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Skater has a vision Rowlands campaigns for new skate park

Playin’ with paddles Those looking for a relaxing and fun adventure this summer need only to pick up an oar.

For those looking for fun in the sun and some water, there is a plethora of options open to outdoor adventurers on the Great Miami River and other rivers by way of a short drive.

BY CECILIA FOX For the Troy Daily News ceciliaafox@gmail.com Cody Rowlands is a young man on a mission; a mission to make Tipp City a safer place to skate.

His plan is simple: build a new skate park in Tipp City. He has been working for the past year and now he’s on the verge of making his vision a reality.

Rowlands, who moved to Tipp City from Connecticut nearly 10 years ago, has been skating for seven years. He’s been sponsored by multiple skating companies, he’s toured with Skaters of Christ, and he is an ambassador for Skate for Peace. He also hosts a skate night on Tuesdays at Ginghamsburg Church and teaches skateboarding lessons to local kids.

So when Rowlands says there’s something wrong with the Kyle Park skate park, he knows what he’s talking about.

“At first Kyle Park was just a good place to go and do what I do, but after a while I started to realize, as I got better, I realized how dangerous the park was and how run down it was,” Rowlands said.

The skate park at Kyle Park consists of some rusty metal ramps and rails, which Rowlands says are prone to “disappearing.”

Holes pockmark the asphalt surface, holes that could easily catch the small wheels of skateboards and scooters and cause accidents. Trash and broken glass litter the park.

“At first I didn’t think much of it; I didn’t think much would come. But I thought, you know what, the least I could do is raise awareness,” Rowlands said.

Coming Sunday in the Miami Valley Sunday News.

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More women riding bikes NEW YORK (AP) — Cris Baldwin was 7 when she commandeered her brother’s minibike on their Wisconsin dairy farm and first felt the wind in her face. More than 250,000 miles and 42 years later, it’s still two wheels and a gas tank for the school administrator.

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No relief from heat DETROIT (AP) — When the air conditioner stopped in Ashley Jackson’s Southfield, Mich., home, so too did normal conversations and nightly rest. See

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INSIDE TODAY Advice ............................8 Calendar.........................3 Classified......................11 Comics ...........................9 Deaths ............................5 Oliver Risner David Lee McMaken Sr. Carol Jean Friend M. Lorraine Melcher Opinion ...........................4 Racing ..........................14 Religion ..........................6 Sports...........................15 TV...................................8

Cody Rowlands, front, along with his brother, Dallas, frequent the Skate Park in Troy.

According to Parks Superintendent Jim Asher, the Kyle Park skate park was built as a temporary solution. About 10 years ago, a skate park committee was formed and local

skaters and city officials got together to discuss possibilities.

At the time, there was no room for a large, permanent skate park anywhere in Tipp City, so the commit-

Country music singer Jake Owen performs for the crowd Friday evening during the Country Concert in Fort Loramie.

The music and camping festival concludes today with a full lineup of country music entertainers.

Scheduled to take the stage today are Ashton Shepherd, Craig Campbell, Jerrod Niemann, Sara Evans, Luke Bryan and headliner Blake Shelton.

Today Very hot and humid High: 104° Low: 75° Sunday T-storms High: 90° Low: 75°

Complete weather information on Page 10.

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Dallas Rowlands performs a manuever at the Skate Park in Troy recently while brother, Cody, watches in the background. “He’s been wicked supportive,” Cody said while discussing the idea of the skate park in Tipp City.

Jake Owen takes Country Concert stage

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U.S. adds 80,000 jobs; jobless rate static

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tee agreed on a temporary park with moveable equipment in Kyle Park. It was agreed that, if that park

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job machine has jammed. Again.

The economy added only 80,000 jobs in June, the government said Friday, erasing any doubt that the United States is in a summer slump for the third year in a row.

“Let’s just agree: This number stinks,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at the investment firm BTIG. It was the third consecutive month of weak job growth.

From April through June, the economy produced an average of just 75,000 jobs a month, the weakest three months since August through October 2010.

The unemployment rate stayed at 8.2 percent — a recession-level figure, even though the Great Recession has technically been over for three years.

The numbers could hurt President Barack Obama’s odds for re-election. Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican nominee, said they showed that Obama, in three and a half years on the job, had not “gotten America working again.”

“And the president is going to have to stand up and take responsibility for it,” Romney said in Wolfeboro, N.H. “This kick in the gut has got to end.”

Obama, on a two-day bus tour through the contested states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, focused on private companies, which added 84,000 jobs in June, and took a longer view of the economic recovery.

“Businesses have created 4.4 million new jobs over the past 28 months, including 500,000 new manufacturing jobs,” the president said. “That’s a step in the right direction.”

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Troy finds Piqua water decision disappointing

BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com Troy Director of Public Service and Safety Patrick Titterington said he was disappointed that Piqua City Commission decided Tuesday to move ahead on building its own water treatment plant rather than enter a joint venture with the city of Troy.

Piqua’s current 87-year-old plant does not meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines and quality standards.

Independent research funded by both parties — conducted by Cincinnatibased RA Consultants — found that the joint venture would save water customers substantial money

TROY in the short and long run in both Troy and Piqua.

According to data provided by the study, Piqua would see water rates increase 197 percent — versus 89 percent under the joint venture — five years after building a new plant. Troy’s rates will increase 23 percent under the status quo, versus 12 percent under the joint venture. By 2035, the increases for Piqua to build a new plant — and Troy to maintain the status quo — will stand at 814 percent for Piqua and 52 percent for Troy, in comparison to 241 percent (Piqua) and 39

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

Corn Month Bid June 7.2500 N/C 12 6.6300 J/F/M 13 6.7500 Soybeans June 15.5700 N/C 12 14.5100 J/F/M 13 14.6150 Wheat 8.0600 June N/C 13 7.7800

Change -0.1350 -0.1550 -0.1575 -0.1575 -0.2075 -0.2150 -0.3175 -0.2650

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• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Friday.

AA CAG CSCO EMR F FITB FLS GM GR ITW JCP KMB KO KR LLTC MCD MSFG PEP PPMIQ SYX TUP USB VZ WEN WMT

8.73 25.72 16.77 45.16 9.50 13.38 116.26 20.31 127.12 52.06 22.13 83.91 78.15 22.80 30.85 89.66 12.03 70.22 0.03 12.37 55.26 32.01 44.42 4.76 71.36

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• Wall Street The Dow Jones industrial average fell 124.20 points, or 1 percent, to 12,772.47. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 12.90 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,354.68. The Nasdaq composite index fell 38.79 points, or 1.3 percent, to 2,937.33.

• Oil and Gas Benchmark U.S. crude dropped by $2.77, or 3.2 percent, Friday to end the week at $84.45 per barrel in New York.

Brent crude, which helps set the price of imported crude used to make gasoline, fell by $2.51, or 2.5 percent, to end the day at $98.19 per barrel in London.

The price of natural gas fell 17 cents to finish at $2.78 per 1,000 cubic feet in New York. In other futures trading, heating oil fell by 6 cents to end at $2.71 per gallon, and gasoline futures gave up 5 cents to finish at $2.72 per gallon.

— Staff and wire reports

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Obama signs student loan, road-building bill WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday maintaining jobs on transportation projects and preventing interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, saying it would “make a real difference” for millions of Americans.

Obama, flanked by unemployed construction workers, college students and members of Congress at the White House, said he was hopeful that “this bipartisan spirit spills over into the next phase”

on measures to boost the economy.

“There’s no excuse for inaction when there are so many Americans still trying to get back on their feet,” Obama said. He said the transportation and education measures “will make a real difference in the lives of millions of Americans.”

Obama signed the bill following a two-day bus trip through parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Congress approved the legislation last week after Obama made the expiring

student loan interest rates an issue for months, appealing to college students and young voters who are a key constituency for his re-election campaign. The legislation served as an election-year battle over which party is best equipped to help voters grapple with a sluggish economy, the top issue.

The bill allows more than $100 billion to be spent on highway, mass transit and other transportation programs during the next two years. The projects would have

Facebook. You sent emails and talked to your friends and neighbors. And in the end, your voices made all the difference,” Plouffe wrote.

The bill included unrelated measures dealing with Asian carp, roll-yourown tobacco and federal timber aid. It consolidates federal transportation programs, giving states more flexibility in spending money from Washington.

It also includes safety initiatives including requirements aimed at enhancing bus safety.

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“Cody is the first person to approach us about building a new park since 2000,” said Asher.

But the Kyle Park skate park hasn’t seen much action in recent years because, according to Rowlands, it’s not safe to use.

So Rowlands began a petition on Change.org and created a Facebook page calling for a new skate park in Tipp City. He also has a YouTube channel where he posts videos about his plans for a new park.

His plan is to build a new, concrete park. There are many advantages to a concrete skate park, Rowlands said. Concrete doesn’t rust and it can’t be stolen. It’s strong and safe and it’s much quieter than metal equipment.

One video interviews kids who come to skate night at Ginghamsburg Church and their parents, who all agree that the Kyle Park skate park is no place

for anyone to skate. Another of Rowlands’ videos documents all of the “no skateboarding” signs in the city and asks the question “if not here, then where?”

Then Rowlands started contacting skate park designers, on the off chance that he might get a response. And he did. Spohn Ranch, a California-based company that specializes in building skate parks, contacted Rowlands and offered their support.

“It was definitely a clear sign that this was something I had to do,” he said.

“They’ve been huge on support. Without their support this would be impossible.”

Rowlands has also met with Mayor Dee Gillis and Councilman Bryan Budding, who he said seemed very supportive of his vision.

In March, Parks Advisory board Chairman Patrick Hodges addressed Rowlands’ petition, saying that he was disappointed by the accusations, which he thought false. Others on the board said that they rarely see the skate park in use.

But in May, when Rowlands appeared in person to make his case, the board members changed their minds.

He used the example of asking skateboarders to

build a football field. The skateboarders might think it looks fine, but any football player would know that it wasn’t built correctly. He presented the board with his plans, and explained that a new, concrete park would be safer for skaters.

“They were really impressed and they actually loved the idea,” Rowlands said. His three-minute presentation turned out to be 20 minutes long.

He has since had a meeting with Tipp City Parks Superintendent Asher and they have agreed on a likely location for the new park: the site of the old baseball fields by the aquatic center.

“The area I wanted to have is the same area he had in mind. I thought that would be a great place, because the bike trail provides a safe, positive commute,” he said. He added that the location may help to boost ticket sales at the aquatic center, saying that there’s nothing better than a swim after a day of skating.

Because there is currently no money in the city’s budget for a new skate park, Rowlands will have to do the fundraising himself.

If he can raise the money he needs to design and con-

struct the park, his next step will be to present his final design to the Parks Board for review, said Asher.

He’s thinking about organizing a concert to raise funds and awareness for the park. A DJ friend of Rowlands says he knows a few bands that’d be willing to play for free for a good cause.

Rowlands isn’t just seeking monetary donations, but also building supplies such as concrete.

He hopes that the process moves quickly, but he knows that it could take years.

“It isn’t just for me, though. It’s for everyone in Tipp City. It’s about bringing people together,” said Rowlands. “When I moved from Connecticut to Tipp it didn’t feel like home. I’ve been here for 10 years and it just never felt like home.

But as soon as I got involved in this, Tipp City started to become my new home.”

To support Rowlands’ cause, find him on Facebook, either his own or the page “Tipp City Needs a New Skate Park,” on YouTube (as CodyJohnRowlands), and at the website http://codyrowlands.wix.com/keep-tipphealthy.

asset. Many, many factors went with (the decision).”

The vast majority of Piqua residents supported the meeting’s outcome, she added.

“Nine out of 10 Piqua citizens really wanted us to build our own plant. We’ve had many calls thanking us,” Fess said.

Titterington said the unknowns cited by Piqua’s commissioners could have been addressed had Piqua waited to make a decision after a joint meeting between the two cities took place, as had been tentatively planned. But he said the conversation is not necessarily finished.

“From our perspective, we don’t think the door is closed and locked on that

issue,” Titterington said. “It is still a much more viable alternative.”

Fess said Piqua commissioners are unlikely to change their stance, however.

“We’re glad to have the decision behind us. It’s been a long and difficult process to make the determination,” Fess said. “I don’t think there’s any going back and reversing the decision.”

Still, findings of the study will be presented by RA Consultants at a public meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, Titterington said. A location still needs to be finalized.

Piqua and Troy each paid $70,000 to fund the water system study. Titterington said in an email that he

would like to compile a list of water customers and businesses in both cities so all affected people will be invited.

Titterington called the joint venture an “excellent investment” and said it would have been a prime example of regionalism, which Ohio Gov. John Kasich has encouraged across the state of Ohio.

Though the study cost Troy $70,000 from its water fund — which is paid for by water customers — Titterington said it was entirely worth it.

“It’s still money well spent, because had we not had someone analyze it, we would have been criticized (by water customers) for letting an opportunity go,” he said.

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But Piqua city commissioners and the mayor spoke in favor of building a new plant at the Tuesday meeting, saying the proposed joint water supply utility had too many unknowns.

“Financially, it made more sense for us because it wasn’t much more to build our own and then we will have the asset in the future,” Piqua Mayor Lucy Fess said in a phone interview Friday.

“The way our figures come down, it would have been close; we would have seen rate increases either way.

Probably would have been cheaper if we had gone with Troy, but we wanted the

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ANNOUNCEMENT The Troy City Auditor would like to announce the completion and availability of the 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the year ending December 31, 2011.

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The Labor Department’s report on job creation and unemployment is the most closely watched monthly indicator of the U.S. economy. There are four reports remaining before Election Day, including one on Friday, Nov. 2, four days before Americans vote.

No president since World War II has faced re-election with unemployment over 8 percent. It was 7.8 percent when Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Ronald Reagan faced 7.2 percent unemployment in 1984 and trounced Walter Mondale.

Patrick Sims, director of research at the consulting firm Hamilton Place Strategies, said that “time has run out” for unemployment to fall below 8 percent

by Election Day. That would require an average of about 220,000 jobs a month from July through October more like the economy’s performance from January through March, when it averaged 226,000 per month.

Few economic analysts expect anything close to that.

“The labor market is treading water,” said Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. She called it an “ongoing, severe crisis for the American work force.”

The Labor Department report put investors in a sour mood.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 124 points. Industrial and materials companies, which depend on economic growth, were among the stocks that fell the most. The price of oil fell $2.77 per barrel to $84.45.

Money flowed instead into U.S. Treasurys, which investors perceive as safer than stocks when the economy is weakening. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to 1.54 percent, from 1.59 percent on Thursday.

Investors were already worried about a debt crisis that has gripped Europe for almost three years and recent signals that the powerhouse economy of China is slowing.

Earlier this week, the European Central Bank and the central bank of China cut interest rates in hopes of encouraging people and businesses to borrow and spend money.

For American investors, however, the jobs report fell into an uncomfortable middle ground.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised last month that the Federal Reserve would take additional steps to help the economy “if we’re not seeing a sustained improvement in the labor market.”

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It also keeps interest rates of 3.4 percent for subsidized Stafford loans for undergraduates. If Congress hadn’t acted, the rate would have doubled beginning July 1 for an estimated 7.4 million students expected to get new loans this year, adding an extra $1,000 to the average cost of each loan.

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p.m. in the Municipal building.

• Brown Township Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building in Conover.

• The Union Township Trustees will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497 Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura.

Call 698-4480 for more information.

• FIRWORKS RESCHEDULED: Due to the severe storms Sunday, Community the village of Christiansburg was unable Calendar to present its fireworks show. They will be today, CONTACT US starting with music and concessions at 7 p.m. and the fireworks show at dusk.

Call Melody • FARMERS MARKET: Vallieu at TUESDAY Downtown Troy Farmers 440-5265 to Market will be from 9 a.m. to noon on South Cherry • BIRTHDAY PARTY: list your free Street, just off West Main The American Legion Post calendar Street. The market will No. 586, Tipp City, will host items.You include fresh produce, its quarterly birthday party artisan cheeses, baked at 6 p.m. Members with can send goods, eggs, organic milk, birthdays in July, August your news by e-mail to maple syrup, flowers, and September will be recvallieu@tdnpublishing.com. ognized. Birthday cake will crafts, prepared food and entertainment. For free be provided, as well as parking, enter off West table service. Come and Franklin Street. Contact offer congratulations and Troy Main Street at 339-5455 for informa- bring a covered dish to share. The celetion or visit www.troymainstreet.org. bration, usually held on the third Tuesday, • CREATURE FEATURE: The has been moved to the second Tuesday American kestrel will be the Creature due to a scheduling conflict.

Feature topic at 2 p.m. at Brukner Nature Civic agendas Center. The continent’s smallest falcon is • The village of West Milton Council common in Ohio and can often be seen will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council champerched on telephone wires or fence bers. posts near open fields as they watch for food. The event is free with paid admisWEDNESDAY sion to the building.

• FISH FRY: The Troy VFW Post 5436 • STATE OF HOSPITAL: The joint will offer an all-you-can-eat fish fry from chambers of Covington, Piqua, Tipp City 2-6 p.m. for $7. and Troy will offer a The State of the • FARM WALK: A farm walk, “Water, Hospital/Health Care luncheon at noon at Water Everywhere,” will be offered at 2:30 the Piqua Country Club, 9812 Country p.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center Farm, Club Road, Piqua. Registration will be at 9101 Frederick Pike, Dayton. Cool off 11:30 a.m. The cost is $15 per person, from the summer heat and play some payable at the door. Reservations are farm water games. Learn to take water required by calling 339-8769. Speakers from the springhouse to the barn and will include Tom Parker, president and rally round the garden with water using CEO of UVMC, and Brian Bucklew, presithe rain barrel. Give the pigs a splash of dent and CEO of the Greater Dayton water to cool off and relax afterwards with Area Hospital Association. a cold glass of lemonade.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis

SUNDAY • FISHING DERBY: Children ages 617 from Miami County and the surrounding area are invited to the NWTF’s Jakes Event at the Troy Fish and Game, 2618 Lefevre Road, Troy. Participants can experience adult-supervised, sporting events that let them take aim in archery.

Also, they can fish in a lake that is stocked with large catfish just for the event. All activities, including outdoor educational stations, are free. The annual event is sponsored by the Miami County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Troy Fish and Game and the Ohio Division of Natural Resources. The local Miami County Pheasants Forever Chapter is lending support. Events start at 10 a.m. and the fishing derby starts at 1 p.m. and will run until 2:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in several fishing categories. Participants also will receive a free membership in the NWTF. Pre-registration is encouraged at http://www.showclix.com/event/NWTFJAKESEvent or by calling (888) 71-TICKETS. Troy Fish and Game members can sign up at the club house.

• FULL BREAKFAST: The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 586, Tipp City, will serve a full breakfast for $6 from 8-11 a.m. Items available will be eggs, bacon, toast sausage, pancakes,waffles, sausage gravy, biscuits, hash browns, juices, fruit and cinnamon rolls.

• INSECT WALK: Join an Aullwood naturalist at 2:30 p.m. for a leisurely walk to discover some of the many fascinating insects that live there. The center is located at 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

MONDAY • SOCIETY TO MEET: The Covington Newberry Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. at the Fort Rowdy Museum, 101 Pearl St. For more information, call 4732270.

