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MIAMI COUNTY — Piqua and Troy are rivals on the football field. But on Saturday, the neighboring communities will share a common goal: get people out to support their local businesses. Small Business Saturday, an initiative started by American Express in 2010, takes place every Saturday following Thanksgiving. It’s a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for the community.
“I think the initiative has raised awareness among the public,” said Karin Manovich, executive director of Troy Main Street. “That flow of money that’s going around, all the money they spend at locally based businesses is staying in town, whereas if people did online shopping and shopping at big-box sales, the money leaves the area. They are really supporting the local economy when they shop in downtown. I think people have realized that, and they make an effort to keep the money here.” “People need to realize that if they like to have small business in their community and how they
add to the quality of life in their community, they need to support those businesses, whether it’s Small Business Saturday or any other day,” said Piqua Main Street Executive Director Lorna Swisher. The two cities are unique in their own right, with many longstanding local eateries and businesses to choose from. Troy, just to name a few, has such known eateries as K’s Hamburger Shop, The Caroline, La Piazza, El Sombrero and La Fiesta. In terms of businesses, Troy has a wide variety of places for people to shop for whatever it is they are looking for.
Patrick Stewart as Scrooge in TNT’s 1999 made-for-TV adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”
“There’s a lot of options (to shop),” Manovich said. “You can find an interesting and unique gift in downtown Troy. It’s definitely a good alternative to shopping at mall’s or big chain stores. “I think people enjoy eating downtown. Troy, in particular, is blessed with a lot of independent restaurants. I think people enjoy the ambiance and quality of food they get downtown, rather than going to a chain restaurant.” Piqua has businesses like Barclays — which was founded 1947 — Apple Tree Gallery and Hallmark, along with many other See SMALL | 2
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We look back at the many beloved adaptations of Dickens’ Christmas classic as the original masterpiece celebrates its 170th anniversary
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A Holiday TV Guide is being included with today’s Troy Daily News. The section features a complete guide to TV movies, shows and specials to view this holiday season.
Editor’s Note: The Troy Daily News is running a three-part series on the stress holidays can bring to those suffering with mental health and addiction. Part 1 ran Thursday, this is Part 2 and Part 3 planned for Saturday.
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Reuben Pelayo, owner of El Sombrero, helps serve meals at his Troy location. The restaurant has served a free Thanksgiving meal to the community for 19 years — and counting.
A meal to be thankful for From kitchen star to Salvation Army chef Jeff Ansorge once commanded a staff of 17 and made around $80,000 a year as executive chef at a posh downtown Minneapolis restaurant where a 24-ounce dry aged Porterhouse steak goes for $48. See page 6.
Burt Wolf of Union serves pumpkin pie to guests at El Sombrero’s annual community dinner on Thurday at the Troy location. The restaurant has served a free Thanksgiving meal to the community for 19 years — and counting. Lee Woolery | Speedshot Photography
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Something to be Thankful For They file in with their trays carrying bowls of tomato soup, crackers, and maybe a half a sandwich. It’s lunchtime at SafeHaven in Piqua. I make my way toward a group of three people at a table. The two men smile and shake my hand as I introduce myself. A third, a young woman, politely excuses herself and says “Pass,” the agreed-upon safe word for those who don’t want to talk on the record. A young man spies the empty chair and eagerly makes his way over to join us. He can’t be older than his mid-20s, bright-eyed, wearing a black “Blood Donors Save Lives” T-shirt. Ed and Gregg are regulars at SafeHaven. “Is that one G at the end?” I ask. “Two G’s,” he replies, adding, “but it doesn’t matter.” Only it does matter. What these three men share in common with the others in the small cafete-
ria is that their identities have in some way been shattered, and they are trying to fit the pieces back together. “Two G’s,” I say. Thomas, “or just Tom,” is the new kid and he’s eager to tell his story. “I’m away from my wife right now,” he says, describing a forced separation. “We’re not communicating.” Tom is having anxiety about the thought of spending the upcoming holidays apart from his family. “We have four kids, but three of them are adopted out. We were in a dangerous neighborhood in Springfield. It wasn’t safe for them,” he explains, trying to convince himself that it’s for the best. “The holidays are a time to embrace your family, embrace your kids, not be apart from them,” he says. He says he’ll try to get through it by “singing music, playing sports, trying to find ways to laugh and have a good time.” Gregg notices something. “You just out of the hospital?” he asks Tom. See PROGRAM | 2
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encompasses all the themes of the holiday season; giving, joy, happiness, peace, hope, togetherness. And people don’t have to take a trip all the way to Broadway to see it. The Troy Civic Theatere’s latest Christmas production —“Nuncrackers” — opens up Friday at 8 p.m., followed by showings on Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 6-8, 13-14. “It’s a feel-good show,” Troy Civic Theatre director Barrie Van Kirk said. “It helps you feel good, and people will walk away feeling thankful for what they’ve got at this time of the year.” Troy Civic Theatre has put on a production during the holiday season for the past eight years. Last year, TCT per-
formed “Annie” — which had more than 60 people involved in the production. “Nuncrackers” is a little smaller in terms of cast size, with seven kids playing a variety of roles and five adults. That, however, doesn’t include all the people doing the behind the scenes work. “We decided to tone it down a little bit this year,” said Van Kirk with a chuckle. Van Kirk said the show is filled with humor and may also tug at people’s heart strings. “Nuncrackers” is littered with holiday songs — with one audience sing-along that jams 25 Christmas carols into one. The musical follows the Sisters of the Convent in Hoboken as they tape a television special in the convent basement with the help of “Father Virgil.” “There’s a whole series See BARN | 2
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Jovie Studebaker, 9, front, performs a scene from “Nuncrackers” during a dress rehearsal at the Barn in the Park earlier this week.
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Barn From page 1 of ‘Nunsense’ plays, and this is the Christmas one,” Van Kirk said. “This particular one is fourth in the series. Along the way, each sister gets to tell about her life and what she wants for Christmas.” The cast includes some veterans as well as some firsttimers. “Nuncrackers” will feature Terressa Knoch as “Rev. Mother,” Jessica Carson as “Sister Mary Hubert,” Bonnie Littlejohn as “Sister Robert Anne,” McKenzie Stotler as “Sister Mary Paul,” Jason Studebaker as “Sister Mary Leo,” Don Kuchta and Kevin Glover as “Father Virgil,” along with Sydney Edington and Chuck Fox in the chorus. The children of Mount Saint Helen are played by Kayleigh Gleason, Victoria Glover, William Gleason, Dalton Studebaker, Lauren Fonner, Jovie Studebaker and Campbell Zwierzchowski. “Everybody is a big star in the show. There are no small parts, only small actors,” Van Kirk said. “All the parts are really amazing. The kids play all the parts in the nutcracker, the nativity scene, and the students at Mount Saint Helen. The kids really get the opportu-
nity to take on a lot of different roles.” Van Kirk, who has been involved in theater for more than 30 years, is the director of the play. He is assisted by stage manager Peg Dietrich, producer Sherry Scheuerman and accompanist Krissy McKimBarker, and rehearsal accompanist Barb Werth. With the level of experience and the amount of hard work put in by cast and crew, Van Kirk is certain the production value of the show will be well worth the price of admission. “Instead of people having to go to a large city and spend $50-$60 on a show, they can come here and get affordable entertainment that’s as good as anything,” he said. The show will be held at the Barn in the Park located at Community Park across from Hobart Arena. All Sunday showings start at 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday showings will begin at 8 p.m. The cost of tickets is $16, but there is an opening night special on ticket prices at $14. To get tickets and for more information, call (937) 339-7700.
