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USDA to allow more meat, grains WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids’ meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress

in a letter Friday that the department will do away with daily and weekly maximums of meats and grains. Several lawmakers wrote the department after the new rules went into effect in September saying kids aren’t getting enough to eat.

School administrators also complained, saying set maximums on grains and meats are too limiting as they try to plan daily meals. “This flexibility is being provided to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards while

In “Miracle on 34th Street,” Kris Kringle says to a skeptical Natalie Wood, “Now wait a minute, Susie. Just because every child can’t get his wish, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a Santa Claus.” Anyone donning the plush red suit and full white beard can probably relate. For mall Santas, reacting to a child’s Christmas list is a delicate matter. See Valley, Page B1.

U.N. conference OKs pact through 2020

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INSIDE TODAY Announcements ...........B8 Business.....................A11 Calendar.......................A3 Crossword ....................B7 Dates to Remember .....B6 Deaths ..........................A5 Joseph C. Dellinger Patricia Fogle Menus...........................B3 Movies ..........................B5 Opinion .........................A4 Sports...........................A6 Travel ............................B4

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Rosana Faessler stops by the hostess stand to check on reservations, then makes her way into the dining room to chat with a couple of the regular guests. After a few minutes, she wanders to the breakfast buffet to make sure everything’s clean and full, then straightens a picture before heading back out to the dining room. These tasks could easily be delegated to the staff. But Faessler just can’t help herself.

granting schools additional weekly menu planning options to help ensure that children receive a wholesome, nutritious meal every day of the week,” Vilsack said in a letter to Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. The new guidelines were intended to address increasing childhood obesity levels. They set

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Jim Morlan, left, Jim Vaughan, center, Marvin Hawk, right, and Dave Denoyer (not pictured) of Dave’s Services Heating and Air Conditioning work on installing a complete Bryant heat pump system with a new line set along with indoor electric strips Friday at a home on Linwood Avenue Friday in Troy.

An early Christmas Dave’s Services installs free furnace BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

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Cathy Harris’ Christmas came early by way of a secret Santa and help from a local heating and cooling company that is sharing their warmth of giving this season. Harris was the recipient of the second annual free furnace installation from Dave Service’s, 430 S. Crawford St., Troy. Harris’ longtime friend, Connie Marr, nominated Harris, a widow for 14 years, to receive an upgrade of her electric heating system, which ran up

bills of more than $600 a month in the winter. “I didn’t know (Connie Marr) had nominated me until she called and told me,” Harris said Friday as Dave’s Services installed the new unit. “We’ve been friends for a long time and shared the real highs and the real lows together.” Harris said she works two jobs to make ends meet, including cleaning with her 80-year-old mother. Harris said the winter is the hardest time with high heat

costs, despite living on one floor of her one-and-a-half story home on Linwood Avenue in Troy. “This is just great and I’m so thankful for Connie for doing this and for Dave’s Services for giving people like me an opportunity like this,” Harris said. She said she often had friends and family help maintain her aging electric heating system and knew it would be years before she could afford to upgrade it herself. “She’s going to be more heat efficient and more energy efficient

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries, but will only cover about 15 percent of global emissions. The extension was adopted by a U.N. climate conference after hard-fought sessions and despite objections from Russia. The package of decisions also included vague promises of financing to help poor countries cope with climate change, and an affirmation of a previous decision to adopt a new global climate pact by 2015. Though expectations were low for the two-week conference in Doha, many developing countries rejected the deal as insufficient to put the world on track to fight the rising temperatures that are shifting weather patterns, melting glaciers and raising sea levels. Some Pacific island nations see this as a threat to their existence. “This is not where we wanted to be at the end of the meeting, I assure you,” said Nauru Foreign Minister Kieren Keke, who leads an alliance of small island states. “It certainly isn’t where we need to be in order to prevent islands from going under and other unimaginable impacts.” The two-decade-old U.N. climate talks have so-far failed in their goal of reducing the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that a vast majority of scientists say are warming the planet. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which controls the emissions of rich countries, is considered the main achievement of the negotiations,

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With Troy’s bicentennial about a year away, the local historical society has released a book chronicling another major milestone in the city’s history: the Great Flood of 1913. Called “Troy and the Great Flood of 1913,” the book connects nearly 200 photos kept by the Troy Historical Society with stories of individuals who survived the flood. Many of the pieces are derived from 1 audio tapes circa 1976 that

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were transcribed by historical society vice president Michael Robinson. President Judy Deeter wrote copy for the book along with Troy-Miami County Public Library archivist Patrick Kennedy, who wrote the introduction. Deeter said the historical society already had been making preliminary plans with the Miami Conservancy District and local historians to create a project that would cover Hamilton to Piqua. “It just so happened that at that time Arcadia

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right.” The purpose of the book, Kennedy said, is to inform people of the magnitude and devastation of the flood. “In my mind, it’s probably the worst natural disaster to hit Troy ever. We’ve had tornadoes, but we’ve never been hit directly like Xenia was,” Kennedy said. To illustrate the enormous power of the flood, he included in the introduction a quote from former The Troy Historical Society Miami Conservancy engihas released a book neer Arthur E. Morgan: chronicling “Troy and the Great Flood of 1913.” • See BOOK on A2

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Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon that had left the Philippines after killing nearly 600 people and leaving hundreds missing in the south has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country’s northwest, officials said Saturday. The weather bureau raised storm warnings over parts of the main northern

island of Luzon after Typhoon Bopha veered northeast. There was a strong possibility the disastrous storm would make a second landfall Sunday, but it might also make a loop and remain in the South China Sea, forecasters said. In either case, it was moving close to shore and disaster officials warned of heavy

rains and winds and possible landslides in the mountainous region. Another calamity in the north would stretch recovery efforts thin. Most government resources, including army and police, are currently focused on the south, where Bopha hit Tuesday before moving west into the South China Sea.

With many survivors still in shock, soldiers, police and volunteers formed most of the teams searching for bodies or signs of life under tons of fallen trees and boulders swept down from steep hills surrounding the worst-hit town of New Bataan, municipal spokesman Marlon Esperanza said. “We are having a hard

time finding guides,” he told The Associated Press. “Entire families were killed and the survivors … appear dazed. They can’t move.” He said the rocks, mud, tree trunks and other rubble that litter the town have destroyed landmarks, making it doubly difficult to search places where houses once stood.

dards, others, including many conservative lawmakers, refer to them as government overreach. Yet many of those same lawmakers also have complained about hearing from constituents who say their kids are hungry at school. Though broader calorie limits are still in place, the rules tweak will allow school lunch planners to

use as many grains and as much meat as they want. In comments to USDA, many had said grains shouldn’t be limited because they are a part of so many meals, and that it was difficult to always find the right size of meat. The new tweak doesn’t upset nutritionists who fought for the school lunch overhaul.

Margo Wootan, a nutrition lobbyist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says the change is minor and the new guidance shows that USDA will work with school nutrition officials and others who have concerns. “It takes time to work out the kinks,” Wootan said. “This should show Congress that they don’t

Last year, after USDA first proposed the new guidelines, Congress prohibited USDA from limiting potatoes and French fries and allowed school lunchrooms to continue counting tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable.

themselves. They retrieved food from their cellars and brought it to the second floor along with their horses, chickens and other animals. “In most cases, the flood came to the ceiling of the first floor,” she said. Deeter added that people during that time grew and canned their own food, needing to go to the store only for sugar and flour. During the flood, two along Ridge houses Avenue served as temporary hospitals, while a doctor saw patients at one home on South Market Street. Despite the 100-year gap in time, Deeter said the stories are akin to the current events of late.

“This story is still relevant for today, because we look at what happened with Katrina and Sandy, and that happened to us,” Deeter said. “These people were left on their own to basically fend for themselves…It was neighbor helping neighbor and person helping person. People were even let out of jail to help with the flood.” But Deeter said Troy had a much more successful response to the natural disaster than perhaps that seen in recent events nationwide. “We had exceptional leadership and good community, and that’s why only 15 people died in Troy,” she said. “So many more people could have died.”

the talks can focus on the new treaty, which is supposed to apply to both rich and poor countries. It is expected to be adopted in 2015 and take effect five years later, but the details haven’t been worked out yet. U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern highlighted one of the main challenges going forward when he said the U.S. couldn’t accept a provision in the Doha deal that said the talks should be “guided” by principles laid down in the U.N.’s framework convention for climate change. That could be interpreted as a reference to the firewall between rich and poor countries that has guided the talks so far, but which the U.S. and other developed countries say

must be removed going forward. “We are now on our way to the new regime,” European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said. It definitely wasn’t an easy ride, but we managed to cross the bridge.” “Hopefully from here we can increase our speed,” she added. “The world needs it more than ever.” The goal of the U.N. talks is to keep temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 Celsius), compared to preindustrial times. Temperatures have already risen about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 Celsius) above that level, according to the latest report by the U.N.’s top climate body.

Lunch • Continued from A1 limits on calories and salt and phase in whole grains. Schools must offer at least one vegetable or fruit per meal. The department also dictated how much of certain food groups could be served. While nutritionists and some parents have praised the new school lunch stan-

• Continued from A1 and that will cut her heating costs easily in half,” said Jim Morlan, Dave’s Service’s general manager of installation. “It’s a blessing — it really is,” Harris said as the men worked in the basement. Dave Denoyer, owner of Dave’s Services, born and raised in Troy, said he wants to give back to the community that has helped him grow his heating and air conditioning business that he started in 1984. Denoyer said he is really happy to give back to the community he has called home his entire life, for a second year in a row. “This has been a record year for us, despite the recession,” Denoyer said. ”We are so excited to do this for a deserving person in the community as a way to give back to the community which has time and time again supported us over the years. “It goes to show you when you’re blessed and care about your community, you want to give back to that community that helped you build your business,” he said. Denoyer said he hopes

to make the installation of a new furnace an annual event. “We take care of our customers and they keep calling us back,” Denoyer said. “We are grateful for those people who help us be successful and to show our appreciation we will continue to give back to others.” “We’re really happy to do this once again,” Morlan said. “She’s awesome and we’re so happy to do this for another deserving person in our community.” According to Morlan, more than 30 people applied for the new Bryant heating system. Harris’ new system comes complete with a 10-year extended warranty and labor service contract. According to Morlan, all applications were reviewed by members of the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce, the Troy Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Partners in Hope and Troy Christian Church. The members of those organizations selected Harris to receive the free heating system. For more information about Dave’s Services, 430 S. Crawford St., Troy, visit www.davesservices.com.

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• Continued from A1 “Simply by the condensing of the 9.7 inches of rain which fell during 5 days on the comparatively small area of 3,670 square miles of the Miami River watershed above Hamilton, enough energy was released to supply 2,500,000 horsepower 24 hours a day continuously for a hundred years.” Though the Troy Historical Society has printed other books, this publication contains the largest collection of photographs, accompanied by text, delving into the lives of the individuals. With Troy enduring several smaller-scale floods, Deeter said residents knew how to protect

Climate • Continued from A1 even though the U.S. rejected it because it didn’t impose any binding commitments on China and other emerging economies. Kyoto was due to expire this year, so failing to agree on an extension would have been a major setback for the talks. Despite objections from Russia, which opposed rules limiting its use of carbon credits, the accord was extended through 2020 to fill the gap until a wider global treaty is expected to take effect. However, the second phase only covers about 15 percent of global emissions after Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Russia opted out. The decisions in Doha mean that in future years,

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County to support programs that help fight childhood hunger. Interested parties may go online at http://artistsagainsthunger.weebly.com or may contact Steven Kiefer at (937) 216-6759 for more information. â&#x20AC;˘ FAMILY PARTY: The Tipp City Public Library will offer its annual family Christmas party from 6:308 p.m. There will be holiday stories, a visit with Santa and families can share in making an ornament. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required by calling (937) 667-3826. Civic agenda â&#x20AC;˘ The village of West Milton Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers.

â&#x20AC;˘ TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post No. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Community Troy, will offer a turkey shoot with sign ups beginCalendar ning at 11 a.m. The shoot will begin at noon. An allCONTACT US you-can-eat breakfast, by the auxiliary, will be available from 9 a.m. to noon for $6. Call Melody â&#x20AC;˘ BREAKFAST Vallieu at SERVED: Breakfast will 440-5265 to be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, list your free 7578 W. Fenner Road, calendar Ludlow Falls, from 8- 11 items.You a.m. All breakfasts are made-to-order and everycan send thing is a la carte. your news by e-mail to â&#x20AC;˘ PARTY FOR THE vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. ANIMALS: A winter party for the wildlife at Brukner Nature Center will be from 2-4 p.m. Enjoy refreshWEDNESDAY ments, games, make a treat for your wild friends and meet some of the newest wildlife ambassadors. There also will be â&#x20AC;˘ KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis staff on hand to show and discuss the Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. striped skunk. Admission is a gift for the at the Troy Country Club. The Troy High centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wild friends. Check out the wish School Show Choir will give a seasonal list located at the entrance of the Critter performance under the direction of Corner for some gift ideas. Rachel Sagona. This will be a joint meetâ&#x20AC;˘ CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION: A ing with the Troy Christian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club. Christmas celebration will be offered For more information, contact Donn Craig, beginning at 4 p.m. at First Place vice president, at (937) 418-1888. Christian Center, 16 W. Franklin St., Troy, â&#x20AC;˘ ALUMNI LUNCH: The Staunton sponsored by bible studies of School alumni will meet for lunch at 11:30 Champaign, Miami and Shelby counties. a.m. at Friendlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Troy. The event will include praise and worship â&#x20AC;˘ WACO SPEAKER: The WACO and fellowship following the event. Historical Society will host pilot Dale Participants are asked to bring food to Peterson at 7 p.m. Peterson is a volunteer share for the fellowship time. Table servpilot for the Veterans Airlift Command. ice will be provided. Food is able to be Peterson started flying when he was 15 delivered to First Place beginning at 3 years old. He flies a Beechcraft Bonanza p.m. G33 and has transported four â&#x20AC;˘ BREAKFAST SET: The American Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Legion Auxiliary, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, The lecture is free and open to the public. will present an all-you-can-eat breakfast The WACO Air Museum is at 1865 S. from 8-11 a.m. Items available will be County Road 25-A, Troy. For more inforeggs, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, mation, call 335-WACO or visit biscuits, pancakes, waffles, french toast, www.wacoairmuseum.org. hash browns, toast, cinnamon rolls, fruit â&#x20AC;˘ BOE MEETING: The Newton Local and juices. Meals will be $6. Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in â&#x20AC;˘ BOWLERS BREAKFAST: The Elks the Newton Local Board of Education bowlers will offer an all-you-can-eat Room. breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon at the club, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Breakfast will THURSDAY include eggs cooked to order, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, pancakes, toast â&#x20AC;˘ BIRD COUNT: Join the Brukner and biscuits and gravy for $6.50 a perNature Center Bird Club for its annual son. survey of birds found at BNC beginning at â&#x20AC;˘ CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood will 8:30 a.m. in the Interpretive Building. offer red and blue colored candle dipping Participants will then head back to the beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the farm, 9101 center for a hot lunch, and are asked to Frederick Pike, Dayton. Admission is $4 bring a dish to share. Soup and coffee will for adults and $2 for children, plus $1 for be provided. Register by calling (937) each candle made. Call (937) 890-7360 698-6493, in case the event has to be for more information. postponed because of inclement weather.

MONDAY â&#x20AC;˘ POETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CORNER: Join the TroyMiami County Public Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry workshop at 6:30 p.m. to share and discuss your interests in poetry or bring a poem that you have written. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any of your own poems, bring and read a poem by your favorite poet. Staff will go over some writing exercises and prompts to help you write new poems. â&#x20AC;˘ OPTIMIST MEETING: The Troy Noon Optimists will meet at noon at the Tin Roof Restaurant. The speaker will be Mary Borton from Yellow Tree Yoga, who will talk about yoga and her business downtown. â&#x20AC;˘ DEMOCRATIC WOMEN: The Miami County Democratic Women will meet from 7-9 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., with holiday desserts provided by the MCDW officers and musical entertainment. All MCDW are invited to attend and bring a friend. â&#x20AC;˘ POTATOES AND SALAD: American Legion, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will offer a baked potato bar or a salad bar for $3.50 each or both for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Civic agendas â&#x20AC;˘ Covington Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. â&#x20AC;˘ The Police and Fire Committee of Village Council will meet at 6 p.m. prior to the council meeting. â&#x20AC;˘ Laura Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Municipal building. â&#x20AC;˘ Brown Township Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building in Conover. â&#x20AC;˘ The Union Township Trustees will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497 Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura. Call 698-4480 for information.

TUESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ HOLIDAY STORYTIME: Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to come to the Troy-Miami County Public Library at 10 a.m. to enjoy stories, songs and a craft. No registration is necessary. â&#x20AC;˘ EMPTY BOWLS: Artists Against Hunger will offer a free Empty Bowls event, where participants, for a suggested donation of $10, can purchase a ceramic bowl, made by local students and artists, and fill it with donated soup and also enjoy pizza, breads, sandwiches, cheese, desserts and beverages at no additional cost. The event will be from 5-8 p.m. at Hoffman United Methodist Church, West Milton, and there is no obligation to buy a bowl. The meals are free. One hundred percent of the proceeds will stay in Miami

â&#x20AC;˘ HOLIDAY CRAFTS FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Preschool-age children accompanied by an adult are invited to come by the Troy-Miami County Public Library anytime between 10 a.m. and noon to create something wonderful. No registration is necessary. â&#x20AC;˘ OPEN HOUSE: The Tipp City Public Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open house, from 6-8 p.m., will honor the 20th anniversary of the Friends of the Library and will showcase renovations of the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main floor completed this fall. â&#x20AC;˘ DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will lead walkers as they experience the wonderful seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars. â&#x20AC;˘ FEEDERWATCH: Project Feederwatch will be offered from 9:3011:30 a.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. The bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information. â&#x20AC;˘ FAMILY PARTY: The Tipp City Public Library will offer its annual family Christmas party from 6:30-8 p.m. There will be holiday stories, a visit with Santa and families can share in making an ornament. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required by calling (937) 667-3826. Civic agenda â&#x20AC;˘ The Lostcreek Township Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m. at Lostcreek Township Building, Casstown.

FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108. â&#x20AC;˘ POT PIE: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road will offer chicken pot pie with mashed potatoes and a side from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7. â&#x20AC;˘ BENEFIT EVENT: The Tipp City American Legion Post No. 586, 377 North 3rd St., Tipp City, will host a benefit for a longtime active member of the ladies auxiliary, Susan Shivler, who is battling breast cancer. The event will include a dinner, raffles, auction and a baked goods sale. All proceeds will go to Susan. The menu for dinner will be baked spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and dessert. The events begin at 5 p.m. and the cost will be $7 in advance and $8 at the door.

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Sgt. Marc Basye of the Tipp City Police Department shops for Christmas gifts with Amanda Welch of West Milton on Friday night at the Troy Meijer store. Basye and other members of the Miami County FOP lodge shopped for Christmas gifts for victims of crime and abuse around the area. The gifts will be wrapped and delivered to children by FOP members and Santa Claus in time for Christmas.

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

ANALYSIS The Telegraph, London, on contaminated Arab politics: So turbulent are the politics of the Middle East that even the dead cannot rest in peace. As if Palestine was not the focus of enough attention already — with attempts to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations coming to a boil, and tensions between Israel and Hamas still simmering after the back-andforth bombardment of recent weeks — the administration in the West Bank has taken the bizarre step of unearthing the body of Yasser Arafat, symbol of the national struggle, in order to determine whether he was poisoned. This strange episode is a sign of the extent to which politics across the Arab world has been contaminated — and corrupted — by conspiracy theory. If signs of poison are indeed found, the blame will immediately be put on Israel — ignoring the fact that Tel Aviv had every reason to keep the erratic and discredited Arafat alive and kicking. Then again, the absence of evidence has scarcely kept those in the Middle East from buying into conspiracy theories of any and every kind, usually with Israel and the United States as the culprits. Such paranoia is not a uniquely Arab or Muslim phenomenon — witness the ludicrous claims that have been made about President Barack Obama. But it finds its most comfortable home in parts of the world that might otherwise have to blame themselves for their economic or social problems. And the more widespread conspiracy thinking becomes, the more damage it does. It is tempting to laugh off those who insist that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job — but those in Nigeria and Pakistan who view polio vaccines as part of a secret Western sterilization program, to pick just one example, are responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents. Better to bury the fantasies and conspiracies alongside Arafat’s corpse. Ottawa Citizen on a renewal of space exploration: It’s exciting news that SpaceX, the private company that just sent a highly successful spaceship to dock with the International Space Station, wants to put a human on Mars in a dozen years. Elon Musk, the CEO, made the announcement recently. The target is 10 to 15 years from now, he said, but 12 years sounds realistic. It has been years since NASA had a credible goal of going anywhere beyond low Earth orbit. (The station is just 400 kilometers from our planet.) The shuttles are grounded and there’s no replacement vessel, nor even a firm plan to build one. The White House and Congress are lukewarm to commitments for funding a new spaceship, and NASA must now pay the Russians $50 million for each astronaut’s ride to space. Astronauts also have to learn Russian (just as cosmonauts must learn English. The space station is bilingual.) But it is now 41 years since a human last stood on the moon, and anyone who is serious about exploring space has to think big. That’s what took Apollo missions to the moon, and what inspired Yuri Gagarin before that. SpaceX is an echo of the excitement of those days, when getting to the moon by a deadline was a priority. More to the point, it has the backing of an impressive list of NASA insiders, past and present. Canada’s own Chris Hadfield, who will command the space station, recently commented that “Dragon is really proving SpaceX’s capability,” after the successful mission of Dragon, an unmanned cargo ship. Hadfield also told an interviewer recently that the space station’s role is partly to test technology for travelling deeper into space. While NASA won’t have a new rocket for at least a decade, it’s refreshing to see a private company offering to carry some of the burden.

