09/24/11

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State Route 185 re-routing planned PIQUA — On Monday, the Ohio Department of Transportation work crews will install route marker signs designating the new alignment of State Route 185 through Piqua. The new alignment will begin/end at Covington Avenue (U.S. Route 36) and follow Sunset Drive north to the intersection of Park and Sunset, where the new state route alignment will connect with the existing state route alignment along North Sunset Drive. State Route 185 markers located along the former state route on Park Avenue, Broadway and Ash Street, will be removed. Ohio Department of Transportation officials will FOR PHOTO REPRINTS, GO TO WWW.DAILYCALL.COM MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO also update public records Piqua High School senior Justine Ford is all smiles as she has her sash pinned on after being named information used by map homecoming queen for 2011 during a halftime ceremony Friday night at Alexander Stadium/Purk publishing companies and Field. The Indians’ homecoming king will be crowned tonight during the annual dance at Piqua High GPS vendors. School.

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BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — wsanders@dailycall.com Friday’s Lottery numbers: PIQUA — An innovaNight Drawings: tive program aimed at get■ Rolling Cash 5 ting children excited 01-02-08-10-13 about recycling got under ■ Pick 3 Numbers way this week in schools 4-0-5 throughout Miami County, ■ Pick 4 Numbers and last Monday after9-0-5-8 Day Drawings: noon it was presented to ■ Midday 3 children at High Street 7-4-0 Primary School. ■ Midday 4 8-4-1-0

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PIQUA — As the economic future remains cloudy and the year draws nearer to an end, efforts are being made to keep a tight rein on the purse strings. So while a change in speed limits was a huge part of Tuesday’s Piqua City Commission meeting, another topic was existing purchase orders. “We went through $24,000 in eight months and we are going to go through 26 in four?” asked commissioner John Martin, bringing what would otherwise be a seemingly benign resolution involving office supplies up for debate. Interim city manager and economic director Bill Murphy referred the question to assistant

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The Magic of Recycling!, a nationwide program performed for the benefit of today’s elementary school students was presented by magician Greg Allen in association with the Miami County Solid Waste District. It also was presented at schools in Troy and West Milton this past week. “Our mission is to get them really excited about recycling,” Allen said. “It’s a fun and energetic show and hopefully they go home and tell their parents about it.”

The interactive magic show, which brought many students up front to help Allen with skits, was all about “making things disappear.” “I am going to talk about something and I’m going to talk about garbage,” Allen said as the students cheered. “Sounds like fun, right? But it’s going to be lots of fun.” During the 50-minute MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO show, several students assisted Allen, like first- Magician Greg Allen gets some assistance from High grader Braylon Shawler, Street School third-graders Cassidy Clark and Brody Stahl during a Magic of Recycling show at the school See Magician/Page 2 on Monday.

IT’S BACK! Local history coordinator Gary Meek discusses the return of a 19th century cannonball to the Piqua Public Library on Friday. The ball was stolen from the library earlier this year and recovered by Piqua police.

Historic 19th century cannonball returned to Piqua Public Library after mysterious theft BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com

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PIQUA —A homecoming of sorts transpired Friday morning at the Piqua Public Library that was long overdue. A historic piece of 19th century ballistics was returned by the Piqua Police Department following a mysterious theft earlier this year. Last February, when a historic cannonball was stolen, library and police officials thought they might not ever recover the six-pound, solid shot iron cannonball that was origi-

nally found lodged within a tree at Johnston Farm more than a century ago. The cannonball had been on display at the library for decades. On Friday, after spending several months inside an evidence locker at the Piqua Police Department while an investigation was pending, Police Chief Bruce Jamison reunited the piece of 19th century cannonball with its rightful owner. The cannonball dates back to either the War of 1812 or the Civil War when military encampments See Cannonball/Page 2

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