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Man dies in crash 2 other victims transported to hospitals MIKE ULLERY Ohio Community Media mullery@dailycall.com MIAMI COUNTY — A Christmas Day crash resulted in two victims being transferred by CareFlight heliOHIO COMMUNITY MEDIA PHOTO/MIKE ULLERY copter to a Dayton hospital where one Firefighters and paramedics from Piqua and Fletcher transfer later died from his injuries. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. in one of the crash victims from an ambulance for transportation aboard CareFlight following a Christmas Day crash in the the 2700 block of East U.S. Route 36 between Piqua and Fletcher when an 2700 block of U.S. Route 36 near Fletcher.

Year of the big squeeze at pump

PIQUA eastbound car driven by David Obryant, 41, of Otway, Ohio, slowed and attempted to turn left into a driveway. An eastbound pickup truck, driven by Dustin Kiser, 20, of Piqua, attempted to pass multiple vehicles that had slowed in front of him and

Blasts disrupt holiday

It’s been 30 years since gasoline took such a big bite out of the family budget. When the gifts from Grandma are unloaded and holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. That is 8.4 percent of what the median family takes in, the highest share since 1981. Gas averaged more than $3.50 a gallon this year, another unfortunate record. And next year isn’t likely to bring relief. See

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From left, Dianne Kauflin, Jody Weigandt, Jennifer Martin, Amy White, Wanda Scherpf, Christine Adkins and Jennifer Creech, stretch prior to an 8-mile run Dec. 16 on the levee in Troy.

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100-year-old still working

Local woman establishes running group

The 100-year-old doctor still makes house calls. He must, explains Dr. Fred Goldman. That’s where the patients are. “If they’re sick and can’t leave home,” he said, “I go to see them.” They came to see him Dec. 12. Patients, friends and family some using walkers, some in strollers gathered in numbers passing the century mark at the office he calls, “the dump,” to throw a surprise birthday party for the internist who is the oldest licensed physician practicing medicine in the state of Ohio. See Page 6.

ning. I can do it with my family and we don’t have to go pay to go do something together.” One of Kauflin’s reavery step has a pursons to run is simple — “I pose for Dianne run because I can.” Kauflin these days. “I have met so many Kauflin, who found a great people through runnew love, in addition to ning. My brother is handiher husband, when she got capped, so I run because I married, discan. This is something I covered a TROY can do and I have found desire to that it has helped with run, be active, be healthy personal stuff, it helps me and to have fun. be a good mom, spend time “I didn’t start running with my kids, my husband, until I got married. I ran my friends. It’s just great through the pregnancies,” Reasons to Run members run on the river near the to do as an adult,” Kauflin Kauflin said. “I always had Great Miami River Friday in Troy. said. so much energy. I played As her love for running soccer in high school and I was pretty good.” self a whole new life grew she started running college, but found out I From there, as the say- through running. with friends and pointing was more of a casual run- ing goes “the rest is histo“I sometimes compete ner through my 20s. Then ry.” and sometimes I just go,” • See RUN on Page 2 I found out in my 30s that Kauflin has found her- Kauflin said. “I enjoy runBY KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer kyantis@tdnpublishing.com

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Russ McDaniel still cutting hair in Troy BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking after worshippers celebrated Mass. The assault on the Catholic church left 35 dead in Madalla, near the Nigerian capital. A failed bombing also occurred near a church in the city of Jos, followed by a shooting that killed a police officer. The blast came a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombs in Jos claimed by Islamist militants killed 32. Benedict didn’t refer explicitly to the Nigerian bombings in his “Urbi et Orbi” speech, Latin for “to the city and to the world” in which he raises alarm about world hotspots. But in a statement, the Vatican called the attacks a sign of “cruelty and absurd, blind hatred” that shows no respect for human life. Elsewhere, Christmas was celebrated with the typical joy of the season: In Cuba, Catholics had plenty to cheer as they prepared for Benedict’s March arrival, the first visit by a pontiff to the Communist-run island since John Paul II’s historic tour nearly 14 years ago. “We have faith in God that we will be allowed to have this treat,” said Rogelio Montes de Oca, 72, as he stood outside the Cathedral in Old Havana. “Not every country will have the chance to see him physically and receive his blessing.”

Half a century and still going

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After four years in the U.S. Air Force, Oregon native Russ McDaniel moved to Piqua in the late 1950s, met a girl and began working at local factories. But he kept getting laid off and, at 28 years old, knew it was time for a change. “My wife was working at the time, so I made the decision to go to barber school over in Columbus. I thought it was something I’d like to do. And I wouldn’t get laid off,” he said of that decision. A year later,

TROY in 1961, at age 29, he started cutting hair with Lloyd Shroyer at his barber shop on West Main Street. And 50 years later, he’s still cutting hair. McDaniel, now 79, worked for Shroyer for a while, had his own shop for nine years and then partnered with Ralph Lyme to found and operate L&M Barber Shop for nearly 30 years. “Lousy and mediocre. And I was the mediocre one,” he said

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Troy resident Russ McDaniel cuts the hair of longtime customer Charles Davy at L&M • See GOING on Page 2 Barber Shop in Troy last week. McDaniel has been cutting hair in Troy for 50 years.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Here are the winning numbers drawn Sunday by the Ohio Lottery: • Pick 3 Midday: 9-3-8 • Pick 4 Midday: 4-2-2-6 • Ten OH Midday: 08-09-11-15-18-23-35-39-4043-46-48-50-52-63-66-67-6873-74 • Pick 3 Evening: 2-0-4 • Ten OH Evening: 02-03-05-07-08-13-17-25-2630-43-46-47-55-58-71-72-7374-79 • Pick 4 Evening: 7-6-8-9 • Rolling Cash 5: 05-11-14-17-25 Estimated jackpot: $110,000

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Besides his health, McDaniel attributes his longevity to learnwith a good-natured, self-depreing to adapt to new styles. “When cating laugh, referring to the I started it was rare anyone went shop’s name, derived from the three weeks without a hair cut. partners’ last names. It was all taper cuts and flat tops They both retired from full— short hair styles. time barbering about four years “In the late 60s and early 70s, ago, and local barber Pam when everyone had longer hair, a Shaffer took over L&M, located lot of barbers went out of busiShroyer passing away recently, customers,” said McDaniel, who off East Staunton Road at 405 said he enjoys good health, stays McDaniel now may be the longest ness. (Customers) that came in 1/2 Indiana St. But McDaniel, a serving barber in Troy. trim by working out daily and every three weeks might not Troy resident, didn’t stay retired hasn’t been plagued by any mal“He’s a pleasure to work with. come in for months. I learned to more than a few months. I don’t know if he’s got another adies such as arthritis that cut longer hair and that helped Shaffer asked him to return would prevent him from working. 50 years left in him, but I hope me (stay in business). You adapt on a part-time basis and he’s “I enjoy my customers. I knew he has 20 more,” Shaffer said, with the times,” McDaniel said. been cutting hair two days a smiling. that would be the hardest thing He and wife Mary Ann, marweek since then. McDaniel has been working on ried 56 years, have two adult to do when I retired is not seeing “I was planning to do some my customers. So, working part- Shaffer’s off days — Wednesday children and four grandchildren. part-time work when I retired time helps me keep in touch with and Saturday. Beginning in • L& M Barber Shop, 405-1/2 anyway. (Shaffer) called and January, though, Shaffer will them and keeps me active,” he Indiana St., is open 8 a.m. to 6 asked if I’d like to come back and said. change her off days and McDaniel p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Closed I said OK. This is what I know, will now cover for her on Fridays Sunday and Monday. Call the Shaffer said she is happy to and it’s a chance to see my old and Saturdays. have him back, and said with shop at 339-3704.

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slammed broadside into Obryant’s car. Obryant and his front seat passenger, Cynthia Rollins, 43, of Peebles, Ohio, were taken from the scene aboard CareFlight while a 6-year-old child who was a passenger in the back seat was taken to a local hospital by Piqua paramedics. Obryant was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. The driver of the truck was treated at the scene for minor injuries and not transported. There is no word on the condition of Rollins or the child. The Fletcher Fire Department responded to the scene to provide assistance with fuel spilled from one of the vehicles and landing zone support for CareFlight. The crash is under investigation by the Miami County sheriff ’s office. Route 36 was closed to traffic for more than two hours. Traffic re-constructionists are expected to return to the scene on Monday.

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them in the right direction to reach their goals. She also started a group called “Reasons to Run.” “I’m a certified running coach and I started coaching, friends, writing training plans and people kept asking if they could come run with us,” Kauflin said. “Reasons to Run wasn’t going to start out like it has now, it has literally snowballed.” Within one year, the running group has gone from just a few friends to 48 complete strangers becoming friends, running buddies and a whole support system. “With the team, we not only run, but we also do a lot of community stuff,” Kauflin said. “My brother lives in a resident home and we did a bowling event for them. We donated money to the juvenile diabetes association, the autism society and raised over $1,000 for Katie Lantis’ trip to Congress. I definitely like to give back. Running has done so much for me personal-

ly, emotionally (and) physically. I love to coach and I love to give back to the community as much as I can.” Kauflin said one of the great aspects about the group is the diversity. There are the people who have been running their entire lives, and others who are only walking and work up to running a 5K or even longer races. “It’s those people that think they couldn’t do it before and they think it’s because of us, but it’s because of them. They take every step,” Kauflin said. “They would have never thought they could have done it before.” She said there are days when she asks those in her group why they keep coming. “They say because it’s so fun, it’s such a great group and it’s accountability and support. Some say, ‘I have never ran a half marathon and you made it possible,’” Kauflin said. Now, as she meets her group for morning runs, training runs or races,

she says that she never would have thought the group would have become what it is now. “I never imagined this when I started coaching people,” she said. “I thought that is all it really ever was.” As for the future of Reasons to Run, Kauflin said it’s a catch 22. “I do hope it gets bigger, but in a way, I don’t want it to get too big because I don’t want the quality to go down. I don’t want it to be so big that I don’t know the people, right now I know everyone on the team,” Kauflin said. “I have gotten to know everyone and they have gotten to know me, but I don’t want to suffocate it either. If it needs to grow and it helps someone out, then I want that. I have a feeling that it will just keep growing.” She touched on “Reasons to Run” and said as running is becoming more and more popular the different demographics of the group have different reasons for lacing

up and heading out. “Everyone has a reason to run. I think that’s why I called it that,” Kauflin said. “To stay healthy, to get a mental break from the kids or a relationship, or take a breather, friends, race to reach a personal record — there are so many things that running can do for you personally.” Kauflin gave a few tips to those who are starting to run or thinking about racing. “It’s today, tomorrow is a different day, your age, your body, it all affects it and you can’t be perfect all the time,” she said. “You have to give yourself a break.” She also said an aspect she is proud of for her group is the diversity of it. “We have people who are run/walking, we have 8-minute pace people and sometimes I don’t feel like running an 8-minute pace,” Kauflin said. “That’s my biggest thing I’m so proud of — the people that want to run slower feel comfortable com-

ing, they feel welcome and they enjoy it and they are not scared to come. I feel like that is our biggest strength right now, people feel like they are welcome.” Kauflin said as part of Reasons to Run she started the Miami County 5K tour. During the tour, if competitors run a number of races on the schedule throughout the season they will be awarded a medal and will be eligible for other prizes. She recently was contacted about starting a “south” team. The south team will participate in races south of Interstate 70. The group is also starting a shoe drive, Soles 4 Souls, Jan. 1 during the World Race for Hope at 1 p.m. For more information on Reasons to Run, visit http://www.reasons-torun.com or visit the group’s page on Facebook. There also is more information on the Miami County 5K Tour at www.miamicounty5k tour.com.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 AT PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL Junior Varsity Games • 10:30 a.m. & Noon Varsity Games • 6:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 AT PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL Junior Varsity Games • 10:30 a.m. & Noon Varsity Games • 6:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

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â&#x20AC;˘ FREE DINNER: A free Christmas dinner will be offered beginning at noon at St. Patrick Soup Kitchen, 409 E. Main St., and there also will be home deliveries. Those needing a meal delivered can call 335-7939 to make a reservation. The menu will include beef brisket, turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, dinner roll, fruit salad and pie.

MONDAY â&#x20AC;˘ SANDWICH AND FRIES: American Legion Post 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will offer a Texas tenderloin and fries from 67:30 p.m. for $5.

TUESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MOTHER NATUREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PRESCHOOL: The Miami County Park District will hold the Mother Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pre-school program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circle of the Sunâ&#x20AC;? from 10-11 a.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Children 3 to 5 years old and an adult companion are invited to attend and enjoy learning about where all the animals have gone for the winter. There will be a story and crafts. Dress for the weather. Pre-register for the program by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 6671286, Ext. 115. â&#x20AC;˘ DAY CAMP AT THE REC: Third, fourth and fifth grade girls are invited to participate in a day camp at the Troy Rec, 11 N. Market St., from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. Games, tiedying and fun are on the agenda. Cost is $10. To register, visit the Troy Rec website at www.troyrec.com and go to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;newsâ&#x20AC;? tab. Deadline to register is Dec. 26. Camp is limited to the first 25 girls. For more information, call 339-1923. â&#x20AC;˘ BOARD MEETING: The Miami County Park District will hold a special board meeting at 9 a.m. at the Lost Creek Reserve Cabin, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. For more information, contact the Miami County Park District at 335-6273. â&#x20AC;˘ RETIREES TO MEET: The BFGoodrich retirees will meet at 8 a.m. at Lincoln Square, Troy.

WEDNESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ DAY CAMP AT THE REC: Third, fourth and fifth grade boys are invited to participate in a day camp at the Troy Rec, 11 N. Market St., from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. Games, tiedying and fun are on the agenda. Cost is $10. To register, visit the Troy Rec website at www.troyrec.com and go to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;newsâ&#x20AC;? tab. Deadline to register is Dec. 26. Camp is limited to the first 25 boys. For more information, call 339-1923.

THURSDAY â&#x20AC;˘ PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108. â&#x20AC;˘ SEAFOOD DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner

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Community Calendar CONTACT US Call Melody Vallieu at 440-5265 to list your free calendar items.You can send your news by e-mail to vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece fried fish dinner, 21-piece fried shrimp or a fish/shrimp combo with french fries and coleslaw for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Frog legs, when available, are $10. â&#x20AC;˘ PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

JAN. 1 â&#x20AC;˘ OPEN HOUSE: A surprise party open house for Ernest Hague Jr., who will turn 90, will be hosted by his family from 1-4 p.m. at 2 E. Main St., Fletcher. No gifts are necessary and card and friends and family being present will be enough.

JAN. 3 â&#x20AC;˘ LITERACY COUNCIL TO MEET: The Troy Literacy Council, serving all of Miami County, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can contact the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message center at (937) 660-3170 for further information. â&#x20AC;˘ MEETING MOVED: The regularly scheduled Monroe Township meeting and re-organizational meeting scheduled for Jan. 2 will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the Monroe Township meeting room due to the New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday.

JAN. 4 â&#x20AC;˘ ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: Elizabeth Township will have an organizational meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m., the regularly scheduled township meeting will follow at 7 p.m. at the township building. â&#x20AC;˘ KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Lunch is $10. Deb Oexmann of Brukner Nature Center will speak. For more information, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at (937) 974-0410.

JAN. 5 â&#x20AC;˘ DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will guide walkers as they experience the seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

JAN. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ PRAYER BREAK-

FAST: The Troy Community Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. at First Place Christian Center, Troy. â&#x20AC;˘ SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No. 43 Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 3-7:30 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will include a salad bar, drink and dessert. Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger. All proceeds will benefit the Troy American Legion baseball. â&#x20AC;˘ BOTANY WORKSHOP: A Winter Botany Workshop will be from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Aullwood Aubudon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Discover the science of studying plants by taking a close look at their winter characteristics. An outdoor field study will follow, enabling participants to develop plant identification skills while collecting seeds, twigs and more to start their own collection. Class fee is $35 for Friends of Aullwood members and $45 for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required.

Foundation awards grants

TROY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; At its December 2011 meeting, the Distribution Committee of The Troy Foundation reviewed 29 grant applications and awarded a total of $260,176 in grants from the general fund and $6,357 from the Marr Funds. Grants were awarded to the following: â&#x20AC;˘ Troy City Schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1,948 in support of new risers for the Troy High School Show Choir â&#x20AC;˘ The Future Begins Today â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $23,000 for general support â&#x20AC;˘ Leadership Troy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $2,000 in support of Leadership Troy Directories â&#x20AC;˘ Troy City Schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1,836 in support of equipment needs for the junior high archery program â&#x20AC;˘ Richardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chapel United Methodist Church â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $10,564 for kitchen renovations â&#x20AC;˘ First United Church JAN. 8 of Christ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $6,000 in support of the Backpack Food â&#x20AC;˘ AMERICAN CROW: Program The American crow will be â&#x20AC;˘ Troy Historical the feature at 2 p.m. at Society â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1,000 for the Brukner Nature Center. The American crow is one of the Miami County Veterans History Project most common nature sightâ&#x20AC;˘ Hobart Arena â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ings throughout the winter $25,000 in support of a cormonths within the area. ridor floor replacement Come to this free event to â&#x20AC;˘ Hobart Arena â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meet an American crow up $9,100 in support of stage close and learn more about their behaviors and personal- decking â&#x20AC;˘ Lincoln Community ities, including why a group Center â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $8,860 for educaof crows is called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;murtional support and tutoring der.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Troy Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Concerts â&#x20AC;˘ SPEAKER SERIES: A Winter Speaker Series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $4,000 for support of the 2012 concert Year in the Life of a â&#x20AC;˘ Musicians Club of Beekeeper,â&#x20AC;? with speaker Terry Smith, will be offered Troy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $5,450 in support of the piano at Hayner at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood Cultural Center Audubon Center, 1000 â&#x20AC;˘ City of Troy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $5,000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. in support of the Tree The presentation also will highlight the critical aspect Replacement Planting Project of plant diversity that is a â&#x20AC;˘ Troy Main Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; required link in pollinator $2,700 in support of the health. â&#x20AC;˘ TURKEY SHOOT: Downtown Troy Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Troy VFW Post 5436, Market 2220 LeFevre Road, will 2235115 offer a turkey shoot beginning at noon. Sign ups will begin at 11 a.m. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auxiliary will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $5.

JAN. 9 â&#x20AC;˘ INVENTORY MEETING: Elizabeth Township will hold their annual inventory meeting at 7 p.m. at the township building. â&#x20AC;˘ FINANCIAL AID MEETING: The MiltonUnion High School Guidance Department has planned a college financial aid meeting for 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Connie Garrett, a financial aid representative from Wright State University, will conduct the meeting. There will be a time for questions after her presentation. For more information, call the high school at 884-7940.

JAN. 10 â&#x20AC;˘ FINANCIAL AID NIGHT: Miami East High School will have a financial aid night at 6:30 p.m. A representative from Wright State University will be present to provide information and answer questions. The meeting is open to junior and senior parents, and will be in the lecture hall. Call the high school office at 3357070 for more information.

TROY â&#x20AC;˘ Troy Rec Association â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $27,723 in support of the HVAC system â&#x20AC;˘ Miami County Dental Clinic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $25,000 for general operating support â&#x20AC;˘ Health Partners Free Clinic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $45,000 for general operating support â&#x20AC;˘ Miami County YMCA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $5,000 in support of disabilities compliance in the aquatic areas at the Troy Robinson Branch â&#x20AC;˘ Miami County Educational Services Center - $1,000 in support of the Girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circle Program â&#x20AC;˘ Clifford Thompson Post 43 American Legion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $2,000 in support of the Honor Guard van â&#x20AC;˘ Troy-Miami County Public Library â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $6,357 in support of the purchase of large print books and books on CD â&#x20AC;˘ Miami Valley Veterans Museum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $16,850 in support of the 9-1-1 Remembrance event â&#x20AC;˘ Pink Ribbon Girls of Dayton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $11,920 in support of the Troy outreach program â&#x20AC;˘ Big Brother Big Sisters of Miami Valley â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $5,000 in support of mentoring programs for Troy youth â&#x20AC;˘ Miami Valley Council Boy Scouts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $7,725 in support of the program

and service support for Troy youth â&#x20AC;˘ Senior Independence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $3,000 in support of assistance to resident of Staunton Commons â&#x20AC;˘ Invent Now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $4,000 in support of the Camp Invention program in Troy All grants were awarded from the Troy Foundation General Fund and partial from the Marr Funds. The Troy Foundation was established in 1924 by Augustus Stouder with the purpose of creating a better life and building a better future for those in Troy and the surrounding community. In the last year, the foundation has awarded more than $4.2 million in grants to assist with a wide variety of services and programs to benefit the community. The Distribution Committee meets quarterly to review grant applications and the next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 15, 2012. The deadline for submitting grants to be reviewed at that meeting is Jan. 16, 2012. Only charitable 501 (c) 3 organizations may apply. Grant applications and information are available on the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.thetroyfoundation.org, at the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office at 216 W. Franklin St., Troy, or by calling 339-8935.

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At pump, 2011 was year of big squeeze NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been 30 years since gasoline took such a big bite out of the family budget. When the gifts from Grandma are unloaded and holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. That is 8.4 percent of what the median family takes in, the highest share since 1981. Gas averaged more than $3.50 a gallon this year, another unfortunate record. And next year isn’t likely to bring relief. In the past, high gas prices in the United States have gone hand-in-hand with economic good times, making them less damaging to family finances. Now prices are high despite slow economic growth and weak demand. That’s because demand for crude oil is rising globally, especially in the developing nations of Asia and Latin America. But it puts the squeeze on the U.S., where unemployment is high and many people who have jobs aren’t getting raises. The trap has caught Michael Reed of Charlotte, N.C. He hasn’t been able to find work since he lost his computer-support job in 2009. Now high gas prices are claiming more of what he has left. He and his wife won’t exchange gifts this Christmas. “I try to drive as little as possible so it doesn’t take such a chunk out of my wallet,” he says. In 1981, when the economy was sliding into recession and oil prices were high because of Middle East turmoil, gas ate up 8.8 percent of the typical family budget, says Fred Rozell of the Oil

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In this Dec. 15 photo, Michael Reed fills his gas tank at a station in Charlotte, N.C. The retail price of gasoline averaged more than $3.50 per gallon for the year, a record. Drivers cut back where they could, driving less and switching to more fuel efficient cars. Price Information Service. Over the past decade, gas has taken up 5.7 percent of the family budget. If families had spent only 5.7 percent this year, they would have saved $1,300. For this year, gas should average $3.53 per gallon. That’s 76 cents more than last year. It’s 29 cents per gallon more than 2008, when gas last set an annual record, $3.24. That year, the price of oil hit a record in the summer but collapsed when the financial crisis struck in the fall. Besides leaving families less money to eat out and go to the

movies, high gas prices take a disproportionate toll on consumer confidence. People are more aware of small changes in gas prices because they drive past the signs all the time. And a buck spent on gas has less bang in the economy than, say, a dollar spent at a restaurant. The U.S. is an oil-importing country, so many of the dollars spent on gas ultimately leave the country instead of being invested here in new ventures and jobs. James Hamilton, an economics professor at the University of California, San Diego, who stud-

ies energy prices, estimates that high gasoline prices reduced economic growth by about 0.5 percent for the year a substantial hit for an economy only growing at an annual rate of about 2 percent. Still, it could be worse. The U.S. economy is much more fuelefficient than it was during the oil spikes of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1980, for every $1,000 of economic output, 1.07 barrels of oil were consumed. By 2010, it took half that 0.53 barrels, says Judith Dwarkin, chief energy economist at ITG Investment Research.

Today, the U.S. uses almost no oil to generate electricity. The percentage of households using heating oil has fallen. And vehicles are less thirsty than ever 20 percent more fuel-efficient than they were in 1980. Also, the low price of natural gas has kept heating and electricity costs down for the same households spending more on gas. Relief from high gas prices is nowhere in sight, though. Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citibank, expects oil to average $100 per barrel next year, which would eclipse 2011’s average of about $95 per barrel. Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at OPIS, expects gasoline prices to approach $4 per gallon again next spring. Drivers are keeping gas guzzlers in the driveway, combining trips and buying more efficient cars. Compared with the year before, American gas consumption has been down every week for more than nine months, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse, a spending survey. But that only helps so much. Hunter Collins, a software support technician who lives in Richmond, Maine, commutes 40 miles each way to his job in Falmouth. He has started to carpool with a colleague and to take his wife’s more fuel-efficient car to work when it is his turn to drive. It’s still not enough. He says he’s going to sell his beloved 8cylinder Dodge Charger. “She’s my baby, but I’m going to have to switch to something more economical,” he says.

