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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 227,000 jobs in February, the latest display of the breadth and strength of the economic recovery. The country has put together the most impressive three months of job growth since before the Great Recession. The unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent. It was the first time in six months it didn’t fall, and that was because a half-million Americans started looking for work. In the past two months, almost a million have started looking. “I have more optimism,” said Freda Bratcher, 54, who had

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worked as a substance abuse counselor but has been unemployed 16 months. She had stopped searching, but showed up Friday at a Miami career center after some of her friends landed jobs. “There’s something out there for me,” she said. “And if other people are getting hired, then why not me?” The Labor Department, in its monthly jobs report, said Friday that December and January, already two of the best months for jobs since the recession, were even stronger than first estimated. January job growth was revised higher by 41,000 to 284,000. December job growth was raised by 20,000 to 223,000. The overall AP PHOTO/DAMIAN DOVARGANES job growth for February of 227,000 In this March 6 photo, an AT&T technician works on fiber optic cables beat economists’ estimate of used for the expansion of AT&T U-verse Internet service in the 210,000. Chinatown neighborhood in Los Angeles. U.S. employers added “It’s a very strong report,” said 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hir• See ECONOMY on 2 ing since the recession began.

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Workers from Coate Construction of West Milton, including Josh Pechtel, center, and Michael Coate II, right, install a sidewalk Wednesday to a turn lane at the West Main Street and Interstate 75 interchange. Coate Construction also installed decorative fencing along Mayors’ Park recently. According to Coate, they are making safety improvements to the area.

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Birth control prices vary widely Cost often determines a woman’s choice WASHINGTON (AP) — Birth control that you must take every single day? A more goof-proof option that costs a lot upfront but then works for several years? Or something in between? A woman’s choice may come down to her wallet: The price of birth control varies dramatically. Just the pill has a huge range, from $9 a month for generics to $90 a month for some of the newest brands,

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through the other 16 countries that use the euro. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Friday called the deal which shaves some 105 billion ($138 billion) off Greece’s 368 billion ($487 billion) debt load an important LEFT: Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos attends “historic success” in a televised address to the nation a cabinet meeting at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Friday night. “For the first Friday. ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece’s private creditors agreed to take cents on the euro in the biggest debt writedown in history, paving the way for an enormous second bailout for the country to keep Europe’s

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plus a yearly doctor’s visit for the prescription. Want a once-a-month option? The patch or ring could run you $55 monthly. Even more reliable are so-called long-acting types, those IUDs or implants that can last years but can cost $600 to nearly $1,000 for the doctor to insert. That’s if you don’t have insurance that covers at least some of the tab,

although many women do. And if those prices are too much, crowded public clinics offer free or reducedprice options. But it might take a while to get an appointment. Questions about cost and access to birth control have been swirling for weeks now, intensifying after a Georgetown University law school student testified before congressional Democrats in support of a new federal policy to pay for contraception

The missing piece of the park puzzle has been found. After hearing from several residents of the nearly completed Stonebridge development located off of McKaig Avenue on Wednesday, law and ordinance committee members Tom Kendall and John Schweser made the decision not to approve the amended proposal of the Stonebridge Meadows development. Yet, on Friday, the committee met and got a look at a newly revised proposal submitted by the developers. The revised Stonebridge Meadows plan submitted on Friday to the law and ordinance committee added back green space into the development’s plan by means of a 1-acre “private park,” with additional park benches and a gazebo at the north side of the Meadow Lake. Committee members John Schweser, Tom

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time, Greece is not adding but taking debt off the backs of its citizens.” The country said 83.5 percent of private investors holding its government debt had agreed to a bond swap, taking a cut of more than half the face value of their investments as well

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• Continued from 1 Bob Baur, chief global economist at Principal Global Investors, an asset management company. “I could hardly find anything not to like in it.” Since the beginning of December, the country has added 734,000 jobs. The only three-month stretch that was better since the recession ended was March through May 2010, when the government was hiring tens of thousands of temporary workers for the census. Before that, the last stretch that was better was February through April 2006. A three-month gain of 734,000 is roughly what the country was achieving in the late 1990s, although it is less impressive now

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• Continued from 1 Kendall and Lynn Snee unanimously agreed to move the amended ordinance forward with the changes submitted by Judy Tomb of Summerfield Land Co., owner of the development. The changes include the 1-acre private undeveloped park area and will include a park shelter and two benches in the park. Patrick Titterington, the city’s public safety and planning director, said the homeowners in the development could form a homeowner’s association that could decide on its own in the future if the 1-acre space would include playground equipment.

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Virginia, a state expected to be closely contested in November. He told workers there that American manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. “The economy is getting stronger,” the president said. “When I come to places like this and I see the work that’s being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. I would bet on American workers and American know-how any day of the week.” Mitt Romney, the leader delegates among in Obama’s would-be challengers, did not directly address the fresh economic data at a stop in Mississippi, but he criticized Obama for failing to

bring the unemployment rate below 8 percent. The unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent since February 2009, a month after Obama’s inauguration, a point regularly hammered by Romney. But as more jobs are created, it is increasingly likely that the rate will fall below 8 percent by Election Day. Matt McDonald, a partner at Hamilton Place Strategies and former Bush White House official, calculates that the economy needs to add about 185,000 jobs per month to get to that point. “It will be a photo finish to get below 8,” he said. Hiring in February was broad-based and improved in both high-paying and low-paying industries. The

industries of manufacturing, professional services and health care all added jobs. And government federal, state and local cut only 6,000 jobs in February and a revised 1,000 in January. Last year, government cut an average of 22,000 jobs a month, taking some of the economic punch out of job creation in the private sector. The small government losses meant the private sector added 233,000 jobs in February. In all, 142.1 million Americans reported that they had a job in February, the highest since January 2009, during the depths of the recession. The low was 138 million, in December 2009.

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Oda displayed to the council members that on the website http://www.troylanddevelopment.com/stone bridge.php it states: “Visit Stone Lake … and Coming Soon a 3.5 acre Stonebridge Community Park.” “I just want to know how it will be marketed for people because Stonebridge is upset, so I want to make a note on the marketing,” Oda said. There were no additional comments from Troy Mayor Michael Beamish. The committee, which includes Snee, Schweser and Kendall, all agreed to move forward with the recommendation to bring the changes to the proposed plan to council at its next meeting on March 19.

