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Piqua carver receives national recognition

Ex-commissioner to replace Zimpher

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com

TV book coming in Saturday’s Call This week’s edition features a story about “Neverland,” starring Charlie Rowe.

Kids can write letters to Santa Hey Kids! You can now go online at www.dailycall.com to send your letter to the Daily Call. We will forward them to Santa at the North Pole. Letters will be published Dec. 23.

Letters also may be dropped off at the Daily Call office in the special North Pole Mailbox. Deadline for letters is Dec. 12.

Bradford library looks for trustee BRADFORD — The Bradford Public Library is searching for a qualified candidate for library board trustee.

Interested and qualified Bradford school district residents should stop by the Bradford Public Library for an application or phone the library at 448-2612.

Completed applications should be submitted to the public library no later than Thursday, Jan. 12.

Contact Cherie Roeth at the library at 937-4482612 or 937-570-1733 for further information concerning the library board position.

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PIQUA — When Piqua resident John Guillozet decided earlier this year to enter a national carving competition, he didn’t need to knock on wood to win — he just needed to carve it.

Guillozet, 56, a lifelong Piquad, recently won an award in the 2011 B e s t Project Design Do you have an idea for a Local Front story?

Contest Let Susan Hartley know at 773-2721 ext. 14 or e-mail to s p o n shartley@dailycall.com sored by Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. The magazine is the premiere publication devoted to the art and hobby of carving wood and is published by Fox Chapel Publishing.

Guillozet won the People’s Choice and Editor Choice Santa Carving award for his delightful and old-time depiction of Santa Claus. He was one of 24 winners in several categories and the winners were chosen by popular vote (People’s Choice) and selected by the magazine’s staff (Editor’s Choice).

His piece, “Bell Santa,” depicts Santa Claus with a bag of presents slung over his back while he is ringing a bell. He used knives and gouges (chisels) to carve the Santa piece from a solid piece of basswood and painted it

Patrizio set to serve on city BOE

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In the photo above, John Guillozet of Piqua discusses his award winning wood carving of Bell Santa that recently won accolades in Woodcarving Illustrated.

Guillozet’s wood carving of Santa Claus, at left, won both People’s Choice and Editor’s Choice awards in recent wood carving competition sponsored by Woodcarving Illustrated. with acrylics and finished it with boiled linseed oil and wax.

“In my mind, I can see him back in the 1920s staring out in the street, maybe near a gas-powered

street light, with his bag over his back with some packages in it and he is ringing his bell,” Guillozet said.

While he first began tinkering with wood carv-

ing about 30 years ago, in the last six years he really put a lot of time into it and has become especially talented in the medium.

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PIQUA — Frank Patrizio is no stranger to public service and after several years of serving t h e Piqua c o m munity as a Piqua C i t y Comm i s sioner, he is n o w PATRIZIO turning his attentions to serving the Piqua City School District as a school board member.

After it was announced that former board member Margee Zimpher was not seeking re-election, Patrizio, a longtime practicing attorney in the city, was approached about possibly running for the position as a write-in candidate, which he did.

During the election last month, Patrizio garnered the write-in votes needed and will shortly begin serving in his new capacity at the board of education meeting in January, school officials said.

Patrizio said he never thought about sitting on the school board before, but said he considered the timing to be a perfect opportunity to do so.

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Adams announces bid for re-election State lawmaker cites his accomplishments COLUMBUS — State Rep. Richard Adams (RTroy) announced his candidacy for reelection as representative of the 8 0 t h O h i o House D i s t r i c t , ADAMS which will include all of Miami County and southern Darke County — during the 130th General Assembly.

“My goal is to conduct an informative campaign to be elected by the voters of the 80th District to represent them in Columbus,” Adams said. “I will continue to work hard to keep Ohio fiscally solvent and ensure that our business climate encourages

economic investment and job creation. My objective is to do or uno those things in Columbus, which are important to the people I represent.”

During the 2011 session of the 129th General Assembly, Adams said he has helped the Ohio House to fill a $8 billion budget deficit without raising taxes on Ohioans, reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses, and reduce and/or eliminate non funded mandates.

Adams commented on his overall goals: “I will continue to work to make state government a more efficient and more economical. My efforts have earned me the Watch Dog of the Treasury Award in Ohio. As a responsible steward of the taxpayers’ dollars, I will continue to protect Ohio’s citizens through a more accountable state government.

The award is presented to See Adams/Page 2

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Tayte (French) Lutz checks out a Wizard of Oz-themed Christmas tree with her daughter Estelle, 2, during a public lunch on the second floor of the Apple Tree Gallery on Thursday. The lunch was the first of three to be held during the annual Festival of Trees. The second lunch will be held on Wednesday and the third on Dec. 9. Reservations for the lunches can be made by contacting the Apple Tree Gallery at 773-1801. Lutz is a Piqua native and currently lives in New Jersey. Festival of Trees is open through Dec. 17.

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Troy toddler continues to fight Fundraiser set Saturday in Piqua

If you go: WHAT: Spaghetti fundraiser for 15month-old Bailey Stager of Troy.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m.

Saturday.

WHERE: Upper Valley Career Center, 8811 Career Drive, Piqua info: Ticket Spaghetti dinner for $10.

Donations accepted.

Silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Open to the public.

BY RON OSBURN Ohio Community Media rosburn@tdnpublishing.com TROY — It’s fortunate that when Chris Stager heard a noise in his Troy home in the early morning hours of Oct. 26, he got up and checked on his 13month-old daughter, Bailey. Because when Chris went into Bailey’s room, he found her in the middle of a seizure, shaking uncontrollably.

“When I felt her, she was very warm,” Chris recalled.

When he and his wife, Kristy, took Bailey’s temperature, the Troy couple was shocked when the thermometer initially read 104.4 degrees — well past a normal fever and into the dangerous range.

“Then, when (the thermometer) beeped, it read 106.9. I said ‘we need to go to the hospital right now,’” Kristy said.

At the Upper Valley Medical Center Emergency Room, Bailey’s temperature registered at a life-threatening 107.1.

“I was scared to death,” Kristy said.

The staff at UVMC got Bailey’s fever down, and around 9 a.m., she closed her eyes to sleep, though she was still wriggling and fidgeting, Chris recalled.

About 12 hours later, Bailey was transferred to Children’s Medical Center in Dayton. At Children’s, the attending physician checked Bailey and had a troubling question: “They asked us ‘how long has she been unresponsive?’”

Chris and Kristy Stager of Troy are shown with their child Bailey.

Kristy said. ground floor meeting room “It was a week later at Children’s Hospital that when she finally opened included Chris, Kristy and her eyes again,” Chris said, a Children’s communicarecalling the chain of tions representative. events that led to Bailey’s Kristy said doctors have hospitalization with what told her, “The virus was doctors at Children’s now most likely the trigger (for believe to be acute necro- the ANEC).” tizing encephalopathyin DeHoff said it is bechildhood — a disease so lieved that Bailey — currare, Bailey is believed to rently in Children’s be only the seventh person Intensive Care Unit — is in the U.S. ever to have the first case of ANEC at contracted it. the hospital. DeHoff said Initially, Bailey was di- there has only been 50 to agnosed with the more 60 known cases of ANEC common Human Her- worldwide, and because pesvirus 6, which often the disease is so rare, manifests in a rash. More “We’re still doing investitests and MRI’s revealed gations to get a handle on swelling in Bailey’s brain what caused the illness that has affected her motor and what our options are.” skills, and it’s believed BaiSince being hospitalized ley contracted ANEC as five weeks ago, Bailey has she fought off the hhv6, ac- undergone daily speech cording to Dr. Carrie De- and physical therapy. She’s Hoff, a Resident Physician cleared of the hhv6 now, on the Children’s Hospital but has suffered brain Inpatient Team. damage, though doctors “We think it’s how (Bai- still are unsure about the ley’s) immune system tried extent of the damage. to fight off the virus that They’re also unsure if she led to an infection in her has vision. brain,” DeHoff said Thurs“They’re reteaching her day, in an interview in a basic motor skills. (Doc-

tors) say she (has motor skills) like a 4-month-old baby,” Chris said.

Still, Kristy — who has maintained a daily vigil at Bailey’s bedside since Bailey was hospitalized — is optimistic.

“She’s showing more and more improvement every day,” Kristy said.

DeHoff said because Bailey’s condition is so rare, “we don’t have a good prognosis yet.”

Chris and Kristy, who have been married for two years, say Kristy’s 7-yearold son, J.D. Harvey, reads to his sister over the phone every night. And they say family and friends have rallied to their aid. They have created a Facebook page (kp4bb, or Keep Praying 4 Baby Bailey), and have scheduled fundraisers this Saturday at the Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, and Saturday, Dec. 10, at a bar blocks from Children’s in Dayton.

Meanwhile, Bailey continues her fight.

“In terms of her recovery, there’s not enough cases for us to say with a blanket certainty that this is how you do it. She’s showing us what it’ll be,” DeHoff said.

six years.

He also sponsored House Bill 209, which enables government entities including school districts to have their checking account fund balances to be invested overnight to draw interest and be fully protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in multiples of $250,000. This policy is expected to earn hundreds of dollars statewide in interest for local governments.

Adams currently serves as the chairman of the House Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee and also is a member of the Commerce and Labor Committee and the Finance and Appropriations Committee.

He serves on the Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. In addition, he serves on the Workforce Development Task Force. He has been appointed to the Medicaid Financial Overview Committee and the Medicaid Reform Committee.

Adams previously served two terms as a Miami County Commissioner. He

Award for Educational Service (named in his honor) from the Ohio Association of Community Colleges.

For his service in the community and work as an educator, Adams has received several honors, including being named a distinguished alumni by The Ohio State University College of Agriculture, Honorary State FFA Degree from the Ohio FFA, Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International, community service awards by Troy Jaycees, and was named as a Distinguished Citizen of Troy by Troy Chamber of Commerce.

Adams graduated from Fairlawn High School and was the first inductee into the Fairlawn School District Hall of Honor. He received a bachelor of science degree, master’s degree and Ph.D degree from The Ohio State University and was inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta, a scholarship honorary fraternity.

Adams resides in Concord Township with his wife Sandy. They have three adult children, Julie, Rick and Christian.

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Adams Continued from page 1 public officials who demonstrate a commitment to limited government, lower taxes, regulatory relief and individual liberty. During these difficult economic times it is very important to eliminate government waste. I recognize the importance of the state fulfilling its responsibility to be a financial partner with our school districts, including the end of state mandates, especially those without the necessary state financial support. I am committed to working in the legislature to provide the necessary legislation to improve the management of state government.”

In a press release, Adams listed his accomplishments as state representative, including sponsoring House Bill 302, which eliminated the need for a new department in Miami County by consolidating the current clerk of courts and the new clerk of Miami County Municipal Court, resulting in a $600,000 savings to county taxpayers during the next

also served as the founding superintendent of the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School (now Upper Valley Career Center) and as a trustee of Edison Community College.

He is an active community volunteer and has served with numerous boards and foundations, including the Miami County Farm Bureau, Miami County Foundation Board of Directors, Miami County Republican Men’s Club, Piqua Rotary Club, Brukner Nature Center board, Piqua United Fund campaign, Leadership Piqua board, Clear Creek Farm board, Troy Development Council, Miami County Board of Elections and is a member of the Sportsmen’s Alliance in the House of Representatives.

While serving on the Edison Community College Board of Trustees, Adams was recognized as the Outstanding Community College Trustee in the United States and Canada and at the state level he received the Maureen Grady Award for Special Achievement and was the first recipient of the Richard Adams

Carver Continued from page 1 He said Bell Santa took approximately 24 hours of wood carving and an additional four hours of painting.

“I really like doing Santa Claus, and I like the old world Santas,” Guillozet added.

When he first learned he won the award in October, Guillozet said he could not believe it.

“I was sitting in the living room and I told my wife,”You aren’t going to believe this,’” he said with a laugh. “I was really proud of myself because I have come so far. It (wood carving) has been good to me, but that is not why I am doing it. I am doing it for the enjoyment of doing it, and all of the fantastic people that I have met in the last six years. You just meet

so many nice people.”

Woodcarving Illustrated Editorial Manager Shannon Flowers said it is always amazing what someone can create with a carving knife, a few tools and some wood.

“The Best Project Design Contest allows us to recognize their creative designs and incredible workmanship,” Flowers said. “The winners use different tech-

niques and materials, but they all achieve works of remarkable beauty and quality.”

All of the award winners are presently featured in the Holiday 2011 edition of the magazine, which hit newsstands last week.

