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‘Mardi Gras Berries’ theme announced Downtown festival will be “unique,” Schweser says BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com

Luke Bryan to stop in Troy Luke Bryan isn’t planning on running for office anytime soon, but the vote of confidence he’s received on his recent CMT on Tour: Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines appearances has him feeling like he just won an election. Bryan has been performing for a string of sellout crowds on the recent leg of his T&T tour, which is part of the 2011 CMT on Tour that rolls into Troy Oct. 22 for a night of country music at Hobart Arena.

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The year 2012 will be a sort of rebuilding year for the Strawberry Festival, with the festival moving downtown for one year due to the Adams Street IMAGE PROVIDED Bridge replacement project. The 2012 logo was released That got 2012 Strawberry Thursday at the kickoff meeting. chairperson Corie Festival

TROY Schweser thinking about New Orleans, a city that has had to rebuild time and time again, mainly due to weather incidents such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005. And when Schweser thought of New Orleans, she thought of Mardi Gras, which inspired

her 2102 festival theme, Mardi Gras Berries, which she announced at Thursday’s 2012 Troy Strawberry Festival Kickoff meeting, held at the Market Square Community Room downtown. Those involved with the Troy Strawberry Festival have the same tenacity and dedication to

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States submit waivers

Roles switched at WACO

Many seek exception to eductional law

NASA brings workshop to area teachers BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com

he kids in Angie Purdy’s 4th grade classes at Forest Elementary School probably can expect to be doing some hands-on rocketry projects later this year, thanks to a workshop presented by an instructor from the National Science and Space Administration at WACO Field Wednesday.

T Obama blames Iran for plot President Barack Obama said Thursday that officials at the “highest levels” of the Iranian government must be held accountable for a brazen and bizarre plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil. He insisted leaders of the world will believe the U.S. case without dispute once they absorb the details. U.S. officials, meanwhile, confirmed the Obama administration has had direct contact with Iran over the allegations.The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, met with Iranian officials at Iran’s mission to the U.N. on Wednesday — a highly unusual contact for two countries that do not have diplomatic relations..

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Purdy was one of about two dozen math and science teachers from more than a dozen TROY e l e mentary and middle schools — including more than a halfdozen in Miami County — that participated in the day-long engineering and aeronautical themed workshop, which used materials and activities from NASA’s On the Moon and Rocketry educator guides. The idea is to have teachers participate in hands-on engineering and design processes, then take what they’ve learned back to the classroom, said workshop presenter Susan Kohler, a NASA Education Specialist based at the NASA Glenn Research Center in the Cleveland area. “When we have teachers do it, they feel more comfortable taking it back to the classroom and doing them with their students,” Kohler said. The objective is to provide effective, innovative ways to engage students in engineering and aeronautical design processes, which in turn will hopefully inspire and encourage students’ interest in space

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Area teachers participated in an educational program with the NASA Aerospace Education Services Project Wednesday at Historic WACO Field. Diane Hoying, left, from St. Patrick Catholic School, and Joyce Thornberry from Piqua Catholic School run through a lesson Wednesday on rocket activity and Newton cars inside WACO’s hangar. exploration Anytime you can have a n d something hands-on for the careers in engikids, that’s key. Kids respond to neering. “ I f that. Now I’m going to try and teachers have fun figure out a place to fit it into my with it, lesson plan this year.. we know students KOHLER — Angie Purdy will have fun with it, too,” Kohler sion through Newton’s 85 grams of weight to send said. their so-called ‘Newton car’ Teachers worked in Second Law of Motion. “Right now, we’re chang- a distance of 165 centimesmall teams on four separate projects, with Purdy ing the amount of force and ters. “Anytime you can have on a team with Jim measuring the additional Beisner, a retired Troy edu- distance (the car traveled),” something hands-on for the cator and now a WACO Purdy said, as Dieringer kids, that’s key. Kids Learning Center volunteer, pinched the rubber bands, respond to that. Now I’m Covington Middle School then let the car loose across going to try and figure out teacher Dianne Hartman a hastily constructed a place to fit it into my lesand fellow Forest teacher ‘plank road’ of red straws son plan this year,” said Purdy, who’s been teaching laid flat across a table. Scott Dieringer. After each experiment, for 11 years, almost all of it During the afternoon, teams used rubber bands the groups shared their at Forest. The workshop was sponand a hand-sized wooden processes with Kohler and sled weighted with a film the other groups: Purdy’s sored by WACO because it canister filled with wash- group used three rubber ers to demonstrate propul- bands for propulsion and • See WACO on Page 2

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of states intend to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the “No Child Left Behind” law, the education Department Education said Thursday. Obama said last month he was frustrated that Congress didn’t act to change the law that he has said is flawed, so he was moving forward with an effort to let qualifying states circumvent it. His plan allows states to scrap a key requirement that all children show they are proficient in reading and math by 2014. To qualify, the states must submit a plan showing how they will meet certain requirements such as enacting standards to prepare students for college and testing for those standards, and by making teachers and principals more accountable by setting guidelines on evaluations. The Education Department says 37 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have notified the agency that they intend to submit a plan to get a waiver around the law. Seventeen states have said they will submit a plan by Nov. 14, which means it will be reviewed in December and could be enacted as soon as early next year. While the opportunity to apply for a waiver was warmly received in many states, some officials see the requirements to get a waiver as intrusive or expensive to implement. California, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas and were among the states that didn’t file a notice of intention by a deadline Wednesday — although they still could apply for a • See WAIVERS on Page 2

Grandmother caught in middle of union fight

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The plea of a 78-year-old grandmother urging a repeal of Ohio’s overhaul of collective bargaining rights is Complete weather being distorted by an opposing information on Page 9. group using her statements in an ad to defend the new law. Home Delivery: Marlene Quinn’s great-grand335-5634 daughter was saved from a house Classified Advertising: fire in November, and she told the (877) 844-8385 story in a statewide television spot paid for by We Are Ohio, the unionbacked coalition that’s fighting the law signed in March. Now, she’s 6 74825 22406 6 suddenly at the center of a high-

stakes battle over the future of public labor unions in the state. Ohioans will vote Nov. 8 on whether the law should be tossed out. Quinn, of Cincinnati, urged repeal because she said the law jeopardizes firefighters’ ability to negotiate for safe staffing levels. Defenders of the law operating as Building a Better Ohio recut footage of Quinn for their own ad and used it to say the bill would help, not hurt, firefighter staffing. Both ads open with the same

images of a burning building. Quinn then appears before the camera. “If not for the firefighters, we wouldn’t have our Zoey today,” she tells viewers. The ad by the law’s supporters doesn’t include the next line of her comment: “That’s why it’s so important to vote no on Issue 2.” The referendum on the law will appear as Issue 2 on the ballot. About 30 television stations in Ohio media markets have pulled the commercial, according to a count by We Are Ohio.