• Continued from 1 as accepting softer repayment terms for Greece. The swap aiming to turn around the country’s debt-ridden economy was a key condition to secure a 130 billion ($172 billion) rescue package from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund. The managing director of the Institute of International Finance, which negotiated the deal with Greece for large investors, called the bond swap “the largest ever” debt restructuring. “This has been painful and the pain is not over yet. But I now can see light at the end of the

tunnel for the Greek economy,” Charles Dallara told Greece’s Mega television. He estimated Greece could return to the markets “within a few years.” If recovery continues, “I think the risk for Greece and the risk on the eurozone will be very manageable,” he said. Of the investors holding the 177 billion ($234 billion) in bonds governed by Greek law, 85.8 percent joined. The deadline for those owning foreign-law bonds was extended to March 23. Creditors holding Greek-law bonds who refused to sign up will be forced into the deal.

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Another change is the developer will no longer install a sidewalk adjacent to Concord Elementary School property along Washington Road. Also, according to Titterington, the proposed “fee-in-lieu-of” park fund would no longer be implemented due to the addition of the private park space included in the revisions. Tomb thanked the committee for coming in on a Friday, but had no comment. City councilwoman Robin Oda asked how the development would be marketed after comments from people in the Stonebridge neighborhood about lack of a park with playground equipment.

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bol of what American companies can accomplish. “When I come to places like this, and I see the work that’s being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead,” Obama said. “The key now is to keep this economic engine churning. We can’t go back to the policies that got us into this mess.” The jobs report and split loyalties among Republican voters assessing Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and the rest of the GOP field give Obama’s team renewed confidence that the path he has forged could help him win re-election and rebuild the economy. But privately, his advisers know that outside factors in the United States and abroad from high gasoline prices to instability in the Middle East could still derail his political and economic

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• POT PIE DINNER: The Tipp City Seniors will MONDAY have a pot pie supper from Community 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Tipp City American Legion No. • POETRY WORKCalendar 586, Tipp City. The $7 meal SHOP: Those who enjoy will include mashed potapoetry are invited to the CONTACT US toes, coleslaw or appleTroy-Miami County Public sauce, green beans, pie Library’s poetry workshop and beverage. Carry-outs at 6:30 p.m. at the library to will be available. share and discuss poems Call Melody • DOLLAR SALE: participants have written. Vallieu at Anna’s Closet, 1405 S. Participants will examine 440-5265 to County Road 25-A, will the various forms, styles, host a dollar sale on all structures and elements of list your free hanging clothing from 10 different poems and use calendar a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will creative writing exercises to items.You benefit New Path Ministries. explore new ways to For more information, call approach the art of poetry. can send (937) 875-2909. • WILD JOURNEYS: your news by e-mail to • FISH FRY: The Join Brukner Nature vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. Center Director Deb Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Oexmann and her husRoad, Ludlow Falls, will band, Dick Wagar, as they offer an all-you-can-eat fish take participants on an fry and smelt dinner with french fries, adventure to the state of Washington. baked beans and applesauce for $8 from Enjoy the beautiful scenery as you travel 5-7 p.m. to the San Juan Islands, North Cascades, • EARTH ADVENTURES: Classes Mount Rainier and the Hoh Rainforest. from 5-7 p.m. will offer age-appropriate, Come on an armchair adventure and dishands-on activities that enable children to cover the unique flora and fauna. The proexplore the world of nature and farming in gram is free for BNC members and $2 for the winter at Aullwood. Fees vary. Prepaid non-members. registration is required by calling Aullwood • SALAD BAR: American Legion Post at (937) 890-7360 for more information. 586, Tipp City, will offer a baked potato • PRIME RIB: A prime rib dinner will salad bar for $6 starting at 6 p.m. be served from 5-8:30 p.m. at the • HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING: Covington VFW, 173 N. High St. Salad The Covington Newberry Historical and choice of potato will come with the Society will meet at 7 p.m. at the meal, which will be $13 for one, or $25 for Covington Village Hall. For information call a couple. A Euchre tournament will follow 473-2270. with a $3 entry fee. Civic Agendas • BREAD WORKSHOP: A Quick ‘n • Troy City Schools will meet at 5:30 Easy bread making workshop will be p.m. in the board offices. offered from 10 a.m. to noon at Aullwood, • The Bethel Board of Education will 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. The class meet at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. fee is $35 for non-members. Pre-registraCall 845-9414 for more information. tion is required. Call Aullwood at 890-7360 • The Pleasant Hill Village Council will for more information. meet at 7 p.m. at 200 W. Walnut St., • MEET THE GOATS: Meets Pleasant Hill Aullwood’s favorite milkers — the goats — • The Tipp City Parks Advisory at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood Farm, 9101 Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tipp Frederick Pike, Dayton. Find out how the City Government Center. goats are milked and help feed them their • Covington Village Council will meet at evening meal. Learn how to walk a goat 7 p.m. at Town Hall. and take a look at their foot — the hoof. • Laura Village Council will meet at 7 Also, come meet the billy goat, Blizzard, p.m. in the Municipal building. and discover his unusual habits. Finish the • Brown Township Board of Trustees day off by making butter and enjoying it on will meet at 8 p.m. in the Township some tasty treats. Building in Conover. • COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: A • The Union Township Trustees will Masonic community breakfast is planned meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Township for 7:30-10 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge din- Building. ing room, 107 W. Main St., Troy, second floor (use elevator or steps). The menu WEDNESDAY includes sausage biscuits and gravy — with sausage from Troy Meat Market — • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis scrambled eggs, hash browns, juice and Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. coffee. Breakfast is by donation only. at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Proceeds will be used to fund high school Road, Troy. Lunch is $10. Brian Raison will scholarships. speak on local food and wellness. For • RIB DINNER: American Legion Post more information, contact Kim Riber, vice 43 in Troy will offer a BBQ Rib dinner with president, at (937) 974-0410. baked beans and cole slaw from 3-7 p.m. • ALUMNI MEETING: The Staunton Cost for the dinner is $8.50. The post is School Alumni will meet at 11:30 a.m. at located at 622 S. Market St. Friendly’s in Troy. All folks who graduated • PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The or went to the school are invited to attend Casstown Fire Department will have a the meeting. pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m. at the • BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: firehouse, 4201 E. State Route 55. Cost The Tri-County Board of Recovery and for the meal is $6 and it will include allMental Health Services will hold its monthyou-can-eat pancakes, biscuits and gravy, ly board of directors meeting at 6:45 p.m. link sausage, eggs and a drink. at the Tri-County Board Office located at

• FAIR TRADE SALE: An Easter Fair Trade Sale is planned for 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sunday at the St. Patrick Church Undercroft. Prepare for your Easter celebration by purchasing a variety of coffees and an assortment of chocolates such as chocolate bars, bunnies and eggs.

the Stouder Center, 1100 Wayne St., Suite 4000, in Troy. For more information, call (937) 335-7727. • PI DAY: Students in 6th-12th grade are invited to bake a pie for a pie celebration from 3-5 p.m. at the Troy Rec., 11 N. Market St. A panel of judges will be on hand to judge the homemade pies. The top piemaker will receive a prize. If you’re not a baker, you can still stop by the Rec after school for a free piece of pie in honor of 3.14 day.

