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June 8, 2013 It’s Where You Live!

Volume 105, No. 136

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Apartment fire arson suspect turns himself in to Troy police

Landlord sets up trust fund

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

Andrea brings rains, flood watches RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season drenched the Southeastern U.S. but caused no major damage on Friday, marching up the East Coast as it brought the threat of weekend flooding as far north as New England.

After bringing rain, strong winds and even tornadoes to Florida, Andrea was losing its tropical characteristics on Friday even as it still packed maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph). See Page

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Nearly 72 hours after her childhood home turned rental property was lost due to an accidental fire, Nancy Grilliot worked tirelessly to find a new home for her displaced tenants, whom she regards as close as family.

Grilliot has set up a trust fund at any Chase Bank location for the McBride and Schimp family, which

TROY was displaced Wednesday afternoon when a fire destroyed the home at 312 Walnut St. in Troy.

The family had no rental insurance and all its possessions were lost. The family includes a grandmother, her son and his three children, all under the age of 5 years old.

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BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com The man wanted in connection with the alleged arson at an apartment building on Foss Way on May 22 turned himself in to LEGRANT

TROY authorities Friday morning.

According to reports, Michael Legrant 25, of Troy, turned himself in to Troy Police Department officials and was escorted by his lawyer.

Legrant is listed as an inmate at Miami County Jail. He is being held on $500,000 cash bond with five charges of first-degree felonious aggravated arson.

Economy adds 175K jobs Unemployment rate climbs to 7.6 percent

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Thoughts on Mumford & Sons I would like to offer my thoughts on the upcoming Mumford & Sons “Gentlemen of the Road Tour” scheduled for Labor Day weekend.

First of all, did the decision makers eat any kind of oddtasting brownies before the meeting where it was decided to surrender our fair city to the British without firing a shot?

Just wondered. See Opinion,

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Alex Graham of Boy Scout Troop 294 shows one of 32 boxes made for nesting at Lost Creek Reserve Friday.

Plan lifts protections BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature. See

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Teen builds birdhouses for Eagle Scout project

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@civitasmedia.com Only 7 percent of all boys and young men who participate in Boy Scouts progress to the Eagle Scout rank — and one recent Tippecanoe grad is well on his way to earning the distinction.

A member of Troop 294, Alex Graham, 17, completed his Eagle Scout project last week, consisting of constructing and installing 32 birdhouses for the Miami County

TROY Park District’s Lost Creek Reserve.

The planning stage for the 300hour project took the longest, he recalled.

“Brother (Craig) Armstrong gave me a list of about 300 projects,” Graham said, referring to his assistant leader. “I chose the birdhouses, because I like birds. And then I got some blueprints off the Internet for specific birds.”

With help from Armstrong, com-

munity committee chairperson Eloise Armstrong and scout master John Alvarez, Graham built four different types of birdhouses out of recycled wood, with each variety intended to blend into the environment and attract a particular type: robins, blue jays, finches and chickadees.

The birdhouses took about two weeks to build and were installed over the 239-acre area last week.

They then must present his project

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Obama raises cybersecurity, economy in China summit

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WASHINGTON (AP) More Americans hunted for jobs in May, and more companies filled them — signs of confidence and resilience for the slowhealing U.S. economy.

The 175,000 jobs employers added last month were the latest evidence that the economy could be poised for stronger growth in coming months despite tax increases and government spending cuts.

The unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April, the Labor Department said Friday.

But that increase was only because more people began looking for work, a healthy sign. About three-quarters of them found jobs.

Investors seemed pleased that the report hit a sweet spot: The job growth showed the U.S. economy’s sturdiness. Yet the gain was modest enough that many analysts think the Federal Reserve will continue making bond purchases intended to stimulate growth for at least several more months. The purchases have eased long-term loan rates and lifted stock prices.

The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 200 points.

“Job growth is still a bit weaker than desired,” said Russell Price, an economist at Ameriprise • See ECONOMY on 2

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Downtown banners put in place Workers install the first of two Gentlemen of the Road Stopover banners Friday afternoon on the side of the Masonic Temple building in downtown Troy. Grant Miller and Chase Powell of Aurora Marketing Group, which was hired by the city to install the banners, positioned the banner based on instructions from the company’s creative director, Chris Denlinger, who was on the ground. A second identical banner 6 was to be placed to the left of the first.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Opening a two-day summit, President Barack Obama drew attention to contentious economic and cybersecurity issues Friday night as he warmly received Chinese President Xi Jinping to a California desert estate for high-stakes talks.

Under a shaded walkway as temperatures surged above 100 degrees, the two leaders in white shirts and suit coats but no ties greeted each other and walked side by side to start their first in-person meetings since Xi took office in March.

“Our decision to meet so early (in Xi’s term) signifies the importance of the U.S.-China relationship,” Obama said. He noted the unusual setting

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President Barack Obama walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands as they meet for talks Friday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. and said he hoped for “more extended” and • See SUMMIT on 2

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

Corn Month Bid Change June 7.0100 + 0.0300 NC 13 5.3350 + 0.1025 5.4900 + 0.1000 Jan 14 Soybeans June 15.3600 + 0.0650 NC 13 12.8500 + 0.2450 Jan 14 13.0000 + 0.2450 Wheat June 6.8100 - 0.0375 6.8100 - 0.0375 NC 13 NC 14 7.0500 - 0.0000 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.

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“I’m praying to God someone will see this and call and help to get these people a place to stay,” Grilliot said Friday. Grilliot said she contacted several agencies who told her that apartments in the area were not available for another three to four weeks. The Northern Miami Valley Red Cross’s temporary housing vouchers at a local hotel will be exhausted after three days and then shelter assistance becomes limited.

“I have gone to three dif-

ferent rental agencies and they all say it will take 3 to 4 weeks,” Grilliot said.

Grilliot said the family has always paid its rent on time. “These people are in need.”

Growing emotional, Grilliot said she is desperate to get the family of five a roof over its head.

Grilliot rented the upstairs apartment to the mother and the downstairs apartment to her son and his three small children: 5year-old Josh, 3-year-old Chloe and 2-year-old son

Riley. Grilliot herself lived in the apartment — it was her childhood home until 2010. She said the occupants of the apartment were more like family than tenants.

“I grew up there, my son grew up there, my nephew grew up there,” Grilliot said, pausing to collect her emotions. “Those kids needs a home; they are just babies. I feel so bad for all the kids, they have nothing.”

Grilliot found help from Troy lawyer Roger Luring,

Economy ■ CONTINUED FROM 1 Financial. But the steadiness of the job gains “is a testament to the economy’s much improved underlying fundamentals.”

The housing market is strengthening, auto sales are up and consumer confidence has reached a fiveyear peak. Stock prices are near record highs, and the budget deficit has shrunk.

The American economy’s relative strength contrasts with Europe, which is gripped by recession, and Asia, where once-explosive economies are now struggling.

U.S. employers have added an average of 155,000 jobs in the past three months. But the May gain almost exactly the average matched increase of the previous 12 months: 172,000.

Reflecting a recent trend, many of the jobs added in May were lowerpaying ones, which aren’t likely to fuel as much consumer spending and economic growth as higherpaying jobs that have disappeared.

Yet many Americans appear more optimistic about their job prospects: 420,000 people started looking for work in May. As a result, the percentage of Americans 16 and older either working or looking

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who helped Grilliot set up the trust fund on limited notice to assist the family in getting back on their feet.

“Kudos to Mr. Luring for helping out, I couldn’t have done this without him,” she said of his services.

Grilliot already said she has spent her own money buying shoes, a few clothes and a cell phone for the family. Yet Grilliot said she is trying desperately to find a three-bedroom home for the family.

“They are my friends,

not just my tenants,” Grilliot said. “I just need someone to jump up and help out. I’m doing everything I can, but I’m hoping the community may find a way to help this family.”

Those wishing to help can visit any Chase Bank branch and make a donation to: The McBride/Schimp Support Trust with the account number 3044736907.

Those who would like to assist the family with housing or other needs can contact Nancy Grilliot at (937) 451-9938.

Summit for work rose to 63.4 percent from a 34-year low of 63.3 percent in April.

This is called the labor force participation rate.

Higher participation can raise the unemployment rate. That’s because once people without a job start looking for one, they’re counted as unemployed.

Labor force participation has been falling since peaking at 67.3 percent in 2000. That’s partly the result of baby boomers retiring and dropping out of the workforce.

Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities, thinks an improving job market will lead more Americans to seek jobs. He predicts that the participation rate will level off around 63.5 percent.

The unemployment rate is derived from a survey of households, which found that more people started looking for work in May. Because some didn’t find jobs right away, the number of unemployed rose 101,000 to 11.7 million.

The job gain for the month is calculated from a separate survey of employers.

Some signs in the report suggested that the federal government’s deep spending cuts in domestic and defense programs and scant growth in much of

the rest of the world are weighing on the U.S. job market. Weakness overseas has slowed demand for U.S. exports.

Manufacturers cut 8,000 jobs. The federal government shed 14,000. Both were the third straight month of cuts for those industries. Over the past three months, the federal government has cut 45,000 jobs.

The number of temporary jobs rose by about 26,000. The economy has added temporary jobs for eight straight months, suggesting that employers are responding to more demand but aren’t confident enough to hire permanent workers.

Industries that rely directly on consumer spending hired at a healthy pace a sign of confidence that consumers will keep spending. Retailers added 28,000 jobs. Restaurants added 38,000.

Those categories include many lower-paying occupations. By contrast, the recession sharply cut jobs in higher-paying industries such as manufacturing, construction and finance, which have yet to recover.

Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells Fargo, calculated that about 60 percent of the jobs created in May were in lower-paying fields.

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to the Boy Scouts of America Miami Valley Council, which will decide whether he is eligible to receive the highest honor in the organization.

“He may be a little bit modest,” Alvarez said, “but being an Eagle is a huge accomplishment, and all the boys look up to it. Most young men, you get your driver’s license, get a job, and (Scouts) goes to the wayside. You lose a lot of young men. But Alex has done just a great job progressing through it.”

Dan Weaver, assistant operations director of the park district, thanked Graham for building the wooden boxes, which birds will use for nesting.

“You don’t have to put in feed; they’re strictly nesting boxes,” Weaver said. “Once a year we’ll have to clean out nesting materials. We’ll probably have volunteers, possibly other Boy Scouts, fill them up.”

He added, “With the generations of Scouts, the park’s been benefiting for quite a few years.”

■ CONTINUED FROM 1 informal talks that will lead to a “new model of cooperation” between countries.

Previewing their talks, Obama said he would also stress the importance of human rights, another sensitive issue with the Chinese.

For his part, Xi did not mention cybersecurity, human rights or North Korea, another area of potential tensions between the two powers.

Speaking through a translator, Xi said both leaders were “meeting today to chart the future of U.S.-china relations.” He added that the world has “reaped huge benefits” for the relationship between both countries.

The two leaders were meeting at the 200-acre Sunnylands estate just outside Palm Springs, Calif.

They were to take questions from reporters Friday evening after a bilateral meeting, then hold a working dinner Friday night and additional talks Saturday morning.

Obama, seated next to Secretary of State John Kerry, said the U.S. welcomes the rise of a peaceful China and seeks “economic order where nations are playing by the same rules.”

He called for the U.S. and China to work together to address cybersecurity.

“Inevitably there are areas of tension between our countries,” Obama said, adding that it’s in the interest of both countries to work together.

However, Obama’s urging of Xi to stop reported Chinese hacking against the U.S. could be overshadowed by new revelations that Obama’s own administration has been secretly collecting information about phone and Internet use. The actions of both China and

the U.S. underscore the vast technological powers that governments can tap to gather information covertly from individuals, companies and other governments.

Obama, seeking to keep the matter from trailing him through two days of China meetings, addressed the surveillance programs for the first time Friday morning. He said the efforts strike “the right balance” between security and civil liberties as the U.S. combats terrorism.

“You can’t have 100 percent security and then also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

We’re going to have to make some choices as a society,” he said during a health care event in Northern California.

Obama arrived late in the day at the Sunnylands estate on the edge of the Mojave desert. Xi arrived in California Thursday following a trip to Latin America, a region where China is seeking to expand its trade and influence.

Obama told donors at a Democratic fundraiser Thursday that he understands the concerns many Americans have about the potential threat China’s rapid rise poses to the U.S. “The transformation that’s taking place in China is extraordinary. And never in the history of humanity have we seen so many people move out of poverty so rapidly,” he said. “And yet, when you look at the challenges they face and you look at the challenges we face, I’ll take our challenges any day of the week.”

U.S. officials see Xi, who took office in March, as a potentially new kind of Chinese leader. He has deeper ties to the U.S. than many of his predecessors and appears more comfortable in public than the last president, Hu Jintao..

Texas actress charged in Obama ricin threat TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas actress who first told the FBI that her husband sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, then allegedly said she sent them because her husband “made her” do it, was charged Friday with threatening the president.

Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, appeared in a Texarkana courtroom after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. The federal charge carries up to 10 years in prison, U.S. attorney’s office spokeswoman Davilyn Walston said.

Richardson, a mother of five who has played bit roles on television and in movies, was arrested earlier Friday for allegedly mailing the ricin-laced letters last month to the White House, Bloomberg and the mayor’s Washington gun-control group. The letters which authorities determined were mailed from Richardson’s hometown of New Boston or nearby Texarkana and postmarked in Shreveport, La. threatened violence against guncontrol advocates, authorities said.

Her court-appointed attorney didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

Department officials.

After an official investigation, an accelerant was found at the scene by state fire marshals and Troy Fire Department investigators.

The building damage

was listed at $250,000 and content damage was estimated at $60,000. Legrant will appear in front of Judge Gary Nasal at 1 p.m. on June 13 at the Miami County Courthouse.

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walk along Aullwood’s trails to discover the natural delights of summer.

• KARAOKE NIGHT: American Legion Post 586, Tipp City, will host Papa D’s Pony express Karaoke from 7 p.m to close.

• GARDEN SHOW: The 15th annual spring Lost Creek Garden & Community Antique Show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1058 Calendar Knoop Road, Troy. The event will include purveyCONTACT US SUNDAY ors of flowers, native Ohio plants, vintage garden accessories, art, • CEMETERY WALK: antiques, artisans, landThe Tippecanoe Historical Call Melody scapers, great food and Society will host a “If Vallieu at more. Non-profits particiTombstones Could Talk …”

440-5265 to pating again this year will walk from 5-7 p.m. at Maple include Hospice of Miami Hill Cemetery on South list your free County “For All Season Hyatt Street. During the calendar Gift Shop” and West cemetery walk guests will items.You Central Ohio Bee hear: Penny & Helen Finch Keepers Association.

(Neal and Katie can send Admission is $5. For Sonnanstine) tell their hisyour news by e-mail to more information, call tory with the Tipp Herald as mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. well as family ties; Peter (937) 335-1904.

• TREE PLANTING: Bohlender (David The Troy Noon Optimist Rousculp) will tell about his club and family of James part in the founding of D. Lyman will plant a tree in Mr. Lyman’s Spring Hill Nursery and House of Lowell; memory at Troy City Park, near Shelter Norman and Alice Wenzlau (Mike No. 8 at 10 a.m. Mr. Lyman was a longRousculp and Debra Strauss) will talk of time resident, insurance agent and his many Tipp City endeavors; Dr. Optimist member in Troy. The community Edmond Puterbaugh (Gene Maddux) will is invited to participate in remembering tell his family history through their many Mr. Lyman and dedicating the tree in his years in Tipp City; Ned Sprecher honor.

(Michael Krieger Ellis) will tell of his • FUNDRAISER FOR ANIMALS: The many military accomplishments. For Miami County Humane Society and Troy more information, call Susie at 698-6798 Rec Center will have a joint fundraiser or Jackie at 332-6724. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Troy Rec • SCHOOL LUNCH: A school reunion Center in downtown Troy. The event will carry-in lunch for those who attended include the Troy Animal Hospital, Brown Local, Lena-Conover and Brown D.A.R.E., children’s games for prizes, Township schools will begin at noon.

