (if using toys) • a camera • photo editing software • printer • sharp scissors or craft knife • tape • lollipops or glow sticks INSTRUCTIONS: 1) If using a child as model, have him or her stand in front of a blank wall. For lollipop cards, have the child hold his or her arm outstretched, making a fist. Take a picture.

2) If using a toy, use two pieces of cardstock to make a backdrop. Place one piece flat and the other leaning up against a wall. Position the toy on the paper with its arm outstretched. Take a picture.

3) Use photo editing software, crop your picture. If you crop the images to 4-by-6 inches, you can get them printed at any large drugstore. Or make them different sizes for printing at home on photo paper or card stock.

4) If desired, use photo editing software to remove the background from the image and replace it with something else. For the cards I created for my son and nephew, I downloaded an “outer space” image from the NASA website and used that for the background. You also can add a message or your child’s name. For the lollipop version, consider “I’m sweet on you, Valentine.” For the Star Wars version, try, “May the force be with you, Valentine.”

5) Print pictures.

6) Use scissors or a craft knife to cut slits in the cards to insert the lollipops or glow sticks. If necessary, tape the sticks on the back of the card to secure.

Worried that your ValenFirst lady Michelle Obama does the Interlude dance with kids on stage during a Let’s Move event with chil- tines will fall flat? Make dren from Iowa schools, Thursday at the Wells Fargo Arena in De Moines, Iowa, during her three day na- them stand out, literally, by incorporating small treats tional tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let’s Move. like lollipops or glow sticks.

If your child likes to ham it up for the camera, this is a great way to create a cute, personalized Valentine. For the lollipop version, take a picture of your child with her hand in a fist and arm outstretched. After the picture NANCY BENAC the Interlude, a dance paign, she has brought Force Base in Arkansas is printed, cut small slits that started in a dorm substantial new visibil- to announce a new pro- through the card at the top Associated Press room at the University of ity to the childhood obe- gram to improve the and bottom of the hand and slip the lollipop stick DES MOINES, Iowa Northern Iowa and went sity issue and has meals served on military prodded schools, fami- bases. She also sat down through the slits, so it ap(AP) — Wild arm swings, viral from there.

Mrs. Obama chose lies, restaurants, grocery to dinner with eight par- pears as if she is holding sharp robotic turns, pulsIowa for her first stop be- stores, doctors, local com- ents at an Olive Garden the treat. ing fist pumps.

This idea has been makin Fort Michelle Obama cause it is working to be- munities and others to restaurant ing the rounds of craft and the nation’s do more to tackle the Worth, Texas, to swap busted out a few new come photography blogs for ideas on raising healthy moves Thursday to mark healthiest state by 2016, problem. years — I first spotted an Robert Blendon, a kids. They dined on the second anniversary as measured by the adorable version created of her campaign against Gallup organization. It Harvard University pro- healthy dishes like VeneAlissa Eng at 24-7by childhood obesity with a ranked 19th in 2010, the fessor who tracks public tian apricot chicken (400 365.blogspot.com in 2009. opinion on health care, calories). few new friends — most recent rankings.

Mrs. Obama sold said Mrs. Obama has On Friday she traveled But it wasn’t until I saw 14,000 or so, it turns out. another 3-D Valentine creThe first lady rocked healthy eating to the helped bring about a to Florida.

Beyond the policy and ated by Megan Pyrah at out with thousands of kids as something fun, shift in attitude, with Brassyapple.blogspot.com sixth- to ninth-graders at but also dangled the bait childhood obesity in- health implications, the a few weeks ago that I was a Des Moines arena on that it could help them creasingly being viewed effort has contributed to inspired to make my own the first stop of a three- “pass your tests and get as a societal problem an engaging image of the version. rather than a personal first lady — and, by assoday trip to highlight her good grades in school.”

Pyrah printed a picture The first lady took on matter. She’s given peo- ciation, has been an “Let’s Move” campaign. a light saber hilt from of It was a giant pep rally the issue of childhood ple tangible ideas on how asset for the president’s Star Wars, and attached a for eating right and exer- obesity because almost a to eat better and exercise re-election effort. thin glow stick to the card The first lady’s camcising, complete with third of U.S. children are more rather than talking to resemble the beam of confetti, balloons and a at least overweight, and in broad concepts that paign hasn’t been just all light.

As the mother of a towering birthday cake about 17 percent are don’t hit home with par- fluffy words, hip dances Wars-obsessed second Star obese. ents, he said. and funny jokes. made of fruit. grader, I immediately deIn the two years since “It’s getting into peoMarion Nestle, a food The first lady and cided to combine the two crowd revved up by doing she launched her cam- ple’s conversations in and nutrition professor ways that it would not at New York University, ideas. I had my son pose have been if someone gives the first lady high with a flash light as his had not taken it on,” marks for going up “hilt,” cut a slit in the card Blendon said. against powerful forces and added a glow stick — The first lady herself in the food and beverage the narrow, 8-inch kind said recently she’s industry, and getting sold as bracelets.

The chance to play Jedi “pretty much willing to some pushback along the Piqua woman knight was enough to conmake a complete fool out way. The first lady also vince him to pose for a few turns 90 of myself ” to get kids has attracted some pictures, but if your child moving and eating bet- “nanny state” grumbling LaRee B. Penny, of is being stubborn or camter. from conservatives who Piqua, will celebrate era shy, you still can creTo that end, she’s done think she’s intruding on her 90th birthday on ate cute 3-D Valentines by pushups with everyone what should be personal Sunday. having their favorite toys from Ellen DeGeneres to matters.

Mrs. Penny was born South Africa’s Desmond “Let’s give her credit,” stand in as models. He acFeb. 12, 1922. She and Tutu, danced the Dougie Nestle said. “She has no tually ended up preferring her late husband, with school kids, done real power. She has no a version I made featuring Edgar, are parents of jumping jacks and legal authority. She’s a one of his Lego minifigsix children, Paul swiveled a hula hoop on wife, and yet she has ures, and I borrowed my Penny of Sidney, Bob the South Lawn, fed veg- managed to take this niece’s Hello, Kitty, figPenny of Piqua, Ron gie pizza to Jay Leno and issue and bring it to na- urine to come up with a Penny of Troy, Dee girly version. competed in an East tional prominence.”

Seagraves of Piqua, Ideally, you’ll want to Room potato sack race Nestle said it will take Dick Penny of Piqua, LaRee B. Penny with Jimmy Fallon. decades to tell whether Lois Hall of Troy, Thursday, she added the campaign produces “At Overfield, learning is a lifestyle, not just an assignment.”

Family and friends will Malia Jess of Piqua, Mark Penny of Piqua, and Pat honor Mrs. Penny with a the Interlude to her reductions in childhood obesity, likening it to the Penny of Piqua. She also surprise party from 2-5 repertoire.

Later in the day, she gradual turnaround in has 23 grandchildren and today at the Piqua Amervisited Little Rock Air attitudes about smoking. ican Legion.

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Lisa Allred, Merrill Allred to Cecelia Green, a part lot, $62,500.

Bernard Pfeiffer, Marilyn Pfeiffer to Bernard Pfeiffer, one lot, $0.

Melanie Rutgers, Scott Rutgers to Brandon Bass, Carrie Bass, one lot, $169,000.

Katherine Severt Kemp, Todd Severt to

Todd Severt, one lot, $0.

Elizabeth Hartwig, Jeremy Hartwig to Allison Duncan, Anthony Duncan, one lot, $161,500.

COVINGTON Estate of Jane A. Brandt to John Brandt, Kenna Collier, one lot, $0.

Karen Ruth Rudy to Mareda Mae Powell, four lots, $20,300.

Mareda Mae Powell to Donald Nash, Jennifer Nash, Mareda Mae Powell, four lots, $0.

James Larson, Linda Larson to Andrew Shaffer, Kathryn Shaffer, 2.596 acres, $0.

James Larson, Linda Larson to David Larson, Rachel Larson, a part tract 2.597 acres, $0.

HUBER HEIGHTS Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $29,000.

Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $29,000.

Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $35,500.

NVR Inc. to Gordon Link, one lot, $217,400.

LUDLOW FALLS Dawn Coy, Duane Coy, Lisa Coy, Sam Coy to Tina Weber, a part tract 0.092 acres, 0.65 acres, $42,000.

TIPP CITY Ann Jones, Derek Jones to Jessica Jones, William Tipton, one lot, $91,500.

Doris Gentry, Vernon Gentry, attorney in fact to Doris Gentry, Vernon Gentry, one lot, $0.

Connie Weston, Douglas Weston to Samuel Stager, two lots, $127,000.