THEY SAID IT “This is a hard decision. I’ll miss the people and the daily routine. This has been my life. I have enjoyed working around the kids and many of their parents, not only during the school day, but also through special events. These have all added to making my job fun and interesting.” — Retiring Hook Elementary School head custodian Rob Morrison “We’re just really appreciative of the students’ generosity. These young people have the ability to see the need in their own community and have given generously together as a school. We just really appreciate their donations, which will help others in their community.” — St. Patrick Soup Kitchen Director Dick Steineman, on St. Patrick School’s donation to the soup kitchen

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Analyst mistakenly calls out ‘Call of Duty’ Troy There is no greater enemy to business than businessmen and their way of thinking. And the video game industry is no exception. Take a look at one of the biggest and most popular mainstream franchises, the Call of Duty series. Its latest entry, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, took only 15 days on the market to earn a billion dollars — one day less than last year’s record-setting Modern Warfare 3 and two days less than the movie industry’s darling, Avatar, the highest-grossing movie of all time. Yet there’s one guy out there in particular who not only isn’t impressed, but went so far as to call Black Ops 2 a “failure.” Michael Pachter is an industry research analyst for Wedbush Securities, and he doesn’t understand how sales transactions go. While giving a speech at the Digital Game Monetization Summit held recently in San Fransisco, he said that Activision — one of the biggest video game publishers in the world — made a huge mistake by not charging a monthly subscription fee to players for the right to play the game’s online multiplayer modes. “I know the game sells billions of

Josh Brown Sunday Columnist dollars, but Activision did a bad thing with Call of Duty from a profit perspective,” he opened his mouth, allowing the garbage to flow out. “They trained gamers that you can buy a game and play it all year, 10 hours a week, forever, and you never have to pay again.” That’s kind of how buying something works, scumbag. You pay the purchase price, you take it home and you use the thing you bought all you want. No training involved. You don’t buy a novel and then pay an extra subscription fee for the right to read it every month. You don’t buy a refrigerator and then pay more on top of your purchase price for the right to keep the things you put into it cold. He then went on to compare the franchise to Activision’s other mon-

ster money maker, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft — where MMORPGs have traditionally held subscription models from the genre’s inception, but many are failing and going free-to-play, funded by in-game microtransactions. “That’s just like people who play World of Warcraft and never stop, yet the World of Warcraft guys are paying $180 a year, and the Call of Duty guys are paying $60. So who’s got a better model? This multiplayer thing being free was a mistake. It’s a mistake because it keeps those people from buying and playing other games.” Funny how the businessman isn’t familiar with what’s known as the “free market.” If people want to buy Call of Duty and no other game, that’s their decision. If Activision wants more money out of these gamers, or if other games wanted to break in and get a slice of Call of Duty’s market share, then maybe they should make better games that those gamers wanted to buy and play either instead of or in addition to. Here’s a simple lesson in the economy as it pertains to console gamers. Games are bought. Subscriptions to either XBox Live or

Playstation Plus are paid. Bills to the Internet service provider such as Time Warner Cable or Comcast are paid. Utilities like the electric bill are paid. As is rent to have a place to play the game, as well as a car payment, car insurance and gas to be able to get back and forth from whatever menial middle-class job we have so we can have any small amount of money at all to pay for all of these things. Oh, and lastly, food and clothes are bought so that we can stay alive and function in the outside world, but those tend to be more optional these days. If individual games start adding on subscription fees to get even more of our pie, they’re going to quickly find out that there’s no pie left — and we won’t buy those games in the first place. We’ll just buy the ones that we can own and play endlessly, as it has always been, as it always should be. Thank you, free market. Gamers — and the middle class as a whole — have already been bled dry by men with Pachter’s way of thinking. The only way they’ll ever get anything else out of us? Putting more in.

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Technology, structure transform today’s FFA MARIETTA (AP) — “Future Farmers of America” hasn’t been the official name of the National FFA organization for nearly 25 years, and the lessons learned by members of local chapters and agricultural students aren’t confined to the farm either. “We have someone who wants to be an X-ray tech. We have somebody who wants to be a nurse,” said Ashley Payne, vice president of the FFA chapter at Warren High School in southeast Ohio. “I was looking at being an attorney, something related to agriculture law.” Students still fix tractors, raise livestock and notch the ears of piglets, but they also use globalpositioning systems to map out local farms and research and make presentations on the digestive tracts of animals using the latest technology. “It’s the 21st century,” said Krista Hellwig, the first-year agriculture educator at Warren. “Things are changing. Things are not traditional anymore. It can’t be.” The classes Hellwig teaches her students are different even from the classes she took not so long ago as a student at Woodmore High School in Ottawa County. They’re more structured, with an increased emphasis on inquiry-based and handson activities, as well as service learning. That’s due in part to the state requiring ag classes to be grouped into “pathways” that make it easier for programs to be assessed and for college credit to be earned. Schools can determine which classes to offer under which pathway, which is intended to help retain local flexibility. Students at Warren generally start with the agriculture, food and natural resources class, which exposes them to basic activities in those areas as well as woodworking, welding and electrical systems, Hellwig said. They’re exposed to a variety of activities, whose specifics may apply to particular career fields, while the general skills public speaking,

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Warren FFA president Brandon Lane, left, shovels corn into a bag held by chapter vice president Ashley Payne, while Warren High School agriculture educator Krista Hellwig looks on, in Marietta, Tuesday. “Future Farmers of America” hasn’t been the official name of the National FFA organization for nearly 25 years, and the lessons learned by members of local chapters and agricultural students aren’t confined to the farm either. record keeping, organization can translate to a number of vocations. Warren FFA President Brandon Lane credited his study of parliamentary procedure in FFA with helping him overcome a fear of speaking in public. He also believes that all of the hands-on activities from picking corn and bagging it for a deer-feed fundraiser to individual projects for fairs help prepare students for the workforce. “That starts the work ethic for the kids who have never done any work but sit in front of the TV and play video games,” he said. Waterford High School agriculture teacher Matt Hartline said when he was younger he thought about following in his father’s footsteps on the family farm. “My dad told me, ‘Y’know, you need to go to college and get something in your back pocket,’” he said. Hartline said that’s what many ag educators do with their students today encourage them to look at other options in addition to farming. “We try not to (discourage) that because farming’s

a great occupation,” he said. “(But) to be able to go out and establish a farm now and all the overhead and costs that are associated with that can be enormous….There’s a lot of jobs out there where you don’t have to take that risk.” While agriculture remains a major part of Washington County’s economy, in general, there are fewer family farms these days and therefore fewer opportunities to go into farming without starting from scratch, Hartline said. “We’re trying to fit with society’s needs and obviously with less farming we’re trying to be a little bit more diverse,” he said. Even if the students aren’t planning to become farmers, many are considering agriculture-related fields. Marietta High School ag educator Brian Welch noted that supervised agricultural activities still can include raising an animal for a fair or growing a crop, but he has several students this year working in veterinary offices because they would like to become veterinary technicians. Hartline has former students majoring in animal science and agribusiness in

college and at least one studying to be a soil scientist. “Kids who are in here, not even 50 percent are going to come out farmers,” Hellwig said, noting biotechnology and genetics as other fields they could pursue. Frontier High School agriculture educator Erwin Berry said there’s still a place for production agriculture, too. “I know that most of them are not going to be involved in production agriculture full-time,” he said. “I hope that many of them, at least 50 percent, can supplement their income” with farming. Berry said there are opportunities to do that today, especially as interest increases among consumers in knowing where their food is coming from and avoiding products treated with chemicals. The terrain in the Frontier area lends itself more to pasturing than raising fruit and vegetables, he said, which is one reason students in his classes have been studying plasticulture, which utilizes raised beds of soil with plastic spread over them to conserve water.

Project aims for more time for split families an impact on the level of compliance on the child support order,” said Corey Clark, director of the child support enforcement agency in Fairfield County. Under the current system, if a parent doesn’t pay child support, legal action can be taken, according to Leite, but if a resident parent doesn’t let the other parent see a child, “not much can be done.” By arranging for both child support and parenting time simultaneously, Leite thinks families will maximize shared parenting time. He also expects

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JOSEPH C. DELLINGER death by a sisPIQUA — ter. Joseph C. Mr. Dellinger Dellinger, 88, was a graduate of Piqua, went of Piqua to be with his Catholic High wife, Betty School and Jean, at 10:23 retired as the a.m. Thursday, Vice President Dec. 6, 2012, of Operations at the at the former Versailles Hammer Health Care DELLINGER Graphics Co. of Center. He was Piqua. He was born April 29, a United States 1924, in Piqua Army Air Force to the late Cecil veteran, having and Josephine service during (Stricker) World War II as Dellinger. He a sergeant. He was a married Betty Jean charter member of the Hayman Oct. 26, 1946, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Piqua V.F.W. Post No. 4874 and volunteered at Church of Springfield; Washington Elementary she preceded him in School with his granddeath Oct. 27, 1995. Survivors include three daughter, Sarah’s, class for several years. sons, Stephen (Jean) A service to honor his Dellinger of Houston, life will begin at 10 a.m. Richard (Cindy) Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, Dellinger of San at the Jamieson & Francisco, Calif., and James (Karen) Dellinger Yannucci Funeral Home, with the Rev. Keith of Colorado Springs, Gebhart officiating. Burial Colo.; two daughters, will follow at Miami Mary Kay (Ralph) Memorial Park, Schieltz of West Milton Covington, where full miland Susan (Richard) itary honors will be proSpieker of Colorado vided by the Veterans Springs, Colo.; eight Elite Tribute Squad. grandchildren, Sarah Visitation will be from 4and Tim Clark, Cassie, Elizabeth, James, Emily, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Guestbook Matthew, Jenny, Joey; condolences and expresand three sisters, sions of sympathy, to be Marjorie Dellinger of provided to the family, Piqua, Pat Liffick and may be expressed Barbara (Chet) Zinkiewicz, all of Florida. through jamiesonand yannucci.com. He was preceded in

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Patricia Fogle WEST MILTON — Patricia Fogle, age 79, of Xenia, passed away on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Hospice of Dayton. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at the Community Grace Brethren Church, 2261 S. Miami St., West Milton. Arrangements are being handled by the Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, West Milton.

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COVINGTON — It’s time once again for the Covington Outreach Association’s annual Adopt-a-Child for Christmas program. This year the COA is planning to help nearly 160 Covington children in 67 families who may not otherwise have gifts, food and necessities during this holiday season. Additionally, COA will spread some Christmas cheer to senior citizens and many Covington Care Center residents. All donations remain within the village and may be sent to COA, P.O. Box 125, Covington, OH 45318. COA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and

Mini session to be offered MIAMI COUNTY — The Miami County YMCA will offer a variety of group fitness classes during the holiday break weeks. The session dates will extend from Dec. 17 through Jan. 5. Participants will be able to attend any and as many classes as they want during this threeweek mini-session. A variety of classes will be offered including yoga, cycling, aqua power, high intensity interval training and more. For a schedule of classes, visit www.miamicounty ymca.net. For more information, call Kaci Harpest at 440-9622.

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child support payments will be more consistent. The plan is to have a pilot program running in Fairfield County by the end of next year, adding the other counties thereafter. “The idea is for us to go to the courts or Job and Family Services agents and say, ‘Here’s a strategy that works for helping kids.’ That’s the hope anyway,” Leite added.

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Troy’s Kristen Wood scored 24 points in the Trojans’ loss to Minster Saturday.

Still learning to win

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Bowling Troy boys at GWOC (10 a.m.) Hockey Troy at Talawanda (2:15 p.m.) MONDAY Girls Basketball Tippecanoe at Fairborn (7:30 p.m.) Greenon at Miami East (7:30 p.m.) Miami Valley at Troy Christian (7 p.m.)

Troy falls, 35-31 BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Troy at Fairborn (7:30 p.m.) Milton-Union at Carlisle (7:15 p.m.) Miami Valley at Troy Christian (7 p.m.) Piqua at Springfield (7:30 p.m.) Marion Local at Lehman (6 p.m.) Girls Basketball Mechanicsburg at Bradford (7 p.m.) Wrestling Tippecanoe at Greenville tri (5:30 p.m.) Bowling Troy at Fairborn (4 p.m.) Tri-County North at Tippecanoe (4 p.m.)

THURSDAY Girls Basketball Tippecanoe at Bellefontaine (7:30 p.m.) Dixie at Milton-Union (7:15 p.m.) Miami East at Franklin Monroe (7 p.m.) Newton at Bethel (7 p.m.) Covington at Mississinawa Valley (7 p.m.) National Trail at Bradford (7 p.m.) Wrestling Piqua at Wayne tri (5 p.m.) Bowling Sidney at Troy (4 p.m.)

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• BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe basketball team will be honoring the 1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19, 2013. The Red Devils face Versailles that night at 7:30 p.m. Any member of the team, cheerleaders or coaches needs to contact Dale Pittenger at dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us for more information. • VOLLEYBALL: The Troy Recreation Department is sponsoring a co-ed power volleyball league on Mondya and Tuesday evenings beginning in January. Parties interested in registering a team can call Carrie Slater at the recreation department at 339-5145. • SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com or Colin Foster at cfoster@tdnpublishing.com.

WEDNESDAY Boys Basketball Ben Logan at Tippecanoe (7:30 p.m.) Girls Basketball Troy at Lebanon (7 p.m.) Piqua at Centerville (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Northwestern at Tippecanoe (4 p.m.)

Minster showed late that it’s used to winning. The Troy Trojans still need some more practice at it.

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Tippecanoe’s Nick Fischer passes the ball around a Milton-Union defender Saturday night at Pat Wampler Gymnasium. Fischer scored 16 points to lead the Red Devils to a win.

The Wildcats made the most of their possessions early in the fourth quarter to grab a slim lead, while the short-handed Trojans couldn’t hit their shots when they needed them most in a 35-31 Minster victory Saturday at the Trojan Activities Center. Minster improved to 4-1 on the season, while Troy — which is still missing injured seniors

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Tipp wears down Milton in second half

Heisman Manziel first freshman to win

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com Milton-Union’s Caleb Poland was all smiles after nailing a jumper with five seconds left in the first half to tie the score. Nick Fischer, though, oneupped him.

TIPP CITY The Tippecanoe senior nailed a 3 at the buzzer, one of his four from beyond the arc on the night, and then he kicked off a 10-2 run to begin the second half with another bomb as the Red Devils pulled away after halftime for a 70-48 victory over the rival Bulldogs Saturday at Pat Wampler Gymnasium. Fischer finished with 16 points, leading a trio of Tippecanoe players in double figures.

Milton-Union’s Caleb Poland drives the ball around Tippecanoe’s

■ See TIPP-MILTON on A9 Sean Ford Saturday at Pat Wampler Gymnasium.

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football’s top individual p r i z e Saturday night after a record-breaking debut. MANZIEL N o t r e Dame linebacker Manti Te’o finished a distant second and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third in the voting. In a Heisman

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Buckeyes cruise past 49ers, 89-55

Current sisters dominate

Thad Matta knows he has one scorer. Now he is trying to develop others. Deshaun Thomas had 18 points, including a 3-pointer in an 11-point run in the first half, to lead No. 7 Ohio State past tired Long Beach State 89-55 on Saturday. See Page A7.

Have matching stat lines, lead East past Loramie

Cowboy killed in single-car accident Dallas Cowboys practice-squad linebacker Jerry Brown was killed in a onecar accident Saturday and teammate Josh Brent was charged with intoxication manslaughter. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb. Brent was speeding when the vehicle hit a curb and flipped at least once, Argumaniz said. See Page A7.

BY COLIN FOSTER Sports Writer cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Miami East twins Ashley and Trina Current have identical looks and matching skill sets. And the juniors had big, identical games for the Vikings in a 57-41 romp over Fort Loramie — jjhuddle.com’s No. 1 ranked team in Division IV. The Current twins did anything they wanted in the post — matching totals in points (18) and rebounds (six) — as Miami East led from start to finish playing in its first game against a Shelby County League team since losing to Anna in last year’s Division III Regional final game. “I’m very, very proud with the way we came out,” Miami East coach Preston Elifritz

CASSTOWN said. “Fort Loramie is a program that comes in every single year as a perennial power. They came in No. 1-ranked, and I thought our girls matched the intensity needed to pull one out. “I thought we made runs well. We defended well and forced them into low-percentage shots, and we hit shots. Our guys had us going 13 for 19 in the second half. We just shot the ball very well.” Miami East’s Angie Mack opened the game with a 3, which was followed by Trina Current’s triple a few possessions later. Tori Nuss added the Vikings third 3 of the openSTAFF PHOTO/COLIN FOSTER ing quarter midway through as they jumped out to an 18-6 advantage by the end of the Miami East’s Ashley Current lays the ball in against Fort Loramie Saturday night at ■ See VIKINGS on A8 Miami East High School.

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Cowboy player charged after man dies in accident IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys practicesquad linebacker Jerry Brown was killed in a onecar accident Saturday and teammate Josh Brent was charged with intoxication manslaughter. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb. Brent was speeding when the vehicle hit a curb and flipped at

least once, Argumaniz said. Argumaniz says the 25year-old Brown was found unresponsive at the scene and pronounced dead at a hospital. The police spokesman said officers conducted a field sobriety test on Brent and arrested him. The charge was upgraded after Brown was pronounced dead. “We are deeply saddened by the news of this

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accident and the passing of The team said in a said Brent missed a 10 Jerry Brown,” Cowboys statement that Brent was a.m. Saturday booking sesowner Jerry Jones not on the team sion with a judge because said in a stateflight to he was intoxicated. He ment released by Cincinnati, where does not know if Brent has the team. “At this the Cowboys play an attorney. time, our hearts the Bengals on Brent, who played footand prayers and Sunday. ball at the University of deepest sympaArgumaniz said Illinois, was arrested in thies are with the Brent is being held February 2009 near cammembers of without bond. pus for driving under the Jerry’s family and BRENT Brent is named as influence, driving on a susall of those who Joshua Price-Brent pended license and speedknew him and in the police news ing, according to loved him.” release. Argumaniz also Champaign County, Ill.,

court records. In June 2009, Brent pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, two years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a fine of about $2,000. As part of his plea deal, prosecutors dropped one count of aggravated DUI/no valid driver’s license. Brent successfully completed his probation in July 2011, court records show.

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No. 7 Buckeyes roll Thomas’ 18 leads OSU past Long Beach, 89-55

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Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Terence Newman (23) celebrates after making an interception against the Denver Broncos Nov. 7 in Cincinnati.

