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Job gains cut unemployment rate February’s 7.7% is a four-year low WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market isn’t just growing. It’s accelerating. Employers added 236,000 jobs in February and drove down the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent, its lowest level in more than

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Great Flood changed Troy One hundred years ago, six days of rain brought death, destruction and disease as well as community support, rebuilding and restoration and changed the landscape of the Miami Valley forever. The “Great Flood of 1913” began as 9-11 inches of rain fell for six-straight days from March 21 until March 27, 1913. According to historians, the rivers, creeks and ditches overflowed and washed away millions of tons of debris down river. The Great Flood of 1913 killed more than 65 people, left 5,000 people homeless, damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 homes, 264 bridges and damaged miles of railroads and roadways in Northern Miami Valley alone. Coming Sunday,

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the charismatic al-Qaida spokesman, fundraiser and son-in-law to Osama bin Laden, is likely to have a vast trove of knowledge about the terror network’s central command but not much useful information about current threats or plots, intelligence officials and other experts say. Abu Ghaith pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiring to kill Americans in propaSTAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBER ganda videos that warned of further assaults against Kyle Elementary School kindergarten students practice the “O-H-I-O” chant with Principal Katie Weaver. the United States as devastating as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that killed nearly 3,000 people. Believed to be more of a strategic player in bin Laden’s inner circle than an operational plotter, Abu Ghaith would be the highBY MELANIE YINGST TROY est-ranking al-Qaida figure Staff Writer to stand trial on U.S. soil myingst@civitasmedia.com since 9/11. Intelligence offithrilled to achieve the cials say he may be able to Kyle Elementary “School of Promise” for its shed new light on alCougars pounced on anoth- eighth year. Qaida’s inner workings Weaver said it’s the er state award for their concerning al-Qaida’s “can-do” attitude of her academic achievement. murky dealings in Iran With more than 60 per- staff that continues the over the past decade, for cent of the student popula- Kyle tradition of achieveexample but probably will tion deemed “economically ment despite the odds. have few details about spe“When we get together disadvantaged,” Kyle cific or imminent ongoing Elementary School once during our meetings we threats. again was named Ohio always talk about how we He gave U.S. officials a Department of Education are going to be successful 22-page statement after and work together in order “School of Promise.” his Feb. 28 arrest in Kyle Elementary was to make that happen,’” Jordan, according to prosenamed one of 163 school Weaver said. cutors. They would not Weaver said its building buildings in the state of describe the statement. Ohio to achieve the distinc- that success from kinderBearded and balding, tion that recognizes high- garten up to the fifth grade Abu Ghaith said little durachieving school buildings that allows students to ing the 15-minute hearing in low socioeconomic areas. achieve above and beyond Kyle Elementary School what the state of Ohio Kindergarten teacher Stefanie Dahlin assists Kenneth in U.S. District Court in Ward with practicing sentences Thursday at Kyle New York in lower Principal Katy Weaver said she and her staff were • See KYLE on 3 Elementary School. • See PLEA on 3

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After working 40 years for the U.S. Postal Service, Tipp City resident Don Sunday Watson retired earlier this Showers year from his position as a High: 54° letter box mechanic. He Low: 40X° has no intention of slowing down, though. Complete weather “I still get up early. I information on Page 11. don’t want to form any bad Home Delivery: habits,” Watson, 63, said 335-5634 with a laugh. With two farms, one in Casstown Classified Advertising: and another in Monroe (877) 844-8385 Township, he’s been keepSTAFF PHOTO/NATALIE KNOTH ing busy. Watson started working Tipp City resident Don Watson retired earlier this year from the U.S. Postal Service after 40 years. He started as a mail carrier in Tipp City and then became a letter box for the post office in Tipp City at age 23 before being 6 74825 22406 6 mechanic, working from the main Dayton post office.

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The gains could boost consumer spending, adding momentum to the U.S. recovery and helping troubled economies in Europe and Asia. The U.S. economy is forecast to grow a modest 2 percent this year. Growth will likely be held back by uncertainty about the federal budget, higher Social Security taxes and acrossthe-board government spending cuts that kicked in March 1. And unemployment remains high nearly four years after the end of the Great Recession. Roughly 12 million people remain out of work. The unemployment rate declined in February from 7.9 percent in January mostly because more people found work. Another factor was that 130,000 people without jobs stopped looking for work

last month. The government doesn’t count them as unemployed. The last time unemployment was lower was December 2008, when it was 7.3 percent. The unemployment rate is calculated from a survey of households. The number of jobs gained is derived from a separate survey of employers. Hiring would be rising even faster if governments weren’t shrinking their workforces, as they have been for nearly four years. Governments cut 10,000 jobs in February. Some $44 billion in spending cuts kicked in last week after Congress failed to reach a budget deal. The cuts are expected to shave about a half-point from economic growth this year and lower total hiring by about 30,000 jobs a month from April through September, according to

Moody’s Analytics. And most workers have had to absorb higher Social Security taxes this year. Someone earning $50,000 has about $1,000 less to spend in 2013. A household with two high-paid workers has up to $4,500 less. Stock prices rose after the report was released and strengthened later in the day. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 67 points to 14,397, its fourth straight record close. Robust auto sales and a steady housing recovery are spurring more hiring, which will trigger more consumer spending and could lead to stronger economic growth. The construction industry added 48,000 jobs in February; it’s added 151,000 since September. Manufacturing gained 14,000 jobs last month and 39,000 since November. Among industry cate-

gories, the biggest job growth in February was in professional and business services, which added 73,000. This category includes higher-paying jobs in accounting, engineering and information technology as well as temporary positions that typically pay less. Retailers added 24,000 jobs. Education and health services gained 24,000. And the information industry, which includes publishing, telecommunications and film, added 20,000, mostly in the movie industry. The economy is generating more higher-paying jobs. That trend is raising average pay, which will help offset the hit that Americans took from higher Social Security taxes and gas prices. Hourly wages rose 4 cents to $23.82 last month. Wages have risen 2.1 per-

cent over the past year, slightly ahead of inflation. Higher pay is vital to the economy because consumer spending drives 70 percent of economic activity. Hotel chain Cambria Suites expects business travel to rise 5 percent this year and next. Cambria, a unit of Choice Hotels International, is building nearly 20 hotels around the country, doubling its total. It plans to add 110 jobs this year and 400 next year to its workforce of 600. The improved job market can also benefit countries that sell goods and services to U.S. consumers and businesses. “All you have to do is look at the trade numbers,” says Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at the Economic Outlook Group. “The strength in the U.S. economy is leading to faster growth in imports.”

Kyle ■ CONTINUED FROM 1 expects. Kyle Elementary students met more than one year’s of adequate growth to achieve the ODE’s “School of Promise” on last year’s test scores. “This is a big deal and anytime you can take a moment to congratulate your teachers on how hard they work is a reason to celebrate,” Weaver said. Weaver said the school’s guided reading program has greatly improved overall test scores in all areas, not just language arts. “The kids read four or five days a week in small groups with an adult that works with them,” Weaver said. She also said reading homework is sent with children to boost achievement. “It’s something that every teacher will tell you that really works with our kids.” Weaver also said the building has two Title I reading intervention specialists who work one-onone with students. “I feel like they get a lot of individual attention and that’s also another key to the success they have in the classroom,” Weaver said. Title I pro-

vides assistance to improve the teaching and learning of children in high-poverty schools to enable those children to meet the same high standards expected of all children. Kyle Elementary achieved “Effective” on the

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get a feel of what it’d be like to be a college student,” Uhrig said. The “Campus Experience” simulation activity was held in the gym for older students to get a feel for the wide range of programs at college. The stations included what a lecture hall was like, a laboratory, the dining hall, student union, a dorm, a bank and the allimportant library. “The kids ask some awesome questions,” she said. “Some teachers make their students write reflections about their experience and it’s really neat to see what they get out of this program and their time with us.” Troy native and freshman at Ohio State Abby

Coon was able to come back to her hometown as part of the Access88 program. “My first trip was to Greenville and that was a neat experience,” Coon said. “It’s neat to come home to spend time in my own community and make a difference in these kids’ lives.” Coon, a psychology major at Ohio State, said she likes interacting with children who often ask what classes are like and what it’s like to live far away from home during the Access88 activities. Access88’s mission is to encourage students to begin thinking about college at an early age and continue to plan for higher education.

ODE’s state report card for the 2011-2012 school year. It is the eighth year that Kyle Elementary was named a “School of Promise” by the Ohio Department of Education. Kyle Elementary met seven out of eight indica-

tors in math, reading and science in the third, fourth and fifth grades, missing the fifth grade science indicator, scoring a 70.8 percent. The state requires a 75 percent passing rate for each subject and grade level. Kyle Elementary also

The group answered questions from children about what college life is like, such as living in a dorm, scheduling classes and getting involved on campus. Access88 is an outreach initiative through the Ohio Union’s ServeCorps to create awareness among young Ohioans about accessing higher education. The students read books to classes to spark questions about college and how to plan for their future. Students in higher level classes were even exposed to the cost of college in a math group to talk about housing, books and supplies and tuition.

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OSU reps talk to students about college Ten students from The Ohio State University program “Access 88” encouraged and energized “Kyle’s Cougars” to begin thinking about their careers and their dreams on Friday. Students from the Access88 program help bring awareness of higher education not only to Kyle Elementary, but to schools in all 88 counties in Ohio. Students from the program visited Forest Elementary last year. Johna Uhrig, a sophomore education student from Chillicothe, said the goal is to reach students in all 88 counties in Ohio. “For the older kids, we are teaching them about how college works with different stations so they

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• 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 allyou-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 “Incomparableâ€? Mac McPhat; an Extreme TLC Match for the Mid-Ohio Championship between Big Jim Hutchinson and the MidOhio Champion “The Real Dealâ€? 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 have 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 p.m. at Upper Valley Career Center. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students 12 and under. The meal will include all-the-pancakes you can eat, sausage, applesauce and a variety of drinks. All proceeds benefit the youth of the community. • KARAOKE SET: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer karaoke with Papa D from 7 p.m. to close.

SUNDAY • TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post No. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy, will offer a turkey shoot with sign ups beginning at 11 a.m. The shoot will begin at noon. An all-you-can-eat breakfast, by the auxiliary, will be available from 9 a.m. to noon for $6. • BREAKFAST: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer madeto-order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Everything is a la carte. • EUCHRE TOURNEY: A Euchre tournament will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls. Sign-ups will be at noon and play begins at 1 p.m., the fee will be $3 per person. • BOWLERS BREAKFAST: The Elks bowlers will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon at the club, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Breakfast will include eggs cooked-toorder, bacon, sausage, hash browns, pancakes, toast and biscuits and gravy. The cost will be $6.50 a person. • BREAKFAST: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will serve an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m. for $6. Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage links, toast, pancakes, waffles, french toast, hash browns, pepper sausage gravy, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, juices and

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mixed fruit. • BARBECUE CHICKEN: The American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St., Troy, will offer a barbecue chicken dinner with a half chicken, potato salad and baked beans for $8. The meal will be from 2-6:30 p.m. • EASTER PHOTOS: Easter photos with live rabbits will be offered from 2-4 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Bunnies will be from the Humane Society of Greater Dayton and information on responsible rabbit ownership also will be available. Admission is free with a $15 donation to the humane society for three digital photos. No prints will be provided, the photos will be emailed to parents. All proceeds will benefit the rabbit program at the humane society. Cash or checks only. For more information, call Anne Merrill at (937) 430-8650.

MONDAY • WILD JOURNEYS: A Wild Journeys event, “Big Sky Country: Montanta & The Glacier National Parkâ€? will be at 7 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center, Troy. BNC Director Deb Oexmann and her husband 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 MiltonUnion 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 MiltonUnion Public Library, to listen to an audio book and work on projects, will meet. • BOOK DISCUSSION: The Milton-Union Public Library evening book discussion will be at 7 p.m. and will discuss “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,â€? by Rebecca Skloot. For more information, call 698-5515. • POET’S CORNER: Poet’s Corner will be offered at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy-Miami 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. Civic agendas • The Tipp City Parks Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tipp City Government Center. • Covington Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. • The Police and Fire Committee of Village Council will meet at 6 p.m.

prior to the council meeting. • Laura Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Municipal building. • Brown Township Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building in Conover. • The Union Township Trustees will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497 Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura. Call 698-4480 for more information.

