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Dairy farm is organic If you ever pondered why the cow jumped over the moon in the classic children’s rhyme, just ask a dairy farmer: cold hands. Ask an organic dairy farmer for his answer, and the reply most likely would be that the cow jumped over the moon to clear the mountain of paperwork to become a certified organic dairy producer.

The Bair family has owned and operated their dairy farm for decades, and they enjoy sharing with the public how they’ve made the transition — or giant leap — to become a certified organic dairy farm.

Bands may be added to Thursday activities

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

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Smart Start Preschool teacher Janet Larck and student Dakota Gephart discuss proper clothing for kids during certain weather conditions, while using educational technology Thursday at the preschool in Troy.

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Have a great strawberry recipe to share?

Have a great strawberry recipe to share with the community? Please send your favorite strawberry recipe, along with your name, address and telephone number to TDN City Editor Melody Vallieu at mvallieu@ civitasmedia.com or 224 S. Market St., Troy, OH 45373.

Some recipes, including the winners, will be featured on a Miami Valley Sunday News Valley feature page June 2, just in time to use the recipes for all those berries purchased at the festival.

Recipes must be received by May 24. Strawberry Festival Manager Heather Dorsten will offer a prize package of strawberry-themed items to the winners.

Smart way to learn Preschoolers enjoying new technology

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@civitasmedia.com f their squeals of delight are any indication, preschoolers at Smart Start Preschool in Troy are pleased with the new 32-gigabyte iPad and other technology afforded by a Vectren Foundation grant. The class of 3- and 4-year-olds — along with a few who just turned 5 — use apps as part of the preschool’s curriculum.

On a rotating basis, children take turns using the iPad, which is connected to a big-screen TV. “They love it — they can’t wait to be pulled out to be the helper,” said the school’s director, Janet Larck, adding that elementary-age students in the

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“The older kids have Smart Boards at school, but this is a little bit of a twist,” Larck said, adding that she and her assistant, Susan Thokey, are grateful for the Vectren Foundation’s generosity.

In addition to the iPad and TV, Smart Start Preschool also received an Apple TV — a little box that allows for YouTube and Netflix capabilities — as well as speakers and other equipment with the $2,500 grant.

Larck said she and Thokey had considered purchasing a Smart Board, but the iPad set-up provides for many

more apps through iTunes, and has other capabilities.

On Thursday morning, preschoolers used several apps as part of their morning routine. Hailee Overholser, 3, led the class in discovering the day’s date with an interactive calendar, while Dakota Gephart, 4, helped a virtual friend pick out clothes to wear, based on the weather forecast. Brody Stapleton, 5, then guided his peers through an alphabet lesson.

“It could not be more useful,” Larck said. “Plus we got speakers to play music, too.”

Smart Start Preschool is housed in The Rec building at 11 N. Market St. For more information on the program, visit www.troyrec.com/smartstart-preschool.html.

With campgrounds around the city opening at noon on Thursday before the headlining Mumford & Sons music festival-goers arrive on Labor Day weekend, Troy Main Street organization officials could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of two more bands signing on to perform downtown on Thursday, Aug. 29.

The Troy Gentlemen of the Road Stopover tour will begin with a performance on Friday evening, Aug. 30, featuring Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes. A day-long festival of music will continue on Saturday, Aug. 31, with the sounds of Old Crow Medicine Show, the Vaccines, Bears Den, Half Moon Run, Those Darlins, Willy Mason and more. Mumford & Sons will perform on Saturday evening.

“It’s something that is being considered,” said Troy Main Street Executive Director Karin Manovich on Friday. “We’ve been discussing the possibility of adding two bands to perform downtown on Thursday night, but it’s a rumor at this point.”

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Car drives into Va. parade Up to 60 people injured DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

It happened around 2:10 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, near the Tennessee state line about

a half-hour drive east of Bristol.

Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said no fatalities had been reported.

The injuries ranged from critical to superficial, he said. Three of the victims were flown by helicopters to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene.

At a news conference,

Damascus Police Chief Bill Nunley didn’t release the driver’s name or age but said he was participating in the parade. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man.

Nunley said the man’s 1997 Cadillac was one of the last vehicles in the parade and the driver might have suffered an unspecified medical problem when his car accelerated to about 25 mph and struck the crowd on a twolane bridge along the town’s main road. The • See PARADE on A2

Broken rail eyed in train crash BRIDGEPORT, Conn.

(AP) — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

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portation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Saturday the broken rail is of substantial interest to investigators and a portion of the track will be sent to a lab for analysis.

Weener said it’s not clear if the accident caused the fracture or if the rail was broken before the crash. He said he won’t speculate on the cause of

the derailment and emphasized the investigation was in its early stages.

Seventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after a Metro-North train heading east from New York City derailed and was hit by a train heading west • See CRASH on A2

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Berry battle Lady Trojans 01 Black player Anna Burghardt (5) battles an opponent Saturday at Archer Park during the Troy Strawberry Festival Soccer Invitational. The Lady Trojans 01 Black team won 3-2 over the DC Strikers.

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Parade ■CONTINUED FROM A1 driver was among those taken to hospitals. “It is under investigation and charges may be placed,� Nunley said.

There were ambulances in the parade ahead of the hikers and paramedics on board immediately responded to the crash.

Nunley cited the “quick action� by police, firefighters, paramedics and hikers to tend to the victims, including a Damascus volunteer firefighter who dove into the car to turn off the ignition. The firefighter, name wasn’t whose released, suffered minor injuries.

Nunley said about 1,000 people participated in the parade. Nunley said the driver was a hiker, too

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Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday.

Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and injured several people. someone who had traversed the Appalachian Trail in the past.

What caused the car to drive into the crowd wasn’t

immediately known. A thud could be heard, people yelled stop, and at some point, the car finally stopped.

Witnesses said the car had a handicapped parking sticker and it went more than 100 feet before coming to a stop.

“He was hitting hikers,� said Vickie Harmon, a witness from Damascus. “I saw hikers just go everywhere.�

Damascus resident Amanda Puckett, who was watching the parade with her children, ran to the car, where she and others lifted the car off those pinned underneath. “Everybody just threw our hands up on the car and we just lifted the car up,� she said.

Keith Neumann, a hiker from South Carolina, said he was part of the group that scrambled around the car. They pushed the car backward to free a woman trapped underneath and lifted it off the ground to make sure no one else was trapped. Another person jumped inside to put it in park.

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Music ■CONTINUED FROM A1 Manovich said she’s been in constant contact with Jam Productions officials about the additions to the festival, which would extend musical performances to Thursday evening.

Camping passes sold along with the festival’s concert tickets, $40 per person, allows patrons to camp for three days.

Campers are allowed to arrive and set up their tents after noon on Thursday in areas including the Great Miami River

levee and around the city park areas, Manovich said.

Manovich also said she does not yet have a confirmed date or time when streets around the downtown area will close to kick-start the festival’s two-day performances on Aug. 29-30.

As for Thursday evening acts, Manovich said, “nothing has been decided yet.� “Some people may be setting up Thursday, but we don’t anticipate people to arrive until later that afternoon,� Manovich said. “There’s a lot of moving

parts and just when we think we have something nailed down, it changes.�

Manovich said when and if the festival extends musical performances to Thursday evening, a news release will be issued to media outlets with details of the bands to perform. “When that information becomes available, we will be sharing it with the public,� Manovich said.

Troy is one of only five stops on the tour, which also includes Lewes, UK; Ontario, Canada; Guthrie, Okla., and St. Augustine, Fla.

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Officials earlier devastating described damage and said it was fortunate no one was killed. “All of the injured people described the really harrowing experience of having the train jolt to a stop, the dust, darkness, other kinds of factors that made it particularly frightening,� said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who visited several patients in the hospital.

Blumenthal said a Metro-North conductor helped passengers despite her own injuries. “Her story is really one of great strength and courage helping other passengers off the train in spite of her own very severe pain,� Blumenthal said. “She eventually had to be helped off herself.�

The crash damaged the tracks and threatened to

snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor. The crash also caused Amtrak to suspend service between New York and Boston. “The damage is absolutely staggering,�

Blumenthal said, describing the shattered interior of cars and tons of metal tossed around. “I feel that we are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident.�

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said it was “frankly amazing� people weren’t killed on scene.

Both said new MetroNorth Railroad cars built with higher standards may have saved lives.

Metro-North said train service will remain suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven until further notice.

Railroad officials said rebuilding the two tracks and restore train service “will take well into next week.�

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MONDAY • PICNIC ON THE PLAZA: A Picnics on the Plaza concert will be offered at 11:45 a.m. at Prouty Plaza in downtown Troy. Bring your lunch and a blanket/chair and enjoy

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the sounds of Troy High School’s Jazz Band. Free and open to the public.

• QUARTER AUCTION: A quarter auction, sponsored by Helping Hands, will be offered at 6:40 p.m. at the Covington Eagles, 715 W. Broadway Ave., Covington. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Refreshments will be available. Park at the firehouse and enter through the east entrance. Proceeds will go to Relay for Life.

• CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners will meet from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. Participants listen to an audio book and work on various craft projects.

• BOOK LOVERS: Book Lovers Anonymous will meet at 6 p.m. at the Troy-Miami County Library.

Participants will be reading and discussing “In the Shadow of the Banyan,” by Vaddey Ratner.

Refreshments will be provided.

• MOMS & TOTS: The Miami County Park District will have the Trailing Moms & Tots program from 10 a.m. to noon at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City.

The program is for expectant mothers, mothers and tots newborn to 5.

Participants can socialize, play and exercise during this walk. Be sure to dress for the weather. Registration preferred. Register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call 335-6273, Ext. 104.

• CHOCOLATE NIGHT: “The Dark Side of Chocolate” will be featured during a movie night, sponsored by Stone’s Throw Cooperative, from 7-9 p.m. at Richards Chapel.

• BOARD MEETING: The Tipp City Exempted Village Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the board of education office, 90 S. Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City.

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

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

• The Piqua City Commission will meet at

TUESDAY • PICNIC ON THE PLAZA: A Picnics on the Plaza concert will be offered at 11:45 a.m. at Prouty Plaza in downtown Troy. Bring your lunch and a blanket/chair and enjoy the sounds of Troy Junior High School’s seventh grade band. Free and open to the public.

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

• BOARD MEETING: The Milton-Union Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m.

• PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: The Miami County Park District will hold the Mother Nature’s Preschool’s “Friends in the Forest” program from 1011 a.m. at Lost Creek Reserve, 2645 E. State Route 41 in Troy. Children 2-4 years old and an adult companion are invited to attend. There will be a story, playtime and toddler-sized hike. Dress for the weather. Registration is required and a nonrefundable $10 fee is charged for each series of four programs. Class size is limited to 12, class minimum size is for. For more information, visit www.miamicountyparks. com or call (937) 3356273.

• COMMUNITY MEAL: The Fletcher United Methodist Church invites the public to its free “Neighbor to Neighbor” community meal from 5-7 p.m. May 21.

• ADULT HIKE: The Miami County Park District will hold its adult exploration hike at 9 a.m. at Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary, 2540 E. Statler Road, east of Piqua. Join a park district naturalist or volunteer leader as they head out to explore nature.

Walks are not strenuous or fast-paced. Register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104.

• QUARTER AUCTION: A charity quarter auction will be held at the American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, from 7-9 p.m. The charity of the month is the Ohio Chapter March of Dimes. Food will be available for purchase from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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Edison among 11 honored with Award for Excellence COLUMBUS — The Partnership for Excellence has named 11 high-performing organizations as recipients of the 2013 Awards for Excellence, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia’s highest honor for performance excellence through innovation, results and visionary leadership using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

Edison State Community College of Piqua received a silver award for Commitment to Excellence.

HealthPark Dentistry of Tipp City also received a silver award for Commitment to Excellence.

“Receiving this award is evidence of Edison’s commitment to continuous quality improvement and our ability to apply rigorous, quality standards to our operations and services in support of student success,” said Mona Walters,

dean of institutional planning and effectiveness.

“The presentation of the award in 2011 served as our benchmark of distinction in our quality journey and today, we are proud to once again confirm commitment to quality and our performance and dedication to providing high-quality services to our students and community.”

The Partnership for Excellence is Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia’s Baldrige-based awards program. TPE assists organizations using the internationally-recognized Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

TPE’s primary product is a comprehensive assessment that helps organizational leaders better understand prioritize key and strengths and opportunities for improvement.

While the assessment is the foundation, TPE’s main focus is on organizational

learning, resource optimization and continuous improvement.

All of the applicants were evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas defined by the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; operations focus; and results. The evaluation process for each of the recipients included more than 1,000 hours of review and a three-day visit by a team of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.

The 2013 Partnership for Excellence award recipients will be honored at TPE’s annual Quest for Success Conference to be held Sept. 16-17, 2013, at the Polaris Hilton in Columbus.

Cuts may affect Ohio Guard civilian ranks COLUMBUS (AP) — Mandated budget cuts at the Pentagon may soon affect the Ohio National Guard civilian ranks.

About 1,800 civilian employees of the Ohio Guard may be required to take 11 unpaid days off under the Department of Defense budget-cutting plan.

The furloughs would run July 8 through Sept.

30, the end of the federal budget year.

The Ohio Guard’s vice chief of the joint staff, Mark Wayda, told The Columbus Dispatch in a story published Saturday that it will be a priority to make sure core missions

are accomplished amid any furloughs.

The furloughs would affect mainly administrative employees and maintenance workers who service ground and air fleets. The furloughs do not apply to

the military duties of soldiers and airmen.

Wayda said the lost days will amount to about one per week for each employee and will be staggered so crucial functions are not compromised.

Gyne Associates, Inc. wishes to announce the retirement of Rosalindo T. Cortez M.D. effective May 13, 2013.

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• ST. PATRICK FESTIVAL: The St. Patrick 25th annual festival continues from 12:30-5 p.m. today at 409 E. Main St., Troy. The event will include entertainment, rides, bingo, games, raffles, auctions, dinners and beverages.

• LIVING HISTORY: The Overfield Tavern Museum, 201 E. Water St., Troy, will host a program titled “How People Dressed 200 Years Ago” from 1-4 p.m. Living history interpreters from the groups People of the Ohio Country and Sycamore Springs Clothiers will discuss fashion and clothing construction and will be making and repairing garments of the period. For more information, call (937) 216-6925.

• MEET AND GREET: Cookies and punch will be offered on the Wildflower Trail from 2-3 p.m. at Aullwood. An Aullwood naturalist will provide cookies and punch and answer nature questions then send walkers on their way to complete their hike.

• RECEPTION SET: A reception for photographers Joan Marcus and Mike Jaffe will be from 2-4 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

Enjoy Art at Aullwood — Abstracted from Nature by Joan Marcus and A Potpourri of Photographs

by Mike Jaffe. Meet the artists and enjoy the photographic display that features nature, animals, people and buildings.

• VIEW FROM THE VISTA: Brukner Nature Center will be having its View from the Vista from 2-4 p.m. at the center. Join members of the Brukner Bird Club for a relaxing afternoon in the tree-top vista. Enjoy home-baked refreshments and the camaraderie of birding as participant learn all about spring migrants and summer nesters. All levels of birders are invited.

• DOG SOCIAL: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly “Doggy Fashion Show” dog social from 1-3 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Dog Lovers put on your best doggy hat and bring your pooch to the park. Don’t have a dog hat? We do. If your dog is nice and plays well with others, bring them to the park. Remember owners are responsible for their dogs must clean up after their pet. Meet at the entrance next to the parking lot. Register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104.

• BREAKFAST OFFERED: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will host an all-youcan-eat breakfast from 811 a.m. for $6. Items available will include bacon, sausage, eggs, sausage gravy, biscuits, toast, french toast, waffles, pancakes, hash browns, cinnamon rolls, juice and fruit.

• GROUNDBREAKING: A groundbreaking, for a Habitat for Humanity house to be owned by Stacey Hamilton, her children Gloria and Nathan and granddaughter Lillian, will be at 5 p.m. at 826 Jefferson St., Troy.

• DIABETIC TALK: A Type 1 Talk, a group of type 1 diabetics, will meet from 2-4 p.m. at the TroyHayner Cultural Center.

The meetings serve as times for those with type 1 and their loved ones to get to know each other and discuss the many aspects of the disease in a very friendly, non-judgmental environment. For more information, contact Jennifer Runyon at 3977227.

7:30 p.m. at City Hall.

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

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

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

• The Miami County Educational Service Center Governing Board will meet at 5 p.m. at 2000 W. Stanfield Road, Troy.

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Kansas City Star on IRS picked wrong tests to ferret out abuses: The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny so far appears to be a case of bureaucrats run amok and leadership failing to rein them in.

If that holds true, the overreach is not a redux of the 1970s, when President Richard Nixon’s administration ordered the IRS to target his perceived enemies. The furor among conservative groups notwithstanding, nothing yet indicates that President Barack Obama or anyone in the White House knew what was going on in the Cincinnati IRS offices, where applications from politically oriented groups seeking tax-exempt status had been sent for review.

Employees there struggled to devise a test to flag blatantly political organizations. Unfortunately, their methods were spectacularly wrong. The employees should have known better, and IRS leaders should have handled the rogue practices much more firmly.

Lois Lerner, director of the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups, acknowledged in advance of news exposés and an inspector general’s report that workers had improperly singled out groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names.

For the IRS to single out groups of any political stripe is disastrous for public trust. The IRS must be independent of politics. Employees at any level who don’t understand that should be fired.

It is vital to come up with an acceptable protocol for evaluating groups seeking 501(c)(4) status, meaning they may participate in politics as long as social welfare remains their primary focus. These groups have proliferated since the U.S. Supreme Court’s regrettable 2010 Citizens United ruling, which allows corporations, labor unions and others to raise unlimited sums from anonymous donors and still be considered tax-exempt.

Applications for the 501(c)(4) tax status nearly doubled from 2010 to 2012, to more than 2,400, Lerner said. …

Suspicions that some of these groups are purely political operations are legitimate. But that could apply to liberal organizations as well as conservative. The IRS needs a test to identify questionable applications. Using conservative keywords isn’t it.

The targeted groups were required to fill out extensive questionnaires.

But none was denied tax-exempt status.

So far, the greatest damage sustained has been to public confidence in the IRS. The Australian, Sydney, on Pakistanis defying Taliban to vote: With his chequered past - particularly an attempt to impose sharia law and reluctance to condemn the Taliban - it is inevitable the sweeping victory by veteran opposition leader Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan’s election should raise concerns. But by voting in unprecedented numbers in defiance of Taliban violence and its denunciation of elections as un-Islamic, voters have demonstrated their support for democracy over mindless militancy.

This should buttress Sharif in his remarkable rebirth as prime minister of a deeply-troubled, nuclear-armed nation. The Taliban went all out to disrupt the election and failed, even though hundreds were killed and wounded, and leaders of the ruling Bhutto Pakistan People’s Party were so cowed they retreated to Dubai.

Sharif and his main rival, former cricketer Imran Khan of the Movement for Justice, were exempt from the threats. Sharif’s victory is substantial and overshadowed only by the likelihood all his MPs will be from his fiefdom in Punjab and none from Pakistan’s other three provinces.

Khan did not get the “tsunami” he expected but will end up with a creditable 30-plus seats. Significantly, he will control the provincial assembly in Taliban - and al-Qaida-infested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, something that will cause misgivings among NATO commanders because of his outspoken opposition to US drone attacks and the war on terror.

Sharif, too, has criticized “America’s war” and indicated willingness to negotiate with insurgents. The lesson of Pakistan’s election is, however, that voters were prepared to defy the Taliban and support democracy rather than bow before Islamic extremism.

Daunting challenges confront Sharif, a rich industrialist and one-time protege of the hang-and-flog military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq. He has been bequeathed an economic, infrastructure and security disaster by the ill-starred PPP government.

Yet its achievement in overseeing a handover from one civilian government to another for the first time in Pakistan’s fraught history cannot be overstated.

THEY SAID IT “Oklahoma really is the perfect fit for me. I don’t want anything else. They’ve got everything I want. They’ve got great academics.

They’ve got the major I want, which is construction science. They will give me a chance to play in the NFL. They will give me a chance to get a job after college.

They’ve got great football facilities and a great coaching staff. I just thought, ‘Why should I wait any longer?’ They’ve got everything I want.

There’s no place else I want to go. I didn’t really have a reason to hold off.”

— Troy High School junior football player Alex Dalton, who verbally committed to play football at Oklahoma University Friday.

“Things have really started picking up in the past year. It’s been incredible, really. Stuff has really started happening for me. I’ve been very blessed.”

— Piqua High School graduate and rapper Josh “J-Nibb” Niblick, on how his career has taken off in the past 12 months. Niblick will perform in Hollywood later this summer.

The beholder seems to be going blind these days Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Something needs its eyes poked out then.

It’s hard for a woman to live up to the billions of differing standards of beauty that are generally accepted in today’s world. Be comfortable in your own skin. As long as you don’t go higher than ‘X’ many pounds. Your pants size doesn’t matter as long as you’re healthy. Unless your BMI is too low or too high. Eat anything you want if you couple it with exercise — but don’t you DARE drink a 32ounce-or-more soda.

Basically, it’s become a toxic mixture of the old classic “I’m hideous because you’re all not and I’m nothing like you” and, thanks in large part to the Internet and social media, the new theory of “I’m beautiful no matter what I look like, so you’re all not.”

So when Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries let loose with this nonsense in a 2006 interview with Salon speaking about why his company doesn’t offer clothes in sizes XL or up for women (dudes can get muscular and buff, so that’s perfectly fine) — a statement that was drudged back up after he doubled down on it in his new book, the backlash was fairly predictable:

some. Movies, TV shows, magazines — including the Sports Illustrated swimsuit models that I grew up with (Angie Everheart), every form of media I took in had the same message: thin girls rule, big girls drool.

Luckily for me, I’ve never listened to what anyone else tells me when it comes to the things I “should and shouldn’t” like. I’ve always been of Josh Brown the opinion that everyone is beautiSunday Columnist ful for their own reasons and in their own way. I don’t care how corny it “… Good-looking people attract sounds. It’s true and then some. other good-looking people, and we And then I met my wife, Mandie. want to market to cool, good-looking I’d talked to her a ton online before I people. We don’t market to anyone met her in real life, so I already other than that. A lot of people don’t knew I liked her. But when we met belong (in our clothes), and they face-to-face for the first time, I knew can’t belong. Are we exclusionary?

I’d never find a woman more beautiAbsolutely. Those companies that are ful than her. Because there aren’t in trouble are trying to target every- any. body: young, old, fat, skinny. But Mandie is what those forms of then you become totally vanilla. You media would consider a bigger girl, don’t alienate anybody, but you don’t and oddly enough, I met her when excite anybody, either.” she was at her heaviest weight in No. You just make everyone hate her life. But none of those things you. ever even entered my mind. I just So-called “fat shaming” isn’t a saw a beautiful woman. And she new phenomenon at all, at least not never looked at herself that way, in my lifetime. Since I can remember either. She always exuded confidence once I discovered that girls did not in her appearance, and I definitely have cooties and were, in fact, awepicked up on that. some, everything has been telling me But, due to getting married and that thinner women are more aweother factors, she decided that she

needed to lose a lot of that weight so she could be healthier for a longer time and try to avoid some things that run in her family. So she got gastric bypass surgery — and it’s been amazing to see how much weight she’s lost and how it’s affected her. Beyond just slimming down, she’s already feeling much healthier.

Where a city block would have been too much for her to walk before, now she walks on a treadmill for miles and miles four times a week at a gym.

With all the changes — she looks like half of her old self, and it’s only been six months — she’s still the most beautiful woman in the world to me. No matter how much she loses or gains or whatever, she always will be.

Things would be a lot easier on women if more people thought like that — even themselves. But no.

People identify with one extreme or the other, and then they tear down anyone that isn’t like them.

Fat shaming, skinny shaming — the only people that should feel any shame are the ones who hurt other peoples’ body image in some way.