Jane Hinkle, trustee, Mark Robinson, trustee, Robinson Keystone Inheritance Trust to Jane Hinkle, Mark Robinson, one lot, $0.

Jane Hinkle, Larry Hinkle, Lisa Robinson, Mark Robinson to Shirley Robinson, one lot, $0.

0.086 acres, $0.

WEST MILTON

Ronnie Mahan, Tammy Mahan to Benjamin Mahan, a part tract 0.743 acres, $0.

Raymond Flora to Corey Sprankle, a part tract 1.10 acres, 1.5 acres, $60,000.

Alicia Kimmel, Rusty Kimmel to Dixie Kimmel, Kenneth Kimmel, $0.

Habitat for Humanity of Miami County to Dale A. Smith, Theresa A. Smith, 2.851 acres, $22,900.

Fannie Mae a.k.a Federal National Mortgage Association to James Orban, one lot, $17,500.

Amber McGlasson to Ryan Brown, one lot, $0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Evan Brumbaugh, one lot, $0.

Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich Co. LPA, attorney in fact, Fannie Mae Federal National Mortgage to Deborah Everhart, one lot, $36,000.

BETHEL TWP. Angela Arnold, Wilbert Arnold to Mary Arnold, Robert Arnold, 6.00 acres, $220,000.

CONCORD TWP. Barbara Brower, Robert Brower II to Federal National Mortgage Association, one lot, $0.

Keffer, Christopher Diana Keffer to Constance Caudill-Perry,

Ernst Declaration of Trust to Henry Ernst, trustee, Henry J. Ernst Declaration of Trust, Henry Ernst, trustee, Linda Ernst Declaration of Trust, 17.827 acres, 10.175 acres, $0.

ELIZABETH TWP. Rita Scott to Frank Scott, 6.267 acres, $0.

MONROE TWP. Brenda Snyder, Richard Snyder II to Arinne Lee, one lot, $149,000.

Cathy Armentrout, Craig Armentrout to Cathy Armentrout, Craig Armentrout, one lot, $0.

STAUNTON TWP. Janet Bretland, Matthew Bretland to Janet Bretland, $0.

Caren Diane Alejandro, Wil Alejandro to Gail Miller, Marion Miller, one lot, $152,500.

NEWBERRY TWP.

WASHINGTON TWP. Joy L. Weiss-Anthony to Daniel Anthony, 0.717 acres, $0.

Federal National MortCompany to gage William Trittschuh, a part tract 0.35 acres, $18,500.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage, Gerner and Kears Co. LPA, attorney in fact to Joseph Joyce, Vivian Joyce, one lot, $22,000.

NEWTON TWP. Judy Rudy to Judy Ann Rudy, trustee, Judy Ann Rudy Revocable Living Trust Agreement, a part tract 53.12 acres, 78.723 acres, $0.

Angela Layman to James Layman, a part tract 10.001 acres, $0.

UNION TWP. Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal National Mortgage Company, Lerner Sampson and Rothfuss, attorney in fact to Chad Purdon, Michael Sowders, four lots, $81,000.

Charles Karns, Dolores Karns to Anna Adams, Jason Ganger, Thomas Ganger, Paula Garber, Charles Karns, Dolores Darns, Kathie Webb, $0.

SPRINGCREEK TWP. Henry J. Ernst Declaration of Trust, Henry Ernst, trustee, Linda

Menus PIQUA CITY SCHOOLS: Monday — Cheeseburger, seasoned curlies, pears and milk.

Tuesday — Grilled cheese, tomato soup, Goldfish crackers, tater tots, fresh fruit and milk.

Wednesday — General Tso’s chicken, fried rice, corn, mandarin oranges, fortune cookie and milk.

Thursday — Cheese omelet, hash browns, fruit juice, applesauce, cinnamon roll and milk.

Friday — No school.

PIQUA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Monday — Coney dog sandwich, baked beans, chips, choice of fruit and milk.

Tuesday — Lovable lasagna Be Mine Broccoli, Texas toast, Sweetheart Strawberries and milk.

Wednesday — Chicken strips, green beans, butter bread, choice of fruit and milk.

Thursday — Enchiladas, corn, choice of fruit, graham crackers and milk.

Friday — Macaroni

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UPPER VALLEY CAREER CENTER: Monday — Spicy chicken or macaroni and cheese, tater tots, assorted fruit, multi-grain bun or roll and milk.

Tuesday — Spaghetti or veggie lasagna, spinach salad, assorted fruit and milk.

Wednesday — Pizza or quesadilla, glazed carrots, assorted fruit and milk.

Thursday — Soft taco or chicken fajita, black beans and brown rice, assorted fruit and milk.

Friday — General Tso’s chicken or popcorn chicken, fried or sweet brown rice, oriental veggies, assorted fruit and milk.

COVINGTON SCHOOLS: Monday — Rib-a-Q sandwich, curly fries, peaches and milk.

Tuesday — Pepperoni or taco pizza, garden salad, pineapple and milk.

Tuesday — Hamburger, corn, cheese slice, Jell-o and milk.

Wednesday — Taco salad, chips, Cinnamon Crunch Bar, pears and milk.

Thursday — Homemade vegetable soup, crackers, cheese stix, peanut butter sandwich, pineapple and milk.

NEWTON Friday — Pepperoni SCHOOLS: pizza, potato stix, apple, Monday — Hot dog cookie and milk. with coney sauce, baked beans, orange sherbet BRADFORD and milk.

SCHOOLS: Tuesday — Dinosaur Monday — Chicken nuggets, green beans, white cake with strawberries and milk.

Wednesday — Cook’s choice and milk.

Thursday — Chicken patty sandwich, french fries, diced peaches and milk.

Friday — (elementary) Turkey wrap, Fritos, diced pears and milk (high school) build your own wrap and milk.

Wednesday — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed fruit, dinner roll and milk.

Thursday — Chicken tenders, broccoli with cheese, assorted fruit and milk.

Friday — No school.

31, of 8418 Versailles Road, Covington to Laura Ashley Adams, 24, of 3205 State Route 48, Covington.

Adam Joseph Schaefer, 22, of 2899 E. Loy Road, Fletcher to Chelsea Rena Welbaum, 21, of 1259 Stephenson Drive, Troy.

Joel Christopher Smith, 28, of 1532 Brookfield

Monday — Sausage sandwich, tater tots, peanut butter jelly bar, applesauce and milk.

Lane, Troy to Whitney Rachel Hart, 22, of same address.

Daryl Wayne Glenn, 36, of 118 1/2 South St., Piqua to Amanda Leah Watson, 32, of same address.

Harold Earnest Raybern Jr., 53, of 9241 Hetzler Road, Piqua to Carolyn Marie Perkins, 45, of same address.

Biden: Press freedom critical to government COLUMBUS (AP) — A government can’t function fairly and transparently without freedom of the press or expression, Vice President Joe Biden told an Ohio newspaper trade group on Thursday.

Biden did not take questions from the audience of reporters and editors, though he spoke for

almost 45 minutes at the Ohio Newspaper Association’s convention in Columbus.

“The American people need the facts even the inconvenient facts to be able judge the wisdom of the actions of their governments,” Biden said. “And you remain the primary vehicle to assure them

Monday — Chicken nuggets, dinner roll, mashed potatoes, gravy, applesauce and milk.

Tuesday — Chili soup, crackers, peanut butter bread, carrots, pineapple and milk.

Wednesday — Tenderloin sandwich, broccoli with cheese sauce, sunshine fruit and milk.

Thursday — Hot shredded chicken sandwich, baked sweet potato, pears and milk.

Friday — No school.

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Tuesday — French toast or peanut butter and jelly, sausage patty, hash browns, assorted fruit juice and milk.

Wednesday — Pizza slice or peanut butter and jelly, corn, fresh fruit, graham cracker, cookies and milk.

Thursday — Fiesta stick with cheese or chef salad, egg and cheese omelet, hash browns, assorted fruit juice and milk.

Friday — No school.

that they have access to the facts.”

He said journalism continues to be a critical element to democratic balance in the country, despite the industry’s struggles and changing times.

“You’ve been the glue that’s kind of held this process together,” he said.

“And you still are.”

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Kodak to stop making cameras, frames ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in a move that marks the end of an era for the beleaguered 132-year-old company.

Founded by George Eastman in 1880, Kodak was known all over the world for iconic cameras such as the Brownie and the Instamatic. For the last few decades, however, the Rochester, New York-based company has struggled. It was battered by Japanese competition in the 1980s, and failed to keep pace with the shift from film to digital technology.

