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Today’s weather High 47 Low 35

Death of bin Laden voted AP top story of 2011

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Chilly with a chance of rain.

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Earthquake, tsunami in Japan No. 2 TV book coming in Saturday’s Call This week’s edition features “Working It,” starring Ben Koldyke.

City offices to close for holiday PIQUA — Piqua city offices also will be closed Monday to allow city employees to observe the New Year’s holiday.

Garbage, refuse, and recycling collections will be made as normal the entire week.

The city urges all customers to place their containers at their usual collection points the evening before for early pick-ups the following day.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami disaster, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.

The death of bin Laden, the al—Qaida leader who masterminded the Sept.

11, 2001, terror attacks, MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO received 128 first-place Flames pour from the upstairs of a house on Lauver Road, west of Pleasant Hill, late Thursday morning as votes out of 247 ballots firefighters run hoses to battle the blaze. Residents of the home were able to get out safely. For a story on cast for the top 10 stories. the fire, see Page 2.

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Verizon to open new Piqua store Construction now under way on East Ash St.

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PIQUA — With the ground broken and construction now well under CLEVELAND (AP) — way in the 1200 block of Thursday’s lottery numbers: East Ash Street, the city is Night Drawings: about to welcome a new ■ Rolling Cash 5 Verizon Wireless store.

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cated at 1229 E. Ash St., will be moving across the street once construction wraps up, and tentatively the project’s completion is set for early next year, but a specific date could not be obtained.

The project has a price tag of $280,000 and the Versatile Construction Group of Whiteland, Ind., is handling the construcMIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO tion.

The city approved the Construction is under way on a new Verizon store on East Ash Street near the intersection of Looney Road in Piqua. site’s permit Nov. 18.

‘Williamsburg Christmas’ aids Hospice Covington home decked out for holiday fundraising tours

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People from around the county visited the home of Tom Hagan in Covington earlier this month to take part in the Christmas in Williamsburg event fundraiser for Hospice of Miami County. More than $8,000 was raised thanks to numerous volunteers, students, Hagan and community support.

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marketing and development coordinator Susan Walker Hemm as Hospice of Miami County.

She said the organization relies COVINGTON — Creativity, on the blessings of donors to volunteers and community are provide care and support to the key to Hospice of Miami terminally ill and their famiCounty’s continlies. ued success. A Through teamthree-part forwork and dedicamula that came tion, Hospice of together on Dec. Miami County has 10 and 11 as the been serving the Do you have an idea for a organization community as a Local Front story? hosted a unique Let Susan Hartley know at not-for-profit “Christmas in 773-2721 ext. 14 or e-mail to agency for nearly shartley@dailycall.com Williamsburg” 29 years, providing fundraiser at the assistance such as home of Tom Hagan. therapies, pharmaceuticals, “We have to be creative in our fundraising efforts,” said See Hospice/Page 2

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Betty L. Woodward HOUSTON — Betty L. Woodward, 63, of 5577 Houst o n Road, Houst o n , passed away at 1 : 0 5 a . m .

Thursd a y , Dec. 29, WOODWARD 2011, at her home.

She was born June 29, 1948, in Caldwell, Idaho, the daughter of the late Walter and Irene (Dimond) French.

On June 4, 1971, she married Rusty Woodward, who survives along with two children, Angela Snyder and husband Michael and Christopher Woodward and wife Angela, all of Sidney; siblings, Jerry French and wife Sue of South Carolina, Larry French and wife Kathy of Piqua, Linda Brown of Pleasant Hill, Shirley Hittle of Piqua, and Randy French and wife Kathy of

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Two-year-old Jaelyn Wendlen lends a helping hand in sharing a drink with her friend Reagan Toopes, 8, at Piqua High School on Thursday night during first round action of the Buckeye Insurance Group/WPTW Basketball Classic. Both girls are from Piqua.

Greenville, and two grandchildren, Caleb Woodward and Ciera Snyder. She was preceded in death by one sister, Pat Snider, and one brother, Richard French.

Mrs. Woodward retired from the Social Security Administration in Piqua.

She was a member of Crossroad Church of God in Piqua for 40 years, where she taught the kindergarten Sunday school class for many of those years.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at Crossroad Church of God, Piqua, with Pastor Jerry Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Beechwood Cemetery in Lockington.

The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Monday at Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney.

Memorials may be made to Wilson Hospice Care in memory of Betty L. Woodward. Condolences may be expressed to the Woodward family at www.cromesfh.com.

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Need tips on avoiding hangover?

Area home sustains Drink less booze, more water significant damage

CHICAGO (AP) Attorney Colleen Gorman has a holiday ritual that doesn’t involve buying presents or counting down to midnight: She goes online to look for new hangover remedies she hasn’t tried.

She already has scratched off those big “prevention” pills, vitamins and chugging sports drinks, along with more quirky folk remedies including peanut butter sandwiches.

“My fiance says I should probably just drink less,” said Gorman, 28, of Chicago.

Experts say that’s good advice for

everyone.

“The only way to prevent a hangover is to not get drunk,” said Boston University researcher Jonathan Howland.

That might be too radical a remedy for many revelers, but it’s the only one proven to work. Still, there are strategies that can soften the blow.

Topping the list? Don’t drink on an empty stomach, said Sam Zakhari, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s metabolism and health effects division.

Food helps absorb alcohol and delay its toxic effects on the body.

Drinking plenty of water before, during and after also helps because alcohol can dehydrate the body.

Kim Khan teaches at the American Professionals Bartending School in Villa Park, Ill., and devotes a class to serving responsibly. That includes encouraging bar patrons to drink water. Khan, who also tends bar, says alternating drinks with glasses of water helps and is a method she uses “because I’ve been doing this way too long.”

Hospice Continued from page 1 medical equipment and supplies at no cost to patients.

For board chairperson Hagan to open his and his late wife, Susie’s two-story home took a year in planning, preparation and execution that offered a welcoming holiday atmosphere to over 250 touring visitors. The St. George Tucker designed home, built by local builders and craftsmen, offered Christmas decor and unique gifts for sale both in the house and in a gift shop set in the garage that early December weekend.

Hagan’s collaboration with Hemm on this oneof-a-kind fundraiser opened not only his home surrounded by farm field and ponds outside of Covington to visitors, but also produced proceeds from ticket sales to tour the home and items sold gave Hospice over $8,000.

“He believes a great deal in Hospice of Miami County as well as giving back to the community,” Hemm said of Hagan’s generous contribution.

“That’s really why he opened his house up to the public and to Hospice for a fundraiser, for that very reason.”

The Hagan’s built their unique two-bedroom, twobath home in Covington after collecting plans and ideas for some 30 years and raising their children.

Susie was an integral part in the design and fin-

BY MELODY VALLIEU Ohio Community Media vallieu@tdnpublishing.com NEWTON TOWNSHIP — A fire broke out in Newton Township at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday causing significant damage to a house.

According to Pleasant Hill Fire Chief Joe Marchal, the fire originated in the flue area of the chimney at the house located at 8963 Lauver Road, at the intersection of Rangeline Road.

He said the home is owned by Joe Marker and he, his daughter and two grandchildren were home when the fire started, but were able to get to safety.

“Everyone got out of the house safely,” he said.

No dollar estimate had yet been determined, but Marchal said there was a lot of damage to the house.

“It was significant,” he said.

Marchal said the fire has been ruled accidental undetermined.

The Covington, Bradford, Pleasant Hill, Laura, Ludlow Falls and West Milton fire departments assisted the Pleasant Hill Fire Department with the blaze. Departments were on the scene for about six hours, he said.

Marchal said the Red Cross also was on the scene offering assistance.

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Visitors tour the home of Tom Hagan in Covington for the recent “Christmas in Williamsburg” event fundraiser for Hospice of Miami County. ishing of the Williamsburg-inspired home and she loved Christmas. As evident by the 24 trees and decorations throughout the house during the last Christmas before she passed away from community acquired pneumonia in 2004.

As a member of Hospice of Miami County since 2005 and chairman of the board for three years, Hagan decided to do something about the surplus Christmas decor and with the assistance of Hospice staff, decorated the house for the one-of-akind event. The endeavor took numerous volunteers, including Hospice auxiliary members, students from Covington High School, Miami East

and Piqua Catholic, along with David Fair of David Fair on the Square, in Troy, and his designers who were an integral part of preparations.

“Without our volunteers none of it would have been possible,” Hemm said of the more than 40 people who helped that weekend.

The Christmas in Williamsburg is not the first or the last creative event that Hospice of Miami County has held in the past or has planned for the future. A memorial butterfly release is held in the early summer, a fall river walk, summer camps and much more are just a few of the offerings.

Hospice also has a threeyear running gift boutique shop in downtown

Troy.

Residents can also look forward to a super-secret and exciting upcoming fundraiser unlike any other coming Friday, Jan. 6 in downtown Troy.

There are many opportunities to help Hospice of Miami County and their community bereavement resource center, Generations of Life, from volunteer opportunities to financial donations.

Hospice of Miami County is currently in their annual fund drive, which means it is not too late to get in a tax deductible contribution.

For more information visit www.HospiceOfMiamiCounty.org or call Susan Walker Hemm at (937) 573-2108

BY RON OSBURN covered by insurance for the cost of theft. She said Ohio Community Media rosburn@tdnpublishing.com the TMS board is working with its insurance agent TROY — A “part-time to conduct a complete employee” at Troy Main probe, and also said the Street has been fired over TMS board has secured allegations of theft and the services of Sam the matter has been Brown, at the Troy CPA turned over to the Troy firm of Lightner & Stickel Police Department for in- CPAs Inc., to perform a vestigation, according to a comprehensive internal fistatement released late nancial audit.

Thursday by TMS Board Reached late Thursday President Gareth John- prior to Johnston’s stateston. ment, Troy Main Street In a verbal statement Executive Director Karin issued via a phone call, Manovich declined comJohnston said the TMS ment and referred all board met Dec. 12 in questions to Johnston. emergency session to disTroy Main Street is a cuss the allegations. She non-profit organization said when the board “dis- begun in 1990 that procovered theft by a part- motes economic revitalizatime employee,” it “voted tion and social events in to terminate her employ- downtown Troy. It is overment.” seen by a 13-member Johnston declined to board and is partially name the employee, how funded by the city of Troy. the alleged theft was dis- The city has budgeted covered, when it was dis- $60,000 for Troy Main covered or any other Street in 2012. details.

She said upon discovery of the alleged theft, “immediate action was taken to prevent any additional losses.” She said all materials pertinent to the mat- * Your 1 choice for complete Home Medical Equipment ter have been turned over to Troy Polcie for investiLift Chairs gation.

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Piqua advisory committee to plans Jan. 9 meeting PIQUA — The city of Piqua’s Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for those living near Echo

Lake, Franz Pond and the Hydraulic Canal will hold its quarterly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9,

in the Commission Cham- Water St. bers on the second floor of Questions may be dithe Municipal Govern- rected to Amy Havenar, ment Complex, 201 W. city engineer, at 778-2044.

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Rain will give way to sunshine There will be a lot of clouds and a few showers today.

Highs for the end of the week will be in the upper 40s and near 50. Saturday looks like a fantastic day with lots of sunshine with highs in the 40s. Temperatures drop quickly late Sunday and Monday. High: 47 Low: 35.

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MOSTLY SUNNY AND NICE HIGH: 47

LOW: 33

HIGH: 42

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Temperature High Yesterday 47 at 4:32 p.m.

Low Yesterday 29 at 12:04 a.m.

Normal High 35 Normal Low 21 Record High 68 in 1889 Record Low -5 in 1983

Precipitation 24 hours ending at 5 p.m.0.00 Month to date 5.18 Normal month to date 2.93 Year to date 56.56 Normal year to date 40.86 Snowfall yesterday 0.00

Washington Intermediate K-Kids, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Piqua, prepare spirit bags to sell to students before the holiday as a fundraiser. Proceeds will be used by the group to fund projects throughout the year. Advisers are Danielle Richey (Washington staff) and Laura Kendell (Kiwanis Club). Pictured from left to right are Jennifer Cursey, Leah Vlahos, Mary Craft, Richel and Olivia Ames.

Third film to be a comedy TROY — What to do on a Friday night? Get rid of the winter doldrums and watch a comedy at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center’s film series Lets Go to the Movies at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13. Princess Dala owns the world’s largest diamond.

Inside the diamond is an imperfection that looks like a leaping pink panther.

The Phantom, world famous jewel thief, is trying to steal the Pink Panther diamond, while bumbling French detective Inspector Clouseau is trying to catch him.

This 1963 film stars Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and David

Niven as the Phantom. C o m e enjoy this film and laugh at Clouseau and his antics. The series is free and open to the public.

Hayner is located at 301 W. Main St. in Troy.

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

There will be cafe-style seating with popcorn and soda pop. The film series is intended for adult viewership and may not be appropriate for children under 13.