Quinn has called on Building a Better Ohio to take down the second ad, saying she feels violated by its use of her image without her permission. “I’ve lived a long time and seen a lot of things, but I’ve never seen a group of people sink so low,” Quinn said in a statement. “I think it’s dishonest and downright deceitful that they would use footage of me to try to play tricks and fool voters.” • See FIGHT on Page 2

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One Call Now in Troy and is married to city counciltheir city as New Orleans man John Schweser. Schweser noted 2012 residents have, and the 2012 theme celebrates that will be a “unique year” for the festival, one spirit, Schweser unlike any other told about 70 peoyear, and ple who gathered reminded volunfor the kickoff teers to keep the meeting, including spirit of the feslocal civic officials, tival at the forecommittee memfront. bers and at least She wrapped seven former festiup her comval chairpersons. ments by don“It takes dedicaning a feather tion to keep the boa, crown and city of New SCHWESER colorful strings Orleans, and Mardi Gras, going. That’s of what she called “Mardi the same spirit and tenaci- Gras Berry Beads.” The festival began in ty we have to keep the Strawberry Festival going 1978 on the levee between all these years,” said Adams and North Market Schweser, a longtime festi- streets as a central place val volunteer who works at for local nonprofits to raise

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waiver later. In Texas, Debbie Ratcliffe, the spokeswoman for the Texas Education Agency, said the state was still weighing its options. Texas has not adopted what is known as the Common Core standards, a uniform national standard of what high school students should know when they graduate from high school. Because of that, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott has expressed concern that it could be a more arduous task for the state to prove it has adopted “college- and career-ready standards” that is a requirement for a state to get a waiver, Ratcliffe said. Ratcliffe said Scott has also expressed concern that the state would find itself in the position of having the federal government controlling what teachers teach in their classrooms. “Our concern is that it’s exchanging one set of

fits in perfectly with the mission of Historic WACO Field, which emphasizes aeronautical history and education along with its exhibits of WACO airplanes and memorabilia, according to WACO Executive Director Don Willis. WACO holds a host of educational workshops, lectures and camps of its own throughout the year through the WACO Learning Center, Willis said. The workshop also was sponsored by Goodrich Corporation, which operates its Wheels and Brakes Division from a plant on the former WACO Field site in Troy. Goodrich believes in bringing hands-on engineering activities to the

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials ordered Wall Street protesters to clear out their sleeping bags

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and tarps, setting the stage for a showdown Friday between police and demonstrators who vowed to do all they could to stay put. The owner of the private park where the demonstrators have camped out for nearly a month said it has become trashed and unsanitary. Brookfield Properties planned to begin a section-by-section powerwashing of Zuccotti Park at 7 a.m. “They’re going to use the cleanup to get us out of here,” said Justin Wedes, 25, a parttime public high school sci-

Michael L. Beamish, a former festival chairman, said during brief remarks at the kickoff. “But the challenges in 2012 are nothing more than opportunities for us to show Troy’s resiliency, Troy’s spirit and Troy’s pride in what we do,” Beamish said. He also asked everyone to work with Schweser to insure the success of the 2012 festival. Schweser was presented with the customary chairperson’s red jacket by 2011 chairman Dave Geiger, who reflected on his tenure by thanking his committee chairs and volunteers for their effort. Jim Weaver is Schweser’s vice-chair and thus the 2013 festival

place and that meeting the requirements to get a waiver would appear to cost billions of dollars. He urged Congress to rework the law. The law, passed in 2002 under President George W. Bush, has been due for a rewrite since 2007. • CONTINUED FROM A1

chairperson. He then introduced the 2014 chairmanelect, who is Jon Dankworth. The Troy Strawberry Festival Choir provided entertainment at the the kickoff meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held at 118 W. Main St., the new location of LeDoux’s restaurant. However, renovations to the space, formerly the County Seat bar and before that, the Brig bar, were not far enough along to accommodate the meeting and the after-party, LeDoux’s owner Don LeDoux said. LeDoux said at the kickoff meeting he plans to open at his new location on Nov. 11, with HigginsMadewell providing entertainment.

classroom, and paid each participating school for the substitutes needed to cover for the teachers who attended the workshop, said Goodrich marketing representative Valerie Francis. In addition, Goodrich Vice-President Ernie D’Amico spoke to workshop participants during their lunch break, emphasizing the need to inspire students to pursue science, engineering and math careers to fill the important and ongoing need for engineers in the workplace. Goodrich’s Troy plant alone employs about 200 engineers among its 700member workforce, Francis said. All information and lesson plans presented at the workshop also are available to teachers on NASA’s website, Kohler said.

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funds for their activities throughout the year. The festival has grown throughout the years and annually attracts upwards of 150,000 to the levee, but remains a prime fundraising venue for local nonprofits. Local non-profit clubs and organizations raised $420,280 at the 2011 festival, according to festival manager Heather Dorsten. This year’s festival is June 1-3 and takes place along West Main Street downtown between the square and Monroe Street. West Main Street will be closed on festival weekend from the square to North Elm Street. The new one-year location downtown will present challenges, Troy Mayor

ence teacher from Brooklyn. “It’s a de facto eviction notice.” The demand that protesters clear out sets up a turning point in a movement that began Sept. 17 with a small group of activists and has swelled to include several thousand people at times, from many walks of life. Their demands are amorphous but they are united in blaming Wall Street and corporate interests for the economic pain they say all but the wealthiest Americans have endured since the financial meltdown.

Doug Stern, a Cincinnati firefighter who has appeared in different ads supporting the repeal, told The Associated Press that he was with Quinn when she watched the second ad. Stern described her as teary-eyed and apologetic about the use of her image. “I think this resolves a lot of our firefighters to work even harder,” Stern said. “They’ve disrespected us from the beginning. That’s fine. We’re big boys. … Now they are disrespecting an 80-year-old grandmother who stood by the firefighters that saved her granddaughter in a way that I think goes beyond the pale.”

Building a Better Ohio maintains its ad is appropriate and lawful. Its attorneys have reached out to stations to get them to put the ad back up. “We absolutely stand by the ad, and we will not agree to pull it or replace it,” Building a Better Ohio spokesman Jason Mauk said in a statement. Firefighters, police officers and opponents of the law Thursday blasted the commercial as morally wrong, saying it has reenergized them to make more phone calls to voters and knock on more doors to turn out a repeal vote. “I have never seen them so angry,” said Jay McDonald, president of the state’s largest law enforcement organization.

