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Picnic for Peace CISV sends off delegates around the world with a ‘going away’ picnic at Troy Community Park BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

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Breaking bread before they depart to the four corners of the world, more than 20 local students gathered Wednesday at Troy Community Park before embarking on their adventures through the Children International Summer Village organization. Gabi Jackson, of Melbourne, Australia, shared her passion for the organization that she has been apart of since she was 9 years old as she visited

Amish Cook shares a zucchini recipe

with CISV students and parents before she leads a village of her own in Columbus. “It’s purely the friendships you make along the way,” the 25 year-old said in a thick Australian accent. “It’s all about global friendship and peace education and it’s great to come back to Ohio to be a camp leader to pass it on — we’ve got to pass it on.”

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Gabi Jackson, left, of Australia, shares stories of her experience with the Children’s International Summer Village organization with Troy resident Nancy Wiles, who has been affiliated with CISV since 1965.

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Get caught up with the Amish Cook and her family, and try out her recipe for “skillet zucchini.” See Page 7.

Man charged in slaying of U.K. soldier Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London street. Michael Adebowale, 22, was charged late Wednesday by counterterrorism officers and will appear in court today, police said. He is one of two main suspects in the killing of Lee Rigby, 25, who was struck by a car and stabbed to death last week near his barracks in southeast London’s Woolwich district. See Page 6.

Troy residents face aggravated robbery charges Staff Report Two arrests were made in the Tuesday night holdup of Tim Hortons at 700 W. Main St., said Captain Joe Long of the Troy Police Department. Quontes J. Atkins, 20, and Brandon J. Brumbaugh, 20, both of Troy, were arrested after being spotted by a Miami County sheriff ’s deputy on McKaig Avenue near Summit Avenue around 12:30 a.m. The pair were each charged with a single count of aggravated STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER robbery, a first-degree felony. They In this 2010 file photo, Nicholas Chapman bites into a strawberry doughnut Saturday at the 2010 Troy were arraigned Wednesday mornStrawberry Festival. He was at the festival with his parents, Chris and Alycia Chapman, of Dayton. The ing in Miami County Municipal Troy Band Boosters’ strawberry doughnuts are one of the most popular foods at the festival. Court and will have a preliminary hearing June 4. Atkins and Brumbaugh are both being held in Miami County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Funds sought for space telescope A Washington company that wants to send robots into space to mine precious metals from asteroids has found another way to use the expensive technology it’s developing for its space venture. Planetary Resources Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to launch an extra space telescope in early 2015 to be used by the general public to take pictures of their favorite constellations, or to do their own research for the benefit of the world. See Page 10.

Festival favorites

Troy Music Band Boosters to again serve up popular strawberry doughnuts BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

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he Troy City Schools’ Music Band Boosters’ strawberry doughnuts are so sought after that they’ve TROY been offered at a wedding party and also have been sealed and shipped around the world. Troy City Schools music chair Kathy McIntosh shared how the music boosters’ sweet treat has become a Trojan tradition, so much so, that a former music student is using the strawberry doughnuts as wedding favors.

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TROY MUSIC BOOSTER’S FAMOUS STRAWBERRY DOUGHNUTS BY THE NUMBERS: 76 hours of straight strawberry doughnut baking beginning on Thursday at Troy Memorial Stadium 1,200 dozen doughnuts sold for pre-sale pick-ups on Friday 3 fryers 13,000 dozen strawberry doughnuts sold by Sunday of the Strawberry Festival 156,000 individual strawberry doughnuts sold by Sunday 467 Troy Music Boosters parents and students to make the doughnuts all weekend $8 a dozen pre-sale, $9 cash at the music booster’s booth located on the visitor’s side of Troy Memorial Stadium and $10 a dozen for those who pay with a credit card.

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COLUMBUS (AP) — House Republicans fast-tracked a measure Wednesday shielding proceeds of JobsOhio’s $1.5 billion liquor deal from public audit, over the objections of the Republican state auditor and legislative Democrats. The move followed a high-profile “One of my former students is shipped the strawberry doughnut faceoff this spring between ingredients to a former band stugetting married Saturday and JobsOhio, which is Gov. John dent who is currently serving in they are giving out two doughKasich’s private nonprofit job-crethe military overseas. nuts to each of their wedding ation office, and Ohio Auditor Dave guests,” McIntosh said. McIntosh also said she • See DOUGHNUTS on Page 2 Yost, a fellow Republican. Yost sent a representative to the Statehouse on Wednesday to ask 2013 TROY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE lawmakers to delay the provision, but he failed to stop it from clearing a midday committee vote and the Friday, May 31 Registration — Lower Festival Site Hours House floor, by a 61-34 vote, a few Opening Ceremonies Levee, 12:30-1:20 p.m. — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours later. — Market Street/Troy Strawberry Pie Parade — Downtown The amendment explicitly limits Public Square, 6 p.m. Eating Contest — Lower Troy, 9 a.m. Yost’s authority to auditing Fountain Changes to Levee, 1:30 p.m. Softball Tournament JobsOhio’s public funds, and clariStrawberry Red — Strawberry Kid’s — Duke Park, 8 a.m. fies that proceeds from the sale of Market Street/Troy Crawl — Great Miami Berry Special bonds backed by state liquor proPublic Square, 6:15 Olympics — Duke Park, River Flood Plain, 3:30 ceeds for the next 25 years are not p.m. p.m. 9 a.m. public funds but private ones. Children’s Parade — Free Saturday Night Tennis Shootout — Democrats strenuously contestMain Street, 6-9 p.m. Franklin Street/Market Concert — Troy Troy Community Park, ed the move, saying it would allow Big Wheel Race — Street, 6:15 p.m. Memorial Stadium, 8 11 a.m. secret dealings by the job-creation North Market Street, Food, Crafts and p.m. Free Entertainment office that’s been the subject of legal 6:30 p.m. Games — Troy Public — Levee (three stages), and political disagreements since Bed Races — Troy Square, 6-9 p.m. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. • See SCHEDULE its creation in 2011. Strawberry Pie Friday Night Cruise- Public Square, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1 Eating Contest In — 100 Block of East on Page 2