Cincy, Dallas square off in pivotal game CINCINNATI (AP) — A lot of Andy Dalton’s friends and family are flying in for a game that has big interest back in his home state. “I guess being from Texas, everybody’s excited about this one,” said the Bengals quarterback, who grew up in suburban Houston. They’re headed this way for a pivotal game that was overshadowed for the Cowboys on Saturday. Defensive lineman Josh Brent was charged with intoxication manslaughter charge after a one-vehicle accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown in Irving, Texas. The Cowboys (6-6) have gotten into the NFC wild card race by winning three of their last four games. The Bengals (7-5) have run off four straight wins to get in position for an AFC wild card and, perhaps, a division title. Neither can afford a loss at this stage. “It’s kind of a prelude to the playoffs,” Bengals left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “Teams are going to turn it on and try their best to get into the (postseason) show, so you’re going to get everybody’s best every week.” A sign of the game’s importance: Paul Brown Stadium will be sold out for the first time in the last three home games. A lot of those fans will be cheering

for the Cowboys, who have made it exciting lately by putting up a lot of points. Dallas has scored 38, 23, 38 and 38 points in the last four games. The Cowboys are one of four teams in the NFC tied at 6-6, one game behind Seattle for the last wildcard spot. Like the Bengals, the Cowboys started 3-5 and have recovered by putting together their best stretch of the season. They’re one game behind the New York Giants for the NFC East lead, tied with Washington for second place. The Cowboys finish the season at Washington. “When you think about the East, it’s always been down to the wire,” linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. “It’s always been close. It’s a brutal NFC East, grind ‘em conference, division. It’s going to come down to the wire. “We just need to keep playing well, think about a game at a time and eventually hoping we get to the end.” That’s the same approach the Bengals have taken while digging out of their 3-5 start. One difference: Cincinnati’s defense has been much better over that span. The Bengals have scored 31, 28, 34 and 20 points during their four wins while holding opponents to 13 points or less.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Thad Matta knows he has one scorer. Now he is trying to develop others. Deshaun Thomas had 18 points, including a 3pointer in an 11-point run in the first half, to lead No. 7 Ohio State past tired Long Beach State 89-55 on Saturday. The Buckeyes need more than the one option — passing the ball to the a l way s - r e a d y - t o - s h o o t Thomas — on offense. “That’s the way we have to be, to be honest with you,” Matta said. “As you look across the board in college basketball and as you get into conference play, the Big Ten defensively is as good as there is in the country. Just having different guys out there that can knock shots down is something that is going to be advantageous.” In an easy romp past the 49ers (3-6), the Buckeyes (6-1) had other weapons. LaQuinton Ross had 16 points in a reserve role, Lenzelle Smith Jr. added 14, and Sam Thompson had 13 as Ohio State built a 42-point lead before experimenting with different lineup combinations. “First, we need Deshaun to score, but (it’s good) having other guys out there who can put the ball in the basket,” said Matta, in his 10th year at Ohio State. “The best teams that I’ve ever coached had multiple scorers. The ‘07 team is probably the best I’ve had here, and Greg (Oden) led us in scoring at 15 points a game and you just never knew night to night who was going to lead you in scoring. I’m fine with that.” Ross has had back-toback big games. A starter earlier in the season, he is giving the Buckeyes a shot of instant offense. He scored 22 points in a win over Northern Kentucky in their last game, then added career highs with nine rebounds and four assists to go with his scoring against Long

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Ohio State’s Deshaun Thomas goes up in between two Long Beach State defenders during a game Saturday in Columbus. Beach. “Coming off the bench it was always hard, but you’ve got to get in the game quick because you’ve got to produce quick,” he said. “Even if you’re not making shots on the offensive end you have to play defense at the other end. My 3s didn’t fall this game (0 for 5) but I found other ways to score.” Up by 14 at the break, the Buckeyes wasted little time in putting the game out of reach. Smith made a jumper on the first trip down the floor of the second half and, after a Long Beach miss, he fed Evan Ravenel for a thunderous dunk down the heart of the lane and through traffic.

49ers coach Dan Monson, familiar with Ohio State from his days coaching at Minnesota, called a quick timeout at the 19-minute mark but that didn’t stem the tide. “This game was over one minute into the second half,” Monson said. “To me, that’s where (my) team has got to grow. It is a bad basketball team, but it doesn’t have to be. We have better players than what we played today. That’s something that we’ve got to, we have to play better.” Dan Jennings scored 16 points and James Ennis had 12 for the 49ers, who have dropped three straight. They lost at No. 4 Syracuse 84-53 on Thursday before taking on

another top-10 team just over 40 hours later. “We just have to believe that we can go out and win these kinds of games,” Jennings said. “We have to come together as a team, play together. We may not be the deepest team, but we have talent, and if we believe, we can do it.” Ohio State led 39-25 at the break, riding an 11-0 run. “We came into this game a little flat,” said Thomas, who made seven field goals but celebrated more after an assist on a 3 by Aaron Craft. “The one thing we did, we stayed together and we shared the ball real well. We passed to each other and somebody scored.”

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Chiefs end difficult week at Browns For Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel, who had pleaded with Belcher to put down his gun, the pain and sorrow linger. Crennel, though, understands he must lead his grieving team. “You can’t go away from it. I’ll never be able to go away from it,” he said. “But in the business that we’re in, we have to try to move on and we have to try to focus on our job. And that’s the way life is.” Last week, the Chiefs (210) somehow managed to pull together and beat Carolina 27-21 and end an eight-game losing streak just hours after Belcher’s death. It was an inspiring effort, commanded by Crennel, the well-respected former Browns coach who drew upon his upbringing as the son of a career military man and patient mother to get him through the trying

ordeal. Since the win, the Chiefs have tried to get back to their routines, but it’s been very difficult. On Wednesday, their practice schedule was adjusted so they could attend a service for the 25-year-old Belcher. Crennel knows the past week’s events have taken their toll on his players, and it’s possible that by Sunday they could be completely spent. “We have to be cognizant of that,” he said. “Just like last week I was cognizant of the fact that I didn’t know how we were going to handle it mentally. Like I told them, ‘You are prepared to play a football game. You worked during the week, you’ve installed the game plan and you’ve practiced and you are prepared to play in the game. But mentally is the question can we put our

tragedy aside for the few hours that we have to play and then still play? “To their credit and to their character, they were able to put the misery aside, play a good football game and then come out victorious.” The game will be a homecoming of sorts for Crennel, quarterback Brady Quinn, running back Peyton Hillis and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, all of whom were with the Browns (4-8). At one point, Quinn was thought to be Cleveland’s franchise quarterback. He was drafted by the Browns in the first round in 2007, and had some solid games for Cleveland before he was traded in 2010 to Denver ironically for Hillis, who engaged in some back-andforth trash talk with Browns Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas this week.

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Troy’s Sierra Besecker brings the ball up the floor Saturday against Minster. ■ CONTINUED FROM A6 Morgan Taylor and Mackenzie Schulz and was without freshman Maddy Taylor, who had a doubledouble in the win on Wednesday, for the day — fell to 1-5. We played six kids — one freshmen, three sophomores and two seniors. And those girls played hard,” Troy coach Nathan Kopp said. “We just didn’t make enough shots at the right time. “We’re right there. We’ve just got to find a way to get over the hump.” Kristen Wood had the hot hand early for Troy, scoring all 14 of the Trojans’ first-quarter points and helping keep the score tied at 14-14 after one. Troy defense, meanwhile, was its usual self, holding the Wildcats to a mere three points in the second. Courtney Mazzulla scored all five of Troy’s points in the quarter, and the Trojans held a slim 1917 lead at the half. “We were sitting back squeezing them with a zone. We wanted to take away their big girl (Bridget Geiger) and make them hit shots from the outside,” Kopp said. That strategy worked in the first half for the most part, as Geiger was held scoreless. And Sierra Besecker found Wood open on a backdoor play for a three-point play to give the Trojans a 22-17 lead. Geiger hit two free throws for her first points of the game, but Wood answered with a 3 to give Troy its biggest lead of the game. A six-point Minster run capped off by a Geiger score in the paint evened things up. A free throw by Wood gave the lead back to Troy briefly, but Geiger hit a short jumper to give Minster a 27-26 edge heading into the fourth. Wood found Besecker open under the basket on the first possession of the fourth quarter to give Troy a 28-27 lead, but it was the last one the Trojans would see. A pair of Alexis Wuebker free throws following an offensive rebound and a jumper by Kathy Prenger put Minster up by three — but a fourth 3-pointer in the

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Miami East’s Trina Current goes up for two points against Fort Loramie Saturday night in the Vikings’ 57-41 victory.

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Troy’s Dani Lade drives around a Minster defender Saturday at the Trojan Activities Center. game by Wood tied the score at 31-31. Kayla Richard answered with a 3 and Geiger hit a free throw to give the Wildcats a fourpoint edge with two minutes to play. Troy got what it needed down the final stretch — but it simply couldn’t hold onto the ball. Minster missed all of its chances on one-and-one front ends once Troy was forced to foul to get the ball back, but the Trojans were unable to wrap up rebounds to give themselves a chance with the ball. The first one went out of bounds off of a Troy player, and then Claire Fischer got the offensive rebound on her own miss after that. Wood couldn’t hit a couple of desperation 3-point attempts in the closing seconds, and Minster hung on for another win. “In the final 1:20, they missed three front ends, and we didn’t get the rebounds,” Kopp said. “Instead of getting the chance to take our time with the ball, we were caught rushing.” Wood led all scorers with 24 points and four rebounds, Mazzulla added five points and Besecker had two points and four assists for Troy. Richard scored 11 to lead the Wildcats, while Fischer and Geiger had seven apiece. “We’ve got to find a way

Troy’s Cristina Dennison fires a pass Saturday against Minster. to keep Todda (Norris) out of foul trouble, and we’ve got to find more kids that can step up and make shots,” Kopp said. “When you hold a team to 35 points, you figure you should win the basketball game.” The Trojans go back on the road Wednesday, traveling to Lebanon. Minster — 35 Claire Fischer 2-1-7, Kayla Richard 4-1-11, Bridget Geiger 23-7, Alexis Wuebker 0-3-3, Megan

Liening 1-0-2, Logan Arnold 0-00, Hanah Sherman 1-0-2, Sara Dahlinghaus 0-1-1, Kathy Prenger 1-0-2. Totals: 11-9-35. Troy — 31 Sierra Besecker 1-0-2, Todda Norris 0-0-0, Cristina Dennison 0-0-0, Courtney Mazzulla 2-0-5, Dani Lade 0-0-0, Kristen Wood 84-24. Totals: 11-4-31. Score By Quarters Minster ..............14 17 27 35 Troy ...................14 19 26 31 3-point goals: Minster — Fischer 2, Richard 2. Troy — Mazzulla, Wood 4. Records: Minster 4-1. Troy 1-5.

■ CONTINUED FROM A6 first. East forced six turnovers in the first eight minutes and held the Redskins to only one field goal. After Mack added her second 3-ball midway through the second quarter, Ashley Current came through with back-toback-to-back buckets — with two of them coming on dimes from Trina Current. By the break, Trina and Ashley Current led the team with eight points each — and the Vikings held a 27-13 edge, holding the Redskins to only three first-half field goals. Fort Loramie opened the third on a 7-2 run to cut the deficit to nine points, but East responded with a big run of its own. First, Mack knocked down a jumper from the right corner, then Ashley Current scored on a layup. Following that, Abby Cash straddled the out-of-bounds line and found a cutting Trina Current for a score to give the Vikings the momentum right back. By the end of the quarter, East held its biggest advantage of the game at 42-24. The Current sisters scored the first 13 points for East in the final quarter, with Ashley’s final bucket matching her sister’s point total at 18. “People think they’re big and they’re slow and they’re very immobile, but they get up and down the floor pretty well,” Elifritz said. “They move for their size, and — I’ve said it their entire career —

they’re phenomenal passers. They don’t have to be people that put the ball in the hole, they see the floor very well. They are very basketball savvy.” Mack scored 10 for the Vikings in the win. Abby Cash had four points and led the team in assists (nine) and rebounds (eight). Fort Loramie’s Megan Imwalle hit four 3s in the fourth quarter and finished the game with 14 points. Prior to that, the Redskins had struggled mightily from the outside, going 1 for 10 from the 3point line in the first half. Darian Rose scored 13 and Renae Meyer added 10 in the loss. Last season, Miami East trailed Fort Loramie by 10 on the road in the fourth quarter but scored the game’s final 11 points for a one-point win. Now the Vikings (4-0) get the chance to avenge a loss from last season, hosting Greenon on Monday. Fort Loramie — 41 Megan Imwalle 5-0-14, Meg Westerheide 1-0-2, Darian Rose 4-3-13, Renae Meyer 2-6-10, Paige Ordean 0-0-0, Hallie Benanzer 0-0-0, Kelly Turner 10-2. Totals: 13-9-41. Miami East — 57 Angie Mack 4-0-10, Madison Linn 0-2-2, Trina Current 7-318, Abby Cash 2-0-4, Leah Dunivan 1-0-2, Ashley Current 9-0-18, Tori Nuss 1-0-3, Hannah Davisson 0-0-0, Renee DeFord 00-0. Totals: 24-5-57. Score By Quarters FL........................6 13 24 41 ME ....................18 27 42 57 3-point goals: Fort Loramie — Imwalle 4, Rose 2. Miami East — Mack 2, Trina Current, Nuss. Records: Fort Loramie 2-1. Miami East 4-0.

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Troy Christian routs Bethel, Newton rally falls short Staff Reports TROY — Four Troy Christian players reached double figures as the Eagles improved to 4-1 on the season with a 67-18 victory over Bethel Saturday in Troy. Morgan Haddad led the Eagles with 13 points, six rebounds and five assists. Amanda Slone added 12 and Lydia Demmitt and Sarah Campbell both had 11. Bethel was led by Tia Koewler’s five points.

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couldn’t contain a potent Tecumseh offense Saturday afternoon, falling 70-58 in Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division action. The Devils (2-3, 1-1) — who also lost 57-47 at Ben Logan on Wednesday — tried to contain the Arrows’ Bianca Quisenberry. But that let their other players get free, and Tecumseh’s threats from all over softBethel — 18 ened up the Tippecanoe Mongraz 1-0-2, Whetstone 2-0defense, eveutally allowing 4, Callahan 1-0-2, Schmidt 1-0-2, Weinert 1-1-3, Koewler 2-1-5. Quisenberry to score 26 points on the day. Totals: 8-2-18. Troy Christian — 67 Halee Printz led the Red Campbell 5-1-11, Haddad 3-7- Devils with 15 points, Erica 13, Demmitt 4-3-11, Varvel 2-1-5, Comer added 11 and Lybarger 1-0-2, Slone 5-2-12, Poteet 3-1-7, Benjamin 2-1-6. Totals: 25- Chelsea Clawson scored nine. 16-67. Score By Quarters Tippecanoe faces another Bethel .........................4 9 18 18 tough test Monday, traveling TC...........................18 41 54 67 3-point goals: Bethel — None. to Fairborn. Dixie 34, Newton 33 TC — Campbell, Benjamin. PLEASANT HILL — Records: Bethel 1-3. Troy Christian 4-1. Newton rallied from 10 Tecumseh 70, points down. The Indians Tippecanoe 58 then attempted another NEW CARLISLE — The comeback again in the Tippecanoe Red Devils fourth quarter. But in the

end, Newton couldn’t overcome poor foul shooting, going 9 for 23 at the line in a 34-33 loss to Dixie Saturday. “We talked about it before. When we play teams comparable to us, we’ve got to make foul shots,” Newton coach Neal Hans said. “We’ve been struggling at the line, and that’s something we need to get better at. “We just missed to many foul shots and made to many turnovers.” Madison Tebics — who scored a game high 14 points — hit foul shots to cut into the deficit late. Freshman Madison Mollette scored all four of her points in the late rally, as well. “Madison made some big plays for us,” Hans said. “When we had our run, I think she scored all of her points. When it came to crunch time, she did a great job, especially for a freshman.” But the Indians were denied their fourth-straight win at the hands of the Greyhounds.

Megan Rutledge also added eight points in the loss. Newton (4-3) plays Cross County Conference foe Bethel on Thursday. Dixie — 34 Evans 2-1-6, Good 1-0-2, Hundley 3-1-7, Honeywell 4-2-12, Bertke 1-0-2, Shope 1-3-5. Totals: 12-7-34. Newton — 33 Tebics 5-4-14, Mollette 2-0-4, Tri. Lavy 1-3-5, Klemen 1-0-2, Rutledge 3-2-8. Totals: 12-9-33. Score By Quarters Dixie .........................7 16 26 34 Newton...................11 12 21 33 3-point goals: Dixie — Honeywell (2), Evans. Newton — None. Records: Newton 4-3.

Bradford 44, Xenia Christian 41 BRADFORD — The Bradford Railroaders bounced back from Thursday’s tough loss at Miami East, holding off Xenia Christian for a 44-41 victory at home Saturday. Brooke Dunlevy led the Railroaders with 19 points and Haley Patty added 12. • Boys Versailles 60, Covington 32 VERSAILLES —

Versailles knocked down nine 3-pointers en route to a 60-32 victory over Covington in coach Matt Pond’s debut. Dylan Owens scored 11 and Austin Angle added 10 to pace the Buccs on offense. Covington (0-1) begins Cross Counry Conference play on Friday at home against Tri-County North. Covington — 32 D. Owens 4-1-11, Craft 3-1-7, Angle 4-2-10, C. Owens 1-2-4. Totals: 12-6-32. Versailles — 60 Philpot 2-3-7, Richard 6-0-14, Winner 4-3-14, Ahrens 8-1-21, Heitkamp 2-0-4. Totals: 22-7-60. Score By Quarters Covington.................4 16 22 32 Versailles .................8 29 47 60 3-point goals: Covington — D. Owens (2). Versailles — Richard (2), Winner (3), Ahrens (4). Records: Covington 0-1.

Lehman 71, Newton 54 PLEASANT HILL —A night removed from a 55-49 win over Mississinawa Valley, the Newton Indians were bested by the Lehman Cavaliers Saturday night. The Cavaliers won by a score of 71-54 for their first win of the season.

Daniel Vance and Cole Adams led Newton with 17 points each. Lehman was led by Connor Richard, who finished the game with 18, and Drew Westerheide (10 points). Lehman — 71 Goins 3-0-6, Richard 6-1-18, Husa 1-2-4, Frantz 2-4-9, Jacob 1-02, Spearman 6-3-15, Smith 0-1-1, Hall 1-0-2, Westerheide 4-0-10, Rego 1-2-4. Totals: 25-13-71. Newton — 54 Vance 3-10-17, McBride 2-0-6, Hines 1-2-5, Adams 7-3-17, Brauer 1-3-5, Walter 2-0-4. Totals: 17-16-54. Score By Quarters Lehman..................18 38 52 71 Newton...................13 23 35 54 3-point goals: Lehman — Richard (5), Frantz, Westerheide (2). Newton — Vance, McBride (2), Hines. Records: Lehman 1-2. Newton 1-2.

XC 59, Bradford 43 BRADFORD — A 21-4 second quarter doomed the Bradford Railroaders Saturday night as Xenia Christian pulled away for a 59-43 victory. Eric Swabb led Bradford with 16 points, Brandon Wirrig added nine and Brandon Wysong chipped in seven.

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Tipp-Milton ■ CONTINUED FROM A6 “Did he miss a shot in the second half?” Tippecanoe coach Marcus Bixler said. “If he did, it was only one.” “He’s such a solid guard,” Milton-Union coach Rusty Berner said. “We wanted to keep him from getting going, but (Michael) Landwehr was killing us on the boards. That shot at the half lit (Fischer’s) fire a little. “They’ve just got a lot of weapons.” And while Fischer provided the flash, it was Landwehr and the Devils’ bigs inside that did the dirty work. Landwehr added 14 points and a game-high eight rebounds, Cameron Johnson had 13 points and four rebounds and Ben Stucke had five points and five rebounds as Tippecanoe (4-0) outrebounded MiltonUnion (1-1) 30-16. “Michael was rattled a little early, but he settled down nicely,” Bixler said. “He’s just so mobile for a big guy — all of our big guys are. He crashed the offensive glass well and finished nicely.” “They’ve got good size, and their bigs are really athletic,” Berner said. “That was one of our points of emphasis. But Landwehr just plays so hard on the offensive glass, and he was a game changer.” Sean Ford also had nine points off the bench and Austin Hadden added another five for a deep Devils team. “They gave us everything they had in the first half, and we knew that would be the case,” Bixler said. “We were fortunate to be up by three at the half. But we continued to wear them down in the second half. We were running nine guys in and out of the game, and you have to be accountable for all of our guys. “You have to have a lot of unselfish basketball players to do that, and that’s what we’ve got. We’ve got nine guys back in that locker room that are as happy as they could be.” Poland finished with 20 points to lead the Bulldogs, but 15 of those came in the first half. Ben Stelzer added eight, Dakota Albaugh had six and four rebounds and Trevor Klosterman scored five. Tippecanoe led by 12 in the third quarter, but Milton had one last push. A drive by Klosterman cut the lead to seven, and a drive by Klosterman and dump for Cole Pennington made it a 45-40 game. But the Red Devils went on another solid 10-point run, and the Bulldogs couldn’t close the gap again. “They were running in multiple units, and it just wore us down,” Berner said.

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Navy players and Midshipman celebrate after they beat Army 17-13 Saturday in Philadelphia.

