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Capsule docks to space station Private company delivers supplies CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector. It marked the first time a business enterprise delivered a supply ship to the space station. “There’s so much that could have gone

wrong and it went right,” said an elated Elon Musk, the young, driven billionaire behind SpaceX. “This really is, I think, going to be recognized as a significantly historical step forward in space travel and hopefully the first of many to come.” SpaceX still has to get its Dragon back next week with a load of science gear; the retro bellshaped capsule is designed to splash down into

the ocean, in the style of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. But Friday was the crucial step, Musk noted, and NASA agreed the next SpaceX mission could come as early as September. After a three-day flight from Cape Canaveral, the Dragon closed in on the space station as two control centers NASA in Houston and SpaceX in Hawthorne, Calif. worked in tandem. A problem with the capsule laser-tracking system prompted SpaceX controllers to order a

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Bill Overla will assume the duties of Troy High School principal as a new school year approaches.

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BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com If starting each day with a positive attitude is considered half the battle, then Troy High School’s newly tapped principal already has won the war. William Overla, the high school’s current assistant principal, was promoted to head principal at the May 14 board of education meeting, following Ron Phillis’ retirement. “I’m so excited,” Overla said Friday. “I have a vested interest in this community, not only with the

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TROY staff and students here at Troy High School, but with the entire city.” Overla said despite the many challenges that face public schools, students are his No. 1 priority and the reason he made education his career of choice. “We never know what we say or do each day and how it will affect our kids,” Overla said. “I know that each day we are here for our students.” Overla said he’s excited about

the possibility of several pilot projects to bring students closer to the city’s work force — something he enjoyed as an administrator at the Upper Valley Career Center before returning to Troy City Schools. “I found that employers didn’t care whether a student got an A on a test,” he said. “I found that they wanted to know if they were at school on time, had a good work ethic, a positive attitude, then everything else they could train them to do, and I like that sort of thinking.”

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BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com A Miami County grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old Piqua man, Travis Lee Gauldin, with one count of murder following the April 12 death of a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting at a Caldwell Street home. In another indictment also handed down Friday, a West Milton man, Donald Pepper, was charged with aggravated murder in the death of his roommate.

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TROY Gauldin initially claimed the victim, Malisa DeLeSancha, fell down a flight of 16 wooden stairs at 1012 Caldwell St. in a distressed emergency call to 9-1-1 on the night of the murder, according to police. He was living in the residence and dating the victim’s mother, who was not home at the time. The child was later transported by CareFlight following her injuries, but later died.

Pepper, 53, has been charged with the April 13 murder of James R. Wolf, 65, of 1177 Debron Road, West Milton, where the two men lived. The incident was initially reported as a “lawn mower accident” but an investigation revealed otherwise. Gauldin remains jailed on a $550,000 bond and Pepper on a $350,000 bond at the Miami County Jail. Both men are scheduled to be arraigned in Miami County Common Pleas Court at 3 p.m. on June 4.

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A former Piqua man who authorities allege embezzled nearly $450,000 from a Tipp City business faced a judge during his video arraignment in Miami County Municipal Court on Friday. Michael J. Wion, 40, who had been residing in Florida, was arraigned on one felony count of theft

and a preliminary hearing has been set for May 31. Wion remained behind bars at the Miami County Jail on a $25,000 bond Friday following his court hearing. Authorities filed the theft charge against Wion after they claimed he stole approximately $446,000

Venice, Fla., from Repacorp in where he had Tipp City. been living, as Wion had prehe walked his viously been dog. His arrest employed by the was without firm as the comincident. pany’s financial A police sercontroller, accordgeant with the ing to the WION Tipp City Repacorp owner Police DepartRick Heinl, who ment escorted has called Wion a Wion back to Miami “snake.” Wion was apprehend- County this week prior to ed by police this week in his arraignment.

Memorial Day ceremonies in Troy will begin at 9:45 a.m. Monday in Veterans Memorial Park at Riverside Cemetery. Events include the laying of the wreath and the gun salute, followed by a ceremony at Old Soldier’s Circle, by the Civil War monument. Troy Mayor Michael Beamish also will speak. The keynote speaker is retired Master Sergeant Bruce Ball, commander of American Legion Post 43. About 100 residents are expected to attend. “It’s supposed to be a nice day, so we’re hoping more people come out,” Ball said. “It will be the same as other years except with no parade and no naval ceremony.” Both the parade and naval ceremony will return next year, after the new Adams Street Bridge is completed. Participating groups include AmVets Post 88, VFW Post 5436, Memorial Honor Guard of VFW, AmVets and American Legion, Troy High School Band, Van Cleve Elementary school sixth graders and other members of the community. Due to the ceremonies, Riverside Drive from Adams Street to the railroad underpass near Woodhaven will be closed to through traffic. In the event of rain, all ceremonies will be moved to the American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St. Other communities around Miami County also will hold Memorial Day ceremonies this weekend, as follows: • Covington Covington’s Memorial Day parade will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at Walnut and High streets. The line-up will begin at noon. Those wishing to participate in the parade should call Joey Meyer at 473-2469, Jay Schilling at 4193054, John Schilling at 216-5025 or Ada Fraley at 473-3331. Those with personalized signs for their vehicles are asked to bring them. • Casstown, Lostcreek and Elizabeth townships The Memorial Day program will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Casstown Cemetery. The speaker will be Tom Brown, retired Miami East teacher and a resident of Elizabeth Township. The parade will form at 10 a.m. at the former Casstown Fire Department building and proceed

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BUSINESS ROUNDUP • The Troy Elevator The grain prices listed below are the closing prices of Friday.

Corn Month Bid 6.1400 May N/C 12 4.9100 J/F/M 13 5.0800 Soybeans 13.5350 May N/C 12 12.3450 J/F/M 13 12.4900 Wheat 6.7500 May N/C 12 6.8500 N/C 13 6.8400

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More travelers hit the road this weekend NEW YORK (AP) — More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they’ll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices. Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, and since pump prices never reached $4 or $5 a gallon, as feared, economists says travelers are likely to dine out or shop more once they pull off the road. About 30.7 million people will drive more than 50 miles for Memorial Day trips, according to auto club AAA. That’s 400,000 more than last year, a jump AAA attributes to improvement in the economy and consumer attitudes. The number of holiday travelers grows to 34.8 million when you include planes, trains and other means of transportation. A drop in gas prices

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Overla said it was his positive experiences in his own education, starting in Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools then later graduating from Northmont High School, which left him with a good impression about education and its impact on his own life. “When I look back, I just remember great coaches and great teachers and I want our students here at Troy to have the same positive experience as I did,” Overla said. Overla even shared a story of a student he had as a teacher at Troy Junior High years ago who recently emailed him about how she had dropped out of high school, but recently graduated col-

