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March 21, 2012 It’s Where You Live!

Volume 104, No. 68

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Check out this week’s iN75 In this week’s iN75, Allison’s Custom Jewelry in Sidney becomes a second-generation family business. Also, learn about open enrollment at Newton Schools, and find out how you can get a better night’s sleep by visiting Goffena Furniture in Sidney. Find it inside today’s Troy Daily News.

Two resolutions concerning agricultural district reapplications yielded comments from two farm owners within the city limits at Monday’s city council meeting.

The Sheafer Family Partnership seeks to retain 83.18 acres located on Washington Road as an agriculture district for a fiveyear period. City staff recommended the Sheafer’s application to be modified so the parcel would be subject to assessments, such as a street light assessment as a rev-

TROY enue source. It was the second reading for the Sheafer Family Partnership’s renewal.

The second reading was voted 5 to 2 with Robin Oda and Bobby Phillips voting against the amended application to subject the agriculture district applications to only street light assessments. The reso-

Flames doused at F&P

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country, collapsing a pedestrian bridge and swaying buildings in Mexico City. Plaster fell from ceilings and windows broke in the center of the capital, but the president said there were no immediate reports of major damage.

Fire causes $10K in damages Staff report A hot ember caught in the exhaust system at F & P America caused more than $10,000 damage to the auto parts manufacturing plant Monday morning.

The fire was reported at 4:05 a.m.

Monday. Two stations responded to the factory at 2101 Corporate Drive, Troy, along with mutual aid from Covington.

Two firefighters reported minor injuries, but did not seek treatment at the scene.

No injuries were reported by F & P employees.

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Mitt Romney’s perceived electability carried him to a major Illinois victory over Rick Santorum Tuesday in the Republican race for the White House, though turnout was light despite the rarity of the state actually playing a key role in a presidential primary.

In most years, presidential nominations are settled long before the Illinois primary, but Santorum’s recent string of victories elsewhere made the home state of President Barack Obama relevant in the GOP contest.

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INSIDE TODAY Advice ..........................11 Calendar.........................3 Classified......................14 Comics .........................12 Deaths.........................6-7 Elizabeth Johnson Dorothy Eggert Irene M. Snyder Irvin E. Haddix Betty Ann Moore Mary K. Carville Janet I. Good Peggy R. Reed Al Lawson Helen M. Knisley Sharon A. Fries Roxie Bishop Jeffrey L. Fisher Mattie L. Evans Horoscopes ..................12 Opinion...........................5 Sports...........................17 TV.................................11

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lution will go to another reading at the next city council meeting.

At the March 6 law and ordinance meeting, city public service and safety director Patrick Titterington recommended to the committee that the Sheafer agriculture district’s application be amended to allow the city to assess the property for street lights.

Keeping prairies healthy The Miami County Park District began conducting prescribed prairie burns recently and will continue over the next several weeks. Above, park staff, including Operations Director Dale Gade, controls a burn in the area south of the Stillwater Prairie Reserve Rangeline Road Access Monday.

A prescribed burn is used as a natural resource management tool for various types of vegetation control and prairie rejuvenation. “Typically, prairies are burned on a three- to fiveyear rotation depending on the overall health of the prairie,” said Trevor Diegel, Operations Crew Leader for the Miami County Park District.

At right, Miami County Park District Deputy Director Kevin Swanson uses a drip torch to ignite a backfire Monday at Stillwater Prairie Reserve Rangeline Road Access during a controlled burn.

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New curriculum set for Tipp Schools

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Come August, math teachers at Tipp City Exempted Village Schools will be learning and Thursday implementing a brand new curPartly sunny riculum.

High: 79° “Next year, everyone’s going to Low: 60° be a new teacher,” said Deb Fetters, seventh grade math Complete weather teacher at Tippecanoe Middle. information on Page 13.

The new curriculum was preHome Delivery: sented and adopted at the board 335-5634 of education meeting Monday night. The Ohio Department of Classified Advertising: Education is changing its math (877) 844-8385 testing standards from the Ohio Content Standards to new Common Core State Standards set forth by an initiative of the 6 74825 22406 6 Council of Chief State School

TIPP CITY Officers and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.

According to Common Core’s website, it is a “state-led effort to establish a shared set of clear educational standards that states can voluntarily adopt.”

The standards have been designed by a “diverse group of teachers, experts, parents, and school administrators … to reflect both our aspirations for our children and the realities of the classroom.”

Superintendent Dr. John Kronour said the purpose of these models is to standardize education — what an eighth grader learns in Ohio should be

the same thing an eighth grader is learning in Florida or California. This will give continuity as students and families move from place to place and provide a more fair way to compare state learning.

“They’re trying to give a common thread,” Kronour said.

Tipp schools brought together a committee of 12 teachers and two administrators to compile a new math curriculum to ensure students meet these standards.

Concepts are being moved across grade lines to give teachers more opportunity to hone in on certain ideas, instead of introducing or touching on many lessons at once.

“The biggest change is we’re going deeper into subjects instead

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In order to meet Abbott Labs’ construction timeline, Tipp City Council approved a resolution at Monday’s meeting that will allow the city to bypass the usual public contract bidding process. Instead, they will immediately hire Choice One Engineering to design a new 1,600 foot roadway and extend the utilities to the construction site.

The resolution declared the selection of a design firm an emergency and exempted the city from section 153.65-153.70 of the Ohio Revised Code. These sections of the code require every public authority planning to contract for design services in excess of $25,000 to publicly announce the contract and accept bids from all applicants.

“We’re simply declaring an emergency so we don’t have to go through the state mandated process of selecting a professional design firm,” said City Manager Jon Crusey.

The process of selecting a professional design firm — advertising the contract, interviewing and negotiating with firms — can take six to eight weeks. Because Abbott needs to begin construction as soon as possible, with digging slated to begin this past Monday, the City must get the road and utilities work underway quickly.

Choice One Engineering has worked with the City before and was recently awarded the contract for the engineering and design of the County Road 25-A widening project. The cost of the design and engineering work

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BUSINESS ROUNDUP • The Troy Elevator Tuesday’s closing prices: Month Bid Change Mar 6.5750 - 0.1600 Apr 6.6150 - 0.1600 N/C 12 5.3000 - 0.1000 J/F/M 13 5.4600 - 0.1000 Month Bid Change Mar 13.1800 - 0.2150 Apr 13.2100 - 0.2150 N/C 12 12.5200 - 0.1825 J/F/M 13 12.5750 - 0.1750 Month Bid Change Mar 6.4250 - 0.0975 N/C 12 6.5150 - 0.0950 N/C 13 6.5750 - 0.0875 • Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Tuesday.

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AREA BRIEF Teams to show presentations COVINGTON — The Destination ImagiNation teams from Covington Elementary will perform their presentations for the community at 6:30 p.m.

March 21 at in the Covington Elementary School gymnasium. The community is invited to watch the inventive presentations created by the two teams of third-grade students. Call the school office for questions at 473-2252.

Titterington said that if a street light assessment is proposed for council, three methods to calculate the street light assessment would be: based on property frontage, area of a property and a flat fee per parcel.

Larry Gearhardt, Ohio Farm Bureau analyst and attorney, spoke out on behalf of the Sheafer Family Partnership LLC. Gearhardt said “it begs a question to what was said” when the Sheafer Family agreed to be annexed to the city of Troy in the first place.

Gearhardt said the Sheafer Family LLC has yet to see an example on how its land would be assessed if the street light modification was to be made during the five-year application.

Evelyn Sheafer, owner, said she did not expect modification of the Sheafer Family LLC’s application when she

reapplied on Feb. 11.

“It was approved five years ago with no problem at all,” she said.

Sheafer said she pays income tax to the city and has followed all the rules and had expected the application to be approved without modification.

“I really have no choice,” Sheafer said.

Phillip Neal was present at the meeting in concern with his family’s 105 acres under the Neal Brothers Inc. reapplication’s first hearing of the public.

Both Sheafer and Neal Brothers Inc. are seeking a five-year renewal of their agriculture district which exempts their properties from city ordinances such as noise, assessments associated with water, sewer and electricity and standard procedures associated with eminent domain.

Neal said when his family entered into the annexation with the city it

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was not explained to him properly how the city’s agriculture application could be modified, such as in Sheafer’s case.

“Farmers are not able to pass their costs to other people,” Neal said. Neal said the state’s Current Agricultural Use Valuation (CAUV) reassessment last year has since cost him more than $50 per acre and affects the farm’s bottom line.

“It’s a squeeze play on us,” Neal said. “It’s disturbing to a family that’s been here for 100 years.”

Neal said the agriculture industry experiences record highs but is projected to experience lows in the future.

“Why anybody would want to do this for the sake of a dollar,” Neal said in reference to the proposed street light assessment modification pending Sheafer’s application, which would affect the Neal Brother’s Inc. and other properties within the city’s limits within the agriculture district. Neal

said his family owns property to the north of the city, but he would never again allow anymore of his family’s property to be annexed to the city other than the 105 acres within the annexation.

“You won’t get anymore,” Neal said.

Sue Knight, the city of Troy’s administrator said Neal would be notified of the next committee meeting, which is 4:30 p.m. March 26.

Troy resident Lester Conard commented on the two proposed agriculture applications.

Conard told council if city was trying to charge a tax on people with farmland within the city limits they were “going about it in a negative way.”

Conard said the city was “not thinking of people, just money.”

The Neal Brothers Inc. application will go to committee and then back to council.

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Curriculum • CONTINUED FROM A1 of going broader,” third grade teacher Heather Bledsoe said.

She said some of the elementary math concepts have been moved to different grades for developmental reason — that students aren’t able to comprehend certain math ideas yet.

Geometry concepts have been added to the lower grades, but patterns and measurements on their own have been eliminated (measurement is now incorporated with interpreting data).

Algebraic thinking has also been added and expanded to the elementary grades.

At the middle school, there is even more curriculum movement. Linear equations were an Algebra II concept that’s now being taught to eighth graders. Exponents are jumping from sixth grade to eighth grade. Other concepts are moving downward: from eighth to sixth grade.

“There’s a lot of switching, a lot of shifting,” said eighth grade teacher Dale Bonifas, “It’s the same concepts, but they’re changing the sequence.”

High school teacher Andrea Toney detailed that the high school curriculum has less change than the lower grades. The main difference is math courses will no longer be assigned by grade level.

“Math is not grade-banded, it’s content based,” she said, listing off the five categories Common Core has placed courses in: numbers and quantities, algebra, functions, geometry and statistics.

Although Tipp City will be implementing the new curriculum in August, Ohio state testing won’t change until the 2013-2014 school

year. That makes 2012-2013 a “bridging year,” according to Assistant Superintendent Dr. Gretta Kumpf.

The math curriculum committee consisted of Kumpf and Tippecanoe Middle School Principal Greg Southers; Toney and Clay Lavercombe from the high school; Fetters, Bonifas, and sixth grade/special education teacher Raquel Martin from the middle school; and fourth grade teachers Erica Brogran, Kathy Whidden and fifth grade teacher Deb Haas from L.T. Ball Intermediate.

The elementaries also had representation in Bledsoe, first grade teacher Nancy Sowder from Broadway, kindergarten teacher Andrea Larger and second grade teacher Dave Witeof from Nevin Coppock.

Next year, the Ohio State Department of Education will start implementing science Common Core standards.

• In other board news: Tipp City community members will say goodbye to a couple of long-time education administrators after it was announced at the board of education meeting Monday night.

High school principal Chuck Wray’s and high school media specialist Helen Prichard’s retirements were accepted by the board, with Prichard retiring on July 1 after 37 years of service at Tipp schools, and Wray retiring Sept. 30 after 35 years in education.

“I would like to thank them both from the board and on a personal level for their many years of service,” board president Tom Merritt said.

Even though changes inside the building don’t kick in until the start of next school year, changes outside will begin in May.

Construction was Brumbaugh awarded the bid for replacement and construction of the tennis courts and tennis court fencing at $174,200.

Just like with the baseball dugout renovations, no funds for this building project are coming from the general operating budget.

Since Good Samaritan and Upper Valley Medical Center already donate $75,000 annually for the sports complex, that money will all go toward paying off the dugout and now the tennis court project. Funds from the insurance claim for the Labor Day storms will also pay a percentage.

According to Kronour, Brumbaugh was chosen because they were one of the lowest bidders and are already doing an excellent job on the dugout construction.

In financial news, the school changed from EnergyUSA gas to Constellation NewEnergy’s natural gas program, saving almost $100,000 a year.

The current contract was set up for a five-year period in June 2008 through the Ohio School Consortium’s Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council, a group that allows districts to make large purchases as a group, generally at a lower rate.

EnergyUSA’s gas cost about $240250,000 a year.

The new contract with Constellation, still through the EPC, is set at a budget amount of $150,000 a year.

“Obviously, five years ago this looked like a pretty good deal,” Kronour said of the original contract with EnergyUSA. To buy out of the contract, Tipp City schools will still have to pay $20,000 next year to the EPC. With Constellation, they have a three-year requirement with two option years.

That contract will start in July.

• CONTINUED FROM A1 for this project is $65,440.

The meeting also included the swearing in of one new police officer and a new police sergeant. Council welcomed William S. Connor to the Tipp City police force and congratulated Marc Basye on his promotion to sergeant.

The newly promoted Basye has served Tipp City as a police officer for the past 11 years. He serves as the commander of C Shift Mid Watch, an evidence technician, crisis intervention team member, and patrol rifle operator.

Basye and his wife Susan live in Covington, where he is a councilman and head of the police committee. He is also a peace officer instructor at Sinclair Community College and Central Ohio Technical College.

Connor received his Ohio Peace Officer Certification in July 2009. He has worked for both the Springfield and German Township police departments. He and his wife Julie live in New Carlisle with their two children, Cassie and Cole.

In February, Council authorized the hiring of a police officer to fill one of three current vacancies. At that same meeting, Council also approved the promotion of an officer to fill the spot that will be left after the upcoming retirement of Sgt. Joe Mauro.

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• PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch, for adults only, will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

• WACO SPEAKER: The WACO Air Museum will host Lester Garber at 7 Community p.m. at the WACO Air Museum, 1865 S. County Calendar Road 25-A, Troy. His presentation will be “The Wright CONTACT US Brothers Make a Lucky Mistake,” based on information from his book entitled “The Wright Brothers and Call Melody the Birth of Aviation.” This Vallieu at event is free and open to 440-5265 to the public. For more information, call (937) 335-9226 list your free MARCH 24 or email LCDir@wacoaircalendar museum.org. items.You • STEAK FRY: The • KIWANIS MEETING: Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. The Kiwanis Club of Troy can send 6557, 7578 W. Fenner will meet from noon to 1 your news by e-mail to Road, Ludlow Falls, will p.m. at the Troy Country vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. offer a T-bone steak dinner Club, 1830 Peters Road, with salad, baked potato Troy. Kristy Warren will and a roll for $11 from 5-8 speak about her p.m.

PeaceCorp experience in South Africa.

• FARMERS Lunch is $10. For more information, conBREAKFAST: The sixth annual Miami tact Kim Riber, vice president, at 339County Farm Bureau Farmers Share 8935.