• BOOK SPINE POETRY: Looking for a new creative writing exercise? Learn about the endless possibilities with book spine poetry at 6:30 p.m. at the TroyMiami County Library. The poetry workshop group will browse the bookshelves in the library and rearrange the spines of book titles to create new poetry. Play with the sounds of words and select books on a suggested theme or create your own.

When participants are finished, staff will take photos of the poems and post them on the website.

• NOON OPTIMIST: the Troy Noon Optimist will meet at noon at the Tin Roof restaurant, 439 N. Elm St., Troy. The speaker will be Kirt Wright of the Troy D.A.R.E. program.

• LOADED POTATO: The American Legion Post 586, Tipp City, will offer a loaded baked potato for $3.50, salad bar for $3.50 or $6 for both from 6-7:30 p.m.

• BOE MEETING: The Miami East Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. at the high school.

Civic agendas • The Tipp City Parks Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tipp City Government Center.

• Covington Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

• The Police and Fire Committee of Village Council will meet at 6 p.m. prior to the council meeting.

• Laura Village Council will meet at 7

Township residents warned about scam For the Troy Daily News

BETHEL TWP.

The Miami County Sheriff’s Office would like to alert Bethel Township residents of a scam involving driveway repair.

A local contractor has been contacting residents in Bethel Township who had their driveways damaged during the installation of the sanitary line in the State Route 202/Phoneton area.

The contractor offers to repair the damage and bills the resident, telling the resident they can take the receipt to the county for reimbursement.

The sheriff’s office has contacted the local contractor and warned them that

should any more complaints be received a fraud complaint would be initiated.

The county has authorized only the following two contractors to complete the driveway repairs: Smith Paving of Norwalk, Ohio, and Friestetler Paving of Sidney. No other vendors are authorized to complete the repairs at county expense.

Should residents have any questions or concerns, contact the Miami County Sanitary Engineer’s Office or the Bethel Township administrator.

Energy summit to be focus of town hall meeting July 10 For the Troy Daily News

TROY

Miami County Liberty and Americans for Ohio and will join Sen. Rob Prosperity will host an Portman in Washington, Ohio Energy Summit on D.C., if elected.

Following Mandel’s July 10 at Club 55 in Troy.

The event, which will remarks, Miami County open for registration at 6 Liberty will host a number p.m., will feature Ohio of different speakers from Americans for Treasurer and Prosperity, the U.S. Senate candiOhio Coal date Josh Mandel Association as the opening and the Ohio speaker, followed Petroleum numerous by Institute. Seth speakers other Morgan, the Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. from Ohio energy Ohio policy at the Troy Country Club. The speaker will companies. director, and Mandel will be Doug Christian speaking on Katie Eagan, “Forgotten Communities of Miami meet and greet County.” For more information, contact the Ohio state attendees at 6:30 MANDEL Kim Riber, vice president, at 339-8935. director for p.m. and then dis• STAUNTON LUNCHEON: The cuss his efforts to make Americans for Prosperity, Staunton School alumni luncheon will be America an independent will host the town hall at 11:30 a.m. at Friendly’s Restaurant in energy producer once meeting. Doug Matheney, Troy. Anyone having graduated or attend- again. Mandel is running director of outreach for the ed the school is invited to attend. for the U.S. Senate from Ohio Coal Association and

• BOE MEETING: The Newton Local Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Newton School Board of Education Room.

THURSDAY • CLASSMATE LUNCH: The classmates of the 1961 Piqua Central High School will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. at The Backyard Bistro, 1876 Commerce Drive, Piqua. Participants will order from the menu. Spouses or significant others also invited to attend, and no reservations are required.

• COMMITTEE MEETING: The Fort Rowdy Gathering will have a committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Covington City Building.

• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will guide walkers as they experience the seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

Civic agenda • The Lostcreek Township Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m. at Lostcreek Township Building, Casstown.

BIRTH

Daughter welcomed Amelia Anne Todd was born at 8:22 p.m. June 18, 2012, at Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, to Jason and Amber Todd of Kettering.

She was 20 1/2 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces.

Maternal grandparents are Mark and Debra Rosenberg of Great Bend, Kansas, and paternal grandparents are Lonnie and Sue Todd of Washington Township.

AREA BRIEFS

Limb pick up to continue in Tipp City TIPP CITY — Due to the unusual high winds and storm damage on June 29 and July 1, the city of Tipp City will pick up city residents’ downed tree limbs

and branches through July 13.

Residents will need to cut the branches into reasonable lengths and place them at the curb for pick up. Residents are asked to not block the sidewalk or permit the branches to stick out into the street.

OHIO BRIEFS

Patrol arrests hundreds

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio state officials say more than 250 people have • CONCERT SERIES: Troy’s Summer been arrested for impaired Concert Series continues with The Fries driving during a two-day Band at 7:30 p.m. on Prouty Plaza in period over the Fourth of downtown Troy. The Fries Band is an July holiday. acoustic-driven band that focuses on The Ohio State vocal harmonies to reproduce the sounds Highway Patrol says most of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Guests should arrests came from the bring chairs or blankets for seating. The state’s central counties. rain location is Troy Christian High School Officials marked the tally located at 700 S. Dorset Road. Visit from the start of Tuesday www.troymainstreet.org or call 339-5455 through the end of the day of the concert for location inforWednesday. mation in the event of rain.

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former Jackson County Commissioner, has experience as a coal miner in eastern Ohio.

He will address the crowd and answer questions regarding coal mining and the benefits for Ohio.

Christina Polesovsky, the associate director of the Ohio Petroleum Institute, will speak on oil and gas production in Ohio and the country. She also will answer questions about the pursuit of American energy independence and how the petroleum institute can lead the way.

A special guest speaker and expert in fracking in Ohio will address the crowd, explain the geology behind fracking and answer questions regarding those operations.

The event is free and open to the public.

Lee says temperatures inside their homes were stifling, with windows closed and no ventilation.

Lee says the homes were without power from the recent storm outages.

He said the three likely would have survived if they’d been in cooler places.

Witnesses praised the driver for maneuvering around a busy intersection, pedestrians and a strip mall, veering toward an embankment and away from traffic.

Driver steers truck into river

CLEVELAND — Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill to create a state tourism advisory board and fine-tune pieces of the private job creation entity JobsOhio.

Kasich signed the measure Thursday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying Cleveland could benefit from being able to better market itself. The measure tests a new funding mechanism for Ohio’s travel and tourism marketing over the next few years.

Kasich says it means if “you make more money, you get a piece of it” and can better promote Ohio.

It’s not clear how the funding would be divided.

The Plain Dealer reports the measure could double annual spending to promote tourism in the state.

The bill also outlines more details to shape JobsOhio as it takes over economic development duties.

AKRON — The driver of a 12-wheel dump truck sounded his horn and frantically waved his arms to • MOM AND BABY: A Mom and Baby warn bystanders as his outHeat to blame Get Together support group for breastof-control vehicle sped down feeding mothers will be from 9:30-11 a.m. an incline toward a plaza in 3 deaths at the Farmhouse located northwest of and an intersection before the main hospital entrance. The meetings COLUMBUS — An crashing into a northeast are facilitated by the lactation departOhio coroner is blaming Ohio river, witnesses said. ment. Participants can meet other moms, excessive heat for the The truck hauling about share about being a new mother and deaths of three people 15 tons of sand became sublearn more about breastfeeding and their found alone in their homes merged upside down in the babies. For more information, call 440this week.

Cuyahoga River on 4906.

Licking County Deputy Thursday. Rescuers tried Coroner Dr. Jeff Lee says unsuccessfully to get to the JULY 13-15 all three were suffering driver, 41-year-old from heart disease but died Christopher Burgess of • ART SHOW: Thirty-three exhibitors from stress caused by high Ravenna, who died at the will take part in the sixth annual art show temperatures in their scene. No other injuries in the activity center at Hoffman United houses. were reported.

Methodist Church, 201 S. Main St., West Lee said Friday that a Akron police said it Milton, Friday through Sunday. A silent man in his 70s was found appears the truck’s air auction, open to the public and featuring Monday in Newark in cen- brakes failed as it traveled pieces provided by the artists, will take place during the Preview Party on Friday, tral Ohio, and two women, down a road on a hill where one in her late 60s, the signs warn truckers to use July 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The bidding will a low gear. Police estimate end at 8 p.m. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. other in her 80s, were found Tuesday in rural the truck’s speed was about Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

50 mph. parts of the county.

Sunday.

State creates tourism board

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Tepid jobs data sets tone for showdown POLAND, Ohio (AP) — A sobering economic snapshot intensified the presidential campaign Friday, with President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney offering distinctly different views of the nation’s economic trajectory. Obama said private sector job growth “is a step in the right direction.” Romney declared the continued high unemployment a “kick in the gut.”

A stand-pat jobs report that showed a net of only 80,000 jobs created in June and an unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2 percent set a new standard from which to judge the president and for Romney to attempt to exploit just four months from Election Day. Yet even as the economy dominated, the fallout over the Supreme Court’s decision on health care and Romney’s shiftAs I ing response to it also continued to reverberate.

See It “It’s still tough out there,” Obama conceded to a campaign crowd in this small village outside of ■ The Troy Daily News Youngstown, Ohio. He noted that the private sector welcomes jobs created in June contributed to 4.4 million new columns from jobs over the past 28 months, including 500,000 our readers. To new manufacturing jobs. submit an “As I “That’s a step in the right direction,” he said. But See It” send he added: “We’ve got to grow the economy even your type-writfaster, and we have to put even more people back to ten column to: work.”

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Market St., Romney, speaking ahead of the president in New Troy, OH 45373 Hampshire, used virtually the same argument, say■ You can also ing Obama represented liberal policies that had e-mail us at been discredited. editorial@tdnpu “This kick in the gut has got to end,” Romney blishing.com. told reporters, and issued a biting indictment of the ■ Please president. include your full “American families are struggling; there’s a lot of name and telephone number. misery in America today,” he said, interrupting his vacation in New Hampshire to react to the jobs numbers. “The president’s policies have not gotten America working again. And the president is going to have to stand up and take responsibility for it.”

Obama was on the second day of a bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania, hotly contested battlegrounds whose modest economic gains he hoped to leverage into a case for his re-election.

Romney was at his lake-side vacation home amid growing anxiety among conservatives that he was not being aggressive enough and was squandering his opportunity to win in November. Republicans worry that Obama’s attacks against Romney are taking their toll on the challenger and right-leaning leaders in business and the media say he is presenting a muddled case for his presidency despite a weak economy.

“I don’t say much to critics,” Romney told reporters, noting that he has issued a 59-point economic plan to counter the president.

On his tour, Obama was promoting policies that he says have helped states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, particularly the government bailout of Chrysler and General Motors.

“We saved an auto industry. That saved hundreds of thousands of jobs here in Ohio,” Obama said in an interview with NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati that was aired Friday. “We passed a health care law that’s going to mean security for Ohioans.”

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP July 4 — Chicago Tribune on college student loans: Congress has reached a oneyear deal to keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling for millions of Americans. Republicans and Democrats said all along they wanted a deal to happen, and so did we. It would have been arbitrary and unfair to double loan rates all at once, especially with interest rates in the private sector at record lows.

This should prompt debate on a critical question, though: Do low-cost, government-guaranteed loans drive tuition and fees higher? Would college be less expensive if loans weren’t so cheap?

The research to date has not proved a causal connection between easy money and skyrocketing tuition. But that would be logical: When demand

rises and supply does not, prices rise. Government-assisted loans boost the buying power of students, but the benefit to students is limited if those loans prompt college tuition to rise.

This much we know: Demand has risen. America invests billions of dollars in financial aid every year.

Student loan debt has grown to exceed credit-card debt.

Young lives are being forever altered by the burden of rising education costs.

In 1987, then-Secretary of Education William Bennett shook up the higher-education orthodoxy by asserting that government financial aid helped to push tuition higher. The “Bennett hypothesis” is invoked in media coverage and policy debates today.

It is difficult to isolate the effect of government-based aid,

in part because there are so many higher education options and price points.

The balance sheets of Princeton and Harvard, with their huge donor-supported endowments, have little in common with those of the leastselective private schools. …

Some states are exploring alternative ways to finance an education. California, for example, might allow students to pay for their schooling by pledging a portion of their future earnings.

Congress, for now, has avoided a jolt for students with the deal on interest rates. It could help students in the long run make better decisions if it pushed for transparency by educators and a loan system based on genuine demand.

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When the lights go out, the child’s tears get bigger When it comes to technology, our family has a love-hate relationship.

Don’t get me wrong, we’ve got more than enough of the modern conveniences, a television that produces a clearer picture than even my own vision can, more computers than there are people (this one is not completely my fault, my job requires a couple of different systems), radios, iPods and even the elusive iPad 3.

We’re not well off by any means, some things were gifts from work while others we saved up more than a year for. (It also helps that my husband isn’t an Xbox or Playstation 95 fiend, as those systems, controllers and games could easily rack up one paycheck).

It seems like nowadays, however, we’re just not capable of entertaining ourselves unless we have three or four screens to stare at.

So last Friday, when the wild winds came in and swooped everything away (including our electric), things seriously took a turn for the worse when my 2year-old daughter woke from her nap and wasn’t able to watch her favorite television shows. (Don’t get confused here, we actually do limit the amount of television our little one takes in, mainly

Amanda Tonkin Troy Daily News Columnist because if was up to her she probably would never turn the boob tube off). But when she first wakes up in the morning and after her nap, we let her pick a television show to watch while she noshes on her meal.

While I’m a pretty big fan of cartoons, I have a hard time taking some of the ones directed at toddlers and little ones these days. What happened to the world of “Doug,” “Rugrats” and all the actual gems Nickelodeon produced?

Much to my dismay, my daughter decided to watch poorly-taped YouTube videos while our power was out on Friday evening. What was even worse, was her programming selection.

While I tried to turn her onto the wacky adventures of Tommy Pickles and his scaredy-cat pal Chuckie, she decided to tune into

the adventures of Dora and Spongebob.

Seriously, have you ever watched any of these shows? Not only are they relatively asinine, I have yet to find any actual entertainment or educational value to any of these shows.

Let’s start with “Dora the Explorer.” While I really commend a television show that stars a female lead who takes charge and dives head-first into adventures without being tied down to some hunk, why on Earth is she still following that map around?

If I were Dora, I’d throw the map out the window and figure out the terrain for myself.

Seriously, it’s like the map is out to get her. Not only does it take her the longest route possible to get to whatever special destination she’s headed for, it makes sure she has to conquer combative volcanoes, steams that could suck her in and drown her at any moment and that darn fox who wants to constantly steal something from her.

Can’t Dora ever catch a break?

And let’s not forget about the yellow sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

I’m not even going to begin to discuss everything that is wrong with that sentence.

But there is a squirrel, who

needs to wear an upside down fish bowl on her head to breathe underwater and something that looks like an astronaut suit. In addition to all these incredible fallacies, is one that I actually thought was kind of true for a short amount of time (until I went off to college and got to study squirrels more up close).

Sandy the squirrel on “Spongebob” has to prepare for hibernation every winter. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty sure I still see a lot of squirrels prancing around in the snow come winter time.

Plus, how on Earth does snow get to the bottom of the ocean during winter?

It’s been a good 10 years since I took biology, so the last thing I want to have to do is correct the evolution and seasonal schedules for all the little creatures that dot my daughter’s television choices.

Seriously, what’s next, a mouse that talks, owns a dog and a duck that wears pants and owns a chicken?

That’s just nonsense.

— Amanda Stewart appears Saturday in the Troy Daily News. She promises to write something completely devoid of children and family next week.

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Harley-Davidson representative Dana Wilke, left, assists Lizzy Dabczynsky, 22, of Salt Lake City, Utah, in test riding a motorcycle in New York June 13. The number of women motorcycle riders in the U.S. has increased slowly to about 7.2 million of about 27 million overall in 2009, according to the latest survey by the Motorcycle Industry Council. Dozens of female-only motorcycle clubs have joined more established groups like Women on Wheels.The makers of bikes and gear are reaching out to women like never before through special events and marketing campaigns.

Motorcyle ridership on rise among women “I’m only 5-1,” she said.

“I wore boy’s work boots for years and found the perfect gloves only three years ago. Things have changed a lot. Manufacturers today have realized that women are a huge part of the market.”

McNally started riding in 1981 after hanging out with friends, thinking up dream cars, in a Troy, N.Y., parking lot, the same parking lot where she now teaches newbies of both sexes how to ride safely.

“I said that I wanted to get a motorcycle and one of the guys said, ‘You can’t, girls don’t ride motorcycles,’” she said. “I thought, ‘He shouldn’t be telling a temperamental redhead what she can and cannot do.’ I had my permit within a week.”

Whether they prefer dirt or the open road, a scooter or a Harley, thousands of women will gather July 26-29 in Carson City, Nev., for the AMA’s sixth International Women & Motorcycling Conference.

Many will be mothers, an anxious status for some when it comes to riding.

“People were shocked that I didn’t sell my bike when I became a mom,” McNally said, “but I knew that once the bike was gone, I might never get back into the sport.”

When her second child came along, she and her husband bought a sidecar.

“Riding and motorcycle camping became a family activity that probably wouldn’t have been possible otherwise,” she said.

Baldwin is a mom who rode. So did her 23-yearold daughter, until she gave up two wheels for four when she got her driver’s license years ago.

At 5-3 and about 150 pounds, Baldwin’s ride is a 700-pound Harley “clone” designed and built by her husband. Her mom, now 69, was an inspiration, tearing around their farm on a Honda trail bike.

“She gave up riding because she couldn’t find other women to ride with.

And my dad was totally against it,” Baldwin said.

Nancy Sabater in southern Maryland is an offroader and a street rider.

She was chosen as AMA’s motorcyclist of the year in 2011 for fighting against a federal anti-lead law written so broadly as to ban dirtbikes and ATVs intended for kids 12 and under.

President Obama fixed the law last August.

Sabater, who has been

Obama’s host dies after visit AKRON (AP) — An Ohio restaurant owner who hosted President Barack Obama for breakfast became ill and died hours later.

The Summit County medical examiner’s office in Akron says 70-year-old Josephine “Ann” Harris of Copley Township died

Friday of natural causes.

No autopsy was planned.

Forensic investigator Jason Grom says Harris became ill at home after the Obama visit. He says she went into cardiac arrest in the ambulance while en route to a hospital. She died in the late morning.

riding for about 20 years, will be among numerous speakers at the Carson City conference. Riding offroad is her first love.

“It’s definitely about skill, pushing my own limits, trying to climb a hill, trying to get through a tricky rock section, that kind of thing,” she said.

Women are generally more interested in formal safety training than men, with 58 percent of women taking a rider course, compared with 44 percent of men, according to the AMA. Harley-Davidson, based in Milwaukee, is the market leader in sales to women. The company travels around the country offering training and safety tips for women, including a recent event outside Manhattan’s Flatiron Building.

“We’ve heard from enough women who think they might like to do it but don’t know how to get started,” said Claudia Garber, director of women’s outreach for Harley. “They’re worried about things like the bike seems too big and too heavy for me, or maybe I don’t know other women who ride.”