TUESDAY • CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: A Milton-Union Public Library children’s program will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Children’s librarian Wendy Heisey will take the children into the imaginary life of a Siamese cat who thinks he’s a Chihuahua from the book “Skippyjon Jones.â€? Children will be introduced to Spanish words and Mexican games and will create a craft to take home with them. Civic agendas • The village of West Milton Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers.

TUESDAYTHURSDAY • 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.

WEDNESDAY • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Paul Brown, recreation supervisor for Riverside of Miami County, will give a presentation about Special Olympics and other activities offered by Riverside of Miami County. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 4181888. • LUNCH GATHERING: The Troy High School class of 1962 will meet at 1 p.m. every second Wednesday at Marion’s Piazza, 1270 Experiment Farm Road, Troy. All classmates and spouses are invited. For more information, call Sharon Mathes at 335-1696 or Esther Jackson at 339-1526. • TRANSITION EXPO: A Transition Expo will be offered from 5-7 p.m. at Riverside of Miami County, 1625 Troy-Sidney Road, Troy, in the Clausi Gymnasium. The purpose of the expo is to explain Riverside of Miami County programs to families and teachers in an effort to make sure everyone understands what is available to teens and adults who are eligible for services. For more information, contact Becky Snell at 440-3027.

MVCTC students achieve success at BPA contests Miami Valley Career Technology Center Business Professionals of America students performed well at the recent BPA Regional Contests with 93 students winning or placing in the top six for their contest. Of the regional winners, 24 qualified to compete at the State BPA Contest in Columbus March 14-15. BPA is a national student organization that serves business and information technology students. Members participate in activities that promote leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills, as well as competing in BPA contests related to their career field at the local, regional, state and national levels. • Brandon Bowman (business ownership student from Bethel) placed third in the Integrated Office Applications BPA Regional Contest. • Joshua Bryan (business ownership student from Milton-Union) placed first in the Entrepreneurship BPA Regional Contest and qualified to compete at

• Brandon Bowman (business ownership student from Bethel) fourth place in Business Meeting the State BPA Contest. • Samantha Denlinger Management Contest • Travis Dunn (clerical (legal assistant student services student from from Miami East) placed Milton-Union) third place first in the Legal Office Procedures BPA Regional in General Clerical Contest Contest and qualified to • Treena Gauvey (clericompete at the State BPA cal services student from Contest. • Cole Rench (comput- Milton-Union) fifth place in General Clerical er network engineering student from Troy) placed Contest • Micaela Kauffman third in the Network (business ownership stuDesign Team BPA dent from Bethel) seocond Regional Contest. place in Management, • William Rice Marketing and HR (Computer Network Engineering student from Concepts Contest • Ciara King (Medical Milton-Union) placed Office Management stuthird in the Network dent from Bethel) fifth Design Team BPA place in Administrative Regional Contest. Support Concepts Contest • Linda Rowley • Cole Rench (comput(Business Ownership stuer network engineering dent from Miami East) student from Troy) fourth placed fifth in the Basic Place in IT Concepts Office Systems & Procedures BPA Regional Contest • Warren Snyder (game Contest. • Warren Snyder (game programming and web applications student from programming and web applications student from Bethel) second place in Bethel) placed third in the Computer Programming Concepts Contest Web Site Design Team For more information BPA Regional Contest. Students placing in the about MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com or BPA Regional Open www.ctctube.com. Contests included:

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Parks program showcases how maple syrup is made The Miami County Park District’s “Discovering Maple Ridge� program is a great way to see first hand how maple sap is turned into maple syrup. Thanks to the Park District Volunteers In Parks (VIPs), visitors also will be able to taste a sample of this sweet amber liquid that is produced onsite. “Discovering Maple Ridge� will be from 1-3 p.m. today at Maple Ridge Reserve, 10430 State Route 185 in Covington. This program is designed so that people can drop in anytime between 1-3 p.m. and learn about the maple sugaring process. Dohner’s Maple Camp, a local syrup producer, will sell its prod-

COVINGTON ucts at the program. There is a self-guided hike around the sugarhouse with information on everything from Native American sugaring legends to the history of maple sugaring. Maple Ridge Reserve has a long history of maple syrup production dating back to when George Johnson purchased the farm in 1913. When the park district acquired the property in 2006, one of the goals was to share this unique tradition of maple sugaring with the public. With that in mind, the original sugarhouse was renovated and a replica of the three-

pan boiling system was put in place. This will be the second year that this program has been offered to the public. “Discovering Maple Ridge� is not only about the history and the process; it is also another way to show off what local food is all about. “Showcasing the sugaring process helps to connect people with the local food sources,� said Kevin Swanson, the deputy director of the Miami County Park District. “It is a reminder that we are able to produce a lot of great agriculture in our own backyards.� For more information visit the Park District’s website at www.miami countyparks.com.

Revenue up at Ohio casinos in February COLUMBUS (AP) — February was a pretty good month for the state’s casinos. The Ohio Casino Control Commission reports that gross revenue for the state’s four gaming palaces increased from $53.2 million in January to $55.5

million last month. That’s a 4 percent gain. The state’s first “racino,� Scioto Downs south of Columbus, also had a good month. Its reported revenue of $11 million in February was an increase of more than 8 percent over the previous month.

Revenues for the Cleveland casino rose 6.7 percent last month, while the Toledo casino saw a 3.3 percent gain. The Columbus casino saw a gain of just more than 1 percent. The state’s fourth voterapproved casino in Cincinnati opened March 4.

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, on competing American manufacturing: Over the past six years, Ford’s Engine Plant No. 1 in Brook Park, Ohio, has held a mirror to the health of the domestic auto industry. In 2007, with Ford hemorrhaging cash, company executives announced they were “temporarily” closing the factory while the company worked through its inventory of engines. The shutdown lasted almost two years while Ford put itself through a painful restructuring and re-imagining of its product lines and strategy — and the entire American auto sector suffered a near-death experience. Recently, Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford’s American operations and the man who brought bad news to Brook Park six years ago, was back to announce that the company was bringing work from Europe to suburban Cleveland. Engine Plant No. 1, which reopened in 2009 with a single shift, will soon add 450 employees to the 1,065 working there now. The number could grow even more because the plant will be As I making the 2-liter EcoBoost engine, a fuel-effiSee It cient model the revitalized company deems ■ The Troy absolutely critical to future competitiveness. Daily News In a very different era, Ford employed 16,000 welcomes in its Brook Park complex. Those days are long columns from gone. But the rebirth of Engine Plant No. 1 — our readers. To thanks in no small measure to the sacrifices of submit an “As I its United Auto Workers members — is eviSee It” send dence that American manufacturing can comyour type-writpete and succeed in the global marketplace. ten column to: Kearney (Neb.) Hub ■ “As I See It” on solving big issues with small laws: c/o Troy Daily The trend in Washington, D.C., has been to News, 224 S. tackle big problems with big legislation, but Market St., Troy, OH 45373 why not tackle our big issues one step at a time? ■ You can also e-mail us at Two years ago, lawmakers signed off on an editorial@tdnpu overriding and, according to some, an exceedblishing.com. ingly expensive overhaul of health care. ■ Please The bill addresses so many topics it was difinclude your full ficult two years ago to gauge exactly how effecname and teletive it might be. Just as difficult to gauge was phone number. how many lawmakers who voted on the issue actually read the legislation and could speak authoritatively about it. Soon after the massive Affordable Health Care Act was passed, lawmakers rammed through a 2,300-page overhaul of financial regulations. Again, the law is so massive it is difficult to believe many lawmakers actually read it. All we really knew two years ago about the health care and financial overhauls is that they created new bureaucracies with broad-ranging authority. This year and in the coming years, Americans will learn more about the real costs of these massive pieces of federal legislation. In the urgency of the moment, our elected leaders set aside prudence in exchange for expediency, and rammed through massive laws without regard to their huge price tags or unanticipated side effects. This approach to lawmaking is reckless and, in many instances, it’s avoidable. For example, the timetable and framework for a federal budget already are in place, yet it has been five years since Washington enacted a federal spending plan. Let’s do away with the big laws. Let’s replace them with little laws that address smaller problems, which, if properly tackled, can contribute to the resolution of much larger problems. It’s simple. Solve a smaller problem. Repeat.

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Miami East FFA salutes farmers

processing and marketing hundreds of United States agricultural commodities. Americans spend only 10 percent of their To the Editor: income on food, the lowest perThe Miami East FFA centage compared to any other Chapter is proud to celebrate nation. National Agriculture Week Agriculture provides almost March 17-23. To honor the hard everything we eat, use and wear working men and women of on a daily basis. But too few peoagriculture in America and in ple truly understand this contriMiami County and to achieve a bution. This is particularly the greater understanding of the case in our schools, where stustake each American has in dents may only be exposed to maintaining a strong agricultur- agriculture if they enroll in al industry, the Congress of the related career technical training. United States and other lawEach American farmer feeds making bodies have declared more than 155 people — a drathe first day of spring as matic increase from 25 people in “National Agriculture Day.” the 1960s. Quite simply, United States agriculturists American agriculture is doing produce nearly one-twelfth of more — and doing it better. As the world’s major agriculture the world population soars, commodities. This abundant there is an even greater demand production enables U.S. farmers for the food and fiber produced to feed not only the country’s in the United States. And, most population but also tens of mil- American farms are still family lions of people throughout the farms. Today 98 percent of all world. U.S. farms are owned by individThe remarkable food and uals, family partnerships or famfiber production industry links ily corporations. together 23 million Americans Only 19 cents out of every who are involved in growing, retail food dollar is received by

the farmer. Off-farm costs account for 81 cents of every retail dollar spent on food such as off-farm labor, packaging, transportation and processing. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, it takes about 36 days for most Americans to earn enough disposable income to pay for their food consumed for the entire year. This is compared to the 39 days of earning to pay for state and local taxes, 52 days of health and medical care, 62 days of housing and household operations and 77 days of federal taxes. The Miami East FFA Chapter thanks the local farmers and members of the agricultural industry for supplying the United States with the cheapest and safest food supply in the world. The Miami East FFA Chapter is a satellite program of the Miami Valley Career Technology Center.

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Hugo Chavez’s cheering section now grows quiet Let us pause and reflect. The left's favorite self-aggrandizing thug has shed this mortal coil. Hugo Chavez, R.I.P. All the country's least-reflective and most-reflexive ideologues of the left immediately issued warm farewells — Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Oliver Stone and, of course, the nation's 39th president, Jimmy Carter. Carter praised Chavez for his commitment "to bring profound changes to his country," which, by installing himself as the effective president for life, he certainly did. Carter noted his "formidable communications skills," a quality that is not unusual in successful populist demagogues. In the gentle tone of someone who regrets that his good friend sometimes cheats at bridge, Carter allowed that he did not agree "with all of the methods followed by his government." New York Rep. Jose Serrano rushed to praise Chavez: "He understood democracy and basic human desires for a dignified life." As a technical matter, Serrano is right: Chavez understood democracy exceedingly well, if by that you mean he understood how to exploit its forms while hollowing out its institutions to entrench himself in power in perpetuity.