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Clinic, OSU students helping homeless people see better COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Some patients live in their cars, driving along blurry roads in eyeglasses that belong to someone else.

They fear losing a job over mistakes or struggle to find one because they can’t read applications.

At the Faith Mission Outreach Eye Clinic, Dr. Joan Nerderman understands that for people without money, food or a place to live poor vision doesn’t always rank as an immediate concern.

The clinic at the downtown homeless shelter which provides free vision care and glasses to those without health insurance sees more than 1,500 patients annually. It also serves another purpose: to educate the fourth-year students in the Ohio State University College of Optometry who, under the supervision of Nerderman, staff the clinic on its three open days a week.

Founded in 2000 with a federal grant, the clinic has since been funded by Ohio State. The school, which donated $150,000 in equipment to the facility, spent $147,000 last year on clinic personnel, services and supplies.

But optometry dean Melvin D. Shipp said the clinic’s benefits to both students and the community far exceed the costs.

“This is one of those things you can’t put a dollar amount on, as far as the value you provide,” he said.

The clinic sees an average of 14 patients a day, some of whom are referred from free medical clinics and social-service agencies.

Others walk in off the street, not expecting the opportunity to choose from the 1,200 name-brand frames donated annually

by Select Optical in Worthington.

In opting to spend one of their four clinical rotations at Faith Mission, students experience a different realm of patient care than they do at private practices, where eye appointments can be routine.

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In this April 16 photo, Dr. Joan Nerderman goes through eyeglass frame options with Richard Miller, 50, at the Faith Mission Outreach Eye Clinic in Columbus.

The clinic at the city’s downtown homeless shelter, which provides free vision care and glasses to those without health insurance, sees more than 1,500 patients annually.

Patients at Faith Mission, meanwhile, appreciate even a pair of drugstore reading glasses as they await prescriptions.

Nowhere else have patients been so thankful, said student Paul Bingham, 30, of Douglas, Wyo. The experience has helped Bingham better appreciate homelessness and how vision problems interfere with daily tasks from filling out job applications to navigating the bus system.

“It’s not just fixing their vision,” he said. “It’s helping them fix their own lives.”

The eye exams might have saved the lives of a few patients: Nerderman and her students have detected tumors, including one that required the

removal of the eye.

Nerderman urges patients to take diagnoses seriously, promising to see them “forever, for free.”

“If you don’t follow up, you’re going to go blind,” she tells them. “It’s that simple.”

That could have happened to William Cameron, a 55-year-old resident of a Lancaster homeless shelter who recently visited the clinic to get medication for his red, stinging eyes.

During an exam at the clinic three years ago his first in two decades his blurred vision and severe headaches were diagnosed as glaucoma, a condition serious enough to eventually require surgery.

Without the clinic, he said, “I know I wouldn’t have been able to see.

“It was a lifesaver.”

Shipp, the OSU dean, attributes much of the clinic’s success to Nerderman (“Dr. Joan” to patients and students), a mainstay for 11 years after an initial period of staff turnover and instability.

Initially interested in teaching part time at the school, Nerderman found herself continuing her own education. Having previously worked at an office in Westerville, she hadn’t seen a patient with eyes damaged by the effects of crack cocaine.

Now an expert by default, she gives guest lectures on topics such as drug abuse and domestic violence, encouraging students to understand that patient problems might not be limited to the eyes.

Working at the clinic has become her calling.

“Every day I’m here, I think, ‘This is what I’m supposed to do,’??” said Nerderman, 56. “Some days are trying, but it’s meant to be.”

She hopes that some of her students will continue as volunteers. A survey of optometry-school alumni once found that graduates were 94 percent more likely to volunteer services if they participated in the Faith Mission rotation.

Among them is Dr. Jon Mesarch, a 2005 graduate who volunteers monthly at another free clinic and is planning his fourth mission trip to the Dominican Republic. experiences Through such as the Faith Mission “externship,” he knew that he wanted to practice not in a suburb such as his hometown of New Albany but in a small community where patients most need his help.

At Buckeye Vision Care in Logan, he is reminded daily of how people struggle to afford the care they need placing the purpose of his services in human terms.

“At the end of the day,” he said, “you really want to help somebody see.”

Women sad over sale of nonprofit home CINCINNATI (AP) — For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place that thousands of struggling women came to know as home.

But after losing a twoyear fight with a Fortune 500 company determined to buy their beautiful, 104year-old property and turn it into a boutique hotel — even though it wasn’t for sale — the women of the Anna Louise Inn have to leave the neighborhood.

While most of the 60 women living there are relieved that the fight with

Western & Southern Insurance Group appears over, they can’t help but also feel sad and angry.

“I’m upset with them that they would be that greedy to take away what’s been here for so long for women,” said Robin Howard, 55, who has lived at the Anna Louise for more than two years after fleeing an abusive relationship. “We have rights, too. This is home. It’s a safe haven.”

For Wendy Gonzales, 25, the Anna Louise has allowed her to escape an addiction to methamphetamine and an abusive husband who she said forced

her into prostitution.

“I thank God for the Anna Louise Inn. Without it, I don’t know where I would be,” said Gonzales, who now works as a housekeeper at a hotel within walking distance. “It’s quiet, it’s peaceful. Looking out here, you don’t see your average thugs walking down the street. … It’s just nice to walk out and know that you’re safe.”

The Anna Louise has been housing women since 1909 in the same charming, dormitory-style building that looks like a plantation home. Although it began by helping young, ambitious

types who were pouring into then-booming Cincinnati, it later became geared toward women who needed a fresh start; some have left abusive husbands, others are transitioning from foster care to adulthood while others are recovering prostitutes and drug addicts.

The historic downtown Cincinnati neighborhood where the women live, known as Lytle Park, became an important part of their recovery, since most were coming from dangerous parts of the city where it’d be easier to slip back into their former ways of life.

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GAYLE ELAYNE (MCMILLAN) SCOTT MIAMISBURG — Gayle Elayne (McMillan) Scott, 64, died on May 18, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in North Canton, SCOTT Ohio, on Dec. 2, 1948. She later moved to Jackson, Tenn., living there for more than 11 years before moving back to Miamisburg. While living in Miamisburg, she worked at United Grinding Technologies and was a member of Parkview United Methodist Church. Her greatest joys came from being a devoted and loving grandmother.

She leaves her husband of almost 43 years, Allan “Big Al” Scott; her son, Clint Hondo Scott of Jackson, Tenn., wife Ashby and their children, Wyatt and Reese; her daughter, Erin Scott Barnett of Madison, Miss., husband Jason, and their children, Colton and Wesley Carr; brothers, Don (Mary) McMillan

of West Chester, Pa., and Gary McMillan of Battle Creek, Mich., as well as many friends and extended family.

She is preceded in death by her mother and father, Gerald and Ruth (Geyer) McMillan; her niece, Jennifer McMillan; and her granddaughter, Flynn Elizabeth Scott.

Family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m.

Monday, May 20, at Gebhart-SchmidtParramore Funeral Home. A memorial service will begin 11 a.m.

Tuesday, May 21, at Parkview United Methodist Church, Miamisburg, and officiated by Pastor Brad Martin.

Her wishes will be honored with the return of her ashes to Tennessee later this year.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting Gayle’s memorial at www. gebhartschmidt parramore.com.

CHARLES B. RASOR TROY — Charles B. Rasor, age 96, of Dayton; formerly of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013. He was born Jan. 15, 1917, in Troy.

RASOR He was preceded in death by his parents, Theresa (Braun) and Charles E. Rasor, as well as his son, Chuck.

Charles was married to Nancy (Stoltz) Rasor, who preceded him in death on Dec. 5, 1997.

Charles graduated from Troy High School in 1935 and the University of Notre Dame, Cum Laude, in 1939. He was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1940, serving 5 ½ years as a Navigator and Captain. After proudly serving his country in WWII he attended Harvard University, earning an MBA. Chuck and Nancy returned to Troy where he retired from Brown Bridge Mills. They traveled extensively all over the world. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1994.

Chuck was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Kiwanis Club of Troy.

Charles is survived by two daughters and sonsin-law, Julia K. and Tom Wheeler of Centerville and Martha R. and Bill Ilg of Springboro; four

grandchildren, Alex Ilg of New York City, Julie Ilg of Harrisonburg, Va., Brooke (Don) Berberick of Lewis Center and Sarah Keely of Urbana.

Charles enjoyed his five great-grandchildren, Katie and Adam Berberick, Max, Clair and Emma Keely.

The family expresses gratitude to the nursing staff at Bethany Village for special care during the past 11 months and also to the staff of Hospice of Dayton.

Chuck will be greatly missed. He was a wonderful father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle. Always thanking everyone for their care.

The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Fr. James Duell officiating.

Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy.

Memorial contributions may be made to charity of choice or Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.

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

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Helen D. Michael WEST MILTON — Helen D. Michael, age 81, of West Milton, formerly of the Englewood, Phillipsburg area, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 21, at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton.

• Marshall G. Stevens Sr. PIQUA — Marshall G. Stevens Sr., 70, of Piqua, died at 12:44 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Upper Valley Medical Center. His funeral arrangements are pending through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

• Dennis G. Dishong PIQUA — Dennis G. Dishong, 52, of Piqua, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at his residence.

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• GOLF: Troy Post 43 American Legion baseball is hosting a golf scramble today at Cliffside Golf Course.

Check-in is at noon with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $65 per person, with teams of four. Registration is limited to the first 30 teams. For more information, call Frosty Brown at (937) 339-4383 or 474-9093.

• GOLF: All girls currently in grades 8-11 who plan to participate in the Troy High School girls golf program next school year and their parents should plan to attend a very important meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 21 in the Troy High School Commons Area, which is located next to the gymnasium. For more information, contact coach Tom Mercer at 308-2591.

• GOLF: Miami Shores Golf Course will host a two-man best ball event at 9 a.m. May 25. The cost is $50 per team, and the deadline to register is May 22.

For more information, call Miami Shores at 335-4457.

• BASKETBALL: The Troy Boys Basketball Camp will run from June 4-7 at the Trojan Activities Center. Times will be 9 a.m.-noon for grades 1-4 and 1-4 p.m. for grades 5-8. The cost is $55, with checks payable to Troy Basketball Parents Association. Camp forms are available at all Troy City Schools, or you can sign up on the first day of camp.

For more information, contact coach Tim Miller at 332-6710 or 339-6576.

• BASKETBALL: Troy High School girls basketball will be hosting a two-day girls basketball camp on June 3-4 for girls entering grades 1-8 at Troy High School’s new gymnasium. The camp will be held from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided. The cost of the camp is $55, and arrangements can be made. Girls from anywhere are welcome. If interested email coach Nathan Kopp at kopp-n@troy.k12.oh.us or call him at (937) 469-2531.

• BASKETBALL: Troy Christian girls basketball will run an elementary camp for grades 1-6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

June 10-14. The cost is $35. There is also a junior high camp for grades 7-8 at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. June 10-14. The cost is $35. For more information, contact Dick Steineman at (937) 451-1723.

• HALL OF FAME: Covington High School is accepting nominations for its Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will be on Sept. 13. Anyone wishing to submit a nomination should do so with a letter to the athletic director detailing as much information as possible about the potential inductee. Nominations are due by May 24. For more information, call the athletic department at (937) 473-2552.

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY events scheduled MONDAY Softball Division III Sectional Final at Brookville Miami East vs. Versailles (5 p.m.)

TUESDAY Softball Division IV Sectional Final at Tippecanoe Covington vs. Russia (5 p.m.) at Fairlawn Bradford vs. Ansonia (5 p.m.) at Bethel Newton vs. Southeastern (5 p.m.)

Track Division III District at Welcome Stadium Bethel (4 p.m.)

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D-II’s top seeds win sectional

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com Top-seeded Matt Brumbaugh was just too much for the field.

Unfortunately for his teammates, the second-seeded doubles team of Kenton Dickison and Jack Blevins, they found out what top seeds are all about, too.

Brumbaugh hammered Brookville senior Nick Stiver, the No. 4 seed, 6-0, 6-0 in the semifinal round and, despite losing his first games of the entire Division II sectional tournament, dominated another Brookville senior, No. 2 seed Nathan Hart, 6-3, 6-2 to claim his second sectional title in as many tries Saturday at Dayton Center Courts after a constant overnight and morning

DAYTON drizzle forced the final rounds to be moved from Troy Community Park.

“It feels pretty good,” Brumbaugh said. “That was the goal (winning the sectional), so it feels good to accomplish that.”

Dickison and Blevins, however, fell 6-0, 6-3 to Lehman’s No. 1 seed, Mitchell Shroyer and Pierce Bennett, in the sectional title round — their first loss since reuniting for the first time since the 2012 regular season.

Despite being only a sophomore at Milton-Union, Brumbaugh already knows what STAFF PHOTOS/JOSH BROWN it takes to reach the state tournament. As a freshman last Milton-Union’s Matt Brumbaugh hits a forehand to a semifinal opponent during the Division I sectional tournament Saturday at ■ See DIVISION II on A9 Dayton Center Courts.

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4 straight CCC titles for Miami East girls 3 straight in SWBL Buckeye for Milton boys Staff Reports WEST ALEXANDRIA — Miami East’s girls won their fourth straight Cross County Conference title Saturday, winning the conference meet at Twin Valley South with 165.5 points.

Covington’s girls were the runners-up with 123.

The Buccaneer boys, meanwhile, overcame a pair of injuries to key athletes and won the meet with 135 points, edging host Twin Valley South’s 104, Miami East’s 94 and Bethel’s 87.

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Troy’s Luke Oaks sizes up a forehand shot during a match at the Division I sectional tournament Saturday at Dayton Center Courts.

Battle of wills Oaks outlasts Bollinger in 3 sets for title

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com Troy’s Luke Oaks was muttering to himself, wringing his hands and shaking his head — not all that surprising when facing Tippecanoe’s Sam Bollinger.

The odd thing came in the third set … when Bollinger began to lose his cool.

DAYTON And the top-seeded Trojan sophomore wasn’t about to let that once-in-a-lifetime chance slip by.

After a nearly-three-hour epic battle of wills that saw the opponents split the first two sets, Oaks was able to grab the momentum early in the decisive third set and close out the match by winning the final six games straight, winning his first Division I sectional cham-

Tippecanoe’s Sam Bollinger winds up for a backhand during a

For Miami East’s girls, senior Leah Dunivan won the shot put (37-7.5). Corrine Melvin won the 100 (12.65 seconds). The 4x200 relay team of Melvin, Kelly Rindler, Renee DeFord and Kylie Brown won (1:49.32). The 4x100 team of Lindsey Roeth, Emily Holicki, Allie Millhouse and Melvin won (52 seconds). The 4x400 team of Emma Monnin, Brown, Rindler and DeFord won (4:22.23).

Covington’s Jackie Siefring won the long jump (17-3), the 100 hurdles (15.52 seconds), the 300 hurdles (47.24 seconds) and the 200 (26.75 seconds). Tara Snipes (5:27.81) and Carly Shell (5:33.94) were one-two in the 1,600. Snipes (2:20.55) and Shell (2:32.48) were also one-two in the 800, and Shell won the 3,200 (12:20.29).

Bradford’s Shay LaFollette won the high jump (5-0) to help the Railroaders place ninth (37).

Maddie Ellerbrock was second in the long jump (16-9.75) as the Bees were seventh as a team (39).

For Covington’s boys, Troy Cron (15.09 seconds) and Ben Miller (15.73 seconds) were onetwo in the 110 hurdles, and Cron (meet-record 39.71 seconds) and Dalton Bordelon (42.33 seconds) were one-two in the 300 hurdles.

The 4x200 team of Bordelon, Trent Tobias, Brandon Magee and Dustin Fickert won

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No triple crown Oxbow 1st, Orb 4th at Preakness Arroyo leads Reds past Phillies, 10-0 Bronson Arroyo has these Philadelphia Phillies all figured out.

Arroyo pitched five-hit ball over 7 2-3 innings, Joey Votto was 4 for 4 with a homer, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Phillies 10-0 Saturday.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness.

The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.

Thanks to Oxbow’s wire-to-

wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens have themselves another classic to add to their stellar resumes.

“I get paid to spoil dreams,” the 77-year-old Lukas said after

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RIGHT: Miami West Scorpions U9 player Hunter Williams (14) moves in on a TSC Thundercats player Keito Tsuji (20) Saturday at Duke Park. Miami West Scorpions U9 team is coached by Steve Daum, Jason Luedeke and Jim Jackson while TSC Thundercats is coached by Kevin Adamsky.

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BELOW: Brendon Kessler (21) powers the ball as Cooper Elleman (4) comes in to back him up at Duke Park in Troy for the TSC Red 01 team coached by Jeff Waite.

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Miami West Scorpions U9 player Mason Grudich (13) drives around the TSC Thundercats team during the 2013 Troy Strawberry Festival Soccer Invitational.

Lady Trojans 01 Black Hannah Hennessy (14) kicks the ball around the opponent Saturday at Archer Park.

RIGHT: TSC Red 01 player Aiden Waite (9) rolls through his Greene County Cosmos 02 opponent at Duke Park during the 2013 Troy Strawberry Festival Soccer Invitational.

ABOVE: TSC Thundercats player Chance Rust (3) drives toward the goal around the Miami West Scorpions U9 team Saturday at Duke Park during the 2013 Troy Strawberry Festival Soccer Invitational.

LEFT: Lady Trojans 01 Black player Chloee Thomas (21) drives forward ahead of a DC Strikers player at Archer Park. The Lady Trojans 01 Black team is coached by Rob Burghardt.

Staff photos/Anthony Weber Lady Trojans 01 Black player Jullian Peltier (10) moves in on the ball against DC Strikers Saturday at Archer Park. The Lady Trojans 01 Black team is coached by Rob Burghardt.

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SPORTS

■ Track and Field

Sunday, May 19, 2013

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■ Tennis

Track ■ CONTINUED FROM A8 (1:35.15). Ryan Craft won the 400 (51.67 seconds).

The 4x400 team of Craft, Magee, Alex Schilling and Fickert won (meet-record 3:29.19).

For Miami East’s boys, Mike Harmon won the high jump (6-2). Mack Rose won the pole vault (13-6).

For Bethel’s boys, Andrew Hurst (11.73 seconds) and Derrick Diddle

(11.93 seconds) were onetwo in the 100 and Zach Ulrich won the 200 (24.14 seconds).

• SWBL Meet EATON — MiltonUnion’s boys won their third straight Buckeye Southwestern League Buckeye Division title, coming through in the clutch in the final event of Saturday’s SWBL meet to seal a 149-144 victory over

runner-up Waynesville.

The Bulldog boys held a slim one-point lead going into the 4x400 relay race — which the team of Joe Thoele, Skyler Deeter, Zach Pricer and Kyle Swartz won in 3:37.59 to the title. clinch Waynesville’s team finished third in the race.

The boys 4x800 team of Swartz, Josh Booher, Chris Johannes and Connor

Lunsford won (8:40.73).

Swartz also won the 800 (2:02.8), Connor Lunsford won the 3,200 (10:45.87) and Wes Martin won the shot put (47-1).

Milton-Union’s girls finished fourth with 89 points. Rachel Paden won the 100 (13.55 seconds), Kinsey Douglas won the high jump (4-8) and freshman Sarah Motz won the pole vault (7-6).

■ Tennis

STAFF PHOTOS/JOSH BROWN

Division I ■ CONTINUED FROM A8 pionship as a singles player 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Saturday at Dayton Center Courts.

The last three weeks were a big help for Oaks, who won a sectional title as a freshman last year in doubles play. Oaks won a number of three-set matches during the final two weeks of the regular season against quality opponents.

“Those last few matches that went three sets taught me the importance of being patient,” Oaks said. “It’s not about technique or power in the third set. The third set is the opportunity to show who wants it more. And I did not want to lose.”

“All of those three-setters he played all year definitely helped,” Troy coach Mark Goldner said. “Mentally, that gives you a lot of confidence going into these kind of matches.”

And patience was key in facing a player like Bollinger, who is notorious for slowing the pace down and frustrating his opponents to no end, forcing them to push the action, make mistakes and beat themselves.

“Sam’s a very patient player,” Oaks said. “Today, I just slowed down. When things weren’t going well, I just went back to can’t-miss tennis.”

For the second-seeded Tippecanoe senior — who picked Springfield’s Sam Brougher to pieces 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinal round to earn the shot at Oaks — the match pushed his own abilities, too. And Bollinger discovered abilities he may not have known he had — much to the delight of Red Devil coach Von Clendenen.

“In the four years I’ve had him, it’s been unbelievable watching him develop,” Clendenen said. “Here he is today playing a kid that’s 6foot-3 and hits a ton, and Sam’s 5-5 and basically has a defensive style of play.

We’ve prodded him a bit this year to develop more of a sting in his game.”

That sting came Saturday in the form of an accurate-yet-powerful first serve followed by a volley at the net.

“I can count on one hand how many times he’s servedand-volleyed. During this whole four years, on one hand. And here he was today, doing it again and again — and he was successful at it 80 percent of the time against the No. 1 seed.

It’s almost as exciting as watching an infant take its first steps — well, to me, at least.”

And while the momentum swayed back and forth

Milton-Union’s Kenton Dickison returns the ball during a Division II sectional semifinal match Saturday at Dayton Center Courts.

Division II

STAFF PHOTOS/JOSH BROWN

Tippecanoe’s Michael Keller (left) and Jacob Belcher congratulate each other after winning a point in a Division I sectional match Saturday at Dayton Center Courts.

Troy’s Chris Schmitt returns the ball during a sectional semifinal match Saturday at Dayton Center Courts. throughout the match, Bollinger seemed to have the steam after winning the second set and going up 2-0 in the third. But Oaks held serve, broke serve then held his own again to go up 3-2, then he broke Bollinger at love and held his own serve at love to get to within one game of ending the match.

Bollinger took a 40-love lead, but Oaks was able to take the game to deuce — and finished the match off in a second deuce.

“When he got down 2-0 in the third, I was very concerned,” Goldner said. “But he got back to 2-2 with a couple of quick games, and going up 3-2 seemed to swing the whole momentum. Even though he got

down 40-0 in that last game, that confidence was still there.”

“The match didn’t end up the way we wanted, but Sam lost to a good player,” Clendenen said. “Some of the things Sam’s known for, he didn’t live up to in this match. But he created some new stuff that’s really exciting going forward — and that could really help him at district.”

Oaks had to knock off his own teammate, senior Chris Schmitt, in the semifinal round to get to Bollinger.

Oaks won that match 6-2, 63 — but Scmitt took it in stride.

“I didn’t feel any pressure (against Oaks),” Schmitt said. “I just knew I needed to

win my second match. But maybe my carefree attitude kind of hurt in that one.

“I’m just excited to be going to the district tournament and getting to participate one last time.”

Scmitt had to work for everything against Brougher — the Wildcats’ third singles player whose style was also very similar to Bollinger’s — winning 63, 6-4 to take third.

“It was frustrating,” Schmitt said. “I’d think the point was over and I had it won, but he’d get to the shot.

He’s really good at hustling.

He played really well today.”

“They’ve both had a great year,” Goldner said. “Chris has come a long way, both mentally and emotionally, in these past four years. I’m glad to see him going out in a positive way.”

Keller and Belcher, the No. 3 seed, gave Butler’s topseeded team of David Scher and Justin Kopronica a fight in the semifinal round once they got rolling, dropping the first set 6-0 but roaring back to win the second 6-0.

Scher and Kopronica took control, though, and closed out the third set 6-3 to advance to the sectional title match — which they won 60, 6-0 over Northmont’s second-seeded team.

Keller and Belcher then routed the No. 4 seed, Butler’s Alex Anderson and Gary Jess, 6-2, 6-1 to claim third place.

District tournament play begins at 9 a.m. Thursday at Centerville High School.

■ CONTINUED FROM A8 season, he was the fifth qualifier from the Southwest district — which was the only district to allow five qualifiers to advance. That didn’t matter, though, as he won his first-round match once he was at state.

Still, Brumbaugh knows what to expect Thursday at the district tournament in Mason.

