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Panetta talks to Afghan leaders Says that U.S. remains committed CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in a series of meetings with troops and Afghan leaders Wednesday, said the U.S. must never lose sight of its mission in the war, despite recent violence including what appeared to be an attempted attack near the runway of a military base where he was about to land.

It wasn’t clear whether it was

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an attempt to attack the defense chief, whose travel to southern Afghanistan was not made public before he arrived. Panetta was informed of the incident after landing.

“We will not allow individual incidents to undermine our resolve to that mission,” he told Marines at Camp Leatherneck. “We will be tested, we will be challenged, we’ll be challenged by our enemy, we’ll

be challenged by ourselves, we’ll be challenged by the hell of war itself.

But none of that, none of that, must ever deter us from the mission that we must achieve.”

According to Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby, an Afghan stole a vehicle at a British airfield and drove it onto a runway, crashing into a ditch about the same time that Panetta’s aircraft was landing.

He said the pickup truck drove at high speed onto the ramp where

Panetta’s plane was intended to stop.

No one in Panetta’s party was injured.

Panetta’s trip to the warfront, which included three stops in the south, was planned months ago, long before the weekend shooting spree allegedly by a U.S. soldier that claimed the lives of 16 villagers, including women and children.

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“The more feathers on the dress, the better,” said Peggy Wireman, store manager at the Bridal Emporium in Wapakoneta. “About half our dresses have a feather somewhere.”

Peacock feathers, black feathers and blue feathers seem to be the most popular, but they come in a variety of colors.

The wispy tufts also show up in hair ornaments, along with flowers and “bling.”

Tuxedos are available in any number of styles and cuts.

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New security procedures set Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program announced Wednesday that could allow them to keep their shoes and light jackets on and skip pat-downs.

The new guidelines from the Transportation Security Administration, which take effect Monday at four U.S. airports, are part of an effort to move away from its one-size-fits-all security procedures and speed lower-risk passengers through while focusing on those who may need more scrutiny. Similar changes were made last fall for travelers 12 and younger.

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OUTLOOK

Going to the dog

Park plans subside after changes

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

It’s all about creating “change” for a “Pawsitive” cause for one local boy.

Miami East Elementary third grader Sam Zapadka didn’t hesitate to begin his furry philanthropy quest.

Zapadka found the organization 4 Paws for Ability located in Xenia, which trains dogs to be paired with people suffering from a variety of disabilities from blindness to seizures and allergy alerts.

“I wanted to do something so they can have a better life,” Zapadka said Monday.

Sam was inspired by the story entitled “Here’s a Dollar” about a girl who encouraged her school and community to send $1 to save the Fresno Zoo and decided he wanted to help a cause with paws.

He’s raising money for a girl in Indiana in need of a service dog.

To kickstart his campaign, named “Give Change, Change a Life” at his elementary school, Kelly Camm, development director of 4 Paws for Ability, visited the school along with 5 month-old Twix, a golden retriever/Labrador puppy being trained for a child with a peanut allergy to be placed in September.

Sam even visited the 4 Paws for Ability Center in Xenia to check out the dogs and where his fund raising efforts were going.

“It’s neat how they can pick up the phone, open doors, stuff like that,” Sam said, playing with Twix.

Sam is raising money with the help of his fellow Vikings for a girl named

Troy Planning Commission members agreed Wednesday to forgo a formal recommendation president Alan after Kappers reviewed the proposed changes to a revised plan for the Stonebridge Meadows development made on Friday.

Kappers said the problem he had with the proposed changes approved by the law and ordinance committee that forgoes the “fees-in-lieu-of” park fees of nearly $67,000 (or $500 per lot).

“The problem is, (Judy Tomb, owner of Summerfield LLC, developer of Stonebridge Meadows) is not paying the fees in lieu of,” Kappers said.

Because of the addition of a 1-acre open space including park shelter and benches around the Stonebridge Meadow’s lake, the developer meets the requirement of total open space of 8.4 acres, which includes the pond.

Meeting the requirement exempts the development from paying the “fees-inlieu-of” which was projected at $67,000.

Kappers reviewed the revisions, which were approved including: no sidewalk adjacent to Concord Elementary School property, 1-acre undeveloped park area including a park shelter and two benches in the park to begin at the start of Phase Three; and a gazebo on the north side of Meadow Lake.

“My whole point is that this has been a compromise and now we are without any park,” Kappers said. “Sounds like we got taken.”

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Sam Zapadka receives a kiss from Twix, a five-month old mulit-purpose service dog from 4 Paws for Ability, Monday at Miami East Elementary School.

CASSTOWN Korigan Gibbons of Rochester, Ind. Gibbons currently is raising money for her seizure alert service dog.

“Dogs can detect a seizure up to an hour before it occurs — it’s just amazing,” Camm said.

Zapadka said he chose Gibbons because of all of her “abilities” and wanted to help her get a dog to help let her family know when she may have a seizure.

Camm said to place a service dog with a child with a disability costs up to $22,000 for training, and the family must come up with $13,000 for the service dog.

According to Camm, 4 Paws for Ability has placed more than 600

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Third grade students at Miami East Elementary get introduced to Twix, a golden retriever golden labrador mix, Monday at the school. dogs since 1998.

“We place dogs all over the globe,” Camm said, noting there is no age requirement to get a dog.

Each service dog receives more than 600 hours of training by certified trainers. Dogs even spend obedience training in five

Ohio’s prisons with inmates for basic training. Dogs can spend a semester at college, with students at Wright State University, Wittenberg University and University of Kentucky.

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Newton Local School’s board of education entered into a new natural gas agreement to lower its energy costs as the commodity has hit an all-time low.

The board entered in to a new agreement with the Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council’s Natural Gas

PLEASANT HILL Program with Constellation NewEnergy.

The agreement terminated the participating districts with EnergyUSA-TIPC Corp.

Superintendent Pat McBride said natural gas is at an all time low and the district would save $20,000 or more by switching companies with the EPC.

Troy City Schools also voted to be part of the natural gas sales and service agreement Monday.

McBride said the purchasing council’s 63 schools could lock in the low rates which are now “rock bottom.”

“I think it’s a great deal,” said Nick Hamilton, Newton Local School’s treasurer.

“It’s a win for us,” McBride said.

For a district the size of

Newton Local School, its fleet of buses make approximately 80 extracurricular trips per year, including games, concerts, performances and field trips, according to McBride.

And at the regular board of education Wednesday, the board approved to increase “sittime” from $8 to $12 for its bus drivers.

The board also approved its cleaning hours to be increased to $10 for the dis-

trict’s four annual bus cleanings scheduled per year.

McBride said the sit time payment had not been adjusted in many years.

McBride also noted the district cut bus driver pay a decade ago by 25 percent and never adjusted the payment thereafter.

McBride said increasing the sit-time pay would help offset the time drivers

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Less snow means more ‘dough’ for many Warmer winter saves residents and county money

BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com MIAMI COUNTY — For many county residents this year’s mild winter meant being able to save a little money, a welcome change of pace amid a tumultuous economy and the rising cost of home-heating.

But can you imagine saving nearly $405,000?

That’s how much County Engineer Paul Huelskamp said his department managed to save over the combined totals of this year’s winter compared to last year’s.

The engineer’s office, which is responsible for clearing snow-littered and icy county roadways and applying road salt, spent approxi-

mately a half-million dollars last year in combined costs that include total salt and fuel quantities; personnel and overtime; and equipment, Huelskamp said.

This year the county spent less than a fifth of that price, Huelskamp added, and noted this year’s winter only cost a combined $95,000 to deal with.

In addition, the county only used 685 tons of salt this winter as compared to th 3,212 tons used last winter, according to Huelskamp.

“When we don’t use as much salt it saves us money because we don’t have to buy as much salt, and salt also is not the best on the roads,” the county engineer said.

“We gain twice when we don’t use salt and have a mild winter.”

The mild winter also meant less

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Mayor Michael Beamish said the changes were made after “a lot of debate.” The committee will make its revised recommendation to city council at 7 p.m. March 19.

Troy’s public service and safety director Patrick Titterington was not presat the meeting ent Wednesday. Tim Davis, planning and zoning manager, said the new proposal presented Friday does meet the requirements of open space for developments.

Commission member Bill Lohrer agreed with Kappers about the $67,000 fee.

“A park bench and a gazebo doesn’t cost that much,” Lohrer said.

Tom Force asked if it was too late to proceed with any action.

“Does the committee

understand they paid $60,000 for an acre?” Force asked.

Without Titterington being present, Sue Knight, service and safety administrative assistant, said she did not want to comment on his behalf, but reiterated the comments and sentiments at the two public about the hearings Meadows Stonebridge development.

“I think the ship has sailed,” said Ron Scott, after Davis noted the development was in compliance with the zoning codes.

In other news: The commission approved a sign for 4 W. Main St. The new delistyle restaurant’s sign “Unrefined” was approved to meet historic district requirements.

For more information about “Unrefined” see Sunday’s edition of the Miami Valley Sunday News.

Dog • CONTINUED FROM A1 “The dogs are so friendly,” Zapadka said. “At the library today, I got a book about service dogs and golden retrievers.”

Sam and Twix, with the help from Camm, presented to the third graders the vast range of abilities service dogs possess as they help children like Gibbons on a daily basis.

“Korigan, she has seizures and there’s a smell that comes from her body before she has one that her dog will be able to detect because dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times better than ours,” Camm told the class as they petted and played with Twix.

Sam’s father Michael said his son has already raised more than $300 just from family members and friends. Michael, along with

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his wife Jennifer, said their family has used the opportunity to teach their son about fund raising as well as creating awareness for those with disabilities.

“When he went down to Xenia to visit the facility, he heard how people have to be on waiting lists for up to two years,” Michael said.

“When Sam heard that, big tears were in his eyes that she (Korigan) may not get the dog.”

Yet, with the help from Sam and his fellow Vikings, they’ll be making a big “change” in Korigan’s service dog fund raising effort.

The school will be collecting change all this week and next week to put toward Korigan’s fund.

If you are interested in supporting Sam’s “Give Change, Change a Life” campaign, donations may be submitted to: 4 Paws For Ability, The Korigan Gibbons Fund, 253 Dayton Ave., Xenia, OH 45385.

• CONTINUED FROM A1 spend at events and is comparable to districts of Newton’s size.

According Hamilton, the sit-time increase would cost the district $1,000 based on the average of 80 trips the district takes per year.

“Our bus drivers are great and they are very good about picking up trips,” McBride said.

“They take care of the kids.”

All members agreed, with board member Nate Oburn abstaining from the vote.

The board also agreed to add an assistant volleyball coach to the district’s supplemental contract schedule.

McBride said efforts to use volunteers

• CONTINUED FROM A1 Everywhere he went, including a meeting with provincial leaders, Panetta referred obliquely to the massacre but didn’t go into it in detail.

Instead, he talked about the need for the Afghan and coalition forces to keep working together to help transition security of the country to the Afghan forces.

The trip, however, has propelled Panetta into the center of escalating antiAmerican anger in Afghanistan, with the shooting spree coming on the heels of the burning of Qurans and other religious materials at a U.S. base.

U.S. officials have said the Quran incident was a mistake.

Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus, the new Marine at commander Leatherneck, told reporters he has seen little backlash in his region over the shooting incident and saw only a few protests of the Quran burning.

Panetta and other U.S. officials say the shooting spree should not derail the U.S. and NATO strategy of a gradual withdrawal of troops by the end of 2014.

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There were clear concerns about security at Camp Leatherneck.

Before Panetta came into the hall, Sgt. Maj. Brandon Hall told the more than 200 Marines to take their weapons outside and leave them there. Afghan troops had already been told not to bring their guns in.

“Something has come to light,” Hall told the troops.

It was a highly unusual order, and some in the audience said they had never seen that happen before.

Asked about the order,

Hall said all he knew was that “I was told to get the weapons out.”

A U.S. defense official said the request was not a reaction to an immediate threat. Speaking on condition of anonymity to describe security procedures, the official said the base commander made the decision that no one would be allowed to bring in weapons.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to an undisclosed location, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country.

Afghan government officials did not immediately respond to calls for comment on the late-night announcement. The U.S. military said the transfer did not preclude the possibility of trying the case in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the soldier could receive capital punishment if convicted.

Many fear a misstep by the U.S. military in handling the case could ignite a firestorm in Afghanistan that would shatter already tense relations between the two countries.

The alliance appeared near the breaking point last month when the burning of Qurans in a garbage pit at a U.S. base sparked protests and retaliatory attacks that killed more than 30 people, including six U.S. soldiers.

In recent days the two nations made headway toward an agreement governing a long-term American presence here, but the massacre in Kandahar province on Sunday has called all such negotiations into question.

Afghan lawmakers have demanded that the soldier be publicly tried in Afghanistan to show that he was being brought to justice, calling on President Hamid Karzai to suspend all talks with the U.S. until that happens.

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“The facilities are really looking nice,” McBride said.

McBride said issues with the electric were being resolved with help from Fanning-Howey. McBride called the problem was “not a very big issue” and it was due to improper grounding by the electrical company.

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Meanwhile, the savings the county engineer’s office experienced this year means that money can be used elsewhere, as Huelskamp explained.

“It stays in our road fund for construction projects,” he said.

Miami County Commissioner John “Bud” O’Brien said there were other savings in the county, too, particularly from costs associated with heating county buildings or facilities.

“We saw a reduction in our gas costs for heating,” O’Brien said.

“We didn’t have as much overtime for personnel for moving snow and salting (walkways and parking lots at county buildings) this year because of the mild winter.”

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Also, a milder winter meant using less overtime to clear roadways.

Last winter the county spent $70,000 alone just on overtime.

This year, total overtime costs only reached $13,000.

The savings this year were too hard for Huelskamp to ignore.

“In anybody’s bank account, that is a lot of money,” he said.

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10:30 a.m. for $7. Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, • SOCIETY TO MEET: fried potatoes, bacon, The Troy Historical Society sausage, toast, juice and will honor women of the C o m m u n i t y coffee. Take out orders will be Civil War at 7 p.m. at the available by calling 335Troy-Hayner Cultural Calendar 3502. Wi-Fi also is available.

Center, 3012 W. Main St., • CHICKEN BARBECUE: Troy. The event is an activCONTACT US The Troy Lions Club and the ity of The Troy Historical Troy Church of the Brethren Society’s four-year obserwill hold a chicken barbecue vance of the 150th and pulled pork dinner from anniversary of the Civil Call Melody 4-6 p.m. at the church, 1431 War, which was fought W. Main St., Troy. Tickets will Vallieu at 1861-1865. The speaker be $7.50 each. The dinner 440-5265 to for the meeting will be will include a half chicken or Cynthia Vogel, who will list your free large pulled pork sandwich, present a program titled homemade coleslaw and calendar “Women of the Battle of Bush’s baked beans. Tickets items.You Gettysburg.” Vogel is a can be purchased by calling retired educator, who has can send 339-0460, any Lions memtaught in several Darke your news by e-mail to ber, or call the church at 335County High Schools and vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. 8835. is a member of the adjunct • PORK CHOPS: The faculty of Edison Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. Community College. Vogel 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, is the author of the book “Civil War Women They Made A Difference,” Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated nonmarinated upon request) pork chop dinner and a contributing author of the book with baked potato and green bean casse“Places of the Underground Railroad A role for $9 from 5-7 p.m.