The series will show a movie once a month through April, excluding December. The dates for the additional films in the series are as follows: Feb. 17, March 9, and April 13.

Due to licensing restrictions, the Hayner is not allowed to publish the names of the films. For a list of this year’s films, stop by Hayner and pick up a magnet or visit our website at www.troyhayner.org.

Hayner’s open hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 7-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, and 1-5 p.m.

Sundays. Hayner is closed on holidays. For more information, call 339-0457.

Evan Joshua Mathew Sullenberger Age: 6 Birthdate: Dec. 30, 2005 Parents: Joshua Sullenberger of Huber Heights and Stacy Sullenberger Englewood of Grandparents: Robin Chamberlain of South Carolina and Tante Mathias of Englewood Great-grandparent: Edith Sullenberger of Piqua

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Blood drive month approaches DAYTON — Community Blood Center (CBC) is hitting the ground running in 2012 with a call to action: Make donating blood your New Year’s resolution. January is “National Blood Donor Month” and CBC’s campaign message is “Help Keep Us Running All Year Long — Donate Blood.”

Beginning Monday, Jan. 2 through Saturday, Jan. 28, everyone who registers to donate blood at all CBC branches and most CBC blood drives will receive a special longsleeve T-shirt to help layer on the warmth this winter. The white Tshirt features a pair of blue running shoes with white wings, reminiscent of Mercury, the wing-footed messenger of the Roman gods. By wearing this shirt donors can deliver the message “Help Keep Us Running All Year Long — Donate Blood.”

January has been designated National Blood Donor Month since 1970. It’s the time of the year to honor the 11 million Americans who donate blood and serve as blood drive sponsors and volunteers. It’s also an important month to encourage others to give.

January is considered a challenging time in blood donation recruitment. Many potential donors are still adjusting to winter weather, holiday schedules and the increase in flu cases.

Runners and other athletes and outdoor enthusiasts may especially like the long-sleeved, winged running shoes T-shirt because it can be very useful during winter exercising. It is also a fitting and poignant donor gift for anyone who wishes to participate in the Harold O’Connell Memorial Blood Drive. The drive is sponsored by the O’Connell family, friends, and O’Connell’s former colleagues at the Dayton office of the Ohio EPA. Harold O’Connell was an environmentalist, Ohio River Road Runners Club member, and a regular blood donor who collapsed and died after competing in the Tadmor 10K Road Race on Aug. 6. All are invited to donate at the Dayton CBC during the month of January in his memory.

Technology is making it faster and more convenient than ever to schedule your next blood donation.

Just use your computer or smart phone to make an appointment on-

line at www.DonorTime.com.

Blood drives will be held in Miami County at the following locations: • Jan. 12, Knights of St John, Piqua, 110 S. Wayne St. from 1:305:30 p.m.

• Jan. 14, Ludlow Falls Christian Church, 213 Vine St., Ludlow Falls from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Blood donation requirements: Donors are required to provide a photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least 16 years of age (16 years old with parental consent: form available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch & blood drive locations), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good physical health. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call 1(800)388-GIVE. Make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

Park District Programs for January MIAMI COUNTY — The following programs have been planned by the Miami County Park District for the month of January: • Adult Exploration Hike: The Miami County Park District will have an Adult Nature Walking Club hike at 9 a.m. Jan. 3 and 17.

The walk will be at Honey Creek Preserve, 4536 State Route 202, east of Tipp City.

Join park naturalists or volunteer leaders as they head out to explore nature. Walks are not strenuous or fastpaced. Walks are held the first Tuesday of every month.

For more information, visit the park pistrict’s website at www.miamicountyparks.co m.

• Soup-er Walk Series: The Miami County Park District will hold its Soup-er Walk Series program from 79 p.m. Jan. 13 at Hobart Urban Nature Preserve, 1400 Tyrone, off of Dorset Road in Troy. Weather per-

mitting, participants are invited to come enjoy a guided hike led by a park district naturalist followed by a warm crackling campfire and a hot cup of soup de jour.

Hikers are encouraged to bring a canned good for donation to a local food pantry.

Registration encouraged.

Register for the program by sending an e-mail to register@miamicountyparks.com or call 667-1286, Ext. 115.

• Klondike Dog Olympics Dog Social: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly Dog Social from, 1-3 p.m. Jan. 15 at Hobart Urban Nature Preserve, 1400 Tyrone, off of Dorset Rd. in Troy. If your dog is nice and plays well with others, bring them to the park. Participants can enter the “Catch the Snowball Contest,” “Hide the Treat in the Snow” and “Bury the Dog in the Snow Competition.” Don’t miss this fun event. Please remember

owners are responsible for their dogs. Please clean-up after your pet. Meet at the entrance next to the parking lot. For more information, visit the Park District’s Web site at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• Family Quest Sunday “Tracks in the Snow.”: The Miami County Park District will have its Family Quest Sunday “Tracks in the Snow” program from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 22 at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. This new program on Sundays is a series of fun, family activities in the park. A roving naturalist will be on-site. Animals and an animal track trail will be in place. For more information, visit the Park District’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• Mother Nature’s Preschool: The Miami County Park District will hold the Mother Nature’s Pre-school “Nature and Us!” program

from 10-11 a.m. Jan. 24 at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Children 3-5 years old and an adult companion are invited to attend and learn about how we are all connected to nature. Using our natural resources responsibly is important for adults and preschoolers, so come and learn. Meet at the house for a story and crafts inside and dress for the weather as we will also go outside. Pre-register for the program by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call 667-1286, ext. 115.

• My Tree and Me Book Club: This club offers fun outdoor books and activities for parents to enjoy with their children. Seasonal activity cards are available online and at your local libraries. Special rock prizes are awarded to participants who complete the activity card and can be claimed at

Kyzer David McDade Age: 7 Birthdate: Dec. 28, 2004 Parents: Scott and Juvy McDade Siblings: Kryzel, Troi and Taalor Grandparents: Beverly and the late David McDade, Josepha and the late Rizalino Villaneuva

KYZER DAVID MCDADE

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They’re more expensive by the dozen just got a shirt back from the laundry today. $6.75.

When did the price jump from $2.25 a shirt to $6.75?

There must be some mistake.

“No mistake. They haven’t been $2.25 since Bush — the first one — was president.” I guess I haven’t been paying attention.

Sue and I ate at a local restaurant that sells homemade muffins, sandwiches and boutique sodas and chips from companies I’ve never heard of. We both had a sandwich and a soda. $26.41. Mistake on the bill? No. Gas was $3.58 a gallon when I filled up. Whew! At least it’s not $4.50 again. But I have a feeling it will be.

“We should be drilling for more oil right here, right now,” my friends say. They seem to think the oil companies are going to turn around and give everyone free oil if we let them do what they want. I bet them $10,000 that oil will end up being more expensive. Last year I would have bet them only $5, but the price of betting has gone up.

The cost of air travel is through the roof. Airlines haven’t started charging for carry-on luggage yet, but you can bet they’re thinking about it. The airlines blame the high prices on the cost of security; someone has to pay for strip-searching JIM MULLEN Grandma and the seethrough-your-clothes XColumnist ray machines.

Airlines could save a lot of money on security, though. Just make a rule that instead of air marshals with guns, some big executive from the airline must be on each flight. In coach. No terrorist would ever get on the plane, you can count on it. And suddenly, there’d be plenty of legroom. That’s what I call having skin in the game. Your own skin.

Getting my teeth cleaned costs $125. A night in the hospital is $2,500 for “observation.” God forbid hospitals should actually try to cure you. Sue and I could go on a two-week-long cruise for that — with gourmet meals and sunshine. Which is probably why I’m sick — not enough gourmet meals and sunshine. Maybe that’s the cure the hospitals have been looking for.

I don’t want to sound like one of those old guys who just talks about what the price of things used to be when he was a kid. I’m talking about the difference in the price of things since last year. Apples, $1.99 a pound. That’s two apples. Tiny avocados, five for $6. Steak is cheaper than fish.

The housing crisis is still going on. I keep reading how much home values have declined. It’s a good time to get a deal on real estate, they say. So all the million-dollar homes are now half a million dollars. What a great deal!

Only, I don’t have close to half a million dollars to spend on a house. A hotel-room-sized studio apartment across the street from where we used to live in Manhattan is on the market for $1.5 million. On top of that is a $3,000-amonth maintenance fee. What was it before the housing collapse?

There’s a show on HGTV called “House Hunters International,” and each episode follows a couple who is either moving to another country or buying a second home in another country. When asked about their budget for the new house, they always say something like, “We’re looking for something in the $450,000 range.” They also don’t seem too worried about where the money’s coming from to put their two kids through college. But the most disturbing thing is that they always turn out to be average, normal people — she’s a nurse and he’s an accountant. And they can afford a second home, in a foreign country? Which means they can also afford to get there and get the time off to enjoy it and all that that entails.

“What,” I ask myself after watching the show, “am I doing wrong?” It’s also what Sue says every day after poking her head into my office.

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and Dow make this rather scalding point that might embarrass some of the justices who bar us from their oral arguments: “Every … justice is apI have often criticized the pointed to the bench for life, Supreme Court for continuimmunized from public ally refusing to allow TV pressures. They don’t need cameras in its courtroom. television exposure to keep That way, We The People can NAT HENTOFF their jobs. They can enjoy see and hear — during oral Columnist power with near-anonymity arguments before the lofty … nine with lifetime seats — “Why take chances with how they reach judgments that often affect our lives for years to an impartial electronic witness that can come. Now that our highest court has de- beam your every slip-up, every excess, to cided to hear arguments on Obamacare thousands or millions of taxpaying spec— which can indeed impact our health tators, all in the name of giving them care and, for some of us, how long we are greater access to their own court sysallowed to make medical decisions — tem?”

The late Justice William Brennan told many Americans are anxious to get a sense of how the justices will arrive at me in his chambers that he disagreed with the majority of his then colleagues their vote before the end of this term.

As Brian Lamb, chairman of C-SPAN, and welcomed the TV cameras in the always eager to cover these vital pro- courtroom. The reason, he noted, was ceedings, says: “If you can’t do this in that many Americans knew very little of public and you’re doing the public’s busi- how the court works, or how deeply wideness, then something is wrong with this spread some of its rulings can be.

At the time, relatively few newspapers picture” (“Supreme Court TV? Nice Idea, but Still Not Likely,” Adam Liptak, The or radio and television stations covered the court with engaging depth and clarNew York Times, Nov. 28).

I have been in the court’s small press ity. When a case first surfaced that apgallery in its very limited-seating court- peared to have major importance, Justice room. I have witnessed how these indi- Brennan wanted the press to report on it viduals in judicial robes will ultimately from the start so that Americans would decide cases by seeing and hearing how have a full understanding of our legal they often pointedly disagree with one procedures from the beginning.

That hasn’t happened, of course. And another as they ask questions of the with print news sources increasingly relawyers before them.

And it is enlightening to get a sense of duced for cost reasons and so much cable their personalities, their characters. How news devoted to inflammable opinion open are their minds to rational dissents rather than legal analysis, even vital from their long-held inner conclusions high court cases are not reported with during these fateful high court proce- enough lucidity. So Americans are getting only a brief, impressionistic understanddures?

Over the years, some of the justices ing of the consequences of the justices’ dehave claimed that the public just isn’t cision.

Contrary to Justice Scalia, that’s not equipped to understand the complexities of these cases. Justice Antonin Scalia, a the fault of those of us who do want to be very active and emotional participant in knowledgeable members of this self-govthe oral arguments, has lectured us com- erning nation.

Thomas Jefferson often warned future monplace citizens: “Law is a specialized field, fully com- Americans that the ultimate guardians of prehensible only to the expert” (“Cameras our individual liberties would be us, the in the Courtroom: Television and the Pur- people. But we’d have to know what was suit of Justice,” by Marjorie Cohn and going on — especially at the Supreme Court: David Dow, McFarland, 2011).

“There is no danger I apprehend so How many of us fellow citizens do you know well enough, Your Excellency, to ar- much,” Jefferson said, “as the consolidarogantly decide that we’re too dumb to tion of our government by the noiseless understand the basic rules of law in a … instrumentality of the Supreme Court” (my column, “The Invisible Supreme self-governing constitutional republic?

Jim Mullen’s new book, “Now in Paperback,” is now in You, Mr. Justice, are indeed an expert Court,” Jewish World Review, Dec. 2, paperback. You can reach him at jimmullenbooks.com. on the Constitution. So please tell us 2003).

There was a poll taken years ago that where in our founding document — and in James Madison’s detailed notes on the asked Americans if they knew who the extensive debates in the 1787 Constitu- justices were. Only 5 percent at the time tional Convention — you and your col- even knew of Justice Brennan. With a leagues find summary justification for grim chuckle Brennan said to me, “Harry excluding us from these crucial delibera- Blackmun got only 1 percent.”

Right now, the historic Obama case is tions in our court?

