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May 27, 2012 Volume 104, No. 126

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BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com

36 reasons to love the festival How many ways are there to love the Troy Strawberry Festival? In honor of this, the 36th annual Troy Strawberry Festival, we have come up with a list of 36 things to love about the festival. See Valley, Page B1.

Ron Stott has a poignant way of showing student drivers the dangers of texting while driving.

“I have a picture that shows a guy who was texting while driving and crossed the double line, hitting a semi head on and splitting him in half,” said Stott, owner of Wheeler Driving School in Troy, Vandalia and Beavercreek.

It should come as no surprise that Stott is a supporter of the bill that will ban texting while driving, making it a primary offense for drivers younger than 18 and a sec-

TROY ondary offense for those older than 18. Younger drivers could be pulled over solely for texting — and also making calls — while adult drivers would need to be pulled over for another infraction initially.

Teens are permitted to use voiceactivated navigation devices, however.

Gov. John Kasich Ohio spokesperson Connie Wehrkamp said the governor received the bill Monday, and is expected to sign it into law next week.

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Troy High School graduate Hailey Pierce uses her cell phone to send • See TEXTING on A2 a text Friday outside of the Troy Aquatic Park.

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Patrols increased for holiday weekend

Break brings hope, tears After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of “closure.”

Patty Wetterling hates the word. See Page A5.

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

REMINDERS

Trash pickup delayed a day Refuse collection and curbside collection in the city of Troy will be pushed ahead one day this week because of the Memorial Day holiday. For example, Monday collection will be Tuesday.

Office closed for holiday The Troy Daily News office will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The Customer Call Center will be open from 6-10 a.m.

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Members of the Troy High School class of 2012 march into Hobart Arena Saturday to participate in graduation exercises. Presentation of class was given by Principal Ron Phillis, assisted by Bill Overla and Randy Smith.

Luck running out for neighboring states Ohio casinos will cut into their winnings TOLEDO (AP) — The opening of casinos in Ohio this spring means the luck is running out for neighboring states that have pulled in an estimated $1 billion each year from gamblers who’ve been crossing the border to wager at riverboats in Indiana, gaming tables in Michigan and casinos in western Pennsylvania.

With more Ohioans

staying home to gamble, those states stand to lose millions in tax revenues that help pay for new schools, college scholarships, roads and bridges.

Cash-starved states are increasingly leaning on gambling money from new casinos to get them through lean times, yet there are concerns the rapid expansion of casino gambling is saturating the market.

Indiana alone estimates it will lose as much as $100 million in tax revenue in the first year after all four of Ohio’s casinos are operating.

Casinos came to Indiana in the mid-1990s and now are the state’s third-biggest revenue generator behind sales taxes and income taxes, bringing in just over $10 billion in tax money since its riverboat casinos

first opened. Wagering and admission taxes raised $860 million in the state’s last fiscal year. But the numbers have been slipping the past three years because of increased competition and the economy.

“We were shockingly successful in the early years,” said Luke Kenley, a state senator who’s a key member of Indiana’s budget committee. “But other

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School may be out, but Miami County Sheriff ’s deputies will be putting drivers to the test — field sobriety tests — this weekend as part of a two-week enforcement blitz.

“DUIs (driving under the influence) are up in Miami County so far this year,” said Chief Deputy Dave Duchak.

“We will be out on patrol looking for violations of the law and especially urge those who drink this weekend to designate a sober driver.”

The extra Miami County deputies will work a combined 120 hours in overtime and will be on patrol for traffic enforcement purposes only.

During this time frame deputies will be issuing only citations and offering no warnings.

“We want everyone to have a safe weekend, so buckle up and have a plan in place if you choose to drink,” Duchak said.

The extra deputies are being funded from a grant the Sheriff ’s Office received late last year from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

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THS grad to appear on ‘Desperate Landscapes’ Homeowner won help from show on DIY Network

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com When Matt Adkins learned his home was selected for “Desperate Landscapes,” a show on the DIY Network, he had absolute faith in the experts. In fact, he knew his yard couldn’t get much worse.

“Before, there was noth1

ing,” Matt, 29, said of the landscaping — or lack thereof. “At one time there was an ornamental tree, either old or dying. It had huge holes with birds living in it and dead branches.

It was hideous.”

The show featuring the 2001 Troy High School graduate will air at 9 p.m.

Wednesday.

Matt moved with his wife Erin to Batavia, near

Cincinnati, about a year before doing the show. The couple spent about six months fixing up their home before moving in, and during that time lived in a nearby apartment.

“It was a fixer-upper, and, of course, landscaping was the last on the list of things that needed to be done,” he said. Thus, he decided to get a hand from the experts.

Matt recalled he never expected to win the show, which entailed almost a 10month process of waiting and correspondence back and forth with producers.

“We didn’t honestly believe it was going to happen until a couple days before when there was stuff being shipped to our house,” Matt said.

He was encouraged to let the yard get overgrown to

allow for an even more dramatic makeover. His mom, Patty Adkins, said her son would never normally let his yard look so unkempt.

“They tell you months before not to mow the grass, don’t pull the weeds,” she recalled. “He is very particular and would never be the type to have his yard look like that. They wanted a better before-and-after picture.”

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Texting • Continued from A1 “The governor feels very strongly that texting and driving is a dangerous problem, and he will sign the legislation,” Wehrkamp said.

While Stott supports the texting ban, he said a distinction between age groups is unnecessary.

“I don’t care if they’re 16, 36 or 66 — texting is probably the worst offender there is,” Stott said. “Talking on the phone is one thing; texting is another. … You’re looking down to see if you’ve got the spelling right and the

meaning across. Even if you have one hand on the wheel, you’re still looking down.”

Teen drivers will be fined $150 and given a 60-day license suspension for the first offense. Repeat violations will result in a $300 fine and one-year suspension.

Adults would be ticketed in addition to another offense.

Mike Weinman, director of government affairs for the Fraternal Order of Police, said the organization would like to see texting while driving considered a primary offense for all ages.

“It becomes much more difficult to enforce as a secondary offense,” Weinman said. “It kind of sends a mixed message — that this is a bad offense, but not bad enough that police will pull you over for it (for 18 and older).”

Texting while driving will be added to the list of secondary violations in Ohio, which include driving without a seatbelt and using windshield wipers without headlights, said Troy Police Department Capt. Joe Long.

“It’s kind of a new trend to make them secondary

offenses,” he said.

Concerns have been raised statewide about the difficulty of enforcing the law, but Long said texters generally are not as sly as they may believe.

“I think it’s easy to tell when people are looking down at their lap when driving,” he said.

Troy High School student Emily Moser, 16, said texting while driving should be grounds for a citation regardless of age.

“I don’t think it’s a bad law, but I think it should be (a primary offense) for everyone, not just younger

people. You’re just as likely to get distracted if you’re older,” said Moser, who just received her license May 23.

“Maybe they’re just trying to prove their point with younger people.”

Nathan Fleischer, 16, agreed that the penalty for teenage drivers is fair but should be applied across the board.

“There is no absolute age where you should be allowed to text while driving,” he said. “You’ll be just as distracted whether you’re 16 or 60. Everyone should be banned from texting or electronics.”

think Detroit’s casinos could lose up to 5 percent of their revenues, and the city is bracing for a $25 million loss from its take of casino money in the upcoming fiscal year.

It simply stands to reason that gamblers who have flocked to Detroit from northern Ohio the past two decades will go to the casino that is closest to home, said Jake Miklojcik, a gaming industry analyst in Michigan.

“I call it couch to slot time,” he said. “Convenience is the most important factor, because all the games are really the same.”

Ohio’s neighboring states, for the most part, are waiting to see how their casino revenue is affected before making any cuts.

Some target that money

toward education while others, including Indiana, put gambling taxes into their general fund.

Ohio expects to collect about $600 million from taxes on casino wagering, with most going to schools and local governments.

The state’s voters had rejected four attempts to open casinos before 2009 when they approved gambling halls in Ohio’s four biggest cities. Backers promised it would help the state’s floundering economy by bringing new jobs and stopping the flow of money to out-of-state casinos.

“It’s Ohio’s money now,” said Scott Baillie, a poker and blackjack player from the Toledo suburb of Holland who no longer plans to make monthly trips to Detroit’s casinos.

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Melissa Cebina cooks on a rotating grill at the Epic Buffet inside the Hollywood Casino in Toledo Monday.

The new casino, the second in Ohio, is scheduled to open Tuesday.

Pennsylvania and western New York.

A second casino that opens in Toledo on Tuesday

will be in direct competition with three sites that are just 60 miles to the north in Detroit. Gaming analysts

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• Continued from A1 Just as the show depicts, homeowners truly are surprised to see the landscaping plans come to fruition. Matt said he didn’t know what to expect until the work was about an hour under way on the 100-degree day in July.

He and his wife had to shoot a video biography

before coming on the show, during which they outlined their complaints about the yard. Because they focused on the deck, it was central to the makeover. The episode’s title is appropriately titled “Hit the Deck.”

“Our deck was only big enough for two people before,” he said.

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“We got more plants than we would ever ask for for the rest of our lives,” he said, adding that the upkeep is more time-consuming now, as expected.

Improvements included a new tree planted in place of the dying one, a rock wall added to the flowerbeds and a pebbled walkway constructed in place of the cement sidewalk. The front yard was built up so water would drain toward the street, instead of collecting by the house.

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Matt said he and his family were pleased with the remarkable transformation. But something even more exciting happened after the work was done — Matt and Erin announced they were expecting their first child.

“It was pretty good timing, and absolutely no one had expected it since we had all been focused on the show,” Matt said.

Garrett Matthew Adkins was born on leap day, Feb. 29.

Patty says she couldn’t be happier for her son and his family — and their new yard.

“They’re just a real cute couple,” Patty said, adding, “We’re all getting prepared to watch (the episode).”

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• Continued from A1 The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is joining more than 900 hundred other law enforcement agencies in Ohio to raise awareness for and enforce Ohio’s seat belt laws. The traffic enforcement campaign began this past Monday and runs through June 3. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office will deploy additional deputies at various time frames on Miami County roadways to strictly enforce all Ohio traffic statutes. Special emphasis will be placed on seat belt enforcement, speeding, stop sign violations and other crash causing infractions. Deputies also will be on the look-out for impaired drivers.

The Memorial Day weekend is officially kicking off the “Click-It-OrTicket” campaign throughout Ohio. The federal monies, which are administered by the state, also reimburse some fuel costs.

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These individuals were still at-large as of Friday.

• If you have information on any of these suspects, call the sheriff’s COLUMBUS (AP) — The office at 440-6085.

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A patrol dispatcher said no major traffic tie-ups were being reported on Ohio highways as of early ROAD CLOSING Saturday afternoon.

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a danger- Peterson Road ous period on Ohio roads, particularly for impaired to close driving crashes.

LOSTCREEK TOWNSHIP — Peterson Road will be closed between Sodom-Ballou Road South and Alcony-Conover Road.

The location of the work on Peterson Road is onehalf mile west of AlconyConover Road.

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

• OUTDOOR CONCERT: The Troy Civic Band, directed by Kathy Community and Bill McIntosh, will present a free patriotic Calendar outdoor concert at 7 p.m. titled “Remembering CONTACT US FRIDAY Those Who Serve” in downtown Troy on Prouty Plaza. Bring lawn chairs.

• FRIDAY DINNER: For more information, call The Covington VFW Post Call Melody 335-1178.

No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Vallieu at • FAMILY QUEST: The Covington, will offer din440-5265 to ner from 5-8 p.m. For Miami County Park more information, call District will have its “Up, list your free 753-1108.

Up and Away” program calendar • CHICKEN FRY: The from 1-4 p.m. at items.You Pleasant Hill VFW Post Charleston Falls No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Preserve, 2535 Ross can send Road, Ludlow Falls, will Road, south of Tipp City. your news by e-mail to offer a three-piece chickParticipants can build and vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. en dinner with french fries fire air-powered paper and macaroni salad for $7 rockets with educational from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livspecialist Tim Pinkerton ers also will be available. from the WACO Aircraft Museum. Learn about boomerangs and see a live demonstration. Learn about all SATURDAY things that fly: airplanes, butterflies, rockets, bumble pees, paper planes, • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be birds, gliders, flying squirrels, hot air bal- offered from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ludlow loons, spiders, kites, parachutes and Falls Christian Church, 213 Vine St., traveling seeds. Pre-register for the proLudlow Falls. Anyone who registers to gram by sending an email to regisdonate will receive a “iFocus, iChange ter@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” 335-9730, Ext. 115.

T-shirt and be entered to win a new Ford • SUNSET SONGS: The Miami Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions County Park District will hold its Music in are invited to email the Park program “Sunset Songs” from canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 3887-9 p.m. at Greenville Falls State Scenic GIVE or make an appointment at River Area, 9110 Covington-Gettysburg www.DonorTime.com.

Road and 4720 Rangeline Road, near • CANCER BENEFIT: The American Covington. Enjoy soft, meditative Native Legion family, Post 586, Tipp City, will American flute music on a casual walk host a benefit for Betsy Cotton, who is around Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary. fighting brain cancer. She is an active For more information, visit the park disauxiliary member, part-time social room trict’s website at www.miamicountyattendant and friend who donates much parks.com. of her personal time to organize and work • CHICKEN BARBECUE: The events with the post in support of the vetPleasant Hill Newton Township erans. Social hour will be from 4-5 p.m.

Fireman’s Association will hold its spring and dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Dinner chicken barbecue at the firehouse is a pig roast with scalloped potatoes, beginning at 11 a.m. Donated baked baked beans, coleslaw and fruit. Presale goods are welcome. Proceeds will be tickets are $7 or at the door $8, children used for the purchase of fire and rescue under 12 are $4. There also will be raffles, equipment. a bake sale, an auction, games and door • BREAKFAST OFFERED: The Sons prizes. of the American Legion, Post 586, Tipp • SURF AND TURF: The Pleasant Hill City, will host an all-u-can eat breakfast VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a strip steak sausage gravy, biscuits, toast, panand choice of shrimp cocktail or grilled cakes, waffles, fruit, juice and cinnamon shrimp, a side and salad for $11 from 5-7 rolls from 8-11 a.m. for $6. p.m.

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• 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. Carryout will be available. The church is handicapped accessible.

• 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.

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) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

THURSDAY • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 3-7 p.m. at Piqua Baptist Church, 1402 W. High St., Piqua.

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) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

• HOT DOGS AND PRETZELS: The American Legion Auxiliary Post 586, Tipp City, will serve hot dogs, soft pretzels and desserts for $1 each from 6:307:30 p.m. Proceeds from the sale go to benefit an auxiliary member fighting brain cancer. Euchre begins at 7 p.m.

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Boy Scout T.R. Herzog of Troy, along with his fellow Boy Scouts from units 291, 365 and 544, and Girl Scout Troops 30552 and 30251, helped replace the flags on the graves of all veterans buried at Riverside Cemetery in Troy Saturday. The flag replacement was organized by the Troy VFW Lodge No. 5436. The old flags will be retired. Memorial Day ceremonies will begin at 9:45 a.m. Monday in Veterans Memorial Park at Riverside Cemetery.

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‘Fracking’ topic at GOP breakfast TROY — The concept of “fracking” will be one area of discussion at the next GOP quarterly breakfast at 8 a.m. June 16 at the Troy Country Club.

James Zehringer of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will be the featured speaker.

Zehringer was formally named as director of ODNR by Gov. John Kasich on Nov. 15, 2011. Prior to this he served as director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. He is the former owner of the Meiring Poultry and Fish Farm in Fort Recovery, which received awards for outstanding environmental practices. He also served as state representative for the 77th House District and Mercer County Commissioner.

The regulation of dangerous wild animals, environmentally safe development of shale and finding solutions to reduce phos-

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 state Rep. Richard Adams. Any area public employee or public employee retiree is invited to attend.

JUNE 7 • LEADERSHIP CONNECTION: The Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Women’s Leadership Connection luncheon will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the Crystal Room, 845 W. Marke St., Troy.

The guest speaker will be Luke Schlumpf, owner of The Olive Oasis, speaking on “It’s all about the EVOO!” Chamber members are $10 and non-members are $12.50, payable at the door. The deadline is Wednesday by calling 339-8769.

Shawn Peeples, secretary; or Dick Cultice, treasurer.

5K walk set for July 7 COVINGTON — Covington Outreach Association will host a 5K Run/Walk at 8 a.m. July 7 in conjunction with the Covington Summer Bash.

All pre-registered participants will receive a T-shirt on the day of the event.

Pre-registration is taking place now through June 15 for $12. On-site registration will be available on the day of the event beginning at 7 a.m. The cost will be $15, but same day registrants will not receive a T-shirt.

The 5K run/walk will begin at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, 6925 W. U.S. Route 36, Covington.

For information, email director@covington outreach.org. Registration forms are available at www. covingtonoutreach.org.

All proceeds will go to support the outreach ministries of COA.

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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.

phorous in the state’s waterways are key priorities for Zehringer.

During his tenure at the agriculture department, he led the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board in finalizing recommendations that have become the first set of comprehensive care rules in the nation. He was an active supporter of farmers and agribusinesses and valued agriculture’s importance to the state.

“Director Zehringer will have some interesting information about Ohio’s newest natural resource, natural gas,” party officials said. “The process of ‘fracking’ and related issues will be discussed, and at the breakfast, we will hear how Ohio can lead the nation in our efforts to be free of dependence on foreign oil.”

Limited seating is available and tickets are $15 per person. They can be obtained by calling any GOP Men’s Club officer, Jarrod Harrah, president; Joe Gibson, vice president;

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

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Los Angeles Times on Honduras: As the war on drugs has spread from Mexico to Central America, so has the U.S. role in Honduras. Pentagon contracts are helping to fund new military bases in remote regions of that country, and U.S. troops and special Drug Enforcement Administration agents have been deployed to train local security forces and assist in counter-narcotics operations.

It’s a delicate partnership, and one that is already causing controversy. Last week the Obama administration confirmed that DEA agents were with Honduran security forces aboard a U.S. helicopter during a botched May 11 operation. Four civilians, including two pregnant women, were allegedly killed after the helicopter fired on a canoe during a predawn raid, local authorities said. U.S. officials insist that the DEA agents were participating only in an advisory capacity and were not involved in the shooting, but several Honduran officials have described the raid as a DEA mission.

The incident raises more questions than it answers.

One thing is clear: The U.S. military role should be extremely limited and carefully monitored. There is little dispute that Honduras, ravaged by drug-related violence, needs help. It has the hemisphere’s highest homicide rate. Crime and corruption are rampant, and likely to worsen, thanks to a cascade of drug money. Legal and political institutions are weak, and human rights are too often only an abstraction.

But as Rep.Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village) recently noted, simply sending more boots and guns to Honduras may have the effect of exacerbating problems rather than helping solve them, given concerns that the country’s security forces are involved in serious human rights violations. The police in particular are known for corruption and should not be empowered.

Military assistance alone is not enough. Surely it is just as important to buttress democracy by strengthening civilian institutions in Honduras, while clamping down on gunrunners in the U.S. who help supply weapons to the cartels The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, on the FDA and a home HIV test: Here are three sobering statistics about health, life and death to contemplate.

In the United States, 619,000 people have died of AIDS in the past 30 years. Worldwide, the death toll surpasses 30 million. And contrary to conservative assertions, the vast majority are or were heterosexual.

Another 1.2 million people in the U.S. are infected with the HIV virus and/or have AIDS. And even more disturbing, an estimated 250,000 of them don’t know it.

With that potentially devastating number in mind, a panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted 17-0 last week to approve an over-the-counter HIV test kit that can be used at home.

It was a sound decision, even with the test’s potential shortcoming. In studies, it produced false positive and negative results, proving correct 93 percent of the time.

In contrast, HIV tests done by professional labs are 99 percent accurate.

The FDA must decide if that difference is cause to approve or nix the world’s first home-administered test, or if giving people a reasonable chance to know their status and seek medical help is better for them and the people they might infect than not knowing.

The conundrum of course is not for those who will get a false positive.

What people don’t know can kill them. Knowing saves lives. So assuming the FDA approves the HIV home test, which may cost about $40, people who don’t know their status and are sufficiently responsible to worry about it might be persuaded to take the test.

While not perfect, if nothing else an over-the-counter HIV test — like a pregnancy test — might give people the courage, or the righteous fear, to seek further testing. That’s what second opinions are for, and why they’re so important.

THEY SAID IT “I am honored, humbled and moved honestly to be here playing with the band … Thank you, Troy, for remembering our first responders and all those who sacrificed themselves on that day.”

— “The Singing Policeman,” Daniel Rodriguez, on performing at Troy’s Hobart Arena “Playing football in college really opened up my eyes about a lot of things. It’s not what the media makes it out to be. It’s really glorified by a lot of people — but a lot of times, it’s really not. Injuries hindered me my entire career. It’s not like in high school where you’re the star of the team and if you get hurt, as soon as you get healthy you’ve got your spot waiting for you when you get back. If you get injured, they’ve got guys waiting to take your place. They aren’t going to sit around and wait for you. In college, they don’t need to.”

— Troy High School and University of Wisconsin graduate Jake Current, on going to graduate school and ending his football career

We owe our new house to our ‘grandlords’ It’s weird to drive around my old hometown and think of it as home once again.

Particularly given how excited I was to get out of it after graduating high school.

But now that I’ve gone to college, have a career, found the right woman and married her, I suppose it’s fitting for things to come full circle — especially considering what brought me back to Urbana in the first place.

Last weekend, my wife Mandie and I loaded up all of our belongings and hauled them to my grandparents’ old house near the middle of Urbana, the city I spent the first 18 years of my life in. Forced to move into a one-story house for health reasons, my grandma Agnes and grandpa Charles allowed us to move into their old house, which they still own — and have since before I was even born — a house that me and just about everyone on my mom’s side of the family created many, many memories in.

In essence, they went from being my grandparents to being our grandlords.

It’s also strange to leave the Fairborn area, which has been my home since I began going to Wright

ever asked for. They were quick to respond and fix things when we had to call them with problems (which wasn’t all that often), and I’m sure they liked that we were not only low maintenance but also never once were late on a rent payment in all that time.

Still, married couples need to be married couples — and it was time Josh Brown for Mandie and I to be on our own Sunday Columnist and build a home for our family and State in 1996. My brother Dan and I the children we plan on having.

Funny how something that I had lived in the same three-bedroom mentioned at Christmas time as a rental house for the past six years joke to grandma came to be what now, with rotating roommates in that third bedroom — including, for actually happened.

So Mandie’s cousin Daniel, my a brief stint, our younger brother Chris. But ever since I met Mandie, father Dean, my brother Dan and I threw everything into various trailit’s been the two of us and Dan. ers and trucks and in the span of And it was good for a time. one day got it all to our “new” house.

Goodness knows I’ll miss living And we were thankful for the help, within five minutes of the Fairfield too — no way we could have done all Commons mall, an outstanding of that on our own, much less with movie theater at the Regal, a Best the speed and efficiency we did.

Buy, a Barnes and Noble, a variety And the house itself is phenomeof great restaurants and a central nal. It almost seems like too much location for getting to the sporting events I need to cover come tourna- house for two people and a dog right now, but we have plans to utilize ment time — basically, all of the places I’d ever need to go. every last bit of room. It’s spacious, And the landlords there, Judy it’s gorgeous, it’s utilitarian — it’s and Bob Beam, were the best landperfect for us. lords any random person could have Of course, there’s room to build

for the future, too. This scorching hot week in it has shown us just how important upgrading to central air conditioning will be, and Mandie’s uncle Rod, a plumber, will be checking out how to improve on some water pressure issues. And one of the first additions I want to make is to put in a new basketball hoop in the rather large driveway — just like grandma and grandpa had out there when I was a kid.

I took my first steps in our living room. My family had every Thanksgiving and Christmas in the front room that I can remember before this past year. And once Mandie and I get settled in and get things set up the way we want them, we will be able to host family holiday get-togethers, too.

Basically, we couldn’t be more excited to be right where we are.

And we owe it all to my grandparents.

Err, our landlords.

Our grandlords.

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Break in Patz case brings hope, tears to other families

BY ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of “closure.”

Patty Wetterling hates the word.

Since 1989, she and her husband have writhed in the same hell as Stan and Julie Patz. Whatever path they might have been on, it was irrevocably altered that October evening when a masked man walked away with their 11-year-old boy, Jacob.

“Once you’re a victim of a crime like this, your life takes a very different direction,” the St. Joseph, Minn., woman says. “It doesn’t really close anything, because everything just became different from that point on.

But it does provide answers.”

Thanks to the wonders of modern computer graphics, these parents can watch their children “age” digitally, at least. But no one can write a program capable of generating the milestones high school graduation, college, marriage, parenthood that come along with growing up.

Some, like Mike and Maddi Misheloff of Dublin, Calif., exist in a kind of suspended animation, unwilling to move or even redecorate the lost one’s bedroom.

Many, like the Patzes, live with the “what ifs.” What if they hadn’t given in to his “please,” hadn’t let him make his first solo walk to the school bus stop that May day in 1979?

A few suffer under a cloud of suspicion themselves, like Judy Moore of Jackson, Ky., whose 6-yearold son, Kelly, disappeared in 1982 while playing in the snow.

Back when Etan vanished, authorities put the children’s faces on milk cartons. Today, their names and images flash across the Internet and digital highway signs.

