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Strawberry magic begins in April Deadlines near for pre-festival events

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com After a year’s hiatus, Troy Strawberry Festival manager Heather Dorsten is ready to strike up the band for this 2013 Strawberry Festival parade.

TROY “We are definitely looking for more bands,” Dorsten said Friday.

Strawberry Festival parade applications are due April 5.

“We really want to pump up the parade with local bands, which are

always a crowd favorite,” Dorsten said. “This year is going to be great — we are getting our parade back and headed back to our home on the levee.”

Several pre-festival deadlines

quickly are approaching. After adjusting last year’s schedule of events due to the Adams Street bridge closing, both the Golden Couple as well as the Lil’ Miss and Mr. Strawberry pageant are now pre-festival events.

“Last year it seemed to work for families and the participants,” Dorsten said.

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Deputies raid Troy residence

Students delight in prom anticipation To many girls, a prom dress is second only to a wedding dress in terms of importance.

(Or at least, it seems that way at the time.)

Troy High School senior Marisa Mowery is well aware.

Her last year’s dress was stately, to say the least.

“I ordered mine online last year and got it the day before prom last year, but it came too late, so I actually borrowed Mrs. Ohio’s dress,” Mowery said, explaining that the mother of her date last year, Justin Lewis, was a former beauty pageant winner.

Officials seize pot with street value of $100,000

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

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Hotel boom brings tourists NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel boom is luring tourists out of Manhattan and across the East River to the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City, where 15 hotels have opened since 2006, from boutiques to chains.

Many of them boast not just lower rates than hotels in Manhattan but also great views of the city skyline. See Travel,

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City of Troy planner Aloka Roy reflects back on her years living and working in Troy, a community she found “very hospitable and safe.

Planning to move on City official reflects on 14 years

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@civitasmedia.com On her last day as a city of Troy planner, Aloka Roy reflected back on her years living and working in Troy, a community she found “very hospitable and safe, especially for raising my two boys.” Roy had moved from New Orleans to Troy to accept the job.

“It’s been many years — 14 almost,” Roy said. “I started on the ninth of August in 1999. That’s my brother’s birthday, so I always remember it.”

Roy will begin her new job as associate planner for the city of Lima on April 29.

She has worked with two different mayors and three different city managers and has seen the city zoning code and other regulations undergo many revisions over that

TROY time, she noted.

“We’ve put more of an emphasis on property maintenance, keeping the property up and improving the look of the city,” she said. Fences, for example, now require a city permit.

Covering residential and commercial issues, Roy reviewed applications for new homes, additions and building changes, noting any code violations. She also wrote staff reports from planning commission and zoning appeals board meetings, during which residents could state why their proposed changes were needed or desired, despite any contrary code restrictions.

Historic preservation proved to be a major topic of discussion.

When a resident’s ideas for the color and design of a building were

in dispute with the city’s, Roy said she would sit down with property owners to discuss the reasoning behind the code and come to a compromise.

Roy also was involved with the Walmart expansion on West Main Street, as well as the many commercial properties built nearby in the years that followed. She plans to return to Troy to see another project unfold, for which she was a part of the design review committee.

“I’d love to come back to see the facade improvement on East Main Street,” she said.

Roy will travel to New Orleans for a week before beginning her new job in Lima, where her husband Subrata works and had commuted to from Troy for more than a decade. The couple have two grown boys, Argha and Sunny, who attended Troy High School.

Deputies seized more than 70 marijuana plants from a Troy residence at 1122 Long St. Friday, a Miami County Sheriff’s Office official said.

John C. Plank, 56, the only person at the home during the time of the raid, was arrested and charged with a fourth-degree felony of cultivating marijuana.

He is being held at the Miami County Jail.

According to Chief Deputy Dave Duchak, the street value of the pot seized is approximately $100,000 and at least 70 to 100 plants were removed from the home.

“It was a pretty sophisticated operation,” Duchak said of the hydroponic set-up found in the locked basement of the home.

Duchak said the bust Friday went smoothly and detectives believe more people are involved in the operation.

“This is pretty potent stuff — you could smell it before you even got to the front door,” Duchak said.

Pope presides over trimmed Easter Vigil VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholic Church.

Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica at the start of the service, in which the faithful recall the period • See VIGIL on A2

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North Korea says it’s in ‘state of war’ with South Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that’s the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.

Analysts say a full-scale conflict is extremely 1 unlikely, noting that the

Korean Peninsula has remained in a technical state of war for 60 years.

But the North’s continued threats toward Seoul and Washington, including a vow to launch a nuclear strike, have raised worries that a misjudgment between the sides could lead to a clash.

In Washington, the White House said Saturday

that the United States is taking seriously the new threats by North Korea but also noted Pyongyang’s history of “bellicose rhetoric.”

North Korea’s threats are seen as efforts to provoke the new government in Seoul, led by President Park Geun-hye, to change its policies toward Pyongyang, and to win diplomatic talks with

Washington that could get it more aid. North Korea’s moves are also seen as ways to build domestic unity as young leader Kim Jong Un strengthens his military credentials.

On Thursday, U.S. military officials revealed that two B-2 stealth bombers dropped dummy munitions on an uninhabited South Korean island as part of

annual defense drills that Pyongyang sees as rehearsals for invasion.

Hours later, Kim ordered his generals to put rockets on standby and threatened to strike American targets if provoked.

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Conservationists seek to save Peter Cottontail

BY STEPHEN KALIN Associated Press The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children’s stories he penned a century ago.

But the critter that inspired “The Adventures of Peter Cottontail” and the enduring song that came later faces an uncertain future. Its natural habitat is disappearing, and without intervention, it could be unhappy trails for the oncebountiful bunny.

Conservationists are hoping a new program to

restore shrub lands across the Northeast and captive breeding efforts will help ensure the New England cottontail sticks around .

“We’re making headway, putting habitat on the ground in some really key places,” said Anthony Tur, an endangered species specialist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “It’s encouraging.”

New England cottontails were abundant a century ago, thriving in an environment of shrubs, saplings, weeds and vines known as young forest. But in an uncommon turn of events, it is declining human activity to blame for its lost habitat,

not urban sprawl.

As neglected agricultural lands reverted back to forest and those forests matured, the population of New England cottontails thinned. More than 80 percent of their habitat disappeared over the past 50 years, according to the nonprofit Wildlife Management Institute.

Now conservationists are trying to prevent the New England cottontail from appearing on the endangered species list, a designation that would require a more urgent and costly response that could restrict land use and hunting.

The Fish and Wildlife

Service and the National Resources Conservation Service are working with landowners and zoos to restore natural habitat and use captive breeding to rebuild the population.

The government has been conducting habitat management and restoration projects for several years in collaboration with private landowners, land trusts and a few Native American tribes as they try to bring back the New England cottontail.

The New England cottontail is the only rabbit species native to the region east of the Hudson River. And while it has struggled to deal with

the changing landscape, a slightly larger cousin has thrived.

Imported to the region for hunting in the early 20th century, the Eastern cottontail has larger eyes that have enabled it to avoid predators better. It multiplied steadily and is now the dominant species in the Northeast, often popping up on roadsides and in gardens.

For conservationists, protecting the New England cottontail from extinction is worthy in and of itself. But habitat restoration also benefits the dozens of other species that thrive in shrub lands, including songbirds, snakes, deer and turkey.

their couples to compete in the comical twist of the “Not-So Newlywed” game.

The event will be April 13 at 10 a.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center.

“Anytime we can feature the Hayner with these types of events makes it that much more special and unique to the city of Troy,” Dorsten said. “We are so happy to use the facility for the festival.”

More than 17 local high school students have signed up for the chance to be crowned 2013 Strawberry Festival Queen.

The Queen’s pageant will be held at Troy High School at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12.

Dorsten also said there are a limited number of vendor spots available for the arts and crafts area of the festival. She said many vendors who normally par-

ticipate in the Columbus Fine Art Festival will be at this year’s Troy Strawberry Festival due to the Columbus festival’s date change.

“We will have a really great selection of fine artists this year,” she said.

Also, Dorsten said the Strawberry Festival’s website itself was revitalized and relaunched this week.

“We have everything

available online,” she said.

“You can fill out applications and it is much more user-friendly.”

The gostrawberries.com website was redesigned by Creative Fuse of Dayton.

Some applications can be filled out and paid directly online, Dorsten said.

For more information or to access online applications, visit www.go strawberries.com.

Festival ■ CONTINUED FROM A1 If you think your son or daughter has what it takes to be the Strawberry Festival’s cutest kids, applications are due April 7. The Lil’ Miss and Mr. Strawberry pageant will be held at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center at 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 11.

The Golden Couple committee already has selected

Vigil

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■ CONTINUED FROM A1 between Christ’s crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday.

One of the most dramatic moments of the Easter Vigil service that usually follows when the pope would share the light of his candle with others until the entire basilica twinkled was shortened this year as were some of the Old Testament readings.

The Vatican has said these provisions were in keeping with Francis’ aim to not have his Masses go on too long. The Easter Vigil service under Benedict XVI would typically run nearly three hours. The new pope has made clear he prefers

his Masses short and to the point: he was even caught checking his watch during his March 19 installation ceremony. Saturday was no different: The vigil ended just shy of 2.5 hours.

A trimmed-back vigil and one that started earlier than usual was just one of the novelties of this Holy Week under an Argentine Jesuit pope who just two weeks ago stunned the world by emerging from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election with a simple “Brothers and sisters, good evening.”

He riled traditionalists but endeared himself to women and liberals by washing and kissing the

feet of two young girls during a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile detention center in Rome, when the rite usually calls for only men to participate. A day later, Francis reached out with friendship to “Muslim brothers and sisters” during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of Christians from terrorism, war and religious fanaticism in the Middle East.

In his homily Saturday, Francis kept his message simple and tied to the liturgical readings, recalling how Jesus’ disciples found his tomb empty a day after his death and were surprised and confused.

■ CONTINUED FROM A1 Korea according to “wartime regulations” and would retaliate against any provocations by the United States and South Korea without notice.

“Now that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action, the inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war,” said the statement, which was carried by Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency, referring to the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Provocations “will not be limited to a local war,

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but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war,” the statement said.

Hours after the statement, Pyongyang threatened to shut down the jointly run Kaesong industrial park, expressing anger over media reports suggesting the complex remained open because it was a source of hard currency for the impoverished North.

“If the puppet group seeks to tarnish the image of the DPRK even a bit, while speaking of the zone whose operation has been barely maintained, we will shut down the zone without mercy,” an identified spokesman for the North’s office controlling Kaesong said in comments carried

by KCNA. South Korea’s Unification Ministry responded by calling the North Korean threat “unhelpful” to the countries’ already frayed relations and vowed to ensure the safety of hundreds of South Korean managers who cross the border to their jobs in Kaesong. It did not elaborate.

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MIAMI COUNTY’S MOST WANTED Alicia Albrektson Date of birth: 7/25/82 Location: Dayton Height: 5’6” Weight: 150 Hair color: Brown Eye color: ALBREKTSON Blue Wanted for: Theft

Ciarra Boggs Date of birth: 1/17/93 Location: Fairborn Height: 5’4” Weight: 120 Hair color: Brown Eye BOGGS color: Brown Wanted for: Probation violation — Burglary

Ronald Cameron Date of birth: 2/5/86 Location: Piqua Height: 5’6” Weight: 145 Hair color: Brown Eye CAMERON color: Hazel Wanted for: Theft

Stephanie Cline Date of birth: 8/22/87 Location: Brookville Height: 5’7” Weight: 160 Hair color: Brown Eye color: CLINE Green Wanted for: Probation violation — Burglary

John Foureman Date of birth: 9/22/83 Location: Troy Height: 5’11” Weight: 150 Hair color: Brown Eye color: FOUREMAN Brown Wanted for: Theft • This information is provided by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office. These individuals were still at-large as of Friday.

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SUNDAY • EGG HUNT: The Troy Abundant Life Church, 6661 N. County Road 25A, Troy, will offer an Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event also will include children’s activities, such as cookie decorating, face painting and balloons. The egg hunt will begin around noon. For more information, call 339-4769.

• BREAKFAST SET: The Legion Riders of The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will prepare an all-you-can-eat breakfast for $6 from 8-11 a.m.

Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, French toast, hash browns, toast, waffles, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, juices and fruit.

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Association Caregiver Support Group will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy.

Use the entrance at the side of the building. For more information, call the Alzheimer’s Association at (937) 291-3332.

Civic agendas • The Elizabeth Township Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the township building, 5710 Walnut Grove Road, Troy.

• The village of West Milton Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers.

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Quarter auction to raise funds

Patrick School, Hospice of Miami County and Piqua Catholic Schools.

PIQUA — The Piqua High School Senior All Night Party Committee for CONTACT US the 2013 graduating class will host a quarter auction at 7 p.m. April 18 in the Call Melody dining commons of the Vallieu at high school.

A preview of the items 440-5265 to will begin at 6 p.m. and list your free the auction will be at 7 calendar p.m. Paddles are $2 each. items.You Food and refreshments will be available for purcan send THURSDAY chase. your news by e-mail to To donate a gift basket mvallieu@civitasmedia.com.

• QUARTER AUCTION: or gift card, contact Kathy The Pink Warriors Relay for Dyas at (937) 214-8371 or Life team will offer a quarter kdyas@woh.rr.com. auction at 6:30 p.m. at Proceeds will benefit Riverside School, 1625 Troy-Sidney Road, planned activities, food Troy. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Many venand prizes for the PHS dors and local businesses will offer items.

MONDAY Senior All Night Party A Girl Scout troop will offer food and drink.

Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer event.

• MAYOR’S BREAKFAST:

Reservations are due today for the Troy Mayor’s Breakfast set for 8 a.m. April 6 at First Place Christian Center, 16 W. Franklin St., Troy. The speaker will be Pastor Phil Elmore of the Fields of Grace Worship Center in Covington.

Reservations at $8 per person may be made today by calling 573-6150 or 3356397 or emailing pennyh12255@ gmail.com or bakerma@aol.com.

Tickets also are available from the Office of the Mayor in Troy City Hall or from Tami Baird-Ganley.

• MEETING RESCHEDULED: Due to inclement weather, the March 25 Covington Schools Building Project Community Meeting has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. today in the Covington High School Commons. This meeting is to outline the current status of the proposed school building project. All residents of the Covington School District are invited and encouraged to attend. Information will be given so that residents can understand the facility needs of the school district as well the community developed solution. Time will be allotted for questions and community input.

• CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners, a group of women who get together on Mondays from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library, to listen to an audio book and work on projects, will meet. It may be needlework, making greeting cards or another hobby.

• BUDDY READING: Buddy reading at the Milton-Union Public Library will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The program for elementary-aged students is designed to help increase reading skills and comprehension. An adult or teenage volunteer will be available to aid students with their reading goals.

• SHRIMP AND FRIES: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will present shrimp and fries for $5 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Civic agendas • Monroe Township Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Township Building.

• The Tipp City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Government Center.

• The Piqua City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.

• The Troy City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the meeting room in Council Chambers.

• The Staunton Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton Township building.

• Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department office at 123 W. Wright St., Covington.

• The Potsdam Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the village offices.

TUESDAY • LITERACY MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at 7 p.m. at the TroyHayner Cultural Center. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wishing to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, are asked to contact the message center at (937) 660-3170 for more information.

• TINY TOTS: The Tiny Tots program will be offered from 1-1:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. The interactive program is for children from birth to 3 years old and their parents or caregivers.

Civic agendas • The Concord Township Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Court, Troy.

WEDNESDAY • STORY HOUR: Milton-Union Public Library story hours at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Story hour is open to children ages 3-5 and their caregiver. Programs include puppet shows, stories and crafts. Contact the library at (937) 698-5515 for details about the weekly themes.

• COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS: Coffee and doughnuts will be served at the Miami Valley Veterans Museum from 9-11 a.m. for veterans, the family and the pubic. Tours of the museum also will be offered. For more information, call (937) 451-1455.

• SUPPORT GROUP: The Miami Valley Troy Chapter of the National Alzheimer’s

Society.

• SENIORS LUNCH: A seniors lunch, open to anyone, will be offered at the AB Graham Memorial Center, Conover. The program will begin at 11 a.m. with speaker Teresa Bingham of Professional Alternatives Therapies in St. Paris. Lunch will be at noon for $6 per person. Call (937) 368-3700 for reservations.

• TAX HELP: AARP volunteer tax preparation assistance for retirees will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. The volunteers accept clients on a first come, first served basis. Bring photo ID and Social Security number.

• FRIENDS MEETING: The New Friends of the Milton-Union Public Library meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. They will discuss details about the upcoming book sale.

• HOT DOGS: The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 586, Tipp City, will offer hot dogs with toppings for $2 and cookies two for 50 cents from 6-7:30 p.m. Euchre will begin at 7 p.m. for $5.

• PRACTICE ACT TEST: Sylvan Learning Center will offer a free practice ACT test at the Vandalia center. Any college bound high school sophomore or junior may take advantage of this. A practice test may be taken in either long form (three hours) or short form (90 minutes).

Various times throughout the day are available. Parents must register students

by April 3 at (937) 898-6686 to register.

• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will lead walkers as they experience the wonderful seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

Beckman at 7 p.m. April 8 at Brukner Nature Center as he take participants through four biomes in Brazil, from the worldfamous Cristalino Lodge in Amazonia, to the Pantanal, to the Cerrado savanna, which covers 1.2 million square miles, and finally to the Atlantic Forests.

Come enjoy this country, exploring its breathtaking scenery, amazing wildlife and abundant birdlife through photographs and stories. The program is free for BNC members and $2 per person for non-members.

Movie night to feature comedy TROY — The Hayner Center will show a 1950 comedy starring Jimmy Stewart as part of its Let’s Go to the Movies at Hayner series on April 12.

Stewart plays one of his most endearing roles as Elwood P. Dowd, a middleaged, amiable, eccentric individual whose best friend is a large invisible rabbit named Harvey.

The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction to the film. After viewing the film, a short discussion may follow.

There will be cafe-style seating with popcorn and soda pop.

Hayner will host an additional movie, “The Glenn Miller Story,” as part of the film series on May 10.

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APRIL 6 • SPAGHETTI FEAST: A spaghetti feast will be from 4:30-7 p.m. at First Brethren Church, Pleasant Hill. The meal include spaghetti, bread sticks, salad, dessert and a drink. Meals will be $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger and free for those 5 and younger, up to a maximum of $20 per family. Proceeds will go for children to attend church camp.

• CHICKEN AND NOODLES: Bethel United Methodist Church will host a chicken and noodle dinner from 4:30-7 p.m. at the church, 2505 E. Loy Road, Piqua. The menu will include chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, choice of pie or cake and beverage.

Donations will be $7 for adults, $3 for children 5-10 and free for those under age 5.

The church is handicapped accessible.

• SHARE-A-MEAL: First United Church of Christ’s Share-A-Meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meal will feature breakfast brunch casserole, hash brown potatoes, fresh fruit and beverages. Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to participate while giving an opportunity to socialize with others in the community.

The monthly Share-A-Meal Program is on the first Saturday of each month at First United Church of Christ on the corner of South Market and Canal streets, Troy.

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TROY — Mothers, grandmothers, friends and children ages 4 and older can be a part of the first Teddy Bear Tea Party on April 20, sponsored by the Ohio Beta Psi Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The tea will be from 2-4 p.m. at First Place, West Franklin and South Cherry streets. Seating is limited to the first 75 prepaid reservations.

The event will include teddy bear stories, tea sandwiches and treats and a teddy bear parade.

Children are invited to wear their princess dresses or party clothes and bring Winans picks their favorite teddy bear.

Big Max winner Prizes will be awarded in various categories, MIAMI COUNTY — including one for the best The winner of Big Max, a dressed bear. Adult tickets 3-foot-tall, 20-pound chocoare $7.50 and children late bunny, is Susan under 12 are $5 with a Hemm of Piqua, Winans reservation deadline of Chocolates and Coffees April 5. Call Marcia at announced Saturday.

335-2631 with questions or The chocolate rabbit send reservations listing was the grand prize in a names of those attending raffle to benefit six Miami and a check made payable County nonprofit organizato Beta Psi Master to Beta tions.

Psi Master, 633 Carriage Winans picked three Drive, Troy, OH 45373. runners-up as well, who each win a chocolate bunny of their choice. The Dining out runners-up are: Susan benefits literacy Cheney of Piqua; Taylor Jacobs of Troy; and the TROY — Dine at Troy’s Rev. Fr. Tom Bolte of Los Pitayos, a family Piqua.

Mexican restaurant, on Profits from the raffle April 9 and 15 percent of will go to Children’s the bill will be donated to Summer International Troy Literacy Council.

Village, the Troy High Diners must have a School musical, Johnston flier at the time of order, and one can be received by Farm Indian Agency, St.

FRIDAY • FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Covington VFW Post 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington. Choices will include a $12 New York strip steak, broasted chicken, fish, shrimp and sandwiches, all madeto-order.

• TAX HELP: AARP volunteers will assist low-income and elderly tax payers with preparing income tax forms at the Troy-Miami County Public Library from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a free service.

• CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a threepiece chicken dinner with french fries and macaroni salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m.

Chicken livers also will be available.

• SHRIMP AND WINGS: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will prepare shrimp, wings, fries and coleslaw for $7 from 6-7:30 p.m.

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

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

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We need to put a stop to cyberbullying

BY ASHLEY HAGON Edison Community College Student Cyberbullying is defined as someone tormenting, threatening, harassing or embarrassing another person using the Internet or another form of technology, such as a cell phone.

The psychological and emotional outcomes of cyberbullying are similar to those of real-life bullying. The difference is, real-life bullying often ends when school ends. With cyberbullying, there is no escape. About 58 percent of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online; more than 40 percent say it has happened more than once. In light of all the statistics and horror stories about cyberbullying, there should be a law that nobody can have a social networking account until they 18, out of high school and emotionally stable.

Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development states that only 35 percent of high school graduates in industrialized countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood. This means that the majority of students in high school do not have the developmental capacity to understand how their actions affect other people and their consequences.

Typical high school students usually think instinctively and say whatever is on their mind; this can be very dangerous and hurtful. Even though there might not be physical injuries, cyberbullying leaves deep emotional scars on the victim.

Cyberbullying is not just going around in America, it is happening all around the world. More than 18,000 adults in 24 countries, 6,500 of whom were parents, showed the most widely reported vehicle for cyberbullying was social networking sites like Facebook, which were cited by 60 percent.

In Indonesia, 91 percent said they knew about cyberbullying.

Some people may say that social networking sites help students do better at school. Fifty-nine percent of students with access to the Internet report that they use social networking sites to discuss educational topics and 50 percent use the sites to talk about school assignments.

After George Middle School in Portland, Ore., introduced a social media program to engage students, grades went up by 50 percent, chronic absenteeism went down by 33 percent and 20 percent of students school-wide voluntarily completed extra-credit assignments.

But students who are heavy social media users tend to have lower grades. Students who use social media had an average grade point average of 3.06, while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82, and students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20 percent lower on tests.

College students’ grades dropped 0.12 points for every 93 minutes above the average of 106 minutes spent on Facebook per day. Two-thirds of teachers believe that social media does more to distract students than to help academically.

There are some people who claim that social networking sites help people who are socially isolated or shy connect with other people. On the contrary, people who use social networking sites are prone to social isolation.

Social networking can exacerbate feelings of disconnect (especially for youth with disabilities) and put children at higher risk for depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders. The “passive consumption” of social media (scanning posts without commenting) is related to loneliness. Social media also aids the spread of hate groups.

Social networking sites allow hate groups to recruit youth and to redistribute their propaganda. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center the Christian Identity religion, a splinter faction of the white supremacist group Aryan Nations, uses social media to recruit members.

In conclusion, there should be a law that nobody can have a social networking account until they are 18, out of high school and emotionally stable.

There are many studies and statistics that prove cyberbulling can leave emotional scars and damage a person’s life severely. If everyone takes this issue more seriously, the welfare of our youth will be much better.

THEY SAID IT “This is what I love.

This is it. This is what I was meant to do. I really believe that. It makes me very happy.”

— Tipp City resident Susan Furlong, who wrote and directed a pair of Easter dramas for the Troy First United Methodist Church “Music on FM has an enhanced, richer sound than AM does. Not everyone listens to AM. I wanted to cover all my bases and give people two options. FM is very important today in broadcasting and I felt the community needed another locally based FM station.”

— WPTW radio station owner Rick Muzzy, on the station’s conversion to FM “The coolest thing was seeing puppies being born. I’m glad I was able to spend time in an actual office and got to know more stuff about what they actually do on a daily basis — they don’t play with puppies and kittens all day, that’s for sure.”

— Newton eighthgrader Olivia Russell, on visiting a vet as part of a Career Exploration class

Hero dad gives daughter a hero of her very own Ellis Mika didn’t like the idea of rescuing the princess in a video game. She thought the princess should be the one saving the day.

So her dad saved the day. And he deserves, not even Father of the Year, but the Best Dad Ever award.

There isn’t one? Maybe he should fix that, too.