Years ago, during a televised debate on so important that the high court is dethe PBS series “The Constitution: That voting three days to oral arguments Delicate Balance,” moderated by Fred (“Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Friendly, who was Edward R. Murrow’s Case in Late March,” Adam Liptak, The former producer and close colleague, I New York Times, Dec. 19).

But we citizens are forbidden to atwas on a panel that included — I am not tend. jiving you — Justice Scalia.

Should I have kept my mouth shut in Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned questioning this panelist so far above my authority on the First Amendment and rank?

In their valuable book on “Cameras in the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the the Courtroom” — which I hope the pub- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the lisher will send to teachers and depart- Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is ment heads for use in classrooms — Cohn a senior fellow.

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series on the Supreme Court barring us from its oral arguments.

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THE FIRST AMENDMENT Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

To the Editor: On the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 21, my wife asked me to go to Kroger to pick up several items. After finding the items listed, I headed for the checkout. At the checkout, a young man approached me, shaking my hand and thanking me for my service. He noticed the Korean War Veterans ball cap I was wearing. He then insisted on paying my bill. I told him that wasn’t necessary, but he continued to remark “I appreciate your service.”

As he paid the cashier, I asked him his name and where he lived. This kind young man, Brody Mays, from Piqua again shook my hand, thanked me for my service and wished me a Merry Christmas. I thanked him once more and also wished him a Merry Christmas.

I am sure the cashier could tell you what my reaction to this encounter was from my facial expressions.

Upon arriving home, I explained to my wife what the young man had done.

I was so overwhelmed by his thoughtfulness, emotions were hard to control.

Although this young man and his family are complete strangers, my wife and I wish to compliment his parents for such a kind and thoughtful son.

Too many times we hear the negative side of youth — this is an example of the positive side of today’s youth.

I shared the story of this encounter to our family as we gathered together on Christmas Eve as an example to the little ones of how important and powerful an unexpected act of kindness can be.

There is no way one can express their feelings for such a kindness. However, we want to offer our heartfelt gratitude. We just can’t say enough “thank yous.”

Each Dec. 25, we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, God’s gift to every living person.

He also gave us the greatest book of books ever written and containing examples we are to live by. This young man’s kindness is just one of those examples.

God bless you all.

—Korean War veteran Fred and Mary Shively Piqua

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Daughter desperate to break free AP PHOTOS

(Left to right) In this image released by Universal Pictures, Meryl Streep is shown in a scene from, “Mamma Mia!.” (Universal Pictures, Peter Mountain) This undated file photo provided by 20th Century Fox, shows Meryl Streep, playing Miranda Priestly, a capricious and fear-inspiring fashion editor, in the film, “The Devil Wears Prada.” (20th Century Fox, Barry Wetcher,) In this film image provided by The Weinstein Company, Meryl Streep portrays Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” (The Weinstein Company, Alex Bailey) In this Dec. 13 photo, actress Meryl Streep attends the premiere of “The Iron Lady” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Streep was nominated Dec. 15 for a Golden Globe award for best actress in a drama for her role in the film. (Peter Kramer)

Favorite Streep performances wife who walks out on her workaholic husband (Dustin Hoffman) and their young son (Justin Henry). As a wife and mother of a little boy myself now, it seems unfathomable. But Streep turns a character who could have been a monster into a fully realized woman with needs and complexities, and somehow makes her a sympathetic figure.

— "Sophie's Choice" (1982): The accent, the agony: This performance set the standard for Streep's wholly convincing immersive abilities, and it earned her the

"Adaptation."

— (2002): What makes this performance so irresistible is that Streep isn't so obviously "acting." She lets loose, takes chances and genuinely seems to be enjoying herself. She's smack in the middle of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze's giddy, trippy funhouse, playing writer Susan Orlean, whose book "The Orchid Thief" stumped the reallife Kaufman (in real life and as played by Nicolas Cage) when it came time for him to turn it into a screenplay. Susan herself

be a master of biting comedy. As Miranda Priestly, a towering, LOS ANGELES (AP) Anna Wintour-style fash— How do you choose the ion magazine editor, best Meryl Streep perStreep could have been a formances? It's like trycartoony caricature of ing to decide what kind of high style and low manice cream is best — it's ners. Instead, Streep pretty much always going finds the subtlety within to be great, and while her character's cruelty there may be a couple flaand brings her brilliantly vors you don't like as brings her to life. She much, you're never going steals the entire thing to say no to ice cream. away from young Anne Usually, you'll actively Hathaway, who has the seek it out, and you'll be benefit of youth and Paglad you did. tricia Field as her cosThat tortured tume designer and who metaphor helps set up an is, theoretically, the star. analysis of Streep's stag— "Mamma Mia!" geringly esteemed (2008): This may career, with her latseem like a weird est transformative choice. It did for wonder — her porStreep, as well. But trayal of former while this ABBABritish Prime Mincan be palooza Margaret ister cringe-inducing, Thatcher in "The Streep is just radiIron Lady" — in ant. "Adaptation." theaters this weeksuggested what it end. Weirdly, Streep looks like when she finds herself in the gets a little goofy, role of sentimental but here we finally favorite as a potenget a chance to see tial Oscar nominee; her let loose entirely, while she has more HRIS PIZZELLO/AP PHOTO and she's clearly nominations than Presenters Regina King, left, and Judy Greer announce Meryl having a blast. any other actor or Streep as a nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Female Watching the actress in Academy Actor in a Leading Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture for “The woman who is conAwards history Iron Lady” during nominations for the 18th Annual Screen Actors sidered the greatest with 16, she hasn't Guild Awards Dec. 13, in West Hollywood, Calif. The SAG awards actress of our time won since "Sophie's will be held on Jan. 29 in Los Angeles. writhing around in Choice" nearly 30 overalls on top of a years ago.

Academy Award for best is fascinated with an or- barn or belting out numSo instead of choosing actress. As a beautiful chid breeder played by an bers in a sparkly, spanher "best" performances, Polish refugee with a Oscar-winning Chris dex jumpsuit and I'll go with my five fa- haunting secret, Streep is Cooper. While she's a se- platform boots is a hoot. vorites. Dig in: both beguiling and heart- rious author full of inse- Streep was a fan of the — "Kramer vs. breaking. This is a larger- curities at the film's start Broadway show, which is Kramer" (1979): It's a than-life figure from — she doesn't know how obvious. And as she'd supporting role, one William Styron's novel to feel passionately about demonstrated in bits and which earned her the but Streep makes her anything — the way she pieces in previous films first of her two Academy tantalizingly real in deli- eventually chooses to — including Robert AltAwards — the film won cate ways. And the mo- seize upon pleasure and man's "A Prairie Home five Oscars total, includ- ment when she has to love is disarming.

Companion" — she really ing best picture — but make the choice of the — "The Devil Wears can sing. We're still she is completely in con- film's title is just devas- Prada" (2006): Streep is searching for that elusive trol of every scene in tating. That's partly be- just withering here. That thing Streep doesn't do which she appears. This cause of the monologue about the sig- well. and "The Deer Hunter" matter-of-fact way it's nificance of the color ___ provided early glimpses shot and edited, but cerulean alone makes Think of any other exof the greatness to come, mainly it's because of her this movie worth watch- amples? Share them with but here she's in the reaction — the vivid ing. But the entire per- AP Movie Critic Christy tricky position of playing transformation she un- formance is a delightful Lemire through Twitter: someone we should hate dergoes within just a few reminder that, when http://twitter.com/christy from the start: a house- minutes. given the chance, she can lemire.

Advice I love him and have decided to take him back and fight for what we had.

He assured me that he wants to be only with me, that what he did was “stupid” and he has learned his lesson.

Abby, although I have forgiven him, I can’t bring myself to forgive HER. I have never been someone who holds a grudge, but I have so much hate for her that it scares me. I did get professional help, but it didn’t work.

I don’t want to be like this.

This is not who I am. I’m worried about how I might react when I see her. I can’t avoid her since we work in the same industry. Why can I forgive him but not her?

— MOVING FORWARD IN TEXAS DEAR MOVING FORWARD: Probably because having invested three years in the “only man you have ever been with,” you don’t want it to have been for nothing — so you’re directing the anger you still feel toward HIM at the woman you would like to imagine seduced him. (Remember, it takes two to tango.) Also, you may still regard her as a threat.

While you may have forgiven your boyfriend, do not forget what happened. A man who cheats and blames it on “stupidity” may do it again with someone else. You need to understand why he did what he did. Is he someone who lives only in the moment? Did he not consider how it would affect you? Is he capable of fidelity in the long run?

From my perspective, you need answers to these questions because you may only now be getting to know who he really is.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Bidding Quiz point count cannot be 33.

(Two Notrump indicated 13 to 15 points.)

Four notrump is invitational in this sequence, and partner does not have to respond. It asks partner to bid six notrump if he has a maximum for his initial two-notrump bid, and has nothing to do with Blackwood.

Tomorrow: A case of attempted larceny.

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inviting partner to carry on to game with a smattering of values, is just about right.

3. Three Clubs. When this hand appeared in The Bridge World magazine some years ago, a panel of 45 experts voted as follows: 22 for three clubs; 16 for four hearts; five for four notrump; two for two spades.

Those favoring three clubs (a cuebid) or four notrump were obviously more slam-minded than those who leaped to four hearts, basically a closeout bid. It does seem that if partner has two aces, a slam is probable, and for that reason this writer favors three clubs or four notrump, in that order.

4. Four Notrump.

Twelve tricks might be laydown if partner has the right values, even though the combined

DEAR ABBY: I recently found out that my boyfriend of three years — the only man I have ever been with — cheated on me with a woman I thought was a good friend.

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

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■ Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker You have the following 1. Four Notrump. Parthand, both sides vulnera- ner obviously likes diable: monds and probably has seven of them headed by the A-Q or A-Q-J. How 1. Partner bids One Di- many tricks your side can amond, and you respond make depends primarily Two Spades. Partner bids on how many aces he has.

Three Diamonds, and you It is therefore best to bid Three Hearts. Partner bid four notrump, which says Four Diamonds. in this sequence is BlackWhat would you bid now? wood even though no suit 2. Your right-hand op- has been directly agreed ponent bids One Dia- upon as trump. If partner mond, which you double. responds five spades Your partner responds (three aces), you plan to One Heart. What would bid seven notrump (or you bid now? seven diamonds); if he re3. After two passes, sponds five hearts (two your right-hand opponent aces), you'll bid six diaopens One Club, which monds; and if he responds you double. Your partner five diamonds (one ace), responds Two Hearts. you'll pass.

What would you bid now?

2. Three Hearts. You 4. You open One Spade, can't bid four hearts, and partner bids Two since partner might have Notrump. You bid Three a worthless hand, but Hearts, and partner bids your hand is too strong Three Notrump. What for a raise to only two would you bid now? hearts. Three hearts,

DEAR TRAPPED: Your umbilical cord was supposed to have been severed 25 years ago at birth.

You are an adult individual who deserves happiness and freedom from this attachment to your mother.

She may not believe in doctors and therapists — and that’s her privilege as long as she’s not a danger to herself and others. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk with a mental health professional about this unhealthy situation.

Your sisters haven’t helped you because they have their freedom and don’t want to share the responsibility you have carrying alone. And your mother doesn’t want to let go of you because if she does, she’ll have to assume responsibility for herself.

Please act now. Your escape hatch is the door to a therapist’s office. You deserve a life, so go there and get one.

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DEAR ABBY: I’m a 25year-old woman with no future. I am the youngest of three daughters. My parents are divorced and my sisters are both married. Mom has no income of her own, so it’s mainly me.

I have come to realize that I’ll never be able to have an apartment of my own or fully live my life because of her. She’s controlling and always finds a way to make me feel guilty about going out or enjoying myself. I have never had a relationship because she has always found a way of sabotaging any relationship I’m in.

I think she’s bipolar, but she doesn’t believe in medication or that it’s even real. I feel as if I’m being forced to take care of her, and when I finally have a chance to have a real life, it will be too late.

I have discussed this with my sisters, but they haven’t helped. I’m very depressed and don’t know what to do. If I bring this up with Mom, she gets angry and won’t talk to me for days. Please help me find a way out.

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John Rosemond

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Q: Our 4-year-old daughter’s weight (25 pounds) is at the first percentile for her age, but she is otherwise healthy, energetic, creative, polite, and well-behaved.

Our only real problem occurs at meals during which she picks at and dawdles over her food. We end up coaxing her to finish, telling her how important it is for her to eat so she’ll grow, and so on. Sometimes, she has been there so long we’ve taken her plate away, but we are reluctant to do that because we don’t want her losing any weight. Are we worrying for nothing?

A: First of all, let’s understand and put into proper perspective what it means that your daughter’s weight is at the first percentile.

Percentiles are nothing more than a means of comparing people along a certain dimension or concerning a certain skill.