The company sought bankruptcy protection from creditors last month in a case that covers $6.7 billion in debt. It has a year to devise a restructuring plan.

Citigroup Inc. was approved to lend the company $650 million to continue operating.

Exiting the digital camera business is especially poignant for Kodak. In 1975, using an electronic sensor invented six years earlier at Bell Labs, a Kodak engineer named Steven Sasson created the world’s first digital camera. It was an eight-pound, toaster-size device that captured low-resolution black-and-white images.

Reached at home Thursday, Sasson told The Associated Press that seeing Kodak exit the business is “a bit sad” but part of a transition facing all companies that use evolving technology.

“The average person probably

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In this Aug. 17, 2005 file photo, Steven J. Sasson, then Eastman Kodak Co. project manager, shows his prototype digital camera he built in 1975 next to Kodak’s latest digital camera the EasyShare One, at Kodak headquarters in Rochester, N.Y. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago. owns more digital cameras than they realize,” he said. “It’s just the reality that digital imaging is a part of our lives and you can capture images in a lot of different ways. There’s a lot of choices people have, cellphones being one of them.”

Through the 1990s, Kodak spent some $4 billion developing the photo technology inside most of today’s cellphones and digital devices. But fearing that it might cannibalize its celluloid film business, Kodak waited until 2001 to bring its own digital cameras to the consumer market. By

then, it faced strong competitors like Sony Corp. and Canon.

These days, digital camera sales are suffering as consumers increasingly take photos on smartphones such as the iPhone.

Certain smartphone makers such as LG, Nokia, Motorola and Samsung have agreed to pay Kodak to license its digital camera technology, while companies like Apple are fighting its patent claims.

Before Thursday’s announcement, Kodak had already been trying to shrink its product line and sell in fewer retail venues,

but as sales declines worsened, the company saw no way to make the business profitable.

“We made the logical conclusion that there was no clear path to profitability and we have to focus on generating profits at this point,” said Kodak spokesman Chris Veronda.

Kodak said getting out the digital camera business by June should help cut losses by about $100 million a year as it struggles to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The company’s digital camera line was part of a rapidly shrink-

ing division that accounted for about a quarter of Kodak’s revenue in the three-month period through September.

For the nine months through September, total company sales plunged 18 percent to $4.3 billion and it lost $647 million.

Kodak sees home photo printers, high-speed commercial inkjet presses, workflow software and packaging as the core of its future business. Since 2005, the company has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into new lines of inkjet printers. Once the digital camera business is phased out, Kodak said its consumer business will focus on printing. It will seek a company to license its EasyShare digital camera brand.

Kodak said it’s working with retailers to ensure an orderly transition. The company will continue to honor product warranties and provide technical support for the discontinued products.

The company didn’t say how many jobs would be eliminated as a result of the decision, but did say that it expects to take a charge of $30 million related to separation costs.

Kodak owns patents that cover a number of basic functions in many smartphone cameras, and the bankruptcy judge has given the company until June 30 to come up with a procedure to sell them.

The company picked up $27 million in patent-licensing fees in the first half of 2011. It made about $1.9 billion from those fees in the previous three years combined. But no buyers have emerged since Kodak started shopping them around in July.

Not the DIY type? Tips to find a tax preparer NEW YORK (AP) — If your financial life is simple and you have basic computer skills, using do-ityourself software is an “EZ” way to file your tax return.

But if you’re nervous about preparing your own taxes, don’t have time, had a major life or job change last year or simply think the tax laws are too complex, you’re not alone.

About 60 percent of all returns are filed by professional preparers, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Officials at H&R Block, which prepared one out of every six tax returns last year, told investors recently that the growth in the software market has come mainly from do-ityourselfers who switched from paper to digital, not from taxpayers who switched from paid preparers.

But how do you find a tax preparer you can trust?

Here are a few tips: 1. Ask around Tax professionals say the best way to find someone is through an old-fashioned, word-of-mouth recommendation. Ask friends and family members who they use, and why they would recommend their preparer.

If you’re expecting to claim a lot of business-re-

lated expenses, ask colleagues from work or professional organizations if they know a preparer who focuses on your industry. If you have a small business make sure, at a minimum, that the person has worked a lot with small businesses, preferably within your field, advised Melissa Labant, the director of tax advocacy for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

2. Make a few calls Before committing, speak to two or three candidates and ask about their experience and their approach. Get a list of their base fees, but remember that fees may change depending on the complexity of your return and the training and education of the preparer.

Also confirm that the individual or the firm will be able to represent you before the IRS, if there are questions about your return or if you’re audited.

3. Check credentials and history Make sure any preparer you consider has a Preparer Tax Identification Number, or PTIN, which is required by the IRS to file as a professional.

Check for complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau and your city

or state consumer protection agency. And check out disciplinary issues and license status with your state board of accountancy for CPAs, state bar associations for attorneys, or the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility for enrolled agents.

Most importantly, make sure you’re comfortable with the preparer. It’s important because, even if you hire someone to prepare your return, you’re still ultimately responsible for what it says.

4. Be prepared for questions “It’s important that the person who’s preparing your return knows something about you, so that you get the proper deductions,” said Ellen Minkow, a certified public accountant with her own New York firm. “You need somebody who really dives in and asks you questions about what happened to you this year.”

Minkow noted that once you find the right preparer, you will likely establish a relationship that lasts for years. Accountants and other professionals may also provide advice on other aspects of your financial life, including longterm planning, investments and home

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Documentary Continued from page 1 mechanic, first flying planes across the ocean to be used in Europe before tackling the Hump, a treacherous flight over the Himalayans into China to supply Chinese forces fighting Japan.

Brother Dale served in the Navy on an air craft carrier in Guantanamo Bay during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sent to the east coast due to worries of a coordinated attack between Japan and Germany, the ship was sunk and the few survivors, including Dale, were transferred to another carrier in the Pacific where a kamikaze plane crashed onto the deck.

These are just a few of the stories shared on the LST documentary that after its release in 2007 Spitler says the Adams family began to send her letters, 600 in total, that had been written between members during the war.

“Here I am sitting on these gold coins,” said Spitler of the letters. “Do I bury them or do something with them?”

Spitler chose to do something, feeling that the letters set the family’s story apart from other documentaries, as she gleaned what she considered to be the best comments from those 600 to write a script starting back in February 2008.

“These letters actually interact with each other,” said Spitler. “You will hear about Dale writing home and asking questions or making comments, then his mother writes back to him answering questions or telling him something about how things are back home.”

However, it would take more than letters to convince Spitler to start a second documentary, with no formal background or experience in film-making the first project had been challenging enough.

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Working on her second documentary, Diana Spitler of Bradford stands before artwork showcasing her uncles in World War II and the Korean Conflict.

“That’s the God thing, said Spitler of making the when I felt that I was LST documentary. “I loved needed to do this, I was ar- it. That was so weird, guing with God, ‘I have no bizarre, profound.”

Other obstacles that interest in video, in filming, in camera, in any of that,’” stood in Spitler’s way were explained Spitler on how also overcome, such as fithe first documentary nancing.

“I guess when you do began as an idea that would not rest. What initially what God tells you to do,” started as a simple two-per- said Spitler, “He knows how son interview between a to; funny thing.”

Spitler explained the Greenville veteran and her Uncle Marion, came down gracious support of others when, after giving a presento only the latter.

It was Marion, with his tation at the VFW in Pleasmany war-time experiences ant Hill a member handed and treasure trove of mem- her a $100 bill.

“He said, ‘You do this for orabilia such as a log book, letters, and maps that he my dad and my uncle who served,’” Spitler said. While had kept.

“That’s how it evolved,” hating to ask for financial said Spitler who believes support she went on raise had she known how big the the money she needed project would have become down to the dollar. “That she may have never tried it. meant the world to me.”

For Spitler, while the It also helped to have family, like Marion’s grand- emotions behind the project son who is a sound-man, to may seem odd or funny, it teach her the many tricks of truly has been a newly disthe trade, such as editing. covered passion for the sac“The whole time I was rifices U.S. veterans have doing it, it was like it was made.

“We’re doing it for the meant to be, it was never boring, it was always fun,” veterans,” said Spitler, a

sentiment that includes the support of her family.

“We want them to also know the sacrifices the veterans have made, that our freedoms are not free.

When people watch it, they’ll think about what the veterans have done.

Plus, it’s preserving some part of history, too.”

However, before starting the second documentary, Spitler needed a sign, one that began, unwittingly enough, with a Navy pea coat her daughter found at a Goodwill store in South Bend, Ind., with the name Staley stenciled on it. A coat Spitler initially saw as a gift to herself after working so hard on the first documentary.