Roshani Dubel, 33, an eighth-grade math teacher and mother of three in Gilbert, Ariz., was more than ready, but she had to face those fears after winning an essay contest telling Harley why she wanted to learn to ride. She and three others were flown to Milwaukee for mentoring and training last summer.

A video documenting her struggle shows her breaking down emotionally as she tries to walk the bike back and forth. “I’m 5 feet tall. I kept thinking to myself, ‘How am I going to ride if I can’t even walk this monster?”

Things clicked eventually. She’s logged more than 800 miles on her Harley since, cheered by her students and fellow teachers when she rolled up to her school on it for the first time.

Lizzy Dabczynski, 22, from Salt Lake City, hopped on as Harley’s experts showed her how to turn on their demo bike and work the clutch, gas and brakes.

“I’ve always been terrified of motorcycles, but it was fun,” she said. “It was easier and way less scary than I thought it would be.”

parents, Daniel and Penny Caldwell of Troy; maternal great- grandparents, George and Peggy Rossett of Stone Mountain, Ga.; maternal great-grandmother, Helen Caldwell of New Carlisle; and by several aunts, uncles and cousins.

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m., Monday, July 9, 2012, at Riverside Cemetery, Troy, with Pastor Richard Springer officiating.

Contributions may be made to the family in Oliver’s memory.

Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy, is in charge of arrangements.

To send a condolence to the family, visit www.fishercheneyfuneralhome.com.

DAVID LEE MCMAKEN SR. VERSAILLES — David Lee McMaken Sr., age 77, of Versailles, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at 6:05 p.m. at Versailles Health Care Center, Versailles, Ohio. He was born on April 18, 1935, in Miami County, Ohio, to the late Millard and Etta (Hennessey) McMaken.

David is survived by her MCMAKEN wife, Flora Jane “Tiny” (Todd) McMaken of Versailles, Ohio, whom he married on July 30, 1960; children and their spouses, Linda and Jeff Pitsenbarger of Versailles, LaNell “June” and Matt Holscher of Russia, Ohio, MarNell and Tim Schmiesing of Anna, Ohio, David and Shirley McMaken Jr. of Versailles, Kevin and Ann McMaken of Piqua, Ohio, Nathan McMaken of Russia, Ohio, Shawn McMaken of Maria Stein, Ohio, and Melissa and Aaron Seger of Russia, Ohio; grandchildren, Kami (Josh) Schmitmeyer, Kyle Pitsenbarger, Kara Pitsenbarger, Jason Holscher, Justin Holscher, Jordan Holscher, Amber Holscher, Kecia (Kent) Flaute, Dustin (Jess) Schmiesing, Aaron Schmiesing, Crystal Schmiesing, Ryan (Leah) McMaken, Brittany McMaken, Stephanie McMaken, Bridget

McMaken, Miranda McMaken, Tyler McMaken, Mitchell McMaken, Bradley McMaken, Alex Seger, Ajay Seger, Max Seger and Gabriell Seger; 8 great grandchildren; and sister in law, Alice McMaken of Springfield, Ohio.

In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his brother, Bernard McMaken.

David worked at Superior in Russia, and Argosy in Versailles as well as a salesman for Fuller Brush. He was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church. Loved gardening, cutting wood, and was an avid Buckeyes, Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats fan.

There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2012, at St. Denis Catholic Church, Versailles, Ohio, with the Rev. Fr. David Vincent celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Valbert Cemetery, Versailles.

Family will receive friends on Sunday, July 8, from 2-8 p.m., as well as on Monday morning from 9-10 a.m. at Bailey Zechar Funeral Home, Versailles.

It is the wishes of the family that memorial contributions be given to State of the Heart Hospice. Condolence for the family may be sent to www.zecharbailey.com.

CAROL JEAN FRIEND TROY — Carol Jean Friend, 59, of Troy, passed away suddenly here in Troy at 7:36 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012.

She was born on Aug. 9, 1952, in Piqua, to Erma I. (Wackler) Cool of Troy and the late Verba L. Cool. Her husband of more than 31 years of marriage, Steven H. Friend, survives.

In addition to her parents and her mother, Carol is survived by her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Harold C. and Sue A. (Barger) Friend of Troy; sister and brother-in-law, Neta L. and Randy Noll of Troy; brothers-in-law, D. Douglas and Rebecca Friend of Troy and Brian E. Friend of Troy; and several nieces and nephews.

She was a 1970 graduate of Newton

High School and graduated with a fashion degree from Vogue College in Cincinnati.

She previously worked for G4S Security Systems in Vandalia and was currently employed with Ault Henderson & Lewis CPA’s in Englewood.

Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. Allen Marheine officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s charity of choice in Carol’s name.

Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • M. Lorraine Melcher PORT ORANGE, Fla. — M. Lorraine Melcher, 87, of Port Orange, Fla., formerly of Piqua, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Port Orange Nursing and Rehab Center.

Arrangements are being handled by the Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Troy.

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

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

Zimmerman released on bond ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions.

He wore a white shirt and dress jacket as he walked out and got into an SUV, ignoring shouted questions from nearby reporters.

The judge is requiring

Zimmerman to stay in Seminole County. He was allowed to leave Florida after his first release in April. Now he must be electronically monitored, can’t open a bank account, obtain a passport or set foot on the grounds of the local airport.

He has a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.

“He’s very happy to be out,” Don West, one of Zimmerman’s attorneys, told reporters outside the jail. “Certainly it’s been a sobering experience spending the last month in jail in that kind of environment.”

Zimmerman had been

released on a $150,000 bond in April in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager, but the judge revoked it last month after prosecutors presented evidence that he and his wife misled the court about how much money they had available to pay for the bond. They didn’t tell the judge that donations from a website for Zimmerman’s legal defense had raised around $135,000 at the time of his first bond hearing.

Shellie Zimmerman faces arraignment at the end of the month on a perjury charge; she is free on bond.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Cris Baldwin was 7 when she commandeered her brother’s minibike on their Wisconsin dairy farm and first felt the wind in her face. More than 250,000 miles and 42 years later, it’s still two wheels and a gas tank for the school administrator.

Baldwin is an assistant dean at Washington University in St. Louis, but that’s just one part of her.

She’s also past president and a chapter founder of the 30-year-old Women on Wheels, one of the country’s oldest and largest clubs for motorcycle women at about 2,000 members.

“It really is freeing from your day to day obligations, enjoying the moment, not thinking about bills or sending kids to college,” Baldwin said. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s my two-wheel therapy.”

The number of women motorcycle operators in the U.S. has increased slowly to about 7.2 million of about 27 million overall in 2009, according to the latest survey by the Motorcycle Industry Council. About 1 in 10 owners are women, said Cam Arnold, a vice president for the trade group.

“I hate riding on the back of a bike,” Arnold said. “It’s a lot more fun being in control.”

The American Motorcyclist Association has about 225,000 members. The number of women is under 10 percent, but the number of new women members has increased, driven in part by a higher profile for women on two wheels, more training opportunities and better equipment, said AMA board member Maggie McNally.

Dozens of female-only motorcycle clubs have joined more established groups like Women on Wheels. The makers of bikes and gear are reaching out to women like never before through special events and marketing campaigns that include Harley-Davidson’s “No Doubts. No Cages.” program.

Women no longer have to endure jackets, gloves and helmets designed for men. And it’s easier to find or modify bikes for shorter bodies, said McNally, the AMA’s vice chairwoman and the highest-ranking female in the group’s 75year history.

TROY — Oliver James Risner, stillborn son of Zachary James and Anne Michelle (Caldwell) Risner of Troy, passed away at 8:24 p.m. Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.

In addition to his parents, Oliver is survived by his brother, Ezra Carsten Risner, at home; paternal grandfather, Ted Risner of Greenville; paternal great-grandparents, Ted and Francis Risner of Bradford; paternal great grandparents, Stan and Rita Robinett of Greenville; paternal great-greatgrandparents, Ezra and Martha Brumbaugh of Bradford; paternal great-great- grandmother, Darlene James of Englewood; maternal grand-

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As gays serve openly, few problems for chaplains how things have changed for active-duty clergy in the nine months since the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was repealed and gays could serve openly.

Prior to repeal, various conservative groups and individuals including many conservative retired chaplains warned that repeal would trigger an exodus of chaplains whose faiths consider homosexual activity to be sinful. In fact, there’s been no significant exodus perhaps two or three departures of active-duty chaplains linked to the repeal.

Moreover, chaplains or their civilian coordinators from a range of conservative faiths told The Associated Press they knew

WRIGHTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Col. Timothy Wagoner has been an Air Force chaplain for 20 years, serving a denomination the Southern Baptists that rejects same-sex relationships.

Yet here he was at the chapel he oversees, watching supportively as an airman and his male partner celebrated a civil union ceremony.

“I wouldn’t miss it,” Wagoner said at the McGuire Air Force Base chapel, days later. “I don’t feel I’m compromising my beliefs … I’m supporting the community.”

Wagoner didn’t officiate at the ceremony — he couldn’t go quite that far. But his very presence at the gathering was a marker of

of virtually no serious problems thus far involving infringement of chaplains’ religious freedom or rights of conscience.

“To say the dust has settled would be premature,” said Air Force Col. Gary Linsky, a Roman Catholic priest who oversees 50 fellow chaplains in the Air Mobility Command.

“But I’ve received no complaints from chaplains raising concerns that their ministries were in any way conflicted or constrained.”

Wagoner, who commands five other chaplains at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in central New Jersey, said the chaplaincy corps was respond-

some school officials’ fear of a court fight.

The lawsuit challenged a Spartanburg District 7 policy, adopted in 2007, allowing students to earn up to two credits for offcampus religious courses offered by private educators. The policy was in line with the state’s 2006 “released time credit act” that legislators hoped would be used statewide as a template.

The appeals court last Thursday upheld a lower court’s April 2011 decision.

It said the district properly

accommodated religion without establishing it, acting within the First Amendment.

South Carolina remains the only state with a law specifically allowing the offcampus religious credit.

“This is a very important victory for public school students having a choice,” said Lori Windham, an attorney for the district, who’s with the Washington-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “The court’s opinion shows that public schools can make room for student religious exercise.”

VBS planned at Troy church

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WEST MILTON — The annual camp meeting of the Brethren in Christ Great Lakes Conference will be July 13-21 at the West Milton Christian Center campgrounds, 6390 S. Jay Road, West Milton.

Featured speakers throughout the week will include the Rev. Dustin Sider and the Rev. Craig Sipes.

Sider is the lead pastor at the Fairland Brethren in Christ Church in Cleona, Pa. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, Sider was associate and youth pastor at the Fairview Brethren in Christ Church in VBS scheduled Engle wood. He also served in Fletcher as assistant director of the FLETCHER — Fletcher Memorial Holiness Camp United Methodist Church Meeting.

Sipes is pastor at the will hold its vacation Bible school from 6:15-8:45 p.m. Morrison Brethren in Christ Church in Morrison, July 8-13.

Ill. Prior to moving to Children from age 4 Illinois, Sipes was the through the sixth grade youth and singles pastor in are invited to attend the Apple Valley, Calif. He led program about “Babylon many trips to Mexico to and Daniel’s Courage in build loft-houses for the Captivity.” Resister your extremely impoverished. child online by today and The camp is family oribe entered in a drawing to ented.

There are daily chilwin a Wal-mart gift card. dren’s ministries for three Visit www.groupvbdifferent age groups — prespro.com/vbs/hl/fletcher school through 11 years vbspro. old. The teen camp runs a For more information, full program of activities call Becky at (937) 663throughout the week. The 0379. youth vs. adults softball game will be at 3:30 p.m.

July 14.

The adult programs include Bible studies each morning at 10:30 a.m. (except Wednesday) and workshops on various topics at 2 p.m. Monday, 35 S. County Rd. Tuesday and Thursday.

Concluding each day at 7 25A, Troy p.m., the youth and adults have a combined service of I-75 at Exit 69 worship and evangelism 335-0068 with the Revs. Sider Sipes TROY — First Lutheran Church, 2899 W. Main St., will offer vacation Bible school from 5:45-8:30 p.m. July 8-12 each evening.

This year’s theme will be “Sonrise National Park” and will include Bible stories, outdoor games and activities, snacks and songs. The program is free.

Preschoolers through fifth graders are invited to attend.

To register, call the church office at 335-2323 or visit office@flctroy.com.

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speaking on a rotating basis. SEVEN, a traveling music team from Messiah College, Grantham, Pa., TIPP CITY — Zion TROY — Troy Church will present a concert at 7 Lutheran Church will offer of the Nazarene’s 2012 p.m. July 15. Their concert SonRise National Park vacation Bible school, vacation Bible school from will include a variety of “Sky: Everything Is music. Wednesday will be 5:30-8 p.m. July 8-12 for Possible With God,” is set Missions Day, with reprefor July 8-12 and will run children preschool through sentatives from the United fifth grade in fellowship 6:30-8:30 p.m. each day.

States and abroad.

Three-year-olds through hall, 14 W. Walnut St. The public is invited to A light meal will be fifth graders are invited to attend.

Nursery care for participate. Those attend- offered to children from children birth to 4 years is 5:30-6 p.m. each night. ing will be able to register provided during the servicEvents will include prior to any session, or call es. Meals are provided on singing songs, watching the church at 339-3117 to a donation basis. Lodging skits, creating crafts and pre-register. is available, as well as playing games.

Each evening will feacamper hookups.

Registration forms are ture a different theme: For more information, available online at July 8 is call (937) 698-6284.

“Sunglasses/Crazy Glasses http://www.zionlutherantippcity.org/christianeducaNight;” July 9 is Melody Men “Mismatched Night;” July tion.htm or at the church office.

To pre-register, sign 10 is “Crazy Hair Night;” in Covington up on the board outside July 11 is “PJ Night” and the church office or email COVINGTON — July 12 is “Beach Night,” Covington Church of the when children should wear your basic information (name, grade, email, Brethren, 101 N. Wall St., a swimsuit and be prephone) to will feature the Melody pared to get wet. christianed@zionlutheran- Men Barbershop Chorus VBS participants are tippcity.org or drop off the during the July 15 worship asked to bring pennies to completed registration service beginning at 9:30 donate toward the purform at the church office. a.m. chase of mosquito nets for A completed registration There will be a free will children in Mali. form will need to be on file offering taken to support Troy Church of the prior to your child partici- Covington Outreach Nazarene is at 1200 Barnhart Road, off Market pating in VBS. Pre-register Association. to get your SonRise For more information, Street just west of National Park iron-on Tcall the church office at Interstate 75. For more 473-2415. information, call 399-3117 shirt decal early. or visit troynaz.net.

Evening VBS upcoming

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everyone with respect.”

Wagoner would not have been willing to officiate at the June 23 civil union ceremony at the McGuire chapel, nor would his Catholic or Mormon colleagues. But he had no problem with another member of his team, Navy Chaplain Kay Reeb of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, doing so.

Reeb, who will be will leaving the Navy in a few weeks after 20 years as a chaplain, held a couple of pre-ceremony consultations with the couple — Tech.

Sgt. Erwynn Umali and civilian Will Behrens — and was impressed by their commitment to one another.

AREA RELIGION BRIEFS

Court upholds off-campus religious classes COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a South Carolina program that allows high school students to earn elective credit toward graduation through off-campus religious courses, a ruling supporters touted Monday as a victory for religious education.

Supporters said the decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will likely prompt more districts to offer the option to students.

Oran Smith of the faithbased Palmetto Family Council said it may end

ing professionally and collegially to what he called a “balancing act” precipitated by the repeal.

“We’re good at this stuff we want to take care of our folks,” he said. “We have to respect the faith requirements of the chaplain and we have to take care of the needs of the airman.”

That attitude meshes with the official Pentagon guidelines on the repeal: “The Chaplain Corps’ First Amendment freedoms and their duty to care for all have not changed. All service members will continue to serve with others who may hold different views and beliefs, and they will be expected to treat

5K planned for July 21

TROY — Troy Abundant Life Church will offers its Abundant Run 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m.

July 21.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. for $15 with a Tshirt and $10 without a Tshirt. Water and refreshments will be given before and during the race.

Awards and door prizes will be given after the race.

For more information, contact Justin Kratzmeyer at kratzhealthcoach@ gmail.com or (937) 5596344.

Camp upcoming in West Milton WEST MILTON — SonRock Kids Camp, a daily vacation Bible school, will be offered from 6:308:30 p.m. July 9-13 at West Milton Nazarene Church, 151 W. Baker Road.

The event, for ages 3 through sixth grade, will offer music, refreshments, recreation, crafts, a souvenir shop and Dave’s Barrell Train.

For more information, call (937) 698-6422.

Family carnival planned TROY — Alcony Grace Church, 1045 S. Alcony Conover Road, Troy, will offer a church family carnival from noon to 5 p.m.

July 28.

The event will include games and food served picnic- style. Free will donations will be accepted for the events, and proceeds will go toward purchasing a chair lift for the church.

The rain date is 4-7 p.m.

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Yahoo, Facebook strike patent truce, ad alliance SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a months-long patent dispute, averting a potentially expensive battle over the technology running two of the Internet’s most popular destinations.

In dropping the lawsuits, the companies agreed to license their patents to each other and form an advertising and content-sharing alliance that expands their existing partnership. Friday’s settlement involves no exchange of money.

Now that the antagonism is dissolving into an accord that could benefit both companies, the hundreds of millions of Web surfers who use both Yahoo and Facebook should find even more

common ground on the two services..

The advertising alliance could help Yahoo recover some of the revenue that it has been losing as marketers shift more of their spending to a larger and more engaged audience on Facebook’s online social network. Facebook, in turn, gains the opportunity to show the ads tailored to fit the individual interests of its 900 million users in other heavily trafficked areas besides its own website.

The truce ends a conflict provoked by Yahoo’s short-lived CEO, Scott Thompson, who was dumped from the job two months ago after misinformation on his official biography

raised questions about his integrity.

Under Thompson, Yahoo filed the patent lawsuit in March, wielding it as a weapon against a company that Thompson believed had been prospering from the ideas of its older rival. The complaint alleged that Facebook infringed on 10 Yahoo patents covering Internet advertising, privacy controls and social networks. Yahoo Inc. later added two more patents to the lawsuit.

But Thompson’s attack on Facebook Inc. quickly turned into a public-relations disaster. Much of the technology industry railed against Yahoo’s tactics.

New York venture capitalist Fred Wilson summed up the

enmity toward Yahoo in an acerbic blog post that ended with this denouement: “I am writing this in outrage at Yahoo. I used to care about that company for some reason. No more. They are dead to me. Dead and gone. I hate them now.”

When Yahoo replaced Thompson in May with interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, it opened the door for the company to settle the dispute under a reshuffled board of directors. Six of Yahoo’s 11 directors joined the board after the patent suit was filed.

Yahoo’s legal assault had exposed Facebook’s vulnerability to patent claims as it prepared to complete the biggest initial public offering of stock by an Internet

company. Facebook insulated itself by buying 750 patents from IBM Corp. for an undisclosed amount and spending $550 million to acquire another 650 patents that one of its biggest shareholders, Microsoft Corp., had purchased from AOL Inc. Armed with its own arsenal of intellectual property, Facebook signaled that it wasn’t backing down and filed its own patent infringement lawsuit against Yahoo in April.