Mike Ullery | Civitas Media Father Virgil, played by Kevin Glover, and Reverend Mother, played by Terressa Knoch, perform a musical number from the Troy Civic Theatre production, Nuncrackers, at the Barn in the Park this week.
Program From page 1 “I recognize the folder.” Tom is carefully holding on his lap a dark blue discharge folder from Upper Valley Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Unit, which the three men at the table all refer to as “Dettmer,” even as the building with that name is being demolished. “I was in there,” Gregg says matter-of-factly, “after I tried to kill myself.”
“I carry it with me everywhere,” Tom says, “so I always have all my information. Sometimes I write notes in it if I have to remember something important.” Gregg says the holiday season is nothing special to him. “I don’t talk to my parents,” adding that they live apart in other states. “I was adopted anyway,” he says.
Gregg does feel the isolation, though. “You can’t go anywhere because everything is closed,” he says. Even though he has plans for Thanksgiving dinner, he says in some ways he’d “rather go to SafeHaven.” SafeHaven staff and volunteers opened the center today, on Thanksgiving for those who have nowhere else to
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days. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics, December has the lowest suicide rate of any month. The often-cited myth perpetuates due to a number of factors, says Karen Dickey, Executive Director of the Mental Health Coalition, an organization based in Troy and focused on suicide prevention. First, there’s the “newsworthiness” of holidays-associated suicides. Any that do occur tend to reinforce the myth, and get reported as such. “Certainly suicides that occur around the holidays become associated with that time of year,” Dickey says. “And as families and friends gather year to year, its something that’s always going to be with them. On the other hand, having family and friends around, being more connected, actually reduces the incidence of suicide.” Dickey says that’s a good lesson to learn, and suggests that families, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who gather at the holidays should “establish commitments to keep connecting throughout the year, especially through the dark days of winter. Making plans for a midwinter visit, phone call or get-together may actually help to save a life.”
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“There’s nothing to do. I don’t go to the family gathering — my kids don’t want nothing to do with me.” Ruth describes her seasonal spiral into severe depression. She gets depressed, which causes her to withdraw, which heightens the sense of isolation, which worsens the depression. “I usually end up in the hospital, in Dettmer,” she says. “But I signed up to come here this Thanksgiving. I’m trying not to go to the hospital. If it wasn’t for SafeHaven, I don’t know what I’d do.” Ruth’s lunch partner Mary (not her real name) agrees. “It’s been depressing for me the last couple of years. My brother had passed away and his wife was staying with us. And I had promised we would take care of her, and she’d never go to a nursing home, but we can’t take care of her and she has to go to the home. I feel like I’ve let him down.” Mary wipes away tears and gathers herself. She says the hardest part about the holidays — ironically the best part for many people — is that it is a time for reflection. “I’m not used to (my brother) being gone yet. I do OK with it, unless we start talking about it.” Holiday Suicide Myth While for some, the short days, long nights and nostalgia of the holiday season can be triggers for depression, it is not true that suicide rates increase around the holi-
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WASHINGTON — It’s easy to have mixed emotions about the change in Senate rules that overturns the filibuster employed to block most presidential nominees. On the one hand, requiring 60 votes instead of a simple majority to confirm judges and executive branch nominees has produced a backlog that has denied the chief executive the right to name those he chooses for major jobs as long as they are qualified and have nothing in their backgrounds that would cast doubt on their trustworthiness. On the other hand doing away with the rule also could lead to abuses of power. The considerable overuse of the filibuster by Republican opponents in what appears to be a concerted effort to thwart the will of the electorate by preventing Barack Obama from carrying out his second term agenda is shabby policy and has led to the change. It has left large holes in the capability of the judiciary and done considerable violence to good governance. Furthermore, it has been part and parcel of the partisan warfare that has paralyzed the Congress. There are 189 executive nominees
awaiting confirmation, 85 for cabinet knowledge that there have been times -level agencies. Obama nominees have when unfit presidential nominees were had to wait nearly 100 days longer for legitimately derailed in the wake of Senate approval than did those named highly publicized revelations. And that by Bush. While Democratic leaders there is a good chance that the move concede there are still hurdles, they will harden the partisan battle lines. believe the rule change will Irate Republican leadspeed things up somewhat. ers have warned that what Top priority will be given goes around comes around if XXXXX to nominees Jeh Johnson as they gain control the Senate Troy Daily News Columnist Homeland Security Secretary, in next year’s mid-term elecXXXXX Janet Yellen to News chairColumnist the tions, which may be less of a Troy Daily Federal Reserve and Mel Watt long shot than it was given to run the Federal Housing Obama’s dropping approval Finance Agency. rating. Some GOP said that Dan K. In addition three highly under those circumstancprized nominations to the U.S. Thomasson es they might even try to Circuit Court of Appeals for Contributing expand the filibuster ban to Columnist the District of Columbia that include legislation to repeal have been stalled will be acted Obamacare. The House has on quickly. Republicans opposed to adopted bills to do that twice only to these nominees contend among other see them fail in the Senate. Although things there are enough judges on the election is a year away fallout over that important court where members the act’s massively confused start up often are among those considered for have improved the GOP position. elevation to the Supreme Court. There All this adds up to a Congress that are eight sitting judges and six senior most analysts believe if not utterly jurists now with four having been broken is at best dysfunctional. Who appointed by Republicans and four can argue considering the record of by Democrats. Five of the six senior ineffectualness of the last decade? judges were named by Republicans. Congress hasn’t passed an appropriEnthusiasm for the rule change, ations bill in years; it regularly basis its however, should be tempered by the decisions on what is good for its mem-
bers and not for the rest of the country; it has the most dismal approval ratings of any public institution; it’s leadership is among the weakest in our history kowtowing to ideologically motivated elements in the caucuses of the two parties . That’s only for starters. Democratic leaders committed a major legislative sin by allowing a bill that impacts 18 percent of the economy (health care) to be adopted without one single Republican vote. That alone produced a seismic crack in the body politic that has dominated the domestic agenda since the first year of the Obama presidency. The inexperienced president was so intent in achieving what his predecessors couldn’t, or had the good sense not to, that he let it happen. He has demonstrated without a doubt that he didn’t even know what was in the bill. So now we have his party’s leaders trying to pull the proverbial irons out of the fire with an internal policy change to eliminate a pile up of the bodies he says he needs to run the nation but that Republicans have denied him. He and his fellow Democrats are betting that this decision won’t come back to bite them in the rump. I wouldn’t be too sure.