Analysis: Tiny desserts, bacon backlash shape 2011 BY J.M. HIRSCH 2011: The year I officially became the last American to still eat gluten. Or did it just feel that way? Because though only a tiny fraction of Americans suffer sensitivities to this wheat protein, the multibillion dollar industry of foods, cookbooks and magazines touting their gluten-free

cred this year would suggest an epidemic. Didn’t notice? Perhaps you were too busy chugging raw milk, herding your backyard flock of chickens and hunting down nearby sources for heirloom vegetables, all popular pastimes buoyed by growing demand for so-called “local” foods a market the government predicted this year would

generate some $7 billion in sales. And so went the year in food, a period marked by some unusual dietary dichotomies. At the same time sharply rising food prices made it ever harder for American families to get dinner on the table, our nation was seized by an almost obsessive need to

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know just how many courses would be served at Prince William’s wedding. And how does one make that kooky chocolate biscuit groomsman cake? At least our government was mindful of its food dollars, right? Accusations that the Justice Department spent $16 per muffin at a breakfast conference turned out to be false. They spent $16.80 for a continental breakfast of pastries, fruit, coffee, tea, juice and, of course, muffins. Wait a minute… Isn’t that what I get for free when I stay at a hotel? Meanwhile, Congress apparently wants to send plenty of cash to the potato and pizza industries. For this was the year our politicians blocked efforts to limit french fries in school cafete-

rias and declared the tomato sauce on slabs of pizza the equivalent of a vegetable. Add a ketchup chaser and it’s practically a salad. Maybe kids can get some healthy eating tips from Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam. This fall, the government gave cartoon characters a hall pass when it comes to pushing sugary cereals and similar foods, caving to food industry pressure while crafting guidelines aimed at toning down the marketing of junk food to kids. But childhood obesity remained on Michelle Obama’s radar. The first lady spent 2011 forging alliances with restaurants to offer healthier foods, and even enticed Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and other

retailers to get more fresh and healthy items into regions where such foods are scarce. Just don’t ask people where those ingredients fall on the food pyramid. Government health officials decided pyramids were too perplexing and scrapped them in favor of a new healthy eating icon, “My Plate” a circle divided into different sections for fruits, vegetables, protein and grains. Food safety also was a hot topic. Despite new regulations signed into law in January, the nation suffered its deadliest known outbreak of food-borne illness in more than 25 years when listeria-contaminated cantaloupes sickened 146 people in 28 states, killing 30 of them.

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, on dysfunctional Congress: … Targeted tax cuts aimed at encouraging people or corporations to invest in the United States rather than sock the money away or divert it overseas would seem to hold the most promise for job creation, but Washington doesn’t seem to be very good at hitting targets. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, his Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and others are now rattlin Rapid City Journal on the state’s obligation to defend its laws South Dakota passed an “informed consent” law in 2005 that requires abortion providers to tell women about the consequences of having an abortion. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of the law earlier this year. Yet, because Planned Parenthood is appealing the decision, South Dakota expects to pay As I $750,000 this fiscal year defending the law. The entire Eighth Circuit will rehear the case on Jan. See It 9. ■ The Troy The 2005 abortion law has been held up in Daily News court since before it was to go into effect, and is a welcomes columns from separate statute from the 72-hour waiting period our readers. To requirement that U.S. District Court Judge submit an “As I Karen Schreier blocked from taking effect in See It” send June. your type-writThe informed consent law would require aborten column to: tion providers to tell women seeking an abortion ■ “As I See It” that: c/o Troy Daily • There are known medical risks and psychoNews, 224 S. logical effects from having an abortion. Market St., • An abortion will terminate the life of a living Troy, OH 45373 human being. ■ You can also • The patient has an existing relationship e-mail us at with that unborn human being and that relaeditorial@tdnpu tionship is protected by the U.S. Constitution and blishing.com. South Dakota law. ■ Please include your full • An abortion will end that relationship. name and teleThe informed consent law is the largest phone number. expense among the state’s expected $1,225,000 in legal costs this year to be paid through the Extraordinary Litigation Fund. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s budget seeks to add $1.043 million to the fund to pay the legal fees for defending the informed consent law and other actions. One reason for the state’s high legal costs to defend the 2005 abortion law is because the state is the only defendant and Planned Parenthood has a large legal defense fund. In another case, South Dakota is one of about two dozen states challenging the federal health care reform law, and its share of legal costs is only $25,000. Regardless of how you view the laws in question, the state is obligated to defend them from legal challenges. It’s important to defend the integrity of the laws that are passed by the Legislature or through the initiative process from outside entities that object to how South Dakotans choose to govern themselves. Defending the state’s laws is an expensive burden to taxpayers, but it’s part of the lawmaking process and is crucial to protecting the state’s sovereignty.

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Sailing through post-holiday sales Troy If you are reading this (and you obviously are) … two things. First of all thank you. It’s nice to know someone is enjoying or at least tolerating what has been laboriously created on the word processor and then printed and delivered. The second thing is, why aren’t you knee-deep at the after-Christmas sales? This is assuming the afterChristmas sales are today. At some places of employment, today is a day off because the holiday fell on a weekend. I have never worked at one of those places where days off are strewn about like confetti, but I’ve heard they exist and I have it on relatively good authority that the practice was invented by the U.S. Government. This may be a good thing. Congress is such a mess when it’s in session, maybe the whole country will work better if all those people just stay home. A stalemate can’t get any more stale if you take part in it from the comfort of your own living room. But one has to assume in an economy where the afterThanksgiving sales began at 10

Marla Boone Troy Daily News Columnist p.m. on Thanksgiving itself, no self-respecting merchant is going to lock her doors against throngs of shoppers armed with newly minted gift cards. Anyone who hates to shop as much as I do has an absolute, total, all-consuming, and unalterable aversion to shopping when it’s crowded. Stores open to bargain hunters Dec. 26 are crowded to the point of making the worst New Delhi slum look spacious by comparison. Unfortunately, it’s not just the stores that are packed with people. Traffic is a nightmare. Every parking lot is a nightmare. Folks who regularly put in endless miles on a treadmill will circle a parking lot like a planet

orbits the sun looking for a space just ten feet closer to the mall. People have been mortally wounded over hotly contested parking places. High-speed games of chicken on country roads are child’s play after going mano a mano with a soccer mom in an SUV at Macy’s who is willing to bet her car insurance is superior to yours. This is probably because the hordes intend to exit the mall doing their best impressions of a Nepalese Sherpa, loaded down with boxes and bags and, who knows, supplemental oxygen. Being something of a misanthrope myself, I always feel sorry for the poor workers who get up the day after Christmas and gird their loins to face the maddening crowd. Or maybe it’s just the mad crowd. Lots of the happy holiday shoppers don’t look, you know, happy. They’re in a hurry, they’re wallowing in self-induced stress, they’re rude, and they’re ruthless. Understand, I’m not against the notion of pepper spray. I carry it on my bike for the rare occasion I can get upwind of an unruly dog. It certainly has its

place in the realm of self defense. I’m not so sure, though, that it has a place in the buy-one-getone free bin at Filene’s basement (I am not making this up). Is 50 percent off a valid reason to suspend civility? Luckily for our humanity, though, for every crazed shopper willing to inflict bodily harm there is a volunteer at a soup kitchen who somehow finds a kindness day after day for the less fortunate. For every selfish, lazy, oblivious boor who forges a handicapped sticker (I am not making this up, either) so he can park up close there is a generous anonymous donor who pays off a stranger’s layaway charge. For every line-cutting, sweatersnatching, teeth-gritting Rambo in Reeboks there is a cashier who is endlessly polite and patient and poised. For every scowl a smile, for every “gimme” a “please,” for every door let slam a door held open. And for everyone foregoing all this by sitting home reading their paper, again, thank you. Marla Boone appears in the Troy Daily News every other Monday.

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ABOVE: In a Monday, Dec. 12 photo, Dr. Fred Goldman is a bit overwhelmed as dozens and dozens of people stopped by to wish him a Happy 100th birthday, in Cincinnati. At right is Dottie Mazzaferri, 93. She's been a friend and patient for more than 50 years. AT RIGHT: In a Dec. 10 photo, Dr. Fred Goldman sits in his office. The crowd laughed. So, did the 100-year-old birthday boy. When Fred Goldman was literally a birthday boy, he was born on Dec. 12, 1911, at his family’s home on Ninth Street in the West End. “My mother a housewife was from Poland. My father a shopkeeper was from Russia,” he said, “and I was from both of them.” On the day the good doctor was born, another native Cincinnatian, William Howard Taft, waddled about the White House as the 27th President of the United States. Czar Nicholas II sat on the throne in Russia. George V, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather, reigned as the King of England. Sun Yat-Sen had just been elected the provisional president of China. Sigmund Freud was seeing patients in Vienna. “Hell, when I became a doctor in 1935,” Goldman said, “Freud was still seeing patients.” In 1911, Madame Curie won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. George Washington Carver was in the midst of developing 100 products from peanuts. Alexander Fleming was 17 years from discovering penicillin. Arizona voters had removed the last obstacle for

their territory to become the 48th state. In baseball, the doctor’s favorite sport as a kid, Ty Cobb won the 1911 American League batting title by hitting a robust .420. Goldman’s hometown Cincinnati Reds finished sixth that year. The 1911 Reds lost 83 games, the same number of losses suffered by the Redlegs 100 years later in 2011. Goldman shares a birth year with the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan, comedian Lucille Ball, fellow Cincinnatian, Roy “King of the Cowboys” Rogers, Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Greenburg, the founder of Bluegrass Bill Monroe, legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, playwright Tennessee Williams, politician Hubert H. Humphrey and actresses Jean Harlow and Ginger Rogers. He has one thing going for him they don’t. He’s still alive. “Want to see the rest of the dump?” he asked before leading visitors on a tour of his office. He sees 12 patients a day in his computer-free suite. His schedule is set by hand by his sole employee, office manager Patti Heath. “I came to work here when he was 91,” she said. She thought she would be a short-timer. “Here I am nine 2239953

CINCINNATI (AP) — The 100-year-old doctor still makes house calls. He must, explains Dr. Fred Goldman. That’s where the patients are. “If they’re sick and can’t leave home,” he said, “I go to see them.” They came to see him Dec. 12. Patients, friends and family some using walkers, some in strollers gathered in numbers passing the century mark at the office he calls, “the dump,” to throw a surprise birthday party for the internist who is the oldest licensed physician practicing medicine in the state of Ohio. He surprised them. The guest of honor arrived 90 minutes early. “I almost had a heart attack seeing all of the people in the hall and the waiting room,” Goldman said between greeting well-wishers with a question about their health. How’s your ankle? You still smoking? “People ask me why do you go to a doctor who’s 100?” said Patti Levine, a fourth-generation patient of the doctor. “I tell them, because he’s seen it all and he knows everything.” The Blue Ash woman stood by a stroller holding her 10month-old daughter, Madyson. “She’s not his patient,” Levine said, “yet.” Fellow physicians also gave birthday greetings to Goldman. “He asked me to come work for him in 2007,” said 85-yearold Dr. Leo Wayne. That’s the year Wayne retired and Goldman, at the age of 96, cut back from five, eight-hour days a week to three. “I told him I would not work for him,” Wayne added. “I’m too young.” Would he prescribe retirement for his older friend and colleague? “I would not dream of advising him to retire,” Wayne replied. “Dr. Goldman is an excellent diagnostician. He knows his patients, including himself. He knows this patient is still up to the task.” As the birthday doctor worked the waiting and the hallway, his guests peppered him with questions. How does it feel to be 100? He examined both of his hands. He squeezed one. Then, the other. “Don’t feel anything different,” he said with a sly smile. “Most people my age,” he added, “can’t feel anything. They’re dead.”

FORT LORAMIE — Judith A. (Schwartz) Liess, 69, of Kaiser Road, Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes Friday afternoon, Dec. 23, 2011, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. For the past year, she had been valiantly fighting a battle with cancer. On Dec. 17, 1942, at Houston, Judy was born to the late Paul “Slip” and Frances “Fritz” (Swob) Schwartz. On April 12, 1969, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Newport, she LIESS married Roger W. Liess, who survives. Also surviving are two children, Jeffrey Liess of Anna and Kathy Liess of Fort Loramie; a grandson, Austin Liess of Anna; two brothers, Robert “Bob” and Evelyn Schwartz of Minster, and Richard “Dick” and Pat Schwartz of Fort Loramie; sisters and brothers-in-law, Pat Schwartz of Fort Loramie, Harold and Carolyn Liess of Sidney; numerous nieces, nephews, and close friends, especially, “little buddy” Linda Baker. She was preceded in death by two siblings, Frances and Dennis Schwartz. Judy was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and was active in the Ladies Sodality. A 1960 graduate of Fort Loramie High School, Judy was a homemaker. She was employed part time at Wagner’s IGA in Minster, and years ago, had been a daycare provider. For many years, she had also been a Cynthian Township elections precinct officer. Judy often enjoyed a game of cards with family and friends. She loved to travel, good romantic novels, and an occasional casino visit. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Newport with the Rev. Steven Shoup presiding. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Gehret Funeral Home in Fort Loramie. Memorials may be made to the charity of donor’s choice. Condolences may be expressed at www.gehretfuneralhome.com

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years later. And he’s still going strong. The first year I worked for him, I collapsed on a beach for my vacation. He hiked the wilderness in Alaska and lived in a tent. They don’t make men like Fred Goldman anymore.” The century-old doctor’s office overlooks Burnet Avenue, the former site of Jewish Hospital and the towers of University Hospital. When the latter was Cincinnati’s General Hospital, he was making his rounds one day when he met, wooed and eventually wed Esther Nelson, a red-haired farm-girl turned nurse from Amelia. “She was tending to my patients,” he recalled. “And, she had her own ideas about things, which I admired. The best thing was she became the mother of our three kids, the best gifts she ever gave me.” One of his three sons, Tom Goldman, an audiologist at Jewish Hospital, joined the tour. He beamed at those words. “I was a little, shy guy when I first dated Tom’s mom,” the doctor added. “I had never had a date with a woman before. This was around 1937. I asked her to go to dinner. She said, sure. I guess she was hungry.” They married the next year in Galveston, Texas, while he was teaching at the University of Texas. “We were married by a justice of the peace,” he recalled. “We stood in line with 30 drunken Mexicans who had just been arrested. The justice of the peace pushed me aside and asked if I had $25. I did. He married us right then and there with 30 drunken Mexicans as our witnesses.”

