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A community blood drive will be held during the annual National Night Out from 3-7 p.m. at Hobart Arena. To register online, visit www.givingbloodnow.org and use sponsor code 13477. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins will be accepted for local blood banks. Registered donors also will be signed up to win a new red Ford Focus.

A chance to stop crime National Night Out is Tuesday BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com One evening out of the year, 10 percent of Miami County comes together for a night out for food, family, fun and community activism. National Night Out kicks off at

MIAMI COUNTY 5 p.m. Tuesday at Troy Community Park, across from Hobart Arena, for its 10th annual festival of information, as well as free food and fun. Opening ceremonies begin at 5:30 p.m. and former Miami County judge Jeffrey

LONDON (AP) — Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end. Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps. Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career? See Olympics

Welbaum will be this year’s guest speaker. “More than 10,000 people a year come out for this and I think that’s pretty huge — that’s 10 percent of the whole county,” said Tom Kirkham, a 20-year member of the Troy Police Department’s Auxiliary and co-chairman of Miami County’s National Night

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Hiring picks up in July

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Unemployment rate stays same Outsiders use Amish name PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Thursdays in Market Square, Joseph Zook peddles vegetables, breads and Mason jars full of jam from beneath the awning of a white tent. He has a thick beard, suspenders and squarecut blond hair that is just visible under the brim of his straw hat. In and around Amish country, it’s easy to find countless stores and websites advertising Amish quilts, Amish candy and Amish crafts. But though Zook is Amish, it would be impossible to tell from the name of his Evansburg farm, Maple Run, or his products, whose homemade labels make no mention of their maker’s religion. See Page 6.

Pastor wins accolades GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — The song started with a constant rhythm, the heavy bass strings resonating with a thump. Dean Phelps kept the beat with his thumb, waiting a few notes before kicking in with a sweet melody of bluegrass and folk. See Religion, Page 7.

INSIDE TODAY Advice ............................8 Calendar.........................3 Classified......................11 Comics ...........................9 Deaths ............................6 Caroline N. Beaty Henry F. Kendrick Gerald J. Holthaus Ivan Curtis Opinion ...........................5 Racing ..........................14 Religion ..........................7 Sports...........................15 TV...................................8

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Doing their part ABOVE: Sonja White hands a cup of lemonade to Lori Schneider while Kyra Burton is in the background. Zach, Amanda and Avery Austin are hosting a two-day lemonade stand to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation for childhood cancer. The Austin lemonade stand, on Wilson Road in Troy, offers lemonade, pink lemonade, bottled water and lemon cookies. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra Scott. RIGHT: Kristy Burton waves at drivers using a sign to generate business for a lemonade stand Friday on Wilson Road in Troy. The stand will be open today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for donations, while online donations also are being accepted at www.alexs lemonade.org. The Austin family wanted to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer.

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly as the rest of the world slows down. The 163,000 jobs employers added in July ended three months of weak hiring. But the surprising gains weren’t enough to drive down the unemployment rate, which ticked up to 8.3 percent last month from 8.2 percent in June the 42nd straight month the jobless rate has exceeded 8 percent. The United States remains stuck with the weakest economic recovery since World War II. The latest job numbers, released Friday by the Labor Department, provided fodder both for President Barack Obama, who highlighted improved hiring in the private sector, and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who pointed toward higher unemployment. “It’s not especially weak, but it’s not especially strong,” said Scott Brown, chief economist at the investment firm Raymond James. Investors focused on the positive. The Dow Jones industrials surged 217 points. Three more monthly jobs reports will come out before Election Day, including the one on October employment on Friday, Nov. 2, four days before Americans vote. No modern president has faced re-election when unemployment was so high. President Jimmy Carter was bounced from office in November 1980 when unemployment was 7.5 percent. In remarks at the White House, Obama said the private sector has added 4.5 million jobs in the past 29 months. But he acknowledged there still are too many people out of work. “We’ve got more work to do on their behalf,” he said. Former Massachusetts Gov.

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REM Ohio completes renovations at Troy location

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Colorful paint, new landSunday T-storms scaping and updated furniHigh: 85° ture are only a few of the Low: 72° changes made in the remodeling of REM Ohio, which Complete weather hosted its grand opening information on Page 10. Tuesday. Open since June 2011, Home Delivery: REM Ohio, 721 Lincoln 335-5634 Ave., Suite B, provides servClassified Advertising: ices for people with develop(877) 844-8385 mental disabilities. About STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER 30 individuals attend the REM Ohio Direct Service Professional Jessica Stangel Troy location — participatworks with Michelle Phipps while creating an art piece ing in vocational or art on canvas Friday at the center in Troy. activities each day — with 6 74825 22406 6

TROY additional locations in Akron, Cambridge, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati. “The space is set up so they can choose whether they want to do work or art. We’re all about choice,” said administrative assistant Candace Caplinger. The transformation for the Troy location took about four months but was in the works for about a year. “It’s given the space more life,” Caplinger said. “It’s in a different color

scheme now and is brighter, happier and more welcoming.” REM Ohio state director Carla Parker chose a bright color for each room — including green, yellow and orange — with a bold purple stripe border. The remodeling included much more than paint and new floors, though. Walls were built to provide a more definitive space for a lobby and a tool cage was created for the woodworking room, where individuals create

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Troy man waives hearing, case bound over BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com

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• Wall Street The Dow Jones industrial average surged 217.29 points to close at 13,096.17. The broader Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) 500 index rose 25.99 points to 1,390.99, and the Nasdaq composite index added 58.13 points to 2,967.90. • Oil and Gas NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil posted its biggest gain in more than month, jumping nearly 5 percent, after the government reported a sharp rise in jobs growth for July. Benchmark U.S. crude on Friday rose $4.27 to end the day at $91.40 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which sets the price for oil imported into the U.S., climbed $3.04, or 2.9 percent, to $108.94 per barrel in London. Prices climbed after the government said U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July. Last month's hiring was the best since February, though it wasn't enough to drive down the unemployment rate. Prices for oil and gasoline tend to rise on signs of strength in the economy, which increases energy demand. — Staff and wire reports

A Troy man who was arrested and initially charged with 39 sex counts involving children last week after the Department of Homeland Security issued a warrant for his arrest will plead to 14 of those counts while all oth-

TROY ers were dismissed during a preliminary hearing this week in municipal court. Joshua Rowe, 25, waived the hearing and his case was bound over to common pleas court where he is expected to plead by bill of information to 14 charges of pandering sexu-

• Continued from 1 Out for more than 10 years. This year’s National Night Out theme is “Stop Crime in its Tracks.” “If we can help one person find a service they need or help a family get a car seat checked or someone can benefit in any way, it’s a success,” Kirkham said. “When I see a smile on a kid’s face or a parent stops to thank me it’s all worth it.” Public service organization from the county’s law enforcement and fire departments will be on hand to showcase their services and their outreach programs such as Troy Police Department’s car seat checks and its rape defense courses, which are held throughout the year. “This helps us all prevent us becoming victims and help them get to where they need to go to turn their life around,” Kirkham said of the multiple agencies, health and wellness programs as well as police and fire officials. “It’s a great way for the community to come together, work together and meet on a fun evening to learn what is out there to help them with their needs,” Kirkham said. “I want to thank all the organizations — there are too many to name — as well as the city of Troy and Troy Police Department and all that have supported this over the years.” With a near perfect weather forecast for

Tuesday, Kirkham said this year’s crowd may be the largest, which he is pleased to see each year. “I don’t think the weather could get any better,” Kirkham said. He said representatives from the Ohio governor’s office have remarked that Miami County’s National Night Out event is one of the state’s best. “They’ve told us it’s one of the best they’ve attended,” Kirkham said. He noted all the success and help over his tenure as chairman couldn’t have been done without co-chairwoman Becky Chaney. “It’s a lot of work at the end of the day but it’s all worth it. Becky has helped me for more than eight years a lot and with the help from our committee, it’s been a great time,” Kirkham said, adding planning for the event begins in February. “We enjoy seeing all the people get out and enjoying themselves.” Once again, multiple restaurants will provide free food samples, including Outback Steakhouse, Frickers, Culver’s, Friendly’s and Filling Station, as well as free hot dogs courtesy of the American Legion, bottled water from the Kiwanis organization and pop from the American Legion Post 43 Woman’s Auxiliary. Door prizes, including a $200 grill from Lowe’s, as well as prizes from local jewelry stores, hotels and restaurants, also will be offered.

REM • Continued from 1 cornhole boards — in addition to cornhole bags — to be sold. “They cut it, they assemble it, they paint it,” Caplinger said. “They do it all, and then keep what they earn.” Also, offices were set up for the eight administrative employees who work in the building.

Forum, the convention’s home, is in an area that would be required to evacuate if winds exceeded 96 mph. But that doesn’t seem likely, say experts, whose studies determined storms usually don’t hit Florida’s Gulf coast at the end of August. More of a worry is that people will suffer problems during the hot and steamy Tampa summer. “It is brutally hot down here,” said Steve Huard, spokesman for Hillsborough County Health Department. “We’re trying to do everything we can to keep people from passing out.” In May, Florida officials held a four-day mock hurri-

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as a sex offender for at least the next 15 years in the county where he resides, works or receives an education, possibly longer. All other charges were dismissed without prejudice, court documents show. Authorities with Homeland Security believe Rowe was involved in a

pornography ring. Troy police issued a search warrant at the man’s home on 503 S. Clay St. on July 25 and seized several computers and two cell phones, which are now being examined by authorities. Rowe remains behind bars at the Miami County Jail on a combined bond of $700,000.

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The space was still operational throughout the renovation, giving individuals and employees a glimpse of the changes under way. “The anticipation was there for them as well,” Caplinger said. “They’re very happy about the space, the colors and the atmosphere.” For more information on REM Ohio, visit www. rem-oh.com.

RNC organizers prep for heat TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Republican National Convention and the peak of hurricane season collide in Tampa this month. And though planners are banking on years of data that a major storm won’t hit, they also have laid out worsecase scenarios that include canceling if it’s clear the 70,000 expected delegates, officials, journalists and protesters would be in harm’s way. Tampa is one of the places in the region most vulnerable to storm surge. In a major hurricane, floodwaters could reach some 3 miles inland Tampa is on a bay, not directly on the Gulf of Mexico and storm surge could reach as much as 17 feet. The Tampa Bay Times

ally oriented material involving a minor. Seven of those counts are second-degree felonies and the remaining seven are felonies of the fourthdegree. If convicted as charged on all of those counts, Rowe faces the maximum prison sentence of more than 66 years in prison and will be required by law to register

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cane drill. Officials laid out a worst-case scenario for the emergency planners: what if (fake) Hurricane Gispert a (fake) Category 3 storm struck Tampa on the second day of the RNC? Under that scenario, state leaders canceled the convention. RNC organizers have been asked repeatedly to talk about what will happen if a hurricane threatens the convention. While they acknowledge the possibility, like many security issues, they are close-mouthed about any evacuation plans. Political conventions have been held before in cities where hurricanes and the heat are summertime threats, though none has been in Florida for 40 years.

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Ironworker Stephen MacGray cuts a steel brace at the World Trade Center construction site, Thursday in New York. U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.

Economy • Continued from 1 Romney focused on the increase in the unemployment rate, as did other Republicans. “Middle-class Americans deserve better, and I believe America can do better,” Romney said in a statement. The economy is still struggling more than three years after the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009. The collapse of the housing market and the financial crisis that followed froze credit, destroyed trillions of dollars in household wealth and brought home construction to a halt. Consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic output, remains weak as American families pay down debts and save more. From April through June this year, the economy expanded at a listless 1.5 percent annual pace, a slowdown from the January-March pace of 2 percent. The job market got off to a strong start in 2012. Employers added an average 226,000 a month from January through March. But the hiring spree was caused partly by a surprisingly warm winter that allowed construction companies and other firms to hire earlier in the year than usual, effectively stealing jobs from the spring. The payback showed up as weak hiring an average 73,000 a month from April through June. Then came the 163,000 new jobs in July, beating the 100,000 economists had expected. Now that the warm weather effects have worn off, economists expect job growth to settle into range of 100,000 to 150,000 a month.

Which would be consistent: The economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month this year. But that hasn’t been enough to bring unemployment down. At 8.3 percent, unemployment was as high in July as it had been in January. The unemployment rate can rise even when hiring picks up because the government derives the figures from two different surveys. One is called the payroll survey. It asks mostly large companies and government agencies how many people they employed during the month. This survey produces the number of jobs gained or lost. The other is the household survey. Government workers ask whether the adults in a household have a job and use the findings to produce the unemployment rate. Last month’s uptick in joblessness was practically a rounding error: The unemployment rate blipped up from 8.22 percent in June to 8.25 in July. Worries have intensified that the U.S. economy will fall off a “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year. That’s when more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts will kick in unless Congress reaches a budget deal. The draconian dose of austerity is meant to force Republicans and Democrats to compromise. If they can’t and taxes go up and spending gets slashed, the economy will plunge into recession, contracting at an annual rate of 1.3 percent the first six months of 2013, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The rest of the world is slowing. Much of Europe is in recession as policymakers struggle to deal with

high government debts, weak banks and the threat that countries will abandon the euro currency and wreck the region’s financial system. Citing a “worsening crisis,” European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Thursday the bank is preparing to unleash its financial might and buy government bonds to help drive down borrowing costs in debt-ridden countries like Spain and Italy. high-powered The economies of China, India and Brazil are slowing sharply, partly because Europe’s troubles have hurt their exports. In the United States, the Federal Reserve earlier this week passed up a chance to approve new measures to jolt economic growth but signaled it was ready to act if growth and hiring stayed week. That led many economists to predict the Fed would announce a third round of bond purchases designed to push long-term interest rates down and generate more borrowing and spending in the economy. “If the previous three months of lackluster job creation were not enough to spur the (Fed) into acting more aggressively to stimulate the economy, these numbers must surely kill off the possibility of imminent action,” said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit in London. The job market still has a long way to go. The economy lost 8.8 million jobs from the time employment peaked in January 2008 until it hit bottom in February 2010. Since then, just 4 million, or 46 percent, have been recovered. Never since World War II has the economy been so slow to recover all the jobs lost in a downturn.

Fair hopes to rejuvenate tradition INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Visitors poured into the Indiana State Fair on opening day Friday, signaling they were ready to move on from last summer’s deadly stage collapse and to re-embrace the popular annual event after its most trying year. The strong early attendance was a good sign for

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Troy, will offer its annual free garage sale giveaway from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. For more information, call 3351313. • FARMERS MARKET: Downtown Troy Farmers Market will be from 9 a.m. to noon on South Cherry Street, just off West Main Street. The market will include fresh produce, artisan cheeses, baked goods, eggs, organic milk, maple syrup, flowers, crafts, prepared food and entertainment. For free parking, enter off West Franklin Street. Contact Troy Main Street at 339-5455 for information or visit www.troymainstreet.org. • FARMERS MARKET: The Miami County Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Friendly’s parking lot. Food, includes locally grown fruits and vegetables, baked goods, honey, Indiana melons and more. There is plenty of parking. • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon at Grace Family Worship, 1477 S. Market St., Troy. Anyone who registers to give will receive an “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be registered to win a Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com. • SHARE-A-MEAL: Bring your family and friends for food and fellowship to the First United Church of Christ’s Share-AMeal from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meal will feature summer picnic items with a variety of sandwiches (chicken salad, ham salad and pimento cheese), potato salad, relishes, chips, fresh fruit and beverages. Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to participate while giving an opportunity to socialize with others in the community. Use the Canal Street entrance where the church is handicapped accessible. • SCHOOL SUPPLIES: A school supply giveaway will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 TippCowlesville Road, Tipp City, behind the church in the fellowship hall. • 5K RUN: The Bethel cross country team will host the First Bethel Community 5k Trail Run/Walk. Sign-ups will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the run/walk starting at 9 a.m. The cost is $20, with proceeds going to the Bethel cross country team to help pay for team trip and new team clothes. The course is all grass and woods trails. The finish will be on the Bethel track in front of the home grandstands. Bethel High School is located at 7490 State Route, Tipp City. • BEAUTY AND GRACE: Discover what makes butterflies and skippers unique from 1-3 p.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Pre-registration is required. Call Aullwood at 890-7360. Class fee is $35 for non-members. • PRAIRIE WALK: Take a tallgrass prairie walk at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Experience a bit of Ohio’s rich natural heritage on a naturalist led exploration of Aullwood’s prairie. Learn about prairie plants and animals and the importance of this tallgrass ecosystem.

