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Launch prompts more sanctions U.N. responds swiftly to North Korea’s nuclear test UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea’s latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions targeting its economy and leadership, despite Pyongyang’s threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States. The penalties came in a unani-
Country legend King dies at 90 Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit “Wolverton Mountain,” has died. He was 90. King had just celebrated his birthday and 67th wedding anniversary last month.
mous resolution drafted by the U.S. along with China, which is North Korea’s main benefactor. Beijing said the focus now should be to “defuse the tensions” by restarting negotiations. The resolution sent a powerful message to North Korea’s new young leader, Kim Jong Un, that the international community condemns his defiance of Security
Council bans on nuclear and ballistic tests and is prepared to take even tougher action if he continues flouting international obligations. “Taken together, these sanctions will bite, and bite hard,” U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said. “They increase North Korea’s isolation and raise the cost to North Korea’s leaders of defying the international community.”
The new sanctions came in response to North Korea’s underground nuclear test on Feb. 12 and were the fourth set imposed by the U.N. since the country’s first test in 2006. They are aimed at reining in Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile development by requiring all countries to freeze financial transactions or services that could contribute to the programs.
Senate votes to toughen firearms penalties
Vikings’ season ends at regionals
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Spokesman for al-Qaida charged A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle was charged Thursday with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as the terror network’s top propagandist who lauded the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and warned there would be more. Officials said Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was born in Kuwait and was bin Laden’s son-in-law, was captured in Jordan over the last week. He will appear Friday in U.S. federal court in New York, according to a Justice Department statement and indictment outlining the accusations against Abu Ghaith. See Page 9.
Correction Thursday’s story about the Troy Strawberry Festival kickoff had the wrong date listed. The event took place Wednesday, March 6.
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The Miami East High School varsity girls basketball team lost to Anna 62–52 in a regional semifinal at Springfield High School Thursday. For a complete story on the game, see TDN Sports Editor Josh Brown’s report on page 15.
Trustees approve appropriations BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com Concord Township Trustees approved their 2013 permanent appropriations at a regular meeting on March 5. A full review of the township’s $2.2 million budget was made at its previous meeting on Feb. 19. Fiscal officer Pat Quillen said a complaint has been made by Washington Township officials about the estate of Hilda A. Morrow for its share of $1,083. Quillen said Washington Township officials believe they are entitled to at least 60 percent of the tax due to Mrs. Morrow’s residence in the neighboring township. Quillen said the 40 percent of the estate tax will be collected in the future. Roads superintendent Neil Rhoades was quoted for a Tiger tractor mower arm from Dexter Company of Bucyrus for $41,840 including shipping and the optional joystick control. Rhoades told township trustees he had other quotes from two companies that had spoke
CONCORD TWP. with neighboring county and township superintendents about quality of the Tiger products. Trustee Bill Whidden commended Rhoades for his research and for checking with other entities about the quality of the mower attachment. Trustee Sue Campbell asked about a warranty from the manufacturer and dealer and Rhoades said he’d have more details for the next meeting. Quillen said the township’s gasoline fund has approximately $150,000. Quillen said the $41,840 from the gasoline account would pay for the Tiger mower arm. State law permits townships to purchase equipment without public notice for less than $50,000, according to officials. Rhoades said upgrades to another mower could wait another year. • In other news: Rhoades reported to the trustees that it would cost $700 plus $150 for stump removal for a dead ash tree to be
removed on Forest Hill Road by a contracted tree specialist. In previous meetings, the tree was determined to be too close to power lines for township crews to remove it. Trustees approved the cost. The township trustees received a complaint about large amounts of wood and debris at the residence of 1590 Old Schoolhouse Road. Rhoades passed a picture of the matter to trustees. Trustee Tom Mercer said the owners of the residence should be notified by letter and a copy sent to Miami County zoning and planning. Whidden reported that he recently attended the Miami Valley Regional Planning Committee. The MVRPC recently hired a consultant who will attend all meetings at each county. Trustees approved to collect $42 from the Ohio Unclaimed Funds. Trustees also approved contributing $3,000 toward the city of Troy’s July 4, 2013 fireworks expenses. This year’s fireworks will cost $31,500 and the township has contributed to the fund for more than five years.
Education, job training keys to JUMPing ahead Program aimed at instilling academic and occupational strategies in today’s youth BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com
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ing or math are not where they want them to be, we could definitely offer training through a qualified tutor,” Smith said. “If they have no work experience, we help them by offering summer employment opportunities. That’s when we send them out to a
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Congress’ first gun votes since the Newtown, Conn., nightmare, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to toughen federal penalties against illegal firearms purchases, even as senators signaled that a deep partisan divide remained over gun curbs. The Democratic-led panel voted 11-7 to impose penalties of up to 25 years for people who legally buy firearms but give them to someone else for use in a crime or to people legally barred from acquiring weapons. The panel’s top Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, cast the only GOP vote for the measure. President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to vote on gun curbs, including the bill approved Thursday, which lawmakers named for Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teenager who was fatally shot days after performing at Obama’s inauguration. Congress should consider those bills “because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and because Hadiya’s family and too many other families really do deserve a vote,” he said at an Interior Department ceremony. The parties’ differences were underscored when senators debated a proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to ban assault weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines. Democrats have noted that such firearms have been used in many recent mass shootings. “The time has come, America, to step up and ban these weapons,” said Feinstein, a lead sponsor of a 1994 assault weapons ban that expired a decade later. She added, “How could I stand by and see this carnage go on?” The response from Republicans was that banning such weapons was unconstitutional, would take firearms from lawabiding citizens, and would have little impact because only a small percentage of crimes involve assault weapons or magazines carrying many rounds of ammunition. “Are we really going to pass another law that will have zero effect, then pat ourselves on the back for doing something
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BUSINESS ROUNDUP • The Troy Elevator The grain prices listed below are the closing prices of Thursday. Corn Month Bid Change Mar 7.1700 + 0.0275 NC 13 5.0700 - 0.0250 Jan 14 5.3150 - 0.0250 Soybeans Month Bid Change 14.7850 + 0.0750 Mar NC 13 12.2800 - 0.0075 Jan 14 12.4100 - 0.0150 Wheat Month Bid Change Mar 6.6150 + 0.1175 NC 13 6.6400 + 0.1025 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.
• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Thursday. Symbol Price Change AA 8.64 +0.07 CAG 34.65 -0.18 CSCO 21.80 +0.09 EMR 56.48 +0.12 F 12.83 -0.06 FITB 16.23 +0.20 FLS 164.13 -0.61 GM 27.88 -0.03 ITW 62.17 -0.44 JCP 14.82 +0.39 KMB 93.97 -0.67 KO 39.12 +0.10 KR 30.25 +0.89 LLTC 38.36 -0.12 MCD 97.09 +0.28 MSFG 14.11 -0.03 PEP 77.14 +0.34 SYX 9.67 -0.43 TUP 78.61 -0.90 USB 34.15 +0.41 VZ 47.48 +0.20 5.47 -0.01 WEN WMT 73.32 -0.06 — Staff and wire reports
Karzai calls on troops to clean up own act KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The Afghan president on Wednesday called on his security forces to end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people, a shift from past speeches that have solely blamed NATO troops for the violations in the country. In an address to parliament, Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces are also violating their own people’s rights, making it harder for him to raise the issue when abuses are carried out by foreigners. “It’s not forgivable … Our Afghan people are not safe in their houses,” because of Afghan troops’ treatment, he said. “Why should I blame foreigners?” The Afghan leader said he did not initially want to believe reports that his own security forces had tortured prisoners, for instance, but that now he was calling on Afghan forces to respect human rights.
• CONTINUED FROM 1 career they’re interested in doing in the future so they can gain knowledge on employer expectations and if they’d enjoy the position or not in the future.” Those still in high school are a part of the program until they graduate high school, the main goal being to encourage stu-
• CONTINUED FROM 1 wonderful?” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican. The two other bills would require background checks for nearly all gun purchases and provide around $40 million a year for schools to buy security equipment. The committee was expected to vote on those measures and the assault weapons ban on Tuesday. Thursday’s debate made it clear that despite recent mass slayings, new gun restrictions face a difficult path in a Congress in which the National Rifle Association and conservative voters have a loud voice. Obama proposed a broad package of gun curbs in January, including a call for background checks for nearly all gun purchases and an assault weapons ban. Solid opposition from Republicans, and likely resistance from moderate Democrats from GOP-leaning states, seems all but certain to doom the assault
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stability and prosperity,” he said. The progress of Afghan forces, however, has been uneven. A weekend attack on an army convoy in Badakshan province killed 16 soldiers, according to Abdul Marouf Rassekh, a spokesman for the province’s governor. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Then on Sunday, Afghan forces thwarted an attempted jailbreak by rioting prisoners at the central jail in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, according to the chief of Afghan prison system, Gen. Amir Mohammad Jamshid. Jamshid said his forces disrupted a complex plot in which Taliban fighters planned to launch suicide attacks outside as rioters attacked guards inside the jail. The rioting prisoners managed to take three guards hostage and at one
point controlled large portions of the jail, but when a group of prisoners freed two of the guards, vicious infighting ensued among the rioters and several were injured, Jamshid said. Late Tuesday night, Afghan security forces managed to retake most of the prison and freed the final guard through negotiations, he said. A small group of prisoners was still in a standoff with the police in one section of the prison Wednesday, demanding improved conditions, including weekly visits by family members and more freedom of movement within the prison, Jamshid said. Staff at a nearby hospital said nearly a dozen people mostly prisoners but also some Afghan security forces were being treated for injuries sustained during the riot. The medical staff spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential medical records.
dents to stay in school. Participants who have already graduated from high school undergo job training at an approved facility. For example, one student completed the auto technician program at Sinclair Community College and completed her work experience at K&N Automotive LLC in Piqua. She was then hired full-
time at the auto shop. Many of those receiving STNA training in particular seem to be finding jobs right away, Smith noted. Providing services to boost employabilitiy is another cornerstone of JUMP, with a focus on job searches, completing applications, resume writing and employer expectations, such as how to dress for an
interview and proper usage of social media. The depth of services at JUMP is extensive, Smith said. “We have a leadership development meeting every month at the job center where they come out and work as a group to learn leadership development skills,” Smith said. “We also have supportive
services like transportation, child-care and clothing for a job interview. You got a new job and need a pair of black pants? We can provide that.” For more information on being a part of the JUMP program, call the Job Center Network of Miami County at (937) 440-3465 or send an email to jump ofohio@yahoo.com.
has escalated its threats. Immediately before the Security Council vote, a spokesman for Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for “a pre-emptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors” because Washington is “set to light a fuse for a nuclear war.” The statement was carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. In the capital of Pyongyang, Army Gen. Kang Pyo Yong told a crowd of tens of thousands that North Korea is ready to fire long-range nuclear-armed missiles at Washington, which “will be engulfed in a sea of fire.” White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. is “fully capable” of defending itself against a North Korea ballistic missile attack. Experts doubt that the North has mastered how to mount a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile capable of reaching the mainland United States. The North Korean statement appeared to be the most specific open threat of a nuclear strike by any country against another. Sen. Robert Menendez, DN.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the threat “absurd” and suicidal. North Korea also has threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. It has a formidable array of artillery near enough to the Demilitarized Zone to strike South Korean and American forces with little warning. The top U.S. envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, cautioned Pyongyang not to miscalculate, saying the U.S. will take necessary steps to defend itself and its allies, including South Korea, where it bases more than 30,000 U.S. forces. “We take all North Korean threats seriously
enough to ensure that we have the correct defense posture to deal with any contingencies that might arise,” Davies told reporters. Rice said “the entire world stands united in our commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and in our demand that North Korea comply with its international obligations.” China’s U.N. Ambassador Li Baodong said the resolution reflects the determination of the international community to prevent nuclear proliferation, but he stressed that its adoption “is not enough.” “The top priority now is to defuse the tensions, bring down heat … bring the situation back on the track of diplomacy, on negotiations,” Li said. The resolution stresses the Security Council’s commitment “to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution” to North Korea’s nuclear program and urges a resumption of the longstalled six-party talks involving both Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan. South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said North Korea’s threats and inflammatory statements will be dealt with “resolutely.” “North Korea must wake up from its delusion of becoming a … nuclear weapons state and make the right choice,” he said. “It can either take the right path toward a bright future and prosperity, or it can take a bad road toward further and deeper isolation and eventual self-destruction.” Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin also warned that “new threats or trying to build up the military muscle in the region … might be taking us away from the need to resume six-party talks,” which he added must be an international priority of all countries.
weapons ban when gun bills reach the full Senate, probably in April. The fate of the other bills is uncertain. The Senate measures were all crafted since the December slayings of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. That massacre plus others in Aurora, Colo., Tucson, Ariz., and elsewhere, have made guns a top national topic but have not erased many lawmakers’ concerns about protecting gun rights. Feinstein’s assault weapons prohibition “represents the biggest gun ban proposal in our history,” Grassley said. He argued that firearms bans don’t work and said, “Had this bill been law at the time, Sandy Hook still would have happened” because shooter Adam Lanza used a legally owned gun he took from his mother. Democrats disagreed, arguing that assault weapons firing large numbers of bullets make killers like Lanza even deadlier. “The plain, simple, blunt fact is that some if not all of the beautiful children who perished that day in Newtown, along with the great educators who gave their lives trying to save those children, might well be alive today if this ban had been in effect,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, DConn.