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• TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, will offer a turkey shoot beginning at noon. Sign ups will begin at 11 a.m. The women’s auxiliary will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $5. • SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-toorder 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 up will be at noon and play will be at 1 p.m. The entry fee is $3 per person. • APPRECIATION RECEPTION: FISH Inc. of Troy will host an appreciation reception for its volunteers, benefactors, area church partners and partner agencies from 2-3:30 p.m. at First Place Christian Center, West Franklin Street. • BREAKFAST PLANNED: The Elks Bowlers have planned a breakfast for 8 a.m. until noon at the Troy Elks, corner of Cherry and Franklin streets. The menu will include eggs cooked to order, sausage, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee. Cost for the breakfast is $6, and the event is open to the public. • ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST: The American Legion Auxiliary Post 586, Tipp City, will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8:30-11:30 a.m. for $5. Menu items will include eggs to order, toast, buttermilk, pumpkin or oatmeal pan-

• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will guide walkers as they experience the seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars. • WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock walk, where visitors will learn about the private little bird, will be at 7:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. A brief indoor session will be followed by a walk to the meadow where the “timber doodles” should be performing. Dress for cool evening temperatures. • WATERFOWL WORKSHOP: Explore the fascinating world of Ohio’s loons, grebes, swans, geese, ducks and other water birds. A presentation will introduce participants to classification, field identification and vocalization, natural history, legend and lore and more. A waterfowl field trip will be taken March 17. The workshop fee is $80 and non-members $90. Pre-registration is required. Call Aullwood at (937) 8907360. • CHESS CLUB: Have you ever played chess or wanted to learn how to play the game of chess? Whether you are a chess master or an amateur, all types of players are welcome at the Checkmate Chess Club at the Troy-Miami County Public Library. Play against your friends and family or sit back and watch others capture the pieces. Learn new strategies to controlling the board and defeating your opponent. The club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

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City leaders, residents hear update of water plant plans BY BETHANY J. ROYER Ohio Community Media broyer@dailycall.com While two parallel studies are still under way, city leaders and curious residents congregated in commission chambers Thursday night to discuss a new water treatment plant. Those discussions revolved around planning and a preliminary design presented by Bob Yoxthimer, a consultant for CDM Smith, an engineering, construction and operations firm. The meeting was informational, with no decisions to be made on whether to continue forward with a new treatment plant or join forces with neighboring Troy when it comes to supplying the city with water. A joint study by a separate consulting firm will be presented to the public once completed. However, time is of the essence as the city must meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for a change in water standards.

PIQUA Yoxthimer presented to those in attendance a preliminary engineering report on the background of the current plant, change in regulations, water quality issues and goals, new plant capacity and its cost, along with the completed Source Water Assessment and Protection Plan (SWAP), an almost completed groundwater source investigation, funding and financing options, permits and approvals. He also explained the next steps the city must pursue to continue moving forward with the proposed project. Constructed in 1925, the 87-year-old water treatment plant poses numerous challenges in terms of its replacement. Because of its flood plain location, and inability to meet EPA capacity and standards, a rehabilitation of the plant has been eliminated for consideration. Such a task would require a major undertaking to extend structural

and mechanical integrity, while water flow metering is inaccurate and chemical storage and usage at the plant has become obsolete. Several workshops have been held to eliminate numerous process alternatives with Yoxthimer showcasing a site plan at a property located just north of the current plant, as well as off-site improvements. The CDM representative also presented alternative costs for the new structure, optional funding and financing, with the permits and approvals that will be involved. A project schedule estimates design taking up to a year with EPA approval of four months, and a month to two for bids and to award a construction contract. This leaves a tentative build date beginning in August 2013 and completion in February 2015. However, there are still many steps to be taken by city leaders as continued studies, impact on water rates and whether to team with Troy must be discussed.

Police chase, arrest theft suspect Officials believe man may be linked to other local crimes BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com Police believe a man charged with trespassing and obstructing official business after a foot pursuit with a police officer Thursday afternoon is responsible for several thefts from vehicles over the span of the last month. Bryan K. Huffman, 25, of Piqua, has been charged

PIQUA with two counts of trespassing and one count of obstructing official business, and police say more charges are likely as the investigation continues. Huffman was taken into custody near Ulbrich’s, 407 S. Wayne St., after jumping a fence and running through several yards after a police officer spotted him. Huffman had fled from the parking lot of a business earlier in the day where he was suspected of stealing items from vehicles, according to the

Piqua Police Department. “He has been a suspect in multiple car break-ins throughout the city over the past month,” said Piqua Deputy Chief Marty Grove. Once he was taken into custody, Huffman allegedly made admissions to the police that connect him to several other incidents of thefts from vehicles, Grove said. One of those thefts transpired last month when several vehicles parked at Hartzell Propeller along Covington Avenue were illegally entered and objects were stolen.