To learn more about or view pictures of some of the other award winners, visit www.woodcarvingillustrated.com.

looks forward to assisting with would be the continued improvement of the school district.

“I want the school to get back their excellent rating … and continue that progress,” he said. “I would love to see us be the top school in the county, if not in the region, for educa-

tion.”

Another issue he is particularly interested in is the monumental task of building three news schools in the district, which last month’s levy passage will facilitate.

“I think that it will be something that is going to be exciting to be involved

with,” Patrizio said.

He said his time as a commissioner will assist him with serving the school board.

“The experience will be similar,” Patrizio said.

“Serving on a board gives you experience to know how to operate and what your role is.”

Patrizio Continued from page 1 Patrizio has chaired school levy campaigns and worked closely with the school and he said his new position in the district is a perfect fit at just the right time.

Patrizio said among two of the issues he especially

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Obituaries

Wanda Sullivan TROY — Wanda Sullivan, a wonderful and vibrant woman, loving wife, a n d fiercely dedicated mother, passed away SULLIVAN Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at the age of 93.

Wanda was born in Youngstown, and spent most of her life in Niles.

Three and a half years ago she moved to Troy, to live with her son Roger and daughter in-law Charlotte at 960 Hickory Hollow Road.

Wanda had a long and meaningful life including being a model in New York during her 20s. Nothing was more important to her than family. She was an avid reader of mystery novels at times devouring one to two a day. During her 25 years with General Electric in Niles, she was a respected employee and also recognized for her actions as an employee advocate by both the local union and also GE Corporate Headquarters senior management.

She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Edward J. Sullivan;

sister, Edith Kijowski; brother, Stanley Sedliecki; and grandson, Chris Hall.

She is survived by her three children, son and daughter-law, George and Virginia Hall of Petersburg, Ky., son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Charlotte Hall of Troy; and daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Bob Fink of Niles. Also her granddaughters, Heather Cox, Shaina Parish, and Jennifer Medve; grandsons, David Hall and Mark Hall; great-grandson, Brian Kavensky; and greatgranddaughters, Erin Cox, Mia Hall and Harper Hall.

We all celebrate her life and the unconditional love and support she gave to us all. We all will miss her dearly. We all take comfort and rejoice in the fact that she is now at peace in heaven with Jesus Christ and her husband and family and friends.

A family-only funeral service will be held at Fisher Cheney Funeral Home in Troy.

Donations, on behalf of Wanda, may be given to Hospice of Dayton or the Disabled American Veterans P.O. Box 14301 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-0301 or online at www.dav.org.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fishercheneyfuneralhome.com

Louise O. Mayer TROY — Louise O. Mayer, 92, formerly of Akron, more recently of T r o y, passed a w a y Wednesday, Nov. 3 0 , 2011, at Upper Va l l e y Medical Center, MAYER Troy.

She was born Aug. 1, 1919, in Akron, to the late Samuel and Bessie (Henderson) Ownby. She was married to George C. Mayer and he preceded her in death.

She is survived by her daughter, Karen Mayer of Troy; son and daughterin-law, George P. and Suzan Mayer of Portland, Ore.; and two sisters, Esther Taylor of Akron and Rachel Voglein of Colorado. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Mayer was preceded

in death by three brothers, Samuel, Paul and Daniel Ownby.

Mrs. Mayer was a memof Woodland ber Methodist Church in Akron and a former member of the Garden Club.

She was formerly employed with Goodyear Corporation in Akron.

She was well loved and a kind person.

Memorial services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Friends may call from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fairlawn, with a cemetery chapel service at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Contributions can be made to Hospice of Miami County, PO Box 502, Troy, Ohio 45373 or Riverside of Miami County, 1625 TroySidney Road, Troy, OH 45373 Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

Death notices TROY — Penny Jo Manson Flory, 44, of Troy, passed away at 6:44 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy.

Funeral services will be held at Thursday at Riverside Cemetery Chapel, Troy with interment to follow.

TROY — Jerry Dean Lammers, 79, of Troy, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at his residence.

There will be no public services. Private interment will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. Baird Funeral Home, Troy, is in charge of arrangements.

TROY — Jacqueline “Jacqui” Johnson, 75, of Troy, passed away Nov. 19, 2011, at Hospice of Dayton surrounded by family.

A memorial service will be held Sunday at the Great Room at The Hospice of Dayton, Dayton. Arrangements are entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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In Brief Quarter auction set for Thursday

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Dry weather returns to area

PIQUA — The annual Piqua High School Show Choir quarter auction will be held Thursday at the Piqua High School Commons. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the auction starting at 7 p.m.

Items range in value from $20-$100 to bid on. The public is invited to come out, have fun, and support The Company.

Dry weather continues for the Miami Valley. Over the weekend, winds pick up again and temperatures will be on the upswing, too! Highs both Saturday and Sunday are expected to be near 50 degrees. Rain chances also return on Sunday. Temperatures will turn colder early next week, with highs only in the 30s on Tuesday and Wednesday. High: 43 Low: 28.

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SATURDAY PARTLY SUNNY AND COOL

Local chapter to hold meeting

Museum to host Santa Claus BRADFORD — The Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum will host Santa Claus from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

Children are invited to stop by and let Santa know what’s on their Christmas wish list.

The museum is decorated for Christmas with model trains featuring an O gauge Polar Express, N-Scale and HO-Scale models. Also on Dec. 10, there will be a sale of children’s Christmas trainrelated gifts.

The museum will be closed for the Christmas Holiday on Dec. 24 and 25.

The museum is open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.

This is the last chance to see the PRR exhibits, as the 2012 season will feature the NYC.

Winter Open House set TIPP CITY — The Miami County Park District will hold their Winter Open House an Evening of Lights from 6–9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3, at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Participants are invited to enjoy a stroll down to the lighted falls and then stop in for some hot chocolate, children’s crafts, seasonal music and more. Canned goods will be collected for a local food pantry. Don’t forget to look for Santa along the trail.

For more information, visit the Park District’s Web site at www.miamicountyparks.com.

Schedule of events include: • Along the Trail 6-9 p.m. — Follow the luminary trail to see the 37’ waterfall illuminated.

Look for Santa along the trail and don’t forget your camera.

6:30 p.m. — Bethel High School Carolers • In the Tent 6-9 p.m. — Refreshments and children’s crafts 6-6:30 p.m. — John Virgint, Violinist 6:30-7:30 p.m.

— Charleston Brass Quintet 7:30-9 p.m. — Ron and Pat Trostel, soloist and keyboard • At the House 6:30-9 p.m. — Naturalist Display and Touch Table

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Diane Herron helps niece Makayla Vanderhorst, 4, and nephew Kaden Thompson, 4, play a game of Go Fish to occupy their time during Tuesday’s varsity girls basketball contest at Newton High School.

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Tanner Church (left) learns about the sugar content of drinks from Kim Oswalt (right) from Miami Valley Hospital.

One of the stations included having students and staff learned about the sugar and fat content of many of their favorite foods and drinks.

A Canned Food Drive for students and staff was coordinated by the FFA and Pride In M.E. For every five items donated, the students’ name was entered into a drawing to pie Principal Tim Williams in-the-eye at an all-school assembly. All cans donated will be given to the Fletcher Food Bank a the Fletcher United Methodist Church. About 1,000 cans were collected.

Finally, in celebration

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Students take part in ‘healthy’ week CASSTOWN — Miami East High School went “healthy” during the week of Nov. 14 with activities sponsored by the Miami East FFA Chapter. This project was made possible due to a $500 grant by the Ohio Small Grains Marketing Group.

The Healthy Lifestyle Committee sponsored a Food For Thought Log in which students and staff would record all the food and drink that they partake of during a day. During study halls, students received a healthy snack for keeping their log updated. Snacks included an apple, orange or banana, a low-fat whole grain snack bar, or water and a non-fat yogurt.

About half of the high school participated in this activity. A special thank you goes to the Dannon Company for their donation of yogurt.

Additionally, the high school attended a Healthy Lifestyles Fair during lunch. Displays were provided by the Upper Valley Medical Center Sports Medicine, Miami Valley Hospital, Stone’s Throw Cooperative, Miami East Schools Nurse Jeanelle Adkins, and the Farm to Consumer Foundation.

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of the Miami East FFA’s 53rd Birthday all chapter members were invited to participate in a chapter carry-in. The challenge for the carry-in was that all items needed to be healthy with whole grains, low-fat or non-fat, lean meats and water.

The mission of the week was to bring awareness of the choices our students make in the selection of the foods and drinks that they choose. In the future the FFA would encourage all students and staff to make healthier choices.

All unused grant funds will be donated to the Fletcher Food Bank.

Temperature High Yesterday 43 at 3:36 p.m.

Low Yesterday 23 at 7:29 a.m.

Normal High 43 Normal Low 29 Record High 67 in 1970 Record Low 4 in 1964

Precipitation 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. 0.00 Month to date 0.00 Normal month to date 0.10 Year to date 51.38 Normal year to date 38.03 Snowfall yesterday 0.00

The Avalons to perform in Greenville on Sunday GREENVILLE — The public is invited to attend a free concert by the Avalons at 7 p.m. Sunday at the St. Clair Memorial Hall, Greenville.

Through music, comedy and crazy antics, the audience will be swept away on a memorable journey through out the 50s, 60s and early 70s.

The performance is family-friendly.

Opening for the Avalons will be singer-guitarist Top Triplett from Mason, formerly of Greenville.

Triplett has been playing guitar since 1974, and his music is mostly based

on folk with a jazz influence.

This free concert is by the sponsored Greenville Lions Club who will be at the event collecting used eyeglasses and hearing aids.

Also, donations will be accepted on behalf of the Greenville Lions Club to support their activities and sight-related projects.

This is a free concert so attendees are asked to arrive early in order to assure themselves a seat.

This event also is being filmed for the Avalons new promotional DVD.

Police Beat These are selected incidents provided by the Piqua Police Department.

For a complete listing of all police briefing logs, visit www.p iqua oh.or g / p olice_briefing_log.htm.

an intoxicated woman urinating on a public sidewalk. She was cited with disorderly conduct and released to sober friends.

Less than an hour later, police were back at the sports bar on the report of stolen wallet that was taken from a purse, in adFraud: Police redition to a checkbook, sponded to 4800 block of credit cards, ID, and cash.

Brown Road after it was reported that a family member used a credit card without consent.

Assist squad: Police Fraud: Police were responded to the 200 block called to Main Source Bank, 126 W. High St., after numerous checks were written on a closed account. Police are investigating and have suspects in the case.

Theft: Police responded to the 400 block of Brentwood Avenue on the report that an iPod Touch was stolen from a student at Piqua High School. Police have suspects in mind.

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Nov. 23 Theft: Police responded to Total Fitness, 9030 Country Club Road, after a wallet was reported stolen.

Nov. 24 Disorderly conduct: Police responded to Z’s Food and Spirits, 319 N. Wayne St., on a report of

of Kienle Drive after a caller “advised that someone at a different address fell off an antenna.” When police further spoke with the caller it was learned that nobody fell off of anything. The caller told police it must have been a “bad dream.”

had been broken into and Burglary: Police reseveral items were missing. sponded to the 100 block The victim was in the hospi- of South Street after an tal at the time of the crime. unknown suspect entered a residence through an unlocked front door and busted open a small lock Burglary: Police re- box and took $20 from an sponded to the 200 block of envelope. Latent fingerNorth Downing Street prints were recovered at after a garage was illegally the scene on the envelope entered and several items, and the prints will be sent including an air compres- to the crime lab. A neighBurglary: Police re- sor, two air conditioners bor had video of the sussponded the 200 block of and a power washer, were pect entering and leaving East Main Street after it reported stolen. the residence. was reported that a home

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PIQUA — The PiquaLewis Boyer Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy. This meeting will be the Christmas Tea and Talent Auction. Please bring homemade items or gifts to be auctioned. Also, gifts for the veterans. Hostesses are Betty Knobeloch, Rosemary Jones and Sandy Miller. Guests and prospective members are welcome.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

“For my eyes are on all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.”

(Jeremiah 16:17 AKJV)

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Candidates choose life in Iowa race “Some issues are so much bigger than politics,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., at a recent forum for primary contenders in Iowa. “Culture is downstream from politics,” is how former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum put it before baring his soul at the same event.

That’s exactly what moderator Frank Luntz asked the candidates to do: share personal stories about challenges they’ve faced. Santorum chose to talk about fatherhood and his youngest daughter, Isabella Maria, who was born with a condition known as Trisomy 18.