50/50 and basket and item raffles, cake Anyone who attended the schools are walk, face painting, food items and more. invited to come and socialize with former Mugs T-shirts, sweatshirts and Animal classmates. For more information, call Friends cards will be for sale. Pop Rocks (937) 368-3954. also will offer a jump rope clinic for a • DISCOVERY WALK: A family dis$10 donation, and participants must covery walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. at bring their own rope. Call the Troy Rec at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 339-1923 to preregister for the clinic.

Aullwood Road, Dayton. An Aullwood Participants are asked to bring cat or naturalist teacher will lead this leisurely dog food, treats or litter to donate. walk along Aullwood’s trails to discover • FISH FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW the natural delights of summer.

Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, • BIRD CENSUS: Aullwood’s breeding Ludlow Falls, will offer an all-you-can-eat bird census will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the fish fry and smelt dinner with french center. Each June, Aullwood’s naturalists fries, baked beans and applesauce for conduct a census of the breeding birds $8 from 5-7 p.m. found in the sanctuary. Starting early in • MOORE REUNION: The Moore the morning, participants listen, watch family reunion, family of Estille Lucy and count the different species and disMoore, will be from 1-4 p.m. at Troy cover how many birds live here. The Community Park, Shelter No. 7. Family annual breeding bird census enables are asked to bring a covered dish and staff to manage the sanctuary for a rich the meal will be eaten at 2 p.m. diversity of birds. Free admission.

• DISCOVERY DAY: Join Brukner • BREAKFAST: American Legion Post staff on the second Saturday of every 586, Tipp City, will present an all-u-canmonth this summer from 2-4 p.m. for eat breakfast for $6 from 8-11 a.m. Items hands-on fun for all ages, including available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, adults. Staff will bring nets out for catchsausage gravy, hash browns, toast, wafing dragonflies, going to the creek and fles, pancakes, fruit, French toast, bissearching for crayfish and learning to cuits, cinnamon rolls and juices. use binoculars as participants search for backyard birds. Each program will MONDAY include something cool you can take home to remember all you’ve learned.

• WILD JOURNEYS: Come join Visit www.bruknernaturecenter.com for Brukner staff and volunteers as they more information. Registration is prerelive, by video, the natural history trip to ferred, but not required and is free for New Zealand and Australia sponsored by BNC members, non-member admission Brukner Nature Center in November fee is $2.50 per person or $10 per fami1997. The adventure begins on Tiritiri ly.

Island, a wildlife sanctuary off the coast • CREATE A PLANTER: A “Create of New Zealand, then on to Kangaroo Your Own Concrete Planter” craft proIsland just south of Australia. In Australia gram for adults will begin at 11 a.m. at the trip included the areas around the Milton-Union Public Library.

Sidney, Darwin and Cairns, where particRegistration is required. Join staff as ipants explored the Great Barrier Reef. they get their hands dirty and make planters and stepping stones out of con- This program is free for BNC members crete. A rain date is planned if canceled. and non-member admission is $2 per person.

• TEEN TERRARIUM: A teen terrari• SUMMER PARTY: A kick-off to um craft program will begin at 3 p.m. at summer party for the public will be the Milton-Union Public Library. The conducted from 5-6:30 p.m. at Caldwell class is open to students 13-17. Make House, 2900 Corporate Drive, Troy. an indoor low maintenance garden for your room. Materials will be supplied, but Participants can enjoy free burgers and hot dogs, live music, corn hole and other feel free to bring in your own container. games.

This is an outdoor program, plan for the • CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty weather.

Listeners will meet from 1-2:30 p.m. at • DAR MEETING: The Piqua-Lewis the Milton-Union Public Library.

Boyer American Daughters of the Participants listen to an audio book and Revolution will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the work on various craft projects.

YMCA Robinson Branch, 3060 South • STORY CORNER: Stories will be County Road 25-A, Troy. The program read to children from 6:30-7 p.m. in the will be by Terry Purke concerning the children’s area of the Milton-Union Public Revolutionary War and Miami County.

Library.

Hostesses will be Debbie Miller, Jane • FINE READING: Children can come Behm and Kathy Thompson. There also to the Milton-Union Public Library and will be installation of our new officers. receive $3 off their fines for every half • SPAGHETTI DINNER: The hour of reading.

American Legion, 301 W. Water St., • BOOK DISCUSSION: The MiltonPiqua, will offer a spaghetti dinner beginUnion Public Library evening book disning at 5 p.m. Meals will be $5 per percussion group will discuss “How to be an son and $2.50 for children 8 and American House Wife,” by Margaret younger. Carry-outs will be available.

Dilloway at 7 p.m. For information, call • CANOE FLOAT: The Miami County (937) 698-5515.

Park District will hold a canoe float at 9 • POET’S CORNER: Do you write a.m. departing from Treasure Island in poetry? Bring any poems you have writTroy. Experience the Great Miami River ten to share and discuss with others durfrom a canoe. Registration is required. A ing Poet’s Corner at 6:30 p.m. at the nonrefundable $5 per paddler fee is due Troy-Miami County Public Library. If you at time of registration. All participants don’t have any poems, bring a poem by under the age of 18 must be accompayour favorite poet to share. This worknied by an adult with parental consent. shop is for anyone who loves to read or Registration form can be accessed at www.miamicountyparks.com or call 335write poetry.

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• HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The • BREAKFAST SET: A breakfast will Covington-Newberry Historical Society be offered from 7:30-10 a.m. at the Troy will meet at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall Masonic Lodge. This will be the last Community Center. The speaker will be Masonic members breakfast until Joyce Robertson talking about Covington September. Come enjoy sausage bisin her youth. cuits and gravy, sausage and eggs, hash • SALAD & POTATO BAR: American browns, coffee and juice. A $5 donation Legion Post 586, Tipp City, will offer a is requested for the lodge’s high school salad bar for $3.50 or a potato bar for scholarship fund and other local charity $3.50 or both for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. funds.

Civic Agenda: • DISCOVERY WALK: A family dis• The Elizabeth Township Board of covery walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Trustees will have a special meeting at 7 Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 p.m. at the township building, 5710 E. Aullwood Road, Dayton. An Aullwood Walnut Grove Road, Troy, for the purpose naturalist teacher will lead this leisurely of conducting June business.

Monroe Twp. Trustees to review loan request For the Troy Daily News Monroe Township Trustees are reviewing an additional $10,000 loan request by the Monroe Township Water and Sewer District that will help its planning process for upcoming projects.

This request is pursuant to a loan reimbursement agreement the township has in place with the Water and Sewer District that began in March 2012.

The next Water and Sewer District meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Monday.

It was noted in reports that the Miami County Township Association will be meeting in the base-

MONROE TWP. ment of Monroe Township’s building, corner of Third and Main streets at 7 p.m.

Thursday; culvert work has been completed on the Monroe Township roads of Worley and County Line; and maintenance and grounds work continues in township cemeteries, especially with planting of spring flowers and seeding of graves as needed.

As a reminder, the Tippecanoe Historical Society will host a walk from 5-7 p.m. today at Maple Hill Cemetery on South Hyatt Street.

Designed as an evening of family entertainment and

learning, the public is invited to stroll at their leisure from speaker to speaker and ask questions of these historic Tipp City former residents portrayed by current residents of Tipp City. For more information about the annual event, contact Susie at (937) 698-6798 or Jackie at 332-6724.

Bills paid at the trustee’s meeting equaled $58,590.50.

The board also accepted the financial status report for the end of May 2013 and the April 30, 2013 bank reconciliation as presented by the township fiscal officer.

The next township trustees meeting will be 7 p.m. June 17.

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‘Lunch on Us’ program seeks volunteers TIPP CITY — Tipp Monroe Community Services is offering our free summer lunch program for all children through high school.

Volunteers are needed to assist with this program. TMCS has dates and times available beginning June 24 through Aug. 16. The hours would be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday.

A background check will need to be completed prior to working. For more information, call 667-8631.

Annual River Ride set for June 15 MIAMISBURG — Grab your bike and head to Miamisburg for the annual River Ride along the Great Miami River bikeway from 8:30 a.m. to noon June 15.

Riders can begin their 14-mile excursion at Miamisburg’s Riverfront Park and then travel south along some of the

most picturesque parts of the bikeway into Franklin. After exploring a few of the Franklin sites, riders will return to Miamisburg on the bikeway for refreshments, music, family activities, and prizes, all at Riverfront Park. Bike safety, trail information and bike inspections also will be available.

The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission will provide free helmet fittings. If you don’t have a helmet, stop

by Riverfront Park and pick up a free one — while they last — from Dayton Children’s Hospital.

The River Ride is a family-friendly event, and riders younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

The first 100 riders to pre-register for the ride will be eligible for prizes including a VIP Dayton Dragons’ ticket package. Register at drivelesslivemore.org.

On-site registration for this free event begins at 8:30 a.m. Riverfront Park, which is at 3 N. Miami Ave. in downtown Miamisburg.

For more information, call (937) 8664532.

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Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother’?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terroristhunting government officials.

The revelations that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records at Verizon Communications and snooping on the digital communications stored by nine major Internet services illustrate how aggressively personal data is being collected and analyzed.

Verizon is handing over so-called metadata, excerpts from millions of U.S. customer records, to the NSA under an order issued by the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, according to a report in the British newspaper The Guardian. The report was confirmed Thursday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, DCalif., who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Former NSA employee William Binney told The Associated Press that he estimates the agency collects records on 3 billion phone calls each day.

The NSA and FBI appear to be looking even wider under a clandestine program code-named “PRISM” that was revealed in stories posted late

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In this file photo from Nov. 16, 2006, Scott Noteboom, right, director of data center engineering operations, explains how computer servers will be positioned during a tour of Yahoo’s new data center at the Confluence Technology Center in Wenatchee, Wash. Yahoo is one of the nine Internet service companies identified by The Washington Post as participating in a clandestine snooping program code-named “PRISM.” Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., Skype, YouTube and Paltalk.

In statements, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and Paltalk all said they only provide the government with user data required under the law. (Google runs YouTube and Microsoft owns Skype.)

The NSA isn’t getting customer names or the content of phone conversations under the Verizon court

Thursday by The Washington Post and The Guardian.

PRISM gives the U.S. government access to email, documents, audio, video, photographs and other data belonging to foreigners on foreign soil who are under investigation, according to The Washington Post. The newspaper said it reviewed a confidential roster of companies and services participating in PRISM. The companies included AOL Inc.,

order, but that doesn’t mean the information can’t be tied to other data coming in through the PRISM program to look into people’s lives, according to experts.

Like pieces of a puzzle, the bits and bytes left behind from people’s electronic interactions can be cobbled together to draw conclusions about their habits, friendships and preferences using dataformulas and mining increasingly powerful computers.

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It’s all part of a phenomenon known as “Big Data,” a catchphrase increasingly used to describe the science of analyzing the vast amount of information collected through mobile devices, Web browsers and check-out stands. Analysts use powerful computers to detect trends and create digital dossiers about people.

The Obama administration and lawmakers privy to the NSA’s surveillance say the data being collected is only dissected when there is credible evidence of a terrorist plot or other reasons to believe that national security is being threatened. The sweeping court order covers the Verizon records of every mobile and landline phone call from April 25 through July 19, according to The Guardian.

It’s likely the Verizon phone records are being matched with an even broader set of data, said Forrester Research analyst Fatemeh Khatibloo.

“My sense is they are looking for network patterns,” she said. “They are looking for who is connected to whom and whether they can put any timelines together. They are also probably trying to identify locations where people are calling from.”

The Verizon data includes the duration of every call. Although the court order doesn’t require it, experts suspect the NSA

Obama defends phone data collection program WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government’s newly disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and internet records on Friday as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, “Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.”

“We have to make choices as a society,” Obama said in his first remarks about revelations of the huge scope of government surveillance. “It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.”

It was revealed late Wednesday that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of hundreds of millions of U.S. phone customers. The leaked document first reported by the Guardian newspaper gave the NSA authority to collect from all of Verizon’s land and mobile customers, but intelligence experts said the program swept up the records of other phone companies too. Another secret program revealed Thursday scours the Internet usage of foreign nationals overseas who use any of nine U.S.-based internet providers such as Microsoft and Google.

Obama, responding to questions at a health care event in San Jose, Calif., said safeguards are in place.

“They help us prevent terrorist attacks,” Obama said of the surveillance programs. He said he has concluded that prevention is worth the “modest encroachments on privacy.”

Obama said he came into office with a “healthy skepticism” of the program and increased some of the “safeguards” on the programs. He said Congress

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may also be getting some kind of data that helps determine the vicinity of the calls.

The location information is particularly valuable for cloak-and-dagger operations like the one the NSA is running, said Cindy Cohn, a legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group that has been fighting the government’s collection of personal phone records since 2006. The foundation is currently suing over the government’s collection of U.S. citizens’ communications in a case that dates back to the administration of President George W. Bush.

“It’s incredibly invasive,” Cohn said. “This is a consequence of the fact that we have so many third parties that have accumulated significant information about our everyday lives.”

It’s such a rich vein of information that U.S. companies and other organizations now spend more than $2 billion each year to obtain third-party data about individuals, according to Forrester Research.

The data helps businesses target potential customers.

Much of this information is sold by so-called data brokers such as Acxiom Corp., a Little Rock, Ark., company that maintains extensive files about the online and offline activities of more than 500 million consumers worldwide.

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and federal judges have oversight on the program, and a judge would have to approve monitoring of the content of a call and it’s not a “program run amok.”

“If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress and don’t trust federal judges to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution, due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here,” the president said.

Declaring that “nobody is listening to your telephone calls,” he said government officials are “”looking at phone numbers and durations of calls.”

“They are not looking at people’s names and they are not looking at content.

But by sifting through this so-called metadata they might identify potential leads of people who might engage in terrorism,” Obama said.

The president’s remarks followed an unusual latenight statement Thursday from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who denounced the leaks of highly classified documents that revealed the programs and warned that America’s security will suffer. He called the disclosure of a program that targets foreigners’ Internet use “reprehensible,” and said the leak of another program that lets the government collect Americans’ phone records would change America’s enemies behavior and make it harder to understand their intentions.

“The unauthorized disclosure of a top secret U.S. court document threatens potentially long-lasting and irreversible harm to our ability to identify and respond to the many threats facing our nation,” Clapper said of the phonetracking program.

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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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AS I SEE IT

My thoughts on Mumford & Sons CHARLES W. (BILL) FRANK Troy I would like to offer my thoughts on the upcoming Mumford & Sons “Gentlemen of the Road Tour” scheduled for Labor Day weekend.

First of all, did the decision makers eat any kind of odd-tasting brownies before the meeting where it was decided to surrender our fair city to the British without firing a shot? Just wondered.

I read with interest where the North Market Street Bridge will be closed for the duration of the tour and the traffic normally carried by this four-lane bridge will have to be accomodated by the new, two-lane Adams Street Bridge which, in addtion, will have to carry all of the extra traffic generated by “tourists.” I guess none of the decision makers have ever observed the Adams Street Bridge during the Strawberry Festival. Guys, I hope you checked it out over the June 12 weekend.

As I recall, last year’s Troy Strawberry Festival was forbidden by the Ohio Department of Transportation from closing the Public Square for two days for the downtown Troy Strawberry Festival because it is the intersection of state routes 41 and 55. Guess ODOT must have shared in the brownies, too.

Next, there will be a fence put around the Public Square and no one will be admitted without the proper papers! Really, guys, the key word is “Public,” which I always thought meant everyone could have unfettered access; I must be wrong again. The upside might be that it may keep out all of those rogues who have the audacity to set up lawn chairs on the four quadrants of the “Public” (there’s that word again) Square.

Mumford & Sons demands that their thirsty fans must have beer!

So be it! We will pass legislation permitting a license to be issued for consumption of alcoholic beverages on City of Troy park lands. So let it be written; so let it be done! You what? You want a license to sell beer at the Hotel California concert at Treasure Island? Absolutely not! It’s City of Troy park land. Guys, look up hypocrisy in your Funk & Wagnall. Well, we know you aren’t Eagles fans.