Rich Lowry Troy Daily News Guest Columnist He displaced a corrupt, conscienceless oligarchy when he took power in 1999 with his own corrupt, conscienceless rule. In a recent report, Human Rights Watch detailed how "the accumulation of power in the executive and the erosion of human rights protections have allowed the Chavez government to intimidate, censor, and prosecute critics and perceived opponents." Fidel Castro was his mentor, and he propped up the Castro regime with Venezuela's ample oil. He praised every heinous dictator around the planet as a brother-inarms. He was hell on the plutocrats, and also on the Jews. "Don't let yourselves be poisoned by those wandering Jews," he warned his countrymen, in a sentiment worthy of the 15th century. All of this should make Chavez an unsympathetic figure for every-

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one in America. Not so, sadly. For some, all is forgiven if you hate the rich with a white-hot passion and talk the language of populist redistribution, while wrapping your program in a bow of rancid anti-Americanism. Then, every allowance will be made for your thuggery. Everyone will obsess about your colorful and charming personality. And praise you when you're gone. Chavez's American admirers apparently consider his program as being SCHIP with teeth. They must envy that while we endlessly debate ending "tax breaks for oil companies," Chavez got to run a state-owned oil company and nationalize other industries besides. They must rue that someone here in the U.S. who speaks the truth about the noxiousness of American power merely gets a tenure-track position, while down in Venezuela he gets to run a country by decree. During Chavez's time in office — blessed by high oil prices — poverty fell in Venezuela. But it fell in other countries in the region as well, according to The Economist, thanks to a commodity boom. Chavez left his country crime-ridden, wracked by inflation and beset by a shortage of goods. The night of his death, Rachel

Maddow had Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on her program to discuss him. She asked Robinson in a voice heavy with sarcasm whether Hugo Chavez was really "the monster" he was made out to be. Robinson explained that Chavez bonded with the poor and had lots of popular support. Maddow gently prodded Robinson to address criticisms of Chavez for not advancing freedom. Unable to muster any of the denunciatory venom he lavishes on Republicans once or twice a week, Robinson issued forth with a strangely tortured construction: "He was not what we would call a lover of democracy as we would like to see it practiced." Robinson noted that Chavez gerrymandered electoral districts, but, hey, "that happens elsewhere as well." All in all, he was "a man of contradictions." You know, like Disraeli or Gladstone. Goodbye, Hugo Chavez. All your friends who got to admire your authoritarian savvy and gross economic mismanagement from a safe distance will miss you very much. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com

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Yoga helps some at-risk youth manage emotions right back with the five teens in one recent class, but she’s also keenly aware of her role. Many of the Huckleberry House residents are there because an adult has beaten them up or sexually assaulted them, and they might be nervous about another adult touching them. Some are there because they can’t get along with their parents, and might have trouble listening to grown-ups telling them what to do. McDowall deals with that by keeping her yoga classes loose: The kids move through the poses at their own pace, and they don’t always follow strict yogic positions. She doesn’t touch anyone until they tell her it’s OK. The program that McDowall brought to Columbus was founded by her sister, Terri Cooper, in 2008 in Miami. The intent is to use yoga to help people in crisis. Yoga Gangsters now includes classes in shelters, prisons and hospitals in Miami, Las Vegas and Phoenix. The Huckleberry House class is the only one in Columbus. The goal is to give atrisk teenagers, some of

whom are prone to impulsive outbursts of anger, a technique to help them manage their emotions. “I get mad easily,” said one teenage girl staying at Huckleberry House. “So if I feel myself start to get mad, I try to take a deep breath. After yoga, I feel like all the stress has gone out of me.” Huckleberry House asked The Dispatch not to identify the teenagers because some of them could be in danger if people knew where they were. Counselors hope that yoga will affect the other teenagers who stay at the shelter as well. “These kids, they don’t have time to think about themselves, to get into their own heads and their own bodies,” said Melanie Gunther, crisis-program team leader at Huckleberry House. “This is an additional coping skill that they can take with them.” To the kids, though, yoga mainly is about headstands and stretches with funny names. Toward the end of a recent class, the teenagers pushed their legs over their heads and balanced on their hands and crowns. A

teenage boy held his headstand as the other kids counted and cheered, and he then started doing pushups from his handstand. The other kids applauded; the boy flipped over, stood and grinned. Most yoga classes end with savasana, a pose meant to bring total relaxation to a yogi’s body. But in this class, McDowall dimmed the lights in the Huckleberry House foyer and told the kids to lie on their mats. One sprawled flat on his abdomen, others curled into the fetal position. “I want you to picture the person you love most in the world, the person who loves you more than any other person, and I want you to imagine that that person is walking toward you and wraps you in the biggest hug,” McDowall said. One of the teens started to cry at the thought. “The feeling you have right now, of all of the love, and all of the strength … you already have it inside you,” McDowall told them. “And when people tell you that you can’t do something, you already know that you can.”

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Columbus economy best COLUMBUS — A new report says the economy in Columbus is the strongest in the state. The report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

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DOROTHEA J. HENNE TROY — Dorothea J. Henne, age 93, of Troy, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her residence. She was born at her family farm in Houston, Ohio, on May 7, HENNE 1919, to the late Edward J. and Charlotte (Fessler) Lyons. She married John Louis Eberhart Henne on April 17, 1947, and they were married for 49 years and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1997. She previously was married to Dr. Clifford Fredrick Blacke on March 16, 1941, and he was killed in the military service in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II on Dec. 23, 1944. Dorothea is survived by two sons and daughtersin-law, Clifford and Jena Blacke of Piqua, and William and Terri Henne of Covington; one daughter and son-in-law, MaryAnn and Michael Burns of Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Jeanne Brandon of Versailles; 14 grandchildren, Atalie Gagnet, James Gagnet, Nicole (Chris) Rall, Tracy (Sid) Sosa, Thomas Burns, Andrew Burns, Zachary (Michelle) Henne, Nicholas (Jessica) Henne, Peter (Julie) Henne, Katrina (Thomas) Richard, Jerrod (Regina) Blacke, Carson (Jamie) Blacke, Graham Blacke and Katie Blacke; and 11 great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by seven brothers

and two sisters. Her many nieces and nephews fondly called her “Aunt Dot.” Dorothea was a 1937 graduate of Houston High School and enjoyed being on the girl’s basketball team at the school. She was employed at the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, and later worked at the Miami County Court House in Troy. She was an active member at St. Patrick Catholic Church. She was a Girl Scout leader and den mother and was a long-time volunteer at Dettmer Hospital and the Upper Valley Medical Center. She loved to dance and laugh and had a passion for gardening. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy, with the Rev. Fr. James Duell officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery, Troy. A visitation service will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, March 10, with a Rosary service at 5 p.m. at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Contributions may be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy; or to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Condolences may be left for the family at www. fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Herman H. Ayres BROOKVILLE — Herman H. Ayres, age 92, of Brookville, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at his residence. Arrangements are pending at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton. • Elizabeth J. Walton TROY — Elizabeth J. “Betty” Walton, age 84, of Troy passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton.

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Demolition crews work Thursday to tear down a portion of the Ridges Building in Athens. Preservationists lost a battle as the historic, and according to legend, haunted, building on the campus of Ohio University began to fall to demolition crews this week. Community members had fought to save the 88-year-old Ridges Building 26 on the grounds of the university. It was built as a tuberculosis ward to a historically significant state mental hospital that operated on the property for more than a century beginning in 1868. shows that Columbus leads the state’s metro areas in the index of leading economic indicators. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the number for Columbus was 102.1 in December. That’s unchanged from November but up more than two points from the same point in 2011. None of Ohio’s seven other metro areas reached 100. Cincinnati was second with a score of 99.6. The state score was 92.4, while the U.S. average was 93.9. The index is designed to anticipate changes in the local economy and employment.

valet service parked just 2,600 cars. Today, it’s a 24-hour operation. The airport says the operation has grown on average about 37 percent a year, thanks to its popularity among business people. The service is operated by a private company, but the airport gets a share of the revenue.

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WAYNESVILLE — A landlord accused of whipping an adult tenant with a belt on his bare buttocks for falling behind on his rent won’t face charges in southwest Valet parking Ohio if he stays away from the alleged victim. profitable Police in the southwest Ohio village of CLEVELAND — The Waynesville had charged curbside valet parking Ron Kronenberger with service at Cleveland assault after the Jan. 22 Hopkins International encounter in his office. Airport is raking it in. The Plain Dealer news- Kronenberger told the 29year-old tenant that if he paper reports that the service parked a record 20,000 cars last year and took in nearly a half million dollars. Airport officials say the revenue goes back into airport operations. * Your 1st choice for complete Home The money reduces the Medical Equipment landing fees paid by airlines, ultimately resulting Lift Chairs in lower fares for airline 1990 W. Stanfield, Troy, OH passengers. 45373 • 937-335-9199 In 2009, the first full www.legacymedical.net year of operation, the 2371108

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ATHENS (AP) — Preservationists lost a battle as a historic, and according to legend haunted, building on the campus of Ohio University began to fall to demolition crews this week. Community members had fought to save the 88year-old Ridges Building 26 on the grounds of the university in southeast Ohio. It was built as a tuberculosis ward to a historically significant state mental hospital that operated on the property for more than a century beginning in 1868. The Athens Messenger reported Friday that portions of the building have already been reduced to piles of rubble. The university said demolition is expected to continue through March. The university decided to tear down the vacant structure because it had become an “attractive nuisance.” The building, deemed unsafe due to its deteriorating condition, attracted many trespassers and vandals partly due to its local reputation for being haunted. Some in the Athens community had fought to save the building, which was given to the university by the state in the 1980s along with other buildings from the former mental health center that were collectively renamed The Ridges. Ron Luce, executive director of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, had pleaded with the university to come up with alternatives to demolition. He said he hopes city council will communicate with OU about preserving the other historic buildings that make up The Ridges. “I’m sorry OU couldn’t see the value of keeping this historic building,” Luce told the newspaper. “This is our community and we need to have a single vision for how we want it to be. We’re not on the same page.”

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First lady pushes the food industry WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama praised the food industry on Friday for its efforts to market healthier foods but said more needs to be done. At a speech before a childhood obesity summit, the first lady encouraged the industry to put better labels on food, limit marketing of unhealthy foods, and do more to promote healthy foods. She invoked her preWhite House years as a working mom who would run through the grocery store trying to make healthy decisions for her children. “I didn’t exactly have time to peruse the aisles, thoughtfully reading labels, and I know my experiences are not unique,” she said. She praised companies like Disney, Mars, Hershey and PepsiCo. that she said have made efforts to reduce marketing of unhealthy

foods to children. But she said, “We have a lot of work to do.” Mrs. Obama encouraged companies not just to limit junk food marketing but to promote healthier foods. The first lady did not mention a government effort to establish voluntary guidelines for marketing foods to kids. That effort was directed by Congress in 2009 and the Federal Trade Commission issued a draft of the guidelines in 2011, urging companies only to market foods to children if they are low in fats, sugars and sodium and contain specified healthy ingredients. The effort fizzled after food and advertising companies balked and conservatives on Capitol Hill criticized the effort. On Friday, Mrs. Obama appealed directly to the food industry to limit marketing and promote healthy foods.

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COLUMBUS (AP) — This is not the typical yoga class. The students are wearing baggy jeans, not formfitting yoga pants. The music in the background is hip-hop and pop, not newage instrumental. There’s constant laughter and chatter “Stretches are hard,” one teenager complains and friendly teasing about passing gas and taking naps. It’s a class for at-risk youths who live in a shelter for runaways, and the easy vibe so often present in pricey yoga studios has no place here. This class is at Huckleberry House, a nonprofit shelter for teenagers. Candy McDowall, a former Huckleberry House counselor, has been teaching the weekly classes there for six months. McDowall came back to Huckleberry House after taking training through Yoga Gangsters, a nonprofit organization that tries to take yoga to at-risk people. She teaches the classes as a volunteer. Each class has a different mix of kids, because each week, new kids arrive at and leave Huckleberry House. McDowall bantered

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Lenten programs continue TROY — Anticipate the coming Easter season with your family by attending a five-week inter-generational Lenten program at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset, Troy. The events will continue on Wednesdays through March 15, the Wednesday before Palm Sunday. A light supper, for a donation, will be provided. There will be crafts for children and a discussion for adults. Supper will be from 5:30-6 p.m. Activity time will last until 6:45 p.m., and will focus on the subject of “Praying All the Time,” describing how prayer can be expressed by all ages in many different ways. If planning to attend, call the church office at 335-7747. The regular Wednesday half-hour Celtic evening service will begin at 7 p.m.