SUNDAY • CREATURE FEATURE: Amphibians will be the feature of a program from 2-3 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Join participants as they discover two amazing amphibians, the American toad and the spotted salamander. This event is free and open to the public. • BREAKFAST SET: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will have a complete breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Choices are eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, waffles, pancakes, hash browns, biscuits, sausage gravy, cinnamon rolls, juices and fruit for $6. • BLUEGRASS MUSIC: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will have bluegrass bands beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free. Food will be available for purchase. • SPECIAL MEETING: The Newton Township Trustees will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. at the township building, 210 W. Walnut St., Pleasant Hill. The special meeting is to appropriate the nec-

MONDAY • TCT AUDITIONS: The Troy Civic Theatre will have auditions for its next production, “Dearly Departed,” at 7 p.m. at the Barn in the Park, Troy. The cast will include six to eight women, ranging in age from 18 to 70s and four to six men, ranging in age from mid-20s to 70s. For more information, call Terressa Knoch, director, at 280-3932. • NOON OPTIMIST: The Troy Noon Optimist will meet at noon at the Tin Roof restaurant, 439 N. Elm St., Troy. The speaker will be Jane Hum of Lucky Horseshoe 4-H Club. • CHICKEN FRY: A chicken fry dinner will be offered from 6-8 p.m. at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chicken dinner with french fries and macaroni salad for $7. Chicken livers also will be available. Civic agendas • Monroe Township Board of Trustees will meet at the Township Building. • The Tipp City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Government Center. • The Piqua City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. • The Troy City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the meeting room in Council Chambers. • The Staunton Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton Township building. • Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department office located at 123 W. Wright St., Covington. • The Potsdam Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the village offices.

TUESDAY • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from 3-7 p.m. at National Night Out in Troy at the Troy Community Park, 255 Adams St. Anyone who registers to give will receive an “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be registered to win a Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com. Civic agenda • The Concord Township Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Court, Troy.

WEDNESDAY • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Susan Funderberg from the Downtown Troy Farmers Market will be the speaker. For more information, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at 339-8935. • COMMITTEE MEETING: The Fort Rowdy Gathering will have its next committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Covington City Building. • BLOOD DRIVE: A blood drive will be offered from noon to 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 20 S. Walnut St., Troy. Anyone who registers to give will receive an “iFocus, iChange Local Lives, the Power is in Your Hands” T-shirt and be registered to win a Ford Focus. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com. • TCT AUDITIONS: The Troy Civic Theatre will have auditions for its next production, “Dearly Departed,” at 7 p.m. at the Barn in the Park, Troy. The cast will include six to eight women, ranging in age from 18-70s and four to six men, ranging in age from mid-20s to 70s. For more information, call Terressa Knoch, director, at 280-3932. • ALUMNI LUNCH: The Staunton School alumni will meet at 11:30 am. at Friendly’s Restaurant in Troy. Graduates or anyone having attended the school are invited to participate. For more information, call 335-2859. • BOE MEETING: The Newton Local Board of Education will hold its regular meeting for the month at 7 p.m. in the Newton School Board of Education Room to conduct regular business.

Representatives from Troy Community Works! have been awarded a $100,000 Economic Development Grant from the Ohio Finance Fund. The purpose of this grant is to support the continued rehabilitation of 221 E. Main St. Troy Community Works! purchased 221 E. Main St. in July 2010 with the purpose of rehabilitating the structure as the first development project for the organization. In the two years since that purchase, much work has been done behind the scenes including complete environmental remediation, clean out of more than 4 tons of debris and the removal of a dilapidated rear addition. Many supporters have helped the project, including the Troy Foundation, the city of Troy and the Oswald Family Foundation. However, the grant from the Ohio Finance Fund is the largest grant TCW has received to date. “We are pleased about this project and the grant from the Finance Fund,” said Don Willis, TCW board president. “Many partners have helped us get this far and it’s nice to be able to match their contributions with support from the state.”

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Registration ends Aug. 10 PIQUA — The last day for students wanting to attend Edison Community College to register for fall classes will be Aug. 10. Current and returning students still will be able to register for fall classes until the start of the semester Aug. 27. Edison’s associate of arts and associate of science degrees permit a student to complete the first two years of study for nearly any baccalaureate major and to transfer to a four-year institution. The college’s “2+2 University Transfer” provides a student with the chance to begin their first two years at Edison, taking classes closer to home and saving more than half on tuition costs before transferring to a four-year university in Ohio to complete a bachelor’s degree. Edison’s staff works closely with many of the state’s four-year institutions to keep programs up-to-date and transferable, and articulation agreements with area colleges and universities list courses you can take at Edison to prepare for popular majors at nearby schools. In addition, university partners like Bluffton, Urbana, University of Dayton, Miami, Wright State and Franklin offer bachelor’s completion programs at both the Piqua and Greenville campuses. Students interested in taking classes at Edison are encouraged to call 7787920 to schedule a personal admissions advising appointment.

Deadline nears for requests TROY — The deadline to submit a grant request to the Troy Foundation is 4 p.m. Aug. 15 for the upcoming meeting in September. Grants are available to charitable, non-profit organizations that benefit residents of the Troy City School District. Applications and guidelines are available at www.thetroyfoundation.org , or for more information, call (937) 339-8935.

TROY Founding board member and local architect Mike Twiss agreed. “When we started TCW part of the reasoning was to match untapped state funding sources with local projects. This just solidifies that it is possible,” he said. The Ohio Finance Fund was founded in 1987 as a statewide, nonprofit intermediary between the state of Ohio and non-profit community development corporations. Celebrating its 25th anniversary as a partner in community empowerment in 2012, the Finance Fund and its affiliates have invested more than $195 million in housing, economic development, and community facility projects while leveraging over $1 billion throughout the state of Ohio. The Finance Fund connects underserved communities with public and private sources of capital, simplifying the complexities of the financing process to help good ideas come to life. The Economic Development Grant that TCW was awarded provides funding for neighborhood commercial improvement projects that create private sector

jobs to strengthen the area’s economic base. Jon Moorehead, finance officer for the Ohio Finance Fund, said, “Our review committee was impressed with Troy Community Works! and we’re happy to have them as a new partner.” Troy Community Works! is a non-profit community development corporation for the city of Troy. Its mission is to enhance the longterm well-being and livability of the city of Troy through a collaborative approach to sustainable community development. TCW achieves this through three pillars of community development: strengthening downtown residential and commercial building stock, promoting neighborhood revitalization and providing grassroots organizing and education. In addition to the redevelopment project, TCW also is involved in coordinating the annual Make A Difference Day Fix It Day for the Troy community. For more information on the plans for 221 E. Main St., and Troy Community Works! visit the website at www.troycommunity.com. For more information on the Ohio Finance Fund, visit the website at www.financefund.org.

Kent State student accused of threat won’t face felony TOLEDO (AP) — A Kent State University student accused of posting on Twitter that he would be “shooting up” the Ohio campus won’t face a felony charge after a grand jury decided to indict him on a less serious charge. William Koberna, a 19year-old sophomore, was arraigned Friday on a misdemeanor charge of telecommunications harassment, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. Authorities earlier had charged him with inducing panic, but a grand jury on Thursday decided against indicting him on the felony. School officials suspended the student, and he was

ordered by a judge to stay away from the campus and the university’s president. Koberna was arrested nearly a week ago at his parents’ home in the Cleveland suburb of Brunswick after university officials contacted police about the tweet. Kent State officials say the profanity-laced message sent July 25 included a threat that he would be “shooting up” the school. Court records show that Koberna was appointed a public defender. A message seeking comment was left Friday with the public defender’s office in Portage County. Koberna was released from jail after posting bond.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grasping for an election President advantage, Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney cast Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest round of economic data in starkly different ways. Obama heralded more signs of slow, if steady, job growth. Romney said the uptick in the unemployment rate was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hammer blowâ&#x20AC;? to the middle class. Both candidates sought to score political points in the hours after the Labor Department said the economy added 163,000 jobs in July, marking the best pace of hiring in five months. The jobless rate rose slightly, however, to 8.3 percent, from 8.2 percent in June. Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electoral prospects in November depend in large part on convincing Americans that he has put an economy once on the brink of a depression on the path to growth, however sluggish that growth may be. He touted a 29th straight month of private sector job growth, but acknowledged there were still too many people without jobs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve still got too many folks out there looking for work,â&#x20AC;? he said during an event at the White House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got more work to do on their behalf.â&#x20AC;? In a subtle plea for a second term, Obama said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew when I started this job that this was going to take some time.â&#x20AC;? Romney, running for the presidency on his record as a successful businessman, said Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbers were â&#x20AC;&#x153;not just statisticsâ&#x20AC;? and underscored the real struggles people across the country are facing. He blamed Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care law and burdensome regulations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those policies, we know where they lead,â&#x20AC;? Romney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They lead to an America that is not as strong as it must be for ourselves, for our children and for the world.â&#x20AC;? Obama and Romney spoke simultaneously from opposite sides of the country. president was The flanked at the White House by the kind of people he says would benefit from his push to extend tax cuts for the middle class while allowing cuts for upper income earners to expire. Romney spoke at a truck equipment company in Nevada, the state with the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest unemployment rate. The July jobs report exceeded the expectations of economists, who predicted there would be about 100,000 jobs created. It also was a vast improvement from recent jobs reports. From April

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The statement infuriated gay marriage supporters, who planned the socalled kiss-in protests. To counter that demonstration, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and Fox News talk show host, declared Wednesday a Chick-fil-A appreciation day. The Cathy family has never hid its Southern Baptist faith, even closing its restaurants on Sundays. Julie Romano, an organizer at the Decatur, Ga., store, just outside Atlanta, and opposes Cathyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stance, said she thinks the company president â&#x20AC;&#x153;is operating with cafeteria-style religion and a lot of people, extremist like him are, they pick and choose what it is they want to believe.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As my sign said, Jesus said nothing about homosexuality. And Christianity is about loving people.â&#x20AC;?

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rearview mirror and saw an American flag in the trash can. I could hardly believe my eyes. I returned and took it out and it was covered in cobwebs and dirt. Another gentleman had also stopped to retreive it and thanked me.

How could this happen in our country today? Maybe you could publish the “rules” for our flag that most people observe.

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

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald on dispiriting times: Yes, the latest Gallup poll numbers showing the public’s lack of confidence in some of our country’s major institutions are distressing. A nation needs to believe that its political and economic leaders have the character and vision to lead the country forward. But it’s not as if we haven’t been here before. America has survived hard times in the past, and it’s not Pollyannaish to say that we can do so again. There have been various times when Americans wondered if our heritage of national optimism had come to an end. That was the case in the 1890s and the 1930s, times of dire economic hardship. It was true in the 1960s, an era of social upheaval and the nation’s divisions over the Vietnam conflict. It was true in the 1970s, the years of Watergate, “stagflation,” oil shocks and the Iranian hostage crisis. Dispiriting times, all. As I Yet in each period, our country managed to move ahead with confidence renewed. See It Previous generations of Americans did not ■ The Troy surrender to hard times and frustrations. Daily News welcomes They overcame them and built a stronger columns from future. our readers. To There is no reason why the present generasubmit an “As I tion can’t do the same. See It” send Period. your type-writThe Times-Picayune, New Orleans, ten column to: on BPA ban: ■ “As I See It” The Food and Drug Administration’s decic/o Troy Daily sion, at the urging of the American chemical News, 224 S. industry, to ban a controversial plastic from Market St., infant products is a welcome step. Troy, OH 45373 But the agency and the industry need to ■ You can also e-mail us at also address growing concerns about the editorial@tdnpu potential health effects of the substance in blishing.com. other food packaging. ■ Please The Food and Drug Administration has include your full banned the use of BPA, a plastic-hardening name and telechemical, in baby bottles, sippy cups and other phone number. food-carrying containers for babies and young children. Numerous studies have shown that BPA interferes with the reproductive and nervous system of rodents and other animals. But there’s controversy as to its potential effects in humans. Some scientists have maintained that BPA affects babies and young children. The FDA, however, has said that the findings on the animal studies can’t be applied to humans. Research has suggested that nine out of every 10 Americans have traces of BPA in their urine, mostly as the chemical leaches out of packaging for food and beverages. BPA is used in many plastic containers in the food industry, and it’s also used in the resin that lines the inside of most canned goods. Those applications, prevalent for the past 60 years, are approved by the FDA. Health advocacy groups have been seeking a blanket ban of BPA, and some members of Congress have filed legislation that would prohibit its use in all canned food, water bottles and food containers. The agency said it’s now waiting for the result of the ongoing studies before considering whether a broader ban is needed.

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Please respect the American flag To the Editor: On Sunday as my Mom and I drove down Staunton Avenue we passed a trash can set out on the curb and I looked in the

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’Cause we’re leaving ... on a jet plane OK, we’re not really leaving on a jet plane. In case you forgot, I have a serious flying fright and the last time I had to get on a plane for a work conference in San Antonio, Texas, I ended up having to change flights four times because they kept being late. To some, that might be an inconvenience, but to me, it was four times the opportunity to die. Have I mentioned that I have a serious need to be in control? My husband really appreciates it, most of the time. Anyway, we’re leaving in a big ole’ SUV of some sort, it’s giant, I don’t remember what kind and we’re not going alone. We’re going to go where few parents have gone (actually, a lot of parents have probably gone here back in the day); we’re going to climb aboard with our best friends and their two-month-old daughter to make the long, 12-hour haul to Hilton Head for a family-filled vacation, together. That’s right, we’re cramming four adults, a toddler and a baby into a car, along with suitcases filled with probably more outfits than required for a week-long stay at the beach, and we’re doing it by choice. It might seem crazy to most,

Amanda Stewart Troy Daily News Columnist why cram everyone in for a nearly half-day trip when we both have access to comfy, cushy vehicles? Maybe we’re gluttons for punishment, maybe we’re naïve, but we’re all kind of looking forward to the long road trip together. For starters, we’re planning on making the trek during the wee hours of the night. We hope to leave sometime around 10 p.m., so we can be at the beach sometime around noon. It’s a bold move, but it saves us on gas and it feels a little safer. Now, we’ve got four people to take shifts, which means barely three hours of driving for each of us. And instead of there being one adult awake at the wheel in the wee morning hours while the other tries to get as much sleep as they can for the next round of

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driving, there will be four of us in there. We imagine the men will probably keep each other company while the ladies talk about hair products and baking, you know regular housewife-type stuff. I realize this seems crazy to most. My family has tried to talk me out of it a few times, probably because they see how stressful it could get with a toddler, baby and four adults crammed into one car. But we’re not just talking about any four adults here. We spend a couple days a week with each other, Pearyn would probably prefer to run off and live with Jenn and “Kebin,” and their daughter Kinley giggles at all the funny faces Ryan and I have learned to make. So in reality, while most people think we’ve lost our minds to be traveling so far together, we feel like it’s the only way we can remain sane. When Pearyn gets unruly and her terrible twos come trampling out, our friends can stay calm and collected because they don’t deal with it on a regular basis. And when their daughter Kinley wakes up every four hours to eat something, we can help feed her because while our daughter might be in her bratty phase, she

sleeps 10 hours a day. Not to mention, we’ve had our fair share of disagreements, and no one really holds anything against each other. We’re not worried about getting crabby and bickering with each other, because it’s just bickering. And it really, really helps that we’re all animal loving, hippie dippy vegans. So our stops to Taco Bell will result in pretty much the same thing, four seven-layer burritos with no sour cream and no cheese. What could be easier than that? And besides, if we couldn’t make it 12 hours in the car with these people why on Earth would we want to share a two-bedroom condo with them? The best part about our Hilton Head vacation? We have 10 days of unadulterated, no plan-making fun ahead of us. Mainly, we’re going to relax by the ocean, order overpriced drinks at the beach bar and eat at fancy restaurants, if we feel like it. Or we’ll just order pizza in, who knows. Amanda Stewart appears Saturday in the Troy Daily News. The only drink she’ll be enjoying is a virgin daiquiri. Tune in next week for a big surprise!

