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5 county employees suspended Investigation focuses on alleged theft, tampering BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com
Bed race team seeks the ‘eye of the tiger’ Much like America’s favorite fictional pugilist, the Troy Daily News Strawberry Festival bed racing team once was supernatural. Three years ago, we did the unthinkable — we knocked out Apollo Creed to become the champions of the world (purely in a metaphorical sense, of course).
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Five Miami County Maintenance Department employees have been suspended from work, including Facilities and Safety Director Jarrod Harrah, as the Miami County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate allega-
tions involving theft and tampering charges, among others. County commissioners met in executive sessions Tuesday with Prosecutor Gary Nasal, Sheriff Charles Cox and other legal counsel to discuss the nature of the allegations before the commission
unanimously approved the suspensions. Harrah, along with Bruce Ball, have been suspended without pay, according to a copy of that resolution. Harrah became the county’s facilities and safety director Jan. 1, 2007, and had an annual salary of $44,379.14, according to his personnel file. Prior to that position,
Harrah worked as the facility manager with the county beginning in 2005. Ball, a team leader, earned $17.68 an hour prior to his unpaid suspension, his personnel file revealed. Meanwhile, three other employees, Rob Scherer, Tony Canarelli, and Stan Maitlen, have been suspended with pay, the resolution
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Obama calls Romney President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination, just as the Democrat’s campaign opened a new critique of Romney by focusing attention on his economic record as governor of Massachusetts. See Page 7.
Main Street office workforce to be split up BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com
Attack victim to be permanently disfigured A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre, vicious attack faces a bigger threat from infection than from the injuries themselves, according to experts on facial reconstruction. He will require months of treatment to rebuild his features and be permanently disfigured. See Page 6.
Tornado rips N.C. coast The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl spun off a tornado that destroyed three homes and damaged dozens of others near the North Carolina coast Wednesday as the system sped toward the Atlantic, authorities said. Between 40 and 50 homes were damaged near Peletier in the western part of Carteret County, said county Emergency Services Director Jo Ann Smith. She said there were no reports of injuries. See Page 10.
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Kids Read Now Executive Director Dr. Jim Daniel, along with co-founder Barb Lurie, look over the shoulders of Cassidy Poland, Ayzia Love, Katelinn Dellinger, Kylie Smith, Ty Davis and Kyjuan Sano at Heywood Elementary School in Troy. Members of Kids Read Now distributed books to third grade students at the school Wednesday. Kids Read Now is a program created to prevent regression over the summer and to promote reading in an effort to prepare children for the next school year. There are at least 40 schools involved in the program.
Festival bike tour offers ‘a great ride’ BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com The Tour de France and its coveted yellow jersey, may be the most famous bicycling race in the world, but in the eyes of Larry Smith, it doesn’t compare to the scenic and sweet-filled tour on wheels the Troy Strawberry Festival offers. “We got berries at TROY each and every water station again this year,” said Smith, manager of the annual Strawberry Festival Bike Tour. “There’s fresh fruit, fresh water and of course, fresh strawberries, at each water station and at the end of the ride.” Registration for the Bike Tour will run from 7-8:30 a.m. Sunday at Troy High School’s parking lot off of Ferguson Drive. Cost for the Bike Tour is $20. Route maps are provided and each route is clearly marked, Smith said. “It’s going to be a great day weather-wise and we’ve been looking forward to a great turnout,” Smith said, noting the forecast looks “perfect” for riders of all ages and
TROY — The WACO Historical Field and Museum will be a shuttle bus stop for the Strawberry Festival throughout opening hours Saturday and Sunday. Open cockpit bi-plane rides also will be offered beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. For more information on taking a flight, call 335-9226. The museum also will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SaturdaySunday for visitors to view. Admission will be $4 for adults and $2 for children. For more information, visit www.wacoairmuseum.org.
The longer routes — the 50k and 100k tours — are challenging for experienced riders with many hills to climb, Smith said. “The ride highlights the whole county and there are some nice hills to challenge the riders,” Smith said. Smith said fresh strawberries at the stations became the ride’s sweet signature. “The strawberries will be back this year and we’ve got a great route skill levels. The Bike Tour offers a for everybody,” Smith said. 25k (15 mile), 50k (31 miles) and The Strawberry Festival Bike 100k (62 miles) route map. Tour will also feature Miami-Jacobs The 25k tour was a popular addi- Career College volunteers throughtion added last year, Smith said. out the bike tour. “It’s a great ride for families,” The event also is sponsored by Smith said. “We have a ride event GreenTech Lawn and Irrigation, for people of all ages and we had a Agil-IT and Tipp Cyclery. lot of families last year and we look Registration forms are available forward to them coming back again.” at www.gostrawberries.com
Murder suspects enter ‘not guilty’ pleas BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com
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TROY Donald Pepper, 53, who has been charged with aggravated murder, entered not guilty pleas Tuesday to their charge and both remain jailed on bonds of $550,000 and $1 million, respectively. Both men will next appear back in the courtroom June 11 for a pre-trial conference. A Miami County grand
jury indicted both men last week. Gauldin has been accused of the April 12 murder of Malisa DeLeSancha, 4, of Piqua. He initially claimed in a distressed call to 9-1-1 the child fell down a flight of 16 wooden steps at 1012 Caldwell St. while he was babysitting. At the time, Gauldin was living at the residence with the victim’s mother, who was at work at the time of the child’s injuries.
Hobart Brothers’ Main Street operation will be moving in August 2012 to other locations that allow for more updated facilities. Solid wire and welding equipment currently are manufactured at the location. Solid-wire operations will be moved to 1177 Trade Road East, where Hobart Ground Power currently operates. Welding equipment operation will be transferred to 2200 Corporate Drive, near Hobart’s Kings Chapel plant. The Ground Power facility will relocate to Palmetto, Florida, to collaborate with Trilectron Industries, which manufactures aircraft ground support equipment. All solid wire and welding-equipment jobs will stay in Troy. Hobart Brothers offered manufacturing positions to employees from Hobart Ground Power to minimize the number of jobs lost. “We are not in a
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2nd arrest made in Repacorp theft case A second person has been arrested and charged with stealing money from a Tipp City business. T e s s Cremeens, 43, of Piqua is accused of the theft of at least $228,679 f r o m CREMEENS Repacorp Inc., according to Tipp City Police. Cremeens was hired at Repacorp in 2006 and worked as the assistant to Michael J. Wion during her time there. Wion was arrested outside the Venice, Florida
The child was later transported via CareFlight to the Children’s Medical Center where she later died a few days later. Pepper has been charged with the April 13 slaying of James R. Wolf, 65, of 1177 Debron Road, West Milton, where the two men lived together. Mr. Wolf suffered head trauma and the crime was initially reported as a “lawn mower accident.” A trial date has yet to be • See REPACORP on Page 2 set in either case.
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BUSINESS ROUNDUP • The Troy Elevator The grain prices listed below are the closing prices of Wednesday. Corn Month Bid Change May 5.9500 - 0.0225 N/C 12 4.9150 + 0.0400 J/F/M 13 5.0600 + 0.0375 Soybeans Month Bid Change May 13.4800 - 0.0850 N/C 12 12.4200 + 0.0325 J/F/M 13 12.5850 + 0.0300 Wheat Month Bid Change May 6.5100 - 0.0575 N/C 12 6.6100 - 0.0575 N/C 13 6.7100 - 0.0300 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.
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Europe’s worries stalk Wall Street Dow drops by 161 points By The Associated Press Fearing a financial rupture in Europe, investors around the world fled from risk Wednesday. They punished stocks and the euro and flocked to bonds, driving the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note to its lowest point since World War II. In the United States, where concerns about Europe have already wiped out most of the strong gain that stocks had from January through March, major averages fell more than 1 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 161 points. With Spain’s banking system teetering and Greece’s political future unclear ahead of crucial elections next month, European stocks lost even more. The euro dropped below $1.24, to its lowest point since the summer of 2010. “Everyone’s just afraid that if Europe doesn’t get its act together, there will be a big spillover in the U.S.,” said Peter Tchir, manager of the hedge fund TF Market Advisors. He said the uncertainty in Europe was reminiscent of the financial crisis in the fall of 2008, when it was briefly unclear in the United States whether banks would be bailed out and “we had these giant swings up and down.” Wall Street, which woke up to increased anxiety over higher Spanish borrowing rates, was down from the opening bell. The Dow closed down 160.83 points, or 1.3 percent, at 12,419.86. The Dow has had a miserable May, losing more than 6 percent, and is on track for its first losing month since September. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 19.10 points to 1,313.32. The Nasdaq composite index fell 33.63 to 2,837.36. Energy stocks
were hit hardest because of a big drop in the price of oil, but stocks in all major industries fell. The trigger for Wednesday’s sell-off was Spain, where the banking system is under strain a week after its fourth-largest bank required $23.8 billion in government aid to cover souring real estate loans. Investors are increasingly worried that problems at the bank, Bankia, might recur at other Spanish banks. Many lent heavily during the nation’s real estate bubble. Losses from the real estate crash might be too big for Spain’s government to shoulder. On Wednesday, borrowing rates rose sharply for Spain and Italy, which are seen as the latest problem cases in a debt crisis that has rocked global markets for more than two years. Traders dumped bonds issued by those governments. The yield on Spain’s 10-year bonds, a key indicator of market confidence in the country’s ability to continue to make payments on its debt, shot as high as 6.69 percent, the highest since the euro currency was launched in 2002. Intense demand for low-risk, easily tradable securities led investors to buy U.S. government debt. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note plunged to 1.61 percent from 1.74 percent late Tuesday. Wednesday’s yield appeared to be the lowest since 1945, said Bill O’Donnell, head of U.S. Treasury strategy at the Royal Bank of Scotland, citing data from the European Central Bank and other sources. Federal Reserve daily records only go back to 1962, and those reflect a previous record of 1.70 percent, set May 17. “There’s just a massive flight to
safe-haven assets today,” O’Donnell said. He characterized the rush into U.S. bonds by citing a well-known, unsavory analogy made by Richard Fisher, the head of the Federal Reserve’s Dallas bank: “The U.S. is the prettiest horse in the glue factory.” Yields on German government bonds, also seen as safe, turned lower, too. Concern about Europe was everywhere: The European Commission said consumer confidence fell sharply across the region last month. Spaniards withdrew money from their banks, a trend that could force more banks to demand government aid. Fear also spread about the Spanish government’s ability to go on without itself being bailed out. Spain’s main stock index closed down 2.6 percent. An opinion poll in Greece showed that the far-left Syriza party is gaining support ahead of elections June 17. Syriza opposes the system of bailouts and sharp budget cuts that have kept Greece afloat but also gutted its economy. If the party wins, Greece may be forced to exit the euro currency. Uncertainty about the future of the currency union would likely boost borrowing costs across the region, threatening nations that have received bailouts, like Portugal, and those that might need them, like Italy. Until the Greek elections next month, things will be too uncertain for the U.S. market to sustain a meaningful rally, said David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds. If Greece’s leaders allow the bailouts to continue and European governments start spending to spur growth, Kelly expects the market eventually to rise. If Syriza wins and Greece is expelled from the euro, he expects a volatile mar-
• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Wednesday. Symbol Price Change AA 8.58 -0.31 CAG 25.13 -0.13 CSCO 16.39 -0.20 EMR 47.09 -0.86 F 10.66 -0.18 FITB 13.23 -0.29 FLS 106.03 -2.30 GM 22.37 -0.48 GR 125.78 -0.01 ITW 56.00 -1.20 JCP 27.02 -0.99 KMB 79.26 -0.50 KO 75.06 -0.40 22.35 -0.20 KR 29.11 -0.31 LLTC MCD 90.11 -0.79 MSFG 11.08 -0.08 PEP 68.22 -0.57 PMI 0.31 0.00 SYX 12.00 -0.37 TUP 54.05 -0.83 USB 30.75 -0.46 VZ 41.42 -0.33 WEN 4.52 -0.13 WMT 65.44 -0.24
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Hobart • CONTINUED FROM A1 position to provide an exact number regarding the jobs at this time. We are fully committed to supporting these employees and providing them with employment elsewhere in the Hobart Brothers company the best we can,” said Mark Thibeault, general manager of the stick electrode and solid wire operations at Hobart Brothers company. “We won’t know more until the project is finalized.” Solid-wire and welding-equipment operations will be moved out of the Main Street facility by June 2013. Hobart Brothers boasted significant
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We are fully committed to supporting these employees and providing them with employment elsewhere in the Hobart Brothers company the best we can. — Mark Thibeault, general manager
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growth this year, adding 65 temporary employees to its permanent workforce. Its welding filler metals are manufactured under the brand names Hobart, Tri-Mark, McKay and Corex.
Repacorp • CONTINUED FROM A1 home May 22, 2012 after unexpectedly quitting his job at Repacorp earlier in the month. Wion is accused of steal-
ing more than $400,000 from the company, where he served as a financial controller over the past six years. Wion was returned to the Miami Valley May 24
and was arraigned on $25,000 bond. According to investigators, early estimates of the total loss by the company is nearly $700,000. — Courtesy of WDTN
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• CONTINUED FROM A1 states. The suspensions went into effect immediately after the resolution’s passage by commission. Commissioners said those suspensions are pending “further and final investigation process and discipline.” The resolution further addresses that the alleged misconduct came to the attention of county commission after the sheriff’s office began “investigating certain employees of the Miami County Maintenance Department for violations of Revised Code Sections.” The resolution states those sections of the Ohio Revised Code consist of theft, theft in office, having an unlawful interest in a pubic contract, tampering with evidence and tampering the records. “The Board of Miami County Commissioners has determined that there is reasonable cause to believe that said certain employees may have violated said sections of the Revised Code,” the resolution discloses. Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dave Duchak said several weeks ago individuals came forward “about possible inappropriate handling of county equipment and purchases,” so an investigation began. Based on observations, detectives were able to corroborate those allegations. Duchak said the involved county employees have all been questioned. Asked specifically what the men allegedly did,
Duchak said “purchases of county equipment were allegedly being used at homes” of the involved suspended workers. Duchak said some of the items included lawn mowers, weed eaters, power tools, hand tools, composite saws and a wide variety and assortment of other tools and lawn care type equipment. “Our detectives are working full time on following up with area businesses to get receipts to cross check against serial numbers and are working with the auditor’s office to cross check as much property as we can,” Duchak said. Duchak encouraged anyone in the public who may have additional knowledge of the alleged crimes to come forward by calling the sheriff’s office at 440-6085 or by submitting a news tip via the sheriff’s office website at www.miamicountysheriff.org. Commission President John “Bud” O’Brien said the commissioners were approached on Friday by the sheriff in relation to the allegations and would not comment further. “Not at this point pending the investigation,” O’Brien said. “We are going to remain quiet on the issue at this point and let the sheriff’s department do their job and act accordingly.” Harrah previously served two terms on Troy City Council serving the 4th Ward starting in 2006 and later served another term for an at-large seat. He did not seek re-election in 2011 after he missed the filing deadline.