With Thompson out, Levinsohn quickly began working on a deal with Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg.

The two issued statements Friday praising each other for working toward an agreement.

What the heck?

Politicians using profanity NEW YORK (AP) — What the $?&(! is going on with our politicians?

The mayors of New York and Philadelphia and the governor of New Jersey let loose with a few choice vulgarities over the past two weeks in otherwise G-rated public settings, including a townhall meeting and a City Hall event.

And all three men knew full well the microphone was on.

While foul language has been uttered in politics before, the blue streak is making some wonder whether it reflects the coarsening effects of pop culture in this reality-TV era of “Jersey Shore” and “The Real Housewives,” a decline in public discourse, a desire by politicians to come across as average Joes, or just a really hot summer.

First there was famously blunt New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie branding a lawmaker “one arrogant S.O.B.” at a town hall last month (and using some stronger epithets in discussing his passion for the music, though not the politics, of Bruce Springsteen in an interview published in The Atlantic this month.)

Then New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, apparently having trouble stomaching a slew of puns in his prepared remarks for Tuesday’s contestant weigh-in at City Hall before the Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest, chuckled, “Who wrote this s—-?” to guffaws from the crowd.

Then it was Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s turn on Thursday at a news conference where he discussed a shooting a few blocks from the center of the city’s July Fourth celebration.

He said he wasn’t going to let the city’s image be harmed by “some little ass—— 16-year-old.”

“My sense is: Because they want to appear to be in tune with popular culture, politicians feel free to express themselves in profane ways,” said Rutgers University political scientist Ross K. Baker. And he finds that troubling: “I honestly do believe that, in aping the coarseness of popular culture, people in public life are really dragging us into a discourse of fang and claw.”

President Harry S. Truman was criticized for his use of such salty language for his time as “hell” and “damn.” And many Americans were shocked

by Richard Nixon’s liberal use of profanities on the Watergate tapes, which made “expletive deleted” a pop-culture catchphrase.

AP PHOTO/DETROIT NEWS, BRANDY BAKER

Barbara Rivers, 65, left, wipes away sweat as she gets a comforting pat on the shoulder from her cousin Fate Roy Harris, 69, outside her home in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit on July 5. She has been without power for 24 hours since summer storms knocked it out. The National Weather Service reported late Thursday that the record-breaking heat that has baked the nation’s midsection for several days was slowly moving into the mid-Atlantic states and Northeast.

Midwest can’t get any relief from the oppressive heat DETROIT (AP) — When the air conditioner stopped in Ashley Jackson’s Southfield, Mich., home, so too did normal conversations and nightly rest.

“Inside the house it was 91 degrees. … I wasn’t talking to anybody. Nobody was talking to anybody,” said Jackson, 23, who works as a short-order cook in Detroit.

“We mostly slept, but it was hard to sleep because of the heat. I probably got about four hours of sleep each night.”

St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago and several other Midwest cities already have broken heat records this week or are on the verge of doing so. And with even low temperatures setting record highs, some residents have no means of relief, day or night.

The National Weather Service said the recordbreaking heat that has baked the nation’s midsection for several days was slowly moving into the midAtlantic states and Northeast. Excessive-heat warnings remained in place Friday for all of Iowa, Indiana and Illinois as well as much of Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Kentucky.

St. Louis hit a record high of 105 on Wednesday and a record low of 83. In Wisconsin, the coolest Milwaukee and Madison got was 81 in the early morning, beating previous low records by 2 and 4 degrees respectively. Temperatures didn’t fall below 79 in Chicago, 78 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and 75 in Indianapolis.

“When a day starts out that warm, it doesn’t take as much time to reach high temperatures in the low 100s,” said Marcia Cronce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

“You know it’ll be a warm

AP PHOTO/MICHAEL CONROY

A dock extends into a dry cove at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., Thursday. The reservoir is down 3.5 feet from normal levels. Oppressive heat is slamming the middle of the country with record temperatures that aren’t going away after the sun goes down. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees in Central Indiana. day when you start out at 80 degrees.”

In Chicago on Thursday, the Shedd Aquarium lost power as temperatures soared to 103 degrees, a record for July 5. Officials said emergency generators immediately kicked in and the outage never threatened any of animals, but several hundred visitors were sent back out into the heat.

Not even the setting of the sun brought respite as temperatures hovered around 90 degrees downtown at 10 p.m. Some visitors made their way to Millennium Park to splash in the park’s kid-friendly Crown Fountain.

AP PHOTO/THE DETROIT NEWS, TODD MCINTURF “It’s hotter here than it is Comcast maintenance technicians Dan Farquhar, left, in Arizona,” said Mary 62, of Kimball Twp., and Dave Heyer, 57, of Clyde, Mich. Dominis, of Tempe, who fill up the gas tank on this portable generator in brought her daughter along Chesterfield Twp., Mich. on Thursday. to play in the water. “I came

here to visit my family and to get away from the heat of Arizona.”

Ruben Davila, 32, of Northern California, was also in Chicago visiting family, and at the park seeking some cool relief.

“The heat has made it difficult to walk around and view the sites,” said Davila, who was accompanied by his wife and three children.

The heat has been much worse than a mere inconvenience for some. St. Louis officials have reported three heat-related deaths in recent days, and officials in the Chicago area said two people there may have died due to heat Wednesday. A coroner in Rock County, Wis., said the death of an 83-year-old woman there was definitely due to the heat.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Wife may benefit from consulting with her physician Dear Annie: I have been with "Jason" for eight years, married for four. Between us, we have raised five children.

The problem is that Jason is controlling and verbally abusive.

When we met, I was willing to overlook many things because he was so good to my kids. As a single mother, I needed the stability he could provide. But a couple of months ago, I reached my breaking point, and now I want out.

I stay in the home only because I don't want to leave my stepdaughter. Believe me, Jason is the type of guy who will make sure I have no contact with my stepdaughter simply out of spite.

And it would devastate my two sons. They think Jason walks on water.

A separation or divorce will leave my children fatherless, as well, since their biological father has never been in the picture.

But I am finding it hard to pretend everything is fine. The kids sense something bad is happening, and they barely eat, sleep or talk. Leaving seems selfish, but staying would sacrifice my sanity.

— Nevada Dear Nevada: Have you and Jason attempted counseling? He may not realize how close you are to walking out, and he might be willing to work on your problems in order to save the marriage.

And no matter what you decide, please get counseling on your own and consider letting your children see someone, as well.

They are suffering, too, and the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. All of you could use some ongoing guidance.

Dear Annie: My sex life has always been important to me. My wife and I are in our early 60s.

This is my third marriage. For the first three years, the sex was good, but the past two have been a problem.

I tell my wife that I am going upstairs and getting ready for bed, and I mention having sex, and she tells me that she will be up in a few minutes. About four hours later, she comes to bed saying she fell asleep watching TV. After several of these excuses, I asked her to be honest. She insists there is no problem.

When she works, she doesn't want sex, so this weekend I asked if we could have sex, and she said OK, but again fell asleep in front of the TV. She promised to make it up to me the next night, but it was the same story.

This upsets me.

I am thinking of divorce. She told me that she and her last husband were like roommates, and I feel it is happening in our marriage, too. Any suggestions?

— Lost in El Paso Dear Lost: We will say that your approach is a bit lacking.

"I'm going to bed and I'd like sex" is not quite the turn-on you might think. It also is not uncommon for women past menopause to lose desire. Gently suggest to your wife that she talk to her doctor about hormonal help for her libido. Then please work on your romantic technique, and find out what will make her more interested in intimacy.

Dear Annie: My deep sympathy to "Indianapolis," whose evil sister-in-law is keeping the family from seeing their dying brother.

My uncle married a woman who did her best for 35 years to keep him from the rest of the family. She was petty and nasty and had our uncle wrapped around her finger. When he became ill, she didn't tell us he was in hospice. We'd call their house, and she'd say he was too tired to talk. Then she told us to stop calling because the phone disturbed him. We didn't find out he had died until a cousin wrote with condolences.

We'll never know what our uncle saw in that woman. There are people who are just mean beyond redemption. Hell is sure going to be crowded. — Sad Just Thinking About It 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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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 ('05) Steve Martin.

The Parent Trap ('98) Dennis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan.

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Family Sins ('04) Kirstie Alley.

The Stepfather ('09) Dylan Walsh.

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Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story Coming Home VanishedHolloway (R) VanishedHolloway (R) Coming Home (R) (LRW) (4:30) Super CookThin CookThin B. Flay (R) Love Handles: Crisis (R) Coming Home (MSNBC) MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary MSNBC Documentary Snooki The Real World Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous MTV Special Teen Wolf (MTV) Snooki Game On! IndyCar 36 Cycling Tour de France Stage 7 Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles (R) Soccer MLS Colorado vs Seattle (L) (NBCSN) World Challenge Locked Up Abroad (R) Locked Up Abroad (R) Taboo "Booze" (R) Taboo "Prostitution" (R) Locked Up Abroad (R) Taboo "Booze" (R) (NGEO) Wars "Fog of War" (R) Wars "Manhunt" (R) ToRock Epic (R) '70s (R) '70s (R) Friends (R) Friends (R) Friends (R) Friends (R) (NICK) iCarly (R) iCarly (R) Victori. (R) Victori. (R) Victori. (R) Victori. (R) Victorious ToRock Ohio Tonight Ohio's 9 O'clock News Primetime Ohio Revenue Frontiers (ONN) (2:30) Ohio Today

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Cruel Intentions (OXY)

Cruel Intentions Sarah Michelle Gellar.

McHale's Navy Tom Arnold. (:20)

Problem Child 2 ('91) John Ritter.

Airheads ('94) Brendan Fraser.

The Truth About Cats and Dogs :15

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Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ('83) Mark Hamill.

Diamond Divers (R) (SPIKE) Auction (R)

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Harrison Ford.

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The Replacements (TBS) Friends (R) Friends (R) Friends (R) Friends (R) Seinf. (R) Seinf. (R) BBang (R) BBang (R)

The Longest Yard ('05) Chris Rock, Adam Sandler.

Summertime (:45)

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Crazy Heart ('09) Jeff Bridges.

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Potted plant takes a spin on old microwave plate Hey, Heloise: When my old microwave broke, I wondered what I could do with the glass plate and turntable — it seemed like they would be good for something. After they sat in my basement for a year, I finally came up with the perfect use: a plate for a heavy potted plant. The lip of the plate protects the floor or table below from overwatering.

The turntable allows me to easily spin the plant so that all sides can get equal sunshine.

Now my plant grows straight instead of bending in one direction toward the light. I can’t wait for my current microwave oven to break so I can have

Hints from Heloise Columnist another! — Charles W., Plainfield, N.J. A great use! Readers, what other uses do you have for a microwave plate? Send your hint to Heloise(at)Heloise.com, or fax to 210-HELOISE (4356473). — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Carol in

Michigan sent us a picture of her 1-year-old, black-and-white short-haired cat, Calli, hiding in a box of shredded paper. She is inviting Carol to play hideand-seek! Can you spot Calli?

To try to find Calli, visit www.Heloise.com, and click on “Pets” on the left-hand side of the page. — Heloise HEY, LOOK ME OVER Dear Heloise: There is one rule that needs to be made when dressing: Where can you see yourself, your whole self? If possible, there should be a fulllength mirror in the bathroom, if not in the bedroom, where you can see yourself — not only from waist up, but from waist

down. — Inez S. in Wisconsin LOTIONS AND POTIONS Dear Heloise: Cosmetics and lotions are expensive, and there is always some left in the bottom of the bottle. I cut open the bottle to get to the last of the product, but it would dry out before I could use it all up.

I bought the little storage jars you can get for travel.

After I cut open the almostempty bottle, I scrape out the product and put it in one of these jars. It keeps fine until I can use it! Thank you for all of your helpful hints — I keep the ones I need in a notebook for easy reference. — Susan, via email

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For Sunday, July 8, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a laid-back, goofy day, so just accept this and go with the flow. It won’t be easy to get a lot done. Relax.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Enjoy talking to others, especially in group settings. This is a lovely day for spontaneous get-togethers that stretch into warm laughter and fun conversations. Take it easy.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be aware that your private life might be obvious to others today, especially to authority figures. Therefore, give special consideration to how you look and what you say.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll love discussions about foreign places, exotic ideas, philosophical and mystical topics and anything that is out of the ordinary. You want to travel, both physically and in your mind.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a poor day to make important decisions about inheritances, shared property or anything you own jointly with others. Postpone this kind of decision until tomorrow.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a sort of goofy day where people feel relaxed, friendly and ready to enjoy social situations. Enjoy the company of others, especially partners and close friends. (It’s not a good day to shop.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’ll feel better today if you can think of something to do that will improve your health in a relaxing way. Don’t push yourself today. Take it easy if you can.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a wonderful, creative day! Look for every opportunity to express your creative talents through dance, song, drawing, sewing, carving or even listening to music.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Invite the gang over, because this is a wonderful day to relax with family members at home. Avoid discussions about important topics. Just enjoy the company of loved ones.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re in a chatty mood today, and you’re also in the mood to daydream.

It’s a relaxing day in which you will enjoy hanging out with others, especially siblings, neighbors and relatives.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a poor day to make important financial decisions. It’s also a poor day to shop for anything other than food.

Forewarned is forearmed.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, which might make you a bit more emotional.

But it also can bring fortunate situations your way.

YOU BORN TODAY You are realistic, pragmatic and definitely a hard worker. You have a strong sense of responsibility and also are nurturing and protective. You’re very loyal to family. Fortunately, you have excellent money savvy, which your family no doubt appreciates, because you believe in being a good provider. In your year ahead, your focus will be on partnerships and close friendships.

Birthdate of: Wolfgang Puck, celebrity chef; Anjelica Huston, actress; Kevin Bacon, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Low Yesterday..............................73 at 5:35 a.m.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, July 7, the 189th day of 2012. There are 177 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On July 7, 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted into full-scale conflict as Imperial Japanese forces attacked the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing.

(The end of the fighting coincided with the conclusion of World War II.) On this date: In 1846, U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at

Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.

In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam).

In 1941, U.S. forces took up positions in Iceland, Trinidad and British Guiana to forestall any

Nazi invasion, even though the United States had not yet entered the Second World War. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1987, Lt. Col. Oliver North began his long-awaited public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had “never carried out a single act, not one,” without authorization.

US, allies press Assad as top general flees PARIS (AP) — A top Syrian general’s defection is the first major crack in the upper echelons of President Bashar Assad’s regime, buoying a 100-nation conference Friday meant to intensify pressure for his removal, as well as an opposition desperate to bring him down but frustrated by diplomatic efforts.

All hoped the defection of Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass, an Assad confidant and son of a former defense minister who helped ease Assad into power, would have a snowball effect on his elite cohorts as Syrians count their dead now more than 14,000.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Syrian leaders “are starting to vote with their feet” by abandoning the four-decade-old Assad dynasty, which continues to defy international efforts for peace. “Those with the closest knowledge of Assad’s actions and crimes are moving away,” she told reporters at the close of the conference.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was more blunt. Tlass’ defection

means that even the inner circle of Syria’s ruler is starting to realize “that you cannot support a butcher like Mr. Bashar Assad,” he declared.

The conference of the socalled “Friends of Syria” group brought together the U.S., its European and Arab partners, and the fractious Syrian opposition, all looking to turn up the heat to force Assad from power.

A series of commitments included providing means for the opposition on the ground to better communicate among themselves and with the outside world, and increasing humanitarian aid.

Participants vowed to find ways to ensure that sanctions are enforced and called on the U.N. Security Council to urgently adopt a resolution that would give force to a six-point plan by envoy Kofi Annan and endorse a transition plan adopted in Geneva broad enough to get acceptance by Russia and China, which have blocked most action in the Security Council.

But the announcement of Tlass’ defection upstaged the declarations. It was

unclear where he was going.

Fabius initially said he was headed to France, where his sister lives, then backtracked and said his destination was unknown. It was also not clear whether Tlass was actually joining the struggle against Assad as was widely assumed.

The news bolstered hopes and helped allay frustrations among the varied opposition groups, many of whom want a concrete plan to oust Assad.

“The defection of Tlass, 16 months after the start of Syria’s popular uprising, will encourage a lot of similar people to defect as well,” Hassem Hashimi, a member of the Syrian National Council, predicted in an interview with The Associated Press in Paris.

The hope that it will inspire others to leave and open cracks in Assad’s power base was one element that put opposition members on the same wave length as diplomats.

Tlass was a close friend and contemporary of Assad and, as the son of longtime Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, was a member of the Syrian Baath Party aristoc-

racy, part of a privileged class that flourished under the Assad dynasty.

“I think it’s a major blow to Assad to see somebody who’s a close confidant defect at this point,” said Abdel Basset Sida, head of the Syrian National Council. “This shows us that the very heart of the regime is starting to crumble.”

Mustafa Tlass and Assad’s father, Hafez Assad, had been close friends since their days in the Syrian military academy in Homs and became even closer after being posted to Cairo in the late 1950s. After Hafez Assad rose to power in the early 1970s, Mustafa Tlass became defense minister and the Syrian president’s most trusted lieutenant as he created the repressive system that still controls the country.

When Hafez Assad died of a heart attack in 2000, the elder Tlass helped engineer Bashar Assad’s succession to the presidency and guided the new leader, an inexperienced young doctor.

Tlass was the leader of a coterie of old regime figures

that critics blamed for reining in moves to liberalize the Syrian regime.

“These defections send a message to Assad, but perhaps more importantly they send a message to those still left, which I hope they hear and heed,” Clinton told reporters. “We have no doubt about the outcome here. We know that the Assad regime will fall. The question is how many more people will have to die before that happens. We want to see those on the inside hasten the day when a new transition can begin.”

The gathering in France’s capital aimed to win wider support for a transition plan unveiled by Annan last week. Joined by America’s allies, Clinton called for “real and immediate consequences for noncompliance, including sanctions,” against the Assad regime.

But with neither Moscow nor Beijing in attendance, much remained dependent on persuading the two U.N. veto-wielding powers to force Assad into abiding by a cease-fire and the transi-

tion strategy. Ministers urged governments around the world to direct their pressure toward Russia and China.

Russia and China have twice blocked U.N. condemnations of Syria’s government and just last weekend worked to water down Annan’s transition plan.

The Kremlin rejected the anti-Assad call on Friday, with Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that Clinton’s comments contradicted Annan’s plan, which Washington and Moscow agreed to.

“There is no way of sitting on the side lines on this,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the meeting. “If you don’t impose sanctions and implement them thoroughly you are allowing … the Assad regime the means to go on killing the Syrian people and we see the tragic results every day.”

He urged nations to immediately stop buying Syrian oil and end cooperation with companies tied to its oil industry.

U.S. troops score win against IEDs in Afghanistan WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost afraid to say it out loud, lest they jinx their record, U.S. troops in Afghanistan achieved one small but important victory over the past year: They found and avoided more homemade bombs meant to kill and maim them than a year ago, thanks to a surge in training, equipment and intelligence.

Bomb-planters have picked up the pace during the summer months, planting improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, along roads or footpaths. But the explosives are no longer the leading cause of death and injury in Afghanistan.

