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A fitting birthday Loves welcome son on Valentine’s Day

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@civitasmedia.com

Tapping into sweet success It’s a sweet time of year for Covington residents Braden Fisher, 24, and Nathan Sink, 23. More specifically, it’s time to collect sap and make some maple syrup.

For the past four years, the two friends and business partners have tapped trees for sap in three different woods, and produce syrup using a process that seems complex for such a simple pancake topping.

Alicia and Adam Love’s baby was born nine days past the due date — but the timing couldn’t have been any more appropriate: 11:36 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. “She looked at the clock and said, ‘I gotta have the Love baby on Valentine’s Day — let’s go,’” said Adam, 32, of Troy.

Added Alicia’s mother, Karen Miller, “They got their own little cupid.”

TROY Adam J. “A.J.” is the third child for the Loves, who also have two daughters, Ayiana, 6, and Ayzia, 10.

Three days earlier, Alicia, 32, was in labor for five hours, but the baby wasn’t quite ready.

She returned Thursday morning only to drop off some belongings, but hospital staff said they wanted to hook her up to monitors to check her progress. With her blood pressure high, they decided to induce labor.

“Nine days overdue was not planned at

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For the third day in a row, a threatening note was found in the boys bathroom at Tippecanoe High School.

While the first one inferred Tippecanoe being another Columbine on Valentine’s Day, STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER officials aren’t saying what the Third-grade students at Cookson Elementary School participate in an after-school fitness activity at the second and third notes said. The school Thursday. first note was written on toilet paper and set on the back of a toilet; the second one was on a bathroom wall, and the one found yesterday was on a stall divider.

Aside from the place and serious nature, Superintendent Dr. John Kronour said the three notes are all unique and likely not written by the same person.

“The writing and style is difative when they selected their state

BY MELANIE YINGST TROY ferent for each note,” he said. or country to “travel to.”

Staff Writer Although no sporting or club “We asked them where in the myingst@tdnpublishing.com with pedometers keeping track of world they wish they could go and events have been canceled for the The journey of a thousand how many miles they’ve “trav- look up how many miles it was weekend, Kronour said there will from Troy,” Bunck said. “The most be “heightened security” on miles begins with a single step and eled.”

The Turbo Tigers program was popular answers were Florida, Tuesday when students return Cookson Elementary Turbo Tigers club members are walking laps started at Cookson Elementary Disney World and the North Pole.” from a day off school on Monday.

The day after the first note Principal Brian Stephey said around their fellow classmates as School by first-year physical education teacher Michael Bunck and the Turbo Tigers group has been was found, the turnaround was they travel around the globe.

“I’m walking to Washington — guidance counselor Carrie Mason extremely popular for students, blocked off to the high school and it’s 480 miles,” said third grader as a way to provide a fun and with 50 out of 55 third graders each student’s bag was sniffed by Haley Studebaker. She and her healthy activity for third-grade registered and approximately 48 K9 dogs prior to entry into school.

Friday, while parents were able to third-grade friends walked laps up students.

Bunck said students were cre• See TURBO TIGERS on 2 use the turnaround to drop their and down the hallway Thursday

Turbo Tigers take a bite out of childhood obesity

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Guard unit assumes mission Soldiers in charge of transportation operations

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Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard, 1487th Transportation Company, based in Piqua, gathered at Piqua High School on Nov. 14, 2012, for their Call To Duty Ceremony. The unit, under command of Capt.

Stephen A. Sturgill and 1st Sgt. Mike A. Kula, deployed 6 to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

After successfully completing their transfer of authority earlier this month at their base in Afghanistan, the 165 soldiers with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1487th Transportation Company have assumed their mission of transportation operations in the war-torn country, according to the unit’s captain.

The soldiers are “working hard and starting to settle into their battle rhythm,” stated the unit’s

PIQUA commander, Capt. Stephen Sturgill, in a newsletter sent home to family members.

“The 1487th has accepted responsibility for major missions and I am confident that we will be successful in all facets,” Sturgill reported. “The leadership is working diligently to ensure our soldiers are well-trained and confident in their ability to complete the missions.”

In November, members from the unit attended a Call of Duty ceremony at Piqua High School before

deploying to Fort Hood in Texas for training and afterward arrived in Afghanistan last month for the yearlong deployment.

The unit, which is from Eaton but includes a Piqua detachment, is in charge of transportation operations at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan and will “provide tactical ground transportation security in support of Operation Enduring Freedom,” according to one mission directive mentioned during Novembers deployment ceremony. “(We) appreciate all of

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• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Friday.

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• Wall Street The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.37 points to close at 13,981.76. The Standard & Poor's (500 lost 1.59 points to end at 1,519.79. The Nasdaq composite fell 6.63 points to 3,192.03.

• Oil and Gas In New York benchmark crude for March fell $1.45 to finish at $95.86 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude, used to price many varieties of foreign oil, fell 34 cents to end at $117.66 per barrel in London.

— Staff and wire reports

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Bartender, I’ll have another ... for charity HOUSTON (AP) — Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic.

A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed atmosphere with good drinks and food, but a pledge that 100 percent of its profits will be donated to a different local charity or social cause each month.

And patrons can vote for which charity benefits from their Merlots and martinis.

“Where else can you do good with your drinking?” said Tom Burgett, 45, as he sat at the oval-shaped counter at the center of the bar with his wife, Kim, and

enjoyed a beer.

The Original OKRA Charity Saloon is one of several bars around the country that are using the business as a way to give back to local communities and also providing people a creative method of being philanthropic. There are similar bars in Washington, D.C., and Austin and another being planned in Portland, Ore. Houston bar and restaurant owner Bobby Heugel’s group, an Organized Kollaboration on Restaurant Affairs or OKRA, runs the charity saloon. Heugel said the idea was born of a need to high-

light the civic exchange that occurs between restaurants and bars and the communities they operate in.

“And so finding a way for your establishment to be part of the community from which you profit from I think is really important,” Heugel said of the group, which is made up of some of the city’s bestknown establishments, including Anvil Bar & Refuge, Underbelly and Oxheart.

At the charity saloon located in a downtown brick building that dates back to the 1880s whenever customers order a drink or food, they will get one ticket

Turbo Tigers ■ CONTINUED FROM 1 students attending each week.

“It’s a great way to keep kids off the couch when they come to Turbo Tigers,” Stephey said. “The kids love it. We have parents who call and want their kids to be involved as well.”

Bunck said staff volunteers chose the thirdgrade class because older students often have sports to keep them active.

“This definitely makes them feel special,” Bunck said. “They love that just third graders can only be in it.”

Bunck said the program may expand in the future due to its popularity.

Students play games in the gym or walk laps during the 45 minutes of Turbo Tigers. Some students select countries on a map of the world or states to “walk” to as they log miles each session.

As she walked to “Washington,” Studebaker said she likes games like Treasure basketball and spending time with her friends during Turbo Tigers.

“It’s really fun and just for us,” Studebaker said.

Students also receive a

the support from the families and friends and the boxes of goods that have been sent for our soldiers,” Sturgill reported.

First Sgt. Mike Kula said once the unit gets some “battle rhythm” the unit will begin “fine-tuning” operations.

“Doing successful missions is of the highest

the list of January’s charities. They included ones that combat childhood obesity, provide services to HIV and AIDS patients, give furniture to needy residents and rescue neglected and abused dogs and cats.

With a laugh, Meagan Silk told her husband which charity they would both support.

“I vote for one kind of charity pretty much. We are animal people,” she said.

The Silks run a Houston restaurant.

Her choice, Corridor Rescue, ended up being the winning charity for January and will get the bar’s profits for February.

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charm each week to add to Turbo Tiger necklaces for each week they participate.

Pedometers which students wear on their hips keep track of steps and miles so students can log their distance each session.

“I’m going to Greece and its 5,340 miles from Troy,” said Grace Cole.

“I’ve already walked three miles today. I like just being able to stay after school.”

Cole also said she likes the Turbo Tigers for the exercise.

“I’ve got a lot of steps to go but it means that I’m getting exercise and I’m healthy,” Cole said. “If I wasn’t here, I’d just be at home watching TV.” Mason said the students feel special and enjoy being active and healthy in a simple way.

“It keeps the kids moving and they really like picking their countries out,” Mason said. “It’s a unique experience for them and something simple as the charms keeps them motivated.”

MaKenzie Smith, 9, said she likes walking and talking with friends during Turbo Tigers time.

“I think it’s really kind of cool to see how many

miles I can walk in a day,” Smith said, noting her pedometer read that she had walked 2.6 miles so far.

Fellow Turbo Tiger Laura Craft said she is “walking to London.”

“I want to go see a real castle some day,” Craft said. “I saw it on the news when the king and queen got married.”

Ashley Good had walked 2.19 miles on Thursday and was “walking to Georgia.”

“I like peaches and I like walking,” Good said.

“I like everything we do in the gym like games, too.”

Jayden Lee, 9, said he likes the games during Turbo Tigers.

“It’s a good time,” Lee said. “I’d rather be here hanging out and playing games or walking than watching TV.” Ezra McCuller, 9, said running and playing in the gym keeps him coming to Turbo Tigers.

“I would just be walking home and I like playing games so that’s why I do Turbo Tigers,” McCuller said. “It’s fun to do and you get charms.”

importance,” Kula stated.

A yellow ribbon event will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. at Edison Community College and will last for four hours. The event will include a video conference with Sturgill, a legal presentation, a presentation by the Family Readiness Group and the American Red Cross, and

lunch will be served.

The 1487th unit’s previous service includes Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 through 2005 and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991.

For information concerning sending care packages to the unit, contact Master Sgt. Martin Phipps at (614) 336-6850 or via email at martin.e. phipps.mil@mail.mil.

Those interested in contacting the Family Readiness Group can do so through email at frg1487@yahoo.com.

• For more information about Cookson Elementary visit School, www.troy.k12.oh.us.

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for each item. On each menu is a short description of the four charities being featured that month, said Mike Criss, the bar’s general manager. Customers vote by dropping their tickets into a row of boxes, one for each charity.

Once the bar, which is registered as a nonprofit, pays its operating costs, 100 percent of the remaining profits go to the winning charity. Heugel said the ultimate goal is to donate $10,000 per month.

As they stood at the bar’s counter underneath the striking, curved woodenbarrel vault ceiling, Meagan and James Silk reviewed

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■ CONTINUED FROM 1 all,” Alicia said with a laugh, to which her mother added, “We started getting anxious a week ago — ‘Is he ever going to come out?’”

At Alicia’s bedside for the delivery were her husband, mother, motherin-law Kathy Love and Melissa sister-in-law Love.

“We had a herd,” Alicia said. “It was very good.

They all helped in different ways.”

Alicia said the nurses were “fantastic” throughout the whole birthing process. One nurse had even knitted heartshaped blankets for all the babies born on Valentine’s Day. Less than 24 hours after giving birth, Alicia was feeling “not too bad,” although the previous days were difficult, she said.

“It was a pretty brutal delivery,” she recalled. “I did it all natural, not even a Tylonel.”

Friday evening, Alicia and Adam’s three children wore matching shirts from Ink’D Tees: a “little brother” one for A.J., “big sister” for Ayiana and “bigger sister” for Ayzia, each with the sibling’s respective name on the back.

Ayzia said she was “excited to actually have another boy in the house,” which made her father smile in agreement. He recalled her joy in getting a phone call on the night of her baby brother’s birth.

“I held up the phone to (A.J.) so she could hear him. Ayzia said, ‘I got butterflies in my stomach,’” Adam said.

Alicia and Adam’s family and friends are equally happy — and stunned — by the coincidence of another Love entering the world on Valentine’s Day. “Everyone’s been posting on Facebook about ‘Love born on Valentine’s Day.’ It’s really cool,” Adam said.

Threat ■ CONTINUED FROM 1 children off, there was still a pathway marked by traffic cones for single-file entry and greeting by several Tipp police officers and the superintendent.

However, Kronour said the students have been taking everything in stride. Attendance was down about 100 students for the high school Friday, although almost half of those were due to a sectional bowling tournament and district swimming meet.

“It’s very calm, very much business as usual,” he said.

Absences with parental approval will be excused for both Thursday and Friday. Kronour said the absence policy had not

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been determined for Tuesday as of Friday afternoon.

He chose not to go into detail about security measures planned for Tuesday.

At this point, no threats or issues have occurred at any other of the district’s schools, although Nevin L.T. Ball Coppock, Intermediate and Tippecanoe Middle did have a police presence Thursday.

If caught, the student or students could face several charges, including inducing panic. Although it will ultimately be the city law director’s decision of what penalty and charges to pursue, inducing panic can range from a misdemeanor to a felony of the second degre, according to Tipp City Police.

On the school side, the most severe and most likely penalty would be expulsion, according to Kronour.

Anyone with leads or information about the perpetrators’ identities is asked to contact high school administration.

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• ALASKA TRIP: There will be a fund raising dinner for People to People ambassador Noah Lucas who will be going to Alaska in July to represent Miami County.

This is a spaghetti dinner, with salad, bread and homemade desserts. The cost is $7 per adult for those 12 years and up, $4 for those 4-11 and free for those 4 and younger. There also will be a silent auction many of the products given by local merchants. The dinner will be held in fellowship hall at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 130 S. Walnut St., Troy, Ohio, from 5-8 p.m.

• PORK CHOPS: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated (non-marinated pork chops available upon request) pork chop dinner with baked potato and corn for $9 from 5-7 p.m.

• FISH FRY: The Fletcher Volunteer Fire Department will host the first of three all-you-can-eat fish and chicken fry fund raising events of the season from 5-7:30 p.m. at 6605 State Route 589, south of Fletcher. The menu will include deep-fried fish and chicken, as well as french fries, applesauce, coleslaw, bread and butter and a beverage. Adult meals are $8, children 5-12 are $5 and children under 5 eat free.

• FOREST WALK: A forest night hike, “The Love Walk,” will be offered at 7 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Come dressed for a family-friendly adventure as participants hike the trails on a guided discovery of nocturnal creatures, sounds of the night and wildlife signs. The event is free and open to the public.

• THS BUSINESS: The annual business meeting of the Tippecanoe Historical Society will be at noon in the Tipp Public Library basement. Participants are invited to bring a lunch and dessert and drinks will be furnished. A short business meeting will follow at 12:45 p.m. to elect officers and discuss ideas for the new year beginning April 1. The program following the business meeting will be a discussion of interesting articles from the Grace Kinney files. For more information, call Peg at 667-3977 or Joyce at 916-5012.

• BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ludlow Falls First Christian Church, 213 Vine St., Ludlow Falls. A “You Can Be a Blood Donor” T-shirt will be given to everyone who registers. Schedule an appointment at www.DonorTime.com or visit www.GivingBlood.org for more information.

• MARDI GRAS PARTY: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will hold a Mardi Gras party from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Non-members are asked to pay a $1 admission. A band called “The Bootleg Band” will play music from the ’50s and ’60s, jazz, blues and bluegrass.

• BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of The American Legion Post No. 43, 622 S. Market St., Troy, will host an all-you-caneat buffet-style breakfast from 7-10:30 a.m.