Breakfast will be offered from 7:30-10:30 • BIBLE STUDY: The Troy Gospel a.m. at the Duke-Lundgard Building at Tabernacle, corner of Ellis and Long the Miami County Fairgrounds. The meal streets, Troy, offer a Bible study titled “When the Spirit Moves” by Jim Cymbala. will include pancakes, sausage, eggs, milk, juice and coffee — all for 50 cents The study will be conducted by Pastor — the amount a farmer would receive for Erv Holland and wife, Angie, at 6 p.m., producing it. Participants also are asked and will continue for six weeks. There is to bring three canned goods or boxed no cost. To attend, call the church at items for local food pantries and will 335-7929 so that workbooks will be receive a reusable grocery bag. available for everyone.

• CHICKEN AND NOODLES: Bethel • OPEN HOUSE: The Troy campus of Miami Jacobs Career College will have a United Methodist Church will host a chicken and noodle dinner from 4:30-7 “See Your Future” open house from 3-7 p.m. at the the church, 2505 E. Loy p.m. at the school, 865 W. Market St., Road.

The menu will include chicken with Troy. Refreshments and door prizes also will be offered. Make reservations at 332- homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, choice of salads, pie or 8580 or (888) 657-7480 cake and beverage. Donations will be $7 • DISCOVERING WILDLIFE: Come for adults, $3 for children 5-10 and free discover all about wildlife rehabilitation for those 5 and younger. The church and what you can do to help our wild entrance is handicapped accessible. friends from 2-4 p.m. at Brukner Nature • DINNER OFFERED: The United Center. The cost for this hands-on proChurch of Christ of Covington will offer gram is $2.50 for BNC members and $5 its annual chicken and noodle dinner for non-members. Registration and payfrom 4:30-7 p.m. at 115 N. Pearl St., ment are due by March 19.

Covington. The dinner will feature homeCivic agendas made noodles and chicken, real mashed • The Elizabeth Township Trustees will potatoes, green beans, applesauce, meet at 7 p.m. in the township building, homemade rolls and assorted desserts.

5710 Walnut Grove Road, Troy.

The cost of the dinner is $7 for adults • The Covington Board of Education will and $4 for children under 12. Carry-outs meet at 7 p.m. in the Covington Middle will be available. Proceeds from this dinSchool for a regular board meeting. ner go to offset the costs of the youth • ALZHEIMER’S MEETING: The activities and camps.

Miami Valley Troy Chapter of the National • MASSAGE SEMINAR: A free semiAlzheimer’s Association Caregiver nar demonstrating the process of fully Support Group will meet from 4-5:30 body massage will be at 2 p.m. at p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, Tranquil Vine Massage of Covington, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy. Use the 10775 N. State Route 48. Information entrance at the side of the building. booklets will be available and refresh-

THURSDAY • BASKET BINGO: The ninth annual Steve Hamilton Memorial Basket Bingo, sponsored by Trojan Insurance Agency, to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life will begin at 6:30 p.m. at First Place Christian Center, corner of Franklin and Cherry streets, Troy. Doors and concessions will open at 5:30 p.m.

Those interested may reserve a table of eight for $20 by purchasing the tickets in advance. Tickets can be purchased by emailing trojaninsurance@woh.rr.com, reference basket bingo, or by calling (937) 339-2674.

• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will guide walkers as they experience the seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

• PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch, for adults only, will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood.

Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

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.

• DINNER SET: The Women of the Moose No. 2283, 12 S. Dorset Road, Troy, will offer a broasted chicken or cabbage roll dinner from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The meal also will include french fries or baked potato, coleslaw and roll. Entertainment will be by Bill Whiten from 8-11 p.m.

• 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.

• FISH AND WINGS: American Legion Post 586, Tipp City will serve fish and wings from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7. The meal will include french fries or macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, hush puppies and dessert.

• CHICKEN DINNER: The Sons and auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 88 will host a four-piece chicken dinner from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The meal also will include fries, coleslaw, roll, pudding and fruit for $7.

Jordan World Circus came to town

Above, circus-goers wave to family and friends from atop one of the elephants that were available to ride at the Jordan World Circus Tuesday.

At right, PomPom Donoho talks to 4year-old lion Mufasa before going into the circus. He responded with kisses and a high five.

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ments will be served. If interested in attending, or for more information, contact Moe Ashton at (937) 214-4810.

• EGG HUNT: A library egg hunt will be offered from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Troy-Miami County Public Library, 419 W. Main St., Troy. Participants, ages 2-10, will be able to decorate a bag and then hunt for eggs hidden inside the library.

Registration is required by calling 3390502.

• NATIVE GARDENS: A Native Gardens workshop will be offered from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Guest speakers will discuss the many benefits of low maintenance plants and the importance of native restoration in the landscape.

The workshop fee is $90 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling (937) 890-7360.

• MOON OVER AULLWOOD: Spittin’ Image will perform from 7:30-10 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

Tickets are $10 for non-members. Call Aullwood at (937) 890-7360 for information or visit Aullwood’s website at http://aullwood.center.audubon.org.

MARCH 25 • SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-toorder breakfast from 8-11 a.m.

Everything is a la carte.

• OPEN HOUSE: An open house of Brukner Nature Center’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Unit will be offered from 24 p.m. at the center. Tours will leave every 15 minutes. Come learn what a day in the life of a rehabilitation organization is like meet a wildlife ambassador that once was a part of the rehab program and enjoy refreshments. Admission to this event is a donation.

• FAMILY QUEST: The Miami County Park District will have its Family Quest Sunday “Bird Binocular Vision” program between 1-4 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. This program on Sundays is a series of fun, family activities in the park.

A roving naturalist will be on-site and binoculars will be provided. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

• FLUTE WALK: The Miami County Park District will hold its Legend Flute Walk “Sacred Waterfall” from 5-7 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Join Spirit of Thunder (John De Boer) as he plays soft meditative Native American flute on a casual walk to Charleston Falls. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com.

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they threw tens of thousands of the auto workers under the bus who demonstrated hard work, responsibility and playing by the rules, as well as many hours of “casual” overtime to design and engineer the products for the UAW workers to build.

It is true that the unionized workers are good people who work hard, but we were a team and a significant part of that

team was cheated out of 100 percent of its insurance and 30-70 percent of its pensions into which we paid for decades every paycheck. We don’t believe this to be an entitlement. The unequal treatment of the auto workers is truly disappointing. Thanks for your time.

PERSPECTIVE

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

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL The Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman on Afghanistan: What a mess.

That’s how centuries of warriors and politicians have described what’s currently known as Afghanistan.

We’re going back to Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, the former Soviet Union and today a U.S.-led NATO initiative trying, seemingly with little success, to stabilize this troubled part of the world.

It’s a mess made worse by the massacre of 16 civilians, allegedly by a lone American soldier (although accounts vary as to whether or not there were more).

The Taliban is using the “inhumane attack” as their latest excuse to rationalize more violence. After U.S. troops burned Muslim holy books in February, the Taliban led attacks that resulted in six American deaths.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, rather than calling for calm in the wake of what seems to be a rogue attack, instead ratcheted up the rhetoric: “This is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven.”

All of which again begs the question, what is our military still doing in Afghanistan and how fast can we get out?

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is calling for patience, warning a quick U.S. (withdrawal) could enable al-Qaida to use Afghanistan as a base for attacks.

It’s up to President Barack Obama to quickly and in great detail inform the American people why this continued mission in Afghanistan is in our country’s best interest. It will be a tough sell.

The Washington Times on a sex strike: Feminists are declaring a sex strike for Obamacare-subsidized birth control. The group Liberal Ladies Who Lunch is organizing “Access Denied,” a week-long exercise in self-denial starting April 28. The strike is supposed to motivate men to stand up for government-funded birth control “because when we lose our reproductive choices, so do they.” This is akin to protesting welfare cuts by getting a job.

Highlighting opposition to Obamacare-subsidized birth control by abstaining from sex is a bit off-message for the feminists.

In this case, activists are abandoning the activity that causes their supposed need for the birth-control handout. The only people affected are their unfortunate husbands and boyfriends who may begin to question their devotion to being sensitive New Age guys.

Conservatives should applaud the strike. Abstention is well-regarded on the right, and not simply because it is 100 percent effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies. Nursing chastity for a week puts necessary perspective on the type of subsidized sexuality that’s at the center of the debate.

Liberals think the issue is a winner. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., claimed the “latest polls show we’re up by 15 percent” among women voters, but Schumer should check his facts. A month ago, President Barack Obama’s support was 51 percent among women in the Gallup weekly survey. In the latest poll, it’s still 51 percent.

The Grand Island (Neb.) Independent on young graduates struggle to pay student loans: A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York states that student loan delinquency rates are much higher than previous estimates. Although conventional measurements indicate around 15 percent of student loan accounts are past due, the new report suggests that as many as one in four student loan borrowers might be delinquent in repayments. In addition, total student loan balances are now at $870 billion — higher than the nation’s credit card debt and higher than total car loan debt.

The value of higher education has been drilled into every graduating high school senior, so one can sympathize with students who view debt as an acceptable method to obtain a diploma. Still, the choices made by students will ultimately determine how much debt they accumulate. and a lot of bad choices are being made.

Many students begin their educations without a clear idea of what they want to do, how much money they will earn, and how much it will cost them to live as a responsible adult. They just know that they need a degree.

Educators in both four-year institutions and community colleges are smart, talented people who want to deliver a quality product. We encourage them to aggressively pursue new ideas to address the affordability of higher education. The issue is vital to the nation’s future.

LETTERS

Auto workers getting raw deal To the Editor: This Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden will be giving a talk to UAW members in Toledo, telling them about the wonderful rewards of hard work, responsibility and playing by the rules. I wonder if he or his president remember how

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Good groups of friends can put a spring in your step Dance, dance, dance. When the drum starts beating, the volume is turned up, and everyone starts laughing you can guarantee me and a new group of my friends are having a good time.

No, no, it’s not in a club, but in the living room of a good friend.

Recently Key and I went to some of his friends’ house for some great fun.

As spring has sprung, the evening started off well, relaxing on the back porch on patio furniture with refreshing beverages and sweet smells of spring, such as grills going, tracks of a recent storm and flowers growing.

One little comment then changed everything. It was a challenge. The challenge that Key and his friend Curt could beat me and Curt’s wife Toni at dancing on the Kinect.

Big mistake... huge, huge mistake.

So everyone else got excited, we paired up into groups, those aforementioned and then our friends Maria and Karn, were another pair. We set the rules and got started. The Kinect may be the coolest thing I have seen in awhile — since I have started running and have gotten more

Katie Yantis Troy Daily News Columnist into the outdoors — I haven’t played many video game-related things.

The Kinect actually picks up your body heat, it can tell what you are wearing and everything is done without controllers. Let me just say, with a group like our awesome one, dancing on the Kinect was a fun and laughterfilled night. We couldn’t stop laughing and by the end of it, everyone was sweating from working our hardest to beat all the others. If someone got the coveted crown, the other person would work hard at taking it away. If someone got more stars than the other, they would work that much harder to get more the next time.

All I am saying is, if you haven’t danced on the Kinect, you

— Terry Frazier Tipp City

need to. It’s so much fun and there is an array of songs that will put smiles on everyone’s faces. The best part was being with the people who were there.

They are so wonderful, friendly, and above all, welcoming.

From day one of meeting them, I have enjoyed my time with them and continue to. Just a few days after our fun with the Kinect, relatively the same group of people, plus or minus a few, got together to enjoy the weather and kick off the grilling season.

We grilled out, sat around, talked about the fun had the night before and what is to come in the weeks ahead.

I know, it all doesn’t seem like much. When I get excited about sitting around on a porch and dancing on the Kinect, people probably think ‘Wow, she’s easily amused’ but just having Key with me, sitting there with them, talking and enjoying the weather is refreshing.

It’s refreshing to be surrounded by such great, down-to-earth people and to know that they are not going anywhere is a bonus. I know I have mentioned it before, but as I continue to get older, I am realizing that true, real

friends (like the ones who tell you your zipper is down or you have something hanging out of your nose) are rare to find and harder to keep. These new friends I have met through Key are top-notch people. Hanging out with him and the group of friends I have acquired makes me feel welcome. It makes me feel like I am where I belong, with people just like me.

So I want to say, when you find good friends who are real and down-to-Earth. Treat them right, have fun and enjoy every minute of being around them. It’s important to live it up and do crazy fun things, but the small moments like sitting on a porch — barefoot in jeans and sweatpants also are important.

With the warm weather in full gear, the sun shining and spring under our feet, the fun will only continue.

This spring and summer, get out, enjoy the weather, enjoy what nature has to offer to us, but most of all enjoy it with your own friends. I’m keeping mine.

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OBITUARIES

ELIZABETH A. “BETTY” JOHNSON She worked for Piqua Memorial PIQUA — Elizabeth A. “Betty” (Leptak) Johnson, 82, of Piqua died at 3:45 p.m. Hospital in environmental services for eight years before retiring in Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 1988.

Upper Valley Medical Center, Funeral services will be at Troy. She was born in Piqua on 10 a.m. Friday, March 23, at June 8, 1929, to the late Melcher-Sowers Funeral Joseph J. and Ruth C. Home, Piqua with the Rev. Fr. (Newland) Leptak.

Angelo Caserta officiating.

Betty is survived by three Burial will follow in Miami sons and daughters-in-law, Memorial Park, Covington, Larry and Sandra Murphy of Ohio. Friends may call from Piqua, Norman and Virginia 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Murphy of Newnan, Ga., and funeral home.

Eric and Stephanie Johnson of JOHNSON Memorial contributions may Holiday, Fla.; one brother, be made to St. Boniface Marvin Leptak of Holiday, Fla.; Catholic Church Education Fund, 310 S. 13 grandchildren; four great and four great-great-grandchildren. She was pre- Downing St., Piqua, OH 45356 or Senior Independence Hospice, 3003 Cisco ceded by one brother: Joseph “Pat” Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Condolences Leptak. may be expressed to the family at Betty was a member of St. Boniface www.melcher-sowers.com.

Catholic Church, Piqua.

She was an active member of Greene Street United Methodist Church for more than 50 years and enjoyed sewing, gardening, reading and time with her family.

A funeral service to honor her life will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Lisa C. Ellison officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9:3010:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Greene Street Methodist Church, 415 W. Greene St., Piqua, OH 45356 or the Piqua Ambulance Fund, P. O. Box 720, Piqua, OH 45356.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

BETTY ANN MOORE TROY — Betty Ann Moore, 86, of 4025 Piqua-Troy Road, Troy, died Monday March 19, 2012, in her residence.

She was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Rawson to the late Zay Melvin and Ola Iona (Palmer) Jones. She married Kenneth S. Moore June 4, 1950, in Tipp City; and he survives.

Other survivors include three sons, Michael S. (Sharon) of Troy, John C. (Beverly) of Fort Myers, Fla., Martin A. (Susan) MOORE of Flowery Branch, Ga.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, George Jones of Dayton, Zay (Doris) Jones of Tipp City, Robert (Bea) Jones of Piqua; and a sister Joanne Kirk of Troy. She was preceded in death by four brothers and seven sisters.

Mrs. Moore was a graduate of Tippecanoe High School and attended Miami Jacobs College. She served as the secretary and president of the Dettmer

Hospital Auxiliary, presiding judge of the Staunton precinct, president of the Raper Community Club, Deputy Clerk of Courts, managed the Miami County Republican Headquarters for several years, and was active with Westminster Presbyterian Church as evidenced by her service on numerous committees and teaching Sunday school for twenty-five years.

A service to honor her life will be at 10 a.m. Friday March 23, at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Kazy Blocher-Hinds officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m.

