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Black Friday creeps into Thursday NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s shoppers on Thursday put down the turkey to take advantage of Thanksgiving deals.

Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that’s named Black Friday because that’s when stores traditionally turn a profit for the year. But Black Friday openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years.

Now, stores from Target to Toys R Us are opening their doors on Thanksgiving evening, hoping Americans will be willing to shop soon after they finish their pumpAP kin pie.

Jeremy and Rebecca Wheeler guide their full cart out of a Target Corp. is opening its Meijer, in Grand Rapids, Mich., shortly after the store’s 6 a.m. doors at 9 p.m. on the holiday, sale began on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday. three hours earlier than last year.

Sears, which didn’t open on Thanksgiving last year, is opening at 8 p.m. on Thursday through 10 p.m. on Black Friday. Toys R Us will be opening at 8 p.m., an hour earlier than last year. And others such as Macy’s Inc. are opening at midnight on Black Friday.

Retailers are hoping that the Thanksgiving openings will draw shoppers who prefer to head to stores after their turkey dinner rather than braving the crowds early the next morning. Overall, about 17 percent of shoppers plan to take advantage of Thanksgiving hours, according to a International Council of Shopping CentersGoldman Sachs survey of 1,000 consumers.

Michael Prothero, 19, and

Kenny Fullenlove, 20, even were willing to miss Thanksgiving dinner altogether for deals. They started camping out on Monday night outside a Best Buy store in Toledo, Ohio, which was slated to open at midnight. The friends, who were waiting to get 40-inch televisions, videogames and a tablet computer, came early to make sure they got the deals advertised by Best Buy, even though the next person in line didn’t arrive until almost 24 hours later.

“Better safe than sorry,” Prothero said.

The Thanksgiving hours are an effort by stores to make shopping more convenient for Americans,

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Hamas cries victory; truce holds

City to build port resistant to tsunamis It doesn’t matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City.

Churning water rushes into the boat basin and then rushes out, lifting docks off their pilings, tearing boats loose and leaving the city’s main economic engine looking as if it has been bombed.

That’s what happened in March 2011, when a Japanese earthquake sparked a tsunami that sank 11 boats, damaged 47 others and destroyed twothirds of the harbor’s docks.

‘I knew it would be challenging’

West Point cadet shares observations with Miami East students

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas leaders and thousands of flag-waving supporters declared victory over Israel on Gaza’s first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce Thursday, as Israeli officials flew to Cairo for talks on easing a blockade on the battered Palestinian territory.

Eight days of punishing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBER West Point Cadet Reed Pyers from the United States Military Acedemy speaks with freshmen of Nicole Bailey’s and a barrage of Hamas class Monday at Miami East High School. Pyers visited several schools through the Cadet Public Relations rocket fire on Israel ended inconclusively. While Israel Counsel to engage in public speaking. said it inflicted heavy damage on the militants, Gaza’s Hamas rulers claimed that Israel’s decision not to send in ground troops, as it had four years ago, was a sign of a new deterrent power.

“Resistance fighters changed the rules of the game with the occupation (Israel), upset its calculations,” Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who attended the

BY MELANIE YINGST rally, said later in a teleCASSTOWN “I knew it would be Staff Writer vised speech. “The option of myingst@tdnpublishing.com challenging. Being invading Gaza after this teaches you how to deal with stress,” victory is gone and will in the Army is s a former varsity football Pyers said. never return.” something I’ve always player under the wing of Having an opportunity to travel At the same time, Coach Max Current, West around the world was another perk Haniyeh urged Gaza fightconsidered and Point Academy Cadet Reed Pyers Pyers said he is excited to explore. ers to respect the truce and thought would be a said his former coach’s two-a-day “I’m learning Portuguese and hope to “guard this deal as long good way football practices were a walk in the I get to go to Brazil for spring break as Israel respects it.” park compared to the army acade— that’d be pretty cool,” he said.

The mood in Israel was to give my’s rigorous field exercises.

Pyers said he hopes to study fuel mixed. Some were grateful back “Sometimes you are in 90 to 100 cells and biofuels next summer at that quiet had been degrees, marching with only a few the Army Research Lab in to my restored without a ground hours of sleep and carrying 150 Washington, D.C., as part of his operation that could have country.” pounds up and down hills – New chemical engineering studies and cost the lives of more sol— Reed York has a lot more hills than Ohio,” eventually enter the engineering or diers. Others particularly Pyers explained in front of a class of aviation field. Pyers also said he has those in southern Israel hit Pyers freshmen at Miami East High enjoyed West Point’s tactical army by rockets over the past 13 PYERS School last Monday. “It’s definitely courses such as learning how to years thought the operaharder than Coach Current’s two-arepel out of helicopters and air tion was abandoned too days. Much. Much. Harder.” assault exercises.

“It’s interesting to say the least,” quickly.

As part of the Cadet Public “Just because you come from a the 20-year-old said. “Obviously, it’s Thousands of Israeli solRelations Council, Pyers spoke to pretty challenging and ultimately it small school or small town, you can diers who had been sent to several high school classes at Troy instills in you what it takes to be an (still) do big things,” Pyers told stuthe border during the High School, Piqua High School, dents. “Don’t let it limit your possiofficer and will set you up for the fighting withdrew Newton Local School and his alma bilities.” rest of your life.”

Thursday, the military mater Miami East where he graduPyers shared how cadets are Pyers said he has enjoyed how said. ated in 2011. the Army experience has “helped me dressed by 5:30 a.m. and need to Israeli Prime Minister Cadet Pyers, now in his second leave plenty of time to “make sure push through the tough times.”

Benjamin Netanyahu said year at the Army’s military academy, “I knew it would be challenging,” the uniform looks good.” at the dinthe offensive’s aims of haltwas granted extended leave to prohe continued. “Being in the Army is ing hall by 6 a.m. and spend all day ing Gaza rocket fire and mote his experience as a cadet in the something I’ve always considered in class — much like a traditional weakening Hamas were prestigious leadership academy and thought would be a good way to college. achieved. “I know there are founded in 1802 in New York last Pyers said West Point’s small give back to my country.” citizens who were expectweek. The son of Kevin and Lori Pyers said he was sold on joining classes work “backwards” from traing a harsher response,” he Pyers of Troy, Pyers shared his expe- the Army to help pay for college, and ditional classes. Students must read said, adding that Israel is rience of daily life and the opportuand know the material before class he saw how much opportunity the prepared to act if the nity all military service academies military had to offer. cease-fire is violated.

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

Corn Month Bid Change Nov 7.5600 - 0.0225 J/F/M 13 7.6500 - 0.0200 5.8300 + 0.0025 NC 13 Soybeans Month Bid Change Nov 13.8300 - 0.0450 J/F/M 13 13.8800 - 0.0450 NC 13 12.1500 - 0.0700 Wheat Month Bid Change Nov 8.2000 + 0.0025 8.2650 - 0.0125 NC 13 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.

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

Symbol Price Change AA 8.27 +0.02 CAG 28.13 +0.17 CSCO 18.48 +0.14 EMR 48.55 +0.06 F 10.92 +0.07 FITB 14.58 -0.02 FLS 138.16 -1.18 GM 24.60 0.00 ITW 59.77 -0.08 JCP 17.25 +0.01 KMB 86.28 +0.06 KO 37.39 +0.14 KR 24.65 +0.11 31.90 -0.01 LLTC MCD 86.01 +0.33 MSFG 11.74 +0.06 PEP 69.31 +0.40 SYX 9.94 -0.12 TUP 64.06 +0.19 USB 32.05 -0.20 VZ 43.16 +0.34 WEN 4.60 +0.10 WMT 68.89 -0.11 — Staff and wire reports

who still face economic uncertainty. Many shoppers are worried about high unemployment and a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff � that will take effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then. At the same time, Americans have grown more comfortable shopping on websites such as Amazon.com, where they can get cheaper prices and buy from the comfort of their home or office cubicle.

That has put pressure on brickand-mortar stores, which can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the twomonth holiday shopping season, to compete. That’s becoming more difficult: the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, estimates that overall sales in November and December will rise 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion, or about flat with last year’s growth. But the online part of that is expected to rise 15 percent to $68.4 billion, according to Forrester Research.

As a result, brick-and-mortar retailers are trying everything they can to lure consumers into stores by making shopping as easy as possible. In addition to expanding their hours into Thanksgiving, many are offering free layaways

LOCAL & WORLD and shipping, matching the cheaper prices of online rivals and updating their mobile shopping apps with more information. “Every retailer wants to beat everyone else,� said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America’s Research Group, a research firm based in Charleston, S.C. “Shoppers love it.�

Indeed, there were 11 shoppers in a four-tent encampment outside a Best Buy store near Ann Arbor, Mich. The purpose of their wait? A $179 40-inch Toshiba LCD television is worth missing Thanksgiving dinner at home.

Jackie Berg, 26, of Ann Arbor, arrived first with her stepson and a friend Wednesday afternoon, seeking three of the televisions. The deal makes the TVs $240 less than their normal price, so Berg says that she’ll save more than $700.

It’s her first time camping out for the specials, and she’s not sure she will do it again. Relatives will bring her some holiday dinner, but she’ll miss eating her dad’s stuffing right as he cooks it. “We’ll miss the actual being there with family, but we’ll have the rest of the weekend for that,� she said.

While shoppers took advantage of the Thanksgiving deals, some workers were expected to protest the Turkey Day hours.

In fact, a New York-based

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still is a “Viking� — the name of the company he begins and be prepared to belongs to at West Point — and shared a few traditions ask questions of the the military enjoys, espeinstructor. “You’re supposed to read cially the passes to attend and come prepared,� Pyers the Army versus Navy footsaid. “You don’t get taught. ball game each year. “The opportunities at You are supposed to ask West Point are endless. questions first, and if you don’t know your stuff – it’s There’s a lot of cool stuff you get to do and we have bad.� spirit dinners and are part Pyers also explained how all cadets must partic- of clubs. It’s something if ipate in a physical activity you are interested in, you shouldn’t be afraid to puror club. sue,� Pyers said. “You must join a team Just don’t expect it to be at West Point. Believe it or as easy as Coach Current’s not, not all West Point high school football praccadets are coordinated,� tice. said Pyers, who particiFor more information pates in mixed martial about West Point, visit team.

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of families plan to spend quality time with their loved ones, WalMart associates have been told we will be stocking shelves and preparing sales starting at 8 p.m.,� she wrote on the site.

But retailers say they are giving shoppers what they want.

Dave Tovar, a Wal-Mart spokesman, said that the discounter learned from shoppers that they want to start shopping right after Thanksgiving dinner.

Then, they want to have time to go to bed before they wake up to head back out to the stores.

Still, Tovar said that Wal-Mart works to accommodate its workers’ requests for different working hours. “We spent a lot of time talking to them, trying to figure out when would be the best time for our events,� he said.

Kathee Tesija, Target’s executive vice president of merchandising, said Target’s 9 p.m. opening struck “a perfect balance� for its customers. When asked whether it’s faced any criticism from Target employees, she noted that the chain also works with workers to accommodate their needs. But, ultimately the company serves the customer. “We thought long and hard about when the right opening time would be,� she said, adding that Target “wants to make sure we are competitive.�

union-backed group of retail workers called Retail Action Project is planning protests in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Thanksgiving in front of several stores, including AnnTaylor, Forever 21 and others that are opening at midnight on Black Friday and earlier. “It shows that the companies are not valuing their workers.

They’re looking to their workers to squeeze out more profits,� said Carrie Gleason, director of Retail Action Project.

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has been one of the biggest targets of protests against holiday hours. Many of the company’s stores are open 24 hours, but the company is offering early bird specials that once were reserved for Black Friday at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving instead.

The issue is part of a broader campaign against the company’s treatment of workers that’s being waged by a union-backed group called OUR Walmart, which includes former and current workers. The group is staging demonstrations and walkouts at hundreds of stores on Black Friday.

Mary Pat Tifft, a Wal-Mart employee in Kenosha, Wis., who is a member of OUR Walmart, started an online petition on signon.org that has about 34,000 signatures. “This Thanksgiving, while millions

In a development that could complicate cooperation on the cease-fire, Israel on Thursday arrested an Arab-Israeli man connected to Hamas and Islamic Jihad on accusations he planted a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 27 people in the hours before the agreement was announced Wednesday, police said.

A Palestinian militant cell based in the West Bank village of Beit Lakiya dispatched the man, who lived in the village of Taybeh in Israel, to put a bomb on the bus, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He then got off and called his handlers, who remotely detonated the explosive by calling the phone, Rosenfeld said. “He admitted to carrying out the terrorist attack,� said Rosenfeld, who declined to name the man.

Attacks by Israeli Arabs are rare, though they have

happened in the past.

Nevertheless, the ceasefire raised hopes of a new era between Israel and Hamas.

A senior Israeli official and three aides arrived in Cairo late Thursday and were escorted to Egypt’s intelligence headquarters, according to Egyptian airport officials, presumably to hammer out the details of a deal that would include easing a blockade of the territory.

The airport officials declined to be named because they were not authorized to give information to the media.

However, the vague language of the agreement announced Wednesday and deep hostility between the combatants made it far from certain the bloodshed would end or that either side will get everything it wants. Israel seeks an end to weapons smuggling into Gaza, while Hamas wants a complete lifting of the bor-

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Israeli officials also made it clear that their position had not warmed toward Hamas, which they view as a terror group aligned with their archenemy Iran and pledged to the destruction of the Jewish state. “Without a doubt, Israel in the long run won’t be able to live with an Iranian proxy on its border,� Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israel’s Channel 10. “As long as Hamas continues to incite against Israel and talk about destroying Israel they are not a neighbor that we can suffer in the long run.

But everything in its time.�

Israel launched the offensive Nov. 14 to halt renewed rocket fire from Gaza, unleashing some 1,500 airstrikes on Hamaslinked targets, while Hamas and other Gaza militants showered Israel with just as many rockets.

The eight days of fighting killed 161 Palestinians, including 71 civilians. Six Israelis, two soldiers and four civilians, were killed and dozens others wounded by rockets fired into residential neighborhoods.

Gazans celebrated the truce after a night of revelry. “Today is different, the morning coffee tastes different and I feel we are off to a new start,� said Ashraf Diaa, a 38-year-old engineer from Gaza City.

Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters appeared in public for the first time since the offensive during a funeral for five of their comrades. The armed men displayed grenade launchers and assault rifles mounted atop more than 100 brandnew pickup trucks.

The latest round of fighting brought the Islamists unprecedented political recognition, with foreign ministers from Turkey and several Arab states visiting a sharp contrast to Hamas’ past isolation.