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Tipp City. The street fair will feature activities from local non profits, including games, family fun, pumpkins, • BOOK SALE: The gourds, hand-crafted and Friends of the Troy-Miami baked goods and more. The C o m m u n i t y County Library will have a event is free for all attenCalendar book sale at the Miami dees and will feature give County Fairgrounds, 650 aways from vendors and N. County Road 25-A, CONTACT US other local businesses. Troy. Hardbacks and Children are invited to come paperbacks will be 50 to the event in Halloween cents and children’s books attire. In the evening, the Call Melody will be 25 cents. Hours will fifth annual Tippecanoe be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today HarvestFest street party will Vallieu at and Saturday; and 10 a.m. be from 7-11 p.m. with the 440-5265 to to 3 p.m. Sunday, with ’80s band Stranger. For list your free books $1 per bag and more information, visit specials half price. For www.downtowntippcity.org or calendar more information, call the fair’s Facebook page. items.You 339-0502. • NIGHT HIKE: Brukner can send Nature Center will offer a your news by e-mail to night hike at 8 p.m., featurTODAYvallieu@tdnpublishing.com. ing the center’s news wildlife SATURDAY ambassador, a big brown bat. Participants will learn • GARAGE SALE: The about abouts and take a Tipp City Seniors will offer a garage sale short hike into the meadow looking for from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday bats and other animals. The program is at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. free. • BUSINESS WORKSHIP: The TroyTODAY Miami County Public Library and Dayton S.C.O.R.E. will host a workshop for those wanting to learn about small business • LUNCH ON LAWN: The Miami ownership “The Business Planning for the County Cattlemen will be holding the last Small Business” workshop is from 10 a.m. Lunch on the Lawn of the year at the Troy to 12:30 p.m. at the library, 419 W. Main Courthouse from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy St., Troy. The workshop is free, but those a sack lunch of either a ribeye ($6) or interested in attending are asked to regischopped sirloin ($5) sandwich with chips, ter by calling 339-0502. cookie and drink. • POT PIE DINNER: A chicken pot pie • CHICKEN DINNER: The Sons of dinner will be from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Troy AMVETS will offer a four-piece chicken dinner with baked potato or fries, coleslaw, View Church of God, 1770 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. The dinner also will rolls and dessert for $7 beginning at 5:30 includes mashed potatoes, green beans, p.m. The band Just Us Two will play from corn, tossed salad and dessert. Adults 8 p.m. to midnight. • RED DEVIL: A Red Devil (sloppy joe) will be $6., children 4-12 will be $4 and those 3 years and under will be free. meal will be offered from 6-7:30 p.m. at • RUMMAGE SALE: A rummage sale the Tipp City American Legion Post No. will be offered from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 586, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City. The meal First United Church of Christ, 120 S. also will include chips and a pickle. Carry Market St., Troy. Enter through the Canal outs will be available. Street entrance. All proceeds will go to • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington help pay for youth to go to camp. VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., • CHICKEN DINNER: A four-piece Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. chicken dinner will be offered at the Troy For more information, call 753-1108. VFW Post No. 5436 from 3-6:30 p.m. • FRIDAY DINNER: The Pleasant Hill Meals will be $7 each. • COMEDY SHOW: VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner A comedy show will be offered from 8-11 Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from p.m. at the Troy VFW Post No. 5436. 6-7:30 p.m. for $7-$8 For more informaTickets will be available at the door. tion, call (937) 698-6727. • TURKEY SHOOT: The VFW Post • ANTIOCH DONATIONS: Antioch 8211, West Milton, will have a turkey Shrine members — recognizable by their shoot. Sign ups will be at 11 a.m. and the fez hats — will be taking donations in the shoot will be at noon. All-you-can-eat Troy area Friday and Saturday for the breakfast will be offered beginning at 7 Childrens Hospital Fund. The Shrine has a.m. for $6 each. 22 hospitals it operates for medical care • GROCERY GIVE AWAY: Lockington for any child under 18 years of age. Those with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal United Methodist Church will offer its God’s Grocery Giveaway beginning at 9 cord injuries and cleft lip and palate may receive free care from the largest pediatric a.m. and continuing until food is gone on a first-come, first-serve basis. The service is sub-speciality health care system in the to help individuals with food needs, and world. If you want to donate time to this there are no income guidelines or restriccause, call Miami County Shrine Club tions. President Joe Simpson at 335-7931. • BASKET MAKING: “Beaded Beauty,” • SPORTS SHOW: A sports card and a basket-making class will be offered collectible show will be from 10 a.m. to 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Aullwood Audubon p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday Center. Participants will learn basic overand noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Miami under weaving, twining, lashing, twill and Valley Centre Mall. More than 50 tables. basket formation while weaving a basket • FILM SERIES: The Troy-Hayner on a solid base with hand dyed reeds and Cultural Center will begin its film series waxed linen for the lashing. The fee is $65. with a classic thriller at 7:30 p.m. at the center. This year’s series theme is “Fallen To register, call Aullwood at (937) 8907360. Stars,” and each film will feature a major • WINE MAKING: “Wine Making: The star(s) who is no longer alive. The Old Fashioned Way,” will be offered from evening will start out with an introduction 10 a.m. to noon at Aullwood Audubon of the film. After viewing the film, a short Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. discussion will follow. There will be cafe Learn all the techniques of making wine style seating with popcorn and soda. The film series is intended for adult viewership at home by using an old recipe, the characteristics of wine, fermentation process and may not be appropriate for children and the ideal fruit to use. Pat Rice will under 13. The series will show a movie facilitate the class and share his trials and once a month through April, excluding errors in making wine. Participants will December. For more information, visit receive all necessary equipment, but will www.troyhayner.org or call 339-0457. not make wine in the class. The fee is $60. SATURDAY

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• PORK CHOP DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated pork chop (non-marinated pork chops available upon request) dinner with baked potato and green bean casserole for $9 from 5-7 p.m. • BREAKFAST SET: Made-to-order breakfast will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, from 8-11 a.m. Everything is ala carte. • BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of the American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St., Troy, will offer an all-you-caneat buffet style breakfast to the public from 7-10:30 a.m. for $7. Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, fried potatoes, bacon, sausage, toast, juice and coffee. Takeout orders will be available by calling 335-3502. Wi-Fi also is available. • DODGEBALL TOURNEY: A dodgeball tournament will be offered for youth and adults at the Troy Rec, 11 N. Market St., Troy. Fees are $100 for a six-member adult team and and $30 for a six-member youth team. • CHESS CLUB: The Troy-Miami County Library Chess Club will meet from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for students and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for adults. Participants can learn new strategies and make new friends. All skill levels are invited and no registration is necessary. • STREET FAIR: The first HarvestFest Street Fair will be from 1-4 p.m. on 2nd Street between Main and Dow streets in