Fumble gives Navy 17-13 win

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Tippecanoe’s Ben Stucke (30) lays the ball up between Milton-Union’s Sam Brady (33) and Trevor Klosterman (22) Saturday night at Tippecanoe High School. “I was proud of the way the kids fought and battled. We just never got over the hump. “We’re getting there. We’re leaning how to play.” Milton-Union travels to Carlisle Tuesday, while Tippecanoe remains at home Wednesday, taking on Ben Logan. Milton-Union — 48 Caleb Poland 7-5-20, Ben Stelzer 3-1-8, Trevor Klosterman 24-8, Josh Newman 0-0-0, Kenton Dickison 0-0-0, Matt Brumbaugh 00-0, Dakota Albaugh 2-1-6, Sam Brady 1-0-2, Cole Pennington 1-1-3. Totals: 16-12-48. Tippecanoe — 70 Nick Fischer 6-0-16, Ben Hughes 1-0-2, Zack Blair 0-0-0, Austin Hadden 2-0-5, Alex Hall 0-00, Jared Ervin 1-2-4, Sean Ford 3-29, Ben Stucke 2-1-5, Cameron Johnson 5-2-13, Michael Landwehr 7-0-14, Michael Donahey 1-0-2. Totals: 28-7-70. Score By Quarters M-U........................16 27 40 48 Tipp........................17 30 46 70 3-point goals: Milton-Union — Poland, Stelzer. Tippecanoe — Fischer 4, Hadden, Ford, Johnson. Records: Milton-Union 1-1. Tippecanoe 4-0. Reserve score: Tippecanoe 65, Milton-Union 20.

Tippecanoe’s Austin Hadden look to pass Saturday against Milton-Union.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Navy’s decade of dominance over Army was 14 yards away from sinking. Then the Black Knights botched a handoff with an overdue victory in sight and the Midshipmen pounced on the fumbled ball. Tight games or blowouts, Navy has made a habit of beating Army. Keenan Reynolds helped Navy top Army for the 11th straight time, scoring the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter in a 1713 victory in the 113th rivalry game Saturday. The Midshipmen can hook an anchor to the Commander-in-Chief ’s Trophy and bring it to Annapolis. “It means everything,” Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. “That’s our No. 1 goal, to get the Commander-in-Chief ’s Trophy. I’m just so happy for these guys.” Navy (8-4) and won the CIC trophy awarded to the team with the best record in games among the three service academies. Army and Navy each beat Air Force, putting the prestigious trophy up for grabs in the regular-season finale for the first time since 2005. Army (2-10) hasn’t

hoisted the CIC trophy since 1996. Unlike previous games over the last decade, the Black Knights were in this one until their final 70-yard drive. Army had driven to the 14 when QB Trent Steelman and fullback Larry Dixon fumbled on a sloppy exchange. Navy recovered and the Midshipmen on the sideline went wild and rushed the field. “We expected to win from the beginning to the end,” Army coach Rich Ellerson said. In front of 69,607 fans and Vice President Joe Biden at Lincoln Financial Field, Navy caught a break when Army missed a late field goal attempt. Reynolds quickly found Brandon Turner down the sideline for a 49-yard gain. Reynolds, named the game’s MVP, then escaped a rush and followed with the 8-yard touchdown run with 4:41 left in the game. The CIC trophy was coming back to the Naval Academy for a record 13th time after a two-year stint at Air Force. Before Navy started its 11-game winning streak, the longest one in the series, started in 1890, was only five games for either team.

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Heisman ■ CONTINUED FROM A6 race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class barrier and kept Te’o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win the award. Manziel drew 474 first-place votes and 2,029 points from the panel of media members and former winners. “I have been dreaming about this since I was a kid, running around the backyard pretending I was Doug Flutie, throwing Hail Marys to my dad,” he said after hug-

ging his parents and kid sister. Manziel seemed incredibly calm after his name was announced, hardly resembling the guy who dashes around the football field on Saturday. He simply bowed his head, and later gave the trophy a quick kiss. “I wish my whole team could be up here with me,” he said with a wide smile. Te’o had 321 firstplace votes and 1,706 points and Klein received 60 firsts and 894 points.

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TRENTON — One champion. A slew of placers. Still, Troy missed its goal by a tiny bit. “We placed sixth as a team. Our goal was fifth, and we missed that by eight points,” Troy coach Doug Curnes said after the Trojans returned from the Edgewood Invitational Saturday. “But all in all, I was very, very pleased.” Troy was sixth with 185.5 points, right behind Carlisle’s 193.5. Simon Kenton won the tournament with 332.5 points. Alex Dalton was the champion at 285, defeating Bellbrook’s Charles Broderick with a 10-0 major decision. Kevin McGraw (182) was second with a 9-2 loss to Simon Kenton’s Hiero Chamblee, Andrew Kostecka (220) was fourth, dropping a narrow 4-3 decision to Bethel-Tate’s Jon Ward and Logan Schlosser (160) was fourth, falling to Miamisburg’s Robert Kersey via 20-4 tech. fall.

Logan Etherington (138) finished fifth, defeating Mount Healthy’s David Kuhlmann 8-5, Brandon Lee (138) and Mason Perkins (126) were sixth and Cam Kauflin (170) and Shane Love (106) were eighth. “That leadership was there again,” Curnes said. “Dalton was the champ at heavyweight, McGraw was runner-up, Kostecka was fourth wrestling up at 220 and Schlosser lost to a state placer and a state qualifier. We wrestled well all day, and everyone was in tune with everyone else’s matches.” Milton-Union finished 15th as a team with 75 points. Canaan Berry was runner-up at 132, losing a 17-0 tech. fall to BethelTate’s Brian Carter, Kaleb Rue (145) was sixth and Sam Hemmerick (152) was seventh. • Greenville Duals GREENVILLE — Minus three of its most experienced wrestlers, the Miami East Vikings still

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The Troy girls bowling team kicked off Greater Western Ohio Conference play by placing sixth in the 18-team field at the Preseason GWOC Tournament on Saturday at Poelking South Lanes. Troy started the day out well, rolling team games of 868, 831, and 811 to place fourth heading into baker play. However, it was a tale of two teams during baker play. In the first five baker games, Troy averaged a meager 133 per game to free-fall all the way to ninth place. The Trojans then turned it around in the final five baker games, averaging 184 and vaulting to sixth place by tournament’s end. Allie Isner led the Trojans with a 602 series on games of 212-

203-187. Isner’s effort was the second-highest individual total, landing her on the all-tournament team. Courtney Metzger narrowly missed alltournament honors after shooting games of 206183-186 for a 575 series. Rachel Darrow added a high game of 189 and a 514 series to the Trojan scoring. The Troy boys team is in action today at the Preseason GWOC Tournament. Both teams travel to Fairborn on Tuesday to take on the Skyhawks at Bowl 10 Lanes. Troy – 886-831-811-158110-138-126-137-208-191-153202-166 – 4,094 Courtney Metzger 206-183186, Natalia Sainz 139-167148, Rachel Wagner 122-103140, Rachel Darrow 189-175150 Allie Isner 212-203-187

managed to stay competitive Saturday at the Greenville Duals, going 23 on the day — with two of their losses by single digits. Miami East lost to eventual champion Monroe 39-27 and host Greenville 42-36, beat Clermont Northeastern 42-16 and Arcanum 48-18 then lost to Celina 42-36. “We had three seniors out taking the ACT. We were giving up three weight classes, and we still only lost by six in two of our three losses,” Miami East coach Jason Sroufe said. “Not having our full lineup, some young guys stepped in and stepped up in a big way.” Danny O’Malley (160) was 5-0 with five pins and Josh Morrow (106) was 5-0 with four pins. Austin Rush (138) and Mack Rose (152) each had four wins and four pins, Michael Morrow (126) had three wins and three pins, Caden Hellyer (170) and Daniel Everett (182) each had two wins and two pins, Adam Vick (132) had

two wins, a pin and a major decision, Austin McCuistion (145) had two wins and a pin and Dalton Loughman (195) had a pin. “Going into each matchup giving up 18 points, getting pins is the quickest way to get back into the match — and that’s exactly what we did,” Sroufe said. “Getting back in and keeping it close, that’s all you can ask for from a young team.” Miami East will be back in action at the Eagle Invitational Dec. 15. • Northeastern Invitational SPRINGFIELD — The Covington High School wrestling team put in a strong team performance at the Northeastern Invitational on Saturday, going 5-0 at the event to take first place out of ten teams. The victories improve the Buccs' overall record to 6-0 this season. Covington travels to the Versailles Invitational on Dec. 15 for another dual meet tournament.

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 9 3 0 .750 430 260 5 7 0 .417 228 296 N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 277 337 Buffalo Miami 5 7 0 .417 227 249 South W L T Pct PF PA 11 1 0 .917 351 221 x-Houston Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 265 306 Tennessee 4 8 0 .333 248 359 2 10 0 .167 206 342 Jacksonville North W L T Pct PF PA 9 3 0 .750 303 242 Baltimore Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 254 230 7 5 0 .583 302 260 Cincinnati Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 229 265 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 10 3 0 .769 375 257 4 8 0 .333 258 257 San Diego Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402 Kansas City 2 10 0 .167 188 322 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 7 5 0 .583 321 243 6 6 0 .500 312 301 Washington Dallas 6 6 0 .500 280 295 Philadelphia 3 9 0 .250 217 320 South W L T Pct PF PA 11 1 0 .917 317 229 y-Atlanta Tampa Bay 6 6 0 .500 333 285 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 321 327 3 9 0 .250 235 292 Carolina North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 296 259 Chicago 8 4 0 .667 294 198 6 6 0 .500 262 272 Minnesota Detroit 4 8 0 .333 300 315 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 8 3 1 .708 289 171 7 5 0 .583 242 202 Seattle St. Louis 5 6 1 .458 221 267 4 8 0 .333 186 234 Arizona x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 6 Denver 26, Oakland 13 Sunday, Dec. 9 Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Washington, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 1 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Dallas at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10 Houston at New England, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Miami, 1 p.m. Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Carolina at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. San Francisco at New England, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m. NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 24 Wagner 31, Colgate 20 Coastal Carolina 24, BethuneCookman 14 South Dakota State 58, Eastern Illinois 10 Stony Brook 20, Villanova 10 Second Round Saturday, Dec. 1 Wofford 23, New Hampshire 7 Georgia Southern 24, Cent. Arkansas 16 Old Dominion 63, Coastal Carolina 35 Illinois St. 38, Appalachian St. 37, OT North Dakota State 28, South Dakota State 3 Sam Houston State 18, Cal Poly 16 Eastern Washington 29, Wagner 19 Montana State 16, Stony Brook 10 Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 7 Sam Houston State 34, Montana State 16 Saturday, Dec. 8 Georgia Southern 49, Old Dominion 35 North Dakota State 14, Wofford 7 Illinois State (9-3) at Eastern Washington (10-2), 6 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Dec. 14 or Saturday, Dec. 15 North Dakota State-Wofford winner vs. Montana State-Sam Houston State winner Georgia Southern-Old Dominion winner vs. Illinois State-Eastern Washington winner Championship Saturday, Jan. 5 At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco,Texas Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. NCAA Division II Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 17 Shippensburg 58, Bloomsburg 20 Indiana (Pa.) 27, Shepherd 17 Indianapolis 31, Midwestern State 14 West Alabama 41, Miles 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 21, Fort Valley State 6 Northwest Missouri State 35, Harding 0 Missouri Western State 57, Minnesota Duluth 55 West Texas A&M 38, Chadron State 30 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 24 West Texas A&M 33, Ashland 28 Indiana (Pa.) 17, New Haven 14 Valdosta State 49, West Alabama 21 Carson-Newman 38, Lenoir-Rhyne 35 Winston-Salem 37, Shippensburg 14 Minnesota State Mankato 38, Northwest Missouri State 35 Missouri Western State 45, Henderson State 21 Colorado State-Pueblo 28, Indianapolis 7

Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 1 Winston-Salem 21, Indiana (Pa.) 17 Valdosta State 48, Carson-Newman 26 Minnesota State Mankato 17, Missouri Western State 10 West Texas A&M 34, Colorado StatePueblo 13 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 8 Valdosta State 35, Minnesota State Mankato 19 Winston-Salem 41, West Texas A&M 18 Championship Saturday, Dec. 15 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. NCAA Division III Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 17 Hobart 38, Washington & Lee 20 Wittenberg 52, Heidelberg 38 Franklin 42, Adrian 10 Cortland State 20, Framingham State 19 Wesley 73, Mount Ida 14 Widener 44, Bridgewater State 14 Salisbury 17, Rowan 9 Johns Hopkins 42, Washington & Jefferson 10 Mount Union 72, Christopher Newport 14 Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Louisiana College 20 St. Thomas (Minn.) 48, St. Norbert 17 Elmhurst 27, Coe 24 Bethel (Minn.) 24, Concordia-Chicago 23 55, St. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Scholastica 10 Linfield 27, Pacific Lutheran 24 North Central (Ill.) 41, Cal Lutheran 21 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 24 Wesley 56, Cortland State 6 Hobart 35, Wittenberg 10 Widener 28, Salisbury 7 Mount Union 55, Johns Hopkins 13 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 37, Bethel (Minn.) 14 St. Thomas (Minn.) 24, Elmhurst 17 Mary Hardin-Baylor 63, Franklin 17 Linfield 30, North Central (Ill.) 14 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 1 Mount Union 72, Widener 17 Mary Hardin-Baylor 32, Wesley 20 St. Thomas (Minn.) 47, Hobart 7 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 31, Linfield 24, OT Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 8 Mount Union 48, Mary Hardin-Baylor 35 St. Thomas (Minn.) 28, WisconsinOshkosh 14 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Friday, Dec. 14 At Salem Stadium Salem,Va. Mount Union (14-0) vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) (14-0), 7 p.m. NAIA Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 17 St. Francis (Ind.) 22, Baker (Kan.) 17 Cumberlands (Ky.) 42, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 24 Marian (Ind.) 42, Northwestern (Iowa) 32 Morningside (Iowa) 40, Montana Tech 35 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 31, William Penn (Iowa) 0 Southern Oregon 45, Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 28 Missouri Valley 56, Ottawa (Kan.) 21 Bethel (Tenn.) 45, Georgetown (Ky.) 44 Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 24 Marian (Ind.) 45, St. Francis (Ind.) 34 Morningside (Iowa) 47, Southern Oregon 44, OT Saint Xavier (Ill.) 35, Cumberlands (Ky.) 21 Missouri Valley 10, Bethel, Tenn. 7 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 1 Morningside (Iowa) 47, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 19 Marian (Ind.) 20, Missouri Valley 17 Championship Thursday, Dec. 13 At Barron Stadium Rome, Ga. Morningside (Iowa) (13-0) vs. Marian (Ind.) (11-1), 6:30 p.m. Heisman Winners (x-vacated) 2012_Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, QB 2011_Robert Griffin III, Baylor, QB 2010_Cam Newton, Auburn, QB 2009_Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB 2008_Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB 2007_Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2006_Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB 2005_x-Reggie Bush, Southern Cal, RB 2004_Matt Leinart, Southern Cal, QB 2003_Jason White, Oklahoma, QB 2002_Carson Palmer, Southern Cal, QB 2001_Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2000_Chris Weinke, Florida St., QB 1999_Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998_Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997_Charles Woodson, Michigan, CB 1996_Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995_Eddie George, Ohio State, TB 1994_Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB 1993_Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB 1992_Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1991_Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR 1990_Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB 1989_Andre Ware, Houston, QB 1988_Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1987_Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR 1986_Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB 1985_Bo Jackson, Auburn, TB 1984_Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB 1983_Mike Rozier, Nebraska, TB 1982_Herschel Walker, Georgia, HB 1981_Marcus Allen, Southern Cal, TB

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 14 5 .737 — Brooklyn 11 7 .611 2½ Philadelphia 11 9 .550 3½

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY GOLF 5:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Nelson Mandela Championship, final round, at Durban, South Africa 3 p.m. NBC — Franklin Templeton Shootout, final round, at Naples, Fla. NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage 4:25 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8:20 p.m. NBC — Detroit at Green Bay RUGBY 11 p.m. NBCSN — Sevens World Series, semifinals and championship match, teams TBD, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa

MONDAY NFL FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Houston at New England SOCCER 2:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Newcastle at Fulham

TUESDAY NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — New York at Brooklyn 9:30 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Clippers at Chicago

WEDNESDAY GOLF 9 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour Australasia, Australian PGA Championship, first round, at Coolum Beach, Australia 2 a.m. TGC — Asian Tour, Johor Open, first round, at Johor Bahru, Malaysia (delayed tape) NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Dallas at Boston 10:30 p.m. ESPN — San Antonio at Utah 11 9 .550 3½ Boston 4 16 .200 10½ Toronto Southeast Division Pct GB W L 13 5 .722 — Miami 12 5 .706 ½ Atlanta 7 12 .368 6½ Charlotte 7 12 .368 6½ Orlando 2 15 .118 10½ Washington Central Division Pct GB W L 11 8 .579 — Chicago 9 9 .500 1½ Milwaukee 10 10 .500 1½ Indiana 7 15 .318 5½ Detroit 4 17 .190 8 Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB 17 4 .810 — San Antonio 14 4 .778 1½ Memphis Dallas 10 10 .500 6½ 9 10 .474 7 Houston 5 14 .263 11 New Orleans Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 16 4 .800 — 11 10 .524 5½ Utah 10 10 .500 6 Denver 9 9 .500 6 Minnesota Portland 8 11 .421 7½ Pacific Division Pct GB W L L.A. Clippers 13 6 .684 — Golden State 13 7 .650 ½ 9 11 .450 4½ L.A. Lakers Sacramento 6 12 .333 6½ 7 14 .333 7 Phoenix Friday's Games Philadelphia 95, Boston 94, OT Denver 92, Indiana 89 Atlanta 104, Washington 95 Golden State 109, Brooklyn 102 Chicago 108, Detroit 104 Minnesota 91, Cleveland 73 Memphis 96, New Orleans 89 San Antonio 114, Houston 92 Milwaukee 108, Charlotte 93 Utah 131, Toronto 99 Oklahoma City 114, L.A. Lakers 108 Sacramento 91, Orlando 82 Saturday's Games L.A. Clippers 117, Phoenix 99 San Antonio 132, Charlotte 102 Golden State 101, Washington 97 Boston 92, Philadelphia 79 Detroit 104, Cleveland 97 Miami 106, New Orleans 90 Chicago 93, New York 85 Dallas 116, Houston 109 Atlanta 93, Memphis 83 Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Sunday's Games Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. Indiana at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Denver at New York, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Monday's Games Golden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. Saturday's Scores Boys Basketball Ada 59, Pandora-Gilboa 43 Amanda-Clearcreek 51, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 46 Antwerp 36, Gorham Fayette 29 Archbold 47, Kalida 42 Athens 60, Chesapeake 47 Bellville Clear Fork 67, Lucas 19 Bloom-Carroll 64, Canal Winchester 62 Bowerston Conotton Valley 65, Trinity, W.Va. 57 Bryan 37, Holgate 28 Buffalo, W.Va. 61, Crown City S. Gallia 43 Byesville Meadowbrook 54, Sarahsville Shenandoah 45 Can. Timken 58, Massillon Washington 55 Carey 64, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 57, OT Carlisle 63, New Paris National Trail 41 Chagrin Falls Kenston 54, Perry 50 Chardon NDCL 65, Struthers 24 Chillicothe Huntington 56, Williamsport Westfall 51