In the case of your daughter’s weight, the first percentile means that 99 out of a typical group of 100 American girls her age weigh more than she does. If, for example, there are one-half million 4-year-old girls currently living in America, then 5,000 of them weigh approximately 25 pounds.

No matter what, a certain number of people are always going to be at the first percentile. For example, I am at the first percentile with respect to pole vaulting. But staying with the current example, if the lightest 4-year-old girl in America weighed 50 pounds, then 50 pounds would be the first percentile. My point is that weighing 25 pounds at age four does not, in and of itself, indicate a problem. My 10-year-old granddaughter’s weight has been between the first and fifth percentiles since she was very young. Nonetheless, she’s always been the perfect picture of health.

With respect to your daughter’s appetite, if she’s healthy, then she’s eating enough. When she’s consumed what her body needs, the healthy thing for her to do is to stop eating.

Overeating is not a good thing for humans of any age. Encouraging your daughter to eat when her brain is telling her not to eat is not going to accomplish anything. The constant coaxing is, however, putting her at the center of attention during meals (not a proper place for a child under circumstances other than a piano recital), turning meals into unpleasant occasions for all concerned, and quite possibly setting the stage for the development of an eating disorder.

When the family sits down to eat a meal together, you need to talk about anything but your daughter’s eating habits.

Be proactive about this.

Before you sit down to eat, you and your husband should decide exactly what you’re going to talk about during the meal. Settle on three topics and stick with them. When your daughter begins picking at her food, ask her if she wants to be excused. Tell her it’s all right if she wants to get up from the table and go play.

Enough about her eating already!

Are you worrying for nothing? I’m going to assume that you’ve discussed your daughter’s weight with her physician, and since you didn’t make mention of a problem, either he’s not concerned or he’s taking a “wait and see” attitude. In either case, yes, you’re worrying for nothing. You’re doing a lot of talking for nothing too.

Family psychologist John Rosemond answers questions on his web site at www.rosemond.com.

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Colleges and suicide threats:

When to call home?

JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer The email that arrived at Virginia Tech’s health center in November 2007 was detailed and unmistakably ominous. It concerned a Tech senior named Daniel Kim and came from an acquaintance at another college.

“Daniel has been acting very suicidal recently, purchasing a $200 pistol, and claiming he’ll go through with it,” the email read, adding details of a reported previous suicide attempt with pills. “This is not a joke.”

By the time Virginia Tech told Daniel’s father, William Kim, about that email, it was too late.

A few weeks after it was sent to the school, he spoke with his son for the last time, Daniel indicating all was well and after final exams he’d be home for the holidays.

A few days after that, parked in his car outside a Target store near campus, Daniel fatally shot himself in the head.

“If I’d known, I could have taken him to doctors, get him on medication, make him normal again,” William Kim, who owns a Washington, D.C., convenience store, said in a recent telephone interview, grief still echoing in his voice four years after the fact.

Virginia Tech’s actions were all the more confounding coming just months after the murdersuicide rampage on the same campus by another student, Seung Hui Cho, which had supposedly prompted campuses nationwide to rethink their previous emphasis on confidentiality in treating troubled students.

“Who is going to take better care of him than his parents?” Kim said. “I never had the chance to do anything for him. That’s a terrible feeling.”

In an agreement finalized by a judge last month in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by the family, the Kims settled with Virginia Tech for $250,000, plus an endowed scholarship in Daniel’s name. But William Kim also insisted that the agreement include language requiring Virginia Tech to notify parents of a potentially suicidal student unless it documents a reason not to do so.

The university, which admits no fault, maintains the language reflects policies already in place there under a 2008 state law, and wouldn’t have made a difference for Daniel Kim anyway. It continues to insist that, after sending local police to check on the student, and despite the detailed email, it had no reason to believe he was actively suicidal and thus didn’t need to notify his family.

But the family’s attorney, Gary Mims, insists the settlement goes further than the state law, which applies only to students treated by university mental health services. Now, he says, Virginia Tech must at least consider notifying parents if it receives an indication from any source a student may be suicidal. Several experts described it as among the strongest such policies in the country.

The issue of when colleges should notify parents their adult children may be suicidal remains fraught with legal, medical and ethical dilemmas. College policies, state laws and professional codes of conduct vary widely — and occasionally conflict.

Some mental health professionals call the Virginia Tech settlement the latest step in a trend they welcome: Threats to safety increasingly take precedence over preserving confiden-

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In this Dec. 22 photo, William Kim poses for a portrait in Washington. His son, Daniel Kim, committed suicide in 2007 while attending college at Virginia Tech. The issue of when colleges should notify parents their adult children may be suicidal remains fraught with legal, medical and ethical dilemmas. College policies, state laws and professional codes of conduct vary widely, and occasionally conflict. tiality. They emphasize that in many cases, involving parents is not only right, but helpful.

“There’s some good evidence if someone is really sick, that involving family in their treatment planning, the medication, helping them stay on track, are really good things to do,” said Greg Eells, director of counseling and psychological services at Cornell University in New York, which has changed several policies to make notifying parents more common. “I think the (Virginia Tech settlement) is kind of affirming that.”

But many remain wary of top-down pressure on counselors to notify parents as the default option, even if such policies are well-intentioned and allow exceptions. Many students have just passing thoughts of suicide. Also, relationships with parents may be part of the problem. Involving them too readily might discourage some people from getting help, or complicate treatment once they do.

“The less flexibility we have, it actually compromises care,” said MaryJeanne Raleigh, director of counseling services at St. Mary’s College in Maryland and president of ACCA, the American College Counseling Association. Overly rigid policies mean, she said, “I can’t review what is best for the individual standing in front of me because the law is saying you have to x, y and z.”

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students, behind automobile accidents. A 2010 survey of counseling center directors found at least 133 college students had taken their lives in the previous year. The better indicator is probably the rate, estimated at about 6 to 7.5 per 100,000 — though that’s only about half the suicide rate for similarly aged people not in college.

But while the research highlights the danger, it also sheds light on why these are tough calls for colleges. Warning signs aren’t always as black and white as they were at Virginia Tech. A milder form of suicidal ideation — fleeting hopelessness or thoughts about death —is common among college-age students.

A 2009 survey of 26,000 students at 70 colleges found that roughly half reported having had at least occasional suicidal thoughts. But more than half of those said such thoughts lasted a day or less. Roughly 6 percent of undergraduates reported

they had “seriously considered attempting suicide” in the last 12 months. Colleges must determine who’s most at risk — typically those who have made detailed plans and acquired means such as a weapon or pills.

“Someone who’s seeking help but says, ‘I have to admit I have these thoughts five or six times a day and they’re kind of scary’ — that’s someone I wouldn’t necessarily feel compelled to call the parents right away,” Raleigh said. “That’s very different from the person I get a call from at 3 o’clock on a Saturday morning who’s been drinking and has immediate plans to kill themselves.”

The 2010 survey of counseling directors found that when a client was considered a “suicidal risk” but didn’t meet the state-law criteria for involuntary hospitalization, 41 percent wouldn’t notify anyone else without a signed release from the student. Only 13 percent said they would notify family; 22 percent said they would notify a superior, and 19 percent said it would depend on the situation.

Why the hesitation to involve family? The data also show why colleges worry so much about any action that might discourage troubled students from seeking help: 80 percent of students who commit suicide, like Kim, never participated in campus counseling services.

“I’m in favor of notifying parents,” said Carolyn Wolf, a mental health lawyer who advises college officials. “These are kids who are 18, 19, 20 years old, they’re legally adults, but I don’t think they’re developmentally adults at that point. Parents are much more involved in kids’ lives these days for a longer period of time.” Still, she said, “you need to give some amount of flexibility to those people who are in the trenches.”

Wolf advises parents to remember that FERPA, the federal education privacy law, has clear exceptions for risks to health and safety, as do state laws. HIPPA, the federal medical privacy

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law, generally doesn’t apply to colleges. And while counselors and psychiatrists may be unable to discuss a student they are treating, those rules don’t apply to anyone else on campus; faculty and administrators can call home about behavioral issues.

And, Wolf points out, nothing forbids counselors from listening.

Parents “can call a counseling center and say, ‘I think this meets one of the (confidentiality) exceptions, but even if you can’t tell me things, you need to listen to me give you history, give you information,’” Wolf said.

William Kim’s lawsuit against Virginia Tech contends the school broke its own protocol, which called for any student who had made even a gesture about suicide to see a psychologist on call immediately. Instead, officials discussed the email the morning they received it, and dispatched a local police officer to Kim’s off-campus residence.

The officer reported Kim “appeared to be OK” and that Kim said he didn’t know the student who had sent the email. That student appeared to know Kim through online gaming. The university also checked to see if Kim had purchased a gun. Apparently he had not, but did so a few weeks later.

Confidentiality laws would not have prevented Virginia Tech from contacting Kim’s parents because he was not a patient of the university counseling center. But university officials decided not to reach out.

Having received no other unsolicited indications from family, acquaintances or teachers that Kim might be suicidal, they concluded he was not a danger.

Ed Spencer, Virginia Tech’s vice president for student affairs, acknowledged that the university has wide latitude to contact family if a student is suicidal, and said it would do so if it made that determination.

But, he said in a telephone interview, Daniel Kim “was never found to be suicidal by anyone here at Virginia Tech or by the

Blacksburg police.”

Regardless of the detailed plans reported in the email, altogether “there was nothing that added up that he was at all suicidal,” Spencer said. He added experts the university consulted backed up that view and “were surprised we went the extra mile” of checking on the gun.

But Mark Mills, a Columbia University psychiatrist retained by Kim’s attorneys, found the email alone represented clear evidence of a “psychiatric emergency” and that it was “irresponsible and reckless” that Virginia Tech failed to take further action to see if Daniel needed help.

When William Kim asked university officials why they hadn’t told him about the email, he says they told him it was “unnecessary.”

Kim responded: “It was unnecessary? My son’s life was in danger, and you didn’t think it was necessary?”

“They didn’t call his teachers, other students, they didn’t call me,” said Kim, who emphasized he was not angry at Virginia Tech as a whole. “Nothing was done whatsoever to save him.”

Daniel Kim was a happy kid, said his father, who only later learned his son had agonized about his perceived resemblance to Cho and experienced antiKorean slurs after the shootings on campus the April before he took his own life.

Only later did William Kim learn his son had secluded himself for two weeks in his dorm — the same building where Cho killed his first two victims.

“When somebody’s life is in danger, all the privacy, that should go out the window,” he said. “No matter how bad your relationship with your parents, when something like that happens you want to know.”

He added: “He was suffering at that school. We had no idea.”“ ____ Justin Pope covers higher education for The Associated Press. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JustinPopeAP

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Candy, an 11-year-old Jack Russell mix, got a new home and a 12-yearold Piqua girl got a special early Christmas present. tention. “She was a good dog, and she loved company,” said Mrs. Oen. As for caring for Candy, Leo Jr. tried to take the dog to his home a couple years ago when his mother broke her shoulder. His own Jack Russell mix, 10-year-old Chloe wasn’t having any part of that. “Our dog is pretty territorial,” he said. In addition, “Chloe is a barn dog, while Candy was used to being in the house.”

Mrs. Oen went along with the plan to find Candy a new home under two conditions. “She had to be left in the house, because that was what she was [a house dog,]” said the elderly Shelby County resident.

“Mom also insisted, ‘It’s got to be a good home or it’s not going. If it hadn’t been Dad’s, she probably would have agreed years ago,” said Leo Jr. After all, Ruth Oen and her husband were married for more than 60 years. So letting go of his dog, must have been like letting go of a part of him. Yet, the widow knew that Candy “needed somebody to play with.”

That’s where 12-year-old Madison Hicks enters the picture. She had been asking her grandparents, who have been her guardians for more than five years, if she could have a dog for Christmas. The

Piqua couple, who asked to remain anonymous, already have a large but extremely well-trained Rottweiler named Beef that they adopted from the Miami County Animal Shelter last winter.

Shelter employees remember “Beef ” as a remarkable pet. The gentle giant belongs to the family which includes Madison’s brother, Tyler Hicks, 17. His sister wanted a dog of her own, one that she could hold.

Even though it wasn’t Christmas yet, when the 12-year-old saw the advertisement in the Piqua Daily Call, her grandmother agreed that she could inquire about the Jack Russell mix. Despite the fact that the Oens “had a lot of calls,” they just sensed that Madison was Candy’s new owner.

When the Piqua City Schools’ student arrived at Mrs. Oen’s home, Candy ran to greet her with her ball already in her mouth. “I knew she was the right dog when I saw her,” Madison said. “I felt a little bad about taking Candy away from her owner. But she’s happy here … she sleeps in my room.”

Candy and Beef have become best friends, too. “They love to play together, and it’s just really cute,” said Madison. Mrs. Oen is also grateful that Candy is enjoying her new home.