Israel and the United States, even while formally sticking to a policy of shunning Hamas, also acknowledged its central role by engaging in indirect negotiations with them.

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• BREAKFAST SET: • FRIDAY DINNER: American Legion Post No. The Covington VFW Post 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp No. 4235, 173 N. High St., C o m m u n i t y City, will have an all-you-canCovington, will offer dinner eat breakfast by the Sons of from 5-8 p.m. For more Calendar the American Legion from 8information, call 753-1108.

11 a.m. for $6. Items avail• GRAND ILLUMINACONTACT US able will be eggs, bacon, TION: The 2012 sausage, pancakes, waffles, Hometown Holiday toast, biscuits, sausage Celebration will take place gravy, french toast, hash beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Call Melody browns, fruit, cinnamon rolls downtown Troy. A parade, and juices.

Vallieu at grand illumination, phone • ORGANIZATIONAL 440-5265 to calls to the North Pole, visMEETING: The American its with Santa, carriage list your free Legion Auxiliary, 377 N. 3rd rides, holiday music, St., Tipp City, will host an calendar refreshments, shopping organizational meeting of all items.You and Mayor Beamish’s speyoung women under the age cial holiday reading all will can send of 18 eligible and interested be part of the evening. For your news by e-mail to in becoming junior members more information, visit vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. of the American Legion www.troymainstreet.org or Auxiliary at theTipp City Post call 339-5455. at 2 p.m. To be eligible you • FISH DINNER: An allmust be a daughter, sister, you-can-eat fish dinner will granddaughter or great-granddaughter of a be offered from 5:30-8 p.m. at AMVETS veteran who is a member of an American Post No. 88, 3449 LeFevre Road, Troy.

Legion or who plans to join, or a deceased • SOUP AND SANDWICH: The Troy veteran who served during certain periods Order of the Eastern Star will offer a soup of time, set by the United States Congress. and sandwich dinner, along with a vendor Step relatives are eligible also. sale, beginning at 6 p.m. At the Masonic • CANDLE DIPPING: Candle dipping Temple, second floor, Troy. The building is will be offered beginning at 2:30 p.m. at handicapped accessible. The menu will Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. include hot dogs, coney dogs, barbecue, The cost is a general admission fee of $5 chili, potato and chili soup, hot chocolate foe adults and $3 per child, plus $1 for and coffee. each candle made. Call (937) 890-7360 for • FISH OR SAUSAGE: American reservations.

Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will host an all-you-can-eat fish and fries or sausage and kraut dinner from 67:30 p.m. for $7.

SATURDAY • STEAK FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a T-bone steak dinner with salad, baked potato and a roll for $11 from 5-7 p.m.

• NANOWRIMO: Are you an aspiring novelist? Join others from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at the Troy-Miami County Public Library for National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo is a month-long novel writing program designed to help participants brainstorm, plot and write their next novel. Bring your laptop or writing tools and the library will provide refreshments and resources to help you get started.

• BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: First United Church of Christ will offer its second annual Breakfast with Santa from 9-10:30 a.m. at the corner of Market and Canal streets. The breakfast will feature pancakes and sausage, cereal along with juice, milk, hot chocolate and coffee. There also will be a special activity for all the children who meet Santa. The church is handicapped accessible. Enter at the Canal Street entrance. For more information, call 3395871.

• CHICKEN FRY: The Troy Eagles, 225 N. Elm St., will offer a chicken fry from 5:30-7 p.m. for $7. The meal will include four pieces of chicken, fries, coleslaw and roll.

• KARAOKE: American Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will present Papa D’s Pony Express karaoke for free from 7 p.m. to close.

• CANDLE DIPPING: Candle dipping will be offered at 1:30 and 3 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

The cost is a general admission fee of $5 for adults and $3 per child, plus $1 for each candle made. Call (937) 890-7360 for reservations.

SUNDAY • SKATE-A-THON: The Troy High School Hockey Team and the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey program will host a skatea-thon benefit for the Michael Walter family. He is suffering from metastatic bone cancer. His son, Michael, is a senior on the THS hockey team. The public is invited to support the cause by donating and/or skating from 6:45-8:45 p.m. at Hobart Arena. Donations will be accepted at the door and skate rental is available for $2.50. For more information, contact Sharon Morgan at 272-6774 or sharonggarden@aol.com.

• BREAKFAST SERVED: Breakfast will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, from 8- 11 a.m. All breakfasts are made-to-order and everything is a la carte.

• FAMILY QUEST: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly Family Quest Day “Rock Hounds Fun with Fossils” program between 1-4 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. This series of fun, family activities in the park is designed for busy families; drop in anytime between 1-4 p.m. at your convenience. A roving naturalist will be on-site. Participants can investigate real fossils and all different kinds of strange rocks. Dress for the weather and meet at the falls. Pre-register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104. For more information, visit www.miamicountyparks.com.

• DIABETES TALK: A “Type 1 Talk,” a group of type 1 diabetics, will meet from 24 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center.

The meetings serve as times for those with type 1 and their loved ones to get to know each other and discuss the many aspects of the disease in a friendly, non-judgmental environment. For more information, contact

MONDAY • BOOK LOVERS: Join the Troy-Miami County Book Lovers Anonymous adult book discussion group at 6 p.m. Members will be reading and discussing “The Devil All the Time,” by Donald Ray Pollock for the month of November. Light refreshments will be provided.

• CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners, a group of women who get together on Mondays from 1-2:30 p.m., will meet at the Milton-Union Public Library.

Participants listen to an audio book and work on a project, such as needlework or making greeting cards.

• TRAVEL ABROAD: Dr. Vivian Blevins will speak about the college’s Travel Abroad program and answer questions about the itinerary and logistics of the group’s upcoming trip to England at 7 p.m. in the college’s library.

• ROWDY MEETING: The Fort Rowdy Gathering will have its “Gold Medallion” ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Covington City Building. The event will honor the 2012 volunteers.

• TENDERLOIN SANDWICH: American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer a tenderloin sandwich and fries for $5 from 6-7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY • ANNUAL MEETING: The Elizabeth Township Historical Society will host its annual membership meeting in the multipurpose room of the Elizabeth Township Community Center. Following a short business meeting, a presentation will be made entitled “The Roaring ’20s through the Carver’s Eyes.” Sue Curtis, board member of the ETHS, will provide excerpts from the George Carver journals covering the decade 1920-1930.

The social events of the period as well as fashion, commerce, fads and transportation will be shared including antiques from the period. Light refreshments will be provided.

• FREE SEMINAR: A free seminar on probate and estate law, administration and tax issues will be from 8 a.m. to noon in the Robinson Theater at Edison Community College. To register, contact Roger Luring at 339-2627.

• BOARD MEETING: The Miami County Park District will hold its next board meeting at 9 a.m. at the Lost Creek Reserve Cabin located at 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy.

WEDNESDAY • RACHEL’S CHALLENGE: While her life was tragically cut short during the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, Rachel Joy Scotts’ shining example lives on. Come at 7 p.m. at Miami East Junior High auditeria to hear the inspiring true story of one girl’s dream being fulfilled over a decade after her death. The program is free. For more information, call 335-7070.

• COMMISSION MEETING: The Miami County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 3 p.m. at 510 W. Water St., Suite 140, Troy.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. John Terwilliger will speak about the newly created Troy High School Athletic Hall of Fame. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.

• STORY HOUR: Story hours for children 3-5 and their caregiver will be at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the MiltonUnion Public Library. Programs will include puppet shows, stories and crafts.

• FULL MOON WALK: An Aullwood naturalist will lead a walk from 6:30-8 p.m. in the light of the Mad Buck Moon at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

Parliamentary procedures contest held at Fairlawn vice chair Sarah Pyers, Lauren Williams, Kendra Beckman, Rebekah Members of the Miami Eidemiller, Colin Hawes, East FFA Chapter recent- Braxton Donaldson, Kolin Bendickson and ly participated in the 2012 Daniel Everett, Eliza Hershberger, Johnny Corrine Melvin. The team FFA Sub-District Parliamentary Procedure Inman, Miranda Maggart, placed fifth and earned a Sydney Oakes and gold rating. contest at Fairlawn High The students showed School. Other schools com- Samantha Sands. They competed in Greenhand their knowledge of parliapeting were Anna, Botkins, Ft. Loramie, and Room B and earned a gold mentary procedure by rating. holding a mock meeting Fairlawn.

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Greenhand first period were team members were Participants were given team members chair chair Emily Beal, vice two minutes preparation Haley Etherington, vice chair Nathan Teeters, time and asked to demonchair Haleigh Maggert, Katrina Bendickson, Trent strate six parliamentary Madeline Davis, Kayden Church, Kelsey Kirchner, procedure abilities. They Gustin, Bradley Jenkins, Levi Reid, Hunter Sharp took a written test on Stephanie Millhouse, and Seth Tamplin. They their knowledge of parliaDylan Moore, Kristin competed in Greenhand mentary procedures.

Palser and Hannah The Miami Valley Wilson. They competed in Room A - Novice. They placed third and earned a Career Technology Center Greenhand Room B and gold rating. provided transportation earned a gold rating.

Competing in the for the contest because the Participating in Varsity Parliamentary Miami East Agricultural Greenhand third period Education Department is were team members chair Procedures competition were chair Emily Johnson, a satellite program.

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Buck Eyes An inside look at Ohio State football WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

BUCKEYE BRAIN BUSTERS

NAME: Sonny Gordon HOMETOWN: Middletown OHIO STATE YEARS: 19831986 HIGHLIGHTS: Gordon was a three-year starter at defensive back who had 14 career interceptions. He was first-team All-Big Ten as a senior.

AFTER OSU: Gordon was a sixthround draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals and played one year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a regional sales manager for American Seating Company, which sells seats to ballparks, stadiums, theaters and other facilities.

1: How many punts did Ohio State

SAY WHAT?

COACHES IN ‘THE GAME’ Ohio State coaches vs. Michigan: Luke Fickell ..............................0-1 Jim Tressel ...............................9-1 John Cooper ........................2-10-1 Earle Bruce ..............................5-4 Woody Hayes.....................16-11-1 Wes Fesler ............................ 0-3-1 Paul Bixler ...............................0-1 Carroll Widdoes ........................1-1 Paul Brown ............................ 1-1-1

and Michigan combine for in their “Snow Bowl” game in 1950?

2: What is Ohio State’s longest

winning streak against Michigan?

3: What is Michigan’s longest winning streak against Ohio State?

4: How many of Ohio State’s

Heisman Trophy winners lost the Michigan game that year?

5: Where did 1940 Michigan Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon finish in the 1939 voting?

Answers: 1. 45; 2. Seven years (2004-2010); 3. Nine years (1901-1909); 4. Two (Vic Janowicz 1950, Eddie George 1995); 5. Second.

“He is a very intense coach. I don’t know if he can get any more intense.”

Michigan coaches vs. Ohio State: Brady Hoke .............................1-0 Rich Rodriguez .........................0-3 Lloyd Carr.................................6-7 Gary Moeller.......................... 3-1-1 Bo Schembechler.................11-9-1 Chalmers “Bump” Elliott ..........3-7 Bennie Oosterbaan ............... 5-5-1 Fritz Crisler ........................... 6-2-1

— Ohio State senior linebacker Etienne Sabino about coach Urban Meyer.

No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 20 Michigan, Noon, ABC QUARTERBACKS

RECEIVERS

Did Wisconsin provide future Ohio State opponents with a blueprint of how to defend Braxton Miller? The Badgers held OSU’s sophomore QB to season lows in rushing (48 yards) and passing (97 yards). Miller was frustrated and Ohio State’s play calling was conservative.

A recent nerve injury in Denard Robinson’s throwing arm has scrambled Michigan’s quarterback situation, but so far it has been in a good way. His replacement Devin Gardner has completed 65 percent of his passes for 834 yards and 7 touchdowns in his three starts. Robinson returned in 42-17 win over Iowa last Saturday, but at tailback. How Brady Hoke will use his two QBs is one of the big questions this week.

Advantage: Ohio State

Corey Brown (52 catches, 574 yards) said after the Wisconsin game that OSU’s receivers did a good job of getting open. If so, Miller must not have done a good job of seeing them. Finding a “vertical threat,” a receiver who can go deep, is something Ohio State is still in need of, coach Urban Meyer says.

Michigan’s receivers appear to have been energized since Gardner became the starter. Jeremy Gallon (34 catches, 617 yards) has been the most consistent pass catcher. Roy Roundtree (25 catches, 461 yards) has more receptions in three games with Gardner at QB than he did in eight with Robinson.

Advantage: Michigan

OFFENSIVE LINE Ohio State’s line struggled against Wisconsin after back-to-back productive games against Illinois and Penn State. Right tackle Reid Fragel, who was not projected as a starter coming out of spring practice, has played as well as anyone on the line.

Michigan tackle Taylor Lewan has been called a high first-round draft choice

by Mel Kiper Jr. The other tackle Michael Schofield has also been consistent, but the middle of the Wolverines’ line has struggled at times.

Advantage: Even

DEFENSIVE LINE End John Simon leads the Big Ten in sacks with nine after getting four against Wisconsin. If NFL scouts saw tackle Johnathan Hankins’ victory sprint toward midfield after last week’s overtime win, they might have to upgrade their estimates of his speed.

For Michigan, the standout is end Craig Roh (4 sacks) has started 49 consecutive games.

Advantage: Ohio State

LINEBACKERS Ryan Shazier has become one of the best defensive players in the Big Ten. Zach Boren plays linebacker better after half a season than some people who have played there for their entire careers. Etienne Sabino was solid in his return from a broken bone in his leg last week.

Michigan’s Jake Ryan (75 tackles, 13 for losses) and Kenny Demens (72 tackles) lead Michigan’s linebackers.

Advantage: Ohio State

DEFENSIVE BACKS

URBAN MEYER Ohio State is one win away from the sixth unbeaten, untied football season in school history in Urban Meyer’s first season as the Buckeyes’ coach, going into Saturday’s game against Michigan. This rebound from a 6-7 season in 2011 has OSU fans thinking national championship in 2013.

Eleven games into the season, Ohio State’s defensive backfield is still a question mark. Just when it appears headed in the right direction, it breaks down. But then it comes up with a big play, like Christian Bryan’s break-up to end the Wisconsin game.

Former walk-on Jordan Kovacs has started 44 games for Michigan. Cornerback Raymon Taylor and safety Thomas Gordan have two interceptions each.

Advantage: Ohio State

RUNNING BACKS Carlos Hyde said after OSU’s 21-14 overtime win over Wisconsin that he wanted the ball more than he got it (15 times for 87 yards). Expect him to get his wish this week.

