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Troy backs joint water plan BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com

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A water system study sought by the cities of Troy and Piqua revealed that a joint water treatment and supply utility operation is the most financially feasible option, said Troy director of public service and safety Patrick

Titterington. Titterington discussed the findings at a workshop May 2 in the city building. Piqua will be conducting a similar meeting next week before both councils have a joint meeting in a few weeks. Cincinnati-based RA Consultants, LLC conducted the study. In addition to the joint operation, other alternatives

researched include an independent water treatment plant, bulk water sales, a water district and a regional nonprofit organization. Piqua faces an Environmental Protection Agency mandate to replace its aging water treatment system, as its current operation was found to be consistently inefficient in removing contaminants. Piqua’s treatment plan uses sur-

face water, while Troy’s utilizes groundwater. “In short, the EPA really prefers groundwater to surface water,” because the risk of contamination is much less, Titterington said. Piqua previously rejected partnering on a water system, but the

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Thirteen people were charged Wednesday in one of the biggest college hazing cases ever prosecuted in the U.S., accused in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major who authorities say was mercilessly pummeled by fellow members of the marching band. The charges came more than five months after Robert Champion, 26, died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a performance against a rival school. While the most sensational hazing cases have typically involved fraternities, sororities or athletic teams, the FAMU tragedy in November exposed a brutal tradition among marching bands at some colleges around the U.S.

Church adds to Relay stories First United Church of Christ has long history

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or every step, for every dollar raised, it’s one minute closer to the cure for one Relay For Life team member.

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Troy strands baserunners Troy’s defense was good. Amber Smith’s pitching performance was solid. But when it came to scoring runs, the Trojans did not succeed, stranding 10 baserunners in a 3-1 loss to Piqua on Wednesday’s Senior Night at Market Street Diamond in Troy. ”We had runners on second and third with one out three times, but didn’t put a run across,” Troy coach Scott Herman said. “I don’t understand. I’m mystified now. I’m very mystified. I don’t understand how we can’t push the runners across.

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Members of the Miami County FOP Honor Guard render a gun salute in honor of fallen officers during the 2012 Miami County Police Memorial at Courthouse Plaza in Troy.

Police remembered Local residents observe police memorial day BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com With a 21-gun salute, the haunting tone of bagpipers performing “Amazing Grace” and a lone trumpeter solemnly playing Taps, a crowd of more than 200 gathered on the courthouse plaza Wednesday for Police Memorial Day. That crowd also consisted of the family members of the fallen officers who gathered for the touching and emotional ceremony, which marks the 25th

TROY anniversary of the last line of duty death in Miami County. Law enforcement deaths happen every 53 hours, but thankfully there has not been a line-of-duty death in Miami County in the last quarter-century, said Piqua police Deputy Chief Marty Grove, president of FOP Lodge 58. “But it can happen, and has happened, in Miami County,” Grove told the audience. “It can happen here, and it probably will again. Let’s hope that we can make it another 25 years.”

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Afghanistan security deal has loopholes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 10-year security comOUTLOOK pact that President Barack Obama signed with Afghan President Hamid Today Partly sunny Karzai contains High: 86° promises the Low: 64° United States and Afghanistan Friday cannot guarantee T-storm likely they will keep, High: 83° and loopholes for Low: 64° both nations. The deal Complete weather signed Tuesday information on Page 9. also allows either OBAMA Home Delivery: nation to walk 335-5634 away on a year’s notice. That could allow the next Classified Advertising: U.S. president, or the next (877) 844-8385 Afghan leader, to scuttle a deal negotiated by his or her predecessor. For Obama, the agree6 74825 22406 6 ment represents a compro-

mise with Karzai after messy negotiations over U.S. military detention of Afghan suspects and raids on Afghan homes that offend Afghans. U.S. concessions were relatively small, however, and the deal Obama signed in Kabul is probably the best one he could get on a tight deadline. He wants to showcase a long-term commitment to Afghan stability when he hosts NATO leaders for a summit in Chicago later this month. U.S. officials

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Stephany Deeter, cochair of the First United Church of Christ’s Relay for Life team, has dedicated more than 16 years to the event which raises money to defeat cancer — the disease which t o o k h e r father’s life, a high school friend’s life and other loved ones over the years. Of those 16 years, Deeter said her work with Relay for Life began shortly after her father Dale Grove was diagnosed with lymphoma and eventually succumbed to the disease eight years ago. “I do it for my dad,” she said. “He was a farmer and through the years, after he was diagnosed, he just kept on working through the treatments, the doctor Robin Oda discusses the memorial with Olivia appointments and all that McElwee, 4, during the 2012 Miami County Police Memorial at Courthouse Plaza in Troy.

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Sun Moon and Stars Preschool had a good participation during the preschool’s Grandparents Day event Wednesday at the Stouder Center in Troy. Children along with their grandparents including Connie and Ralph Etter (Ralph not pictured) with GraceLynn Neil, Bryce Morrett along with his grandmother Susan Morrett and Will Bowser and his grandmother Pat Peters listen as Andrea Morgan, teacher and co-owner of Sun Moon and Stars, reads The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. According to co-owner Cheryl Blevins it is an end of the school year celebration with grandparents because they do a lot throughout the year and are so involved in the children’s life.

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• CONTINUED FROM A1 Greg Simmons, the chaplain Lodge 58, thanked the fallen officers whose names are etched into the granite of the county’s law enforcement memorial for their courage, bravery and dedication for making the ultimate sacrifice. And he thanked those current police officers who keep us safe. “Most of all, we want them to come home,” Simmons said. “We don’t want to see another name on this wall.” The end of the service was marked by family members of the fallen officers, or police representatives, placing a flower at the memorial’s location as a brief history of each officer was read. Those police officers who are on the memorial, in the order of their deaths, are: • Marshal Harvey Hake, a Covington police officer, was shot and killed on Jan. 12, 1917, while chasing a suspect. • Patrolman George Eickmeyer, a Tipp City police officer, died Sept. 17, 1945, when his car was struck by a train. • Lt. Noah Studebaker, a Piqua police officer, died Oct. 17, 1957,

Guests listen as former Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey M. Welbaum speaks during the 2012 Miami County Police Memorial at Courthouse Plaza in Troy. from complications of a shotgun blast to his face, neck and chest area on May 29, 1949, after being dispatched to a burglary in process. • Patrolman Jan Mulder II, a Piqua police officer, was shot and killed Aug. 11, 1970, at the Fort Piqua Hotel by a fleeing gunman. • Sgt. William R. Morris, a Miami County sheriff’s deputy, was shot and killed Nov. 22, 1972.

• Detective Robert Taylor, a Piqua police officer, died Nov. 3, 1982, after suffering a heart attack while participating in strenuous police training. • Sgt. Robert L. Elliott, a Miami County sheriff’s deputy, was shot and killed Feb. 25, 1987. Former Miami County prosecutor and common pleas court judge Jeffrey Welbaum, who is currently

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stuff that cancer does. Eventually the remission times kept getting shorter and shorter.” Deeter said she also supports the Relay for Life cause for her mother Phyllis Grove, who is a cancer survivor of more than 24 years. “It’s one of the diseases that doesn’t care who you are,” Deeter said. “Every time I hear on the news that they’ve found a new step to beat cancer, my heart bursts for joy.” With the help of Relay for Life fundraisers around the country, it’s the hope of the day when a cure will be found which keeps Deeter’s spirits high. “We are at our booth the whole time, all through the night, because cancer doesn’t take a break so we won’t either,” Deeter said. Deeter said this weekend’s all-night event is worth every dollar raised to beat the disease that took her father, her friend and to honor her mother that has kept the disease at bay for more than 24 years. “The more money we can raise, the closer to we get to the cure,” Deeter said. Deeter also has a wonderful time making cheesecakes for the relay’s auction and has developed quite a following. “This year I’m going to do something a little different and make them tie-dye cheesecakes,” she said. “People ask me if I’m bringing them to the Relay and when I say ‘yes,’ they say they’ll be there to bid and that makes me happy to do it.” Along with the support of her Relay for Life team, Deeter, a resident of Troy, also said she has the support of her husband Roger and her daughters Christina and Jessica throughout the years of work with the organization.

John Fulker Jay and Mary’s Book Center, 1201 Experiment Farm Rd., Troy, 335-1167

Mother’s Day May 13, Father’s Day June 17 We carry all four of John Fulker’s books, novelized stories of eight murders which actually occurred in Miami County in the 100 years between 1854 and 1964. The books are: And True Deliverance Make; A View From Above; Chicken Soup, Cheap Whiskey and Bad Women; Shards, Pellets and Knives. All these murders happened in Troy, Piqua and Covington, with ties to Tipp City. The last murder case was defended by Fulker and had a very strange outcome. 2281174

FUELING THE FIGHT The First United Church of Christ booth includes popular sloppy joes, sandwiches, candy and other snacks to fuel the fight against cancer for walkers. With warm weather projected, Troy’s First United Church of Christ’s Relay for Life co-chair Stephany Deeter also said she hopes the sale of the church’s popular virgin strawberry daiquiris will cool off participants as they walk to remember and raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The church also sponsors a “Smash Out Cancer” car. “People can take out their frustrations with cancer with a swing of a sledgehammer for $1,” Deeter said. “It’s a very popular stop during the Relay.” The team also will be having several hairdressers on Saturday evening to provide $5 hair cut specials during the Relay. Also, anyone interested in donating their hair for “Locks of Love” may do so at the First United Church of Christ booth. All proceeds from the haircuts will benefit the church’s team and the hair donated will go to an organization that makes wigs for those who have lost their hair due to disease. Deeter also said the Relay for Life team of nine from the church are planning a chili supper and craft show for the fall to help raise funds for the cause all year-round.

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two cities agreed last September to conduct a study to research the possibility of creating a joint water treatment and supply utility operation. Construction of a new plant in Piqua, as previously discussed, would cost Piqua an estimated $20-$40 million. Groundwater alternatives within the city would provide only enough water for about half of Piqua’s demand. Troy’s plant is capable of pumping up to 16 million gallons a day, with the population of Troy requiring just 4 million per day. The plant is capable of providing for Piqua’s demand, but one or two additional wells are required for the joint venture. Piqua would be responsible for 50 percent of the infrastructure investment, which is estimated at $15-$17 million to connect the two cities, as well as an initial 50 percent payment to Troy of $15 million. Council president Martha Baker asked if financial gains for Troy could be diverted to the General Fund rather than stay in the water fund. Titterington said he supports keeping it within the water fund because it provides great rate stabilization of the years. Under the proposed governance structure, a new water authority board would be established, consisting of seven members, three from Troy and three from Piqua, with a seventh member not vested in either city. The board would have control over the water treatment plant and well fields only.

The treatment rate for each city would be the same. In response to a question from councilman Bobby Phillips, county engineer Deborah Swan said she didn’t anticipate eminent domain being an issue in fulfilling the requirements for the joint venture. In conclusion, Titterington said the joint venture makes the most sense financially as well as logistically. “The beauty of the joint venture … is that this gives us the most flexible governance,” he said. This option will also result in no layoffs, and therefore the board may initially be overstaffed. But water treatment plant superintendent Tim Ray said almost half of the staff is eligible to retire, and the same is true of Piqua. Titterington acknowledged that many issues regarding staff and governance still need to be ironed out, should the joint venture come to fruition. “I apologize if it seems we’re dancing on the details,” he said. Titterington did note that Troy would not be subsidizing Piqua’s fluoridation. The next step is transmitting questions and issues to the consulting firm, followed by the joint discussion between Troy and Piqua commissioners, which Baker encouraged all council members to attend. Mayor Mike Beamish closed the meeting by stating that a difficult decision lies ahead, but he’s hoping for a “win-win” situation between Troy and Piqua.

Deal • CONTINUED FROM A1 said the deal is legally binding, but it does not carry the force of a treaty as Afghanistan originally wanted. Obama called the agreement historic, and said it “defines a new kind of relationship between our countries — a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states.” The deal pledges Afghanistan to fight corruption, improve efficiency and protect human rights, including women’s rights. All are areas where the United States already finds fault with Afghan performance, and Afghanistan has promised improvement on corruption many times before. The nine-page agreement spells out no consequences if those or other

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running for the 2nd District Court of Appeals, was the featured speaker at the event. Welbaum said he, like many in the audience, knew one or some of the officers whose names are on the memorial, specifically mentioning Detective Taylor and Sgt. Elliott. In speaking of Sgt. Elliott, Welbaum said “it seems like yesterday, but the loss is forever,” and he said he still remembers the day that Detective Taylor died. Then, in speaking directly not only to the dozens of law enforcement members at the event, but also to those across the county, Welbaum said he hopes they stay safe while on the job. “We truly appreciate your service and pray for your safety,” Welbaum said in conclusion. The memorial service also featured Megan Osman, an eighthgrade Troy Junior High student, who sang the National Anthem and also performed an original song she wrote entitled, “On This Day.” The Miami County Police Memorial was dedicated in 1999 to law enforcement officers who died in the line-of-duty in Miami County.

goals are not met. The agreement uses even looser language to address the production and trafficking of illegal drugs in Afghanistan, a major opium producer. Both nations affirm that illicit drugs undermine security and legitimate economic growth but promise only to cooperate to confront the threat. The United States promises to seek annual funding to train and equip the Afghan armed forces but gives no dollar figure. That money must be approved by Congress, which has so far supported the Obama administration’s plan to build up the Afghan forces. There is growing concern in Congress, however, about the quality of those forces, and the billions of dollars they would need over 10 years is not assured. The agreement promises ongoing U.S. investment in a variety of development, health, education and support projects aimed at helping the poor nation one day support itself, and it commits the United States to seek annual funding from Congress “commensurate

with the strategic importance of the U.S.-Afghan partnership.” U.S. officials said they cannot make a more specific pledge because Congress controls the purse strings. The agreement, which takes effect when U.S. and other foreign combat forces leave in 2014, also is not the last word on whether the United States leaves a much smaller contingent of troops in Afghanistan after that date. Both of the current leaders want such a residual force. But if Iraq is a guide, the rationale for a continued U.S. military presence on the soil of a Muslim nation could change, or new leadership in Washington or Kabul could decide on a different path. Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby said the “strategic partnership agreement” is not intended to address the specific terms of an ongoing military relationship. The agreement pledges the two nations to begin work on a more detailed pact, and sets a goal of one year to complete it.