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• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Friday. AA 8.63 0.00 CAG 25.25 -0.01 CSCO 16.33 -0.06 EMR 47.28 -0.42 F 10.60 +0.01 FITB 13.52 -0.05 105.93 -2.07 FLS GM 22.44 +0.40 GR 125.73 +0.02 ITW 56.29 +0.54 28.08 +0.77 JCP KMB 79.46 +0.25 KO 75.23 -0.33 KR 22.41 +0.26 LLTC 29.15 +0.01 MCD 91.05 -0.48 MSFG 11.13 -0.27 PEP 68.64 -0.17 PMI 0.31 0.00 SYX 12.48 -0.23 TUP 54.17 -0.33 USB 30.93 -0.20 VZ 41.45 +0.06 WEN 4.63 +0.15 WMT 65.31 +0.24 • Wall Street The Dow Jones industrial average fell 74.92 points to 12,454.83. The Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) 500 index fell 2.86 points to 1,317.82. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.85 points to 2,837.53. — Staff and wire reports

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Holiday travelers gather at the security check point at Portland International Airport Friday in Portland, Ore. encouraged Americans to spend more at restaurants and bars in April. And that trend could continue over the holiday. Pump prices are down 27 cents since their peak in early April, to

$3.67 a gallon, where they’re likely to stay this weekend, predicts Tom Kloza, the chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. That’s 12 cents cheaper than last

Space lege at his own alma mater, Bowling Green State University. “I shared that with our staff because I don’t quite remember what I did to have a positive influence in her life, but she remembered the positive things all those years ago,” Overla said. “It just goes to show no matter what the student’s situation is, what we do or what we say will stay with them.” Overla also said his common sense approach to each situation that hits his principal’s desk stems from the long line of educators in his family, including his grandfather’s words of wisdom. “I’ll just never forget how he’d listen, think it over, and somehow come up with a solution that made you think, ‘now, why didn’t

I think of that?’” he said with a laugh. “And that’s how I try to approach things in life.” Overla said he’s eager to start the interviewing process to hire two new assistant principals for the building next year as well. “We have a great staff, great kids and we live in this great community — it’s a full circle type of thing,” Overla said. Overla said if he had one piece of advice for outgoing seniors it would be, “to work hard and do your job to the best of your ability each and every day.” Overla lives in Troy with his wife Lisa. They have three children, Seth, Katelyn and Lauren. • For more information about Troy High School, visit www.troy.k12.oh.us.

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annual Memoral Day parade and services Monday. Services will be at Smith Cemetery at the east edge of Christiansburg following the parade. The parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. The speaker for this year’s services will be Champaign County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger Wilson.

The parade will consist of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of Troy, local fire departments and antique cars. Anyone willing to participate in the parade is invited to attend, and the line-up will be at 11 a.m. at Christiansburg Park. — Staff writer Melody Vallieu contributed to this report.

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• Continued from 1 temporary retreat, but the problem quickly was resolved. astronaut NASA Donald Pettit used the space station’s 58-foot robot arm to snare the gleaming white Dragon as the two craft soared 250 miles above Australia, a day after a practice fly-by. “Looks like we’ve got us a dragon by the tail,” Pettit announced once he locked onto Dragon’s docking mechanism. NASA’s dressed-up controllers applauded. In contrast, their SpaceX counterparts including Musk lifted their arms in triumph and jumped out of their seats to exchange high fives. The company’s youthful-looking employees the average age is 30 were still in a frenzy when Musk took part in a televised news conference a couple hours later. They screamed with excitement as if it were a pep rally and chanted, “E-lon, E-lon, E-lon,” as the 40-year-old Musk, wearing a black athletic jacket with the SpaceX logo, described the day’s events. Alcohol was banned from the premises during the crucial flight operation, Musk noted, “but now that things are good, I think we’ll probably have a bit of champagne and have some fun.” The crowd roared in approval. Although cargo hauls have become routine, Friday’s linkup was significant in that an individual company pulled it off. That chore was previously reserved for a small, elite group of government agencies. Not only that, the reusable SpaceX Dragon is designed to safely return items, a huge benefit that disappeared with NASA’s space shuttles. It is the first U.S. craft to visit the station since the final shuttle flight last summer. “I think you know it, but you made history today,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told the space station astronauts and everyone else involved in Friday’s docking. “It was an effort that will revolutionize the way we carry out space exploration.” NASA provided seed money for SpaceX $381 million going into Tuesday’s launch, a small portion of the more than $1 billion that the company has invested in the effort. Two hours after the capture, the crew attached

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the Dragon to the space station as the congratulations poured in. “Everyone who is working to push forward the space frontier recognizes that such a mission is a massive challenge, and I join the world in lauding this important accomplishment,” said Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company that is holding a seat for Musk aboard its SpaceShipTwo. “Nearly 43 years after we first walked on the moon, we have taken another step in demonstrating continued American leadership in space,” said Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step onto the moon. The capsule 19 feet tall and 12 feet across is carrying 1,000 pounds of supplies on this unprecedented test flight. The crew starts unpacking Saturday and will have just under a week to unload the food, clothes and other contents. After this test flight, SpaceX officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has a contract to make a dozen delivery runs. It is one of several companies vying for NASA’s cargo business and a chance to launch Americans from U.S. soil. Rival Orbital Sciences Corp. is shooting for its own supply run by year’s end. President Barack Obama is pushing commercial ventures in orbit so NASA can concentrate on grander destinations like asteroids and Mars. Obama’s chief scientific adviser, John Holdren, called Friday’s linkup “an achievement of historic scientific and technological significance.” “It’s essential we maintain such competition and fully support this burgeoning and capable industry to get U.S. astronauts back on American launch vehicles as soon as possible,” Holdren said in a statement. Without the shuttle, NASA astronauts must go through Russia, an expensive and embarrassing situation for the U.S. after a half-century of orbital selfsufficiency. Once companies master supply runs, they hope to tackle astronaut ferry runs. Musk, who founded SpaceX a decade ago and helped create PayPal, said he can have astronauts riding his Dragon capsules to orbit in three or four years. He also runs the electric car company Tesla Motors.