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N.Korea • CONTINUED FROM 1 North Korea kept up its warlike rhetoric Friday after the U.N. vote, issuing a statement saying it was canceling a hotline and a nonaggression pact with rival South Korea. North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, the country’s arm for dealing with cross-border affairs with Seoul, said it will retaliate with “crushing strikes” if enemies intrude into its territory “even an inch and fire even a single shell.” It also said it was voiding past nuclear disarmament agreements between North and South Korea. South and North Korea agreed in a 1992 joint declaration not to produce, test or use nuclear weapons. North Korea has since conducted three nuclear tests. The resolution also targets North Korea’s ruling elite by banning all nations from exporting expensive jewelry, yachts, luxury automobiles and race cars to the North. It also imposes new travel sanctions that would require countries to expel agents working for sanctioned North Korean companies. The success of the sanctions could depend on how well they are enforced by China, where most of the companies and banks that North Korea is believed to work with are based. Tensions with North Korea have escalated since Pyongyang launched a rocket in December and conducted last month’s nuclear test the first since Kim took charge. Many countries, especially in the region, had hoped he would steer the country toward engagement and resolution of the dispute over its nuclear and missile programs. Instead, the North
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Qatar. The senior Taliban leadership has not responded to the offer. And in a possibly troubling statement for the international community, Karzai criticized the cost of the last presidential elections, saying that paying for international advisers and enablers drove up the price of each vote to between $30 and $40. He said elections next time around should be run solely by the Afghans, calling into question whether his government would welcome international monitoring. The last round of elections was widely criticized for incidents of fraud. “Our election must be an Afghan-led election without the interference of foreigners,” Karzai said, adding that although the law prohibits him from running for another term, he wants to ensure a free and fair election. “A good election would bring to Afghanistan more
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An Afghan government investigation last month found widespread cases of abuse at government-run prisons, backing up the results of a U.N. investigation that Karzai had initially repudiated. Karzai’s speech is likely to be welcomed by diplomats who have called on him to acknowledge his own troops’ responsibility for incidents of abuse. But with the remarks, the Afghan leader also made a veiled reference to his recent calls for the withdrawal of U.S. special operations forces from Wardak province, neighboring Kabul, because of alleged incidents of abuse by U.S. and Afghan forces there. U.S. officials have said they are investigating the allegations. Karzai also called on the Afghan Taliban to acknowledge his offer to open negotiations with them through an official Taliban office, which is due to open in
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• FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Community Covington VFW Post 4235, 173 N. High St., Calendar Covington. Choices will include a $12 New York CONTACT US strip steak, broasted chicken, fish, shrimp and sandwiches, all made-toorder. Call Melody • TAX HELP: AARP Vallieu at volunteers will assist lowSUNDAY 440-5265 to income and elderly tax payers with preparing list your free income tax forms at the • TURKEY SHOOT: The calendar Troy-Miami County Public Troy VFW Post No. 5436, items.You Library from 11:30 a.m. to 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy, 4 p.m. This is a free servwill offer a turkey shoot with can send ice. sign ups beginning at 11 your news by e-mail to • FISH FRY: A fish fry, a.m. The shoot will begin at mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. noon. An all-you-can-eat sponsored by the St. Patrick’s mens softball breakfast, by the auxiliary, team, will be offered from will be available from 9 a.m. 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the St. to noon for $6. Patrick Church basement, North • BREAKFAST SET: The Pleasant Crawford Street entrance. The meal will Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner include all-you-can-eat fish and fries, Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer made-tochoice of applesauce or coleslaw, dinner order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. roll and peanut butter and jelly for those Everything is a la carte. who don’t like fish. Meals will be $9 for • EUCHRE TOURNEY: A Euchre touradults, $7 for seniors and children 6-12 nament will be offered at the Pleasant and free for those 6 and younger. Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner • FISH FRY: St. Teresa Catholic Road, Ludlow Falls. Sign-ups will be at Church will offer a Lenten fish fry from 4- noon and play begins at 1 p.m., the fee 7 p.m. at the church, 6925 W. State will be $3 per person. Route 36, Covington. The meal will • BOWLERS BREAKFAST: The Elks include three pieces of fish, green beans, bowlers will offer an all-you-can-eat applesauce, roll and coffee for $6.50. breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon at the club Meals will be carry-out or dine-in. 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Breakfast will • FISH TACOS: The Pleasant Hill include eggs cooked-to-order, bacon, VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner sausage, hash browns, pancakes, toast Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner with and biscuits and gravy. The cost will be two sides for $7 from 6-7:30 p.m. $6.50 a person. • FILM SERIES: Start St. Patrick’s • BREAKFAST SET: The American Day off right by watching a drama with Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will serve romantic overtones set in Ireland at Troy- an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 Hayner Cultural Center’s film series Let’s a.m. for $6. Items available will be eggs, Go to the Movies at Hayner. The evening bacon, sausage links, toast, pancakes, will start at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction waffles, french toast, hash browns, pepto the film. After viewing the film, a short per sausage gravy, biscuits, cinnamon discussion may follow. There will be cafe- rolls, juices and mixed fruit. style seating with popcorn and soda pop. • BARBECUE CHICKEN: The The film series is intended for adult view- American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market ership and may not be appropriate for St., Troy, will offer a barbecue chicken children under 13. For more information dinner with a half chicken, potato salad or a list of the series’ movies, visit and baked beans for $8. The meal will be www.troyhayner.org or call 339-0457. from 2-6:30 p.m. • INFO FAIR: Edison Community • EASTER PHOTOS: Easter photos College will have representatives from with live rabbits will be offered from 2-4 area schools to participate in an RN to p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, BSN Information Fair from 11 a.m. to Dayton. Bunnies will be from the 12:30 p.m. in the Emerson Center. The Humane Society of Greater Dayton and event is open to the community. For more information on responsible rabbit ownerinformation, contact Rick Roberts, assisship also will be available. Admission is tant professor of nursing at (937) 381free with a $15 donation to the humane 1513. society for three digital photos. No prints • THANKSGIVING IN MARCH: The will be provided, the photos will be Sons of The American Legion Post No. emailed to parents. All proceeds will ben586, Tipp City, will prepare a efit the rabbit program at the humane “Thanksgiving in March” meal of turkey, society. Cash or checks only. For more dressing, potatoes and salad from 6-7:30 information, call Anne Merrill at (937) p.m. for $7. 430-8650. • FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30MONDAY 11:30 a.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Count birds, drink coffee, • WILD JOURNEYS: A Wild Journeys eat doughnuts, share stories and count event, “Big Sky Country: Montanta & The more birds. These bird counts contribute Glacier National Park” will be at 7 p.m. at to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Brukner Nature Center, Troy. BNC Ornithology. Free admission. Director Deb Oexmann and her husband
SATURDAY • DINING OUT: The Tipp City Seniors will eat out at Buffalo Jack’s in Covington, followed by cards and games at the center beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a $2 donation. • FISH FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer an all-you-can-eat fish fry and smelt dinner with french fries, baked beans and applesauce for $8 from 5-7 p.m. • DCW WRESTLING: DCW Pro Wrestling will celebrate its 10th anniversary event at 7 p.m. at the Piqua Armory. The event will include matches between DCWs Heavyweight Champion Shawn Draven and the “Incomparable” Mac McPhat; an Extreme TLC Match for the Mid-Ohio Championship between Big Jim Hutchinson and the Mid-Ohio Champion “The Real Deal” Evan Steel and more. For more details, call the free hotline at (937) 640-2691. • SCORE WORKSHOP: Experts from the Dayton chapter of SCORE, a small business development agency, can give you the edge to compete in the tough business marketplace environment. The workshop, set for 10 a.m. at the TroyMiami County Library, is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who have a dream of starting a new for-profit business or non-profit organization and do not have a clear understanding of where to begin or how to proceed. Learn about the basic business and realistic market place perspectives for creating an effective start-up plan. Call 339-0502 to register in advance. • PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Casstown Volunteer Fire Department will be having an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m. at the firehouse, 4210 E. State Route 55. The menu will include pancakes, sausage links, biscuits and gravy, eggs and a drink. Meals will be $6 for ages 12 and older, $3 for 5-11 and free for children 4 and younger. • PANCAKE DAY: Piqua Kiwanis Club Pancake Day will be from 6 a.m. to 2
Dick ventured to Big Sky country last year to sample just a taste of what this truly magnificent part of our country has to offer and will share their experience. The program is free for BNC members and non-member admission is $2 per person. • BUDDY READING: Buddy reading at the Milton-Union Public Library will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The program for elementary-aged students is designed to help increase reading skills and comprehension. An adult or teenage volunteer will be available to aid students with their reading goals. • CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners, a group of women who get together on Mondays from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library, to listen to an audio book and work on projects, will meet. It may be needlework, making greeting cards or another hobby. • BOOK DISCUSSION: The MiltonUnion Public Library evening book discussion will be at 7 p.m. and will discuss “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot. For more information, call (937) 698-5515. • POET’S CORNER: Poet’s Corner will be offered at 6:30 p.m. at the TroyMiami County Public Library. Participants can join the poetry workshop to share and discuss their interests in poetry or bring a poem they have written. If you don’t have any of your own poems, bring and read a poem by your favorite poet. Organizers also will go over some writing exercises and prompts to help you write new poems. • SALAD BAR: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer a salad bar for $3.50 or a baked potato bar for $3.50 or both for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY-THURSDAY • BOOK SALE: The UVMC Auxiliary will hold a book sale featuring up to 70 percent savings on new hardcover books in the Upper Valley Medical Center cafeteria. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Proceeds will benefit auxiliary projects supporting UVMC.
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In this file photo, Dynamic Championship Wrestling’s Tommy Blaze, left, battles Super Insane during the Dynamic Championship Wrestling event at the 2011 Miami County Fair. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, DCW will be hosting its 10th anniversary show at the Piqua National Guard Armory.
DCW hosting 10th anniversary show Hutchinson. Tommy Blaze and Vandal will compete in a tag team grudge match against Logan shows a decade ago in For 10 years, profesHuber Heights but quickly Caine and “The Monster of sional wrestling fans have moved to its current home the Midway” Alexander Drago, with DCW been making faithful pilin the Piqua National rgimages to the Piqua Guard Armory. The organi- Commissioner Casey Coleman serving as guest National Guard Armory to zation generally runs watch their favorite shows every other month, refereer. In a ladies match, Sin D will take on Big wrestlers ply their trade although DCW does run Momma. for Dynamic fewer shows in the sumTickets for the event Championship Wrestling. mer. It also runs a show At 7:30 p.m. Saturday on the midway during the are $10 for adults and $5 for children and senior cit(doors open at 7 p.m), annual Miami County izens. Saunders said it’s a DCW is looking to give Fair. A number of show the entire family can back to its legion of fans wrestlers within the proas it hosts its 10th motion are Miami County enjoy. “It’s a family show,” he anniversary show at the residents. armory. Saunders said the 10th said. “We get a lot of sen“This is definitely going anniversary show promis- ior citizens who comes to to be a historic celebraes to be one of the organi- our shows and a lot of tion,” said event organizer zations most entertaining. them bring their grandchildren. We don’t use a Lonnie Saunders. “We’ve In a two-out-of-three always had stellar crowds falls match, DCW champi- lot of bad language like you might see at other for our shows. Miami on Shawn Draven will places. We’ve done events County has supported us defend his title against for churches. It’s definitewhole-heartedly, and this “The Incomparable” Mac ly something you can is our chance to give back McPhat. In an extreme to them. We want to put tables, ladders and chairs bring your whole family on an extravaganza for match, Mid-Ohio champi- out to see. We want to give back to Miami County everyone to enjoy.” on “The Real Deal” Evan Dynamic Championship Street will defend his title because they have been so loyal to us.” Wrestling began running against “Big” Jim BY DAVID FONG Executive Editor dfong@civitasmedia.com
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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Anniston (Ala.) Star on four-year college degrees: Whether it’s Darwinian theory or basic logic is irrelevant. All jobseekers need to know that it’s getting increasingly difficult to land decent employment without a bachelor’s degree. That’s not a new premise, of course. Regardless of the field, fouryear degrees have long been seen as a needed pathway to a better life and sustainable employment. While today’s trends show that bachelor’s degrees are indeed needed, they’re often earning job-seekers positions that pay low and require menial tasks. In other words, today’s BA is fast becoming yesterday’s high school diploma. And the trickle-down effect that has on high-school grads seeking work is obvious. Recently, a New York Times story explained how companies such as law firms now often require four-year degrees for entry-level positions such as file clerks — jobs that used to be filled by high school graduates or those with two-year degrees. According to the Times, economists call this “degree inflation” and say this trend is spreading into positions such as dental hygienists, cargo agents and claims As I adjusters. The bottom line: With high unemploySee It ment and tepid job markets, it’s now more impor■ The Troy tant than ever for job-seekers to have a college Daily News degree on their resume. welcomes Again, that’s not new. columns from “Degree inflation” is the real deal; it may get our readers. To worse. submit an “As I Los Angeles Times See It” send on the Voting Rights Act: your type-writRightly regarded as one of the most lustrous ten column to: legacies of the civil rights movement, the Voting ■ “As I See It” Rights Act of 1965 outlaws discrimination in votc/o Troy Daily ing nationwide, but it also requires that states News, 224 S. with a history of denying minorities the right to Market St., Troy, OH 45373 vote obtain the approval of a federal court or the U.S. Justice Department before changing election ■ You can also e-mail us at procedures. This “preclearance” provision, coneditorial@tdnpu tained in Section 5 of the act, has been repeatedly blishing.com. reauthorized by Congress — most recently in 2006, ■ Please when it was extended for another 25 years by marinclude your full gins of 390 to 33 in the House and 98 to 0 in the name and teleSenate. phone number. Between 1982 and 2006, the Justice Department used the preclearance process to block the enforcement of more than 2,400 voting changes on the grounds that they would undermine minority voting rights. Yet this proven protection may be on constitutional life support. On Feb. 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Alabama that challenges Section 5 and the formula by which nine states, mostly in the South, and parts of seven others (including California) are required to obtain preclearance when they redraw district lines, modify registration procedures or change any other practice that might disadvantage minority voters. Supporters of the Voting Rights Act fear that conservative members of the court — and perhaps not only conservatives — are poised to rule that the law violates the prerogatives of states that no longer practice the sort of blatant discrimination that inspired the original legislation. That would be a mistake of historic proportions. It may no longer be true that African Americans registering to vote are required to face down hostile election officials or endure literacy tests, or that city councils and legislatures in the South are all-white and determined to remain so. But subtler forms of discrimination against blacks and other minorities persist — such as gerrymandering to dilute their voting power or relocating polling stations to make them less accessible to minorities — and Congress has reasonably determined that they are more of a problem in some places than in others. The court should respect that judgment.
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An open letter to Governor Kasich
many of the decisions you’ve made concerning Ohio’s future. However, with your recent budget approach and support To the Editor: of Obamacare, we have been Governor Kasich, My wife and I recently received a letter far more than disappointed requesting a campaign contri- along with many of our friends and fellow Republicans. bution for your run for goverWe voted through the gennor of Ohio next year. eral election several years ago Instead of a contribution, I’d saying we, as residents of Ohio, like to send a reply. wanted no part of Obamacare. We have voted as That vote passed by a very Republicans since our very large margin. And yet you have first opportunity many, many decided that you know better years ago. We supported you during your previous campaign and that we should now accept it and expand Medicaid. for governor along with other Republican candidates. We Well, you may be willing to have felt very good about accept it, but the vast majority
of those who voted for you do not. And we will hold you and elected officials who support you on this issue accountable when voting again. Expanding taxes into areas which are not taxed previously will do nothing more than further draw down the economy of Ohio. It’s time we did some really effective legislating in our state. And if your thinking continues, my guess is you’ll not be part of that process.
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Two more rites of passage go by the wayside This week my little family celebrated a few milestones. My intuitive 9 year-old son picked up on my birthday despair and made me a sweet, homemade card. I knew he was up to something when he requested privacy in the leastsecluded area of our home: at the kitchen counter. He even upped the ante of my secretive surprise by building a really well-designed box out of Legos to hold my now-treasured birthday card. Trust me, those plastic pieces are hard to pry apart especially if you have carpal tunnel in your wrists like this old lady. Inside, the birthday message was conveyed by T-Rex. When you are a 9 year-old boy, I guess most messages of love are delivered via prehistoric dinosaurs, ninjas or flesh-eating robots. I don’t ask questions or try to figure out why the robot is trying to suck out a stick-figure man’s brain by curly straws. I am just pleased to know he is using his creative outlets on paper and not acting them out in real life with crazy straws in public.
Melanie Yingst Troy Daily News Columnist On the front of my homemade birthday card, a T-Rex was standing under the clouds and rain drops and said, “When you feel no sunshine you need …” Well, you do as the T-Rex says and you turn the page to read on. “A big smile would help. Happy birthday.” This side of the card also had a baby T-Rex with a “smiling” T-Rex with a bright, happy sun shining. Look out Hallmark. So while my birthday was fabulous, T-Rex and all, my darling son also celebrated a milestone as well — his first 4-H meeting. Now to you city folks, 4-H meetings might not sound all that important, but for us country kids, it’s a rite of passage
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passed on from generation to generation. In other words, I had to do it and now Evan has to do it. That's just how parenting works, right? Living on a grain farm, the only animals we had were a dog and our 4-H lambs. My father grew up on a farm with all sorts of animals and milked dairy cows and such. But his philosophy later in life was simple. “I never had to get out of bed at four few sheep for him to take his project to the fair. He was excited and had a few questions. “Do I get to shave its fur?” Then I had to correct him that sheep do not have “fur,” they have wool. “Well, when we shave its wool, can we collect it and make sweaters?” While I admire his entrepreneurship and industriousness, I had to explain that the lambs he would be taking to the fair are raised for meat, not so much for its wool. “Can I name the sheep?” This is a touchy subject in the agricultural and parental world. Trying to put it all in perspec-
tive, I asked him if he’d name his chicken nuggets. Well, he thought about it for a little while. I thought I had successfully answered all his questions until my birthday dinner later that night. We had gone out to Texas Roadhouse for my birthday and Evan ordered his usual chicken fingers and french fries and I had got my birthday steak. Across the booth, Evan was moving the chicken fingers around on his plate. I overheard him saying: “This one was Andy. This was Carl. This was Joey.” I asked what in the world he was doing. “Well, if I’m not allowed to name my lambs, I’m sure someone named these chickens and I’m trying to guess their names.” If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. So I wrapped up a pretty eventful birthday with my steak Sam. This could be a long first year of 4-H for all of us folks.
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Country singer-songwriter Claude King dies at age 90 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit “Wolverton Mountain,” has died. He was 90. King had just celebrated his birthday and 67th wedding anniversary last month. The couple’s eldest son, Duane King, said his father was found unresponsive in his bed early Thursday morning at his home in Shreveport. King was one of the original members of the Louisiana Hayride, the Saturday night show where Elvis Presley got his start and Hank Williams Sr. frequently performed. The show transformed country and western music from 1948 to 1960 the Hayride’s heyday with music genres including hillbilly, western swing, jazz, blues and gospel. Duane King recalls meeting Presley and Hank Williams Sr. backstage with his dad at the Hayride. King’s hit, “Wolverton Mountain,” co-written with Merle Kilgore, was about an Arkansas mountain man, Clifton Clowers, who guarded his daughter from suitors. “It was a story song, with a sense of humor, and it was an instant hit,” said Maggie Warwick, owner of the Louisiana Hayride trademark and the production company, Louisiana Hayride Co. Warwick recalled King as “a legend in the Louisiana music industry, one of the greatest songwriters, and a wonderful friend.”