Adult meals will be $7 and children will be $3. The buffet will include scrambled eggs, homemade fried potatoes, sausage gravy

SUNDAY • BREAKFAST OFFERED: Breakfast will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, from 8-11 a.m. Made-to-order breakfasts will be offered and everything is a la carte.

• VIEW FROM THE VISTA: Come discover Brukner Nature Center’s vista bird life, enjoy a homemade cookie and a cup of hot bird-friendly coffee and join members of the BNC Bird Club from 2-4 p.m. as participants learn to identify our feathered friends. Club members will identify each species and get a count on the number of each seen at one time. All this data will be entered into Project FeederWatch, a national bird population survey coordinated by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology to track population changes.

This winter is promising to be an exciting one, with lots of northern species predicted to move into the area. All levels of birders are invited.

• DOG SOCIAL: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly dog social from 1-3 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. If your dog is nice and plays well with others, bring them to the park. Last week was Valentine’s Day for people this week it’s for the dogs. Give your pooch a heartshaped doggy treat found along the trail.

Remember owners are responsible for their dogs and must clean up after their pet. Meet at the entrance next to the parking lot. Pre-register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, e-mail to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104.

• BREAKFAST SET: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m. for $6. Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, french toast, hash browns, toast, cinnamon rolls, juices and fruit.

• OLD TIME GOSPEL: Old time gospel will be offered at 10 a.m. at the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ, 10 W. Monument St., featuring Berachah Valley.

• HISTORY DAY: The combined Bradford Railroad Museum, Bradford Historical Society and the Bradford Public Library will host a Bradford History Day at the Bradford Community Club from 1-4 p.m. Come to the event and enjoy the sharing of stories, artifacts and the history of Bradford. Learn of the resources available for learning more about the history of Bradford and the information available for geneology research. Bring artifacts and pictures to share. For more information, call Sue Vickroy at (937) 448-2844.

• SUGAR BUSH WALK: A sugar bush walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the Aullwood Farm Building. Experience the sap flow of the maple and discover the wonder of food making in green plants during the walk to the sugar house to observe the boiling of sap and drawing off of warm maple syrup.

Public speakers compete for FFA On Feb. 11, seven members of the Miami East FFA Chapter competed in the Sub-district Public Speaking Contest at Anna High School.

Schools competing in the contest included Anna, Fort Botkins, Loramie, Miami East, Jackson Center and Fairlawn. Olivia Edgell competed in the Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. She was given 30 minutes to prepare a chosen topic, present the speech and then answer questions. She pulled a topic on soil conservation.

She placed fourth out of five competitors and earned a gold rating.

“World Food Crisis — Going to Bed Hungry but I’m not in Trouble,” was the title of Kendra Beckman’s speech in the Advanced Prepared Speaking

CASSTOWN Contest. She wrote, memorized, presented and answered questions on the world’s crisis of clean water and safe food and the role that America’s farmers play in the solution. She placed fifth.

Casey Copeland completed in the Beginning Prepared Public Speaking Contest with her speech titled, “Antibiotics — Miracle Cure or Problem.”

She placed fourth in the contest.

Her speech included information on the benefits and disadvantages of using antibiotics in livestock production and the current regulations of antibiotics in livestock production by the Food and Drug Administration.

Miranda Maggert,

Haley Etherington and Madeline Davis competed in the Creed II Contest.

This contest is open to all first-year members of the FFA who are sophomores, juniors or seniors. All three earned a gold rating. Davis placed second in the contest and advanced to district competition the end of Febraury.

Nathan Teeters competed in the FFA Creed Speaking Contest. He memorized the creed, recited it and answered questions on their interpretation of the FFA creed. He placed fifth with 10 contestants.

The Miami EastMVCTC FFA Chapter and the Miami East Agricultural Education Department is a satellite program of the Miami Valley Career Technology Center.

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Covington plans kindergarten registration

tificate, record of immunizations, Social Security card and custodial papers (if applicable).

COVINGTON — Covington Elementary will hold its annual kindergarten registration and screening April 3-4 from 811 a.m. and 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Any child who will be 5 before Aug. 1, 2013, is eligible to attend kindergarten. All parents of kindergarten-age children are asked to call the elementary office at 473-2252 for a registration/screening appointment.

To register your child(ren), it is necessary for parents to bring their child’s certified birth cer-

Academic team competes CASSTOWN — On Feb. 7, the Miami East High School Academic Team of Dakota Potts (senior), Tanner Church (junior), Trey Harbour (sophomore) and Nathan Teeters (freshman), traveled to Tecumseh High School to compete in the CBC Academic League.

There they defeated Bellefontaine High School 225 to 145 and Tecumseh High School 280 to 185.

League matches will con-

tinue though February, followed by a tournament at Tippecanoe High School on March 2.

Kathleen McCrillis is the team’s coach.

Trostle to speak at meeting PIQUA — The Miami County Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Piqua Public Library, 116 W. High St. The speaker for the evening will be Fletcher resident, author and lecturer Scott Trostle.

The program is free.

For more information, email stefalx@msn.com or call (937) 307-7142.

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and biscuits, sausage and bacon, waffles and omelets made-to-order, toast, coffee • BIRD COUNT: Grab a and juice. Take-out orders cup of coffee and relax in will be available. the Tree-top Bird Vista • CHAPTER DINNER: Community from 9-11 a.m. or 2-4 p.m.

The Miami County CISV will at Brukner Nature Center Calendar have its chapter carry-in dinas participants count the ner and meet the 2013 vilspecies attracted to the CONTACT US lage delegates from 4-6 p.m. feeders. The Great at the YMCA Robinson Backyard Bird Count is a Branch, 3060 S. County national survey of birds Road 25-A, Troy. This will be across North America Call Melody followed by the 2013 Peace coordinated by Cornell Pow Wow (overnight) for the Vallieu at University. Birders across JB. Bring a dish to share and 440-5265 to the country participate and table service for you and the data collected creates list your free your family, the chapter will a snapshot of bird populafurnish the meat and drink. calendar tions used to determine • CLOTHING SALE: A items.You declines in populations, new and used clothing sale changes in distribution can send will be from 2-6 p.m. at the and trends in species suryour news by e-mail to Troy View Church of God, vival. The event is free mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. 1770 N. County Road 25-A, with admission to the cenTroy. All sizes and styles will ter. be available, with nothing • DINE TO DONATE: more than $10. Proceeds will Bob Evans will donate 15 go toward paying the principercent of a customer’s bill to the Troy pal on the church building.

Lions when they present a flier between 6 • STEAK FRY: The Troy VFW Post No. a.m. and 9 p.m. Proceeds earned will be donated between St. Patrick Soup Kitchen 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy, will offer a Valentine’s Day steak fry beginning at 3 and the First Place Food Pantry. To p.m. The meal also will include baked receive a flier, visit the Lions’ website at www.lionsdist13e.org/troy or call 339-4141 potato, shrimp cocktail and dinner roll.

• SUGAR BUSH WALK: A sugar bush • POT PIE DINNER: A chicken pot pie walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the Aullwood dinner will be offered from 4-6:30 pm. at Farm Building. Experience the sap flow of Troy View Church of God, 1770 N. County the maple and discover the wonder of food Road 25-A, Troy. Dinner will includes making in green plants during the walk to chicken pot pie, mashed potatoes, green the sugar house to observe the boiling of beans, corn, tossed salad and dessert. sap and drawing off of warm maple syrup.

Adults will be $7, children 4-12 years old • BIRD ID: Aullwood will offer a Winter $4 and those 3 years and under will be Bird ID and How to Count Birds workshop free. Proceeds will help the Scott Edgell from 2:30-4 p.m. Tom Hissong, Aullwood’s family with funeral expenses.

• FUNDRAISER: A fundraiser, to bene- education coordinator, will offer a hands-on program for all ages on how to identify the fit Adelyn Michele Drake, daughter of Jim common winter birds in our area and how and Michele Drake of Troy, who was born to participate in the great Backyard Bird with multiple heart conditions, will be from Count. Registration is not necessary, just 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hartzell Propeller, Piqua. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 and dress warmly. Admission is free.

• BIRD COUNT: Aullwood will particiitems for raffle will include gift certificates, pate in the 15th annual Great Backyard gift baskets, jewelry and more.

Bird Count from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

• VIKINGFEST: Vikingfest 2013 will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Miami Participants are invited to come to Aullwood to count the birds that visit our East K-8 Building. The event will include a feeders. This is a fun opportunity to count student art show, carnival games, snacks, birds and learn to identify our common baking contests, cake walk, chili cook off, winter birds. Admission is free. For more silent auction, mini health fair and chair information, contact Tom Hissong, massages. Eric Hacker and the Greasers Aullwood’s education coordinator, at (937) and the Mary Davis Accordion Band will 890-7360, Ext 14, or email at perform. Admission is free, but games will thissong.audubon.org. require tickets. Lunch, snacks and

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PERSPECTIVE

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

AS I SEE IT

Representative Richard Adams Troy Daily News Guest Columnist

King Jr.’s message still rings true today On Jan. 21, Americans honored Martin Luther King Jr. and the sacrifices he made in the pursuit of equality. His unwavering commitment to standing for what was right and promoting peace over violence can teach us a lot about what real leadership looks like.

Dr. King was a man of faith and conviction, and securing civil rights was something that he believed in very strongly. He once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Those words are as true today as they were the day they were first spoken.

Believing in what is right means little if one is not willing to stand up and act on it.

As I As we recognize Black History Month throughout February, it is helpful to remember the lessons that See It people like Dr. King shared with us. They are not ■ The Troy just words to be studied in a history book; they can Daily News guide us on present-day issues as well. He was not welcomes alone in his mission to inspire a society where peocolumns from ple were “judged, not by the color of their skin, but our readers. To by the content of their character.” submit an “As I Most Ohioans probably do not recognize the See It” send your type-writname William McCulloch. Born in Holmes County in ten column to: 1901, he was a public servant for more than 40 ■ “As I See It” years, serving in both the Ohio House of c/o Troy Daily Representatives and Congress, having never lost an News, 224 S. election. He started his own law practice in 1928, Market St., served his country in uniform and won numerous Troy, OH 45373 awards for distinguished public service before his ■ You can also death in 1980. But his greatest cause and most e-mail us at enduring legacy were his many contributions to the editorial@tdnpu civil rights movement. blishing.com.

McCulloch worked closely with President ■ Please Kennedy in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. include your full Despite serving a Midwest Ohio district in which name and teleAfrican-Americans made up less than 3 percent of phone number. the population, he stood tall for civil rights because he knew it was the right thing to do.

He saw the way black Americans were treated during his time studying law in Florida. In the same spirit as Dr. King, McCulloch not only believed in the cause of equality, but was willing to stand up and make his voice heard.

The courage of these men, and of so many others like them, to act on their convictions inspired real change in this country. May we all show the same courage to stand up for the things we believe in.

LETTERS

Don’t infringe upon innocent

who has ever been seated near a “Chatty Cathy,” it is not even illegal to shout, let alone to talk in a crowded theater.

To the Editor: To the contrary, the majority In the last couple of months I of us understand the reasoning have read many people trying to behind the laws enacted to projustify gun control by comparing tect a civil society and conduct the Second Amendment to the ourselves accordingly. WE underFirst Amendment. These propo- stand that if WE violate the law, nents of gun control like to point WE and WE alone will be held out that there are restrictions on accountable. the First Amendment. The most The decision to violate a law, commonly used example seems be it shouting fire in a crowded to be, “shouting fire in a crowded theater or killing another theater.” human, is a decision of one perI have never read of anyone son. While innocent people do advocating the removal of every- sometimes suffer from the conseone’s vocal chords for “the quences of a decision made by greater good.” I’ve never heard one depraved individual, we do anyone propose that a theater not all suffer in the punishment require patrons to wear a muzgiven to this individual. zle to “protect the children.”

The punishment for a crime is rightly directed only at the Much to the chagrin of anyone

person who committed the crime.

As an interesting sidenote, the phrase “shouting fire in a crowded theater” is from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s opinion in the case Schenk v.

United States, which was brought to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1919. The decision was overturned by Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969.

The current test for banned speech is limited to “that which would be directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action.”

So, I guess you can shout fire in a crowded theater after all, especially when the Bill of Rights is being burned.

— Dale Snyder Troy

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Carson vs. Obama at National Prayer Breakfast The National Prayer Breakfast is not supposed to serve as a forum for a clash of political visions, but that was what Ben Carson made it last week.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital neurosurgeon and motivational speaker lit up the event with a politically charged speech that quickly went viral. Mention "death panels" standing a few yards from the president, and that tends to happen.

Putting aside the propriety of Carson delving into policy at an event that is supposed to be apolitical, the speech demonstrated the power of the old-fashioned American up-from-the-bootstraps success story joined to a celebration of old-fashioned American virtues.

Carson's personal story sounds like an elaboration of the old saw about walking to and from school through the snow uphill both ways. He grew up in Detroit. One of 24 children, his mother married when she was 13. Her husband was a bigamist, and she ended up raising her kids on her own with nothing.

Carson was a rotten student, teased by other kids for being "dumb." At times, he lashed back at them, losing "all rational con-

Rich Lowry Troy Daily News Guest Columnist trol," as he put it in his autobiography. A broken family. Poor impulse control. Anger. These are not ingredients for success. For too many young men, in fact, they are ingredients for jail or an early grave.

As Carson tells it, his mom, working as a domestic, noticed that people in the homes where she was employed didn't watch much TV. One day, she came home, turned off the TV and told Carson and his brother that they would read instead. She assigned them two written book reports a week, even though at the time she was only semiliterate herself.

She refused to take welfare, and she forbid her kids from feeling sorry for themselves. As Carson put it at the prayer breakfast: "She never accepted an excuse from us. And if we ever came up with an excuse, she

always said, 'Do you have a brain?' And if the answer was yes, then she said, 'Then you could have thought your way out of it.'"

Carson's grades improved. He went on to graduate from Yale and then from the University of Michigan Medical School. He became a gifted and celebrated pediatric neurosurgeon, performing the first successful surgical separation of conjoined twins.

Against this personal backdrop, Carson has a very traditional American attitude toward success. He celebrates it unabashedly and believes in the gospel of self-reliance. Don't become dependent on anyone else. Don't consider yourself a victim. Don't begrudge others their success. Get an education, work hard and thank God you were born in the greatest country in the world.

Carson's is a voice of hope and aspiration but also of rigor and of standards. He spent a long part of his speech decrying the decline of American education.

There is none of this that President Barack Obama or most any other liberal would disagree with. President Obama has spoken of his own single mom prodding him to study as a child. But

Obama and company represent the party of government, and the premise of government programs tends to be that you can't help yourself.

A few days after being subjected to Carson, Obama delivered a State of the Union address that offered some program or other for practically every problem he identified. He took a pass on dealing with the debt and pushed for more taxes on the rich.

Warning of the disastrous effects of "moral decay" and "fiscal irresponsibility," Carson touched on a very different approach in his speech, advocating government frugality, a flat tax and health-care accounts controlled by individuals.