Santorum dealt with the stress of the diagnosis with a novel but painful method: “To not love her … because it wouldn’t hurt as much if I lost her,” he remembered. Holding her finger as she lay on an emergency room table at 5 months of age, Santorum realized his mistake. “I had seen her as less of a person because of her disability. I prayed at that moment, ‘Please, please let her live.’ Santorum’s daughter survived the operation, leaving him with a renewed passion for children like his daughter.

“One of the reasons I am here tonight is because of Obamacare and to fight for kids with disabilities,” Santorum added.

Before Sarah Palin became a household name in the lower 48, the then-governor of Alaska had a webpage dedicated to welcoming her son Trig Palin, who has Down syndrome. There, parents, siblings and others KATHRYN LOPEZ wrote about how beautifully Columnist challenging life with a Down syndrome child can be. They explained how their lives were richer. Grandparents in New York wrote of their grandson: “He has shown us an inner strength to never give up. The best things in life come to us unexpectedly.”

On the campaign trail, Palin would encounter these feelings all the more. In her book “Going Rogue,” she wrote: “It blessed me in ways I can’t even describe to be able to help bring (people with Down syndrome) from the fringe into the bright spotlight that most often seems reserved only for the privileged.”

Both the Santorums and the Palins were faced with odds stacked against life. Not only the daunting medical conditions of their children, but a culture — including a medical one — that seeks to eliminate problems, even if the “problems” are people. Palin has admitted that she was unprepared for raising a child with Down syndrome, and for a brief moment she was painfully aware that abortion offered a way out. The Santorums, meanwhile, had to insist their daughter be given oxygen as a doctor urged that they learn to “let go.”

It’s an imperfect world. And sometimes the innocence of a child and her challenges can make all the difference: inspiring us to be better, holding up a mirror on our souls — and our culture and politics.

The Thanksgiving and family-themed forum didn’t get as much attention as some others because fellow candidate Mitt Romney wasn’t in attendance. But it carried a message that demands to be heard, about who we are and how we live our lives and who we love and why we do so; about leadership and whether we choose to live life in such a way that it helps others do the same.

At that same event, current GOP “It boy” Newt Gingrich brought it back to the health care debate: “Do I want a country that cares about every life?” he asked.

That’s what it’s all about. Politics of the people, by the people, motivated by love for people, making sure we’re protecting the most vulnerable people — not forgetting people, including those closest to us. When we remember that, we might just have a fighting chance of getting the policies right.

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Down syndrome adult speaks for herself

To be balanced, Taylor also interviewed Arthur Caplan, a professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. I know his work well.

He and I both write for Free he foundation of this Inquiry magazine, and I also constitutional republic, read his tough-minded, emas we used to be pirical work elsewhere. taught, is individual liberties NAT HENTOFF Taylor writes that Caplan — as in the Bill of Rights.

Columnist notes these Children’s HosEnter 25-year-old college pital findings are limited by student Melissa Reilly, brought to us by health news writer Kim- the fact that “families willing to document berly Hayes Taylor in “Down syndrome’s their experience in a survey tend to be rewards touted as new (contrary) test those with a Down syndrome child on the healthier and more high-functioning end looms” (msnbc.msn.com, Sept. 29): “She travels to represent the Down of the spectrum.”

Taylor further writes that while Caplan syndrome community internationally, and is a Special Olympian who brings home acknowledges the study’s “powerful data” gold medals in skiing, cycling and swim- and “important perspective,” it may not ming. Additionally, she interns for a Mas- “change people’s minds.”

That’s why I am writing this column — sachusetts state senator and tutors pre-school students with Down syndrome to try to persuade as many as I can to not easily accept the common treatment of in math and reading.”

Darkly, the other “new (contrary) test Down syndrome and condemn those diaglooming” could greatly lower the future nosed with it to death. How hopeful am I? possibilities of more Melissa Reillys. As I I am not brimming with optimism. As Capreviously reported, the new test will en- plan reflects: “Even though society has able pregnant women to find out more learned more about what Down syndrome quickly whether their child will have (Americans) can do, it still turns out that Down syndrome, and I expect nearly all some prospective parents won’t be willing of these women will abort the child. Right to accept that story.

“I’m not saying it’s not important to tell now, 92 percent of American mothers do that story or explore impact on families or just that.

The vital reality of having Melissa what it can mean for the child themselves, Reilly among us represents the experi- but it may not have a huge impact in a soences of other Down syndrome survivors ciety that’s so obsessed with perfect chilin three recent surveys by doctors at dren, competition, better performance Boston’s prestigious Children’s Hospital. and plastic surgery enhancement.”

Still, Skotko concludes: “These results Author of the lead study, as Taylor reports, is Dr. Brian Skotko, a clinical fel- will be quite shocking to many Americans, low in genetics at Children’s Hospital. It who might have some misperceptions is his hope — and mine — that “the re- about what it means to have Down synsearch on more than 3,000 Down syn- drome. Family members have spoken and drome patients and family members have said life is positive with Down synpublished in the October edition of the drome.”

I now call upon Dr. Jerome Lejeune, American Journal of Medical Genetics, will serve to better inform expectant par- discoverer of trisomy 21, the defective ents and clinicians providing prenatal chromosome in Down syndrome. In The care” so that the other looming test will Lancet, one of the leading medical maganot condemn countless other Melissa zines in the world, he wrote on Jan. 5, 1980: Reillys to death.

“The whole history of medicine is at If this is the first you are reading of what may well become this mass rescue hand to answer any … death-doctor. of American lives, the indication is that Those who delivered humanity from much of our instant media has found plague and rabies were not those who other more titillating subjects on which to burned the plague-stricken alive in their houses or suffocated rabid patients beconcentrate.

Skotko found “that among siblings ages tween mattresses. … Victory against 12 and older, 97 percent expressed feel- Down syndrome — curing children of the ings of pride about their brother or sister ill-effect of their genetic overdose — may with Down syndrome and 88 percent not be too far off, if only the disease is atwere convinced they were (themselves) tacked, not the babies” (my book, “InsistKathryn Lopez is the editor of National Review Online better people because of their sibling with ing on Life,” Human Life Review, 2005).

Melissa Reilly was not attacked. She (www.nationalreview.com). She can be contacted at Down syndrome.” often travels around the country inspirAnd dig this about a third study of how klopez@nationalreview.com. adults with Down syndrome feel about ing not only Down syndrome children and themselves: “99 percent responded they adults but also showing the rest of us that Moderately Confused were happy with their lives, 97 percent using death as a form of therapy for parliked who they are, and 96 percent liked ents reveals what we are becoming as a people. how they looked.”

It’s not too late for us to change.

Testimony from Melissa Reilly: “I love my life 100 percent,” she said, explaining Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned that her brothers’ and sister’s friends are her friends, too, and she accompanies authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Rethem on outings and vacations.

“I love my life for the things I do, and porters Committee for Freedom of the the places I go. We are one happy, loving Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow. family.”

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on extermination of Down syndrome kids.)

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Excerpts of recent editorials of state and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The (Findlay) Courier, Nov. 28 Sometimes it takes time for our nation’s laws to catch up with technology.

That’s seems to be the case as the U.S. Supreme Court explores law enforcement’s use of GPS tracking. By placing the small devices on motor vehicles, police can now accurately map wherever a vehicle travels. …

The high court heard arguments recently, and is expected to rule by spring in a case involving nightclub owner Antoine Jones, who has been sentenced to life in prison on a drug conviction.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., threw out the conviction, ruling FBI agents and local police did not have a valid search warrant when they installed a GPS device on Jones’ car and collected travel information over 28 days.

The device helped authorities link Jones to a suburban house used to stash money and drugs. …

The issue for the high court is whether police need a warrant before planting such devices on a car. …

Certainly, police should have use of the emerging technology, including GPS, to do their job as efficiently as possible.

But, if a situation is serious enough to need to watch someone electronically day and night, then a judge should have to approve it.

It stands to reason, if a warrant is too bothersome for police to pursue, then a case most likely isn’t that important in the first place.

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Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Mom fears her future plans have cast a Adele, Mars, Foos get 6 pall on the present NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer

It was Adele’s year, and the Grammy when Awards are revealed next February, it very well may be her night.

But on Wednesday the British night, songstress shared in the Grammy nominations glory. While she was nominated for six trophies, including album of the year for “21” and record and song of the year for her bitter groove “Rolling in the Deep,” Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters also received six each, and it was Kanye West who was the night’s top leader, with seven nominations.

West was nominated for song of the year for his allstar anthem “All of the Lights,” which featured everyone from Rihanna to Elton John. But even though the album from which it came, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” heralded an epic album by critics when it was released last year, it was not featured in the best album category (so far, no obligatory West rant has surfaced in response).

Bon Iver, the folky indie rock act that was a key part of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”

and received a popularity boost from its association with Kanye, was one of the night’s big winners, receiving four nominations, including for best artist, and song and record of the year for “Holocene.” And last year’s critical darlings, Mumford & Sons, were once again nominated, receiving among their bids for song and record of the year for “The Cave.”

Other multiple nominees were Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Radiohead, and dubstep artist Skrillex, who landed a bid for best new artist among his surprising five nominations.

Among the evening’s biggest eye-openers were the artists not mentioned in certain categories. Taylor Swift, who won best album in 2010 for “Fearless” and was considered to be a key favorite for her multiplatinum “Speak Now,” only got her three nominations in the country fields, and Tony Bennett, who had a feel-good story as his “Duets II” album made him the oldest act to debut an album at No. 1 at age 85, was not nominated for album of the year, as some critics had predicted.

West’s joint album with Jay-Z, “Watch the Throne,” was also ignored for best album.

Mars, who like Adele was nominated in all the top three categories — record, album and song of the year — was estatic about his night. He was nominated for song and record of the year for “Grenade,” album for “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” and best pop solo performance, among other bids.

“It feels incredible. Me and these guys, we locked ourselves in the studio not too far from here and worked on this album, especially ‘Grenade.’ That’s the song we worked the hardest on. That’s like our trophy right there. Of all the songs we’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of this year, we were most proud of that one,” Mars said after the nominations, some of which were announced in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre as part of the Recording Academy’s hour-long concert nominations special.

Mars, who was part of the CBS special, along with Rihanna, Lady Gaga, The Band Perry and others, also got key nominations last year. But he said of

awards: “I’m trying to get used to it. It’s hard for me, because Adele is incredible.

Kanye West is incredible.

All these people are just incredible and they all offer something different, so the fact that this album got recognized and is being categorized alongside these acts, that’s the craziest part, because I’m a fan of all of this music.”

The academy seemed to be fans of a wide variety of music as well. They top categories honored rap, pop, indie music, folk and dance.

Adele’s “21” is the year’s top-selling album with more than 4.5 million albums sold, and the singersongwriter’s mournful post-breakup album produced smash hits like the torch ballad “Someone Like You.” Besides “21,” the best album candidates inclduded Lady Gaga; Gaga garnered her third straight nod in the category for “Born This Way,” while veteran rockers the Foo Fighters were nominated for “Wasting Light,” along with Mars’ debut album, and Rihanna’s steamy dance album “Loud.”

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4. Two diamonds. Bidding one club first and following up with two diamonds constitutes a “reverse.” Reverses show hands that contain at least 17 points, including distributional features. They also guarantee holding greater length in the first

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— LIKES TO SMELL live a long and happy life.

THE ROSES IN TENNESSEE DEAR ABBY: My mother lives in an asDEAR LIKES TO sisted living community in the memory care unit. SMELL THE ROSES: During a recent visit, I be- Unless your husband is a came upset because the Marine drill sergeant, I care staff addressed my think you’re right. mom as “Granny,” Dear Abby is written by “Grandma,” “Mamma,” etc. Mother struggles with Abigail Van Buren, also as Jeanne the time of day, the day of known and was the week and sometimes Phillips, forgets who we are — so I founded by her mother, don’t see the benefit of Pauline Phillips. Write using names other than Dear Abby at www.Dearher own. I think it is dis- Abby.com or P.O. Box respectful, unacceptable 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. and unprofessional.

When I asked the attendant to please address Mom as “Mrs. Smith” or “Ms. Ann,” she laughed and said, “Granny wouldn’t know who I was talking to if I called her by those names.” My siblings and I took this issue to the director, who told us we shouldn’t be hurt and that the staff was showing our mom she is loved.

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have been much more promising. The heart response warns of a possible misfit, and until a suit fit is discovered, you should tread very gingerly. A rebid of three clubs (16 to 18 points) over one heart might result in missing a game in spades; two clubs would run the same risk while severely understating your values.