PAMELA J. ROBERTS Vaillancourt and her conSURPRISE, Ariz. — Pamela J. Roberts, 64, of stant companion, “Joi,” her Surprise, Arizona, passed 8-year-old Schnauzer. Pamela will be forever away on March 3, 2013. loved and dearly missed She was preceded in by all those who loved death by her parents, her. Delphus and Janet She will be Vaillancourt, and laid to rest at brother, Bruce the National A. Vaillancourt. Memorial She is surCemetery of vived by her lovArizona in ing husband, Phoenix. Mike Roberts; In lieu of flowchildren, Bethers, memorial Ann (Tony) donations may Heckman of Troy be made to the and Keli-Eve National Multiple (Jim) Cearfoss; ROBERTS Sclerosis Society grandchildren, or to Lung Cancer Kirsten Heckman, Research. Maeghan Heckman and For more information, or Lauren Heckman; brothto sign Pamela’s online ers, John R. Vaillancourt, guest registry, please Gary T. Vaillancourt and visit www.surprisefuneral Thomas M. Vaillancourt; care.com. sister-in-law, Constance AP
In a Feb. 24, 2008 photo of Country musician Claude King performs during a Louisiana Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La. Warwick, who also chairs the Louisiana Music Commission, said King and Tillman Franks were on the Hayride from the very beginning. She said King was known for his guitarplaying skills and knack for writing songs. “He had a gift for melody and lyrics that was very definable,” Warwick said. “The range and melody and the feeling that goes with his songs, when you hear it, it’s very unique and identifiable with Claude King. He had a personal style that was all his own.” King’s other hits included “Sheepskin Valley,” “Building a Bridge,” “Hey Lucille!,” “Big River, Big Man,” “I’ve Got The World By The Tail,” “Catch a Little Raindrop,” “All For The Love Of A Girl” and “The Comancheros,” which
was inspired by the John Wayne movie of the same name. King circulated with stars like Johnny Cash, Slim Whitman, Johnny Horton and Presley, who sent country music rocking from the Hayride stage. But Duane King says his father was never interested in being a big star. “He could have been as big as anybody, but that’s not what he was about,” said Duane King, who is now 65. He said his father loved performing in his home state and was a celebrity in Shreveport, where he was given a “Key to the City.” A star-shaped plaque with his name and handand boot-prints were placed on a downtown sidewalk as part of the city’s “Walk of Stars.” King was a devoted family man who enjoyed
fishing and gardening, his son said. Duane King said he and his father had planned to go fishing on Friday. Although his father had some health issues, he had recently been feeling well, even asked for an exercise bike for his birthday. “It caught us by surprise, and we’re going to miss him. He was such an easygoing, unpretentious person who didn’t have anything bad to say about anybody. He was my best friend, and I wish I could be half the person he was.” Claude King served in the U.S. Navy, including in the Philippines during World War II, between 1942 and 1946. He is survived by his wife Barbara, three sons and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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This May 2010 family photo provided by the Safferstein family shows Nathan Safferstein and his wife, Bernice Safferstein in New York. Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Los Alamos, presenting Safferstein with a Bronze Star medal after the war. Safferstein had been working as a supermarket manager in Fairfield, Conn., when his life took an extraordinary turn. A customer at the supermarket told her brother an Army intelligence commander about a bright young prospect. Soon, paperwork was filled out, recommendations made. Most of Safferstein’s activities remained a mystery to his family and friends, including his future bride, Bernice Klein. One day, he was ordered to join about 100 other men in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. “It seemed like a thing out of a Bond movie,” he recalled years later. “We were all dressed in our Adam hats and cover cloth coats. … Ten or 12 agents would drop off: Syracuse,
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Buffalo, Chicago. The train kept going west.” Safferstein’s group disembarked in New Mexico. Two cars took them to a wooded area where they met Maj. Peer DeSilva, the laboratory’s commander. “He explained to us for the first time this ultra top secret mission, that they were working on a bomb that would be able to dig a hole into the ground some 80 to a hundred feet deep and perhaps 5, 10 miles long. And that from this point on, you are in the Manhattan Project,” Safferstein recalled. Duty later called Safferstein to the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific, where U.S. forces had built airfields to launch long-range raids on Japan itself, and in mid1945 the two bombs from
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Los Alamos had been secretly delivered by Navy ship. About 12 hours before “Little Boy” was placed aboard the aircraft Enola Gay, a scientist appeared at a Quonset hut on the island of Tinian to make final adjustments. He “explained the whole function of this bomb,” Safferstein recalled. “And then he left and here I am alone with ‘Little Boy.’ And so I walked over to it, saw that there were some initials on it … and added my signature to the bomb.” Though “extremely proud” to be part of history, Safferstein was not impervious to the ravages of war. After the bombs were dropped, Safferstein accompanied a team that included U.S. doctors who surveyed the damage in Japan. Deeply moved by its “beautiful people,” he recalled thinking: “Let’s … never have to use it again.” He said that after the war, Groves urged him to remain in counterintelligence, but he decided on civilian life. He returned to supermarkets, became president of Storecast Corp., a merchandising and marketing company, then started Long Island based Supercast and its spinoff, In-Store Distributing. In addition to Bernice and Michael Safferstein, survivors include another son, Dr. Don Safferstein; a daughter, Barbara Abramsky; and five granddaughters.
Apartheid hit squad leader Coetzee dies JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dirk Coetzee, a former commander of a covert police unit in apartheid-era South Africa who confessed to involvement in the extra-judicial killings of black activists, has died of kidney failure, a hospital said Thursday. He was 57. Coetzee had served as the leader of a state hit squad known as Vlakplaas that targeted activists who opposed white minority rule. He later switched his loyalty to the antiapartheid movement and was granted amnesty for his role in the killing of African National Congress members in 1997, three years after the election of its leader, Nelson Mandela, as the country’s first black president. Ineke Jonker, spokeswoman for the Life Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria, said Coetzee died on Wednesday. Although Coetzee provided information about the slaying of antiapartheid activists to investigators, his death leaves questions unanswered about a number of 1980s-era killings as well as differing views over whether his confessions were motivated by genuine regret or a desire to avoid punishment under the country’s new leaders. Coetzee’s story feeds into a broader debate about reconciliation in South Africa, whose citizens drew global praise for negotiating an end to apartheid and averting even higher levels of bloodshed during a jittery transition of power. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an investigative panel also known as the TRC, granted amnesty to Coetzee and many others who confessed to human rights violations in a kind of national therapy session designed to bring factions together. Some South Africans, however, believe more perpetrators of atrocities should have been punished. Much of the response on Twitter to Coetzee’s death condemned his actions. “So Dirk Coetzee’s dead. I wonder what stories died with him, and how many more apartheid crimes will go to the grave,” one person tweeted. Another posted: “Dirk Coetzee’s death has me thinking about the Nuremberg Trials. Would that model have brought more closure than TRC?”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nathan Safferstein, a counterintelligence agent on the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb during World War II, died Tuesday night at his home in the Bronx after a long illness, his family said. He was 92. The genial native of Bridgeport, Conn., was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a special agent. Wartime security of the atomic bomb project being paramount, he eavesdropped on phone calls of scientists and engineers in Los Alamos, N.M., to make sure no secrets were leaked, and delivered bomb-making uranium and top-secret messages. He also scrawled his signature on the first A-bomb, called “Little Boy,” that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. A second atom bomb leveled Nagasaki on Aug. 9, and Japan surrendered six days later. “We had that feeling right from day one that this was the instrument that was going to end this war,” Safferstein said in a 2005 interview conducted by one of his sons, Michael, along with an oral history project moderator. “In my heart, I know that it saved us from the invasion of Japan and millions of casualties that would have come about.” The Washington-based National World War II Memorial online registry includes a photo of Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, who ran the top-secret
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Coetzee, who fled South Africa in 1989 and pledged allegiance to the ANC, returned in 1993 and was a witness at the trial of former police Col. Eugene de Kock, the highest-ranking police official convicted of crimes during apartheid. “I would say Coetzee was motivated by self-preservation,” said Jacques Pauw, author of two books on apartheid-era killers and death squads who interviewed Coetzee many times. “Everyone knew apartheid couldn’t go on, there were already rumbles about police death squads, so Coetzee knew that if he became the first to confess, he would not go to jail.” Pauw said Vlakplaas operatives took some victims to a riverside farm on the border with Mozambique. “On the banks of the river, they were shot, died and their remains were burned on piles of worn tires,” Pauw said. “For six or eight hours, while the bodies were being cremated, the police would be having their own barbecue and drinking brandy and rum.” In testimony to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Coetzee confessed to plotting the 1981 murder of attorney Griffiths Mxenge, who was stabbed numerous times and struck on the head with a wheel spanner. In granting amnesty for Mxenge’s killing, the commission concluded that Coetzee and two accomplices “considered this to be an act performed as part of their duties as policemen on the instructions of senior officers who would undoubtedly have satisfied themselves as to the necessity for it.” It also noted that Coetzee had since acknowledged his actions to be “unjustifiable.” Dr. Anthea Jeffery, head of special research at the South African Institute of Race Relations, said there were discrepancies between Coetzee’s testimony about the murder of Mxenge and forensic evidence gathered after his death. In her book “People’s War,” Jeffery wrote that Coetzee hated the South African police after he was dismissed from the force in 1985, and saw “a great future for himself” in the ANC, which later provided financial aid to him.
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Schools to exhibit artwork TROY — The Hayner Center is pleased to host the Young Masters Art Exhibit, opening March 8 and running through April 28. This exhibit will showcase selected works completed by Troy students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The Hayner staff and the art teachers will be hosting a reception honoring students and their guests from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11. The Troy school orchestra, conducted by Stephanie Cunningham, will be performing at the reception. The public is invited to the reception. All artwork being displayed was completed during this school year and includes examples of drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture, ceramics and mixed medium. The schools participating in this exhibit include all the Troy City elementary schools, Troy Junior High, Troy High School, Troy Christian Elementary, Troy Christian High School and St. Patrick’s Elementary School.
Poems sought for competition TROY — The deadline for entries in the Hayner Center’s annual poetry competition is March 15. The poems will be judged in four categories: elementary (grades K-6), junior high (grades 7-8), high school and adults. There is a non-refundable entry fee of $5 per contestant. The competition is open to citizens of Miami County and bordering counties. Complete details of the competition are available at the Hayner and are also posted on the Hayner website at troyhayner.org. The center will kick off its 12th annual poetry series with an evening of original poetry read by Dr. David A. Petreman along with violin performances by his daughter Amalia Petreman, of the Stivers School for the Arts. The second reading in the Hayner Poetry Series will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 28 and feature poet laureate of the Olympic Garage, Gerry Grubbs.
ABOVE: The Troy Civic Theatre presents “Boeing Boeing,” a milehigh comedy that continues at 8 p.m. each night, today and Saturday, at the Barn In the Park in Troy. Here, Scott Atkinson portrays Robert, Steve Dietrich portrays Bernard and Jo Grandel portrays Gabrielle during a recent dress rehearsal. AT LEFT: The Troy Civic Theatre presents “Boeing Boeing,” a production in which a Parisian architect juggles three fiancees — all flight attendants from different parts of the world. Bernard’s womanizing ways get tested when his childhood friend Robert shows up for a visit. Further complicating the situation are weather delays and faster airplane technology, meaning Bernard must work harder to coordinate the schedules of all three women. Reluctantly helping him is his hilarious housekeeper Berthe. Here, Jessica Suba portrays Berthe and Steve Dietrich portrays Bernard. Call 339-7700 to order tickets.
Antiques seminar slated TROY — As part of the Antiques Seminar Series, the Hayner Center will present, “My Belongings in the 21st Century…Where Do I Go From Here?” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21. Many people have amassed antique treasures and historic collections only to find that their children have little interest in their historic preservation. This isn’t new and from his experience as an auctioneer and appraiser, lifelong Troy resident Jerry Stichter has some ideas to help collectors disperse the items that are important to them. Another program called “Decorating With Antiques” will be presented by David Fair at 7:30 p.m. April 25.
Miami County groups set for Clifton CLIFTON — Local bands Berachach Valley and Rum River Blend will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at Clifton Opera House, 5 S. Clay St., in Clifton. The show is dubbed “where the valley and river shall meet,” with bluegrass, folk, gospel and other music. For reservations or more information, call (937) 767-2343.
High schoolers to host show, dinner TROY — Newton High School drama club presents “Don’t Rush Me” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 15. A dinner theater night will be hosted at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, March 16, with doors open at 5:45. The show begins at 7 p.m. Call the high school office at 676-2002 for tickets and more information.
Music will provide unique sound TROY — At 7:30 p.m. March 16 at the Hayner Center, the Orchid Ensemble blends ancient instruments and traditions from China, ranging from traditional Chinese to contemporary; from World Music to New Music to creative improvisation. Contemporary and traditional pieces are performed on the marimba, the zheng and the erhu. Pushing the boundaries between the genres of classical, folk and ethnic traditions, the captivating compositions are truly inspired.
Brass quintet performance set TROY — The upcoming R.S. Paul Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. March 26 will feature the Wright State University Brass Quintet. The quintet includes Daniel Zehringer, first trumpet, Eric Knorr second trumpet, Jonas Thoms on horn, Dr. Gretchen McNamara on trombone and Thomas Lukowicz on tuba. The faculty brass quintet promise a rousing concert guaranteed to swing the winter from your head and inspire a brighter pace to your gait.
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TROY — The Hayner Center will continue its 12th annual poetry series with an evening of original poetry read by Gerry Grubbs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28. The poetry reading is free and open to the public. Grubbs has published several books of poetry, including “Palaces in the Night” and “The Girls in Bright Dresses Dancing.”