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Obituaries Isabell “Issy” Evans TIPP CITY — Isabell “Issy” Evans, age 82 of Tipp City, OH passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Born November 29, 1930 in Piqua, OH. She was a retired office manager from the LINK Corporation in Troy. Preceded in death by her husband Lorin E. “Mort” Evans, March 25, 2013 and her seven brothers and sister. Issy is survived by her children, Connie Gavitt, Tipp City, Karen (Mike) Newman, Troy, Jimmy (Paulett) Evans, Indiana, Lorinda (Greg) Tucker, Georgia, her sister Jane Francis, Piqua, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Tipp
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From kitchen star to Salvation Army chef
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jeff Ansorge once commanded a staff of 17 and made around $80,000 a year as executive chef at a posh downtown Minneapolis restaurant where a 24-ounce dry aged Porterhouse steak goes for $48. But he gave it all up to become the head cook of a Salvation Army soup kitchen, where the meals are free. Now he brings his culinary skills to bear making salmon, ribs and stews for the poor and homeless who come to The Salvation Army Eastside Corps Community Center in St. Paul. For the Thanksgiving meal that’s being served Wednesday, Ansorge planned a traditional feast of turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce and rolls, served on tables covered with white tablecloths. “It is not your old-fashioned soup kitchen where you get a bowl of soup and a piece of bread and (are) sent on your way. He makes phenomenal meals that you would pay quite a bit of money to go to a restaurant and have,” Salvation Army Capt. John Joyner said of Ansorge, who left The Capital Grille to run the soup kitchen. The clients agree. “This is outstanding. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give him an 8-and-a-half, yep,” Donnie Richardson, 55, a homeless man from St. Paul, said over a meal of chicken thighs, rice and mixed vegetables in the center’s white-walled gymnasium. Ansorge, 40, says a spiritual awakening led him to his new job at the soup kitchen Miami Valley Hospital. in October 2012, making just one-third of Services are pending his previous salary. “I went through a divorce. I was sufthrough Baird Funeral fering from major depression for four Home, Troy, Ohio. City, VFW Auxiliary, Vandalia, Eagles Lodge, Tipp City, Moose Lodge, Troy, and AM Vets, Troy. Issy loved traveling with her husband, Mort. She also loved growing and caring for flowers and enjoyed dancing. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 West Main Street, Tipp City, OH 45371. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City. Visitation 10:00AM Saturday morning preceding the service at 11:00AM at the Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to Grace Hospice in Issy’s name. Online condolences may be made to fringsandbayliff.com.
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years. And my priorities were all wrong,” Ansorge recalled while standing near the center’s pantry shelves. “I wanted the high-paying job. I wanted the big house. I wanted the cars. I wanted all that. And ultimately, none of that satisfied me.” Ansorge started cooking when he was 16 at a mom-and-pop restaurant. He went to school in Rhode Island, earning degrees in culinary arts and food service management before joining The Capital Grille, where he spent 12 years. Now Ansorge is lucky to get as many as three volunteers to help him in the soup kitchen. On a recent Thursday, Ansorge — a trim man with short gray hair — set up the tables, seasoned, seared and baked the chicken thighs, dished up meals and wiped down the tables afterward. Instead of a traditional white chef’s hat and uniform, he wears a dark blue T-shirt with the words “SHIELD CREW” in white with the red Salvation Army insignia, and blue jeans. Raised Catholic, Ansorge — a former altar boy — said he drifted away from his faith in his 20s and 30s. Despite his prominent position at the restaurant, Ansorge said he was spiraling downward. “My priorities were backwards. I had a big mortgage, I had car payments, I had credit card debts,” Ansorge said. “And now I have none of that.” He sent about 10 applications to mainly Christian nonprofits, hoping to make a change. He chose The Salvation Army because “it’s a nonprofit that works with people that need help.” Joyner said The Salvation Army initially felt Ansorge was overqualified. But none of the other candidates seemed a good fit.
“His credentials are unbelievable. He could easily be making two, three times what he makes working for us. But he told us that he wanted to give back and he really wanted to do this,” Joyner said. Susan Dunlop, chef and co-owner of Joan’s In The Park restaurant in St. Paul, worked with Ansorge for nearly three years at The Capital Grille. She says she’s not surprised by his decision. “That’s his true passion. He wanted to do something where he was giving back to the community,” Dunlop said. “It’s who he is. He needs to do that to be happy.” Ansorge didn’t just bring cooking skills. Joyner said Ansorge’s shopping skills save the organization money. Ansorge said he looks for bargains on food nearing its expiration date that grocery stores don’t want to sell but has been frozen and is salvageable. The Salvation Army also has a partnership with the Second Harvest Heartland food bank that allows it to get 40-pound cases of mixed poultry for $5, he said. Before Ansorge came to the soup kitchen, The Salvation Army spent $28,000 on its lunch program at the East Side center. In Ansorge’s first year there, he spent $13,000 on the lunch program. The center serves from 80 to 140 people each day at its Monday through Friday noon meal. Ansorge also tries to bring nutritional value to whatever meal he serves. For some, it may be their only meal of the day. He’s eliminated desserts and cut back on the fat and sugars in meals. “I don’t want to feed them anything that I wouldn’t eat,” he said. “I try to feed them something that I would feed to my own family.”
Council passes temporary budget WEST MILTON — The budget discussion continues for the village of West Milton’s 2014 fiscal year. At council’s workshop on Tuesday, they decided to pass a temporary three to four month budget appropriations at the December council meeting. The complete budget will be passed after the new year and a special budget workshop session in December. What was started in discussion was the continuation of I&I by the utilities department. The sewer system condition assessment of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), working under U.S. EPA orders, has focused on the reduction of Infiltration and Inflow, known as I&I. According to the federal EPA website, infiltration is groundwater seeping in through cracks. Inflow is surface water flowing in. Excessive I&I can cause sewers to back up or overflow. It can also overload sewage treatment plants, resulting in water not being treated correctly. The weakening of a wastewater collection system can affect ecosystems and water availability. A year and a half ago, West Milton began the long process of reducing its I&I. Most recently, the utilities department completed smoke testing in the village. A non-toxic chemical that produces visible ‘smoke’ (like a fog machine) is put through manholes in the sanitary sewer pipe system. That system is reserved for kitchen, sink and toilet water, according to municipal manager Matt Kline. If smoke comes out of catch basins and other storm sewer drainage systems, that’s a problem. “When you start seeing smoke come out of catch basins, it starts getting twitchy,” Kline said. “If smoke can come out, (rain and flood) water can get in.” Several homes, businesses and city grates produced smoke on Emerick, Cedar, Miami, Bruce, High, Donna Jane, Larrel, Williams, Jay, Hilltop, Hayes and Hamilton streets. Utilities Supervisor Tim Swartztrauber said affected property owners will be receiving a letter from the village explaining the problem and offering assistance to fix it. As far as the catch basins, Andrew Shuman of Choice One Engineering, who helped complete the testing, said those are the “heavy hitters” and need to be fixed as soon as possible. The roadblock, according to him, is there is no developed base map detailing which pipes are sanitary and which are storm sewer (according to streets superintendent Ben Herron, there is just a handwritten one drawn by a former manager). “You have to start with a good plan, and for that you need a good base map,” Shuman said. Just to map out the systems from Lowry to the south,
though, costs approximately $23,000 in surveying, manpower and computer-aided design (CAD). Hence the meeting with council. “It’s going to be an expensive solution. That’s the problem,” Shuman said.