Chillicothe Zane Trace 59, Chillicothe Unioto 53 Cin. La Salle 60, Cin. Woodward 33 Cin. Taft 81, Cin. Indian Hill 57 Circleville Logan Elm 54, Ashville Teays Valley 30 Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 47, Fuchs Mizrachi 45 Cle. St. Ignatius 79, Cle. Hay 63 Cols. Bexley 55, Newark Licking Valley 48 Cols. Upper Arlington 63, Dublin Jerome 56 Cols. Watterson 70, Cols. Whetstone 41 Columbus Grove 51, Ottoville 41 Convoy Crestview 69, Rockford Parkway 39 Cory-Rawson 50, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 35 Cov. Catholic, Ky. 59, Cin. Moeller 53 Delaware Buckeye Valley 55, Marion Pleasant 30 Delaware Christian 76, Marion Cath. 33 Delphos Jefferson 63, Lima Perry 58 Delphos St. John's 49, Elida 44 Eaton 49, Oxford Talawanda 40 Edgerton 49, Montpelier 29 Elmore Woodmore 68, Port Clinton 59 Fostoria St. Wendelin 65, Dola Hardin Northern 54 Ft. Recovery 89, Ansonia 27 Gahanna Lincoln 52, Cols. East 43 Germantown Valley View 68, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 50 Granville 68, Heath 47 Granville Christian 67, Corning Miller 61 Hamilton Ross 68, Hamilton 56 Harrison 42, Cin. Mt. Healthy 38 Ironton 53, Portsmouth 51 Jackson Center 50, DeGraff Riverside 34 Kenton 62, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 52 Ky. School for the Deaf, Ky. 43, Ohio Deaf 34 Lakewood St. Edward 77, Cle. John Adams 52 Lewis Center Olentangy 60, Worthington Christian 39 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 71, Hilliard Bradley 40 Lima Bath 67, Bluffton 35 Lima Cent. Cath. 59, Van Wert Lincolnview 30 Lima Shawnee 66, Marion Harding 55 Lima Sr. 81, Celina 70 Lima Temple Christian 71, Monclova Christian 32 Mansfield Christian 51, Jeromesville Hillsdale 28 Mansfield Madison 62, Galion 44 Mason 70, Loveland 32 McArthur Vinton County 60, Glouster Trimble 49 Mentor 82, Lyndhurst Brush 51 Mentor Lake Cath. 53, Chesterland W. Geauga 34 Miller City 70, Van Buren 34 Minster 61, Russia 53, OT New Concord John Glenn 65, Zanesville Rosecrans 34 New London 57, Attica Seneca E. 53 Norwalk 58, Ashland 47 Orange 65, Aurora 50 Ottawa-Glandorf 84, Fostoria 23 Piketon 59, Bainbridge Paint Valley 38 Plain City Jonathan Alder 49, Shekinah Christian 35 Pomeroy Meigs 52, Bidwell River Valley 41 Richmond Hts. 59, Gates Mills Hawken 48 Sandusky St. Mary 66, Lakeside Danbury 33 Seton Academy, Ill. 48, Akr. SVSM 45 Shelby 63, Bucyrus Wynford 27 Solon 58, Chagrin Falls 50 Southeastern 58, Frankfort Adena 39 Spencerville 74, Ft. Jennings 42 St. Henry 76, Union City Mississinawa Valley 45 Stow-Munroe Falls 49, Hilliard Davidson 38 Sylvania Northview 65, Pemberville Eastwood 38 Uhrichsville Claymont 63, Zanesville Maysville 60 Vanlue 76, N. Baltimore 27

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Wauseon 74, Sherwood Fairview 34 Westerville S. 49, Cols. Eastmoor 45 Wheelersburg 61, Jackson 36 Whitehall-Yearling 56, Hebron Lakewood 54 Wickliffe 54, Cuyahoga Hts. 34 Willard 63, Ontario 49 Xenia Christian 59, Bradford 41 Uniontown Lake Hoops 4 Healing Classic Louisville 58, Warren Howland 50 N. Can. Hoover 77, Wadsworth 45 West Allegheny Tournament Moon, Pa. 78, Independence 52 West Allegheny, Pa. 65, E. Liverpool 53 Saturday's Scores Girls Basketball Akr. Manchester 53, Massillon Tuslaw 44 Akr. SVSM 79, Cle. Hts. Beaumont 15 Amherst Steele 50, Westlake 46 Apple Creek Waynedale 84, Kidron Cent. Christian 59 Arcadia 63, Gibsonburg 19 Barberton 46, Akr. East 34 Batavia Amelia 53, Cin. Aiken 30 Bellevue 48, Willard 47 Berea 67, Avon Lake 47 Berlin Hiland 73, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 31 Beverly Ft. Frye 57, Waterford 49 Bowerston Conotton Valley 43, Bishop Donahue, W.Va. 32 Brookfield 60, Niles McKinley 26 Brunswick 40, Strongsville 33 Casstown Miami E. 57, Ft. Loramie 41 Castalia Margaretta 43, Milan Edison 35 Cin. Anderson 63, Milford 42 Cin. Glen Este 52, Cin. Turpin 46 Cin. Indian Hill 43, N. Bend Taylor 25 Cin. Madeira 59, Reading 52 Cin. Mariemont 64, Cin. Finneytown 27 Cin. McNicholas 50, Day. Carroll 48 Cin. N. College Hill 57, Cin. Hills Christian Academy 32 Cin. Princeton 52, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 40 Cin. Seven Hills 60, St. Bernard 43 Cin. Summit Country Day 41, Cin. Country Day 14 Cin. Sycamore 44, Fairfield 36 Cin. Western Hills 54, Cin. Woodward 33 Cin. Winton Woods 64, Day. Thurgood Marshall 34 Cin. Withrow 75, Cin. Shroder 23 Cin. Wyoming 36, Cin. Deer Park 22 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 66, Lees Creek E. Clinton 42 Cle. Hts. 46, Euclid 44 Clyde 62, Sandusky Perkins 43 Collins Western Reserve 65, Greenwich S. Cent. 36 Cols. Ready 45, Westerville Cent. 25 Cornerstone Christian 60, Elyria Open Door 22 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 61, Parma Padua 43 Dublin Coffman 66, Plain City Jonathan Alder 46 E. Cle. Shaw 89, Warrensville Hts. 36 Fairborn 50, Springboro 43 Fredericktown 54, Loudonville 23 Garfield Hts. 36, Parma Normandy 31 Geneva 49, Eastlake N. 44, OT Georgetown 51, Ripley-Union-LewisHuntington 45 Gorham Fayette 53, Antwerp 41 Granville Christian 52, Corning Miller 41 Greenfield McClain 50, Hillsboro 47 Greenville 41, Ft. Recovery 36 Grove City 63, Cols. Marion-Franklin 26 Hamilton Badin 58, Middletown Fenwick 23 Hamilton New Miami 26, Cin. Clark Montessori 18 Hilliard Bradley 39, Ashville Teays Valley 31 Hudson 52, Stow-Munroe Falls 41 Jackson 68, Portsmouth 41 Jackson Center 50, DeGraff Riverside 34 Johnstown-Monroe 73, Howard E. Knox 42 Kalida 53, Delphos Jefferson 37 Kent Roosevelt 59, Akr. Coventry 55 Kettering Alter 72, Clayton Northmont 36 Kings Mills Kings 31, Cin. Walnut Hills 26 Leipsic 44, Holgate 40 Lima Cent. Cath. 55, St. Henry 36 Lima Perry 56, Tol. Woodward 54 Lima Shawnee 80, Van Buren 56 Lodi Clverleaf 60, Macedonia Nordonia 46 Logan 60, Chillicothe 47 London Madison Plains 59, London 34 Lorain 48, Bedford 25 Lou. Sacred Heart, Ky. 75, Tol. St. Ursula 53 Louisville 50, Beloit W. Branch 38 Magnolia, W.Va. 70, Beallsville 66, OT Maria Stein Marion Local 53, Russia 45 Mason 54, Hamilton 26 Mayfield 55, Elyria 51 Mechanicsburg 57, W. Liberty-Salem 37 Medina Highland 59, Richfield Revere 50 Middleburg Hts. Midpark 56, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 44 Mt. Vernon 45, Dresden Tri-Valley 39 N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 58, Sebring McKinley 28 N. Olmsted 55, Olmsted Falls 49 Navarre Fairless 52, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 47 Nelsonville-York 59, Chillicothe Zane Trace 37 New Riegel 54, McComb 43 Newport, Ky. 52, Cin. Oyler 37 Northeastern, Ind. 51, Union City Mississinawa Valley 44 Norton 68, Akr. Springfield 39 Norwalk 57, Sandusky 30 Norwalk St. Paul 49, Ashland Mapleton 40 Oak Harbor 61, Huron 33 Oberlin Firelands 62, Oberlin 24 Ohio Deaf 47, Ky. School for the Deaf, Ky. 9 Orrville 75, Creston Norwayne 37 Ottawa-Glandorf 69, Fostoria 24 Ottoville 72, Bluffton 31 Oxford Talawanda 46, Harrison 34 Pandora-Gilboa 49, Miller City 38 Parma 52, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 39 Port Clinton 71, Sandusky St. Mary 26 Powell Village Academy 30, Cols. Wellington 24 Ravenna 50, Streetsboro 35 Ravenna SE 47, Peninsula Woodridge 42 Rockford Parkway 62, Ansonia 42 Rootstown 42, E. Can. 26 Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown 50, Can. McKinley 44

■ College Football

Bearcats hire new coach Tuberville chosen for Cincy job CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Tuberville wasn’t expecting a call from an old acquaintance. A few hours later, he was headed north for a new job. Tuberville left Texas Tech to become Cincinnati’s football coach Saturday, moving away from a Big 12 school to one that has an uncertain future with conference realignment. He left the Red Raiders after three years to coach at a school where his recent predecessors have lasted no longer. hours after Two Cincinnati’s 11th-ranked basketball team won its ninth game of the season, the Bearcats hauled out their Big East trophies and held a pep rally complete with cheerleaders, band and several hundred fans for the new coach at midcourt. “There’s always a next step,” Tuberville said. “I’m going to get the question: Why did you come to Cincinnati? That’s exactly it.” His quick hiring ended a whirlwind week in Cincinnati, which had won a share of its fourth Big East title in the past five years a week earlier. Coach Butch Jones interviewed at Purdue and Colorado before accepting the job at Tennessee on Friday morning. Athletics director Whit Babcock had Tuberville whom he worked with for three years at Auburn at the top of his list of candidates. Working on two hours of Babcock called sleep, Tuberville on Saturday morning to see if he was interested. “I was perfectly satisfied,” Tuberville said. “I had a great home in Lubbock, Texas. The people of west Texas are great people, they love football. Our football team played hard. … But there was something when Whit called that I thought, ‘You know? Let me think about this.’” Texas Tech athletics director Kirby Hocutt was stunned when Tuberville called to tell him he was leaving. “The first indication I got was at 10:32 this morning when he called me,” Hocutt said. “Tommy and I have talked a number of times since the conclusion of the Baylor game this year, and as recently as yesterday he looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedication to Texas Tech football and leading this program forward.” Both teams are headed to bowl games with their coaching staffs in flux. The Bearcats (9-3) held their first practice on Saturday for the Belk Bowl against Duke. Players heard the news while eating lunch after practice. “We had a real smooth practice,” senior quarterback Brendon Kay said. “We knocked the rust off from not practicing for a week. After practice, I was in the locker room and then eating lunch, it came on (television). We said, ‘Wow, this is real.’” Tuberville won’t coach the Bearcats in their bowl, leaving it up to the staff. Tuberville went 20-17 in three seasons at Texas Tech, after coaching at Mississippi and Auburn. The Red Raiders (7-5) will play Minnesota in the Meineke Car Care Bowl after missing out on a bowl last season. By hiring the 58-year-old Tuberville, Cincinnati broke with its recent practice of attracting up-and-coming coaches from smaller conferences. The last three coaches left after three years each Mark Dantonio came from Ohio State and left for Michigan State; Brian Kelly came from Central Michigan and went to Notre Dame; Jones succeeded Kelly at both Central Michigan and Cincinnati.

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Sandy brings economic booms, busts Aftermath affecting Northeast businesses FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — On a storm-battered stretch of Connecticut’s shoreline, landscaping crews use heavy equipment to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy, racking up overtime pay at a time of year when many are typically looking for part-time jobs to carry them through the winter. Just down the same road in Fairfield, business is more subdued at the Beachside restaurant. Flooding forced owner John Taxiltaridis to close for three weeks. A sign outside says “OPEN” in black spray paint, and he has gotten a boost selling sandwiches to construction workers, but many of his local customers have yet to return home. “I just had twins. It came at the wrong time,” said Taxiltaridis, who is trying to look forward to next year. “Summer will be here before you know it.” The national economy is expected to absorb the blow from Sandy with little long-term damage, but in the short term, at least, Sandy is introducing dramatic booms and busts across the Northeast. The effects vary widely across industries, bringing banner years for some while pushing others toward economic ruin. The storm, which so far has been blamed for about $62 billion in damage and other losses in the U.S., has driven spikes in demand for construction work, industrial cleaning, hotel rooms, cars and, for those with inventory to sell, even Christmas trees. By disrupting life in one of the country’s most densely populated areas, the storm also caused a crash in consumer demand. The

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In this Dec. 4 photo, builders Reginaldo Ferreira, left, and Liudmil Petrov of Russe Builders construct a wall to protect a beachfront home in Fairfield, Conn. The national economy is expected to absorb the blow from Sandy with little long-term damage, but in the short term, at least, Sandy is introducing dramatic booms and busts across the Northeast. The effects vary widely across industries, bringing banner years for some while pushing others toward economic ruin. U.S. government estimates the storm cut wages and salaries by $18.2 billion at an annual rate. Sectors across the board felt the pinch, but the hardest hit included retailers, gas stations and casinos. One worker on the winning side of the equation, landscaper Jesus Torres of Bridgeport, Conn., said the extra work means a financial cushion for his three children going into the holidays. He expected to be looking for part-time restaurant work by now, but instead he was repairing a storm-damaged stone wall in Fairfield on a mild December day. “This is great,” said Torres, who is originally from Costa Rica. “There’s more money to buy everything we need.” On New York’s Long Island,

to the effects of Sandy. The late October storm contributed to a sharp decline in U.S. hiring for November, and last week Macy’s and Nordstrom Inc. reported their first monthly sales drop since late 2009. But as rebuilding efforts pick up, experts say activity in the Northeast could help spark the national economy. Contractors near the coast in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut say they expect to stay busy well into next year. While industry groups caution that new building projects likely will come at the expense of others canceled because of the storm, many contractors and analysts say the recovery effort will have a significant effect as owners of homes and businesses

car dealer Joe Settineri said his sales nearly tripled last month. Settineri, the owner of Merrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Wantagh, N.Y., said many of the 440 new vehicles sold in November went to contractors replacing vans and pickups damaged by the storm. The dealership stayed open later into the night, and Settineri said the biggest problem has been keeping inventory stocked. “You have to feel bad for these people, but at the same time, I got flooded out of my house so I know what they are feeling,” Settineri said. “We’re all dealing with the same things.” The U.S. economy, which grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent from July through September, is predicted to show weaker growth for the current quarter, due partly

carry out repairs and make improvements. Jason Brand, owner of DASO Cleaning & Restoration in Plainview, N.Y., said that he has had hundreds of jobs and that requests keep coming as people discover more losses. He hired another 17 technicians to keep up with demand. But like many others, Brand said he takes no pleasure in profiting from people’s misfortune. “This is not the type of business that I like. I hate seeing so many people in distress,” he said. “My idea of good business is to clean up after an accident here or there. People are calling us crying.” For casinos in New Jersey, a recovery cannot come soon enough. In the first week after reopening, Atlantic City’s 12 casinos saw their business plummet by half. Things are slowly rebounding, but thousands of casino workers remain out of work because there are simply not enough customers to justify the payrolls of even two months ago. “About half my membership is working,” said Bob McDevitt, president of local 54 of the UniteHERE union, which represents nearly 14,000 casino service industry workers. “The other half is on sharply reduced hours or has not worked at all since the storm. It’s devastating.” Atlantic City has started a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in the Northeast letting customers know the resort is unharmed and open for business. With life not yet entirely back to normal in the hardest-hit areas, some have been traveling farther than usual for Christmas trees. Kathy Kogut, owner of Kogut Hemlock Hill Tree Farm in Somers, Conn., said business has been brisk, with many customers from New York and New Jersey, including a dozen last weekend.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Salmon that’s been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes the fish can stay afloat. After weathering concerns about everything from the safety of humans eating the salmon to their impact on the environment, Aquabounty was poised to become the world’s first company to sell fish whose DNA has been altered to speed up growth. The Food and Drug Administration in 2010 concluded that Aquabounty’s salmon was as safe to eat as the traditional variety. The agency also said that there’s little chance that the salmon could escape and breed with wild fish, which could disrupt the fragile relationships between plants and animals in nature. But more than two years later the FDA has not approved the fish.

with Beltone Hearing & Audiology Service. This is especially important in noisy environments such as a PIQUA — Beltone has announced the introductions of busy intersection, or at restautwo advanced hearing aids that rants and concerts, where speech and ambient sound are specifically address the varied often intermixed, Hosfeld said. hearing and aesthetic needs of The new micro-Invisa heartheir patients. aid is Beltone’s tiniest ever. ing New Beltone Promise hearSmaller than a raspberry, the ing aids are designed to work new device is out of sight, comlike natural ears because they pletely hidden within the ear constantly communicate with canal. It is custom tailored to each other and automatically match a patient’s ear anatomy adjust to the user’s surroundfor outstanding fit and comfort. ings. “The beltone micro-Invisa is “Beltone Promise technology the perfect option for those who is truly unique in that it want to hear well, invisibly,” allows each hearing aid to Hosfeld said. “It’s tiny, yet easy share information with the other and ‘selfadjust’ to a new to use. And it’s a great option environment. This helps wear- for first-time hearing aid users.” For more information, or a ers focus on the speech they free hearing screening, call want to hear while staying (937) 773-1456. Beltone aware of other sounds around Hearing & Audiology Service is them,” said Dr. Lucille P. Hosfeld, CCC-A, audiologist at 409 N. Main St.

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“It’s threatening our very survival,” says CEO Ron Stotish, chief executive of the Maynard, Mass.-based company. “We only have enough money to survive until January 2013, so we have to raise more. But the unexplained delay has made raising money very difficult.” The FDA says it’s still working on the final piece of its review, a report on the potential environmental impact of the salmon that must be published for comment before an approval can be issued. That means a final decision could be months, even years away. While the delay could mean that the faster-growing salmon will never wind up on American dinner tables, there’s more at stake than seafood. Aquabounty is the only U.S. company publicly seeking approval for a genetically modified animal that’s raised to be eaten by humans. And scientists worry that its experience with

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the FDA’s lengthy review process could discourage other U.S. companies from investing in animal biotechnology, or the science of manipulating animal DNA to produce a desirable trait. That would put the U.S. at a disadvantage at a time when China, India and other foreign governments are pouring millions of dollars each year into the potentially lucrative field. Already, biotech scientists are changing their plans to avoid getting stuck in FDA-related regulatory limbo. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have transferred an experimental herd of genetically engineered goats that produce protein-enriched milk to Brazil. And after investors raised concerns about the slow pace of the FDA’s Aquabounty review, Canadian researchers in April pulled their FDA application for a biotech pig that would produce environmentally friendly waste.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 344rd day of 2012. There are 22 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight: On Dec. 9, 1942, the Aram Khachaturian ballet “Gayane,” featuring the surging “Sabre Dance,” was first performed by Russia’s Kirov Ballet. On this date: In 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” was published in England. In 1911, an explosion inside

the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tenn., killed 84 workers. (Five were rescued.) In 1958, the anti-communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis. In 1984, the five-day-old hijacking of a Kuwaiti jetliner that claimed the lives of two Americans ended as Iranian security men seized control of the plane, which was parked at Tehran airport. In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as

riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response. In 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (The couple’s divorce became final Aug. 28, 1996.) One year ago: The European Union said 26 of its 27 member countries were open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis; Britain remained opposed.

Blighted icon: Volunteers aim to revive chestnut WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jim Hurst has doted on his trees, arranged in three “families” on a bluff high above the rushing French Broad River. He installed a drip irrigation system to help rejuvenate this former hayfield’s powdery, depleted soil. To protect against browsing deer, he girded the delicate sprouts in plastic sleeving and wire mesh. In the four years since planting the fuzzy, deep-brown nuts, he nursed the seedlings through back-to-back droughts, a killing frost, even an infestation of 17year locust, applying herbicides and mowing between the rows to knock down anything that might compete. Then, on a hot day this past June, Hurst moved methodically along the steep hillside, a petri dish in his left hand, and infect-

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In this Oct. 10 photo, Traylor Renfro holds two burs from an American chestnut tree, center, on his property in Grassy Creek, N.C. ed the young saplings with the fungus that will almost certainly kill them. It wasn’t malice, but science and hope that led him to take such an action

against these special trees. “My mother’s family never stopped grieving for the (American) chestnuts,” the 51-year-old software engineer and father of two

said as a stiff breeze rustled through the 110 or so surviving trees, many already bearing angry, orange-black cankers around the inoculation sites.

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the group’s board adopted a master plan for planting millions of trees in the 19 states of the chestnut’s original range. This year, volunteers in state chapters established seed orchards that will soon begin producing regionally adapted nuts for transplanting into the wild. But as those who attended the recent summit heard, much hard work remains and much uncertainty. And there are those who will question the wisdom of trying to bring back something that could not survive on its own or, worse yet, “engineering” a replacement that can. But Hurst and the others at the summit are confident there is no obstacle they can’t overcome in the effort to restore the East’s “cathedral forests.” “I think that’s something worth fighting for,” he said. “To fix something that’s broken.”