Geographical Guide.” The meeting is free • NIGHT HIKE: Come explore the night and open to the public. For more informawoods at Brukner Nature Center at 8 p.m. tion, call (937) 339-5900 or email in search of nocturnal critters. Many noctths@frontier.com. turnal animals have a tapetum lucidum or • CHESS CLUB: Have you ever played an eyeshine that makes their eyes seem to chess or wanted to learn how to play the glow. Join participants in the woods as game of chess? Whether you are a chess they look for eyeshines and listen for clues master or an amateur, all types of players are welcome at the Checkmate Chess Club to find out who wakes up when we go to sleep. Come dressed for weather. The at the Troy-Miami County Public Library. event is free and open to the public. Join Play against your friends and family or sit the Stillwater Stargazers as they explore back and watch others capture the pieces. the starry night sky above Brukner Nature Learn new strategies to controlling the Center at 9 p.m., following the hike. board and defeating your opponent. The Members will have their telescopes set up club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

• HEARING SET: A second public hear- and will be available to answer questions.

The program is free and open to the public. ing on the proposed Children’s Home Group Drainage Project located in Sections Meet in the parking lot.

• FISH FRY: The Troy VFW 5436 will 28 and 29 of Elizabeth Township will be at offer a fish fry and St. Patrick’s Day party 6:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Township beginning at 2 p.m. Entry will be $7 and Community Center, 5760 E. Walnut Grove the meal will be all-you-can-eat. Music will Road, Troy. This meeting will be to discuss be provided by Vicky. changes to the assessments and alterna• ST. PATRICK’S PARTY: The tive construction details. Landowners will also be asked to re-express their favorabili- Covington VFW, 173 N. High St., will have a St. Patrick’s Day party beginning at 3 ty or unfavorability towards the project p.m. with a corn hole tournament. At 8 p.m., based on the changes made so the a music legend impersonator will entertain.

MSWCD Board of Supervisors can make a • FISH FRY: The Fletcher Volunteer Fire final decision whether the project will move Department will offer an all-you-can-eat fish forward. For more information, call (937) and chicken fry from 5-7:30 p.m. at the fire335-7645. house, 6605 State Route 580, Fletcher. The • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning dismenu will include deep-fried fish and chickcovery walk for adults will be offered from en, french fries, applesauce, coleslaw, 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, bread and butter and a beverage. Adult meals are $8, kids 5-12 are $5 and kids education coordinator, will guide walkers under 5 eat free. Proceeds from this event as they experience the seasonal changes will be used to supplement operating taking place. Bring binoculars. expenses of the fire department.

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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) 890-7360.

FRIDAY • FRIDAY DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7-$8 For more information, call (937) 698-6727.

• BROWNIE ADVENTURE: A Girl Scout overnight will begin at 7 p.m. today and end at 9 a.m. Saturday. The American Bullfrog will be the event’s feature.

Brownies will learn to identify several different frog species and earn their Senses TryIt during this amphibious adventure.

• FISH DINNER: An all-you-can-eat fish dinner, sponsored by the St. Patrick men’s softball team, will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, 409 E. Main St., Troy. The menu also will include fries, choice of coleslaw or applesauce, roll and homemade desserts. Meals will be $9 for adults, $6 for seniors, $6 for children 6-12 and free for children under 6.

• AUXILIARY DINNER: Friday March 16th: The American Legion Post 586 Auxiliary in Tipp City will offer a dinner from 6-7:30 for $7. Entree will be roast pork tenderloin with whipped potatoes, green beans, tossed salad, roll and butter and a variety of desserts.

• FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108.

• 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.

SATURDAY • BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of the American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St., Troy, will offer an all-you-can-eat buffet style breakfast to the public from 7-

FFA holds seatbelt awareness activity For the Troy Daily News On March 13, as part of National Agriculture Awareness Week, the Human Resources Committee of the Miami East FFA Chapter held a seatbelt awareness activity.

As students exited the parking lot at Miami East High School, the drivers were stopped and their seatbelts were checked.

If the student was wearing their seatbelt they received a “Smarties” candy for being smart about wearing their seatbelt. If the students were not wearing their seatbelts they were given a “DumDum” sucker for making a bad decision.

Results of the event proved that a majority of the drivers at Miami East High School do wear their seatbelt.

More than 88 drivers and passengers were presented candy with 9.1 percent of drivers were not wearing their seatbelt.

This is very similar results as were collected

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Officer Eric Harnish helps with a seatbelt awareness activity with FFA members Robbie Adams, left, and Justin Furrow. A tally was taken of more than 90 percent of drivers and passengers wearing their seatbelts.

CASSTOWN last year when 9.4 percent of drivers were not wearing their seatbelt.

The first seatbelt was in a Volvo vehicle in 1849. On Feb. 15, 1885, the seatbelt patent was given to Edward J. Claghorn. By the 1930s, doctors were requesting the vehicles be equipped with the restraining device.

By the 1950s, they were seen regularly in automobiles. Legislation in 19661968 made them mandatory for all cars.

Eric Harnish of the Miami County Sherriff ’s Office helped complete the project.

Committee members involved were Andrew Kowalak, Libby Everett, Justin Furrow, Robbie Adams, Chris Long and Jacob Eidemiller.

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Newton plans kindergarten registration

PLEASANT HILL — Newton Elementary School has set April 20, beginning at 8:30 a.m., for kindergarten registration and screening in the high school gym for the 2012-2013 school year.

Those who need to are asked to call the elementary office as soon as possible to schedule a screening time for their child.

Parents or guardians also may stop by the office when delivering the paperwork and schedule a screening at that time. Every child needs to have an appointment to be screened.

Parents or guardians should bring the following documents when they come for registration: child’s birth certificate, Social Security number, immunization records and custody papers (if applicable), as well SUNDAY as completed registration and transportation forms.

• VIEW FROM THE VISTA: The last A child must be 5 years old by Aug. 1, chance to get involved with Brukner Nature 2012, to attend kindergarten this fall. If Center’s Project FeederWatch study as a citizen scientist for this Cornell University COLLEGE BRIEF program will be from 2-4 p.m. at the center.

Help other participants count the total num- Olivet Nazarene University ber of individuals of each species seen.

• SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant Hill BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Olivet Nazarene VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner University recently released the dean’s list Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-tofor the fall 2011 semester. order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Everything To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s is a la carte. list, a student must have been enrolled as a • SPRING FLING: The Miami County full-time undergraduate student and must Park District will have its monthly dog social have attained a semester grade point averfrom 1-3 p.m. at Lost Creek Reserve, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. The Southern Ohio Flying K-9s Frisbee dogs extraordinaire will be special guests. Don’t miss them jump over just about anything to catch a Frisbee. If your dog is nice and plays well with others, bring them to the park. Remember dog owners are responsible for their dogs and must clean clean-up after their pet. Meet at the entrance next to the parking lot. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST: American Legion Post 586 in Tipp City will offer a full all-you-can-eat breakfast from 811 a.m. for $6. Items available are eggs to order, toast, pancakes, waffles, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, home fries, orange, tomato and apple juice, fruit and cinnamon rolls.

you have a child or know of a child eligible, contact Newton Elementary at 676-2002.

In order to expedite the registration process, the district will be sending out registration packets.

Registration will be held in the high school gym. Mrs. McClurg, the kindergarten teacher, as well as Mrs. Davis, principal, will review the results of the screening with parents and guardians and answer any questions.

Poppy program to kick off with dinner TIPP CITY — The Tipp City American Legion No. 586 Auxiliary, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, will kick off its annual Poppy program with a dinner, beginning at 6 p.m. March 30.

The meal will include baked steak, mashed potatoes and steak gravy, green beans, salad and dessert for $7.

Proceeds will benefit veterans and their families.

age of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.

Area residents named to the dean’s list are: • Jade Green of Troy.

• Megan Grise of Piqua.

• Danette Kinnison of Troy.

• Lindsey Kirchner of Troy.

• Hannah Scott of Troy.

MONDAY • MOMS & TOTS: The Miami County Park District will have the Trailing Moms & Tots program from 10 a.m. to noon at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. The program is for expectant mothers, mothers and tots newborn to 5 years of age. Participants can socialize, play and exercise during this walk.

Be sure to dress for the weather. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• AUDITIONS SET: Troy Civic Theater will have auditions for their upcoming production of “Ravenscroft” at 7 pm at the Barn in the Park. Casting requirements are four women of ages from 16-50, and one man who is middle aged. For more information, call Barbara Lurie at 673-7712.

• CONSTITUTION CHANGED: The constitution and by-laws of the American Legion Unit No. 586, Tipp City, have been revised, and will be read at the 7 p.m. meeting. The revised document will be read at this meeting and voted on at the April 2 meeting. It must receive an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present at this meeting minimum in order to be adopted.

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Try mother’s delicious cinnamon rolls Family keeping busy cutting, canning beef This past week has been a very busy week with cutting up the beef. I am so glad that this job is done for another year. My hands still feel stiff and sore from all the cutting and slicing.

We bought a meat slicer at an auction, but it didn’t work very well on slicing steaks. I ended up slicing a lot of the steaks with a knife and ended up putting a lot of whole steaks in the freezer.

I think the slicer will work OK for ham or

cheese, but it is just not made to slice steaks. Joe borrowed a meat saw to cut the t-bone steaks. He always likes to cook those out on the grill.

A lot of hard work goes into cutting up a beef. The hamburger has to be cut into pieces to fit through the grinder. The beef chunks have to all be cut into little chunks. The bones have to be trimmed good to get all the meat off that we can. The bones with the most meat on we don’t trim. I put those in

the freezer and will put those into the pressure cooker one day. I will make beef stew with it then.

This week we will wash all the canned hamburger and beef chunk jars and carry them to the canning shelf in the basement. We still have enough room in the freezer if we want to butcher a hog yet. It has warmed up so much, though, that the weather may make it impossible to do that. Our family always looks forward to the Pon Hoss we usually make on

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hog-butchering day.

Yesterday my husband Joe was unable to go to church due to being sick.

He is very congested and has a bad head cold like I had a week before. Sure makes a person feel miserable.

Some of the children and I went to church, which was a few miles from here. Daughters Elizabeth and Susan attended church in another neighboring church district.

Our afternoon visitors were Jacob, Emma and family and Joe’s sister Carol, Pete and family and Joe’s brother Junior. The girls popped popcorn for everyone.

After our visitors left we made mashed potatoes, fried fresh steaks, steak gravy, along with cheese, homemade bread and cinnamon rolls for our supper.

Steak gravy is made from the drippings used from frying the streaks.

The gravy has kind of a steak flavor.

Friday and Saturday the youth gave a program at the community building.

They do one every year to raise funds for the building and also help a few families with their hospital expenses. With Joe not feeling well, we were unable to go.

The children were excited when our good friends Jim and Ruth offered to take them. Sounds like they all enjoyed the program.

The youth will give the same program again this

Friday and Saturday. Our plans are to attend one night if everyone is OK. Sounds like the building was really filled with people on Saturday evening. The youth spent hours practicing for this and are doing it for a good cause.

We are putting off doing our laundry today.

Sounds like we might have some nice sunny days this week so we can dry the clothes outdoors.

I will share with you a recipe of my mothers.

These are the cinnamon rolls she would always make.

Although I have tried different cinnamon roll recipes I always like hers the best.

Mother always used Robin Hood flour for her breads and rolls. I do the same, although Robin Hood flour cannot be found in all stores anymore. I used to be able to buy it in town, but can’t find it anymore. I buy mine in 25pound bags at the Amish bulk food stores.

MOTHER’S CINNAMON ROLLS 1 1 /2 cups milk, scalded 2 teaspoons salt 1 / 2 cup sugar 1 /2 cup margarine 2 packages of yeast 1 /2 cup warm water 3 eggs, beaten 6 cups Robin Hood flour Brown sugar (to taste see instructions) Cinnamon (to taste - see instructions) Frosting: 1 tablespoon water, 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 /2 teaspoon

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Lovina Eicher Troy Daily News Guest Columnist

vanilla extract Scald milk in a saucepan and then pour into a large mixing bowl. Add salt, sugar, and margarine to the scalded milk.

In separate bowl, add yeast to water and let stand 5 minutes. Then add to the milk mixture.

Add beaten eggs and 3 cups of flour and mix.

Add 3 more cups of flour and mix. More flour can be added if needed to make the dough elastic and easy to handle.

Let rise until double.

Divide dough into two and roll out and then spread with soft margarine or butter.

Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon (editor’s note: Lovina did not give amounts because this is really a matter of preference..she adds a layer of brown sugar and then a layer of lots of cinnamon, because she really likes cinnamon ... adjust these two ingredients to your preference).

Roll up like you would a jelly roll and cut into 3 /4 inch width.

Put into light greased pie pan and let rise until almost level with the top of the pan.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

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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.”

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ANALYSIS

Romney losses show disgruntled GOP base WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s losses in Alabama and Mississippi underscore a stark reality: The core of his party does not want him.

And that lingering conservative dissatisfaction on display Tuesday night threatens to follow Romney into a general election matchup against a Democratic president whose ability to inspire his base is not in question.

Romney’s huge lead in the race for delegates to this summer’s GOP nominating convention seemed forgotten for a night as Rick Santorum reveled in twin victories handed to him by conservatives and evangelicals who dominate the Republican electorate in the party’s only remaining regional stronghold the South.

Santorum’s success and Romney’s failure exposed deep divisions within a party torn between a conservative base that’s looking for a candidate who is pure on GOP orthodoxy and the rest of the party, which is looking for a nominee able to beat President Barack Obama. Tuesday’s outcomes also virtually ensure the increasingly nasty slog toward the Republican presidential nomination will consume even more of Romney’s time, energy and money when he’d rather be focused solely on the general election, and Obama.

“We will compete everywhere,” an inspired Santorum told cheering supporters in Lafayette, La. In addition, Santorum’s victories in states Newt Gingrich recently declared essential to his candidacy suggested that the former House speaker’s path to victory, already in question before Tuesday’s contests, is virtually nonexistent. Aside from winning his home state of Georgia last week, he has lost nearly two dozen consecutive contests spanning more than seven weeks.

Despite his losing streak, Gingrich vowed to fight on until his party’s nomination in August and crowed about Romney’s weaknesses.

“The fact is, in both states, the conservative candidates got nearly 70 percent of the vote. And if you’re the front-runner if you’re the front-runner and you keep coming in third, you’re not much of a front-runner,” Gingrich said.