I’ve heard rumors that Mumford & Sons will pay for any damage done to any any property by ungentlemanly tour goers. Does the City of Troy have a surety bond that guarantees this? Remember the lawsuit against the contractor(s) who did the shoddy work on refurbishing Troy Memorial Stadium? Boy, we taught ‘em a lesson, didn’t we guys? Except that it cost the city several hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to do so.

Next, they — Mumford & Sons — have been given carte blanche to do whatever with Troy Memorial Stadium. Don’t we have a home game on Sept. 6? I can remember during my tenure with the Troy Strawberry Festival Committee that NO ONE was permitted on the playing field without the blessing of John McCoy of Troy City Schools.

And he only blessed a few, provided they took their shoes off first.

For many years, my wife and I had a permanent trailer site at Hickory Hills Lakes — home of the annual Country Concert. So I can speak with some authority on what the concert area and campgrounds were like after the concert. Have no fear, fellow Trojans, the smell of stale beer, body odor, pizza and vomit will dissipate after awhile, particularly with cool temperatures and timely rains.

I could go on, but I suppose I’ve shared enough of my thoughts about when Country Concert meets Woodstock in what used to be beautiful Troy, Ohio.

I’ll end on a positive note: Troy survived the 1913 Flood and Troy will survive the Mumford & Sons “Gentlemen of the Road Tour.” Now, where do I pick up my complimentary tickets?

EDITORIAL REPORT The Khaleej Times, Dubai, on Brazil’s debt write-off for Africa: The African Union summit in Ethiopia had something to cheer for. Brazil, the world’s seventh largest economy, surprised all by announcing it would write off the entire debt of the African continent to the tune of $900 million.

This is genuine leadership and state-of-art diplomacy, to say the least … The decision announced by Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff will benefit around 12 trading nations of Africa, including Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sudan. These poor African countries, which

sit on the treasures of minerals but are unable to exploit them fully because of poor infrastructure and political instability, could hope for a shot in the arm as their outstanding debts are cancelled or restructured.

Brazil’s move, nonetheless, has come at an opportune time when the continent’s league, the African Union, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. African leaders as well as world financial pundits strongly believe that the continent has come a long way in resurrecting its image as a developing icon, and made great strides in undoing poverty and freeing itself from deadly diseases to a great extent. The success

against AIDS, with the help of Western countries and especially the UN’s World Health Organization, is a case in point …

Brasilia’s precedent should be emulated by other rich nations in the West. It is worth recalling that the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were asked at the height of monetary crisis in Africa and Asia to write off bad debts, and rejuvenate the respective economies with fresh loans.

But that prescription fell on deaf ears. The outcome was another vicious circle of abject poverty and stagnation.

Bailing out Africa from its non-performing loans could be the way to begin with.

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It’s time to step up our education system Sometimes, because my life isn’t hectic enough with two kids, a husband and a full-time job, I like to throw pitching lessons in there just for fun.

Actually, I really enjoy working with kids and pitching is something I can actually teach them without wanting to pull my hair out (unlike English to seventh through 12th graders).

Some of you might not remember this, but I’m an English teacher dropout.

I have the degree, I could technically be educating and molding the minds of your youth folks, but lucky for us and them I recognized how not cut out to be a teacher I was.

So I edit website content on a daily basis now.

But my English background is still there and the urge to correct my athletes when they say things like “funner” or use loose in place of lose just doesn’t go away.

At a lesson last week a mother asked me to look over her daughter’s essay for her.

She was applying for a lastminute scholarship and wanted to make sure all the i’s were

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And while they were certainly filled out properly, the essay was lacking in general structure.

The truth is, our education system is starting to fail our youth.

It’s not the teacher’s fault, it’s not because the superintendent is overpaid and it’s not because the principal doesn’t care.

The system just isn’t cutting it.

Sure, are there a few teachers here and there that might not belong perfectly? Of course.

But for the most part, the people who are educating our youth are doing it because they have a passion for it, because

they want to do it, not because they have to.

And those same individuals are the ones being forced to “teach to tests,” design lesson plans that meet not only a school curriculum, but a “common core” set by the government.

According to a report from the education firm Pearson, as of 2012 the United States education system ranked 17th globally. Not third, not fifth, 17th. We didn’t even crack the top 10, while Finland, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore are all in the toprated spots. The results were calculated based on international test scores, graduation rates and how many individuals seek higher education after high school.

So what’s the difference between our system and everyone else’s? There are a few things.

While funding certainly plays a role, the study found countries that fostered a culture of education past school, but into the home life, made a strong impact.

The truth is, if we don’t like what our children are learning, if we’re not happy with the skills and development of our youth, then it’s our job to say something.

Should we have to be teaching our children at home when they spend seven or eight hours a day at school already?

Yes. Of course.

Why not?

The thing that sets America apart from other countries is that we’ve stopped asking questions.

We’ve stopped wanting to better things and are simply looking for a place to put the blame, someone to point fingers at.

When our children step foot through our doors every day after school, it should just be the beginning of another lesson for them to learn.

That kind of culture is what’s going to get us to the top.

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PEGGY LOU (EHLERS) PITTENGER TIPP CITY — Peggy Lou (Ehlers) Pittenger, 83, of Tipp City, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at Hospice of Dayton.

She was born Feb. 12, 1930, in Newton Township, Ohio, to Clarence and Treva (Cress) Ehlers.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Pittenger, in 1992; a sister, Toni Ehlers Shearer; and a brother, Lee Ehlers.

Peggy is survived by her loving children, Dale and his wife Jody Pittenger of Tipp City, Robert and his wife Sherida Pittenger of Piqua; a daughter, Amy Pittenger of Troy; granddaughters, Lindsay Pittenger, Heather (Brian) {Pittenger} Haines, Nicole Pittenger, Emily Pittenger and Gina Dresel; a grandson, John Iddings; great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Brendan Haines, Haillie Jo and Lillie Taxis and Skylar Pittenger; along with a niece, Jeannie (Chad) {Shearer} Spicer; and great nephews, Canyon, River and Ridge Spicer.

Peggy was a 1947 graduate of West Milton

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Gas is at $4.19 a gallon at the Marathon station on Woodville Road and Earl in Northwood, Wednesday.

Gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio motorists are getting a sinking feeling as they pull up to the pumps this week. Gas prices are way up and now are hovering around $4 a gallon.

Rising oil prices amid fears about refinery problems in the Great Lakes have pushed pump prices up over the dreaded $4 mark at some stations across the state. Others are almost there.

According to auto club AAA, the state average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.93 on Thursday, an increase of 9 cents from Wednesday and 27 cents higher than a week ago.

Meanwhile, the national average Thursday was $3.63, up just 2 cents from a week ago.

The highest average Thursday in Ohio was $3.97 in the Columbus area. Prices tend to be higher in the summer any-

way because of increased demand and the switch to less-expensive winterblend gas. Now there are other factors at work, too.

An analyst told The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer the supply of gasoline has been unstable in the Great Lakes region, where two large refineries are either partly or fully shut down for maintenance.

Ohio gets most of its gasoline from the Chicago spot market, which is known for dramatic price swings, according to AAA Ohio. Refineries in Witing, Ind., and Joliet, Ill., have been offline for maintenance recently, which has led to tight supplies. Last week, the region’s refining capacity dropped to a three-year low.

Restarting the refineries should ease supply concerns in the region, but there’s no way to tell how soon that could ease the

price at the pump.

Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with Gas Buddy, a division of the Oil Price Information Service, said refinery problems are making the Great Lakes region’s wholesale prices “bipolar.”

“My wholesale prices are wacky,” said Patrick LaVecchia, a filling station owner in the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River and spokesman for the Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers, which represents some 5,000 member stations in Ohio and Michigan.

By contrast, the average price Thursday in neighboring Pennsylvania was $3.48. But in Michigan, it was $4.23. In Indiana, it was $4.12.

The highest recorded average price for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was around $4.16 in May 2011, according to AAA.

High School and at a young age began working, first as a newspaper carrier for the Dayton Daily News, with the largest route in West Milton. She also worked for the West Milton Inn, Aero Products, Thornton’s Furniture and mostly recently Gibson Draperies. Her proudest accomplishment, other than her family, was becoming a solo airplane pilot. Peggy also was a costume designer for Muse Machine, a professional seamstress and a true perfectionist. She enjoyed traveling and the theater.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2013, at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, with Pastor Kurt Duncan officiating.

Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 37 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in loving memory of Peggy to Hospice of Dayton or Habitat for Humanity.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.fringsandbayliff.com.

Casinos see gains in May CINCINNATI (AP) — Two of Ohio’s four casinos bounced back from significant revenue decreases in April and posted gains last month, while the other two continued to see drops in profits, according to a report released Friday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

Revenues at the state’s newest casino in downtown Cincinnati increased from

about $17.8 million in April to just over $19.6 million in May. That’s a 10 percent increase, although still down about 6.6 percent from its opening month in March, Cleveland’s casino gained very slightly in May, with revenues of $20 million, compared with $19.9 million in April. That’s still down from $24.5 million in March.

Indiana Beach keeps thrills, nostalgia on track MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP) — As a first-time visitor to Indiana Beach, Julian Hall admits that he may have undersold the Monticello amusement park on his way down from his hometown of Portage.

In his opinion, a “true” amusement park needs to have a sprawling parking lot, a long line at every ride and a high admission price.

Much to his surprise, the laid-back atmosphere Hall found in White County provided the perfect backdrop for a memorable first trip to the park.

“It was really fun,” Hall told the Journal & Courier (http://on.jconline.com/1bcplJ Z ) as he left with his girlfriend and his younger brother.

“This is the first time here for all of us, but it won’t be the last. I like that it’s a little smaller. . It’s got like an oldschool vibe to it. It’s pretty cool.”

That “old-school” charm is something that Indiana Beach officials hope guests pick up on this summer.

Much of their off-season involved a delicate balancing act of bringing fresh ideas while still preserving the nostalgic feeling that longtime visitors have as they stroll along the boardwalk.

“Just keeping it how it was is hard, and that’s what people want. The nostalgia and the charm,” said Sherry Vogel, marketing director for Indiana Beach. “But you have to have some change.

You just can’t keep it the same forever.”

Giving the park an endto-end sprucing up was a top

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Visitors walk down the boardwalk at Indiana Beach Amusement Resort, Tuesday in Monticello, Ind.The park is hoping to offer an experience of nostalgia to visitors this year. priority this year. It included everything from painting and sandblasting rides to full-scale renovations of the Skyroom Restaurant and the Roof Garden Lounge.

Vogel said the Skyroom and the Roof were modernized, with the restaurant getting new carpet and a fresh, sleek color scheme. The eatery also has a new menu and head chef.

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Longtime Miami coach Coles dies CINCINNATI (AP) — Longtime Miami (Ohio) basketball coach Charlie Coles, the school’s all-time leader in victories, died Friday in Oxford, the school said. He was 71.

No cause of death was reported immediately, but Coles had a long history of heart issues.

Known for his colorful wit and a coaching competitiveness as the mid-major Redhawks often scheduled national powers for their nonconference games, the two-time Mid-American Conference coach of the year had 263 victories at Miami. He also was the Mid-American Conference’s all-time leader in conference wins with 218.

He had a career record of 355-308 over 22 seasons at Miami and Central Michigan.

“The basketball world lost one of its great ambassadors in Charlie Coles today,” University of Kentucky coach John Calipari said in message via his Twitter social media account. “As a player, coach, mentor and teacher, no one was better than Charlie.

He was a true, compassionate competitor who will be missed.”

Coach Mick Cronin of Miami’s nearby rival, the University of Cincinnati, expressed condolences to Coles’ widow and family in a statement.

“He was a great coach and even better person,” Cronin said. “Coach had the ability to make everyone smile and always wanted to help those around him … his passing is a tremendous loss for the coaching community.”

Coles retired in March 2012, following the Redhawks’ first-round loss at Toledo in the first round of the conference tournament. He coached Miami 16 for seasons, with a record of 263-224.

Coles’ Miami team made a longshot run into the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 in 1999, led by future NBA forward Wally Szczerbiak. Miami lost to Kentucky. It was one of three NCAA tournament appearances for Miami under Coles, and his team also twice played in the NIT. His first Miami team made the tournament in 1997 with a 21-9 record, most victories ever by a first-year Miami coach.

Coles had heart problems for years, missing the end of the 2008-09 season because of health problems.

He had four operations in the next few months, one to reshape his heart. He recovered and returned to coaching, getting a contract extension.

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from the park since 2010, is making a comeback this year, complete with a re-dedication event.

Park officials also spent time re-tracking all three of the park’s wooden roller coasters. Vogel said the job, which is something that typically is done every five to eight years in addition to usual maintenance, keeps the wooden coasters rolling smoothly.

As self-professed “coasterjunkie,” Dylan Ambrose of Monticello was happy to hear that the roller coasters in his own backyard are in top condition.

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“It was very early ’80s,” Vogel said of the former Skyroom. “It was the blue and mauve and had the pink walls. And the carpet was flora. Not anymore.”

For the thrill seekers, Indiana Beach didn’t roll out any new rides this season.

Instead, officials focused on returning longtime favorites to their former glory.

For example, the Water Swings placed curiously away from the water since 2011 are back in their original location near the Shafer Queen dock.

And the Falling Star, a ride that has been absent

Ambrose says he hits about a dozen amusement parks each summer, and Indiana Beach was his first stop this season.

“The coasters here are actually pretty sweet, and today we were able to get to all of them pretty quick . I think it took us like an hour because we had to stop and recover,” he said. “We shouldn’t have eaten first.

“The Steel Hawg (roller coaster) is the main event here for me. We save that for last.”

Gerald and Martha Campbell said their first trip to Indiana Beach was more than 20 years ago.

The Chalmers pair wasn’t at the park for thrills. They were there to satiate their craving for fair food namely tacos and funnel cakes.

“I have been waiting all year for this stuff to come back,” Gerald Campbell said, laughing after polishing off his second funnel cake. “I’m not into rides or anything.

We like just coming out here when the weather is nice and walking out here near the water.”

Indiana Beach opened for its 86th season on May 11, but the activity at the park now is the calm before the storm, Vogel said.

Things are expected to kick into high gear on Father’s Day as the park celebrates its anniversary. To accommodate the anticipated rush, the park will staff 800 to 1,000 employees.

For the Indiana Beach regulars, Vogel hopes the focus taken in the off-season helps the park stay true to its original roots while taking a few chances.

“If you haven’t been here, it’s just an experience it really is,” she said. “It gets in your heart, and it’s just somewhere you want to come back to again and again.”

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Christian artists to perform Concert on the Lawn set for June 19 TIPP CITY — Ginghamsburg Church hosts its third annual free summer Concert on the Lawn at 6 p.m. June 19 on the front lawn of its Tipp City campus, 6759 S County Road 25A. Showcasing some of the best Christian recording artists in the industry, Concert on the Lawn will feature The Afters, Hawk Nelson, Leeland and Kyle Sherman.

“Our Miami Valley neighbors are in for some great Christian entertainment at Concert on the Lawn.

We’re excited about how this event has grown and is turning into the premier Christian concert of the season,” said Ginghamsburg Director of Worship and Music Ministry James Keith Posey. “The artists we’ve lined up bring a diverse blend and style of music — we have something for everyone to enjoy.

There are no tickets to hassle with — just bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy a great night of free music.”

The Afters are a Christian pop rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua.

Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for cus-

TIPP CITY — The Tipp City Church of the Nazarene, 1221 W. Main St., has announced that associate pastor Brett W. Warkentine has accepted the call to become senior pastor of the Rush Community Church of the Nazarene, near Uhrichsville, Ohio.

The Rev. Brett Warkentine has been on staff with his father and senior pastor the Rev. Bradley W. Warkentine for the past 14 years. While in college, he began his ministry as a part time youth associate and became family life pastor in 2009. He also has served as the worship leader since May of 2012. However, he is best known among the young adults and youth in the Tipp and Troy community because of his work with SPIKES. SPIKES is an open gym ministry to junior and senior high youth on Saturday evenings in the church’s family life center.

Warkentine is married.

His wife, Serenity, works for an online school called Ohio Virtual Academy, which is a K-12 school.

They have four children: Noah, age 6; Elijah, age 4; Annika, age 2; and Ira, age 10 months.