FLC to offer unique series TROY — The Bible stories you heard as a child will be brought to life in this new Lenten Series “The Bible 30-Day Experience.” Join mem-

bers of First Lutheran Church as they go deeper into the Bible with inspiring messages and video clips from the from the TV mini-series The Bible (The History Channel — March 3) produced by Emmy Award-winning husband and wife team Mark Burnett (“The Voice,” “Survivor”) and Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”). This is the first year the exclusive licensed content from “The Bible” mini-series has been available to churches to use in creating a worship experience unlike any other sermon series. Topics will include: March 10 — Journey from Victim to Victory; March 17 — Journey from Religion to Relationship; March 24 — Palm Sunday, the passion play “The Cry of the Whole Congregation” will be presented; and March 31 — Easter Sunday, Journey from Darkness to Light. “We’re very excited to be able to invite our friends and neighbors in Miami County to attend this unique series and hope many will come to see the Bible in a whole new way,” said Pastor Ric Barnes. Mid-Week Lenten Services meditation series “Pierced By The Word” will be offered Wednesday

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Fish fries upcoming TROY — A fish fry, sponsored by the St. Patrick’s men’s softball team, will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 15 in the St. Patrick Church basement, North Crawford Street entrance. The meal will include all-you-can-eat fish and fries, choice of applesauce or coleslaw, dinner roll and peanut butter and jelly for those who don’t like fish. Meals will be $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and children 6-12 and free of those 6 and younger.

Shabbat services upcoming PIQUA — Congregation Anshe Emeth will hold Shabbat services at 10 a.m. today. Services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Marc Kasten at the synagogue, 320 Caldwell St., Piqua. For more information, visit the website at www.ansheemeth.org or call (937) 547-0092.

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offered from 6:30-9:30 p.m. March 22 and 8:30 a.m. t0 1 p.m. March 23. The focus of Spaghetti supper TROY — St. Patrick “Instructing a Child’s Church Parish will offer a planned Heart” will be on planting Lenten program “The within children’s hearts Story of Jesus’ Passion, CONOVER — Alcony those things they need to Death and Resurrection,” Grace Church will offer a through songs from the spaghetti dinner from 5:30- understand in order to live wisely in the world God Broadway productions of 7 p.m. March 16 at the has created. “Godspell,” and “Jesus church, 1045 S. Alcony Tripp is known around Christ Superstar,” at 7 Conover Road, Troy. the world for his best-sellp.m. today at 409 E. Main The meal also will ing child rearing book, St. include bread, salad, “Shepherding a Child’s Participants can enjoy a dessert and drink for $6 Heart.” special evening of music for adults and $3 for chilFor more information, and reflection to support dren 12 and under. the church’s “Lenten Proceeds from the event call the church at 339Journey with Jesus.” will toward the purchase of 3602 or visit fbctroy@aol. com. The Traveling a stairlift for the church. Shamrocks also will present a travel presentation, St. Patrick’s Day Presentation set “Israel: Pilgrimage to the for March 24 dance set Holy Land,” at 6:30 p.m. March 14 in the St. PLEASANT HILL — TROY — A St. Patrick’s Patrick Parish Center, 444 Day dance will be from 7 Lamp & Light E. Water St., Troy. p.m. to midnight March 16 Productions, sponsored by Travel dates are Nov. Pleasant Hill Brethren in at St. Patrick’s Church 13-21. Christ Church, will presParish Center, Troy. Live A Collette representamusic will be provided by ent “John’s Gospel: So tive will be on hand to this side up. That You May Believe,” show those interested the Tickets are $25 each or will be offered at 7 p.m. itinerary and answer any $180 for a table of eight. March 24 in the Newton questions. The event will include a School cafeteria, 201 N. For more information, silent auction that will Long St., Pleasant Hill. call Pat Smith at 335include Mumford & Sons The one hour dramatic 2833, Ext. 105 or email tickets. The best decorated presentation is free and rsmith3055@aol.com. table will win $100. child care will not be proFor more information, vided. Revival services email stpatsdance2013@ For more information, gmail.com or call 339call the church office at set in Milton 3705. 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House long-term care center. A man raised a hand and rocked to and fro in his wheelchair. One woman, her legs covered by a blueand-white Star of David blanket, smiled as she sang along. Another tasted the challah and grape juice and joked, “I drink a little wine and I’m drunk!” “Today was a good day,” Kozberg said after the service as he moved through the room addressing each worshipper by name, grabbing hands and patting shoulders. While some might argue that spiritual care is lost on people with dementia, Kozberg says just the opposite is true. After more than two decades working in the field, he insists: “People with dementia do not lose their spirituality. They do not lose it.” In fact, he said, “a lot of times dementia takes the

intellectual filter, and when it’s compromised, the spirit really comes out and people will become so much more human and alive.” The rabbi directs spiritual-care efforts at the Wexner Heritage Village campus, which includes Heritage House. He began what he thought would be a one-year stint in 1989 and has since found that the position has given him a chance to be the kind of rabbi he wants to be one who works with people who are disenfranchised. He has likened dementia patients to the tablets shattered by Moses — broken but still sacred. “Even with the loss of memory and executive functioning and reasoning ability, people can still experience joy, they can still experience love, they can still experience respect, they can still relate to people,” he said.

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Know the facts before being discharged from hospital Dear Annie: As a geriatrician, I know how thrilled patients are when they are released from the hospital and how upsetting it is to be readmitted a few weeks, or even just days, later. One in five older patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of leaving it. Each year, these repeat hospital visits add billions of dollars to national health care costs. Fortunately, there are things people can do. Patients and their family members should question their doctors, nurses and pharmacists about anything they don't understand. If questions aren't answered, miscommunication or misunderstandings can lead to complications. Patients should repeat the instructions back to their doctors and nurses. That demonstrates whether or not they understand what to do. Most important, patients should leave the hospital with a written plan that includes information on how to take care of their condition, when their followup visits will be, what medications to take and complications to watch for. We've put together a patient checklist and care transition plan that anyone can download at www.CareAboutYourCare.org. Thank you for sharing this information and for helping people stay well. — Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dear Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey: Thank you so much for sharing this practical and worthwhile information with our readers. Everyone going to the hospital should take this information with them. Please make sure that you, a family member or a friend has all of the information before you are discharged. It could keep you from a return visit. Dear Annie: My brother just got engaged. He and his girlfriend have two kids. Usually, this is a happy time for families, but eight months ago, my brother's fiancee cheated on him. We weren't sure the younger child was my brother's, but he took a DNA test that proved she is his little girl. At that time, my brother decided to keep his family together and work things out, which I greatly admire. But we just found out that his fiancee is talking, emailing and texting the guy she cheated with. My brother still wants the wedding to go on and would like the rest of us to mind our own business. Annie, I really think this is a bad decision for my brother. I worry his girlfriend will continue to cheat and hurt my brother over and over. Do I say something, or keep my mouth shut and plaster on a fake smile? — Love My Brother Dear Love Your Brother: Say nothing more. Your brother knows how you feel, and he has asked you to accept his decision. He understands the consequences. We think he would greatly appreciate your support right now, and we hope you can plaster on that smile and provide it. Dear Annie: This is for all those retirees who don't know what to do with themselves. A year ago, my health forced me into an early retirement. All of my co-workers and most of my friends lived far from my home. During my first week off, I heard of a yoga class at the local senior center. As a baby boomer, I thought I was too young to go to a "senior" center. But that one class has led to a group of retired educators, like me, who go bicycling twice a week in good weather and meet for lunch in the cold season. I volunteer at the senior center, take painting classes at a local art center and meet lots of retired folks with similar interests. I have made some good friends, found a great traveling companion and have a lot of fun. Please point early retirees to senior centers. Remember that you need to go somewhere at least half a dozen times before you begin to feel at home. — Retired and Busy 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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Helpful suggestions that can help you help others Dear Heloise: Here in Ohio, neighbors and friends take food to the family’s home when there is a death. There was enough food within two days to overflow three refrigerators. All was greatly appreciated. However, adding to the stress was the additional kitchen duty of cleaning baked-on foodstuff, and dishes and pans we had to try to label for return. Also, “helpers” may not be able to properly label dishes. People called in three weeks wanting to know if we had their dish, the lid was missing when a dish was returned, or they received a dish that was not theirs. This certainly adds to

Hints from Heloise Columnist stress. It would be helpful when you want to help to: • Call to determine if food is needed. Maybe in a couple of weeks, the family would really appreciate a prepared meal, a sack of groceries, or to be taken out for a bite to eat. Kindnesses can be extended for

a month or two. • Take food only in disposable containers. • A wonderful friend brought a supply of disposable cups and glasses, dessert and dinner plates, soup bowls, forks and spoons, napkins, paper towels, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, food and kitchen garbage bags. • A neighbor volunteered to have a supply of ice cubes ready for use. • Frozen foods (pizza, lasagna, etc.), if not immediately needed, can be put in a freezer for later. Hope these help. — B.B., North Canton, Ohio

Your suggestions will most surely help many people who want to do “something” but aren’t sure what to bring. In our girlfriend circle, I’m the one who brings the paper products (including toilet paper!) and keeps the kitchen trash from overflowing. Others bring ice and soft drinks, and we each have a role we do checking the bathroom, picking up cups and plates, etc. You are absolutely right: These efforts probably are welcome a few months later, and maybe even more so. There are only so many pies, cakes and cookies that can be consumed. — Heloise

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, March 9, the 68th day of 2013. There are 297 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-saving time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. Clocks go forward one hour. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 9, 1963, two Los Angeles police officers, Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, were disarmed and abducted by ex-convicts Gregory Powell and Jimmy Lee Smith during a traffic stop in Hollywood; the officers were taken to an onion field near Bakersfield, Calif., where Campbell was shot to death while Hettinger managed to escape. (Powell and Smith were sent to prison; the case

was detailed in the book “The Onion Field” by Joseph Wambaugh.) On this date: • In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va. • In 1916, Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, N.M., killing 18 Americans. • In 1933, Congress, called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, began its “hundred days” of enacting New Deal legislation. • In 1945, during World War II,

U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Japan, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths. • In 1997, gangsta rapper The Notorious B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; he was 24. • Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Mickey Gilley is 77. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 65. Actress Jaime Lyn Bauer is 64. Actress Linda Fiorentino is 53. Actress Juliette Binoche is 49. Actor Emmanuel Lewis is 42. Actress Brittany Snow is 27. Rapper Bow Wow is 26.

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A man pushes out a car stuck in the snow on Dean Street in Mansfield, Mass., Friday, after the area received well over a foot of snow. The storm also caused coastal flooding in Massachusetts.