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BUSINESS ROUNDUP • The Troy Elevator The grain prices listed below are the closing prices of Wednesday. Corn Bid Change Month May 7.0000 - 0.0150 NC 13 5.4100 + 0.1475 Jan 14 5.5600 + 0.1425 Soybeans Bid Change Month May 15.0900 - 0.0450 NC 13 12.4350 + 0.0050 Jan 14 12.6000 + 0.0050 Wheat Month May NC 13 NC 14

Jackson said she has enjoyed the welcome she has had with her friends in Miami County and the Troy community during her stay in the states. Jackson will lead a group of 40 delegates, junior counselors and adults from 12 countries when she hosts Columbus’ CISV camp from June 28 through July 25. “I learned so much through CISV and I’m here to pay it forward,” Jackson said “We definitely have a love and loyalty for what we do.” Holding back tears, Jackson said CISV has personally opened doors to international relationships that have grown over the years and loves seeing chapters like Miami County thrive to engage the youth in fun, peaceful relationships. “Look at all these amazing kids out here who are excited about traveling and meeting people from around the world,” she said as she paused to collect her emotion. “They are going out there to meet new people — sorry I’m getting emotional — and it’s just an amazing thing.” Jackson said the delegates and junior counselors, like 16 year-old Matt Roetter, will engage in peace education actives and learn how global problems begin and how they can be resolved through communication. Roetter will be a junior counselor in Austria, and has traveled

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to Costa Rico, Denmark and Detroit with the CISV organization. “Everybody is very open, very friendly,” Roetter said. “I just like the atmosphere.” Roetter said he enjoys learning about the cultural differences of each country he has visited, as well as meeting children his age from countries around the globe. “In Denmark, they have a dessert time, two times a day,” Roetter shared. “They have cake and like a bread with chocolate on top that they eat before and after lunch.” Roetter leaves for Austria on July 10 and said he looking forward in sharing and mentoring with delegates from around the world. “I hope I’ll bring a lot of knowledge to my village in Austria and help out the kids,” he said. “Being a junior counselor is a lot more responsibility and we get to show them our culture as well.” Haley Demmitt, 12, of Casstown, will be traveling to Brandywine, Pa. for two weeks to join delegates from around the world in the CISV village a little closer to home. “It’s fun to learn about the different countries and learning about their culture — how they are the same, yet different,” Demmitt said. Demmitt said she’s made international friendships through CISV, including Jude, a delegate from Jordan.

“It’s a fun way to get to meet people,” Demmitt said, who traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia with CISV. “Maybe their schools are different, or they way to dress is different and the food they eat is different, but we all are there for the same reason — it’s cool.” Miami County’s chapter members will be traveling to Austria, Iceland, Canada, Philadelphia and other summer villages around the world in the coming weeks. Although Zac Roetter will be heading off to college instead of attending a CISV camp this year, he said the experiences from his travels with the organization will benefit him as a freshmen student at Kent State University next fall. “I think it’s a great way to meet new people,” Roetter said. “I won’t know my roommate when I go to school, but I’ve been exposed to different people and different cultures and that will help. It’s exciting to have had the experience to meet a lot of different people,” he said. Roetter said his travels with CISV also opened his eyes on international crisis, which he personally experienced while in Norway in July 2011. Roetter was traveling with his CISV delegates and had left the city of Oslo two days before a terrorist used a car bomb in front of a government building to kill 77 people.

The same day, July 25, 2011, a gunman who opened fire at a summer camp on an island two hours away from Oslo the same day. “That was a little bit scary — especially for my mom,” he said. “But it was an experience that really opened my eyes and talking with other people from other cultures during that time was really interesting. “I can share that experience that no one else may have had like that summer in Norway,” he said. “I saw how a different country went through an attack and how they handled it differently. I got to see how a foreign country responded to something like a terrorist attack. I can translate my experience and share it with others – that’s pretty unique.” The overall message of CISV is one of international peace and communication towards a positive global experience to combat international misunderstandings and live together as one people, Jackson said. “Some day one of these children may be a world leader and take what they’ve learned from other cultures and keep the message of peace in their heart and learn to live all together,” she said. Miami County has sent more than 100 delegates to villages and has hosted a village every three years. For more information about CISV, visit miamico.cisvusa.org.

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Kindergarten students through fourth grade along with teachers and staff lined the hallways and sidewalks as fifth grade students exited the building Wednesday at the end of the day at Concord Elementary School. Students received hugs and handshakes during a “clap-out” as the school year came to a close Wednesday for Troy City Schools.