“The competition jumps way up,” Brumbaugh said.

“You never know what kind of player you’re going to run into there — but they’re all tough. You’ve got to practice a lot and be ready for anything.”

Dickison and Blevins got their first taste of that in Saturday’s final round.

After working their way past No. 3 Noah Icenhour and Zach Sterzenbach from Kenton Ridge 6-4, 6-2, Dickison and Blevins ran into Bennett and Shroyer who routed — Northeastern 6-0, 6-2 in their semifinal match to start the day.

And the Bulldog duo learned some things.

“This was the first match we’ve played since we’ve been back together that showed us what we need to work on — and it showed us we’ve got room for lots of improvement,” Blevins said.

“They’re (Bennett and Shroyer) great all around,” Dickison said. “We made so many mistakes, and to their credit, they capitalized on absolutely every single thing we did wrong.

You’ve got to come with

Milton-Union’s Blevins returns a during a semifinal against Kenton Saturday.

Jack serve match Ridge

your ‘A’ game if you’re going to compete with a team like that.”

But it’s a good time to learn that lesson — with four days in between that match and the district tournament.

“Our goals haven’t changed, and our attitude hasn’t, either,” Dickison said. “After a match like this, you’ve got to decide if you’re going to get better or worse. Would we have liked to win it? Definitely. Does it matter in the long run? Not really.”

“We’ve got some guys lined up to play us in the next few days to help us work out the kinks in our game,” Blevins said. “We need to take it a lot more seriously.”

The district tournament kicks off at 9 a.m. Thursday at the ATP Center in Mason.

■ Horse Racing

Preakness ■ CONTINUED FROM A8 his record 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

“Unfortunately we go over here and you can’t mail ‘em in. It’s a different surface and a different time. You gotta line ‘em up and win ‘em.”

Stevens ended his retirement in January, and won his third Preakness to go along with three victories in the Derby and three in the Belmont.

“At 50 years old, after seven years retirement, it doesn’t get any better than this,” Stevens said. “This is super, super sweet and it happened for the right guy.

All the stars were aligned.

It’s even more special win-

ning it for Wayne Lukas and his team.”

Lukas put Stevens on his first Triple Crown race winner when the rider guided the filly Winning Colors to victory in the 1988 Derby. Stevens last won a Triple Crown race in 2001, taking the Belmont aboard Point Given.

“He supported me,” Stevens said. “A lot of people were trying to get me off. He was the first guy to call me up and said ‘I’m going to have a colt for you.

His name is Oxbow.’”

Orb was unable to find his rhythm after starting from the No. 1 post, and never challenged in finishing fourth.

■ Major League Baseball

Arroyo shuts down Phillies, 10-0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bronson Arroyo has these Philadelphia Phillies all figured out.

Arroyo pitched five-hit ball over 7 2-3 innings, Joey Votto was 4 for 4 with a homer, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Phillies 10-0 Saturday.

Arroyo (4-4) struck out six and allowed one runner to reach third in winning his third straight start against Philadelphia. He was 1-7 in his first 10 games against the Phillies, but is 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in three starts against them since last Aug. 22.

“This game is so funny,” Arroyo said. “One pitch can surely change things. I’ve AP PHOTO been able to keep their Cincinnati Reds’ Bronson Arroyo is shown in action power guys quiet so that’s against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday in helped.”

Philadelphia.

Votto had a two-run shot

and walked twice to reach safely six times. Ryan Hanigan hit a three-run homer.

“I’m trying to see the ball as long as possible and direct it where I want it,” Votto said.

Kyle Kendrick (4-2) gave up four runs and eight hits with a season-high four walks in six innings.

Kendrick hadn’t allowed more than two runs in his previous seven starts.

Cincinnati won for the seventh time in its past eight games and improved to 4-1 against the Phillies this year.

Arroyo entered with a 6.00 career ERA against the Phillies, including a 9.60 ERA in three starts at Citizens Bank Park.

“We used to hit him good,” Phillies manager

Charlie Manuel said. “The last three times, he’s pitched us the same. He’s pitched us backwards, slow hooks and change-ups. He’s given us fits.”

Todd Frazier led off the second with an infield single, snapping an 0-for-19 slump. Donald Lutz followed with a single. Then Hanigan connected for his first extra-base hit of the season, giving the Reds a 30 lead. Hanigan had eight singles in 54 at-bats before taking Kendrick deep to left.

Hanigan was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth.

He advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Zack Cozart’s two-out double to right to make it 4-0.

The Reds added four runs off three relievers in the eighth. Votto hit one out

in the ninth.

Arroyo didn’t need all that support. He baffled hitters with his assortment of slow stuff, occasionally mixing a fastball with his mid-70s off-speed pitches.

“Arroyo pitched masterfully,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “It was still close before our offense exploded at the end.”

Indians 5, Mariners 4 CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians are finding ways to win these days even when something goes wrong.

Jason Kipnis scored the winning run in the ninth inning when Brendan Ryan’s throw pulled catcher Jesus Montero off the plate, sending the Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

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SCOREBOARD

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Scores

BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB New York 27 16 .628 — — Boston 26 17 .605 1 — 23 19 .548 3½ ½ Baltimore 22 20 .524 4½ 1½ Tampa Bay 17 26 .395 10 7 Toronto Central Division L Pct GB WCGB W Cleveland 24 17 .585 — — Detroit 23 18 .561 1 — 20 18 .526 2½ 1½ Kansas City 19 22 .463 5 4 Chicago 18 21 .462 5 4 Minnesota West Division L Pct GB WCGB W Texas 28 15 .651 — — Oakland 21 22 .488 7 3 Seattle 20 23 .465 8 4 16 27 .372 12 8 Los Angeles 12 31 .279 16 12 Houston NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB Atlanta 24 18 .571 — — Washington 23 20 .535 1½ 2 20 23 .465 4½ 5 Philadelphia 16 24 .400 7 7½ New York 11 32 .256 13½ 14 Miami Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB St. Louis 27 15 .643 — — Cincinnati 26 17 .605 1½ — Pittsburgh 25 18 .581 2½ — 18 24 .429 9 6½ Chicago 17 24 .415 9½ 7 Milwaukee West Division L Pct GB WCGB W Arizona 25 18 .581 — — San Francisco 24 19 .558 1 1 Colorado 23 20 .535 2 2 19 23 .452 5½ 5½ San Diego 17 24 .415 7 7 Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Pittsburgh 5, Houston 4 Cleveland 6, Seattle 3, 10 innings Tampa Bay 12, Baltimore 10 N.Y.Yankees 5, Toronto 0 Detroit 2, Texas 1 Boston 3, Minnesota 2, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 0 Oakland 2, Kansas City 1 Saturday's Games Cleveland 5, Seattle 4 N.Y.Yankees 7, Toronto 2 L.A. Angels 12, Chicago White Sox 9 Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 6 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings Boston 12, Minnesota 5 Texas 7, Detroit 2 Kansas City at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-2) at Cleveland (Masterson 6-2), 1:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 3-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-3), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 1:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 7-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 1:35 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 1-4) at Minnesota (P.Hernandez 2-0), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 2-3), 3:35 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 1-2) at Oakland (Griffin 4-3), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 5-1) at Texas (D.Holland 3-2), 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Seattle at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

N.Y.Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games N.Y. Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 5, Houston 4 Arizona 9, Miami 2 Atlanta 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6 Colorado 10, San Francisco 9 Washington 6, San Diego 5, 10 innings Saturday's Games Chicago Cubs 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 0 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings Arizona 1, Miami 0 Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 4, 10 innings Colorado 10, San Francisco 2 San Diego 2, Washington 1 Sunday's Games Arizona (Miley 3-2) at Miami (Nolasco 25), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-3) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0), 1:35 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Magill 0-0) at Atlanta (Minor 5-2), 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4) at St. Louis (Gast 1-0), 2:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-5) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-2), 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 3-2) at Colorado (Nicasio 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Haren 4-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-2), 4:10 p.m.

Monday's Games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Washington at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle . . . . .000 000 022—4 9 0 Cleveland . .100 012 001—5 13 0 J.Saunders, Farquhar (6), O.Perez (9), Medina (9) and J.Montero; McAllister, R.Hill (8), C.Perez (9) and Y.Gomes.

W_C.Perez 2-0. L_O.Perez 1-1.

HRs_Seattle, Ryan (1), Ibanez (8), Smoak (2). Cleveland, Mar.Reynolds (12).

Toronto . . . .000 100 010—2 8 2 NewYork . . .003 020 02x—7 8 0 Morrow, Cecil (6), Delabar (7), Oliver (8) and Arencibia; D.Phelps, D.Robertson (8), Logan (9) and Au.Romine. W_D.Phelps 22. L_Morrow 1-3. HRs_Toronto, Encarnacion (12). New York, Cano 2 (12), Hafner (7).

Chicago . . . .000 400 050—9 17 0 Los Angeles 000 320 52x—12 12 0 H.Santiago, N.Jones (4), Veal (7), Lindstrom (8) and Gimenez; Blanton, Coello (5), D.De La Rosa (7), Richards (8), Frieri (8) and Iannetta. W_Coello 1-0.

L_N.Jones 0-4.

Sv_Frieri (8).

HRs_Chicago, Gimenez (2). Los Angeles, Trumbo (10), Callaspo (3).

Tampa Bay .003 010 006—10 11 0 Baltimore . . .401 100 000—6 13 0 Ro.Hernandez, C.Ramos (3), Al.Torres (5), Lueke (9) and J.Molina, Lobaton; Jurrjens, Tom.Hunter (6), Matusz (8), Ji.Johnson (9), O'Day (9) and Wieters.

W_Al.Torres 1-0. L_Ji.Johnson 1-4.

HRs_Tampa Bay, Joyce (7), K.Johnson

L10 7-3 5-5 4-6 8-2 5-5

Str Home Away W-2 15-9 12-7 W-4 13-10 13-7 L-4 9-10 14-9 W-2 14-8 8-12 L-2 9-12 8-14

L10 7-3 4-6 3-7 6-4 4-6

Str Home Away W-3 13-8 11-9 L-1 13-7 10-11 L-1 10-8 10-10 L-1 8-9 11-13 L-4 9-12 9-9

L10 8-2 3-7 5-5 5-5 3-7

Str Home Away W-1 13-5 15-10 W-1 11-10 10-12 L-2 11-9 9-14 W-1 9-13 7-14 W-1 6-16 6-15

L10 5-5 5-5 5-5 3-7 1-9

Str Home Away W-2 11-5 13-13 L-1 12-9 11-11 L-1 10-12 10-11 L-1 9-12 7-12 L-7 5-16 6-16

L10 7-3 8-2 7-3 6-4 2-8

Str Home Away L-1 13-8 14-7 W-1 16-6 10-11 L-1 14-9 11-9 W-1 10-13 8-11 W-1 10-11 7-13

L10 7-3 5-5 4-6 5-5 4-6

Str W-4 L-2 W-2 W-1 L-2

Home Away 12-11 13-7 15-7 9-12 13-8 10-12 11-10 8-13 11-13 6-11

(7). Baltimore, A.Jones (6), C.Davis (12).

Boston . . . . .301 030 401—12 13 0 Minnesota . .010 130 000—5 12 0 Dempster, Mortensen (5), Breslow (6), A.Wilson (8) and Lavarnway; Diamond, Swarzak (5), Fien (7), Pressly (8) and Doumit. W_Breslow 1-0. L_Diamond 3-4.

HRs_Boston, D.Ortiz 2 (7), Nava (6).

Detroit . . . . .002 000 000—2 7 2 Texas . . . . . .132 001 00x—7 13 0 Ani.Sanchez, Smyly (3), Coke (7) and Avila; Grimm, Kirkman (7), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and Chirinos. W_Grimm 3-3.

L_Ani.Sanchez 4-4.HRs_Texas, Moreland (10).

INTERLEAGUE Houston . . .000 01001002—4 10 0 Pittsburgh . .100 00100000—2 9 0 (11 innings) Bedard, E.Gonzalez (7), W.Wright (7), Cisnero (7), Veras (11) and J.Castro; A.J.Burnett, Melancon (8), Grilli (9), Morris (10) and R.Martin. W_Cisnero 1-0.

L_Morris 1-2. Sv_Veras (6).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati . .030 001 042—10 16 0 Philadelphia 000 000 000—0 6 0 Arroyo, Simon (8) and Hanigan; K.Kendrick, Rosenberg (7), Horst (8), Aumont (8), Durbin (9) and Kratz.

W_Arroyo 4-4. L_K.Kendrick 4-2.

HRs_Cincinnati, Hanigan (1), Votto (6).

NewYork . . .000 000 002—2 9 1 Chicago . . . .000 410 03x—8 11 1 Hefner, Carson (5), McHugh (7) and Buck; Feldman, Russell (7), H.Rondon (9) and Castillo. W_Feldman 4-3. L_Hefner 05. HRs_New York, Ankiel (2). Chicago, Rizzo (10), Schierholtz (5).

Los Angeles 000 100 000—1 2 0 Atlanta . . . . .000 000 03x—3 7 1 Capuano, Jansen (8) and Federowicz; Medlen, Gearrin (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann. W_Gearrin 1-0. L_Jansen 1-2.

Sv_Kimbrel (13). HRs_Atlanta, Gattis (8), Simmons (5).

Arizona . . . .100 000 000—1 4 0 Miami . . . . . .000 000 000—0 3 0 McCarthy and M.Montero; Koehler, Webb (7), M.Dunn (8), Cishek (9) and Brantly. W_McCarthy 1-3. L_Koehler 0-2.

HRs_Arizona, G.Parra (4).

Milwaukee .003010 000 2—6 13 0 St. Louis . . .020002 000 0—4 10 0 (10 innings) Estrada, Mic.Gonzalez (6), Badenhop (6), Kintzler (7), Axford (8), Henderson (10) and Lucroy; Lynn, Salas (6), Ca.Martinez (7), Rosenthal (8), Mujica (9), J.Kelly (10) and Y.Molina. W_Axford 1-3. L_J.Kelly 0-2.

Sv_Henderson (8).

San Francisco010000 010—2 10 3 Colorado . . .003 120 13x—10 14 0 Lincecum, Machi (6), Kontos (8) and Posey; Chatwood, Outman (6), W.Lopez (8) and W.Rosario. W_Chatwood 2-0.

3-3. HRs_Colorado, L_Lincecum W.Rosario (9).

Washington .000 001 000—1 4 1 San Diego . .010 000 01x—2 7 1 Zimmermann and K.Suzuki; Stults, Street (9) and Jo.Baker. W_Stults 4-3.

L_Zimmermann 7-2. Sv_Street (10).

HRs_San Diego, Alonso (5).

Midwest League At A Glance Eastern Division Bowling Green (Rays) South Bend (D’Backs) Fort Wayne (Padres) West Michigan (Tigers) Lansing (Blue Jays) Dayton (Reds) Lake County (Indians) Great Lakes (Dodgers) Western Division

W 26 24 24 18 16 16 14 14

L 14 15 16 21 23 26 25 27

Pct. GB .650 — .615 1½ .600 2 .462 7½ .410 9½ .381 11 .35911½ .34112½

W 28 23 23 21 20 20 19 14

L 13 18 18 20 20 20 20 24

Pct. GB .683 — .561 5 .561 5 .512 7 .500 7½ .500 7½ .487 8 .36812½

Cedar Rapids (Twins) Beloit (Athletics) Quad Cities (Astros) Clinton (Mariners) Kane County (Cubs) Peoria (Cardinals) Wisconsin (Brewers) Burlington (Angels) Saturday's Games Kane County 4, Cedar Rapids 0 Dayton 6, South Bend 3, 1st game Lake County 3, Fort Wayne 2 West Michigan 8, Bowling Green 1 Lansing 9, Great Lakes 2 Burlington 6, Wisconsin 5, 11 innings Clinton 10, Peoria 7 Beloit 5, Quad Cities 3 Dayton 3, South Bend 1, 2nd game Sunday's Games Bowling Green at West Michigan, 1 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Lake County, 1:30 p.m.

Bowling Green 0, West Michigan 0, tie, 1 innings, comp. of susp. game Dayton at South Bend, 2:05 p.m.

Great Lakes at Lansing, 2:05 p.m.

Wisconsin at Burlington, 3 p.m.

Beloit at Quad Cities, 3 p.m.

Clinton at Peoria, 3 p.m.

Kane County at Cedar Rapids, 3:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Dayton at South Bend, 10:35 a.m.

Bowling Green at West Michigan, 11 a.m.

Beloit at Quad Cities, 12 p.m.

Clinton at Peoria, 12 p.m.

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING Noon NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 Bump Day 2 p.m. SPEED — ARCA, Menards 200, at Toledo, Ohio 4 p.m. SPEED — Australian V8 Supercars, Austin 400, at Austin, Texas 8 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Kansas Nationals, at Topeka, Kan. (same-day tape) COLLEGE SOFTBALL 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 6, teams TBD 6 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 7, teams TBD (if necessary) CYCLING 1 p.m. NBC — Tour of California, final stage, San Francisco to Santa Rosa, Calif.

6:30 p.m. NBCSN — Tour of California, final stage, San Francisco to Santa Rosa, Calif. (same-day tape) EXTREME SPORTS 10 a.m. ESPN — X Games, at Barcelona, Spain GOLF 5 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Volvo World Match Play Championship, semifinal and championship matches, at Kavarna, Bulgaria 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, final round, at Irving, Texas 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, final round, at Irving, Texas TGC — Web.com Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, final round, at Greer, S.C. 5 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Mobile Bay Classic, final round, at Mobile, Ala. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. FSN — Cincinnati at Florida TBS — L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta 2:10 p.m. WGN — N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs 8 p.m. ESPN — Detroit at Texas MOTORSPORTS 8 a.m. SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, French Grand Prix, at Le Mans, France Noon SPEED — MotoGP Moto2, French Grand Prix, at Le Mans, France (same-day tape) NBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. ABC — Playoffs, conference finals, game 1, Memphis at San Antonio NHL HOCKEY 3 p.m. NBC — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 2, N.Y. Rangers at Boston 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Pittsburgh at Ottawa SOCCER 10:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, teams TBA 1:10 p.m. ESPN2 — MLS, Los Angeles at New York Kane County at Cedar Rapids, 1:05 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Lake County, 6:30 p.m.

Great Lakes at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.

Wisconsin at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Scores Boy's Baseball Division I Region 4-Cincinnati Second Round Loveland 6, Kings Mills Kings 2 W. Carrollton at Lebanon, ppd to Monday.

Division II Region 7-Zanesville District Semifinal Cadiz Harrison Cent. 8, Carrollton 7 Division III Region 11-Chillicothe Second Round Crooksville 4, Chillicothe Southeastern 2 Frankfort Adena 3, Williamsport Westfall 2, 8 innings Ironton Rock Hill 2, Portsmouth 1 Oak Hill 2, Ironton 1 Piketon 3, Lynchburg-Clay 0 Portsmouth W. 1, S. Point 0 Pomeroy Meigs 14, Wellston 2 Sardinia Eastern 2, McDermott Scioto NW 0 Wheelersburg 8, Minford 1 Division IV Region 15-Lancaster District Semifinal Mowrystown Whiteoak 1, Glouster Trimble 0 Portsmouth Notre Dame 9, Reedsville Eastern 3 Racine Southern 6, Leesburg Fairfield 5 Saturday's Scores Softball Division II Region 7-Pickerington Second Round Circleville 7, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 4 Greenfield McClain 5, New Lexington 4, 10 innings Jackson 7, S. Point 1 Vincent Warren 10, Marietta 0 Division II Region 8-Mason Second Round Chillicothe Unioto 7, Athens 1 Lancaster Fairfield Union 4, Hillsboro 3 Waverly 8, Gallipolis Gallia 2 Division III Second Round Region 9-Massillon Garfield Hts.Trinity 12, Cle. Cent. Cath. 1 Division III Region 11-Lancaster Second Round Piketon 5, Sardinia Eastern 4 Wheelersburg 9, Pomeroy Meigs 1 Division IV Region 15-Pickerington Second Round Beaver Eastern 18, Portsmouth Sciotoville 7 Leesburg Fairfield 8, Franklin Furnace Green 5 Mowrystown Whiteoak 1, Portsmouth Notre Dame 0 Portsmouth Clay 15, New Boston Glenwood 1 Racine Southern 6, Glouster Trimble 4 Reedsville Eastern 12, Crown City S. Gallia 4 Waterford at Stewart Federal Hocking, ppd to Monday.

Willow Wood Symmes Valley 12, Crooksville 4

HOCKEY NHL Playoff Glance All Times EDT CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1

Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh leads series 2-0 Sunday, May 19: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh at Ottawa. 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 24: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD Boston vs. N.Y. Rangers Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT, Boston leads series 1-0 Sunday, May 19: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston TBD x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. Detroit Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1, series tied 1-1 Monday, May 20: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, TBD x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD Los Angeles vs. San Jose Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3, Los Angeles leads series 2-0 Saturday, May 18: Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21: Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m. x-Thursday, May 23: San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

BASKETBALL NBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 6: Chicago 93, Miami 86 Wednesday, May 8: Miami 115, Chicago 78 Friday, May 10: Miami 104, Chicago 94 Monday, May 13: Miami 88, Chicago 65 Wednesday, May 15: Miami 94, Chicago 91 Indiana 4, NewYork 2 Sunday, May 5: Indiana 102, New York 95 Tuesday, May 7: New York 105, Indiana 79 Saturday, May 11: Indiana 82, New York 71 Tuesday, May 14: Indiana 93, New York 82 Thursday, May 16: NewYork 85, Indiana 75 Saturday, May 18: Indiana 106, New York 99 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Golden State 2 Monday, May 6: San Antonio 129, Golden State 127, 2OT Wednesday, May 8: Golden St.100, San Antonio 91 Friday, May 10: San Antonio 102, Golden State 92

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Sunday, May 12: Golden State 97, San Antonio 87, OT Tuesday, May 14: San Antonio 109, Golden State 91 Thursday, May 16: San Antonio 94, Golden State 82 Memphis 4, Oklahoma City 1 Sunday, May 5: Oklahoma City 93, Memphis 91 Tuesday, May 7: Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93 Saturday, May 11: Memphis 87, Oklahoma City 81 Monday, May 13: Memphis 103, Oklahoma City 97, OT Wednesday, May 15: Memphis 88, Oklahoma City 84 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Indiana Wednesday, May 22: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 26: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 28: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 1: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 3: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio vs. Memphis Sunday, May 19: Memphis at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 25: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Monday, May 27: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 29: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Friday, May 31: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 2: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup-Sprint Showdown Results Saturday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 40 laps, 150 rating, 0 points, $50,915.

2. (4) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 40, 120, 0, $40,915.

3. (6) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 40, 97.2, 0, $36,640.

4.(8) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 40, 102.5, 0, $34,540.

5. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 40, 110.8, 0, $33,540.

6. (3) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 40, 98.6, 0, $31,540.

7. (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, 40, 87, 0, $30,540.

8. (18) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 40, 75.5, 0, $29,940.

9. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 40, 78.8, 0, $29,440.

10. (5) Casey Mears, Ford, 40, 78.3, 0, $29,190.

11. (16) David Reutimann, Toyota, 40, 62.3, 0, $28,915.

12. (11) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 40, 62.6, 0, $28,640.

13. (14) David Gilliland, Ford, 40, 65.4, 0, $28,390.

14.(15) Michael McDowell, Ford, 40, 51, 0, $28,290.

15. (22) David Stremme, Toyota, 40, 45.2, 0, $28,190.

16. (10) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 40, 48.7, 0, $28,090.

17. (17) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 40, 43.5, 0, $27,990.

18. (21) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 40, 34.5, 0, $27,890.

19. (23) Brian Keselowski, Toyota, 36, 28.4, 0, $27,790.

20. (9) J.J.Yeley, Chevrolet, overheating, 27, 52.3, 0, $27,690.

21. (19) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, brakes, 24, 36.5, 0, $27,565.

22. (13) Scott Riggs, Ford, vibration, 15, 32.2, 0, $27,440.