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County Relay For Life, Miami County Fairgrounds, 650 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Anyone who registers to • RUMMAGE SALE: A donate can take home an “I rummage sale will be Did it for the Cookie” cookC o m m u n i t y offered from 4-8 p.m. book. Individuals with eligiCalendar Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. bility questions are invited to Friday and 9 a.m. to noon email Saturday at St. Johns CONTACT US canidonate@cbccts.org or United Church of Christ, call (800) 388-GIVE or make 130 S. Walnut St., Troy. an appointment at Enter on Canal Street. www.DonorTime.com. Call Melody Good used clothing and • PANCAKES AND large and small household SAUSAGE: The Pleasant Vallieu at items will be for sale. Hill United Church of Christ, 440-5265 to one block west of the interlist your free section of State Route 48 TODAY and State Route 718, will calendar hold its monthly all-you-can• PRAYER EVENT: Troy items.You eat pancake and sausage Christian Schools will lead can send breakfast from 7:30-11 a.m. a prayer event at the Miami your news by e-mail to The cost is $4 for the stanCounty Courthouse from vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. dard adult breakfast of pan11:55 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in cakes, sausage, juice and honor of National Day of coffee, tea or milk. A deluxe Prayer. There will be guidbreakfast is available for $5 ed prayer times led by stuand includes scrambled eggs. Children’s dents and staff, as well as a celebration of portions also are served. Contact the song. Complimentary sack lunches will be church office at (937) 676-3193 for more provided for guests who come during their This will be the last breakfast information. lunch break. Rain location for this event is until Sept. 10. Troy Christian Gymnasium, 700 S. Dorset • SHARE-A-MEAL: The First United Road, Troy. Call the school office for quesChurch of Christ, corner of South Market tions at 339-5692. and Canal streets, will offer its Share-A• SENIORS LUNCHEON: A seniors Meal from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The luncheon will be offered at the A.B. meal will feature hamburgers, baked Graham Memorial Center, Conover. beans, macaroni and cheese, fruit pie and “Protecting Your Valuables” will be presentbeverages. Share-A-Meal is a program to ed by Tim Rose of Rose Home Services. The program will begin at 11 a.m., followed reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to parby lunch at noon. Everyone is invited to ticipate while giving an opportunity to attend. For reservations or lunch cost, call socialize with others in the community. Use (937) 368-3700. the Canal Street entrance where the • LITERACY EDUCATION: A discuschurch is handicapped accessible. sion on the benefits of adult basic and lit• GENEALOGY CLASS: A genealogy eracy education will be offered at 1 p.m. at will be offered at 10 a.m. on the first class the Troy-Miami County Public Library, 419 W. Main St., Troy. Those who need helping Saturday May through July at the A.B. preparing for their GED, continue their edu- Graham Center, Conover. There is a fee. Reservations are necessary by calling cation or brush up on skills for employ(937) 368-3700. ment can benefit from the talk, by Naomi • CREATURE FEATURE: Meet the Baker of A.B.L.E. Eastern Screech-owl from 2-3 p.m. at • DAY OF PRAYER: In honor of the Brukner Nature Center. Come learn how National Day of Prayer, community memto identify these nocturnal creatures not bers are invited to gather from 7-8 p.m. at only by sight, but by the sounds they make the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center to prayer that many people believe sounds like a for the nation and the youth of Miami horse neighing. This event is free with paid County, praying for their needs, including addictions and potential. For more informa- admission to the building. • RUMMAGE SALE: Troy VFW No. tion, call 339-5685. 5436 will offer a rummage sale from 9 a.m. • SPAGHETTI DINNER: The Springcreek Livestock 4-H Club will host a to 2 p.m. at 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy. • ENCHILADA DINNER: The Pleasant spaghetti dinner from 5-6:30 p.m. at Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Alcony Grace Church, 1045 S. Alcony Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer enchilada Conover Road. The cost of the meal is a dinner with Mexican rice from 5-7 p.m. for donation to the 4-H club. $6. For more information. call (937) 6986727. FRIDAY-SUNDAY • SPRING BABIES: Discover the newest babies at Aullwood Farm at 2:30 • THEATER OPENING: The Troy Civic p.m. Take a behind the scenes tour as we Theatre will present “Ravenscroft,” by Don watch a lamb nurse, touch a tiny chick, Nigro at the Barn in the Park. A funny mur- and meet a goat kid. Participants will learn der mystery set in 1905, pits Inspector how the farm staff prepares for the young Ruffing against five women in the desire to ones’ arrival and cares for them once they discover the cause of Patrick Roark’s are born. Also, they will make simple death. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and homemade butter and come enjoy the Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are babies at Aullwood. $12 at the door, or call 339-7700 for reser• FULL MOON WALK: A May Full vations. Moon Walk will be from 8:30-10 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. FRIDAY-SATURDAY An Aullwood naturalist will lead this relaxing night walk in the light of May’s Flower Moon. • RUMMAGE SALE: First Lutheran Church, corner of West State Route 41 SUNDAY and Washington Road, Troy, will offer a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Clothing will • DODGEBALL TOURNEY: A dodgebe $3 a bag on Saturday, with provided ball tournament will begin at 1 p.m. at the bags. A.B. Graham Memorial Center, Conover. Call Emalie at (937) 620-3832 for more FRIDAY information. • WINGS AND STRINGS: WACO Aviation Learning Center and Troy Noon • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington Optimists Club will host the annual “Wings VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., on Strings” family kite fly from noon to 3 Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. p.m. at Historic WACO Field, 1865 S. For more information, call 753-1108. County Road 25-A, Troy. The community • CABBAGE ROLLS: The American is invited to make and fly a kite, and mateLegion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer a cabbage roll dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7. rials are provided. Admission is free. For more information, call 335-9226 or • SENIOR DAY: Miami County Senior lcdir@wacoairmuseum.org. Day will be from 9:30-11 a.m. at A • CHICKEN BARBECUE: Casstown Learning Place, Piqua. Free tickets must be Fire Department will be having a chicken reserved by calling (937) 638-1884. Leave barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4210 a message with how many tickets you E. State Route 55, Casstown. The meal need and your name and your tickets will will include 1/2 a chicken, coleslaw, applebe waiting for you. sauce, chips and a roll all for a $7 dona• CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, tion, dine in or carry-out. All proceeds go to upkeep of equipment. Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chick• BREAKFAST OFFERED: Boy Scout en dinner with french fries and macaroni Troop No. 586 will serve an all-you-can eat salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $6 at the also will be available. American Legion Post in Tipp City. Items available will be bacon, sausage, home SATURDAY fries, eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausage gravy and biscuits, toast, cinnamon rolls, • SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No. juice and fruit. 43 Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat • BLUEGRASS JAM: There will be a spaghetti dinner will be offered from 3-7:30 bluegrass jam session at 2 p.m. at the p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal American Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. also will include a salad bar, drink and Third St., Tipp City. The feature band will dessert. Meals will be $6.75 for adults and be Laurel Mountain, plus there will be an $4 for children 12 and younger. All proopen mike jam session. Bring your instruceeds will benefit the Troy American ments, there is free admission and Legion baseball. refreshments will be available. • PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Troy • WAGON RIDES: Aullwood’s draft Men’s Community Prayer Breakfast will be horse team, and Farmer John will take visoffered at 7:30 a.m. at Zion Baptist itors for a relaxing tour of Aullwood Farm Church, 711 W. Franklin St., Troy. A memon a wagon drawn by horse power from 1bership drive will be part of the event. 2:30 p.m. This is a great way to explore • YARD SALE: The Troy Senior Aullwood Farm for the first time or to view Citizens Center, 134 N. Market St., Troy, it from a new perspective. Fees for the will have a yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. program are $1 per person and non-memDonations may be dropped off the week of bers must pay admission to the farm in April 29. addition to the wagon ride fees. Each ride • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be lasts about 30 minutes. offered from noon to 4 p.m. at the Miami

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Bradford High School has announced the 2012 Prom Court, which includes, from left to right, Brittney Allison, Johnathon Barbee, Emily Magoto, Andrew Stewart, Cameron Harmon, Krista Floyd, Travis Knightstep, Holly Gantt, Michael Fletcher, Madison Dunlevy, Alan Yount, Courtney Miller. The theme of the prom, which will be held Saturday night, is “Arctic Paradise.”

MILITARY BRIEFS

Eric C. Dotson

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PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Marine Corps Pvt. Eric C. Dotson, the nephew of Robin R. Leptak of Troy, Ohio, and nephew of Daniel Cathcart of Vandalia, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. The training is designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. Dotson and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a.m. each day by running three miles and performing calisthenics. In addition to the physical conditioning program, Dotson spent numerous hours in classroom and field assignments which included learning first aid, uniform regulations, combat water survival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training. They performed close order drill and operated as a small infantry unit during field training. Dotson and other recruits also received instruction on the Marine Corps’ core values—honor, courage and commitment, and what the core values mean in guiding personal and professional conduct. Dotson and fellow recruits ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour, team evolution culminating in an emotional ceremony in which recruits are presented the Marine Corps Emblem, and addressed as “Marines” for the first time in their careers.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — Army Reserve Pvt. Phillip D. Young of Troy has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, which included basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT). During basic military training, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons qualification, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army doctrine, history, principles and traditions. During AIT, the soldier completed the military police specialist course to acquire skills to provide combat area support, conduct battlefield circulation control, area security, prisoner of war operations, civilian internee operations, and law and order operations. The trainee performed as a team member in support of battlefield operations, installation law and order operations and security of Army resources and installations. Additional training included providing peacetime support to the military community through security of resources, crime prevention programs, and preservation of law and order. Young is the son of Julie A. Young and Danny Young, both of Troy, and is a 2009 graduate of Troy High School.

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Macaroni salad makes a delicious lunch Today is the last day of April. It is difficult to believe that 2012 is now one- third over with. It is a rainy Monday here so laundry will be put off until tomorrow. We will be taking care of my friend Amy’s children, Matthew, 1 1 /2, and Emily 6 months, tomorrow afternoon. Verena and Loretta both have time off from school as a reward for doing well on their state tests. They chose to take tomorrow off as they enjoy when Matthew and Emily are here. We used to have Matthew here a lot when he was a baby. It is hard to believe how he has grown. We made rhubarb juice from 16 pounds of rhubarb last week. It made 27

quarts of juice. We are enjoying it but it is going fast. I hope my rhubarb keeps doing well so I can make a lot more. I put in three 3 ounce boxes of strawberry gelatin instead of one and it makes a lot nicer color and flavor. We like to drink it just like it is without adding anything. I also made several rhubarb-custard pies. Saturday we spent the day helping Jacob and Emma butcher a beef. The beef had been already been dressed by a local processor so it wasn’t quite as messy of a job as usual. It just had to be cut up. Steaks were cut up and the hamburger was ground. Beef chunks and some hamburger were processed in the pressure

cookers. Steaks and hamburger were packaged for the freezer. They were really glad for the meat since they didn’t get any beef butchered this past winter. The saying “many hands make lighter work” proved to be true. It was a cool day so it worked out well to cut up the meat since it is hard work. Emma told us all to come for breakfast so we could get an earlier start. On her menu were biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs, fried potatoes, sliced cheese, sliced tomatoes, hot peppers, homemade bread, butter, rhubarb jam, rhubarb juice, chocolate milk, coffee, and rhubarbcustard pie. Daughter Elizabeth

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little slow but safe and sound. I trust him when I am in town and also when I am passing big farm equipment. This is one of Joe’s favorites. He likes it in his lunch. I made some extra so he has it in his lunch this week. Macaroni Salad 3 cups cooked macaroni Lovina Eicher 1/2 cup carrots Troy Daily News Guest 1 /2 cup celery Columnist 1 /2 cup onion 2 tablespoons mustard ing horse Little Rose and 1 cup Miracle Whip the new one Big Rose. But 2 tablespoons apple they’d both come when cider vinegar calling for Rose. 1 /2 teaspoon salt A traffic-safe horse is 1/2 cup sugar worth a lot especially 2 tablespoons milk when you go to town with salt and pepper to suit the buggy. When I go into taste town I like a horse that Mix the macaroni, cardoes not get impatient rots, celery and onions in waiting at stop lights. We a big bowl until evenly have brakes on our bugcombined. In a separate gies which helps stop the bowl, mix mustard, horse when they want to Miracle Whip vinegar, salt, back up. Sometimes a line sugar, milk, and seasonof cars is waiting behind ings. Combine with macayou so the brakes are nice. roni mixture and toss until Our horse, Diamond, will thoroughly mixed. Chill be 18 next month and is a and serve.