Thursday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 325 W. Ash St., Piqua, OH 45356. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

PEGGY ROZINE REED SIDNEY — Peggy Rozine Reed, 88, of 132 Stewart Ave., Sidney, formerly of 520 Clark Ave., Piqua, passed away Monday, March 19, 2012, at 3:45 p.m. at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She was born on Jan. 29, 1924, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of the late Carl and Mabel (Kesler) Easterling. On July 6, 1946, she married Donald Lee Reed who preceded her in death April 12, 1987.

She is survived by three children, Ervin “Skip” Reed and wife Wanda of Vine Grove, Ky., Douglas Lee Reed and fiancee Penny Wilson of Piqua, and Georgiana Johnson and husband Thomas of Sidney; seven grandchildren, Robert Reed and wife Randi, Shannon Sifuentes and husband Richard, Douglas Reed, Kellie Nix, Jennifer Johnson, Stephanie Siegel and husband David, and Scott Johnson; 18 greatgrandchildren, and one sister, Martha.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl and Wayne Easterling.

Mrs. Reed retired from Piqua Memorial Hospital as a secretary in the radiology department after 27 years. She was a

member of the Greene Street United Methodist Church in Piqua, and just recently joined the First Baptist Church in Sidney.

Peggy had a very strong religious faith.

She loved Christmas time and enjoyed shopping for antiques and decorations.

She also enjoyed reading and working on puzzles. She was a huge Green Bay Packers fan. She was a very caring person and loved to help people in need.

She loved her dogs, but most of all she loved her family and spending time with her grandkids.

In keeping with Mrs. Reed’s wishes, her body will be cremated. A graveside service will be at Miami Memorial Park in Covington at a later date, at the convenience of the family with Pastor George Gnade officiating. There will be no public visitation or funeral services prior to graveside services.

Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home & Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave. Sidney.

Condolences may be expressed to the Reed family at www.cromesfh.com.

JANET IRENE (SOTHERLAND) Janet Irene (Sotherland) Good; loving wife of Roger Good; 1956 graduate of Troy High School; passed away in her sleep March 17, 2012, after a five-year battle with cancer.

Janet is survived by her husband, Roger of Littleton, Colo.; son, Kevin

PIQUA — Dorothy C. Eggert, 89, formerly of 1851 W. Grant St., Apt. 206, Piqua, died at 12:25 p.m.

Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Piqua Manor. She was born Feb. 19, 1923, in Bedford, to the late Laddie J. and Ida M. (Post) Kurena.

Survivors include a daughter, Dolores (Philip) Harrison of Piqua; a son, David (Gigi) Eggert of Duluth, Minn.; three grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. She was precedEGGERT ed in death by a brother and three sisters.

Mrs. Eggert was a 1940 graduate of Bedford High School and attended the Piqua Church of the Nazarene. She retired as an office clerk from Republic Steel of Cleveland, and moved to Piqua

in 1996. She enjoyed sewing, making clothes, baking, and spending time with her family.

A memorial service to honor her life will be conducted later in the spring.

Private burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery, Twinsburg. Arrangements for her family are being handled through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Piqua Church of the Nazarene, 400 S. Sunset Dr., Piqua, OH 45356; or Hospice of Miami County, Inc., P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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IRENE M. SNYDER PIQUA — Irene M. Snyder, 91, of 209 Levering Dr., Piqua, died at 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Piqua Manor Nursing Home.

She was born August 29, 1920, in Piqua, to the late O.J. and Stella (Mills) Marshall. She married Robert L. Snyder on Oct. 9, 1953 in Richmond, Ind.; he preceded her in death April 3, 2009.

Survivors include two daughters, Rebecca (Kevin) McKenna of Lakewood, SNYDER Roberta (Herb) Owen Dickerson of Rohnert Park, Calif.; a son, R. James Snyder of Piqua; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Snyder was a 1938 graduate of Piqua Central High School and also attended the Ideal Business School. She retired from the Crayex Corporation following many years of dedicated service.

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(Ronella) Good of Otsego, Mich.; daughters, Denise (Doug) Good of Littleton, Colo., Julie Hamilton of Thayne, Wyo.; also survived by 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Janet was preceded in death by her parents,

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He was preceded in death by three brothers; two sisters; two sons and three daughters, Tina Bridges, Marjorie Meijer and Melissa Haddix.

He was a veteran of World War II in the United States Army, and retired in 1988 from Bordens Dairy in Springfield after 36 years of service.

A service to honor his life will begin at 1 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Pastor Randy Satchwell officiating. Burial will be in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Ohio.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sunrise Center For Adults Inc., 316 N. College St., Piqua, OH 45356. Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

AL LAWSON Lawson.

PIQUA — Al Lawson, 81, of Piqua, Al proudly served his country as a died at 8:47 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, member of the U.S. Air Force 2012, at Upper Valley Medical during the Korean War. Center, Troy, surrounded by He was a truck driver for his loving family. many years.

He was born in Tazewell, Va., Funeral services will be at on Oct. 18, 1930, to the late 11 a.m. Thursday, March 22, James and Mary Elizabeth 2012, at Melcher-Sowers (Mabe) Lawson.

Funeral Home, Piqua, with Al is survived by two daughMajor Ronald Starnes officiatters and son-in-law, Diana and ing. Burial will follow in Forest Alvin Grau and Pamela Hill Cemetery, Piqua, with full Lawson, all of Piqua; one son, military honors by the Veterans Alan Lawson of Piqua; one sis- LAWSON Elite Tribute Squad. Friends ter-in-law, Gennivee Lawson of may call one hour prior to the Piqua; and one grandson, Keith service at the funeral home.

Grau, Piqua.

Memorial contributions may be He was preceded in death by six made to American Diabetes brothers, James “Newt” Lawson, Association, 4555 Lake Forest W. Walter Lawson, John Harvey Dr. Suite 396, Cincinnati, OH Lawson, Arthur “Roy” Lawson, Samuel Lawson and Henry Lawson; and 45242.

Condolences may be expressed to the five sisters, Marie Kiser, Reba Hall, Lucy family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

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MARY K. CARVILLE TIPP CITY — Mary K. Carville, 62, of Tipp City, passed away at her home Monday March 19, 2012, after an extended illness.

She was born July 16, 1949, in Troy, Ohio, to Orville and Frances {Brandenburg} Potter.

She married Joseph E. Carville on Sept. 29, 1972, until his passing on March 30, 2009.

She also was preceded in death by her father, Orville Potter.

She is survived by her mother, Frances Potter of Tipp City, son, Kelly L. and his wife Jamie of Potsdam; brother, Paul Potter of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren, Cody Hartley, Amelia, Lucas and Savannah Carville.

Mary K. was a graduate of Tippecanoe High School, class of 1967, beauty college, and Edison State, Piqua.

She was a retired hair dresser, and

had been employed by Cosmo Prof. in Huber Heights as a store manager.

She was member and past matron of the Tipp City Order of the Eastern Star, Tipp City Senior Citizens and attended Community Bible Church.

She enjoyed her work and loved to travel.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday March 24, 2012, at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, with Pastor Jeff Seekins officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Contribution may be made in memory of Mary K. to Community Mercy Hospice, 444 W. Harding Rd., Springfield, OH 45504.

Online condolences may be left at www.fringsandbayliff.com.

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Janet will be greatly • Jeffrey L. Fisher missed by family and all TROY — Jeffrey L. Fisher, 55, of 1119 who knew her.

S. Mulberry St., Troy, passed away 6:25 She is gone from this a.m. Sunday, March 18, 2012, at earthy life but is walking in the hands of God. No services will be held.

The Cremation Society of Colorado is serving the family.

Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind. Arrangements are entrusted to FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy.

• Mattie Louise Evans WEST MILTON — Mattie Louise Evans, 59, of West Milton, passed away Sunday March 18, 2012, at her home.

A private family service will be held.

Services have been entrusted to Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St. Tipp City.

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PIQUA — Irvin E. Haddix, 87, of 495 E. St. Rt. 36, Piqua, died at 2:45 a.m.

Monday, March 19, 2012, at Piqua Manor Nursing Home.

He was born March 15, 1925, in Fairborn to the late William and Delta (Fisher) Haddix. He married Mary Virginia McKinster Aug. 1, 1967, in Indiana; she preceded him in death March 6, 1997.

Survivors include seven daughters, DeeAnn (Thomas) Whittaker of Piqua, Ginny HADDIX Betts of Piqua, Candice Worthington of Chillicothe, Karen (Charles) Kimble of Springfield, Becky Haddix of Troy, Gay Botkins of Springfield, Linda (Rick) Foreman of Springfield; three sons, Irvin “Gene” Worthington of Piqua, James (Lori) Worthington of Piqua, David Haddix of Troy, several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and two great-greatgranddaughters.

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BY JOEL WALKER For the Troy Daily News editorial@tdnpublishing.com

RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology The call came to me from in New York) George Kuser. and they’re You paid attention when offering George called because he didn’t training call very often. classes. Sign He had owned up and go TROY the Troy Daily check it out.

News for 10 years It sounds like KUSER and he was anxious to try some of something we the new things emerging on the should be involved in.” newspaper scene in the middle Going offset was just the begin1960s. ning. There was more, a lot more, “We need to find out what this to come. offset printing business is all George ran the paper for 44 about,” he said. “They have an years, and during that time it experimental offset press set up at became a prize-winning, nationally

BY TOM MILLHOUSE Ohio Community Media tmillhouse@dailycall.com Coming on the heels of recent devastating tornadoes in several states, including Indiana, Covington Village Council on Monday night began the process of reviewing the village’s disaster operations plan.

Covington Fire Chief Bill Westfall provided council members with copies of the village’s current onepage disaster operations plan to be used in the event of catastrophic property damage, chemical emergency or mass casualties.

Westfall said while the Miami County Emergency Management Agency has a comprehensive guide, the village has a streamlined plan.

“What we wanted was a one-page simple guide,” Westfall said, noting the plan “falls in line” with the county’s more extensive plan.

Westfall suggested the fire department, rescue squad, police department and village officials meet to review and update the plan.

Mayor Ed McCord said he would contact Police Chief Lee Harmon and rescue squad representatives to determine possible dates for the plan review.

McCord asked Scott Tobias, who represents the village on a county disaster debris control committee, to serve on the review committee and invited any other council member who would like to participate in the process to do so.

“We have to be ready,” McCord said of a possible disaster.

Tobias said the village’s emergency plan has not been updated for many years.

Among the topics covered by the current plan

are communication, setting up command center at village hall, fire station, rescue squad station or mobile command center, determining life hazards, evacuation and securing the disaster area.

The Covington Middle School, Covington Elementary School and General Films plant are designated as evacuation centers, while the village hall would be a press center.

In a related matter, council approved a resolution for the village to continue participation in the Miami County Emergency Management program.

Council continued the process of laying the groundwork for the hiring the village’s first administrator. McCord asked council members to review a job description they received, with final action on the issue expected at the April 2 meeting.

Council also went into executive session to discuss compensation for the new position.

With the absence of Councilman Marc Basye, who was formally being promoted to sergeant of the Tipp City Police Department Monday night, council tabled action on a revised salary ordinance.

The ordinance will now be considered at the April 2 meeting.

With the passage of a tree ordinance last year and the coming of the spring planting season, McCord reminded village residents that a permit is required to plant trees in area between the curb and sidewalk in the village.

He said the permit and a list of permitted tree species can be obtained at the village office or from the Covington Planning and Zoning Committee.

HELEN M. KNISLEY PIQUA — Helen M. Knisley, 86, of Piqua passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy.

She was born on June 4, 1925, in Piqua.

Helen was a daughter of the late Charles L. and Mary M. (Owen) Baker.

KNISLEY She is survived by three children,

Arthur L. (Nikki) Ross of Troy, Ohio, two daughters, Barbara Price and Jean Ross both of Piqua. She also is survived by 11 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Carl Ross; second hus-

band, Lester Knisley; a son, Paul Ross; ten brothers and sisters: Hanna E. Orr, Ruth M. Baker, Dorothy Coffield, James C. Baker, Robert Baker, Charles Baker, Madonna Seipple, Betty Baker, Boyd Baker and Harriet Slack.

Helen retired in 1987 from EvenFlo in Piqua and was a member of the Moose Lodge, Piqua.

A funeral services will be conducted at noon Friday, March 23, 2012, in the

Suber-Shively Funeral Home, 201 W. Main St., Fletcher, Ohio, with the Reverend Bonita Wood of the Tipp City United Methodist Church presiding.

Burial will follow in the Fletcher Cemetery.

Visitation for family and friends will be conducted from 10 a.m. until the time of the services at noon Friday in the funeral home.

Condolences to the family may be sent to www.shivelyfuneralhomes.com.

SHARON A. FRIES PIQUA — Heaven is rejoicing as they receive Sharon A. Fries into their loving arms. Sharon A. Fries, 69 of Piqua, and formerly of International Falls, Minn., wife of Charles (Chuck) Fries Jr., died at home surrounded by family on Monday, March 19, 2012.

She was born in International Falls, Minn. on June 23, 1942, the daughter of the late Nels and Mabel (Bly) FRIES Lundin.

She was a graduate of Falls Senior High School, International Falls, Minn.

Sharon was employed at Georges Dairy of Piqua, doing early morning prep and cleaning. Sharon was the secretary and co-owner of Chuck Fries Paint & Body Shop of Piqua, for 25 years.

She enjoyed running her home, being a faithful and loving companion to her husband and partner Chuck, always letting him feel he was in charge. She relished the conversations

with her family and friends.

She always had a sweet smile, warm hug, encouraging words and loved holding hands. Mommy loved reading, shopping with her daughters, encouraging the boys in their businesses and playing cards.

Mom enjoyed preparing dinners for her family which included her special ham gravy, macaroni salad and homemade bread. She was an avid baker, making her much sought after pumpkin and cherry pies, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon rolls, banana bread and holiday sugar cookies with almond icing and so much more.

She loved taking care of her family and home as this was the essence of who she really was.

Christmas was her time to shine, she loved this special time of year as she beamed with excitement in transforming her home into a magnificent holiday para-

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Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-law, Eric (Jill) Fries of Sidney and Scott Fries of Piqua; Two daughters and son-inlaws, Lori (Joey) Brush of Piqua and Lisa (John) Klopfenstein of Piqua; 11 grandchildren, whom she loved very much and brought great joy to her life, Jordan, Jacob and Joshua Fries, Gage and Gabriel Ryan, Brendan Fries, Alexis and Anna Klopfenstein, Ashley, Caleb and Conner Brush; and one great-grandchild, Josiah Fries; one brother and sister-in-law, Nels (Sharon) Lundin of International Falls, Minn.; two sisters and a brotherin-law, Delores Holenko of International Falls, Minn. and Jan (Phil) Hansen of Piqua.

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Illinois GOP voters pick Romney; turnout low CHICAGO (AP) — Mitt Romney’s perceived electability carried him to a major Illinois victory over Rick Santorum Tuesday in the Republican race for the White House, though turnout was light despite the rarity of the state actually playing a key role in a presidential primary.

In most years, presidential nominations are settled long before the Illinois primary, but Santorum’s recent string of victories elsewhere made the home state of President Barack Obama relevant in the GOP contest.

The lack of statewide races beyond the presidential contest likely was partly to blame for the low turnout. It was the first Illinois primary since 2000 that didn’t include a race for U.S. Senate or governor.

All but the most conservative Republicans backed Romney over Santorum, exit polling found.

