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Troy names new football coach Scot Brewer looks forward to taking over program

BY DAVID FONG Executive Editor fong@tdnpublishing.com When it comes to replacing a legend, Scot Brewer sees far more positives than pitfalls.

“I think it’s definitely a challenge replacing someone like Steve Nolan — but at the same time, he also left me in a great position,” Brewer said. “We’ve got a lot of talent coming back and I am taking over a great program that he built. I really don’t see any negatives — I only see the positive side of things.”

Friday, Troy High School Principal Ron Phillis and Troy

The good, the bad, the ugly Ugly Christmas sweaters pop up like jack-in-the-boxes under trees during this time of the year. Some wear them, well, because they think they are actually nice. Some wear them as an office joke. And, some wear them because they were a gift received from another family member and they haven’t unloaded them at their local thrift store yet.

TROY Athletic Director Jeff Sakal announced they had selected Brewer to be the next Troy football coach. Pending approval by the Troy Board of Education at its Dec. 12 meeting, Brewer will replace Nolan, who retired last month after 28 years as Troy’s Troy City Schools coach.

Superintendent Eric Herman said he was pleased with the recommendation and would submit it to the board at the Dec. 12 meeting.

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In this 2009 file photo, Scot Brewer, left, stands with former Troy players Nick Smith, center, and Matt Allen during a Troy Football Alumni Association scholarship presentation. Friday, Brewer — who has been Troy defensive coordinator the past four years — was named Troy’s head football coach, replacing Steve Nolan, who retired after 28 years.

Jobless rate drops to lowest since 2009

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Van Cleve sixth grade students, including Carrigan Browning, left, Austin Melvin, center, and Dylan Davis were exposed to engineering and robotics at Edison Community College during a day-long field trip Friday.

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Van Cleve Sixth Grade students were fierce competitors on the robotics battlefield as they explored the vast career field of engineering Friday at Edison Community College as part of its annual “Kids to College” program.

“I just like playing with robots — robots are cool,” said Dylan Davis, 11, as he watched his teammates control the robots for control of the blocks for points. “I really am into technical engineering and I want to work at F & P where my Dad works someday.”

Edison Community College professors Steve Sykes and Tom Looker explained each aspect of mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineering and the

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate, which has refused to budge from the 9 percent neighborhood for two and a half frustrating years, suddenly dropped in November, driven in part by small businesses that finally see reason to hope and hire.

Economists said there was a long way to go, but they liked what they saw.

The rate fell to 8.6 percent, the lowest since March 2009, two months after President Barack Obama took office. Unemployment passed 9 percent that spring and had stayed there or higher for all but two months since then.

The country added 120,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said Friday. The economy has generated 100,000 or more jobs five months in a row, the first time that has happened since

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Students learn how robot cars can move objects during a practical exercise Friday in the engineering lab at Edison. careers that are in demand in the field before letting the students use the robots in a hands-on game.

“We talked about each area of engineering and how you are either a creator or how to apply engineering as a career that is still in demand,” Looker said.

“It’s fun — it’s like Disney World in here.”

The students took a tour of the engineering labs at Edison, which also included tours and break-out sessions in other career fields, such as medical assistant, physical therapy, the Internet and marketing.

Jessica Sutherly, 12, said she

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The Miami County Sheriff ’s Office has arrested Jason R. Thomas of Franklin for his involvement in at least 13 thefts from automobiles in Troy, Tipp City and Monroe Township.

Thomas has been charged with two counts of felony receivTHOMAS ing stolen property. The investigation is ongoing and more charges will be pursued against Thomas in Miami County, deputies said.

The thefts occurred over a twomonth period in Miami County.

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“I am extremely pleased to recommend Coach Brewer to become our next football coach,” Sakal said. “Scot has a great passion and love for the game and for coaching. He is a highly respected member of the Troy community and our football family. Coach Brewer is a terrific coach and will be a great ambassador and leader for our football program.”

For Brewer, coaching at Troy is the culmination of a dream two decades in the making. Brewer was a three-year starter at running back for the Trojans, rushing for more than 1,000 yards as a senior in 1993. He served as a vol-

• Continued from 1 enjoyed the medical assistant lab, where she learned how nurses and other medical techicians measure lab work each day.

“I want to be a nurse so it was cool to see how they measure liquids and use real blood for tests,” Sutherly said.

The program, in its fifth year at Edison, also provides students with a curriculum that focuses

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unteer running backs coach for Troy in 1996 and was the offensive coordinator for the Troy freshman team in 1997. From 19982004, he made two coaching stops at Columbus high schools, while earning degrees in history and psychology from The Ohio State University. He was the strength and conditioning coach at Thomas Worthington High School and the defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator at Saint Charles High School.

In 2005, he returned to Troy to coach outside linebackers. In 2007, he became the defensive coordinator. Brewer — who resides in Troy with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters, Madison,

Izzy and Payton — teaches social studies at Troy High School.

“This is a dream come true for me,” Brewer said.

“Going back to 1996 when I first started helping Steve, I’ve known this is what I wanted to do.

Being at other places and seeing how other programs work around the state gave me some perspective. I’ve always known this is it — this is the place I wanted to be.”

Nolan — who won more than 200 games, eight league championships and made 11 playoff appearances as head coach of the Trojans — said he expects big things from his former assistant.

“There’s no doubt in my mind Scot will do an out-

standing job,” Nolan said.

“He’s a hard worker who cares about the kids.

Those are the two most important things you look for in a football coach.”

Brewer plans on hitting the ground running — he’s already set a team meeting for 7 a.m.

Tuesday in the high school auditorium to discuss offseason workouts and goals and expectations for next season. He also said he’s already starting to putting together his coaching staff for next season. Brewer said it’s important to start building the Troy program the way he wants immediately.

“Obviously we’ll take a lot of what Steve did and use it here, because it was

successful,” Brewer said.

“But don’t expect it to be exactly the way it was. It’s my program now and I’ve got to put my print on it.

I’ve got to be Scot Brewer, because I can’t be anyone else. Some people may see that as difficult — I just see it as being myself.”

There is one thing Brewer said he doesn’t expect to change in the transition from Nolan to himself.

“It will still be the same philosophy around here that it was under Steve — success doesn’t come in wins and losses, even though he had 200 wins — success comes from building kids into good people. That’s something that will never change.”

on financial literacy, careers and the value of an education beyond high school. Four initial sessions are held at Van Cleve in the weeks leading up to the event to help prepare students for a simulation that requires them to make consumer decisions, pay bills and balance a checkbook.

Jacob Woodell said overall the day was one of his favorite field trips he has been on because of

the interactive sessions.

“This was very fun and I got to play with a robot and learn about science, which is my favorite subject in school,” Woodell said, adding that he wants to be either a scientist or professional soccer player.

In addition to the “Real Money, Real World” simulation, Edison faculty and staff provided interactive sessions taught in the college’s classrooms.

Van Cleve Principal Paul Keller said the program has been an “eyeopener” for students to begin thinking about what direction their academic path will take them in the future.

“It’s a real enlightenment for some of them,” Keller said. “It gets them pointed in a direction of a career and to begin thinking about what interests them and to see that there is a career path that fits.”

Van Cleve language arts teacher Nathan Silknitter said the experience is a positive one and leads to discussion about career paths and cost of living.

“They really start to think about what a budget is and how their parents are affected by bills,” he said.

The program is a joint venture with the Ohio State Extension Office and is funded by the Troy Foundation.

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Thomas was identified by his parole officer in surveillance video the sheriff’s office had previously released. A warrant was obtained and he was subsequently arrested in Warren County this week and brought to the Miami County Jail, where he remains incarcerated on a $10,000 cash bond, charged with two felony counts of receiving stolen property.

Thomas has been cooperating with detectives and he also is a suspect in Montgomery and Warren counties for similar thefts from autos. The Franklin police department in Warren County executed a search warrant on Thomas’ residence. GPS devices,

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Daytime burglaries reported

April 2006, well before the Great Recession.

“Something good is stirring in the U.S. economy,” Ian Shepherdson, an economist at High Frequency Economics, said in a note to clients.

The stock market finished flat for the day but up 787 points for the week.

The only bigger point gain in a week was in October 2008, when stocks lurched higher and lower during the financial crisis.

The report showed that September and October were stronger months for the job market than first estimated.

For four months in a row, the government has revised job growth figures higher for previous months.

The Miami County Sheriff’s Office would like to alert the public that this past Tuesday two daytime residential burglaries were reported, one on Montgomery County Line Road and one on MIAMI COUNTY Shiloh Road.

Burglars targeted jewelry using a pillowcase to carry items out of the residence. Residents are urged to call 911 upon noticing anything unusual and to keep jewelry hidden or in unusual places in their houses.

Deputies are increasing their patrols in the targeted areas. portable DVD players, electronics and other items that were stolen from vehicles were recovered. Some of the property has been positively identified as coming from theft victims in Miami County.

Detectives from Troy, Tipp

City and the sheriff’s office will travel to Franklin next week to identify and retrieve property stolen from Miami County residents. Thomas indicated to detectives he was committing the thefts to support his heroin addiction.

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Unemployment peaked at 10.1 percent in October 2009, four months after the Great Recession ended. It dipped to 8.9 percent last February and 8.8 percent last March but otherwise was at or above 9 percent.

Obama, who faces a reelection vote in less than a year and a presidential campaign that will turn on the economy, seized on the decline to argue for expanding a cut in the tax that workers pay toward Social Security.

The tax cut affects 160 million Americans. It lowers the Social Security tax by up to $2,136 a year.

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Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ, intersection of State Route 48 and • OPEN HOUSE: The State Route 718, will hold Troy-Hayner Cultural its monthly pancake and Center, 301 W. Main St., C o m m u n i t y sausage breakfast from will again open the doors 7:30-11 a.m., but will be to the public for the annual Calendar complimentary, as in year’s open house for the holiday past for December. Cash season from 1-5 p.m. The CONTACT US donations will still be house will be decorated by accepted, and will be given local organizations, entreto the Newton Food Pantry preneurs and decorators and Christmas basket proaround the “Christmas in Call Melody gram. The standard adult the Woods” theme. The breakfast of pancakes, Vallieu at events are free and open sausage, juice, and coffee, 440-5265 to to the public. Decorations tea or milk will be offered, include at least seven list your free or a deluxe breakfast, Christmas trees and an which includes scrambled calendar exhibit of winter wildlife eggs and toast. Meals area items.You paintings by George R. all the pancakes you can Stum, a wildlife artist with can send eat and refills on drinks. a gallery in Tipp City. The your news by e-mail to Children’s portions also are public can enjoy the entire served. For more informahouse and exhibits through vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. tion, contact the church noon Dec. 31. office at (937) 676-3193.

• LIVE NATIVITY: First • COOKIE WALK: A Lutheran Church, 2899 W. cookie walk will be offered from 9-11 a.m.

Main St., will offer a drive-through live at the Tipp City United Methodist Church, nativity, “Journey to the Manger,” from 6-8 8 W. Main St., Tipp City. Cookies and p.m. Visitors will hear and watch the story candy will be sold by the pound and all of Jesus’ birth come alive as they make proceeds will go toward local missions. the journey to the manger. The event is • ARTS AND CRAFTS: Brukner free and the public is invited to attend.

Nature Center’s Winter Arts & Crafts Visit www.

Show will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. flctroy-nalc.org for more information. at the center. More than 60 juried artisans with unique nature-related items from jewTODAY elry to soy candles, homemade biscotti to sock monkeys, felted mittens to bird feeders, rock sculptures to children’s books, • EVENING OF LIGHTS: The Miami will be featured. Refreshments will be County Park District will hold its winter open house, an Evening of Lights, from 6- available for purchase and raffle tickets will be available. The event is free to the 9 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 public, and proceeds will benefit the cenRoss Road, south of Tipp City. ter’s rehab program.

Participants are invited to enjoy the light• FREE CONCERT: A free concert, ed falls and then stop in for some hot featuring The Drive, will be offered from 8 chocolate, children’s crafts, seasonal music and more. Bring a canned good, as p.m. to midnight at the Covington Eagles Hall, 715 E. Broadway, Covington. The staff will be collecting them for a local event is being hosted by the Covington food pantry. Don’t forget to look for Santa Fire Department and the Covington along the trail.

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• FREE CLOTHING: A Touch of Hope • POT PIE DINNER: A chicken pot pie free clothing event will be from 11 a.m. to dinner will be offered from 4-6:30 p.m. at 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Troy View Church of God, 1770 N. County Dorset Road, Troy.

Road 25-A, Troy. The dinner also will • SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No. include mashed potatoes, green beans, 43 Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat corn, tossed salad and dessert. Adult spaghetti dinner from 3-7:30 p.m. at 622 meals will be $6, children 4-12 years will S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will be $4 and 3 years and under are free. include a salad bar, drink and dessert.

• PORK CHOP DINNER: The Pleasant Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner children 12 and younger. All proceeds will Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer stuffed pork benefit the Troy American Legion basechops, mashed potatoes and gravy, ball. dressing and green beans beginning at 5 • MUSEUM OPEN: The Museum of for $8.

Troy History, 124 E. Water St., Troy, will • CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood celebrate the Christmas season by being Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, open from 1-5 p.m. Sue Cantrell, “Mrs. Claus,” will show young ladies and anyone Dayton, will offer red and blue candle dipping beginning at 2:30 p.m. The cost is else interested how to make a special the general admission fee of $4 for adults present for mother, grandmother, aunt or and $2 per child, plus $1 for each candle friend. The program is free, although made. Call 890-7360 for reservations. donations to cover materials costs will be accepted.

SUNDAY • BRAVE HEARTS: The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County • MUSEUM OPEN: The Museum of will offer its annual Brave Hearts holiday Troy History, 124 E. Water St., Troy, will program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the celebrate the Christmas season by being Hospice of Miami County, 550 Summit open from 1-5 p.m. Volunteers will show Ave., Troy. The program is free of charge visitors how to spice up the season with and is intended to help grieving children pomanders and potpourries. The program and teens remember their loved ones at is free, although donations to cover mateChristmas. The event will include lunch rials costs will be accepted. and fellowship, the movie “The Christmas • BREAKFAST OFFERED: The Miracle of Jonathon Toomey,” window painting and making decorations. To regis- Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a ter a child, call (937) 573-2100 or email made-to-order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. gol@HospiceOfMiamiCounty.org.

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• BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: The • CHRISTMAS CANTATA: A free Troy Rotary Club will offer its first breakChristmas cantata for the community, fast with Santa from 8:30-11 a.m. at St. “Sing and Shout for Joy!” will be presentPatrick Parish Center, 444 E. Water St., ed at 3 p.m. in the Bethel Elementary Troy. The price will be $10 and tickets will School auditorium, 7490 State Route 201. include all-you-can-eat pancakes, Light refreshments will be offered followsausage, milk, juice and coffee, a visit ing the service. For more information, call with Santa and a framed 4-by-6 picture.

Diana Jones at (937) 654-9078 or Gayle Tickets may be purchased at Around Rhoades at (930) 845-3761.

About Books, 8 W. Main St., or in the • BREAKFAST SET: An all-you-canmayor’s office, second floor of Troy City eat breakfast will be offered from 9 a.m. to Hall. noon at the Tipp City American Legion, • COUPON COACHING: 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, by the Boy ClipShopShare will host a free coupon Scout Troop No. 586. Items will include coaching class from 10 a.m. to noon at eggs your way, bacon, sausage, panthe Troy-Miami County Public Library. The cakes, waffles, juice, fruit, home fries, bisclass will teach basic couponing and sale cuits, sausage gravy and sweet rolls. The shopping. There is no child care and the cost will be $6. class is open to those 16 and older.

• CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood • PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Community Men’s Prayer Breakfast will Dayton, will offer red and blue candle begin at 7:30 a.m. at First United Church dipping beginning at 2:30 p.m. The cost of Christ, 120 S. Market St., Troy. is the general admission fee of $4 for • SHARE-A-MEAL: The First United adults and $2 per child, plus $1 for each Church of Christ’s Share-A-Meal will be candle made. Call 890-7360 for reservaoffered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at tions. the church, corner of South Market and Canal streets. The meal will feature pork MONDAY loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, pie and beverages. Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by • CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: A candleproviding nourishing meals to anyone light service of remembrance and hope wishing to participate while giving an will be at 7 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, opportunity to socialize with others in the 2899 W. Main St., Troy, in honor of community. The monthly Share-A-Meal Homicide Memorial Day. The service is Program is on the first Saturday of each being held in memory of loved ones who month. Use the Canal Street entrance have died as a result of a crime or sudwhere the church is handicapped accessi- den death. ble.

• REUNION MEETING: Classmates • COOKIE SHOPPE: Homemade holifrom the 1961 class of Piqua Central High day cookies and candy will be sold by the School will meet at 12:30 p.m. at El pound at the Christmas Cookie Shoppe Sombrero, Troy. Participants will order from 9 a.m. to noon at First Place from the menu.

Christian Center, 16 W. Franklin St., Troy, • BOOK DISCUSSION: The Miltonsponsored by the United Methodist Union Public Library will have a book disWomen. The proceeds will be given to cussion at 2:30 p.m. at McKinley local charities. For more information, call Commons. The book to be discussed is First United Methodist Church at 335“A Christmas in Plains,” by Jimmy Carter.

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Historical society offers two new 2011 ornaments order to the Troy Historical Society for processing.

Two new 2011 tradiOrnaments can be tional glass “Hometown cream-colored silk hangshipped directly to friends Holiday Ornament” ing ribbon, packaged in designs are being offered tissue paper and enclosed or relatives on your giftgiving list for an additionas a fundraiser for the in a white gift box ready Troy Historical Society, for you to wrap or use for al fee in order to save time during this busy featuring hand painted holiday decorating. time of the year. evening winter scenes of Previously issued The artist will be perthe “Holiday Tree On The “Hometown Holiday Square ” or the historic Ornament” designs featur- sonalizing ornaments for those who purchase an “The Miami County ing the Eldean Covered ornament in support of Powerhouse” by Miami Bridge and the Miami the Troy Historical County artist Karen County Courthouse are Purke. available in limited quan- Society from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Local The sale of the ornatities.

History Library. ments will support the Those wishing to supThe Local History Troy Historical Society, a port the society with the Library is the home of the non-profit founded in purchase of ornaments 1965 with the goal to pre- may stop by and purchase Troy Historical Society and is open from 10 a.m. serve the history of Troy or pick up an order form to 8 p.m. Monday and and the local Miami at The Local History County area.

Library, 100 W. Main St., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays The hand-painted orna- in downtown Troy. and Fridays and 9 a.m. to ments that sell for $15 Those interested also 1 p.m. Saturday. each are all one of a kind may visit the Troy For more information, “folk style” paintings on Historical Society website an premium quality, at www.thetroyhistorical- contact the Troy Historical Society at 339Victorian blue, glass orna- society.org and print a 5900 or email the society ment 3 1/4 inches in copy of the online order at tths@frontier.com. diameter, featuring a form and return your For the Troy Daily News

TROY

FFA Member of the Month named For the Troy Daily News

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The December 2011 Miami East FFA Member of the Month is Kelly Rindler.

She is the daughter of Mike and Natalie Rindler of Troy.

Rindler is a sophomore and second year member of the Miami East FFA Chapter.

Recently, she participated in the District Agricultural Communications Career Development event, in which she was the highest placing individual from Miami East.

She also competed in the National Agriscience Fair at the National FFA Convention. Her Supervised Agricultural Experience Program is market hogs.

Every month of the school year the Miami East FFA will select a student to be

the FFA Member of the Month.

The officer team will nominate one student who has been actively involved in the FFA chapter, school and community activities.

If selected, the member will be recogRINDLER nized at the monthly FFA meeting, have their picture displayed in the Miami East Ag Room, and will receive a special medallion to celebrate their accomplishment.

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Contact us David Fong is the executive editor of the Troy Daily News. You can reach him at 440-5228 or send him e-mail at fong@tdn publishing.com.

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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 ROUNDUP San Francisco Chronicle on AIDS funding: Thirty years ago federal researchers confirmed what thousands feared: A new disease was killing gay men in San Francisco and other big cities. It was the start of a sad, divisive, and costly battle that is reaching another turning point.

The AIDS/HIV epidemic — now felt worldwide — may be curving downward, with 1.8 million dying last year, compared with 2.2 million in the mid-2000s. Life-sustaining drugs, new treatments and continued research are producing results to the point where health planners believe a future generation may live free of the condition.

But there’s a flip side to the glad tidings. Infection rates are continuing at a steady pace of 2.7 million per year. The impact of AIDS medicine — a concoction of drugs that keep the virus in check but not eliminated — is hampered by a delivery system that reaches only a portion of those in need. Outside of health care and drug labs, there’s another factor: Wealthy nations such as the United States aren’t feeling so rich anymore and want to cut back on aid that pays for much of the effort.

At some point, it will be time to declare victory and move on. Other diseases and social problems need attention, after all. But that moment hasn’t come yet. The AIDS trouble zone has grown far beyond gay men in urban America to nearly every population group on every continent.