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

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP London Evening Standard on the U.S.-British extradition treaty: The case of Christopher Tappin raises questions about this country’s extradition treaty with the U.S. The retired businessman was extradited to Texas to face charges that he conspired in the sale of specialized batteries to Iran. U.S. authorities allege that Tappin, who ran a shipping company, knew the batteries were destined for use in Iranian surface-to-air missiles. Tappin says he had no such knowledge and was entrapped by an FBI sting (the Appeal Court rejected the latter claim). However, under the treaty the U.S. had merely to convince an English court that there is a “reasonable suspicion” against Tappin, not a prima facie case — a test which critics say is less rigorous than the equivalent for Americans whose extradition is sought by the UK. The treaty was agreed after 9/11 to expedite extradition of terror suspects. But other cases, notably that of hacker Gary McKinnon, have raised concerns As I that it is biased toward U.S. interests. Both See It Conservatives and the Lib Dems promised ■ The Troy reform in opposition, but a wide-ranging review Daily News last year by a senior judge concluded that the welcomes treaty was fair. Still, the recent case of Abu columns from Qatada, whose extradition to Jordan on terrorour readers. To ist charges was blocked by the European Court, submit an “As I contrasts oddly with that of Tappin. See It” send The U.S. has a fair legal system while your type-writauthoritarian Jordan does not. But Tappin’s ten column to: case will add to the calls for a fresh review of ■ “As I See It” our U.S. extradition treaty. c/o Troy Daily Calgary Herald, Alberta, News, 224 S. on oil sands and climate change: Market St., Andrew Weaver, the respected Canada Troy, OH 45373 research chair in Climate Modeling and ■ You can also Analysis at the University of Victoria, and a e-mail us at lead author with the UN Intergovernmental editorial@tdnpu Panel on Climate Change, recently confirmed blishing.com. what we’ve been saying in this space for a long ■ Please time — that the demonization of Alberta’s oilinclude your full sands is vastly disproportionate to its actual name and teleimpact. phone number. The oilsands have been called a global “carbon bomb” by activist Bill McKibben. Their development will be “game over for the planet,” according to James Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The oilsands have, in effect, become the whipping boy of the global environmental movement, which is also fighting a proxy war against the oilsands by opposing the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines. Yet, developing the oilsands will not result in climate Armageddon. Extracting the resource will not be game over for the planet. As for a carbon bomb, there is one of nuclear proportions, but it is not the oilsands. It is coal, as we have repeatedly noted in attempting to bring some perspective to the shrill rhetoric surrounding the oilsands. An analysis conducted by Weaver and co-author Neil Swart on the impact of various fossil fuels on future global temperatures reaffirms this. As for the current state of affairs, they offer this: “If only the reserve under active development were combusted, the warming would be almost undetectable at our significance level.” Burning the world’s coal reserves, by comparison, would have a warming potential of almost 15 degrees centigrade. Their study appeared in the publication Nature Climate Change, an affiliate of the highly respected science journal, Nature.

LETTERS

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The kind thoughts, prayers and memories brought us comfort during our difficult times. The special stories from his To the Editor: friends confirmed to us how The family of Jeffrey Liles much Jeffrey meant to so many wishes to thank our family and people and the countless friends who were there to sup- amount of lives he touched. port us durIng his illness and We would like to express a death. special thanks to Hospice of

Miami County and Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home of Tipp City. He will always hold a special place in our hearts, as will all of you.

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Don’t wait ’til it’s late! Learn from this mistake! I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a huge kids’ movies fan. Aside from my love of the Madagascar series and a few Tim Burton flicks (because really, how kiddie can a Tim Burton film be), I honestly can’t really stand them. Actually, let me clarify, I’m not a big fan of cartoon-type children’s movies. I’ll fully own up to the fact that I watched “Ramona and Beezus” a good 14 times when it premiered on HBO. So really, I just don’t like all the Disney, super cutesy kids’ movies. My husband however, is completely opposite of me. I think he’d actually prefer if all we watched were children’s cartoon movies — well, that and a few Japanese horror flicks thrown into the mix. He’s also a massive, giant Dr. Seuss fan – particularly of “The Lorax.” He’s been rocking the Lorax’s message before the movie was even an idea. In fact, he even had a close friend draw up a drawing of the Lorax, some Truffula trees, the Unless rock and a sprout years ago. He finally got it tattooed on his leg. See what I mean? Crazy Dr. Seuss fan. So last week, our close couple friends decided to arrange a double date for us so that my husband

Amanda Stewart Troy Daily News Columnist could see his beloved movie. While I wasn’t really for or against the Lorax movie, if it were up to me we would have waited until it came out on video and saved the $34 it cost us to see. But I’m willing to admit when I’m wrong — and boy was I wrong about this kids’ movie. In fact, I wouldn’t even consider it a “kids’ movie.” There were so many things right about this that I think anyone and everyone should see it. If you’re not familiar with “The Lorax,” let me brief you. It’s about a man who moved into an uncharted forest and started cutting down all the trees to make a product. He then sold the product to all the people in the next town, which created a higher demand, which then resulted in all the trees being wiped out. Of course a

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mystical creature named the Lorax came down and warned him a few times that he shouldn’t be cutting down all the trees, but because of the greed and consumerism he didn’t listen. So what happened? All the animals and creatures that needed those trees had to move away and find a new place to live, which honestly, is really just his way of sending them off to die without scaring little children. See what I mean? It’s a serious book. The movie follows the book pretty closely, however, it adds in a nice little love story and honestly, is a bit more sarcastic and ironic than the text. My husband and I were worried they were going to make it all ooey-gooey and warm, deviate from the real message and soften IT for our society. Let’s face it, as a society, we don’t really like looking at the big picture — particularly when the big picture being painted doesn’t make us look very pretty. And folks, it’s not pretty. Maybe you’ve seen the movie and you thought it exaggerated the problem a bit. We’d never cut down all of our trees, they’re protected! And let’s not forget about

our zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, they’ll never go extinct as long as we provide 500 feet of terrain for them to run around in. We’re doing our part, right? Does anyone else think there’s a problem with our way of thinking if we have to have laws mandating that these things don’t be destroyed? We’re so busy biggering our condos and shopping malls that we don’t care to look around at what’s being demolished. We’re so overcome with greed that we don’t realize what we need. I want my daughter to have parks and trees in her backyard. I want her to not have to read about an animal in a textbook because our expansion and consumerism has made an entire species extinct. But most of all, I want everyone else to want this too. And more importantly, what happens when we run out of biggering room and start unraveling those mandated environment laws? I may not be around to see the day, but what if our children are? What then?