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

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Loveland (Colo.) Reporter-Herald on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico: Offshore oil drilling may be a critical part of the United States’ domestic energy industry, but the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling doesn’t think it’s safe enough yet. The commission’s final report cited progress by the Obama administration and the industry itself, but graded Congress poorly because it has yet to “enact any legislation responding to the explosion and spill.” And all three need to do more, the report concluded, to ensure that deepwater drilling is safe for both workers and the environment. Congress, in particular, needs to codify the necessary regulations needed to prevent another BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, considered to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, and one that killed 11 workers. Fortunately, oversight of offshore drilling was improved after the spill two years ago. The As I Minerals Management Service, which had too See It cozy a relationship with the industry it was ■ The Troy charged with overseeing, was overhauled to Daily News improve oversight. welcomes But better regulation and oversight of deepcolumns from water drilling are sorely needed. While regulaour readers. To tion may be costly, environmental disasters are submit an “As I even more costly. See It” send How many more disasters on the scale of BP your type-writDeepwater Horizon can the Gulf of Mexico ten column to: take? We’d rather not find out. ■ “As I See It” The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on c/o Troy Daily drug sentencing: News, 224 S. The decades-long sentencing disparity Market St., between people convicted of crack cocaine Troy, OH 45373 offenses, who tend to be African-Americans, and ■ You can also those convicted of powder cocaine violations, e-mail us at who tend to be white, led to widespread injuseditorial@tdnpu tices. blishing.com. Until Congress passed the bipartisan Fair ■ Please Sentencing Act of 2010, the law treated one include your full gram of crack the same as 100 grams of powder name and telecocaine. That meant someone caught with powphone number. der cocaine needed to possess 100 times more drugs than a crack offender in order to face the same mandatory minimum sentences. That was wrong. The 2010 reform narrowed the gap to 18 to 1 — which is still unfair, but less so. Congress, however, didn’t specify whether the reduced sentences applied to people who had been convicted before the law passed but were awaiting sentencing. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the issue, and the justices should apply the lower sentences to those defendants as well. If the court doesn’t, Congress should do so by amending the 2010 statute. The drug sentencing gap, created in the 1980s, resulted in thousands more black defendants serving long prison sentences compared to other drug violators. Federal judges and legal observers, among others, criticized the sentencing gap and its discriminatory effect, and that prompted passage of the FSA in 2010. The new sentences have applied to all who were convicted and sentenced after the law passed. And the U.S. Sentencing Commission last year ruled the lower sentences are applicable to those already in prison for crack violations. That allowed federal judges across the country to decide whether crack offenders are eligible for a reduction in their sentence. But people who were awaiting sentencing when the 2010 law passed remain in limbo, and that’s unfair.

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can it have “failed?” Presently children can't be denied health insurance for pre-existing conditions and can remain on their To the Editor: parent's insurance until age 26. In 1993, a Republican healthThese two reforms will end if care plan requiring everyone to “Republican-Obamacare” is have insurance was proposed in denied. answer to the Democrats’ “Republican inspired "Hillarycare.” This plan's “indiObamacare” simply mandates the vidual mandate” was originally uninsured, who use expensive the brainchild of the conservative emergency rooms, to have basic Heritage Foundation. Republicans, including Bob Dole health insurance (like car insurance). Presently, the uninsured's and Newt Gringrich, praised it bills are indirectly paid by those as “personal responsibility.” with insurance, Hospitals and As “Romneycare,” this plan insurance companies increase is now working well in Massatheir prices to absorb the uninchusetts. How hypocritical of sured’s bills. Republicans to fight their own “Republican inspired workable idea! Obamacare” facts: If the uninThis “Republicancare” is sured qualify, they'll have “Obamacare.” “Individual mandates” weren’t considered uncon- Medicaid (none for “illegals”). Qualifying low-income American stitutional when totally a Republican idea. Initially, all our citizens will get government subsocial safety nets were also called sidies. You can keep your present insurance or, with others, shop unconstitutional and worse ... “Republican inspired Obamacare” for competitive plans by joining “insurance exchanges” — large is “Compromise 101.” Ninety percent of “Republican groups with more negotiating inspired Obamacare” doesn’t go power for better prices from into effect until 2014 — so how existing and new private insur-

ance companies (private enterprise, not “government-run” insurance). You choose your own doctors. There’s no denial for preexisting conditions. Businesses with over 50 employees must offer insurance — but large tax credits will be given. Health insurance won’t be tied to your employment — it goes where you go. This is basically insurance reform. Insurance company monopolies, with their enormous profits, have been ripping us off for years as their "captive customers.” Over 40 million Americans need health insurance. Our present health-care system is unsustainable and could eventually bankrupt everyone. “‘Republican inspired Obamacare’ lifts the boat for all” and secures our middle class by providing the monetary stability to better cope with all our expenses and any debts. We can't afford not to do this. And, it’s the "Christian" thing to do.

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In which I strike out with America’s pastime Last Saturday, hundreds of boys and girls and Troy suited up for baseball season, with their parents undoubtedly hoping and dreaming about the day they would become Major League Baseball players. Or, if they were anything like my parents, they were hoping and dreaming nobody would actually hit the ball near their kid. Major League Baseball teams field 1,280 players on their roster — chances are, your kid will never be one of them. In more than a century of the game being played, exactly two players from Troy High School have ever made it to the big show. Taking those facts into consideration, that leaves your kid with roughly a one in 10 quadrillion chance of your kid ever stepping foot on a Major League Baseball field. Unless, of course, your kid grows up to be a streaker. In that case, the odds improve considerably. Baseball moms and dads should not get discouraged. Because as bad as your kid may be at baseball, I can pretty

David Fong Troy Daily News Executive Editor much guarantee my parents’ fourth child was much, much worse. I once struck out — in t-ball. At one post-season picnic, the coach invited everyone up to the front and would touch on some of their highlights from the season. When he got to me, he was forced to talk about the time I hit two foul balls in one game. My brothers — who, in a cruel genetic twist, were good at baseball — once told me I was “the worst thing to happen to baseball since the Black Sox scandal.” When I was a little boy, it was my dream to grow up to be just like my favorite baseball player, Cincinnati Reds catch Johnny Bench. During the course of my

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(thankfully) brief career, I got all too familiar with another type of baseball “bench” — namely, the one I was sitting on gathering splinters in my behind during crucial moments of the game. It wasn’t as if I didn’t try. Every free moment, I would ask my father to go outside and throw me batting practice. And, to his credit, he did every time I would ask — even though I’m sure it must have been killing him on the inside. In yet another cruel genetic twist, my father was blessed with incredible baseball skills. He never actually played for his high school team — he ran track and field in the spring and played legion baseball in the summer — yet was offered college scholarships. I, on the other hand, was daddy’s shameful little secret. Thanks to Troy Junior Baseball, however, the secret got out and all the world could see just how bad I was. In my four years playing little league, pretty much the only “baseball skills” I actually mastered were spitting profusely and con-

stantly scratching myself in decidedly inappropriate places. My father, bless his heart, kept trying. We would spend hours at a time in the backyard, with him playing catch, throwing my batting practice and hitting me pop flies — all of which I would either drop, miss or run away from in fear. I never got any better, but I have a lifetime of memories I carry with me to this day. I’m pretty sure my father, on the other hand, has spent much of the past 30 years trying to forget. In any event, there likely will be any number of little leaguers taking the field this year who, to put it nicely, aren’t very good. I can relate. Hopefully, however, they’ll still manage to have fun despite the seemingly endless string of strikeouts. Here’s hoping all your dreams come true. Even if that dream involves them not hitting the ball your way very often.

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JOHN CARR SMITH BRADFORD — John Carr Smith, 87, of Bradford, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Koester Pavilion, Troy. He was born Jan. 8, 1925, in Bladen, Ohio, to his parents Evertt and Velva (Waugh) Smith. John served in the U.S. Army in Germany during World War II where he was decorated with a Bronze Battle Star and Purple Heart. He retired from Hobart Brothers as a welder after more than 20 years of service. He also owned and operated Smitty’s Transmission in Painters Creek and drove a gas truck for CITGO in Troy. He was a member of the Union Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing at Lake Loramie and Grand Lake St. Mary’s. John is survived by his loving wife, Betty (Carr) Smith; daughters and sonin-law, Sharon and Gene Aspery of Delaware, Ohio, and Karen Anderson of Troy; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Rosalin “Missy” Smith of Troy;

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grandchildren, Kelly and Barry Ackley of Dublin, Kari and Jeff Smith of Delaware, Zachary Smith of Ft. Mitchell, Ky., and Jennifer Smith of Nashville, Tenn.; six great-grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred Beckstead of Piqua and Mary and Richard Poling of Troy; and brother and sister-in-law, Willard and Patricia Smith of Pleasant Hill. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Arbutus Reser; and brother, Gene Smith. Funeral services will be at noon Friday, May 4, at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home, 1 S. Main St., Pleasant Hill. Pastor Dale Adkins will officiate with interment following at Miami Memorial Park, Covington. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the funeral home. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice. Online memories may be left for the family at www.jackson-sarver.com

EDWARD S. LENDENSKI Day” at Milton-Union schools. WEST MILTON — Edward S. He was a member of Transfiguration Lendenski, 80, of West Milton, passed Catholic Church, member of away Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at American Legion Post No. Hospice of Dayton surrounded 487, past president of West by his loving family. Milton Rotary and former He was born April 7, 1932, in member of Ohio High School Natrona, Pa. Athletic Association, He was preceded in death by Southwest Athletic School his parents, John J. and Irene Board and Ohio High School (Achkio) Lendenski; brothers, Athletic Board of Control. Joseph and John Lendenski; He enjoyed fishing, golfing, sisters, Irene Pszczolkowski, reading, coaching and spendMargaret Derewicz and Mary ing time with his grandchildren, Lou Lendenski. LENDENSKI family and friends. Ed is survived by his beloved Ed will be remembered as a wife of 50 years, Beatrice Carolyn man of great-sensitivity and (Oliver) Lendenski; son and compassion, a man whose life daughter-in-law, Eddie and Chris family, faith and flag have always Lendenski of Loveland; daughters played a significant part in his and son-in-law, Julie and Mark life. The community and all the Newman of West Milton, Carol lives he has touched have lost a great Ann Patton and Gary Hampton of friend. Englewood; grandchildren Marcus A Mass of Christian Burial will be at Patton, Aimee Newman Geise, Sam and 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 7, at the Carly Newman, Mitchell and Johnny Transfiguration Catholic Church, 972 S. Lendenski; and great-grandchild, Ava Marie Geise; special brother-in-law and Miami St., West Milton, with Father John sister-in-law, Hick and Sandy Oliver; and MacQuarrie and Father Charles Caserta officiating. Burial, with military honors, numerous nieces and nephews. will follow at Riverside Cemetery, West He proudly served his country in the Milton. U.S. Army during the Korean war, Following the burial a celebration time received a master’s degree in school administration from Marshall University, will take place at Overlook Park, 444 N. taught and coached at Paint Valley High Miami St., West Milton. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. Sunday at the Hale-Sarver School, Logan High School, MiltonUnion (1963-1968) and served as princi- Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton. pal of Milton-Union High School from If so desired, contributions may be 1968-1991. made to Ed Lendenski Rotary He also coached football at Marshall University, was inducted into the Milton- Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 34, West Union Hall of Fame in 2012 and Milton- Milton, OH 45383; or Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, OH Union Wall of Fame. 45420. He was founder of “Senior Citizens

No jail time in pit case BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com A Piqua woman whose two loose pit bulls seriously mauled Sandra Getzendiner on the North Main Street Bridge in September will not serve any time in jail, a judge ruled Tuesday. Mackenzie J. Vangel, 30, was scheduled for a trial Tuesday, but instead entered a no contest plea, was found guilty and was immediately sentenced in Miami County Municipal Court. Vangel must pay fines totaling $200 and an additional $144.50 in court costs. Last month the other owner of the dogs, Brian Wilson, 31, of Piqua, was sentenced and received a similar sen-

TROY tence of two $100 fines and $101 in court costs for convictions on two counts of failure to confine an animal. On Sept. 11, two pit bulls belonging to Wilson and Vangel escaped and later viciously attacked Getzendiner, 59, as she pedaled her way across the North Main Street Bridge. Following the attack, Getzendiner was airlifted by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton where she was hospitalized for 11 days. For several days, she was in critical condition in the intensive care unit. The two dogs have since been put down.

Troy man gets probation, must register as offender BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com

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A Troy man will spend the next two years on probation, and also will spend the next 25 years registering as a sex offender, a common pleas court judge ordered Monday. Convicted of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, Terry Lucas, 57, was spared prison time by the sentencing judge and will be placed on community control sanctions for the next two years. In addition, Lucas will be forced to register as a sexually oriented offender at the sheriff’s office in the county he resides, works or receives an education on an annual basis for the next quarter century.

On March 4, Lucas withdrew his previously entered plea of not guilty, entered a plea of no contest and was found guilty of the charge in a plea agreement where the prosecution agreed to remain silent at his sentencing. Court documents show that Lucas, in addition to a co-defendant in the case, committed the crime on Nov. 26, 2010, when he was found to be in possession of sexually graphic materials depicting juveniles in a state of undress. Clarence M. Fields Jr., 67, of Piqua, also has been similarly charged, but his case remains pending in common pleas court.

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parents, two brothers, seven sisters, her husband and her daughter. She is survived by her grandchildren, Christopher and Candace and their spouses; and four great-grandchildren. The viewing will be from 1011 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012, with the funeral to follow at 11 a.m. at the Jamieson and Yannucci Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery. Condolences to the family also may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

MICHAEL L. MERTZ PIQUA — Michael L. Mertz, 65, of Piqua, died at 1:53 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Koester Pavilion, Troy. Michael was also known to his friends as Boom-Boom, Candy Man and Wolfman. He was born Dec. 5, 1946, in Piqua, to the late Robert G. and Maxine (Baugher) Mertz. On Oct. 8, 1983, in Piqua, he married Belinda Smith. She survives. Michael is survived by two sis- MERTZ ters and brothers-in-law, Patty and Lee Helman and Kathy and Larry Goodman, all of Troy; one brother and sister-in-law, one brother: Robert E. and Stephanie Mertz; one brother-in-law, Lester Smith of Piqua; one sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Lois and John Danzeisen of Covington; nieces, Tabitha and Lisa, who he treated like his own daughters; and several other nieces and nephews. Michael graduated from Troy High School in 1967. He loved to watch the cooking channel. Michael spent many hours “experiment-

ing” with the recipes he saw and testing them out on his family and friends. He loved to play Playstation 3, watch old western movies and cars. Michael worked for Hobart Foundry, Troy, and Champion Foundry, Piqua. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with Pastor Jeff Rollison officiating. Burial will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373; or Kidney Foundation, 2800 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 260, Columbus, OH 43231-8617. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com. The family would like to thank Hospice of Miami County, Koester Pavilion, Dr. Ali and all their staffs for their care and compassion for Michael.