Another important piece of equipment in this process is a camera to put down the pipes and see where they lead and connect, which costs approximately $27,000. This is a reduction from the camera the utilities department had
originally requested, which was motor driven and closer to $50,000. Kline asked council to budget for $25,000 from the sanitary fund, and pull $25,000 from the street levy reserves (a savings account accrued
from funds carried over annually from the street levy). He also requested money pulled over from the street levy reserves for the Market Street project. Right now, there is about $93,000 that comes in from the current street levy.
That number will almost double in 2015 due to the passage of the new street levy in November. But for now, Kline wants to fill in the monetary gap from incoming funds and the cost of the Market project with reserve funds.
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Friendship survived burglary, not story Dear Annie: I’m 16 and of what happened. She says I have been best friends with was weepy and panicky. This “Cindi” since second grade. really upsets me. I don’t want Last weekend, my parents Cindi to portray me as a weakattended a party and allowed ling to our friends. We spent Cindi to stay overnight. Two five hours on the floor togethpeople broke into the house to er, but except for a few sobs, rob it. I thought we handled it well. They tied up and gagged Annie’s So how do I handle Cindi? -Cindi and then forced me to Mailbox Bound, Gagged and Furious take them from room to room Dear Bound: Cindi does putting things in a sack. Before Kathy Mitchell this because she wants to make leaving, they tied and gagged & Marcy Sugar herself look good. The fact that me, too, leaving both of us face she does it at your expense is down on the floor. Over the next few damaging the friendship, and you hours, we struggled and then tried to should say so and ask her to stop. talk and even started giggling, but You also can let your friends know mostly, we just waited for my parents that you remember things a little to come home and call the police. differently, while holding your head Naturally, we’ve been the “stars” at up and not letting it get to you. But school since then, but I discovered mostly, we hope you realize how very that Cindi is telling her own version fortunate the two of you are to have
escaped this robbery unharmed. Dear Annie: The letter from “New York” described dumpster diving for food. My husband is an experienced “dumpster diver,” although he doesn’t look for edible items. We live in a small college town. Annie, you would not believe what students throw into dumpsters when they go home for the summer or move into their own apartments. My husband has found brand-new appliances, clothes, and unopened cake mixes, cereal, spices and canned meats. It’s astonishing. We have found microwave ovens, computers, video games, patio furniture, linens -you name it. When we were both out of work, this was a lifesaver to us. We are in a better financial situation now, but I remember those days fondly. -Mel in Michigan
Horoscope HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Nov. 29, 2013: This year friends, family and loved ones play a significant role. You love to socialize, and you will do a lot of networking. Review your priorities and goals frequently in the next 12 months. You are changing, and so will they. Make sure you are in the swing of things. If you are single, you will have many opportunities to change your status. If you are attached, relating to your significant other is important and satisfying. Be sure to stay on the same page. SCORPIO understands you a little too well. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-Soso; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You can’t seem to indulge someone enough, whether you are participating in the Black Friday shopping frenzy or simply hanging back with this person. Don’t worry -- there is no question about your feelings, or his or hers. Tonight: How about leftovers for two? TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You can do only so much, and then you need to pull back and observe the results. Know that you can’t always tweak a situation to your liking. Screen your calls, as many people could be seeking you out. Be present in the moment. Tonight: Hang out as long as you want.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You are so upbeat about every facet of the long weekend that you might feel like a kid who is waiting for Santa. Do not forget to check in with a loved one. Your presence makes all the difference to this person. Tonight: Finally, you are able to kick back and relax. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Understand that it could be hard to make a family member happy. This person could be vested in staying grumpy, and there is little that you can do. In fact, if you keep trying to change his or her mood, you can be sure that he or she will repeat this act! Tonight: Time for you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Plans made yesterday probably still will work. Getting together with a special friend over a long meal puts a smile on both your faces. Before you know it, hours will have flown by. Take advantage of Black Friday, or at least check it out. Tonight: Exhausted at home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might be quite busy dispensing funds today as you buy one great gift after another. Try to resist playing the “one for you, one for me, one for Sally, another for me” game. Schedule a late meal with a loved one before he or she leaves town. Tonight: Slow. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might feel as if you are on top of the world.
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AP Photo In this Nov. 23 file photo, shoppers enter a Best Buy in New York. Brick-and-mortar retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy for years have been contending with Amazonճ ruthlessly low prices online. But this holiday season, they’re fighting back harder than ever before, matching online prices, opening up on Thanksgiving Day earlier than ever and ramping up shipping options.