Carson insists — not persuasively, given the complexities involved — that these items are just common sense. What is common sense, or used to be, is the ethic of self-discipline and individual advancement that he exemplifies and extols so powerfully. May his viral moment give him the chance to spread the message even more widely.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

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MARY LOU (MELCHER) MILLHOUSE of America in South PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Carolina, and was a member Mary Lou (Melcher) of the Lowcountry Reading Millhouse, 58, of Port Association. She was also a Orange, Fla., formerly of member of the American Piqua, Ohio, passed away at Business Women 5:20 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, Association (ABWA), 2013, at the Halifax Health Christmas Around the World, Hospice of Volusia/Flagler — and was a leading Avon repPort Orange, Fla., due to resentative, consistently complications from late stage earning such honors as breast cancer.

President’s Club and Honor She was born in Piqua, MILLHOUSE Society. In addition, she was Ohio, on Oct. 28, 1954, the a former member of St. Mary Catholic only child of the late Louis W. and Church in Piqua, and joined the Our Lorraine (Turner) Melcher.

She is survived by her two daughters Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church congregation upon the family’s move to and son-in-law: Cassandra (Jason) Florida in 1997. There, she was an Rhodes and Lisa Millhouse, both of active member of the Council of Port Orange, Fla., along with numerCatholic Women and multiple parent ous cousins and close friends. groups. Through a journey of multiple Mary Lou graduated from Lehman trials and tribulations, she proved herCatholic High School in Sidney, Ohio, in 1973, and obtained her bachelor of self to be a constant advocate for her children and devoted her life to raising science in education in 1977 from St. them.

Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Ind. She enjoyed traveling with her family, Specializing in reading improvement, ’50s and ’60s pop music, Disney trips she worked at several schools in the Springfield, Ohio, and Tipp City, Ohio, and memorabilia, Ohio State football, watching TV with family, and living the areas.

Florida lifestyle. She was always there She continued her education at Wright State University before moving when people were in need of a friend to the South Carolina area, where she or a smile, and was a devoted mother and friend. She had a way of making taught the “Gullah” children of Buford each day count, and her smile and and Shell Point. While in South laughter will be greatly missed.

Carolina, Mary Lou completed addiA service of Christian Burial will be at tional courses at the University of noon Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 at South Carolina and the Citadel. She returned to Piqua, Ohio, where she did Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, private tutoring and substitute teaching with the Rev. Fr. Angelo Caserta officiat Piqua Catholic Schools before leav- ating. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the funeral home. Burial will ing the profession to pursue an apprenticeship and join the family busi- follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio. ness at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Memorial contributions may be made Home, as a licensed funeral director. to Halifax Health, Hospice of Volusia Mary Lou assumed many roles Flagler, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port throughout her lifetime, in various Orange, FL 32129. organizations, such as president of Condolences may be expressed to the the American Legion Auxillary, an family at www.melcher-sowers.com. assistant scout leader for Girl Scouts

B. JOANNE DUNCAN STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — B. Joanne Duncan, 74, of Stone Mountain, Ga., formerly of West Milton, passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla. She was born July 28, 1938, in West Milton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, J. Orville and Katherine E. (Frye) Holbert; and a brother, Duane Holbert.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Wells S. Duncan; loving family, son Gregory Duncan of London, England; daughter and son-in-law, Kimberlee and Anthony Young of Matawan, N.J.; and seven grandchildren.

She was a 1956 graduate of MiltonUnion High School, was retired as a secretary for TRW, enjoyed cross stitching, camping, traveling and spending time with her family.

Funeral services will be at 5 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at the HaleSarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton. Internment will be at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton.

Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Hale-Sarver.

If so desired ,contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311.

MICHELLE ANN GOUBEAUX SLUTZ TROY — On Feb. 14, 2013, the spirit of Michelle Ann Goubeaux Slutz passed from her body into the afterlife. After a strenuous battle with pancreatic cancer, she passed in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Her best friend and life partner, Jerry, was by her side until the very end.

SLUTZ She leaves behind three children — Jasmine, Kamara and Elisha — and a grandson, Trevor, who were the light of her life. Surviving her passing are her older sister, Kim, her brother, Matt, and her younger sister, Renee, with whom she spent many of life’s special moments. Her mother’s sister, Ruthi, remains with the family.

Her parents, James Goubeaux and Barbara Semon, preceded her in passing.

She has finally met her eternal Valentine, and she will be forever in the Lord’s presence. May she look upon us with favor often. We love our mother, our grandmother, our friend,

our angel. Her generous spirit will be missed, yet celebrated and revisited often. Through our remembrance of her gifts and her love, we can aid her spirit and light in shining on for all to see. She wished us not to be sad, but to be joyous in the Lord with our hearts, and celebratory in her life’s works.

A service to celebrate Michelle’s life, her love, and her legacy will be held Monday, in the presence of her loved ones and those of us she has touched. The celebration service will occur from 6-8 p.m. at Upper Room Worship Center, 648 N. Hyatt St. in Tipp City.

In lieu of flowers, Michelle’s wish was for donations to be made to either Hospice of Miami County or Upper Room Worship Center.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.fishercheney funeralhome.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Henry Moses Eikenberry SIDNEY — Henry Moses Eikenberry, 91, of Dorothy Love Retirement Community, 2500 N. Kuther Road, Apt. 307, Sidney, Ohio, passed away at his residence on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.

Memorial services will be Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at the Dorothy Love Amos Chapel, Sidney, Ohio.

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Support for gun control has roots in Chicago Obama returns to hometown (AP) — CHICAGO President Barack Obama’s support for gun control has its roots in a hometown plagued by deadly shootings a city, he said Friday, where as many children die from guns every four months as were slaughtered at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut.

Obama told a Chicago audience that high-profile mass shootings are one part of a national tragedy created not just by guns but by communities where there is too little hope. As a result, he said, “too many of our children are being taking away from us.”

It was an emotional return to a city whose recent shooting victims have included Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old drum majorette gunned down a mile from Obama’s Chicago home just days after she performed at the president’s inauguration in Washington.

Standing before Hyde Park Academy students in their navy uniform shirts, the president said 65 children were killed by gun violence last year in Chicago. “That’s the equivalent of a Newtown every four months,” Obama said.

Twenty children were

among the dead in the Newtown massacre.

“This is not just a gun issue,” Obama said. “It’s also an issue of the kinds of communities that we’re building, and for that we all share responsibility as citizens to fix it. We all share a responsibility to move this country closer to our founding vision, that no matter who you were or where you come from, here in America, you can decide your own destiny.”

Obama was a reliable vote in favor of gun control as a state senator in the late 1990s, with one important exception that contributed to his only electoral loss.

While running for the Democratic primary for an House seat in 1999, Obama missed a vote on a gun control measure that narrowly failed, an episode that he later said cost him any chance to win.

The lesson for the future president: Don’t sit idly by in reaction to gun violence.

Obama appears to have taken that lesson to heart.

Gun control was not on his agenda in his first term, but the president responded quickly to the Newtown shooting in December. He is pushing measures including

background checks for all gun purchases and a ban on assault weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines, even as both sides in the debate doubt he’ll be able to achieve the full package.

“These proposals deserve a vote in Congress,” Obama said in his Hyde Park Academy visit. It’s rhetoric he also used in the State of the Union address Tuesday.

Earlier Friday at the White House, Obama honored the six educators killed in the Connecticut shooting presenting the by Presidential Citizens Medal to their families. “They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care,” Obama said.

In Chicago, Obama mourned the death of Pendleton, whose funeral Michelle Obama had attended. “Unfortunately, what happened to Hadiya’s not unique,” the president said.

“It’s not unique to Chicago, it’s not unique to this country. Too many of our children are being taken away from us.”

Critics of Obama’s effort note that Chicago’s spike in homicides offers evidence gun restrictions don’t work.

Records show inner workings of disgraced Legion of Christ PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Documents detailing the dubious fundraising practices of a disgraced Roman Catholic religious order called the Legion of Christ were released to the public Friday, showing how the organization took control of an elderly woman’s finances and persuaded her to bequeath it $60 million.

The records include the first-ever depositions of high-ranking Legion officials. They shed light on the inner workings of a secretive congregation placed under Vatican receivership after the Holy See determined that its founder was a spiritual fraud who sexually abused his seminarians and fathered three children with two women.

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge said last year that the documents raised a red flag because a steadfastly spiritual elderly woman transferred millions to “clandestinely dubious religious leaders.” But they had been kept under seal until The Associated Press, The New York Times, the National Catholic Reporter and The Providence Journal intervened, arguing that they were in the public interest.

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In this Nov. 30, 2004, file photo, Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ, during a special audience at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI took over the Legion in 2010 after a Vatican investigation determined that Maciel had sexually molested seminarians and fathered three children by two women.

Pope Benedict XVI took over the Legion in 2010 after a Vatican investigation determined that its founder, the late Rev. Marcial Maciel, had lived a double life. The pope ordered a wholesale reform of the order and named a papal delegate to oversee it.

The Legion scandal is significant because it shows how the Holy See willfully ignored credible allegations of abuse against Maciel for

decades, all while holding him up as a model of sainthood for the faithful because he brought in money and vocations to the priesthood. The scandal, which has tarnished the legacy of Pope John Paul II, is the most egregious example of how the Vatican ignored decades of reports about sexually abusive priests because church leaders put the interests of the institution above those of the victims.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish

personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.

Federal prosecutors filed one charge of conspiracy against the former Chicago congressman and charged his ex-alderman wife, Sandra, with one count of filing false joint federal

income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011 that knowingly understated the income the couple received. Both agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors.

Both face maximum penalties of several years in prison; he also faces

hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and forfeitures. But the government did not immediately release the text of its plea agreements. Such agreements almost invariably call for prosecutors to recommend sentences below the maximum.

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WEST MILTON — TROY — The Sunday Community Grace Enrichment for Adults pro- Brethren Church, 2261 S. gram begins Sunday with Miami St., will present a soup and sandwich meal Parenting with Purpose, a at 5:30 p.m. in the church seminar aimed at encourunder croft, 409 E. Main aging parents who may St., Troy, and the feel inadequate or overCatholicism DVD series whelmed at times, from 9 will begin at 6:15 p.m. A a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 23. free will donation will be The cost is $5 per taken to cover cost of the adult. The doors will open food. at 8:30 a.m., with coffee With the series, and doughnuts available Catholicism — Journey at that time. Lunch and around the World and free child care will be proDeep into the Faith, parvided. Call the church ticipants will learn what office at (937) 698-4048 to Catholics believe and why register. while being immersed in the art, architecture, literBrat, sauerkraut ature, beliefs and practices of the Catholic tradition. supper set The Rev. Fr. Robert TIPP CITY — Zion Barron, who is the host Lutheran Church, 14 W. and creator, is an Walnut St. (corner of Third acclaimed author and theand Main streets), Tipp ologian priest from City, will hold its annual Chicago and founder of brat-sauerkraut supper Word on Fire Catholic from 4-7 p.m. Feb. 23 in Ministries. the fellowship hall.

Topics for the series The menu will include will be: bratwurst or a hot dog, • Feb. 17: “Happy Are sauerkraut or green beans, We: The Teachings of Jesus,” Fr. Barron journeys mashed potatoes, fried apples, homemade pies from Galilee to Krakow, and a beverage. Carry-out Warsaw, New York City, Kampala and beyond and also will be available.

Tickets are $7 for presents throughout what it means to be a disciple of adults and $4 for children under 10. Tickets may be Christ.

• Feb 24: “The Ineffable purchased in advance at the church office weekdays Mystery of God: That between 9 a.m. and noon Than Which Nothing or at the door.

Greater can be Thought” The fellowship hall is takes participants on a handicapped accessible. journey from the heights For more information, of Mount Sinai to the myscall the church office at terious sites of Istanbul, from the glittering streets (937) 667-3110. of Paris to the glorious Sistine Chapel. Fr. Barron Group to perform presents the Catholic in Sidney Faith’s compelling vision of God as the ineffable SIDNEY — Soul’d Out and majestic Trinity.

Quartet will perform at • March 3: “Our New Hope United Tainted Nature’s Solitary Methodist Church, 8985 Boast: Mary, the Mother of West Mason Road at the God,” we travel to the intersection of Mason and ruins of Ephesus and to Patterson-Halpin Roads, at the great Marian shrines 7 p.m. Feb. 23. of Lourdes and Guadalupe.

Soul’d Out is a full-time Fr. Barron explains the ministry touring 25 states Church’s great reverence each year. SOQT performs for Mary and her unique in churches, theaters, role in the history of salva- fairs/festivals, Dollywood, tion.

Silver Dollar City, as well as the main stage at the Lenten programs National Quartet Convention. Soul’d Out to begin Quartet has been honored TROY — Anticipate the to win the Singing News coming Easter season with Magazine, Horizon Group your family by attending a of the Year Award, as well as SoGospelnews.com’s five-week inter-generaBreakthrough Artist tional Lenten program at

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Day of Caring is Feb. 24 TROY — The community is invited Feb. 24 to the First United Church of Christ for the annual Day of Caring Pancake Brunch, a one-day event in which local churches and organizations host a pancake and sausage brunch to raise awareness to problems of hunger and homelessness.

First United Church of Christ, hosting for the second year, is located on the corner of Market and Canal streets and is handicapped accessible. The brunch will be from 11:30 a.m., following our worship service until 1:30 p.m. The Day of Caring is a grassroots organization made up of volunteers committed to increasing personal awareness and involvement toward confronting the ever-increasing national plight of hunger and homelessness.

In 2012, 50 sites participated and raised more than $45,000. One hundred percent of the profits will go toward the First UCC Backpack Program, which provides food for 300 children at six elementary schools every weekend during the school year.

An adult donation will be $6, senior citizens and children under 12 years is a $4 donation.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy to receive federal disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The House voted 354-72 for the bill, which now goes to the Senate. Houses of worship would be added to the federal government’s list of private nonprofit organizations eligible for FEMA aid to help rebuild under the measure. Critics said it goes against the constitutional separation of church and state.

Backers of the bill say hundreds of houses of worship were damaged in the storm and that many of them continued to serve their stricken communities providing help such as shelter and food.

Sandy roared up the East Coast and pounded several states in late October, especially New York and New Jersey. It was the deadliest hurricane in the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the secondcostliest in the nation’s history, a recent National Hurricane Center report said.

The measure, coauthored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., allows houses of worship to seek grants from FEMA’s disaster relief fund, which helps pay for rebuilding efforts, restoring power and other immediate needs arising from the storm.

“These houses of worship are conduits of healing and rebuilding in the community, while lacking the resources to address their own structural damage,” said Smith.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and other religious institutions deserve the same treatment as other non-profit organizations.

“They shouldn’t be penalized just because of their religious involvement,” said King.

Fellow New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, said there were “real constitutional problems” with using taxpayer dollars to rebuild structures such as religious sanctuaries and altars that are not used by the general public. He complained the bill was rushed to a vote a few days

after it was filed, without any hearings or consideration by the Judiciary Committee.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State opposed the bill, saying taxpayers should not be asked to pay for reconstruction of houses of worship. The group said public funding of religion violates the Constitution and that a long line of federal court decisions bars government support for buildings used primarily for worship.

“A fundamental rule of American life is that congregants, not the taxpayers, pay for the construction and repair of houses of worship. We must not let a storm sweep away the wall of separation between church and state,” Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, said in a statement.

The American Civil Liberties Union also opposed the bill.

“Religious liberty starts from the precept that religion thrives when both religion and government are safeguarded from the undue influences of the other,” said Dena Sher, legislative counsel for the ACLU.