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Is tech friend or foe to Santa Claus?

NEW YORK (AP) Kids can video chat with Santa, follow him on Twitter or enlist NORAD to track his every move online. And yet in many ways, technology may be making it harder for parents to keep their children believing in the jolly old elf.

At nearly every turn, the Internet threatens to blow the fat man’s cover.

Practically any schoolchild can type “Is Santa real?” into Google. And just a few clicks can bring youngsters to websites that sell customized letters from the North Pole or offer advice on how Mom and Dad can fool the kids into believing in old St. Nick.

“I have a love-hate relationship with technology and Santa,” said Kristi Kovalak, a mom in St. Louis. “The beauty of Santa is the not knowing.

Technology is all about knowing, and knowing this instant. I swear, Google is the nemesis of the North Pole.”

She embraces digital life daily but stays far away from cyber-Santa for her two boys, ages 5 and 11.

“We don’t do robo-calls.

We don’t submit lists to Santa online. I don’t have tracking apps on my

phone,” she said. “Too much proof means you then have to explain away when the next crazy thing contradicts it.”

Kevin Grout and his wife had a close call recently while watching a Santa Claus parade on TV with their children, ages 6, 4 and 5 months. A commercial came on for a website that creates email greetings from Santa. They switched channels just in time.

“We’re definitely in this boat, primarily with our oldest. She’s a smart cookie,” said Grout, of St. Catharines, Ontario. “It was clear to me a poor strategy to run it during a Santa Claus parade when many kids would be tuned in.”

Santa sites can easily be found by any kid with an iPad. Igco.com, for example, screams: “Discover our acclaimed letter from Santa, phone call from Santa, Santa evidence kits and official good list certificate. Make your children’s eyes pop out of their heads this Christmas!” (Parents might have fun explaining away the Santa boot print kit, complete with a plastic template and a shaker full of snow crystals, for $15.99.)

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This screen shot made on Friday, Nov. 25, shows the Santatelevision.com website. At Santatelevision.com, where Lapland and other Santa-related environs are promoted, a banner headline urges parents to order letters from St. Nick mailed right there from his backyard in Finland.

Over at Santa.com is a menu of prices for letters from Santa. There’s a fancy one on a scroll for $19.99 and a simple postcard for nearly $3.

(Mommy, why does Santa charge?)

Enter the search query “Is Santa real?” and up comes an entry on a psychology site about the dreaded question itself and how parents who are trying to keep the Santa secret live in fear this

time of year.

Kyla Kelim of Fairhope, Ala., caught her oldest, a 9-year-old boy, on her iPad playing Santa sleuth a week or so ago.

“We’re so close with him this year, not believing,” she said. “He was Googling ‘Santa,’ and I saw him type the word ‘myth’ when I grabbed it and said no electronics.

I’m constantly having to follow my phone and iPad and stuff around right now. We’re trying not to debunk Santa for our 7year-old.”

Not all parents are worried technology will destroy the magic.

Dad Brian Searl in Ormond Beach, Fla., keeps the Santa secret for his 7year-old daughter through apps that offer Santa video chat and recorded calls from the big guy. “It isn’t getting harder. The methods are just different,” he said.

And what happens when she’s older? He said he might go retro and haul out the movie “Elf” with Will Ferrell, the one SANTA.COM/AP PHOTO “where the sleigh doesn’t This screen shot made on Friday, Nov. 25, shows the Santa.com website. At Santa.com, a few clicks lays it have enough power beall out on a page with a menu of prices for customizable letters from Santa. cause people don’t believe.”

Other parents, though, are finding that in some ways, it was easier to maintain the Santa myth before high-speed Internet.

When Kimberly Porrazzo’s boys, now in their 20s, were little, she and her husband jingled sleigh bells outside their kids’ bedroom windows on Christmas Eve, and Dad took to the roof to make scampering hoof sounds.

When one of the boys was still a believer at 12, she broke the news gently before some playground skeptic did it for her. The Lake Forest, Calif., mother turned the experience into a little book she self-published, “The Santa Secret: The Truth About Santa Claus.”

“Now, with technology, all the various opinions on whether or not he exists are more readily available to children beyond asking their parents,” she said. “It’s likely they will Google rather than asking their parents. That’s why parents need to share the secret on their terms.”

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dreds of one-of-a-kind gifts for that special someone on their list. This year’s show will include 60 juried artisans with unique naturerelated items from jewelry to soy candles, homemade biscotti to sock monkeys,

felted mittens to bird feeders, rock sculptures to children’s books. Along with the shopping, visitors may enjoy refreshments, hiking the nature trails and visiting with the center’s wildlife ambassadors. Visit

the gift wrap booth filled with natural kraft paper and raffia ribbon.

Take a break from the hustle and bustle with a cup of shade-grown coffee and a piece of homemade pie served on real plates

with real forks. And take a whole pie home for the holidays at the ‘Pies for Possums’ booth.

Admission is free so spend those extra few dollars on some raffle tickets to win items donated by

the artisans and support our mission of wildlife conservation through environmental education.

Drawings take place throughout the day and you do not have to be present to win.

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Bookmobile back on the road New vehicle starts making its rounds

BY MELANIE YINGST Ohio Community Media myingst@tdnpublishing.com MIAMI COUNTY — Troy-Miami County Public Library’s bookmobile is on the road again.

St. John’s Preschool, 126 S. Walnut St., was the first official stop of the TroyMiami County Library’s brand new bookmobile Thursday.

Sarah Simon, library assistant, helped children check out a variety of books, including holidaythemed readers, from the new state-of-the-art vehicle.

“The people we visit really appreciate it,” Simon said.

St. John’s preschool teachers Melissa Wells and Melissa Stanley brought their students aboard the new bookmobile to explore the new library on wheels.

Students were the first official patrons of the bookmobile.

“We are so thankful and the kids are very excited when the bookmobile is here,” Wells said. Wells said the bookmobile stops at the preschool help put books into the hands of children that may not be frequent visitors of the library.

The bookmobile has been a notable feature of booklovers in Miami County and the surrounding area since 1939 and is the current version is the library’s sixth bookmobile.

Wells said when the bookmobile was out of service for a period of time, she and other teachers would

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St. John’s Preschool teacher Melissa Stanley helps students including Carson Smith, left, Gabriel Cole and Hailey Lightner pick out two books Thursday during a visit by the new Miami County Public Library Bookmobile. lug stacks of books to and from the library themselves to keep a fresh supply of reading material in the classroom and into their students’ hands.

“The kids learn all about the books themselves — like the binding, the borrowing (process) besides reading the actual book,” Wells said.

Stanley’s class even christened the bookmobile with its first song, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” after students had received their books.

“Boys and girls, what do you think about the new bookmobile?” Stanley said.

The class of six smiled and carefully picked out their books before heading back to their classroom.

The bookmobile’s driver, Julia Karnhem, said many

visitors tell her how much they appreciate the service.

“We had people come in and say ‘We missed you so much,’” Karnhem said as she helped Simon check out the books for the students.

“We help a wide variety of people at nursing homes, day cares and schools have access to books that may be shut-in otherwise.”

The new bookmobile is 30 feet 6 inches long with a Ford F550 cab and controls.

It is capable of carrying about 2,700 items.

“I’m still getting used to driving it,” Karhnem said with a laugh. “It’ll be a big day for us.”

Simon said one aspect of the bookmobile residents can take of advantage of is the ability to drop off any books that were checked out at any of the library’s

branches to the bookmobile.

“We can take any books from any branch back to the library for people. If the book is from the Dayton library or the (Pleasant Hill) Oakes-Beitman branch or any branch that needs returned, we can do that for them here on the bookmobile,” Simon said.

The Troy Foundation recently awarded Troy-Miami County Public Library $50,000 to supplement funds saved by the library over the past decades to fund a new bookmobile.

The new bookmobile is a “demo” bookmobile, costing $150,000, which is significantly less than the base price of a new vehicle, which is $205,350.

The vehicle replaces the current vehicle purchased

in 1994. Both vehicles are from Farber Specialty Vehicles of Columbus and both are Extremely Low Floor (ELF) models, meaning they are lower to the ground and have a wide entrance door, making the vehicle accessible to those in wheelchairs.

The bookmobile’s target population includes underserved county residents: the frail elderly, multiple handicapped children, youth and adults; institutionalized residents; preschool children; and patrons living in neighborhoods and crossroads in remote areas of the county.

Bookmobile stops include Troy Christian School, Bethel Schools, Miami East Schools, senior care facilities, and community/neighborhood sites.

Stops include West Central Juvenile Detention Center, David L. Brown, the Elizabeth Township Community Center, RT Industries, Tip Top Farms, and several preschools and daycare centers, including head start facilities.

In March 2011, the bookmobile served 24 preschool/daycares; five senior care facilities; three schools; eight special needs/special education groups; and 41 community neighborhood sites. The Outreach Services staff of two full-time and one parttime person also assembled 16 teacher collections.

Using their own vehicles, the Outreach Services department also provides delivery service of library materials to seniors who are unable to leave their residence and currently serves 26 residents.

For a complete list of bookmobile stops and other outreach programs, visit www.troypubliclibrary.org

Elderly woman’s death ruled not homicide Victim found in SpringMeade pond in Tipp City

BY JOYELL NEVINS Ohio Community Media TIPP CITY — It is now clear that the drowning of 82-year-old Irmgard Stickel in the SpringMeade Retirement Community pond was not a homicide, according to Tipp City Police Department Detective Sgt.Chris

Graham.

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Nov. 26, Stickel was seen leaving her residence, presumably for her scheduled 9 a.m. activity. When she didn’t show up at the activity, the SpringMeade staff led an informal search to find her. They found her body in the pond behind the HealthCenter about 9:20 a.m.

Although the incident is still under investigation, Graham and the coroner have determined there was no gross negli-

gence by SpringMeade, nor was Stickel suffering from a serious medical condition. Once the autopsy results are in, the coroner will rule the cause of death either a suicide or an accident.

“I’ve been backtracking her last four weeks,” said Graham, “Interviewing people to get a sense of who she was and what she was doing out there.”

Stickel was native of Germany. She married a World War II veteran and came to America to start a new life with him. She

moved into SpringMeade in 1996, following the death of her husband.

Graham described her as a “very independent person.”

SpringMeade has since put up a makeshift fence around the pond. This is the first time someone has passed away from drowning there, and administrator Phil Crawford extends SpringMeade’s condolences.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the resident’s family and friends,” he said.

West Milton woman accused of having sex with teens

Biden: Iraq ready to go it alone WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday “we’re not claiming victory” in Iraq, but he believes the emerging government in Baghdad is capable of defending itself.

Interviewed on NBC’s “Today” show from Iraq, Biden was asked about

the impact of the U.S. combat troop withdrawal, likely to be complete within weeks. He replied, “This is no rush.”

Biden added that in the three years of the Obama administration, “We’ve done this in a way that nobody thought could be done.”

formation about the possibility of underage drinking and other illegal activities occurring at the Cooper residence, according to Chief Garry Kimpel.

Kimpel said through a series of interviews, police were able to confirm the activities, which allegedly involved friends of her teenage children.

She was arraigned Wednesday and is being held in the Miami County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 8.

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Senate backs military custody of terror suspects WASHINGTON (AP) — Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate moved methodically Thursday to complete a massive defense bill that would deny suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation’s borders, the right to trial and subject them to indefinite detention.

The Senate rejected an effort by Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein to limit a military custody requirement for suspects to those captured outside the United States.

The vote was 55-45. Feinstein, D-Calif., said her goal was to ensure “the military won’t be roaming our streets looking for suspected terrorists.”

The issue divided Democrats with nine senators, many facing re-election next year, breaking with the leadership and administration to vote against the amendment. Republicans held firm, with only Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mark Kirk of Illinois and Mike Lee of Utah backing Feinstein’s effort.

Overall, the deficitdriven bill would authorize $662 billion for military personnel, weapons systems, national security programs in the Energy Department and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Reflecting a period of austerity and a winding down of decade-old conflicts, the bill is $27 billion less than what President Barack Obama requested and $43 billion less than what Congress gave the Pentagon this year.

The Senate pushed to finish the bill by day’s end. Its version must be reconciled with a Housepassed measure in the final weeks of the congressional session.

In an escalating fight with the White House, the bill would ramp up the role of the military in handling terror suspects.

The bill’s language challenges citizens’ rights under the Constitution, tests the boundaries of executive and legislative branch authority and sets up a showdown with the Democratic commander in chief.