PEMBERTON — William Douglas Cottrel, 81, of Pemberton, passed away at 10:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at his residence after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born on July 27, 1930, the son of the late Loretta Emma (Schmeisser) Cottrel of Pemberton, and the late Ralph Layton Cottrel. Bill married Jeanne Protsman on Jan. 1, 1949, in Sidney. COTTREL In addition to his wife of 63 years, also surviving are five children, William Russell (Rusty) and Pam Cottrel of Springfield, Polly Cottrel of Conover, Robbin and Tom Roberts of Cherryvale, Kan., Mark Cottrel of Pemberton and Cindy and Randy Jackson of DeGraff; 18 grandchildren; and 25 great grandchildren; two sisters, Polly and Lowell Ford of Ft. Thomas, Ky., and Marguerite and Ronnie Bell of DeGraff. He was preceded in death by his mentor and dear friend, Cable Pepper, and a newborn grandson. Bill was a 1948 graduate of Perry High School. He began a lifetime of community service as a Boy Scout leader and a youth baseball coach. He worked at the Stolle Corporation from 1949 to 1966. A lifelong member of the Pemberton United Methodist Church, Bill was a Lay Leader, Trustee, Sunday School superintendent and teacher. Active politically, he served two terms as a Perry Township Trustee. He was on the Shelby County Democratic Central Committee and in 1970 ran for state representative. Bill was a beekeeper his entire life, keeping at one time more than 300 hives as the owner of 7C’s Honey Producers. He became the Ohio State Deputy Apiary Inspector after many years as County Inspector for Shelby and Miami counties, and served as the vice president of the Ohio Beekeepers Association. Bill was known throughout the area as auctioneer “Dollar Bill.” With his wife Jeanne at his side as clerk, Bill worked as an auctioneer for 53 years. For many years he was teamed with the late John Fogt in Cottrel and Fogt Auction Service. He retired from the auction business in 2001. Bill Cottrel will be remembered for his honesty, dignity, humility and generosity. Funeral Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at the Pemberton United Methodist Church with Pastor Don Burley officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 A.M. until the hour of services Tuesday at the church. Burial will follow at Cedar Point Cemetery in Pasco. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave. The family request that memorials be made to the Pemberton United Methodist Church or to Wilson Home Health and Hospice in William “Bill” Cottrel’s memory. Envelopes will be available at the church. Condolences may be expressed to the Cottrel family at our website, www.cromesfh.com.

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Alan Romatowski is battling early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. With him is his wife, Josie. a sofa in Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, the hub of a Meals on Wheels program in which he still volunteers once a week, Alan’s arms were folded or fingertips tapping together as he described more recent experiences. “I can still hold a conversation, but I get these senior moments more and more where the words don’t come out,” he said quietly while looking down. His words flowed fine at that moment, but he also confessed it’s become hard to read and retain anything. A task like raking leaves around their 5-acre property overwhelms him. He sees himself as a burden to his wife and stepdaughter, who lives with them, because he relies on them to drive him everywhere. “I say I’m resigned to it, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy,” he says, referring to his loss of driving, but it’s just as applicable to the rest of what he’s given up. Earlier this year, he was both volunteering and doing part-time paid kitchen work at St. John Specialty Care Center, a nursing home in Mars. Those positions have ended, as has part-time work he enjoyed for nearly two years interacting with customers by providing food

samples at a Costco in Cranberry. When Alan started working at Costco, using his gift of gab and easy smile, it was hard for others to notice he had dementia, said his supervisor, Maria Jarvis of Club Demonstration Services. Once co-workers were aware of the disease, they helped look out for him. In recent months, they could no longer cover for his fogginess. “One day he would seem ‘with it,’ like he was focused, and then another he would come in and it almost seemed like he was lost, like he didn’t know where he was,” Jarvis explained. She told Josie recently that giving Alan hours to work was no longer feasible, although Jarvis didn’t want to tell him that directly. While he can’t drive for Meals on Wheels, Josie drops him off at the church every Wednesday morning to handle food deliveries. He rides alongside a driver in his 90s. Even there, he’s not as sharp as he used to be, occasionally needing reminders from the older man of what to do with the meals, but the staffers admire him and aim to help him remain a contributor as long as possible.

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The Alzheimer’s Association estimates there are some 15 million unpaid caregivers like Josie Romatowski for people with dementia. It is said that the disease is harder on them than on those it afflicts, especially as patients lose track of what’s going on. Among other difficulties in the past year, Josie has watched her husband get lost in supermarkets; curse at the microwave when it didn’t do what he wanted; and shred documents she needed when Alan mixed them up with worthless papers she gave him to destroy to keep him busy. He’s tried to repair things around the house, as he once did, only to make them worse. When confused or frustrated, he has lashed out, swearing and blaming others. To relieve the frustration, Josie sometimes swaps

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fell in the 1980s for the Alan she knew as a smooth, confident pilot, would sometimes leave the house just so she could cry alone in her car in frustration. But after so many days of struggling through, then seeing she could make it to day’s end and do it again and still keep her family, business and sanity intact, she realized she didn’t have to feel defeated. “I guess the big word is ‘acceptance,’ ” she said in describing a recent awakening to how to live with a spouse’s Alzheimer’s. “I find I can get through the day without becoming overly emotional or overly frustrated. … You find pleasures where you can.” Alan is not the normal Alzheimer’s patient. An estimated 5.4 million Americans have the disease, but only a few hundred thousand are under age 65 and have his “younger-onset” version. The most prominent of those, highly successful University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, received her diagnosis this year and is a year younger than Alan. From the time his illness was confirmed at the University of Pittsburgh’s Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) in September 2007, Alan became committed to raising Alzheimer’s awareness. For the Alzheimer’s Association, he served on a national advisory committee made up of people in early stages of the disease. He also sought to enlighten the public about the disease by sharing his progress and struggle with it through the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 2008. It’s become a less comfortable story for him. Sitting next to his wife on

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When diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 56, airline pilot Alan Romatowski was determined to remain productive, even if people could no longer depend on him to shepherd them across the country in Boeing 737s. The Middlesex, Pa., resident threw himself into volunteer work like he’d never done before. He made speaking appearances for the Alzheimer’s Association in front of hundreds of people. He took whatever part-time work he could to help replace his US Airways income for his wife and children. But as Alan passes through his fifth holiday season since being grounded by the devastating disease in the prime of his career, the productive work and most of the volunteering is gone. Stripped of his driver’s license, he’s alone much of the time in a home surrounded by woods, watching CNN for hours while playing with cats. The good news is that his memory is intact and he can often carry on a conversation well. Alzheimer’s has eroded the 60-year-old’s functioning more slowly than is the case for many patients — he knows who everyone is, recalls what happened yesterday, is aware of his condition. But that lucidity increasingly competes with fog. Alan strives to be the jovial joketeller he’s always been, but he stammers more than ever, forgetting obvious words. Simple tasks such as washing dishes and bagging groceries can confuse him. He becomes restless, and wife Josie finds it harder all the time to keep him contentedly occupied. But if in some ways 2011 has been the toughest year for the Romatowskis since Alzheimer’s settled into their spacious, suburban household, it has also brought a more mature understanding of how to live with the affliction. After spending a year angrily denying that dementia symptoms had robbed him of his ability to drive his pickup truck safely or ride his beloved motorcycle, Alan now acknowledges that giving up his keys — an action forced by his doctors — was probably best for everyone. Most family responsibilities, from earning income from her gift shop to doing chores, have fallen to Josie, his wife of 23 years. That’s in addition to the burden of serving as a caregiver. Not long ago, that all felt like too much to her. The onetime flight attendant, who

stories about such incidents with other members of a local Alzheimer’s Association support group, all of them wives who can relate. She even feels fortunate after such discussions, when hearing from others that their husbands can no longer carry on a conversation. For four-plus years, she’s watched how hard her husband has battled the disease, feeling admiration at his persistence while at the same time becoming more exasperated by Alan’s behavior — as though she had an adult-size 4-year-old child. “He’s kind of at an odd point,” she said several months ago. “He really can’t do too much, but he’s not at the point yet where that doesn’t bother him.” As a commercial airline pilot, Alan had to function mentally at such a high level for nearly three decades that his doctors believe it’s given him more protection from the disease than is often the case. Alzheimer’s affects everyone differently, in both pace and symptoms, and he’s staved off the worst symptoms better than many. “It’s been a remarkably slow progression up to now, but this year is a little bit of a turning point for him,” said Lori Macedonia, clinical coordinator of the ADRC, where Alan receives an annual evaluation. While Josie is increasingly worried about maintaining her gift store as Alan declines, Macedonia said a caregiver’s ability to have her own outlet away from the disease has importance of its own. That sense of occasional freedom and use of a support group with whom to share struggles can be the biggest assets for someone like Josie. “It’s nice to know we’re all in it together,” Josie agrees.

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Be sure to ask questions if you have pill problems Dear Heloise: In regard to previous letters written about counting prescription pills, I wanted to share the following: I have on occasion counted my pills, but more important, I’ve taken the new bottle of pills back to the pharmacy because the pills didn’t look like the previous ones, and I wanted to be sure they were correct. They were correct, just made by another manufacturer. Something for everyone to think about — better safe than sorry. — Tess, via email Tess, good point. Most pharmacies should tell you if there has been a change, and some print it on the instructions and/or the bottle. When in doubt,

Hints from Heloise Columnist call the pharmacy, which wants to help you. Thanks for the safety reminder! — Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Here are some uses for bandanas: • Use as a baby bib. • Fold and use to cover your eyes during a nap or plane ride. • Sew a few together to make

a pillow. • Use as a scarf for your dog. • Fold it and use as a headband. — Heloise EXTRA SHOWER CURTAIN Dear Heloise: There are many hints I use daily from Heloise. One is the extra showercurtain rod in the shower. My all-time favorite is the use of a white piece of paper (I use cardboard) behind a needle to be threaded. It makes it so much easier to see the eye of the needle. Without this hint, I would have had to give up both machine and hand sewing. Thanks for all the great hints from the past, and I’m looking

forward to many more. — M.G., via email HANDY SHELF LINER Dear Heloise: This hint I have gotten from my wonderful mother! Rubber shelf liner is good if you cut a square for a highchair. It keeps toddlers from slipping down out of the chair! Another hint is for all the sports buttons we get for the kids and grandkids: Put a ribbon through the back and use them as a Christmas ornament from year to year! All the kids and grandkids love looking through the tree for their pictures! — Marybeth Warren, Leavittsburg, Ohio

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HOROSCOPE Monday, Dec. 26, 2011 It might take some elbow grease, but if you handle things effectively in the year ahead, not only should all go smoothly, it’s likely to be an exceptionally fun time for you as well. Make the most of all your opportunities. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Show a willingness to share not only the work but also the profits with others, as long as you keep your generosity in prudent bounds. If you’re excessive, giver’s remorse will set in. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Provided you have something worthwhile to contribute, it’s OK to take credit for a job well done. However, be honest about others having a big part in the success as well. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Possessing a tendency to make changes for the sake of change could be one of your weaknesses. Don’t disrupt situations that are running smoothly, especially where your work is concerned. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Conditions might be a tad more uncertain than usual. Even if you’re a winner in one sense, you could be a loser in another. Once you’ve got your hands on something good, hang on tight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You should take care to not be so concerned with your position that you have little concern for anybody else’s. Your good luck could depend on the selection of the right partner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You might not be able to help it, but the ability to keep a secret isn’t likely to be one of your stronger attributes. A manipulator who recognizes this may take advantage of you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Being prone to hold a grudge could make you your own worst “frenemy.” Be careful, because you could easily make matters worse by doing whatever you can to get even. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Although you’ll be well received by friends and strangers alike, you could put a damper on things through self-sabotage. Thoughtless behavior would cause others to think again. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — How well you adjust to shifting conditions will determine your success in the long run. Be prepared to accept what occurs and be able to make the necessary changes swiftly and with conviction. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You should be able to keep any erratic conditions that pop up under control by not allowing emotional concerns to distort your thinking. Stay focused. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Because feelings can run high, even inadvertently harsh words could easily ignite an argument between you and your mate or special someone. Don’t defend a foolish stance. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — As long as you can assign some of the dirty jobs to others, you’ll do well. However, it could be another story if and when you have to depend totally on yourself. COPYRIGHT 2011 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2011. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1941, during World War II, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Churchill grimly warned that “many disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us,” but also expressed faith that “the British and American peoples will, for their own safety and for the good of all,

walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace.” On this date: • In 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” I• n 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. • In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium, was relieved by

units of the 4th Armored Division. • In 1980, Iranian television footage was broadcast in the United States, showing a dozen of the American hostages sending messages to their families. • In 1996, 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colo. (To date, the slaying remains unsolved.) • Today’s Birthdays: “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh is 66. Rock musician Lars Ulrich (Metallica) is 48. Actor-singer Jared Leto is 40.