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offered from 3-7 p.m. at Piqua Baptist Church, 1402 W. High St., Piqua. Anyone • STEAK FRY: The who registers to donate will Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. receive a “iFocus, iChange 6557, 7578 W. Fenner C o m m u n i t y Local Lives, the Power is in Road, Ludlow Falls, will Your Hands” T-shirt and be offer a T-bone steak dinner Calendar entered to win a new Ford with salad, baked potato Focus. Individuals with eligiand a roll for $11 from 5-8 CONTACT US bility questions are invited p.m. to email canidonate@cbc• BAKE SALE: Troy cts.org or call (800) 388Gospel Tabernacle will have GIVE or make an appointa bake sale beginning at 9 Call Melody ment at a.m. at the Troy Walmart. www.DonorTime.com. Vallieu at For more information, call • HOT DOGS AND 440-5265 to all 335-7929 or 335-3159. PRETZELS: The American • DOLLAR SALE: A $1 list your free Legion Auxiliary Post 586, per hanging item for spring Tipp City, will serve hot calendar and summer clothing will be dogs, soft pretzels and items.You offered from 10 a.m. to 4 desserts for $1 each from p.m. at Anna’s Closet, a can send 6:30-7:30 p.m. Proceeds division of New Path your news by e-mail to from the sale go to benefit Ministries. For more inforvallieu@tdnpublishing.com. an auxiliary member fightmation, call 875-2909. ing brain cancer. Euchre • FISH AND WINGS: begins at 7 p.m. The American Legion Post • DISCOVERY WALK: A No. 586, Tipp City, will offer morning discovery walk for adults will be fish and wings, french fries or macaroni offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood and cheese and dessert from 6-7:30 p.m. Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, for $7. Dayton. Bring binoculars. • FISH FRY: Troy VFW Post 5436 will offer an all-you-can-eat fish fry from 2-6 p.m. Meals will be $7.

SUNDAY • OUTDOOR CONCERT: The Troy Civic Band, directed by Kathy and Bill McIntosh, will present a free patriotic outdoor concert at 7 p.m. titled “Remembering Those Who Serve” in downtown Troy on Prouty Plaza. Bring lawn chairs. For more information, call 335-1178. • FAMILY QUEST: The Miami County Park District will have its “Up, Up and Away” program from 1-4 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Participants can build and fire airpowered paper rockets with educational specialist Tim Pinkerton from the WACO Aircraft Museum. Learn about boomerangs and see a live demonstration. Learn about all things that fly: airplanes, butterflies, rockets, bumble pees, paper planes, birds, gliders, flying squirrels, hot air balloons, spiders, kites, parachutes and traveling seeds. Pre-register for the program by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-9730, Ext. 115. • SUNSET SONGS: The Miami County Park District will hold its Music in the Park program “Sunset Songs” from 7-9 p.m. at Greenville Falls State Scenic River Area, 9110 Covington-Gettysburg Road and 4720 Rangeline Road, near Covington. Enjoy soft, meditative Native American flute music on a casual walk around Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary. For more information, visit the park district’s website at www.miamicountyparks.com. • CHICKEN BARBECUE: The Pleasant Hill Newton Township Fireman’s Association will hold its spring chicken barbecue at the firehouse beginning at 11 a.m. Donated baked goods are welcome. Proceeds will be used for the purchase of fire and rescue equipment. • BREAKFAST OFFERED: The Sons of the American Legion, Post 586, Tipp City, will host an all-u-can eat breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, sausage gravy, biscuits, toast, pancakes, waffles, fruit, juice and cinnamon rolls from 8-11 a.m. for $6.

MONDAY • ANNUAL LUNCHEON: The 53rd annual Memorial Day luncheon will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Casstown United Methodist Church, 102 Center St., Casstown. The menu will include a variety of sandwiches, assorted salads and desserts, ice cream and beverages — all sold a la carte. Carry-out will be available. The church is handicapped accessible.

TUESDAY • TUESDAY SPECIAL: Post 88 will offer hamburgers, cheeseburgers and onion rings for $2 each and french fries for $1 from 3-6 p.m. at the post, 3449 LeFevre Road, Troy. Cook’s choice of the day sandwich also will be featured.

WEDNESDAY • CLASS PICNIC: The Troy High School class of 1958 will meet for a picnic beginning at 11 a.m. at the brick shelter at Troy City Park. The meal will begin at approximately noon. Participants are asked to bring a covered dish and their camera. • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Special programming promoting membership will be offered. For more information, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at 339-8935. • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 3-7 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, 108 S. Main St., West Milton. Anyone who registers to donate will receive a “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be entered to win a new Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

THURSDAY • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be

JUNE 1 • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108. • CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chicken dinner with french fries and macaroni salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will be available.

JUNE 2 • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ludlow Falls Christian Church, 213 Vine St., Ludlow Falls. Anyone who registers to donate will receive a “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” Tshirt and be entered to win a new Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com. • CANCER BENEFIT: The American Legion family, Post 586, Tipp City, will host a benefit for Betsy Cotton, who is fighting brain cancer. She is an active auxiliary member, part-time social room attendant and friend who donates much of her personal time to organize and work events with the post in support of the veterans. Social hour will be from 4-5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Dinner is a pig roast with scalloped potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw and fruit. Presale tickets are $7 or at the door $8, children under 12 are $4. There also will be raffles, a bake sale, an auction, games and door prizes. • SURF AND TURF: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a strip steak and choice of shrimp cocktail or grilled shrimp, a side and salad for $11 from 5-7 p.m.

Upper Valley to offer osteoarthritis symposium For the Troy Daily News “Osteoarthritis: What You Need to Know About Management and Treatment” will be the topic of an Upper Valley Medical Center Health Symposium from 5:30-7 p.m. June 7 at The Crystal Room, 845 W. Market St., Troy. Orthopedic surgeons Don Delcamp, M.D., Robert Malarkey, M.D., and Mark Zunkiewicz, M.D., will discuss important information about osteoarthritis. Dan

TROY Bailey, DPM, UVMC chief medical officer, will be the program moderator. The DELCAMP physicians will be joined for a question-andanswer panel by physical therapist Amy Roby,

PT, DPT. Registration and refreshments will be from 5:30-6 p.m., followed by the program and question and answer panel from 6-7 p.m. A door prize drawing will be at 7 p.m. Seating is limited. To reserve a seat, call Care Finders at (866) 608-FIND (3463) by June 4. This free program is provided as a community service by Upper Valley Medical Center with support from the UVMC Foundation.

Spring Street parking lot to be saved BY JOHN BADEN For the Troy Daily News editorial@tdnpublishing.com After Monday night’s joint meeting with the Milton-Union Board of Education, the West Milton Council came to a consensus at its workshop Tuesday to keep the Spring Street parking lot near Milton-Union Middle School safe from destruction. The meeting with the school board explored different options for what to do with the land the current middle school, elementary school and high school buildings are located on. The destruction of these buildings will begin around September or October. One of the main issues that came up for discussion at the workshop from the board meeting was the school’s back area parking lot along Spring Street. At Monday’s meeting, the board was considering having the parking lot destroyed along with the buildings. “It would just be horrible if they tore out the parking lot,” Mayor Michael Coate II said. “That is something that could potentially be used in the future for maybe a skate park or even a splash pad.” According to councilman Fred Francis, the reason the school is tearing up the parking area is because it’s part of the demolition and they can’t afford to take care of it, and as a result, the state is helping with the cost to keep it up.