Mike Mika — a video game developer himself — granted his 3year-old daughter’s wish, hacking the source code of Donkey Kong, an almost-32-year-old game, rewriting it and making it possible for his little girl to play as Pauline instead of Mario. Video games — particularly ones that old — were all about saving the girl and had very few heroic female characters that female players could actually relate to … so Mika made one for his daughter.

“One of the first games I introduced her to was Super Marios Brothers 2, which was the first one where you can select your character,” he said in an article on ABCNew.com. “So when we go back to Donkey Kong, she said, ‘Can I play the girl?’ She was genuinely disappointed. I was watching her, and she was really bummed out.”

And he wasn’t having any of that.

That’s when he discovered the real reason he was born to make

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“There was something about this one thing, you know, I have spent my career making games, and so I should be able to do something about this,” Mika said. “That’s what I do for a living. If she wants to go to the moon, I can’t do that. But I should be able to do this for her.”

And that’s exactly what he did — even if he didn’t tell her.

“I showed it to my daughter, and she really liked it. She played it longer than ever, and she was really excited about it,” Mika said. “But I didn’t explain it to her. She just thought that I figured out how to finally turn the character on.”

Slowly but surely, more developers are figuring out how to do that — and not just for their immediate family, either.

For many, many years, video

games relied on the “rescue the princess” goal because, well, the technology didn’t really exist to create more complex stories. But even now that it has for a while, female lead characters — or even female side characters that aren’t just there for eye candy — are still few and far between. Gamers love to point to the Tomb Raider series as an example of a positive butt-kicking female role model, but the star, Lara Croft, has always been obnoxiously over-sexualized.

The recent reboot of Tomb Raider, though, goes leaps and bounds toward fixing that. Sure, Lara’s still pretty. But she’s not Barbie doll over-proportioned. She’s a real person, a great character and a solid protagonist for female gamers to relate to. She gets her butt kicked, sure, but she perseveres, grows and becomes the hero she’s meant to be.

And then there’s Bioshock Infinite, which just released this week. The player takes the role of a man, sure, but an artificial intelligence-controlled partner named Elizabeth is integral to everything the game does, both gameplay-wise and narrative-wise. And the game boasts arguably the single greatest story ever told in the medium.

And right when you meet up with

Elizabeth, it flat-out tells you that you don’t need to protect her. She’s no damsel in distress (and you certainly aren’t there to rescue her — seriously, the story is amazing).

“Elizabeth can take care of herself,” the game lets you know before the first combat set piece with her.

More than that, she takes care of you. Elizabeth is the most helpful AI partner in gaming history. Dying in a fight? She’ll throw you health when you need it most. Out of ammo? She’s got you covered. Need some cash to buy an upgrade for your abilities? She found some while scrounging through boxes that you missed. Every game needs an Elizabeth. Plus she has other, crazier abilities that help swing fights in your favor — but those are storyrelated, and I’m not spoiling the game for anyone. I’m not even kidding. If you play video games, buy Bioshock Infinite. NOW. Games still have a long, long, long way to go before they find a true gender balance.

But with hero dads like Mike Mika making them, that destination could be closer than anyone thinks.

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TROY — Honor students for the third grading period at Troy Junior High School have been announced.

• Principal’s list (3.754.0) Seventh grade — Nana Adachi, Caitlin Ball, Laura Barth, Emily Becker, Adam Bilitzke, Julia Black, Joel Blount, James Boezi, Kylee Brooks, Krishna Brucia, Nathaniel Cantrell, Himeno Chiba, Emily Clawson, Meredith Covault, Jacob Daniel, Jackson Davis, Joseph Dutton, Brandon Emery, Adam Falknor, Andrew Flamm, Elizabeth Freshour, Jacqueline Fulker, Zoey Geuder, Morgan Gigandet, Liam Gillespie, Austin Glover, Sydney Hafer, Lanie Hagen, Dakota Hamman, Hannah Hargrove, Megan Hartley, Melanie Harvey, Maddison Heffner, Michael Hess, Andrew Highman, Alyse Holter, Paxon Hunter, Abigail Innes, Meaghann Joseph, Emma Kazmaier, Austin Kloeker, Brooke Klopfenstein, Aislinn Klosterman, David Law, Kyra Leckrone, Alec Lewis, Xander Magill, Kendra Magnuson, Andrew Magoteaux, Danielle McDonagh, Matthew McGillivary, Camryn Moeller, Christine Moser, Megan Myers, Joshua Niemi, Lico Ono, Ally Orban, Joseph Pascale, Anoop Patel, Dipsha Patel, Jankie Patel, Elizabeth Pedler, Zachary Reichelderfer, Kearston Riley, Madison Rougier, Elijah Sadler, Zachery Schwausch, Emma Selby, Emma Shigley, Hannah Simister, Anthony Simon, Olyvia Slebo, A’Leigha Smith, Andrew Smith, Jaclyn Smith, Charlotte Snee, Hallie Snyder, Deven Sturgeon, Austin Suthers, Jacob Sweeney, Derek Szklany, Eric Taylor, Camille Thompson, Sophia Virgallito, Anna Walker, Evan Walkup, Shana Weidner, Jacob Wheeler, Keiran Williams and Lauren Zaylskie.

Eighth grade — Nicholas Alexander, Jacob Anderson Michala Andrade, Nathaniel Balok, Ashley Barr, Jessica Bigley, Troy Breisch, William Brumfield, Shelby Campbell, Lauren Cardinal, Caitlyn Cusick, Zoyie Davidson, Ally Decker, Katie Demeo, Logan Frantom, Monique Gagel, Collin Goltzene, Connor Goltzene, Kyrianne Griffieth, Lillian Grogean, Victoria Holland, Katheryn Jackson, Luke Johnson, Chloe Johnston, Jackson Johnston, Rachel Kinder, Hannah Kirk, Nanako Koike, Nikita Krishnan, Emma Lavelle, Karlie Lehman, Connor Lewis, Elizabeth Lines, Holland Lively, Srividhya Madireddy, Logan Magoto, Kirsten McMullen, Ricky McVety, Caitlin Mellieon, Alexandria Merle, Katherine Minesinger, Justin Mittelstadt, Hayata Nagata, Amber Newland, Connor Oaks, Katelyn Overla, Parker Pfenning, Maria Jose Poggi, Shruthi Prabaharasundar, Caroline Pratt, Nicholas Prus, Ryan Quinlan, Madeline Ramsey, Austin Rank, Andrew Ray, Lydia Reedstrom, Lauren Richardson, Cassandra Roache, Nihar Saksena, Brennin Scherpf, Taylor Schmitz, Marc Scordia, Dylan Sedam, Amanda Setser, Kymberlee Seyfried, Henry

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• Honor roll (3.5-3.74) Seventh grade — Timothy Alvarez, Haley Beeler, Zachary Boyer, Sierra Brown, Logan Bubeck, Tyler Carlisle, Lance Cash, Grant Clawson, Samuel Coleman, Jeremiah Cottrell, Reldon Crabtree, Rase Darrow, Dylan Davis, Nickolas Detrick, Shane Essick, Jason Ferris, Lauren Fiessinger, Hunter Greer, Makayla Hammel, Madison Harbaugh, Logan Hart, Stacey Hartman, Graham Harvey, Trenten Henderson, Kaylee Hermann, Bryson Holter, Kimberlee Kemper, Emily Lairmore, Madison McCray, Hallie McGill, Chaz Michel, Kyle Miller, Savannah Nelson, Olivia Newman, Lauren Noll, Victoria Noon, Haylie Nulph, Kayleigh Otstot, Austin Parsons, Bridgett Robbins, Andrew Schaefer, Christina Shiverdecker, Sydney Short, Carly Smith, Jacob Smith, Levi Smith, Miranda Smith, Andrew Spayde, Slone Stammen, Cynthia Stanley, Kaitlin Stoeckmann, Wyatt Thurmond, McKayla Travis, Eric Trimble, Josiah Vietz, Jurnee Walker, Benjamin Walkup, Chiharu Watanabe, Jaclyn Watkins, Olivia Westfall and Sarah Wilson.

Eighth grade — Adam Al-Jarani, , Jackson Armstrong, Alexis Barnthouse, Morgan Bowers, Emily Brinkman, Alexandria Bristow, Ashley Bruns, Shane Burns, Katrina Bush, Chaz Copas, Samantha Crotinger, Alexa Dankworth, Joshua Dawkins, Marshall Dunlap, Hannah Essick, Meghan Fiessinger, Landon Flory, Macy Fuller, Jack Gates, Peyton Hampton, Timothy Hanna, Joshua Harrison, Maggie Hennessy, Bailey Hess, Montana Houshel, Hope Jackson, Joshua Kraynek, Damon Kreinbrink, Sophia Kuder, Keith Matthews, Michael McBride, Derrin McCormick, Jessica McCulloch, Carlene McGuirk, Rachel Morgan, Jacob Mozer, Audrey Neal, Paige Olberding, Thomas Palsgrove, Morgan Peltier, Keaton Pfeiffer, Madison Potts, Meredith Pruitt, Autumn Ramsey, Alexander Randazzo, Carter Rehmert, Zachary Rose, Lauren Rutan, Matthew Sanders, Hannah Severt, Zane Small, Davin Snyder, Brett Stapleton, Taylor Staten, Jerika Svajda, Zion Taylor, Sean Terando and Evan Thurmond.

Lillian Clouser, Zachary Collett, Zackary Collin, Kiera Collins, Erin Cothran, Sydney Creamer, Lillian Cusick, Taylor Dankworth, Jake Darby, Jalissa Darner, Tyler Daum, Anthony Davenport, Indea Dawkins, Christopher Demeo, Carrie Dickerson, Mikayla Dixon, Grant Doucette, Zane Drake, Natalie Dudte, April Dulceak, Katherine Dunne, Ethan Dyke, Brooklyn Eldridge, Sean England, Zachariah Erwin, Mackenzie Evans, Emilie Farrier ,Noelle Farris, Novalee Farris, Sydnie Ferguson, Delaney Fields, Megan Frederick, Haley Free, Preston Gambrell, Lauren Garlow, Gabrielle Glander, Deserae Goings, Alekhya Gollamudi, Jessica Goodwin, Trevor Griffieth, Nicholas Griswold, Ariella Hardin, McKenzie Harsh, Grace Hartman, Kalee Heitbrink, Allison Hemmelgarn, Nathan Henderson, Brandon Hicks, Kayleigh Hill, Irene Hinojosa, Porras Alexa Holland, Jenna Hoop, Jordan Horstman, Miranda Houshel, Preston Howell, Saije Hughes, Logan Huth, Erika Innes, Bree’anna Jackson, Abby Johnson, Cade Johnson, Gabrielle Johnson, Riley Johnson, Madison Johnston, Garrett Jones, Miranda Justice, Cody Jylha, Daniel Katwyk, Austin Kendall, Skylar Kirk, Stephanie Kistler, Skylar Kline, Spencer Klopfenstein, Matthew Klosterman, Malayna Krites, Ian Kuntz, Caitlin Lamb, Sydney Langenkamp, Madelynn Lavender, Ciara Lemaster, Olivia Love, Megan Malott, Kaitlyn McClure, David McGraw, Lauren McGraw, John McGuirk, Leonardo Medel, Rees Melton, Colin Minton, Christopher Mobelini, Caillou Monroe, Caleb Montoya, Mackenzie Morgan, Lily Morris, Laura Murray, Kaleb Nelson, Emma Niktash, Zachary Niswonger, Evelyn Nunez, Alexis Olberding, Cayla O’Neill, Mitchell Orozco, Abigail Otten, Rhiannon Paglione, Caitlin Palivec, Katherine Pence, Kasheen Perdue, Robert Perry, Seth Plantz, Evelyn Plunkett, Keegan Potts, Kaeden Price, Caroline Rhea, Jenna Rice, Scott Riedel, Emmaline Ries, Payton Riley, Jacob Roark, Faith Robinson, Katie Robinson, Josephine Rohlfs, Chalea Ross, Davis Ruzicka, Gavin Ruzicka, Macie Sadler, Molly Sanders, Tassis Santos, Jacob Saunders, Megan Sawchek, Sabrina Schaeffer, Holden Scribner, Hannah Setser, Luke Severt, Samuel Shaneyfelt, Joey Sheehan, Katie Sherrick, Jordan Shetterly, Alyssa Shilt, Emily Shurtz, Braeden Snider, Margaret Snurr, Emma Soto Garcia, Matthew Van Cleve Spencer, Jarrid Stacy, Leksi Stanley, Samantha Sixth Grade Staten, Aubrey Tamplin, TROY — The following Reina Tanaka, Hailey Taylor, Katherine Thao, students attained honor Bryanna Thobe, Brandon roll status for the third quarter at Van Cleve Sixth Thompson, Savannah Thompson, Zachary Grade.

Tillman, Haruka They include Taylor Toyoshima, Olivia Tyre, Abdon, Josalyn Abrams, John Updike, Nicole Jacob Adams, Bryce Usserman, Yuito Usui, Adamson, Kiyha Adkins, Mikayla Vernon, Grace Azalia Ali, Fatima AlJarani, Julian Allen, Grace Walling, Jacob Walling, Masada Warner, Bailey Avey, Gabrielle Behr, Travis Bertram, Matthew Webb, Keegan Webb, Jessie Welker, Dominic Bigley, James Boggs, Wenrick, Ethan West, Baylee Boltin, Tiyanna Jesse Westmeyer, Steven Boyd, Alex Bridge, Cole Brogan, Matthew Buerger, Weyher, Megan Wheeler, Blake Whitford, Lincoln Andrew Burk, Emily Williams, Erika Wilson, Burleson, Blake Burton, Phillip Wilson and Abigail Blair Carroll, Lonnie Chien, Shelby Clark, Zielsdorf.

GERALD ‘JERRY’ DEAN COATE PLEASANT HILL — Gerald “Jerry” Dean Coate, age 85, of Pleasant Hill, passed away Saturday morning, March 30, 2013, at Covington Care Center. He was born Nov. 2, COATE 1927, in Laura, Ohio, to his parents, Chester Arthur and Elsie Mae (Mowry) Coate. Jerry graduated from Newton High School class of 1948. On Nov. 2, 1956, he married Rena Lucille Emrick and together they shared a life for more than 56 years.

He worked as a truck driver for Val Decker Packing Co. and worked at Dinner Bell Foods.

Jerry retired from Hobart Corp./PMI in 1981 and also retired as a farmer.

He was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the VFW Post No. 6557, American Legion Post 487, and the Korean War Veterans Association-Western Ohio Chapter, Piqua. He was a member and deacon of the Laura Christian Church and was a member of the West Milton Lodge 577 F.& A.M, Dayton Scottish Rite, WACO Historical Society and Miami County Genealogy Society.

Jerry loved spending time with his family and friends and will be missed by all.

He will be remembered by his loving wife, Rena Coate of Pleasant Hill; daughters and son-inlaw, Jacqueline “Jackie”

and Robert Sweitzer of Troy, and Tracy McGuire of Pleasant Hill; sons and daughter-inlaw, Rick Coate of Pleasant Hill, and Chad and Erin Coate of Troy; grandchildren, Ryan Noll (Megan), Cody McGuire, Ethan McGuire and Cora Coate; stepgrandchildren, Eric Sweitzer (Beth), Jason Sweitzer, Adam Sweitzer, Ryan Sweitzer, Misty Zeller (Justin), Dustin Swabb, Cody Swabb and Kristin Swabb; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Dale Elliott Coate of El Cajon, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean (Beck) Coate in 1954; son Ronald Coate; brothers D.L. “Bud” Coate and Max Coate; and sister Letha Argabright.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the Laura Christian Church, 1 S. Main St., Laura, Ohio, with interment following at Wheelock Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home, 1 S. Main St., Pleasant Hill.

If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County or the National Parkinson’s Foundation. Online memories may be left for the family at www. jackson-sarver.com.

ROBERT EUGENE KIRBY SIDNEY — Robert Eugene Kirby, age 85, of Sidney, formerly of Troy, passed away at 7:45 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, Ohio. He was born Aug. 13, 1927, in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Eugene and Florence (Stitzel) Kirby.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Helen Bernice “Bee” (Cramer) Kirby: his daughters and sons-in-law, Kristy (Gordon) Holm of Troy and Claudia (Jake) Stephens of Troy; five grandchildren, Lisa (Jon) Merritt, Carrie (Bill) O’Leary, Erin (Scott) Summers, Jennifer (Matt) Snyder, Jim (Kelly) Stephens; 10 greatgrandchildren; and sisterin-law, Dorothy Cramer.

In addition to his parents, Robert was preceded in death by his stepmother, Pauline Kirby; and his sister, Rebecca Kirby.

Robert was a 1945 graduate of West Milton

High School and a U.S. Navy Veteran. He was a member of the Troy First Baptist Church; Masonic Lodge No. 577, West Milton; The Ancient Valley of Scottish Rite; and the FM Radio Association as a ham operator. Robert was employed as a process engineer with BF Goodrich, retiring in 1983 after 32 years of service.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy.

Friends may call from 68 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with Masonic services by West Milton Lodge No. 577 at 7:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wilson Memorial Hospice, 915 W. Michigan St., Sidney, OH 45365.

Friends may express condolences to the family through www.baird funeralhome.com.

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• Irene (Cornett) Hayden UNION — Irene (Cornett) Hayden, age 88, of Union, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013.

The family will hold a private service at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.

• Esther Winkeljohn WEST MILTON — Esther Winkeljohn, 91, Of Frankfort, Ky., formerly of West Milton and Celina, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, Graveside services will be Tuesday, April 2, at Riverside Cemetery, West Milton. Local arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton.

• Helen Jeanette Steele WEST MILTON — Helen Jeanette Steele 72, of Dayton passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 3, at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton.

OBITUARY POLICY In respect for friends and family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free of charge. Families who would like photographs and more detailed obituary information published in the Troy Daily News, should contact their local funeral home for pricing details.

DEATH OF INTEREST • Phil Ramone NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery, his family said. He was 79.

Few in the recording industry enjoyed a more diverse career. Phil Ramone won 14 competitive Grammy Awards and one for lifetime achievement. Worldwide sales for his projects topped 100 million. He was at ease with rock, jazz, swing and pop, working with Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, Elton John and Tony Bennett, Madonna and Lou Reed.

Cleveland mulls skywalks as others shun them CLEVELAND (AP) — Once seen as futuristic addition to urban landscapes in the 1950s and 60s, skywalks have become a sore point for many cities.

In the past three years, Cincinnati has ripped down three of its overhead walkways, and Baltimore is razing little-used connectors that take pedestrians away from sidewalks.

And in Minneapolis, which has 8 miles of the walkways in its downtown,

politicians and business leaders are struggling with how to lead customers and retailers to the ground.

Cleveland, on the other hand, is looking at installing skywalks — a plan that has drawn critics who say the city is thinking backwards.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the city is backing plans for a second-story walkway between the new Horseshoe

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Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, left, and Wichita State forward Carl Hall vie for possession of the ball during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA tournament Saturday in Los Angeles.

Shockers fight off Buckeyes

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY No events scheduled

TUESDAY Baseball Tecumseh at Troy (5 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Urbana (5 p.m.)

Oakwood at Milton-Union (5 p.m.)

Newton at Troy Christian (5 p.m.)

Anna at Covington (5 p.m.)

Bradford at Riverside (5 p.m.)

Lehman at Botkins (5 p.m.)

Softball Troy at Milton-Union (5 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Urbana (5 p.m.)

Newton at TBA (at Florida) (TBA) Emmanuel Christian at Troy Christian (5 p.m.)

Anna at Covington (5 p.m.)

Houston at Piqua (5 p.m.)

Lehman at Botkins (5 p.m.)

Tennis CJ at Troy (4:30 p.m.)

Lehman at Piqua (4:30 p.m.)

Track Covington at Milton-Union quad (4:30 p.m.)

Miami East at Arcanum (4:30 p.m.)

Piqua at Greenville (4:30 p.m.)

Lehman at Sidney Invite (4:45 p.m.)

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• GOLF: The MIami Shores 18-hole Golf League is holding its opening meeting at 9 a.m. April 23. Everyone is invited. For more information, call Miami Shores Golf Course at (937) 335-4457.

• HALL OF FAME: The Trojan Athletics Hall of Fame is still accepting nominations for its 2013 inaugural class. Induction will be held in the fall.

Entrance to the selection process is through public nomination. The deadline for nominations is April 1.

Nomination forms are available at all home events or at the athletics office at Troy High School.

• HALL OF FAME: The Miami East athletic boosters will hold their annual dinner and auction on April 6. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:30. The Athletic Department will induct three new members into the Hall of Fame beginning at 6:30. New members will be Jim Martin, Barry Coomes and Jamie Long Coleman.

• BASEBALL: Spots are still available for the Locos Express Super Power Slam 13U, 14U, 15U baseball tournament June 14–16 in Lima.

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MONDAY Baseball Piqua at Tippecanoe (5 p.m.)

Tri-County North at Milton-Union (5 p.m.)

Newton at Lehman (5 p.m.)

New Knoxville at Covington (5 p.m.)

Bradford at New Bremen (5 p.m.)

Softball Beavercreek at Troy (5 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at West Carrollton (5:30 p.m.)

Tecumseh at Miami East (5 p.m.)

Newton at TBA (at Florida) (TBA) Piqua at Miamisburg (5 p.m.)

New Bremen at Bradford (5 p.m.)

Tennis Tippecanoe at Stebbins (4:30 p.m.)

Milton-Union at Franklin (4:30 p.m.)

St. Marys Memorial at Lehman (4:30 p.m.)

Track Newton, Bradford at Arcanum (4:30 p.m.)

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Troy’s Ashley Rector — a returning state qualifier — runs a relay race at the season-opening Tippecanoe Relays Saturday at Tippecanoe Middle School.

Picking back up Season kicks off at Tippecanoe Relays

BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor colinfoster@civitasmedia.com Saturday’s Tippecanoe Relays, the first official track meet of the season, provided the perfect platform for the Troy girls team to pick up right where it left off last year.

Last year was a record-breaking year for the Trojan girls relay teams, and many of those same people returned this year.

But Troy girls coach Kurt Snyder wants them to understand, returning to form will be a process.

“It might be difficult to repeat the season we had last year, but we TIPP CITY have the horses to do it,” Snyder said. “As long as they’re patient and continue to work hard in practice, we’ll get there.”

As a team, the Trojans finished runner-up to Wayne. Troy scored 80.5 compared to Wayne’s 105.5. Host Tippecanoe placed sixth with 34 points.

“I’m pleased with what I’ve seen the first day,” Snyder said. “It’s funny — the girls are kind of disappointed because they remember how well they finished last year, and they expect to be at that level already, and they have to understand it’s a process and we’ll get there eventually. They forget the steps they have to take during the seaTippecanoe’s Alyssa Crusey carries the baton son to get to that point.” during a race Saturday at the Tippecanoe ■ See TIPP RELAYS on A8 Relays.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wichita State is headed to the Final Four, and these Shockers should be no surprise to anybody.

Not after the way they held off mighty Ohio State in the West Regional final.

Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over the Buckeyes on Saturday.

Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last week’s win over top-ranked Gonzaga with a nail-biting victory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one game short of their second straight Final Four.

Wichita State is just the fifth

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Trojans sweep Staff Reports HUBER HEIGHTS — Coming into the season, Troy coach Ty Welker’s biggest concern was whether or not his team could find ways to score runs.

Yeah, about that …

MIAMI COUNTY The Trojans (2-0) exploded for 28 hits and 25 runs in an opening-day doubleheader sweep on the road at Wayne, pummeling the Warriors 12-7 and 13-0 to kick off the 2013 season.

“In the first game, we could tell that we could hit and score runs anytime we wanted at any point in the order,” Welker said.

“I can’t think of a whole week last year when we had 28 hits total, and here we do that in one

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Troy, East split pair Opening doubleheader ends in draw

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com

Reds hope to go deep in playoffs Same starting five in the rotation. Same back end of the bullpen. Same starting lineup, except for one spot.

On the surface, not much has changed with the Cincinnati Reds, and that’s exactly how they wanted it. The NL Central division champions have brought their team back virtually intact for another run at their elusive goal. See Page A9.

Troy showed just how contagious hitting can be in its home opener.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Miami East caught on, too.

The young Trojans capitalized on all of their chances in a fiverun fifth inning to break a scoreless tie and Amber Smith did the rest on the mound, giving firstyear coach Megan Campbell a win in her first game at the helm with a 5-2 victory over the Vikings at Market Street Diamond. But Miami East

TROY flipped the script in the second game, scoring three times in the first inning and riding an outstanding pitching performance

by Sam Denlinger to a 5-1 win as the teams split a season-opening twin bill.

“It feels good,” Campbell said of getting the first win. “The girls have a vision board, and the first goal on it was to win our first game. Another was to push through the fifth, sixth, seventh innings of games, because last year a lot of games were lost late.

The progress they’ve made from

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Troy third baseman Allison Pierce fields a bunt Saturday during a ■ See TROY-ME on A9 doubleheader against Miami East at Troy.

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Wichita State players celebrate their 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA tournament Saturday in Los Angeles. Ohio State guard Aaron Craft (4) walks off at left.

Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 team seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979, but the second in three years following 11thseeded VCU’s improbable run in 2011.

“Last year we were watching all this on television,” said Cleanthony Early, who scored 12 points. “Now I’m looking at a hat that says ‘Final Four Atlanta’ with my team on it. It’s crazy. I still can’t believe we’re here. You try to expect it, but you expect a lot of things that don’t happen. This really happened.”

Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio State played an awful first half, but LaQuinton Ross scored 15 of his 19 points after halftime, leading a ferocious rally that got the Buckeyes within three points in the final minutes.

But after Tekele Cotton hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 left, VanVleet scored on a shot that bounced all over the rim before dropping.

Ron Baker and Cotton hit last-minute free throws to secure the second Final Four trip in Wichita State’s history.

The Shockers are also the kings of Kansas, reaching the national semifinals after the powerful Jayhawks and Kansas State both went down.

“We’re happy, but I’m still shocked,” said Carl Hall, the glasses-wearing big man who scored eight points and led the Shockers’ strong defensive effort. “We’ve got a team full of fighters. I brought them all together near the end and said, ‘No matter what happens, I love y’all.’

We had to fight so hard.

We’ve got each other’s backs, and it’s hard to beat a team that’s got five guys who work together like us.”

Deshaun Thomas scored 21 points after missing nine of his first 12 shots for Ohio State, which made just 24 percent of its first-half shots. Aaron Craft scored nine points on 2-for-12 shooting for the Buckeyes, who dug a hole too deep to escape with their second-half rally.

“The way we shot coming into the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, everything was falling,” Thomas said.

“Today, it just wasn’t our night.

Nothing was falling.”

But after two weeks of upsets in the wild West bracket, underdog Wichita State seemed an appropriate pick to cut down Staples Center’s nets. The Shockers’ well-balanced roster managed built that enormous lead with the same consummate team play that they’ve shown throughout the tournament.

Two sections packed with cheering Shockers fans provided all the encouragement necessary for a team that didn’t win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and was thought to be a bubble team for an NCAA berth. Now, Wichita State is the MVC’s first Final Four team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the title game in 1979.

Another giant awaits the Shockers in Atlanta next weekend: They’ll face the winner of today’s Midwest Regional final between Duke and Louisville.

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Siefring, Buccs have big day at Versailles Staff Reports

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To say Covington’s Jackie Siefring had a good day Saturday at the Lady Tiger Classique would be an understatement.

Siefring won the 100 hurdles (15.65 seconds).

Siefring also won the 300 hurdles (47.94) — breaking her own 2011 record at the meet when she ran for Russia — and took home gold in the 200 (27.36). Siefring won the long jump by a landslide, leaping 16-3.50.

Covington’s Carly Shell got first in the 1,600 (5:31.01) and won the 3,200 (12:05.23). Also for the Buccs, Tara Snipes placed third in the 800

(2:33.13)and Jenna Rindler got second in the discus (98-3).

The Buccs finished third as a team with 100 points. Russia (139.5) and Spencerville (130.5) placed one-two.

Bradford’s Shay LaFollette was second in the 100 hurdles (16.15 seconds), got third in the long jump (14-8) and placed third in the shot (29-4.25). Newton’s best performer was Erica Cavander, who got second in the 100 (14.29 seconds).

Bradford had the seventh-best team score on the day (35 points).

Covington’s Troy Cron comes off the blocks Saturday at Tippecanoe.

■ CONTINUED FROM A7 The Troy girls 4x800 relay team of McKenna Poling, Katie-Grace Sawka, Courtney Mazzulla and Cristina Dennison ran away with first place (11:03.71).

The next best time was Xenia Christian (11:17.97), while Tippecanoe’s team of Lauren Brackman, Ally Chitwood, Shannon Fujimura and Kat Wilcher got third (11:21.23).

“The girls 4x800 team suprised me today, they pulled out a victory,” Snyder said. “We put some girls in at the last minute, made some changes and they did well — they won that easily, actually.”

Ashley Rector, Catelyn Schmiedebusch, Gracie Huffman and Shanelle Byrd took fifth in the 4x200 relay (1:49.25). Troy’s 4x100 relay team (Shaurice Hibbler, Byrd and Huffman, placed Schmiedebusch) fourth in a time of 51.52 seconds. In the 800 sprint medley, Hibbler, Rector, Byrd and Abby Brinkman placed third (2:04.13). In the 4x400 relay, Schmiedebusch, Mazzulla, Huffman and Rector placed third (4:15.71).

Tippecanoe’s middle distance medley relay team (Allison Sinning, Emily Wolfe, Sarah Janosik and Erica Comer) ran their way to a second-place finish (7:22.97). Troy’s team (Poling, Mazzulla, Dennison and Mariah Sano) finished two spots behind Tipp in fourth (7:52.69). Tipp’s distance relay team of Wolfe, Sinning, Wilcher and Anna Klepinger got second (14:02.42). The Tipp 4x100 meter shuttle hurdle relay team of Rawlins, Jessica Williams, Madison Handley and Brianna Heilman took second (1:12.83).

“Allison Sinning ran a real good leg in the mixed medley,” Tippecanoe distance coach Steve Verhoff said. “She ran the 800 in that, and ran really well.

Erica Comer had some good races, so did Sarah Janosik.

The girls have ran really well today.

“The girls have been really impressive so far. We’re really happy with where they are at.”

Troy got big performances by Abby Brinkman and Sano in the pole vault.

Brinkman was second (9-6) and Sano took third (9-0) as Troy placed third as a team.

Even without Todda Norris, Troy’s long jump relay team still ended up placing first. Rector was second overall (16-2.50), Brinkman was ninth (14-7) and Huffman placed 13th (14-2.50). Troy’s Jessica Blakes finished sixth as an individual in the discus (104-4), helping the team place sixth in the event.

“Gracie did it for the first time today and jumped over 14 feet, and that’s really

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Troy’s Jessica Blakes throws the discus Saturday at the Tippecanoe Relays.

Troy’s Alex Dalton throws the shot put Saturday at the Tippecanoe Relays. after not even practicing it, not even knowing what she was doing,” Snyder said.

“Abby Brinkman jumped in and also did very well.

Ashley jumped over 16 feet to lead the way.”

In the overall boys standings, Troy placed third with 66 points and Covington tied with Trotwood for fifth (51 points). Wayne won (92) and Dunbar finished runner-up (72).

“It was about what I expected really,” Troy boys coach Deon Metz said. “As I told the guys, we are going to use these first couple meets more for time trials and conditioning. Our handoffs haven’t been real sharp because the weather hasn’t been real good, we haven’t had many opportunities to be outside. In the field events, we didn’t have steps, didn’t even have anybody in the high jump. We kind of just winged things today — and we still did decent.”

In the boys 4x110 shuttle hurdle, Covington’s team of Ben Miller, Dalton Bordelon,

Tobias and Troy Cron stood its ground against bigger schools, beating out Wayne for third place in a time of 1:02.03. First went to Dunbar (1:00.17) and second went to Trotwood (1:00.61).

The Covington boys team of Trent Tobias, A.J. Ouellette, Lane White and Dustin Fickert won the 1,600 sprint medley relay in a time of 3:42.75. Troy’s team of Devante Bush, Nick Zimmer, Troy Schultz and Kurtis Johnson were third in the event (3:49.44).

Covington’s 800 sprint relay team (Tobias, Lane White, Ouellette and Fickert) placed second (1:36.80).

Cron, Alex Fries, Fickert and White finished third in the 4x400 (3:37.44).

In the 4x100 relay, Bush, Miles Hibbler, Zimmer and Blake Williams finished second to Dunbar in a time of 44.78 seconds. Dunbar’s time was 43.97 seconds.

Alex Dalton had a good showing in the shot, tossing a 44-5 to finish fourth overall. As a team in the event,

the Trojans took third. Seth Overla was 11h (42-2) and Andrew Kostecka placed 15th (39-6.50). Covington placed fourth in the shot as a team, with Jordan Wolfe leading the way in 20th with a throw of 37-11. Ian Fries was right behind in 21st (378) and Tyler Henry placed 26th (34-4.50).

Dalton (138-3) and Overla (133-4) went twothree in the discus throw relay, while Kostecka got ninth (113-6) and the Trojans won as a team.

Hibbler had the fifth-best leap in the long jump (19-7) and the Trojans got solid performances from sophomores Trenton Michael (174.25) and Brandon Lee (161.75) to place third.

Covington’s Ryan Craft placed 13th overall (17-9.25) and freshman teammate Shane Straw got 14th (177.75). Gage Looker jumped 16-2.50 and the Buccs placed sixth as a team in the event.

Sam Wharton, Grant Koch, Mitchell Poynter and Andy Droesch combined to give the Red Devils the win in the distance medley relay (10:51.17). Troy’s team (Blake Guillozet, Brandon Nosker, Jon Osman and Troy Schultz) took fourth in the event (11:18.18).

Troy’s Nathan Fleischer dominated in the pole vault, clearing 13-6 for first overall. Tipp’s Thomas Dehays got second in the event (116) and Covington’s Tobias tied for third (11-0). As a team, Troy won and the Red Devils placed third.

Tippecanoe’s Andy Droesh and Covington’s Craft tied for third overall in the high jump (6-0). As a team, Tipp took second and the Buccs were fifth.

“For the most part, we are very pleased with where we are at,” Verhoff said.

“We’re just coming off of spring break, so we’ll have everyone back. We’re excited with the potential with this team, and with a lot of the athletes on this team.”

Troy Christian picked up a point in the boys distance medley relay as Mark Dillahunt, Zachary Garver, Israel Adamson and Zane Fulton placed eighth (6:52.66).

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Tough ‘D’ has Orange in Final Four WASHINGTON (AP) — When played to perfection, there’s nothing quite like Syracuse’s aggressive, halfcourt 2-3 zone defense.

It’s 40 minutes of trapping and shot-challenging, of closing off angles, of trusting teammates.

“We showed,” senior guard Brendan Triche said, “that defense wins games.”

Yes, the Orange D certainly does.

With a second suffocating performance at the East Regional, No. 4-seed-

ed Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 Saturday to earn coach Jim Boeheim his fourth trip to the Final Four — and first since a freshman named Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA championship.

“A tremendous, tremendous defensive effort,” Boeheim said.

Fittingly, a matchup between schools from the soon-to-break-apart, rough-and-tumble Big East became quite a struggle on

the offensive end. Syracuse (30-9) was led by senior forward James Southerland’s 16 points. Michael CarterWilliams, a 6-foot-6 guard who is out front in the zone, was named the regional’s top player after accounting for 12 points, eight rebounds, six assists, five steals and only one turnover Saturday.

Marquette (26-9) hadn’t scored fewer than 47 points all season — and, indeed, put up 74 in a victory over Syracuse on Feb. 25. But

this time, Marquette kept turning the ball over, seeing its shots blocked or just plain missing.

The Golden Eagles’ 39 points were a record low for a team in an NCAA tournament regional final since the shot clock was introduced in 1986.

“They beat us from start to finish. We collectively tried everything we knew to try,” Marquette coach Buzz Williams said. “It is the zone, and it is the players in the zone.”

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Syracuse players and coaches celebrate for photographers after their 55-39 win over Marquette in the East Regional final in the NCAA Tournament Saturday in Washington.

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Reds back, look for deep playoff run CINCINNATI (AP) — Same starting five in the rotation. Same back end of the bullpen. Same starting lineup, except for one spot.

On the surface, not much has changed with the Cincinnati Reds, and that’s exactly how they wanted it.

The NL Central division champions have brought their team back virtually intact for another run at their elusive goal.

Another division title is only an initial goal for a team that won 97 games last season. They’re looking way beyond that first champagne celebration.

Instead, they’ve got their eye on late October.

“I want to get to the next

Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto bats against the Los Angeles Dodgers in an exhibition spring training game Friday, March 22 in Glendale, Ariz.

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round of the playoffs,” second baseman Brandon Phillips said. “I want to start there.

Of course the goal every year is to win the ring, but I feel like you’ve got to take steps.”

The Reds have taken huge steps in the last five years, reconfiguring themselves from perennial alsoran to consistent playoff contender. They went nine years without so much as a winning record, and 15 years between playoff appearances before winning the division as an up-and-coming team in 2010.

They got swept in the playoffs by the Phillies that season, then slipped the following year under a lot of injuries. They were back on

top last season with a team built for long-term success, but fell in the first round of the playoffs again, this time to the Giants in five games.

Everything about the offseason has gone into giving them a better chance to not only reach the playoffs, but to keep going.

“We’re a team that’s built for now,” general manager Walk Jocketty said. “We’re built to win now.”

They think some modest lineup tweaking could make them a bit better.

One of their biggest weaknesses for years has been the lack of a leadoff hitter, which forced manager Dusty Baker to use Phillips and others in the top spot. They got Shin-

Soo Choo from the Indians to replace Drew Stubbs, who struck out too much to be effective. Choo could be a short-term fix, with Billy Hamilton — who set a minor league record with 155 steals last season — playing center field and batting leadoff for Triple-A Louisville this season.

The other change is at third base, where Todd Frazier gets the job full-time for Scott Rolen, who decided not to return for another season. Frazier filled in at third base and at first base when Rolen and Joey Votto were hurt, and ended up third in NL Rookie of the Year voting after batting .273 with 19 homers and 67 RBIs.

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Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona signs for fans before a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs Sunday, March 24 in Goodyear, Ariz.

Troy’s second baseman Rainey Rohlfs throws a Miami East runner out Saturday.

■ CONTINUED FROM A7 last year to now is phenomenal.”

For Troy (1-1), all it took was one inning in the early game. Smith and Allison Pierce hit back-to-back double in the five-run fifth inning, while Megan Schreiber had a pair of hits in the game.

“Hitting is contagious, and we’re always looking for those leaders, the ones that step up and get it started,” Campbell said.

“Because once it’s started, it’s hard to stop. And I pitched in college, so I know that once they start hitting you, you change the way you’re pitching. That’s our goal — to not let them pitch their game.”

It was the lone bad inning for Miami East’s Paige Kiesewetter, who was solid throughout. She also had a triple and Kris Bigelow drove her in with a single in the top of the sixth, but the Vikings (1-1) could manage little against Troy’s Smith.

“That’s something we should be able to rely on all year long — playing good defense and getting great pitching,” Miami East coach Brian Kadel said. “We just had one inning where we didn’t make plays, and Troy took advantage.”

The Vikings (1-1), in turn, took advantage of three Troy errors in the opening inning of the late game, and Sarah O’Neal capped the inning off with an RBI single to make it a 3-0 game. Miami East then had three infield singles to load the bases with no one

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Troy’s Jamie Snay takes a cut at a pitch Saturday against Miami East. out in the second inning, and Troy starter Mackenzie Vernon looked to be in big trouble.

“We didn’t bunt well in that first game, so it was good to see us get some down in the second one,” Kadel said.

But Vernon induced a grounder back to herself and got a force at the plate, Kiesewetter hit an RBI sac fly and Vernon fielded another one to end the threat by only giving up one run.

And from there Vernon continued to work out of tough spots, leaving five runners stranded over the next three innings — three Miami East shortstop Christine Bowling throws to first in scoring position — and for an out Saturday at Troy. not giving up another run Schreiber led off the bot- those things, and we were until the Vikings tacked on an insurance run on an RBI tom of the fifth with Troy’s able to work out of jams on single by O’Neal in the sev- first hit of the game, but defense.”

Both teams are at home with runners on second and enth.

“We have a young team, third with one out, on Monday — weather perand even for some of the Denlinger worked out of it mitting, as more snow is in girls that are not young in unscathed. Schreiber then the forecast. Troy is set to years, it’s their first time drove home Troy’s only run host Beavercreek, while either playing or starting in the sixth with a two-out Miami East will face on varsity,” Campbell said. single, but Denlinger — Tecumseh.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Terry Francona helped exorcise the Bambino’s curse, bringing the Red Sox a World Series title for the first time in 86 years.

His new challenge is ending a 64-year championship drought.

And this time, it’s personal.

Refreshed from a year away from the game’s ruthless grind following a messy exit in Boston, Francona has come “home” to try to take the Cleveland Indians to the top. Chosen as the club’s manager in October, Francona has invigorated a franchise he has known since childhood, when his father, Tito, played for the Indians.

“This where I wanted to be,” Francona said. “This was the only job I wanted.”

Loving every minute so far, he even agreed to dress up as a baby for his players this spring.

The Indians, who collapsed last season under Manny Acta, have been overhauled for Francona.

Cleveland owner Paul Dolan, criticized for pennypinching in the past, spent $117 million on free agents this winter, a striking, bigticket spending spree that brought All-Star center fielder Michael Bourn, first baseman Nick Swisher, pitcher Brett Myers and slugger Mark Reynolds to Cleveland. The club also traded for outfielder Drew Stubbs and infielder Mike Aviles and signed Jason

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Giambi, Ryan Raburn and Scott Kazmir.

Cleveland got real serious.

“You don’t bring over a guy like Terry Francona if you don’t expect to win, and win soon,” said Swisher, who signed a fouryear, $56 million contract — the largest for a free agent in Indians history — after playing the past four years with the Yankees.

“Not only bring over Terry, but you bring in all these other high-profile guys and all of a sudden this young core of guys you have here are like, ‘All right, here we go, this is what we needed.’”

The Indians needed an infusion of something, anything, following their disappointing 2012 season, when they were in contention for four months before going 18-45 after July 27 and finishing fourth in the AL Central.

Francona’s arrival has changed everything. The Indians sold out their home opener in 6 minutes and predictably pessimistic Cleveland fans, who have seen many promising and pennant-winning seasons end short of a first World Series championship since the last one in 1948, are beginning to believe this could be a magical year.

■ Baseball/Softball

Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 day. And that’s not taking anything away from Wayne’s pitching, either.

They threw pretty decent.

We just hit the ball the other way hard, we hit with power and everyone contributed in both games.”

And it all started with a bunt.

Devin Blakely — the No. 9 hitter in the order — bunted his way on the the top of the third, kicking off a seven-run inning that set the tone for the rest of the day.

“Devin got us going,” Welker said. “He led off the third with a drag bunt, stole a base and really put pressure on the Wayne defense.”

Blakely finished the first game 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI. Collin Moeller hit a homer and had two RBIs, Greg Johnson was 2 for 5 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, Ian Nadolny

doubled, Kevin McGraw was 3 for 3 with a double, two runs and two RBIs and Nick Sanders was 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs. Ben Langdon got the win, throwing four-plus innings, and Kyle Croft finished the game for a save.

In the second game, Zach Kendall dominated on the hill, striking out 10 in a fiveinning shutout.

Nick Sanders was 2 for 4 with a triple, two runs and two RBIs, Johnson doubled and had two RBIs, Dylan Cascaden was 3 for 3 with three runs and three RBIs, Alex Magoteaux was 2 for 3 with two runs, Cam Weaver was 2 for 2 with two runs and an RBI and Blakely was 2 for 3 with two runs.

Troy hosts Tecumseh Tuesday in its home opener.

Troy ......007 022 1 — 12 14 2 Wayne.....000 231 1 — 7 12 2 Langdon, Croft (5) and Nadolny.

Mohr, L. Turner (4), J. Turner (7) and Jaques. WP — Langdon. LP —

Mohr. SV — Croft. 2B — Johnson (T), Nadolny (T), McGraw (T), Fox (W). HR — Moeller (T), L. Turner (W), Pierce (W).

Troy............220 45 — 13 14 0 Wayne ............000 00 — 0 4 2 Kendall and Magoteaux. Pierce, Strong (5) and Wills. WP — Kendall. LP — Pierce. 2B — Johnson (T), J. Turner (W). 3B — Sanders (T). Records: Troy 2-0, Wayne 0-2.

• Softball Tipp 25, WM 3; Piqua 6, Tipp 0 PIQUA — After seeing his team spend all of its offense in the opener of a tri against Watkins Memorial and Piqua, Tippecanoe coach Charles Tackett wanted one thing.

“We need to be more consistent,” he said. “We’ve got to work harder. We’re not where we want to be yet.”

The Red Devils (1-1) hammered out 21 hits against Watkins Memorial, scoring 10 times in the first inning on the way to a 25-3 victory. But against host

Piqua, Tippecanoe missed out on every chance it had, falling 6-0 and splitting on the day.

Steph Kraska had four hits with two doubles and a home run, two RBIs and five runs scored against Watkins Memorial. Cassie Gingerich had two hits and two runs, Bri Eichbaum — who also got the win pitching — had a double, two RBIs and three runs, Kristin Mace had two hits, two RBIs and three runs, Jordynn Kostyal had a double, two runs and two RBIs, Hannah Beck had two doubles, three RBIs and two runs, Lauren Goodall had four hits and four runs, Allie Muse had two hits, two RBIs and three runs and Megan Rittenhouse had a double and two RBIs. But against Piqua, Gingerich had a pair of hits and Kostyal doubled as the Devils managed only six hits.

“We left nine on base in that game and just did not string together hits like we did in the first one,” Tackett said. “We need to be more consistent.”

Tippecanoe travels to West Carrollton Monday.

Tipp ......(10)45 15 — 25 21 2 WM .................030 00 — 3 6 7 Eichbaum, Kraska (4) and Goodall. WP — Eichbaum. 2B — Eichbaum (T), Kostyal (T), Beck 2 (T), Kraska 2 (T), Rittenhouse (T).

HR — Kraska (T).

Tipp ..........000 000 0 — 0 6 3 Piqua .....111 003 x — 6 12 4 Eichbaum and Kostyal. Dotson and McCanley. WP — Dotson. LP — Eichbaum. 2B — Kostyal (T).

Records: Tippecanoe 1-1.

M-U 13, Wayne 7; Greenville 7, M-U 1 GREENVILLE — The Milton-Union Bulldogs opened the Greenville Invitational — and the season — with an offensive explosion, pounding Wayne 13-7. But faced with host Greenville in the second game, Milton-Union could

find no offense in a 7-1 loss Saturday.

Against the Warriors, Chloe Smith was 3 for 5 with a triple and three RBIs, Ashley Smith was 3 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs, Chelsey Smith was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Jesse Bowman was 2 for 4.

Claire Fetters — who drove in four runs — got the win on the mound, striking out five and walking three.

Brittney Courtright tripled against Greenville, one of only two hits for the Bulldogs (1-1).

Milton-Union hosts Troy Tuesday.

M-U .......322 220 2 — 13 13 4 Wayne.......003 112 0 — 7 8 7 Fetters and B. Courtright.

Willis and Cahill. WP — Fetters. LP — Willis. 2B — A. Smith 2 (M). 3B — Chl. Smith (M).

M-U............000 100 0 — 1 2 4 GVille .......100 141 x — 7 7 2 A. Smith and Courtright.

Russell and Petry. WP — Russell.

LP — A. Smith. 3B — B. Courtright (M). Records: Milton-Union 1-1.

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SCOREBOARD

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Scores

BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Baltimore 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Boston 0 0 .000 New York 0 0 .000 Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 Toronto Central Division W L Pct Chicago 0 0 .000 Cleveland 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Detroit 0 0 .000 Kansas City 0 0 .000 Minnesota West Division W L Pct Houston 0 0 .000 Los Angeles 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Oakland 0 0 .000 Seattle 0 0 .000 Texas NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 0 0 .000 Miami 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 New York 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 Washington Central Division W L Pct Chicago 0 0 .000 Cincinnati 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 St. Louis West Division W L Pct Arizona 0 0 .000 Colorado 0 0 .000 Los Angeles 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 San Diego 0 .000 San Francisco 0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB WCGB — — — — — — — — — —

L10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str Home Away 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday's Games Texas (Harrison 0-0) at Houston (Norris 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday's Games No games scheduled Monday's Games Miami at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Colorado at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 10:05 p.m.

Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE L Pct W 25 7 .781 Kansas City 19 9 .679 Baltimore 22 11 .667 Seattle 19 14 .576 Detroit 17 13 .567 Oakland 17 16 .515 Cleveland Minnesota 17 16 .515 Boston 17 17 .500 14 14 .500 Chicago 17 17 .500 Texas 16 17 .485 Toronto 15 16 .484 Houston 15 17 .469 Tampa Bay 14 18 .438 New York Los Angeles 9 20 .310 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Atlanta 20 15 .571 16 15 .516 Colorado 16 15 .516 San Francisco 16 15 .516 St. Louis 15 15 .500 New York 16 17 .485 Arizona Philadelphia 16 17 .485 Chicago 16 19 .457 Miami 13 16 .448 San Diego 16 20 .444 14 18 .438 Washington 13 18 .419 Milwaukee 13 18 .419 Pittsburgh 13 19 .406 Los Angeles 13 20 .394 Cincinnati NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

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

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 36 28 8 0 56123 84 New Jersey 35 15 11 9 39 88 97 N.Y. Rangers 34 16 15 3 35 78 84 N.Y. Islanders 35 16 16 3 35100112 Philadelphia 34 14 17 3 31 90104 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 34 22 7 5 49107 83 Boston 33 21 8 4 46 95 75 Ottawa 35 19 10 6 44 89 76 Toronto 36 20 12 4 44112100 Buffalo 35 13 16 6 32 94111 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 36 18 16 2 38 89106 Carolina 33 16 15 2 34 92 97 Washington 34 16 17 1 33 98 96 Tampa Bay 34 15 18 1 31110103 Florida 36 11 19 6 28 88125

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 33 25 5 3 53109 73 Detroit 34 17 12 5 39 90 85 St. Louis 33 17 14 2 36 94 93 Nashville 35 14 14 7 35 87 96 Columbus 35 14 14 7 35 85 96 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 34 19 9 6 44 92 86 Minnesota 33 20 11 2 42 93 83 Edmonton 33 13 13 7 33 83 95 33 13 16 4 30 93114 Calgary 34 12 18 4 28 84108 Colorado Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 34 23 7 4 50106 88 Anaheim Los Angeles 33 19 12 2 40 97 82 33 16 11 6 38 82 82 San Jose 33 16 14 3 35 92100 Dallas 34 14 15 5 33 92 98 Phoenix NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday's Games Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 4, SO Dallas 5, Minnesota 3 Anaheim 2, Chicago 1 Columbus 6, Calgary 4 Saturday's Games Washington 4, Buffalo 3, SO Philadelphia 3, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 0 Colorado 1, Nashville 0, OT Carolina 3, Winnipeg 1 Toronto 4, Ottawa 0 Montreal 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Florida 3, New Jersey 2, OT Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

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

Sunday's Games Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Monday's Games N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

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

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-New York 45 26 .634 — x-Brooklyn 42 30 .583 3½ Boston 38 34 .528 7½ Philadelphia 30 43 .411 16 27 45 .375 18½ Toronto Southeast Division W L Pct GB z-Miami 57 15 .792 — x-Atlanta 41 33 .554 17 Washington 26 46 .361 31 Orlando 19 55 .257 39 Charlotte 17 56 .233 40½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 46 27 .630 — x-Chicago 39 32 .549 6 Milwaukee 35 36 .493 10 Detroit 24 49 .329 22 Cleveland 22 49 .310 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 55 17 .764 — x-Memphis 49 24 .671 6½ Houston 40 33 .548 15½ Dallas 36 37 .493 19½ New Orleans 25 48 .342 30½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Oklahoma City 53 20 .726 — x-Denver 50 24 .676 3½ Utah 37 36 .507 16 Portland 33 39 .458 19½ Minnesota 26 46 .361 26½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-L.A. Clippers 49 25 .662 — Golden State 41 32 .562 7½ L.A. Lakers 37 36 .507 11½ Sacramento 27 46 .370 21½ Phoenix 23 50 .315 25½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Friday's Games Orlando 97, Washington 92 Boston 118, Atlanta 107 New York 111, Charlotte 102 Philadelphia 97, Cleveland 87 Toronto 99, Detroit 82 Memphis 103, Houston 94 Minnesota 101, Oklahoma City 93 Miami 108, New Orleans 89 San Antonio 104, L.A. Clippers 102 Denver 109, Brooklyn 87 Utah 105, Portland 95 Saturday's Games

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY BOWLING 2:30 p.m.ESPN — PBA, Tournament of Champions, at Indianapolis COLLEGE BASEBALL 2:30 p.m. FSN — TCU at Texas Tech GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Trophee Hassan II, final round, at Agadir, Morocco 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Houston Open, final round, at Humble, Texas 3 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour, Houston Open, final round, at Humble, Texas MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Texas at Houston MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2:10 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, teams TBD, at Indianapolis or Arlington, Texas 4:55 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, teams TBD, at Indianapolis or Arlington, Texas NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. WGN — Detroit at Chicago NHL HOCKEY 12:30 p.m. NBC — Chicago at Detroit 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Boston at Buffalo TENNIS 11:30 a.m. CBS — ATP World Tour/WTA, Sony Open, men's championship match, at Key Biscayne, Fla. WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, regional semifinal, Notre Dame vs. Kansas, at Norfolk, Va. 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, regional semifinal, Duke vs. Nebraska, at Norfolk, Va. 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, regional semifinal, Oklahoma vs. Tennessee, at Oklahoma City 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, regional semifinal, Baylor vs. Louisville, at Oklahoma City

MONDAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Boston at N.Y. Yankees 1:30 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh 4 p.m. ESPN — San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers FSN — L.A. Angels at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Philadelphia at Atlanta 10 p.m. ESPN2 — St. Louis at Arizona NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Colorado at Detroit WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, Delaware-Kentucky winner vs. Connecticut-Maryland winner, at Bridgeport, Conn.

9:30 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, Stanford-Georgia winner vs. California-LSU winner, at Spokane, Wash.

TUESDAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 3 p.m. MLB — Baltimore at Tampa Bay 10 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers or St. Louis at Arizona (9:30 p.m. start) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, semifinal, BYU vs. Baylor, at New York 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, semifinal, Maryland vs. Iowa, at New York NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. TNT — New York at Miami 10:30 p.m. TNT — Dallas at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Buffalo at Pittsburgh SOCCER 2:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, quarterfinals, Juventus at Bayern Munich 8 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, quarterfinals, Barcelona at Paris Saint-Germain (same-day tape) WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, Notre Dame-Kansas winner vs. Duke-Nebraska winner, at Norfolk, Va. 9 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, regional final, Oklahoma-Tennessee winner vs. Baylor-Louisville winner, at Oklahoma City Dallas 100, Chicago 98 Atlanta 97, Orlando 88 Houston 98, L.A. Clippers 81 Memphis 99, Minnesota 86 Philadelphia 100, Charlotte 92 Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Utah, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

Sunday's Games Cleveland at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

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

Monday's Games Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Houston, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.

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

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND N.C. A&T 73, Liberty 72 Saint Mary's (Cal) 67, Middle Tennessee 54 James Madison 68, LIU Brooklyn 55 La Salle 80, Boise State 71 EAST REGIONAL Second Round Butler 68, Bucknell 56 Marquette 59, Davidson 58 California 64, UNLV 61 Syracuse 81, Montana 34 Temple 76, N.C. State 72 Indiana 83, James Madison 62 Miami 78, Pacific 49 Illinois 57, Colorado 49 Third Round Marquette 74, Butler 72 Syracuse 66, California 60 Indiana 58, Temple 52 Miami 63, Illinois 59 Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 28 At The Verizon Center Washington Marquette 71, Miami 61 Syracuse 61, Indiana 50 Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Syracuse 55, Marquette 39

SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Michigan 71, South Dakota State 56 VCU 88, Akron 42 Florida Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68 San Diego State 70, Oklahoma 55 North Carolina 78, Villanova 71 Kansas 64, Western Kentucky 57 Florida 79, Northwestern State 47 Minnesota 83, UCLA 63 Third Round Michigan 78, VCU 53 Florida Gulf Coast 81, San Diego State 71 Kansas 70, North Carolina 58 Florida 78, Minnesota 64 Regional Semifinals Friday, March 29 At Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas Michigan 87, Kansas 85, OT Florida 62, Florida Gulf Coast 50 Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Michigan (29-7) vs. Florida (29-7), 2:20 p.m.

MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Louisville 79, N.C. A&T 48 Colorado State 84, Missouri 72 Michigan State 65, Valparaiso 54 Memphis 54, Saint Mary's (Cal) 52 Saint Louis 64, New Mexico State 44 Oregon 68, Oklahoma State 55 Duke 73, Albany (N.Y.) 61 Creighton 67, Cincinnati 63 Third Round Louisville 82, Colorado State 56 Michigan State 70, Memphis 48 Oregon 74, Saint Louis 57 Duke 66, Creighton 50 Regional Semifinals Friday, March 29 At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Louisville 77, Oregon 69 Duke 71, Michigan State 61 Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Louisville (32-5) vs. Duke (30-5), 4:55 p.m.

WEST REGIONAL Second Round Wichita State 73, Pittsburgh 55 Gonzaga 64, Southern 58 Arizona 81, Belmont 64 Harvard 68, New Mexico 62

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Ohio State 95, Iona 70 Iowa State 76, Notre Dame 58 Mississippi 57, Wisconsin 46 La Salle 63, Kansas State 61 Third Round Arizona 74, Harvard 51 Wichita State 76, Gonzaga 70 Ohio State 78, Iowa State 75 La Salle 76, Mississippi 74 Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 28 At The Staples Center Los Angeles Ohio State 73, Arizona 70 Wichita State 72, La Salle 58 Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Wichita State 70, Ohio State 66 FINAL FOUR At The Georgia Dome Atlanta National Semifinals Saturday, April 6 Midwest champion vs. Wichita State (30-8), 6 or 8:30 p.m.

South champion vs. Syracuse (30-9), 6 or 8:30 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament Glance All Times EDT First Round Maryland 86, Niagara 70 St. John's 63, Saint Joseph's 61 Louisiana Tech 71, Florida State 66 Robert Morris 59, Kentucky 57 Alabama 62, Northeastern 43 Virginia 67, Norfolk State 56 Denver 61, Ohio 57 BYU 90, Washington 79 Stanford 58, Stephen F. Austin 57 Iowa 68, Indiana State 52 Providence 75, Charlotte 66 Stony Brook 71, Massachusetts 58 Mercer 75, Tennessee 67 Baylor 112, Long Beach State 66 Southern Mississippi 78, Charleston Southern 71 Arizona State 83, Detroit 68 Second Round Maryland 62, Denver 52 Baylor 89, Arizona State 85 Iowa 75, Stony Brook 63 Alabama 66, Stanford 54 Virginia 68, St. John's 50 Providence 77, Robert Morris 68 BYU 90, Mercer 71 Southern Mississippi 63, Louisiana Tech 52 Quarterfinals Maryland 58, Alabama 57 Iowa 75, Virginia 64 BYU 79, Southern Mississippi 62 Baylor 79, Providence 68 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Tuesday, April 2 BYU (24-11) vs. Baylor (21-14), 7 p.m.

Maryland (25-12) vs. Iowa (24-12), 9:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, April 4 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Glance All Times EDT OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL First Round Oklahoma 78, Central Michigan 73 UCLA 66, Stetson 49 Creighton 61, Syracuse 56 Tennessee 83, Oral Roberts 62 Florida State 60, Princeton 44 Baylor 82, Prairie View 40 Purdue 77, Liberty 43 Louisville 74, Middle Tennessee 49 Second Round Oklahoma 85, UCLA 72 Tennessee 68, Creighton 52 Baylor 85, Florida State 47 Louisville 76, Purdue 63 Regional Semifinals Oklahoma City Sunday, March 31 Oklahoma (24-10) vs. Tennessee (26-7), 4:35 p.m.

Baylor (34-1) vs. Louisville (26-8), 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, April 2 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

SPOKANE REGIONAL First Round Iowa State 72, Gonzaga 60 Georgia 70, Montana 50 California 90, Fresno State 76 South Florida 71, Texas Tech 70 Stanford 72, Tulsa 56 Michigan 60, Villanova 52 Penn State 85, Cal Poly 55 LSU 75, Green Bay 71 Second Round Georgia 65, Iowa State 60 California 82, South Florida 78, OT Stanford 73, Michigan 40 LSU 71, Penn State 66 Regional Semifinals Spokane, Wash.

Saturday, March 30 Stanford (33-2) vs. Georgia (27-6), 9:04 p.m.

California (30-3) vs. LSU (22-11), 11:32 p.m.

Regional Championship Monday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 9:30 p.m.

NORFOLK REGIONAL First Round South Carolina 74, South Dakota State 52 Kansas 67, Colorado 52 Texas A&M 71, Wichita State 45 Nebraska 73, Chattanooga 59 Notre Dame 97, UT-Martin 64 Iowa 69, Miami 53 Duke 67, Hampton 51 Oklahoma State 73, DePaul 56 Second Round Kansas 75, South Carolina 69 Nebraska 74, Texas A&M 63 Notre Dame 74, Iowa 57 Duke 68, Oklahoma State 59 Regional Semifinals Norfolk, Va. Sunday, March 31 Notre Dame (33-1) vs. Kansas (2013), 12:04 p.m.

Duke (32-2) vs. Nebraska (25-8), 2:32 p.m.

Regional Championship Tuesday, April 2 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL First Round Vanderbilt 60, Saint Joseph's 54 Connecticut 105, Idaho 37 Maryland 72, Quinnipiac 52 Michigan State 55, Marist 47 Delaware 66, West Virginia 53 North Carolina 59, Albany (N.Y.) 54 Kentucky 61, Navy 41 Dayton 96, St. John's 90, 2OT Second Round Connecticut 77, Vanderbilt 44 Maryland 74, Michigan State 49 Delaware 78, North Carolina 69

Kentucky 84, Dayton 70 Regional Semifinals Bridgeport, Conn.

Saturday, March 30 Kentucky 69, Delaware 62 Connecticut 76, Maryland 50 Regional Championship Monday, April 1 Kentucky (30-5) vs. Connecticut (324), 7:30 p.m.

FINAL FOUR At New Orleans Arena New Orleans National Semifinals Sunday, April 7 Oklahoma City champion vs.

Spokane champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.

Norfolk champion vs. Bridgeport champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.

National Championship Tuesday, April 9 Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.

SOCCER Major League Soccer At A Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 4 0 0 12 6 2 Montreal Columbus 2 1 1 7 7 4 Houston 2 1 0 6 6 4 Philadelphia 2 2 0 6 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 7 New York 5 4 3 Sporting K.C. 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 5 6 Toronto FC 1 2 1 4 2 4 D.C. New England 1 2 1 4 1 2 Chicago 0 3 1 1 1 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 4 1 0 12 8 5 FC Dallas 8 8 3 Los Angeles 2 0 2 7 8 6 Chivas USA 2 1 1 San Jose 2 1 1 7 4 4 Vancouver 2 1 0 6 4 3 Real Salt Lake 1 2 1 4 3 4 Portland 0 1 3 3 7 8 0 3 2 2 4 7 Colorado 0 2 1 1 1 3 Seattle NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday's Games Toronto FC 2, Los Angeles 2, tie New York 2, Philadelphia 1 FC Dallas 1, New England 0 Colorado 2, Portland 2, tie San Jose at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Montreal at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, April 5 D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 6 FC Dallas at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

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

Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m., Postponed Sunday, April 7 New York at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Chivas USA at Seattle FC, 11 p.m., Postponed

GOLF PGA-Houston Open Par Scores Saturday At Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course Humble, Texas Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,441; Par: 72 Third Round Stewart Cink .................71-66-68—205 Bill Haas........................68-70-67—205 Ben Crane.....................69-70-67—206 D.A. Points.....................64-71-71—206 Steve Wheatcroft ..........67-67-72—206 Jason Kokrak ................66-69-71—206 Bud Cauley ...................68-74-65—207 Louis Oosthuizen..........70-72-65—207 Lee Westwood..............68-72-67—207 Billy Horschel................68-72-67—207 Keegan Bradley ............70-70-67—207 Kevin Chappell..............70-70-67—207 Henrik Stenson.............69-70-68—207 Angel Cabrera ..............66-72-69—207 Cameron Tringale .........65-73-69—207 Brian Davis....................67-70-71—208 Greg Owen ...................68-73-68—209 John Merrick .................68-72-69—209 Charley Hoffman ..........68-71-70—209 Dustin Johnson.............69-70-70—209 Phil Mickelson...............72-71-67—210 Chez Reavie .................72-70-68—210 Graham DeLaet............71-71-68—210 Josh Teater....................74-67-69—210 Scott Verplank...............72-68-70—210 John Rollins ..................65-74-71—210 D.H. Lee ........................72-71-68—211 James Hahn .................74-69-68—211 Tim Herron....................69-73-69—211 Matt Jones ....................68-73-70—211 Charles Howell III .........69-72-70—211 Jeff Overton ..................67-73-71—211 Brendon de Jonge........71-68-72—211 Steven Bowditch...........73-70-69—212 Jin Park .........................69-74-69—212 Daniel Summerhays.....72-71-69—212 Kevin Stadler.................70-73-69—212

TRANSACTIONS Saturday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS_Optioned RHP Cory Burns and RHP Josh Linblom to Round Rock (PCL).

National League A R I Z O N A DIAMONDBACKS_Agreed to terms with 1B Paul Goldschmidt on a fiveyear contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS_Signed CB Brent Grimes to a one-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL_Suspended Tampa Bay F Nate Thompson two games for delivering an illegal check to the head of New Jersey F Matt D'Agostini during a March 29 game.

BUFFALO SABRES_Traded D Jordan Leopold to the St. Louis Blues for a 2013 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2013 fifth-round draft pick.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Recalled F Jeremy Morin from Rockford (AHL).

DALLAS STARS_Recalled F Toby Petersen from Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS_Traded D Kent Huskins to Philadelphia for a conditional 2014 seventh-round draft pick.

FLORIDA PANTHERS_Returned F Greg Rallo to San Antonio Rampage (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES_Assigned G Jake Allen to Peoria (AHL).

COLLEGE UCLA_Named Steve Alford men's basketball coach.

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Pioneer looks forward during annual meeting, Spirit Day Members may expect refunds in May Pioneer’s Cooperative Spirit Day and 77th annual meeting activities focused on accomplishments of 2012 and plans for 2013 and beyond. Pioneer is a not-forprofit cooperative utility focused solely on its members. The day’s activities began with a breakfast and legislative update for members of ACRE and Co-op Owners for Political Action.

The speaker for the event was Zane T. Daniels, president of the Ohio Coal Association.

Following the PAC event, all other Pioneer members and their guests were treated to refreshments, informational displays and presentations, and the formal annual meeting business session.

Board chair Ron Clark spoke during the business session. He reported to attendees that 2012 had seen no increase in electric distribution rates and a record high capital credits retirement to current and former members. He went on to announce that in 2013, the line on distribution rates would be held again and another $3.8 million capital credit retirement had been approved by the board. In May, current and former members of Pioneer will receive the refunds in bill credits or checks respectively. The retirement of these funds will bring the total to nearly $35 million since 1981.

In an early session, Pioneer’s manager of vegetation control, Danny Bagwell, discussed the plight of ash trees in Ohio, 17 other states, and Canada. A certified arborist utility specialist, and

AP PHOTO/MARTHA IRVINE

Jolanta Hardej, CEO of FarmedHere LLC, examines a young basil crop at the indoor vertical farm in Bedford Park, Ill., on March 13. The farm, in an old warehouse, has crops that include basil, arugula and microgreens.

In a Chicago suburb, an indoor farm goes ‘mega’ BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in the Midwest with varying degrees of success as more entrepreneurs worldwide experiment with indoor growing systems in attempts to grow more food locally.

Now one facility, FarmedHere LLC in suburban Chicago, is attempting to take indoor warehouse farming to the “mega farm” level, in a region of the country known more for its massive hog, corn and soybean farms than for crops of boutique greens.

In Chicago, Milwaukee and other urban areas, entrepreneurs have taken up residence in vacant buildings that have high ceilings and plenty of space. Often, these are called “vertical” farms because, within the buildings, farmers build tall structures with several levels of growing beds, often

lined with artificial lights.

With so much vacant space available, the cost of the property is often cheap, to buy or rent, though the power needed to run these facilities often is not.

Elsewhere, growers are incorporating greenhouses and natural light into their models, sometimes on rooftops, or in large fields.

Though farmers are experimenting with all kinds of crops, most have had success growing greens, herbs, various types of lettuce and “microgreens.”

“Aquaponic” farms, which also raise tilapia and other fish, use water circulated to the plants that is fertilized with the fish excrement.

“It’s different here than I’ve seen anywhere else, just the size, the sheer scale of it is very unique,” says Maximino Gonzalez, the master grower at FarmedHere LLC. The company, based in Bedford Park, Ill., is finish-

ing the first of four phases, with plans to expand by the end of next year to 150,000 square feet of vertical growing space.

Already, they say they are the largest vertical farm in the country. The farm supplies local grocery with fresh basil, arugula and other greens.

Right now, the farm has two large structures with five to six levels of massive growing beds that are lit with fluorescent lighting.

One structure, where basil is grown, is “aquaponic.” Water underneath the plants, which rest in cutouts in styrofoam “floats,” circulates through a system from the plants to two large tanks of fish. The other structure, where arugula is grown, is “aeroponic,” with water misters underneath that spray the plants’ exposed roots.

A third structure is under construction and will be completed soon, owners at FarmedHere say.

two to three years. The objectives are in the areas of safety, reliability, technology, financial management and member satisfaction.

The election results for members to the Pioneer Board of Trustees and each of the county boards were announced during the business meeting, too. As a democratically controlled organization, these individuals all are members of Pioneer elected by their fellow members. The election was conducted through mail and on-line voting.

Re-elected to three-year terms on the Pioneer Board were: Dwain Hollingsworth of Champaign County, Colleen Eidemiller of Miami County, and Orville Bensman of Shelby County.

Positions filled on the county boards of the Champaign, Miami and Shelby districts are as follows. Those elected to the Champaign County board are: Douglas Dill, Urbana; Robert Errett, Urbana; Rodney Wilkins, Cable; and Dale Davisson, Milford Center. Elected to the Miami County board are: William Francis, Piqua; Thomas Aselage, Tipp City; Robert Karnehm, Conover; and James Henry, Tipp City.

Those to serve on the Shelby County board are: Jason Bruns, Versailles; Theodore Bruns, Russia; Dennis Aselage, Sidney; and Daniel Knasel, Sidney.

During their re-organizational meeting, the Pioneer board re-elected the following officers for the year: Ron Clark, chair; Ed Sanders, first vice chair; Paul Workman, second vice chair; Doug Hurst, secretary; and Ron Bair, treasurer.

PIQUA Bagwell reported a small green insect — the Emerald Ash Borer — is literally killing all ash in the area.

“Ohio’s tree population is being reduced significantly, and there is a serious potential hazard to electric service in the area of these dying trees.”

The trees are basically choked out by the Emerald Ash Borer and die at the root base. The dead trees can easily be toppled by winds or other falling trees.

Falling trees in the vicinity of electric lines can pull them down interrupting service. Of course, the dead trees can be a safety concern to homes and other property as well. The unique condition of the afflicted trees’ root bases also make them a challenge to remove. The cooperative has done the research and is now formulating an aggressive plan over the next four years to assist in removing the service and safety hazard these dying giants present.

Ron Salyer, president/CEO of Pioneer, addressed the group prior to the business session in his annual management update. Highlights from his material included the announcement the Cooperative had achieved the strategic initiatives laid out by the board and management staff in 2010. He also congratulated employees on accomplishing a fourth straight year of no-lost time accidents. Salyer outlined new strategic initiatives which have been set to direct Pioneer for the next

LOCAL BUSINESS LEDGER

Automotive tech program receives accreditation

ary and post-secondary, public and proprietary schools. To accomplish this mission NATEF examines the structure, resources and quality of training programs and evaluates TROY — The automotive them against standards estabtechnology program at the Troy campus of Miami-Jacobs Career lished by the industry. These College, led by program director standards reflect the skills that students must master to be sucRobert Swonger, has recently cessful in the industry. gained full accreditation from NATEF also works with autothe National Automotive motive students to increase Technicians Education Foundation. The program also is career awareness opportunities in the automotive repair indusfully accredited by the try.

Accrediting Council for “Being NATEF accredited will Independent Colleges and be a boost to any graduate seekSchools (ACICS).

Founded in 1983 as an inde- ing employment in the automotive repair field; whether it be in pendent, non-profit organization, the mission of the National a manufacturer’s dealership or in a retail repair facility. These Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) students can now demonstrate to employers that they have comis to improve the quality of pleted a program that meets or automotive technician training programs nationwide at second- exceeds the stringent standards

set forth by NATEF and ASE. Employers can rest assured that these students will have the tools to move up in their field and become successful,” Swonger said.

Swonger is a graduate of the Ford ASSET program and has been working professionally in the automotive industry for 17 years. He has been teaching with MJCC since July 2009 and is joined by instructors Greg Pfahl, an ASE Master Technician and MJCC instructor for four years, as well as Michael Easter, an ASE Master Technician and ASE Advanced Level Specialist.

Students interested in applying to Miami-Jacobs’ Automotive Technology program may contact the admissions office at (888) 652-9849 or by visiting www.miamijacobs.edu.

Nationally accredited by the

He completAccrediting Council for ed an interIndependent Colleges and nal mediSchools, Miami-Jacobs Career cine internCollege was originally formed in ship and 1860 in Dayton. The school has residency grown to establish other camand cardiopuses in Springboro, Troy, vascular Columbus, Independence and disease felSharonville. For more informalowship at tion about graduation rates, the Miami median debt of students who Valley completed the programs, and KUPPER Hospital, other important information, visit disclosure.miamijacobs.edu. Dayton. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Prior to joinKupper joins UVMC ing Upper Valley Cardiology, he practiced in Lima, Dayton and medical staff Greenville.

Dr. Kupper joins Cass Cullis, TROY — Thomas Kupper, M.D.; William Czajka, M.D.; and M.D., has joined Upper Valley Cardiology and the UVMC med- Aaron Kaibas, D.O., in the Upper Valley Cardiology practice at ical staff.

Dr. Kupper received his med- 3006 N. County Road 25-A, Suite 104, Troy. To schedule an ical degree from Wright State appointment, call (937) 335-3518.

