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Storms wreck Indiana towns Violent weather kills 15 in 3 states HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes wrecked several Indiana towns and killed at least 15 people Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and homes, flattened a fire station, flipped over tractor-trailer trucks and damaged a maximum security prison. It was the second

deadly tornado outbreak this week.

Authorities reported nine deaths in southern Indiana, where Marysville was leveled and nearby Henryville also suffered extreme damage. There were five deaths in Kentucky and one in Ohio.

Aerial footage from a TV news helicopter flying over Henryville

showed numerous wrecked houses, some with their roofs torn off and many surrounded by debris. The video shot by WLKY in Louisville, Ky., also shows a mangled school bus protruding from the side of a one-story building and dozens of overturned semis strewn around the smashed remains of a truck stop.

Andy Bell was guarding a demolished garage until his friend could get to the business to retrieve some valuable tools Friday night. He looked around at the devastation, pointing to what were now empty lots between a Catholic church and a Marathon station about a block away.

“There were houses from the Catholic church on the corner all

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3 Eagles competing for state titles Much like his other teammates, Troy Christian’s Jordan Marshall exudes confidence on and off the mat.

And why wouldn’t he?

The junior left Friday’s Division III State wrestling meet at Value City Arena in Columbus with a spot in the 145-pound championship match. See Sports, Page 15.

Pursuit winds through Troy

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Members of the Clifford Thompson Post 43 of the American Legion, including Bruce Ball, David Carr, Richard Carr and Tom Sutherin, presented Teresa Beltz, a sixth-grade teacher at Van Cleve, with The American Legion Certificate of Merit and Medal of Merit, Certificate of Appreciation, American Legion Appreciation Coin, a gift card and an invitation to become a social member of the Clifford Thompson Post 43 American Legion. Beltz was honored for her continued work in educating students in regard to veterans, the nation’s history and its freedom along with coordinating a breakfast during Veterans Day and a Washington, D.C., trip at the end of the school year for the students.

Campaign trail leads to Troy For presidential hopefuls, Ohio has long been a battleground in terms of winning the necessary electoral votes to earn a seat in the White House. And Miami County — specifically Troy — has long been a key stop on the campaign trail for those presidential hopefuls. See Page B2.

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Thanks for the support Veterans honor Van Cleve teacher

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com As a teacher, she spent years teaching students how to respect, serve and honor veterans.

Yet, four members of the Troy Clifford Thompson American Legion Post 43 surprised Van Cleve sixth-grade teacher Teresa Beltz with tokens of their appreciation for her patriotism on Thursday.

“It’s really been a team effort,” Beltz said in front of her students and fellow staff members during the surprise presentation from the veterans. “My successes are God’s successes.”

Richard Carr, Tom Sutherin, David Carr and Bruce Ball presented Beltz with a certificate of their appreciation for her work with both her students and the city’s veterans.

“The veteran organizations are 100 percent supportive of endeavors that teach children about vet-

erans,” Sutherin said. “Teresa has done a terrific job and it’s been for all the veterans — the past, the present and the future veterans of our nation.”

Beltz said she couldn’t have done the multitude of services, such as the annual Veterans Day breakfasts, music tributes at parades and events and the legendary annual trip to Washington, D.C., without help.

“I couldn’t do all these programs without all of their help,” she said.

Yet, Beltz turned her minute of honor back to those she respects the most — the veterans themselves.

“It’s been my greatest honor to serve you,” she said to the American Legion members. Beltz then turned to the students seated in the auditorium.

“It’s been my honor to teach you,” she said. “I’ve taught you

how to respect those who have served our country in the past, in the present and in the future.”

Beltz shared with the veterans that her class has been observing a minute of silence each day after the Pledge of Allegiance for the nation’s military members currently serving overseas.

Beltz also said she was going to use the gift card presented to her to help more veterans.

“You are the real heroes,” Beltz said to each veteran as she gave them a hug at the end of the ceremony.

“She’s always been a strong supporter,” Sutherin said after the ceremony.

Richard Carr said he’s enjoyed Van Cleve’s annual veterans breakfast, which pairs each veteran with a student escort each year.

“We would like for them to know something about each veteran to get them connected,” said

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Ohio investigates adoption agency amid rape case

CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials said Friday that they’re investigating a private adoption agency that helped place children with a man now accused of rapComplete weather ing three boys in his care information on Page 10. and prostituting one of Home Delivery: them.

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A stolen vehicle reached speeds of more than 110 mph as the driver fled from police through Miami County, before the chase finally ended in Springfield.

According to the Tipp City Police Department, the 45-minute chase began when police ran the plates of the stolen van as it traveled north on Interstate 75 at 1:40 a.m. Friday.

The driver of the stolen vehicle, Jeremy Miller, 29, of Dayton, failed to stop and fled from Tipp City police. Miller exited at State Route 55 and traveled throughout the city of Troy. A passenger in the stolen vehicle, Jessica McCarel, 25, of Troy, jumped from the vehicle and was later charged by Troy Police with receiving stolen property.

The driver again took off and struck a Tipp City cruiser, causing damage to the police vehicle. The officer was not injured. The pursuit continued down alleys and side streets in Troy with Tipp City Police, Troy Police and Miami County Sheriff’s Office units in pursuit.

Officials followed Miller east on State Route 41 into Clark County to Springfield.

As Miller attempted to enter northbound State Route 68, the vehicle began to smoke and suffer engine failure. The pursuit ended just south of County Line Road several miles north of Springfield.

Deputies had to break a window in the van to get the driver out.

The driver was taken into custody without further incident.

Miller was transported to the Miami County Jail and was charged with felony charges of receiving stolen property, assault on a police officer, fleeing and eluding and failure to comply.

The pursuit also involved Clark County deputies, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Springfield Police and North Hampton Police.

with three counts of rape and one count of compelling prostitution in Miami County. He also faces child rape charges in Montgomery County.

If Ohio officials find serious procedure violations, they could take actions including revoking the private agency’s license. Messages for comment left at ACTION’s office in Dayton weren’t immediately returned.

Ohio and Texas family services officials have been

sharing details of the children’s adoption from Texas.

Texas authorities say the Troy man adopted three children — one of them a 9year-old girl in 2011 — and was in the process of BRANDT adopting the fourth.

Troy police said the man regularly raped the three boys at his home. He’s also

accused of hiring out a 10-year-old boy for sex with other men.

Texas authorities didn’t release any other details on the children but said the adoption was handled through ACTION Inc. A Texas spokesman said Thursday that it appeared that proper procedures had been followed, including background

checks on the adoptive father. Troy police say they don’t know of any past criminal activity by him.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said the man was first certified as a foster parent in Miami County in 2005.

ACTION has been certified by the state for more than a decade.

Department spokesman Ben Johnson said there

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Shannon Steele searches through rubble as he tries to salvage his mother’s belongings after her home sustained heavy damage Friday in Marysville, Ind. Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes flattened buildings in several states, wrecked two Indiana towns and bred anxiety across a wide swath of the country in the second powerful tornado outbreak this week. an interior room and used a mattress to block the door as the tornado struck. It destroyed his car and blew out the picture window overlooking his porch.

“I knew there was some bad weather out in the Midwest that was coming this way, but you don’t count on a tornado hitting here that bad,” he said.

The threat of tornadoes was expected to last until late Friday for parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma said the massive band of storms was putting 10 million people in several states at high risk of dangerous weather.

“Maybe five times a year we issue what is kind of the highest risk level for us at the Storm Prediction Center,” forecaster Corey Mead said. “This is one of

Two men dig through rubble after a tornado swept through Henryville, Ind., Friday.

The storm was part of a system that brought high winds and heavy rain to parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport was closed temporarily because of debris on the runways, but one of three runways had reopened by late afternoon. A fire station was flattened and several barns were toppled in northern Kentucky across the Ohio River from the

• Continued from 1 Richard Carr. “And that’s what the breakfast does for the kids and for us.”

“The biggest fear of a veteran is to be forgotten,” Sutherin shared. “We’ve gotten to know the kids and share our stories because the percentage of veterans is very small, so through Teresa’s programs, now they know a veteran — it’s great.”

Sutherin also said with Beltz’s help, the negative

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“Beltz, especially here in Troy, has kind of changed all that,” Sutherin said.

Richard Carr also said Post 43 has supported not only Beltz, but the students, through scholarships to send more of them to Washington, D.C. Many of the Legion members had children go to D.C. with Beltz and said the Legion members are proud to continue to support the annual trip to the nation’s capital.

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Two other men, 29year-old Jason Zwick of Beavercreek and 31-yearold Patrick Rieder of Dayton, have been jailed on related rape charges, based on the prostitution allegation. Zwick’s lawyer hasn’t returned a message for comment; an attorney will be appointed for Rieder.

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He said in each of those cases, ACTION was asked to submit a corrective plan. He didn’t immediately release any other information, including whether the investigation would look into other adoptions.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said Texas has worked with ACTION since 2004 without problems.

Meanwhile, the FBI said forensics experts will study laptop computers, files, a video camera and other items seized from the adoptive father’s home.

FBI Supervisory Special Agent Tim Ferguson of the Dayton office said the analysis will help them learn whether there are more suspects or victims in the case. The FBI’s computer forensics lab also will provide evidence to help local police and prosecutors develop their cases, he said.

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the way to the Marathon station. And now it’s just a pile of rubble, all the way up,” he said. “It’s just a great …”

His voice trailed off, before he finished: “Wood sticks all the way up.”

An Associated Press reporter in Henryville said the high school was destroyed and the second floor had been ripped off the middle school next door.

Authorities said school was in session when the tornado hit, but there were only minor injuries there.

Classroom chairs were scattered on the ground outside, trees were uprooted and cars had huge dents from baseball-sized hail.

Throughout town, there were bent utility poles and piles of debris. Volunteers pushed shopping carts full of water and food up the street and handed it out to people.

Ruth Simpson of Salem came to the demolished town right after the storm hit, looking for relatives that she hadn’t been able to find. “I can’t find them,” she said, starting to cry, and then walked away.

The town was without power, and there was no cell phone reception or service for land lines. Authorities planned to search the rubble through the night for survivors.

By nightfall, the only visible lights in town were vehicles inching through town. The rural town about 20 miles north of Louisville is the home of Indiana’s oldest state forest and the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders.

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• GLEE CLUB: The Ohio State University’s Men’s Glee Club will offer a concert • SPAGHETTI DINNER: at 2:30 p.m. at the First Troy Post No. 43 Baseball United Methodist Church in will offer an all-you-can-eat C o m m u n i t y Troy. The program is free spaghetti dinner will be and a free will offering will offered from 3-7:30 p.m. at Calendar be taken.

622 S. Market St., Troy.

• SUNDAY BREAKFAST: The meal also will include CONTACT US Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. a salad bar, drink and 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, dessert. Meals will be Ludlow Falls, will offer a $6.75 for adults and $4 for made-to-order breakfast children 12 and younger.

Call Melody from 8-11 a.m. Everything is All proceeds will benefit a la carte.

Vallieu at the Troy American Legion • BREAKFAST SET: Boy 440-5265 to baseball.

Scout Troop No 586 of the • PRAYER BREAKlist your free American Legion Post No. FAST: The Mayor’s Prayer 586, Tipp City, will present calendar Breakfast will be offered at an all-you-can-eat breakfast items.You 8 a.m. at First Place, from 9 a.m. to noon for $6.

Franklin Street, Troy. Make can send Items available will include a reservation to Steve your news by e-mail to eggs, bacon, sausage, home Baker at 335-6397. vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. fries, sausage gravy and bis• THEATRICAL PROcuits, toast, cinnamon rolls, DUCTION: The Troy Civic fruit, juice, waffles and panTheatre will present cakes.

“Blythe Spirit,” by Noel • THEATRICAL PRODUCTION: The Coward, at 8 p.m. at the Barn in the Park.

Troy Civic Theatre will present “Blythe The romantic comedy pits the wife of a Spirit,” by Noel Coward, at 4 p.m. at the successful novelist against the spirit of his Barn in the Park. The romantic comedy first, now dead wife. Tickets are $12, and pits the wife of a successful novelist reservations can be made by calling 339against the spirit of his first, now dead wife.

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Tickets are $12, and reservations can be • PANCAKE DAYS: The 2012 Piqua made by calling 339-7700.

Kiwanis Pancake Day will be from 6 a.m.

• BREAKFAST SET: The Sons of the to 2:30 p.m. at the Upper Valley Career AMVETS Post 88 will offer an all-you-canCenter, Piqua. Tickets are $6 for adults eat breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m. The meal, and $3 for children 10 and younger. The which will be $6, will include bacon, meal will include all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, home sausage, applesauce and drink. For tickets, call Dean Brewer at 615-1034 or Ryan fries, coffee, milk and orange juice.

• SUGAR BUSH WALK: Starting at Ratermann at 773-1671.

2:30 p.m. from the Aullwood Farm Building, • PRIME RIB: The Pleasant Hill VFW visitors can discover how to make maple Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, syrup during the last hikes through the Ludlow Falls, will offer a prime rib dinner sugar bush. See how to tap the trees, colwith salad, waffle fries, roll and chocolate lect the sap and boil it in a wood fired pudding for $12 from 5-7 p.m. evaporator to make delicious sweet treat.

• PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Boiling takes place in the sugar house.

Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ, one Everyone gets to taste the final product. block west of the intersection of State • PANCAKE BRUNCH: A pancake Route 48 and State Route 718, will hold its brunch will be offered every half hour monthly pancake and sausage breakfast between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Aullwood’s from 7:30-11 a.m. The cost is $4 for the Marie S. Aull Education Center, 1000 standard adult breakfast of pancakes, Aullwood Road, Dayton. At the Farm, sausage, juice, and coffee, tea or milk. A Aullwood staff will lead sugar bush walks deluxe breakfast is available for $5 and to the sugar house where sap is boiling includes scrambled eggs. The meal is all into maple syrup. Prices are $6.50 per the pancakes you can eat and free refills on drinks. Participants also can get a stan- adult and $3.50 per child (12 and under).

Reservations are suggested by calling dard breakfast of eggs, sausage and toast Aullwood at (937) 890-7360. if prefer not to have pancakes. Children’s

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portions also are served. Contact the church office at (937) 676-3193 for more information.

• SHARE-A-MEAL: The First United Church of Christ’s monthly Share-A-Meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church, corner of South Market and Canal streets, Troy. The meal will feature jackpot noodles, mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce, cake and beverages. Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to participate while giving an opportunity to socialize with others in the community. Use the Canal Street entrance where we the church is handicapped accessible.

• DISCOVERING MAPLE RIDGE: The Miami County Park District will a Discovering Maple Ridge program from 13 a.m. at the Maple Ridge entrance to Stillwater Prairie Reserve, 10430 State Route 185, Covington. Come and discover one of the district’s newest parks and enjoy the rolling terrain and visit the majestic maples on a self-guided hike. Stop by the sugar house to warm yourself by the fire and see how maple syrup is made — and how it tastes. Volunteers in the Parks will be on hand to serve hot chocolate. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• EARTH ADVENTURES: Classes from 5-7:30 p.m. will offer age-appropriate, hands-on activities that enable children to explore the world of nature and farming in the winter at Aullwood. Fees vary. Prepaid registration is required by calling Aullwood at (937) 890-7360 for more information.

• SUGAR BUSH WALK: Starting at 2:30 p.m. from the Aullwood Farm Building, visitors can discover how to make maple syrup during the last hikes through the sugar bush. See how to tap the trees, collect the sap and boil it in a wood fired evaporator to make delicious sweet treat.

Boiling takes place in the sugar house.

Everyone gets to taste the final product.

SUNDAY • ART EXHIBIT: A Kids’ Nature Art Gallery exhibit will feature Piqua students in grades first through sixth at Brukner Nature Center. The exhibit will feature creations by students in grades first through third at Springcreek Elementary and grade fourth through sixth at Wilder Intermediate.

Works of art range from sunflower drawings inspired by Van Gogh to paper collage field mice inspired by a Leo Lionni picture book.

• CREATURE FEATURE: The redtailed hawk will be featured from 2-3 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center, Troy. As spring draws more near, many animals have been preparing for the upcoming breeding season. One of these animals which will begin breeding and nesting season very soon is the red tailed hawk. Come discover more about this bird of prey, including some mating behaviors and how and where they raise their young. There will even be an opportunity to meet one of these remarkable raptors. This event is free and open to the public.

Garber to speak at WACO Free event is part of museum’s ongoing Adult Lecture Series For the Troy Daily News The WACO Air Museum’s Adult Lecture Series will host Lester Garber at 7 p.m. March 21 at the WACO Air Museum, 1865 S. County Road 25-A in Troy.

His presentation will be “The Wright Brothers Make a Lucky Mistake,” based on information from his book titled “The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation.”

Most Wright Brothers biographies emphasize the human story, not their engineering and mathematical solutions to the problems of lift, drag, thrust, power, stability and control.