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TROY — A fish fry, sponsored by the St. Patrick men’s softball team, will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 1, 8 and 15 in the St. Patrick Church basement, North Crawford Street entrance.

The meal will include all-you-can-eat fish and fries, choice of applesauce or coleslaw, dinner roll and peanut butter and jelly for those who don’t like fish.

Meals will be $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and children 6-12 and free of those 6 and younger.

Retreat upcoming PLEASANT HILL — A Stillwater Community Ladies’ Retreat will be offered March 15-16 at Newton School, Pleasant Hill.

The Theme is “How to Feed Yourself the Word of God.” Miriam Lofquist, daughter of a missionary, will be the speaker. Her husband is the executive director of IFCA International and she serves as women’s coordinator. They also served together 17 years in the pastorate.

Registration is $20 by March 1 and $25 after, and includes meals.

Activities during the retreat will include manicures, hand massage, jewelry making, card making and nature prayer walk.

Registrations may be mailed to Treva Westfall, 10390 Sugar Grove-Circle Hill Road, Covington.

Those interested can download a retreat brochure at stillwatercc.org.

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It will begin on Feb. 20 and continue through TROY — A chicken pot March 15, the Wednesday pie dinner will be offered before Palm Sunday. A from 4-6:30 pm. today at Troy View Church of God, light supper, for a dona1770 N. County Road 25-A, tion, will be provided.

There will be crafts for Troy. children and a discussion Dinner will include for adults. chicken pot pie, mashed Supper will be from potatoes, green beans, 5:30-6 p.m. Activity time corn, tossed salad and will last until 6:45 p.m., dessert. and will focus on the subAdults will be $7, children 4-12 years old $4 and ject of “Praying All the Time,” describing how those 3 years and under prayer can be expressed by will be free. all ages in many different ways.

Clothing sale If planning to attend, call the church office at offered to public 335-7747.

TROY — A new and The regular Wednesday used clothing sale will be half-hour Celtic evening from 2-6 p.m. today at the service will begin at 7 p.m.

Troy View Church of God, 1770 N. County Road 25-A, Purim to be Troy.

All sizes and styles will celebrated be available, with nothing PIQUA — Congregation more than $10.

Anshe Emeth will be celeProceeds will help the brating Purim at a Scott Edgell family with Shabbat service Feb. 22. funeral expenses.

Services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Old time gospel Marc Kasten and will begin at 7:30 p.m. offered The synagogue is locatPLEASANT HILL — ed at 320 Caldwell St. in Old time gospel will be Piqua. offered at 10 a.m. Sunday For more information, at the Pleasant Hill check the website at Church of Christ, 10 W. www.ansheemeth.org or Monument St., featuring call 547-0092.

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In Loving memory of

Jeffrey Liles The first year without you has been difficult, but we know your in a better place without pain. With every thought of you brings appreciation and great memories.

The ones we have of you playing Baseball has helped us all. You are in our hearts always and forever.

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ABOVE: In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru, a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 1,000 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

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Call 332-6919 or Visit The Miami County Animal Shelter, 1110 N. 25-A, Troy Miami County Animal Shelter Adoption Fees and Procedures: Dogs : $62.00 unneutered, $32.00 neutered. All dogs adopted will be given their first distemper shot and first dose of worm medicine. The license fee is included. With an adoption you will receive a coupon for a free health exam at the Miami Co. veterinarian of your choice. The adoption fee also includes a $30.00 neuter deposit. All dogs adopted from the shelter are required to be neutered by the vet of your choice within 45 days from the date of adoption or by the time the puppy reaches 6 mos of age. Neutering (of pets adopted from our shelter) is MANDATORY by law.

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“Hernie & Shadow” Gray and Gray/White Striped/Tabbie DSH Males 4-6 mos. Tested/Neutered These two young rescuers became concerned when two kittens were found recently at Grandma’s house during the winter weather. Hernie and Shadow couldn’t be happier! These kittens are very social and loving. Hernie, did have a hernia, which was repaired while being neutered. Please celebrate World Spay Day, Feb. 26th by sponsoring the neutering of a feral or community cat that would otherwise never receive that basic care. Contact Miami Co. Cat Programs at (937) 6230176 for more information. All donations can be sent to: Miami Co. Humane Society Cat Programs, P O Box 789, Troy, OH 45373.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth’s backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia just hours before the asteroid zoomed past the planet.

Scientists the world over, along with NASA, insisted the meteor had nothing to do with the asteroid since they appeared to be traveling in opposite directions. The asteroid is a much more immense object and

delighted astronomers in Australia and elsewhere who watched it zip harmlessly through a clear night sky.

“It’s on its way out,” reported Paul Chodas of NASA’s Near-Earth Object program at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

Asteroid 2012 DA14, as it’s called, came closer to Earth than many communication and weather satellites orbiting 22,300 miles up. Scientists insisted these, too, would be spared, and they were right.

The asteroid was too small to see with the naked eye even at its closest approach around 2:25 p.m.

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sought medical care after the shock wave and 48 were hospitalized. Most of the injuries were caused by flying glass, officials said.

Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Vladimir Purgin said many of the injured were cut as they flocked to windows to see what caused the intense flash of light, which momentarily was brighter than the sun.

There was no immediate word on any deaths or anyone struck by space fragments.

Vladimir President Putin summoned the nation’s emergencies minister and ordered immediate repairs. “We need to think how to help the people and do it immediately,” he said.

Some meteorite fragments fell in a reservoir outside the town of Chebarkul, the regional Interior Ministry office said. The crash left an eight-meter (26-foot) crater in the ice.

Lessons had just started at Chelyabinsk schools when the meteor exploded, and officials said 258 children were among those injured. Amateur video showed a teacher speaking to her class as a powerful shock wave hit the room.

Yekaterina Melikhova, a high school student whose nose was bloody and whose upper lip was covered with a bandage, said she was in her geography class when a bright light flashed outside.

“After the flash, nothing happened for about three minutes. Then we rushed outdoors. … The door was made of glass, a shock wave made it hit us,” she said.

Russian television ran video of athletes at a city sports arena who were showered by shards of glass from huge windows. Some of them were still bleeding.

Other videos showed a long shard of glass slamming into the floor close to a factory worker and massive doors blown away by the shock wave.

Meteors typically cause sizeable sonic booms when they enter the atmosphere because they are traveling so much faster than the speed of sound. Injuries on the scale reported Friday, however, are extraordinarily rare.

Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth — unlike meteor

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MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia’s Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.

While NASA estimated the meteor was only about the size of a bus and weighed about 7,000 tons, the fireball it produced was dramatic. Video shot by startled residents of the city of Chelyabinsk showed its streaming contrails arcing toward the horizon just after sunrise, looking like something from a worldending science-fiction movie.

It came hours before a 150-foot asteroid passed within about 17,000 miles (28,000 kilometers) of Earth. The European Space Agency said its experts had determined there was no connection between the asteroid and the Russian meteor just cosmic coincidence.

The meteor over Russia entered the Earth’s atmosphere about 9:20 a.m. local time (10:20 p.m. EST Thursday) at a hypersonic speed of at least 33,000 mph (54,000 kph) and shattered into pieces about 3050 kilometers (18-32 miles) high, the Russian Academy of Sciences said. NASA estimated its speed at about 40,000 mph and the energy released in the hundreds of kilotons.

“There was panic. People had no idea what was happening,” said Sergey Hametov of Chelyabinsk, about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow.

“We saw a big burst of light, then went outside to see what it was and we heard a really loud, thundering sound,” he told The Associated Press by telephone.

The shock wave blew in an estimated 100,000 square meters (more than 1 million square feet) of glass, according to city officials, who said 3,000 buildings in Chelyabinsk were damaged. At a zinc factory, part of the roof collapsed.

The Interior Ministry said about 1,100 people

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Tread lightly before you inquire about bonus pay Dear Annie: I am an associate in a law firm with two offices.

Each office has three associate attorneys and is managed by a partner.

During my first year, I was the only associate in my office, and I received a Christmas bonus. The second year, we hired two additional associates. I was devastated when all of the staff but none of the associates received a bonus that year, as I'd planned to use the money to buy gifts for my family. I wasn't surprised last month when, once again, the associates received nothing. I did discover, however, that all of the associates in the other law office received bonuses.

I understand that a Christmas bonus is not something I am entitled to receive, and if I bring it up to my boss, it would make me sound selfish and greedy. We do get extra money each month if we exceed a specific number of billable hours. However, that is a part of my compensation agreement and a variable portion of my salary, not a bonus. I also think my boss has decided that the office staff, most of whom are single parents, need the bonus more than the associates do. But my law degree came with six figures of student loan debt.

This is less about the money than it is about the disparate treatment, especially between the two law offices. Is there any way to bring this up to my boss for next season without sounding like a spoiled child? — Struggling Young Professional Dear Struggling: We understand why this seems unfair, but unless a yearly bonus is part of your compensation package, such money is given at the discretion of the managing partner. It is possible that the associates in the other office have a different compensation agreement that includes a Christmas bonus or that there are other factors involved. You could ask what you can do to increase the likelihood that you will merit additional pay at the end of the year, or whether something about your performance has been disappointing. Beyond that, you're out of luck.

Dear Annie: My friend "Harry" has had an on-again, offagain girlfriend for the past year.

They have broken up many times, but claim they're right for each other. Most of our friends think their relationship is a waste of time.

Well, now they are on again, but this time it is different.

Harry is totally head over heels, but she isn't into him so much. I used to talk to him every day, and now I barely get a "hello."

His girlfriend says I'm "bugging" him and never lets him hang around long enough to talk to me.

We all know it's only a matter of time before it ends badly. How can I help Harry realize what's going on? I want my friend back.

— Worried in California Dear California: Unless there is abuse, it is pointless for you to involve yourself in Harry's relationship. He could benefit from counseling to work on the reasons he pursues such a selfdestructive romance, but until he admits that he makes bad choices, your words will have little effect. Since the relationship is likely to end sooner than later, you will have other opportunities to discuss this with him.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Ormond Beach, Fla." Last year, I went to a male doctor with a gynecological problem. He said I had menopause, and that was it. I made an appointment with a female nurse practitioner, who sent me to a gynecologist.

The gynecologist discovered I had cancer and referred me to an oncologist.

Fortunately, the surgeon was able to get it all.

I'm glad I didn't listen to the first doctor. Keep trying until you get some help. — Thankful in Southern Indiana Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Enjoy good times with friends today. In fact, you will be particularly drawn to creative, artistic people. Perhaps they can help you formulate future goals?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Romance with a boss or someone in authority might begin for you, or perhaps it’s a saucy flirtation? If others ask for your creative input on something, don’t hesitate to give it.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Travel anywhere if you can today, or do something so that you feel you are learning something new and breaking free of your daily boundaries. You want to broaden your horizons!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Intense discussions about intimacy or how to share money and divide shared costs might arise today. Good. This is a good time to talk about this.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Remember to get more sleep, because this is the most tired time of the year for you. Fortunately, partnerships and close relationships are cozy and warm.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It’s easy to work hard today because co-workers are so supportive. In fact, they are so supportive that a work-related romance might begin.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful time to enjoy the pleasures of life. Take a vacation day if you can. If not, enjoy a long lunch and good times with others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your focus on home, family and domestic needs continues, which is why many of you are redecorating your digs. Today you might be more involved with a parent than usual.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You are no doubt amazed by the beauty of your surroundings now and also by how much love there is in your daily life. Appreciation is the best meditation we can do daily.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You are blessed with lots of opportunities to earn money now. This is why you are buying beautiful treasures for yourself and loved ones.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with others are very smooth now because it’s easy to be charming and diplomatic. Why is it easy? Because you’re attracting such good fortune.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will delight you today. You need to catch your breath in a peaceful way so that you will be restored and replenished for the future.

YOU BORN TODAY You are resilient and strong, yet this is often a mask for a very sensitive interior. You often feel that you need to have your defenses up against the world. You are affectionate and ready to defend not only yourself, but also family members and loved ones. You embrace your beliefs fervently. Grab every opportunity to learn something in the year ahead, because it will help you in 2014.

Birthdate of: Daphne Oz, author/TV host; Jerry O’Connell, actor; Michael Jordan, basketball player. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2013.

There are 318 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1968, the nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala., as the speaker of the Alabama House, Rankin Fite, placed a call from the mayor’s office in City Hall to a red telephone at the police station that was answered by

U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill.

On this date: In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.

In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.

In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

In 1987, John Demjanjuk went on trial in Jerusalem, accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” a guard at the Treblinka Nazi concentration camp. (Demjanjuk was convicted, but the conviction ended up being overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court.)

In 1998, a China Airlines Airbus A300-600R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashed, killing all 196 people on board, plus six on the ground.

States’ choices set up national health experiment WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds?

The nation is about evenly split between states that decided by Friday’s deadline they want a say in running new insurance markets and states that are defaulting to federal control because they don’t want to participate in

“Obamacare.” That choice was left to state governments under the law: Establish the market or Washington will.

With some exceptions, states led by Democrats opted to set up their own markets, called exchanges, and Republican-led states declined.

Only months from the official launch, exchanges are supposed to make the mind-boggling task of buying health insurance more like shopping on Amazon.com or Travelocity.

Millions of people who don’t have employer coverage will flock to the new markets.

Middle-class consumers will be able to buy private insurance, with government help to pay the premiums in most cases. Low-income people will be steered to safety net programs like Medicaid.

“It’s an experiment between the feds and the states, and among the states themselves,” said Robert Krughoff, president of Consumers’ Checkbook, a nonprofit ratings group that

has devised an online tool used by many federal workers to pick their health plans. Krughoff is skeptical that either the feds or the states have solved the technological challenge of making the purchase of health insurance as easy as selecting a travel-and-hotel package.

Whether or not the bugs get worked out, consumers will be able to start signing up Oct. 1 for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1. That’s also when two other major provisions of the law kick in:

the mandate that almost all Americans carry health insurance, and the rule that says insurers can no longer turn away people in poor health.

Barring last-minute switches that may not be revealed until next week, 23 states plus Washington, D.C., have opted to run their own markets or partner with the Obama administration to do so.

Twenty-six states are defaulting to the feds. But in several of those, Republican governors are trying to

carve out some kind of role by negotiating with federal Health and Human Services Kathleen Secretary Sebelius. Utah’s status is unclear. It received initial federal approval to run its own market, but appears to be reconsidering.

“It’s healthy for the states to have various choices,” said Ben Nelson, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

“And there’s no barrier to taking somebody else’s ideas and making them work in your situation.”

Cruise ship passengers became comrades on trip home

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The ship left Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 17 for a fourday jaunt to Cozumel, Mexico. The fire paralyzed the ship early Sunday, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico until tugboats towed the massive 14-story vessel to Mobile. It arrived late

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Sandy Jackson, of Houston, was fortunate to have an upper-level room with a balcony and a breeze that kept the air in her cabin fresh. Rooms on the lower decks were too foul or stifling, so Jackson took in five people, including four strangers.

“We knew one, the others we’re very good friends with now,” Jackson said.

“Everyone was very cordial in sharing supplies. What you had and they didn’t have, everyone shared as much as possible.”