Volunteers needed to ‘Make A Difference’ For the Troy Daily News Troy Community Works! and 14 area non profit organizations have joined together to participate in the largest national day of helping others, Make A Difference Day. Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing community service project in the nation — a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Created by USA Weekend Magazine, the 21st annual Make A Difference Day will occur Oct. 22. On this day, across the nation, corporations, government leaders, charitable organizations and everyday Americans will join together to make a positive impact in their communities. The local Make A Difference Day project is a “Fix-It” Day focused on conducting simple building upgrades and repairs and landscaping projects for area non profit organizations that make a difference in the community year round. Volunteers will be assigned to a project at one of 14 different sites including Partners in Hope, Brukner Nature Center, the Troy-Miami County Library, WACO Historical Society, St. Joseph’s House, St. Patrick’s Soup Kitchen, Family Connections, Troy Main Street, Lincoln Community Center, the

TROY Miami Valley Veterans Museum, Hospice of Miami County, the Miami County Animal Shelter, the Miami County Recovery Council and Troy Community Works!. The headquarters of Troy’s event will be the First Place Christian Center, located at 16 W. Franklin St. Volunteers will work from 8:30 a.m. to noon with a volunteer recognition lunch provided by Troy Altrusa Club immediately following. There will be a food drive held in conjunction with the Fix It Day projects. Canned food items can be dropped off at First Place to benefit the First Place Food Pantry and the St. Patrick’s Soup Kitchen. Funding for this Make A Difference Day project is provided by the Troy Foundation and the Honda Foundation. For more information on Troy’s Make A Difference Day event and how to participate as a group or individually, contact Allison DeHart at contact@troycommunity.com. All information on Make A Difference Day-Troy and volunteer registration forms can be found at www.troycommunity.com.

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reminiscing, catching up, and renewing friendship and acquaintance with former co-workers. Participants should bring photos, memorabilia, memories and stoTROY — The 25th annual reunion of ries to share. employees of the former Dettmer Reservations are needed by Oct. 14 by Hospital will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 in the calling 440-7663 or email at dining room at Koester Pavilion. elaineb@adcarehealth.com. The dining room is to your left after For more information, contact Elaine you enter the main door. Bergman at 440-7663 or Jack Rindler at Dinner is $10 payable at the door. The 25th celebration will include food, 339-2273.

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Arab News, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Somalia’s suffering: A bomb goes off in Mogadishu, almost certainly planted by the extremist Al-Shabab movement which in August was forced to pull its forces out of the Somali capital. Over 70 people have died. Meanwhile, in the south of the broken country, clashes between opposing armed groups have resulted in many dead and injured. The news from Somalia is unremittingly grim. Yet, more attention is paid to the story of the disabled French tourist seized from an island resort in Kenya and taken by her captors back to Somalia. Perhaps it is inevitable. There was something slightly different for the international media to focus on: A Frenchwoman — and a disabled one at that — seized. The fact is that the world has lost interest in Somalia. Even reports of boats seized by Somali pirates no longer hit the headlines. It is because the world has become hardened to news from Somalia. Not even the famine, the worst in 60 years, or the announcement by the UN that three-quarters of a million Somalis may die as a result or the outbreak of cholera have made much impression on the outside As I world. Somalia is seen as a hopeless case. It and See It its woes are ignored. ■ The Troy The blame for Somalia’s suffering does not lie Daily News with foreign governments, even if some readers welcomes would like to think otherwise. It lies with its columns from squabbling politicians, including a supposedly our readers. To transitional president who refuses to step down submit an “As I for elections, and with the Al-Shabab who by See It” send denying there was a famine… they have no care your type-writat all about the ordinary people they control. All ten column to: they care about is power. And we can be sure ■ “As I See It” that they are not starving. That is why they are c/o Troy Daily becoming so despised in Somalia. It is why they News, 224 S. had to withdraw from Mogadishu and that is the Market St., Troy, OH 45373 only way they can make themselves felt there is by blasting its inhabitants to eternity. ■ You can also e-mail us at Loveland (Colo.) Reporter-Herald on video editorial@tdnpu inside the U.S. Supreme Court: blishing.com. The Supreme Court of the United States recent■ Please ly embarked on its constitutional mandate to settle include your full disputes of the law and set precedents to be folname and telelowed by judges in the federal court system nationphone number. wide. Among the high-profile topics on the court’s docket this year are issues involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, immigration enforcement by local entities and, perhaps next summer, the biggest of them all: federal health care reform. Such weighty hearings will be in the public consciousness throughout the year — and they will be seen by only a few hundred people. Right now, the Supreme Court justices do not allow visual recording devices into the courtroom; in fact, while they do allow audio recordings of arguments before the court, often those arguments are not released until months after they occur. In placing the ban, justices have said they oppose video coverage of cases because they believe the process would be compromised. Similar arguments were made when Congress fought the installation of video coverage of their proceedings, too. What resulted from that fight is C-SPAN and its companion networks, which provide coverage of the proceedings in the House, Senate, their committees and subcommittees as well as other public policy events in the Washington, D.C., area. To some, it’s riveting footage; to most Americans it’s something to turn on only in the most dramatic of times. Most likely, coverage of the Supreme Court would be the same. … The time has come for members of the Supreme Court to open the curtain to a wider audience, because it is only through transparency that members of the American democratic republic can know the scrutiny to which the nation’s laws are subjected.

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et cuts, staff reductions, freezing of wages, freezing of textbook purchases, freezing of technology purchases, elimination of high To the Editor: school busing and many other I have been a resident of the careful ways to watch spending Miami East School District since 1994. I have had two chil- costs. All of these implementadren graduate and have another tions by the district are saving in elementary school. There are money. However, the cost to many reasons to be a proud res- operate a school system continident and community supporter ues to increase year after year. of the schools. We have two new The school board, administration, teachers and support staff buildings to be proud of. We have excellent sports teams. We have done their share to help reduce costs. Now it is time for have teachers who care about community members to step up children. We have great music and support the upcoming levy. programs. We have a strong emphasis on academic perform- It is illegal to move funds from bond construction to fund operance. I am especially proud of the academic achievement that ating expenses. The passing of an earned income-operating levy has been accomplished by our is vital for Miami East Schools district the last four years in a to coninue all of the programs row. That is the rating of and continue the proud tradi“Excellent with Distinction” tions that are already in place. placed on them by the Ohio Department of Education. Senior citizens on Social This accomplishment is quite Security would not be affected impressive considering the budg- by the passing of this levy. In

some instances, many senior citizens will see their taxes go down. I know economic times are uncertain, but supporting this levy and allowing the school district to have the resources it needs to operate successfully and continue educating children the best way possible is the only right and logical choice we have. Voting no would eliminate programs and negatively impact school employees — and also hve the biggest influence on the education of our children. The elimination of some of these programs could keep our children from becoming successful contributing members to our community. Keep the traditions in place and be proud. Please join me in supporting our school district with a “YES” vote on Nov. 8.