23.(20) Timmy Hill, Ford, overheating, 6, 28.5, 0, $27,336.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 138.196 mph.

Time of Race: 0 hours, 26 minutes, 3 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.226 seconds.

Caution Flags: 1 for 0 laps.

Lead Changes: 1 among 1 driver.

Lap Leaders: J.McMurray 1-40.

GOLF PGA-Byron Nelson Scores Saturday At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70 Third Round Keegan Bradley ............60-69-68—197 Sang-Moon Bae ...........66-66-66—198 Tom Gillis.......................69-63-67—199 Scott Piercy...................66-68-66—200 Gary Woodland.............69-65-68—202 Harris English ...............64-70-68—202 John Huh.......................69-64-69—202 Charl Schwartzel ..........63-70-69—202 Nathan Green...............67-68-68—203 D.A. Points.....................69-68-67—204 LPGA-Mobile Bay Classic Scores Saturday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, The Crossings Mobile, Ala. Purse: $1.2 million Yardage: 6,521; Par: 72 Third Round Chella Choi ...................67-66-66—199 Anna Nordqvist.............73-66-61—200 Jessica Korda ...............66-65-69—200 Karrie Webb..................69-63-69—201 Jennifer Johnson ..........67-70-65—202 Stacy Lewis...................70-70-63—203 Sydnee Michaels..........72-62-69—203 Eun-Hee Ji....................65-72-67—204 Nicole Castrale .............67-69-68—204 Ariya Jutanugarn ..........69-66-69—204 Miami Shores Ladies Nine-hole League Gross, Net, Putts May 14 First Flight M. Fry..................................................52 J. Rhoden ...........................................40 J. Rodenberg......................................17 Second Flight B. Walton ............................................57 P. Halterman.......................................44 C.Young..............................................18 Third Flight L. Newbright .......................................54 C. Bright..............................................39 J. Crego ..............................................16 Fourth Flight J. McDonald .......................................62 C. Kreider............................................41 A. Overholser .....................................21

■ NHL

Wings even up series CHICAGO (AP) — In case they weren’t aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they’re going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit.

The Red Wings hammered home that message on Saturday.

Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and Detroit beat the Blackhawks 4-1 in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series.

It was a strong response by the Red Wings after Chicago handled them easily in the series opener, 4-1.

“We’ve got a real good club now,” Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. “And we haven’t been good all year. We’ve just gotten better.”

Their confidence got a big jolt after they knocked off the Presidents’ Trophy winners and avoided falling into a deep hole. It was another big win by a team that finished seventh in the conference, only to knock off secondseeded Anaheim in the first round.

Now, they’re even with a team that’s been rolling along all season and is eyeing its second Stanley Cup in four years.

“Both teams would be stupid if they thought they were going to come in here and either team win four straight,” Chicago’s Brent Seabrook said.

Just as the Blackhawks did in Game 1, Detroit took control in the second period and put the game away in the third. Now, the Red Wings have a chance to take the lead when this series between Original Six rivals shifts to Detroit for Game 3 on Monday.

“Overall, I think we had more energy,” the Red Wings’ Henrik Zetterberg said. “We did a lot of the little things better than we did in Game 1 and when we got our chances we were able to put the puck in the net.”

Patrick Kane gave Chicago a 1-0 lead late in the first, but did things ever change after that.

■ NBA

Pacers oust Knicks INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lance Stephenson scored nine of his playoff career-high 23 points during a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004.

The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a concussion.

Next up is a rematch with Miami, the team that eliminated Indiana last season. Game 1 will be Wednesday at Miami.

Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points and Iman Shumpert had 19 for New York.

Indiana is 6-0 at home in the playoffs, but this one sure wasn’t easy.

Indiana trailed 92-90 with 5:43 left in the game. The Pacers rallied after Roy Hibbert blocked Anthony’s dunk attempt and Stephenson scored on a layup that started the decisive spurt.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013 • A11

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM

Japan seeking to energize economy Falling yen to make Japanese goods more affordable By the AP Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods from cars to televisions are going on sale.

Credit Japan’s drive to pump cash into its economy to stimulate growth. The extra money flooding its financial system is helping shrink the value of the yen. A U.S. dollar now buys about 100 yen. Last fall, it bought fewer than 80.

When the yen’s value falls, many Japanese goods become less expensive worldwide.

Toyotas become cheaper in Germany, the United States and South Korea. So do Sony electronics. For tourists, Tokyo doesn’t cost so much to visit.

By contrast, goods made in Europe, Asia and the United States become pricier compared with Japanese products. And as sales of Japanese products grow, Japan’s economy benefits.

The rest of the world’s economies? Not so much, not right away, at least. Japan’s critics say it’s manipulating its currency to give Japanese companies an unfair edge over foreign rivals.

Japan says it’s seeking to energize its economy, not lower the yen.

In the long run, economists say other nations gain, too. An economically stronger Japan means its consumers and businesses can afford to buy more goods from other countries, helping lift their economies, too.

Here’s how a cheaper yen will affect consumers, companies and investors worldwide:

• Cars and electronics If you’re a customer of Honda, Toyota or Sony somewhere outside Japan, a falling yen is your best friend. It means Camrys, Accords and PlayStations will likely cost less. And once foreign sales are converted into yen, more revenue flows to Japanese manufacturers.

When Toyota sold a Camry in the United States for $30,000, those dollars were converted into roughly 2.4 million yen. Today, Toyota would get 3 million yen from such a sale 25 percent more.

That’s in part why Toyota, the world’s top-selling automaker, more than doubled its most recent quarterly profit from a

year earlier. And why Sony is back in the black after four straight years of losses and predicts another profit for its current fiscal year.

Japan makes up about 35 percent of the U.S. auto market. It exported 1.8 million cars to North America in the fiscal year that ended in March, up nearly 6 percent from the previous year.

Toyota’s Camry is the top-selling car in the United States.

Toyota, Honda and Nissan receive roughly $2,000 more for each vehicle sold when the yen depreciates from 78 to 100 yen per dollar, according to an analysis by Morgan Stanley. For automakers that sell a larger proportion of their vehicles outside Japan, like Mazda, the advantage is greater: For Mazda, it’s about $4,000 per vehicle.

Nissan’s announcement this month that it’s cutting prices of seven models was seen as the latest blow in a price war accelerated by the weaker yen. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas expects General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to lose some U.S. share to Japanese rivals within a few years.

That said, Japanese automakers now have to pay more for parts made by suppliers outside Japan. And Fitch Ratings predicts the weaker yen will be only modestly positive for Japanese electronics makers. That’s true even for a company like Panasonic, which gets nearly half its revenue overseas.

• Tourism Always dreamt of visiting Japan? It’s becoming more affordable.

Thanks to the yen’s fall beginning in late 2012, the number of visitors to Japan rose 18 percent in the first three months of 2013 to 2.3 million. Japan Tourism Agency officials say the dollar’s rise against the yen is a key reason.

If tourism strengthens further, it would help revitalize that industry after Japan’s 2011 nuclear crisis spooked many would-be visitors. The Japanese government has set an ambitious goal of attracting 25 million visitors by 2020.

Mike Roberts, owner of Samurai Tours in Denver, which organizes tours to Japan, is book-

ing more visits.

“The number of tourists this cherry blossom season in March and April was the highest ever,” Roberts says.

And it could further increase over the coming months.

“Japan is not the kind of place that somebody decides to go to on the spur of the moment,” Roberts says. “It (the low yen) might make more difference later this year or even next year.”

• Global trade The weaker yen could hurt the sales of European companies already struggling from the region’s recession.

In Europe’s shrinking auto market, a cheaper yen could magnify price competition among manufacturers of mass-market cars, says Stefan Bratzel, an analyst at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. It could allow Japanese carmakers to keep prices down to retain or attract customers.

That would intensify pressure on struggling competitors like General Motors’ money-losing Opel brand and France’s Peugeot Citroen PSA. “It heats up the price war even more,” Bratzel says.

Jackson Tube Service announces promotions Jackson Tube Service Inc. located in Piqua has announced that David A. Linn as its new director of operations.

Linn has been employed with Jackson Tube Service Inc. for 17 years. He has demonstrated success as a mechanical engineer, advancing him to the director of maintenance and then most recently serving as director of engineering. Linn is a graduate of Wright State University with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.

He is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for 11 years and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers for 14 years.

In his new role, Linn will be responsible for the manufacturing, engineering, purchasing

PIQUA and production planning departments of the organization. He and his wife, Lisa reside in the Miami East School District with their two daughters, Madison and Emma.

Anthony D. Kelly has been named director of quality assurance and technical support.

Being employed at Jackson Tube Service Inc. for 12 years, has allowed Tony to be instrumental in the development of the Company’s Quality Management Systems. In addition to all aspects of quality assurance, Kelly’s new role will encompass health and safety, environmental and training.

Kelly is a Certified Quality Engineer, receiving his core

body of knowledge from Sinclair’s Quality Engineering Technology program. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, R.A.B. auditor and holds multiple professional certifications including metrology and NDT Inspection.

Kelly is a member of the Hemlock Sporting Association of Piqua, and resides in Sidney with his wife, Sherri.

James M. Froning has been employed with Jackson Tube Service Inc. for 14 years and recently has been appointed to manager of engineering services. Froning has more than 30 years experience in the tube producing industry and served as manager of engineering prior to his promotion.

In his new role, Froning’s

responsibility is managing the engineering, maintenance and machine shop departments.

Froning is a graduate of Wright State University with a degree of applied science in mechanical design technology.

He is a member of Fabricators and Manufacturers Association a senior member of Society of Manufacturing Engineering, serves on the Piqua Energy Board, and is a member of the Knights of St. John. He and his wife, Nancy, reside in Piqua with their children, Joshua, Chad and Alexis.

David L. Booher also has completed all requirements to obtain the designation of Associate Safety Professional.

This respected designation is awarded to individuals who

meet academic requirements and have passed the first of two examinations. This exam covered basic and applied sciences, safety program management/ evaluation, equipment and facilities, fire prevention/protection, environmental aspects and system/product safety.

He holds the position of safety and training manager at Jackson Tube Service Inc. and has been with the company for 20 years. He gained his knowledge of the tubing industry as a mill operator before moving into his current position.

Booher is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, is a member of the Miami County Safety Council and resides in the Arcanum area.

Endowment including President. For the Miami County Foundation, she served on the School Grants Committee. With the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, she served as a deacon.

“There are lots of reasons why I’m excited about being a part of TCACF. Maybe one of the most important is so that I can serve as a role model for my kids.”

Timmer was appointed to the seat vacated by her husband, Matt Timmer, who retired in spring 2013.

The TCACF was founded in 1943 by Ed Timmer. Decades later Helen Timmer added to the foundation substantially through an estate gift.

Timmer has three sons, Bailey, Wade and Harrison.

Halasy joins UVMC medical staff

Hospital, Canton.

He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Prior to opening HALASY Premier Family Care of Piqua, Dr. Halasy practiced at St. Luke’s Hospital/Promedica Health System, Maumee; University of Toledo Student Medical Center, Toledo; and Ohio Association of Community Health Centers, Akron/Mansfield.

To schedule an appointment, call (937) 778-1650.

LOCAL BUSINESS LEDGER

Timmer named to board TIPP CITY — As of May 1, Claire Cain Timmer has been named to the board of the Tipp City Area Community Foundations.

Timmer holds a bachelor of arts degree from Miami of Ohio and an master’s degree in business administration from Wright State University, Timmer’s skill set is a good fit for the foundations.

She is employed as a special education/educational management information system assistant.

“The foundations’ board member talents cast a broad net. Members selected to serve are chosen based on demon-

strated connections to the local community,” said Jim Ranft, president.

Though Timmer will be the youngest member on TIMMER the current board, her experience is already long. Her parents served as positive role models for an aspiring community volunteer in her hometown of Morehead, Ky. As a student at Miami, she volunteered with the Oxford Crisis and Referral Center. After moving to Tipp City, she served in several positions on the Tippecanoe Educational

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PIQUA — Christopher Halasy, M.D., has joined the Upper Valley Medical Center medical staff and is opening a new medical office in Piqua on June 3.

The new practice — Premier Family Care of Piqua — will be located at the UVMC Outpatient Care Center/North, 280 Looney Road, Suite 203, Piqua.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan.

That same day, top U.S. and British officials meeting in Washington reached agreement on May 1, 1944 as the date for

the D-Day invasion of France (the operation ended up being launched more than a month later).

On this date: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

In 1921, Congress passed, and President Warren G. Harding signed, the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.

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Monroe sang “Happy Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

In 1973, Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, the second of his Triple Crown victories.

In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.

Ten years ago: WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.

Alaska volcano erupting By the AP Alaska’s remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

A narrow ash plume extends a couple hundred miles southeast from the volcano, which is 625 miles southwest of Anchorage, said Geologist Chris Waythomas of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

The eruption that began Monday seemed to be slowing on Saturday, but Waythomas said that could change at any time.

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quickly,” he said.

There are no flight restrictions because of the eruption, but pilots are being told to use caution and pay attention, Waythomas said.

Ash plumes would need to rise above 20,000 feet to threaten aviation, he said.

Seismic tremors from the 8,262-foot volcano have been going up and down, but remain at a fairly high level, Waythomas said.

Scientists are not expecting the eruption to end anytime soon but so far it has not been explosive.

There are mud flows, but no one lives close enough to be threatened.

Pilots flying by on

Saturday morning reported lava fountaining, which Waythomas described as rooster tails of incandescent lava shooting up a couple of hundred feet above the summit.

Pavlof is among the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc, with nearly 40 known eruptions, according to the observatory.

The volcano last erupted in 2007. During the 29-day eruption, Pavlof emitted mud flows and erupting lava, as well as ash clouds up to 18,000 feet high.

“Ash is the main thing we’re keeping an eye on,” Waythomas said. “But if it stays below 20,000 (feet) things will be good.”

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Main Street Preschool students, including Brecken Owen, learn how to hand milk a cow during a field trip to Bair–Trax Dairy Farm in Elizabeth Township recently.

Dairy farm certified organic Family shares farm’s story during tours

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@citivasmedia.com f you ever pondered why the cow jumped over the moon in the classic children’s rhyme, just ask a dairy farmer: cold hands. Ask an organic dairy farmer for his answer, and the reply most likely would be that the cow jumped over the moon to clear the mountain of paperwork to become a certified organic dairy producer.

The Bair family has owned and operated their dairy farm for decades, and they enjoy sharing with the public how they’ve made the transition — or giant leap — to become a certified organic dairy farm.

They open their barnyard and milking parlor for farm tours to educate young and old consumers alike at their family farm in Elizabeth Township.

The Bair family’s dairy farm, with approximately 50 dairy cattle producing organic milk each day, transitioned to a certified organic dairy operation approximately two years ago.

Raymond and Phyllis Bair, their son David and wife Annette manage Bair-Trax Dairy, which is a certified organic dairy farm that sells milk to Horizon Dairy as well as “herd-shares” to local residents.

“It’s much healthier for the cows than the cattle that stand on cement all day at a feedlot,” said Raymond Bair, owner of the Bair-Trax dairy farm on Children’s Home Road.

Raymond Bair grew up on the farm where he still milks up to 50 certified organic dairy cows a day. It is the same farm where his own father had 15 head of dairy cows, along with other livestock.

“I’ve been doing this my whole life,” Raymond said. “The best thing we’ve ever done was to go organic.”

Raymond’s son David said the transition to organic milk production is more enjoyable, despite the large stack of paperwork that was needed in order to become a certified organic dairy operation.

“It’s just going back to the basics of how it used to be done,” David said. “It was a leap of faith — well, a giant leap over a mountain of paper-

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ABOVE: Field trip-goers, including Sam and Kristina Stark, gather inside the milk house to get a look inside the bulk tank. work, but it’s been worth it.”

The Bair farm is one of just two organic dairy farms in Miami County, with the other organic dairy farm “around the corner” at the Demmitt dairy farm at State Route 41 and 202, outside of Troy.

The Elizabeth Township organic dairy farms are just two of only 600 certified organic dairy operations in the United States, affiliated with Horizon Organic, which is one of two large scale organic dairy manufacturers. Horizon Organic is based in Syracuse, N.Y., and is the operation where the Bair’s organic milk is transported every other day.

According to Raymond Bair, going organic was one of the best decisions his family farm operation has made in his farming career.

Bair’s dairy cattle now graze on acres of grass pastures surrounding the farm, which Raymond said is healthier for the cattle and, in return, is conducive to healthier milk production.

“We’ve been organic for about two years,” Raymond said. “This way, it’s better for the cows and in return, it’s better for production and then it’s better for us.”

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RIGHT: Phyllis Bair demonstrates how to do the “Barnyard Shuffle” with students, staff and parents from Main Street Preschool recently at Bair–Trax Dairy Farm.

Staff photos/ Anthony Weber for Horizon Organic, certified organic dairy farms must follow strict regulations to contract with the organic dairy producer.

According to Horizon Organic’s website, organic dairy producers cannot use synthetic pesticides. Dairy cattle are restricted to eating only fresh, organic pasture and certified organic feed and are raised on farms where no synthetic pesticides are used.

Organic dairy cattle also must not be subjected to added growth hormones. Instead, they produce milk according to their natural cycles.

Also, dairy cattle must not be part of a genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or cloning herd. Organic regulations prohibit the use of genetic modification, which means • See ORGANIC on B2

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Most teens, tweens seek parents’ health advice

BY LEE BOWMAN Scripps Howard News Service Teens and tweens are basically healthy, but they still face to steep risks that call for regular medical checkups. Too many aren’t getting that care.

The roughly 40 million Americans ages 10 to 19 are basically healthy most of the time. But they’re also more likely than most other age groups to die from accidents, homicide and suicide and at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse and eating disorders. Parents may assume that their teens will go online or to peers for health guidance before turning to almost any adult.

to be their most trusted source for health information. Still, 40 percent also said they don’t like talking to doctors or other health providers, and 50 percent of the teens do go online for health information.

Only 28 percent of parents thought their teens worry much about their health; but 66 percent of the teens say they “worry a lot” about staying healthy. And while doctors say teens need annual medical checkups as much as younger children do, just 61 percent of the parents felt screening visits were necessary.

Other surveys done by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the

Besides, the expectation is that few teens want to see a doctor unless they’re sick.

But a recent survey on perceptions of teen health suggests those assumptions are wrong.

On behalf of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, market research firm Harris Interactive surveyed youths ages 13 through 17, parents of teens in that age group, and health providers — slightly more than 2,300 in all.

In general, the teens said when they worry about something, they mainly turn to parents (67 percent of the time) and friends (59 percent of the time). But 43 percent said they consider health care providers

Census indicate at least a third of teens are not getting annual health screenings.

Physicians in the NFID survey, which was backed financially by the drug firm Pfizer Inc., also noted that teens and parents are more likely to ask about weight, sexual health, vaccines and mental health issues during a routine checkup than during a sick visit.

Parents’ and teens’ ambivalent attitudes about checkups are just part of the problem. A 2008 report from a committee set up by the Institute of Medicine noted that the nation’s office-based system of primary care doctors is illequipped to deal with many

health needs of adolescents, particularly those related to mental health or substance abuse.

Many teens rebel at continuing to see a pediatrician. And it’s hard for them to get appointments with other primary-care doctors without missing school or other activities.

And a 15-minute office visit offers little chance for probing teen concerns about their bodies and what they’re doing with them. Several recent studies have shown that primary-care doctors often don’t know what to do about substance abuse problems in patients of any age, even if they identify them.

Organic ■ CONTINUED FROM B1 Horizon products are produced without GMOs. Milk from cloned cows is also prohibited. Organic dairy cattle also must not be given antibiotics. If a cow becomes ill, organic farmers must rely on holistic and homeopathic treatments, rather than antibiotics, to bring the cows back to health.

Organic regulations strictly prohibit the use of antibiotics on dairy cows.

Raymond said the push to make the transition to organic milk production came when a feed sales representative warned that rising grain prices would hinder the farm’s bottom line.

“The feed sales guy said we’d better start grazing or we wouldn’t be here today, so that got the

ball moving,” he said.

David said he has witnessed the benefits of organic milk in his own family. David told the story of how one of his sons was plagued with chronic ear infections.

Once his family switched to organic milk, the ear infections ceased almost immediately.

Learning the barnyard basics For Phyllis Bair, educating groups from local preschools to the public is a way to stay connected to her teaching roots.

Phyllis shared that she enjoys giving tours of the Bair-Trax Dairy Farm as a way to stay connected to her teaching career that she left to help her husband Raymond on the farm.

“It’s my way of still teaching,” Phyllis said after giving a tour of their farm to a preschool class from Main Street Preschool in Tipp City.

“This is just a way for me to teach without a lesson plan and all the homework.”

Phyllis showed the children the pastures the dairy cattle graze on, as well as letting children bottle feed calves and, of course, the opportunity to hand milk the farm’s cows.

Phyllis explained to the children that the dairy cattle must be milked every 12 hours and each dairy operation sets its own time to milk according to their daily routines.

The family said it takes about 90 minutes to milk up to 85 cows — twice a day, every day at 5 a.m in

makes cheese, yogurt, butter and other dairy products. Each child ends the tour with the “Barnyard Boogie” to scrape off any trails of the tours left on their shoes.

Phyllis then passes out Horizon dairy milk drinks and her homemade cookies before they head back to town.

The Bair family said they enjoy sharing the finer points of farm life with any and all who are interested. The Bairs also have more information about how to enroll in their herd share program for interested consumers.

For more information about the Bair-Trax Farm’s herd share program, tours or learn more about organic dairy farm operation, call 339-3170 or email David Bair at cowsintherapy2@juno.com.

er?” said one young boy.

As the parent chaperones laughed and groaned at the youngster’s question, Phyllis calmly explained how mother nature takes its course on the farm, with the finesse of a seasoned school teacher.

The children also peered inside of the Bair’s 1,000-gallon bulk milk tank as part of the tour.

A milk truck comes to the Bair-Trax farm every other day to transport the organic milk stored in the bulk milk tank to Syracuse. The bulk tank cools the milk at 36 to 38 degrees and stirs the milk three times an hour.

“Just like your refrigerator does at home,” Phyllis told the preschoolers.

The milk truck then makes its way to the Horizon company, which

the morning and 5 p.m. in the evening.

The Bair’s milk parlor can milk eight cows at a time.

Phyllis showed the children how each tag, collar and ankle bracelet holds information about each individual cow on their farm and how the information shares that the cow’s milk also goes to her own calf.

“We need to know which cow goes with its own calf because the numbers need to match her own calf,” Phyllis shared with the preschool group.

Phyllis also fields all the questions and answers from the tours, including one youngster’s inquiry on how calves are born.

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Retired couples may need $220K for Hold of drugs knows no bounds health care

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WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of increasing health care costs, the outlook is improving for seniors worried about paying their medical bills during retirement.

For the second time in the last three years, estimated medical expenses for new retirees have fallen, according to a study released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments. A 65year-old couple retiring this year would need $220,000 on average to cover medical expenses, an 8 percent decrease from last year’s estimate of $240,000. The study assumes a life expectancy of 85 for women and 82 for men.

Fidelity attributes this year’s decrease to several factors, including a slowdown in healthcare spending that hasn’t rebounded with the economy.

“When times are tough people tend to cut back on health care expenditures,” said Sunil Patel, a senior vice president for benefits consulting at Fidelity. “I think what surprised many people is that in recent years, even as the economy recovered, you’ve still seen a fairly significant slowdown.”

Although fewer doctor’s visits can help seniors save money, Patel stressed that skipping necessary care can lead to more serious health problems and higher expenses down the road.

The 2013 decrease is significant since Fidelity’s estimates had increased 6 percent per year, on average, between 2002 and 2012. The estimate decreased only once before in 2011 due to changes in the Obama administration’s health care overhaul, which have reduced seniors’ out-ofpocket spending on prescription drugs.