Doughnuts doughnuts and come to the festival just to get them.” “I sent him the ingreThe organization sells dients sealed in a bag for him to fry up at his mili- more than 13,000 dozen strawberry doughnuts tary base,” she said. “It’s during the festival, with fun to hear a lot of stories from people who say they all proceeds going to buy music, repair instruship them all over the ments, purchase choir country for friends and robes, contest fees, fuel family.” for contests and outings McIntosh said each and other band, choir and year the Strawberry Festival rolls around, she orchestra activities. The counts her blessings that proceeds will not supplement the Troy High the organization hit the School marching band’s lottery for the soughttrip to London to particiafter strawberry star of pate in the New Year’s the festival. “I think it’s great that Day Parade in 2014. “(The money) all goes people think the product back to the kids in grades is worth standing in line for,” she said. “We’re real- six through high school in band, choir and orchesly lucky we happened upon this recipe and peo- tra,” she said. “We definitely couldn’t do the ple look forward to the things we do without this fundraiser.” Pre-sale orders make up approximately 1,200 dozen orders for locals to

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dozen doughnuts so we are hoping to keep up with demand,” she said. Strawberry doughnuts seekers also have found a secret in keeping the sweet treat stocked the whole year. McIntosh said people come to the festival just for the doughnuts to buy dozens to freeze to enjoy them all year round. The cake-like doughnuts can keep up to a year in a freezer. People have shared that the doughnuts can be warmed up in the microwave for about a minute and enjoyed throughout the year. Another strawberry doughnut secret is they can be enjoyed glazed with the famous strawberry icing — or request your doughnuts unglazed. McIntosh said the fundraiser would not be possible if not for the

band booster’s support. “We are so lucky to have this fundraiser which helps us do some really great things all year,” she said. Troy High School marching band will be marching off those calories from their strawberry doughnuts in Saturday’s parade. McIntosh said spectators should keep an eye on the Trojans as they march through the city. “We have a couple surprises for the parade so pay close attention,” McIntosh said. Strawberry doughnuts will be available for pickup from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Friday at the Troy Stadium Alumni Room. For more information about strawberry doughnuts’ pre-sale pick-up and the Troy Music Boosters, visit www.troymusicboosters.com.

Schedule Community Park, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Awards at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2 Worship Service — Festival Site Hours — Lower Levee Dining Tent, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 8:30 a.m. Berry Bike Tour — Free Entertainment — Parking Lot Behind Troy Levee (three stages), 10 High School, 7:30 a.m. a.m. to 6 p.m. Classic 10k Run — Troy Softball Tournament Memorial Stadium, 7:30 a.m. (Coed) — Duke Park, 11 Shortcake Special Run a.m. (2,000 meters) — Troy Diaper Derby — Center Memorial Stadium, 7:35 a.m. Car Show — Troy Stage, noon

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projects. • STORY CORNER: Stories will be read to children from 6:30-7 p.m. in the children’s area of the Milton-Union Public Library. • FINE READING: Children can come to the Milton-Union Public Library and receive $3 off their fines for every half hour of reading.