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OBITUARIES

E. LUCILLE (BUSHONG) EICHHORN WAPAKONETA — E. Lucille (Bushong) Methodist Church, Wapakoneta. She was active in local, state and national Eichhorn, 86, of Wapakoneta, died at teacher’s associations; 8:41 a.m. Thursday, March 8, church groups, official 2012, at Otterbein-Cridersville. boards, and commissions. She was born July 27, 1925, in She traveled in many foreign Williamstown, Ohio, the daughcountries and most of the ter of Marion U. and M. Marie United States. Her recent (Steinman) Bushong, who prehobbies included music and ceded her in death. In 1964, reading, both biographical she married C. Gaylord and inspirational. Eichhorn who died in 1967. Funeral services will be She is survived by a brother, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March Everett Bushong of Dunkirk; a 15, at First United Methodist stepdaughter, Gladys Whitmer Church, at the corner of of Kettering; and several nieces, EICHHORN Glynwood and Hamilton roads in nephews, and step-relatives. Wapakoneta; Pastors Mary Bushong She was preceded in death by two and R. J. Davis officiating. Burial will be brothers and two sisters. AP PHOTO in the Dunkirk Cemetery. The family will Lucille graduated from Dunkirk High Police evacuate the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic after a shooting receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 School, and was a 1947 graduate of the Thursday in Pittsburgh. Ohio Northern University with a bachelor p.m. Wednesday at the Bayliff & Eley of science in secondary education. She Funeral Home, State Route 501 N., Wapakoneta, and one hour prior to the did post-graduate studies at the service Thursday at the church. University of Colorado and Miami of Memorial contributions may be directed Ohio. Mrs. (Bushong) Eichhorn taught school at the Wapakoneta City Schools to the E. Lucille Eichhorn Scholarship Fund to benefit a Wapakoneta High for 17 years, and then at the Troy City School graduate majoring in education, Schools for 13 years. After retirement, or to St. Rita’s Hospice, or the charity of she worked at the Ohio Northern Schaab, of occupational therapy. He University Heterick Memorial Library for the donor’s choice. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Condolences may be expressed at A gunman who killed one Edgewood, who was pro- had also recently gotten one year. She was a member of the First United www.bayliffandeleyfh.com. person and shot several nounced dead at the scene engaged. “We were just planning others at a University of about 80 minutes after the Pittsburgh psychiatric clin- shooting began, the med- his wedding,” she said, sobERRY OLAN ic before being shot dead by ical examiner’s office said. bing. “March 2013.” Michael Schaab had just JACKSON CENTER — Terry D. Nolan, (Rosalind) Nolan of England and his police was identified An eighth person was hurt, Friday as a 30-year-old but officials say that injury one sibling, a sister Nancy, 71, of Jackson Center went home to be god-daughter, Lisa (Rick) Schaffer of was not gunshot-related. 26, who was fatally shot with the Lord on Thursday, local man. Dayton. The man, John Shick, The surviving victims are during a domestic dispute March 8, 2012. He died of Terry was a new and used car in October 2010. was armed with two hand- all expected to recover. salesman at several area dealleukemia at 7:05 p.m. at the Her live-in boyfriend is James Cancer Care Center Mary Schaab, the dead guns traced to Texas, one of erships. He also had the Curio which had been reported victim’s mother, told The serving 6 to 15 years in at the Ohio State University Shelf craft store in Sidney for for voluntary Medical Center, Columbus. Associated Press on Friday prison stolen, police said. several years. After retiring, Police still don’t have a that authorities have told manslaughter. Terry volunteered at Jackson He was born in Troy, Ohio, Schaab said her son Dec. 8, 1940, to the late motive for Thursday’s them “absolutely nothing” Center Schools. He always had shooting by Shick, who’s beyond notifying them of loved his job and that his Patrick Leroy and Edna a story or joke to share. He believed to have lived in her son’s death. A state patients and their families (Spade) North Nolan. Also loved to travel with Eldon & Shadyside trooper from a barracks thought highly of him. Pittsburgh’s Barb Wical. preceding him in death were “I have letters from half-sisters, Dorothy Evans to their neighborhood near the hos- nearest Pastor Don Faulder will conduct NOLAN Greensburg home brought patients’ families that just and Betty Moyer, and halfpital. a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Police confirmed his the news to the family late raved about him, about brothers, Harold and Garold North. Monday, March 12, at the Smithhow good he was to their On March 27, 1976, at St. Boniface name at a Friday news con- Thursday night. Eichholtz Funeral Home, Jackson Until the trooper spouses or mother or Church in Piqua he married the former ference in which they Center, where friends may call from 2-7 released a more detailed arrived, the family was father,” Schaab said. “He Nancy Zumberger and she survives p.m. Sunday, March 11. Burial will be in description of the shooting. glued to television news was the best person in the along with brothers, Arthur (Peg) Nolan the Glen Cemetery, Port Jefferson, Ohio. They said it’s too early for reports but assumed her whole world.” Memorial contributions in memory of of West Point, Miss., Leo (Vivian) Nolan The clinic was open of Troy; sister-in-law, Sandra (Randy) them to have determined if son was safe, Schaab said. Terry can be made to a scholarship in “We sat and watched the Friday and police and extra Thompson of Sidney; brother-in-law, Shick had any criminal hishis name to a graduating senior from tory or mental health prob- news for hours and not security could be seen Ronald (Sue) Zumberger of Quincy, Jackson Center High School or the even thinking (he might be checking employee’s identi- Richard (Dawn) Zumberger of lems. library at the school. Police confirmed what a victim) because he fication as they entered the Maplewood and mother-in-law, Terentia Condolences may be expressed at they’d previously believed worked on another floor, an front lobby, where authori- Zumberger of Maplewood; nephew, John www.smith-eichholtz.com. was true: At least one upper floor,” Schaab said. ties say the shootings University of Pittsburgh The shooting occurred in occurred. ORIS ACQUELINE ARMON Gregory Brant told the police officer shot and the first floor lobby. Schaab said her son had AP he was barricaded in a BRADFORD — Doris Jacqueline killed Shick to end the Harmon of Bradford, David and Bonnie worked at the clinic since first-floor waiting room Harmon, 80 of Bradford, passed away rampage. Harmon of North Carolina, Chris The gunman had two graduating with a psychol- when the gunfire began Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the Zachary of North Carolina; 19 grandchildegree from Thursday afternoon. For 15 Brethren Home, Greenville. Doris was semiautomatic pistols ogy dren; 41 great-grandchildren; brother when he shot seven people, Pitt, and was going back to minutes, it was fear and born in West Jefferson, Ohio, March 18, and sister-in-law, Alan “Bud” and Janet including 25-year-old school to get his master’s in pandemonium. Burlile of Fletcher; sister-in-law, Mary 1931, to the (late) Marion and Letha

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(Stapleton) Burlile. He had worked as quality control at Atlas Underwear, Piqua; was a lifetime member of AMVETS Post No. 66, Covington; and was an avid dog lover. He was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Joey Carville; sister, Gladys Williams, and son-in-law, Don Canan. Doris is survived by her children, Steve and Sharon Root of Covington, Jackie and Larry Thompson of Bradford, Linda Canan of Bradford, Marilyn and Jim Carine of Bradford, Pam and Pete Palsgrove of Bradford, Harold and Sara Kinnison of Bradford, Tom and Chatty Kinnison of Piqua, Rick and Gloria