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Penny and the Loafers return BY BELINDA M. PASCHAL Staff Writer bpaschal@civitasmedia.com When guitarist Scott Ridenour took the stage with his former bandmate Penny Nimety, the fit was as comfortable as an old shoe. It had been five years since Nimety left the band once known as Penny and the Loafers, but her return to the microphone last year melted those years away. The group now played under a different name — The Drive — but the chemistry hadn’t changed. “Penny decided to come back when our lead singer Bob Comstock suffered several strokes in August of last year,” Ridenour said. “She stepped in for him and decided she wanted to sing again.” A Jan. 26 benefit for Comstock marked the unofficial reunion of Penny and the Loafers and drew more than 850 people to the Covington Eagles hall. “The turnout was incredible. We were very well-received,” Ridenour said. “Everyone kept saying we should change our
He had such a great voice and good range,” Ridenour said. “The changeover won’t be too drastic. We do a lot of the same songs we did as The Drive, but now we’re able to do more female artists and bluesbased songs.” In addition to praising Nimety’s vocal prowess, Ridenour remarked that her finesse as a frontwoman brings a certain pizazz to the band’s performances. “Penny certainPROVIDED PHOTO ly has a stage presence From left, members of Penny and the Loafers and an energy. She has a include Jeff Davis, John Stockstill, Penny Nimety, spark. People just gravitate toward her,” he said. Scott Ridenour and Jim Cook. “She has a rapport with weddings, along with stan- people that frankly, we name back to Penny and dard bar and club gigs,” the Loafers.” He declined didn’t have as The Drive. Ridenour said. to disclose the amount of There’s an art to that and The Drive is known for she possesses it.” money raised, simply sayits renditions of songs ing, “We did very, very Besides Ridenour and including The well.” Nimety, Penny and the Penny and the Loafers’ Temptations’ “My Girl,” Loafers’ lineup includes official reunion gig will be “What I Like About You” original member Jim Cook by The Romantics and at 9 p.m. March 16 at Z’s on drums, and newcomers Journey’s “Only the Food & Spirits, 319 N. Jeff Davis (keyboards, Young,” which showcased Wayne St. vocals) and John Stockstill Comstock’s soaring voice. Like The Drive, Penny (bass, vocals). and the Loafers is a cover Though Comstock’s Penny and the Loafers band specializing in classic absence is felt, Nimety’s can be booked to play correturn will broaden the rock and 80’s hits. “We porate and private events band’s repertoire to hope to incorporate some by calling Ridenour at include artists like Tina originals eventually, but (937) 773-9277. The band we primarily do covers and Turner, Stevie Nicks and is still using The Drive’s we target festivals, corpo- Etta James. website at www.thedrive“We really do miss Bob. live.com. rate events, parties and
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er over the past couple decades why not reinterpret a classic fairy tale? “Jack the Giant Slayer” is cheeky without being cutesy. While the look is medieval, the vibe seems more current, but it’s not so anachronistic as to be subversive along the lines of a “Shrek,” for example. It actually ends up being pleasingly old-fashioned. Shot in 3-D rather than one of those muddled 2-D re-dos the film looks crisp and clean, much more so than the trailers and ads might suggest. The action sequences are cut in an
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Wife must back you up when giving ultimatums Dear Annie: Two years ago, I married my best friend. I've been with her for 10 years. She has two teenage children from a previous marriage. When we all moved in together nine years ago, there were a few struggles, but I felt they were not unusual and we could overcome them. But now it's worse. I believe part of the problem is that my wife does not provide any structure in the children's lives. She would rather be a friend than a parent, and as a result, they do not respect either of us. My wife is defensive when it comes to criticism or suggestions about her kids. She always takes their side. Last week, my 17-year-old stepson asked for an expensive item. When he heard me say "no," he flipped out. He was full of rage, and it is obvious that he has pent-up anger toward me. I have raised this kid for half of his life and have provided for him when his own father wouldn't. I don't have the finances to provide luxury items, and while this has caused tension in the past, I don't deserve to be spoken to that way and said so. I gave him an ultimatum. I told him to say everything he needs to in order to clear the air, and after that, he will no longer be allowed in our home. He should live with his father. My wife has essentially told me that I'm the bad guy here. Am I wrong to believe in old-fashioned discipline? I fear that when I need her the most, my wife won't be by my side. I refuse to be treated like this, but I'm also scared of losing what I love the most. Is our marriage already over? — Trying To Be a Stepdad Dear Trying: We understand your frustration and agree that your wife should be dealing with this in a more effective manner. But you cannot give ultimatums to your wife's children unless she backs you up. You are overstepping your authority. If she is forced to choose between you and her children, you will lose. Teenagers have their own category of parenting requirements. Please check out the National Stepfamily Resource Center (stepfamilies.info) for information and suggestions. Dear Annie: Four friends and I recently spent two hours cleaning up another friend's apartment when she moved. We all came to the same conclusion: Get rid of your stuff! Please tell people to go through their closets once in a while and throw out or donate old clothes. How many purple tops do you need? How many gewgaws must you have in your collection? If they accumulate dust, you have too many. Take a picture of your teddy bears and dolls, and you'll have them forever. No one is going to care for these things when you can't do it any longer. May as well donate them now and let someone else enjoy them. — Four Good Friends Dear Friends: Clutter can get the best of anyone if they don't make the effort to clean out and organize now and then. It's nice to have friends who are willing to help. We hope your friend appreciates you. Dear Annie: "Incredulous on Cape Cod" said, "Aren't other people supposed to host housewarming parties?" You said, "Actually, no." You are wrong. The answer should be "Actually, yes." A housewarming party is hosted by someone else but at the new homeowners' home. This can be done as a surprise or prearranged. — Getting It Straight Dear Getting: Sorry, but you are incorrect. Here it is straight from Emily Post, beautifully phrased: "A housewarming party is hosted by the new homeowners to welcome friends and family to their new home, to give tours and receive compliments and to serve food and have friends help 'warm' their residence with their caring and affection." 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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Inside-out packaging helps reuse old boxes Dear Heloise: I have an idea that may help people when mailing packages. The great boxes you get through purchases (coffeepots, etc.) are free and relatively easy to turn inside out. If glued, use a knife and carefully open the seam. If put together by tabs and no glue, just reassemble using packing tape. The inside of the boxes are blank, so there are no advertisements or UPCs to block out. Just address and mail. No wrapping necessary. Hope this idea saves the purchase of mailing boxes. — Joan in Niles, Ohio
Hints from Heloise Columnist It will save money as well as help the environment with one or more uses before going into the recycle bin. — Heloise TRAVEL HINT Dear Readers: Traveling with kids can be a struggle, but coloring kits can keep most kids occupied for a while.
Paper, pencils and crayons are simple and fun; however, it’s no fun when a stray marker or pen slips between the seats. How about making a coloring kit that the kids can’t lose pieces of? You’ll need: • A small cookie sheet • Markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. (whichever you prefer) • A notebook or coloring book • Magnetic tape (you can find this at most homeimprovement or craft stores) • Instant glue • Scissors Cut a few pieces of magnetic tape, and glue one to each
crayon or marker. Cut a few larger strips to glue to the back of the notebook/coloring book. Attach to your cookie sheet, and voila! No matter how the kids set them in the tray, they will stay attached! — Heloise CARRY THE COUPONS Dear Heloise: I have a plastic zippered bag full of restaurant coupons that I keep in my purse. If my family decides to stop for lunch or dinner, I have them with me. No more saying “Oh, I forget it at home.” You also could leave the bag in your car if you don’t carry a purse. — Ashley in Illinois
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HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE For Saturday, March 9, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel surprisingly content about life today. You feel better about your future and better about your life in general. A positive attitude is a life-enhancing thing. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) At get-togethers with others today, don’t bite off more than you can chew. Although you’re enthusiastic in the company of others, it’s best to go slowly and carefully. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) When talking to authority figures today, don’t promise more than you can handle. (Your enthusiasm might tempt you to do this.) In turn, don’t agree to more than you can handle. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your optimism might cause you to go overboard when making travel plans today. Keep your feet on the ground. Don’t fall for a slick, smooth-talking salesperson. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Be careful if you’re dividing or sharing something today, because you might give away the farm. It’s noble to be generous, but there is such a thing as idiot compassion. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Discussions with partners and close friends are upbeat and friendly today. Everyone is in a good mood and eager to please one another. Enjoy! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your enthusiasm will encourage coworkers to endorse your plans today. Just make sure your ideas are realistic because you might attempt to do too much. Stay solid. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a wonderful day to schmooze and party with others. Sports events, theatrical events and playful times with children will please you. Romance will be lighthearted and fun. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a great day to entertain at home, because family events will be upbeat and enthusiastic. A jovial mood permeates everything. People are generous to each other (just don’t go overboard). CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be careful about overestimating something or promising more than you can deliver because you feel so optimistic. Nevertheless, positive thinking is a good thing. Enjoy discussions with siblings and relatives. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day for business and commerce. You might persuade others to endorse your ideas, which, in turn, could lead to increased earnings for you. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You’re extremely enthusiastic about something today. No doubt, this is why others want to be in your company. (Enthusiasm is so seductive!) YOU BORN TODAY You have a wonderful imagination. You can visualize places, things and strategies. You’re curious about life, and you love to learn. Socially, you hate phonies. (Because you’re intuitive and instinctual, you can spot one immediately.) You like stability, and yet you need to roam freely. In the year ahead, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end in order to create room for something new. Birthdate of: Juliette Binoche, actress; Mickey Spillane, author; Jean-Marc Vallee, film director. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Friday, March 8, the 67th day of 2013. There are 298 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 8, 1917, Russia’s “February Revolution” (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government. On this date: • In 1702, England’s Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III. • In 1854, U.S. Commodore
Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese. • In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily damaged the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Va. • In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines were brought in to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang. • In 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision in what was billed as “The Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden
in New York. • Five years ago: President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists. • Today’s Birthdays: Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 74. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 69. Actor-director Micky Dolenz is 68. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 60. Singer Gary Numan is 55. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 54. Actor Aidan Quinn is 54. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 37.
U.S. court charges al-Qaida spokesman WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle was charged Thursday with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as the terror network’s top propagandist who lauded the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and warned there would be more. Officials said Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was born in Kuwait and was bin Laden’s son-in-law, was captured in Jordan over the last week. He will appear Friday in U.S. federal court in New York, according to a Justice Department statement and indictment outlining the accusations against Abu Ghaith. “No amount of distance or time will weaken our resolve to bring America’s enemies to justice,” Attorney General Eric Holder said in the statement. “To violent extremists who threaten the American people and seek to undermine our way of life, this arrest sends an unmistakable message: There is no corner of the world where you can escape from justice because we will do everything in our power to hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” The case marks a legal victory for the Obama administration, which has long sought to charge senior al-Qaida suspects in American federal courts instead of holding them at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But it immediately sparked an outcry from Republicans in Congress who do not want high-threat terror suspects brought into the United States. “If this man, the spokesman of 9/11, isn’t an enemy combatant, who is?” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters. Abu Ghaith “should be going to Gitmo. He should be kept there and questioned.” The Justice Department said Abu Ghaith was the spokesman for al-Qaida, working alongside bin Laden and current leader Ayman al-Zawahri, since at least May 2001. Abu Ghaith is a former mosque preacher and teacher and urged followers
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accompanied by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill In Washington, Thursday, about the capture of Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith.
that month to swear allegiance to bin Laden, prosecutors said. The day after the 9/11 attacks, prosecutors say he appeared with bin Laden and al-Zawahri and called on the “nation of Islam” to battle against Jews, Christians and Americans. A “great army is gathering against you,” Abu Ghaith said on Sept. 12, 2001, according to prosecutors. Shortly afterward, Abu Ghaith warned in a speech that “the storms shall not stop especially the airplanes storm” and advised Muslims, children and al-Qaida allies to stay out of planes and high-rise buildings. In one video, he was sitting with bin Laden in front of a rock face in Afghanistan. Kuwait stripped him of his citizenship after 9/11. In 2002, under pressure as
the U.S. military and CIA searched for bin Laden, prosecutors said Abu Ghaith was smuggled into Iran from Afghanistan. Tom Lynch, a research fellow at the National Defense University in Washington, described Abu Ghaith as one of a small handful of senior alQaida leaders “capable of getting the old band back together and postured for a round of real serious international terror.” “His capture and extradition not only allows the U.S. to hold and perhaps try a reputed alQaida core survivor, further tarnishing the AQ core brand, but it also points to the dangers for those few remaining al-Qaida core refugees,” Lynch said. Abu Ghaith’s trial will mark one of the first prosecutions of senior al-Qaida leaders on U.S. soil. Charging foreign terror
suspects in American federal courts was a top pledge by President Barack Obama shortly after he took office in 2009 aimed, in part, to close Guantanamo Bay. Republicans have fought the White House to keep Guantanamo open. Several GOP lawmakers on Thursday said Abu Ghaith should be considered an enemy combatant and sent to Guantanamo, where he could be questioned more thoroughly than his lawyers likely will allow as a federal defendant on U.S. soil. Generally, Guantanamo detainees have fewer legal rights and due process than they would have in a court in America but could potentially yield more information to prevent future threats. Graham, the South Carolina
senator, accused the White House of sneaking Abu Ghaith into the U.S. to avoid any backlash from Congress. Since 9/11, 67 foreign terror suspects have been convicted in U.S. federal courts, according to watchdog group Human Rights First, which obtained the data from the Justice Department through a Freedom of Information Act request. By comparison, of the thousands of detainees who were swept up shortly after the terror attacks and held at Guantanamo Bay, only seven were convicted by military tribunals held at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba, the watchdog group said. The vast majority have been sent back overseas, either for rehabilitation or continued detention and prosecution. Exactly how the U.S. captured Abu Ghaith is still unclear. Rep. Peter King of New York, the former GOP chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, credited the CIA and FBI with catching al-Qaida propagandist Abu Ghaith in Jordan within the last week. A Jordanian security official confirmed that Abu Ghaith was handed over last week to U.S. law enforcement officials under both nations’ extradition treaty. He declined to disclose other details and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported that Abu Ghaith was caught on his way to Kuwait, shortly after leaving Turkey. The newspaper said that Abu Ghaith was taken into custody more than a month ago at a luxury hotel in in Ankara, the Turkish capital. But Turkish officials decided he had not committed any crime in Turkey and released him, the newspaper reported. In Ankara, Turkish officials refused to confirm Abu Ghaith’s deportation or his capture in Jordan to The Associated Press. U.S. intelligence officials in Washington and New York also declined to confirm details.
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TROY, 585 Willow Creek Way, Saturday, 10am-4pm. Moving sale! Washer/dryer, refrigerator, patio furniture, lawn equipment (leaf blower, edger), work benches, storage cabinets, Shop Vac, Nordic Track, Christmas decorations, crafts, whicker furniture, desktop computer, disc player.
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DRIVERS
RV Wholesalers is currently looking for Over The Road drivers to deliver RVs to customers. Drivers must have their own truck, DOT number, and Insurance policy along with a valid drivers license. We run all year long guaranteed to keep you working with competitive mileage rates.
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Osgood State Bank is accepting resumes from individuals for an Information Processing Manager. Five to fifteen years banking experience in a bank IT Department is required. Send resumes to: Human Resources Manager Osgood State Bank P. O. Box 69 Osgood, OH 45351-0069
GRILL COOKS
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Piqua, OH, 5 weeks Monday-Thursday, 3/124/12 9PM-6AM, $8.25 per hour, Must be physically fit to lift and reset, shelving and remerchandise product, www.rgis.com, retail merchandiser questions call (937)470-3046, EOE
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Donʼt miss this exciting career opportunity to join the team at Norcold, Inc., Americaʼs leading manufacturer of refrigerators for the RV, Marine and Truck industries. Norcold is recognized as a world leader in bringing bold product innovations to the recreational vehicle industry.
The successful candidate in this role will provide site Human Resource support to the Norcold, Inc. Sidney and Gettysburg, Ohio manufacturing operations.
Responsibilities include all facets of human resources with a focus on benefits, recruitment, training, employee relations, payroll and communications.
The ideal candidate will have an Undergraduate Degree in a related field of study, 4 to 6 years of progressive related experience in a manufacturing environment, proficiency in MS Office and prior experience utilizing a web based HRIS. We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(K) and many others.
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WATER/ WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST
The City of Tipp City Water & Wastewater Department will be accepting applications for one (1) Water/ Wastewater Maintenance Specialist.
Duties include: • light equipment operation, (Backhoe, Sewer Cleaner, Hydrovac), • pump maintenance and repair, • physical labor in the maintenance and repair of city property and facilities, assisting other City personnel when required.
The successful applicant will possess a Class B CDL, or obtain one within six months of hire. Knowledge of Water and Wastewater related systems is desirable, but not required. Work in inclement weather, on-call and non-traditional hours will be required. Excellent wage and benefits package with pay range from $14.67 to $18.49/ hour.
Resume and application to: City Manager's Office Tipp City Gov't Center 260 South Garber Dr Tipp City, Ohio 45371 by March 20, 2013 at 4:00pm. Tipp City is an equal opportunity employer.