• BOOK DISCUSSION: The Milton-Union Library book discussion Community will begin at 3 p.m. and will discuss “Sweet Salt Calendar Air,” by Barbara Delinsky. For more inforCONTACT US mation, call (937) 6985515. • PIZZA DAY: The TUESDAY Tipp City Seniors, 320 Call Melody S. First St., will have Vallieu at pizza day at noon for a • LITERACY MEETING: The 440-5265 to donation. Troy Literacy Council, an all-vol• MEATLOAF DINunteer organization, will meet at list your free NER: The Troy 7 p.m. at the Hayner Cultural calendar American Legion will Center in Troy. Adults seeking items.You offer meatloaf, scalhelp with basic literacy or wish loped potatoes and corn to learn English as a second can send or green beans for $8 language, and those interested your news by e-mail to from 5-7:30 p.m. in becoming tutors, are asked to mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. contact the message center at • DINE TO DONATE: Treat yourself to some (937) 660-3170 for more inforice cream while helping mation. the wildlife ambassa• TINY TOTS: The Tiny Tots dors at Brukner. Coldstone Creamery will program will be from 1-1:30 p.m. at the donate a percentage of all sales to Milton-Union Public Library. The interactive Brukner Nature Center from 6-9 p.m. program is for children birth to 3 years old Participants also will get a chance to and their parents and caregivers. meet one of the center’s wildlife ambassadors up close and personal from 6WEDNESDAY 8:30 p.m. • SPECIAL MEETING: The Tipp City • PERI MEETING: The Miami County Exempted Village Board of Education Chapter of the Ohio Public Employee has called a special meeting for 6:30 Retirees will meet at 11:30 a.m., St. John’s p.m. at the board of education office, 90 Lutheran Church, 248 Wood St., Piqua. S. Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City. The purLunch is $10, payable at the door. Call Beth pose of the meeting is to hire the new at 335-2771. Speaker will be state representreasurer, followed by an executive sestative Richard Adams. The meeting is open to sion for evaluation of the superintendent. any current or retired Ohio public employee. • PULLED PORK: The American • STORY HOUR: The Milton-Union Public Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 586, Tipp City, Library will have a summer story hour at will offer pulled pork sandwiches from 610:30 a.m. for children kindergarten through 7:30 p.m. Euchre starts at 7 p.m. for $5. second grade and 1:30 p.m. for children third • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning disthrough sixth grade. Programs include puppet covery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 shows, stories and crafts. Contact the library a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 at (937) 698-5515 for weekly themes. Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will lead walkers JUNE 6 as they experience the wonderful seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoc• CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: A Boonshoft ulars. children’s program will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. Children FRIDAY up to fifth grade and their caretakers will explore the environment of the dinosaur and • FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be understand about possible causes for their offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Covington extinction. Learn about fossils and take home VFW Post 4235, 173 N. High St., a cast of Ohio’s state fossil. Covington. Choices will include a $12 • FRIENDS MEETING: The New Friends New York strip steak, broasted chicken, of the Milton-Union Public Library will meet at fish, shrimp and sandwiches, all made6:30 p.m. to-order. • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discov• SEAFOOD DINNER: The Pleasant ery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 a.m. at Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a threeRoad, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coorpiece fried fish dinner, 21-piece fried dinator, will lead walkers as they experience shrimp or a fish/shrimp combo with the wonderful seasonal changes taking french fries and coleslaw for $6 from 6place. Bring binoculars. 7:30 p.m. Frog legs, when available, will be $10. JUNE 7-8 • SPAGHETTI SUPPER: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp • GARDEN SHOW: The 15th annual City, will offer spaghetti, salad, garlic spring Lost Creek Garden & Antique Show is bread and dessert for $7 from 6-7:30 from 6-8:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. p.m. to 4 p.m. at 1058 Knoop Road, Troy. The event will include purveyors of flowers, native SATURDAY Ohio plants, vintage garden accessories, art, antiques, artisans, landscapers, great food • CREATURE FEATURE: Brukner and more. Non-profits participating again this Nature Center will present “Big Brown year will include Hospice of Miami County Bat” from 2-3 p.m. Join staff and volun“For All Season Gift Shop” and West Central teers as they discuss the importance of Ohio Bee Keepers Association. Admission is bats to humans and how recent popula$5. For more information, call (937) 335tion declines indicate they need us as 1904. much as we need them. Free with admission to the center. JUNE 7 • STRAWBERRY BREAKFAST: Come to breakfast before the Strawberry • FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be Festival parade at First United Church of offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Covington VFW Christ, corner of South Market and Canal streets, Troy, from 7:30-9 a.m. The Post 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington. Choices will include a $12 New York strip breakfast includes french toast, steak, broasted chicken, fish, shrimp and sausage, hash brown casserole, fresh sandwiches, all made-to-order. fruit, cereal for children and beverages; • CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW coffee, tea, milk and orange juice. Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Donations will be accepted. Use the Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chicken Canal Street entrance where the church dinner with french fries and macaroni salad is handicapped accessible. for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will • FAMILY FUN: Diggin’ Family Fun at be available. the Milton-Union Public Library will be offered from 2-3 p.m. Begin the children’s summer reading program with JUNE 8 family fun and adventure. Number bingo game will be held in the multi-purpose • FUNDRAISER FOR ANIMALS: The room. Refreshments will be provided. Miami County Humane Society and Troy Rec • KARAOKE: The American Legion Center will have a joint fundraiser from 10 Post No. 586, Tipp City, will host karaoke a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Troy Rec Center in from 7 p.m. to close. downtown Troy. The event will include the Troy Animal Hospital, D.A.R.E., children’s games SUNDAY for prizes, 50/50 and basket and item raffles, cake walk, face painting, food items and more. Mugs T-shirts, sweatshirts and Animal • BREAKFAST SET: The American Friends cards will be for sale. Pop Rocks also Legion Post No. 586, Legion Riders, Tipp will offer a jump rope clinic for a $10 donaCity, will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast tion, and participants must bring their own from 8-11 a.m. for $6. Items available will rope. Call the Troy Rec at 339-1923 to prebe eggs, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, register for the clinic. Participants are asked hash browns, toast, waffles, pancakes, fruit, to bring cat or dog food, treats or litter to French toast, biscuits, cinnamon rolls and donate. juices. • FISH FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post • WAGON RIDES: Aullwood will offer draft No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow horse wagon rides from 1-2:30 p.m. at 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Following admission Falls, will offer an all-you-can-eat fish fry and smelt dinner with french fries, baked beans to the farm, rides are $1 per person. Each and applesauce for $8 from 5-7 p.m. ride lasts about 30 minutes. • MOORE REUNION: The Moore family • DISCOVERY WALK: A family discovery reunion, family of Estille Lucy Moore, will be walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood from 1-4 p.m. at Troy Community Park, Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Shelter No. 7. Family are asked to bring a Dayton. An Aullwood naturalist teacher will lead this leisurely walk along Aullwood’s trails covered dish and the meal will be eaten at 2 p.m. to discover the natural delights of summer. • DISCOVERY DAY: Join Brukner staff on the second Saturday of every month this MONDAY summer from 2-4 p.m. for hands-on fun for all ages, including adults. Staff will bring • CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty nets out for catching dragonflies, going to Listeners will meet from 1-2:30 p.m. at the the creek and searching for crayfish and Milton-Union Public Library. Participants listen learning to use binoculars as participants to an audio book and work on various craft search for backyard birds.

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Transition program helps area youth For the Troy Daily News Taylor Stewart said Project SEARCH helped her open up and communicate better. It also helped her land a job at Menard’s. Stewart of Sidney was among nine young people with disabilities whose accomplishments were acknowledged during the 2012-13 Project SEARCH Celebration on May 17 at Upper Valley Medical Center. Before Project SEARCH, fear of new situations hindered Stewart’s communication, but experiences through the program at UVMC provided an opportunity to gain confidence. Project SEARCH is a high school transition program designed to provide training and education on the road to employment for individuals with disabilities. It was launched in Cincinnati in 1996 and introduced at UVMC via the Upper Valley Career Center in 2010. Local Project SEARCH partners, in addition to UVMC, include the Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, the Board of Developmental Disabilities in Miami and Shelby counties, Capabilities Inc. and the state Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation. The goal of the ninemonth program is to help each of the interns become “a more independent person” and ready to compete in the job market, said Patti Moore, Upper Valley Project SEARCH coordinator, who works with the interns, job coaches and work site supervisors at UVMC. Moore emphasized that the interns are not actual employees, but are “strictly students in training” during the program, with the vision of tapping into a career path. Each student deferred