Indeed, Romney has consistently struggled to win over his party’s most conservative voters evangelicals and tea party supporters among them even in states he’s won. But that opposition proved devastating Tuesday.

Half of voters in Alabama and Mississippi said Romney’s positions were not conservative enough. Among self-described conservatives, that spiked to 6 in 10 in each state. And among all GOP voters, just a third in Mississippi and about a quarter in Alabama called Romney’s positions on the issues about right.

Romney made no public appearances to offer a defense Tuesday night.

Instead, his campaign offered a written statement that congratulated Santorum, while reminding people of his huge delegate advantage. It seemed an unusual way to try to demonstrate confidence, but that’s exactly what the statement did, suggesting he would ultimately win the nomination battle.

“With the delegates won tonight, we are even closer to the nomination,” Romney said in the statement. “Ann and I would like to thank the people of Alabama and Mississippi. Because of their support, our campaign is on the move and ready to take on President Obama in the fall.”

Despite Tuesday’s performance, Romney continues to be the overwhelming Republican favorite, both on paper and in the minds of Republican voters across the nation. A whopping 74 percent of likely voters think Romney will capture the Republican nomination, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted last week.

LETTERS The Dallas Morning News on U.S. transportation spending bill: It would be easy to call the gridlock in Congress laughable, except for the real impact it has on our everyday lives — such as the gridlock on highways.

Case in point is the massive transportation spending bill, a confusion of practical and political priorities that lawmakers seem incapable of turning into clear federal policy that state and local planners can bank on.

Since a five-year trans-

portation funding plan expired in 2009, Congress has managed only a series of nine stopgap measures to keep federal gasoline taxes flowing back to the states.

Lawmakers are now in the throes of their latest attempt at a replacement plan, but the House and the Senate have strayed off in uncertain directions, seemingly oblivious to the date later this month when the current temporary highway bill expires.

The House, meanwhile, weighed in with a stinker of a transportation bill that would

have scrapped the guaranteed transit support and helped pay for expanded road projects through more offshore drilling, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

It was as if House leaders were going out of their way to pick partisan fights, never mind the prospects of getting something to the president’s desk.

All of this paints a picture of a Congress getting the nation nowhere fast on transportation, despite the reality of an aged system of highways, bridges, rails and ports.

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My own daughter delves into Bracketology Despite the 10 years I spent as sports editor of the Troy Daily News — or perhaps because of the 10 years I spent as sports editor of the Troy Daily News — I don’t particularly enjoy watching sports.

Perhaps after seeing hundreds of sporting events live and in person for a decade, televised sports no longer hold my attention. I spend far more time watching the Food Network than I do watching ESPN. In the past year, I bet I’ve watched a combined 20 hours of sports. As for college basketball, I have watched a grand total of probably 30 minutes all season.

Which is sort of my longwinded way of saying I have no clue how to fill out my NCAA bracket. Which is why I have no intention of filling out a bracket.

I am, however, going to let my daughter fill out my bracket for me. The way I have it figured, my 7-year-old daughter has watched about as much basketball as I have this season, so I may as well let her fill out my bracket.

When I asked if she was interested, she said, “All I know about basketball is that you

David Fong Troy Daily News Executive Editor shoot, you pass and you dribble.”

“Perfect!” I said. “The fact you know you are supposed to dribble in basketball means you already know more than most of the players in the NBA.” And with that, I let me daughter fill out my bracket for me.

Since she knew absolutely nothing about any of the teams, she set up her own system. For starters, she automatically picked any team from Florida to go as far as possible in the tournament. When I asked her why, she said, “Because Disney World is in Florida, so I love Florida.”

It was hard to argue with her logic.

Next, she picked Davidson — a 13th-seeded longshot — to go all the way to the Elite Eight.

When I asked her why, she said, “Because it has your name in it.”

There’s actually some merit to this line of thinking. Last year, my friend let his son fill out his bracket. He ended up winning his company pool because his son had picked Butler to go to the finals, which the Bulldogs in fact did. Why did he pick Butler?

“Because it has a butt in the name.”

My daughter also picked Michigan and Notre Dame to lose in the first round because, in her words, “I hate Michigan and Notre Dame.” This leads me to believe I have done a good job as a parent.

She had a number of other interesting picks — and even more interesting logic — as we continued to fill out our bracket.

She picked Kentucky to go to the championship game becuase she has cousins who live in Kentucky. She picked Missouri to beat Norfolk State in the opening round becase, “I’ve never even heard of Norfolk State.”

In the end, her Final Four came down to Kentucky (because her cousins live there)

and Florida (because of Disney World) on one side of the bracket, with Ohio State (because it’s where daddy went to school) against Ohio University (because it’s where mommy went to school) on the other side of the bracket.

And that’s where she ran into a problem. All through the tournament, she had easily picked Ohio State and Ohio University to win in support of her parents’ respective alma maters. What would happen, however, when they were matched up against one another? For her, it was almost like picking which parent she loved more.

While I won’t disclose her decision, I’ll just say this much: In the championship game, she had Ohio State beating Kentucky.

I’m not sure how we’ll do with our bracket, but it doesn’t matter — I already feel like I’ve won the most important matchup of all.

Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in the Troy Daily News. He’s always had a touch of madness …

March Madness, that is.

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Santorum calls out Romney Calls candidate “flawed front-runner” SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Flush from two Southern victories, Rick Santorum held up his successes as proof that GOP front-runner Mitt Romney is a “fundamentally flawed” candidate. Romney chugged along raising and spending money for his effort to wrap up the nomination race as it spreads to far-flung contests in Puerto Rico, Illinois, Louisiana and beyond.

“If we keep winning races, eventually people are going to figure out that Gov. Romney is not going to be the nominee,” Santorum told reporters gathered Wednesday outside the governor’s mansion in San Juan.

His message was weakened somewhat by coming just after he paused for a private meeting inside the mansion with Gov. Luis Fortuno, a friend from their shared days in Washington who also happens to have endorsed Romney.

Santorum’s wins in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries Tuesday night effectively shut the door on Newt Gingrich’s strategy of resuscitating his campaign in the South, where he hoped to establish himself as regional favorite son.

Santorum would not say it was time for Gingrich to quit the race. But his campaign advisers have made plain their wish that the former U.S. House speaker from Georgia step aside and stop drawing the same conservative votes Santorum needs.

Santorum and Gingrich accounted for an overwhelming majority of votes in the two Southern primaries Tuesday, while Romney held his ground in the delegate chase by winning caucuses in Hawaii and American Samoa.

Santorum said the former Massachusetts governor should be winning easily, given his overwhelm-

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ing financial advantage.

“There’s something fundamentally right with what we’re doing and the message we’re delivering and there’s something fundamentally flawed about the person we’re running against,” he said of Romney.

Unbowed by two third-place finishes, Romney noted his impressive lead in the delegate race after Tuesday’s four contests.

“I am pleased that we will be increasing our delegate count in a very substantial way after tonight,” he said in a statement.

Earlier, Romney told CNN that Santorum was “at the desperate end of his campaign.”

The race now turns to caucuses Saturday in Missouri, where Santorum and Romney already have invested substantial time, and Puerto Rico’s primary on Sunday, which is drawing rare attention in a year when the race has drawn out longer than most.

New security procedures set Air travelers over 75 will get a break CHICAGO (AP) — Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program announced Wednesday that could allow them to keep their shoes and light jackets on and skip pat-downs.

The new guidelines from the Transportation Security Administration, which take effect Monday at four U.S. airports, are part of an effort to move away from its one-size-fits-all security procedures and speed lower-risk passengers through while focusing on those who may need more scrutiny. Similar changes were made last fall for travelers 12 and younger.

Since the 9/11 terror attacks that led to tighter security, air travelers have criticized what they say is a lack of common sense in screening all passengers the same way, including young children and the elderly. That criticism grew louder in 2010 when the government began using a more invasive pat-down that involves screeners feeling a traveler’s genital and breast areas through their clothing.

“By moving away from a

• Freddie Dean Miller BRADFORD — Freddie Dean Miller, 69, of Bradford, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Heartland of Piqua.

Funeral services will be Saturday at the Stocker-

for over 30 years employed by Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy. Linda was an avid gardener and could never wait for spring to arrive so she could attend the many garage sales in the area.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave. with the Rev. George Gnade officiating.

Burial will follow at Cedar Point Cemetery in Pasco. The family will receive friends from noon until the hour of service Friday.

Memorials may be made to to the American Cancer Society in memory of Linda K. Perkins.

Envelopes will be provided at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the Perkins family at our website, www.cromesfh.com.

Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford, with Pastor John Shelton officiating.

Interment Harris Creek Cemetery, Bradford.

Arrangements are being handled by the StockerFraley Funeral Home, Covington.

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In this Aug. 3, 2011 photo, airline passengers go through the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta In respect for friends and International Airport, in Atlanta. family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free one-size-fits-all approach to ports with the intention of devices.

In another incident that of charge. Families who would security and applying some expanding elsewhere if it is sparked outrage, a 6-year- like photographs and more intelligence-driven and a success. risk-based security models, TSA is looking at how this works for passengers,” said agency spokesman Jim Fotenos.

The change in guidelines will be introduced at a limited number of security lanes at Chicago’s O’Hare International, Denver International, Orlando International and Portland International. Those airports were chosen because they have a higher percentage of travelers 75 and older, Fotenos said. He said the rules will be relaxed indefinitely at the four air-

Two passengers in their 80s traveling separately through New York’s Airport in Kennedy November complained that they were effectively stripsearched. One was made to remove a back brace so it could be X-rayed. The other said she was humiliated when two female screeners made her lower her sweat pants so they could examine her colostomy bag. The TSA has disputed parts of their accounts while acknowledging that screeners violated rules by asking to examine their medical

old girl was reduced to tears after screeners frisked her at New Orleans airport in March 2011 — a scene recorded on video and posted on YouTube.

To reduce the number of pat-downs given to children and the elderly, screeners in the test programs are being told to send those passengers through metal detectors or walk-through imaging machines multiple times to capture a clear picture as well as to use more explosive trace detection tools such as hand swabs, according to the TSA.

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The wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium is dragged by a tow truck outside the tunnel of the motorway A9, in Sierre, western Switzerland, early Wednesday. the crash and an autopsy will be performed on the driver.

“We will examine everything to find out what happened,” Elsig promised.

Dr. Jean-Pierre Deslarzes, medical director of the cantonal rescue service OCVS, said rescuers were traumatized because so many of the victims were children.

“We found an apocalyptic situation when we arrived,” said Christian Varone, the police commander for Valais, who called the tunnel “safe.”

Police said 21 of the dead were Belgian and seven were Dutch. Of the injured, 17 are Belgian, three are Dutch, one is German, one is Polish and

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Deslarzes said 14 of the injured remain in a hospital in Sion, one in intensive care, but none had lifethreatening injuries. Three others were taken to Lausanne University Hospital with serious injuries, he said, while another child was in a hospital in Bern.

“My first thoughts go to the victims and their families,” Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said.

Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf also flew to Sion to pay her respects to the victims, survivors and rescue officials. The Swiss parliament held a minute of silence for the victims.

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children were hospitalized in what the police chief described as a “scene like a war.”

Belgium flew anxious parents and relatives to the site and called for a day of mourning.

Authorities were still trying to work out how a modern bus, a rested driver and a safe tunnel could add up to such a tragedy.

A Swiss prosecutor said video cameras in the tunnel captured the accident.

Olivier Elsig, prosecutor for the canton of Valais, told reporters the children on the bus were wearing seat belts, no other vehicle was involved and it was not speeding.

Speaking at a news conference Wednesday in Sion, the capital of Valais, he said investigators were looking at three possible causes for the crash — a technical problem with the bus, a health problem with the driver, or human error.

He said the seatbelts wouldn’t have helped much due to the severity of

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William Payne, right, brother of New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, reacts as he stands with Donald Payne Jr. during a procession with the body of the congressman, Tuesday, in Newark, N.J.

Clinton: Rep. Payne ‘made me a better president’

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DAYTON — Linda K. (Smith) Perkins, 58, of 1509 Park St., Sidney, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 1:18 a.m. at the Hospice Of Dayton Care Center.

She was born on Nov. 24, 1953 in Piqua, PERKINS Ohio, the daughter of the late Damon and Ethel (Crager) Smith.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Matthew (Amanda) Spangler of Cincinnati, Ohio; two grandchildren, Aiden and Mikaela Spangler; three brothers, Jimmy Crager and his wife, Kathy, Emerson Smith, Michael Smith all of Sidney; three sisters, Mrs. Ronald (Jean) Rhodehammel of Houston, Kimberly Smith and Mrs. Randy (Vicki) Hudson both of Sidney.

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Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children SION, Switzerland (AP) — A tourist bus slammed head-on into a concrete wall in a Swiss Alps tunnel, killing 28 people, mostly children returning from a ski vacation. Swiss police said Wednesday the vehicle was not speeding and everyone was wearing seat belts.

The bus was carrying students about age 12 from two different Belgian schools when it crashed shortly after 9 p.m.

Tuesday night on a highway near the southern town of Sierre, Switzerland.

The horrific accident in the short Tunnel de Geronde left the front of the bus mangled, trapping people inside. Twenty-two school children and six adults including the driver were killed and another 24

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rep. Donald Payne was a quiet but dogged friend of his constituents at home, as well as those who suffer from hunger and deprivation abroad, former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday at the New Jersey congressman’s funeral.

Clinton called Payne, who died last week of colon cancer at age 77, “a dear friend” who “made me a better president” for his efforts in Africa and elsewhere.

A who’s who of current and former politicians attended Payne’s funeral at Newark’s Metropolitan Baptist Church, a place the 12-term congressman returned to often during his years in office, the Rev. David Jefferson and others said.

“What made him loved was that he was not only global, he was grounded,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

“Donald Payne never forgot why people sent him to Trenton and to Washington.”

The Democrat became New Jersey’s first black congressional member in 1988. He served as a member of House committees on education, foreign affairs and a subcommittee on Africa.

He is considered one of the first U.S. officials to speak out on atrocities in war-torn Sudan.

Also speaking at the funeral was U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who

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said Payne helped pave the way for Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, as well as for a black attorney general — Holder himself.

“We stood upon his shoulders,” he said.

Others who attended included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gov. Chris Christie, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson, Rep. John Lewis, and other congressional members and state politicians.

Payne had announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer and would continue to represent his district. He was flown home to New Jersey Georgetown University Hospital as his health took a sudden turn for the worse, and died four days later, on March 6.

He was first elected in 1988 after twice losing to former Rep. Peter Rodino, who retired after 40 years in Congress.

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Upper Valley Career Center begins the shift to a 1:1 computer program NANCY LUCE, PHD Upper Valley Career Center Superintendent

Upper Valley Career Center is expanding its commitment to preparing students for an ever-

changing, globally-influenced work environment.