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Research for The Associated Press.

Catherine Lopez, a homemaker from the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, was among those concluding Romney would be the best

Republican to challenge Obama.

“OK, maybe he’s not charismatic,” Lopez said of Romney. “But we’ve had enough charisma with Obama. We need competence.”

Outside the presidential spotlight, races for Congress and the Legislature could shape Illinois politics for years to come.

Candidates are running in newly drawn political districts, so the officials ultimately elected will have a huge advantage in keeping those seats for the rest of the decade.

The Democratic majority at the state Capitol drew the new maps to make life difficult for Republicans.

As a result, incumbent U.S. Reps.

Donald Manzullo and Adam Kinzinger were battling for political survival in northwestern Illinois.

On the Democratic side, Jesse Jackson Jr., a Chicago congressman weakened by his admission of an affair and ties to imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was facing a challenge from former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorsen, of Crete, who represented some rural areas

now part of Jackson’s district.

Tony Horton of Chicago said he voted against Jackson because of the affair.

“How can I trust you to do the right thing for the state when you ain’t doing the right thing for your household?” Horton said.

In the Legislature, at least four incumbent Republicans would be out after the primary. That’s because eight lawmakers wound up facing each other under the new districts drawn by Democrats. The lawmakers at risk included the top Republican in DuPage County, a candidate for governor in 2010 and a member of the GOP’s state central committee.

The primary also created awkwardness for the Democrats.

State Rep. Derrick Smith of Chicago, who was recently hit with federal bribery charges, was on the ballot. His opponent was a former Republican official claiming to be a Democrat, leaving party leaders the choice of backing a possible felon or a candidate who they consider a member of the opposite party.

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords SEATTLE (AP) — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references.

So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.

Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn’t see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.

Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn’t want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same ques-

tion from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no.

In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person’s social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.

“It’s akin to requiring someone’s house keys,” said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former federal prosecutor who calls it “an egregious privacy violation.”

Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.

Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publically available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates.

But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks.

Companies that don’t ask for passwords have taken other steps — such as asking applicants to friend human resource managers or to log in to a company computer during an interview.

Once employed, some workers have been required to sign non-disparagement agreements that ban them from talking negatively about an employer on social media.

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And since 2006, the McLean County, Ill., sheriff’s office has been one of several Illinois sheriff ’s departments that ask applicants to sign into social media sites to be screened.

Chief Deputy Rusty Thomas defended the practice, saying applicants have a right to refuse. But no one has ever done so.

Thomas said that “speaks well of the people we have apply.”

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“Their virtual friends will know more about them than a person living 30 yards away from them.”

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Back in 2010, Robert Collins was returning to his job as a correctional officer at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services after taking a leave following his mother’s death.

During a reinstatement interview, he was asked for his login and password, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations.

He was stunned by the request but complied.

“I needed my job to feed my family. I had to,” he recalled.

After the ACLU complained about the practice, the agency amended its policy, asking instead for job applicants to log in during interviews.

“To me, that’s still invasive. I can appreciate the desire to learn more about the applicant, but it’s still a violation of people’s personal privacy,” said Collins, whose case inspired Maryland’s legislation.

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Afghanistan suspect had shaky business dealings CINCINNATI (AP) — The U.S. suspect in the slaughter of 16 villagers in Afghanistan has a trail of shaky financial dealings — from working in penny-stock boiler rooms that drew numerous client complaints, to an unpaid $1.5 million fraud judgment, to a failed investment partnership with a former high school football teammate, records show.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales joined the Army in 2001 after a Florida investment business failed and after he had worked with a string of securities operations with one company official now barred from trading in Ohio. That broker and Bales were socked in 2003 with a $1.5 million arbitration ruling after an elderly couple charged that their holdings were decimated.

Bales responded to another client complaint by saying the company officer, Michael Patterson, had wrongly blamed Bales for bad trades for an elderly client.

Bales, 38, is being held in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., while a military investigation continues into the nighttime rampage in Afghanistan.

His attorney said Tuesday he expects the case to be lengthy.

“Everyone has financial problems,” attorney John Henry Browne said Tuesday of Bales’ money problems, including a planned sale of his Seattle-area home for $50,000 less than he and his wife paid for it in 2005. “But you don’t go around killing innocent women and children over financial problems.”

Bales’ investment career — from 1996 to 2001 — followed the rise and fall of the tech stock bubble, which burst in 2001, causing an historic stock-market crash months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Robert Bales, left, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. show. Bales shuttled between five different companies tied to the same principals until 2000, when he founded the doomed venture with former NFL player Marc Edwards.

Bales joined the Army two months after Sept. 11, after a Florida business dis-

solved and 18 months after the Ohio couple charged him with fraud, unauthorized trading and breach of financial responsibility.

That complaint was upheld in a 2003 arbitration.

A second complaint in Ohio charged him with unautho-

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Records show Bales told the state in that case that the trades were done by a company principal who “told the elderly client they were my responsibility” but that they were carried out after he had left the company, called MPI Financial.

Records show he never responded to the complaint that led to the $1.5 million judgment, issued a few months before he went on his first of three tours in Iraq.

Patterson, who ran a company called Michael Patterson Inc., is barred from dealing with securities in the state, Ohio Department of Commerce records show.

Patterson’s former attorney said Tuesday he didn’t know how to contact him.

Public filings with an industry regulator show Bales was registered to sell investments for five companies that appear to have been fronts for the same group: Hamilton-Shea, Quantum Capital, Michael

Patterson Inc. (MPI), Capital Securities of America and Quantum Securities Corp.

All of the companies are related to Regis Securities Corp., which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009. At the time, it was wholly owned by Robert Cargin, now president of Capital City Securities LLC in Columbus, Ohio. Cargin did not respond to requests for comment.

Hamilton-Shea was one of dozens of “pump-and-dump” operations that sprouted in Florida in the late 1990s.

The so-called boiler rooms’ salesmen pushed low stocks to boost prices, then dumped shares to grab profits.

While Bales worked there in 1999, Hamilton-Shea sold cheap stock for a medicaldevice company, Diabetic Services Inc., that was charged with overbilling the government for reimbursements and sold black-market products, according to a former employee’s lawsuit.

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Do whatever you can do to protect the child Dear Annie: My friend "Jodi" is 27 and very sheltered. Her parents still pay her rent and bills.

I'm worried because Jodi has been acting out of character. She cheated on her husband with a 59-yearold man. He's now her new boyfriend and "soul mate." He's creepy. He talks down to her and gropes her in public. She gives him her paycheck and the use of her parents' credit cards.

Jodi has a daughter from her marriage, and the little girl lives with her father. I work for Child Protective Services and know this "dream boyfriend" is a sex offender. When we go out as friends, she brings him along, and he says crude, disgusting things to us about our clothes and our bodies.

He even tried to take money out of my purse. Jodi thinks this is funny and says I should lighten up.

I told her about his history and that she should be cautious with him around her daughter. She became angry and said she never wanted to speak to me again. I'm OK with that. She's not the person I once knew.

My job obligates me to report that this man is spending time with a young child, and I have informed his parole officer. But I also think I should advise the little girl's father, who has primary custody, and Jodi's parents, who have secondary custody.

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Unless you have a large portrait of your ex hanging in the living room, it's not Marie's business.

Tread cautiously.

Dear Annie: This is for "Fed Up," whose brother-in-law helps himself to their food and wine. My mother also does this at everyone's home because she thinks it's cute. I was fed up, so I removed the tag from a jar of dog treats, and one day Mom walked into my house and ate one without asking.

Rest assured, she no longer takes food from my kitchen without permission. — Texas Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Long-living buckeyes a hit with Heloise readers Dear Readers: Wow! You really responded to the column on the buckeye nut, with many personal and charming memories.

Here are some more: • Annabell C. in Arp, Texas, wrote: “I always read and enjoy your column in the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph. My dad always had a buckeye in his pants pocket to ’bring good luck.’

He died in 2010 at the age of 93.

We buried him with his buckeye in his pocket. Today’s column brought back fond memories of Dad. Thank you for covering so many topics.”

• Brenda M. in Clovis, N.M., wrote: “My parents were from Kentucky, and from childhood we KNEW buckeyes were lucky and

Hints from Heloise Columnist sort of warded off evil. Our whole family still carries one, and when my dad passed away three years ago, he was buried with a buckeye in his pocket.”

• Bonnie D. in New Hampshire wrote: “I never knew a day that my mother would not carry a buckeye ’for good luck and good health.’ She passed away at the

age of 92 and had good health until the end. When my sisters were going through her things, they found a small handbag I had given to her, so they returned it to me. I opened it up, and there was her lucky buckeye. I now carry it with me in remembrance of my mother.”

These are such personal and heartwarming memories! I learned something new and am now going to put a buckeye in my suitcase and purse! Thank each of you for writing. — Heloise VEGETABLE SOUP Dear Heloise: I never buy canned soups because they are loaded with sodium and other unhealthy ingredients.

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sodium vegetable juice, pour as much as I need into a pot, heat and enjoy. — Patricia in Connecticut PEACHES AND PEARS Dear Heloise: I read your column every day and have learned a lot of things. When I usually buy peaches or pears, they are not ripe. Can you tell me a quick way to ripen them? — Kathy S. in Washington Yes, I can, and it’s easy as peach pie! Place them in a brown paper bag, close it up and let it sit at room temperature for a couple of days.

Here’s another hint: Select peaches and pears that are firm but, when pressed, give just a little. — Heloise

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HOROSCOPE Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Poor beginnings don’t always have to become poor endings. In fact, you’ll have excellent chances to strengthen your financial and/or material position by building a stronger foundation out of what you have. Take things a step at a time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t be surprised if more than one person confides in you without you or them knowing why. They’ll simply feel impelled to tell you things that they wouldn’t tell anybody else.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — It may not be smart to push for certain things, such as matters that affect your material affairs, if you sense the timing is bad. Listen to what your instincts are telling you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Instead of going with the flow as you normally might do, you are likely to be determined to focus on one specific goal.

It’ll be for a worthy purpose.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Pay attention and you could learn something important by observing how another conducts him or herself in a development that is similar to one you will soon face.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Being fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time will make you privy to some advance information concerning something profitable that is about to go down. Use it with discretion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Someone you respect who has counseled you correctly in the past is the same person you should go to again if you’re having a problem making another critical decision.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Any idea you get that you think might help your work or career is best kept to yourself, at least until you are absolutely certain you would be able to successfully pull if off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Try to distinguish between being protective and being possessive regarding a loved one. If the leash is held too tightly, it could become a choke chain.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — An important development can be finalized to your satisfaction, provided you are tenacious and persistent.

Don’t settle for second-best.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If there is something important that you need to do, get it out of the way as early in the day as possible. If you wait until you’re pushed into it, you may do a rotten job.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Take some time to study and review your financial position. Something that would save or make you more money could come out of a close, meticulous study.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Any favors you do for others aren’t likely to be repaid immediately. However, when they are, there is a chance you’ll get more in return than you gave.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 81st day of 2011.

There are 285 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 21, 1963, the Alcatraz federal prison island in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

On this date: • In 1556, Thomas Cranmer, the former Archbishop of

Canterbury, was burned at the stake for heresy.

• In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.

• In 1804, the French civil code, or the “Code Napoleon” as it was later called, was adopted.

• In 1806, Mexican statesman Benito Juarez was born in the state of Oaxaca (wuh-HAH’kuh).

• In 1871, journalist Henry M. Stanley began his famous

expedition in Africa to locate the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone.

• In 1907, U.S. Marines arrived in Honduras to protect American lives and interests in the wake of political violence.

• Today’s Birthdays: Actor Al Freeman Jr. is 81. Violinistconductor Joseph Silverstein is 80. Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 73. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 68. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 67.

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Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard’s Twitter account said the water system and other “strategic

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The quake was felt strongly in southern Guerrero state, near where the epicenter was located about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the city of Ometepec.

Neighboring Oaxaca state also shook heavily, including two aftershocks.

“It was very strong, but we didn’t see anything fall,” said Irma Ortiz, who runs a guesthouse in Oaxaca. She said their telephones are down, and that the quake shook them side-to-side.

The U.S. Geological Survey set the preliminary magnitude of the first quake at 7.4 and said the epicenter was 11 miles underground.

The survey set the aftershock at 5.1.

U.S. President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, was reported safe

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was hard, it was strong and it was long.”

After the shaking stopped, however, she said they found no damage, not in their own classrooms, nor outside in the historical center of the city, so they went back to class.

Celia Galicia, who works at the U.S. consular office in Oaxaca, had just flown in from Mexico City when it hit.

She said there was panic in the airport, and a dash for the doors. But she said that she saw no damage at the airport and no one was hurt.

She says one building in downtown Oaxaca appears to be damaged and has been evacuated.

She added that they’ve had two strong aftershocks, and that in downtown Oaxaca most people are out on the street at this point.

“It started shaking badly,” she said.

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Neighboring Oaxaca state also shook heavily, including with two aftershocks.

Governors in both states reported on their Twitter accounts that there were not major reports of damage.

In Huajuapan, Guerrero, near the epicenter, hotel owner Marco Antonio Estrada also reported shaken-up guests but no major damage. He said it was longest and strongest he ever felt. People ran out of their homes and cars.

Samantha Rodriguez, a 37-year old environmental consultant, was evacuated from the 11th floor of the Angel Tower office building.

“I thought it was going to pass rapidly but the walls began to thunder and we decided to get out,” she said.

services” were not experiencing problems.

Groups of women hugged and cried at Mexico City’s Angel of Independence monument, where hundreds of people evacuated from office buildings said they never had felt such a strong earthquake. Others typed ferociously on their Blackberries.

“I have problems with pressure, I felt I was going to faint,” said Rosa Maria Lopez Velazquez, 62, outside a mall in Mexico City.

Mexico City’s airport was closed for a short time but there was no damage to runways and operations were returning to normal.

In Oaxaca, Sylvia Valencia was teaching Spanish to five adult students at the Vinigulaza language school when the earthquake hit.

“Some of us sat down, others ran out,” she said. “It

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country, collapsing a pedestrian bridge and swaying buildings in Mexico City.

Plaster fell from ceilings and windows broke in the center of the capital, but the president said there were no immediate reports of major damage.

The initial quake near the borders of Oaxaca and Guerrero states was followed by a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock that also was felt in the capital.

Frightened workers and residents poured into the streets of the capital just minutes after noon local time.

Telephone service was down in the city and throughout the area where the quake was felt.

About 40 passengers were stranded for a short time on the Mexico City airport air train, but later released. The airport closed for a time but officials said there was no runway damage and they resumed operations.

A pedestrian bridge collapsed and crushed a microbus in Mexico City, but there were still no reports of deaths. A building in the neighborhood of Condesa appeared to be on the verge of collapsing.

The quake was felt strongly in southern Guerrero state, where the epicenter was located about

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245 Manufacturing/Trade Apex Aluminum Die Casting Company Inc. Accepting applications for Logistic Packaging Technician Conscientious, detail oriented, capable of working with little supervision, Operate and Maintain Manual 24' Straight Truck.

Make on time delivery/pickup. General Warehouse duties. Minimum 2 years experience, Current/Valid OH DL, clear driving record and excellent communication skills.