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Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy at 7 p.m. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or with to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can contact our message center at (937) 660-3170 for further information.
• BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 3-7 p.m. at Piqua Community Baptist Church, 1402 W. High St., Piqua. Anyone Calendar who registers to donate will receive a “iFocus, CONTACT US iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands,” T-shirt and be entered to win a new Ford Focus. Call Melody JUNE 6 Individuals with eligibility Vallieu at questions are invited to 440-5265 to email canidonate@cbc• PERI MEETING: The cts.org or call (800) 388Miami County chapter of list your free GIVE or make an appointOhio Public Employee calendar ment at Retirees will meet at 11:30 items.You www.DonorTime.com. a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran • HOT DOGS AND Church, 248 Wood St., can send PRETZELS: The Piqua. Lunch is $10, your news by e-mail to American Legion Auxiliary payable at the door. vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. Reservations are needed no Post 586, Tipp City will serve hot dogs, soft pretlater than May 31, by callzels and desserts for $1 ing Beth at 335-2771. The each from 6:30-7:30 p.m. scheduled speaker is Ohio Proceeds from the sale go to benefit an House Representative Richard Adams. auxiliary member fighting brain cancer. Any area public employee or public Euchre begins at 7 p.m. employee retiree is invited to attend. • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning dis• MEETING CHANGED: Due to some covery walk for adults will be offered from scheduling conflicts, the Concord 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, Township Board of Trustees will postpone 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom their next meeting by one day. Instead of Hissong, education coordinator, will meeting on Tuesday, they will meet at 10 guide walkers as they experience the a.m. today. seasonal changes taking place. Bring • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will binoculars. be offered from noon to 4 p.m. at the Miami County Courthouse, 215 W. Main St., Troy. Anyone who registers to give will FRIDAY receive an “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington registered to win a Ford Focus. VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Individuals with eligibility questions are Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or For more information, call 753-1108. call (800) 388-GIVE or make an appoint• CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill ment at www.DonorTime.com. VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a threepiece chicken dinner with french fries and macaroni salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will be available. • PORK CHOP: The AMVETS Auxiliary Post 88 will offer a smoked pork chop, baked potato, salad, roll and butter for $8 from 5:30-8 p.m.
SATURDAY • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ludlow Falls Christian Church, 213 Vine St., Ludlow Falls. Anyone who registers to donate will receive a “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands,” T-shirt and be entered to win a new Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com. • CANCER BENEFIT: The American Legion family, Post 586, Tipp City, will host a benefit for Betsy Cotton who is fighting brain cancer. She is an active auxiliary member, part-time social room attendant and friend who donates much of her personal time to organize and work events with the post in support of the veterans. Social hour will be from 4-5 p.m. and dinner will be sereved at 5 p.m. Dinner is a pig roast with scalloped potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw and fruit. Presale tickets are $7 or at the door $8, children under 12 are $4. There also will be raffles, a bake sale, an auction, games and door prizes. • SURF AND TURF: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a strip steak and choice of shrimp cocktail or grilled shrimp, a side and salad for $11 from 5-7 p.m. • PAPER TREASURES: A paper treasures workshop will be offered from 13:30 p.m. at the Marie S. Aull Education Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Participants will learn the art of papermaking and create a keepsake. Call Aullwood at 890-7360 to register and for fee information.
SUNDAY • TOMBSTONE TALK: Every tombstone has a story, and participants will hear five of them in Riverside Cemetery in West Milton from 5-7 p.m. Each of the people will be portrayed at the site of their respective graves. Take a stroll through Riverside and listen to the stories of these folks and their connection to West Milton history. For more information, call Rachel Ann at (937) 698-6610, Bob at (937) 6985532 or Susie at (937) 698-6798. The rain date is 5-7 p.m. June 17. • CREATURE FEATURE: The brown bat will be the feature of the Creature Feature from 2-3 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Though seemingly insignificant in size, big brown bats are incredibly important and fierce predators, capable of consuming half their body weight in insects each night. The event is free and open to the public. • BREAKFAST OFFERED: Boy Scout Troop 586 will serve an all-you-can eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $6 at the American Legion Post 586, Tipp City. Items served will be bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, hash browns, sausage gravy, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, fruit, juice and cinnamon rolls.
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JUNE 7 • LEADERSHIP CONNECTION: The Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Women’s Leadership Connection luncheon will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the Crystal Room, 845 W. Marke St., Troy. The guest speaker will be Luke Schlumpf, owner of The Olive Oasis, speaking on “It’s all about the EVOO!” Chamber members are $10 and nonmembers are $12.50, payable at the door. The deadline is Wednesday by calling 339-8769. • ICE CREAM SOCIAL: A homemade ice cream social will be from 5-7 p.m. at Greenville Creek Christian Church, 5110 Buckneck Road, Bradford. The menu will include vanilla, pineapple, strawberry and chocolate ice cream, sandwiches, cake, pie and drinks.
TROY — City of Troy Beautification Awards have been named by the committee, they include: • March Merit award — 108 Monroe St., Ted Mitchell • May Merit awards: • 715 McKaig Ave., Steven Kerber • 223 S. Plum St., Koki and Maria Ariga • 114 E. Franklin St., Spencer and Jessica Morgan • 2 E. Main St.,The Art Vault Gallery, Patty Rose Green Thumb awards • 22 Littlejohn Road, Tricia Hannahs
• 1026 Stonyridge Ave., Dan and Dorena Dever • 965 Linwood, Elaine Cremeans • 925 Terry Drive, Harry Honeycutt • 601 Michigan Ave., Robert Yingst • 914 S. Walnut St., Shawn and Jayne Russell • 464 Forrest Lane, Don and Marge Kendall • 599 Meadowlane, Francis Langston • 411 Troy St., Clifford DeHaven For a list of criteria, and how to make a nomination, visit www.troyohio.gov. On the left side of the home page under the “Community” heading, scroll down and click on the “Troy City Beautification Committee.” All of the information needed can be found there.
JUNE 8 • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108. • DINNER OFFERED: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls will offer dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7-$8 For more information, call (937) 698-6727. • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Miami County YMCA, 3060 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. Anyone who registers to give will receive an “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be registered to win a Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.
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The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission has redesigned and relaunched a regional bikeway website — www.miamivalleytrails.org . “This new website can serve as a “one-stop” for all things biking and trail-related. There are interactive maps, detailed trail descriptions, a list of cycling events and information on lodging and dining options,” explained Don Spang, MVRPC’s executive director. “The site can be used as a trip planning guide, whether cyclists are planning an after-
noon outing, an overnight stay or several days on the trails.” Several partner agencies, including the Miami Conservancy District, the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee, city of Troy, the Miami County Park District, trail managing agencies from Clark, Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties, plus the convention and visitors’ bureaus from each of those
counties, contributed financially to the re-development of the website. Sponsorship/possible website ads will be used to fund future maintenance and updates of the site. The new website was designed by Momentum Inc., based in Centerville. The history of the website is almost as interesting as the history of the trail system it serves. The founding webmaster of the site is Thomas Recktenwalt, who, as an avocation in his retirement, built and maintained the original version of the website for 15 years. Due to personal reasons, Recktenwalt decided to mini-
mize his involvement in the site, but not before he was able to gift the content of his site, including almost 5,000 photographs and an immeasurable wealth of knowledge, to the region. The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission strives to foster collaboration among communities, stakeholders and residents to advance regional priorities. MVRPC is a forum and resource where these regional partners can identify priorities, develop public policy and implement collaborative strategies to improve the quality of life and
economic vitality throughout the Miami Valley. MVRPC performs various regional planning activities, including air quality, water quality, transportation, land use, research and GIS. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization, MVRPC is responsible for transportation planning in Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties and parts of northern Warren County. Comments or questions regarding the website should be directed to Matt Lindsay, MVRPC’s environmental manager, at (937) 223-6323, Ext. 6548, or mlindsay@mvrpc.org.
Court denies request to Try this recipe for delicious open inmate’s interview strawberry pretzel salad over the years with any attempts to have him tested. Eley has also refused all mental health evaluations while on death row in recent years, the lawsuit said. The parole board refused the request by defense attorneys Vicki Werneke and Alan Rossman last week. The board’s policy clearly states inmate interviews are observed only by attorneys from both sides and a representative from the governor’s office, board chairwoman Cynthia Mausser told the attorneys in a May 25 email. “Your request for an exception to this policy is not persuasive,” she said. Mausser declined to comment. The state called the filing an abuse of the court system meant to delay Eley’s execution. Eley’s competency has been raised for years and numerous courts have ruled against him, Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains said in a filing Wednesday. Eley “has the full understanding that the death penalty is being imposed upon him” for Aydah’s murder, Gains said. Columbus Psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon reviewed Eley’s files and interviewed him for about three hours in 1996, but was not able to conduct psychological tests, according to Tuesday’s lawsuit. Based on that interview and his records’ review, “I had serious questions and concerns about Mr. Eley’s competency,” Smalldon said in sworn statement included in the lawsuit.
COLUMBUS (AP) — A psychologist cannot view the Ohio Parole Board’s interview with a condemned inmate to try to evaluate his competency, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court without comment rejected a request by the attorneys for John Eley, scheduled to die July 26 for killing a Youngstown convenience store owner in 1986. Eley’s mental competency has long been questioned but the prisoner refuses to cooperate with efforts to have him evaluated, the attorneys said in a lawsuit filed ahead of Thursday’s parole board interview. “Every attorney who has represented Mr. Eley has believed him to be mentally ill,” Eley’s federal public defenders said in the lawsuit. “However, because of his mental illness and borderline intellectual functioning, Mr. Eley refused time and again to cooperate with experts, and has therefore never been fully diagnosed or even evaluated.” Eley, 63, was sentenced to death for the Aug. 26, 1986, fatal shooting of Ihsan Aydah, the 28-year-old owner of Sinjil Market in Youngstown. Eley shot Aydah in the head, and then, with an accomplice, stole Aydah’s wallet and money from a cash register, according to Ohio Attorney General records. Eley’s public defenders make two points: Eley’s mental competency has been questioned back to the days of his trial, and he has refused to cooperate
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We suspect a bad battery in one of We just arrived home from Jacob the boys’ toys but we will never know and Emma’s house awhile ago. We for certain. were over there so that my husband Daughter Elizabeth found the fire Joe could help Jacob unload hay in and it still scares her and keeps her their barn. awake at night sometimes. Meanwhile, daughters Elizabeth She has been going through all our and Susan just arrived home from a toys, flashlights, etc. and checking the wedding supper they attended. Tomorrow evening the youth are invit- batteries. It is now Friday aftered to another wedding supper. Weddings are THE AMISH COOK noon and we are in the process of making two still in full swing in batches of rhubarb juice. this community. I am thinking of freezing Everyone else is in some of it and seeing bed already. Everything how that works. A frozen seems out of order bottle of rhubarb juice around here. would be like an ice pack We have to find in someone’s lunch. room for all the clothes Our children attend a down here in the basesmall public school ment. We managed to with only about 300 clear everything out Lovina Eicher children in grades K of all the bedrooms Troy Daily News Guest through 12 (editor’s upstairs. It was a lot Columnist note: it’s not uncomof hard work moving mon for Amish chilall the furniture down dren to attend public schools in smallbut we managed. I took out some of er, rural districts). The elementary the clothes in Joe and my closet to students wanted to do something to make room for the boys shirts and help out with the fire we had. So they Lovina’s dresses. The four older girls made makeshift rods in the basement had a coin collection for a week that children could put change in the jars. to hang their clothes on. All of these Today they asked me to come to the living arrangements are temporary as school so they could present the donawe make repairs from the fire a few tion to me from the collection. It was weeks ago. truly touching to see these students The replacement windows came in but were the wrong size so they won’t give up their coins to help someone be here until next week. We still have else. Once again we are thankful to the staff and students from our small the windows boarded up. community school. The boys have received shirts and On Monday, Memorial Day, we pants but from families in our church attended a late family Christmas gathdistrict and I have material to make more once everything is settled. I don’t ering at sister Leah’s house, who lives think I could concentrate right now to two hours away. With strawberry season in full sew. A girl in our church came to get swing, I thought I would share this the boys pants pattern so she could sew them some new pants, which was recipe: STRAWBERRY very nice of her. PRETZEL SALAD People have been so kind and car2 cups pretzels crushed ing including you readers. 3/4 cup butter melted I am making an attempt to replace 4 tablespoons sugar all the batteries in our smoke alarms. 8 ouinces of cream cheese I know that if it is God’s will for us to 1/4 cup sugar lose our house than nothing or no one 8 ounces of whipped cream can save it. But I feel it is our duty to 1 large package of strawberry gelatin try to prevent a tragedy in the case of (6 ounces) fire. I am so thankful when we think 2 1/2 cups strawberries crushed or that we had thought of leaving to go to sliced, fresh or frozen the funeral of my brother in law’s Combine pretzels, butter, and sugar mother on the morning our home and press onto the bottom of a 9 X 13 caught fire, but we decided to stay inch baking dish. Bake at 350 for 8 minhome. utes. Cool. Combine cream cheese, That would have been two hours away. If no one would have been home remaining sugar and whipped cream and pour over cooled crust. In a separate at the time our house would have burnt all the way. I am sure the mem- bowl, dissolve gelatin with 1 1/4 cup of ories of the fire will stay with us forev- boiling water and then add strawberries. Cool mixture until slightly thickened. er. We will always be extra cautious Pour over cream mixture and then chill but it still bothers me that we don’t before serving. know how the fire started.
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scheduled to reopen Aug. 8. Class lists will be posted Aug. 16 in the front entrance of the eleCOVINGTON — mentary building. School Summer office hours for fees may be sent in with Covington Elementary the students the first School are 8 a.m. to 3 week of school or paid p.m. during open house. The office will be open Students new to the through June 6 and then Covington school district closed for the summer. need to call the elemenThe office is tentatively tary office at 473-2252 prior to June 5 or after Aug. 7, to schedule an appointment to register new students. Documentation needed to Entered at the post office register new students in Troy, Ohio 45373 as includes certified birth “Periodical,” postage paid certificate, Social Security card, proof of at Troy, Ohio. The Troy residency, current immuDaily News is published nization records, legal Monday-Friday after- custodial records (if noons, and Saturday applicable), most recent morning; and Sunday report cards, IEP’s (if morning as the Miami applicable) and photo ID Valley Sunday News, 224 of parent/guardian regisS. Market St., Troy, OH. tering student(s). All docUSPS 642-080. uments must be provided at the time of registraPostmaster, please send tion. changes to: 224 S. Market Open house will be St., Troy, OH 45373. from 5-6:30 p.m. Aug. 21
School begins Aug. 22 for grades first through fifth grade students. Kindergarten students begin school Aug. 24.