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“Her generation viewed chestnuts as paradise lost.” Hurst hopes the trees on his hillside farm — part of a vast experiment in forest plots where this “linchpin” species thrived before the onslaught of an imported parasite — might hold the key to regaining that Eden. The American chestnut once towered over everything else in the forest. It was called the “redwood of the East.” Then, the blight struck. By the 1950s, this mightiest of trees was all but extinct “gone down like a slaughtered army,” in the words of naturalist Donald Culross Peattie. Now, after 30 years of breeding and crossbreeding, The American Chestnut Foundation believes it has developed a potentially blight-resistant tree, dubbed hopefully, the “Restoration Chestnut 1.0.” At a national summit in Asheville in mid-October,

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the first candles of ceremonial lamps that symbolize triumph over oppression. In Israel, families gathered after sundown for the lighting, eating traditional snacks of potato pancakes and doughnuts and exchanging gifts. Local officials lit candles set up in public places, while families displayed the ninecandle lamps, called menorahs, in their windows or in special windproof glass boxes outside. Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights, commemorates the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the GreekSyrian kingdom, which had tried to impose its culture on

Jews and adorn the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem with statues of Greek gods. The holiday lasts eight days because according to tradition, when the Jews rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem, a single vial of oil, enough for one day, burned miraculously for eight. For many Jewish people, the holiday symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. Observant Jews light a candle each night to mark the holiday. Oily foods are eaten to commemorate the oil miracle, hence the ubiquitous fried doughnuts and potato pancakes, known as latkes. In Israel, children play with four-sided spinning tops, or dreidels, decorated with the letters that form the acronym “A great miracle happened here.”

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Santa Claus, who is portrayed by Jerry Keister, waves to mall-goers Nov. 21 from the set at the Miami Valley Centre Mall in Piqua.

A day in the life of a mall Santa Kris Kringle fields gamut of requests

traditional, time-honored favorites like “Thomas the Choo Choo Train.” Santa said he tends to be warmly received by children old enough to not be scared but young enough to still be enchanted by the whole Christmas story. As expected, some infants and toddlers get quite upset when they see the white-bearded man. (He said he BY NATALIE KNOTH has not, in fact, ever been peed on, Staff Writer though.) nknoth@tdnpublishing.com “My first one today, probably 1 year old, grip-locked his mom and started n “Miracle on 34th Street,” Kris bawling. We finally got him to sit on my Kringle says to a skeptical lap,” he said.”There are a few times Natalie Wood, “Now wait a (kids) are scared of me and don’t want minute, Susie. Just because to get too close, but we still give them a every child can’t get his wish, coloring book.” that doesn’t mean there isn’t a Keister almost lost his beard after Santa Claus.” Anyone donning the one photo-op. The mother picked up plush red suit and full white beard can her child and accidentally grabbed probably relate. hold of the beard, too. Keister said he For mall Santas, reacting to a child’s quickly put the disguise back in Christmas list is a delicate matter. Do place. you smile and say the North Pole While teenagers tend to completely helpers are finding that unicorn right ignore him, Keister said middle-aged now? Gently encourage the child to adults occasionally get a kick out of think more realistically? Send the seeing the jolly fellow. mother or father a sympathetic glance “When I’m bored, I try to get people after hearing about the astronomically to wave at me,” he said. “I once had a priced technology item desired? couple older ladies say they want a Jerry Keister, one of a few mall Ferrari. They said, ‘I’ve been nice,’ and Santas at Miami Valley Centre Mall in then I said, ‘Oh, I bet you have.’” Piqua, said he thankfully hasn’t had to But Santa not only cheeses with answer any requests completely out of local people. The mall also set aside a his realm, such as asking for divorced day in December for residents to get a parents to reconcile. But some kids photo of their pets with Santa. Keister have asked for gifts that may be out of said he didn’t volunteer for that job, parents’ price range. though, because he was concerned “These days 5-year-olds ask for “some people would bring their taraniPads,” said Keister, who is working as tula.” But he added, “I think most are Santa for the first time this season. Juliet Boos, 9, and Brooklynn Shaeffer, 7, discuss ideas for Christmas with cats and dogs or hamsters.” “I’ve had maybe eight to 10 kids under Santa Claus Nov. 21 at Miami Valley Centre Mall. Children who meet with Santa The one downside to playing Santa, 8 all ask for an iPad.” he said, is the “very hot” costume; can visit and receive a coloring book. He’s had a few kids ask for Call of sometimes his glasses even fog up. But “I tell them I’m working on that, Duty: Black Ops II, which would likely little ones have asked for a Playstation all in all, Keister said he enjoys partakand I’ll have to check in the shop,” 4 — which has yet to be released. The be unwelcome in most households ing in a holiday pastime. Keister said with a smile. He quickly launch date is tentatively planned for because of the violence, mature lan“It is pretty fun,” he said, “some of added that some children ask for more the stuff you hear.” 2013. guage and adult content. A few other

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Ohio post office ‘angels’ collect Santa’s letters CINCINNATI (AP) — Every morning before they get down to business reading letters to a certain Jolly Old Elf, the Dalton Avenue Post Office’s Angels on Assignment stand in the middle of their office. They hold hands, bow their heads and say this prayer: “God, give us the gift of discernment. Help us recognize which ones are real and which ones are not.” Then they start opening letters from the 24-county Tristate region served by the Queensgate postal complex. Some are written in crayon. Most come from needy families. All are simply addressed: “Dear Santa.” With every letter Betty Smith reads, the veteran postal worker and chief Angel on Assignment separates the real ones asking for socks and shoes from the ones that are not the letters asking for

Sony TVs. She ends each letter with a silent prayer: “Dear God, please see that someone helps this family.” After that, she gently reminds the Big Postmaster in the Sky this is her last holiday season on the job. She’s retiring after 34 years at the post office and nine as a “Dear Santa” angel. “I’m bittersweet about retiring,” she said. “I’m handing things over to my two angels,” Smith added, nodding to postal workers Tanya Lawson and Ray Butts. Lawson is in her second year as an angel, Butts his fourth. “The ‘Dear Santa’ operation will be in good hands,” Smith said in late November. “But their hands will be busy. There’s so much need out there. We have 121 letters right now. Last year, we didn’t have that many until Dec. 4. This year,

we got our first ‘Dear Santa’ letter on Sept. 13.” She sat with her fellow angels at their traditional holiday post, a red-and-green trimmed table decorated for Santa inside the marble and brass-adorned lobby of the art-deco, Depression-era Dalton Avenue post office. She spread a stack of “Dear Santa” letters across the table. She hoped a passerby would stop, read one of the letters and be moved to help the family anonymously by bringing in some wrapped gifts so the post office can play Santa. “There is a lot of sadness in these letters this year,” Smith warned. “Lots of grandparents taking care of their babies’ babies. There’s homelessness. There’s unemployment.” Sentences from the letters read as if

they were torn from today’s headlines: “Dear Santa, Both of my parents are in jail. They took drugs.” “I’m living with my great-grandmother. She has bad legs and knees.” “My mother lost her job.” “The apartment we lived in went into foreclosure. Now we live in my grandma’s basement.” “We lost our sheets and pillows to bed bugs in our apartment building.” “Please Santa, help us. We would love a nice turkey meal so mom won’t have to cook & burn our food. We all have been good. Love, Danny. P.S. We don’t need toys.” Smith held onto one letter. “There’s always one that tears out my

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Birdbrained birds? Maybe not so much Winter is almost here — and according to the almanac, it’s official start at the passing solstice on Dec. 21, will mark the earliest arrival since 1896. The good news is that from that astronomical point onward, the sun will seem to start swinging back in our direction. The allotment of daylight will grow incrementally day-by-day. The bad news is that, in spite of increasing light, the next three months will serve up the coldest weeks of the year. Winter Ohio-style in all its marrow-numbing permutations — from sleet to snow to howling winds. With that weather in mind, for the past month I’ve been doing all I can to get ready. My pre-season preparations have included building a hearth in the great room, upon which I’ve installed a wood-burning stove. I’ve also been sawing and splitting sufficient cords of firewood to keep the cast-iron beast burning cheerily from now until the first wildflowers appear, rock bass begin biting, and I can rejoice amid the warm sunshine of a brand new spring. This temporary diversion to manual labor has taught me a couple of interesting things. First off, good stonemasonry work isn’t as easy or straightfor-

force. Not that safe tree-cutting doesn’t require real expertise. A good logger is as much a skilled technician as an automotive mechanic — with the added consideration that even a single mistake might kill or maim him or others. Any task requiring chainsaws and axes is both dangerous and demanding of a prerequisite level of skill. But once Jim McGuire the tree is down, and has been Troy Daily News Columnist trimmed, reduced to a log, and the log cut into firewood-length rounds, the heavy lifting and muscle work has only begun. ward as those home-improveHands and feet will be mashed, ment shows on the cable make shins battered, and your spinal it seem. From “mudding-up” to column strained beyond pregrouting, keeping seams even scribed human limits. and everything level, involves A 30-inch diameter firewoodboth skill and technique. Just because you can slather peanut length round of oak or maple is just plain heavy. So’s one from a butter and jelly between two similar sized sycamore, hackberslices of whole wheat doesn’t ry, or box elder — maybe not as mean you can construct a hearth like an expert — though heavy, but heavy enough. They given a little trial-and-error, and have to be plucked from the stack where you left them to dry exercising patience, a reasonably presentable job is possible. last fall, plopped into the wheelbarrow, and wrestled onto the Logging, by contrast — and splitter. yes, I’m calling my recent fireAnd thank God for gas-powwooding endeavors logging, ered wood-splitters! May I never since it involved felling several large trees, plus others brought disparage the internal combustion engine again! It’s racket and down by storms, cutting their stink became hymn and incense logs into 20-inch “rounds,” and every time I looked at those splitting these rounds into chunks of firewood to be stacked heavy rounds on one side, and the neatly cleaved splits of fire— is much more about brute

wood on the other. Moreover, it was amid the splitting of those massive chunks that I came to better appreciate the wisdom and value of woodpeckers. Anyone who has ever done their own wood splitting knows exactly what I mean — grubs! Woodpecker food. Open up a few rounds of hardwood and hidden within, like a squirming secret treasure, you’ll soon find a grub or two — sometimes quite a few. Grubs big and small, fat, skinny, pale, amber, dark, and in occasionally surprising colors; grubs the size of your thumb. Grubs buried shallow and deep in the wood, and in greater numbers than you’d ever dream. Grubs so plump and juicy that, if you’re a bit on the hungry side yourself, you catch yourself giving a second look, even as you realize those pileated, red-bellied, hairy and downy woodpeckers that daily hammer their way up and down your backyard trees, are pretty smart when it comes to finding a tasty meal. And make no mistake — a woodpecker is a bird designed to eat grubs. Its zygodactyl feet (meaning four toes, two facing forward, two rearward) and sharp, strong claws allow it to better climb and clamber around

vertical and angled boles and limbs, with little consideration to gravity They also provide a stable X-pattern when the woodwhacking begins. Stiff tail-feathers help in this respect, too. A sharp, chisel-like heavyduty extended bill, does the drilling. And an astonishingly long tongue, equipped with sticky bristles, makes extracting any found grubs quick and easy. How’s your slurpie, Woody? Like any well-equipped construction worker, woodpeckers also have their own built-in safety gear. These include protection for the eyes, breathing — in the form of special feathers to cover the nostrils — and several adaptations to protect the brain. Grubs are the larval stages of various insects, especially beetles. A hitchity woodpecker carefully scrutinizing a rough hackberry trunk, then subsequently digging out and removing a grub, is not only feeding itself, but helping keep insect infestations in check, thus making for healthier trees. What’s good for the woodpecker is also good for the woods. A lesson worth keeping in mind. From hearth to woodpile, firewood to woodpecker to woodland, all the seasons through — we all connected.

Ohio deer hunt totals down slightly COLUMBUS — (AP) Ohio hunters bagged slightly fewer deer during this year’s week-long gun season. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife says last week’s take

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Letters • Continued from B1 heart,” she said. Handing over the letter, she wiped her eyes. The letter, from “Miss Jean” was about “a 16-yearold nice boy named Trey.” He’s a neighbor whose mother “has not worked in years” because of a bad back injury. Now, his dad is “off work due to an injury.” Trey has “never had anything new” to wear his whole life. Miss Jean told Santa that Trey needs shirts, shoes and pants. As a special treat, he’d like a baseball cap “with no straps in the back.” “That line about the baseball cap did it for me,” Smith said. She looked at the steady stream of package-toting customers. Many of them glanced at the angels’ table and then adopted the line from “Pretty Paper,” Willie Nelson’s Christmas carol: “Should you stop? Better not. Much too busy.” Ashley Tongret, Cincinnati Opera communications manager, was not that busy. After mailing her packages, the Fort Thomas woman came over to the table and chose a letter to Santa from Rachel, a single mother of an 11-year-old daughter, “my world, my rock. I did have a good job, but I was let go. The only money I do make whether it’s babysitting or housekeeping goes to pay the bills and the necessities.” Her daughter always tells her “everything will be OK.” So, Rachel asked Santa for “some assistance for this Christmas from you for my Sunshine.” Tongret explained why she stopped. “I got a little raise this year,” she said. “I figured some of that could go to help someone.” Smith listened to those words. Then, she wept. “See what you’re going to miss next year?” Lawson said. Smith told her: “I’ll come back next year. I’ll have to.”

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Boomers are getting old, they just won’t admit it BY BILL WARD Minneapolis Star Tribune Fred Hundt grew up in 1960s San Francisco, played in a loud band and tried a little bit of everything on the drug front. “I’m kind of a poster child of the ’60s,” he said. Now he’s a poster adult for baby boomers, whose embrace of a “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” lifestyle is coming home to roost as they enter what are supposed to be their golden years. “I certainly have hearing loss,” admits Hundt, a recovering alcoholic. “And I have friends who have died because of drugs and others who have struggled with hepatitis C and had liver transplants.” Hearing problems and the threat of hepatitis C and attendant liver complications are perhaps the largest looming problems for the 76 million baby

boomers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged that all boomers get tested for hepatitis C. But there is some good news for a generation long regarded as hedonistic: Boomers smoke and drink less than their predecessors, and most sexually transmitted diseases they might have incurred in the “free love” era are treatable. Actually, the biggest hazard for this fiercely youth-obsessed generation might be psychological, said Dr. Robert Kane, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Aging. “What really scares the hell out of me is that they’re totally unprepared for old age,” he said. In Kane’s view, this boomer behavior is a flashback, if you will, to their youth. “I would describe them as people who live for the moment. They are in a huge state of denial and haven’t

adopted the mechanisms to cope.” The rate of hearing problems for 65-year-olds has remained steady for decades at 11 percent, Kane said. But a recent Better Hearing Institute study found that about 15 percent of Americans ages 46 to 64 already have hearing problems. On top of that, Kane said, “A large number of people are just not aware that they have hearing loss.” And they needn’t have played in a loud band to have been afflicted in an era in which concerts featured huge stacks of loudspeakers blasting away at the audience. But even those who eschewed such concerts are susceptible to hearing loss, often in the form of tinnitus or ringing sensations in a quiet room. “Exposure to loud noise at any time during life can damage the ear,” said Dr. Philip Hagen, medical director of the Mayo Clinic’s EmbodyHealth.

While Kane and Hagen encouraged all boomers to get hearing tests, the CDC issued an even stronger recommendation in August: “A one-time blood test for hepatitis C should be on every baby boomer’s medical checklist,” director Thomas Frieden said. The CDC estimates that 3.5 million Americans have the virus and that blanket boomer testing could uncover 800,000 victims and prevent 120,000 deaths. The disease, a viral infection of the liver, can stay dormant for decades. “Most people with hepatitis C don’t know they’ve got it,” Hagen said. “The big issue for boomers was they may have been infected in an era when we weren’t able to test for hepatitis C. “If you have ever (used) intravenous drugs, you should get it checked at once. If you have engaged in high-risk sexual activity, multiple partners or men hav-

ing sex with men, you should get checked.” Other vices haven’t proven as nettlesome, especially since boomers were less inclined to adopt them for life. Take smoking, in whatever form. The data on marijuana’s health effects are mixed, with some potential for respiratory problems, both doctors said. As for tobacco, “the boomers are sort of the model citizens, down around 20 percent (usage),” Hagen said. For those who smoked and then quit, “after about 10 years the risk of lung cancer and strokes is approaching the normal population’s risk.” Alcohol and hard drugs took their collective tolls, but more on abusers than casual users. “The young, hard-core alcoholics and drug addicts generally don’t make it to the ages of current boomers,” Kane said. Still, those who have made it this far might be in luck, especially since two of the major ailments (hearing loss and hepatitis C) have much more effective treatments. In a very real sense, a generation that adopted the Who’s mantra “hope I die before I get old” simply doesn’t think it has gotten old yet. As Kane put it, “there’s going to be a wakeup call for a whole lot of people.”

Infant sleep positioners’ dangers highlighted in study BY LEE BOWMAN Scripps Howard News Service Cushions and pads designed to protect babies while they sleep instead have been implicated in the suffocation deaths of at least 13 infants since 1997. Now, in a report due out Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide new detail into how the devices can threaten infants’ breathing. The report follows the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission’s 2010 warning against their use. The National Institute for Child Health and Development introduced the Back to Sleep campaign in 1994, urging that

babies be put to bed on their backs, and pediatricians and researchers have cautioned against side sleep since 2005. But manufacturers of some positioners still suggest the devices are safe for side sleep. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a few of the sleep devices, when prescribed by a pediatrician, for infants with medical problem such as gastric reflux or deformity that would be aggravated by back sleeping. But the FDA hasn’t reviewed most positioners sold since the 1980s, and none in the study were approved. Researchers from the CDC, CPSC and FDA analyzed the

death reports. Of the 13 infants who died, nine had been placed on their sides to sleep; one was placed face down. The other infants’ positions weren’t available to investigators. A 7-week old who died in 2002 was placed on his side between two foam bumpers connected by a flat pad. When the caregiver checked on the baby three hours later, his face was pressed tight against a pad and he was unresponsive. A medical examiner concluded he suffocated when the pad obstructed his mouth and nose. Victims ranged in age from 21 days to 4 months. Four had been born prematurely, and four

had recent symptoms of respiratory illness. Eight were male. Half of the parents said they used the devices either to ward off Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or to prevent the baby from rolling onto his or her stomach. Many infants, from 6 to 9 months old, are unable to roll or lift their heads effectively, increasing the risk of suffocation even if they’re otherwise healthy. Infant-death investigators have concluded that many fatalities once attributed to SIDS actually are due to suffocation in unsafe sleep environments. The CDC says at least 1,000 infants die this way each year, prompting a new emphasis on creating

safe places for babies to snooze. “We talk about babies sleeping alone, on their back and in a crib, but that crib must be uncluttered,” said Judy Bannon, president of Cribs for Kids, a national coalition dedicated to infant safe sleep. “It’s tragic that that we have moms trying to do what they think is best for the baby with these sleep devices, when in fact this ends up contributing to the cause of death.” The researchers said even though manufacturers have been warned against marketing the devices, many still may be available as family “hand-medowns” or through second-hand stores.