“It fit me perfect, it was almost brand new,” Spitler said of the war-era coat arriving close to completing the first documentary.

“When I was just getting to the end a thought came to mind, you need to do another one.”

With a laugh, Spitler told herself she was not about to do another documentary, “I’m not doing another one.”

In the meantime, wanting to finish out the uniform so as to participate in war-events Spitler and her brother asked a friend who deals with war memorabilia to be on the lookout for items to complete the ensemble. As luck would have it the friend found two pairs of pants in Florida.

“They were our size, so he bought them and sent them to me and my brother,” said Spitler who found one of the like-new pants fitted her perfectly, a pair that when she looked on the back found a rather familiar stenciled name.

Staley.

“It’s not like Smith or Jones,” continued Spitler on the unusual name and even more unusual coincidence. “When I looked at those pants and it said Staley, it was like my brain

was saying you can’t be seeing this word, that can’t be right. It was my sign.

There’s my sign.”

Though she’s had her sign, a written script, several volunteers and a handful of scenes already filmed at various locations such as at the Darke County Steam Threshers Reunion, Farm Power of the Past, and Dennison Railroad Depot, there’s still a lot to be accomplished before her release date goal of August 2015. A date that will mark the 70th anniversary of Japan’s acceptance of unconditional surrender and the end of the war. So that the time it took America to enter, plan, fight and win a war for freedom will reflect the amount of planning, filming, editing and creating of the documentary on the war.

“That’s my goal, I don’t know if I’ll meet it, but that’s what I’ll try to do,” said Spitler as her first documentary took over two years to complete and consisted mostly of photo montages and interviews.

“Write When You Can,” will be 75 percent actual words from the letters involving period scenes.

“My intent, on why I need to go public with this, I’m having difficulty finding locations that would suite a forties era barracks, or a rifle range,” said Spitler, explaining that such buildings as a barn or a workshop that isn’t modern, would make for a great film scene. “I don’t have Hollywood, I don’t have the luxury of a set.”

Though Spitler’s second documentary is proving to be as much of a challenge as the first, and she could use a little help, she’s thankful to her family and for those who have provided support and assistance so far on the project.

“I could not have begun

to do this had it not been with the help from the Adams family,” says Spitler while also thanking those with no family affiliation.

“They merely feel this is a worthwhile project and are bending over backward to help.”

Those who have assisted Spitler include the Veterans Memorial Museum in Germantown, the 101st Airborne Division of W.W.II Historical ReEnactment Society, the Central Ohio Military Museum in Grove City, Joseph Helfrich of Bradford, Hess Homestead of Covington, the Museum of Troy History, Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society, Garst Museum, Brukner Nature Center, and the U.S. Air Force Museum in Fairborn.

Copies of “World War II on an LST” are available for check-out at several libraries including the Greenville, Pleasant Hill, and Troy libraries. Piqua TV5 has aired the documentary and it can also be purchased at the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., in Evansville, Ind. Locations with a 1940s appearance are currently needed for the “Write When You Can,” documentary such as barracks, military office, rifle range, chow hall, hospital, Paris street and Cafe, train depot, ship’s quarters and deck, Navy and Army base, recruit office, Navy workshop, to name but a few.

“They were loving farmers and had to become warriors, and that’s one thing I’m bringing out,” said Spitler on both of her documentaries. “And then they had to come back and put it all behind them and go on with their lives as if nothing happened.”

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HOROSCOPE Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 You will soon realize that most of the seeds you’ve sown in the past have actually fallen on productive soil and are now ready to bear fruit. Don’t be surprised at what develops for you in the year ahead.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — One of the things you’ll do best is take the complicated concepts or suggestions of others and root out their base values. What you’ll get can be put to practical use.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Something from which you surprisingly made money previously can provide another bonanza once again. It’s time to resurrect that old provider once more.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A problem for which you have no answer might find its resolution from someone in your family. Seeing things from a different perspective may be all that is needed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You should give full expression to your creative urges, because you’re exceptionally capable of producing something that will please not only yourself but others as well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t despair if things have been far too dull for far too long in the romance department. Cupid is likely to have some swift and favorable changes in store for your love life that will come really soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — When you’re out and about, keep your eyes open for that item you’ve been wanting but have found too expensive to even think about. You might run across something similar at a very tasty price.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You are likely to need some kind of activity that permits you to move about both mentally and physically. It would be perfect if you could find something that challenges you in both these areas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Do not discount any bright idea you get that could either make or save you some money. What you conceive in your mind can be accomplished, even if it’s only in part.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t settle for being a vice chairman, or worse yet, some kind of gofer, even if it involves mere committee work for a private club. You won’t do a good job unless you’re running the show.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Two separate friends may both sense that you’re not likely to betray anything told to you in private, and as such select you to share their private burdens. You’ll not let them down.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your hopes are likely to be rather high, but that does not make it wrong to believe in them. Huge expectations can provide an outsized motivation to try harder than usual.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Whistle while you work, because progress comes easier when you find enjoyment in what you’re doing, even if your involvements are serious and demanding.

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245 Manufacturing/Trade

WCA Logistics is seeking a seasoned freight broker. Must be highly motivated with proven sales and carrier negotiation skills and good interpersonal capabilities.

Your success will be rewarded with a base salary, unlimited commissions and a competitive benefits package.

Send resume to: recruiting@wcalogistics .com or mail to: WCA Logistics 643 Bodey Circle Urbana, OH 43078

Our company has an immediate opening for experienced machinist/ toolmaker for night shift operations. This individual should possess at least ten years manual machine experience.

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We offer medical, vision/ dental insurance.

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Building Products experience a plus. This is a customer service position. We offer competitive salary and benefit package.

For confidential consideration, send resume to: FAX: (937)615-9815

SIGN ON BONUS Home most nights.

Monthly safety bonuses.

Must have CDL class A with 1 year tractor-trailer experience. Full benefit package.

COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. Up to 2 months FREE utilities! No Pets.

(937)698-4599, (937)572-9297.

Join our team and see why we have very low turnover.

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DRIVER NEEDED

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Send resumes to: Dept. A207 Sidney Daily News 1451 N Vandemark Sidney, OH 45365

MAINT TECH MACHINE OPERATOR/ LIFTING

WEEKEND DRIVERS

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Dedicated Driver needed for Saturday and Sunday work. Must be able to work between 7:00am and 7:00pm both days. Must be physically able to assist with unloading. $13.50/hr.

LASER OPERATOR/ BRAKE PRESS IND. PAINTER TRAFFIC ASSISTANT/ OFFICE

OTR Casual Drivers needed for weekend work. $0.36/mile. Can meet most schedules.

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• CDL DRIVERS: $11.50/ Hour APPLY: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City.

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205 Business Opportunities

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PIQUA, 1 bedroom, clean, appliances, A/C. No pets, Metro approved. $350 mo. (937)773-7534 PIQUA, beautiful loft style, vaulted ceilings, washer, dryer hookup. $375. Attractive 1 bedroom, stove, refrigerator, $315. (937)773-7311 PIQUA, LARGE 3 bedroom, freshly painted, half double, $525/month, $525 deposit, W/D hook up, (937)492-1010

TROY, 1 Bedroom, 2nd floor, private entrance, $425 includes water $425 deposit, No pets (937)339-0355

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

1 BEDROOM with appliances, upstairs. $325.

Sidney and Piqua.

(937)726-2765

EVERS REALTY TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $685 3 Bedroom facing river $650 West Milton 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths, garage, $535

105 Announcements

CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees).

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While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks.

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If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

TROY, spacious 2 bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, on Saratoga, new carpet, appliances, AC, attached garage, all electric, $495, (937)203-3767 WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $495 month plus deposit (937)216-4233.

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

(937)417-7111, (937)448-2974

345 Vacations TIMESHARE: GATLINBURG Times Square.

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

400 - Real Estate

320 Houses for Rent PIQUA 2 and 3 bedroom houses, all newly remodeled, garage. $425-$725 monthly.

No pets.

(937)778-1663 RENT-TO-OWN PIQUA Nice finished 3 bedroom, central air, garage, yards, $500-$600 monthly. $3000 Down (937)778-8093 TROY, 2555 Worthington, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, great room, appliances, $1,150 monthly, (937)239-0320, (937)239-1864, www.miamicountyproperties.com

For Sale 425 Houses for Sale TROY, 2555 Worthington, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, great room, $159,500, financing available, (937)239-0320, (937)239-1864, www.miamicountyproperties.com

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TROY, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, AC, 1 car garage, appliances, W/D hookup, $630/mo. (937)433-3428

305 Apartment

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

Home flexible weekends. 5 years driving experience required.