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enjoyed hunting and target practice. He also loved a spirited game of bid euchre with his nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at the St. Michael Church in Fort Loramie, with the Rev. Steven Shoup presiding. Interment will follow at the St. Michael’s Cemetery. Friends may call from 48 p.m. Monday and from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Gehret Funeral Home in Fort Loramie. Memorials may be made to the Fort Loramie Fire Department or Fort Loramie Rescue Squad. Condolences may be expressed at www. gehretfuneralhome.com.

HENRY F. KENDRICK Kendrick, Mickey (Marlene) Kendrick, Gene (Kathy) Kendrick and Gary (Loretta) Kendrick; sisters, Loretta (Raymond) Stanley and Annette (Mickey) Maynard; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Henry was preceded in death by his father, Arvin Kendrick; son, Greg Kendrick; brothers, Larry Kendrick, Terry Kendrick and Clinton Kendrick. He was a member of the New Horizons Mountain Assembly, Troy. He was formerly employed at Troy Sunshade Co. and managed car wash facilities in Troy and Piqua. Henry loved being with his children, grandchil-

TROY — Henry F. Kendrick, 76, of Troy, Ohio, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at his residence. He was born July 10, 1936, in McAndrews, Ky., to Arvin Kendrick and Trula (Chapman) Kendrick. He is survived by his mother, Trula of Massillon, Ohio; his wife of 41 years, Marcia (Forsgren) Kendrick; his children, Kim (Frank) Butcher of Verdunville, W.Va.; Tim Kendrick of Nashville, Tenn.; step daughter, Cassandra (Richard) Harnish of Fairborn; step son, Rick (Jennifer) Brandon of Peyton, Colo.; brothers, Buddy (Gay) Kendrick, Ronnie (Loretta)

dren and great-grandchildren, as well as visiting friends. His hobby was visiting auctions and flea markets. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, Ohio, with Pastor Joe Hill officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 25 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.baird funeralhome.com.

CAROLINE N. BEATY Madison Heights, Mich., and Katherine Anger of Saint Clair Shores, Mich.; her eight grandchildren, Tyler and Kyle Beaty, Mary Caroline Beaty, Holly (Brian) Koenig, Megan Caroline and Madison Beaty, Amanda (Travis) Wintrow and Drew (Emily Weikert) Mastrino; and two greatgrandchildren, Colin Maier and Mason Mastrino. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Troy. Her special interests were her grandchildren as well as reading, bridge and crossword puzzles. She retired as an executive secretary from

TROY — Caroline N. Beaty, 82, of Troy, Ohio, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at the Koester Pavilion, Troy. She was born April 6, 1930, in Detroit, Mich., to the late Joseph DeBenedetto and Jennie (Magno) DeBenedetto. She was married to David Robert Beaty, who preceded her in death. Caroline is survived by her sons and daughtersin-law, David (Tamara) Beaty of Troy, Craig (Karen) Beaty of Troy and Brett (Ronda) Beaty of West Milton; her daughter and son-in-law, Janis Carole (Chris) Mastrino of Troy; her sisters, Josephine Anger of

Medalist Allen-A after 30 years of service. Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Private interment will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3797 Summit Glen Drive, G100, Dayton, OH 45449, or Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.baird funeralhome.com.

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• Ivan Curtis PIQUA — Ivan Curtis, 82, of Piqua, died at 10:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at the Piqua Manor Nursing Home. His funeral arrangements are pending through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

Parents accused of forcing kids into boxes COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio couple were charged this week with punishing their three children by forcing them into plastic boxes sealed with duct tape and only a square cut in the top for air. The children, ages 5, 6 and 8, were crammed into the boxes as punishment June 16 at the family home in Steubenville while the parents went to the grocery store and left two uncles at home with them, a prosecutor said. A friend of the family arrived at the house, got the children out of the boxes and contacted police.

The children “were all basically demonstrating (for authorities) that they were curled up in the fetal position, laying in their backs,” prosecutor Jeffrey J. Bruzzese said. The children were in the boxes for about 15 to 30 minutes, with square holes cut out of the lids to expose the top part of their faces. There was no indication they had been put in the boxes before, but it was part of a cycle of abuse by the parents that included having weights dropped on their feet, Bruzzese said. The children have been removed from the home

and are in good health, the prosecutor said. James Allen Taylor, 29, and stepmother Samantha Marie Taylor, 26, were indicted this week by a Jefferson County grand jury on charges of endangering children, a felony, and unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor. Each also faced another felony endangering count related to “ongoing corporal punishment practices of the family.” It wasn’t clear Friday whether the couple had attorneys, and a working phone number for them couldn’t be found.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Thursdays in Market Square, Joseph Zook peddles vegetables, breads and Mason jars full of jam from beneath the awning of a white tent. He has a thick beard, suspenders and square-cut blond hair that is just visible under the brim of his straw hat. In and around Amish country, it’s easy to find countless stores and websites advertising Amish quilts, Amish candy and Amish crafts. But though Zook is Amish, it would be impossible to tell from the name of his Evansburg farm, Maple Run, or his products, whose homemade labels make no mention of their maker’s religion. In fact, it’s a good bet that if the word “Amish” appears on a store or a product, the Amish themselves didn’t put it there. Experts and Amish alike say that the name, used as a marketing tool, is almost exclusively the domain of the non-Amish. In the past few years, as the cultural presence of the Amish grows in mainstream America, the use of the word “Amish” in business names and marketing materials has become more common — and more lucrative. Some non-Amish who use the name are selling Amish-made products, but others have connections that are tenuous at best and some have no ties whatsoever to the Amish community. That fact, Zook said, “just don’t seem right.” And it could also be against the law. David Weaver-Zercher, a professor at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg who studies the Amish, said the trend of using the name to market products reflects a larger cultural movement. “In a difficult economy, people feel like the Amish have answers to things that are troubling us,” he said. The name has become increasingly associated with good quality, simplicity and sustainability, WeaverZercher said, all attributes that businesses are eager to communicate to customers. “There’s a lot of things going on that make the Amish interesting and attractive, and that feed into the desire of creating an Amish brand.” There is also quite a bit of money to be made. In

Lancaster, the nation’s oldest Amish community, tourism brings in 11 million people and nearly $1.8 billion. Almost every hotel in the county, from the Olde Amish Inn to the Amish Country Travelodge, has tacked the word onto its name. In 2010, Unker’s, a homeopathic pain relief ointment company based in Worland, Wyo., was looking for a new name after it lost a trademark dispute. Founder Jerry Doerr chose to rechristen his product “Amish Origins,” complete with a logo of a horse and buggy. Doerr’s company has no direct connection to the Amish, but he claims the ointment was originally developed by an Amish man. As a result of the name change, said Doerr, “We have almost gone viral. Our Internet orders have tripled since we started using the Amish name.” Heat Surge, a company based in North Canton, Ohio, picked up on the popularity of the Amish to market its space heaters. Ads that ran nationally in 2009 for the Roll-n-Glow “Amish fireplace” depicted craftsmen in suspenders who labored beneath the arched ceiling of a barn, electric heaters sitting on their rustic plank workbenches. Another ad showed a pair of heaters strapped on the back of a buggy driven by a couple in a straw hat and bonnet. Heat Surge’s ads originally claimed the heaters were “an Amish man’s new miracle idea.” Later, it adjusted the marketing to admit what most people had suspected all along: The heaters were made in China (the product of an “engineering genius from the China coast”). Wooden mantels were the only part of the Roll-n-Glow Amish fireplace that was made by the Amish — in factories equipped with modern tools, not in barns, and delivered by truck, not buggies. The company could not be reached for comment. Heat Surge’s publicity may have been questionable — the Better Business Bureau gives the company an F rating, based in large part on its advertising — but it was effective. Today, a search for “space heater” on Google will bring up a litany of products that borrow from the Roll-n-Glow’s success: “Amish-style,” ”Amish-inspired” and even

“Lancaster-style” heaters. Compared to some businesses, however, the Roll-nGlow is practically Old Order. At many stores that use the word “Amish,” just a fraction of products sold are actually Amish-made. Some sell products that have no direct connections — one Ohio owner compared the Amish in his company’s name to “Keebler elves,” the fictional cookie mascot. According to Doug Wood, a partner at Reed Smith’s New York office who specializes in law relating to advertising and media, companies marketing their products with the Amish name could have trouble under the federal Lanham Act, which prohibits false advertising. A case can be filed by an interested party if a consumer is given a misleading “net impression” of a product that, if they knew the truth, they would not purchase. “If you want to buy a product because you think it’s related to the Amish and it’s not, the advertiser is misleading you,” Wood said. Businesses often try to circumvent these regulations, Wood said, by using more vague terms, such as “Amish country” or, in the case of space heaters, “Amish-inspired.” Even that could be problematic, he said, given that the Amish faith rejects technology like the heater. “You’re also trading on the goodwill of a group whose values are opposite those of what you’re trying to sell,” Wood said. Consumers are not the only ones who suffer from misleading advertising around the Amish name. Many businesses, while not Amish-owned, deal directly with local Amish communities and their products, and they also stand to lose out. “It aggravates me when companies that do not have any connection to the Amish use that word,” said Michael Gerber, the founder of Kidron, Ohio-based Gerber Poultry. The company’s main product, Gerber’s Amish Farm Chicken, is raised almost exclusively by Amish families. A competitor, Gerber said, also sells chicken using the word “Amish” but uses no Amish farmers. “It’s misleading, and it confuses customers,” Gerber said. “We have seen so many products being billed as Amish that aren’t,” said Sally Treadwell, the owner of Almost Amish, a store in Lancaster that exclusively sells Amish-made products. “It makes my stomach crawl.”

Speer of Covington, Marvin Holthaus of Minster, Rick Holthaus of Minster; special friends, Charles and Beth Cable of Sidney; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by both parents. A 1969 graduate of Fort Loramie High School, Jerry then went on to serve in the U.S. Air Corps, National Guard Reserves. He was a member of the Fort Loramie American Legion Post No. 355 and the Minster Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge No. 1391. Jerry was employed for the past 43 years at Emerson Climate Technologies in Sidney and had also been engaged in farming. Jerry

FORT LORAMIE — Gerald J. Holthaus, 61, of Holthaus Road, Fort Loramie, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at his residence early Thursday morning, Aug. 2, 2012. He was born July 15, 1951, in Piqua, Ohio, to Gregor and Rita (Winner) Holthaus. On Sept. 10, 2005, at the home place, Jerry married Judy (Pelfrey) Holthaus, who survives at home. Also surviving are two stepchildren, Sabrina and Dennis McMahon of Sidney, Chad Cable and Barbara Mehne of Columbus; five step-grandchildren and their families; five siblings, Ron and Velma Holthaus of Yorkshire, Ken and Bonita Holthaus of Minster, Martha “Marty” and Joe

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Greenwood pastor wins accolades for guitar GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — The song started with a constant rhythm, the heavy bass strings resonating with a thump. Dean Phelps kept the beat with his thumb, waiting a few notes before kicking in with a sweet melody of bluegrass and folk. Other musicians might need two instruments to play like this. But for a thumbpicker like Phelps, it’s all done with one guitar. Phelps has been singing, playing guitar and performing for more than 30 years. During the past few years he has developed a new skill: thumbpicking. The unique musical style creates toe-tapping beat combining bass, lead guitar and rhythm into one. Along the way, Phelps has earned local and national recognition for his guitar playing, such as a ?rst-place finish in the national thumbpicking guitar contest at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Ark. The Greenwood musician’s latest CD project, Picking the Faith, is in production and marries the thumbpicking style with traditional hymns and gospel music. “I haven’t played anywhere where I don’t find

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Thumbpicking champion Dean Phelps of Greenwood, Ind., has gained local and national recognition for his picking ability. people, even if they’re engaged in conversation, tapping their foot or nodding their head a little bit. You’ve clicked on a beat for them,” he said. Thumbpicking is a style of play in which performers use their thumbs and their fingers. The thumb pick sets the backing rhythm, and the fingers pick out the melody notes.

The resulting sound is an old-timey up-and-down sound that seems like taking a stroll down a country road. “It’s old. If you go upriver enough in music history, it comes out of the blues tradition,” said Carl Adkins, music director for the Ozark Folk Center. “We’re a park that specializes in preserving these older traditions

like thumbpicking.” A full-time pastor for Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phelps has picked up music as an extension of his spiritual life. He has recorded three albums and is getting ready to release “Picking the Faith” in midAugust. The 53-year-old performs solo and with two groups — Unbroken Circle, a folk music trio, and the

Champions, a group of award winners in various instrument competitions. Phelps started playing guitar when he was 9. He learned from his father, who had the reputation of being able to master any instrument with strings. “I had his guitar and was just banging on it one night. He told me to put one finger here, and one finger here, and that was a G chord,” he said. “I’ve been playing in G ever since.” A short time later, Phelps was watching television when he became enamored with a commercial teaching guitar over the course of 39 weeks. His parents recognized his interest, bought him the books and set him loose. He played with other people and started picking up different sounds and techniques from others. Performing with other musicians, particularly those that he considered more accomplished, pushed his own talents. Folk music caught his ear, particularly the melding of gospel and acoustic guitar that was so popular with songwriters such as James Taylor and John Prine. Phelps’ tastes grew from there, expanding into traditional artists such as Doc

Watson and Chet Atkins. Thumbpicking became Phelps’ focus when he and his wife, Debbie, moved to Indiana in 2005. He met a retired pastor who had learned the unique musical form from the brother of pioneering picker Merle Travis. “I was just fascinated by the general style,” Phelps said. “He gave me the thumb pick and asked what I thought I could do with it. It was like falling in love with the guitar all over again.” Phelps had done some playing in the past where he used his thumb and fingers at the same time, but nothing as intense and difficult as full-fledged thumbpicking. He spent four years mastering the style, spending hours at home playing around with the style and the feel of the guitar before he would openly admit that he was a thumbpicker. As Phelps has learned more about the music, he has fallen in love with some of America’s first authentic music — the folk and gospel from the late 1800s and early 1900s. The haunting melodies and hopeful lyrics seem to bring a positivity that appeals not only to Phelps but to the audiences, as well.

Indiana megachurch fires pastor amid police investigation HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana megachurch has fired its pastor amid a police investigation into the independent Baptist congregation and a college it operates. The First Baptist Church of Hammond said in a news release Tueday that pastor Jack Schaap committed “a sin that has caused him to forfeit his right to be our pastor.” Church representatives said they were cooperating with police, but offered no specifics on the allegations against Schaap. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich told The Times of Munster (http://bit.ly/R4ZeyJ) that his department began a criminal investigation of

the church and Hyles Anderson College after talking with high-ranking representatives of the congregation. He declined to identify the target of the investigation or other details. First Baptist elected Schaap its pastor in February 2001, a month after the late Rev. Jack Hyles died of a heart attack. Schaap, now 54, is a Holland, Mich., native who came to northwestern Indiana in 1977 to attend and graduate from HylesAnderson College, which Hyles founded four decades ago. He met and married Hyles’ youngest daughter, Cindy, and served the church early in

his career as an assistant youth director, bus captain and mentor to young students. He preached and taught in the college, and was its vice president for four years before becoming pastor. Schaap committed himself to carrying on Hyles’ fundamentalist view of the Christian faith. Hyles’ charismatic leadership as pastor of the church beginning in 1959 helped it grow into a megachurch with hundreds of church buses transporting thousands of worshippers across northwest Indiana and Chicago’s south suburbs to what it bills as the “World’s Largest Sunday School.”

Ohio city delays decision on logo fight the complaint have city officials reconsidering the decision. The issue is on hold for now. The Steubenville Herald-Star reported that a petition with 300 signatures protesting the move was presented to city officials at a meeting Tuesday night.