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As ship conditions deteriorated after an engine fire, travelers formed Bible study groups, shared or traded precious supplies and even welcomed strangers into their private cabins. Long after they’ve returned to the everyday luxuries of hot showers and cold drinks, passengers said, they will remember the crew and the personal bonds formed during a cruel week at sea.

The tired tourists finally reached land Friday and gave a glimpse into the intensely uncomfortable journey they had endured.

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TROY, 3 bedrooms with basement, garage, AC, washer/dryer hook-up. No pets. 1115 Wayne. $600 plus deposit.

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TV, 46Inch, Mitsubishi, $200, excellent picture, Heater, 70,000BTU kerosene Pro Temp, thermostat $175, Reddy heater, propane, tank, regulator, $75, (937)570-5297

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• BASEBALL: Troy Junior Baseball will be having a final registration signup date for the 2013 season. It will be held from 10 a.m. to noon today at Extra Innings (958 S. Dorset, next to Troy Christian High School).

Registration is open to children ages 5-15. Adults interested in coaching are encouraged to sign up at this time and will be required to have a background check done. Anyone 11 years or older wishing to umpire are asked to sign up at one of the above dates, as well. For more information, visit www.troyjuniorbaseball.com.

• COACHING SEARCH: Troy Christian Schools is looking for a head varsity volleyball coach, with an application deadline of Feb. 20. Applications can be found on the Troy Christian Schools website at http://troychristianschools.org/fileadmin/content/athletics/documents/Employment_Applicatio n.pdf. A resume and references should be attached with the applications. For more information, contact Athletic Director Mike Coots at mcoots@tcmail.org or (937) 339-5692.

• RUNNING: Milton-Union High School will host the First Annual Snowshoe Shuffle Relay at 1 p.m. Feb. 23. Runners can compete in either a two-person relay or as an individual.

The entry fee is $15 as an individual or $20 per team. Race-day entry is available for the same price. Proceeds will benefit the Milton-Union High School cross country and track programs.

Online registration is available at www.speedy-feet.com.

• BASEBALL: Troy High School will host a baseball clinic for ages 10-14 from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 23 at the Troy High School auxiliary gym. The cost is $25 if registered by Feb. 16. For more information, contact Ty Welker at welker-t@troy.k12.oh.us or at 332-6710, ext. 6232.

• POKER: The Troy Football Alumni Association will host a Texas Hold ’Em Tourament at 4 p.m. Feb. 23 at the St. Patrick's Parish Center, located at 409 E. Main St. in Troy. The tournament is limited to the first 100 registered players. Registration begins at 3:15 p.m. the day of the tourament. Participants may pre-register by sending an email request to brad8rohlfs@yahoo.com.

Checks or money orders may be mailed to P.O. Box 824, Troy, OH, 45373. Entrants also may pay at the door. There is a $50 entry fee, with profits from the event going toward the Troy Football Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. The Troy Football Alumni Association is a non-profit organization.

Birthday present Perkins among 5 Trojans in semi

BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor colinfoster@civitasmedia.com Troy’s Mason Perkins got the birthday present he wanted Friday night at the Division I sectional in Centerville.

The junior, seeded third at 126, defeated Talawanda’s James Hatfield by an 11-3 decision to STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER advance to today’s semifinal.

Troy’s Mason Perkins maintains control of Talawanda’s James “I was pretty happy, considering Hatfield Friday night during the Division I sectional tournament. last year I had a bye in the first

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Pistorius charged with premeditated murder In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no click-click-click of Oscar Pistorius’ prosthetic limbs. His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend. See Page 16.

round, then I had to face the guy who ended up going to state,” Perkins said. “I lost in overtime in my third match, and I think I ended up placing sixth last year.

This year, winning my first match, moving on to the semifinals, and this being the only time I’ve ever been to the semis in my life.

“It feels pretty good, and it’s my

■ See SECTIONAL on 18

■ Bowling

Trojans advance Tipp’s Banks joins Troy at district Staff Reports The Troy boys bowling team finished fourth in the 22-team sectional tournament field at Woodman Lanes on Friday. With the top six teams advancing, the Trojans assured themselves of a spot in the district tournament to be held next Saturday at BeaverVu Bowl.

The Tippecanoe boys, meanwhile, finished 10th as a team — but Logan Banks rolled games of 178-196-214 for a 588 series, good enough for 18th place and to earn a district qualifying spot as a individual.

DAYTON

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Boys Basketball Minster at Troy (7:30 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Greenon (7:30 p.m.)

Bethel at Yellow Springs (7 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Division II Sectional at Tecumseh Tippecanoe vs. Graham (6 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Division IV Sectional at Brookville Covington vs. Bradford (12:30 p.m.)

Newton vs. Bethel (2 p.m.) at Sidney Troy Christian vs. Botkins (11 a.m.)

Lehman vs. Mechanicsburg (12:30 p.m.)

Wrestling Division I Sectional at Centerville Troy, Piqua (10:30 a.m.)

Division II at Tippecanoe HS (10 a.m.) at Milton-Union HS (9:30 a.m.)

Division III at Lehman Troy Christian, Covington, Miami East, Lehman (11 a.m.)

Swimming Division I District at Miami University Troy, Piqua girls (5:45 p.m.)

Division II District at Miami University Tippecanoe, Troy Christian girls (10:45 a.m.)

Gymnastics Troy at Miamisburg (10 a.m.)

CENTERVILLE

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Troy’s Tyler Miller lays the ball in after a steal Friday night against Piqua at the Trojan Activities Center.

Troy — which will be gunning for its third trip to state in as many years — started the tournament hot, rolling a team game of 1,033 to take the top spot in the tournament after the first game. Troy then found it difficult to strike on toughening lane conditions. The Trojans gutted out team games of 952 and 869 to land in fifth place – 64 pins above the cut – heading into baker play.

The Trojans held off the competition from there. Troy produced games of 222 and 220 on the way to a 193 average for the six-game baker block. Not only did Troy stay ahead of the teams chasing them, but the Trojans moved up to fourth place by tournament’s end.

It was a total team effort for Troy as all five bowlers’ series were within 48 pins of each other.

■ See BOWLING on 18

Complete game Eagles ■ Boys Basketball

Troy sweeps Piqua with solid all-around effort

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com No 13-point comeback to force overtime.

No losing a 16-point lead in the fourth.

On Senior Night, the Troy Trojans showed what can happen when they want it from the start.

finish strong Staff Reports SPRINGFIELD — With the outright Metro Buckeye Conference already sealed and the Division IV sectional tournament bracket already set, Troy Christian could have spent its season finale resting on its laurels.

That’s just not the Eagles’ style.

TROY Troy outhustled, outmuscled, outshot and flat-out outplayed the rival Piqua Indians Friday night, taking control late in the first quarter and never letting it go in a convincing 60-43 Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division victory at the Trojan Activities Center to complete not only the season sweep, but the all-levels sweep.

“If you pick any one game out of the whole season, this is the one we wanted more than anything, especially for the seniors,” Troy senior Tyler Miller said. “It means a lot, especially with this being Senior Night. It just makes the energy level in the lockerroom and on the court so

MIAMI COUNTY Troy Christian set a school record for 3-pointers in a single game and had five players in double figures Friday night, finishing off an undefeated MBC run with an 81-33 victory at Emmanuel Christian Friday night.

Grant Zawadzki led a balanced offensive by the Eagles (20-2, 12-0) with 15 points, Spencer Thomas and Nathan Kirkpatrick each had 11 and Troy’s Jalen Nelson is fouled while hitting a layup Friday night

■ See TROJANS on 18 against Piqua.

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Daytona practice includes 5-car wreck Goodell raked in DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It took about 10 minutes to wreck several cars at Daytona International Speedway on Friday.

Matt Kenseth triggered a five-car accident in the opening practice for the Sprint Unlimited, the nonpoints race that kicks off the season.

Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin and Juan Pablo Montoya also were involved in the crash.

Busch’s No. 78 Chevrolet sustained the most damage, forcing the team to switch to a backup car for Saturday night’s exhibition event. Edwards

and Martin also went to backups.

“It’s tough,” Busch said.

“A lot of hard work goes into these cars, and six weeks of preparation can be trashed in six laps.”

Kenseth took blame for the melee, saying he didn’t see Busch gaining ground inside his No. 20 Toyota on the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway.

“That was 100 percent driver error, my driver error,” Kenseth said. “I had no idea anybody was there and he had a run at the same time and I came down in front of him and he couldn’t get slowed up from staying out of me. It was a hundred percent my

fault.”

The accident came less than 10 laps into the first practice of Speedweeks. It was supposed to be a learning session for NASCAR’s redesigned race car, the one dubbed “Generation 6,” and a preview of next weekend’s Daytona 500.

Instead, it turned out much like a test at Daytona last month. Dale Earnhardt Jr. caused that big one when he turned Marcos Ambrose, causing a 12-car wreck that essentially ended the three-day session.

Teams returned to the track this week in hopes of learning more about the

new cars, which have been tweaked to more closely resemble those that are in manufacturer showrooms.

They also have different driving characteristics.

The biggest issue, especially for those teams with damaged cars, could be a lack of inventory.

NASCAR’s development process took time, and outside vendors struggled early on to keep up with demand.

That left several teams, including some of the bigbudget ones, trying to play it safe at a track where side-by-side, bumper-tobumper racing at 200 mph usually leads to massive collisions.

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No rest for Buckeyes Ohio State back on the road to face Wisconsin COLUMBUS (AP) — Having just dispensed with their first losing streak — a meager two games — in the past three years, the 13thranked Ohio State Buckeyes get little time to rest.

For that matter, neither does their next opponent.

After a closer-than-thescore-indicates 69-59 win over scrappy Northwestern on Thursday night, the Buckeyes hit the road this weekend to play at No. 20 Wisconsin. The Badgers were also busy the same time as Ohio State, losing 58-53 in overtime at Minnesota.

The game is a huge road test for the Buckeyes.

Deshaun Thomas, leading the Big Ten in scoring, has been around for some big victories in foreign territory the last two seasons.

He knows what such a win can mean to a team.

“It ignites everybody and gives us confidence in our team,” he said. “It’d be a big boost for us.”

With the season winding down, the game will be a way of winnowing the Big Ten field for the stretch run: The Buckeyes and Badgers are each 8-4 in conference play and tied for third with Michigan, two games back of co-leaders Indiana and Michigan State.

“What are we, like third in the Big Ten? So, you know, (if we win), people are going to have to watch out at Michigan State and Indiana,” Thomas said.

Wisconsin (17-8, 8-4) is as good as anybody in the nation at home. The Badgers are 179-17 over the last 12 years at Kohl Center, including 29-11 against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.

One of those losses came a year ago when the

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Ohio State’s Sam Thompson dunks Northwestern in Columbus Thursday.

against

Buckeyes beat Wisconsin 58-52 right in front of the Grateful Red student section.

No one knows how difficult it is to win away from home in the Big Ten than Thad Matta — and he’s had a lot of success while winning conference titles the last three years and five of the last seven during his nine seasons at Ohio State (18-6, 8-4).

“That’s something that is a lot easier said than done,” he said of winning on

the road. “No. 1, it’s just the competitive nature of how this league is. No. 2, it’s the venues you go into, every game is as challenging of an environment as it can be.”

Wisconsin lost at Ohio State on Jan. 29 in a bruising matchup, 58-49. The Badgers were reminded again of how cruel the road can be on Thursday night at Minnesota. It was their third consecutive overtime game.

“We just did not hit free throws and had a couple

TIPP CITY — On Senior Night at Tippecanoe High School, senior Jared Ervin shined the brightest.

Ervin scored 15 points as the Red Devils outscored Kenton Ridge 28-13 in the final period to emerge with a 72-58 victory Friday in Tipp City.

“Once the fourth rolled around, we were able to knock down some shots, make the extra pass and find the open guys,” Tippecanoe coach Marcus Bixler said. “From there, were able to close the game out at the line.”

Cameron Johnson scored 12 points and Michael Landwehr added 10 in the win.

The Red Devils (16-5) play at Greenon today.

Tipp.......................15 33 44 72 3-point goals: KR — Justice (2), Goodfellow (3), Davis. Tipp — Hughes, Ervin (2), Johnson (2).

Records: Tippecanoe 16-5.

Reserve score: Kenton Ridge 59, Tipp 50.

tough turnovers,” coach Bo Ryan said of his team’s play down the stretch.

Now the tables are turned and Wisconsin is back before friendly and familiar faces.

Thomas knows that neither team can afford another loss.

“Guys are thinking about it,” he said. “If we lose one more game, it could be not our chance this year to win the Big Ten.” To underscore the importance of Sunday’s game, the Buckeyes have not exactly been road warriors.

They’re just 3-4 on the road this season, splitting their six conference games away from home. Their three wins have come against arguably the three worst teams in the Big Ten: Nebraska, Penn State and Purdue.

The Buckeyes have come close to pulling off a big win — they led in the second half at Michigan State and at Michigan, games that they eventually lost by a combined five points. The game with the Wolverines even went to overtime — something that has become commonplace in the ultracompetitive and evenly matched Big Ten. Asked if his team was almost facing a series of elimination games similar to an early start to the NCAA tournament, Matta chuckled.

“I feel like it’s been that way since January,” he said.

Matta said he doesn’t pay much attention to the standings, but is aware his players do.

“I know they know. I know they understand where we are, but we’ve never sat down and said, ‘OK, fellas, here (we are),’” he said. “Some schools have the standings (around their locker room), but we don’t.”

$29 million in 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — Nice job, Roger Goodell.

Here’s your pay: $29.49 million.

NFL owners nearly tripled the commissioner’s compensation in the 2011 tax year and likely made Goodell the best paid commissioner in U.S. sports.

According to the league’s most recent tax return, much of Goodell’s pay comes in the form of a $22.3 million bonus. His base pay was $3.1 million.

The NFL was scheduled to file the return Friday.

While the league declined comment on specifics, it must, by law, make the return available upon request.

In 2011, the NFL went through a long lockout prior to the season. Goodell helped work out the new 10-year labor deal that ended the labor strife. That was followed by lucrative new TV contracts with CBS, ESPN, FOX and NBC. For the year beginning April 1, 2011, and ending March 31, 2012, Goodell was paid $29,490,000, which included $3,117,000 in base pay, $22,309,000 in bonus and incentive com-

pensation, and most of the rest in “other reported compensation,” the tax return said.

Goodell earned a total of $11.6 million in 2010.

“The NFL is the most successful and best-managed sports league in the world,” said Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who is chairman of the league’s compensation committee, in a statement.

“This is in no small part due to Roger’s leadership and the value he brings to the table in every facet of the sport and business of the league. His compensation reflects that.”

By comparison, Saints quarterback Drew Brees is the league’s highest paid player with a five-year deal averaging $20 million.

Goodell’s compensation was first reported by SportsBusiness Daily.

The next-highest paid NFL official in 2011 was general counsel Jeff Pash.

He earned $8.829 million, including $5.93 million in bonus compensation. Pash was the chief labor negotiator during the collective bargaining agreement talks.

■ Legal

Pistorius charged with premeditated murder PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no clickclick-click of Oscar Pistorius’ prosthetic limbs.

His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.

“Take it easy,” Chief Magistrate Desmond Nasir told the Olympic starturned-murder-defendant as his father, Henke, and his brother, Carl, reached out to touch his shoulder to comfort him.