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In this Oct. 6 photo, Collin Nunn-Strassner, a sixth-grader at Kelleys Island Local School, reads with teacher Shannon Leary in Kelleys Island. Nunn-Strassner is one of eight students enrolled in the school during this school year. While the island property wealth provides plenty of funding, the school still has fixed costs to pay, whether it has 8 students or 80. Like any school district, the bulk of that goes to the salaries and benefits of its staff.

Phil Thiede said. “It’s publicly funded homeschooling.”

For more than a century, that model worked just fine. The population of the island and its historic brick schoolhouse ebbed and flowed like the waves of Lake Erie, but it always held steady.

In recent years, however, it has slowly evaporated.

The photographs of past graduating classes much less become crowded as visitors walk down the halls that bear Green Devils logos. Since the limestone quarry stopped operating in 2007, there’s been little construction on the island and few jobs.

The school’s staff seems to know all too well they might be on borrowed time.

There are no babies or young children on the island to take the place of the graduates, they point out.

While the island’s property wealth provides plenty of funding, the school still has fixed costs to pay, whether it

Put-In-Bay School Superintendent Steve Poe talks to kindergarten students in Jennifer Troiano’s class on South Bass Island. has 8 students or 80.

Like any school district, the bulk of that goes to the salaries and benefits of its staff.

The school has spent a little more than $600,000 on salaries and benefits in each of the past three years and scaled that back slowly as students left. It plans to spend about $100,000 less on staff costs in the upcoming year, according to its five-year forecast. That includes wages for three

teachers whose salaries average about $50,800, as well as a secretary, parttime custodian, a curriculum director and counselor who each work on an as-needed basis and an art teacher who works one day a week.

It doesn’t sound like much.

But when you only have five students at the building each day, it all boils down to more than $83,000 per student the highest per-pupil spend-

Auto sales brisk in November Consumers opt to replaced older vehicles DETROIT (AP) — People are finally replacing the cars and trucks they held on to during the economic slump, giving a big boost to U.S. auto sales in November.

Chrysler, Ford, Nissan and Hyundai were among the companies reporting double-digit gains from last November, which is normally a lackluster

month because of colder weather and holiday distractions. This November, buyers were lured by good deals, improving confidence in the economy and the need to trade in older cars.

“Consumers are just starting to say ‘it’s time to start spending money again,’ ” says Larry Dominique, executive vice president of data for the TrueCar.com automotive website.

An early blitz of holiday advertising helped convince some people that it

was a good time to buy.

Ken Czubay, Ford’s vice president for U.S. sales, says dealers saw the same rise in sales that other merchants did on Black Friday and the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Industry sales rose 14 percent to 994,721, according to Autodata Corp.

It was also the fastest sales pace since August 2009, when the government offered big rebates for drivers to trade in their gas-guzzling clunkers. U.S. sales would hit 13.6 million this year if

they stayed at the same pace they did in November. That’s a far better rate than the 12.6 million in the first 10 months of this year.

Car companies expected sales to improve as people who held on to cars during the economic downturn return to the market. The average age of a car on U.S. roads is a record 10.6 years, according to Polk, an auto industry research firm. And the rate of cars that are scrapped has surpassed sales for several years.

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Most public schools in the area spend less than $10,000 per student each year. Kelleys Island Schools’ neighbor, Put-inBay, paid about $29,000 to educate each of its nearly 80 students.

That begs the question: At what point will the Kelleys Island school have too few students to justify its costs?

Ohio woman rescued DEFIANCE (AP) — A northwest Ohio woman whose car was swept away by high water on a windy, snowy roadway was rescued after authorities used global positioning to track her cell phone.

The Crescent-News of Defiance reports 34-fouryear-old Ann Mallett says she was routed onto an unfamiliar road Tuesday night and her car floated into a group of trees.

Mallet, of Sherwood, was stranded for about half an hour, sitting on a window sill as water reached her chest.

She had spent several minutes trying to call for help on the new cell phone before reaching a dispatcher who sent her rescuers.

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The students nod as they take notes. Each sits at his own large table, strewn with his belongings. There’s a conspicuous absence of note-passing, pencilthrowing and chatter.

The class discussion of geographic isolation is somewhat ironic for these teens, who are surrounded by water and live with fewer than 100 people year-round.

Their entire school has eight students and, they lament, only two are girls.

One is a high school junior who travels to the mainland each day to attend the EHOVE career center with two other boys; the other is in third grade.

“That’s one of the downs,” laughs Layne McNeal, 13, who moved to the island six years ago with his missionary parents. “That’s what tourist season is for.”

There are, of course, some obvious perks to life at the Kelleys Island school.

Graduation rates of 100 percent for 30 years and 100 percent passage of state tests, year after year.

Safety.

Highly individualized attention.

“There’s basically a teacher for every student,” superintendent

Recognizing that the student population has reached a critical low, the school tried opening its doors to students on the mainland last spring.

It boasted its high test scores, unmatchable student-teacher ratio and individualized curriculum.

Last year’s two graduates completed enough college credits to start college a full semester ahead of their peers.

Those selling points were enough to generate interest from eight families, Thiede said, but not enough to convince anyone to make the switch.

The district even offered to pay the hefty costs of transportation sending children back and forth on the ferry each day, flying them when the frigid winters hardened the water.

But parents still had to find a way to make it to either Marblehead or Port Clinton by 7 a.m.

For some, that meant the Edison crossing Bridge each day, a nerveracking ordeal when it’s slick with ice.

Parents also worried about potentially leaving their children on an island overnight if a snowstorm bore down and kept everyone stranded.

It’s not a frequent occurrence, but many island kids can recall the disappointment of missing a field trip or wrestling match on the mainland because of grounded flights.

The board even offered to screen a few residents and keep them on standby to house the students in bad weather, but that still required parents to trust their kids to a stranger.

Since open enrollment hasn’t panned out, the district will look at its back-up plans this spring.

If it can’t attract new students, it could send its students to another school while keeping its board intact, paying that district to provide services.

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HOROSCOPE Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 In the year ahead, you could become involved in a new enterprise that might be huge, but is nevertheless quite promising. Even if early signals are a bit discouraging, if you stay with it, you will eventually succeed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Before starting another project, be sure to first finish what you’ve already begun. Focus and follow-through become difficult when you have too many things going on at the same time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Be extremely selective regarding whose counsel you follow. Going with the wrong advice could cause minor complications to turn into very serious ones.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Warning signs are all over your chart, telling you that going to the wrong adviser could cause complications that would turn into grave impediments.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Subdue any kind of inclinations that invite distraction. Chances are they would cause you to waver in your pursuit of an objective, when you should be giving your full attention.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — By pretending you know a lot about something when in reality you know little, you could get yourself in an embarrassing position when asked to explain it to others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If a friend of yours attempts to pry some confidential information out of you, hold firm in keeping mum. If this particular info morsel were to be circulated, you’d be blamed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — All being difficult will get you is a loss of support from your friends. Don’t be your own worst enemy; build bridges, don’t burn them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Take it slow when engaged in something important that could produce many future rewards, and make sure you do everything right. Patience will get you where you want to go much quicker than haste.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — When caught up in something that is not directly under your control, it behooves you to be on guard. You could easily be blamed for another’s mistake and be forced to rectify it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t get caught up in airing a disagreement with your spouse in front of others.

Having an audience would only make matters worse as each of you tries to look like the blameless party.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Conditions are such where a gadget, tool, material or a method could easily cause you to run amok if you’re not totally familiar with its intricacies. Get quality instructions first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Impulsiveness on your part could cause you to purchase an expensive piece of merchandise for which you currently have little use but hope one day to have.

Wait to buy it until you actually need it.

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Please send both resumes by Fax: (614)863-3006 or Email: recruitingoh@ cmc-apts.com DIESEL MECHANICS

SERVICE TECHS

TravelCenters of America in Wapakoneta is now hiring experienced diesel mechanics and service techs. We offer flexible schedules with openings on all shifts.

Please apply in our shop department @ 1775 Bellefontaine St Wapakoneta, OH

No phone calls please

HOUSEKEEPER Troy family seeks full time experienced housekeeper.

Includes complete cleaning of home and office, normal household duties, extensive ironing.

References and background check required.

Excellent salary and benefits. Apply in person at: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City.

LABOR: $9.50/ Hour.

CDL DRIVERS: $11.50/ Hour. Training provided.

Apply: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City.

(937)667-1772

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Take the time to send Coach Nolan off with a special memory, thank you or well wishing.

Coach, I can only hope that what I learned from you, I can teach my own sons: hard work, dedication and teamwork.

Bailey Louise Hamblin

Timothy Wells #78, Class of 1992

November 11, 2010

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PIQUA DAILY CALL • PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM 305 Apartment

1144 Fisher Dr., Piqua, OH 45356

2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

(937) 339-1902

WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $475 month, Lease by 12-15, FREE GIFTCARD, (937)216-4233.

315 Condos for Rent

LOVELY TROY, 2 bedroom condo, 1.5 bath, private parking, washer/ dryer hook-up. Appliances. $575. (937)335-5440

320 Houses for Rent

2 BEDROOM trailer at Stillwater Beach Campground. $350.

(937)473-5563

FLETCHER, 75 North Walnut, 4/5 bedroom, $500 month, $500 deposit C/A, no pets, (937)335-8084.

NEWLY RENOVATED, master suite, hardwood flooring, fireplace, modern kitchen, partial basement, appliances, 2 car detached garage, fenced yard. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, two story, brick. $970. orrfelt@orrfelt.com.

(937)371-9142.

PIQUA, 2935 Delaware Circle, 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, all appliances, No pets, $880 monthly, 1 year lease, (937)778-0524

PIQUA, 520 Miami Street, small 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, central air, $550, (937)418-8912.

TROY, Troy-Sidney Rd, 3 bedrooms, $700 monthly plus electric, newly remodeled, hardwood/ carpet floors, heated tile, oak trim, central air (937)524-2061

325 Mobile Homes for Rent

NEAR BRADFORD in country 3 bedroom trailer, $350. Also 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375. (937)417-7111, (937)448-2974

400 - Real Estate

545 Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD, $125 a core pick up, $150 a core delivered, $175 a core delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237

FIREWOOD, $50 Truckload, delivered, split, seasoned hardwood, (937)596-6544

FIREWOOD for sale. All seasoned hardwood, $150 per cord split/ delivered, (937)844-3756.

SEASONED FIREWOOD $165 per cord. Stacking extra, $135 you pick up.

Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047

560 Home Furnishings

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, with Lighted bookcases, excellent condition, dark oak color, will deliver within Sidney, asking $1,000.

Call (937)492-0494

LIFT CHAIR, electric, gently used 6 months, soft khaki upholstery, push button control, $299.

(937)778-1183 for further details.

POOL TABLE, Slate 44x88, oak pedestal legs, leather pockets, slate bed with accessories. $500.

(937)339-0460 leave message and phone number.

TELEVISION, 36" Toshiba, picture in picture. Includes stand. $200.

(937)778-0906

570 Lawn and Garden

RIDING MOWER, John Deere.

Like new, with cover and 2 wheel rider trailer, with self propelled push mower and attached leaf sweeper.

(937)335-3202

577 Miscellaneous

CHRISTMAS TREE, 9.5', slim. $75. (937)473-9833 Call after 2pm.

CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, playpen, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, bears, more.

(937)339-4233

For Sale 410 Commercial

4 UNIT Apartment Building on Wayne Street, Troy. Single bedroom, non-smoking, no pets. 5 car detached garage.

Clearing 8% plus priced to sell.

(937)603-7529, 8am-5pm

SPA Hot Springs Sovereign Spa. 6 adults, 230W, 50AMP, 335 Gallon. New retractable vinyl cover bought in September. $2550.

(937)492-2443

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in the Sidney Plaza next to Save-A-Lot VENDORS WELCOME

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

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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.

or (937) 238-HOME

675 Pet Care

Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence

CALL CALL TODAY!335-5452 335-5452 635 Farm Services

625 Construction

AMISH CREW A&E Construction

Amish Crew Pole BarnsErected Prices:

We do...

Pole Barns • New Homes Roofs • Garages • Add Ons Cement Work • Remodeling Etc.

•30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900 •40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000 ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!

Any type of Construction: Roofing, remodeling, siding, add-ons, interior remodeling and cabintets, re-do old barns, new home construction, etc.

(419) 203-9409

AMISH CREW Will do roofing, siding, windows, doors, dry walling, painting, porches, decks, new homes, garages, room additions.