Fidelity’s projections assume that a 65-year-old couple retires this year with Medicare coverage and no additional coverage from former employers. The estimate factors in the federal program’s premiums, copayments and deductibles, as well as out-of-pocket prescription costs. The estimate doesn’t factor in most dental services, or long-term care, such as the cost of living in a nursing home.

The company’s projection has fallen 12 percent from its high of $250,000 in 2010. But Americans continue to drastically underestimate how much money they’re likely to spend on health care during retirement. A recent poll of people in their 50s and 60s conducted by Fidelity found that nearly half of respondents think they will need just $50,000 to cover medical expenses.

Although many Americans underestimate the scale of medical expenses they’ll need in retirement, the financial burden remains a serious concern.

A recent survey by Merrill Lynch found that health care expenses were the number one retirement worry among people preparing to retire. Three out of five retirees surveyed said they were forced to retire earlier than expected due to a health problem.

“This is a generation that is living longer than any previous generation and because of that longevity they have a whole new set of risks they’re worried about,” said David Tyrie, managing director of Merrill Lynch’s personal wealth and retirement business.

Here are some initial steps to help prepare for medical expenses during retirement: Talk to a financial planner: Experts agree there is no universal formula to plan for retirement costs.

The amount of savings needed for medical care can vary depending on whether seniors continue working during retirement or retire before they become eligible for Medicare.

Pat Mulieri has achieved uncommon success in her 75 years, the last 18 as a Pasco County, Fla., commissioner. She earned a doctoral degree and taught college English for 26 years. She is known for a kind heart, for aiding the poor and homeless. She rescues stray animals.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t save her own daughter, the pretty cheerleader and prom queen who grew up to be a drug addict.

“My greatest fear was that one day I would get a call that somebody had found her body behind a garbage Dumpster,” Mulieri said recently during a two-hour interview at her office.

“I’m thankful that when her time came, she was in a bed with clean sheets, surrounded by her family.”

Susan Trudell died in her mother’s arms on April 15, 2012, at the Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute in Tampa. The official record highlights the valve-replacement surgery and a history of other physical disorders. But Mulieri knows full well what really killed her.

She hopes Susan’s story will help somebody else avoid the same poisonous path.

Susan arrived without a fuss on July 10, 1959, three years after her sister. She had thick, jet-black hair, more than you might expect on a newborn. Pat and John Winans, childhood sweethearts, were building a good life in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in North Babylon, N.Y. John, an Air Force veteran, had a good job with an airline. As the girls grew, the family enjoyed vacations in London, Rome and Paris. Susan’s social life took off in high school, and their house buzzed with teenagers oblivious to Pat banging away on a typewriter as she worked toward a master’s degree at Hofstra University.

“We were happy,” she recalled.

Pat and John had married as teenagers, and by the time their girls had grown, they had different ideas about the future. They ended their 22-year marriage but remained friendly. Pat later mar-

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Pat Mulieri talks about her daughter’s battle with addiction. Susan Trudell died in her arms on April 15, 2012. ried James Mulieri and moved to Florida. Susan followed and had a short, unsuccessful stint at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo. “She was very bright,” her mother said, “but she would rather be partying than studying.

She went to bars every night. I didn’t see much of her.”

Susan married and gave birth to Michael in May 1984. In family pictures, at least, she seemed content. But she still frequented bars, still drank heavily. “She had such a kind heart,” her mother said, “but when she drank, she could get nasty.” She fought with her husband and fled with the baby to her father’s house in New York.

The Mulieris tried to help.

They watched Michael while Susan took paralegal courses at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. She worked briefly for an attorney but never explained why he dismissed her abruptly.

She returned to New York and entered a drug-treatment program.

The pattern had been set, and no matter how often Susan seemed ready to get clean, something bad would happen. “I’ve thought about this a lot,” Mulieri said, “and I believe we missed the obvious signs of mental illness.

Susan was always so up and down. For all she had going, she didn’t like herself. Every time things would be going well, she

didn’t think she deserved it, and then she would do something to sabotage it.”

Predictably, this led to trouble with the law. In 1992, she made the newspapers after a physical fight with a man outside a bar.

She later married him, and their arguments occasionally brought sheriff’s deputies to their door. In 1998, those problems seemed minor after Susan was arrested in Tarpon Springs and charged with cocaine possession. She got two years’ probation.

“She borrowed my car,” Mulieri said, “and gave it to a drug dealer.

It took awhile for us to get it back.”

Susan had back surgery and began taking pain pills. Her moods changed dramatically.

“She told me, “I sit at the bar, I want a drink, which makes me want to smoke a cigarette, which makes me want cocaine,’ ” Mulieri recalled.

But then she would do something brilliant. She could take apart anything and put it back together again. “She should have been an engineer,” Mulieri said.

She was a good cook and artistic.

Ann Hildebrand, one of Mulieri’s fellow commissioners, enjoyed sharing clothing with Susan “because she had such a sense of style.”

Susan sought help through support groups. She beamed in 2003 when Michael earned his

high-school diploma and entered the Navy.

But then her third marriage failed. Deputies charged her with domestic battery. She took up with other men, continued her destructive behavior and, in 2007, hit bottom with an arrest for prostitution. Jail mug shots captured the physical toll on a woman who had been admired for her beauty.

Each time Susan found trouble, word spread around the college or the courthouse. “People would say hello and ask me, ‘How’s your day?’ ” the commissioner said. “I’m thinking, ‘What do you want me to tell you? My daughter’s on drugs?’ But I had so many people offer kind words. We just kept hoping and praying.”

Even the best of families are not immune from addiction and mental illness. The Mulieris soldiered on as Susan continued to slide. In March 2011 she was charged with driving under the influence.

After she died, James Mulieri went to the trailer she shared with a boyfriend. He found needles and empty pill bottles. One had held 180 Dilaudids, a powerful painkiller prescribed two months earlier. It was another chilling reminder for Pat Mulieri of her brother, Bob Hans, a former Suffolk County (N.Y.) homicide detective who retired to Pasco County and died in 1995. He was 53, about Susan’s age.

“He was an alcoholic for years,” Mulieri said, “and when he died he had 120 Valium pills.”

Mulieri believes her brother might also have been bipolar, but it wasn’t a topic for discussion when he was younger. His “selfmedication” was attributed to the horrors of his job.

“My mother would accept that he was an alcoholic,” she said, “but not that he had any kind of mental illness.”

Mulieri has become a strident supporter of the National Alliance of Mental Illness, which earlier this year opened its first office in Pasco. It’s a free referral service dedicated to helping people find treatment before they land in trouble with the law.

“I’ll always question whether I did all that I could for Susan,” her mother said. “But young people need to realize, you can’t just do drugs once or twice. They get control of you. Who wants to die like that …?”

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Cruises get good buzz from new ships, overhauls NEW YORK (AP) — The 2013 cruise season began with a nightmare: A Carnival ship adrift with no power. But in the last month or so, several cruise companies including Carnival have announced major overhauls to old ships and exciting innovations on new ships, from engineering upgrades to theme park-style rides.

And the industry’s biggest splash of good news is yet to come: On June 13, the former Kate Middleton, nearing the end of her pregnancy, is scheduled to christen the Royal Princess, a new ship from Princess Cruises debuting in Southampton, England.

“When you start focusing on shiny new ships with funky, fun, new amenities and features, the market comes back,” said CruiseCritic.com editor Carolyn Spencer Brown. “There’s a lot to talk about that is really interesting and really exciting. I’m glad the conversation is shifting.”

“Product improvement and good PR are positive developments that together will likely overcome the challenges that surfaced earlier this year following Carnival Triumph,” agreed Mike Driscoll, editor of Cruise Week, an industry publication.

Vicky Garcia, chief operating officer of Cruise Planners, which is part of American Express (NYSE:AXP) Travel, said prices for Carnival cruises “took a hit” following the engine fire on the Triumph and incidents on other Carnival ships, but that prices for cruises on other lines “held firm.”

In fact, Cruise Planners reported a 25 percent increase in cruise sales in the first four months of 2013 compared to 2012.

Driscoll said, however, that while repeat cruisers have not been deterred by the bad headlines, cruise-sellers are reporting that “first-time business remains challenged,” meaning that it’s still hard to get consumers who never cruised before to try it.

Despite that resistance, and despite the latest bad news from Carnival a couple plunged over a ship railing in Australia last week there’s plenty of excitement over recent ship debuts and other news. For example, Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL) in April unveiled a list of dazzling first-atsea attractions on its Quantum of the Seas ship, launching late next year: simulated skydiving, bumper cars and an observation capsule called The North Star, modeled on the London Eye, offering a bird’s-eye view 300 feet (91 meters) above the water.

Disney Cruise Line last month announced a makeover for its oldest ship, Disney Magic, with a new children’s area themed on Marvel Comics superheroes, a three-story water slide, updated technology and lighting, and rethemed restaurants and entertainment areas.

Carnival, meanwhile, is spending $300 million to add emergency generators, upgrade fire safety and improve engine rooms on all 24 of its ships. Carnival also spent $155 million rehabbing a 1996 ship, Carnival Destiny, which relaunched this month as Carnival Sunshine with a fiveslide park; a three-deck-high adults-only retreat with pool and waterfall; specialty restaurants and a ropes course, an attraction that proved popular on two other Carnival ships.

Last week, Norwegian Cruise Line launched Norwegian Breakaway, “the best ship in the company’s 47-year history, according to just about every veteran in this industry,” said Driscoll. The ship’s hull bears a colorful mural designed by pop artist Peter Max. Onboard attractions include a fitness class designed by the Rockettes, an intimate blues club, a ropes course on the top deck, restaurants by Food Network celebrity Geoffrey Zakarian, and baked goods from “Cake Boss” Buddy Vlasto. Its sister ship, Norwegian Getaway, launching in January, will have a Miami-Latin culture theme.

But Driscoll added that “it doesn’t stop with Quantum,

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This May 8 photo shows people pausing to look at the Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship, Norwegian Breakaway, on the Hudson River, in New York. The ship has a colorful mural on the exterior hull design by pop artist Peter Max featuring the city skyline and the Statue of Liberty. The 2013 cruise season began with a nightmare: A Carnival ship adrift with no power. But in the last month or so, several cruise companies have announced major overhauls to old ships and exciting innovations on new ships, from engineering upgrades to theme park-style rides.

This undated image provided by Disney Cruise line shows a rendering of a new children's area called Marvel's Avengers Academy to be built on the Disney Magic ship. The Magic, launched in 1998, is the cruise line's oldest ship and will be going into drydock for a makeover this fall. In addition to the Marvel area themed on Marvel Comics superheroes, the ship will get a new three-story water slide.

This artist’s rendering shows the SeaWalk, a glass-bottom walkway being built on the Royal Princess cruise ship, which launches in June. The walkway will extend 28 feet beyond the edge of the ship and 128 feet above the ocean. The Royal Princess is considered by cruise-industry watchers to be one of the hottest new ships of 2013.

This computer-generated image provided by the Royal Caribbean International cruise line shows its forthcoming ship, Quantum of the Seas. The ship will offer a number of innovative features that are the first-ever for the cruise industry, including The North Star, an observation capsule on a movable arm that will offer a bird’s eye view from 300 feet above the water.

Disney, Breakaway, Getaway.”

Next month’s launch of Royal Princess with “Kate Middleton as that ship’s godmother ensures another batch of positive PR for the business,” he said.

Spencer Brown says the launch of the Royal Princess would be a big deal even if the Duchess of Cambridge weren’t following in the footsteps of Princess Diana, who christened an earlier Royal Princess ship.

The CruiseCritic.com editor said the Princess line is known for introducing great new ideas while maintaining traditions.

The company pioneered a concept called “Movies Under the Stars,” showing movies on big outdoor screens, in addition to adult-only sundecks, and “now lots of lines have those,” Spencer Brown said.

The new Princess ship’s features will include an atrium and a top-deck glass-bottomed walkway extending over the ship’s edge, but Princess also offers passengers the opportunity to enjoy old-fashioned fun like bingo or to “get dolled up in a tuxedo and evening gown if you want to have a date night.”

Garcia said attractions on cruise ships have become as important as where the ship is going. “Ships have become their own destinations now,” she said.

Carrie Finley Bajak of CruiseBuzz.net agrees that “the buzz really is about the trend towards experiential travel.” In addition to over-the-top rides and entertainment, Bajak said some passengers gravitate to lines like Oceania, Celebrity, Crystal, and Holland America, which have “have perfected the art of the culinary cruising.”

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For stars, ‘Hangover’ series was a game changer LAS VEGAS (AP) Four years ago, Bradley Cooper had built a solid reputation as a scene-stealing supporting player. Ed Helms was best known for his sweet but buffoonish Andy on “The Office.”

And few, besides comedy-club bookers and his own family members, could wrap their mouths around the last name of Zach Galifianakis.

Then came “The Hangover,” which would go on to become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in North American box-office history. A 2011 sequel would take in more than half-a-billion dollars worldwide. And next week comes the third and allegedly the last of the trilogy of films about friends on road trips gone extremely awry.

Folks still have trouble pronouncing Galifianakis but the

careers and lives of all three costars have been changed forever by the series.

“I never would have gotten ‘Hangover II’ if it wasn’t for ‘Hangover I,’” joked Helms in a recent joint interview with his cast mates. ‘“The effect it’s had on my life, from a career standpoint, it just is off the charts. I’ve gotten to do some really great, cool, fun stuff that I never would have been able to do,” Helms said.

Those include two wellreviewed 2011 low-budget comedies, “Cedar Rapids” and “Jeff Who Lives at Home.”

Before “Hangover,” Galifianakis was somebody making a living as a stand-up comic, whose credits included his own Comedy Central Presents special.

But that success was nothing compared to what would come. “Well, you know, financially,” Galifianakis said, winding up for a Mother’s Day joke. “It (was) really great to be able to pay to get her a salt-and-pepper shaker set.”

Asked Cooper: “Set?” Helms: “Salt AND pepper?”

Galifianakis: “For years it was just salt, just the salt shaker.”

“Not even the shaker,” added Cooper, “just the salt in a Ziploc (bag).”

“So now I can afford a set,” Galifianakis continued, laughing.

“So that’s how it’s changed my life.”

Cooper’s star was already on the rise before “Hangover,” after having had done a number of TV series (including five seasons on “Alias” and starring in Fox’s short-

lived “Kitchen Confidential”). He acted opposite Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd on Broadway in “Three Days of Rain” (2005), and made a strong impression as a maid of honor’s hotheaded boyfriend in the big-screen “Wedding Crashers” (2005). Then came roles in Jim Carrey’s” Yes Man” (2008) and the ensemble rom-com, “He’s Just Not That Into You” (2009).

In fact, Cooper was already such hot stuff, he’d hosted “Saturday Night Live” some four months before the first “Hangover”’s release.

And yet, Cooper said, the “Hangover” series also changed the course of his career.

“The truth is, ‘The Hangover’ sort of equally hit us all,” he noted, pointing to film studio Relativity Media’s giving him the lead in his

first major big-screen drama, “Limitless” (2011), opposite Robert De Niro. “If I had not been a part of a movie that was financially lucrative, there’s just no way,” Cooper explained. “And then, following the success of ‘Hangover II,’ I don’t think I could afford to do four movies where you just don’t get paid that much.”

Among them: “Silver Linings Playbook,” for which he earned an Academy Award nomination as best actor.

“We’ve also just learned about ourselves,” Cooper said. “We’ve all grown a lot. There was the movie and then what happened with the movie, and then being about to go all over the world. I had never done that before … It’s been a multi-faced learning experience.”

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Clever ‘Stories’ explores memory “Stories We Tell” is a documentary about Sarah Polley’s family: her father and mother, sister and brother and the sister and brother she has from her mother’s first marriage.

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Linda’s pain as a comic writers; choosing a script unsuccessful attempt to relationship evolves over by novices for his feature break into Broadway, she fiasco is so tone-deaf time. Now 34 and tackling “The English Teacher,” a a subject that’s so close to from the pushy playfulthinks it’s brilliant and debut, Zisk flounders in Cinedigm release, is rated her heart, she reveals a ness of Rob Simonsen’s convinces her school’s “The English Teacher,” a R for language and some score to the “gotcha!” comedy whose cringe-wor- drama coach, Carl whole new level of artistic (Nathan Lane), to mount humiliations popping up sexual content. Running thy moments aren’t the mastery. Her meta, multitime: 91 minutes. in emotional encounters kind he might have aimed a production. Along the layered exploration of her own past combines interviews, archival footage and meticulous reenactments so seamlessly, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s

BY DAVID GERMAIN are there to mouth the Saldana’s beautiful and tation is cool in an altermythologized. And that’s AP Movie Reviewer standard logic-vs.-emotion, nate-history way, but the brilliant Lt. Uhura, while the point. needs-of-the-many-vs.filmmakers remain so close- Kirk meets Alice Eve’s Even calling “Stories “Star Trek Into needs-of-the-few patter of beautiful and brilliant Dr. ly in orbit around yesterWe Tell” a documentary Darkness” is like fan-boy “Star Trek” to count time year’s “Star Trek” that they Carol Marcus (“Wrath of seems rather limiting and fiction on a $185 million before the next space battle wind up zigzagging fitfully Khan” fans well know who not entirely accurate; it’s budget. It’s reverential, it’s or ray-gun shootout. she is and her importance through the Enterprise’s also a deadpan comedy, a faithful, it’s steeped in Director J.J. Abrams was greatest hits. to “Star Trek”). juicy melodrama and a “Trek” mythology. most definitely not a fanThe rest of the gang “Into Darkness” opens gripping mystery, all clevIt’s also an excessively boy for this franchise when with a splashy action keeps up their routines. erly blended together with derivative what-if rehash of he made 2009’s “Star Trek,” sequence to again show the Curmudgeonly Dr. McCoy great focus. But Polley themes and interactions which reintroduced Kirk, (Karl Urban) gripes and cockiness of Capt. James pulls back the curtain that came before, most of Spock and the rest of the moans, helmsman Sulu Kirk (Chris Pine) with his from time to time to share the characters lesser copies starship Enterprise gang (John Cho) ably steers the willingness to flaunt the TOP ITUNES and even caricatures of the with a time-travel twist rules and the icy intellect of ship, navigator Chekov originals. The scenario’s that allowed the William (Anton Yelchin) does his half-Vulcan First Officer been hijacked and rejigShatner-Leonard Nimoy shtick and engineer Scott Spock (Zachary Quinto), Top Songs: gered from better “Trek” original to coexist with an who’s willing to sacrifice his (Simon Pegg) works his 1. “Can’t Hold Us (feat. plots of decades ago, the entirely different destiny life to stick to the Starfleet technical miracles.

Ray Dalton),” Ryan Lewis, best verbal exchanges lifted for the new players.

Though they squabble playbook.

Macklemore nearly verbatim from past Abrams grew up a fan of like bratty teens early on, It’s clear these two 2. “Just Give Me a adventures.

“Star Wars,” the next space young’uns don’t play well Pine and Quinto eventually Reason (feat. Nate Ruess),” In short, the new chiefs saga he’ll be reviving with show sparks of the Kirktogether, but just as the P!nk of Starfleet aren’t coming the launch of a third trilogy. space brass is about to split Spock fraternal love at the 3. “Mirrors,” Justin up with much to call their But his key collaborators, them up, Starfleet is hit by core of “Star Trek.”

Timberlake own. screenwriters Roberto Orci, savage terrorist attacks by The big find here is 4. “Come & Get It,” They pile on the specta- Alex Kurtzman and Damon mysterious desperado John Cumberbatch, who joins Selena Gomez cle in a way that’s never Lindelof, are “Trek” fanRicardo Montalban, Harrison (Benedict 5. “Radioactive,” Imagine been seen before in “Star boys to their marrow. They Cumberbatch). Kirk, Spock Christopher Plummer and Dragons Trek,” whose old big-screen know this world, they love Alice Krige in a fairly limitand their Enterprise crew 6. “Stay (feat. Mikky incarnations were so notori- this world, and like many ed roster of great “Trek” vilare dispatched to take Ekko),” Rihanna ously underfunded they had fans, they have a particular Harrison out with weapons lains. With his rumbling 7.

“I Love It (feat. Charli to go back and borrow fixation on 1982’s “Star that could prove the mother voice and stony stare, the XCX),” Icona Pop props, miniatures and visu- Trek II: The Wrath of star of Britain’s detective of all drone strikes.

8. “(hash)Beautiful (feat. al effects from previous Khan,” the best that the update “Sherlock” is fearBut loyalties slip and Miguel),” Mariah Carey installments. The action in franchise has ever had to some and relentless. shift as the Enterprise 9. “When I Was Your “Into Darkness” is topoffer, on the big-screen or uncovers the strange histoMan,” Bruno Mars notch, the visuals grand, “Star Trek Into TV. ry of Harrison and his con10. “Boys ‘Round Here though the movie’s needless Darkness,” a Paramount The 2009 reboot nections to a hawkish (feat. Pistol Annies & conversion to 3-D muddies replayed and tweaked elerelease, is rated PG-13 for Starfleet admiral (Peter Friends),” Blake Shelton\ the images. intense sequences of sci-fi ments connected to “Wrath Weller).

But the heart is, well, action and violence.

Along the way, Spock of Khan,” and “Into Top Albums: halfhearted, as though the Darkness” mines that vein hits some speed bumps in Running time: 132 minutes.

1. “The Great Gatsby people of the 23rd century Two stars out of four. further. Some of that revisi- his romance with Zoe

Failing grade for ‘English Teacher’

‘Trek’ goes not so boldly into rehash zone

her process, which creates an even greater sense of intimacy. Her siblings squirm beneath a boom mic and hot lights, worrying about how they look.

Her father, the actor Michael Polley, stands at a microphone in a recording studio, reading in a rich, British accent his own poetic version of the family’s history that he wrote; Polley, sitting at a sound board on the other side of the glass, politely instructs him to repeat a line here and there.

Their bond is obviously a warm and comfortable one, and has remained so despite the revelations that the film recounts. (Do NOT do a Google search before you see this movie.

Experience it for yourself.)

“Stories We Tell” sprang from a recurring joke within the Polley family that Sarah didn’t resemble her father much. Relatives and longtime friends remember her mother, Diane Polley, who died of cancer when Sarah was only 11, as a charismatic, fun-loving stage actress. But she also had secrets. Polley sat all these people down in front of a camera, one by one, and asked them to tell her the family’s story as if she were meeting them for the first time. (The fact that these anecdotes are sprinkled with healthy helpings of dry, self-effacing Canadian humor makes us want to get to know these people even more.)

Because we are seeing the same moments over and over, as recalled from varying perspectives, “Stories We Tell” grows a tad repetitive, and the proliferation of shaky, handheld camera can be a little dizzying.

Even more powerful, though, is the overwhelming sense of discovery, the relief of catharsis, and the rush of uplift at the conclusion.

“Stories We Tell,” a Roadside Attractions release, is rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving sexuality, brief strong language and smoking.

Running time: 108 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

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• Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the • DivorceCare seminar and supChurch of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main port group will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. St., Troy, use back door. at Piqua Assembly of God Church, • Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring 8440 King Arthur Drive, Piqua. Child Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal care provided through the sixthChurch, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. grade.

• Sanctuary, for women who have • AA, Piqua Breakfast Group will been affected by sexual abuse, locameet at 8:30 a.m. at Westminter tion not made public. Must currently Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash be in therapy. For more information, and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The dis- call Amy Johns at 667-1069, Ext. 430 cussion meeting is open.

• Miami Valley Women’s Center, • AA, Troy Trinity Group meets at 7 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber p.m. for open discussion in the 12 Heights, offers free pregnancy testStep Room at the Trinity Episcopal ing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. more information, call 236-2273.

• AA, open meeting, 6 p.m., • Pilates for Beginners, 8:30-9:30 Westminster Presbyterian Church, a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Main St., Tipp City. For more informaPiqua. Alley entrance, upstairs. tion, call Tipp-Monroe Community • AA, Living Sober meeting, open Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at to all who have an interest in a sober 669-2441. lifestyle, 7:30 p.m., Westminster • NAMI, a support group for family Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash members who have a family member and Caldwell streets, Piqua. who is mentally ill, will meet from 7• Narcotics Anonymous, Winner’s 8:30 p.m. the third Monday at the Group, will meet at 5 p.m. at Trinity Stouder Center, Suite 4000, Troy. Call Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., 335-3365 or 339-5393 for more inforTroy. Open discussion . mation.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Poison • Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 Free, 7 p.m., First United Methodist p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Church, 202 W. Fourth St., third floor, Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road Greenville.