It is a horrifying truth that the best some families can hope for is that their child is being held against their will, says activist John Walsh.

Before her rescue in 2009, Jaycee Dugard was repeatedly raped and gave birth to two daughters during 18 years of captivity at the hands of a known sex offender in California. Still, her mother could eventually put her arms around her again, says Walsh, host of television’s “America’s Most Wanted.”

“Against all hope and reality, every now and then a child comes back alive,” says Walsh, whose 6-year-old son, Adam, was abducted from a

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In this Sept. 21, 2008, file photo, Nancy Sabin, executive director of the newlyrenamed Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, center, embraces Patty and Jerry Wetterling during the presentation of a bronze art work depicting a small child reaching for a star, in St. Louis Park, Minn. The Wetterlings’ 11-year-old son, Jacob, was abducted near St. Cloud, Minn., in 1989.

Florida department store in July 1981 and murdered. “So that’s why these people keep their rooms and their phone numbers, because it’s part of the staying mentally sane.

It’s part of the being able to cope with the worst possible thing that could ever happen to you — your beautiful, loving child disappears.”

Through his show, Walsh has helped capture more than 1,200 criminals and bring home about 60 missing children. He knows the Patzes and has shared their heartache each time a lead evaporated, and one “breakthrough” after another ended in disappointment.

Across America, as the Patzes wait to see if they will at last get justice for Etan, parents’ hearts are bleeding anew.

With their other two children grown and out on their own, the Misheloffs’ house is a bit too big for them. But they wouldn’t dream of moving while there is still a chance that Ilene might return.

“She has to come back to HER house,” her father says.

“This is her home,” his wife agrees. “We have to be here for her.”

They have left their daughter’s room just as it was on Jan. 30, 1989, the day she vanished. Not as a shrine, Maddi Misheloff says, but simply because, “It’s her room.

“And on the daily hope that we’re getting her back,” she says.

Ilene was 13 when she disappeared on her way home from Wells Middle School to change into her figure-skating clothes. She had recently competed in her first regional meet, and her family had gotten permission for her to leave while everyone else was in

last period.

That morning, Ilene was brushing her hair in the bathroom as Maddi Misheloff walked by on her way out the door to her office job at a physical therapy and medical supply company.

The two exchanged a quick “I love you.”

Mike Misheloff, an engineer at a Silicon Valley semiconductor company, was driving Ilene and her twin brother, Brian, the mile or so to school. They were running late, and the kids bolted from the car as soon as their father pulled up at the school.

Ilene, a pretty girl with braces and curly brown hair, was wearing a charcoal gray pullover polo sweater, a horizontally striped pink and charcoal skirt, and black, low-top Keds sneakers. She was carrying a dark-blue backpack.

After school, she usually had a snack while she waited for her coach to come pick her up. But she never got home that day.

The couple have been in contact with police off and on since Ilene’s disappearance.

But they haven’t heard anything since the beginning of the year, when the lead investigator was promoted and a new detective took his place.

Both parents have been following the Patz case. But a more recent event brought the emotions flooding back.

In the last few days, a Central Valley man was arrested in the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl.

Although no body has been found, police say there is enough evidence to suspect a homicide, Mike Misheloff says.

“We want to know where our child is,” his wife says.

“Every day without her is torture, and we want her back.”

When Judy Moore heard that the Patzes second-guess their decision to let Etan walk to the bus stop alone that day, she wept.

“You’re reading my mind,” she says, the tears coming afresh. “It’s pitiful.”

Moore, 55, had lost one prematurely born baby at 5 weeks. A judge had given custody of her two older children to her parents because her epilepsy made it difficult for her to care for them, she says.

Kelly, her baby, was all she had left.

Moore and Kelly’s father, Bobby Hollan, were divorced. On Feb. 12, 1982, mother and her son were living with Moore’s boyfriend in a rented house halfway up Pine Tree Hollow, near the town of Hindman in the eastern Kentucky mountains.

There was a dusting of snow on the ground. Kelly — a blue-eyed boy with a scar on his upper lip from an operation to repair a birth defect — had the day off from kindergarten and was begging to go outside and play.

After about two hours, Moore says, she relented. He pulled on his brown boots and the blue wind breaker with the torn zipper and headed for the door.

“He hugged me and said, ‘Mom, I love you,’” she says, her voice breaking.

It was around 11:30 a.m.

She sat on the bed and watched him out the window for a while. A couple of hours later, a neighbor yelled down to say that Moore’s sister was on the telephone.

When she came back home from the call, she says, Kelly was gone.

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RUTH M. FLOYD TIPP CITY — Ruth M. Floyd, 90, of Tipp City, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Troy Care and Rehabilitation Center, Troy.

She was born June 9, 1921, in Springfield, Ohio, to Otis and Pluma (Martin) Smith.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; son in-law, Paul Dehus; and grandson, Mark Floyd.

She is survived by her husband, Harold Floyd of Tipp City; sons, Don and his wife Judy Floyd of Cincinnati, Gene and his wife Maureen Floyd of Tennessee; and daughter, Sharon Dehus of Tipp City; along with nine grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Ruth had worked as a bookkeeper for

JCPenney in Troy; was a member of the Tipp City United Methodist Church; Newcomers and Friends Club and the Senior Citizens, all of Tipp City.

A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Tipp City United Methodist Church, 8 W. Main St., Tipp City, OH 45371, with Pastor Bonita Wood officiating.

Family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

Contributions may be made in memory of Ruth to the Tipp City United Methodist Church.

Services have been entrusted to Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, OH 45371. www.fringsandbayliff. com.

DENNIS THOBE COVINGTON — Dennis Thobe, 60 of Covington, Ohio, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at 1:25 a.m. at his residence. He was born Jan. 26, 1952. in Troy, Ohio. to the late Aloysius J. and Volunta L. (Steineman) Thobe.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Mary (Ganger) Thobe; son and daughter-in-law Donald and Wendy Thobe of Fletcher; daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Jerry Crump of Troy; and son; Darrell Thobe; residing at home; five brothers and sisters-in-laws, Aloysius and Linda Thobe Jr. of Piqua, Robert Thobe of Troy, Michael Thobe of Circleville, Thomas and Janine Thobe of Warrenton, N.C., and Joseph and Tracy Thobe of Piqua ; and eight sisters and brothers-in-laws, Ann and James Beyke of St. Henry, Margaret Evans of Troy, Carolyn and Steven Wilson of Cincinnati, Mary and David Shock of Tipp City, Cynthia and Mark Wright of Piqua, Joan and Michael Gibson of Cummings, Ga., Nancy and Daniel Jones of Hilliard, and Julie and Joseph Cogliano of Dayton; three grandchildren, Brandon and Nicholas Crump of Troy

and Caitlin Thobe of New York; three step-grandchildren, Marisa, Austin and Autumn; and several foster grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Thobe.

He was a 1970 graduate of Troy High School and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Troy. Dennis retired from Hobart Corp. with 20 years of service, from Drackett with 10 years of service, and United Retail Logistics with 19 years of service, leaving behind his United Retail family.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Troy, with the Rev. Fr. James Duell officiating.

Interment will follow at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, Vandalia, Ohio.

Friends may call on the family from 4-8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 29, at the Baird Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy OH 45373.

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

OBITUARY POLICY In respect for friends and family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free of charge. Families who would like photographs and

more detailed obituary information published in the Troy Daily News, should contact their local funeral home for pricing details.

Embittered Facebook investors ponder their next move To say that Facebook’s debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of.

Either way, a colossal understatement.

The response from small-time investors has been equal parts frustration, confusion and bitterness. Fed up, some are dumping their shares and accepting the losses.

Others, while miffed, are holding on and hoping to ride the stock’s eventual success.

Some blame themselves

for embracing the hype over a company whose underlying value likely didn’t merit the price at which it went public. But many accuse Facebook and its underwriting banks of setting the price too high and for trying to sell too many shares.

Others are pointing fingers at the Nasdaq stock market for botching buy and sell orders on opening day. Or they’re angry over brokers who pushed them to buy.

And others are irked over reports that Morgan Stanley, which guided Facebook through its public debut, told only some select clients of an analyst’s negative report about Facebook

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Michael Hines had felt uneasy about Facebook. He thought the shares were priced too high, and the excitement overblown especially once the company raised its target price for the opening two days beforehand. Yet when the chance arose to buy into the company’s $38-a-share initial public offering, he seized it.

“I figured: Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” said Hines, 61, a retiree and private investor in Boston.

Now, he wishes he’d listened to his misgivings.

Instead, Hines watched with dismay as the stock languished on its first day,

then slid on its second. On Tuesday, determined to unburden himself of a nagging headache, he sold his shares at $32.76, taking a loss on his investment. He declined to say how many shares he’d bought.

“I was upset with myself for having been drawn into it,” Hines said. “I knew it was grossly overpriced. I could feel it a couple of days before.”

His son, Brad, also bought shares on the first day, at about $40.50, and was also irritated with himself and with the investment banks that priced the shares.

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• BASKETBALL: The Troy boys basketball camp will be on June 4-7. The camp, held in the Trojan Activities Center, for grades 1-4 will be from 9 a.m. to noon. For grades 5-8, the camp will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on June 4, then will start at 1 to 4:15 p.m. June 5-7. The camp will feature former Troy standout and former Ohio State basketball player Matt Terwilliger. Camp forms have been delivered to each homeroom teacher and addition forms available in school offices.

The fee is $55. To sign up, send application to Coach Miller, Troy High School, 151 Staunton Road, Troy, OH 45373. For questions or concerns, contact coach Tim Miller at his school line (937) 3326068 or at home (937) 339-6576.

• BASKETBALL: Newton High School will host a basketball camp June 11-14. For boys in grades 3-7 as of Sept. 2012, the camp will run from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and will cost $50. For boys in grades 8-12, camp will run from 1-3 p.m. and cost $30. For more information, call Steve Fisher at 6762002.

• BASKETBALL: The Red Devil Basketball Youth Camp will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 11-14 at Tippecanoe High School. The camp is for boys who will be in grades 6-8 next year.

The cost is $70 before June 1 and $75 after June 1. Skill instruction, games, Tshirt and string bag are included in the fee. For more information, e-mail dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us.

• TENNIS: West Milton will host tennis camps at the junior high, junior varsity and varsity levels this summer, with two sessions apiece. The junior high camp sessions will be from 11 a.m. to noon June 18-21 and June 2528 for the first session and July 9-12 and July 16-19 for the second, with both sessions costing $45. The junior varsity camp will run from 9:30-11 a.m.

June 18-21 and June 25-28 for the first session and July 9-12 and July 16-19 for the second, with both costing $60.

The varsity camp will run from 7:309:30 a.m. June 25-28 for the first session and July 16-19 for the second, and both will cost $60. Registration forms can be found at Milton-Union Middle School, the Milton-Union Public Library or from any of the high school coaches. The deadline to register is the Wednesday before the session being registered for. For more information, contact Sharon Paul at 698-3378 or Steve Brumbaugh at 698-3625.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris Heisey gave Cincinnati the lead with his first home run of the season, and four relievers made it stand up as the Reds overcame a poor start by Mike Leake for a 10-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.

Devin Mesoraco and Ryan Ludwick also homered as the Reds picked up their seventh win in eight games.

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Keselowski wins Nationwide race Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, leading the final 67 laps to give Penske Racing a winning start on auto racing’s biggest weekend.

Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide victory of the year. He’ll try to double up in Sprint Cup’s longest race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600 tonight.

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Dragons Lair GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

— Kurtis Muller belted a home run and drove in two runs and Dayton battled back from a four-run deficit to defeat the West Michigan Whitecaps 8-6 on Saturday night.

The Dragons trailed by scores of 4-0 and 6-4 but came back with a four-run seventh inning to rally for the win.

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Cincinnati Reds' Chris Heisey watches his three-run home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie in the second inning during Saturday in Cincinnati.

Rookie J.J. Hoover (1-0), the first Cincinnati reliever, pitched 1 1-3 shutout innings for his first career win. Sam LeCure followed with two innings before Logan Ondrusek and Sean Marshall each added one after Leake, 1-0 with a 1.29 earnedrun average over his previous two starts, lasted just 3 2-3 innings. He allowed nine hits and three runs.

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■ Track and Field

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Covington’s Hannah Pond makes a leaping catch to help the Buccaneers hold on for a 9-6 Division IV Regional championship victory Saturday.

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Milton-Union’s Jake Finfrock comes out of the starting blocks during the 400 race at Saturday’s Division II Regional track meet at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

Giving it their all Finfrock, Bulldogs come up short at regional meet

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BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Whether it was on the football field or on a track, MiltonUnion’s Jake Finfrock gave it his all — a quality that will serve him well in his future endeavors.

Aside from the ridiculous numbers he put up as a running back for the Milton-Union team that reached the playoffs last season, Finfrock’s track career included a state qualification

Buccs returning to state Covington outlasts Minster

BY BEN ROBINSON Sports Writer All season long the Covington Buccaneers had to battle through injuries as kids on crutches became the norm in the dugout.

But Covington persevered and for the first time all season the Buccs had their entire roster in uniform. And it couldn’t have come at a better time as Covington captured a hardfought 9-6 Division IV Regional championship win over Minster to advance to the state tournament for the second year in a row.

TIPP CITY “It’s about the kids,” said an emotional Covington coach Dean Denlinger. “It wasn’t our best game, but the girls found a way today.”

That way was hitting the ball — and hitting it hard all afternoon.

“That we did,” Denlinger said.

“We hit the ball hard all day today.”

And it was Connor Schaffer and Morgan Arbogast who got Covington rolling in the second inning after the Lady Buccs squandered a golden opportunity to score in the first inning with two baserunning mistakes.

First, Schaffer trilled a towering home run over the scoreboard

DAYTON last year in the 4x400 relay and a regional berth this season in the 400 and in the 4x400 relay with teammates Kain Smiley, Everett Pricer and Clay Minton.

But on Saturday, Finfrock’s solo career and the run of the Bulldogs 4x400 team ended.

Finfrock placed seventh in the Division II Regional final of the 400 after the 4x800 team placed eighth (3:34) on Thursday.

Both results, however, warranted a spot on the podium for the Bulldogs in front of the crowd at Welcome Stadium in

Milton-Union’s Zack Everett Pricer runs his leg during the ■ See BULLDOGS on A9 4x400 race at Saturday’s Division II Regional track meet.

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■ Auto Racing

Not a family matter Andretti wants Indy win for self INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marco Andretti knows how much heartache his family has suffered at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

He needs no reminders that IndyCar could use an American superstar, and with his famous last name, he is quite aware of the hope that maybe he can be the one to elevate this attention-starved series.

None of that matters to

Andretti as he heads into the Indianapolis 500.

He believes he can win today’s race — “it’s going to be our race to lose,” he said — and he wants it, badly. But Andretti wants it for himself, for his own career, and not because of what it would mean to his family or for AP PHOTO IndyCar. Mario Andretti won in IndyCar driver Marco Andretti, left, talks with a member of his crew 1969, and no Andretti has done it as his grandfather and 1969 Indy 500 champion Mario Andretti, again in 65 starts and many of center, looks on following the final day of practice for the ■ See INDY on A8 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday.

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■ Auto Racing

Keselowski wins History 300 CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, leading the final 67 laps to give Penske Racing a winning start on auto racing’s biggest weekend.

Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide victory of the year. He’ll try to double up in Sprint Cup’s longest

race of the season, the CocaCola 600 tonight. In between comes the Indy 500, a race that owner Roger Penske’s cars have won 15 times. Penske driver Ryan Briscoe will start from the pole there today.

Penske Racing has “three shots at winning races this weekend,” Keselowski said. “We’re one for one.”

Don’t bet against more

Penske wins this weekend.

The team’s other drivers in Indianapolis, Will Power and Helio Castroneves, start fifth and sixth. Power has won three times already this year, and Castroneves is a three-time Indy winner.

“I’m happy for” Penske, Keselowski said. “One way or another, the checkered flag at Penske Racing is going to fly this week.

Keselowski led the way as Sprint Cup drivers took the top four spots. Denny Hamlin was second, followed by Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, last year’s Coca-Cola 600 champion.

Nationwide points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had driveshaft problems and finished 26th.

AP PHOTO Danica Patrick started Brad Keselowski poses in victory lane with his crew the race in third, yet slid to after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series History 13th.

300 in Concord, N.C. Saturday.

■ Golf

■ Major League Baseball

Dufner hangs on to Colonial lead

ChiSox pound Indians

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson have set up what will basically be a match-play final round for the winner’s plaid jacket at the Colonial.

It will be Dufner, whose only two PGA Tour victories came in the last four weeks, against the 2007 Masters champion who got the last of his seven wins two years ago at Hogan’s Alley.

“It seems like one of us is either going to win or finish second,” Dufner said after his 4-under 66 in the third round Saturday.

After two bogeys the previous three holes, Dufner matched playing partner Johnson’s birdie putt on the 17th hole and overcame a wayward final tee shot to save par and keep the lead.

Dufner’s 15-under 195 total put him a stroke ahead of Johnson, who shot 65. Tom Gillis was a distant third at 7 under after a 69.

“I really wasn’t aware of (the separation) until I looked at the board on 13.

It was more than I anticipated,” Johnson said. “It seemed like I didn’t hear too many roars in front of us, so that’s a telling sign. … I still have 18 holes and that’s my focus. I totally anticipate Dufner to keep doing what he’s doing.

There’s not a whole lot going on that’s wrong.”

Dufner, the winner last week in the Byron Nelson Championship about 30 miles away, is trying to win for the third time in his last four starts. He also is trying to do something only Ben Hogan has done.

Hogan, Dufner’s hero, is the only player to win both PGA Tour events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the same year.

When he did it in 1946, they weren’t played in consecutive weeks.

The last player to win in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour was Tiger Woods in 2009. Nobody won more than two tournaments last season.

Like Johnson, who

wore a plaid-collared shirt Saturday, the first time Dufner realized the gap from everyone else had widened was when he saw that scoreboard at 156yard 13th hole. And he had a three-stroke lead then.

• Senior PGA Championship BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Roger Chapman shot a 7-under 64 to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the Senior PGA Championship.

Chapman finished the day at 14-under par. John Cook began the round tied with Chapman for the lead, but couldn’t keep pace with the Englishman and settled for a 69 to drop into second place at Harbor Shores.

Chapman’s 54-hole score of 199 tied the tournament record set by Sam Snead in 1973, although Snead was 17 under when he set the mark.

Steve Pate had a 67 to join 66-year-old Hale Irwin at 7 under. Irwin made a triple bogey on the par-3 fourth, but played well on the back nine and shot 69.

Chapman beat Padraig Harrington in a playoff to win a European Tour event in Brazil in 2000, and that’s pretty much the highlight of his resume.

He has never won on the Champions Tour. He made the cut in all 11 of his Champions Tour starts last year, but didn’t have a top-10 finish.

• BMW PGA Championship VIRGINIA WATER, England — Defending champion Luke Donald remained in position to regain the top spot in the world ranking, shooting a 3-under 69 to take a twostroke lead in the BMW PGA Championship.

The Englishman overcame windy conditions at Wentworth on a day when only three players broke 70, and Ernie Els criticized European Tour officials for the state of the greens on the course he redesigned.

Lowe roughed up in 14-7 Cleveland loss to Chicago CHICAGO (AP) — Derek Lowe wasn’t looking for reasons. All he wanted to do was shake it off after absorbing his worst beating of the season.

Dayan Viciedo homered in his third straight game, Paul Konerko had four hits, and the Chicago White Sox pounded Lowe and the short-handed Cleveland Indians 14-7 Saturday for their eighth win in nine games.

“I don’t want to make light of the game, but when you get hit like that, you almost forget who did what,” Lowe said.

It’s not hard to see why it all seemed like a blur, the way the hits and runs were coming at him.

Chicago started with four in the first and added four more while chasing Lowe in the third after Cleveland scored five in the top half. Viciedo’s two-run homer made it 8-5, and the White Sox pulled away late after Cleveland got within one, tying a season high with their fourth straight win.

They now trail the firstplace Indians by just 11/2 games in the AL Central and will try to complete the sweep on Sunday, after another impressive day at the plate.

They set season highs for hits (17) and runs and have scored 81 over the past 12 games.

Alex Rios had three hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth after being robbed of a three-run drive by center fielder Michael Brantley in the first.

Viciedo also had three hits and drove in five runs, and Konerko came up big again, just as he’s been doing.

“I feel like I’m going to go to work when I go up there,” he said. “That’s all I feel. I feel like I’m going to work when I’m up there. I try to trust what I’m doing, but that could change. (If there’s) something you trusted on a couple of pitches and you don’t trust it on one, that can be the one pitch that makes an out.

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Cleveland Indians left fielder Johnny Damon, left, and shortstop Juan Diaz (29) miss the catch on a single hit by Chicago White Sox’s A. J. Pierzynski during the seventh inning in Chicago Saturday.

I’m just trying to trust what I’m doing up there.”

Konerko had three doubles while raising his average from .381 to .396 and extending his hitting streak to 12 games, drove in two runs and scored three. With the White Sox clinging to an 8-7 lead, he led off a four-run seventh with a walk and came around when shortstop Juan Diaz mishandled the throw from Brantley on Rios’ double to left-center.

Viciedo singled in a run and the White Sox got two more with one out and the bases loaded, when Alejandro De Aza forced a runner at second with a grounder to short and Casey Kotchman dropped the throw to first.

That made it 12-7 and, finally, allowed the White Sox to exhale on a day when it looked like they might cruise to an easy victory.

Lowe (6-3) simply didn’t have it. He lasted just 2 1-3 innings in his shortest start this season and watched his ERA jump from an American League-leading 2.15 to 3.25 after giving up eight runs the most for him since he allowed eight early

last August against Washington when he was with Atlanta.

“Sometimes you just stink and there’s no reason to analyze the game,” he said. “When you stink, you stink. It was a bad time for a really bad game.”

Jake Peavy (6-1) wasn’t much better, though.

He gave up a pair of tworun homers to Chicagoarea product Jason Kipnis and allowed seven runs in all while struggling through 6 1-3 innings even though the Indians were missing the middle of their order.

With Travis Hafner already sidelined because of inflammation in his right knee, Cleveland took two more big hits after Carlos Santana (mild concussion) and Asdrubal Cabrera (tight left hamstring) left Friday’s game.

Both players were out of the lineup on Saturday, with manager Manny Acta saying Santana is likely headed to the seven-day concussion list and Cabrera is day to day.

“The game works in a mysterious way,” Acta said.

“I really thought we were

going to struggle to score runs with our lineup, and it went the other way around.”

Notes: Brantley’s catch on Rios was one for the highlight reel. He raced back and leaped in stride, his elbow touching the yellow stripe on top of the wall as he reached up to snag what would have been a homer. … Hafner will be reevaluated on Monday.

Although Acta didn’t completely rule it out, he downplayed the possibility of surgery for the slugger. “It’s obviously a consideration for everyone that is hurt,” Acta said…. White Sox 3B Brent Morel took some swings and some grounders before the game for the first time since he went on the disabled list earlier in the week because of a strained back. He said he’ll travel with the team to Tampa after this series and probably go on a minor league rehab assignment after that. “We’ve got to see how it feels the next couple of days, and then we’ll go from there,” he said. “It’s all just how it feels. If it feels fine, I’ll be able to do more every day.”

■ Auto Racing

Indy ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 those races were devastating near-misses.

“That’s not my approach to the event. My approach is I want to win our Super Bowl,” Andretti said. “I put that pressure on myself. I don’t want to do it because he did it and my dad didn’t, that’s all bonus. Do I think we can? You’re darn right.”

The 96th running of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is the most wideopen race in a very long time. Engine competition for the first time in six years and the introduction of a new car has widened the pool of potential winners, and there’s no clear favorite.

“I think we’re going to see the best race we’ve had in at least a decade,” said Roger Penske, winner of 15 Indy 500s and the team owner of pole-sitter Ryan Briscoe.

Penske is undefeated this season, as Helio Castroneves and points leader Will Power have combined to win the first four races. And with Chevrolet power, Penske drivers have

swept all five poles so far this season.

So it seemed to be business as usual on pole day, when Chevrolet clearly had the edge. The team put nine drivers inside the top 10, and all six of the full-time entries were from Penske and Andretti Autosport.

Then came Carb Day, and the Hondas came to life.

Chip Ganassi teammates Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon led the leaderboard, with Andretti landing third on the final speed chart as the fastest Chevy driver.

“Maybe some sandbagging?” Franchitti wondered as Andretti slid into the seat next to him following their final on-track session before the race. “Do you really think we’re all going to show what we can do?”

The return of Chevrolet and addition to Lotus has renewed rivalries this season in IndyCar, and the fight between Chevy and Honda has been on display since the track opened May 9.

Chevy lost two appeals in its fight to prevent Honda from getting a new compressor

Indy just a distant memory for Patrick INDIANAPOLIS — With Danica Patrick in North Carolina racing stock cars, the Indianapolis 500 will go off today without an American woman in the field for the first time since 1999.

That’s just one of the problems facing her former series, but it’s not really her problem.

Patrick has moved on to NASCAR, and can’t worry about what she left behind.

“I was ready to leave IndyCar. I wanted to be here,” she said from Charlotte Motor Speedway, where she’ll race in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600.

“When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don’t really think about it that much. It’s like that girlfriend you didn’t want to have anymore.

You don’t think about her anymore. Or ex-husband. You just don’t. Indy, I have lots of great memories from there and probably the part of me that doesn’t feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It’s not gone.”