The bill remains enormous.

The next phase is important to watch. At a time when the AIDS numbers are turning, will this country and others pull back or stay in the fight? This war isn’t over.

The Oneonta (N.Y.) Daily Star on presidential GOP contenders and foreign policy.

The Republican presidential debate in Washington, D.C., gave voters a chance to hear the candidates field questions on foreign policy — an issue that has flown under the radar this year while unemployment has hovered around 9 percent.

But the debate’s rapid-fire format, which never gave all eight candidates a chance to answer the same question, allowed few opportunities for the sort of give-and-take exchanges the second-tier candidates needed to make up ground on front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Gingrich fared well on some topics, but faces a backlash for scolding his party’s base while responding to a question about whether illegal immigrants should be deported.

Gingrich and Romney both appeared confident, perhaps because both have articulated clear foreign policy positions while some of their opponents have suffered self-inflicted wounds on the same topic.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s “Oops” moment during the Nov. 9 debate was bad enough. But at the Sept. 22 debate, Perry had a similarly bizarre response when apparently caught off-guard by a question about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

Herman Cain’s buzz, too, has dissipated somewhat, partly because of sexual harassment allegations. But Cain also hurt himself with an incoherent response to a simple question about President Barack Obama’s Libya policy during a Nov. 14 meeting with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s editorial board.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman sounded more like a president when he spoke of the importance of independent White House thinking.

Huntsman’s opponents would do well to brush up on foreign policy, an issue that has defined many presidencies.

Voters may be hesitant to replace Obama, who speaks confidently and authoritatively on the subject, with a commander-in-chief who might surprise them.

LETTERS

The real reason for the season To the Editor: With all of this talk about Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Small Business Saturday, I can’t help but wonder if everyone has forgetten

about Jesus Everyday?

I know at this time of year it’s easy to forget that Jesus Christ truly is the reason for the season. It’s not about fancy new electronic gadgets and all the best styles of clothng. It’s about a baby who was born in a manger.

Please, everyone, take a few

minutes every day to think about Jesus and his birth instead of worrying about shopping lines and where the next big sale is.

You will forever be rewarded if you do.

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DOONESBURY

Four toys that were created by sadists Once upon a time there was this toy.

It was recommended for children from birth to six months of age and even came with a little suction cup that plastered it to their high chair, crib or any other flat surface they inhabited. It was almost like a really mini, simplified ferris wheel for a baby. They could spin the little wheel in circles, giggling as the little lady bug attachments spun on its own axis, lights flickering and music playing.

It seemed like the perfect toy for a small, itty bitty baby. It was black, white and really, really bright reds and greens. It was intriguing to a tiny mind, but straightforward enough not to be threatening. It encouraged the baby to develop hand-eye coordination, enticing her to spin its wheel and make the lady bug dance.

That was the first toy we ever bought our daughter. We purchased it before she was even born and proudly suctioned it to her play mat, awaiting the time when she would be old enough to understand it, but young enough to still want to play it.

That time never came.

No, the toy didn’t break, we didn’t lose it and Pearyn didn’t grow tired of it.

We grew tired of it — before she was even bored.

Amanda Stewart Troy Daily News Columnist Like wrap it up in a towel, wrapped in a sheet, heaved into a box and then shoved into yet another one and stored in the deep, deep recesses of our basement, tired of it.

To this day, my husband and I are convinced that toy is spawned from evil. It was supposed to sing its happy chime when my daughter tipped it, but instead, it howled – day and night – anytime anyone entered the room, sat down or breathed. It had to be stopped.

We tried submerging it in water, but even liquid torture was no match for that ferris wheel of misery. We finally wrapped it in a thousand layers and buried it in hundreds of boxes, only hearing its murmur every once in a while when folding laundry.

During our move, I found that toy, or more so, it found me. I heard a strange humming coming from our new garage. Sure enough, it was the ferris wheel of

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doom, squealing its mocking little tune. And it made me wonder, what other childhood toys were created by sadists?

Without a doubt, all those “toy” lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners were designed by a deeply disturbed person. For starters, who decided that children need toys to mimic real life chores? Pearyn is going to spend the rest of her life doing things she doesn’t want to do, I really don’t want to start that mentality now.

And for the love of tofu, did they really have to put the loudest, most obnoxious balls in the world inside of it? Is there a reason my house needs to shake from the piercing ball popping noise all those little devices make? I don’t think so.

And don’t get me started on Violet and Scout – the Leapfrog talking dogs. While the concept is pretty neat (a canine companion that sings songs, talks to your child and can even be programmed to say your child’s name, favorite color and food), there are some real shortfalls to this toy.

The main one being the creepy Scout and Violet voiceover; the one that echoes through the baby monitor in the middle of the night when my daughter accidentally rolls over on it, with an ominous “I love you, pumpkin.” (Yes, it’s programmed to say “pumpkin” because apparently no one else in

the world named their child anything sounding like Pearyn.

And let’s not forget about the good old-fashioned doll baby. The one that comes complete with a pacifier (one that my currentlybeing-weaned-from-her-binky daughter tries to cling to with her lips pursed and jaw clenched), stroller, hat and of course itty bitty diapers. Because clearly, since I spend all day changing my own daughter’s diaper, I’d love nothing more than to change her baby doll’s, too.

And last but not least, the plastic golf club set. Honestly, I think we as parents were kind of asking for it when we purchased this set for Pearyn (and by “we” I mean my husband).

At 18 months old, a tiny, plastic golf ball is the very last thing my little one wants to bash her clubs against, however the couch, fridge, Lego table and mommy’s knee are all fair game.

I may not know much when it comes to developing children’s toys, but this much is for sure: you’ve got to be lacking in soul and overflowing in utter and absolute bitterness. That or you’re just single.

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OBITUARIES

SANDRA J. HEILMAN KETTERING — Sandra J. Heilman, 66, of Kettering, passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at Hospice of Dayton.

She was preceded in death by her fathers, Robert Lacy and Paul “Gruber” Stine.

She is survived by her mother, Carrel Lacy; brothers, James and Charles (Cindy) Lacy; sister, Winnie (Steve) Martin; four children, Carrel (Scott) Robinson, Catherine Simpson, Caren (James) Earick and Wally Heilman; eight grandchildren, Mathew, Amanda and Mark Hughes, Dustin

(Nicki) Heilman, David and Danielle Simpson, Caleb and Lacy Earick; and great-grandchildren, Emalee, Ethan, Cayden and Owen; extended family, Ron, Sara and Ben Heilman and cousin and lifelong best friend, Carolyn “Ginger” (Les) Shiveley.

She was a life member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and a longtime employee of Trimble Navigation Limited.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at the VFW Post No. 6560, 5483 Wadsworth Road, Dayton, OH 45414.

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Stockings sent to soliders Tracy Gover of Gover Harley-Davidson in Piqua, right, stacks boxs as post office employee Emily Bensman stacks them on a waiting cart Friday morning at the Piqua Post Office. Gover Harley-Davidson was shipping 205 boxes containing Christmas stockings filled with gifts to soldiers in Piqua's Bravo Battery, 1-134th FA, Ohio National Guard Unit. The soldiers are on their way to Afghanistan, where they will be deployed for the next year. Gover said the gifts for the stockings were donated by community members and local businesses.

Bravo Battery deploys to Afghanistan Sunday

BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com With their military training at Camp Shelby, Miss., complete, the approximately 110 citizen soldiers who ceremoniously were sent off during a public showing of patriotism Sept. 13 will be deploying overseas to Afghanistan on Sunday, military officials announced this week.

The announcement was made by the U.S. Department of Defense, which also issued a remissioning assignment for the members of the local Ohio National Guard Post, Bravo Battery, 1/134th Field Artillery.

Initially, the unit’s

PIQUA directive was to perform static and mobilized security operations in the Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, which is located on the southern border of Pakistan.

However, under the new orders the battery will instead be deployed to the western part of the war-torn country as a part of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team as part of the International Security Assistance Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The remissioning order was “due to reduced requirements” in Afghanistan, according to defense department.

The unit is expected to return home sometime in late 2012.

On Sept. 13, battery members received a patriotic send off during a special Call to Duty ceremony at Piqua High School the soldiers before embarked on their yearlong deployment.

The heartfelt ceremony marked the third of its kind inside the gymnasium since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Following the ceremony, battery members rendezvoused at the Piqua Armory before boarding buses for Camp Shelby, where they received training for six weeks in preparation for their mission in Afghanistan.

TROY — Donald G. Rayle, 82, of Troy, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

Donald was born in Leipsic, Ohio, on May 27, 1929; he was the son of the late Arthur and Jessie (Myers) Rayle. He also was preceded in death by a brother, Warren Rayle; a sister, Florence (Ray) Hagen; and a brother-in-law, Jack Parthemore.

Donald was a 1947 graduate of Hamler High School and went on to attend the University of Findlay for two years and then received his bachelor’s degree at The Ohio State University in Electrical Engineering. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Army after being drafted out of college.

Donald retired from Hobart Brothers

after 38 years of dedicated service. He was a very active member of First Lutheran Church, serving as church librarian.

He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Wanetta (Roeth) Rayle; daughters, Amy (Scott) Chapman and Ruth (Philip) Moore; a grandson, Ethan Chapman; sisters, Carolyn (William) Powell and Janet Parthemore; a sister-in-law, Ruth Rayle; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service for Donald will be conducted at 11 a.m. Dec. 17, 2011, at First Lutheran Church, 2899 W. Main Street, Troy, OH 45373.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to First Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice. Arrangements are

by Schoedinger Worthington Chapel.

Please visit www.schoedinger.com to send condolences and share memories.

Quirky obituary charming strangers HARTFORD, Conn.

(AP) — Robert Spiegel’s passion for Russian literature, the New York Mets, ethnic cooking and beagles endeared him to generations of students and colat Central leagues Connecticut State University. Now, through the power of social media, the 77-year-old former English professor’s obituary is charming strangers, as well.

Spiegel, a resident of the Hartford suburb of Berlin and a native of New York City, died Wednesday after a struggle with cardiac disease and dementia. He was eulogized in a quirky obitu-

ary written by his son that appeared Friday in central Connecticut newspapers.

It quickly started spreading on strangers’ Facebook pages and Twitter feeds, usually accompanied by the readers’ admissions they did not know him but wished they had, based on the richly detailed obituary.

“Whereas the disease did thankfully erase most memories of the ’62 Mets season, it eventually also claimed his life,” his obituary read, referring to his beloved team’s 40-120 record in a year that took 10 games just to get their first win.

Friends and family say the obituary and its response are a fitting coda for the life of a man who loved spurring conversation, whether it was about good writing, New York sports teams or the satisfaction of sipping a highquality single malt Scotch whiskey.

“He was a very humble man, and reaching some level of postmortem fame would really please him.

I’m sure he would have been delighted by it, and surprised,” said Kevin Lynch, a fellow English professor emeritus at Central Connecticut who worked with Spiegel for 32 years.

RELIGION BRIEFS

Journey to be portrayed TROY — St. Patrick Church, 409 E. Main St., will offer the unique Mexican tradition, “Los Posadas,” the journey of Mary and Joseph to the inns, at 10:30 a.m. (after the 9:30 a.m. Mass) Sunday.

Participants will proceed from the church to the three inns located on the St. Patrick campus.

Children are invited to carry a small replica of Mary and Joseph, and they are followed by the Pilgrims (parishioners), stopping at each of the three inns and greeted by the innkeepers with scripture and song.

At the third inn, participants will celebrate with food, learn about Mexican customs, a craft can be made and participants can learn about twinning.

Christmas cantata Sunday

Share-A-Meal today TROY — The First United Church of Christ’s Share-A-Meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the church, corner of South Market and Canal streets.

The meal will feature pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, pie and beverages.

Share-A-Meal is a program to reach out to the community by providing nourishing meals to anyone wishing to participate while giving an opportunity to socialize with others in the community. The monthly Share-A-Meal Program is on the first Saturday of each month.

Use the Canal Street entrance, where the church is handicapped accessible.

Live nativity to be offered TROY — First Lutheran Church, 2899 W. Main St., will offer a drivethrough live nativity, “Journey to the Manger,” from 6-8 p.m. today and Sunday, and Dec. 10-11.

Visitors will hear and watch the story of Jesus’ birth come alive as they make the journey to the manger.

The event is free and the public is invited to attend.

Visit www.flctroynalc.org for more information.

Original program to be presented TIPP CITY — First Baptist Church and the LightReaders will present an original program for the Christmas season titled “A King Changes Everything,” at 6 p.m.

Sunday in the sanctuary.

With laughter, music and a message, “The King Changes Everything” tells the Christmas story from the viewpoint of the Three Wise Men’s wives, Roshan, Nazeen and Esta and their servant, Arshamanhi, who are alone, hopeless and overwhelmed in their lives until the find a king in a stable changes everything.

For more information, contact the church office at (937) 667-6917 or email fbctippcity@frontier.com.

Sudan Christmas bazaar planned TIPP CITY — Ginghamsburg Church will hold its fifth annual Sudan Christmas bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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WEST MILTON — A Christmas concert, “Christmas Joy,” presented by the choirs of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, will be at 7 p.m.

Sunday, under the direction of Marsha Fischbach.

The accompanist for the cantata is Betty Lou Johansen, and Louise Adams will play the violin.

The church is at 1209 S.

Miami St., West Milton.

This is a free concert for the community.

For more information, call the church office at (937) 698-5826.

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Musical dinner theater upcoming TIPP CITY — Tipp City United Methodist Church will present a free Christmas musical dinner theater Dec. 1011.

Saturday will offer a family luncheon at noon with the performance starting at 1 p.m.

The menu has been designed for both children and adults. The Saturday evening event will start with a traditional Christmas dinner at 5 p.m., followed by the musical at 6:15 p.m.

Sunday will offer a performance at 3 p.m. with a

reception following.

Tickets are free, but are required and can be reserved by calling or emailing Jean and Bruce Calladine at 667-8506 or at jeancalladine@ gmail.com. Tickets can be picked up at will call in the gathering area prior to the performances.

Meals and performances will be in the great hall of Tipp City United Methodist Church, 8 W. Main St., Tipp City.

Parents’ Day Out Dec. 9-10 TROY — True Life Community Church, 1260 Dorset Road, Suite A, will offer a Parents’ Day Out from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Dec. 10.

Children between the ages of 3-12 years old will be cared for — for free —

with games, activities, crafts, videos and snacks while parents are able to shop, wrap gifts or visit with friends or family.

Lunch will be served on Saturday.

To make a reservation, call Deb Crouch at (937) 552-7724.

Holiday musicals offered WEST MILTON — The West Milton Nazarene Church, corner of Baker Road and State Route 48, will offer a children’s Christmas musical, “Chrismyth Busters,” at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 11.

An adult choir Christmas musical, “Mary Did You Know,” will be offered at 6 p.m. Dec. 11.

Refreshments will follow.

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In addition, there will be a silent auction area, activities for children with face painting and games and entertainment, including live child musicians performing.

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SERVICES

ASSEMBLY OF GOD VICTORY ASSEMBLY OF GOD 4645 S. County Road 25-A Phone: 667-0763 Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday morning meet and greet with coffee and snacks, 10:30 a.m. morning service; Wed. — 7 p.m. Missionettes, Royal Rangers, adult Bible study.

ABUNDANT LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 661 N. County Road 25-A, Troy Phone: 339-4769 Pastor Nathan Bacorn Sun. — 10:15 a.m. Worship.

BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST 1045 Monroe Concord Road Phone: 335-3686 Pastor Jason Barclay Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. Sunday night service; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer meeting.

CENTRAL BAPTIST 115 Staunton, Piqua Pastor Randy Satchwell Sun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer, Bible study and kid’s programs.

CHARITY BAPTIST 667-9167 445 Evanston Road, Tipp City Pastor Dan Williams Sun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service; Wed. — 7 p.m. Kids Club for boys and girls ages 4-12, 7 p.m. adult Bible study and prayer.

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST 1879 Staunton Road, Troy 440-6900 cbctroy.org Pastor Matt Harbour Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service; Wed. — 6 p.m. in-home mid-week Bible study (call church for more information) FAVORITE HILL BAPTIST SBC Pastor Phillip Delorme 1601 South St., Piqua 773-6469 Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.

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FIRST BAPTIST 53 S. Norwich Road, Troy Phone: 339-3602 www.fbctroy.com Senior Pastor Dale R. Christian Pastor Douglas R. Magin Sun. — 8:30 a.m. Early Worship Services, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible fellowships, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship service, 7:15 p.m Youth - TGIF; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.

FBC Family Ministry Night; Fri. — 10 a.m. Ladies Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST 8233 W. Covington-Gettysburg Road, Covington Phone: 473-5347 Pastor Jim Thacker Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer and Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST 6533 Tipp Cowlesville, Tipp City Sun. — 10 a.m. worship celebration, 11:15 a.m. Sunday school, 7 p.m. worship Wed. — 7 p.m. mid-week prayer.

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APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 1624 N. County Road 25-A, Troy Pastor Charles A. Carnes Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11:30 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. service; Tue. — 10 a.m. prayer; Thu. — 7 p.m. mid-week worship service.

OPEN ARMS APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 4075 S. Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City Pastor Bob Bell Sun. — 10 a.m., Sunday school/worship; 6 p.m., worship; Wed. — Midweek service, 7 p.m.

TROY APOSTOLIC TEMPLE 625 N. County Road 25-A, Troy Pastor Richard A. Workman Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 6 p.m. Sunday celebration; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible study.

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Pastor David Hixon; Phone: 698Sunday school and Bible class.

6327 ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, LUTHERAN CHURCH 10:30 a.m. worship Service; Wed. — 7 200 E. Bridge St.., Covington p.m. Bible study.

The Rev. Stephen Nierman, pastor FULL GOSPEL COMMUNITY Phone: 473-2170 CHURCH OF GOD Sun.— 9 a.m. church service.; 212 S. Mulberry St., Troy Wed. — 7 p.m. choir practice.

(937) 732-1057 ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN Pastor Al Banister CHURCH Sunday — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 248 Wood St., Piqua 11 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m. night Phone: 773-3284 service; Wed. — 7 p.m. night service.

The Rev. Ronald A. Shreffler NEW HORIZON CHURCH OF Web address: GOD MOUNTAIN ASSEMBLY www.stjohnpiqua.org 527 N. Market St., Troy Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Christian educaPastor Joe Hill tion for all ages, 10:30 a.m. worship Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 service. a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship; Wed. — ZION EVANGELICAL 7 p.m. youth night/adult Bible study.

LUTHERAN CHURCH PLEASANT HILL 14 W. Walnut St., Tipp City CHURCH OF GOD Pastor Steven J. Gellatly Main Street Phone: 667-3110 Pastor Scott Deane Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 10:30 a.m. worship; Sat. — 5 p.m. Christian a.m. Sunday school; Wed. — 7 p.m. gathering. evening program for adults and chilMETHODIST dren of all ages.

SNYDER ROAD CHURCH OF GOD BETHEL UNITED Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, METHODIST CHURCH 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening, 6 2505 E. Loy Road, Piqua p.m. youth service; Wed. — 7 p.m.

The Rev. David C. Ramming Bible study, 7 p.m. youth service.

Parsonage Office: 335-6596 TROY FIRST CHURCH OF Sun. — 9 a.m. worship service, COVINGTON CHURCH PARTNERS IN HOPE GOD 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; Mon — 10 OF THE BRETHREN An ecumenical ministry assisting 924 Troy-Urbana Road a.m. UMW meeting, bring a sack 101 N. Wall St., Covington families in the Troy area with emergency needs and long-term support.

Pastor Michael Calhoun lunch; Wed. — 6-7:30 p.m. CTC (end Pastor Michael Yingst Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, of Season), 7:30 p.m. CTC program.

Sun. — 8:30 a.m. Wake Up With Financial help 10:30 a.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.

CASSTOWN UNITED God, coffee and juice; 9:30 a.m. worCar repair Budgeting mid-week service.

METHODIST CHURCH ship, 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

Job Referrals TROY VIEW CHURCH OF 102 Center St., Casstown FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH Transportation GOD The Rev. David C. Ramming Visitation PLEASANT HILL Sponsored by 16 Troy churches 1770 N. County Road 25-A, Troy Parsonage Office: 335-6596 210 N. Church St. and Troy Council of Churches.

Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Corners of Church and Walnut 10:15 a.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.

10:45 a.m. worship service.

Streets, one block West of Newton Hall.

Masses — Sat. at 5 p.m.; Sun. at prayer, Bible study.

CHRISTIANSBURG UNITED www.FirstBrethren.com 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Holy Days, Vigil, 7 METHODIST CHURCH Phone: 676-2802 p.m., Nursery — 10 a.m. Mass.