Kaye Carville of Tipp City; friend, Dick Harmon of Bradford; faithful friend and caretaker, Debbie Abernathy of Greenville; faithful companion, “Sweetie”; and other relatives and friends. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford, with Pastor John Shelton officiating. Interment will be in Gettysburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to State of the Heart Hospice. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

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In this March 23, 2011 file photograph, an Afghan detainee is seen through iron mesh inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. raids by international troops on the homes of suspected militants. Karzai has demanded a halt to the raids, which have caused widespread anger among Afghans. U.S. and Afghan officials have said that they want a strategic partnership agreement signed by the time a NATO summit convenes in Chicago in May. Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, called Friday’s deal a sign of real progress toward the larger partnership accord. “This is an important step. It is a step forward in our strategic partnership negotiations,” Allen told reporters in the capital before signing the agreement alongside Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. The deal gives the Americans the extension they wanted for Parwan, a U.S.-run prison adjoining its Bagram military base north of Kabul, but also spells out an American commitment to a firm transfer date for the first time. Previously,

the U.S. has always offered “target dates” rather than deadlines. Under the deal, an Afghan general will be put in charge of Parwan within days, but the Americans have a six-month window to transfer detainees to Afghan oversight, according to presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi. The U.S. military will still be able to monitor operations. It will continue to provide logistical support for 12 months, and a joint U.S.-Afghan commission will decide on any detainee releases until a more permanent pact is adopted, according to U.S. officials involved in the negotiations.

CINCINNATI — Katherine L. “K.C.” (Cromes) Kobbe, 78, of Cincinnati, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012. She was the beloved wife of Ernest F. Kobbe; dear mother of Lynne (Alan) March and Thomas A. Kobbe; devoted grandmother of Alexander K. and Ryan T. March. She was a wonderful wife, mom and grandma. She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen and Beatrice (Whitney) Cromes.

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She will be dearly missed by all who knew her because of her great joy for life and her willingness to help others. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Gump-Holt Funeral Home, 3440 Glenmore Ave., Cincinnati. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until time of service. Memorials may be made to the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 19970, Cincinnati, OH 45219-0970.

WILLIAM E. SCHULTZ THE VILLAGES, Fla. — William E. Schultz, 67, of The Villages Fla., died Sunday, March 4, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Troy, and moved to The Villages from Hampton, Va., following his retirement from the U.S. Army. His wife, Joann F. Schultz, also died in the accident. He was a sergeant major of the Continental Army Band, was a master musician and belonged to several music groups in The Villages, and was a member of Hope Lutheran Church in The Villages. Survivors include his father, Carl

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military and the Afghan government sealed an agreement Friday on the gradual transfer of control of the main U.S. prison in the country, a lastminute breakthrough that brings the first progress in months in contentious negotiations over a long-term partnership. The compromise deal came on the day Afghan President Hamid Karzai had set as a deadline for the Americans to hand over the Parwan prison. The agreement gives the U.S. six months to transfer Parwan’s 3,000 Afghan detainees to Afghan control. However, the U.S. will also be able to block the release of prisoners, easing American fears that insurgents or members of the Taliban could be freed and return to the fight. The deal removes a sticking point that had threatened to derail talks that have been going on for months that would formalize the U.S.-Afghan partnership and the role of U.S. forces in Afghanistan after NATO’s scheduled transfer of security responsibility to the Afghan government at the end of 2014. On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Karzai discussed the stalled security pact talks in a video conference. White House press secretary Jay Carney said the two leaders noted progress toward completing an agreement “that reinforces Afghan sovereignty while addressing the practical requirements of transition.” Another major sticking point in the negotiations remains unresolved: night

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Schultz of Sidney; his son David, of Newport News, Va.; his daughter, Mary of Brooklyn, N.Y.; stepsons, Gary Reiss of Curlew, Wash., and Randy Reiss of Dripping Springs, Texas; sisters, Carol Himebaugh of Holland, Mich., Jane Gehalo of Telephone, Texas, and Mary Ellen Alexander, New Richmond, Wis.; and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter, Carol. A joint memorial service is being planned for March 27 at The Villages in Florida. Additionally, a memorial service will be held at the Chapel at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, at 2 p.m. Monday, March 19.

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Harlem churches see tourist boom on Sundays Crowds becoming source of irritation among the faithful NEW YORK (AP) — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists — most of whom had arrived late — a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand. They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses and old-fashioned pillbox hats. “We’re hoping that you will remain in place during the preaching of the Gospel,” a church member said over the microphone at this Harlem church on a recent Sunday morning. “But if you have to go, go now. Go before the preacher stands to preach.” No one left then. But halfway through the sermon, a group of French girls made their way toward the velvet ropes that blocked the exit. An usher shook his head firmly, but they ignored him and walked out. The clash between tourists

and congregants plays out every Sunday at Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the oldest black church in New York state. It’s one of many Harlem churches that have become tourist attractions for visitors from all over the world who want to listen to soulful gospel music at a black church service. With a record number of tourists descending upon New York City last year, the crowds of foreigners are becoming a source of irritation among faithful churchgoers. To preserve the sanctity of the service, pastors struggle to enforce strict rules of conduct. But the reality is that these visitors are often filling church pews that would otherwise remain empty and filling the collection basket with precious dollar bills. “Our building is in need of repair,” church member Paul Henderson said after the service. “We need assistance. They’re

helping to sustain us.” The rules are simple enough: No photography, no flip-flops, no exiting during the sermon. They are printed on pamphlets and multilingual signs and announced at the start of every service. But they are often ignored. Ushers roamed the pews like security guards, stopping more than one person from filming on digital cameras. “I understand that you’re visiting and you want to have a memory of it,” said Carlos SmithRamsay, who joined the church several years ago. “But when we ask you to stop and you continue to do so after the fact, that’s disrespectful.” Some pastors quietly manage the crowds by requiring a written confirmation of guests from tour operators, refusing walk-in visitors. Some churches provide assigned seating for tourists, while others demand a list specifying