Enduring storm surprises New England with big snow WHITMAN, Mass. (AP) — The late-winter storm that buried parts of the country was forecast to be little more than a nuisance for most of New England. Try telling that to Connecticut and Massachusetts residents who spent two days shoveling as much as 2 feet snow. “The forecast was 4 to 6 inches and I think I’m looking at about 12 to 14 inches,” West Roxbury resident Mark Spillane said as snow continued to fall Friday. “I did not expect to have to bring out the snow blower.” The storm was centered far out in the Atlantic Ocean, and by the time it reached New England, forecasters were focused on the potential for coastal flooding and not snow, which in many places was predicted to reach a maximum of 6 or 8 inches. The coastline was battered by three high tides during the duration of the storm, the worst Friday morning, when some roads in coastal towns were flooded with up to 3 feet of

water. A vacant house on Plum Island, off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, was ripped from its foundation and collapsed into the sea. Other homes there were badly damaged. But in most places, it was the persistent snow that threw people for a loop. The National Weather Service reported nearly 13 inches of snow at Boston’s Logan International Airport as of 1 p.m., with more than 2 feet in a few Massachusetts towns and nearly that much in many others. Some parts of Connecticut and New Hampshire also saw more than a foot. With spring less than two weeks away, Lisa Parisella, of Beverly, Mass., had been ready to dig out her sandals. Instead, she found herself donning her winter boots for a trip to the grocery store to make sure she had enough food for her kids, whose classes were canceled Friday. “This was unexpected,” said Parisella, 47, an office manager. Forecasts had called for between 1 and 8 inches. Instead, her

town had well over a foot by noon, and snow continued to fall. “I was ready to start decorating for spring. I was thinking, March, ready to take out the sandals, and I’m taking out the boots again.” Tim Wicker, a self-employed 32-year-old resident of Norwich, Conn., said the latest storm wasn’t too bad, but he was also longing for spring. “The other day I was out in a T-shirt,” Wicker said. “Now we’re dealing with this again. It’s going to be 54 on Sunday. It’s just New England.” Charley Foley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton, said the higher snowfalls were caused by winds swirling around the storm that subtly changed course from the northeast to a more northerly direction. That allowed the storm to tap colder air from Canada, pick up moisture from the warmer ocean and dump snow on New England. “We did get somewhat surprised by higher snow amounts,” Foley said.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The preliminaries over, Catholic cardinals are ready to get down to the real business of choosing a pope. And even without a frontrunner, there are indications they will go into the conclave Tuesday with a good idea of their top picks. Then it will be just a matter of agreeing on one man to lead the church and tackle its many problems. The conclave date was set Friday during a vote by the College of Cardinals, who have been meeting all week to discuss the church’s problems and priorities, and the qualities the successor to Pope Benedict XVI must possess. That said, there doesn’t appear to be a front-runner, and the past week of deliberations has exposed sharp divisions among cardinals about some of the pressing problems facing the church, including governance within the Holy See itself. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pre-conclave meetings had given the cardinals a chance to discuss the “profile, characteristics, qualities and talents” a future pope must have. Those closed-door deliberations, he said, provided an opportunity for discussion and information-gathering so the cardinals could go into the conclave ready to cast their ballots. “The preparation is absolutely fundamental,” Lombardi said. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, agreed, noting that without this week’s meetings the conclave “could drag on.” “The preference is to have enough discussions previous so that when people go to the conclave, they already have a particular idea of who they’re going to vote for,” he told reporters at a briefing earlier this week. Then it’s a matter of consensus-building in order to reach the two-thirds majority needed to elect a pope a process that for the past century has taken no more than a few days. Benedict himself was elected

on the fourth round of voting in 2005, a day after the conclave began one of the fastest papal elections in recent times. His predecessor, John Paul II, was chosen following eight ballots over three days in 1978. In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days. On Tuesday, the conclave will begin with a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, followed by a procession into the Sistine Chapel and the first round of secret balloting in the afternoon. If black smoke is sent snaking out of the chapel chimney to indicate there is no victor, the cardinals will retire for the day. They return Wednesday for two rounds of balloting in the morning and two rounds in the afternoon, a process repeated each day, with occasional breaks for reflection, until a pope emerges. U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, considered a papal contender, said in a blog post Friday that this week’s preliminary discussions covered preaching and teaching the Catholic faith, tending to Catholic schools and hospitals, protecting families and the unborn, supporting priests “and getting more of them!” “Those are the ‘big issues,’” he wrote. “You may find that hard to believe, since the ‘word on the street’ is that all we talk about is corruption in the Vatican, sexual abuse, money. Do these topics come up? Yes! Do they dominate? No!” The Americans had pressed this week for time to get to the bottom of the dysfunction and corruption in the Holy See’s governance that were exposed by the leak of papal documents last year. Vatican-based cardinals had been angling for a speedy end to the discussions, perhaps to limit the amount of dirty laundry being aired. But by Thursday afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles tweeted that the discussions were “reaching a conclusion” and that a mood of “excitement” was taking hold.

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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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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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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

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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

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320 Houses for Rent

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

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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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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

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500

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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

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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

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560 Home Furnishings

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

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 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

577 Miscellaneous

805 Auto

JUKE BOXES, 45 rpm and CD players (937)606-0248

WANTED! Swap Meet vendors. March 16th, 17th 2013, Shelby County Fair Grounds, Sidney, Ohio. For more information call 1-888-557-3235

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

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

WALKER, seated walker, wheelchair, Tub shower/ transfer benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grab bars, canes, Mickey phone, More, (937)339-4233

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

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

583 Pets and Supplies

YORKIE-POO PUPS, two females left, will be ready March 14th. Will have first shorts. Taking deposits now. $250 (419)582-4211.

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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890 Trucks

1993 CHEVY Silverado, Runs good, like new tires, $1100 obo, (937)718-2785

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

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.

1995 CHEVY Silverado. 146,000 miles. 1 owner. Asking $3500. Make offer. (937)418-6074

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.

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.

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• 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. • 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. • 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: The Troy High School baseball team is holding a meet the team all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast March 16 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. • SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@civitasmedia.com or Colin Foster at colinfoster@civitasmedia.com.

Who will join Shazier as OSU linebackers? COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and his staff are looking for a few good linebackers. With three of the mainstays — Etienne Sabino, Zach Boren and Storm Klein — at the position from last year’s team gone, one of the top priorities during the Buckeyes’ spring workouts has been finding playmakers at the open spots. Co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell surveyed the candi-

dates but refrained from making any judgments after the Buckeyes’ first two practices. “There’s a lot of good-looking players,” he said of the early returns. He added, “We hold our opinions until we get in pads and play some football.” Asked after the opening practice on Tuesday what position concerned him the most, Meyer lumped together most of the defense. “The front seven,” he said.

“Because there’s a bunch of new guys in there.” Ryan Shazier, the one proven commodity at linebacker, is out for at least a couple more weeks while he recovers from surgery for a sports hernia. An All-Big Ten selection last season, he started all 12 games and led the conference in tackles for a loss (17). “I’m taking my game to the next level,” the junior said. “Coach Fickell and I have been

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (2) jumps to the basket against Memphis Grizzlies’ Tayshaun Prince (21) during the first quarter Friday in Cleveland.

Irving’s 24 not enough in Cavs loss

That is where our focus is completely,” he said. “We would be foolish to think past 12:30 on Sunday. That’s all we’ve ever done. We have one more game to play to end the regular season and that is the only thing that is on my mind and hopefully the only thing on our players’ minds.” Not so long ago, winning a conference title was seemingly out of reach. The Buckeyes

CLEVELAND (AP) — Marc Gasol scored 22 points and the Memphis Grizzlies held off a late run for a 103-92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Memphis, which strengthened its hold on the fourth spot in the Western Conference playoff race, has won 11 of 12 and is 12-4 since trading star forward Rudy Gay to Toronto on Jan. 30. The Grizzlies’ previous victory in Cleveland came on Nov. 29, 2003, LeBron James’ rookie season with the Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving, who missed Cleveland’s morning shootaround with flu-like symptoms, scored a team-high 24 points. Mike Conley and Jerryd Bayless each scored 17 points and Grizzlies pulled away after the Cavaliers cut the lead to 8884 with 5:21 to play. Conley also had 11 assists while Bayless scored 11 points in the fourth quarter. Memphis trailed 51-48 at halftime, but Gasol and Ed Davis combined for 18 points in the third quarter to help the Grizzlies build a double-figure lead. Gasol scored 10 in the period while Davis, starting for the injured Zach Randolph, added eight. Memphis took a 72-61 lead with 4:22 remaining and still led 80-69 after three quarters. Randolph, the Grizzlies’ leading scorer with a 15.7 average, missed his third straight game because of a sprained left ankle. Irving re-entered the game with 6:31 remaining in the fourth quarter and scored a minute later on a left-handed drive to

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Ohio State’s Deshaun Thomas (1) reacts during the second half against Indiana Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind. Ohio State defeated Indiana 67-58.

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Division IV Regional Semifinal at Trent Arena Troy Christian vs. Tri-Village (8 p.m.)

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talking about plays and what offenses can do. I need to work on staying behind the ball and watching film will help me do that more out on the field.” Behind Shazier, however, are some intriguing possibilities but also some question marks. Curtis Grant is one of the major enigmas on the team. An acclaimed prep star out of Richmond, Va., he saw action as a freshman and then started at

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Buckeyes won’t take the bait. Yes, they know a home win over Illinois on Sunday afternoon coupled with an Indiana loss later that day at Michigan would leave them in a multiteam tie for the Big Ten championship. But they refuse to let anyone think they’re getting ahead of themselves by saying they’ll be rooting for their archrival Wolverines. Instead, the party line is that No. 14 Ohio State is

concentrating on taking care of its own business first. “I’m only focused on the game at 12:30 against Illinois on Sunday,” said Evan Ravenel, Ohio State’s only senior, who will be playing his final home game at Value City Arena. “I’m not really focused on what everybody else does.” Coach Thad Matta declined to even address a possible fourth consecutive Big Ten title. “I’ll be honest with you, I just want to play well on Sunday.

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Akron’s Abreu suspended on senior night Woods holds 2-shot lead after 2 rounds Tiger Woods set a personal-best with 17 birdies over two rounds on the Blue Monster. What mattered more to him was a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Cadillac Championship. See Page 18.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Akron’s special season has hit a stunning snag. Zips starting point guard Alex Abreu pleaded not guilty to trafficking and possession of marijuana on Friday, hours before his teammates played rival Kent State in their regular-season finale on senior night without the junior floor general and inspirational leader. Abreu has been suspended indefinitely, pending the outcome of the

police investigation. The Zips (24-6, 14-2 MidAmerican Conference) lost the game 68-64 to the Golden Flashes (19-12, 9-7). Abreu appeared via closedcircuit TV from jail in Akron Municipal Court. On Thursday, the 21-year-old and Austin L. Durgala, 18, were arrested by police for allegedly accepting a package containing 5 pounds of marijuana. According to police, narcotic-unit detectives arrested

Abreu and Durgala at the latter’s residence. Abreu posted $5,000 bond and was released from the Summit County Jail at around 6 p.m. He offered only one “no comment” to reporters before he and Durgala got in a car and were driven away. Abreu is due back in court March 22, when the Zips hope to be playing in the NCAA tournament. But without Abreu, Akron’s run to make the NCAA field for

the third time since 2009 will be much more challenging. Although the Zips recently won 19 straight games and will be the No. 1 seed in next week’s Mid-American Conference tournament, they’ll need to win the tourney to get the league’s automatic NCAA bid. If Akron doesn’t capture the championship, there’s no guarantee they’ll get one of the coveted at-large bids

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■ Auto Racing

Drivers eager to take new car for real spin LAS VEGAS (AP) — A daylong rainstorm kept NASCAR’s teams mostly confined to their garages Friday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Several drivers felt the rain was also the only thing protecting the track’s speed record from the new Gen-6 race car. Although Denny Hamlin’s criticism of the new car drew heavy attention and a hefty fine from NASCAR this week, most drivers think it’s too early to make any negative judgment about their speedy new rides. In fact, this weekend is the Gen-6’s first real chance to show what it’s got — and the drivers are eager to get rolling. “I think as we learn more and more about these cars and what makes them work and drive better, things can only get better as far as the product we put out there every week,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday. While Hamlin correctly pointed out how many adjustments still must be made to the car, many more drivers seem intrigued by the possibilities and potential in their eye-catching new vehicles. What’s more, NASCAR and its three manufacturers built the new car largely to improve racing on 1.5-mile intermediate tracks like the tri-oval

in Vegas, where Brad Keselowski will start from the pole on Sunday. The first race in the Gen6 was with restrictor plates at Daytona, a high-banked, 2.5-mile track. Its second outing was at Phoenix on a fairly flat, 1-mile track with few of the challenges drivers will face elsewhere. While Phoenix featured little passing or side-by-side racing, most drivers seem to think the quality of racing will improve on the intermediate tracks that make up most of their schedule. “For a new car, I thought last week was a really good debut for it,” Tony Stewart said. “I personally think it’s off to a great start, and it’s got a lot of potential. We had good racing, we had a good finish, and everybody is going to keep learning. Everybody has their piece of the equation that they will figure out. You have to start somewhere, and for it to debut the way that it has, I think, has been a very positive start.” Although Hamlin’s pessimism got headlines this week largely because NASCAR spotlighted it by fining him $25,000, Earnhardt and Stewart are among the drivers who are encouraged by their early experience in the new cars — and Danica Patrick certainly isn’t complaining

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Pit crew members for Mike Bliss roll his Sprint Cup Series car out of the garage during a rain delay at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Friday in Las Vegas. Qualifying for Sunday’s race was canceled because of rain. after winning her historic pole at Daytona. “We’re still learning a lot, even by ourselves, in trying to understand the race tracks and how the car wants to be set up,” Jimmie Johnson said. “Then at these higher speeds, downforce-wise, this will be our first exposure to it (in Las Vegas). I tried to get around some cars. Things seem stable at least catching one car, but when you get all 43 in a big pack and the air is really swirling around, then the cars drive a lot different.