WEST MILTON Francis said that in order to keep it from being destroyed, the council needs to approach the school board with a plan to “maintain and take care” of the lot. “If we’re going to keep asking them to keep it, they’re going to ask us to take care of it, which I’m OK with,” Francis said. The council is convinced that it wouldn’t take much time to take care of the lot. Some of the things that would be necessary in keeping it up would be plowing, spraying weeds and replacing the curbing along the road. The council also discussed the tax collection, proposed by Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, in which the state would take over the collections for all the local income taxes. The proposal has been attacked by multiple cities all over Ohio. According to municipal manager Matt Kline, the proposal indicated that the state would collect the taxes and also keep 5 percent of it. While other cities have written resolutions opposing the idea of turning over taxes to the state, the council decided to contact state Rep. Richard Adams individually, which Kline said would be more effective for West Milton rather than sending in a “onevoice” resolution with signatures. The next council meeting will be June 12.

JUNE 3 • TOMBSTONE TALK: Every tombstone has a story, and participants will hear five of them in Riverside Cemetery in West Milton from 5-7 p.m. Each of the people will be portrayed at the site of their respective graves. Take a stroll through Riverside and listen to the stories of these folks and their connection to West Milton history. For more information, call Rachel Ann at 698-6610, Bob at 698-5532 or Susie at 698-6798. The rain date is 5-7 p.m. June 17. • CREATURE FEATURE: The brown bat will be the feature of the Creature Feature from 2-3 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Though seemingly insignificant in size, big brown bats are incredibly important and fierce predators, capable of consuming half their body weight in insects each night. The event is free and open to the public. • BREAKFAST OFFERED: Boy Scout Troop 586 will serve an all-you-can eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $6 at the American Legion Post 586, Tipp City. Items served will be bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, hash browns, sausage gravy, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, fruit, juice and cinnamon rolls.

JUNE 5 • COUNCIL TO MEET: The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy at 7 p.m. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or with to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can call 660-3170 for further information.

JUNE 6 • PERI MEETING: The Miami County chapter of Ohio Public Employee Retirees will meet at 11:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 248 Wood St., Piqua. Lunch is $10, payable at the door. Reservations are needed no later than May 31, by calling Beth at 335-2771. The scheduled speaker is Ohio House Representative Richard Adams. Any area public employee or public employee retiree is invited to attend.

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EDITORIAL The Oregonian, Portland, on Chinese-made solar panels: In the great chess match known as doing business with China, last week’s U.S. move to slap tariffs of up to 250 percent on Chinese-made solar panels raises the stakes to showdown status. The next move is China’s, to be taken as soon as Friday, and it could be retaliatory against solar manufacturers in Oregon and elsewhere. But if China, which promptly denounced the tariffs, wished to surprise us and play by internationally accepted rules, it would first protest to the U.S. Commerce Department. Failing to find satisfaction, it would then take its complaint against the tariffs straight to the World Trade Organization. Meanwhile, Hillsboro-based SolarWorld, the American manufacturing arm of Germany’s SolarWorld, basks cautiously in the glow of having successfully brought a complex grievance forward. Many U.S. solar contractors buy and sell the cheaper Chinese panels and declare that their operating margins depend upon it. … The WTO, to which China belongs, should pay close attention. President Barack Obama cerAs I tainly will, as he continues in his struggle to See It strike a bargain with China on trade policies ■ The Troy while knowing full well that China’s behemoth Daily News economy is to be reckoned with, not dismissed. welcomes Meanwhile, anyone who cares about the future columns from of global trade, which is as local as it gets, our readers. To should stay tuned. submit an “As I Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the See It” send Senate Finance Committee’s subcommittee on your type-writforeign trade, had it right in telling Read that ten column to: innovation and the creation of the best products ■ “As I See It” should drive competition and global commerce c/o Troy Daily — and not who’s best at dodging the rules. News, 224 S. New York Times on Alzheimer’s disease: Market St., Troy, OH 45373 The Obama administration has announced a bold research program to test whether a drug ■ You can also e-mail us at can prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease well editorial@tdnpu before any symptoms appear. It is a long shot, blishing.com. but the payoff could be huge. ■ Please Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, include your full which steadily robs patients of their memory, folname and telelowed by full-blown dementia. There is also no phone number. diagnostic test to identify who has it, and no treatment to slow patients’ deterioration for more than a few months. While work continues on those fronts, the new clinical trial will test whether the drug, Crenezumab, made by Genentech, can prevent the disease in a group of people whose genetic heritage guarantees that they will develop it. The study will cost more than $100 million and is being financed mostly by Genentech, buttressed by $16 million from the National Institutes of Health and $15 million raised by the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, which is leading the study. The prevailing, but not universally accepted, hypothesis is that amyloid plaques in the brain play a major role in causing Alzheimer’s. Crenezumab attacks the formation of such plaques, apparently by binding to amyloid proteins and clearing them from the brain. If the drug fails to work, the trial will probably demolish the amyloid hypothesis and set researchers scrambling to find other targets to attack. A prevention trial of a different drug that was also intended to slow formation of amyloid plaques actually made patients’ symptoms worse, possibly because it interfered with various other proteins needed by the brain. More than five million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s. Without an effective preventive, the number will rise steadily as the population ages.

LETTERS

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in helping the post office pick up food in town. Thank you to the residents of Covington for their generosity in supporting To the Editor: this important food drive. Covington Outreach Many thanks also to the Association (COA) would like COA volunteers who gave of to express its appreciation to their time to help check in the the Covington Postal Service, food and stock the pantry the mail carriers (especially shelves. The COA is pleased to Matt), Joe and Janice Meyer, announce that we received Sandy Longenecker, Jordan nearly 900 food items. If you and Meredith Wolfe, Alex Bitner and John Longenecker would like to donate to the (COA volunteers) for their time Covington Community Food

Pantry please bring non-perishable items to the Covington Church of the Brethren office weekdays between 8 a.m. and noon. More information is available by e-mailing: director@covingtonoutreach.org or calling (937) 473-2415. Thank you for helping us help others!