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MPA Services provides Supported Living services to individuals with MRDD. We are accepting applications for employees to perform in home care in Miami, Shelby, Auglaize Co (FT 2nd and 3rd shift). You will assist with daily living skills, transportation, money management, medication supervision. Working in a fun atmosphere. We provide a consistent schedule, great pay/benefits 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 (567)890-7500
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Visiting Angels seeks experienced caregivers for in-home, private duty care. All shifts, preference for live-in, nights, and weekends. Always interested in meeting great caregivers! 419-501-2323. www.visitingangels.com/midwestohio
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Champaign Residential Services has part-time openings available in Miami, Shelby, Darke, and Preble Counties Various hours are available, including 2nd shift, weekends and overnights Paid training is provided Requirements: a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid drivers license, have less than 6 points on driving record, proof of insurance and an acceptable criminal background check
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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-710 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company vs. Charles E. Stern, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-010880 Prior Deed Reference: OR Book 70, Page 422 Also known as: 732 West Franklin Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Channing L. Ulbrich, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370448
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-489 Parktowne Owners Association vs. Cynthia A. Hillard, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Huber Heights, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: P48-000229 Also known as: 9619 Rose Petal Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Forty Seven Thousand and 00/100 ($147,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Magdalena E. Myers, Attorney 03/08 03/15, 03/22-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-464 U S Bank, NA vs. Rodney Maxson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-048300 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 785, Page 241 Also known as: 2945 North Montgomery County Line, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Thirty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($38,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Pamela A. Fehring, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370170
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-794 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Billy D. Comer, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the Township of Union, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L32-067128 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Book 560, Page 744, Official Records Vol. 281, Page 880 Also known as: 4265 South Kessler Frederick, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Ten Thousand and 00/100 ($110,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Dustin K. Looser, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370177
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-548 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Gerald V. Stanley, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Bethel, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: A01-087060 Also known as: 5165 South Rudy Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Two Hundred Five Thousand and 00/100 ($205,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Brian Duffy, Attorney 03/08 03/15, 03/22-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 08-970 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. vs. Earl Duane Johnston, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-042210 Also known as: 773 Bristol Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Fifteen Thousand and 00/100 ($115,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. C. Scott Casterline, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370152
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-803 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Marsha A. Windle, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Casstown, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: F11-000810 Also known as: 107 Lafayette Street, Casstown, Ohio 45312 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty Thousand and 00/100 ($50,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Wayne E. Ulbrich, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370181
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-803 PNC Bank, NA vs. Lisa M. Phillips, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-080310 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 782, Page 926 Also known as: 215 East Floral Acres Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 43571 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($129,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Julia E. Steelman, Attorney 03/08 03/15, 03/22-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-505 Bank of America, NA vs. Karen S. Hanson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-014470 Prior Deed Reference: General Warranty Deed, OR Book 108, Page 854, filed May 05, 2010 Also known as: 54 North Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Ninety Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($99,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370155
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-542 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. vs. Timothy A. Jacobs, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-035750 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Book 720, Page 92 & Deed Book 694, Page 757 Also known as: 1348 Sussex Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Two Thousand and 00/100 ($72,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Ryan F. Hemmerle, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370165
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-460 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Mike A. Reindel, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-082720 Also known as: 7511 Winding Way, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Eighty Three Thousand and 00/100 ($183,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Angela D. Kirk, Attorney 03/08 03/15, 03/22-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-581 U S Bank, NA vs. Gary Waddle, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-097600 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 005, Page 197, Instrument No. 2009OR-00956, Recorded January 26, 2009 Also known as: 706 North Market Street, Apt. A, Troy, Ohio 45373-1479 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-402 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Travis R. Gulker, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-038300 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 792, Page 520 on February 26, 2008 Also known as: 795 East Staunton Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and 00/100 ($79,900.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-561 U S Bank, NA vs. Robert Coppock, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-008620 Also known as: 104 Harrison Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Andrew C. Clark, Attorney 03/08 03/15, 03/22-2013
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-532 Bank of America, NA vs. Bryan E. Jessee, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-082202 Also known as: 5695 Bradley Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Eighty Thousand and 00/100 ($180,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Dustin K. Looser, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013
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PIQUA, Colonial Terrace Apartments. Water, sewer, trash, hot water, refrigerator, range included. 2 bedroom: $480, 1 bedroom: $450. W/D on site. Pets welcome. No application fee. 6 or 12 month lease. (937)773-1952
TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 monthly. $200 Deposit Special! (937)673-1821
TROY, 561 Stonyridge, 2 bedroom, stove, refrigerator, NO PETS. $450 month, $450 deposit. Credit check required, Metro approved, (937)418-8912. UPSTAIRS DUPLEX, 1 br $500 / mo + dp, Casstown 937-335-6518
WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $485 monthly, (937)216-4233
WESTGATE VILLA, Piqua Senior Apt, Very wellmaintained, 1-bedroom, walk-in closet, large Living room. Owner pays all utilities except electric, private parking. $ 4 7 6 / m o n t h , (937)214-2445
WOODGATE APARTMENTS, 1433 Covington, 1 bedroom, very quiet. $406 monthly, Special $299 deposit if qualified, (937)773-3530, (937)418-9408 Call 9am-5pm
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2 BEDROOM, Piqua, fenced yard, $595, available 3/1, (937)778-9303 days, (937)604-5417 evenings. 919 BROADWAY, Piqua. Half double home, newly updated, $445, (937)573-6917
TIPP CITY ranch double. 1400sqft. 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, 2 car. Private. $950 plus deposit. (937)623-2103 TROY, 317 Mumford. 2 bedroom brick ranch, 1.5 bath, garage, NO PETS. $650/ month. (937)335-4301 TROY, 1142 Lee Road, 3 bedrooms, garage with extra storage. $800 month + deposit. (937)552-9644.
TROY, updated 2 bedroom ranch in Westbrook, 1 year lease, possible land contract, $815 (937)308-0679
400 - Real Estate For Sale 405 Acreage and Lots
FOR SALE (4) ESTATE LOTS 10.4 acres to 11.8 acres $105,900 - $129,900. NW corner of Greenlee & Fenner Road. (937)335-2325, (937)604-3103
500 - Merchandise
525 Computer/Electric/Office
TOSHIBA LAPTOP, Windows 7, Norton virus security, needs battery, 2 years old, $99 (937)846-1276
545 Firewood/Fuel
FIREWOOD, $125 a cord pick up, $150 a cord delivered, $175 a cord delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237 HARDWOOD, Seasoned hardwood for sale. $125 a cord. Will deliver. (937)301-7237
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BEDROOM SUIT, California king with 2 large dressers, $700 OBO; large wooden computer center, $300 OBO, downsizing must sell (937)214-0093
570 Lawn and Garden
FOR SALE Miami County Lawn and Landscape Company. 300 customer base, serious calls only (937)409-4562
575 Live Stock 4-H/FFA LAMBS FOR SALE
Hampshire Suffolk Cross. McLaughlin/Griffin and Rule Breeding. Royal White Cross Ewes. Call (937)620-6061.
577 Miscellaneous
CEMETERY PLOTS (2) with vaults, Miami Memorial Park, Garden of Prayer, Covington, Ohio. Asking $1400 (937)667-6406 leave message
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CRIB, changing table, pack-n-play, doorway swing, walker, gate, high chair, booster chair, travel bassinet, tub, clothes, blankets, snuggli, more (937)339-4233
EASTER BUNNIES, Dolls, Cabbage Patch, Real Babies, Bratz, Barbies, Collectible dolls, Boyd, Care Bears, Ty buddies, Beanies, Videos, More, (937)339-4233 GAS HEATER, Natural Gas heater, 18,000 BTU, used 1 time, good for use in garage or workshop, $125, (937)335-7826
JUKE BOXES, 45 rpm and CD players (937)606-0248
577 Miscellaneous
MOVING SALE, Winco, portable generator, 5hp, 2500 watts, $300; electric lawn sprayer, pull behind, $50; oval wood dining room table, 3 boards, $115; 2 green upholstered office chairs, $50 (937)698-4758
WALKER, seated walker, wheelchair, Tub shower/ transfer benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grab bars, canes, Mickey phone, More, (937)339-4233
583 Pets and Supplies
BERNICE & Black Lab 6 puppies, ready to go, $50. (937)448-0522
YORKIE-POO PUPS, two females left, will be ready March 14th. Will have first shorts. Taking deposits now. $250 (419)582-4211.
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1995 CHEVY Silverado. 146,000 miles. 1 owner. Asking $3500. Make offer. (937)418-6074
2002 CHEVY Impala. Excellent condition. Very clean! 80,000 miles, $4400. (937)238-9037
2009 HONDA Civic, dark blue with grey interior, 39,700 miles. 4 cylinder, auto, 2 door, non smoking, perfect condition $13,500. (937)875-1615.
WANTED! Swap Meet vendors. March 16th, 17th 2013, Shelby County Fair Grounds, Sidney, Ohio. For more information call 1-888-557-3235
810 Auto Parts & Accessories
TIRES, Goodyear, (4), Eagle GT II P285/50R20. Worth $800, sell for $400. 2 350 Engines. 1922, 1978, $350 each. (937)622-1300
830 Boats/Motor/Equipment
805 Auto
1988 CHEVROLET van, G-20 custom conversion, green, 60K miles, stored inside, excellent condition, one owner, moving must see, $5950 (937)698-4758
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JON BOAT, 1966 Dura Craft aluminum Jon boat 14.5', 2 swivel seats,1975 Mercury 7.5 Horse power, with Trailer, $1250, (937)441-4424
16 foot. 40 horse electric start Evinrude motor. 40lb thrust Bow Mount trolling motor & trailer all in very good condition. $4000. (937)638-9090
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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-142 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Steve G. Miller, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-082300 Also known as: 6730 Roberta Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Sixty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($165,000.00,) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Matthew Murtland, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-790 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. Emily K. Sweitzer, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-027070 Also known as: 301 Troy Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Angela D. Kirk, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2367862
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1996 SYLVAN PRO SELECT 17 foot with 90 horse Johnson with troll plate & rod holders for trolling and 55lb thrust Minnkota trolling motor (new last year). New tires on trailer last spring. $7500. (937)638-1089
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39000 miles, new tires, bed liner, remote start, $8500, excellent condition (937)667-9859
850 Motorcycles/Mopeds
2004 HARLEY Davidson, FXDL DYNA Low, luxury blue, 2612 miles, alarm system, saddle bags with windshield, very nice condition, $9,000 (937)726-1353 after 3pm
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1993 CHEVY Silverado, Runs good, like new tires, $1100 obo, (937)718-2785
2000 CHEVY Silverado, gray/ burgundy with gray interior, 83,500 miles. Rear, V8, gas, auto, good condition, runs good, has topper and 4 spare tires, $6200 OBO, ( 9 3 7 ) 7 7 3 - 0 5 0 4 jbrown590488@att.net.
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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-057 CitiMortgage, Inc. vs. Jessica A. Grice, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-020260 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 785, Page 696 Also known as: 147 West Market Street, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.0) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Channing L. Ulbrich, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2368028
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The Miami County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on March 19, 2013, at 9:15 a.m. in the Commissionerʼs Hearing Room, 201 West Main Street, Safety Building, Troy, Ohio for a zoning map amendment, filed by:
Trafalgar Inc., Mark Geisinger, 1619 Monroe Concord Road, Troy, Ohio as per Amendment #1658-12-12, request to rezone a 50 acre tract from A-2, General Agriculture District, to R-1AA, Single Family Residential. For the following tract of land: being a 50 acre tract located at 1619 Monroe Concord Road, Section 5, Town 4, Range 6, Concord Township.
The above application and related information are on file and available for examination between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Miami County Department of Development Office, 510 W. Water Street, Suite 120, Troy, Ohio. Should you have any questions, their office can be reached at (937) 440-8121. Richard Cultice Miami County Commissioners By: Leigh Williams, Clerk
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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-669 Beneficial Financial I Inc. vs. Linda M. Lacey, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-051890 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 672, Page 927 Also known as: 969 Skylark Drive, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($78,500.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Matthew I. McKelvey, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2367860
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-827 Bank of America, NA vs. Joseph B. Borger, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-058690 Also known as: 2516 Aberdeen Court, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Eighty Thousand and 00/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. George J. Annos, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370148
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-822 Chase Home Finance LLC vs. Melissa K. Johnson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-022300 Prior Deed Reference: Book 894, Page 79 Also known as: 149 North Street, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Twenty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($28,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Sara M. Petersmann, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2368026
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Miami County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on March 19, 2013, at 9:15 a.m. in the Commissionerʼs Hearing Room, 201 West Main Street, Safety Building, Troy, Ohio for a zoning map amendment, filed by:
Schindler Ventures LLC, 1010 Evanston Road, Tipp City, OH 45371 as per Amendment #1659-01-13. To: rezone a 4.5388 acre tract from A-2, General Agriculture to R1AAA, Single Family Residential. For the following tracts of land: being a 7.204 acre tract located at 1010 Evanston Road, Tipp City, Ohio, Section 29, Town 4, Range 6 of Monroe Township.
The above application and related information are on file and available for examination between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Miami County Department of Development Office, 510 W. Water Street, Suite 120, Troy, Ohio. Should you have any questions, their office can be reached at (937) 440-8121. Richard Cultice Miami County Commissioners
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2000 FORD F350 Super Duty, red, with tan leather interior, 76,000 miles. DRW, 7.3 liter, diesel, auto, Rhino liner, 5th wheel hitch, 5th wheel gate $15,000, (937)475-5191 dbercot58@gmail.com.
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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-804 JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA vs. William L. Edington, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of Pleasant Hill, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: I26-001170 Prior Deed Reference: Book No. 692, Page 438 Also known as: 10 High Street, Pleasant Hill, Ohio 45359 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Forty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($48,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Tyler G. Shank, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2368030
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 10-543 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Henry and Betty S. Carpenter, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-045650 Also known as: 109 Vincent Avenue, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Thousand and 00/100 ($70,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Matthew Murtland, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2368035
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-343 U S Bank, NA vs. Rafael Echevarria Alvarado, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-054852 Also known as: 621 Shaftsbury Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($137,500.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Erin M. Laurito, Attorney 02/22, 03/01, 03/08-2013 2367864
SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-518 Green Tree Servicing, LLC vs. Jeffrey S. Patterson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 3, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Monroe, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G12-081233 Also known as: 5587 Troy Frederick Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($129,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. George J. Annos, Attorney 03/01, 03/08, 03/15-2013 2370146
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Miami County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on March 19, 2013, at 9:15 a.m. in the Commissionerʼs Hearing Room, 201 West Main Street, Safety Building, Troy, Ohio for a zoning map amendment, filed by:
Ronald McConnaughey, 9829 County Road 25A, Piqua, OH 45356 as per Amendment #1661-01-13. To: rezone an 8.482 acre tract from A-1, Domestic Agriculture to A-2 General Agriculture and a 3.35 acre tract from R-1AAA, Single Family Residential to A-2, General Agriculture. For the following tracts of land: being an 8.482 acre tract located at 9829 County Road 25-A and a 3.35 acre tract located at 9799 County Road 25-A, Piqua, Ohio, Section 14, Town 1, Range 12 of Springcreek Township. The above application and related information are on file and available for examination between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Miami County Department of Development Office, 510 W. Water Street, Suite 120, Troy, Ohio. Should you have any questions, their office can be reached at (937) 440-8121. Richard Cultice Miami County Commissioners By: Leigh Williams, Clerk
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• HOCKEY: Registration will take place from until today for the Troy Recreation Department’s Youth Introduction to Hockey Program held at Hobart Arena. The program is for children ages 5-10 and will begin Monday. Registration forms can be found at Hobart Arena or online at http://hobartarena.com/registration_ho bart_arena.html. For more information, please call the Recreation Department at 339-5145. • COACHING SEARCH: Tippecanoe High School is seeking to fill the position of head varsity volleyball coach. A letter of interest, resume and support material may be submitted to Matt Shomper, Athletic Director, 615 E. Kessler-Cowlesville Road, Tipp City, OH 45371. Phone: (937) 6696364, Fax: (937) 667-0912, email: mshomper@tippcity.k12.oh.us. The application deadline is noon Friday. • BASEBALL: Troy Post 43 American Legion baseball is conducting its annual Easter Butter Braids Sale. Orders are being accepted now through Sunday. Orders may be made by calling Connie or coach Frosty Brown at (937) 339-4383 or (937) 4747344. The braids will be available for pickup March 20. • SOCCER: Registration will take place from now until March 16 for the Troy Recreation Department’s Youth Indoor Soccer Program held at Hobart Arena. The program is for ages 4-8 and will begin the week of April 8. Register online now at http://activenet.active.com/troyrecdept. For more information, please call the Recreation Department at 339-5145. • HALL OF FAME: The Trojan Athletics Hall of Fame is still accepting nominations for its 2013 inaugural class. Induction will be held in the fall. Entrance to the selection process is through public nomination. The deadline for nominations is April 1. Nomination forms are available at all home events or at the athletics office at Troy High School. • BASEBALL: A tryout will be held Sunday at the Troy High School Auxilary gym for any 10-year-old baseball player currently signed up to play Troy Junior Baseball. The tryout is from 6:15-8 p.m. and is for any player interested in participating for the All-Star tournament team. For more information, call Mark Evilsizor at (937) 8750785. • VOLLEYBALL: Troy High School volleyball coach Michelle Owen is offering a spring youth volleyball league. The league is available for girls in grades 3-6, and is open to students from any school. The league runs for seven weeks on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the first date being March 20. Forms are available in the Troy High School athletic office or by contacting Owen at owenm@troy.k12.oh.us. Cost is $70 by Wednesday or $80 after Wednesday. For any questions or concerns, contact Owen. • BASEBALL: The Troy High School baseball team is holding a meet the team all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings in Troy. Food items include pancakes, sausage, orange juice and coffee. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. The cost is $8 a ticket.