Michigan lost its leading rusher Fitz Toussaint (514 yards) to a gruesomely broken leg against Iowa and turned to Robinson to fill the hole at tailback. He rushed for 98 yards on 13 carries, including a 40-yard run. Thomas Rawls (240 yards) also could have an increased role.

Advantage: Ohio State

BIG TEN STANDINGS Leaders Division Big Ten Overall W L W L Ohio State 7 0 11 0 Penn State 6 2 7 4 Wisconsin 4 3 7 4 Purdue 2 5 5 6 Indiana 2 5 4 7 Illinois 0 7 2 9 Legends Division Big Ten Overall W L W L Nebraska 6 1 9 2 Michigan 6 1 8 3 Northwestern 4 3 8 3 Minnesota 2 5 6 5 Michigan State 2 5 5 6 Iowa 2 5 4 7

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

SPECIAL TEAMS OSU kicker Drew Basil has attempted only six field goals and made four of them. Punter Ben Buchanan is seventh in the Big Ten with a 40.9 average. Michigan field goal kicker Brendan Gibbons (14 of 16 on field goals) and punter Will Hagerup (44.7 yards per punt) lead the Big Ten. Advantage: Michigan

2012 OSU LEADERS

BIG TEN FRIDAY Nebraska at Iowa, noon SATURDAY Michigan at OHIO STATE, noon Illinois at Northwestern, noon Indiana at Purdue, noon Mich. State at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at Penn State, 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY TOP 25 Georgia Tech at Georgia, noon Florida at Florida State, 3:30 p.m.

Auburn at Alabama, 3:30 p.m.

S. Carolina at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Notre Dame at USC, 8 p.m.

Passing Yards Braxton Miller ......................1,850 Rushing Yards Braxton Miller .....................1,214 Carlos Hyde........................... 824 Receiving Yards Corey Brown ...........................574 Devin Smith ...........................555 Field Goals Drew Basil...............................4/6 Tackles Ryan Shazier ..........................110 Christian Bryant........................ 66 Interceptions Travis Howard..............................4 Sacks John Simon.................................9 Ryan Shazier................................4

Jim Naveau The Lima News jnaveau@limanews.com 419-993-2087

$$ new tradition in Big Ten COLUMBUS — Here comes tradition. There goes tradition.

There is nothing more traditional in the Big Ten than the Ohio State-Michigan football rivalry.

But on Monday, on the same day the annual week-long assurances from both sides of that rivalry that there is nothing in all of sports like it began, the Big Ten did something very untraditional when it accepted Maryland into the conference, followed by Rutgers on Tuesday.

Ohio State and Michigan still have the rivalry. Woody and Bo and Archie still need only one name to be identified.

The Big House is still big. The Horseshoe means football, not horse racing, at Ohio State.

But it was a little jarring for some people to be reminded that money, not tradition, is driving the car in college sports – especially in its big money maker, football .

Tradition, loyalty, geography and money have made the Big Ten what it is today. It’s just that there’s more money — lots more — involved now than there was when Woody and Bo and all those OSU and Michigan legends were creating the revered traditions.

Never say never. But it probably is safe to say there will never be a day when Ohio State and Michigan wouldn’t play each other in football.

But the way tradition has been treated like dirty laundry in league realignments in college sports in the last few years, who can say that everything else isn’t on the table for the right price?

If the next time the Big Ten negotiates a television contract, one of the networks offers to pay millions of dollars more if the OSU-Michigan game is played at night in midOctober, would the Big Ten say it would rather have tradition than those millions?

Before you answer, just ask yourself how traditional a rival is Maryland for any other Big Ten school.

And remember Nebraska is now in the same conference with Rutgers, which is farther from Lincoln, Neb., than Winnipeg, Moose Jaw and Toronto.

OSU SCHEDULE Sept. 1 ..............Miami of Ohio, 56-10 Sept. 8 ..............Central Florida 31-16 Sept. 15 ................... California 35-28 Sept. 22 ........................... UAB 29-15 Sept. 29 ...... at Michigan State, 17-16 Oct. 6 ....................... Nebraska 63-38 Oct. 13 ....................at Indiana, 52-49 Oct. 20 ................. Purdue, 29-22 (OT) Oct. 27 .............. at Penn State, 35-23 Nov. 3 ............................Illinois 52-22 Nov. 17 ......... at Wisconsin 21-14 (OT) Nov. 24 .......................Michigan, noon

COUNTDOWN

Michigan vs.

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PERSPECTIVE

“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 Chicago Sun-Times on taxing the rich: If the United States were a healthy meritocracy, where talent and hard work pretty much determined how far we go in life, fair-minded people wouldn’t be demanding that rich people pay more in taxes.

The general feeling would be that the race is fair and the wealthy have earned all they’ve got. The rest of us just have to work harder and smarter.

But by no honest reckoning is the U.S. the “land of opportunity” it once was, and the race looks less fair every day. Advantages and opportunities are skewed to the few against the many, as is made evident by a breathtaking concentration of the nation’s wealth and income in a very few hands.

President Barack Obama’s insistence that the wealthy pay more in taxes, which Congress must grapple with as they begin new budget talks, is hardly redistributive socialism, but neither is it just about balancing a budget.

Obama’s insistence that the rich pay more is an essential step toward restoring the rewards of merit, the first precondition of a functioning free enterprise system.

It is a matter of ensuring that Americans at the bottom and in the middle get a fair shot, ■ The Troy even if Daddy was an ex-con, not an ex-goverDaily News nor, beginning with a good education, adewelcomes quate nutrition and health care. columns from Opposition to a tax increase on the wealthy, our readers. through either a rate increase or closing loopTo submit an holes, flows from the curious notion that — we “As I See It” hear it all the time — Americans at the very send your type-written top earned every dime they’ve got. column to: It is a self-serving view, best represented by ■ “As I See It” Gov. Mitt Romney’s boast on the campaign c/o Troy Daily trail that he built his business, Bain Capital, News, 224 S. “from scratch.”

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The Jerusalem Post on Israeli defense policy: Gaza-based terrorists believed to be from Islamic Jihad triggered the latest round of escalation in the South. They fired an anti-tank missile at an IDF jeep conducting a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. …

This is not the first time terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza have launched attacks purposely targeting Israeli civilians. …

However, the latest round of escalation has convinced many — including senior members of the present government and the military establishment — that Israel must restore deterrence by ratcheting up its response to Palestinian belligerence. …

World opinion might be stacked against Israel, but we must not give up hope.

Those in the international community with a modicum of intellectual honesty will acknowledge that if the Palestinians living in Gaza were to abandon violence and reconcile themselves to Israel’s existence, then the conflict would end immediately.

LETTERS To the Editor: My name is Austin Garrison and I am a junior at Miami East High School. I am writing to inform our community that we, as a student body, will be privileged to welcome back the national school violence awareness program, Rachel’s Challenge.

Rachel’s challenge is an anti-bullying program that launched from the life and memory of Rachel Joy Scott, the first young lady killed at the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Rachel’s message was one of kindness and peace for all. Now, her family and friends carry on her legacy through the program, Rachel’s Challenge.

The first time the Rachel’s Challenge visited our school, I

was in the eighth grade. I remember seeing the presentation and not being able to keep my mind off its message all week. The personal stories and lessons the program had to offer us, as students, were amazing. They definitely fulfilled their intended purpose, as I remember my friends and me discussing how we learned so much from the program.

It is not just a school assembly, nor just a reason to get out of class; it is an important message that must be relayed to those students, such as myself, that saw it a few years ago, but also to those students who will be hearing it for the first time. As time passes, it becomes more and more crucial that we learn as a society that kindness and peace can

cause “chain reaction.”

It is exciting to be able to invite the entire community out to the Miami East Junior High/Elementary building on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. to hear this important message.

We would like to thank the Troy Foundation and Miami County Foundation for providing us with the grant money needed to make sure our school and community get to be a part of this important experience.

We hope to see our community come together to learn more about Rachel, and also about how kindness can change our world.

Thank you!

— Austin Garrison Conover

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DOONESBURY

I’m thankful for a lot, but not Brussels sprouts Luckily I didn’t have to travel far this year for Thanksgiving festivities. I just fired up the fourwheeler, crossed over the bridge and through the fields and to my mother’s house.

My twin sister from the suburbs joined us for the weekend.

She brings class and a touch of sophistication to my life when she visits. Gearing up for the traditional (or in our family’s case, nontraditional) dinner, I made her run to the grocery with me.

Now I’ve shared how picky of an eater my son’s nutrition habits are over the years. The only fruit he’ll eat is applesauce and maybe a banana on a good day. So, in all honesty, we stick to what we know: nuggets, macaroni and cheese, pizza and more pizza. We don’t get too adventurous around here and cooking for one and a half isn’t easy when you’re the one stuck with the leftovers.

So I roped my sister into going to the grocery with me to help broaden my horizons in the culinary world. Aisle after aisle, she witnessed the destruction of my health via grocery cart. Pop Tarts count as whole grains in my world, but not in my sister’s registered nurse world.

Melanie Yingst Troy Daily News Columnist “You know, turkey bacon tastes just as good as regular bacon,” she lectured as I grabbed a slab of beautiful marbled pork.

In my bacon bible, bacon shouldn’t have had wings. I’m sorry. It just isn’t politically correct. So I won that battle.

She threw a few things in my cart that her and her healthy family enjoys like fancy yogurt, a new cheese that I am both excited and scared to try, and a few things I’ve only read about in magazines.

Quinoa. She tried to tell me it’s like rice.

I did have to draw the line on trying Chia seeds or pellets or whatever you want to call it. I was not going to eat the stuff used to grow a Chia Pet. Whatever makes the “Ch…chi..chi..chia! The pottery

that grows!” was not on my list.

Pottery isn’t supposed to grow. We call that mold ‘round here. So anything thing that sprouts a grasslike substance and can be used for environmental entertainment is not going anywhere near my kitchen. But I let her toss a container of quinoa (key-no-whah) in the cart and vowed I’d try the stuff. I also threw a few packs of instant rice just in case this stuff doesn’t measure up.

Now I’m not much of a cook but my sister was excited to bring a new dish to our Thanksgiving table. Your first clue is that it’s named after a country in Europe.

Unfortunately it was not Polish sausage. We scoured the produce aisle for Brussels sprouts folks.

Seriously. Before I could protest my twin sister quickly shared that the Brussels sprouts are best sautéed with butter and bacon.

The magic words were: bacon and butter. OK. Maybe we are getting somewhere. If there is butter and bacon involved, I believe a stick of mud would taste great.

So I gave it the old college try.

Bacon is the new hero in the meat world. When there’s bacon involved, it can’t be bad.

Our family forgoes the tradi-

tional turkey and instead we went with a spiral ham. Sure it may have not looked like a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but we had the hunk of carved meat as a centerpiece, which I believe is a federal requirement.

At our family’s Thanksgiving table, we all tried the bacon and buttered sprouts. I happened to share my dad’s sentiment that we wouldn’t miss if it didn’t show up next year. Butter and bacon do not make everything better. I was wrong. It won’t happen again.

Amen.

And my contribution to the dinner table? Hey, that paprika didn’t get on all those deviled eggs by itself!

This year I’m thankful for the traditional things in life like family, friends and a warm home. I’m thankful for my job, the health and happiness of my son and to live in a nation where we have freedom of speech, religion and our military who serve us to protect those rights.

I’m also thankful for butter and bacon, but not Brussels sprouts.

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A March 12, 2011, photo shows sunken and damaged boats in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., after a powerful tsunami sent repeated surges that broke up docks and tore loose boats.

California city building a ‘tsunami-resistant’ port CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — It doesn’t matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City. Churning water rushes into the boat basin and then rushes out, lifting docks off their pilings, tearing boats loose and leaving the city’s main economic engine looking as if it has been bombed.

That’s what happened in March 2011, when a Japanese earthquake sparked a tsunami that sank 11 boats, damaged 47 others and destroyed two-thirds of the harbor’s docks.

Port officials are hoping that tsunami is among the last of many that have forced major repairs in Crescent City, a tiny commercial fishing village on California’s rugged northern coast. Officials are spending $54 million to build the West Coast’s first harbor able to withstand the kind of tsunami expected to hit once every 50 years the same kind that hit in 2011, when the highest surge in the boat basin measured 8.1 feet and currents were estimated at 22 feet per second.

Officials are building 244 new steel pilings that will be 30 inches in diameter and 70 feet long. Thirty feet or more will be sunk into bedrock. The dock nearest the entrance will be 16 feet long and 8 feet deep to dampen incoming waves.

The pilings will extend 18 feet above the water so that surges 7 feet up

and 7 feet down will not rip docks loose.

Crescent City was not the only West Coast port slammed by the tsunami, which was generated by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan.

The waves ripped apart docks and sank boats in Santa Cruz, Calif., and did similar damage in Brookings, Ore., just north of Crescent City. But their geographical location doesn’t make them as vulnerable to multiple tsunamis.

“Normally, Crescent City takes the hit for all of us,” said Brookings harbormaster Ted Fitzgerald.

Since a tidal gauge was installed in the boat basin in 1934, this small port has been hit by 34 tsunamis, large and small. It typically suffers the most damage and the highest waves on the West Coast, said Lori Dengler, professor of geology at Humboldt State University.

The sea floor funnels surges into the mouth of Crescent City’s harbor, and the harbor’s configuration magnifies them, experts say.

A wave generated by an earthquake in Alaska on Good Friday, 1964, killed 11 people and wiped out 29 city blocks. That was 10 years before the boat basin was even built.

When the waves hit in 2011, the port was still repairing damages from a tsunami that hit in 2006.

Officials already had a plan for dealing with future tsunamis, said Ward Stover, owner of Stover Engineering in Crescent City, which put together the plan.

With no tsunami building codes,

Stover said the state of California and Crescent City decided to prepare for the kind of tsunami expected to hit every 50 years. They rejected as too expensive building a tidal gate to close off the mouth of the harbor or trying to survive a powerful tsunami like the one that hit in 1964. Instead, they planned to make the docks strong enough to ride out the most likely surges.

“It’s tsunami-resistant, not tsunami-proof,” Stover said.

Construction has been marked by one delay after another. Government funding was slow, and a custom-built drill bit for installing the extrastrength pilings deep in bedrock broke. So authorities switched to installing temporary docks the oldfashioned way, by pounding in the pilings, to get them through the winter. Many of the 60 commercial fishing boats based in Crescent City are still mooring in the outer harbor.

Others have to make do without water or electricity.

The March 2011 tsunami was a wake-up call for communities up and down the West Coast. Many improved tsunami evacuation plans and held mock evacuations.

But some experts say the West Coast is still not taking the threat seriously enough.

“Many ports on the West Coast are in denial as to their tsunami hazard,” said Costas Synolakis, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California.