It makes for a strange situation this weekend regarding Patrick.

She’s not in Indianapolis for the first time in seven years, but she’s still been a topic of conversation at various points since the track opened May 9.

James Hinchcliffe, her replacement in the Go Daddy car, flirted with the pole and will start second in today’s race. It’s been a breakthrough month for Hinchcliffe, who is started to build his own brand and establish his identity as both a colorful character and a skilled driver. cover for its turbocharger, and the final decision came the day before practice officially opened. Honda then dominated on the track, particularly Josef Newgarden and Bryan Clauson, the two young American drivers for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. But there was skepticism that the Chevy teams were simply holding back,

and that sure seemed to be the case after qualifying.

There’s been no speculation whatsoever about the two Lotus entries, which have been so far off the pace there have been calls for IndyCar to park Simona de Silvestro and Jean Alesi after the start. The engine is a tremendous handicap to Alesi, the 47-year-old former

Formula One driver who has never before raced an IndyCar, never raced on an oval and has been only sporadically racing in anything at all the last several years.

On Friday, his last day in the car before the race, Alesi was clocked at 204.452 mph almost 10 miles slower than the last non-Lotus car, and a long way off Franchitti’s

222.360.

“The engine is a disaster,” he was picked up saying during the television broadcast of practice. “The engine is really bad.”

Nothing has been bad for Andretti, who has been one of the few constants this month at Indy. He’s been consistently fast, and was thought to be a threat for the pole. He wound up fourth, right behind teammates James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay.

IndyCar is seeking a new star now that Danica Patrick has fled to NASCAR, and will miss her first Indy 500 since 2005. She was the de facto face of the series, and IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard knows he needs somebody else to step up and fill her void.

He knows that an Andretti win would be a very good thing for the series.

“Wherever you go in the world, Andretti is known in racing,” he said. “This is Marco’s stance. I’ve never seen him so confident. It’s like a new Marco to me.”

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Titans take 2nd in division

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The FC Tippecanoe Titans U9 Boys soccer team placed second in the Troy Strawberry Soccer Tournament’s Gold Division this past weekend.

Pictured are: front, from left — Blake Heeley, Mason Robbins, Owen Hadden, Owen Trimble, and Jack Kleinhenz. Middle, from left — Gabe Dean, Jake Smith, Nick Robbins, Ethan Perrault and Jack Cleckner. Back, from left — coaches Matt Cleckner, Jenny Smith and Doug Rabe.

■ Track and Field

Bulldogs ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 Dayton.

“I wish I could have run a little better here,” Finfrock said. “But still I made it to the regional finals, so I’m not that mad about it. I just wish I could have done better.”

The 4x400 team had the eighth-best time going into the meet, which was where they ended up finishing.

The Bulldogs missed out on going to state in the event for the second straight year.

Smiley was also on that team.

Finfrock had the unfortunate task of going against Thurgood Marshall’s Alante Oliver — who tied the meet record in the 400 (47.22 seconds) — and the rest of a stacked field in the finals. Finfrock — who holds the MiltonUnion record in the 400 — ended with a time of 51.64 seconds on Saturday, which was well off his best time.

“I feel like Jake could hang with anyone in any

event,” Milton-Union coach Michael Meredith said.

“But when you come down here with schools like Thurgood and some of the other Dayton inner-city schools, it’s tough.”

Finfrock’s Though career ended, he seemed pretty content and glad with what he had accomplished when all was said and done. “”I’m satisfied with my career,” Finfrock said.

“Winning county four years in a row really made me happy. And beating my school record (in the 400) was a big deal.”

Now that his track season and graduation are over, Finfrock’s focus will shift to getting ready for the Marine Corps. He reports in mid-June.

“I cannot wait to go to the Marines,” Finfrock said.

“It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do, and now that I’ve made the decision to go, I’m extremely satisfied.”

■ National Basketball Association

Rondo leads Celtics in Game 7 BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 85-75 in Game 7 on Saturday night to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

The Celtics will open the third round of the NBA playoffs in Miami against the Heat on Monday night.

Rondo scored nine straight Boston points, helping the Celtics turn a three-point edge into a double-digit lead after Paul Pierce fouled out with 4:16 left in the game.

Andre Iguodala scored 18 points, and Elton Brand and Jrue Holiday had 15

apiece for the 76ers, who eliminated the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round but couldn’t do the same with the Celtics.

Kevin Garnett had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Ray Allen hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers after missing his first five attempts. Pierce had 15 points and nine rebounds before fouling out.

That’s when Rondo took over.

The point guard, rebounding from his worst performance of the playoffs in Game 6, scored on a baseline drive and followed it up with a long 2pointer (originally scored a 3) with 2:47 left.

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■ Softball

Buccs ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 in left field to open the second. Two batters later, freshman Morgan Arbogast blasted a homer off the scoreboard for a 2-0 Covington lead.

“Those were two big hits,” Denlinger said of the home runs. “Actually, we should have had those in the first inning because Jessie (Shilt) led off with a triple and then we had two baserunning mistakes that cost us.”

Covingon scored again in the third to extend the lead to 3-0 and then broke the game open with five runs in the fourth.

“We had a really good start,” Denlinger said. “We put the pressure on them by making them play from behind, which is tough to do.”

Leading 8-0 and in total control, the game changed immediately as it appeared as though the Lady Buccs had their reservations set for Akron.

That’s when mental and physical mistakes began taking their toll as a normally stingy Covington defense had two critical mistakes in the field. And Minster took advantage by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth to cut the deficit to 8-3.

“We let them back in the game,” Denlinger said.

“We had some communication breakdowns in the field and an error that kept the inning alive.”

Covington seemed to weather the storm as it put another run on the board in the top of the fifth for a 9-3 lead.

But Minster responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning and had runners on first and third with two outs. And it looked as though the Wildcats were going to do some serious damage as a well-hit ball to center was on its way to the fence for what would likely result in at least one run, if not two.

Fortunately for Covington, senior Hannah Pond made the defensive play of the game by leaping high in the air to snag the ball for the third out of the inning.

“That was a huge catch

by Hannah,” Denlinger

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The Covington Buccaneers congratulate Morgan Arbogast after she hit a home run early in the Buccs’ Division IV Regional final victory over Minster Saturday at Tippecanoe Middle School. said. “If she doesn’t track that down it scores one, maybe two runs and it’s a different game.”

After a scoreless sixth inning, Covington left two runners stranded in the top of the seventh to set up a nail-biting final three outs for both teams.

Minster put the first two batters on base with a walk and a base hit and the Covington pitcher Casey Yingst struck out the next two batters to put the Buccs within one out of heading back to state.

Yingst then got ahead of the next batter 1-2, but the hitter got away from Covington on an error that brought two runs across the plate to cut margin to 9-6.

“Four of their six runs were unearned,” Denlinger said. “I know it was hot, but that’s not an excuse.

We’re better than that.”

Fortunately the suspense ended on the next pitch as a grounder to Heidi Snipes at third resulted in the final out of the game and a return trip to the state final four for Covington.

“Any win is a good win,

Covington’s Connor Schaffer hits a home run in a Division IV Regional final victory over Minster Saturday at Tippecanoe Middle School. but a win in situations like this are special,” Denlinger said. “We get another chance (at state).”

And it was all due to the eleven timely hits by Covington as Shilt, Snipes, Yingst, Pond and Schaffer all recorded a pair of hit each and Arbogast tallied another.

Yingst got the victory once again in going the distance on the mound. She

struck out six and walked three.

It all lead to another regional championship and a return trip to Akron, where Covington (25-4) faces Vienna Mathews (245) in the state semi-final at 10 a.m. Thursday at Firestone Stadium.

Cov .......021 510 0 — 9 11 2 Min.........000 310 2 — 6 5 2 WP — Yingt. HR — Schaffer (C), Arbogast (C). Records: Covington 25-4.

■ Tennis

Djokovic looks to keep streak alive PARIS (AP) — As daylight disappeared and wind whipped loose dirt around the court, Novak Djokovic watched one last ace fly off Roger Federer’s racket and end their thrilla-minute semifinal at the 2011 French Open.

It’s been nearly a year since that evening, and Djokovic hasn’t lost a Grand Slam match since.

He’s won 21 in a row, earning championships at Wimbledon in July, the U.S. Open in September, and the Australian Open in January. If Djokovic can prolong that run on the red clay of Roland Garros over the next two weeks, he will become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win four consecutive major tennis tourna-

ments.

A remarkable achievement, to be sure. And one the 25-year-old Serb is trying not to expend too much energy pondering before the French Open, which starts Sunday.

“It would definitely mean the world to me … but I haven’t thought about that too much, because I do not want to

put too much pressure on myself,” the No. 1-ranked Djokovic said, then added with a laugh: “Pressure that I don’t need at this moment, because I already have enough.”

He insists he wants to view this tournament the way he would any year.

Federer’s take?

Essentially: Good luck with that, pal.

■ Football

Parents’ dilemma: Let children play football?

BY CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide.

While many of her son’s friends are moving on to tackle, he’ll be playing another year of flag football.

“I just couldn’t put him in tackle football, only because of everything that’s been going on,” Giancarli said. “I think that the Junior Seau suicide really hit home, too.

So we decided to put him in another year of flag, because the impact is significantly less.”

Giancarli hasn’t ruled out the possibility of letting her son play tackle when he gets older. But she hopes he won’t want to.

“I hate to take that experience away from him, especially since we all love the game so much,” Giancarli said. “But I just don’t know if it’s worth it.”

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Kia LaBracke holds up a picture of her son in her home Friday in Oconomowoc, Wis. LaBracke is concerned about her kids playing football in the wake of NFL concussions.

That’s a tough thing to say for Giancarli, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers seasonticket holder who drives all the way from the Fort Lauderdale area to attend games. But she’s among parents nationwide who have felt compelled to reconsider whether football is safe enough for their children amid a steady flow of reports on the potential long-term effects of repeated

head injuries, an ever-growing list of concussion lawsuits filed by former NFL players against the league, and the New Orleans Saints bounty controversy.

Plus, now, the death at age 43 of Seau, a star linebacker for two decades.

Although it is not clear why Seau killed himself earlier this month, his death advanced what already was an uncomfortable national

conversation about the hidden consequences of playing football.

And while it is too early to establish a link between parents’ safety concerns and football’s popularity, there are indications that fewer kids across the country are putting on pads.

Research from the National Sporting Goods Association indicates overall football participation across all age ranges has decreased from 10.1 million in 2006 to 9 million in 2011, with the most significant drops in the 12-17 and 18-24 age groups.

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, the number of high school boys playing 11man football rose from 886,840 in 1992-93 to 1,112,303 in 2008-09. But after 16 years of nearly uninterrupted growth, the number of players has declined slightly during the two most recent years for which data was available: to 1,109,278 in 2009-10 and 1,108,441 in 2010-11. The number of youths partici-

pating in less common forms of the game — 9-player, 8-player and 6-player football — also fell slightly in the two most recent years available.

The decline doesn’t appear to be a function of school budget cutbacks.

According to the NFHS data, the number of high schools offering 11-player football continues to increase.

NFHS director of sports and sports medicine Bob Colgate says the small decline hasn’t raised red flags among high school sports administrators and may be the result of normal fluctuation in class sizes.

Dr. Michael Koester, a pediatric sports medicine specialist in Eugene, Ore., who has advised the NFHS, says it’s too early to connect a downward trend with parents’ safety concerns — but says the numbers are worth watching, especially in youth football.

“I think it would be difficult to read anything into that at this point,” Koester said. “I think we really have

to look at what those high school numbers do over a four- or five-year period of time. And maybe more importantly at this time would be trying to get an idea from Pop Warner, from USA Football, see what’s happening at the lower levels. I think if we’re going to see a culture shift from a participation standpoint, I suspect that we’re going to see it more at those lower levels, where parents are going to be deciding there’s just no reason for their 7-, 8or 9-year-old to be out there playing.

“And frankly, I support them in that. My son didn’t start playing until he was 12.”

USA Football says participation in youth football has been relatively stable in recent years, at about 3 million kids — but USA Football executive director Scott Hallenbeck acknowledges that may change, given parents’ concerns about safety.

“My sense of it is, we’re going to see a drop in participation,” Hallenbeck said.

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SPORTS

Sunday, May 27, 2012

BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 29 18 .617 — 28 19 .596 1 Tampa Bay 25 21 .543 3½ New York 24 23 .511 5 Toronto 23 23 .500 5½ Boston Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 26 20 .565 — 25 22 .532 1½ Chicago 22 24 .478 4 Detroit 18 27 .400 7½ Kansas City 15 31 .326 11 Minnesota West Division W L Pct GB Texas 29 18 .617 — Los Angeles 23 25 .479 6½ 22 25 .468 7 Oakland 21 28 .429 9 Seattle NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 28 18 .609 — Miami 26 21 .553 2½ 26 21 .553 2½ New York 26 22 .542 3 Atlanta 25 23 .521 4 Philadelphia Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 26 20 .565 — St. Louis 25 22 .532 1½ Houston 22 23 .489 3½ 22 24 .478 4 Pittsburgh 19 26 .422 6½ Milwaukee 15 31 .326 11 Chicago West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 30 15 .667 — San Francisco 24 23 .511 7 20 26 .435 10½ Arizona 17 28 .378 13 Colorado 17 31 .354 14½ San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Baltimore 8, Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 7, Boston 4 Texas 14, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland 3 Detroit 10, Minnesota 6 N.Y. Yankees 6, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 4 Saturday's Games Detroit 6, Minnesota 3 Texas 8, Toronto 7, 13 innings Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 14, Cleveland 7 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 3 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Sunday's Games Kansas City (Hochevar 3-5) at Baltimore (Matusz 4-4), 1:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 4-1) at Boston (Buchholz 4-2), 1:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Jimenez 5-3) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 3-5), 2:10 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 3-4) at Minnesota (Walters 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Drabek 4-4) at Texas (Darvish 6-2), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-6) at Oakland (Milone 6-3), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-4) at Seattle (Noesi 2-5), 4:10 p.m.

Monday's Games Detroit at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Colorado (Moyer 2-4) at Cincinnati (Latos 3-2), 1:10 p.m.

San Diego (Volquez 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 6-1), 1:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 4-2) at Miami (Nolasco 5-2), 1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Bedard 2-5), 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Halladay 4-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 3-5), 2:15 p.m.

Houston (Happ 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 6-1), 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Wolf 2-4) at Arizona (D.Hudson 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-1) at Atlanta (Beachy 5-2), 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 1:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 3:10 p.m., 1st game Arizona at San Francisco, 5:05 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Reds 10, Rockies 3 Colorado Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi Scutaro 2b 5 1 2 0 Cozart ss 5 1 0 0 Colvin cf-lf 4 0 2 2 Stubbs cf 4 1 1 0 CGnzlz lf 4 0 0 0 Votto 1b 3 1 2 0 EYong cf 0 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b 4 2 3 2 Tlwtzk ss 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 3 1 1 1 LeMahi ss 0 0 0 0 Heisey lf 3 2 2 3 Helton 1b 3 0 1 0 Cairo 3b 2 0 0 0 Cuddyr rf 2 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Pachec 3b 4 1 3 0 Costanz ph1 0 0 0 Nieves c 4 1 1 1 LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Guthrie p 2 0 0 0 Ludwck ph 1 1 1 3 Fowler ph 1 0 0 0 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Rogers p 0 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0 MtRynl p 0 0 0 0 Mesorc c 4 1 1 1 WRosr ph 1 0 0 0 Leake p 1 0 1 0 Frazier 3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 34 310 3 Totals 34101210 Colorado ...................100 200 000—3 Cincinnati .................401 100 40x—10 E_Pacheco (2), Cairo (2).

DP_Colorado 2, Cincinnati 3.

LOB_Colorado 8, Cincinnati 4.

2B_Pacheco (5), Nieves (1), Votto 2 (21), B.Phillips (6), Bruce (12), Leake (1). 3B_Scutaro (2). HR_Heisey (1), Ludwick (5), Mesoraco (3). CS_Stubbs

Scores WCGB — — — 1½ 2

L10 6-4 5-5 5-5 5-5 6-4

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

Home 14-12 17-7 14-11 12-10 10-12

WCGB — ½ 3 6½ 10

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

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

Home Away 14-12 12-8 11-13 14-9 11-12 11-12 5-17 13-10 6-16 9-15

WCGB — 3 3½ 5½

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

Str Home Away W-2 13-9 16-9 W-5 11-10 12-15 L-4 10-14 12-11 L-3 9-12 12-16

WCGB — — — ½ 1½

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

Str Home Away W-2 15-8 13-10 W-2 13-9 13-12 W-2 14-9 12-12 L-6 10-9 16-13 W-4 11-13 14-10

WCGB — 1 3 3½ 6 10½

L10 Str 7-3 W-1 3-7 L-3 7-3 W-4 5-5 W-2 4-6 W-2 0-10 L-11

WCGB — 2 5½ 8 9½

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

AND SCHEDULES

Away 15-6 11-12 11-10 12-13 13-11

Home Away 14-9 12-11 12-11 13-11 16-10 6-13 13-10 9-14 11-13 8-13 9-15 6-16

Str Home Away L-2 19-5 11-10 L-2 12-10 12-13 L-1 8-15 12-11 L-1 9-14 8-14 L-2 12-16 5-15

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Guthrie L,2-3 . . . . . . .5 10 6 2 1 5 Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 2 2 2 2 Mat.Reynolds . . . . . . .2 1 2 2 1 1 Cincinnati Leake . . . . . . . . . .3 2-3 9 3 3 1 4 Hoover W,1-0 . . .1 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 LeCure H,2 . . . . . . . .2 0 0 0 1 3 Ondrusek . . . . . . . . . .1 1 0 0 1 0 Marshall . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 2 Rogers pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP_Rogers, Leake.

Umpires_Home, Scott Barry; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Paul Emmel.

T_3:21. A_35,314 (42,319).

White Sox 14, Indians 7 Chicago Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo rf 3 2 1 0 De Aza cf 5 0 0 1 Brantly cf 4 1 1 3 Bckhm 2b 5 1 1 0 Kipnis 2b 4 2 2 4 A.Dunn dh 5 2 2 0 JoLopz dh 4 0 0 0 Konerk 1b 4 3 4 2 Ktchm 1b 4 0 1 0 Lillirdg pr-1b0 1 0 0 5 3 3 3 Damon lf 4 0 0 0 Rios rf Hannhn 3b4 0 0 0 Przyns c 5 2 2 1 J.Diaz ss 3 1 0 0 Viciedo lf 5 2 3 5 Marson c 3 1 1 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 2 0 OHudsn 3b4 0 0 0 Totals 33 7 6 7 Totals 42141712 Cleveland..................005 020 000— 7 Chicago.....................404 000 42x—14 E_Kotchman (2), J.Diaz (1).

LOB_Cleveland 1, Chicago 5.

2B_Brantley (15), A.Dunn (10), Konerko 3 (13), Rios (8), Pierzynski (7).

HR_Kipnis 2 (8), Rios (4), Viciedo (10).

SB_Al.Ramirez (4), O.Hudson (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland D.Lowe L,6-3 . . . .2 1-3 10 8 8 0 3 Accardo . . . . . . . .2 2-3 1 0 0 0 3 Hagadone . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 1 J.Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 4 3 1 1 Sipp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 2 2 0 1 Chicago Peavy W,6-1 . . . .6 1-3 6 7 7 1 9 Thornton H,7 . . . . .2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Crain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 0 Ohman . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP_by Peavy (Choo).

Umpires_Home, Ted Barrett; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Brian Runge.

T_2:39. A_27,151 (40,615).

Saturday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit . . . . . .200 040 000—6 12 0 Minnesota . . .110 001 000—3 8 1 Scherzer, Dotel (6), Benoit (8), Valverde (9) and Avila; Pavano, Duensing (5), Burton (8), Perkins (9) and Butera. W_Scherzer 4-3. L_Pavano 2-4. Sv_Valverde (8). HRs_Minnesota, Morneau (9), Span (1).

Toronto . . .0000221000002—7 15 2 Texas . . . . .2000030000003—8 14 1 (13 innings) H.Alvarez, L.Perez (6), Cordero (8), Janssen (9), Oliver (10), Igarashi (13), Frasor (13) and Arencibia; Lewis, Ogando (6), Mi.Adams (8), Nathan (9), Uehara (10), R.Ross (12), Tateyama (13) and Torrealba. W_Tateyama 1-0.

L_Frasor 0-1. HRs_Toronto, Rasmus (4). Texas, N.Cruz (6), Torrealba (2), Moreland (8), Hamilton (20).

NewYork . . . .011 130 012—9 14 0 Oakland . . . .101 000 000—2 7 1 Sabathia, Wade (8), Eppley (9) and C.Stewart; Colon, Norberto (7), Godfrey (8) and K.Suzuki. W_Sabathia 6-2. L_Colon 4-5. HRs_New York, Cano (7), Teixeira 2 (8). Oakland, Reddick (13).

Kansas City .000 011 110—4 12 0 Baltimore . . .012 000 000—3 8 0 F.Paulino, Collins (6), G.Holland (7), Mijares (8), Broxton (9) and Quintero; W.Chen, O'Day (7), Strop (8), Ayala (9) and Wieters. W_G.Holland 1-2. L_Strop 3-2. Sv_Broxton (9). HRs_Kansas City, Butler (10). Baltimore, C.Davis (8), Hardy (10).

Tampa Bay . .000 000 200—2 4 0 Boston . . . . .000 001 002—3 9 1 Price, Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina; Beckett, A.Miller (8), R.Hill (9) and Shoppach. W_R.Hill 1-0.

L_Rodney 2-1.

HRs_Boston, Saltalamacchia (8).

Los Angeles .000 104 000—5 12 0 Seattle . . . . . .000 021 000—3 6 0 Williams, Walden (7), S.Downs (7), Frieri (8) and Bo.Wilson, Hester; F.Hernandez, Delabar (7), Kelley (9) and Olivo.

W_Williams 5-2.

L_F.Hernandez 4-4. Sv_Frieri (2).

HRs_Los Angeles, Pujols (7), Callaspo (2). Seattle, Smoak (7).

NATIONAL LEAGUE San Diego . . .000 000 000—0 4 0 NewYork . . . .400 000 05x—9 9 0 Richard, Palmer (7), Thayer (8) and Hundley; J.Santana and Nickeas.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix Noon ABC — IRL, IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 5:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Coca-Cola 600, at Concord, N.C. 1 a.m. SPEED — FIA World Rally, at Athens, Greece (delayed tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Greensboro, N.C. 2 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Southeastern Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Hoover, Ala. COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD 3:30 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, teams TBD (if necessary) 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, teams TBD (if necessary) GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, BMW PGA Championship, final round, at Surrey, England 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational, final round, at Fort Worth, Texas NBC — Champions Tour, Senior PGA Championship, final round, at Louisville, Ky. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. FSN — Colorado at Cincinnati 1:30 p.m. TBS — Tampa Bay at Boston WGN — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh 8 p.m. ESPN — Washington at Atlanta MOTORSPORTS 6:30 p.m. SPEED — AMA Pro Racing, at Salt Lake City (same-day tape) NBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, conference finals, game 1, Oklahoma City at San Antonio SOCCER 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, San Jose at Kansas City TENNIS Noon NBC — French Open, first round, at Paris 5 a.m. ESPN2 — French Open, first round, at Paris WATER POLO 3 p.m. NBCSN — Olympic Trials, at Newport Beach, Calif.

W_J.Santana 2-2. L_Richard 2-6.

HRs_New York, Hairston (4), Rottino (1), Nickeas (1).

Washington .130 002 200—8 12 0 Atlanta . . . . . .020 020 000—4 8 2 Strasburg, Gorzelanny (6), Stammen (9), Clippard (9) and Flores; Minor, Medlen (6), Venters (7), Durbin (8), Kimbrel (9) and Boscan. W_Strasburg 5-1. L_Medlen 1-1. Sv_Clippard (3).

HRs_Washington, Espinosa (5), Harper (3). Atlanta, Uggla (7).

San Francisco001 000 011—3 9 1 Miami . . . . . . .013 001 00x—5 9 0 Bumgarner, Edlefsen (7), Affeldt (8) and Posey; Buehrle, Cishek (8), H.Bell (9), Choate (9) and J.Buck. W_Buehrle 5-4. L_Bumgarner 5-4. Sv_Choate (1).

Philadelphia .000 103 000—4 7 0 St. Louis . . . .000 000 000—0 7 0 K.Kendrick and Schneider; J.Garcia, E.Sanchez (7), Fick (9) and T.Cruz.

W_K.Kendrick 1-4. L_J.Garcia 3-3.

Chicago . . . .000 110 000—2 6 0 Pittsburgh . . .002 000 001—3 6 1 Maholm, C.Coleman (6), Camp (7), Dolis (9) and Lalli; Correia, Watson (7), Lincoln (7), Hanrahan (9) and Barajas.

W_Hanrahan 2-0. L_Dolis 2-4.

HRs_Chicago, A.Soriano (5).