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Turns out things are better on Ol’ Rocky Top Last weekend, I rediscovered the world of coon-skinned caps, glittered sequins on dresses, bearskin rugs and moonshine. After I organized my new bedroom, I headed to the mountains of Tennessee to celebrate the 30something birthday with Mr. Obvious. I had never been to Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge before, so I really enjoyed just seeing all the lights, the cheesy dinner theaters and “olde tyme photo” shops on the strips of these towns. My parents took us to exotic places like Abe Lincoln and Mark Twain’s birthplaces — no Yingst-family vacation ever involved go-kart tracks and Hillybilly putt-putt golf. Now, I know why — this place is a money pit for parents. Note to self: Take Evan to all eight of Ohio’s presidential birthplaces. There was so much to see and do, Mr. Obvious and I quickly were overwhelmed on how to spend our few days — making decisions isn’t either one of our strong points. I finally trumped him with the ultimate hand to make a decision — I used the ol’ “It’s your birthday — you pick.” For our first stop, we visited a muscle car museum in Dolly

Melanie Yingst Troy Daily News Columnist Parton’s hometown of Sevierville. While Mr. Obvious oohed and ahhed at vintage motors, muttering stuff about horsepower and engine liters, I busied myself buffing out all the fingerprint marks in the chrome with my shirt sleeve. It’s a give and take sort of relationship we have. Then we found something we both really wanted to do — the Titanic Museum of Pigeon Forge. Mr. Obvious loves all things Titanic. He claims he enjoys it because of the ship’s history. But I catch him with a tear in his eye when Kate Winslet’s character Rose, lets Leo DiCaprio’s character Jack, sink to his watery grave. He doesn’t think I notice and when I catch him, he blames it on allergies.

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The tour said to allow two hours to tour the museum. Being Titanic nerds, Mr. Obvious and I spent three hours inside. Before entering, we received boarding passes which described actual people who were on the ship. I was Lady Cardenza, a first-class millionaire who brought 17 trunks and the only car on-board. Mr. Obvious was a lowly crew member. I loved the stories of the people from the nearly 100-year-old ship’s demise. They even recreated the famous staircase, even down to its expensive linoleum floor. That’s right folks, linoleum was the most coveted, innovative and expensive flooring in 1912 and people ripped out their “tacky marble floors” to replace it with the new flooring of the future. Here I am today, ripping it out of my own kitchen. After the tour, you visit the wall of survivors. “I can’t find my name! I don’t know if I survived!” Mr. Obvious said in a panic, clinging to my arm in terror. Already knowing Lady Cardenza lived to see another day, I calmly looked for Jacob Gibbons name on the wall — sighs of relief resounded since we both cheated death. Now we could finally take the moonshine distillery tour I’d been wait-

ing on in downtown Gatlinburg. On Sunday, I had Mr. Obvious check out the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, since I had been there on my school’s eighth grade trip (almost 17 years ago, yipes!) and so many memories came flooding back. We picked up an auto tour map and tried out the 11-mile Cade’s Cove loop, which included historic churches, log cabins and other primitive buildings. It’s no secret that October is the busiest month to tour the Smokies with the beautiful fall colors. Normally, the loop takes about two hours — for us, it took five hours in bumper to bumper traffic. But we saw two black bears — one which almost met the grill of my car and another eating in a tree — nature at its best folks. From sinking ships and black bears to a little moonshine, Tennessee was a great place to visit. Now I have to get back to reality and return to ripping out that priceless linoleum flooring from my kitchen floor.

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Obama blames plot on Iran Officials discuss plot details to assassinate ambassador WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that officials at the “highest levels” of the Iranian government must be held accountable for a brazen and bizarre plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil. He insisted leaders of the world will believe the U.S. case without dispute once they absorb the details. U.S. officials, meanwhile, confirmed the Obama administration has had direct contact with Iran over the allegations. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, met with Iranian officials at Iran’s mission to the U.N. on Wednesday — a highly unusual contact for two countries that do not have diplomatic relations. Obama would not say whether Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, knew of the alleged plan. Yet he called it part of a pattern of “dangerous and reckless behavior” by the Iranian government and said people within that government were aware of a murder-forhire plot. The U.S. considers it an attempted act of terrorism. “We believe that even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with respect to anybody in the Iranian government engaging in this

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak take part in a joint news conference, Thursday, in the East Room of White House in Washington. kind of activity,” Obama said in a news conference tied to the state visit of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Iran has vehemently denied anything to do with the alleged plot to kill the Saudi envoy to the United States, Abel al-Jubeir, at a Washington restaurant. U.S. officials have described it as a remarkably clumsy but deadly serious operation by Iran’s elite foreign action unit, the Quds Force. Two men were charged in New York federal court Tuesday for allegedly trying to hire a purported Mexican drug cartel member to carry out the assassination with a bomb attack. Obama is seeking a vigorous response from around the world, on top of increased sanctions and pressure against Iran from the United States itself. U.S. diplomats have given their host governments information about the foiled plot. The U.S. criminal com-

plaint says the Iranian plotters hired a would-be assassin in Mexico who was a paid informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and told U.S. authorities all about their plot. “We’ve laid the facts before them,” Obama said of world leaders. He said once they analyze them, “there will not be a dispute” over what happened. That State Department conceded Thursday that the response from foreign governments was initially skeptical. “When you look at these details, it seems like something out of a movie,” said department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. “And that’s always the first reaction. That was the first reaction when this effort was briefed to some senior folks in this government,” she said. “But as you begin to give more detail on what we knew and when we knew it and how we knew it, it has

credibility.” In some cases, countries have asked for additional information. A State Department official said interagency teams would be traveling soon to China, Russia and Turkey to provide brief authorities there further. Lee raised the subject himself at the news conference with Obama, saying that he was “deeply shocked” and that the Korean people condemn all forms of terrorism. Obama made the case that Iran is acting outside all norms of international behavior and that, in turn, it finds itself increasingly isolated. He said with that every violation, the United States and its allies will make sure Iran’s leaders “pay a price.” In a standard allusion to military intervention, Obama said that he would remove no option of U.S. response but that the focus was on diplomatic pressure.