EPISCOPAL Corner of 3rd and Monroe Streets, Pastor Lynn Mercer ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC Christiansburg Sun. — 9 a.m. fellowship, 9:30 409 E. Main St., Troy TRINITY EPISCOPAL Pastor - Mark Atterhold a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worFr. James S. Duell CHURCH Sun. — 8:45 a.m., 10 a.m. ship celebration; Fri. — 7 p.m. Senior www.stpatroy.org 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy Services.

High at The Barn, noon senior lunchMasses — Sat. at 5 p.m.; Sun. at Phone: 335-7747 FIRST UNITED METHODIST eon (second Fri. of each month, loca7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Holy days at trinitychurch@trinitytroyohio.net 110 W. Frankllin St., Troy tion varies); Sat. — 7:30 a.m. men’s 7 a.m., noon and 7 p.m. Confessions www.trinity-troy.disohioorg Senior Pastor — Rev. David breakfast (every other Sat., location — Sat. at 4-4:30 p.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Leckrone varies), 7 a.m. Jr. High at the Barn ST. TERESA CATHOLIC Sun. — 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Holy Rev. Mic Mohler, associate pastor (First and Third Sat.).

6925 W. U.S. Route 36, Covington Eucharist, 9:15 a.m. Sunday forum, Phone: 335-2826 GETHSEMANE FELLOWSHIP Phone: 473-2970 10:15 a.m. Christian formation for chilWeb site: troyfumc.org BRETHREN IN CHRIST Fr. Jim Simons dren, last Sunday of month at noon: Sun. — 8:15 and 10:45. a.m. tradiCorner Rts. 40 & 201, Brandt Masses — First and Third Sat. at free community lunch, open to the tional worship services, 9:05 and Pastor Dale McCabe public; Wed. — 7 p.m. evening prayer. 10:35 a.m. contemporary worship Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 5 p.m.; Sun. at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. service, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship service, 6:30 p.m. TRANSFIGURATION CATHOLIC CHURCH LUTHERAN nursery care provided for all services, services; Wed. — 6:30 p.m. service.

972 S. Miami St., West Milton First Kids preschool and extended GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH Father John MacQuarrie, pastor BRANDT EVANGELICAL care, 10:35 a.m. First Place contempoOF THE BRETHREN Masses — Saturday at 5 p.m., LUTHERAN rary worship; Mon., Wed. and Friday — 7240 S. Peters Road Sunday at 7:30 and 10:20 a.m.; Daily 6870 E. St. Rt. 40, Brandt 1:30-3 p.m. First Place Food Pantry.

Phone 667-3476 Mass: Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Fri. at Phone: 845-0450 FLETCHER UNITED Pastor Daniel Fullen 8:15 a.m.; Mass:Tues. at noon.

Rev. David Jarvis-Schroeder METHODIST Sun. — 10:30 a.m. worship.

Benediction — Thurs. at 7 p.m.

Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, 10 205 S. Walnut St., Fletcher HIGHLAND BRETHREN IN Confessions: Sat at 3:30-4:30 p.m. a.m. worship.

368-2470 CHRIST SACRED HEART PARISH FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Andy Perry 7210 S. Jay Road, West Milton 476 N. Scott St., New Carlisle (NALC) www.fletcherchurch.org (937) 698-3300 Revs. Michael L. Bidwell and Paul 2899 W. Main St., Troy Sun. — 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. worPastor Todd Hammond Vieson.

Phone: 335-2323 ship services, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Sun. —10 a.m. worship and chilDeacon, Robert Kozlowski Pastor Ric Barnes school; nursery care and children’s dren’s programs.

Sat. — 5 p.m. Mass; Sun. — 9 a.m. flctroy-nalc.org church available; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer PIQUA CHURCH OF THE and 11:30 a.m. Mass; Mon., Tues., Handicapped accessible and hear- group.

BRETHREN Thu. and Fri. — 8:30 a.m. Mass; Wed. ing assistance HOFFMAN UNITED 525 Boal Ave., Piqua — 9:30 a.m. Mass.

Sunday — 8 a.m. traditional worMETHODIST Phone: 773-6342 ship celebration, 9:15 a.m. Children’s 201 S. Main St., West Milton Pastor Larry Lutz CATHOLIC, OTHER Advent workshop, 10:30 a.m. contemPhone: 698-4401 Parsonage phone: 773-0404 porary worship service, 6-8 p.m.

Pastor Justin Williams Sun. — 9:25 a.m. Sunday worship, Journey to the Manger free drive Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday service.

10:45 a.m. Sunday school, Bible study, ANNUNCIATION NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH through nativity; Mon.-Fri. — 9:30 a.m. GINGHAMSBURG CHURCH men’s fellowship, women’s fellowship, OF AMERICA to 4 p.m. Partners in Hope Chrismas Dr. Michael Slaughter, senior pasjunior and high school youth group, The Rev. Father Norman J. Shoppe preparations; Mon. — 5-8 p.m. tor adults Young of Heart Group.

Miami County Victim Witness 6759 S. County Road. 25-A, Tipp PLEASANT HILL BRETHREN Szylakowski Phone: 339-9249 Homocide Memorial Service; Wed. — City IN CHRIST CHURCH E-mail: anncca@aol.com 7 p.m. worship team and adult choir Phone: 667-1069 Corner of Hill and Church streets hometown.aol.com/normski274. practice; Sat. — 11 a.m. Hannah Circle Worship: Sat. — 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; John Weaver, Pastor Sun. — 1 p.m. Mass (Holy at NightSky Cafe, 6-8 p.m. Journey to Sun. — 9, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.

Accessible for the handicapped Eucharist), Sacrament of the Manger free drive through nativity GREENE STREET UNITED Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, FRIEDENS EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH 10:30 a.m. worship service (worship on Reconciliation (Confession) one-half LUTHERAN 415 W. Greene St., Piqua last Sunday of the month at 10:15 a.m.). hour prior to Sunday Mass or by 11038 W. Versailles Road arrangement (meeting at a facility rear Phone: 773-5313 TROY CHURCH OF THE Covington classroom of Trinity Episcopal Church, Pastor Lisa Ellison BRETHREN Phone: 526-4849 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy).

Child care provided 1431 W. Main St., Troy Interim Pastor Bob Akins Handicapped accessible Pastor Sheila Shumaker Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday worship.

CHURCH OF CHRIST www.greenestreetumc.com Handicapped accessible GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN Sunday — 8 and 10:30 a.m. worNursery care available 1209 S. Miami St.,West Milton ship services; 9:15 a.m. — church Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, CHURCH OF CHRIST Pastor Melvin Musser IN CHRISTIAN UNION school for all ages 10:40 worship service, 4-6 p.m. allSun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, McKENDREE UNITED 5020 Panhandle Road, church Christmas dinner; Mon. — 7 10:30 a.m. worship.

METHODIST p.m. H.U.G.S. Support Group; Tues. — Christiansburg — 857-9362 OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN Pastor Jeremy Olson One mile south of St. Rt. 41 on 7 p.m. Welcome Home AA group; Wed. 517 McKinley Ave., Piqua Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Dayton Brandt Road — 6:30 p.m. deacon meeting; Thurs.

Phone: 778-9325 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. fellowship.

Pastor James Leighty — 7 p.m. NAIOU Support Group and The Rev. William Ritchie Wed. — 6:30 p.m. Kids for Christ.

Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, choir practice.

Sun. — 10 a.m. worship service, MID-COUNTY CHURCH 10:30 a.m. worship service.

BRETHREN WEST CHARLESTON 11 a.m. Sunday school. Bible Buddies POTSDAM UNITED OF CHRIST CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN — 2-3:30 p.m. the second Saturday of METHODIST CHURCH 1580 N. Dorset Road 4817 State Route 202, Tipp City BRADFORD CHURCH OF THE each month Minister Ralph Royse Interim Pastor Irv and Nancy 12 S. Main St., P.O. Box 124, BRETHREN PEACE OF OUR SAVIOR Sun. — 9 a.m. Bible classes, 10 Heishman Potsdam 120 W. Oakwood St., Bradford a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship; Wed. — LUTHERAN CHURCH Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, Phone: 947-1438 Pastor Dan Scalf 1025 Cliffside Drive, New Carlisle 7 p.m. Bible study.

Pastor Pamela A. Hitchcock Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 10:15 a.m. worship service.

Pastor Marc Frey TIPP CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST WEST MILTON CHURCH Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. service.

849-9374 6460 S. County Road 25-A, Tipp City 10:30 a.m. worship.

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN OF THE BRETHREN www.peaceofoursavior.net Minister Robert Vincent 918 S. Miami St., West Milton RICHARDS CHAPEL UNITED 300 E. Monument, Pleasant Hill Pre-school 8:30-11 a.m. Mon.-Fri. METHODIST CHURCH Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Bible classes, Pastor Jerry Bowen Nick Beam, Pastor Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 10:45 Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship; 831 McKaig Ave., Troy Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, a.m. Sunday school.

Tue. — 10 a.m. to noon The Golden 10:30 a.m. worship.

Phone: 335-8814 10:30 a.m. worship service.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN, LC-MS Years; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible classes.

Pastor David Richey COMMUNITY GRACE County Road 25-A and Mason CATHOLIC, ROMAN Choir director Brenda Coleman BRETHREN Road, Sidney CHURCH OF GOD Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school for 2261 S. Miami St., West Milton Phone: 492-2461 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST adults, 10:30 a.m. worship; Mon.-Thur Phone: 698-4048 Pastor Ken Castor BRUSH CREEK CHURCH OF — 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., free lunch proSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, CATHOLIC Sat. — 5:30 p.m. worship GOD 753 S. Hyatt St., Tipp City gram for community; Wed. — 11:45 10:45 a.m. worship; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.

Sun. — 9 a.m. worship, 10:30 a.m. a.m. worship service; Thurs. — 1 p.m.

6370 S. Kessler-Frederick, Tipp City The Rev. R. Marc Sherlock Awana.

Bible study.

TIPP CITY UNITED WHOLESALE CARPET OUTLET METHODIST WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Funeral Home & Cremation Services 8 W. Main St., Tipp City HAMBURGER Largest In-Stock Showroom in Darke Co. FREE ESTIMATES S. Howard Cheney, Owner-Director Phone: 667-2318 SHOP 937-447-4265 OR 937-447-7445 • Pre-arranged funeral plans available Pastor Dan Glover 301 E. Main, Gettysburg Take someone 3230 S. Co. Rd. 25A • Troy 1124 W. Main St • Call 335-6161 • Troy, Ohio

FREE BAPTIST 8 S. Main St., Christiansburg Jeff Ferguson Sun. — 11 a.m. worship and children’s church.

GRACE BAPTIST 1400 N. Market St., Troy Phone: 339-2019 Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship services, 6 p.m. growth groups and Grace Youth; Wed. — 6:40 p.m. AWANA, 7 p.m. Prayer and Praise.

GRACE BAPTIST 2500 St. Rt. 48, Ludlow Falls Phone: (937) 698-4342 Pastor Dale Scott Sun. — 11 a.m. morning service, 10 a.m. Sunday school, 6 p.m. evening service; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible study.

LAURA FIRST BAPTIST Just Off St. Rt. 571 on Haworth Road Pastor Rick Mowry Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible study.

LENA BAPTIST 8050 N. Church St., Conover Interim Pastor Ed Sollenberger Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Worship service 7 p.m. education prayer meeting.

MAIN STREET BAPTIST 11191 W. State Route 571, Laura Pastor Ron Evans Sun. — 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. age group Bible studies; Wed. — 7 p.m. mid-week worship, 7 p.m. children’s hour; Thu. — 8 p.m. men’s prayer encounter.

NEW LIFE BAPTIST MINISTRIES 1001 County Road 25-A, Troy 339-2992 Pastor Joseph Baldwin Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday church school, 11 a.m. worship services; Wed. — 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study.

PIQUA BAPTIST 1402 W. High St., Piqua 773-4583 www.piquabaptist.com Donald Wells, senior pastor; Daniel Helms, director of family ministries Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. morning worship, 5 p.m.

Word of Life for children and teens; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible studies for adults and youth, God’s Kids Choir; Young at Heart — third Thu. of each month; Lydia Circle — third Tue. of each month.

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 232 S. Wayne St., Piqua Phone: 773-0619 Bishop Ted C. Willis Jr, c/o Pastor Cheryl Willis Sr. Deacon S. Taylor Sun. — 10-10:30 a.m. intercessary prayer, 10:30-11 a.m. prayer and worship, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. worship service; Mon. — 6-8 p.m. men’s meeting; Wed. — 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer service.

TROY BAPTIST TEMPLE 691 E. Staunton Road Phone: 339-3207 Pastor David Mulvaine Sun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m. evening worship; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer, ministries for all ages, Frontline Clubs, Teen Youth S.A.L.T., adult Bible study.

TROY FREEWILL BAPTIST 2482 S. County Road 25-A Pastor Dwight Stump Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. Sunday evening service; Thu. — 7 p.m. evening service.

UNION BAPTIST 1885 E. Peterson Road Pastor Dale Adkins (937) 335-1045 Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 7 p.m. Service; Wed. — 6:30 p.m., Awana clubs, 7 p.m. adult Bible studies.

ZION BAPTIST 711 W. Franklin St., Troy Rev. Paul L. Cooper Jr. Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship service, first Sunday Baptizing and Holy Communion; Wed. — 6:30 p.m. Bible study, 7:30 p.m.

Prayer meeting; Thu. — 6:30 p.m. choir rehearsal.

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If you have changes to regularly scheduled meetings, call 440-5265. Special events and other activities that change frequently should be written up separately and sent to Melody Vallieu, c/o The Troy Daily News, 224 Market St., Troy, OH 45373. E-mail: vallieu@tdnpublishing.com.

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SERVICES Continued from page 6 Sun. — 9 a.m. traditional service, 10:30 a.m. contemporary service; 9 and 10:30 a.m. children’s and adult discileship opportunities. Child care available from 9 a.m. to noon.

THE FAMILY OF GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9411 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua Phone: 773-8232 www.thefamilyofgrace.com The Rev. Mike Carnevale, lead pastor Sun. — 8:15 a.m. traditional service, 10 and 11:15 a.m. contemoporary services, 10 a.m. Sunday school for all ages.

CHRISTIANSBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Grafton Dialton Road, St. Paris Pastor Mark Atterhold Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. service.

p.m. GED, 6:30 p.m. WOW for Kids; Thurs. — 6:30 p.m. Girl Scouts, 7 p.m. choir rehearsal; Sat. — 5 p.m. worship (chapel).

LOSTCREEK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 7007 Troy-Urbana Road, Casstown Pastor Jason Egbert www.lostcreekucc.org (937) 857-9638 Sun. — 9 a.m. adult Bible study, 10 a.m. Sunday worship and children’s Sunday school.

NASHVILLE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 4540 W. State Route 571, West Milton, corner of State Route 571 and Wheelock Road.

698-5867 or (937) 541-1041 Rev. Lynn Labs Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship service.

PLEASANT HILL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 10 W. Monument St. Pastor Craig Showalter Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. Worship service ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 130 S. Walnut St., Troy 335-2028 The Rev. Dr. Keith Wagner www.stjohnsucctroyohio.com Handicapped accessible, nursery available Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship.

CHRIST LIGHT UNITY PRAYER CIRCLE Baird Family Center 527 N. Market St., Troy Pastor Lisa Davis Sun. — 7 p.m. Services.

CHRIST MISSIONARY FREEDOM 602 W. Main St. Pastor Tom Holley 332-8018 Sun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship, 5 p.m. youth, 5 p.m. new comers; Wed. — 7 p.m. service.

CHRISTIAN CHAPEL Pastor Jessie Tipton Ginghamsburg Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. service.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY 1575 W. State Route 571, Tipp City Minister John F. Shroyer Sun. — 10:30 a.m. morning fellowship, children’s fellowship; Wed. — 7:30 p.m. Bible study.

Sunday — 10 a.m. services; Wed. — 6 p.m. Life groups.

FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CHURCH

Phone: (574) 601-7758 Justin N. Jessup, pastor Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening worship; Wed. – 7 p.m. worship, midweek prayer meeting.

LIVING HOPE WORSHIP CENTER 505 McKaigAve. Pastor — Linda Spicer Sun. 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship.

NEW CARLISLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 501 Dayton-Lakeview Road Elder Willis Adams Sat. — 9:15 a.m. worship, 10:30 a.m. Sabbath school.

REDEMPTION GOSPEL MINISTRIES 111 E. Canal St., Troy Pastor Michael J. Miles II Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. Morning worship. Tue. — 6 p.m.

Bible Study.

SKYVIEW WESLEYAN 6995 S. Peters Road, Tipp City Pastor John Hughes, Sun. — 10:30 a.m. worship service, nursery provided; Wed — 6:30 p.m. Dinner, 7 p.m. Bible study.

SPIRIT LIFE CHURCH 8527 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua Pastor Ken VanHoose Sunday — 10:30 a.m. worship services.

ST. JAMES COMMUNITY 702 Sherman Ave. Pastor Vickie L. Evans Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. celebration; Wed. — 6 p.m. Bible study.

STILLWATER COMMUNITY 7900 W. Sugar Grove Road, Covington Pastor Ralph Schaafsma Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. morning worship; Wed. — 6:30 p.m. AWANA Club, Cubbies: Preschool Sparks: K-2nd grades, Truth & Training: 3rd -6th grades, Junior Varsity: 7th-9th grades SUGAR GROVE BIBLE 7875 S. Kessler-Frederick Road Tipp City (in Frederick) Phone: 698-4478 Pastor Larry Sneed Sun. — 9:30-10 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45-11:45 a.m. special music & worship service.

SYNAGOGUE ANSHE EMETH Monthly worship services; for dates or more information call 5470092.

TEMPLE OF PRAISE MINISTRIES 200 S. Monroe Ave., Troy Bishop — Roy L. Pirtle Phone: 573-9829 Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. morning worship, 5:30 p.m. evening worship Sunday night every other week; Thu. — 7 p.m. Bible study THE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP CENTER One mile north of Christiansburg

5850 N. State Route 41, Covington 473-2128 Pastor Eugene Oburn Sunday — 9:30 a.m. morning worship, 10:50 Bible study; Mon. — 6:30 p.m. AWANA; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.

TRUTH. GOSPEL OF ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH 801 N. Market St., Troy Phone: 524-6485 Eric Burns, pastor Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. morning worship; Mon.-Thu. — Noon, prayer; Wed. — 6 p.m. Bible study; Thu. — 7 p.m. Women’s fellowship every first and third fellowship; Every third Fri. — 7 p.m. monthly youth activity; Sat. — 9 a.m. Men’s fellowship.

GRACE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER NAZARENE 1477 S. Market St., Troy, next to Fat Boyz Pizza and Yuppie Puppie CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER TIPP CITY CHURCH Pastor, Elder Howard Collier PIQUA OF THE NAZARENE Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Cinemark Miami Valley Cinemas St. Rt. 571 & I-75 11 a.m. Sunday morning worship; Tues.

1020 Garbry Road Phone: 667-6586 — 6 a.m. prayer; Wed. — 6 p.m. prayer, Piqua, OH 45356 Pastor Bradley Warkentine 7 p.m. Bible study.

(937) 381-9753 Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, HEARKEN UNTO THE KING joldham@clcdayton.org 10:30 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m.

MINISTRIES www.clcpiqua.com evening service; Tues. — 8 a.m. Men’s Pastor Tamara and Apostle Pastor James Oldham Bible study; Sat. — 7-11 a.m. youth Sunday — 10 a.m. worship service Christopher Evans recreation center.

200 S. Monroe St., Troy CHURCH OF JESUS TROY CHURCH OF Sunday — 10 a.m. prayer, 11 a.m.

421 Wood St., Piqua PIQUA CONGREGATIONAL THE NAZARENE worship service; Tues. — 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Brian T. Hamilton CHRISTIAN UNITED CHURCH Pastor Jeff Rollison prayer, 7 p.m. Bible study; Wed. — 6:30 773-4004 OF CHRIST 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy p.m. Youth Rearching Youth service. www.churchofjesuspiqua.com 421 Broadway, Piqua Corner of W. Market St. and Barnhart Sun. — 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school, TRUE LIFE COMMUNITY Pastor William Hewitt Road 11 a.m., worship service CHURCH Sun. — 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday (937) 339-3117 Wed. — 6:30 p.m.

Prayer; 7 p.m.

Worship center — 1375 State school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 4 p.m. www.troynaz.net Bible study.

Route 55, corner of Dorset and State Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship service, Chells.

COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Route 55 11 a.m. in-house education classes, 6 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 1427 W. Main St., Tipp City Admnistrative office — Stouder 108 S. Main St., West Milton p.m. small groups in homes; Wed. — 667-2710 Center, 1100 Wayne St., Suite 1112 Sun. — 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school, 6:30 p.m. adult Bible study; Sat. — 9 (937) 332-0041 Pastor Jeff Seekins 10:40 a.m. church. a.m. Men’s Bible study. www.takeheart.us Pastor Tim Board, associate WEST MILTON CHURCH Pastor Chris Daum Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; UNITED PENTECOSTAL OF THE NAZARENE Sunday — 10:30 a.m. worship.