25-A, one mile south of the main • Narcotics Anonymous, Never campus.

Alone, Never Again, 6:30 p.m., First Christian Church, 212 N. Main St., TUESDAY Sidney • Teen Talk, where teens share • Deep water aerobics will be their everyday issues through comoffered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln munication, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy.

Troy View Church of God, 1879 Call 335-2715 or visit Staunton Road, Troy.

• Singles Night at The Avenue will www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main • Hospice of Miami County Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg “Growing Through Grief” meetings Church, 6759 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. Each week, cards, noncompeti- are at 11 a.m. on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of each month, and 7 tive volleyball, free line dances and p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays free ballroom dance lessons. Child and are designed to provide a safe care for children birth through fifth and supportive environment for the grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. each night in the Main Campus build- expression of thoughts and feelings associated with the grief process. All ing. For more information, call 667sessions are available to the commu1069, Ext. 21. nity and at the Hospice Generations • A Spin-In group, practicing the of Life Center, 550 Summit Ave., secart of making yarn on a spinning ond floor, Troy, with light refreshments wheel, meets from 2-4 p.m. on the provided. No reservations are third Sunday at Tippecanoe Weaver required. For more information, call and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp Susan Cottrell at Hospice of Miami City. All knitters are invited to attend.

For more information, call 667-5358. County, 335-5191.

• A daytime grief support group • Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete meets on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays at 11 a.m. at the at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Generations of Life Center,, second floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The supProceeds help the youth baseball port group is open to any grieving organization, a nonprofit. adults in the greater Miami County area and there is no participation fee.

MONDAY Sessions are facilitated by trained bereavement staff. Call 573-2100 for • Dollar menu night will be from 6- details or visit the website at 8 p.m. at Troy Eagles, 225 N. Elm St. homc.org.

Dollar menu items include hamburger • A children’s support group for sliders, sloppy joe, hot dog, grilled any grieving children ages 6-11 years cheese, french fries, onion straws, in the greater Miami County area will cup of soup, ice cream and more for meet from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first and $1 each. third Tuesday evenings at the • Christian 12 step meetings, Generations of Life Center, second “Walking in Freedom,” are offered at 7 floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. There is p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 no participation fee. Sessions are Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City. facilitated by trained bereavement • An arthritis aquatic class will be staff and volunteers. Crafts, sharing offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at time and other grief support activities Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call are preceded by a light meal.

335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for • Quilting and crafts is offered more information and programs. from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at • AA, Big Book discussion meetthe Tipp City Seniors, 320 S. First St., ing will be at 11 a.m. at Trinity Tipp City. Call 667-8865 for more Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset information.

Road, Troy, in the 12 Step Room. The • The Concord Township Trustees discussion is open to the public. will meet at 10 a.m. on the first and • AA, Green & Growing will meet third Tuesday at the township buildat 8 p.m. The closed discussion meet- ing, 2678 W. State Route 718. ing (attendees must have a desire to • The Blue Star Mothers of stop drinking) will be at Troy View America meet from 7-9 p.m. the third Church of God, 1879 Old Staunton Tuesday at the Miami County Red Road, Troy.

Cross, 1314 Barnhart Road, Troy.

• AA, There Is A Solution Group Meetings are open to any mother of a will meet at 8 p.m. in Ginghamsburg member of the military, guard or United Methodist Church, County reserve or mothers of veterans. For Road 25-A, Ginghamsburg. The dismore information, e-mail at cussion group is closed (participants SpiritofFreedomOH1@yahoo.com or must have a desire to stop drinking). by call (937) 307-9219.

• AA, West Milton open discus• A support group for people sion, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd affected by breast cancer meets on Lutheran Church, rear entrance, 1209 the third Tuesday of each month.

S. Miami St. Non-smoking, handicap Sponsored by the UVMC Cancer accessible.

Care Center, the group’s mission is to • Al-Anon, Serenity Seekers will empower women to cope with the meet at 8 p.m. in the 12 Step Room day-to-day realities of cancer before, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. during and after treatment. The supDorset Road, Troy. The discussion port group meets at the Farmhouse, meeting is open. A beginner’s meetlocated on the UVMC/Upper Valley ing begins at 7:30 p.m.

Medical Center campus, 3130 N. • Alternatives: Anger/Rage Control Dixie Highway, Troy. Social time Group for adult males, 7-9 p.m., begins at 6:30 p.m., the meeting, 7Miami County Shelter, 16 E. Franklin 8:15 p.m. Contact Chris Watercutter St., Troy. Issues addressed are physi- at 440-4638 or 492-1033, or Robin cal, verbal and emotional violence Supinger at 440-4820 for more infortoward family members and other mation. persons, how to express feelings, • The Miami Shelby Chapter of the how to communicate instead of con- Barbershop Harmony Society will fronting and how to act nonviolently meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Street with stress and anger issues.

United Methodist Church, 415 W. • Mind Over Weight Total Fitness, Greene St., Piqua. All men interested 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin St., Troy. in singing are welcome and visitors Other days and times available. For always are welcome. For more informore information, call 339-2699. mation, call 778-1586 or visit the • TOPS (Take Off Pounds group’s Web site at www.melodymenSensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran chorus.org.

Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City.

• Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at Richards New members welcome. For more Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., Troy. information, call 335-9721.

Video/small group class designed to • Troy Noon Optimist Club will help separated or divorced people. meet at noon at the Tin Roof restau- For more information, call 335-8814. rant. Guests welcome. For more infor• AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 p.m., mation, call 478-1401.

Dettmer’s Daniel Dining Room.

• Weight Watchers, Westminster • AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 Presbyterian, Piqua, weigh-in is at 5 p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, and meeting at 5:30 p.m.

1431 W. Main St., Troy.

• Parenting Education Groups will • AA, The Best Is Yet To Come meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Franklin St., Troy. Learn new and age- Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The appropriate ways to parent children. discussion is open.

• AA, Tipp City Group, Zion Call 339-6761 for more information.

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Lutheran Church, Main and Third streets at 8 p.m. This is a closed discussion (participants must have a desire to stop drinking).

• Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney Group, Presbyterian Church, corner North and Miami streets, Sidney.

• AA, 7 p.m. at Troy Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

Open discussion.

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

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

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

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

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

• Public bingo, license No. 010528, will begin with early birds at 7 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge No. 833, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Use the Cherry Street entrance. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Instant tickets also will be available.

• Public bingo — paper and computer — will be offered by the Tipp City Lumber Baseball organization from 7-10 p.m. at the West Milton Eagles, 2270 S. Miami St., West Milton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and concessions will be available.

Proceeds will benefit the sponsorship of five Little League baseball teams.

For more information, call 543-9959.

• DivorceCare will be every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy Church of the Nazarene, State Route 55 and Barnhart Road, Troy. The group is open to men and women.

For more information, call Patty at 440-1269 or Debbie at 335-8397.

• Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

• Men’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues.

Call 339-6761 for more information.

• A Domestic Violence Support Group for Women will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16. E. Franklin St., Troy. Support for battered women who want to break free from partner violence is offered. There is no charge for the program. For more information, call 339-6761.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• Children’s Creative Play Group will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

School-age children will learn appropriate social interactions and free expression through unique play therapy. There is no charge for this program. More information is available by calling 339-6761.

• Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Recovery, Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

• Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 9100 N. Main St., State Route 48, between Meijer and Samaritan North. For other meetings or information, call 252-6766 or (800) 589-6262, or visit the Web site at www.region5oa.org.

• Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273.

• A Pilates Beginners group matwork class will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Safe People, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, SC/DC 104.

Find guidance for making safe choices in relationships, from friendships to co-workers, family or romance. Learn to identify nurturing people as well as those who should be avoided. Call Roberta Bogle at 667-4678 for more information.

• Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A WEDNESDAY 12-week video series using • Skyview Wesleyan Church, 6995 Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical Peters Road, Tipp City, will offer a help and encouragement to all who free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible study seek a healthy, balanced life and will begin at 7 p.m.

• An arthritis aquatic class will be practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call at 667-4678.

• The Troy Lions Club will meet at 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for 7 p.m. the second and fourth more information and programs.

Wednesday at the Troy-Hayner • The “Sit and Knit” group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tippecanoe Cultural Center. For more information, call 335-1923.

Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd • A free employment networking St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. attend. For more information, call each Wednesday at Job and Family 667-5358.

•The Milton-Union Senior Citizens Services, 2040 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap will meet the second and fourth into unadvertised jobs, assistance to Wednesday 1 p.m. at 435 Hamilton improve personal presentation skills St., West Milton. Those interested in and resume writing. For more inforbecoming members are invited to mation, call Steven Kiefer at 570attend. Bingo and cards follow the 2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465. meetings.

• All Kiser High School alumni and • Grandma’s Kitchen, a homefriends are invited to the monthly cooked meal prepared by volunteers, meeting on the fourth Wednesday at is offered every Wednesday from 57 p.m. at the American Legion Post 6:30 p.m. in the activity center of 200, 5046 Nebraska Ave., Huber Hoffman United Methodist Church, Heights. Use the rear entrance.

201 S. Main St., West Milton, one • The Tipp City Seniors offer line block west of State Route 48. The dancing at 10 a.m. every Wednesday meal, which includes a main course, at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. salad, dessert and drink, for a suggested donation of $7 per person, or THURSDAY $3 for a children’s meal. The meal is not provided on the weeks of • The Upper Valley Medical Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Center Mom and Baby Get Together Year’s. group will meet from 9:30-11 a.m. on • The Kiwanis Club will meet at noon at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Thursdays at the Farm House, located northwest of the main hospital Peters Road, Troy. Non-members of entrance and next to the red barn on Kiwanis are invited to come meet the UVMC campus. The meeting is friends and have lunch. For more facilitated by the lactation departinformation, contact Bobby Phillips, ment. The group offers the opportuvice president, at 335-6989. nity to meet with other moms, share • The Troy American Legion Post about being a new mother and to No. 43 euchre parties will begin at learn more about breastfeeding and 7:30 p.m. For more information, call the baby. For more information, call 339-1564.

(937) 440-4906.

• The Toastmasters will meet • Dedicated Rescue Efforts for every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at Animals in Miami County will meet at American Honda to develop to help 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday in April participants practice their speaking and May at the Troy-Hayner Cultural skills in a comfortable environment.

Center, at at 7 p.m. the fourth Contact Eric Lutz at 332-3285 for Thursday in June, July and August at more information.

• AA, Pioneer Group open discus- the Tipp City Library.

• Deep water aerobics will be sion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln down the basement steps on the Community Center, 110 Ash St., north side of The United Church Of Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lccChrist on North Pearl Street in troy.com for more information and Covington. The group also meets at 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is wheel- programs.

• Parents are invited to attend the chair accessible.

Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support • AA, Serenity Island Group will group from 7-8:30 p.m. each meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster Thursday. The meetings are open Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The dis- discussion.

• Tipp City Seniors gather to play cussion is open. cards prior to lunch every Thursday • AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m. at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp for closed discussion, Step and City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the Dorset Road, Troy. third Thursday, Senior Independence • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., offers blood pressure and blood Westminster Presbyterian Church, sugar testing before lunch. For more corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, information, call 667-8865.

Piqua. Use the alley entrance, • Best is Yet to Come open AA upstairs.

• Al-Anon, Trinity Group will meet meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at • AA, Tri-City Group meeting will Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeDorset Road, Troy.

teria of the former Dettmer Hospital.

The lead meeting is open. For more information, call 335-9079.

• AA, Spirituality Group will meet at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. The discussion is open.

• Health Partners Free Clinic will offer a free clinic on Thursday night at the clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Registration will be from 5:30-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic does not accept medical emergencies, but can refer patients to other doctors and can prescribe medication. Call 332-0894 for more information.

• Narcotics Anonymous, NAIOU, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy.

• Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford.

• Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

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

• AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open.

• AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 S. Wayne St., Piqua. Use parking lot entrance, held in gym.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Clean and Free, 8 p.m., Dettmer Hospital, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.

Open discussion. Fellowship from 7-8 p.m.

• A Pilates Intermediate group matwork class will be held from 9-10 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City.

For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 667-2441.

• Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Brethren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191.

• A singles dance is offered every Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Christopher Club, Dixie Highway, Kettering, sponsored by Group Interaction. The dance is $6. For more information, call 640-3015 or visit www.groupia.org.

• Christian Worship Center, 3537 S. Elm Tree Road, Christiansburg, hosts a Friday Night Bluegrass Jam beginning at 7 p.m. each Friday.

Homemade meals are available beginning at 6:30 p.m. Participants may bring instruments and join in. A small donation is requested at the door. For more information or directions, call 857-9090 or 631-2624.

SATURDAY • The Miami County Farmers Market will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Friendly’s restaurant.

• Free couples date night events will be offered the fourth Saturday from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Troy Rec. Events will include a DJ, dancing, pool tables, lounges, food, foosball, card games, comedy, ping pong, Wii, PS2 and more. Donations will be accepted.

• Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191.

• Recovery Too Al-Anon meetings are offered at 8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Church, main campus, Room 117, S. County Road 25A, Tipp City.

• AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking).

• AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open.

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

• Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m.

• Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney.

• Relapse Prevention Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

• The Tipp City Seniors eat out at area restaurants (sign up at the center) at 4:30 p.m. Card cames will be offered at the center for a $2 donation.

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BOOK REVIEW SUNDAY CROSSWORD

WHO KNEW?

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This book cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows “The Conditions of Love,” by Dale M. Kushner.

Kushner’s debut is coming-ofage tale

BY KENDAL WEAVER AP Book Reviewer “The Conditions of Love” (Grand Central Publishing), by Dale M. Kushner: The child of wayward parents, Eunice is a bright, often headstrong girl who makes few friends her own age as she grows up in the small-town environs of the upper Midwest in the 1950s.

The friends she does make older, independent types with lessons to teach her fill her youthful years with shared affections, open her eyes to a wider, more demanding but beautiful world, and unveil their own dark backstories as Eunice’s young life turns rocky.

“The Conditions of Love” is the debut novel of Dale M. Kushner, a poet and writer in Wisconsin. It moves slowly and gingerly during its opening section when Eunice is a preteen, and it might easily be viewed at the start as a coming-ofage book for a younger set of readers. But by the end of that section, when facts-of-life shocks begin to strike, it turns into a moving, at times jolting, saga.

Kushner’s scenes, like her characters, are expertly sketched, vivid and memorable. Some scenes may go on too long, but they can also be riveting and not for the squeamish.

With Eunice as narrator, the story begins in 1953 when she’s 10 and still smitten with the father who abandoned her in infancy. She’s also in a frustrating emotional struggle with her mother, who lives vicariously through the movies, film magazines, Hollywood stars and their on-screen characters. Eunice wants her to get hitched with a likable new man in town, but that’s not in mom’s script.

“Normal!” her mother says. “Who wants to be normal, kiddo?”

Eunice may or may not want life on a normal keel, but hers veers far from any bucolic family setting of the 1950s Midwest. When she moves with her mother to a new town, which is inundated by a flood, their lives diverge and Eunice is befriended by Rose, who lives a spartan life in the woods.

The last of the three parts of the novel finds Eunice with eyes for an attractive man named Fox. A bit of a local curiosity, he’s in his late 30s, lives alone on a farm and has studied art, one of the self-taught Eunice’s interests. There is an unsettling edge to the relationship Eunice is a 16-yearold runaway when she arrives uninvited at his farmhouse one night.

Moody, willful and unpredictable, as teenagers may be, Eunice is no easy catch, and neither is Fox. Engrossing to the end, this is a fine first novel.

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BOOK REVIEW

War in Europe comes alive in ‘Guns at Last Light’ That epic campaign comes alive in “The Guns at Last Light,” the third and final volume of Rick “The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Atkinson’s magisterial “Liberation Trilogy.” The Europe, 1944-45” (Henry first book covered the Holt), by Rick Atkinson North Africa campaign Fruitless combat in and won the Pulitzer Prize places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke for history; the second carried the story through the a certain wistfulness for World War II. Often char- fighting in Italy.

The latest volume acterized as our last “good plows more familiar turf, war,” it combined a sense of purpose with universal beginning with the landings on Normandy’s beachpublic support and ended es and moving on to the decisively with good triliberation of Paris, the umphing over evil.

The Western European Battle of the Bulge and the final push into phase of America’s war against the Nazis lasted a Germany.

Even though we know mere 11 months, from DDay to Germany’s surren- how it ends, this 850-page military history captivates der, but the dramatic events, the leading figures the reader with the high drama of a spellbinding and the carnage dwarf anything that our military novel and a cast of characters that a master storyhas seen in the nearly 70 teller would be hardyears since.

BY JERRY HARKAVY AP Book Reviewer

pressed to invent.

At the highest echelons, we see Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower’s struggle to manage a war while coping with the egotism and insubordination of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and the insufferably vainglorious Charles De Gaulle, leader of the Free French. The many generals profiled by Atkinson range from the courageous and beloved paratroop commander James Gavin to the parsimonious and universally reviled logistics chief John Lee. The author’s talent as a military historian shines brightest, however, when the reader is put in the midst of battle and the book provides a sense of what it was like for the GIs and Tommies to take

on the vaunted Wehrmacht. There is courage and endurance aplenty, from the sniperladen hedgerows of Normandy to the rugged, wintry terrain of the Ardennes. It was there that U.S. troops withstood Adolph Hitler’s last-roll-ofthe-dice attack in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Atkinson captures the sights, sounds and smells of the battlefield. The odors that drifted over Normandy, for example, combined cordite with the stink of dead cows.

Atrocities culminated in the Malmedy massacre a week before Christmas in the Ardennes, but never approached the scale that was routine on the Eastern Front.

Non-battle casualties take a crushing toll,

whether from trench foot and combat exhaustion (formerly known as shell shock) to desertion and the rising incidence of venereal disease that inevitably followed the issuance of 48-hour passes to Paris.

Atkinson’s accounts of the war’s final days and its aftermath are emotionally gripping, The history detailed in this book has been recounted many times, from Cornelius Ryan’s marvelous accounts of D-Day and Operation Market Garden to more recent works by historians Max Hastings and Anthony Beevor. More is sure to be written, but it’s hard to imagine a more engrossing, dramatic, fairminded and elegantly written account of these 11 months that changed the course of history.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, May 19, 2013

ANNIVERSARY

ENGAGEMENT

Bisers celebrate 50 years

Linhardt, Thornburg to wed

TIPP CITY — Maurice Gene and Carol Lee (Morrison) Biser of Tipp City are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were united in marriage June 1, 1963, in Troy.

They have three children, Gregory Biser of Monroe, Brian Biser of West Milton and Tammy Sherborne of Houston, Texas; and three grandchildren.

He is retired from Dayton Manufacturing

TROY — The engagement of Anna Leigh Linhardt and Morgan Donlee Thornburg is announced by her parents, Chris and Jan Linhardt of Beavercreek. Todd and Cherry Thornburg of Covington are parents of the groom-to-be.

The bride-elect is a 2009 graduate of Troy Christian High School and a 2013 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Her fiance is a 2009 graduate of Troy Christian High School and a 2013 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Co. She is retired from Riverside RTI.

ENGAGEMENT

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Veronica Shores, center, and other Savvy Savers Coupon Clippers gather twice a month to swap their unwanted coupons for ones they want/need at Southeast Regional Library in Garner, N.C.

Americans using fewer coupons

Stanley, Meyers to marry in June BRADFORD — Gary and Karen Stanley of Bradford and J. Timothy and Patricia Meyers of Pemberton announce the engagement of their children, Kristen Sue Stanley and Timothy James Meyers.

The bride-tobe is a 2006 graduate of Bradford High School and 2008 fall graduate of Edison Community College, with a degree in early childhood education.

She is employed at Early Beginnings in Troy.

Her fiance is a 2003 graduate of Fairlawn

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ANNOUNCEMENT POLICY

BY AMY DUNN Raleigh News and Observer

Couples celebrating anniversaries, weddings or engagements wishing to have their announcements in the Troy Daily News may pick up information forms at the newspaper office, 224 S. Market St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Troy Daily News announcement forms must be filled out completely in order to be published. Information also may be sent by e-mail to editorial@tdnpublishing.com (subject line: engagement, wedding, etc.) or filled out on the form provided at www.troydailynews.com.

A glossy black-and-white or good quality color photo is requested. The Troy Daily News reserves the right to judge whether photo quality is acceptable for reproduction. Couples celebrating anniversaries may submit a wedding photo and a recent photo for publication.

Photos may be picked up at the newspaper office after they are used or returned by mail if they are accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

The number of coupons used by Americans to stock their pantries plummeted in 2012, down 17 percent.

After surging during the Great Recession, the old-fashioned savings tool seems to have lost favor among consumers. Or has it?

Coupon industry insiders disagree on whether High School. He is the drop is an aberration employed at Clopay caused by a poor mix of Building Products in Troy. coupon offers in 2012 or A June 22 wedding is whether it signals the planned for Trinity beginning of the end of the Lutheran Church in paper coupon era.

Versailles with Pastor Bob “There’s a lot of discusAktins officiating. The sion within the industry,” couple will reside in Troy said John Morgan, execuafter the wedding. tive director of the Association of Coupon PUBLIC RECORDS: MARRIAGE LICENSES Professionals, the coupon industry’s trade organization.

Garnsey St., Piqua, to Gale 34, of same address. address.

Brian Lee Honeyman, “The industry is not Christopher DeAndre Ann Yohey, 53, of same James Anthony 55, of 306 W. Ross St., Troy, used to having double Bennett, 28, of 1301 Trade address. to Julia Ann McAdams, 54, Welbaum, 23, of 925 digit (swings) either way,” Wade Allen Beam, 25, of Square West Apt. 10, Troy, Greenheart Drive, New of same address.

2617 S. Spring Valley Paint, to Dineisha Shanay Bostick, Morgan said. “That’s a big Carlisle, to Brandie Marie Andrew Michael Coots, deal. Historically, it has 26, of same address.

Xenia, to Allison Marie Peters, 21, of 7120 Peters 21, of 325 Wilson Road, Malcolm DuBois McCray, been slow single digit Haley, 24, of 735 Fern Troy, to Amanda Kay Binder, Road, Tipp City. (increases or decreases) 46, of 415 W. Ash St., Matthew Gregory Leach, Court, Tipp City.

22, of 684 Willowpoint Dustin Thomas Prunest, Piqua, to Rhonda Lee Ward, either way.”

22, of 1173 Lee Road, Troy, Court, Troy.

With an uneven eco45, of same address.

25, of 638 N. Main St. Apt. to Lauren Elizabeth Tubbs, Christopher James Mark Leland Elrod, 48, of nomic recovery as the 1, Piqua, to Erica Marie Chamberlain, 41, of 2480 N. 24, of same address. backdrop, coupon-clipping 31 W. Walnut St., Tipp City, Carpenter, 22, of 1019 Kyle Shaun Kinney, 26, Owens Road, Pleasant Hill, to Barbara Ann Werling, 45, shoppers have taken of 2211 Swailes Road, Troy, Orchard Hill Drive, to Rebecca Lynn Marker, notice, especially in areas, of same address. to Alexis Rae Herzog, 22, of Miamisburg.

34, of same address. where multiple competing Wesley James Eppley, Dean Edward Bryson, Zachary Michael Horner, same address. supermarket chains have 22,, of 712 Summit St., Heath Flores Javier, 25, 28, of 6690 Roberta Drive, 23, of 1153 Chevy Lane, made for some of the most Piqua, to Tristyn Denyse of 29 W. Market St., Troy, to Tipp City, to Megan Ann Piqua, to Alisha Justine generous coupon policies Ball, 21, of same address.