Will train for tank.

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The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor degree in an Engineering, Technical or Scientific discipline and be proficient in the use of Word, Excel and 3D software.

2+ years product design experience, proficiency in Pro/E, and heat transfer knowledge are a plus.

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Norcold, Inc., recognized as the leader in refrigerator manufacturing for the RV, Marine and Truck markets, is currently accepting resumes for Design Engineers for two openings – one at our Gettysburg, Ohio facility and one at our Sidney, Ohio facility.

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Due to continued growth, plastic extrusion company located north of Dayton currently looking for qualified applicants to join our team as an extrusion operator trainee. Prior extrusion experience a plus, but not required. Applicants must be mechanically inclined, fast learners with basic computer skills. Current needs for 2nd and 3rd shift positions only and would require training period on day shift up to 12 weeks.

High school diploma/ GED required.

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seeks qualified candidates for Electrical Maintenance Technician.

State of Ohio Electrical Journeyman’s card and 3-5 years experience required.

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PLUMBING ESTIMATOR PROJECT MANAGER Regal Plumbing and Heating Co., an established Mechanical Contractor, is seeking an experienced Plumbing Estimator/Project Manager to work out of the Sidney, Ohio office.

• Applicant must have 3-5 years experience in the Commercial/Industrial plumbing trade, and the ability to manage jobs of various size.

• Applicant must have the ability to do take-offs, complete designs for design/build projects, meet with customers, and provide pricing on projects.

• Applicant must be motivated, have computer skills, and desire to take on responsibility to help our company grow.

Excellent wage and benefit package to qualified candidate.

Please send or email resume to: REGAL PLUMBING AND HEATING CO. 9303 St Rte. 29 Sidney, Ohio 45365 ATTN: RECRUITER Email: gulrey@areaelectric.com Equal Opportunity Employer 2256579

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Bankruptcy Attorney

Sparkle Clean

Booking now for 2012 and 2013

937-620-4579

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Electronic Filing Quick Refund 2252521 44 Years Experience

REFRIGERATOR, Kenmore, Side by side, almond & black, 33 inches wide, 68 inches high, $200.00 (937)295-2772

545 Firewood/Fuel FIREWOOD, $125 a cord pick up, $150 a cord delivered, $175 a cord delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237 FIREWOOD, $95 a cord, you pick up.

(937)473-2896

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

(937)332-1194 EXTERIOR DOORS, beautiful.

(1) beveled leaded glass, $300. (1) 12 pane glass door, $200.

All steel insulated doors.

Retail for $500-$900 each. Also 2 interior doors (1) beveled leaded glass, (1) Reed glass. $125 each. (937)418-8199 KEROSENE HEATER, Queen size sleeper sofa, chairs, end tables, lamps, queen size bedroom suit, maple table with 2 leave (937)335-0635, KITCHEN TABLE, 4 chairs & 2 bar stools.

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

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620 Childcare

620 Childcare

(937) 339-7222

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2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 1st and 2nd shifts weeks 12 ayears We•Provide care for children 6 weeks• to6 12 years andtooffer Super • Preschool andprogram Pre-K 3’s, and 4/5’s preschool andprograms a Pre-K and Kindergarten • Before and after school care program. We offer before and after school care, •Enrichment Transportation to Troy schools Kindergarten and school age transportation to Troy schools.

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RIFLE US M-1 Garand with bayonet, scabbard, and butt cleaning kit. $1100 cash, proper ID (937)339-1394

LIFT CHAIR, used.

(937)448-0714

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670 Miscellaneous

670 Miscellaneous

TERRY’S

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1684 Michigan Ave. in the Sidney Plaza next to Save-A-Lot

$10 OFF Service Call until February 29, 2012 with this coupon

937-773-4552

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Hours: Fri. 9-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-5 2251492

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BEAGLE Puppies, 7 weeks, 2 females, 4 males, good hunters and pets, shots, $150, (937)726-0662 after 5pm

HOCKEY TABLE, Sport Craft, 90 inch express turbo air, with table tennis conversion table top. $150, Snow Tubes, 2 tube Snow Pro, brand new, $150, (937)335-6910

Residential • Commercial Construction

(937) 368-2190 (937) 214-6186 Bonded & Insured Support us by staying local

#Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages

PISTOLS, Judge 6.5" barrel with ammo, $450. 'Sig. 40 cal. P229, $800 with ammo. 'Glock 9mm, NIB, model G19, $500. 'H&R model 929, 22LR, 9 shot, like new, $120 with ammo, NIB LMT 308, $2400 Knight Hawk 10-8 1911 45CAL $2500, Ammo 7.62X39 plus 308 (937)698-6362 or (937)216-3222 Chuck.

PROM DRESSES, cinderellas to the red carpet styles, sizes 4-14. Call if you want a deal (937)778-0522

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Since 1977

• Seasonal • Monthly • Bi-Weekly • Weekly

655 Home Repair & Remodel

TV ARMOIRE, Cherry wood, 45" wide X 23" deep X 73" high $700.

EXCELLENT CONDITION! (937)698-3691

CRIB COMPLETE, cradle, Pack-N-Play, small crib, Porta-Crib, saucer, walker, car seat, booster chair, guide rail, blankets, clothes, potty, tub, good condition (937)339-4233

• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions

Call Elizabeth Schindel

Free Inspections

583 Pets and Supplies

577 Miscellaneous

Housekeeping

773-4200

577 Miscellaneous

WICKER FURNITURE, indoor. Settee, (2) chairs and table.

Excellent condition! $375.

(937)448-0714

Libby’s

For 75 Years

Since 1936

• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

(See Us For Do-It-Yourself Products)

560 Home Furnishings

SOFA, Dual reclining, black leather, like new, $300 (937)596-6271

2254898

KNOCKDOWN SERVICES

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift • Tax Claimable • Price Negotiable for more than one child • Meals and snacks provided • Close to Nicklin & Wilder School District • Mornings, before and after school

AMERICAN BULLDOG, with papers. 1 1/2 years old, male. $500 OBO. Includes cage. Call for more details. (937)489-3007

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583 Pets and Supplies

New battery and brake pads, have all maintenance receipts, 147,000 miles. $4000 firm.

• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms

BBB Accredted

Decks, Drywall, Cement, Paint, Fences, Repairs, Cleanup, Hauling, Roofing, Siding, Etc. Insured/References

WALKER, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grabbers, canes, Elvis items, Collectable dolls, Disney phones, bears, all good condition (937)339-4233

2003 BUICK LESABRE

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VALENTINES DAY ROSES. $21.95 per dozen. Call: (937)773-2675

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422 Buckeye Ave., Sidney

METAL. Wanting anything that contains metal.

Will haul away for FREE. Call (937)214-0861.

SLEEPER SOFA, queen size, Chair with ottoman, needs re-upholstered. $100 for all.

(937)335-0427

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LEARNING CENTER 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

Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured

655 Home Repair & Remodel

Call 937-498-5125

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

• Specializing in Chapter 7 • Affordable rates • Free Initial Consultation

660 Home Services

Cleaning Service

Emily Greer

scchallrental@midohio.twcbc.com

660 Home Services

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SIDNEY, 2500 CO. RD. 25A South. Friday and Saturday 7am-5pm. Huge indoor sale!

Orange Township School. Thousands of items! Including: clothing, antiques, collectibles, furniture, tools, household, toys, electronics. Too many items to list. Don't miss.

615 Business Services

640 Financial

2250446

MAPLEWOOD, 21521 Maplewood Rd, Friday & Saturday 8am-3pm, Large Antique sale, Victrola, Chiffarobe, cast iron round oak stove, Wagner Griswald cookware, roll top desk, paper weights, Snow babies Dept 56, furniture, trunks, Lots of miscellaneous

630 Entertainment

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600 - Services

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

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MINI AUSSIE-POO puppies, brown, merle and black.

Vet checked. $ 2 0 0 - $ 3 5 0 .

(567)204-5232 OBEDIENCE CLASSES

by Piqua Dog Club Starts February 20th at Piqua Armory.

Bring current shot records No dogs on first night www.piquadogclub.com (937)663-4412

592 Wanted to Buy

805 Auto

CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019

2000 DODGE Neon.

Bronze with black interior, 145,200 miles. 4 cylinder, automatic. Good condition, good student car or 2nd car. $1700.

(937)726-1593

595 Hay 850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

PUPPIES: Havamalt Designer pups. Non-shedding, Hypo-allergenic.