Robber hits carryout BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com An unidentified white male with a scarf over his face robbed a city drive-through Monday night before fleeing the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. Now, the Piqua Police Department is asking that anyone with information concerning either the suspect or the crime to contact them. At 9:42 p.m. the suspect entered Kwik N Kold, 655 N. Main St., and told a lone female cashier to, “Just give me the (expletive deleted) money,” according to police reports. Then, the suspect grabbed money from the cash register and fled the scene, heading east out of the drive-through entrance, said Piqua police Deputy Chief

PIQUA Tom Steiner. “He did not say he had a weapon and did not display a weapon, but the clerk was fearful for her safety,” Steiner said. No customers were at the business at the time of the robbery and the female clerk was unharmed. The suspect has been described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, a stocky build, and was wearing a scarf over his face and a black coat, according to police. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Piqua Police Department and ask to speak with Detective Philip Crusey at 778-2027, ext. 3012. Or, citizens can report information anonymously via the police department’s CrimeStoppers hotline at 615-TIPS.

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Shawnee State University PORTSMOUTH — David Todt, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Shawnee State University, has released the dean’s list for the fall semester 2011. To be named on the list, students must be full time and achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better. The following local students were named to the dean’s list: • Sarah Bell of Piqua, an athletic training major. • Morgan Campbell of Piqua, a physical therapy major. • Camden Sauls of Tipp City, a business administration major. The following students were named to the president’s list for fall semester 2011: • Amber Arnold of Piqua, an early childhood preK-3 major. • Carlie Hanahan of New Carlisle, an early childhood preK-3 major. • Holly Tobias of Covington, a sport studies major. To be named to the list, students must be full-time and have achieved a grade point average of 4.0.

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TIFFIN — The following local students recently completed a week of volunteer service through Heidelberg University’s Alternate Spring Break Program. In all, about 50 students and their advisers — working in three groups — traveled earlier this spring to locations in Chicago, New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss., to complete their service projects with Habitat for Humanity, Project Homecoming and the Back Bay Mission. • Emily Sorauf, a sophomore from Troy, was part of the group that traveled to Biloxi, Miss.. • Kaitlyn Caldwell, a sophomore from

Conover, was part of the group that traveled to Chicago.

Urbana University URBANA — Several area students were part of the Urbana University theater group that performed “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde earlier this spring. The play was performed at the Black Box Theatre at the Hub. Irish-born Oscar Wilde was at the height of his career in 1895 when his social satire, “The Importance of Being Earnest” opened in London. Wilde summarized his intent when he subtitled the farce, “a trivial play for serious people.” Now regarded as a classic, the comedy is noted for witty language, mistaken identities and surprise plot twists. The play features the following studentactors and crew: • Lindsay Belisle, a junior from Piqua, is the daughter of Lori Belisle. • Zach Iiames, a sophmore from New Carlisle, is the son of Jerry and Debbie Iiames. • Cody Peterson, a sophmore from Piqua, is the son of Fred and Melva Peterson. • Branden Sphar, a senior from Casstown, is the son of Bruce and Sharolyn Sphar.

The University of Findlay FINDLAY — Drew (Andrew) Hargrove, a sophomore economics/finance major, has been awarded The University of Findlay’s John W. and Hester Powell Grimm Business Scholarship, Ralph L. Kuss Scholarship and James I. Poole Scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year. Hargrove, a 2010 graduate of Troy High School, is the son of Nancy and David Hargrove of Troy. On campus, Hargrove participates in baseball and theater.

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Railroad walking tour set for May 6

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TROY — The Museum of Troy History, 124 E. Water St., will hold its second annual underground railroad walking tour at 2 p.m. May 6. The tour will feature seven locations in downtown Troy that have a connection with the effort to assist slaves escaping to freedom in Canada. The tour is self-guided. A map and listing of stops will be provided. At each stop a “conductor” will have information on the significance of the location and will assist

the “traveler” in finding the next stop. The Museum of Troy History will partner with The Lincoln Community Center to provide young conductors with an interest in Troy history for this tour. The tour can be done by walking, driving or cycling and will end with a return to the museum. A concluding program at 4 p.m. will discuss the harsh penalties for aiding escapees. Refreshments will be served at that time. For more information, call (937) 216-6925.

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Call the hospice social worker Dear Annie: Last year, our youngest brother, "Don," was diagnosed with throat cancer. Within three months, it had spread over his entire body. Don is only 58, married with two children. When he was initially diagnosed and having a terrible time, his wife told people he was acting like a big baby. He drove himself to treatments or had a neighbor or brother-in-law take him. When the treatments didn't help, he had to give up his job. His wife told the rest of us that her husband didn't want to see us, although her family was allowed to stop by. She and her son (by a previous marriage) told Don that they were taking him for a drive, and she dumped him at the hospice about 40 miles away from home, even though there is a perfectly good one much closer. Four days later, she called my sister and said they had to do this because Don's condition was so bad. The next day, my sister went to visit. She said Don was alert, but very depressed. His wife had had the phone removed from his room. Don had no idea that his family and co-workers had been trying to reach him. The co-workers had even taken up donations to help. He thought no one cared. Now his wife has told the staff that he cannot have any guests unless she brings them. The workers at hospice are only following the wife's wishes and have threatened to call security on family members who try to visit. What can be done about a person so evil that she would allow him to die alone like this? — Indianapolis Dear Indianapolis: This sounds like a nightmare. Hospice follows the instructions of the person with power of attorney. Try contacting the social worker at hospice and ask whether someone will check on Don to see whether he can receive phone calls. If your brother is of sound mind, he can ask for the phone to be put back in his room. And if you can temporarily set aside your differences with Don's wife, call her and ask whether there is anything you can do to help, and whether you can accompany her to see Don. We hope the entire family will support one another through this. Dear Annie: My husband is extremely overweight. He has back problems, and his knees ache. I have discussed the dangers of heart problems, the increased chance of diabetes, etc., but he really doesn't care. Unfortunately, it has affected the way I look at him. Seeing his belly folding over his belt is not a turn-on. It is disturbing to see the one you love neither care what he looks like nor see what he is doing to our marriage. How can I get him to realize the severity of this? — Concerned Dear Concerned: Your husband knows he is overweight, but the idea of diet and exercise is probably more effort than he is currently willing to put forth. Your criticisms are not going to create an incentive, so please find another tack. He should see his doctor about his weight and perhaps get a referral to a nutritionist. If you are in charge of the meals at home, make sure they are healthful. Invite him to join you for a walk after dinner or any other activity that is pleasurable. Above all, he needs to know you love him regardless, and that your concern is because you want him around longer, not because you want him to be more attractive in bed. We know that is not a trifling matter, but please start from a less pressured place. Dear Annie: "Michigan" said the boss took a portion of the tips from the waitstaff. I have been a server for 25 years. The hourly rate is often less than $4. I have been required to share my tips with the busboy, the bartender and even other servers. Never have I known of a business owner taking a portion. This is highly unethical. — Hard Worked and Broke Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Don’t be naive — your dryer can be dangerous Dear Heloise: I wanted to warn people about this but didn’t know who to tell — then I thought of you! We have a gas clothes dryer and discovered that any small item in a load (bandana, washcloth, hot pad, ladies undergarments, etc.) can be sucked up against the exhaust outlet and stick there. The drum vanes are not far enough in back to knock it off. The dryer gets hotter and hotter. The burner makes a roaring sound, and one begins to smell scorch. This can be very dangerous. Perhaps all dryer fires are not from lint. We clean our lint trap after every load. I no longer dry

Hints from Heloise Columnist small items in the dryer, and I am never far from it when it is running. — Julia C. in Arkansas Good warning! You are right about cleaning the lint trap after every use. Don’t run the dryer when you are not there. Don’t start the washer or dryer and then leave to run a quick errand.

When you have multiple small items, put them in a lingerie bag before placing in the dryer. This will prevent them from getting caught on anything in the dryer. Better safe than sorry! — Heloise REDUCING GARBAGE Dear Readers: Here are some simple hints to reduce the amount of garbage that you and your family put into landfills: • Use cloth napkins instead of paper. • Take your lunch to work or school in reusable bags or containers. • Use a sponge or microfiber cloth instead of paper towels to clean around the house.

• Take reusable bags whenever you go shopping. • Take advantage of community recycling programs for paper, glass, aluminum and plastic products. — Heloise REMEMBERING SOFTENER Dear Heloise: I have a parttime job while my wife works full time. My job is doing the laundry. We live in a condo with washing machines in the back. Many times I forget to put in the fabric softener. So now, after putting clothes in the washing machine, I come in and set a timer. When the bell goes off, I know that it’s time to put in the softener. — Tom C., Port Hueneme, Calif.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Thursday, May 3, the 124th day of 2012. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, “Gone With the Wind.” On this date: • In 1791, Poland adopted a national constitution. • In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.

• In 1911, Wisconsin Gov. Francis E. McGovern signed the first U.S. workers’ compensation law to withstand constitutional review. • In 1916, Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others were executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. • In 1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint. • In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to

13 charged in hazing death of student ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Thirteen people were charged Wednesday in one of the biggest college hazing cases ever prosecuted in the U.S., accused in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major who authorities say was mercilessly pummeled by fellow members of the marching band. The charges came more than five months after Robert Champion, 26, died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a performance against a rival school. While the most sensational hazing cases have typically involved fraternities, sororities or athletic teams, the FAMU tragedy in November exposed a brutal tradition among marching bands at some colleges around the U.S. “The death … is nothing short of an American tragedy,” said State Attorney Lawson Lamar. “No one should have expected that his college experience would include being pummeled to death.” Eleven defendants were charged with hazing resulting in death, a felony, and misdemeanor offenses that all together could bring nearly six years in prison. Two others face misdemeanor charges. It was not immediately clear whether those charged were all students or whether they included faculty members or others involved in the road trip. By Wednesday afternoon, two students were in custody at the Leon County jail in Tallahassee: Rikki Wills, 24, and Caleb Jackson, 23. Both are charged with felony hazing resulting in death. Wills, who was also drum major, declined comment when reached by phone. No working phone number was available for Jackson. The names of the 11 others have

not been released. Jackson was serving probation for a felony battery charge, according to state and local records. He was arrested in 2009 by Tallahassee Community College police for battery and resisting without violence and arrested again by Tallahassee police a year later, according to county jail records. Champion had bruises on his chest, arms, shoulder and back and died of internal bleeding, Lamar said. Witnesses told emergency dispatchers that the drum major was vomiting before he was found unresponsive aboard the bus. The prosecutor gave no motive for the beating. But witnesses said Champion might have been targeted because he opposed the routine hazing that went on in the marching band or because he was gay, according his family’s attorney. Legal experts had predicted more serious charges, such as manslaughter or seconddegree murder. Champion’s mother, Pam, said she was glad charges were brought but disappointed they weren’t more severe. “I thought it should send a harsher message,” she said. Lamar said prosecutors didn’t have the evidence to bring more serious charges. “The testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder, in that it does not contain the elements of murder,” he said. “We can prove participation in hazing and a death. We do not have a blow or a shot or a knife thrust that killed Mr. Champion. It is an aggregation of things which exactly fit the Florida statute as written by the Legislature.” Hazing in Florida was upgraded to a felony in 2005 following the death of a

blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable. • In 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time on CBS; the winner was Hill Gail. Today’s Birthdays: Folk singer Pete Seeger is 93. Actress Ann B. Davis is 86. Actor Alex Cord is 79. Singer Frankie Valli is 78. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 66. Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 62. Singer Christopher Cross is 61.