Destinee Christa Karnehm, McCuiston, 29, of same Shilt, 22, of same address. in the country.

Kenneth James Baltes, 19, of 4035 Tipp Cowelsville address.

Thomas Allen Kim Maney, 38, of Matthew Thomas Dugan, 41, of 609 Old Newton Pike, Hutchinson, 54, of 370 Bon Road, Tipp City.

Apex, N.C., shops at multiTroy, to Wilma Ann Adkins, 38, of 326 Armand Drive, Charles Barton Air Drive, Tipp City, to Laurie ple supermarkets and 49, of same address.

Troy, to Aja Leah Sanford, Garwood, 58, of 407 Lynn Malone, 51, of same drugstores, follows coupon blogs and takes advantage of double- and triplecoupon offers to stock her pantry. A lawyer, wife and mother of a 2-year-old, Maney said she has noticed a drop in the quality of paper coupons.

“A quarter off toilet paper? Really? What am I going to do with that?” said Maney.

Last year, U.S. consumers redeemed 2.9 billion coupons on consumer packaged goods, which includes everything from cereal to toilet bowl cleaner. That’s according to the most recent tally by NCH Marketing, a Deerfield, Ill., company and one of the country’s major coupon clearinghouses.

NCH is a division of Valassis, which publishes the Red Plum coupon inserts familiar to Sunday newspaper readers.

The 17.1 percent drop in 2012 is even more dramatic considering the

total number of coupons made available remained steady at 305 billion.

Charlie Brown, vice president of marketing at NCH, attributes the decline to a calculated move by manufacturers to correct an “unusually high” redemption rate in 2011. redemption Coupon reached 3.5 billion coupons redeemed in 2011, a 6 percent increase over the previous year and a 26 percent increase since before the recession.

During the worst of the economic downturn, Morgan said, “marketers ramped up (coupon offers) to protect their market share.”

In 2012, manufacturers put the brakes on coupons.

The coupon values became skimpier, the expiration dates shorter and oftentimes, the coupons were requiring that you buy two or even three of an item before you get your 55 cents off.

Manufacturers also issued more coupons for new products, which Brown said, “doesn’t have the same level of appeal.”

“For the manufacturer, the redemption of the coupon is an expense,” he said, so they purposely made the coupon offers less attractive. “They don’t want 100 percent of the coupons redeemed.”

Coupon shoppers Veronica Shores, 48, and Michelle Morton, 42, both of Raleigh, N.C., have also noticed the decline in coupon quality and adjusted their shopping habits to compensate.

Shores is on a fixed income and has relied on coupons to help make ends meet. She attends local coupons swaps, where she meets with other coupon clippers thumbing through stacks of everyone’s cast-off coupons looking for the ones their families will use.

“They have really started dropping the coupon values,” she said.

Phil Lempert, a consumer analyst known as the Supermarket Guru, said he thinks the discussion about coupon expiration dates and lower coupon values, while valid, misses the point.

He argues that paper coupons, in particular, are an outmoded way of delivering deals to consumers, pointing out that only about 1 percent of all coupons are redeemed even in a good year.

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Q: I often arrive at the store for a specific sale item, only to find the shelf has been cleaned out.

What should I do when a store runs out of stock?

A: With a little preparation and know-how, you can still snag some hot deals and avoid empty shelves.

First, ask the clerk what day their next truck will come to restock the shelves.

Where I go, it comes on Thursday nights. This helps me plan my shopping trips and be more informed. Don’t be afraid to ask. Once you know this, ask the clerk what time you should actually come back. My store never has any of its trucks unloaded until the next morning, so I don’t bother running in to check anymore.

I just show up first thing in

the morning. This is important information to know and make a mental note of.

Next, ask a manager/supervisor if they have ordered a lot of the item you’re after. Not only will you be making sure they’ve got plenty of the items that YOU want, but you’ll be doing the whole coupon community a favor by ensuring there will be enough to go around.

On the morning/evening of the new shipment, be there ready to start shopping and saving with your list and coupons in hand. Should you still miss an item even after all of this preparation, see if a rain check is available. For superhot sales, rain checks are often not offered, but it never, ever, hurts to ask.

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Discover the

Create artful displays

Advantage

Decorate with your collections

MORTGAGE WATCH

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MORTGAGE WATCH

Mortgage rates rise WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but stayed near their historic lows. Cheaper mortgages have helped the economy by spurring more home-buying and refinancing.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.51 percent from 3.42 percent last week. That’s still near the average of 3.31 percent reached in November, the lowest on records dating to 1971.

The average on the 15-year loan rose to 2.69 percent.

That’s up from 2.61 percent last week, which was the lowest on records going back to 1991.

Low mortgage rates have helped sustained the housing recovery that began last year. Home sales and construction are up from a year ago, and prices are rising in most U.S. markets.

Decorating with your collections is a wonderful way to weave your personality into your decor and make your home a unique expression of your life and interests. Here are tips I use to create displays with my collections.

1. There is strength in numbers.

One of my favorite ways to display collections is in, well, collections! It’s intriguing to study the individual pieces of a grouping, whether it’s small flower vases or antique egg cups, to see how they are different and how they are similar. It’s a great way to show the breadth of your collections.

A common mistake I see people make when they decorate with collections of small items is to line up all the little guys on a shelf, where they get lost. Or, assemble them all on a table, creating a monotonous mass.

An easy way to create a powerful dis-

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Decorating with your collections is a wonderful way to weave your personality into your decor and make your home a truly unique expression of your life and interests. play of small collectibles is to place them together on a tray.

If your collection consists of larger items, pull them all together for a huge showy display that takes over a bookcase or hutch. Group together

pieces that offer a variety of sizes and shapes so the scene is visually intriguing, especially if the grouping is monochromatic.

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REAL ESTATE WATCH

Effective and cheap home-security solutions

BY DEBORAH ABRAMS KAPLAN bankrate.com You spend time and money to create a nice home. How can you protect it from intruders without it costing a fortune? It’s easier than you think.

Chris Hsiung, a lieutenant with the Mountain View Police Department in California, says that the best home security involves multiple deterrents to dissuade opportunists and thieves from making your home a target.

Contrary to what you see on TV, Hsiung says most homes are burglarized during the day when residents are out.

“Burglars do not want to confront anybody. At the first sign of occupancy, they’re gone,” he says.

“They just want to grab property and sell it. The criminals know that when someone is in the house, it changes the crime classification.”

Because of this, thieves frequently pose as solicitors, he says. If no one answers the door, that’s their cue to head around back and break in.

Outsmart a thief with these home security tactics: • Using common sense is one of the best ways to prevent a home intrusion, Hsiung says. “You’d be surprised how many people leave doors and windows open when they leave.”

Even an open garage door invites a quick theft of whatever you store in there. If a thief sees a bike in an open garage, it’s an easy mobile crime to commit. “They come in by foot and take off on the bike,” Hsiung says.

• Because some burglars case an area for a target, be discreet before leaving town on a trip, which could alert thieves you’ll be away. “If you’re heading to the airport, you don’t want to advertise it with your car trunk open, filled with suitcases,” Hsiung says. Make sure to cancel newspapers, and have the post office hold your mail, so it doesn’t stack up in front of your home.

• Your neighbors can be your best home security — especially the nosy one next door. Cranford, N.J., homeowner Rachel Schwartz says one of her neighbors frequently looks out the window to see what’s going on in the neighborhood. Last year, the woman saw two men outside a house looking suspicious. She called the police, and the men were caught cutting the window screen trying to break in.

“If she’s home, nothing gets by her,” Schwartz says.

Be sure to tell neighbors when you’re going out of town, so they can look out for your house. Hsiung also recommends using an online social network such as NextDoor.com, which connects neighbors virtually and promotes discussions.

• Lighting is really important in preventing home intrusions, says Hsiung, who recommends standing outside your home at night, looking for the dark, shadowy areas.

“You want the light to illuminate your doorways and pathways to your house,” he says. While looking for dark, shadowy areas, look in your yard for spots with

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Contact your Wells Fargo Home Mortgage consultant for details.

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Display ■ CONTINUED FROM C1 When you’re pulling together the items for your big-statement display, how much is too much and how much is not enough?

Depends on your taste. I like my displays richly layered so they have lots of depth. Others like them sparser, so each piece gets more individual attention. There is no one right answer, except the one that makes you happy.

Still unsure? Pick three pieces that are different sizes or shapes: one smaller, one medium and one larger. Then nestle them together

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heavy vegetation. You should cut these bushes and trees back, as they are a good place for people to hide. “You don’t want to come home and have the boogeyman behind the bush,” Hsiung says.

• Think about using dense hedges or thorny bushes near windows to keep away predators, says Lewis Long, vice president of consumer marketing for ADT Security Services.

Make sure to keep them tidy, so they don’t become a place for intruders to hide. Also, trim back any trees that may provide access to a second-floor

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window.

• Another trend is installing security cameras outside. Long says internal and external home cameras are one of the most popular additions to alarm systems.

While 360-degree coverage is ideal, Hsiung says that a burglar could be deterred if he sees cameras recording at the front or back doors. Even a fake camera can be a deterrent, but it has to look legitimate. “A toy camera won’t fool anybody,” he says.

Hsiung says prices for simple surveillance cameras are reasonable, but technology can go so far as connecting to your cell-

phone, so you can watch when you’re not home, or snapping a picture each time someone opens a certain door. — To alarm or not to alarm? There’s no right answer. An average alarm system costs $400 to $500 to install, says Long, and monthly monitoring ranges from $43 to $58. “People will buy a system and have it installed as a result of a life-stage change; they’re looking for some peace of mind” says Long. However, once they’re settled, they may become lax and not use it.

Long says, “The very presence of the system is a deterrent, and with any

loud noise, in most cases, folks who like to do harm will not take that risk.”

• Protecting your home’s access points means making sure your doors, windows and locks are sturdy. “Deadbolts are definitely a good thing,” says Hsiung. Also, make sure your door is a solid wood or metal construction with a good frame. “If the wood is deteriorated, it won’t take much to force open,” he says.

Use an inexpensive dowel in the windows or the sliding glass door, so they can’t be pried open.

“Any piece of wood that fits in the track works,” he says.

because the room over the garage did not have a door. This has lowered the value of the home. If we were to add a door, could we again list the home as having four bedrooms?

A: The simple answer is yes, as long as the room also has an operable window that is no higher than 44 inches from the floor and has a minimum opening width of 20 inches and a

minimum opening height of 22 inches. This is the requirement for an emergency egress window. A bedroom also requires a closet and, because the room will be considered an addition, the room will require a smoke alarm.

Also, make sure the door opens into the room and not over a step. You must be describing a two-car garage because the attic space of a one-car garage is not wide

enough, even with a steeppitched roof, to have a living space above it. All too often, I find a garage attic that has been converted to a bedroom or a bonus room without giving consideration to how much weight the floor can support for a 22-foot span.

Before adding a door, have the floor joists inspected further by a qualified home inspector, contractor or engineer.

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glue, studying the individual items.

Create one more layer in your existing displays by adding a piece or two from your collection.

4. Put them to work.

An optimal way to use pieces of your collections in your everyday decor is to put them to work.

I am over the moon about lovely dishes, so you’ll find mix and match pieces throughout my home working for their keep. In your home, use pretty cups as pencil holders, plates as soap dishes or platters to collect the day’s mail.

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wall.

3. Find a niche.

Do you have little nooks and crannies in your home that are just begging to hold something, but you’re not sure what? Perhaps you have niches built into your walls, corbels hung in artwork displays or a secretary with cubbies, like I have. Accessorize them with a few collectibles. Each cubby in my secretary is like a little showcase. A friend of mine has hung a display cabinet on her living room wall and filled the shelves with pieces of her collection. I’m always stuck to it like

stands, compotes and books as risers.

Your collections are pieces of art. So, if you can, use items from your collection as artwork. I am crazy about dishes, so I often prop them in easels and insert them into displays on tables, mantels or bookcases. They make ideal backdrops for the smaller items you place in front of them.

I also really like to hang plates, platters and trays from my collections on my walls. A friend of mine collects old soup tureen lids.

She puts plate grippers on them and hangs them on her kitchen

in a cluster, the smallest in the center front, with the medium and large tucked in tightly on either side, creating a triangle of sorts.

2. Take it to the next level.

If your collection consists of small things or items that are about the same size, boost some of them up on risers. I have a collection of tiny enameled boxes that would get lost in a display. And if I massed them together, they would be boring because they are all the same size. So, I arrange them on a dessert server. You could also use cake plates, plant

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8384 W. COVINGTON GETTYSBURG RD. Gorgeous home on 10 wooded acres. 2 story home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 car garage with storage. Beautifully landscaped. So peaceful! $275,000.

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This Builders’ Model is a Must See - Anderson Windows, Granite Tops, Full Unfinished Basement, Secluded Lot with trees & creek. Dir: I75 to east on ST Rt 571, Lon Hyatt, L on Kyle, L on Bowman.

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It wasn’t just your typical ranch home for sale Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a buyer looking for a ranch home. A ranch home is a common type home that buyers are looking for. It is the specifics that differentiate one ranch from another. These buyers, like all, had a list of criteria that led me into numerous homes in beautiful Miami County specific to their needs.

Robin Banas Seeing one 3 bedroom ranch Real Estate Today Columnist after the other I was pleased to walk into one, in particular, that caught my eye. After the showing, and in this certain instance, her how charming I felt her home is and what a pleasure it I had the opportunity to talk was to show. Her reply was “Aw, directly with the seller. I told

just your typical ranch.” She was being humble. And maybe to her, since it is her home, she thought she had nothing special, but that’s not what I saw. I saw something special and here is why.

Her lawn was mowed, shrubs were trimmed, and weeds were gone. Her lawn décor was present, but minimal. The sidewalks were edged, the front mat was swept and the door was fresh and had a simple wreath announcing. Spring!

Entering the home I was welcomed by a pleasant, fresh smell of a well-kept home. The floors

were polished. The décor was tasteful and minimal and the colors were those that showed personality, but yet would appeal to most buyers. The whole home was warm and inviting. Uncluttered and uncomplicated. You could feel that this was a home where a family lived, but also one where a buyer would want to live.

The lights were on in every room, the drapes were open letting the outside in. The garage was clean and kept, the pantry was tidy.

And, I’ll tell you what else, the appliances were updated

and they stayed with the home — an added bonus to any buyer!

This home, as it turns out, was not “the one” for my buyers, but it’s my thought that this home won’t last long. Your typical ranch? I think not, this one was special for all the reasons above and then some.

For more information on how your home can stand out and make a statement by being staged to sell, you may contact Robin Banas, office manager at Bruns Realty Group at (937) 332-8537 or by email: rbanas@brunsrealty.com.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS attorney in fact to Quentin Hoffmann, three lots, $70,100.

Will of Norma Furlong, Alesha Holbrock, executor to Karl Peura, Rebecca Peura, one lot, $131,000.

COVINGTON Estate of Forest Johnson, F. Bruce Johnson, Steven Johnson, executor, Stephanie Kessler, executor to Michelle Holsinger, Swade Holsinger, one lot, two part lots, $83,500.

Jay Kuntz, Lowell Kuntz, Sandra Kuntz, attorney in fact to Jay Kuntz, Lowell Kunz, a part lot, $0.

Benjamin Parke, Kristen Parke to Richard Phillis, Robin Phillis, one lot, $83,000.

FLETCHER PNC Bank N.A. to Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, one lot, $0.

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27.8242 acres, $0.

HUBER HEIGHTS MONROE TWP. NVR Inc. to Amber Barlow, Travis Barlow, one lot, $220,000.

NVR Inc. to Dean Maez, Kimberly Maez, one lot, $211,000.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR Inc., one lot, $30,500.

Julie Zalar, Karl Zalar to Julie Zalar, Karl Zalar, one lot, $0.

Villas at Benchrock LLC to Joan Deptula, Leonard Deptula, one lot, $213,900.

NVR Inc. to Lisa Shemo, one lot, $215,500.

Inverness Group Inc. to Dennis Mullins, one lot, $218,200.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR, Inc., one lot, $30,500.

Carriage Trails at the Heights LLC, Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR, Inc., one lot, $30,500.

Villas at Benchrock LLC to Debra Hoff, Michael Hoff Sr., one lot, $223,800.

BETHEL TWP. Kristopher Riffell, Lorinda Riffell to Lorina Stumpff, Ronald Stumpff Jr., Estate of Elizabeth Jane Nelson two part lots, $0.

Scarff to William Scarff, 6.208 acres, DJB LLC, DJB Unlimited LLC to Matthew Stone, one lot, 0.217 acres, 4.563 acres, 1.879 acres, $0.

0.321 acres, 0.051 acres, 0.005 CONCORD TWP. acres, $45,000.

Edwin Alexander, Maxine Alexander to Eddie David Alexander, Teresa Alexander, 80 acres, $0.

UNION TWP.

Rebecca Gregory, William Gregory to Jon Rouse, one lot, $204,900.

Maxine Ginn to Sandra Taylor, 122.756 acres, $0.

NEWBERRY TWP. Sandra Taylor, William Taylor, Robert Ginn Revocable Trust, Sandy Taylor, trustee, 0.717 acres, $0.

Emerson Branson, Kristin PNC Bank N.A. to Secretary of Branson to Bank of New York, trustee, the Department of Housing and Bank of New York Mellon, Urban Development, 2.754 acres, $0.

Certificateholders of Cwalt Inc., David Paulus, Virginia Paulus to Mortgage Pass Through Genice Hornberger, Jason Certificates, 4.865 acres, $137,000.

Sandra Bowman to Kathy Short, Hornberger, 3.929 acres, $0.

Richard Short, 5.1737 acres, WASHINGTON TWP. $170,000.

Aundalee Wintrow, Harold Wintrow, Marlene Wintrow, Orville Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Wintrow to Aundalee Wintrow, Orville Ulrich Co., attorney in fact, Fannie Wintrow, 48.695 acres, 5.031 acres, Mae a.k.a. Federal National Mortgage $0.

Association to Adalene Schwable, Frederick Schwable. Sr., 1.7028 NEWTON TWP. acres, $75,000.

U.S. Bank, N.A. to Sharon Mott, one lot, $21,000.

Bac Home Loans Servicing LP, James Meyers, Ruth Meyers to Bank of America, N.A. successor, Citibank, trustee, Countrywide Home James Meyers, Ruth Meyers, 1.056 acres, $0.

Loans Servicing, First Frank Helen Lyman, Larry Lyman to Mortgage Loan Trust, ect. to Kenton Filbrun, Kenton Filbrun, 1.242 acres, Dale Smith, Theresa Smith, 0.717 acres, $115,000. $33,500.

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Cheryl Walters, Thomas Walters to Barbara Brenneman, Michael Linda Ross to Robert Ross, one Brenneman, one lot, $157,000.

Debra Hoff, Michael Hoff Sr. to lot, $0.

Mark Poston, Rebecca Poston, 10.10 Lova Mae Wion Keyston Inheritance Trust, Susan Pickerell, set- acres, $350,000.

Miami Acres LLC to City of Troy, tlor, Lova Mae Wion to Lova Mae three lots, $0.

Wion Keystone Inheritance Trust, Renee Cathcart Fair, Daniel Fair Susan Pickerell, trustee, one lot, $0. to Karen Forrer, Kevin Forrer, one lot, David Mishler to Nancy Mishler, $379,900. two lots, $0.

Heather Hess, Scott Hess to PNC ELIZABETH TWP. Bank, N.A., one lot, $46,700.

Heidi Mercer to David Kakos, one lot, $89,300.

Mary Watson to Donald Watson,

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to Bryan Klinger, Charity Young, one lot, $77,500.

Willow Pond LLC to Matthew James Severs, Pamela Severs to Shelby, one lot, $89,900.

Amanda Leonhard, Christian Estate of Linda Long to Jeff Leonhard, one lot, $333,000.

Tribbett, Sue Ann Tribbett, one lot, $0.

Mary Beth Christian, attorney in James Meyers, Ruth Meyers to fact, Charles Griesemer to Dale James Meyers, a part lot, $0.

Hartman, Teri Hartman, one lot, Carl Jolliff, Wadnelene Jolliff to $108,000.

Brandy Branson, Larry Branson, one Brad North, Mandy North to lot, $87,000.

James Henry, Sarah Henry, one lot, Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal $155,000.

National Mortgage Association, Anne Welty, Max Welty to Mark Manley, Deas & Kochalski LLC, attorWelty, Susan Welty, one lot, $64,000. ney in fact to Cody Mills, Gracelyn Deborah Mullins, James Mullins to Mills, one lot, $54,900.

Deborah Mullins, one lot, $0.

Kristy Milthaler a.k.a. Kristy Stacey Cottrell to Chaze Liles, one Osting, Phill Osting to Jessica Jess, lot, $0.

Matthew Jess, one lot, $66,000.

N Rank LLC to Nino’s Gas LLC, Chicago Title Co., attorney in fact, one lot, $165,000.

Federal National Mortgage Robert Johnson, Mona Mains, Association, Servicelink, attorney in attorney in fact to Sarah Garrett, fact to Harbour Portfolio VII, LP, one Thomas Karns, one lot, $120,000.

Robert Bell to Jeffrey Horner, one lot, $13,100.

Bank of New York, trustee, Bank lot, $83,500. of New York Mellon, Certificateholders Blake Chinn, Chelsea Chinn to Stephanie Covelli, one lot, $127,900. of Cwalt Inc., Mortgage Pass Through Angela Rammel, Craig Rammel to Certificates, to Steven Perrine, a part Andrew Montgomery, Natalie lot, $56,900.

Montgomery, one lot, $129,900.

Mary Gladman, Gene Marr, attorTIPP CITY ney in fact to Daniel Bair, Kathy Bair, one lot, $83,000.

Edward Brinkman to Pamela Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cook, one lot, $89,000.

Association, Lerner, Sampson & PNC Bank N.A. to Secretary of Rothfuss, attorney in fact to Hatler the Department of Housing and Urban Bryant, one lot, $29,000.

Donna Spitzer, Stephen Spitzer to Development, one lot, $0.

Charles Sell II, Jolene Sell to Christopher Kirwan, one lot, $245,500.

Charles Sell II, Jolene Sell, one lot, $0.

Dianna Gallagher to Belinda Jill James Sutton, Marie Sutton, attorEckart, Deborah Fewell, Michael ney in fact to Elizabeth Koehl, one lot, Gallagher, one lot, $0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban $215,000.

Barbara Kain to Pamela Locke, Development to Elbert Feltner, one lot, one lot, $102,000. $0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Karen Forrer, Kevin Forrer to Development to Spayde Properties Daniel Fair, one lot, $233,900.

LLC, one lot, $0.

Anthony Husic, Rhonda Husic to Anthony Heinl, Cheryl Heinl, one lot, PIQUA $96,500.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Heather Goodwin, Paul Goodwin Corp., Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss, TROY

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Immediate openings available for local tractor trailer drivers for 2nd shift schedule to be based in Troy, OH. Home daily & no touch freight. Full time positions with weekly pay & family benefits. Must have Class A CDL with clean MVR & one year verifiable exp.

Applications taken at 11590 Twp Rd 298, Building 2E, East Liberty, OH 43319 or call 800-274-3721 to schedule an interview.

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FOUND CAT, young adult female, tiger stripe, has flea collar, in Westbrook area (937)216-6405 FOUND Chevrolet car keyless remote with one house key on Lefevre Road. Call to identify (937)216-0945 FOUND KITTEN, white, male, has collar, on May 9th,(937)668-4603

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BY CANDICE OLSON Scripps Howard News Service Hui Anne and Stephen’s basement is a multifunctional space that does triple duty as office, TV room and playroom. Their family room is spacious, but it had way too much going on, and none of it was working.

When you walked in, you just didn’t know where to look — there were distractions everywhere. The room had become a repository for old, mismatched furniture and storage boxes. But the space had huge potential, and I focused on creating a stylish yet hardworking room, perfect for this young family.

First, I focused on the bulky, broken fireplace.