Battle for holiday shoppers heats up NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, it’s Amazon vs. everyone else. The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest shopping period of the year. Stores are doing things like matching the lower prices on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and offering the same discounts in stores as on their websites. For its part, Amazon is giving customers the option to pick up items at physical locations and adding Sunday delivery. The two sides are dueling over shoppers like Jessica Danielle, a speechwriter who plans to do the bulk of her Christmas shopping on Amazon. “All the time spent going to brick-and-mortar stores, is it worth my time?” said Danielle, 31, who lives in Washington, D.C. “I don’t think so.” There’s a lot at stake for both sides. Amazon has built a following, but wants to grow its business globally. Meanwhile, brick-andmortar retailers struggle to keep shoppers from using their stores as showrooms to test out and try on items before buying them for less on Amazon. The holiday season ups (NYSE:UPS) the ante. Both online and brick-and-mortar retailers can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue in November and December. And this year, they’re competing for the growing number of shoppers who are as comfortable buying online as in stores. Holiday sales are expected to rise 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion, according to The National Retail Federation. Of that, about $78.7 billion is expected to be online, up 15 percent from last year, according to Forrester Research. (NASDAQ:FORR) Here’s how the fight is playing out: PRICE WAR One of Amazon’s biggest advantages is its low prices. It can charge less for everything from TVs to T-shirts because it doesn’t have the high costs of running physical locations. Last year, some retailers offered to match the lower prices that customers find on websites like Amazon during the holiday season. And this year, more have made this a policy. Best Buy even is offering to refund the difference if a customer finds a lower price after they purchase something up until
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Christmas Eve. The strategy could eat into profits, but retailers hope sales will increase. Staples is among retailers also offering the same discounts online and in stores during big shopping days like the day after Thanksgiving known also Black Friday. “We want customers to be able to shop however they want and whenever they want,” said Alison Corcoran, Staples senior vice president. SPEEDY DELIVERY Stores had long seen their physical locations as an albatross, but now they’re using them to their advantage. “Everybody was telling me … ‘These stores, that’s really a liability that you have,’” said Hubert Joly, Best Buy’s CEO. “Absolutely not. It’s an asset that you have 1,000 warehouses strategically located close to the customers.” Best Buy is among the retailers using their locations as distribution hubs from which they can ship goods that are ordered directly to customers’ homes. Wal-Mart, for example, said items ordered online and shipped from stores usually are delivered in two days or less — quicker than having them shipped from warehouses across the country. But Amazon.com Inc. is widening its distribution network to offer speedier delivery, too. Amazon added 8 million square feet of distribution centers and hired 70,000 people to work in them. It also added 1,382 robots to its line to help get packages out the door. And it partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver some packages on Sunday.
“This year we’re able to be faster and have more in-stock items,” said Amazon spokeswoman Julie Law. BACK IN STORES Other retailers are trying to get shoppers into stores. Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) has expanded its service that allows shoppers to reserve items online, and then pay and pick them up within 24 hours at many of its Banana Republic and Gap stores. And options that allow customers to order and pay online and then pick items up at stores are popular. That led Renada Skannal, 27, to go to Walmart.com to order protective gear that her nephew could wear when riding a bike her mother is buying him as a Christmas gift. Her mother picked it up at a store to save time and shipping costs. “I want to make things easier for me,” said Skannal, who lives in Jackson, Miss. At the same time, Amazon has started offering pickups at physical locations. Last year, it introduced lockers in 10 cities for customers to pick up items in stores like 7-Eleven and Rite Aid. (OOTC:RADCO) (NYSE:RAD) But some competitors, including Staples and RadioShack, which initially welcomed the lockers, have taken them out. WHO WINS? Ultimately, experts say the battle is over customer service. StellaService, which tracks customer service, found that between August and October, the time it took to speak with a live agent on Amazon’s customer service line was one minute, compared with two-plus minutes at Best Buy and six minutes at Staples.
No need to wrap: Some ‘gifts’ headed straight home NEW YORK (AP) — Getting up early on Black Friday for a little shopping? Doing your part on Small Business Saturday and CyberMonday, too? It’s all in the name of gift-giving — or at least the guise of it. It seems a lot of consumers are using these sales and retail events to treat themselves to a new little something. As a group, self-shoppers are growing, says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst of The NPD Group, Inc., a consumer insight company. He puts the number at 20 percent, up from 5 percent in the early 2000s. “I started tracking people shopping for themselves about 10 years ago. I was at a Black Friday in a Macy’s (NYSE:FD) in a suburban location in Long Island,” he recalls. “This woman has one arm filled with a few things, maybe a dress and a few sweaters, and another with 12 items.” Guess which hand had the future presents for her two sisters and a friend? It’s a similar scene in Loft stores already this year, says Lori LeslieRobbins, director of client experience for the retailer. “For us, the tell-tale sign
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-149 The Huntington National Bank vs. Rodney Gasvoda, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Elizabeth in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: E09-030100, E09-030140, E09-030120, & E09030110 Also known as: 7790 Walnut Grove Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Million Two Hundred Thousand and 00/100 ($1,200,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Tina Woods, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526333
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-591 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Diane K. Miller, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-001020 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 765, Page 848 Also known as: 417 South Main Street, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Anita L. Maddix, Attorney 11/15, 11/22, 11/29-2013 40522625
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-361 Bank of America, NA vs. Joseph A. Miller, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-009820 Also known as: 347 North 3rd Street, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($129,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. George J. Annos, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526000
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-476 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Brian W. Merz, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-063000 Also known as: 560 Ginghamsburg Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00/100 ($120,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Angela D. Kirk, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526128
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-770 U S Bank, NA vs. Michael J. Hurd, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-016900 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Book, Volume 764, Page 621 Also known as: 1012 East Franklin Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Two Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($72,500.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Matthew A. Taulbee, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526143
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-540 CitiMortgage, Inc. vs. Jared I. Federle, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-023742 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 772, Page 124 on May 22, 2006 Also known as: 1911 Cider Mill Way, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($198,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526097
LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-489 Parktowne Owners Association vs. Cynthia A. Hillard, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Huber Heights, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: P48-000229 Also known as: 9619 Rose Petal Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Min Bid 0.00 ($0.00) Dollars. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of the Min. Bid down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Magdalena E. Myers, Attorney 11/15, 11/22, 11/29-2013 40522632
LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-624 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Sharon L. Swiger, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-006440 & L39-006450 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 739, Page 625 Also known as: 134 McKinley Avenue, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Two Thousand and 00/100 ($72,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Miranda S. Hamrick, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526014
LEGALS SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 13-409 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Robert L. Heidenreich, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G14-001430 Prior Deed Reference: Book 606, Page 25 on December 27, 1998 and Book 606, Page 34 on December 27, 1988 Also known as: 3240 Honeysuckle Drive, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Two Thousand and 00/100 ($102,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526103
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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-775 The Huntington National Bank vs. Estate of Ralph G. Karns, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-007560 Also known as: 3 Norris Drive, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Thirty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($39,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Tina Woods, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526313
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-276 Bank of America, NA vs. Jason J. Bonham, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Bethel, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: A01-064600 Also known as: 7625 East New Carlisle Road, New Carlisle, Ohio 45344 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($138,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Jeffrey R. Jinkens, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526119
SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-564 The Huntington National Bank vs. Estate of Martha F. Mason, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 18, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Union, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L32-008720 Also known as: 8905 Montgomery County Line Road North, Union, Ohio 45322 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Eighty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($85,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Tina Woods, Attorney 11/22, 11/29, 12/06-2013 40526303
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TODAY’S TIPS • BASEBALL: Troy Post 43 American Legion baseball will be sponsoring its monthly all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner Dec. 7. The dinner runs from 3-7 p.m. and will be held at the Post 43 Legion Hall on 622 S. Market St. in Troy. It features all the spaghetti you can eat plus a fresh salad bar, bread, soft drinks, coffee and dessert. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. • BASEBALL: The University of Dayton baseball program will host a holiday camp for players ages 7-12 Dec. 27-29 at the Fredericks Center on the UD campus. The cost is $115. For more information and a camp brochure, send an email to pvittorio1@ udayton.edu, or register online at daytonflyers.com by clicking the “baseball” and then “baseball camps” links. • BASEBALL: Extra Innings Troy will host its second annual Pro Baseball Clinic from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 28-29. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the game from local professioal baseball players Craig Stammen of the Washington Nationals and Adam Eaton of the Arizona Diamondbacks, as well as former Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning and Jeff Branson, presently the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Online registration can be done at www. extrainnings-troy.com or at the store located at 958 S. Dorset in Troy. Please call (937) 339-3330 for more information.