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Twin terrors officially in the ‘terrible twodles’ Something fabulous happened two weeks ago. My darling little girl and precious little niece turned the big 2. That’s right folks, we are officially entering the terrible twos and so far, I’d have to say they’re living up to their name. I’ve heard that 3 years old is actually even worse, so I don’t even want to think about what I have in store for me next year at this time. So in celebration of the fact that Pearyn and Evelyn were born a mere 15 minutes apart from each other (and because we’re too lazy to throw two separate birthday parties for toddlers), my sister-in-law and I will tackle another double birthday bash this weekend. Last year’s ended up being a raving success, with more than 48 cupcakes being baked, jumbo cupcakes for the girls to tear into and more cake balls than I want to ever think about again. In retrospect, I went a bit overboard for the first birthday. Isn’t that what parents are supposed to do though? I mean

Amanda Stewart Troy Daily News Columnist

at 1, the party is more for the parents anyway, so you might as well make it as memorable as possible. That, and there’s this sadistic Martha Stewart meets Betty Crocker spirit living in my body that tends to take over and go a little wild when it comes to planning birthday parties, baby showers, bachelorette parties, parties because it’s Tuesday, basically anything in general makes me want to do a craft of some sort. I’m pretty sure my sister-inlaw has the same spirit in her, too. This year, we’ve tried to keep it more low key. The guest list has severely dwindled, inviting

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only close friends and family members, but that just gave us more room to go a bit crazy on the whole invitations, food, decorations and party favors aspect. I mean really, who needs lame old birthday hats when you can just make 20 Mickey and Minnie Mouse headbands by hand, right? And while our menu may be a little on the smaller side (hot diggity dog “pigs” in a blanket, Minnie and Mickey cut-out cucumber sandwiches, Pluto’s punch and the regular assortment of snack foods), our party will certainly never be short of crazy cupcakes donned with fondant trinkets for each character from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and more cake balls than any family needs. So maybe there’s no such thing as underdoing it when it comes to my sister-in-law and I planning a party. So maybe our daughters will never even remember we went so over-the-top for their first few birthdays. It’s the thought that counts,

right? And the idea that one day they’ll be able to turn through their baby books and peruse the unending collection of photos (that we of course overdid as well) from each of their “Cupcake Cuties” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” birthday parties makes me happy. I want our little girls to know that even though they may not remember it, we did everything we could to make their birthdays memorable. And ultimately, it’s not about all the food, decorations or fancy hand-made invites. It’s about the family and friends who show up on that day to help celebrate the births of these two special little girls. It’s about family driving six hours to spend the weekend honoring these tiny individuals, but huge parts of our lives. Of course, the food, cupcakes and decorations certainly never hurt anyone.

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CHARLES C. ‘CHARLIE’ HUBBARD BRADFORD — Charles C. “Charlie” Hubbard, 83, of Bradford, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, at his home. Charlie was born in Bradford on March 21, 1929, to the late Fred Hubbard Sr. and Grace (Penny) Hubbard He was a graduate of Bradford High School, class of 1947; a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Korean War; retired from National Guard, Covington with 28 years of service; retired from General Dynamics, Lima; a member of the F & AM Masonic Lodge No. 593, Bradford; a member of the AB Cole Post No. 80 American Legion, Covington; a member of the Scottish Rite — Valley of Dayton; member of the Bradford United Methodist Church; was inducted into the Bradford Athletic Hall of Fame; and went with the Veterans to D.C. in 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents; and five brothers, Scott Hubbard, Fred Hubbard Jr., John Dickensheets, Glenn Hubbard and Robert Dickensheets. Charlie is survived by his wife, Patricia L. “Pat” (Stover) Hubbard; three daughters and sons-inlaw, Cherie and Ed

Roeth of Covington, Robin Brown of Versailles and Heidi and Mark Brown of Versailles; nine grandchildren, Deana and Shawn Anderson of Piqua, Lynnette Roeth and friend, Cheryl Woodward of Englewood, Emily and Chris Alexander of Plymouth, Iowa, Bert Roeth and fiancée, Jamie Painter of Cincinnati, Erin and Brian McKibben of Greenville, Lindsey Brown of Columbus, Jacob Brown of Versailles, Susan and Kyle Jones of Fairfield and Abby Brown of Versailles; eight greatgrandchildren, Michael, Megan, Hannah, Kenzi and Mickey Anderson, Allen Alexander, Eli Woodward-Roeth and Max McKibben; brotherin-law and sister-in-law, Paul and Janet Stover of Bradford; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends and his pal, Dumplin. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford, with Pastors Steve Harman and Daryl Peeples Sr. officiating. The family will receive friends 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday and again from 10:30 a.m. Wednesday until time of service at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

WILLIAM C. HUGHES PIQUA — and was William C. always willHughes, 58, of ing to lend a Piqua, died at helping hand 2:05 am to those in Wednesday, need. There May 23, 2012, was never an at his residence. idle moment He was born with Bill, but Jan. 21, 1954, in at the same Troy to the late time there HUGHES Kenneth D. and was never a Eleanor G. dull moment. (Crile) Hughes. He mar- Bill enjoyed family time, ried Cynthia A. Russell vacations, fishing, woodJuly 26, 1975, in Huber working and tinkering. Heights; and she surWhen the day was vives. done, he settled down Other survivors include to a western movie. two daughters, Amy N. A service to honor his Hughes of Piqua, life will begin at 2 p.m. Megan S. (Terry) next Saturday June 2, Robinson of Pleasant 2012, at the Aldersgate Hill; three grandchildren, United Methodist Crile Staudt, Trenton Church, 5464 Old Troy Robinson and Jersey Pike, Dayton, OH Robinson; and two sis45424, with the Rev. ters, Robin (John) Kenneth Rebok officiatLarson of Freedom, ing. Penn., and Dail His family will receive Mengelkoch (Dr. Gary friends from 12:30-2 Davis) of Dallas, Texas. p.m. before the service. William was a 1973 Arrangements are graduate of Wayne High being handled through School of Huber Heights the Jamieson & and was employed as a Yannucci Funeral Home. mechanic for the Piqua Memorial contributions Concrete Co. may be made to William leaves behind Hospice of Miami a legacy that anyone County Inc., P.O. Box would treasure. 502, Troy, OH 45373, or As a loving, caring the James Cancer husband and family Center, James Developman, most knew him by ment Office, P.O. Box Bill, Uncle Bill, Dad, and 183112, Columbus, OH to his grandchildren he 43218-3112. was known as Bach. Condolences to the Family and friends family also may be were always of great expressed through importance to Bill. Bill jamiesonandyannucci. lived by hard work ethics com.