University School of Medicine.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Easter Sunday, March 31, the 90th day of 2013. There are 275 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On March 31, 1943, “Oklahoma!,” the first musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway.

On this date: In 1889, French engineer Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking its completion.

In 1931, Notre Dame college football coach Knute Rockne, 43, was killed in the crash of a TWA plane in Bazaar, Kan. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps.

In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not seek reelection.

In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen

Ann Quinlan, who was in a persistent vegetative state, could be disconnected from her respirator.

(Quinlan, who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)

In 2005, Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.

Five years ago: HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced his resignation amid the wreckage of the national housing crisis.

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THS students delight in prom anticipation

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com o many girls, a prom dress is second only to a wedding dress in terms of importance.

(Or at least, it seems that way at the time.)

Troy High School senior Marisa Mowery is well aware.

Her last year’s dress was stately, to say the least.

“I ordered mine online last year and got it the day before prom last year, but it came too late, so I actually borrowed Mrs. Ohio’s dress,” Mowery said, explaining that the mother of her date last year, Justin Lewis, was a former beauty pageant winner.

But she won’t let her past appearance outshine her attire this year.

“The Logan Rathmann and Nick Sanders dance at the Troy High School Prom 2012. dress is black across the top and then it’s MOWERY princess-y and teal on the bottom,” Mowery said, motioning how it poofs out at the bottom.

She has a hair appointment booked as well: “It usually takes all day to get ready.” She will be attending with senior Seth Perdziola.

Dresses and up-dos won’t be the only novel aspects of prom.

The location also will be different, hosted at the Dayton Art Institute’s Shaw Gothic Cloister from 8-11 p.m. April 13, as a result of renovations taking place at the Masonic Temple, the usual location of prom.

Students seem pleased with the change, noted prom organizer and THS teacher Steve Becker.

“The kids are really excited about it,” he said. “We took them (junior cabinet) down there, and they loved it.”

Senior Kyle Croft said the DAI will make for an especially memorable senior prom. He will be coordinating his outfit with his date Cassie Rice.

“I still have to go get the tux, but I’m pretty excited about it,” Croft said.

“It’s a white tux with a purple vest.”

CROFT While prom is undoubtedly a big deal for both girls and boys, it seems to be a particularly big occasion for females, entailing a day-long ordeal of perfecting hair and makeup.

Susan Placke, owner of Elite Fashions & Bridals at 127 W. Market St., is more than happy to help girls find the perfect dress.

“I’ve noticed a big change in the last two years with the girls.

They’re more conservative, more elegant,” she said. “Last homecoming, I actually got the girls into knee-length dresses, which STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER is a huge step forward. I haven’t been doing as many cutouts (for Elite Fashions & Bridal owner Susan Placke describes various dresses girls are wearing during prom season, including the high-low dresses. prom), but I haven’t offered as many, either.”

Leaving a little to the imagination is preferred, Placke said, adding that some mothers stop in before their daughters shop to express what they’d like to see their girls wear.

The most important thing though, Placke said, is ensuring girls look and feel their best — and stand out. That’s why she sells only one of each dress.

With the exception of a couple secondhand dresses, the dresses are all new, derived from liquidation and sold at roughly half the original price. High-end designers include Jovani, Mignon and Mac Duggal.

Dresses are not designated by size, as she strives to tailor each dress to the individual, so long as the dress design and detailing do not prohibit it.

“I don’t have sizes at the top (on the rack),” Placke said. “I want the girls to choose the dress they want.”

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AFTER-PROM Slated for 11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. April 13, after-prom at Troy High School will feature inflatables, photo booths, pizza and more, all with the intention of providing kids with a fun, alcohol-free environment following the dance.

“We try to have a safe environment for the kids, and the scholarships are a really good pull for the seniors,” said Leslie Culp, one of the event organizers.

Dave Arbogast Buick GMC will provide a $500 scholarship through a program with four local car dealers, which also includes Joe Johnson Chevrolet, Troy Ford and Erwin Chrysler Dodge Jeep. Since 2009, each dealer has given $500 to one school — Troy, Miami East, Piqua and MiltonUnion — rotating schools every year.

Another scholarship will be administered through Troy Rotary in the amount of $750, to be broken down into two different scholarships.

The Troy Foundation will give away two scholarships as well in the amount of $500, one to a female and another to a male.

To be eligible for the scholarships, participants must stay for the entire after-prom.

Big-item and general door prizes also will be drawn for both juniors and seniors.

For those buying tickets ahead of time, parents must sign a paper acknowledging that their kids are attending after-prom. However, for the first time, tickets also will be sold at the door.

Students have until midnight to arrive at after-prom following the end of the dance at 11 p.m. Those not attending the dance may attend after-prom as well.

Tickets in advance are $5 for couples and $3 for singles, and at the door will be $5 for everyone.

The Troy Foundation will provide free T-shirts for all in attendance, Jumpy’s will provide an inflatable and SK Music Productions in Piqua is offering a discount on music. Parents also have contributed money, to be used toward door prizes and other costs.

FAR LEFT: Jennifer Lehmann and Stefan Kuntz pose for a photo during the THS Prom 2012.

LEFT: Alexandra Covault and Jonathan Osman pose for a photo during the THS Prom 2012.

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In spring, woodpeckers and resurrection Easter Sunday is the day when Christians worldwide celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the tomb three days after His crucifixion. This event is fundamental to our faith, the glorious basis of eternal hope, since it records the miraculous triumph of life over death.

Resurrection. Life after death.

The concept is easy to believe come spring. All you have to do is look around … the actual process is currently taking place throughout the land.

Spring is nature’s season of rebirth — at least for those of us located north of the equator. The time when brown earth and dormant landscape reawakens and commences to renew itself from the grasp of winter’s tomb. New growth, new life. A vernal regeneration stirred by increased light, nourishing rain and warming sun, which manifests in pastel blossoms, burgeoning birdsong and a thousand shades of green.

Some of us, therefore, welcome today with dual delight, thrilled by both resurrection definitions — the spiritual resurrection of Easter’s promise, and the natural resurrection of another Ohio spring.

However, if you’ve been paying attention to the scientific news lately, you doubtless realize we may soon be able to add a third type of resurrection to the list — the resurrection of extinct species. Imagine going to an Easter sunrise service, or hunting colored Easter eggs with your kids, while Carolina parakeets called from nearby tree-

Jim McGuire Troy Daily News Columnist tops, and your neighbor’s pet woolly mammoth trumpets from it’s enclosure out behind the barn.

Such a scenario is not as farfetched as you might think. In theory, it sounds rather simple: take old DNA samples from the extinct creature you wish to revive, reassemble them into a full genome, inject this into embryonic cells which have had their DNA removed, then implant the cells into a living surrogate.

In fact, the process — which scientists have paradoxically christened “de-extinction” — has already been successfully done … sorta. Ten years ago a team from Spain and France brought back an extinct species of wild goat — though it only lived a few minutes. A more recent attempt with an extinct frog also was successful, except again, the “patient” re-extincted itself moments later.

Eventually, however, patience and practice will iron out such technicalities. A couple of weeks ago, at a TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design)

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Conference sponsored by National Geographic, scientists working on de-extinction projects got together to discuss data and techniques. During the process, they came up with a list of 22 animals they’d like to resurrect.

Big stuff included woolly mammoths, mastodons, the quagga — a species of zebra — the Pyrenean ibex which went extinct in 2000, and aurochs — wild cattle that died off in 1627.

The one apex predator was the saber-toothed cat. And a popular favorite was the thylacine, of Australia, Tasmania, and New

Guinea, which disappeared — at least officially — in the 1960s.

North American opted for birds. Besides the aforementioned Carolina parakeet, which went extinct in 1904 — we chose the passenger pigeon, lost in 1914; heath hen, 1932; Labrador duck, somewhere around 1870; and dusky seaside sparrow, 1990. But the two I’m most excited about were woodpeckers … the legendary ivory-billed and Mexico’s imperial.

Yes, if certain whispered tales are believed, remnant populations of both still may be hang-

ing on in overlooked corners of their respective forests.

Ivory-bills supposedly went extinct in the early-1940s, though rumors have persisted that a few linger. When I spent several weeks fishing throughout Cuba in the early-1980s, I talked at length with a biologist who knew of ivory-bills (Cuba’s bird is considered a sub-species) deep in the island’s remote mountain forests. Closer to home, hopeful birders and ornithologists continue to investigate reports and a brief, inconclusive, video from 2004-5 of ivory-bills in Arkansas and neighboring states.

A similar mystery surrounds the imperial, which was/is the world’s largest woodpecker. The last bird may have perished in the mid-1950s, or a few might have clung on into the 1990s. Or later.

Who knows? I hope they’re both out there in the wild awaiting rediscovery. And I also hope the de-evolutionists managed to reconstruct both a real ivorybilled and a genuine imperial.

As a full-fledged woodpecker fan, I like them all, big and small. But I especially enjoy pileateds … now considered the largest species of woodpecker in the U.S. They are simply huge, awesome birds! I can’t imagine the considerably bigger ivorybilled, or the bigger still imperial.

What a woodpecker! And what I wouldn’t give to see either of these spectacular birds some Easter Sunday!

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Doctors, moms urged to not deliver babies by C-section

BY LEE BOWMAN Scripps Howard News Service It may not be immediately apparent in your local maternity ward, but the nation’s medical establishment is giving some not-too-subtle encouragement for obstetricians and moms to deliver more babies without cesarean section surgery — currently the method by which nearly a third of infants arrive.

Maternal America hit several modest milestones for births by cesarean section in the past few years.

After going up for a decade, the C-section rate held steady at 32.9 percent in 2008 and 2009, then dipped to 32.8 percent in 2010 and stayed there in 2011, the latest year figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are available.

That’s notable because the cesarean rate

increased from one in five births in 1996 to one-inthree by 2007.The increases occurred among women of all age groups and ethnic backgrounds, rising to nearly half of births by women in their 40s and older.

What’s troubling, though, is that rates for the most common surgical procedure in America vary widely from state to state, from as low as 25 percent in Alaska and several western states to more than 35 percent in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia.

The variation is even greater from hospital to hospital. An analysis of nearly 600 hospitals that performed at least 100 live births in 2009 found C-section rates as low as 7 percent and as high as 70 percent, according to a study published earlier this month in the journal Health Affairs. Even

among women with lowerrisk pregnancies, the rates ranged from 2.4 to 36.5 percent.

The numbers suggest that something other than medical necessity or the types of patients are driving the differences, researchers from the University of Minnesota said. The styles of practice of individual doctors or physician groups in one hospital make a difference.

That’s not to say that medical need doesn’t play a big role.

Researchers at Yale reported last year on 30,000 births at Yale-New Haven Hospital between 2003 and 2009. They found that traditional, objective reasons for C-sections — such as babies in difficult breech positions or complications with the placenta — have remained steady.

But reports of more subjective problems, like slow progression of labor or concerns about fetal heart

rate have been increasing, along with a trend to use the procedure more often with larger infants and twins.

The Yale study found that maternal choice or scheduled C-sections were responsible for only about 8 percent of the increase in procedures at the hospital.

However, a small Swedish study published last year noted that women with a fear of childbirth were nearly twice as likely to have a C-section as those with no such fears, even after special counseling.

More than 90 percent of women who’ve had a C-section will repeat the procedure if they give birth again, and those deliveries account for about a third of the total each year. Many hospitals discourage attempting labor with subsequent births due to fears of complications, although this is changing in some areas.

Convenience, pain and

risks to mom and baby aside, there are also strong arguments to encourage vaginal births, not the least of which is that Csections typically cost about twice as much as a standard delivery.

More and more evidence indicates that natural delivery benefits infants in areas ranging from immune system development and reduced odds for asthma and allergies to early growth patterns.

There’s particular concern that elective C-sections contribute to more preterm births. Although a full term pregnancy is considered 37 to 41 weeks, most experts recommend waiting until at least 39 weeks for delivery.

Medicaid has launched an initiative with several hundred hospitals to discourage early elective deliveries. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends against early deliv-

eries by any method before 39 weeks without sound medical need.

A study by Johns Hopkins researchers presented last year showed that C-section delivery may not protect babies who are small for their gestational age, but in fact may give them higher odds for breathing problems.

Starting next year, the Joint Commission — the national accrediting organization for healthcare organizations — will require hospitals with more than 1,100 births a year to actively work toward reducing C-sections among first-time moms at low risk for complications and decreasing early elective birth rates.

While there are no benchmarks or quotas, the new measure pressures hospitals to monitor and evaluate their C-section rates and consider changes in their standard practices.

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“I think physicians would definitely be justified in recommending comprehensive hearing-rehabilitative treatment consisting of hearing aids, training and counseling, and other hearing-assistive technologies to ensure that their patients can communicate effectively and remain engaged in life,” Lin said. “Whether treatment of hearing loss could reduce cognitive decline and affect cognitive health, though, still remains completely unknown.”

The rate of cognitive decline increased with the severity of the hearing loss, according to the study.

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That translated into a 24 percent increase in the risk of cognitive decline — or, put another way, people with hearing loss would decline by 5 points on a standard test of memory and cognition in 7.7 years, while people with normal hearing would take 10.9 years to decline as much.

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Age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis, is not like turning down the volume of a radio. The loss generally begins in the higher frequencies, affecting sounds such as birds chirping, and children’s voices. As hearing declines, people start to have trouble discriminating consonants, hearing “sat” instead of “cat,” for example.

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Simple movements ease muscle pain Feldenkrais helps people move better

BY MARY LYNN SMITH Minneapolis Star Tribune By the time people come to see Lisa Walker, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re usually desperate.

These injured athletes, dancers, musicians or office workers are trying to fix whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broken. Some are looking for a way around the limitations caused by a stroke, Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease or cerebral palsy. Others just want to run faster, notch up their golf game or improve their horse riding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a nutshell, I help people move better,â&#x20AC;? said Walker, who practices both in Rochester and near Red Wing, Minn.

Walker breaks down a single complex movement into smaller ones, which helps clients learn how to use their entire bodies to make any movement easier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about sensing for yourself the difference between what is efficient, effortless movement and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The method is called Feldenkrais. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Felden-what?â&#x20AC;? is how people usually first react, said Nick Strauss-Klein, a practitioner based in Eagan, Minn. While it sounds like a religion or maybe even a cult, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the name of the guy who founded the method.

Born in Russia, Moshe Feldenkrais was a physicist and mechanical engineer and a judo expert with a debilitating knee injury.

After rejecting surgery because it might not keep him out of a wheelchair, Feldenkrais used his extensive knowledge of the body and the mind to come up with a way to move more easily and walk pain-free.

Feldenkrais brought his method to the United

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Feldenkrais practitioner Nick Strauss-Klein watches how client Kathy Combs walks around his home.

States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; first to the West Coast in 1977 and then the East Coast. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking hold in the Midwest, with about a dozen trained practitioners in Minnesota, according to Strauss-Klein. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lessons teach better alignment and more coordination between the muscles and the skeletal and soft tissues,â&#x20AC;? said Julia Pak, a Feldenkrais practitioner and the New York City director of the Balanced Runner.

Some practitioners offer group classes, where students lie down on mats and then are guided through a series of movements. There also are one-on-one sessions that zero in on the places where a client is unwittingly restricting movement. A slight change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sometimes inches, maybe millimeters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can cascade into effortless movement that helps resolve a high-school athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chronic running injury, alleviates a violinistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neck pain or allows an

Feldenkrais practitioner Nick Strauss-Klein with client Kathy Combs at his home. elderly woman to roll over in bed with ease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m finding the places where people are stuck neurologically,â&#x20AC;? said Walker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really about learning.â&#x20AC;?

For example: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have tight hamstrings, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because the way youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

moving is causing them to be short and tight,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are other muscles that should be working but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. So the hamstrings are overworking and the other muscles are sleeping.â&#x20AC;?

While the method is very

good at what Walker calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;re-rooting old habits,â&#x20AC;?

Feldenkrais has its limits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone has a torn ACL, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not your person.

The medical profession has perfected that,â&#x20AC;? Walker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this is phenomenal for people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

want to wear out their joints so fast, because when you move better youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not putting stress on those joints.â&#x20AC;?

Tom Williamson, a 59year-old Boston Marathon finisher and triathlete, was suffering from plantar fasciitis when he turned to Walker in 2004. After a couple of one-on-one lessons, he became an avid student in Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Awareness Through Movement classes.

Williamson said he now has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;low-impactâ&#x20AC;? gait and has remained injury-free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consciously change your running style,â&#x20AC;? he said. But Feldenkrais has given him the awareness to know when â&#x20AC;&#x153;things are off â&#x20AC;? and given him insight to make adjustments that allow him to run more efficiently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just running numb,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Still, he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to convert fellow runners to the Feldenkrais method. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People seem to think the name is goofy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Dr. Margaret Houston, a family physician in Rochester, gets the same reaction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People roll their eyes because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an alternative therapy and nobody understands what it is, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to explain,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I explain that learning to relax the muscles in one part of the body can help them walk differently.

I tell them to take it on faith. It works and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made a huge difference for me.â&#x20AC;?

Houston, who suffered neck and back pain, was introduced to Feldenkrais by her horse trainer. After she took classes, she said, the pain disappeared.

The change made perfect sense to her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People often attribute pain to one thing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have pain in their knee or their hip but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that everything in your body moves as a unit.â&#x20AC;?

Spike in oral cancers in recent years puzzles experts

BY VICTORIA COLLIVER tions of her tongue. Through include those of the mouth Cancer

San Francisco Chronicle Christine Schulz has never visited England, but she speaks with the clipped inflection of a vaguely British accent. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an affectation but, rather, the mystifying after-effect of an 18-hour surgery she endured in 2009 to remove about half her tongue due to a cancerous growth that had spread to her lymph nodes.

Surgeons used skin from her wrist and upper leg to re-create the missing por-

long term speech therapy, Schulz, 47, of Hollister, Calif., re-learned how to eat and talk with her reconstructed tongue. If she sounds as if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from a different country, Schulz isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complaining. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the moment I woke up from surgery, I realized exactly what a huge deal it was,â&#x20AC;? she said, describing how she had an incision in her throat to allow her to breathe and was prohibited to speak in her earliest days of healing.

Oral cancers, which

and tongue, are most common in men over 60 with a long history of smoking or chewing tobacco, often combined with heavy drinking.

But in recent years, a spike in the incidence of oral cancers is being attributed to human papilloma virus, or HPV. But Schulzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cancer was neither HPV, nor tobaccorelated. That puts her in a camp of fewer than 7 percent of all oral cancers that have no identifiable cause, according to the Oral

Foundation, an advocacy group based in Newport Beach, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surprisingly, a high percentage of tongue cancers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 45 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is not related to the virus. The cause, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Steven Wang, a head and neck surgeon at the University of California San Francisco with expertise in microvascular reconstructive surgery. Tongue cancer is relatively rare, diagnosed last year in about 13,000 U.S. patients â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than 9,000 men and 3,700 women. It

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Queens hotel boom brings NYC tourists across river NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel boom is luring tourists out of Manhattan and across the East River to the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City, where 15 hotels have opened since 2006, from boutiques to chains.

Many of them boast not just lower rates than hotels in Manhattan but also great views of the city skyline and easy access by subway, taxi or even ferry.

Just don’t be put off by the area’s factories, warehouses, and parking lots not to mention the towering red and white smokestacks of the nearby Ravenswood power plant. While Long Island City and the adjacent neighborhood of Astoria offer many attractions, including waterfront parks, museums and good restaurants, industrial heritage remains a vibrant part of the local identity.

There’s also a famous bridge here. No, not the Brooklyn Bridge, but the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge, named for the city’s late mayor but commonly called the 59th Street Bridge. Simon & Garfunkel fans may recall that the 1960s song “Feelin’ Groovy” was subtitled “The 59th Street Bridge Song.”

Many Long Island City hotels offer views of the picturesque bridge with its delicately undulating beige spans connecting Queens to Manhattan across the water.

Nhi Pham, 21, a student from Orlando, Fla., stayed at the Z NYC Hotel in Long Island City recently after finding a $139 rate on Groupon. “The hotel room had one wall that was all windows and it was so nice waking up to that amazing Manhattan skyline and view of the bridge without having to pay a really high price for it,” she said.

Priceline.com prices for twostar hotels in Long Island City for a Saturday in March ranged from $139 to $209, compared to $143 to $349 on Manhattan’s East Side near Grand Central Terminal. The growth in Queens hotels has coincided with a push

by NYC & Company, the city’s tourism agency, to bring visitors to the boroughs outside Manhattan.

“I would definitely stay in Long Island City again,” Pham said. “It was a very industrial area, but I thought that was fascinating.”

Many points of interest in Long Island City and neighboring Astoria are related to the area’s industrial heritage. The famous Steinway piano factory opened in Astoria in the 1870s; today, free factory tours fill up months in advance. One of Long Island City’s best-known landmarks is a bright red Pepsi-Cola sign on the waterfront, visible from across the river in Manhattan. The sign once marked a local soda bottling plant; the plant closed but the sign was preserved in Gantry Plaza State Park, which offers boardwalks, piers and skyline views.

Filmmaking is another local industry. The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is housed in a building that was part of a 1920s film studio that made silent and early sound films. The studio was revived three decades ago as Kaufman Astoria Studios; modern production credits range from “Sesame Street” to “Men in Black 3.” In Long Island City, a baked goods manufacturer called Silvercup was transformed into Silvercup Studios. Its clients include “30 Rock” and “The Devil Wears Prada.”

The Museum of the Moving Image’s artifacts range from early cameras and projectors to costumes and props from “Star Wars.” Screenings include silent movies with live music, classics and the avant-garde. The museum’s hands-on exhibits are especially fun: Play old arcade games like Pac-Man, dub your voice into a clip of Dorothy from the original “Wizard of Oz” or put rock music into the soundtrack of an old Western movie.

A few blocks away, the Noguchi Museum offers a sub-

AP PHOTO/DUTCH KILLS

This undated photo provided by Dutch Kills shows head bartender Jan Warren holding a drink at Dutch Kills, a bar in the Long Island City section of the Queens borough of New York. Long Island City and the adjacent neighborhood of Astoria are becoming popular destinations for tourists lured by moderately priced hotels just across the river from Manhattan, along with the area’s attractions.

IF YOU GO …

• LONG ISLAND CITY CULTURAL ALLIANCE: http://www.licarts.org/.

Excellent map of Long Island City and Astoria neighborhoods in New York City borough of Queens, plus attraction listings.

• MOMA PS1: http://momaps1. org/, 22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46th Ave. Thursday-Monday, noon-6 p.m.

Adults, $10; children 16 and under, free.

• MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: http://www.movingimage.us/, 36-01 35th Ave. WednesdayThursday, 10:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.- 7 p.m. Adults, $12; children 3-12, $6.

• NOGUCHI MUSEUM: http://www.noguchi.org/, 9-01 33rd Road. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Adults, $10. Children under 12, free.

• SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK: http://www.socrates sculpturepark.org/, 32-01 Vernon Blvd.

Free.

• STEINWAY PIANO FACTORY: http://www.steinway.com. Tours Tuesdays 9:30 a.m., September-June, reservations fill up months in advance, (718) 721-2600.

• GANTRY PLAZA STATE PARK: On Queens side of East River, 4-09 47th Road. Pepsi-Cola sign, boardwalks, piers.

• ASTORIA PARK: At 19th Street between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Boulevard.

• Z NYC HOTEL: http://www. zhotelny.com/, 11-01 43rd Ave., Long Island City, or 212-319-7000. Rates vary by date and room; $175-$325.

• NYC OUTWARD BOUND CLIMBING WALL: http://www.ny coutwardbound.org/get-involved/wantto-climb/, 29-46 Northern Blvd., Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m., April 16-Oct. 31, $25 online, $28 at the door. Minimum age 12; under 18 with adult only.

• THE CLIFFS: Climbing gym, opening in Long Island City in May, http://www.thecliffsclimbing.com.

• EAST RIVER FERRY: http://www.nywaterway.com/AboutER F.aspx, Hunters Point/Long Island City terminal at 54th Avenue and Second Street, $4 five-minute ride to 34th Street, Manhattan.

• SUBWAY: From Manhattan, subway routes to Long Island City and Astoria include E or 7 to Court Square and Q or N to stops from Queensborough Plaza to Astoria/Ditmars. (No Q service weekends.)

AP PHOTO/STEINWAY & SONS, CHRIS PAYNE

This undated photo provided by Steinway & Sons shows factory craftsmen working at the rim-bending process at the Steinway piano factory, located in the Astoria section of Queens.

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This March 6 photo shows “Raymond & Toby,” a 1994 sculpture by John Ahearn at Socrates Sculpture Park in the Astoria section of the Queens borough of New York.

AP PHOTO/MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, BRIAN PALMER

This image provided by the Museum of the Moving Image shows young visitors encountering Yoda, the “Star Wars” character, in the museum’s core exhibition “Behind the Screen.” lime collection of the late Isamu Noguchi’s spare, modernist stone sculptures, along with a compelling film about the artist’s career and unusual childhood with a Japanese father and American mother. Noguchi created the museum in the building where he lived and worked, on a residential street surrounded by parking lots and warehouses.