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TROY — Bring your family and friends for food and fellowship to the First United Church of Christ’s Share-A-Meal from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 4. The meal will feature summer picnic items with a variety of sandwiches (chicken salad, ham salad and pimento cheese), potaIce cream to salad, relishes, chips, social set fresh fruit and beverages. Share-A-Meal is a proLAURA — Laura gram to reach out to the Christian Church, 1 S. Main St., will have its end community by providing nourishing meals to anyof the season ice cream social from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 4. one wishing to participate while giving an opportuniSix flavors will be offered, including vanilla, ty to socialize with others in the community. chocolate, strawberry, The monthly Share-Apeanut butter, lemon and Meal Program is on the pineapple. Sloppy joes, hots dogs, coney dogs, pies first Saturday of each month at First United and cakes, lemonade and

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Dear Annie: I have had all I can take from your female readers who complain about the lack of intimacy from their husbands. You tell them to have their husband's testosterone checked and seek counseling. Allow me to give you a better answer. It's true that men, as they get older and live with their partners for years, might not be as excited about intimacy as in their younger days. That does not mean they are not interested in intimacy. It means they are not interested in their partner. Here are my questions for those female readers: How big is your rear end? Do you have numerous health issues that make your partner think he is living in a nursing home? Are you out of shape and overweight because you sit, eat and watch TV all day? Do you snore, keeping your partner up most of the night? I could go on, but I think you get the point. In my opinion, 80 percent of females over the age of 30 are overweight, and a good percentage are obese. Let's face it. They are not sexy. So, after 30-plus years of marriage, you look at your spouse, and what else can I say? I know men have issues, too, but we don't all need to have our testosterone checked if we are not intimately excited by our mate. This does not mean we don't still love them. — Bob (Location Secret for Obvious Reasons) Dear Bob: Well, you are certainly frank. But the majority of our sex-deprived male readers have let us know that they would rather be intimate with their 50plus wives than with anyone else. They want the affection that intimacy provides, regardless of body shape or age. But we are certain you will have provoked our readers, who will be eager to set you straight, so ... let the games begin. Dear Annie: I have a very close family. We are not perfect, but we try to be there for one another when it counts. My inlaws are a different story. They are very self-absorbed. In my family, when someone is seriously ill or hurt, we call and visit and try to help. But when I had surgery, and again when my husband was sick, my in-laws didn't even phone. In the 20 years that I have known them, they have never done anything remotely thoughtful for us. When we first married, I tried to be positive by saying they are simply different. I told myself that I owe them my respect because they are my husband's family. I never complained about them. However, as the years passed, it's become harder to tolerate their behavior, and I can no longer hold in my feelings. My husband still thinks we should have his parents over for dinner and holidays, but it's hard to be around them for an hour, much less an entire evening. Am I being unfair to my husband? I'm trying to follow your advice and find something to like about my in-laws, and I simply cannot. Could you help me handle it better? — N.Y. Wife Dear Wife: The only thing you need to like about your in-laws is that they raised your husband, whom you love. And it's possible that their lack of consideration is less about not caring and more about not knowing how to behave appropriately. Please continue to invite them for holidays and an occasional dinner out of respect for your husband, and work on finding a calm place in your head. Dear Annie: Here's a tip for "J," who asked whether she had to tip the grocery store clerk for help while shopping with her two small children. Our daughter solved this problem by parking next to the cart return. When she comes out of the store, she can put the kids into the car and return her cart without worry. — Grandma in Illinois 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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Just roll with it and tell Heloise what you think Dear Heloise: A friend once informed me that toilet tissue should always be placed on the roller with the paper cascading over the top like a waterfall. Apparently, this made an impression on me, because I’ve always done it that way. As I observe other people’s bathroom rolls, I find the majority put their rolls on so they fall close to the wall — cascading off the back of the roll, so to speak. Is there a right and wrong way to place paper on the roller? — Pat in Arkansas Oh, Pat, here we go! There is no right or wrong way to put the toilet tissue on the roll. However, people can be very

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fax, 210-HELOISE. — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Carol in Mansfield, Ohio, sent a picture of her gorgeous black schnauzer, Inky, cuddling with her stuffed likeness. Carol says Inky always has her head or “arm” on the toy! To see Inky and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com, and click on “Pets” on the left side of the page. — Heloise HAIR BANDS Dear Heloise: My linen closet has “bundles” of sheets. I take a sheet set and neatly “bundle” it with a fabric-coated elastic hair band. It keeps sets together and prevents sheets from falling out

when retrieving others. — Denise, via email A COUPLE OF CATS Dear Heloise: I read the letter about how dogs are much happier with a companion dog in a home. The same is true of cats. We adopted a nice cat from the shelter. He was very quiet and moped about our big house for three months, until we adopted another cat — same sex, same size. You should have seen the transformation; our first cat utterly came to life the moment he saw his new friend. They’ve been deliriously happy these 10 years. Their hilarious antics entertain us every day. — Judy in Arizona

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HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Grab every opportunity to enjoy the company of others and get involved in sports. Enjoy romance and every chance you get to express your creative talents. This is a party week for you! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Home, family and your domestic life continue to be your primary focus. Entertain at home as much as you can at this time. (However, many of you might want to cocoon quietly.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The pace of your days is accelerating! Just accept this and go with the flow. Short trips, errands and increased reading and writing keep you busy! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re giving thought to your values. Outwardly, you might be thinking of your earnings and cash flow. But inwardly, you’re wondering what really matters. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You continue to attract favorable situations and people to you at this time. Make hay while the sun shines! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Because your personal year is coming to a close, look back over your shoulder and ask yourself how well you are doing at the art of living. How do you want your new year to be different? LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your popularity rating is growing. Enjoy groups, clubs and associations. Talk to others about your hopes and dreams for the future. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Because you want to expand your horizons, now is an excellent time to travel anywhere or take a course. You want adventure and new knowledge! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might have to face the reality that you and someone else do not share the same values. This means you have to agree to disagree or compromise. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) With the sun as far away from your sign as it gets all year, it’s important to get more sleep now. You also can expect to be focused on partnerships more than usual. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You’re energized to get better organized! That’s why you’re making a to-do list and working hard. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This month is a party month for Pisces. It’s a great time to go on a vacation. Accept all invitations. Enjoy sports, romance and playful times with children. It’s your turn to kick up your heels. YOU BORN TODAY You have a strong sense of drama and theater, regardless of what you do for a living. You are kind, dignified and unflappable. You strive to make the world a better place. You follow through with your ideas with a calm determination, but you need a lot of freedom of action. In the coming year, an important decision will rise. Choose carefully. Birthdate of: Adam Yauch, musician; Terri Clark, singer; Dale Weise, hockey player. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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100 - Announcement

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EMT-B Up to $13.75+/hr $500 Sign-on Bonus EMT-I Up to $15.75+/hr $1,000 Sign-on Bonus Paramedic's Up to $17.75+/hr $2,000 Sign-on Bonus

125 Lost and Found

FOUND DOG, male, neutered, very friendly, 10 months to 1 year old, on Meyer Road between Covington and Pleasant Hill (937)473-2285

135 School/Instructions

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NOW HIRING: desperately Companies need employees to assemble products at home. No selling, any hours. $500 weekly potential. Info: (985)646-1700 Dept. OH-6011.

Position Open

200 - Employment

Miami County Animal Control Officer

235 General

AQUATIC ASSISTANT

for children & adults of all abilities. Aquatic Background Required. Must love water and people! No evenings, weekends, or holidays! E-mail resume to: carla-bertke@ woh.rr.com

BARRYSTAFF is partnering with ASPM to hire 30 production workers for all shifts at their new facility. Apply at: 900 Falls Creek Drive Vandalia on August 7th from 10am to 2pm

Candidates must have their own transportation, no felonies and pass a drug test. Starting wage is $8.75 to $9.10/hr. For more information call 461-9732. EOE BUFFALO WILD WINGS Troy

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Contact Miami County Job Center by 8/10/2012 (937)440-3465 or online: www.co.miami.oh.us for application. SECURITY OFFICERS

Full Time and Part Time Security Officers in Troy.

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Must be at least 18 years old, Must have a high diploma/ school G.E.D.

Clean Police Background check. Pass drug test.

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9am-3pm, Between Monday- Friday. All calls outside these hours will not be considered.

240 Healthcare

Repairing Industrial Equipment, Mechanical, Electrical trouble shooting, Hydraulic/ Pneumat ic repair, (PLCs) required. Minimum 2 yearʼs experience. Benefits after 90 days.

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We are NOT a staffing agency, these are direct placement opportunities. Inspection positions start at $10.00/hr with wage increases. Benefits are also available after working 180 days. Must pass background check and drug testing, have a valid driver's license, and reliable transportation. ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE!!! For immediate consideration please call (937)645-5049 or send your resume to: twhitsett@ stratospherequality.com

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Benefits include: • Health/Life Ins. • Dental • Vision • 403B • Holiday/Sick pay

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LABORS: $9.50/HR

Troy-Hayner Cultural Center

Send resume to: 301 W. Main Street Troy, OH 45373 or to: ljolly@troyhayner.org

Academic Teacher

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

ASSISTANT MANAGER Plus Part Time help

Forward resume to Holly at: nicholasschool@ woh.rr.com

Subway inside Circle K 3519 S. County Rd. 25A, Troy

280 Transportation

DRIVERS WANTED

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$2,000 sign on bonus 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

255 Professional

HandsOn West Central Ohio Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Director The Council on Rural Services is seeking a skilled and experienced program director for their Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. This program is a local resource for linking nonprofit groups and volunteers for meaningful volunteer opportunities in Miami, Darke, Shelby and Logan Counties. The selected candidate is responsible for the daily supervision/operation of the program, along with developing grant work plans that ensure comprehensive program delivery. The ideal candidate must be energetic, motivated, and reflect excellent leadership traits. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communication or a related field required; experience in community development and volunteer management preferred. Position will be based in Piqua.

To apply please visit our website at www.councilonruralservices.org or send cover letter and resume to wmoorman@councilonruralservices.org

APPLY: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City (937)667-6772

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245 Manufacturing/Trade

BRUNS GENERAL CONTRACTING, INC. Now Hiring The Following Positions: Certified Welders Commercial Carpenters Metal Building Erectors Concrete Workers Bruns offers health & life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays & vacations and more. Compensation is commensurate with skills and experience. Stop in to fill out an application or mail, fax, or e-mail your resume to H.R. Manager at: Bruns General Contracting, Inc. 3050 Tipp-Cowlesville Rd. Tipp City, OH 45371 (Fax) 937-339-8051 (E-mail) jkindell@brunsgc.com

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

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

COVINGTON, 304 Debra, Friday, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-3pm, lots of baby items, household items, miscellaneous

LUDLOW FALLS 1455 South State Route 48 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9am-3pm Barn sale, make an offer and it is yours, everything must go or we will trash it, much of it is from the Indian store, beads, some household items, and baseball cards LUDLOW FALLS, 6979 West St Rt 55, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9am-?, Archery equipment, Guns, truck cap, tools, tiller, saddle, bush hog, scraper blade, riding mower, pony, clothes, toys, barbies, household items, bedding, lots more!

PIQUA, 2915 Delaware Circle, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8am-5pm, Girls clothes 3T-4T/ shoes, Day bed, toddler bed, toys/ Liberty spring horse, Diamond Back bike, antique 1880 Sterling piano, outdoor Christmas decorations, household, desk, work bench, *collectors*Mark Martin picture/ frame, free kitten Something for everyone!

PIQUA, 505 Glenwood Ave., Thursday, Friday, 9am-5pm, Saturday, 9am-2pm, Lots of men's items, golf cart/ cleated tires, boat seats, life jackets, lady's bicycle (new), records, new CB Beam antenna, Dreamsicles, picture frames, red birds, miscellaneous!

28 hours/week employment with a minimum hourly wage of $16.39

CDL Drivers: $11.50/HR

Kirk NationaLease HR Dept. PO Box 4369 3885 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, OH 45365

PIQUA, 3137 Sioux Drive, Saturday, August 4, 9am-4pm. Knives, household items, tools: hand & powered, other miscellaneous.

235 General

NAVY JOB OPPORTUNITIES Jobs, Scholarships, bonuses available. Paid training and benefits. Many positions available. HS Grad or GED with 15 college Credits. 1-800-282-1384 or jobsohio@navy.mil

255 Professional

Experienced diesel or trailer mechanics needed in Sidney, Troy, Marysville, and Columbus, OH. Experience required and CDL class A preferred. Great benefits, CDL, DOT physical, and uniforms paid. If you have your own tools, and want to grow in the truck leasing and repair industry, send resume or apply in person to:

COVINGTON, 7252 W Brown Rd, Friday, 9am-2pm Saturday, 10am-2pm, Girls clothes and shoes sizes 4-6, Longaburger baskets, Boyd's bears, Beanie Babies, miscellaneous household items.

260 Restaurant

Qualities required are • Positive Attitude • Flexible • Team Player

235 General

Diesel and Trailer Mechanics

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O/Oʼs get 75% of the line haul. 100% fuel surcharge. Fuel discount program.

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Regional drivers needed in the Sidney, Ohio Terminal. O/O's welcome.

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TROY, spacious 3 bedroom, on Saratoga, appliances, AC, attached garage, $650. includes water. (937)203-3767.

320 Houses for Rent

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TROY, 1 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 month.

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TROY, Nice 3 bedroom duplex. Appliances, washer/ dryer hook-up. $700 plus deposit. No pets. (937)845-2039

TROY, quiet 3 bedroom, no stairs (937)845-8727

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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

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TROY, PIQUA, Clean quiet safe, 1 bedroom, $459 includes water, ask about studio apartment at $369, No pets! (937)778-0524

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DOWNTOWN TROY 18 N Mulberry. 1 bedroom, washer/dryer hook-up, $400 monthly, $300 deposit. tenant pays gas and electric. (937)335-0832

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EFFICIENCY APARTMENT perfect for one person. Washer/ dryer, CA, appliances. $400 month. Non-smoking, no pets. Utilities paid. (937)524-9114.

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TROY, 1016 Fairfield, 3 bedroom, 2 car garage, central air, $93,500, lease purchase with easy terms, www.miamicountyproperties.com, (937)239-1864, (937)239-0320

TROY small home, appliances, newly decorated, no pets! 550/ month, 40 Smith St. (937)667-6776 (937)572-9936

350 Wanted to Rent

430 Mobile Homes for Sale

TRAILER in Troy, 1 bedroom, asking $450 make offer, must sell, must be moved (937)944-1564

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

DRYER, Kitchen Aide. Cream color. Good condition. Works great! $65 (937)778-8286

560 Home Furnishings WANTED: up to date, stylish apartment, Troy area, preferably 2 bedrooms, without steps, washer/ dryer, appliances, have no pets/ kids. (937)573-7955

400 - Real Estate For Sale 425 Houses for Sale

BY OWNER: Open House, 8/5, 2pm-4pm. 445 Wilson Road, Troy. $388,500. 5 acres, 3600 sqft, 3 bedroom plus office, upstairs bonus room. Must see!!!!

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, 2pm-4pm. 2741 Stonebridge, 3 bedroom executive ranch, finished basement, Must see! (937)681-9867

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TROY, nice home on Forrest Lane, priced for quick sale (937)552-9351

FURNITURE, breakfast table, Dining room table/ buffet, Lazy Boy sofa/ recliner, love seat, sofa table/ end tables, game table (937)308-3440

MATTRESS, premium Natura brand, 8 inch firm latex, Cal. king size, zip off cotton/wool cover, covered since purchase, excellent condition, paid $1700 new, $900 OBO (937)339-7936

REFRIGERATORS, full size $225, dorm size $80; 8000BTU window air conditioner $150; stove $150; loveseat $55; Sharp microwave $45 (937)451-0151

577 Miscellaneous

AIR CONDITIONER, GE 8000 BTU window Air Conditioner with remote, used 1 month, Cost $210 new, asking $150, in new condition, (937)498-8031 after 5pm CARDIO GLIDE exercise machine, with adjustable resistance, $30 (937)339-7936

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577 Miscellaneous

583 Pets and Supplies

COUCH brown plaid, green and ivory. Old library table. 7 cuft Whirlpool chest freezer. Trombone. Trumpet. 5 folding chairs. Christmas tree (6ft and table top), Nordic Track treadmill. (937)295-3072

CAT free to good home, male, butterscotch tabby, neutered, 3 years old, indoor/outdoor, has current shots (937)667-4853

LIFT CHAIR, $350. Dinette table/4 chairs, $85. Couch, $50. End tables, $20, 2 diagonal $35. Books, albums, vases. (937)498-9739 Sidney

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GAS STOVE, 2 new light fixtures, Over the stove microwave, Priced to sell! (937)489-9921

LIFT CHAIRS, 1-large, $150. 1-newer, with heat and massage (paid $1100), $400. Invacare electric hospital bed with rail, $300. (937)778-1573 POWER CHAIR, excellent condition, $1800, (937)606-2106.

