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It’s Where You Live! www.troydailynews.com September 20, 2013
Volume 105, No. 222
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City seeks tree for holidays TROY — The city of Troy is seeking donations for the community Christmas tree for the Troy Public Square. The tree should be a spruce pine tree, approximately 30 foot tall, that is relatively straight, in good condition and without significant bare spots. Troy residents willing to donate a tree for the 2013 Christmas holiday are asked to call the Service Director’s Office at City Hall at 335-1725.
‘Thanks for Sharing’ is funny but shallow
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a subject as specific as sex addiction, comparisons to 2011’s “Shame” are inevitable. That dark drama was a deep-probe character study, intensely focused on a man consumed by his cravings. By contrast, “Thanks for Sharing” is an ensemble piece juggling humor with sober observation of three men intent on overcoming their dependence on the pleasures of the flesh. See Page 6
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Taste of Troy to make its return Saturday Melanie Yingst
Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
TROY — A little taste of this, a little nibble of that and a whole lot of fun will be on tap for the 11th annual Taste of Troy tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “We have a lot of different and new vendors this year,” said Troy Main Street Director Karin Manovich. “It’s a really great family event and a unique way to get out and try some of downtown Troy’s signature dishes.” It will be the first appearance at the event for Dunaways Beef and Ale, which is a longtime
downtown favorite. The Cakery, MoJo’s Bar and Grille, Pinkies Up Tea House, Country Bulk Barn and Olive Oasis will make their Taste of Troy debuts on Saturday. Vendors will set up on Prouty Plaza as patrons will purchase tickets to spend at each vendor’s booth. Taste of Troy draws approximately 4,000 people to downtown each year. “Come earlier for the best selection and try something different,” she said. “People stream through all day. Some of the most popular items can go very quickly.” Visitors can sample from 14 hometown restau-
rants, listen to live music, shop at the Downtown Farmers Market, participate in beer and wine tastings, and visit dozens of downtown shops. The Downtown Farmers Market will be open until 2 p.m. for its last day of the season. Two downtown establishments, La Piazza and The Caroline, will offer wine and beer tastings on their respective outdoor patios. La Piazza will offer wine tastings and The Caroline will host a beer tasting during the Taste of Troy. Live entertainment will also be available all day. Rum River See TROY | 2
Anothony Weber | Staff File Photo
Specialty breads were available for purchase from Bakehouse Bread and Cookie company during a previous Taste of Troy event.
Kerry: UN must pass resolution on Syrian weapons WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday called on the U.N. Security Council to move swiftly to approve a U.S.-Russia deal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons, saying there is no time to argue with those who remain unconvinced that the Syrian regime carried out a chemical attack last month that killed hundreds. Kerry didn’t mention Russian President Vladimir Putin, but his remarks were a clear attempt to rebut Putin’s statement that Russia has strong grounds to believe Mike Ullery | Civitas Media Photo that Syrian rebels — not A sign posted by the Miami County Health Department proclaims an entire cell block within the Miami County Jail in downtown Troy President Bashar Assad’s regime — were responsito be “unfit for human occupancy.” ble for the Aug. 21 attack. Speaking at a conference, Putin said, “We have every reason to believe Downtown jail fails it was a provocation, a annual health inspection that sly and ingenious one.” He said those who perpetrated Melanie Yingst and ceilings. the attack relied on “primiStaff Writer The second area closed was an tive” technology, using old myingst@civitasmedia.com inmates holding bathroom which Soviet-made ammunition was had a major plumbing leak on no longer in the Syrian MIAMI COUNTY — The Miami the sink/toilet fixture and ceiling army’s inventory. County Public Health Commission with evidence of leaks and excesWhile a recent report closed a cell block which housed sive rust. by U.N. inspectors did not six inmates, as well as an inmates The holding cell also was marked ascribe blame, the U.S., holding bathroom, as part of its to be closed for major ceiling damBritain, France and others annual inspection of the down- ages, but was quickly repaired. believe that the report’s town Miami County Jail this week. According to Miami County findings offer conclusive According to a letter dated Public Health Commissioner evidence that the attack Sept. 19 to the Miami County Chris Cook, the downtown jail was conducted by the Commissioners, the downtown has an annual inspection. Cook Syrian military. Assad, Miami County Jail was inspected said he went with the Miami in an interview this week on Sept. 17 and again on Sept. 18 County Building Regulation with Fox News Channel, and the inspection found “inad- Department’s chief plumber and denied that his regime was equate and unsanitary conditions chief maintenance inspector to responsible for the attack. throughout the jail.” the downtown jail on Sept. 18 The U.S., Britain and The list included, including cell to see the deterioration of the France pointed to evidence block 201, had the following Ohio jail area himself. Cook said in in the report — especially Revised Code violations: no hot the shower area of the cell block, the type of rockets, the water available, shower did not one can see through to the floor composition of the sarin Mike Ullery | Civitas Media Photo work, no sink was available, exces- below through the shower drain. One of the toilets in a cell block that has agent and trajectory of the sive amounts of dust and mold been condemned on the second floor of growth and damaged floors, walls See CELL | 2 the Miami County Jail. See KERRY | 2
Cell block closed
Troy gas station robbed at gunpoint Melanie Yingst
Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
TROY — Brandishing a black pistol, a white male with a black shirt in front of his face held up the clerk at the Valero gas station on West Market in Troy early Thursday
morning. At 3:50 a.m., the Troy Police Department was dispatched to the gas station after the man approached the clerk while he was outside smoking before showing him his gun and demanding money.
The suspect then fled on foot headed east from the business, according to Capt. Chris Anderson. Anderson said no one was hurt and there was an undetermined amount of cash was taken. Anderson said the suspect is approximately
5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10; a white male in his 20s. He was wearing black athletic pants with a white stripe and black shoes. He was also wearing a black and white plaid shirt at the time of the robbery. It is the second time in
a year the gas station has been robbed, Anderson said. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact Troy Police Department Detective Chris Tilley at 339-7525, ext. 412.
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