The program begins this fall when all incoming juniors will receive an individual laptop for use throughout their enrollment at Upper Valley.

When this is repeated in the fall of 2013 all students enrolled at the main campus will have access to a laptop.

The implementation of a 1:1 laptop initiative has been in development for three years. In 2009, the Upper Valley Career Center Technology Committee began researching the viability and success of similar programs in other districts

throughout the country. Learning from other schools, we ini-

tiated a pilot program during the 2010/2011 school year. Students in four

career and technical programs: Architecture, Carpentry, PreEngineering and Teacher Academy received laptops or netbooks. Prior to the students being issued the devices, staff attended a technology “boot camp” to prepare for the implementation.

The results of the pilot as well as what was learned from other districts indicated that the use of laptops expanded learning beyond the traditional school day by enabling the student to have access to the curriculum, assignments and teacher feedback 24/7.

Accessibility to laptops

also permitted the increased use of electronic content and provided students with the most current information while reducing textbook, paper and desktop computer costs. In addition, the 1:1 laptop program will better prepare students for the expectations of the workplace as well as for the new online tests being developed by the State of Ohio.

Key components of this initiative are the ongoing training of staff and students in the use of technology and the evaluation of the impact of these tools on instruction and learning.

Accelerated manufacturing training responds to immediate need This was just an idea a year ago. A team of industry and development leaders met with local educators to devise a plan of action in response to the urgent need for skilled entry level manufacturing workers. Manufacturing 101 is their collaborative solution and it’s happening at Upper Valley Career Center.

The accelerated training course prepares machine operators in just 12 weeks and provides the option of on-the-job experience in just 5 weeks. Richard Haney an Industrial Engineer participated in the early discussion addressing the shortage of skilled workers now coordinates the program for the Career Center.

Haney says, “A Manufacturing 101 student’s full-time job is to participate in training. With that focus we can move them from basic skills to confident and capable in a very short time.”

The course is broken into three levels.

Training begins in the classroom, moves

into the Industrial lab, and then as students progress they can begin to split their time between training at the Upper Valley Career Center and working in the production facility sponsoring their course.

The cost of participation is to be covered by a sponsoring employer. The $4,000 tuition cost can represent a significant savings to the sponsoring employer. “The team anticipates this could be as high as $25,000 per new hire.” The student/employee will then concentrate their lab time using the equipment and set up skills required at that particular facility. The training is individual-centric customized to address the equipment and processes used on the production floor at the employer’s facility.

Mark Allen, Piqua, is more than halfway through the program as an employee of HartzellAir Movement.

Daren Haney, Piqua; Sandy Sparke,

David Self, Troy; Greenville; and Luke Fowler, New Carlisle; are current participants sponsored by the school’s Adult Basic and Literacy Education program. All have high hopes for real change in their prospects and employability upon completion of the program in April.

Manufacturers interested in training and hiring prepared workers are encouraged to connect with Luke Fowler, Richard Haney at New th e operation of Carlisle, wasn’t familiar w 937.778.8419 x317 Manufacturing a turning lathe when he be ith or haneyr@uppergan 101, but now tribute on the he’s ready to valleycc.org. conjob.

Construction trades collaborate to build the school’s first modular home The Upper Valley Career Center construction trades programs continue to move forward with the school’s first industrialized housing project begun during the 2010/11 school year. The Paul Duke Industrial Housing Lab was constructed in 2010 with funds donated by the late Paul Duke more than 20 years ago. The 7,200 square foot working lab facilitates indoor construction of pre-sold modular homes specifically designed to meet the needs

of individuals with disabilities. The current project is being constructed in cooperation with the Shelby County Board of DD for a family in that community.

The finished wheelchair accessible residence will be placed on the foundation later this spring.

The 1456 square foot home was framed in two components last spring.

Each of the two sections is elevated onto unique rail systems which are permanent fixtures in the housing lab constructed and

installed by the welding students. The system is designed to allow 360° access for construction as well as transportation.

This past fall the carpentry students shingled and installed windows and vinyl siding on each half of the structure.

Students in the Electrical Trades program then completed the rough in of the power service including the installation of switches, receptacles and boxes for the lighting fixtures.

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They also installed and wired the service panel for incoming 200 AMP power.

The HVAC and R classes spent several weeks in January and February completing the ductwork, floor register cut ins and placement of cold air returns.

Building and Grounds Maintenance then stepped in complete the rough in for the plumbing. Their work includes the water supply lines, drain lines, along with proper venting.

The carpentry students finished installing the 1/2 inch drywall on the ceilings and side walls during February. Instructor Rick Lenhart said “this was the first time they have installed drywall. It took a little longer, but all the students were able to hang a significant amount of sheetrock.” Lenhart and

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his colleagues agree that working together on the project house is the best way to introduce students to the real-world collaboration among trades. Terry Krogman who supervises the program involved in the project says. “This is what it takes to complete any major construction project. It’s important that our students get to experience it on an actual build.

It’s something that just can’t be simulated in a lab.”

The Duke Industrialized Housing Lab eliminates down time due to weather-related issues since all pre-delivery work can now be completed inside. Lenhart is pleased with the progress and is looking forward to seeing the house on its foundation later this spring.

PROGRAMS/STAFF INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRIAL HOUSING PROJECT: Carpentry - Rick Lenhart Building and Grounds Maintenance - Frank Segretti HVAC/R - Scott Nail and Tony Trapp Electrical Trades - Curt Hedrick and Jeff Burke Supervisor – Terry Krogman

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Bridge Programs prepare for success Upper Valley Career Center has been awarded an ABLE/AWE Bridges-to-Work Planning grant to identify ways of bridging ABLE students in to post-secondary education. The grant funded project will culminate with the launch of an innovative Pharmacy Technician Readiness program - the latest offering in the Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) line up of Bridge Programming.

ABLE Director Dr. Peg Morelli explains the Bridge Program concept, “Bridge programming prepares adults for success in post-secondary education and related careers. The programs are offered at no charge to participants, so it is an extraordinary opportunity.” Bridge programs deliver training in fields that have long-term employment potential. Currently ABLE offers Pharmacy Technician Readiness, Medical Readiness, and Manufacturing Readiness.

The Pharmacy Technician Readinesscovers Pharmacology and related math, law, and ethics; a hands-on overview of the pharmacy environment through an externship experience; methods of communication in the health care field; CPR; First Aid; and AED training. Students will earn CPR, First Aid, and AED certifications besides gaining a basic understanding of what it takes to work in the pharmacy environment. “This opens the door for additional post-secondary training and/or employment in the field,” Morelli stated. Employment projections for Pharmacy Technician are excellent with opportunities in retail, mail-order, and health care facilities. According to Morelli it could also be a first step toward entrance in the School of Nursing or additional Pharmacy

Technician training available locally at Edison Community College.

Medical Readinesswas first offered last summer. In addition to the basic education refresher courses, Medical Readiness includes an Introduction to Medical Terminology, Basic Math / Pharmacology Math, and CPR /First Aid certifications. Students see what it takes to be a successful student in a health care-related training program and earn CPR, AED, and First Aid certifications. Related post-secondary training offered through the Career Center includes Home Health Aide and State Tested Nursing Assistant in addition to the Practical Nursing.

Current Medical Readiness students Elizabeth Franz, Troy, and Alicia Mumaw, Piqua, were in class at the Applied Technology Center, Piqua, with Elizabeth Fran z, Nursing Instructor Lois Shroyer, Piqua, on lab on Februa Troy, practicing CPR skill ry s in 29.

February 29 for instruction in CPR and use of the AED. Franz isn’t certain what her next step will be, but is encouraged that she will have the opportuni- Internet ty for a good career that works with her priority of rais- and computer training may be brand ing a family. Mumaw knows her goal is to become a reg- new information for adult participants, but the valueistered nurse working in an emergency room. They both added topics in this free program include Forklift Safety have enjoyed the hands-on approach to learning that is and a 10-hour OSHA course. Students are also introincorporated in the Bridge programming. Franz duced to basic operation of machining tools such as describes the class experience as great and said, “It’s lathes and mills. Participants of the Manufacturing Readiness program have participated in the Career fun to do the hands-on. You learn more that way!”

The third Bridge Program currently offered through Center’s new Manufacturing 101, and Machine Trades.

Morelli says, “We want people to know there are good the Career Center is Manufacturing Readiness. It is similar in nature to the Medical and Pharmacy courses things happening at Upper Valley Career Center. The in that it covers learning and study skills and refresh- free Bridge programs were designed to help the people ers in reading, writing, and communications. The who need it most.”

Aerospace program launches careers in flight If you enjoy all things associated with aviation and the aerospace industry, you really should speak with Upper Valley Career Center Aerospace

Occupations instructor Richard Borgerding. This career and technical education teacher is living the dream – doing what he loves and sharing it

with others!

“We are more than half way through the first year and the students are doing great,” he says. The class

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Pursuit of excellence Upper Valley Career Center Pursuit bloggers are sharing their experiences in Career and Technical Education, extra-circular activities, and every-day happenings at uppervalleypursuit.org. The Pursuit web site provides the community an open door into the bloggers successes, challenges, and real life adventures.

The eleven senior bloggers came highly recommended by their instructors. All high achievers, the team has done an excellent job keeping their readers up to date and well informed.

Andrew Shellabarger is a Level ll Interactive Media student from Piqua High School who enjoys writing and photography. Besides school Andrew stays busy working at Beppo Uno and doing volunteer work. He is active in Business Professionals of America and is focused on his Senior Capstone project.

Bethany Pellman is a senior HVAC/R student from Sidney High School serving an apprenticeship with Emerson Climate Technologies. Those who follow Bethany’s blog know she enjoys bowling and is very competitive. She plans to continue the sport in college and hopes to someday own her own business.

Brett Langenkemp is a Ft. Loramie student studying Architectural and Mechanical Design. Brett has enjoyed his academic classes especially Advanced Math. He stays busy with part-time work at Continental Express, Inc., is active with his church group, 4-H, and SkillsUSA. Daniel Farmer, Bradford,

joined the Pursuit blogger program this past fall to share his experiences as a participant in the Discovery program. Daniel is exploring a wide range of career options with Interactive Media being a favorite so far.

Jessica Doak is a senior from Anna High School participating in the Interactive Media program. Jessica enjoys photography, so she is very happy that her Senior Capstone Project is developing a web site for a local studio.

Jessica has worked part-time at Menards in Sidney, and hopes to pursue a career related to photography and interactive media.

Jessica Rayl is like many Upper Valley Career Center students in that she maintains her ties at her home school by staying involved in sports.

Jessica is a Fairlawn High School cheerleader and plays softball in the spring. Jessica serves as president of the Upper Valley Career Center Student Senate and works part time as her schedule allows. Jessica plans for the future include medical school to specialize Cardiology. While that goal may seem a far departure from her Career Center education, Jessica’s strategy has always been to develop skills now that can help pay for her education in the future.

Mallorie Bell from Houston High School has already begun a medical career through participation in the Medical Technology program. Mallorie attained her STNA credential during her junior year. She is attends Edison Community College in the morning and works in her Career Technical

lab in the afternoons. Mallorie is a member of “Great Strides” and volunteers in support of the cystic fibrosis organization.

Matt Carter is a PreEngineering student from Ft. Loramie High School. He began his senior school dividing his days between Edison Community and Upper Valley Career Center. Now he has replaced lab time with an Early Placement position at Minster Machine. He is enjoying the challenge and appreciates the on-the-job experience.

An avid golfer, Matt finds time to compete on the Ft. Loramie squad and volunteer work.

Nicole Apple is Environmental Occupations program (EOP) student from Covington High School. Nicole began working with the Miami County Park District in the summer and continues that employment through the Early Placement program.

Nicole also works on her family’s dairy farm. Without a doubt, Nicole’s favorite learning experience this year was the EOP 10-day trip to Yellowstone National Park.

Her pictures, video journal, and blog entries can be seen on the Pursuit web site.

Noah Clark is an HVAC/R Apprentice from Houston High School. Noah divides his time between working full time at Area Energy and attending school full time. The Apprentice program’s two week on, two week off rotation makes that possible. Noah has accomplished all this and still managed to balance leadership roles in 4H and SkillsUSA.

has a long list of accomplishments already. They went flying, learned about the history of flight, studied aerodynamics, aircraft maintenance, and are restoring an aircraft in lab. Even with all that, Borgerding says the students are still energized and engaged during second semester. He continued, “This spring we are studying private pilot ground school, will have more field trips, and will be spending more time on the simulator.”

The flight simulator was purchased for the program thanks to a Duke Foundation Grant acquired in collaboration with the Waco Historical Museum. The Elite® pro panel helps students relate the theory of flight and how an aircraft flies.

Time spent on the trainer counts toward logged flight hours Next year Aerospace Occupations will move

Career Expo 2012 The area’s premier job fair, is Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 11a.m. to 3p.m. in the North Hall of Edison Community College, Piqua. The event is a partnership effort of Upper Valley Career Center, Edison Community College, the Job Centers of Miami and the Shelby Counties and the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission.

Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with representatives from over 55 organizations and 14 four-year colleges.

into a newly renovated lab inside the main building.

Their course of study will expand to cover composites, aircraft power plant, an introduction to aerospace engineering, and a wood wing build. “It’s going to busy year!”

Borgerding says. “All that is in addition to the aircraft ground operations and aviation management we’ve already begun.”

Borgerding brings a wealth of professional experience to the classroom. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy and retired from the Air National Guard. He has completed over 3400 hours of aircraft repair training in the military, is a FAA Airframe and Powerplant Technician, serves as commander of the Don Gentile Civil Air Patrol Squadron in Piqua, and in January

obtained his pilot’s license.

With years of personal and professional accomplishment in the field Borgerding shares that one of the top ten highlights has to be seeing his students take their first flight. “Once a student takes control of the plane…it changes everything. The hard work, the long hours of study –it’s all makes sense and is worthwhile once they have that experience.”

Aerospace students were given the opportunity to make that first flight with pilot Jake Minesinger, at the Sidney Airport in October. The Scott family donated fuel and the cost of the aircraft.

It was the perfect way to begin the year, and continues to motivate the students to achieve more and go higher.

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Ask your daughter to bring her fiance over for a visit Dear Annie: A year ago, my daughter met a man over the Internet. That's fine, but I have the following issues: 1. She wants to marry him without actually having met him in person.

2. He is from a foreign country where the customs are vastly different from ours.

3. I worry that he will take advantage of her just to remain in this country.

My daughter says I am concerned for no reason. She is 30 years old and has lived in a small town most of her life. How do I deal with this appropriately? — Unsure Mom Dear Mom: All of your issues are valid and worth discussing.

However, your daughter is 30 years old. If she chooses to go into marriage without meeting the man or learning more about him and his culture, there's not much you can do to stop her. Stay neutral.

Suggest that he come for a visit, saying you are eager to meet him and want to give them an engagement party. Then do so. We hope he is everything she dreams of because the downside is rather unpleasant to contemplate.