Ohio to privatize some prisons Changeover to occur Saturday

BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press MARION (AP) — David Kah will report to the same job in the same training kitchen at Ohio’s 17-year-old state prison in Marion in January but much about his life will be changed.

Kah (pronounced KAY) is leaving the public payroll and taking a job with Management & Training Corp., the Centerville, Utah-based prison vendor that takes over operation of North Central Correctional Institution on Saturday. The longtime culinary arts instructor, who’s 67, says he’ll see significant reductions in pay and vacation days, but he’s looking forward to the new operator’s plans for his program.

Ohio turns over the keys to MTC at 10 p.m.

Dec. 31, the start of the last shift before the management transfer. The prison is among five state facilities seeing management or operations changes that night in a consolidation and privatization effort by Republican Gov. John Kasich.

“Everybody’s a little anxious,” Kah said. “Any time you go from a union, unions are just a lot different, so when you work for the private guy they’re going to do things a little different. But really I’m

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An inmate mops the floor in the merit dorm at North Central Correctional Institution in Marion. North Central Correctional Institution is one of five corrections facilities that is part of a privatization initiative predicted to save Ohio money in salaries, inmate care and building upkeep. NCCI will be merged with an adjacent previously shuttered juvenile prison as part of the changes. excited about it.” ran the facility.

NCCI will be merged The sale generated with an adjacent previ- more than enough to close ously shuttered juvenile a $50 million prison prison as part of the budget gap that loomed, changes. The resulting so other offers were recamp will be renamed jected and the ensuing North Central Correc- management changes tional Complex. were announced. The In other changes, the state says the changes will previously private North bring ongoing savings of Coast Correctional Treat- $13 million a year. ment Facility in Lorain The savings will be reCounty will be returned to alized even as the state state control and merged adds 702 beds to its overinto one complex with ad- crowded 50,200-inmate jacent Grafton Correc- prison system, said pristional Institution. ons spokesman Carlo Kasich put five state LoParo. prisons on the block, but Annette Chambersonly the privately-run Smith, deputy administraLake Erie Correctional In- tion director at the Ohio stitution in Conneaut was Department of Rehabilitasold. It was bought by Cor- tion and Correction, says rections Corporation of the bulk of the savings America (NYSE:CXW) , come from more liberal the nation’s largest prison staffing requirements alvendor, for $72.7 million in lowed at private instituthe first deal of its kind in tions, where fewer the nation. CCA already employees can be sched-

uled to cover vacations, sick days, and absences for training and other workrelated matters than under public union contracts.

No state prison workers lost jobs in the move. At North Central, MTC has hired 70 employees to stay, 297 transferred to other state jobs, and eight retired.

Tim Roberts, president of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association’s corrections assembly, met with prison officials Wednesday. The union disagrees with the privatization effort, but is working to assure things go well for both the roughly 2,300 inmates and about 350 staff, he said.

“If I’ve been at a facility for 20 years, and all of the sudden I’m being uprooted some have to go as far as Mansfield, Marysville, Lima there’s not an excitement about that,” he said.

Kah says he will collect his public pension while working for MTC to cushion the blow of a pay cut.

He noted many others staying on are retirees.

“I just want to pay my house off, plus I felt too good to retire,” he said.

“What they offered me financially was a big hit, nevertheless it’s an excellent wage if you want to be part-time. It was just a way to make some extra money.”

Many younger workers opted to take transfers offered by the department, though not always happily.

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BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press

BY CHRISTINA RYAN CLAYPOOL For the Daily Call PIQUA — By now, Christmas is a recent memory. Presents have all been opened. Some toys are already broken, and many unwanted gifts have been returned.

But 12-year-old Madison Hicks, of Piqua, has no intention of taking back a dog that she received as an early Christmas gift. Madison’s voice fills with excitement as she shares the details about her new pet named Candy. “She’s 11 years old,” said the sixth grader. “At first, we were worried about her getting homesick, but she loves it here.”

Maybe you saw the advertisement in early December in the classified section of one of the I-75 Newspapers about Candy. “Jack Russell mix … Free to good home.

Elderly owner no longer able to care for her.”

Leo Oen Jr. placed the ad at the suggestion of his brother, Joe Oen. Due to the low cost of a package deal, the brothers put it in all three publications: Piqua Daily Call, Sidney Daily News and Troy Daily News. The rural Russia residents were concerned about their 88-yearold mother’s ability to continue to care for Candy.

Ruth Oen reluctantly agreed that it was time to find her pet another place to live. “I decided it was just a little bit too much for me,” said the Botkins resident. The senior is now struggling with mobility issues, but maintains her independence through the assistance of her sons and daughters, both of Botkins, Rita Kinstle, and Sharon Steinke who is her primary caregiver.

The energetic and loyal Candy was a 5-week-old puppy when she first joined the Oen family in 2000.

Leo Jr. gave the dog to his father, Leo Sr., after his own Jack Russell mix had pups.

When his dad passed away in 2004, his mother kept Candy, despite the fact that she had a toy poodle named Babe of her own. “They [the two dogs] got along so well. The toy poodle and her would play tug of war with old socks,” said Mrs. Oen. The poodle is now 12, but easier to care for than the Jack Russell Mix. The once tan-colored Candy is graying with age, but her personality requires that she gets lots of at-

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COLUMBUS — The anti-abortion group Ohio Right to Life is seeking a new executive director after a tumultuous year of feuding inside the anti-abortion community.

In a statement Thursday, board chairman Marshal Pitchford said the opening follows a decision to elevate current director Mike Gonidakis into a new role. Gonidakis will be the group’s point person on national issues, oversee its political action committee and advise staff members on state legislative matters.

Pitchford characterized the move as “strategic restructuring” of the state’s oldest and largest anti-abortion group.

“Due to the historic success we realized in 2011 and the unexpected growth of Ohio Right to Life, we have determined that elevating Mike Gonidakis’ position while engaging an additional pro-life advocate will best position our efforts to protect mothers and save the unborn,” his statement said.

Gonidakis’ leadership has been criticized by some anti-abortion activists who have defected from Right to Life this year and have joined forces with a rival coalition backing a bill banning most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat.

Some of those who disaffiliated linked their decisions to Ohio Right to Life’s decision to remain neutral on the so-called Heartbeat Bill out of con-

cern that it was unconstitutional. Among those who defected was Jack Willke, a Cincinnati physician who helped start Ohio Right to Life and launch the national movement against abortion.

Ohio Right to Life countered the defections with announcements of the formation of several new county chapters of its own organization.

Despite an unusually intensive lobbying effort that featured balloon deliveries, prayer meetings and Statehouse flyovers, the Heartbeat Bill stalled in the state Senate before the holiday break.

Gonidakis said Thursday he was excited about his new role. He said it represents a promotion, not any type of discipline.

Ohio Right to Life is leading a 50-state effort to pass state legislation requiring pregnant women to view or listen to the fetal heartbeats before consenting to abortions, which will be among Gonidakis’ new advocacy priorities.

Promoters of the 50state effort say the measure stops short of protecting the unborn through abortion restrictions, but Right to Life has countered the measure has a better chance of withstanding a court challenge.

Gonidakis said he also will be working to keep the abortion issue in the public eye during next year’s presidential election.

Abortion rights groups oppose both heartbeat bills as too restrictive on women’s rights to make their own health decisions.

Ohio teen faces murder charge CINCINNATI (AP) A southwest Ohio prosecutor Thursday charged a 17-year-old boy with murder after a youth he is accused of assaulting at a group home died from his injuries.

Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser said 16year-old Anthony Parker’s death “resulted from a brutal, unjustified assault.” He said an autopsy showed Parker died from blunt force trauma to his head.

The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center said Parker died Wednesday night. He had been taken to the hospital Dec. 19.

Fairfield Township police have said Parker was body-slammed to the floor and hit his head in a dispute over a flashlight.

Gmoser said the death resulted from an attack against Parker, not from a fight.

The older boy had been held in a juvenile detention center on a charge of aggravated assault.

Gmoser said the next steps will be to have the youth’s case moved to adult court, and then to take it before a grand jury.

He didn’t release the boy’s name because he is still in the juvenile system.

Gmoser said he applied the murder charge because the death resulted from a felonious assault.

With a conviction, the murder count carries a potential sentence of 15 years to life in prison.

The boys were at One Way Farm, a nonprofit group home for children who have been abused, neglected, have disabilities or are otherwise troubled. Officials there said it was the first time an altercation has resulted in death; nearly 9,000 children have been cared for in the home’s 34 years of operation.

“Everyone from our staff to our board has been horrified that something like this occurred,” Jody Canupp, the home’s development director, said in a statement. “We care about these children and youth as our own, as we are all grieving this loss.”

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which licenses the home, began investigating “shortly after this tragic incident,” spokesman Ben Johnson said Thursday.

“It is difficult to say when that investigation will conclude, because the criminal investigation takes precedence.”

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A camper being pulled by another vehicle flipped on its side on southbound Interstate 75 outside of Troy at mile marker 72 on Thursday afternoon backing traffic up for miles (photo at right) for several hours. According to the Piqua post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, there were no injuries as a result of the accident. No other information was available at presstime.

DES MOINES, Iowa — With time running short, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich battled Thursday to win over a pivotal crop of undecided conservative voters. Of all the candidates, only Mitt Romney seemed to largely escape attack as he worked to win a state that long seemed out of reach until this week.

“Don’t settle for what’s not good enough to save the country,” the newly ascendant Santorum implored Iowans at city hall in Coralville, urging voters to put conservative principles above everything else and suggesting that his rivals, and specifically Ron Paul, lacked them.

For the first time, though, the former Pennsylvania senator became a target.

“When he talks about fiscal conservatism, every now and then it leaves me scratching my head because he was a prolific earmarker,” Perry, the Texas governor, said of Santorum as the day began, referring to special spending projects members of Congress seek. “He loaded up his bill with Pennsylvania pork.’”

Santorum defended the practice as part of lawmakers’ constitutional role as appropriators, telling CNBC that he owed it to Pennsylvanians to bring money to the state. He said earmarking became abused and that he would support a ban on them if he were president.

Perry also slapped at Santorum in a radio ad

and in a new TV commercial that lumps him in with Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Paul and says: “The fox guarding the henhouse is like asking a congressman to fix Washington: bad idea.”

The maneuvering underscored the fluid if not convoluted state of the GOP presidential race as Tuesday’s caucuses loom while cultural conservatives and evangelical Republicans, who make up the base of the electorate here, continue to be divided. That lack of unity paves the way for someone who is seen as less consistently conservative.

Five days out, public and private polling show Romney and Paul in strong contention to win the caucuses, with coalitions of support cobbled together from across the Republican political spectrum and their get-outthe-vote operations beefed up from their failed 2008 bids at the ready. They’re the only two with the money and the organizations necessary to ensure big turnouts on Tuesday.

Three others Santorum, Perry and Gingrich will have to rely largely on momentum to carry supporters to precinct caucuses.

Each was working to convince fickle conservatives that he alone would satisfy those who yearn for a nominee who would adhere strictly to GOP orthodoxy.

Bachmann, meanwhile, worked to convince backers that her campaign was not in disarray after a top supporter in Iowa abandoned her to back Paul.

After state Sen. Kent Sorenson bolted as her Iowa campaign chairman, Bachmann continued to bleed staff, losing her Iowa political director, Wes Enos, on Thursday.

Abortion, immigration changes slated New laws to take effect in 2012

BY ANDREW WELSHHUGGINS Associated Press Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers’ U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under the set of state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

Many laws reflect the nation’s concerns over immigration, the cost of government and the best way to protect and benefit young people, including regulations on sports concussions.

Alabama, with the country’s toughest immigration law, is enacting a key provision requiring all employers who do business with any government entity to use a federal system known as EVerify to check that all new employees are in the country legally.

Georgia is putting a similar law into effect requiring any business with 500 or more employees to use EVerify to check the employment eligibility of new

hires. The requirement is being phased in, with all employers with more than 10 employees to be included

by July 2013.

Supporters said they wanted to deter illegal immigrants from coming to Georgia by making it tougher for them to work.

Critics said that changes to immigration law should come at the federal level and that portions of the law already in effect are already hurting Georgia.

“It is destroying Georgia’s economy and it is destroying the fabric of our social network in South Georgia,” Paul Bridges, mayor of the onion-farming town of Uvalda, said in November. He is part of a lawsuit challenging the new law.

Tennessee will also require businesses to ensure employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S. but exempts employers with five or fewer workers and allows them to keep a copy of the new hire’s driver’s license instead of using E-Verify.

A South Carolina law would allow officials to yank the operating licenses of businesses that don’t check new hires’ legal status through E-verify. A federal judge this week blocked more controversial parts of the law that would have required police to ask criminal suspects or individuals stopped for traffic violations about immigra-

tion status, and made it a crime for illegal immigrants to transport or house themselves.

California is also addressing illegal immigration, but with a bill that allows students who entered the country illegally to receive private financial aid at public colleges.