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osana Faessler stops by the hostess stand to check on reservations, then makes her way into the dining room to chat with a couple of the regular guests. After a few minutes, she wanders to the breakfast buffet to make sure everything’s clean and full, then straightens a picture before heading back out to the dining room. These tasks could easily be delegated to the staff. But Faessler just can’t help herself. Sonnenalp, the resort in the Colorado Rockies near Vail, Colo., that Faessler owns with her husband Johannes, isn’t like a second home; it once was her home. Everything has to be just right. This type of nurturing has made Sonnenalp one of the few remaining large, family-owned resorts left in the country, a destination for travelers from around the world. “I feel like I’m going home every time I go there,” said Harvey Simpson of Old Westbury, N.Y., who’s been staying at Sonnenalp since 1965. “It’s a very warm atmosphere. The top personnel are there every day and it’s incredible the attention to detail they put into it.” Big, family-owned resorts are still in vogue in Europe, particularly in the mountains of Germany and Austria, where some hotels have been passed down through the generations. But in the U.S., while there are still plenty of small resorts, B&Bs and inns run by families, many larger resorts that were founded by families have been sold to or taken over by corporate entities. A recent report on the global ski resort industry by SkiStar, a Swedish company, noted that the North American market has seen a “shift toward fewer, increasingly larger companies” often owning properties in a variety of locations to “decrease dependency on weather conditions” in any one place. Those places that remain family-owned say that when the owners are in the lobby or the dining room, season after season, the atmosphere can’t help but be different from a property where the corporate owners are halfway across the country or the world. And it’s why places like Sonnenalp in Vail, Trapp Family Lodge and Tyler Place Family Resort in Vermont, and The Homestead along the shores of Lake Michigan in Glen Arbor, Mich.,

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This undated photo provided by the Trapp Family Lodge shows cross-country skiers outside the lodge in Stowe, Vt.The lodge is owned by the famous singing family from “The Sound of Music.” Family-owned resorts like the Trapp Family Lodge try to provide a personal touch for guests in an era when many resorts are owned by large corporations. attract many of the same customers year after year. Johannes von Trapp has owned the Trapp Family Lodge since 1969, but its history goes back to 1943, when the famous singing family from “The Sound of Music” first moved to northern Vermont. The family lived on the farm during the summer and started renting rooms to skiers while they were out on the road singing. Von Trapp expanded the lodging when he took over, and again after a fire in 1980. The resort near Stowe now sits on 2,500 acres (about 1,000 hectares) with 96 rooms in the main hotel, 100 guest houses for rent and has built 21 of an expected 40 three-bedroom villas. He now runs the resort with his son, Sam, and son-in-law, Walter Frame, who are always on hand to make sure guests are comfortable and attend to details. “This place is such an extension of my family’s values and tastes, it really is important that a family member be here to explain and interpret and welcome and host our customers,” Johannes Von Trapp

said. “It’s a great life, too. My house is on the property, but a mile from hotel. My son and daughter and her husband all have houses on the property, so it’s easy to go home and come back, do some work, go home again.” The Homestead in Michigan has been operated by the Kuras family since Robert Kuras purchased the property in 1975. Originally a boys camp in the 1920s, the Homestead is now a 500-acre (200 hectares) resort with four distinct hotels and year-round activities, from golf and water sports in the summer to skiing and snowboarding in the winter. It’s surrounded by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore at the mouth of the Crystal River, which Kuras proudly notes was voted the most beautiful place in America last year in a “Good Morning America” contest. Kuras’ children now help run the business, with the youngest in charge of social media. He said what makes a family-owned resort different is “values and tradition. We try to stress that. We view our guests as family and friends, and 80 percent of our guests are repeat. We’re pretty proud

of that.” A fourth-generation hotelier, Johannes Faessler grew up in a resort called Sonnenalp in the Bavarian Alps, in Germany, founded by his great-grandparents in 1919. Faessler’s parents purchased a Vail hotel in 1979 and founded the U.S. version of Sonnenalp, which means “Sun on the Mountains.” Johannes took over operations in 1985 and lived at the resort with Rosana until they had kids and moved into a house nearby. But Sonnenalp will always be their home, and they treat it that way, with Rosana doing most of the decorating to make sure the 127-room resort stays true to its Bavarian feel. The Faesslers still spend most of their time at Sonnenalp and plan to move back when their youngest daughter leaves for college. “This is more than a business. This is our lives,” Rosana Faessler said. “This is where our kids grew up. This is where my son learned to swim. It has to be not just cozy or elegant. … It has to be special.” When problems arise, there’s no calling the corporate office for an answer. With owners on

IF YOU GO … • TRAPP FAMILY LODGE: Stowe, Vt., http://www.trapp family.com • THE HOMESTEAD: Glen Arbor, Mich., http://www.the homesteadresort.com • SONNENALP: Vail, Colo., http://www.sonnenalp.com

site, decisions can be made on the spot. “It’s the opposite of a large, corporate situation where it takes a long time to get a decision on anything,” Johannes von Trapp said. Family-owned resorts also offer a consistent, personal experience. Other resorts may change owners, managers, sometimes even names and themes, but here, guests know what they’re getting every time. Even the employees sometimes stay on for decades, and like the owners, they get to know repeat guests, forming bonds that reach beyond the walls of the resort. “Many guests come over and over, and you get to know them on an intimate level,” Johannes Faessler said. “They become more friends than hotel guests.”

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Favorite Bill Murray performances during an eclectic career LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week, with the opening of the historical romance “Hyde Park on Hudson,” I finally get to do a Five Most list I’ve been thinking about for a while now: my favorite Bill Murray performances. His take on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt may not be some of his best work, but it’s an unexpected bit of casting, and it provides a great opportunity to reflect on the fantastically eclectic career he’s put together over the past three-plus decades. So here are my picks in chronological order. Honorable mention goes to his supporting turn as trash-talking bowling champ Ernie McCracken in the underappreciated Farrelly brothers comedy “Kingpin” (1996), for the sweet hairpiece, if nothing else.

• “Caddyshack” (1980): Murray was at the height of his “Saturday Night Live” cult stardom when he gave his enduring portrayal of oddball golf course greenskeeper Carl Spackler in this all-time-great raunchy ’80s comedy. The character is a little grungy and a little dangerous and more than a little off, but also strangely sweet and the source of endlessly quotable lines. Murray has said that people shout Carl dialogue to him all the time as he’s playing golf in real life “It’s in the hole!” hoping he’ll recite the words back. That’s how much this movie and this character still matter in our crowded pop-culture universe. • “Stripes” (1981): Murray is at his subversively charming best here in an early starring role as John Winger, a loser who decides to join the Army to be all he can be. He’s silly and sarcas-

tic, confident and quick-witted, so naturally he has a little trouble respecting the authority of Warren Oates’ Sgt. Hulka, the platoon’s “big toe.” But he earns a loyal following, becomes an inadvertent leader and even gets the girl in the end. Murray plays beautifully off old friend Harold Ramis as his straight man, and the whole anarchic vibe from Ivan Reitman, directing one of his best films, is an excellent fit for the comic’s persona during this period. • “Rushmore” (1998): The beginning of a shift in Murray’s screen presence toward melancholy, introspective characters. The humor is still there but it comes from a different place: one of loss, regret and self-destruction. Wes Anderson’s sweet and cleverly meticulous comedy is one of my favorite movies of all time, and Murray just broke my

heart in it. He’s wealthy but he has nothing. He has a family but he constantly feels alone. In Jason Schwartzman’s precocious high schooler Max Fischer, he finds an unlikely soul mate. And in Olivia Williams’ first-grade teacher Miss Cross, he finds unexpected romance. • “Lost in Translation” (2003): Murray earned an Oscar nomination for best actor for his portrayal of Bob Harris, an aging American actor who has schlepped to Tokyo to shoot a whiskey commercial that will pay him $2 million. He strikes a beautiful balance between lighthearted sarcasm and selfloathing as he forms an undefinable friendship with Scarlett Johansson, playing the bored, young wife of a celebrity photographer. To this day, I can’t listen to “More Than This” by Roxy Music without thinking of

Murray’s delicate karaoke rendition in this lovely Sofia Coppola film. • “Broken Flowers” (2005): He’d already appeared with deadpan hilarity in perhaps the best segment of Jim Jarmusch’s “Coffee and Cigarettes.” Here, Murray stars for Jarmusch as a middle-aged lothario on a halfhearted quest to visit old lovers in hopes of finding the teenage son he never knew he had. We learn about him and he learns about himself through his varied and unpredictable reunions with various ex-girlfriends. It’s yet another world-weary performance from Murray, but each incarnation of this persona reveals richness and shadings; his dramatic work in the later years of his career is just as strong in its own way as the wild comedy was in the beginning.

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Murray stars as FDR in bland ‘Hyde Park’ BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Reviewer

BY DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Revewer Judging part one of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” prelude “The Hobbit” is a bit like reviewing a film after seeing only the first act. Yet here goes: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is stuffed with Hollywood’s latest technology 3-D, high-speed projection and Dolby’s Atmos surround sound system. The result is some eye candy that truly dazzles and some that utterly distracts, at least in its testrun of 48 frames a second, double the projection rate that has been standard since silent-film days. It’s also overstuffed with, well, stuff. Prologues and sidestepping backstory. Long, boring councils among dwarves, wizards and elves. A shallow blood feud extrapolated from sketchy appendices to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” to give the film a bad guy. Remember the interminable false endings of “The Return of the King,” the Academy Award-winning finale of Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings”? “An Unexpected Journey” has a similar bloat throughout its nearly three hours, in which Tolkien’s brisk story of intrepid little hobbit Bilbo Baggins is drawn out and diluted by dispensable trimmings better left for DVD extras. Two more parts are coming, so we won’t know how the whole story comes together until the finale arrives in summer 2014. Part one’s embellishments may pay off nicely, but right now, “An Unexpected Journey” looks like the start of an unnecessary trilogy better told in one film. Split into three books, “The Lord of the Rings” was a natural film trilogy, running nearly half a million words, five times as

long as “The Hobbit.” Jackson and his wife, Fran Walsh, along with screenwriting partners Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro who once was attached to direct “The Hobbit,” with Jackson producing have meticulously mined Tolkien references to events that never played out in any of the books (stuff the filmmakers call the “in-between bits”). With that added material, they’re building a much bigger epic than Tolkien’s book, the unexpected journey of homebody Bilbo (Martin Freeman, with Ian Holm reprising his “Lord of the Rings” role as older Bilbo). Bilbo has no desire to hit the road after wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen, grandly reprising his own “Rings” role) and a company of dwarves turn up to enlist him on a quest to retake a dwarf mountain kingdom from the dragon that decimated it. Yet off he goes, encountering trolls, goblins, savage orcs and a grisly guy named Gollum (Andy Serkis, re-creating the character that pioneered motion-capture performance in “The Lord of the Rings”). Improved by a decade of visual-effects advances, Gollum solidifies his standing as one of the creepiest movie creatures ever. And as big-screen prologue moments go, Bilbo’s acquisition of Gollum’s precious ring of power may be second only to Darth Vader’s first hissy breath at the end of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels. “An Unexpected Journey” resurrects other “Rings” favorites, some who didn’t appear in “The Hobbit” (Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Cate Blanchett as elf queen Galadriel, Christopher Lee as wizard Saruman) and some who did (Hugo Weaving as elf lord

Elrond). Richard Armitage debuts as dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield, ennobled from a fairly comical figure in Tolkien’s text to a brooding warrior king in the mold of Viggo Mortensen from the “Rings” trilogy. The filmmakers also pluck orc bruiser Azog out of Tolkien’s footnotes and make him Thorin’s sworn enemy. Azog’s a bland antagonist, adding little more than one-dimensional bluster. While there are plenty of orc skewerings and goblin beheadings, the action is lighter and more cartoonish than that of “The Lord of the Rings.” Still, much of it is silly fun, particularly a battle along a maze of footbridges suspended throughout a goblin cave. The potential sea change with “The Hobbit” is Jackson’s 48-frame rate. Most theaters are not yet equipped for that speed, so the film largely will play at the standard 24 frames a second. Proponents, including James Cameron, say higher frame rates provide more lifelike images, sharpen 3-D effects, and lessen or eliminate a flickering effect known as “strobing” that comes with camera motion. I saw the movie first at 24 frames a second and then at 48, and they’re absolutely right that higher speeds clarify the picture. Strobing noticeable at 24 frames is gone at 48, providing a continuity that greatly improves the action sequences. And the panoramas are like Middle-earth actually come to life, as though you’re standing on a hill looking down at the hobbits’ Shire. If Cameron’s “Avatar” was like looking through a window at a fantastical landscape, “An Unexpected Journey” at 48 frames is like removing

the glass so you can step on through. But with great clarity comes greater vision. At 48 frames, the film is more true to life, sometimes feeling so intimate it’s like watching live theater. That close-up perspective also brings out the fakery of movies. Sets and props look like phony stage trappings at times, the crystal pictures bleaching away the painterly quality of traditional film. This may be cinema’s future, and the results undoubtedly will improve over time. It’ll be an adjustment for audiences, though, and like the warmth of analog vinyl vs. the precision of digital music, the dreaminess of traditional film vs. the crispness of high-frame rates will be a matter of taste. The technology may improve the story’s translation to the screen. There’s just not that much story to Tolkien’s “Hobbit,” though. Jackson is stretching a breezy 300 pages to the length of a Dickens miniseries, and those inbetween bits really stick out in part one. “I do believe the worst is behind us,” Bilbo remarks as “An Unexpected Journey” ends. From a hobbit’s lips to a filmmaker’s ears. Let’s hope Jackson has the goods to improve on a soso start. Otherwise, “The Hobbit” subtitled “There and Back Again” by Tolkien is going to feel like traveling the same road more than twice. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” released by the Warner Bros. banner New Line Cinema and MGM, is rated PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images. Running time: 169 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

“Hyde Park on Hudson,” a Focus Features release, is rated R for brief sexuality. Running time: 95 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

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Bill Murray as FDR? The casting might sound weird at first. But Murray’s subtly charming presence ends up being one of the stronger elements of the otherwise lightweight romance “Hyde Park on Hudson,” which depicts one of the most revered United States presidents with all the substance and insight of a lukewarm cup of tea. “Notting Hill” director Roger Michell, working from a script by Richard Nelson, focuses on a brief period in the secret affair between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his fifth cousin, Margaret Suckley or “Daisy” as she was known. Unflaggingly loyal, earnest and supportive, she’s also mousy, quiet and a total bore a huge waste of the versatile and vibrant talents of Laura Linney. The fact that Linney provides wall-to-wall voiceover doesn’t add much, as she’s stuck spelling out what should be pretty obvious on screen (“He said I helped him forget the weight of the world,” for example.) Much of their relationship appears gentle and tame, full of long afternoons spent looking at stamps or driving through the countryside in a car designed specifically for the polio-stricken president. About 20 minutes in, he tells her: “I always miss you,” but we’re not there yet emotionally, and we never get there. We also don’t get much of a sense of Roosevelt in terms of his power or popularity; “Lincoln,” this is not. Instead, it’s all rather cozy and insular amid the rolling hills and tasteful period trappings. Murray

could just be playing a funny older gentleman in a wheelchair who likes his cigarettes and martinis. But then there is one moment that’s tonally off in which Daisy, um, pleasures the president in the front seat during one of those idyllic drives, and all that innocuously delightful goodwill gets tossed out the window. “Hyde Park on Hudson” specifically calls forth the June 1939 weekend when FDR hosted the King George and Queen Elizabeth of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) at his family’s home in upstate New York, hence the title. World War II is about to erupt, and the Brits have come to ask the Americans for support. Inevitable comparisons to “The King’s Speech,” for the time frame, the figures it depicts and the prominence of Bertie’s stutter, do not work in this film’s favor. Michell awkwardly tries to balance both the farce of cultural clashes the royals couldn’t possibly attend a picnic and eat hot dogs! and the jealous tension that arises as Daisy realizes she’s not the president’s only paramour. Linney has a couple of nice scenes with Elizabeth Marvel as the president’s secretary, who tries to get her to snap out of it and stop being such a foolish child. She’s got a point. Olivia Williams also brings a no-nonsense presence to her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in a “Rushmore” reunion with Murray that’s a total letdown.

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For cussion (participants must have a more information, call 339-2699. desire to stop drinking). • TOPS (Take Off Pounds • Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney Sensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Group, Presbyterian Church, corner Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City. North and Miami streets, Sidney. New members welcome. For more • AA, 7 p.m. at Troy Church of the information, call 335-9721. Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. • Troy Noon Optimist Club will Open discussion. meet at noon at the Tin Roof restau• An Intermediate Pilates class rant. Guests welcome. For more will be from 9-10 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For information, call 478-1401.

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more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. • Women’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information. • Narcotics Anonymous, Just For Tuesday, will meet at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. This is an open discussion. • Narcotics Anonymous, Unity Group, 7 p.m., Freedom Life Ministries Church, 9101 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua. Open discussion. • Public bingo, license No. 010528, will begin with early birds at 7 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge No. 833, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Use the Cherry Street entrance. Doors open at 5 p.m. Instant tickets also will be available. • Public bingo — paper and computer — will be offered by the Tipp City Lumber Baseball organization from 7-10 p.m. at the West Milton Eagles, 2270 S. Miami St., West Milton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and concessions will be available. Proceeds will benefit the sponsorship of five Little League baseball teams. For more information, call 543-9959. • DivorceCare will be every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy Church of the Nazarene, State Route 55 and Barnhart Road, Troy. The group is open to men and women. For more information, call Patty at 440-1269 or Debbie at 3358397. • Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

WEDNESDAY • Skyview Wesleyan Church, 6995 Peters Road, Tipp City, will offer a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible study will begin at 7 p.m. • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • The “Sit and Knit” group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358. •The Milton-Union Senior Citizens will meet the second and fourth Wednesday 1 p.m. at 435 Hamilton St., West Milton. Those interested in becoming members are invited to attend. Bingo and cards follow the meetings. • Grandma’s Kitchen, a homecooked meal prepared by volunteers, is offered every Wednesday from 56:30 p.m. in the activity center of Hoffman United Methodist Church, 201 S. Main St., West Milton, one block west of State Route 48. The meal, which includes a main course, salad, dessert and drink, for a suggested donation of $6 per person, or $3 for a children’s meal. The meal is not provided on the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s. • The Town and Country Grandmothers No. 329 meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday at the AMVETS Post on LeFevre Road, Troy. • The Kiwanis Club will meet at noon at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Non-members of Kiwanis are invited to come meet friends and have lunch. For more information, contact Bobby Phillips, vice president, at 335-6989. • The Troy American Legion Post No. 43 euchre parties will begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 339-1564. • The Toastmasters will meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at American Honda to develop to help participants practice their speaking skills in a comfortable environment. Contact Eric Lutz at 332-3285 for more information. • AA, Pioneer Group open discussion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter down the basement steps on the north side of The United Church Of Christ on North Pearl Street in Covington. The group also meets at 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is wheelchair accessible. • AA, Serenity Island Group will meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The discussion is open. • AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m. for closed discussion, Step and Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. Use the alley entrance, upstairs. • Al-Anon, Trinity Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Men’s Anger/Rage Group will

meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information. • A Domestic Violence Support Group for Women will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16. E. Franklin St., Troy. Support for battered women who want to break free from partner violence is offered. There is no charge for the program. For more information, call 339-6761. • Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Children’s Creative Play Group will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. School-age children will learn appropriate social interactions and free expression through unique play therapy. There is no charge for this program. More information is available by calling 339-6761. • Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Recovery, Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. • Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 9100 N. Main St., State Route 48, between Meijer and Samaritan North. For other meetings or information, call 252-6766 or (800) 589-6262, or visit the Web site at www.region5oa.org. • Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273. • A Pilates Beginners group matwork class will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 669-2441. • Safe People, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, SC/DC 104. Find guidance for making safe choices in relationships, from friendships to co-workers, family or romance. Learn to identify nurturing people as well as those who should be avoided. Call Roberta Bogle at 667-4678 for more information. • Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A 12-week video series using Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical help and encouragement to all who seek a healthy, balanced life and practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards at 667-4678. • The Temple of Praise Ministries will serve hot lunches from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday at 235 S. Third St., Tipp City. • The Troy Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. For more information, call 335-1923. • A free employment networking group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. each Wednesday at Job and Family Services, 2040 N. County Road 25A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap into unadvertised jobs, assistance to improve personal presentation skills and resume writing. For more information, call Steven Kiefer at 570-2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465.

THURSDAY • Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County will offer a friendship luncheon at local restaurants on the second Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Locations vary, so interested parties can call the office at 573-2100 for details. This is a social event for grieving adults who do not wish to dine out alone. Attendees order from the menu. • An open parent-support group will be at 7 p.m. at Corinn’s Way Inc., 306 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Parents are invited to attend the Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support group from 7-8:30 p.m. each Thursday. The meetings are open discussion. • Friendship Luncheons are offered the second Thursday at different locations in the county. The luncheons are casual dining experience that allows adults to come together for food and fellowship. Call the Generations of Live Center at 335-5191. • Tipp City Seniors gather to play cards prior to lunch every Thursday at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the third Thursday, Senior Independence offers blood pressure and blood sugar testing before lunch. For more information, call 667-8865. • Best is Yet to Come open AA meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • AA, Tri-City Group meeting will take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafe-

teria of the former Dettmer Hospital. The lead meeting is open. For more information, call 335-9079. • AA, Spirituality Group will meet at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. The discussion is open. • Health Partners Free Clinic will offer a free clinic on Thursday night at the clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Registration will be from 5:30-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic does not accept medical emergencies, but can refer patients to other doctors and can prescribe medication. Call 332-0894 for more information. • Narcotics Anonymous, NAIOU, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. • Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford. • Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

FRIDAY • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • The Tri-County Suicide Prevention Coalition will meet at 9 a.m. the second Friday in the conference room of the Tri-County Board of Recovery & Mental Health, Stouder Center, 1100 Wayne St., Troy. Use the west entrance to the fourth floor. • AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open. • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 South Wayne St., Piqua. Use parking lot entrance, held in gym. • Narcotics Anonymous, Clean and Free, 8 p.m., Dettmer Hospital, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Open discussion. Fellowship from 78 p.m. • A Pilates Intermediate group matwork class will be held from 9-10 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 6678631 or Celeste at 667-2441. • Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. • A singles dance is offered every Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Christopher Club, Dixie Highway, Kettering, sponsored by Group Interaction. The dance is $6. For more information, call 640-3015 or visit www.groupia.org. • Christian Worship Center, 3537 S. Elm Tree Road, Christiansburg, hosts a Friday Night Bluegrass Jam beginning at 7 p.m. each Friday. Homemade meals are available beginning at 6:30 p.m. Participants may bring instruments and join in. A small donation is requested at the door. For more information or directions, call 857-9090 or 631-2624.