He is a graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University and was ordained in June 2004. He has participated in several overseas Work and Witness Teams and led a group of teens to Costa Rica. Four of his former youth group members are serving in full-time ministry. Another is studying to become a worship leader.

There will be a carry-in dinner in honor of him and his family June 9, following the morning worship hour in the church’s Family Life Center.

Call the church at 3392515 or visit www.zionbaptisttroyohio.com for more information.

VBS to begin June 10 TROY — Troy First United Methodist Church will hold its vacation Bible school from 6-8:15 p.m.

June 10-14. The theme is SonRise National Park, and all children ages 4 years through fifth grade are invited to attend.

Registration is available online at www.troyfumc.org or at the church office.

Vacation Bible school upcoming COVINGTON — The Covington Community Vacation Bible School, with this year’s theme “SonWest Roundup” for all cowboys and cowgirls will be June 17-21 at the Covington Church of the Brethren, corner of Wright and Wall streets.

The events will include music, games, daily crafts, snacks and a daily skit with Miss Lilly and her gang of Cow Pokes.

Times will be 9 a.m. to noon, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. June 17 in the church’s lower level.

There will be a closing program June 21, starting with a furnished picnic meal at 5:30 p.m. for all parents and children in the church basement, followed by a program of music, with all children performing at 6:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is encouraged.

For more information, contact Covington Church of the Brethren at 473-2415 or email covingtoncob@ gmail.com.

FLETCHER — The Fletcher United Methodist Church will hold its Neighbor to Neighbor TROY — Troy View Community Free Meal this Church of God, 1770 N. month on the same date as County Road 25-A, Troy, their Unity Sunday servwill have vacation Bible ice, June 30. On this Unity school from 10 a.m. to Sunday, there will be a noon today. At noon, joint worship service at organizers will provide 9:30 a.m. lunch for VBS students The meal, which and their families followed includes ham salad sandby a program and carnival. wiches, chicken salad VBS is free and open to sandwiches and assorted the community. salads/desserts, will be served from 5:30-7 p.m.

TROY — Troy Freewill Baptist Church, 2482 S. County Road 25-A, Troy, will offer a basement sale, bake sale and car wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8. Proceeds will benefit the many church ministries.

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The event will be inside the church activity center VBS upcoming from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be lots of clothat Zion Baptist ing articles of most sizes available, plus household TROY — Zion Baptist items, toys, bicycles and Church, 711 W. Franklin miscellaneous articles.

St., will kick off its annual Many items will be a quarvacation Bible school Sunday, beginning with reg- ter each.

The proceeds from this istration at 5:30 p.m. garage sale will go toward Classes will be offered local missions. For more for all ages, children information, call 698-4401. through adult June 10-14.

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Dunn departed to begin his solo career; and the band of four is now a trio of him, Daniel Biro (bass) and Justin Benner (drums).

Leeland is a Christian rock band from Baytown, Texas formed in 2004, although lead singer Leeland Mooring had been writing songs beforehand. Nominated for three Grammy awards — one for each of its previously released albums — this time around, lead singer Leeland Mooring and brother Jack Mooring are joined by 18-year-old new member (and younger sister) Shelly, along with drummer Mike Smith to bring 11 new modern songs inspired by historical “fathers of the faith”— men like theologian Jonathan Edwards and Salvation Army founder William Booth, whose depth of belief and passion for God started an uprising of faith wherever they went. Leeland’s fourth studio album, “The Great Awakening” was released on Sept.

20, 2011, and received a nomination to the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.

Leeland is considered one of the most important voices in a new gen-

tomers before deciding to form a band.The band just released its fourth studio album, Life is Beautiful. The album is based on the last two years of the band members’ lives and how their struggles and experiences have led to the making of the acclaimed album. The band’s fourth studio album already has earned The Afters more praise and the continuous acclaim of fans. The album’s lead single “Every Good Thing,” has continued to climb the charts and has made it to the Top 10 on Billboard Hot AC chart and Top 20 on Billboard National Christian audience.

Hawk Nelson is a Christian punk band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario.

The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene.

Hawk Nelson released its sixth studio album Made in April 2013. In many ways, Made reflects the journey Hawk Nelson has been on since Crazy Love released in 2011. Since then, the band has found a new label home with Fair Trade Services; longtime guitarist for the band, Jonathan Steingard, has transitioned into the role of frontman after Jason

eration of worship music. Known for its passion-filled live experience, the band’s fourth album The Great Awakening stirs a fresh desire for personal and worldwide worship revival.

Fort Worth-based singer-songwriter Kyle Sherman recently signed on as the flagship artist to new label RayLynn Records, owned and operated by Texas entrepreneurs Bob and Janice Simpson — an opportunity that presented itself during a time when a record deal wasn’t even on his radar. An emerging singer-songwriter, Kyle Sherman best describes his sound as an eclectic and authentic mix of rootsy, southern soul. Altogether, it is worshipful music that stylistically fits within the environment of a downtown bar room as much as it does a suburban mega-church.

Approximatelt 3,500 people attended the 2012 event.

“You don’t have to attend Ginghamsburg Church to come to Concert on the Lawn.

We are providing a great evening to hear popular Christian artists — no strings attached and no pressure,” Posey said. ” We hope everyone brings a blanket or lawn chair and comes out to enjoy the evening rain or shine.”

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You may want to consult a mediator Dear Annie: My wife and I are going through a divorce after 23 years of marriage. We just grew apart. We have four children, ages 12 to 21.

The problem is, my wife feels I do not deserve any of the marital assets because she was the primary breadwinner. She made a nice income, but it also meant she spent a considerable amount of time away from home. She left the responsibility of raising our kids to me. I never had the time to devote to a career, because I wanted to be with my children. They were active in youth sports, and I never missed a game and even coached the teams. I also made sure homework was done and dinner was on the table every night.

I was awarded half of all marital assets, and it is causing bitterness. My ex is upset because it means she will have to take out a substantial portion of her 401(k) and a home equity loan.

Now she has shared this information with our children and flies into a fit of rage from time to time. My kids don't care, but my ex told her family and friends that I am taking "her" money, and now they won't speak to me. Also, my older children have asked to live with me, and this doesn't make my ex any happier.

My ex is a good person, and we don't fight over visitation.

She gives me full and complete access to the kids. But how do I get her to feel less angry about the division of assets? She barely speaks to me. The only time she is nice is when we are at the children's events. Should I accept a lesser percentage so she will be kind to me again? — Soon-To-Be Ex-Husband Dear Ex: It is not uncommon for the higher-earning spouse to resent giving equal assets to the one who earned less, even though the lesser-earning spouse is generally the one who cares for the house and the children. Society still doesn't give sufficient value to those contributions. You are under no obligation to take less than the court awarded you, and there is no guarantee that doing so would solve the problem. (Also, alienating friends and family members is a form of manipulation.) But if you feel strongly about it, ask the court to assign a mediator.

Dear Annie: My husband's behavior has been different lately. It's as if his personality has changed. He throws tantrums and displays road rage. He throws things. He hasn't hit me, but I am afraid he will. Even the dog hides behind the furniture.

I have talked to his doctor, to no avail. He does have medical issues, but I do, too. What else can I do? — Frustrated Wife Dear Frustrated: Sudden personality changes can be an indication of a neurological problem or a severe reaction to medication. Your husband may even have had a small stroke or other trauma. Return with him to his doctor and insist on more tests. If his doctor is unwilling to consider other possibilities, it's time to find a physician who will take your complaints seriously. Please don't wait.

Dear Annie: "Not AntiSocial or Addicted to the Internet" is correct that it's difficult for men to make new friends outside of the workplace.

Here's my strategy: Before attending an event that interests me, I do some research and identify nearby coffee shops and also look up similar events happening in the near future. Then I make a point of talking to several strangers. If anyone seems interesting, I'll invite that person to meet at the nearby coffee shop to continue the conversation. If he's not available, I'll ask whether he's planning to attend the future event, because it might be fun to get together there. — Daniel 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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Hulk (2003,Action) Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Eric Bana.

Land of the Lost ('09) Will Ferrell.

Sinbad "Pilot" (P) (N) Primeval (N) Rise of the Dinosaurs ('13) Colin Nemic.

(SYFY) Age of the Dragons ('11) Danny Glover.

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Gladiator ('00) Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Russell Crowe.

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Payback ('99) Mel Gibson.

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Dear Heloise: While pretreating a piece of laundry for stains, I mistakenly grabbed a spray bottle of multipurpose cleaner, instead of my normal spot-remover product.

Happily, the cleaner removed the spot without damaging the fabric! I now often use it as a spot remover on light-colored laundry, although I haven’t tested it on darker-colored fabrics. I like the fact that this one product does double duty as both a general cleaning agent and a laundry spot remover! — Debbie R. in Texas Glad this worked for you!

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, June 9, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might want to cocoon at home today. Conversations with a female relative could be significant. It might please you to entertain at home.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You have strong feelings about whatever you say to others today, because you have something personal at stake.

Naturally, this will make you convincing.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Focus on financial matters today.

Think about how you can earn money, save money and take better care of what you own. In other words, protect your interests.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Quite likely, you will feel more emotional than usual today, because the Moon is in your sign. However, this also makes you a bit luckier than all the other signs. Yay! LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You'll appreciate a chance for peace and quiet today. Try to treat yourself to this. Give yourself a half an hour of solitude in beautiful surroundings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Friendships are important today, particularly those with female acquaintances. You might want to share your hopes and dreams for the future with someone to get his or her feedback.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be aware that personal details about your private life might come to the attention of others, especially bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. (This could require some damage control.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Do something that is unusual or different from your daily routine. Go someplace you've never been before.

Travel if you can. Talk to people from different backgrounds to stimulate your day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep in touch with your bank account and the terms of financial agreements with others, including shared property.

There is something here that cannot be ignored today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You have to go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because the Moon is opposite your sign.

This simply requires a bit of patience and tolerance -- no biggie.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Think about your health today, particularly your daily diet and what you eat. How much exercise do you get?

The Moon today calls your attention to your physical well-being.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is the perfect day to play, flirt, enjoy sports, hang out with friends and delight in playful activities with children. Don't work all day; schedule some fun time for yourself.

YOU BORN TODAY Like a true Gemini, you have two sides: You can be urbane, witty and the life of the party, and yet you also are studious, serious and outspoken if need be. You are always genuine, and you garner respect for this steadiness in character. Many of you are childlike forever. In the year ahead, an important choice will arise.

Choose wisely.

Birthdate of: Michael J. Fox, actor; Natalie Portman, actress; Johnny Depp, actor.

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday .............................73 at 3:29 p.m.

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Normal High .....................................................78 Normal Low ......................................................59 Record High ........................................95 in 1933 Record Low.........................................43 in 1910

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, June 8, the 159th day of 2013.

There are 206 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On June 8, 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.

On this date: In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1861, voters in Tennessee

approved an Ordinance of Secession passed the previous month by the state legislature.

In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement with President Woodrow Wilson over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.

In 1972, during the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer captured the image of 9year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South

Vietnamese napalm attack.

In 1973, Gen. Francisco Franco relinquished his post as Spain’s prime minister while remaining as chief of state.

In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nev., ruled the so-called “Mormon will,” purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament..

Andrea bringing rains, flood watches to East Coast

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Ernest Lucas III attempts to walk through flooded sections of Singletary and Elvie streets as a City of Wilson truck drives through the area, Friday in Wilson, N.C. Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was leaving the Carolinas waterlogged on Friday while sparing the area any serious damage. near gale force were possible along the coast from the Delmarva Peninsula north to southern New Jersey, as well as coastal Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

Officials in the MidAtlantic region and Northeast were bracing for the storm. New York City activated its flash flooding plan, while flash flood watches were issued for northern Delaware, several Maryland counties, southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and parts of New England. Connecticut was reporting numerous lane closures on highway as cars spun out amid heavy rain.

The rainy weather

washed out events such as NASCAR’s Sprint Cup qualifying and the Washington Nationals Friday night home game.

Authorities in Virginia blamed heavy rain from the storm’s outer bands for a fatal accident on Interstate 77 in the state’s western mountains.

William Petty, 57, of Lexington, S.C., died when a car in which he was a passenger hydroplaned while passing a tractortrailer. He survived the crash, only to be killed moments later when the car was struck by second tractor-trailer, authorities said.

During the morning rush hour in Charleston,

S.C., there was little evidence that the center of the storm was passing to the northwest beyond a few downed tree branches, gusty winds and some puddles in the street. The sun occasionally peeked through.

Derrec Becker with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said the storm brought only a severe thunderstorm Friday. No injuries were reported, and there had been no reports of significant damage.

Mike Sprayberry of North Carolina Emergency Management told the Weather Channel that there had been some flash flooding and local road clo-

sures in the state but that “so far we have been quite fortunate.”

Thousands of power outages were also reported.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott had warned Thursday of the risk of tornadoes, and officials said that eight were confirmed across the state.

Forecasters didn’t expect major problems, however, along the most vulnerable parts of the coast such as North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a popular tourist destination.

David Tweedie, 41, of Ocracoke, said an earlymorning burst of rain and the forecast of another three hours or so of rain and wind on the Outer Banks island has done little to alter the day’s routine for the roughly 1,000 year-round residents.

The Friday fish fry that kicks off the island’s annual folk music and arts festival was moved indoors to the island’s only public school, and a musical performance of the three-day event was shifted to the community center. But the tropical system was otherwise forcing no changes to the Ocrafolk Festival that normally draws more than 2,000 visitors, Tweedie said.

“The weather is looking pretty good for blowing out and for us having a good day tomorrow,” said Tweedie, the festival coordinator.

Authorities in coastal Bertie County, N.C., said a school bus with 32 elementary students on board slid off the road and into a ditch

about 8 a.m. No injuries were reported.

A Coast Guard cutter and HC-130 Hercules airplane were called to rescue four adults aboard a 35-foot sailboat about 65 miles off Charleston, S.C. The sailboat’s engine was disabled during the storm and left rocking in 15-foot seas and 35-mph winds.

Beach vacationers were keeping a close eye on the storm.

Tan Sanders, 20, of Goldsboro, brought his surfboard, hoping for bigger-than-usual waves during his vacation at North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The newcomer to surfing got more than he wanted.

“I went out for probably about 20 or 30 minutes, but it was beating me to death so we come back in,” Sanders said.

But it wasn’t long before the heavy weather was gone.

“We did most of what we wanted to, other than working around the rain,” Sanders said. “It was definitely blowing some sand for a little while, but after about two o’clock or three o’clock it got right back to normal with people going back out on the beach, taking their chairs and stuff.”

Farther east in Chapel Hill, heavy rains forced the forced the postponement of Friday’s NCAA super regional baseball series opener between No. 1 seeded North Carolina and South Carolina until Saturday. A second game between N.C. State and Rice in Raleigh was also postponed.

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After bringing rain, strong winds and even tornadoes to Florida, Andrea was losing its tropical characteristics on Friday even as it still packed maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph).

It was blamed for one traffic-related death in Virginia.

Tropical storm warnings remained in effect for North Carolina and southern Virginia, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 8 p.m. EDT Friday.

The storm’s low-level center was losing definition but remained a threat to the East Coast while “evolving into a low-pressure center,” said Darin Figurskey, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Raleigh, N.C. What was left of the storm center was 75 miles (121 kilometers) southwest of Ocean City, Md., and moving northeastward at 35 mph (56 kph).

Forecasters say Andrea could bring high winds, heavy rainfall, and localized coastal flooding through Saturday across the mid-Atlantic states and New England. Rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were possible along the Eastern Seaboard into coastal Maine, the hurricane center said. Winds

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Power lines make their way over a freeway toward the San Onofre nuclear power plant Friday in San Onofre, Calif. The troubled power plant on the California coast is closing after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely restarted with millions of people living nearby, officials announced Friday.

Calif. utility will close troubled nuclear plant LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast is closing after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely restarted with millions of people living nearby, officials announced Friday.

Operator Southern California Edison said in a statement it will retire the twin reactors because of uncertainty about the future of the plant, which faced a tangle of regulatory hurdles, investigations and mounting political opposition. With the reactors idle, the company has spent more than $500 million on repairs and replacement power.