The presentation will give one example of their engineering talents using high school physics and mathematics.

Initially, the Wright Brothers incorrectly used Otto Lilienthal’s wing test data to design their 1900

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It would prove to be a lucky mistake.

Garber’s background is a mixture of academics and real world experience.

He has a PhD. in industrial engineering from Penn State, and has spent many years researching, writing, speaking in public and teaching.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call (937) 335-9226 or email LCDir@wacoairmuseum.org.

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marketing. He is the son of Dale and Connie Matheson of Troy and is a 2010 ITHACA, N.Y. — Courtney Heinel, the graduate of Miami East High School. daughter of Holly Lane of Troy, was named • Clay Robinson of Laura is majoring in to the dean’s list at Ithaca College’s School finance. He is the son of Lonnie and Shelly of Humanities and Sciences for the fall 2011 Robinson of Laura and is a 2010 graduate semester. Heinel is a senior politics major. of Milton-Union High School.

Competitive Sport Clubs compete with other university or town sponsored sport University of clubs, or teams, and travel to different Northwestern Ohio events/games throughout the year.

Competitive Sport Clubs are more serious LIMA — The University of in nature, similar to varsity athletics, and Northwestern Ohio has announced its may involve playoff components to conclude dean’s list for the January 2012 session in their season. the College of Applied Technologies. Fulltime students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be named to the Marian University dean’s list. Brian M. Fincel of Casstown has been named to the list. He is the son of Neil Indianapolis and Kim Teaford of Casstown and the late INDIANAPOLIS — Joshua Miller of Roger Fincel.

Tipp City was among the 431 students who qualified for the Marian University dean’s list during the spring 2011 semester — the Gonzaga University largest semester dean’s list group in univerSPOKANE, Wash. — Madison Keaty, a sity history. A student whose grade point resident of Troy, has earned placement on average for the semester is 3.5 or above, the Gonzaga University president’s list for who was enrolled in at least 12 semester fall semester 2011. Students must earn a hours, and who has not earned any incom3.7 to 4.0 grade-point average in order to be pletes in the semester is eligible to be named to the president’s list. named to the dean’s list.

Miller is a Catholic studies major.

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GROVE CITY, Pa. — Jenn West, a junior Spanish major at Grove City College, has been named to the dean’s list with distinc• GRANDMOTHERS TO MEET: The tion for the fall 2011 semester. West is a Miami Grandmothers Club will meet from resident of New Carlisle and is a 2009 grad1-3 p.m. at the First United Methodist uate of Northwestern High School.

Church in the social room, 110 W. Franklin Students eligible for the dean’s list have St. Adam Jacomet from Sterling House of a grade point average of 3.40 to 3.59; for the Troy will be the featured speaker. Also, dean’s list with distinction, a GPA of 3.60 to Sterling House will be providing lunch 3.84 is required. beginning at 1 p.m. Non-members wishing to attend can contact Pat Swank at 339Ashland University 2350 in order to make their lunch reservation.

ASHLAND — The following local resiCivic agendas dents are members of men’s club rugby at • Monroe Township Board of Trustees Ashland University: will meet at 7 p.m. at the Township • Tylor Matheson of Troy is majoring in Building.

• The Tipp City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Government Center.

• The Troy City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the meeting room in Council Chambers.

• The Staunton Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton Township building.

• Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department office located at 123 W. Wright St., Covington.

• The Potsdam Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the village offices.

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Olivet Nazarene University BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Olivet Nazarene University recently released the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale. Area residents named to the dean’s list are: • Jade Green of Troy.

• Megan Grise of Piqua.

• Danette Kinnison of Troy.

• Lindsey Kirchner of Troy.

• Hannah Scott of Troy.

• Allison Wiseman of Bradford.

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TUESDAY • BAND CONCERT: The Troy High School concert band wind ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. in the Troy High School auditorium. Songs to be performed include “Who’s Who In Navy Blue,” by Sousa, “The Morning Trumpet,” “Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies,” “Havendance,” “Electricity,” “Bandology and Ode,” “Fanfare and Festival.” All concerts are free and open to the public. Contact Kathy McIntosh at 332-6061 for more information.

• FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m.

For more information, call 753-1108.

• LITERACY MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, serving all of Miami County, will meet at 7 p.m. at the TroyHayner Cultural Center in Troy. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can contact the message center at (937) 6603170.

• EXPLORATION HIKE: The Miami County Park District will have an Adult Nature Walking Club hike at 9 a.m. at Maple Ridge, the entrance to Stillwater Prairie Reserve, 10430 State Route 185, Covington. Join naturalists or a volunteer leader as they head out to explore nature.

Walks are not strenuous or fast-paced.

Walks are held the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• CLASS REUNION LUNCH: The class of 1961 Piqua Central High School will meet for lunch at the Piqua Upper Valley Mall’s food court at 12:30 p.m.

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ANALYSIS

Romney wins by ‘enough’ in Michigan WASHINGTON (AP) — Given to awkward utterances, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sized up his Michigan primary victory with memorable precision.

“We didn’t win by a lot, but we won by enough,” he told cheering supporters Tuesday night after eking out a hard-won triumph in his native Michigan over a determined Rick Santorum.

Certainly not nearly by enough to send Santorum, Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul to the sidelines in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.

But enough to restore some of the lost luster to his own candidacy as the race points toward next week’s Super Tuesday 10 contests in all regions of the country. And likely enough to quell some of the talk about a late entrant into the race, even as party officials continue to fret openly about a seemingly endless primary campaign and its impact on the party’s chances of defeating President Barack Obama in the fall.

In truth, the improving economy has something to do with the nagging concern that plagues some Republicans, with unemployment trending down, consumer confidence up and the Dow Jones Industrial average closing above 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since before the recession.

Obama couldn’t wait to taunt Romney and his Republican rivals in remarks to members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday.

“You’ve got folks saying, ‘Well, the real problem is, what we really disagreed with was the workers, they all made out like bandits’; that saving the American auto industry was just about paying back unions,” Obama said. “Really? Even by the standards of this town, that’s a load of you-know-what.”

The exit polls in Michigan suggested he may be on to something.

Even in a Republican primary, roughly 4 in 10 voters interviewed as they left their polling places said they supported the government rescue plan for the auto industry.

Little wonder. In Detroit, carmakers and parts companies once fearing extinction added more than 38,000 jobs in 2011, and automakers already have announced plans to add 13,000 more to the payroll this year.

The same survey suggested misgivings among Republicans in the first of the big industrial states to play a role in the nominating campaign. Romney won overwhelmingly, 61 percent to 24 percent for Santorum, among the 1 in 3 primary voters who said what mattered most was backing a candidate able to defeat Obama in the fall.

Yet only 45 percent of those interviewed said they strongly favor the candidate they voted for. Thirty-eight percent admitted to reservations, and 16 percent said they voted the way they did because they disliked the alternatives.

Additionally, the closeness of the Michigan race underscored a deep split between primary voters who described themselves as somewhat conservative, at 31 percent of the electorate, and the 30 percent who said they are very conservative.

Romney won the first, Santorum the second, and by nearly identical margins, additional evidence that the divide that has characterized the nominating campaign since the beginning remains a hardy one.

It will be tested next week in Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Georgia, Gingrich’s political base, and, barring a breakthrough by any contender, later in the month in primaries in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

As it was, Romney’s path to his two-state sweep in Michigan and Arizona on Tuesday was hardly pretty.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ...

The Daily Star, Beirut, on Yemen’s future: Many Yemenis are rightly questioning whether the Feb. 21 vote constitutes the democratic future they have fought for, and in many cases, died for; whether this is really the promised end to Saleh’s 33year rule.

Over a year after Yemenis first took to the streets to demand political reform, the country will go to the polls in an uncontested election in which ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s deputy is the sole candidate.

In a deal signed late last year and brokered by Gulf states in Saudi Arabia, where

Saleh was recovering from wounds sustained in a rocket attack on his palace, the former president agreed to transfer power to Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Now in the U.S. for further treatment, Saleh has vowed to return once more to Yemen.

The deal stipulated that Hadi could run uncontested, granted Saleh immunity from prosecution and allowed his party, the General People’s Congress, to maintain power through a power-sharing deal with the opposition. Twelve members of Saleh’s family have retained their positions in senior security and political roles, including his son as com-

mander of the Republican Guard Forces and his nephew as commander of the paramilitary Central Security Forces.

While Hadi has vowed to usher in major reforms, including the drafting of a new constitution and a reorganization of the army, the country faces many great challenges, and coupled with Hadi’s ascendancy to power in a way many view as undemocratic, it is unclear as to what the next few years will hold.

Coupled with endemic corruption, none of these signs point toward a stable, democratic or prosperous Yemen.

They point toward the creation of a failed state.

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Battle of the sexes a ‘weighty’ issue for columnist When it comes to weight, the battle of the sexes just isn’t playing fair Most days, I’m completely content, comfortable and accepting of my womanhood.

Not to take anything away from men, but women, we’re amazing creatures.

Not only do we cultivate a human being inside us for nearly 10 long months, we also birth said baby and live to tell about it.

And aside from the whole procreating aspect, we’ve come a long way in the last 100 years or so. Unlike men, we weren’t simply born with the right to vote and the right to just be whatever we wanted, we had to fight – like ridiculously hard — to get the same things our partners had.

And despite all that, I mostly enjoy being a woman.

I like that I can cry at sappy movies without feeling silly.

I like that I hug my best friends and that we go to the bathroom in hoards.

I absolutely adore a pair of really high, really hard to walk in heels. Because even though

Amanda Stewart Troy Daily News Columnist they might hurt my feet the entire night and leave the blisters as a reminder the next morning, they look amazing with a pair of skinny jeans.

Did I mention I like that I can wear skinny jeans — or boot cut, flare or low rise for that matter — and no body looks at me like I’m crazy?

I like putting on make-up and feeling pretty. I like putting so much product in my hair that it could catch on fire any second because it’s just that flammable.

I love being best friends with my mother.

See, most of the time, I love being a woman.

And then, last month happened.

Last month I decided to be

healthy again. Due to some stress invading my life and my need for an outlet, I started getting up at 5 a.m. Monday through Friday to alleviate some of that stress – through cardio.

On Mondays and Wednesdays I run until I feel like my lungs are going to burst out of my chest (which is sadly, just two or three miles into said run). On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, I torture my legs with spin classes and cardio kickboxing.

And you see, I’ve been doing this for a month now. Thirty incredibly long, starting-waytoo-early days.

And do you know what I’ve got to show for it thus far?

A measly 5 pounds. I’ve been tormenting my body for the last four weeks for what?

Five pounds — which actually, at first, felt like an accomplishment. I’d managed to lose weight without even changing my eating habits, which seemed like a win, right?

It did, until my completely masculine, man of a husband decided to start drinking smoothies in the morning.

Seriously, that’s all he did, just started drinking nasty concoctions of vegetables and fruit before going to work and guess what, he’s down at least 10 pounds. He hasn’t gotten his butt to the gym once and yet, he’s beating me in this challenge I didn’t realize we were having.

This my friends, is the one time, I’m incredibly displeased to be a female. With our childbearing hips and curves and what not, it’s a surprise we can lose weight at all past the age of 18. In college, dropping 10 pounds was easy. I just ran for a week and missed the cafeteria for two days. Now, I think about cake and I’m already wearing the weight.

I’m not sure how I’m going to do it yet, but I’m not going to give up just yet.

He might be one smoothie away from dropping another five pounds, but at least I’m learning what hard work can do for you, or some kind of garbage like that.

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OBITUARIES

AMANDA JANE VOGANN Cantrell; great-greatgranddaughter, Kendra Jolynn Cantrell; four brothers, Frank Baker, Ed Baker, Ted Baker and Earl Baker; and four sisters, Birtie Carroll, Della Hubbard, Stella Boroff and Leona Smith.

Amanda attended Stinking Creek School System, Knox County, Ky. She attended Piqua Missionary Church, Piqua. Amanda was a machinist for 16 ½ years at Crane Pumps, Piqua.

She retired in 1983. After retirement from Crane Pumps Amanda enjoyed camping, sitting outside and taking walks. She loved being with family and friends. Most of all she loved being a mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and greatgreat-grandmother.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at MelcherSowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with the Rev. Gary Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher.

Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Lois P. Schimmel PIQUA — Lois P. Schimmel, 81, of 726 N. Downing St., Piqua, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at her residence. Arrangements are pending through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

• Robert J. Meyer SIDNEY — Robert J. Meyer, 43, of Sidney, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at his home. Arrangements are pending and are being handled by Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home.

OBITUARY POLICY In respect for friends and family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free of charge. Families who would like photographs and more

detailed obituary information published in the Troy Daily News, should contact their local funeral home for pricing details.

Wrong-way crash kills 3 students BOWLING GREEN (AP) — A wrong-way driver slammed head-on Friday into a car full of sorority sisters who were caravanning to an airport for a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, killing three of the young women and the other driver.

The car carrying the three Alpha Xi Delta members, ages 19 to 21, and two other sorority sisters hit the wrong-way vehicle overnight on a rise in Interstate 75 south of Toledo, just miles from Bowling Green State University, which they all attended. The two survivors were seriously injured.

Sixteen sorority sisters were heading to the Detroit airport in different cars as they tried to make a 5:30 a.m. flight, a friend said.

Another vehicle carrying five of the students narrowly avoided the wrong-way driver, Ohio state troopers said.

“I don’t think the college girls ever saw it coming.

Nothing they could have done to avoid the crash,” Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn said.

The wrong-way driver, Winifred D. Lein, 69, of Perrysburg, was traveling alone, authorities said.

Investigators are looking into why she was driving on the wrong side of the divided highway.

“The college girls apparently did nothing wrong,” Wasylyshyn said.

Killed were Rebekah Blakkolb, 20, a junior from Aurora,; Christina Goyett, 19, a sophomore from Bay City, Mich., who was studying teacher education; and Sarah Hammond, 21, a junior from Yellow Springs, majoring in apparel merchandising, the university said.

Goyett was excited about her first trip to the Dominican Republic, said Dee Bishop, a family friend in Bay City. She was a graduate of John Glenn High School, where she competed in swimming.

“She was an absolutely wonderful, positive, happy person,” Bishop said.

She had just visited with her family Thursday at a surprise birthday party for her mother, Robyn, at a Bay City restaurant, and driven back to the campus several hours to the south.

Students dropped off flowers and held each other outside the sorority house in Bowling Green, a stately brick building with a columned porch and white shutters. Members of the sorority wouldn’t speak to reporters.

The injured were identified as Angelica Mormile, 19, a freshman from Garfield Heights, and Kayla Somoles, 19, a sophomore from Cleveland.

Bowling Green President Mary Ellen Mazey said in a Facebook post that they had serious injuries.

COVINGTON — William J. “Bill” Robinson, 61, of Covington passed away on March 1, 2012.

Bill was born on July 1, 1950, to Jim and Rosie (Cain) Robinson.

A graduate of Covington High School, he served as a firefighter in the U.S. Navy, drove a truck and most recently was employed by The Whirlpool Corp. Bill was a member of the Covington Eagles Aerie No. 3998; Covington AMVETS Post No. 66; Moose; and the Redmans.

He was preceded in death by his mother on Nov. 1, 1999. Bill is survived by his brothers and sisters, Tom Robinson (Covington), Nancy and Ted Hicks (Bradford), Marie Hamilton (Union), John Robinson (Greenville), Dick and Sandy Robinson (Covington), Denny and Mandy Robinson

(Covington), Gary “Frank” Robinson (Covington), Bonnie Robinson (Covington); and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his stepdaughter, Heather Wintrow, and stepson, Nick Wintrow.

The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m.

Monday, March 3, at the Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Covington.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral Home.

If desired, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Covington Rescue Squad or Miami County Sheriff Department Patrol, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH 45373.

Interment will be in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Covington, with Military Honors.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

LOWELL RICHARD EVILSIZOR great grandchildren, ST. PARIS — Lowell Joshua, Jonathon, Richard Evilsizor, 86, of Bryston, Taylor, Ally, St. Paris passed away at Untonio and 1:30 a.m. on Philip.

Friday, March 2, Richard was 2012, in retired from Springfield Hobart’s in Troy.

Regional He was selfMedical Center. employed for 50 Born on Feb. 7, years in the 1926, in lawn mower Champaign repair business.

County, Richard He also enjoyed was the only EVILSIZOR garage sales. child of the late Funeral services will be Claude and Carrie at noon Monday, March 5, Evilsizor. He married 2012, in the AtkinsGenevieve Gordon on Shively Funeral Home, Nov. 13, 1944, and she 216 S. Springfield St., St. survives in St. Paris.

Paris, Ohio, with the Rev. Together they raised two Walter Mock presiding. children, Judy (Donald) Burial will follow in Barzak of St. Louis, Mo., Evergreen Cemetery, St. and Nancy Drown of Paris.

Mora, Minn. He is also Visitation also will be survived by four grandchildren, Tonya Myers and held Monday from 10 a.m.