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Project SEARCH participants show appreciation to leader Patti Moore with a group hug following the 2013 Project SEARCH celebration at Upper Valley Medical Center. receiving their high school diploma to participate in the program. This year’s interns and their high schools were: Jessica Dye, Bradford; Michael Fletcher, Bradford; Brian Gold, Sidney; Luis GonzalezResto, Graham; Bre’Anna Harrison-Lee, Troy; Ashley Mullins, Bradford; Ashley Shoffner, Sidney; Taylor Stewart, Fairlawn; and Ashley Weber, Sidney. “This is one of the most amazing programs,” said Upper Valley Career Center Director of Student Services Matt Meyer. The Project SEARCH Interns demonstrate job characteristics he hears about constantly from potential employers, Meyer said. Among them: being at work every day, being on time and doing the job to the best of their ability. Jim Hurak, UVMC vice president, noted the growth in the Project SEARCH participation from four interns the first year to nine in 2012-13. “It is our honor, our pleasure,” Hurak said of UVMC hosting the Project SEARCH site and the rotation of program interns through a growing number of departments including rehabilitation, nutrition services, cardiopulmonary, plant operations, environmental services, Outpatient Center South and volunteer services. Nearly 40 UVMC

employees were directly involved as supervisors and mentors this past year, Moore said. However, she added, “Everyone here makes a difference in the interns’ lives … (through) your daily treatment of them as professionals.” Hurak said interns helped with an array of projects from greeting hospital visitors to providing directions with the closing of the Physician Office Building entrance for construction, to planting tulips along with assisting with the day to day operations in each department. “I am sure each department would have stories to share on mentoring and learning from each other,” he said. “We have a great learning experience with this.” During the program, Meyer on behalf of the Career Center, presented UVMC with an Ohio School Boards Association’s 2013 Business Honor Roll award. The program allows schools to recognize special business partners for their contributions. “The difference UVMC makes in these lives is amazing as well,” Meyer said. The award, he said, recognized UVMC’s commitment to Upper Valley Project SEARCH. It was presented to Hurak and Becky Rice, UVMC 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.” — First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Jerusalem Post on gun controls: The despicable act of violence perpetrated in Beersheba on Monday has sparked fresh calls for an evaluation of Israel’s gun control policy. Undoubtedly, the fact that Itamar Alon had access to a handgun at a critical time when he was overcome by anger made possible the shooting rampage that left four innocent people dead and four families mourning, with five more people wounded. Reportedly, Alon’s bank had refused to reach an arrangement with him over his NIS 6,000 debt. In Alon’s warped mind, this somehow justified a shooting spree. The same sort of public discourse over Israel’s gun-control laws followed the tragic shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012 that left 26 dead, including 20 children. Further fueling the local debate was a bizarre comment by the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, made shortly after the Newtown massacre. Strangely, LaPierre invoked Israel to support his own organization’s campaign for the right of American citizens to bear arms. In an interview with NBC News’ David Gregory on Meet the Press, LaPierre called on the U.S. to implement a school guard policy similar to Israel’s. Yaakov Amit — head of the Public Security Ministry’s Firearms Licensing Department — told Army Radio on Tuesday that there are just 160,000 handguns privately owned by Israeli citizens in a population of nearly 8 million, approximately 2 guns per 100 people. In stark contrast, in America there are 88.8 guns for every 100 people (according to the 2007 Small Arms Survey), by far the highest rate in the world. The Gloversville (N.Y.) Leader Herald on debunked rumors that the federal government was hoarding ammunition: Ask 10 people for their thoughts on the National Rifle Association, and you'll likely get a broad range of responses. But on one point, we can all agree — if a threat to the Second Amendment appears, the NRA will find out about it and quickly spread the word. That's why it was nice to see the NRA last summer shoot down one of the more absurd rumors that's been making the rounds: that the federal Department of Homeland Security and other agencies are hoarding massive stockpiles of ammunition for secret, nefarious purposes. The rumors began when radio host Alex Jones pounced on request forms for government purchases of bulk ammunition. By misinterpreting the maximum allowable purchase limits on these contracts as final, immediate orders, Jones speculated that the government was purchasing billions of rounds of small arms ammunition to quash "civil unrest." Not so fast, according to the NRA, which debunked the claims as efforts "to stir up fear" based on "a lack of understanding of the law enforcement functions carried about by officers in small federal agencies." "There are more than enough actual threats to the Second Amendment to keep gun owners busy," the NRA said in an August 2012 statement that should have driven a stake through the rumor's heart. "There is no need to invent additional threats to our rights." The fact that Jones misled people comes as no surprise. Jones, an early 9/11 "truther," more recently pinned responsibility for the Aurora theater shootings, the Sandy Hook massacre and the Boston Marathon bombings on the federal government. He even warned that secret government "weather weapons" could be behind this week's deadly Oklahoma tornadoes.

LETTERS

City leaders should respond

Where are our city leaders to weigh in during all of this? Why hasn't Mayor Beamish, of Public Service and Director To the Editor: Safety Patrick Titterington, I have seen many letters in city council or Troy Main the past few days regarding the upcoming Mumford & Sons Street Director Karen concert coming to Troy. While I Manovich responded to any of certainly don't agree with all of this publicly? While comparing the band them — and I am certain the to an army of destruction was one comparing Mumford & comical, there also have been Sons to the Nazis was a bit plenty of legitimate concerns much — there is one thing I raised as well. have noticed throughout this process. Why don't the people who

brought this concert to Troy respond? Do they not care about us? Do they feel our concerns are not valid? By not saying anything, they are saying a lot. And from what I can hear (or DON'T hear) from them, they are saying, "Your opinion doesn't matter and we don't care how this affects you." How sad. — Jenny Thompson Troy