Lunch program seeks volunteers TIPP CITY — Tipp Monroe Community Services will offer a free lunch to children of all ages through high school. Lunch will be served at two locations — Tipp City United Methodist Church and Upper Room Worship Center. The program will begin June 11 and will end Aug. 17. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MondayFriday. Volunteers will be responsible for assisting in food preparation, serving and cleaning up. Volunteers must be 18 years of age and a background check is required. For more information, call (937) 667-8631.
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PERSPECTIVE
“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 people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Afghanistan’s future format: President Barack Obama’s dramatic arrival in Kabul aboard Air Force One under the cover of darkness was fitting finale to the cloakand-dagger operation that eliminated Osama bin Laden a year earlier. The trip also marked a symbolic beginning of the end of American intervention in Afghanistan that was occasioned by bin Laden’s daring 2001 assault on the US. Obama offered clarification of the US aim in coming years as troops withdraw, opening the door to regional powers playing a role. During the brief visit the US and Afghanistan signed the muchawaited strategic partnership agreement, which stipulates that the Afghan security forces take the lead in combat operations by the end of next year and US troops withdraw by the end of 2014. Afghanistan’s national security adviser … described the pact as “providing a strong foundation for the security of Afghanistan, the region and the world, and is a document for the development of the region.” Of course, he’s right in As I so far as this pact removes the ambiguity surSee It rounding America’s post-2014 posture in ■ The Troy Afghanistan, not only for Kabul but also for New Daily News Delhi where there’s been growing concern about welcomes implications for regional stability after American columns from withdrawal. our readers. To This is also a signal to the Taliban and other submit an “As I extremist groups that waiting out American forces See It” send might no longer be as credible an option as it may your type-writhave once seemed. Washington’s new message will ten column to: have particular resonance in India and Pakistan ■ “As I See It” as ties between the two South Asian neighbors c/o Troy Daily remain the most important fault line in shaping News, 224 S. Afghanistan’s future. Market St., Troy, OH 45373 As Washington and Kabul turn a new page in the Afghanistan saga, New Delhi should be keen ■ You can also e-mail us at to take this opportunity to become a more credible editorial@tdnpu actor in its neighborhood. Washington has played blishing.com. its hand. It’s up to New Delhi to respond adequate■ Please ly. include your full The Globe and Mail, Toronto, on Prime name and teleMinister Harper has chosen the right time to phone number. leave Afghanistan: Prime Minister Stephen Harper was once accused by the Liberals of improvising the war in Afghanistan, as if one could script a decade-long war ahead of time. He has now announced an end to the Canadian military mission as of March 31, 2014. It is the right thing to do, at the right time. Enough is enough — until the next one. The fatigue in this country with the loss of life of Canadian soldiers, the intermittent progress, the government corruption, the obstacles that never seem to diminish, such as Pakistan playing both sides, and the enormous financial burden, is overwhelming. Both Canada and Afghanistan benefited in many ways from this country’s military efforts. Afghanistan did not revert to being a refuge for the terrorists of alQaeda - the primary reason for the war. Millions of girls went to school who otherwise would not have, and women assumed roles in the Afghan parliament. But girls and women are still being jailed for such “moral crimes” as fleeing rape, abuse or underage marriage. And the Afghan National Army is far from ready to keep the country secure from the violent zealotry of the Taliban. Canada did its part with impressive resolve in an unwinnable counterinsurgency war, gaining valuable military expertise but losing 158 soldiers. The day is coming when Afghanistan will be in the lead role when its faces its enemies. That day could not be put off forever.
LETTERS
Some people need to learn to drive To the Editor: To all the drivers in Troy that do not know this, and there seems to be many, the
little stem on the left side of the steering column is a turn signal indicator. Push it up and lights on the right side of your car blink, letting the people behind and coming toward you know you are turning and
which way. Also if you pull it down the same happens on the left side. This lesson is free for the safety of all.
WRITETO US: The Troy Daily News welcomes signed letters to the editor. Letters must contain your home address and a telephone number where you can be reached during the day. Letters must be shorter than 500 words as a courtesy to other writers. We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. MAIL: 224 S. Market, Troy, Ohio, 45373; E-MAIL: editorial@tdnpublishing.com; FAX (937) 440-5286; ONLINE: www.troydailynews.com (“Letters To The Editor” link on left side).
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No bed races for us; just the ‘eye of the tiger’ “Well, Rock, let’s put it this way. Now, three years ago you was supernatural. You was hard and you was nasty and you had this cast-iron jaw but then the worst thing happened to you, that could happen to any fighter. You got civilized. But don’t worry kid. You know, presidents retire, horses retire, Man-o-War retired. They put him out to stud. That’s what you should’ve done, retired.” — Mickey Goldmill, to Rocky Balboa; “Rocky III” Much like America’s favorite fictional pugilist, the Troy Daily News Strawberry Festival bed racing team once was supernatural. Three years ago, we did the unthinkable — we knocked out Apollo Creed to become the champions of the world (purely in a metaphorical sense, of course). Once upon a time, we were hungry. After nearly a decade of finishing dead last or near the bottom of the bed race standings — the boxing equivalent of being a club-fighting pug, which is how Rocky Balboa’s boxing career actually began before fate smiled upon him — we wanted to win the bed races more than we wanted to take our next breath. We used that hunger as fuel. We wouldn’t let anyone or any-
David Fong Troy Daily News Executive Editor thing stop us. And then, suddenly — as if victory itself was preordained — everything fell into place in 2009. The team no one gave a chance of winning rose up, put its hand in its shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, it hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground. And thus, we were lords of all we surveyed. It was, however, a fluke, they said. Much like Rocky’s one-second victory over Apollo Creed in Rocky II, they said it couldn’t possibly be done again. So with something to prove, we came back the next year and once again defied the odds, bringing home a second-consecutive Troy Strawberry Festival bed racing crown.
— Donald McLaughlin Troy
And then, much like Mickey, Rocky’s seemingly ubiquitous trainer, had predicted for his fighter, the worst thing happened to us that could happen to any fighter … we got civilized. We lived off the fat of the land. We eschewed our proper training methods and sat dormant our sizeable reputations as an unbeatable bed racing machine. We lost the “eye of the tiger.” “See that look in their eyes, Rock? You gotta get that look back, Rock. Eye of the tiger, man.” — Apollo Creed, to Rocky When we entered last year’s Troy Strawberry Festival bed races, we no longer were the unstoppable juggernaut we had become. We were mere shells of our former selves. And it showed on the track. We simply didn’t want it as bad as our competition. And we were unseated by CrossFit Troy. “No, he ain’t just another fighter! This guy is a wrecking machine! And he’s hungry! (Heck), you ain’t been hungry since you won that belt.” — Mickey, on Clubber Lang Not only did we lose to a team
physically superior to us, we lost to a team that wanted it more than us. It wasn’t even close. CrossFit Troy was victorious, while we settled for second place. We didn’t win and had no one to blame but ourselves. Which is why we won’t be participating in this year’s Troy Strawberry Festival bed races. “Now, when we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man; the edge! And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. You know what I mean?” — Apollo Creed, to Rocky
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And that’s exactly what we will do. We are taking a year off from the bed races to go back to the beginning. No more late-night binges and days spent frittered away enjoying past titles. The Troy Daily News bed race team is going back to training. You won’t see us at the races this year — because we will be locked away in a dungeon training for next year’s race. Good luck to all the teams participating in this year’s bed races. We’ll see you in 365 days. Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in the Troy Daily News. Eye of the tiger, baby.
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Attack victim faces surgery
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COVINGTON — Edwin L. Yingst, 93, of Covington, son of Karl and Jennie (Shellabarger) Yingst, was born Nov. 16, 1918, in Miami County, Ohio, and went to be the Lord on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. YINGST He left behind his beloved wife of 72 years, Viola P. (Arnett) Yingst and eight children; Donald Yingst of Dublin, Barbara (Tom) Davis of Wapakoneta, Nancy (Doyle) Hatfield of Lima, Janet (Donald) Lavy of Pleasant Hill, Paul (Kathryn) Yingst of Lima,David (Leanna) Yingst of Mount Vernon, Robert Yingst of Troy, Faith (Edwin) Ablass of Saskatoon, SK, Canada. His family consisted of 25 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Edwin also leaves behind a brother, Joseph (Martha) Yingst of Englewood. Mr. Yingst was
MIAMI (AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre, vicious attack faces a bigger threat from infection than from the injuries themselves, according to experts on facial reconstruction. He will require months of treatment to rebuild his features and be permanently disfigured. Though gruesome, such severe facial injuries are generally not life threatening. The most serious risk to Ronald Poppo as he remained hospitalized Wednesday were germs that may have been introduced by the bites of the naked man who attacked him. One of the 65-yearold’s eyes was also gouged out. “The human mouth is basically filthy,” said Dr. Seth Thaller, the chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. It’s not clear why Poppo was attacked Saturday afternoon by 31-year-old Rudy Eugene alongside a busy highway. Police have released few details about the attack, but surveillance video from a nearby building shows Eugene pulling Poppo from the shade,
stripping and pummeling him before appearing to hunch over and then lie on top of him. A witness described Eugene ripping at Poppo’s face with his mouth and growling at a Miami police officer who ordered him to get off the homeless man. The officer shot and killed Eugene. POPPO E u g e n e ’ s younger brother said that he was a sweet person who didn’t drink much or use hard drugs. “I wish they didn’t kill him so he could tell us exactly what happened. This is very uncharacter- EUGENE istic of him,” said the brother, who asked for anonymity to protect his family from harassment. Police union officials representing the officer said the scene on the MacArthur Causeway was one of the goriest they had ever seen. “He had his face eaten down to his goatee. The forehead was just bone. No nose, no mouth,” said Sgt.
Armando Aguilar, president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police. Poppo has been in critical condition in recent days, but police didn’t give an update on his condition Wednesday. Thaller, who is not treating Poppo, and other plastic surgeons said the rebuilding of Poppo’s face would happen in stages after doctors try to keep his wounds clean, salvage viable tissue and determine a plan for skin g r a f t s . Protecting his remaining eye and maintaining an airway are priorities. To keep the wounds clean, doctors use grafts of the patient’s skin, cadaver skin or synthetic skin to cover the exposed bone or cartilage, said Dr. Blane Shatkin, a plastic surgeon and director of the wound healing center at Memorial Hospital Pembroke in South Florida. The coverage would act like a dressing, protecting the wound as it heals.
Poppo’s lifestyle and health before the attack could determine how doctors proceed and whether they eventually consider a facial transplant, plastic surgeons said. Poppo had been homeless for more than 30 years, previously survived a gunshot wound and faced multiple charges of public intoxication, among other arrests. “You would not just take this guy to the OR for a face transplant — you really have to go in a staged fashion. You save what you can and use what you have available first, don’t burn any bridges and move forward slowly,” Shatkin said. “And you have to see what he wants.” Psychological care is important to the recovery, and patients need to participate in the decision-making process, said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He performed a facial transplant on a Connecticut woman who was mauled by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009. “I think the patient has to be able to cope with the injury and the trauma and needs to figure out what has happened. It often takes them weeks to understand what has happened,” Pomahac said.
Salmonella cases tied to chicks ATLANTA (AP) Those cute mail-order chicks that wind up in children’s Easter baskets and backyard farms have been linked to more than 300 cases of salmonella in the U.S. mostly in youngsters since 2004. An estimated 50 million live poultry are sold through the mail each year in the United States in a business that has been booming because of the growing popularity of backyard chicken farming as a hobby among people who like the idea of raising their own food. But health officials are warning of a bacterial threat on the birds’ feet, feathers, beaks and eggs. “Most people can tell you that chicken meat may have salmonella on it,” said Casey Barton Behravesh of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “But surprisingly, we found many people are not aware that live chicks and chickens can spread salmonella to people.” Since 2004, at least 316 people in 43 states got sick in an outbreak tied primarily to one mail-order hatchery. Health officials believe thousands more illnesses connected to the business were probably never reported. No one died, but three dozen people were hospitalized with bloody diarrhea or other symptoms. The illnesses were detailed Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach pain but is rarely fatal. It is most dangerous to very young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune sys-
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Jonah McDonald’ holds freshly laid eggs from chickens at his Atlanta home Wednesday. McDonald says he washes the eggs thoroughly before eating them. tems. The infection is usually contracted from food, but live animals can transmit it, too, because the bacteria can be in their feces. Salmonella outbreaks have been linked to hatcheries for more than 50 years. And health officials have long warned that people can get salmonella from touching chickens especially children, who tend to put their fingers in their mouths. Indeed, the CDC says children under 5 shouldn’t be allowed to touch chickens at all. Health officials also advise people not to bring birds into their homes and to wash their hands thoroughly after handling live poultry. About 20 hatcheries mail live chicks overnight in the U.S., supplying not only feed stores and farms but amateurs with backyard coops. The mail-order
houses have been seeing record sales in recent years. “It’s all part of this greener, healthier lifestyle,” said Behravesh, a veterinary epidemiologist. Jonah McDonald, a 32year-old Atlanta man who keeps three hens and insists a backyard egg tastes better, said he does not know of anyone who has gotten salmonella from handling chickens. “The kids in my neighborhood come over and feed scraps to my chickens,” he said. “It’s a real community thing.” The CDC described an eight-year investigation into salmonella illnesses, with more than 80 percent of the cases tied to a single hatchery in the western U.S. While CDC officials refused to identify the business, a previous report on the investigation
by the health agency indicated it is in New Mexico. Investigators interviewed victims and concluded many had caught salmonella from touching chicks or ducklings, often at home. From there, most of the illnesses were traced to the hatchery. Behravesh said the hatchery has taken steps to curb the spread of salmonella including replacing equipment, adopting new egg-cleaning procedures and vaccinating chickens and is not considered a health threat. She said she was not aware of any fines or penalties against the business over the outbreak. During the eight years studied, the annual number of illnesses linked to the hatchery ranged as high as 84, with 29 cases last year and only one so far in 2012.
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a 1936 graduate of Covington High School and was a lifelong dairy farmer in Pleasant Hill. He loved his family and his Lord and enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren, particularly playing games. He was loved by all and will be sadly missed. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home, 10 S. High Street, Covington. Brother Jeff Jenkins will officiate with interment following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to Believer’s Christian Fellowship, 1695 Stewart Rd, Lima, OH, 45801. Online memories may be left for the family at www.jacksonsarver.com.
DONALD R. HAMANN WEST MILTON — Donald Richard Hamann Sr., 77, of West Milton passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Koester Pavilion, Troy. He was born July 14, 1934, in South Bend, Ind. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Rudolf Frederick Herman and Edith Marie (Whitaker) Hamann; wife, Shirley Marie (Hays) Hamann; daughter, Susan Marie Leiferman; two grandchildren; brothers, Harold, Rudolf, James, Thomas, Victor and sisters, Alice Joyce Hamann and Francis Hamann. He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Donald Hamann Jr. of Laura, John and Carroll Hamann of West Milton; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Phyllis Banazak of South Bend, Ind. and brother, Charles Hamann of Almo, Ky. Don was retired from Edison State Community College as Director of
Facilities, was a member of Hoffman United Methodist Church, was on the Board of Directors of the Abuse Shelter of Miami County, Ohio High School Track and Field Official, served two terms as Mayor of the Village of West Milton and served longest tenure of the West Milton Village Council. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at the Hoffman United Methodist Church, 201 S. Main Street, West Milton with Pastor Justin Williams officiating, burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami Street, West Milton. If so desired, contributions may be made to the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin Street, Troy, OH 45373 or Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.
FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Marthel M. Fellers TROY — Marthel M. Fellers, 91, of Troy, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Troy Care and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.
• Raymond Bey Jr. PIQUA — Raymond Bey Jr., 67, of Piqua, passed away at 3:22 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Arrangements are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.
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• Edgar “Buddy” Freitag NEW YORK (AP) Theater producer Edgar “Buddy” Freitag, who helped back some of Broadway’s most buzzed about shows, including “The Drowsy Chaperone,” ”Memphis” and “The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?,” has died. He was 80. Freitag died Wednesday NATIONAL BRIEFS in New York of complications from a brain tumor, in the past week by protecTim Evinger says the plane his two stepsons to Wreckage, pilot’s Lakeview, Ore., on Thursday tive cows, including a 6-year- according to his wife and and the body of pilot Tony body found in Oregon Nicholls were found and was to return home that old girl who was stomped by producing partner, Barbara Freitag. He died less than one in her backyard until PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wednesday afternoon on the day because his daughter two weeks before the Tony her father scared it off with was graduating from high Search crews have found the west-facing side of Hart Awards, with several of his a log and a baseball bat. school over the weekend. Mountain 13 miles northwreckage of a small plane shows including the hit Alaska Department of There were snow showeast of Plush. that crashed in southeast revival of “Porgy and Bess,” Fish and Game biologist ers and gusty winds in the The 48-year-old pilot Oregon last week. ”Nice Work If You Can Get region at the time of depar- Jessy Coltrane said cow Klamath County Sheriff from Meridian, Idaho, flew It” and “End of the moose are giving birth now, ture. Rainbow” vying for top honSearchers looking for the and people need to be extra ors. careful in and near the 1978 Grumman “Cheetah” Freitag had a 17-year woods. aircraft in recent days covcareer at Grey Advertising “Cows are dropping ered a vast area reaching Agency in New York City into Nevada and California. calves all over town right and then co-founded United now,” Coltrane said. “Those * Your 1 choice for complete Home Financial of America, Inc., Biologists issue cows are so defensive of Medical Equipment a national commercial their little babies. They will moose warning mortgage banking and broliterally stand there on the Funeral Home & Cremation Services Lift Chairs kerage firm. After the sale ANCHORAGE, Alaska — edge of the woods watching S. Howard Cheney, Owner-Director of his company, he and his 1990 W. Stanfield, Troy, OH Alaska wildlife biologists are you, and if you take one step • Pre-arranged funeral plans available wife began investing in off45373 • 937-335-9199 warning about the dangers into their personal bubble, 1124 W. Main St • Call 335-6161 • Troy, Ohio Broadway and Broadway of moose calving season after they’ll come out hooves flywww.legacymedical.net www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com shows. 2287678 several people were injured ing.” st
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In 2007, he began his Broadway producing career with “The Homecoming” and went on to back such shows as “Passing Strange,” ”The Miracle Worker,” ”Catch Me If You Can,” ”West Side Story,” ”Legally Blonde,” ”In the Heights” and “All My Sons.” In addition to his wife, he is survived by their four children, Larry, Eve, Harry and Liz, and seven grandchildren.
• Leo Dillon NEW YORK — Leo Dillon, the groundbreaking illustrator who collaborated with his wife, Diane, on dozens of books for kids and adults and became the first African-American to win the Caldecott Medal for children’s books, has died. He was 79. Dillon died May 26 at Long Island College Hospital from complications after lung surgery, publisher Scholastic Inc. announced Wednesday. Harlan Ellison, a close friend, wrote on his website that “Half my soul for 50 years went with him.”
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Obama calls Romney; congratulates him Expresses luck to GOP nominee WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination, just as the Democrat’s campaign opened a new critique of Romney by focusing attention on his economic record as governor of Massachusetts. The president told Romney “he looked forward to an important and healthy debate about America’s future,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said. Romney’s campaign said the call was “brief and cordial.” Both men wished each other’s families well during the upcoming race. Romney’s primary win in Texas on Tuesday night pushed him past the 1,144-delegate threshold he needed to claim the party’s nomination. Obama took the formal step of congratulating his opponent even as his team looked to shift to the Massachusetts story under Romney. Romney’s campaign, meanwhile, was bringing
attention to failed stimulus projects under Obama and federal money given to green energy companies like Solyndra, a solar firm that received hundreds of millions of dollars from the government only to go bankrupt. The competing attack-lines came as Romney pivoted from a long primary slog to the Republican nomination and a new summertime window to sway voters who have not yet fully tuned into the presidential campaign. Romney hopes to present himself as a worthy replacement for Obama who can help revitalize a slow-moving economy, the most important issue for voters. The country is “just beginning a general election, we’ve gone through a primary … not a lot of people focus time on the characteristics of a new candidate like myself, and people will get to know me better. My guess is they’re going to get to know more about me than they’d like to by the time we’re
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finished,” Romney said in an interview on Fox News that aired Wednesday but was taped over the holiday weekend. For months, Obama and his allies have signaled plans to target Romney’s Massachusetts record, with advisers noting that the state’s economy lagged in job creation and saw an increase in debt while he was governor from 2003-2007. The critique will build upon a line of attack this month of Romney’s record at private equity firm Bain Capital, which Obama’s team contends led to job losses and bankrupt companies even while Bain profited. “There’s nothing that Gov. Romney did either in the private
sector that created jobs or in the public sector that distinguished himself as a job creator,” Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Republicans contend that Obama’s critique of the Bain record will backfire because it will give voters the impression that he is anti-business. The focus on Obama’s green energy record, including Energy Department funding for companies like Solyndra, gives Romney a chance to rebut Bain because Republicans say Obama essentially played the role of venture capitalist by investing government money in green energy companies. On Tuesday, Romney raised money in Las Vegas with Donald Trump, the real estate mogul who has stoked doubts about whether Obama was born in America. It was the start of a weeklong push to raise millions of dollars during a West Coast trip designed to help Romney bring in as much cash as possible ahead of a ramped-up campaign schedule later this summer. The former Massachusetts
governor was looking to take advantage of his official claiming of the nomination, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning 105 delegates in the Texas primary, pushing his total to 1,191 delegates. Romney must now fire up conservatives who still doubt him while persuading swing voters that he can do a better job fixing the nation’s struggling economy than Obama. In Obama, he faces a well-funded candidate with a proven campaign team in an election that will be heavily influenced by the economy. Romney has fundraisers this week in wealthy California enclaves like Hillsborough, near San Francisco, and Beverly Hills. He has at least one major fundraising event every day for the rest of the week, as well as a series of smaller events.
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In this May 22, file photo provided by David Thornburg, a plume of smoke rises from the Whitewater fire burning in the Gila Wilderness east of Glenwood, N.M.
Forest wildfire becomes largest in N.M. history ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire that has burned more than 265 square miles in the Gila National Forest has become the largest fire in New Mexico history, fire officials confirmed Wednesday. The erratic blaze grew overnight to more than 170,000 acres, surpassing a blaze last year that burned 156,593 acres in Los Conchas and threatened the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the nation’s premier nuclear facility. The Gila forest fire is also the largest currently burning in the country. It formed last week when two lightning-sparked blazes merged in an isolated mountainous area in southwestern New Mexico, where it has destroyed about a dozen homes and prompted evacuations of nearby towns and health alerts for some of the
state’s largest cities. Fire information officer Jerry Perry said about 1,200 firefighters from around the state were battling the growing blaze, but that they continue to face low humidity and shifting winds in their efforts. “We still facing adverse weather conditions that are posing a challenge,” Perry said. “We’re doing a lot of burnout operations and yesterday we had to deal with a lot of spot fires.” The fire has not been contained, and officials worry that shifting winds and dryness related to the state’s record drought may cause the blaze to grow even more. The blaze so far has threatened few communities and was burning away from many of New Mexico’s largest towns and cities. But state officials issued air
quality alerts for cities as far as Albuquerque, nearly 170 miles away, and Santa Fe last weekend, and Perry said parts of southern New Mexico could expect to see smoke from the fire. The National Weather Service said winds will likely blow smoke into Las Cruces on Wednesday and Thursday. Officials said communities surrounding the fire area could expect smoke to linger into Thursday morning. Cold air after sundown will push warm air to the surface, trapping smoke closer to the ground. The U.S. Forest Service reported Wednesday that crews were successful in protecting the small communities of Mogollon and Willow Creek, along with some private ranches and homes, with the help of burnout operations.
ACLU lawsuit challenges Illinois gay marriage ban CHICAGO (AP) — More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples filed lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it’s unconstitutional for Illinois to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage. The two lawsuits — backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-based Lambda Legal — include couples from the Chicago area, Bloomington and Marion. Both challenge a state law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, arguing that the Illinois Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry under due process and equality clauses. Legislation to eliminate language that prohibits gay marriage is pending, but a vote isn’t expected before the session is scheduled to end this week. And although Illinois enacted same-sex civil unions last year, the couples in the lawsuits said the limited rights and protections make them feel like secondclass citizens.
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Lambda Legal’s lawsuit, which has 16 couples, includes Chicagoans Patrick Bova and Jim Darby. They’ve been together for 48 years and hope to marry by their 50th anniversary. They entered into a civil union last year, but said they want their relationship to be recognized in the same way as their heterosexual friends. “I have bought so many toasters for so many weddings,” Darby joked Wednesday at a news confer-
ence. “I want someone to buy me a toaster.” It’s unclear how Illinois will handle the legal process, but attorneys are ready to take the case to the state Supreme Court. The defendant named in the case, Cook County Clerk David Orr, is personally in favor of gay marriage, as is Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Messages left for Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who would represent Orr, were not immediately returned Wednesday. The 25 couples in both lawsuits tried to apply for marriage licenses in Cook County, but were denied. A spokeswoman said Orr was out of the country and had not seen the lawsuit, but issued a statement on his behalf. “The time is long past due for the State of Illinois to allow County Clerks to issue marriage licenses to couples who want to make that commitment,” he said. “I hope this lawsuit clears the last hurdle to achieving equal marriage rights for all.”
SEATTLE (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Seattle cafe on Wednesday, killing three people, critically wounding two others and setting off a manhunt that forced officials to close nearby schools, authorities said. Police searching for the suspect also had to respond to another fatal shooting near the city’s downtown. They say a man killed a woman in an apparent carjacking and fled in a black SUV. Authorities didn’t immediately know whether the shootings were related. The latest spasm of deadly gun violence to hit the city worried Seattle’s leaders and prompted police to consider increasing patrols in high-crime areas. The three deaths bring the number of homicides to 19 this year, compared to 21 in all of last year. Gunfire erupted late Wednesday morning at Cafe Racer, a restaurant and music venue north of the University of Washington. The gunman was described as a man in his 30s wearing dark clothes. Two men died at the scene. A woman from the cafe died at a hospital.
Evan Hill, who lives above the building where the cafe shooting happened, said the cafe was an artists’ collective and performance space. “It’s the strangest place to think of a shooting,” said Hill, who heard four to five shots. He said he ran to his balcony and called 911, but didn’t see a suspect. On a street corner across from the cafe, friends of the victims gathered by the ivy-covered wall of an apartment building. Some collapsed in grief. The cafe’s owner hugged them and commiserated. Units of police officers marched by with rifles and shotguns, knocking on doors and checking driveways and yards in the neighborhood of single-family, bungalow-style homes, restaurants and businesses. During the manhunt, Roosevelt High School, Eckstein Middle School and Greenlake Elementary were locked down, according to the school district. In the second shooting, the SUV that the gunman fled in was later found, but the suspect remained at large, police said.
Livestock house video draws animal cruelty charges SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed animal cruelty charges against the owner and seven employees at a Southern California livestock auction house after undercover video shot by an animal rights group showed workers kicking, hitting and tossing the animals as they were readied for sale. The grainy video, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press and shot by the Los Angeles-based group Mercy for Animals, shows workers at Ontario Livestock Sales in Ontario, Calif., kicking and stomping on pigs to get them to move through a narrow chute, hitting emus with a baton and slinging baby goats by the neck and hind legs. In one shot, two workers drag a sick sheep that can’t walk by its ears and heave it into the back of a van.
Prosecutors have filed a total of 21 misdemeanor counts against the owner, Horacio Santorsola, and seven employees after conducting further investigation with the help of the Inland Valley Humane Society, said Reza Daghbandan, a prosecutor with the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office. The defendants, who are not in custody, have a July 20 court date and face a maximum of a year in county jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted, he said. Santorsola, 73, said the case was exaggerated and he and his employees had done nothing wrong. He has not been cited once in the 18 years he’s owned the business, he said, and grabbing animals by their necks and legs is necessary because they are not tame.