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Used books fill every available space in the office of the Appalachian Prison Book Project in Morgantown, W.Va., on Nov. 13, as outreach coordinator Dominique Bruno looks at unopened requests. tion.

“You would think it’s not that big a deal. We’re just sending out used books, free of charge, to people in prison,” says Dominique Bruno, a doctoral student at West Virginia University who serves as outreach coordinator. “But it is as hard to get something into a prison as it is to get out of one.”

For six years they have kept at it, shipping the 11,000th book last month.

They’ve since sent dozens more to state and federal prisons across West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Other states have had prison book programs for decades, from California to Illinois and Texas to Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania alone has at least six.

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The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until the time of service Sunday.

If desired, contributions may be made to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

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FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Dewey O. Davis, Sr. SIDNEY – Dewey O. Davis, Sr., 88, of Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, died at 11:47 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at his residence.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at Adams Funeral Home, Sidney.

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DEATHS OF NATIONAL INTEREST • Deborah Raffin LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deborah Raffin, an actress who ran a successful audiobook company with the help of her celebrity friends, has died. She was 59.

Raffin died Wednesday of leukemia at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, her brother, William, told the Los Angeles Times.

She was diagnosed with the blood cancer about a year ago.

Raffin, the daughter of 20th Century Fox contract player Trudy Marshall, had roles in movies such as “Forty Carats” and “Once Is Not Enough.” She also starred in television miniseries, most notably playing actress Brooke Hayward in “Haywire” and a businesswoman in “Noble House,” based on the James Clavell saga set in Hong Kong.

She and her then-husband, music producer Michael Viner, launched Dove Books-on-Tape in the mid-1980s, which blossomed into a multimilliondollar business. The company’s first best-seller was Stephen Hawking’s opus on the cosmos entitled “A Brief History of Time.”

Raffin’s job was getting celebrities to provide voices for some of the books.

Among them were the nonfiction bestsellers “Anatomy of an Illness” and “The Healing Heart,” both by Norman Cousins and read

by Jason Robards Jr. and William Conrad, respectively.

Raffin also compiled celebrities’ Christmas anecdotes for a 1990 book, “Sharing Christmas,” which raised money for groups serving the homeless. It included stories from Margaret Thatcher, Kermit the Frog and Mother Teresa.

Raffin and Viner sold the company in 1997 and the couple divorced eight years later. Viner died of cancer in 2009.

Raffin is survived by her two siblings, William and Judy Holston; and a daughter, Taylor Rose Viner.

Services are set for Sunday in Culver City.

West Virginia and the other five states had none. She and her graduate students discussed the need, spent two years raising money and collecting books, then started taking requests. The books are all privately donated, many by students and professors in WVU’s English department and some by others in the community.

Occasionally, an author or publisher will send a box of new books, too.

The volunteers shipped the first book, “Natural Remedies,” to the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg, Ohio, in 2006.

The second went to the Mount Olive Correctional Complex in southern West Virginia.

Warden David Ballard says the program keeps his prisoners occupied with material from a trustworthy source.

“It was a free resource the inmates could use, and most of the books are educational or religious in nature, so that • Bryce Courtenay was a plus,” Ballard says. CANBERRA, Australia — “There was no reason for us Australian best-selling why we should stop it.” author Bryce Courtenay has died of stomach cancer. He was 79.

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Parenting and self-help books. History and law.

Dictionaries, biographies and fiction. Whatever the subject, volunteers with the Appalachian Prison Book Project believe they hold the power to unlock worlds.

From a small room in a historic house next to the Morgantown Public Library, they meticulously organize requests, exchanging letters to find just the right read and get permission from prison administrators while simultaneously scrambling to raise money for shipping.

The process takes months, and the restrictions are many: Spiral-bound books are banned, their spines seen as potential weapons. Hardcovers are discouraged. Some institutions refuse books altogether, often with no explana-

COVINGTON — Blane “Meatball” Davis, 57, of Covington, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, in Covington.

He was born March 6, 1955, in Gettysburg, Ohio, to the late Donald and Arvilla (Ashman) Davis; graduated from Greenville High School; was a U.S. Navy Veteran; retired from Piqua Steel; and was a member of the Eagles, Aerie No. 3998, Covington.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Blane is survived by his wife of 32 years, Mary (Parks) Davis; daughter and son-in-law, Amanda and Michael Stein of Piqua; brother, Chadd

was published in 1989 when he was 56. The story became a movie starring Morgan Freeman.

His 21st novel, “Jack of Diamonds,” was published this month.

• David Stone JUNEAU, Alaska — Deputy Alaska Labor Commissioner David Stone has died suddenly in Juneau at age 55.

The former Juneau Borough Assembly member and deputy mayor collapsed at home after saying he didn’t feel well after work Tuesday. Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford said medics tried to revive Stone, and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Sanford was at the hospital with Stone’s wife and family.

“Everybody is in shock right now,” Sanford said Wednesday.

Sanford said he didn’t know the cause of death.

Members of the Borough Assembly learned of the death of their recent colleague Tuesday night, the Juneau Empire reported.

Stone was elected to the Assembly in 2003 and left in October after serving the maximum three consecutive terms allowed. His peers said he served as a beacon for incoming members.

“He was so good to me when I was going to run,” said Assembly member Mary Becker. Stone volunteered to teach her about the city budget, she said.

Stone was promoted to deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in October 2011, returning to the position he previously held.

Stone also served as Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell’s chief of staff, leaving last year to return to the labor department in its assistant commissioner position before being promoted to deputy commissioner.

Stone’s state biography says he was raised in Juneau and earned a bachelor of science degree in geology from the University of Alaska.

Stone also was a historian who gave presentations on the history of mining, and he co-authored the book “Hard Rock Gold,” about Juneau’s mining past. He also was a former president of the Alaska Miners Association and served as a trustee of the Alaska Miner’s Hall of Fame.

According to the state biography, Stone also served as president of AJT Mining Properties and vice president of Alaska Electric Light and Power Co.

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BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing The shopping fun doesn’t end with Black Friday.

Consumers in Troy and nationwide are encouraged to shop locally Nov. 24 for Small Business Saturday, when consumers are encouraged to support businesses that invest in the community, create jobs and promote local events.

Sabra Johnson, executive director of the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce, said staff have been promoting the campaign on the chamber’s website and Facebook page. This will be Troy’s third year participating.

“It’s a day to celebrate and support our businesses and all they do for our community,” Johnson said.

“I hope everyone comes out to support our local businesses because they give and do so much for our community.”

Olive Oasis owner Lucas Schlumpf said he expects a “great turnout” like last year for his downtown business at 7 E. Main St. “It’s going to be a busy day,” Schlumpf said.

“Small businesses like this support towns like Troy. If you support us, we support the town.”

The store is know for its vast selection of olive oil, gourmet oil and bal-

samic vinegar selections.

Troy Main Street Executive Director Karin Manovich said the city is fortunate to have so many independent shops and restaurants.

“It is important that our community thinks local first and makes it a priority to patronize downtown businesses whenever possible,” Manovich said.

“Many downtowns across Ohio and the nation are deteriorating and disappearing. It takes continuous effort on many fronts to preserve a downtown.

Small Business Saturday reminds shoppers that Troy’s independent small businesses are open, competitive and ready for customers.”

Susie Stein of Up and Running, a footwear and apparel retailer, said her business offers personalized service that far exceeds big-box stores. She opened the Troy store last year, at 12 S. Market St., after she noticed many customers were traveling south to the Centerville location.

“People were driving a half hour to 45 minutes to get shoes,” Stein said.

“People weren’t buying them as often as they needed them, which wasn’t very conducive to running.”

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late diamonds — available in a variety of prices — will be hot items for the holidays. The store at 106 W. Main St. is offering a special discount for those donating to Partners in Hope, which benefits those less fortunate in Miami County.

“We have items 25 to 75 percent off, and if you bring in an unwrapped new toy for Partners in Hope, we’ll give you an extra 10 percent off,” Nimer said.

“Partners in Hope stays in Miami County to help children in our community have a good Christmas like everyone else. We encourage people to shop local at Small Business Saturday because it helps everybody in the community.”

Brower Stationers, 16 S. Market St., will be selling discounted Cross pins, games and educational toys. In addition, Christmas cards will be priced at 50 percent off.

“We’re going to run (the STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER sales) all throughout Al Reed labels one of 54 stainless steel fusti containers at The Olive Oasis in Troy. December, but it starts this The Olive Oasis will be one of many downtown Troy businesses participating in Saturday,” Diana Brower Small Business Saturday events Nov. 24. said.

Small business ‘backbone of community’ PIQUA — In the shadow of unofficial shopping holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is aimed at supporting and promoting downtown businesses during the holiday shopping season.

This year in Piqua there is no official Small Business Saturday, but that isn’t stopping handfuls of downtown merchants who will be open and hoping Christmas shoppers spend a little time — and a little money — at their stores as opposed to larger retail stores like Walmart.

Lorna Swisher, executive director of Mainstreet Piqua, said small businesses are the backbone of a community and for that reason shoppers should feel encouraged to visit them

PIQUA not only on Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 24, but also all shopping season.

“Small businesses really are the backbone of the community and those businesses are the ones that many people turn to when they want a donation for a door prize for an event or to take out advertising in a book or poster,” Swisher said. “It is a really good idea to give back to those businesses that give so much to the community all year-round.”

While relatively new, Small Business Saturday has caught on in recent years and last year more than 100 million people took part in the nationwide event.

Small Business Saturday was first celebrated in 2010 as a counterpart to Black Friday as a way to get people to shop

at “brick and mortar businesses” that are small and local, according to American Express, which created the shopping day.

American Express created the idea behind Small Business Saturday to “help small businesses get more exposure during one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year.”

Small business like Readmore’s Hallmark, located at 430 N. Main St., has been gearing up for Small Business Saturday all week.

Mary Beth Barhorst, Hallmark manager, said her store will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Small Business Saturday and aside from having some special sales that day, the business will also be awarding out five $10 gift certificates that day.

“I think it is really important to shop locally,” STAFF PHOTO/MIKE ULLERY Barhorst said. “We offer a Piqua’s Readmore Hallmark store on North Main Street in Piqua is decked out and lot and we need their ready for Small Business Saturday shoppers. support.”

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Small business owners reinvent to survive, grow NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most painful moments small business owners can face is when they realize: It’s not working.

It could be a product that’s not succeeding, business that’s taken away by a competitor, or changes in the economy that threaten a company’s survival.

When something has gone awry and sales are taking a hit, company owners have to make big changes to turn things around and they usually can’t afford to waste time. Large companies often have enough revenue coming in from a variety of products and services that they can weather a problem in one area of their business.

Smaller companies typically don’t have that cushion.

Reinventing a company, large or small, is not an easy task and it can’t be done overnight, but many business owners have been able to pull it off.

ALMOST SOCKED BY OVERSEAS COMPETITION Cabot Hosiery Mills had great success its first 20 years, making what are called private label socks for retailing chains. It only made socks that carried the names of the stores that sold them such as J.C. Penney and Gap. But in 2000, sales began falling as stores began buying cheaper socks from Chinese vendors, says Ric Cabot, co-owner and son of the company’s founder.

“We weren’t paying as close attention to our financial indicators as we should have,” he says.

By 2003, sales were down by more than half. Cabot was forced to cut his staff of 70 down to 30.

“We needed to create a product that would basically save us,” he says.

Cabot didn’t have to look far to find a market niche his company could fill. An avid hiker who is also active in several sports, he had a hard time finding high-quality socks for those activities.

And he knew how to make socks that were comfortable and durable.

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So Cabot combined survival, know-how and personal interest and Darn Tough Vermont, a line of socks for outdoor activities and sports was born.

Well, it wasn’t that simple. There were some things about socks that he didn’t know, like how to make ones that appeal to style-conscious hikers, skiers and runners. So he had to hire someone who did.

It took about two years for the socks to hit the market. Now they can be found in many stores that sell outdoor gear. The brand has been successful enough that the company has grown to 150 workers and annual sales have quadrupled from the low they hit in 2003.

Cabot still has a small private-label operation.

Cabot says he has learned a lot from the experience.

“Almost going out of business, if you leverage it properly, is one of the best experiences to emerge from because you see the mistakes, the warning signs a lot sooner,” he says. “You try to take a longer-term view of the business not just what I need to do today, but what will ensure the best tomorrow?”

A DRINK COMPANY GETS FOCUSED Arnulfo Ventura and his business partner, Jose Domene, decided while getting their MBAs at Stanford University to start selling aguas frescas, beverages made from plants like tamarind and hibiscus, that are popular in Mexico. The partners called the drink Bonadea and ordered the first batch of 3,000 bottles from a manufacturer by the time they graduated in June 2008. They found several customers: Six delis and natural food stores in the Palo Alto, Calif., area.

Over the next year, the duo attracted enough money from investors to increase production, working their way up to a run of 15,000 bottles. They got a distribution company in the Los Angeles area and Bonadea was in hundreds of conven-

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But Bonadea, priced between $2.49 and $2.69 a bottle, didn’t sell as well as hoped. Sales were up by hundreds of percentage points from the first batch, but Ventura expected an increase in the thousands by then.

“We just weren’t getting serious attention. The brand wasn’t moving off the shelf,” he says. “I wasn’t sure if it was the price point or the marketing.”

In January 2010, Ventura and Domene showed Bonadea to focus groups. Based on the feedback, the partners realized they had to change the way the beverage was packaged and marketed. One problem was its name, which had no real meaning. People didn’t connect with it. And the 16ounce bottle looked too much like the ones that contain Snapple, one of the topselling iced tea and juice drink brands in the country.

Over the next nine months, they considered many names and label designs and eventually came up a new name, Coba, a Mayan city on the Yucatan peninsula and decorated the labels with images of flowers and fruit.

In March 2011, they took Coba to a trade show in Anaheim, Calif. On the show’s last day the organizers surprised the partners by announcing that they had picked Coba as the best product in the show. Coba also caught the interest of retailers.

The partners began producing their new beverages but soon came another worry: Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage maker, was introducing its own aguas frescas. And there was competition from natural soda maker Hansen. Ventura hurried to Whole Foods’ headquarters in Austin, Texas with a shoulder bag filled with Coba on ice. He met with an executive just hours after Hansen’s representatives visited, made his pitch and showed his product. The company decided to carry the beverage in some of its locations.

Coba is now sold in Whole Foods stores in Florida and the West. It’s also at delis, convenience stores and restaurants, priced between $1.99 and $2.50. Sales are up five times from Bonadea’s best levels.