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COLUMBUS – The plan has been modified, tinkered with, expanded in some areas and reduced in others. But Urban Meyer today still does a lot of the same things in a lot of the same ways he did them in his first job as a head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2001-2002. It started at BGSU with a job Meyer was at first hesitant to take. At the time, he was Notre Dame’s receivers coach, a job Lou Holtz hired him for in 1996. Meyer called Holtz after he was offered the job and said he was worried. “This is not a very good job,” he said. Holtz replied, “Of course not. If it was a good job do you think they’d be calling you?” One of the first similarities between Meyer at Ohio State and Meyer at Bowling Green begins with a call. At OSU, he called the Buckeyes in for a 5 a.m. meeting the first
day he was in charge of the program the day after a Gator Bowl loss dropped them to 6-7. A day or two after he took over at Bowling Green, the players got a call from the football office telling them to report to the indoor practice field at 5 a.m. the next morning. It was the infamous “Black Wednesday” at Bowling Green, where Meyer began sorting out who was going to buy into his plan after a 2-9 season and six straight losing seasons and who wasn’t. St. Henry High School athletic director Dennis Wendel, a starting offensive lineman on both of Meyer’s BGSU teams, was one of the players summoned to that 5 a.m. session. “I showed up at 5 a.m. and the next 2 ½ hours were just brutal. We started running gassers and you just kept running until you could hardly walk anymore,” Wendel said. “The whole point of that was that you’re either going to be a part of this team or you’re not.
TODAY Boys Basketball Centerville at Troy (7:30 p.m.) Butler at Tippecanoe (7:30 p.m.) Northwestern at Miami East (8 p.m.) Bradford at Bethel (8 p.m.) Wapakoneta at Piqua (7:30 p.m.) Hockey Troy at Maumee (at Kettering Rec) (10 a.m.) SATURDAY Boys Basketball Tecumseh at Troy (7:30 p.m.) New Bremen at Troy Christian (7:30 p.m.) Houston at Newton (7:30 p.m.) Girls Basketball Tippecanoe at Stebbins (2:30 p.m.) Troy Christian at Newton (noon) Tri-Village at Bethel (1:30 p.m.) Covington at Versailles (1 p.m.) New Knoxville at Lehman (1:30 p.m.) Hockey Troy at North Canton Hoover (at Kettering Rec) (8 a.m.) Alter at Troy (at Kettering Rec) (6 p.m.) Swimming Miami East, Troy Christian at Tippecanoe (6:30 p.m.) Lehman at LCC Invite (9 a.m.) Wrestling Troy, Miami East at Sidney Duals (9 a.m.) Lehman at Fenwick Invite (TBA) MONDAY Girls Basketball Miami East at Troy (7:30 p.m.) Troy Christian at Mississinawa Valley (6 p.m.) Piqua at Urbana (7:30 p.m.) TUESDAY Boys Basketball Troy at Springfield (7:30 p.m.) Tippecanoe at Piqua (7:30 p.m.) Milton-Union at Brookville (7:30 p.m.) Girls Basketball Milton-Union at Twin Valley South (7:30 p.m.) Northridge at Newton (7 p.m.) Bowling Troy at Urbana (4 p.m.) Tippecanoe at Northeastern (4 p.m.) Wrestling Miami East at Northwestern (TBA) Versailles/Northridge at Covington (6 p.m.)
TV Schedule COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — Iowa at Nebraska ESPN2 — SMU at Houston 2:30 p.m. CBS — Arkansas at LSU 3 p.m. FS1 — FIU at FAU 3:30 p.m. ABC — Miami at Pittsburgh FOX — Washington St. at Washington 7 p.m. FS1 — Oregon St. at Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN — South Florida at UCF GOLF 6:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Alfred Dunhill Championship, second round, at Mpumalanga, South Africa MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 12:30 p.m. FS1 — Fairfield at Providence 1:30 p.m. ESPN — Old Spice Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 3 p.m. FSN — UALR at Oklahoma 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Barclays Center Classic, first round, Georgia Tech vs. Mississippi, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 6 p.m. ESPN — NIT Season Tip-Off, championship, teams TBD, at New York 7 p.m. NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, doubleheader, semifinals, teams TBD, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Florida St. at Florida 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Wooden Legacy, semifinal, teams TBD, at Fullerton, Calif. 11:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Las Vegas Invitational, first round, Northwestern vs. UCLA NHL HOCKEY 1 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Rangers at Boston WINTER SPORTS 12:30 p.m. NBCSN — USSA, Raptor World Cup, women’s downhill, at Avon, Colo.
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You’re either all in or you’re not,” he said. “You’re either going to do it the right way and you’re going to do it the right way all the time, or you’re going to walk out the door.” Actually, one of the players who decided Meyer’s way wasn’t for him ran out the door. “We were coming back from running a gasser and somebody just kept running straight out of the door of the building and I never saw him again in my life,” Wendel said. Bowling Green had an 8-3 record in 2001 and went 9-3 in 2002, launching Meyer into the job as Utah’s head coach, which led to the Florida job and eventually to Ohio State. “There was a complete culture change,” Wendel said about Meyer’s two years at Bowling Green. “He left no stone unturned. “The first thing I remember about him is his walk when he walked into the room when he was introduced. As soon as he walked into the room he defi-
nitely had a presence about him. He commanded the room immediately,” Wendel said. There are other similarities between Ohio State and Bowling Green. Earlier this season, Meyer called Ohio State’s offensive linemen “my favorite guys on the team.” The Bowling Green lines Wendel played on earned a similar sort of affection from Meyer. “The first six months were really rough. Our offensive line was really bad. We had to come in and lift on Saturday when nobody else did,” Wendel said. “Once we got past that first six months and he saw that the core of us were really buying in, we were his guys. At team meals, we got to eat first and he always sat with us and talked to us a lot. “Once you earned his trust, he treated you like a million bucks. If you’re a guy who does things the right, if you’re a good person who goes to class and is committed to the program, he’s going to know you forever.”