San Onofre could power 1.4 million homes.

California officials have said they would be able to make it through the summer without the plant but warned that wildfires or another disruption in distribution could cause power shortages.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clear how electrical production from the plant would be replaced permanently. The California Public Utilities Commission said it will work with governments to ensure Southern California has enough electricity, which will require increased energy efficiency and conservation during peak usage, as well as upgrades to transmission and generation resources.

The plant between San Diego and Los Angeles hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t produced electricity since January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of unusual damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.

The plant â&#x20AC;&#x153;has served this region for over 40 years,â&#x20AC;? Ted Craver, chairman of SCE parent Edison International said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we have concluded that the continuing uncertainty about when or if (the plant) might return to service was not good for our customers, our investors or the need to plan for our regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-term electricity needs.â&#x20AC;?

SCE had been seeking permission from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restart the Unit 2 reactor and run it at reduced power, in hopes of stopping vibration that had damaged the tubing.

Edisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock price was up slightly in midday trading.

The NRC said once Edison formally notifies the agency that it has permanently removed all fuel from the reactor cores, the NRC will move San Onofre to the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decommissioning oversight structure, the formal process for closing and dismantling a nuclear plant, the NRC said in an email to The Associated Press. Until

that occurs, the NRC said it will continue its oversight of the plant to ensure it meets all requirements.

Friends of the Earth, an advocacy group critical of the nuclear power industry, praised the decision to close it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have long said that these reactors are too dangerous to operate and now Edison has agreed. The people of California now have the opportunity to move away from the failed promise of dirty and dangerous nuclear power and replace it with the safe and clean energy provided by the sun and the wind,â&#x20AC;? the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, Erich Pica, said in a statement.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also relieved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This nuclear plant had a defective redesign and could no longer operate as intended. Modifications to the San Onofre nuclear plant were unsafe and posed a danger to the eight million people living within 50 miles of the plant,â&#x20AC;? she said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that the San Onofre nuclear plant will be permanently shut down, it is essential that this nuclear plant be safely decommissioned and does not become a continuing liability for the community.â&#x20AC;?

The problems center on steam generators that were installed during a $670 million overhaul in 2009 and 2010. After the plant was shut down, tests found some generator tubes were so badly eroded that they could fail and possibly release radiation, a stunning finding inside the nearly new equipment.

The four generators at San Onofre two per reactor, each with 9,727 alloy tubes function something like a car radiator, which controls heat in the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engine.

The generator tubes circulate hot, radioactive water from the reactors, which then heats a bath of nonradioactive water surrounding them. That makes steam, which is used to turn turbines to make electricity.

Edison has argued for months that the Unit 2 plant could be safely restarted, but Craver recently raised the possibility of closing the plant because of lingering uncertainty about the future. The company had said little about the future of the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor.

Questions arose over changes to the replacement generators they were different than the originals, 23.6 tons heavier and hundreds of additional tubes were added as part of design changes.

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PIQUA, 3860 Bausman Road, June 7 & 8, 10-4. Adoption Benefit Sale! Food tent serving chicken and noodles and more! Baked goods, clothing adult to kid size, household, Vintage by Mary Kate, goods from McMaster & Storm, salvaged items, Hope Benefit posters, car. All funds go to bringing D home.

PIQUA, 4510 State Route 185, Friday, 8-4:30 and Saturday, 83. (4) camo hub blinds, (2) 15' tree stands still in box, turkey decoys, trail cam, 12 ga shells, (4) 5 lug Chevy rims, center caps, lug nuts and boxes, 14" Western saddle, Reese hitch adapters and pins all new, some tools, Astro shell for Chevy truck and more!

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TIPP CITY 6175 Country Estates Drive Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-? Neighborhood Garage Sale Anti qu es , to ol s, s te el ch est 45x40, Mattel chopcycles, comics TROY 1073 Cloverdale Drive Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-4pm Boys clothes 2-5, girls NB-6 months, household, collectibles, and miscellaneous TROY 1214 Golden Eagle Drive Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am-4pm. Household items, toys, clothes, baby and toddler items, bike, mower, dolls, costume jewelry, Batman, holiday items, games, salt and pepper sets, and much more TROY 1323 Keller Drive Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-? Clearing out many household items, lift chair, portable bar, Memories of Yesterday collection, Wagner Ware iron skillet, dishes, small appliances, Christmas items, clothes and miscellaneous TROY 1332 Michael Court Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm. Baby items, household, women's clothing, and miscellaneous TROY 1470 Troy Urbana Road (corner of Troy Urbana and Saratoga) Thursday noon7pm, Friday 9am-6pm, and Saturday 8am-1pm Multi family sale, clothes, sporting goods, furniture, electronics TROY 1588 Sussex Road Saturday only 9am-? WANTED! People who want stuff! Rain or shine. Dresser, tables, antique sewing machine, furniture, desk, household, original art, Disney art, cookware, roaster, clothing AND MORE! TROY 2310 Worthington Drive Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm and Saturday 8am-noon. Baby furniture, boys clothes NB-3T, junior clothes, Little Tikes race car bed and outdoor play items, toys, mower, miscellaneous household items, everything in good, clean condition, name brand items, nice neighborhood TROY 2482 South 25A (Troy Freewill Baptist Church) Saturday 9am-3pm A basement sale maple table and 6 chairs with hutch, lots of miscellaneous, bake sale. All proceeds got to the many church ministries they have.

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TROY, 3725 Fenner Road, Saturday ONLY!! 8:30-1pm, Travel system, carseat, toys, puzzles, brand name clothing, shoes, baby items & supplies, breast pump. books, seasonal items, old glass dishes, trading cards, Coach purse & More!!

TROY, 3860 Burton Road (edge of Casstown), Saturday, 8-2. Barn Sale! Lawn service company selling mowers, tractor, spray equipment, wood chipper and more!

TROY, 598 Forest Lane, off Linwood, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8am-3pm Some collectibles, big variety reasonable priced but will negotiate on most. Adding items each day. Come see it all!

TROY, 828 Cobblestone Drive, Friday & Saturday, 9-2. Extensive Willow Tree and Dreamcicle Angel Collections, high end costume jewelry, table lamps, pictures, large selection of greeting cards for all occasions $.10 each, gift bags, boxes & wrap, crystal pieces, 16" & 25" TVs, lots of furniture, miscellaneous.

TROY, 870 Crossbow Lane (Off Sherwood Avenue), Saturday & Sunday 8am-2pm, Multi Family Sale, household items, baby items, furniture, lawn equipment, clothes, much more!

TROY, 937 Frontier Drive, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9am-4pm, MULTI FAMILY Sale, Antiques, Side tables, lamps, dressers, furniture, home decor, clothing & much more!

TROY, 95 Elmwood, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8:30-5. Lots and lots of brandname little boy's clothes 2-8, little girl's clothes, women's clothing, shoes, some housewares, some original art.

Yard Sale

TROY, Westlake Community Garage Sale, Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, 8am5pm. Westlake is off of McKaig Road between Stanfield Road and State Route 718.

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We offer a competitive wage and benefit package to include medical, dental, life, disability insurance and 401K plan. Qualified candidates will be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protections BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature.

With more than 6,100 wolves roaming the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe told The Associated Press that a species persecuted to near-extermination last century has successfully rebounded.

But prominent scientists and dozens of lawmakers in Congress want more. They say wolves need to be shielded so they can expand beyond the portions of 10 states they now occupy.

The animal’s historical range stretched across most of North America.

Government-sponsored trapping and poisoning left just one small pocket of wolves remaining, in northern Minnesota, by the time they received endangered species protections in 1974.

In the past several years, after the Great Lakes population swelled and wolves were reintroduced to the Northern Rockies, protections were lifted in states where the vast majority of the animals now live: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and portions of Oregon, Washington and Utah.

Under the administration’s plan, federal protections would remain only for a fledgling population of Mexican gray wolves in the desert Southwest. The proposal will be subject to a public comment period and a final decision made within a year.

While the wolf’s recent resurgence is likely to continue at some

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In this Feb. 16, 2006, photo provided by Yellowstone National Park, a gray wolf is seen on the run near Blacktail Pond in Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Wyo. The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting federal protections for gray wolves across most of the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature. ly were lifted. They’ve killed some 1,600 wolves in the past several years in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Thousands more have been killed by government wildlife agents.

That’s been a relief for ranchers who suffer regular wolf attacks that can kill dozens of livestock in a single night.

Supporters say lifting protections elsewhere will help avoid the animosity seen among many ranchers in the West, who long complained that their hands were tied by rules restricting when wolves could be killed.

Hunting groups wary of

level elsewhere multiple packs roam portions of Washington and Oregon, and individual wolves have been spotted in Colorado, Utah and the Northeast Ashe indicated it’s unrealistic to think the clock can be turned back entirely.

“Science is an important part of this decision, but really the key is the policy question of when is a species recovered,” he said. “Does the wolf have to occupy all the habitat that is available to it in order for it to be recovered? Our answer to that question is no.”

Hunters and trappers already are targeting the predators in states where protections previous-

increasing wolf attacks on livestock and big game welcomed Friday’s announcement.

Yet vast additional territory that researchers say is suitable for wolves remains unoccupied. That includes parts of the Pacific Northwest, California, the southern Rocky Mountains and northern New England.

Colorado alone has enough space to support up to 1,000 wolves, according to Carlos Carroll of California’s Klamath Center for Conservation Research.

He suggested wildlife officials were bowing to political pressure, exerted by elected officials across the West who pushed to limit the

wolf’s range.

“They’ve tried to devise their political position first, and then cherry-pick their science to support it,” Carroll said of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Center for Biological Diversity on Friday vowed to challenge the government in court if it takes the animals off the endangered species list as planned.

Ashe said Friday’s proposal had been reviewed by top administration officials, including new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.

But he dismissed any claims of interference and said the work that went into the plan was exclusively that of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

He said the agency wants to focus future recovery efforts on a small number of wolves belonging to a subspecies, the Mexican gray wolf. Those occur in Arizona and New Mexico, where a protracted and costly reintroduction plan has stumbled in part due to illegal killings.

The agency is calling for a tenfold increase in the territory where biologists are working to rebuild that population, which now numbers 73 animals. Law enforcement efforts to ward off poaching in the region would be bolstered.

Although wolves roam only a small portion of their historical range, it’s about 80 percent of the area they realistically could be expected to occupy today, said David Mech, a leading wolf expert and senior scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Paul, Minn.

Even without federal protection, wolves are likely to migrate into several Western states, Mech said. The primary barrier to expansion isn’t lack of habitat or prey, but human intolerance, he said.

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• HOLE-IN-ONE: Dale Ullery hit a hole-in-one at Homestead Golf Course.

The ace came on the 172-yard hole No. 2 using a 7-wood.

• BASEBALL: The Troy Recreation Department will host a baseball clinic at Duke Park’s Legion Field during June and July. The first session is June 10-13 and June 17-20, and the second session is June 24-26, July 1-3 and July 89, with three separate age groups — ages 8-10, ages 11-13 and ages 14-17.

Troy Post 43 coach Frosty Brown will be the instructor, and the cost will be $30.

Register online at activenet.active.com/troyrecdept.

• HOCKEY: Registrations are now being accepted for the Troy Recreation Department’s Summer Youth Introduction to Hockey Program held at Hobart Arena. The program is for youth ages 5-10 years old and includes three dates: July 16, 23 and 30 from 7:308:30 p.m. The program is for those who have never participated in an organized hockey program. An equipment rental program is available. The cost of the program is $10 for all three sessions. To register, visit the Recreation Department located in Hobart Arena, 255 Adams St. or visit www.hobartarena.com on the “registrations” page and print off a registration form. Contact the Recreation Department at 339-5145 for further information.

• BASKETBALL: Troy Christian girls basketball will run an elementary camp for grades 1-6 from 10 a.m. to noon June 10-14. The cost is $35. There is also a junior high camp for grades 7-8 from 1-3 p.m. June 10-14. The cost is $35. For more information, contact Dick Steineman at (937) 451-1723.

• GOLF: The Milton-Union Bulldog Golf Classic, sponsored by the MiltonUnion Education Foundation, will take place June 22 at Beechwood Golf Course. The tournament is a Texas scramble with a noon shotgun start. The cost is $80 per person or $300 per foursome. The deadline to register is June 15.

• GOLF: The Tippecanoe boys basketball program will host a golf outing at 11:30 a.m. June 28 at Homestead Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit the Tippecanoe boys basketball program, and Hickory River Barbecue and drinks will be provided. Visit www.reddevilbasketball.com and click on “Golf” to download a registration form.

• BASEBALL: The Dayton Docs will hold a two-day youth baseball camp for children ages 8-14. It will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 13 and 21 at Wright State University’s Nischwitz Stadium.The cost is $55. For more information, call (937) 423-3053 or visit www.docsbaseball.com.

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Milton-Union’s Wes Martin throws the shot put during the Division II state track and field meet Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. The junior was 10th in the event with a throw of 51-6.75.

’Dog junior 10th in shot at state

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com When Wes Martin’s first throw was a foul, it wasn’t nerves.

“I may have been overexcited,” the Milton-Union junior shot putter said. “I just exploded forward too much.”

Martin got over that quickly, though, uncorking a 50-foot-plus toss and then launching a per-

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COLUMBUS sonal-best 51-6.75 on his final attempt Friday morning at the Division II state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus — his first trip to the state meet.

“It’s pretty cool, I guess,” Martin said. “Being a total newbie to the sport and still being able to make it this far.”

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Covington’s Jackie Siefring competes in the 300 hurdles Friday at the Division III state meet in Columbus.

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Troy’s Gracie Huffman (back) prepares to hand the baton to 4x200 relay teammate Ashley Rector Friday during the Division I state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

In prime position Troy, Tipp athletes seek titles after Friday’s prelims

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BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor colinfoster@civitasmedia.com Tippecanoe seniors Rick Andrews, Sam Wharton and Grant Koch ran together for one last time Friday night at the Division I state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.

And they, with the help of freshman teammate Mitchell Poynter, finCOLUMBUS ished their final 4x800 relay race with a spot on the podium, placing fifth in a time of 7:52.57.

“It’s where we wanted to be,” Andrews said.

“It’s been pretty amazing. They’re like my family now. It’s been a real nice experience just being able to run with them and spend so much time with them.”

The Red Devil team was sitting right around eighth when the anchor, Koch, took the handoff.

Koch — who placed sixth in the 800 last year at state — got the baton and took off, picking up four spots for fifth place.

“Honestly I was thinking repetitive: just go, go,

“Leaving it all on the field” is pretty cliche.

But when athletes buy into the simple idea, the results can be spectacular.

Covington’s Jackie Siefring, Miami East’s Corrine Melvin and Bradford’s Shay LaFollette were all at or near the top of their respective events, Siefring and Troy Christian freshman Meredith Haddad both earned medals in the long jump, and a host of Miami County runners will be returning for today’s finals after Friday’s opening day of the Division III state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.

Tippecanoe’s Grant Koch carries the baton in

■ See DIVISION I on 16 the 4x800 relay Friday.

• Something to Prove She’d already finished her heat of the 300 hurdles, but when the false start gun sounded at the start of the second heat,” Covington’s Jackie Siefring flinched.

“That is the worst sound in the world,” the junior hurdler said. “It doesn’t matter who it’s for.”

Siefring, still stinging from hearing that sound in the 100 hurdles two weeks ago at the district meet — with her as its target — showed no signs of letting it slow her down Friday.

Siefring ran the 300 hurdles in 44.58 seconds, bettering her regional time and besting the closest competition by almost half a second, easily winning her heat and qualifying to today’s championship final.

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Wainwright beats Reds for 9th ‘W’ Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings for his ninth win, and every Cardinals starter had a hit in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night that gave St. Louis a four-game lead in the NL Central, its biggest of the season.

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BY BEN ROBINSON Sports Writer Covington senior pitcher Casey Yingst graciously sat alongside coach Dean Denlinger in the media room at Akron’s Firestone Stadium struggling to come to grips with a magical season coming to an unexpected end in a 3-0 loss to Strasburg-

AKRON Franklin in the Division IV state semifinal on Friday.

“We just couldn’t get over the hump,” said Yingst quietly, with tears flowing down her cheeks.