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It is with great remorse that I announce I am retiring There are some people who were seemingly put on this Earth for one reason — and no matter what vagaries of life were thrown at them, it’s hard to imagine them doing anything other than the one thing for which they have become synonymous. Pablo Picasso was born to paint. Elvis Presley was born to sing. Thomas Edison was born to invent. And Muhammad Ali was born to fight. Heck, the truculent pugilist even said so himself: “It’s just a job,” Ali once was quoted as saying. “Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up.” So ingrained was fighting in The Louisville Lip’s DNA that he didn’t know what else to do when it finally came time to stop fighting. The truth is — as great as he was — Ali stuck around the fight game well past his prime. Who can forget that horrible night in 1980 in Las Vegas when a 38-year-old Ali took on a young Larry Holmes in his penultimate fight? The outclassed Ali was battered from corner to corner for 10 rounds before his erstwhile trainer, Angelo Dundee, refused to let him continue. So humbled was Ali by the beating that he actually thanked Dundee for not allowing the fight to go on. As sad as that display was, Ali would inconceivably try to climb into the ring one more time before Trevor Berbick finally — and mercifully — ended The Great One’s career with a unanimous decision

victory in 1981. Why did Ali keep fighting? It certainly wasn’t for money — unlike many of his fight peers, Ali didn’t squander his money … not to mention the fact he still received lucrative endorsement offers long after his career ended. And it wasn’t for fame — he was a transcendent athlete who, more than 30 years after his career ended, remains one of the most recognizable and beloved faces the world over. And it wasn’t because he had nothing else to turn to — Ali was a scholar, a statesman and an advocate for those in need. Ali could have had his pick of virtually any other career. But Ali didn’t want to do anything else. He wanted to beat people up — just as surely as grass grows, birds fly and waves pound the sand. Really, none of that makes Ali any different than anybody else who was born to do one thing better than anyone else on the planet. How many walk away while on top, before the inevitable decline begins? How sad is it that our final memories of some of our heroes are Babe Ruth stumbling around the base paths in a Boston Braves uniform, a bloated Presley slurring his words on stage or Ali sitting in his corner on a stool, unable to answer the bell? When you’ve only known one thing your entire life and you have done it better than anyone else in the world, it’s a hard addiction to break. All of which makes the following announcement that much more difficult.

David Fong Troy Daily News Columnist It’s time for me to walk away. For the past decade, I have poured my heart and soul into a singular passion — and I’ve done it better than anyone else in the world. I’ve given all I possibly could — but I have nothing left to give. I don’t want to linger on and become some sort of sick punchline. I don’t want to walk down the street and hear the whispers behind my back: “There goes Fong. Shame what’s happened to him, really. He can’t do it like he used to.” It’s just a job. Grass grows. Birds fly. Waves pound the sand. I just run in Strawberry Festival Bed Races. Or at least I did. It is with great remorse that I announce today that I am officially retiring from the bed race game. Ever since I was a young boy growing up in Troy, becoming the best Troy Strawberry Festival bed racer in the world is all I’ve ever wanted to do — and I accomplished that goal. Over the years, some people have participated in the bed races because it was “fun.” I never did it because it was fun. I did it because it, more than anything

else, is what I was born to do. Despite my passion, however, bed racing never came easy. For nine years, the Troy Daily News bed race team was one of the worst ever to compete in the event. Then came the Market Street Miracle. In the Year of Our Lord 2010, we shook up the world, much as Ali did on Feb. 25, 1964, when he knocked out a seemingly invincible Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Just as Ali had guaranteed victory over Liston, that year I had guaranteed a bed race victory for the Troy Daily News. And just like that, we were on top of the world, kings (and queen) of all we surveyed. All we did the next year was prove the previous year hadn’t been a fluke by capturing a second-consecutive Troy Strawberry Festival bed race championship. We were seemingly unstoppable. We were wining and dining with kings and queens and no longer sleeping in alleys and dining on pork and beans. And really, there was only one place for us to go. By 2011, we were a shell of our former selves. The worst thing that could ever happen to a fighter had happened to us. We had become civilized. We no longer wanted it. There were others out there who wanted it more. And they took it from us. Sure, we still got second place — probably on sheer talent and guile alone — but already the cracks were forming. The tiger had become toothless. We chose not to enter last

year, telling ourselves we would take a year off to refocus our training and try to regain our passion. But I think deep down, we all knew the horrible truth. The thrill ride was over. Earlier this year, we toyed with the idea of making a final run — a nostalgia trip, really — but I think we’ve all decided it’s time to let Angelo Dundee stop the fight. Rather than become public spectacles, we are going to go out as gracefully as possible. I will do what so many former athletes do — I will move on to the broadcast booth. Friday night on Troy Public Access Television, I will join my good friend Jules Conner as a color commentator for Channel 5’s broadcast of the bed races. I’m going to miss everything about the bed races. The sleepless nights before the races. Getting my annual bed race mohawk. Stepping out in front of thousands of people on Friday night, hearing the roar of the crowd and feeling like a gladiator standing in the Colosseum in ancient Rome. More than any of that, however, I’m going to miss my teammates — all of whom helped make me a champion. I guess it had to come to this. It’s time for me to hang up the green and yellow Nikes and warrior headband. I’m passing the torch to a younger generation of bed racers. Good luck. And goodbye. Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in the Troy Daily News. What a long, strange trip it’s been.