Zachary (Stacy) Barzak of until the time of the service at noon in the funeral St. Louis, Mo., Sierra home.

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JANET ANN MOUCH TROY — Janet Ann Mouch, 84, of Troy passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Troy Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 25, 1927, in Troy, to the late Edward and Minnie M. (Pearson) MOUCH Mouch.

She is survived by her nephew, Charles E. Isern of Miamisburg, Ohio; niece, Ann (Fred) Huegel of Crofton, M.D.; one great-nephew, Jonathon (Kelly) Huegel and their twin sons, Ayden and Reed of Chicago Ill.; three great nieces, Margaret Huegel of Crofton M.D. ,CaptainUSAF Angela (CaptainUSAF Nick) Motlagh of Oklahoma, Catherine Huegel of Fairfax, Va.; brother-in-law, Don F. Isern of Troy. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sister, Miriam K. Isern.

Janet was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy. She graduated from Troy High School in 1945 and graduated from Mount St. Joseph College Cincinnati. Janet was a

long time member of the Troy Country Club of which her father Edward was a charter member. She retired as owner of her parents furniture store known as Edward Mouch Furniture, Troy, which was founded around 1936. After the passing of her father in 1954, she and her mother, Minnie, continued the business together until her mother’s passing in 1994. Janet continued the furniture and carpet business until she retired around 1998.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, March 6, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy, with the Rev. Fr. James C. Duell officiating.

A visitation will be from 47 p.m. Monday, March 5, at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Troy.

Contributions may be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy in her memory.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheney funeralhome.com.

TROY — Leo H. Schlater, 83, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, on Friday, March 2, 2012. Born March 4, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio, to Leo Frank and Ruth V. {Curtis} Schlater.

He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Rosemary {Breitenstein} Schlater; second wife, Betty {Wical} Schlater; sisters, Betty Weiser, Margaret Floyd and Mary Baker; brothers, Robert Schlater and Edward Schlater; sister inlaw, Mary Lou Schlater; and grandson, Michael Schlater.

Leo is survived by his wife, Sheryl A. {Mutschler} Schlater; children, Paul (Debbie) Schlater, Clinton Twp., Mich., Pat (Steve) Frantz, Dayton, Jim (Pam) Schlater, Citrus Springs, Fla., Debbie (Mike) Dungan, Tipp City, Phil Schlater and fiancée, Lora Slowden, Vandalia, Dee (Kim) Rawlins, Tipp City, Susan (Gary) Reinhardt, Dayton, and Jenny (Bill) Blatterman, Vandalia; brothers in-law, Robert Weiser and Rush Wical, along with 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

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WEST MILTON — Ronald Dean Schaefer, 78 of Englewood, formerly of West Milton, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Hospice of Dayton. He was born March 17, 1933, in Dayton, Ohio.

Ron was preceded in death by his parents, Carl R. and Ruth I. (O’Briant) Schaefer; and brother, Ray Schaefer.

He is survived by his loving wife, Evelyn A. (Fisher) Schaefer, and they would have celebrated their 60th anniversary on April 4th of this year; daughters and spouses, Janet and Bill Niles of New Orleans, La., Karen and David Bell of St.Clair, Mich., Vivian Schaefer and Heather Hanneman of Denver, Colo., five grand-

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• James Q. Wilson BOSTON (AP) — James Q. Wilson, a political scientist whose “broken windows” theory of policing influenced a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80.

A hospital spokeswoman said Wilson died at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Wilson has been treated for leukemia, according to Boston College professor Peter Skerry, a family friend.

Wilson and co-author George L. Kelling argued in a 1982 article in The Atlantic that communities must address minor crimes and their effects, such as broken windows, to prevent larger problems from developing.

“I think Jim and I caught a wind,” Kelling said in an interview Friday. “Up until that time in policing, nothing seemed to work. By the late 70s, police was looking for a new approach and community policing was kind of on the horizon, although not yet being really articulated.”

In the article, the pair argued that, in communities, “disorder and crime

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Ron was a 1951 graduate of Milton-Union High School and formerly worked at NCR and Hobart Manufacturing, and attended West Milton United Church of Christ.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton, with Pastor Mark Moore officiating.

Burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton.

Friends may call from 3-6 p.m. Sunday at HaleSarver.

If so desired, contributions may be made to the West Milton United Church of Christ, 108 S. Main St., West Milton, OH 45383.

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Leo served his country in the United States Navy (Seabee), was retired from CCC Highway and Holland Express where he was employed as a truck driver. He was the former fire chief of SugarcreekBellbrook Fire Department, a member of the Teamsters 957 Retiree Club, served as an usher at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy, was a member of the American Legion Post 43, and the Troy Lions Club.

A mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m.

Monday March 5, 2012, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, South Hyatt Street, Tipp City, with the Rev. Fr. Gene Vonderhaar as celebrant.

Burial to follow in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m.

Sunday at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, and one hour prior to the mass on Monday.

Contributions may be made in memory of Leo to Hospice of Miami County or Lions Club Sight and Hearing, P.O. Box 21016, Columbus, OH 432210016. Visit www.frings andbayliff.com.

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PIQUA — Amanda Jane Vogann, 80, of Piqua, started her new life with her heavenly father on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 1:18 a.m., surrounded by loved ones and friends at Koester Pavilion, Troy.

Amanda was born in Barboursville, Ky., on April 23, 1931, to the late VOGANN Dewey and Mary (Bingham) Baker.

Amanda will be deeply missed by her son, Harol (Bill) Simpson, Piqua; one sister and brother-in-law, Joyce and Richard Daniels, Troy; three granddaughters, Jody L. and Frank Ball, Nakkia M. Simpson and Leslie M. Simpson; one grandson, Cody Simpson, all of Piqua; several greatgrandchildren, Courtney Delasanda, Kyley and Hayley Magill, Keandra Hester, La’trell Lucas, Zayden Alan, Justine Ann Simpson, Tiffani Cantrell and Seth Cantrell, all of Piqua; several greatgreat-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and friends.

She was welcomed with open arms by her son, Jerry Simpson; one daughter and son-in-law, Louise and Winford Cantrell; her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Lisa and Mark Kolker; grandson, Charley T.

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are usually inextricably linked.”

“Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populated by windowlovers; rather, one unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing,” they wrote.

The article concluded, “Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals. … Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply treating illness, so the police and the rest of us ought to recognize the importance of maintaining, intact, communities without broken windows.”

Police and politicians responded in subsequent years with changed tactics to bring police closer to communities and their problems.

“I read it and it hit me,” then-Boston Mayor Kevin White told The Boston Globe in 1982, after he instructed the police department to increase foot patrols.

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Obama joins in assailing Limbaugh Talk show host used slur against student NEW YORK (AP) — Rush Limbaugh drew fire Friday from many directions, including President Barack Obama, for his depiction of a college student as a “slut” because she testified before Congress about the need for contraceptive coverage.

The third-year Georgetown University law student, Sandra Fluke, received a supportive phone call from Obama, and was backed by members of Congress, women’s groups, and the administration and faculty at her Roman Catholic university.

Calls for Limbaugh’s sponsors to pull their ads from his radio talk show

rocketed through cyberspace, and at least two companies, bedding retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number, said on their Twitter accounts that they were complying with the demands.

Obama considers Limbaugh’s remarks “reprehensible,” according to White House spokesman Jay Carney. He said the president called Fluke to “express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks” and to thank her for speaking out on an issue of public policy.

“The fact that our political discourse has become debased in many ways is

bad enough,” Carney said.

“It is worse when it’s directed at a private citizen who was simply expressing her views.”

Obama reached Fluke by phone as she was waiting to go on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

“What was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud,” a choked-up Fluke told Mitchell. “And that meant a lot because Rush Limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. So I just appreciated that very much.”

Fluke was given a chance to talk to Congress on Feb. 23, even though lawmakers were on a break and just a few Democratic allies were on hand to cheer her on. The previous week, a

Republican-controlled House committee had rejected Democrats’ request that she testify on the Obama administration’s policy requiring that employees of religion-affiliated institutions have access to health insurance that covers birth control.

Fluke said that Georgetown, a Jesuit institution, does not provide contraception coverage in its student health plan and that contraception can cost a woman more than $3,000 during law school.

She spoke of a friend who had an ovary removed because the insurance company wouldn’t cover the prescription birth control she needed to stop the growth of cysts.

On Wednesday, Limbaugh unleashed a lengthy and often savage verbal assault on Fluke.

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Feel cheated?

Small claims court brings big wins NEW YORK (AP) — If you feel cheated by a big company and complaining gets you nowhere, what can you do? A handful of recent cases suggest that consumers can, if they’re motivated enough, win against big companies in small claims courts.

These “David versus Goliath” battles were won against the likes of AT&T, Honda and others, without resorting to lawyers. The plaintiffs paid minor filing fees, gathered their own research and presented arguments in quick hearings that resemble the average “Judge Judy” episode.

And now, thanks to the Internet, these victors are connecting with other consumers in hopes of helping them replicate their successes. If the practice catches on, it could amount to a big bucks difference in payouts by these giant corporations.

“It is a significant undertaking,” says Heather Peters of Los Angeles, who sued Honda because her Civic Hybrid didn’t meet its claims for gas mileage. She won $9,867 last month.

“But with the Internet, it’s a whole different world,” said Peters, a former lawyer who just reactivated her license. “It just takes one or two people like us who are the anal-retentive, compulsive people to do all the work, and are magnanimous enough to say: ‘Here you are! Go get ‘em. You do it, too!’”

Other success stories include Matt Spaccarelli of Simi Valley, Calif., and Henry Brown of New York, who both sued AT&T Inc. Brown won $1,587.50 in October after suing the telecommunications giant for frequently dropping his wireless calls and charging him an early termination fee when he wanted to get out of his contract.

Spaccarelli was awarded $850 last week after successfully suing AT&T for slowing down the data service on his iPhone when he hit a limit for downloads, even though he had an “unlimited data” plan.

Peters and Spaccarelli have both put up websites that feature copies of the documents they used in court.

Peters says hundreds of people have expressed interest, and she knows of at least six consumers who have filed cases. Dozens of people have contacted Spaccarelli, and he recently filed suit on behalf of his brother, who has the same problem with his iPhone.

Their victories aren’t necessarily final. Honda says it will appeal Peters’ award, and AT&T is appealing Spaccarelli’s.

But the new hearings will basically be reruns of the first ones. They will feature similar and relatively informal rules. So there’s no way the companies can use their resources to take a small claims case to a jury trial and force the consumer to rack up enormous legal fees.

The small claims process is by no means easy. For Brown and Spaccarelli, the hearings were harrowing. They felt intimidated by AT&T’s rep-

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AT&T’s lawyer postponed Brown’s hearing three times before agreeing to a hearing date, months after the suit was filed.

“He was just so vicious, and it actually scared me. I actually said to the judge, ‘I don’t feel safe sitting next to him. He’s just on the full attack,’” Brown says. The judge was sympathetic but told Brown that lawyers don’t have to act nice: “This isn’t a tea party,” he was told.

Peters started her case because she was dissatisfied with a class-action settlement in the works over the same issue the Honda Civic Hybrid’s gas mileage.

That settlement would give Civic owners $100 to $200 each, plus a rebate on a new Honda. Peters made out much better.

Should companies be scared of consumers heading to small claims courts?

A quick calculation shows they should have cause for concern.

Honda’s proposed class action settlement might cost the carmaker $40 million, if every one of the 200,000 Civic Hybrid owners claimed the maximum amount. But if all of the owners went to small claims court and fared as well as Peters, the company would be out nearly $2 billion.

“If corporations see a large number of people going to small claims, it might cut off their ability to have these relatively cheap dispositions of class actions,” says Richard Cupp, a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.

But while corporations have been fighting class actions, they don’t seem very concerned about selfhelp justice through small claims. Paying off a few brave souls who head to small claims or arbitration is, after all, cheaper than settling class action suits.

“How many people would really do this?”

Spaccarelli asks. “I’m just kind of pig-headed.”

Companies are actually encouraging consumers to take their gripes to small claims courts. A clause in contract, for AT&T’s instance, forbids customers from pursuing a jury trial or a class action.

It points them instead to small claims court or arbitration. AT&T scored a victory on behalf of many companies when the Supreme Court upheld the clause last year.

“We strongly believe that small claims and arbitrations are viable options for concerned customers,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel says. “With over 100 million customers, we expect to receive complaints from time to time, and we know that, in a few of those cases, a small claims judge or an arbitrator might make a decision that we think is wrong.

That’s OK.” There is scant data on the number of small claims cases filed in the U.S. each year or on the number of cases that feature consumers suing big companies. A study by the National Center for State Courts, published in 1992, found 40 percent of cases in the 12 courts studied were consumer complaints. The same study found that 67 percent of individuals suing businesses or government agencies won their cases.

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Share-A-Meal served today

Club March 20 — Lunch provided by the Covington Church of the Brethren March 27 — Lunch provided by the United Church of Christ April 6 — Good Friday Service at noon at the Church of the Brethren. No meal will be served.

Lenten program is for families

Jake Holder will be in concert Sunday at Christiansburg Church of Christ in Christian Union, 5020 Panhandle Road.

relationship in balance during this six-week class. The program centers around Gospel singer the relationship attachto perform ment model (R.A.M.) develCHRISTIANSBURG — oped by Dr. John Van Epp: Gospel singer Jake Holder Know, Trust, Rely, Commit, will be in concert Sunday at Touch. The program includes free course materiChristiansburg Church of Christ in Christian Union. als. Gift cards will be awarded for attendance Holder hails from Dayton and has opened for and snacks and refreshments will be served at many local concerts and each session. Child care singers. The service will start at 10:30 a.m. and the will be available upon request. church is at 5020 To register, call (800) Panhandle Road off of State 521-6419, Ext. 1119, or visit Route 55. http://www.trustmarriage. com/pick.php.

Purim services planned PIQUA — Congregation Anshe Emeth in Piqua will hold Purim services at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at the synagogue, 320 Caldwell St..

Services will be conducted

by Rabbinic intern Courtney Berman.

For more information, visit the website at www.ansheemeth.org or call (937) 547-0092.

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Christian groups were asked to change requirements that their leaders also be Christian.

Administrators say that requirement is discriminatory.

Kim Colby, senior counsel for the Christian Legal Society, said Christian groups shouldn’t be asked, and the ruling doesn’t require them, to essentially erase their religious identities to comply with nondiscrimination codes.

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COVINGTON — St. Teresa Church will offer Lenten fish fries from 4-7 BRADFORD — The p.m. March 16 and 30.

Bradford Area Association Dinner will include of Churches will once again three pieces of fish, green sponsor community Lenten beans, applesauce and dinservices. Each week one of ner roll for $6.50. the Bradford area pastors will bring a message on Women’s retreat this year’s theme, “The Cross of Christ.” is planned The schedule will be as TROY — A women’s follows: retreat will be offered from • March 7 — The Pain 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March of the Cross 24 at St. Patrick Church • March 14 — The Parish Center, 444 E. Water Polarization of the Cross St., Troy.

• March 21 — The The event will include a Privilege of the Cross presentation

by Susan • March 28 — The Conroy, an author and Proclamation of the Cross Each service will be at 7 speaker who has done a mini-series on EWTN and p.m. at the Bradford worked with Mother Church of the Brethren.

Teresa.

The fee to attend is $25.

Lenten lunch Checks may be made to St. series continues Patrick Church, with the memo Women’s Retreat, COVINGTON — The and sent to 409 E. Main St., Covington Ministerial Troy, OH 45373.

Association’s Lenten Lunch For more information, Series will be offered on call Pat Smith at 335-2833, Tuesdays through March Ext 105, or email 27 at noon at Covington rsmith3055@aol.com.

Church of the Brethren.

The series theme this year Bus trip set is “The Seven Last Words of Jesus.” to museum A cross walk will be BRADFORD — The held Good Friday, April 6, beginning at 11:45 a.m. at Bradford Area Association the old fire station near the of Churches is sponsoring a bus trip to The Creation post office, followed by a worship service at noon at Museum in Petersburg, Ky., on April 21.

Covington Church of the The price of the trip is Brethren (no meal). $70 for adults and $60 for Proceeds from the children. Checks can be Lenten Lunch Series will made payable to the be used to support the Bradford Area Association Covington High School graduates’ rehearsal lunch of Churches and mailed to Sue Vickroy, 312 N. and gifts.

March 13 — Lunch pro- Miami Ave., Bradford, OH 45308. vided by Frieden’s For more information, Lutheran Church/ call Vickroy at (937) 448Covington Presbyterian 2844 or Pastor Mark Church Special Program: Covington Youth Breakfast Lynch at (937) 564-9759.

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TIPP CITY — The Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge (P.I.C.K.) program will be offered free beginning in March for singles and couples who are dating or engaged.