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

W 34 26 26 25 25 23 21 18

L 14 23 23 23 24 26 28 31

Pct. GB .708 — .531 8½ .531 8½ .521 9 .510 9½ .469 11½ .429 13½ .367 16½

W L Pct. GB Wisconsin (Brewers) 31 18 .633 — Beloit (Twins) 28 21 .571 3 Kane County (Royals) 27 22 .551 4 Quad Cities (Cardinals) 23 25 .479 7½ Cedar Rapids (Angels) 22 26 .458 8½ Peoria (Cubs) 22 27 .449 9 Burlington (Athletics) 21 27 .438 9½ Clinton (Mariners) 17 31 .354 13½ Saturday's Games Dayton 8, West Michigan 6 Bowling Green 11, Fort Wayne 2 South Bend 5, Great Lakes 3 Lake County 4, Lansing 3 Burlington 8, Clinton 6 Kane County 5, Beloit 1 Wisconsin 11, Peoria 3 Quad Cities 4, Cedar Rapids 1 Sunday's Games Dayton at West Michigan, 1 p.m.

South Bend at Great Lakes, 2:05 p.m.

Lake County at Lansing, 2:05 p.m.

Clinton at Burlington, 3 p.m.

Wisconsin at Peoria, 3 p.m.

Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids, 3:05 p.m., 1st game Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids, 5:35 p.m., 2nd game Bowling Green at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.

Beloit at Kane County, 7:30 p.m.

Monday's Games Dayton at West Michigan, 1 p.m.

Beloit at Kane County, 2 p.m.

Clinton at Burlington, 3 p.m.

Wisconsin at Peoria, 3 p.m.

Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids, 3:05 p.m.

Bowling Green at Fort Wayne, 3:05 p.m.

South Bend at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m.

Lake County at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.

AUTO RACING IndyCar-Indy 500-Lineup Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis (Car number in parentheses) 1. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-

Chevrolet, 2:38.9514 (226.484 mph).

2. (27) James Hinchcliffe, DallaraChevrolet, 2:38.9537 (226.481).

3. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, DallaraChevrolet, 2:39.1233 (226.240).

4. (26) Marco Andretti, DallaraChevrolet, 2:40.6766 (225.456).

5. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 2:39.7004 (225.422).

6. (3) Helio Castroneves, DallaraChevrolet, 2:39.8780 (225.172).

7. (67) Josef Newgarden, DallaraHonda, 2:40.6879 (224.037).

8. (11) Tony Kanaan, DallaraChevrolet, 2:40.1775 (224.751).

9. (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevrolet, 2:40.4119 (224.422).

10. (8) Rubens Barrichello, DallaraChevrolet, 2:40.5253 (224.264).

11. (98) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 2:40.7144 (224.000).

12. (38) Graham Rahal, DallaraHonda, 2:40.7437 (223.959).

13. (25) Ana Beatriz, DallaraChevrolet, 2:40.7720 (223.920).

14. (83) Charlie Kimball, DallaraHonda, 2:40.8093 (223.868).

15. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 2:40.9413 (223.684).

16. (50) Dario Franchitti, DallaraHonda, 2:41.0144 (223.582).

17. (19) James Jakes, DallaraHonda, 2:41.0866 (223.482).

18. (4) JR Hildebrand, DallaraChevrolet, 2:41.1299 (223.422).

19. (15) Takuma Sato, DallaraHonda, 2:41.1517 (223.392).

20. (99) Townsend Bell, DallaraHonda, 2:41.3377 (223.134).

21. (18) Justin Wilson, DallaraHonda, 2:41.4865 (222.929).

22. (30) Michel Jourdain, DallaraHonda, 2:41.5124 (222.893).

23. (77) Simon Pagenaud, DallaraHonda, 2:41.5138 (222.891).

24. (17) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevrolet, 2:41.5720 (222.811).

25. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, DallaraChevrolet, 2:40.8666 (223.760).

26. (41) Wade Cunningham, DallaraHonda, 2:41.2484 (223.258).

27. (22) Oriol Servia, DallaraChevrolet, 2:41.8754 (222.393).

28. (20T) Ed Carpenter, DallaraChevrolet, 2:41.9262 (222.324).

29. (14) Mike Conway, DallaraHonda, 2:41.9293 (222.319).

30. (6) Katherine Legge, DallaraChevrolet, 2:42.4374 (221.624).

31. (39) Bryan Clauson, DallaraChevrolet, 2:47.6671 (214.455).

32. (78) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Lotus, 2:47.9162 (214.393).

33. (64) Jean Alesi, Dallara-Lotus, 2:51.3516 (210.094).

NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Coca-Cola 600 Lineup After Thursday qualifying; race Sunday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 192.94 mph.

2. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 191.598.

3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.374.

4. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 191.259.

5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 191.198.

6. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 191.171.

7. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 191.13.

8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.887.

9. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 190.597.

10. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 190.456.

11. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 190.328.

12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 190.302.

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM 13. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 190.268.

14. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 190.201.

15. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 190.194.

16. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 190.054.

17. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.034.

18. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 189.987.

19. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 189.707.

20. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 189.607.

21. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.573.

22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 189.52.

23. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 189.076.

24. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 188.871.

25. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 188.363.

26. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 188.344.

27. (74) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 188.324.

28. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 188.206.

29. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 187.924.

30. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 187.656.

31. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 187.526.

32. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 187.487.

33. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 187.259.

34. (33) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 187.169.

35. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 186.143.

36. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 186.111.

37. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 186.085.

38. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 185.976.

39. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 185.81.

40. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (32) T.J. Bell, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 185.784.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 3 Washington 4, Boston 3 New Jersey 4, Florida 3 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 1 St. Louis 4, San Jose 1 Phoenix 4, Chicago 2 Nashville 4, Detroit 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 4, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 0 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 2 Monday, May 14: NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 0 Wednesday, May 16:New Jersey 3., NY Rangers 2 Saturday, May 19: NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 0 Monday, May 21: New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 1 Wednesday, May 23: New Jersey 5, NY Rangers 3 Friday, May 25: New Jersey 3, NY Ranger 2 (OT) WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 1 Sunday, May 13: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 2 Tuesday, May 15: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 0 Thursday, May 17: Los Angeles 2, Phoenix 1 Sunday, May 20: Phoenix 2, Los Angeles 0 Tuesday, May 22: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 3, OT STANLEY CUP FINALS Wednesday, May 30: LA at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 2:Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 4: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 6: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, June 9: Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m. x-Monday, June 11: Eastern Champion at Western Champion, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 13: Western Champion at Eastern Champion, 8 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2 Miami 4, New York 1 Indiana 4, Orlando 1 Boston 4, Atlanta 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Utah 0 Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 0 L.A. Lakers 4, Denver 3 L.A. Clippers 4, Memphis 3 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 Saturday, May 12: Boston 92, Philadelphia 91 Monday, May 14: Philadelphia 82, Boston 81 Wednesday, May 16: Boston 107, Philadelphia 91 Friday, May 18: Philadelphia 92, Boston 83 Monday, May 21: Boston 101, Philadelphia 85 Wednesday, May 23: Philadelphia 82, Boston 75 Saturday, May 26: Boston 85, Philadelphia 75 Miami 4, Indiana 2 Sunday, May 13: Miami 95, Indiana 86 Tuesday, May 15: Indiana 78, Miami 75 Thursday, May 17: Indiana 94, Miami 75 Sunday, May 20: Miami 101, Indiana 93 Tuesday, May 22:Miami 115, Indiana 83 Thursday, May 24: Miami 105, Indiana 93, Miami wins series 4-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 4, L.A. Lakers 1 Monday, May 14: Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Lakers 90 Wednesday, May 16: Oklahoma City 77, L.A. Lakers 75 Friday, May 18: L.A. Lakers 99,

Oklahoma City 96 Saturday, May 19: Oklahoma City at L.A. LakersOklahoma City 103, L.A. Lakers 100 Monday, May 21: Oklahoma City 106, L.A. Lakers 90 San Antonio 4, L.A. Clippers 0 Tuesday, May 15: San Antonio 108, L.A. Clippers 92 Thursday, May 17: Thursday, May 17: San Antonio 105, L.A. Clippers 88 Saturday, May 19: San Antonio 96, L.A. Clippers 86 Sunday, May 20: San Antonio 102, L.A. Clippers 99 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Boston Monday, May 28: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, June 1: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 3: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 5: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, June 7: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 9: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio Sunday, May 27: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 29: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 2: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday: June 4: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-Friday, June 8: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

GOLF Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Scores Saturday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,204; Par: 70 Third Round Jason Dufner ................65-64-66—195 Zach Johnson...............64-67-65—196 Tom Gillis.......................65-69-69—203 Bo Van Pelt....................69-64-71—204 John Huh.......................70-66-69—205 Ryan Palmer .................68-67-70—205 Kelly Kraft......................71-71-64—206 Jonas Blixt.....................73-67-66—206 Jim Furyk ......................69-69-68—206 Louis Oosthuizen..........71-67-68—206 Ryan Moore ..................67-69-70—206 Rickie Fowler.................68-68-70—206 Tommy Gainey..............66-67-73—206 Jonathan Byrd ..............72-68-67—207 Kevin Chappell..............70-67-70—207 David Hearn..................71-72-65—208 Y.E.Yang........................73-69-66—208 Corey Pavin...................71-70-67—208 Matt Kuchar...................72-69-67—208 Hunter Mahan...............69-71-68—208 Sung Kang....................70-69-69—208 Charley Hoffman ..........69-70-69—208 Greg Owen ...................69-68-71—208 Harris English ...............65-70-73—208 Ken Duke ......................68-75-66—209 Chris Stroud..................69-73-67—209 Roberto Castro.............67-74-68—209 Ben Crane.....................70-71-68—209 Brendon de Jonge........67-74-68—209 John Daly......................70-69-70—209 Vijay Singh ....................70-69-70—209 David Mathis.................71-67-71—209 Kyle Reifers...................65-72-72—209 Trevor Immelman..........70-71-69—210 Geoff Ogilvy..................70-70-70—210 Chris Kirk ......................71-69-70—210 Sergio Garcia................66-73-71—210 Tim Clark.......................70-69-71—210 Carl Pettersson.............70-69-71—210 Bobby Gates.................71-67-72—210 Boo Weekley.................72-71-68—211 J.J. Killeen .....................72-70-69—211 Jerry Kelly .....................72-70-69—211 Chad Campbell.............71-71-69—211 Blake Adams ................69-72-70—211 Martin Flores.................68-73-70—211 Jason Bohn...................70-70-71—211 Michael Thompson.......69-71-71—211 Seung-Yul Noh..............70-69-72—211 Greg Chalmers.............70-69-72—211 Bryce Molder ................72-64-75—211 Brandt Jobe ..................67-75-70—212 Will Claxton...................72-69-71—212 Kevin Na........................70-71-71—212 John Senden ................69-71-72—212 Charlie Wi......................68-69-75—212 Senior PGA Championship Scores Saturday At The Golf Club at Harbor Shores Benton Harbor, Mich.

Purse: TBA Yardage: 6,861; Par: 71 Third Round Roger Chapman...........68-67-64—199 John Cook.....................69-66-69—204 Steve Pate.....................70-69-67—206 Hale Irwin......................71-66-69—206 Joel Edwards ................73-67-67—207 David Frost....................70-70-68—208 Michael Allen ................77-64-68—209 Jay Don Blake...............71-72-67—210 Bob Tway.......................72-69-69—210 Bernhard Langer ..........73-68-69—210 Loren Roberts...............72-67-71—210 Joe Daley......................73-72-66—211 Willie Wood ...................72-72-67—211 Kirk Triplett.....................73-70-68—211 Sandy Lyle ....................74-71-66—211 Jim Carter .....................70-71-70—211 Steve Jones ..................74-70-68—212 Gene Jones ..................71-71-70—212 Scott Simpson ..............75-67-70—212 Boonchu Ruangkit........72-69-71—212 Peter Senior..................74-67-71—212 Jeff Hart ........................72-73-68—213 Bill Britton......................73-71-69—213 Christopher Williams ....74-71-68—213 Fred Couples ................76-67-70—213 Bill Glasson...................74-72-67—213 Bobby Clampett............71-71-71—213 Lonnie Nielsen..............71-70-72—213 Jay Haas .......................70-74-70—214 Kenny Perry ..................75-70-69—214 Mark McNulty................71-72-71—214 J.L. Lewis.......................70-73-71—214 Andrew Oldcorn............74-70-71—215 Tom Lehman.................76-69-70—215 Mark Brooks .................78-67-70—215 Paul Wesselingh ...........71-72-72—215 John Huston .................73-70-72—215 Larry Mize .....................74-69-72—215 Gary Wolstenholme......79-67-69—215 Barry Lane ....................74-73-68—215 Mark Calcavecchia.......73-68-74—215 Jeff Sluman...................70-75-71—216 Kiyoshi Murota..............73-70-73—216 Mark Mouland...............72-73-71—216 Wayne Levi ...................73-70-73—216 Tom Pernice, Jr.............76-70-70—216 Sonny Skinner ..............77-70-69—216 Tom Jenkins..................75-70-72—217 Tim Thelen....................75-69-73—217

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BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com

PIQUA

With her 50th birthday just around the corner, Tammy Pence of Fletcher says she is in better shape now than she was when she was 37 when she managed to lose 110 pounds and keep it off.

Pence, 49, who for the last 20 years worked for Piqua City Schools, is the new owner of Faith Driven Fitness, 9030 Looney Road, and she said so far she loves it.

Changing careers has come along simply for Pence, whose husband, Scott, recently acquired the business as a 50th birthday present for his wife.

Pence has been an aid with the school district at Springcreek and on a handicap bus for the last two decades and while she loved her job, she looks forward to the new, exciting challenges that come along with running Faith Driven Fitness.

After working out at the facility with the old owners for more than a year, Pence said her husband gave her the motivation for her new role.

The facility is a personal training studio and anyone interested in one-on-one training or

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group workouts, called boot camp, can contact Pence at (937) 606-0293 to set up an appointment so she can assess a potential client’s physical fitness levels.

“It’s easy to lose weight,” Pence said. “Keeping it off, that’s the hard part.”

She said the business’s clientele has doubled and she said a majority of the women who she works with consider it not only a great physical and mental workout, but also a great example of group therapy.

Pence says she hopes her own personal story can help motivate and inspire other women who are looking for a healthier lifestyle.

“The reason why I wanted to do this is because I used to be incredibly overweight,” Pence said. “I will take the fitness level I am at now at 50 any day over what it was when I was 37.”

Pence added that Faith Driven Fitness has less of a gym atmosphere than other facilities, which is something all of her clients enjoy, too.

“I enjoy doing this and it OCM PHOTO/MIKE ULLERY helps keep me fit and active,” she Tammy Pence, the new owner of Faith Driven Fitness, 9030 Looney Road in Piqua, talks about her new full-time career after working for Piqua City Schools for the past 20 years. said.

Analysis: Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year

Pollit joins Bruns Realty

Paychecks break records

TIPP CITY — Rusty Pollit has joined Bruns Realty Group at their Tipp City office as a sales agent.

Pollitt has 20 years of experience in all facets of sales, leasing, maintaining and managing awardwinning residential and commercial properties.

Along POLLIT with being a realtor, Pollitt has strong contract negotiation and evaluation skills, which have allowed him to maintain 100 percent occupancy levels and full rent collections. He will focus his real estate efforts on commercial sales, leasing and property management.

Pollitt has been honored with several awards such as the Suburban Office Park of the Year, Blue Ash Beautification, Best Community Over 100 Units, First Laurel, Springdale Beautification and twice received Office Building of the Year.

Pollitt resides in Vandalia with his wife and four daughters.

He attended Sinclair Community College, the University of Dayton and is a graduate of Hondros College.

NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006.

Companies trimmed cash bonuses but handed out more in stock awards. For shareholder activists who have long decried CEO pay as exorbitant, that was a victory of sorts.

That’s because the stock awards are being tied more often to company performance. In those instances, CEOs can’t cash in the shares right away: They have to meet goals first, like boosting profit to a certain level.

The idea is to motivate CEOs to make sure a company does well and to tie their fortunes to the company’s for the long term. For too long, activists say, CEOs have been richly rewarded no matter how a company has fared “pay for pulse,” as some critics call it.

To be sure, the companies’ motives are pragmatic.

The corporate world is under a brighter, more uncomfortable spotlight than it was a few years ago, before the financial crisis struck in the fall of 2008.

Last year, a law gave shareholders the right to vote on whether they approve of the CEO’s pay.

The vote is nonbinding, but companies are keen to avoid an embarrassing “no.”

“I think the boards were more easily shamed than we thought they were,” says Stephen Davis, a shareholder expert at Yale University, referring to boards of directors, which set executive pay.

In the past year, he says, “Shareholders found their voice.”

The typical CEO got stock awards worth $3.6 million in 2011, up 11 percent from the year before.

Cash bonuses fell about 7 percent, to $2 million.

The value of stock options, as determined by the company, climbed 6 percent to a median $1.7 million. Options usually give the CEO the right to buy shares in the future at the price they’re trading at when the options are granted, so they’re worth something only if the shares go up.

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economy that grew more slowly than expected.

CEOs managed to sell more, and squeeze more profit from each sale, despite problems ranging from a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating to an economic slowdown in China and Europe’s neverending debt crisis.

Still, there wasn’t much immediate benefit for the shareholders. The S&P 500 ended the year unchanged from where it started.

Including dividends, the index returned a slender 2 percent.

Shareholder activists, while glad that companies are moving a bigger portion of CEO pay into stock awards, caution that the rearranging isn’t a cure-all.

For one thing, companies don’t have to tie stock awards to performance.

Instead, they can make the awards automatically payable on a certain date meaning all the CEO has to do is stick around.

Other companies do tie stock awards to performance but set easy goals.

Sometimes, “they set the bar so low, it would be difficult for an executive not to trip over it,” says Patrick McGurn, special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises pension funds and other big investors on how to vote.

And for many shareholders, their main concern that pay is just too much, no matter what the form has yet to be addressed.

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sample includes only CEOs in place for at least two years.

Among the AP’s other findings: David Simon, CEO of Simon Property, which operates malls around the country, is on track to be the highest-paid in the AP survey, at $137 million. That was almost entirely in stock awards that could eventually be worth $132 million, some of which won’t be redeemable until 2019. The company said it wanted to make sure Simon wasn’t lured to another company.

He has been CEO since 1995; his father and uncle are Simon Property’s cofounders.

Of the five highest-paid CEOs, three were also in the top five the year before. All three are in the TV business: Leslie Moonves of CBS ($68 million); David Zaslav of Discovery Communications, parent of Animal Planet, TLC and other channels ($52 million); and Philippe Dauman of Viacom, which owns MTV and other channels ($43 million).

About two in three CEOs got raises. For 16 CEOs in the sample, pay more than doubled from a year earlier, including Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan (from $1.3 million to $7.5 million), Marathon Oil’s Clarence Cazalot Jr. (from $8.8 million to $29.9 million) and Motorola Mobility’s Sanjay Jha (from $13 million to $47.2 million).

“It’s just that total (compensation) is going up, and that’s where the problem lies,” says Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

The typical American worker would have to labor for 244 years to make what the typical boss of a big public company makes in one.

The median pay for U.S. workers was about $39,300 last year. That was up 1 percent from the year before, not enough to keep pace with inflation.

Tita Freeman, a senior vice president at the Business Roundtable, a group of chief executives of large U.S. companies, says that CEO compensation is driven by market forces.

“I can’t tell you precisely what a specific CEO should make, any more than I can tell you what a top-performing Major League Baseball shortstop should make,” Freeman said in an emailed statement.

Since the AP began tracking CEO pay five years ago, the numbers have seesawed. Pay climbed in 2007, fell during the recession in 2008 and 2009 and then jumped again in 2010.

To determine 2011 pay packages, the AP used Equilar data to look at the 322 companies in the S&P 500 that had filed statements with federal regulators through April 30. To make comparisons fair, the

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NAV 11.23 32.98 121.05 73.33 30.74 121.84 49.77 32.99 16.90 32.77 28.23 121.06 29.02 105.86 67.49 13.14 51.81 29.89 40.30 9.74

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Pct Min Init Load Invt NL 1,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL200,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 500 5.75 500 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 4.00 2,500

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

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Today

Tonight

Sunny and hot High: 92°

Monday

Mostly clear Low: 70°

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Monday 6:12 a.m. ...........................

Sunset tonight 8:56 p.m. ...........................

Moonrise today 12:16 p.m. ...........................

Moonset today 1:03 a.m. ...........................

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Rain late in the day High: 90° Low: 70°

Showers & storms possible High: 83° Low: 68°

Wednesday

Thursday

Partly cloudy High: 78° Low: 59°

Chance of showers High: 73° Low: 56°

National forecast Forecast highs for Sunday, May 27

Sunny

Pt. Cloudy

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June

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Moderate

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Main Pollutant: Particulate

144

250

500

Peak group: Tree

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GLOBAL City Athens Bangkok Calgary Jerusalem Kabul Kuwait City Mexico City Montreal Moscow Sydney Tokyo

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Cincinnati 95° | 69°

Kan. Low: 27 at Stanley, Idaho

Portsmouth 92° | 69°

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Pollen Summary 0

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Dayton 93° | 70°

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Cleveland 90° | 68°

Toledo 92° | 68°

Mansfield 89° | 67°

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Hi Lo PrcOtlk 93 70 PCldy Atlanta Atlantic City 84 65 PCldy Baltimore 89 66 PCldy 86 66 PCldy Boston Buffalo 81 61 Rain Charleston,S.C. 90 69 Cldy Charleston,W.Va. 92 63 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 89 64 Cldy Chicago 86 62 PCldy Cincinnati 90 67 Clr Cleveland 83 66 .10 Cldy Columbus 91 69 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 93 75 Cldy 91 68 PCldy Dayton Denver 92 54 PCldy Des Moines 91 61 Clr Detroit 74 66 .38 Cldy Evansville 94 67 Clr Grand Rapids 77 62 .11 PCldy Honolulu 85 73 Clr Houston 91 75 PCldy Indianapolis 90 70 Clr Kansas City 89 74 Clr Key West 87 80 .07 PCldy Las Vegas 75 52 Clr Little Rock 91 67 .01 Clr

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday .............................91 at 3:10 p.m.

Low Yesterday..............................68 at 5:35 a.m.

Normal High .....................................................74 Normal Low ......................................................55 Record High ........................................95 in 1911 Record Low.........................................37 in 1983

Precipitation 24 hours ending at 5 p.m................................0.0 Month to date ................................................1.75 Normal month to date ...................................3.90 Year to date .................................................12.58 Normal year to date ....................................16.38 Snowfall yesterday ........................................0.00

TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Sunday, May 27, the 148th day of 2012. There are 218 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicular traffic began crossing the bridge the next day).

On this date: In 1935, the Supreme Court struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

In 1936, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage to New York.

In 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood.

In 1962, a dump fire in Centralia, Pa., ignited a slowburning blaze in underground coal deposits that continues to smolder to this day.

In 1964, independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.

In 1985, in Beijing, representatives of Britain and China exchanged instruments of ratification on the pact returning Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush commemorated Memorial Day at Normandy American Cemetery in France, where he honored the 9,387 men and women buried there.

Hunger returns to Africa, stalking 1M children GOUDOUDE DIOBE, Senegal (AP) — It’s 10 a.m., and the 2-year-old is still waiting for breakfast.

Aliou Seyni Diallo collapses to his knees in tears and plops his forehead down on the dirt outside his family’s hut.

Soon he is wailing inconsolably and writhing on his back in the sand. A neighbor spots him, picks him up easily by one arm, and gives him a little uncooked millet in a metal bowl. The toddler shovels it into his mouth with sticky fingers coated in tears and grime. The crying stops, for the moment.

Each day is now a struggle for the women of this parched village in north Senegal to keep hungry children at bay, as they search desperately for food.

Aliou’s mother can only recall one time in her life when it was worse and that was more than 20 years ago.

“I start a fire, put a pot of water on it and tell the children I am in the middle of preparing something,” Maryam Sy, 37 and a mother of nine, says in a raspy

AP PHOTO/REBECCA BLACKWELL

In this May 1 photo, women crowd a well in the village of Kiral, near Goudoude Diobe in the Matam region of northeastern Senegal. Wells in the area are often 75meters deep, and aren’t always able to produce enough water for residents’ daily needs. Since late 2011, aid groups have been sounding the alarm, warning that devastating drought has again weakened communities where children already live perilously close to the edge of malnutrition. The situation is most severe in Niger, Chad and in Mali, but this time it has also pervaded northern Senegal, the most prosperous and stable country in the Sahel. voice. “In reality, I have nothing.”

Here are the two most alarming things about

More than 1 million Aliou’s story: He lives in the richest country in the children under 5 in this Sahel, and the worst is yet wide, arid swath of Africa below the Sahara are now to come.

at risk of a food shortage so severe that it threatens their lives, UNICEF estimates. In Senegal, which is relatively stable and prosperous, malnutrition among children in the north has already surpassed 14 percent, just shy of the World Health Organization threshold for an emergency.

Hunger in this region is a lurking predator that never quite leaves, and comes back every year to pick off the weakest. Even in a non-crisis year, some 300,000 children die from lack of food across western and central Africa. All it takes is a drought and a failed harvest, and those who are now barely living on one meal a day will starve.

Since late 2011, aid groups have been sounding the alarm about how drought is once again devastating communities where children live perilously close to the edge.

But not enough donations have come in.

The situation is worst in Niger, Chad and Mali, where political chaos has

forced hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in places where people don’t have enough to eat themselves. But in a worrisome sign, this time the crisis also threatens 20,000 children in northern Senegal little rag dolls with just enough energy to bury their faces in their mothers’ dresses.