10:30 a.m. worship service; nursery 151 W. Baker Road, West Milton and children’s programs throughout the HERITAGE TEMPLE SAFE HARBOR MINISTRIES Pastor Charles W. Meinecke Pastor Rod Dysinger morning; 2464 Peters Road, Troy Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Phone: 381-5186 Wednesday — 6:30 p.m. family Phone: 773-1096 10:30 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m.

Contact information: night service for kids, teens and adults. www.safeharbortroy.com Sunday Night Ministries; Wed. — 7 e-mail to heritagetemple@yahoo.com LUDLOW FALLS CHRISTIAN Pastor Simon Young p.m. Kids’ Club, Teens Get Together, or visit the Web site at www.herSun. — 11 a.m. celebration service CHURCH adult Bible study. itagetemple.frewebsites.com Corner of Oak and Vine St. and Kidz Church; Thu. — 7 p.m.

KOINOS CHRISTIAN Ludlow Falls Christian development.

PRESBYTERIAN FELLOWSHIP Phone: 698-3823 OTHERS 722 Grant St., Troy The Rev. Jerry Collins COVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN Pastor Johnathan Newman Sun. — 9:15 a.m. morning wor30 North Pearl St. Sun. — 10:30 a.m. worship celeALCONY GRACE ship.

(937) 473-5263 bration.

1045 S. Alcony Conover Road COVE SPRING CHURCH Pastor Greg Krutz LAURA CHRISTIAN Pastor Stephen Marcum 5705 E. Walnut Grove Road Sunday — 10 a.m. worship service Pastor Curtis F. Duncan Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Pastor Evan Garber with children’s service.

Sun. — 9:30 a.m. service, 10:30 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. youth felSun. — 9:30 a.m. church school, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN a.m. Sunday school. Nursery provided. lowship, first and third Sun., 7 p.m.

10:30 a.m. worship hour.

20 S. Walnut St., Troy LIGHTHOUSE HOLINESS Sunday evening service; Wed. — 7 COURTS OF PRAISE Dr. Richard B. Culp, pastor CHAPEL p.m. prayer meeting.

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River-West Grove Road WESTMINSTER Phone: 676-3535 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Pastor Bill Cornett Sun. — 10:30 a.m. worship, 9:30 Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. Sunday school for junior and senior high, 11-11:30 a.m. Sunday school a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m. evening service, 6 p.m. Patch Club — three for 2 year olds through sixth grade; Mon. — 7 p.m. Shawl Ministry meeting. years through grade six.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE UNITED CHURCH 4100 Benfield Dr., Kettering, OF CHRIST Phone: 298-1376 The Rev. Eunice Chalfant Sun. services: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

COVINGTON UNITED — child care available at both services, CHURCH OF CHRIST junior church available at 11 a.m. serv115 Pearl St. ice only. Music: Kenny Rice of the Pastor Rev. Howard Storm Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 11 a.m. Hathaways.

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FIRST UNITED CHURCH Pastor, Kerry Baker OF CHRIST Phone: 698-3114 Church 120 S. Market St., Troy Phone: 698-5964 Parsonage www.firstucctroy.org Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Sat. — 7:30 a.m. Community 10:30 a.m. worship. Nursery provided.

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3537 S. Elm Tree Road Cell Phone: 360-6046 or Home Phone: 788-2710 Pastor Jim Fannin Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning worship, 7 p.m. service; Wed — 6:30 p.m. teens.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 475 W. Loy Road Phone: 773-3392 Grant Armstrong, bishop, 3397509 Sun. — 9-10:15 a.m. Sacrament meeting, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Sunday school, 11:15 a.m.-noon Priesthood meeting, Relief Society; Mon. — Family home evening; Wed. — 7 p.m. young women and young men activity night.

THE LIVING WORD FELLOWSHIP CENTER 947 North Market St. Pastors Gilbert and Phyllis Welbaum Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.

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TROY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1440 E. State Route 55 www.troychristianchurch.org Pat McWhorter, Children’s Minister Caleb Christman, Student Minister Rob Campbell, Worship Minister Sun. — 9:30 and 10:50 a.m. worship, children’s programs at both services.

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TROY GOSPEL TABERNACLE Long and Ellis streets Pastor Erv Holland Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Sunday evening services 6 p.m.; Wed. — 7 p.m. Prayer meeting at Bible Study.

UPPER ROOM WORSHIP CENTER 203 N. 4th St., Tipp City Phone: 667-5585 www.theur.net Senior Pastor Greg Simmons Sun. — 11 a.m. Sunday worship celebration, followed by adult, youth and children’s ministries; Friday — 7 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, 12-step Christian program for hurts, habits and hang-ups.

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Bishop being investigated amid Episcopal schism CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The conservative leader of the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina, which has roots stretching to before the American Revolution, is the first bishop facing discipline from the national church over the ongoing schism over the ordination of gay ministers.

While some conservative congregations left the national Episcopal church to join a new Anglican denomination over the issue, the South Carolina diocese has stayed in, while pushing back on theological differences and what it calls the increasing centralization of the church.

Now Bishop Mark Lawrence is facing discipline under new national church rules that took effect last summer rules that give the national church a greater role in disciplining of priests and bishops. Depending on the outcome, Lawrence could be deposed as a spiritual leader

in a church to which he has given his life.

“Personally, I’m not afraid, I’m concerned for the diocese,” the 61-year-old bishop told The Associated Press in his first interview since the allegations were announced this fall. “What’s at stake here is the worldwide Anglican community: the third largest body in Christendom.”

Lawrence said the national Episcopal Church is threatening the unity of the Anglican communion. He said in the diocese “while we are in the vast minority of the Episcopal Church, we hold positions that Anglicans have held for the past 400 to 500 years.”

The 2 million-member Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion, which has 77 million members worldwide.

“I don’t believe that the founders of the Episcopal Church ever envisioned a day when

issues of theology and constitutionality would have arisen as they have arisen right now. I ask myself: ‘What are we here in the Diocese of South Carolina called to do?’” he asked. “My gut reaction was this day would come.”

The Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop in 2003 and, three years later, the Diocese of South Carolina and two others opposing such consecrations voted to reject the authority of the national church’s presiding bishop, but stopped short of a full break with the church.

Many conservative Episcopalians believe Scripture forbids same-sex relationships.

Two years ago, four breakaway conservative Episcopal dioceses formed the Anglican Church in North America, a rival national province to the Episcopal Church. Dozens of individual parishes have also joined.

The Diocese of South Carolina did not leave, although it did withdraw from some councils of the national church.

Lawrence has repeatedly said he wants the diocese to remain within the Episcopal Church.

But he said the challenge is two main issues: theology and the increasing centralization of the church.

He’s being investigated by a national church committee on information from parishioners in South Carolina. He has not been told who filed the complaint, but thinks it’s probably the Episcopal Forum of South Carolina, a group working to get the diocese to participate fully with the national church.

“We did not initiate this,” said Barbara Mann, president of the forum. Asked if she felt the diocese had abandoned the national church, she said “we don’t make decisions like that. What we do support is the process that’s

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“We are working with circumstances that are very, very sensitive about which people have very, very strong convictions,” said Bishop Dorsey Henderson, who heads the national church disciplinary board.

He said such investigations are rare and that as of now, no formal charges have been made.

But if the board certifies Lawrence has abandoned the church, the Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori would suspend him from the ministry while the matter is considered by the national House of Bishops. If the bishops agree by a majority vote, Lawrence could be deposed.

His diocese in eastern South Carolina has 70 congregations with about 29,000 parishioners.

Dating from the 1700s, it was one of the original dioceses that joined together to form the Episcopal Church.

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Why is it so hard to make money running an airline?

NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines may defy the law of gravity, but they can’t ignore math.

When American Airlines sought bankruptcy protection this week, it marked the 189th time a U.S. airline has done so since the government deregulated the industry in 1978. Most lived to fly again, as American probably will. Some were grounded forever.

Expensive labor contracts, erratic fuel prices and passengers used to cheap cross-country fares were to blame this time. Other times, costly planes, fears of terrorism and even outbreaks of disease have pushed airlines to the breaking point.

“It’s just a crapshoot,” said Bill Diffenderffer, CEO of Skybus Airlines, which stopped flying on April 5, 2008, after less than a year in business. It was the third airline that week to fail.

In the past decade, U.S. airlines have lost a combined $54.5 billion and failed to make money in seven of 10 years.

So why is it so hard to make money running an airline?

• Planes are expensive. A Boeing 737’s list price is about $80 million; leasing one costs about $300,000 a month.

• Oil prices are volatile.

Fuel is an airline’s largest expense. American paid an average $2.32 for a gallon of fuel last year; it expects to pay $3.01 this year.

• Pilots, mechanics and other employees have very specialized jobs demanding higher salaries. Government regulations and union contracts limit the length of workers’ shifts, often creating logistical challenges.

• Recessions. When businesses fold or vacationers lose jobs, the airlines lose passengers.

• The uncontrollable.

Snowstorms, volcanic ash clouds, earthquakes, outbreaks of diseases like SARS and terrorism can ground

planes or scare away passengers.

Besides all of that, airlines have to worry about what their competition does.

If one carrier cuts fares, everybody else usually matches even if it cuts into profits because they know fliers will go for the airline that’s $10 cheaper.

Then there’s the brash, eager, entrepreneur who decides to siphon away passengers with a hip, new airline offering deeply-discounted tickets.

United and Continental used to fly more than half of the passengers out of San Francisco — 53 percent in 2006. Then Virgin America jumped into the lucrative transcontinental business.

By 2010, less than 45 percent of passengers flew United or Continental.

Virgin accounted for more than 6 percent of San Francisco’s traffic.

United had to lower prices to compete, and made less money off those passengers it did retain. The competition doesn’t even have to be profitable. Virgin America has lost $661.4 million since it started flying in August 2007.

“It’s a business where competitors enter your market at 540 mph,” Jeff Smisek, CEO of United Continental Holdings Inc., said in an October interview.

For American’s parent, AMR Corp., the strains were too much. By Tuesday, when it filed for Chapter 11 protection, it had $29.6 billion in debt and only $24.7 billion in assets.

The rest of the industry has managed through the ups and downs and is expected to turn a profit this year. That’s because airlines today are more willing to raise fares to offset fuel costs and are more cautious when deciding on whether to enter a new market, said Philip Baggaley, an airline debt analyst at Standard & Poor’s. And, as passengers know, the airlines don’t give much away any longer.

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Detroit mayor says move for state takeover premature DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Thursday sharply criticized an expected 30-day state review of the city’s troubled finances, which is a first step toward a possible state takeover.

Bing told an evening news conference that Detroit is making progress on its expected $150 million budget deficit and cash flow problems on its own. A spokesman for Bing’s office said earlier that a state review could begin as early as Friday.

“We are opposed to the governor beginning this process,” Bing said, with United Auto Workers union President Bob King and other labor and political officials by his side.

“We’re opposed to an emergency manager and we’re making progress and moving closer than ever to (solving) this fiscal crisis.”

A Michigan law passed earlier this year expanded the powers of stateappointed emergency financial managers, giving latitude that them includes the ability to oversee city government and toss out union contracts in some situations. Michigan already has emergency managers in place in the Detroit public school system and several other cities.

Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder discussed Detroit’s finances during telephone conversations Wednesday, and Bing spokesman Dan Lijana said Thursday that the governor “signaled his intention that a financial

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In this Jan. 1 file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, left, and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, shake hands after inauguration ceremonies in Lansing, Mich. The idea is extreme, even in a city accustomed to fighting for survival: should the state of Michigan step in to run Detroit? The governor has taken steps in that direction. But city leaders bristle at the notion. review could begin as early as Friday.” Such a review is the first step toward appointing an emergency manager. The entire process would take about 90 days.

“This is our city,” Bing told the City Hall news conference. “Detroit needs to be run by Detroiters. We know what needs to be done and we stand ready to do it.”

Bing has submitted a $102 million savings plan for the current fiscal year to Snyder’s office.

“If Lansing believes our plan isn’t strong enough, I’d like to hear their suggestions for what they can improve,” the mayor said.

“I’d like to see action on some of the critical initiatives that we proposed to the state to help Detroit become fiscally stable once again.”

Bing said the state could help by supplying $220 million he says the city was promised in a decade-old tax overhaul “that helped put us in this position in the first place.”

He said Detroit also has asked for help collecting the city’s income tax, which would provide up to $155 million in additional annual revenue.

Snyder’s office declined to comment on Bing’s remarks, other than agreeing that people in Detroit

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“This absolutely isn’t an us versus them whether within in the city or outside of the city,” Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said. “We’re all in this together. Because again, a strong and successful Detroit is key to a strong and successful Michigan.”

Wurfel said earlier that Snyder “still has every hope of avoiding an emergency manager for the city of Detroit,” but added that “the timing is becoming tougher, and the governor does have a responsibility to act if that can’t happen.”

Bing says Detroit is facing a $150 million budget deficit, and a $45 million cash shortfall is projected by next June.

The mayor plans to cut 1,000 jobs early next year to save about $14 million this fiscal year. He has said the layoffs will be strategic and the positions will be eliminated by Feb. 25.

Some city council members have said they think more layoffs are needed, while Bing has been seeking deeper pay and benefits concessions from unions.

Now, all sides say they’re listening to one another.

“We’re going to sit down and resolve these issues,” Al Garrett, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25 in Michigan, said after the news conference where he stood with Bing.

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Icon of U.S. military now in Iraqi hands Camp Victory turned over as troops prepare to exit 46,000 people was handed over to the Iraqi government as part of American efforts to move all U.S. troops out of the country by the end of the year.

“The base is no longer under U.S. control and is under the full authority of the government of Iraq,” said U.S. military spokesman Col. Barry Johnson. He said that by 2 p.m. on Friday, there was no longer any U.S. troop presence at the base.

The transfer of the country’s largest American military base to Iraqi custody happened with little fanfare, and no ceremony was held.

The area, which the military formally calls Victory Base Complex, was originally used as a country club for the Baghdad elite under Saddam. A visitor can still find small relics of that era, such as signs advising patrons where to park, or the hours during which the casino was open.

Saddam built the palace complex near the airport out of embarrassment.

During the 1978 Arab League summit he was forced to house incoming dignitaries in private homes in Baghdad because he had no proper accommodations, according to Robert O. Kirkland, a former U.S. military historian who interviewed former Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and other Iraqis who were once in American custody.

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In the run-up to the war, U.S. military planners were confused by a cone-shaped structure they could see from satellite imagery, said Col. Les Melnyk, another former U.S. military historian in Iraq. They labeled it a possible prayer site. It turned out to be a pigeon coop.

Maj. William Sumner was a captain when his unit arrived at Camp Victory in mid-April 2003. He remembers how Iraqi looters managed to get into the complex and make off with geese, pelicans and other animals from a small zoo Saddam had built.

“I think that’s when the

cougar got out of the enclosure,” he said. For weeks afterward, a large feline, which Sumner said could have also been a bobcat, was spotted wandering around the base.

In the early days after the invasion, soldiers swam in the man-made lakes or toured the islands with paddle boats.

But quickly the atmosphere became more like bases back in the U.S. That meant rules and regulations and military police to enforce them. Sumner said during his unit’s second week at Victory he was pulled over for speeding.

“After we moved onto our other place, we just tried to refuse to go back there whenever possible,” he said.

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shells. One time the violence came from within. In May 2009, a U.S. soldier shot and killed five fellow troops at a combat stress clinic.

The facility was so big it was divided into sections with different names.

Troops could travel from Camp Stryker to Camp Liberty without leaving the base. A public bus system with posted routes transported people to the dining facilities, the gym or a dirt speedway where troops and contractors would race remote-controlled cars.

By the numbers supplied by the U.S. military, it was a substantial operation: The incinerators destroyed an average of 178,000 pounds of waste a day.

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In this June 7, 2005, file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Stephen Thomas of Gainsville, Fla., jumps into the swimming pool at Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Iraq. On Friday, the base that at its height was home to 46,000 people was handed over to the Iraqi government as part of American efforts to move all U.S. troops out of the country by the end of the year.

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CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AP) — Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war’s course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers.

Just outside the palace, American troops whacked golf balls into man-made lakes or fished for carp, while others sat down with a cigar and a can of nonalcoholic beer hoping for a respite from incoming rockets or mortar shells.

Along another lake some distance away, a jailed Saddam tended to tomatoes and cucumbers in a small, walled-off enclosure with guards patrolling overhead.

Ever since the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division fought their way into the Baghdad airport grounds nearly nine years ago, the sprawling area they renamed Camp Victory has held a special place in the American military experience in Iraq.

From here, the highestranking generals sitting behind banks of telephones and video screens communicated with commanders in the field and political leaders in Washington, and dictated strategy that unfolded on the streets of Fallujah, Mosul and Najaf.

It was an intersection in the war where U.S. troops, hot and dusty after traveling across Iraq’s deadly roads and highways, could relax with a latte or bootlegged movie before heading back out again.

On Friday, the base that at its height was home to

A bottled water plant filled 500,000 one-liter bottles a day.

Three separate plants produced 60 megawatts of power a day.

If soldiers grew tired of food at the massive chow halls, they could grab takeout at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Cinnabon, Burger King or Subway.

At various stores they could buy anything from illegal DVDs to a Harley Davidson motorcycle delivered straight to their door back in the U.S. when they returned from the war. In the early days of the war, troops could even buy Saddam Hussein’s personal silverware and place settings.

Troops and contractors visiting from other bases took tours of the palaces.

One particularly entertaining pastime was feeding the carp in the lake surrounding Al Faw palace, where the top generals and U.S. military officials were based. The aggressive fish would jump out of the water for cereal, Girl Scout cookies and Pop Tarts.

Off-limits to most troops was the jail used to house Saddam and some of his cohorts. In a dilapidated, bomb-damaged building encircled by concertina wire, American troops interrogated and guarded the former dictator before he was handed over to the Iraqis and executed in 2006.

The Iraqi government has not yet announced plans for the complex, prime real estate in a country sorely lacking in parks and public spaces. The Iraqi military is already using some parts, and there is talk of turning Saddam’s jail cell into a museum.

BAGHDAD (AP) — An explosion earlier this week in the Green Zone, a protected area in the center of the Iraqi capital, was an assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister, an Iraqi spokesman said.

That assailants were able to get a bomb inside what is supposed to be the

most heavily fortified area in the country raises serious doubts about the abilities of Iraq’s security forces at a crucial time when American troops are leaving the country. Qassim al-Moussawi said the new information was based on confessions from members of a terrorist group.

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Dear Annie: I have a 35-yearold daughter with two children (ages 13 and 2), and they all are living with us. "Micki" moved in after leaving her common-law husband a few months ago. He was the third man in her life.

Since Micki has been home, she has been going out every weekend.

I am "old school" and believe she should come home from work and take care of my grandchildren.

But if I open my mouth, my wife will toss me out. It has already happened once before.

This situation is slowly killing me. My wife tells me Micki is still young. I say, so what? That doesn't mean she can go to bed with every Tom, Dick and Harry. I don't know what to do next. Any suggestions?

— One Step from Leaving Dear One Step: Micki is not as young as your wife thinks. At 35, she is closer to middle-aged.

Unless your wife wishes to enable her daughter to remain irresponsible, the two of you need to set some ground rules regarding Micki's behavior. A social night out once a week is fine. A weekend sleeping around is not. Encourage your wife to put her grandchildren's welfare first and see if you can come to an agreement regarding Micki's responsibilities at home.

Dear Annie: My family is dealing with a sad and disturbing situation. My mother died a few years ago, and a mentally ill sibling is still living with Dad. "Joyce" is financially and emotionally exploiting him and is isolating Dad from the rest of the family.

The house is full of garbage and is overrun with mice and bugs, and yet my father says if it weren't for Joyce, he would be in a nursing home. (She threatens him with this every day.)

I don't understand how he can abandon his children to live in this filth, especially when my mother kept that house spotless.

Please tell us what our options are. — Desperate Dear Desperate: Your father hasn't abandoned you. He is frightened and has become dependent on Joyce. Would you or another sibling be willing to take Dad in, at least temporarily, until you can straighten this out? If you want to wean him away from Joyce's care, you will need to be more directly involved. Call the Eldercare Locator (eldercare.gov) at 1-800-677-1116. Explain the situation and see what services are available in Dad's area.

Dear Annie: I am now a mother-in-law and have a wonderful relationship with my children and their spouses. I am also a daughter-in-law and can tell "Michigan" that the best way NOT to lose her son is to always include the wife as part of the family.

My husband and I have been married for many years, and I have always felt like an outsider in his family. When we married, my mother-in-law tried to undermine our relationship. According to her, everything in our home is "his," nothing is "ours." When she calls our house, she barely speaks to me. She immediately asks to talk to my husband. She makes it clear that he is her priority and the children and I are just baggage.

But the good part is, she has taught me what not to do as a mother-in-law. I never drop in on my children. I always call first. I spend the same amount of money on my kids as I do on their spouses for birthdays, Christmas, etc. I never ask personal questions about their marriages or finances.