Police find 7 dead in Fort Texas apartment GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday. Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead, but got a warrant before doing a full search on the small chance that it was otherwise. Four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, were found in an adjoining kitchen and living room area when police entered the apartment around midday, said Police Sgt. Robert Eberling. Two handguns were found near the bodies in the apartment that was decorated for the holiday with a tree, he added. “It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts,” Eberling said. The victims have not yet been identified, but Eberling said it appears they all died of gunshot wounds. He said authorities still don’t know what sparked the incident. Grapevine Police Lt. Todd Dearing said investigators believe that all the victims were related, but that some were only visiting and didn’t live in the apartment. He said police are looking for other relatives to inform. “Seven people in one setting in Grapevine, that’s never happened before. Ever,” Dearing

Grapevine police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas, Sunday. Four women and three men who police believe to be related were found apparently shot to death, and authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead. said. He said police were performing a “meticulous” search of the apartment and he expects them to be on the scene for many hours. Police and firefighters first

rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving an openended emergency services call at about 11:30 a.m., Eberling said. “There was an open line. No one was saying anything,” he

explained. So police went into the apartment, located in a middle-class, suburban neighborhood of Grapevine, not far from the upscale Fort Worth neighborhood of Colleyville. The apart-

ment is at the back of the complex, overlooking the athletic fields of Colleyville Heritage High School. But many of the nearby apartments are vacant, and police said no neighbors reported hearing anything on a quiet Christmas morning when many people were not around. Jose Fernandez, a 35-yearold heavy equipment mechanic who moved to the complex with his family about six months ago, said he always felt safe in the area, but is now afraid to let his 10-year-old son play freely outside. “This is really outrageous especially on Christmas,” said Fernandez, who was visiting family for the holiday and returned to find several police cars parked outside his home. “This has shocked everybody. It has scared everybody. I guess something like this can happen anywhere, but seven people dead. It’s just very scary,” he added. Eberling agreed the area is fairly quiet, noting this would be the first homicide in Grapevine since 2010. Christy Posch, a flight attendant who moved to the complex about six months ago so her son could attend the high school, said she lives a few buildings away and did not hear any gunshots. “It’s all families. That’s why I moved here. No burglaries, no nothing,” Posch said.

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‘Anonymous’ hacking network attacks U.S. security think tank

to the U.S. Air Force to the Miami Police Department, and mining it for more than 4,000 credit card numbers, passwords and home addresses. Austin, Texas-based Stratfor provides LONDON (AP) —The loose-knit hack- political, economic and military analysis ing movement “Anonymous” claimed to help clients reduce risk, according to a Sunday to have stolen thousands of cred- description on its YouTube page. It it card numbers and other personal infor- charges subscribers for its reports and mation belonging to clients of U.S.-based analysis, delivered through the web, security think tank Stratfor. One hacker emails and videos. The company’s main said the goal was to pilfer funds from website was down, with a banner saying individuals’ accounts to give away as the “site is currently undergoing mainteChristmas donations, and some victims nance.” confirmed unauthorized transactions Proprietary information about the linked to their credit cards. companies and government agencies that Anonymous boasted of stealing subscribe to Stratfor’s newsletters did Stratfor’s confidential client list, which not appear to be at any significant risk, includes entities ranging from Apple Inc. however, with the main threat posed to

individual employees who had subscribed. “Not so private and secret anymore?” Anonymous taunted in a message on Twitter, promising that the attack on Stratfor was just the beginning of a Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets.

2 South Korean civilian groups head to Pyongyang PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) Two groups of prominent South Koreans with ties to Pyongyang traveled Monday to North Korea to pay respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, as state media indicated his son is preparing to take over power and uphold his father’s “military-

first” policy. The South Korean delegations with a total of 18 people crossed the heavily fortified border for a two-day trip during which they would visit Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Memorial Palace where Kim’s body is lying in state, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry. The two groups are led by the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, who held a landmark summit with Kim in 2000, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, whose late husband had ties to the North. The North sent condolences delegations to South Korea when the two’s husbands died. South Korea has only allowed the two groups to visit and pay condolences for the death of Kim on Dec. 17.

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• BASEBALL: The Major League Holiday Baseball Camp will conduct a two-day camp for hitting, pitching, catching and fielding for ages 10-18 from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 29-30 at the Darke County YMCA in Greenville. Registration is at 11:30 a.m., and the cost is $95. For more information, call (937) 423-3053. • HALL OF FAME: The MiltonUnion Athletic Department will be honoring its seventh class of Athletic Hall of Fame inductees during the Covington-Milton-Union boys basketball game on Jan. 7, 2012. The induction ceremony will take place between the JV and varsity contests. Inductees will include Lori Kinnison-Meyer, Dave Fine, Ralph Hildebrand and Ed Lendenski. • BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding an all-youcan-eat spaghetti dinner on the first Saturday of every month. Items include a large salad bar, bread, dessert, coffee and soft drinks. The price is $6.75 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 team baseball team. • SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com.

Miami tops Dallas James scores 37 in 105-94 victory DALLAS (AP) — While Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks were on the court celebrating the championship they won over LeBron James and Dwyane Wade last season, the Miami Heat were gathered in another part of the building. It wasn’t because they dreaded watching the ceremony, they insisted. They were simply getting ready to show everyone why they are favored to win it all this season. James and Wade led a series of scoring waves that put Miami ahead by 35 points midway through the third quarter, the lead peaking when James soared AP PHOTO Miami Heat forward LeBron James scores during the first half to the rim and tipped an alleyoop pass to Wade so he could

have the dunk instead. The game was essentially over then, although the Mavs reserves fueled a late rally that made the final score look close, 105-94. “We tried to play aggressive,” James said. “We’re a focused team. We had a great training camp. We came in with the same mindset we had at practice, use our speed and play with mental focus.” James finished with 37 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Wade had 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Miami scored at least 30 points in each of the first three quarters. “Celebration or not, we had a game plan and implemented it,”

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against the Dallas Mavericks Sunday in Dallas.

Knicks edge Celtics

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Girls Basketball Fairborn at Tippecanoe (7:30 p.m.) Milton-Union at Franklin Monroe (7:30 p.m.) Middletown Christian at Troy Christian (7:30 p.m.) Stebbins at Piqua (7:30 p.m.) Swimming Troy Christian, Botkins at Troy (5:15 pm.)

to reach the playoffs. New York would have won the tiebreaker if both teams won out. “We started this quite a while ago seems like just yesterday,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “But now we’re right where we want to be at the end.” Their rookie quarterback put them in position. Dalton threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Gresham and a 19-yarder to Jerome Simpson, who did a somersault over a defender and landed on both feet in the end zone. Dalton joined Peyton Manning (26), Charlie Conerly (22) and Dan Marino (20) as the only NFL rookies to throw 20 touchdown passes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks know it will never be easy against the Celtics. Not beating them in one game, and certainly not beating them for a division title. But pulling out the kind of nail biter that’s long gone Boston’s way in this rivalry only reinforced the Knicks’ belief that they can do it and even the Celtics see a difference. Anthony scored 37 points, including a pair of free throws with the game tied and 16 seconds left, and New York survived a seesaw season opener Sunday to edge the Celtics 106-104. “Most importantly for us, as a new team, we showed something,” Anthony said. “We came together as a team. Even when we got down, there wasn’t no frowns. Nobody was down. Mentally everybody was still up about it, and we willed our way to this win.” Amare Stoudemire added 21 points and Toney Douglas had 19 for the Knicks, who led by 17 in the first half, trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter, then pulled out a thrilling Christmas victory in the delayed opener to the 201112 season. Rajon Rondo had 31 points and 13 assists, nearly leading the Celtics back without an injured Paul Pierce. But Kevin Garnett missed a jumper just before the buzzer, the kind of shot Boston always seems to make against the Knicks. “They seem to have a little swag and confidence behind them,” Garnett said. “It’s good for the city. It’s good for the Knicks. I’m going to see how consistent they are with that, but for the most part Carmelo played really well.” Brandon Bass had 20 points and 11 rebounds in his Celtics

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TUESDAY Boys Basketball Greenville at Troy (7:30 p.m.) Carlisle at Milton-Union (7:15 p.m.) Miami East at Covington (7:30 p.m.) National Trail at Bethel (7:30 p.m.) Middletown Christian at Troy Christian (7:30 p.m.) Arcanum at Newton (7:30 p.m) Bradford at Mississinawa Valley (7:30) Butler at Piqua (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Troy at Centerville (4 p.m.) Tippecanoe at Spr. Shawnee (4 p.m.) Piqua at Lebanon (4:30 p.m.) Hockey Springboro at Troy (8:50 p.m.) WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball Troy at Sidney (7:30 p.m.) Tippecanoe at Graham (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Troy/Wayne at Xenia (4 p.m.) THURSDAY Girls Basketball Miami East at Tri-Village (7 p.m.) Brookville at Bethel (7 p.m.) National Trail at Newton (7 p.m.) Troy Christian at Ridgemont (7 p.m.) Covington at Ansonia (7 p.m.) Arcanum at Bradford (7 p.m.) Lehman at St. Marys (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Graham at Troy (3:30 p.m.) Wrestling Troy quad (6 p.m.) Piqua at Marysville quad (9 a.m.)

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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson (89) flips over Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington (58) for a touchdown in the first half Saturday in Cincinnati.

One step closer Bengals top Cardinals, stay in contention CINCINNATI (AP) — The stadium was only two-thirds full again. The Cardinals were on another one of their incredible comebacks, threatening to derail the Cincinnati Bengals’ surprising playoff surge. A pair of tangled up feet made the difference. The Bengals moved one win away from the playoffs Saturday, holding on for a 23-16 victory over Arizona that secured only their third winning record in the past 21 years. Cincinnati (9-6) can clinch the final AFC wild card berth by beating Baltimore at Paul Brown Stadium next Sunday. The Bengals moved a game ahead of the Jets, who fell to 8-7 with a 29-14 loss to the Giants on Saturday.

“It’s been a big year for me and for this team,” rookie quarterback Andy Dalton said. “It’s something we believed we had a chance to do. We weren’t getting much credit from outside. We’ll find out next week.” Dalton threw two more touchdown passes, becoming only the fourth rookie to have 20 in a season, and Cincinnati got a break when the NFL’s top comeback team tripped itself up in the closing minutes. Wide-open receiver Early Doucet tripped at the goal line and went down, letting a fourthdown pass fall incomplete with 1:12 left. The Cardinals (7-8) got the ball one more time, but the clock ran out after a completion. A few minutes later, the Jets’ loss put the Bengals in position

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No. 14 Xavier tops So. Illinois, 87-77 Tu Holloway was feeling the Christmas spirit. Sporting green and white shoes with red laces, Holloway poured in 21 points to lead No. 14 Xavier to a 87-77 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic. See page 12.

Bumbling Browns fall to Ravens, 20-14 BALTIMORE (AP) — D’Qwell Jackson must feel as though he’s stuck in a neverending film loop, one in which the Cleveland Browns make the same mistakes over and over until the final whistle signals the end of yet another defeat. Such was the case Saturday, when the Browns bungled their

way to a 20-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. “We’ve been in some close ones, and today told the story of the season,” Jackson said. “We fought for three quarters, the offense was able to move the ball, we put the ball in the end zone, and we still had a chance at the end.”