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Dear Annie: My son has been dating "Meredith" for quite some time. They live together at college and plan to marry next year. I don't know how to handle this girl. She never says thank you when you give her a gift, even in person, or when we cook dinner for her. And when the rest of us get up to clear the table, she just sits there. It's awkward for me to ask her to help. She apparently was brought up without manners. I have discussed this with my son, who doesn't seem to care, but it irks me to no end. Worse, my son always seems to be taking care of her. He rubs her back, clears her plate and brings her drinks and snacks. She never responds in kind. This is going to create a lot of tension at future family gettogethers, and I want to say something before they marry. Do I just tell her my feelings directly and let the chips fall? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New Jersey Dear New Jersey: Please don't. It's possible that Meredith is horrifically shy and cannot bring herself to respond in a normal way. That would require that you patiently teach her. But if that's not the case, you have a rude, indulged girl who isn't going to change unless your son insists on it. And he has no intention of doing so. Talk to your son as neutrally as possible. Ask if Meredith treats you so poorly on purpose and, if so, why. Ask what you can do to improve things. But we urge you to do it without condemning Meredith, which would force your son to defend her. The point is to make him think about what his future with her will be like. If nothing changes, please find something to appreciate about this girl even if it kills you. The alternative is to risk alienating your son. Dear Annie: I am 45 years old, have never been married and do not have kids. I am a straight man looking for a long-term relationship, but have had no luck finding the right lady. I have tried several dating websites, to no avail. I keep meeting divorced women with issues and baggage far beyond what I can handle. My longest relationship lasted nine months and ended abruptly. I have no problem dating divorcees with kids, but they don't seem to want a man in my situation. And I'm having trouble meeting women who have never been married and don't have children. What can I do? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Single Too Long Dear Single: There are drawbacks to being 45 with no baggage. People wonder what's wrong with you. Gather your closest friends and relatives and ask for an honest critique of your date-ability. Be willing to work on their suggestions. (Counseling can help if the issues relate to your basic personality.) The rest is going where the women are. Do some volunteer work. Travel. Join a choir, community theater, church group, political organization, whatever interests you. It will give women a chance to get to know you without the pressure of a relationship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and vice versa. And keep in mind that becoming a stepfather can be rewarding as well as challenging. Please don't dismiss it so quickly. Dear Annie: "Hands Tied in Michigan" said her husband works out of state and sometimes doesn't call when he's back from dinner with the guys. I say the wife needs to develop her own interests and friends and find ways to keep busy while he is away so she is not so demanding. It is excessive to expect a phone call each night. She sounds insecure and immature. After working all day and having dinner with coworkers, he may be finished talking for the day. Couples who have independent interests add more to their relationship. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Independent Wife Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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TODAY IN HISTORY Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act. • In 1859, the Big Ben clock tower in London went into operation, chiming for the first time. • In 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa. • In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded. • In 1911, the hull of the British liner RMS Titanic was launched from its building berth at the Port of Belfast, less than a
(AP) — Today is Thursday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2012. There are 214 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 31, 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust. (Eichmann’s remains were cremated, the ashes scattered in the Mediterranean Sea.) On this date: • In 1790, President George
year before the ship’s fateful maiden voyage. Today’s Birthdays: Actordirector Clint Eastwood is 82. Singer Peter Yarrow is 74. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 73. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 72. Actress Sharon Gless is 69. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 69. Actor Tom Berenger is 62. Actor Gregory Harrison is 62. Actor Kyle Secor is 55. Actress Roma Maffia is 54. Comedian Chris Elliott is 52.
Tornado from remnants of Beryl destroys homes CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl spun off a tornado that destroyed three homes and damaged dozens of others near the North Carolina coast Wednesday as the system sped toward the Atlantic, authorities said. Between 40 and 50 homes were damaged near
Peletier in the western part of Carteret County, said county Emergency Services Director Jo Ann Smith. She said there were no reports of injuries. Many homes suffered only minor damage, but three were destroyed when the winds came through shortly before noon, she said.
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Casey Dail, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morehead City, said investigators confirmed it was a tornado that caused the damage but said the strength of the twister had not yet been determined. The remnants of the storm were skimming the North Carolina coast and prompting flood watches in eastern North Carolina. Beryl was expected to gain strength even as it loses its tropical characteristics. Heavy rains from the storm caused some scattered street and lowland flooding near Wilmington, N.C., as the system approached. Loris., S.C., near the border of the two Carolinas, received more than 3 inches of rain, and
radar showed heavy showers along the Interstate 95 corridor in the two states. The tropical depression gained some strength overnight and winds increased to near 35 mph. At 11 a.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said the storm was losing its characteristics as a warm core weather system as it interacted with a weather front. The center was located 5 miles (8 kilometers) west of Wilmington and was moving northeast at 20 mph (32 kph). Forecasters said Beryl was expected to become a post-tropical storm by late Wednesday and could strengthen to maximum 50 mph (80 kph) winds well out in the Atlantic by Saturday. Tropical storm
force winds of more than 39 mph (63 kph) were expected to stay off the North Carolina coast Wednesday, so no coastal warnings had been posted. Reid Hawkins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, said the storm had picked up speed and was expected to dump between 1 and 3 inches of rain in eastern North Carolina. Earlier forecasts had called for upward of 8 inches in areas. He said Wilmington had received about 2.5 inches of rain by late Wednesday morning. Forecasters said the depression was expected to move along the coast of the Carolinas before heading back over the Atlantic. They
warned of dangerous surf conditions, including rip currents. Hawkins said rain, not wind, was the concern with the system and the rain would be welcome. He said Wilmington has received only about 75 percent of its normal rainfall this year. Beryl came ashore near Jacksonville, Fla., just after midnight on Memorial Day as a tropical storm with 70 mph (113 kph) winds. It dumped 10 inches of rain in some areas of north Florida. It struck Cumberland Island National Seashore off the Georgia coast. The island, part of the National Park Service, will remain closed to visitors until the weekend to give rangers time to clean up.
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Business Office Administrative Assistant The I-75 Newspaper Group of Ohio Community Media is seeking a Business Office Administrative Assistant. This position is based in our Troy office. The Business Office Administrative Assistant position is part of our business office and is primarily responsible for inputting advertisement orders into our billing system for publication as well as producing various financial reports. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: • Computer skills including MicrosoftWord and Excel • Accurate data entry skills • Organizational skills • Ability to multi-task • Deadline oriented • Dependable • Take direction easily • Team player • Customer service skills that include excellent verbal communication
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TROY, 713 East Canal (in rear). Friday and Saturday 9am-3pm. Sunday 11am-2pm. Furniture, household items, holiday, books, records, craft supplies, collectable's, candles, glassware, and much more.
TROY, 1765 East State Route 41 (on Lock & Storage Side), Friday and Saturday 12pm-6pm. Multi family sale. Furniture, clothes, dishes, records, cds and dvds, too much to list
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TROY, 330 North Weston Road, Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-?, Baby clothes newborn to 4T, cribs, changing tables, car seat, toys, name brand women's and men's clothes BKE jeans, books, home decor, and much more!
LOST CAT, large male, long haired, brown tiger with vivid green eyes, front declawed, neutered, bushy tail. Horseshoe Bend, 55 area (937)339-4338
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TROY, 498 Shaftsbury Road, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-Noon, like new designer full bed, cable ready console TV, snow blowers, mower, tool boxes, tool bench, lots of miscellaneous.
BarryStaff is now hiring machine operators and assemblers for a Tipp City factory, Temp to Hire. Apply at: 22 S. Jefferson Street Dayton OH
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TROY, 2503 Inverness Court, Thursday 8am-12pm and Friday 8am-3:30pm. Clothings, books, games, holiday decorations, gardening items, jewelry, and lots more.
TROY, 3549 West State Route 41, May 31st-June 2nd, 8am-5pm. Huge selection of 2T-5T girl clothes, baby items, crib, toys, playhouse, swingset.
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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 fake and eventually 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.
Ohio Community Media Ohio Community Media LLC, located in Miamisburg, Ohio, is seeking a Linux server administrator with networking experience to manage and maintain both central and remote file/web/email/monitoring servers and our LAN/WAN technologies. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in building and maintaining Debian, CentOS, and GNU/Linux servers as well as Windows based and OSX servers. We have multiple offices throughout Ohio all connected into a central datacenter using hardware based firewalls. Experience in a media/newspaper work environment and web technologies like php/mysql is a plus. This position will also handle support calls from outlying divisions, along with managing and maintaining key network applications. This is a salaried position with Monday – Friday office hours plus 24 – 7 on call responsibilities.
Please send resume to Bsample@ohcommedia.com
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305 Apartment 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts. SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday 1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Troy ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from. Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers. Corporate apartments available. Visit www.1troy.com Call us first! (937)335-5223 EVERS REALTY TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $695 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. No Pets. (937)698-4599, (937)572-9297. DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt. FIRST MONTH FREE! 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690
48" DINETTE Set/chairs $200; brand new stainless dishwasher, $200; outdoor table and chairs, miscellaneous chairs, tables, mirrors, art. Call mornings only (937)335-4610 or (937)308-8687 BED~ Queen Pillow Top Mattress Set. New, still in plastic! $159 Can Deliver! (937)550-9221
577 Miscellaneous BED, Queen size with Sleep Logic mattress, like new, paid $1175 asking $395, (937)622-2306 CEMETERY LOTS, Shelby Memory Gardens, 3 lots together, $200 each, (937)710-4899
Troy, 2 bedroom townhouse, $540. 1.5 Bath, stove, refrigerator, garbage disposal, dishwasher, w/d, A/C, No Dogs, near I75. (937)335-1825.
CEMETERY PLOTS, Miami Memorial Park, Covington, Ohio, includes 2 lots and 2 vaults, Christus Section. sell at 1980 price, (937)773-3623.
TROY, 2 bedroom upstairs, all appliances, garage, no pets $550 monthly plus $400 deposit (937)864-9852
CRIB, changing table, highchair, cradle, playpen guardrail, pack-n-play, carseat, gate, tub, blankets, clothes, Disney animated phones, doll chairs. (937)339-4233
TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, No dogs $475. (937)339-6776. TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. Stephenson Drive. $475 monthly, (937)216-4233. WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $475 monthly, Ask about free Gift, (937)216-4233
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320 Houses for Rent 2 BEDROOM house in country, 2 car garage, Bethel Township, No pets! $700 monthly plus deposit, 6395 Studebaker Road, (937)667-4144 for appointment to see 3 & 4 BEDROOM houses available, Piqua, $ 8 5 0 - $ 9 5 0 , (937)778-9303 days, (937)604-5417 evenings. LARGE House, large miles east $ 7 0 0 / m (937)335-4188
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PIQUA, 2 Bedroom House, 505 Adams Street, $475 monthly, deposit & references, to see, (937)778-9154
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510 Appliances AIR CONDITIONER, window style, works good, $75 (937)418-4639. FREEZER Frigidaire upright, frost free, 5 years old. Like new. 13.7 cubic foot. $245, (937)335-7826
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PIQUA, Parkridge Place. Roomy 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths, central air, washer/ dryer hook-up. $500. (419)629-3569.
Saturday and Sunday 8am-1pm at Heckyeah! 5795 North County Road 25-A. Vendors and public welcome. Call (937)606-2139
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EXERCISE BIKE New BioDyno 250 Schwinn exercise bike. Paid $500, will let go for $350. (937)552-7657 Judy HOME GYM, 3 Station Weider Pro 9645, 2 independent stacks of weights, use for toning, muscle size/ strength & cardio, $250, (937)296-6791 HOSPITAL BED with mattress. Hoyer lift. Wheel chair. (937)492-1120. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1998 18hp 42" cut Craftsman riding mower with hydrostatic drive. with new accessories, $500 obo. 17" rear tine self propelled Craftsman tiller, $500 obo. Kenmore flat-top electric stove with self-cleaning oven, (Black), $300. Firestorm table saw, $150 obo, 16" Craftsman chainsaw, $100 obo. 14" Poulan Pro chainsaw, $50 firm. Hand power tools including: rip saw, drills, battery operated sander, $75/all. Filing cabinet, $25. 30 gallon fish aquarium with stand and gravel, $50. Call or text: (937)638-8572 (937)489-3392. WALKER adult, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grab bars, canes, entertainment center, collector dolls, doll chairs, more (937)339-4233
583 Pets and Supplies GERMAN SHEPARD, saddle back, 1 year old, AKC, female, black. Good with kids and adults. All shots. $250. ( 9 3 7 ) 4 1 8 - 2 1 6 6 (937)418-9446 KITTENS free to good inside home. See at Ryan's Bait Store 2017 South County Road 25-A. (937)335-0083 KITTENS free to good inside home. See at Ryan's Bait Store 2017 South County Road 25-A. (937)335-0083 MINI DACHSHUND puppies, short haired. First shots. Reds and piebald. Adorable! Males, $200. Females, $225. (937)418-4353.
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A public hearing on the 2013 Tax Budget for Concord Township will be held by the Concord Township Board of Trustees on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be held at the Township Building, 1150 HorizonWest Court, Troy, Ohio. Adoption of the Budget will be on June 19, 2012
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• COACHING SEARCH: Bethel High School is looking for a varsity head boys basketball coach. There are no teaching positions available at this time. Please send a letter of interest, resume, and references to Athletic Director Bob Hamlin at bethelathdept@bethel.k12.oh.us or contact the Athletic Department for more details at 937-845-9430. The application deadline is today. • GOLF: The Troy Football Alumni Association is sponsoring a golf tournament July 21 at the Troy Country Club. It is a four-man scramble with a 2 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $75 per person, with proceeds from the event to go to the Troy Football Alumni Association scholarship fund. Spaces are limited. For more information or to register, contact Chris Madigan at madigan-c@troy.k12.oh.us or (937) 332-3805. • BASKETBALL: The Troy boys basketball camp will be on June 4-7. The camp, held in the Trojan Activities Center, for grades 1-4 will be from 9 a.m. to noon. For grades 5-8, the camp will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on June 4, then will start at 1 to 4:15 p.m. June 5-7. The camp will feature former Troy standout and former Ohio State basketball player Matt Terwilliger. Camp forms have been delivered to each homeroom teacher and addition forms available in school offices. The fee is $55. To sign up, send application to Coach Miller, Troy High School, 151 Staunton Road, Troy, OH 45373. For questions or concerns, contact coach Tim Miller at his school line (937) 3326068 or at home (937) 339-6576. • BASKETBALL: Newton High School will host a basketball camp June 11-14. For boys in grades 3-7 as of Sept. 2012, the camp will run from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and will cost $50. For boys in grades 8-12, camp will run from 1-3 p.m. and cost $30. For more information, call Steve Fisher at 6762002. • BASKETBALL: The Red Devil Basketball Youth Camp will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 11-14 at Tippecanoe High School. The camp is for boys who will be in grades 6-8 next year. The cost is $70 before June 1 and $75 after June 1. Skill instruction, games, Tshirt and string bag are included in the fee. For more information, e-mail dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us.
SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Softball Division IV State at Akron Covington vs. Vienna Mathews (10 a.m.) Legion Baseball Sidney Legion at Troy Post 43 (5:30 p.m.) Troy Bombers at Sons of Pitches (6:30 p.m.) FRIDAY Track and Field State meet at Jesse Owens Stadium Division I Troy, Tippecanoe (4:45 p.m.) Division III Bradford, Covington, Lehman, Miami East (9:30 a.m.) Legion Baseball Muncie Mavericks at Troy Post 43 (7 p.m.)
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Seagraves cruises in win Troy Post 43 got to utilize its whole roster Wednesday night against the Champaign County Tornados —thanks in large part to the efforts of Michael Seagraves on the mound — in a 13-0 runrule at Duke Park. Seagraves cruised and recorded a six-inning shutout, allowing only two hits in the game. See Page 16.
Dragons Lair DAYTON — Kurtis Muller hit a home run and scored three times and Joe Terry added two hits and two runs batted in as the Dayton Dragons defeated the South Bend Silver Hawks 9-6 on Wednesday. A crowd of 8,270 saw the Dragons earn their third straight home victory as they produced their highest single-game run total since April 20.