There will be a lot of learning going on come Sunday.” The new cars are lighter and more aero-sensitive, but they’re definitely fast, too: After Patrick and Mark Martin barely missed the track speed records in qualifying for NASCAR’s first two races of the season, many drivers said they expected a Vegas record to fall Friday before the session was scrapped by rain. They barely missed the record during Thursday’s open test, a valuable resource for teams tweaking

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their cars for the season ahead. “It’s a new car, there’s a lot of things to learn, and that’s what everybody in the garage is trying to do, is trying to get an advantage on the rest of the competitors out there,” Earnhardt said. “We had a good opportunity yesterday. … I was kind of glad to see it rain today, because I practiced enough. I was ready to race.” Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, is urging drivers and fans to show a little

patience while the teams figure out the cars. He expects teams to use the Easter break to evaluate data from the first few races, but describes the adjustment process as “a long-term deal here, years and years and years for this car.” Pemberton defended NASCAR’s decision to fine Hamlin, who furiously stood up to the governing body by vowing to appeal and refusing to pay the fine. His team, Joe Gibbs Racing, issued a statement Friday saying it “will fully support Denny in his appeal process.” The garage had mixed feelings over Hamlin’s stand. While Jeff Burton and other drivers suggested NASCAR had overreacted fining Hamlin, in Keselowski and a few other drivers were more circumspect. “It’s been an interesting story for somebody to challenge that authority,” Jeff Gordon said. “That’s fine, but at the end of the day, I know whose sandbox I’m playing in. I like the sandbox. I like to play in it, and I want to have the best opportunity to have the most fun in that sandbox. Sometimes while you don’t always like it, you have to bite your tongue and just go out there and race.”

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Wrestling considers changing singlet LONDON (AP) — Kicked out of the Olympics and desperately trying to get back in, wrestling hopes a wardrobe change will wow those set to rule on the sport’s fate. The acting head of wrestling’s governing body said Friday the federation is negotiating with manufacturers to produce a new singlet — the skimpy sleeveless T-shirt worn by competitors — that will reduce sweat and look different for Greco-Roman and freestyle events. It’s a sign of how far the sport is ready to go to regain its spot in the Olympics after being cut from the 2020 Games last month by the IOC executive board. “I want to change the singlets to modernize them,” acting FILA president Nenad Lalovic told The Associated Press. “Sweat is really a problem for the wrestlers. By the end of the match they cannot make grabs, especially for the Greco-Roman. “Also that will help to distinguish immediately the Greco-Roman wrestler from the freestyle wrestler.” Currently, Olympic wrestlers in both disciplines wear either red or blue onepiece singlets. Lalovic said FILA is also working on proposals to include women and active athletes on its decisionmaking body and make changes to competition formats and venues. “We want to find something that will make our sport much more watchable and understandable,” Lalovic said. “We want spectators who come to the wrestling hall for the first time to know the rules by the end of the day.” The changes, which would take effect in 2014, will be voted on at an extraordinary FILA congress in Moscow on May 18 — just 10 days before the IOC executive board meets in St. Petersburg, Russia, to discuss the program for the 2020 Games. “We have to make changes to modernize our sport,” the Serbian official said in a telephone interview after chairing a FILA meeting in Vevey, Switzerland. “We have to show that something has changed and that we can implement it.” As part of the campaign, FILA is planning a “World Wrestling Day” on May 24

with national bodies organizing wrestling exhibitions and other events to promote the sport. FILA had originally planned to hold the congress in Turkey, but that was considered a possible conflict of interest because Istanbul is bidding for the 2020 Olympics. “We have to be impartial,” said Lalovic, who plans to run for the FILA presidency at the Moscow meeting. Russia, a traditional wrestling powerhouse and homeland of the great Alexander Karelin, has been among the most active countries fighting for the sport’s Olympic future. Lalovic said the Russian government will help organize and finance the congress. Lalovic took over FILA on an interim basis after Raphael Martinetti resigned as president within days of the IOC decision to remove wrestling after the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. He said he spoke to Martinetti this week and the Swiss official told him he would not be a candidate at the May meeting. Lalovic said he doesn’t know if he will face any challengers or be unopposed to finish the presidential mandate until 2014. At the IOC meeting in St. Petersburg, May 29-31, the board will hear presentations from wrestling and seven other sports competing for one spot on the 2020 program. Those sports include a combined baseball-softball bid, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding, and the martial arts of karate and wushu. The board could select a short list of three sports to submit to the full IOC assembly, which will make the final decision at its session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September. Lalovic met with federation leaders a day after talks with IOC President Jacques Rogge, who told him the sport will need to earn its place on the program. “The other competitors started two years ago,” Lalovic said. “We have to run fast and act fast. They have had much more time to prepare. But I think we have stronger arguments and I believe we will be ready to make our case.”

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct 11 1 .917 Kansas City Baltimore 8 2 .800 11 3 .786 Seattle 10 4 .714 Tampa Bay 6 3 .667 Chicago 10 5 .667 Cleveland Detroit 8 6 .571 8 6 .571 Minnesota Boston 7 7 .500 6 6 .500 Houston Oakland 6 6 .500 6 7 .462 Toronto 4 7 .364 Texas Los Angeles 3 8 .273 3 10 .231 New York NATIONAL LEAGUE L Pct W St. Louis 7 5 .583 6 5 .545 Colorado Miami 5 5 .500 6 6 .500 Milwaukee 7 7 .500 San Diego Atlanta 7 8 .467 6 7 .462 Philadelphia Washington 5 6 .455 5 7 .417 Arizona Los Angeles 4 6 .400 4 6 .400 San Francisco Chicago 5 9 .357 3 6 .333 New York 4 8 .333 Pittsburgh Cincinnati 2 11 .154 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Friday's Games Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta (ss) 14, Houston 9 Miami 6, N.Y.Yankees 1 St. Louis 16, Washington 10 Toronto 7, Atlanta (ss) 1 Detroit 3, N.Y. Mets 2 San Diego vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., ccd., Rain Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., ccd., Rain Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Ariz., ccd., Rain Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., ccd., Rain L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., ccd., Rain Cleveland vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., ccd., Rain Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Minnesota 2, Boston 0 Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., ccd., Rain 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. Saturday's Games Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Miami (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Miami (ss) vs.Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. N.Y.Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs.Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. Seattle vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Texas (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Baltimore vs.Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Pittsburgh (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs.Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Washington vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. Texas vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Chicago White Sox (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. World Baseball Classic Glance W L Pct GB x-Cuba 3 0 1.000 — x-Japan 2 1 .667 1 China 1 2 .333 2 Brazil 0 3 .000 3 GROUP B W L Pct GB x-Taiwan 2 1 .667 — x-Netherlands 2 1 .667 — South Korea 2 1 .667 — Australia 0 3 .000 2½ GROUP C W L Pct GB Dom. Republic 1 0 1.000 — Puerto Rico 1 0 1.000 — Spain 0 1 .000 1 Venezuela 0 1 .000 1 GROUP D W L Pct GB Italy 2 0 1.000 — United States 0 0 .000 1 Canada 0 1 .000 1½ Mexico 0 1 .000 1½ Thursday, March 7 Dominican Republic 9, Venezuela 3 Italy 6, Mexico 5 Friday, March 8 Puerto Rico 3, Spain 0 Italy 14, Canada 4 Mexico vs. United States, 9 p.m. Saturday, March 9 Dominican Republic vs. Spain, 11 a.m. Puerto Rico vs.Venezuela, 5:30 p.m. Canada vs. Mexico, 2:30 p.m.

United States vs. Italy, 9 p.m. Sunday, March 10 At Phoenix Spain vs.Venezuela, 12:30 p.m. Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 7:30 p.m. United States vs. Canada, 4 p.m.