That’s when Cleveland (4-11) made its most glaring error. Down 20-14 with no timeouts left, the Browns lined up on defense after the two-minute warning with the Ravens facing a fourth-and-2 at the Cleveland 37. It appeared obvious that Baltimore quarterback Joe

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Bengals ■ CONTINUED FROM 11 Down 23-0 heading into the fourth quarter, the NFL’s best comeback team nearly pulled off its most improbable one yet. Arizona took advantage of Cedric Benson’s two fumbles, getting a pair of touchdown passes by John Skelton and Jay Feely’s field goal with 3:16 left. The Cardinals then had their chance to pull even. The Bengals ran an all-out blitz on fourth down from the Cincinnati 17-yard line,

and Doucet wound up uncovered at the goal line. Skelton lofted the ball into the end zone, but Doucet tripped and fell. “It was a blitz and nobody was there,” Doucet said. “It was one of those deals where I hadn’t hooked it up and my feet got tangled. It’s a play I should’ve made. It was my fault. That’s a play I normally make.” The Cardinals had their four-game winning streak snapped and were elimi-

nated from playoff contention. Cincinnati’s defense dominated the first three quarters. Arizona didn’t cross midfield until Skelton completed a pass with 13:25 to go, but piled up 208 yards in the final quarter. Skelton started for the second consecutive week in place of Kevin Kolb, who hasn’t fully recovered from a concussion. Skelton was 23 of 44 for 297 yards with three interceptions and five sacks that helped the

Bengals get the 23-0 lead. It could have been worse. Mike Nugent, the NFL’s most accurate kicker, missed field goals of 35 and 48 yards in the first half. Arizona has rallied from fourth-quarter deficits six times this season, one shy of the NFL record. The Cardinals have won three games in overtime, tying the league record. They couldn’t do it one more time. “Yeah, we’re a secondhalf team,” Skelton said.

“That’s how it has been all year. But in the end, it was too little, too late.” Dalton was 18 of 31 for 154 yards and two touchdowns on a sunny, 39degree afternoon in front of only 41,273 fans. The Bengals have sold out only one of their seven home games, when the Steelers brought thousands of fans. Dalton’s second touchdown pass had a highlight finish. Simpson got open for a catch-and-run to the goal

line. With Daryl Washington between him and the end zone, Simpson jumped and twirled past the linebacker, landing on both feet in the end zone and raising both arms like a triumphant gymnast. “One of the key parts for me was I stuck the landing,” Simpson said. “I stuck the landing like a gymnast. That was probably one of the most surprising of all the plays in my career. It was pretty awesome, I thought.”

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■ CONTINUED FROM 11 debut, and Ray Allen added 20 points. Garnett finished with 15 points. He and Allen had a sleepy Christmas start, with Rondo keeping the Celtics in the game until they got going in the second half. “I thought we were as soft as you could be in the first quarter and then I thought we joined in to the 2011-12 season, and from that point on I was pretty happy with the way we played,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “I thought we competed well.” But it wasn’t enough against the Knicks, who withstood a costly knee injury to first-round pick Iman Shumpert to beat the team that swept them out of the first round of last season’s playoffs. Shumpert will miss two to four weeks with a sprained right knee ligament. Pierce has a bruised right heel but hopes he can return Tuesday when the Celtics visit the Miami Heat. Even without him, the Celtics fought back to tie it at 69 on Rondo’s layup midway through the third quarter. They surged ahead by eight going into the final period after Bass scored the final six points, then extended it to 89-79 on Bass’ jumper to open the fourth. Anthony, who scored 20 in the fourth, tied the game at 100 on a 3-pointer with 3:25 to play. It stayed tight until he was fouled on a drive with 16.3 seconds left, making both for a 106-104 lead. Rondo grabbed the rebound of Marquis Daniels’ potential go-ahead 3-pointer to give the Celtics a final chance, but Garnett was off on his jumper, then appeared to shove the Knicks’ Bill Walker away. Coming off their first winning season in a decade, the Knicks added a defensive presence by signing Tyson Chandler away from the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and have loftier expectations than they’ve seen in years. The original NBA schedule had them opening against Miami, but instead they got a chance

HONOLULU (AP) — Tu Holloway was feeling the Christmas spirit. Sporting green and white shoes with red laces, Holloway poured in 21 points to lead No. 14 Xavier to a 87-77 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday in the seventhplace game of the Diamond Head Classic. Before a sparse, morning crowd on Christmas Day, the Musketeers snapped a three-game skid, winning for the first time since Dec. 10, when they beat Cincinnati in a game cut short in the closing seconds by brawling and mayhem on the court. “That was as good a game as we played offensively all year,” Xavier coach Chris Mack said. “On the defense end, we need to get back to being a team that keeps teams to a low field-goal percentage.” It was the first threegame losing streak for Xavier under Mack and first since the 2007-08 season. Mark Lyons had 17 points and 10 rebounds for

the Musketeers (9-3). Andre Walker and Travis Taylor added 13 apiece for Xavier, which made 36 of 48 free throws. Walker also had 10 rebounds. The Salukis (3-8), losers of three in a row, were led by Dantiel Daniels with 22 points. “We really needed this one,” Lyons said. “We got the W. That’s what matters.” Southern Illinois drew to 68-64 at 8:45 after a 3point play by Daniels, but an 8-1 run gave the Musketeers a comfortable cushion. Holloway’s two free throws with a minute to go gave the Musketeers their largest lead, 83-69. Holloway finished 14 of 15 from the line. He took just six shots from the field, making three, including 1 of 2 3-pointers. He also had seven assists. “I try to do that every game,” Holloway said. “Today my teammates were finishing a lot. I’m the point guard of the team, so that’s where it starts for us, passing the ball and sharing the ball.”

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New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, left, fouls Boston Celtics’ Rajon Rondo during the first quarter Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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to see if they’ve closed the gap against Boston. “I think we wanted to come out and set the tone early,” Stoudemire said. “It’s a long year but this game was very important for us to get off to a great start.” Though the Celtics won all eight meetings last season, the Knicks have been listed some places as the favorites in the Atlantic Division, which the Celtics have ruled since their Big Three came together in 2007. Bulls 88, Lakers 87 LOS ANGELES — Derrick Rose scored 22 points and hit a short goahead jumper with 4.8 seconds to play, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes for a

■ CONTINUED FROM 11 Wade said. “We came out and played a good game.” Maybe the pregame festivities left the Mavs emotionally drained because they were down by 15 after one quarter and 21 at halftime. They then gave up 14 straight points early in the third quarter. The blowout had less to do with an emotional hangover and more to do with exposing the slow process of breaking in a new rotation. Dallas lost center Tyson Chandler and backup point guard J.J. Barea and added guard Vince Carter, do-itall Lamar Odom and backup guard Delonte West. “We’re going to have to forge an identity with this team; it’s a different team,” Mavs coach Rick Carlisle

88-87 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Luol Deng scored 21 points and blocked Kobe Bryant’s short shot right before the buzzer as the Bulls hung on for a thrilling finish to both clubs’ first-ever Christmas meeting. Bryant scored 28 points and committed eight turnovers while playing with a torn wrist ligament for the Lakers, who nearly shook off their tumultuous preseason for a surprising win. Instead, Los Angeles was outscored 17-5 in the final 3:36. Thunder 97, Magic 89 OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 30 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder

win their season opener with a 97-89 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night. Durant led the league in scoring the past two seasons, including averaging 27.7 last season. On Sunday, he was 11-of-19 from the field and added five rebounds and six assists. James Harden added 19 points and the Thunder held Orlando star Dwight Howard to just 11 points. The Thunder lost to Dallas last year in the Western Conference finals but are expected to one of the top teams this season. Ryan Anderson scored 25 points and Jameer Nelson added 18 for the Magic, who shot just 37 percent from the field and had 18 turnovers.

said. “That’s work, and it’s going to take honesty, and it’s not going to be easy.” Carter took Dallas’ first two shots, an 18-footer and a layup. Both missed. West started the second half in his place and finished with 10 points. Carter had five points, two rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes. Odom the NBA’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year, who was acquired from the Lakers a few weeks ago for merely a trade exception entered to a standing ovation, and got fans roaring again when he made a 3pointer that tied the game at 11. He missed his next five shots before getting ejected midway through the third quarter, but still left to loud cheers. He had four points and four rebounds in 13 minutes.

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Big changes are coming for the football programs at Missouri and North Carolina. Before they happen, there’s one more football game to play. The Tigers and Tar Heels meet on Monday in the Independence Bowl, and both teams have become quite experienced at juggling questions about their long-term future with the upcoming matchup. Players and coaches are adamant the focus will be squarely on the field. “We’re expecting to play our best game,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “And we expect North Carolina to play their best game.” Not that there aren’t reasons to be distracted. North Carolina (7-5) is in the midst of a coaching

change, while Missouri (75) is preparing for its move to the Southeastern Conference after an acrimonious exit from the Big 12. The Tar Heels endured more than their share of turmoil this season under interim head coach Everett Withers, who took over in July after Butch Davis was fired shortly before preseason camp in the shadow of an NCAA investigation. Withers was a candidate for the full-time job until last week, when North Carolina announced the hiring of Southern Mississippi coach Larry Fedora. Fedora takes over the program immediately after the bowl game and Withers is headed to Ohio State, where he’ll be the defensive coordinator for new coach Urban Meyer.

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England12 3 0 .800 464 321 N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 344 6 9 0 .400 351 385 Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 310 296 Miami South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 255 8 7 0 .533 302 295 Tennessee 4 11 0 .267 224 316 Jacksonville 2 13 0 .133 230 411 Indianapolis North W L T Pct PF PA x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 250 x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 218 9 6 0 .600 328 299 Cincinnati Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 294 West W L T Pct PF PA 8 7 0 .533 306 383 Denver 8 7 0 .533 333 395 Oakland San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 351 Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 335 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 386 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 355 316 Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 362 318 5 10 0 .333 278 333 Washington South W L T Pct PF PA x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 306 9 5 0 .643 341 281 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 389 384 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 449 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 297 10 5 0 .667 433 342 x-Detroit Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 293 Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 432 West W L T Pct PF PA y-San Francisco12 3 0 .800 346 202 Seattle 7 8 0 .467 301 292 Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 328 2 13 0 .133 166 373 St. Louis x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's Game Indianapolis 19, Houston 16 Saturday's Games Oakland 16, Kansas City 13, OT Tennessee 23, Jacksonville 17 Pittsburgh 27, St. Louis 0 Buffalo 40, Denver 14 Carolina 48, Tampa Bay 16 Minnesota 33, Washington 26 Baltimore 20, Cleveland 14 New England 27, Miami 24 N.Y. Giants 29, N.Y. Jets 14 Cincinnati 23, Arizona 16 Detroit 38, San Diego 10 San Francisco 19, Seattle 17 Philadelphia 20, Dallas 7 Sunday's Game Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. Monday's Game Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 4:15 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m. College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall 20, FIU 10 Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Southern Mississippi 24, Nevada 17 Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (66), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (84), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs.Washington (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville,Tenn. Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31

Meinke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (66), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso,Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs.Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis,Tenn. Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (102), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (103), 1 p.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Stanford (11-1) vs.Oklahoma State (111), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs.Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington,Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (102), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 2 p.m. (CBSSN) NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 26 James Madison 20, Eastern Kentucky 17 Old Dominion 35, Norfolk State 18 Stony Brook 31, Albany (N.Y.) 28 Central Arkansas 34, Tennessee Tech 14 Second Round Saturday, Dec. 3 Georgia Southern 55, Old Dominion 48 Montana 41, Central Arkansas 14 Maine 34, Appalachian State 12 Sam Houston State 34, Stony Brook 27 Montana State 26, New Hampshire 25 Lehigh 40, Towson 38 North Dakota State 26, James Madison 14 Northern Iowa 28, Wofford 21 Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 9 Montana 48, Northern Iowa 10 Saturday, Dec. 10 Sam Houston State 49, Montana State 13 Georgia Southern 35, Maine 23 North Dakota State 24, Lehigh 0 Semifinals Friday, Dec. 16 or Saturday, Dec. 17 Sam Houston State 31, Montana 28 North Dakota State 35, Georgia Southern 7 Championship Friday, Jan. 7 At Pizza Hut Park Frisco,Texas Sam Houston State (14-0) vs. North Dakota State (13-1), 1 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 1 0 1.000 New Jersey 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 Toronto 0 0 .000 Boston 0 1 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 1 0 1.000 Atlanta 0 0 .000 Charlotte 0 0 .000 Washington 0 0 .000 Orlando 0 1 .000 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 1 0 1.000 Cleveland 0 0 .000 Detroit 0 0 .000 Indiana 0 0 .000 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 0 0 .000 Memphis 0 0 .000 New Orleans 0 0 .000 San Antonio 0 0 .000 Dallas 0 1 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 Denver 0 0 .000 Minnesota 0 0 .000 Portland 0 0 .000 Utah 0 0 .000