“If you don’t get certain nutrients, your brain is damaged and you can never recover,” said Martin Dawes, West Africa spokesman for the U.N. children’s agency. “You are then obviously far more vulnerable to a reduction in your food bowl turning into acute and severe malnutrition.”

Already the signs of damage are there.

Aliou’s 3-year-old sister Fatimata and 8-year-old sister Kadja have orangish hair growing in at the roots, a telltale sign of the protein deficiency that comes from eating just one bowl of porridge a day. The girls are neatly dressed, but their clavicles poke through their tops like hangers.

Dozens of children killed in new Syria attack BEIRUT (AP) Gruesome video Saturday showed rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and T-shirts with gaping head wounds, haunting images of what activists called one of the deadliest regime attacks yet in Syria’s 14-month-old uprising.

The shelling attack on Houla, a group of villages northwest of the central city of Homs, killed more than 90 people, including at least 32 children under the age of 10, the head of the U.N. observer team in Syria said.

The attacks sparked outrage from U.S. and other international leaders, and large protests in the sub-

urbs of Syria’s capital of Damascus and its largest city, Aleppo. It also renewed fears of the relevance of a month-old international peace plan that has not stopped almost daily violence.

The U.N. denounced the attacks in a statement that appeared to hold President Bashar Assad’s regime responsible, and the White House called the violence acts of “unspeakable and inhuman brutality.”

“This appalling and brutal crime involving indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force is a flagrant violation of international law and of the commitments of the Syrian gov-

ernment to cease the use of heavy weapons in population centers and violence in all its forms,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban KiMoon and international envoy Kofi Annan. “Those responsible for perpetrating this crime must be held to account.”

More than a dozen amateur videos posted online Saturday gave glimpses of the carnage, showing lines of bodies laid out in simple rooms, many with bloody faces, torsos and limbs. In some places, residents put chunks of ice on the bodies to preserve them until burial.

One two-minute video shows at least a dozen chil-

dren lined up shoulder to shoulder on a checkered blanket on what appears to be the floor of a mosque.

Blood trickled from one girl’s mouth. One boy, appearing to be no more than 8, had his jaw blown off. The video shows flowered blankets and rugs covering several rows of other bodies.

Another video posted Saturday showed a mass grave, four bodies wide and dozens of meters (yards) long.

Activists from Houla said Saturday that regime forces peppered the area with mortars after large demonstrations against the regime on Friday. That evening, they

said, pro-regime fighters known as shabiha stormed the villages, gunning down men in the streets and stabbing women and children in their homes.

A local activist reached via Skype said regime forces fired shells at Houla, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Homs. The shabiha entered the villages, raiding homes and shooting at civilians, Abu Yazan said. More than 100 people were killed, more than 40 of them children and most of them in the village of Taldaw, he said.

Many had stab wounds, another activist said.

“They killed entire families, from parents on down

to children, but they focused on the children,” Yazan said.

The Syrian government blamed the killings on “armed terrorist groups” a term it often uses for the opposition but provided no details or death toll.

But like U.N. officials, the White House issued a statement directed at the regime.

The U.S. is “horrified” by the Houla attacks, National Security Council spokeswoman Erin Pelton said in a statement. “These acts serve as a vile testament to an illegitimate regime that responds to peaceful political protest with unspeakable and inhuman brutality.”

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Reasons to love the Strawberry Festival There’s thousands of reasons to love Troy’s festival — here’s 36 of them

BY DAVID FONG Executive Editor fong@tdnpublishing.com ow many ways are there to love the Troy Strawberry Festival?

If you added up the number of all the seeds in a bushel of berries, you probably still wouldn’t have enough.

For more than three decades, the Strawberry Festival has been the axis around which the city of Troy has revolved. It is the weekend around which both Trojans and visitors plan their summer.

When it comes to regional festivals, there simply is none bigger.

Their truly is a little something for everyone. In honor of this, the 36th annual Troy Strawberry Festival, we have come up with a list of 36 things to love about the festival.

While it is by no means a comprehensive list — there’s simply not enough room to list the hundreds of things to love about the Strawberry Festival — it’s a start: 1) Follow the Berries — Finding one’s way to the Strawberry Festival is simple enough. Just follow the trail of strawberries painted on Troy’s city streets. Each year before the festival begins, the “Berry Fairies” paint giant strawberries on Troy’s streets, paving the way to festival magic.

2) Strawberry Soccer — The Troy Strawberry Soccer Invitational has grown into one of the premier soccer tournaments in the area. Two weeks before the festival, hundreds of teams consisting of players of all ages descend upon Troy to take part in a wekend filled with soccer matches.

3) Food — There’s plenty of it, with tastes to match anyone’s palate. Sure, there’s a wide assortment of strawberrythemed food choices, but there’s also plenty of “traditional fair food” that doesn’t come with a strawberry slant. There really is something for everyone at the Strawberry Festival.

4) Games for the kids — The Troy Strawberry Festival isn’t just for adults. There’s a wide array of games to allow the kids to win prizes as well.

From small kids to big kids, there’s a stuffed animal just waiting out there for you.

5) Strawberry Golden Couple — Love is always in bloom at the Troy Strawberry Festival. There are few more romantic — and sometimes hilarious — competitions than the annual Golden Couple event, in which couples who have been married 50 years or more compete to see which set of spouses know each other best.

6) It’s for a good cause — So many of the non-profit organizations in Troy and the surrounding areas rely on the

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Reason No. 13 to love the Strawberry Festival: The Diaper Derby.

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Reason No. 3 to love the Strawberry Festival: The food, of course.

Reason No. 16 to love the Strawberry Festival: People watching.

Strawberry Festival to raise funds. So while you’re munching down on a giant pork tenderloin sandwich, you can also rest easy knowing the money is going to a good cause.

7) The theme — Each festival has its own unique theme, which means the festival never gets stale. This year’s theme is “Mardi Gras Berries.” Some of the previous themes have included “The World According to Strawberries,” “It’s a Berry Big World” and “Berry Christmas.”

8) The Queen’s Pageant — Each April, a new Troy Strawberry Festival Queen is selected. She spends the entire weekend presiding over the festival, attending each event with her court. Little girls’ dreams come true the minute the tiara is placed upon their head.

9) The weather — OK, so maybe you don’t always love the weather at the fesitval. But more often than not, the sun shines down upon the festival.

And even when it doesn’t, that’s

Reason No. 8 to love the Strawberry Festival: The Queen’s Pageant. all part of the fun, isn’t it?

10) Pie eating contest — It’s good, messy fun. Is there anything more fun than watching your friends bury their face in a giant mound of whipped cream and strawberries? No. No, there is not.

11) The bed races — It’s Ben-Hur meets Usain Bolt. As rabid fans line the roadway, more than a dozen teams push modern-day chariots around an obstacle course to the screaming delight of thousands in attendance. Have we ever men-

tioned the Troy Daily News has won this event twice?

12) It’s a record-breaker — Twice the Strawberry Festival has managed to get into the “Guiness Book of World Records” thanks to the festival. In the early 1980s, the world’s largest strawberry sundae was built at Troy Memorial Stadium during the festival. In this century, the world’s largest strawberry shortcake was built inside Hobart Arena.

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NATURAL WANDERS

Ephemeral thoughts on a balmy spring day Time moves relentlessly on.

A few days from now, May will become June. Three weeks beyond, we’ll mark another solstice. Spring will give way to summer … and each day thereafter, our span of light will be incrementally reduced, as we begin the inevitable down-slope into winter’s darkness.

Seems impossible, huh?

We’ve hardly settled into enjoying these long, balmy days.

There are still plants and seeds to get into the ground. Birds are yet on the nest. And the bluegills are just beginning to spawn.

Are we that far into the new year already? Can the summer solstice and subsequent countdown commencement really be that close?

A few mornings ago I stepped outside onto the deck that overlooks the river. Though still early, temperatures were already in the 70s and heading upwards. Muggy air carried the sweet scent of honeysuckle.

Early on, before the sun climbs high enough to shine directly onto the surface, this is a good vantage point for checking out the pool below. I sometimes spot smallmouth feeding along the swirling edge where fast water from the riffle above pours into the slack.

This time, however, it wasn’t a fish in the water below that caught my eye, but a bunch of insects clinging to the limestone blocks of the cottage’s exterior wall and nearby vegetation.

Jim McGuire Troy Daily News Columnist Mayflies, large ones, perhaps a thousand. A sight which, like the morning sun, immediately warmed this aging trout bum’s heart.

Smallmouth, pumpkinseeds, crappie and rock bass also eat mayflies. But they’re just not the cornerstone food source to a warmwater fish that they are to a trout. So whenever I see them, I’m momentarily transported back to my favorite northcountry trout waters.

For a fly fishermen who delights in angling for trout, the mayfly is second only in importance to the fish itself.

Mayflies, in one stage or another, are the trout’s chief aquatic food source. Much of the art of fly fishing for trout is predicated upon offering a bit of fakery to the fish that emulates one stage or another of this insect.

For several centuries, avid trout anglers — using bits of fur, feather, and other materials attached to tiny hooks — have been “tying” and employing literally thousands of different

PHOTO/JIM MCGUIRE

A mayfly sits on a grapevine. mayfly-imitating patterns to fool fish.

Mayflies emerge often from this pool, generally hatching at twilight or during the night.

Hatches can number in the thousands of insects — which are greedily scarfed up by bats, swallows or cedar waxwings, and equally relished by the fish and minnows, crayfish, bullfrogs and queen snakes who also call the pool home.

While my mayfly identification skills are a bit rusty, considering the slow current, warm water, partially mucky bottom make-up of the pool, along with the insect’s two-inch length — not counting the trio of extending tails, or cerci — I suspect they were a species of

Hexagenia.

Mayflies are aquatic insects.

Ninety-nine-plus percent of their lives, starting from a tiny egg, are lived as a nymph — or more properly, naiad — underwater in the silt and muck of a stream’s bottom, or clinging to the underside of a submerged rock or log. They remain and grow there for a period of one or two years, rarely three.

At that point mayflies do something so wondrous it’s almost magical. The grown naiads swim to the surface, emerging from their ugly nymphal skins, and turn into functionally-winged, air-breathing insects — rather beautiful bugs, some of us would insist.

They have only vestigial mouth

parts, and can neither feed nor bite.

After a period of rest, the mayfly molts one final time — an act unique among insects.

Soon they mate. New eggs are deposited into the water moments later — whereupon the winged adults die.

That’s the mayfly’s lot. A year as an ugly nymph in the dark underwater muck, then a rush into the sun and light of a warm green world for a dance in the sky and a procreative moment … followed by sudden death. A story of such heartbreaking brevity it’s become a metaphor for fleeting life.

Even the mayfly’s scientific classification echoes this ephemeral nature: of the Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), from the Greek ephemeros…”for a day; short-lived,” plus pteron “wing.” Winged adults whose lives are brief.

Yorkshire poet Alan Hartley, in his “Sonnet to a Mayfly,” says this: “Throughout long years I’ve sought to find my way. You found fulfillment in a single day.”

A nice change of perspective.

The ephemeral is everywhere in life and nature — from the fleeting existence of mayflies to the passing of months and seasons. Yet seed and stone, water and wine, all find their moment in the fabric of time.

Perhaps this is the lesson, the poet’s perspective. That amid the ephemeral lies hope.

Decorate your garden with art to add whimsy SEATTLE (AP) — I feel like Alice in Wonderland.

Sprinting past an alligator drinking a soda pop and a T-Rex playing guitar, I lean toward a family of colorful metal toadstools that come to my knee.

“Aren’t those great?” asks Jim Honold as he ushers me through a forest of recycled oil drum statues at his Home & Garden Art store.

I’ve come to this Disneyland for gardeners seeking inspiration for easy ways to add whimsy to gardens, and Honold is giving me the rundown.

“Adding art to your garden is an extension of your identity,” he says as we brush past a murder of concrete crows. “You decorate the inside, why not the outside? Any personality, any hobby, can be represented classical, funky, seasonal you name it.”

Looking around, it appears he’s right. There’s the giant metal umbrella coat-stand for a classy infusion of humor; a multitude of hobby-inspired birdhouses; 4-foot metal lobsters for fishing enthusiasts with no attachment to subtlety; and an old tricycle planter box aimed at the nostalgic set. Everywhere, whimsy abounds.

But how do you actually start adding lawn art to an outdoor living space?

“Instead of throwing stuff in the attic or garage, put it out in the open,” Honold says.

He suggests displaying old garden tools, metal toys, or wine glasses and decanters. Chipped plates can find new life in concrete stepping stones, and wooden kid-size furniture always adds a nice touch.

“Focus on what’s readily

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In this May 19 photo, Jim Honold, the owner of Home & Garden Art in Seattle, points out his hand-crafted modern gate, among a room of sculptures and outdoor art. Honold recommends an artistic gate to reflect personality and set the tone for the rest of the house. available or representative of your area,” Honold adds.

“Coastal areas might have fishing nets and glass floats, and places close to rural communities will have farm equipment.” In Washington state, he says, “people bring us old saws and ask us to laser-cut their name or address on them.”

For a big splash, Honold recommends an artistic gate. Whether installing custom wrought-iron doors with elaborate scenes on them or simply taking a can of bright red paint to a basic home-store model, gates can reflect personality and set the tone for the rest of the house.

“Think about all the things a gate can say,” Honold says. “‘Stay out!’ or ‘We’re fun people!’”

If the message you’re trying to send is “We’re magical,” find ways to add fairy elements to your garden. For kids and anyone with more than a passing fancy for Harry Potter, there’s nothing quite as charming as coming across traces of pixies in the yard.

Greenspirit Arts’ Sally Smith knows the power of a good fairy house. She creates high-end custom ones in her studio in Wadhams, N.Y., that have inspired a calendar and greeting card line.

While most of her hous-

A whimsical owl sculpture is diplayed at Home & Garden Art in Seattle. The sculpture is made in the Southern U.S. from recycled oil drums.

es aren’t made for extensive outdoor use, she says her calendars and online tutorial often serve as inspiration for people to create their own more durable models.

“Making a fairy house is something we all innately know how to do because of the child in us,” Smith says.

For a do-it-yourself fairy house that can stand up to the elements, Smith suggests working with stone as a base, and attaching a stick and moss roof and a wooden door. Decorations can be found objects beach glass, pine cones, welcome mats woven from grasses or pine even tiny dollhouse furniture.

And what about the garden itself?

“Plant choices can add whimsy to the garden as well, or simply complement the art you’ve chosen,” says New Albany, Ohio, landscape designer Nick McCullough.

He suggests incorporating climbers like clematis, honeysuckle, roses or golden hops to vertical art and trellises, then adding lower plantings at the base.

“Climbers add a mystique to the garden,” McCullough says. “They make the garden feel established.”

For other art, McCullough recommends thinking about scale and complementary colors.

“If you’ve got a bunch of pink flamingos, you could go big and bold,” he says, suggesting plants like catmint, Rozanne geraniums, Phormium Pink Stripe and torch lilies to surround the birds and “add a taller, architectural element.”

For smaller pieces, such as fairy huts or little figurines, lay down a base of moss in a small, shallow trough. Thyme, armeria, succulents and sedums also offer a great base for delicate art, and can provide a border to a bed of pebbles and colored marbles a touch sure to delight children.

Colorful bursts can be achieved with black lace elderberry, dahlia “Knockouts,” coleus and canna, among other plants.

Canna “Tropicanna” and King Tut Papyrus offer a bold structural base.

“There’s no right or wrong way to do it,” McCullough says. “Gardens are so personal you can use them to express yourself in any way.”

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BY JEREMY GOLDMEIER Scripps Howard News Service The sun can be a merciless force.

And while sunscreen is an outdoor necessity in any season, nowhere does the need for it become more apparent than when late spring bleeds into early summer.

The Environmental Working Group, a consumer organization, is

offering some advice in its 2012 “Skin Deep” sunscreen guide. The Washington-headquartered nonprofit scores hundreds of major brands of sunscreen based on their ingredients and effectiveness. You can view it at: www.ewg.org/ 2012sunscreen.

This is the sixth year that EWG has released a sunscreen report, but there’s an added incentive for the group to post this information this year.

The U.S. Food and Drug

Administration recently backed off a June 2012 deadline for sunscreen manufacturers to refine the labeling on their bottles, eliminating misleading terms like “waterproof” and “sweat-proof,” among other tweaks. That deadline has been pushed back to December for larger companies and December 2013 for smaller ones.

Among the things to look for in a sunscreen: broad spectrum protection.

The sun’s harmful ultravio-

let radiation falls into two categories: ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B. Many commercial sunscreens focus their protection efforts on ultraviolet B rays — the kind that causes sunburns (an easy way to remember: “B” is for “burn”). But they do little to shield against ultraviolet A, which does real damage — contributing to skin cancer and early skin aging.

Products labeled with “broad spectrum” protect

against both. It’s the handiest shorthand for finding a well-rounded sunscreen.

However, the EWG cautions that the FDA has maintained lax standards in which products qualify for “broad spectrum,” so sometimes it pays to dig a little deeper.

Check the ingredients.

Among the things you want to find in your sunscreen: zinc and titanium dioxide.

These substances hold off ultraviolet A and don’t penetrate the skin.

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Work to build a solid foundation Work step by step to increase strength in lower body

BY SALLY ANDERSON Tampa Bay Times How strong is your foundation?

Just as building a house begins with a solid foundation, so it is with our bodies; we need to build that strong base of support. The lower body is home to the largest muscle groups in our bodies.

They are muscles that we use the most in everyday living, such as squatting to pick things up off the floor, walking and even just standing.

While each muscle has a specific purpose, they all have to work together to create pain-free, smooth movement.

If the lower-body muscles begin to atrophy, so does your confidence level for going for a walk, having to step up and down, even getting out of a chair. However, when lower-body muscles are strong, your confidence level increases as your risk for falling and incurring bone fractures decreases.

And for seniors, keeping those muscles strong is vitally important for maintaining independent living; knee, hip and ankle-joint injuries are the most common lower-body issues affecting seniors.

Major lower-body muscles Gluteals: three muscles that make up the buttocks.

The gluteus maximus, nicknamed “glutes,” is the largest of our three gluteal muscles and covers the entire buttocks. Its primary function is to move the thigh to the back. The other two gluteal muscles enable you to move your legs out to the sides.

Hip Flexors: a muscle group located in the front of your hips. They act as a stabilizer for hips and the lower body. Their main function is to help lift knees upward as in marching or walking up stairs.

Quadriceps: four muscles in the front of the thigh that allow you to extend your leg as if you were kicking a ball.

Hamstrings: a group of three posterior thigh muscles located behind the thigh bone. They enable you to bend your knees backward, bringing heels toward your buttocks.

Outer Thigh (abductors): muscles on the outside of

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Starin Shouppe shows the hamstring-on-a-ball exercise.

Starin Shouppe demonstrates how to do squats with weights, a lower-body exercise.

Starin Shouppe demonstrates side leg lifts with resistance band. the thigh that move your leg away from the midline of the body.

Inner Thigh (adductors): a group of five muscles located on the inside of your thigh that are responsible for bringing your legs toward the center of your body.

Calves: a group of muscles that extend from the

back of knee to the Achilles tendon. The gastrocnemius, the upper part of the calf muscle, and the soleus, a smaller muscle that lies beneath the gastroc muscle, are responsible for flexing your foot downward as if you were standing on your toes.

Three common lowerbody-exercise mistakes

Selecting Favorites: Avoid working one specific area because of cosmetic desires. You need balance in the workout. If you continually strengthen one lowerbody area to the neglect of its neighboring muscle groups, you can mess up your posture alignment.

Forget the Burn: It is better to focus on proper form

President’s fitness council gives video games the OK “active” video games, including “Wii Fit,” “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” and “Just Dance.”

The President’s There appears to be a Council on Fitness, bit of the “if you can’t Sports & Nutrition, a beat ‘em, join ‘em” philosvenerable organization that has been promoting ophy at work here.

Noting that kids spend pushups, situps and other traditional forms of an average of 7-1/2 hours a day in front of video sweating since the days and TV screens, the goal of the Eisenhower is to turn “passive screen administration, finally time into active screen has plugged into hightime.” tech. The agency has But it’s not all just changed its guidelines to about giving into fads. include participation in

BY JEFF STRICKLER Minneapolis Star Tribune

The video games can have a legitimate physical-fitness application, said Sue Masemer, manager of the LiveWell Fitness Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, which has been using a Wii as part of its exercise equipment for four years.

“The key thing is to get your large muscle groups moving,” she said.

“Your heart doesn’t know why you’re moving. It just responds to the fact

that you are moving.”

One of the keys to getting the maximum benefit from an exercise program is doing it regularly. If playing a game seems like fun while grunting your way through calisthenics feels like work, you’re much more likely to opt for fun, Masemer said.

“It can be great motivation,” she said. “If you’re not enjoying something, you’re not going to keep doing it.”

than going for the muchtalked-about “burn.” Think of going slow and being in control.

Neglecting Stretch: When lower-body muscles are tight, you could be dealing with back issues.

Remember to strengthen weak muscles and stretch tight muscles.

Squats Standing with feet shoulder-width apart and abdominals contracted, bend knees

as though you were slowly sitting in a chair, keeping knees behind toes. Never lower thighs below parallel to floor. Slowly return to standing position. Tip: When ready to add intensity, hold weights.

Plie squat with heel raises Stand with feet shoulderwidth apart, toes pointing outward, abs contracted and back straight. Lower into a plie squat position, knees in alignment with toes. Lift heels of right foot six to eight times, repeating with left heel. Push through heels, returning to original position.

Hamstring on ball Lying on a mat, place both heels on ball.

Contracting abdominals, lift hips off floor so that your body is in a straight line, from head to toes. With feet flexed, press heels or calves into the ball, rolling ball in toward hips. Keeping hips lifted and abs tight, roll ball back to original position.

Side leg lifts with resistance band Wrap a resistance band around both ankles. You want to feel some tension on the band when you tie the ends together. Hold onto a support if needed. Without moving upper body, and while keeping hip, knee and ankle in alignment, flex foot while lifting leg to the side until you feel tension. Lower leg without touching the floor and repeat for desired repetitions. Tip: Contracting abdominals will help to give you stability.

Standing quadriceps stretch Hold onto a sturdy support or balance with one arm extended to the side.

Having a slight bend in the standing leg, hold other foot, raising it toward buttocks, slightly pushing pelvis forward. Hold for about 30 seconds. Tip: Contract abdominals and try to keep both knees close together.

Easy hamstring stretch Hold onto a support, if needed. Extend leg on a step or low stool, relaxing supporting leg. Flex foot and bend slightly forward from hips; do not round lower back and do not lock knees.

Hold for 15 to 30 seconds, then repeat with other leg.

If you are 50 or older and have not been exercising, check with your physician before beginning any exercise program.

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Construction bringing new thrills Theme parks opening attractions, coasters ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida’s Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California’s Disneyland based on the “Cars” movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks across the country in 2012.

And thrill ride enthusiasts won’t be disappointed, with at least 20 new roller coasters debuting at parks from Maryland to California.

Disney says the renovation and new construction at Fantasyland inside the Magic Kingdom in Florida is the largest expansion project in the park’s 40year history, doubling the size of the current Fantasyland. Part of it — including one of what will eventually be dueling Dumbo rides and the rethemed Barnstormer family roller coaster — opened in April.

Much of the construction is still in the middle stages, but Disney saidmost of the new elements will be open in time for the winter holidays this year, with the rest opening later.

It’s going to include new “attract-areas” — immersive mini-parks that include attractions, restaurants and retail built around the stories of “Snow White” and “Beauty and Beast,” as well as a new dark ride based on the adventures of “The Little Mermaid.”

Replacing Snow White’s Scary Adventures in Fantasyland will be Princess Fairytale Hall, where visitors will be able to interact with all the Disney princesses.

“The opportunity to greatly expand and relaunch Fantasyland, which has been largely unchanged since 1972, is just a huge opportunity,” Tom Staggs, chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts, told The Associated Press earlier this year. “Every time I go down and look at the progress in construction I get more excited about it.”

Industry consultant Dennis Speigel said the Fantasyland expansion with detail-oriented areas immersing guests in Disney-themed worlds is expected to pay dividends for years, much like the hugely successful Harry Potter mini-park at Universal Orlando, where visitors feel like they’ve been dropped right into meticulously decorated movie sets.

“It’s a big deal,” Speigel, president of Cincinnatibased International Theme Park Services, said of the Fantasyland project. “It’s the largest expansion ever in the history of the park.

The last number we heard is that it’s approaching $500 million …. Parks have realized it takes more than a Space Mountain by itself or one ride and attraction. It has to have a combination of all the elements now.”

In June, Disneyland California Adventure is opening Cars Land, replicating the town of Radiator Springs from the movies, including a racecourse ride and two other new little-kid-friendly attractions.

Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles is expected to debut the new Transformers ride a dark ride with motion-sim-

AP PHOTO/DOLLYWOOD, STEVEN BRIDGES

This undated photo provided by Dollywood shows riders on the Wild Eagle, a new 210-foot tall coaster that opened in March at the theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The coaster is one of a number of new attractions opening at theme parks around the country this season.

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In this May 12 photo released by Disney theme parks, people ride the “Dumbo the Flying Elephant,” attraction in the new Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The renovation and new construction at Fantasyland inside the Magic Kingdom in Florida is the largest expansion project in the park’s 40-year history, doubling the size of the current Fantasyland.