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Chris Chestnut, an attorney representing the family of Robert Champion, speaks to reporters after meeting with State Attorney Lawson Lamar before a new conference announcing the charges against 13 people in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday. University of Miami student four years earlier. Chad Meredith was drunk and died trying to swim across a lake at the behest of his fraternity brothers. No charges were filed, but a civil jury ordered the fraternity to pay Meredith’s parents $12 million. Champion’s death has jeopardized the future of FAMU’s legendary marching band, which has performed at the Grammys, presidential inaugurations and Super Bowls and represented the U.S. in Paris at the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. FAMU, based in Tallahassee, has suspended the band and set up a task force on curtailing hazing. Hazing has long been practiced in marching bands, particularly at historically black colleges like FAMU in the South, where the band is often as revered as the football team and members are campus celebrities. Much of the hazing reported at FAMU has involved students trying to get into certain cliques within the band, and it has typically included punching, slapping and paddling. Solomon Badger, chairman of the FAMU board of trustees, said the school is doing everything it can to eradicate hazing. He said of

the charges: “I hope this wraps its arm around everything we have been plagued with the last six months.” Richard Sigal, a retired sociology professor at the County College of Morris in Randolph, N.J., who holds anti-hazing workshops at schools, said he could not recall another hazing case with so many defendants. Most cases don’t result in criminal charges, and those that do typically end in plea bargains with little or no jail time, Sigal said. Champion’s parents have sued the bus company owner, claiming the driver stood guard outside while the hazing took place. The company said the driver was helping band members with their equipment. The lawsuit described two types of hazing that took place on the bus. In one ritual, students ran from the front of the bus to the back while other band members slapped, kicked and hit them. A student who fell was stomped and dragged to the front to run again. In a ritual known as “the hot seat,” a pillowcase was placed over the student’s nose and mouth and he or she was forced to answer questions. If the student gave the correct answer, the pillowcase was removed briefly; a student

who supplied a wrong answer was given another question without a chance to take a breath, the lawsuit said. In a separate incident at FAMU, three people were charged with severely beating a woman’s legs with their fists and a metal ruler last fall to initiate her into a clique of band members from Georgia. The woman suffered a broken thigh. Also, four band members were arrested earlier this year and charged with hazing for allegedly punching, slapping and paddling five students from the clarinet section. On Tuesday, a lawyer for two FAMU music professors who allegedly were present during a hazing of band members in 2010 said they have been forced out. Former drum major Timothy Barber said the charges could help stop hazing at FAMU. “It kind of strikes a level of fear in people, that this hasn’t stopped and it’s not going to be tolerated,” he said. In some other major hazing cases around the country, four former students at California Polytechnic State University pleaded no contest and were sentenced to about a month in jail in 2010 in the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators looking into California’s first case of mad cow disease say they have tracked down at least one of her offspring in another state. Since there is no live test for the disease also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, it was euthanized and brain samples were sent to the national laboratory. The test was negative, officials said Wednesday. The USDA announced April 24 that the nation’s fourth case of mad cow disease was discovered in the 10-year-old cow. It had been euthanized at a Tulare County dairy a week earlier and sent to the Baker Commodities rendering plant near the Central California town of Hanford, where random testing happened to be taking place that day. That dairy and another associated with it are under quarantine, which is standard procedure. The USDA has declined to name the dairies or the state where the offspring was found. USDA officials also said on Wednesday that within the last two years, the diseased cow gave birth to a stillborn calf. They did not say how that carcass was disposed. Officials also are investigating the calf ranch where the diseased cow was raised before she was sold into dairy productions. Investigators said they have been unable to locate for testing the cattle that were raised with the one who developed mad cow disease. Mad cow disease is a deadly affliction of the central nervous system that can be transmitted to humans who eat meat from infected cows. The incubation period is two to eight years.

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According to records on file with the Ohio Department if Insurance, each of the individuals listed below currently holds an insurance agent’s license in the state of Ohio and each has failed to meet the continuing education requirements of Section 3905.481 of the Revised Code for the 2008/2009 compliance period. Pursuant to Section 3905.482 and Chapter 119 of the Revised Code, each individual listed below is hereby notified that the Superintendent intends to revoke his or her insurance licenses. He of she may request a hearing pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 119.

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TROY 114 S. Elm, 3 bedroom, no garage, no pets, $525/month + $400 deposit, stove, refrigerator included. Available now, utilities not included. (937)339-3518

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LEVAN, EARL HENRY, IV DOB: 07/11/1977 403 GARNSEY ST. PIQUA, OH 45356 MCPHERON, JEFFREY P DOB: 06/28/1968 691 LARCH STREET, APT D TIPP CITY, OH 45371 STANG, ROBERTA LEE DOB: 03/03/1965 1701 W. HIGH ST. PIQUA, OH 45356

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1618 BROOKPARK, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, gas heat, AC, small patio, no pets, $675 (937)506-8319.

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2, 3 & 4 BEDROOM houses available, Piqua, $ 5 5 0 - $ 7 5 0 , (937)778-9303 days, (937)604-5417 evenings. TIPP/TROY, New duplex 3 bedroom, 2 baths, spacious, appliances, garage, Close to I-75, $875, (937)623-9492 TROY - Nice, newer 1/2 duplex home, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, no pets, (937)668-3414. TROY, 216 East Franklin, 4 bedrooms, NO PETS! Metro accepted $700/ month + deposit. (937)313-3506

WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $485 month plus deposit (937)216-4233

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The request must be made on or before June 16, 2012. Such request should be addressed to: Sharon Green, Hearing Administrator, Ohio Department of Insurance, 50 W. Town St., 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43215. COOL, SHAWN DOB: 04/26/1979 320½ W. ASH ST. PIQUA, OH 45356

320 Houses for Rent

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1997 FORD COACHMAN CATALINA RV New Price, 460 gas engine, slide-out, 34 feet, dual air, generator, 26K original miles, newer tires. (937)773-9526

2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT Cloth interior, silver, great shape, new brakes, runs great. Asking $7800 (937)684-0555

2002 HONDA 1800 GOLDWING Illusion blue, 31,000 miles, Has CB radio, intercom, cruise control, etc., too many extras to list, $11,000. Call Steve. (937)726-7998

2 and 3 Bedrooms, in Pinebrook Estates MHP, Westmilton, park owner will finance, (937)473-5165

500 - Merchandise

If an individual does not timely request a hearing, no hearing will be held and an order revoking his or her insurance license shall be issued. Darcy Moulin Staff Counsel 5/3, 5/10, 5/17-2012

1999 CHEVY TAHOE LT 2-tone grey body, great shape, must see. Rebuilt tranny, new parts (have receipts). Can email pics. (402)340-0509

REFRIGERATOR, 22 CF French Door $200, Electric 30" Range $200, Microwave Wall Mount $125, all Black, Washer/Dryer $200 Beige, (937)935-1472

2003 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Black on black. 5 speed transmission. 38,150 miles. Excellent condition! $16,000. (937)492-3000

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TILLER, ECONO Horse,Troy built, 1999 used little $675, also Stihl FS44 brush cutter, $100. (937)615-9592

560 Home Furnishings COUCH, CHAIR, matching green and red floral on white, very soft, $100. Delivery extra locally. (937)339-7732

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

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■ Softball

• COACHING SEARCH: MiltonUnion High School has an opening for for head varsity boys basketball coach. Interested candidates may submit a cover letter and detailed resume via email to Tom A. Koogler, Athletic Director at kooglert@miltonunion.k12.oh.us or by mail to MUHS, C/O Tom A. Koogler, 221 South Jefferson Street, West Milton, Ohio 45383. Available teaching positions in the high school for 2012-2013 are English, Art and RAP. Application deadline is today. • BASEBALL: Troy Post 43 American Legion baseball will be sponsoring an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 3-7 p.m. Saturday at the Legion Hall on S. Market Street. Meals include salad bar, spaghetti, bread and beverage/coffee for $6.75 for adults and $4 for children. • WRESTLING: Shockwave Impact Wrestling is bringing in four-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce for its show scheduled for Saturday night at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. “Scrap Iron” will be taking on Matt Conard in the main event Saturday. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the bell will ring for the first match at 7:30. Also on the card, Damien Daniels will wrestle a mystery opponent, Zac Vincent will meet Kozzmitude, Mr. Fitness Slim Trimmons will meet The Great Akuma, and Jerry O’Keefe will take on Eric Fallen. Scrap Iron is being flown in from California for the event. He’s expected to arrive Saturday at 3:30 p.m., and he will be putting on a clinic for all the workers, people already in the business, and the fans, showing how to perform different holds and maneuvers. Admission to the event is $8, with kids 5-and-under free. • BENEFIT: Mike Miller is a Bradford Board of Education member, Bradford Athletic Booster member, president of Youth Baseball and Softball — and most importantly, a Bradford community member. Miller recently became ill, and as a school district and a community, the Bradford School District will be holding a benefit for Miller Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. at the Bradford Community Club. Adult dinners will be $6 and children’s dinners will be $4. There also will be a 50/50 drawing and auctions. Make any donations to the Mike Miller Benefit, Attn: Dusty Yingst, 750 Railroad Ave., Bradford, OH 45308.

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Baseball Tippecanoe at Greenon (5 p.m.) Milton-Union at Madison (5 p.m.) Newton at Miami East (5 p.m.) Bethel at Ansonia (5 p.m.) Dayton Christian at Troy Christian (5 p.m.) Tri-Village at Covington (5 p.m.) Bradford at Twin Valley South (5 p.m.) Lehman at New Knoxville (5 p.m.) Softball Tippecanoe at Greenon (5 p.m.) Milton-Union at Madison (5 p.m.) Newton at Miami East (5 p.m.) Bethel at Ansonia (5 p.m.) Dayton Christian at Troy Christian (5 p.m.) Tri-Village at Covington (5 p.m.) Bradford at Twin Valley South (5 p.m.) Tennis Piqua at Troy (4:30 p.m.) Tecumseh at Tippecanoe (4:30 p.m.) Milton-Union at SWBL (at Tom Cloud Park) (9 a.m.) Track and Field Troy, Tippecanoe at Fairmont Invite (5 p.m.)

WHAT’S INSIDE Local Sports....................14, 16 Scoreboard ............................15 Television Schedule..............15 Major League Baseball.........16

Dragons Lair DAYTON — Lake County got the better of Dayton on Wednesday, winning 5-3. Justice French was the losing pitcher, allowing 10 hits and four earned runs in five innings of work.

Seau, 43, found dead Wednesday Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43. See Page 14.

JOSH BROWN

May 3, 2012

Troy strands 10 baserunners in 3-1 loss BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Troy’s defense was good. Amber Smith’s pitching performance was solid. But when it came to scoring runs, the Trojans did not succeed, stranding 10 baserunners in a 3-1 loss to Piqua on Wednesday’s Senior Night at Market Street Diamond in Troy. ”We had runners on second and third with one out three times, but didn’t put a run

TROY across,” Troy coach Scott Herman said. “I don’t understand. I’m mystified now. I’m very mystified. I don’t understand how we can’t push the runners across. “We talk about putting everything together. I mean, we had great defense. We had great pitching. Amber (Smith) was on for the most part. But you’ve got to hit the ball. That’s the bottom

STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBER

Troy’s Mackenzie Dankworth catches the ball as a Piqua runner ■ See TROJANS on 14 steals second base Wednesday at Market Street Diamond.

■ Tennis

■ Baseball

Trojans blank Jackets Staff Reports The Troy Trojans routed Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division rival Sidney Wednesday, not dropping a set and winning 5-0. At first singles, Luke Oaks defeated Dan Temple in a tough match, 7-5, 6-3. At second singles, Reid Wynkoop defeated Frank Enyart 6-0, 6-0. At third singles, Sean Cothran defeated Jacob Colley 6-0, 6-0.

SIDNEY

STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBER

The Troy Trojans pile up near the pitcher’s mound after defeating Piqua 7-3 Wednesday to win the team’s first league championship since 1991.

Worth the wait Troy wins first title since 1991, beats Piqua BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com Twenty-one years. And one extra day. The last time Troy’s baseball team had accomplished the feat, in fact, none of its current players had been born. After all of that time, the Troy Trojans found out some things are worth waiting for.

TROY Troy completed its sweep of rival Piqua the day after the Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division championship game began, getting clutch performances from everyone that saw the field, jumping ahead of the Indians with a three-run third inning and holding off a rally Wednesday for a 7-3 victory — and the Trojans’ first league title since 1991. “Back in the beginning of spring when we were conditioning and getting ready for the season, all we talked about was winning the GWOC. Win GWOC. Win GWOC,” Troy’s Devin Blakely said. “To actually Troy’s Devin Blakely runs to first base Wednesday against Piqua

At first doubles, Chris Schmitt and Ben Thompson defeated Tyler Olson and Hunter Davis 61, 6-1. At second doubles, Matt Alexander and Ian Stutz defeated Sean Brown and Oakk Wynn 6-0, 6-2. Troy improved to 15-5 and 3-1 in the GWOC North. The Trojans host the Piqua Indians today in the regular-season finale.

■ MLB

Cubs top Reds, 3-1 CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeff Samardzija didn’t have a problem breaking a sweat. Samardzija pitched into the eighth inning on a warm, humid night that was to his liking Wednesday, keeping his fastball around 96 mph the whole way, and the power-challenged Chicago Cubs hit a pair of homers for a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. A warm front moved through the area on Tuesday night, setting off rounds of thunderstorms that forced postponement for the opening game of the series. When Samardzija took the mound a day later, it was 87 degrees for the first pitch. Perfect for Samardzija (3-1), who grew up in Indiana and is used to heat and humidity. “It feels nice to have warm weather, I’ll tell you that much,” he said. “Late in the game, it keeps your arm going. It’s amazing what a difference it makes.” The right-hander allowed only three hits in 7 2-3 innings, leaving after giving up a two-out

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■ See TROY-PIQUA on 16 at Market Street Field.

■ Softball/Baseball

Tipp clinches CBC with win over KR Buccs top Indians in key CCC game Staff Reports TIPP CITY — Winning a league title never really gets old. Just ask the Tippecanoe Red Devils. Tippecanoe (17-5, 12-2 Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division) clinched at least a share of the division title for the fifth straight year — and eighth time in

10 seasons — finishing what they started on Tuesday and blanking Kenton Ridge 6-0 Wednesday in the continuation of a suspended game. “We’ve been very fortunate to have a lot of great kids come through here throughout the years,” Tippecanoe coach Charles Tackett said. “It’s always exciting

MIAMI COUNTY to win the league.” But for the Devils, it’s only the first step. “We set a number of goals before the season. Win the league, get to district, get to regional, get to state. We get to mark one of those things off the list now,” Tackett said. CC Alvarez was dominant on

the mound, allowing only five hits and shutting out one of the better offensive teams in the CBC. She also had two hits, a triple, two runs and two RBIs at the plate. “They’re one of the better hitting teams in the conference, but she kept them off balance with her changeup and did a great job,” Tackett said of Alvarez. “And the defense stepped up and made

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Four players suspended in Saints’ bounties By the Associated Press Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesday and gave shorter bans to three other players for their leading roles in the team’s cash-

for-hits system that knocked key opponents out of games from 2009-11. Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of the 16game season; Saints defensive end Will Smith was barred for the opening four games; and line-

backer Scott Fujita, now with the Cleveland Browns, will miss the first three games of 2012. Like Vilma, they were suspended without pay, costing each hundreds of thousands of dollars. The league said its investigation showed “a significant number of players participated” in

the bounties by ponying up cash or collecting it but noted that “the players disciplined participated at a different and more significant level.” Add the losses of Vilma and Smith to the previously announced suspension of head coach Sean Payton for all of 2012, along with shorter penalties for gen-

eral manager Mickey Loomis and assistant coach Joe Vitt, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell came down hard on the Saints ahead of a season that will end with New Orleans hosting the Super Bowl. As attention to concussions has increased in recent seasons, Goodell

has emphasized the importance of player safety via rules enforcement and threats of fines or suspensions. The NFL is facing dozens of lawsuits brought by more than 1,000 former players who say the league didn’t do enough to warn them about or shield them from the dangers of head injuries.