Blair signs with Ohio Dominican BY DAVID FONG Executive Editor fong@tdnpublishing.com For three years, Chris Blair’s name became synonymous with the No. 44 he wore on his jersey. And when the recent Troy High School graduate went on a number of college visits, that’s about what he felt like — little more than a number. With one notable exception. “At a lot of places I went, all they were focused on was foot-
lot more at home. It felt like they actually cared about me as a person. They focused on me more as ball aspect of an individual — it really felt like things,” said they actually cared about every Blair, a single person on the team” at starter In the end, that was what led inside lineBlair to sign a letter of intent to backer for the play football with the Panthers, Troy High a Division II NCAA program. School footThe 5-foot-11, 210-pound Blair ball team for was a two-time All-Greater three seasons. “But when I BLAIR Western Ohio Conference North went to Ohio Division selection for the Dominican, they made me feel a Trojans. This past fall, he also
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was selected All-Conference GWOC. Blair led the GWOC North in tackles in each of his final two years for the Trojans. As a senior, he led the GWOC North with 83 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries. As a junior, he had 125 tackles with two sacks and a forced fumble. “Chris has a lot of natural ability to play the (linebacker)
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Troy’s Nick James (center) wins the regional championship at the Division I Regional meet May 25 at Welcome Stadium. James will run in three events at Friday’s state meet in Columbus
The Trojan express Busload of Troy athletes prep for state trip BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com The past few times the Troy Trojans have made trips to the Division I State meet, they’ve been able to travel light with one, maybe two qualifiers per year — and last year, they didn’t make the trip at all. This year, they’re more than happy to put a little additional strain on the travel budget.
TROY “We’re taking a bus,” Troy boys coach Deon Metz said. “We’ve got four kids going, and the girls have four kids going. It feels good to say that we’re taking a bus this year.” Troy High School will be well represented this year at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium come Friday and Saturday, with the boys boasting the 4x100 team of Devante Bush, Miles Hibbler, Nick Zimmer and Nick James, as well as James in the 100 and 200, and the girls bringing the 4x200 team of Shanelle Byrd, Gracie Huffman, Ashley Rector and Todda Norris, in addition to Norris running the 200 and Rector the 400. It’s been a while for the Trojans to have someone Troy’s Ashley Rector will run in the 400 and the 4x200 relay Friday at the Division I State meet in Columbus. ■ See TROJANS on 16
Needing a vacation Indians lose 5th of last 6 games CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians can’t seem to catch a break right now, but they will gladly take one provided by the schedule. Indians pitcher Jeanmar Gomez, who couldn’t hold a 3-0 lead, allowed five runs in five innings on Wednesday afternoon, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 6-3 victory at Progressive Field. Cleveland lost for the fifth time in its last six games and dropped 1 1-2 games behind the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. The Indians host Minnesota in a three-game series beginning Friday, giving them one much-needed day off to regroup. “The day off comes at a perfect time,” said Cleveland manager Manny Acta, whose team led the division from April 24-May 28. “We all need to go home and relax, and come back and play better baseball on Friday. This was not a good series. The week continues to be rough for us.” It has been rough, both on and off the field, as the Indians placed designated hitter Travis Hafner on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a frayed right meniscus. Athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff said the 34-yearold slugger will have arthroscopic surgery Thursday and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Earlier in the week, Cleveland lost catcher Carlos Santana
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Reds bats quiet in loss PITTSBURGH (AP) — A.J. Burnett allowed just two hits over seven innings, Matt Hague delivered a two-run double and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Wednesday night. Burnett (4-2) escaped early trouble then cruised, giving up one unearned run while striking out three and walking two to win his third straight start. The right-hander retired 17 straight at one point, with only three AP PHOTO balls reaching the outfield. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto throws during the second Joel Hanrahan worked out of inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh Wednesday. a two-on, one-out jam for his
13th save as the Pirates clinched their first winning May in four years. Johnny Cueto (5-3) gave up two runs over seven innings, walking four and striking out five while dropping his second straight decision. The Reds managed just four hits as slugger Joey Votto took most of the night off. The way Burnett was dealing, Votto’s presence might not have mattered, though Burnett hardly looked dominant at the
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■ CONTINUED FROM 15 represented in running events. “For the girls, it’s been since 2006, my first year of coaching,” Troy girls coach Kurt Snyder said. “This just shows where we’ve been the last couple of years and the improvements that these girls have made. They compete with each other in practice, they compete with each other at meets to see who can score more points … their will to win is greater than any group I’ve seen.” Troy’s boys — probably best known for state champion distance runner Levi Fox, who won the 3,200 in 2005 — are also breaking boundaries by taking a large group of sprinters. “I’m the head coach, and sprints are my specialty,” Metz said. “It’s probably been just as long as the girls (since Troy had a runner at state), I can’t remember exactly. We’ve been known to squeak a field event out here or there. It’s tough, especially in our region — heck, in our district — to make it out as a runner.” And the way the 4x100 team did it was big, as well. They broke the school record in the event by running a time of 42.59 seconds and finishing third to qualify. That record? Was held by the team of Kevin Redman, Daunte Stafford, Mike Thorn … and Metz, a time of 42.7 seconds. “When we broke it, it was still 43 and change. And my 20th reunion is coming up — and I think it was close to that old when we broke it, too,” Metz said. “That tells you how much time it is between getting four guys at once with that kind of speed to come through Troy.” And James will also be running in the 100 — in which he won the regional championship — and the 200, where he was the regional runner-up. “He’s ran in four events all year. If Nick can handle it all year long, he’s earned the right to do it at state,” Metz said. “We’ll keep all three chances for him to get on the podium alive instead of maybe scratching one to focus on another then maybe having something go not as planned. He’ll go from one race to the next with no time to think but plenty of time to recuperate — just like he did all year long.” The girls didn’t have 20 years of history to worry about when breaking their school records, though — they’ve been making their own history all year. Rector has broken her own 400 record three weeks in a row, and Norris’ 200 and the 4x200 records have both fallen multiple times, as well. “That just means we’re getting faster at the right time,” Snyder said. “Actually, the regional was the first time we’ve lost a
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Troy’s Devante Bush runs the first leg of the 4x100 relay at the Division I Regional meet May 25 at Welcome Stadium. The team qualified for Friday’s state meet in Columbus. relay race that both Todda and Ashley have been on when they finished second.” And while the girls have been competing against each other in various ways all season long, they’ve put all of that aside heading into this weekend. “Now they’re working together to beat the competition,” Snyder said. “They’ve finally run into girls that can run as fast as or faster than them, and they need each other now. “The 4x200 is sitting eighth right now time-wise — and I don’t think they’ve ran their best race yet. They’ve been running for the competition all year. Hopefully they’ll do that two more times.” And actually, both teams aren’t only bringing four runners — each is bringing one extra, both of them key relay members all season long. Blake Williams missed time at the end of the year due to injury but will make the trip with the team, and Catelyn Schmiedebusch dropped the relay races in the postseason to focus on getting out in the hurdles, where she placed seventh in the region in the 300 hurdles. “We’ve got five girls that deserve to run in that race, and we haven’t made that decision yet,” Snyder said. “Catelyn was running it all year but we were trying to keep her fresh for the hurdles. It’s going to be a tough decision to make.” “We’re taking Blake with us. He was injured for
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On Oct. 10, Benard had just left practice when he crashed his three-wheel Can-Am Spyder into a guardrail on Interstate 71. Brooklyn Police estimated that the 6-foot-2, 260-pound Benard, who led the Browns in sacks the previous season, was thrown an estimated 80 yards before coming to a stop. He broke his right hand and sustained other unspecified injuries that required a three-day hospital stay at The Cleveland Clinic. Benard declined to discuss any specifics about his horrific accident or other injuries. The only visible reminder of his traumatic ordeal is a long, thick scar tracing from the middle of his right hand past his wrist. Benard was asked if the wreck had changed him. He paused, perhaps searching for the proper words. “It did,” he said. “But you live and you learn from everything. You walk up stairs and you stub your toe and you say I’m going to pick my feet up this time. So I learned a valuable lesson, just the appreciation of life. I feel like it was a blessing and you learn your lessons.”
BEREA (AP) — As sweat beads streaked his cheeks, defensive end Marcus Benard looked out at the green practice fields behind the Browns’ training facility. For a time, he didn’t know if he’d see them again. He made it back. Seven months ago, an instant of recklessness on a motorcycle nearly took Benard’s life. At 26, a highly paid professional athlete just tapping into his potential, Benard, who had beaten the odds and made an NFL roster as an undrafted free agent, almost threw everything away and left three young sons without their father. Benard was lucky. He lived and learned. “I appreciate life,” he said. “And I appreciate the sport that I’m playing and my responsibilities to it. It’s a blessing and I feel like it’s a plan. “I’m very happy to be here.” Benard spoke to reporters Wednesday for the first time since his harrowing experience. Before answering questions, he smiled and shook hands with several media members, another step in his recovery completed.
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Troy’s Todda Norris wins the Trojans’ heat of the 4x200 prelims May 23 at the Division I Regional meet. Norris will compete in the 200 and as a member of the 4x200 team Friday at the state meet. a time, and he’s been on all of those relay teams,” Metz said. “James is a senior, and with Devante, Nick and Blake being juniors and Miles being a sophomore, that will give us four guys coming back next year that have seen that level and what it takes to compete there.” But all of the Trojans know that to make it back for Saturday’s finals and a shot at the podium, they can’t focus on what’s happened already.
“We’ve learned that times aren’t everything,” Metz said. “The 4x100 is sitting in eighth right now, but they know that they’re not going to step on that track Friday and automatically get on the podium because of that. They’re going to have to go out and earn that spot. “Once you get on that fast track with all of those fast guys, it’s time to step up and run with the big boys. That’s what state’s all about.”
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Troy Post 43 got to utilize its whole roster Wednesday night against the Champaign County Tornados —thanks in large part to the efforts of Michael Seagraves on the mound — in a 13-0 runrule at Duke Park. Seagraves cruised and recorded a six-inning shutout, allowing only two hits in the game. Post 43, meanwhile, tallied 12 hits on the night, spread out across the scorecard. Garrett Mitchell and Ben Weber each drove in two runs, Colton Nealeigh was 2 for 2 with a double and Dylan Cascaden doubled to highlight the night.
The offense gave Seagraves more than enough support early on, scoring four times in the first inning and tacking on another four in the second. “We played all of our kids, because the score dictated that we could,” Troy Post 43 coach Frosty Brown said. “”We had hits and scoring spread out across the board.” Troy faces Sidney in a doubleheader at 6:30 p.m. tonight then hosts the Muncie Mavericks Friday. Cham.......000 000 — 0 2 5 Troy.....441 031 — 13 12 1 WP — Seagraves. LP — Good. 2B — Cascaden (T), Nealeigh (T).
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played at inside linebacker in the Trojans’ primarily 3-4 alignment. “They are going to try me out at Mike (middle) linebacker,” Blair said. “They think I’ve got the perfect size and skill set to play there. They said they could also play me at the Sam (strong side) linebacker. I just hope to go in there and learn the position and hopefully earn playing time as a freshman.”
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Kings win in OT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Anze Kopitar scored a spectacular goal on a breakaway with 11:47 left in overtime Wednesday night and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Kopitar faked a back-
hand shot, put the puck on his forehand and beat a prone Martin Brodeur. Los Angeles has won all nine of its road games in the playoffs, an NHL record. The Kings are now one win shy of the NHL record for postseason road victories.
NEW YORK (AP) — New owner, and now a new star player. The future suddenly looks bright for the New Orleans Hornets. Meanwhile, it was yet another loss in a historic season full of them for Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bobcats. The Hornets, recently sold by the NBA to Saints owner Tom Benson, won the NBA’s draft lottery Wednesday and the No. 1 pick overall which they almost certainly will use to pick Kentucky star Anthony Davis. At least that’s what the consensus college player of the year is expecting. Moments after the Hornets won the lottery, Davis said he was looking forward to playing professionally in the place where he led the Wildcats to a national championship in April. The good news for the
Hornets comes after a difficult season in which they traded All-Star Chris Paul and a couple of years in limbo where they couldn’t do much to upgrade the roster while the league was looking for a buyer. “Just a first step for us to winning it all,” Benson said in a TV interview after the lottery. The Hornets moved up from the fourth spot, where they had a 13.7 percent chance, to earn the pick. “Everything was surreal once they announced the fourth pick,” said Hornets coach Monty Williams, who represented the team on stage. “I said ‘This is pretty cool.’ I knew my wife and kids were home praying that things would go well and they did.” The Bobcats, after going 7-59 for the worst winning percentage in NBA history,
fell to the No. 2 pick. Washington will pick third and Cleveland fell one spot to fourth. Charlotte had a 25 percent chance of grabbing the No. 1 pick, but instead will have to take the best player after Davis, possibly his teammate, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The team with the worst record hasn’t won since Orlando drafted Dwight Howard in 2004. “We will still take the best player available and when you win seven games you have a lot of holes,” Bobcats general manager Rich Cho said. “From a competitive standpoint and for anyone who has played sports or been competitive, you want to win and be No. 1. We know we’re still going to get a good player.” Cho and team vice chairman Curtis Polk said
they hadn’t heard from Jordan, the Bobcats owner. “Being No. 2 isn’t terrible. We’ll be fine,” Polk said. The league bought the Hornets from owner George Shinn in December 2010 and the sale to Benson was completed in April. The NBA was criticized for the conflict of interest of a league owning a franchise, particularly when Commissioner David Stern blocked a trade that would have sent Paul to the Lakers in December, then approved another that landed Paul with the Clippers. The ownership uncertainty hindered the Hornets, but they were in a celebrating mood Wednesday after earning the No. 1 pick for the first time since 1991, when they were still in Charlotte and took Larry Johnson.