Boehner and Obama talk jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama talked about jobs legislation Thursday in a 10-minute phone call today, the Ohio Republican’s office said. Boehner told Obama that Republicans are willing to address new transportation and infrastructure spending but “in a fiscally responsible way.” The Boehner-Obama conversation took place as Senate Republicans introduced legislation aimed at creating jobs by overhauling the nation’s tax laws, cutting business rules and boosting offshore oil exploration. The GOP bill is called the “Jobs Through Growth Act” and doesn’t include a single item in President Barack Obama’s jobs legislation, which Senate Republicans killed in a Tuesday night vote. “They believe that government and spending creates jobs,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “We believe business and growth creates jobs.”

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The GOP plan calls for repealing Obama’s health care law and passing a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. “This is a pro-growth proposal to create the environment for jobs,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. “And that’s as opposed to the short-term, sweetener approach of the Obama administration that simply hasn’t worked.” The Senate plan resembles a jobs package assembled by Portman earlier this year and a proposal that House Republicans released back in

May. “We have to be for something,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The latest release came as Democrats are trying to mount an offensive on the jobs issue. One idea that could win bipartisan support is a proposal to permit U.S. companies to bring home $1.4 trillion in overseas profits that are kept offshore because of high corporate tax rates. And lawmakers in both parties support revamping the tax code by getting rid of deductions and using the revenue to lower rates on individuals and businesses. But most of the other elements of the plan, including repealing last year’s financial overhaul measure and a complete moratorium on new regulations, are nonstarters with the White House and Democrats controlling the Senate. Obama wants to spend money on public works, cut payroll taxes for individuals and businesses and help local governments avoid laying off public workers.

U.S. missiles kill Haqqani ‘coordinator’ because they were not authorized to speak to reporters. They said the Haqqani member was a coordinator for the group and knew him as “Jalil.” One said he was related to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the network. The men were walking down a street when the two missiles hit, the officials said. The missiles hit close to Dande Darpa Khel village, which is home to a large seminary with links to the Haqqanis. The U.S. official Zadran was the most senior Haqqani leader in Pakistan to be taken off the battlefield. The official said Zadran helped the Haqqani network orchestrate attacks on troops in Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. Later Thursday, another pair of drone-fired missiles hit a militant position on hills close to the frontier in South Waziristan, killing six peo-

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan, striking a group that Washington claims is the top threat in Afghanistan and is supported by Pakistani security forces, local intelligence officials said. A senior U.S. official confirmed the death of the Haqqani commander, identifying him as Janbaz Zadran. The strike came as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman arrived in Pakistan to improve ties between Washington and Islamabad that have been severely strained by stepped-up American claims of Pakistan assistance to the Haqqanis. Two other militants were killed in the attack close in the Haqqani stronghold of North Waziristan, the group’s main sanctuary along the Afghan border, said the Pakistani officials in the region. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity

ple, intelligence officials said. They said the militants were firing rockets and mortars across the border at an American base in Machadad Kot. U.S. officials do not talk about the CIA-led drone program. NATO and U.S. officers in Afghanistan were not immediately available for comment. The al-Qaida-allied Haqqani network is one of most organized insurgent factions fighting the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, and it has been blamed for high-profile assaults against Western and Afghan targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Washington has long urged Islamabad to attack the fighters, who operate undisturbed in North Waziristan despite the region being home to several thousand Pakistani troops. At the same time, the U.S. is pursuing the possibility of peace talks with the Haqqanis and other Taliban factions, reflecting an understanding that the insurgency can’t be defeated militarily.

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PHILIP THOMAS “PETE” FRASURE MEDWAY — Philip Thomas “Pete” Frasure, 33, of Medway and formerly of Troy, passed away on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, at his residence. Pete was born in Troy on May 15, 1978. He is survived by his father and FRASURE stepmother, Philip G. and Linda D. Frasure of Troy; mother and stepfather, Janet (Shimko) and Daniel B. Troth of New Carlisle; brother, Richard M. “Rick” Frasure of Troy; half-sister, Amy E. Frasure of Troy; stepsisters and husbands, Jessica and Shannon McMichael of Shephardsville, Ky., Terra and Craig Collins of Hamilton; paternal grandparents, Phillip J. and Beulah Frasure Jr. of Sidney; stepmaternal

grandparents, William and Martha Gephart of Sidney and is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family and friends. Pete was a 1996 graduate of Troy High School and worked as a carpenter in construction work. His hobbies included being a musician, singer/song-writer, hunting, fishing and board games. A funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. at the funeral home on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the family. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

LEONA SMITH PIQUA — Leona Smith, 75, of Piqua, passed away peacefully in her sleep at 4 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at her residence. She was born Jan. 7, 1936, in Scalf, Ky., to the late Dewey and Mary (Bingham) Baker. Survivors include her three sons, Joseph M. (Margaret) Smith of Enterprise, Ala., Steve Smith of Troy and Richard James Smith, II (Connie) of Enterprise, Ala.; four daughters, Brenda Hughes of Troy, Terry Ahrns of Piqua, Sarah (Steven) Jock of Rochester, N.Y., and Shannon Davis of Indianapolis, Ind.; two sisters, Mandy Simpson of Troy and Joyce Carnes of Piqua; 17 grandchildren, Mike and Terra Bulle, Kathy and Herman Ahrns, Joshua (Kimra) Smith, Amanda Smith (Drew) Hayes, Tabatha (Clifford) Moore, Stephanie (Jim) Vaughan, Benjamin and Zach Smith, Christopher, Corey and Cameron Goldberg, Nya Nunn and Kilynn, Nadia and Karma Davis; and eight greatgrandchildren, Trent, Alyse

and Christiana Smith, Jeremiah and Jacob Moore, Bryant Smith and Brayden and Bryson Vaughan. In addition to her parents, Leona was preceded in death by one daughter, Helen Brown; two brothers and four sisters. Leona loved and cared for people, her family and her grandbabies. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will take place at a later date in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Cincinnati office, 644 Linn St., Suite 304, Cincinnati, OH 45203; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Greater Cincinnati Chapter Dayton Office, 3481 Office Park Drive, Suite 120, Dayton, OH 45439; or Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Hilda M. Hall PIQUA — Hilda M. Hall, 88, of Piqua, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Services are pending. Arrangements are being handled by Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home.

DEATHS OF NATIONAL INTEREST • Dennis Ritchie SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dennis Ritchie, a pioneer in computer programming, has died at age 70, according to his longtime employer. Ritchie created the popular C programming language and helped create the Unix operating software. He died a month after his birthday, according to his biography on a webpage of Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs. Ritchie joined Bell Labs in the late 1960s. The company confirmed his death to The Associated Press but would not disclose the cause of death or when Ritchie died. A spokeswoman said the company was trying to contact his family. Ritchie is best known

for his contributions to computer programming and software. The C programming language, which Ritchie developed in the early 1970’s, is still popular. It has gone through a number of upgrades, and it is commonly used for website development and other computer tasks. The Unix operating software also surged in popularity. It and its offshoots, including the open-source Linux, are widely used today, in corporate servers and even cellphones. Ritchie’s biography on the Bell Labs site says that he was born on Sept. 9, 1941 in Bronxville, N.Y., and studied physics and math at Harvard University.