Hamlin fined $25K for criticizing car
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At 16 wins, Heat remain unimpressed LeBron James drove to the rim and scored on Miami’s final play, winning a game in memorable fashion and preserving the Heat’s winning streak that has lasted for five weeks. Still, the Heat are not impressed by, well, themselves these days. See Page 16.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Denny Hamlin was fined $25,000 by NASCAR on Thursday for criticizing the new Gen-6 race car after last week’s race at Phoenix, and the furious driver said he won’t pay. Hamlin compared the new race car unfavorably to last year’s car after his third-place finish, angering NASCAR officials who are concerned about the Gen-6 car’s public perception. Although Hamlin’s
brief comments were barely noticed last weekend, NASCAR leveled a significant fine against him before Thursday’s open test of the new car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “Ultimately, I’m not OK with it,” Hamlin said outside his hauler after the morning test. “This is the most upset and angry I’ve been in a really, really long time about anything that relates to NASCAR. “The truth is what the truth is,
and I don’t believe in this,” Hamlin added. “I’m never going to believe in it. And so as far as I’m concerned, I’m not going to pay the fine. If they suspend me, they suspend me at this point.” Hamlin might not have a choice: According to NASCAR rules, unpaid fines may be deducted from a driver’s purse or point fund earnings. NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said
Hamlin is allowed to appeal his fine, and NASCAR apparently isn’t in a rush to collect it. Section 12 of the NASCAR rule book states fines must be paid “promptly,” but gives no specific time frame, and says unpaid fines “may result in suspension.” “We give them quite a bit of latitude, but you can’t slam the racing,” Pemberton said. “You can’t slam the product. That’s where it crosses a line.”
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Tiger Woods reacts to his shot on the third fairway during the first round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament Thursday in Doral, Fla.
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Miami East’s Angiel Mack (far left) and Ashley Current (32) battle for a rebound during a Division III regional semifinal game against Anna Thursday at Springfield High School.
Vikings ousted Anna wins 62-52 in regional semi BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com Even without a 19-0 deficit, the Miami East Vikings still found themselves playing from behind. And against a team like perennial powerhouse Anna, that’s not a good place to be. The Rockets took control with a seven-point run to start the second quarter in Thursday night’s Division III regional semifinal at Springfield High School, and though the Vikings fought hard, they couldn’t regain the edge in a 62-52 loss.
SPRINGFIELD “We battled back. We’ve got a group of disappointed kids that battled and battled for 32 minutes. There’s not much more you can ask as a coach than that,” Miami East coach Preston Elifritz said. And while Anna (23-4) moves on to face Madison, a 67-58 winner over Fayetteville-Perry in the other semifinal, Miami East’s season ends at 25-2 — with both of those losses coming at the hands of the Rockets. In fact, the Vikings’ last three losses have all been to Anna. The Rockets Miami East’s Abby Cash (40) grapples with an Anna player for
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Tiger in lead at Cadillac DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was on his game, and so were most of the world best golfers Thursday in the Cadillac Championship. Except for the world’s No. 1 player. Woods made nine birdies on the Blue Monster at Doral for a 6-under 66 that put him in a fiveway share of the lead with Masters champion Bubba Watson, former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, Sergio Garcia and Freddie Jacobson. This World Golf Championship lived up to its name with Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan among those one shot behind. But it was another rough day for Rory McIlroy. He hit only three fairways and made six bogeys that kept him at par or worse on a perfect day for scoring. Despite making a 15-foot eagle putt on the par-5 first hole, and lacing a 5-iron over the water for another eagle attempt on the par-5 eighth that narrowly missed, the best he could manage was a 73. McIlroy has yet to break par this year. “It was a bit of a struggle, to be honest,” McIlroy said to Sky Sports. “Hit some good shots. Hit some not-so-good shots. As I’ve been saying all week, this is a work in progress and I’m working at it and I’m staying patient.” He declined to speak to reporters, grabbing a quick lunch and smiling at screaming fans who wanted his autograph as he headed to the practice range. McIlroy played alongside
a loose ball during a Division III regional semifinal game Thursday at Springfield High School.
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■ National Hockey League
Calvert lifts Blue Jackets to OT win COLUMBUS (AP) — Matt Calvert carried the puck almost from end to end, twice avoiding opposing players, before skating to the slot and scoring on a rising wrist shot to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Calvert took a pass from Fedor Tyutin deep in the defensive zone and chipped the puck along the right boards while
twice fighting off defenders. He then went unimpeded to the right hash before whipping the puck high over the glove side of goalie Cory Schneider. Sergei Bobrovsky had 34 saves and R.J. Umberger also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have points in their last five games and have won three in a row both season highs. Henrik Sedin tied the game early in the third period for
Vancouver. Schneider finished with 25 saves. Bobrovsky was brilliant all night, covering up for several giveaways by his teammates. Down 1-0 going into the third period, the Canucks, who lead the Northwest Division but are just 1-3-2 in their last six games, evened things after just over a minute had elapsed. Dan Hamhuis’ pass from the left wing appeared to hit a cou-
ple of players before it bounced to the right doorstep, where Sedin was waiting. He lifted the puck above a sprawling Bobrovsky for his fifth goal of the season, extending his points streak to six games. Sedin has three goals and five assists during the streak. The Blue Jackets had two power plays in the period, but an ugly turnover on the second almost cost them the game.
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Golf ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Woods and Luke Donald Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the world and while this essentially is a home game for Woods having won three times at Doral, the occasional shouts of “You’re the real No. 1, Tiger” rang true. Coming off a pedestrian performance a week ago at the Honda Classic, Woods looked sharp in most aspects of his game, except for a few lapses with his chipping. He wasted two early birdies with a three-putt bogey on the 13th hole and a delicate flop shot that he flubbed on the 14th, leading to another bogey. His chip up the slope
on the third didn’t reach the green for another bogey. That’s all that was wrong. He holed two long birdie putts, including a sliding, slippery putt from about 40 feet on the par-3 fourth hole, and missed four reasonable chances inside 15 feet. His final birdie was on the par-5 eighth, when he had to lay up from a fairway bunker and hit a wedge that stopped 2 feet from the hole. “It was certainly a day that could have been a little lower,” said Woods, who was selected for random drug testing after his round. Just about everyone could say that in these conditions. Garcia and McDowell were
in the same group. Not only did they have bogey-free rounds, both birdied the same four holes. Jacobson made two eagles in a span of three holes, both times hitting a 5-wood onto the green to just over 12 feet. Watson played in the group with Mickelson and Stricker, and they were a collective 16-under par. Stricker had a chance to tie for the lead except he missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole. Mickelson, as usual, kept it entertaining. He pulled his tee shot on the 17th hole and his ball stopped rolling after it traveled some 450 yards. He purposely took a free drop on
the cart path to avoid the rough, and chipped that to about 5 feet for birdie. “You hit the ball in as much trouble as I do off the tee, you learn to hit those kinds of shots and have enough practice at it,” he said. “I knew what was going to happen.” Woods atop the leaderboard is enough to create enough buzz to drown out the jetliners over Doral as they approach Miami International Airport. On this day, there was just as much curiosity about the 23year-old McIlroy and the state of his game, not to mention what’s going on inside his head.
■ National Basketball Association
Heat still streaking At 16 wins, Miami remains unimpressed MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James drove to the rim and scored on Miami’s final play, winning a game in memorable fashion and preserving the Heat’s winning streak that has lasted for five weeks. Still, the Heat are not impressed by, well, themselves these days. For Miami, 16 playoff wins are the goal not a 16game winning streak during the regular season. To the Heat, the regular season is an 82-game tuneup for the challenges that await in April, May and they hope, June when they’ll try to win the 16 postseason games needed to successfully defend their NBA championship. And that’s why even buzzerbeating wins aren’t sending the Heat locker room into a celebratory frenzy right now. “We’re enjoying it,” Heat forward Shane Battier said, “but we have bigger goals.” James scored with 3.2 seconds left on Wednesday night, lifting Miami to a 97-96 win over the Orlando Magic. Miami’s 16th straight victory gave the Heat a 7-game lead over the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference standings, an 11-game cushion over the Atlanta Hawks in the Southeast Division and put the reigning champions in line to clinch their playoff spot on Friday in just the 60th game of the season. Miami plays at home against Philadelphia on Friday, and a win would match the 12th-longest winning streak in NBA history. No, the Heat don’t care much about that, either. “It really doesn’t affect us,” Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. “In a sense, we want to win, and we want to win every game we play. The day it comes where our streak gets broken we move on to the next game. Obviously, it is great, when you look back at it one day and say ‘Oh, we won that many games in a row.’ But right now, we are just playing.” Not just playing playing better than any team in
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Miami Heat’s LeBron James, right, drives against Orlando Magic’s DeQuan Jones during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Wednesday in Miami. Heat history, at least statistically. The previous franchise record for a winning streak was 14 games. During this 16-game run, there have been blowouts, doubleovertime thrillers and now buzzer-beating victories. Miami has outscored opponents by an average of 11.5 points per game during the streak, and James and Wade have been nothing short of brilliant throughout the run. By the numbers, since Feb. 3: James is averaging 28.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists on 61 percent shooting. Wade is averaging 24.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists, with a NBAleading plus-minus ratio of 203 along the way as well. “I haven’t brought it up,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, when asked about the streak. “What
we’re trying to do is get better.” If someone knows that long winning streaks during the season mean little when the stakes are highest, it’s Battier. At Duke, he was on a team that won 32 straight games in one season, and with the Houston Rockets he was part of an epic 22-game winning streak in 2008. Neither the Blue Devils nor the Rockets won championships in those years. “It’s hard to win one game in this league, which people don’t realize,” Battier said. “The amount of preparation, the amount of time you have to study your opponent. Even for the most talented team, so much has to go right for you to win one game.” The 22-game streak in Houston was one that Battier will forever savor because that Rockets team was just not expected to be
great. And for more than a month, they were beyond great. “It was one of the best times in my basketball career because it was so bizarre,” Battier said. “We came out of nowhere. It was a team that was a pretty good team, a playoff team. We weren’t contenders and we just kept winning. … It was a perfect storm.” Of course, the expectations in Miami are just a tad higher than what those Rockets faced. Still, there is a residual benefit from being tested in the regular season, especially when a game is on the line in the final seconds. And the pressure of that moment against the Magic, the pressure if any exists of the winning streak, it wasn’t enough to thwart the Heat on Wednesday.
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In this Sept, 19, 2011 file photo, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera acknowledges the cheers of the crowd after recording his 602nd career save, after the Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Yankees’ Rivera plans to retire after season NEW YORK (AP) — The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career. The New York Yankees’ reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the 2013 season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official statement. A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees’ spring training complex in Tampa, Fla. The 43-year-old closer is baseball’s saves leader with 608. He is regarded as one of the best clutch pitchers in history, posting a record 42 postseason saves with an 0.70 ERA while helping the Yankees win five World Series championships. “Greatest closer of all time. No question in my mind,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “I’ve had the thrill of catching him. I was there when he really burst onto the scene as a dominant setup man and then to see what he did as a closer has been a thrill for me.” “It’s really hard to imagine that anyone could do the job he did,” he said. “At
times it seemed like it wasn’t fair. That’s how good Mo was. He was so dominant.” Rivera missed most of last season after he tore a ligament in his right knee while catching fly balls during batting practice. The right-hander was hurt May 3 and had surgery the next month. Rivera returned home to Panama this week for a personal matter, and was expected to rejoin the team Saturday. There was a good chance Rivera would pitch in an exhibition game for the first time this spring later that day. The 12-time All-Star typically goes at his own pace in camp, fine-tuning his dreaded cut fastball in the bullpen and in simulated games. “You only need one finger with him, so if I get four cut off we are still good to go,” Yankees catcher Chris Stewart said. “Having a guy out there who knows where he’s going to throw it every single time you can’t ask for better than that. And then to have a guy with one of the best pitches in the game it makes my job easy. If you have the lead after eight, there’s a pretty good chance you are going to get a win,” he said.
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Irving’s knee a concern for Cavs CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers won’t risk losing Kyrie Irving for any more games. On Thursday, Cleveland coach Byron Scott said he will consider shutting down his AllStar point guard, who recently missed three games with a hyperextended right knee and said after Wednesday’s comeback win over Utah that the injury was still bothering him. “If Ky is hurting, I have no problem sitting him down,” Scott said. Playing his second straight game after resting for a week, Irving scored 20 points with 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Cavs overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter and
beat the Jazz 104-101. Irving scored 11 points in the final 4:21, but after the game said his knee still wasn’t 100 percent. “The only way I would get better is if I sit out for the rest of the season, and I’m not doing that,” Irving said. The comment surprised Scott, who said he will talk to Irving and trainer Max Benton before any decisions are made. “If there is any way of doing more damage by continuing to play, then I’ll find that out and we’ll go from there,” Scott said. “I want him (Irving) to go out there and play and be effective for us,” Scott said. “I don’t want him playing at 100 percent.”
■ College Basketball
Miami has one more chance to clinch ACC outright CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Hurricanes’ finale in the Atlantic Coast Conference race will determine whether their late-season losses are remembered as a mere stumble or an epic collapse. That sounds like a lot of pressure. “We just want to try to keep it as another game,” senior Kenny Kadji said Thursday. “It’s going to be an emotionally tense moment,” senior Julian Gamble conceded. “Wait a minute,” coach Jim Larranaga said. “I just think it’s college basket-
ball.” Larranaga wants to avoid making too much of the No. 6-ranked Hurricanes’ recent slump. After winning their first 13 league games, they’ve lost three of the past four, including consecutive defeats when they had a chance to clinch the ACC title outright. They still have one more shot when they play host to Clemson on Saturday afternoon. And they could back into the outright title if secondplace Duke loses Saturday night at North Carolina. Larranaga said the Hurricanes should be
thrilled with their situation. After all, he said, they’re already assured of at least a title share, and they’ve clinched the No. 1 seeding in the ACC tournament. “We have one game remaining,” he said. “If someone asked you before the conference race began, would you like to be a game up on Duke and two games up on North Carolina and sitting in first place with a home game to close out the regular season, I think everybody would say yes, that would be a fantastic year.” But the year’s not quite as fantastic lately. For two
games in a row, ACC champion T-shirts for the players have remained boxed. On Wednesday, Miami (23-6, 14-3) squandered a 13-point lead in the second half and lost to Georgia Tech 71-69 on a tip-in at the buzzer. “It’s bitter,” senior Trey McKinney Jones said, “but we have to have a short memory.” Clemson (13-16, 5-12) gave Miami a scare but lost 45-43 on Feb. 17. The Hurricanes won with defense that night, and a lot of other nights. But in their recent losses they’ve allowed 80, 79 and 71 points, with all three oppo-
nents shooting at least 52 percent. “Definitely it’s about our defense,” McKinney Jones said. “Early in the ACC, we locked down defensively. That was our forte. We have to get back to doing that. “Maybe we relaxed a little bit, which is not a good thing. These last few games have been eye-openers. We’re going to definitely take care of business the rest of the season.” Larranaga said opponents are wearing down the Hurricanes’ biggest players 6-11 Kadji, 6-10 Gamble and 6-10 Reggie Johnson by forcing them to
cover ball screens on the perimeter. “They’re making our big guys come away from the basket and play ball screens multiple times in a single possession,” Larranaga said. “You’re like an accordion you’re out and in and out and in. It’s very challenging.” Johnson’s play has declined during the slump. He has shot 4 for 19 over the past four games and committed three turnovers in 15 minutes against Tech. “He knows he’s capable of playing better than he has in recent games,” Larranaga said.