Nearby, the waterfront Socrates Sculpture Park displays work outdoors by various contemporary artists.

Another major destination for art-lovers is MoMA PS1, part of the Museum of Modern Art, located in a former Long Island City public school. The museum’s mission is to display contempo-

rary art, so if you’re looking for Monet, you’d better take the E train back into Manhattan and head to MoMA’s main museum.

Through April 1, MoMA PS1 exhibits include mixed-media objects that explore religious iconography some made from everyday material like tin foil and glitter by Thomas LaniganSchmidt, a gay artist who attended Catholic school. Opening in May is a multimedia exhibition with environmental themes.

PS1’s extraordinary cafeteria M. Wells Dinette is a must for foodies. The menu offers adventurous items like bone marrow tarts along with less edgy fare like borsht, oysters, juniper potato salad and hot toddies. The cafe

cancelled plans to serve horsemeat after an outcry.

Speaking of food, ask a New Yorker about Astoria and you may be told, “That’s where you go for Greek food.” Although it’s known as a Greek-American neighborhood, Astoria’s immigrant population and restaurants are quite diverse. For example, Djerdan, a Balkan eatery at 3404 31st Ave., advertises “Best Burek in Town!” referring to yummy coiled dough filled with meat, spinach or cheese. Other popular restaurants include The Strand Smokehouse, 25-27 Broadway, for barbecue; the upscale but fun Astor Room at Kaufman Astoria Studios, 34-12 36th St.; Taverna Kyclades, 33-07 Ditmars Blvd., for seafood and Greek standards (expect long waits for tables); and Agnanti, 19-06 Ditmars, named the city’s top Greek restaurant by Greek Reporter USA. In Long Island City, a trendy, lively bar and eatery at 24-27 Jackson Ave. called Dutch Kills offers artisanal drinks and “bartender’s choice,” where patrons give guidance on what they like but leave it up to the bartender to create interesting cocktails. Head bartender Jan Warren admits that first-time guests are sometimes “a little freaked out” by

Dutch Kills’ location on a deserted industrial street with a spooky litup “BAR” sign. But inside it is warm and welcoming, and the bartenders put on a great show as they pour, pinch, squeeze, stir and shake ingredients, then present their creations with a flourish and a smile.

“What we do is great food and cocktails, but you actually get to have a good time,” said Warren.

“Our regular clientele runs the gamut from Queens garbage collectors to cocktail nerds who come over from Europe.”

Other Long Island City attractions include two places to climb: a five-story outdoor wall at NYC Outward Bound headquarters, and a cavernous new gym called The Cliffs, opening in May. At Astoria Park, you’ll find a skateboard park, jogging track and waterfront paths, along with the city’s largest outdoor swimming pool.

Pham, the Z hotel guest, said travel to Manhattan was easy, between subways, cabs and Z’s free hourly shuttle bus. The hotel even has free bikes for guests.

And a ferry ride from Long Island City takes five minutes to reach Manhattan. But with so much to do on the Queens side of the river, you might not want to leave.

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Rebecca Thomas picks five great coming-of-age movies

Spectacle and bombast

‘G.I. Joe’ knows it’s big and dumb

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE “Olympus Has Fallen,” in which North Korean terAP Film Reviewer rorists took over the White House in self-serious fashIf a big, dumb action ion but our secret-servicemovie knows it’s a big, agent hero found time to dumb action movie and revels in that fact, is that make wedged-in, smartalecky quips on the way to preferable to a big, dumb saving the day. action movie making the That’s not to say that mistake of thinking it’s this “G.I. Joe” is good, significant, relevant art? aside from a couple of dazThat’s the question to zling action set pieces, but ponder if you can think at least it’s efficient in its straight and your ears muscular mindlessness. aren’t ringing too badly The elite military team during “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” This sequel of of Joes, now led by Duke (Channing Tatum, returnsorts to the 2009 blocking from the first film), is buster “G.I. Joe: The Rise sent to Pakistan to recover of the Cobra” seems to have some cheeky fun with some nuclear weapons.

But they find themselves itself, from Bruce Willis double-crossed by their cheerily revealing the own government, led by an arsenal he’s hiding in his imposter president, and quiet suburban home to lose many among their RZA from the Wu-Tang ranks in a massive Clan essentially showing up and playing himself. A ambush. The survivors Roadblock (Dwayne major city is obliterated with the touch of a button Johnson, reliable as ever), Flint (D.J. Cotrona, who’s and several others are in given no personality) and peril as the world hinges Lady Jaye (Adrianne on nuclear destruction in what amounts to a hammy Palicki, in full makeup for covert ops) must find out game of chicken.

Nothing matters really. who’s running the country This is a movie based on a and get to the bottom of Hasbro toy, after all — it’s this villain’s dastardly all spectacle and bombast. plan.

Turns out it’s master of But at least “G.I. Joe” is aware of its vapidity com- disguise Zartan, part of the enemy group Cobra, pared to, say, last week’s

Dwayne Johnson: Savior of film franchises LOS ANGELES (AP) — When your film franchise has gotten tired the Fast aren’t quite as Furious, the Mummy needs a reason to Return Dwayne Johnson is the guy to call.

The 40-year-old actor has become a savior of stale film series, injecting new life into “Fast Five,” ”The Mummy Returns,” ”Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” and now “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”

The former professional wrestler rocks established franchises by joining them on the second or subsequent installment and boosting the property’s box office.

“Fast & Furious 6” and “Journey 3” are on the way, and Johnson’s “Mummy” character got his own spinoff film, “The Scorpion King.”

“We call him franchise Viagra,” said “Retaliation” director Jon M. Chu. “He comes in and he elevates everything, not just physically, but energy-wise…

He was the only one in our minds that could reinvent G.I. Joe and carry the franchise forward.”

In “Retaliation,” Johnson takes over for Channing Tatum, the star of 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” Tatum plays a smaller role in the sequel as Johnson introduces moviegoers to

the top-grossing movie franchises of all time, including a few that may seem finished. The Rock, tongue firmly in cheek, is willing to revive them.

STAR WARS: “That could happen. I only say that because of my love for the mythology of ‘Star Wars.’ … Boba Fett could work. But it can’t be the Boba Fett as we know. We can’t hide my magic (gestures to his face). This is magic, my friend (laughs).

There’s got to be a cross AP PHOTO/PARAMOUNT PICTURES, JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD between a Sith and a Jedi.

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows What is that? Don’t know Channing Tatum, left, and Dwayne Johnson in a scene what that is yet. We’ve got from “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” to create it.”

JAMES BOND: “I love Roadblock, a character In fact, he’s open to that franchise. Daniel from the G.I. Joe universe joining any film franchise Craig has been great. You who’s built like a tank but he might be able to help. know my grandfather was always served second in “If I can create a chara baddie in ‘You Only Live command. acter that audiences will Twice’ with Sean Connery.

“He was the glue who really like and love going They had this awesome held all the G.I. Joes on a journey with whether fight scene. So he kind of together, but he was hapit’s ‘Fast Five’ or ‘G.I. Joe’ opened up the doors in my pily in the shadows,” or even ‘Journey 2: The mind a little bit at least.

Johnson said. “To bring Mysterious Island,’ or So yeah, absolutely me him to life and then try to everything else we have chasing down Daniel help elevate the franchise coming up then I jump at Craig. But here’s the thing. with that character is that opportunity,” Johnson Here’s my idea. Chase pretty cool.” said, noting the creative down Daniel Craig and Johnson grew up play- challenge. “How do you then become the new ing with G.I. Joe action fig- elevate something that’s Bond. That’s what we do ures, so he was especially already successful? What … That’s never going to excited to be a part of Joe’s do you do? How do you happen, OK, but go second cinematic outing. make it different? How do ahead.”

“It would be like if you make it fun? How do BATMAN: “Um. Let’s George Lucas called me you make it cool?” take a crack at it. I love and said, ‘Hey, want to be The Associated Press that. ‘Batman.’ Do I say asked Johnson what role in Star Wars?” the actor that? ‘I’m Batman.’” he might play in some of said.

SHREK: “With ‘Shrek’

we create a five-legged Brahma bull with three horns.. He’s neutral. And sometimes he stutters.”

TWILIGHT: “We would introduce the biggest, baddest, most manliest vampire the world has ever seen or will ever see. Go to Kristen Stewart, grab her by the back of the head, pull her in closely. Here comes Pattinson. Pie-face him out of the way. Look at her before I kiss her: ‘We’re doing away with boyhood things.’ Push him out of the way. Give her the kiss. Change her life.

Then I’d bite her; rip her face off (laughs).”

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: “We have Johnny Depp on one side, that pirate, then we have myself on another side. I’m a pirate don’t believe in drinking, don’t believe in cussing. A clean pirate who happens to be boring.

Yes, yes, that’s it. How exciting is that? You’re lining up. Everyone’s lining up to see it.”

INDIANA JONES: “I would be a professor at the University of Miami of course, naturally … who stumbles upon something that is considered the fountain of youth. Give it to the real Indy. We go back in time. He becomes Indy from ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.’ Then we both set off.”

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In this 1939 file photo originally released by Warner Bros., Judy Garland portrays Dorothy in a scene from “The Wizard of Oz.” very literary which opened me up to a new kind of storytelling.

• “Clueless” (1995): This is my favorite high school movie of all time!

It’s a warm coming-of-age satire that takes us into the head of Cher Horowitz, an over-privileged Beverly Hills teen. Her modified Valley Girl voiceover narration is always justified and hilarious, and Cher is likable despite how selfcentered she is. I can only watch this with people who are as obsessed with it as I am, because I am liable to quote every line. As if!

• “Akira” (1988): This is anime cyberpunk at its best. Rebellion is a huge part of this film. Student protests, gang warfare, Tetsuo’s taking over the government, and Kaneda .

Oh Kaneda! He might have to kill his friend to save the world! It’s his coming-of-age that happens ultimately. I hope this gets successfully made into the live-action version. I’ve been tracking its progress (and lack thereof) forever now.

• “The Graduate” (1967): Mike Nichols’ tale of the aimless college graduate Benjamin Braddock was the dissonant coming-of-ager that, like the rest of the films on this list, caught the spirit of the time and a spirit of rebellion.

Benjamin would rebel by floating in a pool instead of becoming a doctor or lawyer. Simon and Garfunkel, a red convertible, and a seduction by Mrs. Robinson clearly make this a film for Rebecca Thomas.

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This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows “G.I. Joe: Retaliation."

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 15-year-old girl from a fundamentalist Mormon family hears rock music for the first time and miraculously finds she’s pregnant in “Electrick Children,” the debut feature from writer-director Rebecca Thomas.

It sounds like a fantastical premise and Thomas’ film is filled with beautifully ethereal, dreamlike imagery but it’s also a universally relatable comingof-age story. Sheltered Rachel (played with a lovely innocence by Julia Garner) flees her Utah compound and drives to Las Vegas, hoping to find the man whose voice on a AP PHOTO/PARAMOUNT PICTURES, JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD cassette tape moved her so Adrianne Palicki, left, and Bruce Willis in a scene from profoundly. And while she’s exposed to a whole new world when she falls in with some musicians and street kids, she never loses her inherent sweetness.

Thomas herself was nice enough to choose five of her favorite coming-ofage movies. Here she is, in who’s posing as the presi- movie to 3-D. With a direc- her own words: tor like Jon M. Chu, who’s dent while the real com• “The Wizard of Oz” shown a flair for integrat- (1939): I watched this mander in chief is locked ing 3-D with the dance up in a bomb shelter. movie every day growing extravaganza “Step Up (Jonathan Pryce plays up. Dorothy has such a 3D” and the concert film both roles; he’s far too dreamy, fantastical adven“Justin Bieber: Never Say ture down the yellow brick qualified for even one of them.) The three Joes real- Never,” why not just shoot road. It is really only ize they need help to bring it that way in the first through her kindness in place? As it stands now, him down, so they round befriending others that she the extra dimension up the far-flung Snake learns to take control of Eyes (Ray Park), the petite doesn’t add much, and her own destiny. I’m a warrior Jinx (Elodie Yung, often is used in that simsucker for the music, the plistic, tried-and-true way sets, and for the big shift whose character trains of flinging things at us with the Blind Master, from black and white to from the screen: bullets, RZA) and the reluctant Technicolor. I’ve even tried throwing stars, etc.

Storm Shadow (Korean doing “Dark Side of the There is one absolutely Rainbow” (watching “WoO” superstar Byung-hun Lee, astounding extended an athletic and elegant backward while listening to sequence about halfway specimen).

Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of through, in which two They also need some the Moon” album). It still teams of ninjas face off in reads as coming-of-age! firepower, so they track down Willis’ Original Joe, a battle on the sheer cliff • “The 400 Blows” Gen. Colton, who provides faces of the Himalayas.

(1959): I watched this film Using cables and zip lines, when I was 19 and his own personal gun it’s as if they’re running, show. (You’d never know Franois Truffaut became a leaping and practically there’s a gun control fast hero of mine. Deeming dancing on walls in the debate in this country myself as Truffaut, I from watching this movie; sky a breathtaking piece of searched for an Andr choreography in its own it’s all very macho and Bazin to start a film club. right, regardless of the rah-rah. The flip side is, I roped my brother and none of the casualties from dimension through which friends into making bad it’s viewed. all this sophisticated shorts with me, but that “G.I. Joe Retaliation,” a wasn’t quite the same. weaponry results in any blood. This is an astonish- Paramount Pictures Although I may never release, is rated PG-13 for ingly violent PG-13 make a film as perfect as intense sequences of commovie.) this, I find in it an invitabat violence and martial “Retaliation” initially tion to make films about was scheduled to come out arts action throughout, young people. Antoine and for brief sensuality. last summer, but the stuDoinel, the 12-year old Running time: 110 mindio pulled it and delayed hero, is rebellious, smart, utes. Two stars out of four. and three-dimensional. its release to convert the The ending at the beach is

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DATES TO REMEMBER TODAY • DivorceCare seminar and support group will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. at Piqua Assembly of God Church, 8440 King Arthur Drive, Piqua. Child care provided through the sixthgrade.

• AA, Piqua Breakfast Group will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Westminter Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The discussion meeting is open.

• AA, Troy Trinity Group meets at 7 p.m. for open discussion in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy.

• AA, open meeting, 6 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. Alley entrance, upstairs.

• AA, Living Sober meeting, open to all who have an interest in a sober lifestyle, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Winner’s Group, will meet at 5 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. Open discussion .

• Narcotics Anonymous, Poison Free, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 202 W. Fourth St., third floor, Greenville.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Never Alone, Never Again, 6:30 p.m., First Christian Church, 212 N. Main St., Sidney • Teen Talk, where teens share their everyday issues through communication, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Troy View Church of God, 1879 Staunton Road, Troy.

• Singles Night at The Avenue will be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg Church, 6759 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. Each week, cards, noncompetitive volleyball, free line dances and free ballroom dance lessons. Child care for children birth through fifth grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. each night in the Main Campus building. For more information, call 6671069, Ext. 21.

• Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

MONDAY • Dollar menu night will be from 68 p.m. at Troy Eagles, 225 N. Elm St. Dollar menu items include hamburger sliders, sloppy joe, hot dog, grilled cheese, french fries, onion straws, cup of soup, ice cream and more for $1 each.

• Christian 12 step meetings, “Walking in Freedom,” are offered at 7 p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City.

• An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• AA, Big Book discussion meeting will be at 11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy, in the 12 Step Room. The discussion is open to the public.

• AA, Green & Growing will meet at 8 p.m. The closed discussion meeting (attendees must have a desire to stop drinking) will be at Troy View Church of God, 1879 Old Staunton Road, Troy.

• AA, There Is A Solution Group will meet at 8 p.m. in Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, County Road 25-A, Ginghamsburg. The discussion group is closed (participants must have a desire to stop drinking).

• AA, West Milton open discussion, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, rear entrance, 1209 S. Miami St. Non-smoking, handicap accessible.

• Al-Anon, Serenity Seekers will meet at 8 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The discussion meeting is open. A beginner’s meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

• Alternatives: Anger/Rage Control Group for adult males, 7-9 p.m., Miami County Shelter, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues.

• Mind Over Weight Total Fitness, 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin St., Troy.

Other days and times available. For more information, call 339-2699.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City.

New members welcome. For more information, call 335-9721.

• Troy Noon Optimist Club will meet at noon at the Tin Roof restaurant. Guests welcome. For more information, call 478-1401.

• Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, weigh-in is at 5 and meeting at 5:30 p.m.

• Parenting Education Groups will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Learn new and age-appropriate ways to parent children. Call 339-6761 for more information. There is no charge for this program.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A

• An Intermediate Pilates class will be from 9-10 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Women’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Just For Tuesday, will meet at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. This is an open discussion.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Unity Group, 7 p.m., Freedom Life Ministries Church, 9101 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua. Open discussion.

• Public bingo, license No. 010528, will begin with early birds at 7 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY at the Elks Lodge No. 833, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Use the Cherry • Deep water aerobics will be Street entrance. Doors open at 5 offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln p.m. Instant tickets also will be availCommunity Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcc- able.

• Public bingo — paper and comtroy.com for more information and puter — will be offered by the Tipp programs.

City Lumber Baseball organization • Hospice of Miami County from 7-10 p.m. at the West Milton “Growing Through Grief” meetings Eagles, 2270 S. Miami St., West are at 11 a.m. on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of each month, and 7 Milton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays and concessions will be available.

Proceeds will benefit the sponsorand are designed to provide a safe ship of five Little League baseball and supportive environment for the expression of thoughts and feelings teams. For more information, call associated with the grief process. All 543-9959.

• DivorceCare will be every sessions are available to the comTuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy munity and at the Hospice Church of the Nazarene, State Generations of Life Center, 550 Summit Ave., second floor, Troy, with Route 55 and Barnhart Road, Troy.

The group is open to men and light refreshments provided. No women. For more information, call reservations are required. For more Patty at 440-1269 or Debbie at 335information, call Susan Cottrell at Hospice of Miami County, 335-5191. 8397.

• Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m.

• A daytime grief support group at Ginghamsburg South Campus, meets on the first, third and fifth ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, Tuesdays at 11 a.m. at the Generations of Life Center,, second one mile south of the main campus. floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The WEDNESDAY support group is open to any grieving adults in the greater Miami • The Miami Valley Veterans County area and there is no participation fee. Sessions are facilitated by Museum will have free coffee and trained bereavement staff. Call 573- doughnuts for all veterans and guests from 9-11 a.m. on the first 2100 for details or visit the website Wednesday at the museum, located at homc.org. in the Masonic Lodge, 107 W. Main • A children’s support group for St., Troy, on the second floor. any grieving children ages 6-11 • Skyview Wesleyan Church, years in the greater Miami County 6995 Peters Road, Tipp City, will area will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. on offer a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible the first and third Tuesday evenings study will begin at 7 p.m. at the Generations of Life Center, • An arthritis aquatic class will be second floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at There is no participation fee.

Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call Sessions are facilitated by trained 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for bereavement staff and volunteers. more information and programs.

Crafts, sharing time and other grief • The “Sit and Knit” group meets support activities are preceded by a from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tippecanoe light meal.

Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd • Quilting and crafts is offered from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call the Tipp City Seniors, 320 S. First St., Tipp City. Call 667-8865 for more 667-5358.

• Grandma’s Kitchen, a homeinformation. cooked meal prepared by volunteers, • A Fibromyalgia Support group is offered every Wednesday from 5will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. the first 6:30 p.m. in the activity center of Tuesday at the Troy First United Hoffman United Methodist Church, Methodist Church, 110 W. Franklin 201 S. Main St., West Milton, one St., Troy, in Room 313. Enter from south parking lot. The support group block west of State Route 48. The is free. For more information, contact meal, which includes a main course, salad, dessert and drink, for a sugAimee Shannon at 552-7634.

• The Concord Township Trustees gested donation of $6 per person, or $3 for a children’s meal. The meal is will meet at 10 a.m. on the first and not provided on the weeks of third Tuesday at the township buildThanksgiving, Christmas or New ing, 2678 W. State Route 718.

Year’s.

• The Miami Shelby Chapter of • An Alzheimer’s Support Group the Barbershop Harmony Society will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. the first will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Street United Methodist Church, 415 and third Wednesday of every month W. Greene St., Piqua. All men inter- at the Church of the Nazarene, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy. The group is for ested in singing are welcome and anyone dealing with dementia of a visitors always are welcome. For loved one. For more information, call more information, call 778-1586 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (937) visit the group’s Web site at 291-3332. www.melodymenchorus.org.

• The Kiwanis Club will meet at • Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at Richards Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., noon at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Non-members of Troy. Video/small group class Kiwanis are invited to come meet designed to help separated or friends and have lunch. For more divorced people. For more informainformation, contact Bobby Phillips, tion, call 335-8814. vice president, at 335-6989.

• An adoption support group for • The Troy American Legion Post adoptees and birthmothers will meet No. 43 euchre parties will begin at on the first Tuesday of each month.

7:30 p.m. For more information, call Call Pam at 335-6641 for time and 339-1564. location.

• AA, Pioneer Group open dis• The Mental Health Association cussion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter of Miami County will meet at 4 p.m. down the basement steps on the on the first Tuesday in the conference room of the Tri-County Board of north side of The United Church Of Recovery & Mental Health, Stouder Christ on North Pearl Street in Covington. The group also meets at Center, 1100 Wayne St., Troy. Use the west entrance to the fourth floor. 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is • AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 p.m., wheelchair accessible.

• AA, Serenity Island Group will Dettmer’s Daniel Dining Room. meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster • AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The dis1431 W. Main St., Troy. cussion is open.

• AA, The Best Is Yet To Come Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 • AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m.

Step Room at Trinity Episcopal for closed discussion, Step and Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step discussion is open.

Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 • AA, Tipp City Group, Zion S. Dorset Road, Troy.

Lutheran Church, Main and Third • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., streets at 8 p.m. This is a closed dis- Westminster Presbyterian Church, cussion (participants must have a corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, desire to stop drinking).

Piqua. Use the alley entrance, • Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney upstairs.

Group, Presbyterian Church, corner • Al-Anon, Trinity Group will meet North and Miami streets, Sidney. at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at • AA, 7 p.m. at Troy Church of the Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

Dorset Road, Troy.

Open discussion.

• Men’s Anger/Rage Group will Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy, use back door.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• Sanctuary, for women who have been affected by sexual abuse, location not made public. Must currently be in therapy. For more information, call Amy Johns at 667-1069, Ext. 430 • Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273.

• Pilates for Beginners, 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information.

• A Domestic Violence Support Group for Women will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16. E. Franklin St., Troy. Support for battered women who want to break free from partner violence is offered.

There is no charge for the program.

For more information, call 339-6761.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• Children’s Creative Play Group will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

School-age children will learn appropriate social interactions and free expression through unique play therapy. There is no charge for this program. More information is available by calling 339-6761.

• Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Recovery, Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

• Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 9100 N. Main St., State Route 48, between Meijer and Samaritan North. For other meetings or information, call 252-6766 or (800) 589-6262, or visit the Web site at www.region5oa.org.

• Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273.

• A Pilates Beginners group matwork class will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City.

For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Safe People, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, SC/DC 104.

Find guidance for making safe choices in relationships, from friendships to co-workers, family or romance.

Learn to identify nurturing people as well as those who should be avoided. Call Roberta Bogle at 667-4678 for more information.

• Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A 12-week video series using Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical help and encouragement to all who seek a healthy, balanced life and practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards at 667-4678.

• The Temple of Praise Ministries will serve hot lunches from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday at 235 S. Third St., Tipp City.

• A free employment networking group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. each Wednesday at Job and Family Services, 2040 N. County Road 25A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap into unadvertised jobs, assistance to improve personal presentation skills and resume writing. For more information, call Steven Kiefer at 570-2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465.

• All Kiser High School alumni and friends are invited to the monthly meeting on the fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 200, 5046 Nebraska Ave., Huber Heights. Use the rear entrance.

• The Tipp City Seniors offer line dancing at 10 a.m. every Wednesday at 320 S. First St., Tipp City.

THURSDAY • The Upper Valley Medical Center Mom and Baby Get Together group will meet from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursdays at the Farm House, located northwest of the main hospital entrance and next to the red barn on the UVMC campus. The meeting is facilitated by the lactation department. The group offers the opportunity to meet with other moms, share about being a new mother and to learn more about breastfeeding and the baby. For more information, call (937) 440-4906.

• Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• An open parent-support group will be at 7 p.m. at Corinn’s Way Inc., 306 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• Parents are invited to attend the Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support group from 7-8:30 p.m. each Thursday. The meetings are open discussion.

• Tipp City Seniors gather to play cards prior to lunch every Thursday at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the third Thursday, Senior Independence offers blood pressure and blood sugar testing before lunch. For more information, call 667-8865.

• Best is Yet to Come open AA meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• AA, Tri-City Group meeting will

take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of the former Dettmer Hospital.

The lead meeting is open. For more information, call 335-9079.

• AA, Spirituality Group will meet at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. The discussion is open.