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Bryan to play for capacity crowd at Hobart Arena CMT on Tour with Bryan, Thompson and Brice to perform Oct. 22 BY JIM DAVIS Staff Writer davis@tdnpublishing.com

uke Bryan isn’t planning on running for office anytime soon, but the vote of confidence he’s received on his recent CMT on Tour: Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines appearances has him feeling like he just won an election.

Bryan has been performing for a string of sellout crowds on the recent leg of his T&T tour, which is part of the 2011 CMT on Tour that rolls into Troy Oct. 22 for a night of country music at Hobart Arena. “It’s like being in public office for me … the people have allowed me to do this and I try to make the most of each moment on stage,” Bryan said during a phone interview Thursday. “I love what I do and it’s a privilege.” Bryan will be joined by Nashville pals Lee Brice and Josh Thompson for his Hobart appearance, while Matt Mason — who won the recent CMT’s Next Superstar competition — is slated to help kick off the 7:30 p.m. show. “I feel like it’s been a massive success. We’ve been out there with great crowds every night, and it’s just been amazing to play in front of those kinds of crowds,” he said. “Anytime you hear the words ‘sold out’ it’s a big deal for us. It’s just been insane. The crowds have been so loud I’ve been having trouble hearing myself.” Which, he added, is a good problem to have. “(This tour) has been the highlight of my career,” he said. “It’s been an honor to be associated with CMT — they’re just such a massive country music network — and to have them behind me and supporting what I’m doing has been so beneficial. “And the shows have been a lot of fun,” he continued. “It’s been a great run, and it’s been a great

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TROY way to put a cherry on top of the end of the year. We’ve certainly been enjoying every little second of the way.” Bolstered by the success of his third studio album, Tailgates & Tanlines, Bryan has had plenty to enjoy. The disc’s first single — “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” — has been the Georgia native’s fastest rising single to date, while his latest track, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” has kept the momentum going. “My current single — ‘I Don’t Want This Night To End,” — has been doing

really well and people respond to that,” he said. “But ‘Country Girl (Shake It For Me)’ has probably been my biggest hit thus far, and it’s fun watching people react to that song.” Seeing the crowd singing along during his performance makes it that much better, he said. “It’s the quintessential American dream-type scenario … to write a song and watch it turn into something,” he explained. “It doesn’t get any better that, and I certainly don’t take it for granted.” Bryan — whose other hits include “All My Friends Say,” “Country Man” and a trio of No. 1

tunes “Do I,” “Someone Else is Calling You Baby” and “Rain Is A Good Thing” — said he is eager to get back to Ohio, where he’s helped open for Rascal Flatts at the Nutter Center and performed twice at Country Concert in Fort Loramie. “We’re certainly excited about coming to the area,” he said. “We’re going to get up there and give it all we’ve got and try to get the people up out of their seats.” • For more information about Luke Bryan, visit his website at www.lukebryan.com, or go to www.cmtontour.cmt.com.

Honor society to host book sale For the Troy Daily News Edison Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will be having a used book sale on Oct. 18 and 19 in the Edison Community College gymnasium pavilion. The organization will have used books, music and movies for sale including fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, biographies, recipe books, Christian books, children’s books and textbooks that are in excellent condition. There will also be movies and music for sale. The cost of paperbacks is 25 cents and hardbacks are 50 cents. Other

PIQUA items are going to be marked on charts at the pavilion with all items being sold well below their original price. Donations will also be accepted to help with Phi Theta Kappa’s activities at Edison that benefit the chapter and its projects. The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Oct. 18 and 19. Those attending are encouraged to bring sacks or carts to place their books in, although plastic bags will be available at the doors. The organization is asking only for

appropriate books, music and movies to be donated and cannot accept anything that would reflect badly on Edison or on Phi Theta Kappa. The organization hopes to raise funds for a special Christmas or Thanksgiving project and other Phi Theta Kappa projects. Donations will be accepted through Oct. 17 and can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the barrels located at the entrances of the Piqua Campus. The sale is open to the public. For information, call 937-489-3711 or email anix@edisonohio.edu

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Center, 301 W. Main Street, presents an German class available “American Tapestry” by Robin to local children Spielberg, with Kate MacLeod, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29. The concert is presented TIPP CITY — Spittin’ Image will TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural perform at the Tipp Roller Mill Theater free and open to the public. Center announces an eight week course in at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The twin brothers, beginning German for kids that will be taught by Bettina Zeeb this fall.The class if Blain and Brian Swabb, have been per- Class to be offered forming together for more than 30 TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural for ages 8-12 and will be from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesdays starting Oct. 19. years. They combine their musical talCenter, 301 W. Main Street, is going to The class fee is $90 plus fee for the ent with a variety of fine tuned comedy offer through instructor Karen Husa a German textbook. routines. five week course in sign language this Fees are due upon registration and Blain plays the 8-string mandolin, 5- fall. The class is open to all ages and checks should be made payable to the string mandolin, harmonica, and prowill be on five Thursdays beginning vides vocals. Brian plays guitar, midi Nov. 3 (no class Nov. 24). The class will instructor. For more information go to sequencing, and lead vocals. be from 7-8:30 p.m. for a fee of $35. Fees www.troyhayner.org or call 339-0457. The theater is located at 225 E. are due upon registratoin. For more Main St. in the historic district of down- information visit www.troyhayner.org or Chamber concert town Tipp City. Admission is $7 for acll 339-0457. series to kick off adults and $4 for students K-12. For more information or to make a reserva- REO Speedwagon to TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural tion call 937-667-3696. Center, 301 W. Main Street, presents this

perform at Hobart

Hayner to host concert TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural

TROY — REO Speedwagon is set to perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at Hobart Arena. Tickets are available for $50, $40 or $28. The show is presented by I-75 Newspapers.

season’s first chamber concert performance in October. Dr. Randall S. Paul will perform a clarinet recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25.The concert is presented free and open to the public.