The 26-year-old Pistorius, the doubleamputee sprinter who won world acclaim by competing in last summer’s London Olympics, did not speak or enter a plea. He held his head and wept as he heard the charge, which carries a life sentence.

A statement released later by his family and agent said Pistorius disputed the murder charge “in the strongest terms.”

The track star’s arrest in the Valentine’s Day killing of 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp shocked South Africa, where Pistorius was a national hero dubbed the Blade Runner for his high-tech prosthetics and revered for overcoming his disability

to compete in the London Games.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said he would pursue a charge of premeditated murder against Pistorius in the slaying of Steenkamp, a leggy blonde model with a law degree who had spoken out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women.

She was discovered in a pool of blood before dawn Thursday by police called to Pistorius’ upscale home in a gated community in the South African capital of Pretoria. Authorities said she had been shot four times, and a 9 mm pistol was recovered at the home.

Throngs of reporters, photographers and videographers filled the brickwalled Courtroom C in Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, where Pistorius appeared. Nasir’s first ruling focused on the press as he dismissed requests from the state broadcaster and a private television station to air the hearing live.

Nasir also ordered that no photographs be taken while court was in session.

That left dozens of photographers kneeling less than a yard from the sobbing Pistorius to simply stare at a man many had photographed previously sprinting on his famous carbon-fiber blades.

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Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Holden Varvel and Matthew Coots added 10 apiece.

“Our entire team was very focused tonight, and it showed,” Troy Christian coach Ray Zawadzki said.

“Tonight was especially good for my seniors. They showed great leadership and didn’t let the team relax. We had a lot of good basketball tonight.”

Troy Christian — the No. 2 seed — faces Springfield Catholic Central Feb. 22 at Troy High School to open sectional play.

Troy Christian — 81 Coots 3-2-10, Varvel 4-0-10, Horn 1-0-2, Thomas 5-0-11, George 1-0-2, Kirkpatrick 4-0-11, Lewis 22-6, Sloan 1-0-2, Boone 2-0-4, Salazar 2-1-5, Scott 1-0-3, Zawadzki 4-4-15. Totals: 30-9-81.

Emmanuel Christian — 33 Edwards 1-2-5, Braggs 3-0-6, Schroeder 5-6-16, Morgan 2-0-4, Miller 0-2-2. Totals: 11-10-33.

Score By Quarters TC .........................20 44 66 81 EC ...........................8 18 24 33 3-point goals: Troy Christian — Coots 2, Varvel 2, Thomas, Kirkpatrick 3, Scott, Zawadzki 3.

Emmanuel Christian — Edwards.

Records: Troy Christian 20-2, 12-0.

Tippecanoe 72, Kenton Ridge 58

Kenton Ridge — 58 Justice 3-3-11, Bailey 3-0-6, Davis 1-0-3, Goodfellow 7-4-21, Ganious 1-1-3, Scott 1-4-6, Reed 10-2, Colvin 2-0-4, Lacy 1-0-2.

Totals: 20-12-58.

Tippecanoe — 72 Fischer 2-2-6, Hughes 1-4-7, Hadden 1-2-4, Ervin 6-1-15, Ford 40-8, Stucke 4-0-8, Johnson 4-2-12, Landwehr 5-0-10. Totals: 27-1172.

Score By Quarters KR.........................15 31 45 58

Arcanum 50, Miami East 36 CASSTOWN — Miami East struggled at the offensive end Friday night in a 50-36 loss to Cross County Conference foe Arcanum.

The Vikings went 14 for 40 from the field, scoring two points in the first quarter and entering the locker room down 20-10. East was down by just six at the end of the three, but the Trojans outscored the Vikikings 2315 to close the game out.

“We really struggled shooting the ball,” Miami East coach Allen Mack said.

“The kids plays hard, we just started slow, the dug ourselves into a hole in the first half.”

Luke House led the Viking with 14 points, four rebounds, two steals and a block.

Miami East hosts Covington in makeup action today.

Arcanum — 50 Baker 5-2-15, Garno 5-4-15, C. Troutwin 2-2-7, S. Troutwine 2-3-7, Pohl 1-0-2, Garber 1-0-2, Hable 1-02. Totals: 17-11-50.

Miami East — 36 House 5-4-14, Donaldson 3-0-6, Hellyer 2-1-5, Hickman 1-2-4, Snodgrass 1-0-3, Villella 1-0-2, Beard 1-0-2, Harmon 0-0-0. Totals: 14-7-36.

Score By Quarters Arcanum 6 20 27 50 ME ..........................2 10 21 36 3-point goals: Arcanum — Garno, Baker (3), C. Troutwine. ME — Snodgrass.

Records: Arcanum 10-11, 8-4.

Miami East 13-8, 7-4.

Reserve score: Miami East 54, Arcanum 31.

Steve Fisher said. “But we just got killed on the boards.

They had 13 offensive rebounds and 21 defensive rebounds — and we had 10 rebounds total. Their size took us out of a lot of our inside stuff, but we hit nine 3s and only had seven turnovers.”

Daniel Vance led the Indians with 11 points, while Ryan Hines added eight.

Newton has a bye and plays Feb. 27 against the winner between top-seeded Tri-Village (21-0, 12-0) and Tri-Village 62, No. 13 Emmanuel Newton 45 Christian.

PLEASANT HILL — Tri-Village — 62 With the No. 2 team in the Wener 2-0-5, Brubaker 6-0-17, state in Division IV — and Pipenger 9-1-20, Linkous 2-0-5, likely second-round section- Wilcox 1-0-2, Cook 5-0-11. Totals: al opponent — Tri-Village in 25-1-62.

Newton — 45 town Friday night, the Vance 2-6-11, McBride 2-0-5, Newton Indians put up a Gerodimos 2-0-5, Hines 3-0-8, fight in a 62-45 loss in their Alexander 2-0-6, Brauer 1-2-4, Walters 2-0-6. Totals: 14-8-45. regular season finale.

Score By Quarters In the end, the Indians TV .........................20 30 50 62 (4-18, 4-8 Cross County Newton ...................6 16 27 45 Conference) simply didn’t 3-point goals: Tri-Village — have an answer for the Werner, Brubaker 5, Pipenger, Linkous. Newton — Vance, undefeated Patriots’ size.

McBride, Gerodimos, Hines 2, “We competed better Alexander 2, Walters 2. tonight, and we did some Records: Tri-Village 21-0, 12things well,” Newton coach 0. Newton 4-18, 4-8.

Franklin Monroe 58, Bethel 52 BRANDT — Free throw shooting proved costly for Bethel in a 58-52 loss to Franklin Monroe Friday in Brandt.

The Bees (14-6) went just 9 for 20 at the foul line, compared to the Jets, which went 20 for 27 at the line.

The Jets took an eight-point lead into the fourth, and held on for another Cross County Conference victory.

Andrew Hurst led the way for the Bees with 15 points, Patrick Bain added 11 and Gus Schwieterman had 10.

Bethel plays at Yellow Springs today.

FM — 58 Fourman 2-8-13, Horner 2-3-7, Hyre 4-3-12, Feitshans 4-3-15, Macksewtis 2-1-7, Mong 1-2-4.

Totals: 15-20-58.

Bethel — 52 Bain 5-1-11, Hurst 7-1-15, Siler 2-0-5, Pfledderer 2-3-7, Schwieterman 3-4-10, Wills 2-0-4.

Totals: 21-9-52.

Score By Quarters FM ........................11 29 39 58 Bethel .....................7 22 31 52 3-point goals: FM — Fourman, Hyre, Feitshans (4), Macksewtis (2). Bethel — Siler.

Records: Bethel 14-6.

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BASEBALL Baseball Calendar Feb. 4-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.

Feb.15 — Mandatory reporting date for WBC players not participating in Asia.

Voluntary reporting date for position players not participating in the WBC. Feb.20 — Mandatory reporting date for players not participating in the WBC. March 2-11 — Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.

March 2-19 — World Baseball Classic.

March 13 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.

March 27 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2013 salary.

March 31 — Opening day, Texas at Houston. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.

June 6 — Amateur draft.

July 12 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign.

July 16 — All-Star game, Citi Field, New York.

July 28 — Hall of Fame induction, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.

Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players.

Oct. 23 — World Series begins.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L 32 18 .640 — New York Brooklyn 31 22 .585 2½ Boston 28 24 .538 5 22 29 .431 10½ Philadelphia 21 32 .396 12½ Toronto Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 36 14 .720 — 29 22 .569 7½ Atlanta 15 36 .294 21½ Washington Orlando 15 37 .288 22 Charlotte 12 40 .231 25 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 32 21 .604 — 30 22 .577 1½ Chicago Milwaukee 26 25 .510 5 21 33 .389 11½ Detroit Cleveland 16 37 .302 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB W L 42 12 .778 — San Antonio 33 18 .647 7½ Memphis 29 26 .527 13½ Houston 23 29 .442 18 Dallas 19 34 .358 22½ New Orleans Northwest Division Pct GB W L Oklahoma City 39 14 .736 — 33 21 .611 6½ Denver 30 24 .556 9½ Utah 25 28 .472 14 Portland Minnesota 19 31 .380 18½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB 38 17 .691 — L.A. Clippers Golden State 30 22 .577 6½ 25 28 .472 12 L.A. Lakers 19 35 .352 18½ Sacramento 17 36 .321 20 Phoenix Thursday's Games Miami 110, Oklahoma City 100 L.A. Clippers 125, L.A. Lakers 101 Friday's Games No games scheduled Saturday's Games No games scheduled Sunday's Games East vs. West, 8 p.m.

Friday's Major College Basketball Scores EAST Brown 58, Columbia 55 Cornell 68, Yale 61 Harvard 73, Penn 54 Manhattan 74, Iona 73, 2OT Niagara 57, Marist 54 Princeton 73, Dartmouth 55 Stony Brook 65, Vermont 48 SOUTH Jacksonville 70, North Florida 68 Indiana-East 91, Berea 83 MIDWEST Georgetown 62, Cincinnati 55 Green Bay 66, Cleveland St. 59 Youngstown St. 94, Milwaukee 80 SOUTHWEST No Scores Reported FARWEST No Scores Reported Friday's Scores Boys Basketball Akr. Hoban 66, Chardon NDCL 50 Akr. Manchester 43, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 35 Akr. Springfield 67, Akr. Coventry 54 Alliance Marlington 76, Beloit W. Branch 51 Amanda-Clearcreek 44, Circleville Logan Elm 43 Arlington 75, Van Buren 43 Ashland Mapleton 46, Greenwich S. Cent. 44 Ashtabula Edgewood 62, Middlefield Cardinal 59 Ashville Teays Valley 58, Cols.

Hamilton Twp. 57 Athens 58, Albany Alexander 33 Avon 69, Vermilion 58 Beachwood 70, Gates Mills Hawken 41 Bedford 63, Euclid 52 Bellefontaine 44, Riverside Stebbins 37 Bellevue 38, Shelby 31 Bellville Clear Fork 68, Ashland 60 Belpre 73, Waterford 48 Bloom-Carroll 58, Circleville 46 Bluffton 46, Delphos Jefferson 39 Botkins 52, Houston 45 Bowling Green 66, Maumee 62 Boyd Co., Ky. 94, S. Point 73 Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 66, Westlake 63, OT Brooklyn 54, Fairview 50 Brookville 55, Day. Oakwood 52 Brunswick 65, Strongsville 50 Bucyrus 58, Crestline 39 Camden Preble Shawnee 64, Day. Northridge 59 Can. South 48, Alliance 46 Can. Timken 61, Wooster Triway 59 Carey 95, N. Baltimore 71 Chagrin Falls 52, Painesville Harvey 42 Chagrin Falls Kenston 45, Orange 26 Chesterland W. Geauga 45, Perry 44 Chillicothe Unioto 49, Williamsport Westfall 47 Cin. Aiken 70, Cin. Western Hills 68 Cin. Colerain 47, Mason 46 Cin. Finneytown 60, Cin. Deer Park 50 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 63, Cin. Christian 46

Cin. Hughes 72, Cin. Withrow 54 Cin. Madeira 63, Cin. Wyoming 54 Cin. McNicholas 58, Cin. Anderson 48 Cin. Moeller 58, Kettering Alter 44 Cin. N. College Hill 57, Cin. Clark Montessori 53 Cin. Princeton 77, Cin. Sycamore 65 Cin. Turpin 58, Loveland 53 Cin. Walnut Hills 62, Milford 48 Cle. Cent. Cath. 79, Parma Hts. Holy Name 60 Cle. MLK 68, Elyria Open Door 48 Cle. VASJ 67, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 53 Coldwater 64, New Knoxville 62 Cols. Bexley 55, Gahanna Cols.

Academy 47 Cols. Independence 64, Wickliffe 60 Cols. Ready 79, Marion Elgin 42 Cols. St. Charles 37, Cols. Hartley 34 Cols. West 95, Cols. Linden McKinley 90 Convoy Crestview 39, Columbus Grove 26 Cory-Rawson 70, Arcadia 67 Crown City S. Gallia 50, Corning Miller 45 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 67, Massillon Tuslaw 33 Dalton 56, Smithville 46 Day. Chaminade-Julienne 51, Cin. Elder 48 Day. Christian 58, DeGraff Riverside 29 Defiance 56, Kenton 37 Defiance Ayersville 44, Antwerp 29 Delaware Buckeye Valley 59, Sparta Highland 27 Delaware Hayes 66, Lewis Center Olentangy 53 Delphos St. John's 64, New Bremen 57, OT Dresden Tri-Valley 47, New Concord John Glenn 38 Dublin Coffman 62, Cols. Upper Arlington 53 Dublin Jerome 56, Westerville Cent.

53 Dublin Scioto 45, Worthington Kilbourne 42 E. Palestine 60, Columbiana 46 Elida 79, Celina 55 Elmore Woodmore 98, Genoa Area 90, 2OT Elyria 79, Parma 69 Fairfield 77, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 58 Findlay 71, Oregon Clay 53 Findlay Liberty-Benton 45, Vanlue 32 Franklin 85, Day. Carroll 55 Fredericktown 68, Howard E. Knox 44 Fremont Ross 40, Tol. St. Francis 35 Ft. Loramie 70, Anna 65, 2OT Gahanna Christian 52, Grove City Christian 48 Gallipolis Gallia 48, Chillicothe 46 Garfield Hts. Trinity 71, Warren JFK 47 Garrettsville Garfield 64, Rootstown 47 Georgetown 86, Batavia Clermont NE 23 Germantown Valley View 70, Bellbrook 60 Girard 61, Campbell Memorial 50 Gorham Fayette 40, W. Unity Hilltop 27 Granville 71, Whitehall-Yearling 52 Green 65, Tallmadge 52 Greenfield McClain 68, London Madison Plains 56 Grove City 41, Pickerington N. 32 Hamilton Ross 66, Oxford Talawanda 50 Harrison 56, Trenton Edgewood 50 Haviland Wayne Trace 56, Edgerton 50 Hebron Lakewood 59, Heath 44 Holgate 35, Sherwood Fairview 25 Hudson 71, Twinsburg 48 Huron 56, Clyde 52 Johnstown-Monroe 66, Johnstown Northridge 54 Kalida 41, Continental 39 Kings Mills Kings 74, Cin. Glen Este 55 Kirtland 42, Burton Berkshire 37 Leavittsburg LaBrae 68, Youngs.