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WHIRLPOOL REFRIGERATOR, stainless steel, side by side. $675 Email kristin_a_kennedy@hotmail.com or (937)552-7316

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment I.H. TRACTOR, model 284, turf tires, 3 point mower, rototiller, sprayer, scraper blade, 1 bolt plow. $3250 (937)339-0316

560 Home Furnishings COUCH with matching chair, $250. Swivel rocker, $75. 2 round cherry end tables, $200. Maple end table. Small desk with chair, $25, (937)394-2545.

FURNITURE 5 piece solid oak entertainment center.

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570 Lawn and Garden MOWER, Dixon, 30 inch cut. (937)418-1149

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Help Wanted Advertising Sales Director Delaware Gazette – Delaware, Ohio Are you a strong teacher/coach who has a passion for developing sales talent? Are you a leader who focuses on the positive? Are you an expert in recruiting the best staff? Can you lead by example in a competitive market? Are you a natural in building great business relationships within the community? Are you experienced in developing creative solutions?

The Delaware Gazette has an excellent opportunity for an Advertising Sales Director to lead our eager and dedicated sales team. As part of our management team, you will lead a staff of 7, driving our print and online sales strategies.

This position plays a pivotal role in the implementation of our strategic plan to aggressively grow revenue streams across niche products, print and online platforms by focusing on the success of our advertisers.

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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570 Lawn and Garden

577 Miscellaneous

586 Sports and Recreation

LAWNMOWER, Toro, Recycler with bag, 6.75 HP, 22 inch, large wheels, self propelled, used 1 time, $300 (937)239-0268

SHOT GUNS, 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" chamber, good first shotgun, works great, $120. SKS assault rifle, 6 bayonet, 30 round magazine, real nice, 7.62X39, $425.

Ammo 7.62x39 $5 a box. Chuck (937)698-6362 or (937)216-3222

POOL TABLE with accessories, beautiful Olhausen. Must see to appreciate. $2750, (937)654-3613.

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CRIB, Complete, small crib, cradle, guard rail, booster chair, walker, car seat, tub, pottie, blankets, clothes, collectable dolls, doll chairs.

(937)339-4233 LIFT CHAIR, Franklin, brown, brand new only used one week. $450 (937)552-7936 MOVING? We have once used tubs, packing boxes: book to wardrobe sizes, $1-$3, (937)335-8527 after noon WALKER folds & adjusts, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grabbers, canes, Elvis items, Disney phones, bears (937)339-4233

582 Pet In Memoriam YORKIE/ JACK RUSSELL Mix, 1 year old female, $150, cathyc2288@yahoo.com, (937)339-1788.

583 Pets and Supplies HUSKY, all white with blue eyes. Turns 1 on April 24th, AKC. Moving cant take her with me.

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592 Wanted to Buy BUYING: 1 piece or entire estates: Vintage costume or real jewelry, toys, pottery, glass, advertisements.

Call Melisa (419)860-3983 or (937)710-4603.

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

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805 Auto 1992 LINCOLN Townecar, white with blue carriage roof, new tires and battery, like new. $3400 (937)339-0316

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COUNTY: MIAMI The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us FINAL ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL OF NPDES PERMIT BRADFORD WTP 11755 W KLINGER RD BRADFORD, OH ACTION DATE: 04/01/2012 RECEIVING WATERS: BALLINGER RUN FACILITY DESCRIPTION: ION EXCH & MANGN REMOVL IDENTIFICATION NO.: 1IZ00010*GD This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. INFECTIOUS WASTE REGISTRATION ACTION

COPY OF LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall, Troy, Ohio, until twelve o’clock noon, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, for the Concession Operation at the Hobart Arena, Adams Street, Troy, Ohio, for other than alcoholic beverages. This contract will be for a three-year period commencing July 1, 2012, and expiring June 30, 2015, in accordance with the contract document now on file in the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, Troy, Ohio.

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A certified, cashier’s, or official bank check, or an irrevocable letter of credit, in the amount of 10% of what the City would receive from the concession operation in a 12-month period, payable to the City of Troy, Ohio.

KOESTER PAVILION 3232 N CO RD 25A TROY, OH 45373 ACTION DATE: 03/05/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: INFECTIOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION NO.: 55-G-01601 Renewal Certificate

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• 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.

• SOCCER: The North West Alliance Soccer Club will be hosting the Fazoli’s Festival of Soccer, a threegame round-robin tournament for u8u12 boys and girls players, at Athletes in Action Field in Xenia. Schedules and registration information can be found at www.nwcalliance.org.

• 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 today and the cost is $80. 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.

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Xavier center Kenny Frease covers his swollen eye as he walks off the floor after a fight at the end of Xavier’s 76-53 win over Cincinnati Dec. 10, 2011 in Cincinnati.

Beyond the brawl Xavier, UC have finally moved on CINCINNATI (AP) — Punches flew. Blood dripped on the court. Two proud basketball programs saw their reputations stained in mere seconds last December, when Cincinnati and Xavier players lost their cool at the end of their game.

The moment would follow them everywhere for the next three months. The video was played countless times. The questions kept coming.

Finally, that’s changing. By reaching the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament together, the crosstown rivals have finally gotten beyond the brawl.

“It’s a good thing both teams are doing well now,” Xavier point guard Tu Holloway said on Tuesday.

Far better than anyone expected three months ago, when four players from each team were

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SATURDAY Baseball Troy at Shawnee (noon) Milton-Union at Urbana (DH) (10 a.m.)

Franklin Monroe at Bethel (DH) (noon) Temple Christian at Troy Christian (DH) (11 a.m.)

Covington at St. Henry (noon) Piqua at Indian Lake (noon) Softball Troy at Ansonia (1 p.m.)

Milton-Union/Wayne at Greenville (noon) Oakwood at Bethel (noon) Lehman at Sidney (DH) (11 a.m.)

Track and Field Troy at Northmont Invite (10 a.m.)

Bethel at Tippecanoe Relays (10 a.m.)

Newton, Covington, Bradford at Versailles Invite (girls only) (9 a.m.)

UPCOMING Sport ....................Start Date Baseball...................Saturday Softball.....................Saturday Track and Field........Saturday Tennis........................Monday

WHAT’S INSIDE College Basketball................18 Auto Racing..........................18 Scoreboard ............................19 Television Schedule..............19 Women’s College BBall .......20

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Ohio State’s Aaron Craft (4) drives to the basket during the first half of an East Regional NCAA tournament third-round game in Pittsburgh Saturday.

Not-so familiar foes Buckeyes-Bearcats a rare inter-state matchup COLUMBUS (AP) — It appears that if the NCAA isn’t the matchmaker, Cincinnati and Ohio State will never get together in basketball.

When the two old adversaries who’ve met just one time since the 1962 national championship game meet in Thursday night’s East Regional semifinal in Boston, it’ll have to be enough to mollify fans longing for a regular-season meeting.

Buckeyes coach Thad Matta concedes there are too many old grudges and roadblocks to the teams ever agreeing to get together annually.

“We’re going to play ‘em Thursday night,” Matta cracked.

“What else do you want?”

Over the years, fans of both

schools just a couple hours apart on Interstate 71 have hoped and prayed for the teams to battle each year like other in-state rivals such as LouisvilleKentucky and Iowa-Iowa State.

But there’s a wealth of bad blood separating them.

There have been allegations on each side of recruiting violations. Also, when Bob Huggins was UC’s coach, he felt slighted when Ohio State where he was an assistant wouldn’t even talk to him when it had a job opening in the 1990s. Then-Ohio State AD Andy Geiger vowed that he would not even consider renewing the rivalry. On top of all that, Ohio State stubbornly refuses to leave its campus to play another school from within

the state’s borders, while Cincinnati insists on the Buckeyes coming to their home court.

The schools’ football teams have met four times in the last dozen years, with all of the games but one the Bearcats almost ruined Ohio State’s national championship season in 2002 before falling 23-19 at neutral site Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati played at the Buckeyes’ Ohio Stadium.

But the basketball teams remain separated by a scheduling civil war. Their only meeting in the last 50 years was the Buckeyes’ lopsided 72-50 victory in the 2006 Wooden Tradition in Indianapolis.

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Mariners blast Reds GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Millwood pitched five strong innings on Tuesday, leading the Seattle Mariners to an 81 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Millwood pitched for the Red Sox, Yankees and Rockies last season. The 37-year-old is competing for the fifth spot in the Mariners rotation with Hisashi Iwakuma. Millwood allowed a run on four hits.

Carlos Peguero homered and singled, driving in four runs. He hit his fourth homer of the spring off Jeff Francis, who is trying to win a spot in the back of Cincinnati’s rotation. Francis gave up seven hits and three runs in five innings. Luis Rodrigues had two singles and a sacrifice fly for Seattle.

Cincinnati’s Brandon Phillips had two hits and scored on Zack Cozart’s double, his fourth extrabase hit in as many games.

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Mile-high Manning Denver Broncos introduce new QB

Notre Dame pulls away late, 73-62 Natalie Novosel was aggressive from the outset, taking the ball to the basket and her reward was a long and successful night at the free throw line that helped top-seeded Notre Dame beat California to earn a spot in the NCAA round of 16.

Novosel scored 28 points, hitting 18of-20 from the line, as the Irish pulled away in the second half and beat the Golden Bears 73-62 on Tuesday night.

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DENVER (AP) — John Elway flashed that mile-wide grin and turned the microphone over to his new quarterback, Peyton Manning.

Talk about a powerful pair.

Introducing Manning as the newest Denver Bronco on Tuesday, the two Super Bowl winners each talked about hoisting another Lombardi Trophy, this time together. And soon.

“I realize I don’t have 14 years left, by any means,” Manning said. “This isn’t something where I’m just building a foundation to do something in two years or three years. This is a ‘now’ situation. We’re going to do whatever we can to win right now. That’s all I’m thinking about right now.”

Just so long as Manning’s surgically repaired neck goes along with the plan.

Neither he nor Elway has a doubt it will, and the Hall of Famer-turned-executive knew the NFL’s only four-time MVP was just what his club needed.

The franchise has won just two playoff games since Elway’s career came to an end with a second straight Super Bowl triumph in 1999.

Denver’s last playoff victory came over Pittsburgh two months ago, when Tim Tebow delivered a stadium-rocking, 80yard pass to Demaryius Thomas AP PHOTO on the first play of overtime.

Newly-signed Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talks But things change, and in the during a news conference at the team’s headquarters in ■ See MANNING on 18 Englewood, Colo. on Tuesday.

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■ CONTINUED FROM 17 Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin declines to talk about why the Bearcats and Buckeyes never meet.

“You’re asking the wrong guy,” he said. “I think that’s a fairly well documented story. I really don’t have any interest in it. As you can see, I’m losing my voice. I’m trying to save it for stuff that matters.”

It’s more than just an unbending will between the two schools, of course.

Each has a huge fan base, neither of which is particularly fond of the other school or its followers.

The Bearcats’ fans consider the Buckeyes as overrated bullies who are obsessed with their favorite team and who look down on anybody else. Ohio State’s followers look at the Bearcats players as a bunch of thugs (they were involved in a big fight against another NCAA regional semifinalist, Xavier, earlier in the season). And they don’t even consider the Bearcats to be from the same state more like a renegade institution from across the Ohio River in Kentucky.

But the players and

coaches do have respect for the other side.

“They are playing great basketball right now,” Matta said of the Bearcats. “Looking back at film, the wins they’ve been able to put up, they’ve really found their rhythm in terms of how they’re playing. The guards are multi-dimensional and Yancy (Gates) inside is really a load.”

He also said the Bearcats (26-10) might be as quick as any team his Buckeyes (29-7) have played this season.

Matta spent three years battling UC head to head while the coach at Xavier.

Cronin, who has spent most of his coaching career in Cincinnati, heaped praise on the Buckeyes.

“You try to think about how you’re going to stop them, it’s head scratching,” he said of the lineup built around AllAmerican forward Jared Sullinger. “You’re going to have to pick your poison in some places. They’re that good on offense.”

It’s a risk to call the schools rivals, since they so seldom cross paths.

Neither is hotly pursuing any future meetings, either.

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Brawl ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 suspended for the melee at the end of Xavier’s 23point win on its home court on Dec. 10. It became a national talking point and a turning point for both teams.

Both teams have gotten past the fallout and made it deep into tournament time. Cincinnati (26-10) plays Ohio State (29-7) in Boston on Thursday in a regional semifinal. Xavier (23-12) plays Baylor (29-7) in Atlanta on Friday.

The only time they think about the fight now is when it invariably comes up during interviews before NCAA tournament games. They don’t mind the question as much as the implication in some of them.

“After a win, they try to make it out as if we didn’t have that fight, we would-

n’t be where we are now, that the reason we’re playing so good is because of that,” Cincinnati power forward Yancy Gates said on Tuesday. “Where really, the reason we’re playing good is just that we’re playing good now, we figured it out. I think that’s what makes it so annoying.”

Fair or not, the fight became the lens through which the rest of their seasons would be viewed.

Xavier was 8-0 and ranked No. 8 when Holloway, guard Mark Lyons and forward Dez Wells were among those suspended, costing the Musketeers their top three scorers and knocking everything out of sorts. They lost five of their next six games and had a tough time regaining their confidence and chemistry.

■ CONTINUED FROM 17 NFL, they can change fast.

Tebowmania is now a passing fad in Denver.

A couple of photos of Tebow that once adorned the halls at the Broncos’ headquarters were gone Tuesday by the time Manning was introduced.

“I believe that he’s got a lot of great football left in him,” Elway said of his new QB. And if that’s true, the Broncos will wind up paying him $96 million over five years under his new deal.

After holding up his new, bright orange jersey in a

photo op with Elway and owner Pat Bowlen, Manning answered many of the questions that have been bouncing around since March 7, when his old team, the Colts, released him to avoid paying a $28 million bonus and set in motion one of the most frenetic freeagent pursuits in history.

The first issue on everyone’s mind: So, Peyton, how do you feel?

“I’m not where I want to be. I want to be where I was before I was injured,” Manning said, referring to the neck problem that kept him off the field in 2011

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after he’d started every game for the Colts for the previous 13 seasons. “I have a lot of work to do in getting to where I want to be from a health standpoint and learning this offense. This is going to take a ton of work.”

As far as being the man who could bring about the end of Tebow’s stay in Denver, Manning said: “I know what kind of player Tim Tebow is, what kind of person he is … and what an awesome year he had this year. If Tim Tebow is here next year, I’m going to be the best teammate I can be

to him, he and I are going to help this team win games.

If other opportunities present themselves to him, I’m going to wish him the best.”

On Elway’s role in leading him to choose Denver over other suitors, the most serious of which were the and 49ers: Titans “Everyone knows what kind of competitor he is as a player. I can tell he’s just as competitive in this new role. That got me excited.”

And so, the deal — the club’s most dramatic since Elway was acquired from the Colts in 1983 — was sealed.

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Deserving a second chance Bristol showcases drivers thirlled to get another shot CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Everyone deserves another chance at some point, even a NASCAR driver who has wrecked everyone in his way, or let his temper derail his career, or lost both his confidence and competitive edge.

Elliott Sadler got another chance, from Kevin and DeLana Harvick, who gave him a job last season when nobody else was interested in a journeyman driver running at the back of the pack.

The Harvicks believed Sadler still had something in his tank, and took a gamble on him with one of their stout Nationwide Series cars. For the first time in years, Sadler had competitive equipment and a chance to run up front and race for the championship.

OK, so he went winless and fell short in the title race. But he showed enough that Richard Childress kept him this season after buying out the Harvicks’ Nationwide program.