BUY $ELL SEEK

FISH TANK 29 gallon, With stand, good condition, Has lid with light, $100, (937)418-3258

POMERANIAN PUPPY. Adorable, Chocolate, Male, 11 weeks, $150. (937)778-8816

PUG Free to good home. Housebroken. Great for elderly person. (937)526-3950

588 Tickets

TROY first come first serve to buy remainder of a large moving sale! Not interested in donations, for further information call mike anytime at (937)573-7955

583 Pets and Supplies

AQUARIUM, 125 gallon, on oak credenza with storage, $500 OBO (937)448-2823 if no answer leave message

BLUE PITBULL, pure bred, moving can't take, excellent dog, 1 year old male. $100 OBO (937)397-3043 BORDER COLLIE Puppies. Beautiful black & white. 1st shots. $150 each. (765)874-1058

TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4 sets of 2 tickets. Each set includes 1 Food City Friday Saturday 8/24, 1 Irwin Night Race 8/25, $93 per set (937)492-0804

590 Tool and Machinery

WOODWORKING EQUIPMENT, Troy area, table saw, radial arm saw, lots more Craftsman, Delta, Ryobi, Rockler power equipment. Some handheld power tools. All like new. Most have original owners manual & lots of accessories. Call to leave name & number, (937)658-0906.

592 Wanted to Buy

TRAILER want to purchase trailer approximately 6' x 10' in size (937)890-5334

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

1996 PONTIAC Grand AM SE, 118k miles, 4 cycle, automatic, great on gas, new tires, muffler, tune up, dependable $1950 OBO (937)620-8432

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850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

2003 HARLEY Davidson Road King Classic, Rinehart exhaust, sundowner seat, luggage rack, 23,000 miles, good condition garage kept, $11,000 (937)492-3740

2006 HONDA $3000 (937)570-6267

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1997 MAZDA Miata 5 speed 4 cylinder, air, power windows, new top, leather interior, like new tires, blue with tan top, 123,700 miles, runs good, great gas mileage, asking $4295 (937)524-9069 2000 OLDSMOBILE Bravada, all power, new brakes, leather seats, sun roof, cold A/C, 6 CD player in console, asking $2975, call (937)332-0856 for info or to see

810 Auto Parts & Accessories

TIRES, good, used, sizes 14's, 15's, and 16's, call (937)451-2962 anytime!

835 Campers/Motor Homes

2001 DUTCHMAN Tent camper, very good condition, AC, furnace, propane stove, sleeps 8, $1850, (937)773-5623 or (937)214-0524

2002 DODGE 3500

1997 FORD COACHMAN CATALINA RV 460 gas engine, slideout, 34 feet, dual air, generator, 26K original miles, newer tires. Asking $22,000. (937)773-9526

1 ton dually, regular cab, 5.9 liter engine, 5 speed, 5th wheel trailer hitch, extra clean, white, stainless steel simulators, 122,000 miles $7500. Call (937)684-0555

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

1997 KAWASAKI Vulcan, 500cc. Low rider. Looks and runs great. Excellent starter bike with 10,000 miles, asking $1500. (937)778-8816 1999 KAWASAKI 800A, Not to big. small- Just right!, Condition, (937)394-7 (937)658-0392

Vulcan Not to Perfect $2500, 364,

2003 BUICK CENTURY

2000 COACHMAN CATALINA 27 FOOTER Awning 1yr old, refrigerator 2yrs old, everything comes with camper: Hitch, Tote tank, Patio lights, 3 sets of shades, VERY CLEAN!, $7000, (937)596-6028 OR (937)726-1732

Cloth interior, good gas mileage, new tires, A/C, only 92,000 miles, asking $5200. Call (937)684-0555

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Missing Children Two young Iowa cousins missing for nearly three weeks have gotten the attention of two NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers. Cars driven by BK Racing teammates Landon Cassill and Travis Kvapil will feature photos of the girls at the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. The decals also will include a phone number for the National Missing Children hotline. Ten-year-old Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins, whose 9th birthday was Tuesday, disappeared July 13 while riding their bikes in Evansdale.

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Pennsylvania 400 Site: Long Pond, Pa. Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (ESPN, noon-5 p.m.). Track: Pocono Raceway (triangle, 2.5 miles). Last year: Brad Keselowski raced to the second of his three 2011 victories, driving with a broken left ankle four days after a crashing during testing at Road Atlanta.

U.S. Cellular 250 Site: Newton, Iowa. Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, race, 8 p.m. (ESPN2, 7:30-10:30 p.m.). Track: Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles). Last year: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed an Iowa sweep, winning after blowing his engine on the final lap.

Honda Indy 200 Site: Lexington, Ohio. Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (ABC, 12:30-3 p.m.). Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles). Last year: Scott Dixon won at Mid-Ohio for the third time in five years, passing Target Chip Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti on a restart with 24 laps left. Dixon also won at the track in 2007 and 2009.

Last race: McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix for his second victory of the year, holding off Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen. Next race: Belgian Grand Prix, Sept. 2, SpaFrancorchamps Circuit, SpaFrancorchamps, Belgium.

731 717 709 704 667 653 653 652 649 643

Nationwide Series 1. Elliott Sadler 704 2. Austin Dillon 703 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.691 4. Sam Hornish Jr. 676 5. Justin Allgaier 629 6. Michael Annett 607 7. Cole Whitt 577 8. Mike Bliss 524 9. Brian Scott 460 10. Danica Patrick 452 Camping World Truck Series 1. Timothy Peters 395 2. Ty Dillon 372 3. Justin Lofton 365 4. James Buescher 360 5. Parker Kligerman 346 6. Matt Crafton 345 7. Ron Hornaday Jr. 334 8. Joey Coulter 322 9. Nelson Piquet Jr. 302 10. Jason White 295

Track details: Triangle START/FINISH

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Moving On

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

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Jeff Gordon is NASCAR’s charitable champion. The four-time Cup champion was honored Friday as the seventh recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian Award. The award will be formally presented at the 78th annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Dinner on Dec. 10 in New York. Gordon was joined by Heisman Trophy winners George Rogers and Tim Brown at Friday’s announcement at Pocono Raceway. The Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation has raised more than $11 million for children’s charities through the years. As part of the award, the Heisman Trophy Trust will donate $50,000 to Gordon’s foundation.

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Distance: 2.5 miles Race: 400 miles Laps: 160 laps

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Sam Hornish Jr. is driving the No. 22 for Penske Racing for what the team calls “the foreseeable future.” Hornish just shrugs. He says he doesn’t know what that really means. Hornish does know he wants to keep the ride for this season and beyond. He got an unexpected new life in Sprint Cup because of A.J. Allmendinger’s failed drug test. Penske released Allmendinger this week, giving Hornish more time to show he deserves a permanent job. Allmendinger’s only way to come back to the series is to complete NASCAR’s rehabilitation program.

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Driver Michael Annett waits for the start of the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Phoenix International Raceway March 3 in Avondale, Ariz.

No place like home Annett looking for 1st career victory By The Associated Press The joy of a top-five finish wears off pretty fast nowadays for Michael Annett. He says it’s time to win. There would be no better place for a breakthrough than Iowa Speedway in Newton, 30 miles east of Annett’s hometown of Des Moines. Annett goes into Saturday’s U.S. Cellular 250 on a career-best run and as one of the hottest drivers in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He came in sixth last week at Indianapolis and was in the top five in three of four races before that. “We’re definitely hoping to use everything we’ve learned this last month-and-a-half and bring home a trophy rather than getting excited about a third or fourth,” Annett said. The 26-year-old is among three native Iowans in the Nationwide field this week. Joey Gase of Cedar Rapids will be in Go Green Racing’s No. 39 Chevrolet in his 11th start of the year and 16th of his career. Brett Moffitt of Grimes, the points leader

in the K&N Pro Series East, will drive RAB Racing’s No. 99 Toyota Camry in his first career Nationwide start. Annett, who signed with Richard Petty Motorsports after driving for Rusty Wallace last year, will be competing in his 125th Nationwide race since 2008. He has more than $3.6 million in career earnings and, at sixth in the point standings, is well on his way to his best year. He earned an extra $100,000 last week for finishing highest among four eligible drivers at Indy in Nationwide’s “Dash4Cash” bonus program. He’ll go for another $100,000 bonus at Iowa, this time against Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Annett has led in three races this year, but his best career finish remains third, to Kurt Busch and Stenhouse last month at Daytona. He’ll be driving for the sixth time at Iowa Speedway. He was 12th in last year’s U.S. Cellular 250 and was dealt a disappointing blow in his most recent appearance at the track. He thought his No. 43 Ford was good enough to win the Pioneer Hi-

Bred 250 in May. He came in 14th despite having to contend with a loose spark-plug wire that cut his engine power to seven cylinders for half the race. “We felt we let one get away a couple months ago,” Annett said, “so I’m looking forward to this one even more.” Annett said he and his crew chief, Phillippe Lopez, have never been more confident. “We know what we need to do to run top five, top 10,” he said. “We need to make the next step.” Annett was born into a racing family. He attended his first race at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway four days after he was born, and his father, Harold, sponsored a driver in the World of Outlaws series. Hockey, however, looked like Annett’s sport of choice initially. He played high-level junior hockey as recently as 2005, and he was looking at continuing in college at Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His start as a driver came in gokart events. His millions in earnings tell him that he made the right choice.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back on top in NASCAR in something other than a most popular driver poll. Earnhardt has soared into the Sprint Cup points lead days for the first time in nearly eight years and he might finally give his legion of fans a reason to cheer him for more than just his last name. He’s switched teams. Endured a massive winless streak. Listened to those who said he would never live up to the championship standards set by the rest of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates. Yet, here is Earnhardt, parked in first place, his first Cup title at last on the horizon. “I do feel a little bit vindicated to the people that considered I wouldn’t ever be competitive again,” he said Friday at Pocono Raceway. Earnhardt is about as competitive as he’s ever been in his five seasons with NASCAR’s premier organization, snapping a 143-race winless streak in June at Michigan, and taking three fourth-place finishes in his last four races heading into Sunday’s 400-mile race at Pocono. He has found the winning formula in the No. 88 Chevrolet with crew chief Steve Letarte, and rediscovered a dash of confidence and bravado needed to sustain a championship drive at this level. He has the consistency (he’s completed every lap) and results (15 top-10 finishes) that prove his success can last deep into the season once the Chase kicks off. Earnhardt is keenly aware that leading the standings through 20 races means nothing compared to which driver holds the top spot after 36. But it’s been years since Earnhardt was a legitimate championship contender. So 20 races or not, he’s enjoying the heck out of his time at the top. “I think a lot of people downplay it,” he said. “I think it means the same to those other drivers, probably, but they downplay it obviously because the guys that are saying that may find themselves in the points lead or battling for it more often than I have been. It’s been a long time since I was in the points lead. It’s been forever.”

NASCAR moves on without suspended Allmendinger LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Days after he was dumped by Penske Racing, A.J. Allmendinger found plenty of support from the drivers in the garage. The backing of his peers was the least of his problems. It’s the prospect of a driver who has never won a Sprint Cup race and flunked a drug test trying to coax another major sponsor and owner to give him a second chance at Cup racing. He may return to the sport, just never again with a ride

like he had at Penske. “I think he’ll be back in a Cup car. Will it be a good Cup car? I don’t think so,” driver Denny Hamlin said. Allmendinger was thrust from NASCAR obscurity into infamy once NASCAR suspended him indefinitely for a positive drug test in late June. Team owner Roger Penske fired Allmendinger this week and gave pinch-driver Sam Hornish Jr. the keys to the No. 22 for the “foreseeable future.” “I can see a long time.

But that doesn’t mean my eyesight and theirs is the same,” a smiling Hornish said. Hornish has an unexpected second act at Penske because of Allmendinger’s misfortune. This time, Hornish plans to keep the ride for this season and beyond. “It’s been an interesting month, that’s for sure,” Hornish said. There was plenty of talk Friday about the driver who wasn’t there, probably more than there ever was before

about Allmendinger on his best weekend. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were among the drivers rooting for Allmendinger to make a comeback. Tony Stewart said Allmendinger deserves a second chance. Carl Edwards said he’d be fine with racing against Allmendinger if he made a return. “I think people like a comeback story and if A.J. is committed to the process and getting back, I’m sure there will be some opportu-

nities,” Johnson said. Allmendinger’s only way to come back to the series is to complete NASCAR’s rehabilitation program, and he pledged to do so in a statement this week so he can compete again “in the near future.” He was suspended July 7, just hours before the race at Daytona and forcing Penske to bring in Hornish at the last moment. His backup urine sample, tested last week, confirmed the initial positive test. That sealed his fate at Penske.

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• CROSS COUNTRY: Troy High School cross country is having mandatory practice for boys in grades 7-12, starting Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The location is at the brick pump house west of Troy Memorial Stadium near the levee. Contact coach Campbell at (937) 339-4616 with any questions. • COACHING SEARCH: Bethel Schools are looking for a seventh and eighth grade volleyball coach and an assistant/JV boys soccer coach. If interested or needing more information, please contact Bob Hamlin at (937) 845-9430 or bethelathdept@bethel.k12.oh.us. • GOLF: Troy High School will be holding boys golf tryouts at 7:30 a.m. Monday at Miami Shores. Golfers must have current emergency medical and physical forms completed, and a current Miami Shores junior membership is also required. Contact head coach Ty Mercer at (937) 524-9060 with questions. • FOOTBALL: The Troy Athletics Dept. is selling 2012 season football reserved seats, reserved parking passes and other 2012-2013 Athletics Dept. passes. Passes can be purchased in the High School Athletics Dept. office, or an order form explaining all of the purchasing options can be accessed on the school district website at www.troy.k12.oh.us and using the Athletics Dept. link. • GOLF: The Troy High School baseball team will hold its anual benefit golf scramble at 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at Troy Country Club. The cost is $75 per golfer, which includes green fees, a golf cart, catered dinner and a cash bar. Please register by Aug. 17. For more information, e-mail Ty Welker at welker-t@troy.k-12.oh.us. • BASEBALL: Registrations are being accepted for the 2012 Frosty Brown Fall Batting League. The senior fall batting league will run from Aug. 27 to Oct. 15, the live pitching league will run from Aug. 28 to Oct. 15 and the 10-12-year-old fall batting league will begin Sept. 8 and end in October. For more information, contact Frosty or Connie Brown at (937) 339-4383 or visit the website www.frostybrownfallbattingleague.co m.battingleague.com. • BASEBALL: Tryouts for Troy Post 43 will be at noon Aug. 18-19 at Duke Park, with registration at 11:30 a.m. PLayers may not turn 19 prior to Jan. 1, 2013. Bring your own catcher’s gear, gloves and bats. For more information, contact Frosty Brown at (937) 3994383 or by e-mail at ibrown@woh.rr.com.

Troy Post 43 falls in title game Finishes as Legion runner-up Staff Reports Troy Post 43 had everything going for it heading into Thursday. And even after a loss, the team still had a shot at the state title on Friday. Troy never ran out of fight — it simply ran out of gas. Pickerington (57-4) — which came out of the Ohio State Legion Tournament’s losers bracket needing to beat Post 43 two times in two days — did just that, piling up nine runs in the fourth inning Friday to put away a 17-1 victory in the championship game in Lancaster.