Many laws aim to protect young people. In Colorado, coaches will be required to bench players as young as 11 when they’re believed to have suffered a head injury.

The young athletes will also need medical clearance to return to play.

The law also requires coaches in public and private schools and even volunteer Little League and Pop Warner football coaches to take free annual online training to recognize the symptoms of a concussion.

At least a dozen other states have enacted similar laws with the support of the National Football League.

People 18 and under in Illinois will have to wear seat belts while riding in taxis for school-related purposes, and Illinois school boards can now suspend or expel students who make explicit threats on websites against other students or school employees.

Florida will take control of lunch and other school food programs from the federal government, allowing the state to put more Florida-grown fresh fruit and vegetables on school menus. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says the change will help children eat healthier.

A California law will add gays and lesbians and people with disabilities to the

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Ohio is also one of eight states with automatic increases in the minimum wage taking effect Jan. 1.

The others, with increases between 28 and 37 cents, are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.

A few laws try to address budget woes. In Delaware, new state employees will have to contribute more to their pensions, while state workers hired after Jan. 1 in Nevada will have to pony up for their own health care costs in retirement.

Jan. 1 is the effective date in many states for laws passed during this year’s legislative sessions. In others, laws take effect July 1, or 90 days after passage.

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list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools.

The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions.

Opponents have filed five potential initiatives to repeal the requirement outright or let parents remove their children while gays’ contributions are being taught.

In New Hampshire, a law requiring girls seeking abortions to tell their parents or a judge first was reinstated by conservative Republicans over a gubernatorial veto. The state enacted a similar law eight years ago, but it was never enforced following a series of lawsuits.

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A track hoe made its way into the Great Miami River as work continued Thursday on the Adams Street bridge.

Track hoe submerged in river Operator rescued by co-worker on Troy project

BY RON OSBURN Ohio Community Media rosburn@tdnpublishing.com TROY — A track hoe at the Adams Street Bridge job site fell into the Great Miami River late Thursday.

Just prior to 4 p.m., it was reported that a track hoe was partially submerged in the river near the bridge, which is under construction. A few minutes later, the back hoe operator was rescued by a second back hoe near a concrete bridge arch.

The unidentified back hoe operator was not injured and was still on the

job site late Thursday helping other workers try to free the 100,000-pound back hoe, according to site supervisor Chris Platfoot.

He and the back hoe operator are employees of Sidney-based Eagle Bridge company, which is the lead contractor on the $6.015 million span.

Workers have set the concrete bridge support archs and have constructed fill dirt pathways to work spaces in shallow water between the archs.

Platfoot said the back hoe operator misjudged the boundary of the shallow area between support archs and plunged the back hoe into the water, where it came to rest at an angle and partially submerged.

Workers were still trying to dislodge and remove

the track hoe as of 8 p.m. last night.

The new 512-foot-long bridge is replacing a bridge that had been in place since 1922. The project began in mid-June, immediately after this year’s Troy Strawberry Festival, and is expected to be completed by November, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

ODOT is working with Eagle Bridge company, the the city of Troy, and the Miami County Engineers Office, which is the lead local agency on the project. The Miami County Engineers Office secured some grant funding to cover construction costs, with the county and city of Troy covering the balance.

The county’s share of construction costs is pro-

protests sparked a revolution in Egypt that ousted Hosni Mubarak, fueled a civil war in Libya that climaxed with Moammar Gadhafi’s death, and fomented a bloody uprising in Syria against the Assad regime. Bahrain and Yemen also experienced major protests and unrest.

4. EU FISCAL CRISIS: The European Union was hit with relentless fiscal turmoil. In Greece, austerity measures triggered strikes, protests and riots, while Italy’s economic woes toppled Premier Silvio Berlusconi. France and Germany led urgent efforts to ease the debt crisis; Britain balked at proposed changes.

5. US ECONOMY: By some measures, the U.S. economy gained strength as the year progressed.

Hiring picked up a bit, consumers were spending more, and the unemployment rate finally dipped below 9 percent. But millions of Americans remained buffeted by foreclosures, joblessness and benefit cutbacks, and investors were on edge monitoring the chain of fiscal crises in Europe.

6. PENN STATE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: One of America’s most storied college football programs was tarnished in a scandal that prompted the firing of Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno. One of his former assistants, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of sexually molesting 10 boys; two senior Penn State officials were charged with perjury; and the longtime president was ousted.

Paterno wasn’t charged, but expressed regret he didn’t do more after being told there was a problem.

7. GADHAFI TOPPLED IN LIBYA: After nearly 42 years of mercurial and often brutal rule, Moammar Gadhafi was toppled by his own people. Antigovernment protests escalated into an eight-month

rebellion, backed by NATO bombing, that shattered his regime, and Gadhafi finally was tracked down and killed in the fishing village where he was born.

8. FISCAL SHOWDOWNS IN CONGRESS: Partisan divisions in Congress led to several showdowns on fiscal issues. A fight over the debt ceiling prompted Standard & Poor’s to strip the U.S. of its AAA credit rating.

Later, the so—called “supercommittee” failed to agree on a deficit—reduction package of at least $1.2 trillion — potentially triggering automatic spending cuts of that amount starting in 2013.

9. OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTESTS: It began Sept. 17 with a protest at a New York City park near Wall Street, and within weeks spread to scores of communities across the U.S. and abroad.

The movement depicted itself as leaderless and shied away from specific demands, but succeeded in airing its complaint that the richest 1 percent of Americans benefit at the expense of the rest. As winter approached, local police dismantled several of the protest encampments.

10. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS SHOT: The popular third-term congresswoman from Arizona suffered a severe brain injury when she and 18 other people were shot by a gunman as she met with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket in January. Six people died, and Giffords’ painstaking recovery is still in progress.

Among the news events falling just short of the Top 10 were the death of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, Hurricane Irene, the devastating series of tornados across Midwest and Southeastern U.S., and the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that barred gays from serving openly in U.S. military.

Top story Continued from page 1 The Japan disaster was next, with 60 first — place votes. Placing third were the Arab Spring uprisings that rocked North Africa and the Middle East, while the European Union’s financial turmoil was No. 4.

The international flavor of these top stories contrasted with last year’s voting — when the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was the top story, President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was No. 2, and the U.S. midterm elections were No. 3.

Here are 2011’s top 10 stories, in order: 1.

OSAMA BIN LADEN’S DEATH: He’d been the world’s mostwanted terrorist for nearly a decade, ever since a team of his al—Qaida followers carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In May, the long and often frustrating manhunt ended with a nighttime assault by a helicopter—borne special operations squad on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden was shot dead by one of the raiders, and within hours his body was buried at sea.

2. JAPAN’S TRIPLE DISASTER: A 9.0-magnitude earthquake off Japan’s northeast coast in March unleashed a tsunami that devastated scores of communities, leaving nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and wreaking an estimated $218 billion in damage.

The tsunami triggered the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl after waves knocked out the cooling system at a nuclear power plant, causing it to spew radiation that turned up in local produce. About 100,000 people evacuated from the area have not returned to their homes.

3. ARAB SPRING: It began with demonstrations in Tunisia that rapidly toppled the longtime strongman. Spreading like a wildfire, the Arab Spring

jected at $321,164.98, with the city of Troy’s share at $74,566.25, though officials have cautioned that those figures do not represent the anticipated total costs.

To cover its share of the costs, the city enacted a $10 license fee, to be collected for 10 years beginning Jan. 1, 2009. Earlier this year, the city estimated it will have collected about $667,000 by the end of this year, which the city auditor deemed enough to cover the city’s share of the bridge.

Anticipating it would have collected enough from license fees after this year, late last year, Troy City Council rescinded the fee, effective Jan. 1, 2012.

Thus, today is the last day the city will collect the $10 license fee.

WASHINGTON — The long-suffering job market is ending the year better off than it began.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week has dropped by 10 percent since January. The unemployment rate, 8.6 percent in November, is at its lowest level in nearly three years.

Factory output is rising, business owners say they’re more optimistic about hiring and consumer confidence has jumped to its highest level since April. Even the beleaguered housing market is looking slightly better.

“We are ending the year on an up note,” says Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors.

Still, 25 million Americans remain out of work or unable to find full-time jobs. Most analysts forecast a stronger economy and job growth in 2012 and rule out a second recession but they caution that could change if Europe’s debt crisis worsens or consumers pull back on spending.

On Thursday, the Labor Department said the number of people applying

for unemployment benefits last week rose 15,000 to 381,000. But the fourweek average, a less volatile measure, dropped to 375,000 the lowest level since June 2008.

When applications for unemployment benefits consistently fall below 375,000, economists consider it a reasonable sign that hiring is rising enough to push the unemployment rate lower. The four-week average has remained below 400,000 for seven weeks, the longest stretch since April.

A mildly positive report on housing also came out on Thursday. The National Association of Realtors said the number of people who signed contracts to buy homes rose in November to its highest level in a year and a half.

The association sought to temper enthusiasm by noting that the number of canceled contracts is also on the rise. But financial markets seized on the good news in both reports.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 113 points in afternoon trading.

“The recovery in the labor market is maintaining its momentum,” says Michael Gapen, an economist at Barclays Capital.

That’s noteworthy for an economy faced with a debt crisis in Europe and, as recently as last summer, scattered predictions of a second recession at home.

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HOROSCOPE Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 It’s likely that in the year ahead you will experience a significant improvement in your personal relationships.

One of the biggest causes of this is that someone who is jealous of you and has caused you complications will be leaving the scene.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Write down any special instructions being given to you instead of trusting them to memory. It’s far less embarrassing than having to go back and ask for them a second time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — The best way to make a concerted effort to be money-conscious is to think about how much you’re spending and for what ends, before making that expensive purchase.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Strive to be self-sufficient, because someone whom you think is a staunch helper might suddenly abandon you when the job gets even the slightest bit tough. Don’t depend on anyone.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t put off an important chore that needs to be taken care of immediately. The longer you let it go, the more the situation will deteriorate, increasing the work you would have to do to set things right.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If you know that you won’t be welcomed with open arms, don’t go anywhere near a certain person. An encounter would only make you feel worse than you already do.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It would be best not to discuss with anybody the difficulties you’re having with a relative, because talking about it is likely to only make you feel worse. Put it out of your mind for now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your desire will make it difficult for you to discern between what is reasonable optimism and what is just plain wishful thinking. Don’t let anything cloud your judgment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Take a second look at a joint venture that requires money down. Make sure that you’re not the only one who is asked to put up the financial costs — parity is important.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be careful not to underestimate persons with whom you are negotiating a critical matter. You might be an extremely good horse trader, but they could be sharper still.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t put up with someone constantly looking over your shoulder, especially if you’re working on a tedious task that requires concentration. It’s too distracting.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If you find yourself in a social situation where one person in particular seems to be getting all the limelight, don’t let your fury show. Get the attention of others by complimenting them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Finding a scapegoat to blame for all the problems you are encountering will only make you look weak. No one is perfect, not even you, so make light of your difficulties.

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AG EQUIPMENT SALES

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The position requires a good driving record and criminal background check.

250 Office/Clerical PART TIME Position available in busy professional office. Must have good phone skills and knowledge in Word, Excel, and general computer programs.

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For more information on the position or to submit an on-line application/resume visit: koenigequipment.com/

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Must be state tested or be eligible for exam.

Apply online: www.covingtoncarecenter.com

or in person at: Covington Care Center 75 Mote Drive, Covington Ohio 45318

245 Manufacturing/Trade

QUALITY MANAGERTS-16949 MACHINISTS Concept Machine & Tool, Inc. a growing & progressive company has immediate openings for the following positions: QUALITY MANAGER Proficiency with TS-16949 Quality system, including program implementation, manuals, and procedures.

CNC MILL, CNC LATHE & TOOL ROOM MACHINISTS

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Tool room Machinists: manual mill, lathe & grinding experience desired!

Day Shift & Night (4:30pm to 5:00am Monday-Thursday 10 hour shifts with OT) Shift positions are open. Concept Machine & Tool, Inc. provides excellent wages & benefits including 401K & uniforms in an AIR CONDITIONED facility.

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2065 Industrial Court Covington, Ohio 45318-0009 (937)473-3334

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday 1 BEDROOM with Garage Starting at $595 Off Dorset in Troy (937)313-2153

Professional Driver wanted for dedicated route (OH/MI).

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Two years Steel Hauler experience required. For more information please call 937-405-8544.

STNA/CNA/HHA Requirements: o High School Diploma/ GED o STNA or Medicare Approved HHA Certificate o Must have Reliable Transportation o First Aid Certification Preferred/ CPR Preferred Benefits: o Competitive Pay o Yearly Raises o Flexible Hours Heritage Health Services 1201 E. David Road, Suite 206 Kettering, OH 44906 Phone 937-299-9903 Fax 937-299-9971

300 - Real Estate

305 Apartment 1 BEDROOM, downstairs, 431 W. Ash, stove, refrigerator, no pets, $350 monthly (937)418-8912

235 General

FREE RENT FOR JANUARY 1 & 2 BEDROOM CALL FOR DETAILS

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10 MILES north of Piqua in Houston. 1 bedroom, stove and refrigerator $265, plus utilities, (937)526-3264.