Classes will be from 6:30-8 p.m. on Sundays, March 11 through April 22 (no class April 8), at Ginghamsburg Church, The Avenue, 6759 S. County Road 25-A The program is sponsored by Marriage Works!

Ohio, a department of Elizabeth’s New Life Center, and will be presented by Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley.

Presenters will provide the tools needed to discern a partner’s compatibility along with keeping your

Dozens of colleges have scrutinized how on-campus Christian groups operate after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed a law school to deny funding to a Christian group that would not admit gays.

The 2010 ruling touched on gay and religious rights on campus, and the tension is now at the center of a handful of disputes at col-

leges.

A chapter of the Christian group InterVarsity at the University of Buffalo was temporarily suspended.

The student government is evaluating its groups after a treasurer, who is gay, felt pressured to step down.

The University of North Carolina is reviewing its student organizations after a Christian singing group expelled a gay member. And at Vanderbilt University, a private college in Tennessee,

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BRADFORD — The Oakland Church of the Brethren, 8058 HoratioHarris Creek Road, will present “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming,” as their 2012 dinner theater production. Performances will be at 6 p.m. March 10.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $22.

A dessert-only performance will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday for $12. Tickets for children ages 9 and under will be half price.

This is the third in a series featuring the Sanders family. Join the family as they send the the Rev. Mervin and June Oglethorpe off to Texas to a new calling with hilarious, touching stories and 25 bluegrass gospel favorites.

Reservations may be made from 4-8 p.m. with Brenda Coblentz at (937) 548-1895.

Proceeds from the dinner theater production will help support Oakland’s outreach projects.

TROY — Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy, will present a Lenten series for children and their families.

The program, developed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Ala., uses the familiar themes of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” a children’s book by Roald Dahl, published in 1964, to explore the lessons of the Prodigal Son. Each main character highlights the dangers of Greed (Augustus Gloop), Pride (Veruca Salt), Envy (Violet Beauregarde), and Sloth (Mike Teavee).

The program will be offered at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, through March 28, at the church. A light dinner will be served.

To register, call Trinity at 335-7747.

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Lenten services set in Bradford

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TROY — The First United Church of Christ’s monthly Share-A-Meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the church, corner of South Market and Canal streets, Troy.

The meal will feature jackpot noodles, mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce, cake and beverages.

Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to participate while giving an opportunity to socialize with others in the community.

Use the Canal Street entrance where we the church is handicapped accessible.

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Dear Annie: I'm 18 and a senior in high school. I have been with my boyfriend, "Mike," for a year, and I love him more than anything. However, my friends feel differently. They find him loud and rude.

Mike thinks they are immature, and he disagrees with some of their personal choices.

Mike makes an effort to get along for my sake, but my friends make it really difficult.

They don't want to be around him, and the feeling is mutual.

This hurts me tremendously.

And the part that really burns me is that my friends' boyfriends treat them like dirt, yet they think I'm the one with a lousy relationship.

This is putting stress on me and often results in arguments with all of them.

I plan to be with Mike for a long time, and I also want to keep my best friends. How do I do this? — Trying To Be the Glue Dear Trying: Your friends may not accept Mike for any number of reasons, not the least of which could be jealousy and possessiveness. But someone who can't get along with your friends may also have a few personality issues that you are purposely disregarding. Not all high school friendships survive graduation, and not all boyfriends last.

Take your time. Let your friends get used to you and Mike as a couple.

Ask Mike to be more tolerant of their "immaturity." Refuse to be pressured by anyone, and you eventually will be able to decide which of these relationships are worth keeping.

Dear Annie: "Baffled Nurse in Indiana" wrote in dismay about parents allowing their children to play with tongue depressors and exam gloves.

You printed several responses, one of which was from "Morris, Ill.," who said doctors are greedy because they overschedule, making patients wait an hour or more.

As a physician who has been in practice for 23 years, there are legitimate reasons for this. I may have had an emergency or got stuck in surgery. Patients show up late and talk too much about Great-Aunt Tillie's big toe problem. And keep in mind, if I take an extra five minutes to comfort a patient or calm a frightened child, I will give you extra time, as well.

If I scheduled fewer patients, you would need to wait six months before you could make an appointment. — Frustrated Doc Dear Doc: Thanks for weighing in. Here's more: From Oregon: In my 22 years of practice, I have never known a doctor to run late because of a leisurely lunch or golf game. In fact, most doctors spend their lunch (and sometimes dinner) trying to catch up.

Medical care is by its nature unpredictable, so bring something to keep you (and your children) occupied.

Florida: Parents are teaching their children that if they have to wait too long, it's someone else's fault and so it's OK to take gloves and tongue depressors.

Those are not condiments at a fast-food place.

I always brought books, paper, crayons and small toys with me when I took my children anywhere that might require a wait.

And I always brought a book for myself.

Oregon: I have six children and never would have dreamed of helping myself to medical supplies in order to entertain my kids.

The greatest compliment I ever received was when we flew overseas with five children under age 10. It was obvious at each plane change that the flight attendants were not looking forward to having us on board. But at the end of each flight, these same attendants complimented us on our children's behavior.

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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Tips helps send lingering odors on their way Dear Readers: Are lingering odors around the house a problem? Commercial products are expensive, and they sometimes just mask the odor. What can you use that is cheap and effective? Grab that jug of plain vinegar. It’s a bargain cleaner: • Remove leftover cooking odors in the kitchen. Boil several cups of water and 5 to 6 tablespoons of vinegar in a pan on the stove. Add a little cinnamon for a wonderful, homey scent.

• Rid your hands of fish or onion smells by rinsing them with vinegar and rubbing together.

• Remove smoke or paint odors by placing bowls of vine-

Hints from Heloise Columnist gar around the room. Vinegar has been a favorite of mine forever, and I’ve compiled a pamphlet that’s loaded with more cleaning, freshening and cooking hints. You can have one by sending $5 and a long, selfaddressed, stamped (65 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio,

TX 78279-5001. For example: To remove hair spray and other styling products from PLASTIC hairbrushes, soak them overnight in a 50/50 solution of white or apple-cider vinegar and water. Rinse thoroughly, and allow to air-dry. A great vinegarbased cleaner is a mix of 1/2 cup vinegar, 1 pint rubbing alcohol and 1 teaspoon dishwashing liquid. Label the bottle clearly. — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Judith W. in Flemington, N.J., sent a picture of her two rescued cuddling cats, Mazel and P.C. (Pussy Cat).

They are snuggling in their cat bed together. I think they would

agree: Two heads are better than one! To see Mazel and P.C., visit www.Heloise.com and click on “Pets.” — Heloise VIDEO CALLING Dear Readers: Keeping up with friends, family and coworkers can create a dilemma: Do you call and run up a phone bill, or lose the personal touch with email? Luckily, computers are making it easier with free video-calling services.

All you need is an Internet connection, a webcam and someone to talk to!

Video calling makes catching up with a child studying away from home a little more personal. — Heloise

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HOROSCOPE Saturday, March 3, 2012 Your problem in the year ahead might be an overwhelming supply of opportunities rather than too few. If you don’t hone in on the ones that are best for your interests, you might get confused and waste everything.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — There are some days when adjustments must be made if you hope to get along harmoniously with your mate, and this might be one of them. Do what you have to do in order to keep the peace.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Just because others are willing to do things for you, don’t carry matters too far. If you knowingly cross the line and take advantage of others’ kindness, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Not being a very good people reader could cause you all kinds of complications, such as rewarding the undeserving while ignoring pals who have always been there for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be absolutely certain the objectives you establish for yourself are ones that you really want to achieve. You are likely to succeed at accomplishing feats of little worth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Words mean something, so be careful not to quote someone out of context and thereby completely distort what that person was trying to say. You could do him or her a great disservice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A friendship could be put in jeopardy if you place more emphasis on your pal’s material worth rather than his or her inner being. Money can’t buy true comradeship.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Others aren’t likely to tolerate it if you try to impose your views or opinions on them. Unfortunately, you might not even realize it if and when you are being unduly assertive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — It behooves you not to make any promises that you might not be able to keep. For the sake of harmony in a quality relationship, you would be better off bowing out now rather then reneging later.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Regardless of how well thought out it may be, this might not be one of your better days for taking a risky financial gamble. Let things rest a bit before going out on a limb and doing something impulsive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Much to the dismay of your family and friends, you sometimes feel it necessary to champion an unpopular cause.

This might be one of those days when you’ll do so again, with similar results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Someone who has crossed swords with you several times might once again engage you in some fencing. Keep in mind that this person’s temper can be as short as yours.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t allow any kind of brashness to take precedence over your common sense.

Your chances of coming out ahead, especially in a financial matter, are slim to none.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, March 3, the 63rd day of 2012.

There are 303 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution making “The StarSpangled Banner” the national anthem of the United States.

On this date: In 1845, Florida became the 27th state.

In 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established.

In 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at the Tuscumbia, Ala., home of Captain and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher for their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen.

In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut.

In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces

during World War II. In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.

In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.

Ten years ago: Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.

Train journey shows discontent with Putin ABOARD RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN 109 (AP) — From the comfy cabins of first class to the crowded and smelly thirdclass bunks, passengers traveling to Moscow from a remote Arctic boomtown show why Vladimir Putin’s almost certain return to the presidency Sunday feels less than triumphant.

The broad discontent seen on the long-distance train journey reflects that of this sprawling country, a prism of its demographic layers. Although anger with Putin isn’t unanimous, it is clearly widespread, a striking challenge to his self-promoted image as the working man’s hero who is the only leader all Russians can love and admire.

Few doubt that Putin, who was president from 2000-2008, will win Sunday’s presidential election, returning him to the Kremlin after a four-year stint as prime minister. But the frustrations encountered on Train 109 indicate that his new term won’t be easy.

The train’s 66-hour, 3,500-kilometer (2,170-mile) trip to the capital starts in Novy Urengoi, a gas-producing town just below the Arctic Circle. Natural gas revenues are a key piece of

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In this photo taken Feb. 28, a man walks with a gift in his hands after disembarking from the Novy Urengoi-Moscow train in the Russian town of Balezino.

From the comfy cabins of first class to the crowded and smelly third-class bunks, passengers traveling to Moscow from a remote Arctic boomtown show why Vladimir Putin’s almost certain return to the presidency Sunday feels less than triumphant. the prosperity that Russia has enjoyed under Putin.

The newfound wealth initially pleased Russia’s working classes and lulled them into docile complacency, but many are increasingly discontent with the political ossification that set in under Putin and his placeholder successor as president, Dmitry Medvedev.

Term limits ban presidents from serving more than two

consecutive terms.

“For eight years we had Putin, then we had Medvedev, and now Putin again. Who after that: Medvedev?”

Alexander Yurov asks in a third-class car where barracks-like bunks crowd both sides of a narrow walkway. “Well, this is what they’re getting from me,” he says, holding up his middle finger.

A group of people gath-

ered around a little table between the bunks chuckle approvingly.

An astonishing wave of protests against fraudmarred parliamentary elections in December sprang mainly from cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, and Putin has been quick to characterize his opponents as coddled urban elites.

But conversations with people like Yurov, a Novy

Urengoi construction foreman who plans to vote for Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov, reveal the undercurrent of dissatisfaction across all layers of society and across Russia’s varied geography. In fact, many say the elites are Putin and his cronies.

“All that matters for the government is what’s going on in Moscow and in St. Petersburg. As for the rest of the country, it can just deal with its own problems,” Ilya Kuropatkin says in the corridor of a second-class carriage on his trip to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk.

Much of Putin’s appeal has been based on the stability he brought Russia after the chaos of the Soviet Union’s collapse and Boris Yeltsin’s capricious and tragicomic rule of the newly independent country.

Statistics do present an impressive picture of improvements under Putin, who is running against four Kremlin-approved opponents. When he was inaugurated for his first term in May 2000, the average monthly wage was $75; it’s 10 times higher now. The infamously low life expectancy for males rose from 60 to 64. Although Russia’s murder rate is still

high by European standards, it has fallen nearly 45 percent in the past dozen years.

“Everybody wants stability,” says businessman Andrei Khorashavin, traveling in first class. “I see Putin as the person that can guarantee that.”

But many of his neighbors even in the neat, twoberth cabins of first class — those who have grown rich in Putin’s Russia — are fed up with the unbridled corruption that spreads through the country’s leadership and infiltrates their everyday lives.

Igor, a software entrepreneur, points to his smartphone and grumbles: “I often buy these as presents.”

He means, of course, as bribes to government officials.

Igor, who asked his last name not be used for fear of damaging his business, says failure to curry favor with officials could leave him prone to arbitrary government checks and ruin his chances in state tenders.

The train stop at GusKhrustalny, some two hours train ride east of Moscow, vividly demonstrates that although Russia has come far under Putin, it still is a country of marginal living for many.

Egyptians angry with military after Americans leave CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s ruling generals faced a backlash Friday over the departure of Americans on trial over charges that their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest, with the country’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood and others accusing military leaders of bowing to pressure from Washington.

Six of the Americans left Egypt a day earlier after a travel ban against them was lifted, easing a heated diplomatic dispute over the case between longtime

allies Cairo and Washington. The moves to prosecute the Americans have sparked U.S. warnings of cuts in the more than $1 billion in aid given to Egypt every year.

Their departure came after days of intense behindthe-scenes negotiations between U.S. and Egyptian officials trying to resolve the worst crisis between the two countries in decades.

But it raised an outcry at home against the military, which took power in Egypt after the ouster a year ago of

President Hosni Mubarak.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which controls nearly half of seats in parliament and has emerged as the strongest political group since Mubarak’s fall, said there was “clear interference” in Egypt’s domestic affairs and in the work of the judiciary.

The Brotherhood’s spokesman, Mahmoud Ghozlan, said that he believes the United States pressured Egypt’s ruling military council to ensure the Americans return home

before the case is concluded and the judicial process runs its course.

“The former regime was subservient to the United States. Until now the military council cannot understand that there was a revolution and continues the same policies of answering to Washington,” Ghozlan told The Associated Press.

The dispute is rooted in a crackdown by Egyptian officials on pro-democracy and human rights groups, including four U.S.-based ones.

In December,

Egyptian security raided offices a number of the groups, including four American ones the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute, Freedom House and a group that trains journalists. Officials said the groups were suspected of accepting foreign funds to stir up unrest.

Sixteen Americans from the groups, along with 27 others including Egyptian, Palestinian, German, Norwegian and Serb

nationals, were charged in the case and put on trial.

Activists denounced the move as part of a wider government crackdown against those critical of the military’s rule. Nine of the Americans, who had not been put under a travel ban, had already left the country. The rest were allowed to leave Thursday after the U.S. posted almost $5 million in bail. Of the seven Americans who had been barred from travel, one stayed behind voluntarily.

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SHIFT COORDINATOR (2nd Shift FT) Previous supervisory experience in manufacturing environment required; experience working with or for automotive OEM or Tier One suppliers.

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We provide a constant schedule, great pay/ benefits package plus paid training. Our employees must have a HS diploma/GED, be highly self motivated and have superb ethics.

If interested in an employer that genuinely cares for its employees, please call (937)492-0886

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MASONS NEEDED Must have prior work experience and reliable transportation. We are a drug free workplace.

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Electro Controls has recently expanded and is currently filling new full-time positions in our Sidney, OH facility to support our growth. We are filling positions ranging from entry level Assembler to experienced Controls Technician and are seeking dependable persons with an aptitude for learning and a positive attitude. Electrical schematic and mechanical print reading experience is a plus for entry level positions.

PLC/HMI knowledge and machine integration experience is a plus for technician positions.

Please send resume for immediate consideration or please stop by our office to apply.

NOW HIRING! Part-time, All shifts, Hourly employees.

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CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees).

The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount.

While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks.

Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

provides Supported Living services to individuals with MRDD. We are accepting applications for employees to perform care in Darke Co (Home Supervisor, Full Time, 2nd shift). You will assist with daily living skills, transportation, money management, medication supervision. Working in a fun atmosphere.

Competitive compensation and excellent benefits package.

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Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

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Home Weekends Regional Runs .40¢ -.45¢/Mile - ALL MILES Class A CDL + 1 year OTR experience Landair Transport 1-866-269-2119 www.landair.com

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305 Apartment

Optometric office looking for high energy individual to work full-time as a licensed optician.

Send resumes to: Primary EyeCare 1086 Fairington Drive, Sidney, OH 45365.

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SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

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1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Troy and Piqua ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from. Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers.

Corporate apartments available.

Visit www.1troy.com Call us first!

(937)335-5223 1 BEDROOM, stove and refrigerator, new carpet/ bathroom. Water paid. No pets, non-smoking. $450 month, deposit.

(937)524-9114 2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908 2 BEDROOM townhouse, TROY. 1.5 baths, W/D hook-up, convenient location. $450, Metro Approved, (937)902-0572.

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BRADFORD, 2-3 bedroom downstairs apartment. $400 month, $400 deposit. (937)448-2927 COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. Up to 2 months FREE utilities! No Pets.