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In this image released by Disney theme parks, Radiator Springs Racers are shown at Cars Land, a new attraction based on the Disney-Pixar animated series “Cars,” at Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, Calif.

Cars Land features three family attractions showcasing characters and settings from the film.

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This undated photo provided by Busch Gardens Tampa Bay & Adventure Island shows performers in a scene from “Iceploration,” a new elaborate ice show at the theme park. The show is one of a number of new attractions at theme parks around the country this season. ulator vehicles inspired by the science fiction action film on Friday (May 25), with gates opening early Memorial Day weekend (starting at 7:30 a.m.

Saturday) due to expected interest in the ride. On May 8, Universal Orlando introduced a daily interactive character parade and nighttime pyrotechnics show celebrating Universal’s 100 years of making movies. A new 3-D ride based on the

“Despicable Me” movie will open at Universal Orlando sometime this summer.

In April, SeaWorld Orlando opened a new attraction centered on sea turtles, including a first-ofits-kind 360-degree domed theater showing a 3-D movie about the endangered creatures. Legoland, which opened in October in central Florida, is renovating and reopening an existing water park at the site in time for the sum-

mer season.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay this spring rolled out an elaborate ice show called “Iceploration,” which features everything from bombastically costumed skaters to real live exotic birds flying around the indoor theater. The show tells the story of a kid who, with the help of his wise grandfather, puts down his electronic devices and discovers the natural wonders of the world. And

entering the cool indoor theater for the 30-minute show will undoubtedly be a welcome respite for park visitors in the heat of the Florida summer.

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions trade group reports 135 new attractions opening this year, including water parks, rides and shows, spokeswoman Colleen Mangone said. Among those are 20 new roller coasters.

“It’s almost like timing is everything,” Mangone said. “And in 2012 we’re seeing short-term and longterm projects coming to fruition at the same time, which certainly should create some great thrills at amusement parks.”

Among the new coasters debuting are Manta at SeaWorld San Diego, which will simulate underwater flight; and Supermanthemed launch coasters at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., and Six Flags Magic

Mountain in Valencia, Calif. Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill., introduces a new coaster called X-Flight, in which two riders sit side-by-side with their feet dangling, experience a 12-story drop and turn upside down five times.

Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa., introduces a 200-foot-tall coaster called Skyrush, which will reach speeds of 75 mph and includes five zero-G airtime hills. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., opened the 210-foot-tall Wild Eagle coaster in March. Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia unveils a half-mile-long indoor-outdoor coaster called Verbolten.

Apocalypse at Six Flags America in Largo, Md., is a 100-foot-tall stand-up coaster, and the Stinger at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pa., is a scorpion-themed boomerang-style coaster that features six inversions and face-to-face seating.

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FILM REVIEW

‘The Intouchables’ is a real crowd-pleaser

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Reviewer

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In this film image released by The Weinstein Company, Anne Le, left, Francois Cluzet, and Omar Sy, right, are shown in a scene from “The Intouchables.” having made nearly $340 million worldwide and earning Omar Sy the Cesar Award for best actor over the Oscar-winning star of “The Artist,” Jean Dujardin.

While you’re watching it, you can just imagine how easy an English-language remake would be, you could cast it in your head

‘MiB’ co-star Brolin rejuvenates Jones’ Agent K LOS ANGELES (AP) — Josh Brolin thought he was just being goofy when he launched into a Tommy Lee Jones impersonation on a night out with the Coen brothers and their pal Barry Sonnenfeld.

Turns out, Brolin was on an audition of sorts.

Four years later, Brolin shows his Jones act to the world in Sonnenfeld’s “Men in Black 3,” playing a young version of Jones’ Agent K opposite Will Smith’s Agent J as the scifi comedy franchise returns after a 10-year break.

After the Directors Guild Awards in 2008, Brolin went out on the town with Joel and Ethan Coen, who had just won the top honor for “No Country for Old Men,” their crime thriller that costarred Jones and Brolin.

Sonnenfeld, the cinematographer on the Coens’ first three films, had won a TV prize for “Pushing Daisies” at the guild honors and joined them afterward, meeting Brolin for the first time.

Brolin had everyone laughing as he shifted into an imitation of Jones’ melodic drawl.

He had no idea that years earlier, Smith had suggested a sequel idea in which Agent J travels back in time and encounters the younger incarnation of Jones’ stone-faced Agent K. When it came time to shoot “Men in Black 3,” that was the story-line, and Sonnenfeld knew just the right guy to call.

“Barry was like, ‘Hey, Brolin! You want to be in “Men in Black”? It’s fun!’

And I was like, ‘Yeah, I love “Men in Black.” But as what? Like, Agent Q or Agent Whatever?’” Brolin said. “And Barry said, ‘No, to play young Tommy!

Remember, you did that impression for me?’

“There’s one thing about being out at a bar with Barry and doing stupid impressions of Tommy Lee Jones with the Coens, and then there’s another thing where somebody’s telling you to do a movie that’s

going to be screening all over the planet.”

Brolin, 44, has taken on tough interpretations before, earning acclaim as President George W. Bush in “W.” and receiving an Academy Award nomination for “Milk” as San Francisco city supervisor Dan White, the man who killed fellow supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.

But Brolin said doing a credible take on Jones’ Agent K may have been the most-challenging acting job he’s had, requiring subtle humor as straight man to Smith while making the younger K his own man and not just a caricature.

Brolin holed up at a Mexican hotel practicing his Agent K routine syllable by syllable, eventually going out to restaurants there and speaking like a young Jones.

“Then, once I felt like I had conquered Mexico, I could come back to California and try it on a few people here, see if that worked, then try it on my friends,” Brolin recalled.

“Then I’d go through half days of doing nothing but Tommy.”

“Men in Black 3” is the third movie featuring Jones and Brolin, after “No Country” and “In the Valley of Elah.” The movie begins and ends in present times, with Smith’s J, as always, trying to draw out Jones’ taciturn sad-sack K. The mid-section sends J back to 1969, where a nasty alien plots to kill Brolin’s young K so he can carry out an invasion of Earth in the future.

Sonnenfeld has vivid memories of that night with the Coens, when he first met Brolin. What struck Sonnenfeld more than Brolin’s Jones impersonation was a physical feature the two actors share.

“What I remember,” said the director, “is, oh my God, this man is the only person on the planet that has a head as physically as huge as Tommy Lee Jones.”

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and indeed, the property already has been optioned for that very purpose. Until then, though, we can be charmed by the original.

The hugely charismatic Sy stars as Driss, a Senegalese excon who spends his days hanging out with his pals on the streets of Paris and not really trying to

for the unflinching honesty that will become Driss’ trademark.

While it all sounds too impossibly inspirational to be true, “The Intouchables” happens to have been inspired by a true story. Yes, the “Magical Negro” element of Sy’s character may sound like a cliche and it might make some audience members uncomfortable, but his character is complex and flawed enough to transcend type. He and Cluzet are delightful together, each bringing a different kind of energy while bringing out the best in the other.

Philippe is drawn to the fact that Driss doesn’t condescend to him; at the same time, “The Intouchables” condescends to neither character, and that straightforwardness and purity of emotion should cut through to even the most cynical viewer.

“The Intouchables,” a Weinstein Co. Release, is rated R for language and some drug use.

In French with English subtitles.

Running time: 112 minutes.

Three stars out of four.

FILM REVIEW

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In this film image released by Sony Pictures, Josh Brolin, left, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from “Men in Black 3.”

Was anyone clamoring for ‘Men in Black 3’?

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Reviewer There’s a moment early on in “Men in Black 3” when Will Smith’s Agent J sits down next to his longtime partner, Tommy Lee Jones’ Agent K, and bemoans the fact that he’s too old for this sort of thing for running around New York in matching dark suits, chasing down aliens and zapping them with their shiny metal weapony doo-hickeys.

We’re paraphrasing a bit. But unfortunately, that’s an excellent observation. We’re all too old for this sort of thing the shtick itself has gotten old, and it has not aged well.

Fifteen years since the zippy original and a decade since the sub-par sequel, we now have a third “Men in Black” movie which no one seems to have been clamoring for except maybe Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of all three. Long-gestating and written by a bunch more people than actually get credited, the latest film shows the glossy style and vague, sporadic glimmers of the kind of energy that made this franchise such an enormous international hit.

But more often it feels hacky, choppy and worst of all just not that funny.

And of course, it’s in 3-D for no discernible artistic or narrative reason.

Smith and Jones don’t seem to be enjoying themselves, either, in returning

to their roles as bickering secret government agents.

When even the most charismatic actor on the planet can’t fake excitement, you know you’re in trouble. (We’re talking about Smith, in case you were wondering.) The puppy-doggish enthusiasm is gone, and now his Agent J is just weirdly obsessed, after all these years, with determining why it is that K is so surly. K, meanwhile, remains surly and reveals nothing.

But then one of K’s adversaries from long ago, the growling, sharptoothed alien Boris the Killer (Jemaine Clement of “Flight of the Conchords”), resurfaces and forces everyone to revisit the past. Literally.

Boris busts out of the high-tech Lunar Max prison with the help of his girlfriend, played by Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger clad in dominatrix gear and carrying a cake in order to jump back in time and kill the Young Agent K, who put him there.

(Back to Scherzinger for a moment: She’s one of the many nonsensical elements here, one of many characters and ideas that are introduced and then cast aside. She arrives at the prison and approaches Boris’ cell in a beautifully framed opening sequence, then after a great deal of buildup is simply jettisoned. The absurdity of such randomness isn’t even amusing; it just feels

sloppy.)

Anyway, Boris returns to the summer of 1969, a few days before the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, and takes out Agent K. Agent J shows up for work in the present day and wonders what happened to his partner; once he figures it out, he jumps back a bit earlier to kill Boris before Boris can kill K. Time-travel plots can make you feel dizzy and nauseous if you try and pick them apart to determine whether they make sense, but once we reach our destination here, the jokes provide no pleasant escape. It’s all super-obvious fish-out-of-water stuff and gags about how ridiculous hippies looked.

“Men in Black 3” begins to address the possibilities of how it must have felt for a strong black man in America during this tense time for race relations, then backs off. There’s also a brief, clever bit in which Bill Hader plays Andy Warhol that might have worked as a separate “Saturday Night Live” sketch. Again, more opportunities squandered.

The best part of our trip to the ’60s the best part of the movie, period is the arrival of the Young Agent K. Josh Brolin channels Jones in eerily deadon fashion, from the bemused Texas twang to reticent demeanor to the slightest facial tics. It’s also an amusing bit of casting given that a) the two actors co-starred in

the Coen brothers’ masterpiece “No Country for Old Men” and b) Brolin is supposed to be playing a 29year-old version of Jones, even though he’s in his mid-40s, and looks it.

As good as Brolin is, though, the novelty wears off quickly, and we’re once again left with the realization that there’s no substance to the script (credited, for the record, to Etan Cohen). And all the familiar and rather flat comic elements lead up to a revelatory climax that comes out of nowhere and in no way earns the sort of heartrending emotion it aims to evoke from its audience.

But the most disappointing part of all: Frank the talking pug is nowhere to be found. The movie is a dog anyway without him.

“Men in Black 3,” a Columbia Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and brief suggestive content.

Running time: 105 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

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On paper, “The Intouchables” looks like eat-your-vegetables cinema: the story of a wealthy, white disabled man and the troubled black youth from the projects who becomes his reluctant caretaker. Surely, life lessons will be learned by all and an unlikely friendship will form across racial and socioeconomic lines and we’ll all feel good about ourselves walking out of the theater afterward.

It could have been painfully mawkish, but writers and directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano upend expectations by infusing the comedy with a subversive, playful tone throughout, with some totally inappropriate humor and even some surprises.

(There’s a Hitler joke, just to give you an idea of where they’re willing to go for a laugh.) It’s sweet but not saccharine, and the result is irresistibly crowd-pleasing.

The film is already a huge hit in its native France and beyond,

find work. He only answers an ad seeking help for the rich quadriplegic Philippe (Francois Cluzet) because he wants to make it appear as if he’s job hunting in order to keep receiving welfare. But there’s something about this guy that Philippe likes; he has no pity, he’ll treat him like a man. Driss is hired, despite being totally unqualified.

And so begins the journey in which each helps the other become a better person. Yes, there’s some obvious cultureclash stuff to be had here. Driss, who’d been sharing a crowded apartment with relatives of all ages, moves into Philippe’s mansion and is wowed by the size of his opulent, private bathroom; Philippe, a sophisticated snob who became paralyzed in a paragliding accident, finds he actually likes Earth, Wind & Fire. Before Driss gets the gig, there’s also the obligatory montage of wacky job candidates, all eager to say the right things during their interview, but even that works and it provides the set-up

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

• COSA, an anonymous 12-step recovery program for friends and family members whose lives have been affected by another person’s compulsive sexual behavior, will meet in the evening in Tipp City. For more information, call 463-2001.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Singles Night at The Avenue will be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg Church, 6759 S. County Road 25A, Troy. Each week, cards, noncompetitive volleyball, free line dances and free ballroom dance lessons.

Child care for children birth through fifth grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. each night in the Main Campus building. For more information, call 667-1069, Ext. 21.

• A Spin-In group, practicing the art of making yarn on a spinning wheel, meets from 2-4 p.m. on the third Sunday at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358.

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

• An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• Zumba $5 sessions will be offered at 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln Community Cnter, Troy. Call 3352715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• An evening grief support group meets the second and fourth Monday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Generations of Life Center, second floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The support group is open to any grieving adult in the greater Miami County area and there is no participation fee. Sessions are facilitated by trained bereavement staff. Call 573-2100 for details or visit the website at homc.org.

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

The discussion is open to the public.

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

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

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

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

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

• Mind Over Weight Total Fitness, 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin St., Troy. Other days and times available. For more information, call 339-2699.

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

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

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

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

• Parenting Education Groups will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy.

Learn new and age-appropriate ways to parent children. Call 3396761 for more information. There is no charge for this program.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy, use back door.

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

• Sanctuary, for women who have been affected by sexual abuse, location not made public.

Must currently be in therapy. For more information, call Amy Johns at 667-1069, Ext. 430 • Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273.

• Pilates for Beginners, 8:309:30 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

• Al-Anon, “The Language of Letting Go, Women’s Al-Anon,” will be at 6:45 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, Franklin and Walnut streets, Troy. Women dealing with an addiction issue of any kind in a friend or family member are invited.

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 3396761 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 TUESDAY 335-8397.

• Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Deep water aerobics will be at Ginghamsburg South Campus, offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcc- one mile south of the main campus. troy.com for more information and WEDNESDAY programs.

• Hospice of Miami County • Skyview Wesleyan Church, “Growing Through Grief” meetings are at 11 a.m. on the first, third and 6995 Peters Road, Tipp City, will fifth Tuesdays of each month, and 7 offer a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible study will begin at 7 p.m. p.m. the second and fourth • An arthritis aquatic class will Tuesdays and are designed to provide a safe and supportive environ- be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at ment for the expression of thoughts Lincoln Community Center, Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit and feelings associated with the grief process. All sessions are avail- www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. able to the community and at the • The “Sit and Knit” group meets Hospice Generations of Life Center, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 550 Summit Ave., second floor, Troy, with light refreshments provid- Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All ed. No reservations are required. knitters are invited to attend. For For more information, call Susan Cottrell at Hospice of Miami County, more information, call 667-5358.

• Grandma’s Kitchen, a home335-5191.

• A daytime grief support group cooked meal prepared by volunteers, is offered every Wednesday meets on the first, third and fifth from 5-6:30 p.m. in the activity cenTuesdays at 11 a.m. at the Generations of Life Center,, second ter of Hoffman United Methodist Church, 201 S. Main St., West floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The support group is open to any griev- Milton, one block west of State Route 48. The meal, which includes ing adults in the greater Miami County area and there is no partici- a main course, salad, dessert and drink, is $6 per person, or $3 for a pation fee. Sessions are facilitated children’s meal. The meal is not by trained bereavement staff. Call provided on the weeks of 573-2100 for details or visit the Thanksgiving, Christmas or New website at homc.org.

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• Quilting and crafts is offered • The Kiwanis Club will meet at from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday noon at the Troy Country Club, at the Tipp City Seniors, 320 S. 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Non-memFirst St., Tipp City. Call 667-8865 bers of Kiwanis are invited to come for more information.

• A Fibromyalgia Support group meet friends and have lunch. For more information, contact Bobby will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. the first Phillips, vice president, at 335Tuesday at the Troy First United Methodist Church, 110 W. Franklin 6989.

• The Troy American Legion Post St., Troy, in Room 313. Enter from No. 43 euchre parties will begin at south parking lot. The support group is free. For more information, 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 339-1564. contact Aimee Shannon at 552• AA, Pioneer Group open dis7634. cussion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter • The Miami Shelby Chapter of down the basement steps on the the Barbershop Harmony Society north side of The United Church Of will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Christ on North Pearl Street in Street United Methodist Church, Covington. The group also meets at 415 W. Greene St., Piqua. All men 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is interested in singing are welcome wheelchair accessible. and visitors always are welcome.

For more information, call 778-1586 • AA, Serenity Island Group will or visit the group’s Web site at meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster www.melodymenchorus.org.

Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash • Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The Richards Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., discussion is open.

Troy. Video/small group class • AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m. designed to help separated or for closed discussion, Step and divorced people. For more informa- Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step tion, call 335-8814.

Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 • AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 S. Dorset Road, Troy. p.m., Dettmer’s Daniel Dining • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., Room.

Westminster Presbyterian Church, • AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, Piqua. Use the alley entrance, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. upstairs.

• AA, The Best Is Yet To Come • Al-Anon, Trinity Group will Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

The discussion is open.

• Men’s Anger/Rage Group will • AA, Tipp City Group, Zion 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 2526766 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 5:306:30 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 6692441.

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

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

• Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A 12-week video series using Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical help and encouragement to all who seek a healthy, balanced life and practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards at 667-4678.

• A free employment networking group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. each Wednesday at Job and Family Services, 2040 N. County Road 25A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap into unadvertised jobs, assistance to improve personal presentation skills and resume writing. For more information, call Steven Kiefer at 570-2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465.

THURSDAY • Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County will offer a 6 O’Clock Supper at local restaurants on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. The locations vary, so those interested parties can call the office at 573-2100 for details. This is a social event for grieving adults who do not wish to dine out alone. Attendees order from the menu.

• An open parent-support group will be at 7 p.m. at Corinn’s Way Inc., 306 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• Parents are invited to attend the Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support group from 7-8:30 p.m. each Thursday. The meetings are open discussion.

• Tipp City Seniors gather to play cards prior to lunch every Thursday at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the third Thursday, Senior Independence offers blood pressure and blood sugar testing before lunch. For more information, call 667-8865.

• Best is Yet to Come open AA meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.

• AA, Tri-City Group meeting will take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of the former Dettmer Hospital. The lead meeting is open.

For more information, call 3359079.

• 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 3320894 for more information.

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

• Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford.

• Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

FRIDAY • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• A “Late Night Knit” meeting will be from 7-10 p.m. on the first and third Friday at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358.

• AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open.

• AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 South 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 910 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 6672441.

• Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, 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 6312624.

SATURDAY • The Miami County Farmers Market will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Friendly’s restaurant through October.

• Instructional boxing (fundamentals and techniques) classes will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon at Lincoln Community Center, Troy.

Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs.

• 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 25-A, Tipp City.

• AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking).

• AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open.

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

This is an open discussion meeting.

• Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m.

• Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney.

• Relapse Prevention Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25A. • The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • Yoga classes will be offered from 10-11 a.m. at the First United Church of Christ, Troy. The public is invited.

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BOOK REVIEW SUNDAY CROSSWORD

HOW SWEET IT IS

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This book cover image released by Free Press shows “Along the Way The Journey of a Father and Son,” by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.

Sheen, Estevez memoir explores bond

BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL AP Book Reviewer “Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son” (Free Press), by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez with Hope Edelman: First see their movie, then read their book.

Their movie is “The Way,” a crowd-pleasing indie production starring actor Martin Sheen and written and directed by his son Emilio Estevez. In the film, a father tries to connect with a deceased son by taking up his spiritual pilgrimage to northern Spain.

Their book is “Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son,” an equally engaging dual memoir

by Sheen and Estevez that explores their lives and their intense relationship.

Punctuated with humor and unusual frankness, the emotional highs and lows they share will resonate with fathers and sons.

One of 10 children raised in a blue-collar neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio, young Ramon Estevez found lots of love at home but little support for his ambition to perform for a living. With a loan from a priest, he moved to New York City and took the stage name Martin Sheen. He was just 21 when Emilio, the first of his four children, was born in 1962. Immature as a father and as an actor, Sheen would struggle in both roles.

A starring part in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Subject Was Roses” in 1964 was Sheen’s big break. More film and television roles came over time “Badlands” (1973) and “The Execution of Private Slovik” (1974) were particular standouts. Selfishly, he brought his family to film locations, whether in Colorado or Italy or Mexico. He admits he needed them as he coped with the frustrations and insecurities that fueled a drinking problem. For years they coped with his drunken rages until he embraced sobriety.

Estevez found himself taking on the role of father as unexpectedly as Sheen had and at 21, just like his dad. His acting career was taking off with the filming of “The Breakfast Club” (1985) when his girlfriend had their baby. Now he, too, would face the conflicts of being an actor and being a parent.

Sheen and Estevez write as much about family and spiritual matters as they do about their work.

“Along the Way” offers the promise that our differences don’t have to divide us if we keep love, respect and forgiveness in our hearts. That would be a comfort on any journey.

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Economy prompts wave of liberal books NEW YORK (AP) — With a Democrat in the White House, a wave of books is coming out this year lamenting the slow economy and calling for substantial change.

And those books are by liberals.

“It’s the story of the moment right now,” says Patricia Bostelman, vice president of marketing for Barnes & Noble Inc. “We have a real disparity-ofwealth issue and that tends to be a subject for books from the left, especially after Occupy Wall Street.”

Call it the Occupy Bookstores movement. At least 20 current and upcoming works reflect the left’s varied reactions fatalism, disappointment, anger to the Obama administration’s handling of the economy and ongoing concerns about corporate power (too high) and government spending and investment (too low).

“I published a bunch of liberal books during the (George W.) Bush admin-

istration and the theme was basically, ‘I hate Bush,’” says Chris Jackson, executive editor of Spiegel & Grau, a Random House Inc. imprint. “This time, we’re dealing with the limitations of what a president can do and systematic things like the influence of the financial industry and the relationship between the 1 percent and the 99 percent.”

Timothy Noah’s “The Great Divergence” and Joseph Stiglitz’s “The Price of Inequality” are among several new books that focus on the growing gap between rich and poor. Prescriptions for the economy are featured in a pair of best-sellers: Paul Krugman’s “End This Depression Now!” and former Obama adviser Van Jones’ “Rebuild the Dream.”

Some books are campaign oriented, like James Carville’s “It’s the Middle Class, Stupid,” while others offer information, inspiration and guidance

for activists. “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt,” co-authored by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco and published by Nation Books, provides close accounts of some of the country’s most devastated communities, “sacrifice zones.” It ends with a detailed history of the Occupy protests and a declaration that “the mighty can fall.”

“Nation Books has always issued books on inequality and class, but sometimes historic events enable some books to get a greater hearing than others,” says Carl Bromley, Nation Books’ editorial director. “It’s like what happened during the first half of the last decade. All kinds of books about the Middle East were getting published so the public could better understand what was happening in the news.”

“I think a goal for some of the books is to shape the debate and the presidential campaign,” says Drake McFeely, president

of W.W. Norton & Company, which publishes Krugman and Stiglitz, both Nobel Prize-winning economists. “I think the feeling for some writers is that it would be nice if these books gave Obama the room to move more to the left than he has.”

Many books were inspired directly by the protests: Noam Chomsky’s “Occupy” was among a series of pamphlets released by Zuccotti Park Press, named for the downtown Manhattan park where the Occupy protests emerged.

“Occupying Wall Street” was published by Chicagobased Haymarket Books and credited to several authors collectively identified as “Writers for the 99 Percent.”

Other releases include “The Occupy Handbook,” with contributions from Krugman, Michael Lewis, Barbara Ehrenreich and others, and Richard Wolff ’s “Occupy the Economy,” issued this month by the publishing

arm of San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore.

“We’ve really seen an upsurge for these kinds of books over the past,” says Paul Yamazaki, a buyer for City Lights. “And some of the older books have taken on a new life, like Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals.’”

One longtime activist and founding Occupy organizer, David Graeber, already has written a word-of-mouth hit and has a deal with Spiegel & Grau for a book about the Occupy movement and the democratic process.

Graeber, credited with coining the Occupy phrase “We are the 99 percent,” last year released “Debt: the First Five Thousand Years” through the independent Melville House Publishing. The book was widely discussed and, according to Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson, has sold around 60,000 copies.

Chris Jackson of Spiegel & Grau was among those who read it.

BOOK REVIEW

‘SecondWorld’ will leave you breathless

BY JEFF AYERS AP Book Reviewer “SecondWorld” (Thomas Dunne Books), by Jeremy Robinson: The popcorn novel of the summer has arrived, and Jeremy Robinson delivers an action fest that rivals the best of James Rollins, Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly.