30 Years experience Amos Schwartz (260)273-6223

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Center hours 6am 11:55pm Center hoursnow 6 a.m. to 6top.m.

Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992

Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration

Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

937-335-6080

260-410-6454

CHORE BUSTER

Horseback Riding Lessons

Handyman Services

(937) 339-7222

Holiday Special Buy 4 lessons & GET 1 FREE • No experience required.

• Adults & Children ages 5 & up • Gift Certificates Available • Major Credit Cards Accepted Flexible Schedule Nights & Weekends 937-778-1660 www.sullenbergerstables.com

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

AK Construction Commercial / Residential • New Roof & Roof Repair • Painting • Concrete • Hauling • Windows & Doors • New Rubber Roofs

(937) 473-2847 Pat Kaiser (937) 216-9332

660 Home Services

To Place An Ad In The Service Directory Call:

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starting at $

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(See Us For Do-It-Yourself Products) For 75 Years

Since 1936

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Free Inspections

640 Financial

All Types of Interior/Exterior Construction & Maintenance

937-492-ROOF

Bankruptcy Attorney Emily Greer

CERAMIC TILE AND HOME REPAIRS RON PIATT Owner/Installer

“All Our Patients Die”

Sparkle Clean Cleaning Service

Licensed & Insured

937-489-9749 In Memory Of Morgan Ashley Piatt

Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured

937-620-4579 • Specializing in Chapter 7 • Affordable rates • Free Initial Consultation

660 Home Services

700 Painting

Tammy Welty (937)857-4222

CURTIS PAINTING & HOME REPAIR Interior/Exterior Painting Commercial/Residential Svc. Vinyl Siding & Soffet Drywall/ Plaster Repair Carpentry, and Basement Remodeling Services Available Fully Insured 21 Years Experience

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TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, No dogs $475. (937)339-6776.

GAS TANK, approx 300 gal round, pump and nozzle, $150 (937)368-5009

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Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts

1684 Michigan Ave.

937-335-4425 937-287-0517

I am a debt relief agency. I help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 2239628

630 Entertainment

HALL(S) FOR RENT! Booking now for 2011 and 2012

715 Blacktop/Cement

645 Hauling

COOPER’S GRAVEL

scchallrental@midohio.twcbc.com

(937)454-6970

Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

875-0153 698-6135 MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

COOPER’S BLACKTOP

937-573-4737

PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms

• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors

• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions

CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE

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TROY, 509-1/2 East Main. Large, clean 1 bedroom upstairs, most appliances, near downtown. $475 month + utilities, deposit, possible monthly lease. (937)207-7306.

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

Flea Market

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TROY, 2 bedroom townhouse, 845 N. Dorset.

1.5 baths, carport, appliances, washer/ dryer hookup, water, $585.

(937)239-0320 www.miamicounty properties.com

REFRIGERATOR, Samsung RF265AA (25.8 cu. ft.), bottom freezer, French door, like new. All white, very clean, adjustable glass shelves.

French style doors are great and freezer is huge!

Must sell. $450 kristinegrangaard@yahoo.com.

(408)483-9539.

670 Miscellaneous

Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns

LEARNING CENTER

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(937)673-1821

(937)339-7333

Sidney

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

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$200 Deposit Special!

937-492-5150

KIDZ TOWN

REFRIGERATOR, 26.0 cu. ft. Frigidaire side by side, black, ice and water dispenser, 3 years old. $500 or best offer.

(937)773-4419

“A CUT ABOVE THE REST”

CALL TODAY! (937)418-4712 or (937)710-5277

510 Appliances

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 month.

Voted #1 in Shelby County

by Sidney Daily News Readers

FREE ES AT ESTIM

• 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

CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK

• Pruning • Cabling & • Stump Bracing Removal • Lot Cleaning • Trimming • Storm Damage • Dead Wooding FREE Estimates • Fully Insured

Gutters • Doors • Remodel

K I D S P L AC E INFANTS 0-2 YEARS 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK

665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

Roofing • Siding • Windows

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500 - Merchandise

that work .com

620 Childcare

655 Home Repair & Remodel

Continental Contractors

in

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PIQUA, 439 Adams Street, downstairs 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, stove, no pets, $450, (937)418-8912.

2355 Wapakoneta Ave (across from Carriage Hill Apts.), Saturday, 9am-1pm. INSIDE SALE! Lots of NEW items & stocking stuffers!

Bar lights, large selection hand tools, new Christmas lights, electrical & plumbing items, dining tables, men's & women's 1X-3X clothing.

655 Home Repair & Remodel

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PIQUA, 414 S Main, large 2 bedroom, stove refrigerator $400 monthly, (937)418-8912

SIDNEY

600 - Services

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PIQUA, 313 Broadway, 2 bedroom, downstairs, includes stove & refrigerator, no pets, $400, (937)418-8912.

PIQUA, 2112 Wilshire Drive in Deerfield, Friday and Saturday, 9am-6pm, furniture, antiques, household items, and new Christmas items. LARGE INDOOR ESTATE SALE.

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Service & Business Directory please call: 877-844-8385

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Now leasing to 62 & older!

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

Service&Business

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EHO

Please call: 877-844-8385 to advertise

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Troy Now accepting applications. Senior/ Disabled/ Handicapped Independent Living. Studios, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Amenities include stove, refrigerator, A/C. Deposit and rent based on income.

Call (937)335-6950 TTY (216)472-1884

DIRECTORY

DIRECTORY

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TERRACE RIDGE APARTMENTS

Garage Sale

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HOLIDAY SPECIAL Every new move in on or before December 30th, 2011 will receive $50 gift card

937-875-0153 937-698-6135

577 Miscellaneous

WALKER, hospital table, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, glider rocker, tub grabbers, end table, microwave & toaster ovens, more. (937)339-4233

583 Pets and Supplies

CAT, female, gentle, 2 years old, gray and white, has shots and is spayed.

Free to good home.

(937)773-2329

HAVAMALT PUPPIES, Non shedding, hypo allergenic, designer puppies, beautiful colors, shots, family raised, 8 weeks old on December 23rd, taking deposits now, (937)526-3418

KITTENS, gorgeous! 3 months old. Tabbies, long haired and short haired.

Charcoal and silver stripes. Friendly and litter trained, $10 each.

(937)473-2122

PIT BULLS. 3 blue nose Pit puppies. 2 grey females. 1 fawn (light tan male), blue eyes, 9 weeks old. UKC registered parents, shots, $500 OBO. (661)492-6625 moneyace99@yahoo.com

PictureitSold

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Picture it Sold please call: 877-844-8385 1982 FOURWINNS BOAT

18 ft., 165 OMC Inboard Outboard, runs great. $3000 OBO. (937)524-2724 (513)509-3861 1986 WILDERNESS FLEETWOOD 29', stored inside, 4 new tires, everything works great!

Large awning, excellent condition, like new! A must see!! Asking $3500.

Call (937)418-3516

1999 BUICK CENTURY AWESOME DEAL!!! Only 110,500 miles. 3100 motor.

All electric. A/C. Runs great! Very clean inside and out. Good gas mileage. NICE CAR!! $4500.

(937)726-5605 2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT GREAT condition. 80,000 miles- mostly highway, recently detailed inside and out. Non-smoker and no accidents. All scheduled maintenance performed, $12,500.

Call (937)773-2694 ask for Jennie

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MALTESE 6 months to 3 years, males and females $175-450 with papers also Yorkshire Terriers $400-$500 males and females young adults. Teacup Partipoodle, female $375 and a male $250.

Cash only. (937)332-1370 MINIATURE PINSCHER puppies, vet checked, first shots, tails docked, dew claws removed, ready for Christmas. $200 each.

(937)418-6575

586 Sports and Recreation COLT 45 New Pistol. 80 miltype with holster and box. $800 cash plus proper ID. (937)339-1394

592 Wanted to Buy 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 COSTUME JEWELRY, old, one piece or full jewelry box. Clean out mom's or grandma's. Paying top dollar. (937)773-5653

PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL

L EGAL N OTICE D IRECTORY SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-517 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs.

Phyllis I. Fitzwater, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 4, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-018410 & N44-018390 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 770, page 516 Also known as: 500 Riverside Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

S. Scott Martin, Attorney 12/2, 12/9, 12/16-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-503 JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Seth I. McKinney, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 4, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-054340 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 758, page 527 Also known as: 1706 Nicklin Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Three Thousand and 00/100 ($63,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Maria T. Williams, Attorney 12/2, 12/9, 12/16-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-578 CitiMortgage, Inc. vs.

Timothy W. Fortner, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 4, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Newberry, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H17-022470 Prior Deed Reference: Book 795, page 921 Also known as: 7900 West Miami Shelby Road, Covington, Ohio 45318 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($168,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

S. Scott Martin, Attorney 12/2, 12/9, 12/16-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-646 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs.

Clifford D. Shefbuch, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 4, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-095560 & N44-095480 Also known as: 1409 Broadway Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Five Thousand and 00/100 ($105,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

George J. Annos, Attorney 12/2, 12/9, 12/16-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-486 PNC Bank, National Association, successor by merger to National City Bank, successor by merger to National City Mortgage Co. vs.

Karolyn Dee Wills, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 4, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-046290 Prior Deed Reference: Book 717, page 642 Also known as: 1022 Caldwell Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Elizabeth A. Carullo, Attorney 12/2, 12/9, 12/16-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-416 U.S. Bank, N.A. vs.

William H. Westfall, Individually and as Co-Executor of the Estate of Marilyn L. Haney, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 21, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-012660 Prior Deed Reference: 723, page 123 Also known as: 653 South Wayne Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Two Thousand and 00/100 ($72,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Christopher M. Schwieterman, Attorney 11/18, 11/25, 12/02-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-262 The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc., Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-24 vs.

Justin Doggett aka Justin Lane Doggett, et aal Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-049450 Prior Deed Reference: Book 778, page 701 Also known as: 515 Cherry Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Ninety Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($99,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Ashley R. Carnes, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-222 U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Mortgage Pass Through Certificated, Series 2007-1 vs.

Benjamin D. Davis, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-033140 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 716, page 561 Also known as: 519 Wilson Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Christopher J. Mantica, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-209 PNC Mortgage, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to National City Mortgage, a Division of National City Bank vs.

Barry M. Davis, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-067380 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 789, page 572 Also known as: 1343 Stratford Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($159,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-557 United States of America, acting through the Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture vs.

Perfecto Valverde, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Covington, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H19-011740 Also known as: 319 Adams Street, Covington, Ohio 45318 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Six Thousand and 00/100 ($66,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Stephen D. Miles, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-539 Bank of America, NA successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Deborah K. Clark, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: N44-030830 Prior Deed Reference: Volume no. 756, page 394 Also known as: 349 Young Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Six Thousand and 00/100 ($36,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Bethany L. Suttinger, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-588 Unity National Bank, a Division of The Park National Bank vs.

Bobby J. Young aka Bob J. Young Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 28, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Newberry, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H16-009170 Also known as: 11411 West US Route 36, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($129,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Kyle E. Timken, Attorney 11/25, 12/2, 12/9-2011

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Dayton loses in five sets COLLEGE STATION, Tx. — The Dayton volleyball team took Kentucky to the limit in the opening round of the NCAA volleyball CAMPBELL tournament, losing 25-20, 16-25, 22-25, 25-15, 16-14.

Dayton led the entire fifth set, before Kentucky scored the final four points of the match.

Former Versailles standout Megan Campbell had nine kills and seven blocks.

The Lady Flyers close the season with a 25-7 record.

INSIDE ■ Cribbs tired of losing, page 15.

■ Bengals rookies hit it off, page 15

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

‘All-American’ Accurso Former Miami East star 36th at NCAA nationals

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com ATHENS — Juli Accurso has always been the “All-American” girl.

Now, the former Miami East cross country and track standout, as well as valedictorian, has the title to go with it.

Accurso amazed even herself with her finish to her sophomore cross country season at Ohio University, finishing 36th in the

NCAA national meet in 20:26.3 in the 6K race in Terra Haute, Ind., earning All-American honors.

“Speechless,” Accurso said. “I really don’t know what to say. No, not at all (she didn’t this kind of season coming).”

Nor could anyone else — although nothing Accurso accomplishes is a surprise to those who know her.

And if she can point to anything that changed from her freshman season

at OU, when she finished 32nd in the MAC meet, it would be the strong work ethic that she has always had that led to her breakout season.

“I went out to the Junior Nationals in Oregon last spring,” Accurso said.

“I think that pushed me to take my training to another level. I had a great summer of training and it has just kind of gone from there.”