If they are not able to come for a function, I don't get upset or make them feel guilty. I try to be supportive and loving.

It is the small, everyday gestures that will make your children's spouses feel like part of the family and that will help you maintain a great relationship not only with your own child, but with all the new children that come along through marriage. — Loving All My Children in Virginia Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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How can I eliminate that sour cedar smell?

Dear Heloise: I have a 92year-old cedar chest that was my mother’s, and my granddaughter would like to have it.

It is a beautiful piece of furniture, but the problem is that through the years, the cedar aroma has turned rancid.

I have tried leaving the chest open for a couple of weeks in fresh air, and I added baking soda, leaving the chest both closed and open. I also tried a fabric refresher. I thought maybe sanding it would restore the cedar aroma, but I am afraid to try.

If possible, I would like to eliminate any fragrance at all.

I was hoping you might have

Hints from Heloise Columnist some ideas; my granddaughter and I welcome your thoughts.

— Ann in California Hi, Ann. Completely eliminating any cedar fragrance?

That is a challenge. Normally, cedar would not give off a rancid smell unless it had absorbed the scent of something stored in it or something

the chest was treated with.

This question stumped Heloise Central, as well as a leading cedar-chest manufacturer! Removing mildew and mothball smells has been addressed, as well as refreshing the cedar scent, but never how to eliminate the cedar smell entirely from storage chests. You might try wiping the insides with my beloved vinegar on a cloth.

If cleaning and lightly sanding the inside of the chest do not help, then your last resort is to seal in the odor by using an oil-based primer on the interior. Then paint the inside with latex paint.

Contact an auction house or antiques dealer prior to painting the chest to find out about any depreciation in value of the chest. Good luck. — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Catherine C. of Lansing, Ill., sent in a picture of her adorable black-andwhite Chihuahua, Piccolo.

Piccolo understands Italian and knows 12 animal toys by name.

Catherine says that “Piccolo” means “little” in Italian.

Fine, but how do you say “adorable” in Italian? To see Piccolo and our other Pet Pals, visit www. Heloise.com and click on the “Pets” link. — Heloise

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HOROSCOPE Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 Some stronger and more ambitious elements of your personality will be aroused in the year ahead because of the actions you’ll be willing to take.

You’re likely to develop a more feasible course where your probabilities for success are heightened.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — It might become necessary for you to make certain that everyone in your charge knows the rules that have been laid down for their own good. Don’t let anything be ignored.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t build impediments in your fertile imagination. You’ll find that once you get on a roll, several things that you thought to be difficult will actually be relatively easy to do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Be sure to give those whose friendships you treasure the benefit of the doubt on any calls they have to make. If you don’t, one of your pals might feel you don’t trust them.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Although you might get commercially involved with an individual who is exceptionally tight-fisted and shrewd, as long as you’re not indifferent or naive, you’ll do OK. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Our mode of behavior easily influences our peers. If you nurture a long face, you’ll not see too many people smiling at you. Conversely, laugh, and the world laughs with you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — The demands placed on you by others could be rather surprising, but instead of letting them upset you, you’ll thrive on them and let them fuel your feelings of self-worth.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Even though you might not ask for it, you could be the recipient of some excellent advice. The counsel you receive will be extremely helpful and constructive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Although your companions might be scattering their efforts, your focus will be centered on some very meaningful objectives. You’ll use your powers of concentration to knock ‘em out.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Because you’ll have worked out your plans well in advance, things should go smoothly for you. You’ll have your goals and plans properly assigned, lessening any kind of logistical problems.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Because you’ll have your plans worked out, most joint endeavors should work out rather well for you. Those with whom you associate will want to follow your lead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you discuss in detail with your family or those who are involved exactly what your present plans are, you should meet with not only their approval but their cooperation as well.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — This is not the time to be silent if you feel you’ve earned something that the powers-that-be might be unaware of.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2011. There are 28 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On Dec. 3, 1911, Italian film composer Nino Rota, known for scoring works by such directors as Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, as well as the first two “Godfather” movies, was born in Milan.

On this date: In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio the first truly coeducational school of higher learn-

ing in the United States began holding classes.

In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened on Broadway.

In 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the new heart.

In 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at

Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.

In 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.

Ten years ago: In the wake of bombings that had killed 26 Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared a war on terror.

Europe, facing abyss, embraces German might BERLIN (AP) — For more than half a century, the legacy of World War II has meant that the mere mention of a new rise of German power sent shudders through European nations. Now, Germany is increasingly calling the shots for the entire continent and few seem to mind.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, whose nation lost millions of people in the Nazi invasion and occupation, shocked many this week when he made a dramatic appeal for greater German influence.

“You know full well that nobody else can do it,” he told a largely German audience in Berlin. “I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to

say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.”

European leaders are panicked over unsustainable debt that could take down the entire global economy. From the streets to the halls of power, all eyes are trained on Germany by far Europe’s biggest economy to lead the continent out of crisis.

“Germany should take on a leadership role because right now, economically, it is the one that can,” said Nacho Criado, 31, on his way to his job laying fiber optic cable in downtown Madrid.

On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward with a

Berlin-engineered action plan for containing Europe’s crisis, calling for tougher rules to keep national budgets under control. She set the agenda for next week’s critical European Union summit, saying it would grapple with a strategy to make sure countries follow the rules and write those changes into EU treaties.

At the same time she talked down any fears of German preeminence in Europe.

“Our guidelines for next week are clear, but it is important for me to say that they have nothing to do with fears or concerns that we are reading about or hear that Germany wants to dominate Europe or some

such,” she said. “That is absurd.”

Increasingly, however, such fears appear to be getting more subdued.

Chancellor Austrian Werner Faymann, whose nation often lives in the shadow of its giant northern neighbor, dismissed out of hand any worries about renewed German dominance.

“I’m really happy,” he said of Merkel’s initiatives for saving Europe.

Some Europeans have also contemplated with horror what would happen if Germany got fed up with Europe’s debt shambles and simply walked away.

“What is left of the euro if Germany says goodbye? A house of cards,” Lennart

Sacredeus, a lawmaker with the Christian Democrats in Sweden’s governing coalition, wrote in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

Throughout the crisis, Merkel has worked closely with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the other heavyweight leader among the nations that share the euro. But Sarkozy, slumping in polls ahead of elections next year, has recently proven much more willing to bend to the chancellor’s way of thinking.

In particular, he has embraced German ideas of countries ceding control of a chunk of their budgets to a central authority, even at the expense of some national sovereignty.

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North Mexico wilts under worst drought on record DURANGO, Mexico (AP) — The sun-baked northern states of Mexico are suffering under the worst drought since the government began recording rainfall 70 years ago. Crops of corn, beans and oats are withering in the fields.

About 1.7 million cattle have died of starvation and thirst.

Hardest hit are five states in Mexico’s north, a region that is being parched by the same drought that has dried out the southwest United States. The government is trucking water to 1,500 villages scattered across the nation’s northern expanse, and sending food to poor farmers who have lost all their crops.

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Life isn’t likely to get better soon. The next rainy season isn’t due until June, and there’s no guarantee normal rains will come then.

Most years, Guillermo Marin harvests 10 tons of corn and beans from his fields in this harsh corner of Mexico. This year, he got just a single ton of beans.

And most of the 82-year-old farmer’s fellow growers in this part of Durango state weren’t able to harvest anything at all.

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“I almost got a ton of beans. It’s very little, but you have to harvest whatever you get,” said Marin, who depends on his crops to sustain himself and the seven grown children who work with him.

The family has five plots of 20 acres each in the town of San Juan del Rio, an area at the foot of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains dotted with farming and ranching villages whose only water comes from seasonal rains.

Those have been lacking for more than a year in much of Mexico. Its been the country’s worst dry spell since 1941, when the government began recording rainfall.

“This is the most severe drought the country has registered,” President Felipe Calderon said Thursday at a meeting with governors from the hardest hit states of Durango, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, Coahuila and San Luis Potosi.

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Francois Baroin this week talked about a “FrancoGerman political impulse” to save the euro. He noted Germany’s economic successes compare favorably to France’s debt difficulties, and concluded in a radio interview: “Germany is a model that interests us.”

France’s political opposition, meanwhile, has attacked Sarkozy for letting Merkel call the shots.

“For months, it’s been Madame Merkel who decides and Nicolas Sarkozy who follows,” Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande said this week.

But Europeans seem increasingly inclined to support Germany’s leadership or at least to go along with it.

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Take the time to send Coach Nolan off with a special memory, thank you or well wishing.

Coach, I can only hope that what I learned from you, I can teach my own sons: hard work, dedication and teamwork.

Bailey Louise Hamblin

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16 • Troy Daily News • Classifieds That Work • Saturday, December 3, 2011

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

410 Commercial

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

560 Home Furnishings

577 Miscellaneous

577 Miscellaneous

583 Pets and Supplies

4 UNIT Apartment Building on Wayne Street, Troy. Single bedroom, non-smoking, no pets. 5 car detached garage.

Clearing 8% plus priced to sell.

(937)603-7529, 8am-5pm

GAS TANK, approx 300 gal round, pump and nozzle, $150 (937)368-5009

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, with Lighted bookcases, excellent condition, dark oak color, will deliver within Sidney, asking $1,000.

Call (937)492-0494

CHRISTMAS TREE 7 foot (GE Monroe) lighted with 550 multi colored lights.

Dimensions 45"X15"X12" $25. (937)498-9822

WALKER, hospital table, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, glider rocker, tub grabbers, end table, microwave & toaster ovens, more. (937)339-4233

MALTESE 6 months to 3 years, males and females $175-450 with papers also Yorkshire Terriers $400-$500 males and females young adults. Teacup Partipoodle, female $375 and a male $250.

Cash only. (937)332-1370

500 - Merchandise

545 Firewood/Fuel FIREWOOD, $125 a core pick up, $150 a core delivered, $175 a core delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237

POOL TABLE, Slate 44x88, oak pedestal legs, leather pockets, slate bed with accessories. $500.

(937)339-0460 leave message and phone number.

FIREWOOD, $50 Truckload, delivered, split, seasoned hardwood, (937)596-6544

510 Appliances REFRIGERATOR, Samsung RF265AA (25.8 cu. ft.), bottom freezer, French door, like new. All white, very clean, adjustable glass shelves.

French style doors are great and freezer is huge!

Must sell. $450 kristinegrangaard@yahoo.com.

(408)483-9539.

WASHER and DRYER, Whirlpool Gold series. 3 Years old, like new, excellent condition! Paid $1600 selling set for $500.

(937)552-7786

ZENITH TV, 25" color console. Free for the hauling. (937)335-7301

FIREWOOD for sale. All seasoned hardwood, $150 per cord split/ delivered, (937)844-3756.

570 Lawn and Garden

SEASONED FIREWOOD $165 per cord. Stacking extra, $135 you pick up.

Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047

RIDING MOWER, John Deere.

Like new, with cover and 2 wheel rider trailer, with self propelled push mower and attached leaf sweeper.

(937)335-3202

560 Home Furnishings

577 Miscellaneous

TELEVISION, 36" Toshiba, picture in picture. Includes stand. $200.

(937)778-0906

TREADMILL, Sears Proforma XP. Still under warranty. $175 (937)335-1540

CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, playpen, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, bears, more.

(937)339-4233 SLOT MACHINE, Pulsar, uses slugs, excellent condition, $200 OBO. Castle Horse Hair Buggy Blanket, over 150 years old, $350 FIRM.

SPA Hot Springs Sovereign Spa. 6 adults, 230W, 50AMP, 335 Gallon. New retractable vinyl cover bought in September. $2550.

(937)492-2443

583 Pets and Supplies AQUARIUM, 29 gallon, oak trim. Includes 30" oak trim deluxe hood, 29 gallon deluxe oak stand. All for $100. (937)552-7786

HAVAMALT PUPPIES, Non shedding, hypo allergenic, designer puppies, beautiful colors, shots, family raised, 8 weeks old on December 23rd, taking deposits now, (937)526-3418

KITTENS, gorgeous! 3 months old. Tabbies, long haired and short haired.

Charcoal and silver stripes. Friendly and litter trained, $10 each.

(937)473-2122

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Erwin Chrysler Dodge Jeep

7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio 937-890-6200 www.evansmotorworks.com

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2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373 937-335-5696 www.erwinchrysler.com

Car N Credit

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Boose Chevrolet

Independent Auto Sales

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575 Arlington Road, I-70W to Exit 21, 3/10ths of mi. south Brookville, OH 45309 1-800-947-1413 www.boosechevrolet.com

1280 South Market St. (CR 25A) Troy, OH 45373 (866)816-7555 or (937)335-4878 www.independentautosales.com

Quick Credit Auto Sales

Wagner Subaru

1099 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Troy, Ohio 45373 937-339-6000 www.QuickCreditOhio.com

217 N. Broad St. Fairborn, OH 45324 937-878-2171 www.wagner.subaru.com

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One Stop Auto Sales

Sherry Chrysler Jeep Dodge 8645 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83 www.paulsherry.com 1-800-678-4188

SUBARU

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Erwin Chrysler Dodge Jeep

Buckeye Ford Lincoln Mercury

2775 S. County Rd 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373 937-335-5696 www.erwinchrysler.com

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365 866-470-9610 www.buckeyeford.com

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Jim Taylor’s Troy Ford 20

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Buckeye Ford Lincoln Mercury

Volvo of Dayton

2343 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney, Ohio 45365 866-470-9610 www.buckeyeford.com

7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio 937-890-6200 www.evansmotorworks.com

INFINITI

Evans Volkswagen 7124 Poe Ave. Exit 59 off I-75 Dayton, Ohio 937-890-6200 www.evansmotorworks.com

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CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019

Wanted junk cars and trucks. Cash paid and free pick-up.

Just call (937)732-5424 www.wantedjunkers.com

925 Legal Notices

925 Legal Notices

Office of the Miami County Commissioners County Plaza, Troy, Ohio NOTICE TO BIDDERS Section 307.86 of The Ohio Revised Code

All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio Products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of this project.

Contractor compliance with equal employment opportunity (EEO) requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor’s Executive Order of 1972, and Governor’s Executive Order 84-9 shall be required.

Each Bidder is required to furnish, with his proposal, a Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. as a guarantee that if the proposal is accepted a Contract will be entered. The Bid Guaranty shall be in one of the following forms.

VOLKSWAGEN

866-504-0972 Remember...Customer pick-up and delivery with FREE loaner. www.infinitiofdayton.com

2000 CHEVY S10 Extreme.

Black, 130k miles.

Fair condition. $3000 OBO. (937)538-0714

Bidders must be prequalified with the Ohio Department of Transportation for appropriate work types.

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Infiniti of Dayton

Richmond, Indiana

5

890 Trucks

Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates for Public Improvements in Miami County, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division, (614) 644-2239.

VOLVO

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Indoor Storage Boats ......... $25 month Cars ............ $25 month Excellent facility (937)417-2508

Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein. Proposals shall be submitted on the forms furnished by the County and must be enclosed in sealed envelopes endorsed by the Bidder and marked “Bid – PIQUA-CLAYTON ROAD BRIDGE NO. 00.36 REPLACEMENT”. Bids may be submitted by mail or in person to the Office of the Miami County Commissioners, 201 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio, 45373. Each Bidder must submit evidence of his experience on projects of similar size and complexity. The County intends and requires that this project be completed no later than July 31, 2012.

LINCOLN

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New Breman

875 Storage

in accordance with the plans and specifications now on file in the office of the Miami County Engineer. The Bidding documents may be reviewed at the Office of the Miami County Engineer located at 2100 N. County Road 25A, Troy, Ohio, and obtained for a nonrefundable fee of $25.00 payable to the Miami County Engineer.

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MOTORCYCLES, 1982 Kawasaki KZ44-D, runs good, approx.

36,000 miles, $500. 1978 Suzuki GS750EC, parts only $100. (937)368-5009

PIQUA-CLAYTON ROAD BRIDGE NO. 00.36 REPLACEMENT

Erwin Chrysler Dodge Jeep

8675 N. Co. Rd. 25-A Piqua, Ohio 45356 I-75 North to Exit 83 www.carncredit.com 1-800-866-3995

CHEVROLET

classifieds

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Miami County Commissioners, Miami County Safety Building, 201 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio, 45373, until 9:15 am on Tuesday , December 20, 2011 , for the:

JEEP

RE-ESTABLISHMENT

2775 S. County Rd. 25-A Exit 69 off I-75 N. Troy, OH 45373 937-335-5696 www.erwinchrysler.com

BMW of Dayton

everybody’s talking about what’s in our

2001 LINCOLN Towncar, all power, 80,500 miles, excellent condition, I am retiring from driving. $6500. No reasonable offer refused.

(937)667-2616.

899 Wanted to Buy

Come Let Us Take You For A Ride!

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COLT 45 New Pistol. 80 miltype with holster and box. $800 cash plus proper ID. (937)339-1394

805 Auto

592 Wanted to Buy

In The Market For A New Or Used Vehicle?

BMW

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PIT BULLS. 3 blue nose Pit puppies. 2 grey females. 1 fawn (light tan male), blue eyes, 9 weeks old. UKC registered parents, shots, $500 OBO. (661)492-6625 moneyace99@yahoo.com

800 - Transportation

A certified check, cashiers’ check or letter of credit in an amount equal to 10% of the total Bid amount, payable to the Miami County Commissioners, or; A Bid bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid amount, payable to the Miami County Commissioners.

If the Bid Guaranty is furnished in Bond form, it shall be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety.

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You may view this notice on the Board of Miami County Commissioners website by going to www.co.miami.oh.us and clicking on the Legal Notices link.

The Miami County Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any irregularities in the Bids and to award the contract to the bidder, or bidders, who, in their opinion, offer the lowest and/or best proposal.

Hit The Road To Big Savings!

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CONTACT US ■ Sports Editor Josh Brown (937) 440-5231, (937) 440-5232 jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

JOSH BROWN

17 December 3, 2011

TODAY’S TIPS

■ Boys Basketball

• SOCCER: Registration is under way for Troy Rec indoor soccer. Sixweek sessions will be held for 5-and 6year-old teams and first and second grade teams. The cost is $35 per player. Practices and games are at the Rec in downtown Troy. Registration forms are available at www.troyrec.com or at the Rec. For more information, call (937) 339-1923.

Deadline to register is Dec. 9.

• BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding an all-youcan-eat spaghetti dinner today and will continue to hold the dinners on the first Saturday of every month. Items include a large salad bar, bread, dessert, coffee and soft drinks. The price is $6.75 for adults and $4.00 for children under 12. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 team baseball team.

• BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding the 27th Annual Troy Legion Baseball Christmas Wreath Sale. Items include custom decorated or plain wreaths of every size, poinsettias, grave blankets, grave stands, center pieces and white pine roping. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 baseball team. To place an order or find out more information, call Frosty or Connie Brown at (937) 3394383 or send an email to ibrown@woh.rr.com.

• SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com.

Right at home Miami East’s Garrett Mitchell pulls up and takes a jumper amidst a crowd of TriCounty North defenders during Friday’s season opener at Miami East High School. It was the first basketball game played in Miami East’s new gymnasium.

STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER

Vikings rout Panthers to open new gym

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com It was the first night in the new gym for the Miami East boys.

And the Vikings played exactly how they were expected to play.

The Vikings grinded in the post and put forth a hard-nosed defensive effort, as their ‘D’ took control of the game from the beginning, forcing 11 turnovers in the first half alone — 22 for the game — en route to a 67-41 victory over Cross County Conference foe Tri-County

■ Boys Basketball

CASSTOWN North.

“We had eight turnovers to their 22,” Miami East coach Allen Mack said. “Another big stat was they had two offensive rebounds to our 21. I would have liked for us to be able to finish better around the basket, but we talked a lot about the toughness we needed to bring into the opening game. We were able to force some turnovers and get to the glass — we had a big advantage on the boards, 43-20.

“We didn’t shoot the ball that

■ See VIKINGS on 18

■ Boys Basketball

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Boys Basketball Northwestern at Miami East (7:30 p.m.)

Troy Christian at Newton (7:30 p.m.)

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

Lehman at Delphos Jefferson (7:30 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Troy at Greenville (7:30 p.m.)

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

Miami East at Butler (12:30 p.m.)

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

Newton at Xenia Christian (3:30 p.m.)

Arcanum at Troy Christian (3:30 p.m.)

Covington at Versailles (2:30 p.m.)

Minster at Lehman (1:30 p.m.)

Bowling Troy at Kickoff Classic (at Columbus) (1 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at Worthington Kilbourne (5 p.m.)

Swimming Troy, Tippecanoe at Mason Invitational (TBA) Lehman at Lima Invite (2 p.m.)

Wrestling Troy, Miami East at Sidney Duals (9 a.m.)

Piqua at Mount Vernon (9 a.m.)

Lehman at Bob Schwab Classic (10:15 a.m.)

STAFF PHOTO/MARK DOWD

Tippecanoe’s Nick Fischer puts up a runner Friday against Butler.