Reason to be thankful Despite miscues, Lions blast Packers
DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford and Reggie Bush did their part to keep the Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers in the game. Stafford turned the ball over a few times and Bush did once. Instead of crumbling and losing confidence, both players bounced back and helped the Detroit Lions put together a dominant performance after an awful start. Stafford threw three touchdown passes, including one to Calvin Johnson, Bush had 182 yards of offense and scored, and Detroit scored 37 straight points to rout Green Bay 40-10 on Thursday. “When we get out of our own way, we can be pretty special,” Bush said. Early on, it looked as if the Lions were going to find another way to waste chances to win a game and take control of the NFC North. “It’s easy when you lose a couple games in a row, particularly the fashion that we lost, for people to say, ‘Here we go again,’” Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said. “I’m sure there were some people that were saying that, but they weren’t on our sideline.” The Lions (7-5) had lost their last two games, five consecutive against Green Bay and a franchise-record nine straight in their annual showcase on Thanksgiving. “It’s a step in the right direction for us,” Stafford said. “I’m sure the turkey will taste better.” The Packers (5-6-1) have a five-game winless streak for the first time since 2008. “We’re not used to anything like this — not on this team,” Green Bay linebacker A.J. Hawk said. “This is something that is going to make a lot of guys on this team think, and that’s good. We need to find some answers because they just ran the ball down our throats.” Bush responded from fumbling deep in Green Bay territory to score a 1-yard TD run that gave Detroit a 17-10 lead late in the first AP photo half. He finished with 117 yards rushing and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) is covered by Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields 65 yards receiving. Bush’ backup, Joique Bell, (37) in the end zone during the second half at Ford Field in Detroit Thursday. ran for a career-high 94 yards and a score.
Murray gets 3 TDs, Cowboys rally ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — DeMarco Murray did the finishing work for the Dallas Cowboys. Backup Lance Dunbar made his job a lot easier. Murray ran for three touchdowns, Dunbar had a careerhigh 82 yards rushing and the Cowboys overcame Oakland’s fumble return for a score on the opening kickoff to beat the Raiders 31-24 Thursday. Murray had 63 yards rushing but did most of his damage near the goal line, including a 7-yard score to put Dallas ahead for good early in the fourth quarter. Dunbar, who went out with a left knee sprain, sparked the tying and go-ahead touchdown drives in the second half, highlighted by a 45-yard run that led to a 4-yard scoring pass from Tony Romo to Dez Bryant. The Cowboys (7-5) moved two games above .500 for the first time since late last season. The Raiders (4-8) are guaranteed an 11th straight season without a winning record since going to
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) passes against the Oakland Raiders during the first half Thursday in Arlington, Texas.
the Super Bowl during the 2002 season. Matt McGloin had a strong first half for the Raiders, leading consecutive TD drives that put Oakland up 21-7. But he didn’t get much help from the league’s fifth-best rushing attack, and his offense stalled in the second half. Murray had just 25 yards after his third TD, but ran for another 38 to help Dallas burn the clock
with a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter. Most of the late damage came on a drive to Dan Bailey’s 19-yard field goal to put Dallas up by 10 with 1:56 left. Murray, who tied the score at 7-all on a 2-yard run the first play after a fumble by McGloin late in the first quarter, also had 39 yards receiving. Rashad Jennings rushed for 35 yards on 17 carries — a 2.1-
yard average — and had both of Oakland’s offensive touchdowns. Darren McFadden carried just five times for 13 yards in his return after missing three games with a hamstring injury. After McGloin completed a 21-yard pass to Andre Holmes on the first play of the second half, the Raiders didn’t get another first down until the fourth quarter. The Cowboys got within a touchdown with a drive late in the first half, then scored on their first two possessions after halftime to go in front for good. Dallas was without kick returner Dwayne Harris because of a hamstring injury, and rookie replacement Terrance Williams gave the Raiders a touchdown with a fumble on the opening kickoff. Greg Jenkins picked up the ball at the 23 after it squirted away from the pile and outran everyone to the pylon. The play was upheld on review after replay showed Williams’ knee hitting the turf just as the ball was coming out.
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BuckEyes An inside look at Ohio State football SAY WHAT?
RECRUITING UPDATE
“I think this is the best I’ve ever played.”
The number of Ohio State recruits for next season still playing high school games is getting smaller every week as the playoffs head toward determining state champions around the country. Quarterback Stephen Collier (Lee County, Ga.), a 2014 OSU verbal commitment, was one of those who saw his season come to an end last week when his team lost 41-35 to Jonesboro Mundy’s Mill. Collier passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 154 yards and three TDs. He will enroll at Ohio State at the start of the second semester. Curtis Samuel (Brooklyn Erasmus Hall) also saw his season end in a 41-33 playoff loss to Staten Island Tottenville. Samuel rushed for 129 yards on 10 carries. Chad Mavety (Nassau Community College) made an official visit to Ohio State last weekend when the Buckeyes beat Indiana 42-14. Mavety, one of OSU’s top targets with four starting offensive linemen graduating, reportedly has the Buckeyes and Florida State as his top two teams and could make an announcement as soon as in the next two weeks. Jerome Baker (Cleveland Benedictine), an outside linebacker in the 2015 recruiting class, was at the OSU-Indiana game. He is rated a 4-star prospect by espn.com and has offers from Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and several other schools. Trevion Thompson (Durham N.C. Hillside), a 2014 class wide receiver, was at the OSU-Indiana game but OSU could be only No. 3 behind Clemson and North Carolina for him.
1. What is the most points Ohio State has ever scored against Michigan? 2. How many of the last 30 Ohio State-Michigan games have been decided by a touchdown or less? 3. How many touchdown passes did Troy Smith throw against Michigan in his career? 4. Who drafted Tom Brady in the 1995 major league baseball draft as a catcher? 5. How many 100-yard rushing games did Michigan’s Tshimanga Biakabutuka have in his career? Answers: 1. 50 in 1961 and 1968; 2. 13; 3. Seven; 4. Montreal Expos; 5. 13
— Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier, talking about having 36 tackles in the last two games.