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Trustees OK fireworks contract For the Troy Daily News The Monroe Township Trustees on May 21 approved a contract and agreed to share with the city of Tipp City the cost of the July 4 fireworks display, which is held annually at City Park in Tipp City. The township’s portion of the contract equals $6,180 and is based on population in the unincorpo-

MONROE TWP. rated area of Monroe Township. Other resolutions passed at the Monday evening board meeting included acceptance of an interior and exterior painting proposal at the Maple Hill Cemetery residential property for $7,565 by S & G Painting of Tipp City;

tennis court repair at Deerdale Park by Par Inc. of Springfield for $5,300; and payment of township bills totaling $27,786.81. In reports it was noted there were 89 drop-offs at the May 12 township recycling event, always held the second Saturday of each month at the Michaels Road maintenance facility. Also reported was the volume of shredded material

by Angie Shred at the facility on May 12 as 21.4 pounds. Township staff will offer an information center at Maple Hill Cemetery through today for directions to gravesites and rates on graves, and is set for Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday. The next township trustees meeting will be 7 p.m. June 4.

Poor Ohio students learn to help those more in need CINCINNATI (AP) — This spring, students at Ethel M. Taylor Academy in Millvale raised enough money to buy Spanish, math, social studies and science textbooks for an entire class at an impoverished school in Guatemala. Before that, they made blankets for children in local hospitals and sent hand-written cards to residents at the Drop Inn Center. Two years ago, they donated and leveraged enough pennies to buy one heifer, two goats, one hive of honey bees, two flocks of chicks and two rabbits for poor communities in the U.S. and abroad, to help generate income and improve nutrition. Sixth-grader Josiah Phoenix says there’s one reason they do it. “We try to help poor kids.” An admirable sentiment at any elementary school, but at Taylor Academy, it’s heroic. The school sits in the midst of public housing, serving the struggling neighborhoods of Camp Washington, North Fairmount, Millvale and South Cumminsville. Onehundred percent of its students are poor, with household incomes so low the government doesn’t put families through the formality of applying for the school’s free lunch program. Taylor Academy children have been known to pull teachers aside to beg for food because there is literally nothing to eat at home. “I’ve had students who ask me if they can take their coat to their sibling at recess because they’re sharing a coat,” says language arts teacher Michelle Wright. “When it’s time for class pictures, maybe two of 25 students can afford them.” Yet into the midst of such need came volunteers from Union Savings Bank in Symmes Township with an unexpected, but empowering, message: You can make a difference for someone else.

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In a May 17 photo, Ethel M. Taylor Academy students, from left, Chiquita Jackson, Amber Dunn, Jayvon Shack and Nicholas Smithprepare breakfast for staff members. All of the students at Ethel M.Taylor Academy are poor, but with guidance from Union Savings Bank, they're becoming volunteers and even philanthropists. Instead of just receiving services, these kids are learning to give. They’ve done all kinds of significant service projects this year and are topping it off by throwing a breakfast for their teachers and staff. Already a partner with some classrooms, it sponsored the Junior Community Action Committee, modeled after its own outreach program, and turned children who had been recipients of social services into givers. For the Pennies for People campaign, which funded the Guatemalan textbooks and the animals, “my mama took us to the store to change dollars into pennies,” says third-grader Ainjul Harper, a JCAC member. “She gave us $5, and then we changed quarters into pennies.” For the two projects, the students gave more than $500 “we found loose change in our house and outside,” says sixth-grader Keyora Morrison which the bank matched, along with employee contributions. The children learned about matching grants, fundraising pitches, needs assessments and gratitude. “We learned to be grateful for what we’ve got because other people might not have it,” says Faith Jackson, a fourth-grader. “I felt really sad for the Guatemalan kids,” says third-grader Christina Dean. “They didn’t have

the things we have, like shoes, books or desks.” Before they take on projects, Union Savings assistant vice president Kevin Berlon, who coordinates the school project, brings in charitable groups to tell the students about their work and where the students’ contributions will go. The students vote on what they’ll fund and brainstorm how to raise money. Some of the projects suggested this year included putting out food for animals in the neighborhood, picking up trash, having a thank-you breakfast for their teachers and writing good-luck letters to thirdand fourth-grade schoolmates when they took state achievement tests. Having to choose among the projects teaches important decision-making skills, says third-grade teacher Priscilla Copas. “When they collected the pennies for the animals, they had to decide what to buy and why,” she says. “It was, ‘If we just buy a pig, after the people eat it they won’t have anything. But if we buy a chicken, they’ll have eggs to eat and they’ll still have

the chicken.’” The children apply to serve on the JCAC and give up lunch time and recess to attend monthly meetings and work on service projects. Every meeting has an agenda and every project, a team leader. And it seems that no project they work on and no need they encounter is far from their own experience. When the group made blankets for kids in local hospitals, one student brought in the tattered blanket he had once received. And during the holidays, the children helped pack and distribute bags of food that their classmates and they themselves would take home. “They learn the work that it takes to have an operation go down, that it isn’t all automatic,” says Annie Bogenschutz, community learning center resource coordinator. And they learn that despite all they don’t have, they still have the power to give, she says. “For the tables to turn and for them to feel they’re contributing to someone else’s good that’s a very important thing.”

• 162 Shaftsbury Road, Troy • 5578 S. State Route 202 — Harmony Farms, MIAMI COUNTY — The Miami County Master Tipp City • 5765 Pisgah Road, Gardeners’ garden tour, Tipp City “Miami County in Bloom,” • 114 S. First St., Tipp will be offered June 16 at City four gardens in Troy and • 15 E. South St. Tipp five gardens in Tipp City. City Tickets may be pur• 657 Burnside, Tipp chased at the Ohio State City Extension Office in the Master Gardeners are Miami County Courthouse; now on Facebook at Patterson’s Flowers, West www.Facebook.com/Miami Milton; Past Perfect CountyMasterGardeners. Vintage Home and Garden Antiques, Tipp City; Lisa’s Group hosts Perennial Flowers, Covington; Harmony Armey, Mandel Farms, Tipp City; Coldwater Cafe, Tipp City; TROY — Miami County Genell’s Flowers, Piqua; or Liberty sponsored Dick from any Miami County Armey of FreedomWorks Master Gardener for $10 on May 17. pre-sale or $15 the day of The former Speaker of the tour. the House addressed a Addresses of gardens on crowd at Club 55 in Troy the tour include: and offered the audience • 73 S. Dorset Road, campaign strategies, Troy including steps in organiz• 80 S. Dorset Road, ing, being persistent, diliTroy gent and keeping a resolve • 612 Shaftsbury Road, to make a difference. FreedomWorks, a Troy

Washington, D.C.-based, conservative action group, provides many materials for interested participants to walk precincts, organize phone banks, distribute yard signs and meet people face-to-face. Armey gave an example of how work from the bottom up can assist in an election. He spoke about the Mourdock-Lugar campaign in Indiana and how Mourdock beat a 36-year incumbent because of face-to-face contacts with people. FreedomWorks participated in that campaign and provided guidance to the people of Indiana. Mourdock was outspent 10 to one, but still managed a win due to more than 2 million phone calls, get out the vote efforts and face-toface meetings with voters. Armey asked each individual in attendance to commit to making a difference this year by researching the issues, choosing candidates carefully and then getting out to campaign for that per-

son. A visit by U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel capped off the evening. He asked the crowd to make a difference this year by standing on patriotic principles and strong conservative values. Miami County Liberty’s next event will be an energy summit on July 10 at Club 55. The public is invited.