All-American Girl Who: Juli Accurso The Buzz: The sophomore at Ohio University earned AllAmerican honors with a 36thplace finish in the NCAA women’s cross country national meet.

Breakout Season: Accurso won the MAC meet earlier this season and was sixth at the NCAA Regional meet in Toledo.

See ACCURSO/Page 14

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WPTW 1570 AM will open the basketball broadcast season with the first boys basketball game from Miami East’s gym tonight.

The Vikings host TriCounty North, with a 7:15 p.m. air time.

On Tuesday, the Tippecanoe at Piqua boys basketball game will air at 7:15 p.m.

■ Boosters

PIAB to hold Christmas sale The Piqua Indians Athletic Boosters will be holding a Holiday Spiritwear Sale.

The sale will be Dec. 2 and Dec. 16 from 5-9 p.m. at the Piqua boys basketball home games.

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■ Baseball

Holiday camp in Greenville The Major Holiday Baseball Camp will put on a two-day camp for hitting, pitching, catching and fielding Dec. 29-30 at the Darke County YMCA. The camp is for ages 10-18 and cost of the camp is $95.

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Madison Linn (31) passes the ball past Brooke Dunlevy (22) as Abby Cash (40) follows the play.

East girls win opener Lady Cavs fall to TV

STUMPER

How many Q: games has Bobby Valentine won as a major legue manager?

A:

1,117

QUOTED “He's the definition of a pro. He works at his craft.”

—Dick Jauron on injured Browns linebacker Scott Fujita

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BRADFORD — It took the Miami East Vikings an extra week to get started.

But they looked like they were in midseason form already.

The Vikings opened up their winter season a week late thanks to their extended tournament run in winning the state championship in volleyball in the fall, but they looked as strong as ever in a 94-41 victory at Bradford to open Cross County Conference play.

"With the delayed schedule, our mentality was to clean some things up on offense and defense," Miami East coach Preston Elifritz said. "I thought we executed well."

One area the Vikings (1-0, 1-0 CCC) really cleaned up was on the glass.

Miami East won the rebounding battle 42-19, thanks in large part to double-doubles by both Trina and Ashley Current.

Trina Current had a game-high 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Ashley Current added 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Madison Linn scored 16 points, Angie Mack added nine and Emily Kindell and Abby Cash each scored seven.

"We did the things we wanted to," Elifritz said.

"We got to the line, we were aggressive. I wasn't happy giving up 41 points.

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VANDALIA — The Piqua girls basketball team will host Bethel Saturday night.

The Lady Indians, 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the GWOC North, are coming off a 59-27 loss to Vandalia-Butler Wednesday night.

"We never gave ourselves a chance to compete in the game,” Piqua coach Rory Hoke said. “Butler jumped out to an early lead.

“We did not execute our defensive game plan.

“We wanted to force (Emily) Mowbray and (Julie) Duren to take contested shots, and we let Mowbray hit three uncontested threes in the first quarter, and she finished with 22 points.

“We are not a team that scores a lot of points, so when we dig a big hole like that early, it is tough for us to come back. We did get some solid play from some of our kids coming off the bench.

“Hannah Mowery hit two threes, Kelsey Deal had a couple of putbacks, and Tasha Potts gave us some good minutes in the second half. “"Macy Yount also came off the bench and made same good hustle plays along with three assists.

“Right now, we have to find a way to get a couple of wins and get our confidence going."

Shelby Vogler had eight rebounds, while Potts had six rebounds to go with her five points.

Mowery led Piqua with six points.

Piqua JH falls in four OT’s Buccs split with Russia The Piqua girls eighth grade basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Troy 2625 in four overtimes Thursday.

Kyla Bankenship scored 11 points for Piqua and Reynna Lavey added eight.

PIQUA SCORING Blankenship 11, Lavey 8, Brown 2, Clement 2, Hill 2.

Abby Cash is fouled by Courtney Miller Thursday.

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Bradford’s Alisha Patty goes up for a block against Miami East’s Trina Current Thursday night.

Girls Continued from page 13 3-point field goals — Covington: Cain, “It was kind of a helter- Sargeant nine to lead the Simon 1. skelter second half."

Lady Cavs to a 34-24 ad- Score By Quarters Covington 5 18 22 34 Alisha Patty and vantage on the boards.

Franklin Monroe 7 13 18 25 BOXSCORE Records: Covington 2-1 (1-0), Franklin Brooke Dunlevy each had Lehman (42) Monroe 1-2 (0-1). nine points to pace the Yannucci 1-1-3, Slagle 0-3-3, Williams 01-1, Spearman 11-0-23, Hatcher 1-3-5, Railroaders.

Sargeant 4-6-14. Totals: 17-14-42.

Newton starts 2-0 Miami East faces But- Tri-Village (69) ANSONIA — The NewFalknor 6-0-14, Richards 3-1-7, Thomas ler Saturday.

2-2-8, Ferris 3-2-8, Bruns 0-1-1, Bruner 3- ton Indians are off to a BOXSCORE 2-8, Linkous 9-3-23. Totals: 26-11-69.

Miami East (94) 3-point field goals — Lehman: Spear- fast start this season, Skidmore 2-1-6, Brookhart 0-1-1, Nuss man); Tri-Village : Linkous (2), Falknor (2), knocking off Ansonia 571-2-5, Kindell 1-4-7, Mack 4-0-9, Linn 3-8- Thomas (2).

16, A. Current 5-3-13, T. Current 9-4-22, Score By Quarters 29 Thursday to improve to Cash 3-0-7, Dunivan 4-0-8. Totals: 32-23- Lehman 8 20 37 49 94.

20 28 57 69 2-0.

Tri-Village Bradford (41) Records: Lehman 2-1, Tri-Village 3-0.

Andee Welbaum led the Broughman 2-1-7, Barga 1-0-2, H. Patty way with a game-high 19 2-1-5, A. Patty 3-3-9, Dunlevy 3-3-9, C. Miller 2-0-5, Bates 1-2-4. Totals: 14-10-41. Lady Buccs win 3-point field goals — Miami East: SkidPITSBURG — The Cov- points, Aryn Doseck added more, Nuss, Kindell, Mack, Linn 2, Cash. ington girls basketball 12 points and Trista Lavy Bradford: Broughman (2), C. Miller.

Score By Quarters team held off Franklin scored nine.

Miami East 26 46 67 94 Newton travels to Xenia Bradford 3 16 32 41 Monroe 34-25 in CCC acRecords: Miami East 1-0, 1-0. Bradford tion Thursday, but Lady Christian Saturday.

0-1, 0-1.

Lady Cavs lose NEW MADISON — Lehman suffered its first setback of the season Thursday in girls basketball, losing to a strong TriVillage team 69-49.

“Our girls played extremely hard and I’m proud of them,” Lehman coach Gene Goodwin said.

“We were up against a very good team.”

Lindsey Spearman was outstanding for the Lady Cavs, pouring in 23 points.

Kandis Sargeant added 14, including 6-for-8 from the line.

Paxton Hatcher pulled down 12 rebounds and

and led 17-7 after a quarter. The lead increased to 27-11 at the half.

Kristi Elliott had 12 points and was 6-for-8 from the line for Houston.

Bethany Reister added 10 points.

BOXSCORE Houston (51) Holthaus 1-0-2, Elliott 3-6-12, Roeth 4-08, Reister 4-2-10, Peltier 1-0-2, Phillips 32-8, Stang 1-3-5, Booher 1-2-4. Totals: 18-15-51.

Fairlawn (21) Slonkosky 1-6-8, Roe 2-1-5, Bailey 1-0-2, Cummings 3-0-6. Totals: 7-7-21.

Score By Quarters Houston 17 27 35 51 7 11 13 21 Fairlawn Records: Houston 3-0, Fairlawn 0-3.

Reserve score: Houston 47, Fairlawn 28.

Lady Tigers fall

DETROIT (AP) — Chandler Harnish and Northern Illinois arrived at last year's Mid-American Conference title game with an undefeated league record and a spiffy national ranking.

Then the Huskies were stunned when Miami of Ohio scored a last-minute touchdown to beat them.

Harnish and his teammates worked all season for another chance.

"I feel like this is where my legacy is going to be left," the talented quarterback said. "As a senior class, this is what it's all riding on."

Northern Illinois will play for the title again Friday night at Ford Field, this time against the Ohio Bobcats. Each team is safely eligible for a bowl, but there are plenty of bragging rights on the line — not to mention the first MAC championship in a long time for whoever wins.

Northern Illinois last won the league in 1983, well before the conference instituted divisional play and the championship game. Ohio's last title is even farther back, in 1968.

The Huskies were ranked 24th in the country when Miami stunned them 26-21, winning the championship on a touchdown with 33 seconds left.

The Huskies (9-3, 7-1) almost didn't make it back for this year's title game.

They lost their MAC opener 48-41 to Central Michigan but rebounded with seven straight victories in must-win games.

The most memorable of those wins came Nov. 1 against a Toledo team that would end up tied atop the West Division with Northern Illinois.

The teams combined for 1,121 yards, with the Huskies winning 63-60 when Harnish threw his sixth touchdown pass of the game with 19 seconds left.

Tommylee Lewis returned two kickoffs for

BOXSCORE Covington (34) Kihm 12, Simon 11, Reames 7, Cain 5, Snipes 1.

Franklin Monroe (25) Gray 15, Neiswander 5, Snyder 2, Myers 2, Jeffers 1.

NEW KNOXVILLE — New Knoxville got off to a good start in Midwest Athletic Conference play, defeating the Versailles Lady Tigers 52-34 in action Thursday.

Versailles is 0-1 overall Lady Cats win and 1-2 in the MAC. SIDNEY — Houston For Versailles, sophoupped its early-season more Amanda Winner led mark to 3-0 and its the way with 15.

Continued from page 13 BOXSCORE County record to 2-0 with Versailles (34) a 51-21 win over cold- Kremer 1-0-2, Warvel 2-2-6, Winner 5-5- Lady Buccs split 15, Langston 1-1-3, McEldowney 0-1-1, shooting Fairlawn in girls The Covington junior Pothast 3-0-7. Totals: 1`2-9-34. basketball action Thurs- New Knoxville (52) high girls basketball Horstman 10-2-23, Reineke 3-2-8, Kuck day. teams split two games Dillion 0-3-3, Heidt 4-2-10, Lehman The Lady Jets shot just 1-0-2, with Russia Thursday.

2-2-6. Totals: 20-11-54.

22 percent from two-point 3-point field goals — Versailles: The seventh grade, 1-1, New Knoxville: Horstman. range and did not have a Pothast. lost 29-11.

Score By Quarters Versailles 0 10 25 34 3-pointer.

Lexi Long led the LadyKnoxville 23 27 42 52 Houston scored the first New Records: Versailles 1-2, New Knoxville Buccs with three points. six baskets of the game 2-1.

The eighth grade, 2-0,

Accurso still felt running at the NCAA national meet was a long shot — but she couldn’t have been more wrong.

She was the top MAC finisher in the race, taking sixth in 20:40.8 to easily earn a berth at nationals.

“It was a hilly course and I ended up passing a lot of runners on the hills,” Accurso said. “I remember in the second half of the race, I started seeing the leaders and knew I was doing pretty well. Our coaches telling me to hold my position. It is a pretty complicated procedure (how they determine how many runners get to nationals).

“They don’t announce it until the following Monday (two days later). Last year, 13 qualified from the regional we were in and this year 21 did. Fortunately, our coaches had it figured out and I knew I had made it to nationals. I

never expected to do that well.”

The NCAA national race was held in Terra Haute, Ind., on Nov. 21.

“It was just an amazing race and incredible experience (to be running at nationals),” Accurso said. “I saw Sheila Reed and Jordan Hasay (who finished first and second in the race). Sheila Reed was staying in the same hotel I was in. It was just an unbelievable atmosphere.”

As the race got closer, Accurso said reality set in.

“I was so nervous,” she said. “I had some friends that came and helped calm me down the last couple days before the race. I was definitely nervous before the race.”

Accurso used the same strategy that had worked well for her at regionals, steadily progressing forward in the field of 254 runners.

“I had no idea where I

Buccs coach Chris Besecker didn’t like what he saw.

“We didn’t play well from the neck up tonight,” Besecker said. “It was our worst performance so far this year. We actually played better against Houston. It was an inconsistent effort. It wasn’t just one or two girls. It was everybody.”

Shelby Kihm scored 12 points for Covington and Julianna Simon added 11.

Covington will play at Versailles Saturday.

