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It’s Where You Live! www.troydailynews.com November 23, 2013
Volume 105, No. 276
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Killer dino found in Utah; preceded T. rex NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered a killer dinosaur that roamed in what is now Utah some 100 million years ago. Experts say the discovery provides insight into the top predators in North America before T. rex showed up. The two-legged beast was more than 30 feet long and weighed more than 4 tons. It helps fill a gap in the fossil record of North American big predators before the arrival of the group including T. rex. It wasn’t related to that famous beast. See page 11.
Winner declared in Bradford BOE Staff report
TROY — Proving that in an election every single vote counts, a winner was finally declared Friday by the Miami County Board of Elections in the race for the third seat on the Bradford Board of Education.
The elections board certified the results from the Nov. 5 general election, and in doing so it was declared that Stanley Roberts Jr. beat out his competitor, Carolyn Smith, by only one vote. Roberts secured 202 votes and Smith received 201, said Drew Higgins,
board of elections director. After compiling ballot results from Miami, Shelby and Darke counties, aside from provisional ballots cast in Darke County, the race was a tie. Higgins said three provisional ballots opened and tabulated from Darke County on Thursday was
the deciding factor in the race. Due to how close the race was there will likely be a mandatory recount in accordance with state law. State election law mandates that if the difference in votes in any given race is less than one half of 1 percent then a recount
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“Last year our local campaign collected nearly 5,000 toys and assisted 2,729 children in Miami and Shelby counties, as well as the Minster area in Auglaize county,” Upper Miami Valley Toys for Tots coordinator Bob Bloom said. As the coordinator Bloom, a firefighter paramedic for the city of Piqua Fire Department, works with organizations that handle the distribution including the Salivation Army (Piqua and Sidney), Partners in Hope, Needy Basket of Tipp City, Miami County Children’s Service and Chuck’s Needy Kids in Sidney.
Staff report TROY —In the last two weeks, 11 cases of children testing positive for pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, have been reported by Dayton Children’s Hospital. The illness is highly contagious and one of the most commonly occurring vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Miami County Health Commissioner Christopher Cook said the illness is easily preventable with a vaccine. Those most at risk, he said, are children and the elderly. “It starts out as a common cold and the first symptoms usually appear after a week,” Cook said in an earlier interview. “Then it will progress and you will get a really bad cough. … Whooping cough comes from the sound a person makes when people get into really bad coughing fits. They must inhale deeply, and that creates the ‘whooping’ sound.” To prevent pertussis the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following, especially since the approaching holiday season could help whooping cough spread: • Wash hands thoroughly. • Keep children away from anyone who is coughing and sneezing. • Vaccinate your children, teens and yourself. Combination vaccines are used to prevent diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. The DTap vaccination is given to children younger than 7 years of age and Tdap is given to older children and adults. • Children get a dose of DTap at each of the following ages: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 15-18 months and at 4 to 6 years. • The preferred age for pre-teen Tdap vaccination is 11 to 12 years old. Adolescents not previously vaccinated should receive a single dose of the vaccine. • Adults who have not previously received Tdap and are in close contact with an infant under 12 months of age should also receive the vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an infection usually starts with flu-like symptoms: sneezing, dry cough, slight fever, loss
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Mark Fleagle of Miami-Jacobs Career College places a toy in a Toy For Tots box recently at the college in Troy. Fleagle said he donated to the program last year as well.
Toys for Tots under way Colin Foster Staff Writer colinfoster@civitasmedia.com
It’s a mission during the holiday season that the United States Marine Corps is more than willing to take on. The mission of the Upper Miami Valley campaign of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during November and December each year, and distribute those toys to needy children in our communities through local charitable organizations.
Sending smiles to soliders
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must be performed. Higgins said the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office in Columbus was notified of the close race and will likely order a recount to take place sometime next week. This year’s general election had a voter turnout of 20.7 percent.
Whooping cough cases reported in Miami Valley
Gov’t weighs cellphone calls on planes WASHINGTON (AP) — Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others. Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said in a statement that the commission was proposing greater in-flight access to mobile broadband. The proposal will be considered at the commission’s Dec. 12 meeting. See page 7.
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Kyle Sturgill, 13, of Fletcher, sends good wishes in a Christmas card to send to veterans or soldiers overseas through the Red Cross Holiday for Heroes program. Sturgill, along, with the Mr. Graham’s Museum 4-H Club and other locals, helped send more than 600 Christmas cards at a Christmas card signing party at Marion’s Piazza last week.
MIAMI COUNTY — Last week, the Mr. Graham’s Museum 4-H Club pledged their hands for greater service taking part in a community card signing party aptly called “Operation Holiday Smile Letter Brigade.”
The 4-H club was part of nearly 50 people creating and signing Christmas cards for soldiers through the American Red Cross event called “Holiday Mail for Heroes.” In less than two hours, the group gathered at Marion’s Piazza in Troy to help write 605 Christmas cards to service members stationed overseas and veteran’s hospitals. Kyle Strugill, 13, of Fletcher, had written two cards so far for the military members overseas. “I’m thanking them for protecting us,” Sturgill said. “This lets them know that we are thinking of them since they aren’t home for Christmas.” Kyle’s brother Jason, 15,
also helped his 4-H club send the nearly 11 pounds of cards to the Red Cross to distribute to servicemen and women during the holidays. “I’ve filled out a lot of cards and wished them a Merry Christmas,” Jason said. “I thanked them for their service and help keeping us free.” The 15 year-old said he enjoyed his 4-H club’s community service project because “it helps them realize they are being thought about.” Brennon Green, 13, said he enjoyed wishing soldiers over in Iraq a Merry Christmas. “I bet this helps them out over there,” Green said. “Because a solider in Iraq See SMILES | 2
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