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Ken Redman, left, of Destin, Fla., watches as co-owner of Topsy Turvy Toys Cathi Hall of New Bremen, wraps a doll picked out by Redman’s wife Lisa Redman at Topsy Turvy Toys Tuesday. The toy store is located in New Bremen.

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BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN Civitas Media pspeelman@sdnccg.com Don’t spend all your money on Black Friday.

Save some for Small Business Saturday.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving — this year, it’s Nov. 24 — has been designated by American Express as Small Business Saturday, a day to acknowledge, celebrate and support small, local businesses.

SIDNEY Started in 2010, this year marks the second annual event.

“Small Business Saturday is a day for everyone — from the business owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally — to support small businesses that invigorate the economy and keep communities thriving,” according to the American Express website.

“It began in 2010 when American Express founded Small Business Saturday to help small businesses get more exposure during one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. Last year, more than 100 million people came out to shop at independently owned small businesses on the day. Now, in its third year, Small Business Saturday will be even bigger.

American Express is offering free and easy-to-use tools to help small businesses get the most out of the day and tools for con-

Co-owner of Topsy Turvy Toys Lisa Davidson, of New Bremen, holds a kids play set at her store Tuesday. sumers to show their support.”

Shoppers with American Express cards can get a $25 credit on their bills when they purchase items on Small Business Saturday from merchants who accept the card. Card holders must register their cards in advance at www.AmericanExpress.com.

“It really helps when people register their cards before they come to the

store,” said Lisa Davidson, co-owner of Topsy Turvy Toys in New Bremen.

While most participants are stores that have a connection to American Express, some merchants who do not accept the American Express card have planned special sales for the day.

Many shopkeepers put signs in their windows, announcing their participation in the special promotion.

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• HOCKEY: The Troy High School hockey team and the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey program are hosting a Skatea-thon benefit for the Michael Walter family. Walter is suffering from metastatic bone cancer. His son, Michael, is a senior on the THS hockey team. The public is invited to support the cause by donating and/or skating from 6:45-8:45 p.m. Sunday at Hobart Arena. Donations accepted at the door and skate rental is available for $2.50. For more information contact Sharon Morgan at (937) 272-6774 or sharonggarden@aol.com.

• BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe basketball team will be honoring the 1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19, 2013. The Red Devils face Versailles that night at 7:30 p.m. Any member of the team, cheerleaders or coaches needs to contact Dale Pittenger at dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us for more information.

• LACROSSE: The Dayton Lacrosse Club will be holding a free informational seminar and clinic. Information to be covered at the seminar includes differences in boys and girls lacrosse, length of season and also it will include a question and answer session for parents, among other topics. The hands on clinic is for boys and girls grades K-12. The Dayton Lacrosse Club’s goal is to field teams in Miami County for 2013 and to educate parents and students about the sport. The event will be held at No Limit Sports Academy, which is located at 650 Olympic Drive in Troy, 2 p.m Sunday. It will last between 60-90 minutes. RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.

RSVP to daytonlacrossetroy@gmail.com. Visit www.daytonlacrosse.org for more information.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Seth Curry scored 25 points and Mason Plumlee added 20 points and a career-high-matching 17 rebounds as No. 5 Duke’s starters scored all but two of the Blue Devils’ points in an 89-71 victory over Minnesota on Thursday in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Plumlee was coming off a career-high 28 points on 9-for-11 shooting from the field, 10 of 11 from the free throw line and had nine rebounds in the Blue Devils’ previous game, an 88-67 win over Florida Gulf Coast.

Sophomore point guard Quinn Cook had a career-high 17 points for the Blue Devils who extended their regular-season tournament winning streak to 21 games, a run that stretches to the championship game of the 2006 CBE Classic.

Duke (4-0) will face the winner of the first-round game between No. 19 Memphis and VCU in Friday’s semifinals.

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Hockey Troy at CVCA (at Kettering) (11 a.m.)

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Hockey Troy at Kenston (at Kettering) (8 a.m.)

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Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) rolls out during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Penn State Oct. 27 in State College, Pa. The biggest weapons in the arsenals of No. 20 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State are undoubtedly their quarterbacks.

Potent weapons Lightning-quick QBs pose problems for defenses COLUMBUS (AP) — The most potent weapons for No. 20 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State are undoubtedly their quarterbacks.

Pity their poor defenses in the big showdown on Saturday.

Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson, who may line up everywhere but behind the center due to an arm injury, are the speedsters who lead the Wolverines’ attack. Meanwhile the Buckeyes rely on Braxton Miller, who likes to make tacklers grab handfuls of air when he’s not completing long passes.

Stopping, or at least slowing down, the trio will be the main objective for both teams.

Good luck with that.

Gardner provided six touchdowns, three running and three passing, in Michigan’s landslide

win over Iowa in The Big House last week. Robinson, with 41 touchdowns and 4,273 rushing yards in his career, dabbled at tailback and wide receiver while picking up 98 yards on 13 carries.

Ohio State is in a quandary, having to figure out just how Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges will utilize the two.

Even he doesn’t seem to know.

“You don’t know nobody knows until the lights go on,” Borges said.

So the Buckeyes must prepare for a little bit of everything.

“I just know something’s coming,” Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said of the possible sleight of hand. “You just know something’s coming.”

Michigan coach Brady Hoke

has been tight-lipped about his plans this week. Gardner is the reigning Big Ten player of the week on offense, but Hoke hasn’t ruled out Robinson famous for his lengthy streaks to the goal line as much as for not tying his shoelaces under center.

The Wolverines refused to even hint at what they might do.

“I never caught a pass in a game before,” Robinson said innocently.

During closed practices this week he wore a padded compression sleeve on his right elbow, which suffered nerve damage from a hit earlier this season.

Asked if he can throw, he grinned and said, “You’ll see on

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KENT, Ohio (AP) — The division has been clinched and along with it a spot in next week’s MidAmerican Conference championship. After that, a trip to a bowl game.

Kent State, ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 1973, has rarely had it so good. And, it would appear there is little to be gained on Friday in a conference finale against Ohio.

Truth is, everything’s at stake for the Golden Flashes.

A win over the Bobcats would complete the greatest regular season in Kent State football’s 90-year history. It would also bolster the school’s bowl resume, send the team’s seniors out in style and make coach Darrell Hazell an even hotter commodity than he is already.

It would be easy to coast to the finish line. Hazell won’t allow it.

“This game is like every other game on our schedule,” said Hazell, who in just two seasons has moved Kent State to the top of the underrated MAC. “We owe it to our seniors who take their last step in Dix Stadium. We are going to play. We are all competitors. We are going to play every

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Texans top Lions in OT Detroit coach taking blame for loss

Taylor a hot topic after dropping 138 How did Grinnell’s Jack Taylor wind up with 138 points in a game?

Well, he did miss 56 shots, more than he made. And he didn’t play for four minutes.

Otherwise he would have scored even more.

As it was, Taylor shattered the NCAA scoring record by 25 points Tuesday night in the Pioneers’ 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible in Grinnell, Iowa. See Page 10.

DETROIT (AP) — Jim Schwartz threw a challenge flag when he didn’t need to and the Houston Texans made him regret it.

Shayne Graham’s 32-yard field goal with 2:21 left in overtime lifted Houston to a 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday after their coach broke an NFL rule by attempting to challenge a scoring play.

“Obviously that’s a big break in the game for us,” Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. “But I think you make your breaks when you work your tail off.”

Detroit kicker Jason Hanson had a chance to get Schwartz off the hook, but his 47-yard field goal attempt on the fifth possession of the extra period hit the right upright.

Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch did, too, on the previous pos-

session when he couldn’t intercept a pass Matt Schaub threw directly at him deep in Houston territory.

Detroit might’ve won in regulation if its coach didn’t make a costly mistake.

Schwartz threw a challenge flag when Houston’s Justin Forsett scored on an 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter after two Lions tackled him.

“Give him credit for continuing to play football,” Kubiak said. “We talk about that all the time. You don’t stop, you play.”

Replays showed Forsett’s left knee and elbow hit the turf near midfield, and the automatic review that accompanies all scoring plays AP PHOTO probably would have taken the TD Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) celebrates a off the board. But NFL rules say sack of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in that throwing the challenge flag on the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Thursday at

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■ CONTINUED FROM 9 single contest as hard as we can to win the football game. We are going to do everything we can to win.”

The 23rd-ranked Golden Flashes (10-1, 7-0), who will face No. 24 Northern Illinois in the MAC title game next week, are trying to finish off a season unlike any other at Kent State.

They’ve already eclipsed the school record for wins set by the 1973 team that was coached by

Don James and included Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert and Alabama coach Nick Saban, a skinny safety back in those days. There hasn’t been an 8-0 team in the MAC East in conference play since Miami in 2003.

Hazell is weary of the Bobcats (8-3, 4-3), who knocked off Penn State to open the season and were ranked just a few weeks ago before dropping three of their last four.

■ CONTINUED FROM 9 a scoring play negates the review and is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to boot.

“It’s on me,” Schwartz could be seen saying to assistants and players on the sideline as he tapped his chest.

“It’s on me.”

Yes, it was.

Forsett even acknowledged he shouldn’t have allowed to score.

“I know now that I was down, but I didn’t think I was during the play,” he said. “I didn’t think my knee hit, and

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there was no whistle, so I kept going.

“I wasn’t giving the touchdown back.”

That score pulled Houston within three points.

“I knew the rule you can’t challenge on a turnover or a scoring play but I was so mad that I overreacted,” said Schwartz, whose temper got the best of him during a postgame handshake last year with San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh. “I had the flag in my hand before he even scored because he was obviously down.”

Redskins 38, Cowboys 31 ARLINGTON, Texas — Welcome back to Texas, RG3.

Robert Griffin III threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Washington Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-31 on Thursday.

The Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor made the Cowboys look like an overmatched college team during the decisive second quarter in Griffin’s first pro game in his home state. He got some help from his receivers,

including a leaping grab and long run from Pierre Garcon and some nifty footwork in the end zone by Santana Moss.

Tony Romo lost for the first time in six starts on Thanksgiving, despite a career-high 441 yards and three second-half touchdowns, including the longest of his career an 85-yarder to Dez Bryant. Romo ran in a 2point conversion after a TD throw to Felix Jones and threw another scoring pass to Bryant to help Dallas close to 35-28 with 8:24 remaining.

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Famed boxer on life support SAN JUAN, Puerto Macho Camacho has Rico (AP) — Famed died, he is brain dead.”

He said at a news conPuerto Rican boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho ference Thursday mornthat Camacho’s is clinically brain dead, ing doctors said Thursday, father indicated he wanted the boxer but family memtaken off life bers disagreed support and his on whether to organs donated, take him off life but other relasupport and two tives opposed of the fighter’s the idea. aunts said later “This is a that relatives very difficult had agreed to m o m e n t , ” wait two more Torres said. days.

One of the Dr. Ernesto CAMACHO fighter’s aunts, Torres said docAida Camacho, tors had no more medical tests to perform said Thursday evening on Camacho, who was that two of Camacho’s shot in the face Tuesday sisters had asked to have two more days to spend night.

“We have done every- with him, and other famthing we could,” said ily members had agreed Torres, who is director of even though they felt it the Centro Medico trau- was time to give in.

“I’m a person of a lot ma center in San Juan.

“We have to tell the peo- of faith, and I believe in ple of Puerto Rico and miracles, but science has the entire world that spoken,” she said.

By the Associated Press How did Grinnell’s Jack Taylor wind up with 138 points in a game?

Well, he did miss 56 shots, more than he made.

And he didn’t play for four minutes.

Otherwise he would have scored even more.

As it was, Taylor shattered the NCAA scoring record by 25 points Tuesday night in the Pioneers’ 179104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible in Grinnell, Iowa.

Taylor hoisted a mindboggling 108 shots, one every 20 seconds. Layups, fadeaways and 3-pointers (27 of those) were all working in a display that had the NBA’s basketball royalty buzzing a day later, from Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant to Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James.

“It’s like a video game,” Anthony said. “How can you shoot 108 times?”

“It’s unbelievable, honestly,” James said. “There’s two games that I would love to see: One was Wilt, when he had 100, and this kid, I want to see him, too. Sir Jack.”

Wilt Chamberlin’s record of 100 points scored in 1962 still stands as the NBA mark. Taylor was the third player in NCAA basketball with at least 100 points, but his performance was the most prolific.

Taylor himself was still trying to catch his breath Wednesday.

“Honestly, it’s still not settling in. It was hard to sleep,” Taylor told The Associated Press after appearing on “Good Morning America” and the “Today” show.

Understandably so.

Taylor is just a 5-foot-10, 170-pound sophomore from Black River Falls, Wis. How did he score more points than anyone in college history?

Well, he had 58 at halftime. And then he scored 30

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Grinnell’s Jack Taylor (3) goes to the basket in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Faith Baptist Bible Tuesday in Grinnell, Iowa. Taylor shattered the NCAA scoring record with 138 points. more in the first nine minutes of the second half, draining seven straight 3s at one point.

The Division III record was the first to fall, as Taylor reached 91 points on a 25footer from the left wing with 11:14 to go. He cracked 100 on a layup less than three minutes later, and with 4:42 to go he drained yet another 3 to pass the NCAA record of 113 set by Rio Grande’s Bevo Francis against Hillsdale in 1954.

In 1953, Francis had 116 against Ashland Junior College but Frank Selvy is the only other player to reach triple figures, scoring 100 points for Division I

Furman against Newberry in 1954. The previous Grinnell record was 89 by Griffin Lentsch last Nov. 19 against Principia.

Taylor made 27 of his 71 3-point attempts and was 52 of 108 overall. He had a hot hand, sure, but he plays in a system designed to reward high-volume shooting.

Grinnell’s goal is to shoot within 12 seconds of getting the ball, something borrowed in part from the breakneck system Paul Westhead installed at Loyola Marymount in the 1980s. The 3 is the shot of choice — in fact, every player must shoot 100 3s every day in practice — and the

four guys who don’t shoot crash the boards. The Pioneers also press relentlessly on defense, hoping to force a turnover or a quick shot so they can get back to scoring more points.

The style demands fresh legs, and the Pioneers typically substitute every 60 seconds or so.

“It’s just something completely different than you face any other time you play,” said Brian Fincham, the coach at Faith Baptist Bible, a school in nearby Ankeny, Iowa, with fewer than 300 students. “If they’ve got a little bit of ability on you, it’s tough to keep up.”

video from the Iowa game, a 42-17 laugher, and saw the problems the combo created.

“Not just when Denard had the ball of course he made big plays but when he didn’t have the ball we had our even bigger plays,” he said. “Just the attention that he gets is amazing it just helps us succeed.”

Ohio State defensive lineman Garrett Goebel said having two quarter-

backs on the field creates double the headaches.