• Health Partners Free Clinic will offer a free clinic on Thursday night at the clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Registration will be from 5:30-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic does not accept medical emergencies, but can refer patients to other doctors and can prescribe medication. Call 332-0894 for more information.

• Narcotics Anonymous, NAIOU, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

• Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford.

• Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

FRIDAY • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• A “Late Night Knit” meeting will be from 7-10 p.m. on the first and third Friday at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend.

For more information, call 667-5358.

• AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open.

• AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 S. Wayne St., Piqua. Use parking lot entrance, held in gym.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Clean and Free, 8 p.m., Dettmer Hospital, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.

Open discussion. Fellowship from 78 p.m.

• A Pilates Intermediate group matwork class will be held from 9-10 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City.

For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 667-2441.

• Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Brethren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191.

• A singles dance is offered every Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Christopher Club, Dixie Highway, Kettering, sponsored by Group Interaction. The dance is $6. For more information, call 640-3015 or visit www.groupia.org.

• Christian Worship Center, 3537 S. Elm Tree Road, Christiansburg, hosts a Friday Night Bluegrass Jam beginning at 7 p.m. each Friday.

Homemade meals are available beginning at 6:30 p.m. Participants may bring instruments and join in. A small donation is requested at the door. For more information or directions, call 857-9090 or 631-2624.

SATURDAY • Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191.

• Recovery Too Al-Anon meetings are offered at 8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Church, main campus, Room 117, S. County Road 25A, Tipp City.

• AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking).

• AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open.

• AA, Troy Beginners Group meets at 7 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. This is an open discussion meeting.

• Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m.

• Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney.

• Relapse Prevention Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25A. • The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

• The Tipp City Seniors eat out at area restaurants (sign up at the center) at 4:30 p.m. Card cames will be offered at the center for a $2 donation.

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Escape to ‘paradise’ in Bali no easy trip

BY KENDAL WEAVER AP Book Reviewer “The Paradise Guest House” (Ballantine Books), by Ellen Sussman: The tranquil beauty of beachside Bali is the alluring backdrop for “The Paradise Guest House,” and Jamie Hyde, a plucky and passionate adventure guide, is the delectable heroine at the novel’s heart.

But while the book may be escapist romantic fiction set in an exotic locale, it is framed by the searing trauma of the 2002 terrorist bombings at two Bali nightclubs, a chaotic, central event in the narrative. For Jamie, as well as for Gabe Winters, the man who finds her amid the fiery bombing rubble, this is no easy trip.

For both, the search for love has been marred by the pain of loss.

Author Ellen Sussman opens the story with Jamie, an American, returning to Bali in 2003 for the anniversary of the bombing, uncertain of her own emotions and hoping to find Gabe. In fragments of flashback and reflection, Jamie’s need to reconnect with Gabe, who teaches at a local school, begins to become clear.

Later his own fractured feelings about love, about Jamie come into focus as well.

On her return to Bali for anniversary events, Jamie stays in a small cottage amid lush tropical foliage at an inn named The Paradise Guest House. It is run by a kind Balinese man, Nyoman, who lost his wife in the bombing. Through him, Sussman brings out elements of the island’s culture and sense of community.

It is at another cottage, however, that paradise for Jamie and Gabe seems a possibility. This is a secluded beach house, with a wrap-around porch, a Buddha statue in a verdant patio garden and six French doors that open to the soft island winds. A friend let Gabe use it to help Jamie heal after the bombing. But healing, like paradise, can be elusive.

The pace of the novel can be slow at times, and the frequent shifting between past and present events may muddle the plot for some. Jamie and Gabe also voice their angst a hint too much as they reflect on what they did or didn’t do in times of crisis.

But “The Paradise Guest House,” while crafted around a horrific event, is a good-hearted book, respectful of its subject matter. And with well-drawn, genuinely likable lead characters, it takes readers on an edgy island adventure over memorable emotional terrain.

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BOOK REVIEW

Book tells of fight over intervention

BY JERRY HARKAVY AP Book Reviewer “Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941” (Random House), by Lynne Olson: The bitter feelings that divided the nation during the Vietnam buildup and the Iraq invasion have become fading memories. But far fewer Americans still recall the even more passionate debate over our stance toward Nazi Germany during the first two years of World War II. That tumultuous time between the invasion of Poland and the attack on Pearl Harbor gave rise to a conflict at home that pitted isolationists against interventionists. Larger-than-life figures, from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to aviator Charles Lindbergh, were leading players in that ferocious battle in which the stakes couldn’t have been higher.

In “Those Angry Days,” journalist-turned-historian Lynne Olson captures that period in a fast-moving, highly readable narrative punctuated by high drama. It’s an ideal complement to her previous books about Britain’s Tory rebels who brought Winston Churchill to power and Americans who assisted England while it stood alone

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by Random House shows “Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941,” by Lynne Olson. against a triumphant Germany.

The question of whether to intervene on Britain’s behalf, and even to amend neutrality laws by shipping vitally needed supplies to the beleaguered nation, was one that divided families and friends.

Olson presents as a prime example the poignant story of cele-

brated author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who was caught between her husband’s leadership of the campaign to keep America out of the war and the efforts of her mother and sister on behalf of intervention.

Roosevelt, according to the author, was overly cautious and hesitant, preferring to follow public opinion rather than lead it. “He was intimidated by congressional isolationists, whose strength he tended to exaggerate, and was loath to challenge them,” Olson writes.

Pioneering a tactic that would be used by subsequent presidents, Roosevelt sought to discredit his opponents by questioning their patriotism and went on to enlist the FBI to wiretap their phones and seek derogatory information that could be used against them.

One figure who stands tall is Republican Wendell Willkie, whose break with his party’s isolationism strengthened his bid for president.

The author conveys the excitement of the 1940 convention that chose Willkie as the unlikely GOP nominee and the campaign that ended with FDR’s election to an unprecedented third term.

The book is filled with profiles of fascinating figures on both sides of the debate: syndicated newspaper columnist Dorothy Thompson,

a leading voice for intervention; Burton Wheeler, a progressive Democrat who broke with Roosevelt over the war and led the isolationist cause in the Senate; and British ambassador Lord Lothian, who promoted support for his country and helped get the president to devise the Lend-Lease program that kept Britain afloat.

Arrayed against the interventionists were many high-ranking military officers and the America First movement, whose antiSemitic strains came to the surface in a Lindbergh speech that left him discredited among many Americans who once glorified him.

The fight over intervention mobilized the public to take part in the debate and, in the end, helped to educate Americans about the need to prepare for entry into the war. “It was a robust, if tumultuous, example of democracy in action,” Olson writes.

“Those Angry Days” is popular history at its most riveting, detailing what the author rightfully characterizes as “a brutal, noholds-barred battle for the soul of the nation.” It is sure to captivate readers seeking a deeper understanding of how public opinion gradually shifted as America moved from bystander to combatant in the war to preserve democracy.

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5. “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (Random House Children’s Books) 6. “Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar” by James Patterson, Lisa Papademetriou (Little, Brown) 7. “The Storyteller” by Jodi Picoult (Atrai/Emily Bestler Books) 8. “Alex Cross, Run” by

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Peace in His Presence” by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson Publishers) 3. “Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World” by Phil McGraw (Bird Street Books) 4. “The FastDiet” by Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer (Atria Books) 5. “The Wimpy Kid Do-ItYourself Book” by Jeff Kinney

(Abrams) 6. “Patients Come Second”

by Paul Spiegelman, Britt Berrett (Inc. Original) 7. “StrengthsFinder 2.0” by Tom Rath (Gallup Press) 8. “Firsthand” by Ryan Shook, Josh Shook (Waterbrook Press) 9. “Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard (Henry Holt & Co.)

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Newberry, Frederickson to wed TROY — Brooke Ilene Newberry of Indianapolis, Ind., and Brian Patrick Frederickson of Fishers, Ind., announce their engagment and plans to marry.

She is the daughter of Johnny and Debbie Newberry of Vincennes, Ind. He is the son of Ron and Jeanette Frederickson of Troy.

The bride-elect has a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University.

She is a medical sales representative.

Her fiance is a 1992

Beam, Gilbert plan nuptials

CONOVER — Mason (Masi) Christine Beam and Christopher James Gilbert of Rosewood announce their engagement and plans to marry in 2013.

Bob and Pam Beam of Conover are parents of the bride-elect.

Parents of the groom-to-be are Bonnie and graduate of Troy High Steve Kissinger School, and has a bache- of Piqua. lor’s degree from The brideManchester College, elect is a 2009 graduate of Manchester, Ind. He is an Miami East High School account manager for and a 2012 graduate of Amerisource Bergen.

Edison Community They plan a College.

September 2013 wedding.

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Wogamans celebrate 70 years

Her fiance is a 2004 graduate of Versailles High School.

They plan a July 2, 2013, beach wedding in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Brian Allen Wells, 39, of 5118 S. State Route 202, Tipp City, to Barbara Ann Kessler, 51, of same address.

Erik Lee Owens, 28, of 114 E. Vine St., Bradford, to Erika Alene Dorko, 29, of same address.

Ryan Scot Gardner, 31, of 4728 Peters Road, Troy, to Chelsea Nichole Dawson, 28, of same address.

Matthew Robert Reynolds 33, of 505 Orr St., Piqua, to Chelsea Elana LeDoux, 22, of 1223 Mulberry St., Troy.

Thomas Marcus Jones Jr., 36, of 71 Pinewood Drive, West Milton, to Stephanie Marie Jones, 30, 496 Lyle Drive, West Milton.

Forest Richard Peck, 30, of 401 S. Pearl St., Covington, to Andria Michelle Thompson, 28, of same address.

Brian Alan Ely, 25, of 4365 State Route 48, West Milton, to Breanna Marie Baker, 22, of same address.

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HOUSTON — Paul and Glenna Wogaman of Houston will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary April 6 at an open house in the Houston Community Center from 14 p.m.

They request that gifts be omitted.

Paul and the former Glenna Russell were married April 10, 1943, in Versailles. After the wedding, Paul left for the Army, where he served in Germany and Belgium in the 371st Field Artillery Battalion as a machine gun operator during World War II. Following the war, Paul did some farming and worked for Peerless. He served as custodian at the Houston School from 1954 to 1966 and then worked for the Shelby County Garage, Shelby Memory Gardens, the Houston Elevator and Michael’s Mowers.

Glenna worked at Lear while Paul was in the Army and then ran a home-based daycare business for 38 years. She cared for approximately 60 children during those years.

The Wogamans have two daughters and a sonin-law, Donna Weaver, of St. Marys, and Darlene and Dave Mummey, of Houston, and a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Terri Wogaman, of Houston. One son-in-law, Doug Weaver, is deceased.

They have seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six greatgreat-grandchildren.

The Wogamans were involved in starting the Houston Community Organization and were instrumental in organizing and volunteering for both the Houston Fire Department and the Rescue Squad.

They cherish memories of making wood crafts that were cut out by Paul and painted by Glenna. They attended monthly dances and enjoyed camping and boating. They have fond memories of caravans of Houston-area families heading for the lake area near Angola, Ind., and spending nights in large Army tents.

They are long-time members of the United Church of Christ in Oran.

Free tax help is available

BY JOSEPH PISANI Associated Press Free tax help is available, and it’s not only for those in financial need.

Some organizations offer free services regardless of how much you earn. AARP, the nonprofit organization that advocates for people over 50, has relaxed income requirements for who can receive free tax preparation assistance and also helps people of different ages.

Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Service offers free tax advice and basic online filing, regardless of income.

For taxpayers who earn under a certain amount each year, the free offers are sweeter. The IRS provides free in-person federal tax preparation as well as free brand name online tax preparation.

That said, those options are best for people with uncomplicated finances. If you’re running a small business or own investment property, you will be better off hiring a professional.

Here’s where to find free tax help: • FREE FACE-TOFACE FILING: If you want to sit down with a tax preparer, there are a couple of options: AARP offers free federal and state tax preparation for people with “moderate incomes,” says Bonnie Speedy, the national director of the organization’s Tax-Aide program. But it doesn’t have any strict restrictions. A person making more than $100,000 a year may be asked to hire a professional rather than use an AARP volunteer, says Speedy. But if the person has an income over $100,000 because of an early retirement account withdrawal, they’ll gladly help, says Speedy.

AARP will file taxes for younger people too. “We’ve helped college students file their taxes,” says Speedy.

And you don’t have to be a paying member of the organization. AARP’s tax services are available at about 6,000 locations around the county, usually in libraries, hospitals or senior centers. You can find a location near you on

www.aarp.org . AARP has about 36,000 volunteers that are trained and tested, says Speedy, who is also a volunteer tax preparer.

The IRS offers free inperson federal tax filing too, but with restrictions. You must have an adjusted gross income below $51,000 to qualify. The tax preparation help is usually provided in IRS offices, libraries and colleges around the country.

You can find a location at: http://1.usa.gov/11NL73m.

• FREE ONLINE FILING: If you would rather file your taxes yourself, the IRS offers free federal online filing for those with an adjusted gross income under $57,000. The IRS partners with about 15 different websites you can choose from, including H&R Block and TurboTax. Each site will walk you through the filing process step-by-step, but also comes with its own set of restrictions.

To use H&R Block for free, for example, you must make $57,000 or less and be under 52 years old. Go online, at http://1.usa.gov/ WWHt74 , to see which free service you may qualify for.

Some states also offer free filing too, but you’ll have to search online for your state’s tax department to determine if it’s available and any eligibility requirements.

If you have adjusted gross income of more than $57,000, you can file your federal taxes for free, but you’ll have to be good with numbers. FreeFile is the electronic version of the IRS paper forms. There’s no guidance or assistance, so you’ll need to have some understanding of how to file on your own. FreeFile is available online at http:// 1.usa.gov/10a4DWK. • FREE HELP: Got a tax question? The IRS gives out tax law assistance at no cost in its offices around the country. It’s available to anyone, regardless of income. You’ll need to pop into an IRS office. Try calling ahead to see if you need to make an appointment. Go to http://1.usa.gov/ YJlmhY to find an IRS office that offers free tax advice.

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U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage ticks up WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages edged up this week but remained near historic lows. Low rates have helped drive the housing market’s steady recovery.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year fixed loan rose to 3.57 percent from 3.54 percent last week. That’s near the 3.31 percent reached in November, which was the lowest on records dating to 1971.

The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage increased last week to 2.76 percent from 2.72 percent last week. The record low of 2.63 percent was also reached in November.

The lowest mortgage rates in decades are spurring more home purchases and refinancing.

That’s helped the broader economy. Increased sales also are pushing home prices higher.

In February, sales of previously occupied homes rose to a seasonally adjusted pace of 4.98 million, the fastest in more than three years. And U.S. home prices rose 8.1 percent in January, the fastest annual rate since the peak of the housing boom in the summer of 2006.

Fewer people signed contracts to buy homes in February. But the level stayed near a threeyear high, leading many analysts to predict resales will keep rising in the coming months.

There’s normally a one- to two-month delay between a signed contract and a completed sale.

One concern remains the limited number of available homes for sale. That could slow sales at the start of the all-important spring-buying season.

And some people are unable to take advantage of the low mortgage rates, either because they can’t qualify for stricter lending rules or they lack the money for larger down payment requirements. First-time home buyers made up 30 percent of existing home sales in February, well below the 40 percent that is typical in a healthy market.

To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country on Monday through Wednesday each week. The average doesn’t include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount.

Spring tablescapes celebrate new beginnings

BY MARY CAROL GARRITY Scripps Howard News Service There is something magical about eating together, isn’t there?

In this day of hustle and bustle, where we often grab dinner from a drive-through window, it fills our hearts to pause for a moment and enjoy a home-cooked meal in someone’s home.

This spring, connect with people you love over a meal in your home. And, of course, you’ll want a tablescape beautifully dressed for the occasion.

Here are some ideas to get you started.

Table 1: Beautiful Blooms A delightful tablescape bursting with charm — fresh and light, yet infused with enough layers to make it intriguing. Blue, white and yellow just sing when they are brought together, especially in spring. For this treatment, we decided to soften up a formal table and formal glass hurricane by weaving in fanciful accessories.

Try having a wild-fern wreath encircling the hurricane. It makes for a visually dramatic but easy-toproduce centerpiece treatment!

Blue-and-white transferware china looks fabulous with a bohemian yellow salad plate sliced in. When I look at such a table, the first thing I see is this burst of marigold, and it makes me smile. When I create place settings, I like to make them tall and dramatic with a stack of interesting dishes and a surprise topper.

Consider decorating the summit with intriguing ceramic vases, which serve as unusual napkin holders. These little vases also look sensational holding a few flowers, like three daylilies.

Pretty stemware is a wonderful addition. So as not to distract from the simplicity of the table, we went with clear glass. But blue goblets

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Blue-and-white transferware china looks fabulous with a bohemian yellow salad plate sliced in. would also be lovely. Think about having little yellow flower-shaped votive holders tucked in by each place setting. When I decorate tables, I like to weave in little surprises. Votive cups, little sunbursts of color, could hold a candle or be used as salt cellars.

Table 2: Fun and Fresh You cannot miss with green and white on a tabletop, especially in spring. It’s fresh, fun and infused with energy and excitement. For this option, we went for a contemporary feel bursting with pep, then shook things up a bit by working in a few organic elements, like wicker chargers.

Get ready — gold is back!

A surprising glass plate edged in gold adds a bit of

glam to our hip place setting.

To top off this relatively simple stack of plates, we picked funky little lidded pots. You could put a battery-operated candle inside for a dramatic presentation for a late-night meal. Or, insert some candy for guests to enjoy after the meal.

I love to dress up the chandelier with greens and trimmings. Or if there is no light fixture, you can also suspend decorative elements over the table. For this treatment, we took spring wreaths, turned them on the horizontal, then hung them like a light fixture over the table.

Table 3: Tradition Revisited I have friends who are lucky enough to have inherit-

ed china from their mothers and grandmothers, lovely old patterns with intricate designs. But they are stymied by how to use these vintage pieces to create a more contemporary design on their tabletop. We took up that challenge on a romantic table that has the charm of yesteryear and the energy of today.

Our first step toward giving a floral china pattern a newer vibe was to pair it with some of today’s hottest colors: apple green and coral. We scored with our stack of chargers, which not only gave us loads of saturated color, they also brought in interesting finishes and shapes. A square white plate is a • See TABLESCAPES on C3

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Unlike doctors or lawyers, there Stetner says. “For me, the main reasons why an agent wouldn’t aren’t many restrictions on real estate agents who choose to handle handle their own listing is (that) they just don’t have the time, or the listings to sell their own homes. Under the code of ethics of it’s a short sale.”

In the short-sale scenario, a the National Association of Realtors, agents who self-list have common feature of the current a duty to disclose their ownership housing market, agents hire colin the property. In some cases, it’s leagues to help insure that the purchase is an arm’s length transpossible that an agent’s company action — something banks insist or insurance policy may prohibit them from handling their own list• See WATCH on C3 ing.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS TROY Michael Fay, Susan Fay to Linda Bertke, Nicholas Bertke, one lot, $63,900.

Gerald Francis Kastigar Jr., Marie Christine Kastigar to Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal National Mortgage Association, one lot, $125,000.

Citimortgage Inc. to Lawrence Booher, Mary Ann Booher, two part lots, one lot, $49,000.

Inverness Group Inc. to Audra Cashaw, Oscar Cashaw, one lot, $185,900.

Harlow Builders Inc. to Donna Riffell, Gary Riffell, one lot, $317,000.

Security Lending Ltd., SL Man Inc., general partner to Richard Steineman, one lot, $16,5000.

Nottingham Development Inc. to Scott Investments of Troy LLC, one lot, $44,900.

Amy Carr, attorney in fact, Wells Fargo Bank N.A to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Scott Investments of Troy LLC to Kevin Lear, co-trustee, Nancy Lear, co-trustee, Lear Family Revocable Living Trust, one lot, $245,000.

Mary Williams to American Homes 4 Rent Properties Three LLC, one lot, $142,000.

Evelyn Shilling to Scott Clegg, Teresa Clegg, Evenlyn Shilling, one lot, $0.

Scott Investments of Troy LLC to Barbara Forsthoefel, John Forsthoefel, two lots, $0.

Jeffrey Nerderman to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., one lot, $95,700.

Daniel Hare, Dixie Hare to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, trustee, Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, one lot, $47,700.

James Coffey to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company, 0.029 acres, 0.204 acres, $40,000.

Kelly Larger, executor, Estate of Shirley Moler to Eric Duncan, Teresa Duncan, two lots, one part lot, $85,000.

U.S. Bank National Association to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A., attorney in fact, Wells Fargo Financial Ohio 1 Inc. to Bruce Clingan, Stephanie Clingan, one lot, $139,900.

Jennifer Snider to Jennifer Snider Revocable Trust, Jennifer Snider, trustee, one lot, $0.

$168,000.

Mainsource Bank to Brandon Martin, a part lot, $25,000.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a part lot, $0.

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Jeffrey Haney to Bank of America, one lot, $86,000.

Mutual Federal Savings Bank to CMC Management LLC, one lot, $155,500.

Linda Haines, Paul Haines to Michael Haines, a part lot, $0.

Linda Haines, Paul Haines to Michael Haines, a part lot, $0.

Bac Home Loans Servicing LP, Bank of America N.A., successor, countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP., Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

Heather Frederick to Carl Frederick, Heather Frederick, two lots, $0.

Kyle Fincel, Leslie Fincel, Robert Fincel, Shirley Fincel to David Watren, one lot,

TLG Farms LLC to Jill Gearhardt, $0.

Jill Gearhardt to Randall Walters, Sarah Walters, $0.

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Fraternal Order of Eagles Inc., Tipp City Aerie #2201, Tipp City Aerie 2201 F.O.E. Inc. to Mary Lyn Heinl, Rick Heinl, one lot, $200,000.

Kara Engle, Scott Engle to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, one lot, $0.

S & T Ventures LLC to Wod, LLC, one lot, $80,000.

Ronald Sippel to Ronald T. Sippel Revocable Living Trust, Ronald Sippel, trustee, BRADFORD Holly Hill, Jason Hill to Abby Rumble, Todd Rumble, three part lots, $89,900.

COVINGTON Linn Moshenko to Meredith Tobias, one lot, two part lots, $120,000.

HUBER HEIGHTS Andrew Adams to Bac Home Loans Servicing L.P., Bank of America, N.A., successor, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., two part lots, $30,000.

Inverness Group Inc. to Miriam Scott, one lot, $242,400.

LAURA Eugene Heisey to Robert Honeyman, three part lots, $10,000.

WEST MILTON Patricia Hayslip to Anita POllard, David POllard, one lot, $36,700.

BETHEL TWP. Kristina Graves, Timothy Graves to Roy Barnes, one lot, $9,000.

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ELIZABETH TWP.

BROWN TWP. CR Capital Group LLC, RDS Group LLC, attorney in fact to Michael Maxson, one lot, $19,900.

CONCORD TWP. Charles Wolfe to Merl Loveland, two lots, $88,500.

Barry Rick to Barry Ricks, Julia Ricks, 0.929 acres, $0.

Gary Axe, Winona Aexe to Kelly Kinninger, Richard Kinninger, one lot, $210,000.

Georgina Shahan, James Shahan to FTBTMS LLC, 0.643 acres, $0.

BY DWIGHT BARNETT Scripps Howard News Service

Bonnie Warner, Larry Warner to Bonnie S. Warner Revocable Trust, Larry L. Warner Revocable Trust, Bonnie S. Warner, trustee, Larry Warner, trustee, 19.594 acres, 40 acres, $0.

Q: Every time I use a sink or flush a toilet it takes forever for the water to drain and then MONROE TWP. there is a gurgling sound like the water is Estate of Ben Patton Jr. to Fifth Third Bank, being sucked out of the trustee, 1.781 acres, $0. drain. A neighbor who has done some remodelBenjamin F. Patton Jr., Revocable Trust ing work said I needed Agreement, Leslie P. King, successor trustee, to have the drains Paula Patton to Thomas Day Newton, 1.781 cleaned by a plumber. acres, $189,900.

What do you think is Stephen Loudermilk to Melissa Loudermilk, the problem? two lots, $0.

A: When I hear a gurBeverly Hoke, Sharon Hoke to Household gling noise I start looking Realty Corp., 0.291 acres, $0. for a venting system for Madonna Sue Heidenreich, Robert the sink, toilet or tub. To Heidenreich to Mutual Federal Savings Bank, drain, there must be an one lot, $93,000. open vent pipe located above the sink or toilet to NEWBERRY TWP. allow air to enter the drains so the water can William Robinson to James R. Robinson Jr., flow freely.

There are mechanical executor, Thomas Robinson, 1.125 acres, 2.769 vents, which can be acres, $100,000. installed under a sink, but Scott Sextro to Lisa Sextro, Scott Sextro, these do not work well for 37.158 acres, $0.

Dawn Green, Gary Green to Michael Stueve, a toilet due to the volume of water that is drained Sara Stueve, 10.001 acres, $238,000. with each flush. The vent has to be higher than the NEWTON TWP. appliance drain.

It’s easy for you to see Robert Sweeney to Michael Edwards, if the plumbing is vented.

Robert Sweeney, 3.526 acres, $195,700.