In the first three months

of this year, only 5 percent of the bombs planted across Afghanistan hit their mark, according to Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, director of the Pentagon’s Joint IED Defeat Organization. That’s down from 10 to 12 percent over the same three-month period a year ago.

The new figures released to The Associated Press show a slow but steady decline, from a high of 368 deaths caused by IEDs in 2010 to 252 in 2011, according to the privately run Icasualties.org, which tracks war casualties. That decrease has happened even as the military has begun to withdraw its surge of 30,000 troops,

scheduled to be complete by September this year.

Troops are often more vulnerable as they withdraw from an area.

Officials concede that the rate of bombs that cause casualties has risen slightly from April through June, as NATO troops attacked Taliban-held areas in a return to heavy fighting with the summer months. But the year is on track to be lower still than each of the previous three years, with 77 deaths from IEDs so far out of 162 total troops killed, halfway through 2012, according to Icasualties.org.

Barbero credits the slow turnaround to three years

of an increase in intelligence-gathering equipment such as towers and aircraft outfitted with an array of cameras and other detection technology that have given U.S. commanders an edge, enabling them to spot the bombers as they approach often-traveled routes or revealing the signs of freshly dug earth where the explosives have been buried.

They installed “towers and balloons that give you persistent stare” to spot the Taliban trying to bury a bomb or approach a base in a bomb-laden car at fast speed, Barbero said. “Every commander told us (they) love those, because they can

see (the threat) and take action.”

Training is the second key factor teaching the troops how to use devices such as a hand-held remote robot with a camera that they can throw over a wall, then wheel around, checking if the coast is clear and trying to see whether the area shows telltale signs of being mined with explosives. The IED organization focused last year especially on equipment to help foot patrols, because so many troops were losing limbs, Barbero said. They rushed hundreds of devices into the field that are like a window washer’s telescoping pole, repurposed with a

hook on the end, to probe for hidden bombs on footpaths.

That welcome trend is tempered by the looming drawdown of troops from Afghanistan by 2014, which will spell tough choices for commanders trying to balance keeping enough combat troops on the ground to challenge the Taliban with keeping enough intelligence support teams on the ground to keep combat troops safe. Then once the troops draw down, the small numbers of special operations forces and intelligence teams left behind will have to rely on smaller numbers still manning the sensors in the sky.

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The Vandalia Police Division is seeking communicators to join its team of Public Safety Specialists.

The non-sworn post involves public safety dispatch communications and records/clerical work.

Candidates must be 18 with high school diploma or GED and reside within Montgomery or an adjacent county. Advanced education is preferred.

Pay range is $17-28, DOQ; outstanding benefits included.

Details, important instructions and applications are available at the Vandalia Municipal Building, 333 James E. Bohanan Memorial Drive or at w w w. v a n d a l i a o h i o . o r g .

Materials due in person or by mail no later than 5 p.m. July 20. Applications NOT accepted electronically. Vandalia is an EOE and ADA compliant.

City of Vandalia.

(937)898-5891.

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Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8-5

DRIVERS WANTED

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CAUTION

HOME DAILY, ACT FAST!

For Rent

Great Pay Local Runs Off 2 days per week Health + 401K Must live within 50 miles of Tipp City, OH. Class A CDL w/Hazmat required.

(866)475-3621

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305 Apartment 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday EVERS REALTY

TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $695

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ERNST TRUCKING, INC. CLASS A CDL REQUIRED TANKER DRIVER FOR OUR TROY LOCATION

(937)216-5806 EversRealty.net

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Must be at least 21 years of age.

Minimum 2 years CDL driving experience required. ✦ Excellent Pay ✦ Excellent Benefits Apply in Person Allow 1 Hour for Application Process 3361 Successful Way Dayton, Ohio 45414 Monday-Friday 7:30AM–2:00PM EOE ✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦

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NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:

Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825 This notice is provided as a public service by A newspaper group of Ohio Community Media

877-844-8385 We Accept

1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Troy ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from.

Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers.

Corporate apartments available.

Visit www.1troy.com Call us first!

(937)335-5223 1/2 OFF 1ST MONTHS RENT PLUS $99 DEPOSIT 2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

BUCKEYE COMMUNITY APTS. 580 Staunton Commons Apt. C8, Troy (937)335-7562

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COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. No Pets.

(937)698-4599, (937)572-9297.

DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt.

FIRST MONTH FREE! 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690 www.hawkapartments.net

HOBART STUDENTS, 1 bedroom, $459, (937)778-0524

TROY, large 3 bedroom, water and trash paid, NO PETS, $600 plus deposit, (937)845-8727

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The City of Tipp City is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Income Tax Supervisor to oversee the collection of the Cityʼs income tax revenues.

This position reports to the Finance Director and will be responsible for the collection and administration of the Cityʼs local income tax, auditing income tax returns, tax office supervision, and the enforcement of the City tax code.

Minimum qualifications include a college degree or equivalent with preference given to applicants with advanced degrees in accounting, business management, or finance.

The successful candidate will have three (3) or more years of experience in tax preparation and collection with knowledge of federal, state, and local tax codes or an equivalent combination of training and/or experience which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the required functions.

The salary range for this position is currently $45,792 - $59,421 (DOQ).

Application for City employment is available on the City of Tipp City web-site (www.tippcityohio.gov), by contacting the Finance Department at (937) 667-8424, or in the City finance department at the address below. Applications will be accepted until 5:00pm on Friday, July 20, 2012.

Please send resume, application, and a letter of interest to: The City of Tipp City, Attn: John Green, Finance Director, 260 S. Garber Dr., Tipp City, Ohio 45371. These documents may also be submitted via e-mail to greenj@tippcity.net.

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Garage Sale DIRECTORY

To advertise in the Garage Sale Directory Please call: 877-844-8385

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

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Electrical Maintenance Technician We are currently looking for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician to install, maintain and repair electrical systems. This includes machinery, equipment, physical structures and piping in the hospital.

Ability to work safely with 120V 1 Phase to 480V 3 Phase circuits and wiring components, familiar with fire alarm operation and repair, motor controls, AC/DC motor repair and maintenance, generators and switch gear. Must have extensive experience installing and repairing plumbing systems and demonstrate knowledge of potable water treatment systems, water heating devices, vacuum breakers, booster pumps and water loop systems. Basic knowledge of HVAC/refrigeration principles are required. Ability to perform minor repair and adjustments of systems and controls, and knowledge of closed and open loop water treatment systems is preferred.

State Tested Nursing Assistants Full time and casual Nursing Assistants needed for Home Health and Hospice to work under the direction and supervision of the clinical supervisor and/or registered nurse providing client care according to the client plan of care in the client’s place of residence.

High school graduate or GED required. State tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) with current CPR Certification. Must be dependable, caring, and compassionate and enjoy working with the senior population.

Wilson Memorial Hospital offers a comprehensive benefit package including, medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, long term disability insurance, vacation, holiday and personal days, tuition assistance, wellness program and 401(k).

Apply on-line at www.wilsonhospital.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

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INCOME TAX SUPERVISOR

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Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees).

The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount.

While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks.

Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately.

Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

300 - Real Estate

280 Transportation

Must have an electrician license from the State of Ohio, with three or more years of commercial/industrial plant experience. Associates degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school or minimum of one year related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous hospital experience and fire alarm license preferred.

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If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

Full benefits package

On-line job matching at

Migrant Seasonal Head Start agency seeking candidates for Family Service Advocate, Infant/Toddler Teacher, Teacher Aide, Bus Aide, Cook, Cook Aide and Bus Driver/Custodian at our New Carlisle and Piqua, Ohio centers:

The Unit Secretary position is a casual position and is responsible to assist, organize, support and maintain all non-clinical functions of the Cardiopulmonary Services Department.

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For immediate consideration apply in person at: Freshway Foods 601 N. Stolle Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365

Cardiopulmonary Services Health Unit Secretary

GENERAL INFORMATION

All Display Ads: 2 Days Prior Liners For: Mon - Fri @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Thurs - Weds @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm Sat - Thurs @ 5pm Miami Valley Sunday News liners- Fri @ Noon

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DEADLINES/CORRECTIONS:

CASSTOWN, 4307 E. St. Rt. 55. July 5th, 6th 7th 9-4. Antiques, oak roll top, pie safe, oak tables with leaves, dressers, crocks, etc.

COVINGTON 10385 Bradford Bloomer Road (N of 185, S of Russia).

July 5-7, 9-3. Lots of furniture (some free!), snow gear, helmets, puzzles, games, books, mens LXL, womens L-1X, girls 10-14, boys 4-7 clothes, exercise equipment/weights, household items, and toys. Make offer on anything- Weʼre not moving it to Florida!

COVINGTON, 8473 West Versailles Road, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9am-6pm. Huge 3 family sale!, sectional, Coffee table, entertainment center, bathroom sink, Foosball table, antique pool table project, electric scooter, puppy, miscellaneous, priced to sell

HOUSTON, 2888 State Route 66. Thursday and Friday 8am-5pm. Saturday 8am-1pm. Multi Family!

Highchair, stroller, girls 0-2T, Womens L-22W, Mens L-XL, toys, desk, sewing machine/ table, kids school desk/ chair, books, vcr/ dvd movies, over 300LP records/ 200-45's with picture sleeves, country/ rock-nroll, tools, carseat, 2 sets car/truck tires, miscellaneous

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PIQUA, 1536 South Street, Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday 8am-2pm, MULTI FAMILY!!! infant and toddler girl clothes, baby bath, packn-play, boys clothes (NWT), housewares, Vera Bradley, Tonka Trucks, and named brand shoes all sizes!

PIQUA, 400 Blaine Ave. Friday and Saturday 9am-3:30. Large screen TV, couch, paintball equipment, Halloween decorations, commercial shelving, computer desks, waterbed, Bose surround sound system, and many other household items.

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

TROY, 1257 York Lane (Westbrook), Thursday & Friday, 9am-4pm, Saturday, 9am-2pm.

Many household items, little girls clothes size 5 & up, ladies clothes, toys, something for everyone!

New items added daily.

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

TROY 1763 Old Staunton Road.

THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS. Friday & Saturday July 6 & 7, July 13 & 14 and July 20 & 21.

Fridays 8am-6pm and Saturdays 8am-4pm. Huge Moving Sale!!!! Mini Van, Muscle Car, John Deere riding lawn mower, Christmas decorations, A Beka Books Flashcard lessons, home interior, pampered chef, tupperware, pyrex dishes, bulletin board material, storage bags, Vera Bradley, many nice collectible angels and other figurines, newer jewelry stand, small tables, men's work clothes (some new), medical scrubs, wrapping paper, ribbons and bows, scrapbooking supplies, area rug with matching runners, clean men's & womens' clothing and shoes.

Miscellaneous items too numerous to mention. Will have new items each week.

TROY, 135 Shaftsbury, Thursday & Friday, 8am-5pm, Saturday, 8am-3pm.

Puzzles, household goods, little girl's clothes, miscellaneous.

TROY, 2523 Glenmore, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9am-5pm, Huge garage/ yard sale (down sizing!), treadmill, collectibles, Elvis stuff, Indians pictures and knick knacks, movies, kitchen items, and more.

TROY, 1691 Amesbury Road, Saturday, 9am-2pm, Huge garage sale! Bring your truck! clothes, (men's, women's, girls 0-2T, boys 0-6), toys, lots of furniture, Invacare pump bed, oak hutch, antique record player/ stand, and more!

TROY 954 N Dorset.

Thursday and Friday 9-4 Saturday 9-2. MOVING SALE!!!! Furniture, household items, womens clothes 2X-3X, Christmas items, home decor and more!

TROY 1650 Banbury. Friday and Saturday 9-?

Childrens clothes, some furniture, CRT monitors, high chair, and many miscellaneous items.

TROY, 2684 Piqua-Troy Rd, Saturday 8am-4pm, Three Family Sale!

Household items, furniture, TV's, Longaberger pampered chef, children's toys and clothing, miscellaneous.

12 • Troy Daily News • Classifieds That Work • Saturday, July 7, 2012 305 Apartment

NEWLY DECORATED Troy, 2 bedroom apartment, CA, no pets. Water, sewage, trash paid. ( 9 3 7 ) 2 3 8 - 2 5 6 0 (937)778-1993

SPACIOUS DUPLEX, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, C/A, full appliances, garage.

251 Rolling Acres Drive, Tipp City, $700 (937)698-2121.

TROY, PIQUA, Senior living, clean quiet safe, 1 bedroom, $459 includes water, ask about studio apartment at $369, (937)778-0524

305 Apartment

305 Apartment

TIPP CITY, 2 bedroom townhouse near I75, $520-$540, 1.5 Bath, stove, refrigerator, garbage disposal, w/d, A/C, No Dogs.

(937)335-1825 TIPP CITY, 2 bedrooms, newer ranch style, end unit, AC. Great location! $495/month.

(937)623-2103

425 Houses for Sale

TROY, 1 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 month. $200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

400 - Real Estate

WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $475 monthly, (937)216-4233

To Advertise In The Classifieds That Work Call 877-844-8385

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1010 WEST Evanston Road, Tipp City, 7.5 acre mini farm, 4 bedroom, 1 bath home, full basement, wrap around enclosed front porch, large barn with heated workshop and loft storage, also detached garage with 100 amp electric service. Call for more details and to schedule a walk thru! $155,000. (937)623-0255, schindler9650@ frontier.com

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500 - Merchandise

525 Computer/Electric/Office

560 Home Furnishings

COMPUTER SET, Windows XP, loaded, CDROM, DSL Internet, USB. 90 day warranty on parts, $100. (937)339-2347.

510 Appliances

ELECTRIC RANGE, works good, $150.

(937)418-4639 REFRIGERATOR FROST free, $200, good condition, (937)418-4639

STOVE/ MICROWAVE set, glass top stove, 2 years. Stove/ microwave $300/ $200. Cash! You move it! Sales final!

(937)492-8899.

COUCH and love seat, cream color. Good condition. $100 for both.

(937)335-6205

LAPTOP COMPUTER, Dell Inspiron, 6 GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, dual core processor, Windows 7, only 2 months old. All original packaging. Asking $375, (937)489-9713.

577 Miscellaneous

AWNING CANVAS, New 21' awning canvas fits 21' frame asking 250.

(937)394-7497

BEDROOM SUITES and sets, 5 available, full and queen size, 1 baby's, great condition, no mattress or boxsprings, $ 1 0 0 - $ 3 1 0 , (937)638-3212

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

PULLETS, Started Rhode Island Red approaching laying age. $10 each.

(937)492-8482.

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until August 31, 2012 with this coupon

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• Professional Tree Planting • Professional Tree Injection • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Dead Wooding • Snow Removal • Tree Cabling • Landscaping • Shrubs • Mulching • Hauling • Land Clearing • Roofing Specialist

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Backhoe Services

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• Adults & Children ages 5 & up • Gift Certificates Available • Major Credit Cards Accepted Flexible Schedule Nights & Weekends 937-778-1660 www.sullenbergerstables.com

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Call Matt 937-477-5260

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Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration

Richard Pierce

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Shredded Topsoil Fill Dirt Available Saturday

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• Interior/Exterior • Drywall • Texturing • Kitchens • Baths • Decks • Doors • Windows

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Alexander's Concrete

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J.T.’s Painting & Drywall

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700 Painting

A&E Home Services LLC

COOPER’S GRAVEL Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

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Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992 Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

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Call 877-844-8385

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CEMETERY LOTS, 4 in Covington, Garden of Gospels, Miami Memorial Park, $1600.

Call (419)628-3321 if no answer leave message.

CROSS BOW 150lb. Horton Cross Bow with red dot scope, and a few arrows. $250 firm.

(937)498-9452 CURIO CABINET, solid oak, $300.

4-drawer, heavy-duty file cabinet, $80. Bookcase, $20. Dark walnut desk with glass top, $70. (937)638-7763

DEHUMIDIFIER, Admiral 37, automatic, $45, (937)335-6064

GARAGE/ STORAGE $65 monthly.

(937)778-0524

HOSPITAL BEDS (new modern style) no mattress. Computer desk and chair, desk, and dresser.

(937)710-4620 HUFFY BICYCLE, Ladies 3 speed, like new. $85 cash (937)339-1394

MOBILITY SCOOTER, Pride Elite Traveler, used 4 times, extra large battery, rear basket and front basket, $950, (937)773-2993 POOL, 15ft steel leg frame pool with cover, pump, and extra filters.

Used only 6 weeks. Retails $300, asking $150.

(937)622-0997

577 Miscellaneous

TANNING BEDS, Cobra EX Commercial, 2 available, No bulbs.

(937)845-2459.

VINYL SHUTTERS, new set of shutters, 12 pieces from 35 inches to 57 inches, $140 for all, (937)368-2290 ask for Richard

580 Musical Instruments

TRUMPET, Selmer, excellent condition. $100 Call cell (937) 684-1297 after 5pm

583 Pets and Supplies

COLLIES, 2 female, sable and white, 10 weeks, vet checked, P.O.P, 1st shots, no papers, $100, (937)448-2970

FOUND, BLACK female cat, on Route 36 between Piqua and Covington, very affectionate, declawed, and spayed, if not claimed will go to good indoor home, very sweet animal, (937)214-0000 KITTENS, FREE! 8 weeks old, grey/white, tiger/white, healthy, litter box trained, good with kids, (937)339-8552.

MALTESE, Free to good home. 9 year old male dog. Best with single woman who has time for love and attention. Neutered, hair kept short, very protective, good with cats.

Please call or text (419)371-0751.

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583 Pets and Supplies

800 - Transportation

POODLES, Miniature, Multi-Poos, Morkies, Shichons, Non shedding, make good little house pets, (419)925-4339

805 Auto

POMERANIAN PUPPIES, CKC, 7 weeks, chocolate female, chocolate/tan male, parents on site, $375, (937)778-8816

1995 OLDSMOBILE, 1 owner.

95,000 miles.

Runs great! Good condition. (937)497-7220

1997 HONDA Civic EX, 4 door sedan, automatic 4 cylinder, 237,000 miles, new brakes, tires, A/C, sunroof, remote start, trailer hitch, $3,500, (937)789-8473

RAT TERRIER PUPS, 3 males, have shots and wormed. Ready to go. $150, (419)236-8749.

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1999 FORD Contour, blue, 115,000 miles, good condition, power windows/ locks, AC/ heat works great, moving out of state, must sell! $2500 OBO. Available 7/9.

Call (937)570-8123.

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2001 TOYOTA Echo baby blue 4 door, 38,000 miles, excellent condition Call (937)332-8181 between 4pm-8pm.

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RASPBERRIES: Red & Black. Great crop & easy picking.

Check w w w. c h a m p a i g n b e r r y farm.com for hours and pricing. Located @ 5676 East State Route 29, Urbana. pullins@ctcn.net.

(937)232-7525.

835 Campers/Motor Homes

1998 DOLPHIN 33' RV, Low mileage! Queen bed, sleeps 6, refrigerator, shower, generator, awning, 1 slide out, $23,000, (937)778-0944

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

2009 HARLEY Davidson, 966 miles, 96 inch cubic engine, $9,500, (937)214-2419

890 Trucks

2001 FORD Ranger, Power steering & brakes, 4 cylinder automatic, air, 4 new tires, good condition, $3800, (937)498-9770

2008 FORD F150, Super crew cab, all power, back up camera, bedliner, sliding rollback cover, $17,000 obo, (937)498-0054, (937)726-6534

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Failed Inspection Austin Dillon could be in line for another penalty.

Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet failed a post-qualifying inspection at Daytona International Speedway on Friday after NASCAR officials found an open cooling hose in the cockpit, which would boost aerodynamics.

The announcement came after Dillon claimed the pole for Friday night’s Nationwide race at Daytona. It also came four days after NASCAR penalized Dillon because his car failed inspection following his victory last week at Kentucky. Dillon was docked six points in the standings Monday, dropping him from the top spot.

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Coke Zero 400 Site: Daytona Beach.

Fla. Schedule: Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (TNT and TRU, 6:30-11 p.m.).

Track: Daytona International Speedway (trioval, 2.5 miles).

Last year: David Ragan rebounded to win at the track months after a laterace gaffe cost him a victory in the Daytona 500.

Last race: James Buescher won at Kentucky Speedway, holding off Brad Keselowski. Buescher also won at Kansas and took the season-opening Nationwide race at Daytona.

Next race: American Ethanol 200, July 14, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa.

Honda Indy Toronto Site: Toronto.

Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying; Sunday, race, 12:30 p.m. (ABC, 12:30-3 p.m.).

Track: Streets of Toronto (street course, 1.75 miles).

Last year: Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti raced to the last of his four 2011 victories en route to his third straight season title and fourth overall.

British Grand Prix Site: Silverstone, England.

Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying (Speed, 89:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (FOX, noon-2 p.m.).

Track: Silverstone Circuit (road course, 3.667 miles).

Last year: Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari its lone 2011 victory.

Accident In Practice IndyCar driver Justin Wilson blamed a faulty transmission for causing an accident in pit lane that sent two crew members to the hospital Friday during the first practice session for the Honda Indy Toronto.

Sebastien Bourdais’ pit crew member, Chuck Homan, sustained the most severe injury after he had his leg pinned between two cars. Raffi Aroyan, also a member of Bourdais’ Dragon Racing team, also was taken to the hospital because of an ankle injury.

IndyCar announced that Homan was treated and released, while Aroyan was released after not requiring treatment.

TOP 10 RACERS: Sprint Cup 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Jimmie Johnson 4. Greg Biffle 5. Denny Hamlin 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Clint Bowyer 8. Martin Truex Jr. 9. Tony Stewart 10. Brad Keselowski

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Nationwide Series 1. Elliott Sadler 552 2. Austin Dillon 548 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.531 4. Sam Hornish Jr. 521 5. Justin Allgaier 481 6. Cole Whitt 472 7. Michael Annett 455 8. Mike Bliss 391 9. Danica Patrick 369 10. Brian Scott 353 Camping World Truck Series 1. Timothy Peters 306 2. Justin Lofton 302 3. Ty Dillon 302 4. James Buescher 297 5. Parker Kligerman 272 6. Matt Crafton 264 7. Joey Coulter 256 8. Ron Hornaday Jr. 253 9. Nelson Piquet Jr. 249 10. Miguel Paludo 231

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Back Problems NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin gingerly walked through the garage area Thursday, doing everything he could to prevent more back spasms.

He put practice on hold, too.

Hamlin sat out two sessions for Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway because of back spasms and decided not to drive in Friday’s Nationwide race.

Hamlin said the spams began Sunday, a day after 400 miles over rough pavement at Kentucky Speedway, and got to the point where he could barely move around. He treated the injury with ice, stimulation and a painkilling injection, and said that he will eventually need surgery.

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Tony Stewart (14) and Kurt Busch (51) run side-by-side during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Track promoter Bruton Smith would like to create more

No manufactured drama NASCAR not interested in mandatory cautions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bruton Smith has an idea how to create more excitement in NASCAR. NASCAR President Mike Helton didn’t sound very interested in the billionaire track promoter’s suggestion to throw bogus cautions to bunch up the field. Smith argued last weekend at Kentucky that long green-flag runs are damaging NASCAR and floated his theory on creating mandatory cautions.

On Thursday, Helton said NASCAR fans don’t want manufactured drama.

“NASCAR fans want the event to unfold unartificially,” Helton said at Daytona International Speedway.

“The racing that goes on on the racetrack under green is as exciting as any in motorsports. Sports is a true reality show as it unfolds … you have to be careful when you think about artificially creating the outcome of that.”

The current state of racing has been hotly debated this season because of the scarcity of cautioncausing incidents. It’s created a lot of green-flag racing that many fans have complained is boring to watch, and Smith seemed to agree with his mandatory caution proposal.

“You just can’t sit there and nothing is happening,” said Smith, owner of Speedway Motorsports Inc. “It ruins the event. It’s damaging to our sport. Look at some of your other sports they have a mandatory timeout, TV (commercial) time and all these things, and that creates things within the sport.

“If you have (cautions) every 20 laps, I don’t care. It adds to the show. Someone once said we were in

show business if we’re in show business, let’s deliver. Let’s deliver that show. Right now, we’re not delivering.”

Smith’s suggestion was pretty much panned by several drivers asked about it Thursday, none more so than Carl Edwards, who warned mandatory cautions would send NASCAR down “a slippery slope.”

“When we start using cautions to make the race ‘more exciting,’ I think that’s going down a slippery slope,” Edwards said. “I don’t think that’s good for the sport. The idea of a mandatory caution . is the next dimension of (being artificial). You can’t fabricate sport. Leave sports alone and let the best man win.”

He likened mandatory cautions to stopping and re-setting the score in a basketball game because one team had too big of a lead, and said a halftime break was the equivalent of making two races and the first one doesn’t count.

Edwards even offered his own idea: drivers line up exactly how they were running when the yellow flag came out, with the exact same distance between the cars, and resume from a standing start.

But Edwards teammate Greg Biffle seemed to support the mandatory caution concept if the racing continues the way it’s been this season because “we are somewhat in the entertainment business.

“I would not be against it if we see the races continue to run green the whole way with one or two cautions,” Biffle said. “I think that that, over time, could lose the fans’ interest. Sitting in the stands and watching on TV, I think they could

lose interest, and that’s not what we want.”

Helton finds the entire cautionflag discussion amusing, particularly since NASCAR is often accused of calling bogus cautions for mysterious debris.

“We go through a cycle where the industry or fans or someone seems to think we throw too many cautions,” Helton said. “Then we go through a cycle where maybe people think, ‘What’s happened to all the cautions?’ It’s kind of interesting to be accused of not having enough cautions. Time will swing back-andforth.”

And, comparing NASCAR to other sports that have halftimes or timeouts isn’t relevant, Helton said.

“We always try to adapt to the current and the relevant culture, but racing is different and it can’t really be compared to other sports that have, by their design and the way they unfold, built-in breaks,” Helton said.

Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon didn’t dismiss Smith’s idea on cautions outright, but had his own suggestion on how to raise the excitement.

“I’d rather have (mandatory cautions) than some mysterious debris caution to be honest,” Gordon said.

“The integrity of racing, to me, what it’s all about is letting the race play out. I’m not totally against it. But I’m more leaning more toward letting the race play out.

“If you’d really like to know what I’d like to see, I’d like to see heat races and invert the field and have a 50-to-100-lap shootout. That’s what I grew up racing. It’s exciting.

It’s fun.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch won a wild Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday night, holding off several challengers over the final hundred yards in a battered race car.

Busch’s victory was his second this season and first with Phoenix Racing.

He won for his brother’s team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, at Richmond.

The race had several crashes that left less than half the field on the lead lap for a green-whitecheckered finish. Busch started the two-lap sprint pushing Austin Dillon, but made a move to the front with a lap left thanks to help from Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was 11th on the final restart.

Busch and Stenhouse held off Michael Annett and Dillon as they neared the finish line.

“We just won at Daytona!”

Busch screamed.

Asked how he did it with a wrecked car and so much chaos around him, a crew member yelled, “But we’ve got Kurt Busch!”

“It’s just passion and heart, that’s all I can give,” said Busch, the 2004 NASCAR champion.

“That’s all I can do right now. To do this for (owner) James Finch, this is awesome. To be an underfunded team, to come out only four times a year … it’s amazing to do what we can with a little team and to persevere.

“And Ricky Stenhouse, in a Ford, thanks to him, this Chevrolet is in Victory Lane.”

The win seemingly meant a lot to Busch, who was suspended for a weekend earlier this season by NASCAR for verbally abusing a media member.

“I’m a racer,” said Busch, who lost his ride with Penske Racing last season after several public blowups. “I don’t know much about anything else.

You get caught up in marketing or PR and everything else that goes along with it, but you’ve got to do all the steps in this day and age. I keep saying I grew up 30 years too late, and I still haven’t grown up, even though I’m 33.

But back in the 80s, that’s what this team reminds me of. It’s family. And you go hard, or you go home.”

Kenseth wins pole for tonight’s race at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth will start from the pole Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, where he’ll try to pull off a season sweep.

No driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 has won both NASCAR races at Daytona in the same season, but Kenseth thinks he has a good chance. The restrictor-plate package at Roush Fenway Racing is powerful, and its engines have been strong all sea-

son: Roush driver Carl Edwards opened the season by winning the pole for the Daytona 500.

“That’d be pretty cool,” Kenseth said about tying Allison. “I never thought, especially early in my career the way speedway went and I don’t feel like I’m particularly good at it and never thought I’d be able to win. So it’s pretty neat. Certainly I think for our team, our confidence is high.”

Kenseth turned a lap at 192.386 mph Friday in his

Roush Fenway Racing Ford to earn the top starting spot. It’s the first pole of the season for the series points leader, and his first pole in 26 races at Daytona.

Tony Stewart was second, turning a lap at 192.361 in a Chevrolet, but his time was thrown out by NASCAR after the session. NASCAR said an open cooling hose was found pointed inside the cockpit the same violation discovered earlier Friday after Austin Dillon’s pole-

winning run in the Nationwide Series.

Dillon had to forfeit his pole and will start at the back of the field in Friday night’s race. Stewart, the three-time series champion, will start in the back of Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race.

Stewart’s teammate, Ryan Newman, qualified third at 192.353.

“I think the biggest advantage of us qualifying well is we’ve got a better chance of missing whatever happens,” Newman

said. “If there’s a crash early in the race, there’s a better chance of it being behind us.”

Kasey Kahne qualified fourth and was followed by Greg Biffle, Kenseth’s teammate.

Jeff Gordon was sixth, followed by Bill Elliott in a Turner Motorsports entry.

Casey Mears was eighth, AJ Allmendinger was the highest qualifying Dodge at ninth and Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski rounded out the top 10.

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■ Legion Baseball

• HOLE-IN-ONE: Susan Jackson hit a hole-in-one at Troy Country Club.

The ace came on the 135-yard hole No. 13 using a 24 degree hybrid.

• TENNIS: The Frydell Jr. Tennis Tournament will take place July 11-14.

It is the last tourney with a shirt and back draw for juniors 18 and under.

Divisions include girls and boys 12,14,16 and 18, singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Forms are available at Miami Y's, Tipp, Piqua and Troy Libraries and Schroeders Tennis Center, as well as online at www.troyohio.gov/rec/programregform.html.

Deadline for entries is 9 a.m. Monday.

For more information, call director Dave Moore at (937) 368-2663.

• WRESTLING: Troy High School will host a wrestling campJuly 23-24 in the high school wrestling room/auxillary gym. The camp will have two sessions per day, one from 9:30-11 a.m. and the other from 2:30-4 p.m., and participants need to have transportation arranged for the time between sessions. It will be open to wrestlers in grades 6-12, and registration will be done at the door prior to the first session. The cost is $25, which includes a T-shirt. Checks can be made payable to the Troy Wrestling Parents Association.

• SOFTBALL: The Miami County Flames 2013 fastpitch travel softball team will be holding tryouts throughout the coming weeks for its 18u, 16u, 14u, 12u and 10u teams at Piqua High School’s softball field. For more information and for a schedule of tryouts, contact Ginetta Thiebeau at (937) 570-7128.

• SOFTBALL: The Troy Fastpitch Fall Ball League, including doubleheaders for five weeks, begins Sept. 9 at Duke Park. The cost is $50 and the signup deadline is Aug. 13. Travel teams are welcome. For more info and registration, see www.miamicountyblaze.com or call Curt at (937) 8750492.

• SOFTBALL: The Milton-Union Fall Ball League, including doubleheaders for five weeks, begins Sept. 9 at the Lowry Complex. The cost is $50 and the signup deadline is Aug. 13. Travel teams are welcome. For more info and registration, see www.miamicountyblaze.com or call Curt at (937) 8750492.

• TENNIS: West Milton will host tennis camps at the junior high, junior varsity and varsity levels this summer, with two sessions apiece. The junior high camp will be from 11 a.m. to noon July 16-19, with the session costing $45. The junior varsity camp will run from 9:30-11 a.m. July 16-19, with it costing $60. The varsity camp will run from 7:30-9:30 a.m. July 16-19 and will cost $60. Registration forms can be found at Milton-Union Middle School, the Milton-Union Public Library or from any of the high school coaches. The deadline to register is Wednesday. For more information, contact Sharon Paul at (937) 6983378 or Steve Brumbaugh at (937) 698-3625.

Post 43 rallies for pair of victories

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All-Star week giving museum its due Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine sat back in the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium earlier this season, his feet propped up on the desk, and spoke glowingly of his first visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

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Dragons Lair DAYTON — Ryan Wright belted a two-run home run in the sixth inning to bring the Dayton Dragons back from a 3-2 deficit on the way to a 4-3 victory over the South Bend Silver Hawks on Friday night at Fifth Third Field.

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Lafayette (Ind.) was one batter away from extending its 19game winning streak in rainshortened fashion Thursday night.

Instead, D.J. Hemm cashed in the first of Troy Post 43’s two come-from-behind wins on Friday.

After the rain suspended Thursday’s game to the next day, Hemm ripped a three-run double to kick off a busy — and hot — Friday afternoon, giving Troy a

3-1 victory. Then Post 43 fell behind 2-0 to Lima in its regularly-scheduled game before putting together a three-run fifth inning and holding on for a 4-2 victory at the Paul V. Fryman Memorial Fourth of July Tournament in Prospect.

The suspended game picked up with runners on first and second and two outs in the top of the fifth — but with a new pitcher, as Lafayette (25-5) was forced to make a change from one night

to the next. Colton Nealeigh was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Hemm worked a full count.

With everyone running, Hemm hit a double that easily scored all three runners.

“When it started raining, we were down 1-0 and one batter from it being a legal game,” Troy coach Frosty Brown said. “D.J. came up big for us.”

Steven Blei worked the first four innings on the mound — but also had to come out after the rainout. Alex Smith came on in relief and got credit for the win.

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Troy (28-14) fell behind again against Lima — which defeated Post 43 recently 10-8. An RBI groundout by Nick Sanders in the fourth made it 2-1 Lima, setting up another big fifth inning.

Singles by Nick Antonides and Dylan Cascaden and a walk to Bradley Coomes loaded the bases with one out, and Nealeigh hit what should have been a game-tying sacrifice fly. But the fielder thought too much about the throw home before making

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PSU investigation nears completion

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Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Justin Masterson delivers in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday in Cleveland.

Rays rout Indians CLEVELAND (AP) — Luke Scott snapped his team-record hitless streak with a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays broke out of their slump by routing the Cleveland Indians 10-3 Friday night.

Scott was 0 for 41 since June 1 until connecting against Justin Masterson (5-8) in a sixrun fifth inning. Tampa Bay had scored more than four runs in a game only once in its previous 11 contests.

Alex Cobb (4-5) overcame a shaky start to pitch six innings and win for the second time in

seven decisions since May 30.

Ben Zobrist had a two-run homer, Jose Lobaton a two-run single and Elliot Johnson a tworun double as the Rays broke Cleveland’s three-game win streak and improved to 5-13 against the AL Central.

Scott struck out his first two times up, moving within five atbats of the major league record.

Eugenio Velez went 46 consecutive hitless at bats in 2010-11.

After B.J. Upton singled with one out in the fifth, Scott drove the first pitch he saw from Masterson to center. He waited

almost breathlessly for the towering shot to land. As it did, Michael Brantley tried to make a leaping catch at the wall.

Scott slowed between first and second and, when Brantley came down without the ball, continued his jog around the bases. He kept running to the dugout, where he received happy high-fives from teammates.

The Cincinnati Reds led the San Diego Padres 1-0 in the middle of the fifth inning at time of press. The Reds scored on a firstinning homer by Zach Cozart.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State’s internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse case is drawing to a close and the findings are expected within weeks, which would enable the university to confront the next difficult chapter in the scandal well ahead of the new academic year.

Following the former assistant football coach’s arrest in November, university trustees appointed former FBI Director Louis Freeh to lead the sweeping investigation. His central mission was to find out how and why Penn State failed to stop Sandusky who was convicted last month on 45 criminal counts for sexually abusing 10 boys, some on campus and recommend changes to help prevent more abuse.

With football training camp opening in a month and classes starting Aug. 27, the latest timetable, if met, will assure that the university’s own failings can be identified before another school year gets under way.

Freeh’s inquiry helped uncover new evidence for the ongoing criminal investigation and will also be central to other inquiries.

It is expected to shed more light on the relationship between athletics and the administration and the influence wielded by the late coach Joe Paterno. A fractured Penn State community, meanwhile, is still seeking answers about the events that led to the ousters of Paterno and school President Graham Spanier.

The U.S. Department of Education is examining whether the school violated the Clery Act, which requires reporting of crimes on campus. And the NCAA, the governing body of college athletics, is conducting its own inquiry.

More than 400 people were interviewed as part of the Freeh investigation, including everyone from top administrators and trustees to retired secretaries and former staffers in the athlet-

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Hometown boy Murray reaches Wimbledon final WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — For Roger Federer, it’s Wimbledon final No. 8.

For Andy Murray, it’s No. 1 and the first for a British man since 1938.

Federer, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 36, 6-4, 6-3 Friday under the closed roof at Centre Court to reach a modern-era record eighth final at the All England Club. He is now one victory from equaling Pete Sampras’ record of seven titles.

“I have one more match to go.

I’m aware of that,” said the 30year-old Federer, who is 6-1 in Wimbledon finals. “Still, it’s always nice beating someone like Novak, who has done so well here last year, the last couple years.”

The next challenge will come Sunday against Murray, who is the first British man to even reach the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin 74 years ago.

Murray, also trying to become the British man to win the Wimbledon title since Fred Perry in 1936, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the second semifinal.

If Federer does win Sunday in his 24th Grand Slam final, he would also take the No. 1 ranking from Djokovic and equal Sampras’ record of 286 weeks as the top-ranked player.

“There’s obviously a lot on the line for me in terms of winning here, the all-time Grand Slam AP PHOTO record, world No. 1,” Federer Andy Murray reacts after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during a said. “I’m also going into that semifinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships ■ See WIMBLEDON on 16 at Wimbledon, England, Friday.

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Paul tweaks thumb on first day of practice LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. men’s basketball team held its first practice Friday, and there was a quick reminder of the rocky run-up to the London Games.