“It’s always hard to even prepare for one quarterback, (especially) when it’s Denard,” he said. “Two quarterbacks makes it tougher.”

Gardner was recruited

by Meyer when he was the head coach at Florida. He was also pursued by Ohio State. Like a lot of athletes on both sides in what is already a grudge match, he

has a sizable chip on his shoulder.

“They didn’t offer me a scholarship,” he said of the Buckeyes. “I was pretty bitter.”

Only after he had committed to Michigan did Ohio State make an offer.

He posted a picture of himself online burning the letter.

Asked if he did that with any other letters, he said, “Just that one.”

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Despite the respect they have for Gardner, Ohio State’s defense knows it can’t ignore Robinson.

“I know about Denard here and there just from Big Ten media day, and he is a good guy,” said linebacker Etienne Sabino, himself just back from an injury. “But on the field, we aren’t friends.”

Gardner watched the

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NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist finally found a game to play.

It won’t be under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, or in front of a hostile crowd in Philadelphia trying to rattle the man in the red, white and blue mask. But it will be meaningful and rewarding in a unique way.

Like players and fans all across North America and the world, the New York Rangers goalie misses the NHL. Lundqvist has run the gamut of emotions as the long lockout lingers. His thirst to get back on the ice will be quenched Saturday night — however briefly — as he joins other hockey stars in giving back to people who were ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Lundqvist will step on the ice in storm-damaged Atlantic City, N.J., along with Rangers teammates and foes from the Flyers and other teams to lend a helping hand to those recovering from the devastation.

It won’t have the intensity of a regular NHL game, but it will be filled with emotion and enjoyment.

“Absolutely. It’s not only the hockey fans. You want to pay back to people working in the community around New York and people that got hit by this storm,” said

Lundqvist, last season’s Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goalie. “I was not there, but obviously I have a lot of friends who were still there, and I had people move into my place. …

“I hope it’s going to be a positive day, and that people who come in to watch the game get some energy and give the people some hope who need it.”

“Operation Hat Trick” will be held at famed Boardwalk Hall on Saturday. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Empire State Relief Fund, the New Jersey Hurricane Relief Fund and the American Red Cross, which is aiding New York and New Jersey families affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Brad Richards of the Rangers joined Flyers forward Scott Hartnell and partnered with Caesars Atlantic City to stage the event.

Richards and Hartnell will serve as captains of the two teams that will feature other NHLers such as Martin Brodeur, Bobby Ryan, Steven Stamkos, Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn, James van Riemsdyk and Simon Gagne.

As of Monday, 28 players had signed up to play.

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Top 25 ■ CONTINUED FROM 9 points for the Golden Gophers (4-1), who just couldn’t cut into the Blue Devils’ lead in the second half.

Duke’s lead ranged from 10 to 13 points throughout most of the second half. Minnesota, a team known for its toughness and defense, met its match in the Blue Devils, who were just as physical as the Gophers, and were

more so through the last 5 minutes when Duke pulled away.

No. 13 Missouri 78, Stanford 70 PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Laurence Bowers scored 19 points, as usual most were in the second half, and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 13 Missouri beat Stanford 78-70 in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday.

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Bobcats off to shocking 6-4 start CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan’s Bobcats are the NBA’s most surprising team so far this season.

Charlotte (6-4) has won five of its past six games and is one win away from matching last year’s win total.

The turnaround is impressive considering the Bobcats finished last season 7-59 and with the worst winning percentage (.106) in league history.

They lost their final 23 games of the season.

But under the direction of defensive-oriented coach Mike Dunlap, they’ve been competitive and have developed a knack for closing games.

Charlotte is 5-0 in contests decided by four points or less and without much NBA experience on the roster.

That’s doesn’t bother Dunlap.

“The most important part is to sell your system and what you’re doing with a purpose,” Dunlap said. “There’s nothing like wins to help that out.”

If players had any doubt about Dunlap’s style, the six wins have helped eliminated that.

What Dunlap has been preaching is defense, which meant a summer full of intense workouts, some of those lasting as long as four hours.

He knew the Bobcats wouldn’t be the most talented and or the most experienced team in the NBA not even close, in fact so he wanted to be better conditioned than anyone out there and use his team’s young, fresh legs to his advantage.

“I think our defense is getting better and I’m selling that first and foremost,” Dunlap said. “We have a ways to go with it.

It’s far from where it needs to be but it’s getting there and we have the numbers to prove that.”

Charlotte is allowing 98.8 points per game, but they rank in the top ten in the league in steals (86) and blocked shots (76). forced 14.6 They’re turnovers per game.

“Coach Dunlap, it all starts with him,” said second-year point guard Kemba Walker. “He’s a real tough guy, really intense.

We all feed off him.”

On Wednesday night the Bobcats led Toronto 98-97 with 28 seconds left.

The Raptors had four shots on their final possession, but the Bobcats blocked two of those and withstood a furious final few seconds to win the game.

If Dunlap needed to emphasize a point about defense winning games this was it.

“I think it just shows what kind of toughness we have from the point guard all the way up to the center,” said rookie guard Jeffery Taylor. “We have a lot of tough guys who know how to win games.”

The Bobcats are still extremely young, particularly with guard Gerald Henderson out with a foot injury.

Right now their starting five consists of two rookies in Taylor and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the No. 2 overall pick who has had an immediate impact averaging 11.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Forward Byron Mullens, who sat for two years in Oklahoma City before being acquired last year in a trade, is essentially in his second season like Walker.

The only starter with significant experience is center Brendan Haywood, who was claimed off waivers from Dallas.

FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 7 3 0 .700 358 225 4 6 0 .400 202 241 N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 230 299 Buffalo Miami 4 6 0 .400 187 205 South W L T Pct PF PA 10 1 0 .909 327 211 Houston 6 4 0 .600 210 260 Indianapolis Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311 1 9 0 .100 164 289 Jacksonville North W L T Pct PF PA 8 2 0 .800 267 206 Baltimore Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 217 190 5 5 0 .500 248 237 Cincinnati Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 189 234 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 3 0 .700 301 212 4 6 0 .400 232 221 San Diego Oakland 3 7 0 .300 208 322 1 9 0 .100 152 284 Kansas City NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216 5 6 0 .455 295 285 Washington Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262 Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 162 252 South W L T Pct PF PA 9 1 0 .900 270 193 Atlanta Tampa Bay 6 4 0 .600 287 230 New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 287 273 2 8 0 .200 184 243 Carolina North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 263 207 Chicago 7 3 0 .700 249 165 6 4 0 .600 238 221 Minnesota Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 7 2 1 .750 245 134 6 4 0 .600 198 161 Seattle Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196 3 6 1 .350 174 237 St. Louis Thursday's Games Houston 34, Detroit 31, OT Washington 38, Dallas 31 New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday's Games Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Miami, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Monday's Game Carolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 29 New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 2 Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 3 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov.17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Pts Pv .................................Record 1. Notre Dame (60) ..11-0 1,500 3 2. Alabama................10-1 1,399 4 3. Georgia.................10-1 1,316 5 4. Ohio St..................11-0 1,292 6 5. Oregon..................10-1 1,246 1 6. Florida...................10-1 1,171 7 7. Kansas St. ............10-1 1,064 2 8. LSU .........................9-2 1,048 8 9.Texas A&M..............9-2 1,028 9 10. Florida St. ...........10-1 1,026 10 991 14 11. Stanford ................9-2 12. Clemson .............10-1 874 11 13. South Carolina......9-2 795 12 734 13 14. Oklahoma .............8-2 624 17 15. UCLA ....................9-2 599 15 16. Oregon St. ............8-2 17. Nebraska ..............9-2 559 16 18.Texas .....................8-2 498 18 19. Louisville ...............9-1 362 20 20. Michigan ...............8-3 282 23 21. Rutgers .................9-1 265 22 22. Oklahoma St. .......7-3 240 NR 23. Kent St. ...............10-1 155 25 24. N. Illinois..............10-1 144 NR 25. Mississippi St........8-3 82 NR 25. Utah St..................9-2 82 NR Others receiving votes: Boise St. 20, Northwestern 20, Washington 20, Arizona 13, Southern Cal 12, Tulsa 10, San Jose St. 8, Fresno St. 7, Louisiana Tech 4, Wisconsin 4, San Diego St. 2, Baylor 1, Iowa St. 1, TCU 1, Vanderbilt 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: ..............................Record Pts Pvs 1. Notre Dame (56) ..11-0 1,469 3 2. Alabama (2)..........10-1 1,386 5 3. Georgia (1) ...........10-1 1,348 4 4. Oregon..................10-1 1,227 1 5. Florida St. .............10-1 1,199 6 6. Florida...................10-1 1,166 7 7. LSU .........................9-2 1,062 8 8. Kansas St. ............10-1 1,056 2 9. Clemson................10-1 1,029 9 10.Texas A&M............9-2 994 10 11. Stanford ................9-2 934 13 12. South Carolina......9-2 853 11 13. Oklahoma .............8-2 798 12 14. Nebraska ..............9-2 654 14 15.Texas .....................8-2 593 15 16. UCLA ....................9-2 590 16 17. Oregon St. ............8-2 563 17 18. Louisville ...............9-1 453 18 19. Rutgers .................9-1 408 20 20. Michigan ...............8-3 289 23 21. Oklahoma St. .......7-3 258 24 22. Boise St. ...............9-2 243 22 23. Northern Illinois..10-1 149 NR 24. Mississippi St........8-3 99 NR 25. Kent St. ...............10-1 86 NR Others Receiving Votes: Utah State 74; Northwestern 59; Louisiana Tech 36; Washington 36; Southern California 14; Tulsa 14; San Jose State 7; San Diego State 6; Arizona 5;Vanderbilt 4;Wisconsin

SCOREBOARD

Friday, November 23, 2012

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 11 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for Grand Prix of Brazil, at Sao Paulo COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11 a.m. ESPN2 — Syracuse at Temple Noon ABC — Nebraska at Iowa 2:30 p.m. CBS — LSU at Arkansas 3 p.m. FX — Utah at Colorado 3:30 p.m. ABC — West Virginia at Iowa St. FOX — Washington at Washington St. 7 p.m. ESPN — South Florida at Cincinnati 10 p.m. ESPN — Arizona St. at Arizona GOLF 3 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, DP World Tour Championship, third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 12:30 p.m. ESPN — Old Spice Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 2:30 p.m. ESPN — NIT Season Tip-Off, third place game, teams TBD, at New York 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — DirecTV Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Anaheim, Calif.

5 p.m. ESPN — NIT Season Tip-Off, championship game, teams TBD, at New York 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, consolation round, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, semifinal, teams TBD, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 9:30 p.m. NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, semifinal, teams TBD, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Las Vegas Invitational, first round, Creighton vs. Wisconsin 12 Mid. ESPN2 — DirecTV Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Anaheim, Calif.

PREP FOOTBALL 10:30 p.m. FSN — Teams TBA 4; Fresno State 3; Middle Tennessee 3; Arkansas State 2; Cincinnati1;Texas Tech 1.

Ohio State-Michigan Past Results 2011 Michigan 40, Ohio State 34 2010 Ohio State 37, Michigan 7-x 2009 Ohio State 21, Michigan 10 2008 Ohio State 42, Michigan 7 2007 Ohio State 14, Michigan 3 2006 Ohio State 42, Michigan 39 2005 Ohio State 25, Michigan 21 2004 Ohio State 37, Michigan 21 2003 Michigan 35, Ohio State 21 2002 Ohio State 14, Michigan 9 2001 Ohio State 26, Michigan 20 2000 Michigan 38, Ohio State 26 1999 Michigan 24, Ohio State 17 1998 Ohio State 31, Michigan 16 1997 Michigan 20, Ohio State 14 1996 Michigan 13, Ohio State 9 1995 Michigan 31, Ohio State 23 1994 Ohio State 22, Michigan 6 1993 Michigan 28, Ohio State 0 1992 Ohio State 13, Michigan 13 1991 Michigan 31, Ohio State 3 1990 Michigan 16, Ohio State 13 1989 Michigan 28, Ohio State 18 1988 Michigan 34, Ohio State 31 1987 Ohio State 23, Michigan 20 1986 Michigan 26, Ohio State 24 1985 Michigan 27, Ohio State 17 1984 Ohio State 21, Michigan 6 1983 Michigan 24, Ohio State 21 1982 Ohio State 24, Michigan 14 1981 Ohio State 14, Michigan 9 1980 Michigan 9, Ohio State 3 1979 Ohio State 18, Michigan 15 1978 Michigan 14, Ohio State 3 1977 Michigan 14, Ohio State 6 1976 Michigan 22, Ohio State 0 1975 Ohio State 21, Michigan 14 1974 Ohio State 12, Michigan 10 1973 Ohio State 10, Michigan 10 1972 Ohio State 14, Michigan 11 1971 Michigan 10, Ohio State 7 1970 Ohio State 20, Michigan 9 1969 Michigan 24, Ohio State 12 1968 Ohio State 50, Michigan 14 1967 Ohio State 24, Michigan 14 1966 Michigan 17, Ohio State 3 1965 Ohio State 9, Michigan 7 1964 Michigan 10, Ohio State 0 1963 Ohio State 14, Michigan 10 1962 Ohio State 28, Michigan 0 1961 Ohio State 50, Michigan 20 1960 Ohio State 7, Michigan 0 1959 Michigan 23, Ohio State 14 1958 Ohio State 20, Michigan 14 1957 Ohio State 31, Michigan 14 1956 Michigan 19, Ohio State 0 1955 Ohio State 17, Michigan 0 1954 Ohio State 21, Michigan 7 1953 Michigan 20, Ohio State 0 1952 Ohio State 27, Michigan 7 1951 Michigan 7, Ohio State 0 1950 Michigan 9, Ohio State 3 1949 Ohio State 7, Michigan 7 1948 Michigan 13, Ohio State 3 1947 Michigan 21, Ohio State 0 1946 Michigan 58, Ohio State 6 1945 Michigan 7, Ohio State 3 1944 Ohio State 18, Michigan 14 1943 Michigan 45, Ohio State 7 1942 Ohio State 21, Michigan 7 1941 Ohio State 20, Michigan 20 1940 Michigan 40, Ohio State 0 1939 Michigan 21, Ohio State 14 1938 Michigan 18, Ohio State 0 1937 Ohio State 21, Michigan 0 1936 Ohio State 21, Michigan 0 1935 Ohio State 38, Michigan 0 1934 Ohio State 34, Michigan 0 1933 Michigan 13, Ohio State 0 1932 Michigan 14, Ohio State 0 1931 Ohio State 20, Michigan 7 1930 Michigan 13, Ohio State 0 1929 Ohio State 7, Michigan 0 1928 Ohio State 19, Michigan 7 1927 Michigan 21, Ohio State 0 1926 Michigan 17, Ohio State 16 1925 Michigan 10, Ohio State 0 1924 Michigan 16, Ohio State 6 1923 Michigan 23, Ohio State 0 1922 Michigan 19, Ohio State 0 1921 Ohio State 14, Michigan 0 1920 Ohio State 14, Michigan 7 1919 Ohio State 13, Michigan 3 1918 Michigan 14, Ohio State 0 1912 Michigan 14, Ohio State 0 1911 Michigan 19, Ohio State 0 1910 Ohio State 3, Michigan 3 1909 Michigan 33, Ohio State 6 1908 Michigan 10, Ohio State 6 1907 Michigan 22, Ohio State 0 1906 Michigan 6, Ohio State 0 1905 Michigan 40, Ohio State 0 1904 Michigan 31, Ohio State 6

1903 Michigan 36, Ohio State 0 1902 Michigan 86, Ohio State 0 1901 Michigan 21, Ohio State 0 1900 Ohio State 0, Michigan 0 1897 Michigan 34, Ohio State 0 x-vacated due to NCAA sanctions OHSAA Football State semifinals Pairings The regional final pairings below include the seeds and won-lost records of the qualifiers. Neutral sites were selected by the OHSAA. Home teams are listed first and appear at the top of the brackets at OHSAA.org.