1&2 BEDROOM apartments, stove & refrigerator furnished. Deposit & no pets. (937)773-9498.

2 BEDROOM, 410 West Ash, stove, refrigerator, no pets, $515, (937)418-8912 2 BEDROOM, 421 West Ash, stove, refrigerator, no pets $475 (937)418-8912 2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908 2&3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES, Piqua, all appliances including washer/ dryer, 1.5 & 2.5 bath.

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(937)572-1055 CLEAN, QUIET, safe 1 bedroom.

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PIQUA, 1819 Parkway, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer hookup. Very clean. 1 level, $575 month plus $575 deposit. No pets. Nonsmoking environment.

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TIPP CITY, Nice 2 bedroom, 1 bath, AC, appliances included, W/D hookup, garbage disposal, dishwasher. $490 month, $450 deposit. No pets, Metro accepted, (937)902-9894.

COVINGTON, 2 bedroom single story, appliances, A/C, low utilities, safe. $460/month plus $200 deposit. (937)418-0481

(937)335-1443

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COVINGTON, 24 N. Ludlow, 2 Bedroom, 1 car garage, fenced yard, all appliances, no pets, $450 (937)418-8912

PIQUA, 1825 Wilshire, 3 bedroom ranch, 2.5 car garage, $800 plus deposit.

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PIQUA, 4 Bedroom, 410 S Main Street, no pets, stove, refrigerator, 2 car garage, $625 (937)418-8912

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

PIQUA, 923 Falmouth, 3 bedroom, 1 Car garage, stove refrigerator, no pets, $625, (937)418-8912

205 Business Opportunities

NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:

Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825 This notice is provided as a public service by A newspaper group of Ohio Community Media

Garage Sale DIRECTORY

Please call: 877-844-8385 to advertise

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

SIDNEY 2355 Wapakoneta Ave. (across from Carriage Hill Apt) Friday, 2PM-5PM, Saturday 9AM-1PM, INSIDE SALE! Lots of NEW items! Bar lights, large selection hand tools, new Christmas lights, electrical & plumbing items, dining tables, men's & women's 1X-3X clothing..

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

The scammer's check is and eventually fake bounces and the seller loses the wired amount.

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

Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

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

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ADULT WALKING CARRIERS Needed to deliver the Piqua Daily Call on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the mornings.

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POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately.

Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

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Job duties include, developing and maintaining a business relationship with agricultural producers in an assigned territory, calling on all key and assigned accounts on a regular basis and offering equipment solutions to those accounts.

Mon - Thurs @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm

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280 Transportation

Please call for an interview:

We have an opening for an agricultural equipment sales professional in Miami and Shelby counties.

Candidates must live in the territory or be willing to relocate.

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TROY, 535 Stonyridge, 2 bedroom, stove, refrigerator, NO PETS. $450 month, $450 deposit.

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

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Roofing, remodeling, siding, add-ons, interior remodeling and cabintets, re-do old barns, new home construction, etc.

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30 Years experience Amos Schwartz (260)273-6223

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

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

340 Warehouse/Storage STORAGE TRAILERS, and buildings with docks.

Reasonable rates.

(800)278-0617

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances WASHER, DRYER, Maytag, front loader, $500 or best offer.

Frigidaire washer, heavy duty, $100.

(937)658-2421

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment LANE GRADER, 6 Foot King Kutter rear mounted blade, above average condition, always kept inside, $250 obo, (419)233-4310

545 Firewood/Fuel HARDWOOD, Seasoned hardwood for sale. $125 a cord.

Will deliver.

(937)301-7237 SEASONED FIREWOOD $165 per cord. Stacking extra, $135 you pick up.

Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047

550 Flea Markets/Bazaars

Gun & Knife Show Shelby County Fairgrounds, Saturday December 31st, 8:30am-3:00pm and the last Saturday of every month.

560 Home Furnishings ROCKER RECLINER, LaZ-Boy, medium blue, like new, $175.

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577 Miscellaneous COREVOLUTION EXERCISER, Great for back, core muscles. $100 OBO. (937)418-6336

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1982 FOURWINNS BOAT

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-911 U.S. Bank, National Association, as Successor Trustee to Bank of America, National Association, as Successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006-HE6 vs.

Thomas Usserman, 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 February 1, 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: N44-032880 Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 770, page 712 Also known as: 409 Blaine Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty Four Thousand and 00/100 ($54,000.00) 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.

Tina R. Edmondson, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-725 Bank of America, N.A., Successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Joseph M. Nuckles, 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 February 1, 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: N44-038890 Prior Deed Reference: General Warranty Deed, Book 766, page 584, filed November 2, 2005 Also known as: 810 Blaine Avenue, 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 ($57,000.00Dollars 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.

Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-318 BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Jeffrey S. Creager, 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 February 1, 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: N44-067830 Prior Deed Reference: Deed 756, page 722 Also known as: 594 South Sunset Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Ninety Three Thousand and 00/100 ($93,000.00) 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.

Lorelei C. Bolohan, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-500 The Huntington National Bank vs.

Kenneth R. Waldon, 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 February 1, 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: N44-006020 Also known as: 925 Broadway 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 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.

David W.Cliffe, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-678 Green Tree Servicing, LLC vs.

Greta A. Silvers, 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 February 1, 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: N44-055300 Prior Deed Reference: Survivorship Deed, Book 782, page 554, filed March 21, 2007 Also known as: 919 Robinson 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.

Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-698 Bank of America, NA, Successor by Merger with BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Sarah M. Frazier, 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 February 1, 2012 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: H19-001590 Also known as: 175 North Pearl 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 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.

George J. Annos, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-687 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs.

Carol Lenora Shultz aka Carol L. Killian, 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 February 1, 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: N44-000290 Also known as: 211 East Greene Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Five and 00/100 ($75,000.00) 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.

Kriss D. Felty, Attorney 12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-122 Flagstar Bank, FSB vs.

Melissa A. Carver, 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 18, 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: N44-021700 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 794, page 596 Also known as: 523 Weber Street, 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.

Austin B. Barnes III, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-1019 CitiFinancial, Inc vs.

Steven C. Millikin, 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 18, 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: N44-006100 Also known as: 920 Caldwell Street, 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.

Colette S. Carr, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

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LEGAL NOTICE DIRECTORY SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-272 JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Sheryl A. Griffith individually and as Trustee of the Sheryl A. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999, 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 18, 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: N44-007610 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 752, page 62 Also known as: 421-421½ South Downing 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 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 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-053 PNC Bank, N.A. successor in interest to National City Real Estate Services LLC successor by merger to National City Mortgage, Inc. fka National City Mortgage Co. vs.

Leon Helton, 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 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Springcreek, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: J27-055242 Prior Deed Reference: Book 693, page 830 Also known as: 2230 East Suber Road, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($109,000.00) 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.

Julia E. Steelman, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-1042 U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificated Series 2006-BC2 vs.

H. Eugene Collier, 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 18, 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: N44-020020 Also known as: 515 South Roosevelt Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) 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.

Kelly A. Long-Spengler, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-213 JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA vs.

Sheryl A. Griffith aka Sheryl L. Kern, individually and as Trustee of the Sheryl A. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999 and as successor Trustee of the Hershel J. Griffith Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1999 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 18, 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: N44-022630 Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 736, page 463 and Volume No. 26, page 291 Also known as: 1006-1008 West Greene Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty None Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) 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 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-423 CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. vs.

Larry J. Taylor, 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 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Fletcher, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: B05-002040 & B05-002035 Also known as: 502 South Walnut Street, Fletcher, Ohio 45326 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 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.

Colette S. Carr, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243194

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 09-1147 U.S. Bank, National Association, as successor Trustee to Bank of America, N.A. as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Merrill Lynch First Franklin Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2 vs.

Brian L. Brewer, 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 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Bradford, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: H18-002500 Also known as: 135 East James Street, Bradford, Ohio 45308 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100 ($51,000.00) 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.

Andrew C. Clark, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011 2243567

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Cavs move on to title game Lehman handles Piqua 75-60

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com Lehman coach Isaiah Williams had to be happy with what he saw from his team in the second game of the Buckeye Insurance Group Holiday Classic Thursday night at Garbry Gymnasium.

And for Piqua, it was another step in a learning process as the Cavaliers won 75-60.

Lehman will play Covington in the championship game at 8 p.m. tonight, with Piqua playing Russia in the consolation game at 6:30 p.m.

“This is a little different team for me,” Williams said. “We came out mixing things up.

“We just went to straight man in the second quarter.”

That was when the game swung as Lehman was able to stretch a 15-14 first quarter lead to 36-24 at halftime.

“Sometimes, when teams make a little run on us, we have a tendnecy to

try and do too much,” Piqua coach Heath Butler said. “And I think that is what happened in the second quarter. We missed some shots we would normally make. We just seemed a little tight tonight.”

And while Lehman got its normal production from Alex Baker and Solomon King-White, combining for 37 points, the Cavaliers got some needed production from James Rego, Connor Richard, Tharon Goins and Jackson Frantz.

Those four combined for 28 points.

“We can’t just rely on those two guys,” Williams said of Baker and KingWhite. “We are going to need other guys, so that was huge. That is going to make us a much better team in the second half of the season.”

Butler felt like Piqua did a pretty good job on Baker and King-White for the most part.

“There were times we MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

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Kindric Link goes up for two points against Lehman’s Solomon King-White Thursday night.

Buccs get much needed win Hold off Raiders in B.I.G. Classic opener

BY BEN ROBINSON GoBuccs.Com

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Troy Cron grabs a rebound against Trevor Sherman Thursday.

The Covington Buccaneers basketball team needed a win in a bad way.

Coming into the 2011 Buckeye Insurance Group Holiday Classic the Buccs had yet to play like the defending champions of the tournament from a year ago - stumbling in with a 2-3 record and fresh off of dropping two straight games the latest a 51-46 loss to Marion Local in which Covington was outscored 20-9 in the fourth quarter.

"We've had a tough go of it lately," said Covington coach Roger Craft. "We had a fivepoint lead on Marion and let it slip away in the fourth quarter and we had a tough night against Miami East. We needed to respond."

Respond is exactly what Covington did, gutting out a 47-44 victory over Russia in the opening contest of the tournament.

Covington will play Lehman at 8 p.m. tonight in the championship game, while Russia will play Covington at 6:30 p.m. in the consolation game.

"I'm so proud of the kids," Craft said. "They stuck together and battled tonight. We made mistakes, but we put the mistakes behind us and kept our composure — just kept playing."

Russia opened the contest on an 8-2 run, but Covington's Cole Owens took over inside the paint and scored eight points in a 13-2 run by the Buccs to close out the first quarter.

Covington then controlled the action for much of the sec-

ond quarter, outscoring Russia 11-7 to push the lead to 24-17 with just 45 second left in the half.

But Russia responded quickly on a trey by Bryce Rittenhouse from the corner and then four free throws to tie the score at 24-24 at the break.

"I felt we controlled the first half other than the first minute and the last minute," Craft explained. "In those two minutes we didn't get after it and you can't play on your heels against a team like Russia."

Covington was on its heals to start the second half and Russia's 6-foot-9 center Brandon Wilson took over. Held without a field goal throughout the entire first half, Wilson scored seven quick points to help build a 31-26 Russia See OPENER/Page 15

Comstock Opens With Win At GMVWA

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Piqua’s Hunter Comstock works towards a win over Bellefontaine’s Logan Barr in the GMWA Holiday Tournament at the Nutter Center thursday.

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Jake Sowers of Covington looks to to turn Tye Smith of Washington Courthouse at the GMVWA wrestling tournament at the Nutter Center.

Opener Continued from page 14 lead.

Needing a spark, Cole Owens once again took control of the post, connecting on two buckets in the paint and a pair of free throws to spark a 14-5 run and give Covington a 40-36 lead with one quarter to play.

"We knew they had the size inside with the Wilson kid, but we felt that if we could get Cole (Owens) away from the basket that he could make plays on the move," said Craft.

"And Cole did a nice job of staying aggressive and taking the ball right at him (Wilson)."

The lid on the rim tightened up in the fourth quarter as neither team could find much success putting points on the board.

A huge jumper by Dylan Owens and three points at the free throw line helped push Covington's lead to 45-40 with under 2:00 to go, but the squandered a Buccs golden opportunity to put the game away with two missed lay-ups.

And like all good teams do, Russia made Covington pay as Rittenhouse canned another trey to cut the deficit to two points.

Moments later Treg Francis hit on a free throw to cut the margin to 45-44 and then the Raiders stole the ball from Covington

and were fouled with nine second left.