Chris Paul was forced to leave the opening day of training camp to get an Xray after hurting his thumb. The Americans don’t believe the injury is serious, USA Basketball

chairman Jerry Colangelo calling it a tweak of a previous injury, and they hope Paul can practice Saturday.

That would be some rare good news for a team has been severely weakened by injuries. Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all were forced to pull out, leaving the Americans with 15 players

vying for 12 spots. The roster will be announced Saturday night.

Colangelo said he would discuss the roster with the coaching staff on Friday night but would put off any judgments until after Saturday’s practice.

“Tonight we’ll have some deliberations about what took place today, but we’re still not making the

final decision until we practice tomorrow,” he said. “We told the players we were going to do that and we’re not going to change.”

LeBron James, about two weeks removed from winning NBA Finals MVP honors after Miami’s championship, didn’t scrimmage Friday so he could get some extra rest.

Deron Williams sat out as

planned because he still can’t sign his $98 million extension with the Nets, and top draft pick Anthony Davis remained sidelined because of a sprained ankle.

That allowed the Americans time for extra looks at some of the players on the bubble, such as Rudy Gay, Eric Gordon, James Harden and Andre Iguodala.

“You could build a case for each of the contenders if you will, depending on what you want,” Colangelo said. “It’s like a menu: Another shooter, it’s Eric Gordon. You want a scoring guard, it’s Harden. You want a defensive specialist, it’s Iguodala. You want another guy with length who can shoot the ball and run the court, it’s Rudy Gay.”

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Negro League Museum getting its due during All-Star week KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine sat back in the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium earlier this season, his feet propped up on the desk, and spoke glowingly of his first visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

The former player, longtime manager and lifelong baseball fan had never before stepped through its doors in the historic 18th and Vine District of Kansas City. Never gazed upon the countless artifacts or read the exhaustive research recalling a bygone era.

It opened the eyes of someone steeped in baseball history.

“Great, it was great. I think everyone should go,” Valentine said at the time.

“During the All-Star week, they need to keep it open 247.”

Not a bad suggestion.

That may be the only way to fit through the doors the thousands of fans expected during Kansas City’s moment in the spotlight. By the time Major League Baseball plays its annual All-Star game Tuesday night, the museum will likely have experienced a significant windfall, financially and in terms of awareness, possibly ensuring its future for years to come.

Museum officials expect to make upwards of $500,000 over the weekend.

The timing couldn’t be better for the museum, which has struggled back from the brink of closure brought on in part by damaging politics and petty infighting.

The museum was founded in 1990 by a group of former Negro Leagues players, including the late Kansas City Monarchs star Buck O’Neil, who would travel the world telling stories of the game’s great black players.

One of his interviews proved to be a catalyst for the museum: He was featured in filmmaker Ken Burns’ PBS documentary, “Baseball.”

Riding the momentum, the museum moved into a new facility in the late 1990s, not far from the old

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 the catch and dropped the ball, still tying the game but keeping the bases loaded. Hemm walked to give Troy the lead, then Fellers hit an RBI groundout for some insurance.

It was all Smith needed to hold down the win for starter Ben Langdon.

Langdon went the first five

innings, and Smith pitched the sixth and seventh for a save.

“It was nice to come back against Lima,” Brown said. “We lost 10-8 to them last week, and I said that night we just needed a little bit more time. This time, we didn’t run out of daylight.”

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■ Legal

Penn State

AP FILE PHOTO

Buck O’Neil talks about playing in the Negro League in front of a statue of himself at the Negro League Baseball Museum Feb. 11, 2005 in Kansas City, Mo. Major League Baseball plays its annual All-Star game Tuesday — and the museum will likely have experienced a significant windfall, financially and in terms of awareness, possibly ensuring its future for years to come.

Paseo YMCA, where in 1920 eight independent black team owners met to lay down the bylaws for what would become the Negro Leagues. The museum thrived until O’Neil died in 2006. Greg Baker was appointed president rather than Bob Kendrick, a close confidant of O’Neil whom many presumed would be the natural choice.

The museum began to lose money, in part due to the downturn in the economy, and it was close to shutting its doors when Baker resigned in 2010.

Kendrick was appointed president last spring, and the last 15 months have seen a dedicated effort of rebuilding corporate relationships, raising awareness for the museum, finding creative ways to get people through the doors and, ultimately, raising enough money to keep them open.

“I had been following what was going on, even after I left,” Kendrick said. “I was a face many folks were familiar with, they trusted, and we had relationships prior to my departure from

the museum. I had that luxury or advantage over someone from the outside.”

That didn’t necessarily make Kendrick’s task any easier.

The museum’s location, along with that of the accompanying American Jazz Museum, is far enough from downtown Kansas City that it’s difficult to reach.

And once visitors find their way to 18th and Vine, there is little to do there besides visit the museums.

The Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association has attempted to address the shortcomings, promoting the museums throughout the city, and touting a trolley service that drops visitors at tourist attractions, including the two museums.

“History is history, and we’re no good without our history,” said Frank White, a five-time All-Star for the Royals during the 1970s. “I think the Negro Leagues is such an important piece of American history that had vanished, and would have vanished, if not for the museum.”

In conjunction with the All-Star game, the museum has put together two free exhibitions, “They Were All Stars” and “Baseball: America’s Game,” which are on display through Sept. 9.

Both portray elements of an era before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and all the way through 1959, when the Boston Red Sox became the last team to integrate.

On Saturday night, Sen. Roy Blount and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II are hosting “Buck, BBQ and Baseball,” a night of entertainment highlighted by an amateur barbecue contest.

The following morning, Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson will participate in a discussion of the game moderated by fellow Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. A reunion of former Negro Leagues players who became MLB All-Stars will follow seven of the 20 are still alive, among them Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Monte Irvin, Don Newcombe, Minnie Minoso and George Altman.

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 ic department.

A spokesman for Freeh this week declined to comment on when the report would be finished, and the university on a website on the response to the scandal hasn’t deviated from its late summer timeline.

But school president Rodney Erickson recently told the Centre Daily Times newspaper that he expects the Freeh report by mid- to late July.

Five people in leadership roles at the university told The Associated Press this week that they had either been told or received indications that findings could be released within weeks, if not sooner, and no later than the end of the month. Trustees could offer an update at the next board meeting July 13 in Scranton.

Recently revealed emails among top school officials about a 2001 molestation allegation also apparently led to another round of interviews.

NBC first reported on the email traffic last month. CNN reported this week on an excerpted email from Athletic Director Tim Curley that indicated he changed his mind about reporting the 2001 allegation to child welfare authorities after speaking with Paterno, which suggested the Hall of Fame coach took a more active role in the decision than what he described.

Two people at the university familiar with the investigations told The Associated Press that athletic department staffers were among those interviewed by Department of Education officials since revelations about the

email exchanges. The two people, who were also interviewed by Freeh’s team, spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the investigations.

Paterno died in January of lung cancer at age 85. His family issued a statement this week that the leaked materials presented only a fraction of the story, and called for both Freeh’s team and the state attorney general to release all relevant and records pertaining to the Sandusky investigations.

The NCAA has said it expects the school to provide a more detailed response to its inquiry once Freeh’s investigation was complete. The NCAA is examining Penn State’s “institutional control” over the events that occurred, along with whether school officials followed policies on honesty and ethical conduct.

The NCAA could choose to undertake a more formal investigation that could lead to sanctions.

While school officials remain worried about that happening, officials have also remained optimistic Penn State would not be penalized because the Sandusky allegations didn’t directly impact the football program or give Penn State a competitive advantage, said two people at the school familiar with the NCAA inquiry.

Penn State also hopes the NCAA takes into account corrective steps already taken, said the two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for the university.

■ Tennis

Wimbledon ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 match with some pressure, but I’m excited about it.

That’s what I play for.”

Federer and Djokovic went for winners on almost every point. But it was Federer who got the key points when they mattered in the third set.

“It’s hard to fire bullets the whole time, so you try to also find some range. If he tees off first, it’s hard to defend obviously,” said Federer, now 1-0 against Djokovic on grass. “It’s just not as easy to take that many balls out and come up with amazing shots time and time again. That’s why I kept on attacking.”

At 4-4, Djokovic had his chance with only his third break point of the match.

Federer held with three service winners.

Moments later, while serving to stay in the set and, essentially, the match Djokovic gifted Federer a pair of break points by blasting an overhead long

WIMBLEDON GLANCE WIMBLEDON, England — A look at Wimbledon on Friday: Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 70 degrees.

Men’s Semifinals: No. 3 Roger Federer beat No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 64, 6-3; No. 4 Andy Murray beat No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Stat of the Day: 1938 The last time a British man reached the Wimbledon final; Murray’s victory ended an 11-match losing streak for Brits in the semifinals.

Quote of the Day: “There’s a lot on the line for me. I’m not denying that. I have a lot of pressure, as well. I’m looking forward to that.” Federer, seeking a recordtying seventh Wimbledon title.

On Court Saturday: No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 6 Serena Williams in the women’s final.

Saturday’s Forecast: Chance of rain. High of 66 degrees.

with much of the court open. He saved one, but Federer’s overhead smash on the second gave the Swiss great the third set, and put him on the way to the final. “(I) had unfortunately a bad service game on 5-4, and obviously he uses his opportunities when they’re presented,” said Djokovic, who had reached the last four major finals. “So you have to be always consistent. I wasn’t.”

The win improved Federer’s semifinal record at the All England Club to 8-0. His only loss in the

final came in 2008, when Rafael Nadal beat him 9-7 in the fifth set.

“I hope I can keep my nerves,” said Federer, looking toward the final. “I’m sure I can. Then hopefully win the match. But we’ll see about that.”

William Renshaw and Arthur Gore also played in eight Wimbledon finals but that was when the defending champion received a bye into the following year’s title match. That rule was changed in 1922.

Renshaw won seven titles and Gore three.

On Friday, Federer had

the only break of the first set to take the lead, and Djokovic returned the favor in the second set to even the score.

The third set proved decisive, and Djokovic fought to stay in it right from the start. After holding easily, Federer gained a break point when Djokovic sent a forehand long.

Although the Serb saved it, and eventually held to 1-1, it was the beginning of the end for him.

The next three games went quickly and on serve, but Federer then earned a pair of break points in the sixth game. Djokovic again saved them, the first after a 24-stroke rally that ended with Federer’s forehand going wide.

“He was the better player. In the important moments he was aggressive, hitting from both sides,” Djokovic said.

“Obviously, that’s what you expect when you play against Roger at the final

four of a Grand Slam. I knew that.”

Murray later played Tsonga under an open roof on Centre Court, and under intense pressure to succeed in front of the British public.

“Big relief,” Murray said. “I just got to try to keep it together for the final.”

Only minutes after the match ended, British Prime Minister David Cameron called the victory “great news.”

“I’ll be watching the final on Sunday and like the rest of the country, will be getting right behind Andy Murray,” Cameron said in a statement. “I wish him the best of luck.”

Murray got off to a fast start, serving well and winning the first two sets easily. And after losing the third, he hung on in the fourth, breaking in the final game with a forehand return winner.

“At the beginning was

tough because he played well,” Tsonga said. “I mean, he didn’t give me one chance, one chance to go to the net. He didn’t miss one serve. He was really, really good.”

The 25-year-old Murray was playing in the Wimbledon semifinals for the fourth straight year.

Now he made it to that elusive final, and on Sunday he’ll be facing an opponent who beat him in straight sets in the 2008 U.S. Open final and the 2010 Australian Open final.

“I’ve had experience playing Roger in the finals of slams before,” Murray said. “I’m going to use that to my advantage and learn from my mistakes and also the things he did well.”

In Murray’s only other major final, the 2011 Australian Open, he lost to Djokovic again in straight sets.

“Hopefully,” Murray said, “I can go one better on Sunday.”

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■ Cycling

Sagan wins crash-marred stage METZ, France (AP) Peter Sagan of Slovakia avoided a bloody, acrossthe-road pileup to capture a stage for the third time at the Tour de France on Friday while Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland also steered clear of the mayhem to keep the yellow jersey.

The 129-mile ride from Epernay to Metz began in the Champagne region of France, with roadside fans holding aloft glasses of bubbly to cheer the riders.

But as the pack picked up speed to chase four breakaway riders with about 16 miles to go, at least two dozen riders spilled across a rural road. Many were downed and dazed, looking for team staffers in a jumble of injured riders and bikes.

“It was like a trench hit by a (grenade) when I entered the crash to give my bike to Bauke,”

Rabobank’s Laurens Ten Dam said on Twitter, referring to teammate Bauke Mollema. “Lots of blood and screaming.

Carnage.”

The U.S. Garmin-Sharp team bore the brunt of the crash.

Tom Danielson, who finished in last year’s Tour in eighth place, was already nursing a separated shoulder from a crash earlier in the week.

In Friday’s spill, he was briefly knocked unconscious, and later rushed to a hospital for hip, collarbone and elbow injuries.

He was one of at least four riders to drop out of the race because of the crash.

“It was the scariest crash I’ve ever been in,” Garmin veteran David Millar said. He had black marks of chain-grease all over his arm and said the riders were going at least 43 mph at the time.

“God knows how it hap-

pened,” Millar said.

Garmin’s Ryder Hesjedal of Canada winner of the Giro d’Italia in May injured his knee and lost more than 13 minutes, all but ending his chances for a top-three finish. He had started the stage in ninth place, 18 seconds back.

RadioShack leader Frank Schleck of Luxembourg, who was third in last year’s Tour, said he had pain in his hip, elbow and shoulder and that team tactics may need to be revised for Saturday. Two other contenders, Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans, escaped unscathed.

A Tour medical report listed 27 riders as injured on the day two hospitalized from the first crash, and eight from the second.

Aside from Danielson, Tour officials listed the other dropouts as Mikel

Astarloza of EustaltelEuskadi, Davide Vigano of Lampre and Wouter Poels of Vacansoleil.

The casualty count continued into the evening. A Rabobank team spokesman said Maarten Wynants had pulled out with two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Katusha said three-time world champion Oscar Freire had a broken rib, becoming at least the sixth rider to drop out.

The one-day tally eclipsed the four withdrawals due to either crashes or illness across six previous days in total.

Overall, Cancellara leads ahead of Wiggins a pre-race favorite hoping to become the first Briton to win the Tour by seven seconds. Evans climbed one spot to sixth, and is now 17 seconds back, after Edvald Boassen Hagen of Norway lost more than two minutes in a crash.

AP PHOTO

Peter Sagan, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey, crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Epernay and finish in Metz, France, Friday.

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Michelle Wie watches her tee shot on the tenth hole during the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open Friday in Kohler, Wis.

Wie charges at Women’s U.S. Open Woods misses Greenbrier Cut KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — Even as she climbed into the lead in the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open on Friday, Suzann Pettersen took some time to admire Michelle Wie’s big move into contention.

Pettersen, the Norwegian star ranked sixth in the world, shot a 4-under 68 at Blackwolf Run on Friday and moved to 5 under for the tournament. But Wie was even better on the day, carding a 6-under 66 to move to 4 under and put herself in position to break out of a season-long slump.

Wie was tied with Cristie Kerr, the 2007 Open winner, one stroke off the lead.

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Kerr, who was tied for the first-round lead at 3 under with Lizette Salas and Brittany Lincicome, had a 71.

“I always draw on that experience, of course, but it’s hard to predict what’s an advantage and what’s not an advantage,” Kerr said of her previous Open win.

• Greenbrier Classic WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — One week after he won for the third time this season, Tiger Woods gets a rare weekend off.

Woods missed the cut in the Greenbrier Classic by a stroke Friday, following an opening 71 with a 69 to finish at even par. He missed a cut for only the ninth time in his PGA Tour career, and for the third time in a tournament following a victory.

Phil Mickelson also failed to advance to weekend play, the first time Woods and Mickelson have missed the cut in the same tournament as professionals.

Mickelson shot his second straight 71.

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BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB New York 49 32 .605 — — 44 38 .537 5½ — Baltimore 44 40 .524 6½ 1 Tampa Bay 42 40 .512 7½ 2 Boston 42 42 .500 8½ 3 Toronto Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB Chicago 46 37 .554 — — 43 40 .518 3 1½ Cleveland 42 42 .500 4½ 3 Detroit 37 45 .451 8½ 7 Kansas City 35 47 .427 10½ 9 Minnesota West Division W L Pct GB WCGB Texas 50 33 .602 — — Los Angeles 46 37 .554 4 — 41 42 .494 9 3½ Oakland 35 49 .417 15½ 10 Seattle NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB Washington 48 33 .593 — — New York 45 39 .536 4½ — 44 39 .530 5 ½ Atlanta 40 42 .488 8½ 4 Miami 37 48 .435 13 8½ Philadelphia Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB Pittsburgh 46 37 .554 — — Cincinnati 44 38 .537 1½ — St. Louis 44 39 .530 2 ½ 38 44 .463 7½ 6 Milwaukee 32 51 .386 14 12½ Chicago 32 51 .386 14 12½ Houston West Division W L Pct GB WCGB Los Angeles 47 37 .560 — — San Francisco 46 38 .548 1 — 39 43 .476 7 5 Arizona 34 50 .405 13 11 San Diego 32 51 .386 14½ 12½ Colorado AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday's Games Detroit 7, Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox 2, Texas 1 Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 9, Toronto 6 L.A. Angels 9, Baltimore 7 Friday's Games Detroit 4, Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 10, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games N.Y.Yankees (F.Garcia 2-2) at Boston (F.Morales 1-1), 12:35 p.m., 1st game Kansas City (B.Chen 7-7) at Detroit (Fister 1-6), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (R.Romero 8-3) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 6-8), 4:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 5-5) at Cleveland (Jimenez 7-7), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Deduno 0-0) at Texas (D.Holland 5-4), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 9-6) at Boston (Doubront 8-4), 7:15 p.m., 2nd game Baltimore (Hammel 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 9-1), 10:05 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 7-7) at Oakland (J.Parker 5-3), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Kansas City at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

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

Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games All-Star Game at Kansas City, MO, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday's Games Miami 4, Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh 2, Houston 0 Washington 6, San Francisco 5 Atlanta 7, Chicago Cubs 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 6, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 1 San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1 Friday's Games Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 0 Colorado 5, Washington 1 San Francisco 6, Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 8, N.Y. Mets 7 Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games Colorado (Francis 2-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 11-3), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Greinke 9-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-6), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 8-3), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 6-7) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 5-7), 4:10 p.m.

Miami (Zambrano 4-6) at St. Louis (Lohse 8-2), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hanson 9-5) at Philadelphia (Blanton 7-7), 7:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Bailey 6-6) at San Diego (Richard 6-8), 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-8) at Arizona (Cahill 6-7), 10:10 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

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

Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games All-Star Game at Kansas City, MO, 8:15 p.m.

Friday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay . .202 060000—10 13 1 Cleveland . . .200 010 000— 3 9 0 Cobb, Farnsworth (7), W.Davis (8), Badenhop (9) and Lobaton; Masterson, Hagadone (5), Accardo (6), Sipp (8), Rogers (9) and C.Santana. W_Cobb 45. L_Masterson 5-8. HRs_Tampa Bay, Zobrist (11), Scott (10).