“We just ran out of pitching,” Troy Post 43 coach Frosty Brown said. “We’ve used a lot of pitchers over the course of the week. Combine that with extremely great hitting on their (Pickerington’s) part, and things just got ugly in that fourth inning.” Troy (40-22) actually held a 10 lead after the top of the first in the winner-take-all title game, but Pickerington scored two in the second to grab the lead — and turned that into an 11-1 cushion in the fourth inning, a half-inning where Post 43 was forced to use three different pitchers. “It started with a single and a

LANCASTER walk, and then we committed an error on a bunt that we were expecting,” Brown said. “We were going to walk (Shane Snyder), who hurt us Thursday night, but we couldn’t with the bases loaded. He hit a three-run triple, and it was all downhill from there.” Mason McGrew added a double and a triple and Evan Jensen homered as Pickerington closed the game out in seven innings. Dan Sexton got the win on the mound. “I know the season ended on a tough note,” Brown said. “But from Monday all through the week, we played to the best of our ability. We’ve been Connie Mack

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Phelps wins 17th career gold medal Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end. Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps. Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career? See Page 16.

Dragons Lair DAYTON — The Dayton Dragons took three out of four in a series against the Lansing Lugnuts, who had the best record in all of Minor League Baseball entering the set, with a 5-1 victory Friday night at Fifth Third Field.

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Back on the field Meyer’s 1st OSU practice a solid one

They are 15-3 since All-Star first baseman Joey Votto left the lineup with a torn meniscus in his left knee that required surgery and 3-0 since second baseman Brandon Phillips was sidelined with a strained left calf. Phillips is expected to start Saturday, Baker said. Latos (10-3) allowed four hits in 7 1-3 innings. Jonathan

COLUMBUS (AP) — At daybreak, a new era dawned for Ohio State football. Urban Meyer’s first official regular-season practice began at 6 a.m. Friday. The former Florida, Utah and Bowling Green coach declined to speak until he had seen his players work out for at least a couple of days, but the reviews were favorable from his Buckeyes. “I’m not really an early-morning person but it wasn’t too bad,” offensive lineman Garrett Goebel said with a grin. “The tempo was really good. It was fast paced, high energy. You could tell guys were excited to be back out on the field.” Unlike a lot of camp-opening practices, this one — which avoided the high heat and humidity prevalent later in the day — seemed more effective and more organized, third-year cornerback Bradley Roby said. “You can tell just by the practice: It’s totally different than coach Tressel’s (practices),” he said. “Just the whole intensity of practice is more urgent, there’s more intensity, it’s more competitive. (The coaches) stress the competitiveness so it brings out more.” The tipping-point player for the Buckeyes is without question quarterback Braxton Miller. He showed flashes of breathtaking talent a year ago, leading the team in rushing with 715 yards and seven touchdowns, while also throwing for 1,159 yards and 13 scores. But in a season in which Ohio State lost its final four games and, at 6-7, lost seven games for the first time since 1897, Miller also had as many moments where he looked like the bewildered freshman he was. Another year of seasoning, of working hard on fundamentals, and of gaining confidence in his own abilities has made a lot of difference. “It’s like I know what I’m

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State runners-up twice, but we’d never been to the Legion state title game before now. The kids showed a lot of leadership and picked each other up. “We were in the driver’s seat, but we ran into a really good team with six college guys. But the nice thing is that we have so many players on this squad coming back next year. This year was such an improvement over 2011, and this squad has the potential to come out on top here.”

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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Mat Latos throws to a Pittsburgh Pirates batter in the first inning Friday in Cincinnati.

Double the damage Latos blanks, batters Bucs to start showdown series CINCINNATI (AP) — Mat Latos has dominated Pittsburgh on the mound throughout his career. On Friday night, he also did damage at the plate. Latos pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and hit a two-run homer as the NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game series against their closest pursuers with a 3-0 win over the Pirates.

Perhaps the only person happier than Latos was Reds manager Dusty Baker. “It was Latos’ night, hitting and pitching,” Baker said. Chris Heisey hustled for an inside-the-park home run and Aroldis Chapman closed out the win that gave the Reds a 4-game lead over the Pirates. The Reds have won 14 of 15 and moved 24 games over .500 for the first time since 1999.

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Indians reeling Routed in 7th straight defeat DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder homered and drove in four runs, helping Anibal Sanchez win for the first time with the Tigers in Detroit’s 10-2 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Friday night. Fielder also hit a two-run double. Sanchez (1-1) allowed one earned run in six-plus innings. The right-hander was acquired in a July 23 trade with the Miami Marlins. The Indians, who designated

outfielder Johnny Damon for assignment before the game, lost their seventh straight. Justin Masterson (7-10) allowed seven runs and 10 hits in four innings. He walked four and struck out four. Fielder and Miguel Cabrera had three hits each for Detroit. The Tigers returned home after a 3-6 trip and immediately AP PHOTO snapped out of their funk. Cleveland Indians left fielder Ezequiel Carrera misplays a double Fielder’s double in the third by Detroit Tigers’ Alex Avila during the second inning in Detroit ■ See INDIANS on 16 Friday.

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Home plate umpire Bob Davidson, right, signals Cincinnati Reds’ Chris Heisey, center, is safe at home with an inside-the-park home run, as Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Rod Barajas holds up the ball in the second inning Friday in Cincinnati.

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 Broxton got a key double play to end the eighth and Chapman recorded his 24th save. Latos hit his third career home run, connecting in the fifth against Wandy Rodriguez (7-10). “Swing hard in case you hit it,” he said about his approach. “That’s the best I’ve got.” Zack Cozart added three hits for the Reds. The series was Cincinnati’s first against a team over .500 after five straight against

clubs with losing records. Latos allowed just one runner past second base, none after the first inning. He struck out five, walked three and improved to 4-0 in five career starts against the Pirates. “Fastball command and getting strike one was a big key,” Latos said. “My slider wasn’t as sharp as normal. My breaking ball wasn’t was sharp, but the defense was stellar today.” Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle already had seen enough of Latos before

Friday. “He has just enough to get you with that high pitch, and he can bury a pitch in the dirt when he wants to,” Hurdle said. Broxton entered with runners on first and second. The newly acquired reliever got pinch hitter Gaby Sanchez — acquired from Miami right before Tuesday’s trading deadline — to ground into Pittsburgh’s third double play of the night. Chapman struck out two in the ninth. He hit Andrew

McCutchen with a pitch with two outs. The Reds already led 1-0 in the fifth when Latos followed Ryan Hanigan’s twoout single with a 367-foot drive into the left-field seats for his first homer of the season. Asked if he hit a fastball, Latos replied: “You’re asking me?” “I believe it was. It was a blank to me,” he said. Rodriguez confirmed the pitch was a fastball. “I was surprised he swung,” Rodriguez said.

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Haslam III wants to bring ‘winning back to Cleveland’ BEREA (AP) — The new owner of the Browns took the podium Friday, spoke sternly, and left fans with plenty to chew on as a another season of optimism approaches in Cleveland. Indeed, Jimmy Haslam III has big plans for the Browns. And he better. After all, he just signed to purchase the team from Randy Lerner for $1 billion. On his to-do list: • He’s eager to bring “winning back to Cleveland.” • He’s eager comfort fans by offering up a “zero chance” the team moves out of town. • He is ready “listen, learn and observe.” • He is ready to explore naming rights for the team’s stadium. • And get this: You know that famous look, right? Who doesn’t? The orange helmets, the lack of a logo on it, the simplicity of it all? It could — could — be on its way out. “Will we change uniforms? I don’t know,” he said. “But it is a marketing world.” Haslam — the truckstop magnate from Tennessee who is now a former minority owner of the rival Pittsburgh Steelers — watched his first practice Friday at his new team’s facility and quickly pledged to provide progressive leadership to this AFC North squad that went 4-12 last season. “Our style is going to be involved,” said Haslam, wearing an orange tie and sporting a Browns logo pin on his suit lapel. “We’ll be out there selling the Cleveland Browns all the time.” Haslam refused to comment on the future of president Mike Holmgren and other personnel, and would not address reports that former Philadelphia Eagles president Joe Banner is part of his ownership group. He praised Holmgren, the former Green Bay and Seattle coach in his third year of trying to restore the fortunes of the once-proud franchise turned hapless losers. “You’ve got a guy that’s won a Super Bowl, that’s going to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” Haslam said. “That’s a legend. I’ll be honest. There’s a fan part of me, too.

■ CONTINUED FROM 15 inning went off the wall in right-center and gave Detroit a 3-1 lead. The Tigers broke the game open with four runs in the fourth. Quintin Berry hit an RBI double with two outs, Cabrera drove Berry home with a single to make it 5-1, and Fielder followed with a two-run homer to right, his 18th of the season. Andy Dirks and Alex Avila hit RBI singles in the sixth for Detroit. The reeling Indians have shaken things up this week, cutting right-hander Derek Lowe and then Damon. Ezequiel Carrera, who was called up to replace Damon, had a rough night in left field. In the second, he misplayed Avila’s line drive into an RBI double. Carrera appeared to be fighting the glare with his sunglasses

still flipped up. Cleveland tied it with an unearned run in the third, but Detroit quickly pulled away after that. Sanchez allowed five runs in six innings in his Tigers debut a week earlier at Toronto, but he looked comfortable at Comerica Park, especially after Detroit took a big lead. Sanchez allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out five. In his last two starts, Masterson has allowed 15 earned runs and 17 hits in 9 2-3 innings. Detroit outfielder Andy Dirks was activated from the disabled list before the game. He had been out since May 31 with right Achilles tendinitis. He had two hits and a walk on Friday. Cleveland has lost seven straight for the first time since June 2010.

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New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III, center, is flanked by his father, James Haslam II, left, and team president Mike Holmgren as they watch team practice in Berea Friday. “I sense there’s a strong feeling here that Mike and the team do have things headed in the right direction.” Haslam intends to gather information on all aspects of the organization and not move hastily. “We’re going to take some time to get up to speed before we get real involved in any football decisions,” he said. “It’ll probably come a little quicker on the business side.” While practicing patience and prudence, Haslam conducts transactions swiftly and decisively. It’s how he’s come this far as a businessman, and who knows, it might work in football. So far, so good. “The league told me in May a team might be available,” he said. “When I found out in June it was the Cleveland Browns, I was fired up to the max. I met Randy on July 2 and signed on August 2.” A quick way to add some revenue to the club is through the aforementioned naming rights. Cleveland Browns Stadium has a loyal, faithful ring to it, but financial sense is financial sense in today’s world. “There will be naming rights,” he said. “While I admire and appreciate the Lerner family’s decision not to do it, times change. We

will definitely change with them.” Other differences will be quick, too. Lerner’s handsoff, almost reclusive style was unpopular with fervent fans. Haslam intends to have unprecedented interaction with them. Immediately. “Wednesday night, we have a practice (open to fans) at the stadium,” Haslam said. “It’s important for me to be there, greet people, shake hands.” When Cleveland plays its home preseason opener against Philadelphia on Aug. 24, Haslam will sit in the stands. “I want to feel the fan experience,” he said. “I want to see if people have to stand in line, what they like, what they don’t. Maybe (the Browns) already do it all fine. We’ll see what can improve.” Haslam knows the biggest correction must come on the field. He expects fans to be impatient until it does. “Our first priority is to win,” Haslam said. “My wife said, ‘Everybody’s so nice to us.’ I said, ‘We’ll see how long that lasts. Let’s be realistic.’” Haslam knows that spending $1 billion of his family’s fortune sounds crazy. He’s confident it is a wise investment, even with the franchise’s history. “People will tell you that when you get done looking

at all the books — including the bottom line — owning an NFL team doesn’t make sense,” Haslam said. “But there’s an appreciation value that can’t be overlooked.” Even with a string of failures on the field, the Browns’ value — like other NFL franchises — keeps increasing, boosted by broadcast income. The league agreed in December to nine-year contracts with CBS, FOX and NBC that run through 2022 and will boost revenue from last season’s $1.93 billion to $3.1 billion by the end of the deal. The NFL reached an eight-year extension with ESPN last year through 2021 that increases the rights fee from $1.1 billion to $1.9 billion annually. Haslam said that first, he’s “100 percent committed to making the Cleveland Browns winners again.” A tough task, certainly, for a club that once made 10 consecutive championship game appearances. It is now, though, searching for its first NFL title in nearly a half century. The expansion Browns entered the NFL in 1999 and have made the playoffs just once. They’ve had two winning records in 13 seasons, and are 68-140 since they returned. Nonetheless, the 58-year-old Haslam said all the pieces are in place to win, and that if they don’t, he’ll take full responsibility.

■ College Football

Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 doing,” he said after the practice. He was reminded that Meyer prefers a highoctane passing attack, disdaining the conservative attack favored by Tressel for 10 years before he was forced to resign in May of 2010 in the midst of an NCAA investigation. That probe also led to NCAA probation, vacating the 2010 season, recruiting limitations, a return of bowl proceeds and a bowl ban after the upcoming 2012 season. Miller said an offseason of seasoning has given him the tools to help people forget about a lot of the bad things that have clung to the program over the past 18 months. “Going out in practice every day, man, everything is going to get better each and every day,” he said. The first practice was a clear improvement over the Buckeyes’ first spring workout under Meyer. Meyer had called his offense “a clown show” after a series of missteps, bad throws, fumbles and blown assignments. “When we came out here in the spring we had no clue,” junior running back Carlos Hyde said. “Today, we were pretty sharp.” Ohio State has sum-

mer-term final exams next week, so the team will have single practices Monday through Thursday. The first two-aday practice is Aug. 10. Then classes begin Aug. 22 — Ohio State’s first year after the change from the quarter to semester system — with the first game (the first of four straight games at Ohio Stadium to open the season) on Sept. 1 against Miami (Ohio). Friday’s very first practice only included upperclassmen. Freshmen went through their paces later in the day. Roby said he was pleased to finally get the NCAA sanctions, coaching change and all the other idle talk out of the way. “There was a lot of stuff going on last year,” he said. “I feel like it really affected everybody.” No wonder everyone was embracing a fresh start. With a new season come the same old expectations, however. “The goal is set, for every year. Nothing less, man, you’ve got to win every game,” Miller said. “You’ve got to go out there and show we’re Ohio State. So you know we can’t lose. We have to go out there and set the tone.”