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U.K. police: Man charged in murder of British soldier LONDON (AP) — Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London street. Michael Adebowale, 22, was charged late Wednesday by counterterrorism officers and will appear in court today, police said. He is one of two main suspects in the killing of Lee Rigby, 25, who was struck by a car and stabbed to death last week near his barracks in southeast London’s Woolwich district. Gruesome images that emerged after the attack showed two men wielding bloody knives and meat cleavers. Both men were shot and wounded by police. Suspect Michael Adebolajo, 28, remains hospitalized in stable condition. Adebowale was discharged from a hospital Tuesday and taken into custody. Adebowale also was charged with a firearms offense related to possessing a 9.4 mm revolver with the intent “to cause persons to believe that unlawful violence would be used,” police said in a statement announcing the charges. The charges, coming just hours after police said Rigby’s autopsy showed he died from “multiple incised wounds,” shed further light on the frenzied attack. Witnesses reported seeing the soldier struck by a car, then set upon by two men wielding long knives and cleavers. Adebolajo, bloodied and clutching a cleaver, was seen in a video boasting about the attack and railing against the government. The attack has raised questions about whether Britain’s intelligence services could have done more to pre-

vent Rigby’s murder. British officials said the two main suspects had been known to them for some time as part of previous investigations. Kenyan police have said they believed Adebolajo, a British citizen, had earlier associated with a radical Kenyan Muslim cleric who tried to help him join an al-Qaida-linked rebel group in neighboring Somalia. Police said an inquest on Rigby’s death will open Friday. In Britain, inquests are conducted to establish the circumstances surrounding unexpected or violent deaths. Ten people have been arrested in the case, including the two main suspects. Two were released and several others have been set free on bail pending further inquiries. One of the men arrested for questioning in the case released a statement through his lawyer Wednesday proclaiming his innocence. Hayden Allen, 21, said he wanted to send his condolences to Rigby’s family. “My family are wholly uninvolved,” said Allen, who has not been charged and is free on bail. “I ask that the police continue to investigate and that my family be allowed without harassment to continue their lives.” Rigby’s murder has raised racial enmities in many parts of England, with far-right groups mobilizing to protest. The English Defense League, a right-wing group with strong antiIslam leanings, has held a series of protests, while Muslim community organizations have reported a surge in attacks and harassment. One mosque in the northern England town of Grimsby was firebombed, and the word “ISLAM” was

daubed in big red letters across the Royal Air Force Bomber Command memorial in London’s Green Park, near Buckingham Palace. Two people have been charged in the arson attack. It was unclear who was responsible for the graffiti. Hackers have also posted a purported list of English Defense League leaders and supporters online. The list was at least partially genuine, according to English Defense League supporter Glen Warren, 32, whose name and phone number were among those posted. Amid the unrest, British prison officers have been warned to be on the lookout after a hostage drama blamed on extremist Muslim inmates, British newspapers reported Wednesday. An email to high-security prisons and young offenders’ institutes warned that Sunday’s incident at Full Sutton detention facility in the northern England region of Yorkshire was linked to religious extremism and warned of an increased risk of attacks at other institutions, according to several British papers, including The Yorkshire Post and The Times. “Three Muslim prisoners took an officer hostage in an office. Their demands indicated they supported radical Islamist extremism,” the letter was quoted as saying. “All staff are reminded to remain vigilant to the increased risk of potential attacks on prison officers inspired by these and last Wednesday’s events.” The hostage-takers’ demands have not been disclosed. Britain’s Ministry of Justice declined to comment on the email.

France’s first gay marriage is broadcast to nation MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said “oui,” then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss. Hundreds of invited guests including a government minister gathered for the moving ceremony Wednesday inside city hall in southern French city of Montpellier. Hundreds more flocked to the square outside the building as Vincent Autin, 40, and his 30-year-old partner, Bruno Boileau, were wed. The politically charged ceremony was held under tight police surveillance a stark reminder of the months of bruising opposition to the new gay marriage law that French lawmakers passed earlier this month. Although the marriage itself went undisrupted, outside the city hall it was not trouble-free. A plainclothes policeman dragged back one protester on Wednesday who shouted threats and tried to approach the couple as they were being escorted into the building, before the ceremony. Police also used tear gas to push back a small group of demonstrators who gathered behind the city hall. “Even if we have passed the hurdle of equality, there are still more battles to fight… But for now, it’s a moment for festivity, for love,” Autin said after exchanging vows. Some cried, others smiled as Frank Sinatra’s hit “Love and Marriage” blasted out, marking them tying the knot. The two men then walked hand-in-hand to

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A man who threatens Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau as they arrive at Montpelier City Hall, for their civil wedding, is grabbed by plainclothes policemen, Wednesday. Bruno Boileau, 30, from Paris and Vincent Autin, 40, are the first same-sex couple to marry in France, since French government voted a new law legalizing same-sex marriage. the city hall balcony to wave to well-wishers alongside Montpellier Mayor Helene Mandroux, who officiated at the ceremony. Smiling proudly, Mandroux called the marriage a “historic moment” and “a stage in the modernization of our country.” The two men, who will adopt the names “Messieurs Bruno et Vincent Boileau-Autin,” were holding a separate, private ceremony later Wednesday for close friends and family. “Many people have been waiting for this law on marriage and adoption. Now, it’s done. Many people are going to be doing as we did, and celebrating their unions… We are very pleased and honored,” said Boileau. It is not clear yet when the first gay adoption will take place. News of the marriage will not be welcomed in

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every corner of France. Just last Sunday, tens of thousands of people protested fiercely in Paris against the new gay marriage law, demonstrations that ended with riot police shooting tear gas. A plan to legalize samesex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt was a liberal cornerstone of Socialist Francois Hollande’s election manifesto last year. It initially looked like a shoo-in for the French president since the measures were supported by a majority of the country and an easy way to break with his conservative predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy. But the issue became a touchstone as Hollande’s popularity sunk to unprecedented lows, largely over France’s ailing economy. The law became a political hot potato that exposed bitter divisions between urban France, where homosexuality is widely accepted, and the Catholic heartland where conservative attitudes hold sway. “What happened in our country to create so many

divisions?” Mandroux said Wednesday, reflecting on the wrenching debate. Demonstrations against the gay marriage law have often spilled into violence. In Sunday’s protest in the French capital, several hundred protesters clashed with police, throwing bottles and chasing journalists. Interior Minister Manuel Valls said police arrested some 100 far-right protesters. Paris police estimated that 150,000 people took part in the demonstration but march organizers claimed on their Twitter account that more than a million people did. At the same time Sunday, on the shores of the Mediterranean, the prestigious 66th Cannes Film Festival gave the Palme d’Or, its top honor, to “Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele,” a graphic French film about a tender, sensual lesbian romance. France is the 14th country so far and the biggest in political and economic weight to recognize gay marriage.