Kansas City .000 020 000—2 7 0 Detroit . . . . . .002 002 00x—4 9 0 J.Sanchez, Mijares (6), L.Coleman (8) and B.Pena; Smyly, Villarreal (7), Coke (7), Benoit (8), Valverde (9) and Avila. W_Smyly 4-3. L_J.Sanchez 1-5.

Sv_Valverde (16). HRs_Detroit, D.Young (8).

Toronto . . . . .010 000 001—2 6 2

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

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

Home 25-16 22-20 24-19 21-21 23-19

Away 24-16 22-18 20-21 21-19 19-23

L10 8-2 6-4 6-4 4-6 5-5

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Away 23-16 20-20 22-22 23-22 18-22

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

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

Home 27-15 23-17 22-19 16-25

Away 23-18 23-20 19-23 19-24

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

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

Home 23-15 25-19 20-22 22-22 17-25

Away 25-18 20-20 24-17 18-20 20-23

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

Str L-1 L-3 W-2 L-2 W-1 L-8

Home 27-14 23-16 21-19 22-21 19-20 23-19

Away 19-23 21-22 23-20 16-23 13-31 9-32

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

Str W-3 W-1 L-6 W-6 W-1

Home 27-16 26-16 20-21 17-24 18-25

Away 20-21 20-22 19-22 17-26 14-26

Chicago . . . .000 031 00x—4 9 1 Laffey, J.Chavez (7) and Arencibia; Peavy, Thornton (8), Reed (9) and Pierzynski. W_Peavy 7-5. L_Laffey 0-1.

Sv_Reed (13). HRs_Toronto, Lind (7).

Chicago, Pierzynski (16).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado . . . .010 200 110—5 10 1 Washington .000 000 001—1 5 1 D.Pomeranz, Belisle (7), Brothers (8), R.Betancourt (9) and Nieves; Strasburg, Gorzelanny (7), Mattheus (8), H.Rodriguez (9) and Flores.

W_D.Pomeranz 1-3. L_Strasburg 9-4.

Sv_R.Betancourt (14). HRs_Colorado, Colvin 2 (13), Fowler (11). Washington, Zimmerman (8).

San Francisco000 500 100—6 8 1 Pittsburgh . . .102 010 010—5 9 2 Zito, Penny (6), Ja.Lopez (8), Kontos (8), Romo (9) and H.Sanchez; Bedard, Resop (4), J.Cruz (7), J.Hughes (8) and Barajas. W_Zito 7-6. L_Bedard 4-10.

Sv_Romo (5). HRs_San Francisco, Me.Cabrera (8). Pittsburgh, McGehee (6), P.Alvarez (16).

Atlanta . . . . . .000 000 050—5 6 0 Philadelphia .000 000 000—0 5 0 T.Hudson, O'Flaherty (8), Durbin (9) and McCann; K.Kendrick, Bastardo (8), Schwimer (8), Horst (9) and Ruiz.

W_T.Hudson 7-4. L_Bastardo 2-3.

HRs_Atlanta, McCann (11).

Chicago . . . .100 150 010—8 18 1 NewYork . . . .011 001 013—7 9 0 T.Wood, Camp (7), Russell (8), Marmol (9) and Soto; J.Santana, R.Ramirez (5), Batista (8) and Nickeas.

W_T.Wood 4-3. L_J.Santana 6-5.

HRs_Chicago, Re.Johnson (3), Rizzo (4), Je.Baker (3). New York, Duda (12), Valdespin (3).

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

W 10 8 8 8 8 7 6 5

L 5 7 7 7 7 8 9 10

Pct. GB .667 — .533 2 .533 2 .533 2 .533 2 .467 3 .400 4 .333 5

W L Pct. GB Quad Cities (Cardinals) 10 5 .667 — Kane County (Royals) 9 6 .600 1 Burlington (Athletics) 8 6 .571 1½ Clinton (Mariners) 8 6 .571 1½ Wisconsin (Brewers) 7 7 .500 2½ Beloit (Twins) 6 8 .429 3½ Peoria (Cubs) 5 9 .357 4½ Cedar Rapids (Angels) 4 10 .286 5½ Friday's Games Lake County 9, West Michigan 2 Dayton 4, South Bend 3 Lansing 15, Great Lakes 2 Bowling Green 4, Fort Wayne 3 Quad Cities 6, Kane County 1 Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m.

Beloit at Clinton, 8 p.m.

Burlington at Peoria, 8 p.m.

Saturday's Games Fort Wayne at South Bend, 6:05 p.m.

Great Lakes at Dayton, 7 p.m.

Lansing at West Michigan, 7 p.m.

Kane County at Wisconsin, 7:35 p.m.

Peoria at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m.

Burlington at Beloit, 8 p.m.

Clinton at Quad Cities, 8 p.m.

Lake County at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games Lansing at West Michigan, 1 p.m.

Fort Wayne at South Bend, 2:05 p.m.

Kane County at Wisconsin, 2:05 p.m.

Burlington at Beloit, 3 p.m.

Peoria at Cedar Rapids, 3:05 p.m.

Great Lakes at Dayton, 4 p.m.

Clinton at Quad Cities, 6 p.m.

Lake County at Bowling Green, 6:05 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 192.386 mph.

2. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 192.361.

3. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.353.

4. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 192.291.

5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 192.139.

6. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 192.061.

7. (50) Bill Elliott, Chevrolet, 192.012.

8. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 191.934.

9. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 191.894.

10. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge,

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 8 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, qualifying for British Grand Prix, at Towcester, England 4 p.m. ESPN2 — American Le Mans Series, Northeast Grand Prix, at Lakeville, Conn.

7:30 p.m. TNT — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Coke Zero 400, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOXING 10 p.m. HBO — Super middleweights, Kelly Pavlik (39-20) vs. Will Rosinsky (16-1-0); champion Nonito Donaire (28-1-0) vs. Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2), for WBO/IBF junior featherweight title, at Carson, Calif.

CYCLING 8 a.m. NBC — Tour de France, stage 7, Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles, France Noon NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 7, Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles, France (same-day tape) GOLF 8 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de France, third round, at Paris 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, The Greenbrier Classic, third round, at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. NBC — USGA, U.S. Women's Open, third round, at Kohler, Wis. 6:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, First Tee Open, second round, at Pebble Beach, Calif.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 12:30 p.m. MLB — N.Y. Yankees at Boston 4 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets 7 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Boston, Atlanta at Philadelphia, or Minnesota at Texas 10 p.m. FSN — Cincinnati at San Diego MLB — Regional coverage, Cincinnati at San Diego or Baltimore at L.A. Angels MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Rochester at Long Island MOTORSPORTS 4 p.m. NBCSN — AMA Motocross, at Buchanan, Mich.

SOCCER 11 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, Colorado at Seattle TENNIS 9 a.m. ESPN — The Championships, women's championship match, at Wimbledon, England WNBA BASKETBALL 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Seattle at Los Angeles 191.857.

11. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 191.824.

12. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 191.8.

13. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 191.71.

14. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 191.681.

15. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 191.579.

16. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 191.498.

17. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.477.

18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 191.27.

19. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 191.245.

20. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 191.229.

21. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 191.095.

22. (98) Mike Bliss, Ford, 190.985.

23. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.945.

24. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.921.

25. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 190.848.

26. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 190.718.

27. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 190.666.

28. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 190.617.

29. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 190.597.

30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 190.557.

31. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 190.553.

32. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 190.174.

33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 190.134.

34. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 190.118.

35. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, 190.046.

36. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 189.994.

37. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 189.673.

38. (33) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 188.719.

39. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 188.683.

40. (10) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 188.549.

41. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 187.939.

42. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, Owner Points.

43. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 187.021.

Failed to Qualify 44. (23) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 186.834.

BASKETBALL WNBA All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 10 4 .714 — Chicago 8 5 .615 1½ Indiana 8 6 .571 2 Atlanta 7 8 .467 3½ New York 5 9 .357 5 Washington 3 11 .214 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 13 3 .813 — San Antonio 10 5 .667 2½ Los Angeles 11 6 .647 2½ Seattle 7 8 .467 5½ Phoenix 4 11 .267 8½ Tulsa 2 12 .143 10 Thursday's Games Los Angeles 96, Minnesota 90 San Antonio 88, Indiana 72 Friday's Games San Antonio 78, Washington 73 Connecticut at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Sunday's Games Washington at Tulsa, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at New York, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Seattle, 9 p.m.

CYCLING Tour de France Results Friday At Metz, France Sixth Stage A 127.4-mile flat ride from Epernay to Metz, with one easy climb 1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, LiquigasCannondale, 4 hours, 37 minutes.

2. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, same time.

3. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, same time.

4. Kenny Robert van Hummel, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.

5. Juan Jose Haedo, Argentina, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.

6. Gregory Henderson, New Zealand, Lotto Belisol, same time.

7. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Lampre-ISD, same tim 8. Luca Paolini, Italy, Katusha, same time.

9. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica GreenEdge, same time.

10. Brett Lancaster, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, 4 seconds behind.

11. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

12. Roy Curvers, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.

13. Julien Simon, France, SaurSojasun, same time.

14. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time.

15. Bernhard Eisel, Austria, Sky Procycling, same time.

16. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, LiquigasCannondale, same time.

17. Marco Marcato, Italy, VacansoleilDCM, same time.

18. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.

19. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.

20. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

Also 21. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.

26. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.

29. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, same time.

37. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.

38. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

39. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time.

44. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.

46. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

72. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, :55.

82. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 2:09.

110. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 3:31.

172. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 13:24.

181. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.

183. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.

Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, withdrew.

Overall Standings (After six stages) 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, RadioShack-Nissan, 29 hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds.

2. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 7 seconds behind.

3. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.

4.Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, :10.

5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, :13.

6. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, :17.

7. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, LiquigasCannondale, :18.

TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM 8. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, LiquigasCannondale, :19.

9. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.

10. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, :22.

11. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, same time.

12. Marco Marcato, Italy, VacansoleilDCM, :23.

13. Vladimir Gusev, Russia, Katusha, :24.

14. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.

15. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, :25.

16. Michael Rogers, Australia, Sky Procycling, 17. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, :28.

18. Ivan Basso, Italy, LiquigasCannondale, :29.

19. Eduard Vorganov, Russia, Katusha, :35.

20. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, :40.

Also 22. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, :45.

24. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 1:29.

32. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 2:27.

37. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 2:43.

51. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 4:13.

108. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 13:38.

114. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 14:17.

127. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 15:49.

175. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 26:12.

Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, withdrew.

TENNIS Wimbledon Results Friday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Wimbledon, England Purse: $25.03 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 64, 6-3.

Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. JoWilfried Tsonga (5), France, 6-3, 6-4, 36, 7-5.

GOLF The Greenbrier Classic Scores Friday At The Greenbrier Resort, The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,274; Par 70 Partial Second Round a-denotes amateur Note: Play was suspended due to darkness.

Webb Simpson...................65-66—131 Jonathan Byrd....................64-68—132 Charlie Beljan.....................70-62—132 Jeff Maggert .......................64-68—132 Jerry Kelly...........................66-66—132 J.B. Holmes ........................65-68—133 Charlie Wi...........................67-66—133 Bob Estes...........................69-65—134 Scott Piercy ........................66-68—134 Billy Mayfair ........................69-65—134 Ken Duke............................66-68—134 Sean O'Hair........................66-68—134 Kevin Chappell ...................69-66—135 Kevin Streelman.................67-68—135 Davis Love III......................69-66—135 Jeff Overton........................70-65—135 Fran Quinn..........................68-67—135 Roberto Castro ..................71-64—135 Daniel Summerhays ..........68-67—135 John Daly ...........................68-67—135 Seung-Yul Noh...................68-67—135 Chris Couch .......................68-68—136 Gavin Coles........................68-68—136 Rod Pampling.....................69-67—136 Ricky Barnes......................69-67—136 Kenny Perry........................70-66—136 Carl Pettersson ..................71-65—136 Ted Potter, Jr.......................69-67—136 Billy Horschel......................66-70—136 Keegan Bradley..................68-68—136 Steve Stricker .....................69-67—136 Kevin Na .............................69-67—136 Hunter Haas.......................69-67—136 Troy Kelly ............................69-67—136 Pat Perez............................71-66—137 Bill Haas .............................68-69—137 Johnson Wagner................68-69—137 Scott Stallings.....................67-70—137 Spencer Levin ....................73-64—137 Brian Harman.....................69-68—137 Russell Knox ......................69-68—137 Patrick Cantlay ...................67-70—137 Tim Petrovic........................69-68—137 Edward Loar.......................73-64—137 Troy Matteson.....................70-67—137 Blake Adams......................67-70—137 Vijay Singh..........................63-74—137 David Hearn .......................69-68—137 Graham DeLaet .................67-70—137 Cameron Tringale...............71-67—138 Kris Blanks .........................72-66—138 Charley Hoffman................66-72—138 Dustin Johnson ..................71-67—138 Ben Curtis ..........................70-68—138 D.A. Points ..........................69-69—138 Kyle Reifers ........................68-70—138 Leaderboard at time of suspended play .................................SCORE THRU 1. Webb Simpson...............-9 F 2. Charlie Beljan ................-8 F 2. Jerry Kelly ......................-8 F 2. Jeff Maggert...................-8 F 2. Martin Flores..................-8 16 2. Jonathan Byrd................-8 F 7. Charlie Wi.......................-7 F 7. J.B. Holmes ....................-7 F 9. Billy Mayfair....................-6 F 9. Bob Estes.......................-6 F 9. Scott Piercy....................-6 F 9. Sean O'Hair ...................-6 F 9. Ken Duke .......................-6 F 14. Roberto Castro ............-5 F 14. Jeff Overton .................-5 F 14. Davis Love III ...............-5 F 14. Kevin Chappell.............-5 F 14. Fran Quinn ...................-5 F 14. Seung-yul Noh.............-5 F 14. John Daly.....................-5 F 14. Daniel Summerhays ....-5 F 14. Kevin Streelman...........-5 F Champions Tour-Nature Valley First Tee Open Scores Friday Monterey Peninsula, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million p-Pebble Beach Golf Links, 6,837 yards; Par 72 d-Del Monte Golf Course, 6,365

yards; Par 72 First Round Tom Kite..............................33-34—67d John Cook..........................34-33—67d Mark McNulty.....................33-35—68d Loren Roberts....................35-33—68d Tom Pernice Jr. ..................34-34—68d Mark Calcavecchia ............35-34—69d Corey Pavin........................32-37—69d Brad Bryant ........................34-35—69p Gary Hallberg.....................34-35—69d Peter Senior........................34-35—69d Bill Glasson ........................35-34—69d Michael Allen......................35-35—70d Jim Thorpe .........................36-34—70d Ted Schulz..........................35-35—70d Kirk Triplett ..........................35-35—70p Bob Gilder ..........................34-36—70d James Mason.....................36-35—71d Mike Goodes......................36-35—71d Jeff Hart..............................34-37—71p Mark Brooks.......................35-36—71p Jeff Sluman ........................37-34—71d Fred Funk ...........................38-33—71d Bobby Clampett .................35-36—71d John Huston.......................37-34—71d Craig Stadler ......................35-36—71d Peter Jacobsen ..................35-36—71p Lonnie Nielsen ...................36-36—72p Tom Purtzer........................37-35—72d Dick Mast............................37-35—72p Jay Haas.............................34-38—72d Russ Cochran ....................38-34—72p Mark Mouland....................35-37—72d Tom Jenkins .......................37-36—73d Sonny Skinner....................38-35—73p P.H. Horgan III ....................34-39—73p Jim Gallagher, Jr. ...............37-36—73d Robin Byrd..........................36-37—73d U.S. Women's Open Scores Friday At Blackwolf Run Championship Course Kohler, Wis. Purse: $3.25 million Yardage: 6,954; Par 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Suzann Pettersen ..............71-68—139 Michelle Wie.......................74-66—140 Cristie Kerr..........................69-71—140 Sandra Gal .........................71-70—141 Inbee Park..........................71-70—141 Vicky Hurst .........................71-70—141 Lizette Salas.......................69-73—142 Mika Miyazato ....................71-71—142 Na Yeon Choi......................71-72—143 Nicole Castrale...................73-70—143 Lexi Thompson...................70-73—143 Il Hee Lee...........................72-71—143 Jennie Lee..........................70-74—144 Gerina Piller........................73-71—144 Jimin Kang..........................72-72—144 Ai Miyazato.........................70-74—144 Giulia Sergas......................74-71—145 Pornanong Phatlum...........76-69—145 Jinyoung Pak......................73-72—145 Sakura Yokomine................75-70—145 Jessica Korda.....................74-71—145 Hee Kyung Seo..................72-73—145 Alison Walshe.....................74-71—145 So Yeon Ryu.......................74-71—145 Beatriz Recari.....................70-75—145 Jeong Jang.........................73-72—145 Se Ri Pak............................72-73—145 Amy Yang............................73-72—145 a-Lydia Ko...........................74-72—146 Stacy Lewis ........................77-69—146 Yani Tseng..........................74-72—146 Jennifer Johnson................76-70—146 Jennifer Song .....................72-74—146 Yeon Ju Jung......................74-72—146 Paula Creamer...................73-73—146 Azahara Munoz..................73-73—146 Angela Stanford .................75-71—146 Kristy McPherson...............75-71—146 Anna Nordqvist ..................72-74—146 Jenny Shin..........................76-71—147 Karrie Webb........................75-72—147 Brittany Lang......................73-74—147 Sue Kim..............................75-72—147 Cindy LaCrosse .................73-74—147 Heather Bowie Young ........75-73—148 Katherine Hull.....................75-73—148 Diana Luna.........................76-72—148 Melissa Reid.......................79-69—148 Troy Country Club Ladies 18-hole League July 3 1. Susan Jackson 2. Sharon Tecklenburg 3. Kathy Burgasser

SOCCER Major League Soccer All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 10 5 3 33 34 22 D.C. Sporting K.C. 10 5 2 32 23 17 New York 9 4 4 31 32 25 Chicago 8 5 4 28 21 19 6 5 6 24 22 24 Houston Columbus 6 5 4 22 16 15 New England 5 7 4 19 22 22 5 11 3 18 25 35 Montreal Philadelphia 4 9 2 14 15 18 Toronto FC 2 10 4 10 18 30 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA San Jose 11 4 3 36 36 24 Real Salt Lake 10 6 3 33 28 21 Vancouver 8 4 5 29 19 19 Seattle 7 5 6 27 21 18 Colorado 7 9 1 22 24 22 Los Angeles 6 10 2 20 26 29 Chivas USA 5 7 4 19 11 18 Portland 5 7 4 19 16 21 FC Dallas 3 9 6 15 17 27 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Tuesday's Games Houston 0, Chicago 0, tie Portland 2, San Jose 1 Wednesday's Games Sporting Kansas City 3, Montreal 1 FC Dallas 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Vancouver 1, Colorado 0 Real Salt Lake 0, Seattle FC 0, tie Philadelphia 2, Los Angeles 1 Saturday's Games Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 8 p.m.

San Jose at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

Portland at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle FC, 11 p.m.

Sunday's Games Los Angeles at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

New York at New England, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11 Vancouver at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 14 Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Portland, 11 p.m.

Sunday, July 15 Seattle FC at New York, 4 p.m.

D.C. United at Houston, 9 p.m.