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Away 13-13 14-13 9-14 6-17 10-15 6-17
GB WCGB — — 5½ ½ 10½ 5½ 12½ 7½ 16½ 11½
L10 6-4 6-4 4-6 4-6 1-9
Str L-2 W-3 L-2 W-2 L-6
Home 21-7 14-10 10-15 11-14 12-16
Away 11-10 13-13 12-13 8-15 5-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Kansas City 8, Cleveland 2 Toronto 8, Baltimore 6 Chicago White Sox 7, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 6, Detroit 3 Seattle 10, Texas 3 Minnesota 3, Oakland 2 L.A. Angels 5, N.Y.Yankees 1 Wednesday's Games Kansas City 6, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 4, Oakland 0 Toronto 4, Baltimore 1 Boston 6, Detroit 4 Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Detroit (Scherzer 4-3) at Boston (Beckett 4-4), 7:10 p.m. Friday's Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 3 Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 5, St. Louis 4 Miami 3, Washington 1 Milwaukee 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Francisco 3, Arizona 1 Wednesday's Games Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 6 Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Mets 6 Atlanta 10, St. Louis 7 Miami 5, Washington 3 Houston at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Thursday's Games Houston (Norris 5-1) at Colorado (Guthrie 2-3), 8:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Greinke 5-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-3), 10:10 p.m. Friday's Games Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Pirates 2, Reds 1 Cincinnati Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h bi Cozart ss 4 1 1 0 Tabata lf-rf 4 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 1 0 0 0 Mercer ss 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 4 0 0 0 AMcCt cf 4 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b3 0 0 1 PAlvrz 3b 4 0 0 0 Heisey lf 4 0 2 0 Walker 2b 2 1 0 0 Frazier 3b 3 0 0 0 GJones rf 3 1 2 0 Votto ph 1 0 1 0 GHrndz lf 1 0 0 0 Costanz 1b2 0 0 0 Hague 1b 3 0 1 2 Cairo pr-1b1 0 0 0 McGeh 1b 1 0 0 0 Hanign c 4 0 0 0 Barajs c 1 0 0 0 Cueto p 2 0 0 0 AJBrnt p 2 0 1 0 Ludwck ph1 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 29 2 5 2 Cincinnati....................100 000 000—1 Pittsburgh ...................000 002 00x—2 E_Costanzo (1), Walker (3), P.Alvarez (10). DP_Pittsburgh 1. LOB_Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 8. 2B_Cozart (13), Hague (2). 3B_G.Jones (1). SB_Stubbs 2 (11), G.Hernandez (1). S_Stubbs. SF_B.Phillips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Cueto L,5-3 . . . . . . . .7 5 2 2 4 5 Marshall . . . . . . . . .1-3 0 0 0 1 0 Ondrusek . . . . . . . .2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh A.J.Burnett W,4-2 . . .7 2 1 0 2 3 Grilli H,12 . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 1 2 Hanrahan S,13-14 . . .1 2 0 0 0 2 Umpires_Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T_2:43. A_16,782 (38,362). Royals 6, Indians 3 Kansas City ab r h bi AGordn lf 4 1 2 1 Giavtll 2b 4 1 2 1 Falu pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Butler dh 4 0 0 1 Mostks 3b 4 1 1 1 Francr rf 4 1 2 1 Hosmer 1b4 0 1 0 B.Pena c 5 0 3 1 Dyson cf 5 0 1 0 AEscor ss 4 2 1 0
Cleveland ab r h bi Choo rf 4 0 1 1 Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 ACarer ss 4 0 1 0 JoLopz 3b 5 0 1 0 Duncan lf 3 1 1 0 Chsnhll ph1 0 0 0 Cnghm lf 0 0 0 0 Brantly cf 4 1 2 0 Damon dh 3 0 2 0 Ktchm 1b 4 0 1 1 Carlin c 4 1 0 1 Totals 38 613 6 Totals 36 310 3 Kansas City................002 210 010—6 Cleveland....................030 000 000—3 E_Giavotella (3). DP_Kansas City 1. LOB_Kansas City 12, Cleveland 10. 2B_A.Gordon (13), Giavotella (3), Moustakas (12), Francoeur (13), Damon
(2). SB_A.Escobar (8), Kipnis 2 (11), Carlin (1). CS_B.Pena (1), Duncan (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City B.Chen W,4-5 . . . . . .5 7 3 3 2 3 Collins H,4 . . . . . .1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 Crow H,9 . . . . . . . .2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Mijares H,7 . . . . . . . . .1 1 0 0 0 0 Broxton S,11-13 . . . .1 1 0 0 2 0 Cleveland J.Gomez L,3-4 . . . . . .5 10 5 5 1 3 Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 2 1 Sipp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 0 0 0 1 Pestano . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 1 1 2 1 J.Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP_by J.Gomez (Francoeur), by Barnes (A.Gordon). Umpires_Home, Dan Bellino; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt. T_3:28. A_17,112 (43,429). Wednesday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago . . . .102 010 000—4 11 0 Tampa Bay . .010 002 000—3 4 0 Quintana, N.Jones (4), Thornton (6), Crain (7), Reed (9) and Pierzynski; Cobb, Howell (6), W.Davis (7), Badenhop (8), Jo.Peralta (9) and J.Molina.W_N.Jones 30. L_Cobb 2-1. Sv_Reed (6). HRs_Tampa Bay, Scott (9), C.Pena (8). Oakland . . . .000 000 000—0 3 0 Minnesota . . .200 020 00x—4 6 0 T.Ross, Carignan (6), Norberto (7), J.Miller (8) and K.Suzuki; Liriano, Al.Burnett (7), Gray (9) and Butera. 1-5. L_T.Ross 2-6. W_Liriano HRs_Minnesota, Willingham (10). Baltimore . . .010 000 000—1 4 0 Toronto . . . . .011 110 00x—4 9 0 Hammel, O'Day (7), Strop (8) and Wieters; Morrow, Villanueva (7), Cordero (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia.W_Morrow 6-3. L_Hammel 6-2. Sv_Janssen (5). HRs_Toronto, Encarnacion (17), R.Davis (3), Lawrie (4), Rasmus (6). Detroit . . . . . .102 000 100—4 12 0 Boston . . . . .000 400 11x—6 12 0 Smyly, Dotel (7), Coke (7), Benoit (8) and Avila; Lester, Albers (7), A.Miller (8), Aceves (9) and Shoppach. W_Albers 1-0. L_Dotel 1-2. Sv_Aceves (13). HRs_Boston, Ortiz (12), Middlebrooks (6), Youkilis (4). NATIONAL LEAGUE San Diego . . .022 020 000—6 9 0 Chicago . . . .020 120 012—8 10 0 Bass, Mikolas (5), Hinshaw (5), Gregerson (7), Thatcher (7), Cashner (8), Thayer (9) and Hundley; Dempster, C.Coleman (5), Marmol (7), R.Wells (8), Russell (9) and Clevenger.W_Russell 2-0. L_Thayer 0-1. HRs_San Diego, Denorfia (2), Quentin 2 (3). Chicago, Barney (3). St. Louis . . . .000 104 020— 7 10 0 Atlanta . . . . . .302 00302x—10 14 2 Lohse, Rzepczynski (6), Boggs (7), Motte (8) and Y.Molina; T.Hudson, Venters (6), Durbin (7), O'Flaherty (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann. W_Venters 3-2. L_Rzepczynski 0-3. Sv_Kimbrel (15). HRs_Atlanta, McCann (7), Freeman (8). Philadelphia .010 000216—10 14 0 NewYork . . . .100 002 003— 6 12 1 Cl.Lee, Bastardo (7), Contreras (8), Valdes (9), Papelbon (9) and Schneider; Gee, Parnell (7), Rauch (8), Byrdak (9), R.Ramirez (9), Schwinden (9) and Ro.Johnson. W_Bastardo 2-1. L_Rauch 3-4. HRs_Philadelphia, Wigginton (5), Ruiz (8), Rollins (2). NewYork, Duda 2 (7). Washington .010 200 000—3 8 0 Miami . . . . . . .100 210 10x—5 11 0 Wang, Detwiler (5), Perry (7), Gorzelanny (7) and J.Solano; Jo.Johnson, Mujica (7), H.Bell (9) and J.Buck. W_Jo.Johnson 3-3. L_Wang 1-1. Sv_H.Bell (10). HRs_Miami, Stanton (13). Midwest League Eastern Division Lansing (Blue Jays) Bowling Green (Rays) Great Lakes (Dodgers) South Bend (D’Backs) Lake County (Indians) Fort Wayne (Padres) West Michigan (Tigers) Dayton (Reds) Western Division
W 38 28 28 27 25 24 24 20
L 14 25 25 26 27 29 29 33
AND SCHEDULES
Away 15-9 12-12 12-12 12-14 13-11
Pct. GB .731 — .528 10½ .528 10½ .509 11½ .481 13 .453 14½ .453 14½ .377 18½
W L Pct. GB Wisconsin (Brewers) 34 19 .642 — Beloit (Twins) 31 22 .585 3 Kane County (Royals) 27 25 .519 6½ Quad Cities (Cardinals) 27 26 .509 7 Burlington (Athletics) 24 28 .462 9½ Cedar Rapids (Angels) 23 30 .434 11 Peoria (Cubs) 23 30 .434 11 Clinton (Mariners) 18 33 .353 15 Wednesday's Games West Michigan 1, Lake County 0 Dayton 9, South Bend 6 Great Lakes 4, Fort Wayne 2, 10 innings Burlington 10, Peoria 1 Wisconsin 10, Cedar Rapids 2
SPORTS ON TV TODAY COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 1, South Florida vs. Oklahoma, at Oklahoma City 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 2, LSU vs. California, at Oklahoma City 7 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 3, Tennessee vs. Alabama, at Oklahoma City 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 4, Oregon vs. Arizona State, at Oklahoma City GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Wales Open, first round, at City of Newport, Wales 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, first round, at Dublin, Ohio MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m. MLB — Detroit at Boston 10 p.m. MLB — Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, conference finals, game 3, San Antonio at Oklahoma City TENNIS 5 a.m. ESPN2 — French Open, third round, at Paris Quad Cities 20, Beloit 3 Kane County at Clinton, 8 p.m. Lansing 6, Bowling Green 4, 10 innings Thursday's Games West Michigan at Lake County, 11 a.m. South Bend at Dayton, 7 p.m. Great Lakes at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m. Peoria at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. Beloit at Quad Cities, 8 p.m. Kane County at Clinton, 8 p.m. Lansing at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m. Friday's Games Lansing at Bowling Green, 3:05 p.m. West Michigan at Lake County, 7 p.m. South Bend at Dayton, 7 p.m. Great Lakes at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m. Peoria at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. Beloit at Quad Cities, 8 p.m. Kane County at Clinton, 8 p.m.
AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup Top 12 in Points 1. G.Biffle..........................................453 2. M.Kenseth....................................443 3. D.Hamlin.......................................437 4. D.Earnhardt Jr..............................435 5. J.Johnson.....................................405 6. M.Truex Jr.....................................404 7. K.Harvick......................................398 8. Ky.Busch.......................................391 9.T.Stewart.......................................388 10. C.Edwards..................................372 11. B.Keselowski,.............................368 12. C.Bowyer....................................366
HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 3 Washington 4, Boston 3 New Jersey 4, Florida 3 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 1 St. Louis 4, San Jose 1 Phoenix 4, Chicago 2 Nashville 4, Detroit 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 4, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 0 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 1 STANLEY CUP FINALS Wednesday, May 30: LA at New Jersey, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 2:Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m. Monday, June 4: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 6: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, June 9: Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m. x-Monday, June 11: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 13: Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2 Miami 4, New York 1 Indiana 4, Orlando 1 Boston 4, Atlanta 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Utah 0 Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 0 L.A. Lakers 4, Denver 3 L.A. Clippers 4, Memphis 3 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 Miami 4, Indiana 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 4, L.A. Lakers 1 San Antonio 4, L.A. Clippers 0 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Boston Monday, May 28: Miami 93, Boston 79, Miami leads series 1-0 Wednesday, May 30: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 1: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 3: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 5: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, June 7: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 9: Boston at Miami,
8:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio Sunday, May 27: Spurs 101, Thunder 98 Tuesday, May 29: San Antonio 120, Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio leads series 2-0 Thursday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. Saturday, June 2: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday: June 4: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-Friday, June 8: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m.
GOLF World Golf Ranking Through May 27 1. Luke Donald.................Eng 10.43 9.39 2. Rory McIlroy...................NIr 8.05 3. Lee Westwood .............Eng 4. Bubba Watson ............USA 6.37 6.04 5. Matt Kuchar.................USA 5.60 6. Justin Rose...................Eng 5.48 7. Hunter Mahan.............USA 5.30 8. Jason Dufner...............USA 5.16 9.Tiger Woods ................USA 5.07 10. Steve Stricker............USA 11. Martin Kaymer............Ger 5.06 5.03 12. Phil Mickelson...........USA 4.95 13. Webb Simpson .........USA 4.81 14. Louis Oosthuizen........SAf 15. Adam Scott.................Aus 4.80 4.78 16. Charl Schwartzel........SAf 4.64 17. Zach Johnson...........USA 4.61 18. Jason Day...................Aus 19. Rickie Fowler.............USA 4.59 4.56 20. Dustin Johnson.........USA 4.49 21. Graeme McDowell.......NIr 22. Bill Haas ....................USA 4.19 4.17 23. Sergio Garcia .............Esp 4.10 24. Keegan Bradley ........USA 3.88 25. Peter Hanson ............Swe 26. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 3.85 3.71 27. Nick Watney ..............USA 3.68 28. Ian Poulter ..................Eng 29. Paul Lawrie.................Sco 3.57 30. Bo Van Pelt................USA 3.39 3.39 31. K.J. Choi ......................Kor 3.34 32. Francesco Molinari.......Ita 33. Martin Laird ................Sco 3.32 34. Nicolas Colsaerts........Bel 3.19 3.11 35. John Senden..............Aus 3.11 36. Mark Wilson ..............USA 37.Thomas Bjorn ............Den 3.10 3.08 38. Carl Pettersson..........Swe 3.05 39. Jim Furyk ..................USA 40. David Toms................USA 3.02 41. Bae Sang-moon..........Kor 3.00 2.95 42. Alvaro Quiros..............Esp 2.94 43. Ernie Els......................SAf 44. Simon Dyson .............Eng 2.80 45. Robert Karlsson........Swe 2.74 2.71 46. Fredrik Jacobson.......Swe 2.70 47. Geoff Ogilvy................Aus 48. Kevin Na....................USA 2.69 49. Aaron Baddeley..........Aus 2.68 2.67 50. Ben Crane.................USA 51. Anders Hansen..........Den 2.67 52. Jonathan Byrd...........USA 2.64 53. Rafael Cabrera Bello .Esp 2.58 54. Kyle Stanley ..............USA 2.53 55. Branden Grace...........SAf 2.52 56. G. Fernandez-CastanoEsp 2.48 57. K.T. Kim........................Kor 2.47 58. Paul Casey.................Eng 2.45 59. Robert Rock...............Eng 2.42 60. Miguel Angel JimenezEsp 2.29 61. Matteo Manassero .......Ita 2.26 62.Y.E.Yang.......................Kor 2.26 63. Johnson Wagner.......USA 2.23 64. Hiroyuki Fujita .............Jpn 2.22 65. Ryo Ishikawa ..............Jpn 2.21 66. Greg Chalmers...........Aus 2.21 67. Retief Goosen.............SAf 2.16 68. Charles Howell III .....USA 2.15 69. George Coetzee.........SAf 2.13 70. Gary Woodland.........USA 2.12 71. Ryan Moore ..............USA 2.10 72. Robert Garrigus........USA 2.07 73. Darren Clarke ..............NIr 2.06 74. D.A. Points.................USA 2.01 75. Ben Curtis .................USA 1.99
TENNIS French Open Results Wednesday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $23.47 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro (9), Argentina, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Adrian Ungur, Romania, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Nicolas Devilder, France, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2. Andreas Seppi (22), Italy, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 26, 6-1, 6-2. Marin Cilic (21), Croatia, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-2, 6-3, 63. Kevin Anderson (31), South Africa, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0. Gilles Simon (11), France, def. Brian Baker, United States, 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 1-6, 6-0. Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Florent Serra, France, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 7-6 (4). Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Women Second Round Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, 6-1, 6-1. Dominika Cibulkova (15), Slovakia, def. Vania King, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Sam Stosur (6), Australia, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-1, 6-4. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Zheng Jie (31), China, 6-2, 6-4. Sara Errani (21), Italy, def. Melanie Oudin, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Petra Cetkovska (24), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Anabel Medina Garrigues (29), Spain, def. Irena Pavlovic, France, 6-3, 6-2. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Lucie Safarova (20), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5. Nadia Petrova (27), Russia, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-3, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-1, 6-1. Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Marion Bartoli (8), France, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Flavia Pennetta (18), Italy, def. Alexa Glatch, United States, 6-3, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Venus Williams, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles Men First Round Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot, Britain, def. Michael Russell and Donald Young, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Filip Polasek (9), Slovakia, def. Alejandro Falla and Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-6 (1), 7-5. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram (15), United States, def. Ashley Fisher and Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 7-5, 6-2. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner (8), Germany, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (10), Netherlands, def. Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy and Nicolas Renavand, France, 6-3, 6-2. Bjorn Phau, Germany, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, def. PierreHugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti, France, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (16), Colombia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Jonathan Marray, Britain, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-3, 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov and Denys Molchanov, Ukraine, def. Adrian Mannarino and Benoit Paire, France, 36, 6-4, 6-3. Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-5, 6-3. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, and Go Soeda, Japan, def. Carsten Ball, Australia, and Jamie Murray, Britain, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3. Mikhail Elgin, Russia, and Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (0). James Cerretani, United States, and Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, and Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-3. Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, and Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Women First Round Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (5), Czech Republic, def. Julie Coin and Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-0, 6-1. Renata Voracova and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Rika Fujiwara, Japan, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, and Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, and Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-3. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Monica Niculescu (16), Romania, def. Severine Beltrame and Laura Thorpe, France, 7-5, 6-4. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (2), Slovenia, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, and Darija Jurak, Croatia, 6-2, 7-5. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, and Zhang Shuai, China, def. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond (1), United States, 6-3, 7-5. Natalie Grandin, South Africa, and Vladimira Uhlirova (9), Czech Republic, def. Sofia Arvidsson and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Simona Halep, Romania, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, and Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-2, 6-3. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Alize Cornet and Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 6-1. Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie, China, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova (7), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, and Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Vania King, United States, and Yaroslava Shvedova (3), Kazakhstan, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, and Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, def. Caroline Garcia and Mathilde Johansson, France, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1. Jarmila Gajdosova and Anastasia Rodionova (14), Australia, def. IrinaCamelia Begu, Romania, and Shahar
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Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-1. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, and Zheng Saisai, China, def. Claire Feuerstein and Victoria Larriere, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Stephanie Foretz Gacon and Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Irena Pavlovic and Aravane Rezai, France, 1-6, 6-1, 62. Mixed First Round Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi (7), India, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Eric Butorac, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Elena Vesnina, Russia, and Leander Paes (5), India, def. Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, and Daniele Bracciali, Italy, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (8), Pakistan, 64, 6-2. Natalie Grandin, South Africa, and Paul Hanley, Australia, def. Lisa Raymond, United States, and Rohan Bopanna (4), India, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 10-6 tiebreak.