Transforming this eyesore into an eye-catching focal point was as easy as expanding the width and refacing it with gorgeous, 12- by 24-inch natural stone in “wooden beige” color. We popped in a sleek gas insert and flanked the fireplace wall with playful wooden tiles made of oversized jigsaw-puzzle pieces. The black onyx puzzle pieces provide the perfect backdrop for the fireplace wall, giving it dimension and subtle pattern, and attracting the attention it deserves.

Beside the fireplace we positioned a big-screen TV on a funky high-gloss gray media cabinet. To provide loads of comfy seating, I selected the mother of all sectionals — a mammoth charcoal three-piece sofa that will stand up to the kids while offering space for the adults to entertain downstairs after hours.

Wall-to-wall rich espressobrown carpeting is soft underfoot and grounds the space, while a creamy area rug positioned under the seating area really sets off the sectional. A couple of funky white stools and a two-piece solid wooden coffee table complete the fur-

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Household, furniture, Grandfather clock, Royal Dalton Old Country Roses everyday dishes and accessories, art, Kenmore grill, Frontgate outdoor chairs.

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This basement had huge potential, but it was a diamond in the rough. nishings in the lounge area of the family room.

When they’re not relaxing on the comfy sofa, Hui Anne and Stephen can get to work at the other end of the room. A stylish salvaged wooden desk was given new life with some walnut stain, and we installed the same high-gloss gray cabinetry on both sides of the desk, as well as beside the fireplace, to provide plenty of storage and surfaces to display fun accessories and artwork.

The entire wall behind the desk is made from a magnetic dry-erase board, making it the one wall the kids are actually encouraged to write on.

To light up this basement family room, we removed the old acoustictile ceiling and installed recessed pot lighting. We selected wonderful new ceiling tiles styled to look like white wooden planks, and the effect is marvelous. The new lighting changes the whole mood of the space, and we accented with task lighting at the desk and with lamps on either side of the sofa.

Maximizing the illusion of height at the small windows, we hung floor-length draperies and custom graphic printed shades that truly create the feeling of larger windows and instantly banish that belowground basement feeling.

Finally, to finish off the wall behind the sectional

and give it a personal touch, we selected several different salvaged frames — some painted and some raw wood — and hung them on the wall empty.

Then, we positioned conversation pieces inside the frames — we selected large old white keys, an antique bicycle horn and some of the kids’ artwork. But you can try this idea at home with any kind of eclectic filler. Have fun and let your imagination run wild.

The basement had huge potential, but it was a diamond in the rough. The broken fireplace was a problem, and the room lacked focus — and a focal point.

We transformed the fireplace into the centerpiece of the room, and created a stylish and inviting lounge area with lots of seating for family and friends. The couple also has a working office space now, with tons of storage and some fun touches like the whiteboard wall.

Best of all, we banished the basement blues with floor-to-ceiling window treatments that give the illusion of larger windows, and installed more-inviting lighting fixtures that complement the room’s funky yet functional style.

Now, all we need to add is the family to make this room really come alive.

Interior decorator Candice Olson is host of HGTV’s “Candice Tells All.”

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1891 Hunters Ridge, Troy Former model home, 1500 sq. ft. 3/2/2 Split plan. Gas fireplace, all appliance except Amana front load W/D (negotiable.) Full unfinished basement plumbed for 1/2 bath. $176,500, (419) 305-6233 40065326

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MACHINIST/TOOLMAKER 40047032 (1st and 2nd Shift Positions Available)

A global leader in manufacturing has job openings on 1st and 2nd shift available at its Troy, Ohio facility. Applicant must have at least 5 years of injection mold-making experience. This includes finishing cavity inserts, polishing gates, installing and maintaining vents, and understanding the fit and function of injection molds and their operation. Must also have the ability to repair and reverse engineer a damaged mold.

Applicant must possess diverse experience with all machine shop tools including lathes, mills and surface grinders. This should include experience with Protrak mills and lathes or similar units. Mazatrol programming is a plus.

We offer competitive wages and an excellent benefits package. Qualified candidates should send resume and salary requirements to:

Attention: Human Resource Manager Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership 1275 Archer Drive, Troy, OH 45373 Fax: 734-354-5807 • Email: Lori.Young@fnst.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Administrative / Professional ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Federally funded agency is seeking to fill position of Administrative Secretary. The position entails attention to details, typing and computer skills, filing skills, organizing skills, scheduling skills, logging skills.

Send resumes to: Miami Metropolitan Housing Authority 1695 Troy-Sidney Rd Troy, OH 45373 Equal Opportunity Employer Building / Construction / Skilled Carpenters needed for exterior trim, interior trim and decks. Call 937-836-5500.

Creative/Design

NEWSPAPER PAGINATION Civitas Media, a growing leader in local news, is looking for full time experienced paginators with copy editing backgrounds for its Miamisburg, Ohio hub. Paginators will be expected to design pages for a variety of newspapers and special sections in InDesign while copy editing editorial content and writing headlines. Evening and weekend hours. Wages based on experience. Health, vision, dental, vacation.

Email a resume, clips and references to: jmullen@civitasmedia.com

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Memorial Day Weekend Antique Furniture – Unique Collectibles Vintage Clothing, Toys, Firearms & More!

TROY, OHIO

Held at the Assembly Building, Miami Co Fairgrounds at 650 N. Co Rd 25A

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013 • Time: 9:30 AM ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Irish Mail kiddie car; push type cutter sleigh; copper apple butter kettle; coffee grinders; Dazey butter churn; baskets; oil lamps of all types; RR lanterns; crocks & jugs; sausage press; Favorite round & rectangular waffle irons; Wagner skillets, loaf pan & corn sticks; granite ware; irons; kitchen utensils; pie holder; green & ivory metal ice box; oak lift top ice box; glass mail box; Blicksenderfer oak case typewriter & others; black no dial telephone; Blue Bird gum ball machine; Jaw Teaser plastic gum ball machine; Coke bottle carriers; old drug store labels; vintage cooking pamphlets; comforts, soft goods; table cloths; Mr. Peanut items; Schlitz beer lights & few trays; Greyhound 4’ plaster of Paris Scenic Cruiser bus model from the Dayton depot; modern John Deere collectibles; JD Care & Repair of Farm Machinery, Vol. 2; horse head harness rosettes; feather Christmas tree; lodge sword; etc. VINTAGE APPAREL: Top hat, derby & flat top straw men’s hats; ladies’ black bonnet, flapper hats & 12 others; hat boxes; 3 muffs; high top & other shoes; silk hankies; white dresses, lace pieces & related clothing; NOS stockings w/ original tags, 50 pairs; 12 mesh & beaded purses; children’s gloves; celluloid glove & collar boxes; etc. Waitress uniform from Parkmoor Drive-in; PLUS: Bakelite & other older costume jewelry; cards of buttons; folders of needles; sewing baskets; darning eggs; Marcel kit for waving hair; older cosmetic items incl powder tins, lipsticks, etc. TOYS: Marx B/O child size roadster; Buddy L PU truck camper; Tonka PU truck w/ horse trailer; Nylint Keebler semi-truck; DKW 1000 tin auto w/ box; tin jalopy; Fury B/O boat w/ box; airplane model kits plus toys & contractor models; Barbie (1961) & Ken (1962) dolls w/ case & clothes; Barbie Chevy convertible & Corvette; 2 china dolls; antique bisque doll in denim dress; etc; plastic doll house & doll size furniture; 2 early tin ranges; puzzles; games; Pinocchio marionette; Marx Puppet Pin-ball; Marx 4 pc W/U train set; plastic horses; toy pistols; Knickerbocker Mother Hen target game; children’s books; school slates; fair prizes & more! Great Western boy’s bike w/ leather seat; Murray High Tech Racer bike; 2 Schwinn Corvettes; sled; croquet set.

GLASSWARE & CHINA: Pink & green depression glass; Jadite & Milk Glass spice jars, salts & peppers; Delphite juicer; black glass & clear cabinet jar sets; Pyrex & Fire King bowls; carnival glass; Horlick’s & other jars; Fiesta dinnerware incl tumblers. Roseville Cherry Blossom jardiniere’; 2 pcs of Weller; striped yellow ware bowls; & boxes of other items not yet opened. LOCAL ITEMS: Piqua High School compacts; 1940’s golf clubs from Wood’s family; Piqua & Troy advertising pcs & items of interest; Milk Bottles: Lange’s, Sander’s, Neal’s, Miami Co Dairy, Troy Milk & Butter Co; Wooden Shoe Beer: Bottle box, 2 cone top cans, amber bottle w/ label, tray; tin litho ash tray, shoe ash trays, mini wooden shoes, apron, coaster & related items; Hobart Mfg memorabilia; Syracuse Plow & IHC tokens; etc. BOOKS, ETC: Novels; Civil War; Aviation & many more! VINTAGE HOME FURNISHINGS: Jadite accented fish bowl stand & matching bird cage holder; floor lamps; smoking stand w/ agate glass base; brass bird cages & stands; floor model parrot cage; high back pump organ; organ & piano stools incl glass ball & claw feet; wicker corner chair; rockers; oak file cabinet & glass door bookcase; oak bedroom furniture; blanket box; trunks; Formica top table & 4 red chrs; metal dbl chair glider; 2 lg hanging display racks. RECORD PLAYERS & RADIOS: Floor & table top Victrolas & record players; cylinder & other records; 5 old time radios incl 1925 Day-Fan; Fender acoustic & Stella guitars; auto harps. PHOTOGRAPHY: Tine types, studio cards & cased images; stereopticon; cards; postcards; 35 mm cameras; etc. FROM THE GARAGE: Sparton Ooga horn; Ford brass tire pump; wooden tool chest; woodworking tools; micrometers & machinist’s tools; tree climbing belts, saddles & spikes; HD metal clad NCR storage boxes; receiver hitch ball, anti-sway bars & brackets; garden house SS sink & work table. FIREARMS AT 10:00AM: Winchester Shot guns: Model 12, purchased in 1937; Model 12 w/ engraved tiger maple stock & vent rib & 2 others; Model 97; Model 9422M, .22 Win Magnum cal L/A rifle w/ box. Remington: Gamemaster Model 760 Mauser 30-06 rifle w/ fold-away scope & sling; Wingmaster Model 870 20 ga pump shotgun.

NOTE: Please plan to attend this special event. It is simply an excellent variety from which to choose. Greater detail & photos at www.stichterauctions.com

John Burnett & Family, Owners

JERRY STICHTER AUCTIONEER,

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The basement blues were vanished with floor-to-ceiling window treatments that gave the illusion of larger windows, and installed more inviting lighting fixtures that complement the room's funky yet functional style.

NOW HIRING: Companies desperately need employees to assemble products at home.

No selling, any hours. $500 weekly potential. Info (985)646-1700 dept OH-6011.

Drivers & Delivery

Jerry Stichter Broker Associate of Garden Gate Realty (937)335-6758 www.stichterauctions.com

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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL PROFESSIONAL (Great opportunity for the right person)

KTH Parts Industries, Inc., a quality oriented manufacturer of stamped and welded auto parts, located in St. Paris, Ohio, has an immediate opening for an individual in our Facilities Equipment Support Group (ESG-FAC). KTH is a state-of-the-art robotic facility. The successful candidate will have the following: •Minimum of an Associate’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics or equivalent; •A working knowledge of motor controls, and relay logic, PLC’s a plus; •Experience and knowledge with HV switchgear and power distribution; •Competent in installing electrical conduit and wiring; •Knowledgeable in single and three phase circuits; •Good knowledge with both HVAC and building systems; •Other systems (Phone, BAS, CCTV) is a plus; •Good working knowledge of computers and applications; •Good analytical and troubleshooting abilities; •Good written and verbal communication skills; and •This is a first shift position. Will need to support the off shifts when needed.

KTH Parts offers a very attractive benefit package, competitive wage, and a team oriented manufacturing environment. Qualified candidates should send a resume to:

KTH Parts Industries, Inc. P.O. Box 940 St. Paris, OH 43072 Attn: Industrial Facilities Technical Professional Recruiter Or Email: kth.hr@kth.net

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NEW RETAIL/ PROFESSIONAL space, High traffic location/ great parking, off 1-75 Piqua, up to 1800 sq-ft customizable space, between high end Coffee Shop/ Salon, details (937)418-0707

1360 S. County Rd. 25A Troy, OH 45373 or online at: www.milcon-inc.com

DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $550/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt.

Downstairs unfurnished 1 bedroom, in downtown Troy, overlooking river. Utilities paid, Metro accepted, no pets. $475 plus $475 deposit. (937)3391500 (after hours leave message) HALF DOUBLE, 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, $600 month, $600 deposit, Michael Drive, Troy, no pets, (937)604-1795.

Second floor, 2 bedroom, near downtown and river, deposit and lease, no pets, $450 (937)308-0506

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Lehman Catholic High School offers an employment opportunity for: Full Time and Part Time CUSTODIAN Send resume to: Kathy McGreevy 2400 St Marys Ave Sidney, OH 45365 QUINN'S COMMERCIAL Cleaning Services hiring part time positions Experienced only (937)667-9470 RETAIL SALES CLERK/ PROCESSOR Piqua and Troy OH: Duties include selecting and pricing donated items to be sold in retail store. Process donations, hang clothing, operate register, and load/ unload trailers. Experience in retail and operating a cash register is helpful.

High School Diploma or GED Preferred. Please apply in person at the Goodwill store in Piqua at 1584 Covington Avenue and the Goodwill store in Troy at 1660 West Main Street.

Mechanics

TIPP CITY townhouse, newly decorated, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, appliances, W/D hookup, trash paid, $475 month + deposit, NO PETS! (937)6673568.

TROY, LARGE 2 bedroom apartment, water, trash, sewage included. $550 monthly, $550 Deposit, (937)492-1010 Houses For Rent 2 Bedroom Trailer in country, $375, call, (937)417-7111 or (937)448-2974 TROY, updated 2 bedroom ranch in Westbrook, 1 year lease, possible land contract, $775 (937)308-0679

Call Pat 888-588-6626 or email info@bulktransit.com

Other

DELIVERY TRUCK! This GREAT opportunity comes with SUPER SECURITY and UNLIMITED Earning Potential.

This is YOUR opportunity to work with the #1 Home Improvement Center!!

Call: 715-876-4000

40038561

40037643

House Sitting

House Sitting Services

THEATER-STYLE SEATS, 60 blue for sale. Call for more information (937)418-8585.

TMA Land Limited 40042552

Swimming Pools /Hot Tubs

* Security Checks * Mail Pickup *Light Housekeeping *Yard Maintenance * Errand Running * Flexible Hours *Other Services Available

INTEX 16'x48" ultra frame pool, includes solar cover, ladder, skimmer, filter pumps with timer, DVD and manual, only used 3 months, asking $250 (937)335-9757 HAYWOOD Pro Series, pump model SP1592FP and sand filter model S166T92S, combo on stand, used 1 summer $300 (937)875-0031

Sport package, 2 door hatchback, auto, AC, power, silver, excellent condition, 50,000 miles, $8800 (937)286-8893 (937)286-3319

2008 ACURA TSX 73K Miles, Fully loaded, automatic, with navigation, blue exterior, black leather interior, asking $16800 obo, call (937)473-2596 evenings Auto Classic /Antiques

Production/Operations Employment Wanted

Motorcycles 2007 HARLEY Davidson XL 1200 low, 10,129 miles, black cherry color, asking $7900.

Too high? Make offer, (937)710-2331.

Rest easy while you’re away 937-573-9098 Cell 937-552-9797 Landscaping

GRAVEL & STONE Shredded Topsoil Topsoil 40043994 Shredded

Want To Buy

Driveways •• Excavating Excavating Driveways Demolition Demolition

PAYING CASH for Vintage Toys, GI Joes, Star Wars, Heman, Transformers, Pre-1980s Comics, and much more.

Please call 937-606-0405

2376886

937-606-1122

TERRY’S

•Refrigerators •Stoves •Washers & Dryers •Dishwashers • Repair & Install Air Conditioning

LAWN CARE & 40072136 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Lawn Mowing starting at $15 Landscaping •Trim Shrubs Pavers & Fence Installation Tree Removal • Wood Patios Install & Clean Spoutings • Siding Power Washing Nuisance Wild Animal Removal FREE Estimates 15 Years Lawn Care Experience

Building & Remodeling

Call Matt 937-477-5260

BILL’S HOME REMODELING 40045872 & REPAIR

40053412 • Lawn care

335-6321

Free Estimates / Insured

Since 1977 FREE ESTIMATES on Roofing, Siding, Gutters, Windows, Patio Covers, Doors Insured & Bonded

Call 937-236-5392 INERRANT CONTRACTORS: Why over pay general contractors to renovate your home? Self performing our own work allows for the best prices on skilled labor. Kitchens, baths, decks, roofs, doors, windows, siding, floors, drywall, paint. 5 year to Lifetime warranty in every contract! Licensed and insured. InerrantContractors@gmail.com, (937)573-7357.

Exterminating

BED BUG DETECTORS “Peace of Mind” 40053415 knowing your Free from BED BUGS

• Devices installed in all rooms • Easy Early find if Bed Bugs enter

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FREE ESTIMATES

937-974-0987 Email: UncleAlyen@aol.com Building & Remodeling

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COOPER’S BLACKTOP

#Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages

PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

937-875-0153 937-698-6135 Pet Grooming

40037656

Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns

Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts (937) 339-1902 or (937) 238-HOME Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence

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40042371 Saturday, May 25, 2013 • 10:00am

Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992 Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics Remodeling & Repairs

J.T.’s Painting

& Drywall 40037842

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS • Interior/Exterior • Drywall • Texturing • Kitchens • Baths • Decks • Doors • Room Additions

LICENSED • INSURED

TOTAL HOME REMODELING Call Jim at 937-694-2454

1449 Croyden Rd., Troy, Ohio (I-75 to Exit 74 - east to Dorset, left to Croyden - follow signs) Glassware: Fenton coin dot pickle caster, misc. Fenton, several pcs.

Bohemian, child’s nursery rhymes bowls, grape pattern w/ gold trim stemware, (2) Japanese wall pockets, poppy trail (ivy), pair Bristol vases, cruet set w/ servant’s bell, R.S. Prussia chocolate set, Lenox roosters, serv. for 8 blue garland (Bavaria-Germany), misc. glassware.

Collectibles: 3 dinner bells, Bertha Moist “Owl” (1982), Royal Copely ducks, Jenner’s duck plates, egg scales, gas adv., roadmaps, syrups, cast aluminum sign “Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Trail” sign w/ paperworks (1930s), CVA Derringer (kit), 8x10 B/W train photos, thermometers and calendars (North Star Cafe and Greeting Funeral home P.H.), tin wind-up tractor, battery operated electromobile (Japan), and V.W. early W. Germany jointed dolls, few other toys and diecasts, wildlife prints (1970s Dormisch), horsehead hitches, pair wooden shoes, U.S. plate block album - Volume A (1901-1955 w/ numerous blocks), Christmas ornaments (mushrooms - Germany), miniature oil lamp (Czech), Kitchenaide coffee grinder, carbide miner’s light, peacock bedspread, costume jewelry (some Mason’s), plus more.

Furniture: Writer’s desk, porcelain top kitchen cabinet, white wrought iron patio furniture (nice), Ethan Allen Kitchen dropleaf table and hutch, 2 bedroom suites, (1 queen, 1 single), misc. upholstered furniture, coffee and end tables, lamps, pressed back high chair, sofa table, etc.

Misc: New Invacare wheel chair, walker w/ seat, Repro C.I. toys and banks, community flatware (South Seas), misc. household items and garage items including hand power tools, organizers, grinder, vise, etc.

Owner: Jack L. Winters

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B.E.D. PROGRAM

Baths Awnings Concrete Additions

Concession by Susie’s Big Dipper

As low as installed

• • • •

• Painting • Dry wall • Decks • Carpentry • Home Repair • Kitchen/Bath

40044472

Cleaning Service

Spouting Metal Roofing Siding Doors

For your home improvement needs 40037629

Paving & Excavating

Sparkle Clean 40037557

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Handyman

2 8 Y e a rs E x p e ri e nc e Fr ee Est i mates

Cleaning & Maintenance

Tammy Welty (937)857-4222

Roofing Windows Kitchens Sunrooms

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• Landscaping • Gardens Tilled • Mulching

Need new kitchen cabinets, new bathroom fixtures, basement turned into a rec room? Give me a call for any of your home remodeling & repair needs, even if it’s just hanging some curtains or blinds.

Call Bill Niswonger

Residential Commercial New Construction Bonded & Insured

• • • •

MATT & SHAWN’S

937-773-4552

493-9978

937-573-4702

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

Land Care

40065658 REPAIR APPLIANCE

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40037636 Contracting

1957 Chevy Post, 4 door, Complete solid car, does not run, $3450, (937)335-9353 weekdays

JOB WANTED: Looking for farm equipment operator position for spring planting season (prefer RED equipment.)

(937)503-0504.

875-0153 698-6135

Construction & Building

BE YOUR OWN BOSS

Has a great opportunity for an individual wanting to start their own delivery business by becoming an owner/ operator of a

Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

TANDEM BICYCLE, Daisy brand, structurally sound, needs a little bit of elbow grease, $80 OBO, (937)3356679

Autos For Sale 1993 GEO Prizm, automatic, 4 door, 35mpg, $1995, gas saver, (419)753-2685

COOPER’S 40072242 GRAVEL

MOREL MUSHROOMS, Pre order, $35 a pound, fresh midwest yellow and grays (937)524-9698 leave message if no answer

TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, no dogs, $500. (937)339-6776.

TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. Bunkerhill $495 monthly, (937)216-5611

Richard Pierce

335-9508

JUKEBOXES, slightly used, newer ones just have CDs, some have CDs and 45s in them, some have just 45s (937)606-0248

TIPP CITY, 1/2 double, newly decorated, 2 bedroom, appliances, off street parking, trash paid, $450 month + deposit, NO PETS! (937)667-3568.

Mechanic (Diesel) Needed Full Time, 1st shift, M-F. Tractor/ Trailer Preventive Maintenance. Pay based on experience. Full Benefits with low employee cost.

Miscellaneous 4 Dolls, $10 each, (937)5068379.

2387996

Please apply in person at:

2 BEDROOM townhouse, 1420 Michaels, Troy, 1.5 baths, no pets, $500 month, $500 deposit, (937)604-1795.

Appliances, Brush, Rental Clean-outs, Furniture & Tires

2385779

Milcon Concrete is looking for experienced concrete finishers and laborers.

Drug test is required. Excellent pay & benefits!

Visit www.firsttroy.com Call us first!

(937)335-5223

We haul it all!

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CONCRETE FINISHERS & LABORERS

Troy ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from. Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers.

Corporate apartments available.

BIG jobs, 40037643 SMALL jobs

40037656

40066554

1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

Baby Items BABY ITEMS, toddler bed, changing table, crib, walker, blankets. HANDICAP ITEMS, regular and seated walkers, commode, shower chairs, more! (937)339-4233

40072136

www.hawkapartments.net

Hauling & Trucking

40037636

40066554

(937)448-0714

Handyman

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1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690

1-937-492-8897

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Help Wanted General

250cc, 178 miles, showroom condition, 2 helmets and cover, $1450.

www.tdn-net.com

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

2008 WILDFIRE SCOOTER MODEL WFH

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STORAGE TRAILERS FOR RENT (800)278-0617

Call today for FREE estimate Fully Insured Repairs • Cleaning • Gutter Guard

2385753

Apartments /Townhouses

1002 N. Main St. Sidney, Ohio 45365

40044472

For Sale By Owner

Gutter & Service 40038561

40045872

CDL Grads may qualify Class A CDL required Great Pay & Benefits!

Call Jon Basye at: Piqua Transfer & Storage Co. (937)778-4535 or (800)278-0619

DC SEAMLESS

40037557

OTR DRIVERS

40037842

Drivers & Delivery

MIKOLAJEWSKI AUCTION SERVICE Steve Mikolajewski & Joe Mikolajewski 439 Vine Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 (937) 773-6708 • (937) 773-6433 www.mikolajewskiauction.net

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