“You know, you try to treat it like any other game, but it’s hard. We

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Covington catcher Connor Schaffer moves to tag a Strasburg■ See SOFTBALL on 16 Franklin runner during the Division IV state semifinal game Friday.

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Division III ■ CONTINUED FROM 14 “I feel like I’m still trying to make up for the 100 hurdles,” she said. “I watched those races earlier today with so much longing. I do feel like I have to prove something. I want to prove that I’m a good hurdler.”

As a sophomore at Russia, Siefring was third in the 300 hurdles and seventh in the 100 hurdles at state — but that’s just not going to be good enough for her this year.

“We’re at state, so no matter what you get, you can’t be disappointed.

After all, you made it here,” Siefring said. “But I’m definitely going for the gold.”

Her quest began in a different event, also. She placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 17-5.

And she wasn’t alone, either.

Bradford’s Shay LaFollette — who was one place out of qualifying for the finals last year in the 100 hurdles — left no doubt. She ran a time of 15.44 seconds, the thirdbest qualifying time on the day, to lock up her spot in today’s race.

Should she collect a medal, LaFollette could be the first Railroader ever to place at the state meet.

And Covington teammates Troy Cron and Dalton Bordelon — who both have credit Siefring with pushing them harder in practice throughout the season — got their shot at reaching today’s finals, also.

Cron had the seventhbest time in the 110 hurdles (14.9 seconds) and the sixth-best time in the 300 hurdles (39.75 seconds) to advance.

“Coming in, that (the 300 hurdles) was my race.

But I felt like I ran a really bad race today,” Cron said. “I was pretty excited about how I did in the 110.

Seventh was a lot higher than I expected.”

Bordelon — running in the same heat in the 300 hurdles — finished 15th (41.7 seconds).

“It was (cool to run in the same heat with a teammate),” Cron said. “I was hoping he’d make it bad. At the regional, after I finished, I turned around to make sure he qualified, too. He works really hard.

He deserved to be here.”

Now Cron will prepare for the finals alone, and looking to run a cleaner race.

“I think everyone is going to turn it up a bit,” Cron said. “It’s all about the experience here, and I’m happy to get the opportunity to run with the best.

I’m hoping I can find a higher gear tomorrow.”

• Top Gear Corrine Melvin found a new gear on Friday.

The Miami East senior pushed herself from start to finish in the 100 prelims, winning her heat in 12.4 seconds to qualify for today’s finals with the second-fastest time.

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Miami East’s Corrine Melvin had the second-fastest time in the 100 and also qualified for the finals in the 200 Friday at the Division III state meet in Columbus.

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Miami East’s Leah Dunivan finished her high school career by competing in the shot put Friday at the Division III state meet in Columbus.

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Covington’s Troy Cron qualified for the finals in the 110 and 300 hurdles Friday at the Division III state meet in Columbus.

And while she’s been at state — and in the finals — before, Melvin wants to make the most out of her senior season.

“In the 100 my sophomore year, I got eighth.

This is my last shot — and I am not injured this year,” Melvin said. “This is my last chance, let’s just say that.”

Melvin led from start to finish … something she’d like to repeat again today.

Only Van Buren’s Sarah Benson (12.36 seconds),

who won the other heat, had a faster time.

“I need more explosion,” Melvin said. “Usually I come out of the blocks fast but then fall behind a bit.

Today, I just stayed out in front. (In the finals) I need to explode even more.”

Melvin also earned a spot in the 200 finals, running the ninth-best time of 26.04 seconds.

“I’ve never been here in the 200 before. It’s a first, and it’s kind of scary,” she said. “It was kind of sad to

think that it will be the last 200 of my career. I want to go all out.”

Fellow senior Leah Dunivan also got to end her career at the highest level. She finished 11th in the shot put with a throw of 38-8.5. “”I knew coming in this was better competition than I’ve ever had before,” Dunivan said. “To get in, I would have had to throw in the 40s.

“It’s been a good four years. I’ve had fun. But it’s over now. It’s bittersweet.

It was fun when it was going on, but it’s over. I get to move on and go play volleyball in college (at Robert Morris University).”

• Freshman Fifth As three competitors passed her in the standings during the finals of the long jump Friday, Troy Christian’s Meredith Haddad wasn’t bitter at all.

“Good for them,” she said when asked what she was thinking. “This is a great opportunity (being at state), and I was glad to see them do well.”

Besides, she’s got plenty of chances to improve on her finish.

After all, she’s only a freshman.

Haddad let loose with a leap of 17-5, a personal best, on her second prelim-

inary jump, which tied her with Covington’s Siefring for second place heading into the finals. But two jumpers passed her on their final attempts — one by only half an inch — and Siefring landed another good one that acted as the tiebreaker, and Haddad stood on the podium in fifth place.

She had no problem with that.

“I was just so blessed,” Haddad said. “Before that jump (the 17-5 one), I was just praying so hard that God would give me strength for it. And He did.

“It was all a great experience. I feel amazing.”

Sandusky St. Marys Central Catholic’s Kennedy Gennari was third (17-5.5) and Fredericktown’s Carolyn Webster was second (176.75).

Columbus International’s Timia Easley led from start to finish and won with an 181.

Fellow freshman Taylor Middleton from Miami Valley — who Haddad finished runner-up to at the regional meet after Middleton’s 18-1.5 jump — didn’t even qualify for the finals. She was 14th with a jump of 16-4.75.

“She’s just a great athlete, but the long jump is a funny thing,” Haddad said when asked if seeing Middleton not qualify took some pressure off. “I felt like it made it a little easier.”

And now Haddad can only look to her own bright future.

“I’m just going to keep working at it and try to get better,” she said.

• Back With A Vengeance Lane White hadn’t run since the Covington Invitational four weeks ago Friday.

He didn’t miss a step.

Rejoining the

Covington 4x400 relay team of Ryan Craft, Alex Schilling and Dustin Fickert, the quartet ran a time of 3:23.67 in the prelims, improving its regional time by almost five full seconds and advancing to today’s finals with the third-best time.

When White, the anchor, got the baton, the Buccs were sitting in fourth place in their heat and looked to be on the verge of qualifying. After keeping pace in the first 100, perhaps testing out his healed hamstring, White torched the two nearest competitors and the Buccs finished the heat second.

“There are worse things than that (being injured) that can happen. I feel blessed (to get the chance to run at state). I wasn’t nervous,” White said. “I just ran my race the way I normally do.”

The Buccs will enter today only one second behind leader Columbus Academy’s 3:22.68, the fastest time on Friday.

“I’m just happy to be back. May hamstring feels great,” White said. “I’d like to get on the podium.”

Relay teammate Craft also competed in the high jump, finishing 14th (6-0).

• Cavaliers Advance Lehman senior Sarah Titterington qualified for the finals in all three of her events. She was sixth in both the 200 (25.65 seconds) and 400 (58.88 seconds) and ninth in the 100 (12.65 seconds).

Teammate Justin Stewart was third in the 400 (49.08 seconds) and seventh in the 100 (11.16 seconds), but he missed out on the triple and finished 13th in the 200 (22.85 seconds). Also, junior thrower Brad Montgomery was 10th in the discus (145-3) and 12th in the shot put (50-4).

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Cardinals rout Reds, 9-2

■ CONTINUED FROM 14 “If he’s nervous, he never lets it show,” MiltonUnion coach Michael Meredith said. “He’s a competitor. He’s a gamer.”

In fact, Martin was less focused on the experience of squaring off against the best in the state … and more concerned with the throw that got away. He finished 10th in the standings — one place from reaching the finals and getting three more throws.

Philo’s Elijah Talk threw 52-11.25 to claim ninth.

Waverly senior Dylan Dyke won the competition with a 62-5.

“It’s pretty aggravating.

That first throw would have put me in the finals,” Martin said. “But I’m just going to use that as motivation for next year.”

Which was music to Meredith’s ears.

“That throw would have put in in the finals. It was high-52s, low-53s,” he

said. “But still, he had another huge PR today. To come here and do that against the best of the best, you’ve got to be happy with that.

“And you know the best part? He’s only a junior.

And he’s already made a comment about next year.”

Immediately after the preliminaries and once he found out he wasn’t going to be in the finals, Martin’s first question involved asking how many people ahead of him were seniors.

The answer? All but one.

“I’m hoping to come back here next year after my biggest growing year strength-wise,” Martin said. “I want to come back next year and be in the top eight.”

“Today was the first meet of next year for him,” Meredith said. “He’s already been on the biggest stage now. What’s going to rattle him at any invitational?”

CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings for his ninth win, and every Cardinals starter had a hit in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night that gave St. Louis a four-game lead in the NL Central, its biggest of the season.

Wainwright (9-3) gave up two runs and seven hits as the Cardinals improved the major leagues’ best record to 40-21.

Slumping Pete Kozma drove in three runs, David Freese and Jon Jay knocked in two apiece, and four Cardinals extended long hitting streaks against a pitching staff in a downturn. Mike Leake (5-3) lasted only five innings for the Reds, who have given up 26 runs while losing their last three games.

The NL Central rivalry has fallen into a pattern lately the second-place

Reds can’t score many runs.

They’ve scored two or fewer in their last six games against the Cardinals, the first time that’s happened since 1974, the year before the Big Red Machine won its first World Series.

St. Louis has won the last four series between the teams and is 5-2 against Cincinnati this season.

A day after the Cardinals hit five homers for a 12-8 win over Arizona, they put together five singles in the fourth inning for all the runs they’d really need.

The Cardinals came into the game with four players on noteworthy hitting streaks. Three of them extended their streaks during the three-run rally.

Carlos Beltran led off with a single that gave him an eight-game streak. Allen Craig pushed his run to 11 games with another hit,

completing a 12-pitch atbat against Leake. David Freese extended the longest active streak in the majors with an RBI single, giving him a career-best 17-game streak. Jon Jay and Kozma in a 3-for-33 rut followed with singles for a 3-0 lead.

That was plenty for Wainwright, who had only one tough at-bat in the first five innings. Shin-Soo Choo drew a base on balls on his 12th pitch from Wainwright, who has walked only seven batters all season.

Jay Bruce’s RBI single ended Wainwright’s shutout in the sixth.

Tigers 7, Indians 5 DETROIT — Justin Verlander pitched seven solid innings, Victor Martinez homered and the Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland 7-5 on Friday night to take a 3-game lead over the Indians atop the

AL Central.

Martinez and Torii Hunter had three hits each for the Tigers in the opener of this three-game series.

Detroit led 5-0 before Cleveland scored three runs in the fifth off Verlander.

That was all the Indians could manage against the Tigers’ ace in losing their fifth straight game.

Verlander (8-4) allowed three runs and seven hits on the night. He walked two and struck out six.

Detroit’s Jose Valverde came on with a four-run lead in the ninth. He allowed solo homers to Jason Giambi and Drew Stubbs but held on. Nick Swisher grounded out with a man on second to end it.

Ubaldo Jimenez (4-4) allowed five runs three earned in three-plus innings.

Cleveland lost its ninth straight road game.

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Nadal outlasts Djokovic in 5 sets to reach final PARIS (AP) — His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 4 hours old and 14 games into the fifth set when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to the baseline to retrieve Novak Djokovic’s seemingly unreachable lob.

Many players wouldn’t have bothered to give chase, let alone attempt what Nadal actually accom-

plished: With his back to the court, he somehow sent a lob the other way by flipping the ball between his legs.

Perhaps surprised the 11-stroke point was not already his, Djokovic flubbed an easy overhead smash into the net. Two games later, Nadal flicked another, more traditional, defensive lob, and Djokovic sailed his response 5 feet

long, the earlier mistake no doubt on his mind.

Three points later, the blink-and-you-misssomething match was over.

In a contest chock full of lengthy exchanges, moments of mastery and occasional lapses by both men, seven-time French Open champion Nadal returned to the final with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 9-7 vic-

tory over the No. 1-ranked Djokovic on Friday.

By the finish, it was not just a test of skill but also of stamina and perseverance, two qualities Nadal possesses in abundance.

“This one is a special one,” Nadal said. “If we talk about everything that makes a match big, today we had all of these ingredients.”

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Except, of course, a glistening silver cup for the winner and a runner’s-up tray for the loser. Those will be on offer Sunday, when Nadal faces David Ferrer in an all-Spanish final with a chance to become the only man with eight titles at any Grand Slam tournament.

“When you have a win and you have the trophy, it means more,” said Nadal,

who will be seeking his 12th major championship overall.

The fourth-seeded Ferrer reached his first Grand Slam final by defeating France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2 Friday. The 31-year-old Ferrer, previously 0-5 in major semifinals, ended Tsonga’s bid to give the host country its first male champion since Yannick Noah in 1983.

■ Softball

Division I ■ CONTINUED FROM 14 go, go,” said Koch about his mindset entering the final 800. “I know, especially at state, everybody is so hyped up and everybody has got so much adrenaline. Everybody is running close to their best times. I knew I was going to be one of the faster anchor legs, but I knew if I caught somebody I couldn’t be just happy with catching some, I had to just keep going on and passing people.”

Wharton ran right around his normal split to put Tipp in fifth going into the second leg. Despite running his fastest split of the season, Poynter still dropped in the standings, before handing it over to Andrews.

“Those guys were so fast,” Ponyter said. “My first lap is always faster than I need to go, though. I was pushing it. I was just trying to hang on in the second lap.”

Koch (800) and Wharton will be back today to compete in the finals of their respective events. For Koch, he hopes to improve on his sixthplace performance last season. As for Wharton, he wants to make his way even further up the podium and break the nineminute barrier.

“It’s sub-nine or bust for me I think,” Wharton said.

“And hopefully a state title comes with that sub-nine, but there’s going to be a couple guys up there. If I don’t break nine and don’t get a state title, I’m going to be really mad.”

For now, though, Wharton and his teammates will just relax and enjoy their fifth-place result in the 4x800.

• Banner Hungry Troy sophomore Gracie Huffman put her individual accomplishments on the back burner Friday night at the Division I state track meet.

Huffman, who was the only Troy girl to qualify as an individual in the 400, wanted to be at her best for the 4x400 relay, so she was scratched from the 400 in hopes of being fresh for the final event of the day.

That strategy paid off for Huffman and senior teammates Ashley Rector, Todda Norris and Catelyn Schmiedebusch. Troy won its heat in a time of 3:53.93, with Huffman anchoring home the victory.

They enter today’s finals with the best qualifying time.

“That’s the reason why we did it, for this race,” Huffman said. “I mean the options were run it, risk the 4x400 or don’t run it.

These three seniors, they deserve my best. That’s what it all came down to.”

And those seniors put Huffman in great position to get the job done.

Troy led for most of the race before Sycamore grabbed the lead late on the third leg. Huffman

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Covington’s Casey Yingst fires a pitch during Friday’s Division IV state semifinal game against Strasburg-Franklin in Akron.

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Troy’s Blake Williams crosses the finish line in the 4x100 relay race Friday at the Division I state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.

Troy’s Todda Norris and the 4x100 relay team qualified for today’s finals at the Division I state meet Friday. trailed for almost 200 meters before making a strong kick for the pass and punching the Trojans’ ticket into the finals.

The group will be aiming to bring a state title back to Troy today.

“We have banners in our new gym for, like, state champs, so we’re banner hungry,” Schmiedebusch said. “We’re trying to get it.

“For Troy, we don’t really have many state champs besides bowling and Levi Fox. So that’d be pretty awesome.”

Of course, winning a

state title will be a hard task, and all the girls realize it. Massillon Perry (3:54.65), Sycamore (3:54.91) and Solon (3:55.35) are all within striking distance entering the finals.

“It’s going to be just as hard (in the finals), if not harder,” Rector said.

“It makes us really want it,” Norris said.

“That’s how we have to run it.”

“Everybody is coming after us,” Schmiedebusch said. “We have a target on our backs now.”

That may be the case, but it’s a problem Huffman, Norris, Schmiedebusch and Rector don’t mind having.

The Troy girls 4x100 team (Sharice Hibbler, Huffman, Shanelle Byrd and Norris) will run in today’s finals after finishing with the seventhfastest qualifying time Friday (48.81 seconds).