Butler tops Tipp Staff Reports TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe fell to Butler by a score of 57-47 in its opener on Friday.

The Red Devils opened the game strong, but they struggled to score in the second quarter as

MIAMI COUNTY Butler (1-0) turned a 14-14 tie after one into a 30-22 lead at the half and never looked back.

Jake and Jordan Greer proved to be too much for the Red Devils to handle. Jake led all scorers with 18 points and Jordan added

SUNDAY Hockey Troy at DeSales (8 a.m.)

MONDAY Girls Basketball Troy Christian at Bethel (7 p.m.)

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Beavercreek at Troy (7:30 p.m.)

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

Bethel at Indian Lake (7:30 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Milton-Union at Twin Valley South (7:30 p.m.)

Northridge at Newton (7 p.m.)

Bradford at Yellow Springs (7 p.m.)

Bowling Troy at Xenia (4 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Ben Logan (4 p.m.)

WHAT’S INSIDE High School Football............18 Local Sports ....................18-19 Scoreboard ............................20 Television Schedule..............20

■ See ROUNDUP on 19

■ Wrestling

PHOTOS COURTESY LEE WOOLERY/SPEEDSHOT PHOTO

Troy’s Zach Martinez lays the ball in on a drive Friday night against Tecumseh. Martinez scored 27 points in the Trojans’ 63-46 win in the season opener.

No hesitation Martinez’ jam propels Troy to win in opener

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

It’s another new year for Troy Christian, but the goals are still the same.

After three straight Division III state team championships from 2007 to 2009, the Eagles are coming off a ninth-place finish in D-III last year — but have two state placers back in B.J. Toal and Jordan Marshall.

TROY

Feeling something of a numbers crunch this season, the Miami East Vikings will need to look to someone that knows what it takes to succeed to lead the way.

That’s where Allen Seagraves comes in.

The Viking junior has been to the state tournament in each of his first two seasons — and has won while there, too.And with the infusion of fresh blood to the team, Seagraves will be leaned on to provide leadership — and is proving to be up to the task already. See Page 18.

Eagles still aiming high

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com

After Zach Martinez missed a first-quarter dunk on the fast break, Tecumseh went on a 10-3 run and built a five-point lead at the end of one.

Even so, the Troy senior didn’t hesitate given another chance.

Seagraves to lead way for Vikings

STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER

Troy Christian’s B.J. Toal will be looking to improve on his second-place state finish this year.

“I was a little nervous, but I knew from the start I was going to make it,” Martinez said. “I was determined.”

Martinez jammed it in with one hand after receiving a bomb of an inbounds pass from Cody May to punctuate a 13-1 secondquarter run by the Trojans — including nine straight points

by Martinez — to help Troy fully take hold of the momentum and

TROY

Troy’s Seth Lucas drives against the Tecumseh defense Friday

Toal was D-III runner-up in the 171 pound class as a sophomore, as he was defeated by fourtime champ Chris Phillips of Monroeville by a count of 16-7 in the championship bout, a match that was delayed five times due

■ See TROJANS on 19 night at the Trojan Activities Center.

For Home Delivery, call 335-5634 • For Classified Advertising, call (877) 844-8385

■ See EAGLES on 18

SPORTS TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM

CONTACT US ■ Sports Editor Josh Brown (937) 440-5231, (937) 440-5232 jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

JOSH BROWN

17 December 3, 2011

TODAY’S TIPS

■ Boys Basketball

• SOCCER: Registration is under way for Troy Rec indoor soccer. Sixweek sessions will be held for 5-and 6year-old teams and first and second grade teams. The cost is $35 per player. Practices and games are at the Rec in downtown Troy. Registration forms are available at www.troyrec.com or at the Rec. For more information, call (937) 339-1923.

Deadline to register is Dec. 9.

• BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding an all-youcan-eat spaghetti dinner today and will continue to hold the dinners on the first Saturday of every month. Items include a large salad bar, bread, dessert, coffee and soft drinks. The price is $6.75 for adults and $4.00 for children under 12. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 team baseball team.

• BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding the 27th Annual Troy Legion Baseball Christmas Wreath Sale. Items include custom decorated or plain wreaths of every size, poinsettias, grave blankets, grave stands, center pieces and white pine roping. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 baseball team. To place an order or find out more information, call Frosty or Connie Brown at (937) 3394383 or send an email to ibrown@woh.rr.com.

• SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com.

Right at home Miami East’s Garrett Mitchell pulls up and takes a jumper amidst a crowd of TriCounty North defenders during Friday’s season opener at Miami East High School. It was the first basketball game played in Miami East’s new gymnasium.

STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER

Vikings rout Panthers to open new gym

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com It was the first night in the new gym for the Miami East boys.

And the Vikings played exactly how they were expected to play.

The Vikings grinded in the post and put forth a hard-nosed defensive effort, as their ‘D’ took control of the game from the beginning, forcing 11 turnovers in the first half alone — 22 for the game — en route to a 67-41 victory over Cross County Conference foe Tri-County

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“We had eight turnovers to their 22,” Miami East coach Allen Mack said. “Another big stat was they had two offensive rebounds to our 21. I would have liked for us to be able to finish better around the basket, but we talked a lot about the toughness we needed to bring into the opening game. We were able to force some turnovers and get to the glass — we had a big advantage on the boards, 43-20.

“We didn’t shoot the ball that

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Boys Basketball Northwestern at Miami East (7:30 p.m.)

Troy Christian at Newton (7:30 p.m.)

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

Lehman at Delphos Jefferson (7:30 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Troy at Greenville (7:30 p.m.)

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

Miami East at Butler (12:30 p.m.)

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

Newton at Xenia Christian (3:30 p.m.)

Arcanum at Troy Christian (3:30 p.m.)

Covington at Versailles (2:30 p.m.)

Minster at Lehman (1:30 p.m.)

Bowling Troy at Kickoff Classic (at Columbus) (1 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at Worthington Kilbourne (5 p.m.)

Swimming Troy, Tippecanoe at Mason Invitational (TBA) Lehman at Lima Invite (2 p.m.)

Wrestling Troy, Miami East at Sidney Duals (9 a.m.)

Piqua at Mount Vernon (9 a.m.)

Lehman at Bob Schwab Classic (10:15 a.m.)

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Tippecanoe’s Nick Fischer puts up a runner Friday against Butler.

Butler tops Tipp Staff Reports TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe fell to Butler by a score of 57-47 in its opener on Friday.

The Red Devils opened the game strong, but they struggled to score in the second quarter as

MIAMI COUNTY Butler (1-0) turned a 14-14 tie after one into a 30-22 lead at the half and never looked back.

Jake and Jordan Greer proved to be too much for the Red Devils to handle. Jake led all scorers with 18 points and Jordan added

SUNDAY Hockey Troy at DeSales (8 a.m.)

MONDAY Girls Basketball Troy Christian at Bethel (7 p.m.)

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Beavercreek at Troy (7:30 p.m.)

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

Bethel at Indian Lake (7:30 p.m.)

Girls Basketball Milton-Union at Twin Valley South (7:30 p.m.)

Northridge at Newton (7 p.m.)

Bradford at Yellow Springs (7 p.m.)

Bowling Troy at Xenia (4 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Ben Logan (4 p.m.)

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Troy’s Zach Martinez lays the ball in on a drive Friday night against Tecumseh. Martinez scored 27 points in the Trojans’ 63-46 win in the season opener.

No hesitation Martinez’ jam propels Troy to win in opener

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

It’s another new year for Troy Christian, but the goals are still the same.

After three straight Division III state team championships from 2007 to 2009, the Eagles are coming off a ninth-place finish in D-III last year — but have two state placers back in B.J. Toal and Jordan Marshall.

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Feeling something of a numbers crunch this season, the Miami East Vikings will need to look to someone that knows what it takes to succeed to lead the way.

That’s where Allen Seagraves comes in.

The Viking junior has been to the state tournament in each of his first two seasons — and has won while there, too.And with the infusion of fresh blood to the team, Seagraves will be leaned on to provide leadership — and is proving to be up to the task already. See Page 18.

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After Zach Martinez missed a first-quarter dunk on the fast break, Tecumseh went on a 10-3 run and built a five-point lead at the end of one.

Even so, the Troy senior didn’t hesitate given another chance.

Seagraves to lead way for Vikings

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Troy Christian’s B.J. Toal will be looking to improve on his second-place state finish this year.

“I was a little nervous, but I knew from the start I was going to make it,” Martinez said. “I was determined.”

Martinez jammed it in with one hand after receiving a bomb of an inbounds pass from Cody May to punctuate a 13-1 secondquarter run by the Trojans — including nine straight points

by Martinez — to help Troy fully take hold of the momentum and

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Troy’s Seth Lucas drives against the Tecumseh defense Friday

Toal was D-III runner-up in the 171 pound class as a sophomore, as he was defeated by fourtime champ Chris Phillips of Monroeville by a count of 16-7 in the championship bout, a match that was delayed five times due

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BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com Feeling something of a numbers crunch this season, the Miami East Vikings will need to look to someone that knows what it takes to succeed to lead the way. where Allen That’s Seagraves comes in.

The Viking junior has been to the state tournament in each of his first two seasons — and has won while there, too.

And with the infusion of fresh blood to the team, Seagraves will be leaned on to provide leadership — and is proving to be up to the task already.

“It definitely helps. He has set the tone in the room already this year,” Miami East coach Jason Sroufe said. “He’s putting in the extra work, he’s doing things that he doesn’t necessarily have to do — and the young guys see that, see his success already, see what he’s doing and realize that that’s what they need to do if they want to succeed.

“Allen leads by example.”

CASSTOWN And since he’s only a junior, Seagraves is still plenty hungry.

“At the same time, he’s not happy with where he’s ended up. He wants to keep bettering himself,” Sroufe said. “He’s a returning state qualifier for two years now, and he’ll be going for his third trip — and looking to win some more there, too.”

As a whole, the Vikings have 13 wrestlers — five of which are freshmen.

“We only have 13 guys on the team, and we’ll only field 11 of the 14 weight classes,” Sroufe said. “We’ve got a lot of young talent, though. Some of the underclassmen are pretty seasoned. We’ve got some young guys sprinkled in with the old, a good mix of veterans and newbies. We do have some first-year wrestlers that we’ll be looking to get some experience.”

One of those seasoned young wrestlers is sophomore Austin Rush, who will move

up to 126 this year.

“We expect good things from Austin,” Sroufe said. “He was a district alternate last year at 103 — and he hit quite a growth spurt in the offseason. He got stronger and bigger, and we’re looking for big things out of him.”

Rush already has some experience with winning, as he claimed an individual title at last year’s Troy Invitational.

Also back is Ian Melton, the team’s lone senior, who will wrestle at 170 this year.

“He really turned it on at the end of last season,” Sroufe said. “He was one match away from district last year, and that’s a good accomplishment for him. We’re hopeful that we can send him out right in his senior year.”

A trio of juniors also bring some experience to the table in Stephen Morrow, Aaron Hubbard and Daniel O’Malley.

“Stephen and Aaron have both put in a lot of time and work in the offseason, going to open tournaments and work-

ing out,” Sroufe said. “Daniel is kind of unconventional, but he’s got the ability. We just need to get him focused and rolling.”

Of the five freshmen, there are some impact players, too.

“We’ve got five of them, and out of those two have wrestled in junior high,” Sroufe said. “Mack Rose has been wrestling for a while, and we expect good things out of him. He’ll be in a tough weight division at 132.”

For the Vikings, it’s all about getting experience, building on the experience they already have and forging ahead.

“We just want to get as many guys on to district as we can, then get as many of those as we can to state,” Sroufe said. “We start with three dual meet tournaments — including the Sidney Duals today. As a team, I think we can win some matches and compete with some of these teams. Forfeiting three classOHIO COMMUNITY MEDIA FILE PHOTO/MIKE ULLERY es is never good, but so long as the other guys are getting Miami East’s Allen Seagraves will be looking for his wins and pins, we’ll be good.” third trip to state in as many seasons this year.

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Green runs wild, Rams win title MASSILLON (AP) — Isreal Green rushed for Division II records of six touchdowns and 326 yards to lead Trotwood-Madison to its first state football championship, 42-28 over Avon on Friday night.

The Rams (15-0) bounced back from a 45-33 loss in the 2010 title game to Maple Heights when they blew a 26-7 lead.

Trotwood-Madison also was runner-up in 1981.

Green’s longest TD was a 74-yarder in which he eluded five tacklers near midfield with a series of remarkable moves and sped down the sideline. He also scored on runs of 38 and 4 yards and three plunges of 1 yard.

Avon (13-2) took a 7-0 lead on a 65-yard interception return by Ralph Smith. Justin O’Rourke passed for 325 yards and three TDs for the Eagles.

• Division II Cardinal Mooney 21, Spr. Shawnee 14 CANTON — Marcus McWilson set up one score with an interception and Ryan Farragher tipped away a potential tying pass with 1:11 left as Youngstown Cardinal Mooney won its eighth state championship Friday, 21-14 over

Miami East’s Luke Clark shoots Friday against TriCounty North.

■ CONTINUED FROM 17 well, but I will definitely take that aggressive defensive effort we had tonight.”

Entering the season, the question lingering was how were the Vikings going to fill the hole in the post that Evan Wolf’s graduation left behind.

Garrett Mitchell answered that question early in the game.

Mitchell was the beneficiary of two nice passes in the early going, one from Josh Snyder and another from Bradley Coomes, which set up two layups.

Mitchell scored six out of the first nine East points, helping the Vikings to a 90 lead.

“He had 15 points, nine rebounds, four steals and one assist, just missed a double-double,” Mack said.

“He seems to be what we expected to have in that four spot. You know, all of that quickness and aggressiveness we need in that four spot. Tonight he really finished well and got his hands on a lot of balls. He was very active down in the post.”

The Vikings’ defense was stingy and effective, forcing the Panthers to burn more than a minute off the clock after winning the opening possession.

East switched to a threefourths court press in the opening minutes of the game, which resulted in four quick turnovers, allowing them to build a 13-5 lead at the end of one.

The Panthers were able to cut it to 13-11 early in the second on a Josh Diehl jumper from the corner.

Mitchell countered by scoring four straight points, which was followed by a

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Miami East’s Luke House drives to the hoop Friday against Tri-County North. ly at times as i wanted to be, I thought it was a great experience.

“We played with all the energy and passion that we played with in the old gym, and we look forward to playing that way in here the rest of the season.”

Coomes steal and finish at the other end. A Gunner Shirk steal and pass up the floor for a layup provided East with a 21-11 lead.

And they were just getting warmed up, as the Vikings forced back-toback steals with less than a minute left in the second quarter, which led to four Mitchell free throw opportunities at the other end.

He made two of them to make it 27-19.

The Viking ‘D’ caused a travel with 5.2 seconds remaining in the second, which gave East a chance to set up an inbound play and resulted in a Shirk 3 at the buzzer — his first points of the game, but he went on to score nine in the second half to finish the game with 12 points.

East’s defense once again dominated the second half, and its offense found more balance, outscoring the Panthers 22-8 in the third to open up a 52-30 advantage.

The rout was on. The Vikings displayed balance on offense, as Coomes and Snyder each scored 11 — making that four Vikings in double figures.

As far as playing in the new gym is concerned, it seemed like the Vikings were right at home, for it was the same Allen Mack team, the same result.

“I loved it (playing in the new gym),” Mack said.

“The crowd was great. The state (champion volleyball) team being recognized before the game was a great experience. While we weren’t as sharp offensive-

Miami East — 67 Josh Snyder 4-2-11, Bradly Coomes 4-3-11, Gunner Shirk 5-112, Luke House 2-0-4, Garrett Mitchell 6-3-15, A.J. Hickman 14-5, Colton Bowling 1-1-3, Luke Clark 1-1-3, Michael Fellers 0-2-2.

Totals: 24-17-67.

TC North — 41 Matt Louthan 3-0-6, Tyler Rees 1-1-4, Cole Williams 2-0-5, Billy Derringer 1-0-2, Josh Diehl 3-1-8, Austin Hutchins 4-3-13, Josh Heltsley 1-1-3. Totals: 15-641.

Score By Quarters TCN......................5 19 27 41 Miami East ........13 30 52 67 3-Point Goals: Tri-County North — Diehl, Hutchins 2, Rees, Williams. Miami East — Snyder, Shirk.

Monroeville’s Hunter Stieber, who was undefeated last year and currently wrestles for Ohio State.

Marshall is also back for his junior season.

“Jordan held his own against him in that match,” Morgan said. “He’s (Stieber) currently wrestling as a true-freshman at Ohio State, so we were quite pleased with how he handled himself.”

The rest of the Eagles’

roster features four more wrestlers, all of whom Morgan sees as having valid shots at making a run at state.

“We’re looking strong with the group we’ve got,” Morgan said. “We’ve got six guys on the team, a few injuries have already popped up, with Jordan and Tristen Devlin having surgery a day before Thanksgiving, so he could be out for a while.”

Devlin is a freshman who will wrestle at 195 when he makes his return.

Two other highly-talented freshmen will also join the roster in Jarred Ganger (106 pounds) and Garrett Hancock (113).

“We have two other good freshmen who we expect big things out of,” Morgan said. “Both are very talented. Both been working extra hard in room. Both have chances

Springfield Shawnee in Ohio’s Division III. Shawnee (14-1) came in averaging 41 points but got only two TD runs by quarterback Brad Jarzab in its first title game.

Jarzab scored from 15 and 7 yards and totaled 139 yards rushing.

The Cardinals (11-3) took command after McWilson’s 36-yard return with a picked pass put the ball on the Braves’ 18 in the second quarter. Three plays later, quarterback P.J. Quinn scored from 1 yard for a 21-7 lead. Quinn also scored on a 2-yard run, and Roosevelt Griff opened the scoring with an 18-yard burst.

• Division V Kirtland 28, Coldwater 7 MASSILLON — Christian Hauber and Damon Washington combined for 343 yards rushing to lead Kirtland to its first Ohio Division V football championship, beating Coldwater 28-7 on Friday.

The Hornets (15-0) outgained tournament-tested Coldwater (11-4) on the ground, logging 410 yards compared with Coldwater’s 73. They outscored opponents overall 586-98 this year.

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Inspired.

That was the only way Troy coach Larrell Walters could describe goaltender Eric Wright’s performance Friday night as he recorded a 3-0 shutout to keep the Trojans undefeated to kick off the Kilborne Tournament.

Wright stopped all 22 shots he faced, and Troy held a slim 23-22 edge in shots on goal.

“Eric played an inspired game,” Walters said. “He had good position all night and didn’t give up rebounds. He played a great game in goal.

“It was a well-fought game. We were able to play some solid defense and take advantage of it on the other end.”

Drew Morgan scored Troy’s first goal on the power play with an assist from Nick Usserman, then Derrick Bark made it 2-0 with assists from Logan Tiderington and Brandon Beaty. Sean Clawson capped off the scoring with assists from Will Schober and Clay Terrill.

Troy (5-0) faces Worthington Kilborne today.

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Troy Christian coach Ty Morgan didn’t beat around the bush when he spoke of how good Toal is.

“He’s a beast,” Morgan said. “He absolutely has a shot at state.”

As for Marshall, he defeated Wellington’s Justin Bockmore by pin to earn third place in the 145 class last year. That result came after Marshall lost to

to win state or at least place.”

And Morgan, who has enjoyed plenty of success himself as a wrestler, capturing three state titles while attending Graham High School, seems to believe this core group can help bring another state title back to Troy Christian.

“I think the core group of guys can score enough points,” Morgan said.

“There are a couple of teams that would have been contending in D-III but moved to D-II. CVCA, the runner-up in D-III, moved to D-II. “Our goal as team is to win the team title (at state). With the core group of guys, B.J., Jarred and Jordan, I think we have a very good chance.”

The Eagles open the season at Milan Edison today.

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Troy’s Tyler Miller lays the ball in Friday against Tecumseh.

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Tippecanoe’s Ben Hughes keeps the ball away from a Butler defender Friday at Tippecanoe High School.

Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 14 for the Aviators.

Sophomore Ben Hughes led the Red Devils with 15 points, while Brandon Ervin netted 13.

Tippecanoe travels to Piqua Tuesday.

Butler — 57 Jake Greer 9-0-18, Jordan Greer 6-2-14, Hershberger 4-0-9, Pugh 4-0-9, Tindall 3-0-7. Totals: 26-2-57.

Tippecanoe — 47 Nick Fischer 2-0-4, Ben Hughes 6-1-15, Jacob Hall 2-0-4, Cameron Johnson 3-0-7, Michael Donahey 2-0-4, Ervin 6-1-13.

Totals: 21-2-47.

Score By Quarters Butler...................14 30 42 57 Tippecanoe ..........14 22 31 47 3-point goals: Butler — Jordan Greer (2), Hershberger, Pugh, Tindall. Tippecanoe — Hughes (2), Johnson.

Records: Butler 1-0.

Tippecanoe 0-1.