which countries the tourists are from and whether they speak English. And still more forbid the tour companies from advertising which churches are on the tour in hopes of curbing the number of unwanted visitors. The Rev. Gregory Robeson Smith, Mother AME Zion’s pastor, refuses to work with tour operators. He doesn’t even like to use the word “tourist,” preferring instead to call them part of his “international congregation.” And he won’t turn anyone away. “I refuse to commercialize the church worship experience,” he said. “You don’t pay people to experience the Lord, to come and pray. I think that’s unconscionable.” Yet the tourists’ presence is undeniable. At Mother AME Zion, there were nearly 200 of them, overwhelming the congregation by at least 5 to 1. “They want to see what they’ve

seen on television,” said Larcelia Kebe, president of Harlem Your Way! Tours Unlimited. “They want to see what they’ve seen in the movies.” The gospel tour industry has exploded since it was born in the early 1980s. On a busy summer Sunday, Harlem Spirituals, one of the oldest and largest tour operators, might run 15 full buses, said Erika Elisabeth, a company vice president. Ticket prices but can cost up to $55. Most churches get a cut of the profit. Others, like Mother AME Zion, make money by encouraging visitors to drop a suggested donation into the collection basket. “Some of the tour operators really have made this whole thing about money,” Kebe said. “It’s created a problem. Because many of them are getting a lot of money from the tourists in order to get into a church. And there may be people in the church who are making a little money on the side.”

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BALA CYNWYD, Pa. (AP) — The remains of five Irish laborers who researchers believe were murdered in 1832 while building a Pennsylvania railroad received a dignified re-interment Friday, more than 3,000 miles from their homeland and nearly two centuries after their first anonymous burials. People lined up to pay their respects before five wooden caskets at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd. The sounds of bagpipes and gunshot salutes filled the air as dozens of mourners paid tribute, including Kevin Conmy, deputy ambassador for the Irish embassy in Washington. “What this does is it just reminds us that the story of Irish in America has many strands,” Conmy said. “You do get a sense that justice has been done to these people.” The immigrants were among 57 hired to help build a stretch of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad known as Duffy’s Cut. They lived in a shantytown by the rails in currentday Malvern, about 20 miles west of Philadelphia. Historian Bill Watson and his twin brother Frank Watson, also a historian, led a team that set out nearly a decade ago to find out what happened to the workers from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry. They believe many died of cholera and were dumped in a mass grave at Duffy’s Cut. But they also theorized, based on mortality statistics, newspaper accounts and internal railroad company documents, that some were killed. Railroad officials never notified the workers’ relatives of their deaths, and they later burned the shantytown. The burial services on

Friday marked the end of a long quest for the Watsons. “It’s a 10-year pilgrimage for us,” Frank Watson said afterward. “It’s a pilgrimage for truth and for justice.” When the Watsons’ team first began excavating in woods behind a manicured subdivision, they unearthed items such as glass buttons, forks and smoking pipes, including one stamped “Derry.” Many artifacts are now on permanent display at nearby Immaculata University, where Bill Watson is chairman of the history department. In 2009, they found human bones. The team uncovered six skeletons in all, and forensic experts found evidence of trauma. The brothers speculate that when cholera swept through the camp, these immigrants tried to escape the deadly epidemic but were killed by local vigilantes, who were driven by anti-Irish prejudice and fear of the extremely contagious disease. Those remains were found apart from the main ossuary, commingled with coffin nails. One set of bones was tentatively identified based on size and the passenger list of a ship that sailed from Ireland to Philadelphia four months before the men died. If DNA tests prove a match to descendants in Donegal, the remains of John Ruddy will be returned to Ireland. The other sets of bones — four men and a washerwoman — were interred at West Laurel Hill. Identification proved nearly impossible, in part because the remains were so badly decomposed. Their grave was marked with a 10-foot-high Celtic cross made of limestone quarried in County Kilkenny, Ireland, and paid for by Immaculata.

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Lawyer: Vatican overrules 13 Cleveland closings CLEVELAND (AP) — The Vatican has taken the extraordinary step of overruling the closing of 13 parishes by the Cleveland Diocese, a lawyer who fought the cutbacks said Wednesday. The move represents a rare instance in which Rome has reversed a U.S. bishop on the shutdown of churches. The Congregation of the Clergy ruled last week that Bishop Richard Lennon had failed to follow procedure in the closings three years ago, attorney Peter Borre said. The 13 Roman Catholic churches were among 50 shut down or merged by Lennon, who said the eight-county diocese could no longer afford to keep them open because of declining

numbers of parishioners and a shortage of priests. Most of the 13 parishes are in Cleveland itself, many in poor, inner-city neighborhoods. Many had been founded by Irish, Hungarian or Polish immigrants, some in neighborhoods that are now heavily black and nonCatholic. Parishioners, many of them second- and third-generation members of the churches, challenged some of the closings and reacted with sit-ins and other protests and the creation of a breakaway congregation. Diocesan spokesman Robert Tayek said the diocese hadn’t been informed of the decisions and declined to comment. Borre said bishops are typically notified by mail sent by diplomatic chan-

nels through the papal envoy in Washington. The bishop can appeal to the Vatican’s high court. It was not clear whether he could simply restart the process, correct the procedural errors and close the churches all over again. Nor was it clear where the diocese would find the money to operate the churches if it were to lose. From time to time, the Vatican has intervened on behalf of parishioners trying to save their churches, but Borre said this was the first such reversal he could recall going back to at least 1990. The cutbacks, which left the diocese with 174 parishes in all, were prompted in part by the drop in the city’s population as people moved to the suburbs — a phenomenon that has also led to

have been a contentious issue in America’s Catholic dioceses for decades, prompted by a shift in population from cities to suburbs and from the Northeast to the Sunbelt, as well as by declining Mass attendance, a priest shortage and financial pressures. In the last decade, as the childmolestation crisis eroded trust in the bishops, American Catholics have increasingly challenged decisions by local church leaders to merge or shut parishes. In Cleveland, the shut-down churches have been locked up, and in some cases have begun to show signs of disrepair. At St. Emeric, orange cones and rope fill a gap in a front-door railing. At St. Patrick, some gravestones at the adjacent cemetery are broken.

church closings in such cities as Detroit, Philadelphia and Boston. Cleveland’s population has fallen 17 percent to just under 400,000 since 2000, and the number of Catholics in the diocese has declined from 797,000 to 710,000 since 2007. Borre said that he received the rulings from Rome on three closings and that he had direct knowledge that 10 others had been overturned. The diocese has begun selling its closed churches, with some bought by other denominations, charter schools and a drug rehab center, and has netted more than $19 million on 26 of them so far. But the sale of churches was put on hold in cases where the closings were challenged. Parish and school closings

AREA RELIGION BRIEFS Presenters will provide the tools needed to discern a partner’s compatibility along with keeping your WEST MILTON — The relationship in balance public is invited to an during this six-week class. Evening of Praise at 6 p.m. The program centers March 17, hosted by around the relationship Hoffman United Methodist attachment model (R.A.M.) Church, 201 S. Main St., developed by Dr. John Van West Milton. This will be Epp: Know, Trust, Rely, an uplifting time of music, Commit, Touch. The proscripture and prayer. The gram includes free course evening will feature the materials. Gift cards will praise band for Hoffman’s be awarded for attendance new worship service, The and snacks and refreshOpen Door, beginning at ments will be served at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, April 1. each session. Child care The Open Door extends will be available upon a “Come As You Are” invi- request. tation to those who don’t To register, call (800) have a church home, with 521-6419, Ext. 1119, or the hope you might find visit http://www.trustmarour new service to be a riage.com/pick.php to regplace where you and your ister online. family can belong.