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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — Marshall Lytle, the original bass player for Bill Haley & His Comets, one of the first bands to take rock ‘n’ roll music mainstream, has died. He was 79. Lytle died at his home in New Port Richey, Fla., on May 25, said his niece, Shayna Golda. Lytle recorded hits like “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll” with Haley in the 1950s. He was known for his percussive bass style, slapping the strings as he played, and his lively performances. He would sometimes take the bass over his head or ride it like a surfboard. “He’s known as the father of rock bass by some people,” said Michael Jordan Rush, who published a memoir by Lytle titled “Still Rockin’ Around the Clock” in 2011. “He certainly influenced rock bass more than any other individual.” Lytle was born in Old Fort, N.C., in September 1933. A birth defect made it nearly impossible for him to walk as a child. His older brother would carry him to and from school on his back. It was then that Lytle developed a love of music. “He had been a musician from the time he was barely able to walk,” Golda said. While Lytle was still a young boy, he had surgery that gave him the use of his legs, she said. In 1951, Lytle, then still a teen, joined Bill Haley’s Saddlemen. At the time, Haley had a radio show in Chester, Pa., and the manager

commented that the group didn’t look like saddlemen, Rush said. He suggested they call themselves “The Comets” instead. “Marshall said, ‘That’s a great name, I think we should go with it,’” Rush said. Several of the band’s hits are now iconic rock ‘n’ roll songs: “Rock Around the Clock,” recorded in 1954, is one of the highest selling singles of all time. Lytle also played on hits like “See You Later, Alligator.” But he and two other members of the band quit in 1955 over a money dispute and formed a new group called The Jodimars. The group had limited commercial success, and Lytle temporarily changed his name and later went into real estate. He returned to music in 1987, playing in a Comets reunion band, and performed right up until the weeks before his death, Rush said. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with other members of the Comets in 2012. Golda said Lytle was diagnosed with lung cancer early this year. “And he didn’t smoke,” she said. “But performing all those years in nightclubs and bars and being on tour buses and all those things, you’re exposed.” She recalled receiving postcards from around the world from her uncle as a child. “He led a fulfilling, very interesting, very joyful life,” she said. Lytle is survived by his longtime girlfriend, Cathy Smith, two siblings and seven children.

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Dear Annie: I am in my 20s and am engaged to a beautiful girl. Our religion prohibits sex before marriage. But when "Donna" tells me to stop kissing her, I persist. I don't see why not. It's just kissing. Donna says she has not been firm enough with me and when she says no, she means no. Yesterday, I was sitting next to Donna and started kissing her on the lips. She said no, and when I didn't stop, she slapped my face. It felt like I had been stung by a bee. Donna told me she definitely had to slap me. My cousin said that in a dating situation, the woman sets the rules, and it is her prerogative to slap a man's face if she feels he has gone too far. Do you agree? I don't think she had to slap me. — John Dear John: It's hard to believe you are living in this century. While we don't recommend that women go around slapping men, anything you do after Donna says "no" could be considered assault or even attempted rape. She is entitled to defend herself. She could call the police. Show some respect for your girlfriend, and stop kissing her when she asks you to stop. You sound too immature to get married. Dear Annie: I am a 32-yearold professional woman and a newlywed. I have been best friends with "Martha" since the first grade, although we began to drift apart after college. But we always talked about our future weddings and vowed to attend each other's. Meanwhile, I moved to the East Coast, and Martha moved to the West Coast. We stayed in touch and occasionally saw each other in our hometown. I was not asked to be a bridesmaid at Martha's wedding, but I traveled to California with my fiance to attend and also went to her bridal shower in our hometown. Very few others did because of the cost and the distance. Her parents told me they were thrilled that I was there. About 10 months after Martha's wedding, I married on the East Coast. Of course, Martha was invited, but she RSVP'd that she could not attend. She gave no reason. My first anniversary is approaching, and I have yet to hear any words of congratulations from my "best friend" — no card or gift or even a phone call. I also haven't heard anything from her parents. Back in my hometown, my mother occasionally runs into Martha's mother. She has never mentioned my marriage. I am terribly hurt. It seems clear that Martha doesn't care about me or want to continue our friendship. I am trying to put this behind me, but I am puzzled that neither she nor her family had the common courtesy to send a note of congratulations. I am thinking of "unfriending" her on Facebook. — Raised with Manners Dear Manners: Martha was remiss not to send a card of congratulations. But when friends go in different directions — figuratively as well as physically — the closeness tends to fade. It doesn't mean Martha no longer cares, only that the friendship has become a casual interest. Facebook is actually perfect for that. You can keep track of each other without having to invest any genuine effort. Dear Annie: I believe you missed the boat with your answer to "Irritated by Lack of Thoughtfulness," who said a woman carried on a cellphone conversation during a funeral. You said it was impolite, but added that the phone could be turned on "mute" or "vibrate" and emergencies handled out of earshot. We have lost all sensitivity to others. At funerals, weddings and church services, phones should be left at home or in the car. If something is so important that one must stay connected, one should not attend the function. Not so long ago, cellphones didn't exist, and we managed to survive. — Litchfield, Maine Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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