(937)698-4599, (937)572-9297.

DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt.

FIRST MONTH FREE! 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690

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PIQUA 1131 Chevy Lane, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen appliances, new carpet with garage. $450 (937)430-0989 PIQUA, large 1 bedroom, upstairs, with/ without w/d hookup, appliances, utilities included, no pets, (937)552-7006.

SUNSET SQUARE APARTMENTS 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AVAILABLE

TROY, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath,1 car garage. Metro accepted, deposit $500 rent $700 (937)339-7028

All utilities paid!

Elderly/ Disabled Handicapped Accessible Income Based Rent 30% of income

TROY, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath on 10 acres, 3 car garage.

Available now.

(937)667-6055

1851 West Grant St. Piqua

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Managed by Gorsuch Mgmt Co. Piqua (937)778-0806 TTY/ TDD (800)750-0750

For Sale 425 Houses for Sale TROY, 2633 Walnut Ridge Dr. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, appliances. $167,500 or rent $1100 month, deposit.

(937)339-3824

TROY, 1 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 month.

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$200 Deposit Special!

TROY, Westbrook, 1/2 double, 3 bedroom. $675 month plus deposit. 1 year lease no pets, non smoking, (513)478-9913

CRIB, sturdy, wooden baby bed, good condition, $75. (937)339-4233 REVOLVER Smith & Wesson, Model 10, 38 special, $350. Cell number (937)684-1297

WALKER, adult, folds, adjustable height, with or without wheels, $20.

(937)339-4233

TROY, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, AC, 1 car garage, appliances, W/D hookup, $600/mo. (937)433-3428

CHEST FREEZER, small Estate by Whirlpool $75 (937)335-1073

320 Houses for Rent

425 Houses for Sale

425 Houses for Sale

510 Appliances

583 Pets and Supplies

592 Wanted to Buy

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

LAB PUPPIES, First shots/ wormed. Friendly, ADORABLE! Black and yellow left. Going fast!

Call/ text/ email. $100 blankenship.erin@ y m a i l . c o m .

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BUYING ESTATES, Will buy contents of estates PLUS, do all cleanup, (937)638-2658 ask for Kevin

BOAT, Alumacraft, 15 HP Evinrude motor, Gator trailer. Includes: Anchormate, Shakespeare trolling motor, Eagle II depthfinder, oars and anchors. $950 OBO, (937)492-4904

586 Sports and Recreation CCW CLASS March 24th 8:00am - 4:00pm & March 25th 8:00am-12:00. Piqua Fish & Game $60 parthelynx@aol.com (937)760-4210 REVOLVER, Ruger, single six, 22 mag, 6 inch barrel with manual case and shells. Excellent condition. $300 (937)846-1276

VASE, hand painted antique, 15" tall, SMF68 Germany 68, large gilt, antique frame and paperweights. (937)335-6993

CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019 GOT JUNK? Will remove unwanted items from basements, garages, barns etc. for reasonable rate. CHIMNEY/ FOUNDATION repair and water seal.

(614)657-3655 or (937)622-2165

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890 Trucks 2007 FORD F-150 4x4 dark green with grey interior, 30,000 miles. 4x4, 5.4 TRITON, gas, automatic, loaded inside and out.

Chrome running boards, bedliner, chrome wheels, trailer hitch, power windows and seats, nice stereo, bench seat second row. Remote keyless entry plus touchpad, cruise, much more. $22,500.

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TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4 sets. Each set includes 1 Nationwide March 17th, $30. 1 Food City March 18th, $60. (937)492-0804

2000 JEEP Grand Cherokee, white with black leather interior, loaded, good condition. $3795 (937)287-4374

1975 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Restored with fuel injection, sun roof, rack and pinion steering, sold new at Piqua Volkswagen, garage kept.

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TROY, 1/2 double, 2 bedroom, garage, C/A, nice.

All appliances, washer and dryer. $650 plus deposit.

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AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD puppies, 8 weeks old. Tails docked, vet checked, shots.

Blue Merles, Red Merles and Tris. (937)726-6289 or (937)693-1515

(937)673-1821

HOUSE FOR LEASE: Cookson School, large fenced yard, AC, range, refrigerator, w/d hookup, $750 with deposit, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, ranch, brick. $750.

(937)216-6603.

1 & 2 Bedroom apts. $410 to $450 NO PETS

KITCHEN CABINETS, 16 Sections, Honey Oak, available middle to late March, Botkins, (937)693-3771

583 Pets and Supplies

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 3214 Magnolia. $1000 a month plus deposit.

(937)339-1339

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TROY, 1/2 double, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, C/A, 1900 sq. ft. Refrigerator and stove included. pets negotiable. $650 plus deposit. Two story, vinyl. c g r e e n @ w o h . r r. c o m .

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25 feet, sleeps 6. 1/2 ton towable, one slide out.

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2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON XL1200C SPORTSTER Vance Hines, Shortshots, Staggered, H-D bike cover, 19,250 miles, Tons of chrome!

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Mayfield Free On Bond Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield is free on bond after turning himself in to a magistrate in North Carolina, where he is accused of stealing property belonging to Red Bull Racing and other businesses.

Mayfield surrendered himself to a magistrate in Caldwell County on Thursday afternoon and was released on $100,000 unsecured bond.

Indictments by a grand jury released last month charged Mayfield with three counts of possessing property stolen from businesses, and a fourth charge of obtaining property by false pretense.

In November, authorities raided Mayfield’s Catawba home after which he was charged with possessing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine.

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Nationwide Series

CW TRUCKS

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Subway Fresh Fit 500 Site: Avondale, Ariz.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 2:30-4 p.m.); Sunday, race, 3 p.m.

(2:30-6 p.m.).

Track: Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1.0 miles).

Last year: Jeff Gordon ended a 66-race winless streak, bumping Kyle Busch out of the way en route to the first of his three 2011 victories.

Bashas’ Supermarket 200 Site: Avondale, Ariz.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 1-2:30 p.m.), race, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2, 4-7 p.m.).

Track: Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1.0 miles).

Last year: Kyle Busch became the first driver in a national NASCAR race to win wire-to-wire in nearly eight years. Carl Edwards was second.

Last race: Rookie John King won the season-opening race at Daytona, holding on after turning leader Johnny Sauter around on the second of three attempts at a greenwhite-checkered finish.

Next race: Kroger 250, March 31, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

Last event: Antron Brown won the Top Fuel division in the Arizona Nationals on Feb. 19, beating Don Schumacher Racing teammate Tony Schumacher in the final.

Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) also won.

Next event: NHRA Gatornationals, March 8-11, Auto Plus Raceway At Gainesville, Gainesville, Fla.

Barrichello Joining IndyCar Rubens Barrichello is bringing his Formula One experience to IndyCar in 2012, and the veteran Brazilian driver can’t wait to start his rookie season in the series.

After 19 years and a record 325 races in F1, the 39-year-old Barrichello announced Thursday he has joined KV Racing Technology on a one-year contract. He will make his IndyCar debut at the season opener on March 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

TOP 10 RACERS: Sprint Cup 1. Tony Stewart 2,403 2. Carl Edwards 2,403 3. Kevin Harvick 2,345 4. Matt Kenseth 2,330 5. Brad Keselowski 2,319 6. Jimmie Johnson 2,304 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,290 8. Jeff Gordon 2,287 9. Denny Hamlin 2,284 (tie) Ryan Newman 2,284 Nationwide Series 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.1,222 2. Elliott Sadler 1,177 3. Justin Allgaier 1,105 4. Aric Almirola 1,095 5. Reed Sorenson 1,062 6. Jason Leffler 1,028 7. Kenny Wallace 963 8. Brian Scott 947 9. Michael Annett 944 10. Steve Wallace 921 IndyCar Series 1. Dario Franchitti 2. Will Power 3. Scott Dixon 4. Oriol Servia 5. Tony Kanaan 6. Ryan Briscoe 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 8. Marco Andretti 9. Graham Rahal 10. Danica Patrick

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Tweet away Penske OK with Keselowski’s use of Twitter

Penske Making Move To Ford Penske Racing will switch from Dodge to Ford in NASCAR competition beginning in 2013, a move the team believes will help Roger Penske finally win a Sprint Cup championship.

Penske said Thursday his drivers will compete with Ford Fusions in the Sprint Cup Series, and Ford Mustangs in the Nationwide Series. He said the multi-year deal calls for Penske to field two Cup cars and two Nationwide cars, and he hopes to eventually move one of his Nationwide teams up a level to create a three-car Cup program.

“When we weighed the plusses and minuses of the opportunity, it was apparent we need to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, and we’ve been trying to do it alone,” Penske said in a conference call.

Subway Fresh Fit 500

AP PHOTO

Danica Patrick stands by her car before the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup series at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Monday.

Addition by subtraction?

Andretti: IndyCar better off in ways without Patrick MILWAUKEE (AP) — As Michael Andretti takes over as the promoter of the struggling Milwaukee Mile IndyCar race, he knows he won’t have the mainstream appeal of Danica Patrick to help bring fans back to the track.

He insists that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Andretti, Patrick’s former car owner in IndyCar, says the series is better off in some respects without her.

“I think we’re strong in our own way,” said Andretti, who still is a team owner in the series. “Yeah, we lost Danica, but I’m not sure that’s going to be negative. I think she brought a lot of good stuff, but she brought a lot of other things that really took away from the rest of our series. And I don’t think that’s healthy. And I think NASCAR’s going to find that.”

Patrick has left IndyCar and will concentrate full-time on her NASCAR career this season.

Andretti went out of his way to make it clear that his comments weren’t meant as a criticism of Patrick, but rather a criticism of the amount of media attention she receives as the expense of other drivers.

“It became all about her,” Andretti said. “Even our racing was secondary. I mean, to talk about her finishing 12th in the field, it was taking

away from our real stars that we have that really were not getting the billing they should get.”

So as Andretti and his company, Andretti Sports Marketing, begin to ramp up promotion of the June 15-16 event in Milwaukee, he hopes to lure back fans with drivers such as his son, Marco, along with Graham Rahal, Will Power, Ryan HunterReay, Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti and promising young driver James Hinchcliffe. The IndyCar season begins March 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla. “We’ve got major-league talent that has been sort of in the shadow,” Andretti said. “Now they’re going to be back out again.”

The Mile also is trying to get back in the spotlight, too.

Milwaukee once was a cornerstone of the IndyCar schedule, hosting a race on the weekend immediately after the Indianapolis 500. But the event and the track itself, which dates to 1903 have lost their luster in recent years. After multiple promoters failed to make racing at the Mile a successful business, the track didn’t host any major events in 2010.

Another promoter brought IndyCar back to Milwaukee last year, but the race drew a disappointing crowd. NASCAR’s Nationwide and Truck Series haven’t returned.

Milwaukee initially was left off the 2012 IndyCar schedule until a

last-ditch commitment by Andretti’s group to take another swing at making it a success. Andretti, who won at Milwaukee five times as a driver and three times as a car owner, says his group has studied past mistakes and will learn from them to make the event work.

“The more we dug into it, the more we felt like this could be a real success,” Andretti said. “There’s just been mistakes made in the past, so we’re trying to learn from them. I think No. 1 was you just never really felt the community involvement, and that was the first thing we had to attack.”

Andretti hopes to draw at least 30,000 fans and hopefully far more.

Andretti said having the race on the Sunday of Father’s Day weekend last year was a mistake; the race now is on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. Andretti also said ticket prices have been too high, there hasn’t been enough promotion and there haven’t been enough activities at the track beyond watching racing.

Andretti’s group is marketing the race as a two-day “Milwaukee IndyFest,” hoping to associate it with the local festivals that are a staple of summer in Milwaukee. There will be a concert after the race, with a performer to be announced. The track will have a family-friendly area and a Ferris wheel.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roger Penske said Thursday he had no issue with Brad Keselowski using Twitter during the Daytona 500.

“I think that social media is here to stay. All of our businesses are involved in Twitter,” Penske said. “Brad is a creative young guy. I take my hat off to him and I think the … followers he picked up liked it and, to me, our sponsors were excited about it.”

Keselowski began tweeting during the two-hour red flag in Monday night’s race.

He posted a picture of his view from his race car of the jet fuel fire that stopped racing.

He also answered fans’ questions, posted updates on the delay and let other drivers check the weather radar.

He also tweeted minutes after wrecking out of the race.

Keselowski’s use of Twitter pushed his followers from roughly 65,000 at the start of the race to more than 200,000 by the end of the night.

Penske, who turned 75 last week, joked that he might even have to join the Twitter craze.

“I don’t Twitter myself,” he said, “but I guess I’m going to have to, maybe.”

He also speculated that NASCAR will likely create a rule to “maybe eliminate” Keselowski’s use of Twitter during a race. Keselowski had his cellphone in the pocket of his firesuit at the start of the race.

NASCAR officials said earlier this week Keselowski can keep his cellphone, and all drivers are encouraged to use social media.

Teams are prohibited from having recording devices in the car that are not for competition purposes, and two-way communication devices are supposed to be analog only. But NASCAR determined Keselowski did not violate any rules.

“NASCAR will not penalize Brad Keselowski for his use of Twitter during last night’s Daytona 500,” NASCAR said in a statement. “Nothing we’ve seen from Brad violates any current rules pertaining to the use of social media during races.”

Johnson looks to rebound after inspection penalties AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s car failed inspection before the Daytona 500 and he didn’t last long in the race, collected in a wreck on the second lap.

His crew chief was suspended six races and fined $100,000, and his car chief will have to watch for six races, too. Johnson also was docked 25 points and heads into this weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway last in the Sprint Cup standings.

He’s hoping to have a

good race just so he can get out of the red in points.

Coming off his worst year in NASCAR, this isn’t how the five-time champion wanted to get his season started.

“It’s certainly not a position we want to be in,” Johnson said Friday. “But there’s a lot of racing between now and September.”

Johnson wasn’t much of a factor last season in his bid to win six straight Sprint Cup championships.

He made the Chase after winning just one race and

finished sixth in the final standings, 99 points behind champion Tony Stewart.

Johnson vowed to turn it around in 2012, but it didn’t get off to a very good start.

First, his car failed inspection the opening day of Speedweeks on Feb. 17 after NASCAR ruled the No. 48 Chevrolet had illegally modified sheet metal between the roof and the side windows, an area known as the C-posts.

Johnson qualified eighth for the Daytona 500. But after nearly two days of rain

delays, he was knocked out of the race on the second lap when Elliott Sadler nudged him from behind and triggered a multi-car wreck.

Johnson didn’t return to the track missing the jet blower fire and the laundry detergent cleanup and finished 42nd, earning just two points in Monday night’s season-opening race.

Two days later, NASCAR announced its steep penalties for Johnson’s team.

Crew chief Chad Knaus was fined $100,000 and sus-

pended six races, and car chief Ron Malec was told he’d have to sit out six races.

Hendrick Motorsports appealed, so both chiefs will be allowed to attend races during the process.

Johnson also was penalized, dropping him to minus 23 points, 70 behind Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth in the season standings.

“It’s going to make things exciting and that’s something we like to do with the 48 team,” Knaus said.

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VOLLEYBALL: Troy High School and head volleyball coach Michelle Owen are offering the fifth annual Spring Youth League for girls in grades 3-6, regardless of school attended. The league lasts for eight weeks, begins on March 21 and the cost is $70 prior to March 14, $80 after March 14. Registration forms may be picked up at the high school athletic office or obtained by contacting coach Owen at owenm@troy.k12.oh.us.

• SOCCER: Registrations are now being accepted for the Youth Indoor Soccer League held at Hobart Arena. The program is for ages 4-8, begins in early April and runs through mid-May. Register online at www.hobartarena.com on the “Registrations” page. For more information, call the Recreation Department at 339-5145.

• SOFTBALL: Registrations are now being taken for the Troy Recreation Department Girls Youth Softball program. This program is for girls currently in grades first through eighth. You may register online at: http://troyohio.gov/rec/ProgramRegF orms.html. Contact the recreation department at 339-5145 for more information.

• HOCKEY: Registrations are now being taken for the Troy Recreation Department Introduction to Youth Hockey program. The three-week instructional program for those who have never played in an organized hockey program before is for the beginning hockey player ages 5-10.

Dates are March 14, 21 and 28.

Rental equipment is available through the Junior Hockey Parents’ Association. Contact the Recreation Department at 339-5145 for more information, or register online at http://hobartarena.com/registration_ho bart_arena.html.

• SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com.

Aiming for third Covington’s Olson falls in semis

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Covington’s Brian Olson (182) and his dad Brian Olson Sr. became the first father-son combination to advance to state in Buccaneer history when Olson placed runner-up at the district meet on Feb. 25 in Kettering.

But Brian Olson Sr. spared his son the sappy, emotional speech when it came down to his championship semifinal match STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER against Garrettsville Garfield’s Covington’s Brian Olson gets behind his quarterfinal opponent at Kevin Stock at the Division III the Division III State meet Friday in Columbus.