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The program, developed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Ala., uses the familiar themes of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” a children’s book by Roald Dahl, published in 1964, to explore the lessons of the Prodigal Son. Each main character highlights the dangers of Greed (Augustus Gloop), Pride (Veruca Salt), Envy (Violet Beauregarde), and Sloth (Mike Teavee). The program will be offered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, though March 28, at the church. A light dinner will be served. Crafts, scenes from the Gene Wilder movie and discussion are used in this multi-generational event to reinforce Christian values. To register, call Trinity at 335-7747.

COVINGTON — The Covington Ministerial Association’s Lenten Fish fries set Lunch Series will be offered March 27 at noon at St. Teresa at Covington Church of the Brethren. The series COVINGTON — St. theme this year is “The Teresa Church will offer Seven Last Words of Lenten fish fries from 4-7 Jesus.” p.m. March 16 and 30. A cross walk will be Dinner will include held Good Friday, April 6, beginning at 11:45 a.m. at the old fire station near the post office, followed by a worship service at noon Lenten program at Covington Church of the Brethren (no meal). for families Proceeds from the TROY — Trinity Lenten Lunch Series will Episcopal Church, 60 S. be used to support the Dorset Road, Troy, will Covington High School graduates’ rehearsal lunch present a Lenten series for children and their families.

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BRADFORD — The Bradford Area Association of Churches is sponsoring a bus trip to The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., on April 21. The bus will leave the Bradford Railroad Museum parking lot at 7 a.m. and return at approximately 6 p.m. The price of the trip is $70 for adults and $60 for children. The cost of the trip includes bus fare, admission to the museum and dinner at the Golden Corral in Franklin, Ohio, on the way home. Checks can be made payable to the Bradford Area Association of Churches and mailed to Sue Vickroy, 312 N. Miami

TROY — A women’s retreat will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 24 at St. Patrick Church Parish Center, 444 E. Water St., Troy. The event will include a presentation by Susan Conroy, an author and speaker who has done a mini-series on EWTN and worked with Mother Teresa. The fee to attend is $25. Checks may be made to St. Patrick Church, with the memo Women’s Retreat, and sent to 409 E. Main St., Troy, OH 45373. For more information, call Pat Smith at 3352833, Ext 105, or email rsmith3055@aol.com. 2260334

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TIPP CITY — The Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge (P.I.C.K.) program will be offered free beginning in March for singles and couples who are dating or engaged. Classes will be from 6:30-8 on Sundays, March 11 through April 22 (no class April 8) at Ginghamsburg Church, The Avenue, 6759 S. County Road 25-A The program is sponsored by Marriage Works! Ohio, a department of Elizabeth’s New Life Center, and will be presented by Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley.

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Ask your husband to consult with a physician Dear Annie: "John" and I have been married for 15 years. He is a wonderful person and a great father to our two young girls. Our relationship is fine on the surface, but it's emotionally empty. There is little intimacy, which has been an issue throughout our marriage. It manifests itself periodically in arguments that never seem to get resolved. John refuses to go to counseling. He wonders why I cannot "just be happy," because from his perspective, everything is fine. I have told him clearly that I need more attention and affection, but I have come to the realization that he is "just not that into me." I have tried counseling on my own, but I was told to accept things as they are or end the marriage. Annie, I love my family. I am not asking for a magical romance. I don't think it's too much for a woman to need occasional loving physical gestures from her husband. I can't figure out why it's so hard for him to express his love if he cares for me as much as he says. I don't want to leave, but things could be so much better if John would only put a little more effort into our marriage. Any suggestions on how to improve things? Or am I just destined to have an emotionless relationship? — Lonely in the Ville Dear Lonely: There is a variety of reasons why a man may not show any interest in his wife: He could be gay, asexual, not attracted to you or having an affair. He could have low testosterone or other medical or emotional issues. The real problem is that he refuses to address it. Start with the approach most likely to get results. Ask John to see his doctor to have his testosterone levels checked. If he refuses or it doesn't help, move on to the other possibilities. Talk frankly with him. He needs to understand the level of your unhappiness. Dear Annie: Last week, my sister surprised me by showing up unannounced with her two dogs. She said she planned to stay for a week. I do not have dogs, and that is my choice. My sister's dogs are kept in a truck while she travels, and I feel sorry for them. But I don't want them in my house. Please tell people not to bring their beloved animals to other people's homes. We don't find them nearly as cute as they do. I don't care how well mannered they are, they still shed, need attention and occasionally dig a hole in the yard. — Annoyed in Yuma Dear Yuma: No one, relatives included, should drop by unannounced and expect to be put up for days on end. And bringing their animals with them is terribly inconsiderate unless they have been specifically invited. We know how much people love their dogs and cats (and birds and pet snakes), but asking others to be responsible for housing them is inappropriate and makes the entire crew unwelcome. Please, people, be the type of guest who is enthusiastically invited back. Dear Annie: I agree wholeheartedly with your suggestion to "Desperate in Colorado" to bring in her younger brothers to live with her. However, I disagree that she should consider including her alcoholic mom. Her mother must show that she desires help by attending AA meetings, going to counseling or joining a rehab program. Otherwise, "Colorado" will only be inviting problems into her household. My mother was a violent alcoholic who died when I was 23. I'm 53 now and still recovering. — Concerned About Her Brothers Dear Concerned: We agree that living with Mom would be difficult, but it may be the only way "Colorado" can extricate her brothers and have any control over how they live. Dear Readers: Remember to set your clocks ahead before you go to sleep tonight. And please change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. 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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