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Trojans

Former NFL star Seau found dead

■ CONTINUED FROM 13 line.” Troy (8-15, 6-4 Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division) had exactly what it needed going into the bottom of the seventh inning with the top of the lineup coming to the plate, down two runs. After Piqua pitcher Haley Dotson struck out the first two batters, Troy staged a two-out rally as Brooke Evans got on with a hit, then Shelby Schultz singled to put runners on the corners before going to second without a Piqua attempt to throw her out. Mackenzie Dankworth put the ball in play with a hard-hit ball to short, but Piqua was able to throw her out by a step to end the game. Troy had runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and sixth, but never got the runners home. In the third, Jennifer Lehmann got a hit with one out, which was followed by Alex Wilt’s liner off the first baseman that put runners on second and third. But Dotson forced two popouts to end the inning. Then in the bottom of the fourth, Troy looked to be off to a promising start when Dankworth led the inning off with a walk. She reached second on a passed ball, advanced to third on an Allison Pierce sacrifice fly, then scored on the Trojans lone run on a passed ball. Brittany Sowers doubled, then reached third on a passed ball. But Dotson forced Lehmann into a pop out to end the inning. After taking an 11-9 loss to Troy on Monday, Dotson rebounded nicely, fanning 10 batters in the game and constantly working herself out of jams. “Hats off to Haley Dotson,” Herman said. “She pitched a very good game. She’s a good kid and she did a good job. She got us to pop the ball up, kept us from hitting the ball on the ground, which was our main focus.” Piqua built a 2-0 lead on Tuesday as Kaci Cotrell and Kaity McCawley singled in the top of the first, then scored on Haley Dotson’s tworun double before the game suspended due to thunder-

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Troy’s Rainey Rohlfs lays down a bunt on Wednesday. storms. In the top of the third, Piqua’s Alex Cox tripled to open the inning and scored on a McCawley bunt. The Indians offense remained relatively quiet from that point on, as Troy’s Smith had four straight 1,2,3 innings to close out the game. Smith finished with five strikeouts. Leading the Trojans offense was Brooke Evans, who went 2 for 3 with two stolen bases and a walk. Troy still finishes ahead of Piqua in the GWOC North standings. The Trojans finish league play in third place with a 6-4 record, while the Indians finish with a record of 3-7. “On the flip side, we are 64 in the GWOC,” Herman said. “I’m a person that will remain positive. Honestly, I think that’s the first winning record we have had in the GWOC in about three or four years.” Piqua ....201 000 0 — 3 7 1 Troy 000 100 0 — 1 8 0 Dotson and McCawley. Smith and Lehmann. WP — Dotson. LP — Smith. 2B — Sowers (T), Dotson (P). 3B — Cox (P). Records: Piqua 7-15, 3-7, Troy 8-15, 6-4.

Troy’s Jen Lehmann watches after she makes contact on Wednesday at Market Street Diamond.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43. Police Chief Frank McCoy said Seau’s girlfriend reported finding him unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chest and lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. A gun was found near him, McCoy said. Police said no suicide note was found and they didn’t immediately know who SEAU the gun was registered to. “We believe it was a suicide,” said Oceanside police Lt. Leonard Mata. “There is no indication of foul play.” Seau’s mother appeared before reporters, weeping uncontrollably. “I don’t understand … I’m shocked,” Luisa Seau cried out. Her son gave no indication of a problem when she spoke to him by phone earlier this week, she said. “He’s joking to me, he called me a ‘homegirl,’” she said. Seau was a standout collegiate linebacker at Southern California before going to the San Diego Chargers his hometown team whom he led to the Super Bowl following the 1994 season. He was voted to a teamrecord 12 straight Pro Bowls and was an All-Pro six times in a career that

lasted two decades. “Everyone at the Chargers is in complete shock and disbelief right now. We ask everyone to stop what they’re doing and send their prayers to Junior and his family,” the team said in a statement. “It’s a sad thing. It’s hard to understand,” said B o b b y Beathard, who as Chargers general manager took Seau with the fifth pick overall in the 1990 draft. “He was really just a great guy. If you drew up a player you’d love to have the opportunity to draft and have on the team and as a teammate, Junior and Rodney (Harrison), they’d be the kind of guys you’d like to have. “He was a leader emotionally and he played that way,” Beathard said. “He was great to young kids. I just can’t imagine this, because I’ve never seen Junior in a down frame of mind. He was always so upbeat and he would keep people up. He practiced the way he played. He made practice fun. He was a coach’s dream.” Seau is the eighth member of San Diego’s lone Super Bowl team who has died, all before the age of 45. Lew Bush, Shawn Lee, David Griggs, Rodney Culver, Doug Miller, Curtis Whitley and Chris Mims are the others. Seau’s also is among a few recent, unexpected deaths of NFL veterans.

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Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM 13 some great plays.” Alex Dawes had two hits, a double, a run and an RBI, Jordynn Kostyal had two hits, a double and an RBI, Cassie Gingerich had two hits and a run and Hannah Beck had a hit and a run. Tippecanoe can clinch the division title outright tonight with a win over Greenon. KR ..........000 000 0 — 0 5 0 Tipp.....004 200 x — 6 13 0 Alvarez and Kostyal. WP — Alvarez. 2B — Dawes (T), Kostyal (T). 3B — Alvarez (T). Records: Kenton Ridge 14-7, 11-4, Tippecanoe 17-5, 12-2.

Covington 4, Newton 0 COVINGTON — Covington played spoiler Wednesday, beating Cross County Conference leader Newton at its own game and handing the Indians their first loss in league play with a 4-0 Buccaneer victory. Jessie Shilt was 3 for 4 with a double and a triple and Connor Schaffer was 1 for 2 with a sacrifice fly for an RBI as the Buccs struck first in the suspended game. After the teams played three scoreless innings on Tuesday before being rained on, Covington tallied a run in the fourth, another in the sixth and tacked on two more insurance runs in the seventh to seal it. Casey Yingst got the win, scattering four hits. “They were more fundamentally-sound than we

were,” Newton coach Kirk Kadel said. “They had some great defensive plays against us. Cass (Cassidy) Cain made a great catch to take us out of one situation.” Newton and Miami East both sit atop the league now with one loss apiece — both at the hands of the Buccaneers. Newton travels to Miami East today to decide the fate of the CCC title. Covington, meanwhile, hosts Tri-Village today. New........000 000 0 — 0 4 3 Cov.........000 101 2 — 4 7 0 K. Burden and L. Burden. Yingst and Schaffer. WP — Yingst. LP — K. Burden. 2B — Shilt (C). 3B — Shilt (C).

up only three hits to get the win. ME .......220 200 0 — 6 9 1 Bethel .000 010 0 — 1 3 3 Kiesewetter, Denlinger (7) and Accurso. Nesbitt and Welch. WP — Kiesewetter. LP — Nesbitt. 2B — Brookhart (M), Garrison (M), Campbell (B). 3B — Anthony (B). Records: Miami East 16-5, 8-1.

Milton-Union 8, Waynesville 1 WEST MILTON — Andrea Fetters tossed a fourhit gem and Milton-Union (17-6, 8-3 Southwestern Buckeye League Buckeye Division) rode a five-run third inning to an 8-1 victory over Waynesville Wednesday. Fetters struck out six and walked none, giving up only one run. “Fetters pitched another excellent game,” MiltonUnion coach Curt Schaefer said. “We played a lot better than we did on Monday (a 2-0 loss to Newton).” Haley Martens and Ashley Smith were both 2 for 4 with a double, Kelsey Flory was 2 for 3 with a double and Chloe Smith doubled for the Bulldogs. “We were getting girls on here and there up until the third, but once the top of our lineup gets on, it’s tough for us not to score,” Schaefer said. “The top of the order really ignites the rest of the team.”

ME 6, Bethel 1 BRANDT — Miami East made sure rival Covington’s win over Newton didn’t go to waste, doing its part and beating Bethel 6-1 to set up a Cross County Conference title game today against the Indians. “We weren’t as sharp as we had been the last couple of games, but we played solid defense,” Miami East coach Brian Kadel said. “It had to be hard for the girls, not thinking ahead to tomorrow. They were anxious to get there.” Miami East (16-5, 8-1 CCC) will host Newton today to decide the title. Brittany Garrison and Lindsey Brookhart both doubled and Paige Kiesewetter WVille .....000 010 0 — 1 4 2 M-U..........105 002 x — 8 9 2 drove in two runs. And on the Allen and Search. Fetters mound, Kiesewetter and Sam Denlinger combined to give and Booher. WP — Fetters. LP

— Allen. 2B — Martens (M), Ashley Smith (M), Flory (M), Chloe Smith (M). Records: Waynesville 13-9, 6-5, MiltonUnion 17-6, 8-3. Bradford 5, TC North 1 BRADFORD — Pitcher Haley Patty had 12 strikeouts — plus added a hit and two RBIs at the plate — and Bradford used a three-run fourth inning to surge past Tri-County North 5-1 on Wednesday. On offense for Bradford, Courtney Miller and Brooke Dunlevy each went 1 for 2, Ali Bashore was 2 for 2 and Michayla Barga had a huge game, going 3 for 3 with three RBIs. Bradford (16-7, 8-3 Cross County Conference) plays at Twin Valley South on Thursday. TCN.......010 000 0 — 1 3 3 Brad......010 301 x — 5 8 1 Lauchman and Flora. H. Patty and Dunlevy. WP — H. Patty. LP — Lauchman. Records: Bradford 167, 8-3.

• Baseball Tipp 7, KR 0 TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe coach Bruce Cahill may not have realized what his sophomore pitcher Ben Hughes had accomplished until they tallied the scorebook after the game. After Tippecanoe’s game against Kenton Ridge was postponed in the third inning on Tuesday, Hughes came back strong, striking out 10 batters and walking just two

on his way to a no-hitter and helping the Red Devils to a 70 win on Wednesday. “The funny thing was, we didn’t even think about it (the no-hitter),” Cahill said “He was just overpowering. His fastball was on, he controlled the game. He really just pitched a great game.” Carter Langdon brought home Tippecanoe’s first two runs in the fourth with a single. Cole Quillen had a double with two RBIs and Austin Hadden went 3 for 4. Tippecanoe (17-6, 12-2 Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division) plays Greenon today. KR..........000 000 0 — 0 0 1 Tipp ......000 232 x — 7 9 3 Blazer, Armentrout (3) and Lykins. Hughes and Donathan. WP — Hughes. LP — Armentrout. 2B — Quillen (T). Records: Tipp 17-6, 122. KR 12-10, 7-8.

Bethel 5, TV 4 BRANDT — After TriVillage took a 4-2 lead on Bethel in the top of the sixth inning, the Bees battled back to score three runs in the bottom of the seventh to score a come-from-behind 5-4 victory on Wednesday. Joe Serrer — who went 2 for 4 — was the man to deliver for Bethel in crunch time, as his single in the seventh scored two runs. When Serrer’s hit was booted by the Patriot outfield, it allowed Ellerbrock to score the winning run all the way from first to cap off the comeback.

“This was a great comeback win for us,” Bethel coach Brett Brookhart said. “It was a tight game going into the sixth, and they were able to get the 4-2 lead on us. In the bottom of the seventh, we were able to get a couple guys on — and Joe Serrer got a big hit for us to bring in the runs. Then Jon Ellerbrock came on to score the winning run when the outfield booted ball. “This was a big win for us.” Ellerbrock pitched a great game for the Bees, striking out eight in the winning effort. TV.........000 004 0 — 4 6 4 Bethel .020 000 3 — 5 4 2 Ellerbrock and Hoke. WP — Ellerbrock. Records: TV 16-8, 8-3. Bethel 22-3, 9-2.

Covington 18, Newton 6 COVINGTON — Newton held a 4-0 lead when Tuesday’s game was suspended by rain, but Covington responded by taking by outscoring the Indians 18-2 in four innings of action on Wednesday to win by a runrule, 18-6. Six Buccs had two-hit days — Bryton Lear, Sheldon Rank, Justin Williams, Ryan Craft, Kyler Deeter and Ryan Boehringer, while Brock Smith doubled to score two runs. Rank doubled and tripled in the contest, while Deeter homered. Williams and Boehringer also doubled. Steven Blei struck out 11 hitters in seven innings.