No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan, noon, ABC < OFFENSIVE LINE Maybe the only negative thing about Ohio State’s offensive line is that four of them are seniors and will have to be replaced next year. They are a big reason OSU is averaging 48.7 points and 530 yards a game. Michigan’s offensive line has struggled all season and the Wolverines have tried five different starting combinations. They have allowed 32 sacks and rank No. 123 nationally in tackles for losses allowed. Tackles Taylor Lewan and Mike Schofield have been the most consistent performers. Advantage: Ohio State
< DEFENSIVE LINE Ohio State’s 36 sacks lead the Big Ten. Noah Spence (7.5 sacks), Michael Bennett (5.5 sacks) and Joey Bosa (5 sacks) could add to those numbers against Michigan’s embattled offensive line. Michigan’s front seven has kept the Wolverines Don Speck | The Lima News Senior wide receiver Corey Brown had a big game against Michigan last year with in games its offense has done its best to play them out of. Frank Clark (12 8 catches for 95 yards and a touchdown. tackles for losses, 4.5 sacks) and Jibreel Black (7.5 tackles for losses) lead the way. Opponents have averaged 3.2 yards a carry, just slightly above the 2.9 OSU allows. Advantage: Ohio State < QUARTERBACKS Braxton Miller is back to being the Braxton Miller < LINEBACKERS everyone expected to see before a knee injury Ryan Shazier has played like the Butkus Award sidelined him for three games early in the season. finalist he is the last two weeks with 20 tackles Now that he’s healthy, the threat of breaking a long against Indiana and 16 against Illinois. Curtis Grant run has returned. He had a 37-yard touchdown run is scheduled to return this week after missing two against Indiana and went 70 yard for a score against Illinois. games with an ankle injury. Michigan’s Devin Gardner (2,509 yards passing, 473 yards rushing) has Michigan’s Jake Ryan missed the first five games after tearing an ACL been the focus of the Wolverines’ offense partly because of their inability last spring. He has started three of the six games he has played. Desmond to run the ball. He has 17 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. Morgan and James Ross left last week’s game at Iowa because of injuries Advantage: Ohio State but are expected to play this week. Advantage: Ohio State < RUNNING BACKS Carlos Hyde (1,064 yards) became the first < DEFENSIVE BACKS running back to go over 1,000 yards on an Urban Bradley Roby’s farewell game to Ohio Stadium Meyer coached team last week. Dontre Wilson had last week showed why he is an NFL prospect. seven touches (4 rushes, 3 passes) and got to the Doran Grant left the Indiana game with an injury endzone on a 24-yard shovel pass. but should be OK to play this week. Fitzgerald Toussaint (613 yards, 11 TDs) leads Michigan’s ground game, Michigan’s Blake Countess leads the Big Ten but freshman Derrick Green got 11 carries and Toussaint 6 in a 24-21 loss to Iowa last week. Michigan’s 128 yards a game rushing average is 11th in with 5 interceptions and Raymon Taylor has picked off four passes. Advantage: Ohio State the Big Ten. Advantage: Ohio State
< RECEIVERS
< SPECIAL TEAMS
Freshman running back Ezekiel Elliott has been a special teams standout on kick coverage the last OSU’s leading receiver Corey Brown (49 catches, two weeks, showing he knows a little bit about tack596 yards, 9 TDs) didn’t play in a 42-14 win over ling as well as avoiding tackles. Bradley Roby got his Indiana last week because of an unspecified injury. second blocked punt of the season against Indiana. For Michigan, Jeremy Gallon (71 catches, 1,109 OSU kicker Drew Basil is 8 of 9 on field goals. Michigan kicker Brendan yards, 8 TDs) and Devin Funchess (43 catches, 686 yards, 5 TDs) will be a Gibbons is 15 of 20 but three of his misses came in a triple-overtime loss challenge for OSU’s pass defense. to Penn State. Advantage: Michigan Advantage: Ohio State
BIG TEN STANDINGS Leaders Division Big Ten W L Ohio State 7 0 Wisconsin 6 1 Penn State 3 4 Indiana 2 5 Illinois 1 6 Purdue 0 7
Overall W L 11 0 9 2 6 5 4 7 4 7 1 10
Legends Division Big Ten W L Michigan State 7 0 Nebraska 5 2 Minnesota 4 3 Iowa 4 3 Michigan 3 4 Northwestern 0 7
Overall W L 10 1 8 3 8 3 7 4 7 4 4 7
OSU SCHEDULE
2013 OSU LEADERS
Passing Braxton Miller................................... 1,626 Kenny Guiton ...................................... 749 Rushing Carlos Hyde..................................... 1,064 Braxton Miller...................................... 738 Jordan Hall ...........................................519 Receiving Corey Brown .......................................596 Devin Smith..........................................591 Field Goals Drew Basil........................................... 8/9 Interceptions Follow Jim Naveau on Twitter at Bradley Roby ........................................... 3 @Lima_Naveau. Doran Grant ............................................ 3 Copyright © 2013 The Lima News. Tackles Reproduction of any portion of this material is Ryan Shazier ...................................... 108 prohibited without express consent. C.J. Barnett ............................................61 Aug. 31 ................................Buffalo 40-20 Sept. 7.....................San Diego State 42-7 Sept. 14 ...........................California 52-34 Sept. 21 ........................Florida A&M, 76-0 Sept. 28 .........................Wisconsin, 31-24 Oct. 5 ..................... Northwestern, 40-30 Oct. 19.....................................Iowa, 34-24 Oct. 26 ..........................Penn State, 63-14 Nov. 2 ................................... Purdue, 56-0 Nov. 16 .................................Illinois, 60-35 Nov. 23................................Indiana, 42-14 Nov. 30 ........................ at Michigan, noon
WEEKEND SCHEDULE Big Ten Friday Iowa at Nebraska, noon Saturday Ohio State at Michigan, noon Minnesota at Mich. State, noon Purdue at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. Penn State at Wisconsin, noon Northwestern at Illinois, noon Top 25 Friday Arkansas at LSU, 2:30 p.m. Oregon St. at Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Florida St. at Florida, noon Alabama at Auburn, 3:30 p.m. Notre Dame at Stanford, 7 p.m.
Jim Naveau The Lima News jnaveau@limanews.com 419-993-2087
Too soon for new Big Two They were half right. Two years ago when Michigan broke a 7-game losing streak against Ohio State and two days later Urban Meyer was hired as the Buckeyes football coach, the conventional wisdom was that those two football programs were going to dominate the Big Ten again like they did in the 1970s. Michigan finished 11-2 that season in Brady Hoke’s first year as the Wolverines’ coach. The future looked bright. And by hiring Meyer, Ohio State all but guaranteed there would be no repeat of the 6-7 record it had during a suspension-riddled 2011 season. Meyer’s teams have produced a school-record 23 consecutive wins. But since that brilliant first act, Hoke’s teams have had a 15-9 record and are 2-5 against Top 25 teams. Michigan was 8-5 in 2012 and was regarded as the favorite to win the Legends Division of the Big Ten this year and go on to battle Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game one week after their annual season-ending game. Ohio State held up its end of the bargain by winning the Leaders Division. But Michigan (7-4, 3-4 Big Ten) finds itself one spot away from last place in the Legends Division going into Saturday’s game between the two rivals. There have been big headaches in The Big House this season. Offensive line. Running game. Turnovers. They’ve all been problems. The gap between Ohio State and Michigan is smaller than it was during the failed Rich Rodriguez experiment but it hasn’t narrowed as quickly as Michigan hoped it would. And now it appears it might be growing again. Of course, Michigan could put a stop to that by upsetting Ohio State on Saturday. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time an Ohio State team that was a big favorite took a knockout punch from Michigan. Most famously, it happened to OSU in 1969. It also happened to unbeaten Ohio State teams in 1995 and 1996.
COUNTDOWN
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