The finals should be exciting, considering how close the top eight times are.

Withrow (48.40 seconds) currently holds the fastest time, while Xenia (48.68), Lincoln (48.50) and Warren G. Harding (48.74) are close behind, setting up an exciting finals race tonight.

Troy’s 4x200 team (Byrd, Huffman, Rector and Norris), which entered with a seed time of 1:42.38, was disqualified.

• Troy Boys 16th Maybe it was the ridiculously-fast competition.

Or maybe it just wasn’t their day.

Whatever the case was, the Troy boys 4x100 relay team came up short Friday at the Division I state meet in Columbus.

Seniors Devante Bush, Nick Zimmer, Blake Williams and junior Miles Hibbler ran the 16th-best time in Friday’s prelims in 44.16 seconds. It was a little over a second slower than their seed time coming in (43.14 seconds).

Regional champion Nathan Fleischer will kick off Saturday’s action in the pole vault at noon.

■ National Basketball Association

Spurs, Heat talk Game 2 adjustments MIAMI (AP) — If LeBron James played for the San Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich might have a message for him.

It’s the same one he’s occasionally delivered to Tim Duncan.

Selfless play is great.

Moving the ball to open teammates is usually the right idea. That belief has carried the Spurs to four NBA titles.

Sometimes, though, it’s best if the superstar takes on more himself.

“I’ve talked to players before about being more aggressive,” Popovich said Friday, after the Spurs practiced following their 9288 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1.

“Opportunities might be there that they didn’t take advantage of. That happens with Timmy now and then.

He’s so unselfish, if he shoots three jumpers in a row, he feels like he shouldn’t shoot more sometimes, because he wants the ball to move and he wants to involve everybody. I think unselfish players think like that. Once in a while I’ve got to tell him, no, I don’t care if you get 20 of those shots, you have to take them.”

Maybe James will in

Game 2.

“We’ll see what type of game plan I come out with on Sunday,” he said. “It will be dumb of me to reveal it today.”

James had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists in Game 1, but, as can be the case with the game’s greatest talent, there was a feeling he could have done more. And the Heat needed it.

■ CONTINUED FROM 14 felt good. I don’t know, we just couldn’t break through.”

Covington entered the tournament with a 30-0 record and the top ranked team in the state with a ton of offensive firepower and an all-around defensive game.

But a season-high 11 strikeouts by Covington batters and just two hits became the downfall despite solid defensive and pitching efforts by Yingst and the Buccs.

“Their pitcher kept us off balance all game,” Covington coach Dean Denlinger said. “She kept us on our front foot and threw some nice breaking pitches ahead in the count. We had a hard time getting on top of the ball.”

Jessie Shilt led the game off with a single to left field and stole second, but Strasburg pitcher Kristina LaRocca struck out the next three Covington batters in order to end the threat.

Yingst, meanwhile, had a no-hitter going into the bottom of the fourth until Strasburg’s Maria Crites knocked a one-out double into the gap.

Olivia Ray then broke open the scoreless game with a single to score Crites, who beat the throw at the plate.

After setting Covington down in order in the top of the fifth, Strasburg extended its lead with two runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Emily McKinney led off with a single and stole second, barely getting under the tag of Jessie

Shilt. Ariel Jones reached on a fielder’s choice and Ashlee Moore followed by drawing a walk, one of just three walks surrendered by Yingst.

Karly DiBacco then followed with a two-run double to push the Strasburg lead to 3-0.

“I had confidence we’d come back, and I think the girls did, too,” Denlinger said of being down 3-0. “We’ve done it before.”

After getting out of a bases-loaded jam without damage in the bottom of the sixth, Covington got some offense rolling in the top of the seventh with a Casey Yingst single and a walk by Connor Schaffer.

But two straight pop-ups in the infield ended Covington’s dream of a perfect season.

“It’s not the way it’s supposed to end,” Denlinger said. “We had a good run, but we wanted more. Give credit where credit is due, though.

Their pitcher threw a nice game.”

Yingst went the distance on the mound, surrendering five hits while striking out 10 and walking three batters.

She also had one of the two Covington hits, the other coming from Jessie Shilt.

The Buccs end their season with a 30-1 record on the season and a third straight state final four appearance.

Cov ......000 000 0 — 0 2 1 S-F .......000 120 x — 3 5 0 Yingst and Schaffer. LaRocca and Ray. WP — LaRocca. LP — Yingst. 2B — DiBacco (S), Crites (S). Records: Covington 30-1, Strasburg-Franklin 29-5.

■ National Hockey League

Bruins sweep BOSTON (AP) — Adam McQuaid scored early in the third period, Tuukka Rask posted his second shutout of the series, and the Boston Bruins swept their way to the Stanley Cup finals with a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.

The Bruins won the Eastern Conference finals 4-0 and held the high-scoring Penguins to just two goals in the stunning sweep.

Boston will face either the Chicago Blackhawks or Los Angeles Kings when the Bruins shoot for their second Stanley Cup

title in three years.

Chicago leads that series 3-1 and can advance to the finals with a home win on Saturday night.

The Penguins’ season ended swiftly and shockingly as the NHL’s highest scoring team got zero points in the series from offensive stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

McQuaid scored at 5:01 of the final period on a 45foot slap shot from the right over the glove of goalie Tomas Vokoun.

That unleashed loud chants of “We want the Cup!” from the capacity crowd.

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Scores

BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Boston 37 24 .607 New York 35 25 .583 34 27 .557 Baltimore 33 27 .550 Tampa Bay 26 34 .433 Toronto Central Division L Pct W Detroit 33 26 .559 Cleveland 30 30 .500 26 31 .456 Minnesota 26 32 .448 Kansas City 25 34 .424 Chicago West Division L Pct W Oakland 38 25 .603 Texas 36 24 .600 Los Angeles 26 34 .433 26 35 .426 Seattle 22 40 .355 Houston NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 37 23 .617 Philadelphia 31 30 .508 29 30 .492 Washington 23 33 .411 New York 16 44 .267 Miami Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 40 21 .656 Cincinnati 36 25 .590 Pittsburgh 36 25 .590 24 34 .414 Chicago 22 37 .373 Milwaukee West Division L Pct W Arizona 34 26 .567 San Francisco 31 28 .525 Colorado 32 29 .525 28 32 .467 San Diego 26 33 .441 Los Angeles

GB WCGB — — 1½ — 3 1½ 3½ 2 10½ 9

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

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

Home 19-13 19-13 15-13 18-10 15-16

Away 18-11 16-12 19-14 15-17 11-18

GB WCGB — — 3½ 5 6 7½ 6½ 8 8 9½

L10 4-6 3-7 7-3 5-5 1-9

Str W-2 L-5 L-2 W-3 L-2

Home 20-10 18-12 13-14 13-15 13-13

Away 13-16 12-18 13-17 13-17 12-21

GB WCGB — — ½ — 10½ 9 11 9½ 15½ 14

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

Str W-3 L-2 L-1 L-2 L-2

Home 18-10 18-8 15-18 15-14 10-23

Away 20-15 18-16 11-16 11-21 12-17

GB WCGB — — 6½ 5 7½ 6 12 10½ 21 19½

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

Str L-1 W-5 L-1 W-1 L-3

Home 21-7 16-15 16-12 12-17 10-20

Away 16-16 15-15 13-18 11-16 6-24

GB WCGB — — 4 — 4 — 14½ 10½ 17 13

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

Str W-2 L-3 W-1 L-1 L-2

Home 19-12 21-10 21-11 13-17 13-20

Away 21-9 15-15 15-14 11-17 9-17

GB WCGB — — 2½ 4 2½ 4 6 7½ 7½ 9

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

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

Home 16-12 21-11 18-13 16-14 17-16

Away 18-14 10-17 14-16 12-18 9-17

AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday's Games Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 3, Houston 1 Boston 6, Texas 3 Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3 Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings N.Y.Yankees 6, Seattle 1 Friday's Games Minnesota at Washington, ppd., rain Toronto 6, Texas 1 Detroit 7, Cleveland 5 Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 1 L.A. Angels at Boston, ppd., rain Kansas City 4, Houston 2 Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 3 N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Saturday's Games L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-2) at Boston (Doubront 4-2), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Texas (Darvish 7-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 2-4), 1:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 8-4) at Detroit (Porcello 2-3), 4:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 3-2), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 4-3) at Seattle (J.Saunders 4-5), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 6-5) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 0-2), 4:10 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 1-2) at Kansas City (E.Santana 3-5), 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 4-4) at Boston (Buchholz 8-0), 7:15 p.m., 2nd game Sunday's Games Texas at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday's Games N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd., rain St. Louis 12, Arizona 8 Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 1 San Diego 6, Colorado 5, 12 innings L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 0 Friday's Games Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Minnesota at Washington, ppd., rain St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 2 Miami at New York, ppd., rain Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Saturday's Games Miami (Fernandez 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0), 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 3-6) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 3-6), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 6-3) at Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 1-0), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 4-5) at Colorado (Francis 2-3), 7:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 2-1) at Cincinnati (Latos 5-0), 7:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Medlen 2-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Fife 1-0), 10:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-4) at Arizona (Cahill 3-6), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 8:10 p.m.

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M.Parra . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 1 1 0 2 LeCure . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 0 0 0 1 WP_M.Parra 2.

Umpires_Home, Chris Guccione; First, Mike Estabrook; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Tom Hallion.

T_3:11. A_38,874 (42,319).

Tigers 7, Indians 5 Cleveland Detroit ab r h bi ab r h bi 5 1 2 1 Bourn cf 5 0 2 1 Dirks lf Kipnis 2b 5 0 2 2 TrHntr rf 5 0 3 1 Swisher 1b 4 0 0 0 MiCarr 3b 3 0 0 1 Brantly lf 4 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 CSantn c 4 0 0 0 VMrtnz dh 4 3 3 1 MrRynl 3b 4 1 2 0 JhPerlt ss 3 0 1 0 Giambi dh 3 1 1 1 B.Pena c 4 1 1 1 Aviles ss 4 1 1 0 RSantg 2b 4 1 1 0 Stubbs rf 4 2 2 1 AGarci cf 3 1 1 0 Totals 37 510 5 Totals 35 712 5 Cleveland..................000 030 002—5 Detroit .......................030 210 10x—7 E_Swisher 2 (4). DP_Cleveland 2.

LOB_Cleveland 7, Detroit 7. 2B_Kipnis (12), Tor.Hunter (16), V.Martinez (10), A.Garcia (1). HR_Giambi (6), Stubbs (5), V.Martinez (5). CS_B.Pena (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland U.Jimenez L,4-4 . . . .3 7 5 3 3 3 Albers . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 1 0 0 0 Hagadone . . . . . .1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Shaw . . . . . . . . . .1 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 R.Hill . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Langwell . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 0 0 0 0 Detroit Verlander W,8-4 . . . . .7 7 3 3 2 6 Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 0 Valverde . . . . . . . . . . .1 3 2 2 0 1 U.Jimenez pitched to 3 batters in the 4th.

Albers pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.

Umpires_Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Joe West.

T_3:11. A_39,008 (41,255).

Friday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas . . . . .100 000 000—1 4 0 Toronto . . .000 104 10x—6 6 0 Tepesch, Wolf (8) and Pierzynski; E.Rogers, Loup (5), Wagner (6), Cecil (8), Delabar (9) and Arencibia.

W_Wagner 1-0. L_Tepesch 3-5.

HRs_Toronto, Me.Cabrera (3).

Baltimore . .001 000 000—1 2 0 Tampa Bay .000 000 20x—2 6 0 Hammel, Patton (7), Tom.Hunter (8) and Wieters; Archer, Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina. W_Archer 11. L_Hammel 7-4. Sv_Rodney (13).

HRs_Tampa Bay, De.Jennings (6).

Oakland . . .000 004 000—4 6 2 Chicago . . .001 110 000—3 5 1 J.Parker, Cook (8), Balfour (9) and D.Norris; Sale, Lindstrom (8), Troncoso (9) and Flowers, Gimenez. W_J.Parker 5-6. L_Sale 5-4. Sv_Balfour (15).

Donaldson (9).

HRs_Oakland, Chicago, Flowers (5).

Houston . . .001 000 100—2 9 0 Kansas City000 200 02x—4 9 0 Lyles, W.Wright (8), Fields (8) and J.Castro; Shields, K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez.

W_K.Herrera 3-4. L_W.Wright 0-2.

Sv_G.Holland (11). HRs_Kansas City, S.Perez (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh .000 001 001—2 7 1 Chicago . . .000 000 000—0 5 0 Liriano, Melancon (8), Grilli (9) and R.Martin; Tr.Wood, Marmol (7), Villanueva (8) and Castillo. W_Liriano 4-2. L_Tr.Wood 5-4. Sv_Grilli (23).

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

W 42 36 31 28 25 25 20 20

L 17 23 28 30 32 34 38 40

Pct. GB .712 — .610 6 .525 11 .48313½ .439 16 .424 17 .34521½ .33322½

W L Pct. GB Cedar Rapids (Twins) 37 22 .627 — Beloit (Athletics) 34 25 .576 3 Quad Cities (Astros) 34 25 .576 3 Peoria (Cardinals) 31 26 .544 5 Clinton (Mariners) 28 31 .475 9 Kane County (Cubs) 27 31 .466 9½ Wisconsin (Brewers) 24 31 .436 11 Burlington (Angels) 23 32 .418 12 Friday's Games Great Lakes 10, West Michigan 4 Fort Wayne 10, Lansing 6 Kane County 3, Burlington 2 Quad Cities 6, Cedar Rapids 1 South Bend 7, Lake County 4 Clinton at Peoria, 8 p.m.

Dayton at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m.

Beloit at Wisconsin, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games Lansing at West Michigan, 6 p.m., 1st game Bowling Green at Lake County, 7 p.m.

Dayton at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.

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

Quad Cities at Peoria, 7:30 p.m.

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 10 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Party in the Poconos 400, at Long Pond, Pa. 11:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Party in the Poconos 400, at Long Pond, Pa. 1 p.m. NBCSN — Formula One, qualifying for Canadian Grand Prix, at Montreal SPEED — ARCA, at Long Pond, Pa. 8 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, DuPont Pioneer 250, at Newton, Iowa 8:30 p.m. ABC — IRL, IndyCar, Firestone 550, at Fort Worth, Texas BOXING 10 p.m. HBO — Lightweights, Yuriorkis Gamboa (22-0-0) vs.

Darley Perez (28-0-0); champion Chad Dawson (31-2-0) vs.

Adonis Stevenson (20-1-0), for WBC light heavyweight title, at Montreal SHO — Junior middleweights, Demetrius Hopkins (33-2-1) vs.

Jermell Charlo (20-0-0); super welterweights, Alfredo Angulo (222-0) vs. Erislandy Lara (17-1-2); champion Marcos Maidana (33-30) vs. Josesito Lopez (30-5-0), for WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title, at Carson, Calif.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD 1 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 1, teams TBD 3 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD 4 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 1, teams TBD 10 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, super regionals, game 2, teams TBD CYCLING 1 a.m. NBCSN — Criterium du Dauphine, stage 7, Le Pont-deClaix to Superdevoluy, France (delayed tape) GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Lyoness Open, third round, at Atzenbrugg, Austria (same-day tape) 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round, at Memphis, Tenn.

3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round, at Memphis, Tenn.

TGC — LPGA, Wegman's Championship, third round, at Pittsford, N.Y. 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, The Tradition, third round, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape) HORSE RACING 3 p.m. NBCSN — NTRA, Belmont Stakes undercard, at Elmont, N.Y. 5 p.m. NBC — NTRA, Manhattan Handicap and Belmont Stakes, at Elmont, N.Y. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Minnesota at Washington or Cleveland at Detroit WGN — Oakland at Chicago White Sox 7 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, L.A. Angels at Boston, St. Louis at Cincinnati, San Diego at Colorado, Houston at Kansas City, or Philadelphia at Milwaukee MOTORSPORTS 5 p.m. NBCSN — AMA Motocross, High Point National, at Mount Morris, Pa. NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. NBC — Playoffs, conference finals, game 5, Los Angeles vs. Chicago (if necessary) SOCCER 10:30 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, Vancouver at Seattle TENNIS 9 a.m. NBC — French Open, women's championship match, at Paris WNBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. ABC — Phoenix at Indiana Beloit at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Kane County at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m.