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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE L Pct W 11 1 .917 Kansas City Baltimore 8 2 .800 11 3 .786 Seattle Tampa Bay 9 4 .692 6 3 .667 Chicago 10 5 .667 Cleveland Houston 6 5 .545 7 6 .538 Boston Minnesota 7 6 .538 Detroit 6 6 .500 6 6 .500 Oakland Toronto 5 7 .417 4 7 .364 Texas 3 8 .273 Los Angeles New York 3 9 .250 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct 6 5 .545 Colorado 6 5 .545 St. Louis 6 6 .500 Atlanta 6 6 .500 Milwaukee Philadelphia 6 6 .500 7 7 .500 San Diego 5 5 .500 Washington Miami 4 5 .444 5 7 .417 Arizona Los Angeles 4 6 .400 4 6 .400 San Francisco New York 3 5 .375 Chicago 5 9 .357 4 8 .333 Pittsburgh Cincinnati 2 11 .154 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Thursday's Games St. Louis 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Minnesota (ss) 10, Philadelphia 6 Houston 4, Washington 2 Boston 12, Minnesota (ss) 5 Baltimore 11, Toronto 10 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 1 L.A. Angels 12, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 11, Texas 11, tie Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 3 Oakland 7, Seattle (ss) 3 Milwaukee 4, Arizona 3 Cleveland 6, San Francisco 4 Seattle (ss) 12, Kansas City 2 Detroit 9, Atlanta 2 Friday's Games Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Cincinnati (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Kansas City (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:10 p.m. World Baseball Classic Glance W L Pct GB x-Cuba 3 0 1.000 — x-Japan 2 1 .667 1 1 2 .333 2 China 0 3 .000 3 Brazil GROUP B W L Pct GB 2 1 .667 — x-Taiwan 2 1 .667 — x-Netherlands South Korea 2 1 .667 — Australia 0 3 .000 2½ GROUP C W L Pct GB Dominican Republic0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — Puerto Rico 0 0 .000 — Spain Venezuela 0 0 .000 — GROUP D W L Pct GB Italy 1 0 1.000 — Canada 0 0 .000 ½ United States 0 0 .000 ½ 0 1 .000 1 Mexico Thursday, March 7 At Scottsdale, Ariz. Italy 6, Mexico 5 Friday, March 8 At Scottsdale, Ariz. Canada vs. Italy, 2:30 p.m. At Phoenix Mexico vs. United States, 9 p.m. Saturday, March 9 At Phoenix Canada vs. Mexico, 2:30 p.m. United States vs. Italy, 9 p.m. Sunday, March 10 At Phoenix United States vs. Canada, 4 p.m. SECOND ROUND GROUP ONE At Tokyo Thursday, March 7 Japan vs. Taiwan, 10 p.m. Friday, March 8 Netherlands vs. Cuba, 5 a.m. Saturday, March 9 Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5 a.m. Sunday, March 10 Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 a.m. Monday, March 11 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 12 Game 5 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6 a.m. GROUP TWO At Miami Tuesday, March 12 Group D runner-up vs. Group C winner, 1 p.m. Group C runner-up vs. Group D winner, 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14 Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m. Friday, March 15 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16 Game 5 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 1 p.m. SEMIFINALS At San Francisco
Sunday, March 17 Group 2 runner-up vs. Group 1 winner, 9 p.m. Monday, March 18 Group 1 runner-up vs. Group 2 winner, 9 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP At San Francisco Tuesday, March 19 Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 23 15 8 0 30 81 67 New Jersey 23 10 8 5 25 56 65 N.Y. Rangers 21 11 8 2 24 55 53 Philadelphia 24 11 12 1 23 68 72 N.Y. Islanders 23 10 11 2 22 70 78 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 23 14 5 4 32 71 59 Boston 20 14 3 3 31 60 46 Toronto 24 15 9 0 30 73 61 Ottawa 24 12 8 4 28 56 49 24 9 13 2 20 63 77 Buffalo Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 22 13 8 1 27 67 62 Carolina Tampa Bay 23 10 12 1 21 81 73 Winnipeg 22 10 11 1 21 56 68 Florida 23 7 11 5 19 59 83 Washington 21 9 11 1 19 59 62 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 24 21 0 3 45 78 46 Detroit 23 11 8 4 26 63 60 St. Louis 22 11 9 2 24 64 67 23 9 9 5 23 47 59 Nashville Columbus 23 7 12 4 18 53 69 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 22 11 6 5 27 63 61 Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 52 56 Edmonton 22 8 9 5 21 54 62 Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 57 68 22 8 10 4 20 53 65 Colorado Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 21 15 3 3 33 75 60 Los Angeles 21 12 7 2 26 60 52 San Jose 21 11 6 4 26 50 46 22 11 8 3 25 67 63 Phoenix Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's Games Columbus 4, Edmonton 3, SO Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2 N.Y. Islanders 6, Montreal 3 Washington 4, Boston 3, OT Carolina 4, Buffalo 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2 Florida 4, Winnipeg 1 Detroit 2, Colorado 1 Chicago 5, Minnesota 3 San Jose 3, Vancouver 2, SO Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 4 Wednesday's Games Toronto 5, Ottawa 4 Chicago 3, Colorado 2 San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday's Games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L 37 21 .638 — New York Brooklyn 35 26 .574 3½ 33 27 .550 5 Boston Toronto 24 38 .387 15 Philadelphia 23 37 .383 15 Southeast Division Pct GB W L Miami 45 14 .763 — 34 26 .567 11½ Atlanta Washington 19 40 .322 26 Orlando 17 45 .274 29½ 13 48 .213 33 Charlotte Central Division W L Pct GB 38 23 .623 — Indiana Chicago 34 27 .557 4 Milwaukee 30 29 .508 7 Detroit 23 40 .365 16 Cleveland 21 40 .344 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 48 14 .774 — Memphis 40 19 .678 6½ Houston 33 29 .532 15 Dallas 27 33 .450 20 New Orleans 21 41 .339 27 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 44 16 .733 — Denver 40 22 .645 5 Utah 32 29 .525 12½ Portland 28 32 .467 16 Minnesota 21 37 .362 22 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 44 19 .698 — Golden State 35 27 .565 8½ L.A. Lakers 31 31 .500 12½ Phoenix 21 40 .344 22 Sacramento 21 42 .333 23 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 104, Utah 101 Brooklyn 99, Charlotte 78 Boston 83, Indiana 81 Atlanta 107, Philadelphia 96 New York 87, Detroit 77 Miami 97, Orlando 96 Memphis 91, Portland 85 Minnesota 87, Washington 82 L.A. Lakers 108, New Orleans 102 Dallas 112, Houston 108 Toronto 98, Phoenix 71 San Antonio 101, Chicago 83 Golden State 87, Sacramento 83 L.A. Clippers 117, Milwaukee 101 Thursday's Games Oklahoma City at New York, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m. Memphis at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 8 p.m.
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SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Sam's Town 300, at Las Vegas 3 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for KOBALT Tools 400, at Las Vegas 4:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Sam's Town 300, at Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for KOBALT Tools 400, at Las Vegas BASEBALL 5 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, teams TBD, at Tokyo 2:30 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Canada vs. Italy, at Phoenix 5:30 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Spain vs. Puerto Rico, at San Juan, Puerto Rico 9 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Mexico vs. United States, at Phoenix BOXING 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Junior welterweights, Victor Cayo (31-3-0) vs. Emmanuel Taylor (16-1-0), at Atlantic City, N.J. 11 p.m. SHO — Junior middleweights, Hugo Centeno (17-0-0) vs. Keandrae Leatherwoood (12-1-1), at Indio, Calif. COLLEGE WRESTLING 8 p.m. FSN — Oklahoma at Oklahoma St. CYCLING 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 5, Chateauneuf-du-Pape to Montagne de Lure, France (same-day tape) GOLF 2 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, second round, at Miami 6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, second round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Kent St. at Akron MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Maine at New Hampshire NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at Boston 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Houston at Golden State Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday's Games Brooklyn at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Utah at New York, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Washington, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Pts Prv ............................Record 1. Gonzaga (51) ......29-2 1,607 2 2. Indiana (7) ...........25-4 1,517 1 3. Duke (5)...............25-4 1,471 3 4. Kansas ................25-4 1,433 6 5. Georgetown (2) ...23-4 1,384 7 6. Miami...................23-5 1,245 5 7. Michigan ..............24-5 1,240 4 8. Louisville..............24-5 1,217 10 9. Kansas St............24-5 1,040 13 10. Michigan St. ......22-7 1,006 9 11. Florida ...............23-5 993 8 12. New Mexico.......25-4 950 14 13. Oklahoma St. ....22-6 833 15 14. Ohio St. .............21-7 763 16 15. Marquette ..........21-7 687 22 16. Saint Louis ........23-5 675 18 17. Syracuse ...........22-7 589 12 18. Arizona ..............23-6 394 11 19. Oregon ..............23-6 332 24 20. Pittsburgh ..........23-7 326 23 21. VCU ...................23-6 277 — 22. Wisconsin ..........20-9 217 17 23. UCLA.................22-7 196 — 24. Notre Dame.......22-7 164 21 25. Memphis............25-4 149 19 Others receiving votes: North Carolina 109, Louisiana Tech 103, Saint Mary's (Cal) 47, UNLV 43, California 33, Butler 26, Illinois 25, Minnesota 10, Creighton 7, Middle Tennessee 5, Akron 4, Missouri 4, Belmont 3, Colorado St. 1. USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through March 3, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: ............................Record Pts Pvs 1. Gonzaga (29) ......29-2 773 2 2. Indiana.................25-4 710 1 3. Kansas (1)...........25-4 707 5 4. Duke ....................25-4 668 3 5. Georgetown.........23-4 649 8 6. Louisville (1) ........24-5 614 9 7. Miami...................23-5 568 7 8. Michigan ..............24-5 566 4 9. Florida..................23-5 522 6 10. Kansas State.....24-5 494 13 11. New Mexico.......25-4 453 14 12. Michigan State ..22-7 430 10 13. Ohio State .........21-7 399 15 14. Oklahoma State 22-6 366 18 15. Saint Louis ........23-5 338 19 16. Syracuse ...........22-7 277 12 17. Marquette ..........21-7 253 22 18. Arizona ..............23-6 233 11 19. VCU ...................23-6 173 25 20. Memphis............25-4 172 17 21. Wisconsin ..........20-9 135 16 22. Pittsburgh ..........23-7 118 — 23. Saint Mary's ......26-5 84 23 24. Notre Dame.......22-7 73 20 25. Oregon ..............23-6 59 — Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 51, UCLA 42, Louisiana Tech 41, North Carolina 28, Butler 18, Creighton 10, UNLV 9, Oklahoma 7, San Diego State 7, Akron 6, Illinois 6, Colorado State 5, Belmont 4, Minnesota 3, California 2, Virginia 2. 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 March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
............................Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40)...........28-1 1,000 1 2. Notre Dame.........27-1 957 2 3. UConn .................27-2 916 3 4. Stanford...............28-2 881 4 5. California .............27-2 840 6 6. Duke ....................27-2 797 5 7. Kentucky..............25-4 742 10 8. Penn St................24-4 709 7 9. Tennessee ...........23-6 673 8 10. Maryland ...........23-6 622 9 11. Dayton ...............26-1 565 12 12. Georgia..............24-5 499 11 13. Louisville............23-6 490 16 14. UCLA.................23-6 484 17 15. North Carolina...26-5 436 15 16. Delaware ...........26-3 380 18 17. South Carolina ..23-6 376 14 18. Colorado............24-5 354 19 19. Texas A&M ........21-9 305 13 20. Green Bay .........24-2 223 21 21. Nebraska...........22-7 213 20 22. LSU .................19-10 122 — 93 24 23. Florida St...........21-8 70 22 24. Syracuse ...........22-6 64 — 25. Toledo ................26-2 Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 60, Purdue 38, Gonzaga 19, San Diego St. 13, Oklahoma St. 11, Texas Tech 11, Michigan St. 10, Vanderbilt 8, Chattanooga 3, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Charlotte 2, DePaul 2, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Miami 2, West Virginia 2. USA Today Women's Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Pts Pvs ............................Record 1. Baylor (29)...........29-1 773 1 2. Notre Dame (2) ...28-1 745 2 3. UConn .................27-3 709 3 4. Stanford...............28-2 683 5 5. California .............27-2 640 6 6. Duke ....................27-2 628 4 7. Kentucky..............25-4 568 10 8. Penn State...........24-4 560 7 9. Tennessee ...........23-6 510 8 10. Maryland ...........23-6 476 9 11. Dayton ...............26-1 462 12 12. Georgia..............24-5 407 11 13. UCLA.................23-6 378 16 14. South Carolina ..23-6 360 13 15. Louisville............23-7 333 14 16. Delaware ...........26-3 305 18 17. North Carolina...26-5 298 17 18. Colorado............24-5 234 19 19. Texas A&M ........21-9 224 15 20. Green Bay .........24-2 180 23 21. Syracuse ...........23-6 142 20 22. Iowa State .........21-7 95 21 23. Florida State......21-8 90 24 24. Nebraska...........22-7 68 25 25. Purdue...............21-8 53 22 Others receiving votes: San Diego State 35, Marist 21, LSU 17, Toledo 15, Gonzaga 13, Oklahoma State 13, Oklahoma 8, Princeton 7, Middle Tennessee 6, Texas Tech 6, South Florida 5, St. John's 3, DePaul 2, Bowling Green 1, Liberty 1, Villanova 1. Thursday's Scores Boys Basketball Division I Barberton 57, Massillon Perry 51 Hudson 47, Stow-Munroe Falls 27 Mansfield Sr. 44, Norwalk 42 Mentor 84, Willoughby S. 44 N. Can. Hoover 67, Green 66, OT Shaker Hts. 69, Bedford 53 Tol. Cent. Cath. 43, Tol. Whitmer 41 Tol. Rogers 66, Tol. St. John's 55 Westlake 70, Elyria 55 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 58, Perrysburg 54 Division II Athens 64, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 54 Cle. Benedictine 32, Rocky River 30 Hunting Valley University 54, Chesterland W. Geauga 50 St. Clairsville 67, Carrollton 58 Vincent Warren 61, McArthur Vinton County 46 Warrensville Hts. 66, Mentor Lake Cath. 65 Division III Bloom-Carroll 62, Richwood N. Union 48 Cin. Summit Country Day 63, W. Liberty-Salem 49 Collins Western Reserve 62, Ontario 56
Friday, March 8, 2013 Defiance Tinora 55, Archbold 50 Huron 69, New London 33 Lima Cent. Cath. 66, Carey 33 Ottawa-Glandorf 49, Metamora Evergreen 46 Spencerville 53, Findlay LibertyBenton 51, OT Versailles 65, Day. Stivers 54 Worthington Christian 46, Cols. Ready 38 Thursday's Scores Girls Basketball Division III Anna 62, Casstown Miami E. 52 Cols. Africentric 34, Bucyrus Wynford 27 Middletown Madison 67, FayettevillePerry 58 Division IV Arcadia 46, Pettisville 36 Berlin Hiland 38, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge 28 Cortland Maplewood 45, Lowellville 36 Ft. Loramie 71, Maria Stein Marion Local 66 Newark Cath. 52, Waterford 50 Ottoville 52, Leipsic 29 Reedsville Eastern 63, Sycamore Mohawk 47
AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through March 3 1. Jimmie Johnson, ..........................90. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., ...................... 82. 3. Brad Keselowski, .........................82. 4. Denny Hamlin, .............................72. 5. Clint Bowyer, ................................72. 6. Greg Biffle, ...................................66. 7. Mark Martin, .................................65. 8. Jeff Gordon, .................................60. 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ....................60. 10. Aric Almirola, ..............................60. 11. Carl Edwards, ............................59. 12. Marcos Ambrose, ...................... 52. 13. J.J.Yeley, .....................................50. 14. Bobby Labonte, .........................49. 15. Jeff Burton, ................................48. 16. David Reutimann, ......................48. 17. Paul Menard, .............................48. 18. Matt Kenseth, .............................46. 19. Casey Mears, .............................45. 20. Ryan Newman, ..........................44. 21. Joey Logano, .............................44. 22. Danica Patrick, ...........................42. 23.Tony Stewart, ............................. 39. 24. Juan Pablo Montoya, .................38. 25. Dave Blaney, ..............................38.