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BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Tampa Bay 17 8 .680 16 9 .640 Baltimore 14 11 .560 Toronto 13 11 .542 New York 11 13 .458 Boston Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 12 10 .545 12 12 .500 Chicago 12 12 .500 Detroit 7 16 .304 Kansas City 6 17 .261 Minnesota West Division W L Pct Texas 17 8 .680 Oakland 13 13 .500 11 15 .423 Seattle 9 15 .375 Los Angeles NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 15 9 .625 Atlanta 14 10 .583 13 12 .520 New York 12 12 .500 Philadelphia 9 14 .391 Miami Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 15 8 .652 Cincinnati 11 12 .478 Houston 11 14 .440 11 14 .440 Milwaukee 10 13 .435 Pittsburgh 9 15 .375 Chicago West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 17 8 .680 San Francisco 12 11 .522 13 12 .520 Arizona 12 12 .500 Colorado 9 17 .346 San Diego

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Baltimore 7, N.Y.Yankees 1 Detroit 9, Kansas City 3 Toronto 8, Texas 7 Oakland 5, Boston 3 Tampa Bay 3, Seattle 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels 4, Minnesota 0 Wednesday's Games Toronto 11, Texas 5 Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 Baltimore 5, N.Y.Yankees 0 Oakland 4, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 4 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Seattle (Millwood 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 1-3), 1:10 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-3), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-0) at Kansas City (Duffy 1-2), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Haren 1-1), 10:05 p.m. Friday's Games Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Arizona 5, Washington 1 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, ppd., rain N.Y. Mets at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday's Games Houston 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Colorado 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Diego 5, Milwaukee 0 Washington 5, Arizona 4 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Thursday's Games Philadelphia (Blanton 2-3) at Atlanta (Delgado 2-2), 12:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-1) at Cincinnati (Bailey 1-2), 12:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Bedard 1-4) at St. Louis (Westbrook 3-1), 1:45 p.m. Miami (A.Sanchez 1-0) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-1), 3:45 p.m. Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-0) at Washington (Detwiler 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Friday's Games L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Milwaukee at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Cubs 3, Reds 1 Chicago Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi DeJess rf 4 0 0 0 Cozart ss 4 0 0 0 Campn cf 4 0 1 0 Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 SCastro ss4 0 2 0 Votto 1b 3 1 0 0 LaHair 1b 4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0 ASorin lf 4 1 2 0 Bruce rf 3 0 1 0 Marml p 0 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 IStewrt 3b 4 1 1 1 Heisey lf 3 0 1 0 DeWitt 2b 3 0 1 0 Hanign c 3 0 0 0 Barney 2b 1 0 0 0 Arroyo p 1 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 2 1 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 Smrdzj p 2 0 0 0 LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Dolis p 0 0 0 0 Frazier ph 0 0 0 0 RJhnsn ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 310 3 Totals 29 1 3 0 Chicago.......................010 101 000—3 Cincinnati....................000 100 000—1 DP_Chicago 2. LOB_Chicago 6, Cincinnati 3. 2B_S.Castro (6), Bruce (6). HR_LaHair (6), I.Stewart (2). CS_S.Castro (4). S_Samardzija. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Samardzija W,3-1 7 2-3 3 1 1 2 7 Dolis H,3 . . . . . . . . .1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Marmol S,2-4 . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati Arroyo L,1-1 . . . . . . . .6 9 3 3 1 3 LeCure . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 0 0 0 1 Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 1 WP_Samardzija. Umpires_Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Paul Nauert. T_2:37. A_16,868 (42,319). Indians 6,White Sox 3 Cleveland Chicago ab r h bi ab Damon lf 3 0 0 0 De Aza cf 3 Duncan lf 1 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 Cnghm lf 0 0 0 0 A.Dunn 1b3 Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 Lillirdg pr-1b 0

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY GOLF 8:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, first round, at Sevilla, Spain 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, first round, at Charlotte, N.C. HOCKEY 5 a.m. NBCSN — IIHF World Championships, pool play, United States vs. France, at Helsinki MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City or Cleveland at Chicago White Sox NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Miami at New York 9:30 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Oklahoma City at Dallas NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Philadelphia at New Jersey 10 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, St. Louis at Los Angeles Quad Cities (Cardinals) 13 12 .520 1½ Burlington (Athletics) 12 12 .500 2 Cedar Rapids (Angels) 12 14 .462 3 Kane County (Royals) 12 14 .462 3 10 15 .400 4½ Clinton (Mariners) Peoria (Cubs) 10 16 .385 5 Wednesday's Games West Michigan 8, Fort Wayne 4 Kane County 6, Peoria 3 Lake County 5, Dayton 3 Great Lakes 7, Lansing 1 Bowling Green 9, South Bend 3 Wisconsin 12, Clinton 5 Quad Cities at Burlington, ppd., rain Beloit 6, Cedar Rapids 5 Thursday's Games Quad Cities at Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Fort Wayne at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m. Peoria at Kane County, 7 p.m. Lake County at Dayton, 7 p.m. Lansing at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green at South Bend, 7:05 p.m. Wisconsin at Clinton, 7:30 p.m. Beloit at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. Friday's Games Lansing at Great Lakes, 10:35 a.m. Quad Cities at Burlington, 6:30 p.m., 1st game Fort Wayne at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m. Lake County at Dayton, 7 p.m. Wisconsin at Clinton, 7:30 p.m. Peoria at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green at South Bend, 7:35 p.m. Beloit at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. Quad Cities at Burlington, 9 p.m., 2nd game

HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers vs.Washington Saturday, April 28: NY Rangers 3, Washington 1 Monday, April 30: Washington 3, NY Rangers 2, series tied 1-1 Wednesday, May 2: Game was tied 1-1 in second OT at time of press Saturday, May 5: NY Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 7: Washington at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 9: NY Rangers at Washington, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: Washington at NY Rangers, TBD Philadelphia vs. New Jersey Sunday, April 29: Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 3, OT Tuesday, May 1: New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1, series tied 1-1 Thursday, May 3: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 8: New Jersey at Philadelphia, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: Philadelphia at New Jersey, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: New Jersey at Philadelphia, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix vs. Nashville Friday, April 27: Phoenix 4, Nashville 3, OT Sunday, April 29: Phoenix 5, Nashville 3, Phoenix leads series 2-0 Wednesday, May 2: Nashville led 2-0 in the third period at time of press Friday, May 4: Phoenix at Nashville, 7:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 7: Nashville at Phoenix, 10 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 9: Phoenix at Nashville, TBD x-Friday, May 11: Nashville at Phoenix, TBD St. Louis vs. Los Angeles Saturday, April 28: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1 Monday, April 30: Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 2, Los Angeles leads series 2-0 Thursday, May 3: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Sunday, May 6: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 8: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. Philadelphia Saturday, April 28: Chicago 103, Philadelphia 91 Tuesday, May 1: Philadelphia 109, Chicago 92, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 4: Chicago at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 6: Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 8: Philadelphia at Chicago, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: Chicago at Philadelphia, TBD

x-Saturday, May 12: Philadelphia at Chicago, TBD Miami vs. NewYork Saturday, April 28: Miami 100, New York 67 Monday, April 30: Miami 104, New York 94, Miami leads series 2-0 Thursday, May 3: Miami at New York, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 6: Miami at NewYork, 3:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 9: New York at Miami, TBD x-Friday, May 11: Miami at New York, TBD x-Sunday, May 13: New York at Miami, TBD Indiana vs. Orlando Saturday, April 28: Orlando 81, Indiana 77 Monday, April 30: Indiana 93, Orlando 78 Wednesday, May 2: Indiana 97, Orlando 74, Indiana leads series 2-1 Saturday, May 5: Indiana at Orlando, 2 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 8: Orlando at Indiana, TBD x-Friday, May 11: Indiana at Orlando, TBD x-Sunday, May 13: Orlando at Indiana, TBD Boston vs. Atlanta Sunday, April 29: Atlanta 83, Boston 74 Tuesday, May 1: Boston 87, Atlanta 80, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 4: Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6: Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8: Boston at Atlanta, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: Atlanta at Boston, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: Boston at Atlanta, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio vs. Utah Sunday, April 29: San Antonio 106, Utah 91 Wednesday, May 2: San Antonio 114, Utah 83, San Antonio leads series 2-0 Saturday, May 5: San Antonio at Utah, 10 p.m. Monday, May 7: San Antonio at Utah, TBD x-Wednesday, May 9: Utah at San Antonio, TBD x-Friday, May 11: San Antonio at Utah, TBD x-Sunday, May 13: Utah at San Antonio, TBD Oklahoma City vs. Dallas Saturday, April 28: Oklahoma City 99, Dallas 98 Monday, April 30: Oklahoma City 102, Dallas 99, Oklahoma City leads series 20 Thursday, May 3: Oklahoma City at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5: Oklahoma City at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 7: Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: Oklahoma City at Dallas, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBD L.A. Lakers vs. Denver Sunday, April 29: L.A. Lakers 103, Denver 88, L.A. Lakers lead series 1-0 Tuesday, May 1: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 4: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 8: Denver at L.A. Lakers, TBD x-Thursday, May 10: L.A. Lakers at Denver, TBD x-Saturday, May 12: Denver at L.A. Lakers, TBD Memphis vs. L.A. Clippers Sunday, April 29: L.A. Clippers 99, Memphis 98, L.A. Clippers lead series 1-0 Wednesday, May 2: Memphis led 53-50 in the third quarter at time of press Saturday, May 5: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 7: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 9: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD x-Friday, May 11: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD x-Sunday, May 13: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD

AUTO RACING Sprint Cup Standings 1. G.Biffle, ........................................338 2. D.Earnhardt Jr.,........................... 333 3. D.Hamlin, .....................................329 4. M.Kenseth, ..................................328 5. M.Truex Jr., ..................................316 6. J.Johnson, ...................................314 7. K.Harvick, ....................................313 8.T.Stewart, .....................................307 9. C.Edwards, ..................................287 10. R.Newman, ...............................278 11. Ky.Busch,................................... 265 12. C.Bowyer,................................. 264.

GOLF World Golf Ranking Through April 29

Thursday, May 3, 2012 1. Luke Donald ...............ENG 2. Rory McIlroy .................NIR 3. Lee Westwood............ENG 4. Bubba Watson ............USA 5. Hunter Mahan.............USA 6. Steve Stricker..............USA 7.Tiger Woods ................USA 8. Martin Kaymer............GER 9. Justin Rose.................ENG 10. Phil Mickelson...........USA 11. Louis Oosthuizen ......SAF 12. Charl Schwartzel.......SAF 13. Adam Scott................AUS 14. Webb Simpson .........USA 15. Matt Kuchar...............USA 16. Jason Day .................AUS 17. Dustin Johnson.........USA 18. Graeme McDowell .....NIR 19. Bill Haas ....................USA 20. Jason Dufner.............USA 21. Sergio Garcia............ESP 22. Keegan Bradley ........USA 23. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 24. Peter Hanson...........SWE 25. Nick Watney ..............USA

9.55 9.33 8.27 6.40 5.70 5.60 5.35 5.35 5.19 5.18 5.00 4.96 4.91 4.91 4.73 4.72 4.65 4.55 4.36 4.23 4.22 4.21 3.96 3.94 3.87

PGA Tour FedExCup Standings Through April 29 .................................Points Money 1. Hunter Mahan.......1,378 $3,094,040 2. Bubba Watson.......1,372 $3,204,778 3. Phil Mickelson .......1,136 $2,515,481 4. Carl Pettersson .....1,111 $2,145,253 5. Johnson Wagner...1,056 $2,008,193 6. Rory McIlroy..........1,045 $2,424,000 7. Justin Rose ...........1,018 $2,335,206 8. Kyle Stanley..............964 $2,008,919 9. Jason Dufner............932 $1,919,687 9. Mark Wilson .............932 $1,927,685 11. Luke Donald...........895 $1,814,906 12. Brandt Snedeker....888 $1,757,814 13.Tiger Woods ...........875 $1,811,000 14. Bill Haas .................865 $1,806,659 15. Steve Stricker.........834 $1,727,610 16. Keegan Bradley .....795 $1,609,692 17. John Huh................792 $1,735,580 18. Zach Johnson ........682 $1,241,525 19. Ernie Els.................676 $1,408,544 20. Ben Crane..............627 $1,268,431 21. Louis Oosthuizen...623 $1,462,839 22. Matt Kuchar............602 $1,217,799 23. Kevin Na.................592 $1,228,487 24. Ben Curtis ..............584 $1,290,230 25. Robert Garrigus.....561 $1,042,238 LPGA Tour Money Leaders Through April 29 .......................................Trn 1.Yani Tseng.....................7 2. Ai Miyazato...................6 3. Sun Young Yoo..............8 4. Stacy Lewis ..................8 5. Jiyai Shin.......................7 6. Na Yeon Choi................7 7. Angela Stanford ...........8 8. So Yeon Ryu.................7 9. Shanshan Feng............6 10. Azahara Munoz..........8 11. I.K. Kim .......................6 12. Hee Kyung Seo..........8 13. Meena Lee .................8 14. Amy Yang....................6 15. Cristie Kerr..................8 16. Jenny Shin..................8 17. Suzann Pettersen ......8 18. Brittany Lincicome......8 19. Karrie Webb................8 20. Hee Young Park..........8 21. Jessica Korda.............5 22. Caroline Hedwall........7 23. Lexi Thompson...........7 24. Se Ri Pak....................5 25. Julieta Granada..........8

Money $958,126 $629,783 $553,742 $436,746 $326,713 $324,129 $311,119 $304,337 $283,795 $277,835 $259,218 $212,129 $207,904 $197,658 $196,592 $193,601 $185,553 $185,545 $183,089 $176,204 $174,668 $167,026 $159,059 $142,002 $141,627

TRANSACTIONS Wednesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB_Suspended free agent RHP Dewin Silverio 50 games after a positive test for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance, under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. American League BOSTON RED SOX_Placed 3B Kevin Youkilis on the 15-day DL. Recalled 3B Will Middlebrooks and RHP Clayton Mortensen from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned 1B-OF Lars Anderson to Pawtucket. TORONTO BLUE JAYS_Optioned LHP Evan Crawford to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Joel Carreno from Las Vegas. National League CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Wuertz on a minor league contract. COLORADO ROCKIES_Optioned RHP Jhoulys Chacin to Colorado Springs (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES_Placed 1B Jim Thome on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Erik Kratz from Lehigh Valley (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES_Selected the contract of RHP Jeff Suppan from Tucson (PCL). Placed LHP Cory Luebke on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 28. Transferred INF-OF Kyle Blanks to the 60day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL_Suspended New Orleans LB Jonathan Vilma for the season, Green Bay DL Anthony Hargrove eight regularseason games, DE Will Smith four regular-season games and Cleveland LB Scott Fujita three regular-season games for their participation in the Saints bounty program. BALTIMORE RAVENS_Signed NG Ma'ake Kemoeatu. CHICAGO BEARS_Agreed to terms with WR Alshon Jeffery on a four-year contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS_Signed LB Vontaze Burfict, C Ben Bojicic, CB Derrius Brooks, LS Bryce Davis, QB Tyler Hansen, WR Justin Hilton, LB Grant Hunter, LB Brandon Joiner, DE Julian Miller, WR Kashif Moore, WR Taveon Rogers, OL Mike Ryan, HB Rodney Stewart and OT Landon Walker. CLEVELAND BROWNS_Claimed P Spencer Lanning off waivers from Jacksonville. MINNESOTA VIKINGS_Waived TE Daniel Hardy and G Butch Lewis. NEW YORK JETS_Waived DL Ropati Pitoitua. OAKLAND RAIDERS_Signed OL Ed Wang. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS_Signed DT Eric LeGrand. HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES_Signed C Roman Cervenka to a one-year contract. MONTREAL CANADIENS_Named Marc Bergevin general manager. COLLEGE SUN BELT CONFERENCE_Announced that Texas State will join the league in July 2013 and begin conference play for the 2013-14 academic year. ASSUMPTION_Named Nicholas Smith director of athletics. CAMPBELL_Promoted Tim Crooks to associate head men's and women's golf coach.