Dear Annie: Is it acceptable for kids to send thank-you notes via email?

I was brought up in a more traditional way, where thank-you notes were always handwritten. Of course, back then, emails were not an option. Frankly, I think any thank you is better than no thank you, and getting my kids to sit down and write notes by hand takes forever, and I'd like them sent in a timely fashion.

I'm sure my kids would be more willing to send a quick note via email, but I'm conflicted as to whether that's acceptable or not. — Mom in Connecticut Dear Mom: Good news! Yes, email thank-you notes are acceptable, especially if that is the best you're going to get. Please make sure your children understand that the note still has to be appropriate and appreciative. But we also hope you will continue to demonstrate to your children how much nicer it is to receive a personal handwritten note. This should not be a dying art.

Dear Annie: "Upstate New York" wrote that their teenage babysitter drove his kids to a local ice cream place without permission. He fired her with payment, the girl's mother got involved, and now they aren't speaking.

I am a retired New York state trooper. In this state, it is illegal for a newly licensed 17-year-old to drive younger children without a parent in the car. Many states now have a type of "graduated licensing," whereby as teens age and gain experience, they are allowed to have more people in the car.

This babysitter made a conscious choice to drive those children without permission from the parents. I am positive the parents would have said "no" to this little trip.

Instead, this devious girl put the children at risk. If there had been an accident, not only would the teen face charges, but her parents might have been held legally liable because she drove their car.

Several years ago, a young babysitter and her boyfriend loaded two young children into her car without the mother's permission. They went for a ride on some backcountry roads where there had been recent flooding. Part of the road gave way, and the car plunged down a culvert into the river.

Everyone in the car was killed.

Upstate doesn't owe that girl any money. She and her mother owe the kids' family an apology and should be grateful he didn't report her to the police. We need to be vigilant when it comes to the safety of children. — Retired NYSP Dear Tracy Ayers: We are in agreement that the girl was clearly in the wrong. However, we don't believe she was being devious. We think she is immature and showed extremely poor judgment. We are thankful no one was hurt.

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Readers offer tips for curing cord trouble Dear Readers: Black extension cords on white appliances — what are manufacturers thinking? A while back, a reader questioned why manufacturers insist on placing black cords on their appliances. What do you do to hide an ugly cord? Here are some of the many reader responses to this common complaint: • Take a white or light-colored extension cord, plug the dark appliance cord into the extension cord and run the light-colored cord to the electrical outlet. — E.A. Smith from Missouri • At home-improvement stores,

Hints from Heloise Columnist they have covers in different sizes made just for hiding cords and cables. — Carol D. from Florida • Take the lamp (or other appliance) to an electrician and have the cord replaced.

— Jim G. from Louisiana So creative and helpful. My

friends at Underwriters Laboratories (www. ul.com) said the above hints meet their standards and are considered safe solutions to hiding unsightly cords.

HINT: Don’t bunch electrical cords, because it can cause internal damage to the wiring and is a fire hazard. Hiding electrical cords can make your house more appealing.

Just make sure to do it in a safe way. — Heloise REFRIGERATOR ART Dear Heloise: Like many moms and grandmothers, I have a wonderful collection of “refrigera-

tor art.” I solved the display problem by scanning the artwork and displaying it in my digital camera frame. Hand-drawn cards, artwork, sports and academic letters and even some flat fiber art items can be displayed and enjoyed this way.

It adds to the feeling of family and history to see the artwork interspersed with family photos. — Dennise R., Springfield, Mo. HANDY HINT Dear Heloise: Here’s a hint that may help you if you are in a hurry to get dressed and on your way. A credit card can be used in place of a shoehorn. — W.H., Laredo, Texas

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BLONDIE

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HOROSCOPE Thursday, March 15, 2012 It looks like new horizons could begin opening up for you in the year ahead.

Past experiences have taught you how to disengage yourself from situations that are potentially unproductive and lack promise, making it possible to access new vistas.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Financial trends could be rather unstable.

In situations where things are running smoothly, don’t turn around and behave in ways that nullify everything you’ve gained.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Unless you’re careful, you could put yourself in a position where you unknowingly begin operating against your best interest. Don’t be your own worst enemy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Your luck does have its limitations, so be careful not to press it too far, by attempting to use it as a replacement for honest effort, for example. There’s no substitute for putting in the work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — If you fail to control events, they will end up dominating you. Unless you devise a sensible game plan and stick to it, you’ll be tossed and turned by the unforgiving winds of circumstance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Although you are likely to be fortunate where your material interests are concerned, this good luck isn’t apt to spill over into the realm of your reputation.

Be careful regarding your self-image.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — As long as you can treat whatever happens philosophically, it should be a good day for you. Lose your cool or overreact in any way, and you could suffer some negative consequences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Strive to be as fair to yourself as you are with others. After all, you’re entitled to the same consideration as everyone is and if you don’t give it to yourself, no one else will.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you team up with a partner, be sure it’s someone who behaves as you do. You will be accountable for your counterpart’s tactics, procedures and behavior, and you’ll share the results as well.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Your objectives can be achieved, provided that you select a partner who envisions the end result the same way you do. If he or she sees things differently, it could be a bad scene.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — If you’re planning a get-together with friends, invite only those who mix well with one another. Anyone who doesn’t could spoil everyone else’s good time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — There are ample opportunities surrounding you, yet you could be oblivious to them. If you can’t or won’t recognize them, you will only have yourself to blame.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s always important to treat everyone with whom you’re involved as courteously and amicably as possible. Be careful that you don’t kowtow to the big shots while disrespecting everyone else.

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday .............................77 at 3:31 p.m.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

• In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.

• In 1956, the Lerner and Loewe musical play “My Fair Lady,” based on Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” opened on Broadway.

• In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second.

• In 1985, the first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, was

(AP) — Today is Thursday, March 15, the 75th day of 2012.

There are 291 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 15, 1972, “The Godfather,” Francis Ford Coppola’s epic gangster movie based on the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.

On this date: • In 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

• In 1493, Christopher

registered by the Symbolics Computer Corp. of Massachusetts.

• Today’s Birthdays: Former astronaut Alan L. Bean is 80.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 79. Actor Judd Hirsch is 77. Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) is 71. Rock singermusician Sly Stone is 69. Rock singer Ry Cooder is 65. Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 57. Model Fabio is 51. Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 49. Rock singer Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 44. Actress Eva Longoria is 37.

Strong earthquakes rattle Japan No serious damage or deaths reported TOKYO (AP) — A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year’s devastating tsunami.

The strongest was a magnitude 6.8 that struck off Hokkaido island and generated a small tsunami.

Some communities along the northern Pacific coast advised residents to evacuate coastal homes.

A swelling of 20 centimeters (8 inches) was observed in water at the port of Hachinohe in Aomori about an hour after the tremor, with smaller changes seen elsewhere.

The Meteorological Agency lifted all tsunami advisories within about 90 minutes.

About 9 p.m. local time, a magnitude-6.1 quake shook buildings in the capital.

It was centered just off the coast of Chiba, east of Tokyo, at a rather shallow 15 kilometers (9 miles) deep.

Narita International Airport briefly closed runways for inspection but later resumed operation.

Several local train services were suspended for safety checks.

There were no abnormalities reported at nuclear power plants after the two earthquakes, operators said.

Nearly all of Japan’s

nuclear plants are offline for safety inspections.

This past Sunday, Japan marked the first anniversary of the massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that left some 19,000 people dead or missing, wreaked widespread damage along the northeastern coast and triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

Rebuilding has yet to fully begin in many coastal communities.

Wednesday’s temblors were considered aftershocks of last year’s massive quake, Meteorological Agency official Akira Nagai told a news conference, warning residents to stay away from buildings already damaged by it

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If this sounds like you, please email your cover letter and resume along with your salary history and expectations to Scott Koon, Publisher, Delaware Gazette. skoon@ohcommedia.com

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535 Farm Supplies/Equipment 2001 ROCKWOOD 5TH WHEEL 25 feet, sleeps 6. 1/2 ton towable, one slide out.

Good condition. Asking $5000.

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510 MASSEY-FERGUSON Combine. Excellent condition. Seen at 8925 Cisco Rd. Sidney. $1500.

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560 Home Furnishings FURNITURE 5 piece solid oak entertainment center.

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583 Pets and Supplies

592 Wanted to Buy

FURNITURE, Ethan Allen cherry dining table, 6 chairs, hutch/ glass doors, Norwalk 73 inch sleeper sofa, tan, excellent condition, (937)667-6721

INVERSION TABLE $100 (937)335-6033

GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, 3 black , 3 sable, 3 males, 3 females, $200, born on 1-28-2012 (937)570-7668

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577 Miscellaneous CORNHOLE GAMES and bags. Order early for spring, great gifts for weddings, birthdays, graduations & fathers day, (937)489-2668 CRIB Complete, small crib, cradle, guard rail, booster chair, walker, car seat, tub, pottie, blankets, clothes, collectable dolls, doll chairs.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Bethel Township Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) will meet in regular session Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bethel Township Meeting Room, 8735 S. 2nd Street - Brandt, Tipp City, Ohio.

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SHOTGUNS, Winchester 12 gauge, semi-auto, Superx2, ducks unlimited, gold inlay, $750. 12 gauge Pump Springfield Stevens well used works great, $135. 20 gauge, single shot, 3 inch chamber, good first shotgun, works great, $120. SKS assault rifle, 6 bayonet, 30 round magazine, real nice, 7.62X39, $425.

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V-01-12: A request from Tim Hawkins, 5070 South Dayton Brandt Road, New Carlisle, OH, 45344. The applicant requests a variance under Article 30.05C of the Bethel Township Zoning Resolution to allow for the construction of a 32’x40’ garage to be located in the front yard of an irregularly shaped lot on property located in a Residential (R-1AAA) zoning district. The property in question is located at 5070 South Dayton Brandt Road, Miami County, Bethel Township Ohio, Town 2, Range 9, Section 9.

V-02-12: A request from Stephen Eike, 8326 State Route 201, Tipp City, OH, 45371. The applicant requests a variance to decrease the rear yard setback from the required fifty (50) feet to approximately forty (40) feet to allow for an addition to a single family residence located in second free standing sign mounted on the same support structure located in a Residential (R-1AAA) zoning district. The property in question is located at 8326 State Route 201, Miami County, Bethel Township, Ohio, Town 2, Range 9, Section 14.

The above application and pertinent information are on file at the Township Administrative Offices located in the Firehouse, 8735 S. Second St., Brandt, Tipp City, Ohio, and available for public inspection weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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MINI AUSSIE-POO puppies, Females blue merle and black with white feet.

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586 Sports and Recreation ATTENTION LAND OWNERS. Looking to lease hunting rights for 2012 season. Paying top dollar. (859)432-2040 GOLF SET, 20 piece Acuity Furbomax Deluxe.

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The Bethel Township Zoning Commission will consider: Case ZA-01-12: Potential changes to Article 20 of the Bethel Township Zoning Resolution.

Case ZA-02-12: A request from Thomas C. Rhea Senior, of 9330 Bellefontaine Rd to rezone 9.5 acres located at 9330 Bellefontaine Rd. from Business (B-1) to Agricultural (A-1) on property used for residential purposes.

Bethel Township Zoning Commission Andy Ehrhart Secretary 3/15/2012

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835 Campers/Motor Homes 2000 PALIMINO Pop-Up. Sleeps up to 8. Stove, refrigerator, furnace, garage kept. Excellent condition. $3000 OBO. Very little use. (937)726-4802

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CONTACT US ■ Sports Editor Josh Brown (937) 440-5251, (937) 440-5232 jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

JOSH BROWN

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TODAY’S TIPS

■ National Football League

• TENNIS: The Troy Tennis Association is now accepting registrations for spring and summer leagues.

Contact Max Brown at (937) 689-1938 or go to troytennis.net.

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

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

• SOFTBALL: Registrations are now being taken for the Troy Recreation Department Girls Youth Softball program. This program is for girls currently in grades first through eighth. You may register online at: http://troyohio.gov/rec/ProgramRegF orms.html. Contact the recreation department at (937) 339-5145 for more information.

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

Manning meets with Titans’ execs NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A group of Tennessee Titans executives returned to Nashville with Peyton Manning for a meeting with the free agent on the team’s home turf.

Coach Mike Munchak, general manager Ruston Webster and chief operating officer Mike Reinfeldt landed Wednesday afternoon at Nashville International not John C. Tune airport as indicated on a flight plan after flying into RaleighDurham Airport to pick up

Manning and about 6 hours after Manning. he arrived, Manning had not T h e y been seen leaving the Titans’ returned to facility. At 9:45 p.m. EDT, there the team’s were approximately 40 fans still headquarters gathered along the fence surwhere the rounding the facility hoping to Titans made get a glimpse of Manning. their pitch to Several team officials apparManning. ently met with Manning Titans throughout the day, including owner Bud Tennessee’s team doctor, Burton Adams told MANNING Elrod. He spent 90 minutes at WSMV-TV on Tuesday the executives were the team’s headquarters during going to spend the day with Manning’s visit.

■ College Basketball

Munchak, Webster and Reinfeldt had arrived in North Carolina just before 1:30 p.m.

EDT. Manning arrived at the airport riding in the backseat of black Escalade at 1:53 p.m. EDT, boarded the plane and the group headed back to Tennessee.

Manning had been in Raleigh-Durham working out several times at Duke recently.

Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe was his offensive

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Making their mark Catamounts top Lamar, UNC up next DAYTON (AP) — It’s been seven years since Vermont’s signature win in school history.

The Catamounts think it’s about time for another.

North Carolina, are you paying attention?

Freshman Four McGlynn came off the bench to score 18 points and Vermont grabbed an early lead and hung on to beat Lamar 71-59 on Wednesday night in a first-round NCAA tournament game.

Matt Glass added 11 points, Sandro Carissimo 10 and Brian Voelkel had 12 rebounds to help

Let the madness truly begin Who has the players to watch during the 2012 NCAA Tournament? What are the juiciest matchups? Who’s in danger of being upset? To get you ready for the action, we’ve got a rundown of what to look for leading up to the title game in New Orleans on April 2.

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Browns’ Hillis headed to K.C. The Kansas City Chiefs signed running back Peyton Hillis on Wednesday, giving the team a formidable duo in the ground game with Jamaal Charles.

It could also serve as a fresh start for Hillis, who had a drama- and injury-filled second season in Cleveland after rushing for 1,177 yards in 2010. See Page 16.

the Catamounts earn a spot against the top-seeded Tar Heels on Friday in Greensboro, N.C. Their only previous NCAA tournament win was a stunning 60-57 upset of fourth-seeded Syracuse by the 13th-seeded Catamounts in the first round of the 2005 tournament.

“The Syracuse game was a huge win for Vermont and the community,” Voelkel said.

“Obviously, we’re going to come into North Carolina with a lot of confidence and hopefully we can pull off another upset and give

the people of Burlington something to cheer about.”