BOXSCORE

Newton (57) Tre. Lavy 1-0-2, Hignight 1-3-5, Tri. Lavy 2-5-9, Snipes 3-1-7, Welbaum 9-0-19, Kleman 0-2-2, Thompson 0-1-1, Doseck 6-012. Totals: 22-12-57.

3-point goals — Newton: Welbaum.

Score By Quarters 8 28 41 57 Newton Ansonia 2 12 25 29 Records: Newton 2-0.

touchdowns in the first five minutes of the first quarter for Northern Illinois.

"It looks like basketball scores sometimes," Ohio linebacker Noah Keller said. "They've got a lot of playmakers."

Northern Illinois scored at least 40 points in six of its conference games, and Ohio coach Frank Solich is leery of another high-scoring affair.

"They have a way of winning those," he said.

"Field position doesn't seem to make a difference to them."

Harnish has thrown for 23 touchdowns and four interceptions this season, and he's also run for 1,351 yards. Ohio (9-3, 6-2) has an impressive quarterback of its own in Tyler Tettleton, who has thrown for 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions, and he's ready for the challenge of keeping up with the Huskies.

"Whenever we do get in the red zone, we've got to put the points on the board," he said.

Ohio reached the championship game two years ago, losing 20-10 to Central Michigan. The Bobcats beat Northern Illinois 38-31 that season, the last time these two teams faced each other.

Like the Huskies, Ohio got off to a difficult start in league play, losing two of its first three MAC games this year before winning five straight. Six of its eight conference games were decided by a touchdown or less.

Solich is in his seventh season as coach of the Bobcats, who are 49-39 under his guidance.

Dave Doeren is in his first season as coach of the Huskies. He took over when Jerry Kill left shortly after the 2010 MAC championship game to take the Minnesota job.

Doeren wasn't a part of last season's tough finish in the title game, but he's heard plenty about it.

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won 25-20.

Carly Shell led Covington with 11 points.

Covington will host National Trail Saturday morning.

COVINGTON SCORING Seventh Grade Long 3, Dunn 2, Schaffer 2, McReynolds 2, Warner 2.

Eighth Grade Shell 11, Richards 6, Crowell 6, Olson 2.

Accurso Continued from page 13 She accomplished one of her career goals last month, when she won the MAC meet in 20:35.3, a PR for her at the time.

“Before my freshman season, one of the coaches took us out to this big hill in Athens,” Accurso said.

“He told us why he got into cross country. It was a pretty emotional and inspirational speech. Then, he had us right down our goals, both individual and team on the card.

“On my card, I wrote down win a MAC championship, then I wrote below that, NCAA national qualifier with a question mark.

I wasn’t sure that was something I would ever be able to accomplish.”

And even after winning the MAC meet, Accurso could have never envisioned what the next two races would bring — and change her future goals.

Going into the NCAA Regional meet at Toledo,

was at the start of the race, because I was pretty far back,” she said. “I think my coach had projected I would be about 80th in the race.”

But, again, she began to pick off runners as the race went on — and by the middle of the race, Accurso knew she had a chance to do something special.

“I heard some of the coaches of runners I was close to say, ‘you need 10 more sports for top 40 (All-American)’. That kind of got me going.”

With 400 meters left in the race, Accurso was sitting in 36th position, which is exactly where she finished, establishing a new PR of 20:26.3.

“I didn’t have to sprint by girls to get All-American,” Accurso said. “I was just hoping I could stay where I was. I passed a few girls coming in, but a few girls passed me — so it was an even exchange.”

Even after the finish, she was still trying to convince herself that she was an All-American.

“I was just hoping I hadn’t counted wrong,” she said. “Then, when I got to my coaches, they told me I was 36th and All-American — like I said, I am just speechless about it.”

Accurso is Ohio University’s first All-American in women’s cross country since Jackie Conrad in 1998.

“She started back in the 70s, place wise, around the first mile mark,” OU coach Clay Calkins said. “Juli did a great job progressing through the field as the race went on. She ran a smart race and becoming an All-American is a terrific accomplishment.”

And it didn’t take long for word to get back to the Miami East community about her accomplishment.

“That’s the great thing about where I am from,” Accurso said. “I feel so blessed to be from Miami East. It is such a supportive community. And to be able to experience this with my family and friends, I couldn’t ask for any more.”

Accurso realizes this success puts expectations at a whole new level as she prepares for track season.

“I think it does (raise her expectations for track),” the Ohio D-III state champion in the 1,600 her senior year at Miami East, said. “I just hope everything goes well with my training and I stay healthy. I hope I can get back to nationals again in cross country, but if I don’t, this is something I will never forget.”

Accurso is truly an AllAmerican — something those around her have known for a long time.

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Cribbs had enough of losing Browns receiver voices his frustrations BEREA (AP) — The losses have been piling up, one on top of the other, for seven seasons.

Josh Cribbs doesn't know how many more he can handle.

The Browns aren't winning, and Cribbs' frustration has reached a boiling point.

"I am fed up," he said.

"I'm tired of losing. Everybody in this locker room, they'll say they're tired and they want to win every game. I want to win this year. Everybody says we're building, we look good. I don't really care about the building process because I want to win now.

I'll worry about next year next year.

"I want to win now."

In recent days, Cribbs has expressed disappointment that the Browns (47) seem to be stuck in the same cycle of losing.

Cribbs, who has been with the club since 2005, vented like never before following Sunday's 23-20 loss in Cincinnati. On the verge of saying something he might regret, Cribbs stopped himself before a member of the team's media relations staff stopped questioning.

"I really need to stop talking now because I don't want to say anything that I shouldn't," he said at the time.

The same thing happened Wednesday when he wouldn't directly answer if he's happy with the way he's being used.

"Uh," he said with a long pause. "I just won't answer that."

Cribbs seemed to be alluding to bigger problems — either with his role in Cleveland's offense or with the team's coaches.

On Thursday, Cribbs reiterated his disgust with losing — the Browns are 38-69 since he joined them — and said his comments or refusal to answer cer-

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Chad Poole will be in action Sunday at Shady Bowl tain questions should not be interpreted that he's unhappy with the opportunities he's getting or that he wants out of Cleveland.

"That doesn't mean I want to leave," he said. "I am sick and tired of losing, like everybody is. And I think I have to start saying that. Me being sick and tired doesn't mean I want to leave. It doesn't mean anything. It means I want to win. So we want to focus on trying to win because I'm tired of losing.

It's not like I wasn't tired of losing before, but I'm really tired."

Browns coach Pat Shurmur isn't concerned with Cribbs, or any of his players, voicing their weariness over the club's current state.

"I don't have a problem with guys feeling that way," Shurmur said. "He wants to win and that's OK." Shurmur wants players who are passionate and refuse to accept losing.

Shurmur is confident that

Cribbs' anger is directly tied to the losing and not him being selfish.

"You want guys that are disappointed," he said. "I used to help coach my son's little league baseball team.

“You see kids strike out all the time. You can work with the guys that throw their bats because they're angry.

“They care. Guys that just drop their bat and walk back, no big deal, then those are tougher guys to get better. If it's

truly I'm angry because I didn't succeed or we didn't win you can work with that because they care.

The ones that don't care, those are the ones that are tough to reach."

There's no doubt Cribbs cares, but it's not always certain if he's talking about the team or pushing a personal agenda.

Before he received a new three-year, $20 million contract from the Browns last year, Cribbs, who holds the NFL record with eight kickoff returns for touchdowns, used his popularity with Cleveland fans to convince the club to pay him.

He may be using a similar tactic to have his role expanded in Cleveland's offense, but as Shurmur pointed out, Cribbs is getting plenty of chances to shine.

"His role is heavy on special teams and in the case of Josh, we use him quite a bit," Shurmur said.

"He had the second most reps of the receivers. He's got more catches (29) and more yards (358) at this point in the season than he had all of last year. So that's that."

Shurmur said he's willing to speak with any player who has a gripe about anything.

"We handle it man-toman behind closed doors and if I see something then I'll call him in," Shurmur said. "If they have an issue then they'll come see me."

Cribbs, though, said he has not spoken to Shurmur about any issues involving playing time.

And, he has no plans to.

"It's not about my role," Cribbs said. "It's about winning games. That's all what it was ever about. I let the coaches coach. I can't give you what you want.

“It's just about winning.

Things that I need or

might want to talk about with coach — that's between us. Other than that, contrary to what people might say or think or try to take from what I'm saying, people are assuming or just putting words in my mouth, but it's about winning."

Part of Cribbs' frustration lies in the Browns' inability to break him free on a long kickoff return.

He hasn't taken one the distance since Dec. 20, 2009, and with the league's new kickoff rules, teams have been able to kick the ball away from Cribbs or keep him penned in.

But losing is what's eating at him most.

Cribbs has played on only one winning team since signing with the Browns as an undrafted free agent. Like a Cleveland fan, he's grown impatient.

"I hear them talk every day," he said. "I run into them on the street. It hurts me not to win for them.

“That's my ultimate motivation. Cleveland is built around it's sports teams, and when we win, the city wins.

“When we don't win, the city feels down.

"So we need to win, plain and simple."

Notes: Browns RB Peyton Hillis did interviews wearing "''Ron Paul for President" paraphernalia.

Hillis gave in to teammate Tony Pashos' request and wore bumper stickers and a button backing Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Pashos has donated money to Paul's campaign. ... Browns RB Montario Hardesty was limited in practice, but is aiming to return to the field after missing the past four games with a calf injury.

"I'm confident I'll be ready," he said.

Bengals rookies are hitting it off Dalton-Green continue to make big connections

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Bengals receiver A.J. Green had another big catch Sunday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Quarterback Andy Dalton and receiver A.J. Green hit it off right away, realizing their personalities and talents were a good fit at the NFL scouting combine.

When the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Green in the first round and Dalton in the second last April, they had already hit it off.

"Once training camp started, the way we were able to connect, and bond on the field started to increase," Dalton said. "It was early on."

In only a few months, they've become one of the NFL's most dangerous passand-catch pairings.

Green's 51-yard catch-andrun off a trusting throw from Dalton set up Cincinnati's 2320 win over Cleveland on Sunday that kept the Bengals (7-4) in the playoff hunt. It also threw another chill into opposing defensive backs, who aren't going to relish facing this duo for years to come.

"They're well beyond their years as far as athletically and their knowledge of football," offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said. "They're going to get better, but we totally expect them to be at the top of their game, the top of the NFL game right now, and they are now."

They're just getting started.

Dalton, the 35th overall pick out of TCU, and Green, the fourth pick from Georgia,

already are one of the best rookie duos in recent decades.

They've combined for five touchdown passes, the fourthhighest total for a rookie quarterback and receiver since 1950, according to STATS LLC. New England's Jim Plunkett and Randy Vataha had nine in 1971; Cleveland's Tim Couch and Kevin Johnson had eight in 1999; St. Louis' Tony Banks and Eddie Kennison had seven in 1996.

The Bengals duo has accounted for 43 completions, fourth-most since 1991, according to STATS. Couch and Johnson had 57 in 1999, when the Browns returned as an expansion team.

Dalton and Green have accounted for 704 yards together, the third-highest total since 1991.

Couch and Johnson had 859 yards.

They have five games left to climb in those categories, using their big-play abilities to pull out games and keep the Bengals one of the NFL's biggest surprises.

"You put somebody one-onone with A.J., and you (just) throw the ball down the field," left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. "You can talk about Xs and Os all you want, but that X is pretty special."

They started showing it early on.

During the Bengals' second practice of training camp, Dalton severely underthrew a

long pass down the right sideline. Green was able to stop, come back toward the ball and jump over safety Chris Crocker's shoulder to make a sensational catch that showed Dalton something.

"I remember we had a double move on, and I underthrew it a little bit and he jumped over a couple guys and made the catch," Dalton said.

Dalton never again hesitated just to throw it Green's way. During a game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 13, Dalton eluded the rush and saw Green heading into the end zone with both Steelers safeties around him.

He let it fly, and Green jumped above Troy Polamalu for a 36-yard touchdown.

Green hyperextended his right knee when he landed on the play, forcing him to the sideline for most of the 24-17 loss and a 31-24 loss in Baltimore the following week. He was back to making the game-changing play against Cleveland.

"I've always thought he's special," Whitworth said.

"You've got a guy that anytime you get one more shot, he's got a shot to go up and get it. Any play can be the next 'best' play. That's just how he is."

His play against the Browns set up the winning field goal and prompted coach Marvin Lewis to gush, something he rarely does.

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