Division I State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Mentor vs.Tol. Whitmer Pickerington N. vs. Cin. Colerain Division I State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division II State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Aurora vs.Toledo Central New Albany vs.Trotwood-Madison Division II State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Division III State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Akr. SVSM vs. Dover Bellevue vs. Day.Thurgood Marshall Division III State Championship: Saturday, Dec.1, 11 a.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division IV State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Creston Norwayne vs. St. Clairsville Cols. Hartley vs. Clarksville ClintonMassie Division IV State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 3 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division V State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Kirtland vs. Baltimore Liberty Union Findlay Liberty-Benton vs. Coldwater Division V State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Division VI State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Mogadore vs. Newark Cath.

McComb vs. Maria Stein Marion Local Division VI State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 8 2 .800 Brooklyn 6 4 .600 Philadelphia 7 5 .583 Boston 6 6 .500 Toronto 3 9 .250 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 9 3 .750 Atlanta 6 4 .600 Charlotte 6 4 .600 Orlando 4 7 .364 Washington 0 10 .000 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 6 4 .600 Indiana 6 7 .462 Chicago 5 6 .455 Cleveland 3 8 .273 Detroit 2 10 .167 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 8 2 .800 San Antonio 9 3 .750 Dallas 7 6 .538 Houston 5 7 .417 New Orleans 3 7 .300 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 9 3 .750 Denver 6 6 .500 Utah 6 6 .500 Minnesota 5 5 .500 Portland 5 6 .455 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 8 3 .727 Golden State 7 5 .583 L.A. Lakers 6 6 .500 Phoenix 5 7 .417 Sacramento 3 8 .273 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 92, Philadelphia 83 Charlotte 98, Toronto 97

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Indiana 115, New Orleans 107, OT Orlando 90, Detroit 74 Oklahoma City 117, L.A. Clippers 111, OT San Antonio 112, Boston 100 Atlanta 101, Washington 100, OT Miami 113, Milwaukee 106, OT Houston 93, Chicago 89 Denver 101, Minnesota 94 Dallas 114, New York 111 Phoenix 114, Portland 87 Sacramento 113, L.A. Lakers 97 Golden State 102, Brooklyn 93 Thursday's Games No games scheduled Friday's Games Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Saturday's Games L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: ...............................Record Pts Prv 1. Indiana (46) ...........3-0 1,602 1 2. Louisville (19) ........3-0 1,579 2 3. Ohio St. .................3-0 1,404 4 4. Michigan ................3-0 1,388 5 5. Duke ......................3-0 1,372 9 6. Syracuse................2-0 1,291 8 7. Florida....................3-0 1,203 10 8. Kentucky................2-1 1,166 3 9. North Carolina.......3-0 1,064 11 10. Arizona ................2-0 983 12 11. UCLA...................3-0 845 13 12. Kansas ................2-1 797 7 13. Missouri ...............3-0 794 14 14. Creighton.............3-0 721 15 15. Michigan St. ........2-1 692 21 16. NC State..............3-1 600 6 17. Gonzaga..............3-0 559 19 18. UNLV ...................2-0 556 18 19. Memphis..............2-0 548 17 20. Oklahoma St. ......4-0 449 — 21. UConn .................4-0 321 23 22. Cincinnati.............3-0 265 24 23. Colorado..............4-0 237 — 24. Baylor...................4-1 202 16 98 25 25. San Diego St.......2-1 Others receiving votes: Minnesota 93, Wisconsin 60, Pittsburgh 43, Notre Dame 40, Texas 25, Saint Joseph's 24, Florida St. 15, Alabama 13, Marquette 13, Wichita St. 13, Saint Mary's (Cal) 9, Kansas St. 7, Ohio 7, Xavier 7, New Mexico 6, Bucknell 5, Murray St. 4, N. Iowa 2, Tennessee 2, Maryland 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Pts Pvs ...............................Record 1. Indiana (26) ...........3-0 770 1 2. Louisville (5) ..........3-0 745 2 3. Ohio State .............3-0 666 4 4. Michigan ................3-0 643 5 5. Duke ......................3-0 642 9 6. Syracuse................2-0 603 8 7. Kentucky................2-1 547 3 8. Florida....................3-0 541 10 9. North Carolina.......3-0 488 11 10. Arizona ................2-0 482 12 11. Kansas ................2-1 458 7 12. Creighton.............3-0 390 13 13. UCLA...................3-0 377 14 14. Missouri ...............3-0 363 15 15. N.C. State ............3-1 323 6 16. Gonzaga..............3-0 305 19 17. Memphis..............2-0 288 16 18. UNLV ...................2-0 254 18 19. Michigan State ....2-1 239 22 20. Cincinnati.............3-0 117 24 21. Baylor...................4-1 116 17 22. Oklahoma State ..4-0 113 — 23. UConn .................4-0 101 — 24. Wisconsin ............2-1 79 20 77 23 25. San Diego State..2-1 Others receiving votes: Texas 61, Colorado 59, Notre Dame 31, Pittsburgh 28, Minnesota 23, Saint Mary's 18, New Mexico 16, Kansas State 15, Alabama 12, VCU 12, Florida State 11, Marquette 11, Murray State 10, Bucknell 9, Maryland 9, Ohio 5, Tennessee 5, Stanford 4, Belmont 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Colorado State 2, South Alabama 1.

GOLF DP World Tour Championship Scores Thursday At Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,675; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Luke Donald .........................33-32—65 Rory McIlory.........................35-31—66 Gonzalo Fern.-Castano.......36-30—66 Marc Warren.........................36-30—66 Lee Westwood......................35-32—67 Louis Oosthuizien ................33-34—67 Richie, Ramsay....................34-33—67 Martin Kaymer......................35-32—67 Fredrik Andersson Hed........34-33—67 Padraig Harrington...............35-32—67 Nicolas Colsaerts.................32-36—68 Justin Rose...........................34-34—68 Thorbjorn Olesen.................34-34—68 Charl Schwartzel..................34-34—68 Jamie Donaldson .................32-36—68 Scott Jamieson.....................34-34—68 Peter Lawrie .........................34-34—68 Henrik Stenson ....................34-34—68 Stephen Gallacher...............32-36—68 Thongchai Jaidee.................32-36—68 Peter Hanson .......................34-35—69 Marcus Fraser ......................35-34—69 Branden Grace.....................35-34—69 Joost Luiten ..........................35-34—69 Simon Dyson........................36-33—69 Raphael Jacquelin ...............34-35—69 Anders Hansen, Denmark ..33-36—69 Rafael Cabrera-Bello ...........34-36—70 Alexander Noren..................37-33—70 Michael Hoey........................33-37—70 Romain Wattel......................38-32—70 Thomas Aiken ......................36-34—70 Pablo Larrazabal ..................35-35—70

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Tax bumps may be factor in MLB talks By the Associated Press Team executives and agents wandered into the Agave Sunset lounge at the resort where the general managers’ meetings were held in Indian Wells, Calif. Four of the six flatscreen televisions were showing election coverage, with the other two turned to sports.

President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney was of as much interest to baseball’s money men as the game scores, given the millions of dollars routinely guaranteed in player contracts these days.

As free agents negotiate deals this offseason, tax policy is an area that comes up along with the usual issues. Some players are wrangling for as much money as they can get before the end of the year to avoid a take hike in 2013.

“Front-loading would make sense if at all possible as tax rates will definitely go up on January 1st on all high-income taxpayers,” agent Greg Genske said in an email.

“The only question is HOW MUCH will the rates increase????”

This much is known for now: Starting Jan. 1, there is an additional 0.9 percent Medicare tax on wages above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly under the federal Affordable Care Act, a rise to 2.35 percent.

In addition, the Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, which could raise the highest marginal federal tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent — although a deal between Obama and Congress could change that.

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane figures agents will be on top of the changes — but the results of negotiations about the so-called fiscal cliff are unpredictable.

“I think if you’re hopping around the potential of tax reform, you’re probably chasing your tail,” Beane said. “If they can predict when something’s going to happen, then they’re much further ahead than the lawmakers.”

With baseball contracts worth as much as $275 million (Alex Rodriguez) and the major league minimum $480,000, tax policy affects every player who spends most of the season in the big leagues.

All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, who has a $10 million salary next year, was traded from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays. While Florida has no state income tax, Reyes remains a New York resident from his days with the Mets and had high taxes to begin with. Ontario’s provincial tax rises to 11.16 percent — on top of a Canadian federal level as high as 29 percent.

Among states with big league teams, income tax rates go as high as 10.3 percent in California and 8.82 percent in New York.

At the other end, Florida, Texas and Washington have no state income tax.

The top rate in the District of Columbia is 8.95 percent.

“I like ours; we’re a notax state,” Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zdurienck said.

“When we sit down with players, that’s a huge benefit. I think any player out there that has an opportunity to play in a no-tax state gets benefits, enormous benefits. We hope that weighs in our favor.”

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TODAY’S TIPS

November 23, 2012

■ College Football

■ College Basketball

Duke handles Minn.

• HOCKEY: The Troy High School hockey team and the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey program are hosting a Skatea-thon benefit for the Michael Walter family. Walter is suffering from metastatic bone cancer. His son, Michael, is a senior on the THS hockey team. The public is invited to support the cause by donating and/or skating from 6:45-8:45 p.m. Sunday at Hobart Arena. Donations accepted at the door and skate rental is available for $2.50. For more information contact Sharon Morgan at (937) 272-6774 or sharonggarden@aol.com.

• BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe basketball team will be honoring the 1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19, 2013. The Red Devils face Versailles that night at 7:30 p.m. Any member of the team, cheerleaders or coaches needs to contact Dale Pittenger at dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us for more information.

• LACROSSE: The Dayton Lacrosse Club will be holding a free informational seminar and clinic. Information to be covered at the seminar includes differences in boys and girls lacrosse, length of season and also it will include a question and answer session for parents, among other topics. The hands on clinic is for boys and girls grades K-12. The Dayton Lacrosse Club’s goal is to field teams in Miami County for 2013 and to educate parents and students about the sport. The event will be held at No Limit Sports Academy, which is located at 650 Olympic Drive in Troy, 2 p.m Sunday. It will last between 60-90 minutes. RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.

RSVP to daytonlacrossetroy@gmail.com. Visit www.daytonlacrosse.org for more information.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Seth Curry scored 25 points and Mason Plumlee added 20 points and a career-high-matching 17 rebounds as No. 5 Duke’s starters scored all but two of the Blue Devils’ points in an 89-71 victory over Minnesota on Thursday in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Plumlee was coming off a career-high 28 points on 9-for-11 shooting from the field, 10 of 11 from the free throw line and had nine rebounds in the Blue Devils’ previous game, an 88-67 win over Florida Gulf Coast.

Sophomore point guard Quinn Cook had a career-high 17 points for the Blue Devils who extended their regular-season tournament winning streak to 21 games, a run that stretches to the championship game of the 2006 CBE Classic.

Duke (4-0) will face the winner of the first-round game between No. 19 Memphis and VCU in Friday’s semifinals.

Rodney Williams had 16

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■ College Football

Flashes hoping to end strong

UPCOMING Sport ....................Start Date Girls Basketball ............Today Ice Hockey....................Today Swimming ..................Nov. 26 Boys Basketball .........Nov. 30 Wrestling ....................Nov. 30 Gymnastics..................Dec. 3

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Girls Basketball Troy at Bellefontaine (at Wapakoneta) (6 p.m.)

Butler at Tippecanoe (7:30 p.m.)

Bradford at Newton (8 p.m.)

Houston at Covington (7:30 p.m.)

Piqua at Graham (7:30 p.m.)

Riverside at Lehman (6 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at CVCA (at Kettering) (11 a.m.)

SATURDAY Girls Basketball Troy at TBA (at Wapakoneta) (TBA) Covington at Fairlawn (6 p.m.)

Piqua at Thurgood Marshall (1 p.m.)

Lehman at Sidney (7 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at Kenston (at Kettering) (8 a.m.)

Troy at Beavercreek (at Kettering) (4 p.m.)

WHAT’S INSIDE National Football League .....10 College Basketball................10 Scoreboard ............................11 Television Schedule..............11

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Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) rolls out during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Penn State Oct. 27 in State College, Pa. The biggest weapons in the arsenals of No. 20 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State are undoubtedly their quarterbacks.

Potent weapons Lightning-quick QBs pose problems for defenses COLUMBUS (AP) — The most potent weapons for No. 20 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State are undoubtedly their quarterbacks.

Pity their poor defenses in the big showdown on Saturday.

Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson, who may line up everywhere but behind the center due to an arm injury, are the speedsters who lead the Wolverines’ attack. Meanwhile the Buckeyes rely on Braxton Miller, who likes to make tacklers grab handfuls of air when he’s not completing long passes.

Stopping, or at least slowing down, the trio will be the main objective for both teams.

Good luck with that.

Gardner provided six touchdowns, three running and three passing, in Michigan’s landslide

win over Iowa in The Big House last week. Robinson, with 41 touchdowns and 4,273 rushing yards in his career, dabbled at tailback and wide receiver while picking up 98 yards on 13 carries.

Ohio State is in a quandary, having to figure out just how Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges will utilize the two.

Even he doesn’t seem to know.

“You don’t know nobody knows until the lights go on,” Borges said.

So the Buckeyes must prepare for a little bit of everything.

“I just know something’s coming,” Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said of the possible sleight of hand. “You just know something’s coming.”