Born 10/28/11 Shots, family raised. 2 females. $250 each.

(937)526-3418

HAY for sale, 30 500lb round bales of mixed orchard grass, clover and alfalfa. $15 each (937)667-8477 (Tipp City area)

800 - Transportation

592 Wanted to Buy

I’M SOLD

BUYING ESTATES, Will buy contents of estates PLUS, do all cleanup, (937)638-2658 ask for Kevin WE BUY vintage, old items. Jewelry, toys, pottery, glassware. 1 item or entire estate.

(419)860-3983

2009 HARLEY Davidson Ultra Classic, Light & Dark Root Beer, 11,785 miles.

Like new condition. Vance & Hines pipes and fully chromed front end. Lots of added extras.

Must see to appreciate. $22,000. (937)726-4227

899 Wanted to Buy 805 Auto 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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1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE CONCOURS White with heated leather seats, automatic, A/C, power steering, windows & locks, dual air bags, cassette player, trunk mounted CD player, 90,000 miles.

Good condition. $4,000.

Call (937)773-1550

1998 SUZUKI KATANA GX7 18,900 miles, asking $2000.

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2003 DODGE NEON 4 cyl., automatic, 96,000 miles. Good condition. $3950 OBO. (937)710-4612

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2012 Baby Pages Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012

REGULAR PIQUA CITY COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012 7:30 P.M. – COMMISSION CHAMBER – 2nd FLOOR 201 WEST WATER STREET PIQUA, OHIO 45356

Deadline for photos is Monday, March 26, 2012 (Babies born January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011)

REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Approved) Approval of the minutes from the January 17, 2012 Regular Piqua City Commission Meeting and the Worksession minutes from January 12, 2012.

ORD. NO. 2-12 (2nd Reading) (Given 2nd Reading 2-7-12) An Ordinance to vacate a public right of way ORD. NO. 3-12 (1st Reading) (Adopted) An Ordinance amending Chapter 34 of the Piqua Municipal Code to reflect City Procedure and changes in the Ohio Revised Code ORD. NO. 4-12 (1st Reading) (Given 1st Reading 2-7-12) An Ordinance amending Section 77.01 – Traffic Schedules Adopted, Schedule I of the Piqua Code, relating to Speed Limits RES. NO. R-11-12 (Adopted) A Resolution awarding a contract for the purchase of transformers for the Power System RES. NO. R-12-12 (Adopted) A Resolution requesting authorization to purchase the real property and building(s) located at 515 E. Ash Street RES. NO. R-13-12 (Adopted) A Resolution of Appreciation for the public service of Allen Dock as a City Employee RES. NO. R-14-12 (Adopted) A Resolution amending the agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the US 36 (E. Ash Street) reconstruction project RES. NO. R-15-12 (Adopted) A Resolution requesting preliminary legislation for the pavement planning and resurfacing on State Route 185 within the City of Piqua RES. NO. R-16-12 (Adopted) A Resolution requesting authorization to enter into an agreement with LJB, Inc. for the Engineering Design for the Commercial Street Corridor Bike Route project

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Kathy Henne Re/Max Finest If you’re planning to go bargain hunting, you are likely to come face to face with a special challenge: the longvacant home. Many of these properties have been foreclosed, and now rest in the hands of the bank. If the previous owners are long gone, it is hard to know how long the properties have been vacant. Most home owners who are faced with loosing their home do not call the bank and tell them that they are leaving - they just pick up and move. It takes the bank awhile to figure out they are gone. If the home owners abandon the home in the winter and it is not winterized properly, there is always the chance of frozen and then broken pipes.

While some of the “distressed properties” are still in fair condition, how can you find out about possible defects in the home when the previous owners are not available to disclose such facts? Since the banks who now own the property and the agents listing these properties do not know any details about the previous owners, you may ask to have the property inspected. The banks may or may not allow you to inspect the property.

When you find an attractive property at a low price, you may be able to hire an inspector to take a look. You will pay several hundred dollars to hire the inspector, but his opinion may give you an idea of the condition before you make the offer. Many lenders will not allow you to have the utilities turned on at the property for the inspection, so you may still have a few surprises when you take possession of the properties.

If purchasing a property that may have issues makes you uncomfortable, you’re better off passing on foreclosed or bank owned homes. You’re best bet is to purchase a property that someone is living in, have your inspections and get a home warranty. You’ll sleep better!

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INSIDE ■ Morton honored by Eldora, page 15.

■ Sullinger not typical ‘big man’, page 15.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

IN BRIEF ■ Clarification Travis Nees will be the fourth Piqua football player to play in the Big 33 football game.

The first three to play in the game were Matt Finkes, Ryan Beougher and Kyle Magoteaux.

■ Basketball

OHSAA tickets going on sale COLUMBUS — Plenty of all-session and single-session tickets will be available for the 2012 Ohio High School Athletic Association boys and girls state basketball tournaments, and public sales of tickets for both tournaments will begin Monday through Ticketmaster or in person at The OhioState University's Jerome Schottenstein Center.

Tickets can be purchased in person at Ticketmaster locations, by calling 1-800-745-3000 or by going to ticketmaster.com.

No Limit will hold tryouts

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Piqua’s Jerame Wright pins Greenville’s William Conlon in a 160-pound match Friday night at Garbry Gymnasium.

No Limit Sports will be holding AAU basketball tryouts from age 9 to 17 at various times.

To get more information on the tryouts and register early, go to nolimitsportsacademy.com You can also call (937) 335-0738 or email info@nolimitsportsacademy.com

Young Life to have league Miami-Shelby County Young Life and the Salvation Army will again hold a high school 4-on-4 basketball league for ages 19 and under.

The games will be held on Friday evenings from 48 p.m. in the Salvation Army gym located at the corner of Wayne Street and Wood Street in Piqua.

The league will begin March 2 and run through May 18, with a single elimination tournament to follow the league season.

There will be a meeting for team captains at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the Salvation Army Gym. There will be an hour long open gym following the meeting.

Each team needs to have a representative at the meeting to go over rules and turn in a roster.

The cost to be in the league is $50 and there is a limit of nine players per team on the roster.

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QUOTED "Every coach in the country would like to have a solid, low-post player."

—Thad Matta on OSU star Jared Sullinger

Perfect way to finish season Pummill, Piqua end with win

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com It was fitting it was the final match wrestled Friday night at Garbry Gymnasium.

Piqua’s dual win over Troy had already been decided — but there was something just as big at stake for Piqua 182pounder Brandon Pummill — both personally and in helping himself with next week’s Division I sectional draw.

Pummill hooked up with Troy sophomore Kevin McGraw for the third time this season — McGraw won by pin in the See PIQUA/Page 16

Greenville 42, Piqua 36 182: Eion Hogston (P) won by forfeit.

195: Brandon Pummill (P) won by forfeit.

220: Nick Woodruff (G) p. Cody Hogston (P), 1:13.

285: Drew Durand (P) p. Nick Livingston (G), 2:49.

106: Hunter Comstock (P) p. Kyle Carlisle (G), 2:30 113: Ian Warner (G) p. Brent McLaughlin (P), :35.

120: Jordan Jenkinson (G) p. Trenton Dreer (P), 1:30.

126: Sam Barga (G) p. Alex Fielder (P), 3:50.

132: Nelson Roberts (G) p. Caje Kindred (P), 3:17.

138: Sam Quigney (G) p. Cody Young (P), 2:37.

145: Tim Harless (G) dec. Tyler Ouhl (P), 11-9.

152: Jon Edwards (G) dec. Tyler Chambers (P), 7-1.

160: Jerame Wright (P) p. William Conlon (G), 2:33.

170: Dylan Williams (P) p. Kory Bannon (G), 5:15.

Piqua 49, Troy 29 220: Drew Durand (P) p. Andrew Kostecka (T), 1:50.

285: Ryne Rich (T) won by forfeit.

106: Hunter Comstock (P) won by forfeit.

113: Kyle Croft (T) p. Brent McLaughlin (P), :41.

120: Tyler Sparks (T) p. Trenton Dreer (P), :18.

126: Mason Perkins (T) 23-8 tech. fall over Alex Fielder (P) 132: Caje Kindred (P) 11-0 maj. dec. over Eric Cannaday (T) 138: Logan Etherington (T) won by forfeit.

145: Tyler Ouhl (P) p. Logan Schlosser (T), 2:51.

152: Tyler Chambers (P) p. Steven Gohrband (T), 2:20.

160: Jerame Wright (P) won by forfeit.

170: Dylan Williams (P) won by forfeit.

