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It’s Where You Live! September 11, 2013 Volume 105, No.215
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Troy teachers, support staff getting raises By Melanie Yingst Staff Writer
Quiet, not stormy, weather for U.S. this year WASHINGTON (AP) — After a couple years of wild, deadly and costly weather, the United States is mostly getting a lucky break this year. So far. Summer is almost over, and as of Tuesday morning, not a single hurricane had formed this year. See Page 10
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myingst@civitasmedia.com TROY — The Troy City School board of education approved a 1 percent increase in base pay for all teachers and support staff on Monday. Both unions waived their rights to bargain over this issue, according to the resolution. The increase in pay status begins on Sept. 30 based on regular compensation for the 20132014 school year. This increase does not include supplemental contracts, extended time, overtime or step pay. Troy City S chools Superintendent Eric Herman said the increase in pay was to express the district’s appreciation for the staff’s hard work and exceptional state test scores. The district’s teacher’s and support staff’s unions agreed to a four-year wage and step freeze which is currently in its third year, Herman said. President Doug Trostle
said the pay increase was to “acknowledge in some small way” the board of education’s appreciation of the district’s continued growth and performance. Herman said the increase was a “fitting thing to do” to acknowledge all the scarifies made over the last several years. Board member Joyce Reives asked if the increase had been communicated to all the district’s employees, which Herman said it has through its union representatives and building principals. The increase in pay does not include administration such as building principals and other administrative staff. The board also reviewed the district’s 2013-2014 appropriations by treasurer Jeff Price. Price reviewed the district’s state, federal and local revenue projections for the board based on historic trends and the Miami County auditor’s information. The district expects approximately $57,942,051 in revenue
for the 2013-2014 year. The revenue is projected to be decreased from 2012-2013’s revenues of $56,926,024. Price said many costly expenditures will be part of this year’s district budget including several future bus purchases and the district’s employee severance payout of approximately $600,000 in the upcoming 20132014 school year. Also employee benefits such as health care costs have also increase claims as well, Price said. Price did note that the district received a state casino payment of $114,000 on Aug. 30. The district received its first casino revenue payment of $96,000 previously in January. Director of Curriculum & Instruction Michael Moore reported the district’s waiver day on Aug. 30 was a success. Moore said the district met as whole at the Concord Room to discuss the upcoming Ohio Teacher Evaluation System as well as state-wide curriculum overhaul. Moore said the day
included sharing what all the forms, including student learning objectives and the time lines, and how each must be used during the school year for the district. Moore said the overall message was to provide a “sense of ease and calm” through the school year despite the lack of “clarity at the state level.” Board member Bill Lutz said he had heard many positive comments about the waiver day from staff and asked if the district plans on continuing to host a similar district-wide collaboration in the future. Moore said the waiver day was successful to gathering the district as a whole and having a “constant voice” to convey one consistent message. Moore said the district will have another waiver day in February as a midschool year check point about the OTES and other public education changes. For more information, visit www.troy.k12.oh.us.
Brandon Brumbaugh
Four years ordered in restaurant robbery
Obama blends attack threat, diplomacy ASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to a primetime televised speech, President Barack Obama blended the threat of a military strike with the hope of a diplomatic solution Tuesday as he worked See Page 7
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Will E Sanders Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia. com TROY — The Troy gunman who used a BB gun to rob Tim Hortons in an effort to support his drug addiction will spend four years in prison for the heist — two years longer than his accomplice. Brandon J. Brumbaugh, 20, told Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Lindeman he wanted to apologize for the May 28 robbery of at the restaurant, located at 700 W. Main St., Troy. “I apologize for letting my drug addiction take my life over,” Brumbaugh said. His public defender, Steve Layman, asked for a drug treatment program for his client, and said Brumbaugh
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Asst. Chief Vince Ashcraft of the Piqua Fire Department and a Clark State instructor, assembles the grain rescue bin device around a “victim.” The five-section aluminum tube is designed to wrap around a victim trapped in grain so that the product can be removed from inside the tube to free the person.
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OUTLOOK Today Hot High: 90º Low: 67º Thursday Chance of storms High: 82º Low: 54º
Firefighters train with grain rescue tubes By Melanie Yingst Staff Writer
myingst@civitasme dia.com CASSTOWN — It’s a vital piece of rescue equipment, which both local fire departments
and the community hope never gets used. Miami East High School sophomore Nathan Teeters is a junior member of the Fletcher Volunteer Fire Department and saw
a need to help protect the members of his local agriculture-based community. Teeters applied and recently was awarded multiple grants to provide three grain rescue
tubes to the Fletcher Fire Department, Casstown Fire Department and Elizabeth Township Fire Department through his Miami East FFA Supervised
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Robert J. Shook Bikeway Bridge, along with a celebration of thanks to those who played a significant part in her impending construction. “Wow,” said Robert J. Shook, bridge namesake and grandfather of the trail, if you will, who took to the podium to share his thanks along with a brief story of the trail’s humble beginnings. One that consists of “so many stories” according to its founder, and one that will soon span the Great
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Alleged sex • See TUBES on page 2 offender Ground broke for Shook bridge construction pleads not guilty Staff writer
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Area officials and dignitaries look on as Robert Shook digs the ceremonial first shovel of earth during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Robert Shook Bikeway Bridge at the Miami County Park District’s Farrington Reserve on Tuesday.
We will never forget.
broyer@civitasmedia. com PIQUA — It was an exceedingly warm morning for attendees of a groundbreaking ceremony at the Farrington Reserve on Peterson Road Tuesday. The throng a mix of city leaders from across the county, including bike trail enthusiasts, Miami County Park district members and even State Representative Richard Adams. All congregating for a dedication of the
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Staff Reports
TROY — A common pleas court judge set a $10,000 bond for a Troy man who authorities allege possessed and viewed pornography involving children. Randy J. Hatfield, 46, entered a plea of not guilty to a lone count of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance, a felony. A c c o rd i n g to Hatfield’s indictment,
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