Michigan coach Brady Hoke

has been tight-lipped about his plans this week. Gardner is the reigning Big Ten player of the week on offense, but Hoke hasn’t ruled out Robinson famous for his lengthy streaks to the goal line as much as for not tying his shoelaces under center.

The Wolverines refused to even hint at what they might do.

“I never caught a pass in a game before,” Robinson said innocently.

During closed practices this week he wore a padded compression sleeve on his right elbow, which suffered nerve damage from a hit earlier this season.

Asked if he can throw, he grinned and said, “You’ll see on

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KENT, Ohio (AP) — The division has been clinched and along with it a spot in next week’s MidAmerican Conference championship. After that, a trip to a bowl game.

Kent State, ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 1973, has rarely had it so good. And, it would appear there is little to be gained on Friday in a conference finale against Ohio.

Truth is, everything’s at stake for the Golden Flashes.

A win over the Bobcats would complete the greatest regular season in Kent State football’s 90-year history. It would also bolster the school’s bowl resume, send the team’s seniors out in style and make coach Darrell Hazell an even hotter commodity than he is already.

It would be easy to coast to the finish line. Hazell won’t allow it.

“This game is like every other game on our schedule,” said Hazell, who in just two seasons has moved Kent State to the top of the underrated MAC. “We owe it to our seniors who take their last step in Dix Stadium. We are going to play. We are all competitors. We are going to play every

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■ National Football League

Texans top Lions in OT Detroit coach taking blame for loss

Taylor a hot topic after dropping 138 How did Grinnell’s Jack Taylor wind up with 138 points in a game?

Well, he did miss 56 shots, more than he made. And he didn’t play for four minutes.

Otherwise he would have scored even more.

As it was, Taylor shattered the NCAA scoring record by 25 points Tuesday night in the Pioneers’ 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible in Grinnell, Iowa. See Page 10.

DETROIT (AP) — Jim Schwartz threw a challenge flag when he didn’t need to and the Houston Texans made him regret it.

Shayne Graham’s 32-yard field goal with 2:21 left in overtime lifted Houston to a 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday after their coach broke an NFL rule by attempting to challenge a scoring play.

“Obviously that’s a big break in the game for us,” Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. “But I think you make your breaks when you work your tail off.”

Detroit kicker Jason Hanson had a chance to get Schwartz off the hook, but his 47-yard field goal attempt on the fifth possession of the extra period hit the right upright.

Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch did, too, on the previous pos-

session when he couldn’t intercept a pass Matt Schaub threw directly at him deep in Houston territory.

Detroit might’ve won in regulation if its coach didn’t make a costly mistake.

Schwartz threw a challenge flag when Houston’s Justin Forsett scored on an 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter after two Lions tackled him.

“Give him credit for continuing to play football,” Kubiak said. “We talk about that all the time. You don’t stop, you play.”

Replays showed Forsett’s left knee and elbow hit the turf near midfield, and the automatic review that accompanies all scoring plays AP PHOTO probably would have taken the TD Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) celebrates a off the board. But NFL rules say sack of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in that throwing the challenge flag on the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Thursday at

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You can accomplish a lot today! You are focused, ambitious and disciplined enough to keep your mind on what you are doing. Whatever you do, you will do carefully.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This can be a productive day for those of you who work in publishing, the media, medicine, the law and anything to do with higher education. This is also a great day to make long-range travel plans.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Discussions about shared property, inheritances and tax disputes will be productive today. All parties involved will be cautious, conservative and ready to settle things.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Sit down with partners and close friends to hash out any differences you have. People want to make today’s efforts bring results for tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You are definitely in work mode today!

Get as much done as possible while you have this focus and sense of self-discipline. Get down to it!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) To excel at sports or the arts requires practice. Today you’ll find it easy to practice and hone whatever skill you want to improve. (“Every day in every way, I’m getting better and better.”)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Work hard to make improvements where you live. This is also a good day to discuss differences with family members. You will make your point easily in a convincing way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You’ll have no trouble paying attention to detail today. Choose work you normally might find boring or too routine, because today, you will finish it very quickly!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a good day for business and commerce because you are focused, aggressive, and yet, conservative. You’ll cover all bets. You’re also interested in long-term benefits.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a great day to exercise or do something to improve your health.

Conversations with others will be careful, measured and straightforward.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Behind-the-scenes work or research will really pay off today, because you have focus, concentration and easily can pay attention to detail. Your powers of endurance are excellent.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Work with others in partnerships or in group situations to achieve what you want today. Cooperation will be easy, and your rewards will be satisfying.

YOU BORN TODAY You are intense, spirited and energetic. You work hard and expect to be appreciated for your efforts. You’re individualistic and assertive about your opinions. You’re also lively and fun-loving when you choose to be. You seek a carefree existence, which sometimes includes isolation. In the next year, a major change might occur, perhaps something as significant as whatever happened around 2004.

Birthdate of: Spider Robinson, author; Katherine Heigl, actress; Karine Vanasse, actress. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Downtown events set TROY — Troy Main Street presents the holiday grand illumination and holiday parade at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23. Visitors to downtown Troy will be entertained by a parade of costumed characters, holiday music, the arrival of Santa and more.

The evening begins with a parade led through downtown marking the heralded arrival of Santa Claus. Mayor Mike Beamish will give the traditional reading of “’Twas the Month before Christmas” and will lead the community in counting down to the illumination of Troy’s holiday centerpiece Christmas tree and downtown holiday lights.

Activities include visits with Santa, refreshments, train rides, horse-drawn carriage rides, live music, face painting and many retailers open late. Live music will include performances by the mayor’s youth council and Gotham City Brass Quartet.

Again this year, children will be able to call the North Pole to discuss their Christmas wishes with Santa’s elves.

Frontier Communications will use a combination of magic, manpower and technology to facilitate

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the early 2000s. Susan was a first-grade teacher at Broadway Elementary (she taught first and fourth grade there for a total of 29 years) and worked across the hallway from kindergarten teacher Ruth Ann White. White knew Susan liked to write and had an interest in history, so she approached her to help with a play project the historical society was working on.

The society had been completing “Monday Memories” taping, where they filmed senior citizens from Tipp talking about what it was like growing up in the area or remembering things “the way they were.”

White and her counterparts were trying to turn some of those stories into a play.

“I started as director and ended up writing,” Susan recalled.

The play, called “Tippecanoe: Our Story,” was completed in 2004 and was so popular it ended up packing the house and selling as videotaped copies. In 2007, Susan wrote the sequel “Tippecanoe: Our Lives.” It again proved successful and is still performed sporadically.

Her latest endeavor, the book “Tippecanoe to Tipp City: The First 100 Years,” didn’t start until the spring of this year, though. Arcadia Publishing, based out of

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Tipp City was founded in 1839 as the canal town Tippecanoe. Since then, it Homecoming has served as a backdrop for a variety of characters, genperformance erations and general quirkislated for Hayner ness. Some of these stories TROY — Annette Jones have been preserved in two plays and a newly published Hoverman of Tipp City book by Susan Furlong of will perform at Hayner Center’s annual homecom- the Tippecanoe Historical ing concert at 2 p.m. Nov. Society.

Furlong is what is known 25. Hoverman will peras an “away girl.” She was form six selections from not born and raised in Tipp Bach, Liszt, Ravel and City, but has grown to love Crouch on the grand it. She first moved here in piano in the east room.

1970 with her husband, She also will accompany her trumpet-playing fami- Greg, who is a Tipp native.

Greg had just graduated colly in “The Ballad of the lege and was able to get a job Three Amigos.” connection in the area.

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University of Dayton’s “Now, you couldn’t get me New Horizons Band will out of here with a crowbar,” present a holiday concert she said. at 1 p.m. Nov. 25, in the Her work with the historSchuster Center’s ical society didn’t start until Wintergarden Atrium.

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The company contacted local libraries, seeking interested parties to write books about other Ohio towns – one of those libraries being Tipp City. Carolyn Rector approached Greg, who passed it on to Susan, who then sent a proposal to Arcadia. Within three weeks, she was filling out a contract, and three months later had to submit samples of chapters and all the photographs she wanted to use.

There are 184 total photographs in the book, and each one had to be approved

by Arcadia. The chapters cover the canal, Main Street, Tippecanoe homes, schools, transportation and even “Camp Lazy” (where the Eagles park is now). There are big events and little vignettes interlaced together, with the people of the town as the defining thread.

“All these little stories,” Susan recalled, telling of a 17-year-old girl who was given a handsome sum to purchase a new dress so she could christen the bridge, all because the engineer took a fancy to her. “Talking to these people, it’s just amazing. You can’t see the history, except how it lights up 2342488

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their faces.”

Aside from personal interviews, much of her material came from Grace Kinney – the original “away girl.”

Tipp Citian Betty Eickhoff was also instrumental because she showed Susan a copy of Robert Evans’ will – one of the original founders of Tipp City.

Eickhoff even had one of Evans’s ledgers that Susan was allowed to use.

The drafts of the book went through six different proof readers and copy editors, yet Susan was impressed with how they were willing to work with her.

“They were very supportive about me saying what I wanted to say,” she said.

The most challenging part for her was not finding the information, but picking which material got to go in the book.

“It was really hard – I could do a whole ‘nother book,” Susan said.

For now, though, she is busy promoting this one.

“I’ve never done anything like this [write and publish a book] – it’s exciting and a little overwhelming,” she said.

Interested readers can purchase copies and meet Susan during the Christmas in the Village event Saturday, Dec. 1. She will be selling and signing books at the Tippecanoe Historical Society museum, 20 N. Third St., from 1-5 p.m.

Starting Dec. 3, the book will be available for sale at www.amazon.com and www.arcadiapublishing.co m. Susan said she does have one request for those looking to preserve their own history: “If people label photographs, it would be an enormous help,” she emphasized, pointing to a photo where adults are holding balloons and wearing tiny little hats, “I love this photo, but I don’t know what’s going on or who’s in it!”

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Diana Richhart, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Union, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L32-021900 Prior Deed Reference: 770, Page 363 Also known as: 4901 Nashville Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Twenty Thousand and 00/100 ($20,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Miranda S. Hamrick, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339379

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-128 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation vs.

Dorothy L. Crowl, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-022182 Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 783, Page 203 Also known as: 875 Oak Lea Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Three Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand and 00/100 ($339,000.0) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Anita L. Maddix, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339371

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-551 Liberty Savings Bank, FSB vs.

Michael W. Elam, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Union, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L32-047250 Prior Deed Reference: Book 737, Page 354 Also known as: 4425 South Iddings Road, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($65,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Miranda S. Hamrick, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339387

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 05-463 U.S. Bank, NA vs.

William M. Hill, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Concord, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: C06-081287 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 672, Page 535 Also known as: 1501 Waco Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Sara M. Petersmann, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339388

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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-421 BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

Scotty R. Parker, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Bethel, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: A01-027700 Prior Deed Reference: Book 718, Page 152 Also known as: 5675 South Dayton Brandt Road, New Carlisle, Ohio 45344 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Two Thousand and 00/100 ($122,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Matthew I. McKelvey, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339389

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-512 Bank of America, NA vs.

Kenneth R. Thomas, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-059125 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 779, Page 784 Also known as: 1537 Brook Park Drive, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Ninety Two Thousand and 00/100 ($192,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer Schaeffer, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012 2339394

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-746 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs.

Joanne M. Blaul, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-006110 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 731, Page 430 Also known as: 15 West South Street, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Matthew Murtland, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-284 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs.

Robert Clevenger, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-020982 Prior Deed Reference: Book 787, Page 362 Also known as: 3750 Teakwood Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($138,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer Schaeffer, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-570 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs.

Sandra J. Rowlison, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Bethel, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: A01-085112 Also known as: 6685 Pisgah Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($135,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Andrew C. Clark, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-485 PNC Bank, NA vs.

Peter B. Jackson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-014730 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 731, Page 430 Also known as: 60 Kiser Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Dustin K. Looser, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-085 Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs.

James P. Coffey, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-090340 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 775, Page 336 Also known as: 250 South Union Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Ellen L. Fornash, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-585 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs.

James Slough, Jr., et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-006190 Prior Deed Reference: General Warranty Deed, Book 776, Page 027, filed August 22, 2006 Also known as: 503 South Walnut Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($65,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Charles V. Gasior, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012 2336834

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-407 Liberty Savings Bank, FSB vs.

Michael C. Daniel, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Tipp City, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: G15-020954 Prior Deed Reference: Book No. 668, Page 309 Also known as: 3695 Cassandra Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($135,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Kelly M. McKoy, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-561 U.S. Bank, NA vs.

Robert Coppock, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-008620 Also known as: 104 Harrison Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Eight Thousand and 00/100 ($78,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Andrew C. Clark, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-452 The Huntington National Bank vs.

Dawn R. Merritt, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 5, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-008850 Also known as: 110 Cedar Drive, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100 ($75,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Anne M. Smith, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012 2336837

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-428 The Bank of New York Mellon vs.

David J. Abas, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-021740 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 738, Page 345 Also known as: 328 Hayes Street, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Thirty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($35,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

S. Scott Martin, Attorney 11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-553 Nationstar Mortgage, LLC vs.

Jeffrey R. Nerderman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-057188 Also known as: 1244 Lee Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Eighty Thousand and 00/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Andrew c. Clark, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012 2336857

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-463 PHH Mortgage Corporation vs.

Christopher A. Heiss, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-016940 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Book 701, Page 409 Also known as: 90 Morehead Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100 ($75,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer Schaeffer, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-334 Bank of America, NA vs.

Arthur L. Poindexter, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-055011 Prior Deed Reference: Book 692, Page 735 on December 30, 1998 Also known as: 1022 Nutmeg Square North, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Six Thousand and 00/100 ($76,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-703 Citizens Bank vs.

Ira Dan Riggs, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 5, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-006670 Also known as: 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, Ohio 45383 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Thousand and 00/100 ($40,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Matthew Murtland, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012 2336859

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-758 Bank of America, NA vs.

Chris J. Graves, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-029680 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 713, Page 129 Also known as: 613 North Market Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Forty Two Thousand and 00/100 ($42,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Jennifer A. Baughman, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-475 Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs.

Lisa N. McDade, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-011520 Also known as: 112 West Canal Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Kriss D. Felty, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

SHERIFFʼS SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 12-519 Liberty Savings Bank, FSB vs.

Amanda M. Dickerson, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, in the County of Miami, and in the State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-031920 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 793, Page 067 Also known as: 306 Floral Avenue, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.

Appraised at Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100 ($75,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.

Bethany L. Suttinger, Attorney 11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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5. Your stand must be able to hold enough water for the size of the tree. A good rule of thumb is a one-quart capacity for every inch of diameter of the trunk.

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