The Catamounts (24-11) shot 50 percent from the field, blending an inside presence with McGlynn’s touch from the perimeter.

But the America East tournament champions will be severely tested down where the skies are Carolina Blue.

“Obviously, North Carolina is one of the best teams in the country,” first-year Catamounts coach John Becker said.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ohio State has four sophomore starters and one bad NCAA tournament memory.

The Buckeyes were knocked out of last year’s tournament in the regional semifinals by a jumper by Kentucky’s Brandon Knight with 5 seconds to play. A No. 1 seed last year, the Buckeyes felt their season ended way too soon.

A No. 2 seed this year, Ohio State starts a run at a 10th Final Four when it plays 15th-seeded Loyola (Md.) on Thursday night in the second round of the East Regional.

“I just think it affected everyone a little differently last year,” sophomore guard Aaron Craft said. “Everyone kind of took a step back and felt what they could do to make the game change. At the same time I think we did a good job of trying to move on. We can’t live in the past. Figure out a way to help this basketball team be better, because it’s not the same as last year.”

The Buckeyes (27-7) were a tri-champion of the Big Ten this season. Loyola (24-8) finished second in the Metro Atlantic

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Linsanity? Carmelodrama? Enough!

Knicks coach D’Antoni resigns abruptly during up-and-down ride NEW YORK (AP) — Mike D’Antoni resigned Wednesday as coach of the New York Knicks, whose brief resurgence in a wave of Linsanity quickly gave way to a late-season skid that puts them in danger of even making the NBA playoffs.

Assistant coach Mike Woodson began serving as interim head coach starting with Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden — a 121-79 Knicks victory.

Knicks owner Jim Dolan said he and D’Antoni had a “very honest” conversation We d n e s d a y morning.

“He clearly felt it was best for the D’ANTONI organization if he were not to continue as coach of the team. He did offer to

stay,” Dolan said during a press conference. “After a long discussion, we did agree it was best for the organization to have new voice moving forward.”

Facing a barrage of questions about his relationship with Carmelo Anthony, D’Antoni put the Knicks through a morning workout before stepping aside.

The Knicks have struggled since Anthony returned from a groin injury 10 games ago, losing six in a row for the second time this season and falling into a tie for

the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

There was speculation that he and D’Antoni did not get along, though the All-Star forward said Wednesday he supported the coach “100 percent.”

The surprise resignation first was reported by Yahoo Sports.

There’s already speculation that the Knicks will try to lure a big-name coach such as Phil Jackson or Kentucky’s John

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Chapman strong in Reds loss GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Aroldis Chapman wants to be a starter and took a big step toward that goal with a new pitch and new focus.

Chapman pitched more than two innings in a big league game for the first time, allowing one run over three innings in the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 loss to a San Diego Padres in a split-squads game Wednesday.

Chapman revived a split-finger fastball while allowing four hits, includ-

ing a homer to Andy Parrino.

“I threw some split-finfastballs today,” ger Chapman said through interpreter Tomas Vera.

“The Reds asked me not to throw that pitch when I first signed with them but now since I’m a starter they told me to go ahead.”

The Cuban defector is being converted into a starter and is competing for the fifth spot in the Reds’ rotation. He is the only left-hander among the group.

As a reliever, Chapman relied heavily on a fastball clocked as high as 105 mph, but as a starter he needs to develop another quality pitch.

What he is primarily focused on is throwing strikes.

Indians 2, Giants 2 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Buster Posey had his first hit of the spring, a home run, in the San Fransisco Giants’ 2-2, 10-inning tie with Cleveland on Wednesday. The young catcher suffered a devas-

tating leg injury in a homeplate collision with the Marlins’ Scott Cousins on May 25.

The Indians had to be encouraged by the strong four-inning effort from veteran right-hander Derek Lowe.

Acquired in a trade with Atlanta on Oct. 31, the 38year-old gave up a run on two hits with a walk.

“I had a lot better command, a lot of quick outs, the majority on the ground,” said Lowe, who threw 42 pitches.

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Hillis headed to K.C. Browns’ Madden 12 coverboy signs with Chiefs KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed running back Peyton Hillis on Wednesday, giving the team a formidable duo in the ground game with Jamaal Charles.

It could also serve as a fresh start for Hillis, who had a drama- and injuryfilled second season in Cleveland after rushing for 1,177 yards in 2010.

Terms of the deal weren’t immediately disclosed.

Hillis won a nationwide fan vote to be the cover figure for “Madden NFL 12” last offseason, but then rushed for just 587 yards.

He sat out last Sept. 25 against Miami with a bout of strep throat, an incident that didn’t sit well with some teammates. He also missed a treatment for his ailing hamstring when he left during a work week to get married. Hillis also has changed agents multiple times in the last year.

“Things didn’t work in my favor this year,” Hillis said in December. “There’s a few things that happened this year that made me believe in curses. Ain’t no doubt about it.”

With the Chiefs, Hillis will be reunited with Brian Daboll, his former offensive coordinator in Cleveland who is now in the same position in Kansas City.

Hillis has played fullback and tailback during his career, the type of versatility that made him attractive to the Chiefs.

His bulldozing style also will help complement Charles and the speedy Dexter McCluster in the backfield.

Hillis also could carry the load as the lead rusher if Charles isn’t fully recovered from a knee injury that sidelined him for the season after Week 2.

Kansas City needed to sign another rusher after allowing running backs Thomas Jones and Jackie Battle, and fullback Le’Ron McClain to become free agents this week.

Hillis, a seventh-round pick out of Arkansas in 2008, also played two seasons with Denver. He originally started at fullback, but became the No. 1 ballcarrier and a fan favorite as a rookie when several of the Broncos’ running backs landed on injured reserve.

After not being used much by then-Broncos

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Ramon Sessions shoots past Milwaukee Bucks’ Mike Dunleavy (17) during the first half Wednesday in Milwaukee.

Fighting for 8th seed, Bucks top Cavs MILWAUKEE (AP) — Drew Gooden had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists for his second career triple-double, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-105 on Wednesday night.

Gooden completed the triple-double with a rebound near the end of the third quarter. Gooden also had a triple-double against the Cavaliers last April, marking the last time the Bucks had a player accomplish the feat.

Ersan Ilyasova had 22 points before fouling out for the Bucks, who have won four straight.

Kyrie Irving had 28 points for the Cavaliers, who lost their second in a row.

It was a significant win for the Bucks, who are battling the Cavaliers and New York Knicks for the No. 8 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference.

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Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis (40) runs the ball against the Tennessee Titans Oct. 2, 2011, in Cleveland. The Kansas City Chiefs have signed Hillis on Wednesday. coach Josh McDaniels in 2009, Hillis was traded to Cleveland for two draft picks and quarterback Brady Quinn. He was slated to be the Browns’ starting fullback, but again took over the featured role because of injuries and ran for 1,000 yards for the first time.

Hillis has rushed for 2,161 yards and 20 touchdowns in four seasons, and has caught 101 passes for 805 yards and three scores.

• Free Agent Roundup EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Calvin Johnson got the biggest contract in NFL history Wednesday, and he wasn’t even a free agent.

The All-Pro wide receiver’s eight-year deal through the 2019 season is worth $132 million, with $60 million guaranteed, surpassing the $120 million with $50 million guaranteed being paid to Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald.

“They were happy to get this thing done with, and I

was happy as well,” Johnson said. “It wasn’t a lot of confrontation. We weren’t butting heads or anything. It was just something that we knew needed to get done.”

Another All-Pro, guard Carl Nicks, left New Orleans for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a five-year contract. Considered one of the NFL’s best pass blockers, Nicks is a two-time Pro Bowl player and was a key on the Saints’ recordsetting offense.

Meanwhile, the wait for prized free agent defensive end Mario Williams to decide whether to sign with the Buffalo Bills will last yet another day.

The Bills announced Wednesday night that Williams had left their facility and would return Thursday morning. That means the former Houston Texans star pass-rusher will sleep on making up his mind by spending a second night in Buffalo.

In Detroit, Johnson lived up to his “Megatron”

nickname with his spectacular receptions in 2011, catching 96 passes for 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns in leading the Lions back to the playoffs for the first time since 1999.

Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and Johnson are the only players in NFL history with at least 95 receptions, 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns in a season.

“Calvin’s one of those guys we’ve said this about a few guys that we have in our building whatever they pay him is not enough,” coach Jim Schwartz said.

“He’s truly a special player.”

Tampa has been among the busiest teams in free agency, hardly surprising after the Bucs slumped from 10-6 to 4-12 last year.

Nicks joined cornerback Eric Wright, who also signed Wednesday. Wright got a five-year deal, too.

On Tuesday, the Buccaneers added star receiver Vincent Jackson for five years and $55.55 million.

despite being linked to other teams in trade speculation.

The game capped a hectic 24 hours for the Bucks, who pulled off a major trade with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Milwaukee sent 2005 No. 1 overall pick Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson to the Warriors in exchange for Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh and the expiring contract of Kwame Brown.

Irving kept the Cavs in the game, completing a three-point play to cut the Bucks’ lead to 102-93 with 5:24 left. But Ilyasova answered with a layup on an assist from Dunleavy, putting the Bucks up by 11.

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute scored on a baseline layup for Milwaukee then Jennings came up with the ball on the other end and threw a long outlet pass to Mbah a Moute, who slammed it home for a 10893 Bucks lead with 3:56 left.

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Manning ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 coordinator at the University of Tennessee.

The owner has said he will do whatever it takes to sign Manning in his chase for a championship.

He sees the quarterback as the missing piece. The 89-year-old Adams is staying in Houston, and that’s why Reinfeldt joined Webster and Munchak for this trip.

Adams promoted Reinfeldt from general manager in January to senior executive vice president and COO to act as his point man with the team in Tennessee while he lives 650 miles away.

The Titans already have veteran Matt Hasselbeck with two years left on a deal signed last July, and drafted Jake Locker with the eighth pick overall in the 2011 draft.

The quarterback’s suitors include Denver, Arizona and Miami. He reportedly visited with the Dolphins Monday

night in Indianapolis.

Cutcliffe declined to answer any questions about Manning Wednesday following the Blue Devils spring practice. However, when asked how his players were handling the distraction with the new faces around, the coach laughed and said, “you found a way, didn’t you” to get in a question about Manning.

He said having Manning at the team’s facilities has not been a problem.

“That’s always, for them (the Duke players), encouraging and fun.

That’s the honest truth,” Cutcliffe said of Manning working out at Duke’s facilities. “But they’ve done a great job of letting anybody that’s in here work and do what they’ve got to do, and they work around them.

“I think it’s always good to have examples and see the kind of work ethic it takes to succeed in football.”

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D’Antoni ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Calipari next season.

But Dolan insisted the Knicks can still contend this season.

“I believe in our players. I believe in our talent.

I believe in their commitment to get the team together and get this right,” he said. “I believe we have the talent and character to succeed. I believe we can do it.”

D’Antoni seemed in AP PHOTO good spirits at the team’s New York Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni questions training center and said a call with an official during the second half March 9 players were, too. He against the Milwaukee Bucks in Milwaukee. acknowledged the media

frenzy around the sinking club but believed the Knicks would handle it.

“You battle against it. I think we’re cohesive enough to battle through this, and we expect to do that,” he said.

D’Antoni’s departure comes less than a month after he seemed rejuvenated by the emergence of Jeremy Lin, the undrafted point guard from Harvard who came off the end of the bench and proved to be the player who could properly run the offensive system.

But the success didn’t last once Anthony returned, with the Knicks going 2-8 in a season that D’Antoni had hoped would be one with where they had a shot at a championship.

Never able to duplicate his success in Phoenix, D’Antoni was headed to his third losing season since signing a $24 million, four-year contract in 2008 that made him one of the NBA’s highest-paid coaches. He never won a playoff game in New York, where the Knicks were

focused on the future during his first two years and made numerous changes that didn’t give him much of a chance to compete.

But they spent big this season, bringing in Tyson Chandler to play between Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, while adding players such as Baron Davis and JR Smith during the season.

New York returned to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2004 but lost to the Boston Celtics in the first round.

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Academics take a back seat

BY TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist Filling out a bracket for the NCAA tournament is pretty much a crapshoot, no matter how much you study or how good you guess. That was especially true last year, when no No. 1 seed made the Final Four yet Butler somehow found its way there for the second straight year.

Figuring out which schools care as much about academics as they do basketball is a lot easier.

Attend Duke or, say, Creighton and you’re pretty much assured a degree if not a career in the NBA. Both schools in recent years graduated all their basketball players, as did four other teams in this year’s field.

Matriculate somewhere else, and you might end up working behind the counter at (a fast-food place).

That’s the reality of college athletics, where the payoff for athletes doesn’t come close to matching the payday for schools. The NCAA tournament is a billion-dollar-a-year business that distributes riches to almost everyone involved except the ones who really count — the unpaid labor toiling on the court.

They play for the fun of the game and, for an elite few, the hope of making it in the pros. For the vast majority, though, the only payout in the end is a college degree they might not have been able to pursue if not for their ability on the basketball court.

Unfortunately, some schools are failing their athletes — and failing them miserably. That’s especially true when it comes to black basketball players.

Richard Lapchick, who does an annual report on graduation rates for the University of Central Florida, said black players are graduating at a 60 percent rate while white players were at 88 percent.

At the University of Florida, only one in five black basketball players get their degrees, according to NCAA statistics. At the University of Virginia, it’s one in three. And it doesn’t take a math major to figure out that a 14 percent graduation rate among black players at defending national champion Connecticut is both abysmal and disgraceful.

“We used to report schools that hadn’t graduated a black basketball player in a decade and the NCAA couldn’t do a thing about it,” said Lapchick, whose studies on race and academics in colleges as director of UCF’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, have helped draw attention to a subject once rarely discussed. “Now they can.”

The good news is that things are getting marginally better. Coaches are being forced to pay more attention to academics, and there are new penalties that will eventually reduce the number of basketball factories in the nation’s institutes of higher education.

They’re hardly perfect, and they contain way too many loopholes for a cagey coach to exploit. But they are a start, and the potential ban of UConn from next year’s tournament because of poor academics should serve as a wakeup call for those who still don’t get it.

By next year, teams must graduate 50 percent of their players to be eligible for postseason play.

Coaches may argue otherwise, but that’s not an unreasonable standard, especially when you consider the tutors and other academic help given to athletes.

The great thing about the NCAA tournament is that everyone has a chance to succeed.

We should ask for no less when it comes to players getting their degrees.

Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press.

Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg.

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The mouth of madness A guide to the 2012 NCAA Tournament

By The Associated Press Butler and Virginia Commonwealth defied the odds with Hoosierslike runs to the Final Four last season, leaving a trail of ripped up NCAA tournament brackets across the country.

The Rams will get another shot after winning the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, but the Bulldogs — and lovable mascot Blue2 — are headed to the CBI after consecutive trips to the NCAA title game.