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Independence Bowl, Missouri vs. North Carolina, at Shreveport, La. NBA BASKETBALL 10:30 p.m. WGN — Chicago at Golden State NFL FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at New Orleans NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. VERSUS — Dallas at St. Louis SOCCER 9:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Wigan at Manchester United

TUESDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 4:30 p.m. ESPN — Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, W. Michigan vs. Purdue, at Detroit 8 p.m. ESPN — Belk Bowl, Louisville vs. NC State, at Charlotte, N.C. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Pittsburgh at Notre Dame 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Wisconsin at Nebraska NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. TNT — Boston at Miami 10:30 p.m. TNT — Utah at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. VERSUS — St. Louis at Detroit

WEDNESDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 4:30 p.m. ESPN — Military Bowl, Toledo vs. Air Force, at Washington 8 p.m. ESPN — Holiday Bowl, California vs. Texas, at San Diego MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Georgetown at Louisville 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Mississippi St. vs. Baylor, at Dallas NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. VERSUS — N.Y. Rangers at Washington

THURSDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. ESPN — Champs Sports Bowl, Florida St. vs. Notre Dame, at Orlando, Fla. 9 p.m. ESPN — Alamo Bowl, Washington vs. Baylor, at San Antonio MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Florida at Rutgers 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Marquette 11 p.m. ESPN2 — BYU at Saint Mary's (Cal) FSN — UCLA at Stanford NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. TNT — Dallas at Oklahoma City 10:30 p.m. TNT — New York at L.A. Lakers Pacific Division Pct GB W L Golden State 0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — L.A. Clippers 0 0 .000 — Phoenix 0 0 .000 — Sacramento L.A. Lakers 0 1 .000 ½ Sunday's Games New York 106, Boston 104 Miami 105, Dallas 94 Chicago 88, L.A. Lakers 87 Oklahoma City 97, Orlando 89 L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Monday's Games Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Atlanta at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Miami, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 1. Syracuse (53).......11-0 1,585 1 2. Ohio St. (5) ...........10-1 1,474 2 3. Kentucky (4)............9-1 1,457 3 4. Louisville (2)..........10-0 1,364 4 5. North Carolina ........9-2 1,340 5 6. Baylor ......................9-0 1,271 6 7. Duke........................9-1 1,266 7 8. UConn.....................9-1 1,102 9 9. Missouri ................11-0 1,076 10 10. Marquette ...........10-0 1,021 11 11. Florida...................8-2 946 13 12. Kansas..................7-2 939 12 13. Wisconsin ...........10-2 746 14 14. Xavier....................8-1 728 8 15. Pittsburgh............10-1 707 15 16. Georgetown..........9-1 644 16 17. Indiana................10-0 601 18 18. Mississippi St......11-1 576 17 19. Michigan St...........9-2 413 21 20. Michigan ...............9-2 381 20 21. UNLV...................11-2 251 — 22. Murray St. ...........12-0 222 24 23. Creighton ..............8-1 130 25 24.Virginia ..................9-1 102 — 25. Illinois ..................10-1 96 19 Others receiving votes: Harvard 88, San Diego St. 67, Stanford 61, Saint Louis 33, Gonzaga 23, Kansas St. 22, Texas A&M 18, Alabama 8, Wichita St. 8, Cleveland St. 7, N. Iowa 7, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Northwestern 4, Ohio 3, Long Beach St. 2, Indiana St. 1. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous rank-

ing: Pts Pvs .................................Record 774 1 1. Syracuse (30).......11-0 713 2 2. Ohio State (1).......10-1 702 3 3. Kentucky .................9-1 679 4 4. Louisville ...............10-0 637 5 5. Duke........................9-1 6. North Carolina ........9-2 623 6 7. Baylor ......................9-0 570 7 8. Missouri ................11-0 560 8 9. Connecticut.............9-1 526 10 10. Marquette ...........10-0 503 11 11. Kansas..................7-2 471 12 12. Florida...................8-2 447 13 13. Pittsburgh............10-1 386 14 14. Wisconsin ...........10-2 361 15 15. Xavier....................8-1 318 9 16. Georgetown..........9-1 301 17 17. Mississippi State 11-1 277 16 245 20 18. Indiana................10-0 221 18 19. Michigan ...............9-2 193 23 20. Michigan State......9-2 107 24 21. Creighton ..............8-1 100 — 22. Murray State.......12-0 68 — 23. UNLV...................11-2 66 19 24. Illinois ..................10-1 53 — 25. Harvard.................9-1 Others receiving votes: San Diego State 32, California 28, Texas A&M 25, Virginia 19, Saint Louis 13, Alabama 12, Kansas State 12, Stanford 9, Memphis 7, Saint Mary's 5, Gonzaga 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Vanderbilt 3, Northwestern 1, Oklahoma 1, Seton Hall 1. The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) ............11-0 1,000 1 2. UConn.....................9-1 944 2 3. Notre Dame..........10-1 926 3 4. Stanford...................7-1 878 4 5. Maryland...............11-0 825 5 6.Tennessee...............7-2 802 6 7. Miami.......................9-1 758 7 8. Kentucky ...............10-1 692 8 9. Duke........................7-2 657 9 10.Texas A&M............8-2 613 10 11. Ohio St................10-0 585 12 12. Rutgers ...............10-2 546 11 13. Georgia.................8-1 500 13 14. Louisville .............10-2 483 14 15.Texas Tech ............9-0 476 15 16. Penn St. ................9-2 390 16 17. Georgetown..........9-2 363 17 18. Green Bay ............8-0 300 19 19. Delaware...............8-0 259 21 20. Purdue ..................8-3 213 22 21. DePaul ................10-2 204 23 22.Texas .....................8-2 162 24 23. North Carolina......7-2 114 18 24. Nebraska ............10-1 110 25 25.Vanderbilt ............10-1 103 20 Others receiving votes: Virginia 26, California 19, LSU 15, South Carolina 10, Arkansas 6, Northwestern 5, Georgia Tech 3, Gonzaga 3, Southern Cal 3, BYU 2, Michigan 2, Kansas 1, St. Bonaventure 1, Tulane 1. USA Today/ESPN Women's Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, points based on 25 points for a

Monday, December 26, 2011 first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 774 1 1. Baylor (30) ............11-0 739 2 2. UConn (1)...............9-1 717 3 3. Notre Dame..........10-1 683 4 4. Stanford...................7-1 5. Maryland...............11-0 641 5 623 6 6.Tennessee...............7-2 567 8 7. Miami.......................9-1 563 7 8. Kentucky ...............10-1 533 9 9. Duke........................7-2 10.Texas A&M............8-2 480 10 11. Rutgers ...............10-2 442 11 414 13 12. Louisville .............11-2 409 14 13. Ohio State...........11-0 352 15 14. Green Bay ............8-0 15. Georgia.................8-2 322 12 16. Penn State............9-2 319 17 264 19 17. Georgetown..........9-2 242 20 18.Texas Tech ............9-0 206 21 19. DePaul ................11-2 20. Delaware...............9-0 152 23 21. Purdue ..................8-3 132 22 123 16 22. North Carolina......7-2 122 18 23.Vanderbilt ............10-1 100 25 24. Gonzaga...............9-2 25.Texas .....................8-2 90 24 Others receiving votes: Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Kansas 9, Bowling Green 6, Duquesne 6, California 5, Michigan 2, Oklahoma 2, South Carolina 2, UTEP 2, Villanova 1.

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 33 21 8 4 46 99 72 Philadelphia 34 21 9 4 46118 99 Pittsburgh 35 20 11 4 44114 91 New Jersey 34 19 14 1 39 95 99 N.Y. Islanders 33 11 16 6 28 77108 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 33 23 9 1 47119 63 Toronto 35 18 13 4 40110113 36 17 14 5 39111122 Ottawa 34 16 15 3 35 92101 Buffalo Montreal 36 13 16 7 33 88101 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 36 18 11 7 43 94 98 Florida 35 16 14 5 37 96104 Winnipeg Washington 33 17 14 2 36 98101 Tampa Bay 34 14 17 3 31 90116 Carolina 36 11 19 6 28 91121 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 35 22 9 4 48118102 Chicago 34 20 10 4 44 87 74 St. Louis 34 21 12 1 43111 78 Detroit Nashville 35 18 13 4 40 95 99 Columbus 34 9 21 4 22 85117 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 36 20 11 5 45 86 82 Vancouver 35 21 12 2 44115 85 36 17 15 4 38 90 98 Calgary 36 18 17 1 37 96105 Colorado Edmonton 34 15 16 3 33 93 91 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 34 20 13 1 41 92 96 Dallas 31 18 10 3 39 93 76 San Jose Phoenix 35 18 14 3 39 92 92 Los Angeles 34 16 14 4 36 75 83 34 9 19 6 24 80113 Anaheim NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday's Games New Jersey 4, Washington 3, SO Boston 8, Florida 0 Toronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2 Carolina 2, Ottawa 1, OT Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 6, Nashville 3 Colorado 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT St. Louis 3, Phoenix 2 Calgary 3, Vancouver 1 San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, SO Saturday's Games No games scheduled Sunday's Games No games scheduled Monday's Games Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.

GOLF World Golf Ranking Final 1. Luke Donald.................Eng 2. Lee Westwood .............Eng 3. Rory McIlroy...................Nir 4. Martin Kaymer .............Deu 5. Adam Scott...................Aus 6. Steve Stricker..............USA 7. Dustin Johnson...........USA 8. Jason Day.....................Aus 9. Charl Schwartzel...........Zaf 10. Webb Simpson .........USA 11. Matt Kuchar...............USA 12. Nick Watney ..............USA 13. Graeme McDowell.......Nir 14. Phil Mickelson...........USA 15. K.J. Choi ......................Kor 16. Ian Poulter ..................Eng 17. Sergio Garcia .............Esp 18. Justin Rose ................Eng 19. Hunter Mahan...........USA 20. Paul Casey.................Eng 21. Bubba Watson ..........USA 22. Alvaro Quiros..............Esp 23.Tiger Woods..............USA 24. Robert Karlsson........Swe 25. Kim Kyung-Tae............Kor 26. David Toms................USA 27. Bill Haas ....................USA 28. Simon Dyson .............Eng 29. Bo Van Pelt................USA 30. Bae Sang-moon..........Kor 31. Keegan Bradley ........USA 32. Rickie Fowler.............USA 33. Jason Dufner.............USA 34. Anders Hansen..........Dnk 35.Thomas Bjorn.............Dnk 36. Geoff Ogilvy................Aus 37. Zach Johnson...........USA 38. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 39. Fredrik Jacobson.......Swe 40. Louis Oosthuizen ........Zaf 41. Francesco Molinari.......Ita 42. Peter Hanson ............Swe 43. John Senden..............Aus 44. Miguel Angel JimenezEsp 45.Y.E.Yang.......................Kor

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46. Aaron Baddeley..........Aus 47. Martin Laird ................Sco 48. Darren Clarke...............Nir 49. Fernandez-Castano...Esp 50. Jim Furyk ..................USA 51. Ryo Ishikawa ..............Jpn 52. Gary Woodland.........USA 53. Retief Goosen .............Zaf 54. Ben Crane.................USA 55. Jonathan Byrd...........USA 56. Ernie Els ......................Zaf 57. Ryan Moore ..............USA 58. Matteo Manassero .......Ita 59. Robert Allenby............Aus 60. Greg Chalmers...........Aus 61.Toru Taniguchi .............Jpn 62. Mark Wilson ..............USA 63.Vijay Singh.....................Fji 64. Joost Luiten.................Nld 65. Edoardo Molinari ..........Ita 66. Alexander Noren .......Swe 67. Chez Reavie .............USA 68. Hiroyuki Fujita .............Jpn 69. Lucas Glover.............USA 70. Kevin Na....................USA 71. Rory Sabbatini.............Zaf 72. Nicolas Colsaerts........Bel 73. Ryan Palmer .............USA 74. Jeff Overton ..............USA 75.Yuta Ikeda....................Jpn

2.79 2.76 2.74 2.73 2.73 2.71 2.71 2.53 2.42 2.38 2.37 2.36 2.33 2.24 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.14 2.12 2.11 2.08 2.05 2.04 2.03 2.00 1.99 1.95 1.93 1.91 1.88