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HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 24 16 8 0 32 86 71 New Jersey 24 11 8 5 27 59 67 N.Y. Rangers 23 12 9 2 26 59 57 N.Y. Islanders 24 10 11 3 23 71 80 Philadelphia 25 11 13 1 23 72 77 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 24 15 5 4 34 75 61 Montreal Boston 21 15 3 3 33 64 48 Ottawa 25 13 8 4 30 59 51 Toronto 25 15 10 0 30 75 65 25 9 13 3 21 65 80 Buffalo Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 23 13 9 1 27 69 66 Carolina 24 12 11 1 25 61 71 Winnipeg Tampa Bay 24 10 13 1 21 82 75 Washington 22 10 11 1 21 66 63 Florida 25 7 12 6 20 62 93 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 24 21 0 3 45 78 46 Chicago Detroit 24 12 8 4 28 66 60 St. Louis 23 12 9 2 26 70 70 Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 47 59 Columbus 24 8 12 4 20 55 70 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 23 11 6 6 28 64 63 Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 52 56 Calgary 21 9 8 4 22 61 69 Edmonton 23 8 10 5 21 54 65 Colorado 22 8 10 4 20 53 65 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 22 16 3 3 35 77 60 Anaheim Dallas 23 12 9 2 26 66 65 Los Angeles 22 12 8 2 26 62 57 San Jose 22 11 7 4 26 51 50 Phoenix 24 11 10 3 25 70 71 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday's Games New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2, SO Boston 4, Toronto 2 N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4 Washington 7, Florida 1 Montreal 4, Carolina 2 Columbus 2, Vancouver 1, OT Winnipeg 2, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 3, Edmonton 0 St. Louis 6, Phoenix 3 Dallas 5, Los Angeles 2 Friday's Games Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Winnipeg 3, Florida 2, OT Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Saturday's Games Philadelphia at Boston, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m. Detroit at Columbus, 2 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Sunday's Games N.Y.Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 5 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 37 22 .627 — Brooklyn 36 26 .581 2½ 33 27 .550 4½ Boston 24 38 .387 14½ Toronto 23 37 .383 14½ Philadelphia Southeast Division Pct GB W L Miami 45 14 .763 — Atlanta 34 26 .567 11½ Washington 19 41 .317 26½ Orlando 17 46 .270 30 13 49 .210 33½ Charlotte Central Division Pct GB W L 39 23 .629 — Indiana Chicago 34 27 .557 4½ Milwaukee 30 29 .508 7½ Detroit 23 41 .359 17 Cleveland 21 41 .339 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 48 14 .774 — Memphis 41 19 .683 6 Houston 33 29 .532 15 Dallas 28 33 .459 19½ New Orleans 21 41 .339 27 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 46 16 .742 — Denver 41 22 .651 5½ Utah 32 29 .525 13½ Portland 28 32 .467 17 Minnesota 21 37 .362 23 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 — Golden State 35 27 .565 8 L.A. Lakers 31 31 .500 12 Phoenix 21 40 .344 21½ Sacramento 21 42 .333 22½ Thursday's Games Oklahoma City 95, New York 94 Denver 107, L.A. Clippers 92 Friday's Games Oklahoma City 116, Charlotte 94 Indiana 115, Orlando 86 Memphis 103, Cleveland 92 Brooklyn 95, Washington 78 Dallas 102, Detroit 99 Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 8 p.m. 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.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING Noon SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for KOBALT Tools 400, at Las Vegas 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Sam's Town 300, at Las Vegas 2:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for KOBALT Tools 400, at Las Vegas 4:15 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Sam's Town 300, at Las Vegas BASEBALL 5 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, teams TBD, at Tokyo 11 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Dominican Republic vs. Spain, at San Juan, Puerto Rico 2:30 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Canada vs. Mexico, at Phoenix 5:30 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, at San Juan, Puerto Rico 9 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, United States vs. Italy, at Phoenix BOXING 9:30 p.m. HBO — Champion Jan Zaveck (32-2-0) vs. Keith Thurman (19-0-0), for WBO Intercontinental welterweight title; champion Tavoris Cloud (24-0-0) vs. Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2), for IBF light heavyweight title, at Brooklyn, N.Y. CYCLING 3 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 6, Manosque to Nice, France (same-day tape) GOLF Noon TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, third round, at Miami 2 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, third round, at Miami 6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, third round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — National coverage, Florida at Kentucky ESPN — Syracuse at Georgetown ESPN2 — Atlantic Sun Conference, championship, teams TBD, at Macon, Ga. 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — La Salle at St. Louis 2 p.m. CBS — National coverage, UCLA at Washington ESPN — Marquette at St. John's ESPN2 — N.C. State at Florida State 3:30 p.m. NBCSN — San Diego St. at Boise St. 4 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Notre Dame at Louisville ESPN — Missouri at Tennessee 4:30 p.m. FSN — Arizona St. at Arizona 5:30 p.m. NBCSN — Cornell at Harvard 6 p.m. ESPN — Kansas at Baylor 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Ohio Valley Conference, championship, teams TBD, at Nashville, Tenn. 9 p.m. ESPN — Duke at North Carolina ESPN2 — West Coast Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN2 — West Coast Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Las Vegas MOTORSPORTS 7:30 p.m. SPEED — Supercross, at Daytona Beach, Fla. (sameday tape) SOCCER 7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Manchester United at West Ham 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, New England at Chicago WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Dallas 2:30 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Dallas 7 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Dallas 9:30 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Dallas Friday's College Basketball Scores EAST Dartmouth 76, Cornell 62 Harvard 56, Columbia 51 Penn 66, Brown 64 Rutgers 56, Seton Hall 51 Yale 71, Princeton 66 MIDWEST Bowling Green 76, Buffalo 65 Kent St. 68, Akron 64 TOURNAMENT Atlantic Sun Conference Semifinals Florida Gulf Coast 72, Stetson 58 Mercer 72, SC-Upstate 64 Horizon League Second Round Wright St. 66, Youngstown St. 59 Lone Star Conference Semifinals Tarleton St. 66, W.Texas A&M 48 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Round Siena 70, Marist 64 Missouri Valley Conference Quarterfinals Creighton 65, Drake 53 Indiana St. 51, Evansville 50 Wichita St. 69, Missouri St. 59 Ohio Valley Conference Semifinals Belmont 82, Tennessee St. 73 Southern Conference First Round Furman 55, Samford 51 Georgia Southern 60, Wofford 44 UNC Greensboro 87, Chattanooga 81 Sun Belt Conference First Round Louisiana-Lafayette 74, North Texas 55 W. Kentucky 74, Louisiana-Monroe 60 Friday's Women's Basketball Scores EAST Caldwell 70, Goldey Beacom 69, 2OT Cornell 60, Dartmouth 48 Harvard 61, Columbia 44 Penn 60, Brown 48 Princeton 77, Yale 44 TOURNAMENT America East Conference First Round Hartford 68, Binghamton 53 New Hampshire 49, Stony Brook 46 Vermont 47, UMBC 43 Atlantic 10 Conference First Round Duquesne 64, VCU 58 George Washington 59, Richmond 53 Saint Louis 44, Butler 41 Temple 52, Xavier 45 Atlantic Sun Conference Semifinals Florida Gulf Coast 73, North Florida 44 Stetson 67, Mercer 52 Big 12 Conference First Round Kansas St. 51, Texas 49

Big East Conference First Round Marquette 66, Pittsburgh 43 Seton Hall 60, Cincinnati 55 Big South Conference Quarterfinals Campbell 74, High Point 73, OT Longwood 79, Winthrop 67 Radford 41, Presbyterian 38 Big Ten Conference Quarterfinals Nebraska 76, Iowa 61 Penn St. 76, Ohio St. 66 Purdue 74, Wisconsin 62 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Semifinals Simon Fraser 66, Seattle Pacific 55 W. Washington 60, NW Nazarene 49 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Third Place Siena 52, Fairfield 48 Quarterfinals Iona 76, Canisius 58 Marist 72, Manhattan 50 Niagara 59, Rider 54 NSIC Conference Tournament Semifinals Augustana (SD) 55, Concordia (St.P) 43 Ohio Valley Conference Semifinals Tennessee Tech 61, Belmont 57 UT-Martin 71, E. Illinois 69 Pacific-12 Conference Quarterfinals California 78, Southern Cal 59 UCLA 54, Utah 43 Southeastern Conference Quarterfinals Kentucky 76, Vanderbilt 65 Tennessee 82, Florida 73 Texas A&M 61, South Carolina 52 Southern Conference First Round Georgia Southern 68, W. Carolina 51 Samford 59, Wofford 55 UNC-Greensboro 73, Furman 68 Sun Belt Conference First Round Louisiana-Lafayette 80, North Texas 74, 2OT Louisiana-Monroe 70, FAU 63 Troy 62, South Alabama 49 West Coast Conference Third Round BYU 69, Loyola Marymount 57 Saint Mary's (Cal) 54, Portland 51 Friday's Scores Boys Basketball Division II Cin. Hughes 96, Trotwood-Madison 86 Cols. Watterson 56, Cols. Brookhaven 52 Kettering Alter 66, Wilmington 56 Division III Beachwood 55, Gates Mills Gilmour 52 Louisville Aquinas 48, Akr. Manchester

Saturday, March 9, 2013 44 Martins Ferry 56, Sugarcreek Garaway 48 Oak Hill 57, Sardinia Eastern Brown 35 Oberlin 45, Apple Creek Waynedale 37 Piketon 54, Crooksville 45 Division IV Cle.VASJ 67, Richmond Hts. 47 Delphos St. John's 63, St. Henry 46 Edgerton 42, Gorham Fayette 28 Leipsic 66, Columbus Grove 59 N. Robinson Col. Crawford 49, Plymouth 48 Tol. Ottawa Hills 65, Tol. Christian 50 Windham 87, McDonald 81 Youngs. Christian 75, Wellsville 73 Friday's Scores Girls Basketball Division I Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 61, N. Can. Hoover 55 Twinsburg 44, Solon 41 Division II Clyde 61, Tol. Rogers 53 Day. Chaminade-Julienne 47, Day. Carroll 45, OT Millersburg W. Holmes 58, Lancaster Fairfield Union 44 Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown 49, Canfield 34

AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Kobalt Tools 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, Owner Points. 2. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, Owner Points. 3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 4. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, Owner Points. 6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Owner Points. 7. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, Owner Points. 8. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 9. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 11. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Owner Points. 12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Owner Points. 13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Owner Points. 14. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 15. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, Owner Points. 16. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, Owner Points. 17.(27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 18. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Owner Points. 19. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, Owner Points. 20. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 21. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, Owner Points. 22. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, Owner Points. 23. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 24. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 25. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 26. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, Owner Points. 27. (51) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 28. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, Owner Points. 29. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points. 30. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, Owner Points. 31. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points. 32. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points. 33. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 34. (32) Ken Schrader, Ford, Owner Points. 35. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 36. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, Owner Points. 37. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 38. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, Owner Points. 39. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, Owner Points. 40. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, Attempts. 41. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Attempts. 42. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Attempts. 43. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, Attempts. Failed to Qualify 44. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota.

GOLF World Golf Championship Scores Friday At Trump Doral Golf Club and Resort Miami Purse: $8.75 million Yardage: 7,334; Par 72 Second Round Tiger Woods.......................66-65—131 Graeme McDowell.............66-67—133 Phil Mickelson ....................67-67—134 Steve Stricker .....................67-67—134 Bubba Watson....................66-69—135 Freddie Jacobson ..............66-69—135 Charl Schwartzel................71-65—136 Keegan Bradley..................68-68—136 Dustin Johnson ..................68-69—137 John Huh............................71-67—138 John Senden......................69-69—138 Peter Hanson .....................67-71—138 Sergio Garcia .....................66-72—138 Michael Thompson ............69-69—138 Zach Johnson ....................71-67—138 Rickie Fowler......................69-69—138 Mike Hendry.......................72-66—138 Jason Dufner......................69-69—138 Thaworn Wiratchant...........69-69—138 Ian Poulter ..........................68-70—138 Hunter Mahan ....................67-72—139 Webb Simpson...................72-67—139 Charles Howell III...............68-71—139 George Coetzee ................70-69—139 Alexander Noren................69-70—139 Scott Jamieson ..................70-69—139 Jason Day...........................74-66—140 Justin Rose.........................68-72—140 Nick Watney........................69-71—140 David Lynn..........................71-70—141 Richard Sterne...................70-71—141 Russell Henley ...................70-72—142 Nicolas Colsaerts...............71-71—142 Adam Scott.........................72-70—142 Jim Furyk............................72-70—142

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Matteo Manassero.............71-71—142 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano .....72-70—142 Lee Westwood ...................73-69—142 Rory McIlroy .......................73-69—142 Ernie Els .............................73-69—142 Scott Piercy ........................70-73—143 Geoff Ogilvy........................69-74—143 Bo Van Pelt.........................68-75—143 Martin Kaymer....................76-68—144 Matt Kuchar........................72-72—144 Francesco Molinari.............78-66—144 Ryan Moore........................73-71—144 Marcus Fraser ....................73-72—145 Rafael Cabrera Bello .........71-74—145 Chris Wood.........................71-74—145 Louis Oosthuizen ...............70-75—145 Bill Haas .............................72-73—145 Tim Clark............................72-73—145 Carl Pettersson ..................71-75—146 Brian Gay............................70-76—146 Luke Donald.......................70-76—146 Puerto Rico Open Scores Friday At Trump International Golf ClubPuerto Rico Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,506; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Andres Romero..................65-65—130 Scott Brown........................68-63—131 Peter Uihlein.......................67-65—132 Steve LeBrun .....................67-65—132 Fabian Gomez....................69-64—133 Matt Bettencourt ................68-67—135 George McNeill ..................71-64—135 Jon Curran..........................66-69—135 Dicky Pride .........................68-67—135 David Hearn .......................68-67—135 Angel Cabrera....................67-68—135 Jordan Spieth.....................69-66—135 Cameron Percy..................65-70—135 Morgan Hoffmann..............67-68—135 Brian Stuard .......................67-69—136 Robert Streb.......................71-65—136 Martin Flores ......................72-64—136 Heath Slocum ....................68-68—136 Justin Bolli...........................67-69—136 Blayne Barber ....................66-70—136 Duffy Waldorf......................69-68—137 Josh Teater .........................68-69—137 Henrik Stenson ..................68-69—137 Chris Stroud .......................68-69—137 Aaron Watkins....................70-67—137 D.J.Trahan ..........................72-65—137 Luke Guthrie.......................70-67—137 Patrick Cantlay ...................70-67—137 Vaughn Taylor.....................69-68—137 Brad Fritsch ........................67-70—137 Boo Weekley ......................71-67—138 Graham DeLaet .................70-68—138 Ryo Ishikawa......................70-68—138 Jeff Gove ............................73-65—138 Eric Meierdierks .................70-68—138 Brian Harman.....................70-68—138 James Driscoll....................68-70—138 Rory Sabbatini ...................70-68—138 Nick O'Hern........................69-69—138 Shawn Stefani....................73-65—138 Sebastian Vazquez ............69-69—138 K.J. Choi .............................72-67—139 Troy Kelly ............................69-70—139