State wrestling meet.

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Miami East’s A.J. Hickman goes up for a shot during the Vikings Division III Sectional final victory over Greeneview Friday at UD Arena.

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Troy Christian’s B.J. Toal battles with his quarterfinal opponent during the Division III State meet Friday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.

Total confidence 3 Eagles competing for state titles

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Much like his other teammates, Troy Christian’s Jordan Marshall exudes confidence on and off the mat.

Vikings top Rams Win sectional title, advance to district final Staff Reports Heading into Friday’s Division III Sectional final against Greeneview — a team that had beaten the Vikings the previous two seasons at the same level — Miami East coach Allen Mack cited an oft-forgotten bit of basketball history.

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Instead, they talked strategy.

“He just told me that the kid has a very good double and he’s very stout,” Olson Jr. said.

After beating Genoa Area’s Jake Sheehy by a 9-4 decision in the quarterfinal round, Olson met his match in the semis, losing a 17-6 major decision to Stock.

“He (Stock) was aggressive,” Olson said. “This guy came out hard and fast, and I couldn’t keep up with the pace.”

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Boys Basketball Division I Sectional Final At UD Arena Troy vs. Lebanon (6 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Division III District Final At Springfield HS Miami East vs. Georgetown (1 p.m.)

Division IV District Final At Tippecanoe HS Covington vs. Russia (1 p.m.)

Gymnastics Division I State at Hilliard-Bradley HS Troy (noon) Wrestling Division III State Troy Christian, Miami East, Covington (10 a.m.)

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And why wouldn’t he?

The junior left Friday’s Division III State wrestling meet at Value City Arena in Columbus with a spot in the 145-pound championship match, keeping his undefeated record intact by defeating Troy Christian’s Jordan Marshall fends off a shot from his quar-

“We talked before the game about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, and how they had to get through the Detroit Pistons — who had been their nemesis — to get their first championship,” he said. “After six NBA titles, people forget that part.”

Challenge accepted.

Miami East (21-2) and

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Trojan boys fall short of repeat The lanes can be a fickle mistress.

After a strong start to Friday’s Division I State bowling tournament at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl — strong enough to earn the second seed entering the eight-team finals bracket — the defending state champion Troy Trojans were knocked out in the first round by No. 7 Austintown-Fitch, losing the best-offive series 3-1.

Officially, the Trojans finished sixth in the state.

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Troy’s Hansen back at state It probably didn’t come as a surprise to many people when Troy’s Jennifer Hansen earned a trip to the Division I State meet for the second year in a row.

It was Hansen, however, who was caught off guard a little.

“I didn’t expect that at all,” Hansen said modestly. “There were a lot of good individuals in our district. I thought I did better at district last year. I just felt my scores were a lot worse this year.”

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Broncos edge Eagles No. 1 Jefferson outlasts TC, 39-30

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com As Troy Christian’s Jacob Grant came off the floor for the final time as an Eagle with 4.3 seconds left, he received the loudest ovation of the night — on an incredibly loud night.

And the cheering only intensified as he got a long hug from coach Ray Zawadzki.

“He deserves it,” Zawadzki said of the cheering. For him to go where he was at 4-17 when he first came up with us to 17-6 this season, I’m really proud of Jacob.

I feel as though he’s one of my sons.”

Grant — the Eagles’ lone senior — scored eight of his 12 points in the second half to help No. 4 Troy Christian keep the game from getting away, but topseeded Jefferson played solid defense in the second and third

TROY quarters, forcing the Eagles into uncharacteristic mistakes to take control and putting away the game in the fourth in a 39-30 Division IV Sectional final victory Friday at the Trojan Activities Center.

“He’ll always have a special place in my heart for how he helped us take this program to the next level,” Zawadzki said of Grant. “He will be missed.”

Freshman Grant Zawadzki added 12 points, as well, but the Eagles simply couldn’t hold the Broncos (19-4) in check after the first eight minutes.

But during the first quarter, Troy Christian (17-6) took advantage of what Jefferson gave up.

STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER The Eagles held the ball for Troy Christian senior Jacob Grant drives past a Jefferson defendlong stretches, passing it around er Friday night during the Division IV Sectional championship ■ See SECTIONAL on 16 game at the Trojan Activities Center.

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Troy Christian’s Logan George looks to pass against Jefferson Friday.

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Troy sophomore Jennifer Hansen will compete at the state gymnastics meet for the second consecutive year today.

Hansen making return to state

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com It probably didn’t come as a surprise to many people Troy’s Jennifer when Hansen earned a trip to the Division I State meet for the second year in a row.

It was Hansen, however, who was caught off guard a little.

“I didn’t expect that at all,” Hansen said modestly.

“There were a lot of good individuals in our district. I thought I did better at district last year. I just felt my scores were a lot worse this year.”

Be that as it may, the Troy sophomore placed sixth in the all-around competition and second on the bars at district to earn her second state trip in as many years.

Last year at the state meet, Hansen had a score of 8.850 on the vault, posted a score of 8.950 on the bars,

TROY scored a 8.150 on the beam and had an 8.200 on the floor for a total score of 34.150, failing to place but still making it in the top 30 in the allaround as a freshman.

“It was huge getting to have that experience last year,” Hansen said. “It was a lot different than a typical meet. There was one huge room where you competed in and another where you warmed up. There was a lot of great competition down there.”

Hansen said that she “would like to win this year,” but she knows the competition will be steep.

But far as her long-term goals go, Hansen has her eyes on the prize.

“I think I will win state in two years,” Hansen said.

“That’s my goal.”

Hansen will compete at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hilliard Bradley High School.

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Vikings ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Greeneview (17-6) battled as they have the past two years, but this time the Vikings — and freshman A.J. Hickman in particular — made the critical plays in the game’s final minutes to pull out a 46-42 victory at UD Arena and advance to the district final.

Hickman — who finished with 12 points — converted a three-point play on an assist from Bradley Coomes (nine points) with less than a minute to play, taking the Vikings from down one to up two at 44-42. Greeneview — which had hit eight 3s in the game — decided to go for the win … and missed.

“They kicked to their top

3-point shooter, he missed, A.J. got the rebound, they fouled him and he made the two biggest free throws of his life,” Mack said. “Unlike the last couple years, we made plays down the stretch. It was a thrilling win, and a lot of kids made big plays for us.”

Gunner Shirk added 12 points and Garrett Mitchell scored eight for the Vikings, who will play in the district final Thursday against either Finneytown or Summit Country Day. “It’s kind of a cliche, but the third time’s the charm,” Mack said. “We just tried to get them into the right mindset, and the kids did the rest.”

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 the perimeter until a Bronco defender made a mistake. And when that happened, the Eagles were quick to strike, going 4 for 5 from the field in the quarter — including two 3s

by Zawadzki — while frustrating the Broncos on the other end of the floor and holding them to a 1 for 8 performance from the field to take a 10-5 lead.

“Our gameplan was actually to attack, but their defense was very passive,” Zawadzki said. “They weren’t coming out far enough to allow us to attack.

“I was happy with the way the gameplan worked out. Our defensive philosophy was very strong, and the kids executed to perfection. We kept them out of the lane, kept them from driving and dumping, forced perimeter shots and were able to take advantage by possessing the ball more.”

But Jefferson slowly began to cut into that lead, trailing only 15-14 at the half and allowing only one Troy Christian field goal — a 3 by Grant — early in the third quarter to pull ahead 20-17 heading into the final quarter.

Particularly costly for the Eagles, though, were the three looks at layups that didn’t find their way down.

“In the second and third, they (Jefferson) just went into lockdown mode,” Zawadzki said. “We got the shots we wanted in the third, but they were able to challenge them and force us to do things we don’t normally do. We missed them, and they capitalized big-time. That really turned the game.”

The Broncos built their biggest lead of the game after a no-call allowed them to steal the ball, and Juwan Demmings threw down a two-handed dunk to make it 30-19 with 3:19 to go. But a Zawadzki drive and a Grant 3 cut it to six with 1:43 left, forcing the Eagles to foul and hope the Broncos missed their free throws.

But Jefferson was 11 for

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Troy Christian’s Nathan Kirkpatrick saves the ball while falling out of bounds Friday against Jefferson at the Trojan Activities Center.

16 from the line in the fourth quarter, and the Eagles got no closer than five.

Christian Salazar finished with four points and a team-high six rebounds for the Eagles, who were outrebounded 23-14 in the game and committed 14 turnovers to Jefferson’s five.

Terry Blythe had a game-high 16 points for the Broncos.

But it was still a successful end to Grant’s career — particularly considering that he used the media to ask his girlfriend, Katie Delwiche, to the prom after the Eagles’ sectional semifinal victory on Tuesday.

“Oh, it did (work),” Zawadzki said with a laugh. “He capped it all off with a rose. Took the paper and the rose and left them at her front door. The team razzed him about it a little, though, but he still got his mission accomplished.”

Jefferson — 39 Juwan Demmings 1-0-2, Terry Blythe 4-7-16, T’Monte Watson 0-0-0, Nicholas Thornton 2-6-10, Jalen Ware 12-4, Devin Foster 1-5-7, Marcus Johnson 0-0-0, Kamron Pace 00-0, Aljamere Funny 0-0-0, Dylan Wright 0-0-0, Shelyb Woodall 0-0-0. Totals: 9-20-39.

Troy Christian — 30 Alex Moritz 0-0-0, Jacob Grant 5-0-12, Grant Zawadzki

Troy Christian’s Christian Salazar blocks a shot by a Jefferson player Friday.

5-0-12, Spencer Thomas 0-0-0, Nathan Kirkpatrick 0-2-2, Logan George 0-0-0, Aaron Horn 0-0-0, Christian Salazar 1-1-4, Scotty Scott 0-0-0. Totals: 11-330.

Score By Quarters

Jefferson ............5 13 20 39 TC ....................10 14 17 30 3-point goals: Jefferson — Blythe. Troy Christian — Grant 2, Zawadzki 2, Salazar.

Records: Jefferson 19-4.

Troy Christian 17-6.

■ Major League Baseball

■ Bowling

MLB playoffs to expand

Trojans fall short of repeat

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league.

The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series.

This is the only change in baseball’s playoff structure since the 1995 season, when wild-card teams were first added.

“This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year,” Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.

Had there been additional wild-card teams last season, the Braves would have made the playoffs in the NL, while the Boston Red Sox would have qualified in the AL. Instead, each missed the postseason by a game, both going down with historic September swoons.

For the 2012 postseason, the five-game Division Series will begin with two home games for lower seeds, followed by home games for the higher seed.

After that, it will return to the 2-2-1 format previously used.

“The players are eager to begin playing under this new format in 2012, and they look forward to moving to full realignment in 2013,” MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said.

As part of baseball’s labor deal, the Houston Astros will switch to the American League for 2013, creating two 15-team leagues with three divisions each. Players wanted the change to equalize the chances for making the playoffs for every division.

Each season, eight of 30 major league teams have made the playoffs under the format that began in 1995, a year later than intended because of a strike that wiped out the end of the ‘94 season. The postseason included just the league winners from 1903-68, then increased to four teams in

1969 after the leagues split into divisions.

In the NFL, 12 of 32 teams make the playoffs. In both the NBA and NHL, 16 of 30 teams advance to the postseason.

Adding two more playoffs teams this year has been complicated because the regular-season schedule was drafted last spring and summer, and the extra game has to be put in place in a manner that doesn’t disrupt the World Series schedule. In a further complication, both sides reached a consensus that ties for division titles would be broken on the field with a tiebreaker game under the new format, and not by head-to-head record.

Head-to-head record has been used since 1995 to determine first place if both teams are going to the postseason. But the sides decided that with the start of a one-game, winner-take-all wild-card round, the difference between first place and a wild-card berth is too important to decide with a formula and that a tiebreaker game should be

played.

• Masterson To Open GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Justin Masterson deserved something for all his consistency last season. On Friday, he got it.

Masteron will start Cleveland’s opener on April 5 against Toronto, a reward for the right-hander who was the one pitcher manager Manny Acta knew he could count on last year.

“He earned it by being the guy we wanted to see out there every five days,” Acta said. “By being the guy that whenever you rolled into another town, the other team was wondering if they were going to see him or not. That’s what being a No.1 means in this league.”

Acta chose Masterson over Ubaldo Jimenez, the staff’s presumed ace who came over in a five-player trade at the July 31 deadline from Colorado.

Jimenez went 4-4 in 11 starts for Cleveland.

Acta made up his mind months ago, but only told the two pitchers of his decision on Thursday.

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The lanes can be a fickle mistress.

After a strong start to Friday’s Division I State bowling tournament at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl — strong enough to earn the second seed entering the eight-team finals bracket — the defending state champion Troy Trojans were knocked out in the first round by No. 7 Austintown-Fitch, losing the best-of-five series 3-1.

Brad Johnson rolled individual games of 255229-174 for a 658 series and earned first team All-Ohio honors, while Kyle Neves rolled 234227-197 for a matching 658 series and earned second team All-Ohio honors for the Trojans, who rolled individual games of 1,085-1,019-917 to take second early on.

Jared Sierra added 192-231-188 for a 611 series, A.J. Bigelow rolled

246-164-190 for a 600 series, Andrew Spencer rolled 158-168 and Cameron Hughes added a 168 game.

Following that, Troy rolled baker games of 207-160-200 to finish with 3,588 — earning the No. 2 seed and a matchup with Austintown-Fitch in the first round of the finals.

But unlike last season when they brought home Troy High School’s first ever team state title, the Trojans couldn’t get on a roll in the finals.

The Falcons won the first game 212-168 and the second 235-188 to put Troy on the brink of elimination. The Trojans fought back with a 183147 win in Game 3. But neither team rolled well in the fourth game, with Troy falling 144-135.

Officially, the Trojans finished sixth in the state.

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BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L 22 15 .595 — Philadelphia 18 17 .514 3 Boston 18 18 .500 3½ New York 11 25 .306 10½ Toronto 11 26 .297 11 New Jersey Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 28 7 .800 — 23 14 .622 6 Orlando 21 15 .583 7½ Atlanta 7 28 .200 21 Washington 4 30 .118 23½ Charlotte Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 30 8 .789 — Indiana 22 12 .647 6 Milwaukee 14 22 .389 15 13 21 .382 15 Cleveland 12 25 .324 17½ Detroit WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB W L 25 11 .694 — San Antonio Memphis 21 15 .583 4 Dallas 21 16 .568 4½ Houston 21 16 .568 4½ 9 27 .250 16 New Orleans Northwest Division Pct GB W L Oklahoma City 29 7 .806 — 20 17 .541 9½ Denver Portland 18 18 .500 11 Minnesota 18 19 .486 11½ Utah 16 18 .471 12 Pacific Division W L Pct GB 21 12 .636 — L.A. Clippers 21 14 .600 1 L.A. Lakers 15 20 .429 7 Phoenix 14 19 .424 7 Golden State 12 23 .343 10 Sacramento Thursday's Games Oklahoma City 105, Orlando 102 Phoenix 104, Minnesota 95 L.A. Clippers 108, Sacramento 100 Miami 107, Portland 93 Friday's Games Memphis 102, Toronto 99 Atlanta 99, Milwaukee 94 Boston 107, New Jersey 94 Chicago 112, Cleveland 91 Denver 117, Houston 105 New Orleans 97, Dallas 92 Philadelphia 105, Golden State 83 San Antonio 102, Charlotte 7 Miami at Utah, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Sunday's Games New York at Boston, 1 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Pts Prv ..............................Record 1. Kentucky (63) .....28-1 1,623 1 2. Syracuse (2).......29-1 1,562 2 3. Kansas ...............24-5 1,459 4 4. Duke ...................25-4 1,409 5 5. Michigan St. .......24-5 1,372 6 6. North Carolina....25-4 1,314 7 7. Missouri..............25-4 1,253 3 8. Marquette ...........24-5 1,150 10 9. Baylor .................24-5 1,055 13 10. Ohio St. ............23-6 1,036 8 11. Georgetown......21-6 906 9 12. Murray St..........28-1 885 14 13. Michigan...........21-8 766 11 14. Wisconsin .........21-8 764 16 15. Wichita St. ........26-4 754 19 16. Florida ..............22-7 638 12 17. UNLV ................24-6 531 21 18. Indiana .............22-7 444 23 19. Louisville...........22-7 426 17 20. Notre Dame......20-9 357 20 21. San Diego St....22-6 304 24 22. Florida St..........19-9 252 15 23. Temple ..............22-6 158 22 24. Virginia..............21-7 142 25 25. Creighton..........25-5 140 — Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 115, Iowa St. 80, Saint Mary's (Cal) 62, New Mexico 60, Drexel 41, Vanderbilt 23, VCU 9, Long Beach St. 8, BYU 6, Harvard 5, Memphis 5, California 3, Purdue 3, Kansas St. 2, Southern Miss.