LPGA Player of theYear Standings Final 1.Yani Tseng ....................................336 2. Stacy Lewis..................................126 3. Na Yeon Choi ...............................113 4. Cristie Kerr ...................................112 4. Suzann Pettersen........................112 6. Brittany Lincicome .........................91 7. Karrie Webb ...................................82 8. Angela Stanford .............................77 8. Paula Creamer...............................77 10. Morgan Pressel ...........................67 11. Ai Miyazato...................................65 12. Catriona Matthew ........................62 13. I.K. Kim.........................................56 14. Amy Yang......................................53 15. Sandra Gal...................................51 LPGA Tour Money Leaders Final Money .......................................Trn 1.Yani Tseng ..................22 $2,921,713 2. Cristie Kerr..................22 $1,470,979 3. Na Yeon Choi..............21 $1,357,382 4. Stacy Lewis ................23 $1,356,211 5. Suzann Pettersen ......20 $1,322,770 6. Brittany Lincicome......21 $1,154,234 7. Angela Stanford .........21 $1,017,196 8. Ai Miyazato.................19 $1,007,633 9. Paula Creamer...........21 $926,338 10. Amy Yang..................22 $912,160 11. I.K. Kim .....................21 $885,952 12. Hee Young Park .......21 $851,781 13. Morgan Pressel........22 $845,466 14. Karrie Webb .............20 $757,671 15. Jiyai Shin ..................18 $720,735 16. Catriona Matthew.....19 $692,340 17. Maria Hjorth .............20 $630,320 18. Michelle Wie.............20 $627,936 19. Brittany Lang............22 $627,691 20. Sandra Gal...............20 $623,526 21. Hee Kyung Seo........21 $619,429 22. Mika Miyazato..........20 $591,688 23. Anna Nordqvist ........20 $589,774 24. Azahara Munoz........23 $520,269 25. Sun Young Yoo..........21 $476,672 26. Sophie Gustafson....21 $427,586 27. Se Ri Pak .................20 $415,447 28. Meena Lee...............21 $408,114 29. Karen Stupples ........22 $397,081 30. Katie Futcher............20 $373,630 31. Inbee Park................16 $365,231 32. Shanshan Feng .......17 $362,097 33. Song-Hee Kim .........22 $350,376 34. Momoko Ueda .........16 $333,494 35. Chella Choi...............21 $325,273 36. Juli Inkster ................20 $298,123 37. Candie Kung ............22 $287,580 38. Mindy Kim ................20 $262,055 39. Jimin Kang ...............22 $255,901 40. Hee-Won Han ..........22 $245,264 41.Tiffany Joh ................14 $237,365 42. Amy Hung ................22 $226,623 43. Beatriz Recari ..........23 $223,053 44. Wendy Ward.............21 $204,165 45.Vicky Hurst ...............22 $201,425 46. Ryann O'Toole..........15 $192,748 47. Paige Mackenzie......18 $184,384 48. Eun-Hee Ji ...............19 $181,743 49. Mina Harigae............17 $178,683 50. Pat Hurst...................19 $177,349 51. Natalie Gulbis...........21 $176,337 52. Christel Boeljon........14 $170,553 53. Mi Hyun Kim.............19 $165,304 54. Amanda Blumenherst21 $164,930 55. Jenny Shin................15 $160,571 56. Kristy McPherson ....21 $157,025 57. Pornanong Phatlum.17 $149,657 58. Christina Kim............21 $149,275 59. Stacy Prammanasudh17 $143,916 60. Katherine Hull ..........18 $137,884 61. Julieta Granada........18 $137,221 62. Dewi Claire Schreefel15 $136,140 63. Jennifer Johnson......13 $128,974 64. Caroline Hedwall........6 $126,801 65. Cindy LaCrosse .......16 $114,800 66. Kyeong Bae..............18 $109,142 67. Belen Mozo ..............15 $104,323 68. Gerina Piller..............14 $103,322 $98,485 69. Becky Morgan..........15 70. Heather Bowie Young16 $97,612 71. Seon Hwa Lee .........18 $93,889 72. Leta Lindley..............13 $90,291 73. Alison Walshe...........13 $90,088 74. M.J. Hur ....................18 $87,221 75. Kris Tamulis ..............12 $85,156 76. Lindsey Wright .........15 $84,767 77. Haeji Kang................16 $81,691 78. Alena Sharp .............17 $77,982 79. Jennifer Song...........16 $77,421 80. Reilley Rankin ..........13 $75,301 81. Grace Park ...............16 $71,625 82. Jin Young Pak...........13 $71,158 83. Marcy Hart ...............12 $68,369 84. Meaghan Francella..15 $66,813 85. Sarah Kemp .............14 $58,503 86. Gwladys Nocera ......15 $57,626 87. KarineIcher.................7 $55,398 88. Lorie Kane................12 $55,309 89. Sarah Jane Smith ....14 $54,478 90. Pernilla Lindberg ......12 $53,353 91. Ilhee Lee...................11 $52,900 92. Jessica Korda...........15 $52,275 93. Karin Sjodin..............13 $50,993 94. Haru Nomura ...........11 $50,106 95. Giulia Sergas............12 $50,090 96. Silvia Cavalleri..........14 $49,320 97. Shi Hyun Ahn...........10 $43,600 98. Jane Park .................13 $42,261 99. Na On Min................13 $41,556 100.Taylor Leon.............10 $40,633

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES_Traded G Greivis Vasquez to New Orleans for G-F Quincy Pondexter. Signed F Dante Cunningham. MIAMI HEAT_Waived G Eddie House. HOCKEY National Hockey League OTTAWA SENATORS_Reassigned F Mike Hoffman to Binghamton (AHL). Sunday’s Sports Transactions COLLEGE LIBERTY LEAGUE — Named Bob Lowe director of communications.

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Waste Reduction Tips for the Holidays Americans throw away 25 percent more trash during the holidays than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage, or about one million extra tons per week. Much of the 28 billion pounds of edible food thrown away each year is wasted during the holiday season. There are many things you can do to reduce the amount of waste generated during the holidays. The tips below cover a wide variety of things you can do from reducing paper products used to changing your gift-giving focus. • Buy holiday cards made from recycled paper or make your own creative cards on recycled paper. • Reuse packaging cartons and shipping materials. • Buy outdoor light strands that are wired in parallel. If one bulb goes bad, the others still work, so you won’t be throwing away “bad” strands. • Put all your lights on timers for energy savings and peace of mind while you’re away. • Use those tins you’ve been saving for gift boxes. • Plan ahead. Making a list will save time, money and last-minute shopping frenzies. • Keep it simple: one thoughtful gift is better than six wrapped packages of unwanted gifts. • Let children know that what you really want does not have to come from a store. Their time is even more valuable. Children can give coupons for their time as Christmas presents in ways such as taking on extra chores, cooking dinners, watching a younger sibling or giving plenty of hugs and kisses. • Give the gift of an experience — music lessons, lessons for a new hobby, a massage, a trip to a state park, or tickets to a sporting event or play. This is perfect for friends who want to try something

new but aren’t willing to spend the money on themselves. Plus, you don’t have to wrap the gift. • Give a monetary donation to a local charity in someone else’s name. Many people feel good knowing that they are helping out someone during the holidays. • Invest in your family and friends. Instead of giving a gift, contribute to a child’s savings account, education IRA or give them a U.S. Savings Bond. • Don’t wrap oversized gifts. Hide them and give the recipient clues. Make the search a treasure hunt. • Make the wrapping a useful part of the gift; put cookies in a flower pot or hide jewelry in a new pair of gloves or socks. Just make sure that the receiver finds the gift if it’s hidden! • Thousands of paper and plastic shopping bags end up in landfills every year. Reduce the number of bags thrown out by bringing reusable cloth bags for holiday gift shopping. Tell store clerks you don't need a bag for small or oversized purchases. • About 40 percent of all battery sales occur during the holiday season. Buy rechargeable batteries to accompany your electronic gifts, and consider giving a battery charger as well. Rechargeable batteries reduce the amount of potentially harmful materials thrown away, and can save money in the long run. • Turn off or unplug holiday lights during the day. Doing so will not only save energy, but will also help your lights last longer. • Approximately 33 million live Christmas trees are sold in North America every year. After the holidays, look for ways to recycle your tree instead of sending it to a landfill. The Miami County Transfer Station will take trees after the holi-

days free for disposal. • To help prevent waste from cutting down and disposing of live trees, you can buy a potted tree and plant it after the holidays. • Have a create-your-own-decorations party! Invite family and friends to create and use holiday decorations such as ornaments made from old greeting cards or cookie dough, garlands made from strung popcorn or cranberries, wreaths made from artificial greens and flowers, and potpourri made from kitchen spices such as cinnamon and cloves. • Consider the durability of a product before you buy it as a gift. Cheaper, less durable items often wear out quickly, creating waste and costing you money. • When buying gifts, check product labels to determine an item's recycleability and whether it is made from recycled materials. Buying recycled encourages manufacturers to make more recycledcontent products available. • When shipping, reuse foam peanuts or other packaging materials. • Use reusable grocery and shopping bags and make sure to recycle the non-reusable ones. Use rechargeable batteries for cameras, flashlights, etc. If you have several events or parties in a short amount of time buy food items in bulk. You will save a trip to the grocery and use less packaging! Instead of buying new items (Ex. A dress for a party, more chairs, etc.) consider borrowing or renting things. Compost your leftover food- it’s easy and a great fertilizer! Save all gift-wrapping and decorations to reuse later or wrap gifts in old maps, posters, sheet music, fabric scraps or wallpaper scraps.

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Did You Know? Other items to consider for the environment: Energy Conservation • Make sure to turn off or unplug holiday decorations when they are not in use. • Be sure holiday decorations are not placed on or obstructing air vents. • When cooking, use your microwave oven as much as possible or plan your oven baking to avoid continuously reheating the oven. • Reduce your light display by one or two strands. You may not even notice the subtle change. Water Conservation • Defrost frozen items in the refrigerator, not under running water. • Run only full loads in the washing machine and dishwater. • When washing dishes keep washing soap usage to a minimum. It helps reduce the amount of rinse water needed. • Don’t run the kitchen faucet continuously while washing dishes. • Let pots and pans soak instead of letting the water run while you clean them. • Minimize the number of dishes used at holiday parties. • An estimated 2.6 billion holiday cards are sold each year in the United States, enough to fill a football field 10 stories high. Electronic holiday greeting cards, offered through a variety of websites, are a convenient, no-cost, waste-free alternative. • It’s estimated that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, more than 1 million tons of additional waste is generated each week nationwide. In fact, 38,000 miles of ribbon alone is thrown out each year — enough to tie a bow around the Earth. • Using LED holiday lights during the holidays uses about 99 percent less energy than larger, traditional holiday bulbs and last up to 100,000 hours when used indoors.

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What You Need • men's over the calf tube socks • clean cat litter • 3 plastic recloseable bags • 3 buttons • material with a holiday pattern • white yarn • 1 red jingle bell • 3 black plastic gems, beads, or dots What you do Using clean cat litter, fill each plastic bag and seal, each one having less litter than the other so that you end up with three different sizes. Put the largest sealed bag inside the tube sock. Push the bag all the way to the bottom (toe) of the sock. Put the medium sized bag inside the sock and then the smallest bag on top. Carefully lay the sock on its side so that it is easier to work with. Tie a piece of white yarn in between each litter bag, creating the snowman's sections. There

should be one piece of yarn tied over each bag. You should still have the top of the sock left, approximately 3"-5" in length. Stand the snowman up and move the body sections around until he is in a standing position and can remain that way on his own. Fold the top of the sock down to form a cap and to cover the top piece of white yarn. Using pinking shears cut a strip of holiday fabric and tie around the hat. Glue the red jingle bell in place on the tied material. Cut another strip of material and tie around the neck to fashion a scarf. Cut three squares out of the fabric and glue in different spots on the snowman's body (see photo). Glue a button to each material patch. Glue the black beads in place for eyes and nose.

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Graphic Designer: Scarlett Smith

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The Newspapers In Education Mission – Our mission is to provide Miami, Shelby and neighboring county school districts with a weekly newspaper learning project that promotes reading and community journalism as a foundation for communication skills, utilizing the Piqua Daily Call, the Sidney Daily News, the Record Herald and the Troy Daily News as quality educational resource tools.

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Thank you to our sponsors! The generous contributions of our sponsors and I-75 Group Newspapers vacation donors help us provide free newspapers to community classrooms as well as support NIE activities. To sponsor NIE or donate your newspaper while on vacation, contact NIE Coordinator Dana Wolfe at dwolfe@tdnpublishing.com or (937) 440-5211

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