On Saturday, Sadler went to Victory Lane for the second time in three races. A 36-year-old father of two in his 15th season in NASCAR, Sadler is now the Nationwide Series points leader.

Before this month, it had been 14 years since Sadler last won in the Nationwide Series. His last Sprint Cup Series win was in 2004. His parents, who were present Saturday at Bristol Motor

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Speedway, had never before been on site for one of his NASCAR victories.

“When you have an owner, Richard, who when he talks to you, believes in you as a person, believes in you as a driver, it makes all the difference in the world,” Sadler said. “For my selfconfidence and what I can do as a driver, when you have people around you that believe in your talent, or believe in what you can do in a race car, it makes you feel like a different person.

“Compared to what I was going through three or four years ago to now, I am a totally different person mentally and physically, especially in the race car.”

Ironically, its Sadler’s resurgence that created an opportunity for Brian

Vickers.

Michael Waltrip Racing announced on March 3 that Sadler would run six of the Cup races Mark Martin doesn’t have on his schedule, but the deal blew up hours later after Sadler won the Nationwide race at Phoenix.

That victory, his first in the series since 1998, apparently made RCR and Chevrolet balk at the idea of Sadler driving a Toyota for another team.

So MWR turned to Vickers, who has been unable to find a ride since Red Bull Racing closed at the end of last season.

Vickers’ predicament is a combination of both a down economy and his own actions coming back to bite him. He closed last year with a horrendous final

month on the track, starting at Martinsville, where he was involved in five cautions and initially accepted no responsibility for any of the accidents.

The final caution was a deliberate wrecking of Matt Kenseth, who was second in the championship standings at the time, and it brought out a yellow that affected the final outcome of the race.

Two weeks later, he wrecked Kenseth again at Phoenix.

In a strong economy, maybe those skirmishes wouldn’t have mattered. But the bad press could not have been ignored by sponsors considering working with Vickers. Plus, he had spent five years living a “Red Bull lifestyle” that doesn’t fit with everyone’s marketing model.

2011-12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS ALL-OHIO TEAM COLUMBUS (AP) — The 2011-12 Associated Press Division I All-Ohio boys basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel: DIVISION I FIRST TEAM: Jalen Robinson, Cols.

Northland, 6-8, sr., 19.1; Josh Lemons, Cin. La Salle, 5-11, sr., 18.0; Marc Loving, Tol. St.John's, 6-8, jr., 22.9; Justin Fritts, Mentor, 6-2, sr., 28.1; David Walker, Stow, 6-7, sr., 25.6.

Players of the year: Jalen Robinson, Cols. Northland; Marc Loving, Tol. St. John's; Justin Fritts, Mentor.

Coaches of the year: Steve Gray, Norwalk; Greg Nossaman, Powell Olentangy Liberty.

SECOND TEAM: Caris LeVert, Pickerington Central, 6-4, sr., 18.4; Nigel Hayes, Tol. Whitmer, 6-7, jr., 13.8; Myles Hamilton, Lakewood St. Edward, 6-1, sr., 16.1; Devaugntah Williams, Canton McKinley, 6-3, sr., 21.9; Terry Rozier, Shaker Hts., 6-2, sr., 25.6.; Tony Farmer, Garfield Hts., 6-7, jr., 20.4; Devon Scott, Cols. Northland, 6-8, sr., 17.2.

THIRD TEAM: Mike Wells, Delaware Hayes, 5-7, jr., 25.2; Geovonie McKnight, Middletown, 6-3, sr., 19.5; C.J. Gettys, Findlay, 6-11, sr., 20.6; Mark Donnal, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 6-9, jr., 19.6; Evan Bailey, Massillon Jackson, 6-5, soph., 20.3; Jerome Lane, Akron Firestone, 6-4, jr., 18.0; Tyree Gaiter, Cleve. Hts., 5-6, sr., 19.1; Pharoah Brown, Lyndhurst Brush, 67, sr., 18.3.

Special Mention Nick Archer, Powell Olentangy Liberty; Jacob Phillis, Zanesville; Kade Haddox, Zanesville; Avery Williams, Dresden TriValley; Maverick Morgan, Springboro; Josh Davenport, Cin. Moeller; Max Mischkulnig, Hamilton Ross; Luke Miller, Logan; Keon Johnson, Mansfield Senior; Jordan Marrow, Cleve. JFK; Eric Truog, Chagrin Falls Kenston; Mike Davis, Garfield Hts.; Jordan Humphrey, Massillon Perry; Taylor Moore, North Canton Hoover; Kyle Scelza, Stow; Jarrett Ruffin, Macedonia Nordonia; Antonio Hearn, Akron Kenmore; Jesse Hardin, Warren Harding.

Honorable Mention Andy Bosley, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange; Jake Butt, Pickerington North; Jordan Cowgill, Thomas Worthington; Jordan Potts, Cols.Northland; Isiah Rogers, Westerville South; Vincent Edwards, Middletown; Isaiah Johnson, Cin. Walnut Hills; Monty Boykins, West Chester Township Lakota West; Ben Esposito, Lebanon; Jalen Camper, Beavercreek; James Turner, Fairfield; Tyler White, Lima Senior; Mookie

Mustafaa, Tol. Bowsher; Clemmye Owens, Tol. Rogers; Keith Towbridge, Tol. Central Cath.; Jeff Thomas, Norwalk; Marcus Bagley, Cleve. Hts.; Anthony Howard, Cleve. JFK; Derek Sloan, Cleve.

St. Ignatius; Curtis Oakley, Lyndhurst Brush; Kody Bender, Elyria; Danny Wallack, Mentor; Pierce Cumpstone, Chagrin Falls Kenston; Mark Murray, Lakewood St. Edward; Kash Blackwell, Shaker Hts.; Larry Hunter, Canton Timken; Miles Griffin, Massillon Jackson; Bobby Conley, Massillon Washington; Josh Kipfer, Wadsworth; Ryan Badowski, Brunswick; Billy Geschke, Medina; Evan Keeslar, Uniontown Green;Will Mahone, Austintown Fitch; Mike Hornbuckle,Youngs. East; Kevin Gladney, Akron Firestone.

DIVISION II FIRST TEAM: Eric Roby, Plain City Jonathan Alder, 6-5, sr., 17.9; Dan Monteroso, St. Clairsville, 6-2, jr., 26.4; Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft, 6-5, sr., 23.1; Reggie McAdams, Elida, 6-5, sr., 20.2; Jake Kretzer, Waverly, 6-7, sr., 26.8; Joey Vuyancih, Mentor Lake Cath., 6-2, sr., 18.5; Jake Jacubec, Struthers, 6-0, sr., 26.2; Gary Akbar, Day. Dunbar, 6-5, sr., 17.4.

Players of the year: Dan Monteroso, St. Clairsville; Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft; Reggie McAdams, Elida; Joey Vuyancih, Mentor Lake Cath.; Gary Akbar, Day. Dunbar.

Coaches of the year: Brian Bates, Franklin; Mark Chicone, Mentor Lake Cath.; Larry Kukura, Alliance; Kirk Lehman, Defiance.

SECOND TEAM: Eric Siefert, Cols.

Hartley, 6-2, sr., 11.8; Mason Mamarella, Dover, 5-10, jr., 20.4; Jordan Lauf, Napoleon, 6-5, jr., 21.9; Malike London, Chillicothe, 6-8, sr., 13.6; Davonte Brunson, Akron East, 5-10, sr., 22.8; Jordan Barham, Hunting Val. Univ. School, 6-3, sr., 25.0.

THIRD TEAM: Zack Atkins, New Concord John Glenn, 6-3, sr., 16.9; Anthony Kidston, Defiance, 6-2, sr., 16.4; Jacob Horsley, Thornville Sheridan, 6-4, sr., 18.7; Colt Chapman, Jackson, 6-5, sr., 21.5; Lucas Strouble, Alliance Marlington, 6-4, jr., 22.1; David Blanks, Akron SVSM, 6-2, sr., 19.2; Devon Carter, Cleve. John Hay, 6-2, sr., 20.0; Desmond Ridenour, Cleve.

Benedictine, 6-2, sr., 18.0.

Special Mention John Draper, Cols. Eastmoor Acad.; Khalid King, Cols. Brookhaven; Boo Osborne, Cols. Centennial; Joe Bowers, Wintersville Indian Creek; Marky Thompkins, East Liverpool; Fletcher Watt, Cadiz Harrison Central; Luke Kennard, Franklin; Zack Denny, Germantown Valley View; John Staley, Day. Chaminade-

Julienne; Evan Salyers, Proctorville Fairland; Evan French, Vincent Warren; Dillon Young, Circleville Logan Elm; Ryan Chesser, McArthur Vinton County; Wade Wooley, Wauseon; Vitto Brown, Bowling Green; Rasheed Brooks, Lexington; Mike Roberts, Cleve. Benedictine; Robert Jackson, Painesville Harvey; Vernon Martin, Alliance; Mycle Shadie, Akron East; Eddy Grenert, Wooster Triway; Ben Gency, Streetsboro; Bob Peters, CVCA; Colin Reardon, Poland Seminary.

Honorable Mention Randal Clarkson, Cols. Brookhaven; Khaleed Franklin, Cols. Beechcroft; J Murrell, Cols. Mifflin; Alex Randall, Plain City Jonathan Alder; Jordan Tomlinson, Delaware Buckeye Valley; Stephen Ericksen, Carrollton; Riley Carlton, St. Clairsville; Taylor Wise, Uhrichsville Claymont; Malik Richmond, Steubenville; RyLee Rogers, Cambridge; Ronnie Miller, New Philadelphia; Zach Stillings, Urbana; Orlando Berry, Cin. Taft; Travis Lakins, Franklin; Drew Hall, Cin. McNicholas; AndreYates, Day. Dunbar; Joshua Skinner, The Plains Athens; Josh Windland, Vincent Warren; Tim Grosel, Marietta; Nathan Moats, Circleville; Zach Johnson, Chillicothe; Andrew Warner, Chillicothe Unioto; Tyrand Cumberland, Hillsboro; Jacob Martin, New Lexington; Jordan Kidd, McArthur Vinton County; Derek Clark, Lancaster Fairfield Union; Josh Scott, Defiance; Jacob Myers, Van Wert; Brad Davis, Lima Bath; Dontonio Kynard, Tol. Scott; Connor Nelson, Shelby; Nic Williams, Sandusky Perkins; Hunter Skolnicki, Sheffield Brookside; Kyle Smith, Oberlin Firelands; Mark Baniewicz, Mentor Lake Cath.; Hayden Diedrich, Chesterland West Geauga; J.R. Randolph, Chardon NDCL; Tyler Ptacek, Parma Padua Franciscan; Tyler Sherman, Norton; Jalen Mays, Alliance; Zach McDivitt, Cortland Lakeview; Jermaine Justice Jr., Ravenna; Doug Caputo, Youngs. Mooney; Dylan Schmidt, Struthers; DeAllen Jackson, Akron Hoban; Lorenzo Cugini, Akron SVSM; Aaron Vanbuskirk, Norton; Noah Kainrad, Ravenna Southeast.

DIVISION III FIRST TEAM: Damon Jones, Bedford Chanel, 6-1, sr., 19.6; Peyton Aldridge, Leavittsburg LaBrae, 6-7, soph., 15.0; Nolan Todd, Collins Western Reserve, 6-1, sr., 17.5; Dion McKinley, Portsmouth, 6-5, sr., 19.0; Andrew Benintendi, Cin. Madeira, 5-10, jr., 24.2; Brandon Taylor, Coshocton, 6-4, sr., 21.0; Isaac McGlone, BloomCarroll, 6-1, jr., 17.2.

Players of the year: Dion McKinley,

Portsmouth; Isaac McGlone, Bloom-Carroll; Andrew Benintendi, Cin. Madeira.

Coaches of the year: Michael Bradley, Cin. Summit Country Day; Gene Collins, Portsmouth; Tom Petty, Bloom-Carroll.

SECOND TEAM: Austin McMaster, Chesapeake, 6-5, sr., 19.2; A.J. Ireland, Bloom-Carroll, 6-3, sr., 18.8;Tanner Stoffer, West Lafayette Ridgewood, 6-4, sr., 19.6; Evan Bradds, Jamestown Greeneview, 6-7, jr., 18.8; Tyler O'Connor, Lima Cent. Cath., 6-3, sr., 11.7; Ron Rogers, New Middletown Springfield, 6-3, sr., 18.0; Ryan Logan, Fredericktown, 6-6, jr., 24.1.

THIRD TEAM: Shon Smith, Beverly Ft. Frye, 6-0, jr., 18.6; Zac Carter, Ironton, 5-8, jr., 22.2;Wayne Evans, Portsmouth, 6-2, sr., 16.0; Levi Licata, Jeromesville Hillsdale, 64, sr., 16.4;Tim Goff, Burton Berkshire, 6-7, sr., 19.4; Michael Rosebrock, OttawaGlandorf, 6-4, jr., 11.8; Blake Green, Delta, 6-4, sr., 16.4.

Special Mention Julian Johnson, Cols. Horizon Science; Kolby Snyder, Mount Gilead; Cody Schau, Martins Ferry; Duane Troyer, Sugarcreek Garaway; Eli Hurst, Sarahsville Shenandoah; Gunner Shirk, Casstown Miami East; Luke Creditt, Waynesville; Max Hassel, Cin. Clark Montessori; Trey Fletcher, Ironton; Blake Yates, Lucasville Valley; Dylan Gragg, Chillicothe Huntington; Nigel Courts, Wellston; Seth Rall, Bucyrus Wynford; Rashad Smith, Millbury Lake; Caleb Schillace, LaGrange Keystone; Anthony Fears, Lorain Clearview; David Linane, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad.; John Davis, Beachwood; Jeremy Holley, Elyria Cath.; Cody Dillon, Newton Falls; Jaylen Mann, Youngs. Liberty; Drew Brenner, Orrville; Drew Kline, West Salem Northwestern; Cody Berg, Garrettsville Garfield; Ryan Strollo, Youngs. Ursuline; Brandon Pluchinsky, Canfield South Range.

Honorable Mention Alan Andrix, Amanda-Clearcreek; Antonio Blount, Cols. Horizon Science; Rodney Porter, Heath; Zach Ratcliff, Cols.

Academy; Brooks Weygandt, Worthington Christian; Jacob Bailey, Belmont Union Local; Drew Jarvis, Coshocton; Christian Grove, West Lafayette Ridgewood; Zach Eddy, Beverly Fort Frye; Kyle Larrick, Lore City Buckeye Trail; Ryan Troyer, Sugarcreek Garaway; Joey Adleta, Middletown Madison; Mitchell Campbell, Versailles; Erik Edwards, Cin. Roger Bacon; Kevin Johnson, Cin. Summit County Day; Jake Adams, Camden Preble Shawnee; Eric Kennedy, Chesapeake; Brandon Barnes, South Point; Patrick Hintz,

Chesapeake; Austin McBee, Minford; Jake Ullman, Belpre; Michael Brown, Chillicothe Southeastern;Wes Beam, Chillicothe Zane Trace; Daniel Kline, Nelsonville-York; Trent Arey, Peebles; Zach Farmer, Piketon; Chase Lawson, Sardinia Eastern Brown; Jordan Payne, Sardinia Eastern Brown; Kyle Stahl, St. Henry; Dane Held, New London; Luke Kammeyer, Archbold; Rob Rucki, Findlay Liberty-Benton; Eli Bowers, Spencerville; Zach Santo, Kirtland; Will Starks, Gates Mills Hawken; David Nelson, Gates Mills Hawken; Jason Perry, Wellington; Tommie Williams, Bedford Chanel; Tim Cross, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Kyree Brewer, Bedford Chanel; Travis Smetana, Burton Berkshire; Drew Fecko, Garfield Hts.Trinity; Steve Klotzle, Smithville; Bryce Maxwell, Creston Norwayne; Alex Bates, Smithville; Preston Sirochman, Brookfield; Jeremy Quinlan, Brookfield; Matt Szorady, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Mike Conley, Rootstown; Trevor Mowery, Loudonville; Dan Good, Canfield South Range.

DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Dylan Kaufman, Berlin Hiland, 6-5, sr., 17.8; Andy Hoying, Jackson Ctr., 6-5, sr., 17.1; Jett Speelman, Newark Cath., 6-7, jr., 18.1; Konnor Baker, Ada, 6-3, sr., 20.6; Wade Gelhaus, Ft. Recovery, 6-5, jr., 19.5; Austin Loop, S. Webster, 6-4, sr., 17.1; Demonte Flannigan, Cleve. VASJ, 68, jr., 16.5; Seth Troyer, Dalton, 5-11, sr., 17.5.

Players of the year: Dylan Kaufman, Berlin Hiland; Andy Hoying, Jackson Ctr. Coaches of the year: Mark Schlabach, Berlin Hiland; Scott Elchert, Jackson Ctr.; Matt Ripke, Edgerton.

SECOND TEAM: Fuquan Tucker, Cols.

Africentric, 6-3, sr., 14.4; Seger Bonifant, Berlin Hiland, 6-7, sr., 15.6;Thayne Recker, Arlington, 6-4, sr., 16.6; Ryan Arrington, Cin. Christian., 6-6, jr., 19.1; Zach Garber, Vanlue, 6-9, jr., 19.7; Travis Combs, Manchester, 6-2, sr., 20.4.

THIRD TEAM: Alton Frizzell, Millersport, 6-3, jr., 20.4; Steven Carpenter, Lancaster Fairfield Christian Acad., 6-4, soph., 23.0; Luke Shetler, Plain City Shekinah Christian, 6-0, sr., 19.2; Zak Kirkbride, Zanesville Rosecrans, 6-6, sr., 17.3; Brody Flegal, Edgerton, 6-5, sr., 14.5; Tyler Noel, Portsmouth Notre Dame, 6-0, sr., 10.9; Matt Knight, Windham, 5-10, jr., 17.3.

Special Mention Brandon Bailey, Bowerston Conotton Valley; Travis Tucci, Malvern; Tyler Fitzpatrick, Barnesville; Aaron Parry, Zanesville Rosecrans; Brian Kelly, Springfield Cath. Cent.; D.J. Wingfield, Cin. Lockland; Devon Foster, Day. Jefferson;

Alex Baker, Sidney Lehman; Justin Mahlmeister, Ironton St. Joseph;Tate Lang, Waterford; Andrew Roseberry, Racine Southern; Cory Haner, Crown City South Gallia; Chad Lands, Beaver Eastern; Levi Horsley, New Boston Glenwood; Matt Metcalf, North Robinson Colonel Crawford; Ryan Aelker, Holgate; Duane Gibson, Cleve.VASJ;Ishaam Smith, Richmond Hts.; Tommie Scales, Richmond Hts.; Rico Jones, Richmond Hts.; Bryan Gee, Willoughby Cornerstone Christian; Darin Lewis, Cleve. Cuyahoga Hts.; Cole O'Dell, Vienna Mathews; Matt Spitler, Cortland Maplewood; Stephen Politano, McDonald; Mike Duma, Mogadore; Devaugn Adams, Youngs. Christian.

Honorable Mention Joe Delisio, Lancaster Fisher Cath.; Zach Maughmer, Millersport; David Meurer, Newark Cath.; Justin Reife, Powell Village Acad.; Tarron Taylor, Cols. Wellington; Jonathon Wiechman, Caldwell; Max Kapron, Malvern; Brett Price, Hannibal River; Sam Jackson, Beallsville; Brannt Pieniazek, Steubenville Cath. Cent.; Zac Lyon, Bowerston Conotton Valley; Mark Lieberman, Day. Christian; Lucas Holden, Cin. St. Bernard-Elmwood Place; Alex Meyer, Jackson Ctr.; Roland Newsome, Yellow Springs; Wes Mink, Cin. Country Day; Cody Bruce, Franklin Furnace Green; Justin Crager, Sciotoville Community East; Patrick Bias, Sciotoville Community East; J.P. Kayser, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Brad Pierron, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Nathan Roberts, Racine Southern; John Johnson, Crown City South Gallia; Quentin Williams, Leesburg Fairfield; Doc Seip, Mowrystown Whiteoak; Max Carnahan, Reedsville Eastern; Nick Warnement, Tiffin Calvert; Connor Kohls, Columbus Grove; Ty Maag, Leipsic; Brent Hermiller, Miller City; Alex Opfer, Sandusky St. Mary; Gage Beaber, Gibsonburg; Jared Sturt, Tol. Maumee Valley; Tyson Lautanen, Fairport Harbor Harding; Karlton Garner, Cleve.VASJ; Brian Parker, Cleve. VASJ; Brandon Gee, Willoughby Cornerstone Christian; Frank Barber, Richmond Hts.; Zac Singletary, Elyria First Baptist; Cody Stokes, Leetonia; Nate Scott, Wellsville; Zach Youngs, Vienna Mathews; Chris Whitman, North Bloomfield; Kenny Bolyard, Kinsman Badger; Chase Moyer, Dalton; Isaac Haver, Kidron Central Christian; Cameron Pozsgai, Windham; Hunter Van Camp, Mogadore; Dean Donatelli, Lowellville.

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Detroit 13 2 .867 14 4 .778 Oakland Toronto 14 4 .778 12 7 .632 Seattle Boston 9 6 .600 10 7 .588 Kansas City Minnesota 11 8 .579 9 8 .529 Los Angeles 9 9 .500 New York 6 8 .429 Baltimore 5 10 .333 Cleveland 5 10 .333 Tampa Bay 5 11 .313 Chicago Texas 5 12 .294 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct 11 6 .647 San Francisco Los Angeles 9 5 .643 9 6 .600 St. Louis Colorado 9 7 .563 9 8 .529 Houston San Diego 9 8 .529 9 9 .500 Philadelphia Miami 7 8 .467 8 11 .421 Arizona Cincinnati 8 11 .421 7 10 .412 Milwaukee 8 12 .400 Chicago Pittsburgh 6 10 .375 5 9 .357 Washington Atlanta 5 13 .278 4 11 .267 New York NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against nonmajor league teams do not.

Monday's Games Houston 7, Miami 4 St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Minnesota 8, Boston 4 Cleveland 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Chicago Cubs 12, Seattle 7 Milwaukee 5, Texas 3 Oakland 6, Arizona 5 Cincinnati 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Colorado 4, L.A. Angels 3 Tuesday's Games Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 1 Detroit 7, Atlanta 2 Tampa Bay 3, Miami 2 St. Louis 6, Houston 1 Texas 6, Chicago Cubs (ss) 2 Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 5, Chicago Cubs (ss) 5, tie, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee 6 Seattle 8, Cincinnati 1 Arizona 4, San Francisco 3 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Toronto 9, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 10, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday's Games Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Atlanta vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

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

San Diego vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego at Tucson, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

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

Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Texas (ss) vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Top 12 in Points 1. G.Biffle....................................157 2. K.Harvick ................................148 3. M.Kenseth...............................145 4. M.Truex Jr. ..............................139 5. D.Hamlin .................................137 6. D.Earnhardt Jr.........................137 7. T.Stewart.................................130 8. C.Bowyer ................................126 9. J.Logano.................................126 10. P.Menard...............................123 11. J.Burton ................................120 12. R.Newman............................118 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.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 26 20 .565 — Boston 24 21 .533 1½ New York 22 24 .478 4 Toronto 15 31 .326 11 New Jersey 15 32 .319 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 34 11 .756 — Orlando 29 18 .617 6 Atlanta 26 20 .565 8½ Washington 10 34 .227 23½ Charlotte 7 37 .159 26½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 38 10 .792 — Indiana 26 18 .591 10

20 24 .455 16 Milwaukee 17 26 .395 18½ Cleveland 16 29 .356 20½ Detroit WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB W L 29 14 .674 — San Antonio Memphis 25 18 .581 4 Dallas 27 20 .574 4 Houston 25 22 .532 6 New Orleans 11 34 .244 19 Northwest Division Pct GB W L Oklahoma City 34 11 .756 — 25 21 .543 9½ Denver 23 22 .511 11 Utah 23 24 .489 12 Minnesota 21 24 .467 13 Portland Pacific Division Pct GB W L L.A. Lakers 28 18 .609 — L.A. Clippers 26 19 .578 1½ Phoenix 23 23 .500 5 Golden State 18 25 .419 8½ Sacramento 16 29 .356 11½ Monday's Games Philadelphia 105, Charlotte 80 Boston 79, Atlanta 76 Cleveland 105, New Jersey 100 Chicago 85, Orlando 59 Minnesota 97, Golden State 93 Dallas 112, Denver 95 Tuesday's Games Indiana 102, L.A. Clippers 89 Miami 99, Phoenix 95 New York 106, Toronto 87 Houston 107, L.A. Lakers 104 Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m.

Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m.

Wednesday's Games Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Orlando, 7 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND Western Kentucky 59, MVSU 58 BYU 78, Iona 72 Vermont 71, Lamar 59 South Florida 65, California 54 EAST REGIONAL Second Round Kansas State 70, Southern Mississippi 64 Syracuse 72, UNC Asheville 65 Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54 Ohio State 78, Loyola (Md.) 59 Wisconsin 73, Montana 49 Vanderbilt 79, Harvard 70 Cincinnati 65, Texas 59 Florida State 66, St. Bonaventure 63 Third Round Syracuse 75, Kansas State 59 Ohio State 73, Gonzaga 66 Wisconsin 60, Vanderbilt 57 Cincinnati 62, Florida State 56 Regional Semifinals At TD Garden Boston Thursday, March 22 Syracuse (33-2) vs. Wisconsin (269), 7:15 p.m.

Ohio State (29-7) vs. Cincinnati (2510), 9:45 p.m.

Regional Championship Saturday, March 24 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Kentucky 81, Western Kentucky 66 Iowa State 77, UConn 64 Baylor 68, South Dakota State 60 Colorado 68, UNLV 64 VCU 62, Wichita State 59 Indiana 79, New Mexico State 66 Lehigh 75, Duke 70 Xavier 67, Notre Dame 63 Third Round Kentucky 87, Iowa State 71 Baylor 80, Colorado 63 Indiana 63 VCU 61 Xavier 70, Lehigh 58 Regional Semifinals At The Georgia Dome Atlanta Friday, March 23 Baylor (29-7) vs. Xavier (23-12), 7:15 p.m.

Kentucky (34-2) vs. Indiana (27-8), 9:45 p.m.

Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Creighton 58, Alabama 57 North Carolina 77, Vermont 58 N.C. State 79, San Diego State 65 Georgetown 74, Belmont 59 Ohio 65, Michigan 60 South Florida 58, Temple 44 Purdue 72, Saint Mary's (Calif.) 69 Kansas 65, Detroit 50 Third Round North Carolina 87, Creighton 73 N.C. State 66, Georgetown 63 Ohio 62, South Florida 56 Kansas 63, Purdue 60 Regional Semifinals At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Friday, March 23 North Carolina (31-5) vs. Ohio (29-7), 7:47 p.m.

N.C. State (24-12) vs. Kansas (29-6), 10:17 p.m.

Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Second Round Murray State 58, Colorado State 41 Marquette 88, BYU 68 Louisville 69, Davidson 62 New Mexico 75, Long Beach State 68 Saint Louis 61, Memphis 54 Michigan State 89, LIU 67 Florida 71, Virginia 45 Norfolk State 86, Missouri 84 Third Round Marquette 62, Murray State 53 Louisville 59, New Mexico 56 Michigan State 65, Saint Louis 61 Florida 84, Norfolk State 50 Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 22 At US Airways Center Phoenix Michigan State (29-7) vs. Louisville (28-9), 7:47 p.m.

Marquette (27-7) vs. Florida (25-10), 10:17 p.m.

Regional Championship Saturday, March 24

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, at Port Charlotte, Fla. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, quarterfinal, teams and site TBD 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, quarterfinal, teams and site TBD NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — New York at Philadelphia 9:30 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Dallas NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Detroit at N.Y. Rangers

THURSDAY AUTO RACING 2 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for Malaysia Grand Prix, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia GOLF 11 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Trophee Hassan II, first round, at Agadir, Morocco 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, first round, at Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Kia Classic, first round, at Carlsbad, Calif.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, N.Y. Yankees vs. Boston, at Fort Myers, Fla. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. CBS — NCAA, Division I tournament, regional semifinals, doubleheader, teams TBD, at Boston or Phoenix 7:15 p.m. TBS — NCAA, Division I tournament, regional semifinals, doubleheader, teams TBD, at Boston or Phoenix 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 Tennessee 72, UT Martin 49 DePaul 59, BYU 55 Florida 70, Ohio State 65 Baylor 81, UC Santa Barbara 40 Georgetown 61, Fresno State 56 Georgia Tech 76, Sacred Heart 50 Delaware 73, UALR 42 Kansas 57, Nebraska 49 Second Round Monday, March 19 At Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. Tennessee 63, DePaul 48 Tuesday, March 20 At Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Baylor 76, Florida 57 At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia Tech 76, Georgetown 64 At Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Ark. Kansas (20-12) vs. Delaware (31-1), 9:40 p.m.

Regional Semifinals At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, March 24 Baylor (36-0) vs. Georgia Tech (268), TBA Kansas-Delaware winner vs.

Tennessee (26-8), TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA FRESNO REGIONAL First Round West Virginia 68, Texas 55 Stanford 73, Hampton 51 South Carolina 80, Eastern Michigan 48 Purdue 83, South Dakota State 68 St. John's 69, Creighton 67 Oklahoma 88, Michigan 67 Vanderbilt 60, Middle Tennessee 46 Duke 82, Samford 47 Second Round Monday, March 19 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. Stanford 72, West Virginia 55 At Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina 72, Purdue 61 Tuesday, March 20 At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

St. John's (23-9) vs. Oklahoma (2112), 9:45 p.m.

At Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (23-9) vs. Duke (25-5), 9:35 p.m.

Regional Semifinals At Save Mart Center Fresno, Calif.

Saturday, March 24 Stanford (33-1) vs. South Carolina (25-9), TBA St. John's-Oklahoma winner vs.

Vanderbilt-Duke winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, March 26 Semifinal winners, TBA RALEIGH REGIONAL First Round Arkansas 72, Dayton 55 Texas A&M 69, Albany (NY) 47 Maryland 59, Navy 44 Louisville 67, Michigan State 55 California 84, Iowa 74 Notre Dame 74, Liberty 43 Marist 76, Georgia 70 St. Bonaventure 72, Florida Gulf Coast 65, OT Second Round Monday, March 19 At Reed Arena College Station, Texas Texas A&M 61, Arkansas 59 At Comcast Center College Park, Md. Maryland 72, Louisville 68 Tuesday, March 20

At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame 73, California 62 At Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. St. Bonaventure 66, Marist 63 Regional Semifinals At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Sunday, March 25 Texas A&M (24-10) vs. Maryland (304), TBA Notre Dame (32-3) vs. St. Bonaventure (31-3), TBA Tuesday, March 27 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, TBA KINGSTON REGIONAL First Round Kansas State 67, Princeton 64 UConn 83, Prairie View 47 Gonzaga 86, Rutgers 73 Miami 70, Idaho State 42 Kentucky 68, McNeese State 62 Green Bay 71, Iowa State 57 Penn State 85, UTEP 77 LSU 64, San Diego State 56 Second Round Monday, March 19 At Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Conn.