Go outside the home and look at the roof to see if UNION TWP. there are open plumbing pipes extending above the Carol Elson, Jeffrey Elson to Markland roofline. These are plumbing vents, which are necesFamily Limited Partnership, $375,000. sary for proper drainage Amie Litke, Max Litke to Markland Family and for the release of Limited Partnership, $375,000. sewer gases. There should C. Lavonne Ammon, Dale Ammon to Dale Robin Ammon, Veronica Ammon, Clara Victoria be a vent pipe near the bathroom or bathrooms White, Dana Michelle Woodson, 0.631 acres, and near the kitchen. The $0. vents could be blocked with leaves, nests or even WASHINGTON TWP. a pest trying to find a home.

Casey Jones to Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal Have a plumber check National Mortgage Association, 1.7056 acres, the vents for blockage. $74,000.

If there are no vents, a Lloyd B. Fry Family Limited Partnership to plumber will need to Lloyd B. Fry, 47.639 acres, $0. install a proper venting June Lea Ottenwess, Ronald Ottenwess to system to alleviate your problems.

Midfirst Bank, 1.119 acres, $169,400.

Tablescapes ■ CONTINUED FROM C1 favorite of mine because you can reinvent it over and again on your tablescapes. A zippy green charger is melamine and super-inexpensive. It’s a fun addition for spring and summer entertaining.

Cloche-covered risers

mix, using a little glass riser as a stage, then enshrined them under a cloche. The pop of green is a nice contrast to the black-and-white palette.

are drama queens. Perch one on top of a place setting and, presto! the scene just became magical. We put a fun little faux plant under the bell jar on our table.

But you could also use them to hold a decorated cupcake for dessert. I really enjoy using place cards when I entertain because I

think they make guests feel extra-special to see their names beautifully inscribed on cards. Try having little place cards tied to the top of cloches with beautiful spring ribbon.

Table 4: Cosmopolitan Garden Party A more sophisticated take on a garden themed-

table. Sleek, contemporary and stylish, it has a more cosmopolitan feel that I love. Consider our centerpiece — a treatment that is so simple to create yet will knock guests’ socks off because it is so darn bold.

We took a simple metal trellis and placed it over a tall white vase holding faux

greens. Done.

The place settings on this table echo strong structural lines, bold black-and-white patterns that complement one another and create layers of intrigue.

I had to have a bit of whimsy. So we added faux succulent plants to the

The column has been adapted from Mary Carol Garrity’s blog at www.nellhills.com.

authors to hypothesize that agents might be a little more aggressive about their own homes because a 3 percent fluctuation makes a fair difference on the total sale price, but not that much of a difference when it comes to the commission. But not all agents see the same upside.

From the buyer’s perspective, a seller who happens to be an agent can be a red flag.

“You can’t say all the time, but 99 percent of the time, when you look at the (Multiple Listing Service) and see an agent as the owner, you know

the property is going to be overpriced,” says Burt Bakman, a real estate agent in Studio City, Calif.

Setting a good listing price is one of the most important things a real estate agent can do, but to do it well, the agent needs to be objective, says Janice Leis, associate broker with Prudential Florida WCI Realty in Boca Raton, Fla. “If it’s your home, it’s almost impossible to be objective,” Leis says.

“Even if you say you’re going to list at just below what the last comparable home sold for, you’re going

to be fighting against all of the emotional memories — good and bad — that are a part of having owned that home.”

The listing price is just one part of the equation.

Leis, like many other agents, prefers her sellers to be scarce when she shows the home to a potential buyer.

“People tend to get chatty when they’re showing their own home, even if they are an experienced agent who knows better,” she says. “They volunteer things they shouldn’t, like the fact that they need to sell fast, and that will cost them money.”

While price may be the key thing on a seller’s mind when listing a home, Leis says the experience of working with a colleague to list her property taught her a valuable lesson about some of the other services agents provide.

“It’s more than just the listing and negotiating the price,” Leis says. “A seller has to manage a lot of documents, figure out their disclosures, and figure out moving — it’s stressful.”

She adds: “Having someone else to keep you on track and help you maintain perspective is

really important, because there are a million little details that can overwhelm anyone.”

Leis says that when she sold her home, she got multiple offers from buyers who wanted her out sooner than she had planned.

“I got very panicky because I thought, ‘If I don’t find a new place. I’ll be homeless,’” she says.

“Of course, I wasn’t going to be homeless but accelerating the timetable really put the pressure on. Having an agent kept the transaction on track while I adjusted my plans.”

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Even under normal conditions, it may be the case that agents who list their own homes reap a greater reward. Authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner wrote in their book “Freakonomics” that real estate agents who list their own homes earn about 3 percent more on the sale price.

Levitt and Dubner found that, on average, self-listed homes stay on the market an extra 10 days. That prompted the

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 17, 6:00 PM REAL ESTATE: This 2 story good condition home & detached garage sit on a double lot at the corner of E. Monument & S. Long near the center of the Village. A highly motivated seller is seeking a sound financial customer, in a limited time frame, therefore offering this very nice home, at a minimum bid of only $48,000, less than half of the county’s appraised value. Contact Jerry Stichter, Auctioneer-Realtor, Garden Gate Realty for a bidders’ packet or go to the website at www.stichterauctions.com

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BY SARAH WELCH getbuttonedup.com Chances are, if you’ve got a to-do that’s been lingering far too long on your lists, it’s a project, not a to-do. When I do the one-on-one coaching calls, I never cease to be amazed at just how universal the confusion between to-dos and projects is.

Let’s define the terms.

Project: A project is a temporary undertaking, with a clear beginning and end designed to accomplish something specific. A project can be something you create from scratch or a major change to an existing system or just digging out from under a huge mess. It requires effort in terms of

definition, planning and delivery. A good rule of thumb: A project is anything you’re committed to finish in a year that requires more than one action to complete.

Task: A task is a small activity that will contribute to a project’s completion or simply a routine step. A task can be done relatively quickly, often in 30 minutes.

When a to-do item lingers on and on, a few things happen, none of them good.

You start to feel stressed that your list is never-ending and, worse, that you’re not accomplishing anything, or at least not as much as you should.

You carry a low-level anxiety with you that something

is falling through the cracks.

These things put dents in your organizational identity.

When you believe you are a failure at anything, you’re less likely to take the steps you need to get better in that area, which in turn will yield poor results, which reinforce your belief that you’re a failure.

The beauty is, you can avoid this doom loop altogether just by understanding the distinction between a project and a task.

Once you recognize that something on your list is a project, it’s time to do a little planning.

1. Define Your Project This is an often-skipped step, and yet it’s crucial. The point of this step is to get

very clear on what your desired outcome is.

Step 2: Map It Out This, too, is a crucial, but frequently skipped step. In this step, you do the mental heavy lifting. First think about how this big project can break down into smaller chunks, or milestones. Then for each zone, identify the tasks you need to do to get the zone cleared up. Then, assign deadlines and make appointments on your calendar to complete the tasks. If it’s not scheduled, it won’t get done.

Step 3: Execute Or … in the immortal words of Larry the Cable Guy): Get ‘er done!

Step 4: Celebrate (and set yourself up so it stays done.)

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PlayCare is a locally owned company specializing in repairing and cleaning playgrounds found in fast food restaurants. We are seeking a dependable, selfmotivated individual with basic mechanical ability for this heavy labor position. Will assist on a route which covers Ohio and surrounding states.

Individual must be willing to travel during the week with overnight stays. Must have valid driver's license, 6 points or less and no DUI's. No felonies or major misdemeanors. Starting pay is $10-$11 per hour with travel differential pay.

Benefits available after 90 days.

Email resumes/ letter of interest to :

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

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Seasonal Employment opportunity performing grounds maintenance at local apartment communities in the Troy and Piqua areas. Applicants must have own transportation and submit to a background check.

Applicants can apply at: 997 N. Market Street Suite 4 Troy, OH 45373 (937)335-5223

Industrial contractor hiring for hard hat environment. Training provided.

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KTH Parts offers a very attractive benefit package, competitive wage, and team oriented manufacturing environment. Qualified candidates should send a confidential resume including salary requirements to:

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No phone calls please.

The main purpose of the job is to make, modify and maintain parts for production to minimize downtime. Some of the main responsibilities are: — Maintains molds - Maintaining - Cleaning - Modifying - Repairing — Reporting damaged equipment to Supervisor. — Works with outside mold vendors.

— Supplies needed documentation. — Acts as main contact for technical department.

— Machine parts. — Assists Maintenance in modifying and repairing parts if needed.

ALPLA offers competitive wages and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401K plan. To be considered for the position an applicant must be able to successfully pass a background check and a drug screen. Minimum of 2 years experience working in a manufacturing environment is preferred. Resumes should be sent to the below address: ALPLA 3320 Ft. Shawnee Industrial Drive Attn: Human Resources Toolmaker Lima, Ohio 45806

QUALITY ENGINEER

Thieman Stamping & Metal Fabrication is seeking a qualified associate to fill the role of Quality Engineer in our New Bremen facility.

This person will be responsible for creating and completing PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plan and flow diagrams.

Must understand GD&T tolerancing and have knowledge of CMM equipment and program-

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

KTH Parts Industries, Inc., a quality oriented manufacturer of stamped and welded auto parts, located in St. Paris, Ohio has an immediate opening for a Cost Accountant. This position will have various accounting responsibilities, with an emphasis on cost accounting, MRP systems and must understand systems integration. Three years of prior cost accounting experience is preferred. Successful candidates for this position will have a four-year Accounting degree. Highly proficient in Excel and Access is a must.

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COST ACCOUNTANT

ALPLA of Lima, an extrusion blow molding facility is accepting resumes for the position of Maintenance Technician.

Some of the responsibilities for this position will include: — Maintains molding machines.

• Minor modifications to machinery • Performs preventive maintenance • Performs predictive maintenance — Installation of machines.

— Perform mechanical and electrical layout.

— Performs troubleshooting and repairs machines independently.

ALPLA offers competitive wages and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401K plan. To be considered for the position an applicant must be able to successfully pass a background check and a drug screen. Minimum of 2 years experience working in a manufacturing environment is preferred. Resumes should be sent to the below address: ALPLA 3320 Ft. Shawnee Industrial Drive Attn: Human Resources Maintenance Technician Lima, Ohio 45806 2379804

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Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

QUALITY TECHNICIAN ALPLA of Lima, an extrusion blow molding facility is accepting resumes for the position of Quality Technician.

Send resumes to email:

The main purpose of the job is to assist the Quality Assurance Manager in all Quality Assurance activities in production and in the laboratory to assure exceptional quality product is delivered to the customer. Some of the main responsibilities are: — Measurements and testing.

— Document Control.

— Quality Support.

— Sampling Assistant.

— Trains and monitors all personnel performing quality testing.

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Part-time position on day shift for an experienced RN Case Manager. Qualified candidates must be licensed as a registered nurse in the State of Ohio. Bachelor of Science degree preferred. Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience.

Labor and Delivery Nurse (OB – part time position) Part-time position on night shift (7pm-7am). Labor and Delivery experience is strongly preferred or a minimum of two year Med/Surg experience.

Qualified candidates must be licensed as a registered nurse in the State of Ohio.

Current BLS certifications required. Basic and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring courses or completion of courses within one year of hire. Completion of ACLS within one year of hire required. NRP Resuscitation certification is also required (or completed within 60 days of hire).

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JANITORIAL, part time, Troy, start $8.00. Call (937)669-9900 ext 102.

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ALPLA of Lima, an extrusion blow molding facility is accepting resumes for the position of Quality Toolmaker.

KTH Parts offers a very attractive benefit package, competitive wage and a team-oriented manufacturing environment. If you are career minded and feel you have the qualifications for this opportunity, please send your resume detailing your qualifications and salary requirements to:

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Bruns General Contracting, Inc. is currently seeking a Sales Professional. College degree and construction experience are preferred.

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Bruns offers health & life insurance, 401(k) program, paid holidays & vacations and more.

Compensation is base salary and commission commensurate with skills and experience.

Mail, Fax, or E-mail resume to:

Our Wilson Memorial Hospital value is: “ASPIRE: Always Serve with Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.”

Qualified candidates may apply on-line at

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Compensation is commensurate with skills and experience.

Mail, Fax, or E-mail resume to:

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Successful, long-term care organization seeking part time Dietetic Technician, 16 hours per week. This position will be responsible to support the Dietary needs of Piqua Manor, including completion of assessments for new admissions and quarterly reviews, as well as completing MDSs. Experience in long-term care is preferred and candidates must hold current Registration in the state of Ohio.

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EASTER BUNNIES, Dolls, Cabbage Patch, Real Babies, Bratz, Barbies, Collectible dolls, Boyd, Care Bears, Ty buddies, Beanies, Videos, More, (937)339-4233

Regional drivers needed in the Sidney, Ohio Terminal.

O/O's welcome

O/Oʼs get 80% of the line haul. 100% fuel surcharge. Fuel discount program.

Your local Burger King in Troy has Part time openings for:

CREW POSITIONS

Please apply at our Troy location: 1829 West Main Street Troy, OH

270 Sales and Marketing

SALES

$40-$60 K PER YEAR

We offer 3 day work week, company provided qualified customers, fun, positive work environment, ability to write your own paycheck.

If you are a true commission sales person, you can do no better.

INCREASES

• • • • • • • • • •

Call Shawn at 419-738-5000

275 Situation Wanted

JOB WANTED: Looking for farm equipment operator position for spring planting season. (prefer RED equipment), vazenkrex@hotmail.com.

(937)503-0504.

that work .com 280 Transportation

CLASS A DRIVERS NEEDED

DEDICATED ROUTES THAT ARE HOME DAILY!!

Excellent opportunity for CDL Class A Drivers with 2 years' experience.

Dedicated runs that will get you home daily! All loads are drop & hook or no touch freight.

Drivers are paid weekly.

that work .com

Real Estate and Contents

2003 OLDSMOBILE, Silhouette Premier, limited edition, fully loaded, heated seats, 138000 K, runs great, $6500, (937)492-3450

at Auction

Sunday April 7 @ 12:00 P.M. 545 W Main St Tipp City OH 45371

OPEN HOUSE 3-4 SUNDAY Beautiful 2 story home in historic Tipp city 1848 sqft 3 bedroom 1.5 bath detached garage Hardwood floors, original wood work arch doorway great front porch for all the downtown events Big back yard with fence. Great place to raise your family this is once in a life time opportunity don’t miss it.

Items: Beautiful dining table and matching hutch, several nice dressers, bedroom suit, living room furniture, sofa table, end tables, 2 vintage storage trunks, washer dryer, nice collection of art work, collector glass and pottery, gas grill, push mower, yard items, ladders, tools Just a small list complete house full of nice items.

Terms: For a complete list of items go to Auction zip .com for pictures and updates auctioneer #10147 Terms: Property sells as is, $5000.00 nonrefundable deposit with balance of contract price due at closing. Close in 30 days or less, Taxes prorated till day of closing. Sell with confirmation of Owner. Contact Auctioneer with questions Co-Op with other Realtors contact Auctioneer to register your client

583 Pets and Supplies

Drivers earn .38cents per mile for empty and loaded miles on dry freight.

GOLDEN DOODLE. 1 year old. Neutered, has shots and is potty trained.

(937)524-7921.

.40cents per mile for store runs.

H IMA L AYA N /P E R SIA N KITTENS, CFA registered, health guaranteed.

1 female and 1 male.

Adorable! (937)216-4515

.42cents per mile for reefer & curtainside freight.

No Hazmat.

JACK RUSSELL Terrier pups, 2 females, $150 each. Call (419)582-4211.

Full Insurance package.

Paid vacation.

401K savings plan.

OBEDIENCE CLASSES

by Piqua Dog Club Starts April 8th at Piqua Armory.

CGC Testing available Bring current shot records but No dogs the first night www.piquadogclub.com (937)773-5170

95% no touch freight.

Compounding Safety Bonus Program.

Drivers are paid bump dock fees for customer live loads and live unloads.

For additional info call

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

1996 CHEVY 3500 4X4, low mileage, 1 owner, (937)295-2473

895 Vans/Minivans

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

RATE •

890 Trucks

805 Auto

CRIB, Toddler bed, changing table, pack-nplay, doorway swing, walker, gate, high chair, booster chair, travel bassinet, clothes, blankets, snuggli, more (937)339-4233

2002 CHEVROLET Malibu, 4 door, tan, 175,000 miles. 6 cyl, auto, good condition $3000.

(937)418-9688 2007 HARLEY Davidson Wideglide, 12k miles, detachable windshield and saddle bags, heal rest kit, 2 seats, very clean! $9500, (937)564-6409.

Real Estate & Chattels Auction

Public Auction

PIQUA, OHIO

At 440 Brook St. From S. Main St (Co Rd 25-A) go west on Clark, then South 1 block on Roosevelt & then west less than 1 block on Brook to sale site.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 12:30 PM

Collectibles: Hundreds of Better postcards (many real photos), misc. other paper goods, license plates (‘20 and ‘36 Ohio), ‘41 Oregon, ‘37 Idaho, ‘37 Mass., plus a few M.C. and others, manuals for 1940’s Indian, ‘65 Honda sport, 1880 History of Miami Co., Stuka Balsa bomber model, 45 RPM records and unique case (Bakelite), Ford Econline cufflinks, pump organ, large ruby vase Blenko, Poppy Trail dishes, Fenton baskets, bubble glass, misc. glassware, misc. Hot Wheels and Matchbox including trucks and 1520 Redlines, 5’x10’ Maremont metal outdoor sign (mint), 2 sets of seats (Hobart Arena), beer lights and signs including Jr. Helment, Bud Light (neon type), large Miller Light hood, and several metal signs, 3 light traffic light, 1960’s FFA jacket, misc. costume jewelry, Royal Doulton (Sir Francis Drake), 1970 Dionne Warwick Concert Poster.

Coins: Approx. 50 lots including 1986 Prestige proof set (silver), several rolls Buffalo nickels, 1830 half, 1881 three cent, few large cents, 1914 and 1916 Buffalo nickels, 1876 dime, misc. nickels, dimes, quarters.

Misc: (2) 25 cent gumball machines (w/ gumballs), sessions mantle clock, large collection of aquarium rock and seashells, outdoor lawn decorations, misc. household and garage items, Vita Master 8200 treadmill, new pair of outdoor lights, holiday decorations, Weber grill, edger, weedeater, wheel barrow, Kitchenaide mixer (like new).

Electronics: Misc. receivers including a model 6600 integrated receiver/8 track, Sherwood audio/video R500, Technics speakers.

Note: Partial listing - items still to be gone through.

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

937-207-8333

2380771

(I-75 to exit 78 - South 4 miles)

575 Live Stock

577 Miscellaneous

Auctioneer/Realtor/CAGA/CES Stegall and Associates Realty

650 N. Co. Rd. 25A, Troy, OH

800 - Transportation

ANGUS BULLS for sale, performance tested. Call: (937)209-0911 or (937)246-6374.

(937)776-3521 or (937)684-0555

Perry Conley Conley’s Auction Service

Saturday, April 6, 2013 • 9:30am

WE PAY cash for your old toys, Cast Iron antiques, and collectibles!

Star Wars, GI Joes, Magic the Gathering postcards, pre-1980's comics, much more, (937)606-0405.

500 - Merchandise

Great gas mileage, extra clean, new tires, 129K miles, $5700 OBO

PUBLIC AUCTION

592 Wanted to Buy

Crosby Trucking 866-208-4752

2005 KIA SEDONA

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN-CREW Loaded, including quad seats, rear air, power sliding doors, stow & go, backup camera, new Michelin tires, black crystal pearl, approx.

69K, very good condition, $15,675.

(937)216-0453

REAL ESTATE SELLS at 2:00 PM REAL ESTATE: You’ll find this older residence offers nice amenities w/ its lg rooms, 2 baths, deck, patio, storage shed & green house in an established neighborhood.

The real estate has been appraised at $49,900 & by the Miami Co. Auditor for $78,600 & is offered free of appraisal subject to confirmation w/ $4,000 down. Call now to view this home or obtain a bidder’s packet of information. Contact Jerry Stichter, Auctioneer-Realtor, Garden Gate Realty or go to www.stichterauctions.com for photos & more details. COLLECTIBLES: Radios, 4, incl nice Telefunken in beautiful wooden case; milk glass & 25 pcs of red glassware; nest of Pyrex bowls; 120 pcs Pfaltzgraff Village dinnerware, Wagner Magnalite 15” Dutch Oven, med & lg roasters & a tea kettle; Cast Iron: Wagner chicken fryer skillet & others; crocks & jugs; milk cans; wooden kegs; dulcimers; Shakespeare fly rod & S Bend reel; barn lantern; Radio Flyer red wagon; etc. HOME FURNISHINGS: Very nice oak round table & 6 chrs; early Am glass door cupboard; sm & lg maple base cabinets; 2 servers; early Am roll top desk; stenciled rocker; burgundy, beige & floral sofa; pr of burgundy overstuffed recliners; Panasonic 50” flat screen TV; 4 Eden Pure heaters; Casitone M-52 keyboard; KS bed w/ adjustable mattress; 1950’s bedrm suite; window AC’s; 6 vacuums; Whirlpool 1998 upright freezer; good kitchen items; pressure canner; jars & supplies & much more OUTDOOR ITEMS: Troy-Bilt & Craftsman Mowers; Yard Machine snow blower; appliance cart; 4 wheel dolly cart; 10” compound miter saw; Roto-Zip spiral saw; B/O tools; lawn, garden & hand tools; scaffolding ladder; sm & lg live traps; camp lantern; elec power washer; etc.

Concession by: “Susie’s Big Dipper”

Nancy Christian, Owner

MIKOLAJEWSKI

David Christian & Angela Christian Attorneys in Fact

AUCTION SERVICE

2380363

260 Restaurant

To Advertise In The Classifieds That Work Call 877-844-8385

Steve Mikolajewski & Joe Mikolajewski 439 Vine Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 (937) 773-6708 • (937) 773-6433 www.mikolajewskiauction.net

JERRY STICHTER AUCTIONEER,

INC.

AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS

Jerry Stichter Broker Associate of Garden Gate Realty (937)335-6758 www.stichterauctions.com

2376686

MIAMI VALLEY

To qualify for these positions you must have 2 years' experience with a clean MVR.

We reward our drivers with excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision & 401K with company contribution.

In addition to that we also offer quarterly bonuses, paid holidays and vacations.

In The Market For A New Or Used Vehicle?

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To apply please contact Dennis: (419)733-0642 or email dkramer@ midwestlogisticssytems.com

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Drivers

NEW DEDICATED ACCOUNT! HOME WEEKENDS! Up to $62k Per Year Medial, Dental, Vision, 401k Class A CDL + 1 Yr Reg Exp

937-890-6200

1-800-678-4188

www.evansmotorworks.com

www.paulsherry.com

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VOLKWAGEN

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Ford Lincoln

Chrysler Dodge Jeep

Auto Sales 1280 South Market St. (CR 25A) Troy, OH 45373

Evans Volkswagen 7124 Poe Ave.

1-800-866-3995

937-335-5696

www.boosechevrolet.com

866-470-9610

(866)816-7555 or (937)335-4878

www.buckeyeford.com

www.erwinchrysler.com

937-890-6200

www.carncredit.com

www.independentautosales.com

www.evansmotorworks.com

CHRYSLER

CREDIT RE-ESTABLISHMENT

FORD

LINCOLN

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Quick Chrysler Credit Dodge Jeep Auto Sales 2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

1099 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Troy, Ohio 45373

937-335-5696

937-339-6000

www.erwinchrysler.com

www.QuickCreditOhio.com

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PRE-OWNED

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

Class A CDL required

STORAGE TRAILERS FOR RENT (800)278-0617

937-878-2171 www.wagner.subaru.com

2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

CDL Grads may qualify

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217 N. Broad St. Fairborn, OH 45324

ERWIN Independent

Car N Credit

800-947-1413

JEEP 4

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Wagner Subaru

866-504-0972

937-335-5696

FORD

SUBARU 11

Remember...Customer pick-up and delivery with FREE loaner. www.infinitiofdayton.com

www.erwinchrysler.com

CREDIT RE-ESTABLISHMENT

SIGN ON BONUS

Call Jon Basye at: Piqua Transfer & Storage Co. (937)778-4535 or (800)278-0619

Infiniti of Dayton

2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

8675 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83

Great Pay & Benefits!

ERWIN 8645 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83

575 Arlington Rd. Brookville, OH 45309

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7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio

Chevrolet

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www.landair.com

INFINITI

Chrysler Jeep Dodge

CHEVROLET

1-866-640-5996

DODGE

CHRYSLER

Jim Taylor’s Troy Ford Exit 69 Off I-75 Troy, OH 45373

Ford Lincoln

339-2687

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

www.troyford.com www.fordaccessories.com

866-470-9610 www.buckeyeford.com

Exit 59 off I-75.

Dayton, OH

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One Stop Volvo of Auto Sales Dayton 8750 N. Co. Rd. 25A Piqua, OH 45356

937-606-2400 www.1stopautonow.com

7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio

937-890-6200 www.evansmotorworks.com