Liberty 53 Lepsic 69, Pandora-Gilboa 41 Lima Cent. Cath. 79, Harrod Allen E. 45 Lima Shawnee 54, Wapakoneta 51 Lisbon Beaver 64, Austintown Fitch 60 London 66, Shekinah Christian 55 Lucasville Valley 73, Waverly 37 Macedonia Nordonia 72, Richfield Revere 34 Mansfield Sr. 85, Orrville 60 Maria Stein Marion Local 71, Rockford Parkway 35 Martins Ferry 60, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 37 Marysville 71, Hilliard Davidson 57 McArthur Vinton County 70, Wellston 57 McComb 63, Dola Hardin Northern 25 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 52, Sidney Lehman 39 Mechanicsburg 76, Spring. Cath.

Cent. 54 Medina Buckeye 51, LaGrange Keystone 50 Medina Highland 40, Wadsworth 32 Mentor 73, Garfield Hts. 55 Mentor Lake Cath. 81, Parma Padua 71 Miami Valley Christian Academy 73, Day. Temple Christian 58 Middleburg Hts. Midpark 49, Amherst Steele 35 Middletown 89, Hamilton 66 Milford Center Fairbanks 51, Lima Perry 42 Millbury Lake 60, Fostoria 32 Millersburg W. Holmes 77, Mansfield Madison 47 Mineral Ridge 61, McDonald 56 Minford 55, Oak Hill 46 Minster 43, Versailles 42 Mogadore 73, Atwater Waterloo 52 Monroe 54, Eaton 46 N. Can. Hoover 73, Massillon Washington 50 N. Robinson Col. Crawford 59, Bucyrus Wynford 25 Nelsonville-York 47, Pomeroy Meigs 39 New Albany 50, Mt. Vernon 31 New London 44, Monroeville 37 New Madison Tri-Village 62, Newton Local 45 New Paris National Trail 57, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 41 New Riegel 71, Tiffin Calvert 35 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 45, Upper Sandusky 34 Newark 70, Lancaster 47 Newport, Ky. 59, Day. Ponitz Tech. 54 Newton Falls 48, Cortland Lakeview 34 Norton 56, Streetsboro 46 Norwalk 78, Willard 43 Norwalk St. Paul 59, Ashland Crestview 52 Oberlin 50, Lorain Clearview 48 Ontario 78, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 67

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 11 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 2 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 4:30 p.m. SPEED — ARCA, Lucas Oil 200, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 8 p.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, The Sprint Unlimited, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 10 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, qualifying for Winternationals, at Pomona, Calif. (same-day tape) BOXING 10:30 p.m. HBO — Heavyweights, Johnathon Banks (29-1-1) vs.

Seth Mitchell (25-1-1); champion Adrien Broner (25-0-0) vs. Gavin Rees (37-1-1), for WBC lightweight title, at Atlantic City, N.J. GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Africa Open, third round, at East London, South Africa (same-day tape) 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, at Pacific Palisades, Calif.

3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, at Pacific Palisades, Calif.

TGC — LPGA, Women's Australian Open, third round, at Yarralumla, Australia (same-day tape) 6:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, ACE Group Classic, second round, at Naples, Fla. (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, Kentucky at Tennessee or Pittsburgh at Marquette NBCSN — Saint Joseph's at La Salle 2 p.m. ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 2:30 p.m. FSN — SMU at Tulane 4 p.m. ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 4:30 p.m. FSN — Houston at Tulsa 6 p.m. ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 7 p.m. NBCSN — Princeton at Harvard 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Georgia at Mississippi 9 p.m. ESPN — Texas at Kansas NBCSN — San Diego St. at UNLV 11 p.m. FSN — Oregon St. at Washington MOTORSPORTS 8:30 p.m. SPEED — Supercross, at Arlington, Texas NBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. TNT — Exhibition, Shooting Stars, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk, at Houston WINTER SPORTS 10 a.m. NBCSN — U.S. Curling Championships, women's finals, at Green Bay, Wis. 4 p.m. NBCSN — U.S. Curling Championships, men's finals, at Green Bay, Wis. Ottawa-Glandorf 55, Lima Bath 54 Parma Hts. Valley Forge 67, Mayfield 64 Paulding 63, Ada 41 Philo 39, New Lexington 31 Plymouth 54, Collins Western Reserve 44 Poland Seminary 44, Struthers 40 Port Clinton 55, Milan Edison 52 Portsmouth 69, Logan 66, OT Powell Olentangy Liberty 75, Thomas Worthington 49 Racine Southern 50, Reedsville Eastern 44 Ravenna 75, Mogadore Field 56 Reading 56, Cin. Indian Hill 54 Reynoldsburg 64, GroveportMadison 54 Richmond Hts. 49, Cuyahoga Hts. 36 Rocky River 56, Elyria Cath. 42 Rossford 74, Pemberville Eastwood 58 S. Webster 63, Portsmouth W. 47 Sandusky Perkins 65, Sandusky St. Mary 47 Shaker Hts. 74, Medina 51 Solon 55, Cuyahoga Falls 43 Spencerville 60, Van Wert Lincolnview 31 Spring. NW 70, Spring. Greenon 56 Springfield 67, Kettering Fairmont 59 St. Bernard Roger Bacon 48, Cin. St. Xavier 47 St. Henry 58, Ft. Recovery 43 Stewart Federal Hocking 55, Glouster Trimble 51 Stow-Munroe Falls 66, Lyndhurst Brush 57 Sugar Grove Berne Union 58, Millersport 51 Sylvania Northview 52, Napoleon 50 Thornville Sheridan 55, Zanesville W. Muskingum 30 Tiffin Columbian 71, Sandusky 67, 2OT Tipp City Tippecanoe 72, Spring.

Kenton Ridge 58 Tol. Maumee Valley 58, Northwood 44 Tol. Ottawa Hills 43, Tol. Emmanuel Baptist 28 Tol. St. John's 78, Lima Sr. 60 Tol. Whitmer 66, Tol. Cent. Cath. 57 Troy Christian 81, Spring. Emmanuel Christian 33 Uhrichsville Claymont 66, Zanesville Rosecrans 39 Utica 33, Centerburg 30 Van Wert 60, St. Marys Memorial 52 W. Chester Lakota W. 65, Cin. Oak Hills 50 W. Jefferson 57, Baltimore Liberty Union 55 W. Liberty-Salem 67, N. Lewisburg Triad 53 Warren Champion 56, Jefferson Area 54 Warren Harding 65, Lorain 49 Warren Howland 70, Hubbard 45 Wauseon 57, Metamora Evergreen 35 Waynesville 61, New Lebanon Dixie 43 Westerville N. 77, Westerville S. 68 Wilmington 80, Morrow Little Miami 30 Windham 61, Ravenna SE 52 Wooster 49, Lexington 38 Xenia 61, Fairborn 33 Yellow Springs 78, Day. Miami Valley 68 Youngs. Christian 64, Youngs.

Mooney 57 Youngs. East 63, Can. Cent. Cath. 43 Zanesville 75, Marietta 43 Zanesville Maysville 74, Crooksville 51 OVAC Tournament Consolation Brooke, W.Va. 75, E. Liverpool 51

Hundred, W.Va. 71, Bellaire St. John 67 Oak Glen, W.Va. 66, Bellaire 41 Wheeling Park, W.Va. 53, Beverly Ft. Frye 36 Friday's Scores Girls Basketball Miller City 35, Ft. Jennings 33 Division I Cols. Watterson 48, Galloway Westland 32 Division II Newark Licking Valley 54, Cols.

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HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 14 9 2 3 21 40 31 Pittsburgh 15 10 5 0 20 48 35 N.Y. Rangers 13 7 5 1 15 36 34 Philadelphia 15 6 8 1 13 37 45 N.Y. Islanders 13 5 7 1 11 40 46 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 12 8 2 2 18 34 29 Montreal 13 8 4 1 17 36 33 14 7 5 2 16 35 27 Ottawa Toronto 14 8 6 0 16 40 36 Buffalo 15 6 8 1 13 43 50 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 13 8 4 1 17 41 37 Tampa Bay 13 6 6 1 13 49 40 Florida 13 4 6 3 11 30 47 Washington 14 5 8 1 11 40 49 Winnipeg 13 5 7 1 11 33 43 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 14 11 0 3 25 48 29 Nashville 14 7 3 4 18 28 26 Detroit 14 7 5 2 16 38 41 St. Louis 13 7 5 1 15 43 43 Columbus 13 4 7 2 10 30 41 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 12 8 2 2 18 35 25 Minnesota 14 6 6 2 14 30 36 Edmonton 13 5 5 3 13 29 34 Calgary 11 4 4 3 11 33 39 Colorado 12 5 6 1 11 27 32 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 13 10 2 1 21 47 35 San Jose 14 7 4 3 17 37 33 Dallas 14 7 6 1 15 34 36 Phoenix 14 6 6 2 14 35 38 Los Angeles 11 4 5 2 10 26 32 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday's Games N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Colorado 4, Minnesota 3, SO Carolina 3, Toronto 1 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3 Montreal 1, Florida 0, OT Nashville 3, Phoenix 0 Friday's Games Buffalo 4, Boston 2 New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 3, Winnipeg 1 Anaheim 5, Detroit 2 Chicago 4, San Jose 1 St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Tampa Bay at Florida, 3 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Saturday, February 16, 2013 Colorado at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

GOLF PGA-Northern Trust Scores Friday At Riviera Country Club Course Los Angeles Purse: $6.6 million Yardage: 7,349; Par: 71 Second Round Sang-Moon Bae.................68-65—133 Fredrik Jacobson................68-65—133 John Merrick.......................68-66—134 John Rollins........................69-65—134 Luke Donald.......................69-66—135 Charl Schwartzel................69-67—136 Webb Simpson...................70-66—136 Lee Westwood ...................68-68—136 John Mallinger....................71-66—137 Bill Haas .............................70-67—137 Ryan Moore........................70-67—137 Matt Kuchar........................64-73—137 Greg Chalmers...................69-69—138 Sergio Garcia .....................65-73—138 Adam Scott.........................71-67—138 Ernie Els .............................70-68—138 Charlie Beljan.....................67-71—138 Phil Mickelson ....................71-67—138 Ted Potter, Jr.......................71-67—138 Josh Teater .........................70-68—138 Hunter Mahan ....................70-69—139 Bryce Molder......................74-65—139 Blayne Barber ....................69-70—139 Trevor Immelman ...............70-69—139 Brian Davis.........................70-69—139 Bob Estes...........................68-72—140 Harris English.....................73-67—140 Greg Owen.........................69-71—140 Seung-Yul Noh...................70-70—140 Ben Curtis ..........................68-72—140 Jesper Parnevik .................70-70—140 Luke Guthrie.......................69-71—140 Graham DeLaet .................72-68—140 Jim Furyk............................68-72—140 Fred Couples......................68-72—140 Jimmy Walker.....................70-70—140 Charlie Wi...........................75-66—141 J.J. Henry............................72-69—141 Brendan Steele ..................70-71—141 Angel Cabrera....................69-72—141 Brandt Jobe........................66-75—141 Pat Perez............................68-73—141 Keegan Bradley..................71-70—141 K.J. Choi .............................71-70—141 George McNeill ..................71-70—141 Chris Kirk............................73-68—141 David Lynn..........................67-74—141 James Hahn.......................67-74—141 Jeremiah Wooding.............75-66—141 Peter Hanson .....................69-73—142 Cameron Tringale...............73-69—142 Andres Romero..................71-71—142 Y.E.Yang .............................70-72—142 Stuart Appleby ...................73-69—142 Kevin Streelman.................73-69—142 Tim Herron .........................68-74—142 Michael Block.....................69-73—142 Matt Every ..........................70-73—143 Scott Piercy ........................72-71—143 Mark Wilson........................71-72—143 Justin Leonard....................70-73—143 Brian Harman.....................76-67—143 Retief Goosen....................71-72—143 Charley Hoffman................73-70—143 Jason Kokrak......................71-72—143 Kevin Stadler ......................72-71—143 Stewart Cink.......................71-72—143 Vijay Singh..........................75-68—143 Ross Fisher........................72-71—143 Johnson Wagner................73-71—144 Marc Leishman ..................69-75—144 Jeff Maggert .......................72-72—144 Scott Harrington.................73-71—144 David Mathis.......................71-73—144 Casey Wittenberg ..............71-73—144 Michael Bradley..................73-71—144 Jerry Kelly...........................71-73—144 Martin Flores ......................74-70—144 Ryo Ishikawa......................71-73—144 Failed to qualify Graeme McDowell.............73-72—145 Dustin Johnson ..................76-69—145 Kevin Na .............................74-71—145 William McGirt....................73-72—145 Steve LeBrun .....................76-69—145 Patrick Cantlay ...................70-75—145 Charles Howell III...............73-72—145 Gary Woodland..................73-72—145 Nicolas Colsaerts...............70-75—145 Robert Streb.......................68-77—145 John Senden......................72-74—146 Tim Clark............................75-71—146 Martin Laird ........................74-72—146 Jeff Overton........................72-74—146 J.B. Holmes ........................71-75—146 Corey Pavin........................75-71—146 Kevin Chappell ...................73-73—146 Zach Johnson ....................72-74—146 Brian Gay............................72-74—146 Champions Scores-ACE Group Classic Scores Friday At TwinEagles GC (Talon Course) Naples, Fla. Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Bernhard Langer..................33-29—62 Bob Tway ..............................30-35—65 Tom Pernice Jr......................31-35—66 Jay Don Blake ......................33-33—66 John Huston.........................32-34—66 Chien Soon Lu .....................35-32—67 Fred Funk .............................34-33—67 Mark Wiebe ..........................32-35—67 Mark O'Meara ......................34-33—67 Mike Hulbert .........................35-33—68 Mike Goodes........................35-33—68 D.A. Weibring........................36-32—68 Gil Morgan............................35-33—68 Roger Chapman ..................34-34—68 Brad Faxon...........................31-37—68 David Frost ...........................34-34—68 Loren Roberts ......................33-35—68 Kenny Perry..........................34-34—68 Jeff Freeman ........................36-32—68 John Harris...........................33-36—69 Steve Elkington ....................37-32—69 Duffy Waldorf........................33-36—69 Michael Allen........................34-35—69 Olin Browne..........................33-36—69 Bobby Wadkins ....................37-33—70 Brad Bryant ..........................34-36—70 Craig Stadler ........................36-34—70 Jeff Sluman ..........................35-35—70 Bob Gilder.............................37-33—70 Tom Kite................................33-37—70 Mark Mouland ......................36-34—70 Joey Sindelar........................36-35—71 Morris Hatalsky ....................38-33—71 Andrew Magee.....................37-34—71 Gene Sauers........................36-35—71 Wayne Levi...........................36-35—71 Bill Glasson...........................36-35—71 Scott Simpson......................36-35—71 Hal Sutton.............................35-36—71 Peter Jacobsen ....................35-36—71 Mark McNulty .......................37-34—71 John Cook ............................36-35—71 Willie Wood...........................35-36—71 Gene Jones..........................36-35—71 Jim Rutledge ........................36-35—71