TRANSACTIONS Friday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Arrieta, RHP Zach Clark, RHP Miguel Gonzalez, RHP Steve Johnson, RHP Pedro Strop RHP Chris Tillman, LHP Mike Belfiore, LHP Zach Britton, LHP T.J. McFarland, C Luis Exposito, INF Ryan Flaherty, INF Manny Machado, INF Yamaico Navarro, INF Jonathan Schoop, INF Danny Valencia, OF Xavier Avery and OF L.J. Hoes on one-year contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS_Optioned OF Matt Szczur to Tennessee (SL). Assigned RHP Dayan Diaz and C Michael Brenly to their minor-league camp. MIAMI MARLINS_Optioned LHP Scott Maine to New Orleans (PCL) and RHP Arquimedes Caminero and INF Zach Cox to Jacksonville (SL). Reassigned RHP Michael Brady, LHP Adam Conley, LHP Brian Flynn, LHP Raudel Lazo, INF Danny Black, INF Derek Dietrich and OF Kevin Mattison to their minor-league camp. Released RHP Michael Wuertz. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS_Agreed to terms with 1B-OF Allen Craig on a fiveyear contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS_Reassigned C Andrew Susac, INF Joe Panik, RHP Jose Valdez, RHP Fabio Castillo, RHP Edward Concepcion, LHP Josh Osich, RHP Justin Fitzgerald to their minorleague camp. Optioned INF Angel Villalona to San Jose (Cal). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS_Released S Adrian Wilson. BALTIMORE RAVENS_Waived G Bobbie Williams. CAROLINA PANTHERS_Released CB Chris Gamble. J A C K S O N V I L L E JAGUARS_Released S Dawan Landry and CB Aaron Ross. MIAMI DOLPHINS_Agreed to terms with WR Brian Hartline on a five-year contract. Signed QB Matt Moore to a two-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL_Suspended Islanders assistant coach Brent Thompson for two-games for abusive comments he made following New York's overtime loss to the New York Rangers. ANAHEIM DUCKS_Signed C Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year contract extension. BOSTON BRUINS_Announced F Chris Bourque cleared waivers and was assigned to Providence (AHL). Recalled F Jordan Caron from Providence. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Placed RW Derek Dorsett on injured reserve. Recalled C Nick Drazenovic from Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS_Recalled F Matt Fraser from Texas (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES_Recalled F Rob Klinkhammer from Portland (AHL). Signed F Darian Dziurzynski to a twoyear entry-level contract. COLLEGE BIG EAST CONFERENCE_Announced the departure of DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova, effective July 1. AKRON_Suspended junior basketball G Alex Abreu indefinitely. CLEMSON_Fired Itoro Coleman women's basketball coach. MARSHALL_Named Mike Furrey wide receivers coach. RPI_Named Ralph Isernia football coach.

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■ College Basketball

Finale ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 appeared to be in a free fall less than three weeks ago, with three losses in four games capped by 7149 defeat at Wisconsin. When they woke up the next day, they were three games out of first with five games left. Since then, the Buckeyes (23-7, 12-5) have won four in a row, includ-

ing a win over No. 4 Michigan State and a win over No. 2 Indiana in Bloomington, Ind., on Tuesday night. While Ohio State has gotten stronger, the teams ahead in the standings have stumbled to give the Buckeyes a chance. Ravenel, a Boston College transfer who has developed into a vital com-

ponent of the team, said it’s gratifying to know how far his team has come since last month’s loss to the Badgers. “The Big Ten is the best league in the country. So it’s a good feeling,” he said of the Buckeyes’ late run to contention. But then he makes it clear that he’s not thinking past Illinois (21-10, 8-

9), which beat the Buckeyes 74-55 at home on Jan. 5. “The only thing I’m really concerned about is, for any of that (championship tie) to ever even happen we have to get this game,” he said. “Because it cannot occur if we don’t win.” Should Ohio State win Michigan beat and

Indiana, that would leave those three teams deadlocked for the top spot. Should Michigan State also win at home against Northwestern on Sunday, they would join a fourteam tie for the top spot. Should all those dominoes fall, it would mark the sixth time in eight years that Matta and the Buckeyes would have cap-

tured at least a piece of the championship trophy. “The one thing I’ve told them is that you can’t win anything if we don’t play well on Sunday,” Matta said. “You’re playing (an Illinois) team that literally destroyed you on Jan. 5. And quite honestly, there hasn’t been a whole lot more conversation than that.”

■ Golf

■ College Basketball

Tiger’s turning point?

Akron

6 birdies in 8 holes gives Woods 2-shot lead DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods set a personalbest with 17 birdies over two rounds on the Blue Monster. What mattered more to him was a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Cadillac Championship. In a World Golf Championship with golf’s biggest names in the hunt, Woods began to pull away with six birdies in an eighthole stretch around the turn in a clean, crisp exhibition Friday at Doral. That sent him to a 7-under 65, two shots clear of former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, who had a 67. All it took was one shot for Woods. After a scrappy session on the range, and failing to birdie the easy opening hole, Woods laced a 4-iron on the 239-yard fourth hole that caught ridge and rolled to tap-in range. His big run ended with another 4-iron, high and soft, on the 224yard 13th hole. Those par 3s ranked as the toughest two holes in the second round, and he birdied them both. The 17 birdies beat his previous best of 16 birdies in the 1999 Byron Nelson Classic. Asked what that meant, Woods smiled and replied, “It left me a twoshot lead.” Woods was at 13-under 131. A birdie-birdie finish by McDowell prevented a dream final group for the weekend at Doral — Woods and longtime nemesis Phil Mickelson. Mickelson, sparked by a visit to Augusta National earlier in the week, hit a 9iron that stopped inches from dropping for a hole-inone on the par-3 ninth. He had a 67 and was three shots behind, along with Steve Stricker (67). Rory McIlroy showed signs of turning the corner with a 69, although he ended with a sloppy threeputt bogey. It was his first round under par this year, a small consolation for the world’s No. 1 player. He was still 11 shots behind Woods.

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Tiger Woods hits from the 12th tee during the second round of the Cadillac Championship Friday in Doral, Fla. Woods, who once owned these WGCs, has not won the last 10 he’s played. But after a key putting tip from Stricker on Wednesday afternoon, Woods looks as comfortable as ever on a Blue Monster course where he has won three times. “It’s going to be tough to catch him,” Stricker said. “We all know when he gets out in front, he’s tough to catch and tough to beat. Looks like he’s playing well. Looks like all parts of his game are working. Yeah, he’s going to be tough to catch.” The toughest part of the weekend might be the Blue Monster. The greens already are firm and crusty under a week of sunshine and dry air. Woods, McDowell and most everyone else expects it to only get worse. “I guess they can let this place go since they’re going to tear it up on Monday,” McDowell said. Donald Trump, who bought the resort a year ago, plans a big makeover on the

Blue Monster with construction to start right after the tournament. If that’s the case, it could be reminiscent of Bay Hill a year ago, where Woods outlasted McDowell on the final day. “It basically was a U.S. Open that broke out in Orlando,” Woods said. “We don’t get too many opportunities where the weather cooperates, where they can push the golf course to a point where it’s pretty tough like that.” Not that he would mind. Woods has thrived on the toughest courses over the years, one reason he has 14 majors. “It would be fun,” he said. More fun is being atop the leaderboard, especially on a course where Woods has a history of winning. He has a 35-10 record when he has at least a share of the 36-hole lead, though he is only 2-2 in the last year. Those events he failed to win were the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. The star from Northern Ireland this year has been

McDowell, who won the World Challenge at the end of last year at Sherwood and hasn’t missed much of a beat since returning from a 10-week break. He lost in the quarterfinals of the Match Play Championship, and tied for ninth in the Honda Classic. Making up a two-shot deficit to Woods is never easy, though McDowell holds one distinction. He is the only player to make up more than two shots to Woods in the final round, rallying from four down at Sherwood in 2010. “Tomorrow is not about winning the golf tournament. Tomorrow is about maintaining position, maintaining the way I’m playing and trying to give myself a chance come Sunday afternoon,” McDowell said. “It doesn’t really matter who I’m playing with tomorrow. Tiger always brings his own interesting little circus inside the ropes. But like I say, I’ve been there many times and I always look forward to playing with him.”

man and is being counted on even more to play up to his lofty blue-chip status in high school. “All my life I’ve been a leader. Everybody always looked up to me, and it kind of got flipped coming to college,” he said. “I was looking up to someone else and I usually didn’t look up to anyone. I always wanted to get better on my own and help the other guys. But after watching other guys, when it’s your

time, you feel it and you feel different. I feel like my old high school self.” Meyer was asked if there was still a lot of focus on Grant. “A lot,” he said. “Do we still have hope (for him)? Absolutely. Yes.” Camren Williams, Joshua Perry, David Perkins, Luke Roberts and Conner Crowell, along with freshmen recruits Trey Johnson and Mike Mitchell, are also vying for

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 awarded by the selection committee. The MAC has not had two teams in the NCAA tourney since 1999. With experience, size, balance and depth, these Zips have all the makings of one that could bust brackets in March. Abreu, a three-year starter who found his way to Akron from Puerto Rico, averages 10.3 points and 6.3 assists, many of them going to 7-foot center Zeke Marshall, who gives Akron an inside presence to play with any team from any conference. Beyond his stat line, the fiery Abreu has had a steadying hand for the Zips, who had the nation’s longest winning streak before they were beaten last week at Buffalo Akron’s first loss since Dec. 15. Akron had lost a pair of non-conference games while Abreu was hurt, and coach Ken Dambrot was hoping the NCAA selection committee would take that into account if the Zips were under consideration. Now, assuming Abreu’s suspension continues, his off-the-floor issues could keep Akron out unless they can avoid being knocked out of the always competitive MAC tournament at Quicken Loans Arena. Wright State 66, Youngstown St. 59 VALPARAISO, Ind. —

Miles Dixon scored 14 points to lead four Wright State players in double figures and the thirdseeded Raiders defeated Youngstown State 66-59 Friday night in the second round of the Horizon League tournament. Wright State (20-11) will play No. 2 seed Detroit in today’s semifinals. Jerran Young and AJ Pacher scored 13 points apiece and Reggie Arceneaux scored 11 for the Raiders. Kamren Belin led all scorers with 20 points for the sixth-seeded Penguins (17-15). Damian Eargle had 13 points and eight rebounds and Kendrick Perry scored 11 points for Youngstown State. Bowling Green 76, Buffalo 65 BOWLING GREEN — Jordon Crawford scored 26 points as Bowling Green avenged an earlier loss to Buffalo with a 7665 victory Thursday night. Bowling Green (13-18, 7-9 Mid-American Conference) fell to the Bulls 68-65 on Jan. 19 and trailed 35-32 at halftime Thursday. Cameron Black’s three-point play put the Falcons ahead 4342 with 14:42 left, launching an 8-0 run and putting Bowling Green ahead for good. The win keeps Bowling Green eligible for the fifth seed and a first-round bye at the MAC tournament.

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Cavs ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 the basket, cutting the lead to 88-84. Bayless hit a 3pointer while Conley scored on a drive and added a jumper to push the lead to 95-86. Irving, the Cavaliers’ All-Star point guard, was listed as doubtful Friday morning. He said he began filling ill Thursday night, but felt better after going to the doctor and resting most of Friday. Irving arrived at the arena about 90 minutes before game time and said he was going to play. He

was 11 of 21 from the field and had three assists in 36 minutes. Irving was recently held out of three games to rest a hyperextended right knee. He said following Wednesday’s win over Utah that the injury was still bothering him. Coach Byron Scott said Thursday he would consider shutting down Irving again, rather than risk him making it worse. Irving said before Friday’s game his knee was fine and he wasn’t getting shut down.

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Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 the outset of last year’s sterling 12-0 season. But then he lost the job and sank down the depth chart. “I got too complacent,” said Grant, who started three games last year at middle linebacker. “That’s the only thing I can say. I couldn’t handle the glory, I guess, of being a starter. I should have kept working harder.” Now he’s an upperclass-

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