Gerodimos 6-0-13, Adams 2-0-6, Brauer 4-3-11. Totals: 15-9-42.

Score By Quarters MV........................13 14 16 36 Newton ................11 23 30 42 3-point goals: Mississinawa Valley — Byers, Blumenstock 2, Rehmert. Newton — Gerodimos, Adams 2.

Records: MIssissinawa Valley 0-1, 0-1. Newton 1-0, 1-0.

Reserve score: Mississinawa Valley 42, Newton 18.

Bethel 57, Arcanum 38 ARCANUM — Bethel displayed balanced scoring in a 57-38 win on the road against Cross County Conference foe Arcanum on Friday.

The Bees had four guys in double figures, with Patrick Bain and Dusty Elsass each scoring 13, Kyle Hamlin and Gus Schwieterman each Milton-Union 75, chipped in 10 and Joe Northridge 68 Zimmerman added nine.

DAYTON — Josh Bethel remains on the Wheeler scored 22 points to road Tuesday, traveling to lead the Milton-Union Indian Lake.

Bethel — 57 Bulldogs to a season-openBain 4-2-13, Elsass 6-0-13, ing victory over Northridge, Hamlin 4-0-10, Hurst 1-0-2, 75-68.

Schwieteran 4-2-10, Zimmerman Caleb Poland added 19 2-4-9. Totals: 22-8-57. points and David Karns Arcanum — 38 Brown 3-0-9, Bhrman 1-0-3, had 13 for the Bulldogs.

Clark 1-0-2, Garber 1-0-3, Garno Newton 42, 2-3-8, Kramer 1-0-3, Kress 1-0-2, Miss. Valley 36 Troutwine 3-2-8. Totals: 13-5-38.

PLEASANT HILL — Score By Quarters Bethel...................17 33 44 57 Sometimes, you just have Arcanum..............11 23 28 38 to win ugly.

3-Point Goals: Bethel — That’s what Newton did Bain, Elsass, Hamlin (2), Friday night, carrying a Zimmerman. Arcanum — Brown lead into the fourth quarter (3), Buhrman, Garber, Garno, and holding on late to hold Kramer.

Records: Bethel 1-0. off Mississinawa Valley for Arcanum 0-1. a 42-36 victory on opening Ansonia 72, night.

Bradford 52 “In changing the culture ANSONIA — Bradord here, we have to win some got into an early hole, and games like this,” Newton couldn’t recover, as Ansonia coach Steve Fisher said. “If built a 19-5 lead after one we’ve got the lead late, quarter, and coasted to a we’ve got to fight off runs 72-52 win in Cross County and hold on. And that’s the Conference action Friday satisfying part here. They night. made a run, and we fought Bradford’s Alan Yount them off. went off in the game, con“They (Mississinawa necting on two 3s and scorValley) did everything they ing 22 points. Aaron Yohey could to make the game chipped in nine points, as ugly. The fourth quarter well. was a scramble.”

Bradford — 52 Bobby Gerodimos led Bryce Arnett 2-0-4, Nick Rank the Indians (1-0, 1-0 Cross 1-0-3, Austin Sell 3-0-5, Eric County Conference) with a Swabb 2-0-5, Brandon Wysong 1double-double with 13 0-2, Aaron yohey 4-0-9, Alan Yount 9-2-22. Totals: 22-4-52. points and 11 rebounds.

Ansonia— 72 Jordan Hodges added eight Bergman 2-0-4, Brown 4-3-13, points and nine rebounds Holcomb 5-0-10, Kaiser 6-0-16, and David Brauer added 11 Keller 5-0-11, Schlecty 3-1-9, Wright 2-3-9. Totals: 27-7-72. points.

Score By Quarters Newton hosts Troy Ansonia................19 30 55 72 Christian tonight.

Bradford.................5 18 29 52 Miss. Valley — 36 Polic 0-1-1, Byers 5-3-14, Blumenstock 2-4-10, Evans 3-0-6, Rehmert 2-0-5. Totals: 12-8-36.

Newton — 42 Vance 1-2-4, Hodges 2-4-8,

3-Point Goals: Bradford — Swabb, Yohey, Yount (2). Ansonia — Kaiser (4), Keller, Schlecty (2), Wright (2), Brown (2).

Records: Bradford 0-1.

Ansonia 1-0.

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Boeheim apologizes after win over Gators SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A contrite Jim Boeheim apologized again Friday night after another big victory.

The beleaguered Syracuse basketball coach said he had talked to some people in the community and wanted to make three points clear after the No. 4 Orange defeated No. 10 Florida, 72-68.

“I believe I misspoke very badly in my response to the allegations that have been made. I shouldn’t have questioned what the accusers expressed or their motives. I am really sorry that I did that, and I regret any harm that I caused,” he said.

“It was insensitive for the individuals involved and especially to the overall issue of child abuse.”

■ CONTINUED FROM 17 cruise to a 63-46 openingnight victory Friday at the Trojan Activities Center.

Martinez scored 27 points — 18 in the first half — and May kicked off the season with a doubledouble with 15 points and 13 rebounds as the Trojans (1-0) turned an 18-13 deficit after the first quarter into a rout by the third.

“I’m still getting back into shape from football season,” May — the Trojans’ quarterback who showed some of that football flair on the pass that led to Martinez’ dunk — said. “But we’ve got great potential, and that was showing tonight.”

“That first game, it takes a little bit for that anxiousness, how excited you are, how hyped, how nervous, to go away,” Troy coach Tim Miller said.

“You’ve got your adrenaline rushing in all kinds of different directions. It takes a while to take a deep breath, get settled in and let the game come to you.

“Cody was a beast on the glass, and they just didn’t have an answer for Zach offensively.”

Chase Culbertson scored 10 first-quarter points for Tecumseh, including back-to-back 3s and a jumper after Martinez’ early missed dunk that helped the Arrows grab a short-lived early lead.

Because once the Trojans were able to settle down defensively, the Arrows couldn’t fight back.

“We just made a conscious effort to know where he (Culbertson) was on the floor at all times,” Miller said. “We started doing a better job of helping each other through screens so he wasn’t as free on his looks.”

That plan worked, as Culbertson — who finished with 18 points — was shut down until the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, the Trojans began to force turnovers on the defensive end and get out in transition.

After a 3 gave Tecumseh a 23-19 lead, May hit back-to-back shots inside to even the score.

Then May blocked a shot on the defensive end and hit Martinez going the other way. The Troy point guard somehow got an awkward shot to fall at full speed while being fouled, and he converted the three-point play to put Troy up 26-23.

Martinez then banked in a transition jumper after a Tecumseh miss — and then lit up the arena with his jam following an Arrow free throw. He had a

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Troy’s Cody May drives to the basket Friday against Tecumseh. chance for another dunk after a stunned Tecumseh team turned the ball right back over, but he laid it in instead to give Troy a 3224 lead at the half.

“It really helped a lot,” Martinez said of the dunk.

“Once one person on the team gets going, we all just build off of each other.”

That lead quickly turned into a 15-point one after three quarters as Tecumseh continued to struggle from the field thanks to Troy’s defense — and the Trojans turned those issues into fast points.

“We started out slow at first,” Martinez said. “We weren’t playing good defense in the first half. We talked about that at halftime, came out and locked it up.”

“We didn’t do a very good job early of getting out, putting pressure on the ball and getting in Troy’s Zack Rohr pulls up for a shot Friday against passing lanes,” Miller said. Tecumseh.

“There was a lot of standing and watching going on. added four points and 4, Cody May 7-0-15, Kelley Kirtz 0-1-1, Dylan Cascaden 1-0-2, But as we got into it, our three assists.

Tyler Miller 4-0-8, Jordan Price 0Up next for the Trojans 0-0, Zack Rohr 2-2-6, Quentin intensity picked up and we were able to get out in is Beavercreek on Tuesday. Vaughan 0-0-0, Zack Miller 0-0-0.

Tecumseh — 46 Totals: 28-5-63. transition. Once we were Scott Snarr 2-0-5, Dalton Score By Quarters able to get the game sped Davis 0-0-0, Chase Culbertson 6Tecumseh ...........18 24 33 46 up, predicated by our 3-18, Trent Meady 3-5-11, Casey Troy ....................13 32 48 63 defense, that was the turn- Stafford 0-0-0, Gabe Winans3-point goals: Tecumseh — Berner 3-3-10, Alex Sheets 0-0-0, Snarr, Culbertson 3, Winansing point.”

Clark 0-0-0, Jordan Berner. Troy — Martinez, May. Tyler Miller added Morgan Golzelski 1-0-2. Totals: 15-11-46.

Records: Tecumseh 0-1. Troy eight points and five Troy — 63 1-0. rebounds, Zack Rohr Zach Martinez 12-2-27, Devon Reserve score: Tecumseh 46, scored six and Seth Lucas Alexander 0-0-0, Seth Lucas 2-0- Troy 45.

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Huskies rally, top OU for MAC title DETROIT (AP) — Mathew Sims kicked a 33yard field goal on the final play to cap a furious comeback that gave Northern Illinois a 23-20 victory over Ohio in the Mid-American Conference title game Friday night.

The Huskies (10-3) trailed 20-0 after an abysmal first half before rallying behind quarterback Chandler Harnish. It was a delightful turnabout for Northern Illinois, which lost in the 2010 and 2005 MAC

title games on last-minute touchdowns by Miami of Ohio and Akron.

Northern Illinois won its first MAC title since 1983.

Ohio (9-4) led 20-7 in the fourth quarter, but Harnish threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Martel Moore, then a 22-yarder to Nathan Palmer to tie it with 2:52 left.

Sims, who missed an extra point earlier in the fourth, redeemed himself after Harnish moved the Huskies into range for the winning kick.

Harnish went 16 of 26 for 250 yards and three touchdowns, helping Northern Illinois win its eighth straight game. The Huskies overcame four turnovers.

Ohio’s Tyler Tettleton, the son of former major league catcher Mickey Tettleton, went 18 of 31 for 218 yards with three interceptions. He also ran for a touchdown, but his final interception with 8:49 to play set the stage for the Northern Illinois comeback.

Harnish needed only four

plays to cut into the lead, and Moore’s touchdown catch made it 20-13. Sims missed the extra point, but when the Huskies got the ball back, they went 57 yards in six plays to tie it.

A mishap on a shotgun snap cost Ohio 12 yards, and after the Bobcats punted, Northern Illinois took over on its own 36 with 1:18 to play. Perez Ashford leaped backward to make a terrific catch for a 27-yard gain, and Harnish found Moore for 15 yards to the Ohio 19.

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SCOREBOARD

Saturday, December 3, 2011

FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 3 0 .727 331 223 6 5 0 .545 256 241 N.Y. Jets 5 6 0 .455 261 281 Buffalo 3 8 0 .273 212 206 Miami South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 3 0 .727 293 179 Tennessee 6 5 0 .545 226 212 3 8 0 .273 138 200 Jacksonville 0 11 0 .000 150 327 Indianapolis North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 272 182 Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 233 188 Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 259 215 4 7 0 .364 165 216 Cleveland West W L T Pct PF PA 7 4 0 .636 260 274 Oakland 6 5 0 .545 221 260 Denver Kansas City 4 7 0 .364 153 265 San Diego 4 7 0 .364 249 275 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 7 4 0 .636 270 225 Dallas 6 5 0 .545 252 277 N.Y. Giants Washington 4 7 0 .364 183 222 Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 282 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 362 252 7 4 0 .636 259 227 Atlanta 4 7 0 .364 199 291 Tampa Bay Carolina 3 8 0 .273 252 305 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 11 0 0 1.000 382 227 7 4 0 .636 288 232 Chicago 7 4 0 .636 316 246 Detroit 2 9 0 .182 214 295 Minnesota West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 9 2 0 .818 262 161 Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 246 4 7 0 .364 213 256 Arizona 2 9 0 .182 140 270 St. Louis Thursday's Games Green Bay 27, Detroit 15 Dallas 20, Miami 19 Baltimore 16, San Francisco 6 Sunday's Games Arizona 23, St. Louis 20 Tennessee 23, Tampa Bay 17 Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 20 N.Y. Jets 28, Buffalo 24 Houston 20, Jacksonville 13 Carolina 27, Indianapolis 19 Atlanta 24, Minnesota 14 Oakland 25, Chicago 20 Washington 23, Seattle 17 Denver 16, San Diego 13, OT New England 38, Philadelphia 20 Pittsburgh 13, Kansas City 9 Monday's Game New Orleans 49, N.Y. Giants 24 Thursday, Dec. 1 Seattle 31, Philadelphia 14 Sunday, Dec. 4 Kansas City at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 1 p.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

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

Oakland at Miami, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at New England, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 5 San Diego at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.

OHSAA Football State Finals Pairings COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the football regional final pairings and sites Sunday.

The pairings below include the seeds, schools and updated records.

• Home Team Listed First Division I - Saturday, Dec. 3 at Canton Fawcett Stadium, 7 p.m.

Cleveland St. Ignatius (12-2) vs.

Pickerington Central (11-2) Division II - Friday, Dec. 2 at Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, 7 p.m.

Trotwood-Madison 42, Avon 28 Division III - Friday, Dec. 2 at Canton Fawcett Stadium, 3 p.m.

Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 21, Springfield Shawnee 14 Division IV - Saturday, Dec. 3 at Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, 3 p.m.

Creston Norwayne (13-1) vs. Kenton (14-0) Division V - Friday, Dec. 2 at Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, 11 a.m.

Kirtland 28, Coldwater 7 Division VI - Saturday, Dec. 3 at Canton Fawcett Stadium, 11 a.m.

New Washington Buckeye Central (122) vs. Maria Stein Marion Local (12-2)

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 26 15 7 4 34 82 64 N.Y. Rangers 22 14 5 3 31 65 49 Philadelphia 23 13 7 3 29 80 68 New Jersey 24 12 11 1 25 60 68 N.Y. Islanders 23 7 11 5 19 47 74 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 23 15 7 1 31 81 50 Toronto 25 14 9 2 30 82 81 Buffalo 25 13 11 1 27 69 67 Ottawa 25 12 11 2 26 77 86 Montreal 26 10 11 5 25 65 68 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 25 13 8 4 30 68 62 Washington 24 12 11 1 25 72 77 Tampa Bay 24 11 11 2 24 65 76 Winnipeg 25 10 11 4 24 71 80 Carolina 27 8 15 4 20 64 91 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 24 16 7 1 33 73 52 Chicago 26 15 8 3 33 85 82 St. Louis 24 14 8 2 30 59 50 Nashville 25 12 9 4 28 66 68 Columbus 25 7 15 3 17 59 82 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 26 16 7 3 35 64 57 Vancouver 25 14 10 1 29 78 66 Edmonton 25 12 10 3 27 67 63 Colorado 25 11 13 1 23 68 74 Calgary 24 10 12 2 22 54 64 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 25 15 9 1 31 65 67 Los Angeles 25 13 8 4 30 59 56 San Jose 22 14 7 1 29 64 51 Phoenix 24 13 8 3 29 65 58

24 7 13 4 18 54 77 Anaheim NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday's Games Columbus 4, Calgary 3, SO San Jose 4, Montreal 3, SO Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Carolina 3 Dallas 3, Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1, Phoenix 0 Nashville 6, Vancouver 5 Los Angeles 2, Florida 1 Friday's Games Chicago 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, SO Detroit 4, Buffalo 1 Minnesota 4, New Jersey 2 St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday's Games Montreal at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Florida at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games Detroit at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

BASKETBALL Friday's Scores Boys Basketball Akr. Coventry 70, Ravenna SE 63 Alliance 61, Sugarcreek Garaway 52 Ansonia 72, Bradford 52 Arlington 64, Ft. Jennings 42 Ashland Mapleton 49, Lucas 43 Bedford 64, Massillon Jackson 63 Bellbrook 58, Monroe 45 Bellevue 55, Port Clinton 45, OT Beloit W. Branch 40, Hanoverton United 29 Beverly Ft. Frye 62, Belpre 56 Blanchester 57, Fayetteville-Perry 36 Bowerston Conotton Valley 61, Kidron Cent. Christian 51 Byesville Meadowbrook 46, Philo 40 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 62, Warsaw River View 49 Camden Preble Shawnee 58, Eaton 47 Can. South 57, Can. Cent. Cath. 47 Canton Heritage Christian 82, Kingsway Christian 44 Carlisle 70, New Lebanon Dixie 62 Casstown Miami E. 67, Lewisburg TriCounty N. 41 Celina 65, Bellefontaine 34 Cin. Colerain 74, Harrison 45 Cin. Christian 87, Calvary Christian, Ky. 16 Cin. Deer Park 48, Cin. Wyoming 41 Cin. Indian Hill 55, Cin. Sycamore 39 Cin. Moeller 55, Cin. Winton Woods 41 Cin. Mt. Healthy 82, Cin. Glen Este 78 Cin. Princeton 56, Centerville 55 Cin. Summit Country Day 58, Reading 43 Cin. Turpin 82, Batavia Amelia 46 Cin. Walnut Hills 56, Cin. Purcell Marian 30 Cin. Western Hills 65, Cin. Oak Hills 44 Cin. Withrow 71, Cin. Woodward 44 Cincinnati Christian 87, Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, Fla. 16 Cle. Collinwood 51, Cle. John Marshall 48 Cle. Hay 76, Cle. E. Tech 54 Cle. JFK 80, Cle. Glenville 59 Collins Western Reserve 57, Castalia Margaretta 48 Columbia Station Columbia 115, Cle. St. Martin De Porres 28 Cornerstone Christian 52, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge 37 Cortland Maplewood 75, Bristol 57 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 71, Peninsula Woodridge 59 Day. Jefferson 43, Middletown Madison 20 Day. Miami Valley 55, Hamilton New Miami 30 Day. Stivers 80, Day. Belmont 56 Fairborn 58, W. Carrollton 54 Fairfield 54, Kettering Fairmont 46 Fairport Harbor Harding 61, Andrews Osborne Academy 31 Findlay Liberty-Benton 62, Sherwood Fairview 28 Franklin 69, Waynesville 55 Ft. Recovery 54, St. Marys Memorial 29 Garfield Hts. 44, Akr. SVSM 21 Garfield Hts. Trinity 70, Parma 64 Genoa Area 49, Oak Harbor 40 Georgetown 73, Bethel-Tate 49 Germantown Valley View 92, Brookville 69 Greenfield McClain 60, Jackson 41 Hamilton Badin 63, Oxford Talawanda 30 Hamilton Ross 73, Goshen 33 Huron 66, Norwalk St. Paul 46 Lakewood 80, Elyria 69 Leavittsburg LaBrae 73, Hubbard 34 Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 61, Lockland 50 Lima Perry 53, Bluffton 45 Lima Temple Christian 51, Tol. Woodward 43 Lisbon David Anderson 49, Salineville Southern 44 Lowellville 65, Heartland Christian 39 Lucasville Valley 62, Beaver Eastern 55 Macedonia Nordonia 62, Hudson 57 Manchester 48, Batavia Clermont NE 38 McComb 54, Defiance Ayersville 43 McDermott Scioto NW 45, Portsmouth Clay 42 Middletown 70, Beavercreek 56 Milford Center Fairbanks 69, N. Lewisburg Triad 40 Milton-Union 75, Day. Northridge 68 Mineral Ridge 55, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 54 Mogadore Field 60, Hartville Lake Center Christian 39 Monroeville 45, Mansfield Christian 41 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 64, Dola Hardin Northern 41 Mt. Gilead 72, Ridgeway Ridgemont 51 N. Robinson Col. Crawford 72, Attica Seneca E. 48 N. Royalton 64, Parma Hts. Holy Name 48 New Bremen 77, Lafayette Allen E. 47 New London 49, Milan Edison 40 New Madison Tri-Village 52, Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 31 Newcomerstown 65, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 55 Newton Falls 92, Niles McKinley 49 Norwalk 65, Sandusky Perkins 43 Oak Hill 68, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 36

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Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY BOXING 9 p.m. SHO — Champion Anselmo Moreno (31-1-1) vs. Vic Darchinyan (37-3-0), for WBA super bantamweight title; champion Abner Mares (22-0-1) vs. Joseph Agbeko (28-30), for IBF bantamweight title, at Anaheim, Calif.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — Teams TBA ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA 12:30 p.m. FSN — Iowa St. at Kansas St. 2:30 p.m. VERSUS — UNLV at TCU 3:30 p.m. ABC — National coverage, Texas at Baylor 4 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Southeastern Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Atlanta 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — BYU at Hawaii FOX — Big Ten Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Indianapolis 8 p.m. ABC — Oklahoma at Oklahoma St. ESPN — Atlantic Coast Conference, championship game, teams TBD, at Charlotte, N.C. GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — Sunshine Tour, Nedbank Challenge, third round, at Sun City, South Africa (same-day tape) 1 p.m. TGC — World Challenge, third round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

3 p.m. NBC — World Challenge, third round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

4 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Qualifying Tournament, fourth day, at La Quinta, Calif.