GOLF World Golf Championship Scores Thursday At Trump Doral Golf Club and Resort Miami Purse: $8.75 million Yardage: 7,334; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Tiger Woods .........................32-34—66 Freddie Jacobson.................33-33—66 Sergio Garcia .......................32-34—66 Graeme McDowell ...............33-33—66 Bubba Watson......................32-34—66 Hunter Mahan ......................31-36—67 Peter Hanson .......................34-33—67 Phil Mickelson.......................33-34—67 Steve Stricker .......................33-34—67 Keegan Bradley....................35-33—68 Ian Poulter ............................34-34—68 Bo Van Pelt ...........................34-34—68 Dustin Johnson ....................33-35—68 Charles Howell III.................35-33—68 Justin Rose...........................34-34—68 Rickie Fowler........................34-35—69 Thaworn Wiratchant.............34-35—69 Jason Dufner........................32-37—69 Nick Watney..........................34-35—69 John Senden........................33-36—69 Geoff Ogilvy..........................34-35—69 Michael Thompson...............34-35—69 Alexander Noren..................35-34—69 Brian Gay..............................36-34—70 Scott Jamieson.....................35-35—70 Luke Donald .........................32-38—70 Russell Henley .....................35-35—70 Scott Piercy ..........................36-34—70 George Coetzee...................35-35—70 Louis Oosthuizen .................37-33—70 Richard Sterne.....................36-34—70 Matteo Manassero...............35-36—71 Charl Schwartzel..................34-37—71 Nicolas Colsaerts.................35-36—71 Rafael Cabrera Bello ...........34-37—71 John Huh..............................37-34—71 Carl Pettersson.....................34-37—71 David Lynn............................35-36—71 Chris Wood...........................35-36—71 Zach Johnson.......................35-36—71 Mike Hendry.........................34-38—72 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano .......34-38—72 Matt Kuchar ..........................36-36—72 Bill Haas................................35-37—72 Tim Clark ..............................38-34—72 Jamie Donaldson .................37-35—72 Webb Simpson.....................32-40—72 Adam Scott...........................35-37—72 Jim Furyk..............................36-36—72 Branden Grace.....................35-38—73 Ryan Moore..........................36-37—73 Lee Westwood......................36-37—73 Rory McIlroy .........................35-38—73 Ernie Els ...............................34-39—73 Marcus Fraser ......................36-37—73 Jason Day.............................35-39—74 Stephen Gallacher...............37-37—74 Thorbjorn Olesen.................39-36—75 Robert Garrigus ...................38-37—75 John Merrick.........................38-37—75 Marcel Siem .........................36-39—75 Martin Kaymer......................38-38—76 Padraig Harrington...............39-37—76 Francesco Molinari...............36-42—78 Paul Lawrie...........................39-39—78 LPGA Money Leaders Through March 3 .......................................Trn 1. Stacy Lewis ..................3 2. Inbee Park ....................2 3. Jiyai Shin.......................3 4.Yani Tseng.....................3 5. Na Yeon Choi................2 6. Beatriz Recari...............3 7. Paula Creamer.............2 8. Moriya Jutanugarn .......3 9. Jessica Korda...............3 10. Catriona Matthew.......3 11. So Yeon Ryu...............2 12. Danielle Kang.............3 13. Lexi Thompson...........3 14. Lizette Salas...............3 15. Candie Kung ..............2 16. Chella Choi.................3 17. Gerina Piller................3 18. Pornanong Phatlum...3 19. Shanshan Feng..........2 20. Carlota Ciganda.........1 21. Nicole Castrale...........2 22. I.K. Kim .......................2 23. Brittany Lincicome......3 24. Anna Nordqvist ..........3 25. Katherine Hull-Kirk.....3 26. Jenny Shin..................3 27. Karrie Webb................3 28. Amy Yang....................2 29. Azahara Munoz..........3 30. Hee-Won Han ............2
Money $301,364 $232,517 $218,358 $195,451 $177,517 $158,159 $107,554 $91,236 $85,420 $78,028 $77,473 $73,686 $66,987 $66,624 $54,077 $51,209 $50,613 $45,923 $45,914 $44,972 $42,519 $41,045 $40,019 $39,959 $38,789 $38,373 $36,114 $35,850 $33,365 $31,291
31. Morgan Pressel..........2 32. Sun Young Yoo............2 33.Thidapa Suwannapura1 33. Mariajo Uribe..............1 35. Angela Stanford .........3 36. Caroline Hedwall........3 37. Stacy Prammanasudh3 38. Suzann Pettersen ......2 39. Karine Icher................3 40. Ilhee Lee.....................3 41. Jodi Ewart Shadoff ....2 42. Julieta Granada..........3 43. Giulia Sergas..............3 44. Hee Kyung Seo..........2 45. Katie Futcher..............3 46. Cindy LaCrosse .........3 47. Dewi Claire Schreefel 1 48. Se Ri Pak....................1 49. Christel Boeljon..........1
17 $31,113 $28,802 $28,632 $28,632 $28,370 $27,801 $26,954 $26,556 $25,793 $24,659 $24,641 $22,885 $21,951 $21,790 $19,836 $19,673 $19,667 $18,666 $17,429
TRANSACTIONS Thursday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Sale on a fiveyear contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS_Signed OF Michael Brantley, 3B Lonnie Chisenhall, RHP Cody Allen, RHP Trey Haley, RHP Corey Kluber, RHP Zach McAllister, RHP Danny Salazar, RHP Bryan Shaw, OF Tim Fedroff, LHP T.J. House and INF Chris McGuiness to one-year contracts. Pacific Coast League ROUND ROCK EXPRESS_Named Matt Kata manager of baseball outreach. American Association AMARILLO SOX_Traded RHP Derek Christensen and RHP Max Whieldon to San Angelo for RHP Erick Draxton. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS_Traded INF Mike Demperio to Schaumburg for a player to be named. LINCOLN SALTDOGS_Released RHP Justin Edwards and INF Jimmy Rohan. WICHITA WINGNUTS_Signed INF Marc-Anthony Tarantola. Traded RHP Derek Blacksher to Sugar Land for future considerations. Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS_Signed RHP Michael Nix, RHP Gary Majewski, RHP Jared Wells and RHP Derek Blacksher. Can-Am League T R O I S - R I V I E R E S AIGLES_Acquired INF David JL Cooper from Gary SouthShore (AA) in for cash. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM_Signed RHP Josh Pond. Released RHP Alec Lewis. NORMAL CORNBELTERS_Signed OF Steven Felix to a contract extension. ROCKFORD AVIATORS_Signed INF Matt Greener to a contract extension. TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS_Signed C Zach Kometani. BASKETBALL Women's National Basketball Association ANTONIO SILVER SAN STARS_Signed F Delisha MiltonJones. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS_Retained TE Mike Caussin for next season. Re-signed LB Bryan Scott to a one-year contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS_Agreed to terms with RB Cedric Peerman on a two-year contract. Tendered offers to S Jeromy Miles, WR Andrew Hawkins and LB Vincent Rey. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS_Signed C Jeff Saturday to a one-day contract to announce his retirement and hired him to work in the team's marketing and community relations department. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS_Released OL Eric Winston. DIEGO SAN CHARGERS_Released LB Takeo Spikes. FRANCISCO SAN 49ERS_Tendered one-year contract to CB Tramaine Brock. Signed WR Joe Hastings to a one-year contract. TENNESSEE TITANS_Signed DE Keyunta Dawson to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with K Rob Bironas on a multiyear contract. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS_Signed DB Desia Dunn. HOCKEY National Hockey League H I C A G O C BLACKHAWKS_Recalled F Brandon Bollig from Rockford (AHL). N A S H V I L L E PREDATORS_Assigned F Matt Halischuk to Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. W A S H I N G T O N CAPITALS_Recalled G Philipp Grubauer from Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League AHL_Suspended Syracuse D JeanPhilippe Cote one game for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a March 6 game at Toronto. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE_Signed F Evan Barlow and D David MacDonald to professional tryout contracts. Recalled F David Pacan from Cincinnati (ECHL). ECHL BAKERSFIELD CONDORS_Traded F Evan Trupp to Alaska for F Shawn Skelly and D Chris Haltigin. Traded D Francis Meilleur to Las Vegas for future considerations. Traded the rights to D David Walker to Ontario for future considerations. FLORIDA EVERBLADES_Acquired F Daniel Koger from Bakersfield for future considerations. Sent F Aaron Bogosian and F Patrick Knowlton to Toledo complete an earlier trade. Agreed to terms with F Tyler Dittmer for an amateur tryout contract. IDAHO STEELHEADS_Signed F Chase Schaber. READING ROYALS_Announced G Brandon Anderson was assigned to Hershey (AHL). SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS_Acquired F Peter Boyd from Bakersfield for D Art Bidlevskii and F Phil Mangan. MOTORSPORTS NASCAR_Fined Denny Hamlin $25,000 for disparaging comments about the racing last week at Phoenix. SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC_Waived F Babayele Sodade. COLLEGE KANSAS STATE_Named Clint Dowdle assistant athletic director for administration.
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Pistorius of old is gone for good BY JOHN LEICESTE AP Sports Columnist
Miami East’s Trina Current (middle) goes up for a shot Thursday. ■CONTINUED FROM 15 knocked the Vikings off in a rout in last year’s regional championship game — and both of the previous losses started out with the Rockets leading 19-0 early in the first quarter. That’s not how things went this time, though. The Vikings got the first points of the game and led 8-5 after a driveand-foul by Angie Mack. A bucket by Abby Cash gave the Vikings a 12-10 lead – but that would be the last time Miami East had the advantage. Still, the game was tied 16-16 after one. “Our first quarter, the girls came ready to play,� Elifritz said. “But I thought we got a little tired and allowed some easy buckets the other way. It was pretty obvious that we wanted to get the ball inside, and I think we got a little gassed trying to get it in there – and then having to run back and play defense against them was too much.� Rachel Noffsinger hit a 3 to start the second quarter, and Erica Huber stole the ball, drove and dished to Cayla Bensman to give the Rockets a five-point lead. Another Viking turnover led to a Bensman drive, a seven-point Anna lead and a Viking timeout. “Our first five possessions of the second quarter were all turnovers,� Elifritz said. “But then our next five were all scores. But Anna was able to cash in enough of those chances to force us to play catch-up all night, and against a team like that, you just can’t do that.� The game stayed relatively close until late in the third when a Bensman 3 gave Anna a 46-35 lead, and that lead grew to as many as 12. But that’s when the Vikings finally found their answer — Ashley Current. Current scored 13 of her game-high 21 point in the second half, including nine straight for the Vikings during one stretch in the fourth quarter to get East within 53-48. The Rockets managed to keep pace, though, getting a three-point play from Natalie Billing to make it 56-48. Trina Current blocked a shot, got the ball to Mack who hit Cash for a
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Miami East’s Leah Dunivan (41) looks to make a pass Thursday against Anna. layup, then Mack stole the ball and passed to Cash, who dropped a mid-air catch-and-toss pass to Trina Current for a layup to close the gap to four points — but Cash came up limping after the landing, forcing an injury timeout. Without the Southwest District Player of the Year on the floor, Anna found Billing on a backdoor cut to stifle the momentum, and East never challenged again. “When we played them earlier this year, we fought back, too, got to within eight points,� Elifritz said. “We battled back and battled back, but then something would happen and we couldn’t maintain that momentum. That play was very similar to that.� Ashley Current finished with 21 points and five rebounds, Cash added 10 points and Mack scored eight. “Abby played her heart out, and Angie played a great first quarter,� Elifritz said. “We’ve got five seniors, and their legacy is set in stone, having the second-best alltime record for a four-year group. And these juniors and sophomores played their hearts out for those seniors tonight, too.� Bensman led Anna with 18 points and 12 rebounds, hitting three 3s — all of which seemed to come at key moments. Billing added a team-high 19 points. “Their shot just seemed
Miami East’s Angie Mack drives to the basket during a game against Anna Thursday in Springfield. to fall, while some of ours couldn’t be more proud.� Miami East — 52 didn’t,� Elifritz said. “And Angie Mack 2-4-8, Tori Nuss they maybe took advan0-0-0, Madison Linn 1-2-5, tage of our weaknesses a Hannah Davisson 0-0-0, Ashley little bit more than we Current 9-3-21, Trina Current 2took advantage of theirs. 0-4, Abby Cash 5-0-10, Leah In a game like this, all the Dunivan 2-0-4. Totals: 21-9-52. Anna — 62 little things matter. Avery Bensman 1-0-2, Erica “I want to thank my Huber 2-1-6, Chandler Bensman assistants, Kevin Gump, 0-0-0, Kayla Blankenship 1-0-2, Kelly Cash and Morgan Natalie Billing 7-5-19, Cayla Howard. I don’t know a Bensman 9-3-18, Sydney Rioch 10-2, Rachel Noffsinger 3-0-7. better group of individuals Totals: 24-9-62. that supports a head Score By Quarters ME ... 16 27 37 52 coach, and they do a Anna.. 16 33 46 62 tremendous job with our 3-point goals: Miami East – kids. We’ve made it to the Linn. Anna – Huber, C. Bensman Sweet 16 two consecutive 3. years now, and not a lot of Records: Miami East 25-2. teams can say that. I Anna 23-4.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Flying to South Africa to report on Oscar Pistorius, I went with an open mind about the night he shot and killed his girlfriend, not least because in competing at the London Olympics on prosthetic legs, Pistorius showed it isn’t wise to rush to judgment and that appearances can be deceiving. Two weeks later, I return home to Europe no closer to knowing or really understanding exactly why Pistorius pulled the trigger of his 9 mm pistol in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. I’m not convinced we’ll ever know for certain, given that Reeva Steenkamp, the only person other than him in the track star’s villa that night, is dead. I wouldn’t bet on South African police furnishing all the answers. Not after watching scratchy footage of officers attaching a taxi driver by his wrists to the back of their police vehicle and dragging him down a street in a township east of Johannesburg. Mido Macia later died in a jail cell. This was two weeks after Pistorius killed Steenkamp. The eight officers charged with murder for Macia’s death aren’t the same crack team working the Pistorius case, led by a veteran of the force described as South Africa’s “top detective� by the police commissioner. Still, the videotaped brutalizing of Macia and missteps by the first chief investigator in the Pistorius shooting, who was subsequently replaced after it emerged that he is facing attempted murder charges, did nothing to inspire confidence in the professionalism of South Africa’s police. Some here believe Pistorius’ legal and forensic team will concentrate in coming months on picking holes in police evidence and that the two sides might eventually reach a plea deal, avoiding a highstakes court drama that would be South Africa’s equivalent of the “trial of the century� for O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star acquitted in 1995 in the Los Angeles slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Either way, the Pistorius of old is gone for good. Watching the “Blade Runner� sprint at the London Olympics was so uplifting. Standing tall on his carbon-fiber prosthetics, the double-amputee runner could have been a metaphor for South Africa — damaged by its past but not despondent. Pistorius embodied cando spirit and the idea that
people shouldn’t be judged on looks, which was the rule South Africa’s racist white-minority apartheid government used to enforce so brutally. But after making Olympic history, the handsome star’s idyllic image took a beating. Pistorius was a poor loser and hypocrite at the London Paralympics when he moaned about the “unbelievably long� prosthetic legs of another amputee runner who beat him. And the image shattered when he shot his telegenic 29-year-old girlfriend in his bathroom toilet and prosecutors charged him with murder. Pistorius’ account of what happened shifted some blame onto South Africa, with him saying that his fear of violent crime was a factor in the killing. Having been such a brilliant ambassador in London for the so-called “Rainbow Nation,� Pistorius painted his country as a sometimes frightening place in explaining the shooting. “I am acutely aware of violent crime being committed by intruders,� he said in his affidavit to the magistrate who freed him on bail. “I have received death threats before. I have also been a victim of violence and of burglaries before. For that reason, I kept my firearm, a 9mm Parabellum, underneath my bed.� Pistorius said he woke up in the early hours of Feb. 14 and heard noise in his bathroom toilet, which “filled me with horror and fear of an intruder.� “I felt a sense of terror rushing over me,� Pistorius testified. “As I did not have my prosthetic legs on and felt extremely vulnerable, I knew I had to protect Reeva and myself.� “I fired shots at the toilet door.� Pistorius said he then found Steenkamp slumped inside the toilet and that later, “she died in my arms.� Living in France, which had 743 murders in 2011, being shot is the last thing I worry about. Although police figures show homicide rates have come down significantly in South Africa, there are still 15,000 murders here a year. That is more than in the United States. With 311 million people compared to South Africa’s 51 million, the FBI counted 14,612 murders there in 2011. A 2011 survey by the official statistics agency found that one third of South African families avoid going alone to parks and other open spaces because they fear crime, rising to 43 percent in Gauteng province that includes Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria, where Pistorius lives.
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