2, Alabama 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: ..............................Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (31) .....28-1 775 1 2. Syracuse ............29-1 744 2 3. Duke ...................25-4 690 4 4. Kansas ...............24-5 683 5 5. Michigan State ...24-5 650 6 6. North Carolina....25-4 627 7 7. Marquette ...........24-5 568 10 8. Missouri..............25-4 566 3 9. Murray State.......28-1 480 12 10. Baylor ...............24-5 475 14 11. Ohio State ........23-6 470 9 12. Georgetown......21-6 439 8 13. Florida ..............22-7 354 11 14. Wichita State ....26-4 352 19 15. Wisconsin .........21-8 341 15 16. Michigan...........21-8 306 13 17. UNLV ................24-6 281 20 18. Louisville...........22-7 202 17 19. Notre Dame......20-9 184 18 20. Indiana .............22-7 178 24 21. Saint Mary's .....25-5 163 23 22. Florida State.....19-9 119 16 23. San Diego State22-6 111 25 24. Creighton..........25-5 80 — 25. Temple ..............22-6 53 22 Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 48, Drexel 30, Virginia 30, New Mexico 23, Vanderbilt 13, Iowa State 8, Middle Tennessee 8, Long Beach State 6, Kansas State 5, Mississippi State 5, Washington 2, California 1, Harvard 1, Memphis 1, Nevada 1, VCU 1, Weber State 1.

The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college

basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Pts Prv ..............................Record 1. Baylor (40)..........29-0 1,000 1 2. Stanford..............26-1 946 2 3. Notre Dame........27-2 927 3 4. UConn ................26-3 887 4 5. Duke ...................24-4 813 7 6. Maryland ............25-4 808 6 7. Miami..................25-4 757 5 8. Delaware ............26-1 688 9 9. Penn St...............23-5 658 11 10. Kentucky...........24-5 624 13 11. Green Bay ........25-1 597 12 12. Georgetown......22-6 521 15 13. Tennessee ........21-8 505 10 14. Ohio St. ............24-5 485 8 15. Georgia Tech ....22-7 367 17 16. Georgia ............22-7 355 18 17. Texas A&M .......20-7 351 14 18. St. John's..........20-8 306 20 19. St. Bonaventure27-2 294 19 20. Louisville...........20-8 291 16 21. Purdue..............21-8 227 22 22. Gonzaga...........25-4 124 25 23. Rutgers.............20-8 120 24 24. Nebraska..........21-7 102 23 46 — 25. South Carolina .21-8 Others receiving votes: Princeton 45, Arkansas 36, DePaul 34, California 25, West Virginia 25, Middle Tennessee 15, Florida Gulf Coast 8, Vanderbilt 6, Iowa 3, Fresno St. 2, Oklahoma 2.

USA Today/ESPN Women's Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last weeks ranking: ..............................Record Pts Pvs 1. Baylor (31)..........30-0 775 1 2. Stanford..............26-1 736 2 3. Notre Dame........28-2 720 3 4. UConn ................26-4 672 4 5. Maryland ............25-4 634 6 6. Duke ...................24-4 631 7 7. Miami..................25-4 596 5 8. Delaware ............26-1 538 8 9. Kentucky.............24-5 532 10 10. Tennessee ........21-8 479 9 11. Green Bay ........25-1 465 12 12. Penn State........23-5 426 15 13. Texas A&M .......20-8 367 11 14. Georgetown......22-7 338 13 15. Georgia ............22-7 326 16 16. Ohio State ........24-5 318 14 17. Louisville...........21-8 298 17 18. Georgia Tech ....22-7 264 19 19. Rutgers.............21-8 198 20 20. Gonzaga...........25-4 147 21 21. St. John's..........21-8 140 25 22. St. Bonaventure27-2 134 22 23. DePaul..............21-9 107 18 70 23 24. Nebraska..........21-7 50 — 25. Purdue..............21-8 Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 25; Vanderbilt 18; Florida Gulf Coast 17; California 14; Princeton 11; West Virginia 8; Arkansas 7; South Carolina 7; UTEP 5; LSU 2.

Friday's Scores Boys Basketball Division I Akr. Firestone 62, Cuyahoga Falls 56, 3OT Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 62, Strongsville 41 Can. Timken 67, Massillon Perry 54 Cle. E. Tech 65, Mayfield 55 Cle. St. Ignatius 41, Chagrin Falls Kenston 37 Findlay 49, Fremont Ross 29 Gahanna Lincoln 61, Dublin Coffman 49 Lakewood St. Edward 103, Cle. John Marshall 48 Mansfield Sr. 89, Ashland 78 Massillon Jackson 50, Barberton 48 Mentor 102, E. Cle. Shaw 88 Middleburg Hts. Midpark 50, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 47 Newark 51, Lewis Center Olentangy 37 Norwalk 74, Sandusky 36 Powell Olentangy Liberty 60, Dublin Scioto 40 Shaker Hts. 53, Cle. JFK 51 Stow-Munroe Falls 53, Medina Highland 37 Sylvania Southview 60, Tol. Rogers 50 Tol. Cent. Cath. 91, Tol. Bowsher 46 Tol. St. John's 61, Tol. Start 56, 2OT Tol. Whitmer 52, Sylvania Northview 40 Warren Harding 60, Youngs.

Boardman 30 Westerville N. 60, Cols. Franklin Hts. 32 Westlake 61, Amherst Steele 42 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 39, Perrysburg 30 Youngs. East 78, Warren Howland 62 Division II Akr. East 83, Akr. North 44 Akr. Hoban 55, Alliance Marlington 44 Alliance 68, Canal Fulton Northwest 51 Cle. Benedictine 72, Medina Buckeye 47 Cle. Cent. Cath. 67, Vermilion 43 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 49, Tallmadge 45 Defiance 62, Bowling Green 50 Elida 51, Wapakoneta 39 Hunting Valley University 68, Cle. Collinwood 53 Lexington 50, Upper Sandusky 40 Lima Bath 74, Van Wert 73, 2OT Mentor Lake Cath. 112, Ashtabula Edgewood 65 Poland Seminary 53, Salem 48 Ravenna SE 56, Beloit W. Branch 53 Sandusky Perkins 68, Tol. Woodward 48 St. Paris Graham 45, Bellefontaine 37 Tol. Scott 65, Clyde 54 Trotwood-Madison 57, Urbana 41 Wauseon 74, Napoleon 64 Willard 76, Shelby 74 Division III Archbold 42, Metamora Evergreen 40 Bedford St. Peter Chanel 81, Independence 41 Bloom-Carroll 75, Baltimore Liberty Union 27 Bloomdale Elmwood 67, Fostoria 62 Casstown Miami E. 46, Jamestown Greeneview 42 Chesapeake 68, Chillicothe Huntington 57 Cin. Finneytown vs. Cin. Summit Country Day, ppd. to Mar 3.

Cin. N. College Hill vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon, ppd. to Mar 3.

Collins Western Reserve 58, Castalia Margaretta 54 Cols. Horizon Science 59, AmandaClearcreek 56, OT Columbiana Crestview 56, Rootstown 54 Creston Norwayne 63, LaGrange Keystone 56 Defiance Tinora 42, Haviland Wayne

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Bashas' Supermarkets 200, at Avondale, Ariz.

2:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Subway Fresh Fit 500, at Avondale, Ariz.

4:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Bashas' Supermarkets 200, at Avondale, Ariz.

COLLEGE WRESTLING 7:30 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, championship, schools TBD, at Columbia, Mo. GOLF 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, third round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 3 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, third round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. GYMNASTICS 1 p.m. NBC — American Cup, at New York MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — National coverage, Memphis at Tulsa ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 2 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, LSU at Auburn or Washington at UCLA ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA FSN — Southern Miss. at Marshall 4 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Louisville at Syracuse ESPN — Vanderbilt at Tennessee FSN — Colorado at Oregon St. NBCSN — Boise St. at New Mexico 7 p.m. ESPN — North Carolina at Duke ESPN2 — Atlantic Sun Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Macon, Ga. 9 p.m. ESPN — Texas at Kansas ESPN2 — West Coast Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Las Vegas<11 p.m.

ESPN2 — West Coast Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Las Vegas MOTORSPORTS 8:30 p.m. SPEED — Supercross, at St. Louis RODEO 9 p.m. NBCSN — PBR, Iron Cowboy III, at Arlington, Texas SOCCER 7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Arsenal at Liverpool WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon FSN — Iowa St. at Baylor Trace 37 Findlay Liberty-Benton 62, Van Buren 24 Hamler Patrick Henry 40, Delta 27 Hamilton Badin vs. Cin. Madeira, ppd. to Mar 3.

Lima Cent. Cath. 58, Delphos Jefferson 31 Louisville Aquinas 57, Can. Cent.

Cath. 47 Marion Pleasant 67, Galion Northmor 58 Middletown Fenwick 65, Waynesville 51 Millbury Lake 51, Huron 46 New London 47, Bucyrus Wynford 45 Newton Falls 66, Middlefield Cardinal 39 Oberlin 70, Wellington 69, OT Ontario 57, Attica Seneca E. 39 Ottawa-Glandorf 79, Sherwood Fairview 65 Peebles 67, Chillicothe Zane Trace 40 Richwood N. Union 72, JohnstownMonroe 61 Rocky River Lutheran W. 53, Columbia Station Columbia 48 Sardinia Eastern 61, Southeastern 37 Spencerville 47, Coldwater 41 Versailles 63, New Lebanon Dixie 36 Youngs. Ursuline 69, Youngs. Liberty 56 Division IV Ada 54, Vanlue 47 Arlington 58, Ridgeway Ridgemont 37 Columbus Grove 56, Cory-Rawson 38 Convoy Crestview 69, Van Wert Lincolnview 46 Cuyahoga Hts. 72, Kidron Cent.

Christian 63 Day. Jefferson 39, Troy Christian 30 Day. Miami Valley vs. Lockland, ppd. to Mar 3.

Delphos St. John's 71, Ft. Jennings 40 Edgerton 42, Holgate 40 Fayetteville-Perry vs. Cin. Country Day, ppd. to Mar 3.

Ft. Recovery 54, Minster 35 Kalida 48, Miller City 34 McComb 61, Leipsic 57 McDonald 77, Warren Lordstown 52 Mogadore 58, Leetonia 52 N. Robinson Col. Crawford 55, Mansfield Christian 21 New Riegel 58, Bascom HopewellLoudon 54 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 56, Crestline 41 Pettisville 44, Gorham Fayette 31 Plymouth 56, Norwalk St. Paul 55 Richmond Hts. 110, Newbury 58 Russia 53, Houston 37 Salineville Southern 56, Lowellville 44 Sandusky St. Mary 69, Greenwich S. Cent. 58 St. Henry 61, New Bremen 38 Stryker 51, Pioneer N. Central 49 Tiffin Calvert 71, Old Fort 62 Tol. Christian 45, Gibsonburg 40 Tol. Maumee Valley 42, Tol. Ottawa Hills 39 Windham 88, Mineral Ridge 64 Friday's Scores Girls Basketball Division II Bellbrook 62, Spring. Kenton Ridge 53, OT Cols. DeSales 44, Newark Licking Valley 23 Day. Carroll 68, Cin. Mt. Healthy 45 Day. Chaminade-Julienne 60, Oxford Talawanda 45 Millersburg W. Holmes 64, Dresden Tri-Valley 35 Plain City Jonathan Alder 53, Cols.

Mifflin 37 Division III Beverly Ft. Frye 50, Zanesville W. Muskingum 39 Division IV Berlin Hiland 52, Shadyside 32 Newark Cath. 46, Fairfield Christian 23 Shekinah Christian 48, Worthington Christian 35

GOLF Honda Classic Scores Friday At PGA National Resort and Spa (The Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,100; Par: 70 Second Round Tom Gillis ........................68-64—132 Justin Rose.....................66-66—132 Rory McIlroy ...................66-67—133 Dicky Pride .....................66-67—133 Vaughn Taylor .................68-66—134 Brian Harman .................73-61—134 Jimmy Walker .................67-67—134 Harris English .................66-69—135 Keegan Bradley ..............67-68—135 Charles Howell III ...........68-67—135 Bob Estes .......................67-69—136 Jeff Overton....................71-65—136 Ted Potter, Jr...................72-64—136 Ken Duke ........................67-69—136 Ben Crane ......................67-69—136 Rocco Mediate................69-67—136 Davis Love III..................64-72—136 Graeme McDowell ..........73-64—137 Carl Pettersson...............67-70—137 John Huh ........................68-69—137 Charl Schwartzel ............71-66—137 Stewart Cink ...................70-67—137 Kevin Stadler ..................66-71—137 Greg Chalmers ...............68-69—137 Ryan Palmer ...................66-71—137 Ernie Els .........................70-68—138 Padraig Harrington .........70-68—138 Erik Compton..................67-71—138 Brian Davis .....................68-70—138 Martin Flores ..................66-72—138 Charlie Wi .......................71-68—139 Troy Matteson .................70-69—139 Chris Stroud....................70-69—139 Anthony Kim ...................70-69—139 Lee Westwood ................70-69—139 Tiger Woods ...................71-68—139 Sean O'Hair ....................70-69—139 Henrik Stenson...............70-69—139 Brandt Jobe ....................70-69—139 Jason Kokrak ..................71-68—139 Scott Langley..................70-69—139 Tim Herron......................71-69—140 Jose Maria Olazabal ......73-67—140 Robert Allenby................72-68—140 Robert Garrigus..............71-69—140 Nick O'Hern ....................69-71—140 Rod Pampling .................69-71—140 Michael Thompson .........74-66—140 William McGirt ................69-71—140 Seung-Yul Noh................66-74—140 Gary Christian ................73-67—140 Brendon de Jonge..........68-72—140 Y.E.Yang .........................70-70—140 Jason Bohn.....................70-70—140 Mark Wilson....................70-70—140 Michael Bradley ..............70-70—140 Jhonattan Vegas .............71-69—140 Stuart Appleby................69-71—140 J.B. Holmes.....................70-70—140 Kris Blanks......................69-72—141 Robert Karlsson .............72-69—141 Rickie Fowler ..................69-72—141 Chris Kirk........................71-70—141 D.A. Points ......................71-70—141 Heath Slocum.................70-71—141 John Mallinger ................74-67—141 Sang-Moon Bae .............70-71—141 Cameron Tringale ...........72-69—141 Spencer Levin.................72-69—141 Colt Knost .......................71-70—141 Kenny Perry ....................70-71—141 Fredrik Jacobson ............70-71—141 Rory Sabbatini................69-72—141 Louis Oosthuizen............67-74—141 Brendan Steele...............68-73—141 Ryan Moore ....................70-71—141 Ricky Barnes ..................72-69—141 Failed to qualify Richard S. Johnson ........71-71—142 Bud Cauley .....................75-67—142 Boo Weekley...................74-68—142 K.T. Kim...........................68-74—142 Chad Campbell...............74-68—142 Greg Owen .....................71-71—142 Daniel Summerhays .......73-69—142 George McNeill...............70-72—142 Jim Furyk........................68-74—142 Kevin Streelman .............70-72—142 John Merrick ...................73-70—143