SATURDAY • Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. • Recovery Too Al-Anon meetings are offered at 8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Church, main campus, Room 117, S. County Road 25A, Tipp City. • AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking). • AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open. • AA, Troy Beginners Group meets at 7 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. This is an open discussion meeting. • Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m. • Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. • Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney. • Relapse Prevention Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25A. • The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • Yoga classes will be offered from 10-11 a.m. at the First United Church of Christ, Troy. The public is invited. • Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

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Bartender returns in crime drama BY JENNIFER KAY AP Book Reviewer “The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks” (Atria Books), by Gillian Royes: Bartender Shad Myers doesn’t just listen to the troubles that tourists and locals bring into his thatch-roofed bar he sets out to fix them himself, no matter the risk. The troubles that find Shad in Gillian Royes’ novel “The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks” seem better suited to pastors and law enforcement authorities. Plans to develop a new beachfront hotel in his tiny Largo Bay, a village on Jamaica’s northern shore, get muddled in a love triangle that feeds long-simmering bigotry toward gay people. But Largo Bay is too small to have its own police force, and the pastor’s morals are questionable, so it’s up to the bartender to hunt down the mysterious group whose increasingly violent tactics threaten to derail the hotel project, along with Shad’s dreams for his hurricane-stricken hometown. “The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks” is Royes’ second crime drama starring Shad. Since Shad is only an “unofficial sheriff,” as he thinks of himself, Royes is freed from the police procedural formulas that can weigh down some mystery novels. Instead, the Jamaica-born writer explores Shad’s sense of hustle the drive required to do more than just get by in an impoverished community dependent on the Caribbean island’s tourist economy. Royes’ Jamaica is lush, stormy and stronger than the rum punch cocktails that Shad pours over ice.

Winfrey picks Ayana Mathis’ debut novel NEW YORK (AP) — Add another book for possible holiday gifts: Oprah Winfrey’s latest 2.0 selection. Winfrey announced Wednesday that she has chosen Ayana Mathis’ debut novel, “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,” for her book club. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf moved up publication from early next year to this week, and an author interview will be aired Feb. 3 on the “Super Soul Sunday” program on Winfrey’s OWN network. “Twelve Tribes” is the story of a teenager’s journey from Mississippi to Philadelphia in the 1920s and the large family she ends up raising. “The opening pages of Ayana’s debut took my breath away,” Winfrey said in a statement. “I can’t remember when I read anything that moved me in quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison.”

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Cook’s latest thriller is one of his best interest is high in this young science. Nanotechnology allows “Nano” (Putnam), by scientists to manipulate materials at the molecular Robin Cook: Ever since level. his debut as a medical As the protagonist, the thriller writer more than 30 years ago, Robin Cook, author brings back Pia M.D., has used everything Grazdani, who uncovered from organ transplants to a murder disguised as a laboratory accident in alien viruses as the subCook’s last novel, “Death ject of his novels. In his Benefit.” She was a medlatest, “Nano,” he tackles ical student then. Now, nanotechnology. she is a researcher at It is an excellent Nano LLC, a nanotechnolchoice, because public BY WAKA TSUNODA AP Book Reviewer

ogy research company in Boulder, Colo. Despite unwelcome attention from the company’s founder-CEO, who is obsessed with her ItalianAlbanian beauty, Pia is happy enough in her new life. Then, a troubling incident occurs, and everything changes. While out jogging, she finds a Chinese man lying on the road, seemingly in cardiac arrest. She rushes him to a local hospital, but

before he can be treated, Pia’s company supervisor arrives with armed guards and two official-looking Chinese men and forcibly takes custody of the patient. Pia is ordered to forget about the entire episode. The order has just the opposite effect. She vows to find out what all these Chinese characters have to do with Nano, and what is going on in the company’s high-security complex sur-

rounded by barbed-wire fences. In “Death Benefit,” Pia came across as a rather unattractive character, insensitive to other people’s feelings. In “Nano,” she has blossomed into a perfect protagonist for a thriller gutsy, tenacious, expert in the martial arts and willing to take risks to get to the bottom of a mystery. “Nano” is one of Cook’s best.

Harry Bosch returns in ‘The Black Box’ telling stellar crime stories. Connelly’s writing is like the best flavor of ice “The Black Box” (Little, Brown and Co.), cream: reliably delicious every time. This time, the by Michael Connelly: case holds a personal conMichael Connelly has been writing books featur- nection to Bosch. In 1992, during the L.A. riots, a ing Los Angeles police Detective Harry Bosch for woman’s body was found shot in a dark alley. She 20 years, and his 25th was a reporter from novel, “The Black Box,” Europe who was working continues his streak of BY JEFF AYERS AP Book Reviewer

on a big case, but why was she deep in the middle of the chaos? Was her murder related to the riots or her investigation? Bosch never had a chance to find out because he was pulled to another crime and the case was turned over to another unit. Her murder was never solved, and Bosch never forgot about it. Working

for the cold case unit, Bosch decides to reopen the case, and soon discovers the gun used in her shooting was involved in other crimes involving gang members. Instead of following the money, he decides to follow the gun. His hope is to find the plane’s “black box.” He knows that if he’s persistent,

he’ll finally discover the truth. His character and code of honor make Bosch one of the top detectives in crime fiction. Connelly has a gift for taking what seem to be cliches and making them fresh and vibrant. Readers should find this “Black Box” because what it unveils is extraordinary.

NONFICTION 1. “The Elf on the Shelf” by Carol V. Aebersold, Chanda A. Bell (CCA&B) 2. “Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard (Henry Holt & Co.) 3. “Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) 4. “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” by Jon Meachum (Random House)

5. “Killing Lincoln” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard (Henry Holt & Co.) 6. “Guinness World Records 2013” by Guiness Book Records (Guiness Book Records) 7. “LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia” by DK Publishing (DK Publishing) 8. “Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence” by Sarah Young (Integrity Publishers)

9. “No Easy Day” by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer (Dutton Books) 10. “The Virgin Diet” by JJ Virgin (Harlequin) FICTION E-BOOKS 1. “The Black Box” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “Cold Days” by Jim Butcher (Penguin Group) 3. “Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel” by Janet Evanovich (Random House)

BESTSELLERS FICTION 1. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel” by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) 2. “The Black Box” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 3. “Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel” by Janet Evanovich (Bantam) 4. “Cold Days” by Jim Butcher (Roc) 5. “The Forgotten” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “The Racketeer” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 7. “Agenda 21” by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke (Threshold Editions) 8. “Merry Christmas, Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 9. “The Last Man: A Novel” by Vince Flynn (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 10. “Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena” by Rick Riordan (DisneyHyperion)

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PUBLIC RECORDS: MARRIAGE LICENSES Lavon Eugene Sisler, 78, of 312 Burkhardt Ave., Dayton, to Lillian Young, 82, of 7565 W. State Route 571 Lot 21, West Milton. Brandon Scott Ingersol, 31, of 580 Trade Square E, Troy, to Amanda Rochelle Wiley, 34, of same address. Michael Allen Raymond Shrout, 24, of 5118 Farrington Road, Covington, to Clairity Francis, 24, of same address.

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John Andrew Wiesendanger Jr., 31, of 9 W. Market St., Troy, to Kitty Ho Yin So, 27, of same address. Dustin Andrew Graham, 27, of 426 E. Greene St., Piqua, to Joy Elaine Whitmer, 33, of same address. Tyler James Mistisshen, 28, of 1858 Towne Park Drive, Apt. 6B, Troy, to Alisha Beth Osting, 24, of same address.

Levi Seth Jenkins, 21, of 3230 Lockwood Road, Ceres, Calif., to Abby Elizabeth Bowman, 23, of 7610 Snyder Road, Fletcher. Jay D. Birt, 45, of 224 1/2 S. Main St., Piqua, to Nancy Jane Denner, 36, of same address. Rey Domenic Reyes II, 34, of 1715 Amherst Ave., Piqua, to Frances Marie Mercado Laqui, 30, of same address.

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School. He is a 1983 graduate of Miami East High School, has worked as a manager for McDonalds, worked for Emery and UPS, is a Springcreek 4-H adviser and soccer coach. He is currently employed with Troy City Schools as a bus driver. The couple enjoy activities with their daughters, choir, piano, soccer and 4H. They love gardening and time spent with family and supporting Miami East Schools and soccer program. An open house will be from 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at their home, hosted by family.

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You may have grown up seeing nothing but red and green holiday decorations. These days, however, there’s no single scheme that’s considered suitable. One house can be trimmed like Santa’s workshop, while another showcases a sophisticated palette of silver, copper and robin’s-egg blue. When a team of designers and florists decked two Minneapolis houses for an annual holiday tour, they created vastly different holiday looks — simply modern and merry old England. Designer Christina Lynn Miller arranged metallic pine cones and a sleek snow-white reindeer atop a piano to bring a festive spirit to a multilevel ultra-modern house. “In a home with an open layout, stay away from frilly over-the-top overdecorated rooms,” Miller said. “Only use three colors and keep it simple and sophisticated.” Just down the road inside an English country manor, designer Diane Kane and florist John Cunningham tucked earthy pheasant feathers and pomegranates into a garland draped across a stone fireplace mantel. Her advice: “Pull holiday design themes from the style and personality of the room you’re decorating. The dark rustic brown ceiling beams, wroughtiron light fixtures and English hunting scene in the tableware inspired my holiday motif.” For the event, designers and florists brought in most of the holiday trimmings.. But homeowner Linda Pederson hung her own burgundy and antique gold ornaments, which she had collected over the years, on her livingroom Christmas tree. “For the holidays, people like their home to look aesthetically pleasing with coordinating decorations,” said Kane. “But remember to include accents that are sentimental to you and your family.” Here are some holiday decorating tips from the experts: • Repeat elements such as colors, shapes and textures throughout a room. Kane tucked pheasant feathers in mantel garland and in a centerpiece on a nearby table. Miller repeated sparkly snowflake ornaments and plum-colored balls in several vignettes. • For a professional-looking tree, choose a theme, but limit the number

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• Continued from C1 ones (mercury-glass spheres, burgundy ribbon). • Try battery-operated candles and lights. There are more style choices, they’re safer than flame candles and some have an automatic shut-off. Plus, a lit garland can be draped and wrapped anywhere because no outlet is required. • Add dimension to your decor by twisting together three different artificial garlands (such as pine, cedar and one with silver foliage), then wrap the garland around a mirror or drape it across a mantel. • In a contemporarystyle home, try a tall, slender tree strung with lights and trimmed with only a few decorative picks and ornaments. • Soften silver finishes with touches of antique gold. • For a finishing touch, place small ball ornaments inside glassware in a china cabinet.

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This results in an offer from educated buyers who If the home inspection are less likely to withdraw recommends having an old from the contract or renegotiroof inspected by a roofing ate the price than they would contractor, it’s a good idea to be if they didn’t have pertifollow through with this, nent information about the and any other similar recproperty condition before ommendation. Any presale they made the offer. inspections should be made This doesn’t mean that available to buyers to presale inspections guarantee review before they make an that there will be no further offer. negotiations after the purHOUSE HUNTING TIP: chase contract is signed. The reason for ordering preSellers rarely follow up on sale inspections is not to pre- all the further inspections clude buyers from doing their recommended by the home own inspections. Buyers inspector. For example, in one should inspect the property case an Oakland, Calif., to their satisfaction. A wellhomeowner didn’t have an inspected property protects older furnace inspected, both the buyers and sellers. although it was recommendSome sellers wonder why ed to do so by the home they should pay for presale inspector. inspections when buyers are After a purchase contract likely to pay for their own was signed, the buyers had a inspections. The reason is few inspectors look at the that it’s beneficial for the property, including a furnace buyers to have as much infor- inspector. The inspector said mation about the property that the furnace was shot before they make an offer. and should be replaced. The

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defy nature. How can they survive all this pruning and shaping and still look so amazing? When I envisioned the mantel display for my holiday open house, I wanted to create a botanical look that was as fresh as the garden. So I included several faux three-balled topiaries in the display to give it height and splashes of green. In contrast, the topiaries I used for the holiday display on the side table on my screened porch are a bit wild and unkempt. I think they are just the right pick for this almostoutside spot, poised against the backdrop of my garden. When I decorate my courtyard for my open house, I like to make a big splash on the occasional table that nestles up against the wall of my screened porch. I don’t want anything too heavy in this in-between place because I don’t want the tabletop display to block the view from the screened porch. Yet, the display needs to be tall, full and gutsy or it will get lost in the vastness of the courtyard. This year’s display struck the perfect middle ground. I started with a garden statue to bring in some charm, then filled in with a little forest of pine topiaries. To infuse the display with drama, I added in a trio of trellises. Slight and slim, the garden trellises gave the display much-needed height without taking over. Small trellises are also a great addition to a mantel dis-

play because they are slim and tall. When I remake my home for each new season, I don’t have the time or desire to rework every single display. So I focus my efforts on a few key, highly visible spots. A wallmounted garden planter is one of my favorite places to change out seasonally. This winter, it’s cradling a natural ball covered in faux frost, and a bouquet of red winterberries and pine. I ground the displays on a bit of moss, which you can find at hobby stores, because it helps hide the ends of faux greens and gives a nice, finished look. A cast-iron planter is the perfect container for a seasonal bouquet on the side table on my screened porch. I really like a topsyturvy grouping, where a potpourri of natural elements appears to be haphazardly mixed together. If floral arranging isn’t your thing, take the easy way out, like I do, and just fill your garden planters with pine cones or green apples. If you are in a hurry and don’t have much time to decorate for the holidays, bringing the garden inside will not only give you a fresh seasonal look, it will take just seconds. Grab a pair of garden pruners and head outside, snipping bits of plants and trees to tuck into your year-round displays. The column has been adapted from Mary Carol Garrity’s blog at www.nellhills.com.

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BY ROSEMARY SADEZ FRIEDMANN Scripps Howard News Service ‘Tis the season, already! It is time to decorate for Christmas, so let’s explore a bit and see if there are any new ideas out there. Of course, you will want to keep some or most of your traditional decorations, used year after year, generation after generation. After all, those never go out of style and they are what make Christmas decorations special. The memories of years gone by are precious, but how about adding some fresh ideas to the tried and true? The rustic look always works to make a home feel warm and inviting. Add a wreath somewhere that is a little different from the poinsettia-garnished one you always use. Try a wreath that is simply an evergreen with a monogram letter in the center. To do this, simply add a cardboard stencil letter and hang it in the middle of the evergreen wreath. The monogram can be plain white or traditional Christmas red. How about the dining table? That needs to be special because it is where the family gathers for Christmas dinner and the reminiscing conversation. Those large hurricane

lamps that usually hold big, fat candles are great. Use several of them of different widths and different heights and fill some with candles and others with round Christmastree ornaments. Surround them all with a garland of evergreens. If you can find pine cones, intersperse some around the evergreen garland. Frame old pictures of the kids sitting on Santa’s lap and display them around the house. It is fun to have several from different years. Great memories, right? And what about some of the artwork on the walls? Perhaps you can replace them just for Christmas with new holiday images or scenes. Glitter is always in at Christmas time, so go for it. Decorate the tree with added gold or silver garland beads. Use gold or silver garland beads on the mantel. Spread gold or silver beads on end tables in the living room. Those poinsettias you purchase come in regular pots wrapped in foil. That’s fine, but to punch it up a bit, get silver or gold vases or urns and put the poinsettias in them. Rosemary Sadez Friedmann, an interior designer in Naples, Fla., is author of “Mystery of Color.”

Thanksgiving 2012 is past and it’s time to trim the home with Christmas decorations. Having already hung my lights during a warmer weekend, I couldn’t help but notice some of my fellow holiday enthusiasts trying to take advantage of the three- to four-day weekend to complete their decorations. What I observed was their lack of basic safety issues when using either an extension ladder or a stepladder. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, about 165,000 Americans require medical treatment for ladderrelated injuries each year. Based on a 1990-2005 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, that number is escalating. During the study, the number of reported cases in which Americans were hurt in incidents involving ladders climbed by more than 50 percent. That equated to more than 2.1 million individuals being treated in U.S. emergency departments for ladderrelated injuries. To keep your holidays safe, here are some tips from the American Ladder Institute, www.laddersafety.org/basicladdersafety.as px: • If you feel tired or dizzy or are prone to losing your balance, stay off the ladder.

According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, about 165,000 Americans require medical treatment for ladder-related injuries each year.

• Do not use ladders in high winds or storms. • Wear clean slip-resistant shoes. Shoes with leather soles are not appropriate for ladder use because they are not considered sufficiently slipresistant. • Before using a ladder, inspect it to confirm that it is in good working condition. • Ladders with loose or missing parts must be rejected. • Rickety ladders that sway or lean to the side must be rejected. • The ladder you select must be the right size for the job. • The duty rating of the ladder must be greater than the total weight of the climber, tools, supplies and other objects placed upon the ladder. • The length of the ladder must be sufficient so that the climber does not have to stand on the top rung or step. • When the ladder is set up for use, it must be placed on firm, level ground and without any type of slippery condition present at either the base or top support points. • Only one person at a time is permitted on a ladder unless the ladder is specifically designed for

ladder. Otherwise, three points of contact with the ladder cannot be maintained adequately and the chance of falling is increased in the event a hand or foot slip occurs. Factors contributing to falls from ladders include haste, sudden movement, lack of attention, the condition of the ladder (worn or damaged), the user’s age or physical condition, or both, and the user’s footwear. Although the user’s weight or size typically does not increase the likelihood of a fall, improper climbing posture creates user clumsiness and may cause falls. To reduce your chances of falling during the climb: • Wear slip-resistant shoes with heels and heavy soles to prevent foot fatigue. • Clean shoe soles to maximize traction. • Use towlines, a tool belt or an assistant to convey materials so that the climber’s hands are free when climbing. • Climb slowly and deliberately while avoiding sudden movements. • Keep the center of your belt buckle (stomach) between the ladder side rails (or within the width of the cleats) when climbing and while working. • Do not overreach or lean while working so that you don’t fall off the ladder sideways.

more than one climber (such as a trestle ladder). • Ladders must not be placed in front of closed doors that can open toward the ladder. The door must be blocked open, locked or guarded. • Read the safety information labels on the ladder. The on-product safety information is specific to the particular type of ladder on which it appears. The climber is not considered qualified or adequately trained to use the ladder until familiar with this information. • Never jump or slide down from a ladder or climb more than one rung/step at a time. When climbing a ladder, it is safest to use three points of contact because it minimizes the chances of slipping and falling from the ladder. At all times during ascent or descent, the climber must face the ladder and have two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, in contact with the ladder cleats and/or side rails. In this way, the climber is not likely to become unstable in the event one limb slips during the climb. The climber must not carry any objects in either Dwight Barnett is a cerhand that can interfere with a firm grip on the tified master inspector.

Holiday entertaining made easy — or, at least, easier BY SARAH WELCH AND daunting. It can seem even ALICIA ROCKMORE more so if you are hosting a getbuttonedup.com holiday gathering. Happily, following these organizaA few days ago, in the tional tips can help you midst of a conversation deck the halls without losabout upcoming celebra- ing your mind or the spirit tions, we overheard some- that inspired you to host a one whisper to a friend, party in the first place. “You say ‘holidays’; I say 1. Make A List — And ‘hellidays’!” We had to Check It Twice chuckle because we comWhen you leave the pletely understand the sen- organization of lots of movtiment. When you’re star- ing parts completely up to ing down an already long your brain, you’re asking list of things to do and then for a double dose of stress. add another list related to Your working memory, holiday celebrations — which allows you to manipwell, it can seem a little ulate and prioritize infor-

mation, and remember the thread of an argument, is easily overwhelmed by the million-and one distractions in your environment. Do yourself a favor and grab a pen and paper or a tablet or your smartphone and start a list. Start with menu items, then add decor, guest list, RSVPs, etc. Once you see everything you need to do written down, it’s a straightforward exercise to create an action plan so that you tackle it all in time. 2. Ask for Help, Please!

We know that we probably sound like broken records on this front. But honestly, delegating can make such a positive difference with both parties. Instead of looking at your list and assuming that everything on it must be done by you, look at it and from the start figure out what you absolutely must do yourself and then what you can delegate to family members, friends or service providers like caterers. If you have children, ask them to help decorate the tree or lend a hand with

holiday baking. Give them something to brag about. 3. Host a Brainstorming PreParty Sometimes when you try to do the planning yourself, you get overwhelmed. A fresh perspective or two is often just the ticket to getting unstuck and back in an energized, party-throwing kind of mood. Schedule time with a few family members or close friends who will be attending your event, crank up some tunes, pour a couple of mugs of hot chocolate and brainstorm

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