TRANSACTIONS Wednesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB_Suspended free agent LHP Jose Morel for 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League CLEVELAND INDIANS_Placed DH Travis Hafner on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 24. Recalled LHP Scott Barnes from Columbus (IL). DETROIT TIGERS_Placed RHP Doug Fister on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 29. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Placed OF Jason Kubel on the paternity list. Recalled OF A.J. Pollock from Reno (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES_Optioned SS Tyler Pastornicky to Gwinnett (IL). Called up SS Andrelton Simmons from Mississippi (SL). COLORADO ROCKIES_Designated LHP Jamie Moyer for assignment. Recalled RHP Carlos Torres from Colorado Springs (PCL). NEW YORK METS_Placed INF Ronny Cedeno on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 27. Recalled INF Jordany Valdespin from Buffalo (IL). International League DURHAM BULLS_Reasssigned C Mayo Acosta to Montgomery (SL). Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES_Released LHP Zach Robertson. RIVER CITY RASCALS_Signed RHP Doug Shields. WILD WASHINGTON THINGS_Signed RHP Eric Blackwell. CITY WINDY THUNDERBOLTS_Released RHP Ricky Szeligo. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS_Signed WR Gino Crump. Released CB Korey Lindsey. BUFFALO BILLS_Signed WR Derek Session. Released OL Paul Madsen. GREEN BAY PACKERS_Signed TE Brandon Bostick. MINNESOTA VIKINGS_Announced the retirement of CB Asher Allen. TAMPA BUCCANEERS_Named Eric Stokes director of college scouting. Canadian Football League BLUE WINNIPEG BOMBERS_Signed OL Tyson Pencer. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS_Signed D Tim Heed to a three-year contract. MONTREAL CANADIENS_Signed D Nathan Beaulieu to a three-year contract. NEW YORK RANGERS_Agreed to terms with F Jesper Fast and F Marek Hrivik. VANCOUVER CANUCKS_Signed C Alex Friesen to a three-year, entry-level contract. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Reassigned D Charles Landry and G Pat Nagle to Norfolk (AHL) from Florida (ECHL). CAPITALS_ReWASHINGTON signed G Dany Sabourin to a one-year contract extension. American Hockey League M I L W A U K E E ADMIRALS_Announced the resignation of coach Ian Herbers so he can become coach of the University of Alberta. SOCCER Major League Soccer SPORTING KANSAS CITY_Signed M Kyle Miller. COLLEGE METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE_Named Saint Peter's president Dr. Eugene Cornacchia president and Canisius president John J. Hurley vice president of the Council of Presidents. Signed commissioner Richard J. Ensor to a contract extension through the 2017-18 academic year. MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE_Named Norfolk State faculty athletic representative Dr. Carray Banks president of the Delegate Assembly, Morgan State director of athletics Floyd Kerr and South Carolina State senior womean administrator Mary Hill vice presidents. BOSTON COLLEGE_Announced junior men's basketball G Alex Dragicevich is transferring from Notre Dame. CONCORDIA (TEXAS)_Named Myranda Sanders women's soccer coach. DUKE_Announced the resignation of baseball coach Sean McNally. Named Edwin Thompson interim baseball coach. FLORIDA_Announced junior F Damontre Harris is transferring from South Carolina. GEORGE MASON_Named Tiffany Gwynn women's assistant basketball coach. ILLINOIS STATE_Named Torrey Ward men's assistant basketball coach. KENNESAW STATE_Named Kristina Llanes women's lacrosse coach. MARQUETTE_Named Isaac Chew men's assistant basketball coach. OTTERBEIN_Named Tim Doup football coach. VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG_Named Dwayne Ellis strength and conditioning coach. WENTWORTH TECH_Named Helena Iaquinta women's lacrosse coach.
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McIlroy hopeful heading into Memorial Carlin. Gomez (3-4) promptly squandered the lead by allowing two runs in the third, two more in the fourth and one in the fifth all with two outs to give Kansas City a 5-3 lead. The right-hander went five innings, allowing 10 hits while striking out three. The Royals scored the go-ahead run on Johnny Giavotellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single in the fourth, bringing Alcides Escobar home from third base. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got two outs quickly, but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the third one today,â&#x20AC;? Gomez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I threw a lot of strikes, but I gave up a lot of hits.â&#x20AC;? Royals starter Bruce Chen (4-5) earned the win with five innings of work, improving to 6-3 in his career against Cleveland. The lefty allowed three runs on seven hits and got stronger as the game went on. The Indians failed to score off Kansas City relievers Tim Collins, Aaron Crow, Jose Mijares and Jonathan Broxton in the final four frames. Cleveland loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against Broxton, but the closer earned his 11th save when Jose Lopez grounded into a game-ending double play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried to hit the first pitch fastball,â&#x20AC;? said Lopez, batting cleanup in Hafnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to do my job. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? Center fielder Michael Brantley and designated hitter Johnny Damon had two hits apiece for Cleveland. Damonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first hit moved him past Goose Goslin into 54th place alltime with 2,736 hits. Catcher Brayan Pena led Kansas City with three hits, while Alex Gordon, Jeff Francoeur and Giavotella each had two. The Royals are 18-14 since losing 12 straight games from April 11-24. Indians left-hander Scott Barnes made his major league debut, replacing Gomez to start the sixth. He pitched a scoreless inning despite walking two and hitting a batter. Barnes was called up from Columbus before the game.
â&#x2013; CONTINUED FROM 15 (concussion) to the 7-day DL and has been without backup catcher Lou Marson (stitches in mouth) since Sunday, when he was hit in the face by a Gavin Floyd pitch in Chicago. Acta said no timetable has been set for Santanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return. Santana is eligible to come off the DL on Saturday, but has been limited to cardio work. Marson could be back for the series opener against the Twins. He will undergo a laser procedure Thursday to remove extra skin inside his mouth, which Acta said should expedite his healing process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really hurts our lineup to be without Hafner and Santana, but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just throw our arms up about it,â&#x20AC;? Acta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to move forward. Unless we make a (roster) move, we can rotate through some guys until they come back.â&#x20AC;? Acta said everyone currently in the lineup at Triple-A Columbus is an option to be called up. First baseman Matt LaPorta and third baseman Russ Canzler appear to be the leading candidates. Acta has spent the last week scrambling to field a lineup. Asdrubal Cabrera played shortstop for the first time in a week Wednesday and was 1 for 4 with a walk. He was the DH on Tuesday after missing four games with a strained hamstring. Third baseman Jack Hannahan, who missed 11 games with a back injury, returned for one game but strained his calf and is on the 15-day DL. Acta knows he will be without Hafner, the Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cleanup hitter, until at least early July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big guy, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a presence in our lineup,â&#x20AC;? Acta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to tell you weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a better team without him.â&#x20AC;? Hafner is batting .242 with six homers and 23 RBIs in 39 games. The Indians went up 30 in the second on runscoring singles by Casey Kotchman and Shin-Soo Choo, along with an RBI fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice by recently promoted catcher Luke
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Neymar converted a penalty kick and assisted on goals by defenders Thiago Silva and Marcelo as Brazil took advantage of a sloppy American backline to beat the United States 41 in an exhibition game Wednesday night. Neymar, the 20-year-old Santos sensation, put Brazil ahead in the 12th minute after a hand ball on Oguchi Onyewu, then took a corner kick that Thiago Silva headed in for his first international goal in the 26th. Herculez Gomez, making his first start for the U.S. since the 2010 World Cup, scored in the 45th following a fine run by Michael Bradley and cross by Fabian Johnson.
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rory McIlroy is playing more golf than he planned going into his title defense at the U.S. Open. Just not on the right days. McIlroy lost his No. 1 ranking and briefly lost his composure by missing consecutive cuts at two big tournaments at The Players Championship and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, where frustrations boiled over to the point that he tossed a 6-iron after an errant shot. If nothing else, it was a
Jude Classic next week as he tries to find a form that suddenly went missing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just feel like I need more rounds,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These two-day weeks arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really that good for me.â&#x20AC;? He has lost his No. 1 ranking (again) to Donald. He has lost out on a chance to play on the weekend. He has not lost his perspective, his refreshing honesty and some of that self-deprecating humor. By playing next week in Memphis, that means McIlroy will not see Olympic until he arrives for the U.S. Open.
Venus routed at French Both Williams sisters ousted early at Roland Garros PARIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who was highly ranked, the one considered a title contender, the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that matches would be tidily wrapped up in an hour. Now 31, and figuring out from day to day how to handle an illness that saps her strength, Williams was on the wrong end of a lopsided 60-minute defeat in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday. Looking glum and lacking the verve that carried her to seven Grand Slam titles, Williams barely put up any resistance and lost 6-2, 6-3 to No. 3-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland at Roland Garros. Coming a day after her younger sister Serena was stunned in the first round by 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano of France, the early exit marked the first time in 43 major tournaments with both in the field that neither Williams got to the third round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like I played,â&#x20AC;? Williams said after making a hard-to-fathom 33 unforced errors, 27 more than Radwanska. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That pretty much sums it up.â&#x20AC;? This one was not exactly an out-of-nowhere upset, considering that Williams is ranked 53rd now, never has been as good on clay as on other surfaces, lost to Radwanska 6-4, 6-1 two months ago, and is learning how to be a professional athlete with Sjogrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain. Still, the meek way Williams departed was striking, considering that she has been ranked No. 1, has appeared in 14 major finals to Radwanskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zero, and from 2008-10 won 10 of the 11 sets the two played against each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I ever asked myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I mean, obviously itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating at times. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything mental more I can do at this point, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of stages to go through with this kind of thing,â&#x20AC;? said Williams, whose fastest-in-the-game serve was broken five times Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still playing a professional sport, so I have to be very positive. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to have ups and downs. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; yet. I hope I never get to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not
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56 get in automatically, with a maximum of four per country, so Williams should be OK. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This tournament, for me, was all about getting to the Olympics, as I have said a couple million times,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If that happens for me, and I think the chances are good, then I come out a victor. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I was here.â&#x20AC;? At changeovers, Williams would slink to the sideline, then sit on her green bench with hands clasped, staring straight ahead, expressionless and motionless. She was far more animated afterward, laughing often while discussing her condition and graciously complimenting the play of Radwanska, a 23-year-old who is coming into her own this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, when I saw the draw, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very happy, because Venus as a second-round opponent, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy,â&#x20AC;? Radwanska said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe she just had a
bad day here.â&#x20AC;? While never advancing past the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam tournament, Radwanska has shown signs of being ready for a major breakthrough, with three lesser titles and a tour-high 38 victories in 2012. Of her seven losses, six were against No. 1ranked Victoria Azarenka. On an easy day for the top-seeded players, Azarenka breezed into the third round with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Dinah Pfizenmaier of Germany 61, 6-1, while the No. 1 man, Novak Djokovic, extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches by beating Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being No. 1 is a difficult job, because everybody want to catch you, everybody want to move you from the spot,â&#x20AC;? said Azarenka, pushed to three sets in the first round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is going to come easy just because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re No. 1.â&#x20AC;?
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â&#x2013; CONTINUED FROM 15 beginning of the night. Zack Cozart led off with a ground-rule double then moved to third when Pittsburgh third baseman Pedro Alvarez misplayed a sacrifice bunt by Drew Stubbs. Burnett quickly settled down, getting out of the jam when Jay Bruce lined to first, Brandon Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to left and Chris Heisey struck out.
Cincinnati wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get another baserunner until Stubbs drew a two-out walk in the sixth and its only other hit came on a leadoff single by Heisey in the seventh. Other than that, Burnett rolled. The former New York Yankee has spearheaded Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resurgent pitching staff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kept the Pirates at .500 (25-25) despite an offense that ranks last in baseball in runs scored.
Burnett hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed an earned run in his last two starts and silenced one of the Nationals Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prolific teams by relying heavily on his fastball. Cueto, who began the night 11-3 against the Pirates in his career, was just as good. Pittsburgh only got one runner to third through the first five innings before finally breaking through with a two-out rally in the sixth.