182: Brandon Pummill (P) dec. Kevin McGraw (T) 4-3.

195: Cody Hogston (P) won by forfeit.

Dylan Williams reacts after winning by pin.

Honeycutt lives up to his name ‘Traes’ spark Piqua to road win over Greenville GREENVILLE — Piqua boys basketball coach Heath Butler explained to his team that things were going to be easy Friday night against Greenville in a GWOC North road game.

It didn’t take them long to find that out, staring at a double-digit deficit in the second quarter.

“Even though we had won pretty easily the first time, we told the kids this was going to be a tough game,” Butler said after a 59-49 victory. “We told them they were going to have to handle some adversity. And they did that beautifully.”

Particularly Trae Honeycutt.

And no one was happier than Butler to see him filling the basket with “Traes”.

With Piqua trailing by 10 late in the second quarter, Honeycutt buried

three straight from behind the arc to get the Indians within one at the break.

“They were playing a 23 and really packing it in,” Butler said. “Trae (Honeycutt) just started feeling it.

“Those were some big shots. Once he hit those threes, the who team kind of relaxed.”

But, Greenville didn’t go away.

“We were up two at the end of the third quarter,” Butler said. “We pulled away a little bit at the end of the game from the line, but we were never up more than five before that.”

It was a balanced attack led by Honeycutt with 15.

Taylor Wellbaum scored 10, Jordan Feeser and Kindric Link added nine.

Josh Holfinger netted seven, Ryan Hughes tallied five and Luke Karn

East boys roll

Cats stop Jets

ARCANUM — The HOUSTON — The HusMiami East boys basket- ton boys basketball team ball team cruised to a 68- handled Fairlawn 57-43.

49 win over Arcanum.

Jesse Phlipot led a balBradley Coomes and anced attack with 16.

Gunner Shirk led a balanced Viking attack with Skins beat Raiders RUSSIA — The Russia HONEYCUTT WELLBAUM 14 points each. boys basketball team lost and Kyler Ashton both to Fort Loramie 64-59. had two.

Buccs best Roaders Treg Francis and BranBRADFORD — The “We had good balance,” don Wilson scored 14 Butler said. “But, one of Covington boys basketball points each. the big things was our free team defeated Bradford 48-27. throw shooting.

Falcons lose 39-37 Cole Owens had 24 “We made 15 of 20 from ST. PARIS — The Grathe line tonight. That was points, eight rebounds and ham boys basketball team five blocks and Dylan lost a 39-37 heartbreaker huge.”

Piua hosts Springboro Owens added 10 points. to Urbana in CBC/MRD Alan Yount scored 12 action.

Tuesday in GWOC points for Bradford croosover play.

Grant Goddard led the Falcons with 18 points.

Tigers beat Cavs SIDNEY — Jackson Center stayed unbeaten with a 74-56 win over Lehman.

Alex Baker scored 25 points for the Cavaliers and Solomon-King White added 17.

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Newton boys lose

PLEASANT HILL — The Newton boys basketball team ran into a strong Tri-Village team, losing 63-41.

Jordan Hodges scored 17 points and Cole Adams added 11.

Tigers beat Cards NEW BREMEN — The Versailles boys basketball team beat New Bremen 67-62 in MAC action.

Chad Winner scored 17 points and Mitchell Campbell added 15.

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Another ‘test’

Manning has ‘cover’ blown

OSU hosts Spartans

Bengals linebacker faces assault chargees DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Rockies first baseman Todd Helton have been working out at Duke this week, an athdepartment letic spokesman says Thursday.

The spokesman said both are there primarily to visit David Cutcliffe, who was Tennessee's offensive coordinator when both were college quarterbacks.

The cover was blown earlier Thursday when Matt Skura, a Duke football player, posted on Twitter that he was "stretching" next to Manning. The post was later taken down.

Manning has spent the past five months recovering from his third neck surgery in less than two years, and there have been conflicting reports about how much progress the four-time league MVP has made. Manning's doctor has cleared him to resume playing, although Colts owner Jim Irsay says he has not yet passed the team's physical.

■ In Cincinnati, Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'guh) has been charged with assault stemming from a downtown Cincinnati bar incident.

Police cited the 25-yearold Maualuga with the misdemeanor count on Friday after investigating allegations by a bar employee that Maualuga punched him in the face early Sunday morning.

Maualuga's arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 17.

No attorney was listed for him. spokesman Bengals Jack Brennan said the club doesn't comment on unresolved legal matters.

The former Southern

Cal star was fined by the NFL two game checks and part of his signing bonus in 2010 after he pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in northern Kentucky. In that case, he got a suspended seven-day jail sentence, had his driver's license suspended for 90 days, and was sent to an alcohol/drug program.

■ In St. Paul, a Minnesota Vikings spokesman said Friday that team owners don't like a new proposal to fund a $1 billion stadium in the Twin Cities suburbs using ticket fees and other game-related charges.

The latest proposal floated by several Ramsey commissioners County was meant to replace a previous stadium financing plan that relied on a county food and liquor sales tax. Instead, it would draw $20.6 million annually from stadium user fees, an admissions surcharge, a stadium sales tax and parking lot naming rights.

The county board said the plan would generate $618 million over 30 years.

Lester Bagley, the Vikings vice president for stadium development, called the plan problematic. While Vikings owners have favored the Ramsey County site in the community of Arden Hills over options in downtown Minneapolis, Bagley said a prior agreement between the Vikings and Ramsey County hinged on the team receiving parking revenue and naming rights -- and on the condition of no admissions taxes.

"When you change those things you change the underlying agreement between the team and the county," Bagley said.

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Josh Morton was honored at Eldora recently.

Morton picks up honors Named Most Improved Modified Driver for 2011 Josh Morton of R&J Motorsports recently recieved a couple awards at the Eldora Speedway banquet.

The first award he recieved was for finishing fourth in the 2011 UMP dirt modified points and he then recieved the Most

Improved Modified Driver for 2011.

Morton looks forward to a scuccessful 2012 season which will kick off with his car participating in the ninth annual Race Cars and Future Stars Expo at the Miami Valley Centre Mall March 15-18.

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Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger is a complete player.

Untypical ‘Big Man’ Sullinger follows modern trend (AP) — As a big, beefy kid, Jared Sullinger adapted his game to the competition.

Playing with his brothers and older kids, he was a mini Magic, working what everyone in the neighborhood called the slow break, lingering around the perimeter when the action turned into a half-court game.

Against kids his age, young Jared was a mini beast, setting up in the lane, bulling his way past those who weighed as much as his right leg, shooting over the ones who came up to his chest.

Though he surely didn't know it at the time, Sullinger was preparing himself for the future, developing the skills that would turn into one of the best of the new breed of big men in college basketball.

"When you have a player that can score on the block, can hit the open jump shot, put the ball on the floor, can rebound and is 6-10, you've got a heck of a player," said Satch Sullinger, Jared's father and high school coach.

"Jared was taught the inside game and the outside game."

The Ohio State star isn't the only one these days.

Used to be that winning teams usually had a dominating back-to-thebasket big man. Get someone who could clog up the lane, score at the rim or draw attention to free up shooters on the perimeter, and a team was set.

That's not the case anymore.

The big man, for one, isn't as big as he once was, replaced by a new, sleeker model. He has more diverse skills, too, still able to back an opponent down, but also with an ability to turn and square to the basket for a mid-range jumper or a slash to the basket.

Some have even expanded their range out to the 3-point arc, an almost unheard-of skill when players like Georgetown's Patrick Ewing and LSU's Shaquille O'Neal roamed the college paint.

Thanks to an emphasis on up-tempo and motion offenses, not to mention the 3-point shot, college hoops big men have transformed, leaving the shell of their former behemoth selves behind.

In other words, the 4 is the new 5.

"There's not as many

big guys in college basketball," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Let's just face it. Most big guys now are four-men that can play facing and do some things.

I just don't think there's a ton of anchors out there that are legitimate fivemen."

The shift has been a gradual one, starting around the late 1980s and early 1990s, when teams like UNLV, Duke and Michigan won national titles without dominating centers.

Basketball, like any other sport, is one of mimicry, so when teams started winning with smaller, faster big men, the rest of the hoops world followed.

Now, the hulking center has gone the way of the VCR; there's still a few around, but they seem out of place when you see one.

The last true back-tothe-basket center in college basketball — at least a successful one — was Ohio State's Greg Oden from 2006-07 and you'd have to search pretty hard to find many in the years before his brief stint in Columbus.

The new batch of big men are leaner, more agile, more like power forwards than centers.