12 mid TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, third round MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — National coverage, North Carolina at Kentucky 3:15 p.m. ESPN — Arkansas at UConn ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Illinois 4:30 p.m. FSN — Texas at UCLA 5:15 p.m. ESPN — Pittsburgh at Tennessee ESPN2 — South Florida at Kansas SOCCER 7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Chelsea at Newcastle

SUNDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — BCS Selection Show, at Bristol, Conn. (live and tape) GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — Sunshine Tour, Nedbank Challenge, final round, at Sun City, South Africa (same-day tape) 1 p.m. TGC — World Challenge, final round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

3 p.m. NBC — World Challenge, final round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

4 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Qualifying Tournament, fifth day, at La Quinta, Calif.

12 mid TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, final round MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2 p.m. VERSUS — Notre Dame vs. Maryland and George Washington vs. VCU, at Washington 4 p.m. FSN — NC State at Stanford NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage 4:15 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8 p.m. NBC — Detroit at New Orleans

THE BCS RANKINGS As of Nov. 27 Rk 1 1. LSU 2 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma St. 5 4. Stanford 3 5. Virginia Tech 4 6 6. Houston 7. Boise St. 8 8. Arkansas 9 7 9. Oregon 10. Oklahoma 10 11. Kansas St. 15 12. South Carolina14 13. Michigan St. 11 14. Georgia 12 15. Wisconsin 13 16 16. Michigan 17. Baylor 18 18. TCU 17 19. Nebraska 19 20. Clemson 20 21. Penn St. 22 22. Texas 25 23. West Virginia 21 24. Southern Miss23 25. Missouri 32

Harris Pts Pct 2875 1.0000 2756 0.9586 2414 0.8397 2512 0.8737 2438 0.8480 2147 0.7468 2092 0.7277 1971 0.6856 2107 0.7329 1768 0.6150 1348 0.4689 1554 0.5405 1704 0.5927 1613 0.5610 1567 0.5450 1256 0.4369 900 0.3130 980 0.3409 773 0.2689 632 0.2198 415 0.1443 160 0.0557 495 0.1722 287 0.0998 16 0.0056

Ottoville 41, Cory-Rawson 38 Parma Padua 61, Parma Normandy 46 Paulding 46, Continental 28 Perrysburg 75, Tol. St. Francis 52 Portsmouth Notre Dame 57, S. Webster 53 Ravenna 65, Windham 64 Russia 66, Houston 56 Sandusky 75, Tol. Waite 47 Sebring McKinley 61, Warren Lordstown 36 Seton Catholic, Ind. 57, New Paris National Trail 50 Shaker Hts. 63, Tol. St. John's 62 Shelby 68, Mansfield Madison 57 Spring. Cath. Cent. 55, Spring.

Kenton Ridge 44 Springboro 84, Sidney 47 St. Henry 73, Spencerville 68 Stow-Munroe Falls 58, Green 43 Strongsville 74, Olmsted Falls 71 Struthers 57, Campbell Memorial 38 Sylvania Northview 67, Rossford 53 Tallmadge 43, Twinsburg 37 Thompson Ledgemont 66, Ashtabula Sts. John and Paul 22 Tiffin Calvert 74, Sandusky St. Mary 54 Tipp City Bethel 57, Arcanum 38 Tol. Ottawa Hills 62, Van Buren 42 Tol. Scott 70, Maumee 38 Troy 63, New Carlisle Tecumseh 46 Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 44, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 43 Uhrichsville Claymont 55, Carrollton 38 Uniontown Lake 55, Canfield 48 Urbana 54, Spring. NE 40 Vandalia Butler 57, Tipp City Tippecanoe 47

Rk 1 2 5 4 3 6 8 10 7 11 15 13 9 14 12 16 18 17 19 21 22 26 20 23 31

USA Today Pts Pct 1475 1.0000 1411 0.9566 1245 0.8441 1289 0.8739 1291 0.8753 1096 0.7431 1033 0.7003 937 0.6353 1041 0.7058 882 0.5980 681 0.4617 833 0.5647 941 0.6380 816 0.5532 852 0.5776 658 0.4461 457 0.3098 534 0.3620 390 0.2644 286 0.1939 192 0.1302 51 0.0346 295 0.2000 173 0.1173 16 0.0108

Rk 1 2 3 4 t10 8 9 6 t10 5 6 12 16 14 19 15 13 18 20 21 23 17 t29 t29 22

Computer BCS Pct Avg Pv 1.000 1.0000 1 .950 0.9551 2 .930 0.8712 4 .820 0.8559 6 .620 0.7811 5 .730 0.7399 8 .680 0.7027 7 .780 0.7003 3 .620 0.6862 10 .800 0.6710 9 .780 0.5702 11 .600 0.5684 12 .380 0.5369 14 .490 0.5348 13 .250 0.4576 16 .410 0.4310 15 .550 0.3910 18 .290 0.3310 20 .240 0.2578 21 .180 0.1979 17 .140 0.1382 19 .310 0.1334 25 .000 0.1241 NR .000 0.0724 NR .160 0.0588 NR

Vanlue 52, Delphos Jefferson 40 Versailles 67, Greenville 18 Vienna Mathews 80, Warren JFK 60 W. Salem NW 75, Wooster Triway 68 Wapakoneta 63, Piqua 45 Warren Howland 99, Youngs. Liberty 90 Waynesfield-Goshen 46, Rockford Parkway 45 Wellsville 70, Lisbon Beaver 68 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 47, Tol. Christian 36 Willard 58, Upper Sandusky 50 Williamsburg 62, W. Union 47 Yellow Springs 66, London 58 Youngs. Christian 67, E. Palestine 58 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 72, Magnolia Sandy Valley 48 Benjamin LoganTournament Botkins 67, Mechanicsburg 57 Elida Tip-Off Classic Elida 70, Lima Shawnee 26 Lima Bath 46, Lima Cent. Cath. 44 Van Wert Tournament Convoy Crestview 43, Van Wert Lincolnview 35 Van Wert 54, Haviland Wayne Trace 45 Friday's Scores Girls Basketball Beachwood 51, Wickliffe 35 Bloomdale Elmwood 66, Fostoria 39 Burton Berkshire 47, Painesville Harvey 46 Cedarville 47, Spring. Emmanuel Christian 33 Chagrin Falls Kenston 65, Orange 25 Cle. Rhodes 67, Cle. John Adams 45 Cols. East 54, Cols. South 47 Cuyahoga Hts. 63, Richmond Hts. 43

Delphos St. John's 47, Elida 19 Delta 47, Hamler Patrick Henry 34 E. Cle. Shaw 46, Bedford 40 Elmore Woodmore 39, Rossford 35 Fremont St. Joseph 33, Old Fort 28 Metamora Evergreen 48, Wauseon 39 Millbury Lake 49, Genoa Area 36 Napoleon 37, Maumee 33 Newark 47, Lancaster 33 Perry 38, Chagrin Falls 31 Perrysburg 52, Bowling Green 41 Pettisville 45, Gorham Fayette 29 Sylvania Southview 49, Holland Springfield 41 Worthington 53, Thomas Worthington Kilbourne 45 Whitehall-Yearling 56, Worthington Christian 34

GOLF Nedbank Golf Challenge Scores Friday At Gary Player Country Club Sun City, South Africa Purse: $5 million Yardage: 7,590; Par: 72 Second Round Graeme McDowell.............70-67—137 Robert Karlsson.................69-69—138 Jason Dufner......................70-68—138 Martin Kaymer....................70-68—138 Lee Westwood ...................68-70—138 Kyung-tae Kim....................70-70—140 Simon Dyson......................70-70—140 Anders Hansen..................72-69—141 Luke Donald.......................70-71—141 Charl Schwartzel................68-74—142 Darren Clarke.....................74-69—143 Francesco Molinari.............72-77—149 Chevron World Challenge Scores Friday At Sherwood Country Club Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Yardage: 7,023 yards; Par 72 Purse: $5 million Second Round Tiger Woods.......................69-67—136 Matt Kuchar........................72-67—139 K.J. Choi .............................66-73—139 Zach Johnson ....................73-67—140 Hunter Mahan ....................72-68—140 Rickie Fowler......................71-70—141 Jason Day...........................74-68—142 Gary Woodland..................73-70—143 Bubba Watson....................75-70—145 Jim Fuyrk............................71-74—145 Steve Stricker .....................69-76—145 Bo Van Pelt.........................74-72—146 Bill Haas .............................78-69—147 Paul Casey .........................79-68—147 Nick Watney........................71-78—149 Martin Laird ........................77-74—151 Keegan Bradley..................76-75—151 Webb Simpson...................73-79—152 PGA Tour Qualifying Scores Friday n-Jack Nicklaus Course (Host Course), 7,204 yards, Par 72 s-PGA West Stadium Course, 7,300 yards, Par 72 La Quinta, Calif.

Purse: $1,057,500 Third Round Will Claxton.............64n-70s-69s—203 Bobby Gates...........67s-70n-68s—205 Matt Jones ..............67n-68s-70s—205 Seung-yul Noh........69n-72s-64s—205 Vaughn Taylor..........65n-72s-69s—206 Billy Hurley III ..........65s-71n-70s—206 Harris English .........68s-67n-72s—207 Brian Harman .........69s-71n-67s—207 Tommy Biershenk...70s-70n-68s—208 Brendon Todd..........71s-68n-69s—208 Brad Fritsch.............72s-67n-69s—208 William McGirt ........65n-73s-70s—208 Stephen Gangluff ...72s-72n-64n—208 Brett Wetterich........72s-72n-64n—208 Marco Dawson........73s-68n-67s—208 Paul D. Haley...........71n-70s-67s—208 Jarrod Lyle...............68n-72s-68s—208 Kent Jones ..............68n-72s-68s—208 Dicky Pride..............67s-72n-70s—209 Adam Hadwin .........70s-69n-70s—209 Charlie Beljan .........70n-73s-66s—209 Kevin Kisner............67n-71s-71s—209 Dean Wilson............67n-71s-71s—209 Daniel Summerhays64s-73n-72s—209 Bob May..................70n-71s-68s—209 Bob Estes................67s-73n-69s—209 Chris Tidland...........71s-74n-65n—210 Jeff Maggert............66s-72n-72s—210 Tag Ridings .............68n-73s-69s—210 Roberto Castro.......71s-71n-68s—210 Matt Davidson.........68s-75n-67s—210 Sang-Moon Bae .....65s-76n-69s—210 Brad Adamonis.......73s-72n-66n—211 Richard S. Johnson 68n-75s-68s—211 Rich Beem..............72s-72n-67n—211 Andy Bare ...............68n-74s-69s—211 Roland Thatcher .....68n-73s-70s—211 Adam Long .............72s-69n-70s—211 Nicholas Thompson70s-71n-70s—211 Ron Whittaker .........68s-75n-68s—211 Clayton Rask...........67n-76s-68s—211 Stuart Anderson .....70n-70s-71s—211 Reid Edstrom..........72s-71n-69s—212 Brady Stockton .......71s-72n-69s—212 Jeff Cuzzort.............71n-72s-69s—212 Shane Bertsch........67n-71s-74s—212 Justin Hicks.............73s-71n-68n—212 Mark Anderson.......66n-72s-74s—212 Alexandre Rocha....67n-70s-75s—212 Colt Knost................69n-72s-71s—212 Corey Nagy.............70n-71s-71s—212 Derek Fathauer.......69s-72n-71s—212 Richard H. Lee........72s-74n-66n—212 Will Dodson.............69s-74n-69s—212 Josh Broadaway.....70n-70s-72s—212 Luke List..................69n-77s-67n—213 Troy Merritt ..............70n-69s-74s—213 James Sacheck......67s-78n-68n—213 Steven Bowditch.....66n-73s-74s—213 Jim Herman............75n-70s-68n—213 Alex Aragon ............70s-74n-69n—213 James Nitties ..........70s-74n-69n—213 John Huh ................72n-76s-65n—213 Billy Horschel ..........70n-71s-72s—213 Shawn Stefani ........72n-75s-66n—213 Scott Dunlap ...........70s-72n-71s—213 Alex Coe..................73n-68s-72s—213 Will Wilcox ...............68n-75s-70s—213 Mathias Gronberg...67n-76s-70s—213 Edward Loar ...........67n-73s-73s—213 Wes Roach.............71s-75n-67n—213 Brian Anderson.......69n-71s-73s—213 Steve Allan..............71s-74n-69n—214 Scott Parel...............71n-72s-71s—214 Robert Streb...........73n-78s-63n—214 Bio Kim....................67n-77s-70n—214 Jason Allred ............73s-70n-71s—214 David Lingmerth.....69n-75s-70n—214 Erik Flores...............69s-75n-70s—214 Ben Briscoe ............68n-76s-70n—214 Doug Barron ...........69n-75s-70s—214 Aaron Watkins ........68n-79s-67n—214 Lee Williams ...........69n-78s-67n—214 Lee Janzen .............71s-75n-68n—214 Sam Saunders........68n-74s-72s—214 Steve LeBrun ..........71s-70n-73s—214 Boo Weekley...........74n-72s-68n—214 Jeff Gove.................71n-72s-71s—214 Dan Buchner...........69s-74n-71s—214 Craig Hocknull.........69s-74n-72s—215 Hudson Swafford....74s-71n-70n—215 Scott Sterling...........72s-71n-72s—215 D.J. Brigman............72s-72n-71n—215 Andrew Svoboda....70n-73s-72s—215 Mike Lavery ............67n-77s-71n—215

Fernando Mechereffe73s-71n-71n— 215 Daniel Chopra.........70n-74s-71s—215 Rob Oppenheim.....76s-71n-68n—215 Paul Claxton............73s-69n-73s—215 Christopher DeForest74n-74s-67n— 215 Nathan Green.........74n-74s-67n—215 Chris Wilson............69n-77s-69n—215 Gator Todd...............71s-70n-74s—215 Darron Stiles...........70s-76n-69n—215 Philip Pettitt, Jr. .......74s-75n-66n—215 Oscar Serna ...........75s-68n-72s—215 Greg Owen .............70s-73n-73s—216 Martin Flores...........69s-78n-69n—216 Jason Gore .............73s-74n-69n—216 Jim Renner .............69n-73s-74s—216 John Chin................73s-69n-74s—216 James Love.............68n-74s-74s—216 Shaun Micheel........67n-75s-74s—216 Ryan Yip..................68n-78s-70n—216 Zack Miller...............70n-73s-74s—217 Jesse Schutte .........69n-74s-74s—217 David Duval.............72s-72n-73s—217 Clark Dennis ...........67n-77s-73s—217 Bob Heintz ..............70n-71s-76s—217 Travis Wadkins........71s-76n-70n—217 Guy Boros...............71n-74s-73n—218 Omar Uresti.............70n-73s-75s—218 Jeff Corr ..................71n-76s-71n—218 Glen Day.................76s-72n-70n—218 Patrick Sheehan .....73s-75n-70n—218 Andy Winings..........70n-77s-71n—218 Fabian Gomez........76s-72n-70n—218 Martin Piller.............75n-73s-70n—218 Andy Pope ..............71s-75n-72n—218 Scott McCarron.......68n-75s-75s—218 Tommy Armour III...75n-74s-69n—218 Jose Toledo.............70n-79s-69n—218 Anthony Rodriguez 71n-78s-69n—218 Brent Witcher..........75s-75n-69n—219 Jimmy Lytle.............72n-80s-67n—219 Bronson La'Cassie.76s-76n-67n—219 Tim Wilkinson..........70s-74n-75s—219 Ty Tryon...................78s-70n-71n—219 Jimmy Brandt..........73s-74n-72n—219 Steve Flesch...........72s-75n-72n—219 Zack Byrd................72s-74n-73n—219 Brian Smock ...........72n-77s-71n—220 Brian Duncan..........78s-74n-68n—220 Matt Hendrix ...........68n-76s-76n—220 Richard Scott ..........71s-71n-78s—220 Len Mattiace...........73s-75n-72n—220 Peter Tomasulo.......72s-74n-74n—220 Andrew Matthews...76s-76n-69n—221 Brendan Gielow......73s-74n-74n—221 Glenn Northcutt......75s-74n-72n—221 Brad Benjamin........70s-79n-73n—222 Benoit Beisser ........74n-76s-72n—222 Andrew Johnson ....69n-78s-75n—222 Camilo Benedetti....73s-75n-74n—222 Tom Hoge ...............73s-73n-76n—222 Carlos Franco .........76s-73n-73n—222 Robert Gamez........73s-77n-73n—223 Nate Smith..............70n-82s-71n—223 Mitchell Gillis...........75s-73n-75n—223 Eric Onesi ...............71n-79s-74n—224 Cliff Kresge .............72n-82s-70n—224 Johnny DelPrete.....72n-82s-70n—224 Richard T. Lee.........76s-78n-70n—224 Sean Shahi.............70n-78s-76n—224 Chip Deason...........73s-79n-73n—225 Tim Petrovic............73s-80n-72n—225 Andre Stolz .............75s-69n-82s—226 Matt McQuillan .......74n-81s-72n—227 Brian Prouty............77n-77s-74n—228 Matt Harmon...........73s-80n-77n—230 Wade Ballard ..........75n-83s-72n—230 LGPA Final Qualifying Tournament Scores Friday At LPGA International Daytona Beach, Fla. Champions Course: 6,389 yards, par-72 Legends Course: 6,468 yards, par72 a-amateur Third Round Christine Song..............66-70-70—206 Jennie Lee ....................71-71-69—211 Jacqui Concolino ..........70-72-71—213 a-Stephanie Kono.........67-71-75—213 Junthima Gulyanamitta 71-73-70—214 Thidapa Suwannapura.68-80-68—216 Paola Moreno ...............73-71-72—216 Dori Carter ....................74-71-71—216 Angela Oh.....................70-75-72—217 Min Seo Kwak ..............71-74-72—217 Stephanie Sherlock......73-72-72—217 Maude-Aimee Leblanc.75-71-71—217 Sandra Changkija.........73-72-72—217 Jodi Ewart.....................70-73-74—217 Karlin Beck....................71-72-74—217 Cydney Clanton............72-76-70—218 Izzy Beisiegel................71-76-71—218 Carlota Ciganda ...........72-75-71—218 Meredith Duncan..........76-70-72—218 Minea Blomqvist...........70-75-73—218 Mariajo Uribe ................71-72-75—218 Danielle Kang ...............72-78-69—219 Jessi Gebhardt .............71-78-70—219 Mitsuki Katahira ............70-76-73—219 Kongkraphan ................74-73-72—219 Jean Reynolds..............72-71-76—219 Mallory Blackwelder .....72-77-71—220 Ginger Howard .............70-79-71—220 Sophia Sheridan...........75-74-71—220 Lacey Agnew ................76-73-71—220 Paz Echeverria..............74-74-72—220 Katy Harris ....................71-75-74—220 Jaclyn Sweeney............76-72-72—220 Danah Bordner.............72-72-76—220 Lili Alvarez.....................73-70-77—220 Hannah Yun...................76-74-71—221 Christina Jones.............73-77-71—221 Lizette Salas .................72-78-71—221 Samantha Richdale......76-73-72—221 Rebecca Durham .........71-71-79—221 Dolores White ...............71-79-72—222 Tanya Dergal.................71-80-71—222 a-Victoria Tanco ............74-74-74—222 Hannah Jun ..................73-80-69—222 Kirby Dreher..................74-71-77—222 Veronica Felibert...........76-73-74—223 Leah Wigger .................73-76-74—223 Seul-Ki Park..................74-78-71—223 Stephanie Na................70-78-75—223 Laura Martin .................78-75-70—223 Elisa Serramia ..............72-75-76—223 Joanna Coe ..................75-73-75—223 Mi Hyang Lee ...............76-72-75—223 Juliana Murcia Ortiz .....75-77-72—224 Rebecca Lee-Bentham73-76-75—224 Cathryn Bristow............72-75-77—224 Jamie Hullett .................73-80-71—224 Martina Gavier..............74-73-77—224 Valentine Derrey ...........73-74-77—224 Sue Kim ........................73-72-79—224 Ashley Knoll ..................78-77-69—224 Jenna Pearson .............75-75-75—225 Jimin Jeong...................75-76-74—225 Laura Crawford.............76-74-75—225 Victoria Lovelady ..........76-74-75—225 Lisa Meldrum................74-75-76—225 Allison Fouch Duncan..73-76-76—225 Cara Freeman...............74-77-74—225 Stacey Miller .................80-72-73—225 Kristin Ingram................77-75-73—225 Aimee Neff....................77-75-73—225 Birdie Kim......................73-79-73—225 Shasta Averyhardt........74-74-77—225 Sara Brown...................74-79-72—225 Molly Aronsson.............73-80-72—225 Kendall Dye...................75-71-79—225 Jasi Acharya .................71-74-80—225 Briana Vega...................76-74-76—226 Ayaka Kaneko...............79-71-76—226 Julia Boland ..................73-77-76—226 Nicole Smith..................75-76-75—226 Nicole Jeray ..................76-74-76—226