Last season seemed like a confluence of chaos, but this year’s bracket has the potential to match it after the top four teams in the AP Top 25 went down last week.

Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State and North Carolina got the No. 1 nods from the tournament selection committee. All four have their faults, though, particularly the Orangemen, who will be playing without center Fab Melo.

To get you ready for the action, we’ve got a rundown of what to look for leading up to the title game in New Orleans on April 2.

Players to Watch • Thomas Robinson, Kansas. Big, powerful, agile, dominating, player of the year candidate.

• Jared Sullinger, Ohio State. See “Thomas Robinson, Kansas.”

• Anthony Davis, Kentucky. Scores, blocks shots, dominates. You get the idea.

• Doug McDermott, Creighton. Third in the nation with 23.2 points per game, shot 61 percent from the field and that’snot-a-typo 49 percent from 3. This year’s Jimmer?

• Peyton Siva, Louisville. That teardrop of his could bring rain.

• Draymond Green, Michigan State. Does it all, seems to know it all on the court.

• Austin Rivers, Duke.

Hit that big 3-pointer to beat North Carolina, can take over games down the stretch.

• Isaiah Canaan, Murray State. He’s the main reason the Racers are in the dance.

Upset Potential Every year there are high seeds that win games they’re not supposed to win and shatter brackets. Remember 13th-seeded Morehead State’s first-round takedown of No. 4 Louisville last year? Yeah, we’re still bitter about that, too.

Here’s a few potential opening-round upsets to consider: • Colorado State over Murray State, West Regional. The Racers, the sixth seed in the West, like to shoot the 3 and have Isaiah Canaan. The 11th-seeded Rams have seen teams and players like this before.

• Virginia

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An Ohio State fan cheers in the first half against Michigan State in the final of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis Sunday.

Commonwealth over Wichita State. The Rams were panned for getting into the NCAA Tournament last year, then went to the Final Four. Why not again?

• Colorado over UNLV. The 11th seed in the South, the Buffaloes were a surprise winner at the Pac-12 tournament. The sixth-seeded Rebels have had some shaky moments and lost in the Mountain West semifinals to New Mexico after blowing a big lead.

• Western Kentucky over Kentucky. Sorry, just checking to see if you’re still paying attention.

Numbers • 5-2: Odds for Kentucky to win the title, lowest by oddsmaker Mike Colbert of Cantor Gaming.

• 6-1: Odds for Ohio State to win the title, second-best despite being a No. 2 seed.

• 1-100 million trillion: Odds of picking every game right by flipping a coin.

• 5: Teams from North Carolina in the NCAA tournament: North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State, UNC-Asheville, Davidson.

• 9: NCAA tournament bids by the Big East, most of any conference.

• 11: At-large midmajors in the bracket, most since 12 made it in 2004.

• 12: Presidents since Harvard’s last trip to the NCAA tournament, starting with Truman in 1946.

• 26: NCAA tournament appearances without reaching the Final Four by BYU, longest ever.

• 53: NCAA tournament appearances by Kentucky, most all-time.

Intriguing Games • Wichita State vs.

VCU. Two good midmajor teams, equallymatched, potential to make a deep run.

• Louisville vs.

Davidson. The Cardinals have lost in the first round each of the past two years, and Davidson has done the David vs.

Goliath thing before.

• Creighton vs.

Alabama. Doug McDermott dominates.

The Crimson Tide are peaking at just the right time.

• North Carolina vs.

Kansas, potential Midwest Region final.

OK, a lot has to happen before we get to this, but two perennial powers and Roy Williams against his former team back in the Midwest builds a little anticipation.

Mid-majors to Watch After Butler made it to consecutive championship games and VCU joined the Bulldogs last year, it’s hard to rule anyone out. Here’s a few of the mid-majors to keep an eye on this year.

• Detroit: The Titans are as talented as anyone and have scoring machine Ray McCallum.

• Memphis: The Tigers are long, athletic and can stay with anyone when they’re on top of their game.

• VCU: Coach Shaka Smart. He did it once before, can do it again.

• Wichita State: The

Shockers must get by VCU in their opener but have the look of a team that could make a run.

• Montana: The Grizzlies aren’t exactly grizzled when it comes to the NCAA tournament, but they enter with a 14game winning streak and like to play defense.

• Long Beach State: The Gauchos had three victories in as many nights to win the Big West Conference tournament but aren’t sure if Larry Anderson will be able to play against New Mexico on Thursday.

Distances Although North Carolina got a break in the bracket by playing in nearby Greensboro, fellow Tar Heel State school Davidson could be a little travel-weary.

The Tar Heels have the shortest distance for their opening game, a short bus ride of about 47 miles, with Duke needing only a couple more miles to face Lehigh in the same arena.

Davidson has the second-longest longest trip of about 2,800 miles to play Louisville in Portland, Ore., a few miles shorter than VCU’s trip to the Northwest to face Wichita State.

That’s a long plane ride or roughly 46 hours on a bus. We’re guessing they’ll fly.

Kentucky also has a quick trip of about 77 miles to play Western Kentucky in Louisville, while Harvard’s players will have plenty of time to catch up on their reading with a 2,200mile trip to Albuquerque, N.M.

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Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Athletic Conference and won the conference tournament to seal its second NCAA tournament berth, 22 behind the Buckeyes.

“I know what a great team Ohio State is. It’s an honor to play them,” Greyhounds coach Jimmy Patsos said. “We probably have little chance of winning the game. Four minutes at a time, we’ll see what we can do.”

Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger was a first-team All-America last season as a freshman. He averaged 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds this season while earning All-Big Ten honors.

“In March you enter the tournament, records go out the door. It’s not about what conference they’re from,” Sullinger said. “Doesn’t matter what is the record.

Everybody is fighting for their life. We got to understand that tomorrow is not a promise. I think that’s the biggest motto this basketball team has to embrace is: Tomorrow’s not a promise.”

Sullinger sounded like someone who believes that when he talks about Loyola, which had the first 20-win season in school history in 2011-12.

“They’re a very athletic basketball team. They like to get up and down the floor.

Love transition,” Sullinger said. “A lot of guys can score the basketball for them. I mean, they have five guys averaging double figures so they’re a very balanced team. One person is not going to beat us. It’s a team effort. We have to stop everybody.”

That’s what Patsos is afraid of.

“We’ll still run and press against them,” said Patsos, a longtime assistant to former Maryland coach Gary Williams. “Ohio State wants to play their way. If you play their way, you’re not going to beat them. I think they can win the national championship this year.”

Thad Matta has taken the Buckeyes to the NCAA tournament six times in his eight seasons, and they have reached the round of 16 three times, including the national runner-up finish in 2007.

First Four ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 “They’ve got a roster of future NBA stars. We’re just going to do what we do continue to play our brand of basketball.”

McGlynn, the only player in all of Division I to lead his team in scoring (12.0) without starting a game and yet playing in every contest, provided punch to Vermont’s offense.

He entered in the first half and immediately ignited a 13-0 rally that gave the Catamounts a lead that they never relinquished.

“It was my first NCAA tournament game.

I thought I played pretty well,” McGlynn said. “I got in a good flow. I give all the credit to my teammates.”

Vermont’s ability to hang on to a lead has been a rarity at University of Dayton Arena.

Both Mississippi Valley State and Iona built big leads and then blew them in first-night losses to Western Kentucky and BYU, respectively.

South Florida led BYU 61-38 with 3:35 left in the game in the battle for the No. 12 seed at time of press.

Smith gets 100th win with Gophers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rodney Williams tied his career high with 21 points, Austin Hollins had 16 and Minnesota beat La Salle 70-61 Wednesday night in the opening round of the NIT. Andre Hollins added 13 points for the Golden Gophers (20-14), who play the winner between Miami and Valparaiso in the second round.

The Gophers closed with a 15-6 run to give coach Tubby Smith his 100th win at the school. Only seven coaches in the program’s history have won at least 100 games.

Earl Pettis scored 19 points for La Salle (21-13), while Ramon Galloway added 13 and Jerrell Wright 12.

Miami 66, Valparaiso 50 CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Rion Brown scored 18 points to lead Miami to a 66-50 win over Valparaiso on Wednesday night in the opening round of the NIT. The Hurricanes stretched a four-point lead and finished the game with a 16-0 run over the final 3:41. Malcolm Grant and Shane Larkin keyed the run with consecutive 3-pointers.

Northern Iowa 67, Saint Joseph’s 65 PHILADELPHIA — Seth Tuttle sank two free throws with 1.3 seconds left and finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead Northern Iowa to a 67-65 win over Saint Joseph’s on Wednesday night in the opening round of the NIT. Marc Sonnen scored 15 points for the Panthers (20-13), who play at Drexel in the second round. The Dragons advanced with an 81-56 win over Central Florida.

Drexel 81, C. Florida 56 PHILADELPHIA — Frantz

Massenat had 18 points and 14 assists, and Chris Fouch scored 19, as Drexel shook off the disappointment of not making the NCAA tournament by trouncing Central Florida, 81-56, in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday night.

The Dragons (28-6), out of the Colonial Athletic Association, were viewed as one of the bigger snubs from the NCAA field, and coach Bruiser Flint made it a point this week to say the team would bounce back and “try to go out and win the NIT.” So far, so good.

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Toronto Boston Oakland Seattle Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota Baltimore New York Cleveland Texas Chicago Tampa Bay NATIONAL LEAGUE

W 8 10 7 9 9 6 6 7 4 5 3 3 3 3

L 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 5 8 7 7 8 8

Pct .889 .833 .778 .750 .750 .545 .545 .538 .444 .385 .300 .300 .273 .273

W L Pct 6 2 .750 Los Angeles Miami 6 3 .667 San Francisco 8 4 .667 7 4 .636 Houston 6 5 .545 Chicago 5 5 .500 Washington San Diego 6 7 .462 Colorado 5 6 .455 5 6 .455 Milwaukee 4 5 .444 St. Louis 5 7 .417 Cincinnati Philadelphia 5 7 .417 Pittsburgh 4 7 .364 3 7 .300 New York 3 8 .273 Arizona 2 10 .167 Atlanta NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Wednesday's Games Pittsburgh 11, Baltimore 5 Detroit 7, N.Y. Mets 6, 10 innings Miami 4, Tampa Bay 2 Houston 4, St. Louis 3 Toronto 7, N.Y.Yankees 5 Minnesota 6, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 10, Chicago Cubs 2 Chicago White Sox 9, L.A. Angels 7 Colorado (ss) 6, Texas 1 San Diego 9, Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 2, Cleveland 2, tie, 10 innings San Diego 8, Arizona (ss) 0 Atlanta 6, Washington 5 Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Baltimore vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Philadelphia (ss) at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (ss) vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 2:35 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 25 18 .581 — Philadelphia Boston 22 19 .537 2 New York 19 24 .442 6 15 29 .341 10½ New Jersey Toronto 14 29 .326 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 31 10 .756 — 28 15 .651 4 Orlando Atlanta 24 18 .571 7½ 9 32 .220 22 Washington Charlotte 6 35 .146 25 Central Division Pct GB W L Chicago 35 9 .795 — 25 16 .610 8½ Indiana Milwaukee 19 24 .442 15½ Cleveland 16 25 .390 17½ Detroit 15 27 .357 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 13 .675 — Memphis 24 17 .585 3½ Dallas 24 20 .545 5 Houston 24 20 .545 5 New Orleans 10 33 .233 18½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 32 10 .762 — Denver 24 19 .558 8½ Minnesota 22 21 .512 10½ Utah 20 21 .488 11½ Portland 20 23 .465 12½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 27 16 .628 — L.A. Clippers 23 17 .575 2½ Phoenix 19 22 .463 7 Golden State 18 21 .462 7 Sacramento 14 28 .333 12½ Tuesday's Games Toronto 96, Cleveland 88 Indiana 92, Portland 75 Orlando 104, Miami 98, OT Houston 104, Oklahoma City 103 L.A. Lakers 116, Memphis 111,2OT Dallas 107, Washington 98 Denver 118, Atlanta 117, OT Golden State 115, Sacramento 89 Wednesday's Games Indiana 111, Philadelphia 94 New Jersey 98, Toronto 84 New York 121, Portland 79 Houston 107, Charlotte 87 L.A. Lakers 107, New Orleans 101, OT Milwaukee 115, Cleveland 105 Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

Utah at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

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

Friday's Games New Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 13 Western Kentucky 59, MVSU 58 BYU 78, Iona 72 Wednesday, March 14 Vermont 71, Lamar 59 California (24-9) vs. South Florida (2013) EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Kansas State (21-10) vs. Southern Mississippi (25-8), 12:40 p.m.

Syracuse (31-2) vs. UNC Asheville (24-9), 30 minutes following Gonzaga (25-6) vs. West Virginia (1913), 7:20 p.m.

Ohio State (27-7) vs. Loyola (Md.) (248), 30 minutes following At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin (24-9) vs. Montana (25-6), 2:10 p.m.

Vanderbilt (24-10) vs. Harvard (26-4), 30 minutes following Friday, March 16 At Bridgestone Arena Nashville,Tenn.

Cincinnati (24-10) vs. Texas (20-13), 12:15 p.m.

Florida State (24-9) vs. St. Bonaventure (20-11), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Syracuse-UNC Asheville winner vs.

Kansas State-Southern Mississippi winner Ohio State-Loyola (Md.) winner vs.

Gonzaga-West Virginia winner At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin-Montana winner vs.

Vanderbilt-Harvard winner Sunday, March 18 At Bridgestone Arena Nashville,Tenn.

Florida State-St. Bonaventure winner vs. Cincinnati-Texas winner Regional Semifinals At TD Garden Boston Thursday, March 22 Syracuse-UNC Asheville_Kansas State-Southern Mississippi winner vs.

Wisconsin-Montana_Vanderbilt-Harvard winner Ohio State-Loyola (Md.)_GonzagaWest Virginia winner vs. Florida State-St. Bonaventure_Cincinnati-Texas winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 24 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Kentucky (32-2) vs. Western Kentucky (16-18), 6:50 p.m.

Iowa State (22-10) vs. UConn (20-13), 30 minutes following At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor (27-7) vs. South Dakota State (27-7), 7:27 p.m.

UNLV (26-8) vs. Colorado (23-11), 30 minutes following At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Wichita State (27-5) vs. VCU (28-6), 7:15 p.m.

Indiana (25-8) vs. New Mexico State (26-9), 30 minutes following Friday, March 16 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Duke (27-6) vs. Lehigh (26-7), 7:15 p.m.

Notre Dame (22-11) vs. Xavier (2112), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Kentucky-Western Kentucky winner vs. Iowa State-UConn winner At The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor-South Dakota State winner vs.

UNLV-Colorado winner At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Indiana-New Mexico State winner vs.

