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TOMORROW Bike path update Commitment To Community INSIDE: Local students’ contest-winning photos featured. Page 16.

VOLUME 128, NUMBER 193

HEALTH: Exciting times for diabetic. Page 3.

SPORTS: Bachman breaks school record. Page 13.

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Briefly Today’s weather High 65 Low 50 Cool with a chance of rain. Complete forecast on Page 5.

Huff named city manager New Piqua leader now serving in Fishers, Ind. BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@dailycall.com

Look for iN75 inside today’s Call This week’s iN75 features a scary look at local haunted attractions for Halloween.

PIQUA — Now everyone can break out those cigars as Piqua City Commission announced their selection for city manager Tuesday afternoon as Gary A. Huff of Fishers, Ind. “I think they’ve done a thorough job and made an excellent

selection,” said economic development director and interim city manager Bill Murphy on commission’s having taken the time to find the right person for the position left empty by Fred Enderle’s retirement in July. Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday to discuss Huff’s employment, compensation and the terms of his contract. With that approval, Murphy anticipates a start date for the new city manager as Monday, Oct. 24. Huff comes to Piqua with six years of experience in Fishers and prior to that was the town man-

ager in Blacksburg, Va., home of Virginia Tech. Previously, he was deputy town manager in Leesburg. “I spent a lot of time in Virginia,” Huff had said during his visit to Piqua back in July at the meet and greet held for area residents to get to know the three individuals vying for the city manager position. Huff had said he was familiar with the Piqua area as his wife, Janet, has a sister in Marion and have driven on numerous occasions on U.S. Route 36 into the area and said they have, “Always admired the very nice community.”

M IAMI E AST HOMECOMING COURT

CAC meeting planned Oct. 10 PIQUA —The Community Advisory Committee or CAC’s fall quarter meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at the Municipal Government Complex. Those involved in the meeting include city employees, members of the Middle Great Miami River Watershed Alliance, Protect Our Water Ways (POWW) and residents. Discussions include projects under construction and those to tackle in the future in relation to the aesthetics and health of local waterways. For more information about water protection groups visit: middlegreatmiamiwatershedalliance.org

City Commission meeting canceled PIQUA — The regularly scheduled Oct. 4 Piqua City Commission has been canceled due to lack of business. The next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Government Complex in the commission chambers.

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on recognizance bonds and will both have pretrial hearings Oct. 4. Wilson and Vangel are each charged with two counts of harboring a dangerous or vicious dog, fourth-degree felonies, and one charge of failure to obtain liability

TROY — Miami County Commissioners were pleased to report to a gathered audience of elected officials from throughout the county Monday that revenues are projected to outpace expenditures by the tune of more than a halfmillion dollars. Commissioners collectively painted the picture of how this year is going and how they hope to finish it at the annual State of the County address at The Crystal Room in Troy to an audience of more than 200. Commissioners said a $600,000 surplus is expected. Revenues are currently anticipated at $22.9, while expenditures are estimated to be at $22.3, commissioners reported. While Commission President Jack Evans noted that while the amount might not seem like much, he added that “in today’s world, that is pretty good.” However, Evans warned, that next year $1.2 million is expected

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Miami East High School has announced its 2011 homecoming court. Candidates for king and queen are from left: Angelina Henger, Mario Roush, Courtney Hirsch, Colton Bowling, Meagan McKinney, Kevin McMaken, Kelsey Vanchure, Josh Snyder, Kristy Brown, Matt Beaty, Jenilee Accurso and Josh Treon. Both king and queen will be crowned prior to the football game against Covington Friday. A homecoming dance is scheduled for Saturday inside the old gymnasium with a them of “Blue and White Forever.”

Pit bull owners appear in court Piqua couple charged in mauling incident

City moves ahead with hospital demolition plans

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County finances looking better Officials expect $600,000 surplus

year-old city woman Sept. 11 as she rode her bike across the North Main Street Bridge faced a judge during two arraignments BY WILL E SANDERS held in Miami County Municipal Lottery Court on Monday. Staff Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Brian M. Wilson, 30, and Tuesday’s lottery numbers: wsanders@dailycall.com Mackenzie Vangel, 29, who reside Night Drawings: TROY — The owners of two pit together in a home just outside of ■ Rolling Cash 5 bulls that viciously attacked a 59- Piqua, were released afterward 02-06-10-30-34 ■ Pick 3 Numbers 3-6-9 ■ Pick 4 Numbers 7-5-1-5 Day Drawings: ■ Pick 3 Midday 9-0-3 ■ Pick 4 Midday 8-8-9-1

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A daughter living with her husband and three children in Seymour, Ind., makes the Piqua location ideal for Huff in keeping family within driving HUFF distance. “I think there are a lot of great assets here, a lot of opportunities, a lot of challenges, but that’s good to have some challenges,” Huff replied when asked about the attraction of the area.

Update given to commissioners BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@dailycall.com PIQUA — The final resolution of last week’s Piqua City Commission meeting was an update on the old hospital site at Park and Nicklin avenues. Thanks to a $2 million grant from Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) the city has been given an opportunity to once and

for all remove this longstanding eyesore that opened in 1905 as Ball Memorial Hospital. The hospital went through several transformations over the years, including a part of the hospital being torn down and replaced in 1969, only to cease operation in 1996. It stood vacant until the property was sold to Hospdela, LLC in 2005 for what was to be senior housing. A development that never happened thanks to a sour economy See Hospital/Page 5

Attorney general visits Piqua

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Miami County Prosecutor Gary Nasal, left, and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine chat before Tuesday’s Western Ohio Law Enforcement Roundtable discussion at the Fort Piqua Plaza. More than 80 law enforcement officers from around western Ohio met to discuss ideas and concerns.

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