The free throw was off the mark and it was Cole Owens who came down with his 11th rebound of the night for Covington.

Owens was immediately fouled and canned both free throws to seal the game.

"We had some adversity, but did a nice job of keeping our composure," Craft said. "We got some big rebounds at the end."

Owens led all players with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Russia was led by 12 points each from Brandon Wilson and Treg Francis.

Covington connected on 33 percent from the floor (15-45), 37 percet from two-point range (15-40) and 70 percent from the free throw line (17-24).

Russia shot 30 percetn on the night (15-49), 41 percent from two-point range (12-29), 15 percent from behind the arc (3-20) and 73 percent from the charity stripe (11-15).

Covington held a 32-30 advantage on the boards and each team had eight turnovers.

BOXSCORE Russia (44) Brandon Wilson 12, Treg Francis 12, Bryce Rittenhouse 11, Trevor Sherman 5, Ethan Schafer 2, Corey Bremigan 2.

Covington (47) Cole Owens 20, Alex Baskerville 9, Dylan Owens 8, Austin Angle 4, Troy Cron 4, Ryan Craft 2.

Score By Quarters Russia 10 24 36 44 Covington 13 24 40 47 Records: Russia 6-2, Covington 3-3.

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Bryce Rittenhouse drives to the basket against Covington Thursday night at Garbry Gymnasium.

Nightcap Continued from page 14 got caught watching number 5 (Solomon King-White )dribble or number 24 (Alex Baker) shoot. But, I thought we did a pretty good job on them."

Richard hit two threes in the third quarter, while Frantz scored all eight of his points in the second half.

"They had a couple other guys that came in and hit threes," Butler said. "And that was the difference in the game."

Taylor Wellbaum led Piqua with 21 points, including 15 in the second half. Kindric Link added 11, but the Indians could never get closer than 10.

"I just thought we seemed tight all night," Butler said. "We didn't do a good job on the boards. But, you have to give Lehman credit.

They hustled and got to the losse balls."

Baker led all scorers with 21 points, KingWhite netted 16 and Rego pulled down nine rebounds.

Jordan Feeser had nine points and four rebounds for Piqua, while Josh Holfinger added eight points and eight rebounds.

Lehman was 27 of 46 from the floor for 59 percent and 14 of 20 from the line for 70 percent.

Piqua was 21 of 42 from the floor for 50 percent and 14 of 21 from the line for 67 percent.

Lehman won the battle of the boards 25-19 and had 17 turnovers to Piqua's 16.

MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Lehman’s Jackson Frantz goes up for two points against Piqua Thursdy night at Garbry Gymnasium.

BOXSCORE Lehman (75) Solomon King-White 7-2-16, Michael Jacob 1-0-2, Alex Baker 6-5-21, Drew Westerheide 2-0-4, James Rego 2-3-7, Ben Thieman 1-0-2, Connor Richard 2-0-6, Tharon Goins 2-3-7, John Husa 0-0-0, Jackson Frantz 3-18, Josh Smith 0-0-0, Nathan Hall 1-0-2. Totals: 27-14-75.

Piqua (60) Trae Honeycutt 3-1-7, Taylor Wellbaum 8-2-21, Kindric Link 2-6-11, Josh Holfinger 4-0-8, Jordan Feeser 3-3-9, Ryan Hughes 1-2-4, Joel Hissong 00-0, Kyler Ashton 0-0-0. Totals: 21-14-60.

3-point field goals — Lehman: Baker (4), Richard (2), Frantz. Piqua: Wellbaum (3), Link.

Score By Quarters Lehman 15 36 53 75 Piqua 14 24 38 60 Records: Lehman 4-3, Piqua 2-4.

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Bengals still flipping over Bengals TD Coach not as excited CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerome Simpson's heelsover-head touchdown still has the Bengals flipped out.

The fourth-year receiver pulled off the defining play of his career on Saturday, vaulting over an Arizona linebacker and landing on his feet in the end zone during a 23-16 victory. Teammates were awed by the way he stuck the landing and raised both arms like a triumphant gymnast.

His coach? Not so thrilled.

Marvin Lewis said Monday that Simpson could have taken a much easier and less risky route to the end zone. A bad landing could have left

Cincinnati (9-6) in a bad way heading into a makeor-break game.

"You just have to be careful," Lewis said.

"There's other ways to score. It's him and a linebacker, so just cut back and score the easy way.

For effect, it sure was big."

The play helped the Bengals build a 23-0 lead.

They barely held on, securing only their third winning record in the last 21 years. A win on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium over Baltimore (11-4) would clinch the final AFC wild-card berth.

Players got the day off on Monday, required only to come in and lift weights at some point. Video monitors mounted on walls around the locker room flashed a slideshow of the weekly schedule, along with inspirational sayings.

A photo of Simpson with arms raised in the end zone flashed on the monitors Monday with the inscription: "Make The Tough Plays."

Simpson made the most fantastic one.

He got open, caught a pass and headed down the left sideline on a 19-yard play. When he reached the 2-yard line, he saw linebacker Daryl Washington headed for him, shoulder down to deliver a hit.

Instead of trying to avoid him, Simpson left his feet and tucked his head to somersault over the linebacker.

Simpson landed on both feet simultaneously, crouched with the ball in his right hand.

He put his left hand on the ground briefly to steady himself, then stood up and raised both arms in celebration.

The crowd of 41,273 gave its loudest ovation of the day. It got even louder when the move was replayed on the video board several times.

"To tell you the truth, it was just instinct," Simpson said. "I just saw the guy. It seemed like he was going to hit me, and I didn't want to get hit. I used my athletic ability and my jumping ability.

"I've jumped over a guy before, but never did a flip and landed it."

The landing was the most impressive part.

"I don't know what the Russian judge would've given him," Lewis said on Monday. "It was a pretty good landing.

With Jerome's athleticism — we've spoken about it many, many times. And that was another display — a public display — of it.

He's got incredible athletic

tools.

"He played very hard in this game. So I'm proud of him for how he continues to keep playing.

“He went in there and blocked hard. We just keep pushing him to be as consistent as he can be in all phases of the game."

The Bengals drafted Simpson in the second round in 2008 out of Coastal Carolina. He had a tough time learning coordinator Bob Bratkowski's offense and started only four games in his first three seasons.

The Bengals were enamored with Simpson's speed, big hands and ability to leap for the ball.

They've seen glimpses of it in practice.

"He's not normal," left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. "The guy's got freakish talent and ability, and he gets to show it from

time to time. When he locks in and puts his head down, he's going to be special."

Simpson got his chance to start regularly this season in Jay Gruden's new offense after the Bengals allowed Terrell Owens to leave as a free agent and traded Chad Ochocinco to New England.

He has kept a low profile since September, when authorities said a package containing 2½ pounds of marijuana was delivered to his girlfriend at his northern Kentucky home.

Simpson hasn't been charged.

His performance on the field has been inconsistent. He had a seasonhigh eight catches for 152 yards in a loss at Baltimore on Nov. 20, then a total of six catches for 67 yards in the next four games combined.

McCoy wants to move on Putting concussion incident behind him

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Texas quarterback David Ash finds the end zone after catching a TD pass Wednesday night.

Ash adds name to short list Texas QB catches TD pass in Holiday Bowl SAN DIEGO (AP) — The next time Texas coach Mack Brown sees Joey Harrington, the memory shouldn't be quite so painful.

David Ash added his name to the list of quarterbacks who've caught a touchdown pass in the Holiday Bowl and he also threw for one score to lead Texas to a 21-10 victory against California on Wednesday night.

Ash caught a 4-yard pass from wide receiver Jaxon Shipley in the second quarter to join BYU's Steve Young, Texas A&M's Bucky Richardson and Oregon's Harrington as quarterbacks who've caught touchdown passes in the Holiday Bowl.

The Longhorns had the ball first-and-goal when Ash handed off to running back Malcolm Brown who then handed off to Shipley as if the Longhorns were going to run a reverse. Ash slipped into the end zone and caught Shipley's pass to give Texas a 7-3 lead.

Shipley has thrown three touchdown passes this season, all while lining up at wide receiver.

Brown joked on Tues-

day how much it still bugged him that Harrington caught a TD pass in the Ducks' 35-30 win against Texas in the 2000 Holiday Bowl. The Oregon offensive coordinator then was Jeff Tedford, who has been Cal's coach since 2002. Harrington now works for the Longhorn Network.

Brown credited the play to co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin, who previously had coached and played at Boise State.

"Bryan Harsin grew up in that Boise system and that's the stuff Jeff did with Oregon back in the early 2000s," Brown said.

"And it's one of the reasons why I hired Bryan.

He believes in running the football, he believes in being physical, but he's got toys in the pocket that he's going to take advantage of things when he can.

"If you're not moving the ball, he's got some imagination in the offense to make a play," Brown said.

That play helped salvage a little bit of the Holiday Bowl's reputation for high-scoring, wide-open

games.

"We knew they were going to throw something like that out there," Cal defensive end Trevor Guyton said. "It was only a matter of time before they did it. They got us. No excuses."

Ash had another impressive play in the third quarter when he threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin, who made a nice over-theshoulder catch in full stride. That gave the Longhorns a 14-10 lead.

The Longhorns (8-5) were even more impressive on defense, getting five takeaways and sacking Cal's Zach Maynard six times, both season highs.

The Golden Bears (7-6) are winless in five games against the Longhorns dating to 1959.

Texas put it away on Cody Johnson's 4-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter, which was set up when Maynard was sacked and fumbled, which was recovered by Chris Whaley at the Cal 44. Goodwin ran for 37 yards and Johnson had a 3-yard gain before

his touchdown run.

Cal briefly took the lead at 10-7 after Isi Sofele's 6yard run to cap the opening drive of the second half.

Ash's long TD pass to Goodwin came four plays into the next Texas drive.

"We had our chances and gave the ball away," Tedford said.

Cal fumbled six times, losing four. The other turnover was an interception by Quandre Diggs, the younger brother of former Texas star cornerback and current San Diego Chargers starter Quentin Jammer.

"They did a good job of stripping it. They got it out today," Tedford said.

"They got their hands on the ball, their hats on the ball and stripped it.

There's really no explanation for something we've worked on."

Maynard was under pressure the whole game.

"We kept getting caught in second-and-long, thirdand-long," the QB said.

"It's hard to build a decent pass game and run game. ... It's hard to overcome those turnovers. It's hard to build momentum."

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Colt McCoy didn't want to relive any of what happened to him three weeks ago.

It's not clear if he remembers that night in Pittsburgh.

The Browns' young quarterback wants to move on from a concussion that ended his season, spawned a controversy and prompted the NFL to do more to treat injured players.

Sporting a newly grown beard, McCoy said Thursday that he's "feeling better" and making progress from the concussion he sustained on Dec. 8 from a helmet-to-helmet hit delivered by Steelers linebacker James Harrison.

McCoy, who has not been medically cleared to practice since he was blasted

by Harrison, refused to answer questions about what he recalls from the hit or what transpired in its aftermath.

McCoy, though, did praise Cleveland's medical staff for its handling of his concussion despite the team not testing him for a head injury on the sideline and sending him back in the game after sitting out just two plays.

"Our medical staff does an outstanding job and that should never be in question," said McCoy, speaking for the first time since he was diagnosed with the concussion.

McCoy didn't want to talk about the vicious hit

by Harrison, who lowered his head and delivered a crushing blow to the QB's facemask, knocking his feet out from under him and sprawling him on his back.

McCoy also declined to reveal any of his symptoms or why he hasn't been allowed to return to the field.

"I just don't want to go there guys," McCoy said.

"I really don't want to recreate anything. I don't even want to think about

it. I can tell you that I'm feeling a lot better, especially of late. I really feel like I'm coming out of this, and I hope to at least be able to be out there this weekend and help my team."

McCoy was asked if he thought Harrison's hit was a cheap shot.

"No," he said. "I really have no opinion. I think the league has handled that, and I'm doing the best that I can to move forward and do the best I can to get healthy and get back and help our team."

McCoy was equally vague when asked if Harrison deserved more than the one-game suspension he received.

"I really have no opinion on that," he said.

"That's a league matter.

That's completely out of my control."

Wearing a flannel overcoat and jeans, McCoy stood in front of his locker for nearly 10 minutes. He was typically polite and alert while addressing his injury, which has overshadowed the final month of Cleveland's season.

Other than driving away from the team's facility, McCoy had not been seen since that fateful night at Heinz Field.

McCoy would not say if he has sought any outside medical opinions on his injury, and took the chance to again compliment the Browns' medical personnel.

"I don't want to go there, but our staff here has really been first class through all this and they are doing a great job and again I really am making really good progress," he said. "They've said the same thing to me and I'm telling you the same thing.

I'm feeling much better."

McCoy can't practice and it's obvious he won't play Sunday against the Steelers. Backup Seneca Wallace will make his third start in a row in place of McCoy.