Wichita State-VCU winner Sunday, March 18 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Duke-Lehigh winner vs. Notre DameXavier winner Regional Semifinals At The Georgia Dome Atlanta Friday, March 23 Kentucky-Western Kentucky_Iowa State-UConn winner vs. Indiana-New Mexico State_Wichita State-VCU winner Baylor-South Dakota State_UNLVColorado winner vs. Duke-Lehigh_Notre Dame-Xavier winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Friday, March 16 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Creighton (28-5) vs. Alabama (21-11), 1:40 p.m.

North Carolina (29-5) vs. LamarVermont winner, 30 minutes following At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio San Diego State (26-7) vs. N.C. State (22-12), 12:40 p.m.

Georgetown (23-8) vs. Belmont (277), 30 minutes following At Bridgestone Arena Nashville,Tenn.

Michigan (24-9) vs. Ohio (27-7), 7:20 p.m.

Temple (24-7) vs. California-South Florida winner, 30 minutes following At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb.

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 1:30 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for Australian Grand Prix, at Melbourne, Australia EXTREME SPORTS Noon ESPN2 — Winter X Games, ski slopestyle men's final, at Tignes, France (same-day tape) 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Winter X Games, snowboard superpipe men's final, at Tignes, France GOLF 10:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Andalucia, first round, at Marbella, Spain 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Transitions Championship, first round, at Palm Harbor, Fla. 6:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Founders Cup, first round, at Phoenix MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, doubleheader, Murray St. vs. Colorado St. and Marquette vs. BYU at Louisville, Ky. 12:30 p.m. TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, doubleheader, Kansas St. vs. Southern Miss. and Syracuse vs. UNC Asheville, at Pittsburgh.

1:30 p.m. TBS — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, quadrupleheader, Louisville vs. Davidson and New Mexico vs. Long Beach St., at Portland, Ore.; Kentucky vs.

MVSU-W. Kentucky winner and Iowa St. vs. UConn, at Louisville, Ky. 2 p.m. TNT — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, quadrupleheader, Wisconsin vs. Montana and Vanderbilt vs. Harvard, at Albuquerque, N.M.; Gonzaga vs. West Virginia and Ohio St. vs. Loyola (Md.), at Pittsburgh.

7 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, doubleheader, Wichita St. vs. VCU and Indiana vs. New Mexico St., at Portland, Ore. 7:15 p.m. TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, doubleheader, Baylor vs. South Dakota St. and UNLV vs. Colorado, at Albuquerque, N.M. Saint Mary's (Calif.) (27-5) vs. Purdue (21-12), 7:27 p.m.

Kansas (27-6) vs. Detroit (22-13), 30 minutes following Third Round Sunday, March 18 At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina_Lamar-Vermont winner vs. Creighton-Alabama winner At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Georgetown-Belmont winner vs. San Diego State-N.C. State winner At Bridgestone Arena Nashville,Tenn. winner vs.

Michigan-Ohio Temple_California-South Florida winner At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Kansas-Detroit winner vs. Saint Mary's (Calif.)-Purdue winner Regional Semifinals At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Friday, March 23 Carolina_LamarNorth Vermont_Creighton-Alabama winner vs.

Michigan-Ohio_Temple-California-South Florida winner Georgetown-Belmont_San Diego State-N.C. State winner vs. KansasDetroit_Saint Mary's (Calif.)-Purdue winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 15 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Murray State (30-1) vs. Colorado State (20-11), 12:15 p.m.

Marquette (25-7) vs. BYU (26-8), 30 minutes following At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Louisville (26-9) vs. Davidson (25-7), 1:40 p.m.

New Mexico (27-6) vs. Long Beach State (25-8), 30 minutes following Friday, March 16 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Memphis (26-8) vs. Saint Louis (25-7), 6:50 p.m.

Michigan State (27-7) vs. LIU (25-8), 30 minutes following At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Florida (23-10) vs. Virginia (22-9), 2:10 p.m.

Missouri (30-4) vs. Norfolk State (259), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 17 At The KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Marquette_BYU vs. Murray StateColorado State winner At The Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Louisville-Davidson winner vs. New Mexico-Long Beach State winner Sunday, March 18 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Michigan State-LIU winner vs.

Memphis-Saint Louis winner At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Missouri-Norfolk State winner vs.

Florida-Virginia winner Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 22 At US Airways Center Phoenix Michigan State-LIU_Memphis-Saint Louis winner vs.

LouisvilleDavidson_New Mexico-Long Beach State winner Marquette-BYU_Murray StateColorado State winner vs. MissouriNorfolk State_Florida-Virginia winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 24 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At The Superdome New Orleans National Semifinals Saturday, March 31 East champion vs. Midwest champion South champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 2 Semifinal winners NCAA Women's Basketball

Tournament Glance All Times EDT DES MOINES REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. Tennessee (24-8) vs. UT Martin (238), 4:10 p.m.

DePaul (22-10) vs. BYU (26-6), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Ohio State (25-6) vs. Florida (19-12), 12:15 p.m.

Baylor (34-0) vs. UC Santa Barbara (17-15), 30 minutes following At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgetown (22-8) vs. Fresno State (28-5), 12:20 p.m.

Georgia Tech (24-8) vs. Sacred Heart (25-7), 30 minutes following At Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Ark. Delaware (30-1) vs. UALR (20-12), 5:20 p.m.

Nebraska (24-8) vs. Kansas (19-12), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. DePaul-BYU winner vs. TennesseeUT Martin winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Baylor-UC Santa Barbara winner vs.

Ohio State-Florida winner, TBA At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgetown-Fresno State winner vs.

Georgia Tech-Sacred Heart winner, TBA At Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Ark. winner vs.

Nebraska-Kansas Delaware-UALR winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, March 24 Baylor-UC Santa Barbara-Ohio StateFlorida winner vs. Georgetown-Fresno State-Georgia Tech-Sacred Heart winner, TBA Nebraska-Kansas-Delaware-UALR winner vs. DePaul-BYU-Tennessee-UT Martin winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA FRESNO REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. West Virginia (23-9) vs. Texas (18-13), 11:10 a.m.

Stanford (31-1) vs. Hampton (26-4), 30 minutes following At Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina (23-9) vs. Eastern Michigan (23-8), 11:05 a.m.

Purdue (24-8) vs. South Dakota State (24-8), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

St. John's (22-9) vs. Creighton (2012), 5:05 p.m.

Oklahoma (20-12) vs. Michigan (2011), 30 minutes following At Memorial Gymnasium Nashville,Tenn.

Vanderbilt (22-9) vs. Middle Tennessee (26-6), 5:10 p.m.

Duke (24-5) vs. Samford (20-12), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. West Virginia-Texas winner vs.

Stanford-Hampton winner, TBA At Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina-Eastern Michigan winner vs. Purdue-South Dakota State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

St. John's-Creighton winner vs.

Oklahoma-Michigan winner, TBA At Memorial Gymnasium Nashville,Tenn.

Vanderbilt-Middle Tennessee winner

TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM vs. Duke-Samford winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At Save Mart Center Fresno, Calif.

Saturday, March 24 Virginia-Texas-StanfordWest Hampton winner vs. South CarolinaEastern Michigan-Purdue-South Dakota State winner, TBA John's-Creighton-OklahomaSt. Michigan winner vs. Vanderbilt-Middle Tennessee-Duke-Samford winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA RALEIGH REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Reed Arena College Station,Texas Arkansas (23-8) vs. Dayton (23-6), 4:05 p.m.

Texas A&M (22-10) vs. Albany (NY) (23-9), 30 minutes following At Comcast Center College Park, Md. Maryland (28-4) vs. Navy (18-13), 11:15 a.m.

Louisville (22-9) vs. Michigan State (20-11), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. California (24-9) vs. Iowa (19-11), 12:10 p.m.

Notre Dame (30-3) vs. Liberty (24-8), 30 minutes following At Donald L.Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Georgia (22-8) vs. Marist (25-7), 12:05 p.m.

St. Bonaventure (29-3) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (29-2), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Reed Arena College Station,Texas Arkansas-Dayton winner vs. Texas A&M-Albany (NY) winner, TBA At Comcast Center College Park, Md. Maryland-Navy winner vs. LouisvilleMichigan State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. California-Iowa winner vs. Notre Dame-Liberty winner, TBA At Donald L.Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Georgia-Marist winner vs. St. Bonaventure-Florida Gulf Coast winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Sunday, March 25 Arkansas-Dayton-Texas A&M-Albany (NY) winner vs. Maryland-NavyLouisville-Michigan State winner, TBA California-Iowa-Notre Dame-Liberty vs.

Georgia-Marist-St. winner Bonaventure-Florida Gulf Coast winner, TBA Tuesday, March 27 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, TBA KINGSTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 17 At Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Conn.

Kansas State (19-13) vs. Princeton (24-4), 11:20 a.m.

UConn (29-4) vs. Prairie View (17-15), 30 minutes following At McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash.

Rutgers (22-9) vs. Gonzaga (26-5), 4:15 p.m.

Miami (25-5) vs. Idaho State (24-7), 30 minutes following At Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Kentucky (25-6) vs. McNeese State (26-7), 4:20 p.m.

Green Bay (30-1) vs. Iowa State (1812), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 18 At Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. Penn State (24-6) vs. UTEP (29-3), 5:15 p.m.

LSU (22-10) vs. San Diego State (256), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 19 At Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Conn.

Kansas State-Princeton winner vs.

UConn-Prairie View winner, TBA At McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash.

Rutgers-Gonzaga winner vs. MiamiIdaho State winner, TBA At Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Kentucky-McNeese State winner vs.

Green Bay-Iowa State winner, TBA Tuesday, March 20 At Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. Penn State-UTEP winner vs. LSUSan Diego State winner, TBA Regional Semifinals At The Ryan Center Kingston, R.I. Sunday, March 25 Kansas State-Princeton-UConnPrairie View winner vs. Penn StateUTEP-LSU-San Diego State winner, TBA Rutgers-Gonzaga-Miami-Idaho State winner vs. Kentucky-McNeese StateGreen Bay-Iowa State winner, TBA Regional Championship Tuesday, March 27 Semifinal winners, TBA FINAL FOUR At Pepsi Center Denver National Semifinals Sunday, April 1 Des Moines champion vs. Fresno champion, TBA Raleigh champion vs. Kingston champion, TBA National Championship Tuesday, April 3 Semifinal winners, TBA National Invitation Tournament Glance All Times EDT First Round UMass 101, Mississippi State 96, 2OT Seton Hall 63, Stony Brook 61 Iowa 84, Dayton 75 Tennessee 65, Savannah State 51 Northwestern 76, Akron 74 Middle Tennessee 86, Marshall 78 Oregon 96, LSU 76 Washington 82, Texas-Arlington 72 Stanford 76, Cleveland State 65 Wednesday, March 14 Minnesota 70, La Salle 61 Drexel 81, UCF 56 Northern Iowa 67, Saint Joseph's 65 Miami 66, Valparaiso 50 Bucknell (24-9) at Arizona (23-11), 9 p.m.

Nevada (26-6) at Oral Roberts (27-6),

9:15 p.m.

Illinois State (20-13) at Mississippi (20-13), 9:30 p.m.

Second Round March 15-19 Washington (22-10) vs. Northwestern (19-13) Oregon (23-9) vs. Iowa (18-16) Tennessee (19-14) vs. Middle Tennessee (26-6) Minnesota-La Salle winner vs.

Valparaiso-Miami winner Seton Hall (21-12) vs. UMass (22-10) UCF-Drexel winner vs. Northern IowaSaint Joseph's winner Bucknell-Arizona winner vs. NevadaOral Roberts winner Stanford (22-11) vs. Illinois StateMississippi winner Quarterfinals March 20-21 Tex a s - A r l i n g t o n - Wa s h i n g t o n Northwestern winner vs. Oregon-Iowa winner Savannah State-Tennessee-Middle Tennessee winner vs. Minnesota-La Salle-Valparaiso-Miami winner UMass vs. UCF-Drexel-Northern Iowa-Saint Joseph's winner Bucknell-Ar izona-Nevada-Oral Roberts winner vs. Cleveland StateStanford-Illinois State-Mississippi winner Semifinals At Madison Square Garden Tuesday, March 27 New York Semifinal, 7 p.m.

Semifinal, 9:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, March 29 TBD, 7 p.m.

Wednesday's Scores Boys Basketball Division I Can. McKinley 57, Reynoldsburg 49 Fairfield 64, Cin. Withrow 55 Lakewood St. Edward 79, Shaker Hts. 70 Middletown 41, Cin. Moeller 37 Tol. Whitmer 40, Norwalk 32 Warren Harding 57, Mentor 54 Division III Bedford St. Peter Chanel 55, New Middletown Spring. 37 Burton Berkshire 50, Orrville 45 Cin. Summit Country Day 61, Versailles 46 Ironton 49, Coshocton 48 Lima Cent. Cath. 57, Worthington Christian 40 Ottawa-Glandorf 55, New London 27 Portsmouth 53, Chesapeake 45 St. Bernard Roger Bacon 58, Columbus Academy 52

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 69 44 18 7 95192150 Pittsburgh 68 42 21 5 89219173 Philadelphia 69 40 22 7 87223197 New Jersey 70 40 25 5 85195182 N.Y. Islanders70 28 31 11 67164211 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 69 40 26 3 83223170 Boston 71 36 25 10 82218209 Ottawa 71 33 29 9 75178201 Buffalo 70 30 32 8 68202217 Toronto 71 28 32 11 67188198 Montreal Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 69 33 23 13 79171193 Florida Washington 70 36 28 6 78189197 69 32 29 8 72181195 Winnipeg Tampa Bay 69 32 30 7 71197234 70 26 29 15 67183211 Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 71 45 18 8 98186139 70 44 23 3 91219167 Detroit Nashville 69 41 21 7 89200179 Chicago 71 38 25 8 84213209 Columbus 69 22 40 7 51161223 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 69 42 19 8 92215172 Colorado 72 38 30 4 80191193 Calgary 70 33 25 12 78176193 Minnesota 70 29 31 10 68150194 Edmonton 69 26 36 7 59182209 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 70 39 26 5 83186183 Phoenix 70 34 25 11 79182178 San Jose 69 34 25 10 78189178 Los Angeles 70 33 25 12 78159154 Anaheim 70 29 30 11 69173196 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday's Games Washington 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, SO Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, SO Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 1 Florida 5, Toronto 2 Dallas 1, Minnesota 0 Calgary 3, San Jose 2, OT Los Angeles 5, Detroit 2 Wednesday's Games Colorado 5, Buffalo 4, SO Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, SO Dallas at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Colorado at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday's Games Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

AUTO RACING Nascar Sprint Cup Top 12 in Points: 1, Greg Biffle ................................125 2, Kevin Harvick............................115 3, Denny Hamlin ..........................113 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...................107 5, Matt Kenseth ............................102 6, Carl Edwards............................102 7, Tony Stewart.............................100 8, Martin Truex Jr............................98 9, Joey Logano ..............................98 10, Mark Martin ..............................97 NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

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