NCIS agent and former Navy SEAL Lincoln Miller is on vacation in the Florida Keys, hanging

out under the water in a submersible. Chaos ensues when dead fish start to slam into his vehicle. Forced to the surface, Miller finds himself surrounded by red flakes falling from the sky.

He quickly discovers he cannot breathe, but with the help of oxygen tanks and a respirator, he makes it to land.

As Miller wanders around trying to uncover the truth behind the disaster he was lucky to miss, he finds nothing but dead bodies.

His quest for more oxygen tanks leads him to Miami, where he finds more devastation. What are the red flakes, and how are they responsible for eliminating the oxygen from the atmosphere? Has Miller become Adam in this new world?

The quest for answers and more oxygen tanks leads Miller to a vast conspiracy with tentacles rooted in the final days of a country supposedly conquered at the end of World War II. The combina-

tion of “Mad Max,” ”I Am Legend” and “Where Eagles Dare” provides a AP PHO fresh take TO on the end of the world that is riveting from the first page.

“SecondWorld” is a guaranteed one-sitting read that would make a terrific summer movie.

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Reasons • Continued from B1 13) The Diaper Derby — Our advice?

Bring a camera. The Diaper Derby pretty much corners the market on cute. Dozens of Miami County’s tiniest festival goers race against one another in an effort to get to the mommies and daddies, who await them at the finish line. The “awwwwes” that come from the crowd are practically deafening.

14) Take a shuttle — Worried about finding a place to park at the Strawberry Festival?

Don’t. The festival offers a free shuttle service to and from the festival. This year, shuttles will be located at WACO Airfield, Club 55/The Crystal Room, Meijer and the Miami County Fairgrounds.

15) Strawberry doughnuts — Yes, we’ve already included food on this list, but we felt strawberry doughnuts deserved their own entry.

People literally wait in line for hours to get the strawberry treats, made fresh by the Troy Music Boosters.

16) People watching — People from all walks of life attend the Troy Strawberry Festival. Part of the fun of attending the festival is seeing people and being seen by people.

You can spend hours just watching folks pass by.

Take the opportunity to see old friends and meet new ones.

17) Car show — The annual festival car show is a must for car enthusiasts and novices alike.

Each year, the festival brings in dozens of classic cars.

18) Pick your own — What’s more fun than eating strawberries someone else has picked? Picking your own, of course. Head on out to Fulton Farms in Troy during picking season and select a few

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Reason No. 24 to love the Strawberry Festival: The wide variety of arts and crafts. quarts of your own ripe, delicious berries.

19) The parade — OK, so there’s no parade this year, thanks to the move downtown. Still, though, through the years the Troy Strawberry Festival parade has grown into one of the most majestic in the area.

And yes, parade loyalists, it will make its return next year.

20) The Strawberry Festival Choir — The choir fills the air with melodious sounds not only at the festival itself, but at events throughout the year. The Strawberry Festival Choir is composed of amateurs with an entirely professional sound.

21) It’s ever evolving — Some events at the festival come, some go and some eventually make their return. That’s part of the beauty of the festival — it never gets old.

The events that have become a yearly tradition stick around, but nothing is around so long it wears

Reason No. 5 to love the Strawberry Festival: The Golden Couple competition. out its welcome.

22) The Super Cities Competition — This is one of those events that has since gone by the wayside, but once was a staple of the festival.

Teams of locals from Miami County’s cities would compete against one another in a variety of athletic competitions.

Here’s hoping this is one event that makes its return in the very near future.

23) Little Miss and

Mister Strawberry — This competition rivals the Diaper Derby in terms of sheer cuteness.

Toddlers compete to earn their version of the “junior” king and queen of the festival.

24) Arts and crafts — Along with food, the biggest attraction at the Strawberry Festival is the wide assortment of arts and crafts. All sorts of vendors are there, peddling their wares.

Chances are if you’re

looking for something to decorate your house, it will be at the Strawberry Festival.

25) Strawberry Idol — One of the festival’s newer events, Strawberry Idol allows aspiring soloists to make their voices heard. Catch the next big thing at the Strawberry Idol competition.

26) Volunteer efforts — It bears noting that the Strawberry Festival only happens thanks to the efforts of dozen of volunteers who give freely of themselves and their time for an entire year. The day after the festival ends, the planning begins for next year’s festival.

Without so many giving people in the community, there would be no Strawberry Festival.

27) 10K classic run — If you’ve eaten too many strawberry doughnuts the day before, there’s no better way to burn off a few calories than to run 6.2 miles Sunday morning.

Hundreds participate in the scenic jaunt through Troy.

28) One time only — The Strawberry Festival moves downtown for this year only. Thanks to the rebuilding of the Adams Street Bridge, the festival will not be held at its traditional home on the levee. This is your one and only opportunity to enjoy the festival downtown.

29) Children’s Parade — OK, so there’s no parade this year, but the Children’s Parade on Friday nights during the festival has become an annual tradition. Have your kid ride his or her Big Wheel, bicycle or wagon and be a part of this event.

30) Dyeing of the fountain — Most of the time, the fountain in Downtown Troy runs clear. For three days out of the year, however, the

water runs pink. You know it’s festival time when the fountain is a distinct shade of pink.

31) Strawberry Stroll — If you’re not feeling quite up to the 10K race, you have another option. The Strawberry Stroll allows participants to take a scenic walk through Troy, enjoying the many picturesque sites the city has to offer.

32) It’s good, family fun — The Strawberry Festival offers a fun, safe, family-friendly environment. There’s no alcohol allowed, so you can feel safe and comfortable bringing the entire family.

33) That’s entertainment — In addition to performances by the Strawberry Festival Choir and the Strawberry Idol winner, there’s performances by local artists throughout the weekend.

All different forms of music and entertainment will be represented.

34) It inspires songs — In 2007, a California man who had attended the Troy Strawberry Festival was so inspired by what he had seen he wrote a song about it.

Anyone who has ever been fortunate enough to hear the song “Strawberryville” won’t soon forget it.

35) Strawberry Festival Bike Tour — The bike tour comes in three distances, 25K, 50K and 100K. It’s something both hardcore bike riders and novices alike can enjoy.

36) Where civic pride is city wide — The Strawberry Festival has become something all Trojans can be proud of.

Go anywhere in the state of Ohio and mention Troy … one of two things will eventually come up — either football or the Strawberry Festival. The Strawberry Festival is something we all can take pride in.

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CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Like a Hollywood star, Coronado’s 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand.

That’s one of the reasons why Coronado flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe’s 1958 film “Some Like It Hot” has been named the No. 1 beach in the United States in the 2012 survey by “Dr. Beach” professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University.

It is the first time “Dr. Beach” has given the top slot to California in the more than two decades that he has been ranking beaches in the United States based on their environmental quality and safety for swimmers.

Coronado Beach, on a peninsula across the bay from San Diego, has nearperfect Mediterranean weather and a postcard backdrop.

“I think it’s one of the most super beaches around,” said Leatherman, director of FIU’s Laboratory for Coastal Research.

Rounding out the top 10 this year were No. 2, Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii; No. 3, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.; No. 4, St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle; No. 5, Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii; No. 6, Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.; No. 7, Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii; No. 8, Cape Florida State Park near Miami.; No. 9, Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C.; and No. 10, Cape Hatteras in North Carolina.

Leatherman ranks beaches on 50 criteria, including the look and feel

of the sand, water quality, weather, facilities and crowds. A top score is 250.

Coronado came in the 230s, losing points because its water temperature hovering in the 60s allows for only a quick dip for most, Leatherman said.

California’s chilly coastal waters have cost its pristine beaches points when they’ve been up against balmy contenders in Florida and Hawaii in the past.

Coronado Beach was runner-up last year to Florida’s Siesta Beach. Once a beach tops Leatherman’s list, it is retired from consideration for future rankings.

A No. 1 spot on the popular list typically brings a 15to-20-percent boost in visitors.

Leatherman said Coronado is great for skim boarding (gliding on the water with a small, finless surfboard) and walking. The wide, flat beach is lined by majestic mansions and the Hotel del Coronado. Known as “Hotel Del,” the National Historic Landmark with its peaked red roof was built in 1888 and is the last of California’s Victorian seaside resorts.

Coronado is also the name of the swanky-yetquaint city on a peninsula populated by Navy officers and some of California’s wealthiest. It can be reached by ferry boat for a few dollars from downtown San Diego.

There is free parking at the beach but it is on a public street so it can be challenging, Leatherman said.

Lifelong San Diego County resident 55-year-old Nellie Landeros said it is her favorite beach.

“It’s gorgeous,” she said.

“Just the setting alone feels like we’re in another world.”

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Thirty-year rate falls to record 3.78 percent WASHINGTON (AP) — The average U.S. rate for the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to a record low for a fourth straight week. Cheap mortgages have helped boost home sales modestly this year.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.78 percent. That’s down from 3.79 percent last week and the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.

The average rate on 15-year fixed mortgage, a popular option for refinancing, held steady at 3.04, matching the record low hit last week.

The average rate on the 30-year loan has been below 4 percent since early December.

Lower rates are a key reason the housing industry is flashing signs of a recovery five years after the bubble burst.

In April, sales of both previously occupied homes and new homes rose near two-year highs. Builders are gaining more confidence in the market, breaking ground on more homes and requesting more permits to build single-family homes later this year.

A better job market has also made more people open to buying a home. Employers have added 1 million jobs in the past five months. The unemployment has dropped a full percentage point since August, from 9.1 percent to 8.1 percent in April.

Still, the pace of home sales remains well below healthy levels. Economists say it could be years before the market is fully healed.

Many people are having difficulty qualifying for home loans or can’t afford larger down payments required by banks. Some would-be home buyers are holding off because they fear that home prices could keep falling.

Mortgage rates have been dropping because they tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Uncertainty about how Europe will resolve its debt crisis has led investors to buy more Treasury securities, which are considered safe investments. As demand for Treasurys increase, the yield falls.

To calculate average rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country on Monday through Wednesday of each week.

The average does not include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount.

The average fee for 30-year loans was 0.8, down from 0.7 last week. The fee for 15-year loans was 0.7, unchanged from last week.

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Artdeco and midcentury styles offer endless possibilities for manufacturers seeking to reenergize and refine what “modern” means today in home furnishings. Stainless steel, chrome, acrylic and lots and lots of lacquer are the hallmarks of these reborn looks, which were everywhere at the Spring International Home Furnishings Market.

Lexington Home Brands introduced the deco-styled Aquarius Collection, which featured some stunning lacquer pieces in aquamarine, cloud white and Mandarin red.

Century Furniture, which is celebrating 65 years in the business, relaunched its Chin Hua Collection. The first Chin Hua was introduced in 1975, riding the tsunami of interest in all things Chinese after President Richard Nixon normalized relations with that country. The new collection adds rich veneers such as malachite, sapphire and garnet and new materials including stainless steel and acrylic.

“Lacquer finishes have become a very important trend in the home-furnishings category,” said Comer Wear, whose grandfather started Century Furniture.

“The high-sheen nature of lacquer coupled with metal accents creates a sleek transitional look that is fun yet very sophisticated. It’s like a gemstone set in platinum or sterling.” And likely enough to make your neighbors covet your cabinet.

Lee Industries was no exception to the trend.

However, its designers looked to clear acrylic to update a hide-and-hair bench with a button-tufted zebra pattern. “The clear acrylic legs are an instant update,” noted one admiring buyer. Also showing off their acrylic legs were Century and Lilly Pulitzer, which used them on benches as well.

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Painted lacquer in leaf-green highlights Century Furniture’s Chin Hua bar cabinet, which sits atop a stainless-steel base.

Clear acrylic legs set off Lee Industries’ new Hair on Hyde zebra-dyed bench.

Nobody understands the “Mad Men” decade better than Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. The designers’ Caffery dining table in oak and stainless steel and Gage upholstered dining chairs with stainless-steel frames are all about shaken, not stirred. Looking glamorous

in high-gloss white lacquer with drawer interiors painted red was the company’s Westwood Collection. It is trimmed in solid open-grain ash in an ebony finish for a striking contrast.

For a cool addition to any midcentury motif there is Tozai Home’s Starburst mir-

ror done with No. 2 pencils

by Dransfield and Ross.

Going deco delicious were the Keno Bros., who are known for the way they bring out the beauty of wood in their products. The streamlined Chic tray table uses maple and louro preto veneers trimmed with stainless steel. Their Dual Curves accent table sits on gleaming steel legs with a top crafted from rosewood veneers and outlined in steel.

Bungalow 5 used marble tops and nickel-plated hardware on a variety of new lacquer chests. Though shown on the floor in black or white, they also come in red, orange, Kelly green and aqua lacquer finishes. Not to miss out on the great polished steel rush, Bungalow 5 showed its upholstered Lever lounge chair floating on a flat stainless-steel frame in vintage brown leather.

One who bucked the sleek trend was Maria Yee, preferring metal with an industrial look. Hot rolled steel is the focus of her coffee table.

“I really liked the natural design created on the steel by the cooling process,” the designer said. The table is trimmed in environmentally friendly Nordic pine.

But Yee was in the minority when it came to shiny vs. matte metal. Polished stainless was a 3-to-1 favorite among manufacturers like Bernhardt Interiors, which used it on the curved chrome arms of its Markham lounge chair in cream leather and as the base for many other tables, including the petrified wood drinks table, the Henley teak-topped table, the cagelike base of the Orly occasional table and the reflective metal covering the Bolton nightstand, which featured an avocado-colored interior. The frame of the Jace club chair upholstered in a persimmon fabric was also polished stainless.

Like a form of alchemy, stainless steel, lacquer finishes and acrylics are transforming traditional silhouettes into fresh products for many furniture makers.

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Has lending eased up?

In a word, no

take a few days to a week for the parties to agree. The negotiations can result in a lower purchase price or a cash credit to be applied to the buyers’ closing costs in consideration for the buyers taking care of the defects after closing.

In this case, an addendum to the purchase contract reflecting the credit or price reduction goes to the buyers’ lender for underwriting approval.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS lot, $43,000.

Kathleen Lantz to Cherry Tree Lane LLC, $0.

Michael T. Conard, Gary Niday, Jack Adam, Rebecca Adam, Melissa Niday, POA to Carl Thomas A. Demmitt Revocable Skinner, one lot, $14,700.

Trust, Thomas Demmitt, trustee, Kathleen Sue Trumbull, one lot, $125,000.

Kenneth Trumbull to Carl Skinner, Hobart Brothers Company to one lot, $7,400.

City of Troy, 0.057 acres, 0.712 Beverly Lozen, attorney in fact, acres, 0.708 acres, 0.705 acres, Kevin Lozen to Megan Parker, 0.719 acres, 0.714 acres, 0.969 Jason Winner, one lot, $150,000. acres, $0.

New Carlisle Federal Savings Bank to Jason George, one lot, PIQUA $20,000.

Stephanie Baker, Jon Silk, Sandra Andrews to David Stephanie Silk to Christina Andrews, one lot, one part lot, $0.

Chaney, one lot, $106,000.

Estate of Patrick Allen Purcell Goodall Lumber and Supply Co. Inc. to FDH Investments LLC, to Sharon Barhorst, one lot, one part lot, $0. $20,000.

Rebecca Harrison, attorney in Maria I. Julian, trustee, Maria fact, Marilyn A. Selover Julian Trust to Julia Adams, Jay Declaration of Trust, Marilyn Riethman, one lot, $113,000.

Matthew Ames to Tia Christie, Selover, trustee, Marilyn Selover to Anthony Cockerham, two part one lot, $126,000. lots, $1,000.

Elaine Lennartz, Randal Angele Bubeck a.k.a. Angele Lennartz to Gary Bell, Tami Bell, Cantwil to Michael Cantwil, one one lot, $218,500. lot, $0.

Kathy Cyphers, trustee, John Roger Thomas, Sandra L. Westfall Family Revocable Thomas to James Maxwell, a part Living Trust to David Michael lot, $15,000.

Daugenbaugh, one lot, $40,000.

Pence Properties LLC to Field Secretary of Housing and Property Management, three lots, Urban Development to Holly $0.

Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, one Mutual Federal Savings Bank lot, $0. to Eleanor Ely, one lot, $88,000.

Ace Securities Corp. Home Judy Downing to Kisle Hedger, Equity Loan Trust, HSBC Bank one lot, $76,400.

USA, N.A., trustee, Ocwen Loan PNC Bank, N.A. to Secretary Servicing LLC, attorney in fact to of Department of Housing and April Lowe, one lot, $136,200.

George Clifton, Stacy Clifton to Urban Development, a part lot, Jason Angle, Shane Angle, one $0.

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Lerner, Sampson and Rothfuss, attorney in fact to Kimberly Bair, one lot, $123,000.

William Wesco to Brandon Beeler, Alishia Teague, a part lot, $81,200.

Wesley Hawk to Mike Hawk Homes LLC, two lots, $11,300.

Robert Miller, trustee, Robert A. Miller Trust to Marilyn Fennell, one lot, $0.

COVINGTON Craycon Homes Inc. to Chad Robinson, one lot, $128,100.

HUBER HEIGHTS Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR In.c, one lot, $39,000.

Dec Land Co. I LLC to NVR In.c, one lot, $39,000.

Inverness Group, Inc. to Bobbie Lanham, Jason Lanham, one lot, $182,000.

PLEASANT HILL July L. Pfsiter to Barbara Pfister, Brian Pfister, 3.640 acres, $0.

WEST MILTON Galen A. Michael, trustee,

Patricia Michael, trustee, Galen A. Michael and Patricia A. Michael Revocable Trust Agreement to Patricia A. Michael Living Trust, $0.

Brian Mefford to Bradley Meeford, one lot,$0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Octagon Holdings LLC, $0.

Norma Moreland, Wesley Moreland, attorney in fact to Angie Butler, 1.00 acre, $80,000.

NEWBERRY TWP. CONCORD TWP. Sally Jackson to Jon Silk, Stephanie Silk, one lot, $344,000.

Christopher Taylor to Dana Black, Dana Dee Taylor, one lot, $0.

BETHEL TWP.

Ceridwen Stine to Kent Stine, 2.006 acres, $0.

NEWTON TWP. Debbie Kettering, John Kettering to Deborah Niswonger, William J. Oliver, 2.50 acres, $162,000.

Jon Baker to Irma Baker, Irma Dettillion, 4.0 acres, $0.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Megan Lynn Weddell, 1.134 acres, $0.

Laura Leet, Michael Leet to SPRINGCREEK Laura Leet, Michale Leet, $0.

TWP. Bradley Jones, Kelly Jones to Helen Van Haaren, Michael Van Alan Vagedes to Jayson Haaren, 7.331 acres, $456,000.

Mumaw, Joyce Mumaw, four part Estate of Virginia Perri, Frank Perri, executor, to Perri Farm LLC, lots, $15,000.

71.749 acres, $400,000.

STAUNTON TWP. ELIZABETH TWP. Staley Terebinski, Terebinski Family Limited Partnership to Zachary Francis, 5.4327 acres, $0.

Charles R. McKinney, Jeanne McKinney, Carol Reid, Randall Reid to Joseph Atkinson, Kristina Atkinson, 2.599 acres, $128,000.

UNION TWP. MONROE TWP. Estate of Beula Combs to Arnold Combs, 3.702 acres, 1.3 acres, $0.

Kathy L. Daum a.k.a. Kathy L. Segar a.k.a. Kathy L. House to Cheryl Herkins, Mark Herkins, 11.386 acres, $193,000.

Hymer • Continued from C1

Give your garden a regular facial

BY MAUREEN GILMER Scripps Howard News Service After a facial, you know your pores are clean and your skin glows with health.

What few realize is that plants have pores, too. They can become clogged with city grime, dust and dirt and lose their bright coloring. These plant pores are called stomates, which open and close to regulate the exchange of air and moisture. So what happens when stomates become clogged? Give them a facial with your garden hose.

Every gardening mentor of mine was an advocate of “syringing” plants with a jet of water to maintain their health. It is vital in the West, where there is little or no summer rainfall to naturally clean off plants. In California, more than six months may pass before rain falls again, so west of the Rockies and in other dry climates make this a vital means of keeping an ornamental or an edible garden in top form.

This isn’t just shooting the plant with a hose, though. It’s a careful application of water pressure to clean foliage and stems thoroughly. This also includes the hard-to-reach backsides of the leaves where pests hide. For those with rural homes, this is the best way to deal with dust from dirt roads or plowed fields nearby. In cities with air-quality problems, this is how to keep black smog particles from accumulating on food plants.

Syringing is best done when there is no direct sunlight. The preferred times are early morning or around sunset. The reason is that washing plants in direct sunlight leaves water on the foliage, which acts like a magnifying glass to literally burn the tissues underneath. The result of burns are white spots and blotches all over the leaves.

The pros know that the greatest benefit of syringing is to discourage pests and disease. That makes it a vital practice for

organic gardens. It’s well-known that dusty plants are far more prone to spider mites, which love such conditions. Wash your plants clean and spider mites won’t get a foothold.

Every leaf surface becomes a landing zone for spores of various fungal diseases.

As spores and bacteria accumulate there, they can enter plants through the stomates, too. Washing your plants prevents such a buildup, and you’ll find that the incidences of mildew and other diseases are much more manageable.

Early morning is the best time to accomplish this because the water has a few hours to evaporate before direct sun hits the leaves. If it’s a windy day, the evaporation rate is doubly fast. Evening is a good time in hot, dry weather.

Beware of plants such as hybrid tea roses, which are prone to fungal diseases of mildew and black spot. These fungi Fuchsias are vulnerable to specific flourish on moist foliage. Syringing at pests that may be discouraged by day’s end may leave moisture on the leaves far too long,.. clean plants.

Syringing is a vital part of the food garden, too. Pesky wooly aphids that afflict members of the cabbage family won’t build up in hot weather if plants are regularly cleaned. It also makes it much harder for pests to find their way into the heart of your lettuce. Above all, when it comes time to harvest, you won’t have to toss the dusty outer leaves or skins into the compost.

To conserve water, make sure you have a quality nozzle with a high-pressure stream spray and a lever to instantly adjust pressure for larger or smaller plants. The key is using pinpoint pressure to get the job done with minimal water to avoid waste.

Become a devoted plant washer and your garden will start looking more like those in magazines. Your plants will photosynthesize more efficiently, pests will Syringing plants helps brightly col- rarely linger and the facial will pay off in ored foliage to show off its best side. flawless fruit, foliage and flowers.

Dian Hymer, a real estate broker with more than 30 years’ experience, is a nationally syndicated real estate columnist and author.

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Specialty large-leaf perennials easily become spotted unless regularly washed.

Often, the buyers’ loan is already in underwriting at this point.

Any change to the contract that needs underwriting approval can move the buyers’ loan package back to the end of the underwriting cue. This can delay final loan approval.

Setbacks at the approval stage can result in a delay in closing if there isn’t enough time built into the contract between the deadline for the financing contingency and the closing date.

Most lenders issue loan approval with conditions attached. These will need to be satisfied and approved by underwriting before the lender will issue the loan documents that the buyers need to close the sale.

HOUSE HUNTING TIP: Make sure that you have no doubt about your ability to satisfy the lender’s conditions before removing the financing contingency.

Last year buyers that were in contract to buy a home in Berkeley, Calif., were told by their lender that they could remove their loan contingency, which they did. A week or so later, the lender told the buyers that they didn’t have a loan.

Fortunately, the sellers in this situation were accommodating. They agreed to an extension of closing date. The loan was reworked, approved and the deal closed. If it hadn’t, the buyers’ deposit would have been at risk because they had, based on the lender’s say-so, removed all contingencies from the contract.

Frustration on the part of everyone involved typifies the homebuying experience in today’s picked-up market if the purchase requires a new mortgage. Will lending conditions improve soon? Although a few lenders are lightening up a little, most lenders aren’t confident enough that the current homebuying activity is sustainable. So, they’re unlikely to ease up on underwriting requirements or hire additional employees to make the approval process move more smoothly.

The loans that are the easiest to process are the conforming loans from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or FHA. The conforming loan market has guidelines so there is more consistency in underwriting and loans are approved more routinely. These loans are available only in amounts up to 417,000, or $625,500 in highpriced areas.

The conventional mortgage market supplies jumbo loans for homebuyers who need to borrow more. These loans require buyers to jump through qualification hoops. Two appraisals are sometimes required. There are more layers of underwriting, investor approval is often required and there is less consistency in terms on underwriting guidelines.

THE CLOSING: It’s always best to work with an experienced loan professional. It can make a world of difference with jumbo loans if you work with someone who knows how to package your financial documentation in order to receive approval.

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BY JOE LAMP’L Scripps Howard News Service A garden can be defined many ways: a plot of land used for the growing of flowers, vegetables, herbs and trees; an area of fertile, cultivated property; even as a verb “to lay out, develop or tend.”

The key point in all these definitions is a plan. A garden is an intentional thing, deliberately selected, composed and arranged.

In other words, a garden has a design.

Of course, garden design isn’t a rigid, by-the-book formula. It’s a constantly changing interaction between what the gardener wants and what the plants and the environment will support.

But there are several design principles that you can use to get your garden to look its best. Once you have them down, a garden practically designs itself.

• Balance. Plants and other “hardscape” elements in a garden, like decks, paths or even rocks, have visual weight that needs to be balanced so everything appears in proportion.

Symmetrical balance mirrors elements on each side of a dividing line, like identical groups of plants on either side of a birdbath or fountain. It creates a formal look. Asymmetrical balance also has organization and stability, but looks more natural and random. A tall evergreen and low, mounded shrubs standing opposite a group of open, airy perennials around that same fountain would create a more casual look.