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AP MOVIE REVIEWS THE BIG YEAR: You’d have to really love birding as much as the guys here do to enjoy this strained buddy comedy to its fullest potential. Except for some lovely scenery and a few lively interactions between the three stars — Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black — “The Big Year” feels like one long, cross-country schlep. And in the pursuit of what? The title of spotting the most bird species in North America during a calendar year, something extremely specific that will probably only interest a few people in the audience. Yes, of course, the journey is the destination and whatnot. And the competition itself is merely a device, a metaphor for the drive these three men have to prove their worth at this particular moment in their lives. If that weren’t obvious to us already, the voiceover-heavy script spells out everything they’re thinking or regretting or learning from this magical experience. David Frankel’s film, based on the nonfiction book by Mark Obmascik, begins in sufficiently lively fashion in establishing its premise, as you might expect from the director of “The Devil Wears Prada.” But it quickly grows repetitive as Martin (as a retiring corporate CEO), Wilson (as a contractor and the reigning champ) and Black (as a divorced, cubicle-dwelling newbie) go to extremes to chase each other around and race against the clock. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad bird. PG for language and some sensuality. 99 minutes. Two stars out of four. — Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic FOOTLOOSE: Remaking “Footloose” is a little like trying to build a better leg warmer. The dated kitsch was always part of the appeal of the 1984 original, as was the winning cast of Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer and Chris Penn. In this remake by Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow”), we get a better, more colorful film, but less chemistry in the cast. Kenny Wormald, a former backup dancer for Justin Timberlake, slides into Bacon’s dance shoes as Ren MacCormack, the big-city out-of-towner who disrupts life in a Georgia small town. He soon sets his sights on Ariel (Julianne Hough), the daughter of the town preacher (Dennis Quaid), who, after a tragedy, led the town in outlawing dancing. Brewer reprises much of the original “Footloose,” scene for scene, sometimes shot for shot. But he also expands the film’s world, fleshing out back stories and adding a little humor. Wormald and Hough are both handsome and good on the dance floor, but they come across more like teen stars in training than representations of real youth angst. These kids may have better technique, but they don’t have the moves. Miles Teller, as the hayseed sidekick, and Ray McKinnon, as Ren’s uncle, are the film’s best additions. PG-13 for some teen drug and alcohol use, sexual content, violence and language. 113 minutes. Two stars out of four. — Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer THE SKIN I LIVE IN: Luscious visuals have long defined Pedro Almodovar’s films, and that’s true of his latest, as well. It’s beautifully shot, crisp and vibrant, and features impeccable production design as you would expect from the detail-oriented Spanish master. But it might almost be too pristine at the expense of real emotional engagement. It might sound easy to remark that a movie about skin feels too superficial, but that’s unfortunately the case here. As Almodovar so often does, he’s packed “The Skin I Live In” with references to many other films and filmmakers that came before him, but this time they feel more like appreciative shout-outs rather than allusions that truly inform the narrative. And what a convoluted narrative it is. It takes an awfully long time to set up the tortured histories and intertwined relationships that are the basis for the film’s big, shocking climax. By the time that comes, this feels almost like a parody of Almodovar, with its melodramatic tone and themes of gender, identity, sex and revenge. Antonio Banderas reunites with the director after more than two decades as a renowned plastic surgeon trying to create a stronger form of skin. The beautiful Elena Anaya plays his captive guinea pig. R for disturbing violent content including sexual assault, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and language. 117 minutes. Two stars out of four. — Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic THE THING: This prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 monster movie of the same name lives up to its generic title. It delivers a repetitive assault of gross creature effects and action done far better in Carpenter’s version, the first two “Alien” films and a lot of other flicks about entities that feed on pitiful earthlings. The filmmakers deserve credit for trying something different, meticulously creating a back story that fits the earlier movie rather than doing the typical Hollywood remake. From first-time director Matthijs van Heijningen, the prequel explains how an alien entity frozen in the Antarctic ice got loose at a Norwegian research station, consuming and replicating the humans so that paranoid frenzy takes hold over who’s real and who’s not. But the new “Thing” kind of does what the alien does — digest the original movie and spit out a creepy copy. There’s not much suspense, and the few scares are cheap jolts that could have come from any old monster movie. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton star. R for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language. 103 minutes. Two stars out of four. — David Germain, AP Movie Writer 2227000

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Let daughter deal with her husband in her own way Dear Annie: My husband and my son-in-law are both alpha males. My daughter and I are very close. In the early years of my daughter's marriage, there was a small power struggle between her husband and me, but I bit my tongue until it bled. We seem to have reached detente. My husband, however, has not. "Joe," my daughter's stepfather, is a smart, nice guy. I married him when my daughter was in high school, and she respects him a great deal. She frequently asks for his advice and help. The problem is that my son-in-law, "Todd," bristles at any advice from Joe and refuses to accept it. Then Joe becomes angry and cannot accept that Todd doesn't want his territory invaded. We live several states away, but they need our help taking care of our granddaughter, so we visit regularly, always at their request. The visits always start out well, but after a day or two, the arguments begin, and I feel caught in the middle. Todd already has a fragile ego because my daughter is the breadwinner. He cannot tolerate Joe's opinions on anything, and I can't ask my daughter to help navigate this issue, because she will rightly back her husband. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Just writing this has helped reduce my blood pressure from our last trip. — Frustrated in Kentucky Dear Kentucky: It seems your daughter has married someone very much like her stepfather. Allow her to handle her husband her own way. You can work on yours. Joe doesn't like that his advice isn't appreciated, so try to get him to understand that Todd is sensitive to being told what to do -just as Joe would be. Arrange your visits so your time together is limited. Stay in a motel if you can afford it. Go out for dinner by yourselves, saying you "want to give them privacy," or better, insist on babysitting so they can have a romantic dinner out. When the two men have an unavoidable altercation and your blood pressure rises, leave the room and let them hash it out themselves. Dear Annie: I am 14 and just started high school. I have always been friends with younger kids, so I am worried about making friends when there isn't anyone younger. I go to a small school, and there aren't a ton of people. I am friendly with everyone, but don't have any really good friends I can count on. I had one friend last year who became competitive. She would make fun of me and get my other friends to join along. She still thinks we are good friends, but I am having other thoughts. I want to find a new best friend. Am I freaking out over nothing? — Confused Dear Confused: Navigating high school can be socially challenging, but it won't help to become anxious. Work on developing your self-confidence -- it is highly attractive. And remember, not everyone is "best friend" material, and thinking you must find someone puts pressure on you. If you are friendly and easy to be around, you will find people to hang with. Dear Annie: This is in response to the self-absorbed "Disappointed Reader," who thought her in-laws were too demanding by wanting occasional calls and visits. Some of my friends have discussed this attitude. We decided that since our children feel no obligation to call or visit, we no longer have any obligation to give them anything. We've helped with down payments, washers, dryers, refrigerators, cars, furniture, restaurant meals and trips out of town. We've spent plenty on grandchildren who don't say "thank you" or bother to send a birthday card. We were there for them when they needed us. Now they don't have time for us. Our lawyers have rewritten our wills. "Disappointed Reader" may discover she isn't getting so much as a personal memento. Thanks for the opportunity to give these selfish brats a heads up. — Nana in Alabama Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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