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Tom Purtzer..........................39-33—72 David Peoples ......................35-37—72 Bart Bryant ...........................35-37—72 Steve Pate ............................36-36—72 Sandy Lyle............................36-36—72 Russ Cochran ......................39-33—72 Mark Calcavecchia...............38-34—72 Jay Haas...............................36-36—72 Rocco Mediate.....................37-35—72 Allen Doyle ...........................38-35—73 Steve Jones..........................35-38—73 Mark Brooks.........................37-36—73 Bobby Clampett....................37-36—73 Peter Senior..........................36-37—73 Steve Lowery........................35-38—73 Fuzzy Zoeller........................35-38—73 Gary Koch ............................38-35—73 Gary Hallberg.......................38-35—73 Larry Nelson.........................36-37—73 Scott Hoch............................38-35—73 Tom Lehman ........................37-36—73 Tommy Armour III ................40-34—74 Jim Gallagher, Jr. .................38-36—74 Larry Mize.............................35-39—74 Chie-Hsiang Lin....................35-39—74 Dan Forsman .......................36-39—75 Joe Daley..............................37-38—75 Esteban Toledo.....................37-38—75 Dana Quigley........................36-40—76 LPGA Australian Women's Open Scores Friday At Royal Canberra Golf Club course Canberra, Australia Purse: $1.2 million Yardage: 6,672; Par: 73 First Round a-amateur Mariajo Uribe......................64-67—131 Jiyai Shin ............................65-67—132 x-Lydia Ko...........................63-69—132 Kristie Smith .......................68-68—136 Beatriz Recari.....................68-69—137 Holly Aitchison....................70-68—138 Sarah Jane Smith ..............68-70—138 Rebecca Artis.....................72-67—139 Gerina Piller........................72-67—139 Jessica Korda.....................70-69—139 Yani Tseng..........................68-71—139 Giulia Sergas......................67-72—139 Ayako Uehara.....................66-73—139 Christel Boeljon..................72-68—140 Jenny Shin..........................71-69—140 Moriya Jutanugarn.............70-70—140 Rebecca Lee-Bentham .....66-74—140 Brooke Pancake.................73-68—141 Nikki Campbell...................71-70—141 Carlota Ciganda.................71-70—141

TRANSACTIONS Friday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS_Signed OF Michael Bourn to a four-year contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Dwyer, LHP Donnie Joseph, LHP Justin Marks, LHP Everett Teaford, RHP Nate Adcock, INF Irving Falu and OF Jarrod Dyson on one-year contracts.

National League MIAMI MARLINS_Signed 1B Casey Kotchman to a minor-league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS_Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Zimmermann on a one-year contract.

American Association EL PASO DIABLOS_Traded INF Jordan Marks to Schaumburg (Frontier) for LHP Adam Tollefson.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS_Signed INF Shawn Williams and RHP Pete Budkevics. Acquired RHP T.J. Hose from Somerset for RHP Jon Hunton.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM_Signed LHP Mike Hanley to a contract extension.

JOLIET SLAMMERS_Signed INF Grant DeBruin.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS_Signed SS Kevin Berard.

RIVER CITY RASCALS_Signed 1B Phil Wunderlich.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS_Traded RHP Adam Tollefson to the El Paso (AA) for 2B Jordan Marks. Released OF Nate Baumann.

CITY WINDY THUNDERBOLTS_Signed RHP Travis Strong.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS_Re-signed QB Tarvaris Jackson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS_Released DB Charles Woodson.

ST. LOUIS RAMS_Named Tim Walton defensive coordinator. Placed WR Titus Young on waivers.

Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS_Signed WR Paris Jackson and DB Korey Banks to contract extensions.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS_Signed DL Odell Willis and DB Marcell Young.

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS_Signed LB-DE Shomari Williams.

MONTREAL ALOUETTES_Resigned CB Seth Williams, FB Dahrran Diedrick and DT Moton Hopkins.

Signed DB Geoff Tisdale. Released DB Jerald Brown.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS_Resigned DT Bryant Turner and SB Clarence Denmark. Agrred to terms with OL Mark Dewit.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Recalled G Henrik Karlsson from the Rockford (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Activated D Adrian Aucoin from injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS_Recalled RW Gustav Nyquist from Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed F Todd Bertuzzi on injured reserve. Reassigned RW Willie Coetzee to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL).

N A S H V I L L E PREDATORS_Assigned F Brian McGrattan to Milwaukee (AHL) for a two-week conditioning assignment.

NEW YORK RANGERS_Assigned F Chris Kreider to Connecticut (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS_Recalled F David Dziurzynski and F Derek Grant, D Eric Gryba from Binghamton (AHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS_Announced F T.J. Syner was loaned to the team by Hershey (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS_Named John Wolyniec reserve team coach and player development coordinator.

COLLEGE DOANE_Named Gwen Egbert women's volleyball coach.

NEW MEXICO_Named Scott Baumgartner wide receivers coach.

WASHINGTON AND LEE_Named Jon Berlin assistant football coach and assistant professor of physical education.

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SPORTS

Saturday, February 16, 2013

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And Miller and the Trojans (5-16, 4-6) fed on that.

Miller was perfect from the field in the first half, hitting four 3s to lead Troy to a 35-25 lead at the break. The Trojans’ leading scorer finished 9 for 12 from the floor and scored 24 points and 10 rebounds — both game highs — and added three assists and four steals.

“He’s capable of nights like that,” Troy coach Tim Miller said. “Who do people key on every night? Every game, Tyler has to battle getting through the other team’s best defender. There’s a large burden on his shoulders. And I was impressed with how everyone else around him stepped up tonight, too.”

Fellow senior Jalen Nelson added 13 points — 10 in the first half — four rebounds and three assists, and sophomore point guard Tre Hudson had seven points and three assists.

And Taren Kinnel — who was injured late in the fourth quarter in the Trojans’ overtime rally at Piqua earlier this season — scored six points.

“This was probably the best four quarters we’ve put together on both ends of the floor all year,” Tim Miller said. “Even in the blowout win here against Greenville, we had a couple lapses.

Tonight, the kids really put it all together on the offensive and defensive end both.

“We played with a lot of enthusiasm tonight, and we played for each other tonight.”

After the Trojans built a 39-27 lead in the third quarter, Piqua’s Luke Karn (17 points) hit a pair of 3s and and Erik Vondenhuevel (11 points, nine rebounds) scored a third-chance basket to close the gap to 39-25.

After Hudson and Josh Holfinger (six points, eight rebounds) traded scores to make it 41-37, Miller canned his fifth 3 of the game — and Piqua (7-15, 2-8) would get no closer than seven — largely because Troy held the Indians scoreless for a five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter.

Troy’s defense forced 19 turnovers, while the Trojans only gave it up eight times themselves.

“The couple turnovers we did have were in transition trying to do good things,” Tim Miller said. “We did a good job of getting in the passing lanes and covering out, and we sacrificed our bodies going after loose balls. And we did a great job of sitting down and taking care of the basketball on offense.

“Anytime you can sweep your rival home and away, freshman, JV and varsity, those are key wins for your program.”

Coupled with the win over Miami East on Saturday, it’s Troy’s first consecutive victories of the season. The Trojans close out the regular season at home tonight against Minster, while the 15thseeded Indians prepare for a first-round sectional game against No. 13 Fairmont Feb. 22 at Centerville.

No. 3 Northmont awaits the No. 17 Trojans at Butler Feb. 23 in a first-round game.

“Not only was this one of our best games, this was one of our best weeks of practice,” Tim Miller said. “When you’re able to transfer what you do in practice onto the court, it tremendously helps your success level.”

“We’ve just got to keep calm and keep playing the way we have been,” Tyler Miller said. “It’s finally clicking with everyone — we can’t leave anything out there.”

Piqua — 43 Tate Honeycutt 0-0-0, Xavier Harrison 1-0-3, Luke Karn 7-0-17, Erik Vondenhuevel 5-0-11, Colton Bachman 0-2-2, Josh Holfinger 22-6, Daniel Monnin 2-0-4. Totals: 17-4-43.

Troy — 60 Luke Manis 1-0-3, Jalen Nelson 6-1-13, T.J. Michael 0-0-0, Connor Super 0-0-0, Tre Hudson 3-1-7, Tyler Miller 9-0-24, Devin Blakely 0-2-2, Dylan Cascaden 10-2, Seth Perdziola 2-0-4, Taren Kinnel 3-0-6, Cameron Adkins 00-0. Totals: 25-4-60.

Score By Quarters Piqua ...................14 25 37 43 Troy......................18 35 44 60 3-point goals: Piqua — Harrison, Karn 3, Vondenhuevel.

Troy — Manis, Miller 5.

Records: Piqua 7-15, 2-8.

Troy 5-16, 4-6.

Reserve score: Troy 45, Piqua 28.

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Covington had a strong first day at the Division III sectional tournament Friday at Lehman High School, advancing 10 of its 12 competing wrestlers into the semifinals, with the other two still alive in the consolation bracket.

After the first three rounds, the Buccs are in first place out of 16 teams with 87.5 points, followed by Versailles and Mechanicsburg. Troy Christian is tied with Catholic Central for fourth (52 points), while Miami East sits in sixth (39).

Covington’s Connor Ryan (106) advanced with a bye and a 9-1 major decision over Drew Layne of Mechanicsburg,

while Ryan Ford (126) had a bye and a 10-2 major decision over Miami East’s Stephen Morrow. Brock Smith (138) picked up two victories by pin — over Ian Smith of Lehman Catholic and Austin McCuistion of Miami East. Daniel Jennings (145) advanced with an 11-9 decision over Miami East’s Mack Rose and a 19-1 technical fall over Wes Morrow of TriCounty North, while Jake Sowers (152) picked up a bye and a pin over Caden Hellyer of Miami East Kyler Deeter (160) pinned Burke Stackey of Southeastern after getting a bye, while Ben

Miller (170) received a bye before defeating Troy Christian’s Levi Sims, 64. A.J. Ouellette (182) pinned Scott Dooley after getting a bye in the first round, while Brian Olson (195) picked up a pair of pins, over Tristan Devlin of Troy Christian and Ely Stapleton of Mechanicsburg. Jordan Wolfe (285) was the final Buccaneer to advance to the semifinals with a pin over Michael Knapp of Mechanicsburg.

The Eagles advanced six wrestlers to the semifinal round — all with quarterfinal pins. Troy Christian’s Zach Davie (106) scored a pin to advance to the semifinal round, as did Jarred Ganger (113), Garrett Hancock (120), Chase Mayhabb (132), Jordan

Marshall (152) and B.J. Toal (182).

Miami East’s Matthew Amheiser (113) won a major decision West Libertyover Salem’s Damon Walters to advance to the semifinal round, Allen Seagraves (120) pinned West Liberty-Salem’s Zach Henault, Austin (132) pinned Rush Triad’s David Keeran and Ben Ferguson (285) pinned Riverside’s Joe Rivera.

Lehman’s Skylar Brown (160) advanced to the semifinal with a win over Miami East’s Danny O’Malley, and Quinton Malone (195) pinned Catholic Central’s Michell Grimone to move on.

Wrestling resumes at 11 a.m. today.

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Perkins will face a familiar opponent in today’s semis, going up against Miamisburg’s Ryley Regan, the secondseeded wrestler at 126.

“I’ve faced him twice this year,” Perkins said.

“The first time at Edgewood, he beat me 9-3 or 9-2. At GWOC (Greater Western Ohio Conference), he beat me in the consolation semifinals. That was also after my injury. (Today) I’m going to come in confident, well-rested and well-fed.”

Perkins, however, was just one of five Trojans who advanced to today’s semifinal round.

Troy’s Andrew Kostecka (220) and Alex Dalton (285) — who are both seeded third in their respective classes — each won by pinfall in the quarterfinal round. Kostecka defeated Talawanda’s Cameron Fox, while Dalton made short work of Fairborn’s Austen Bolden.

“I hope to just keep improving and just go out and do the best I can,” Kostecka said. “I’m going to try to get as high as I can.”

For Dalton, it will be yet another shot at to go against Springfield’s Aaron Cosby, a senior with a record of 33-2 after Friday. Cosby is the second seed at 285, and is coming off a win over Dalton in the finals of the GWOC tournament.

“We’re going to come out (today), wrestle like I should, make no mistake — and we should be fine,” Dalton said. “He’s beatable, there’s no doubt about it. I just need to wrestle smart.”

Troy junior Kevin McGraw, the top seed at 182, won by tech. fall against Northmon’t Jamie West to improve to 34-6 on the season. McGraw will wrestle in today’s semifinal round. And as the top seed, McGraw — who was Division I sectional runner-up last season — made it clear he wants to and thinks he can win sectional.

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Troy’s Logan Schlosser takes down an opponent Friday night at the Division I sectional tournament at Centerville High School.

“I want to win this,” McGraw said. “I’ve wrestled most of these guys before, last year or this year, and beat them.”

Troy’s Logan Schlosser, the fourth seed at 160, breezed by Fairborn’s Guillebaldo Cepeda with a 12-3 win to advance to the semis. Schlosser will face the top seed, Middletown’s Jacob Globke, in today’s semifinal.

“I take it one match at a time, so yeah, I feel pretty confident (heading into semis),” Schlosser said.

After scoring a 5-0 win in the first round, Troy freshman Zayne Davidson (120) fell to No. 4 seed Adam Rudy of Talawanda in the quarters. Shane Love (106) lost by pinfall to No. 2 seed Anthony Jagel of Middletown, Ben Andrews (113) lost by pin in the quarterfinals to Fariborn’s Tyler Cutlip.

Troy’s Devon Burke (170) lost in the opening round to Talawanda’s Christian Jones.

Fourth-seeded Logan Etherington (138) of Troy was upset in the quarterfinals by Northmont’s Kyle Gross, who won by pinfall.

Troy’s Cam Kauflin (145) was beaten

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Troy’s Kevin McGraw controls Northmont’s Jamie West Friday at Centerville High School.

Troy’s Cam Kauflin wrestles Friday night during the Division I sectional tournament.

Brandon Lee lost to Middletown’s Latrell Davis, who entered the day with a record of 30-2 and is the No. 1 seed at 152, in the quarterfinal round. Troy’s Matthew

MacGilliray (195) was defeated by pin to No. 3 seed Johnny Detherage of Lakota.

Sectional action resumes today at 10:30 a.m.

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Bowling ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 A.J. Bigelow led the team with a 225 game and 593 series.

Michael Barkett had a high game of 219 and finished with a 584 series. Cameron Hughes shot the high game of the day for Troy with a first-game 234 en route to a 571 series.

Austin Eidemiller was next with a 215 game and 561 series. Andrew Spencer rounded out the Trojan scoring with a 183 game and 545 series.

In addition to Banks’ performance, Ryan Rittenhouse

(148-220-185) and Steven Calhoun (181-186-186) both rolled 553 series for the Red Devils, while Jack Bauder added 156-197-161—514.

“I’m so proud of the boys for their record-setting season,” Tippecanoe coach Clay Lavercombe said. “Wins in a season, conference wins, twogame series, match total … and Ryan Rittenhouse broke the series record. And Logan becomes the third individual to qualify for the boys in school history. It’s been a magical season for the boys.”