Clinton at Wisconsin, 7:35 p.m.

Lansing at West Michigan, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game Sunday's Games Lansing at West Michigan, 1 p.m., 1st game Dayton at Fort Wayne, 1:05 p.m.

Bowling Green at Lake County, 1:30 p.m.

Beloit at Burlington, 2 p.m., 1st game Clinton at Wisconsin, 2:05 p.m.

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

South Bend at Great Lakes, 3:05 p.m.

Lansing at West Michigan, 3:35 p.m., 2nd game Beloit at Burlington, 4:30 p.m., 2nd game Quad Cities at Peoria, 6 p.m.

Newark Licking Valley 4, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 1 Spring. Kenton Ridge 1, Granville 0 Div. II State Championship: Sat., June 8, 7 p.m.

Division III State Semifinal Bloom-Carroll 11, Pemberville Eastwood 1 Columbia Station Columbia 3, Cols.

Ready 1 Div. III State Championship: Sat., June 8, 4 p.m.

Division IV State Semifinal N. Robinson Col. Crawford 8, Rockford Parkway 1 Strasburg-Franklin 3, Covington 0 Div. IV State Championship: Sat., June 8, 1 p.m.

Baseball State Tournament Pairings Huntington Park, Columbus Home team is listed first.

Division I State Semfinal No. 19 Aurora (28-4) vs. No. 2 Cin. Arch. Moeller (28-2), Sat., June 8, 10 a.m.

Gahanna Lincoln (22-9) vs. No. 17 Clev. St. Ignatius (26-6), Sat., June 8, 1 p.m.

Div. I Championship Game: Sun., June 9, 3 p.m.

Division II State Semifinal Defiance 5, Akr. Hoban 1 Plain City Jonathan Alder 11, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 1 Div. II Championship Game: Sat., June 8, 7 p.m.

Division III State Semfinal Bloom-Carroll 3, Hamilton Badin 2 Wheelersburg 2, Youngs. Ursuline 0 Div. III Championship Game: Sat., June 8, 4 p.m.

Division IV State Semfinal New Middletown Spring. 13, Defiance Tinora 7 Newark Cath. 9, Convoy Crestview 1 Div. IV Championship Game: Sun., June 9, noon.

NHL Playoff Glance All Times EDT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Pittsburgh 0 Saturday, June 1: Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Monday, June 3: Boston 6, Pittsburgh 1 Wednesday, June 5: Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Friday, June 7: Boston 1, Pittsburgh 0, Boston wins series 4-0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles vs. Chicago Saturday, June 1: Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday, June 2: Chicago 4, Los Angeles 2 Tuesday, June 4: Los Angeles 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, June 6: Chicago 3, Los Angeles 2, Chicago leads series 3-1 Saturday, June 8: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Monday, June 10: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 12: Los Angeles at Chicago, TBD

Softball State Tournament Pairings Firestone Stadium, Akron Home teams listed first Division I State Semifinal Note: all of Friday’s semifinal games will be played 60 minutes after the previous game ends N. Can. Hoover 15, Mentor 3 Elyria 5, Mason 0 Div. I State Championship: Sat., June 8, 10 a.m.

Division II State Semifinal

NBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT NBA FINALS Miami vs. San Antonio Thursday, June 6: San Antonio 92, Miami 88, Spurs lead series 1-0 Sunday, June 9: San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11: Miami at San Antonio 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 13: Miami at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 16: Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

HOCKEY

BASKETBALL

Saturday, June 8, 2013 x-Tuesday, June 18: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 20: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through June 4 1. Jimmie Johnson ........................473 2. Carl Edwards.............................443 3. Clint Bowyer...............................423 4. Matt Kenseth..............................399 5. Kevin Harvick.............................399 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. .....................398 7. Kasey Kahne .............................392 8. Kyle Busch.................................374 9. Paul Menard ..............................371 10. Brad Keselowski......................369 11. Jeff Gordon..............................361 12. Aric Almirola ............................354 13. Greg Biffle................................353 14. Martin Truex Jr. ........................343 15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ................343 16. Tony Stewart ............................338 17. Kurt Busch...............................337 18. Joey Logano............................335 19. Jamie McMurray, .....................332 20. Ryan Newman.........................323

GOLF PGA-St Jude Classic Scores Friday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn.

Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70 Second Round a-denotes amateur Harris English.....................66-64—130 Shawn Stefani....................67-65—132 Paul Haley II .......................67-68—135 Scott Stallings.....................67-68—135 Davis Love III......................66-70—136 Glen Day.............................66-70—136 Justin Hicks ........................67-69—136 Doug LaBelle II ..................70-66—136 Nicholas Thompson...........67-69—136 Jason Bohn ........................67-70—137 Ben Crane ..........................69-68—137 Dustin Johnson ..................67-70—137 Stuart Appleby ...................66-71—137 Luke Guthrie.......................70-67—137 Eric Meierdierks .................68-69—137 Chez Reavie.......................69-68—137 Roberto Castro ..................68-69—137 Bob Estes...........................68-69—137 Boo Weekley ......................68-69—137 Ian Poulter ..........................69-68—137 Camilo Villegas...................69-68—137 Martin Flores ......................66-72—138 Scott Brown........................69-69—138 Rory Sabbatini ...................69-69—138 Peter Hanson .....................67-71—138 Patrick Reed.......................69-69—138 John Rollins........................67-71—138 Billy Mayfair ........................68-70—138 Russell Knox ......................70-68—138 D.J.Trahan ..........................69-69—138 Charles Howell III...............71-67—138 Phil Mickelson ....................71-67—138 David Toms.........................67-71—138 Stephen Ames ...................70-68—138 Robert Karlsson.................69-69—138 George Coetzee ................71-67—138 Jim Herman........................69-69—138 Brendon de Jonge .............70-69—139 Robert Streb.......................72-67—139 Ryan Palmer.......................72-67—139 Jonathan Byrd....................70-69—139 Arjun Atwal .........................71-68—139 Tim Petrovic........................67-72—139 Nick O'Hern........................68-71—139 Andres Gonzales ...............71-68—139 Joe Affrunti .........................68-71—139 Kevin Stadler ......................69-70—139 Padraig Harrington.............69-70—139 Vaughn Taylor.....................72-67—139 John Daly ...........................71-69—140 Justin Leonard....................69-71—140 Billy Horschel......................71-69—140 John Merrick.......................69-71—140 Scott Verplank ....................74-66—140 Jeff Maggert .......................69-71—140 David Hearn .......................69-71—140 Jerry Kelly...........................69-71—140 Brian Davis.........................69-71—140 Brandt Jobe........................69-71—140 Brendon Todd.....................69-71—140 Kevin Sutherland................70-71—141 Steve Flesch.......................69-72—141 Russell Henley ...................68-73—141 Mark Wilson........................70-71—141 Jeff Overton........................69-72—141 Brad Fritsch ........................68-73—141 Tag Ridings.........................70-71—141 Tom Gillis ............................72-69—141 Ben Kohles.........................71-70—141 Brian Gay............................70-71—141 Gary Woodland..................69-72—141 J.J. Henry............................69-72—141 Robert Allenby ...................71-70—141 Chad Campbell..................70-71—141 Nathan Green ....................66-75—141 Cameron Tringale...............71-70—141 Lee Williams.......................72-69—141 Failed to qualify James Hahn.......................71-71—142 George McNeill ..................74-68—142 Jason Kokrak......................71-71—142 Seung-Yul Noh...................71-71—142 Ross Fisher........................70-72—142 Chase Seiffert ....................71-71—142 Henrik Norlander................72-70—142 Bud Cauley.........................72-70—142 Will Claxton ........................72-70—142 Ken Duke............................70-73—143 Ryuji Imada ........................72-71—143 Brandt Snedeker................70-73—143 Joe Durant..........................72-71—143 Greg Owen.........................69-74—143 William McGirt....................70-73—143 Freddie Jacobson ..............70-73—143 Casey Wittenberg ..............71-72—143 Chip Deason ......................73-70—143 Scott Gardiner....................71-72—143 Bill Lunde............................70-74—144 Woody Austin .....................69-75—144 Scott Langley......................72-72—144 Andrew Svoboda ...............74-70—144 Jimmy Walker.....................72-72—144 Matt Jones..........................69-75—144 Trevor Immelman ...............70-74—144 Lee Janzen.........................70-74—144 Fabian Gomez....................72-72—144 Brendan Steele ..................70-74—144 Shaun Micheel ...................71-73—144 Alistair Presnell...................70-74—144 Steve LeBrun .....................71-73—144 Cameron Percy..................73-71—144 Aaron Watkins....................71-73—144 Trent Whitekiller..................74-70—144 Paul Goydos.......................73-72—145 Gary Christian....................73-72—145 Jin Park...............................71-74—145 Bobby Gates ......................74-71—145 Chris DiMarco ....................73-72—145 Bryce Molder......................73-72—145 Heath Slocum ....................74-71—145 a-Guan Tianlang ................73-72—145 Joe Ogilvie..........................71-75—146 Troy Matteson.....................73-73—146 Scott McCarron..................74-72—146 Brian Harman.....................73-73—146 Aaron Baddeley .................69-77—146 Tommy Gainey ...................73-73—146 Cameron Beckman............72-74—146 David Mathis.......................75-71—146 Justin Bolli...........................71-75—146 Derek Ernst ........................73-74—147 Dicky Pride .........................73-74—147 Ricky Barnes......................75-72—147 Jeff Gove ............................71-76—147 Donald Constable ..............73-74—147

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Tim Clark............................69-79—148 Morgan Hoffmann..............73-75—148 Cody Gribble ......................71-77—148 Charlie Holland ..................73-75—148 D.A. Points ..........................74-74—148 Tim Herron .........................69-79—148 D.H. Lee..............................75-73—148 a-Steven Fox ......................74-75—149 Steve Marino ......................74-75—149 Rod Pampling.....................75-74—149 Matthew NeSmith ..............73-76—149 Sean O'Hair........................74-76—150 Michael Letzig ....................76-75—151 Darron Stiles.......................77-74—151 Steven Bowditch ................73-78—151 Colt Knost...........................75-77—152 Michael Bradley..................78-74—152 David Duval........................75-77—152 Scott Moran........................75-78—153 Vince Covello .....................77-78—155 Champions Tour-Regions Tradition Scores Friday At Shoal Creek Birmingham, Ala. Purse: $2.2 milliion Yardage: 7,231; Par 72 (36-36) Second Round Duffy Waldorf......................67-68—135 Jeff Sluman ........................65-71—136 Rod Spittle..........................71-66—137 Michael Allen......................68-69—137 Mark Calcavecchia ............68-69—137 Fred Couples......................66-71—137 David Frost .........................68-70—138 Mike Goodes......................70-68—138 Loren Roberts....................69-69—138 Peter Senior........................67-71—138 Bart Bryant .........................69-69—138 John Cook..........................70-68—138 David Eger..........................69-70—139 Scott Hoch..........................72-67—139 Russ Cochran ....................71-68—139 Esteban Toledo...................70-69—139 Fred Funk ...........................72-67—139 Morris Hatalsky ..................71-68—139 Bob Tway ............................69-71—140 Jim Thorpe .........................72-68—140 Tom Lehman ......................69-71—140 Tom Jenkins .......................69-72—141 Willie Wood.........................71-70—141 Barry Lane..........................70-71—141 Kirk Triplett ..........................71-70—141 Steve Elkington ..................71-70—141 Gene Sauers......................72-69—141 Neal Lancaster...................75-67—142 Jeff Hart..............................73-69—142 Corey Pavin........................68-74—142 Kenny Perry........................69-73—142 Larry Mize...........................72-70—142 Jay Don Blake....................71-71—142 Jay Haas.............................71-71—142 Mike Reid............................72-71—143 Joe Daley............................71-72—143 Jim Gallagher, Jr. ...............70-73—143 Mark McNulty.....................69-74—143 Rocco Mediate...................72-71—143 Mark O'Meara ....................73-70—143 Mark Mouland....................70-73—143 Scott Simpson....................71-72—143 Steve Pate ..........................72-71—143 Bruce Vaughan...................71-72—143 Mark Brooks.......................70-73—143 Dan Forsman .....................71-73—144 Peter Jacobsen ..................73-71—144 Chien Soon Lu...................70-74—144 Wayne Levi.........................73-71—144 Bernhard Langer................71-73—144 Don Pooley.........................73-71—144 Bill Glasson ........................72-73—145 Tom Pernice Jr. ..................70-75—145 Dick Mast............................69-76—145 Jerry Pate ...........................74-71—145 Blaine McCallister ..............72-73—145 Hal Sutton...........................73-72—145 Roger Chapman ................70-76—146 Mark Wiebe........................69-77—146 Bruce Fleisher....................73-73—146 Tom Kite..............................74-72—146 Craig Stadler ......................71-75—146 Chip Beck...........................72-75—147 Hale Irwin............................71-76—147 Gene Jones........................71-76—147 Andrew Magee...................73-74—147 Jim Rutledge ......................75-73—148 Bobby Wadkins ..................71-77—148 Larry Nelson.......................78-71—149 Joel Edwards......................74-75—149 Bobby Clampett .................74-75—149 Sandy Lyle..........................78-72—150 Bob Gilder ..........................69-81—150 Gary Hallberg.....................80-70—150 Tom Purtzer........................74-77—151 Brad Faxon.........................77-74—151 Gil Morgan..........................74-78—152 Dana Quigley .....................74-80—154 Jeff Freeman ......................79-81—160 LPGA Tour-Wegmans Championship Scores Friday At Locust Hill Country Club Pittsford, N.Y. Purse: 2.25 million Yardage: 6,534; Par 72 (35-37) First Round a-denotes amateur Chella Choi...........................30-37—67 Morgan Pressel....................35-33—68 Jiyai Shin ..............................34-34—68 Brittany Lincicome................33-36—69 Jessica Korda.......................33-37—70 Se Ri Pak..............................34-36—70 Chie Arimura ........................35-36—71 Laura Davies ........................35-36—71 Mi Jung Hur..........................33-38—71 Ilhee Lee...............................36-35—71 Catriona Matthew.................35-36—71 Anna Nordqvist.....................36-35—71 Angela Stanford ...................36-35—71 Lexi Thompson.....................35-36—71 Amy Yang..............................37-34—71 Na Yeon Choi........................34-38—72 Jeong Jang...........................33-39—72 Eun-Hee Ji............................34-38—72 Inbee Park ............................34-38—72 Suzann Pettersen.................35-37—72 Pornanong Phatlum.............36-36—72 Sarah Jane Smith ................36-36—72 Yani Tseng ............................36-36—72 Danah Bordner.....................36-37—73 Nicole Castrale.....................35-38—73 Vicky Hurst ...........................37-36—73 Haeji Kang............................34-39—73 Jennie Lee............................36-37—73 Pernilla Lindberg ..................36-37—73 Kristy McPherson.................34-39—73 Sun Young Yoo......................35-38—73 Sandra Changkija ................39-35—74 Shanshan Feng....................37-37—74 Lisa Grimes ..........................38-36—74 Felicity Johnson....................35-39—74 Moriya Jutanugarn...............36-38—74 Lorie Kane............................35-39—74 Christina Kim........................37-37—74 Amelia Lewis ........................37-37—74 Stacy Lewis ..........................36-38—74 Caroline Masson..................36-38—74 Lisa McCloskey....................37-37—74 Ai Miyazato...........................35-39—74 Paola Moreno.......................38-36—74 Becky Morgan ......................36-38—74 Jane Park..............................37-37—74 Beatriz Recari.......................36-38—74 Hee Kyung Seo....................34-40—74 Carlota Ciganda...................36-39—75 Laura Diaz ............................37-38—75 Lauren Doughtie ..................38-37—75 Moira Dunn...........................34-41—75 Paz Echeverria .....................37-38—75 Breanna Elliott......................39-36—75 Mina Harigae........................36-39—75 Amy Hung.............................35-40—75 Jennifer Johnson..................36-39—75 Danielle Kang.......................38-37—75