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Spurs thump Jazz SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs handed Utah its second-worst playoff loss in franchise history, beating the Jazz 114-83 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series. NBA Coach of the Year Gregg Popovich practically put the Spurs on autopilot after a 20-0 run in the second quarter that stunned the Jazz, who had vowed to play better after the Spurs easily won Game 1. But this humiliating rout was even easier. The Jazz never quite greeted Parker with the hard fouls the All-Star was supposed to have coming, and the Utah frontcourt of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap wasn’t any more on offense. imposing Jefferson scored 10 points, and Millsap had nine. Game 3 is Saturday night in Salt Lake City. The only bigger embarrassment for the Jazz in the playoffs was a 42-point loss to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 NBA Finals. It’s the first time the Spurs have led a series 2-0 since opening the 2008 playoffs against Phoenix. San Antonio won that series in five, and unless the Jazz can shake this off, this one will be over just as quick. If not sooner. “We were aggressive and we wanted to make sure we matched their energy,” Parker said. It was a total collapse by the Jazz in spite of flying back to Salt Lake City and regrouping with two days of practice after losing the opener Sunday. Back home, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin admitted feeling unusually nervous before that Game 1, but said before tipoff this time that those jitters were under control. By the second quarter, Corbin appeared to be wrestling with disgust. That’s when the Spurs held the Jazz scoreless for more than 7 minutes while rookie Kawhi Leonard and unheralded swingman Danny Green outplayed the Jazz’s stars. Utah shot 5 of 28 in the second quarter and the Jazz filed off the court at halftime walking slow, heads down and quiet. It had been only minutes earlier the Jazz were as close as 31-26. But the Spurs blew the game open so comfortably and quickly that Parker and Duncan never left the bench in the fourth quarter. Jefferson and Howard, who also had 10 points, were Utah’s leading scorers. Pacers 97, Magic 74 ORLANDO, Fla. — Danny Granger had 26 points and nine rebounds, Roy Hibbert added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Indiana beat Orlando Magic to a take a 2-1 series lead. The Pacers regained home-court advantage with the victory, riding good shooting early and building a 29-point lead in the fourth quarter. They also dominated scoring underneath thanks to a 4633 rebounding edge and have outscored the Magic 81-43 in the third quarter in the series. Glen Davis led the Magic with 22 points, and J.J. Redick added 13. The Magic never led, struggled to get any scoring in the paint, and made a serieslow five 3-pointers. Game 4 is Saturday in Orlando.

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Nick Antonides, Ian Nadolny and Nathan Helke congratulate eachother after Troy plated two runs.

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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo throws to the Chicago Cubs during the first inning Wednesday in Cincinnati.

Reds ■ CONTINUED FROM 13 walk. He threw 94 pitches 60 for strikes and struck out seven. Samardzija spent most of his first four seasons in the Cubs bullpen. He won a spot in the rotation during spring training and has pitched well enough to keep it. “It seems like things keep getting more and more important,” he said. “It was important to have a good spring, then important to have the good start. It’ll be important to finish strong.” Bryan LaHair and Ian Stewart hit solo homers off Bronson Arroyo (1-1) for only the Cubs’ third multihomer game of the season. They managed only nine homers in April, fewest in the majors. LaHair’s leadoff homer in the second gave him six overall. Stewart’s was his second. The third baseman also had a nice barehanded play to rob Drew Stubbs of a hit in the fourth. “I take a lot of pride in my defense,” he said. “Making a play for me sometimes tops a hit.” Samardzija contained Jay Bruce, holding the NL’s player of the week to a harmless double. Carlos Marmol retired all three batters in the ninth for his second save in four chances, finishing off the combined three-hitter. The Cubs have had only six save opportunities this season, underscoring their early struggles. It was the second straight impressive start for Samardzija, who struck out a career-high nine Cardinals in 6 2-3 innings on May 24. He’s

made 10 career starts in the majors. “He usually doesn’t have that command or control,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “He was throwing 95-98 at the start and he was still at 95-96 when he left. Tonight wasn’t us, it was him.” Bruce went 10 for 21 last week with homers in four straight games. He needed a homer on Wednesday to tie the club record Ted Kluszewski, Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn all homered in five straight. Bruce flied out, grounded out and doubled. LaHair led off the second inning with his sixth of the season off Arroyo, who gave up a club-record 46 homers last season when he pitched with mononucleosis and a sore lower back. He’s been better so far this season, giving up only two homers in his four previous starts. Baker said before the game that Arroyo has been bothered by a sore lower back again. Arroyo got an extra day to rest when the series opener was postponed. Stewart homered in the fourth inning, matching the Cubs’ season high for homers in one game. They put together three singles for another run in the sixth off Arroyo, the run scoring on Geovany Soto’s hit. Arroyo gave up nine hits and a walk in six innings, throwing 99 pitches. The Reds scored in the fourth when Brandon Phillips got caught in a rundown and extended it long enough to let Joey Votto to cross home plate.

■ CONTINUED FROM 13 do it feels amazing. And what better way than to do it against Piqua?” Troy (17-8, 8-2 GWOC North) lost a pair of games to Greenville, but rebounded by sweeping perennial champ and preseason favorite Butler the next week. Entering Monday and Tuesday’s series with the Indians (10-11, 7-3 GWOC North), the Trojans needed a sweep to capture their first crown since playing in the GMVC, while Piqua needed only a split to get its first since 1995. “We’ve had momentum since those Vandalia wins,” Troy coach Ty Welker said. “We’ve just been trying to keep it going and keep the guys’ heads on straight. We knew we controlled our own destiny. That’s exactly what we wanted.” After a 5-1 Troy win on Monday, sophomore Ben Langdon got the call to start the program’s biggest game in decades. And despite getting into trouble in the first two innings on Tuesday, Langdon found ways out of those jams — and came back Wednesday on fire after thunderstorms suspended the action, the extra day actually helping rather than putting on additional pressure. “I felt (pressure) probably on the first day,” Langdon said. “But the delay helped me. I just went home and relaxed. I knew if I just executed my pitches, I shouldn’t have to worry that much.” Langdon gave up six hits, walked two and struck out three over 5 2-3 innings of work, leaving five Piqua runners stranded in the process. “I struggled a little bit towards the end, but I fought through it,” Langdon said. “I knew I couldn’t get down on myself if there was a bad call or an error. I just had to keep throwing.” And in the bottom of the third, he got the offensive support he needed. Thomas Harvey drew a walk to lead off then moved to second on a bunt by Jay Swigard. Then Monday’s hero, nine-spot hitter Devin Blakely, singled up the middle to bring home the game’s first run — and leadoff man Dylan Cascaden tripled over the center fielder’s head to bring home Blakely. Nathan Helke then blooped in a twoout single to score Cascaden to put Troy up 3-0. “Coach intended me to be leadoff at the beginning of the season, but I dropped to nine in the order to get some confidence,” Blakely said.

“But it really worked, so he kept me there — and it’s helped the team. It’s like having a second leadoff guy at the bottom of the order.” And helped it has. In Thursday’s come-frombehind win against Springboro, the duo accounted for four of Troy’s seven runs, and in a loss to Fairfield on Sunday and Monday’s win over Piqua, they again fueled the Troy offense. “I’ve been leadoff since second grade. It’s where I’m most comfortable,” Cascaden said. “Me and Blakely — man. He gets on base, steals second — he’s only been thrown out once maybe — and then I bring him in. He gets me going. That’s how we’ve been running this, and it’s been working great.” Troy tacked on a fourth run in the bottom of the fifth after a leadoff double by Nick Antonides, an intentional pass to Helke and two more walks to bring the run around, and history seemed within the Trojans’ reach. But Piqua wasn’t about to give up. Taylor Huebner — who finished 4 for 4 in the game — doubled to lead off the sixth, and two errors on the same grounder brought him around and put Brandon Wright on second. A single by Colin Lavey put runners on the corners with two outs and finally chased Langdon, who gave way to closer Helke to protect the league title for him. “You’ve got to give credit to Ben,” the senior Helke said. “He’s a sophomore, coming in and starting the biggest game this team has had in 21 years. He threw a great game.” Justice Young singled to make it a 4-2 game, but Helke struck out the next batter with a backdoor slider for a called third strike to end the threat. And with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, the Indians imploded. Cascaden reached on an error and Antonides was hit by a pitch, then Helke hit another routine grounder to second that was booted for one error and thrown away

Troy’s Jordan Price watches a pitch go by on Wednesday in Troy. for another to bring in a run and put runners on second and third. And for good measure, Jordan Guillozet — who was 0 for 2 with a pair of strikeouts to that point in the game — ripped an 0-2 pitch up the middle to bring home both runs and make it a five-run game. Which was more than enough for Helke. He struck out the first two batters of the final inning, then Huebner reached on an infield single and an error on Wright’s single brought in another run. But Helke induced a slow roller to Cascaden at short, and Cascaden charged and fired the runner out by a step to finish the game. “Man, I haven’t felt like this in a long time,” said Cascaden, who made a number of impressive defensive plays throughout the game. “I just went out there, played defense and did whatever I could to help. Making plays like that isn’t really planned — it’s just the way the ball bounces sometimes.” “I didn’t even comprehend what had happened when he called the final out,” Helke said. “It felt like just

another game while I was on the mound. It didn’t dawn on me what we did until a few seconds after they called him out. It’s the best feeling.” “This win was for our whole program, for all of the guys that have played for this team in the last 20 years,” Welker said. “This means something to the program. This is something that, when new guys come up, we can instill in them from Day 1 before they step on the field. This is what we’ve always worked for. “They (Piqua) fought back and kept fighting until the last out. That was a good baseball team — and that makes this even sweeter. We didn’t just beat anybody to earn this. We beat teams like Butler and Piqua. There are some good teams in our division.” And for the first time in 21 years, Troy is the best of them. Piqua.000 002 1 — 3 9 3 Troy...003 013 x — 7 6 4 Huebner, Lavey (5) and Wright. Langdon, Helke (6) and Nadolny. WP — Langdon. LP — Huebner. SV — Helke. 2B — Huebner (P), Antonides (T). 3B — Cascaden (T). Records: Piqua 10-11, 7-3, Troy 178, 8-2.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Santana and Travis Hafner homered to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Santana hit his fourth homer of the season, a three-run shot in the fifth inning that landed well behind the Indians’ bullpen in right field. Hafner added a two-run shot in the ninth. Jack Hannahan doubled home Michael Brantley with the go-ahead run in the eighth off Addison Reed. Johnny Damon went 0 for 3 with a walk in his Indians’ debut, starting in left field and leading off. The 38-year-old Damon is with his seventh organization in 18 big league seasons, and is 277 hits shy of 3,000. Damon was replaced in the sixth inning because of

what the team called “general cramping.” Four Cleveland relievers combined for three scoreless innings in relief of Josh Tomlin, extending the bullpen’s shutout streak to 15 2-3 innings. Joe Smith (1-0) picked up the win and Chris Perez pitched the ninth for his eighth save in nine chances. Johnny Damon went 0 for 3 with a walk in his Indians’ debut, starting in left field and leading off. The 38-year-old Damon is with his seventh organization in 18 big league seasons, and is 277 hits shy of 3,000. Damon was replaced in the sixth inning because of what the team called “general cramping.” Adam Dunn reached base three times and hit his sixth homer for Chicago. Alexei Ramirez added a

two-run single. Will Ohman (0-1) took the loss in relief. White Sox starter Phil Humber held Cleveland to three runs in six innings, making key pitches to escape a couple of jams. He was wild all night, walking a career-high six and hitting another. After throwing the 21st perfect game in big league history at Seattle on April 21, Humber allowed a career-high nine runs in five innings against Boston on April 26. With Brantley on first in the eighth, Ohman appeared to escape the inning when Casey Kotchman hit a grounder at Dunn, but the ball was ruled foul by first base umpire Eric Cooper. Kotchman then walked and Hannahan stroked a ball up the left-field line.