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Grant on dean’s list FAIRBORN — A total of 2,764 Ohio students at Wright State University earned dean’s list honors during the winter quarter 2012, based on their grade point averages. West Milton resident Brandon Grant has been named to the list for his academic achievement. All students must take 12 or more credit hours and must have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average to be placed on the dean’s list.

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Project uncovers stories behind roadside crosses

Bake sale today at Walmart TROY — Troy Gospel Tabernacle will have a bake sale beginning at 9 a.m. today at the Troy Walmart. For more information, call all 335-7929 or 3353159.

Memorial Day luncheon offered CASSTOWN — The 53rd annual Memorial Day luncheon will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Casstown United Methodist Church, 102 Center St., Casstown. The menu will include a variety of sandwiches, assorted salads and desserts, ice cream and beverages — all sold a la carte. Carry-out will be available. The church is handicapped accessible.

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In this May 16 photo, Gregg Kaldor, left, and Nanette Bagstad talk inside Aal Lutheran Church near Mayville, N.D. The church will close its doors this summer after its 140th anniversary on Aug. 11.

Fewer attending church in North Dakota, Minnesota

HILLSBORO, N.D. (AP) mission work at Pembina in North Dakota — two — The people of Aal dates back 200 years and Catholic dioceses and two Lutheran Church will cele- more, state historians say. corresponding synods of the Lutheran Small, rural churches Evangelical brate its 140th anniversary on Aug. 11, the day it was have been closing steadily Church in America — each founded just off the bank of for decades, but Aal’s clos- have around 165,000 adherthe Goose River between ing will take a lot of history ents, representing together Mayville and Hillsboro with it, while illustrating a half the state population but 73 percent of the relibefore the towns existed national trend. A new survey by the gious adherents. and roads or train tracks And each body lost nearstill were a two-day walk Association of Religion Data Archives finds that ly 7 percent of its people in away. The same day this sum- fewer people, even in highly the decade ended in 2010. In Minnesota, adherents mer, the same people, heirs churched North Dakota and of those Norwegian Minnesota, are attending made up 56 percent of the Lutheran immigrants, will religious services, mostly in population compared to 62 close the doors of this well- the traditional denomina- percent a decade earlier. The same two denominations. kept church. dominate in In 2010, “religious tions “It got to the point where four or five families couldn’t adherents” made up 67 per- Minnesota, but the Catholic fund the whole bill,” said cent of North Dakota’s pop- Church had 1.2 million Gregg Kaldor. “It was pretty ulation compared to 73 per- adherents and the ELCA cent only a decade earlier, 738,000, together making much inevitable.” His great-grandparents, according to the survey up about a third of the popChristian and Ragnhild released earlier this month. ulation and 60 percent of True Life Community On June 4, plan to Adherents include mem- adherents. Catholic memChurch will offer a “kids arrive at 8:45 a.m. to reg- Kaldor, were part of a handful of families who came bers of religious groups, bership fell nearly 9 percent kamp” from June 25-30 at ister children. here in schooner wagons in whether they attended and ELCA membership fell the Missionary Church The free, Bible-based the summer of 1871 from services regularly or not, nearly 14 percent. campgrounds in Ludlow program will teach chilNationwide, adherents Falls. dren, age 3 (potty trained) southern Minnesota. By and close family members; The six-day church through fifth grade, God’s harvest time in 1872, they some groups do not consider made up 49 percent of the organized Aal church with children full members, population compared to 50 camp is for third-sixthtruths. Each day will be grade students at a cost of packed full of interactive the Rev. Bernhard Hagboe. some do, and the study percent a decade earlier. No congregation in the sought to standardize its The Catholic Church lost 5 $130. The camp includes stories, Scripture memory percent of its membership electives, nature advenand themed snacks, along state is older, although count. and the ELCA 18 percent. The main denominations Catholic and Presbyterian tures, walks in the creek, with crafts and games. recreation and guest First Brethren Church speakers Paul and Jessica is at 210 N. Church St. Dietzel, with Servant For more information Hands Ministries. or to pre-register, call For more information or (937) 676-2802. to register, call Deb Crouch at (937) 552-7724 VBS theme is or email rcrouch6@woh.rr.com by ‘champions’ May 31. TROY — True Life More information can Community Church, 1260 be found at S. Dorset Road, is TLCTROY.com. announcing plans for vacation Bible School from Biker weekend 6-8:15 p.m. from June 1922 and 9:30 a.m. to noon upcoming June 23. TROY — Troy Church A free community picof the Nazarene, 1200 nic will follow the Barnhart Road, Troy, will Saturday event, which will host a biker weekend on include food and family June 2-3. games and activities. An The highlights of the 80-foot inflatable obstacle weekend will include course including a 14-foot “Saturday Nite Light,” a climbing wall will chalcasual worship experience, lenge participants. at 7 p.m. June 2 as well as The theme of the VBS a special worship service will be “God’s All-Star at 10:30 a.m. June 3, Champions.” The daily which will include a blessschedule will feature a ing of the bikes. sports training camp for Registration begins at 1 p.m. June 2, followed by a soccer, biking, softball, bike ride and cookout prior hockey and mountain climbing. In each camp, to Saturday Nite Light. the children will learn to After Sunday’s worship use the “Full Armor of service on June 3, there God” through crafts, recrewill be a luncheon followed ation, fun music, refreshby an ice cream ride. ments, Bible memory All bikers and their families are invited to par- games and Bible stories. There also will be opportuticipate. SUNDAY The Living Word nities to meet Champs, 9:30 am Worship For more information, 11 am InHouse Classes contact Rob Williams 673- the dog mascot. 6 pm Small Groups in homes Fellowship Center VBS is open to all chil7971 or at rjwilliams16@ WEDNESDAY dren in the community 947 North Market St., Troy frontier.com. 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study from age 2 through fifth For more information grade. SATURDAY Pastors Gilbert and about Troy Church of the 9 am Men's Bible Study For more information Nazarene, call (937) 399Phyllis Welbaum or to register your child, 3117 or visit troynaz.net. Troy Church of contact Connie Brown at SUNDAY (937) 604-0370, or by the Nazarene Vacation Bible 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy email at Corner of W. Rt. 55 & Barnhart Rd. 10:45 a.m. Worship school set office@tlctroy.com. 937-339-3117 - www.troynaz.net

WEST MILTON — Hoffman United Methodist Church is seeking applicants to take part in the sixth annual art show to be held July 13-15 in the activities center at 201 S. Main St., West Milton. The purpose of the show is to share area talent with the public. The show is non-juried. Some pieces may be available for purchase, with transactions handled directly between the artist and the buyer. Application forms may be picked up at the church office, the Hen’s Nest and Really Cool Stuff in West Milton, and Benkin’s Antiques/Art Studio and The Hotel Gallery in Tipp City. Forms also are available on the church website at HoffmanUMC.org. The deadline for entering is June 24. For more information, call Cheryl at (937) 698PLEASANT HILL — 7030. First Brethren Church in Pleasant Hill invites chilChurch to offer dren to “A High Seas Exploration,” from 9-11:45 ‘kids kamp’ a.m. June 4-7 for vacation LUDLOW FALLS — Bible school.