The 6-foot-9, 280-pound Sullinger is a force for the Buckeyes inside, but can hit the midrange jumper, beat his man off the dribble, get out on the break.

Kansas big man Thomas Robinson, at 6-10, 237, can muscle his way past smaller defenders inside, use his speed or shooting touch to get around or over the bigger ones.

Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis has the skills of a guard, the length of a center. North Carolina relies on Tyler Zeller and junior John Henson. Duke has a where-do-they-keepcoming-from cache of mobile big men, led by the lengthy Plumlee brothers.

These new big men all have similar skill sets, and all the top teams seem to have at least one.

"Most teams don't use a post-up, back to the basket all the time where they make a move, shoot or jump hook or throw it out for a 3 or something like that," former North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge said. "I don't think there's as much of that than there was even 10 years ago."

The big men evolved, in part, because their amped-up skill sets make them harder to defend.

They're not just pickand-rolling, they're pickand-popping, setting screens and drifting out for a jump shot instead of spinning to the basket every time.

Today's big men have more weapons in their arsenal than their predecessors and are willing to use them all.

"If someone is bigger, I usually try to be faster than them," said Kansas center Jeff Withey, a rangy, athletic 7-footer. "If the guy is smaller, I just try making smarter shots or shooting right over the guy because I'm seven foot."

The multidimensional mindset starts at an early age.

Most big kids these days aren't interested in working on jump-hooks and turnarounds. They're out there dribbling through their legs, casting up 3s. Maybe it's not always pretty, but they keep doing it and some eventually become adept at it.

Coaches, even at the youth level, often teach all their players, not just the smaller ones, to work on ballhandling and jumpshooting.

A few coaches still try the dump-it-into-themiddle method to win games, but many teams run the same kinds of uptempo and motion offenses as the college programs, so it makes sense that they'd want agile, multi-dimensional big men.

That, in turn, helps the players who are good enough to go on and play beyond high school.

"Our No. 1 objective is that if we have talent that's ready for the next level, we as high school coaches need to develop that talent to prepare them for the next level," Satch Sullinger said.

The perception of what a team should look like has changed as well.

The standard blueprint used to be a hulking center, power forward, small forward, shooting guard, point guard.

Now, so many players have similar or complementary skills that it doesn't matter who's called what or even what their specific role is, in some cases.

Some teams will start three forwards, pairing a pair of athletic ones with a bruiser, or trying their luck with three shooter/slashers.

Some go with three guards.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has been through this all before.

Big weekend in the Big Ten. Big game against a big opponent.

On and on.

So, you can understand that he was cool and composed when asked about Saturday's conference clash in Columbus. It's the No. 11 Spartans against No. 3 Ohio State, and all that goes with it in February.

"We've got a lot of work to do, but this is a fun time," Izzo said. "This is a big game and we've put ourselves in a position to have a big game."

Even though the Buckeyes (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten) will still have six conference tilts left after the game, coach Thad Matta knows a head-to-head matchup with the closest pursuer is important because of the balance throughout the league.

"From top to bottom, in the years I've been in the Big Ten, this is probably as good as it's been," he said. "Sometimes there's a cut above, (but) the parity this year is just incredible."

The Spartans (18-5, 7-3) and Buckeyes can attest to that, as they had to overcome struggles against lower teams this week leading to the showdown.

Purdue on Tuesday became only the third opponent during the Buckeyes' 39-game home winning streak to lead in the second half. The Boilermakers pulled into a tie with five minutes left, before losing 87-84.

The next night, lastplace Penn State trailed 52-47 with nine minutes remaining before Michigan State pulled away from the visitors for a 7757 victory.

Afterward, Penn State coach Patrick Chambers, whose Nittany Lions lost by 24 at Ohio State on Jan. 25, spoke about the power of this Saturday showdown ... and he's not even a part of it.

"It's going to be a great game," he said. "Two different styles. It's going to come down to the wire."

Purdue coach Matt Painter, perhaps trying to set a tone for his team in the future, thinks the officials may have a say in it.

"They're both tough teams and physical," he said. "It depends on how it gets called. I think that'll be really important how the game is called."

If it's a typical, Big Ten game, there will be a lot of physical play. Matta said it's crucial for his players to gauge the officiating early.

"The hard part is not deviating from what you're trying to accomplish in terms of both offensively and defensively," he said. "One of the things we pride ourselves on, is playing hard without fouling. That's a slogan we use.

"We view fouling as a sign of weakness."

The Buckeyes rank 30th nationally with an average of 15.8 fouls called on them while Michigan State is 123rd (18.2).

"Defense is going to be huge; their defense, our defense," Ohio State sophomore guard Aaron Craft said. "It's definitely going to be a big key to the game. Whoever can score the most off their defense and try to limit the other team is going to be successful."

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Piqua Continued from page 14 first match and Pummill recorded an overtime win over McGraw last week at the GWOC. Pummill used a later reversal for a 4-3 victory over McGraw, then hugged coach Scott Kaye with both understanding just how big a win it was.

Piqua went on to beat Troy 49-29 after Cody Hogston’s forfeit win at 195.

Earlier, Piqua had lost to Greenville 42-36. “It was a huge match,�

Pummill said. “After last week, I knew this was going to decide the seeding at sectionals — and I knew he was going to come in ready to go after losing to me last week.�

And all three matches have been very similar — both wrestlers countering everything the other one does, with very little scoring. “They are tight matches,� Kaye said. “There isn’t a lot of scoring. It just comes down to who makes the fewest mistakes.�

And, as in the first two matches, Pummill trailed going to the third period, this time by a 3-1 score.

But, McGraw was called for what would prove to be a critical stalling point early in the third period, making it 3-2.

Pummill, who started down in the third period and was still in that position, knew what he had to do. “Definitely, I was thinking get the reversal and get the win,� he said. “I love wrestling Kevin (McGraw). He is a really good wrestler and we are very evenly matched.�

The senior was patient, working himself into a good position, before recording the reversal with 17 seconds left to go up 4-3. “I knew there was somewhere between 10 and 15 seconds left,� Pummill said. “I was trying to get his feet tangled up, so he couldn’t do anything, then I just tried to move him.�

Pummill was able to hold McGraw the rest of the match for the win. “There was a long stretch there where Brandon (Pummill) was trying to get to that point,� Kaye said. “That was a big win.

It makes him 2-1 against him.�

And Piqua also got its first dual win of the season.

While the Indians gained 12 points on forfeits (Troy had four to Piqua’s two), the Indians outpointed the Trojans 2517 in the eight matches

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Piqua’s Tyler Chambers is locked up with Greenville’s Jon Edwards Friday. wrestled, winning five.

Hunter Comstock (106), Jerame Wright (160) and Dylan Williams (170) also picked up forfeit wins, along with Hogston.

Drew Durand (220) started the match off with a quick pin in the first period, while Caje Kindred (132, major decision) and Tyler Ouhl (145, pin) picked up big wins in the middle of the match. “Drew (Durand) had a nice match,� Kaye said. “Those were good wins from Caje (Kindred) and

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Tyler (Ouhl). Tyler just kept working the guy and was able to get the pin.�

Then, Tyler Chambers (152) recorded what may have been the most amazing pin of the night.

He led 14-0 going to the second period. He started down and if he escaped, he would have to settle for a tech. fall.

Instead, he found a way to roll Steven Gohrband and pin him. “I was pretty upset at the time with Tyler (for not getting the pin),� Kaye

said. “I thought they might just kick him out and take the tech fall, but they didn’t. He used his marbles and was able to get a pin, so it worked out.�

Piqua ran into a strong Greenville team in the opening match.

It started with forfeit wins by Eion Hogston (182) and Pummill (195) and Durand (285) and Comstock (106) recorded pins. “We had three guys that bumped up a weight

class,� Kaye said. “They made the sacrifice for the team and we scored at least as many points as we would have.�

But, Piqua dropped seven straight matches, before finishing with a bang. “Greenville didn’t look that strong at the GWOC,�

Kaye said. “But, they came in here tonight and wrestled strong.�

Wright (160) and Williams (170) finished off the match with pins and joined Comstock, Durand and Pummill in going 2-0 on the night. “Those two guys (Jerame Wright, Dylan Williams) had been struggling a little bit), Kaye said. “It was nice to see them wrestle like that headed into sectionals.�

And, it was nice to get a dual win in the final match of the regular season. Piqua will wrestle in the Centerville sectional Friday and Saturday. “I was wondering if we were going to get one,�

Kaye said. “We have had some tough duals this year. It was nice to finish that way.�

Punctuated by a big win from Pummill in the biggest match of the night.

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