• Repetition. Duplicating forms, textures, colors or sizes makes a garden easier to look at.

It can be an obvious repetition of the same alternating flowers marching down the front of a border, or more subtle, like repeating the shapes of shrubs or trees or even structures. Repetition sets the rhythm with which the eye moves around the garden. Evenly spaced plants produce a predictable, well-controlled, peaceful feeling; staggered, uneven repeti-

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Some gardens seem to invite you to come and explore every corner and curve; others invite stillness and reflection. tion will have a bouncy, energetic effect.

• Focal Point. A garden needs at least one object or area that is noticed first and most often. A focal point is the visual “hook” that demands attention and stimulates interest.

A bright red, highly textured Japanese maple standing among smaller, more or less green plants, or a sparkling, splashing waterfall would instantly attract your gaze. A focal point leads visitors to a specific place in the landscape, and encourages them to explore the spaces around it and then return again and again.

• Contrast. In order to hold attention and create excitement,

things have to stand out from each other. Contrasting the sizes, shapes, colors and textures in a perennial bed, for instance, keeps the bed from becoming boring.

Use contrast sparingly, though.

Choose one or two contrasting elements, like small green leaves against broad, variegated ones, or tall, vertical forms against low, mounding shapes. Too much individuality creates a confusing, unplanned jumble.

• Movement. Some gardens seem to invite you to come and explore every corner and curve; others invite stillness and reflection. The effect is created with different kinds of lines. Straight lines are typically found in very

formal, geometric, symmetrical gardens. They often meet at sharp angles and move the eye very quickly and crisply through the landscape. Curved lines are found in more natural, organic and informal gardens.

You can direct a visitor’s movement in your garden by arranging straight and curved lines to speed them up or slow them down to admire a particular view. Imagine a path, bordered with gently rhythmic, repeating groups of plants curving toward a tall garden arbor focal point, enticing you to come and see what’s waiting just around the corner out of sight. All those elements working together brings us to …

Unity. It’s hard to describe, but you know it when you see it.

All the garden’s individual parts make sense together. They feel right. More importantly, they express what you really had in mind when you imagined your perfect garden.

Now that you know the principles of design, you’ll find yourself looking for them in every landscape, and recognize why some gardens not only look better, but feel better than others, too.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ricky and Ralph Lauren don’t just have a great house in New York’s Hamptons, they have a happy home there.

It’s where they spend lovely, fun-filled summer weekends and where they have cozy winter nights.

They serve fancy foods, such as lobster souffle and towers of beets, arugula and goat cheese, and comfort fare like challah-bread French toast and brownies. Sure, there’s help nowadays, Ricky says, but she likes to do as much of it as she can: decorating, cooking, general good hostessing.

She also likes a full house, and her nowgrown children, their spouses and their friends, are often there.

“There’s a very grounding thing about family, spending time together, cooking for them, having their friends over,” she says.

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“Nice things have happened in our lives,” Ricky says with a smile.

But what strikes a reader right away is how normal mom, dad, two sons and daughter seem to be. The kids were skeptical of eating salmon, and they learned to ride bikes with Ralph holding a broomstick for them to use for balance. There even might have been some questionable fashion moments.

“The home is where the family gathers, talks together. Is it perfect?” Ricky says. “How can it be perfect with all those people!”

The Laurens have been regulars on Long Island’s tip for 40 years, starting in the early 1970s in the converted barn that was part of someone else’s mansion in Southampton. It was rugged, and Ricky once found a bird’s nest on one of the ledges of its indoor wooden ceiling beams. She’d use the big kitchen sink to alternate baths for her first child, Andrew, and

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Their Amagansett houses there were two served as Ricky’s base when Ralph would commute to Manhattan. No television needed there, she says, because there was so much to keep her and the kids busy.

At their old shingled saltbox in East Hampton, Ricky’s mom would visit often and she was charged with making the coffee each morning.

The “screening room,” which would later become a McMansion musthave, was a freestanding pull-down screen in the living room.

When they settled into Montauk, the area was still pretty remote, even if they had moved into the house previously occupied by John Lennon and Leonard Bernstein, says Ricky.

The community is more bustling now, but the house is on a high cliff and surrounded by lush greenery.

They’re an outdoorsy group, she says, and everything is about bringing the beach inside or, better yet, setting up as much as they can on the other side of all the glass sliding doors. She likes the small seating areas created by enclaves of lavender blooms and rhododendrons.

It was after they moved here in the ’80s that Ricky started to think more about a

healthy lifestyle and diet. For this book, she’s gone farther, she explains, redoing recipes with less butter, less sugar and less fuss.

Eliminating things you can live without seems a good overall philosophy, she says with a smile. Even during this interview, done at Ralph Lauren’s Madison Avenue headquarters, she goes back for her bottle of water in another room instead of cracking open a new one.

She makes herself comfortable in son David’s office, promising she won’t eat the food he leaves at his desk.

Even more importantly, she tells him she won’t play with his Star Wars collectibles.

The book has many family photos dotted among the picture-perfect displays of picnic food and how-to instructions on setting the perfect atmosphere for a barbecue. There weren’t any objections about using the one with Andrew making eyebrows with watermelon rinds and David making googly eyes with water glasses. No problem with Dylan in her diaper and bloomers, either.

“They’re embarrassed when they’re young to talk about them, but they love hearing about themselves as kids when they are adults,” Ricky says.

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BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON Sacramento Bee Vegetable gardening starts with seeds. But as anyone who’s gotten sticker shock browsing at the nursery can attest, seeds can add up to a major expense.

To really save money by growing your own food, save seeds, too.

“It’s pretty amazing what you can get,” said Bill Maynard, community garden coordinator for Sacramento, Calif. “You can save a lot of money.”

What you don’t use, you can share. Maynard’s community garden group meets in spring and fall to swap seeds. There’s always plenty to go around.

One lettuce plant can produce hundreds of seeds. By letting one head go to seed instead of harvesting it, you can produce scores of extra salads.

“You can save it for next year or many years to come,” Maynard said. “So many seeds last for a long time. Flowers are really easy, too, especially zinnias and marigolds.”

Warm weather prompts lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, radishes, beets and other cool crops to “bolt” or flower.

The first step is patience.

“You want (the seed pod) to turn brown,” Maynard explained. “You don’t want any green. Pick them when they’re dry, but before they’re open.

Even after you pick them, they’ll need to dry some more.”

Maynard suggests putting the pods in a shoebox or other container than can “breathe.”

Keep varieties separate, so you’ll know which seeds are which.

“Don’t put them in a sealed plastic bag right away; they’ll rot,” he added. “Keep them out of full sun and away from any dampness.”

Once they’re fully dry, transfer them to envelopes

and label with the variety and harvest year.

Seed saving was second nature to gardeners two or three generations ago. Today’s gardeners are rediscovering seed saving along with heirloom vegetables, fruit and flowers.

Don’t save seeds from hybrid vegetables and flowers — plants that were bred by combining different parent varieties for certain attributes — because they won’t grow true. Seeds for hybrid plants, which are usually patented, should be purchased from a reliable source.

But as their name implies, heirloom varieties have been passed down through generations of gardeners via seeds.

Based in Iowa, the nonprofit Seed Savers Exchange connects thousands of gardeners and farmers throughout the county who want to grow these historic varieties and preserve America’s plant heritage and diversity. It also sells seeds via its catalog. After all, potential seed savers need to start somewhere.

The interest in seed saving echoes the continued boom in backyard farming and community gardens.

“It’s growing all the time,” said Maynard.

You’ll find the basics of saving seeds and making them grow in “The Heirloom Life Gardener” (Hyperion, 2011) by Jere and Emilee Gettle, founders of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

Seed Savers Exchange (www.seedsavers.org) offers a wealth of heirloom seeds collected by gardeners and farmers throughout North America as well as lots of tips on how to save more. This nonprofit organization is a wonderful resource for both novice and experienced gardeners interested in growing heirloom vegetables, fruit and flowers from seed.

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937-492-ROOF

Backhoe Services

937-606-1122

Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration 2280955

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Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992 Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

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700 Painting MAKE YOUR HOME LOOK NEW AGAIN Painting - Interior - Exterior Pressure Washing Homes and Decks Cleaning Gutters Commercial, Industrial, Residential Spring Clean-Up

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FULLY INSURED FREE ESTIMATES CALL RICK 937-726-2780 937-596-6622

2287280

MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

• Professional Tree Planting • Professional Tree Injection • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Dead Wooding • Snow Removal • Tree Cabling • Landscaping • Shrubs • Mulching • Hauling • Land Clearing • Roofing Specialist

2285327

875-0153 698-6135

2285030

Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

Hospice of Miami County Attn: HR PO Box 502 Troy, OH 45373

675 Pet Care

YEAR ROUND TREE WORK

2285026

COOPER’S GRAVEL

Inquiries should be made to Linda at 937-494-3013 or you may email at llw@adcarehealth.com

Care Giver/Home Health

Free Inspections “All Our Patients Die”

We need someone who has leadership qualities to fill an RN position for 28-30 hours per week.

Voted 1st place

$10 OFF Service Call

Call Matt 937-477-5260

Call 419-501-2165 or email resume to therapy@CornerstoneRehabilitation.com

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Install - Repair Replace - Crack Fill Seal Coat

Ask for Roy

Full Time Speech Language Pathologists

Residential Commercial Industrial

Piqua, Ohio 937-773-0637

Very Dependable

Position available for

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2284701

or (937) 238-HOME

15 YEARS EXPERIENCE FREE ESTIMATES Paving • Driveways Parki ng Lots • Seal Coating

Asphalt

937-245-9717

240 Healthcare

FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED

Free Estimates

MATT & SHAWN’S

(937) 339-1902

BUCKEYE SEAL COATING AND REPAIR

LAWN CARE D.R.

2287263

Community Housing and the Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services are Equal Opportunity Employers.

937-875-0153 937-698-6135

2284244

Licensed & Bonded

Dorothy Crusoe Director Community Housing of Darke, Miami and Shelby Counties 1100 Wayne Street Suite 4001 Troy, OH 45373

www.mdsadamhs. mh.state.oh.us

PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

TICON PAVING

Residential and Commercial

Qualifications: 2-4 years of relevant experience or equivalent, combination of education, training and experience Salary range is $22,000 to $30,000 with a full benefit package including PERS.

The position description can be viewed at:

COOPER’S BLACKTOP

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

BROOKHART GROUNDSCAPE #Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages

mikemoon59@yahoo.com

937-573-4702

CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE

Richard Pierce

2285025

2284953

765-857-2623 765-509-0070 Pole Building Roof & Siding 2263290

Residential/Commercial Licensed & Insured

335-9508

Standing Seam Metal Roofing

Sullenberger Pest Control

BIG jobs, SMALL jobs We haul it all!

HERITAGE GOODHEW

Call for a free damage inspection.

Tammy Welty (937)857-4222

(937)773-8812 or (937)622-2920

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(419) 203-9409

DO YOU HAVE MISSING SHINGLES OR STORM DAMAGE?

Cleaning Service

Gutter & Service

1-937-492-8897

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Sparkle Clean

DC SEAMLESS Call today for FREE estimate Fully Insured Repairs • Cleaning • Gutter Guard

BBB Accredted

AVAILABLE BABYSITTER for all shifts, cheap rates, (937)710-9988.

Call now for Spring & Summer special

LICENSED • INSURED

Duties include: plumbing, heating, AC repair, painting, on-call as needed and general property maintenance.

Forward resumes to:

FREE ESTIMATES!!

1002 N. Main St. Sidney, Ohio 45365

2278054

Center hours 6am 11:55pm Center hoursnow 6 a.m. to 6top.m.

Sealcoat, paint strips, crack fill, pothole repair.

Commercial and Residential

710 Roofing/Gutters/Siding

• Painting • Drywall • Decks • Carpentry • Home Repair • Kitchen/Bath

2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

CALL CALL TODAY!335-5452 335-5452

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS • Interior/Exterior • Drywall • Texturing • Kitchens • Baths • Decks • Doors • Windows

Community Housing of Darke, Miami & Shelby Counties is seeking a full-time individual to coordinate & provide maintenance services for apartments and houses managed by the agency in the tri-county region.

Resumes must be received by 4:30 p.m. on June 1, 2012.

AREA ASPHALT SEALCOAT

TOTAL HOME REMODELING Call Jim at 937-694-2454

FREE ESTIMATES

LEARNING CENTER

2281452

J.T.’s Painting & Drywall

2284289

620 Childcare

Call Richard FREE Alexander ESTIMATES 937-623-5704

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Licensed Bonded-Insured

“I WILL PICK UP!” Nothing too large.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 (937)451-1019 (888)484-JUNK

for 27 YEARS Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios, Steps, Curbs and Slabs

2268758

2285372

for junk cars/ trucks, running or non-running

620 Childcare

32 yrs experience Residential & Commercial Wallpaper Removal • Insured • References

Eric Jones, Owner

CASH, Top Dollar Paid!!!

2281341

Interior/Exterior

Roofing • Drywall • Painting Plumbing • Remodels • Flooring

610 Automotive

715 Blacktop/Cement

2285003

660 Home Services

2282117

660 Home Services

2278069

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Property Maintenance Staff

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Call 877-844-8385

SHIFT COORDINATOR rd (3 Shift FT) Previous supervisory experience in manufacturing environment required; experience working with or for automotive OEM or Tier One suppliers.

Submit resume and salary requirements on our website at: www.industry productsco.com Competitive Compensation and Excellent Benefits Package!

E.O.E.

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Drivers Ohio Driver Needed!

CASUAL DRIVERS

To apply send cover letter and resume to: wmoorman@council onruralservices.org Or visit our website at: www.councilonrural services.org

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LOCAL DRIVER

Need extra spending money? We have work available during the week and weekends for casual drivers that want to pick up some extra spending money. Help especially needed on the weekends. Must have CDLA and prior tractor trailer experience, preferably OTR.

1(866)879-6593 www.landair.com

â&#x20AC;˘ Drivers Solo Drivers needed for a NEW dedicated run. * Need Great Home time? * Want Great Health Benefits?

Or call Dave on the weekend or evenings at 937-726-3994 or during the week at 800-497-2100

Call now: (866)485-2882

www.ceioh.com

Recent Driving Experience & a CDL-A is Required

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Continental Express 10450 St Rt 47 Sidney, OH www.ceioh.com

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$0.40 per loaded mile Home Weekly 4 weeks vacation/yr.

Health/Dental/Life 401K with Match Please Call- Weekdays800-497-2100 Weekends/Evenings937-726-3994 Or apply on line @ www.ceioh.com

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

DRIVERS WANTED

HOME DAILY, ACT FAST!

POND PLANTS, Potted Lillies & bog plants. Free goldfish and umbrella palm w/purchase.

(937)676-3455 or (937)417-5272 Laura, OH

577 Miscellaneous CEMETERY LOTS, Shelby Memory Gardens, 3 lots together, $200 each, (937)710-4899 CRIB, changing table, highchair, cradle, playpen guardrail, pack-n-play, carseat, gate, tub, blankets, clothes, Disney animated phones, doll chairs.

(937)339-4233

Great Pay Local Runs Off 2 days per week Health + 401K Must live within 50 miles of Tipp City, OH. Class A CDL w/Hazmat required.

Drivers Needed We are in need of 4 experienced dedicated drivers out of our Troy Ohio location. 2 daytime and 2 night time, with a class A CDL with two years recent driving experience. Must have good MVR and the desire to work in a fast pace environment. We offer group health, paid holidays, paid vacation, and 401k.

Call Ed Kraetschmer at 419-453-2273 or cell 419-234-4267

Local company looking for Truck Driving/ Warehouse person. Full time Monday-Friday.

Must have Class A CDL license with verifiable experience and clean MVR. Send resumes to: Dept. 850 Troy Daily News 224 South Market Street Troy, Ohio 45373

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AIR CONDITIONER, window style, works good, $75 (937)418-4639.

HOSPITAL BED with mattress.

Hoyer lift.

Wheel chair.

(937)492-1120.

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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 4:00 PM

Saturday, June 16, 2012. 9:00 AM Location: Upper Valley Career Center, Applied Technology Center.

The following are a sampling of items being offered for sale

J Student desks J Student chairs J Teacher desks J Teacher chairs J Lockers J Storage cabinets J Bookcases J File cabinets J Kitchen equipment J Misc. industrial equipment J Lab top/Desk top computers J Misc. A/V equipment

Bob Brandenburg, Owner JERRY STICHTER AUCTIONEER,

Items sold as is and there is no warranty offered or implied.

All sales are final. For a more complete list of auction items and pictures please visit our website at: www.uppervalleycc.org

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A GOOD OFFERING FROM A NICE HOME: Oak dining rm suite w/ china cabinet; oak octagon table w/ 6 uph roller chrs; floral couch, like new; curved sectional couch; lg screen, 52â&#x20AC;? Zenith TV & others; Frigidaire almond ceramic top range; garage refrigerator; kitchen items; pictures & wall decorations; Oakwood Interiors bedrm suite: Washed oak KS bed complete, 2 night stands, chest of drws & dresser w/ mirror; dbl bed headboard & dresser; oak computer compatible roll top desk; nice, small size modern computer desk; vintage Colonial radio; depression era 6 leg lamp table; Amish character & other collector dolls; Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bears figurines (approx. 60). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of Mickey Mouseâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Romero Britto framed print & other Mickey Mouse figures; Indian Chief stature; 3 advertising mirrors; glassware; china; holiday decorations incl porcelain village buildings w/ boxes; Sterling & Noble round wall clock; decorative drapery rods; wooden window blinds; bedspread & soft goods; copy & fax machines; vacuum; yard decorations; sled; sports items; misc hand & small power tools & garage items; portable air tank; floor jack; Karcher elec power washer; log chain; 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; alum step ladder; Pet Safe invisible fence power box w/ collar; Marbles stag handle sheath knife & 2 others; Schrade, 1994, Sons of Veterans pocket knife, NIB. AUTO/SUV: Chevrolet, 2003, Tahoe LT with Starcraft customization; a loaded, all white sport utility vehicle w/ a full complement of accessories, offered w/ reserve.

The Upper Valley Career Center, 8811 Career Dr., Piqua, Oh, no longer having use for the following items, will be offering them for sale at a public auction.

Auction Date:

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HOME GYM, 3 Station Weider Pro 9645, 2 independent stacks of weights, use for toning, muscle size/ strength & cardio, $250, (937)296-6791

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Driver needed for LOCAL tractor trailer driving position. Must be flexible to work various hours. Must have at least 1 year recent experience and be extremely dependable. Call Dave on the weekend or evenings at 937-726-3994 or during the week at 800-497-2100 or apply in person at:

Continental Express of Sidney, OH is currently Hiring Professional CDL-A Drivers to operate primarily in the Mid-West & Southeast, U.S.

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JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT, a food grade liquid carrier is seeking Class A CDL tank drivers from the Sidney/Piqua/Troy area.

Home flexible weekends. 5 years driving experience required.

Will train for tank.

Great Pay and Benefit Package. For further info, call Jane @ 1-888-200-5067

Professional CDL-A Drivers

INC.

AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS

2286657

The Council on Rural Services is seeking a highly motivated selfstarter to successfully oversee and staff our entrepreneurial career development and employment program for youth in Darke, Miami and Shelby Counties.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years experience in business, program operations, and a proven track record of effective communication, networking, and business development skills. A bachelor's degree in business, management or related field is required. Additional desired skills include public speaking, grant writing, recruiting, staffing, mentoring, utilizing volunteers and working with youth. The minimum starting salary is $34,085.

Regional Runs Home Weekends .40¢ -.45¢/Mile - ALL MILES Class A CDL + 1 year OTR experience

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FREEZER Frigidaire upright, frost free, 5 years old. Like new. 13.7 cubic foot. $245, (937)335-7826

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AmeriCorps Project Coordinator

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Jerry Stichter Broker Associate of Garden Gate Realty (937)335-6758 www.stichterauctions.com To Advertise In the Classifieds that Work

Call 877-844-8385 280 Transportation

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DRIVERS.....

Spend More Time DRIVERS WANTED at Home this Summer with Family!!

CDL CDL Class Class AA

$1000 Sign On Bonus Home Most Nights

Monthly Safety Bonus

Full Benefits Package 1 year tractor trailer experience required.

Dry bulk experience is not required â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we have a paid training program.

BULK TRANSIT CORP.

888-588-6626 Or visit our website for an application

www.bulktransit.com

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SIGN ON BONUS New lanes into Wayne, MI & Louisville, KY Open board pays extra $.05 per mile

REGIONAL or LOCAL

OWNER OPERATOR

2500/ 3000 wkly all miles pd.!

Good Benefits!

Home time wkly & wk ends!

Refrigerated exp. a plus

DO YOU WANT: PLANNED HOME TIME + ROUND TRIPS + + DEDICATED LANES+

2284193

CIMARRON EXPRESS

(800) 866-7713 ext 123 www.cimarronexpress.com

These Companies can help...

Passport required for regional CDL-A 2yrs exp. 25 yoa.

800-321-3460 x 227

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583 Pets and Supplies

TRAILER, Tandem axle trailer, 6'8" wide, 16' long, flatbed, used to haul bobcats, $1050.

Call (937)339-3353

KITTENS, need good inside homes, approximately 4 months, (1) all black male, (1) female with unusual color pattern.

Call Norma for details (937)676-3455 or (937) 417-5272

WALKER adult, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grab bars, canes, entertainment center, collector dolls, doll chairs, more (937)339-4233

583 Pets and Supplies EXERCISE BIKE New BioDyno 250 Schwinn exercise bike. Paid $500, will let go for $350.

(937)552-7657 Judy

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

(937)773-9526

2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SLE

KITTENS free to good inside home. See at Ryan's Bait Store 2017 South County Road 25-A. (937)335-0083

2003 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM

Power sunroof, seats etc leather, Chrome wheels, Blue, 170,000 miles. Car is ready to go! $3800

Very well maintained, excellent condition runs and drives great, $4995 Please call:

(937)726-0273

(937)726-5605

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586 Sports and Recreation BASEBALL BATS, Easton Stealth Big barrel, -9, 31 inch, 22 ounces, Demarini Vexxum, long barrel, -8.5, 31 inch, $110 each or $200 for both, Firm (937)778-1852 RIFLES, 2 Rueger Pro pellet rifles, 1400 FPS, never used, $110 each or $200 for both, Firm, (937)778-1852

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Adorable!

Males, $200.

Females, $225.

(937)418-4353.

POODLE/ SHI-TZU puppies, shots & wormed.

Ready May 26th. $50 deposit will hold until then. $200, (419)236-8749.

WIRE SAW Gryphon Diamond wire saw for cutting glass. $125.

(937)658-3551

592 Wanted to Buy BUYING! Pre-1980’s Comic Books, Star Wars, GI Joe, Marvel, He-Man, Transformers and More.

Call (937)638-3188.

585 Produce PICKED STRAWBERRIES, Ready at Burns' Market, 4865 Myers Road, Covington, 1/3 Mile East off State Route 41, No Sunday Sales

800 - Transportation

CROSSWORD ANSWERS 850 Motorcycles/Mopeds 2006 SUZUKI Burgman 400 scooter. Like new.

2,900 miles. $3800. Get 60 miles per gallon!

(937)538-0650

1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING Sharp, chrome wheels, runs great, good gas mileage. $5500 or best offer.

(937)526-3308

2001 FORD XLS V6 EXPLORER automatic, Carfax, 4 door, AC, power steering, brakes, windows, locks, tilt, cruise, garaged, no rust, AM/FM, $5500 OBO. (248)694-1242

2006 BUICK LACROSSE New tires and battery, runs great, 91,000 miles. $7800 or best offer

890 Trucks 2008 FORD, F-350, Crew cab Lariat, 4WD, 6.4 turbo diesel, automatic, white, 37,200 miles, $35,250, (937)473-2156

(937)773-3564 or (937)418-0641

895 Vans/Minivans 1995 CHEVROLET Handicap van.

(937)492-1120

899 Wanted to Buy 1999 CHEVY TAHOE LT 2-tone grey body, great shape, must see! Rebuilt transmission, new parts (have receipts).

Can email pics.

(402)340-0509

2002 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 98,000 miles, black, leather interior, CD, A/C, Onstar, 7 passenger, very well maintained, super clean. $6000 OBO. (937)335-5058

2010 KAWASAKI NINJA 250R SPECIAL EDITION New condition, only 1700 mi. New Yoshimura exhaust, great gas mile, purchased at Rehmert's. A great graduation gift! $3000 OBO. (937)489-3560

WANTED, Model A cars, engines, wheels, non running, call (937)658-1946, (937)622-9985 after 6pm

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575 Arlington Rd. Brookville, OH 45309

8675 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83

800-947-1413

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937-335-5696

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Chrysler Dodge Jeep 2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373

1280 South Market St. (CR 25A) Troy, OH 45373

Evans Volkswagen 7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75.

Dayton, OH

937-335-5696

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937-890-6200

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1099 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Troy, Ohio 45373

339-2687

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

www.troyford.com www.fordaccessories.com

866-470-9610

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217 N. Broad St. Fairborn, OH 45324

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

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Volvo of Dayton

8750 N. Co. Rd. 25A Piqua, OH 45356

7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio

937-606-2400 www.1stopautonow.com

937-890-6200 www.evansmotorworks.com

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