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Smith if her husband was home. She told him he was asleep. Mrs. Smith went to go wake up her husband and started thinking that David might be in jail and that they were going to have to go get him. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Mrs. Smith recalls that at the time, she didn’t even realize that the man standing next to the police officer was a chaplain. Smith still looks over at the memorial when she drives home. Sometimes she will say a few words to her son. The students taperecorded interviews with Smith and other survivors whose stories are told in the book, including that of Kim Hanna. What led them to Hanna was one of the roadside memorials: four crosses, one with a guitar pick glued to it. Hanna’s son, Casey, 16, played guitar. In the newspaper article dating a few days after his death, the initial finding was the drivers of both cars were drag racing out in the country. Mrs. Hanna and her husband Monte were cautious about how they dealt with their young son riding with friends. “We didn’t let Casey ride with just anybody.’” Young men seldom follow the rules, however, and the drivers made a fatally reckless decision.

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decorates the cross. Smith told the students her son’s nickname was “Denim” or “Denim Dave” because he wore a denim jacket. She made the wreath out of a pair of David’s old jeans. In their 125-page book, In Loving Memory: A Study of Vernacular Memorials In Delaware County, the students concluded that roadside memorials were part of the grieving process, a personalized step to have loved ones remembered by the community. But the memorials also serve as a reminder of danger and of human mortality, the book reports. Available through the Muncie Public Library, the book recounts the night Smith’s son died. She was awakened around 4:30 a.m. by a loud sound that she later believed to be her son’s car flipping over four times nearby. It sounded like someone was pounding on the wall. She went into her youngest son Derek’s room to see if he had heard the sound as well. A few minutes later she went outside to see if something was going on. As she came to the front of the house, she saw three police cars drive past. But then the police cars stopped and began backing up and pulled into the Smiths’ driveway. One of the officers asked

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“Veterans leaving for Washington, D.C., 2012 trip gathered at the Miami Valley Centre Mall for briefing.” - Peggy Henthorn, of Piqua “Dennis Tennery, Vietnam veteran ... the best at everything!” - Peggy Henthorn, of Piqua “This is a photo of my son, SFC James R. Finfrock, who is stationed in Afghanistan. It was taken in October 2011 at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, the day he deployed. He was saying goodbye to his son. James is a 1995 graduate from Covington High School. He is due to come back to the states in July of this year.” - Vicki Finfrock, of Covington

“Dominic Koehl, of Piqua, fighting for our country.” - Peggy Henthorn, of Piqua

“The soldier on left is my son, Pv2 Keenan Ewing. He is in the 1-14 Cav in Afghanistan.” - Carrie Ewing, via Facebook

“Spc. Sean Frantom, Army National Guard, currently ser ving in Afghanistan.” - Steve and Lisa Agenbroad, of Troy

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“Five members of the Piqua High School Band program recently attended the Ohio High School All-State Honors Band Spring Festival at Ohio Northern University in Ada. These fine students were highly recommended by Mitch Mahaney, PHS director of bands. Pictured are (front row) Joling Hsiang and Mikayla Gao, (back row) Ben Beck, Aaron VanPelt and Jarod Haney.” - Alan VanPelt, of Piqua

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You need to have Aidan’s support Dear Annie: I'm in my early 20s and have been dating "Aidan" for a year. He attends college two hours away. He doesn't socialize much and stresses a lot about his grades. His only real friend is "Cara," a girl we went to high school with. Cara lives in a house with several other girls. The first time I met her roommate "Lisa," I felt uncomfortable. I'm not the jealous type, but something about her bothered me. Still, I continued to be nice to her and supportive of Aidan's friendships. A few days ago, Aidan came clean and told me that he had drunkenly made out with Lisa. He said he was stressed over school and went to see Cara, but only Lisa was home. He got drunk, and they got overly friendly. He said he felt terrible and was tormented for a week before he told me. He promised it would never happen again. I'm having a hard time trusting my boyfriend, and I certainly can't trust Lisa. I don't want him to be friends with her anymore. Aidan says I'm being unreasonable since Cara is his only friend. He doesn't want to cause problems or be lonely because he can't go to her house or has to leave if Lisa is there. I'm hurt and confused by his perception of the situation. He doesn't think it should be a big deal because he didn't sleep with her. I want Lisa completely out of the picture. I feel that Aidan is more worried about upsetting Cara and her roommates than he is about upsetting me. Shouldn't he take my side? — Northern Petunia Dear Northern: Yes. We agree that he needn't give up his friendship with Cara, but being around Lisa is problematic. Aidan needs to support your position on this and take the necessary steps to avoid being in a compromising place. He can see Cara outside of her apartment. If he is unwilling to change his visiting habits, you need to decide whether you can trust him or not. Dear Annie: I have no family or friends to speak of. I have joined too many dating services to count. It looks like I am going to be by myself for whatever time I have left. So what does one do with one's personal effects when they have no one to whom to leave it all? I am 54, and every year it gets a little scarier. I have been able to figure out pretty much any problem in life, but this one has me stuck. — Worried Woman Dear Worried: You can donate personal items to charity, a local historical society, a women's shelter or any organization that would appreciate them. But also consider seeing a counselor. Someone who has no friends could use a little help finding out why and learning ways to change that dynamic. We also recommend doing some volunteer work in your area. It will lift your spirits and help others. Dear Annie: "Sad Wife" wants her husband to be the breadwinner, but he suffers from low selfesteem and works a minimumwage job. Meanwhile, they just had a baby, and she was forced to go back to work. She needs to take responsibility for her bad choices. Wanting her husband to be the breadwinner is her priority, not his. She should have married someone who was already capable of supporting a family, not someone who promised he would take steps to make it happen. And if it's so important for her to be a stay-at-home mom, why did she get pregnant with a guy who had a minimum-wage job? If she regrets her choices, she needs to "man up" and either leave him or find a solution, such as a job that allows her to work from home. — LYC Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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