Saturday, March 3, 2012 Scott Piercy ....................72-71—143 Michael Allen ..................71-72—143 Chris Couch....................70-73—143 Will Claxton.....................73-70—143 Matt Every ......................70-73—143 J.J. Henry........................75-69—144 Bobby Gates...................71-73—144 Tom Pernice Jr................67-77—144 James Driscoll ................72-72—144 Hank Kuehne..................70-74—144 Joe Ogilvie......................72-72—144 David Hearn....................71-73—144 Marc Leishman...............70-74—144 Thomas Bjorn .................71-73—144 Camilo Villegas ...............72-72—144 Johnson Wagner.............72-72—144 Justin Leonard ................73-71—144 Matt Bettencourt.............69-75—144 Blake Adams ..................77-68—145 Chris DiMarco.................72-73—145 J.J. Killeen.......................77-68—145 Chad Collins ...................71-74—145 Billy Mayfair.....................72-73—145 Sunghoon Kang..............73-72—145 Cameron Beckman.........71-75—146 Derek Lamely .................73-73—146 John Rollins ....................71-75—146 Graham DeLaet..............73-73—146 D.J. Trahan ......................73-73—146 Richard H. Lee................69-77—146 Alejandro Garmendia .....73-73—146 Billy Hurley III..................73-73—146 Mark Calcavecchia .........73-74—147 Andres Romero ..............73-74—147 David Mathis...................79-68—147 Jeff Maggert ...................71-76—147 Hunter Haas ...................72-75—147 Kyle Stanley....................75-72—147 Brian Gay........................72-75—147 Stephen Ames................75-72—147 Alan Morin ......................72-75—147 Darren Clarke .................73-75—148 David Duval ....................74-74—148 Kevin Chappell................73-75—148 Fred Funk .......................76-73—149 Alejandro Canizares .......72-77—149 Briny Baird ......................74-75—149 Jerry Kelly.......................75-74—149 Brendon Todd .................72-78—150 Bo Hoag..........................69-81—150 Arjun Atwal .....................80-71—151 Jesper Parnevik..............73-78—151 Mike Weir ........................75-78—153 Jamie Lovemark .............72-81—153 Miguel Angel Carballo ....79-77—156 Nationwide-Panama Championship Scores Friday At Panama Golf Club Panama City Purse: $550,000 Yardage: 7,163; Par: 70 Second Round Edward Loar ...................66-68—134 Brian Smock ...................71-64—135 Justin Bolli.......................65-70—135 Tim Wilkinson .................68-68—136 Martin Piller ....................66-71—137 Charles Warren...............72-66—138 Philip Pettitt, Jr. ...............69-69—138 Peter Lonard ...................69-69—138 Aaron Goldberg ..............68-70—138 Shawn Stefani.................69-70—139 Tyrone Van Aswegen ......67-72—139 Diego Velasquez.............75-64—139 Matt Hendrix ...................69-70—139 Justin Hicks.....................64-75—139 David Lingmerth .............69-70—139 Aron Price.......................71-68—139 Michael Connell..............69-70—139 Cesar Costilla .................70-69—139 Scott Dunlap...................69-71—140 Marc Turnesa ..................70-70—140 Mathias Gronberg...........70-70—140 Brad Fritsch ....................70-70—140 Paul Stankowski .............70-70—140 Steven Bowditch .............68-72—140 Russell Henley................72-69—141 Camilo Benedetti ............69-72—141 Casey Wittenberg ...........72-69—141 Daniel Chopra.................72-69—141 Tommy Cocha.................71-70—141 Jim Herman ....................68-73—141 B.J. Staten ......................70-71—141 Reid Edstrom..................72-69—141 Derek Fathauer...............71-70—141 Darron Stiles...................73-68—141 Ryan Armour ..................72-69—141 Scott Parel ......................74-68—142 Bio Kim ...........................71-71—142 Luke List .........................71-71—142 Brad Adamonis...............71-71—142 Craig Bowden .................72-70—142 Jason Allred....................71-71—142 Anthony Rodriguez.........75-68—143 Mark D. Anderson...........75-68—143 Alex Aragon ....................74-69—143 Steve LeBrun..................71-72—143 Omar Uresti ....................72-71—143 Andrew Magee ...............72-71—143 Erik Flores ......................73-70—143 Oscar Serna ...................73-70—143 Ryan Yip..........................72-71—143 Joseph Bramlett..............75-68—143 Andres Echavarria ..........74-69—143 Jason Gore .....................71-72—143 Lee Williams ...................72-71—143 Chris Wilson....................74-69—143 Troy Merritt......................72-71—143 Carl Paulson ...................70-73—143 Jerod Turner....................70-73—143 Andrew Svoboda ............76-68—144 Glen Day.........................73-71—144 Fran Quinn......................75-69—144 Kent Jones......................75-69—144 Cameron Percy...............75-69—144 Skip Kendall....................72-72—144 Mike Lavery ....................73-71—144 Ron Whittaker .................76-68—144 Ben Briscoe ....................76-68—144 Josh Broadaway .............72-72—144 Sam Saunders................77-67—144 Jeff Cuzzort ....................72-72—144 Corey Nagy.....................72-72—144 James Sacheck ..............73-71—144 Robert Damron...............73-71—144 Kevin Johnson ................75-69—144 Paul Claxton ...................74-70—144 Michael Sim ....................76-68—144 Jose Toledo.....................74-70—144 Failed to qualify Bubba Dickerson ............71-74—145 Steve Friesen..................72-73—145 Steven Alker....................72-73—145 Carlos Franco .................74-71—145 Tag Ridings.....................71-74—145 Rich Barcelo ...................72-73—145 Joaquin Estevez .............76-69—145 Diego Larrazabal ............73-72—145 Will Wilcox.......................72-73—145 Chris Baryla....................73-72—145 Benjamin Alvarado .........72-73—145 Alex Prugh ......................75-71—146 Billy Horschel..................75-71—146 Jeff Gove ........................74-72—146 Jim Renner .....................75-71—146 Alistair Presnell...............73-73—146 Paul Haley II ...................70-76—146 Diego Vanegas ...............75-71—146 Guy Boros.......................76-70—146 Fabian Gomez ................78-68—146 John Inman.....................72-74—146 Scott Gardiner ................71-75—146 James Hahn ...................74-72—146 Parker McLachlin............75-72—147 D.J. Brigman ...................73-74—147 James Nitties ..................69-78—147 Rob Oppenheim .............74-73—147 Christopher DeForest .....73-74—147 Nate Smith......................75-72—147 Tom Hoge .......................73-74—147

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Len Mattiace...................77-71—148 Roger Tambellini .............74-74—148 Bronson La'Cassie .........75-73—148 Gene Sauers ..................76-73—149 Aaron Watkins ................77-73—150 Hudson Swafford ............77-73—150 Brenden Pappas.............76-74—150 Scott Gutschewski..........73-77—150 Brian Anderson...............79-71—150 Vance Veazey .................77-74—151 Nicholas Thompson........79-72—151 Ben Martin ......................75-76—151 Adam Hadwin .................76-75—151 Cliff Kresge .....................76-76—152 Andres Gonzales............77-75—152 Stuart Anderson .............76-76—152 Bryan DeCorso...............78-74—152 Rick Price .......................75-79—154 Ewan Porter....................78-76—154 Mike Norman ..................76-79—155 Ryan Hietala ...................81-75—156 Alexandre Rocha ............80-79—159

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 63 41 15 7 89175130 Pittsburgh 63 37 21 5 79202166 Philadelphia 63 35 21 7 77209191 New Jersey 64 36 23 5 77180174 N.Y. Islanders64 26 29 9 61151193 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 62 38 21 3 79204143 66 34 24 8 76200194 Ottawa 64 29 27 8 66157180 Buffalo Toronto 64 29 28 7 65191200 Montreal 65 25 30 10 60169181 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 63 30 21 12 72158179 Winnipeg 66 31 27 8 70173186 Washington 64 32 27 5 69172183 Tampa Bay 64 30 28 6 66180216 Carolina 64 24 27 13 61168193 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 65 43 19 3 89208151 St. Louis 65 40 18 7 87166130 64 37 20 7 81181165 Nashville 66 35 24 7 77200194 Chicago Columbus 64 19 38 7 45148212 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 65 41 16 8 90206156 65 33 28 4 70168175 Colorado Calgary 64 29 24 11 69155175 Minnesota 65 28 27 10 66143178 Edmonton 63 25 32 6 56169189 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 64 33 22 9 75168160 San Jose 63 33 23 7 73178160 Dallas 64 33 26 5 71168175 Los Angeles 64 29 23 12 70138137 Anaheim 64 27 27 10 64161180 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday's Games Montreal 5, Minnesota 4, SO Boston 4, New Jersey 3, OT Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 2 Winnipeg 7, Florida 0 Columbus 2, Colorado 0 Calgary 4, Phoenix 2 Vancouver 2, St. Louis 0 Buffalo 1, San Jose 0 Friday's Games New Jersey 5, Washington 0 Chicago 2, Ottawa 1 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT Detroit 6, Minnesota 0 Dallas at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday's Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 1 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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

St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 12:30 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Florida, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Top 12 in Points 1. M.Kenseth..................................47 2. D.Earnhardt Jr............................42 3. G.Biffle .......................................42 4. D.Hamlin ....................................42 5. J.Burton .....................................40 6. P.Menard ....................................39 7. K.Harvick ...................................37 8. C.Edwards .................................36 9. J.Logano ....................................36 10. M.Martin...................................35 11. C.Bowyer .................................33 12. M.Truex Jr. ...............................33 NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

TRANSACTIONS Friday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jairo Asencio, RHP Brandon Beachy, RHP Jaye Chapman, RHP Erik Cordier, RHP Randall Delgado, RHP Cory Gearrin, RHP Tommy Hanson, RHP J.J. Hoover, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Cristhian Martinez, RHP Kris Medlen, RHP Todd Redmond, RHNP Julio Teheran, RHP Anthony Varvaro, RHP Arodys Vizcaino, LHP Luis Avilan, LHP Robert Fish, LHP Mike Minor, LHP Jonny Venters, INF Freddie Freeman, INF Brandon Hicks, INF Tyler Pastornicky, OF Jose Constanza and OF Jason Heyward on one-year contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF J.D. Martinez on a oneyear contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Ross Detwiler, LHP Atahualpa Severino, RHP Cole Kimball, RHP Ryan Mattheus, RHP Ryan Perry, RHP Henry Rodriguez, RHP Craig Stammen, C Wilson Ramos, C Jhonatan Solano, INF Ian Desmond, INF Danny Espinosa, INF Steve Lombardozzi, INF Chris Marrero, INF Tyler Moore and OF Eury Perez on one-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of RHP Drew Storen and OF Roger Bernadina.

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Covingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyler Deeter takes down his quarterfinal opponent Friday. â&#x2013; CONTINUED FROM 15 Even with the loss, Olson still has a chance to take third on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just really proud of his effort,â&#x20AC;? Covington coach Tom Barbee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His ability has really picked up this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and hopefully that carries with him forward.â&#x20AC;?

After winning his first match on Friday, Covingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyler Deeter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who was a state placer last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was defeated

by Zane Nelson of Apple Creek Waynedale in the quarterfinals, then lost to Beachwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryan Harris by a 13-4 major decision in the consolation round to eliminate him from contention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was tough for him.

He was sick last week, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use that as an excuse,â&#x20AC;? Barbee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kid who beat him in the first match (Nelson) was a lot better skilled than we are right now. He just got a couple takedowns and he really couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep up with the pace after that.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good chance that kid is going to win state, so you really canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel bad for him after that loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully he (Deeter)

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Troy Christianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jarred Ganger works to turn his quarterfinal opponent to his back Friday at the Division III State meet in Columbus.

Eagles â&#x2013; CONTINUED FROM 15 later, Toal is in the exact Ashland Crestviewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wyatt same position to go for a Music 5-1 in the champi- title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels good to be in onship semifinal round, advancing to face Deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this position again,â&#x20AC;? Toal Tyler Fahrer in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to win a state title. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my goal.â&#x20AC;? main event.

Toal defeated Columbia Leading 2-1 in the third period of the semis, St. Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brandon Marshall sealed his oppo- Heidinger in the quarterfinals by a count of nentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate late 13-4, then held with an escape Magnolia off and a takedown Sandy Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that came with Sam Groff in the less than a semis, emerging minute to go, givwith a 3-2 win to ing him a 5-1 vicadvance to the tory.

182-pound â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really finals. wrestle offensiveAfter winning ly like I should a 9-0 major decihave,â&#x20AC;? Marshall HANCOCK sion over said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the kid (Music) was a lot taller Nelsonville-Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dakota than me, and I knew he Mays in the quarterfinals, had a strong left-side shot. freshman Jarred Ganger I was really confident that I defeated Deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyle could stop it, I just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Keller 10-5 in the 106get an angle at first. So pound championship semis when he went for the back- to advance to the state side shot, I knew I could get finals.

I'm very proud of him," a takedown right off of it.â&#x20AC;?

Morgan said of Ganger. "He And he did.

Marshall, along with has worked to hard to get teammates B.J. Toal and here and now he has a Jarred Ganger, will all be chance to win a state title wrestling for state titles on as a freshman."

The Eagles are still in Saturday. Garret Hancockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-2 loss to Sammy Gross of contention for a team title, Beachwood in the 113- but the odds arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in their pound semifinal was the favor, with Waynedale sitonly match the Eagles lost ting in first (92 points) on the day, giving the after the day. Troy school a shot to have all Christian is in second with four state qualifiers place a score of 71.5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be tough, on Saturday. has six â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were hoping to get Waynedale four out, but three out of wrestlers left,â&#x20AC;? Morgan four isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bad,â&#x20AC;? Troy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think we are in Christian coach Ty Morgan good position to get runnersaid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hancock wrestled up. We all have to wrestle hard, but he just came up a on and stay sharp. Even if little short. I just told him we do get runner-up, well to shrug it off. He will come still have all of these guys back and try to win some back next year, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be matches. I just told him his ready to do it all over again.â&#x20AC;? goal is to get third now.â&#x20AC;?

Hancock begins his It was evident that Toal was disappointed when left quest for third place today the 2011 state tournament at 10 a.m., while the finals as runner-up. Now a year begin in the evening.

learns from this experience. He has to get better on his feet.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Seagraves Falls Short Miami Eastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allen Seagraves, a three-time state qualifier, came up short in his bid to place at state.

Seagraves started the

day in the consolation bracket after falling in his first match then defeating Newark Catholicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s D.J. DeVito with a pin Thursday night.

But Seagraves lost his only match on Friday to Carroll Bloom-Carrollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chandler Minnard by a narrow 5-2 decision, which

eliminated Seagraves from contention. â&#x20AC;˘ Packed House The state tournament is always a big draw â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and this year is no different.

The attendance for Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third session was 11,648, bringing the two-day, three session total to 34,931.

â&#x2013; National Basketball Association

Bulls hammer Cavs, 112-91 CLEVELAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Once Derrick Rose decided it was time, it was time.

And there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a thing the Cleveland Cavaliers could do to stop it.

The NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incumbent MVP took over in the third quarter, scoring 10 of his 19 points and adding six of his nine assists. He led the Chicago Bulls to their fifth straight win, 112-91 on Friday night over the Cavaliers, who were without rookie guard Kyrie Irving.

Luol Deng scored a season-high 24 points and Carlos Boozer added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago.

But it was Rose, the Bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fearless point guard and leader, who made it possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;D-Rose can do whatever he wants whenever he wants,â&#x20AC;? Boozer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The great thing about him is any moment he can take over a game. He has his imprint on every game we play. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun playing with him, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also fun to watch.â&#x20AC;?

Up by 12 at halftime, Chicago built a 24-point lead in the third quarter

â&#x2013; Golf

Rose tied for lead at Honda for a 61.

Birdies also helped Tiger Woods, though not enough to offset a tee shot into the water on the par-3 fifth for a double bogey in his round of 68 that put him seven shots out of the lead.

Rose made five birdies in a nine-hole stretch in the middle of his round and was at 10 under until backto-back bogeys, an example of how this course can stop momentum quickly.

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Cleveland Cavaliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Manny Harris passes around Chicago Bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ronnie Brewer in the fourth quarter Friday in Cleveland. The Bulls won 112-91. and coasted to its 12th win in 14 games to stay on Miamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heels for the best record in the Eastern Conference.

The Bulls had to work a little harder than they did on their previous visit to Cleveland.

On Jan. 20, they beat the Cavaliers by 39 despite not having Rose, who was sidelined with a sore toe.

This time, Chicago didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull away until midway through the third, when Rose turned his game up a notch and the Bulls ratcheted up theirs.

Driving to the basket whenever he felt the need, Rose accounted for 22 points in the quarter as the Bulls scored 38 and ended any lingering suspense. The Cavs had no one to challenge Rose, who powered his way inside, drew body contact and converted a three-point play to make it 89-66. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a driver,â&#x20AC;? Rose said with a shrug.

The Cavs came in with a game plan to put the brakes on Rose.

He ran it over. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one thing you

want to try to get him to do is shoot jump shots, clog the paint,â&#x20AC;? Cleveland coach Byron Scott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming down in transition, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one of those guys who has an unbelievable ability to get to the basket and make shots, even with contact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to give him a lot of credit. He is a special basketball player. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the bottom line.â&#x20AC;?

Dengâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-pointer with 11 seconds to go put the Bulls ahead 94-70, causing many Cleveland fans to grab their jackets and head toward the exits.

Rose, Boozer and fellow starters Joakim Noah and Richard Hamilton didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to play in the fourth as Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backups also controlled the Cavs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attitude has been great all season,â&#x20AC;?

Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this league, you get in trouble if you feel good about a win you had in the last game or you look ahead to another opponent. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when you get hurt. You have to concentrate on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in front of you. Being ready is the big thing.â&#x20AC;?

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Justin Rose keeps preaching par is a good score at PGA National. Thanks to a string of birdies Friday, he carved out another 66 to share the lead with Tom Gillis in the Honda Classic.

Three birdies over the last five holes also kept Rory McIlroy in the chase for No. 1 in the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still a lot of golf left 36 holes,â&#x20AC;? McIlroy said after a 67 in the breezy, balmy afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just need to keep doing the same things, try to drive the ball in the fairway and give myself loads of opportunities, and try and take a few.

Because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to make tons of birdies out here.â&#x20AC;?

Maybe not, but that was the recipe for Brian Harman, who shattered the course record by three shots and even flirted with golfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic number before he had to settle for par on the 543-yard closing hole

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Miami Eastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allen Seagraves controls his opponent during the consolation round of the Division III State meet Friday morning in Columbus.

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