UConn 72, Kansas State 26 At McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash.

Gonzaga 65, Miami 54 At Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Kentucky 65, Green Bay 62 Tuesday, March 20 At Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. Penn State (25-6) vs. LSU (23-10), 9:40 p.m.

Regional Semifinals At The Ryan Center Kingston, R.I. Sunday, March 25 UConn (31-4) vs. Penn State-LSU winner, TBA Gonzaga (28-5) vs. Kentucky (27-6), 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 Minnesota 70, La Salle 61 Drexel 81, UCF 56 Northern Iowa 67, Saint Joseph's 65 Miami 66, Valparaiso 50 Bucknell 65, Arizona 54 Nevada 68, Oral Roberts 59 Illinois State 96, Mississippi 93, OT Second Round Washington 76, Northwestern 55 UMass 77, Seton Hall 67 Sunday, March 18 Drexel 65, Northern Iowa 63 Nevada 75, Bucknell 67 Oregon 108, Iowa 97 Middle Tennessee 71, Tennessee 64 Minnesota 78, Miami 60 Stanford 92, Illinois State 88, OT Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 20 UMass 72, Drexel 70 Oregon (24-9) at Washington (2310), 9 p.m.

Wednesday, March 21 Middle Tennessee (27-6) vs.

Minnesota (21-14), 7:30 p.m.

Nevada (28-6) vs. Stanford (23-11), 9 p.m.

Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday, March 27 Semifinal, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Semifinal, 9:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, March 29 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-N.Y. Rangers72 45 20 7 97199160 Pittsburgh 72 45 21 6 96239184 Philadelphia 73 42 23 8 92232206 New Jersey 74 42 27 5 89201191 N.Y. Islanders 73 30 32 11 71174218 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 72 42 27 3 87236178 74 37 27 10 84221214 Ottawa Buffalo 73 34 29 10 78187207 74 32 34 8 72210232 Toronto Montreal 73 28 32 13 69191203 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 72 36 23 13 85182198 Florida Washington 73 37 30 6 80198208 73 34 31 8 76196211 Winnipeg Carolina 73 29 29 15 73194217 Tampa Bay 72 32 33 7 71202247 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 73 46 19 8 100189142 Nashville 73 42 23 8 92209192 73 44 25 4 92224179 Detroit Chicago 74 41 25 8 90227213 Columbus 73 23 43 7 53167236 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 72 43 21 8 94223182 74 39 30 5 83194195 Colorado Calgary 73 34 26 13 81182199 Minnesota 72 30 32 10 70155199 Edmonton 73 29 36 8 66196216 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 72 39 28 5 83189192 Dallas Phoenix 73 36 26 11 83191188 Los Angeles 72 35 25 12 82167158 San Jose 72 36 26 10 82197186 74 31 32 11 73185206 Anaheim NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Monday's Games Boston 8, Toronto 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 2 Buffalo 7, Tampa Bay 3 Washington 5, Detroit 3 Minnesota 2, Vancouver 0 Anaheim 5, San Jose 3 Tuesday's Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Toronto 2 Florida 2, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 8, Winnipeg 4 Chicago 5, Columbus 1 New Jersey 1, Ottawa 0 Edmonton 6, Nashville 3 Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday's Games Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

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

Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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

GOLF World Golf Ranking Through March 18 1. Luke Donald.................Eng 2. Rory McIlroy...................NIr 3. Lee Westwood .............Eng 4. Martin Kaymer..............Ger 5. Steve Stricker..............USA 6. Charl Schwartzel ..........SAf 7. Webb Simpson............USA 8. Justin Rose...................Eng 9. Adam Scott...................Aus 10. Jason Day...................Aus 11. Dustin Johnson.........USA 12. Hunter Mahan...........USA 13. Phil Mickelson...........USA 14. Matt Kuchar...............USA 15. Bill Haas ....................USA 16. Bubba Watson ..........USA 17. Graeme McDowell.......NIr 18.Tiger Woods..............USA 19. Nick Watney ..............USA 20. Keegan Bradley ........USA 21. Sergio Garcia .............Esp 22. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 23. K.J. Choi ......................Kor 24. Peter Hanson ............Swe 25. Bo Van Pelt................USA 26. Mark Wilson ..............USA 27. Bae Sang-moon..........Kor 28. John Senden..............Aus 29. Ian Poulter ..................Eng 30.Thomas Bjorn ............Den 31. Paul Casey.................Eng 32. Alvaro Quiros..............Esp 33. David Toms................USA 34. Robert Karlsson........Swe 35. Simon Dyson .............Eng 36. Martin Laird ................Sco 37. Jason Dufner.............USA 38. Louis Oosthuizen........SAf 39. Aaron Baddeley..........Aus 40. Anders Hansen..........Den 41. Rickie Fowler.............USA 42. K.T. Kim........................Kor 43. Fredrik Jacobson.......Swe 44. Francesco Molinari.......Ita 45. Paul Lawrie.................Sco 46. Zach Johnson...........USA 47. Kyle Stanley ..............USA 48. Ben Crane.................USA 49. Geoff Ogilvy................Aus 50. Ryo Ishikawa ..............Jpn

10.03 9.85 8.16 5.87 5.81 5.25 5.13 5.11 4.94 4.93 4.90 4.90 4.81 4.64 4.57 4.39 4.35 4.26 4.26 4.16 4.09 4.06 3.97 3.64 3.49 3.48 3.41 3.32 3.29 3.27 3.26 3.23 3.18 3.18 3.17 3.17 3.16 3.13 3.06 3.06 3.04 2.98 2.97 2.94 2.86 2.79 2.76 2.75 2.75 2.74

PGA Tour FedExCup Standings Through March 18 .................................Points Money 1. Rory McIlroy..........1,015 $2,392,000 2. Kyle Stanley..............954 $1,985,390 3. Johnson Wagner......920 $1,761,293 4. Mark Wilson .............877 $1,867,235 5. Phil Mickelson ..........835 $1,845,431 6. Justin Rose...............806 $1,847,206 7. Bill Haas ...................791 $1,729,159 8. Hunter Mahan..........787 $1,836,840 9. Brandt Snedeker......778 $1,562,634 10. Steve Stricker.........679 $1,447,000 11. Keegan Bradley .....644 $1,316,642 12. Luke Donald...........637 $1,309,916 13. Bubba Watson........625 $1,474,567 14. Ben Crane..............532 $1,107,103 15. Martin Laird............510 $1,116,539 16. Robert Garrigus.....504 $935,363 17. John Huh................490 $1,073,400 18. Sang-Moon Bae ....465 $903,546 19. Spencer Levin........418 $741,248 20. George McNeill......400 $776,314 21. Webb Simpson.......392 $799,300 22. Aaron Baddeley .....390 $764,866 23. Charles Howell III...386 $609,112 24. Matt Kuchar............375 $704,486

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25. Charlie Wi...............373 26. John Senden..........364 27. Kevin Na.................355 28. Bo Van Pelt.............353 29. Harrison Frazar......352 30. Dustin Johnson......348 31.Tiger Woods ...........346 32. John Rollins............340 33. Sean O'Hair............327 34. Jim Furyk................325 35. D.A. Points ..............317 36. Lee Westwood .......315 37. Carl Pettersson ......311 38. John Mallinger........301 39. Jonathan Byrd........298 40. Bryce Molder..........295 41. Robert Allenby .......288 42. Jason Dufner..........287 43. Jimmy Walker.........285 44. Zach Johnson ........282 45. Charl Schwartzel ...279 46.Tom Gillis ................275 47. Scott Piercy............274 48. Ricky Barnes..........272 49. Nick Watney ...........269 50. Ken Duke................261

$764,656 $685,788 $708,216 $744,188 $667,986 $735,410 $699,000 $727,668 $539,364 $635,916 $628,128 $831,100 $471,253 $515,410 $676,570 $539,745 $530,259 $553,977 $612,652 $448,645 $674,100 $534,725 $482,142 $516,581 $441,915 $483,865

LPGA Tour Money Leaders Through March 18 .......................................Trn 1.Yani Tseng.....................4 2. Ai Miyazato...................3 3. Angela Stanford ...........4 4. Na Yeon Choi................3 5. Jenny Shin....................4 6. So Yeon Ryu.................3 7. Jiyai Shin.......................4 8. Jessica Korda...............1 9. Stacy Lewis ..................4 10. Shanshan Feng..........2 11. Hee Young Park..........4 12. Hee Kyung Seo..........4 13. Julieta Granada..........4 14. Amy Yang....................3 15. Brittany Lincicome......4 16. Katie Futcher..............4 17. Cristie Kerr..................4 18. Karrie Webb................4 19. I.K. Kim .......................3 20. Jimin Kang..................4 21. Anna Nordqvist ..........4 22. Amanda Blumenherst4 23. Chella Choi.................4 24. Caroline Hedwall........3 25. Suzann Pettersen ......4 26. Se Ri Pak....................3 27. Jennifer Song .............2 28. Mina Harigae..............4 29. Kristy McPherson.......4 30.Vicky Hurst..................4 31. Azahara Munoz..........4 32. Meena Lee .................4 33. Mika Miyazato ............3 34. Sandra Gal .................4 35. Beatriz Recari.............4 36. Pornanong Phatlum...4 37. Morgan Pressel..........4 38. Mindy Kim...................4 39. Karen Stupples ..........3 40. Hee-Won Han ............4 41. Inbee Park ..................4 42. Sun Young Yoo............4 43. Catriona Matthew.......3 44. Karin Sjodin................2 45. Sophie Gustafson ......4 46. Maria Hjorth................3 47. Momoko Ueda............3 48. Eun-Hee Ji..................4 49. Katherine Hull.............4 50. Brittany Lang ..............4

Money $537,186 $305,019 $237,141 $235,391 $176,907 $167,671 $166,680 $165,000 $156,903 $151,861 $124,037 $117,609 $99,857 $95,327 $88,238 $78,631 $76,732 $70,232 $70,017 $69,881 $66,756 $62,539 $62,099 $57,987 $54,655 $51,859 $51,385 $49,871 $48,661 $45,585 $44,033 $38,586 $38,245 $38,144 $36,579 $36,552 $36,529 $36,140 $35,156 $33,521 $33,318 $32,745 $30,549 $29,834 $29,759 $29,586 $28,511 $28,198 $26,958 $25,622

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Reassigned C Bryan Holaday, INF/OF Eric Patterson, OF Jerad Head and OF Matt Young to minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS —Traded LHP Kevin Chapman and a minor league player to be named to Houston for C Humberto Quintero and OF Jason Bourgeois. Placed C Salvador Perez and C Manuel Pina on the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Derek Holland on a five-year contract.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Assigned RHP Jaye Chapman, RHP J.J. Hoover, RHP Todd Redmond and LHP Luis Avilan to Gwinnett (IL) and LHP Sean Gilmartin and OF Stefan Gartrell to minor league camp.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Chuckie Fick, LHP Sam Freeman and RHP Adam Ottavino to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned RHP Trevor Rosenthal, LHP R.J. Swindle, INF Ryan Jackson and C Steven Hill to minor league camp.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with C Nick Hundley on a three-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Waived C Ryan Collins.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed G Gilbert Arenas for the remainder of the season.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived F Andres Nocioni.

FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS — Signed QB Peyton Manning to a five-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed DT Andre Fluellen to a one-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Brandon Lloyd.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced the retirement of WR Hines Ward.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with DE Kamerion Wimbley on a multi-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Resigned DE Adam Carriker and G Kory Lichtensteiger.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned F Mark McNeill to Rockford (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Assigned G Jack Campbell to Texas from Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) to Texas (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned G Dustin Tokarski to Norfolk (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled F Ben Maxwell from St. John's (AHL).

COLLEGE DAYTON — Promoted Chris Ochs to offensive coordinator, Kevin Hoyng to quarterbacks coach and Kevin McCoy to a full-time staff position.

ELON — Announced the addition of women's lacrosse in 2013-14.

MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS — Named Lisa Axel women's volleyball coach.

N.C. STATE — Announced Carter Jordan will not return as wrestling coach.

RHODE ISLAND — Named Dan Hurley men's basketball coach and agreed to terms on a six-year contract.

WAKE FOREST — Announced men's basketball G Tony Chennault will transfer.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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California guard Layshia Clarendon (23) fouls Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins (4) during the second half of a second-round NCAA women’s tournament basketball game in South Bend, Ind. with seven.

The Lady Bears will play Georgia Tech in the round of 16.

G. Tech 76, Georgetown 64 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Sydney Wallace continued her scoring tear with 23 points, and Georgia Tech claimed its first berth in the regional semifinals of the women’s NCAA tournament by beating Georgetown.

Sasha Goodlett added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (268).

They shot 50 percent and never let Georgetown get closer than eight in the second half while winning for the 15th time in 18 games and prolonging the best season in school history.

Now comes their biggest challenge: A trip to Iowa to face Baylor — the

tournament’s top overall seed — on Saturday.

Sugar Rodgers had 14 points on 4-of-19 shooting for the Hoyas (23-9), who were denied a second straight spot in the round of 16. Georgetown didn’t get closer than 10 in the final 12 minutes.

St. Bonnie 66, Marist 63 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jessica Jenkins scored 22 points and Doris Ortega contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead St. Bonaventure over Marist.

Leanne Ockenden missed a desperation 3point shot at the buzzer for 13th- seeded Marist, which was lowest seed to advance into the second round.

The fifth-seeded Bonnies (31-3), making their first NCAA appearance, took the lead for good with 9:38 left on Chelsea Bowker’s 3-point shot.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Natalie Novosel was aggressive from the outset, taking the ball to the basket and her reward was a long and successful night at the free throw line that helped top-seeded Notre Dame beat California to earn a spot in the NCAA round of 16.

Novosel scored 28 points, hitting 18-of-20 from the line, as the Irish pulled away in the second half and beat the Golden Bears 73-62 on Tuesday night.

Skylar Diggins added 21 points — 15 in the second half — and Devereaux Peters had 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish (32-3).

Tied at the half with the determined Golden Bears, the Irish started the second half with a 10-2 run and came up with five early steals, setting off the partisan crowd at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish built the lead to 17 and held on after Cal cut it to nine as Novosel made six straight free throws in the final minute.

Baylor 76, Florida 57 BOWLING GREEN — Brittney Griner became the second woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game Tuesday night, slamming one down with her right hand early in the second half of top-seeded Baylor’s 76-57 win over ninth-seeded Florida.

Griner went nearly 12 minutes without scoring at the beginning of the game but finished with 25 the points, including night’s biggest highlight.

Odyssey Sims added 14 points for Baylor (36-0).

Azania Stewart led Florida (20-13) with 14.

Candace Parker of Tennessee dunked twice in an NCAA tournament game in 2006 against Army. Griner’s dunk was her first of the season and sixth of her career. Parker holds the career record