■ National Football League

Linemen become the stars on Hall of Fame weekend CANTON (AP) — They blocked and tackled and got lost in those scrums at the line of scrimmage, overshadowed by the guys who handled the ball and soaked in the moments of glory. It all changes in Canton this weekend, when a group of linemen become the stars of the NFL’s most prestigious event. Four linemen will be among the six players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night — Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Willie Roaf and Dermontti Dawson. Running back Curtis Martin and corner-

back Jack Butler will join them. In several ways, it’s fitting that the ones who protected the quarterbacks and tried to get them to the ground are the ones getting top billing. “Any coach will tell you the backbone of your team is the offensive line and the defensive line, and it is appropriate that these guys go in together,” former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher said. For this group, it’s about time. “These guys like Willie Roaf and Jack Butler and Cortez Kennedy and Dermontti Dawson, how often do you hear their

names called unless they’re doing something that they shouldn’t be doing?” said Doleman, who had 150½ sacks. “These guys are awesome players who are so deserving of the Hall of Fame, and I’m so proud to be going in with them.” The six inductees are the centerpiece of a special weekend in the northern Ohio city, which had to do without one of its main events last year. The Hall of Fame game was called off because of the NFL lockout, costing the hall and the city a lot of money. The game returns on Sunday night, with more than a little intrigue of its

own. The New Orleans Saints, hit hard by their bounty scandal in the offseason, will open the preseason against the Arizona Cardinals. Labor issues still play a role, though — replacement officials will be used because the refs’ union has been locked out. It’ll overshadow the preseason, at least for the first game. “I know there’ll be a lot of attention based on what happened with their offseason,” Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said. The weekend started with a big moment for the hall itself. A 10,000square-foot center named

for Bills founder Ralph Wilson, Jr., was dedicated, a major expansion that will provide more space for documents, photographs and artifacts. Then, those big guys were ready to get the big moments, the ones usually saved for someone else. “Every quarterback who wins the Super Bowl, he goes into the Hall of Fame,” Doleman said. “It’s like, ‘Come on!’ That position probably deserves more scrutiny than any other position on the field because you can have an average quarterback with a great offensive line, and he gets all the glory. They’re enabling him to

throw the ball and do what he needs to do.” On Saturday, some of those Hall of Fame passers will be in the audience applauding a group of players known for their years of excellence at the game’s basics — blocking and tackling. “A very down-to-earth class, not a lot of egos involved,” Roaf said. “We all are happy about what we achieved, but (they’re) good guys and good players to go in with.” Making it even more special is the fact that the linemen haven’t had much chance experience in those confetti-spray celebrations on Super Bowl Sundays.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday's Games Minnesota 5, Boston 0 Texas 15, L.A. Angels 9 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 6, 11 innings Oakland 4, Toronto 1 Friday's Games Detroit 10, Cleveland 2 N.Y.Yankees 6, Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 0 Minnesota at Boston, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Saturday's Games Seattle (F.Hernandez 9-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-7), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (R.Romero 8-8) at Oakland (Griffin 3-0), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Feldman 5-6) at Kansas City (W.Smith 2-3), 6:10 p.m. Cleveland (Jimenez 8-10) at Detroit (Fister 5-7), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (W.Chen 9-6) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 6-6), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-10) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 8-9), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (De Vries 2-2) at Boston (Buchholz 9-3), 7:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Cleveland at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at N.Y.Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday's Games Cincinnati 9, San Diego 4 N.Y. Mets 9, San Francisco 1 Washington 3, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta 6, Miami 1 Colorado 8, St. Louis 2 Friday's Games Washington 7, Miami 4, 1st game Arizona 4, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta 4, Houston 1 Miami 5, Washington 2, 2nd game Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Saturday's Games Arizona (J.Saunders 5-7) at Philadelphia (Halladay 4-6), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Buehrle 9-10) at Washington (Zimmermann 8-6), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Harrell 8-7) at Atlanta (Maholm 9-6), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 10-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 4-7), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (M.Rogers 0-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 8-10), 7:15 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-6) at Colorado (Francis 3-3), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Hefner 1-4) at San Diego (Volquez 7-7), 8:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 9:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. Miami at Washington, 1:35 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m. Reds 3, Pirates 0 Pittsburgh Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi SMarte lf 4 0 0 0 Cozart ss 4 0 3 0 Snider rf 3 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 4 0 1 0 AMcCt cf 3 0 1 0 Ludwck lf 4 0 0 0 GJones 1b 4 0 0 0 Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 Walker 2b 2 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 3 0 1 0 Frazier 1b 3 0 0 0 Barajs c 2 0 0 0 Heisey rf-lf 3 1 1 1 Mercer ss 0 0 0 0 Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0 Barmes ss 2 0 0 0 Hanign c 3 1 1 0 McKnr ph-c1 0 1 0 Latos p 3 1 1 2 WRdrg p 2 0 1 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 GSnchz ph1 0 0 0 Bruce rf 0 0 0 0 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 0 4 0 Totals 30 3 7 3 Pittsburgh.................000 000 000—0 Cincinnati .................010 020 00x—3 DP_Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 3. LOB_Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3. HR_Heisey (4), Latos (1). SB_Snider (1). CS_A.McCutchen (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh W.Rodriguez L,7-10 .7 7 3 3 0 4 Qualls . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 1 Cincinnati Latos W,10-3 . . . .7 1-3 4 0 0 3 5 Broxton H,2 . . . . . .2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Chapman S,24-28 . . .1 0 0 0 0 2 HBP_by Chapman (A.McCutchen). WP_Latos. PB_Hanigan. Umpires_Home, Bob Davidson; First, Brian Gorman; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Tony Randazzo. T_2:28. A_40,829 (42,319).

Tigers 10, Indians 2 Detroit Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2b 5 0 2 1 AJcksn cf 3 1 1 0 AsCarr ss 4 0 1 0 Berry lf 5 2 2 1 Lillirdg ss 0 0 0 0 MiCarr 3b 5 2 3 1 Choo rf 4 0 1 1 JhPerlt ss 0 0 0 0 CSantn c 3 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 2 3 4 Brantly cf 3 0 1 0 Boesch dh 5 1 2 0 Rottino lf 1 0 0 0 Dirks rf 4 1 2 1 JoLopz dh 4 0 1 0 Avila c 5 0 2 2 Ktchm 1b 4 0 1 0 RSantg 2b 3 1 0 0 Hannhn 3b3 1 0 0 Infante 3b 3 0 1 1 Carrer lf-cf 4 1 2 0 Totals 35 2 9 2 Totals 37101610 Cleveland..................001 000 100—2 Detroit .......................012 403 00x—10 E_As.Cabrera (13), Dirks (1). 1, Detroit 1. DP_Cleveland LOB_Cleveland 8, Detroit 10. 2B_Kipnis (14), Berry (6), Fielder (23), Avila (15). 3B_Infante (2). HR_Fielder (18). SF_Infante. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Masterson L,7-10 . . .4 10 7 7 4 4 Accardo . . . . . . . . . . .2 6 3 3 1 0 C.Allen . . . . . . . . . . . .2 0 0 0 1 3 Detroit A.Sanchez W,1-1 . . . .6 8 2 1 2 5 D.Downs . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 0 0 0 3 Villarreal . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0 0 2 A.Sanchez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. PB_C.Santana. Umpires_Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Rob Drake; Second, Joe West; Third, Sam Holbrook. T_2:54. A_41,502 (41,255). Friday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle . . . . . .000 100 002—3 3 0 NewYork . . . .002 002 20x—6 12 0 Millwood, C.Capps (7), O.Perez (7), Pryor (8) and Olivo; Sabathia and R.Martin. W_Sabathia 11-3. L_Millwood 4-9. HRs_Seattle, C.Wells (7), Ackley (8). New York, Er.Chavez (10). Baltimore . . .000 000 000—0 8 0 Tampa Bay . .000 101 00x—2 6 0 Tom.Hunter, O'Day (6), Patton (8) and Wieters; M.Moore, McGee (6), Farnsworth (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and Lobaton. W_M.Moore 8-7. L_Tom.Hunter 4-7. Sv_Rodney (32). HRs_Tampa Bay, B.Upton (10), De.Jennings (8). NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game Miami . . . . . . .100 000 201—4 8 0 Washington .301 300 00x—7 10 0 Hand, Webb (4), Hatcher (7) and Hayes; Lannan, Mattheus (7), Storen (8), Mic.Gonzalez (8), Clippard (9) and Flores. W_Lannan 2-0. L_Hand 0-1. Sv_Clippard (22). HRs_Washington, LaRoche (21). Second Game Miami . . . . . . .000 003 011—5 11 2 Washington .100 000 001—2 5 0 Jo.Johnson, Cishek (9) and J.Buck; G.Gonzalez, Stammen (9) and Leon. W_Jo.Johnson 7-7. L_G.Gonzalez 136. Sv_Cishek (6). Arizona . . . . .010 200 001—4 6 0 Philadelphia .000 110 000—2 7 1 I.Kennedy, Saito (7), D.Hernandez (8), Putz (9) and M.Montero; K.Kendrick, Horst (5), Rosenberg (6), Bastardo (8), Lindblom (9) and Schneider. W_I.Kennedy 10-8. L_K.Kendrick 4-9. Sv_Putz (20). HRs_Arizona, J.Upton (9), Kubel (23). Philadelphia, Utley (6). Houston . . . .000 001 000—1 4 0 Atlanta . . . . . .003 100 00x—4 6 1 Galarraga, W.Wright (6), Storey (7), R.Cruz (8) and Corporan; T.Hudson, O'Flaherty (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann. W_T.Hudson 11-4. L_Galarraga 0-1. Sv_Kimbrel (31). Midwest League Eastern Division Bowling Green (Rays) Fort Wayne (Padres) Lansing (Blue Jays) Lake County (Indians) South Bend (D’Backs) West Michigan (Tigers) Great Lakes (Dodgers) Dayton (Reds) Western Division

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AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Pennsylvania 400, at Long Pond, Pa. 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, Pocono Mountains 125, at Long Pond, Pa. 2 p.m. ABC — American Le Mans Series, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, at Lexington, Ohio 3 p.m. SPEED — ARCA, Pennsylvania 125, at Long Pond, Pa. 4:30 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for U.S. Cellular 250, at Newton, Iowa 8 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, U.S. Cellular 250, at Newton, Iowa GOLF Noon TGC — PGA Tour-WGC Bridgestone Invitational, third round, at Akron, Ohio 2 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour-WGC Bridgestone Invitational, third round, at Akron, Ohio TGC — Web.com Tour, Cox Classic, third round, at Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, 3M Championship, second round, at Blaine, Minn. 6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Reno-Tahoe Open, third round, at Reno, Nev. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLB — Seattle at N.Y. Yankees 7 p.m. FSN — Pittsburgh at Cincinnati MLB — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati or Cleveland at Detroit WGN — L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 8 p.m. FOX — UFC, lightweights Joe Lauzon (20-7-0) vs. Jamie Varner (20-6-1); heavyweights, Ben Rothwell (32-80) vs. Travis Browne (13-0-1); light heavyweights, Lyoto Machida (17-3-0) vs. Ryan Bader (15-2-0); light heavyweights, Mauricio Rua (20-6-0) vs. Brandon Vera (12-5-0), at Los Angeles NFL FOOTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony, at Canton, Ohio OLYMPICS 4 a.m. NBCSN — LIVE: men's basketball: United States vs. Lithuania, Russia vs. Spain; women's triathlon; men's tennis, doubles Gold Medal final; beach volleyball; women's field hockey, United States vs. New Zealand; men's volleyball, Brazil vs. Serbia; DELAYED TAPE: equestrian, jumping; cycling, track events; women's shooting, trap Gold Medal final, at London NBC BASKETBALL — Men's: United States vs. Lithuania, Russia vs. Spain, Tunisia vs. France, China vs. Brazil, Britain vs. Australia, Argentina vs. Nigeria, at London 7 a.m. MSNBC — LIVE: men's soccer, quarterfinals; SAME-DAY TAPE: men's water polo, Montenegro vs. Romania; women's badminton: singles Gold Medal final, doubles Gold Medal final; men's weightlifting, 94 kg Gold Medal final; men's track and field, 20k walk, at London NBC SOCCER — Men's, quarterfinals, at various sites TELEMUNDO — LIVE: men's soccer, quarterfinals; SAME-DAY TAPE: beach volleyball; track and field; boxing; men's basketball, at London 8:30 a.m. CNBC — Boxing, at London 9 a.m. NBC — LIVE: track and field: men's 10,000m Gold Medal final, SAME-DAY TAPE: qualifying rounds; LIVE: women's tennis, Gold Medal final; beach volleyball; men's volleyball, United States vs. Russia; men's water polo, United States vs. Serbia; SAME-DAY TAPE: cycling, track Gold Medal final; rowing, Gold Medal finals; women's gymnastics, trampoline Gold Medal final, at London 3:30 p.m. CNBC — Boxing, at London 8 p.m. NBC — Swimming, Gold Medal finals: men's and women's 4 x 100m medley relays, men's 1500m freestyle, women's 50m freestyle; track and field, Gold Medal finals: men's long jump, women's 100m; beach volleyball; women's diving, springboard semifinals, at London (sameday tape) 12 Mid. TELEMUNDO — Swimming, Gold Medal finals; track and field, Gold Medal finals; women's diving, springboard semifinals (same-day tape) 12:30 a.m. NBC — Track and field, Gold Medal finals; cycling, track events, at London (delayed tape) TENNIS 3 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Citi Open, semifinal, at Washington Quad Cities 4, Peoria 2 Burlington 1, Wisconsin 0 Great Lakes at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m. Saturday's Games South Bend at Lake County, 7 p.m. West Michigan at Lansing, 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m. Dayton at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m. Cedar Rapids at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. Quad Cities at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Clinton at Peoria, 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Beloit, 8 p.m. Sunday's Games Cedar Rapids at Kane County, 2 p.m. West Michigan at Lansing, 2:05 p.m. Dayton at Great Lakes, 2:05 p.m. Clinton at Peoria, 3 p.m. Quad Cities at Burlington, 3 p.m. Wisconsin at Beloit, 3 p.m. Bowling Green at Fort Wayne, 3:05 p.m. South Bend at Lake County, 7 p.m.

GOLF WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Scores Friday At Firestone Country Club (South Course) Akron, Ohio Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,400; Par: 70 Second Round Jim Furyk............................63-66—129 Rafael Cabrera Bello .........66-65—131 Louis Oosthuizen ...............67-65—132 Jason Dufner......................67-66—133 K.T. Kim...............................67-67—134 David Toms.........................68-67—135 Luke Donald.......................66-69—135 Lee Slattery........................65-71—136 John Senden......................66-70—136 Steve Stricker .....................68-68—136 Keegan Bradley..................67-69—136 Simon Dyson......................66-71—137 Rory McIlroy .......................70-67—137 Dustin Johnson ..................69-68—137 Geoff Ogilvy........................67-70—137 Graeme McDowell.............70-67—137 Carl Pettersson ..................67-70—137 Sang-Moon Bae.................72-66—138

Bill Haas .............................67-71—138 Scott Piercy ........................69-70—139 Nick Watney........................69-70—139 Aaron Baddeley .................73-66—139 Retief Goosen....................67-72—139 Bubba Watson....................66-73—139 Justin Rose.........................70-69—139 Sergio Garcia .....................67-72—139 Bo Van Pelt.........................70-69—139 Martin Laird ........................68-72—140 Y.E.Yang .............................69-71—140 Martin Kaymer....................68-72—140 Paul Lawrie.........................72-68—140 Matt Kuchar........................70-70—140 Phil Mickelson ....................71-69—140 Lee Westwood ...................68-72—140 Nicolas Colsaerts...............73-68—141 Thomas Bjorn.....................71-70—141 Alvaro Quiros......................70-71—141 Brandt Snedeker................71-70—141 Jamie Donaldson...............68-73—141 Bernd Wiesberger..............70-71—141 Adam Scott.........................71-70—141 Zach Johnson ....................68-73—141 Ben Crane ..........................66-75—141 Kyle Stanley........................69-73—142 Tiger Woods.......................70-72—142 Branden Grace...................72-70—142 Marc Leishman ..................70-72—142 Joost Luiten........................72-71—143 Ian Poulter ..........................74-69—143 Ryo Ishikawa......................71-72—143 Mark Wilson........................72-71—143 K.J. Choi .............................71-72—143 Francesco Molinari.............74-70—144 Fredrik Jacobson................71-73—144 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano .....71-73—144 Toshinori Muto....................73-71—144 Peter Hanson .....................73-71—144 Ted Potter, Jr.......................72-72—144 Charl Schwartzel................69-75—144 Champions Tour Scores Friday At TPC Twin Cities Blaine, Minn. Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 7,114, Par: 72 First Round Chien Soon Lu .....................31-34—65 Steve Pate ............................32-33—65 Gil Morgan............................32-33—65 Peter Senior..........................33-32—65 Tom Jenkins .........................34-32—66 Joel Edwards........................34-32—66

Saturday, August 4, 2012 Mark McNulty .......................34-32—66 Willie Wood...........................33-34—67 Joe Daley..............................35-32—67 David Frost ...........................33-34—67 D.A. Weibring........................35-32—67 Bernhard Langer..................33-34—67 Jeff Hart................................33-34—67 David Peoples ......................33-35—68 Joey Sindelar........................34-34—68 Mark O'Meara ......................35-33—68 Tom Lehman ........................33-35—68 Olin Browne..........................34-34—68 Eduardo Romero .................36-32—68 John Jacobs .........................36-33—69 Craig Stadler ........................35-34—69 Dan Forsman .......................34-35—69 Kenny Perry..........................31-38—69 Fred Funk .............................36-33—69 Tom Kite................................37-32—69 Mark Wiebe ..........................34-35—69 Jeff Sluman ..........................36-33—69 Blaine McCallister ................35-35—70 Jim Rutledge ........................35-35—70 Steve Lowery........................35-35—70 Bobby Wadkins ....................34-36—70 Tom Purtzer..........................34-36—70 Hal Sutton.............................34-36—70 Bill Glasson...........................36-34—70 Ted Schulz............................38-32—70 Bruce Vaughan.....................36-34—70 Mike Goodes........................36-34—70 Gary Hallberg.......................35-35—70 P.H. Horgan III.......................35-35—70 Don Berry .............................36-34—70 Chip Beck .............................38-33—71 Andrew Magee.....................36-35—71 Wayne Levi...........................37-34—71 Loren Roberts ......................35-36—71 Mark Calcavecchia...............37-34—71 Brad Bryant ..........................37-34—71 Jay Haas...............................36-35—71 Lance Ten Broeck ................35-36—71 John Huston.........................36-35—71 PGA Championship Tee Times At Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) Kiawah Island, S.C. All Times EDT Yardage: 7,776; Par: 72 First and Second Rounds Aug. 9-10 Hole 1-Hole 10 7:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Kelly Mitchum, D.A. Points, Marcel Siem 7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. — John Senden, Ken Duke, Michael Frye 7:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Greg Chalmers, Spencer Levin, Michael Thompson 7:50 a.m.-1 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Robert Garrigus, Charley Hoffman 8 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Ben Curtis, Trevor Immelman 8:10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Scott Stallings, Jeev Milkha Singh, Johnson Wagner 8:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Shaun Micheel, David Toms, John Daly 8:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — Bernd Wiesberger, Ryan Palmer, Robert Karlsson 8:40 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — Alvaro Quiros, Cameron Tringale, Ryan Moore 8:50 a.m.-2 p.m. — Tommy Gainey, Jason Day, Carl Pettersson 9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. — Mike Small, Brian Davis, John Huh 9:10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — Sean O'Hair, Brian Cairns, Seung-yul Noh 9:20 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Ben Crane, Marty Jertson, Thongchai Jaidee 12:30 p.m.-7:20 a.m. — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, George McNeill, Frank Bensel 12:40 p.m.-7:30 a.m. — Brendon de Jonge, Danny Balin, Hiroyuki Fujita 12:50 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — John Rollins, Kyle Stanley, Francesco Molinari 1 p.m.-7:50 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Rickie Fowler, Nicolas Colsaerts 1:10 p.m.-8 a.m. — Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia 1:20 p.m.-8:10 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els 1:30 p.m.-8:20 a.m. — Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Zach Johnson 1:40 p.m.-8:30 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III 1:50 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Scott Piercy, Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar 2 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — Justin Rose, Paul Lawrie, Nick Watney 2:10 p.m.-9 a.m. — K.J. Choi, Simon Dyson, Scott Verplank 2:20 p.m.-9:10 a.m. — Mitch Lowe, Jeff Overton, Blake Adams 2:30 p.m.-9:20 a.m. — TBD, Paul Scaletta, Robert Allenby Hole 10-Hole 1 7:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Matteo Manassero, Charles Howell III, Mark Brown 7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. — Pat Perez, Corey Prugh, Martin Laird 7:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Toru Taniguchi, Rory Sabbatini, Rafa Cabrera-Bello 7:50 a.m.-1 p.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Branden Grace, Matt Dobyns 8 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Darren Clarke, Ryo Ishikawa, Gary Woodland 8:10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk 8:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Jason Dufner, Paul Casey, Geoff Ogilvy 8:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Tiger Woods 8:40 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Steve Stricker 8:50 a.m.-2 p.m. — Lee Westwood, Bill Haas, Angel Cabrera 9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. — Stewart Cink, Peter Hanson, Tim Clark 9:10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — Jeff Coston, Bud Cauley, Robert Rock 9:20 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Joost Luiten, Alan Morin, Thomas Aiken 12:30 p.m.-7:20 a.m. — Bryce Molder, Matt Every, Bob Sowards 12:40 p.m.-7:30 a.m. — Sang Moon Bae, Darrell Kestner, David Lynn 12:50 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — Marcus Fraser, Jamie Donaldson, Doug Wade 1 p.m.-7:50 a.m. — Jonathan Byrd, Anders Hansen, Aaron Baddeley 1:10 p.m.-8 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Fredrik Jacobson, Jimmy Walker 1:20 p.m.-8:10 a.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, K.T. Kim, Bo Van Pelt 1:30 p.m.-8:20 a.m. — Y.E. Yang, Rich Beem, Vijay Singh 1:40 p.m.-8:30 a.m. — Charlie Wi, Pablo Larrazabal, Chez Reavie 1:50 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Retief Goosen, Mark Brooks, Roger Chapman 2 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — Alex Noren, Mark Wilson, George Coetzee 2:10 p.m.-9 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Ted Potter Jr., Brian Gaffney 2:20 p.m.-9:10 a.m. — Michael Hoey, Kevin Na, Rod Perry 2:30 p.m.-9:20 a.m. — Brendan Jones, Bill Murchison, TBD TBD — To be filled by winners from the Bridgestone Invitational and RenoTahoe Open. If already in the field, spot to be filled by an alternate.

■ Golf

Furyk keeps lead AKRON (AP) — Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods each carried momentum into the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational. That meant the best 36-hole score for Furyk in his PGA Tour career, and the worst start for Woods in nearly fourth months. Furyk had another good day with the putter, making a few birdies early and saving par from the bunker four times on the back nine at Firestone for a 4-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain. He was at 11-under 129, two shots clear of Cabrera-Bello, who had a 65. Louis Oosthuizen used his putter from just off the ninth green to finish with a birdie and a 65, leaving him three shots behind going into the weekend of this World Golf Championship. Jason Dufner had a 66 in the afternoon and was four shots behind. Woods, a seven-time winner at Firestone, can’t seem to get anything going. Woods had a 72 and was at 2-over 142, leaving him 13 shots behind on the course where he had never finished worse than fifth the first 11 times he played. It was his highest 36-hole score to par since his 3-over 145 start at the Masters. • Reno-Tahoe Open Nev. — RENO, Alexandre Rocha had seven birdies and an eagle to take the secondround lead in the RenoTahoe Open. The 34-year-old Brazilian had 24 points in the modified Stableford scoring system that gives players eight points for double eagle, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double bogey or worse.

■ College Football

Paterno fam to appeal sanctions STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno’s family plans to appeal the sanctions imposed by the NCAA against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Family lawyer Wick Sollers in a letter sent Friday to the NCAA said the Paternos would like to appeal the “enormous damage” to Penn State, the community, athletes and the late Hall of Fame coach. He died in January at age 85. The NCAA did not return messages seeking comment on whether college sports’ governing body would consider such an appeal. The landmark NCAA penalties handed down last month included a four-bowl ban, scholarship cuts and 111 vacated wins from 1998-2011, meaning Paterno no longer has the most coaching victories in major college football. The family said the NCAA acted hastily and without regard for due process, and that it accepted the results of the school’s internal investigation without further review.

OLYMPICS

18 August 4, 2012

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■ Basketball

■ Swimming

Czech please!

MEDAL COUNT At London Friday, Aug. 3 22 of 22 medal events 113 of 302 total medal events Nation G S B Total 43 United States 21 10 12 20 13 9 42 China 3 12 8 23 Russia 8 6 8 22 Britain 2 8 11 21 Japan Germany 5 9 6 20 France 8 5 6 19 South Korea 9 2 5 16 1 9 4 14 Australia 4 5 3 12 Italy 1 4 2 7 Romania 0 2 5 7 Canada New Zealand 3 0 3 6 Netherlands 2 1 3 6 Ukraine 2 0 4 6 1 1 4 6 Brazil 4 0 1 5 North Korea 2 2 1 5 Cuba 2 1 2 5 Hungary Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 South Africa 3 1 0 4 Poland 2 1 1 4 Belarus 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 4 Mexico 1 0 2 3 Slovenia 0 2 1 3 Colombia 0 2 1 3 Spain Denmark 0 1 2 3 Slovakia 0 0 3 3 Czech Republic 0 2 0 2 Sweden 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 Belgium 0 1 1 2 India 0 1 1 2 Indonesia Kenya 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 Mongolia 0 1 1 2 Norway 1 0 0 1 Ethiopia Georgia 1 0 0 1 Lithuania 1 0 0 1 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 Croatia 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Egypt 0 1 0 1 Taiwan 0 1 0 1 Thailand 0 0 1 1 Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1 Greece Hong Kong 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Iran 0 0 1 1 Moldova 0 0 1 1 Qatar Serbia 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Singapore 0 0 1 1 Uzbekistan

■ Cycling

No IOC inquiry into crash LONDON (AP) — An apparent deliberate crash by British track cycling gold medalist Philip Hindes for tactical reasons is not being investigated, the Olympic International Committee said Friday. The incident in the team sprint Thursday raised further questions about the ethics of athletes’ behavior at the London Games after four women’s badminton pairs were disqualified for playing to lose. Hindes told reporters that team strategy was “if we have a bad start we need to crash to get a restart.” The 19-year-old wobbled starting a three-lap race in the heats against France and fell at the first bend. The British trio, including Chris Hoy, won the restarted race and later beat France in the final. “I just crashed, I did it on purpose to get a restart, just to have the fastest ride. I did it. So it was all planned, really,” Hindes reportedly said immediately after the race. He modified his comments at the official news conference to say he lost control of his bike. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said it agreed with the International Cycling Union that “the result is not in question.” “They are obviously aware of the situation, and at this stage they don’t see any reason to question the result. At this stage neither do we,” Adams told reporters. The badminton scandal saw teams from China, Indonesia and South Korea expelled from the Olympics on Wednesday for deliberately losing in order to manipulate their route through the knockout stages. The teams were booed off court by spectators at Wembley Arena. Adams said the cycling incident was different because paying fans “were not deprived of a competition.” “The race took place and I believe we could clearly say that best efforts were made in that competition by the British team,” he said.

U.S. women dominate

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United States' Michael Phelps touches the wall as South Africa's Chad le Clos closes in for second place during the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.

Going out golden Phelps wins final solo race, 17th career gold LONDON (AP) — Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end. Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps. Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career? With those long arms whirling through the water, Phelps was nextto-last when he touched the wall at the far end of the pool in the 100meter butterfly but in a familiar position when he made the touch that counted Friday his name atop the leaderboard, a smile on his face, another gold medal around his neck. “I’m just happy that the last one was a win,” Phelps said. “That’s all I really wanted coming into the night.” He claimed his third gold of the London Games and 17th of his career, adding to an already absurd record total that should be twice as much as anyone else by the time he swims the final race of his career, the 4x100 medley relay Saturday night. The Americans are huge favorites in a race they have never lost, and it’s unfathomable to think the Phelps era could end with anything less than a performance that puts him atop the podium one last time. In what might be viewed as a symbolic changing of the guard from America’s retiring swimming star to the next big thing, 17-year-old Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke, her third gold in London, just minutes before Phelps took center stage at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Another American teen, 19-year-old Elizabeth Beisel, claimed the bronze in that race. “I can’t believe what just hap-

PHELPS pened,” said Franklin, who had dedicated her Olympics to victims of the theater shooting not far from her Colorado home. “In that last 25, I knew I was giving it everything I had because I couldn’t feel my arms and legs and I was just trying to get my hand to the wall as fast I could.” Right after Phelps was done, 15year-old Katie Ledecky the youngest member of the U.S. team nearly broke the world record to win gold in the 800 freestyle, denying Britain’s Rebecca Adlington a repeat before her home fans. Adlington settled for bronze in a race Ledecky dominated from start to finish, falling off record pace only in the last 15 meters. But no one has dominated like Phelps, who increased his career overall medal total to 21. “He’s the king of the Olympics Games,” said his butterfly rival, Serbia’s Milorad Cavic. Even though Phelps didn’t go as fast in the final as he did in the semifinals, he actually won by a relative-

ly comfortable margin compared to his two previous Olympic wins in the 100 fly: four-hundredths of a second over Ian Crocker in 2004, then onehundredth of a second the closest race possible against Cavic at the Beijing Games four years ago. That was the victory that kept Phelps on course to win a historic eight gold medals in China. This was about going out in style. Phelps slammed the wall in 51.21 seconds for payback against the guy who edged him in the 200 fly, Chad le Clos. No gliding into this finish, the move that cost Phelps a gold in their first meeting. Le Clos finished in 51.44, patting Phelps on the shoulder after tying for silver with Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin. Cavic tied for fourth in 51.81, not even close to Phelps in their final meeting. “I cannot be compared to Michael Phelps,” said Cavic, who also plans to retire after the London Games. “I’m a one-trick pony.” France won its fourth gold at the pool, its best showing ever, as Florent Manaudou younger brother of 2004 gold medalist Laure Manaudou shocked defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil in the 50 freestyle. Manaudou touched in 21.34 and pounded the water out in Lane 7, then got a big hug from his sister as soon as he climbed from the pool. Cullen Jones of the United States took silver in 21.54, while Cielo was left with bronze in 21.59. Anthony Ervin, the 2000 Olympic champion who came back from an eight-year retirement, finished fifth after getting off to a poor start.

LONDON (AP) — Rested and refreshed, the U.S. women continue to dominant the Olympic basketball tournament. Diana Taurasi scored 18 points and Tina Charles had a double-double to lead the Americans to an 88-61 win over the Czech Republic on Friday. The Americans (4-0) have now won 37 straight games in the Olympics, including four straight gold medals. The U.S. started slow but looked fresh after its first day off since getting together on July 14 to start training for the London Games. The U.S. had rolled through its first three opponents winning by 36 points a game and continued the onslaught against the Czechs (1-3), who will need to win their final game Sunday to possibly advance to the quarterfinals. The Czechs jumped out to a quick lead scoring the first 10 points of the game in just two minutes. It was the Americans’ biggest deficit in the Olympics since they trailed the Czechs 13-2 in the opener of the 2008 Beijing Games. They went on to win that game by 40 points. The Czech Republic also played the U.S. tight for a half in the 2010 world championship gold medal game, trailing by five at the break. The U.S. won that contest by 20. The Czechs led 26-24 after the first quarter after hitting six of their first 10 3-point attempts. They didn’t hit another 3-pointer the rest of the game, missing their final 11 attempts. While the Czechs went cold, the Americans heated up behind Charles — who had 16 points and 14 rebounds — and Tamika Catchings. Trailing 30-26, the Americans scored 22 of the next 28 points to go up 4836 with 2:18 left in the half. Catchings and Charles each had six points during the burst. Catchings’ layup off a fullcourt pass from Moore gave the U.S. a 3130 lead. After a Czech basket, Charles scored six straight and the U.S. never trailed again. The Americans led 4838 at the half and put the game away with a 20-3 run to start the second half. Taurasi hit two 3-pointers during the spurt. The Czechs couldn’t get within 20 points of the U.S. the rest of the way. Michaela Zrustova scored 15 points to lead the Czech Republic.

■ Soccer

Wambach leads U.S. to semis NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — These were supposed to be the Hope Solo Olympics for the U.S. women’s football team. Or the Alex Morgan Games. Instead, they belong so far to the old reliable, Abby Wambach, who has scored in every match to lead the Americans into the semifinals. The 32-year-old striker slid onto a pass in the 27th minute Friday to knock home her fourth goal of the tournament and then celebrated with a cartwheel in the United States’ 2-0 win over New Zealand in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. Sydney Leroux added an insurance goal in the 87th minute for the two-time defending Olympic champi-

on Americans, who will play Canada in Manchester on Monday. The Americans beat the Canadians 4-0 in Olympic qualifying in January. the winner of the Britain-Canada match in Manchester on Monday. Wambach extended her U.S. record with her eighth career Olympic goal — a mark she holds despite missing the Beijing Games with a broken leg — and pushed her international tally to 142, only 16 behind Mia Hamm’s world record. For most of the year, she has yielded much of the scoring load to youngster Morgan, but Morgan has played the role of catalyst in this tournament, getting three assists and doing much of the hard work to

set up Wambach’s goal Friday. Taking a long ball from Rachel Buehler, Morgan juked one defender and threaded her pass through two others to put the ball on Wambach’s sliding right foot at the far post. The U.S. players, always looking for novel ways to display their happiness, then ran to the corner of the field and started doing cartwheels before the crowd of 10,441 at venerable St. James’ Park, home of Newcastle. Wambach’s scoring spurt is remarkable given all the attention she draws from the opposition. She’s still one of the strongest players in the game and is unmatched in the air, yet three of her four goals have come with her feet.

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United States’ Abby Wambach vies for the ball with New Zealand’s Amber Hearn at St James’ Park in Newcastle, England during the London 2012 Summer Olympics Friday.